davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
WIT AND WISDOM,

Prospecting miners in search OF
"paying dirt usually look in vein for
ore.-LosveN Courier.
-"There will be no more parting
there" said the man when he looked
into the mirror after having his hair
shingled.-Teras Sittings.
There are many hot places in this
world, but man should 60 to Switzer-
land to Berne.-WI and Wisdom.
Spring chickens are beginning to
feel safe, but before long the cook
will tackle them As fall fowl.-M. O.
Picayune.
"A Boston man claims to have been
born with bullet in his liver; but that s
not the question just now. Has he been
weighed in the induction balance?-
NeU Haven REGISTER.
-"Can cattle count?' is what agi-
tates the agricultural papers just now.
OF course they can. Some of the herds
in Texas number thousands, and see
how the beef cattle figure in the stock
yards reports. darlington Haaokeye.
"A cynical Benedict says one gets an
adequate idea of the desperate straits
to which Ruth was reduced in the land
of Moab only by remarking that she
clave unto her mother-in- law Boston
Courier.
"A young man in Litchfeld who has
been in the habit of carrying his smok-
ing tobacco and pistol cartrid yes loose in
one pocket has reformed, and in time to
save the larger part of what was once
as handsome nose as could be found
in Litchtield. Danbury Nevs.
"A facetious baker in Auburn put a
broad grin lately on the faces of all his
customers by announcing on a conspic-
uous placard that he sold yeast of new
kind which made bread so light that a
pound of it only weig he'd twelve ounces
Albany Journal.
ANY person employed in the postal
service, by reading a communication on
a postal card, subjects himself to a fine
of not less than 500 or more than ST.
600. If this law has been enforced, as
we presume it has, it is no longer won
derful that our National debt has been
so greatly reduced.-Boston Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
Value Of Green Manures.

Many farmers appear to entertain the
idea that vegetation of any form and
kind is nearly valueless for fertilizing
purposes that has not been fed to ami
mails and passed through the organs of
keep large number of very inferior an
finals chiefly for the purpose of making
manure. Now there is the reverse of
economy in this practice. Most of the
substance in the vegetable matter goes
to repair waste in the animal system.
Only a comparatively small part of it.
and that the poorest. is regained in the
form of droppings. The vegetable mat
ter is not improved in composition,
though it is put in condition to decay
in shorter time. The cheapest, quick
est and best way to use plants intended
for fertilizing purposes is to pillow them
under when they have attained large
growth, but before their stalks have be-
come very hard. In this condition they
contain all the elements of fertility they
ever possessed, and are so tender that
they will rot very readily. Everything
considered, the common red or the
mammoth red clover is the best crop to
raise for fertilizing purposes. The roots
penetrate the soil to long distances and
bring to the surface great amount of
mineral matter. while the foliage shades
the ground and the leaves appropriate
ammonia from the atmosphere.
Some soils, however. are not we'll
adapted to the growth of clover, and
some farmers are not in a condition to
purchase seed. It is also sometimes
desirable to make use of green manure
before q crop OF clover can be raised.
In these cases other crops may be sub
stituted for clover to good advantage.
Sometimes two or three crops can be
raised and plowed under the same sea-
son. Rye is an excellent crop to raise
for manure, as itmskes arapid growth,
while it rots quickly when it is turned
under. Buckwheat is another good
crop. Excellent results have been re-
ported from corn sown broadcast and
turned under before the stalks are sufi-
GENTLY large to render blowing difficult.
It is practical to raise crop of each
of these vegetables on the same ground
and to pillow them under the same sea-
son. IL the rye is sown the fall pre-
vious it will be in good condition to
pillow under early in May. The land
can then be sown to buckwheat, which
will be large enough to be disposed Of
by the last Of July or the first of Au-
gust, when q crop If corn can be sown
and be plowed under quite late in the
fall. BY following this course the
ground will receive three dressings in
the course of six months, - Chicago
Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.
The citizens of Vicksburg, Miss.
have subscribed 800, 900 toward a cot
ton-mill.

