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The Republican journal., 1877-05-17
Scarecrows.

The first and the best is Il suspended
looking glass Take two small, cheap
mirrors. tasten them back to back, attach
4 cord to one angle, and hang them to an
elastic pole. When the glass swings, the
suns rays are reflected all over the field,
even if ii be a large one, and even the
Oldest and braycst Of crows will depart
precipitatcly should one of its lightning
flashes fall on him. The second plan, al
though a terror to crows, is especially
we'll suited to fields subject to the inroads
of small birds and even chickens. 1t in
wolves an artificial hawk made from big
potato and long goose and turkey feathers.
The maker can exercise his initiative skill
in sticking the feathers into the potato so
that they resemble the spread wings and
tail Of the hawk. 1t is astonishing what
terocious-l looking bird of prey can be
constructed from the above simple ma
tcrial. 1t only remains to hang the object
from a tall, bent pole, and the wind will
do the rest The bird will make swoops
and daSheS in the most headlong and
threatening manner. Even the most in
quiSitiVe Of venerable hens have been
known to hurry rapidly from its danger
0uS vicinity, while to small birds it car
rleS unmlNed dlSInay Scientific Amerl
can.
GARDEN USE OF FERTILIZERS. Peter
Henderson urges the importance of pull
ycrizing finely an mixing thoroughly
with absorbcntS, all concentrated ma
nures, such as guano, in order to obtain
the best effects. He recommends adding
ia I1i,,h,l Of h., a.,
bushels of leaf mould, pulyeriZed muck,
etc, or in their absence common garden
soil material to be as dry as it can
be made. Road dust would be still bet
ter, as it is already dry and finely puiver-
ized. Mr.. II. would turn and mix all the
ingredients at least twice before using.
He states that successful market gar
dener finds that 200 pounds of guano
mixed with two tons of garden soil, and
SoWn over the ground after poughing,
and then narrowed in, are fully equal to
1000 pounds of guano used without mix
ing He finds in practice that guano at
$50 per ton, blood fertilizer at $65, bone
dust at $50, and superphosphate at $40,
are about equally profitable to use. On
other soils the relative value might vary
greatly.
One OF my customers, Mr.. Charles Ford of
jackson, purchased four barrels of Brad
ley's super phosphate last spring, and
planted potatoes on it in competition
with hen manure. Bradleys phosphate
beat the hen manure % per cent Mr..
Ford says he can use twice as much of this
same phosphate the present season. There
Is constantly increasing demand here for
Bradley's fertilizer. E. Beaman, Belfast.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-17

Nellie Gregg, 4 bright little miss of ten
years, accompanied by Il cousin of the
same age, came into our sanrtum yester-
day and inquired the price Of publishing
a love story. Upon being told that love
stories We're a drug in the newspaper
market. and not worth three cents Il
hushel to the editor or author, she said
She felt very sorry, because she had il
very nice one When asked to show it,
she said it was not written but she could
tell it. The little ones We're given seats,
and Ncllieprcttily told the following story:
''NoW, my name is Nellie Gregg, and
want this put i'll the Morning Herald and
Sign my name to it. Now. went to I'll
Dorado County, California, with my faith
er 4 year ago, and showed Edward Slater
Il picture OF real nice girl Now, he fell
in love with the girl, and commenced
writing tu her, and Thursday. of last
week, he came on to Utica and married
her; and ht never saw her before; and
now he promised me present, and he
hasn't given it to me vet, and don't YOU
think he ought 10? That's I'LL the story,
and told him would put it in the Morn
inc Herald. Please do it for me-" Utica
Herald.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-17
English Farms.

