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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

MASONIC. REDWOOD FALLS COMMAND.
4Yl ERY, No. Is, X. T.-Stated conclaves first
Monday of each month, at p. NJ. w. +.
Dickinson. E. Z. E. d. French Rec.
ANTIQUITY LODGE, No.9l, A. +. & A. M
Regular meetings on the 1st and Sd Wednes-
day in each month, at T 80 o'clock P. NJ. o..
L. Dornbcrg w. N. o. w. Mcmillan, Sec.
REDWOOD CHAPTER No "a, X. A. M.-Stated
Convocutjons the I'd and 4th Fridays of each
month. o. l.. Dornberg, II. P. W. F. Dickin-
son, Sec.
T 90. F.-REDwOOD LODGE, No. 6s, meets
4. every Saturday night, at 1880 o'clock.
Brothers from a distance are cordially invited
TO oattcnd. F. F. Hammer, N. 6. 2. McPher-
son, K. 5.
ENTERPRISE ENCAMPMENT, No So. Regular
meetings LIST and 81 tuesday evenings OF
each month at 80 o'clock at I.O.O.F hall.
CRYSTAL LODGE, No. 25, D. of R-Reguar
meetings I'd and 4th Wednesday evenings of
each month at 7:3y pm. Mrs. c: I Goodrich,
N.G. Mrs. Nelen Tradewell, X. S.
A o. U. W.-REDwOoD FALLS LODGE, No.
IA. IS, meets on Monday evening Of each
week. Visiting brethren made welcome. c..
D. Thompson, NJ. W. S. o. Mason, Fnancier.
II OF P.-REDwOOD FALLS LODGE. No. AZ.
IA. meets every Tuesday evening in Ack-
mann's Hall Visiting brothers are cordially
invited. G r. Pease. &C. &. G. Peck. X. T. s.
- a. R.-JoHN s. MARSH POST, No. So.
VI Regular meetings third Thursday of
each month. at their hall. A. l.. Gale, Com.
M III jones.
REDWOOD FALLS CAMP No. 4, d. of w.
Meets every second and fourth Saturday Of
each month in G. A. r. Hall. Anna SALISBURY.
Capt. Elvina Theiring, o. s.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

The fortieth anniversary of the ad-
mission of California to the Union was
celebrated by great parade at San
Francisco on the 9th.
DEMOCRATS and i-Prohibitionists
of Kansas united on the 9th in NOM
mating Ex-Governor Robin nson for Gov
ernor.
FRANCIS MURPHY, the temperanc 9
lecturer, was married on the 9th to
Mrs. Rebecca Fisher at Rock Island,
Ill.
THE stone masons of a number of
States met at Baltimore on the 9th, their
purpose being to organize union OF
their own and leave the Bricklayers' and
Masons' Union.
THE following nominations we're
made on the 10th: Wisconsin, First
district, Clinton Babbitt (Dem.). Ar
kansas, First district, L. P. Featherston
(Rep). Michigan, Fourth district j.
c. Burrows (Rep.), renominated. In
diana, Fourteenth district David H.
Patton CDem.); Tenth district Rev. R.
D. Clarke (Pro.). Iowa, Sixth district.
John F. Lacey (Rep). Mississippi,
Fifth district. ]. R. s. Pitts (Reu.) J.
Ohio, Eighth district, d. s. Hare
(Dem.). Alabama, Fifth district, James
E. Cobb lDem.). Georgia, Seventh dis
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