The citizens of Vicksburg, Miss.
have subscribed 800, 900 toward cot
ton-mill.
"A man breathes about Is times q
minute, and uses 5000 cubic feet, or
about s75 hogsheads of air per hour.
The Michigan Car Company, De-
troit. employs 1000 men. In the
foundry for miscellaneous castings, 60
tons of iron are melted per day, and 80
tons in the wheel foundry.
-Thirty-nine locomotives were
shipped from the three locomotive
works in Paterson during July. Four
of the locomotives were sent to Spain,
being part of an order of ten, the first
ever received in America from that
country.
An empty platform car weighs 49,
600 pounds; an empty box car, 10000
pounds; passenger car, 36, 900 pounds
and sometimes more; and an average
locomotive, $4,000 pounds. A single
pair of car wheels weighs 500 pounds.
Prof. Newcombe, of Washington,
has erected apparatus on the terrace
about the foundation of the Washington
Monument, and is there continuing his
experiments to measure the velocity Of
light. A revolving mirror is placed at
Fort Whipple and . stationary mirror at
the monument. The time required for
q flash of light to travel to the monu-
ment and back to Fort Whipple is ascer-
tanned by delicate measurements.
The thirty eight States of the Union
contain 2, 299 counties. Texas leads of
having ISL counties, followed closely
by Georgia's 1877. After Georgia in the
table come Kentucky with III coun-
ties; Missouri, lis; Virginia, los; ILL
nois, 1O2; Iowa, 80; Tennessee and
North Carolina each 81 and Indiana
90. AS a rule the Southern States have
more counties than the Northern
States.
During the last sixteen years, says
the Philadelphia Price Current, the pop
ulation of the United States have paid
81, 200. 1876, 900 in interest on the Ma
tional debt. They have also paid 1888,
657, 1895 on the principal. or an aggre-
gate payment Of 2,523, O92, 395. The
debt could be entirely wiped out by
1895 if the people should pay each
year, from now until then, sum equal
to the average annual payments during
the past fifteen years. The debt per
capita in 1865 was $685., and the
amount of interest to be paid per cap.
tia per annum $4.2O. Now the debt
per capita is S37.74, and the annual
interest to be paid per a2ita is $1.56.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
A Rattlesnake i'm Her Bed.

Mr.. j. N. Scoggins, who resides two
miles out from Rome in the fiatwoods,
came into the Courier office yesterday
and informed a reporter that on Friday
evening at six o clock himself and wife
returned to their home after an absence
of few hours, and the wife soon after
entering the house discovered q mon
ster rattlesnake coiled up on their bed.
Mr.. Scoggins succeeded in killing it be-
fore it could do any damage. It meas
ured five feet six inches in length, and
had thirteen rattles. Several of the
neighbors have seen the snake and re-
port it to be dangerous looking ''sar-
pint" Hereafter, young ladies' who
have contracted the habit of looking
under the bed, should also take the pre-
caution Of looking on the top as we'll
Georgia Courier.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
Deep.Sea Soundings.

Captain George j. Belknap, COM
handing the United States steamer
Alaska, reports to the Navy Department
from Callao Bay, giving detailed results
of soundings in a run OF liz miles di-
rectly off shore. At distance of 1O2
miles he found a depth of 3,368 faith
oms, or nearly four statute miles,. the
deepest water yet found in the South
Pacific. or in the eastern margins of
both the North and South Pacific.
Hoping to find . still deeper depression
of the ocean bed he stood ten miles fur
Their to the westward. but only found
3. 1853 fathoms. In both casts the speci-
mon cylinder brought up clay and
gree,aish sand, and the bottom temper
azure Of the deepest was "a deg. 2 min.
Fahrenheit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

1t occurred on Lawrence street
during the hottest part of the day.
From the lower window of q building
which was throwing q great block Of
delicious shade over the sidewalk hung
the sign, "Loafers stand here" A
stranger came by, wiping his heated
brow with his handkerchief, and from
heath the folds his glazed eyes saw the
bit OF shade and the defamatory sign
intended to warn away those who might
take advantage OF the chance to cool
of. He stopped and read it deliberate
~. Loafers stand here, do they" he
calculated slowly. "Shows their sense,
anyhow. But don't see why loaters
ought to have all the good things
around. and I'll stand here myself"
And stand he did.-Denver Tribune
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

"A jury in Berne, Switzerland, ex-
pressed regret that the Court was una
bic to give q man and woman named
Zysset death sentence, capital pun
ishment having been abolished in that
country. The Zyssets admitted having
murdered five of their children, and there
is good ground for believing that they
put seven to death. They killed them
to escape the cost of keeping them.
Their plan was to starve the little ones
to death. unless they cried too much;
then they strangled them or Knocked
them on the head.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
TOMORROW At TEN
A Newport Idlyl.


