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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

TEE so-called slang phrase too thin,' -
which, like many others which date
back beyond Colonial days is very often
cited as Yankeeism by the Britishers,
is English from way back" In Smol-
let's 'Peregrine Pickle" the hero in
forms Emilia that he is going abroad.
This brings tears to her eyes, but she
says that they are caused by the hot
tea which she is pouring. Which
leads the author to remark that
the excuse is too thin to i'm
pose on her lover. The phrase is
also found in Shakespeare's Henry
WILL" Act ", Scene 2, with the same
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
WEST AND SOUTH.

A CYCLONE swept the western part of
Clay County, Miss, and several lives
were lost and thousands of dollars
worth of property destroyed.
DR.. HENRY SEMPsELL, of Bloomville,
O., informed his wife on the Sd that he
was going to die in the afternoon, and
after making all preparations he
passed away quietly about o'clock p.
m.
THE Legislature of Arkansas refused
to make an appropriation for the
worlds fair owing to the large de-
ficiency in the State treasury caused Cy
the peculations of the State Treasurer.
HENRY BECHToLD murdered his sister,
in-law at Smithton, ILL, and then COM
mitted suicide.
MAYOR Word, of Palestine, Tex,
attacked Sam Jones, the evangelist,
with cane. Jones wrested the cane
from the mayor and gave him beat
ing.
BUSINESS has been resumed by the
Huron Is. d. National Bank, which
suspended payment month ago.
AFIREMAN was killed and a brakeman
and two tramps were fatally hurt in q
railway collision at Beach City, o.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
UNDER AN AVALANCHE.

Twenty-Five Swiss Wood-Cutters Buried
Under . Mountain of Snow, Rocks and
Trees.
BERNE, Feb. News of terriblD
disaster comes from the village of Rue
atti, Canton of Glarus. A large number
of wood-cutters were at work cutting
wood on the side of mountain near
that village when suddenly rum bling,
crashing sound was heard. and before
many Of the poor men could escape a
huge avalanche thundered down upon
the wood-cutters, burying twenty-five
of them beneath a mass of snow,
ice, rocks and trees. Every effort is
being made by the neighboring villagers
to rescue the men who may be alive
and to recover the dead. Up to the
present, however, only three bodies
have been recovered.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

Mrs. KATE REYNOLDS, of Pittsburgh,
Pa. went skating few days ago with
her husband, accompanied also by an
old lover. The husband could not keep
up with the wife and her old lover, and
they skated away from him out of sight
and into the dim somewhere. They have
not yet returned. 1t is one of the very
saddest ice stories on record Absolute
ly nothing is known Of the pair save
the certainty that they skated into q
moral air-hOle
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
Base Ingratitude.

Widower-Doctor, your bill is some
thirg fearful. After you have doctored
my wife to death you expect me to pay
you an enormous bill.
Doctor-That's Just what expected
you to say. Such thing as gratitude
no longer exists in this wexld.-Texas
SittiugA --
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

Mrs. WILLIAM MORRIS, wife of the
London artist, poet and Socialist, is
said to be the most beautiful woman in
the world. She goes out but little, and
is rarely seen by the multitude who
visit her husband.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
Too Much Game.

City Youth (out for days SPORT
Any squirrels in these woods?"
Farmer (who doesn't want hunters
around his property)-Not many. They
gets scared away by the wild cats and
bears and-panthers and-and tigers
Good News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

A FOREIGN physician has discovered
that goats are not subject to consump-
tion. The general belief has been that
they beat all known quadrupeds on con-
sumption, and took in every thing from
a circus poster to an oyster can.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
A PAGER Drops Dead.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. AT the
races on the ice at Saltwater Friday
afternoon Mike Wilkes, the famous
pacef, dropped dead. He ran his pacing
record down to 2:l5A in the grand-cir-
cult races in 1888 and also trotted mile
in 2:26A. He was IA years old and val
ued at 81. 600.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
Fatal Explosion in a Mine,

DENVER, COL, Feb. IA Leadville
special to the Republican says: A terri
BILE explosion of giant powder occurred
in the Wierhy tunnel of the White
Quail mine of Kokomo Thursday morn
ing. William Young and John Ander-
son were blown to atoms, and John
johnson, John Mcleod and Will Crane
terribly injured. Many of their bones
were broken by flying rocks
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

SARA BERNHARDT is in the United
States again with wardrobe that fills
1O4 trunks. This is about 1O3T more
than the ancient Cleopatra took along
when she travelled unless she has been
greatly lied about
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

The enormous number of 2,759 duels
are said to have been fought in Italy
during the Last twelve months. Fifty
of the com mbatants were killed, while
S.9O1 wounds, some of them serious,
were inflicted
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
Killed by . Falling Tree.

