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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
ABOUT BEE PASTURAGE.
No Two Points or Plants Seem to Aver
age Exactly Alike.

No Two Points Plants Seem to Aver
age Exactly Alike.
In a paper read before the North
American Beckecperss Association at
Keolzul1, Ia, A. l. Root says: Past ex-
perience seems to have taught us that
not only is it true that no plant bears
honey invariably, but it is also true that
a great many plants may now and then
give quite a yield of honey. Doolittle
got quite Il crop of very nice honey from
tcasel. DR.. Miller had quite a little
honey yield from cucumbers, where
they were raised for pickle factories.
Spanish-needle from the swamps
sometimes gives large quantities Of
very rich amber honey. Last season
DR.. Miller had yield of very nice
honey right along for months; and, if
am correct, he does not know yet where
it came from. When l visited him he
asked me if I could see enough white
clover, or clover of any kind, to account
for the amount of honey that was then
coming in. I could not And yet
there was nothing else visible to
us, in our miles of travel, that
olIoulu 1uI HIoli ~. lNhpS ooL1SClIiSo
give quite a flow of beautiful honey in
localities where the plant is raised
largely for seed. Mustard fields also
furnish more or less. The question is
sometimes asked Shall we give up our
location and move to better one?
Sometimes it may pay to do SO, if we
have decided that honey raising is to be
our business for life. But after we
make the move we may discover that
the honey has ceased in the new L'ca-
ton; and at the same time we may find,
too, that the old locality has been
blessed with bountiful flow. Instead
of moving would locate few colonies,
say five or six miles away, in different
directions. Many of our bec-keepers
who have tout apiaries' have in this
way found points were the honey yield
is much better. year after year, than in
the home apiary. 1t is a fact that no
two points seem to 0averagc exactly
alike. Some honey is to be found al
most everywhere, and occasionally
there comes a few days of bountiful
yield almost everywhere.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
AN ANCIENT TIMEPIECE.
A Silver Watch That Had Laid There
Over One Hundred Years.

A Silver Watch That Had Laid There
Over One Hundred Years.
A silver watch that appears to have
been resting on the bottom of the Mer
rimac river, near Lawrence, Mass, for
n century or two was found by Charles
Blackwell recently, says the jewelers.
Weekly. Attached to the watch was a
long, heavy chain, both ends of which
were fast in the ring, but twelve inches
above the fastening of one end the
chain had been cut nearly in two.
AS the chain is made of silver wire
over an eighth of an inch thick it must
have taken a heavy blow of a sharp in.
strument to divide it. The outside of
the watch was once finely engraved,
but on the side which lay uppermost
the design can not be deciphered, as the
action of the water has nearly smoothed
the plate. The under side shows the
engraving perfectly.
On the face of the watch under the
hands, in small letters, is printed:
John Bowles, Horologer to his Majes-
ty, 1913 Threadneedle street, London"
On the inside of the outer case is en-.
graved: ''Presented to Joshua Arm.
strong on his twenty-frst birthday by
his loving mother, Prudence Armstrong,
April 10, 1920" The watch was found
beside an old musket, which bore evil
dence of having been broken in hand
to-hand struggle. Whether these relics
mark the scene of an accident or a
tragedy can never be known. They
were found near a once famous hunting
ground of the Indians.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
BACHELORS BUTTONS.
Unpretentious Flowers That Afford the
Gardener Continual Dalinht

Unpretentious Flowers That Afford the
Gardener Continual Delight.
If bachelors buttons once enter the
family gardens they come to stay-not,
however, to the discomfort of the
gardener, but, on the contrary, to his
continual delight. For this self-same
annual appears year after year under
the most adverse circumstances, to fur
nish its graceful, dainty blooms from
early summer to the very end of the
season. l only give them the odd cor
ners because of this pertinacity to live
and do well where nothing else will,
and so oftentime they have but the
vegetable garden for a background
with but common potato or pea vine
for comrade. They are SO very old
fashioned that think our great-grand-
mothers must have been the first to
plant the seed, and few of the flower
loving world of to-day are as well &C.
quainted with their merits as our an
cestors; yet, as old things are every day
growing more fashionable, why should
not this charming old flower?
Sometimes the people, upon coming
into my country garden from the
town below, cry out: 'Oh, what are
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
SHE CAUGHT SIGHT OF ME.

