davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
CITY POPULATION.
Interesting Facts from u Late Census Bull
Lott

Interesting Facts from Late Census Bull
letin.
Population continues steadily to drift
to the cities. According to bulletin
issued by the census Office, giving the
population of the cities in the country
containing 5000 inhabitants or more,
the total urban population in 1890 was
1s,235,670 or 80. 10 per cent. of the popu-
lation, as against an urban population
of 11,3ls,547, or 81 per cent in $780,
The proportion of urban population
has increased gradually during the past
century from 1856 up to 90. 10 per cent,
or from one-thirtieth up to nearly one
third of the total population. The in
crease was quite regular from the
beginning up to 1880, while from
1880 to 1890 it made leap from
22.57 up to 29.12 per cent. The
number of cities having population of
more than 5000 increased from six in
1900 to 2S6 in 1880, whence it had leaped
to 443 in 1890. In 1880 there was but
one city, New York, which had a popu-
lation in excess of Loon, 900. In 1890
there were three, New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia. In 1870 there were
but fourteen cities each containing
more than 100, 900 inhabitants. In 1880
this number had increased to twenty.
md Ia 1850 70 twenty-ei1hk In Maine,
Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York
the numerical increase in the urban
element is greater than the increase in
the total population. so that in these
states the rural population has actually
diminished in number. These facts
forcibly illustrate the permanence of
the tendency of the population toward
life in cities.-Bradstreet.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
BARNUM'S EARLY TRAITS.
He Was . Mathematical Genius and Yer,
Economical.

He Was . Mathematical Genius and Very
Economical.
In arithmetic and every form of cal
culation he was particularly apt. and
one of his earliest recollections, and
one which he always mentioned with
much pleasure, was that in his tenth
year he was called out of bed by his
teacher, who had wagered with an &C
quaintance that in less than five minutes
he (the boy) could calculate the number
of feet in a given load of wood. After
obtaining the dimensions, half asleep
as he was, Phineas, much to the delight
OF his teacher and the discontinue of
his doubling acquaintance, correctly
figured out the result in less than two
minutes. Nor was this knowledge
of figures the only marked trait
which was early developed by the boy.
lie ~ Is also al T. Remarkably Ia. ~ ...:
fully aware of the value of money. He
never was known to squander or fool
ishly spend a penny. When he was six
years old he had saved coppers enough
to exchange for a silver dollar. This
he turned" rs rapidly as he could with
safety, and by peddling homemade
molasscs candy, gingerbread, and at
times species of liquor. made by HIM
self and called cherry rum, he had &C
cumulated when he was not quite
twelve years Of age sum sufficient to
buy and pay for q sheep and calf. In
deed, to use an expression subsequent
~ employed by him when relating these
early experiences, he was rapidly be.
coming q small CrHsus, when his father
very kindly gave him permission to buy
his own clothing with his own money.
OF course this permission materially re-
duced his little store.-N. Y. Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

De Griffiths, of the court of common
complaints, rs amt noway addicted to
poclset-picking, as ever heerd on!'
And Miss Parkinson, discovering
that her valuables were all safe, sub
sided once moro into her place and
merely remarked that 1--WE are all liza
BILE to mistakes"
She WIS rather surprised to discover
that the Larliins family, instead of oc-
cupying one of the palatial mansions
contiguous to Central Park, lived on
the fourth floor of a rusty brick house
on the Bowery, whose front windows
were blinded by the elevated road and
whose rear outlook consisted chiefly of
cats and chimney-tops. There was q
Sommergarte II next door, where a BAND
dissoursed sweet music until three
o'clock in the morning, and a shooting
gallery on the other side, and the
ground floor of their own building was
occu pied by job printer, whose steam
machinery, albeit it was underground,
roared and Kissed and kept the walls a
tremble until Miss Parkinson declared
It was just like living over the crater
Of Vesuvius!
LA, my Dear" said Mrs. Larkins, a
comfortable elderly lady with greasy
poplin dress and a cap covered: with
eruInpled artificial flowers, you won't
saind IL after day or two It's really
. very superior neigh borhood."
They supped off clam chowder, boiled
Holsters, Vienna bread and -Bimburger
cheese-for the Larkins family were
quite cosmopolitan in their tastes-and
spent the e~ening at Ingomar theater,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

In the train
of diseases that follow a tor
pid liver and impure blood,
nothing can take the place
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. Nothing will,
after you have seen what it
does. 1t prevents and cures
by removing the cause. 1t
invigorates the liver, purifes
and enriches the blood, sharp
ems the appetite, improves d.
gestion, and builds up both
strength and flesh, when re-
duced below the standard
Of health. For Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint. Scrofula,
or any blood-taint it's a posi-
tive remedy. 1t acts as no
ether medicine does. For that
reason, it's sold as no other
medicine is. It's guaranteed
to benefit or cure, or the
money is refunded.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

very first thing, poor dear. It's Mr..
Burnabee as lives there, manufacturer
of ladies' felt skirts, quite decent and
respectable. Oh. yes, my dear; p'r'aps
we'd better 60, then, Or the poor dear'll
fine herself over the parapet, and it'll
be a clear case for the coroner's in
quest"
In the cloudy moonlight the two wom-
en- crept downstairs and rang loudly
at Mr.. Burnabee's door,
There was delay. There always is
delay after the ringing of city door
bell. But to Miss Parkinson and Mrs.
Larkins there was delay which
seemed almost interminable before Mr..
Burnabee appeared on the scene, little
cd red-nosed man, with scanty gray
hair, a palm-lea&patterned dress
ing-gown and candle whose feeble
flame flickered to and fro while he held
it shaded from the night wind with one
hand.
us it fire." said Mr. Burnabee, "or is
it a accident on the elevated road?
I've always knowed it would come
sooner or later
THE roof! The roof!' gasped Me-
linda
'Save her." shrieked Mrs. Larkins.
''Eh?' said Mr.. Burnabee. "Save
who? What are you talking about,
ladies?'
"The sleepwalker!'' cried Miss Par
kinson. The poor creature who
hovers between life and death on the
top of this house,
1--WE saw woman on the roof" ex-
planned Mrs. Larkins, land she wouldn't
answer when my cousin called to her;
and we're almost certain sure she's in
sane"
Mr.. Burnabee's wrinkled counte-
nance broke into a smile.
There amt no woman there" said
he.
Man." said Miss Melinda, "you are
deceiving us!''
Its nothing on EARTH" went on Mr..
Burnabee, but my wire dummy as 1
fit the skirt over. The roof leaked all
over her new pink cambria slip in the
hard shower yesterday, so jest set her
out on the ROOF to dry. l put her out
at night, because 1 knowed if l did it
in the daytime there'd be no end of peo-
pie asking questions and minding
everybody else's business but their
own"
"Oh!' said Miss Parkinson, rather
awkwardly.
"Of course" said Mrs. Larkins Bit
ing her lip.
much obliged to you, all the same"
said Mr.. Burnabee, blandly, although
he still chuckled.
And the two women crept home
again.
''Lucretia," said Miss Parkinson,
standing opposite her own door.
"W-w-well!' faltered Mrs. Lark
ms, scarcely able to repress her SILVER
ing.
Don't speak of this to anyone, will
your
mo, won't" said Mrs. Larkins.
But it is to be feared that she did not
keep her word, for Mr.. Larkins was
full of dark illusions the next day, and
Miss Persephone could scarcely speak
for laughing.
terms and secured her summer styles,
and fastened speedily back to Center
vile; and ever since she declares that
all the wealth of the Indies would not
induce her to live in that sink of
iniquity and headcenter of mystery,
New York! And if people ask her
why, she only shakes her head and
says, mysteriously:
"Never mind!'-Amy Randolph, in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

