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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14
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THE largest cornfield in the State of
Rhode Island contains twenty acres.
The red tinge sometimes seen on
dried Goldfish is caused by a minute
plant.
The ancient black glass of the We
netians is now so closely initiated as
to defy detection.
| In Maine there is new industry for
children-thc picking of potato bugs
at ten cents per one thousand.
ALL agricultural interests in Louis
lana are in a healthy condition, and it
is said the farmers were never more
prosperous.
The State Assayer of Maine reports
the discovery of a gold-bearing vein of
quartz in the western part of Penob-
scot County.
The Toronto papers attribute the
decline in the Canadian revenue large
ly to the smuggling of American goods
across the line.
THE latest Incorporated company at
tracing attention in London is the
"Anglo-American Food Supply Stores
{ and Trading Company" with a capt.
tai of E15O,O0O. The prospec-
tus informs Englishmcn generally that
it is the intention of the company to
open an establishment in London
where the public will be enabled to
purchase all articles of food under one
roof, and from first hands, at much
less cost than they are now sold for.
The company is now making special
arrangements by which the products
of the great food centers of America
| will be brought almost to the doors of
the consumers without the employment
of agents and the usual attendant ex-
penses.
EUROPEAN as we'll as Mongolian inn
migrants are willing to work hard.
An illustration of this is given in
Swede who recently found work at
Norwalk Comm foundry. Beginning
at four O'Clock in the morning, he
keeps busy until seven at night, not
even stopping for his meals. When
he goes to his work in the morning he
carries with him a pail containing
soup and black bread. The pail he
places on shelf over his bench, and
when hungry he grasps the pail in his
teeth, and throwing his head back,
drinks the soup. While he is drink
ing his fingers are busy packing the
sand into the mold, and when he stops
for bite of black bread it is but for
an instant. His days work is always
two hundred molds, while one hundred
and twenty molds is considered good
days work for first-class workman.
This man seems to have no interest in
anything but his work, makes no un-
necessary acquaintance, and discour-
ages all of his companions who show a
willingness to associate with him.
Hartford COurGnt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14
A Babe in the Woods.

THE Burlington (Vt.) Free Press
| contains an account of little girls
wanderings and death in the forests
about Ripton. Two little girls, the
daughters of Mr.. j. E. Goodyear, were
sent on an errand to a neighbours
house, half mile away. Returning,
one of them went by the road and the
other took a foot-path through the
woods. Julia, who had gone by the
road, returned home safely, but the
other, Bertha, who was only nine years
old. did not appear, and her mother
becoming anxious started at once in
search of her daughter. Soon finding
that the little girl had wandered from
the path, she gave an alarm, and a
small body of men that constantly re-
ceived accessions formed a skirmish
line, and the forest was thoroughly
searched for about mile and half
with no success, except the finding of
the girls tracks at two widely-sepa-
rated points. All the logging-roads
with which the forest abounded were
closely examined, when darkness put
an end to the search for a few hours.
Reinforcements having arrived, force
"a OSSA AuuN1Ou 4cu xOllOW0u Gn0
ROADS py 1autern-light for e.. ho,a. ar
two, when. that failing, a halt was
ordered until daybreak, when some
hundred and fifty men pushed on, de-
termined to find the little one. They
found tracks following the North
Branch of Middlebury River. which
flows through some steep hills in
rough, rocky chasm that would appal
any but the strongest nerves from
undertaking its descent. For some
mile and half further the girl was
tracked, in which distance she crossed
the branch twice, and, having reached
the junction of the stream with the
South Fork, she again crossed the
stream, clambered up a high, almost
perpendicular rock, and, overcome by
the excessive exertions of the past few
hours, lost her hold and fell thirty feet
to the rocks and river below, crushing
in small portion of the skull in the
upper part of her forehead. She was
apparently instantly killed, and floated
into an eddy of shallow water, where
she was found about half-past six by
the searchers, and after little delay
taken to her almost distracted parents.
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Coal Tar for Potato Bugs.

