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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21
Amber Cane Sugar.
Dodge County (Minn.) Republican.

UOOGc county (Alnn.) hepuOuC6n.
A large amount of the heavy syrup
manufactured by w. E. Porter has
commenced the graduating process
by the action of the warm weather,
and is rapidly thickening into fine
light colored mush sugar. As soon
as the granulating process COM
mences change in both color and
taste is effected. The color is much
lighter, and the popular sorgho taste
incident to new syrup is gone, ieav-
ing the flavor pure and sweet. The
older the syrup is, the freer it is from
sorgho odor, and the more valuable
it is. Now that the successful man.
ufacturing of sugar has been estab-
lished, additional interest will be
given to amber cane culture. =
4 = The nearer the mill
the crop is raised, the less will be the
expense required to market it. 1t is
a large expense to draw the cane a
dozen miles to the mill, and for the
syrup alone would cost as much as
the profits of raising; but it is under
stood that much larger profit can
be derived from the crop by convert
ing it into sugar, which only requires
the additional expense of concentrat.
ing it into thick syrup, and then
placing it into warm room, and in
Few weeks granulation will com
mence, and the process continues un.
til a fine grade Of syrup is drained
off, leaving the greater part in form
of fine pure granulated sugar. Es-
timating the yield of sugar at i
pounds TO a gallon of syrup, and We
are assured the estimate is low, one
acre of land will produce $50 pound.
of sugar, besides so gallons of superi
or syrup. This estimate is on basi.
of $50 gallons of syrup to the acre
which is considered an average yielt
in this country last year, as near a.
we can learn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Siuce our last publication, we have
recovered the circular there referred
to in reference To the AndersOnvllle
survivors association. This associa-
ton is making an organized effort to
obtain recognition from congress for
the part they played during the war
while ianguishing iii prison vainfy
awaiting exchange. We reprint q
few extracts from their circular:
1t is q historical fact that in the early
part of 1854. shortly after the battles in
the wilderness. certain high officials Of
the Federal Government decided that it
was more economical to stop the ex-
change Of prisoners of war entirely.
This policy of non exchange was under
stood to be based on the following facts;
That soldier counted for more in the
Confederate army then acting on the de-
fensive; that many of the AndersOnville
prisoners were men whose term of SER
vice had already expired. that all of them
were disabled by starvation and exposure
and unfit for further service, while every
Confederate was able bodied and in "fOr
the war. so that an exchange would have
been \ gratutitous strengthening of the
armies Of the Confederacy. which. at the
same time. would have prevented the
prisoners, held by the South, from fall
ing into the hands of Sherman.
August 14th. 1864, General Grant tele-
graphed to Gen. Butler: lit is hard on
our men, held in Southern prisons. not to
Exchange them. but it is humane to those
left in the ranks to fight our battles. If
we now commence system of exchange
which liberates all prisoners taken. We
will have to fight on till the whole South
is cxterminated. If we hold those cap.
tured. they count for more than dead
men,"
The sixty thousand graves filed by the
poor victims of the several prisons, tell =
story that cannot be denied nor misun-
derstood. When we consider the hard
ships and privatiOns to which these men
were subjected, the wonder is not that so
many died, but that any survived. We
submit, it is hardly possible that any man
who was subjected to the hardships and
inhuman treatment of Confederate pris-
on for even two or three months only.
could come out any other than perman..
emily disabled. Statistics show that Of
cent. died before reaching home. In y
few instances there was q roll kept of
thirty to fifty of these men who, when
released, were able to travel home alone,
and it is now found that nearly three
fourths of that number have since died.
The roll of the Andersonville Survivors
Association shows that during the year
1890 the number of deaths averaged l61s
per cent. Of the total membership. show
ing an increase of per cent. over the
death rate of 1879.
But few of the most fortunate of these
survivors will live to see tle age Of fifty,
and probably within the next ten years
the last of them will have passed away
Congress has from time to time enact
ed laws most just and liberal Tor that
we're intended to be so,) towards the men
who were disabled in the late war; but 8
large majority of the prison survivors arr
excluded from pension nnder these
| laws.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

A prominent Mississippi politician
says that prospects are good for a
new party, based on a "free ballot
and fair count" platform. He
claims that the members of the new
party are thoroughly disguised with
the shotgun Democracy, and their
candidates, if elected to Office, intend
to get there.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21
Digging Out q Railroad.

The Sleepy Eye Herald of Saturday
last contains very interesting descrip-
ton of the plan adopted by Sup't Sanborn
to clear the track of the Winona & St.
Peter railroad west of that point, where
the blockade has been complete for the
past three months, and snow drifts over
ten feet deep and mile in length were
frequently encountered:
superintendent Sanborn came to the
front and ordered the commencement of
operati ons about two weeks ago. just as
the weather became favorable for the first
time. Leaving the arrangements at this
place under the management of the eff
cient train master, Mr.. Bidwell. the Su-
perintendent went on to Marshall by team
and set force at work from that point.
An engine was fired up and the Marshall
crew did good work. They reached AM
iret on Monday and as the track between
that point and Tracy does not contain
very heavy work they will probably
reach the latter place o-day.
Meantime the force under Mr.. Bidwell,
which has been daily reinforced by new
men arriving on the east division train.
reached Springfield on Friday evening of
the work was extremely difficult. but il
was finished sooner than could have been
expected by the use of a new method
It is well know that in the drifts and
deep cuts the snow has packed almost as
solid as ice and that it had 10 be loosened
with pi ks. This condition necessitated
some new mode of removing it. The
Southern Minnesota first tried the method
which has been go successfully adopted in
this weeks work between Lamberton and
Springfield.
The plan is very simple. 1t is merely
to cut around large block of the snow
in size about as large as q box car. throw
ing q rope around it and then drawing j,
out of the cut with an engine. The exca
walton is made on the outside of the two
rails. just wide enough for the men t.
work in. In order to prevent the rope
from cutting into the snow block, few
boards are placed upright at the end o.
the block over which the rope passes
The engine carrying snow pillow in front
is run into the block. the pillow gliding in
to it three or four feet just above the rails
| This tends to start the chunk and loosen
it from the track The engine then draws
out the block, sliding it along the rail,
and leaving the track clear. The snow is
hauled back from the drift and dumped il
some convenient place. If It's not easily
dumped the snow pillow is backed up {
short distance and run into it, breaking il
into pieces.
1.-The work is done very rapidly in thi.
way. The working forces loosen tn
blocks just as fast as the engine can re
move them. The engine removes singl,
block in very few minutes. A singl,
trip has been made in four minutes. I
is estimated that the engine will thus re
move as much snow as 300 men could re
move by shoveling. When the snow il
very deep these blocks are twenty feet il
height and very few of them are less tina,
nine feet high"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

The north wing of the southern H.
liuois insane asylum, at Anna, was
destroyed by fire on the night of the
18th inst. With much difficulty the
patients were all rescued but one.
The loss on Building is estimated at
AlSO O0O
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

A decision has been fled by Judge
Cox of the Ninth district in case
of ejectment brought by the Winona
q St. Peter railroad company, sus.
tanning the settler in his rights.
This decision holds that q settler
who has settled on unsurveyed lands
in good faith and made improvement
cannot be elected by a subsequent
granting of these lands to railroad
CORPORATION.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

A gentleman who had talk with
the President says that the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Robertson will not be
withdrawn; that the President is not
spelling for a fight" but that he is
anxious for decision of the question
whether the executive or the Senate
10 the appointing power.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Secretary WINDOWS intention il
to withdraw small national notes
from circulation, and push silver
coin as fast - possible. The exper
iment will be commenced with FIVE
dollar notes and under, and if sue
cessful, may be extended to twenty
dollar bills. This policy is in keep
ing with Mr.. Windows alleged bi
metallic proclivities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

A..London dispatch announces the
death Of Lord Beaconsfield (Disraeli) },
At five o'clock on the morning of the
10th inst. He was perfectly con.
scious to the last. Lord Beaconsfield
was born in London, Dec. ~, 1905.
His..career in politics and literature
has been . brilliant one, and hia
name will be remembered for many
generations to come among the long
list of distinguished Britons. /.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Strikes among the employees of
large corporations are again becom'
ing common. The increased demand
for men in nearly every branch Of
business now enables the underpaid
and ovsrworked employees of some
of the rich corporations to obtain
what they have all along been emit
tied to-fair compensation for hard
vnrk.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Sowing shuold be done early in
the spring, as soon as the ground is
dry, mellow and warm, and danger
from heavy frosts is over, the date
varying with the locality, from the
last of March to the fist of May. If
sown too early weeds and grass are
likely to be troublesome, the crop be
stunted, and hard frosts to be harm
full; but early sowing is necessary to
obtain a fine quality of lint as then
the crop grows more steadily. With
reference to the soil, the best time
to SOW is when it is friable after a
final narrowing. As the the seed is
very slippery, great care must be
taken to SOW it evenly, which is best
done by sowing-generally by hand
half of it first one way, and then
cross-sowing the other half. A good
sower of grass seed should find little
difficulty in sowing fax seed proper
lily. To cover the seed a brush har-
row, drawn by hand, is the best inn
plement, as the trampling of team
is thus avoided and the seed is COW
cred Just deep enough-not over an
inch. A light seed harrow is also
extensively employed. This should
be drawn up and down and crosswise
to spread the seed evenly and pre-.
vent it from growing in rows in the
depressions made by the harrow
teeth. Sometimes the seed is left to
be covered by the rain; but this is
the lazy mans method and usually
results in the lazy mans crop. Hand
wedding ia generally considered too
expensive in this country; but great
care should be taken before sowing
that all weeds and grass are thor
oughly extirpated, and single weeds
should be cut after the crop is up; il
pulled some of the fax is sure to
come up with them. The wedding
should be done with bare or stock
Hinged feet, 60 az not to injure the
crop, and when the latter is about
six inches high. Care must be taken
Ito, leave. the ground level, otherwise
| the fax will not ripen evenly. Tt
Insure this object . light rolling il
generally given after seeding.
L -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

