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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-01-06
Poverty and Debt.

Povsrtyh sbitter draught, but may,
and son1ethheS with advantage, be
gulped down. Though the drinker
nnakes wryfnces, there MAYA afteruall,
be- whaelpm goodness IN the; pup.
yBut detA ae11es ourte6pelfit Of
fered, is the cup Of q siren. and the
wine, spiced and delicious though it be,
an eating poison. The. man out Of debt.
though withIa flaw IN his sjefkin. .
crack in his shoe-leather, and Z hole in
his hat, il still the son of liberty, free
asEthy, ingng lark saqye him, but the
debtor, though clothed In Che utmost
.hraxary, what Is he but e.serf upon q
holidays slave, to be reclaimed at an
instant by his owner, the credltofe Ny
son. Il poor, SeS vine il the running
spring; let Try mouth water 1t the last
weeks roll; think threadbare coat thu
'4only wear;H and acknowledge = white.
washed g9rret the fttest housing place
for gentleman; do this, and fee debt.
So shall thy hesrt be at peace, and the
Sheriff be copfoupded.
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Nature.

Perhaps the sweetest hour Of sweet
season is that which precedes the set.
ting of the sun upon . May day. All
the world is taking holiday, from the
lowing herd that winds slowly Ger the
lea to the shard- borne beetle and the
large white moth. The aspect OF the
sky and earth. too, clear, calm and
tranquil, is full of repose. The misti-
ness of the mid day sunshine is away;
and the very absence Of q portion Of
the full daylight, and the thin, colorless
Transparency Of the evening air, afford
that contemplative, but no way drows8,
charm which well preoedes. BY thought
tending to alteration, the hour when in
darkness and forgetfulness we trust our
selves unconscious to the hands OF
Heaven. The heart of man ID butas an
instrument, from which the great mu.
stefan. Nature. produces grand harmo.
MICS; and the most soothing anthem
that arises within the breast il surely
ELECTED By the soft touch Of that even
ing hour. II e4
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dead, cut third 20 badly that he would prob.
ably die. and inflicted less serious wounds
upon several Others. Dunn has been16onDd
in Jail at Williamsburg.
On the 10Th heavy snow-storms prevailed
throughout Maryland, Virginia, North CARO-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, and the mer.
curry in many localities dropped down several
degrees below freezing point No such
weather had been known in those regions for
twenty years, and business had been gener-
ally suspeuded % allow saIS psopsssp3njoy
the novelty Of sleigh-rides and SNOWFALL bat
Ties. At Sherman, Texas, the thermoneter
registered Eve degrees below sero. r..
A FEW nights ago masked bsrglarS entered
the residence Uf Sohn y Kirty,r . st.aHcuis
Deputy Sheriff, chloroformed that officer and
held his wife prisoner while they deliberately
ransacked the rooms.
FEW days ago the twin babes Of william
and Fannie johnson, were frozen to death at
New Albany, Ind. The father went away to.
obtain employment leaving his family with
OutfQeLes - eass - ~. - .szr- -,
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"Consumption - what kills all of
them," the man answered, in q low
tone. just ~ if talking before human
invalid. TN FfT'T G00TGFg
From that day Joe. failed rapidly, and
one morning, under the head of "Great
Loss" the Times announced that he
died at midnight. l went down at
once to see the keeper, whose grief 1
knew would be keen. He told me how
for days, Joe could only be persuaded
to take food by seeing him eat and
hearing him praise it; how he made him
sleep in his berth BY his side, ana when
death came, held his hand through all
the last struggle. The mans voice was
actually choked with sobs as he said,
"It don't seem, right, indeed it don't,
not t. have q funeral for him! He ought
to have had it," Tf8E,s.ef :.
Inever heard Joe Lad any funeral,
but | did hear that he was stuffed, and
looks more like big boy than when he
was alive.-Mrs. Annie Saaoyer D0wss,
~ Wt(E.AU0ke. III ~ .E-l,.es .
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How He Came There.