IN English farmer seldom owns the
land he works, but rents it from SOME
wealthy landhoder for a term of years
paying as a rental what would be con
Sidered by us a very large price, This
manner Of farming also demands a large
capital to enable him to work the farm to
the best advantage, in order that the rent
and taxes may be paid, his family sup
ported and something laid by for future
use. This capital is largely used in drain
inc land. The little island of .Jersev-not
larger than two OF our towns from which
the celebrated COWS OF that name are
brought, is densely inhabited, containing
Il population equal to two persons to every
acre ot land. The farms are small, con
tanning from two to sixty acres each, and
they are rented at from twenty five to
forty-hYe dollars per acre This is quite
remarkable, and shows what can be done
on very small farms if they are we'll
managed.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-17

LIME DUST. The following has been
recommended as the best mode for pre-
pairing lime dust for sIugs and other in
sccts, for mildew, etc: Take say Il peek
OF fresh or sharp lime. broken upinto small
pieces; then add four pounds of flour of
sulphur. orin like proportions if in smaller
quantity. Add oDe-thirl as much boil
ing water, or Just enough to slack the
lime to dry powder and cover the vessel
as soon as the water is poured ON. BY
adding water, it may be made into an cX-
cellent Whitewash for trees, the sulphur
increasing its efficacy
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
A Singular Phenomenon.

The Panama Star aud Herald reports .
curious phenomenon as having occurred
at Aspinwall during the past month, and
calls upon the scientific for an explana-
ton. The beach. says that journal, is of
coral formation, and extends from the
lighthouse eastward along the northern
shore'o of Manzanilla Island for q mile or
more, and is open to the Caribbean. Up
on the night in question, or rather ON the
morning following, this whole distance
was covered with deposit of deep vivid
indigo:blu resembling a
broad ribbon stretched along the limits of
high-tide, which. there, amounts to only
about eighteen inches. Beholders were
startled by this very peculiar appearance,
and it was at first thought that perhaps
Ola Neptune and the Tagus indigo bust.
ness might have had something to do with
it; nor was curiosity allsyed in the slight
est when closer examination revealed
the ichthyolOgical fact that this blue de.
pOsit consisted of millions of Q peculiar,
flat, shapeless sort of Jelly. fish, smaller
than the hand, rounded In contour, with
a slightly raised ridge running what
would seem to be fore and aft over the
back. Everybody looked and wondered,
but the wisest-and there are some per-
feet Solomons in that city-could not
make out what they were, or what such q
singular and sudden phenomenon meant.
The next day all the bright color had
faded out, and the gelatinous deposit, Il.
though giving out . strong, unpleasant
0dor, dried up and s0cn disappeared.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
Kirby's Ghost.

jim KIRBY set it up with some of the
other young fellows that it would be q
good idea to scare old Kreutzer, the Ger
man farmer who lives just out beyond the
village. And SO one night when Kreutzer
had been in town drinking beer with his
friends, Kirby got sheet and hied to the
Methodist graveyard, which lies by the
side of the road which Kreutzer had to
take on his way home. Krautzer came
along about eleven O'Clock, and as soon az
he came up to the graveyard fence, Kirby
slipped the sheet over his head and around
him, and jumped up on tombstone. Fol-
minute Kreutzer was startled, and
jumping back, he exclaimed:
"Py shiminy! vot's dat!'
through the fence, and Kreutzer con.
cluded to go over after him in order to
investigate this spiritual phenomenon
down of of the tombstone. But as it fled,
its near leg. Then Kreutzer came up and
showed the ghost over against Gen. Bum
mer's monuI lent. Then the German gen.
tleman sat on the specter, while the leu.
tonic dog gnawed away at that leg. Fl.
nally, Kirby begged for mercy, and as
Kreutzer rose and called off his dog, he
said:
"Py Shorge!I pellets in ghosts, put
meier yet see . goplin dat I couldn't shake
de efferlastin liffer out of-ven / got holt
of himr'
Kirby has given up spiritualism and
gone into the arnica and court-plastel
business.-Aar Adeler, in N. 7. Weekly,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

TIE will of Rowland H. Macy, the rich
New York merchant Just deceased, il 90
novel, and withal 80 sensible, ~ to be
worthy of more extended mention. It d.
vides the entire property Of the testat0r,
some $500, 900, between his widow and
married daughter. cutting of his only son
with an income of 81 goo q year, and
provision that he shall forfeit thst If he
contests the will. The ground Of this.ac-
ton, az the testator explicitly states, is
that the son, although twenty. nine years
of age, has never done anything for his
own support, and is furthermore adrunken
and worthless fellow. Casesof disinherit-
ance of this sort are common enough In
novels, but occur, in this country at least,
very rarely in real life. However the
American parent may rage at the worth
lessness or unfilial conduct of his chit
dren, he rarely has the nerve to punish
them bv even partial disinheritance.
The bad children and the good
inherit alike. It is question
worthy consideration whether good
part Of the unfilial conduct and con-
tempt Of parental authority which 80 de-
plorably distinguish American sons ID not
owing to their comfortable assurance that
whatever they do will not affect their
chances of Inheritance, and whether .
most desirable reform might NOT DO e.
fected by little more discrimination in
testamentary disposition Of property. II
Mr.. Macy's prodigal son had antici pated
the disinheritance he has suffered, he
would very likely have thought it advisa-
BILE to hold up little In his hayward
courses. American youth are generally
we'll endowed with keen perception OF
the main chance, and it il . question for
parents whether this perception might not
be advantageously used to bolster up their
deficient flial or moral principle. =
Springfield tNass.) Union.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

