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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
FACTS AND FIGURES.
There are 10000 seeds Of oats in

There are 20, 900 seeds of oats in .
pound, and 6S6, 400 seeds of white
clover. - s. ..s
-TuscOn, Arizona. talks about an
exhibit of minerals and agricultural
products next year. ~ 'Fha -0.
I'm perceiving the tints of scarlet,
our eyes are affected by undulations
recurring 1872, 900, 600 times q second.
Athens. along with being the
university town of Georgia, has no less
than five cotton factories in and around
the city. '''t4
The largest North Carolina WATER
melon heard from this season was from
Wake County and weighed 50 pounds.
The improvements in the pillow have,
according to the statement made by
Mr.. Collin, effected saving of ninety
million dollars in last years crops.
The New York Grape-Sugar Com
pany has been Incorporated by ex-Sen-
ator Thomas G. Platt and others, and
will have u capital of $l,OOO,OOO. 1t
will have a branch establishment at Des
Moines.
"A mammoth tree cut down in Lewis
County, Ky. recently, and believed to
be 800 years old, produced 80, 462 feet
of lumber and twenty-iiv cords of fire.
wood 1t was sixteen feet in diameter
and l2O feet high.
There are 1902 public houses and
4, 425 beer houses in London. During
1880, %, 1868 persons were apprehended
for drunkenness. Of these, Is, 998 were
males and Is, $40 females. The average
of arrests for drunkenness seems to be
diminishing.
"A new speed indicator. called the
strathmograph, for indicating the sreed
of locomotives, has been introduced on
the Hanoverian railroads. BY it the
engineer can read from a scale the ac-
tual speed of his engine at any moment;
besides, a record of the trip is kept on
strip of paper.
"A French chemist mas obtained a
very valuable oil from the kernels of the
grape-the refuse left after distilling
brandy, or making verdigris, being
dried and ground line in an ordinary
mill, and the yie.d of oil is in direct
proportion tcthe tineness Of the grind
ing. The oil is sweeter than nut oil,
and remains fluid at a lower tempera-
ture. When burned in lamps it gives
bright. smokeless, odorless and sgree-
able flame. .,....r 49,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
Pooling the Family.

On a Canada Southern train, the 9TH
or day, was man with his wife and
several children. bound for some point
in the West, and when st. Thomas was
reached the man got out with others
and rushed into the eating house, and
hurriedly called for coffee, blead, meat,
stc., and began to cram himself SO fast
that . Disguised Detroi:er at his elbow
finally laid down q silver dollar on the
counter.
"Dollsr-yes-I see," muu.bled the
man, with his mouth full; iou'll bet
dollar to n cent that L m 4 hog, but
you'd lose if kivered the bet. You
see told the old woman and children
that we couldn't get any thing to eat
this side of Detroit, and I've got to I'LL
up in five or six miantes and get back.
Or they'll tumble to the racket. Please
pass she nd.isrl only fifty seconds
left to I'll! up. pick my teeth and get
oack - Daro.I free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
The Close Of the Revolution.

To-day September 81 makes ninety
eight years since the signing of the
definite treaty of peace between Great
Britain and the United States of Amer
lea, by which the war for our indie
pendence was terminated. It was on
September 3, 1888, that the work was
done, eight years four months and fif-
teen days after the battle of Lexington.
The American signers were DR.. Fran
kiln, John Adams and John jay, and
David Hartley signed for Great Britain.
The provisional treaty had been signed
in November. 1882, and the definite
treaty was the same thing; yet the En-
glish did not evacuate New York CITY
till the beginning of the last week of
November. 1888. The close of the con-
test dates from September 8, 1888. as
all the nations that had taken part in
the contest then returned to q state of
peace. Boston IravslIer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
A New York Cat Market.