: HOLLAND, Mich, Feb. 7.-While Hem
~ Tenhave, of Barculo, a.small village
about seven miles north of here, was
chopping wood Thursday he was struck
by falling tree and instantly killed
He was s6 years old aud unmarried
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

TIE story of great purchases of land
in Mexico by the Mormons is repeated.
The statement is that three million
acres have been acquired in Northern
Mexico, and that it is designed to re-
move the Mormon population of the
United States thither
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
SILVER MEN DEFEATED.

The Hou.e Refuses to Adopt a Free Coin
age Amendment to the Sundry Appro-
priation Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb THE House Of
Representatives at Fridays session,
by a vote of 1874 to 1877, sustained the
chairman of the committee of the
whole in his decision that the amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, providing for the free coinage Of
silver, was not germane to the bill.
This vote indicates the strength of the
free silver men in the House.
The following Democrats voted in the
affirmative: Andrew, Mutchler, Vaux,
Spinola, Dunphy, Wiley and Clancy.
The following Republicans voted in the
negative: Carter, Townsend (Col J.,
Lind, Bartine, Turner (Kan.), Kelly.
Law, Connell, Hermann, Sweet and
Clark. The vote was so close that it
was not evident until the last moment
which side would be victorious.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

THERE are nearly eight hundred
thousand deaf mutes in the world, of
whom sixty-three per cent. were born
deaf and the others made deaf by va
riOuS cauSeS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

"RUssELL SAGE makes it rule never
to loan more than $500, 900 on any given
day" There are Il lot of fellows out
West who limit themselves in the same
way and never mention it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
HUMOROUS.

The biggest sponges in the world
are found at the free lunch counters
Texas Siftings.
-Friend-'I was sorry to hear that
Hithard gave you such beating"
Humorist-''Oh l didn't mind. 1t sug-
gested several jokes to me. "--Yankee
Blade.
-"Thither, let me lithen to yo' wing"
"Listen to my ring, Ethel? What do
you mean?" 'Cauthe, Mamma, she
thaid it tellth the thtory.
Weekly.
"A man who for large sums was DR..
To a girl proposed marriage by lr.
But she, nothing rash,
Replied without cash
He ne'er could be hopeful to gr.
Washington Pest.
Mrs. Oldfdget is much worried
about her daughter. The other night
she kissed her and the young lady MUIR
INJURED in her sleep: ''Oh, Charlie, you've
shaved off your ustachen'-BinghaIn-
ton Republican.
-Frightful -"Dreadful scan
dal about DIR. Puix." ''So?" "He claims
to be a bachelor, but I heard yesterday
he'd b,ssied nineteen wives" "Horri-
ble"' "Yes, isn't it? Other mems wives,
I mean, of course. N. Y. Herald.
An terruption.-Tommy Bingo-
"Sister had a beau last night, and I
was peeping through the keyhole look
ing at them when ma came along and
stopped me-" Willie Slimson-"What
did she do?" Tommy Bingo-"She
took look. IN. Y. Sun.
Ono of the most dreadful forms of
White Caps is said to be that which ap-
pears to a man at the top of the stairs
with light in its hand about a M,
Just as he has succeeded in lassooing
the keyhole in it's wild fight and got
the door open.-Philadelph Times.
"A boy of the period, who understood
his own value and knew what was ex-
pected of him, when asked what was
his duty to his father and mother, an
swered smartly: ITO take them out
for walk on Sundays, and not let them
know how much more know than they
do. o."-Chambers' Journal.
The Rising Generation.-Mother-
Johnny, you have been very rude to
papa, 60 at once and beg his pardon"
Johnny-''That would be against my
principles. have my own rights, and
l think am the best Judge of what a
mans dignity will permit him to do."-
Demorest's Monthly.
-"Who is going to edit the paper
while you are away?" inquired the fore
man of the Weekly Tomahawk. printing
Office. my wife," replied the editor.
"Win she-will she stay here at the
Office and look after things as you do?"
asked the foreman, with blanched
cheeks and trembling voice. mo. She
will stay at the house and send her copy
down here by one of the boys" The
shadow of a great dread was lifted from
the heart Of the foreman, and he went
about his work with his accustomed
cheerfulness. He had feared it would
be necessary to have the office towel
washed-Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

