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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-29
Down to the bed-Rock!!

1t seems to be the desire now of the people 81
foche and vicinity to buy their goods low down that is
at BED-R Rock PRICES ' l'' "
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-29
f. DIR CASH

This is the true spirit and will increase the prosperity of
the people, for no goods be sold on time by owners
unless the purchaser pays for the time given Anticpat
ing the wants and desires of the people in this regard we
will sell strictly for cash from now on at prices that viii
surprise the most credulous We are now opening an
immense stock of ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
The Secrets Of Bushel Measure.

The Pharmaceutical Journal gives
some curious information respecting
the variable results obtainable in the
measurement of dry goods. The
Weights and Measures act of En-
gland, passed last session, expressly
prohibits " heaped measures" and re-
quires that the measure shall be filled
as nearly level as the size and shape of
the articles will permit. This led to
some experiments as to the results fol-
lowing different modes of striking
q measure, that is, of bringing the
level of the contents of the measure
into the same horizontal plane as the
brim.
A sample of corn was taken, and the
true weight of standard bushel of it
was ascertained to be 81 pounds 2
ounces. But when the ordinary flat
strike is used the corn left in the
measure weighs 81 pounds ounces,
while, if the ordinary round strike or
roller be employed, the quantity of
corn is increased to 81 pounds 9 ounces
If the measure be shaken when struck
with round ruler the weight rises to
81 pounds Is ounces. The diameter
of vessel, in proportion to its depth,
appears to make little difference in
measuring grain, unless the diameter
is less than one-third of the depth.
The Board of Trade standard dry
measures-the bushel, half bushel and
peck-have their diameters nearly
double their depth, while those for liq-
uids have their diameters nearly equal
to their depths. But it is found that,
particularly in the sale of such articles
as coke, potatoes, etc. the proportions
adopted in the standards for dry goods
are those most likely to give just re-
sults.-iScientifc american.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
Give the Mule q Trial.

1t is at the South. that the much
abused, yet useful, hardy mules have
won most favor in this country, though
of late years they have been largely in
troduced in the Middle States with sat-
isfactory results. Comparatively few
farmers living at the North have suffi-
GENTLY overcome the prejudices exist
ing against these animals to add them
to their stock, Notwithstanding evil
dence gained wherever they have been
faithfully tried-whether North, South,
East or West-repeatst the more extend
ed experience of the South in the mat
ter, that mules, indifferently fed, hard
worked, and ill treated and neglected
by drivers, sustain themselves for
years in defiance of i'll usage that
would annihilate at least two genera
tons of horses.
The breeding, rearing and manage
ment of mules is not only similar to
that of colts, but it has been proved,
over and over again, that, like horses,
they repay generous care and attention
by their increased and rapid growth.
This does not mean that they require
high feed; on the contrary, it is not
wise to pamper them or form habits Of
fastidiousness which tends to lessen the
economical feeding under which they
naturally thrive, and which forms one
of the strongest arguments in favor OF
their employment , - = -'l
, 1t is also generally conceded that
mules are not only more easily, surely
and clleaply raised, but that they are
maintained, after beginning to work,
for much less than the cost OF keeping
horses. Mr.; Romscoy. of Boston, AFTER
REPEATED tr,sls, found that one mule,
which yaA constantly Of work, cons
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09

and comes in with four or five-dollar
advertisement and asks you to insert it
for nothing, because he is an old patron
of yours. This is called newspaper
patronage.
Another mana young man about
town-no use of taking a paper, he
knows all there is going on. By-and-by
he gets married, and hands in notice
with just save me q dozen copies. =. He
gets them, and when you mention pay
looks surprised = you surely don't
charge for such a thing! And this is
called newspaper patronage. ,.
Now isn't newspaper patronage a
curious thingp And in that great day
when the gentleman in black gets his
dues, as he surely will, how many of
the patrons enumerated above will fall
to his share2 Now it will be seen that
while certain kinds of patronage are
the very life and existence of news
paper, there are other kinds of patron
age that are more destructive than the
deadly night-shade. -E1change
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
Authority Of Parents Over Their Chill
dren's School Studies.