/ A number of Maltese cats and kittens
occupy cages at the entrance to a curl
Gus basement in Liberty Street. When
they are not asleep they NEW dismally
and plainly long for the liberty of a
housetop or back fence.
"Can it be possible that any part of
this community buys catsP' the keeper
of the basement was asked. He was
unable to answer at once, for man
brought in just then a barrel full of
stale bread. The dogs of all varieties
in the basement clanked their chains
and yowled, the poultry crowed and
cackled, and the cats, too, mewcd and
looked anxious.
"Do people ever buy cats?" the deal
er was asked again.
"Well, somewhat he said. 1--we
sold 400 Maltese kittens in the last
three months.'' F a rs e.
"What are the ruling rates for cats
nowp'
MALTESE kittens bring from three to
five dollars. The old cats don't sell so
well, because they are not so likely to
stay at home aud keep early hours, and
the disreputabSe habits of the Toms,
hurt their sale a good deal. The kit
tens, though. are in demand"
"Where do they come from?''
"1hese are Ohio cats. They come in
crates from Alliance"
care they bred there?'
They run wild as common cats do
here, and are caught for nothing.
They cost us here about 81 or $1.5O.
"Who buy them?'
People passing here on their way
to the ferry often stop in and get cat,
Or something. No. 1 never had an old
maid here. or even lady of any age,
except once. Some of our best Gus
toners are in Virginia. We have
orders for tine cats at from % to $40
from Richmond, and for dogs, too.
The Maltese are plenty, and the de-
mand is good; but if we could only get
Angora cats. we could sell them with a
rush at about $50 apiece. There are
lew of them in the CITY,"
lis there any sale for what are
called common cats by some people,
and harder names still by othcrs?''
"Not to speak of. People would be
glad to get rid of them. But they are
Just as good mousers as well-bred
Maltese kittens. ~. Y. Sun.
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perienced In Michigan in 1862. When
Miramichi was burned over in 1925. a
great district in Canada and Maine was
visited with similar observation. There
have been forest fires of considerable
extent recently in various parts of the
country, whose smoke has been heavy
in our air. and the combination with an
unusual precipitation of vapor probably
caused the phenomena of yesterday.
Charles Mayr, Of this city, a man Of
known scientific attachments, offers the
following extremely interesting expla-
nation:
"To produce weather like the one
Tuesday several conditions are abso-
lutely necessary; first an almost abs;,-
lutte calmness of the atmosphere; Sec
ond, high degree of saturation of the
atmosphere with moisture, and third,
a cloudless sky; probably it might only
occur in the fall or spring, that with
those conditions still fourth is sup
piled, a relative colder temperature
in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
1t seems to me exceedingly probable
that the peculiar state was brought
about in this way: During the foregoing
days the air was very moist and warm;
almost no wind was blowing; during
the night from the 5th to the 9th the
upper regions of the atmosphere cooled
so far as to form a little fog high up,
which slowly grew until about ten
o'clock the 9th it had its greatest
depth, perhaps several thousand feet;
no wind blowing. the formed fog was
was not carried away or upwards, and
thus layer of very fine but very deep
fog formed over probably an immense
extent of country. Certain tempera-
lures are necessary, too high tempera-
ture below or too low ones above would
create currents that would drive the fog
away: the difference in temperature
between above-say several thousand
feet-and below, was perhaps not
more than ten degrees. The light,
when analysed by the spectroscope,
was very peculiar. The spectrum on
ordinary days. about, say, three inches
long, had only length of about one
inch; blue and violet were almost want
ing. while red, yellow and green were
we'll represented. The mixture of
these colors. red, yellow and green,
produced the peculiar yellow tinge.
The moisture line in yellow was very
strong. More blue and violet would
have ''killed" the prevailing yellow and
produced our common daily light to
which we are used. Very peculiar was
the effect of this light on grass; it had
dark blueish tinge, which was nothing
but subjective contrast appearance.
The rays to which the green grass owes
its color were all present in this pecul-
lar light. but the surrounding objects
had lost some of their blue and violet
color elements; they appeared too vel
low and by contrast" the dark grass
appeared to our eye with more blue
ish tinge, because blue is the contrast
color Of yellow. Water-vapor at Ger.
tain stage of condensation let's only the
red. yellow and green through. The
light has nothing to do with comets,
northern lights. or the end of the world
all of which theories found their be.
levers during the remarkable forenoon.
-Sprinqtetd (.Nass.) Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29

