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-.,nerop I. Not . Candidate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.ASenator Don
Cameron has announced formally that
he would not be candidate under any.
circumstances for reelection.
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Confirmed the Peckh ham Nomination.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The senate
in executive session at 3:55 p. m, con.
firmed the nomination of Rufus w.
Peckham of New York to be associate
justice of the supreme court Of the
United States.
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LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Mi Yankee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 9. 1895.
FLOUR-Firmer.
WHEAT-No. , spring, 6oc; No.
Northern 5,1ac; May. o3A.
COR No. ), 2ol4c
OATS-No 2 white, i6}1:; No. white,
l7H@lSLa.
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dec pn OF the governor was conveyed
to tf4 Milwaukee members of the legis-
latq by a member the state admins
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Robbed Of Diamonds and Money.

BRAINERD, Mimi, Dec. 10.-Mrs. E.
]. Crane was robbed Of $804 in cash, a
set Of diamond earrings worth $3.50
and diamond ring worth 800. The
valuables were taken from her room in
the City hotel.
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MINNEAPoLIs. Dec. 8, 1895.
WHEAT-December closed at 543sc;
May .,SAc. On Track-No. l hard, 56c;
No. l Northern, 54Ac; No. 2 Northern,
i3Ac
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Julian Refuses to Sign.

= H4DfTON, Tex, Dec. 10.-W. X.
of H0b Fitzsimmons. and tried to in
due him to sign articles for the meet
ing 18th Peter Maher. Julian posi-
tivalE refused to sign, objecting to the
dat4 Feb. IA, and to the size Of the
pur wanting $4,000.
a GREAT PUBLIC AUCTION.
Sal4kef the Atch son, Topeka and Santa
91 Fe Road.
TofEKA, Kan, Dec. l0.-At 10 q. IN.
at Tpeka will occur the greatest auc-
tiol4he world has ever known: At
thai AOur, J. B. Johnson. special mas.
ter thancery, will offer to the high
est }dder for cash in hand, the entire
systkm of the Atchison, Topeka and
SanlFe railway Nothing will be re-
served of its 10000 miles of track; its
2,OOo locomotives; its thousands upon
thousands of cars; its buildings, rights
and franchises, which onsidered to-
getlter reach the imperial value Of $3.50,
0OOO00. Special Master Johnson will
act IS auctioneer. and as preliminary
to lreceiving bids he will reat
the orrler of sale, Judgment of the cour
and other legal documents which viii
conanme something more than an hour
There is one feature of this auctio,
which will materially differ from th'
ordinary. No one will be allowad t.
bid unless he has first depoaited $500,
600 Ia cash with the special master, a
an evidence of good faith.
JudSe Henry G. Caldwell will com
to Topeka for the purpose of confirming
| this sale.
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WAITING FOR THE COMMITTEES
The Week in Congress Promises to BE
Uneventful.

The Week in Congress Promises to Be
Uneventful.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The house
programme this week is a dreary waste.
Until the committees are appointed the
machinery of the house is blocked and
nothing can be done save by unani-
nous consent. Any resolution that
might be presented-and it is in this
form that the sensations that agitate
the lower branch of congress spring
would 60 down before a single objec-
ton. For this reason no attempt will
be made to do anything until Speaker
Reed announces his committees, which
he now expects to have ready at the
end of the week. Last week several
hundred bills were introduced and it is
probable that fully as many will be
started on their journey to the statute
books this week.
Senators Will Caucus.
The probabilities are that the week
in the senate will be given up largely to
caucusing by all parties and that the
senate daily sessions will be brief, with
little effort at legislation. The intro
duction of bills will be continued,
though no work of consequence can be
done until the committees are filed.
There is nothing on the calendar except
two speeches, one by Senator Morgan
on the Bering sea question, and the
other by Senator Cullom on his Monroe
doctrine resolution. It is understood
that Senator Morgan will pay his re-
spects to Ambassador Pauncefote and
| Lord Salisbury.
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Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, Dec. 9, 1895.
WHEAT-Cash No. l hard, 56Kc; No.
1 Northern, 55Hc; No. 2 Northern, 52H@
5sKc; No. spring, 4S@51c; rejected.
47L0SSkc
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Chicago Union stock Yards.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9, 1885,.
HOGS-Trade slow, prices now weak to
sc lower.
Sales ranged at s3.35@3. "a for light;
$3.3503. 81 for mixed; 50 3OQl % for heavy;
g. 80 g3.4) for rough.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Beeves, % 9O94.75; cows and heiters'
81, ,AO(03. 30; Texas steers, S!6O93 20; stock
ers and feeders, 81 20 ee3.5)
SHEEP-Market wea> to loc lower
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, Dec. ., 1895.
CLOSING PRICES
WHEAT-Deceplber. $685.; January,
$3.50 May. t21S g63c.
CORN-December 2jAc; January,
26Nc May, 29hc.
OATS S-December. 1H;; FEBRUARY,
lSAc: May, 20H(d2OHc.
PORK - d cember, T.S5; January
AS.. IS: May. IS -.
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AN IOWA BANKER CONVICTED