Coal tar water will kill potato bugs.
This is worth repeating and remem.
bering. Coal tar lacks many of the
qualities which characterize Paris
green, the now so universal refuge,
and is therefore just so much more
valuable. The perils of having such a
poison as Paris green about and in
daily familiar use are great. and, with
more use and growing carelessness,
the result will be every year worse,
probably, until the use Of it will have
to be made a matter of restrictive
legislation. 1t is so with almost every
dangerous thing. Until we make a
law regulating his use of it, man is
willing to forget it has any dangers.
The chances with regard to Paris
green are several. It may be flooded
off by a sudden rain into some water
supply, and so prove deadly. 1t may
be blown from potato patches upon
lettuce, beet tops, strawberries and
other eatable things, and more than
one genius engaged in agriculture is
not above the level of experimenting
with it on these things. The law Of
ignorance and carelessness playing
among six million farmers has got to
find some ignoramuses. Then, too, it
is possible out of millions of bushels
of potatoes raised any year for the
Paris green to get in some way by
some of these upon some tables and
cause fatal results. Here are the out
right dangers. beside the possibility of
children getting at the stuff, that lie
about the actual use of the stuff. But
there is another phase of the danger
of Paris green just beginning TO de-
velop itself which has not had much
attention yet. This is the only poison
that we are associating with on in
formal terms. Paris green has be-
come as much part of farm outfit
as corn meal or plaster. 1t is easy to
get at and it is within reach of all
who incline to suicide. Two attempts
one successful-h have been made here
in Hartford within a week to commit
suicide with this substance, and
similar stories are reported all about.
1t is inevitable. The way to stop this
sort of thing is to remember that coal
tar water will kill the bugs, while it is
not an engine of suicide. Hartford
Conn. Courier.
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Pickle Making.

