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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

lit is remarkable how easy it is to
restrain your wrath, when the other fell
low is ever so much bigger than you.-
Texas Siftings.
In the pursuit Of knowledge man
never gets on the right track until he
finds out that he doesn't know enough to
brag about it.-Ram's Horn.
-Ethel-There is Jack sitting on the
other side Of the boat. Doesn't he look
tired? Maud-Yes. Have you been
talking to him to-day?-Figaro.
Teach your boys how to earn money,
and, to make the reform in the next
generation complete, teach your girls
how not to spend it.-Atchison Globe.
John, run quick and send the
alarm, the house is on fire."
Not so fast. my dear, not so fast
We have plenty of fire insurance, but
none against muddy shoes and water -
Harper's Bazaar.
1t often happens that those are the
best people whose characters have been
the most injured by slanderers, as we
usually find that to be the sweetest
fruit which the birds have been pecking
at.-Pope.
"A New Kind of Celebrat ion.-In Chi
cago.-'"There seems to be something
unusual going on this evening in the
house across the way" Eyes; Miss
Lakefront is celebrating the fiftieth an
niversary of her divorce. Judge.
One Matron-No; do not allow nv
husband to address me by my Christian
name. Another Matron-I shouldn't
mind that at all. 1t is the unchristian
names he breaks out with every once in
while that object to.-Indianapolis
Journal.
-Reasonable-''You begging still? ]
thought you had some money left you,
30 that you could live very comforta-
bly," $50 did, but you would not want
me on that account to fool away my
time doing nothing, would you%-Flie.
Eende Batter.
My experience of life makes me
sure of one truth, which do not try to
explain; that the sweetest happiness we
ever know, the very wine of human life,
comes not from love, but from sacrifice
from the effort to make others happy.
This is as true to me as that my flesh
will burn if I touch red-hot metal
John Boyle O'Reilly.
Says the New York Sun: "About
o'clock last night band of six we'll.
dressed young misses, hardly out OF
their teens, hustled into a car of an ele.
vated train going uptown, and found
Beats all together on the cross benches
of the car. AS they came in, and when
they sat down, they cluttered and gig.
gled. But these words look too hard
They talked very loudly and laughed
still more loudly. Nearly all of them
talked at once, and all of them laughed
most of the time. 1t did not seem as il
any one of them could tell what any
other one was saying, and it looked as il
each of them laughed at her own talk
They were all lawfully smart" and
kept up the hubbub till they rushed Out
OF the car all together at an uptown
station" Be careful, girls, and remem
Der that nothing is so truly admired a.
becoming nodesty in young lady.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

The old saying that changing is too
good for them" is never understood to
apply to the Christmas stockings.
And talking about stockings: 'Stock-
ings be hangedr' says the ST. Louis
girl. 1T is only the Chicago belle who
expects to find a grand piano in SOCK"
st Louis Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

her-but we tan't hole ye horse. dess
we'll do now"
did your mamma send you?" asked
Mr.. Roman.
'Oh, no! she's cryin', an we dus
fought we'd help ask folkes Please
tum, Mr.. Man."
And smiling in friendly but half
frightened fashion, the children trotted
down the walk. AS their little figures
vanished, Uncle Peter came around the
house.
WHO are those children, uncle?"
queried Mr.. Roman, gazing after them.
"Dey's po' Massa Blake chilluns, sab.
Yo' members tole you how M ASA Tom
done die las week we'll deys his twins.
Dey do say it's scan'lous how Miss
Blake's bein' treated. Massa Tom done
sign note fur genneman. an he can't
pay, an dey is ter be auction dere to-
morrow. an Massa Tom not dead week
yet scasely. POI Miss Blakei"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

Ez felt two tight arms givin' bear.hua
'raound my neck.
Sech o time ez we had-sech hollerin'! you
could hear US far an near
I'll never have bettcr-if live till hunderd
year.
Oh, neighbors! don't be stingy when it comes
to Christmas day;
Re Clus the hull year thro, nut tn n put savin'
thoughts away
Let's have enc hearty lauGhin' time an let the
troubles 60
Fersit your pocket books an give your hearts a
chance to grow!
Florence Z. Pratt in Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
A Christmas Recipe,

Take about eight quarts of unselash.
ness and unadulterated charity; mix
briskly with liberal supply of generos.
ity, kindliness and forbearing love.
Simmer gently over slow fire Of for.
giveness, goodwill and good-fellowship.
Put in q dash of cheerfulness and plen.
teous sprinkling Of smiles, and serve
piping hot with your Christmas dinner.
Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
Expert Testimony.