country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
An Expert Opinion.

An old Waterman, who used to keep
guard in the department of justice, from
long association with the legal lights
in the building believed he had imbibed
fair share of learning in the law, and
SO when one night telegram addressed
to the attorney general came after hours
he had no hesitancy in opening it and
reading its message. 1t asked the ques-
ton, SIS a man to be held responsible
for a crime committed while under the
influence of liquor?" The Waterman
pondered over this message for some
time, and, as he knew what the influ-
ence of liquor was, he sent the laconic
answer: mo indeed. (Signed) John
Jones, in charge of department of JUS
tice." Of course there was an immedi
ate attack on the attorney general for
such a decision, and the matter came
to the ears of the department An inves-
tigation was made and the Waterman
suspended for three months. That did
not worry him, however. With eff
frontery that simply dumfounded the
clerks, he came to the building every
pay day during that time of suspension
and drew his salary.-Kate Fields
Washington
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
A Queer POstomce.

One of the strangest postofficcs i'll the
world is away down at Terra del Fuegc,
in the toe end of the big shoe, which is
what the map of South America looks
like. The "office" is a big barrel, and
it is fastened to a rock overlooking the
straits of Magellan. Every ship that
rounds Cape Horn stops at this odd
postoffice. A boat puts out to the shore
with letters to be left, and the sailor
who takes them looks over those already
in the barrel, taking out and bringing
away with him any that his ship can
forward to their destination. Then he
fastens the cover on the barrel with its
hook and staple, and the queer old post
office that needs no postmaster OF mail
bags is left to itself until the next ship
comes by.-New York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
HIS COLLATERAL GOOD.
How Tom Fitch of Nevada Used to ''Raise
the Wind"

HOW Tom FITCH OF Nevada Used to "KaiSe
the Wind"
Tom Fitch Of Nevada was bright
fellow and one of the best writer's and
stump speakers of the west, but he was
thriftless, and when he got hard up
would resort to almost any means to
get stake.
One day he wrote scathing speech
denouncing Sharon, then president of
the Bank of California and afterward
United States senator from Nevada. In
it he charged Sharon with almost every
crime known to the decalogue or the
statutes. He put the manuscript in a
large envelope and walked into the
Bank of California.
Here" he said to the cashier, hand
ing the package through the window,
there are some securities which l offer
as collateral ON loan. Please hand
them to Mr.. Sharon in person, and l
will wait for his answer"
Mr.. Sharon was in his private office.
Breaking the seal of the envelope, he
found the speech and read it through,
together with note from Fitch, i'll
forming him that unless he was paid
$4,000 he would deliver that speech in
every town i'll the state. In few min
utes the cashier, on Mr.. Sharon's order,
reported that the collateral was all
right and paid the happy Fitch the de-
sired amount.
Three months afterward, having gone
through the money in speculation and
dissipation, Mr.. Fitch made his appear
ance with another speech, this time OF
very complimentary character, which
he promised to deliver at ever conven-
lent opportunity, for the same amount.
That, too, proved good collateral, and
the story would have never come to
light if Fitch had not. in moment OF
drunken frankness, told it himself. -
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
1t Comes High to BE Rich.

Any one acquainted with the living
expenses of persons who esteem them
selves fairly comfortable finds signiti-
cant moral in the commands laid upon
the rich by their physicians. Not only
is the wealthy patient hidden to substi-
tute costly table waters and even i'm
ported champagne for ordinary drinks,
but every detail of his life seems regu-
lated with a view to spending the most
money for his needs. The whole world
is ransacked for food that his weak
stomach can digest, for clothing santa
rily suitable for his body. The infants
of the rich are required to drink milk
at so cents quart and to wear tiny
garments that exceed the cost of plain
adult clothing. 1t may very well be
that child under 2 years old, fed and
clothed according to- doctors prescrip-
lions, may cost more per anpum than
the living expense of a wholesomely
clothed. fed and housed adult
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
BUYING PRECIOUS STONES.
Some of the Valuable Gems and What
They Are Made Of

Some of the Valuable Gems and What
They Are Made OF.
Buying jewels is as hazardous as buy
ing horses, and could anything possibly
be more risky than the latter? White
sapphires have occasionally been sold as
diamonds, and as proof that whitetopaz
may easily be confused with them one
has only to recall the fact that the lar
gest diamond in the world, the Bragan-
"a, belonging to the crown of Portugal
and valued at 95S, 000,O is by many
considered to be only topaz. Carbon,
in pure crystallized state, is in every
color of the rainbow, red, orange, green,
blue and even black, and occasionally
the colored are as valuable as brilliant
Of the same size.
The jewels next in hardness to the
diamond are the sapphire and the ruby,
called by experts corundum, or crystal
LIKED clay. Blue corundum is called sap
phire; red, ruby; green, oriental emer-
aid; orange, oriental topaz, and violet,
oriental amethyst. The word oriental
distinguishes these from real emerald,
topaz and amethyst, which are distinct
minerals.
The largest and most famous ruby in
the world forms part Of the imperial
state crown made for Queen Victoria i'll
1885, 1t is believed that this ruby was
worn in front of the helmet of Henry V
at Agincourt.
The most precious sapphires and ru-
bies, when cut and polished, show rays
from the center to the sides in the form
of a six pointed star On this account
they are called star sapphires or rubies.
1t is difficult to produce a gem upon
these stones on account of their exceed
ing hardness, but there are a few good
intaglios and canoes extant in both
one, cameo head of Cupid, by Islcr,
one sapphire; another, front face
cameo head of Diana ON a ruby, by Pts
trucci.
Topaz is the next jewel in degree of
hardness. 1t consists of about half clay,
third flint and the rest f1uoric acid.
The best are yellow, with sometimes a
greenish tinge. Some found in Brazil
are perfectly colorless and are called
'novamina" diamonds. They are more
brilliant when polished than any jewel.
There are few blue topazes found
these are taken by the uninitiated for
sapphires. -Philadelphia Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
WHEN | WAS A BOY.

Up in the attic where / slept
When / was boy-a little boy
In through the lattice the moonlight crept,
Bringing tide of dreams that swept
Over the low, red trundle bed
Bathing the tangled curly head,
While moonbeams played at hide and seek
With dimples on each sun Drowned check
When was boy-a little boy!
And, OIL the dreams-the dreams dreamed
When was boy-a little boy
For the grace that through the lattice strcamed
Over my folded eyelids seemed
To have the gift Of prophecy
And to bring me glimpses of times to be
Where manhoods clarion seemed to cali
Ali that was the sweetest dream of ALL
When l was boy-a little boyl
I'd like to sleep where used to sleep
When was boy-a little boy
For in at the lattice the moon would peep,
Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep
The crosses and griefs of the years away
From the heart that is weary and faint today,
And those dreams should give me back again
The peace have never known since then
When was boy-a little boyl
Eugene Field in Chicago Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
CROMWELL AND HIS HORSES.
An Accident That Befell the Protector
While Driving In Hyde Park.

While Driving In Hyde Park.
G.. H. Firth, in an article ON Oliver
Cromwell s association with horses, says
in Maomillan's Magazine:
Gas Cromwell rose in power and rank
his love of horses began to be more con-
spicuous. When he started from Lon
don in 1649 to reconquer Ireland, he
went forth in that state and equipage as
the like hath hardly been seen himself
in coach with six gallant Flanders
mares, reddish gray" In 1855, when
the Spanish ambassador took his leave
of the lord protector, Cromwell sent
him "his own coach of six white
horses" to convey him to and from
Whitehall. Certain it is, adds the
narrator, that none of the English
kings had ever any such. "
The protector was not much of a
whip, however. In 1854 the Count of
Oldenburg sent Cromwell present of
six horses, and the protector anxiety
to make trial of their quality led to his
we'll known adventure in Hyde park.
On Friday, Sept. 30, he went with Sec
rotary Thurloe and some of his gentle
men to take air in the park, ordered the
six horses to be harnessed to his coach,
put Thurloe inside of it and undertook
to drive himself His highness, said
a letter from the Dutch ambassador,
"drove pretty handsomely for some
time, but at last, provoking those horses
too much with the whip, they grew un-
ruly, whereby his highness was flung
out of the coach box upon the ground.
His foot getting hold in the tackling,
he was carried away good while i'll
that posture, but at last he got his foot
clear, and so came to escape. He was
presently brought home, and let blood,
and after some rest taken is now well
again. The secretary, being hurt Oh his
ankle with leaping out of the coach,
hath been forced to keep his chamber
hitherto and been unfit for any bust
ness.
The royalist Scroggs. afterward chief
Justice, writing of this incident. hoped
that the next fall would be from cart
limiting at the gallows. AS to Crom-
wells views ON the burning question Of
horse racing, it is difficult to arrive at
positive conclusion. His constant aim
was to possess as many good horses as
he could afford. Whether he entered
his horses for races or had tho satisfac-
ton of owning winner history does
not say.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
Not So Easily Deceived.

1t is laughable-and sometimes sad,
toto see the devices adopted by the
people who take a pitcher or can to
the saloon for beer.
A man has no way to hide it, and he
is generally the most sensitive on the
subject. Sometimes he will put it in Q
paper. Often he will take out large
bottle and stuff it in his pocket. and
saw one man hide pitcher with his
broad brimmed hat and saunter away
from saloon bareheaded.
Women use their aprons as covers,
though l never observed one yet who
didn't make her errand all the more
conspicuous by this means.
One servant girl placed can of bees
at the foot Of baby's perambulator and
covered it with a shawl, and expected
the amber fluid to scatter i'll all direc-
lions.
l knew of one woman who used to
send ont tin can marked mil" 81
often the stage fashion of labelling poi
SONS, liquors, etc. but I don't think it
ever deceived any one. --New York Re-
cOrder
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
HaDpened In Hades.

The gainning imps were packing sim
ners into the oven with a thing like a
hay press And the sinners groaned,
all but one good natured looking man.
"Do you know" said the good natur.
ed man at last, this is rather nice Re
minds me Of when l lived in dear old
Brooklyn and crossed the bridge at rush
hours New York Recorder.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12

A chemist had made mistake i'll his
weights and poisoned customer When
the fatal tidings were brought to him,
he pulled out two handfuls of hair and
exclaimed:
Wretch that am-and my best Gus
hmer too!"-London Judy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12

1t is said that wood may be thorough
ly preserved by being impregnated with
strong solution of calcium bisulphate
and afterward with caustic lime. The
pores are thus filled with the two solu-
lions, which are oxidized by exposure
to the air and become practically part
of the wood itself.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12

Schoolboy (wearily)-What's the use
of learning all this stuff?
Teacher-It is chiefly to cultivate tine
memory.
Schoolboy--Don't you think it would
be more sensible to buy phonograph?
A-GoOd News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-12
Tired, Weak, Nervous
Could Not Sleep.

