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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-12


Besides, It should not be forgotten that the
last four years of power he'd by that party
were secured by diecreditable means and held
I'm defiance Of the wishes of the majority of
the people 1t was q grievous wrong to every
voter and TO our system of self-g0v.rment
which should never be FORGOTTEN or forgiven.
Many of the men now in Office re put there
because of corrupt partisan services in thus
defeating the fairly and legally expressed
will Of the majority, and the hypocrisy OF the
professions OF that party in favor of civil
service reform was shown by Placing such
men in office, and turning the whole brood
OF Federal 0ficeholders loose to influence the
elections. The money OF the people, taken
out Of the public Treasury by these men for
services often poorly performed, or not per.
formed at all, is being used in vast sums
sanction Of the Administration to control
the elections, and even the members Of
the Cabinet are strOlling about the country
making partisan speeches, instead of being in
their Departments at Washington discharging
the public duties for which they are paid by
the people; but, with al their cleverness snd
abb fly, discriminating public will no doubt
read between the lines Of their speeches that
their paramount hope and aim are TO keep
themselves or their satellites four years
longer in Office Perpetuating the power Of
will not benefit the millions of men and women
who hold no office, but earn their daily bread
by honest industry. This the same discrim-
mating public will no doub. fully understand,
- they will also that it IL because of their
own industry and economy and Gods bounti-
ful harvests that the country is comparatively
prosperous, and not because of anything done
By these Federal ofiiceholders. The country
p comparatively prosperous, not because OF
them, but In spite OF them.
.. THE CONTEST
is, in fact. between the people endeavoring to
gain the political power which rightfully be-
longs to them and to restore the pure, simple.
economical Constitutional Government of our
fathers ON the one side, and 100000 Federal
omceholders and their tsckers; pampered
with place and power, and determined to re-
tain them at oil hazards, ON the other. Hence
the constant assumption Of new and danger
Gus powers by the General Governmspt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Grub.Staking.

One can acquire an interest in min
ing property IN many ways. He can
find mine himself; he can supply an
him share in what he may find (and
this is grub stalking y; he may buy a
mine when found, or share of it, bear
ing in mind the Western saying that
"a prospect hole is not mine;" or he
can invest in stocks. Grub-staking q
good man, and, if possible, accompany
ing him on his search, may be called
the best way, for, SAID an OLD hand,
"you make your loss at the start" Buy
ing a claim or claims is not infrequent-
ly satisfactory; but said, with quaint
gravity, another "old timer" Ii 1 was
capitalist, and I'd see mine worth
half million, I'd want to buy it for
about $25, 1000, and have some advantage
on my side. A man can't see very far
into the ground"
1t is stated that no geologist ever
yet found valuable mine-the hum
bic prospector being always at the front
and even then owing much to acci-
dent. With his burro laden with lit
tie bacon and flour, perhaps little cof
fee and sugar, q frying pan and a coffee
pot, and with his pick and shovel, this
hard working pioneer traverses the
length and breadth of the mineral re-
gion, undergoing many great hards hips,
often facing danger, often, indeed, lay
ing his bones on some desolate hillside
or in some lonely canon; and then
only to think OF tone in 800 finds
fortune We hear of late years that
mining has become as regular and le-
gitima5e an occupation rs anuiactur-
ing; and it is undoubtedly true that
method and system have been largely
introduced, aud that the strong owners
of paying mines and successful smelt-
ing works may rightly CLAIM that they
are engaged in sober and industrial
pursuits; but with the great bulk of
modern Argonauts, from our poor,
sanguiAe pick-user and burro-driver to
the New Yorker, who, without the
slightest real knowledge of what he is
doing, stakes d flyer" i'll Wall street, 1t
is as certain as the sun rises and sets
that the gambling and not the CONNER
cial instinct predominates. A bank was
pointed out to the. writer IN large
mining town which, with capital of
$4,000, had deposits OF from 100000
to $S00,0O0 and which had made $43,-
900 net profits in nine months.
But theyssay that there is no money
in banking" was added mean no
money as compared with what some of
them can make in mining. When a
fellow can go out and make a SAC, 900 or
$4,000 strike banking seems pretty
slo,r." Gould anything better illus
trate what has just been said "a. II.
Hayes, Jr., IN Harper's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Students Deyiltry.

