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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22
An Ivory Famine Feared.

It is not unlikely that ivory will soon
become so scarce that its use in the
shape of pianoforte keys, handles
and fans will be reserved for the affiu-
ent. The rapid advances in the value
of ivory are causing some uneasiness in
the market. At the last quarterly sale,
which closed on the 28th ult., there
were only eighty-one tons offered--in-
GLIDING ten tons withdrawn from pre-
vious auctiOns-as against 1872 tons Of
fered in April, 1881. The falling off was
mainly owing to the continued scarcity
of cape-only one and a half tons-and
the limited supply of west coast African
eleven tons. From Zanzibar and Bonn
bay there were thirty three tons, twen-
ty-four tons from Alexandria, and nine
tons from Malta. All descriptions, ex-
'cept for billiard-ball purposes, have
gone up from f3 to "a per hundred
weight and the ivory cutters have re-
solved for the second time this year to
raise their prices. The stores in the
docks this year amount to 1873 tons,
compared with the 213 tons for the
corresponding period of last year. Nh.
w. Wostenholm, Sheffield, has just had
invoiced to him no fewer than 522 tusks,
which, he says, will all be cleared out
in fortnight. e., These tusks represent
276 elephants, and if one ivory cutter
alone can get through with so many in
SO short time there is some fear Of the
elephant being relegated to the lost
species of animals.-Londosa Engineer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22
Sat q country house in Ireland.

,,ef-''At q country house in, Ireland"
said Edmund Yates in the London
World, ''where I was visiting few
years since, a stately major domo, bear
ing the name of Mcmahon, reigned over
the cellar. Are you a relation of the
Marshafs? jokingly said friend who
was with, me. No, SIR was the grave
reply. the French President is Of our
younger house; we are the MacMahons
Of Clarep - ''a5aziIa7# T1 E1IR@1s 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22

-. There is promise of an exodus of
negroes from Mississippi to Mexico, the
Government having offered liberal in
ducements for settlement.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22
LATER,

AN Alexandra dispatch of the 10th states
that the Khedive was attempting to form q
new ministry The Egyptian Government
was supplying native Christians with pass
ports to leave the country, and the exodus of
the European population throughout the land
was hourly increasing r.
CHARLES c. BOYLE was on the 10Th nomi-
mated for Congress by the Democrats of the
Twenty-first Pennsylvania District. .,,.s. -
The Utah Commission, as agreed upon BY
the Cabinet at Washington on the 10th, COM
prises Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota;
Algernon s. Paddock, of Nebraska; c. F.
Godfrey, of Iowa; Ambrose B. Carleton,
of Indiana, and James R. Pettigrew, of
Arkansas. &C., ..5.--..
THE Greenbackers of the Twelfth Indiana
District on the 10Th nominated Joseph Butler
for Congress. a
A MOB at Rico, Col, on the 18th took from
Jail two murderers named Thomas Wall and
Trinidad Charlie and hanged them in a small
cabin. %. ..;,......st f......
THE New Hampshire Republican State
Convention will be held at Concord on tho
18th of September. .-Es.a g l."'a1' '-.'..i
A PASSENGER train on the Clarksburg &
Western Road, in West Virginia, was thrown
over trestle at Walton's Station on the 10th.
Two passengers were killed and ten others
were badly injured S"3"' ""' '""
JAMES VAUGHN was hanged at Pinckney-
vile, ILL.,, on the 10th for the murder of Will
lam Watts, and Milton Yarbery was executed
at Albuquerque, New Mexico, for shooting
Charles Campbell. ..-..l -. ..-....... .....,
THE vacancies in the Tariff Commission
were filed on the 10th by President Arthur
by the appointment of William H. Mcmahon,
| of New York, and Alexander R. Boteler, of
West Virginia. -----s- -~--s----
DURING quarrel among citizens of Llano,
Tex, on the 10th two men, were shot dead,
one mortally wounded and three others we're
badly injured: @"' Ct ~"
In the United States Senate on the 10Th Mr..
Hoar introduced a bill to provide for the per-
Torrance of the duties of the Office of Presi-
dent, in case of q vacancy in both the Office Of
President and Vice President. by vesting the
succession in the members OF the Cabinet, be-
ginning with the Secretary Of State. The
bill to enable National Banks to extend their
corporate existence was then taken up. "A
long discussion took place on the amendment
to exempt the banks from attachments
and injunctions by State courts, and it
was finally voted down. Mr.. Blair offered a
bill to permit freedmen to enter certain lands
in Indian Territory. Adjourned to the 10Th.
In the House the River and Harbor Appropri-
alton bill was considered, and several amend
ments which were offered were lost. A
joint resolution appropriating $33, 600 for .
new Arctic expedition was passed. An even
ing session was held, at which number Of
Pension bills were passed, including one to
give $50 per month to Mrs. cambridge, q
daughter Of President Zachary Taylor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22