We never see, except on the box of q pri-
vate carriage. Whether omnibus drivers
there are subject to any form Of drill or
discipline, we cannot say; ii not, then
they must be animated by greater pride
and self. respect than ours are. Similar
facts may be observed with English rail-
way.oHicials, especially with the guards
and portefs, who are always trim, neat,
clearly " set-up'' men, prompt to serve,
but always commanding respect. This is
not q slight matter. If the habits Of
American life tend to make men sl0thful
and negligent, if they encourage the spirit
of the loafcr and the vsgabond land the
recent rapid multiplication of tramps
would seem to confirm iO, it he11ooves Us
to lock we'll and see whence may come
the remedy, and how to apply it. The
good effect of uniforms in dress upon the
mo, ale of men has often been observed.
We see, therefore, one way in which, in
large bodies of men, the evil mentioned
can be partly remcdicd. Conductors on
city cars, for instance, just as they are
now ON the steam lines, might be put in
uniform; in all other cases where it is
practicable this should be done, as one
step toward counteracting an evil tenden.
| cy Of very serious nature.-Appleton' q
Journal for May.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
FACTS AND FIGURES.

CANADA has 10000 Indians, and they
never quarrel or scalp.
TIE bell.punch 10 going out Of use on
the Philadelphia street-car lines.
CALIFORNIA il to have . slaughter
house 2, 400 feet long, and all sheep who
enter there will leave hope and their pelts
behind.
The Knights If Pythias are stronger in
Pennsylvania than anywhere else IN the
Union. They have 40 lodges and 40, 900
members.
PERHAPs some ladies do mot know that
teaspoonful Of vinegar and . teaspoon.
full OF sugar Is great Improvement to
beef gravy. Try it.
ONx million 1--WE hundred and ninety
thousand two hundred and eighty dollars
of greenbacks were destroyed last month,
BY the new Secretary Of the United States
Treasury.
An English oflcial report On the Chi.
nese coolie traffic says ihat, Of the more
than one hundred and forty thousand Chi
nese who sailed for Cuba, upward Of six
teen thousand died during the voyage.
STATISTICS show that moro eldSfly mar
riages take place Ii Kentucky than In any
other State Of die Unfon. Nu0hinx g
thought, on either side Of the house, Of
tying the knot 1t three-score years and
ten, and along there.
In the year 1876 thsre were l,16l,0s7
births and 81. 026 dea4hs Registered in
Great Britain and ireland. These mum
hers arc equal to birth-rate Of 84.O and Z
death. rate Of 90.4 per 1000 psrsnas esti-
mated 70 b living IN the middle Of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
Ingenious Roguery.

Two INGENIOUS young gentlemen vert
arrested and lodged in jail. yesterday
charged with disregarding the we'll known
school proverb:
He who.takes what isn't his'n,
when he's catched viii 90 to prism
These promising youths had hit on an
artful scheme Of robbery. One would
stand near the door of store, while the
other, from the other side of the street,
would playfully throw stone through
the window. While the indignant pro
prietor would rush out to give chase to
the mischievous marksman, the latter's
associate would walk into the vacant
store and tighten it of its till and other
portable valuables. The trick has been
successfully played In several instances,
and the police have been on the track Of
the speculative young men for some
weeks. Some Of these IUbborieo show
enough genius to be amusing. A we'll
dressed Individual once walked into 4
shoe store and fitted ON q handsome pair
Of new boots, his old ones being very
much dilapidated. The customer walked
to the door 10 admire the at In the full
light, while apparently feeling In his
pocket for his money. A st anger In
passing stumbled against the newly
booted man, and, drawing back, NIT him
! blow In the face and ran away. You
villainl', shouted the customer, starting
after his aseailant. The rufaanl-catch
hint catch himr' exclaimed the indig.
nant shoemaker, following up his Gus
toner. The shoemaker was fat; the Gus
toner and his assailant wefe both In coed
condition. They outran the shoemaker-
and the new boots have never TO this day
returned 70 their original proprietm. IN.
=. Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
American and English Physique.

