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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To MAKE liquid glue which will be
always ready for use, melt the glue as
usual, and add few drops of nitric acid.
Put into bottle and keep corked; it is
very handy.
Do NOT put flowers into straight rows
anywhere. Do not crowd your flowers,
and especially not crowd large number
IN the front yard. A very few and very
choice is the best taste.-IOsoG State Reg
lister. ~ . as
VARNIsHING.- anv article is var
nished, it should be thoroughly cleansed
from all grease spots with plenty of hot
water, soap and soda, which must be well
washed off. 1t is also essential that the
article to be operated upon should be per-
fectly dry.
SWEEPING CARPETS. - Tea leaves,
moistened, are often used for sweeping
and cleansing carpets; but Tits of news
paper, nicely wetted and thrown over the
floor, are equally effective, and generally
more easily to be had when desired. They
keep down dust and are cleansing.
FARMERS are too negligent of their
health. They often sit down in the wind
after violent exercise and get suddenly
cooled they seldom stop to change their
clothing when it has accidentally become
wet; they 60 with wet feet for many
hours; they eat very heartily when tired.
Detroit Tribune.
The Lewiston (Mc.) Journal says: In
sowing flower seeds great difficulty is
often experienced in getting them to
come up we'll, especially is this the case
if it continues dry after they are sOwn.
The seeds are so small that they must not
be covered deeply, and if the weather is
dry the surface soil quickly dries and the
seeds fail to terminate. The difficulty
may be easily remedied by spreading
newspapers over the beds as soon as the
seeds are sown, and allowing them to re-
main till the young plants begin to break
through the ground. The paper keeps
the ground moist and warm, by prev emit
ing the evaporation of moisture, and the
plants come up much sooner than they
would in the most favorable weather when
uncovered. Seeds sown in freshly -spaded
earth and covered in this manner will
readily terminate in the driest weather.
STRAwBERRYJ AM.--Allow three fourths
of pound of sugar to each pound of
fruit. Bruise the berries slightly, and
put them into preserving kettle to cook.
Stir frequently to prevent burning and let
boil for half an hour. Add the sugar and
boil for twenty minutes or half an hour.
Skim thoroughly and put, while boiling
hot, into jars-self sealing, if you have
them, or if not, put branded papers on
the top of the jam; dip soft paper into
the white of egg, and with it cover the
tops Of the jars, pressing it down thor
oughly, SO that the air cannot penetrate.
If the jars are glass, set them in a cool,
dark place, or wrap two or three thick
nesses of paper around them to exclude
the light, as the action of it affects fruit,
especially strawberries, causing them to
ferment and lose color. The addition of
little red-currant juice to the jam i'm
proves the flavor. Boil it with the berries
before adding the sugar.-Eschange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21
Keep the Piow d6fiig

AMoNat he many valuable lessons which
the late severe drought in California has
probably taught the farmers of that State.
none will prove more useful than that Of
the importance Of, deep and thorough
culture. We read Of one instance where
man has Lost His entire cop q Nheak
with the ta1jS4 exception ~0f IN Sefei
which were ploMed twica tsfcrn sowing,
while The oeheEs Mere SfId1aa xn1y .0u63
Now, we have long claimed that if the
soil is worked deep enough and finely
pulverized, it win take very severe
drought to prevent it from maturing .
crop. The yield may be lessened By .
drought. but . total failure would be
something very unusual on soil that had
been stirred by pillow sixteen to twenty
inches deep. To work soil to such depth
Is certainly an expensive operation; but
what of this. 60 long as . proportionate
return is obtained. To make two blades
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