,
The Misses Emily and Georgisns
Hill have started school of journalism
in London.
The kingdom of Italy has unique
library in the books of travel of it's
Princes, each Italian Prince being bound
to write a complete account Of his for
eign travels, even with such minute de-
tails as hotel bills.
-Longfellow's favorite gem was the
royal amethyst; that deep, flashing pur-
pie that changes to ruby by an artificial
light. This love was shared by the
artist Hunt, and the two were always
looking for new specimens of this stone.
"A wonderful wedding dress was re-
Gently made up in Russia for the daugh-
ter Of great Russian artist It. Is of
regulation white satin, but on the satin
are innumerable little pictures, chiefly
allegorical painted by her fathers artist
friends. What may be its value in years
to come!
The new crown Of King Menelek,
Of Abyss has just boon completed
in Milan. 1t is of solid gold, weighs
~ pounds and resembles somewhat in
appearance the tiara of the Pope. 1t is
adorned with $50 precious stones. and is
valued at SIS, 900.
Mr.. Hannis Taylor. whose book on
the English Constitution has been SO
we'll received, was engaged on the work
fourteen years He lives in Mobile,
and is said to be tall, handsome man,
Of an intellectual cast of countenance,
about forty-six years of age.
One woman has made the silk
gowns of the Justices of the United
States Supreme Court for the past forty
years, and she gets 500 for each one Of
them. They are all made alike, the
only difference being in the material,
the Chief Justice wearing black Chinese
satin, while his associates are robed in
black silk.
edward Box, in the Boston Journal,
is authority for the statement that the
call for flash" liter rature has decidedly
fallen of, and that whereas the last
summers trade of publisher of that
sort amounted to 200. 600 books, thi s
summer he has printed only IS, 900, and
not sold all of them, which is good
news.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria is said
to be the largest holder of copyrights
in the United Kingdom. Besides the
Holy Scriptures, and the Book Of Com
mon Prayer, which can only be printed
cum prauiIegaO. there are the official pub
locations, such as the statutes, blue
books, consular reports, ordnance maps,
ETC., all of which are copyrighted.
During the past two years from
$500 to 1000 manuscripts were annually
submitted to the Century Magazine for
publication. This is an increase over
previous years, and does not include the
hundreds, perhaps thousands of propo-
sitions submitted with regard to arti-
clos. As there has been an increase in
the number of periodicals published in
America OF late years, and as the news
papers are publishing more contribu-
tions than ever by writer's not on the
regular staff, it is evident that there
has been an increase in the literary ac-
tivity at least in proportion to the in
cresss in population Now out of tho
5000 manuscripts Q year, the Century
can only possibly print 400 or less
Century.
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+. ?. SARGENT, the much talked-of
head of the Brotherhood of Firemen,
was born at East Orange, VT, in 1851.
He first became photographer. Then
he drifted to Arizona, where he enlisted
in the United States cavalry. Some
timc afterward he was honorably dis
charged from the army and entered the
service of the Southern Pacific rail-
road as wiper. He soon became fire.
man, and since 1882 he has taken a
prominent part in many labor conven-
tions. He rules over 20, 900 men organ
lied in 3S4 lodges.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18

ONE HUNDRED years ago Sir William
Herschel, looking through the rude in
strument which then did service as
telescope, decided that the planet
Saturn must occupy ten hours, sixteen
minutes and four seconds in its rotation.
A century later Prof. Asaph Hall, with
the fine instrument poised in the United
States observatory at Washington, next
to the Lick telescope the greatest and
most powerful telescope ever construct
ed, perhaps, discovers that Sir William
was less than one hundred seconds out
of the way. In century hence will the
science of to-day be considered as COR
respondingly accurate?
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

IT was reported on the Sth that a
fatally-destructive hurricane had swept
over the north of Italy, killing many
persons and destroying much property.
FLOODS were said to be raging in
Austria on the sth, and twenty persons
were drowned and much property de-
stroyed Dy the breaking o. dyke.
TwENTYFoUR new cases of cholera
and seven deaths from the disease we're
reported at Valencia, Spain. on the 10th.
LABOR riots occurred at Southampton,
Eng, on the 10th, and many persons
were seriously injured by the charge of
soldiers and police, who were called out
to disperse the mob.
CAPTAIN PITTS, of the American
steamship Acapulco, made satisfac-
tory explanation on the 18th in refer
ence to the recent shooting of General
Barrundia at Guatemala. The killing,
he said, was done in self-defense
ADvIcEs from Vienna, Austria, on the
11th were to the effect that the influ-
enza had again reappeared, and was
causing much suffering and death. 1t
haC re same manifestations as before,
but instead of being attended with
throat and chest troubles now appeared
as intestinal complaints.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18

A PRISONER recently escaped from
Blackwel's Island, New York. The
officers soon discovered the fact and
started in pursuit. The fleeing man
was in danger of arrest at every moment
by civilians, as his prison garb pro-
claimed him convict. He, therefore,
proceeded to get rid of his striped suit
lie dartcd through one house and got a
coat, through another and stole pair of
pants, through another and secured
flannel shirt and hat. All these he
succeeded in putting on in the street as
he ran, at the same time discarding
his prison clothes. He made his escape
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CHURCHES.