Tor which Miss Pcrsephone had always
limited number of orders" And
when Miss Melinda Parkinson retired
to rest in a back-hall bedroom, with
the elevated road shaking the very
casters of her bed every thirteenth
minute and a quartette of cats on the
roof rivaling the German arias of
Madame Frida Won Poppenhusen in the
garten below, she seriously believed
that gentle sleep was banished alto
gether from her eyelids.
In the middle of the night, Mrs. Lar
kins was aroused from her balmy slum-
bers by a rapping at her chamber door:
'Eh?" said Mrs. Larkins, sitting up
in bed, her classic brow crowned by a
cheveux de frise of curl-papers. st
amt burglars, is it? Nor the fire de-
partment? Dear me, Cousin Melinda.
what can you possibly be wanting at
this time of night?"
"Lucretia," said Miss Parkinson,
FLUSH! Come with me at once"
"Lawsw cried Mrs. Larkins, hurried
ly shutting her feet into list slippers
and flinging ON an ancient flannel
dressing-gown. What is the matter?
Amt nobody sick, is there?"
Its somnambulist," whispered
Miss Parkinson, as Mrs. Larlzins joined
her in the hall. "A poor crazy creature
on the roof next door, all alone by her.
self, with nothing but step between
her and DEATH"
'La!" said Mrs. Larkins, beginning
to tremble and develop strongly hyster-
ical symptoms. Are you sure, quite
sure, now, Melinda, that it amt the
Limburger cheese settin' heavy on your
stomach? 1t don't agree with every
body, you know. And"
Come and see for yourself" said
Melinda; and she drew her cousin to
the curtained easement, which COM
manded the feline and the smoke
blackened view previously alluded to.
There! Don't you see her dress tlut-
ter? Do you perceive how dangerously
near the parapet-wall she stands?"
"Oh, good gracious" cried Mrs. Lark,
ms, covering her eyes with her hands.
Lets call Lemuel"
''Who is it that lives in the next
house?" demanded Melinda. For we
must go there ourselves, Lucretia
There's no time to rouse up any body.".
And Lemuel sleeps like log" said
Mrs. Larkins, land always thrashes
round with his fists when he's reused
up sudden, thinkin' of burglars the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
Mailing Money.

It is not until person has lost five
or ten-dollar bill sent through the
mails that he feels that there is some
thing or somebody sadly immoral in
the service. The practice of sending
paper money through the mails is a
very foolish one. It can be easily
proven. Place five.dollar bill in an
envelope. Now smell it. There you
have it. There is nothing on earth
chat smells like paper money and a
thief expert in his business with good
olfactory nerves CAP detect the pres
cnce of money in en- envelope at any
stage of the game. 1t is well to re-
member before sesding paper money
unregistered that ''fer ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain the
average mail thief beats the "heathen
Chinee."-Chicago News
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
FOR HOE HANDLES.

Simple Device Which Saves Lots of
Hard Labor.
Haven't you wished great many
times your hoe handles were not so dry
and slippery? Make simple device
such as shown in illustration and nail
one on the hoe handle near the end, the
other about 10 inches from that with
q wire nails. Get them even, and
both on the under side. They are first
rate on steel rake, and on all kinds of
pronged hoes, and you can use such
tools with mittens or gloves on when
too cold; and the hoes, etc., won't be
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ARsENITEs AND FOLIAGE.
Prof. Gillette Publishes tho Results al
Recent Experiments.

Prof. Gillette Publishes tho Results of
Recent Experiments.
Prof. G. p. Gillette, of the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment station.
Ames, in a late bulletin upon expert
ments with arsenites reports the fol.
lowing conclusions:
1. The oldest leaves are most sus-
ceptible to injury from arsenical appli-
cations. They often turn yellow and
drop without showing the burnt, spotted
appearance. :
2. Dews, and probably direct sun
light, increase the injuries done by the
arsenites to foliage.
3. Leaves kept perfectly dry can
hardly be injured by the arsenites,;;
even when they are applied very
abundantly.
4. Applications made in the heat of
the day and in the bright sunlight do
not injure foliage more than when ap-
piled in the cool of the day.
5. The only effect of heavy rain or
dashing shower following an applica-
ton of one of the arsenites is to lessen
the injury to foliage,
6. Leaves suffering from fungous
disease are more susceptible to injury
than are healthy leaves.
Z. When freshly mixed and applied,
London purple is most and white
arsenic is least injurious to foliage. |
8. White arsenic in solution should
not be used upon foliage without first
adding lime, Bordeaux mixture or
some other substance to prevent its in
furious effects upon foliage.
8. White arsenic, if allowed to stand
many days in water before being ap-
piled, will do far greater harm to foil
age than if applied as soon as mixed.
10. Lime added to London purple or
paris green in water greatly lessons
the injury that these poisons would
otherwise do to foliage.
II. Lime added to mixture of white
arsenic in water will greatly increase
the injury that this poison would other
wise do to foliage. If the arsenic is all
In solution, the lime will then lessen
tho injury, as in the case of London
purple or paris green.
II. London purple (paris green and
white arsenic have not yet been tried)
can be used at least eight or ten times
as strong without injury to foliage if
applied in common Bordeaux mixture
instead of water.
13. The arsenites cannot by any ordi-
nary method be. successfully mixed in
kerosene emulsion.
IA. The arsenites mix readily in resin
compounds and do not seem to be more
injurious to foliage than as ordinarily
applied in water.
Is. The arsenites in strong soapy
mixtures do considerable more harm to
foliage than when applied in water
only.
Is. The arscnites mix readily in car
Donate of copper solution and do not
seem to do more harm than when ap-
piled in water only.
II. London purple in sulphate Of cop
per solution does vastly more harm
than when applied in water only.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
4 MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
Melinda Parkinson's Experiences
in New York City.