In the case of Trustees of Schools
against Van Allen, the question as to
what right parent has to direct the
studies pursued by his child who at
tends a public school is considered. 1t
is heldthat the Trustees of a school dis
trict may prescribe what studies shall
be pursued, and may regulate the class
ification of the pupils, but that a par
ent may select from the branches pur-
sued those which the child shall study,
so long as the exercise of such sclec-
ton does not interfere with the system
prescribed for the school; and that the
child cannot be excluded from one
STUDY simply because he is deficient in
another. In this case the pupil was
denied admission to public high
school because Of mis- deficiency in u
knowledge of grammar, which his
father had forbidden him to study. He
had asked to be admitted to pursue only
those studies in which he was sufficient
ly proficientto entitle him to admission
to the high school. The Court held
that a rule requiring his exclusion was
unreasonable and could not be enforced.
In Morrow against Wood, in Wiscon-
sin, father directed his child, who at
tended public school, to study only
certain branches among those taught
in the school. The teacher, upon no.
tice of such direction, required the
child to study other subjects, and upon
his refusal to do so, whipped him.
This was held to be an unlawful assault.
In Ruleson against Post, in Illinois, a
girl, sixteen years of age, was in at
tendance upon a public school to the
benefit of which she was entitled, and
was in class which, by the course of
study prescribed by the Directors of
the school, was required to study book
keeping. Under the direction of her
parents she refused to pursue this
study, and for that reason was, by the
teacher, acting under the order of the
Directors, forcibly expelled from the
school. The Court held thatth Direct
ors and teacher were all liable in an ac-
ton of trespass, the Directors having
no power to prescribe such a rule or to
authorize the teacher to enforce it.
albany LdU Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09

sumed about the same quantity of hay
and only one-fourth the provender
which was given to two ordinary-sized
coach horses only moderately worked.
His experiments, carried on number
of years, convinced him that large
sized mule will not consume more than
three-fourths or two-thirds the food, to
keep in order, that is necessary for a
horse performing the same labor. Mr..
Hood, Of Maryland, goes farther; he es-
Inmates the annual expense of his
mules at just half the price Of that of
his horses, with the additional advan-
tage on the mules side of more than
twice the working age of the horse.
Robert Stewart, with upward of twen-
ty years experience in the cotton
States, adds his testimony with that OF
a host of other equally trustworthy au-
thorities to Mr.. Pomeroy's statements,
and gives the period of service of the
mule at from twenty-five to thirty
years.
In summing up the advantages of
working-mules over horses, the fact
that they are not liable to many of the
diseases of the horse, and to others on
ly in mitigated degree-and even
these are easily cured-is called to the
attention of unthinking farmers, as'is
the fact that mules mature one year
earlier than colts. Farmers deslrous
of practicing rigid economy, whether
North or South, can hardly fail to make
a very noticeable decrease in their ex-
penses by the introduction on their
farms of mules.
While there is not shadow of a
doubt but that, when economy is the
governing object, in slow, steady
labor, the mule is the cheapest and
most serviceable beast, it cannot be
denied that its tricky and obstinate ma
ture, exhibited mostly when in con-
slant use, calls for large stock of pa
tience on the part of the farmer and
renders the herse most desirable for
many varieties of farm and road work.
Not little of the mules viciousness is
due, however, to alack of knowledge of
the animals disposition, and judicious
training will, in most cases, greatly
modify. if not entirely overcome it. An
advocate for the mule, writing from
Macon, Mo-. in the Practical Farmer,
claims that mules are safer and more
easily broken and handled than horses,
and, after breaking, the mule is the
safer of the two, as he is less liable to
scare or run away. He advises that
mules be handled from the time they
arc sucking colts. They should be
halter-broken and broken to the sad
die and treated with uniform kindness
while young. When old enough, hitch
by the side of a steady horse or mule,
and in one day the mule will be as well
broken as horse will be in two weeks.
N Y W0v.I1
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
THE SkdTER'S VISION.

T morning the boy had a dream,
Id flying, ne thought, on II crystalline
A, IS Mercury-wings were of steel.
And were screwed to his heel.
When To- the ice broke
He awoke!
&c red sun has spoilt his reposc.
Hd Jack Frost was tweaking his nose.
'.s fprang from the nest WHERE ne q lam. A.,
Ard cred oh. I'll bet it's so cold
il t the ice on the mill pond IL hold.
A.r,. he .urgled with rapture ecstatic.
Up there i'll the attic.
Three strides as he leaped down the stair
tNnthing on but his shirt),
An he yelled at the shivering sun
La; hung in the frost-bitten air
No exposure can hurt
An, urchiu that's looking for fun!
Ill, ci2cd an old scythc and he swung it around,
An" lacked the first water he found.
a ca from the window: Why, Benny! why,
What is it yc're at in the tub?"
y: You don't appreciate wot hrz acurred.
You re asleep an haint heard!
Why. Ict. more than half an inch thick!
All solid and slick"
apo he sent down the hill to the mill
Then his shanks turned TO pink,
assa DOWN %n' his sca Hs and Su
Aud admired and caressed them anew;
And he got in the tub on the Ice
And murmured, lit $ NICE.
For It's safe to assert
All is comfort where pleasure is Won;
No exposure can hurt
Any urchin that's looking for fun.
I rinstxed and transfigured he stood,
ike chc,ub of Raphael and he never knew
That his legs were all scarlet and blue
For in dreams he was lost
Aud rapt ard ,ntranced was his mood,
Is he gazed on the work of the frost.
His eyes exceedingly bright.
And they flashed with delight
At the sight!
1t is but fair to say that the boy recovered
consciousness and went to bed again. suffering
:,sutclN from cold when his father called to him
l., 80 and pick up some chips to kindle fire. +
~. IL troytt, IN ". !. Graphic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
Newspaper Patronage.