IORESBYTERIAN.-D j. G. Rihelda6er,
l. pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10: 30
o'clock AN. and at o'clock P N. Sab.
bath school at II o'clock N.
METHODIST.-Rev. F. A. Cone, Pastor.
Nl Services every Sabbath, at 1880 O'Clock
A. N. and at Pm Sabbath school at II Y.
THRISTIAN Preaching on every Lords
~ Day at 1880 O'Clock A. NJ. and P. NJ, by
J. G. Harrison. Sunday School at u NJ.
LNPISCOPAL.-Churc of The Holy Com.
~ munion. Rev. s. B. Purves. Service
every Sunday, except the last Sunday in the
month, at lJ:3J A: NJ: and P M. sunday
school at I'm
NATHOLIC.-Timeso of service to be an
~ nounced hereafter.
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HYMNS IN CHILDHOOD.
A Now England Girl Who .Llked to Go
to Meeting"

a NO" EnRl8nO Otrl VINO "Llk0Q Go 10
to Meeting"
II liked to 20 to meeting" writes
Miss Larcom, in her charming narrative
Of "A New England Girlhood." She
was child, but ''going to meeting"
sometimes implied wearing q new bon.
net and her best white dress and mus
lin ''vandyke," a fact which made her
willing to stand up through the 'long
prayer" and sit still through the ninth
lies" and ''tenthlies'' and ''finallies" of
the sermon.
She seldom remembered any thing
that the preacher said. except now and
then some word which sounded we'll
such as Interpretations" DEGREES"
ordinances" covenants" Not under
standing the long words by which he
tried to explain the Bible, she fell into
the habit of taking refuge in the hymn
book, and often learned two or three
hymns in Sunday forenoon or after
noon.
She soon discovered that there was
difference in tho hymns, and learned
only such as she liked. A melodioGs
echo, or sonorous ring, or the hint of
picture, or some sacred suggestion
caused her to prefer certain hymns to
others. Yet she liked some of these
others because she misunderstood them
and could make free version as she
murmured them over.
One Of her favorites began with the
words:
Come, humble sinner, in whose breast
A thousand thoughts revolve.
She had no idea Of its meaning, but
made up little story out of it, with
herself as the heroine. She did not
know that the last line of the second
stanza was bad grammar:
I'll go to Jesus though my sin
Hath like n mountain rose,--
but thought that the 'sin" was some
thing pretty. that looked like mount
ain rose" She had never seen mount.
aims, but took it for granted that a rose
on mountain must be prettier than
the wild roses on the hill near her
house. She, the heroine, would pluck
that rose, and carry it up the mountain
side into the temple where the King sat,
and would give it to Him; and then He
would touch her with His scepter, and
let her through into a garden full of
flowers.
Miss Larcom's childhood was passed
in the country, and therefore she loved
hymns which suggested flowers, trees,
skies and stars, such as:
"There everlasting spring abldes
And never withering flowers"
When she repeated that hymn, she
understood it to mean that the anemones
and violets-the short-lived children of
the shivering New England spring
would bloom on through the cloudless,
endless year Of the heavenly land.
She lived near the ocean, and when
the salt wind came through the open
door as the choir sang of Seas Of heav-
emily rest" she, wondering how world
could be beautiful where There was
no more sea-" concluded that the hymn
and the text could not contradict each
other, and that something like sea
must be in Heaven.
The child had poets imagination.
While grooming over
At anchor laid, remote from home,
'Toilinx cry: Sweet Spirit. eoInei
Celestial breeze, no longer stay!
But spread my sails, and speed my way!
she had the feeling OF being rocked in
boat on beautiful ocean, from whose
far-off shores the sunrise beckoned.-
Youths Companion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18

The latest inventor n in door-locks is
one which can not be opened from the
outside by pliers or skeleton-key If it
is locked ON the inside. and for this rea-
son is especially valuable for hotel
rooms and inside doors Of buildings gen.
orally. 1t has double bolts, one above
the other. The lower one is used to
lock the door from the outside. Its key
hole does not 60 clear through the lock,
neither does the keyhole Of the bolt that
locks the door from the inside. When
the door is locked on the inside there is
no means Of reaching the key or the
keyhole Of the inner bolt from the out
side of the door. This lock is being ex-
tensively used on the Pacific coast in
all new hotels.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18

Nor in many years has there been a
Congress the membership of which has
suffered so many inroads from death as
the present The demise of Congress-
man Watson, of Pennsylvania, involves
the eleventh vacancy thus caused. OF
the eleven deaths only one entered the
Senate, that in the case of Senator Beck.
OF the remaining ten New York suffered
three, in the cases of Messrs. Cox, Will
Der and Nutting; Pennsylvania three, in
those of Watson, Kelley and Randall;
Missouri two, in those of Burnes and
Walker, and Nebraska, Louisiana and
Illinois one each, in the deaths of Laird,
Gray and Townshend respectively.
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THOMAS EDISON is said by an init

