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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27
That Useful Tuber.

The soil acknowledged as best
adapted to the requirements of the
potato plant is a sandy loan, neither
too wet nor yet too dry; heavy soils in
duce watery insipidity of flavor and
render dry mealy product impossible.
A rich fresh sod yields probably the
best-flavored potatoes and those least
liable to disease. A calcareous soil
produces good tubers and generally a
sure crop, though if there is but little
lime present it should be added.
Salt, ashes and gypsum are excellent
fertilizers and have been known to pro-
duce on some lands astonishing results.
A dressing of salt and unleached ashes
applied in the growing season acts not
only as fertilizer but is preventive
of the grub prevalent in richly -manured
lands. Bone-dust also greatly benefits
a potato soil. Fresh barnyard manures
are not advised. They are liable to
affect the flavor of the potatoes and in
duce luxuriant growth of tops at the
expense of the tubers, which in conse-
quence become an easy prey to blight.
When necessary to apply manure it is
recommended that it be scattered
broadcast and plowed in.
The relative merits of whole or cut
potatoes for seed agitates the agricult-
ural world each recurring season. Both
systems find advocates among success
full growers. This fact proves that it
is of little consequence which mode is
followed, other things being equal.
The general rule arising from conflict
ing experiences and their respective re-
suits is: Select for seed none but the
best and, when the tuber is cut, leave
bulk enough to insure sufficient susten-
ance to the young plant.
The distance apart of both hills and
drills depends on the character of the
land and the variety of potato planted;
some sorts grow much larger tops than
others. Thorough cultivation during
the early season is imperative. The
young tubers require suitable bed to
swell in and become irregular and fail
to attain the desired size when they
have to struggle with hard ground.
After the vines begin to bloom, when
the potatoes are forming and near the
surface, cultivation should cease be-
yond pulling out any weeds that may
make appearance.-N. Y. World.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

uate with .. diploma. The commits
sion answered her that her request was
so exceptional that they did not think
they had aFighttO decide it, and adj
vised her to write personally to the
Minister of the Interior, M. Thorbecke.
On the 25th of June, 1864, he refused
her request on the ground that Arti-
Gle II of the Instructions for Drug
gists used only the pronoun he. The
law OF 1866 upon the exercise of the
art OF healing was. however, more gal
liant than its predecessor, and admitted
women as we'll as men to the examine
ton as either students of pharmacy,
druggists assistants or druggists.
Hardly eleven years have passed since
this last medical law began to oper-
ate, and already hundred women
have been received as students of phar-
macy, and when they have acquired
the necessary knowledge and satisfied
the legal requirements will pass
through the examination necessary to
qualify them for the right to open a
drug store.
The examination required for be-
coming a student of pharmacy is itself
quite serious one. 1t compartments
the Dutch language, arithmetic, Latin,
the reading and application of written
receipts and some Of the prescriptions
of the Pharmdcop0a heerbandica,
theoretical knowledge of medicine, a
knowledge of simples by their exterior
characters, the origins of medicines,
their scientific names with their syno-
nyms and the preparation of receipts.
The fact is not very tlattering to the
stronger sex that, on the average, the
number of masculine candidates re-
fused is double that of women candi-
dates. These future druggists. many
of whom are the daughters of drug
gists or country doctors, do not find
their places only in their fathers Of
fees, but are in demand among the
druggists of the large cities in Amster-
dam especially, and now in the phar-
macies of hospitals, and commend
themselves by their habits of order,
neatness and exactness, which are rare
ly met with in equal degree among
their male competitors.-M Y. Graphic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27
n BIOLOGICAL ROMANCE.