THERE appears to be many different
ways of understanding the true mean
ing of newspaper patronage, as it is
called, and, as an interested party, we
give place to a disquisition on the SUBJ
ject by one who knows whereof he
speaks. 1t will serve, perhaps, as a
mirror where some persons may see
themselves as others see them:
Many long and weary years have
forced the conviction upon us that
newspaper patronage is word of many
definitions, and that a great majority
of mankind are either ignorant, of the
correct definition or are dishonest in a
strict Biblical sense of the word. News
paper patronage is composed of as
many colors as the rainbow, and is as
changeable as chameleon.
One man comes in and subscribes for
paper and pays for it in advance, and
goes home and reads 1t with the proud
satisfaction that it is.his.- He hands in
his advertisement, asks the price, pays
for it, and gees to his place of business
and reaps the advantage thereof. An
other man says you may put my name
on your books, and goes off without
saying word about pay Time passes
on, and you want money, and want him
to pay what is honestly due. He flies
into a passion, perhaps pays, perhaps
not, and orders his paper stopped.
This is called newspaper patronage.
Another man brings in q fifty-cent
advertisement and wants two-dollar
notice given it, and if you refuse he
goes off mad. And this is newspaper
patronage. - Fl 3
Another man lives near. you-he does
not take the paper-he don't like the
editor-yet he goes regularly to his
neighbor and borrows it, and quarrels
with the opinions of the editor. &C.
casionally he sees an article he likes;
he begs or gives half a dime for the
paper. This is called newspaper pat
ronage.
Another man likes the paper and
takes copy for his family, and pays
for it, and does all he can to get new
subscribers; he never grumbles but al
ways has a cheerful word for the ed
itor. If any little item of interest pc-
ours in the neighborhood he. informs
the editor. This is newspaper patron
age. 5TVT7 III. =
Another man has patent and wants
you to give, him, a two-dollar notice
every week; it win be of interest to
your readers, he says; but although
knowing it will benefit him most of all
he does not offer to pay for it. This is
called newspaper patronage.
Another man has taken the paper for
| seversl years, but has not paid tos it,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
MANAGEMENT OF Manure.

Winter being the season during which
the stock is kept up in barns, yards or
sheds, it is then that the bulk of the
manure is made. The quantity and
quality of it depends very much upon
the manner in which it is managed.
The severe cold and the abundant rains
of the winter operates Acknowledgements
ly in regard to the needed decomposi-
ton of the manure, that is as it is
usually managed; but there is a way of
handling it by which these disadvan-
tages may be overcome, if not actually
turned to account for good. Manure
is usually thrown out of the stables into
irregular heaps, which are exposed to
the rain and snow, and are trampled
upon by cattle. Thus it becomes either
sodden mass or is frozen solid, and it
so remains until spring, when it is
needed for use. This is the worst pos
sible method of using it. The soluble
portions are washed out of it, or are
locked up in it in condition in which
they cannot be brought into state of
usefulness. The best method of keep
ing it is, on the contrary, one by which
it may be kept in sufficient condition
of moisture for the most rapid dccom-
position, but no more than that, and in
such a shape or position that it cannot
be trampled upon or disturbed 80 as to
stop the process of fermentation. The
chief trouble is to prevent the manure
from freezing; if it is kept in state of
constant heat, the water which will
fall upon it will never exceed the
amount which will be required to make
up the loss from evaporation, and tc
prevent too much dryness, and conse-
quent "firc fanging," or dry rot, by
which the quality will be seriously i'm
paired. The method followed by the
best farmers is as follows: At this
time, when the contents of the yards
are in good condition, moist enough
from the rains, and partly rotted, they
are gathered into square heap, built
up evenly at the sides and slightly hol-
lowing at the top. One end, or each
end, as additions may call for it, is left
broken down and not built up. Then
the fresh manure as it is taken from
the stables is thrown onto the ends OF
the heap, and in a few hours begins to
ferment and heat from contact with
the already fermenting mass of the
heap itself. Or if the cold is severe,
and the ends of the heap are frozen on
the surface, this is broken up, the frozen
portions are thrown onto the top of the
heap and the fresh manure is thrown
directly against the warm interior part
of the heap. The manure from cow
stables, pig-pens, 'horse-stables and
poultry-houses should be mixed to-
gethcr as new additions are made; and
the quicker fermentation thus secured
help to bring the colder portions into a
state of decomposition more easily and
more rapidly than if kept by themss
selves.
When the heap becomes too large
for convenient handling in the yard, it
may be drawn out to a field where it is
to be used. 1t may be question if
it would not be best to spread it direct
ly upon the surface instead of making
a second heap of it. In our own prac-
tice we have done both, and incline to
the belief that the former is the better
way.-N. Y. Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09

know It IS plain truth, and yet only
half credit it myself. Well, stranger,
dream or truth. I never forget it.; it's
part of me, always.
"God save any one from ever try
ing, in fact or fancy, such an expe-
rience as mine!
"Now you know why l don't see
anything of beauty in Niagara. 1 leave
that to be discovered by thosewho new
er came SO near to being a real part of
it as did. "-Belgravio Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
s. what Are You Going to DO About Ita''

