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The Redwood gazette., 1890-03-13

On the Fl st page of this paper will
be found the platform adopted by the
State Farmers Alliance, together with
the officers elected for the ensuing
year. The platform is we'll worth
reading, and contains much that is
worthy of praise. The alliance is to
be congratulated for not having attach
ed the organization to any Of the hack
politicians who laid their wires for that
purpose, and by avoiding this, have
placed the farmers of this state in a
position to easily dictate the next legis-
lature. This will enable the Alliance
to put their proposed reforms, includ-
ing the Australian system of voting,
the submission of prohibitory amend
ment and the enactment of law Sc
curing the free shipment of grain-to
the test of experience.
The Redwood gazette., 1890-03-13
Wood! 0 Wood!

lam now prepared to sell either hard
or sof, wood a, lowest living prices for
cash. N" wood delivered until paid for.
Leave orders at Lechner & Ackmann's
ttore. or with j. P. HARA.
The Redwood gazette., 1890-03-13

In order to encourage the formation
of an improvement Association at
Mankato, J. A. Willard has offered to
take stock to the value of all his real
estate in that city-over 200 acres
and to set aside one-fourth of this as
q donation toward the creation of a
city library at Mankato. In case this
handsome offer is accepted, the city
will ultimately have over $4,000 for
their library from Mr.. Wizards do
nation.
The Redwood gazette., 1890-03-13

The following practical ideas were
presented at the recent editorial con-
vention; by H. P. Hall, of the Daily
News.
The newspaper is entitled to and
should receive the very highest mark
ct rates for every line of political ad-
vertising, such as calls of conventions
and caucuses, announcements of po-
litical meetings, keeping the ticket in
the columns, etc. The newspaper
should receive the highest market rate
(which is 5 cents per copy at present)
for every extra copy circulated for po-
itical purposes, (and they should be
iberally used) no matter if the num-
Der runs into the thousands. All that
is necessary to bring about such bus
mess basis and secure legitimate po-
litical emoluments, is the union of all
of the papers in q county, and an
agreement that they viii not, for the
party they represent, or any other po-
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What Others Say.
Cor, 81. Louis AdrOcIte.