I have this moment received . pri-
vate letter from an American lady in
England. saying: Yesterday was at
the Baroness Burdett- ~tlett- Coutts' at
q very delightful garden party, but it
rained. of course, as it always does at
an English party, and we adjourned to
the conservatory for the entertain
ment. must tell you that the sand
wiches contained nothing but butter
and spiced tomatoes, and were deli
cious. The Baroness was clad in brown
satin, with q profusion of white lace,
and wore fewer jewels than some
American women wear to breakfast.
She looks every year her age, but her
hair has not thread of gray in it. I
like her. As for her husband, he is, as
the Boston girls say. too aw(ully nice
for anything l do not wonder that
the Baroness fell in love with him and
married him, aud that she is very
proud of him. She looks radiantly
happy, and evidently doesn't care q
whit for the Queen snub, which every
body has been talking about; and with
so devoted and charming a husband,
why should shep''-Boston Transcript.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
Keeping Apples.

1t is well, perhaps. to touch upon this
subject, as the time is approaching
when we must prepare room to store
the winter apples. In this, as in al
most everything else, people differ as
to the best method OF keeping apples
through the winter as we'll as into
spring. In fact they are frequently
kept until June, with the flavor very
little impaired. Of course the utmost
care must be taken in gathering them
from the trees, then sorting them and
putting them lightly into dry flour
casks. The barrel should be heaped
somewhat, and the heading pressed
down firmly, being careful not to bruise
them. These casks should be left un-
der dry, open shed until as far into
November as the frost will admit of.
Light freezing weather will not harm
the fruit; in fact it is only when there
is danger of freezing that it should be
removed. The barrels should then be
taken into fireless room where there
will be no danger of freezing; or, which
we would much prefer. a cold, dry Gel
lar. When carefully disposed of in
this way, there is little risk of apples
becoming unsound throughout the win
ter aud spring. provided they are of a
fair keeping variety, such as Smiths
Cider, the Courthouse. the Baldwin. the
Rhode Island Greening. the Spitzen-
burg. the Northern Spy, etc.
1t must be remembered, however.
that q barrel, say of Baldwlns, from one
tree and one locality will not perhaps
keep as well as barrel from some 9TH
or. It may be from some peculiarly
of the soil, though perhaps as likely to
be from some constitutional defect in
the tree. One thing is we'll ascer-
tanned, that fruit from an old and worm
out tree will not keep as we'll as fruit
from the same variety of which there
may be but moderate quantity on the
tree. 1t seems, therefore, that fine.
large healthy-looking fruit of any one
kind should have the preference as long,
keepers.
If these precautions are taken the APP
pie is not hard to keep. Most fail from
keeping them too warm. The usual
store-r0om of the house, where they
are generally put, is not the best place
for them. They need to be kept as
cool as possible. Indeed, as we have
already said, little frost does not hurt
them, provided this low temperature is
regular. A frequent change from cold
to warm is fatal to the keeping quality
of any fruit, much less the apple. Ger
nsanto,on Telegraph.
.-Mangoes.-Cut q small piece from
the end OF green musk melon, remov
the seeds and mix them with mustar
seed and shred garlic; stuff the melon
full and replace the cut piece. Bind it
up with pack thread. Boil vinegar
with pepper, salt. ginger and all the
sweet spices, pour It boiling hot over
the mangoes during four successive
days, and on the last add TO it flour of
mustard and scraped horse radish.
cover the mangoes well with this vine-
gar Large cucumbers may be made
into mang0es il desired.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
The Excess Of Feminfnity.

