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Year: 1876

EVERYBODY is laughing at the Re
publican papers for the sad way IN
which they try to keep up the courage OF
their followers. Don't laugh, boys. Let
the mourners console themselves as best
they may. 1t is always cruel to d .sturb
y funeral, Let them take their own way
Tn bury HAYES.
Year: 1876

Ir seems that DANFoRD was guilty OF
introducing into Congress one of those
dreaded Southern claims" Ben. Will
son has never bee. guilty of anything
of that kind yet DANFoRD is q pretty
man to come over here to lecture US AS to
who we shall send to Congress.
Year: 1876

ONE session of Democratic Congress
saved Thirty Millions of Dollars to the
people, exposed the most eggregious
frauds, impeacbed Minister of War for
the crimes. The work of National Re
form has only Just begun. To complete
II we must have an entire Democratic
Administration at Washinton. Vote the
Democratic ticket.
Year: 1876

The Republicans took millions OF dol
lars from the peoples treasury for what
thew called the Freedmen's Bureau.
The whole scheme was tremendous
humbug, got up to benefit the jobbers'
1t never did the negroes any good, and
the colored men of the South are among
the first to denounce the swindling con-
Year: 1876

IT HAS been common for Republicans
to ridicule the Idea that the people wanl
a change. The result of the October
elections will silence all sneers in that
direction. The time for change mas
come and November will record the ver-
dict
Year: 1876

The spectacle is now presented to the
world of republican government con-
spring to defeat the will of the people In
order to perpetuste itself. Attempts are
being made to provoke antagonisms and
stir up riots, in order to Justify the proc
lsmation of martial law. Let the con-
spirstors beware No one will be de-
ceived by the Gun ningly-devised plots to
carry the Southern States against Ill
DEN. There is Democratic Congress
in existence, and another Democratic
Congress will be chosen in November
The men now in high office are not be
yond the reach of justice. The peoples
representatives can visit upon the enc
mies of free government the stigma oI
impeachment and disgrace. The country
is not vet ready for military despotism.
Year: 1876

STATE OF MINNESOTA SIS.


REDWOOD COUNTY,


In the matter Of the estate Of James A
Clark, deceased.


On reading and filing the petition Of
Birney Flynn administrator of said estate
representing among other things that he
has fully administered said estate and
praying that time and place be fixed for
examining and allowing his account of his
said administration.


1t is hereby ordered that said account be
examined by the Judge Of this Court on
Saturday the 30th day Of September A. D.
1876, at 2 O'clock P. NJ. at the Office of the
Probate Judge in Redwood Falls in said
County.


And it is further ordered that notice
thereof be given to all persons interested
by publishing copy of this order for three
successive weeks, prior to said day of hear
ing in the Redwood GAZETTE weekly
newspaper printed and published al Red
wood Falls IN said county


By the Court.
H. D. BALDWIN,


Judge Of Probate.
Year: 1876




The bear faction in Wall street eireu.
lated u new story yesterday concerning
the rival telegraph companies. For u
long time past the Western Union and
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Companies have been anxious TO con-
troll the Southern Atlantic line the
former to maintain practical monop.
oly and the latter to extend it's busi-
ness. For time the Atlantic and Pa.
ciilc bought largely OF the Southern
Atlantic stock. hoping to obtain control
of the line. but eventually they decided
that 1t would be cheaper to build line.
and they ceased their purchases just
after they quit the market, the Western
Union began quietly to buy the Southern
Atlantic stock, the Atlantic and Pacific
gently unloading their shares Ut o. slight
advance, and saddling them upon their
rivals. The Western Union Company
obtained control Of the coveted line,
but ruinor says. paid dear for their
whistle. Some say the cost was S4DO,-
600. but probably one-half OF this sum
would be nearer the mark Meanwhile
the stockholders are complaining that
the expenditure was an utterly useless
one. since the Western Union already
has splendid Southern lines.
Year: 1876

This morning Castet Broutin and


Munsha,sen. the persons charged by


Coroner Chastant with the murder OF


Roy. near the Magnolia Garden. in


January last, were arraigned this morn.


ing before Police Magistrate Staes. Of


the Second District Municipal Court.


As far as the evidence went. there was


nothing to show the implication of
either Of the individuals charged. the
case having been based originally on


bare suspicion and n statement made by
the dying man that n man known a.


Low Dutch Henry was among his
assailants, which he. however. denied
eventually, saying that he did not know
who had done the deed. Among the nc
cused, the man named Henry Manshau-
sen is the only ono whose name was not
mentioned at the examination this
morning nor was the cause Of his accusa-
ton made apparent-in fact his presence
was entirely ignored whilst the defense
and Castel had nothing to do with the
stabbing. The proceedings were inter
rupted. owing to the absence Of the ear
driver who had picked up Roy from the
car track and the policeman who had re-
ceived the statement of Roy concerning
the identity of his assailant whom he
called Low Dutch Henry. who has q
wife and five children" Judge Staes
acted iudiciously in postponing the case
to Monday next. At that time it Is
hoped that one of the States prosecut
ing officers, for there are five ofthem, the |
Attorney General, two assistants and
District attorney and one assistant, at
least one of whom could be present |
at examinations Of the importance of |
this case. The result would be more |
to the accused in case Of
their discharge as well as to the public. |


1t would seem necessary to justice to
explain why Henry Munshausen is con-
nectcd with this case, and the accused /
himself might be thankful to have such
IN explanation.
Year: 1876

Washington Letter to the Chicago Timesl


There Is very energetic attempt on
the part Of the lobby ferces TO rush
things with Mexico. Finding that it is
impossible to make money in the usual
way. the lobby folk are striving to fan
the revolutionary flame In Mexico to
war heat which shall involve this coun-
try in n crusade over the border. The
main movers in this scheme hold large
sums Of Mexican bonds. ahd ii Is said
they propose following the example Of
England in setting Customhouses and
paving themselves in gold in the event
pf a war.
Year: 1876

1t is still the fashion for ladies to let
their hair fall In a "cobwebby" mess
over the left eye It looks coquettish,
and in some instances is very alluring to
the "poor flies OF men,
Year: 1876

The Committee on Commerce reported
'avorably sn the bill to exempt all yes
sells engaged in the navigation Of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries
above the port OF New Or leans from
entrance and clearance. Calendar.
Year: 1876

The best possible thing for man
to do when he feels too weak to carry
it through is to 60 to bed and sleep a
week if he can. This is the only true
recuperation ofpower, the onl y actual
recuperation Of brain force. Because
during sleep the brain is in state Of
rest, in q condition to receive and ap-
propriate particles Of nutriment from
the blood which takes the place Of
those which have been consumed in
previous labor, since the very act of
thinking consumes, burns up solid
particles, as every turn of the wheel
or screw of the splendid steamer is the
result of consumption by fire OF the
fuel in the furnace, The supply Of
consumed brain substance can only be
had from the nutritive particles in the
blood, which were obtained from the
food eaten previously, and the brain
is so constituted that it can best re-
ceive and appropriate to itself those
nutritivc PARTICLES during state of
rest, quiet, and stiffness in sleep. Mere
stimulants supply nothing in them
selves; they only goad the brain,
force it to IL greater consumption of
its substance, until that substance has
been so exhausted that there is not
power enough left to receive supply,
lust rs men are so near death by
irst and starvation that there is not
power enough to swallow anything,
aud all is over.
Year: 1876