As SOON as the young are large and
strong enough to fly, the old birds try to
induce them to use their wings, blu they
are rather slow to learn. The first lesson
in flying is very amusing performance,
and it may be seen almost every day in
summer.
The old birds fly back and forth be-
fore the little one in order to show it what
an easy thing flying is, and keep up
constant twittering as if explaining the
art, and urging the beginner to make the
attempt. All the other old birds in the
barn take a great interest in the lessor,
and neglect their own work to attend TO
this. They fly back and forth with the
parents, and Join them in telling the little
bird what to do. To judge from the
noise which they make, one would think
that all the swallows in the country had
gathered in the barn; and as they all talk
together, it must be rather confusing to
the young bird; SO that it is not strange
that it appears rather puzzled and stupid.
At last. the young bird gathers sufficient
courage to slide off its perch, and to give
two or three wild flaps with its wings. In
this way it manages to fly few feet to
another beam, the whole flock flying with
it, and redoubling their twittering. When,
by several trials of this kind, tho young
bird has learned how to usa its wings, it
flies out of the barn with its parents, and
perches upon some tree or fence near the
place where the old birds are in the habit
of pursuing their insect food.
Their work is now much lightened, for
they are not compelled to make the jour-
ney to the barn with every fly which they
capture, but feed the Young near the hunt
ing-ground. Soon the little swallow be-
comes strong enough to accompany its
parents, and although it does not vet 90
much hunting for itself. by watching the
old birds, it gradually learns how to pro-
vide for its own wants. Whenever it per-
ceives that one of its parents has captured
an insect, it opens its mouth, and flies
near the old bird, which comes to meet it;
and as the two pass each other in the air,
the fly or grasshopper is very dexter ously
transferred from the beak Of the old to
that OF the young bird.
Occasionally, young swallow il 90
timid or lazy that it will not try to fly,
but stays In its nest and compels its par
ents to feed it there until ii has grown
quite large and strong. At last, after the
old birds have done and said everything
possible to encourage it, without success,
they push It out Of the nest, and drive it
from one perch to another, until it 10 fair
" out of the barn, when it usually finds
no difficulty in flying PREF. ". X.
BROOKS, IN st. Nicholas.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

of grass grow where one grew before, is
the aim, or should be, of every good
farmer; and if zen acres can be made,
through deep culture, to yield as much as
twenty by the usual systems of shallow
blowing, there must be gain equal to the
cost of the extra ten acres.
When we hear accounts of crops of
strawberries of from 800 to 400 bushels
per acre, we may rest assured that no
fOur-inch blowing of the land was con-
sidered unsatisfactory, or even practiced.
The largest crop we ever saw of this fruit
was upon rather stiff loan, which had been
worked over to the depth of two feet, and
MANFRED literally throughout Dry wealth.
er In summer had little or no effect upon
this land, for it was a gigantic sponge,
holding certain amount of moisture, and
no more.
Some farmers seem to be averse, not
only to blowing deep, but often. If the
ground is wet, they at once tell you that it
is not good to work over land when it is
in this condition; when it is very dry,
they are always afraid of making it dryer
by stirring, and between these two condi-
tions there are few opportunities of plow-
ing land when it is just right. Perhaps
this is one reason why some only pillow
out or cultivate and hoe their corn and
potatoes once, while a few farmers never
put hoe into the field, considering that
to run through the young plants with a
cultivator, or double-mold board pillow, is
quite sufficient. It is no wonder that the
average yield of corn in some States noted
for their rich soils does not reach twenty
bushels per acre, while those farmers who
practice thorough and deep culture obtain
seventy five to one hundred bushels, with
no better foundation to build upon than
those who seldom get more than ten to
fifteen. The season for cultivating crops
is at hand, and we say, Keep the pillow
and cultivator going among the rows, and
do not be afraid of letting in the air, or al
lowing the moisture to escape through
frequent stirring.
Another objection to working among
corn and potatoes after the plants have
reached good size is, that there is danger
of cutting off, or at least disturbing, the
large lateral roots; but the injury, if any
bic where a cultivator or horseshoe is
used, will be more than made good by the
beneficial effect of stirring the soil. 1t is
ture of growing crops, that it is somewhat
singular that more experiments are not
made in that direction We once had a
neighbor who never failed to raise an ex-
cellent crop of bects and cabbages, and
who attributed his success to transplant
ing the first and hocing the latter twice a
week for the first month after the plants
were set out.
Of course, where frequent and thorough
culture is practiced, no weeds get large
enough to become troublesome; and this
alone will fully compensate for the extra
labor of going over the field a greater
number OF times. Let those who have
been troubled with noxious weeds hereto.
fore. try beginning carly, and then going
through their corn. potatoes and similar
crops often; then see if it does not prove
to be the best and most economical system
of culture.-N. y. Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21
THE DISCOTERER.