"Say, Larry" said the wife of a naval
officer to her husband, did you know
that hereafter war ships of the first rate
only were to be named after States?'
YES, and they are going to name tho
next one after the State of Matrimony,"
he replied.
II don't understand" she said, trying
to get glimpse Of the situation.
"Oh, don't you?" he continued sarcas-
tically. "Well, it is because ships of
that class cost the most Washington
Star.
A MATTER of Regret.-Bunker-"D you
remember the cigar l gave you the other
dayP" Hill-"Pm sorry to say l do."-
Racket.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO, ! .

LUCAS COUNTY,,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
Il 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 HALL s
Catarrh Cure FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence. this 9th day of December, ID. 1896.
lsEAL] A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Send for testi-
monials, free. F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptlyo on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispcls colds, head
aches and fevers and cures napltual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
,o,,,o, SAY FRANCISCO. CAL.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
ROMAIN'S LEGACY.
His Oh ~istmas Present to Mrs.
Blake aud Her Children.

My two days
until Oh ristmas!
IL ow different
this will be from
the one I looked
forward to this
.year!' thought
Mr.. Roman as
h Q restlesslv
paced the wide
porch of his
h a n d s O M e
home.
"How pleasant
the air is-as
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18


balmy as spring! Exquisite, if one had
some one to enjoy it with; but I'm lone
some Poor Toni How l hoped to see
you again, to tell you that the faultwas
mine in that quarrel; and you are dead
buried only last week, they tell me-
and l am back in Old Virginia, with
never a child or chick to bid me well
come"
'Dood- mornin', Mister Man; will you
please tum to We nauction?"
AS these words fell on his ear, Mr..
dren standing on the steps, chicken
held tightly under the arm of one of
them.
They were pretty children, too-a boy
and girl, exactly the same size. Blonde
curls crowned each shining head; brown
eyes, with long, curling lashes, looked
frankly out from under straight, clear
cut eyebrows. and two little pug noses
turned up merrily from the little rosy
mouths that were always smiling be-
meath. No, not always; for there was a
frightened little culver about them now,
as their owners looked up timidly at
the stern, handsome man who was so
earnestly regarding them.
Come to your what?' repeated Mr..
Roman.
ITO our nauction," the boy explained
'rapa's gone to Heaven, and we's goin'
to have nauction; it's to Diet money,
you see; we's goin' to sell all our sings.
Mamma saws We more we folkes come, We
moro We'll det money; and if dere's
enough, Yves not goin' 10 sell my wockin
horse. Use dot Pickle, dis here chickie,
safe-me and Rosy take turns holdin'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

ONEY wuz skerce
tn at Christmas
We hadn't Q cent
to spare
Fer FOOLS h and
wasteful presents
that wasn't to eat
nor wear.
Pa he carkilated an
que sed 1t wuz
better so,
But We on'y thought
o. tn shillin's al
not once O. little
ice.
On'y ez time KEEP
ere g p / n a n d
Chris'mus wuZ al
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

There are knaves now and then met with
who represent certain local bitters and
poisonous stimuli as identical with or pos
sessing properties akin to those of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. These scamps only
succeed in foisting their trashy compounds
upon people unacquainted with the genuine
article, which is as much their opposite as
day is to night. Ask and take no substi-
tute for the grand remedy for malaria, dys-
pepsia, constipation, rheumatism and kid.
new trouble
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

begun to wish it wuz over an gone fer another
year:
An l see that pa wuz bothered, he'd sech an
Uneasy way
An he alwus changed the subtle II the subtle
wuZ Chris mus day;
Fer Joe KEEP a-tcllin' constant what the other
boys nd git,
An it made me feel so awful mean hain't got
over it yt;
Till at last couldn't stand it, an the day afore
the day
I slipped aout awful quiet, an TUX the keers
away
CLAIR daown to the great big city, jist packed
an gorged with folks.
The hull bilin' of UNI happy an laughin' an
maxim jokes.
l come to Il noble bufldin' with popcorn strung
in strings.
An big tin horns an go-carts an kcerS an
drums an things
The feller wuzn't haughty-proud but 'ud hunt
an sort an pull;
An laid out thirty shillin' an my arms wuz
bllin' full
When 1 got back hum in the evenln' the
haouse wuz dark an still,
But the moon wuz a-risin' noble over to old Tug
hill.
peeked up soft to Joe's room an slid the latch
on the door,
When give jump an my packin's went fyin'
to the floor;
Fer there wuz pa a-standin' in front Of painted
sled,
An we heerd hoot an there wuz Joe a-squat
tin up in bed
He give jump an landed an thought my
bones 'ud brock,
@ !
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

