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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
A New Grain Car.
from the Chicago Evening Journal


Our reporter, hearing that . new ear was
being constructed which claimed to revolu-
tionize the present mode Of transporting
grain, visited the shop, No Is Henry street, CHI
cago, and saw the car, which is partially COM
pleted.
The inventor claims It to be cheaper,
lighter, more durable, occupying less space,
easier draft, will not laminate the track, may
be run at greater speed, lowering the center
Of gravity, reducing the windage of train, 10
moving the wei&ht Of load from axle. requir-
linz less oil, less attention, less parts, will dry
wet grain In car and prevent It from heating.
souring or molding while in transportation.
Richard P. Morgan, railway engineer OF
great experience, says of It In Western Rsssl:
Recently, very extraordinary improvement has
been patented by Treat T. Prosser Esq, one Of the
the transportation Of grain composed Of two large
cylinders of thick sheet iron, capable Of containing
225 bushels of grain each, Or about twelve tons in
the aggregate, and, with the connecting frame,
cylinders are to be hooped with tires, having
corresponding to the gauge Of tho railroad
upon which they may run, and, when adjusted 90
as to meet all practical requirements FOR uniform
motion, will roll forward with great facility. The
force necessary to propel . common eight-wheel
railroad car, loaded with twelve tons, on level
railroad, is 28Oh pounds, the car itself usually
weighing eleven tons, total Of twenty-three tons.
true economy admits Of, even on steel rails car
haul forty -four such cars level railroad The re-
eistance 70 . Proseer car being only thirtyfour
pounds, the same engine could hanl 862 cars on .
level track containing moro gram tnan tho largest
BIT the grades between Chicago and New York
and railroads generally in Illinois averaging prsc-
tcally twenty-five feet IN mile. the actual load Sot
cars Carrying twelve tons each, while the Prossef
tsaiis could 6o 100 carD; equally loadods
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
Early.Vegetable Incident.

A luan with q basket ON his arm
pushed his way up to a fruit-stand,
yesterday, and said:
"How do you sell cucumbersP''
The dealer informed him.
"Why, man alive, do you suppose
want to buy whole oneP''
81 dOn't know what Won want, but
that's the price of cucumbers," replied
the dealer.
"You don't want it all down, do
YOUR
81 do, for fact"
"Suppose give you one-third cash,
balance in yearly paymentsp''
The fruiter shook his head.
"pl pay you big interest,"" persisted
the man with the basket.
Another shake of the head.
"Give you the best of security"
urged the customer; IS first mortgage
on unincumbered real estate.''
The dealer would only shake his
head.
"Well, then, how do you sell straw
berriesp''
Our reporter did not hear the price,
but the man with the basket tainted
dead away. 0NejWWaH 1nQwjrer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

farmer can best keep up his soil by ro-
tations, and clover and hops, better
and at far less expense than by buying
or making manure to haul to his fields.
The labor 10 immense, and hundred
cords of manure moved annually. will
not treat all parts of q hundred-acre
farm once In ten years; whereas by
clover and hops, or cattle, every third
or fourth year the entire farm may be
well fertilized. Our conclusion, then.
is. that keeping stock for the sake of
making manure is Improbable. Its,
however. profitable to save all the ma
nure that can be made from the ami
mails needed to cultivate and consume
the corn and fodder raised on the
farm. In the matter of manure, as in
all other things produced, let none 90
to waste but Keep all in good shape
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
THE GOOD OLD FARM.