IN DANGER.-Areo our people to be-
come more worldly, and is the vast
wealth which is flowing into our land
to be an unmitigated curse to the peo-
Pile? There il only one escape-more
self denial and deeper and more thor
ough conservation OF wealth to God
and His Church. Oh, when will peo-
pie of wealth see that Gods kingdom
is real and that His worship and SER
vice is business Will the day ever
come when men of wealth will say,
"Children, the fortune we have must
be spent for the betterment of man.
Go, and as you teach, preach, live NJ
your Lord. Heaven is reality, heI!
is reality, spiritual things are eternal,
temporal, seen things are transitory,
shadowy." Worldliness is the worst
form of sin in Christian and civilized
countries. Let the men whom the Son
if God has set free, preach, write and
continue to cry and spare not. What
if in the great day of judgment it
should be fonnd that the ministry
have been Indirectly leaders in this
way of error-Balaamites We are
in danger. We may pray. daily
and read the Bible, go to church,
preach, sing, shout, and this plausible,
hidden, deep-hearted evil unconscious
ly corrupt an ruin the soul.
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WHAT CONSTITUTES A GENTLE
MAN.-We have no doubt the follow
ing will be relished by those who are
in the situation of the "printer" who
had such a keen appreciation of a true
gentleman.
A patron of q certain newspaper
once said to the publisher
"Mr. Printer, how is it YOU have
never called upon me to pay for youl
paper?"
"Oh," said the man of types, 1--WE
never ask q gentleman for money"
"Indeed," replied the patron, chow
do you manage to get along when they
don't pay YOU"
"Why," said the editor, LATTER GER
tain time we conclude he is no gentle
man and we ask him."
"Oh-ah-yes-I see. Here Is five
dollars, make me all right on youl
books"
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THE VALUE OF POSITIVE OPINION.
1t was Sidney Smith (who was a
keen observer of human affairs, We
believe, who said that great deal of
talent is lost to the world from want
of courage. A man who has the cour-
age of his convictions, and is not
afraid to avow them, is always a use
full man so long as he stands inside OF
sound morals and of legitimate human
rights. Indeed, when he gets some
what outside those lines, he may still
be useful by provoking thought and
discussion that will drive him inside If
he is an honest man, and that will at
any rate prevent others from standing
in a false position. The truth often
suffers from stagnation, and needs to
be stirred up; it suffers less by discus
sion than from being let alone. Rub
bing it makes it brighter, just as it
does with gold and silver and precious
stones. Positive opinions begat oppo-
sition, of course but the world and
the Church need them all the same.
Those who are afraid to express them
in behalf of truth, can take the awful
responsibility of silence: but truth
will march forward without them.
But where will hey be when they see
it marching on?
New York Euangclist.
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There are some spirits which must
go through discipline analogous to
that sustained by Elijah. The storm
struggle must precede the still, small
voice. There are minds which must
be convulsed with doubt before they
can repose in faith. There are hearts
which must lie broken with disap-
pointment before they can rise into
hope. Blessed is the man who, when
the tempest has spent its fury, reoog-
nizes his Fathers voice in its under
tone, and bares his head and bows his
knee as Elijah did. TO such spirits it
seems as if God had said: "In the
still sunshine and ordinary ways Of
life you cannot meet me, but, like Job,
in the desola ion of the tempest you
shall see My form, and hear My. voice,
and know that your Redeemer liveth.'
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Mr.. Moody is especially happy in
his treatment of infidels and skeptics,
Here is an illustration "A man
brought a difficult passage to him
with the question,
Glow do you explain that. Mr..
Moody?"
81 don't explain it,.
"Well, how do you interpret it ?"
II don't Interpret it ?'
"How do you understand it?
"T don't understand it."
"Well, what do you do with it ?"
II don't do anything with it."
"You don't believe it, do you?"
"CerlaiHly 7 believe it. There are
lots of things I believe that | don't
understand. There are good many
things in astronomy, good many
things about my own system, that
don't understand, yet I believe them
am glad there are heights in that
book which I haven't been able tC
climb. I am glad there are depths /
havn't been able to fathom. 1t is the
best proof that the Book came from
God.n
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Silent Men,

Men great in deeds are often taciturn.
Does their taciturnity alise from the
difTidence which fears lest words
should exceed deeds, or from a convic-
ton that safety is promoted by silence
WashingtoH's reserve made him stiff,
formal and i'll at ease in company, but
it also prevented his plans from being
betrayed to all enemy, and the coun-
try from being deceived by his prom
ises.
William the Silent was frugal OF
words, because reserve that concealed
his designs, even from those acting
with him, was necessary to the inde-
pendence of the Netherlands.
A writer in Leisure Hours says that
the most dramatic of silent men was
Wallenstein, the antagonist of Gusta-
vus Adolphus, and the commander OF
the Emperor's armies in the thirty
years war. He insisted that the deep
est silence should reign around him.
His Officers took care that no loud con-
versation should disturb their general.
They knew that a chamberlain had
been hanged for waking him without
orders, and that an officer who would
wear clanking spurs in the command
er's presence had been secretly put to
death.
In the rooms of his palace the ser
wants glided as if phantoms, and a
dozen sentinels moved around his tent
charged to secure the silence the gen
eral demanded. Chains were stretch
ed across the streets in order TO guard
him against the disturbance of sounds.
Wallenstein's taciturnity, that made
him shun speech, and his love of 81,
lence that caused him to he irritated at
the slightest noise, were due to his con-
stitutional temperament. He never
smiled, he never asked advice from
any one, and he could not endure to be
eazed at, even when giving all order.
The soldiers, when be crossed the
camp, pretended not to see him. know
ing that a curious look would bring
them punishment.
Youths Companion.
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It is hard to tell which is the easiest
to 80 forward at q revival or back
ward when the revival is over.