How the band plays tonight all those lovely
That danced here last year, or sat out on the
With am, Mai sssy and Blalesey, and that En-
OF her Majesty's service-little Beresford
Tnm n,tt that perfect "Bluc Dan
How wish that Mulready or Blskesley were
What's day or tonight to the nights that
What's the rose that hold to the rose that is
dead?
But speaking OF roses reminds me of those
That wore 1t the French frgatc ball, ut the
Of the season. Twas in early September.
Just little b.t cooli n and chill. / remember,
But a heavenly fair night; and the band how
itpiayed
And how to its music we waltzed there. and
Deep into the midnight, or morning, before
We thought If departure. Then that rowing
In the cn.ll aud the dark, shall never FORGET
AT my left hand sat Biakesley, and at my right
Whispering foolish soft nothings-Brctt, no,
blakeSley, mean,
For hlasesley was dumb. But under the
Of the darkness saw him quite clear
Kiss the rose that wore above nv left ear
All. us soft on my cheek felt tue ilgnt touch
OF his 81 cath as he bent there, my heart bea,
with sucn
wild pulse for moment, that. giddy and
turned to the breeze with sudden com
IF the air found close: and the air was like
wine
a strong western wind from a sky clear and
1t was just at that moment our boat came to
And stumbled and fell as stepped on the
And twas Bretts arms that caught me, and l
never knew quite
ltwas Bakesley who held me; and Blakesey,
itseems.
Was som where behind, and But what fool
isu o d dreams
Of that dead and gone time! for what do !
For The things of last year, its mistakes OF
When neres to-day and tonight with such un-
trouSled SKIES,
And laid at my feet the seasons great prize
For my taking or leaving, and tomorrow at
ten
I'm to give him my answer-this prize
OF course have made up my mind to accept,
And tonight must burn up that rose have
kept
From last year. and the notes signed T. B.,
and cease to recall
That foolish Old time Of the French frigate
Tom blakesley. indeed! rs if should care
But to scorn sucn II stupid Hank. there's a
step on the stair
And 1 told John tonight to say "Not at
home.
To any aud all of my friends that might come,
And hes nun ing me out with some card he
The donkey! Now, John-what. Mr.. Blakes-
lev. thought
oh, Tom! Tom! let me go. How can yul-
What, you thought that chose little Beres-
That night in the boat, and that you Let me
go. sir.
You're the stupidest man whole year!
Don't you know. Sir,
That to-mori ow- WHAT Is that?-in Egypt
and Rome
All tuiS year-and meeting last month little
Brett. You came home
In the very next Steamer-and twas love.
love. you say,
And despair, that sent you, and kept you
away,
H-m.-well, it may be: but, you see, other
men
Have not teen SO stupid; and I-well, to- NOR
row at ten
Pm to give What is that2-you've been ill
ali tots year,
Come home but to die. Oh. Tom, Tom, my
daring. my dear,
Not TO die, but to live; and I-yes, to-mor-
rpw III give
Ny refusal at ten: and you-ah, you II stay,
Tom, and lire,
Nora Perry, in Harper's Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
A Business Woman.