Nebraska avenue is not particularly
Objectionable. The inmates of the
house are quiet. Hold, not all of them
are!
This evening I heard soft, sweet
voice singing something mournful, a
dirge or something. Inever went much
on music. The song was entirely too
Fad for such youthful voice. Some
poor, half-starved girl, I suppose. 1t
makes fellow feel confoundedly mean
to see nice, refined girls shut up in a
cell not much better than those at
"Bridewell. But what can he do, he
can't take them all under his protec-
ton!
Sunday is a day particularly enjoy,
but this has not been altogether pleas
ant. l arose rather early to write home
before forgot it. was thinking how
pleased mother would be at the dress
sent her yesterday, and I suppose my
speaking countenance" reflected my
thought with that diabolical grin nat
ure has been pleased to give me instead
of smile. stepped to the window to
dust my coat at that unhappy moment,
and a girl just opposite was hanging
something white on the shutter, evil
IDENTIFY just washed from the limp way
it dangled. Sine caught sight of me,
and my blood fairly ran cold in my
veins from the look she gave me. She
can't be the singer. know she must
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
EXCESSIVELY CHRISTENED.

How q Young Lady Came to He Very
Numerously Designated.
There is a young girl who has recent
ly entered into society here who, if she
should write her name out in full,
would write it something like this:
anna Lucy Cecilia Lillian Virginia
Katherine Helen Jones'"
Not that this young girls parents had
fancy for piling the names up for their
only daughter in this way; not that she
had so many distinguished ancestors to
be perpetuated did it happen that she
was christened to death in this way. The
story is one that is not a common one
and she tells it herself in something this
way:
Mamma is very high church wom-
an and was anxious that the christening
ceremony should be performed very
shortly after my birth. A list of names
was written out and handed her to in
dictate her preference from. She placed
a mark over against the name Cecilia,
which was the one she wished to have
me bear. Now, the rector of the church
was a young man, not used to all the
Offices of his profession, and he was nat
urally somewhat abashed of having an
infant placed in his arms for the cere-
mony. At the same time a slip of pa
per was handed him with the name
which was to bear marked, but in
some way he misunderstood the direc-
tons and Jealous of doing his entire
duty, he began at the head of the list
and solemnly piled every name on the
paper on top of my bald head.
MY father tried very hard, he says,
to shut him off, but without any sue
cess; therefore it remains to this day
that my baptismal name is Anna Lucy
Cecilia Lillian Virginia Katherine
Helen IN v Sun
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
A Trick in Swim ming

Says an expert swimmer: st looks
very strange to see a man go under
water with lighted cigar in his mouth,
smoke calmly at the bottom and come
to the surface with the cigar burning
as nicely as if he were smoking in his
easy-chair. Apparently he defes all
natural laws, but of course he doesn't.
1t is simple trick, but it requires prac-
tice. Just as l throw myself backward
to go down flip the cigar end for end
with my tongue and upper lip and get
the lighted end in my mouth, closing
my lips water-tight round it. A little
slippery-elm juice gargled before going
in prevents any accidental burning of
the mouth. Going slowly down back
ward, lie at full length on the bottom
of the tank and blow smoke through
the cut end of the cigar. Just as
reach the surface again another flip re-
verses the cigar, and there 1 am smok-
ing calmly. The reversing is done so
quickly that nobody notices it.''-Chi
ooro No1r,c
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
BETRAYED.

People who are sly should also be dis
Greet. A lady who had servant some
what given to curiosity, inquired, upon
returning from visit one afternoon:
''Did the carrier leave any mail,
Mary?"
Nothing but a postal-card, ma am -
"Whom is it from, Mary?"
"And did you think I'd be reading it,
ma'am?' said the girl with an injured
air.
perhaps not; but any one who sends
me messages on postal-cards is stupid
and impertinent-t that's ALL
You'll excuse me, MAJ am" said the
servant, loftily, ''but that's nice, pur-
ty way to be talking about your OVID
mother!'-Youth's Companion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
A Sueeestion Worth Considering.

