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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
THE LAST EVE OF SUMMER.

summers last sun, nigh unto setting shines
Through yon cOlumnar pines,
And, on the deepening shadows of the lawn,
Its golden lines are drawn
Dreaming of long gone summer days like this
Feeling the winds soft kiss
Grateful and glad that failing ear and sight
Have still their old delight
] sit alone and watch the warm sweet day
Lapse tendtrly away;
And, wiStful, with IA feeling of forecast,
i ask: is this the last:
will nevermOre for me the seasons run
Their round, and will the sun
OF ardent summers vet to come forget
For me to rise and Set?'
Thou shouldSt be here, or should be with thee
Wherever thou maySt be,
Lips mute hands claSpcd, in silences of speech
Each answering unto each.
AT this still hour, which hints Of mystery far
Beyond the evening star,
n" words outworn suffice from lip or scroll;
The soul would fain with soul
Wait, while these few, swift passing days fulfill
The wise, dispOSiug VIII,
And, in the evening aS at morning, trust
The All MCrciful and Just.
The solemn joy that Soul-Communion feels
Immortal life reveals:
And human love, its prophecy and sign.
luterprctS love divine.
Come then, in thought. if that alone may be-
q friend. and bring with thee
Thy calm assurance of transccndent Spheres,
And the Eternal Years
john Greenlraf Whittier. in N Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
HIGH WOLF.

then until now the numbers have re-
manned practically the same. The
Great Sioux Reservation has, however,
been broken up into six smaller ones,
and about 1000, 900 acres of land have
been opened for settlement by white
people. Accurate statistics of these
several agencies have not been pub
lished since the time of the subdivision,
but are substantially as follows: Stand
ing Rock, $500; Cheyenne River, 3, 200;
Lower Rrule and Crow Creek, $500;
Roubad, $500; Pine Ridge, 5000; Yank-
ton Sioux, 1000 Total $4,000.
1t was the privilege of the writer to
be stationed for about three years south
of the Great Sioux Reservation before
it had been disturbed by recent legisla.
ton. Visits were then made by him
Rosebud agency, and once to the Pine
Ridge. The Santees were at that time
already quite advanced in civilization.
They dressed as white people and ap-
pearcd as well-to-do as ordinary West
ern farmers, SHAT is, men who work
upon their own land. They had fine
schools, which their children generally
attended. The Episcopal bishops
school, near the reservation, was the
subject of much interest on account Of
the ability of the children to read and
write and speak English. The Rosebud
agency showed far less progress in the
work Of education or civilization. The
Indian agent was afraid of the Indian.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01

women, who were never included in the
Omaha" The Sun" dances witnessed
by large numbers, say 5000 or 5000 in
single encampment, were like the
"Omaha Dance" excepting that for sew
eral days the Indians prepared certain
men by keeping them by themselves,
by subjecting them to short diet or fast.
ing, and finally by attaching a burden
to their backs or shoulders with thongs
passing under the skin, like seton"
Sometimes buffalo head was the bur.
den, sometimes selection of lesser
weight, fastened through cuts not so
deep. Tho dancer was to continue his
dancing affecting himself by prescribed
cuts and Sits until the burden or bur-
dens broke away, or until nature had
completely exhausted herself Often
the women, weeping, would compassion
ate the victim, if he was father. hus-
band, brother or son, and sometimes
they were permitted to receive the cuts
or decorations in their limbs as substi-
tute, to lessen the anguish of the vic
tins. These extreme dancers, whom ]
have called victims, entered into this
arrangement voluntarily, doubtless gaz-
ing up as much as possible toward the
great sun in the heavens during the
whole dance, in fact doing any thing
that would give them pain. The object
OF 1t all. as expressed to me, was main
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
POULTRY PICkINGS.

BOILED potatoes mashed and mixed
,ellent feed for fattening turkeys
WHEAT, corn and oats are good grain
aiet, but fowls, especially the laying
hens, need some green food in addition.
SELL off all of the cockrels not wanted
for breeding. There is no economy in
wintering more than is needed for that
purpose.
GROUND or crushed bone is valuable
feed for poultry during the winter. 1t
,an be given two or three times week
with profit
In fattening fowls it is not good econ
omy to feed any thing or the ground.
Provide clean troughs and boards. They
will save feed.
Now is the time to remember that 25
hens we'll cared for will return much
better profit than so allowed to take
care of themselves.
FROM now on until towards spring
well-dressed poultry will pay better
than those marketed alive, but the
work must be carefully dole
AFIER tlo poultry are carefully
dressed they should be hung up until
all of the animal heat is cooled out be-
fore they are packed to ship. A little
care in this respect will often avoid con-
siderable loss.
A RAIL pen covered with straw and
banked up on the sides with corn fodder
will make comfortable shelter for the
fowls during the winter at a very small
cost. 1t is far better than allowing
them to roost in the stables or stock
sheds.
A HANDFUL of linseed meal given in
the feed twice week will be benefit
during the winter Mix and let stand
until it is thoroughly soaked. tbs bet
ter to feed with bran or cornmeal Some
use teaspoonful of Venetian red
mixed in with pint of meal made into
a stiff dough and feed to the fowls as a
preventive of cholera. The cost is
little and a preventive is much better
than any cure.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
BIOLOGICAL BREAD.
The Predicament Into Which an Am
erican Tourists Hunger Got Him.