in London averaged last
rear one per diem. The bodies re-
slammed from the Thames were two per
week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22
Sheep in the United States.

The following advanced figures were fur
nished by the Superintendent of the Census
for the information of Congressman in recent
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22

In New York recently Frederick voss, eight
years of age, was run over by Third Avenue
car, for which the company hassbeen indicted
in $4,000. En E
On the 14th the specie exports from New
York were 81, 42O, 900. ~ #j.
MANAGERS of ocean steamship lines held q
conference in New York on the 14th, and 1t
was resolved to withdraw their offer to pay
fifty cents to the Emigration Commissioners
for each passenger landed. As Governor Cor
nell had not yet approved the bill appropriate
ing $500, 600 to the support of Castle Garden,
it was feared that the doors Of the Institution
would soon be closed. s5s,f;sS bio
RousTAU, recently appointed French Minis
ter to this country, arrived at New York on
In the new oil-feld in Warren County, Pa,
the fourth well was strucko the 18th, and was
flowing at the rate of three thousand barrels
per day. ''i 1'..'"' sb 1919 2'' al q
ONB of the noted lawyers Of New Hamp-
shire, Judge George Y. Sawyer, died recently
at Nashua, at the age of seventy seven years.
TEN DOLLAR counterfeits Of the 1875 series
of Omitted States Treasury notes were recently
put in circulation in Boston. y 'a 10.
By a gas explosion in a Wilkesbarre pa }
coal mine on the morning of the 18th one
man was killed and four others were seriously
burned.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
A Good Answer.

Gen. Joe Shelby. the famous
"last ditch Confederate officer, is
making himself conspicuous in Mis-.
souri, by denonncing Bourbonism.
Tie met an old friend and comrade
i'll many battles IA few days ago,
who, after listening TO Shelby's
fierce denunciation of former politi.
cal friends for some time, delivered
himself as follows: General, have
known You ever since YOU we're n
boy. followed you all through the
war. and never had men n more
gallant leader. You made us fight
every day in the month and every
month in the year, until we were al.
most worn out by the fatigue, but
when you rode along in front of the
line, and with flashing eyes com.
manded us to follow you to the
charge, we never faltered. We will
follow you now anywhere except in.
to the Republican party, where you
are certainly beaded for, aud going
with that speed and dash with
which you always went for the foe
OF the field Of battle.
We can't desert the old Democratic
party. AS a soldier, none was ever
Drawer, OF more chivalrous; az a
man, none was ever more honorable;
as friend, none was ever truer; but
politically you are the d-dest hun.
bug ever knew.
There was much truth in the clos.
ing sentence at any rate.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
RehlhlScEhSceS.

Alasf for the days Of long ago,
When my heart was as fresh as il now il
dead;
And alas for the sprees in the old woodsbed
When | stood brother johnny right up on
his head
For those days were sweet-so long ago,
All for the days of long ago!
How Keen my vision, how lumber my leg,
When popped Father Barnes IN the head
with an egg,
And was centrally known as q "pesky
plcg,'
In the iair, sweet days of long ago.
For the days were bright so long ago,
When drank spruce beer on the cocks of
hay,
Played trnant from school through the
long, long day,
And licked the hoy who'd the deed betray
In the glad old times Of long ago,
Gone ara the days Of long ago,
TwOuld be queer If they weren't. but still
were here;
And were a hoy who liked spruce beer.
With as much 10 hope aud as littls to fear,
As | had III the times so long ago.
tN. Y. Graphic.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
Postal Card Candidates.