It is well known that oil is commonly
used incidentally in cases of consumption
in persons. 1t has been proved that a
diet largely consisting of cotton-seed
oil has been effective in the treatment
and cure of this disease. Why may it
not be beneficial to use this oil in the
shape of cotton-seed meal more largely
than heretofore as food for tho cows in
diaries where the whole eff ,rt is to
draw out the last drop of fat from the
system to enrich the milk? Raw cot
ton-seed oil is cheap enough 10 use as
food and if fed with the bran so lib
orally used it would reduce the pro-
portion of heterogeneous elements in the
food and increase the fata- Henry
Stewart.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26

lie. Yesterday when 1 was singing the
''Home Sigh in the dusk he came to
the window. l could see him on &C
count of his general illumination: he,
of course, couldn't see me. He leaned
out and looked, and looked! He is very
bald. One of those complacent beings
only found in the male sex, thank
Heaven!-who thinks any stray glance
or smile of a woman IS tribute to his
charms.
This morning Sunday, tooD, as was
hanging up my handkerchiefs to dry
before the landlady was astir, he hap
pened to come to the window. l had
the kerchief by the corners and was
gently shaking it to take out the
wrinkles while it was wet. He imme-
diately smirlsed in the most disgusting
manner. 1t is needless to say took in
my washing. l think him an old fool;
his hair is quite gray.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26

chair, and small table squeezed in at
the end of the bed next the window. l
really am amazed at the capacity of
this room.
The landlady forbids many things.
Cooking among them. Fortunately tea
and crackers have no telltale odor, and
l brew me a cup every night over the
gas jet, then carefully wrap up my tin
cup in a paper sack and she is none the
wiser. 1t may be dishonorable, but it
is economical. Then, too, l cheat the
laundress and do wash out my hand
kerchiefs when | am unusually short of
funds, which happens too often for
comfort. For amusement take cable
ride. or sit in my window and sing to
myself. l also watch the cat on the
roof and try to coax it in. 1t is getting
tanner. A cat is very good company,
much better than none. Of course my
window opens on alley. Of late 1
have noticed a man who seems to have
taken the rear room in the opposite
house. Manlike, he lights all the burn
ers of his chandelier and stalks around
his room coatlcss, whistling, totally OBJ
livious that there may be a gaping pub
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
HUMOROUS.

First Street-car Horse-"Listen to
my tale of woe!'' Second Street-car
Horse-'1'd rather listen to the drivers
tale Of Whoa
If a woman was as bad shot when
throwing her eyes as when throwing a
stone, there would be more happy men
in the world.-Yonkers Statesman.
-Trivvet-"An empty wagon makes
more noise than full one Dicer-
UNLESS it happens to be band wagon
attached to circus. Inter Ocean.
-"Rejccted you? Why, 1 thought she
had great interest in you" But then
love isn't SO much matter of interest
with her as capital. ''-Philadelphi
Times
My barber told me very funny
story this morning." said Smithers. 81
judge from the condition of your face it
was illustrated with cuts put in Wig
gles.-Brooklyn Life.
This world is like a crowded bus;
A few good men, perhaps,
May find seat, but most of us
Must hang ON by the straps.
Macon News.
"A Proper Correction.-"When you
date a letter wrong do you rub out the
orror Or re-write the letter?' Neither
When find 1890 at the top l simply
write IN. Y. Sun.
-''Talk about the fitness of things"
exclaimed Dumley. pointing to speed
ing vehicle; there's an illustration of
it. DIR. Lancet, the surgeon, out sleigh
ing in cutter. "-Boston Courier.
-Blinks-'I got stuck half wav
through my proposal to Miss Money
bags last night" Winks-'Did she
help you out?' Blinks-"No, her father
helped me out. "-Somerville Journal.
I'm Physicians Office.-'I say. doc
tor, wish you'd fix me up something
for my stomach trouble. I've got some
thing inside that first comes up and
then goes down and then comes back
again, and-faugh! it makes me sick to
think of it." Doctor-"You don't mean
to say that you've accidentally swal-
lowed an elevator?"
"A member of an opera house or
chestra has composed "a very pretty
polonaise." Now, if he can only induce
certain members of the opera company
to wear it, he will have done some
thing towards elevating the stage He
should also compose mantilla for the
fashionable ladies who occupy the boxes.
-Norristown Herald.
AT the Post ffice.-''Please, sir.
would you see if you have letter for
Marie Schirmer.'' ga business letter
or love letter." "a business letter."
mo, there is none to that name" A
quarter of an hour after: would it be
too much trouble for you to see wheth-
er there may not be one among the
other letters?'' Batter.
-Oldish Young Lady (holding on to
strap)-"Oh, let them keep their seats,
Clara. Old gentlemen can not be ex-
pected to stand" Mature Bachelor
(rising and lifting his hat with mock
politeness) pray, take my seat
madame" Qn inaudible aside)-"I
always respect the aged and infirm. {"
Old Young Lady (still more audibly)-
''The brute!''
-Autocrat of the Dinner Table
Guest-"Got any good roast beef?"
Waiter-"Yes, SIR" Guest-''Bring me
one Of your best cuts. want it tender,
juicy, not too well done, not too rare,
and with very little gravy. Have the
fat and lean about equally divided, and
be particular not to cut the slice more
than half an iach thick. Sprig of parse
ley, please. Can you remember all
that?" Waiter-''Yes, SIR" (Loudly):
'.Plate o roas' beefp'-ChicaGo TimeA
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at right angle, end e''tend about
inch from the woodwork. This pro-
jecting part should have 1s-inch hole
for one end of the pivot supporting the
bracket. The entire bracket can be
made by any good blacksmith and of
any desired size. 1t can be painted to
match the woodwork and will be found
very convenient.-Ora Judd Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
PART III.
THEY MEET,