I HAVE . little kinsman
Whose early summer are but three,
And yet u vOyAger 10 he,
Greater than Drake or Frobisher-
Than all their peers together!
He Ii a brave discovcrer,
And, far beyond the tether
Of them who seek the frozen pole,
Has sailed where the noiseless surges roll
Ay, he has travelled whittier
A winged pilot steered his bark
Through the portals of the dark,
Past hOary Mimiris we'll and tree,
Acruss the unknown sea.
Suddenly, in his fair young hour,
Came one who wore flower,
And laid it on his dimpled hand
With this command:
Henceforth thou art q rover!
Thou must make voyage far,
Sail beneath the evening star,
And a wondrOus land discover.
With his sweet smile innocent,
Our little kinsman went
Since that time no word
From the absent has been heard.
Who can tell
How he fares, or answers we'll
What the little one has found
Since he left us. outward bound?
Would that he might return!
Then should We learn
From the pricking of his chart
How the skyey roadways part.
Hush! does not the baby in this wsy bring.
To lay beside the severed curl
Some starry offering
OF chrysOlite or pearl?
All, no! not so!
We may follow on his track,
But he comes not back.
And yet dare aver
He is brave discoverer
Of chimes his elders do not know;
He has more learning than appears
On the scroll of twice three thousand years;
More than in the groves is taught,
Or from furthest Indies brought
He knows perchance, how spirits fare
What shapes toe angels wear,
What is their guise and speech
In those lands beyond our reach
And his eyes behold
Things that shall never, never be to mortal
hearers told.
Edmund c. Stealmdn, in Radical Rcrie,c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21
Ladies, LOOkl

DR.. r. A. Wilson's Pills are peculiarly
suited TO your cases. DR.. Adams, an emf
nent physician, of over thirty years. practice
in Pittsburgh, treated the majority of his
lady patients with these pills successfully.
Why not the same result for you? Try them.
B. L. Fahnestock & Co., PrOprietors, Pitts
burgh. Pa
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

"A man living in Nicholas County,
KY, AYERS that he glanced at every word
in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
which required three days work, and
found that there are 1886 words of seven
syllables, twenty. four with eight syllables,
and three with nine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.


DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY, the great
Iaternal Medicine, will positively cure any
case of Rheumatism on the face of the earth,
no matt of how long standing. Price 81
bottle: six bottles, IS. Sold by all druggists.
Send for circular to HELPHENsTINE q BENT.
LEY, Druggists, Washington. d. C.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

KINesFoRD's OswEao Pure STARCH, wher-
ever placed by us on exhibition in the United
States, has received the highest premium,
and at the Worlds Fair in Europe the Jury
Of Nations awarded it the prize medal in tes-
timOny Of the highest grade of merit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

of honest trade. When you buy DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made of
the very best and purest material, so that
the strength can always be trusted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

M0therD, mOthelS, mOther0s
Don't fail to procure MRS. WINsLOw's S0orH.
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething IN chill
dren. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind
colo, regulates the bowels and, by giving relief
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21
GREAT OFFER TO ALL!

us inches in size and the 8 Home Com pa mlOn.''
aiarge interesting family paper months all post,
also have . Superior Polish. for cleaning gold.
silver and other metals. 1t VIII not scratch the finest
surface. Everyone Is pleased with It. 1t sells
for rs cts. box but as want Agents verywhere,
~ introduce 1t, will send 100 boxes by Express
ON receipt Of "a 90. Sample box mailed for IL
cts. Or for IS cts. will send box Polish the
ii e, NEWTON. Troy. New Hampshire.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

H0HMANN's HOP PILLS for Fever apS Ague,
They cure at once and arc preventive.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

vsgstins II Sold BY All Druggists.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-21

