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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

backed by some of her newly-made
friends, was about to secure her place
when conversation between one of her
new friends and the Senator's wife led
to an explanation, which resulted in the
ambitious woman losing all the advan-
tage she had gained and her new friends
beside.
T. Had her scheme not been discovered
she would have certainly succeeded, as
social prestige here will do more for an
applicant than all the political influence
imaginable, as it. is shown forth through
the efforts Of home Congressman. Every
now and then some wise ofice-seeker
comes here with lot of money and reg
,, ularly enters the social swim with a
view to getting position, ana if the Ia
dies of his house are bright and enter
+; tanning the chances are hundred to
one that he will succeed.
It is the army of otfice-seekers from
/. out of the District that is prominent
new, owing to the fact that they are ION
the move" Congress has settled down
| to work for the session, and the Offices
| are nearly all full. The few vacancies
will be filed too slowly for the financial
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
DRESS IN BRAZIL.
Curiosities of Costume in Bahia and 9th
Coast Cities.

Curiosittes of Costume in Bahia and Other
Coast Cities.
If each coast town has it's character
istic color, SO also each has it's own fash
ions of dress for the swarming black
population. ! have noticed process of
evolution in costume as I have come
down from the equator The negro chill
dren at Para and Maranhao were stark
naked. At Pernambuco and Bahia they
have calico dresses. The men began
with pair of trunks or short trousers,
without hat, shoes, shirt or coat; at
Maranao they added loose-fitting shirt,
Tapping over the trousers; at Pernam-
buco a ragged coat went over the shirt
and torn straw hat covered the head,
and at Bahia shoes and stockings al
most complete the costume of negro
laborer. Only the waistcoat remains to
be provided, and perhaps may find that
at Rio. The costume of the women has
been developed in the same progressive
way. At the start there was a tunic or
chemise, with head and feet bare.
Further down the coast calico skirt
and waist were thrown over the tunic
and shoes were worn. At Bahia light
shawl or wrap is thrown over calico
suits of the gayest colors or patterns,
and there is a lavish display of cheap
bracelets, brass earrings and amulets.
At Rio l am prepared to see handker-
chiefs and fans. These are the costumes
of the lowest classes of blacks. With
education, respectable employment and
social equality the dress of the negroes
and mulattoes changes until it is hardly
distinguishable from that of the native
Brazilians and Portuguese. A black
who has risen above the level of his race
is scrupulously careful to initiate in de-
tail the costume of his equal, the Portu-
guese white. He wears ordinarily silk
or black felt hat, broadcloth cutaway
coat of black, and pantaloons and waist
coat of white duck. Even the lowest
classes of blacks in Bahia are superior to
any other negroes whom have yet seen
in Brazil. The women who hawk fish
or pineapples in the streets are marvels
of physical development and grace. and
they walk like Greek goddesses. With
purple, pink or blue waists, cut low in
the neck, they display arms of the finest
modelling and development of muscle
and sinew and an erect and queenly car
rage which must be the envy and de-
spair of Brazilian ladies of the highest
rank.-Bahia Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
oAKorA's ARrEslAN BASIN.


Experiments In wsllsBoring to he Made
Under Governments 9 .pervision.
Typographical surveys intended to
show how far it Is possible to reclaim
the arid belt of the West by irrigation
have been going on under Major Pow
ellis able direction for some time. The
work, however, is still far from COM
pleted. 1t is now proposed to discontinue
it temporarily and to divert the appro
priation with which it has been carried
on to experiments in well-boring in
the famous artesian basin in Dakota.
1t is certainly of great Importance to
ascertain what this supposed subterra-
mean current amounts to, and to what
extent it's resources may be drawn upon
for the improvement of agricultural
lands in the two Dakotas. These States
are not in the arid belt, strictly speak
ing, but they border on it and are at
fected by it's conditions. They are our
largest wheat-producing States-our
main dependence, indeed, for an abund-
ance of the best crop. The chief agri-
cultural difficulty in Dakota lies not so
much in a want of participation as in
ed on to come at the right moment and
in the right measure. Last summers
drouth is the cause of the suffering that
now obtains there. Until almost the
first of June there was every reason to
anticipate a crop as good as that OF
1887.
Farming by irrigation is certainly the
scientific way Of farming, and it would
be by no means surprising were history
to repeat itself by once combining the
worlds largest agricultural operations
to arid soil. In depth and fertility the
soil of our desert country is unequaled.
Its gently rolling stoneless expanse pos
sesses capacity fol production almost
incredible. When it is said, for instance,
that less thar one-thirteenth of the land
of the Dali otas has known the harrow's
touch, and that upon seven out of ninety
six million acres crop of thirty-fve
million bushels of corn, seventy million
of wheat, fifty million of oats, ten of
barley, five of fax and five Of potatoes
has been raised, some faint idea may be
CLEANED of the possibilities
If by using the waters of the Rcd
river on the east, the Missouri on the
west. and those of an artesian canal
along the valley of the James, such a
command of the soil could be acquired
as would give it all the moisture it needs
wherever and whenever moisture is
needed, almost another worlds supply
of wheat could be grown right there in
North and South Dakota. We shall
to- stop the surveys in Montana, Colo
RADIO and New Mexico for the sake Of
Dakota, and yet the immense import
ance of testing that artesian basin is i'm
pressive. 1t certainly should be done,
and with the utmost care and thorough
ness, as soon as possible.
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Webster's Self-POssession.

