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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
10 Annov Nanoleon.

A curious anecdOte, of which we
may say, ST non o vero 9 ben trOvato,
is illustrative of the disposition of Tai
leyrand. 1t was resolved hat each oi
the allied powers should designate a
commissioner charged with the surveil-
lance of Napoleon at st. Helena.
Talleyrand proposed to the king fOI
this office NJ. de Montchenu, described
as ian insupportable babbler, a com.
plete nonentity." On being asked why
he had selected this man, Talleyrani
replied: 1T is the only revenge which
wish to take for his treatment of me
However, it is terrible. What a punish
ment for a man of Bonaparte's stamp
to be obliged to live with an ignoran
and pedantc chattererl know him. HI
will not be able to support this annoy
ance. 1t will make him i'll, and he will
die of it by slow degrees. "-Edinburgl
Review.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
One Of Janan,s Jewels.

The great attraction of Kamakura,
and one of the jewels of Japan, is the
Daibutsu, or great bronze Buddha. We
approach it through a three lined ave-
u and get the first and best view of it
at a distance Of some 200 feet. 1t is
a sitting figure, 40 feet 7 inches high, 81
feet 3 inches in circumference. The
face is 8 feet 5 inches long and from
ear to ear II feet 0 inches wide. The
eyes, which are pure gold, are nearly 2
feet long. The circumference of the
thumb is 3 feet. These figures give
some idea of the size, and the figure is
elevated on a stone platform some 10
to Is feet above the person approaching
it. But no description can convey an
idea of the majesty Of the face. 1t is
bent gently forward as if in brooding
contemplation Of the infinite. 1t rep
resents perfect peace-the repose Of the
attained Nirvana Boston Herald.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
How the solomon Islanders Obtain Fire

now the solomon AhltAnOGEa ODNulM EAEes
They select a stake of dry, soft wood
about as thick as a mans wrist. From
this they slice off a few chips in one
place, so as to make a fiat surface for
rubbing. The stake is then placed ON
the ground in front Of the operator,
who sits at one end of it and holds it
firmly between his toes. He then
takes a piece of hard wood, shaped like
a pencil, and holding 1t with both
hands begins rubbing up and down the
fat surface Of the stake. A groove is
soon formed in the stake and a dark
colored dust, which is pushed to the
end of the groove. By and 10y this dust
begins to smolder. Next a piece Of
dried touchwood is applied and blown
up until it glows. In this way, and
with perfectly dried wood, a native will
produce fire in something less than a
minute. But the art 10 not easily
learned, and a European who lived on
the island for some time says that al
though he had tried until his shoulder
ached he was never able to produce
more than smoke. New York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

tneir ancestors ana departed friends
with mock dollars. These are only
half the eize Of real dollars, but there
appears to be no more harm In cheat
ing the dead than there is in cheating
the living. Besides the deceased are
not supposed to know the difference,
for many of them parted this life before
silver dollars we're imported into China.
A hundred mock ccrolus dollars, done
up in boxes, are sold for "a cash.
The operation Of making this money
Is interesting. First Of all there are
blocks oe TIN which are melted down
and then poured between boards lined
with ChinSse paper, and when the up
per board Is pressed down on the lower
a thickness Of tin remains. This ie
next cut up into strips a inches long,
one wide and an eighth Of an inch
thick. Some 10 Of these strips arc
placed evenly together, one on top Of
the other, and one end rs held between
the fingers, when the workman pro
ceeds to hammer them out till he has
beaten them so fine that they are now
3 feet long and q foot broad and so thin
that they are not thicker than the thin
nest paper. This is next pasted on COM
mon cardboard, which Is then cut with
a punching machine to tho size of half
dollars, and this having been done a
boy takes the cut out pieces in hand
and with two dies, one representing the
one side and the other the reverse, ham
mers impressions Of dollars on them,
and the money is ready for use.
Another very curious instance Of the
practice of cheating the gods is record
ed in the same journal, but from quite
a different part Of the country. II ap-
pears that districts of the Anhui prov
ince have lately been ravaged by an
epidemic, so that in many places the
people were unable to attend to the har-
vesting of the crops. An attempt wal
then made to deceive the gods by play
ing at' New Years day and pretend
ing that Sept. I was the first day of the
new year. Every preparation for cele-
brating the bogus new year was made,
such as burning firecrackers and past.
ing happy sentences in red paper on th'
doors. The object was to make the god
of sickness think that he had made &
mistake in the seasons and had erred In
bringing an epidemic on the people al
a time when no epidemics in the course
of nature should appear. As any actor
contrary to nature done by the gods IL
liable to punishment by the king o.
heaven, the actors in this farce though
that the god Of sickness would gather
his evil spirits back to him for fear o.
the %displeasure Of his superior divinity
This child's play received the permits
sion and cooperation of the local au
thorities. London Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

sAt1 hNEIA
Indeed. ! nave had no oppOr,
nor the desire, for that matter" re-
spondcd the hostess, growing pale.
May l take tho liberty Eowf' in
quired the dignitary.
With all my heart, your Iordship, T"
replied the lady. The bishop arose,
and returning to the drawing room
found tho priest where he had left him
a few minutes before. Having 40 foar,
the bishop said kindly;
WHO are you, my friend, and why
are you herof"
The specter seemed TO sigh deeply and
say, as though TO itself, sat lastl'
Then, in a hollow voice, addressing
the bishop. IL continued: IL am the
spirit Of a priest who left this world
some so years ago, and l am hero to
impart TO any one who win receive it
secret which died with me. / could
not rest in my grave while a great
wrong was being done which 1t was in
my power to right. / have been re-
turning all these years in the hope some
one would address me, for II was not
given to me to be the FIRST TO speak. All
men havo Stunned me until now, and
It is yonr mission % a. my niudias Z
was . priest of the church OF Rome
and was called to this house 80 years
ago TO receive the confession Of a dying
man. He was the sole possessor of a
secret, tho knowledge Of which would
alter materially the entail Of this vast
estate, and in his death this man wished
10 repair the terrible wrong no had
brought upon his kin.
AT his request ! wrote down the
confession word for word, as he gave
It to me, and when he finished had
barely time to administer the final sac
Tament Of the church before he expired
In my arms 1t was very important
th~c / should retl..n to London that
night. and in passing thr0ushth Z libra
~ 70 leave the house / concluded X
would be safer not TO carry the paper
on which was written the confession
away with me, but to place II in fofne
secure, unseen spot, where ! could OBJ
tain 1t the following day and deliver
the document to the person for whom
81 was intended. Mounting the steps
TO the book shelves, | took out a copy
of Young's Night Thoughts, which
was tho first book upon the uppermosi
shelf nearest the laEt window, and in
sorting the paper carefully between is
leaves / replaced the book and depart.
ed. A horse was awaiting me at the
door, but ere we reached the entrances
Of the grounds he took fright, / wa.
thrown and instantly killed. Thus diec
eba anapaA ~ fsw aouEaanou with ma NJ
ono has disturbed that book ia all these
and no one has had the courag'
IS lhis messenger from the nm.
7aper wiz DO found as
for YOU
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
VnnherblIt,s RslirInn.

Commodore Vanderbilt was a friend
of the late DR.. Deems, and one was
about as clerical looking as the other.
The two were riding ina Fourth avenue
ear one day, when two drunken men
got in. One Of the newcomers swore,
and his companion reproved him for
such conduct in the presence Of a par
son, The offender thereupon, turning
not 10 DR.. Deems, but to the old COM
modore, said, you think I'm going ia
hell, don't you?' "No, " said tho com
lodorei ~ hope not, " and drunkard
10. 2 said with conviction in reply Il
glance Of triumph from his friend,
He must DO a Universalist New
ork Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
ca NEss MOCK MONEY.

Made by the CoIestIaIs 10 Defraud Their
Departed Ancestors.
A correspondent Of The North China
Herald, writing from the interior Of
Kiangsu province, mentions that one OF
the industries there Is the manufacture
OF mock money for offering 70 the dead.
Formerly tho Chirose burned sham pa
poz money, but in these days Of en-
%lightenmont and foreign intercourse the
natives of Soongkong, HangchoW and
othor places have come TO the conciu-
sion that dollars arc o handy 10 the
ghosts than clumsy paper money hence
they now. 70 a great extent, supply
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

A curious procession once took place
at Brussels. One part of the display
consisted Of a containing an organ
played 10y a bear. There were no pipes
to the instrument, but anumber Of cats,
each incloaed in a narrow cage, an
swered the purpose. They were so ar
ranged that when the bear touched the
keys Of the organ the cats tails were
pulled, and the result was anything but
choice music, to say nothing of the cru
city thus practiced ON the poor ami
mals.-Brussels Correspondent.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
Elastic Marble.

