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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05

We hail with snl les IFS iiawning gray
How shall We meet its final day.:
The time for settling up the wears ac-
count and closing the book Of 1ea? is at
hand. We linger over its pages. noting
the many blessings showered upon us
from the hand of a merrifu1 Father: a
liberal >prinkling of SORROWS and mis-
takes. many = perhaps all u readi-
~ traceable to ignorant or willful sins
for neither Of which can We offer the
slightest excuse: and the golden "ppor-
tunities unheeded. Of aiding our fellow
creatures by look. word. deed or ex-
ample.
But why should we pause to consider
the married and blurred pages Of the old
year. or the pure. fresh ones of the
new? Because only the brute lives for
the moment leading an existence of
disconnected dots. The brute-llke man.
to whom the past has no stimulus and
contains no warning. and the future no
invitation. passes the annual milestones
without thought. repentance or regret.
The wise mans life is as line with
purpose in it. directed by what lies be-
hind and aiming well at something
ahead. Gods labor is permanent in its
results because it looks before and af
ter. is cumulative. has its solid founda-
tons and its spires of desire. And if
we wish our life work to have anx
measure of the firmness and success of
the Creators great works. it must be
made. like His. to grow with rea>ona
bleness out of the past and hook with
purpose toward the years to come.
There are no times so appropriate for
this wise and linking meditation as be-
ginnings and en,iings-the close of the
year when reason has action. with it's
lessons and promptings. behind it. and
the start. when purpose has action. all
fresh and unsullied, before it.
After duly considering the old year
let us turn to the new, this volume of
three hundred and sixty-fve pages,
everyone of which we shall fill with
some sort Of a record. As we wish it to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05
Cholera in the North Of France.

PARIS. Dec. 31.-Cholera continues
to spread in the north of France In
the town of Gravelines, near Calais.
three deaths and one new case
were reported Wednesday and three
deaths Thursday. Several streets in
which the disease is especially preva-
lent have been closed by the town
authorities
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05
Acres Under Water.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Dec. Shy the
breaking of a levee in Suffer county,
over $4,000 acres of the most fertile
land in the state were several feet uu-
der water. and the damage was esti-
mated at 81. 900. 900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05

QUEBEC. Can. Dec 3O.-Reed &
Craig's paper warehouse and A. T. Du-
phin's wholesale biscuit and confection-
cry esta blishment were burned Thurs
day morning Loss. 500. 900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05

HILLsBORo, Ill, Dec. 81. = James
Lovett, l2-year-old hoy of Barry.
while shooting sparrows with target
gun accidentally shot and killed Harry
Downs, aged 10 years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05
Vail Will Not He Trie d,

ST. LOUIS. Dec s1.-The trial OF
Charles +. Vail. who was accused of
numbering his wife at Old Orchard two
years ago. has been nolle pressed at
st. Charles county court.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05

with Salvador concluded on the 29th
ult. The arrangement is to take effect
from and after December 81, 1892.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05
CAR THIEVES CAUGHT.
Erie tPa.l Police breaking Up a Gang Of
Freight Train EOI,j,erS

ERIE. Pa. Dec. 31.-Lalle Shore de
tectives. assisted by the Erie police.
nave made seventeen arrests. and war
rants are out for as many more charged
with robbing freight ears. Over S1O.-
600 worth of goods were stolen in De.
cember from trains between this city
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-05
R~ciprocitv with Salvador,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-The presi-
dent has proclaimed defnitive ar
rangement of commercial reciprocity
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

The adoption by California of on
amendment to the State Constitution
providing way for the ascertainment
Of the popular choice for United States
Senator is, thinks tn, Washington Star,
a significant step in the direction of the
election of Senators by the direct vote
of the people, which would only be
possible through an amendment of the
Federal Constitution, There is so little
known in the East as yet of the machinery
of the new fundamental law that nothing
can be predlcated upon the popular
action in California further than the
obvious assumption that the amendment
merely provides manner of submitting
to the Legislature the choice of the
people, ascertained probably through
the ususal party channels. s'The action
of Illinois in Senator Palmer's case,
seconded by California in the recent
election, is, concludes the Star, "a straw
pointing to the ultimate change of mode
of senatorial elections.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
Wild Horses Only Walk or Gallon