How to get the excess of shirts upon
the shirtless backs is sort of typical
problem in political economy. In this
entire country there are more males
than females, but the latter, like all
other gifts of heaven, are distributed
very unequally. Their number, to 1O0,-
600 males, is 96,419 against 97.SO1 in
1870. In seventeen States they out
number the males, the District of Co.
lumb:a where they are thickest, stand
ing as l12! to lOO-counting as State.
"Society," Office-seeking, lobbying,
and, perhaps, some underlined other
thing, draw them to the Capital, where
they are relatively more numerous than
in 1870. Eight of these seventeen are
among the once slave States. Next to
the District, Rhode Island stands at the
head in respect to excess of femininity,
slightly leading even Massachusetts,
and in each the excess of females has
increased during the decade; Connecti-
cut, North Carolina, New Hampshire,
South Carolina, New York, Virginia
and Alabama stand next. and these ten
make the group where the females are
as 1902. to LOG or more per 100 males
In eight States females are 80 to 81, and
one of these is Utah, where there has
been considerable relative decrease of
females; in six, all of them far Western,
females are 80 to 80 per cent. of males;
I'm five, two of them Territories, they
are so to 70 per cent; in Idaho,
Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona and
Montana they are. less than
half the number of males. In
every Atlantic coast State, except Del
aware, the skirt outnumbers the panta-
looms by actual count; in every State it
does so in material fact and influence.
Of the Gulf States Alabama and LOUISE
ana only show an excess of females Of
course, the frontier States, to which
the movement of population is most
active, show the largest excess of
males, and this is especially true where
mining and grazing are the principal
occupations; two-thirds of the popula-
ton being males in Montana, Arizona,
Idaho and Wyoming. New Mexico,
still Territory, has a permanent class
of Mexican settlers. and Utah is an ex-
cepti0n. Nineteen States and Terri
1870 have increased their proportion of
females, and sixteen where males were
in excess show q larger excess of males
now; ten where females were in excess
show an increased proportion of fe-
males. and eight where they were in
excess show a decreased excess now.
New England and the Middle Atlantic
States increase the proportion of fe-
males by migration of the males, AMI
an influx of females drawn by the facto-
ries, but foreign immigration in part
counteracts this. In the Gulf and
South Atlantic States. where outside
influences have been least at work, ma
ture has been evidently trying to re-
store the normal equilibrium between
the sexes disturbed by the war. In
most of the newest States and the Ter
ritories the equilibrium has made prog
ress. though still not reached. r
Times.
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A Horse aud Sleigh for q Peach.

George Thompson, who farms the
place of DR.. Lee Cummins. on the line
of the Wilmington and Northern Rail-
road, for the shares. made an agree
ment last winter to dispose of his share
of the peach crop to B. B. Allen for q
horse and sleigh valued at $3.50. After
diligent search in the orchard last
Saturday week two peaches were found,
one of which Mr.. Thompson delivered
to DR.. Cummins as his share, and the
other he handed over to Mr.. Allen ac-
cording to agreement. 1t is not often
that q man gives horse and sleigh for
a single peach of the Mountain Rose
variety, as this one happened to be, or
Of any other kind.--Reading (Pa.)
Times.
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The Commissioner of Agriculture
of Virginia makes the sensible sugges-
ton that every person in that State over
10 years of age should celebrate the
Yorktown centennial this year by plant
ing a tree (walnut is recommended)
somewhere in the yard, field, road
side or forest. The idea 10 good one,
90 good that its application should not
be limited to this year, nor to the State
OF Virginia
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
A TOUGH HORSE STORY.

The Cincinnati Enquirer lately published
the following horse story, which we give
just as it appeared: "a curious instance
Of sagacity in the horse occurred recently
in the stables of Mr.. A. Toughman, situated
on North Elm street. Mr.. T. has for long
time been in the habit Of using ST. JACOBS
OIL. the Great German Remedy, in his ex-
tensive stables. Among Mr. Us many
horsesis great, powerful Canadian draught
horse. This animal in course of time got
90 that that he knew the ST. JACOBS on
bottlevery we'll 80 well, in fact, thatoneday
recently ON Mr.. Us return from business,
upon entering the stables he caught him
licking the sore shoulder of beast which
stood beside him; the animal, giving wise
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survey to his licking work, turned his head
and caught up with his teeth from the box
used as its receptacle . bottle of ST.. JACOBS
OIL. He threw the bottle ON the floor
with violence enough to break it, and then
deliberately licked up the ST. JACOBS OIL
and applied it to the cut. Readers, we have
seen the Laws Of association belied by beings
with less sense than Toughmans horse.
The word has passed among us, and when
we see man who won't try the Oil, we
say, He is worse than Toughman's horse"
Tomany this may appear as very tough"
story; and were there not proofs innumer-
able Of tho efficacy Of the Great German
Remedy they would be justified in 80
deGgnatingit The testimony, however, is
plentiful and pointed, and is from people
whose long experience in matters apper.
tanning to horsc6esh entities their opinions
to profound eonsi.lcrat io;l and respect.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
DR., JOHN BULLS
Smiths Tonic Syrup
FOR the CURE OF
fever and ACUE
Or CHllLS and fever.