THERE are two methods of sailing;
one is in brine, and the other what is
called dry sailing. Iprefcr the latter
for several reasons. First, there is
less labor about it, as there is no car
rying of water; and second. 1 think
the pickles are more wholesome to
have the brine drawn out of them;
third, you can get more pickles in a
given oPoU0 vlva1 oaltou oilesIa whom Q.
brine is made. l have always sue
ceeded well in keeping sailed pickles,
and have kept them three or four years
in good condition. My method of
sailing is this: l sprinkle two quarts
of salt on the bottom of the barrel,
and then pour in bushel of pickles,
then a half peck of salt, and give the
barrel shake, then more pickles, and
so on until the barrel is full. In
twenty-four hours you will find the
pickles have settled nearly one-half,
and have made brine enough to cover
them, when you fill the barrel again,
and in day or two a third time. A
forty gallon barrel will hold from
twenty-five hundred to five thousand
pickles, according to size. If what are
called " bottled pickles. are put by
themselves, it will hold the latter
quantity. A barrel of salt will salt
about five barrels of pickles. When
your barrel is full, fit in q head loose
~, and weigh it down SO as to keep the
pickles under the brine, but do not
have your weight SO heavy as to mash
the pickles flat, or it will be hard to
get them in good shape again. A bet .
ter way, perhaps, is to cut a strip of
board four inches wide and a fourth
inch shorter than the inside diameter
Of your barrel, and place it across the
head and fasten it down with q taper
ing wedge. You should keep some
brine made up with which to fill your
barrels, as the brine in them settles.
and it is well to remove the scum that
rises.
When you wish TO prepare the
pickles for use, the first thing is to
them. First, wash thoroughly,
and then soak in warm water, using
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fully in charge, and since then has fed
and cared for it as for any other feath-
cred pet. The bird is of beautiful
russell gold in color, seems to know its
benefactress, and has charmingly CO
quettish ways. It permits its mistress
to handle it without exhibiting fear,
and seems to enjoy being stroked and
petted. When it gets hungry it makes
a plaintive call, ard is then fed from a
fresh petunia, into whose depths have
been sprinkled sugar, moistened with
water. in imitation of the honey that
is the natural food of the bird in free
dom. The bird enjoys its meals with
gusto, and calls for about twenty of
them daily. 1t is very seldom that one
of these dainty birds is caught, and
still more rarely is one kept alive, to
say nothing of becoming a pet, as is
the case with the one spoken of.-Cin-
ciaasaGti Gazette.
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teaspoonful of alum to each gallon of
water. You may pour the water over
them scalding hot or set them over the
fire and gradually heat until scalding
hot, but if you do this you must stir
them. Change the water until the
pickles are plump and have but little
taste of salt. As fashion demands a
green pickle, the freshening must be
done In brass or copper kettle, which
will restore them to their natural color.
When your pickles are fresh, plump
and colored to suit, and sufficiently brit
tie from the alum, heat them scalding
hot and pack in jars or casks and pour
over them some hot spiced vinegar,
prepared by scalding a small quantity
of cloves and allspice, or cinnamon
may take the place of the cloves. A
half teacupful of good molasses for
each hundred pickles will give the
vinegar rich color and impart flavor
to the pickles which will suit most
tastes. If the pickles are to be used
soon this is all that is necessary, but if
they are likely to stand long add few
pieces of horseradish root. I would
advise that new beginners experiment
on small scale in making up pickles
until they learn how to manage the
alum, spices, etc. You will have to
work up trade for them at the gro
ceries, and if you make good article
you can do it. l am now furnishing
several groceries, and stree their Gus
toners have become accustomed to our
pickle the trade has increased so that,
while at first hundred pickles would
last month, each grocery now sells
about two hundred 3 week. We get
sixty cents a hundred for the made up
pickles, and the cost of making, aside
from the labor, is not more than twelve
and half cents per hundred, and if we
bought vinegar bv the barrel and made
up pickles on large scale this could
be reduced nearly one-half.-W T.. b.,
in Practical Weekly.
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ALONE AMID THE RYE.

This poem from Sunday Afternoon for Angus
has an added interest "a being by Mrs. d. H.
Goodale, mother of Elaine and Dora GoOdale
the child-poets:
Amid the golden stocks of rye,
iu S creamy peace; content lie,
The equal heir of earth and sky.
The lrnguid breeze that stirs the grain.
NOW gold. now bronze, now gold again.)
nipples the current of my blood,
ana stlrs quick fancies in my brain.
Sweet summer-sccntcd wind-caress!
This tender touch, this gentle stress
More deeply move than hands that cling
And passion -fevered lips that press!
My soul douOt-strung with questionings torn,
In shadOwy conflicts wounded, worn,
Leaves dreary quest, and longs to share
The golden sense of Life newborn.
The seed within the furrow strewn,
FROM 6!adc to ear. from ear to corn,
So, One life evolves, distinct and clear,
Through perfect sequence perfect grown.
aint human hearts that burn, aspire,
Inc frultaee miss of strong desire
=, All paths we try, yet wander wild,
Forever climbing, never higher!
q Heart! he still at Natures feet.
q prlsoned wings that ceaseless beat.
STIR me no more with tender pain,
But leave me to her influence sweet,
Touched with thy fire, celestial Sun,
My lngLng pulses swifter run;
bask and glow, with ardor filled
ana dream once more the contest won!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14

PORE LEO rises early, and, after his
devotions, gives himself up to study
until the hour set for audiences or as
sembling of the congregations over
which he presides. Although in deli
cate health, he works hard, and makes
his household do the same. Like the
majority of Italians of Southern Italy,
the Pope has only one regular repast a
day, at about one o'clock. He is an
enemy to the delicacies of the table,
and his fare is much more meager
than that of many of his curates. He
eats boiled mush, which takes the
place of soup, little boiled or roasted
meat, rarely vegetables, cheese made
of goats milk, and drinks ordinary
wine. Even on the day of his election
to the Papacy he sent back the roast
beef given to him, and asked in its
place a second plate.
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A Rare Pet.

