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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

her little desk where he so often wrote,
and began to pen an epistle. Judging
from the expression of her face, it was
very serious affair; for she erased and
interlined so much it had to be copied
This done, she folded it and pinned it to
the pin-cushion in the orthodox way,
and not until then did her features re-
lax. Then she laughed softly and said
to herself:
"This will surprise him." But there
was no sign of relenting on that smil-
ing face:
At about a. m. Ben's key unlocked
the door, and he quietly replaced his
shoes by slippers, which for once, were
safe to use, then walked softly into the
bedroom for fear of disturbing Nellie
But he might have come with the clash
and clamOr of Grassland for any dis
turbance it would have caused her!
The room was empty! She was not
there! He looked at the bed which was
undisturbed. The gas had been left
burning in one of the side lights of the
mirror, and as he turned it up brighter
his eye was instantly attracted by the
rit1ed casket and drawers, then by the
note. His face by this time had lost it's
look of shocked helplessness, and was
now stern and pale. He opened the
note. and after reading few lines
groaned out: And loved her SOP AS
he said this his glance fell by chance
full on the mirror and he started,
shocked at his own appearance. 1t
seemed to bring him to his senses, for
the next instant he stared into the
glass earnestly and an altogether diff
ferent expression dawned on his face.
1t suggested a new emotion. Then he
said aloud:
''She says she thinks it better to
leave me now, as am so Indifferent to
her, before it would break her hearth
Then he mechanically ran his
fingers through his hair as if to tear it
out, and with fine Delsarte express
sion of remuneration cried:
II will not stand in the way of her hap
piness! If she will not live with me 1
will die! She shall be free! free! Life
is too weary burden for me to bear!
shall 60 mad!' and he glared fright
fully into the glass.
II will end it all. Where are my pis-
tols?'
In fact he hadn't any; but it was
more in keeping with the dramatic sit
uation to call them so. What he did
have was a 32-caliber Smith & Wes-
son revolver, and he stopped down and
drew it out from the lower drawer with
a great flourish.
Then he Strengthened himself up and
looking again into the mirror, which
seemed to have a strange fascination
for him. said in mournful voice:
''Oh, faithless woman! cannot live
without thee! Life would be woeful
burden!" and placed the muzzie of the
revolver to his temple and-just at
that instant the intense quiet of that
room was shattered by the most hor-
ri6ed Shriek that ever fell on human
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

in wool. This plant is found in the arid
interior of Queensland New South
Wales and South Australia, but it is
not reported to be plentiful anywhere,
although under ordinary circumstances
it produces fair amount of Seed
which when ripe terminates readily
even under adverse circumstances This
plant will flourish if left unmolested in
the driest of seasons, and when the nat
ural grasses fail it affords capital forage
for stock, sheep being particularly fond
of it, and they will often crop the
younger plants SO close to the ground
that they seldom or never recover. 1t
is plant that is peculiarly adapted for
hot, dry regions; in fact, it does not
seem to flourish out of such situations.
We have more than once tried to
grow the plant on the coastal
side of the dividing range, and
although it succeeded during
the hot summer months and grew at a
rains set in the plant looked unhappy.
and eventually died. This shrub is
closely allied to the true cotton plant
of commerce.; but it is hardly likely
that it ever will be cultivated as com
mercial textile plant, for the cottony
or woolly covering of the seed is not
very copions, and, unless it could be
materially increased by good cultiua
ton, it would never pay in a CONNER
cial sense. This plant is endemic in
Australia, and, SO far as hitherto OBJ
served, it has not wide geographical
range on the continent. Like most of
it's congeners, from the inner bark a
fiber can be obtained, but we have
never heard that it has been put to any
economic use. The cotton of COM
merce, whose varions forms are dis
tributed, either as indigenous or intro
duccd plants, over the warmer regions
of both the old and the new world, has
not hitherto been found in wild state
in Australia
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

Mrs. Ben, in her maiden state, had
lived in large town in the interior
of the state, where she was a great
belle, and had not yet lost the joyous
etfusiveness peculiar to the semi-rural
beauty, nor acquired the irresponsible
darkness of countenance adopted in
public by the natives of cities.
Her meeting with Ben had been by
chance, and he had fallen an immediate
victim to her vivacious manner and
her beauty. She took his surrender
cOolly, for, as has been stated, she was
country belle, than whom there was
no more Unsuitable coquette. More
over, she was quite accustomed to see
all classes and conditions of men yield
to her charms under the mistaken
impression that she was an 'artless
little thing
Ben Brayton up to this had been a
Woodworking young man, and had no
leisure to cultivate acquaintance
among women, and, if the truth must
be told, little inclination to do so. But
when fate placed him on a committee
to select the plans for monument to
the memory of a noted man, and sent
him to the town of D. where they
were under consideration and the mon
ument was to be erected, it was os-
tensibly to give the rest of the commit
tee the benefit of his knowledge ac-
CURED in the arduous position as art
critic of the Morning Telescope; but
in reality she sent him to meet the
future Mrs Brayton.
She was the daughter of the chair
man of the committee. a rollicking,
good-natured man, who knew about as
much of art as Ben did of pigs. And
when he affably urged Brayton to
take dinner with him, and ushered him
into the sunny presence of his daugh-
ter, Ben felt instinctively he had found
the complement of his own nature
Here was the warmth of temperament
needed to thaw the crust of reserve
and selfish GOODNESS induced by long
hours of work in an onerous position
He succumbed at once. Not 50 Nellie
1t was only after long and patient
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
THREE SCORE AND TEN.

The house is small, and old, and low,
And loose the window sashes are;
And 'gainst the air, when days are cold
They form an insufficient bar,
Despite the listing, closely nailed
AS WELL about the shrunken door,
With homely mat against it laid
To keep the draft from off the floor.
The carpet is of rags and yarn
OF many tints, in pattern mixed,
Wherein there stand the household things
Each in the place by custom fixed.
Here is the table where, for years,
The humble meals have all been laid:
And blessings, asked by simple hearts,
On those VINO went and those who stayed.
The sun shines in at breakfast.time
Through branches that are green, or bare;
And they have plucked the lucky fruit
Who planted seed and saplng there.
And ere the shades of evening fall,
The aged couple at their tea
Mark golden beams that lie aslant
Where little children used to be.
sometimes a sigh escapes their lips
For one who long has been away;
His heart was with the sailing ships,
He could not be content to stay.
With many an anxious thought they saw
Him leave the shelter of the roof
They breathed a blessing on his path;
His own heart spoke q low reproof
And two small mounds on yonder hill
That gently slopes meath shade and sun
Mark whore they laid the little forms
Ere scarce the dear lives were begun
And three have houses Of their own,
And little children, just as fair,
Around their boards, whose loving ways
Make sweet the ministry of care
After the toll and heat OF life
They turn their faces towards the west;
the stiffness OF the eventide
Is filling all their world with rest
His Bible, at some precious word,
Lies open on the old mans knee;
He holds his glasses in his hand
He has no need the text to see.
The good wife sits with tranquil face,
Her hands loose folded in her lap;
The soft hair from her forehead laid
Scarce whittier than her snowy cap.
We miss the click of needles swift
The grooming hymn heard long ago;
The fingers are too weary now;
The dear heart sings the song we know,
And as they wait from morn till eve,
And wonder, as the light grows dim,
If love will ask Of their true hearts
Another day apart from Him.
Edith A. Grant, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
WOODEN WELL-CURBING.
A Simple Method That Is Both Efficient
and ServiceahIo.

A Simple Method That Is Both Efficient
and Serviceable.
In sections of the country where
stones or brick cannot be obtained the
wells are curbed up with boards or
timber, and this an important opera
ton where wells are sunk through sand
or friable soil liable to cave in. Here
with is illustrated method of curbing
as fast as the we'll is deepened. 1t not
only serves us permanent wall but
prevents trouble and accidents from
caving in while the laborers are at
work making the well. Having de-
cided on the diameter of the we'll. cut
boards of uniform length usually
about four feet, cutting or notching in
each end as shown in the engraving.
Dig the well square, placing in the
boards upon all four sides; as it is
deepened, two short strips are nailed
over each crack to hold the boards in
place. After water is reached, or at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
Sweet Condolences.