THERE's got to be revival
vi good sound sense among men,
Before the days of prosperity
Will dawn upon us again.
The boys must learn that learnin'
Means moren the essence nv books:
An the girls must learn th9t beauty
Consists in mOre'n their looks.
Before We can steer clear ov failures,
And big financial alarms,
The boys have got to quit clerkln,
An git back onto our farms.
know it amt quite 30 nobby:
1t amt quite 40 easy, ! know,
Ez partin your hair in the middle
An settin' MP for show;
I" But there's more hard dollars in it.
An more independence. too,
An more real peace n c0ntentmcnt,
An health that is ruddy an time.
know it takes yeaIs of labor;
But y'u We got tO hang on in store
Before You can earn good Twin,
An clothes, with but little more.
" An you steer we'll clear nv temptations
On the good old honest farm.
An a thousand ways n fashiOns
That only bring We to harm.
There amt but q few that can handle
With safety other mems cash,
An the fate of many who try it
Proves human natur' IL rash.
$50, when the ruad to State Prison
Lays by the good old farm,
An the man sees a tOilin' brother
Well out of the way of harm,
He mourns he hadn't staid there,
A-tillin' the sci in peace,
Where he'll vet creep hack in dishOnOr
Alter a tardv release.
What hosts NV 'em 90 back broken
In health. in mind, n pune,
To die in sight of the clover.
Or linger along which 10 wOrse:
An how many mourn when useless
That they didn't see the charm,
The safety n independence.
Wv a life on the good old farm.
3" So preach it up to 'em, parson,
just lay it out plain n square,
That land flows with milk n honey,
That health n peace are there.
An call back the clerks n runners,
An show 'em the peaceful charm
That waits to cheer and bless them,
On fathers dear old farm"
-NeU H0mpshire Stdtesm0
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
The Dog and Child.

Mr.. ELIHU BURRITT gives in his book,
called "A Walk from London to Lands
End and Back" the touching illustra-
ton of the affection of q dog in Truro:
s. l was sitting ut the breakfast table
OF friend, who is . druggist, when he
was called into the shop by aneighbor,
who had come for medical aid, in q
very remarkable and affecting case.
I" He described it briefly and simply,
but it would fill volume of beautiful
meaning. His family dog had incident
ally made the acquaintance of q neigh
boris child on the other side of the
street.
"While lying on the door-stone, he
had noticed this little thing, sometimes
at the chamber window, and sometimes
on the pavement, in a little carriage.
''During one of his walks on that
side of the street, he met the baby. and
looked over the rim of the basket car
riage, as q loving dog can look, straight
into q pair of baby eyes, and said,
Good morning!' az well as he could.
"Little by little, day by day and
week by week, this companionship
went on, growing with the growth and
Strengthening with the strength of the
little ones. The dog, doubtless because
his master had no young child of his
own, came at last to transfer frequent
II his watch and ward to the door-stone
on the other side of the street, and to
follow as guard of honor to the baby's
carriage on its daily airings.
with what delight he gave himself
up to all the pelting and little rude
rompings, and rough-and-tumblings, Of
those baby hands.
Zone day, as the dog lay in watch
by the doOr-stone, the child, peepiLg
out of the window above, lost its bal
ance. and fell on the stone pavement
below. 1t was taken up quite dead!
The red drops of the young life had be-
spatterod the feet and face of the dog
as he sprang to the rescue. His heart
died out within him in one long, whin-
ing moan of grief. From that moment
he refused to eat. He refused to be
comforted by his masters voice and by
his masters home. Day by day, and
night by night, he lay upon the spot
where the child fell.
"This was the neighbours errand. He
told in few simple words. He had
come to my friend, the druggist, for q
prescription for his dog-something 10
bring back his appetite"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
A Word to the Corpulent.

Instead of regarding obesity as an abnor-
considered It as an evidence of health, and
any agent that reduces fat is therefore at
once suspected of being injurious. Starting
to reason from the false position that fat is az
evidence Of health, It is not surprising that
Of Surprising that an agent possessing prop
critics capable of reducing corpulency would
prove injurious to the health. Reasoning,
however, from the rational basis, that an un.
due deposition of fat, constituting obesity, is
not healthy but q morbid condition, it ia
quite as natural for us to arrive at the oppo-
site conclusion, e., which is sustained by expe.
rience andobservation, that the reduction of fat
in cases of corpulency is invariably followed
by an improvement of strength, spirits and
physical comforts. Allan's Anti-Fat will re-
duce fat person from 2 to 5 pounds week.
Sold by druggists.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
Spanish Dwellings.

