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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
The Way to Use Clothes Wringers.

The proper way to use clothes wringers
is to adjust the pressure according to the
thickness OF the garments to be wrung.
"Well, who don't know that?" But who
will do it, even if they do know it? More
than this, large and heavy articles should
be folded the long way into narrow strip,
so that they can pass smoothly between
the rollers. Yes, l know that as we'll as
any editor can tell me.' Then why not
fold large articles straight and smooth, so
that the punches, wrinkles and rolls of the
clothing will not strain the rollers and
springs? We have seen smart and intel
llgent women snatch up a corner of a
large and heavy coverlet, thrust it between
the rollers when the pressure was adjusted
to wiring collars and light fabrics, and
then jerk and yank on the crank when
large folds and wrinkles would obstruct
the free movements of the rollers until the
rubber would be torn from the iron jour-
nal. Untold numbers of good clothes
wrlngers have been rendered worth
less simply by such harsh and
inexcusable usage. Which is the
better way, to fret and worry
when using the wringer and rush
clothes between the rollers in large bunch
es and damage the wringer, or spend three
minutes more per day at folding the
clothes properly into narrow strips and
thus keep the wringer in good working
order? 1t requires exceedingly rough
usage to separate the rubber from the iron
journal. Still manufacturers of wringers
do large business at repairing rollers
that have been damaged by improper
usage. We frequently stand by the wash
tub and direct the operator to fold cover
lets into long and smooth strips before
they are put between the rollers. Then
they will slip through without straining
any part of the wringer beyond its
strength. Clothes wringers would last a
lifetime if they were used properly.-N.
Y. Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
Your Own Things.

There is one provoking way in which
some people observe the Scriptural injunc-
ton, "Look not every man on his own
things, but also on the things of others"
1t prevails mostly in the free and easy
houses, where nobody is regarded as hav-
ing any property which particularly ap-
pertains to him or herself. Mary wears
James waterproof, and Tom takes Dicks
umbrella, without question as to the
right of the case. Ellen can never be
sure of having her own gloves, hand
kerchief, ribbons or pins, for Susie goes
to her wardrobe and takes what she
wants.
1t is very much better to be too exact,
in defining the limits of personal right,
than to be too lax. Our clothes are, or
ought to be, so much our own that they
acquire look of us, a portion of our in
dividuality. 1t is not we'll that sisters
should wear each others cuffs and collars,
without so much as saying, ''by your
leave" or that hair-brushes should be in
Discriminatory used by whoever wishes,
without regard to ownership. Mothers
who wish to cultivate in their little ones a
nice sense of propriety, will do so by Civ
ing to each his or her own things, and
then insisting that each use his own and
not another's property. - Christian at
Work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14

are obviated at ONCE; Hence we find an:
other cause for the liminutibh In cases of
armed tsenia noted by Regnault, while. the
prevalent neglect of precautions regarding
beef and mutton may likewise account for
the spread of the atfiiction attributable to
those meats.
1t is curious fact in this connection
that prominent French medical journal
the A6eille Medicale) strongly recommends
horse flesh to be used raw Independently,
and asserts that it is much more nourish-
ing than either beef, mutton, or pork.
We doubt whether this last assertion will
meet with general acquiescence; but if it
appears, as our contemporary states, that
the horse is not subject to the parasitic af-
fectlons common to the cattle now used as
food, there can be no question but that,
from sanitary point Of view, the food
value of our superannuated chargers is
greatly enhanced. At all events, for some
reason the consumption of horsetlesh in
France is rapidly increasing, as recent
statistics show that nearly thirty per cent:
more of the animals have been slaug hter-
ed, for the markets in Paris, during 1876
than were killed last year.-Scientysc
American
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
The Railroad Guide.

