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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
AN OLD WOMAN.
How the Term Has Ceased to Be One of
Contempt.

How the Term Has Ceased to Be One of
Contempt.
IAN old woman used to be term of
contempt, and yet what pleasant pict-
ure it may call up. There are those
who have been soured and hardened by
pain, disappointment and failure, yes,
and even by prosperity. They sheer
and taunt and complain, having exag-
gerated every i'll and passed over every
good without comprehending that it
was good. A era bbed old man, self
ish, embittercd old woman, what tor
ment they are to themselves and what
suffering they inflict upon all with
whom they come in contact. But there
are others whose souls have ripened
and sweetened even under the chilling
winds of adversely. Those whom they
loved have been taken from them; that
which they most ardently desired has
been denied them; that which they
would not have chosen has been laid
upon them, and out of it all they have
extracted sweetness, patience and
strength. These qualities draw to them
the weak and the sorrowful, whom they
send away with something of that re-
freshment which the ailing must have
felt who followed Christ when He laid
His hand upon them. Next to mother
the sweetest word in the English tongue
its grandmother, and the child
who has not known that tender,
doting, spelling love has suffered an ir-
reparable loss. The name calls up the
fragrance of sweet herbs and old-fash-
toned flowers, those which she tended
and loved to look upon, walking up and
down the garden paths in the dusk OF
the summer evening with white-headed
grandchildren toddling by her side. 1t
is synonymous with delightful stories
and brings back recollections of the ten
derest eyes that ever shone through
spectacles. the ample lap which was an
evcr-present refuge in times of trouble.
Grandmotherly intercession and grand
motherly indulgence-they have their
place and part in all happy childhood.
The perfect old age is that which is not
forbidding and censorious, and the most
delightful being in this world is the old
woman whose life has been full and rich
and fruitful. 1t is the summing up of a
spring-time of blossom and LEAKAGE, of
summer ripening and the autumn har-
vest. The soul has gathered into it's
store-house the fruits of love and faith,
courage and purity, and fears nothing
when the sky begins to lower and the
winter is at hand. 1t has a beauty and
loneliness of it's own. It is the con-
summation of living, the essence of feel
ing, the gold separated eternally from
the dross, calm after tempest, and peace
and benediction after confict.-Chicago
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
A Fact.
Nm An interview, NJ. Y. WORLDLY

(ETCm m interview, ~. Y. w
In nm interview with leading drug house
the n Y, World, Nov. 9, 1890. gives the fol-
lowing comment OF the proprietors Of re-
liable patent medicines:
He is u specialist, and should know more
Of the disease he acturlly treats than tho
ordinary physician; for while the latter
may come across say fifty cases in a wear
Of the particular disease which this med
icine combats, its manufacturer investi-
gates thousands Don't you suppose his
prescription, which you buy ready made up
for 80 cents, is likely to do more good
than that of the ordinary physician, who
charges you anywhere from - to $40 for
giving it, and leaves you to pay the cost Of
having it prepareda
1.-The patent medicine man, too, usually
has the good sense to contine himself to or
binary, every day diseases. He leaves to the
physicia an cases in which there is immediate
danger to life, such as violent fevers. He
does this because, in the treatment Of such
cases, there are other elements of impor-
lance besides medicine, such as proper diet
ing, good nursing, knowledge of the
patients strength and so on. Where there
is no absolute danger to life, where the dis
ease is one which the patient can diagnose
for himself or which some physician has
already determined, the patent medicine
maker SAYS feariessiy: i have a prepare
ton which is better than any other known
and which will cIre YOU In nine cases
out of ten his statement is true"
This is absolutely true as regards the
great remedy for pain, st. Jacobs Oil 1t
can assert without fear of contradiction,
that it is prompt and permanent cure Of
pain. 1t can show proofs of cures of chronic
cases of 20, 80 and 40 years standing, In
truth it rarely ever fails if used according
to directions, and a large proportion OF
cures is made by half the contents of sim
gle bottle. 1t is therefore the best.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

Let the foclzmaster. says the Sheep
Breeder, always bear in mind that the
best medicine is hay and oats, and the
greatest medicine-chest ever invented
is good sheep-house and a master who
has gumption and force and a tireless
vigilance. Years ago in our practice
we practically discarded all medicines
except little ccpperas in the salt (for
paperskin), blue vitriol (for fouls) and
tar flor maggots). The man whose
eyes are like the eagles, who notes
every time he goes by sheep the color
of its nose, the CLINT of its eyes and the
suppleness of it's walk, can throw
physic to the dogs. The man who
takes care of his flock as he ought will
have very little time to bother with a
sick sheep and, what is better, he will
hare very few b. bother with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
An Illustratlon