sweet commences.
Mrs. Youngwife-I am afraid my hus.
band is killing himself with work.
Mrs. Odds-How is that?
Mrs. Youngwife-Why, when we
were first married he always got home
from the office early and now he is
often kept till after ten.-Jury.
False Promises.
OF the gigantic host of advertised rem.
edies for dyspepsia, not one in ten is effect
i've A bright exception is Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, a stomachic without fault,
sure, speedy and thorough. Nor is it less
effiCacious for constipation, biliOusness sick
headache, nervousness, debility, kidney
troubles and rheumatism.
THAT was a crack shot," said the boy as
no distigured the show-window with 8. peb-
ble.-Washington Post.
DoBBINs' Electric Soap has been made for
"a years. Each years sales have increased.
In 1888 sales We're 2,O47 ,620 bores Superior
quality, and absolute uniformity and purity,
made this possible. Do you use it! Try it.
"Ir it wasn't for whisky" remarked tho
cork, II would not be here In the Jug. In
dianapolis Journal.
MUST not be COMPOUNDED with common cath
artic or purgative pills. Carriers Little Liv-
erPills are entirely unlike them in every re-
spect. One trial will prove their superiority.
This is a terrible weight of gilt" moaned
the little picture with the big frame
Washington Post
"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs' are widely
known as an admirable remedy for Bron-
chitis, Hoarseness, Coughs, and Throat
troubles. Sold only IL boreS.
A CINCINNATI wife recently put machine
oil In her cake instead Of lemon extract
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
WOODEN WELL CURB.

any time, corner pieces are firmly nailed
at each angle to hold the whole firmly
and solid, when the short strips may be
removed. 1t is also we'll to make a
ladder by simply mailing to one of the
corner pieces strips one foot apart.
They will be one inch from the curb
and make firm and secure hold for
both hands and feet in making the as
cent and descent - American Agrl-
culturiSt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
Poor Attendance.

Grieveley-Are you the proprietor of
this restaurant?
Proprietor-Yes,s sir. What can do
for you?
Grieveley (who has been waiting half
an hour to give his order)-Not much.
/ only wanted to know if there was
any other waiter at this table excepting
myself.-Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
Irreverent Youth.

Benevolent Old Bachelor-D'ye see
those, eh? My old mother worked those
slippers for me forty years ago.
Small Boy-Huh, that's nothin'! MY
young mother works pair for me and
brother Bill every single day of our life
IN. Y, Telegram.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
1" We Hold Thee Safe. ii

Mrs. Couponz-Thomas says we must
economies; all his securities are drop
ping lower every day.
Mrs Van Gelt "a rich young widow
mime are all right, know. 1 keep
them in safe deposit vsult-Puck
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

He had Slated. "Maude-"Didy you
ever try your hand at skating, Mr.
Blinkers?" Blinkers-"Yes-we
that is, my hand and several other
partsg'-N. Y. HeralA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
A Throat
and Lung
Speciality.

ly appreciate what a truly wonder
full medicine it is. The delicious
sensations of healing, easing, clear
ing, strength-gathering and recover
ing are unknown joys. For Ger
man Syrup we do not ask easy cases.
Sugar and water may smooth a
throat or stopa tickling for a while.
This is as far as the ordinary cough
medicine goes. Boschee's German
Syrup is discovery, a great Throat
and Lung Specially. Where for
years there have been sensitiveness,
pain, coughing, splitting, hemorr-
hage, voice failure, weakness, slip
ping down hill, where doctors and
medicine and advice have been swal-
lowed and followed to the gulf of
despair, where there is the sickening
conviction that all is over and the
end is inevitable, there we place
German Syrup. 1t cures. You are
a live man vet if YOU take it, Is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
The COWBOY KNOWS!