SEVERAL days ago lady living on
Brown street heard bird cry, as If in
pain, in the yard outside the door, and
upon investigation found a young hum
mlng-bird in the talons of the family
cat. She promptly rescued the tiny
fellow and found it to be but little
hurt, though enough to warrant her
taking an interest in its convalescence.
She took it into the house and kept it
till the next day, when, on taking it to
the door to let it 60, the bird flew up
into tree and refused to 90 farther
away, finally returning to her hand.
Charmed by the confidence displayed
by the pretty creature, the lady took it
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How q Daring Man Saved His Life.

Or a Captain Akey, who killed a
man in Nevada the other day. the Eu-
reka New Leader tells the following
story:
"At the breaking out OF the rebell-
ion Akey was mining in Tuolumne
County, Cal, and, with a number of
other residents, volunteered his serv-
ices. A company was raised, all good
men, and he was elected Captain.
Much to their disappointment the Gov
eminent decided to keep them in Cali
fornia, and they were ordered to Hum
boldt Bay. Akey's head was turned
by the authority conferred upon him,
and he began series of petty perse-
cutions which almost drove his men
mad. They bore it for months, until
it passed beyond the limits of endur-
ance, and then they resolved to end it.
This resolve took the form of a deter
mination never to obey another COM
mand of Akey's. This was nothing
more nor less than mutiny, and was
punishable with death; but the boys
preferred that to the tyranny under
which they had groaned and suffered
so long.
can order had been received to
proceed from Humboldt Bay to Red
Bluffs. and Akey went by way of the
ocean to San Francisco, while the COM
pany crossed the mountains. They
were encamped on the bank of the Sa-
cramento River when he arrived, and
the crisis came as soon as he put his
foot in camp. He called the company
out ON parade and ordered all those
who had resolved to repudiate him to
step two PAGES to the front. Ninety
men, the entire strength, firmly took
the steps. The Sheriff of Tehama
County was with him, and turning to
that officer, he asked if he would as
sist him in arresting the Orderly Ser
geant. The officer replied that he
would, and the two started to do so,
when they were both covered with
fifty revolvers, the ominous click of
which sounded painfully intense. The
Sheriff took to his heels, and never
stopped until he reached the ferry, q
quarter of a mile distant, but Akey
confronted the angry men as coolly as
if nothing extraordinary was happen
ing. The color never left his face, nor
did a tremor disturb his e41animity,
although he fully realized that the men
were thirsting for his blood. Nothing
but his bravery saved him, for they
had fully determined upon killing him;
but as he ran his eyes up and down the
line, and said: Boys, the odds are too
MUCH they respected his courage.
dropped their weapons, and allowed
him slowly to retire. The upshot of the
affair was that he was relieved of his
command, and, after an investigation
of the circumstances, was discharged
from the service. There was at first
a determination on the part of the Gov
eminent to court martial the soldiers,
but the offense was finally condoned,
and they served out their term of en-
listmcnt, doing good work for their
country. 1t is the only instance of the
kind on record of mutiny going un-
punished"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14

A CINCINNATI fancy store has sub
stituted cash girls for cash boys. The
little girls, hobbling about with thcil
bright eyes and smiling faces, are 8
pleasant sight. The shop manager
says he employs girls because they at
tend to business better than boys. The
newt question is. does the proprietor
pay them as much as he would be
obliged to pay boysf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14

SINCE the composition OF one of the most
popular proprietary medicines-we speak OF
DR.. F. Wilhoft's Anti Periodic or Fever and
Ague Tonc-has been published and accom-
panics every bottle, the sales of this greatest
specific fer the cure of Chills and Fever,
Dumb Chills and hypertrophied spleen have
doubled, and the leading physicians prescribe
it in their practice when the usual remedies
fail All Druggists sell 1t.
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A COLLEGE PROFESSOR once said that che
who expects to rate high in his class, must moi
expectorate on the floor" Much of the hawk
eaSarrb h which tSe profeasor Knew could ~
readily cured by the use Of few bottles Of
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14

When the time arrives for a baby
to commence eating bread you should
break it to him gently.
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WHAT everybody says must be true, and
everybody does say thar National Yeast is the
best. All grocers sell 1t.
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Wonder the English do not estab.
lish Zuluogical garden in Africa.
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CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
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cures General Debility.

