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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-06-12
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
HEDGE AND. WIRE FENCES.

A Combination That Makes . Safe AND
Permanent Fence.
The Usage orange is extensively used
for division and yard-fences, and, when
properly set out and cared for, it makes
. cheap and good hedge. In some parts
of Illinois there are miles Of Osago
hedge to rods Of any other kind Of
fence, and, where kept we'll trimmed,
they give satisfaction. The chief OBJ
lection to Usage hedge as a. yard-fence
is that hogs will work under it to find a
cool place. They rub and break off the
lower branches, and eventually make
gaps, through which they escape into the
fields or neighbors' lots. To prevent
this, the sharp, spiny shoots, cut from
the top, are piled against the base of
the hedge. But this soon becomes dry
and brittle, and is quickly rooted out
and pushed aside, so that almost con-
slant watchfulness on the part of the
owner is necessary to prevent the hogs
from working through.
Eight years ago, says contributor to
the American Agriculturist, friend
called my attention to the hedges around
his hog-lot, which were rubbed off
smooth, and so full of gaps that he had
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FIG. 1. THREE-WIRED FENCE.

FIG. 1. THREE-wIRED FENCE.
been obliged to take his hogs out, and
asked me to give him hint or sugges-
ton toward remedying the matter. I
advised him to cut the entire hedge of
close to the ground, leaving stumps
thirty inche s high, about six or eight
feet apart rhen fasten to these stumps
three galvanized barbed wires, the low
est six inches from the ground, the Sec
ond eight inches above that. and the
third twelve inches above the second,
as shown in Fig l. This was to be done
in February or March and the hogs kept
out until autumn. This was done, and
the hedge-roots sent up perfect thicket
of shoots on both sides of the wires,
completely locking them in. In June
these shoots, then four to six feet high,
were cut off to three and half feet in
height and the sides trimmed up until
the hedge was eighteen inches wide.
The latter part of August the hogs were
turned in, and the yard has been occu-
pied by them ever since. In places the
hedge is rubbed smooth off to the wires,
but no farther.
In all of those eight years not pig,
large or small, has escaped from that
lot, and the fence will apparently re-
main 'pig-tight'' for lifetime. 1t is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-06-12
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

. -Horseradish cut in thin strips,
,lengthwise and q dozen or more Of these
strips placed on the top OF each key OF
pickles will keep them from becoming
stale or rmoldy.
Artificial Ice: Mix four ounces Of
nitrate Of ammonia; and four ounces OF
,ubcarbonate of soda with four ounces
,f water in a tin vessel, and in three
hours the mixture will produce ten
ounces of ice.-Sunny Hour. ':.:Ss -'-'
Eat something within an hour after
rising if obliged to labor or2study, or
exposed to malaria or contagion. II
possible. eat in pure air and not too
fast. Nothing is gained by boiling
food, and much harm may be done. :ss
Instead of ironing the fringe Of
towels, doilies, etc., comb them out
straight, while damp, with a new
coarse toilet comb. 1t is we'll to secure
one for this purpose, though you can
whip the fringe out by beating it lightly
on you hand.-Old Homestead.
-Prune Pie: Stew the prunes first
with large handful of malaga raisins
Remove the stones; add a teaspoonful
Of gelatine to the liquid with sugar to
make good strip. Let it boil up we'll
and add the stewed fruit. 1t should
form stiff jelly when cold. Bake in
one crust.-Country Gentleman.
Oatmeal Flakes: Two teacupfuls
of fine oatmeal, one cup of cold water,
one teaspoonful of salt; mix with meal
70 1yo flsp Iotf 70 -
if necessary, and spread on dripping
pan carefully and serve hot or cold
The Home.
French Dish: Take two cupfuls
each of chopped veal and ham. Soak
two cupfuls of bread-crumbs in one Of
boiling milk; season, and mix together
with two well-beaten eggs. Put into a
we'll buttered mold or dish and bake for
half an hour, not allowing the crust to
become too hard. Turn out on plat
ter, and serve hot for tea, or, if desired,
will make nice addition to scrap din.
ner.-Ladies' Home journal.
keep sharp lookout for moth
millers; all woolens done with for the
season should be shaken, brushed, aired,
wrapped in new newspapers, labeled and
packed away before they begin to flut-
ter around. They are not apt to injure
clothing that is occasionally shaken and
aired, or worn; but if you find any spots
covered with fine, filmy web, trouble
has begun, and frequent brushing, steam.
ing or airing will be necessary to stop
their ravages.-Pioneer Press.
Asparagus Soup: For this purpose
the refuse, tough and white part of a
bunch of celery may be used. At this
season asparagus is sold for five cents a
bunch, and sometimes less. Buy a
bunch to serve with white sauce, and
use the tough part for soup. Cut in
small pieces and put to boil in one quart
Of water with the tops of two green
onions, little salt and pepper, two
sliced potatoes. Press all through a
colander, when tender; then return ia
kettle, add teacup of sweet milk,
tablespoonful of butter and tablespoon.
full of flour mixed smoothly together.
Simmer three minutes, and serve hot
with oatmeal flakes.
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AN APT DEFINITION.