The Predicament Into Which an Am
erican Tourists Hunger Got Him.
A Philadelphia gentleman tells this
story at his own expense. "Some years
ago." he says, II was in Paris, and |
visited the Geological Gardens. AS l
entered the gate l noticed young
woman selling pieces of bread at
little stand. The bread was a new
variety to me, and, as it was very Tempt
ing looking and l happened to be par
ticularly hungry, l determined upon
buying some. Two pieces for sou she
informed me was the cost, and though
l told her one would be sufficient, she
insisted upon my taking both. AS |
marched down the avenue l stuffed one
piece in my pocket and proceeded TO
MUNICH the other with much gusto, for
was both hungry and democratic, and,
moreover, l believed l didn't know
soul in Paris.
II had dispatched about half of the
first piece, when at turn of the road |
suddenly came face to face with an old
was glad to see him, but it was very
EN- barrassing to be caught with your
mouth full of bread. l would have Sc
cured my position by saying something
witty off-hand, but unfortunately l
couldn't articulate, so when l shook
hands with him l simply pulled out the
other piece and offered it to him
Thank you, no. he answered.; I'm not
hungry It's beautiful bread, though
| said, persuasively. L just bought it,
back there at the gate. Better have
some.' It's excellent, l know he
answered, for it's purpose, but even the
famed pauper labor of Europe have
never been known to eat it. why
what on earth do you mean?' cried
with sudden misgivi1g. well, you
see,' he answered deliberately, it's in
tended to be fed to the animals in the
Zoo, and it's made out Of Stop l
shouted, as horrible qualm swept
over me, 4 want to hear no more' And
then the wretch was actually brutal
enough to laugh. IN. Y. Star
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
National Airs.

There seems to be rather mixed idea
with the average American as to what
particular pieces of music are National
airs. The majority of them are familiar
with God Save the Queen" set to the
words of "My Country, IT'S of Thee"
and the Red. White and Blue" which
is an English air, but when an original
American air is reached there are many
who fail to recognize it. When the
Strauss orchestra reached that stirring
hymn, THE Star-Spangled Banner, a
rather pretty lady in the audience nod
ded her head with smile of appreciation
and said: Il think those Strausses
compose such pretty music. 1 think
that last piece was the best of the lot. >
1t looks very much as if yankee
Doodle" would remain the National air
for some time to come in the face of
such convincing evidence. Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
TWELVE GOOD RULES.

If You Follow Them You Can Make
Raising Success.
1. Make hens lay when eggs are
dearest.
q Breed stock when eggs are cheap
g. Keep a non-setting breed to lay
when settlers are Matching, and pay ex-
penses of the latter.
4. Breed as many chick ems as possible
and as early as possible. They all rep
resent so much money.
s. Keep all the pullets. They are
worth two dollars each as prospective
winter layers.
6. Kill or otherwise dispose of all hens
after three years of age.
Z. Breed the best fiesh-formers for
market. Keep them up to as great a
weight as may be possible.
8. Well-fattened, well-dressed poultry
will always bring the best prices from
the best customers
8. If not accustomed 70 poultry, be-
gin with small number. Learn to
make a success of the few. and then 90
on with large number.
10. DO not neglect the little essentials
to success, such as lime, gravel, meat,
plenty Of clean water, green food, dust
bath, etc., regularly supplied to layers.
II. Keep strict account Of every cent
of expenditure and receipts. Charge
the poultry with all expenses, and
credit them with all receipts. The
droppiEgs at seventy five cents per bar
rel will SO long way to pay for feed.
10. Market gardeners and dairymen
are particularly we'll situated to permit
of their dealing profitably in poultry;
the former have spare time in the win.
ter, the latter are among the best GUS
toners In the city every day.->Western
Rur~1
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
WHITE HAWK "a SIOUX soUAW).