GENEVA IAKH, Walworth Co, Wis, Jan. 22, 1874
Dear Sir-l have taken 5Ocent bottle Of Dr. Clark
lty-out Of sorts generally feel we'll renewed In my
appetite. SOLOMON MACK.
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rheumatism curod.

d. OLOFF, Otter Tail Co., Mimi, April 10 1879.
Dear Str have taken your excellent inaisA
troubling mo for many years. and the relief expeE
enced from the medicine was wonderful. It is the bet
remedy l ever used and would not be without Il fW
the world; In tact. no one should be without It
PETER O. IRAN8
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RLKHORN, Walworth County, Wis, April Z, 1879
Dear Sir-For the last two years have been using
your Indian Blood syrup. and found It to bo Q
hrstclass remedy for Rheumatism and for purifying
tho blood. EDWARD ELDERKM
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Liver COMPLAINT and Dyspepsia,
Remedy for Liver Comulalnf.

NORA. Pope County, MINI.
Dear Sir-This Is to certify that your Indian
Hood syrup has efectually cured me Of IiyeI
and Dyspepsia. MR. TORY BELGIUM
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rheumatism and Kidney Disease.
SPARTA. Monroe County, Wis. Feb. 9, 1879.
Dear Sir--It gives me pleasure to recommend your
Indian Blood Syrup. 1t is worth more TO me
than all the doctors in Sparta -Four years ago was
Of to me, and for three months could NOS
stand alone. But your Syrup cured me: ,s
WILLIAM G. WEl1A
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Liver COMPLAINT and Dyspeusja.

DEER PARK, St. Crolx County, via
Dear Str-I have used your Indian blood
Syrup, with very beneficial results for Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint All other medicines and dOct01
peOved useleSA MRS GOT1lEB MATTHEW'S.
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ALTON Rock County, Wis. Feb. 20, 1879.
Dear Sir-Allow me to give my testimony IN favor @
your Indian BLOOD Syrup. Twas suffering from
General Debility and it the only medicine that did
me any good. MICHAEL COLk
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AMedlClno which Gives SATISFACTORILY Ale
MANKATO, Blue Earth Co., Mimi, Feb. 90. 1879
Dear Sir-fiOm my own experience can say thas
your Indian Mood Syrup Is the best remedy i0
Sore Threats that ever got hold Of great many
children have died with the Diphtheria but your mcd
cine has cured my children of Sore throat every time
have been suffering with Liver Complaint, and from
the benefit which have received from its use would
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BIG BUSIN ESS.

Tho receipts i,r customs duties on Woducs-
day ~ The Gnatom-lI were $63. S57 cur
rency. Sot9s goi and $40 - silver. making Il
total Of $i3GG5 ~. being tho largest amount
received from the aame source In one day
since tho war. OF tho total nearly S5h. 600
waa received from Mr.. Charloa. agent Of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company, ~ duty
on one consignment Of stcel rails.
Tho customs officers report that tho im-
portation If iron has recently Increased
greatly. the demand for the metal being Sd
great that foreign vessels which formerly
came 81 this port IN ballast. now come laden
with iron. The officers further report that
tho number ~ foreign vessrls arriving this
season has been SO large that tho regular
force Of inspectors have been unable to ut
tend IL them I'LL. ana II has been necessary to
detail employees IN other departments to AS
stat them