Mr.. RICHARD GRANT WHITE, who has
recently been abroad, and who has sci
down certain of the experiences pur.
chased by his "penny of observation -
in an article, entitled :" English Traits, -
makes . few affirmations which, while
contrary to general opinion, accurately
accord with the facts as we have seen
them. They refer to the comparative
physical condition of the English and
American people. Mr.. White asserts
that he has watched crowds of English
people at theaters, festivals, churches and
railway stations; that he knows the hu-
man physiognomy OF all quarters of Lon
don, and has walked through country
villages and cathedral TOW ms; and, 40 the
result of this wide observation, he de-
clares that I" the men and women arc gen.
orally smaller and less robust than ours,
and, above al, that The women are, on
the whole. sparer and less blooming than
ours" He thinks there are more ruddy
people in England, but that delicately.
graduated bloom Ii not very common.
while the proportion of people without
color in their cheeks Is nearly the same ~
here. Now, we, also, unwilling to let q
vague impression 60 for truth in this
matter, have stood and purposely watched
crowds Of people 1t English railway-sta-
tions-wherever. indeed, there were gath
erings of men and women-and could
but feel that, compared with similar a.
semblages here, the physical difference
was but slight. But Mr.. White dwells
upon another point that we also noted, a.
though the descriptive phrase he uses ID
his own. He speaks Of the superior
.'set-up" Of the men - meaning, Of
course, their carriage and bearing. This,
he tells 10, appears in marked degree
in al military persons, rank and die ~
well - officers, and In the police force,
which arc, on the whole, inferior in stat
ure and bulk 10 ours, but far superior
in appearance, owing to the sset-up'
Of the men, and the way In which they
carry themselves" This s.setup'' ID not
alone, according to our observation, CON-
fined 70 drilled bodies Of men. Mr.. White
must have noticed what . superior body,
In appearance md carriage, tie omnibus
drivers and hackmen are t0 ours. The
London omnibus-d drivers ere NO such
ragged and slovenly vagsbonds = those
who make unsighty the Broadway stage
(by way Of compensation, The New York
vehicle b much supesi09) They arc gen
orally we'll clothed, often wearing .'high
hat" that stamp II respectability In En-
gland, and they ct On their boxes with
The dignity aDd upright Cauiage that here
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
Results OF q Secret Marriage.

A RECENT cowhiding scrape, in which
q distinguished New York lawyer figures,
has for its basis the terrible consequences
which result from . young and wilful
girl having her own way. For couple
Of years past q young lady, the only
daughter of very wealthy man, has been
central figure in fashionable New York
society. She was very handsome, not
twenty years old, and the heiress to =
large fortune. OF course, she was courted,
flattered, followed. She organized CO.
-terie," of which she was made President.
She received the attention of titled for
eigners, and was the envied If her set.
But one morning during the past winter
the intelligence came like . shock that
she was married, had been married \
year, and to q worthless young fellow
scarcely older than herself-poor, but al
ready drunkard and gambler. The
marriage ceremony was performed at the
Mayors office, the infatuated girl having
been made to believe that this was only
civil contract, and did not constitute
real marriage, and that she could disavow
it at the end Of q year, during which time
it was to be kept profound secret. Be-
fore the year expired, however, the hus-
band grew jealous, threatened, and finally
CLAIMED her, foatl0& 0ef paEOueS WIN tuo
most impairment rudeness, and, to her
horror, the unhappy girl found herself
tied for life to q person without ordinary
decency or manhood. Probably . divorce
would have been obtained had It NOT been
for the interference Of the relatives Of the
young man (his family is respectable
one), who finally prevailed upon the
parents of the girl to extend . sort Of
sanction to the marriage, which they did
by issuing invitations to grand party, to
which 800 guests were invited, Of whom
only fifty were present. A house was
bought and furnished by the father of the
bride, and the young people went to
housekeeping. The other day the mother
called, found that her daughter had been
struck and beaten, and was summarily
ordered down stairs and out Of the house
by the scapegrace son-in-law, who. mad
with drink and rage, himself put her out,
and told her never to darken he doors
again. The next day he Yves cowhided in
the street by an indignant nephew Of bis
mother in.law and cousin Of his wife,
who Is now out on bail. So much Tor
secret and hasty marriage. -Js"nss 1sne.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