In one account of Rome, the author
mentions five or six slabs Of elastic mar
bic as being in the possession of the
Prince Borghese. Being set on end,
they bend backward and forward; when
laid horizontally and raised Mt end,
they form a curve; if placed ON a table
and a piece of wood or any othc sub
stance is laid under them, they fall into
a kind of curve, each end touching the
table. The Able Forts was told that
they were dug up near the town Of Mon
dragon in the kingdom Of Naples. The
grain is like that Of fine Carrara mar
Bile, or perhaps of the finest Greek.
They seem to have suffered some attack
Of fire. A slab Of marble similar in
every respect to those described and
highly polished has been exhibited for
more than 25 years at the British mu-
scum. M. Fleuvian de Belvae succeed
ed in making common granular lime
stone, a granular quartz, completely
flexible, by exposing it to a certain
degree of heat. In Lincoln cathedral,
England, there is an arch built of white
marble which is quite elastic, yielding
to a heavy tread and returning or re-
bounding to its original position on true
elastic principles. brooklyn Eagle.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
He Had None.

A Scandinavian fish peddler, unfamil-
lar with our language, wal thrashing
his horse while driving down the street.
A lady belonging to the Society For the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stop
ped him and exclaimed, "Have you nc
mercy. sir2''
mo, ma'am," replied the peddler,
with a strong Scandinavian accent,
"only Goldfish and halibut. "-Woman's
Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

/ head a good story the other day
about a matrimonial agency. An elder
ly man had three daughters, who ruled
him with a rod Of iron. Weary Of their
tyranny, he advertised in a paper for a
wife. Next day he received three re-
plies-one from each Of the daughtersl
Exchange.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

AS near to recreation as anything Of
the kind ever engages the always earnest
attention Of Professor Elihu Thomson
is the interest which he shows in t g
alleged applications Of electricity, par
ticularly in regard to the devices by
which the interruptions play upon the
creduIous and the suffering. While at
tho Chicago fair he examined at a sell
ing stand a so called electrical appli-
ance to be worn in the shoes for the
cure Of various ailments from cold feet
upward. The young oma yolubly
described the apparatus in political
phrase, claiming everything" and
then proceeded to explain the "scien-
tiic principles" by which the electric
current would pass up one limb to the
heart and then down by the other. one,
and much more Of the like ilk. The
professor mildly stated that electricity
did not operate in the manner stated,
when the young woman Indignantly
swept the goods back into the showcase,
exclaiming, Well, what do you know
about electricity anyway?"- Boston
Transcript.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

A cigar smoker, CT a cigarette holder,
or a new or freshly burned clay pipe,
in point Of safety and cleanliness, Is far
superior TO putting mouth TO weed In
smoking, and ones whole mouth and
throat should DO thoroughly cieansed
with water after every smoke.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

Hawaii has about 90 miles Of railway
and 300 miles Of telegraph lines, and
almost every dwelling and business
house IN Honolulu has its telephone.
The city also has street railways and ia
lighted BY electricity.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

Now the political equality clubs are
busy sewing on TO their equal suffrage
flags a second star for Colorado, besides
the star Of Wyoming. While they are
about it they may as well prepare a
third star for Kansas, to be added next
fall.-Woman's Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
Chnrltv nsrin. az Home.