Some medical students planned in
Baltimore daring freak, which mis-
carried only by mere chance. They
went up to the top of the Washington
monument in the evening, when it was
fast growing dark, one of them wearing
an extra coat, another an extra pair of
pantaloons, and another carrying old
boots and other material concealed, with
which to manufacture the effigy of q
man. They quickly did their work, al
most too quickly, for their design had
been observed by several people on the
street below, whose presence on the COR
ner attracted the attention of the keeper.
Apprehending that tragedy was i'm
pending, he rushed to the top of the
shaft, where he was at first startled by
seeing pair of boots hanging over the
parapet, and near by slow match burn
ing. On closer examination, however,
he discovered the trick, which had been
artfully planned. The effigy had rope
about its neck, an end of which was tied
to the lightning-rod. Another cord was
around the waist of the figure, and to
this the slow match had been attached,
which, when it had burned the cord, by
The time it had grown quite dark, would
have caused the figure TO slip over the
parapet, and left it for Sunday morning,
terrifying spectacle to all
good folks on the way to church.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
A Wondleri

In most Of the papers may be seen an an
nouncement Of new rubber boot, made by
the Candee Rubber Co., Of New Haven, CT.
This boot marks q now era in the manufacture
of rubber goods, and is called the @95 Per
Cent Sterling" to denote its high quality, and
is covered by no less than seven patents, all
owned by the Candee Co.. One of the boots,
split to show its exact character, is on exhibi-
ton at the stores, and shows an article for
genuine service that is seemingly indestruct-
IDLE. The Company warrants these boots three
months, although there is abundant testimony
that the boots will stand six months hard
wear every day. The .Candee"i is the largest
rubber goods company in the world, and its
warrant is equal to bond One of the patents
referred to covers binding for the top of the
leg, in which are engraved spaces for every
day and month in the year, 30 that the store
keeper can punch ont the date of sale, and 80
fix beyond dispute the duration Of the three
months warrant Altogether, it is the most
wonderful boot that has yet appeared.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
A PeriIOus Widow.

Democrats are the exception instead
of the rule in Vermont, and it is I'M
usual to see more than two or three
gathered together. Widow - has
buried three husbands. all prominent
Democrats. At the funeral of the last,
many of the" unterrifed were III at.
tendance, and as they were leaving the
house gentleman remarked, in an un-
der-tone: "This looks like Demo
cratic State Convention"
The widow is soon to marry fourth
husband, who is also q noted Demo
crat, and, as the matter was being dis
cussed recently, Jim -, who is one
of the true blues" said: Boys, this
thing is getting serious; at this rate
the widow will in few years ruin the
Democratic party of Rutland county"
-Harper's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

An amusing application of the won
ders of the telephone as an assistant de-
tective of crime comes to us from
Julian. Several horses were recently
stolen in that neighborhood, and sus-
picion fell upon certain Indian as the
thief. Some one having introduced a
telephone up.t there. the same was being
exhibited, when it occurred to the
owner of the stolen horses to get the
Indian to come in and hear the "Great
Spirit" talk. The Indian took one of
the cups and was thrilled with aston
ishment at being apparently SO near the
Great Keeper of the Happy Hunting
Grounds. After some little time spent
in wonderment, the Indian was solemn
ly commanded by the Great Spirit to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Propagating Roses, Etc.

Having been connected with the floral
trade from very arly in life, and
been in the employment of one of the
most noted florists in America, l will
describe the manner in which roses are propa-
gated by commercial florists In the first place.
it is necessary to have sand bed, which il
usually made in that corner OF the greenhouse
above thebeatiug apparatus, i'll order that the
cuttings may be supplied with bottom heat
The sand IL carefully sifted and piled on the
cutting bench uutl il is about three inches
deep. 1t must at all times be kept moist; in
deed some florists say to keep the sand soaked
with water. Now we are ready for tho cuttings.
These are TO be taken when the wood has
ripened sufficiently to show the bud in the axil
OF the leaf 1t is unnecessary 10 make the cut
ting at the JOINT; il is usually done just above
the bud OF the preceding emitting. TO make it
more plain, the cutting will look something
like this: piece abouE an inch or two long TO
put in the sand, and one bud, which should
DE Just above the surface OF the cutting
bench. This is all the art OF preparing
the slips, but, somehow on other, amateurs are
rarely successful One must expect to make
hundreds OF failures before they manage to
root the first rose. The cuttings viii need
shade for a few days to induce root growth.
After while the wound made in preparing the
cutting will callous, as florists say, and, once
healed over, then roots will speedily forn. Ii
is as well to leave the young plants in the sand
bed until they are well rooted. and then pot
them off. The Monthly, or Ever-blooming
Roses, root easiest; next TO them come the Hy-
brid Perpetuals, while the Moss Roses are the
most difficult / have tired, unsu ccessfully,
70 root the Cape Jasmine in the same way, but
have learned they may be rooted in botrle OF
water in the same way as Oleanders are propa-
gated. Very few of my readers have the con-
venieoces of a professional horist, but here Is
method any amateur may pursue. Get box
horse manure, tramp it down firmly and then
put on, say, six inches of sald Mako the cut
tings in August and september. Put them in
rows about three inches apart and one inch
apart in tue row, following the direction given
Mr.. RENNIE.
AIxswoRTH Iowa.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
The Mexican and His I.asso.