OF the value of extensive and judicious ad-
vert sing Of any article Of undoubted merit
is found in the remarkable success Of the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., which has been
phenomenal, even IN this age Of great enter
prises.
Organized few years ago to manufact-
ure a laxative with original and attractive
features, prepared from delicious fruits aud
health giving plants, one which would be
pleasant and refreshing to the taste, as well
as really beneficial 10 the system, the man
agement very wisely concluded to Sc ect the
leading newspapers throughout the United
States TO make known to the public the
merits of the new remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
AS happens with every valuable remedy,
cheap substitutes are being offered, but 1t is
becoming more difficult each day to impose
on the public. Health is too important to be
trifled with, and reputable druggists will
not attempt to deceive, as they all know
that Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. Of San Francisco,
Cal, Louisville KY, New York, N. Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
Prevention

Is better than cure, and people who subject
TO rheumatism. can prevent attacks by keeping the
blood pure and free from the acid which causes
the disease This suggests the use of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, unquestOnably the best blood pur.
fer. and which has been used with great success
for this very purpose by many people
Hoods SarSaparilla has also cured innumerable
cases of rheumatism of the severest sort, by its
powerful effect in neutraliZng acidity Of the
blood. and in ena ling the kidneys and liver to
properly remove the waste Of the system. Try IT,
N. B. II you decide to take Hoods Sarsaparilla
DO not be Induced to buy any sub stitute.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
More Frixhtful Than Guns.

Friend-I should think you would
find hard wood rather an expensive f1el
these days.
Suburban Resident That wood-pile
is not for fuel. It is for protection
against tramps.-Good News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
IN THE WRONG SLOT.
\ Story Of the Future Which
Made the Romancer Sad.

NET my friend
Smith the other
evening at the
club. He was
stretched out in
one of the east
est of the easy
chairs of t h e
smoking room.
II i 8 ig r,
though in hand,
had gone out.
His eyes were
u proll e d , as
if studying the
part of his hair.
He was think
ing.
"Hello!" I be-
gan. "Have you
been transform
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
LAbun Is honorable; always excepting,
possibly, the laOoring jaw of the dcmagogue
Or ignoramus.-Olathe Kan Mirror.
A Natural SauiiariuIn

Natural SAINT
The myriad minded Shakspere says:
Throw physic to the dogs" A great
many people have an idea that Mother Ma
ture has provided remedies for all the ills
that flesh is heir to, and that they can be
found without the Intervention OF medical
colleges or drug-compounders. In support
of this they point to thousands Of people
who have reganed health at the various
medicinal SPRINGS that send forth their
healing waters in various parts Of the Unit
ed States. In the West, the most celebrat-
ed of these natural sanitariums is the Hot
Springs OF Arkansas. In curative power it
outranEs all others of the world. The aver
age numha, vi visitors is over one hundred
thousand year coming not only from all
America. The best route to the Hot
Springs from the Northwest is The Bur
lington," which has its own track from st.
Paul and Minneapolis to St. Louis, making
close connections with trains for the Springs.
1t also runs every Saturday evening a
through sleeping car from the Twin titles
to Hot Springs without change. Any agent
of The Burlington'' or connecting lines
can supply you with tickets, or you can
write to W J. Z. Kenyon Gen Pass Agent,
c. b. a. n. r r st. Paul, MINI.
No WONDER policemen are good fighters; ;
they are able to stand up after a good many
rounds BinghamtOn Republican.
ADoG may be said to have reached his end
when he gets the tip Of his tail in his mouth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
Peddlers Require Them.

"Have you license?" asked man Of
Pittsburgh wheelman.
"A license!' asked the bicyclist, in as
constituent. "What do need q license
for?'
ITO pedal "-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Tala1raph.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

Fan CLUB.
were naturally much sought after by
bar-tenders and servant maids"
have ventured the remark that the
literary work must have been admira-
BILE to permit such machine to prove
popular.
assented. "Whoever prepared these
missives was a consummate judge of
human nature and of the niceties of the
English language. Nothing could bet
ter cxemplify this than his closing peri
DDS. Take the much-used form, Re
fusal to lend for example. 1t invaria-
bly, ended, Yours sincerely How nat
ural! If there is word that embodies
calculated negation it is this same word
sincere It's derivation means with
out wax believe, and very properly,
for when 1t is employed regard does not
wax, but is ever on the wane. Then,
too, the form 4 saw such love of a
bonnet was couched in far more affec-
tomato terms than we need COAL And
all replies to duns invariably concluded
Yours very respectfully
"When tell you that the insertion
of a dime provided at once typewriter
copy of any of these forms, a stamped
envelope, and fountain pen, ION a
string,) you may well believe that the
Universal Letter Writer, like loaf to
starving man, filled long-felt want. 81
Were there no defects in it7" Quer.
led.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