THOMAS EDISON is said by an init
mate friend to be kind Of intellectual
debauchee; he riots in his inventive
ness. So absorbed is he in this that ne
frequently forgets to take his meals or
60 to bed. He spends eight, ten, even
twelve hours in his laboratory without
tasting food and often sleeps in his chair.
One unacquainted with Edison would
regard such habits as the precursors of
insanity, but they who know him have
no fears. Intense, protractcd thought
seems to agree with his constitution.
He is almost always in the highest
health and never better than after a sea-
son Of remarkable productivity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18

A New YORK man says that he has
discovered a fly destroyer that dis
counts all the fly papers and fly poisons
that have yet been put into USE Last
spring he went into the country and
brought back with him when he re-
turned number of lunches of clover
blossoms He hung them in his rooms
to ornament the walls. The clover
dried, and since then he says not a fly
will stay in the ROOM He watched and
studied, and says he has discovered that
flies can not stand the scent of dried
clOypr
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EpitOme of the Week.
EFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.


MONDAY, Sept SIN the Senate
of land on which the big trees stand in
California as public park was passed.
The conference report on the river and
harbor appropriation bill was taken up
and agreed to without discussion. The
tariff bill was further discussed. At
the evening session the reciprocity
proposition was discussed. In the
House no business of Importance was
transacted, no quorum being present.
TUESDAY, Sept. g. - In the Senate
the tariff bill was ordered engrossed
and two important amendments were
adopted-one providing for partial reci-
procity, and the other providing for a
tariff commission, with headquarters in
Washington, to collect data as to the
effect of tariff laws on commercial and
industrial conditions. In the House
the Virginia election case of Langston
VS.. Venable was called, but it could not
be acted on for want of a quorum. Bills
were introduced to create woman's in
ternational labor congress to be held at
Chicago in 1898; to increase the pen
sions of persons who have lost an arm
or leg in the service at $40 per month;
for the distribution of the earnings of
the Virginius indemnity fund among
those entitled to participate in it.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1o.-In the SEN
ate, after disposing of routine busi-
ness, the tariff bill was taken up for
discussion and passed by strict party
vote-40 to 29. In the House the en- tire
day was spent in flibustering against
the consideration of the Langston-
Venable election contest. Representa-
tive Dunnell, of Minnesota, introduced
a reapportionment bill. 1t provides for
House of 355 mem bers on a basis of one
representative for $50, 900 popu. alton.
THURSDAY, Sept. lin the Senate
bill was reported for the sale of cer-
tain lands for school purposes in the
town of Pelican, Wis. The resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Interior
for information as to lands of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company and of
other companies whose roads were not
completed within the period fixed by
the granting act was taken up, dis
cussed and agreed to. The conference
report on the railroad land forfeiture
bill was then taken up and discussed,
but no action was taken. In the House
no business was transacted, no quorum
being present.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18

AMONG the presents received by DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes on his S1st
birthday, recently, was gold-lined sill
yer spoon, the handle of which bore
witch on broomstick, the word Salem
and the emblematic witch pins crossed,
which lady brought as token of his
latest poem, the "Broomstick Train"
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Later.
To Relieve tho Market.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 14.-As a
measure to relieve the stringency of the
money market, the following circular
has been issued:
Treasury department., Washington,
Sept. IA, 1s90.-In pursuance of the au-
thority contained in section 2, Of the
act of March 3, 1881, public notice is
hereby given that with the view OF the
purchase of SIG, 600, 600 of bonds of the
per cent. loan of 1897, proposals for the
sale of such bonds to the government
will be received at the treasury depart
ment, in the city of Washington, d. c.,
as noon on Wednesday, Sept. 1870. The
right to reject any or all bids is hereby
expressly reserved,
WILLIAM WINDOW, Secretary.
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HUMOROUS.