II would not like to live alone in the
stone house If I were those women; there
was robbery only last week, over the lake,
you know"
"That is true, and have seen madame
with diamond solitaires in her ears when
she has been walking" remarked the
other neighbor.
It's true the stone house can be fas.
tened up very securely at night; every
window has its bolt and bars and outside
shutters, as we'll as those Within"
"Where's the house these rogues cannot
enter if they have q mind ," asked the
other. ITO overcome bolts and bars is
only the least part of their trade"
"Yes, and then once inside of the stone
house, q robber has only three women to
contend with; they have no man there,
and the house is rather isolated"
"All of which is probably Ms we'll
known to the robbers as it is to you ami
me-" was The response of the other party.
This was all very true, and, as we have
intimated, the vicinity of the Bots de
Boulogne was locality with proverbial-
" bad name, and where the law was very
frequently outraged, even in the hours of
open day. One would hardly like to pass
among its labyrinths unarmed, after
nightfall, in our own time, for the neigh
borhoods Of large cities always have crop
of dangerous and desperate mer.
Still Madame Brienville and her com.
panions had lived unmolested here for
some two years. True, it was observed
that at night particular care was taken to
fasteD up all the doors and windows in a
very secure manner, so that after nightfall
no light, or evidence of the stone house
being inhabited, could be discovered from
the outside. At the close of the twilight
hour the place always assumed the aspect
of deserted old mansion house.
1t was on pleasant morning of early
summer of the year 1910, that the neigh
bOrs observed the windows of the stone
house still remained closed and fastened,
long after the sun was up, and quite con.
trary to the usual custom. One or two
stopped, in their daily passage from one
place to another, to observe the fact and
remark upon it.
"Oh," said one, "tte family have gone
to Dieppe, as Nanette said they were to
do, though they have slipped away very
quietly, that's fact. But we know they
have been getting ready"
"They couldn't do anything like other
people; they must even make a mystery
of going away" said another.
'Queer people," added still another.
"They must have gone in the night"
said fourth person.
THAT'S just it," responded one of the
first speakers, "where there is so much
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19
Ex.Ssnasor Claussen, Of Davenport,

Ex.S3euator Claussen, OF Davenport,
writes frequently and ingeniously to
the Davenport Gazette and other pa
psrs against rsmonstising silver. His
last elhsion IT, An elaborate effort
70 show that the depositors in tho Sa-
vings bAnksa al over the United States
win lose about ten per cent. ON their
eaains by remonstizing silver. Tho
- danger, however, to the deposit
- y tksir liability TO lose the nine
y pr csnt. instead Of the ten per
cent, by such vicious legislation as
~ bill which demonetized silver,
thus reducing the ability Of the people
who have borrowed the money, by
about ons-half, 70 pay their debts to
the Savings banks, and finally sending
them and thair effects into the hands
at the bGnkrnptcy wreckers.
Ar. Claussen y an able and an hon
sst man, bnt NO more 20 than his fell
low countryman, Henry Greenliaum,
Of Chicago who has juat gone to the
botaom with his two bankl, In the he.
role effort % psy his debts With asix
tosex1I1 stick,
saeral paralyeis II business
AnA - A.enslal wrecks which cover
- naelvs ssa adopted country 0,
NJ. even akna, - j. u, .s...,A ~ ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19

TIE Burlington Hasck-Eye denies
our assertion that the bill demonetiz-
ing silver was passed in surrepti-
tious way, for, says that journal, did
not the bill, and . prolonged discns-
sion Of the whole subject appear at
the time in that widely disseminated
and universally read paper, the Con-
gressional Record?
Now We want to make the Haack-
Eye q fsw little bets.
First, tha& the Congressional Record
Of 1879, whom the bill passed, and for
al othsr ysars, for that matter, are ly-
ing around the Hasck-Eye Office un-
opened and uncut
That during the period when the
Hasek- Eye says the measure was so
thoroughly. discussed in the Record,
nothing xas said o. 1t in the Hasck-
Eye or any other paper in the coun-
Try.
That We can show from . recent
lsttsr Of Pig Iron Kelley, then Chair
man Of the Committee which report
"a The bill, that he did not know that
u esatainsd : clause demonetixing
silyof,
And thai, Anally, NO man anywhere
asked for the passage OF the bin, and
thA$ no one knew Of II or ito effects
until they became odious, outside Of
The gold ring which smnggled II
through.
II the sCk-Eye thinks that wasn't
. surfsptitious thing to do, We
pity ito lack Of comprehension.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19
a srace OF Ennnazzlers.