YESTERDAY forenoon a young man,
whose business it was to sell railroad
guides to any one who would buy, found a
jefferson avenue clothing dealer sitting in
an arm chair in front Of his door, and
after kindly salute the agent handed out
one of his guides and said:
"There is the handicst little book in
the world. 1t contains the name, time
table and route of every railroad in this
country"
II neffer Duys no such kind Of peoks, "
replied the dealer, as he glanced through it
But you want that pamphlet" my
dear sir. You look like man who trav-
els around considerably, and no traveller
can get along without one of these guides "
Il don't care to guide no raiIroad,''
said the dealer, shaking his head and turn.
ing away.
Hold on, now-just look through it
once Suppose, for instance, that you
want to go to New Orleans.''
81 shall neffer go there so long as am
born"
"Well, suppose you want to go to Oma
hae"
"Den don't go.''
"What do you do when you want to &C
to Chicago?''
81 sthays at home''
"Well, suppose you had to go; wouldn'1
you have to look at railroad timetable
then?'
mo, sir. I should 90 down Ply del
depot, get on der train, puy some apples
off der pey, and should step off in Chi
cago like some greasc!"
The agent had no further arguments tt
advance.-Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
The Moral Character of the Oyster.

With the first day of September the
oyster comes again into favor and flavor,
and AS he is to associate with the men and
women OF this land upon terms of the
closest intimacy during the whole of the
next eight months, it is worth while per-
haps to inquire respecting his condition
of life and his moral character.
AS to his fortune, punster has already
said of him that his case is most uncom-
monty hard that it is his, peaceful as he
is, to perish in many foreign broil; and
it may be added that he is often in hot
water, and perpetually in stew of one
kind or another.
In temper he is even mild to placidity,
although he is sometimes slightly ruffled,
on his edges at least. He is quiet always,
and usually very well behaving; and vet
he participates in nearly every scene of
debauch and revelry. He frequents mid
night suppers, and is the companion-the
bosom companion we may say-of wild fell
lows of every degree. He makes no noise,
and does no quarreling, but he is pres
ent in well nigh every riotous company,
and is found at table with wines and
liquors of every kind, name and quality.
In himself, and so far as his personal
behavior is concerned, the oyster is per-
fectly respectable, and gentlemen and
gentlcwomen have him at dinner without
scruple but there can be no doubt that
his name is suggestive of dissoluteness
and dissipation, precisely as the horse,
noble as he is, is indissolubly associated
in our minds with certain forms of knav-
cry and with jockeyism Gin all its branch
es,'. as the street signs say. Dickens, we
believe it was, who pointed out the fact
that the moment that any man falls into
the poverty which comes of drunkenness
and idleness he begins to eat oysters as
regular. diet, and Notwithstanding the high
estimation in which the best of us hold
this mollusk, his name somehow suggests
irregularity of living, late hours, un-
wholesome haunts and rotations of gin.
Nevertheless he is fine fellow, and we
cannot spare him from the list of friends
whom we are always glad to seeat dinner.
There is placidity in his bearing, de-
corum in his conduct which gives us con-
fidence in him, and wherever he is met he
is sure of hearty welcome.-N. Y.
Erening Post
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
Partisan Beggars' Rules.

The slang Of betandier" as name
for beggar (nsendsaat) seems to lie purely
arbitrary-as entirely so as the English
"cheese it, for "be SILENT The be
tandier' is beggar who follows the bust
ness as his regular occupation. There can
be no question that nincty-nine out OF
every one hundred beggars in Paris are
such because they find the business prof.
table one. A creature in that grade of
Slousnrd life where choice of occupation
lies between such employments as rag
picking, street-swceping, petty thieving
and the like, has no pride to govern his
course, and he turns to beggary as a bust
ness quite as willingly as any other, If he
can see his way to success in it. There is
a necessity of talent involved in the occu-
patton of a beggar, however. A stupid
person setting up as beggar will not be
likely to earn enough to eat. But, if one
has some histrionic ability, it can be
turned to good purpose in this business. A
talent for getting oneself up picturesquely
is of immense value. Mental qualities Of
high order bring their own exceptional
rewards in this field as in others. An old
beggar whose post was, and for aught
know still is, at the entrance of the Pas
sage Vero- Dodat, was reputed to be aman
of wealth. He was certainly man of tai
ent. In moment of communicativeness
this old battandier gave his " CODE" as
he called it, which is worth printing. It
is as follows:
Never ask aims FROM
1. A man who is coming from dinner;
roast beef renders one selfish.
2. A gentleman who is following lady
8. Men who are too fat; it annoys them
to stop.
4. A lady who is alone and unobserved.
5. Gentlemen who are putting on their
gloves.
But ask always FROM
/. A man who is going to dinner; he
sympathizes with the empty stomach.
2. A lady who knows she is being fol-
lowed
8. People who are walking two by two !;
their amour propre makes them give.
f. Officers in full-dress uniform.
5. Officc-scekers going into Cabinet Min
isters' bureaus; they give, in hope that it
will bring them luck.
A hideOus-looking beggar was arrested
recently in the Rue DIES Boulets, sinister
street in the Faubourg st. Antoine, be-
tween whom and the police commissioner
the following conversation ensued:
Your name?"
"Pontron Jacques-nicknamed Eyes
for Everything"
"Your profession?'
Witness
"Witness! What do you mean by wit
ness?'
"As have eyes for everything, know
everything that occurs in the neighbor-
hood, and am called up every time there is
row or anything"
In answer to further questioning the
man stated that he belonged in the Quar-
tier Ste. Marguerite, and that by his pro-
fession he netted about forty francs a
month, his pay being two franc time.
This information, if accurate, would indi-
cate with precision the number of rows
per month INDUCED in by the scoundrels
of the quarter. In the intervals between
rows, Pontron Jacques practiced on the
sympathies of strangers as a beggar.-
Writ Skies, in Appket0n's Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