The Principal Points Of Really Good
and Valuabe Book.
But, some one will ask, what do you
call good book? l will tell you.
A good book is one that interests you.
One in which the bright rather than
the dark side of life is shown.
One that makes you see how mean are
the small vices of life and how despite
able are the great sins.
One that glorifies virtue in women
and honor in men.
One in which the good are rewarded
and the wicked and made to suffer
suffering, by the by, that may be of the
conscience-or in a more material way,
a reward given either on earth. or prom
Use for the future.
One which convinces you that this
world is filled with good men and good
women.
One that breathes forth the goodness
of Creator and respects His all-govern-
ing laws.
One that makes you feel you are meet
ing real people-people who elevate
your thoughts as you associate with
them.
A good book is one that you remem-
Der with pleasure, that when the dull
hours come you can think of with in
terest and feel that there are people
with whom you have most interesting
acquaintance, who are yet only charao-
tiers of the Imagination.
A good book is one that tells, in good
English, the story it has to; sees no
necessity for using foreign words and
does not quote from the Arabic or the
Sancrit as if the author had written it
with an Encyclopedia BRITANNICA beside
him.
A good book is the one that we want
when weary of the people of the world;
that we can read out aloud and discuss;
that we can hand to our daugL tiers that
it may give them pleasure, and which
will only be stepping stone on the
road of taste, not only to better and
nobler books, but better and nobler
life.
That is good book-and, my friends,
there are hundreds of them.-Ladies'
Home Journal,
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THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
He Is Apprecia ted Only in the Hour OF
Need and Distress.

He Is Apprecis ted Only in the Hour OF
Need and Distress.
Some people think that physicians in
constant presence of pain get hard.
hearted. Do they? The most celebrated
surgeon of the last generation stood in
clinical department of one of the New
York medical colleges, the students
gathered in the amphitheater to see a
very painful operation on little child.
The old surgeon said: ''Gentlemen, ex-
cuse me if retire; these surgeons can
do this as we'll as l can, and as get
older it gives me more and more distress
to see pain" One day there was dread.
full foreboding in our house. ALI hope
was gone. The doctor came four times
that day. The children put away their
toys and all walked on tiptoe, and at
the least sound, said: "Hushr' How
loudly the clock did tick, and how the
banister creaked. though we tried to
keep it so still. That night the doctor
stayed all night. He concentrated all
his skill upon the sufferer. At last the
into calm, sweet slumber, and the
doctor looked up ana smiled, and said:
1.-THE crisis is past" When propped
up with pillows in the easy chair, she
sat, and the south wind tried to blow a
rose-leaf into the faded cheek, and the
children brought flowers-the one, a
red clover-top; the other, violet from
the lawn-to the lap of the convalescent,
and Bertha stood on high chair with
abrush smoothing her mothers hair.
and we were told in day or two sh<
might ride out joy came back to our
honse. And as we helped the old coun.
try doctor into his gig,.we noticed not
that the step was broken, or the horse
stiff in the knees, and we all realized
for the first time in our life what
doctors were worth.-Talmage, in N. Y.
Observer. --ss....- ryrs~. - -.
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Rehrnnd Gazette.
JAMES AIKEN, Publisher.
REDWOOD FALLS, MINI.
THE WHEELS,

Oh! the hum Of the wheels as they tireless
turn
The wheel of Fortune, the wheel of Fate,
The wheel Of Love, and the wheel Of Hate
How they circle slow for the hearts that yearn,
For the hopes that beat in the breasts that
burnt
But in truth they fly with a splendid speed,
Else how should we hear their hum, indeed!
Come come tits the Fortune wheel
'Some, some Of the worlds wealth steal;
II will not last-it will soon be past
But gold is my god, and bid you kneeL"
Oh the hum of the wheels as they fling and
6y!-
The wheel of Fate and the wheel Of Love,
The wheel Of Hate-ah! we hear above
The whr of the Fortune-wheel hard by
A dreary drone that has drawn US nigh,
To haunt our heart with hint of woe,
And pierce our peace with poison slow.
Fear, fear!"-'tiS the wheel of Fate.
Near near, though seem so late,
draw at last and your JOY is past
Be it ne'er SO pure-be it ne'er so great"
Oh! the hum Of the wheels as they whrl them
round!
The wheel OF Love and the wheel Of Hate
The rhyme that rang in our ears so late
Comes faint and far, like the softened sound
OF citys stir by the distance drowned
Our ears are deaf with the din and groan
OF the hurting Hate-wheers monotone.
"Woe, woe" is the hoarse refrain.
Low, low, do grind like grain
My victims there, nor for aught forbear,
Till faint they fall in their grievous pain"
Oh! the hum of the wheels as they disappear!
The wheel Of Love that thSreSt downbore,
With their flashing speed and their rush and
roar,
Has gained at last and has drawn full near;
And our heart is free Of its fret and fear,
For the wheel turns slow, and We know twill
lend
Our steps stay to the journeys end
"Blest, blest $50 the wheel sings low;
''Rest, rest from the griefs that go
To make the strife of a human life.
IT'S Love alone can the best bestow."
Julie NJ Lippmann in New England Maya
zine.
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FOOD AND HEALTH.
A Question That Must Always Remain
One of Individual Constitution.

A Question That Must Always Remain
One of Individual Constitution.
Physicians have prepared tables sup.
posed to represent the relative digesti.
hility of food, none Of which can be
regarded as infallible. That of the
French doctor Beaumont placed among
the most digestible articles pigs feet,
brains and tripe, and among the least
digestible food roast veal, roast mutton
and oysters. This classification of
oysters will strike Americans as a
heresy. Fowl carefully prepared is con-
sidered so digestible thatiti is one of the
articles of food most frequently given
in case of sickness, and yet thousands
of stomachs rebel against it. There
seems no objection to placing pigs feet
at the head of the list if they are we'll
cooked and eaten without any of those
highly-spiced additions used by many
cooks to render them more &C.
ceptable to the palate. Among the
things generally regarded as trying to
the digestion are smoked and sailed
meats, hash, cauliflower, with several
things already mentioned. Roast meats
Beef roasted or broiled is the article on
whose digestibility the doctors and the
human stomach are best agreed. AS
too great variety of food is not to be
commended, SO the prolonged use OF
single article of diet is generally to be
avoided. If circumstances render it
necessary that person or community
should subsist on a uniform kind OF
food, potatoes, fish, and milk come the
nearest to satisfying all the conditions.
Neither of these species of nourish'
ment tends specially to muscle, and yet
the almost exclusive use of either is en-.
tirely consistent with perfect state OF
health. Milk goes far, it must be re-
membered, to supply the lack of animal
food. A French physician, basing his
conclusion on, this principle, advises
that cheese be made an important part
of the ration of the French army, be.
cause It is highly digestible, exceed
ingly compact, and very nourishing.
The Irish peasant, who is usually witty,
invariably healthy, and often hand
some, shows the physical ad'
vantages resulting from the use of the
potato. As to fish, it is a diet that
nourishes a much larger proportion Of
the human race than that which has the
privilege-and it is limited-of feeding
on the flesh of four-footed animals. As
to the relative use of meat and vegeta'
bles, it depends on an infinite variety
of questions, two of the most important
of which are those of labor and of eli
mate. Near the equator the use of meat
is extremely limited, principally be-
cause the system does not require it,
while in high degrees of latitude its
consumption is greatly increased, and the
greater amount of fatty matter it con.
tains renders it the more acceptable.
In many cases the want of it is supplied
BY pure oil. But after all is said, aside
from general rules, the question of food
remains, and must always remain, one
of individual constitution and human
iudgment-San Francisco Chronicle.
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Under the new time schedule of ssThe
North Western Line" g., st p, M. & o.
Ry., all passenger trains Of this line make
the trip between st Paul and Chicago in
less than IA hours.
The Pullman and Wagner Vestibuled
Limited, leaving st. Paul at 80 p. m.
makes the trip to Chicago in 1871 hours and
from Chicago to st. Paul in ID hours and
% minutes.
The Daylight Express leaving st. Paul at
7:45 a. m. makes the trip to Chicago in ID
hours and 50 minutes aud from Chicago to
st Paul in Is hours and As minutes.
This is the only line running all its trains
in less than Il hours between st. Paul and
Chicago, and while this time is quick. trains
do not have to run at as high rate Ct speed
to make their time as on other lines be-
cause this line is shorter than any other line
In addition to these facts, this is the only
line by which connections are assured in
Chicago with all fast line trains from Chi
cago to the East and South in the morning
and at night.
NorE.-Fares by this line are always as
low as bv any other.
For Map Folder of the line address, 7. W.
TEAsDALE, General Passenger Agent, st.
Paul. Mimi.
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FORMATION OF MILK.
Some of the Latest Theories on this Sub
ject.