Short crops and high waters
have had much to do in cutting
short the campaign funl of candi.
dates, while it has not lesscned their
willingness TO sacrifice themselves
upon the altar of public service, and
the newspaper men of the state are
now being deluged with postal cards
and circular letters. sent by a horde
of Office seekers, clamoring for free
notices, etc, through the various
sheets. The postal card candidate
is man with considerably more
cheek than common sense, and it il
the duty of the press to shut them
out and inform them that it takes
money to insert au advertiser ent
in newspaper. If a man desires
to he boosted into Office by the state
press. he should buy his whistle and
then pay his friends something to
blow it for him. Money will &C.
complish many things and it is an
absurdity for political aspirants to
exDect gratutious puffs from newsps-
pers, which are dependent upon
both private and public citizens,
support. We charge our local bus,
mess men for advertising their
goo'ls, and we shall certainly charge
candidates for advertising their
merits, as legitimate and consis.
tent matter of business Spring.
dale Enterprise.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
A Skeleton In the Desert.

A lew days ago, While travelling
over the trackless expanse of tue
American Desert, about fifty feet
from the surveyed line of the Salt
Lake X Western Railroad, about
fifteen miles from Fish Springs, be.
tween the north end of Dugaway
Mountain and the north end of the
Fish Spring Canyon, | came unex
pectedly across strange Object. On
close inspection | found it to be the
remains of young man.
The sudden discovery had n very
startling effect upon myself and my
companions, who soon gathered
around the lonely spot where lay
the last of the mortal coil of a hu.
man being, who must have persisted
in dreadful agonics, tortured by
hunger and driven to despair b,
thirst. The osseous frame Of the
man was blcached to snowy white.
ness, as were the clothes found Oh
and about the skeleton. In the
coat we found, besides numerous
papers and letters, n tooth brush,
looking glass, lead pencil, razor, and
quite number OF pocket trink
cts.
On unfolding the papers which
were rendered quite brittle 10y eX
posture and age, aud the writing on
which, partly in lead pencil, partly
in lux, WAS almost illcgible, We came
across piteons appeals of the wretch
ed castaway in the inhospitable sol
itude, tender summons for succor in
his helpless dcstitution. Some OF
these cries from the depths OF
misery appeared to he directed to
the address of lady, presumably
his wife. Her name was given as
"Jane Badger, Fairplay, P.O., Grant
County, Wisconsin,
Some of the writing conveys the
impression that the one who pcnned
it was then laboring under the ban
of that fearful mental arrangement
which is brought on by the torments
Of unquenched thirst and general
combined with the hor.
rors of being thrown far away from
all civilization.
One of the papers is a receipted
bill and bears the only date furnish
ing possible cine to the discovery
Of the identity of the victim of iSo
Iattion. 1t is the year 1868, which
indicates that the remains must
have lain there nearly u score of
years, unknown, unwept, unsung."
Cor. Ogden (C. IT, Hcrald.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

Cinnamon and those who are i'm.
porting them are making the most of
the ninety days to intervene before
the new anti.Chinese bill goes into
effect. BY its terms, however, any
Celestial who darcs to set his foot on
the sacred soil of liberty after the
bill begins to operate will be re.
moved instanter by order OF the
President. In the meantime, and
for the next ten years, DO court 10
allowed TO Daturalize Chinese. By
this arrangement We will have at
least 100000 persons in this country
who may own property and pay
taxes, but enjoy none Of the rikhts
OF citizens other than these.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
Tine Supreme Court Judges.