The South Texas correspondent
writes as follows:
IAN accomplishment of the cowboy
and one in which, to be successful, h,
must invariably be an adept, is 'roping
lasso. It is an ordinary half-inch hemp
en- rope, usually sixty feet long, anG
provided with what farmers call slip
knot TIE Mexicans often use 'lariat,
which is even stronger, and, by hand
made Of rawhide thongs. I'll cowboy
when about to use his lasso, secures one
end to the strong and substantial horn
OF his saddle, which, is itself secured To
the animal he rides by two strong,
broad girths of hair from the cows tail.
With the bride reins in his left hand
and the rope coiled up in his right, the
cowboy gallops off into the prairies and
directs his course toward some horse or
cow he desires to catch. At sight of
him they likewise set off at gallop,
and the race continues until the pur-
suer has gained sufficiently on them to
use his rope. The coil is at length sud-
denly thrown into the air, and so accu-
rately has the rider calculated time and
distance that, although his own animal
and the one he is pursuing are dashing
along like locomotive, the moose de-
sends on the head or around the horns
of the fleeing COW. So well trained IS
the cowboys horse that the latter in
stantly stops in his career and pulls
back. The COW has also been halted
and secured, the rider and his horse ex-
periencing a profound jolt, to which,
however, they are not by any means
strangers. A horse is caught in the
same manner as a COW, only that the
cowboy throws the rope around the neck
instead of the horns as in the case of
the cow.
But cattle and horses are not the only
subjects of the lasso, which is, and has
long been, used by Mexican bandits and
highwaymen in assaulting and killing
or robbing unwary travellers on the Rio
Grande. For this purpose the stealthy
thug generally conceals himself in
thicket of chaparral or behind grove
of cactus (prickly pear, which here
grows higher than q mans headD near
by the roadside. In this position he,
panther-like, awaits the approach of his
victim, who comes riding along, totally
of danger. All at once
away goes the lasso high in the air, nor
does the wayfarer have time to recover
from his surprise before the fatal moose
has been so tightly drawn around his
throat that his breathing is suddenly
stopped, he is dragged from his horse
in the death agonies, and soon all is
over. The thug first secures the horse,
if valuable enough, then waits till the
last struggles are past, then quickly
rifles his pockets, drags his corpse into
the chaparral, and rides away on the
dead mans horse.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
AISswoRTH, Iowa.
Window Decoration.

cut a piece Of old, brown felt
into ,hree-pointed graceful shape, orna-
mented the center point with pink velvet leaves
from old WORKOUT wreath; button-hole
stitched them down with rose silk, pinkej out
the edge, put tiny cross stitch in each scallop,
and dot betweea of the rose silk. / shall
fasten at the top with crimson gimp and silver
tacks.
An old, myrtle-green poplin dress
washed carefully cut in the same shape, lined,
and trimmed the edges with gold aud stone
colored military fringe. The center point Of one
shaded from linden to myrtle-g green; button
hole stitched down with green of another
shade. That is just exactly Orientily gorgeous
lift is made Of old material Anotherone har pnl
and crimson velvet Prelargonium bloss Jms,
and gold and stone -colored leaves, stitched
with gold.oOiored ella. -'--r- IRENE ABooN.
KFIIFkTgN. Iowa.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
management of Children