it succeeded in making the passage Of
the House by but ten majority, will,
we are confident, make many more
votes for itself before the new treaty
has been long in operation. BY this
treaty the United States gains the per-
manent commercial supremacy i'll the
Pacific. which was otherwise certain
to pass at once into the hands Of
Great Britain. AS we front Asia on
the Pacific coast. it was time that we
seized every commercial opportunity
to take and to keep the lead in the
future commerce of the great western
ocean. The London Times is to-day
specializing on the causes Of the gen
eral stagnation OF trade, which it fin
ally places in the diminution of pro
fits, caused by cost Of production. 1T
acknowledges that there is no visible
relief except in the opening OF new
trade emporiums, such as the popular
nations Of the East supply. If, there
fore, the commercial revival is to be
looked for in that quarter of the globe
how necessary it is for us to be awake
to such striking opportunities as this
one of the control of the trade Of the
Hawaiian Islands, and Of its posses
sion as commercial station in the Pa
cifc. They who look at the subj ct
merely as one that bears on our annual
revenues from sugar have in store for
them surprise which will yield much
genuine satisfaction.
Year: 1876

I've been waiting 80 lonely, my darling,
To hear from you day aft er day,
You promised to send me letter,
o tell me why do you delay?
You know that my heart is SO lonely,
Since you have departed from me;
For each day passing by brings no message,
Or tidings from over tho sea.


CHORUS.
No tidipgs from over the sea,


No sweet words of love to me;


Each day passing by brings no message.


No tdings from over the sea.
You promised you'd never forget me,
Though the waves Of the sea did divide;
Though the billows so blue roll'd between us
Your heart would be over the tide.
My lips feel your kisses no longer,
But ever my heart turns to thee ~;
May tomorrow bring news from you, darling.
Sweet tidings from over the sea.
Year: 1876

Ought we to pity the weary, hag-
gard-looking mothers of America,
who manifest their devotion to their
children by toiling early and late,
rufiing and tucking and trimming
their clothes, the object apparently
being to make them look as little like
children and as much like grown peo-
pie as possible at the risk Of being
thought cynical, we frankly admit we
havn't particle Of sympathy for any
woman who makes herself pale, old
and wrinkled before her time, work
ing through long, weary afternoons,
and sitting up at night, to put five or
six rows of bias stuff around her little
daughters polonaise, when a plain
blouse waist would answer just as
well, and be in much better taste for
a school dress than the much-trimmed
polonaise and ruffled skirt for the
modern mother would hoot::at the idea
of leaving the skirt untrimmed; and
! so, with one hand Oh her aching back,
she extends the frock at arms length
with the other, gazes at it admiringly,
and decides that ruche IN the neck
or down the front, or one more row
of trimming around the sleeves, will
improve it still further then she goes
at it again, and only pronounces it
finished when it is so crammed with
trimming that there is no space for
more, havingj just enough strength left
to dress her little six year old in it,
who wiggles off like peacock under
full sail to show her new finery to her
mates.


If you expostulate with her and tell
her she could have made four plain
dresses in the time spent on this suit,
ten to one she will agree with you
that it is a great tax on her strength
and time, but will offer at the same
time, in extenuation of her folly, the
plea that one might as well make
chlldren's clothing fashionable while
they are about it, as to have them
look a hundred years behind the
times; and so she keeps on braiding
and blaslng-growiDg gray over ruff
fling and "kniie plaitiug"-stitching
into trimming all the roses of her
Year: 1876

At a fire in London, little child
was in danger of being burned. All
had been saved, when it was found
that the child had been forgotten. No
one dared to 60 back, for the flames
shot out from every window. But a
noble fireman went up the ladder a
sudden gust of hot smoke made him
pause. They saw it from below
"Let us give him cneer,' said some
one. A great hurrah vent up. The
man heard, he rushed into the burn
ing house, and brought forth the
child in his arms, and delivered it to
the mother, who pressed it to her
bosom That fireman would not
have had the courage, doubtless, for
so heroic and daring deed, had he
not been cheered on by the crowd
So, l say, give cheer to your minis,
ter
Year: 1876

In Srribner for June Mr.. p. Y.
Quinn has another of his timely pa
pers of Rural Topics, from which we
take the following:


In strawberry culture the soil must
be rich and mellow prior to planting ;
the weeds and grass must be kept out
of the beds the first season, and there
should be no disturbance Of the
ground near the roots, at any time in
the spring of the second year, before
the fruit is ripe. From the time the
blossoms come out until the fruit is
matured, strawberries require great
deal Of moisture. If, from any cause,
this moisture of the soil is cut off even
for a short time, the yield as we'll as
the size of the fruit will he materially
reduced. In a climate like ours,
where We are subject to long droughts
it is of the utmost importance to guard
against such contingencies. The
most simple, practical, and inexpen-
sive way Of doing this is by "mulch.
ing" or covering the ground between
the rows, and among the stools, "
with salt marsh hay or straw. This
can be done any time through the
month Of May. and will always repay
liberally for the outlay. When the
mulching material--salt hay, straw, ol
pine hays plenty, it may be put on
u couple Of inches in thickness, no in.
jury resulting from the quantity. The
mulch answers double purpose-ot
keeping the ground moist, cool, and
of even temperature, and at the SAME
time preserving the fruit clean and
free from sand and grit. Of which
there is sure to be much in the fruit
when the beds are left without it. BY
running the mulching material through
a hay-cutter, the labor Of putting it OIL
is greatly lessened, especially il the
rows and plants are close together
The mistake is often made Of using
fresh hay as a mulch on strawberries,
which results in giving first class
"set" in grass that will choke The
vines.
Year: 1876

4HE general council, yesterday, had
upder consideration the petition of the
mississippi and Tennessee railroad to
run its line by Tennessee street to the
levee, and along that alresdy crowded
thoroughfare to the central landing,
and there to make a junction with
the other roads. We trUs. the
general council Will never consent
to this proposal. IF the Tennessee road
de'ires to get to Center landing, it can
do 80 by Broadway and Walnut streets,
where 1t can unite with the Charleston
road, and by way of Washington street
reach the desired haven. And even this
privilege shoCid not be granted unless
the proper guarantees are given that. a
union Lepot will be built within one year
ffcGn the date Of the contract. AS we come
time ago said, il will not do for Memphis
TO ruin her wharf for the sake of railroad
junction, and she should be ws-ned by
the fate Of New Orleans. She should
never allow foot of her landing to be
occupied by railroads, more than has
already been surrendered to those cor
morant corporations.
Year: 1876

The Cologne Gazette contains an account of a
combat wcn took place III the Geological Gardens Of


that city between Polar bears, which, that Journal
remarks, Roman Emperor would assuIedly have paid
"A million sesterti to Witness" These two bears had
been brought from Spitzberg five years ago. and had
been placed IN large pit, with tank IN the center
Until within the last few days they had remained upon
excellent terms with each other but last week quarrel
occurred between them the result OF which was that the


female bear took refuge upon the summit OF large rock
In one corner D, the pit The male did not attempt to
follow her. ana she remained there three DAYS. when
pressed by hunger she descended again AS soon rs the
male bear her he immediately rushed at her
and attacked her with ms fore paws the keep
ers attempted To sepeIate them and belabored
the male with heavy iron bars but the bones In the
head Polar bear mucn harder thn those OF
the ordinary bear that these blows took no effect The
male bear continued to wreak his vengeance upon his
cOmpaniOn and after having almost torn her body into


ribbons dragged her to the bottom OF tho tank and
held until he felt assured that all sign of life
was extinct He nen brought her body back 10 the floor
pit aud dragged around the tank nearly
hour Afer tins, he withdrew into his sleepngden to
rest his ab0s, and the keepers at closed the
iron oars upon nim Having examined the boy OF the
dead be ar they found had received more than hun
dred wounds; the neck and head crushed almost
10 jelly and the flesh hanging In strips from the
back and sides. During the whole combat neither of the
bears uttered cry sound NJ any kind but except In
tns particular, 1t must have borne singular resen-
blance 10 what may sometimes may be seen in Ian
cashre without paying million sestcrtii.
Year: 1876