A correspondent Of the Philadel-
phia Press thus describes the Su
preme Court: What a jolly old set!
There was the Chief Justice, with
his iron gray hair. thick and stiff,
and whiskers just the same, "a big
nose and big mouth, wrapped in
his black silk gown, but looking
very much like n Chief Justice. On
his right, oldest in commission of
any one on the bench, is Justice
Miller, round and fat and Ga, a lit.
tie bald and closely shaven face.
On the bench he is as cross az a
hatchet, for he hates circumlocution
and shams; but of the bench he is
az jolly aud kind and gentle as any
man you ever saw. On the Chief
Justices left, is Justice Field, ap.
pointed as n Republican, but now
pesky old Democrat. He is tall.
baldheaded, specialized, full beard
ed, with a Jewish cut of conuten.
ance. Smart he is too, as all the
Fields are. He writes strong opin.
ions and is popular. lie is Il most
entertaining companion and great
traveller and scholar. Justice Brad
ley is the next in point Of rank-a
thin, refined, CLOSELY shaven, gray.
haired, scholarly, jndicially looking
old gentleman, who doesn't seem to
have much to say oany one. Justice
Harlan, fourth in rank excepting,
OF course, the Chief Jusiice) is a
specimen kcntuckian-a giant in
his way. Big body, big head, big
hands, big feet. long legs, long arms
and long headed, without a doubt.
lie is at least six feet six inches in
height. Judge Harlan was q strong
acqu sition to the bench, and is pop.
nlar on the bench and of. Chew
tobacco, did you sayi well | should
think so, and he knows n glass of
Bourbon when he tastes it. There is
not much known of Justice Woods.
He is grizzly, slouchiag man,
whose personal bearing and appear
ance are not at all striking. Justice
Stanley Mathews is self.poised. dig.
nified and fine looking. He is quiet
in his intercourse, and does not
seem to care to extend his acQuain.
lance. Justice Gray is a tall, pep
perry old bachelor, who snaps up ev
and had rather quarrel
than win q cause. When he first
came on the bench here he was near.
~ killed with heavy eating and
drink, but that time is over. AS
the old judges are very tenacious of
the rights of seniors, he is not like
~ to be popular. Justice Blatch
ford, the last appointment, looks !
like George W. Childs, and is, there
fore, clean, genial, afiable, well
dressed and kindly natured-else
looks do not count.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

A Chicago girl who is engaged to
a young doctor calls him "a sweet
pill.r
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

An Ohio paper says young lady
who graduated in calico dressa few
years ago is now married to a rail
road superintendent who has an in
come of half million year. Grad
uating girls should remember this,
aud not draw on the goods supply
too strongly. o. Piodyune.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
Terms of Subscription:
Terms Of Advertising:

One .auare, of one inch in space or less,
sr.t ia,crtion, 81 90; each additionalinser-
ron. 30 cents.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
Sayings Imputed to TaIlerand.

"Unbounded modesty is nothing
more than unavoNed vanity: III,
two humble obeisance is sometimes
a disguised impertinence. The rep
utation OF a man is lie his shadow
gigantic when it precedes him.
and pigmy in its proportions when
it follows. More evil truths are dis
covered by corruption of the heart
than by the penetration of the mind.
The rich man despises those who
flatter him too much, and hates
those who do not ilatter him at all.
The Imagination of men is often the
refuge Of their prejudices. That
sovereign has a little mind who
seeks to 60 down to posterity by
means of great public buildings. Ii
is TO contide to masons and brick
layers the task of writing history.
The love Of glory can only create a
hero; the contempt Of it creates a
great man. The errors of great
men and the good deeds OF repro
bates should not be reckoned in our
estimates of their respective cbarac
tiers. Theologeans resemble dogs.
which gnaw large bones for the sake
of IA very little meat. Both erudi.
ton and agriculture ought to be Ell.
couraged by government; wit and
manufactures will come of them
selves. Too much sensiblllty creates
unhappiness; too much insensiblllty
creates crime. What | have been
taught have forgotten; what know,
have guessed. Certain acts can
be rendered legal, but can never be
made legitimate. Life to young
man is like a new acquaintance, OF
whom he grows Disguised as he adj
vances in years. In love we grow
acquainted because we are already
attached; in friendship we must
know each other before we love. a
generous man will place the bene'
fits he coufers beneath his feet, those
he receives nearest his heart. ~
narrow. minded man can never pos
sess real aud true generosity; he
can never go beyond mere bene'o'
lence. If you wish to appear agree
able in society you must consent to
be taught many things which you
know already. There are many
vices which do not deprive us OF
friends: there Ore many virtues
which prevent our having any. !
remember having been told in my
youth that the love OF glory
was Virtue. Strange must be that
virtue which requires the aid of ev'
ery vice. There are two things to
which We never grew accustomed
the ravages of time aud the MUS
tice of our fellow men. We must
learn to submit with grace to com
NIT the follies which depend upon
character. To succeed in the world
il is much more necessary to possess
the penetration to discover who is a
fool than to dicover who is clever
man - London Society.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

stst'~nery q, Kortums, low down.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