Thursday evening as an eastward
bound Jefferson avenue car reached the
Woodward avenue crossing, a bust.
ness looking woman bounced upon the
rear platform, strobe through the cal
at a go-as-you please gait and exclaimed
"Now, driver! don't you start this
Car until find out something"
Swell, ma am. what is it?'
"Will this car take me to st. Aubin
avenue?''
Eyes. ma ann
"Well, then, you just drive ahead,
for I'm in hurry. Do you know Sam
Smith?''
"No, ma ann
"Why, you ought to. He came here
from York State three years ago, and
he rides up and down on these street
cars night and day. He lives in big
two-story white house on the right OF
left hand side, I've forgotten which,
with green window blinds and porch
leo in front. I'll know the place when
I see il, for Samanthy writ me all about
it."
II beg your pardon. ma'am," said
the driver, interrupting, ''but you
haven't put your fare in the box"
No, nor I amt agoin' to nuther,
until you stop in front of Samanthy
Smiths house,
"But l don't 60 up St. Aubin ave-
nue., ma am. I'll leave you at the cor
ner. and you'll have to walk up to the
house."
"Well, you'll not get my nickel until
you drive right up in front of the house.
You can't play any of your swindling
city games on me, young man, you bet!
haven't come clear here from York
State to cut my eye teeth, nor you can't
play no tricks on me if you do drive q
boss Car"
She was finally induced to pay her
fare, some of the passengers assuring
her that it was all right. As the car
stopped and she stepped from the foot
board she pointed up st. Aubin avenue
with her parasol and exclaimed:
"There's the house where Sam and
Samanthy live. I knew I'd know it as
quick as ever saw it. Two-story white
house with green winder blinds onto it
and a porchico in 'front.'" and the car
drove 0n.-DetTOit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

Among che graduates at the Yale
Law School, the other dav, was Peter
Doyle. ex-Secretary of State of Wis
consin, who is now forty-tive years old.
Being conscious of some defects in his
legal education, he determined to rem
edy them at an age when most men
would not feel like ''going to school"
He worked hard while at the Law
School, was popular with students and
professors, and one at least of the latter
expects to see him a member of Con-
gresS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
How to Secure Health.

1t seems strange any one will suffer from
arrangements brought on by impure blood,
when SCovILLs' SARsAPARILLA AND STILLIN.
GA, or BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, will restore
health to the physical organization. 1t is
pleasant to take, and the BEST BLOOD PURI-
FER ever discovered, curing Scrofula, Weak
ness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas Malariy; all
Nervous disorders, Debility, Bilious COM
plants and all diseases of the Blood. Liver,
Kidneys, Stomach. Skin, etc. As y health
remover, 1t ACTS LIKE A CHARM
BAKERS PAIN PANACEA cures pain in Man
and Beast. Use externally and internally.
DIR. RoGER's VEGETABLE Worm SYRUP i'm
stantly destroys worms and removes all the
Secretions which cause them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
NEW YORK. August ~, l

IAdVA0amfS Can secure permanent employment
with good salary selling Queen City
skirt and Stocking Supporters, etc, Sample Out9t
Free. Address Queen City Suspender Co., Gin. O
0nHAM0 NTH-AGEHTSW ANTED-0 best
SHTISN selling articles In the world: 1sample free
PNOSDAddress DAY Bronson, Detroit Mich,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

A young friend of mine was cured of
Frustrated him that he was unable to do any
business. He was entirely cured by the use
of Hop Bitters. 1t allayed all that burning
thirst; took away the appetite for liquor;
made hisnerves steady, and he has remained
. sober and steady man for more than two
years, and has no desire to return to his
cups; l know of a number of others that
have been cured OF drinking by it"-From
leading r. R. Official, Chicago, Ill.-Ttmes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01
Tell the A1ck

Thousands of lives are destroyed by dis
eases of the kidneys and liver. Kidney. Wort
would save them. Tell the sick of it, and
that it is for sale by all druggists in either
dry or liquid form.-London Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

Strong soft soap left q little while
on paint will usually soften it SO that it
can be washed of from wood or cloth.
ing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

Maud S. is merely another illustra-
ton OF the fact that time is money
OH CNy Derrick.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

IRON EYES, the father of Bright Eyes,
has six wives. Did Editor Tibbles realize
when he married how many mothers in law
he was getting Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

15c. box "Rough on Rats" keeps ahouse free
from flies, bed.bugs, roaches rats, mice, &c
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

FARMERS Transfers, don't experiment. but
use Frazer Axle Grease. It is the best.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-01

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE meets with won
derful success in all cases of skin diseases.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-01