INSPIRED BY AN UNUSUAL FLOW OF ANIMAL
sPIRITs.]
nos No swEErER girl eve ever gnu
Anan Betty Martens daughter Sue.
NTH sable hare. small. tapir waist:
Bright lambert eyes, like the gazelle.
Oheep pertly brought to bear 30 well;
APE pretty Lass, it was avowed,
VI whom her marmot to be proud.
Deer girl! loved her as my life.
And vowed to heifer for my wife.
Alas: a sailor. on the sly,
Had cast on her his wether eye
He said my love for her WIS bosh,
And my affection l musQuash.
He'd dog her footstep. everywhere,
Anteatcr in the easy-chair;
He'd setter round, this sailor chap,
And pointer out upon the map
Where once pirate cruiser boar
HIM captive to foreign shore.
The cruel Captain far ontdid
The yaks and crimes of Robert Kid.
He oft would whale Jack with the cat,
And say: MY buck, doe you like that?
What makes you stag around 20. say!
The catamounts to something, hey2"
Then he would seal it with an oath,
And say: " You are lazy slOth!
"rll starve you down. my sailor fine,
Until for beef and porcupine!'
And. fairly horse with fiendish laughter,
Would say: Henceforth mind what giraffe teri"
In short, the many risks he ran
Might well llama a drawer man.
Then he WAS wrecked and castor shore
While feebly clinging to anoa;
Hyena a cleft among the rocks
de crept, sans shoes. and minus OK.
And when he fain would goat to bed,
lie had to lion leaves. instead.
Then Sue would say. with troubled face;
" How koodoo live in such place."
And straightwav into tears would melt,
And say: How badger must have felt!'
While he, the brute. woodchuck her chin,
And say; Aye-Aye. my lass.' and grin.
Excuse these steers. It's over now:
There's naught like grief the hart can COW.
Jackass'd her to be his, and She
She gave Jackal and Tilted me.
And now, alas! the little minks
Is bound to him with Hymens lynx.
-Chds. r. adams. in Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

flush Of hope on his young face and an indie
scribable yearning to live and take an hon.
ored place in the world beside the compaD-
ions Of his youth. And somebody's mother
is thinking Of the time when that dear face
will be hidden where no ray of hope can
brighten it-when her heart and home will be
left desolate-because there was no cure for
consumption. Reader, II the child be your
peighbor's, take this comforting word to the
mothers heart before 1t Is too late. Tell her
that consumption Is durable, that men are
living to-day, aged, robust men, whom the
physicians pronounced incurable at the age
Of twenty-five, because one lung had been a.
most Destroyed By the disease. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is most efficient
Alternative for separating the scrofulous matter
from the blood and lungs, and imparting
strength to the system. It has cured hun
dreds of consumptfves.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

THERE is no way of cooking an apple
that develops itsfull flavor like baking.
BY baking l do not mean putting them
into an old tin or iron pan, and thrust
ing them into hot oven for half an
hour or so; though even such treat
ment cannot quite spoil them. But
having selected fair skinned, sound
apples and wiped them clean, place
them in an earthen baking-d dish with q
little sugar, fill half full of boiling
water, and bake rather slowly for one,
two, three, or even four hours!-Mrs.
Read, in Foote's Health Monthlv.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

The elder Rothschild was man of
great independence of character, and
had very little patience with the over
bearing manners of the nobility. One
day the Due de Grammont called on
him when he was writing. The mill
ionaire lifted his head, nodded, and
asked the visitor to take q chair. The
Due was not accustomed to such re-
ception, and said with hauteur, Mon
sieur, 1 am the Due de Grammont."
Rothschild lifted his eyes once more
from his writing and replied, "Ah, is
that so? Then please take two chairs. !"
The choler of rash man is apt to
break out at the wrong place.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27
Poverty and Suffering.

81 was dragged down with debt, poverty
and suffering for years, caused by sick fami-
ly and large bills for doctoring, which did
them no good. was completely discouraged,
until one year ago, by the advice of my pas
tor, procured Hop Bitters and commenced
their use, and in one month we were all vel,
and none of us have seen sick day since, and
I want to say to all poor men. you can keep
your families well q year with Hop Bitters for
less than one Doctors visit will cost know
Il. A WORKINGMAN.n
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27
Women Druggists In Holland.

In 1865 a young lady Of Zaandijk,
Miss A. M. Tobbe. wrote to the Medi-
cal Commission of Northern Holland,
asking to be admitted as student of
pharmacy; she desired to fit herself to
carry on the druggist business Of her
father, who had Just died, and which
was about 20 b entrusted 70 4 grad
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

1t is curious fact that no attempts
have been made to tame and utilize the
African elephant for draft purposes. 1t
is'now proposed to import trained In
dian elephants and experiment with a
herd of wild elephants which are now
in the neighborhood of Port Natal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27
Elihu Burritt.