but leaves in the soil the rich gases
which are in rain or snow water.-losoo
State Register.
THERE are in Colorado over flfty peaks
which rise more than IA, 600 feet above sea
level. blanca Peak, in that State, the
elevation of which was determined last
year by Hayden's survey, is probably the
highest point within the limits Of the
United States, being IA, 464 feet above the
level 0f the sen.
The State of Georgia has sold the labor
of the convicts in the State Prison for
| $25, 900 . year, which is at the rate Of
about eleven dollars year for each con-
vict. Tho State appears to have been
badly swindled, as the contractors arc
nOwsuccessfully "sub- letting" the con-
victs at sixty dollars . year aDiece.
NORMALLY an American carload is
%, 600 lbs. It is also 70 barrels Of salt, 20
OF lime, 90 of -four, 60 Of whisky, 200
sacks Of flour, 6 cords of soft wood, 10 or
80 to 100 head Of sheep, q, 900 feet of solid
boards, $40 bushels of wheat, 4OO Of corn,
$50 of oats, 400 of barley, $50 of fax seed,
800 of apples, $50 of Irish potatoes, 800
of sweet potatoes, 1000 bushels of bran,
100 to 100 barrels Of eggs, and 5000 to
q, 900 pounds of butter.-U. 8. B. O. d r..
Reporter.
The following statistics show remark
able increase in the supply of certain fa-
vorite remedies since 1866: In that year
the central pharmaceutical establishment
of the Partisan Hospital furnished 289
pounds of chloroform; in 1875 the guam
tity had risen to GIG pounds. The increase
of choral from 1869 to 1875 was from ten
pounds to TO pounds. Bromide of po-
tassium, six pounds in 1865, was 1900
pounds in 1875: morphine, one pound ak
ounces in 1855, was twenty pounds in
1875. The progress of alcohol, consid-
cred as thefapeutical agent, is especially
worthy Of notice. Between 1885 and 1875
the consumption of alcohol in the hospit-
ais increased from 1870 to AZ, 900 quarts.
Brandy does not appear on the list until
1862, when four quarts we're supplied.
In 1875 the quantity had risen to ,106
quarts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
A Valuable MN Sites

A FEW months ago Harrison Gray pur.
chased the wooden shell Of the old Union
mill in Gold Hill for $1,000. The mill
having been dismantled, and the ma
chinery all taken away, the owners
thought they were getting good price for
the rotten lumber, and probably laughed
In their sleeves at Mr.. Gray's gfeenness.
The purchaser Immediately put some men
10 work Ut the south end Of the mill, tak-
ing up the fumes and sluices, and came
upon the hole in the ground where the
waste had been allowed to run when the
mill was In operation. This hole had
been made ct this place because tunnsl
was known TO pass within . few fest, and
the refuse, being in liquid state. would
dow of through the tunnel. The fumes
had NO sooner been removed than the
presence Of Quicksilver was made appar.
emit. Closer examination revealed the
fact that space of ground about four BY
i've feet was permeated with small glob-
ules Of pure quicksilver, carrying heavy
percentage Of gold and silver. This
ground was ell dug up and sluiced until .
shaft twenty-five feet deep and six wide
had been dug, when . connection was
made with the tunnel and q large deposit
Of quicksilver was found In such purity
that Il can he raised to The surface By
shovelfuls.
The only preliminary work necessary il
to carefully skim the surface ground and
put Il out of the way, when there lies ~.
vealed . genuine quicksilver and gold
mine. How much Ct . deposit there b
has not been ascertained, - the parties at
work there are very reticent. but Il 10
known that between $4,000 and 10000