s.Speaking of gaits," said cattIeman
to Cincinnati Times-Star writer, 'sdid
you know that in its native state the
horse has but two gaits-the walk and
the gallop? All others-such as the
trot, pace, canter, fox.trot, rack and
single -foot-are acquired and artificial.
True, colt will be born that may pace
on the day of its birth, but you will find
some of its ancestors have been taught
to pace. I have chased and captured
wild horses in their native wilds, and
know this from observation. I never
saw a wild horse trot. A queer differ
ence between wild horses and domestic
is exhibited in breaking them. Now a
wild horse tries to dismount his rider by
pitching and bucking, and it is the aim
of the trainers to make him run. Get a
wild horse to run straight ahead, and he
is conquered and will in short time be-
come docile. But with domestic stock
just the opposite Is the case. A tame
horse does not buck, as a rule, but
wants to run. Let him run and he is
ruined. The philosophy of the business
is plain. The idea in both cases is to
bend the will of the horse to the riders
desire. The wild horse runs straight
ahead because he is cowed aud afraid of
his rider and has despaired of throwing
him. The tame horse runs because he
has no fear of the rider and imagines he
is escaping. He is made to go slow
quietly only through fear and respect.
Thus, you see, the wild horse runs to
slavery, while the tame horse runs to
freadnmn
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
Why Mountain Air is a Tonic.

II is the atmospheric depression which,
In conjunction with good hygicnic con-
ditions, acts on invalids who go to
mountain resorts, and promotes iu their
blood the formation of new sanguineous
globules fit for the assimilation of oxy-
gen. The more abundant nutrition an:
the augmentation of the appetite observ.
able In sojourn in the mountains are
not the cause but the consequence of the
improvement which such sojourn brings.
Indeed, even admitting that the action
of elevated sites on the blood may owe
something to other causes. it is difficult
to resist the induction that climatic cs-
tablishmeuts are IN general to be pre-
ferred to mineral. water resorts-certain-
ly to those whose reputation is CHIEFLY
built ON fashion, on entertainments or
ON the ensemble of adventitious attrac-
tions, from which health pure aud sim
Pile has little to gain. Boston Cultiva
tor
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
Kit CarsOn's Family.

Christopher Carson, the famous pio.
neer, guide, aud Indian fighter, was
married at Taos, N. NJ, on the I'd of
February, 1843. His first child, Char
ley, was born May 1, 1850, and died
April /, 1851. His second child, Julian
Billy, was born October /, 1862. He
was four years Sheriff of Costilla County,
and died there several years ago. His
third child, Teresina, was born June 30,
1856. aud is now living at Romerville,
near Las Vegas, N. NJ. His fourth child,
Cnristoval, was born June 10, 1858, and
is now living at Las Animas, COL, and
is commonly known as Kit Carson, Jr.
His fifth child. Charles, was born
August Q, 1861, and is now residing at
La Junta, COL, and possesses more nearly
all the noble chai cteristics of his ia.
nous father than any of the rest OF Kit
Carson's children. His sixth child, Re.
becca, was born April 13, 1854, and
died at Springer, N. NJ, April 13, 1886.
His seventh child, Estefauita, was born
December %, 1865, and is now the wife
of Thomas Wood, residing at La Junta,
Col. His eighth child, Josefta, was
bern April IA, 1868, and is now the wife
of William squires, residing at Glad.
stone, N. M. ALI of Kit Carson's chill
dren were raised till of age by Thomas
O. Boggs, who resides near Clayton, N.
NJ. Mrs. Boggs is neice of Mrs. Kit
Carson, Sr. Mrs. Jesse Nelson, resid-
ing In Otero County, is sister OF the
pioneer. There are no brothers or sisters
of Mrs. Kit Carson now living. Trim.
dad, IN. NJ Advertiser.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
AS DIES THE YEAR.
October, come with your matron gaze,
From the fruit you are storing for winter

The Old Year knocks at the farmhouse door,
October, come with your matron gaze,
From the fruit you are storing for winter
days,
And prop him in on the granary floor,
Where the straw lies threshed aud the
corn stands heaps;
Let him eat of the bread he reaped;
He is feeble and faint, and can work no
more.
Weaker he wanetb, and weaker yet,
November shower your harvest down.
Chestnut and mast and acorn brown;
For you he labored, SO pay the debt,
Make him pallet-he cannot speak
AMI pillow of moss for his pale, pinchel
cheek,
With your golden leaves for coverlet.
He is numb to touch, he is deaf to call,
December, hither with muffied tread,
And gaze on the Year, for the Year is
dead,
A d over him lay wan white pail.
Take down the mattock and ply the spade,
And deep in the clay let clay be laid,
And snowfakes fall at his funeral.
My wage well earned and my work. days
done,
And the seasons following one by one,
To the slow sweet end that the wise foresee
Fed from the store of my ripened sheaves,
Laid to rest on fallen leaves
And with snow-white souls to weep for me.
Alfred Aus tin, in London World,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
The Long Distance Telephone.