| undoubtedly thought the smile was IN
tended for her.
PART III.
THEY MEET.
It was blowing fearfully! Two long
black objects waved mournfully or
dashed wildly as the wind willed,
| against the shutters of a rear window
of a house on Nebraska avenue. The
occupant of large back room of a
clearinghouse on Pipe Stone avenue
| caught sight of them as he was peace
fully smoking his pipe near the win
dow. Their gyrations fascinated him.
mourning was hanging out the back
window for. A fiercer blast loosened
them, and they sailed triumphantly
aloft only to fall plump under his
window. He saw them fall, and with
natural impulse looked at the win
dow where they had erstwhile
dangled. He saw at that window the anx-
ious countenance of her he had dubbed
the modern Katherine; then it disap-
peared. And in a few moments the
girl came out into the alley. He saw
her try the gate which led into
the backyard of his boarding house.
1t was locked. She looked at the fence
as if she meditated climbing it. 1t was
too high; she could not. She stood a
moment i'll perplexity when she heard a
voice say: 81 will get them for you. "
Not long after a hand reached over the
top of the high fence, between the
thumb and index finger of which, held
gingerly, were her best black silk
stockings neatly tackled together as she
had hung them up.
''Thank you,' she murmured, blush
ing very unnecessarily; for he could not
see through two-inch board fence,
nor over a seven-foot one. you are
very kind to take that trouble
80! it is nothing" he replied, with
his fatal smile, which, fortunately for
him, she could not see.
She reflected: "He has a pleasant
voice, and can't be as old as thought
him.
He thought: "She must be the singer,
her voice sounds musical She must be
very poor" and he sighed as he went
back into the house. Before he reached
it, however, he spied handkerchief
20! tlimsy rag, what mischief have you
not done in the history of mankind,
from the foolish, blinded Moor down to
this poor old fool!" He picked it up.
Neatly written in the corner was the
name kate Brady" He said: Il can't
call her back. I'll take it to her,
He dressed carefully and about five
o'clock presented himself at No. 1899
Nebraska avenue. The servant was so
impressed by his manner, or his gar
ments, she seated him in the parlor and
went for Miss Kate with alacrity. She
soon appeared and Immediately recog-
nized her neighbor. She neither blushed
nor faltered, but he did both. When he
! presented the little square of white she
/ broke into laugh and said: "You seem
| to be the master of the wardrobe, like
Queen Elizabeth's man, I've forgotten
i his name"
Embarrassment with man is transit
tory, SO he replied: "a very desira bic
office in some cases, eminently so in
this l should Think At which Kate
blushed, and tried to look severe It
was not long until he applied for that
among other offices, and got it. Kate
says it is such a relief to have regular
laundress, it saves one so much anxiety
and modification. SIDNEY KNOX.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
German
Syrup

G. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown,
Wis. This is the opinion of man
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contact
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and can
therefore judge: Il know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such ef-
fective work in my
coughs family as Boschee's
eora Thro,+ German Syrup. Last
~ winter a lady called
Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from very
severe cold. She could hardly talk,
and I told her about German Syrup
and that a few doses would give re-
lief; but she had no confidence in
patent medicines. l told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
satisfactory I would make no charge
for it. A few days after she called
and paid for it, saying that she
would never be without it in future as
a few doses had given her relief" O
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
NOT BEER BUT ROSES,


Amusing Mistakes in the Transmission Of
Telegrsphic Message.
Many have been the laughable mis-
takes made by telegraph operators in
transmitting messages, but it is seldom
that one is recorded so amusing in its
consequences as occurred in the summer
to a gentleman of this city.
He was spending his vacation at the
shore. A dance was to be given one
evening, and, as Mr.. expected his
brother down from this city to attend
the festivities, he bethought himself of
the excellent plan of sending to him
for some flowers, which are always &C.
ceptable to the young ladies on such &C.
casions.
The scheme was no sooner conceived
than it was put into execution. The
telegraph Office was sought and the fol-
lowing message was written and direct
ed to Mr.. IS brother in Hartford.
Bring three dozen Bon Silene
roses.''
With a tranquil mind and a happy
heart Mr.. - awaited the simultaneous
arrival of his brother, the roses, and
the eventful evening. But meanwhile
the telegraph operator had got in his
work, either at one end of the line or
the other, and so far no one was the
wiser.
Mr.. IS plans for the distribution
of the roses were doubtless well set
tied, and he eagerly awaited his broth
er's arrival. At length the latter hove
in sight; but, goodness gracious! what
was the matter with him? He was
loaded down with bundles, and out of
his pockets peeped still Others In fact, it
seemed to be only with difficulty that
he could get along at all, so weighted
down was he with mysterious pack
ages.
After partially recovering from his
surprise Mr.. - demanded to know
what in the world his brother was
swearing at. The latter, as soon as he
had breath enough, demanded in his
turn, in an injured tone of voice, to
know why he had sent for so many. Il
brought all l could" he added, and
that was two dozen and half"
$50 many what?" returned Mr.. -.
"What have you got there anyway"
The brothers suspicious began to be
aroused and he said nothing, but drew
forth the telegram which he had re-
ceived:
Bring three dozen beers sub rosa"-
Hartford Couraut
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"A Prudent Man-An El,,ton \

"A Prudent Msn-An Elkton, Md,
man feared that he MICA. be buried be-
fore he was really deaG, and he there
fore directed in his will that his body
should be sept for forty days in a shed
built for the purpose. He wanted a
bottle Of water beside him, latch on
the inside of the door and roof slant
ing to the west He is now lying In the
shed.-Detroit Free Press.
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On the Pullman.

First Porter-Dat is a mighty mean
man.
Second Porter-Why?
First Porter-He handed me FIVE
dollar bill this morning an actually
asst me to git it changed. - Munsey's
Weekly
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dow. 1t does
not take up the
floor room or
prevent &C cess
to the window as
a stand would,
and is hung on a
pivot SO as to be
easily adjusted
and changed to
different posi-
tons. The pieces
W h i C h a r e
screwed to the
casing should he
q b o u t 1IX2
inches and turn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26
PART II.

I like rear room, especially when it
is large and well-lighted. There is
more privacy. I have just moved into
this place and think shall like it. The
house is quiet, the outlook not bad, as
the yard is still green and well-kept.
A few tom-cats on the roofs Must try
my revolver on them some night. Yes,
Pipe Stone avenue is eminently respect
able. The rear view of the houses on
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-26

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowland, often carries in its folds the seeds
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevail
no one is safe, unless protected by some ef-
ficient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both protection and q
remedy. No person who inhabits, or So
journs in q miasmatic region Of country,
should omit to procure this fortifying
agent, which is also the finest known rem
edy for dyspepsia, constipation, kidney
trouble and rheumatism.