Elihu Burritt, whose death is an
nQunced this evening in our dispatches,
had an almost worldwide reputation
as "The Learned Blacksmith. He
was born in New Britain, Conn, on the
9th of December, 1910. His ancestors
were Scotch, and both his father and
grandfather served in the American
army during the Revolution. His
father was a shoemaker in humble cir
cumstances, and having family of ten
children could not afford to give them
very liberal advantages. When seven
teen years old Elihu was apprenticed
to a Blacksmith, and it was during his
labors at the anvil that great deal Of
his study was accomplished. He was
& natural mathematician, but had also
a great taste for the languages, and
with little assistance he mastered
French, Latin and Greek, and later he
acquired knowledge of other tongues.
1t is related that when twenty-five
years old, being ashamed to ask for aid,
he resolved on working his own way in
his studies; so he sat down to Homer's
"Iliad'' without note or comment,
and with only a lexicon with
Latin definitions. He had never read
a line in the book, but determined that
if he could read two lines by hard study
during the whole day he would never
ask help of any .one in mastering the
Greek language. He won q complete
victory, and by the middle of the after
noon had read and committed fifteen
lines to memory.
He went to Worcester, Mass, in or
der to use the library of the Antiquarian
Society there, and there he made his
first attempt at journalism, editing the
Christian Citizen, journal devoted to
the peaceable settlement of interna-
tional troubles. He became q lecturer
of note, speaking on the subjects OF
temperance, slavery and cheap ocean
postage. In 1876 he went to England
and formed "The League of Universal
Brotherhood" which announcedits aim
to be the abolition of war.
He took deep interest in the slav-
cry question, advocating compensated
emancipation, and he assumed charge
of q Philadelphia journal, the Citizen
Of tie World, in 1852, in order to ad-
vance this scheme. In his devotion to
the subject it is said that he sometimes
restricted his personal expenses to six.
teen cents day.
In 1865 MIR. Burritt was made United
States Consul at Birmingham, Eng, but
was removed from Office when Presi-
dent Grant was inaugurated. He re.
turned to this country in 1870, and has
given his attention since to quiet liter
airy work, writing to the newspapers
on many subjects. Among his books
are "Sparks from the Anvil" "Miscel.
laneous Writings" "Olive Leaves ~
Thoughts and Things at Home and
Abroad" "AWalk from John o. Groat's
to Lands End" Lectures and
Speeches. and "Ten-Minute Talks
on all Sorts of Topics"
MIR. Burritt was man of the most
honest and earnest purpose, often radi.
cal in some of his plans, but always
certain to have good end in view. He
aimed in his literary work to instruc,
and to benefit his readers rather thar
to produce elegant literature. Hit
health had been poor for . long time
and attacks of hemorrhage of the lungs
had more than once given warning that
his days were numbered.-M. Y. Even'
ing Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

A story about gathering in Ala
bama ut which were sixteen beautiful
widows is going the rounds. but it has
occurred to no one to call it lone col.
lection.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

nv Wsemssal Catalogue Of Vegetable $50
EvOsceS Seed for 1879, rich In engIavingss from
ply Customers Of last season need not write for It. Of
Tor 0 the largest collections OF vegetable seed ever
OF which were grown on my SIX seed farms. Printed
disecsions for cueir0siOn on each package All seed
should It provo otherwise .ciH sen he order gyGtts
The original ntrOducer Of the Hubbard Squash rhin
and scores Of other vegetables Invite the patronage
Of c ,cA0 am1i0us % hare their seed directly from
ne 0TOscey, fresh, true and Of tAe gerry bese ssr0
NEW VEGETABLES A SPECIALITY. Ass la
JAMES ]. H. GREGORY MArbleheAd. ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

THE Bank of England win be one
hundred and eighty-five years old on
the 9th of the coming July, having
received its charter of incorporation at
that date, and having been projected
by William Paterson, Scotchman.
Constituted as a joint-stock company,
with capital of fl, 200, 900, the whole
sum was lent at interest to the govern
ment of William and Mary, then much
embarrassed. At the outset it was q
servant of the State and has ever since
continued such more or less. Tho
charter, granted at first for eleven
years, has been from time to time re-
newed, the last renewal, subject to
modification or revocation, having been
in 1874. For y while the business
was done in one room now the bank
occupies, as everybody knows, large
building in Threadneedle street and
employs some eight hundred men.
Nothing less than q Is note is ever is
sued, and no note is issued a second
time. The average amount of notes
in circulation is ELS, 100000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