"Strange," remarked gentleman who
was present at the New York end of the
telephone wire between New York and
Chicago, at the opening ceremonies,
"that sentence can be dropped In Chi.
cago and be heard in New York."
"Oh, that's nothing" replied wit,
''by and by you will be able to hear a
London cockney drop his his in Trafal.
gar Square"
Professor Bell says 1t is only the ques-
tion of very short time when all the
civilized world will be in telephone com.
municatlon.
The wires In use between New York
and Pittsburg ale about an eighth of an
inch in diameter. They weigh $50
pounds to the mile. lit was concluded
to put up wire between New York and
Chicago twice as large rs the one in use
on the 500 mile circuit. The new cir.
cult is therefore made of wires one-fourth
of an inch in diameter, and the wire
weighs 435 pounds to the mile. The
circuit Is what is known as double
metallic circuit, containing two wires for
the entire distance. To make the wire
S26, 500 pounds of wire were used. The
circuit runs west through Easton, Har.
risburg aud Pittsburg, Penn, Youngs.
town aud Toledo, Ohio, and South
Bend, Ind.
There is no difference in the appear
ance of the transmitter. 1t is the same
little instrument, undoubtedly one of the
greatest inventions of modern times.
Like all long distance phones, it is ar
ranged on an oak table. The working
apparatus is enclosed in glass to promote
the sound, aud the arm of the speaking
tube is longer and arranged so as to be
on level with the face. If the line to
Chicago is profitable it will be exten ded
to San Francisco.-Detroit Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

Tho Sailors and Firemen's Union OF
England has issued manifesto warning
the public to avoid steamers that arc
manned by Lascars or East Indians. The
manifesto says that recent disasters,
notably the wrecks of the Peninsula and
Oriental steamer Bokhara, in the Straits
of Formosa, and the Anchor line Jteamel
Roumania on the coast of Partugal, have
shown that Lascars are unable to stand
rough weather. If British seamen had
been employed on these vessels, the loss
OF life would have been less.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

The Emperor of Japan, according to
foreign papers, will visit Europe in
1898, and may be induced to extend his
journey to the United States. The EN-
peror is an extremely intelligent and
enlightened monarch, and the possi-
bility of his visit does rot alarm Euro
pean courts as much as favors on the
part of the Oriental rulers usually do.
A nephew of the Emperor Is serving as
a Lieutenant in the German Navy at
present, and several other members of
his family have studied in Europe. His
Majesty has never visited the countries
of the Occident.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
Cure for ivy Poisoning,

DR.. T. b. Stanley reports that he had
some time ago severe case of Ivy poi
soning which was not relieved by the or
dinary remedies. AS last resort
strong decoction of chestnut leaves was
used. bathing the infamed parts every
three or four hours. In twenty.four
hours all the distressing symptoms had
subsidized, and the patient was discharged
cured. Since this experiment DR.. Stan
ley has prescribed the castanea treat
ment for all cases of raus and Ivy poi.
soning, and in all stages of the infiamma-
tion, with the single result in every
case of perfect relief from all symptoms
in from twenty.four to seventy.two
hours. Boston Cultivator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
LAPORTE, PA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6. 1898.

who seldom left home, astonished his
sister by appearing in full dress just be-
fore the carriage started.
s'I am going with you," he said, but
did not explain that there had reached
him little note from Eloise.
.sI have New Years gift for you, and beg
you will come for 1t on Wednesday even
ing"
She had never seemed to him SO win
ming as on that evening when, in one of
her exquisite Partisan toilets, she re-
ceived her friends. Stately as ever,
there was yet soft light in her eyes he
had never seen there before, aud her
voice was low and musical as she gave
him cordial greeting.
just before midnight, she took his arm
and led him to the conservatory, to ask
his opinion of some new arrangement
there. They were standing quite alone
among the flowers when the church clock
struck twelve. Silently they counted
Doctor Gerrish took Eoise's hand in his
own, saying, in a low, tender tone:
s'May wish you happy New Year2"
She was very pale as she looked into
his face and answered:
"You alone can make it so. This is
the first hour of 1S92-leap- -year--and I
-l-you ought to know, stupidf'
Nobody else was very much astonished,
but Mr.. Luttrell went abroad when Doc
tor and Mrs. Gerrish took up their abode
at Luttrell Place just one week after
Frank Weldon brought pretty May Wei
don, nee Hilton, to Weldon Park.
"He never would have asked me,
papa" Eloise said, when she confessed
the truth of her proposal to her father; !;
sand yet he loved me! Was very
observation-disclosures unmaidenly, do
you think, papaa"
And Mr.. Luttrell, laughing heartily,
only said:
"Very But if he is pleased Z not
see why any one else should obJe,-.
Aud there was no doubt that Doctor
Gerrish was more than pleased with his
lately acquired treasure.-The Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