WILL be found an excellent remedy for
sick headache Carter 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, 1890-12-18

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Hon.
ey Of Horehound and Tar or Coughs.
Pixies Toothac...e Drops cure in one minute
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

II WOULD give any thing if l but had a
musical ear why don't you take qui-
ninep "Quinine9' "Certainly; that will
make your cars sing. indianapolis Jour
nal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

IT is probably called Indian summer be-
cause we have to wear blankets at night
Pittsburgh DisDatch
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

PURE soap is white. Brown soaps are
adulterated with rosin. Perfume is only
put in to hide the presence OF p,tIid fat.
Dobbins' Electric Soap is rure, white, and
unscented. Has been sold since 1865 Try it
slUtC.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

loo large
the old-fashioned pill. Too
reckless in its way of doing
business, too. 1t cleans you
out, but it uses you up, and
your outraged system rises up
against it. DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets have a better way.
They do just what is needed
no more. Nothing can be
more thorough-nothing is as
mild and gentle. They're the
smallest, cheapest, the easiest
to take. One tiny, sugar
coated granule's a gentle lax
ative-three to four are ca
thartic. Sick Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bill
ious Attacks, and all derange-
ments of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly re-
lieved and permanently cured.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

CoUGHs AND COLDS. Those who are suf-
fering from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat,
etc. should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TROCHEs. Sold only in b0ces
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

SONG Of the man who never should have
got married: 81 would that my love would
silent be."-BostOn Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

"BnEN to Brooklyn, chr Yep" Como
across any thing remarkablep "Yep."
"Whatr "The bridgc"-Lifc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

STRANGE that people go South for the win.
ter when we have 50 much of it in the North
-Elmira Gazette
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

ARE unlike all other pills. No purging or
pam. Act specially on the liver and bile
Carriers Little Liver Pills. One pill dose
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

NAN no sooner gets Old enough to know
how to talk well than he also learns tho
value of not talking at all-Atchison Globe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

IF turkeys know as much as the much.
despised geese they would fly very far
South in the fall-Pittsbnrgh Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

No Opium in Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
Cures where other remedies fail. CSC.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18

$50 THE old gentleman kicked YOU down
the stoop when you called to see his daugh-
ter. Did he break any thingl" Eyes, he
broke our engagement = Philadelphia
Times
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
A CURIOUS STORY.
~ HEARD S u G h a

curious story
OF Santa Claus.
Once, so they
say,
He set out to find
what people
were kind
Before lie took
presents their
way.
81 This year I will
give but to
giDers-
To those who
make presents
themselves
With q nod OF his
head, old Santa
Claus said
To his band OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
A HEARTY LAUGhlN' TIME.

How We Tried Not to Keep Christmas,
and How We Failad.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-18
TOLEDO WEEKLY BLADE.

New Story by Oliver Optic will commence in few
weeks Very handsome China Tea Sets and other
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szrNAME THIS PAPER .,u, in. ,on .,r.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04
COAST ITEMS.
Clothes thieves are about in Sacra