An interesting anecdote of Daniel
Webster is given by Hon. Charles K.
Tuckerman, in his article on "By-gone
Days in Boston," in the North Ameri-
can Review. Webster was delivering
an address in Faneuil Hall on the neces-
.sity for individual exertion and I'M
flinching patriotism to avert the dam
gers which threatened the political
party whose principles he espoused, when
he perceived a terrible sway of the
packed assembly, consequent on the
rush of those endeavoring to enter, and
noted the danger which might ensue.
The orator stopped short in the middle
of a sentence, advanced to the edge of the
platform, extended his arms in an au-
thoritative attitude, and, in stento-
rian voice of command, cried out: "Let
each man stand firmp' The effect was
instantaneous. Each man stood firm;
the great heaving mass of humanity re-
gained its equilibrium, and, save the
long breath of relief which filed the air,
perfect stiffness ensued. THAT" ex.
claimed the great orator, sis what we
call self-governmentr-so apt an illus
tration of the principle he was expound-
ing that the vast audience responded
with deafening cheers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
A New Calculating Machine.

A new calculating machine has been
perfected, occupying about the same
space as an ordinary typewriter, having
slightly inclined keyboard, the keys
of which are operated in the same man.
ner as those of typewriter. Each key
has two figures, large and small one,
the large figures increasing consecu-
lively from one to nine, and the small
ones decreasing in same manner. Thus
the comtometer is so constructed that it
not only performs all computations in
whole numbers and decimal fractions,
but in common fractions, being equally
accurate in discount, interest, square
root, exchange and all forms of account
ant work.-N. Y. Commercial Adver-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
THE COST OF ROYALTY.
Figures Cleaned from the Latest Issue o
Wbitaker,S Almanac.

Figures Cleaned from the Latest Issue of
Whitaker's Almanac.
Royalty may be very fine thing, but
it comes high. There is little book
published every year in London. and
known as "Whitaker's Almanac" which
gives some interesting information con-
corning the cost of royalty in England.
Counting the pound sterling as IS, the
sums granted to the royal family last
year were as follows: The Queens sal
airy, $685., 900; revenues Of the Queen
as Duchess of Lancaster, $3.50, 600; al.
lowance to the Prince of Wales, $780,
900; revenues of the Prince as Duke OF
Cornwall, $4,000; allowance to the
Princess OF Wales, $50, 900; allowance to
the children of the Prince of Wales,
S1sO,o0o; allowance to other children OF
the Queen, $47O,0oO; royal pensions not
enumerated, 1927, 900, making total of
So, $4,000 for the royal family proper.
The collateral branches have to be
provided for and thus it is that numer-
Gus petty Princes have large salaries
and nothing to do.
Besides all of these her Majesty has
what is called the royal household, COM
posed in part of Dukes, Earls and Mar
quises, who get big pay for going on
parade occasionally, and the salaries of
some of whom are much less than their
perq uisiteS. 1t should be mentioned
that if by chance any work should fall
to these people it is done by proxy
and paid for by the Government. For
instance, the master of the Queen s
horse gets $4,000 a year. He has
a nice, easy job, for he does nothing and
he has numerals assistants. He has a
crown equerry ut $4,000 year, seven
equerries in ordinary who get from
$4,000 to $500. each, and extra equer-
ries and equtrries honorary. Besides,
be is provided with a superintendent of
the royal news, a clerk, storekeeper, two
veterinary surgeons, state coach
man and an accountant. 1t appears
that a few grooms do the real work.
The grand al,noner gets $751; 900 a year
for distributing coronation medals on
the day sovereign is crowned, and he
is 'assistcd' by lord high almoner.
The master of the buck-hounds gets
$1,000 year, but there hasn't been roy.
al stag hunt for several centuries. Like
wise royal hawk is thing of the dim
past, but the grand falconer gets S4,s75 a
year, and he probably grumbles because
he has no assistant. 1t is out of the ques.
ton to mention one-half of these sine.
cures, to say nothing of those outside
of the royal household. There are
twenty-five Dukes, twenty Marquises,
lis Earls, twenty-seven Viscounts and
2S2 Barons who must be supported.
Yes, royalty is very fine thing for
those who hold the sinecures, but it is
bad for the middle classes who pay the
taxes. 1t is not surprising that repub-
lies are gaining in popularity. Toledo
(O.) Blade.
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ington is a reservoir Of disappointed am
billions whose possessors stay here in
very much the state of mind of Micaw-
Der, and with very much the same sue
cess. The army of office-seekers of
with a swoop and then depart. They
trickle in steadily from the month after
election and stay as long as their
finances allow. just now they are real
ly thinning out, and not few are right
here in Washington without money
enough to 60 home.
A brilliant example of the class called
on Secretary Blaine the other day. He
was from the West. Nearly three
months ago he had come to Washing
ton secure in the belief that his letters
and pull" would secure him a good
place. Week after week passed, during
which time he went through all the
grades between the Ebbitt House and q
six-dollar-a-week clearinghouse. When
he entered the Office of the Secretary of
State Mr.. Blaine was talking to Sir
Julian Pauncefote. When the English
Minister had gone Mr.. Blaine turned to
the suppliant from the West with an in
curing glance meant to signify what
can do for you?" Nervously coughing
the man stepped forward. He was not
common political heller by any
means. His black frock coat showed
considerable wear and his hat needed
turning, but for all that the man looked
like refined and educated individual.
"Mr. Blaine" he began, II am an APP
plicant for a position. When I came
here wanted an Office but now SIM
ply want position where 1 can make
enough to live on
After some little conversation he pro-
duced a lot of letters showing that his
claims for recognition were not un-
founded.
''Why don't you ask your Congress-
man to help you?" inquired the Secre-
tary.
II have done so, but to no purpose"
was the reply.
After little Mr. Blaine promised to
see what he could do for him, and the
applicant left. Then lrning to me the
Secretary said:. DO you think that's an
unusual circumstance here? Well, it's
not by any means. Visitors like that
average half dozen or more day. Ask
any of the Cabinet officials and they
will tell you the same story, and then
you can estimate for yourself how many
such people there are in Washington"
then went over to Secretary Tracey
and asked him If there were any Office
seekers left in the city.
Thousands" was the emphatic reply.
.'"Tbey stroll in here every day."
Here Mr.. Tracey thought minute
and continued. There is man who
has come here every other day since I
have been in office, except for the p~st
two weeks. When he fiIss came his sp-
pearance was that of wrll-to-do buzz
ness man. could not give him wh%t
he wanted. rs it was net within ny
power, but he kept coming all tn
sAmA Finally he told me he had spen,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
THE ELECTRICAL GOOSE.
A New Device for Smoothing Out Wrin
kles in Masculine Garments.

A New Device for Smoothing Out Wrin.
kles in Masculine Garments.
The latest of the many late things
in electricity is the electrical goose,
which dates from Minneapolis, where
it has been used for smoothing out the
wrinkles and other excrescences of blue
size and weight as the ordinary tailor's
goose, but there the resemblance ends.
1t is described by the girl who is in
trusted with its manipulation to be a
perfect wonder. The electric current is
supplied from an overhead wire by an
ordinary silk-covered wire with plenty
of slack. AS each garment is brought
grasps the goose, and in a trice the
overall is ready for the next operator in
the long list that 90 to fit it for the
hired man or the chimney sweep. The
girl who is handling the goose says she
can do a third more work with it than
with the old kind, and with good deal
less fatigue. The old geese in that es.
Enlistment are now doomed to be sold
for old iron, and the new outfit, which
is shortly to be provided, will enable
the girls to do their work with greater
comfort and profit. In the same estab.
blishment, and the invention, too, Of
one of the firm which controls it, is an
electrical shears. 1t consists of a small
electric motor connected with an over.
head wire, and running at tremendous
rate small, keen-bladed knife. This
will cut through score Of thicknesses
as easily as buzz saw will slide through
a cream cheese. 1t can be steered in
any direction and by the slightest
pressure. 1t is calculated that one man
with this machine can do the work Of
half dozen by the ordinary cumber
some methods. From the same city
comes the statement of an enterprising
laundryman that before another year he
will have an electrical roller, and viii
be able to so cut down laundry rates
as to drive all Cinnamon out OF the
business. Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

Boys, how much do you want fol
that string of fish?" asked an amateur
fisherman on his way home from days
sport. The boy named his price. "All
right; there's your money. Now just
throw the fish," and he dexterously
caught them. Talk about catching
ish!'' he said, as he purs?ed his way
IN. Y. Ledger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
STATE OF OHIO, CIrY OF TOLEDO, =,
LUCAS COUNTY,

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner Of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of Catarrh
that can not be cured by the use Of Halls
Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, AID 1885.
lsEAL] A. w. GLEASON, Notary Public.
and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system Send for testi-
monials, free. F. j. CHENEY b Co., Toledo, q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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ToTHE EDIToH:-Please inform your read.
above named disease. By its timely use
thousands Of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured shall be glad to send two
bottles Of my remedy FREE to any Of your
readers who have consumption IL they will
send me their express and post-ofRce ad-
tresA Respectfully, T. 4 SLocuN, ~ C..
181 Pearl street, New York.
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"Hsrs." said the night editor, swhst
do you moan by writing this headline,
"A Sad and Fatal Accident? Did you
ever know Of fatal accident that was
not sad?'
Eyes, SIR" replied the assistant
promptly. "A book agent was cut to
pieces by train on the Narrow Gauge
road yesterday morning"
The night editor let the headline 60.
-Somerville Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
TIE world grows weary praistng men,
And wearted grows OF being praised"
Hut never Wearied QrOvva the Den

Which writes the truths that have amazed
the thousands who have been given up by
their physicians and who have been restored
to complete health by using that safest Of all
remedies for functional irregularities and
kind. We refer, Of course, to DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, the only guaranteed
cure for all those chronic ailments peculiar
to women. Read the guarantee on the bot
tle-wrapper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
Purity
Your Blood

At the coming of spring the blood should be purf
ned, as impurities which have been accumula ing
for months or even years. are liable to mantle
themselves and seriously affect the health. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is undoubte lily the best blood purifier
1texpes every faint of impur drives out scrofu.
lous humors and of disease. and gives to the
blood the quality and tone initial to good health
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
give sure and immediate relief. Sold only
a. bores Price 25 cents
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

WILL be found an excellent remedy for
sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Thousands of letters from people who have
used them prove this fact. Try them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

REGRET not yesterday, despise not to-day,
depend not on o-morrow-Texas Siftinga
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

ANEW YORK man writes of the ocean and
calls it a poem. 1t is one of those poems
which makes fellow sick to come across
--Yonkers Statesman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

For washing .fannels, Dobbins' Electric
Soap Is marvellous. Blankets washed with 1t
look like ne,r and there is absolutely no
shrink No. No other soap in the world vii.
do such perfect work Give it q trial noap.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold
Pike Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

THE position of Minister Of Greece is
looked upon as fat oflce.-Yo nkers States
man
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

MANY youth who seeks for the tree Of
knowledge gets only branch-Bingham-
ton Republican
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QUIrE neat and appropriate is 1t that .
cross-examination Is ten instituted to
settle vexed observation-disclosures Ameri-
can.
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ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
swallow No pain or gripping after taking.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20
ConsumptIon surely Cured.

THE man who thinks figures never lie
books after Napoleonic raid-Puck.
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NommAndahlA.

All claims not consistent with the high
euoided BY Of the sSc a F Fig sSrap company
1t acts gently on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, cleansing the system effectually,
but it is not cure all and makes no pre-
tensions that every bottle will not sub
stantiate,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

DEAD men tell no tales, but the ones who
write their obituaries often do.-Elmira
Star
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

THIS Is q queer transaction, remarked
the man who got stuck with . counterfeit
quarter.-LoWen Mail
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-20

To the stomach, liver and bowels, DE-
Pierce's Pellets excel. One dose.
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Hoods SarsaparilIa

Every spring for years have made 1t a practice
TO take from three to five bottles of Hoods Sarsa
paril a. because l know it purfes the blood and
thoroughly cleanses the system of all impurities"
W. H. LAWRENCE, Editor Agricultural Epilomist
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1.-The Herr Baron is not at home. but

THE Herr Baron is not at home, but
you can leave your bill if you choose"
'.Bill? I haven't any bill; I only
meant" mo bill? Then you mus,
have made mistake in the housa. -
Cliegende Batter.
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WHEN man is up in the arts Of knavery
he isn't upright.-Binghamtom Leader.
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ONCE q fisherman always . uar.-The
Weeks Sport
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BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. $50.
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The brass band man is always ready to
90 out on little tooth. o. Picayune.
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remained. A few weeks ago she went
home disappointed to all appearances,
for young man was finally appointed,
whereupon the last one to leave prompt
ly married the young man and they sent
cards to Mr.. Wanamaker a day or two
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THEY have stood the test of time-"Tan-
sins Punch" America 5 finest sc. Cigar.