First Miss undecided about going
in bathing)-"How is the water to-day?"
Second Miss (splutteriug after her first
plunge)-"It's aw-awful we-wet"
Good News.
MIR. Soure docking at his watch)-
"Why, your clock is slow, Miss Goode."
Tommy-"Yes, Susie put it back. She
expected Mr.. Sweete tonight instead Of
you. Jester.
First Dude-"Why Ch awpie! What's
the mattah? You look unstwung."
Second Dude-"So l am. My shoe
stwings have come united. ."-Burling-
ton Free Press.
Clara Ito Charlie, who is noted for
various unsatisfactory attempts at whis-
kers)-"A mustache seems to have an
tipathy to your face" Charlie-"Yes,
it does seem little down on it."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
--Brown-"You don't look we'll lately,
Robinson" Robinson-"No l can't
sleep we'll on account Of lung trouble"
Brown-"Nonsense! Your lungs are all
right" Robinson-''YeS, mine are; the
trouble is with the baby's."
Mamma" said Miss Clifton, II
have noticed peculiar ring in Her
bert's voice when he speaks to me-"
Indeed! Observe carefully and see
whether it bearsSany resemblance to an
engagement ring. "-Washington Post.
-Tailor-'T really do hope you will
settle this little account to-day, sir.
have heavy bill to pay my cloth mer-
chant" Captain (calmly)--"Confound
your impudence! You go and contract
debts, and come dunning me to pay
them. Get out, or I'll send for the po-
ce."-Harper's Bazaar.
Have you boarded long at this
house?" inquired the new boarder of
the sour, detected man sitting next to
him." "About ten years." II don't
see how you can stand it. Why haven't
you left long ago?'' mo other place to
CO." said the other dismally. The
landlady's my wife."-Chicago Tribune.
Miss De Simper-"l want to buy a
diamond necklace" Jeweler-'Some-
thing worth about fifteen hundred dol
lars?" Miss De Simper-'O my! am
an actress. and want something posi-
lively stunning" Jeweler-''I see.
Here is one with fifteen 4-carat stones.
can sell you that for thirteen dollars"
Jewellers Weekly.
-He-"What's the matter with nv
darling? Why these tearsT" She
1--WE made some biscuits for you and
instead of two quarts of flour and one
of saleratus I used two
quarts of saleratus and tablespoonful
of -four, and I'm afraid You'll think
they're not as good as your mothers
biscuit Chicago Post
"A Sure Sign.-
The summer we knows on our shor cs
BY the slapping and clapping,
And whangInx and changing,
And banging and banging,
And cracking and whackIng,
And humping and humping,
And Gathering and shattcring,
And sounding and pounding,
And crashing and smashing
OF fly screens that hang at the doors.
Detroit Free Press
Two peddlers met in front of nine.
story tenement house in New York.
How is business, Aaron?" every
good, indeed. And how is it with
youP" "A woman just called me from
the top story OF this tenement Imam
aged to get up with my pack, and found
her with baby in her arms When
she saw me she said to the infant:
There he is now; II you're not good
he'll carry you away in his pack She
didn't buy any thing. Business, Aaron
is very bad."-Philadelphia TimoS
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

Ths Democrats of the State Meet ut St.
Paul and Nominate y Tlcket-The Plat
form Adopted.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 10-The Dem
ocratic State convention was held in
this city Tuesday with 4so delegates
present. The convention was called to
order at II o'clock and Judge H. R.
Wells, of Preston, was selected as tenn
porary chairman. At the afternoon
session when nominations for Governor
were called for Thomas Wilson, of WI
mona; f. w. Durant, of Saltwater; DR..
A. A. Ames, of Minneapolis, and S. NJ.
Owen. of Minneapolis, were named.
Before the vote was taken Mr.. Owen.
who is the candidate of the Farmers
Alliance. and F. w. Durant withdrew.
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ALL sealskin garments have gone up
twenty-five per cent The crop of ap-
Piles in New England is failure. There
are no peaches in Delaware. There is a
shortage in the peanut crop, and paw
paws are selling at five cents apiece.
This is going to be hard season on all
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1T is nice to have some things definite
ly settled. We believe it was St. Paul
who decided that few" is eight. Now
comes railroad company in Pennsyl-
vania and declares that party con-
sists of ten. The application in the
latter case has its bearing in reduced
mileage rates. Now, will some one come
along and tell us just how many it
takes TO make "several?'
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The youthful King of Spain has not
been out of the cradle long, but he ap-
pears to have full appr reciation of his
position in life. One day recently he
was served for lunch with a breast of a
chicken cut into small pieces He at
once began to help himself without the
aid of either spoon or fork. "Sire," said
his attendant gravely, "kings never eat
with their fingers" This King does, :"
responded his Majesty, continuing his
meal