Trying to hold drove of cattle together a
drenching rain means an amount of exposure which
few can Withstand without serious results. If
sickness does not follow, it win be found that such
hardship usually brings on rheumatism ard similar
complaints. At such times a 90 Fish Brand Slick
err" is worth its weight in gold, and Is invaluable
to any one exposed to stormy weather. Fer all sad
die uses, you want Pommel Slcker, which keeps
the entire saddle, pomme, ana camille dry, and COM
pletely envelopes the r,der from head to foot. He
can't get svet aUAateOer tie 7c<atAer. And, besides
keeping him dry, it keeps him warm. Every range
rider has one. VIII. shouldn't you? Beware Of
worthless limitations; ny garment stamped with
"Fish Brand" Trade Mark. Don't accept any
Slicker" delivered without extra cost. Particulars
and illustrated catalogue free.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
What is lacking is truth
and confidence.

What is lacking is truth
and confidence.
If there were absolute truth
on the one hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it
wouldn't be necessary for the
makers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy to back up a plain
statement of fact by a $500
guarantee.
They say" If we can't
cure you make it personal,
please,) of catarrh in the head,
in any form or stage, we'll pay
you $500 for your trouble in
making the trial."
can advertising fake" you
say.
Funny, isn't it, how some
people prefer sickness to
health when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute.
Wise men don't put money
back of fakes"
And " taking" doesn't pay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

Magical little granules -
those tiny, sugar-coated Pei
lets of DR.. Pierce scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure active
yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invented.
Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One a dose.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

o U N G NJ r S.
Brayton, as she
w as cal | e d
throughout t h e
Piccadilly flats,
was of a very
frolicsome dispo-
sitiOn.
In public she
w as S e d a t e
enough and was
fast overcoming
her tendency to
S p on t a n e GU S
bursts of appe-
citation of any
fbiprpaIy orod6
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
ONE ENJOYS

A<@ @A~JoA ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
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 commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
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.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY, NEW YORK. N.Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23

WHEN q man Is compelled to work for
wages he is Of necessity led to hire life
Buffalo Express.
A DOSE in Time Saves Nine Of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
IT is to be expected that Anarchists win
make bombastic speeches.-Buffalo Ex-
press.
PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from a
disordered liver and is promptly relieved by
Carriers Little Liver Pills Don forget this.
THE crow is willy bird. Nature has made
him caw-tious, as it were.-Buffalo Express.
THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
THE man who has "a sight Of trouble'
should go to an oculst.-Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
German
Syrup"

Those who have not
used Boschee's Ger
man Syrup for some
severe and chronic
trouble of the Throat
and Lungs can hard
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
GoFF's
BRAID.

Whenever you visit
the shops in town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
The Braid that is known
the world around.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-23
A LITTLE JOKE.
How Mr.. Brayton Got Even with
His Teasing Wife.

Written for This Paper.]
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-29


The crusade which began some months
ago against the habit OF Americans "1t-
ting on their spires has suddenly start
ed mp again The lackadAisieai. round
.houldered and slaniing carriage OF New
Workers Is noticeable Ia nearly all publie
places. have often obsegved, In glAno-
ing over the people In the big restAu-
ran,.. tha, the diners loungci In their
chairs almos, without execution The
man who at erect In Q sensible fsshion
was a great rarity. All along Broad.
way loungers In hotels are sprAwlea
over their SEATS in q similar gay, and
nothing Is more common than 70 sess
man aide down In his seat In the Thea
ter until his knees are wedged against
the chair In from, Of him and his neck
rests upon the back Of his own chair.
In railroad trains there IL similar eI-
hibition Of lackadaisical, sprswling.
lounging and half r-cumbent men. !
have a notion that all % this Il due 10 .
certain extent 10 Ignorance
Men who have long journeys 10 90
through should try the effect of sitting
upright in the corner of Sat one day
and sprawl all over the seat the neIt
They viii hni that the percentage OF
fatigue Il immeasurably smaller when
sitting squarely In the seat than when
trying 20 cover IL In r~cumbent po~i-
ton. 30 u Il In the street car. the cab
ana the elevated trains The principal
advantage Of the erect posture Ia that
when person ats in this way, without
leaning agains, the back % the ssAt, the
Jar OF the car l. - distributed that II
never reaches the head There IL much
more comfort 10 bs had in sitting erect
than In lounging. = Blakeley Hall In
BROOKLYN Eagle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-29
I.e PHILOSOPHY OF NAMES.