MIR. George Bancroft, the historian,
owns real estate in Newport, r. l., valued
at $37 800.
The Fitch diamonds, after verifcation
by Gen. Sherman, have been placed in the
Treasurer's vault in Washington for safe
keeping. Handy jewels!
1t Is said that President Grant, at the
expiration of his term of office, will trav.
ell for year or two in Europe, and return
home by way of China and Japan.
-Supt Walling, of New York, holds the
opinion that Charley Ross is dead. He
places the case in the same rank with the
Tweed escape and the Nathan murder.
1T is reported that "Con'' Mcguire,
one of the members Of the St. Louis
whisky ring who is serving term of i'm
prisonment, was married privately, few
days ago.
Daniel Drew will have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that when he was in bust
ness he did some business. His former
brokers have presented in court the &C
count of the firm s dealings with Mr.. Drew
for five years, to the amount of $75, OOO, 900
in gold, all squared before Daniels bank
ruptcy.
George William Curtis is dependent
on his salary from the Harpers; so is Mr..
| William D. Howell dependent upon his
editorship of the Atlantic;: Bret Harte, T.
| B. Aldrich, James Parton, J. T. Trow-
| bridge, r. II. Stoddard, T. w. Higginson,
mainly upon fugitive writing; while
Grant White has place in the Custom
House; E. G. Stedman is a stock broker,
and other authors are obliged, more or
less, to do practical things in order to
support the luxury of literature.-N. Y.
Graphic.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and his daugh-
ter Ellen have returned to their New En-
gland home from tour in Virginia
Mary Clemmer writes to the Cincinnati
Commercial from Washington: "We shall
hear more from this daughter Ellen. For
she, in all likelihood, will be the executor
of her fathers papers and the delineator
of that deep, still, inward life. 1t is men,
Orable that the men who have achieved
the most in letters and in science have al
ways had a woman standing close beside
them within the veil, as Carl Schurz says
in homely phrase: Handing them the
bricks while they build, and holding up
their hands when they were weary"
Mr.. Kerr owned a beautiful lot in the
Northern Cemetery in the city, wherein is
buried his second son, Charlie, who died
in 1858, aged two years; his law partner,
James A. Ghormley, who died of con-
sumption in 1862, and a little adopted
daughter that Mr.. Kerr took to raise The
lot is separated from the last resting place
of Gov. Ashbel p. Willard by narrow
walk through the grounds, and it is little
singular that these two great and honored
sons of Indiana should take their final
sleep so near each other. Mr.. Kerr al
ways expressed wish to be buried here,
and designated the spot where he desired
his grave. While Mr.. Kerr was a men,
Der of no church, it is known that he was
partial to the Presbyterian faith, his es-
Unable wife being an earnest and devoted
member of that church. Cour-
Ter Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14