A New YORK paper has Just solved
the difficulties that have heretofore sur
rounded the emotional-insanity problem.
The plan is to render-by processes well
known to physicians-all persons who
take advantage of such plea in murder
cases permanently insane by paralyzing
and reducing them to imbecility. The
defense fsuch proposition is that man
insane enough to commit murder is
always dangerous, and, as it would be
inhuman to kill him and unwse to leave
him at liberty, the only humane course
is 10 destroy his capacity for harm bv
paralyzing his mental and physical pow
ers
Year: 1876

AN arch over the river, III, near Lat
terbach, France, gave way the other day
under the pressure of the food, and a
passenger train, which was crossing the
bridge at the time, was preciptatcd into
the river. Owing to the violence of the
stream none Of the passengers could be
saved, and were either crushed to death or
drownded. Thirty corpses have already
been recovered.
Year: 1876

Miss ADA SWEET is the United States
Pension Agent at Chicago. and somebody
has been ungallant enough to charge her
with paying n regular tribute for the priv
ilege Of retaining her office. This she
Indignantly denies, and says that her
position has involved her in no expense
whatever, except for a shot gun and bull
dog to keep off Chicago wdowers.
Year: 1876

a QUEER jury The defendant, in
Chinese murder trial at San Fran
cisco claimed the right to have a jury
composed Of half citizens and half Chi
ncse. One Chinaman on that jury would
have answered his purpose, but the court
over-rulcd the point.
Year: 1876

The members of the Pacific Press AS
sociation met in San Francisco on Mon
day last and perfected their organization.
a bout thirty papers have already Joined
the organization, and more are expected
to send in their names.
Year: 1876

The third and last form in which water is
found outside Of the chemists laborator ry, is
in the form of vapor. Raised to the TEN.
perature of 2l2o Fahrenheit, it is converted
into vapor with considerable rapidity, caus.
ing an agitation while the escaping vapor
passes through the fluid and into the atm os.
phere. No additional heat can raise the
temperature Of water above 2l2e for the
steam or vapor carries off the heat as fast as
applied.


Evaporation is constantly and invisibly
going on from every lake aud stream, and
from the soil, unless the atmosphere is al
ready so impregnated as to be unable to con.
tain more, as in seasons of actual or immi-
nent rain. In warm days evaporation is
more rapid than in cold ones; yet in the
coldest days it is by no means suspended.
Mr.. Howard records the loss of $50 grains
from patch Of snow FIVE inches in diameter
in one night in the month Of January. And
this has been estimated by DR.. Prout to be
equal to 1000 gallons of water from an acre
Of snow 10 the same time. At oil times
evaporation is accelerated by and in proper.
lion to the velocity of the atmospheric cur.
rents. Every farmer has observed how rap
idly the soil dries up in few windy days !;
also, that strong current Of air greatly
hastens the preparation Of his hay for tn o
barn.


As in the boiling Of water evaporation
carries away heat, so, also, evaporation from
the soil must produce the same result and
reduce its temperature. Hence, wet lands
from which large amount of watery vapor
constantly escapes, are colder than dry lands,
and can be made warm Ouly by removing
the surplus water by judiciOus system Of
drainage.


1t is interesting to notice the application
of this law of reduction of heat as applied to
the human body. Without some means Of
expelliug the heat of the body, the laborer,
under the influence of q burning sun aud exer-
else, must in short time perish of cumulative
heat Hence there is given him the function of
psrspirationi water exudes through the in
visible pores Of the skin evaporation car.
ries it of with the cumulative heat thus
aVertiug disease and death, while the body
remains at the healthy temperature of 9S o +.


Evaporation from wet clothing carries
away the warmth of the body with consider.
Bile rapidity, and urges the laboratory within
beyond its capacity to supply the waste by
the combustion of food. Hence, the danger
of colds and resulting fevers lies not in get
ting wet, but in the loss of animal heat that
afterwards comes in getting dry.


1t appears, then, that the atmosphere must
always contain more or less Watery vapOr