thousand miles from Nevada to give
truer idea Of the coming Messiah, and
it is averred that the Piutes insisted
that the Indians should not fight, should
never shed blood, but should await the
will and direction Of the great Mes
siah. Of course the Indians readily
weave their drumming and dancing
habits into their new inspiration, and
the wilder ones among them become
still wilder under the excitement All
experienced men know that the In
dians, under excitement, what they call
becoming mad" may commit any con-
ceivable outrage. More than five thou
sand, however, from the Great Sioux
Reservation before the division, are
quite advanced in civilization, and will
always oppose war with the whites.
o. O. HOWARD.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01

the 'Ohio Indians" made about that
time. Among the So tribal divisions
which he CnumCratcS arc found differ.
ent bands Of Sioux, for instance "Sioux
Of the Meadows" and Sioux of the
Woods"
They are located towards the heads
OF the Mississippi" Their warriors
enumerated for each of the above di-
visions are respectively ., 800 and 1,SOC
$500 in all. If we take the usual
percentage of warriors to represent one.
fifth of the Sioux nation, and aggre.
gate amount of men women and child.
rem were in the middle of the last cent
ury 81, 800.
In 1920 in paper communicated by
General p. Is, Porter, the Secretary of
War, We find few words concerning
the Sioux Their members then csti-
mated were Is, 600. General Porter said:
''ThiS tribe occupies very extensive
region, stretching from the Mississippi
to the Missouri, bounded on the east by
the Chippewa country. and on the
south by that of the Sac, and Foxes
They are gradually extending West
and have already touched the Mandan
Territory. They are Giraffe in their
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
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HOMEMADE BOB SLED.

and bench, and keyed. The draw pieces
are three-by-four-inch timber, fitted to
the inside of the crook and fastened
with an acknowledgements pin passing
through the rave, runner and draw
piece, and wedged as before. The
tongue is a round pole, with head
block of three'by-four-inch timber with
slots cut in the ends to receive the
brace irons which pass through about
six inches with hook that fastens in
an eye in the draw-piece and can be
taken off. They are coupled together
with chains about six feet long, with
hook on one end fastened to ring in
the bench of the front bob, and can be
taken up or let out at pleasure. Any
farmer handy with tools can easily
make such pair of hobs, the use of
which will soon pay him for his work.
American Agriculturist
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01

census has been published. Hon. E. P.
Smith, in 1875, reported the total num-
Der of Sioux to be $4,000 or $4,000, of
whom 1000 out of the A, 900 were num-
bered by actual count The number of
hostiles then in Dakota under the
leadership of Sitting Bull and few
chiefs, was about 1000. At that time
the Sioux were included under twelve
agencies, nine in Dakota, two in Mon
tana and one in Nebraska. Thus we
see how widely scattered they were. At
Fort Dunlap to be fed when the game
gave out, there we're some $500 ASSN
ebaipe Sioux. They seemed to have
been only the friendlier portion of the
Assina;a1 and were rather init
mate with whisky sellers and unlawful
traders
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
The harder a cow works the less al

dOeS at the pail.
Feed the cow high, right along up
to the time of calving; and if there is
not case of abortion, there will likely
be dead cow from milk fever.-Amerl-
can Stockman.
Every dairy ought to be scientific
ally conducted or not conducted at all
This letting dairy run itself would
seem to indicate that farming was so
profitable that we did not know what to
do with our money. Western Rural
Does the COW like to be MIXED? If
not, she will not give as much milk as
she otherwise would, and proba bly, she
may make it very disagreeable to the
mixer. Now a COW, unless it is spoilt
COW, will not object to being MIXED, if
she is not hurt or frightened, and the
mixer is usually at fault in either case.
1T is not the amount of food that is
eaten but the amount that is digested
and assimilated that makes the gain
and growth, and in feeding stock of any
kind it will be found quite an item to
prepare the feed so that it can be readily
digested. In this may be seen the ad-
vantage OF ensilage and cut fodder for
cows and fattening cattle and soaking
corn for hogs.
The floor of the dairy should be of
such material as will not absorb moist
ure. The best floor is made of smooth
flagstones laid in cement. Then comes
hard, pressed and burned brick laid in
cement and third good cement floor.
Next is well-seasoned hard wood floor
and then good pine floor. Wooden
floors should be made Of narrow boards
we'll filed with varnish or oil. All floors
should be laid with fall of a quarter
Of an inch to the foot toward the drain.
Farm and Fireside.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01