supposed that spring is the only safe sea-
son to transplant evergreens. Indeed, so
uniform is the teaching Of nurserymen
and other writers on the subject, that one
who has never tried it is likely to be led
to the conclusion that it cannot be success
fully done at any other season of the year.
My own experience has led me to the con-
clusion that while May and early June is
good season for this work, it is not the
only time that this work may be success
fully performed. Some years ago it be-
came necessary, in changing the location
OF nursery, to remove large lot of
evergreens during the latter part of Au-
gust and early September. They ranged
from two to eight feet in height. The
weather was dry and no special pains
were taken more than / would take in
handling any stock under similar circum-
stances; that is to guard against the dry
ing of the roots while out of the ground
AS the soil was quite dry, some water was
poured in around the roots when the hole
was half filled with dirt Not one per
cent. was lost, and the trees grew the next
year as if they had not been disturbed.
The difficulty in transplanting evergreens
is found in the fact that the leaves are al
ways on, and of course evaporation goes
on all the time The idea seems to be,
therefore, to get the roots into action as
soon as possible after the operation of
transplanting. At the season of which l
speak the growth has ceased and is SIM
ply ripening up, and the tree hastens to
restore the balance between root and top
by pushing out in short time small
rootlets from the mutilated roots. With
these precautions evergreens may be
transplanted in the late summer and early
fall. Never let the small roots get dry.
Pack the soil well around the roots, and if
very dry, water IN setting and then mulch
we'll to keep the soil from drying out. If
the ground is poor, bring few shovelfuls
of rich soil from some other place to scat
ter directly on the roots.-N. Y. Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
Farm Villages.

There is no necessity that farmers
should he isolated so much as they gener-
ally are, nor any need that the farm build
1t is simply matter of figures and calcu-
lation, as to whether the saving of few
hours labor-or few days in the aggre-
gate-yearly, in hauling the crops to the
barn, with the barn and house in the cen
ter of the farm, and mile away from the
nearest neighbor, is of more value or more
convenient than to have ones neighbors
closer and ones fields farther off. There
are many advantages in having three or
four homcsteads contiguous and forming
hamlet, or with few tenant houses or
cottages, a small village. This is especial
ly desirable in the West where the land
was originally so divided that four farms
necessarily meet at one corner, where two
roads cross. Where farms are 100 acres
in extent, there would then be four houses
together at every mile; four sets of farm
buildings; four orchards, and four planta-
tons, which would condense the shelter
provided by these, and make it much
more effective than when scattered half "a
mile apart. AT or near one of these
corners the blacksmith's shop and other
conveniences would naturally be located,
and in time farm village would be built
up. There would be far better social op-
portunities than farmers now enjoy
and many more opportunities for
combining labor and capital in
joint enterprises. The scattered ap-
pearance of the houses in the early settle
ment of new western country, and even
of the more substantial homesteads of an
older one, is one Of the most conspicuous
disadvantages which strike visitor from
a more populous part of the country.
Neither does it improve upon acquaint-
ance, and the necessary isolation is much
felt by the new corners. 1t IS convenient
to be in the center of ones farm, but it is
a question worth considering when a new
house is to be built, if it would not be bet
ter to build nearer to ones next door
neighbor.-American Agricuttursst.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14

1t is the quarter. Now he should start
acc0rdihg to custom. One would think
he had every encouragement now, but he
knows that even at five minutes later he
can make school by hurrying. The agony
OF the suspense becomes exquisite: He
trembles all over and he cannot help it:
His hair is moist with perspiration: It
seems as If he would give up everything
ard sink into the grave if he could but
know the result. How slowly the clock
moves. Itstares at him with exasperating
stoniness. The ten minutes are reached.
He breathes easier. Not word has been
said to him about school. His mother
sees that he is too ill to go, and she SYM
pathizes with him. Heaven bless her.
Did ever a boy have such good, noble
mother as this? Visions of sunny fields
and shady woods and running streams un=
fold before him, stirring the very depths
OF his soul, and filling his eyes with tears
of gladness.
"John!'
Like gfeat shock the beautiful pict-
ures fall away and he Is shot from the pins
nacle of hope into the abyss of despair.
There is no installing the voice.
mercy sakes! here you are not ready
AoA oCAOOI. OOluC, SCtlC your UOOtS.
81 don't feel we'll enough to go to school, "
he whines, hardly realizing the dreadful
change that has come upon him with such
blighting force and swiftncss.
g. guess you amt dying, quite" is the
s nsapticss reRy he you amt
borhood. Hurry, tell YOU
"But it is almost nine o'clock and I'll
be late," he protests in desperation.
"Late ?'' she repeats, looking at tie
clock. you've got plenty Of time.
That clock is nearly quarter of a nour
fhst.'
Merciful Heavens! He gets down be-
fore the terrific blow in flash. A QUAR-
ter of an hour fast! Bleeding at every
pore of his heart, stunned by a shock
which was as terrible as unexpected, he
crawls inside of his jacket and under his
hat, and starts on his way in dazed
manner that is pitiful to behold.-Danbury
NearS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
A Theory Borne Out by Facts.