Wealthy Merchant Ot an evening
party-Oentlemen, we will not allow
this festive occasion to pass away with
out remembering the poor. In n Of
my houses there lives a poor clerk
whom 1 shall have TO evict tomorrow
unless he a pay his arrears Of rent by
thon. Fritz, hand a plato round
D~orfbarbier.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

A writer has figured that Of the 10,
ife persons mentioned in "Appleton's
Cyclopedia Of American Biography
as famous in American history 5,32u
are college graduates.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

'cansht IN a trsp or hzed BY a
xcascl.
malpses and jays know very
hti cry means. IL Is as a
'm. for after tho stoat
lbit q feathered
N. As the oven
boys would
which were
70 call the
hiss end
p barn owl
3 the wood
- owl-and
tno pleasure Of zee
toward tho place
on sounds proceeded
geo ef / don't fetch
Use 60 cur gate,
did "bide still.
interested in the
ance First he locked
eeIntr with the thumbs mp
ata clio hollow Of the hands
eer ne thumbs. This was
sh~inessnd it was simply
20. hoo. hoo-e, hooi''
ia note being longer
Then followed the
the fine bird snaps
icipation Of mouse,
tho bark when the
Is resting place.
% to perfection by
lster touches were
. small piece of
tick, tick, tick,
tier of a mouse
ce travel inter
lort rush and
IDS. No owl
ird had got
ard tnp rustic AS
as a moufe viii when
he looked up and
the owl ready for
tho bird caught
irted 81 the same
which he had ar
Jet
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

zone of the finest
Ma member Of the
Aother night on Park
fhe postofice. This
10 himself obnoxious
congregate around
seemed to them 70
hg them on. The
but at last they
which has afforded
pleasure A. boys more than once.
They secured an cid pair Of trousers,
together with "a coat and a hat, which
they stuffed with straw. Waiting un-
I'll the policeman was looking in their
direction, two Of them, with the dunn
my between them, boldly walked out of
Beekman street and started across Park
row toward the postofice. The sight of
the two boys in charge of a man who
apparently could not take care of him
setS interested the policeman, and he
Il ~ follow them. The boys
until they reached the mid
d rect, when they threw the
f. track before an approach
j r and fed.
9le face and an involuntary
ca -f.5f the policeman ran toward
tho He had gone but a few feet
when he tripped and fell. The driver
of the car put ON the brake just as the
- reached the body. just then
IS rushed from the p%ostofice,
seizedl le tOdy by the legs, n on each
side. and ran down Beekman street with
iF dmia tIg snOui,s Vi their companions,
who had been silent but much amused
witnesses Of the joke. The policeman
did not follow.-New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
The Marriage Line.

An Interesting discussion has sprung
up among the palmists in regard to the
line Of the hand known IS the marriage
line. One recognized authority says
that when this line curves upward the
posseasor is not likely 10 marry at all.
Other experts reply that they know
~ meIried and happy people with
is also alleged that the
1ho hill Of Mer-
-fty says is the mar
sidered by the
MON, "
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

When a clumsy man has stepped ON
a lady's trailing skirt, before he begins
to apologize he should always get Off
the skirt.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

80 -
-arSin its
opposed to
3 distinctive
Is DEGREES and
stcrnly and
heir delivery.
name Is usso-
~ proceedings
lynch law, -
~ soldier and after
nm. ok up bis residence in
fittsylvps5s county. Tho region ia
which be- lived bcceme 40 ono period Of
the Revolution infested by bands Of
'oricsond outlava, whose d~spredauons
DON the dofenssloss people extended
90 the lower ports Of North Carolina
Virginia 10 the passes Of tho Glue
go nnd Che haadwalcrs Of the
e. and Othcr mouHiain atrfarns.
rtars from both armies added
9Th and samblance Of Organization
leir operations. NhaGoyer thef ape
q the terror su c1en inhalIlauta
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-27
Notice of Mortgage Sale by Adver-
tiSement,