and they had very complete control
over him, his family, his assistants and
all their operations. The Indians were
at that time very jolly, and our party
had scarcely reached the agency when
their chiefs put in an appearance tc
welcome us to the reservation, and tc
offer us a dance" Understanding from
the Interpreters that we very heartily
disapproved Of the Sun Dance" they
determined immediately to amuse US
with what was then called the Omaha
dance" This was very appropriate to
us, as we had just come from tho great
city of Omaha, but we learned that the
name "Omaha dance sprang from a
favOrite peace-dance of the Indian band
of Omahas. AS the "Messiah dance"
has been described in the papers, there
seems to be little difference between it
and the dance we saw. The Indians
were painted from head to foot with a
variety of designs upon their chest and
leg and back. Their heads were decked
out with feathers, strips of different
colored cloth, bits of fur or other small
articles, combined 70 attract attention.
They had the usual strip of ''manta"
about the waist, and some had on saehes
but otherwise they were naked. Their
music was the usual drumming and
singing, done mostly by outside bands
who were looking on with delight and
cheering their companions. The
dancers kept time with the music.
They had some reliefs when
any became too tired to continue the
operation, 50 that the plot of ground to
which they limited themselves was al
ways full. The grunting and shouting
and barking like cayotes or wolves
were particularly exciting to the
dancers, and somewhat so to the strang-
ers. 1t seems that in the ''Messiah
dance they have sometimes added the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
GREEN FOOD FOR COWS.
Experiments Showing Food Effects Upon
the Milk.


Experiments Showing Food Effects Upon
the Milk.
Green and succulent food does not
produce thin milk or milk containing a
small per cent of solids, according to
results of work done at the New Hamp-
shire experiment station. The morning
and evening milk of three COWS were
tested for a year, about 1000 analyses
being made. 1t was found that when
the COWS were turned out to green grass,
the average amount of milk they gave
was increased two pounds per head daily
while the fat in this milk was slightly
increased. When ensilage was fed,
not only the quantity of milk but
the amount of both fat and caseine
Tor cheese) was increased. Hence
the conclusion that green foods
mean richer milk. In another case
twelve cows were fed on cornmeal,
middlin9s and gluten meal, and whom
the gluten was substituted for part of
the cornmeal, the flow of milk was
much increased, and in most cases the
fat was slightly increased ALSO When
the feed was changed back the reverse
was the case, but the butter was much
harder with corn than with gluten
meal Gluten meal, it should be stated.
is by-product from the manufacture of
corn-starch, and is practically grade
of cornmeal containing one-third as
much starch and twice as much nitro
geneous or flesh and milk-producing
elements as clear cornmeal. These ex-
periments afford another proof of the
fact that it is possible to considerably
change the amount OF milk COW will
give but not to make much change in its
composition, Farm aud Hstss,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01

At the old Red Cloud agency there
were at that time over 5000 Ogallallas,
according to tho reports, who had al
ready almost abandoned the place.
That was the year whom their feeble
beginnings IN raising crops were en-
dered ineffective by the grasshoppers.
Among the twelve agencies we find the
different names, Yankton, Santee, Sis
seton, Teton, Uncappus, Black Fit,
Cheyenne River, Wahpetons and Elan
1areau.
In 1889 the Sioux on the Great Sioux
Reservation numbered 2S. S33, including
the Drain Jreen ana Iankton agencies.
Besides these there were in Dakota
5, ISL other Sioux at Fort Berthold. the
Sisseton and other agencies In Mon
tana 6, OLA Indians of the Dakota nation,
a part of whom are known as Sioux. In
Montana there were 1,102 Sioux at the
9 II E'""1 "a"" a~o"cieS. From
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
YOUR MONEY, OR YOUR LIFE!

This question is "pert" one, but we
mean it. Will you sacrifice few paltry
dollars, and save your lifep or will you
allow your blood to become tainted, and
your system rundown, until, finally, you
are laid away in the grave? Better be
in time, and "hold up" your hands for
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01
Marvellous Development.

The Chicago, St. Paul Il Kansas City
Railway, although the youngest of all the
western trunk lines, has developed so rap
idly that it is now one of the most impor-
tant. It has become the popular route be-
tween Chicago and Dubuque, St Paul, Min
neapolis, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Marshall
town, Des Moines, St. Joseph and Kansas
City, connecting at these principal cities
with the best and fastest trains to and from
all points: By reason Of its Superb Equip
ment, including Pullman Private Compart-
meut Sleeping Cars, Fast Time, Safety,
Courteous Attention to Passengers and the
Perfect Comfort of its trains, it is favor
lite. The Garden Spot of America is tray
ersed by its lines-Try it.
LITERARY men do not, as rule, have a
bead for business, and 50, paradoxical as it
may seem, they do not get ahead.-Somer-
vile Journal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-01

habits, following the buffalo in their
migrations, and depending on the hunt
for their existence. Their different
bands formerly had an annual meeting
near the Missouri. This custom is dis.
appearing, as they extend their con-
quest Westward, and the different bands
have less and less connection every
year" If we add the "Assinabaines,"
then s, 600 strOng-who are now often
called "AsSinabaines Sioux" to those
who are regarded as the Sioux proper,
the aggregate in 1929 would have
reached % 600, showing that there had
been very little increase in their num-
bors in sixty-five years. There may,
however, be other tribes which should
be reckoned among the Sioux at this
earlier dates. There is very little care
full estimation on record Of the actual
numbers, Or if on record, no accurate