l went few weeks since into q pris-
on to see young man who had once
been Sabbath-school scholar. The
keeper took large bunch of KEYS and
led us through the long, gloomy halls,
unlocked one door after another, until
at length he opened the door of the
room where sat the young man we had
come to see. The walls of the room
were of stone, the door of thick plank,
and before the windows were strong
iron bars. Without, all was beautiful.
The green fields, the sweet flowers and
the singing birds were as lovely as ever,
but this young man could enjoy none of
these; no, never again could he 90 out,
for he was condemned to death. Yes.
he had killed man, and now he him
self must die. Think of it! only twen-
ty years old, and yet q murderer! I
sat down beside him and talked with
him.
''Oh," said he, as the tears rolled
down his cheeks, II did not mean to do
it, but was drunk; then I got angry,
and before knew what was about
killed him. Oh, if had minded what
my Sabbath-school teachers said, if I
had minded my parents, should never
have come to this"
1t would have made your heart sore.
as 1t did mine, to see and talk with him.
Once he was . happy, playful child, like
you; now he is a condemned criminal.
He did not mind his parents. did not
govern his temper. and as he grew older
went with bad boys, who taught him bad
habits, and he became worse and
worse, until, while drunk, he killed a
man; and now, after few weeks, he
must die. As I left him he said: "Will
you not pray for me?'' and he added,
''Oh, tell boys everywhere to mind their
parents and keep away from vicious
companions. "--Band of Hope. ,-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-01-06

. And Ae history Of the Gaspar di
oaIo yiofm with the Benvenuto Cellini
well in 1889 gave sixteen con
carts at Vienna, and then Rhehakek
was tbs great violin collector. saw at
his house this violin for the FIRST time.
| just went wild over it. will you sell
itP l asked. Yes was the reply
FOR one-quarter of all Vienna Now
khehazek was really a. poor as church
mouse. Though he had no end of mon
-ay put ont in. the most valuable instru-
ments. he never sold any of them IN
less when forced by hunger. invited
hnehazek to my concerts. / wanted
to buy the violin 50 much that made
him some tempting offers. One day he
said to me, See here, Ole Bull, If
do sell the violin, you shall have the
preference. at 1000 ducats.' Agreed
l cried, though I knew it was q big
sum.
THAT violin came strolling. or pay.
ing rather, through my brain for some
years. 1t was in 1841. l was in Leip-
sic, giving concerts. Liszt was there,
and SO also was Mendelssohn. One
day we were all dining together. We
were having splendid time. During
the dinner came an immense letter
with seal-an official document. Said
Mendelssohn, Use no ceremony; open
your letter. What an awful sealr
cried Liszt. with your permission
said l. and l opened the letter. 1t was
from Rhehazek's son, for the collector
was dead. His father had said that
the violin should be offered to me at
the price he had mentioned. told
List and Mendelssohn about the price.
You man from Norway, you are
crazy said Liszt. 'Unheard of ex-
travagance, which only fiddler is ca
pable Of exclaimed Mendelssohn.
Have you ever played on it? Have you
ever tried it?' they both inquired. New
er, answered, for it cannot be played
on at all just now
~ never was happier than when I
felt sure that the prize was mine. Orig
inally the bridge was of lockwood,
with two fishes carved on it-that was
the zodiacal sign of my birthday, Feb
ruary-which was good sign. oh, the
good times that violin and have had!
AS to its history, Rhehazek told me
that in 1909. when Innspruck was taken
by the French, the soldiers sacked the
town. This violin had been placed in
the Innspruck Museum by Cardinal
Aldobrandi at the close of the sixteenth
century. A French soldier looted it,
and sold it to Rhehazek for trifle.
This is the same violin that played on,
when l first came to the United States,
in the Park Theater. That was on
Internationally, 1843. l went to the
Astor House, and made a joke; I am
quite capable of doing such things. 1t
was the day when John Bull went out
and Ole Bull came in. remember
that at the very first concert one of my
strings broke; and I had to work out
my piece on the three strings, and it
was supposed l did it on purpose
Barnet Phillips, in Harper's Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-01-06
4 Mountain Of Silver.