Among the questions with which Mr..
G'adstone's government has to deal,
says Frank Leslie's Weekly, is that of
the evicted tenants in Ireland. The de-
mands of the irish people as to this
question have recently been formulated
by John Dillon, who insists that all
tenants "who can show to the new
commission that they have been nnjustly
evicted during the past thirteen years
must be rcinstated in Sheir holdings"
He expects furthermore "that these
tenants will be reinstated on terms that
will enable them to live and thrive in
their homes"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

In a recent report the Minister of
Public instruction of Chile says that
there were 1174 public schools open to
scholars in that republic last year. At
present there are in all 1872 schools
open. The total number of scholars en-
rolled last year was 95, 456. The num-
Der Of teachers was 1911 last year, while
to-day it is 2043. The number of private
schools in 1891 was Alb. OF these 164
WERE for boys, 109 for girls and LAG
mixed. The number of scholars en-
rolled was 24,344. OF these 1886
were boys and 1O,97s were girls. Tho
total number of scholars in public aud
private schools was 119 800.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In sheep and hogs the average cardiac
pulsations are seventy-six per minute.
Alkali lands can be reclaimed. On
the black alkali lands gypsum should be
applied.
T he salts of sodium are more soluble
and of less value in agriculture than
those of potassium.
A gallon of water would only cover
space of two feet square if spread out in
layer an inch thick.
Bees never store honey in the light be-
cause honey so exposed granulates and is
thus useless to the bees.
It requires about twice as much power
to propel steamship twenty-one miles
an hour as it does to move along the same
vessel at the rate of sixteen miles an
hour.
The animals which die In the gardens
of the London Geological Society are
rarely of much use for dissection, as they
so commonly suffer from tumors of bones
and vlscera.
A sewing machine for use on cotton
betting that has been constructed at
Leeds, England, weighs five and quar-
ter tons and is probably the giant of all
sewing machines.
In consequence of the growing diff.
Guilty of procuring wood suitable for the
manufacture of matches, German factor
les are making them of compressed peat,
which is said to be an excellent sub
stitute.
1t has long been known that diamonds
especially the class known as ''rose
diamonds"-are likely to explode if SUBJ
jected only to what would seem very
ordinary degree of heat, such as strong
rays from the sun.
A Portsp' ,ath IN. H. man has put
his bicycp Sn boat. It is connected
with az .ing which turns propeller
set IN milton by treading the pedals,
and the boat Is said to move swiftly
through the water.
A new use tor aluminium is mentioned
which consists in intercallating very
thin plate of this metal between the two
soles of boot, with the object of pre-.
venting the penetration of damp while
retaining the warmth of the foot.
It is almost certain that the increase
of brain and nervous diseases among
smokers and their children, and increased
disturbances of circulation known as
heart failure, ETC., are in no small meas
ure attributable to the free use of tobacco
by the American people.
A powerful lamp, which distinctly il.
Eliminates objects over half mile dis
tant, by means of a great reflector, is to
be adopted in the French Army. It is
carried on light wagon, behind the
soldiers, l I'd they will be in obscurity
while they enemy and all objects in
front will b made conspicuous.
M. Marcy, The French scientist, whose
Investigations of animal movements by
means of instantaneous photography and
the zoetrope are well known, has now
succeeded in rendering the beating of a
living heart visible to the eye. 1t is
said to be possible by this new method
to follow and properly examine all the
phases of the hearts movement.
The richness of the ores found in Tas-
mania is marvellous. Recently some
Zeehau chloride was twice tested by
private analyses aud found to assay
nearly 30, 900 ounces of silver to the
ton. The accuracy of these tests being
doubted, two specimens were submitted
to the Government analyst for trial in
his laboratory, with the result that in
both samples he found over 1000
ounces to the ton,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

According to the Irish Times the
future of the COW looks dark. 1t is now
proposed patent applied for-to milk
her by means of ''two pairs of elastic
and feather roller segments, having
rocking, approaching and receding
movement" The description of the
machine adds that cit rests in a self
adjusting frame suspended on the
couy.n
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

The establishment of railway hospitals
and ambulance cars, to be stationed at
round houses ready for emergencies, is,
in the opinion of the New York World,
good idea in some ways, but it is not
very reassuring to the nervous passenger
to have the thought constantly with Kim
that the services of surgeons may be
needed at any minute.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-06

We learn now that the famous jubilee
shot fired from twenty two ton gun in
Queen Victoria's Jubilee year, to ascer-
tain how far a shot could be carried, re-
mained in the air sixty-nine and one-h half
seconds, and the highest point reached
in its flight of twelve miles was 1900