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine
justly claims for it superiority over all rem.
edies ever offered to the public for the SAFE,
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure
ofAgue and Fever, or Chills and Fever, wheth.
Or Of short or long standing. He refers to the
entire Western and Southern country to bear
him testimony to the truth Of the assertion
that in no case whatever will it fail to cure II
the directions are strictly followed and carried
out. In great many cases single dose has
been sufficient for = cure, and whole families
have been cured BY single bottle, with per-
feet restoration Of the general health. It 10,
however, prudent, and In every case moro cer-
tain to cure, II its use il continued in smaller
doses for . week or two after the disease has
been checked, moro especially in difficult and
long-standing cases. Usually this medicine
will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order. Should the patient, however re-
quire cathartic medicine, after having taken
three or four doses Of the Tonic. single dose
Of BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS
will be sufficient.
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must
have DIR. JOHN BULLS private stamp on each
bottle. DIR. JOHN BULL only has the right to
manufacture and sell tho original JOHN ].
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP, Of Louisville, Ky.
Examine well the label on each bottle. If my
private stamp il not on each bottle do not
purchase, or you will be deceived.
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FROM AKRON, OHIO.
CONSUMPTION CURED /!

DIR. j. III. SCHENCK:
Dear Sir-Having been asked by many in
regard to your medicines, and the benefit !
had received from them, have concluded
to give you an account Of my case. In the
winter Of 1873 I was pronounced an incura-
BILE Consumptive by every physician of this
place, as well as several in Cleveland. had
debility and loss Of flesh. was reduced ia
weight from one hundred and fifty pounds
to eighty pounds. had given up an hope
Of recovery, when I was told by Mr.. James
Seaman that he had used your medicines
with good effect, and he advised me to give
them trial, although do not think he be-
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"A homely girl with small and
pretty foot takes ten per cont more
comfort in this world than pretty
faced girl who knows it Is oil day with
her if she falls over log.-De:roI Free
Press.
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cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cos
metics Of France, or beautiflers Of the world,
while in poor health, and nothing will give
you such good health, strength, bouyant
spirits and beauty Is Hop Bitters. A trial
IS certain proof. See another column
Telegraph.
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Purify the blood by cleansing the system Of
foul humors, and by giving strength to the
liver, kidneys and bowels, to perform their
regular functions. Kidney-Wort will do it.
This remedy is now prepared in liquid as well
Is in dry form.-Inter. Ocean.
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"GoLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY (Trade-
mark registered) ID not only sovereign
remedy for consumption, but also for con.
sumptive night-sweats, bronchitis. coughs,
splitting Of blood, weak lungs, shortness Of
breath, and kindred affections of the throat
and chest. By druggists.
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1o0ooEo1 Hfo0 Ooo14nO,
NORTH GREDoz, N. r, April q 1851.
Dr.. B. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. T.: Dear
6t-1 feel It my duty 10 write and thank you
for what your g Golden Medical Discovery
and !" Favorite Prescription" have done for
my daughter. It Is now five weeks since she
began their use. She is more fleshy, has
more color in her face, no headache, and ID
in ether ways greatly improved.
Yours truly, MRS. MARCRItA MYERS.
IT is easier for the doctors to get bulle.
tin than to get bullet out-Gs1as Siftings.
Flies and M0squitoes.
l5c. box "Rough on Rcts" keeps house free
from flies, bed.bugs, reaches, rats, mice, &c.
II ahlicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. Csc.
ASK your druggist Tor kedolng's Russia
Salve. Keep 1t In house IN case of accidents.
The Frazer Axle Grease Is the best in the
world. Sold everywhere. Use it.
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UNLIKE other cathartics, DR.. Pierce's
"Pellets" do not render the bowels costive
after operation, but, on the contrary, estab-
lish q permanently healthy action. Being
entirely vegetable no particular care is requir-
ed while using them. BY druggists.
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Pens,le 0hova1sl

THE man who went to see the board
fence, retired when he heard the fence rail
and saw the plank walk.-Boston Tromscript.
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"When you drink with friend, should
you Immediately retreat" Yes, il you
have the sense to do so.-I'huade,phia Sun.