1HE massive stone easements OF
mary of the houses date back 500
years, aud are still grimly solid, though
somewhat sunken by their weight of
centuries. The upper portions have
in most instances been patched and re-
patched; yet still, by the side of what
is there considered a modern improve
ment-probably a easement and balco-
ny $50 years old-may be seen narrow,
pointed. granite, carved apertures,
pierced in wall from two to three feet
in thickness. These are unglazed, and
are closed by shutter, which in turn
has small grated opening. The very
facades of these decrepid buildings are
wonderfully rich in quaint details, with
their rusty iron and worm-eaten wooden
balconies, oddly perched here and
there. From these usually float in the
sun-glare multi-colored garments and
rainbow-hued draperies, protected from
passing shower by the deeply pro-
jecting roofs of moss-grown, Auted
tiling. The streets, which are narrow
and thoroughly paved with shapeless
powders, are monopolized by the pigs.
Indeed, so arrogant are the brutes that
the question as to who is to take the
wall or the gutter is only settled by a
stout stick. 1t may be guessed what is
the ordinary condition of the streets
when such scavengers make them their
favorite foraging- ground. There is
usually but one common entrance to
each house for cattle and humanity.
This is through a deeply-set stone
archway which leads directly to
the stable, and consequently one is
continually stepping over foul lit
ter. If the proprietor be a trades
man, there is an opening to the tienda,
or shop, either to the left or right, be-
meath this gloomy, stench-infected
porch; and on the opposite side is the
dark staircase which leads to the upper
portion of the struggling building,
where perhaps many families have
their dwelling. Now, as in most in
stances, each family keeps its pigs, and
yoke of oxen to till q patch Of land in
the neighborhood of the town, it may
be imagined what is the condition OF
the common stable at night, and what
savory odors pervade the ever-open
staircase and corridors. Indeed, it has
often happened to me, when paying a
visit, to stumble over a SOW and her
young on a dark landing; or, while
cropping my way up the time-worn,
uncertain stairs, to place my hand in
the midst of . group of roasting fowls;
and yet possibly the person to whom
my visit was to be paid boasted of blue
blood, was as proud as the proudest Of
hidalgOs, and bore shield with quar-
terings that dated from the heroic period
of San Ferdinand or the Cid Campeador.
With regard to the furniture of suite
of rooms occupied by such a person Of
quality, the less said the better. One
seldom meets with any attempt at lux
ury, and most frequently even comfort
is ign0red.-AH the Year Round.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Excellent Doughnuts. cup of
molasses, one cup Of sour milk or but:
termilk, two eggs, two tablespo0nfuls
OF melted butter or cream, and one
scant teaspoonful of soda.
To renovate black grenadine, take
strong cold coffee, strain it, and wiring
the grenadine out of it quite tight, aft
er which shake out and fold up. Then
iron it with q moderately hot iron over
piece of any old black material.
OF any one who keeps shoemakers'
supplies, you can get for fifteen cents q
MILESTONE, which is coarse and soft,
and which will put on knife with q
few strokes an edge that excels every
thing but the grindstone. Those who
have used this convenience, could new
er keep house again without one. But
take care never to get it wet or greasy.
Sour Braten.-Take eight pounds
OF rump, not too lean; dry the meat
with cloth; mix pint of vinegar
with the same quantity Of water; put
the beef in deep earthenware pan,
and pour the vinegar and water over it;
leave the meat in the mixture for two
hours, turning it from time to time;
take it out, and rub the meat with two
tablespoonfuls of salt, and q table,
spoonful of pepper; cut in strips q half
pound of fat smoked bacon; take bak-
ing pan, and cover the bottom with the
strips of bacon; cutin slices three large
carrots, three onions, q stick of celery,
one bay leaf, twelve cloves, and CRATE a
small piece of lemon or orange peel;
put the beef in the pan on the strips;
sprinkle the beef with the cut vegeta-
bles; add two large tablespoonful Of
brown sugar; cover the beef with what
remains of the bacon; pour on the
vinegar and water, and bake slowly
for four hours. As it evaporates in
baking, pour from time to time some
warm water into the pan, not pouring
it on the beef. May be eaten hot or
cold. The sauce may be strained or
not.
| Mr.. Joseph Jefferson, during his
recent visit to his Orange Grove plan
tation, has been actively engaged in
applying to practice cherished theo-
ry-that every country possesses suffi-
cient material for its own fences He
set to work to prove it by erecting for
each side of his fence sods three feet in
width, divided into five layers at an
angle of seventy-five degrees. The
soil from beneath the sod exactly fills
the space between the erected sods,
leaving three-foot ditch on each side.
On the top of this sod-and-soil fence,
which is four and one-half feet at the
base, and three feet high, he plants
cuttings of the Mccartney rose, which
are protected by a panel of boards.
This fence, while within the reach of
any man who will shoulder his spade
and work, possesses the advantages of
an impossible barrier, of pcrmanence,
of not needing repair, of drainage, and
of being a most beautiful ornament.
Mr.. jefferson will soon have inclosed a
section of his plantation containing
1900 acres, and at one-half the cost Of
a stake fence. Without being over
sanguine as to its rapid adoption, we
, feel safe in saying that it is the most
economical and useful fence in the
Southern States. and destined to come
into general use.-New Iberia (La.)
Sugar Bosol.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
INDUSTRIAL.