[SS MELINDA
p A r X INSON
had come down
to New York
to buy her sum-
m er patterns
and to indulge
herself with a
glimpse at the
great world of
which hitherto
she had only
b c C ON e ac-
q u a i n t ed by
reading of the
weekly newspa-
per.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
ignorant who buy it almost invariably


The more thoroughly domcsticated a
COW is, the less objection she makes to
surrender her calf to the care of her
owner, and the less she worries about
separation from it. The calf must be
kept dry and free from filth. If con-
fined in a pen give fresh straw often.
Land plaster sprinkled among it will
make q good absorbent. "A wet, filthy
condition will neutralize the effects OF
much good feed-Farm, Field and
1tockman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

mon way of building here is on side
hill, a cheap hou costing from $500 to
$500, only one chimney being erected.
The great difficulty is to get in stair
way so as not to cut off the two bed
rooms from sitting-room. think I
have solved the question. however, by
running the stairs two steps out in the
room in one corner, thence along the
wall, turning again at the top. Under
meath the stairs is room for a nice
closet. The stairs are somewhat steep
and narrow, but are economical as re-
cards SPACE.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
august
Flower

II inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. suffered
two years in this way; consulted
number of doctors. They did me
no good. I then used
Relieved in your August Flower
and it was just two
days when I felt great relief. I soon
got so that I could sleep and eat, and
I felt that I was we'll. That was
three years ago, and am still first
class. I am never
Two Days. without a bottle, and
if I feel constipated
the least particle a dose or two of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use oft without any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While I was sick
felt everything it
seemed to me man could feel. I
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that I believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMiserywith judgment. A.
M. Weed, 22e Belle
fontaine St., Indianapolis, Ind" @
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
"A HOE-HANDLE ATTACHMENT.

wrong side up. One will not get nearly
as weary as when he must grasp with
all his might. There is no patent on
this, and haven't got rich out of it in
dollars; but my feelings have been elc.
vated by it very much. 1 simply cut
out a square corner, and think they arc
the right size. In digging potatoes
with pronged hoe, tell you they are
grand.-Gleanings in Bee Culture.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

Mr.. Brown was persuaded, when he
was over sixty years of age, to attend a
spiritualistic seance. Foster, the pre-
siding medium, was in great form, and
the u. ). astonishing Dzcn
sat silent, and his face was motionless
as mask. Suddenly the medium grew
excited, and said to the old gentleman:
IA female form is bending over YOU.
Oh, the extraordinary likenessv'
Brown sighed.
''She lifts her hand to bless your
Brown sighed again.
Its your motherr' ..
"Ah, poor thing" said Brown; 81 am
glad"
'She smiles! She says all is well with
her"
Brown sighed again and said: s.I'm
delighted" g..
"She says That will see you soon.
You are old. and you must meet her be-
fore long"
That's very true; I'm going to take
tea with her this evening""
Tableau!-London lid Bits,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
HUMOROUS.