Mr.. HENLEY, aged ninety-five years,
recently finished an uninterrupted life
of pauperism in the Gosport Eng. }
workhouse. He was brought there
when six wears old in 1901.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
PostaI TeIepranh SheIved

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE House
committee on post-offices has agreed to
indefinitely postpone consideration Of
the postal telegraph bill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
MILLIONS FOR THE FAIR.
Appropriation Bills for tho Columbian
Exposition Pending Before Various State
Legislatures.

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-World's fair appro-
priations are under consideration in the
several State Legislatures, and the fol-
lowing statement has been prepared by
the Department of Publicity and Pro-
motion. In the following eight the
Governors have prepared and recon-
mended bills appropriating money for
exhibits, but the Legislatures have not
yet convened: Arizona, Georgia, Michi-
gan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ne
vada, Wyoming and Utah. In the fol-
lowing twenty-five States bills have
been introduced in the Legislatures ap-
propriating the amount appended to
oooh.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
Ground for Judgment.

Cumso-I believe that fellow Jay
smith to be scoundrel.
Mrs Cumso-But you shouldn't judge
by appearances.
Cumso-1 don't: it's disappearances
judge by. He has absconded with $10C,-
OOO.-Munsey's Weekly.
"IIoNEYMOoN ROW" is the name given
a row of houses at West Chester, Pa.
occupied by newly-married couples ex-
clusivelY.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

IT is too bad when a girl that can
write poetry marries an Indian, but if
all the girls that think they can would
only do it the people would be happy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
SAVE THE TREES.

So Pleads the State Forestry Association
The Ann al Meeting.
The annual meeting of the State For
estry Association was held in ST. Paul
yesterday afternoon. S. M. Owen was
one of the leading speakers. He main
tanned that the National management
of forestry affairs was blot upon our
civilization and that greed for timber
destruction had been fostered and no
provision made for replanting or pres
ervation.
Secretary Smith urged timber plant
ing. General Becker said that unless
we plant trees on our prairies and pre-
serve the existing forests of the State
they will soon become unfit for habita-
ton. Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
j. H. Stevens, Minneapolis, President; VIM.
Somerville, Eyota First Vice-President; ]. H.
B ker, Mankato, Second Vice-President; J. NJ
Bowler Bird Island, Third Vice President: S..
M. Owen, Minneapolis, Fourth Vice President;
F. C. Hansen, Ada. Fifth Vice President; j. O..
Bar. ett, Browns Valley, Secretary; J. F. Will
Jams, ST. Paul, Treasurer. Executive Commit
tee-George L. Becker, VIM. r. Marshall and
Herman Trott, St. Paul S. B. Greene St. An
thoay Park and L. H. Wilcox, Hastings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
She Tilted Him,

A. J. Terwilliger, a Methodist min
lister stationed near Tracey, attempted
suicide at Winona hotel. After talk
ing sleeping powder he turned on all
the gas in the room and lay down. He
was discovered just in time to prevent
death. A note to girl who Tilted him
said she was the cause of his attempted
S1icida
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
Slain by His Brothe er.

While in the tim ber few miles north
of Rochester, two brothers, aged 9 and
IL years. sons of Edward blanchard, a
prominent citizen, were at work chop
ping down a tree, when the youngest
boy was accidentally and fatally cut by
the axe, in the hands of his brother
The little fellow was pushing on the
tree, and when it fell he was thrown
under the axe, which almost severed
his leg just above the knee. The Oldest
boy Immediately went to a neighbor for
help, and on returning found his BROTH
cr dead
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
MINNESOTA COUNTIES.

The Census Department Reports ON the
aE Size of the States by Counties.
The Census Office has issued bullet
in showing the area of the counties in
Minnesota to be as follows:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
FOR COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
A Meeting of Delegates from Western
States to Be Called.