STEAM Power Threshers Speciality. Special
~ sizes OF Separators made expressly for Steam Power
AUR Unrivaled Steam Thresher EngineS.
- both Portable and Traction with Valuable Improve
ments far beyond any other make kind.
1.-THE ENTIRE Threading Expenses land often
= three to five times that amount) made BIZ the
Extra Grain SAVED BY these Improved Machines.
eSRAIN Raisers will not submit to the eRor.
wasage Of Grain and the inferior By
oil ether machines, when posted the difference.
MOT Only Vastly Superior for Wheat, Oass;
Barley Rye, and like Grains, but the ONLY Success
full Thresher in Flax Timothy, Milet Clover, and like
Seeds. Requires NO attachments "rebuildinG" .
change from Grain to Seeds.
1N Thorough Workmanship, Elegant Finish,
Perfection Of Parts. Completeness Of Equipment
our "VnRATo1" Thresher Outfits Incompatible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

m0y w. AuVoAA1OAy 1oACS pIAuc III Ills
work; and this detective was as proud
of having outwitted ME as q General
would be of having gained a great VIC
tory. He resumed his wig and beard
so as not to excite surprise in the peo-
pie of the hotel, and going with him to
the bureau procured change for my
note and paid him for the socks. The
latter, it appeared, belonged bona fde
to the shop where I had been. But
how Monsieur x. had got possession of
them, or why the woman of the shop
had allowed him to bring them to my
hotel, are mysteries I have never vet
been able to solve.
The next morning, while was still
discussing an early breakfast, a visiting
card. on which was inscribed the name
"Achille Dubras,'' was handed to me,
with the intimation that the gentleman
of that name wished to see me. Anxious
as was to obtain news of the lost
property, and thinking That "Achille
Dubras'' might be the name had not
caught when introduced to the detect
i've at the Rue de Jerusaleme, I was not
q little disappointed when my visitor
was ushered into the room. He was an
elderly man, with shortcut, crisp hair,
white, dropping mustache and a very
pale face, and began long, rambling
statement about being commits or clerk
in q certain financial firm, to which
firm, upon q day he named, some for
eign bonds. payable "to bearer" and
worth $4,000 francs (f1O,OOO), had
been pledged as security for loan of
one-twenty-fifth of their value. The
principal facts of the mans statement
were easy enough to understand. but
what between his rambling voice and his
evident desire to conceal certain details
l could not exactly make cut his story,
and ended by asking him whether he
would accompany me to Rue de Jeru-
saleme and state there what he had told
me.
!" AUec le plus grand plaisir,' replied
he. in familiar and altogether changed
voice. and there, pulling off his wig
and adjusting his mustache, sat re,
vealed once more my travelling com.
panion, Monsieur X I had certainly
been taken In, II possible more COM.
pletsly than the first time, and I again
o8sfsd 70 pay my bet d fairly lost;
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-27

the headquarters of the Paris police.
Upon sending up my letter and card,
was shown to the room of the "Sous-
Chefde Police Objectionable; = which,
as have mentioned before, is q totally
distinct department from that of the
political police. The gentleman into
whose presence 1 was shown had very
little the appearance which in England
we perceive in our Police Inspectors.
He was well-dressed, clean-shaven
man of about fifty years of age, and
looked more like the manager or head
of banking establishment than as if
he had anything to do with the detec-
tive police. He was seated at large
writing-table. upon which we're q null
titude of letters and other papers, duly
docketed. Within reach he had three
or four handles of electric-bells, and
half q dozen elastic speaking tubes, by
which he could communicate in an in
slant with any part of the building.
On one side of the room was a large
glass door, beyond which could per-
ceive quite plainly some three or four
sergents-de-ville were sitting, 80 that
they could see all that passed in their
Chiefs room, and be ready to come in
at q moments notice, although they
could not hear what was said.
The Sous Chef received me not only
well, but c0urteously. He heard nv
story and, without expressing an opin-
ion as to whether could carry out the
views of my employers, and recover
the bonds, said he thought he knew
the man who would suit me. He then
touched one of the bell-handles, and
Immediately spoke through one of the
tubes to some person or persons in
another part of the house. Having
received . reply to his queries, he told
me that the man he wanted would be
with Us in . minute, and then began
talking on Indifferent subjects. In q
vory short time some one knocked at
the door, and, upon being told to come
y, there entered quite 8 young man,
almost IL well dfesDed ID kib superior;
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20

=. N. Schnee. formerly Of Tyrone Cir.
Pennsylvania, having located In Sallna for IN.
practice Of his profession, would tender his
services TO the citizens OF Salina and surround.
ing country. Having had advantage Of the
Dental College at Philadelphia, Pa. Is com
petent Of performing all dental operations in
the latest and most approved manner. Al
work guaranteed. and warranted to give sasis-
faction. Terms moderate. Oiiice over A. r.
Shute's Meat Market. next door to Rssh's
Store
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20
Why WIN YW

Allow cold 10 advance In your system and
inns encourage more serious ma'adies. snch
- Paeumooia, Hemorrhages and LING trou-
bles. when IN immediate reli~f can b. -
readily attained. BoscHkS's GERMAN srEur
has gained the largest sale 10 the sosid for
the cure Of Coughs, Colds and the severess
Lung Diseases. IL b Dr.. Boeehee's hmou.
German psesziPtioa, a0db psepased wish The
gTes1ess care, and no fear need be enieYtaio-
ed IN administering 10 de youneest child. as
pr direcfions. The sale % shis ned5e3ue h
uapeees3esaed. Since Arse iusrclueesi slrre has
been coosfast Increasing demand aad Nth
cot single repest q iaiisre 20 - De worn
in any case. Ask your drugyia ~ to fhe
TYy Il and BE- cUuvfDee<i
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20

1t is strange so many people will continue
to suffer day after day with dyspepsia. liver
eral debility when they can procure a. our
store SHILOH's vrrALixER, FREE Of cost if il
does not cure or relieve them. Price IS cts.
Sold by II. NJ. Sale, druggist.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20
SALINAS RIGHTEOUS lxDIGxATION

We s.ske IN our tssue OF last week concerning n
orier mad, hy the General Superintendent Of the kai
s.s Pacific. requiring further operation Of III.
switch on Fourth street u be Suspended This nc
resulted in causing grnt Indignation among our en-
tire peors. snf making t's-m especially bitter .ssns
the memisrs The local company NJ th< Linsishos,
Lr inch wt, Doubt the prime movers Of tn
order Another thnS which asiie-i fuel 10 fhe nrs
WAS the atfrrn,a OF the Ieai company through thu
Mayor to obtain fsse right II way for ih~ir braneh
rail road upon Of principal Streets by forcing
the during the sbsence Of Messrs. pber and
Dodge, eouncilmen. known 10 he strenuous ePpo-
nenis Of the movement. Monday evening las, ws'
the evening for the regular meeting OF the eonacil
was runore that Mayor would bring mp the ques-
tiou and there wss general aii~ndance Of our busi
Witness the resuf-nesriy all Of them he
ing opposed 70 the move. Ii Was hintesl shout tn
the council stood two for the measure. and two
sgainst-thus giving the Mayor the casting vote
There was much ''frsr and trembling. - and oppress
i've silencs while he prelimn ares Of tbe meeting
were being arranged. viaaly . resolution was IN
PRODUCED by couneiiman Borg, ngaed BY himself md
cou ncilmen Wight and Stevens. which ~ ordered
read II was to the effect that the three eounclmea
named hal become satisGed that the Mayor was act
ing in manner inmica u the best interests OF ths
city; that his remaining In TIE ocs wAs aaanst thu
wish OF nearly all the people OF Salina. followed BY
statement that they should refuse TO act oelly will
him any more. The Mayor arose to his feet and Sta
ted that he should not resign; thst he Was Mayor Of
the city anil proposed 10 remain until April Isl
The council motion OF eoanci Imam Berg, imrnsdi-
siely ado urned. THREE roasing cheers were givex
for the three ncilmen By the spe ctatUrs and after
some talking. ''the crowd dispersed.
The bitter feeling towards the Mayor. the local COM
pahy. and the superintendent Of the railroad eomps
engendered At that meeting did A0e become m0ii-
ei by time. lat resulted IN the call tor mass meet
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20

Hon. Schuyler ColfsS says OF His Manual. eft b,
TIE most comprehensIhie snd satisfactory OF the
kind have seea. and eaghi to be muitiplied -
many times there families In the sit~d sis,--
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20

The --latest revised and Improved edition OF Hill
MAMMAL. just oat. With iii its buWsess AID .oclni
forms brought dows to the presesf time snd all Of ~
valuable sfatisticsl tables correctesl Ia date