Prof. L. D. Edwards. Of Preston,
Idaho, says: L was all run down,
weak. nervous and irritable through
overwork. l suffered from brain ia
tigue, mental depression. etc. l be-
came so weak and nervous that l
could not sleep. would arise tired.
discouraged and blue. | heCan 1akino
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04
on the popular side of the wagon once
during the session.

Boy wanted. Inquire at this office.
Lawn grass seed, composed of sew
eral varieties, at one-half of former
prices, at j. NJ. Dunnington's. 1t.
w. F. Dickinson and w. R. Cas-
we'll went to Wood Lake yesterday to
give instructions in the Masonic lods e
at that place.
E. F. Farmer, travelling freight
agent of the Minneapolis & St. Louis
railroad, was in the city yesterday
talking up the potato excursion to
Dawson next Wednesday.
In speaking of the efforts of differ
ent pupils at the Barnes pupils recit-
al in Rockford, ILL.,, the daily Regis
ter Gazette has the following to say
Miss Maude Martin gave "What the
Chimney Sang" by Griswold, and
Lullaby, by Norris. Her numbers
we're probably the most artistically
rendered of any during the evening,
and many we're the congratulations
paid the young singer at the conclu-
sion. Possessing contralto voice of
unusual power she throws, as desired,
an intensity and fervor or pathetic
sweetness into a selection and demon
strates that she has the soul of an ar
fist as we'll as voice that will some
day realize the most ardent ambition.
The Keene gallery will be open
Thursday and Friday, April 4th and
9Th. 3O4t
Leave orders at the GAZETTE office
for bookbinding. A. D. Dayton, a
practical bookbinder, will bind your
loose magazines and periodicals. ebind
old books, ETC., at reasonable rates. tt.
The u. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all others.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04

Hello! Jones, the Nonpareil of
Westline has jumped on to popular
band wagon at last. He actually sup
ported Auditor Dunn's bill giving the
latter official complete control of the
pine lands in the northern part of the
State, and on the floor of the house
made a desperate fight against the
bill of the pine land ring. We;are
glad to see Redwood county's tail end
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney
Ring-Bone, Stiles, Sprains all Swollen
Threats, Coughs. etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wonderful Blenlish Cure ever
known. Sold by H. NJ. Hitchcock &
Co. druggists. Redwood Falls, MINI
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satisfied, even beyond his anticipations,
his thirst for notoriety.
Alas for the unstableness Of human
felicity Next morning there was pan.
ic on the bourse. When he entered Tor.
toni's for breakfast, no one noticed him.
They wero too much absorbed in the
profits and the losses.
It was the coup de grace to Bali
veau's brief celebrity, and weary and
dispirited he returned to his province
home. Commercial Ga
Zette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04
Backed by Scripture,

FROM the Saunterer' london friend
comes this little anecdote of Glasgow
minister. The reverend gentleman, hav-
ing observed that one of his congrega-
ton was in the habit Of gazing about
the church during prayers, told him one
day that he considered it would be more
becoming in a worshiper to keep his
eyes decently closed.
The man scowled. "Doesna the Scrip
ture bid us watch as we'll as pray?" he
replied. 'And hoo can a body watch
wi their cen steekit? Ma, ma. I'll ust
stan and glover ABBOTT as haze aye
dune!"-Boston Budget.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04
MONEY
to Loan on
Improved Farms
On 3 to 10 Yrs. Time.
S. O. Mason, Redwood Falls
Seed Grain,

Parties wishing to procure seed
grain of us should file their applica-
ton at least thirty days before seed
will be required, as no loans will be
made until security offered is thor
oughly examined.
TT. G.. w. VANDUsEN & Co.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04

Girls wanted to learn dressmaking
Apply to Miss Sophia Miller. It
H.C. Ackmann has the largest stock
of bulk and other seeds in the city
Call and see him. If.