The theory that lack Of vigor is the I'M
derlying cause of disease is receiving daily
confirmation of the most positive kind in
the cure of dyspepsia, liver disorders, and
kidney, bladder and uterine complaints by
Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs, the ruling rem
edy for maladies at'ribu' able to weakness.
This superb tonic is never employed without
the most beneficial effects. The liver, the
bowels, the organs of urination, and indeed
the entire system acquires both vigor and reg
ularity through its action, since it gives a
healthful impetus to every failing function.
1t is an incompatible specific for chills and
fever, and other malad;es of a malarial type,
prevents their at acks, is reliable means of
counteracting the effects OF undue exposure
or fatigue, and soothes as well as strength
ems the nervous organism.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
The Probabilities Of Sickness,

DR.. Reginald Southey has recently
been delivering q course of valuable
lectures on Individual Hygiene" in
London, and in one he introduced table
of Sc Expectation of Sickness which he
had prepared, and which is as follows:
At twenty years of age, calculate on four
sick days yearly. k55%E
At twenty to thirty, five or six days. T.
At forty-five, seven days. 2
At fifty, nine or ten days. f=fl:'
At fifty five, twelve or thirteen days.
+ At sixty, sixteen days.
At sixty live, thirty-one days.
At seventy, seventy-four days.
OF course this refers to people Of av-
erage good health, and not to those who
may be afflicted with any iueradicable or
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
Transplanting Evergreen Trees in Au-
tumn.

If evergreen trees are transplanted in
late autumn, they cannot be expected to
survive the cold of winter, for the reason
that the roots have no vital hold on the
soil. But if they can be put in deep,
rich and mellow bed SO early in autumn
that the roots will send out new rootlets,
which will take vital hold of the soil be-
fore the end Of the growing season, the
chances for living will be greatly in favor
of the trees. Hence if trees be planted in
September, there will be sufficient heat in
the soil to start system of new roots at
once.
A farmer of extensive experience has
communicated his practice as follows,
with reference to transplanting evergreen
trees carly In autumn; II Is generally
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-14
THEN AND NOW,

Here is the same old mansion,
With Its quaint. mOss.cOvered towers,
And the Summer sunlight sleeping
On the CLEAN of garden flowers;
And the wild dove, far in the fr-wood,
Cooling in monotone;
And the stately, silent courtyard,
With its antique dial stone.
The swallows have come as of yore, lad,
From over the sunny sea,
And the Gu OF the lily echoes
To the hum of the wandering bee.
The lark. in its silvery treble.
Sings up in the deep-blue sky;
Blu: the house is not as it was. lad,
In those dear old days gone by.
Twas here that her garments rustled
Like music amidst the flowers:
And her low. sweet. ripping laughter
Made richer the rOse-wreathed bowers.
But nov it is noon-tide brightness,
Tne plue seems cold and dead,
And it | es like 4 form of beauty
When the light ofthc soul has fled.
All hushed in each lonely chamber
That echoed the songs of old;
The chairs are now all vacant.
And the hearthS are dark and cold.
Yet the joys had here of yore. lad.
No heart but my own can know;
And the glimpse of heaven she gave me
In this dear home long ago.
But they went one eve. when she left me,
Mid The balm of the summer air:
There grave far over the hills, lad
The home of my heart is tn re.
.4terdader Lamont, in IiRsiey'S Magazine.