The Captain of a sailing-vessel Just
returned from the Arctic Ocean saws
that, while the vessel was lying in q
small bay at the mouth of one Of the
rivers which empty into the ocean on
the coast Of Alaska, he, one of the mates
and four men went up the river TO
catch salmon. At the foot of q hill
bordering on the river they commenced
fishing. While the sailors were engaged
in this work the Captain and Mate as
cended the mountain, which appeared
to be about 400 or 500 feet high. Ar
irving at the top. they found what
seemed to be the crater of an extinct
volcano, and around were evidences
that at one time there had been ter
rible eruption. In the crater itself the
Captain noticed that the rocks resem-
bled CONCEALED iron after it had been
melted, and undertook to knock off a
piece, but could not do it, as it bent
and did not break with his repeated
blows with the head of a boat-ax. He
then struck it with the blade of the ak,
and actually chopped it off. He saw
that the substance was soft as lead. but
it did not shine. He determined to
bring it to San Francisco and have it
assayed. One of the natives also
brought him a piece of rock about
twelve inches thick, which weighed
forty eight pounds and sparkled with
gold, stating that he had found it near
another hill further up the river, and
that such rock was plenty there. When
the vessel arrived at port, the Captain
told his story to gentleman living in
Oakland, and the specimens were hand
ed over to him for the purpose of hav-
ing proper assays made. This was
done, and the piece which the Captain
chopped off the top of the hill with the
Ak went $1,000 per ton in silver, and
the loose rocks picked up on the side
of the hill went as high as $275 silver
per ton. 1t seems, then, that this hill
il a mountain of silver, and that it is
only the beginning of vast discoveries
which will soon be made in Alaska,
which may yet become the Ell Dorado
to which thousands will rush. The
Oakland gentleman spoken of immedi-
ately formed party or company,
which has chartered the whaler to take
q trip to the scene of the remarkable
find as soon IS the season opens.
francisco Paper.
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LATER.

Tn case Of Whitaker, the colored cadet
was considered I'm the Cabinet on the 0oth
ult Secretaries Evarts and schurz urged
his dismissal, but the President. thought he
should be given chance to establish his In
nocence OF the charges made against him. A
courtrmartfal was ordered to convene at West
Point on the 18th OF January, under the Prest
deucy of General Miles.
DISPATCH from Rome on the SOth ult.
asserts that the Pope had peremptorily or
dered the Irish Episcopacy to abstain from
creating the impression that the Vatican an.
proved OF the operations Of the Land League.
JUDGE FREEMAN, the legal adviser of the
Post-oface Department. declares that printed
commercial papers filled out in writing are
legally subject to letter postage.
BISHOP ELDER, the coadjutor of Archbish-
op Purcell, at Cincinnati, has issued .
lengthy address to the pastors and people of
mis- Diocese, urging . division Of parishes,
forb:ddtng round dances, and prescribing
rules for the marriage ceremony. rs
ABE RoTHscHILD, who was generally be-
lieved to have murdered Bessie Moore and
cut her into chunks convenient for packing,
has been acquitted bya Tsxas jury.
SPAIN has CONTRACTED for the seonstructton
in England oe several war vessels; and Il
building gunboats and other fast craft for
service in Cuban waters.
BIZ the breaking Of dykes in the provinces
OF North Brabant, Holland, eighteen villages
have been flooded and An immense amount
Of damage caused.
An antiJewish meeting in Berlin on the
S0th ult. was attended BY such crowds and
accompanied with such disorder that the DO
lice had to close the doors
The names Of General R. B. Marcy and
Colonel John B Barnard have bee placsd on
the retired list. >
Da. SMILEY. of Plainsssd n. J., went out
to visit patient on the evening Of the 10Th
ult-, and'was frozen 70 dealh almost in sight
MANsAs. the Apache Chief. successor 70
Victoria, 10 said to have put ups iae It IL
place where Victoria was killed, on which a
inscribed pronunciamento to the Governor
Of chihuahua, saying that no traveller will b
harmed, but armed men are forbidden 70
march across the country. The ,rsn.sna *
the band comprises nfty.thtee warfiofs ana
ok squaws. .
IRIS sssssssd 4 Alba,,, N. Z, sSst =.
costly State Capitol I'm that city, which was
Ie = upea scis.sssaa + l.ksly n Slids into
A. 9. LOGAN, lineal descendant Of the
celebrated Chief Of tn NipgpA hes hsen
appointed to . position in the Interior De-
partment $3.50.
A BROKEN rail threw . train on the track
near Rhineheck, n T., on the 8Oth ult., in
5urfnR two persons and causing the ,issFuc-
ton q several mail bagi BY IRE.
TswvK PAsHA hes been appointed Turhish
Minister OF Finance.
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Ole BULBS ViOlins.