Now, call me old-fashioned if you
please. In few months it will be half O
century since l took possession of my first
wardrobe. l do not altogether approve of the
style IN which it was made. Ladies then wore
goods enough in their dress sleeves to have
made comfortable dress for a baby. But in
a baby's sleeve there was not enough to wrap
little sore finger The low necked and shoyt-
seeved baby dress seemed to say that the little
tender baby had more hardy arms and neck
than the mother But then their skirts did not
sweep the floor, as they now do IL you take a
babe on your lap. Then i. didn take young
fortune to get babes wardrobe, az it does
now. Then you were not afraid to pick mp a
baby, have q good fro,ic with it till it
would laugh, crow and grow. Nov, between
the starch. tucka, rufies, puffs, embroidery
aid 'ong skirts, one Is afraid 10 take up baby
only in stiff, precise way, and somebody has
TO sweat over the ironing-tabe every week to
do up baby clothes. The long sleeves and high
neck baby dress of the present time are an i'm
provement on the old; but If you will shorten
the skirts and make them palmer you will inn
prove them still more. and they will be more
sensible and heal,hful.
believe that many baby is fretful and
peevish, and thought to be sick, when nothing
ails it but being fashionably dressed. The long
clothes are drag on both mother and child.
Have you not heard mothers, and have you not
yourselves, often given sigh OF relief when
the long Clothes were lllu ASIDE Tor SnOrt ones !!
Here is letter my son wrote me two or three
years before he died He had no idea it would
ever appear in print, but, at the request OF a
friend who knew him, j copy it,
LINES WRITTEN TO MY MOTHER, BY Z. s. NJ.
Listen. mother, darling mother
For the songs you love so WELL
Try and catch them AZ they wander
Down Along the Woody DELL"
Weare singing, and brother, aF
AS the breezes softly blow,
Waiting them toward the loved ones,
AS They Wander 10 and Fro" fGr
Singing loud "The Rose of Texas"
Singing softer over here"
And thea asking one another.
wonder If they hear us there's"
Hearts glad and voices louder
While we sin Union Forever"
Still, we'd miss another old one
If we sang not "Swanee River"
"The Mountain Pines" aud "Molly Darling"
"Silver Threads Among tn Gold"
Merry Christmas" Happy New Year
For they never more grow old.
Listen. mother. while we're singing.
"We're Out Upon the Ocean DE p"
"Good- night" mother. "Gentle Mother"
snow We Lay Us Down TO Sleep"
HINsDALE.1n. IvY's MOTHER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Culprit and Judge.

Lord Chief Justice Holt in early life
was very dissipated, and belonged to a
club of wild fellows, most of whom took
an infamous course i'll life, One day,
when his Lordship was engaged at the
Old Bailey, man was convicted OF
highway robbery whom the Judge re-
membered to have been one of his old
companions. Moved by curiosity, Holt,
thinking the prisoner did not know
him, asked what had become OF his old
associates. The cuiprit, making low
bow and fetching deep sigh, replied (:
"Ah, my Lord, they are all hanged
but your Lordship and II
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
HOME INTERESTS. .m,r
who starts the Flowers

snLEcrED nY AUNT lucy.
psppy Sunshine smiled one day:
Don't you sec the grass Is brown. s
Rain drops chased her light away
We must patter. patter down,
I'LL the earth has had her I'LL"
Sunshine a. swered, smiling still:
Don't YOU SEE the ground Is bares
Flowers should he starring there;
Bat they will not come for rain,
Unjust make them III ON again."
Then the Pre,ze came hurrying past,
With fresh. hfe-giving blast:
1T is I. too, help TO make
All the lovely flowers wake:
Blowing through The sleeping trees:
What Will rouse them like the breezei"
Said the Night: II, as creep.
Close their leaves 3nd bring them sleep:
With tue cloak that darkest seems
Shut their eyes TO pleasant dreahs."
Said the Day: 81. with my light.
Change the vloomy robe of night
To the shining one of day,
Drivipg all its shades away"
Said the Earth: II feed the flowers,
Lavish on them all my powers;
Close intrusted 10 my care,
Planted ia my bosom fair,
When their dainty buds appear
!, their master, hold hem dear"
Sail the Sky: IL bend above,
1enderly To watch and love.
'Nea II my azure arch they live;
Sun and rain are mine to give
Cried the Spring, who heard them all:
"snnbeams, shine! and showers, fall
have broken winters spell,
You must rear my darling, well:
BY my magic breath they start,
Let them cneer each dropping hearth
DORA READ GooDALE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Judging.

Don't Judge man by his failure in
life, for many man fails because he is
too honest to succeed.
Don't judge a man by his speech, for
the parrot talks, but the tongue is but
nm instrument of sound.
Don't judge man by the house be
lives in, for the lizard and the rat often
inhabit the grandest structure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

age and his {otty16ye children. is OK
ceedingly allhy and carries HIMSELF
as stoutly as 3 young man. He lives at
Damascus, devoting his time to agri-
culture aud charity. He is one OF the
handsomest old men to be seen; enjoys
life, and asks from Providence nothing
better than to be able to read few
more obituaries of himself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
IVTI.-HT ~
NATURES kf6fbT~st
E' y; q! ~ ;|!;!|!!E
Female Weakness.

No better remedy In the whole materia- medica
has yet been compounded for the relief and cure
Of Female Complaints, Of the ordinary kind, than
VEGErISE. II seems TO act I'm these cases with
unwonted certainty, and never fails TO give new
aud hea,ihfu tone to the female organs 10 remove
relaxed debility and unhealthy secretions, and
restore healthful vigor and elasticity. One of
the most common OF these complaints is Lsucorr-
hna or Whites, which are brought on either by tho
presence Of scrofula in the system or by some
affection OF the womb, even by general debility.
For all these complaints, and when danger begins
70 threaten woman At the turn Of life, VEGETIsE
can be commended without qualification. The
great pr evidence of these disorders and their cure
by VEaETIsE, has amply shown that the sure allevi-
ating agent remains not yet to be discovered, but
IL already known aud is fsvorte with American
ladies. Too long has 1t been the custom to pre-
scribe nauseating and uucei tain remedies In place
OF what Is pleasant, eficscious and cheap. Try
VEeErIsE, and do not doubt its power to carry you
safely through danger and disease.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

"eive mp those stolen horses,"s Drop.
ping the cup as if he had been shot,
the Indian immediately confessed to
having stolen the horses, and trem-
blingly promised if his life was spared
he would restore the "caballos" at once,
and he did so.-SGn Diego (Cal)
U1liOn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

Perfectly all Ordinary versation, Lectures, Con-
certs etc. by NeW Channels to the Nerves Of Hearing
by means OF recent wonderful scientific invention
the Dentaphone. For remarkable public tests on
the Deaf also on the Deaf and Dumb, see the NetD
York Herald Sept. % the Mem York Chrftid1i hduo
cate, Nov. NJ, etc. Every deaf person should send
for FREE illustrated descriptive pamphlet to the
American Dentn phone Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Guard Against Disease.

If you find yourself getting bilious,
head heavy, mouth foul, eyes yellow,
kidneys disordered, symptoms of piles
tormenting you, take at once few doses
of Kidney-Wort. 1t is natures great
assistant. Use it as an advance-guard-
don't wait to get down sick.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Worthless StuR.

Not so fast, my friend; if yen could
see the strong, healthy, blooming men,
women and children that have been
raised from beds of sickness, suffering
and almost death, by the use of Hop
Bitters, you would say, GLORIOUS and
invaluable remedy."-Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

DR. G. E. SHOEMAKER, OF Reading, Pa, IL
the only aural surgeon in the United States who
devotes all his time 10 the treatment OF deaf
ness and diseases OF the ear and catarrh; es-
pecially running ear. Nearly twenty years ex-
perience Thousands testify to his skill. Con-
sut him bv mail or otherwise. Pamphlet free.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
Dauehters. yy,ve. ana Mothers.

DR.. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATH0LICON viii
positively cure Femse Weakness such Failing OF the
Womb, Whites Chronic Inflammation or Ulcer ton Of
Womb. incidental Henorha or Flooding, Painful,
SUPPRESSED and Irregular Mensruaton, &c. An old and
relia e remedy Send postal card pamphlet. with
treatment cures and cetifcaies from physicians and
patients TO HOWARTH a BALLARD, UREA, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists-$l 80 per bottle
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

PDIPLEs AND HUMoRs ON THE FACE-In
this condition of the skin, the VEGETINE is the
great remedy, as it acts directly upon the
cause. 1t cleanses and purifes the blood,
thereby causing humors Of all kinds to disappear.