ToPEKA, Kan, Feb. 7.-Senator
Kelly has introduced resolution call
ing commercial congress at Kansas
City of all States and Territories
west of the Mississippi and the fol-
lowing other States: Ohio, In
diana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Illinois. The resolu-
ton was introduced at the request Of
prominent citizens of Missouri, Kan
sas and Colorado. The object Of
the congress will be to urge upon
the National Congress such leg
islation as is deemed necessary
for Western agricultural and min
ing States. 1t is to be strictly
non-partisan. AS basis of represen-
tation the resolution suggests that each
State be allowed delegates equal to the
number of it's Congressional delegation
and that the Territories shall be repre-
sented by five delegates. Copies of the
resolution are to be sent to the execu-
tive of each State entitled to represen-
tatiOn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

In the following four the bills have
passed the Senate: Colorado, Iowa,
Oklahoma, and Vermont. In the fol-
lowing six the bills have passed the
lower House: California, Iowa, Mime
sofa, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and
Vermont. In the following three bills
have passed both Houses: Iowa, Okla
homa, and Vermont. In the following
two they have also been signed by the
Governor and are in full force: Iowa
and Vermont. In Arkansas the bill
has been defeated. The appropriations
from California and Texas represent the
smallest part of the amount to be ex-
pended for State displays. Commits
sioner DeYoung says California will
spend fully $l,5OO,OOO, and the people Of
Texas are already at work to raise
81, 100000
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12

H. M. ROGERS, young insurance
agent at Omaha, Neb., on the Sth at
tempted suicide after he had written a
letter confessing that he murdered his
sweetheart last summer near Mercer,
Pa.
THE wholesale store of Tolerton,
Stetson & Co., at Sioux City, To-, was
burned on the Sth. Loss SS5, 900. Three
other fires were started at the same
time, all the work of incendaries.
TREADwAY's livery stable at Huron.
S. D., with "a horses, two of them valu-
able stations, carriages, wagons, har-
ness, etc., was consumed by fire on the
Sth.
AT Butte, Mont, on the morning of
the sth, Robert Bonsley rushed from a
saloon blazing from head to foot. The
flames were extinguished by wrapping
him with overcoats. 1t was found that
he had been saturated with coal oil and
apparently set on fire by unknown par
ties. Bonsley cannot live.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
LATER
Death at q Dance,

ST.. PAUL, Feb. 9.-Paolo Binda, an
Italian Mosaic worker, was stabbed
through the heart by Savino Radino at
dance in Arion hall last night.
Arion hall is located near the corner
of Third and Market streets, and it is a
favorite resort of the Italians of the
city. Below the hall is saloon run in
connection with the hall. Last night
the Italian Society of Christofo Column
DO held a social meeting and dance,
about sixty men and women being pres
ent. There was speechmaking and
singing until midnight, and then the
floor was cleared for dance.
In little room adjoining Josef Ma
clio had lunch counter. Three men,
P. Rinda, s. Radina and L. Dementrio,
with one or two friends, went into this
little room when the speaking ceased,
and one of the party, said to have been
Radino, ordered drinks. When the
| liquid refreshment had been disposed
of a dispute occurred between Binda
and Radino as to the payment, Radino
declining to pay for Binda's drink.
The two men got to blows and before
any one could interfere Radino snatched
up sharp butcher knife from the
counter and made a rush at Binda.
Demetrio caught his arm and tried to
take the knife from him, and for his
pains received bad cash in the hand
which almost severed a couple of fin
gers. Radino then rushed at Binda
again, who had reached the main hall,
and, with strong fierce lunge, drove
the knife six inches deep into his left
breast, killing him instantly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-12
FROM WASHINGTON