AMEsBURY, Mass, is filing large
carriage orders for California.
BIRMINGHAM, Eng, is importing hay
forks, clocks. apple parers and clothes
pins from Philadelphia.
THE brick manufacturers along the
Hudson River say that too many are
now in the market, and they have
agreed not to make any more.
COMMON black lead stove polish,
mixed with tallow, proves an efficient
lubricator when all other means fail, to
prevent q bearing getting hot.-E1-
change.
WE must all have something to live
on. And if there be one who does not
earn it, no matter how large his means,
he is indebted to some one for his liv-
ing.-Ios0a State Register.
In the opinion of the Augusta ga
Chronicle the trouble with the New En-
gland cotton mills is not so much
"overproduction as dishonest manage
ment and expensive running"
GEORGIA is face to face with q grave
labor problem. The negroes are said
to be rapidly Withdrawing from the
labor market and settling upon cheap
lands and becoming their own "bosses. -
The Richmond Va.) State says:
"The time is rapidly coming, if it has
not come already, when great major
ity even of our Southern families will
have to learn the hard lesson of doing
their own housework.''
The demand for American beet, both
dressed and on the hoof, is increasing
to such an extent in Holland that q
company has been organized for the
prosecution of the trade. The Dutch
port of Flushing is the headquarters Of
the project.
OIL PAINTINGS are now initiated, &C.
cording to the photographic NesOs, by
painting in oil on the back of a photo
graph rendered transparent by means
of Canada balsam, and then running
them through press to give the de-
sired surface.
The Cincinnati Gazette publishes re-
views of the iron trade in the several
iron-manufacturing districts of Ohio,
the substance of which is that there has
been within short time an improve
ment in both the business and price
that augurs well.
The late dull times have driven
many men from mercantile pursuits
and the learned professions into farm
ing. The majority seek the West, but
the East is also feeling the good effects
of this movement in the reduced price
of provisions. In New England the
farmers are more numerous than at any
previous time within the last twenty
years.-E1change.
RAFTING on the Delaware this sea-
son shows signs of considerable i'm.
provement. Old raftsmen say there
were never as many logs on the banks
of the Upper Delaware at one time be-
fore. There is also large quantity of
sawed lumber, and railroad ties are
piled all along the banks of the river
ready for rafting to market as soon as
the first freshet comes.
THE paper-box industry is reviving.
According to the Hartford Conn., Post,
1.-THE Superintendent of the Industrial
School reports that he is receiving large
orders for the paper boxes manufac-
tured by the girls. These boxes are
used exclusively by manufacturers for
putting up their goods, and the demand
for them shows that manufacturers are
increasing their business. Our local
business, particularly manufacturing,
is for the most part improving"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

1t is easier for camel to pass
through the eye of a needle than it is
for asyoung woman in fur-lined cloak
to walk along without letting it flap
open just a little, to show that the fur
is more than mere border. -Ezchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
W0Fk1mgmem.

Before you begin your heavy spring work,
after a winter of relaxation, your system needs
cleansing and strengtheningto prevent an at
tack of Ague, Bilious or Spring Fever, or
some other Spring sickness that will unfit you
for seasons work. You will save time, much
sickness and great expense if you will use one
bottle of Hop Bitters in your family this
month. Don't wait. See other column.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01
Free-3l Portraits-Free.