Because the penalties Of physiological laws
are not executed speedily, some fancy they
are void. But when the system breaks down,
and almost hopeless complications arise,
which the family physician, by reason OF his
limited experience, fails to relieve, the perth
nency of the above inquiry is apparent. Many
remedies have been specially prepared Tor
these cases. and many physicians are bidding ding
chase of land, " search" is required. and the
title carefully examined, so invalids should
carefully investigate the claims OF any ply
stefan Offering to treat chronic diseases. Dr.
Pierce's Family Medicines are well known,
and have effected many cures where eminent
ply sicians have failed, yet, to accommodate
surgical and complicated cases, and those de-
s...5;:s ots h:ic: ."stn-ad s:c-diiv DR.. Pierce
has erected an elegant sanitarium, at q cost OF
nearly half million dollars. No institution
in the world offers advantages superior to
those found In this establishment. Half a
score of physicians are in attendance, several
of whom have been prominently connected
with leading American and European Hospi-
tails. Every improved facility Tor Fastening
cure that y liberal expenditure OF money
could SECURE can here b found. Before fully
aecl5;ug where to 60, address Ipvs'ids' and
TOufists' Hotel. for circular.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
PROVERBS.


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Fairest Skin in Hop Bitters.'
"a little Hop Bitters saves big doctor
bills and long sickness"
''That invalid wife, mother, sister or child
can be made the picture of health with Hop
Bitters.'
"Whcn worn down and ready to take your
bed, Hop Bitters is what you needs
"Don't physic and physic, for it weakcns
and destroys, but take Hop Bitters, that
build up continually"
"Physicans OF all schools use and recon-
mend Hop Bitters. Test Them"
"Health is beauty and joy-Hop Bitters
gives health and beauty"
"There are more cures made with Hop
Bitters than all other medicines"
"When the brain is wearied, the nerves
unstrrng, the muscles weak, use Hop Bit
tcrs."
"That low, nervous fever, want of sleep
and weakness, calls for Hop Bitters,"
Hop Cough Cure and Pain Relief IL
Pleasant, Sure and Cheap.
For Sale BY AL Druggists.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-09
ART SCHOOLS
Chicago Academy Of Design.

BY recent reorganization the Chicago Academy Of
Design has been put in better condition than at ans
time since the fire.
THE ART SCHOOLS
Are in complete order and persons who wish to pursue
any branch OF Drawing or Painting, POrtraiture in
CrayOi. Oils or WaterCOlOr Drawing from Casts Land.
scape Painting Figure Decorative Paint.
ing, Mechanical Draughtng or Perspective will find
here the best instruction under the fullest advantages
The Teachers are H. +. SPREAD and L. c. EARLE Pro-
feSsoIs of Drawing and Painting; W. L. u. JENNEY,
Lecturer upon Architectural Subjects; n H. CARPEN.
TER, Instructor in Perspective. The Secretary, Mr..
FRENCH also acts as assistant in instruction.
The Academy has fine and cOmmOdiOuS Studies, open
to pupils from to O'Clock, daily with the of all
materials Tor study copies costumes casts from antique
sculpture, under constant and competent instruction.
Inc term now In progress will continue through the
Whole summer, with especial reference to the
needs OF Teachers and pepilS will be admitted at
any time, by the month quarter. Certificates Of at
tainnent will be issued for decided merit.
President, Jas. II. Dole: Wce-PreSident Wm Baker;
Treasurer. Murry Nelson
Circulars with all particulars. will be sent upon ap.
plication to W. NJ r. FRENCH Sec'y Chicago Academy
Of Design. 40 State street, Chicago.
DAzNI'EEs'S IIanual.-House and
sign painting, granting, vanishing, polishing, kal.
sOmnng, papcrirg lettering, staining, gliding, etc, 80
cts. Book OF AphabetS, So Scrolls and Ornaments 81.
Furniture and Cabinet FinSher, so. Matchmaker and
Jeweler, so Carpenter, So orseShOer % SOapmaker,
90 1aXiderniSt. 80. Candy Maker 80. Authorship,
So OF Booksellers or by mail. JESSE HANEY & CO.
lie Nassau ST.. New York.