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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17
EXPRESS trains on the Union Pacific
railroad, near Beatrice, Neb., collided.
and two men were fatally and one was
Corionclx, ;ps,

EXPRESS trains on the Union Pacific
railroad, near Beatrice, Neb, collided.
and two men were fatally and one was
seriously injured.
B. S. WooDwoRTH, prominent ply
sician of Indiana, died suddenly at his
home in Fort Wayne, aged II years.
THERE was shipped from Ottawa, I'LL, (,
to Mexico the first train load of fire
proof material ever sent from one
country to another.
Two MARBLE slabs, one of them bear
ing the inscription, June 1, 1716," and
the other the date l716, were found
near La Harpe, ILL., They were sup
posed to mark the resting places Of La
Salle's explorers.
GEORGE HARRIS killed his wife and
S. F. Parker, a sewing machine agent,
at Little Rock, Ark.
NEAR Warren, o., Jacob H. Shaffer,
aged 70, and his daughter Ida, aged 80,
were killed and his daughter Ella was
seriously hurt at a railroad crossing.
In San Francisco NJ. B. Curtis, the
well-known actor, killed Alexander
Grant, policeman. Curtis had been
drinking and was in the custody of the
officer.
1N Indiana the total assessed valua.
tion of corporate, real estate and per-
sonal property aggregates 1924, 000,-
600, which is an increase of $401, 900, 900
over last year.
MRS. j. STEWART and her 2-year-old
baby were burned to death at Denver,
COL, as result of the woman trying
to start fire with kerosene.
WESTERN railroads having terminals
in Chicago all report that they are un-
able to supply shippers with Ia sufficient
number of grain cars
The death of John A: 1atrobe, a
most distinguished and the oldest men,
Der of the Baltimore bar, occurred at
his home in that city, aged 80 years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17

A CURIOUS bit of local history is en-
balmed in the name of one of the
townships in New Castle county, Del.
The name as now spelled is "Pen-
cader," and it is that of the township
in which lies the "Welsh Mort" settled
about two hundred years ago by a
Welsh colony, some of whose de-
scendants still hold parts of the tract
In the midst of the Welsh Mort stands
Iron hill, the only considerable en-
inence in Delaware, and Pencader is
only slight corruption of the Welsh
Pen Cadr, which means the great hill
or the hill fort. The early Welshmen
named their township in its honor
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17

UNCLE SAM is not old, but the statis-
tics show that his taxable wealth foots
up ses, 500, 00O, 900, and that is only but
q fraction of his real wealth. No won
der the eyes of the world are on .old
glory" as it floats over 1.-The land of the
brave and the home Of the free"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17
knights OF Pythias.

In session at Duluth the grand lodge
Knights of Pythias elected officers as
follows: -
Past grand commander.L P. Hunt Mankato;
grand commander, Fred c. Wheaton, Minneap-
oils; grand vice commander, L G. Henning.
Saltwater; grand prelate, Albert Berg, Tay-
lor's Falls; grand keeper Of records and seals,
Grier M. Orr, St. Paul; grand master Of ex
chequer, A. c. Godfrey, Minneapolis; grand
master at arms, +. E. Austin. Duluth; grand
inner guard, William Percy, Bralnerd; grand
outer guard G. Preston, Moorhead; grand
lodge trustee, H. NJ. Martin Minneapolis; su
preme representative, F. s. Mcdonald Minne-
apolis.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17

The grip of an ants jaw is retained
even after the body has been bitten off
and nothing but the head remains.
This knowledge is possessed by GER
tain tribe of Indians in Brazil, who
put the ants to very peculiar use.
When an Indian gets cash cut in his
hand, instead of having his hand sewn
together, as physicians do in this coun-
try, he procures five or six large black
ants, and. holding their heads
near the cash, they bring their jaws
together in biting the flesh, and thus
pull the two sides of the cash together.
Then the Indian. pinches off the bodies
leaving the heads clinging to the flesh.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17
An Historic Gun.

The State Historical society has been
presented with rifle, an old "Harper's
Ferry" rifle, as it is called, which has
quite history. The gun was taken
from an Indian by Nick Kassel, of the
Seventh Minnesota regiment, at the
battle of Wood lake in September,
1862. Kassel was obliged to kill tho
Indian to get the gun, but that was in
cidental to the securing of the now his
torical weapon. Kassel sold it to Caleb
Hosford, who donated it to the State
Historical society
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17
Redwood Gazette.