That brave old Gaspar di Salo, the
brown one, the color of Toby. is on
the table. Ole Bull has been impro-
vising on it, and the walls of library
room in historical house in Cambridge
have not yet ceased reverberating. The
Benvenuto Cellini has been taken out
of its case. I inclined my ear to it, and
am satisfied that it i, responsive, for
some of the notes played on the other
violin it has sympathized with, and it
sends out magically its music in spon-
taneous way. We talk violins. l re-
call to Ole Bull how long ago it was
when he made me think, as lad, how
beautiful q thing was . violin. tell
him how first saw him fondle the dis
membered portions of his instrument
at Mickle's in Market Street. Philadel-
phia, and though thirty-fve years have
passed away since then, he remembers
disaster which befell his Gaspar. di
Salo at about that time, though he has
forgotten me.
II was twenty -four years old-it was
in 1834-when first heard that Gaspar
di Salo in Venice" Ole Bull tells me.
"It belonged to Amtmann Zoller.
tried it, and fell in love with it at once.
had an Amati then that 1 thought q
great deal of, and told musician, q
friend of mine, how much finer l thought
the Gaspar di Salo was than my Amati.
Then why did you not offer to buy it
of him?' asked the musician. Be-
cause" I replied, I should hate to de-
prive him of it. But do you want it?'
'Of course I do Then I will
speak to him. DO it, then, care
fully I said. Next morning Zoller
came to me in towering passion.
why did you not say to me yourself
that you wanted the violine--why. did
you send go-between?' pacified
him all could, and invited him to
breakfast with me next day. He had q
good breakfast. When it was over he
said to me. 'Ihave q good for-nothing
son, who is q 'cello-player. Now am
seventy years of age. / can't play any
more. II there is anybody who ought
to have the violin. It is you, Ole Bull.
Give me what l paid for (which is
two hundred louis dor Il have not
that much money I replied that is,
about me-but. / will bring it to-day I
did so, and carried it to him all in gold.
/ remember some Of the gold was lit.
tie worn, and he objected to taking GER
tain pieces. When the violin was mine,
felt like . mother who has found . lost
child. Now. IS the violin was mine. /
knew its peculiarities. There was .
fountain Of sound, but the gushing of
the water was little clogged. made
up my mind that the violin had to be
q T.
placed, and knew it was too thick. I
went to Florence, and when gave it to
! workman. and he saw il, he Just cried.
II was born in Salo,' said the man, and
ii anybody viii take good care Of that
violin, / am the man. He opened that
violin. and found it very thtok in the
wood mot enough air in it. Some
work was then done on it, and It was
brought up TO its present condition. It
has never been touched since"
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Old Age on a Lark.

Inc longevity OF our Cape neighbor,
is proverbial, as is also their pluck ant
resolution. These qualities had al
amusing illustration on one of the Ole
Colony passenger trains a few days
since. The car was well-flled, anc
comfortably resting well toward thu
center was an aged lady, sweet-faced
and gentle of mien, accompanied b,
her daughter. At one of the station!
there entered an alert, smart cid lady
quick in speech and movement. Taking
seat directly in front Of the first ole
lady. whom she quietly surveyed few
moments, she commenced:
Going far, marm?'
ITO New Bedford" was the reply.
''Is your home there, marm?''
mo; it is on the Cape. am to visit
daughter in New Bedford"
''May ask your age?"
Certainly; eighty-four years."
LA, you show it. Now, I've just
been visiting for few weeks, and am
on my way home. There's q few things
want to see to there, and straighten
out, and then I'm off for another visit
l travel about good deal. much tc
some folks annoyance, because I'm SC
old. But when 1 can't take care Of
myself Ill stop. can hold my own
yet with conductors and baggagemast.
ers, and don't take none of their sass,
though l don't find much of that on this
road. Now, how old do you take me
to be?''
II cannot guess; how old are your
was the response.
"Ainety-eigM-qoing on ,sinety-nine.
And say when can't take care Of
myself I'll stop travelling; when can't
see to thread needle I'll stop sewing,
and when can't enjoy living I'll stop
breathing. So there, now. But l get
out here. Name? Yes; it's Nancy
Randall. and live at Marion. Come
and see me. I'm at home part of the
time. Good-by."
And with nod and a smile the young
woman of nearly q century passed
quickly down the aisle with the step Of
almost girl. leaving the passengers
in wonder at her remarkable vigor and
vitality. The first old lady, who is the
mother of one of the Old Colony's most
trusted conductors, really appeared to
grow young again as she commented
upon the superior smartness of her
aged friend. Now where but on q
Cape Cod train could such q scene be
duplicated Eighty-four and ninety
eight of on a lark. "Such larks!'-
Boston 1rarelier. G
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CURRENT ITEMS.