The contract for rebuilding the
north wing of the asylum for the III
sane at St. Peter has been let to Mr..
Bohn, for $4,000. The work will
be pushed rapidly to completion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

During thunder storm at Hast
ings, Neb., on Sunday evening last, a
farmer named Parnell was struck by
lightning and badly burned, and his
wife disabled and persisted in the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Careful estimates place the number
Of cattle that have persisted in Col
srsdo and Nebraska during the win
ter at $4,000 of q total of $4,000
owned in those States. The mortal
ity is the largest ever known.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

The rivers in Wisconsin, illinois,
Iowa and Nebraska are just now on
the rampage, the recent rains and
warm weather having let the floods
loose. Considerable damage is re-
ported in southern Wisconsin and
northern Illinois.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Spring weather is upon US, and
the snowdrifts are rapidly melting
away. Some seeding has already
been done in dry places, and by
another week many farmers in this
vicinity will be at work in. their
Eo11.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

A California woman seven feet
tall and weighing 200 pounds broke
her heart for love of q little runt OF
= man, wearing number four boots
and leading . poodle by chain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Minnesota is getting to be such
noted pleasure resort that of rs il
may be truthfully said: The poor ye
have with ye always, but the rich
come only to spend the summer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

The duke of Sutherland, Marquis
Stafford, and party, have started for
an American and Canadian tour
The duke will visit Minnesota and
Iowa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

The travelling salesmen of this
State will hold . reunion at Lake
Ainnetonka on the Sd and 4th of
july next,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Fifteen hundred men are thrown
out Of employment by the overflow
ing Of the Rock river, at Rockford,
III
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Report. from various parts of the
State show that an enormous acreage
Of Aax will be sown this spring.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Those who have examined the
wheat in tho stacks in western Min
Aesota claim that it is not damaged
~ The snow.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

A woman near Camden, Ark,
recently killed her FIVE children and
then threw them into q we'll.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

The son of a real Irish lord has
come to Lake City to spend the sum-
mer with Hon. H. p. Rahilley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Salt is being used extensively as a
fertilizer all over the State.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21
The president does not favor an
extra session of Congress.

Hhse, Ess':;sg, If gsrnata.o.s..e, Nice.
let county, was gored to death by a
bull on Monday last.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21

Contributions are being made for
the relief of suffers by the floods in
northern Nebraska and Dakota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21
For Lease or Rent on
Shares.

One hundred and sixty acres, eight miles
west Of town-eighty acres plowed Tor crop,
forty acres to be pl0Wed this spring. Address
REV. W. c. RICE, Redwing, Mimi, or H. D.
CHOLLAR, Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-21
THIS NEW AND CORRECT MAP
CHICAGO \ NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY


Chicago and all Of the Principal Points the West and Northwest
tiOn puntl
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-27
A LIVING PAPER KNIFE.