81 so per Year, in Advance.
Published every Thursday, and entered at
Redwood Falls p U. as second-clasS matter
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Missed 1t in Atlanta and Had 1t Served
to Him in IL Seattle Restaurant
II. L. Constine Of New Orleans La,
while recently at Seattle for several
days, told a story that would rival in its
improbability the tales of the Arabian
Nights. Mr.. Constine, however, declares
that his story is true, and says that he is
willing to swear to it.
"When l was in Atlanta, Ga, some
time ago, said Mr.. Constine, Il was in
vited by a friend, Mr.. John Sawyer, to
visit a peach canncry where he was en-
ployed Aft L | had completed my tour
of the cannery mi'se very valuable
charm that | had been wearing on my
watch chain. The loss was a sad one
to me, inasmuch as the charm was u
gift from a dead sister | off red a lib
eral reward for the return of the charm
which | suppos ID | had dropped some-
where about the cannery, but all to no
purpose, as never heard from it.
81 had returned home, and had given
up all hopes of rec vering the charm.
About two months ago | conceived the
idea of visiting the Pacific coast, and
arranging my husin SIS in short order,
started at oHce for the West
ARRIVING at S 'attle, | spent my time
visiting among friends While down
town at noon one day, / stepped into
restaurant for lunch.
After eating a hearty lunch | called
for some peaches a ID cream. started
to eat the peaches, and was in the act of
Of
the spoon struck S, ne hard substance
which appeared to be imbedded in the
heart of one of the peaches. | worked
the substance out with my spoon and
held it up to the Ii 1T. My surprise can
be better imagined ,han described when
l found that | held in my hand my
missing charm which l had long ago
given up for lost.
"The story is a strange one," con-
cluded Mr.. Constne, "and l should
hardly be willing , believe it myself if
told to me by a stranger, but neverthe-
less every word is strictly true. The
on,y way [ can account for the mysteri-
Gus Disappearance and racov ry of the
jewel is that it became disenga 1el from
the chain when | was watching the per-
formance Of Il ne y coring and pairing
machine in which | was much in
terested while l was visiting the cam
nery in Atlanta, and it fell in among
the peaches wtho, my noticing it, "
The charm which. Mr. Constine
showed the report I was IL gold cross
with diamond set in either end and
a larger one in the center, and was of
very unique design. The story is a
strange one bat was told in a concise
and straightforward manner that argued
well for its racity.-[ [Seattl, Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
Sound Advice for Women.

This whole matter of how woman
should dress, what she should and should
not wear, resolves itself entirely into a
question of common sense, says Ed
ward w. Box, in the Ladies Home
Journal. Many woman on shopping
expedition thinks it necessary to take a
companion for advice in her selection.
My dear woman, use the mind and brain
which God, in His infinite wisdom, gave
you, and exercise it in your dress as in
all other things in this life. Take a
friend with you when you go shopping, if
you will, for ompanionship, but don't
either ask OF expect her to help you. No
two tastes are alike, especially in dress,
and what may seem Just love of
bonnet" to your companion, may become
you just about as much as silk flag be-
comes a dredging scow. Do your own
buying, and make your own selection.
II you are in doubt, give yourself the
benefit of the doubt, and leave the ar
ticle unbought rather than that you
should parade the streets unbecomingly
attired. Rather err on the side of sim
plicity. You can better afford to have
it said of you, How severely simple
she dresses" than that people passing
you in the street should look back and
marvel at costume which outrages all
the laws of good TASTE Buy those col
ors most becoming to you. Do not go
beyond your means, but have the best
you can afford with little margin on
the safe side Dress as well as you can,
but sensibly, and always remember that,
after all, a woman is Judged more by
her own worth than by the clothes she
wears.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Hugh Bonner, chief of the fire depart
ment of New York city, is tall and broad
chested. He is quite the ideal hero in
appearance His manner is agreeable
At fire he is the incarnation of author
ity, GOODNESS, and decision while activity
is needed When the danger is over the
chief retires, perhaps to the sheltered
seclusion of a convenient doorway, and
scans the general situation until satisfied
that there is nothing left undone to pre-
vent a recurrence of the confagration.
A fireman's life is one of never ceasing
watchfulness, and the chief, in particu
lar, is practically never off duty. No
work is more trying than his. Hugh
Bonner was born in Ireland, but he came
to this country when yet a child, and he
is a thorough American. In common
with most memi ers of the force, he has
several gallant rescues to his credit 1t
is not generally known, however, that he
is an inventor. Some of the most useful
appliances in the department were orig
mated by him. Among them, an espe-
cially useful one is a circular net by
which persons jumping from roofs or
windows can be caught with compara-
tive ease Then there is the roof cutter,
by the use of which one man can do as
much work as half dozen formerly did,
the combined battering ram, and wall
breaker, the cellar, and subcellar
pipes - ingenious contrivances that
enable firemen to direct stream of
water into cellars so densely filled with
smoke as to be absolutely impenetrable.
A device which provides a new thread
for the nozzle of a hydrant, in case the
thread has been twisted-formerly very
frequent source of dangerous delay-is
not the least valuable of the chiefs in
ventions, which are far too many to
catalOpne
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
THE STORY OF OMAR.