It is hard to tell which is the easiest
to 30 forward at revival or back
ward when the revival is over.
Teacher-In the sentence "The poor
misguided wretch was taken to pris-
on" what part Of speech is poor:
Johnny-"Poor" is an unnecessary
word, mum. There amt any misguid-
ed wretches ever taken to prison.
He was New Yorker, and on arriv-
ing here-being unaccustomed to the
comparatively fresh air-it made him
faint. Every other effort proving un-
availing, they held him over a sewer;
He revived almost immediately and
murmured: "Ah, thank heaven This
smells like home" ."-E'rchange.
Let your rest be perfect in its season,
like the rest of waters that are still.
If you will have model for your liv-
ing, take neither the stars, for they fly
without ceasing; nor the ocean, that
ebhs and flows; nor the river, that
cannot stay; but rather let your life he
like that Of the summer air, which has
times OF noble energy and times OF
perfect peace. 1t fills the sails of the
Ships upon the sea. and the miller
thanks 1t upon the breezy uplands; it
works generally for the health and
wealth of all men, yet 1t claims its
heurs Of rest.
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DIR. p. s. Hensen, In Baptist Teacher.

SELF-REsPECT.-That was a very
fine answer said to have been made by
the venerable DR.. J. B. Jeter to an in
quirer who asked him whether, when
he was in Rome, he had called upon
his holiness the Pope. "No. I did
not" "Well, why not, DR.. Jeter"'
Because" replied the magnificent
Baptist bishop, "the Pope never called
upon me.n He believed that Bap-
tist preacher was just as good as a
Catholic Pope, and as Jeter was a
stranger in Rome, and Rle Pope was at
home there, it seemed to him that the
latter should take the lead in the dis
play of courtesy. A lesson here for
those un-American Americans who
abuse their manhood by seeking an
audience with the Sovereign Pontiff,
even though the cost of it he their
kneeling thrice before him and kiss
ing the golden cross upon his en-
broidered slipper. Would that more
of the Lords ambassadors had the
self-respect and conscious dignity OF j.
B, Jeter!
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of the required manifestations OF that
love. Let them be viewed as only the
various streams of which love is the
fountain, or as the diverging rays OF
which love is the central sun. BY
thus regarding them, we shall possess
the clue to their meaning, and the Sc
cret of their fuLfilment. With this
general law clearly before US, the par
ticular precepts of the gospel will de.
veIop harmoniously to our view, and
we shall be the better fitted to compre-
hend and practice them.
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WHAT ARE YOU DoING.-Did you
ever tell what the Lord has done fol
your soul?
How does the world know you are O
Christian
Did you ever make q personal ap'
peal to an unconverted soul?
Do your religious engagements take
precedence over all others?
Have you tried to induce any one to
attend yonr church meetings?
Have you welcomed any stranger IN
church
Do you visit the poor, The sick, the
strangers
Have you sought to know your new
members
Is secres prayer your daily habit?
Do you observe daily worship?
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Ne,v York Christian advocate.

The sensitive natures Of some per
sons cause untold trouble not only to
themselves but to all with whom they
are associated. Two elderly ladies are
said to have left a Sunday-school re-
Gently because the class to which they
belonged was moved twelve feet from
the place it had formely occupied. II
is we'll for Christian people to have
opinions Of their own, and to be ready
to express them on all proper occa
sions; but those who make so much o
trifles are wanting both in grace and
sense. How can one ''endure hard
ness as good soldier of Jesus Christ
if he cannot endure little disappoint'
ment concerning the place the organ
shall occupy in the church, or the col
or of the carpet, or the person who
shall lead the singing, or the location
OF Sunday-school class?
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General Sir Charles Warren, when
Governor of Natal, said: "For the
preservation of peace between the colo
nists and natives one missionary is
worth more than q whole battalion Of
soldiers"
n sense of the infinite distance be-
tween God and man, in wisdom, pow
er, and holiness, should, in our APP
proaches to Him in meditations and
prayer, bear with deep and solemn
weight upon the mind.
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Feeling After God.

Unfold, O Lord, Thy Word TO me.
4 blind and erring child;
Thy wondrouS beauty let me see,
And live in Thy pure smile.
The light of truth 10 me reveal,
The bliss of heavenly ray:
May its quick power feel
In each succeeding day.
And with Thy Word, o Sanctify
Fnc duties of each hour!
And mark each moment rs 1t flies
With truths eternal power!
o may perish unto sin,
And new I'm Christ arise,
To find I'm virtues sacred kin
A hope beyond the kies!
And when reach life's silent goal,
When time and earth shall flee.
May floods of light possess my soul,
And wait 1t home to Thee!
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AFRAID OF AN IDEA.-A little boy
a neighbor of mine, went lately tc
school for the first time, and OH his re
turn admitted that he had enjoyed
himself, but declared vehemently that
he should not 60 again. He seemed
full of real terror, and it finally came
out that the teacher had told him that
he was going to "put on idea into his
head,n the next morning. The word
"idea" was one he had never heard
and he probably fancied it to be some
new and formidable kind of edge tool
Z. W. Higginson,
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Nothinr shows the true lady mo

Nothing shows the true lady more
than her letters. AS regards the writ
ing itself, it should be as good as posi-.
BILE. TO write badly is discourteous,
because it looks as If you thought any
scrawl were good enough for your
friend, no matter what trouble may be
required to read it. Never write "Ex'
cuse haste and bad pen." No one
should write to a friend in indecent
haste, and pens are cheap to buy. Use
strong grammatical English, few alb
breviations, and make your meaning
as clear as daylight.
Ffve Talents of Woman.
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RY HIGH WILSON. ABBE
4 Heavy Loss.

There was general stir and commo-
ton i'm the Trumbull farmhouse, for
Uncle James, who had long been alb
sent in the distant West, was coming
To make Il visit. 1t was fitting that
the house should be in perfect order,
the children in their Sunday attire,
aud the whole family on their best be-
havior, when they were about to vel
come so important guest. The chill
dren, five in number, who had been
taught to reverence his name from
their earliest years, looked upon him
at first with feelings of awe; but they
soon discovered that their great "Uncle
james" was, after all, only big, kind
hearted man, who could be, when he
wished, as much a child as any OF
them.
He brought them, too, the most
beautiful presents, among them real
live Kentucky pony for Albert, the
oldest boy. The animal was dark,
glossy bay, with spirited step, kindly
eyes, and flowing name and tail.
Beauty" the younger ones wanted to
name him, but Albert, who had lately
heen reading the life of Alexander the
Great, called him Bucephalus, after
the steed Of that famous conqueror
| The pony was at once recognized as a
family pet, to be coaXed with soft
words and Jumps of sugar; to be led
carefully about by the bride; to be
harnessed and driven with pride or
to be caressed and patted and stroked,
while he received daily visits in his
stall.
One day Uncle James remarked to
his sister, albert is fine boy. You
and his father may we'll be proud of
him; but he has one serious fault
carelessness. 1t distresses me to pass
his room. No matter how neatly you
arrange it in the morning, / notice
that by night every thing is in disor-
der. have heard his father reprove
him several times for mislaying things
at the barn, but do not see that Al
bert makes any effort to improve.
Something should be done at once to
help him to overcome this falling"
Mrs. Trumbull listened, and deter
mined to consider what should be done
in the matte. A week later Uncle
James took his departure, and a few
nights afterwartl there was sudden
alarm of fire. The family was arous-
ed, and ran out to find the harm all on
blaze. The neighbors rallied, and
worked nobly, but were powerless to
suhlue the flames.
"rhe horses ~ cried some one.
Give nc an AK. I'll get them OUT"
Albert, hearing the call, ran to get
the AK from its proper place in the
wood-house, trembling all the while as
he thought of his beautiful, gentle
pony, whose screams even then filled
his ears. He reached for the ak, but,
alas, he had used it the day before,
and, true to his careless habit, had
neglected to restore it to its place. In
his alarm he failed to remember where
he had put it. and so the AK could not
be found. The horses. five in number,
perished, the dear Kentucky pony
among them: and all for the want of
that misplaced AK.
Could Albert ever forget that dread
ful night and the cries of those poor,
terrified animals? 1t was a dearly
bought lesson, but one he always re-
memhered. From that time forward
his favorite motto was: "a place for
every thing, and every thing in its
place"
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Ne,p York Christian Advocate

The Roman Catholics complain
against the custom of reading the Bi.
bic in the public schools on the glound
that it is sectarian book, and the Su-
preme Court of the State of Wiscon-
sin has sustained them in this; that is
to say, the Roman Catholics them
selves being judges, the Bible does not
teach their religion, but does contain
the doctrines held by Protestants.
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lions Herald.

The first necessity in the religion,
life of our time is "to do justice" "
'Showing mercy" is generally easier
than doing justice. A fair days wage
for fair days work, simple as the de,
mand seems, carries in it that to which
all humane minds consent as the pri'
mary requirement in justice. 1t is
true that man does not live by bread
only, but lie can not live without bread.
The "word that cometh out of the
mouth Of God" includes the feeding
the hungry and clothing the naked.
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lilo VIII W. -.
.dnderSon NIe12igence7'.
That many men enlist through

That many men enlist through
pique, and soon tire of the routine o.
garrison life, may be admitted yet
this fact can hardly account for the
desertun of one-fourth of the recruits,
and one eight of the rank and file OF
the army every year. The truth seems
TO be that the lin" officers themselves
are largely responsible for this conul'
ton of affairs. Their listlesa ana ell
ervating life leads them to lose inter
est in their commands, and their au
thority is assumed by non-commission'
ed men who abuse it by acts of petty
tyranny. Some radical remedy Is
needed TO cure an evil that is fast
bringing discredit upon the whole ar
my. n,
2Ai2n0el1Aia Teco7a.
The radical Christian remedy is
Disband
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When My Ship Comes In.

Poets sing n worlds desire
For :, snip from DER the sea,
LIT me strike 4 Keynote higher
OF the ship that's come To me!
Long we've pcpred with aching eyes
For Il CLINT of coming Sail,
Till fUnd expectation dies.
And our sight begins to fail.
We are gazing far away,
For the joys already here:
Ships we think are on their way
May he anchored 1T the pier!
And the good we hope TO gain
Lies within our reach. Yet we
Strain our eyes acrnSS the main
For some JOY that nc'er will he.
.y0ln U'cnfCOlM SdnJGrn
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II. LOVE TO ENEMIES.

We have seen that the law Of love
applies as well to enemies as friends
VI ere there no special command upon
the subject, we might still deduce from
that general duty the particular one o.
loving eur enemies and prosecutors
TO leave no room for doubt, however
it is urged in many distinct precepts
and occupies prominent place in the
religion of Jesus. In that epitome OF
religious duty. the sermon on the
mount, our Lord says, "Ye have heard
that it hath been said. Thou shalt love
thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy
but I say unto you, Lore yoatr enc
miles," etc. Matt. 5 43, A. This pre-
cept conveys 10 every candid mind but
one signification. 1t can be under
stood in no other way than as eXhort'
ing us to check all feelings of resent
ment, and to cherish instead of them
those of forbearance and good will. II
stands opposed TO all malice, enmity
and even bitterness of feeling; to OIL
irascible disposition to an unloving
unforgiving spirit; is the passionate
retort, the hasty word of abuse or blow,
the sullen, distant demeanor, and the
deliberate persecution. 1t is equally
plain, that 10 love an enemy is to cher.
ish a hearty affection towards him, and
to desire and seek his happiness. II
is, as far as possible, to regard him
with the samO feelings, and treat him
with the same kindness and considera-
ton that we do our friends; TO forgive
his injurious conduct, and to aim at,
and if possible, effect reconciliation
with him.
Be who obeys this precept will fight,
not against his adversary, but against
his own rebellious heart, and will try
to crush, not the offender, but those
emotions Of hatred or aversion with
which he is tempted to regard him.
He will studiously repress every feel
ing of anger, will subdue his counte'
nance, his voice, his eye, his gestures,
and his whole manner into the express
sion Of tender regard, and will reso'
lutely seal his lips against every utter
ance save blessing and a prayer. He
will try to behold in his antagonist 4
man, brother, whom God bids him
love; will charitably overlook his bad
qualities, and seek out and admire his
good ones, and will strive to discover
behind all his offences, something still
deserving Of his affection and sympa'
thy.
The two prccepts which we have
now considered d afford the fundamental
principle of all others relating to hu
man intercourse. AS love is "the full
filling of the law" so it alone can IN
spire an acceptable obedience to any o
the precepts of the gospel. Let this b'
borne in mind as we now notice some