"There Il art In giving person good
uame,- remarked gentleman recently.
..Now," he went on, "in giving a child
a name one should remember that the
family appendage Il to survive for life
time. Hence see to II that the name IL
good and honest. One should consider
how the n,mc would look In print. The
initials should suggest nothing ridiculous.
m possible, do not name child Robert
Alfred Thomas smith. In this case the
chIlh's initials would read IL. a. i. y.
-eertainly not very edifying spectacle
In later years, when, perchsnce, Robert
may turn cut clergyman or politician.
Another good suggestion Ia to have the
family and surname compromise eacl,
other as to length. That IL To say, "
the family name IL short, such as smith
or Brown, let the first name be- long, such
as Alexander or Ben)amin. Alexander
smith or BENJAMIN Brown are always tn
be preferred TO John Smith or Henry
brown. II on the contrary, the last
Is long have the first name abort. Alllter-
alton also adds To the grace and beauty
of name, such AZ Lille IAngtry, Fanny
FERN, Grace Greenwood, Groggery
Gregory Griggs, etc. With the applt'
cation OF few well known but much
abused principles, most Of us may have
pleasing names.-Detrolt Free press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-29
his luttT.-
A WAR TINE FRAaaEsr.


Miprrviously informed you. | Am Cap
TN u the BaliinNtlle company. I m
grslooally bat najcticaily from drum
m.r's SECRETARY b. my pr~.nt Issdtion.
But found the ranks wasn't full by no
means. and commenced for to rcroD<
Iiayin notist a giD~ral de-nrc on the part
% young men who ara into th. crisis %
wear eppyliis. I dctarminci to have my
company cOmpu~sl ercloo-iycly ~ otis
sers. everyday to rank AZ Brgsio.r-
Ginral The follcrin was among tho
vars questions which I Pot 70 r~ruots.
Do you know a maskri battery from
. hnnk u nn~rbrcs1
Do You know cppyM frOm p,eos
~ chaIh
II I trust yOu with real gun. how
many men - your o~n company ID you
sIrck you can manage 70 kill durin the
WAR
IIAy you ever heari % Ginral prioo
% Missouri. and can You avoid aIalrr
accidents In ca-e q a BATH,
IIAy you ever hal the meaAlcs, And II
~. how many
How air yOu nowi
Show me your tongue. &c. sc. sum
q the questions was sarcu~ucal.
The COMPANY dllei mp rApid, and last
Sunday We went to tho ine.tin bOusn In
full uniform.
rm afraid tired to walk too strsts.
for I cum very near fallin over b~ek-
ards. and In ati.mpun ~ recover my
s.lf my sword got mind up with my
leps. AMI ioll in among choice colls,-
,ioa oi yOang Lslie., who VA Stlsniin
near The church door s--.in us -J,.'r
boy~ eOme up Ny oock hat fsll %.
and -Dm.how my coat taie- got tvpst<i
rOani my neck. Ths yoang lsiias put
their hAndkrrchiefs " thrtr mouths and
remarked, IT. b. while my sncssnt ~
male single friend. sSary P,S.s,scy. bust
out In q lOud larf She etcrrnssi hrr
mouth ~ vicinity that her n-~ fal~s
teeth fell out onto the ground.
"Mis P,a.'ley." ~ !. git,in up and
dustin rnys.lf. "you must b. morc carr,
sul with them store t.th Of yOur>n or
you'll have to gum u aginf'
Methinks I hal her.
ii hin TO work hard all ths werk. and
felt rather snoozy. I'm 'trid dbl ~
half lslccp. for on hcarn the miniSrr
AK. why was man nal. to mourn |
rs,i. Il civ ii up hayin svsgus id"s
that 10 Wa a couundrum. IL was . IN
iortnii rrmark, for the whole m"'tin
hou-s lcokt at me with mingled sarIri-e
and Indignation. WIZ aSoui rtdn ~
pint Of order. when It SUDDENLY oocnrd
10 me WHARF wa, and ! knys my sat,
blushin like the rod, rcd ru--co 70
sp.ak