The new nurse vigorously
"Come, now, sor-r! wake up and swal-
low yer slapin' dose-it's time"
Dear me-" said old Mr.. Boggs,
hesitatingly, II know I've forgotten
something; but for the life of me can't
remember what it is
You mustn't associate with chick
ems" said Mother Duck to her duck
lings. ''Why not, mamma?" because
they are not in the SWIM -Brooklyn
Life.
But is he fashionable dentist?'
81 should say he was. He receives his
clients in the parlor and operates on
them in his drawing room. ''-Philadel-
phia Times.
Although their voices they may oft have
raised,
And spoken words of anger to each other,
His mothers cooking Adam never praised.
And Eve ne'er threatened to go Back to
mother"
N. Y. Press.
There goes brother-in-law of
mine" Didn't know you had any,"
"Oh, yes; the girl he married promised
to be sister to quite number of us
fellows. "-Washington Post.
One of England's Advantages.-'T
do so love England" said De Peyster
ecstatically. What do you so like
about it?'' asked Brouthers. ''It's so
English" returned De Peyster.-Brook-
Ign Life.
. Her Changed Estate.-Mistress Ito
former servant)-'Where are you liv-
ing now, Bridget?" Bridget (haughti-
ly)-'Sure mum, OF don't live any
where.-Oim married. kate Fields
Washington.
"A. greeting old friend at the rail-
road station as he returns from Africa
-''Welcome thousand times, dear Ole
fellow. wanted to be the first to vel
come you again to your native land
Can you lend me ten dollars?''-Flie-
gende Batter.
-Chappie-'I knelt befoah her and
awsked her to be my wife" Chollie-
"And she wejected you?" Chappie-
"Yaas." Chollie THAT was wough."
Chappie-"Yaas. I got my twousahs
bagged at the knees for nothing, bah
Jove"-Harper's Bazaar.
Mary" said the lady of the house
as the cook was leaving, II think you
are treating me shamefully, leaving
without days notice." Indeed, I'm
sorry, mum, an if reference will be
any use to you, mum, I'll give you one
cheerfully."-N. Y. Recorder.
Not Well Acquainted With Sammy.
-Teacher-''Willie, suppose you have
five marbles. Sammy, there, says: 4
will give you seven more How many
will you have then, altogether?'' Will
lie-'Just five, ma'am. He'd only be
a coddin.' You don't know him as well
as do."-Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
CHEAP FARMHOUSE.

How to Build Economical Home on q
Side Hill.
A subscriber in Illinois sends to the
Orange Judd Farmer the sketch illus
trated herewith and writes: A com.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
Indiee,tibtlity of oleomarga rine.

Indigestibtlity of Oleomarga rine.
Experiments made by the New York
dairy commission show that cleo
margarine will not dissolve and liquefy
in any human stomach in its natural
and ordinary temperature. 1t is indi-
gestible, and to the support of the New
York commissioners on this point of
indigestibility come the findings of the
French commission and other scientific
bodies, and not only is this true, but
every reading, thinking, intelligent
person knows it. The misfortune is
That the glare and glitter of the color,
the manufactured consistency and gen.
eral make up of the fraud is such as to
;s:.s -. t!c .:;-.s- ..-.1 - (
ignorant who buy it almost invariably
for butter. for the best creamery but
ter, and not only eat it themselves but
give it to their children. Here is where
disease and death come in, and the ig-
norant poor are the sufferers. 1t is a
shame on our civilization.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

HE-"Win you marry mer' She-"Do
you drink rumf' He-"No; do you chew
gumP'-N Y Record
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11

One Thing Necdful.
Shawber-Some one has invented q
new kind of bank to save money. Now
there is only one thing more they
want.
Singerly-What is that?
Shawber-A new kind of man.-Mun-
sey's Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
Z [ UU T
CClLAh

MI -
E., SITTING
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-19
A Safe Investment

Is one which is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or in case of failure re-
turn of purchase price. On this safe plan
you can buy from our advertised druggist a
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for con-
SUMPTION. 1t is guaranteed to bring relief
in every case, when used for any affection
of throat, lungs or chest, such as consump-
ton, inflammation of the lungs, bronchitis,
asthma whooping cough, Group, ETC., etc.
1t is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfect
ly safe, and can always be depended upon.
Trial bottles free at A. c. Ireland's drug
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-19
Give me the maiden sweet and shy,
Who charms throughout the year.

For many years Mr. b. F. Thomson,
OF Des Moines, lows, WAS severely attilct'
ed with chronic hiarrl,Wa. lie says
cat times it was very severe; so much
30, that feared it woul END my life.
About seven years aAo CHANGED to pro.
cure bottle of Cilanlberlain's Collie,
Cholera and DarrhGa Remedy. 1t gave
me prompt relief, and believe cured me
permanently, as Inow eat and drink with
out harm anything please" have also
used it in my family with the best results.
For sale by G. Nj. Dreamer.