Clothes thieves are about in Sacramento.
George Hilton at Los Angeles had no
work and no money, SO he hanged hanged
himself Tuesday.
Letters addressed to anti-debris detectives
at Nevada City, California, have been stolen
from the postofice.
The Governor of California has pardoned
Rosanna Core, who in 1880 was sent to the
State prison for tw enty years for larceny.
A family of fourteen persons, residing
at Bloomfield, Or, were poisoned the first
of the week by eating canned corned beef
All recovered.
Another large vein of marketable slate
has been discovered in the tunnel of the Ell
Dorado Big Tunnel and Mining Company at
Placeryille. Cal.
The fires in the Anaconda mine are now
said to be extinguished, notwithstanding the
dispatches of few days ago that the fires
were raging on the 600 and 4oo-foot levels.
Charles McTIugh starved himself to death
at Seattle, while his bank book on the Hi
hernia Savings and Loan Society at San
Francisco credited him with a deposit of
5000.
Manuel Valencia, Frank Galinda and
William Dicky have been sent TO the Cali
fornia State prison from Redwood City for
horse stealing for ten, eight and three years
respectively.
An order was made by Judge Keyser on
the 28th nit. tor the release of 20 Chinese
hydraulickers arrested at Omega, CAL, last
April. The Chinese intend to sue r. W..
Tully, who had them arrested, for damages.
Two Indians, owning a very valuable Sec
ton of the reservation opposite Tacoma,
Wash, left the old town in canoe Monday
during wind and snow storm. They we're
seen to sink and were drowned before aid
could reach them.
A tinhorn gambler named Day and IS
year-old girl named Eva Parkins, ran away
from Los Angeles. Day is now locked up in
the San Bernardino Jail and the girl is bro
ken hearted. She says they were to be mar
ried in San Francisco.
DR.. George d. Parmly, one Of the leading
physicians of Spokane Falls, and known as
one of the most skillful surgeons in the
Northwest, died this week, from the effects
Of an overdose Of morphine and cocaine.
Through experimenting upon himself he
became addicted to the use of the drugs.
John P. Sinclair attempted suicide by
shooting, at his home in Pomona Valley,
CAL, the first Of this week. His daughter
had left home to lead life OF shame, and
he could not divert his mind from the ca
lamity. Sinclair was at one time connected
with the United States Geological Survey,
and formerly resided in Sacramento. He
may recover.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04
on Monday, January goth. 1890.

at O'Clock p. M to pay the aforesaid delinquent
taxes, penalties and costs; also that 10 per cent
on the amount of said taxes, and ~ per name
for advertising. and 81 per name for Auditors
certificate, he collected in addition to the orig
redemption within six months from the date of
such sale by payment of all of said sums with
3 per cent. per month from date of sale until
paid. ]. A. HUNTOON, Treasurer.
Dayton, Nov. 25th, 1886.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
IN following named persons, or to the owners
or claimants to the real estate and improve
ments thereon or improvements when assessed
separately, hereinafter described, known or
unknown, that in accordance with law (see
Statutes 1885, Sec 6, page 1907 each of the fol-
lowing described pieces or parcels OF property
house door, Town, County and State aforesaid,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04
TOLEDO WEEKLY a!AlE
FOR 1890
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Announcement Extraordinary.
In December we shall commence publica.
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
OF LYON COUNTY
For Year 1890.

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER,
DAYTON, Lyon County, New, 7
November 25th, 1889. J
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04

And you and each of you are hereby notified
day, the above described property will be sold
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-04
IN CALIFORNIA.

There is hardly doubt that the opinion
of the highest tribunal will be against the
enforcement of the riparian law within the
arid belt Of the West. The right to divert
water for irrigatiug purposes, has been rec.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-06-11

will receive my earnest consideration and l will gladly support any bill which I believe we have the power, under the constitution, to pass, and which will afford them relief. 1 be- lievc, though, that it will be an evil day for the country when the people generally come to depend upon the government rather than thelr own energies and their own efforts, and that it would be an evil day for the people of the South when the farmers and planters consent to surrender the products of their farms into the hands of Federal office holders to be transported, stored, valued or sold as the case may be, and thereby give their consent to a further centraliza- tion and consolidation of power into the hands of the general government. l am very truly and respectfully
 Your friend,
 JAMES II. BERRY.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-06-11
had lived on." Samuel Shin sheds

had lived on." Samuel Shin sheds tears.
 My frcns," continued the orator as he frightened his left suspender an inch, "man is a pore, useless, mis- guided crtter. He's generous one day and stingy de next, He's way up on de pinnacle ob greatness at ten o'clock in de mawning, and at three in de afternoon he'll dodge around a o'ner to git shet of giving blind man cent. Cries of that s so, One day he'll put his hand in- to his pocket and give an orphan asylum hundred dollars, an de next he'll sue poor man fur de value of two shllin's. It ar my candid opinyun, based upon long V ars of observashun, dat man ar a failure, as a man. He would hev made tuStratc animal or Dird, and would hev bin a decided success as an alligator. l hev no recommends to make. Man am as he am, an he cant be no different. Arter de meeting is out collcckshun will be tooken up fur de benefit ob de un- dersigncd. whose mighty sorry he wasn't bon rhinoceros. Thankiu you fur your interest and courtesy, will now bid you a percolated good night an stand at de doah as you go out.
 The Gnis was received with a whoop of applause, but for some un- explained reason the applause and the collection didn't glbe within a mile, the cash taken in amounting to only seven cents. That was another proof of the fact that man is a fail ure. - Detroit Free Press.