An Indian Rajah, who was pleasantly
disposed toward the English, and had
learned their language after fashion, fire.
uuently visited some years ago $50 the
story runs), the Viceroy of Calcutta, and on
one occasion borrowed of the latter copy
of the Edinburgh Rerie,c, which he hap.
pened to see lying on the table. When he
returned the magazine the Viceroy asked
him if he had found anything interesting
in it. "Oh, yes" he replied, many
beautiful things but also many discon-
nected articles 'How so?" asked the
Viceroy "See here" answered the Ra-
jah /; "this begins with Hunting the
Ourang Outang' does it not? And now
turn over the page and here you have the
History of Mary Stuart The Viceroy
laughed. He perceived that the Raiah
had attempted to read the book without
cutting the leaves He accordingly took
from his table beautiful ivory paper. cut
ter, explained its use to his visitor and
made him a present of it. The Raiah was
puzzled as to how the leaves of the book
could be printed before they were cut
open, but this was also explained to him.
About year after this occurrence the
Viceroy saw gay company entering the
court, and in the center of it the Raiah
seated on a young elephant. No sooner
did he see the Viceroy than he cried. Do
you happen to have an uncut copy of the
E2iabrgh Revie,c If so, please toss it to
me-" The Viceroy threw out the maya
zine. 1t was caught by the elephant, who
placed it between his tusks, which had
been wrought into elegant paper. cutters,
even including carved handles, and quickly
cut open the leaves, after which the know
ing animal passed the Reeie,o back to the
surprised Viceroy. The Rajah then dis
mounted, and said to the Viceroy as he
pointed to the elephant "He is yours |
return you the paper-cutter alive. u Natal
Witness
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-27
an IMPORTANT JOURNALISTIC cHAEGE.

1t is stated that Carl Schurz Horace
White and L. L. Godkin have purchased
the New York Ereaing Post, and that the
first named of these gentlemen will assume
the editorial position at once All three
are veteran and specially talented journal.
lists, and men OF mark and experience.
Mr.. Goikin is well known in connection
with that admirable journal, the New York
Nation-the best. and, considering its
merit, the least appreciated publication IN
the United States. Mr. Horace Whites
former editorial connection with the CHI.
cago Tribune is of course fresh in the public
mind, aud Mr.. Schurz needs no introduce
ton, either as 4 statesman or journalist.
The new firm is peculiarly strong in brain
power, and the partners are at ore in their
general political views, though they may
perhaps agree to differ upon details. Tn.
der such guidance the Post may be ex-
pected TO take rank as one of the fore
NEST journals in the country, and it will
be more than ever power for good. No
journal has ever earned more thoroughly
respectable reputation in the past, and we
are extremely glad to know that Bryant's
paper is not to fall into hands less worthy
than those OF the three distinguished
men who are now associated in its con.
duct.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-27
EDwIM BOOTHS EARLIER AND LATER
ACTING.

In the earlier part of his career Edwin
Booth was accustomed to act Sir Giles
Overreach, Sir Edward Mortimer, Pescara,
and number of other parts of the terrific
order, which he has since discarded. He
was great in every one of them. The first
sound of his voice when, as Sir Edward
Mortimer, he was heard speaking off the
scene, was eloquent of deep suffering, con-
cent? ated will, and strange, sombre, for
midable character. The sweet, exquisite,
icy, internal joy with which, as Pescara,
he told his rival that there should be
Emusic" was almost comical in its effect
of terror it drove the listener across the
| line of trsgical tension, and made him
historical with the grimness of a deadly
humor. His swift defiance of Lord Lowell,
as Sir Giles, ard indeed the whole mighty
and terrible action with which he carried
that scene-from "What, are you pale ?"
down to the grisly and horrid viper pre-
tense and reptile spasm of death-were
simply tremendous. This was in the days
when his acting still retained the ex-
uberance of youthful spirit, before the
philosophic mind " had checked the head.
long currents of the heart, or curbed
Imagination in lawless fight. Aud those
extravagant action, but demanded them.
Even his Hamlet was touched with this
elemental fire. Not alone in the great junct-
ure of the tragedy-the encounters with
the ghost, the parting with Ophelia, the
climax of the play scene, the slaughter of
poor old Polonius in delirious mistake for
the king, and the avouchment to Laertes in
the graveyard he brilliant and i'm
petuous, but in almost everything this
quality of temperament showed itself, and
here, OF course, it was in excess. He no
longer hurls the pipe into the flies when
saying Though you may fret me, you
cannot play upon me-" but he used to do
so then, and the rest of the performance
was of piece with that part of it. He
needed, in that period of his development,
the more terrible passions to deal with.
Pathos and spirituality and the mountain
air of great thought were yet to grow.
His Hamlet was only dazzling-the glori-
GUS possibility of what it has since become.
But his Sir Giles was consummate. work
of genius-as good then as it ever after
ward became, and better than any other
that has been seen since, not excepting
even that of Davenport. And in all
kindred characters he showed himself
man of genius. His success was very great.
The admiration that he inspired partook of
zeal that almost amounted to greatness.
When ne walked in the streets of Boston,
in 1857, his shining face, his compact
figure, and his elastic step drew every eye,
and people would pause and turn in groups
to look at him.