Whereas. default having been made in the
conditions OF certain mortgage executed
ana delivered by Augustus: E. McCarty and
Minnesota, and EnOch d. McClintock and
Elizabeth w: McClintock, his wife, of Red
wood rails, Minnesota, mortgagors, to Caleb
November A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety
two, and recorded in the Office of the Register
Ct DEEDS OF the county of Redwood in the
State of Minnesota, on the I'd ay of Decem-
Der. AID. 1899 at one o'clock D. M in book II
of mortgages, on page 223. on which there is
claimed to be due. at the date of this notice.
the amount of two hundred and seventy dol
lars: and no action or proceedings has been
instituted at law cr in equity to recover the
debt secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof:
Now, therefore. notice is hereby given.
that by virtue of power of sale contained
in said mortgage. and pursuant to the statute
gage will be forclosed by sale of the mort
gagged premises therein described. and the
said mortgaged premises will be sold by the
sheriff of said county of Redwood, at public
auction. to the highest bidder therefor for
cash. at the front door of the court house in
the city of Redwood Falls, in the county of
day. the t1St day of January. A. D. eighteen
hundred and ninety five, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon. to satisfy the amount which
shall then be due on said mortgage. with the
interest thereon, and costs and expenses of
sale. and fifty dollars attorneys fees as
stipulated in said mortgage in case of fore
closure.
The premises described in said mortgage,
and so to be sold. are the lots. pieces or par
GELS of land situated in the county of Red
wood. and State of Minnesota and known
and described as follows. to-wit: Lot ten
l1O) and the east One-third ~ of lot nine (9)
in block ten 1oD in'the original plat of the
village (now city, of Redwood Falls accord
ing to the recorded plat thereof.
CALEB L, HOLMES.
II. D. BALDWIN. Mortgage.
Attorney of MOrtgagee. II
Dated Redwood Falls December 10th, 1894
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-27
Notice of Mortgage Sale by Ad-
vertisement.

WHEREAS, default has been made in the
w conditions of certain mortgage, exc
cuted and delivered by c. H. Child and Mary
c. Child, his wife, mortgagors, to Johanna
Of May, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety
one, and recorded in the Office of the Register
of Deeds of. the county of Redwood, in the
Sta State Of Of M beoemIe1 on the 1 1ath
OF 2 O'Clock p M, in Book 10 of Mortgages, on
page 362, on which there is claimed to be due
at the date of this notice, the amount of
three hundred and forty-seven dollars
been instituted at law or in equity to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any
part thereof.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of power of sale contained in said
mortgage and pursuant to the statute in
such case made and provided, said mortgage
will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged
mortgaged premises will be sold by the sher-
iff of said county of Redwood, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder therefor, for cash,
city of Redwood Falls. in the county of Red
wood and State of Minnesota, on Friday, the
8th day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred
and ninety-fve, at ten O'Clock in the fore
be due on said mortgage, with the interest
thereon, and costs and expenses of sale, and
twenty-five dollars attorneys fees. as stipu
lated in said mortgage in case of foreclosure.
and SO to be sold, are the lots, piece or parcel
of land situated in the county of Redwood
and State of Minnesota, and known and de-
s bocf eighteen u.s. and lot t6rteen Is, Of
block eleven (11), in the tOwnsite of Delhi,
according to the recorded plat thereof.
Dated December 26th, 1894.
JOHN H. BOWERS, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage,
Redwood Falls, MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-27
Irish New Years Cakes.

In County Antrim in Ireland among
the Scotch-Ir oaten bannocks, with a
hole in the middle, like our doughnuts,
are specially baked for gift cakes. In
other Irish counties cake is thrown
outside the door ON New Years eve
"to keep out hunger" the ensuing year.
In the isle Of Man curious belief
and custom existed till the middle of
this century. In each home the house.
wife smoothed the ashes over the kitch-
en- floor just before stepping into bed.
If there were found in the morning on
the surface of the ashes anything re-
sembling the print that pointed toward
the door, it indicated a death in the
family within the year. But if the heel
of the footprint were toward the door
it was sure proof that the family
would be increased.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-27
School District Notice.
WHEREAS. A PETITION DULY SIG,

WHEREAS. A PETITION DULY SIGNED,
w and the signatures thereto duly
acknowledged, has been duly presented to
the Board Of County Commissioners of Red
wood county, Minnesota, at session of said
Board held on the 10th day of July, A. d.
school district to be composed of the follow
ing described territory, tO-wit: All of sec
tiOns 81 and 80, in township ia, range 81,
5, the southeast quarter of section s. all of
section 6, and the north half of section g. in
township 1I3, range 81.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given,
that hearing of parties interested in the
matter of said petition will be granted at
the next session of said Board, commencing
on the 9Th day of January, A. D. 1895, at the
office of the County Auditor, in the city Of
Redwood Falls. in said county.
By order of the Board of County Commits
SiOnerS. A. H. ANDERSON,
17-2t. Clerk of Board