NEw YoRR, Dec. l2.-The law and
collecting agency of Watson j. Hill
dreth & Co., 29l Broadway, has re-
Gently been assigned to Daniel Geniil.l
1t has since been discovered that the
members OF the firm are embexzlers.
and that they have fed from the city.
Their deficiency is estimated At
$4,000, but some of tho. creditors
think it will reach 100000. Hill
dreth was a prominent member OF
the Church of Heavenly Rest, on 9th
Avenue. Tighe resides in Brooklyn,
and is a member of a leading Prctest-
ant church there. .
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19
FOREIGN.
At ASA ssINATInN.

ATTEMPT AT AssA sAssINATION.
CATTARA, Dec. l1.-During opera
tions against the citadel of Antivari
the Prince of Montenegro has been
occupying house belonging to q
Mahometan Bey, in the town of Anti
vari. Sunday an attempt was made
to assassinate the Prince in the house,
which was mined and blown up. The
Prince was fortunately absent at the
time. One of his body guards waa
killed and six injured.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19
Life for Life.

LOUISVILLE, Dee. ll--Near Liberty
Ken, Sunday night last, Thomas
Moore and U. s. Special Bailiff Geo.
d. Ellis killed one another. Moore
has been wanted by the authorities
for year past by the authorities on
an indictment charging him with IL
licit distilling. Ellis met him by
chance Sunday night while riding
toward Liberty, KY, with q man
named Dwyer. Ellis called him to
surrender, and Moore answered BY
firing bullet through his body.
Ellis returned the shot, Moore dis
appearing in the bushes. Next NOR
ming his dead body was found.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19

| u & III Y
istry is gazetted to-day in tho consti-
sutional journals. Des Debates, Soli-
el, and Die Neuyieme Sic1e entirely
approve of the new cabinet and con-
gratulate the country upon the ter
mination of the crisis. The Repub-
ttque Francaise and Rappe1, admit
thatthe cabinet is composed Of mod
crate but sincere Republicans, but
point out that it must be judged by
its works and insists on guarantees,
The Pepublique Francdisc says we
have been deceived so often, we must
be excused for not Immediately dis
arming some organs of the Right,
and express pity for President Mac
Mahon on account Of the unfortunate
position in which he is now placed.
Ozenne, Minister of Commerce !;
Faye, Minister of Public Instruction !;
and Admiral Roussen, Minister of
Marine of the Rochelbemel cabinet,
will resume their. former positions as
heads Of departments.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19

BUCHAREST, Dec. 1l.-A report cur
rent here that Osman Pasha's attempt
to break out was caused by COM
bined Russian and Roumanian as
sAult on his positions is purely imag-
mary. The sortie was solely prompt
ed by the entire failure of provisions.
Osman crossed the River Vid, attack
ed and took Fort Dolny Etropolje.
Russians and Roumanians were hur-
ried up from Susorla and Bukoya.
Afterterrible carnage Osman attempt.
ed to re-enter Plevna but it had mean
while been occupied by Roumanians
and Russians from Grivitza. Osman,
on finding himself thus surrounded,
although wounded in the foot, per-
sonally conducted negotiations for
surrender. He expressly announced
that he surrendered Internationally
to the Emperor. Simultaneously
with the main s0rtie the Turks made
q sortie against the Roumanian posi-.
tions on the right bank of the Vid
but this was feehly conducted and the
Turks in that quarter surrendered
almost INCREASINGLY. The whole
Turkish artillery tram was captured
in the immediate neighborhood oi
Plevna. The Russian and Roumanian
armies made triumphant entry into
the town at 2 80 Monday afternoon
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19

Jusr now We hear . deal Of idiotic
drivsl about the inc convenience Of the
double standard Of silver and gold.
For over three thousand years, or -
far back 9 We have any authonticat.
ed history, civilized people have had
NO trouble about that Inconvenience.
That trouble was only discovered by
Z eold ring combination in 1879.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19

SENAroRs KEENAN,, Of New York,
and Eaton. Of Connecticut and Rep
rsssntative Hewitt, Of New York. all
prominent democrats, seem, 80 far. to
be leading the fight in Congress
against the remonetization of silver.
The Chicago Times, Reform Demo-
cratic organ, also leads the newspa-
pers Of the country in the war on the
dollar Of the daddies.
We hope these well-known facts
win somewhat temper the rage of
our democratic readers hereabouts
who affect to be uncommonly hot un-
der the collar because silver is not
imnsdiAtsly restored to its original
legal tender status.