A couple Of ladies were walking
in a cemetery, when one of them
pointed 10 a lovely vale and said:
THAT is the spot where / hope to
lie buried, if my life be spared
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

Professional aud business cards, of ten
line, or less in length, SO per annum; for
.;y mouths. so; for three months, 81
Rs.inrs, advertisements of greater length
,,Il b. inserted at above rates.
Ler,l advertisements will be charged at
I.-,I rates. where liked by law; otherwise
At special rates rs published above.
IT Special notices 30 cents per line.
Funeral notices Of less than ten lines.
and marriage aud rcligious notices inserted
gratis.
Joh.work executed in the ncatest style.
aud al reasonable prices.
AurnSt -. l-71.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31

Female suffrage has poor ont.
look in the State of New York.
Gath, in the Cincinnati Enquirer,
says on the subject: "The attor-
ney general Of the State has given
an opinion which bids fair to ruin
utterly the prospects of female suf.
frage in New York. He says the
State constitution confines the suf.
frage to males and cannot therefore,
he given TO females without an
amendment to the constitution. An
amendment to the constitution has
to be passed by two successive Leg.
islatures, and then submitted to
the people, and no proposal to give
women the ballot could survive such
a process within any period sufi-
GENTLY near"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
r. M, FREE NAN.

(South. west corner Of Public Square,
HOMER, Ia,
DEALER in Fancy and Family Groceries
~ Tobacco, Cigars, PROVISIONS; Do.s'
She's Hats. Clothing. Dry Goods, Notions
and a fnli snnnly of everything kept in n
general store The custom Of the public Is
respectfully solicited.
Terms and prices liberal ar,
Anil IA, 1850 ''''
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
{ NO.. A..
Domestic Aspects Of the Tariff.
Speech of Sunset Cox.

SPtcCH OF sunset IOx.
The little girl cannot play with
her doll, nor the boy with his top,
nor the mother wash her offspring
with soap. except AT an expense Of
from one third to one half of the
cost for the domestic privilege.
Laughter. II the mother gives
her child castor oil, she pours down
liS per cent. advalorem. langhrerl,
if the child does not enjoy the dose,
there is a ID per cent. bowl as the
recipient of the contents of it's
tender stomach. And though she
wash it with nitre and take TO it
much soap. yet the enquiry is
marked before me, saith the Lord,
for the soap is taxed 40 per centum
God help the child!
Mr.. Townsend, of Iilinois-How
abont candyi
Mr.. Cox, of New york; am
coming to that in a moment, my
honey. Great laughter
IL she wraps the little dear in d
plain hleached cotton night shirt,
it has a nightmare of 50 cents per
square yard specific. Laugh,er.l
When the child awakes in the morn.
ing fretful, she combs its little head
AT 81 cents advalorem, [laughterl;
if she would amuse it, she rolls it
over Brussels carpet at 90 cents
per square yard, confectionery made
of refined sugar at 4 cents a pound
tax, and % per cent. advalorem if
it tears its little pantalets, the
gentleman from Pennsylvania tMr.
Kelly sews them mp with spool
thread taxed at three quarters of
its valnr. Laughter.l Why, If
she used a shingle to bring the
little 'stoddling wee thing" to it's
senses, as the honorable gentleman
can recall, the cost would be en-.
HANGED at the rate of II per cent.
taxation. Laughter.
If the youngster has a patriotic
inclination on our Fourth of JULY,
his fire.crackers are taxed as
patriotic luxury at 81 extra box,
and the bunting which furnishes
the flag, though but % cents a
pound, l2l per cent. extra, while
the band plays on instruments
taxed at 80 cents. She takes him
to the menagerie to study natural
history. There is the zebra, sym.
bolic of mi yed advalorem and
specific, laughter, and the stately
giraffe, high protection, laughter
the royal tiger, and unicorn of Holy
Writ at 20 per cent. And the pro.
cession Of Elephants! Every one
20 per cent. True, Jumbo, for pnr.
poses not mentioned, is excluded
by the affidavit of n consistent
protectionist but the chain that
holds his hinge legs. binds the mon.
ster in protective chains.