The Senate spent Tuesday in a desultory
debate which ran throughout six hours and
Il half, and WAS at times decidedly lively.
For the first two or three hours the floor was
occupied by Messrs. Wade Hampton, Brown
and Butler, who tried to answer Mr.. Malone.
and by Messrs Breck and Groome, who con
tinued the debate for the Democrats. The
rest Of the day was given over to an exciting
discussion of Louisianas politics and finance,
including the status OF her Republican sena-
tor, between Mr. Kellogg and Mr.. JONAS. in
which the latter was very badly worsted by
Mr. Kellogg. Said New England senator,
according To the correspondent of the Boston
Herdld, rs he congratulated MIR. Kellogg
"You did splendidly. 1t WAS equal to the
occasion when David struck the Hebrew Tyre
i'll the days of old" According to the same
authority large number of Louisiana colored
politicians listened with intense interest from
the galleries to their leader as he demolished
the arguments of his colleague and opponent
They were very much delighted with his sue
cess After the Senate adjourned, they AZ
sembled in hasty conference to hold all I'M
promp,u praise meeting.
Gen. Wade Hampton's speech was de-
signed to show, first, that South Carolina hal
not repudiated her debt second, that the
'mighiy"-to wit Virginia and South
Carolina had "fallen," and that Gen. Ma
hone WIS long distance below George
Washington. Patrick Henry and other an
cient worthless MIR. Groome OF Maryland
delivered carefully prepared Speech IN re-
iteration of all the Democrats had said. Ia
the midst of flowing sentence about the
undue haste with which the Republican
chairmen had ousted committee clerks, he
was interrupted with emphatic denials by
Messrs IIoar, Ingalls,, Plumb, Angus Gamer
,s. aud Hale, whoc called upon the Democrats
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-01

II is not little surprising that man of
President Gsrfeld's experience in Washing
ton life should have made so mary import
ant appointments with so little consultation
with gentlemen entitled to be consulted. 1t
scems that neither Attorney General Mac
Veagh nor Mr. Vim. T. Chandler were con
suited as regards the laiters appointment
to lie Solicitor General AS the Solicitor
General must sustain intimate ard confiden-
tial relations with the Attorney General, ii is
no wonder that Mr. MacVcagh is not suited
anc that Mr., Chandler tLinks of declining
the place Mr. Phillips has already declin-
ed the judgeship of the Court Of Claims, and
Mr.. Bsdeau, the consulate al Copenhagen
As the Senators are the Presidents consiiiu
tionsl advisers, there is obvious propriety in
consulting them in regard 10 important APP
Dointments, and word or two in advance of
ten saves a good deal of friction in the CON
nrnation Of appoinlees
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-01
THE BURLINGTON, VT.

who had preceded them AS chairmen to CON
firm the assertion that they had neither GUST
ed the clerks nor taken possession OF the COM
mittee rooms. The several Democrats adj
dressed rose and said, with many smiles
and bows, tina. they desired to
acknowledge with thanks that the kepuD-
licans had acted in the generous manner
indicated by them. Mr.. Groome was very
much put out He thought no written speech
ought to he interrupted lie snapped OUT
that the interruptions were entirely unnec-
essary They were exceptions which proved
the rule he had announced. Mr.. Jonas need
lessly attacked Senator Kellogg by telling
Senator Hampton that lr would rather have
had his vote 10 unseat Mr.. Kellogg than the
sympathy hc 81 feclingly expressed for
Louisiana now. He took occasion to say
that Louisiana WAS in Il worse condition
than Virginia. The latter had two Senators.
Willie the former had but one lawfully elect
ed Senator on the floor Mr.. Kellogg quiet
" collected documents through the alter
noon, and, when his opportunity came, drew
Mr.. Jonas into discussion of the political
and financial history of Louisiana, to his
destruction The correspondent we have
quoted SAYS: The Hebrew Senator wllted
under the mass of facts piled upon him by
his well-equipped, willy opponent. The
latter egged on by the smiles AMI sngges-
tons of the Republicans. did his best.
1t is said that there will probably be
long political debate, as the result oil the
heated speeches that have been made up,
that may last week, and may last month,
and may last indefinitely Mr.. Kellogg
speech strikes, it is said, the Republican key
note in the approaching discussion, Messrs.
IIawley, Frye, Dawes and others al the
Republicans, and some of the Democrats,
hope to adjourn this special session OF The
Senate soon, but there is no definite pros
pect of an early adjournment.