Long centuries ago three Per ian boys,
Thinking upon their hopes of future joys
B.tweeu thcm--Omar. Abdul and Hassan-
A la ting compact made, and thus it ran:
Abdul and Omar and Hessan. These three,
Schoomates and friends, do solemnly agree
7 hat to which ever one success may come
unor or wealth-the hand of Allah from,
This one to each companion dear shall make
Some worthy Offering for friendships sake.
The years slipped by, and when good fortune
came,
II brought to Abdul honor, wealth and fame,
Vizier the Sultan made him. and twas then
lie thought of Omar and Hassan again.
And they, 'tis said, remembering the old
Agreement came, their wishes to unfold.
First spoke Hassan: "Of thee, o, friend, my
heart
Would crave of power to have some goodly
part'
But Omar said to Abdul: 1t were well
With me. o friend, if might ever dwell
Within the shadow of thy happiness,
And from lfe's grape the wine of wisdom
press"
To each was granted that for which he prayed;
The vow fulfilled, the promised debt was paid.
But soon Hassan, grown greedier, forgot
His love for Abdul, and egan to plot
= PEdlnSl lnc Nultdn anu lhe hihu ' ihiel
W hose hand had helped him to his high
career;
And at his bidding did rascaPs knife
Undo the turead of gracious Abduls life.
Now Omar he in peace and comfort sought
" i dom school boy still, by Allah taught;
Studied the course of planet and of star,
A d for his Sultan made the calendar;
But most he loved, at the propitioUs time,
his gathered wisdom to record in rhyme.
To-day, of all these three tits he alone
Whose name is honored and whose work is
known.
Modest he wa, and being modest, wise!
I therein the moral of his story lies.
- Harper's Young People.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME.

There is no time like the old time, when you
and were young,
When the buds of April blossomed and the
birds of springtime sung.
The gardens brightest glories by summer
suns are nursed,
But, oh, the sweet, sweet violets, the flowers
that opened first!
There is no place like the old place, where
you and were born,
Where we lifted first our eyelids on the splen-
dors of the morn,
From the milk-white breast that warmed us,
from the clinging arms that bore,
Where the dear eyes gistened DER us that
will look on us no more.
There is no friend like the old friend who
has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome, no homage like
his praise.
Fame is the sccntless suntlower, with gaudy
crown of gold,
Lut friendship is the breathing rose, with
sweets in every fold.
There is no love like the old love, that we
courtcd in our pride;
Though our leaves are falling, falling, and
we're fading side by side,
There are blossoms all around us, with the
cOlors of our dawn,
And we live in borrowed sunshine when our
day-star is withdrawn.
There are no times like the old times they
shall never be forgot;
There is no place like the old place--keep
green the dear old spot!
There are no friends like our old friends
may heaven prolong their lives!
There are no loves like our old loves--C0l
bless our loving wives
--IOliver Wendell Holmes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

posed that so vast body, when drawn
near to us by good telescope, would
reveal an observable surface.
But it does not. 1t is 1, 400, 900. 600
times as distant from us as the sun. The
erth's orb t is 100, 100000 miles across,
which means that on the 1st of July our
piHnrt Is that far from the point it was
on the It Of January; and yet two lines
drawn from the Dog Star to the ends of
this great base line collapse into one,
and fail to give a parallax; and when
the most powerful telescopes are brought
to bear upon it, the great star shows no
appreciable disc, and remains only
blur of light.
The term fixed" applied to the stars,
Is mistake, for it is now known that
there is not fixed star in the heavens,
and, probably, no such condition as abb
solute rest in the universe All the stars
are in motion and some of them, known
as runaway stars, are moving at the
rate of $50, 600 miles an hour, or more
than thrice the velocity of our earth i'll
its orbit.
1t might be thought that this constant
motion would produce continual changes
in the stellar relations and alter the face
of the heavens every few years. But
the vast distances at which the stars are
set from us destroy the visual effect of
their motion and preserve the u1chang-
ing aspect of the heavens. None of the
consultations have suffered a disocation
in 5000 years, Sirius, Arcturus, and the
Pieiades are still to he found in their
PLACES. Although the 81 stars in Orion
have ever been in motion, each without
relation to the o her, the mighty figure
is the same as il appeared to the man of
Uz 40 centuries ago IS. Louis Re-
public
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
A MAN AND HIS OWN WAY.

On lovely afternoon, when the
balmy air and the fresh, bright toilets
of the ladies made kind of gala day,
even ON Broadway, Philip Hays stood
at his Office door, thoughtfully pulling
on his neatly fitting gloves. | say
"though that word Just
describes his state of mind, which was
that of halting between two opinions
whether to go for his usual stroll UP
town. have comfortable dinner at his
hotel and a little filtration with Jessie
Mabin aItcrWard: Ct to cross the river
and take tain to his brothers place
in Jersey lie told himself, as he was
carefully buJtouing his right-hand
glove. that The berries were ripe and
thai he really needed little fresh
air etc.
But he knew far better reason, if
he would only have acknowledged it;
and villa is moro, o,hor people knew it,
too. brother VIII was wise enough to
credit his pretty siSter-in-laW with
Philips excess ol fratcInal aI!c"tion;
and little \ ma Zabl istli herself had a
shrcWd guess as to what kind of ber-
licS Mr.. Philip Hays came to the
county to taste.
Wei, on this particular afternoon,
the country proved the most powerful
a traction. and in an hour and half
after the gloves lad been fitted to a
! iccty. III were taken off again to
clasp The hands of the dealcst, sweet
oSt. brightest little country maiden
that aHy man with the right kind of
cyc& cnu'd d sire to see.
Every body r.rtcndod to believe the
story about berries. and that, of
cou'sc gave IN a chance to go with
Mona to ga her them.
What hilip said to Nona and what
Nora said to Philip the berries and the
evening star probably know; but it
was very doiig z trul and so satisfying
that the young people came back to the
house wit any berries at all, and
pre- ert V there was Il great deal of
hand->haking and kissing, which
ended in a bottle of champagne and
mutual good wishes.
Well. after this, for couple of
weeks, there was no hesitating at the
Office door. Philip said peaches,"
now. when his friends raj led him about
his sid, passion for the country,
and the "pcac h. excuse did Just as well
as the " bcr i~S."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
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Mr.. Parnell as u Playwright.