Some of the Latest Theories on this Sub
ject.
The popular idea is that milk is a
product of some internal organ of the
COW, and is run" into the udder through
the big milk veins on the abdomen,
attaching great impor lance to the size
of the veins and the diameter of the
well holes" through which they pass
into the body. At an institute, lately,
says Hoard's Dairyman, speaker in
some remarks on milk production gave
utterance to the later theory that milk
is not secreted as perfect milk during
the intervals of milking, but that the I'D
der simply secretes a quantity of serum
and blood elements, which are elabor-
ated into milk during the process of milk
ing, and that person blindfolded, could
not by the taste, distinguish between
fresh drawn blood and milk.
His deductions were that the feeding
of mich COWS, proftably, must be done
with protein food-bran, oats, peas,
etc., and less corn meal. The reason is
that these being distinct blood foods
tend direct to the developing of more
and better blood, causing the udder to
secrete larger quantities of this fluid,
and hence better results. BY expert
ment it has been found that the udder
before milking contained but small
quantity of milk, scarcely more than a
quart, and the second" flow of milk is
made from the stored quantity of serum,
and elaborated into milk by nervous
power as the process of milking goes on.
The proofs at his disposal were, that
dairymen present were forcing up the
butter and milk yields of their dairies,
just as they increased the bran supplies
of the food ration. This was a new
theme for the farmers present. Some
took sidewalk" objection, as all
bosh; but others could see a practical
point for them to put to profitable use.
That of supplying far less fat-formers to
their cows needed heat by warmer sta.
bles, and tepid water to drink, and more
bloodforming foods.
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& IS !
Observation-Disclosures I !
FIG. 2.-Two-wIRED FENCE.

trimmed regularly twice year, the first
time in June and the second any time
between November and March.
The hedge around pasture had given
the same farmer some trouble. He cut
it off evenly to a height of two feet,
leaving strong stumps four feet high, six
to ten feet apart. To these he stapled
two barbed wires, eighteen inches apart,
as shown in Fig. 2. Within a year
thereafter the fence was bull-proof, and
it is likely to remain so for an indefi
mite period.
There is nothing that surpasses Usage
and barbed wire for making perfectly
safe and permanent fence-one that is
absolutely stock-proof, and will con-
tinue so as long as it is properly attend
ed to. Where the Usage orange does
not succeed, barberry, willow or Sibe-
rian crab will serve the purpose.
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Struck by . Falling Star.

One of the most remarkable accidents
recorded in history occurred near Merl-
borough House, London, England. re-
Gently. A gentleman was passing from
st. James Park to Pail Mall when he
suddenly received violent blow on his
right shoulder, which caused him great
pain and to stumble forward as he
walked. He noted a cracking noise at
the time, but had not the slightest idea
of the cause of the shock he had expert
enced. Reaching home he disrobed and
submitted to critical examination, but
nothing was discovered which in the
least accounted for the great pain in
both shoulder and arm. A servant sent
to brush the gentleman's coat next
morning discovered a scorched streak
about eleven inches long and an
inch wide extending across the
shoulder of the coat and down
the back. The mysterious shock was
explained, he had been struck by a
meteor or falling star.-Liverpool Post.
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THE FORTH BRIDGE.
Computations of an English Engineer Re.
garding Its Stability.

Computations of an English Engineer Re.
garding Its Stability.
London Industries says that, ''as
showing the immense size and strength
of the Forth bridge in Scotland, prom
inent English engineer has made a con-
trast in the following simple terms: AS
grenadier guardsman, put at the aver
age height of 5 feet 1917 inches, is to
newborn infant, about 1884 inches, so
is the Forth bridge to the largest rail-
way bridge yet built in this country.
To give an idea Of the material used in
the construction of the bridge, it may
be mentioned that it included about
$1,000 tons of steel of two qualities--one
to resist tensile and the other compress
sive strains, having strengths respect
lively of 80 to 33 and "a to 81 tons per
square inch of tension-and, as we stated
before, upwards of 81, 900 tons of cement,
7O7, 600 cubic feet of granite, III, 600 feet
of masonry and concrete for the founda-
tions and piers, while 1000, 900 cubic
feet of timber were used for temporary
purposes. AS many as $500 men were
employed at one time in the construc-
ton. The stability of the bridge is as
sured, as far as human foresight can
make it, and this will be apparent when
it is mentioned that Mr. Baker, one of
the engineers for the work. considers
that half dozen ironclads could be
hung from the cantilever ends. Ex-
perts stated that the gale to which the
Tay bridge succumbed did not give a
higher pressure than thirty pounds per
square foot. In the case of the Forth
bridge a pressure of fifty-six pounds per
square foot has been allowed for acting
over the whole surface-greater than
ever has been experienced in this coun-
try. AS to the cost, it is estimated that
SO, $50, 900 has been spent on the bridge
and the north and south railway ap-
proaches, but, including the construc-
ton of various connecting lines, nearly
es, 100000 (say s15,Ooo,ooO will have
| been consumed"
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1l.IE7- ~ 8"Ers
AND EDUCATIONAL.


Ill The woman's Foreign Missionary
Society Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has more than 10000 mem
bers.
Is Tho Church Of England Bible So
lciety has just celebrated its s6th birth
day, and issued . French version Of the
New Testament.
Tho Baptist denomination in Ii
beria 10 the only self-supporting reli-
gious body in that country. There are
thirty-one churches, with 3, 900 members.
They have mission among the abort
gines.
+ "A child is educated when he knows
how to use his powers, and has his fac
ulties trained to work we'll. The school
can show the pupil how to use his pow
ers. The work of using them must be
done by the pupil himself. A.
Cooper.
Tho organ of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association has changed its name
from the Waterman to that OF the
Young Mems Era. This change was
made in harmony with a wide demand
from its constituency in all parts of the
land, and because its old name was the
same as that of a leading paper in one
of the larger denominations.
Rev. Theo. J.. Cuyler, D. D., says
that every theological student ought to
hear Mr.. Moody preach at least once
year. They might learn from him
that the secret of all effective preaching
OF the Gospel is to present evangelical
doctrine made red-hot by Heaven-sent
fervor for the salvation of souls, and so
to present it that child might under
stand it."
The total number of souls who have
protested salvation at the Salvation Army
penitent forms for the five months end
ing with April 1 is 10000. At the COM
mencement of November, the officers of
the organization, upon General Booths
instructions, set about to obtain 100,-
900 conversions in Great Britain alone
during the following six months, and
this number has now almost been
reached.
"A woman missionary on the Congo
writes that the Sunday service lasts
two or three hours, and the little chill
dren, getting tired, run outside to play,
disturbing the worshipers and Guilt
waiting irreverence One of the royal
princes at Mandalay, before Theebaw's
downfall, would know how to sympa-
thize with these little black folks. He
was asked what he thought of church
dedication he had been induced to at
tend. "Well," he replied, II wish they
had cut it in two. 1t was very long
time to be without cheroot."
Rev. J. w. Sproull of Pittsburgh,
who is in Egypt, writes of the great
Moslem University at Cairo, founded in
DTS, which, with its 10000 pupils and
$40 professors, is said to be the largest
In the world. The pupils have no
benches or chairs, but study, eat and
sleep on blanket or straw mat. The
Koran is the only book used for gram
mar, law, philosophy and theology. The
professors receive no salary, but are
supported by private instruction, by
copying books, and by presents from
rich scholars. From this great univer-
sity goes forth annually a small army of
fanatics whose whole influence is en-
tirely and constantly exerted against
progress and reform