WHY rub, and toll, and ,ocar out yourself
and your clothes on washday, when, ever
since 1854, Dobbins' Electric Soap has been
offered on purpose 10 Tighten your labor
and save your clothes. NoW try it. Your
grocer has it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
What He borrowed IT For

Cumso-Have you got that ten dollar,
about you lent you last week?
Jaysmith-No; fact is, / spent it.
West ShsgSs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

Henry Morse, of Delaware County,
N. Y, who has become wealthy by
dairying says that he has fed cotton
seed meal to his cows for eight years,
the first four in connection with other
grains and after that pure, except while
the COWS were dry and on coarse fod-
der they were given wheat bran and
such grain as was produced on the
farm. AS soon as the cows came in
full milk they were given hay twice a
day and three quarts of cottonseed
meal in the morning and two quarts at
night. The morning ration of meal
was mixed with six quarts of sweet,
skinned milk. When at pasture they
received two quarts of meal a day.
Following this practice he was able to
keep 25 per cent. more cows and make
25 per cent. more butter per COW than
by any other grain method. The ma
nure from the cows fed SO heavily on
cotton-seed meal was very rich and
gave about double the crops of hay
that other manures gave. The pastures
also show it, and the increased value Of
the manure nearly pays for the cotton
seed meal-N. E. Homestead.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
THE HARVEST MITE.

A Description OF Two Varieties of This
Annoying Pest.
The results produced by this insect
are somewhat similar to those caused
by the Acarus or Itch Mite" described
in section 1884. These insects, especial
ly Fig 2, are very common in most sec
lions over the whole southern half of
the United States and are found quite
abundantly as far north as Central ILL
nois and Iowa. The writer can speak
from painful experience, while travel
ing, of their prevalence in Kansas and
Missouri and in most s. lthern States.
A resident of Nell County, North
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

"'BRowNs BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs' are ex
cellent for the relief Of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly effective."-
Christian World, London, Eng.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers snd cures 1apltual
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 SOC
and 81 bottles ny 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.
,oo SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

DON'T watuntil you are sick before trying
Carriers Ii tie Liver Pills, but get a vial ut
once. You can take them without benefit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

In the old days OF the Sandwich Islands
the missionary used to be the chief part of
the Notwithstanding journal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
How's Thi9l

IT is not surprising that man wanting a
divorce should find it dearer than his wife
was to hin.-Philadelphia Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
Regulations Made in Q Day

Are precious scarce Time tries the worth
of a man or medicine Hostetters Stou.
ach Bi,ters is thirty years growth, and
like those hardy lchens that garnish the
crevices of Alaska's rocks, it f1ourishes
perennially. And its reputation has as
firm base as the rocks themselves No
medicine is more highly regarded as q rem
cdy for fever and ague, bilious remittent,
constipation, liver and kidney disorders,
nervousness and rheumatism.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

WIEN it comes to a question Of society
the best IS not always the cheapest.-Roch-
ester Post Express.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

WHETHER crowding the cars is right or
not, u great many people stand up for it,
Philadelphia Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

MUST not be con founded with common cath
art'c or purgative pills. Carter's Little Liv-
err Pills are entirely unlike them in every re-
spect. One trial will prove their superiority
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

For Cough or Sore Throat the best medl-
cine is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothacha DrOns Cure in one minuta
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

AN old beau was caught by his sweetheart
coloring his hair, and it rev him into dyer
confusion. Texas Siftinss.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

THE tailor is good fellow to have around
he can always make some fitting remarks.
-El1nira Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
THE OLD RUT

and old methods the easiest by far Many people travel them
break from odasoned methods and adopt the
borsavng and strengthening inventions of modern times Get
old and into usng cake Of SAP0LIO your
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
A FLOATING HARROW.

Picture of a Qu"er Agricultural Implement
Recently Patented.
The device shown has just been pat
ented. It really represents combined
harrow, pulverizer and roller. The
wheel-shaped harrow in front turns
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

A DOG may be said to have reached his end
when he gets the tip Of his tail in his mouth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
Hoods
Sarsap ariIIa

Sold by all druggists 81; six for S. Prepared only
by c. I. HOOD CO., Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

At eleven p m. wrapped the drapery
Of my couch about me and lay down to
pleasant dreams " and if ever one ept the
sleep of the innocent and the Just, it was
sheets and pillow cases, downy pillows,
warm blan cts, THO and soft hair mat
tresses all combined to WOO the drowsy
god Somnus in my Lehalf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
Out of Sight.