IN the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the I'd was: Wheat,
23, 799,247 bushels; corn, 2,642, ,243 BUSH
els: oats, 3. 1856 bushels
SECRETARY WINDOWS funeral took
place on the I'd at Washington, the
services being held in the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, private relig-
ious services having previously been
held in the home Of the deceased. The
interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
PRESIDENT HARRISON said in an inter
view on the Indian problem that the
red man was largely to blame himself
for his discomfort, owing to his improvi-
dence, and that the Indian had not
been robbed under the present admin
istration.
DURING January the movement Of
cotton reached total of 96l ,O44 bales,
1890, by 194.S75 bales.
IN the United States the total coinage
during January was S2,72O,OO0 in gold,
50, $50 in silver and Sl34, 800 in nick
els.
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the Sd showed the total debt
to be Sl,544. ,354; cash in the Treas
ury, $637, POI, ,764; debt less cash in the
Treasury, SS46, ,595,045. Decrease dur
ing January, Sl5.S35, 1876. Decrease since
June so. 1890, $51. .672.900.
THE report of AdjutantGeneral Kel-
ton of the militia forces says there are
in the United States s.312 commissioned
officers, 97.957 non-commissioned Off
GERS and 1866. 242 men who are avail.
able for military purposes.
THE President issued his proclaraa
ton announcing a reciprocity agree.
ment with Brazil under the new tariff
law, to go into effect April next.
THE EAST.
THE Pittston (Pa.) police force re-
signed on account of the conviction OF
an officer for killing a drunken hotel.
keeper who resisted arrest.
The death of George NJ. Bradley, the
first consumptive in this country inocu-
lated with DR.. Koch's lymph, occurred
at New Haven. Conn.
BY railway accident near Cory
Pa, an engineer and his fireman were
killed, and the same fate befell an en-.
gineer and fireman at Rochester, n. Y
FLAMES destroyed the Hecla bronze
and iron works at Williamsburgh, n.
Y, causing loss of 100000.
THREE miners were killed by an ex-
plosion of powder at the Nelson col
liery in Shamokin, Pa.
EIGHTEEN miners lost their lives by
water breaking into mine at Jeanes
vile, Pa.
THE stable of Havelow & Bernstein
at Boston was burned and sixty-five
horses perished in the flames.
In Newark, N. j., Mrs. Mary Rosen.
berg, 26 years of age, who lived in q
basement of house, was found dead
from starvation, and her two little chill
dren were nearly dead.
On the 5th the keel of the first iron
ship ever built in Maine was laid, that
of cruiser No. at the Bath iron works
E. H. CHURCH's soda-water factory al
Green Point, N. Y, was burned, caus
ing loss of $500. .OOO
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-20

and the ice blast freezes the nearer. The
chasms OF earth seem to open before us.
Dut ~ mas also the terror of an Indigestion
ana the brooding horror of nightmare
evidently from drinking metheglia and
eating half-roasted kid. The political as
pect OF scandinavian heaven was always
stormy. Listen 10 the trilogy Bad cook
cry explains the libretto of the Valkyrie
but IN America, hostess sure of her
soups and her entrees, with such talk
ers as she can command, could influence
american political movements-she might
iihHuehce It's music-by her dinners, and
become an enviab1e Lady Paimerston
Old people are apt to say that there is a
decay IN the art of conversation that it is
one OF the lost arts. No doubt this is in a
measure true all over the world. A French
salon would be today an impossibilitv for
that very reason. 1t is no longer the fash
ION TO tell anecdotes or to try to be anus
ing person is considered a prig who
sits up to amuse the company. All this is
bad, II is reactionary, after the drone of
the bore constructor. 1t is going on all
over the world. 1t is part of that hurry
which has made us talk slang, which is
the jelly of speech, speech condensed and
boiled down, easily transported and war
ranted to keep in all climates, like canned
soup.
But there is very pleasant "jlste mil
lien" between the stately-perhaps starchy
-anecdotist of the past and the easy and
witty talker of today, who may occa-
sionally drop into slang, and what is
more, may be permitted certain slovenli-
ness of speech.
There are certain mistakes in English,
soberly, advisedly and without fear of
Lindlay Murray, which make one sigh
tor the proprieties of the past. The trou-
BILE is that we have no standard. Writers
are always at work at the English lam
guage, and yet many people say that it is
at present the most irregular and least I'M
derstood of all languages.
The intellectual components of a sue
cessful dinner should, if we may quote
Hawthorne, be illuminated with intel
lect, and softened by the kindest
emotions of the heart" To quote Mrs.
Jameson, it must combine the "caustic
and the witty, the lively and the clever,
aud even the absurd, and the assiduous,
above ALL" Everybody must be unseltish
enough not to yawn, and never to seem
bored. There must be some self-sacrific-
ing, but ali apparently well pleased.
The intellectual components of dinner,
like the condiments of a salad, must be of
the best, and it is for the hostess to mix
them with the unerring tact and fine dis
elimination of an American woman.
M. K. w. SHERWOOD.