Mr.. Parnell is known to a good many
Australians in character in which he
has never figured on the northern side
of the equator - that of dramatic
author. For more than five years a
play entitled "Shamrock Green. By
Charles Stewart Parnell, E q, NJ. p,
has enj1yed prodigious favor among
provincial audiences in the colonies.
The lucky exclusive proprietor of this
piece boasts OF having already netted
$500 by it. Whether recent events
will add to or dimiui~h its popularity
remains to be seen. It's proprietor-ar az
Irishman, by the way-has never yet
ventured to produce it in Melbourne or
Sidney, doubtless from a shrewd sus-
picion that the dramatic critics of these
capitals would want to know some
thing more about its history and ante
cedents than the bald announcement on
the play bills that Mr.. Parnell wrote
this play when young man at college,. "
Provincial pressmen are not so un-
pleasantly skeptical, and the Irish men
and women of the interior towns con-
slider it n patriotic duty to roll up in
their hundreds to see "Mr. Parnell's
play"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Sitting Bull had three wives, two of
whom survive him. The name of one
of them is he-One- That Had Four
Robes. The other seems to have distin-
guished herself hy doing more than II
wle's share towuri keeping the name
of the Bull family upon the Sioux cen.
srle roll, and is called The o e-Ihat-Had-
TM ins Twice. II st Joseph Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Mrs. Cumso-What made you say the
other day that Jay Smith was cooper?
He isn't anything of the kind.
Mrs. Fangle-Well, l heard Mr.. Fam
gle say he ran bucket shop. -[Puck.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Purely Physical.
According to the theory eXpounded
by the physicians of a certain insane
asylum, the uncomfortable individuals
known as cranks are caused by irregu-
larities in the circulation of the blood.
They are the result of the artificiality
and pressure of modern life, causing an
anatomical change of the human heart.
Among the changes are cited those by
which the diameters of the heart are
becoming greater, its walls thinner, its
strength less, its beats more frequent.
From these changes is produced irregu-
larity of the quantity of blood through
the weakened channels that irrigate the
garden of the brain. As the circulation
is not normal, some parts of the brain
receive too much blood and other parts
not enough, causing irregular growths,
and mental obliquity, and cranks. A
general adoption of this will undoubtedly
produce change in the public mind re-
garding cranks. Instead of looking upon
these eccentric individuals as the prod
ucts of natural perversity and wayward-
ness, responsible for their own actions,
sion. If crank is particularly cranky,
it will be known that too much blood is
irrigating certain portion of the garden
of his brain. Umbrella cranks, for ex-
ample, are simply victims of the action
of the heart which stimulates with too
much blood the idea of appropriating
somebody else's umbrella. Base ball
cranks are suffering from irregular
growth of the gray matter of the brain.
1t is not their fault but their misfortune
that their brain is mapped out like a
base ball field irrigated and kept fresh
3y a constant supply of hearts blood.
The cranks that are always borrowing;
the cranls who want to know whether
this is hot enough for you;" all kinds of
social and political cranks are simply
the results of peculiar arterial circula-
ton. AS they are the results of the de-
velopment of society and are innocent
victims of our social system, the injus-
tice of making them the butts of satire
must be keenly recognized. They are
to be placed among the worlds invalids,
among the manned and incompetent
and their vagaries tolerated as signs of
huctuation in the public pulse
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

There is no day of eternity auguster
than that which now is There is noth-
ing in the way of consequences to be
awaited that is not now enacting, no
sweetness that may not now be tasted,
no bitterness that is not now felt What
comes after will but be the increment
of what now is, for even now we are in
the eternal world,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
FOR SALE.

+ OFFER at PRIVATE SALE my HOUSE
/ on Main street, adjoining Christ. Fishers.
For terms inquire of
June7 Mrs. MARY HARTMAN.
The advocate., 1891-12-16

Remarks by Brother Weaver on the
growth and future Of the order in the
northwest, and cordially inviting breth-
rem Of the south to assist them In their
work, was made and heartily received.
On motion of Brother Adams, OF Ala
bams, It was ordered that the reports
from the various states of the growth Of
the order in their jurisdiction were heard.
Committee on fraternity of the general
assembly Of the Farmers Mutual Benefit
Association and other labor Organizations
received and heartily welcomed to the
meeting.
Motion by Brother Dean, OF New York,
that the committee on demands meet a
similar committee of Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association, to make demands,
was carried unanimously.
On motion Of Brother Mcdowell, a
committee composed of Brothers Force,
Tlllman and Williams, Of North Carolina,
was appointed to confer with the local
committee here, to the end that reduced
rates may be secured for return Of dele
gates.
Adjourneda at 6p. m. to meet at 8 a. IN.
Thursday.
Continued next week.
The advocate., 1891-12-16
A Great Railroad.

By the absorption Of the Chicago &
Atlantic Railway between Marion and
Chicago, the Erie has at last effected It's
entrance into Chicago, and now occupies
the proud position of being the only line
between Chicago and New York en-
tirely under one management.
One result of this Is the arrangement
whereby all the through trains Of the
Erie are now run solid between Chicago
and New York without change. Pas
sengerS holding thro lgh tickets, whether
first or second class, are able to go from
Chicago to New York without changing
cars.
Pullmsn's most modern sleeping cars
are run on all through trains via this
line, and on their Vestibule limited, Pull
mans dining cars. No extra fare charged
on this train. In fact, the rates via the
Erie, are lower than via any other route
offering equal facilities.