"A new Arctic expedition is contem-
plated in England. u*
"A majority of United States Sena.
tors and Representatives wear soft felt
hats.
"A daughter of General Worth has
just been appointed toa clerkship in the
Pension Office.
American deer have been sent to
Krupp, of Essen, who wishes to accli-
mate them in Germany.
New Zealanders are happy because
they are to. be allowed by their Par
lament to marry their dead wives
sisters. :.
Brazil has voted q credit of five
million milreis for increasing its navy,
and four million milreis for increasing
its army material.
A woman sawed hole in the ice
at Fitzroy, Can, thrust her head
through it into the water, and in that
way drowned herself.
Two focks of semi
quail are regularly found ON the farm
Of DIR. Porter, who lives near Harris
burg, Pa. He feeds them regularly and
protects them from hunters.
An alligator five feet long was re-
Gently captured in the Ohio River near
Covington, XIV. It bore no marks of
having been handled before, and probs-
bly, wandered Up hiom the Gulf of
M0xicO. @ az ~ g = = 3 S y ;
Two cannons have been brought to
Charleston which had evidently been
used ii the Revolutionary War. Divers
and wreckers operating in Town Creek
found them. They are ten feet in length
and six-inch bore.
Some ladies who will show their
rings, and stu cannot bring themselves
to the vulgarity Of wearing them out
side their gloves. have the glove fingers
cut ct just the right joint to let the
settings come into View The arer-
lures are neatly worked round with tine
silk.
-Moriarty, who had been assaulted
BY cAm u 1hearS galnst him in q
Sam H}A&s>6 poliee codft ssDid he
havS Pr6e 0caSl6n 10 strife your tbs
Justice asked. HE may have had
something Qf.-the kind concayled about
~ psssSs, bus Il was. a brick he sefuck
me wild" replied Moriarty.
Robert Walcot, of Philadelphia, 10
. centenarian who claims under oath to
;Asv1S HID TIL 1htal henSt thai killed
GShESir ISsao Brook, he; fllostrous
E8fiJlShf Commander who csptufed Cen
eral Hulrs army ct Detroit in the Wa
of 1872, and fell 90 the head Of his
troOpa in the battle 0f Oueenstovvn. No,
vember Is, Of that wear.
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West and SOuth.

A FREIGHT engineer on the Mobile and
Ohio Division of the Louisville Il Nashville
Road, named Frank Savage, and three per-
soEs in passenger coach were killed by .
collision at State Line, Ala, on the 26th.
The citizens OF Munfordville, Ky, . few
days ago strung to . tree two negroes sus-
pected Of robbing ami nearly numbering J. A.
Gardner. One Of the lynched men confessed
the crime. - = ass
An ordinance requiring the manufacturer
OF substitutes for butter to stamp upon each
package the ingredients Of the article has
been passed by the Common Council Of Chi
cago
The murderous gang who. for four years
Z Gently captured BY the Sheriff Of Santa Re.
Among them is Dave Rudebaugh, who killed
Sheriff Lopes 1t Las Vegas some weeks ago.
Ok the 18th Captain Payne, leader. Of the
Oklahoma raiders, issued . secret circular
notifying his followers to be ready TO
move into Indian Territory 1t Q moments
notice. 1T lie stated that The programme WAS
to get together quietly force of five thou
sand settlers and move saddenly to Oklahoma
before tbs troops should have discovered their
rendezvous. - -
A FEW nights ago two engines were wrecked
by collision near Sandusky, Ohio A Ore
man was killed and five other persons were
injured. ~ .-.e
THs other day Il smithvflle.. Va. white,
man named Dunn got into . difficulty with
some colored men who had met to organise .
military company. He shot two Of them
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-01-06

While IN American il inspecting
the machinery and system in use in the
mills in Hungary, the Hungarians have
sent q commission to the United States
for = similar purpose.
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A. 49, ~ sA@A -, ~ IA
A PHILADELPHIA millionaire has
ordered . private car Of the Pullman
Company which il to cost go, 600.