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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-04-25
jill. RUNYAN.
PRACTICAL
SIGN PAINTER
Paper Hanging and Other Work
Done to Order.
SHOP: Opposite Baxters Hotel.
Notice. for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho
1Q(l1

IdIIudfy O1s 1O"@'
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
non to make final proof in support OF his
claim; and that said proof win be made be-
lore the Register and Receiver at HALEY,
Idaho, on April 6, 1891, viz: Alfred Pothier,
lor lots 6 and I. block 5, ketchum, Idaho.
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon. and
Improvement of. said lots. viz: l.. Bour-
fTeois, g. West. II. F. Steward, OF Haley,
ldaho; Walter Clark, Of ketchum, Idaho.
w. T. Riley, Register.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-04-25
GEORGE S. CALLAHAN, Proprietor

The Bakery is supplied with fine
assortment OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
SKIRTS AND GOWNS.
New Notions in Trimming and Cnttin
Cloth Dresses.

New Notions in Trimming and Cutting
Cloth Dresses.
Scalloped edges falling over facing,
quilting or ruffie, is the only trimming
on many chcviot dresses, with the
bodice edge to correspond, and both
bound with silk braid. Heavy cloth
skirts are often made without lining
to reduce the weight. Except with a
few, skirts are not worn to touch the
ground. An attempt at panier drapery
is made in few french dresses, but it
will hardly take before the summer
season. when lightweight materials
plated or ''broken' fronts are worn;
the latter has a few crosswise plaits at
the belt and side seams to break the
fullness into graceful folds. A silk and
cashmere gown has the front and sides
of the skirt in five panels divided by
single bOX-plaitS Of the second material.
The bodice has the upper part of the
cashmere for the close under-sleeves,
and loose fronts draped on each
shoulder with velvet rosettes, cut low.
necked and drawn around the point on
the bias so as to tit without any seams.
Passementerie edges the high silk col.
lar, low cashmere neck and sleeves.
Full backs are box or fan-plaitcd, or
gathered in a small space. Several
skirt backs have been lifted up over the
pointed bodice and apparently held
there by a rosette of velvet. A fan.
plated back sets better if lined with
crinoline. Princesse effects appear in a
polonaise that has a princeSse back cut
with wide extensions at the waist-line,
which are laid in great hollow box.
plaits to form sufficient fullness, while
the left front fits closely, and the right
front is Tapped over in folds from the
shoulder to the left, where a large vel
vet rosette finishes the effect. Tie
trimming is placed down this side open
ing and continues around the foot
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

could, but it was of no use. The noise
made by the falling water, the revolv-
ing wheel and the grinding mill
drowned my voice. We couldn't get
out. The plank from the mill had
fallen in the water when the wheel
started, and gone floating down the
stream. The water poured through
the cracks in the old wheel all over us.
The deep hole was full now. There
was two feet of water in the bottom Of
the wheel. Tramp, tramp. tramp
through two, now three feet of water.
1 held Kitty by the hand,
and we kept on our tramp I
was praying it might be a small
grist. Neighbors often brought a
two bushel bag of corn to be ground
in hurry. thought if that was the
extent of the grist we might stand it.
We kept up our march till Kitty gave
out. The water and the tramp, tramp,
had numbed her limbs. Her lips
moved, but l could hear nothing she
said. l only knew that she was sink
ing down in the water. picked her
up in my arms, with one hand put her
arms around my neck and resumed
my tramp in the middle of the wheel.
believe felt happier than had ever
felt in my life. l held Kitty in my
arms. Her arms were around my
neck, though l did put them there. I
could feel her breath on my cheek. I
could walk now easier than before, but
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

even with Kitty in my arms / began to
tire. My footsteps were more uncer-
tain. My limbs began to ieel numb.
looked at her face. Her eyes were
closed. Had she tainted? l put my
lips close to her ear. They touched her
face. Kitty! Kitty Her eyes opened.
Our lips met. Her arms drew tighter
around my neck. My brain whirled.
Was l becoming unconscious? l could
feel that was Keeling as l walked. The
water from above ceased to fall The
wheel stopped Some one leaped in. I
knew no more.
'When came to was lying in bed.
Kitty was sitting by my side, my hand
in hers. 1 had been delirious for a
week. AS my eyes met hers she said:
Alex, dear Alex, and she stopped and
kissed me. That kiss brought back to
my bewildered brain the events that
led to it. did not regret them.
Uncle Ben had come down to tho
mill, and not seeing the boat thought,
of course, we had gone up the pond.
He lifted the footl-gate, and started the
mill to grind small grist. Finally he
CHANGED to see the boat with the neigh
Dor in it out in the pond. He knew
that we sometimes fshed from the
wheel, and with trembling hands closed
wheel, to find me reeling and stagger-
ing like drunken man IN the water
with Kitty in my arms. He got us out,
but | fell unconscious.
The next spring freshet carried
the old dam away, and new mills hav-
ing been built in Jonesboro we re-
claimed the land where the pond had
been, and the old mill has gone to
decay. Kitty and were married that
our children playing round the ruins of
the old mill, and died within a month of
each other.
Now, I've told you the story of the
old mill, and if you'll come up to the
house and have a cup of coffee before
you go back to town I'll show you the
wife won in the old mill wheel; and
when you take look at my daughter
Kitty you'll see my wife as she was
when we entered it that day. Two
years after we were married an uncle
of mine died and left me a farm up in
Knox County, where we spend part Of
our time: but there's no place SO dear
to Kitty and me as the farm on Cedar
creek, for it's soil covers the remains Of
dear old Ben and Martha, and here, be-
sides, are the ruins of the old mill. -
IL. E. Scott, in Chicago News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
ABOUT EARThWORMS.
They Arc Among the Best Aids In RI
storing Lost Fertility.

They Arc Among the Best AldS In Re
storing Lost Fertility.
Very often the most insignificant
causes produce the most important eff
fects. This applies very forcibly to
carthworms. These little animals are
of much more consequence ana have
much more influence in farm economy
than most people are aware of. They
are mighty in their effect by virtue of
their minuteness. This property rem
ders them less an object of attention,
and from their numbers and remark
able fecundity, though in appearance a
very insignificant and despisable link
in the chain of nature, yet, if lost,
To say nothing of half the birds and
many quadrupeds which are entirely
supported by them, worms, instead of
being a hindrance to and consumer of
vegetation, are really one of its best
promoters, in fact nearly all vegetation
would proceed but lamely without
them, for by boring, perforating and
loosening the soil, they render it per-
vious to the rain and the fibrous roots
of the plants by drawing straws and
stalks of leaves into it; and, above all,
they throw up such infinite numbers of
heaps of earth called worm casts,
which, being their excrement, is one
of the finest fertilizers known to the
chemist, and for this purpose alone
their increase and growth should be en-
couraged.
In all probability, worms provide new
soil for hills and slopes, where the rain
washes the earth away, and they pro-
tect these slopes from being washed
away or flooded. Gardeners and
farmers are as unit almost in ex-
pressing their detestation of worms,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

the former because they render the
walks unsightly and cause them little
extra work, and the latter because, as
they think, the worms eat their sprout
ing grain. These people would soon
find, however, that the earth without
worms would soon become cold, hard
bound, and void of all decomposition or
fermentation, and consequently sterile;
and besides, in favor of worms, it should
be known that green corn, plants and
flowers are not so much injured by
them as by many species of bugs in
their larvae or grub state, and by count
less myriads of shelless snails, which
silently and imperceptibly make amaz-
ing havoc in the field and garden.
Worms work most in the spring and are
out every mild night in the winter. and
are very prolific.
An argument is often used that
worms are injurious to soil from the
simple fact that they are usually found
in the richer portions of the field. This
argument is about equal to that
of some who state that when
the mercury contracts, goes down
the weather gets colder; whereas
the cold causes the contraction,
instead of the contraction causing cold.
The same is true regarding worms in
rich soil: instead of worms being in
rich soil, rich soil is usually found where
the worms are; the latter causes the
former. and not rire rersa.
Worms are readily destroyed by the
application of common salt, sown
broadcast at the rate of five or six
bushels per acre: or on grass plats, by
the application of lime water, or rather
milk of lime. which is readily made by
stirring for ten minutes pound of hot
lime in four pailfuls of water. But. for
a great many reasons, few of which
are suggested in the foregoing, care
should be taken to encourage worms,
not to destroy them. They are among
the best aids in bringing back the lost
vitality of the soil.-Prof. j. +. Elsom,
in Prairie Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

"A short nap after meals is strongly
to be advised; bodily and mental exer-
ton, at least, should never be attempt
ed at this time.
The best way to preserve old boots
is never to use backing of ar.7 so~t, but
have the boots brushed, or if very
muddy wiped with a damp cloth or
sponge, then carefully gone over with
little clubbing.
Tomato Soup: Mix two tablespoon
fuls of butter with one of -four and stir
it smoothly into onc-half pint of milk.
Put one teaspoonful of soda into ono
pint of tomatoes and cook thoroughly.
Add one quart of milk Tor nearly that)
and seasoning. Let it come to boil.
Strain if desired. Serve hot with
toasted bread or crackers.-Detroit
Free Press.
Beef Roll: One two-pound can Of
roast beef. cleared of gristle and
stringy matter, six soda crackers
rolled fine, one tablespoon of salt, one
teaspoon Of pepper, summer savory or
sage to taste, and two eggs. Chop the
beef very fine, add crackers and season.
ing and break in the eggs; mold into a
roll and bake to a good brown; slice
when cold.
Oatmeal Flour Gems: Oatmeal
flour one cup, wheat-fiour one-half cup,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one egg, one cupful milk, one
half teaspoonful salt. Sift the oatmeal,
wheat-four, baking powder and salt.
Beat the egg and add to the milk; stir
into the dry ingredients, and beat well.
Bake in hot oven in gem pans.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Some ingenious young women make
pretty and convenient work boxes out
of Scotch Tam-o' Shanter cap. One
of soft gray tones is lined with pale
pink silk and finished on the head band
with the inevitable little bow-which in
this case is rosette-that seems the
sine qua non to a woman's decorative
scheme. The cap rests by it's own
weight conveniently open on a work
table, and forms really capacious and
safe pocket for spools. thimbles and
odds and ends, while the soft exterior
offers an attractive needle cushion.
Mullins of Stale Bread.-Stale bread
is apt to accumulate in every family.
and an economical houselleeper will dis
pose of it in some manner before it
molds. The following'recipe teaches an
easy way to get rid Of it, and will be
found reliable: Take a quart loaf OF
bread, slice it, and put it in a bowl and
pour on sufficient water to cover it, and
let it stand until we'll soaked; then press
the water from it, and mash the bread
until no Jumps remain; add two thor
oughlybeaten eggs, two tablespoonful
of flour, one of melted butter or lard, a
little salt, very small portion of soda
(unless the bread or milk is sour, when
more will be required), and milk enough
to make it into a stiff batter. Bake in
muffin rings or drop from a spoon upon
q uri61!a -proiria Farmar
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
Mushrooms in the Fields.

Most people like mushrooms, but 1
do not meet with many people who
know how to grow them. l allude to
those grown in the open fields and
parks. 1 have picked a basketful of
mushrooms of all sizes each day on
field of about eight acres of old pasture,
on which, about ten years ago, ap-
piled, in the month of February, about
three hundred weight of ordinary rough
salt to the acre, and soon after dibbled
in by means Of a sharp spud, bits of
mushroom spawn as big ss bean all
over the field. This 1 did by myself by
degrees during a space of month or
more, and the result has been that on
this field l have had grand lot of
mushrooms every year. from about May
until September. I have some salt pu
on this field, more or less, every yea.
since first did it, and shall continue to
do so, as the dressing not only assists
in the production of mushrooms, but it
also improves the quality of the grass,
which is grazed by cattle and horses,
and sometimes by sheep alternately
Land and Water.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

OF all the blooming plants that adorn
Japanese gardens, the chrysanthcmum
is the one most carefully cultivated. Its
blossoms are regarded as symbols of
longevity, and the ninth month, accord
ing to the old lunary calendar, was
called the month of chrysanthemums,''
and special festivals were kept for the
purpose of seeing the beautiful national
flower. In fact. the japanese imperial
coat of arms is nothing else than a
chrysanthemum of sixteen petals. The
rich employ special gardeners to cult
vate the plants in their parks. and the
poor delight themselves by purchasing
some in pots for a few cents. In 1.-The
month of chrysanthemums'' there is not
a house in the whole empire where the
jewellers do not have some species OF
this flower.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
A WRESTLING WELL.
1t Is q Most Reliable Weather Barometer
for Those Who Understand Its Ways.

1t Is Most Reliable Weather Barometer
for Those Vino Understand Its Ways.
In the town of Great Valley, Cat.
taraugus Co unity, N. Y there is an inter-
esting curiosity Familiarity known as
the "whistling we'll" 1t is on the
farm of Colonel Wesley Flint and was
dug by the Colonel's father some forty
five years ago to the depth of forty five
feet, when, no water accommodating, it
was abandoned.
Some time after a strong current Of
air was noticed rushing in and out Of
the WELL and fiat stone with an inch
and-three-quarters hole bored in it was
fitted over it. Into this hole whistle
was fastened, which changed it's tune
as the air was drawn up or down, and
it was soon found to be reliable
weather barometer. In settled weather
the whistle was silent, but if a storm
was coming on it's approach was her.
aided by a warning shrek of the
whistle as the air rushed out of the
well. When the storm passed and
clear weather came the current of air
changed and was drawn into the well
and the faithful whistle told the story
by it's changed tone. The whistle
itself has long been worn out, but the
well still foretells the changes of the
weather to those who understand the
meaning of the varying currents of air.
In rainy weather a stream of spray is
forced up through the opening.-Mary
Lansing, in Wide Awake.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

-Twenty-one electrical clocks are
running at Marshalltown, la.
Electric turntables are being adopt
ed by many Of the railroad companies
because of their great economy in
labor.
Electricity has just been applied to
the Keeling, weighing and making up
into balls of silk and similar woven
fabrics.
out of the fiber of the fr-tree by means
of electricity. The time is now come
when the lamb may as well lie down
with the lion.
In London an electric light has been
used to illuminate the interior of an
oven. The door was of plate glass, and
every part of the process of baking
could be distinctly seen.
The live electric wire is putting the
railway crossing and the gun that is not
supposed to be loaded away in the dim
perspective as means of killing off the
surplus population.-Omaha Herald.
Machine guns, having the electrical
, attachment for firing, require one less
man to handle them, while the gunner
can train and operate the gun at will
i by simply touching an electric button.
"A third line of telegraph between
Berlin and Rome, 1910 miles long, is to
be constructed through Bavaria and the
Tyrol, instead of Switzerland, like the
present lines. The wire will be OF
bronze and three millimetres in diam
eter
The Hungarian Government favors
scheme for an electric railway be-
lance of one hundred and fifty miles,
! to run single cars every ten minutes,
! like street service, in two hours and a
half.
Prof. Bidwell, writing in Nature Of
lightning, quotes figures showing that
in England and Wales, from 1852 tc
1880, the average annual death rate
from lightning was considerably below
one per million of the population.
Herman Hollerith, the inventor OF
; the electrical tabulating machine with
/ which the totals of the census of 1896
are being summed up, is statistician
as well as an electrician, and has made
census work study for several years
1t is stated that the establishment
of the telephone cable system between
! London and Paris is progressing salts
factorily. The cable portion will be
twenty-four miles long, and will be laiC
: under the direction of the post-ofiice
; authorities. Review.
"A counting of the population at the
next taking of the census in Austria
will be effected by means of an cleo
trical counter. Different classes of PEG
pie are marked on cards by means Of
perforated holes, and these cards are
then passed through an electrical coun
ter
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

ADJUSTABLE HALTER. much more readi-
ly adjusted. since in the old-fashioned
halter the main and foretop are con-
stantly becoming entangled when this
headgear is being arranged. TO re-
move the one illustrated, it is only
necessary to unbuckle the strap, when
the whole falls to the floor. Again, it
is specially convenient to carry upon
the road, since it can be adjusted over the
bride by frightening the strap when
buckling. When a halter is used in
this way the rope should be passed
through the bit-ring, giving much
greater control over the horse if he
should become frightened while stand
ing at the hitching-post. The snap and
rings are a convenient arrangement for
frightening or shortening the amount
of ropc.-American Agriculturist.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

The brusque and fussy inn
pulse of these days Of false
Impression would rate down
all as worthless because one
is unworthy.
AS if there were no notes
in sunbeams!
Or comets among stars
Or cataracts in peaceful
rivers
Because one remedy pro-
fesses to do what it never
was adapted to do, are all
remedies worthless?
Because one doctor lets his
patient die, are all humbugs ?
1t requires a fine eye and
a finer brain to discriminate
TO draw the differential line.
They say" that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and
DIR. PierCe's Favorite Prescrip-
ton have cured thousands.
they say" for a weak sys-
tenn there's nothing better than
the :" Discovery" and that the
" Favorite Prescription " is the
hope of debilitated, feeble
women who need a restora-
tive tonic and bracing nervine.
And here's the proof
Try one or both. If they
don't help you, tell the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton SO, and you get your
money back again.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
HOME FROM SCHOOL,

The frost Of age was on his locks
That rivaled once the ravens wing,
The voice, in youth so clear and strong,
Through age and pain had lost its ring;
The brilliance Of his life's long day
Was fading fast to twilight gray.
Beside his couch in patience sat
His bride Of many summers past,
And down her bloomless withered cheeks,
The silent tears were falling fast,
When turning meekly on his bed
He grasped her hand and feebly saidi
Are the boys home from schools"
She gently pressed the withered hand
That through the years had been her guide
AS at his words she saw again
Her children gathered at her side;
She saw each childish happy face;
Once more she felt their warm embrace.
She saw the havoc Of the years
Each one had left vacant chair
And then again the falling tears
Bedewed the old mans silvery hair,
AS bending DER him with a sigh
In tender voice she made reply:
- The boys are home from school,"
Edwin Ralph Collins, in Texas Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
4 Pretty Dinner Dress.

A very pretty and graceful dinner
dress is of white Theodore cloth,
trimmed with embroidery. The front
princesse, losing itself under drapcry
which is placed over the bosom and
drawn back to the center by d gold
buckle A large Mcdicis collar. which
loses itself under scarf of mousseline
de sole The trimming of embroidery,
forming corselet cut out toward the
top and open over the front. A pattern
of embroidery is placed at the top of the
back The sleeves short and full, ter
minated and drawn in with a pattern Of
embroidery formed as a bracelet. The
back of the corsage is terminated by a
gathered sl1irt.-Chicago Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12

forget the evenings spent in the big
front room before the open fireplace
when | was Ben Whites hired man
Ben and Martha. and Kitty and l. l
used to crack hickory nuts and butter
nuts on an old fiat iron, and Kitty
popped corn, while the winter wind
was whistling outside.
In summer Kitty and I used to go
fishing. Sometimes we would go up
the pond in the boat. and sometimes
when the mill was not running we'd 60
down there and get inside the big
wheel and fish in the deep hole.
There's where we generally got the
finest fish. One day we had just got
our fishing tackle out of the mill, and
was hesitating whether to go up the
pond or down in the wheel, when a
neighbor came over and asked us to
lend him the boat. He took it, and we
went down in the wheel. We'd been
fishing probably an hour, and caught
some fine ones, when, all of sudden,
down poured the water from the food
gate above, and the wheel commenced
turning. The sudden start threw us
both down. l got on my feet in an in
slant and helped Kitty up, and we
commenced to tramp in the direction
opposite to the way the wheel was
moving. We had to in order to keep
our feet. Twas calling - loud az l
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-12
"A clergyman riding on the train

"A clergyman riding on the train
from Boston to Yarmouthport had his
attention attracted by the.succession of
factories as the train was passing
through Brocton, the city of shoes.
How many factories are there HEREOF
he asked a neighboring passenger. HAS
the row no end?" ''That's the last fac
tory" replied the passenger. You are
mistaken said the clergyman, there
is another" 81 tell you that was the
last factory" said the other, imperturb-
ably. As there was likely to be hot
argument, third person practically in
terposed, and explained that it was the
last factory, or, in other words, the fac
tory where lasts are made