National Life is the title of new Pamphlet
Of q pages. 1t contains the biography Of all
the Presidents of the United States, from Wash
igton to Hayes with their portraits no in all, }
engraved expressly for this work; also IL por-
traits of Canadian notabilities. National Lift
will be sent to any address, by mail, on receipt
of Sc stamp. H. R. STEVENS, Roston, Mass.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

Summer roses fade and did becausa
there Il no way Of relieving them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

THE first shipment of canned meats
and vegetables from this country to
India was made q few days ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

Onsw Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobassa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

eel. The last to appear was young
girl, whose dress brushed Philips
sleeve as she went by. He was con-
sciOus of fragrance of lilies, and his
eyes followed with vague interest as
she knelt or stood among the rest; but
he could see only a slender figure
dressed in gray, and q great knot of
hair, like FURNISHED red gold, at the
back of q small head. The service
over, she turned, and what seemed to
him the sweetest face that ever mortal
possessed was suddenly revealed to his
eyes-pure in outline, softly tinted,
shy, tender, with long downcast lashes
dropping over q cheek like q wild rose.
No color relieved her dress, but below
the fair arched throat single lily was
fastened with knot of white ribbon.
To fall in love instantaneously with q
stranger is q foolish thing enough, NO
doubt; still, young men have done it
from. time to time in all ages, and
Philip Greer did it now: A sort of
wave OF surprise. Joy, recognition,
swept over and lifted him as on q tide
as this sweet vision neared him, passed,
vanished. Only decorum kept him in
his place another moment. He longed
to turn, to follow, to see that lace
again. With the final "Amen'' he
caught ut his hat and made q bolt for
the door. Alas! his charmer had dis
appeared. He sought with his ewes
this way, that, but in vain. At last a
glimpse Of gray cloak surmounted by
little gray hat rewarded his search.
and making. what haste he could
through the crowd, he gained the door
in time to see her drive away in q farm
wagon with two or three other people.
It was like the evanishment of Cinder-
ella, and. - in that case, only one
tangible trace remained behind of the
fair departed. On the ground, close to
where the wagon had stood, lay, broken
nom ito stalk, IN Easter lily. Phil had
Just time 10 secure this treasure and
Gram 1t Into his pocket when he Wan
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

UAAOAA PAOJuNAVO0 6Av0 W0y a. OuC0 UuUCC
the effect of her gentleness and charm.
"She was really dear little thing"
they told their mother. "It was q
great pity her father treated papa so.
He must have been q hateful old man,
but Azalea was quite different. And,
after all, she was their cousin. And
mightn't they ask her over some day
to spend q week?' Mrs. Greer OBJ
jected family, but was overruled in the
end; and Azalea once recognized and
admitted as a factor in the existing
state of things, the rest was easy
enough. Rather q long engagement
followed, but in Easter week, two wears
from the date of their first meeting,
Philip obtained the desire of his heart.
and the long feud between the Greer fam
lilies finally terminated at the wedding,
which took place III the little church
where he and Azalea had first met. It
was prettily decked with evergreen
wreaths and flowers for the occasion
an innovation to which Mrs. Greer of
the Summit felt bound, as q Presbyte-
rian, to object.
"It's too much like the Romanists, -
she remarked. "And 1 can't approve
of the idea of turning a church into a
flower show. And why on earth did
Azalea wear that big lily in her hair
instead of artificialsP 1t looked SO
queer"
But Azalea's flower was chosen to
please Philip.
"Orange blossoms wouldn't suit you
at all, !" he whispered, coaxingly. IL
hate limitations and shams OF all sorts.
There is only one flower in the world
which suits you perfectly, my darling.
You know what that is. Shall 1 ever
forget how you looked that morningP
See, have it here, the only lily you
wore. How often l have looked at it,
and vowed that this day should come,
1t had TO wait ten years for it! And
now it has come, and you will wear its
fellow in your hair to please me. You
viii, Will you not, my Easter Lilye'-
Horper's Basar.