ONE disagreeable thing about postag
stamps is that they are apt to get stuck 0
themselves -Binghamlon Leader.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29
WIDE AWAKE FOR JANUARY.

Ulle BdS1i, WHICH Is 1IeI'1 CUgeIHtr uuI
the cash is perfectly healed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-21
Year. Population. Circulation. Capita

The above calculations from 1865 to
1885 carefully prepared and published
in my book, ''The Philosophy of Price"
I have recently made the calculation
from 1885 to 1889, and find by the census
report that / have overestimated the
amount of population, which would In
crease the per capita circulation about
forty cents each for these years. With
this statement the above tables will
stand the most searching criticism, and
their truthfulness can be successfully
defended. AS a natural and logical re-
suit of such rapid per capita contraction
of the circulating medium, the follow
ing table of business failures is given.
While the figures in this statement are
appalling, they do not give more than
one-half or one-third of the actual num-
Der or amount. The real estate mortgage
failures, the chattel mortgage failures,
and the deed of trust failures are not
and can not be given with any degree
of accuracy, yet every one knows they
are mum bered by tens if not hundreds of
thousands. Besides these there are the
railroad and corporation receivership;
the vast amount of compromised indebt-
ness, and other forms of liquidation
which are but different terms for busi-
ness failures. By comparing this table
with the one above it will be seen that
the number of failures have kept even
pace with the reduction in the volume
of currency excepting the years which
followed 1873 and 1878. At this late
date, the year which Immediately pre-
ceded specie resumption, all values were
| nearly eliminated and left no room for
further failures for some time
The failures in the United States from
| 1865 to 1889 were:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-21
THE sUB-TREAsURY PLAN.
The Objections of Correspondent Briefly
But Fully Answered.

The Objections of Correspondent Briefly
But Fully Answered.
Your correspondent, B. E. Masters,
objects to the Alliance sub treasury
bill, on the ground that it would cost
the Government nearly as much as the
war. Now, if Mr.. Masters and other
opponents of the bill would procure a
copy of the bill and read it, they would
find that it would cost the Government
nothing more than the tri1ing expense
of printing the treasury notes which
the bill proposes shall be issued, for the
purpose of advancing eighty per cent.
on the cash value of products stored
under its provisions.
Mr.. Masters says that ''they, the
farmers, come forward with one of the
most direct pieces of class legislation
ever introduced in the country" Well,
let us see: The recent act of Congress
providing for the purchase of silver
bullion at its full market value and the
payment for the same in
treasury notes convertible into
coin, is more intensely class legislation
than is the sub-treasury bill. The bull
lion act involves taxation, the sub
treasury plan does not. The silver act
involves storage and care which re-
quires expenditures that can only be
met by taxation.
The sub-treasury bill involves storage
and care, but costs nothing in taxes, as
every cost in connection with the plan
is to be paid in notes which cost moth
ing but the labor of printing them,
which cost Is overed by the charges OF
one per cent. on deposits. Start some
more objections, Mr.. Masters. Let us
have a full discussion of the plan
William Manning. in Home and Farm.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-21

snouIo De unnaturally and wrongtuny
transferred, because of the power of an
inadequate volume of money to op-
press?" Has the experiment been sue
cess, and is the Nation greater or
stronger for having passed through this
trying ordeal in order to make United
States bonds bear q premium of 25
per cent? Human nature and honest
connections revolt at the plain facts
contained in this statement, and the
universal verdict must be that condi-
tions which conspire to bring about
such results must be unwise and unjust.
While the first table given discloses ''the
power of money to oppress," the second
table furnishes ample proof of its exist
ence.
But there is other and stronger evil
dence of the destructive forces con-
tanned in the first table that can not be
disproved. It is as plain as the noon
day sun and is found in the increase of
the National debt notwithstanding the
vast sums that have been paid as prin-
cipal, interest and premium. A careful
and thorough analysis of the following
statement and table is requested of the
reader:
The National debt in 1855 amounted
to 81, 7sS, 100000. We have paid on the
principal of the public debt 81, 500, $685.
312, and as interest on same 50, $40, 726, :
O49, and a further sum of S5s, $40, 900 as
premiums on bonds purchased, amount
ing in all to 81. 1913, 931, 1851 Yet we find
the debt of the Nation has actually in
creased if paid in the labor and prod
ucts of the people (any person of or
dinary intelligence knows it can not be
paid in any thing else); that is to say, it
will take more labor products to pay
what we now owe at present prices than
1t would have taken to pay the entire
Indebtedness in 1855 at the prices then.
As proof of this the table below Is
given. In regard TO Its correctness,
reference Is called to any authe ntic
price lists of products for the years
named: