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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20
sILvERWARE DEpARTMEE r.

Until recently the pnblic have been Of
the opinion that the silver plated ware
sold by dry goods houses was inferior to
that gold by .welers, but this idea is fast
dying out. Our silverware Department
has already gained for itself the conf
dence of our patrons, hence we need but
to say that all articles are warranted quad.
ripple plate.
@> We engrare initials on all goods free
Of charge.
(tirst floor, 18th at. building.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20

BLANKET OPPORTUNITY.
We bought large lot OF White and
Gray Bed Blankets at such 2 price conces-
sion that VS. are offering them at Just
about what they cost TO manufacture.
These were bought at auctIon-are perfect
goods, and We don't expect 70 have pair
in the house By July 81, when ne axe
stock. $3.50 to s. pair.
(second floor, 11th ST. builjiugl
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
FIG. 3.

low with thin hoiler-plate iron, making
a socket for the tongue. This arrange
mcnt is slightly heavier than the ordi-
nary jaws Of wagon tongue, but need
not add more than fifteen or twenty
pounds. The back end of the wagon
tongue is shod with iron on I'LL four
sides to strengthen and prevent wear.
A prominent commission firm in
Akron often has occasion to load and
unload in an alley alongside the store
where the horses would be across the
sidewalk. 1t uses wagon with this
device, and by partially withdrawing
the hammer. taking only a few seconds
of time, the team is removed and
hitched to one side. thus removing all
obstruction. A wagon tongue not only
takes eight feet additional room, but
is always in the way. especially on a
barn floor. and the ability to withdraw
it and lay it under the wagon would
not only economic room. but save
many Il sore shin and muttered curse
l.. b. Pierce in Ohio Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
A PRACTICAL DEVICE.
New and Simple Method of Fore-Short
ening d Wagon,

New and Simple Method of Fore-short-
ening Wagon.
On narrow street in crowded civ
noticed what appeared to be wagon
shed, but on quite reduced scale. It
was about six feet wide and not more
than eleven or twelve feet deep, and
was closed in front with close picket
gate. A wide plank spiked edgeways
on either side was greasy, marked and
scared where the wheel-hubs had
scraped it, SO there was no doubt that
heavy wagon was stored there when
off duty; but where did the tongue
lodge when the wagon was quietly
sleeping in the shed? 1t would not be
permitted to protrude over the sidewalk
for people to trip over, besides the
pickets would not allow of it. SO con-
cluded it must be cart-shed instead of
wagon-shed. One night, however, l
CHANGED to see the teamster come home,
and the cart was four-wheeled wagon,
and a heavy one at that. l watched
with considerable curiosity to see the
puzzle solved.
Opening the picket gate he backed
the wagon n, taking very little heed to
where the horses faced, for when the
hind hubs were once inside the wagon
was bound to 60 straight. as the planks
prevented any crratic wanderings from
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
SLAVE CATCHING IN CHINA.

The Traffic in Women and Children Still
Carried On.
While in most parts of the world, eX-
cept Africa, slave catching is becoming
a thing of the past, the practice is still
carried on to some entent in Tonlin in
spite of the efforts of the French to put
an end to it. The slaves who are want
ed there are only women and children.
Slave dealers find women and children
in the forests. away from the villages,
drag them into the mountains and sell
them to Chinese merchants, who carry
them into some of the western prov
inces of China and sell them to rich
families. This odious traffic began
about twenty-five years ago. Formerly
Tonkinese women were almost I'M
known in China. The practice of ex-
porting them as slaves came about in
this way:
In 1865 the Chinese soldiers who in
vaded Tonkin, which was in revolt
against China, found themselves encum-
bered by prisoners taken from the
Tonkinese. They did not know what
to do with the prisoners, but at last de-
l
they could not sell them. 1t was at
this time that immigration agencie,
were recruiting in China thousands of
workmen to toll on the Guano islands
of Chilli. The hundreds of male pris-
oners were easily disposed of to these
emigration agents, and the women and
children who were among the I'M
fOrtunataS were sold to wei -tO-do
Chinese.
This opened new trade, although at
first it was not easy to sell the women,
because wealthy families did not wish
to have servants with black teeth, the
result of the practice of betal nut chew
ing. So small a price, however, was
asked for them, that all the women
were finally sold. To-day these women
are in much demand in some parts of
Western China. AS servants they are
gentle, obedient and laborious. and are
so highly esteemed that they command
a good price. 1t is a very lucrative
trade, and hundreds of poor women are
every year dragged away from their
homes by these pitiless dealers in hui
man flesh. Many Chinese are engaged
in the business.
It is gratifying to hear that the French
are making good progress in their eff
forts to stamp out the traffic They
have visited very severe punishments
upon some Chinese whom they have
caught stealing women and dragging
them to the mountains.-N. Y. SUI
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
TRUTH TRIUMPHANT.

We are proclaimed, even against our wills
II we are silent. then our silence speaks;
Children from ing on the summer hills
Come home with roses rooted in their cheeks
/ think no man can make his lie hold good
One way or other truth is understood
The still. sweet influence of u lie of prayer
CuiCNenS their hearts who never bow the
knee;
So come fresh draughts of Twin; inland air
To weary, homtSicll men, trout at sea-
AcQuaint myself with God, o man, and 10!
lis light SHALL like garment, round thee flow.
The selfishncss that with cur lives has grown,
Though outward grace its full expression
bar,
Viii crop out here and there like belts Of stone
From shallow soil discovering what we are.
The thing most spccious can not stead the
true;
Who would appear clean, must be clean all
through.
In vain doth Satan say: My heart is glad,
wear of Paradise the morning GEM
While Oh his brow, maGuitccntly sad,
Hangs. like curse. his Blasted diadem.
Still doth the truth the hollow lie divcSt.
And all the immortal ruin stands confessed
N y. Ledger
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

the straight and narrow way to the
back of the shed. When the wagon
was clear back. the man drew the draw
pin part way up, started the horses q
little, and presto-the tongue pulled
out and dropped upon the ground.
After unhitching, the doubletree was
thrown into the wagon, the tongue
bounded after it: then the picket gate
closed, making all secure for the night
1t was all very easy, and eight feet Of
shed room was saved by simple de-
vice that might be had with every two
horse wagon in the land. The accom-
panying illustrations show the manner
of construction.
Fig. l is portion of front axle, C.
with hounds. 3D.; "a. are the jaws of
the wagon tongue, kept in position by
the bolts, c c, put on from the outside
and held in place by pins passing
through the jaws; this is done to give a
clear passage, E, for the rear of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

At the close of 1890 handsomely IL
Illustrated and neatly printed set of
pamphlets was issued, fully describing
the country from the Eastern portion of
Manitoba to the Pacific Ocean. These
have been carefully compiled by COM
petent men, from the most reliable
sources, and besides containing vast
amount of useful information put in
most readable shape, they contain a
great number of letters from actual res
idents in the country, telling plainly
what has been done. Furnished with
maps and nicely illustrated they are
well worth securing as books of refer
ence.
Copies of one, or all of them, will be
mailed free of charge to any address, if
application is made to L. A. Hamil-
ton, Winnipeg, Manitoba; or to J.
F. Lee, 232 South Clark St., Chicago,
ILL.,; or to c. S. Sheehy, II Fort St. West,
Detroit, Michigan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

When shoe is to be taken off it must
not be violently wrenched at the risk Of
splitting off large piece of hoof with
it. says Rural World. Let the clincheo
end of each nail be first turned back.
Then the shoe may be carefully raised
with the pincers far enough to with
draw the nails. so that their heads may
be taken hold of by the pincers and
each nail separately drawn out. The
nails may also be drawn out one at a
time so as not to alter the position of
the tip of the shoe, and fast nail, made
to exactly fit the countersink in the
shoe and to pass through the same hole
In the hoof, may be driven in it's place.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
SOME USEFUL HINTS.
The Proper Way of Laying Plank Wal
.,IIe Floors

The Proper Way of Laying Plank Walks
and Stable Floors.
If the reader will study the grain in
the end of the planks in any walk, or as
represented in Figs. l and 2, it will be
seen that in the first the grain forms
successive cups or cutters, which catch
and hold the rain water, which causes
the plank to decay quickly. 1t will
also be seen that the same grain as
it runs along the face of the plank
makes long, sharp splinters, which in
danger the feet. and tear the dresses
and are unsafe in many ways, besides
rotting out the planks so much quicker.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
INFORMATION FOR WOMEN.

Suggestions For Those Who Are Not
Familiar With Business Affairs.
The other day a lady sent some
money in bank-bills in letter to
friend. She might have registered the
letter for ten cents, or she might have
got postal order for the amount, or a
check, but she did none of these things.
The letter did not come to hand, and
both parties were in worry for some
days. Ten dollars is not large
amount, but ten cents spent in insuring
its safe delivery would have saved wor-
ry and waiting, and having ''searchers"
sent out by the postmaster, and sus-
picion on innocent parties. If any one
is foolish enough to send bills in un-
registered letters, they should be per-
fectly new. Old bills are detected in let
tiers by the peculiar odor they have OBJ
sorbed while passing from hand to hand
and being carried in pockets. Nothing is
more dirty or malodorous than old
bank-bills.
When deed is given or a mortgage
made, it should be at once recorded. A
young girl, a year or two ago. lent all
the patrimony she had, and received
note for it secured by a mortgage. The
mortgager told her there was no hurry
in recording the mortgage, and she be-
lieved him. In some mysterious way
her mortgage paper was lost, and she
has no means of enforcing the collec-
ton of her note, and may lose her little
all. The recording of the mortgage
promptly would have saved an expen-
sive litigation and great deal of wor-
ry.
Contracts should be reduced to writ
ing. A mere understanding as to what
certain payments for services rendered
are to be, otter results in loss to the EN-.
ploye. If the understanding is reduced
to writing, unpleasant complications
may be avoided.-Christian Advocate.
Four or five of us bought tickets at
Louisville for Nashville, recently re-
marked traveller, and as we walked
about, waiting for train time, young
man about twenty-four years of age,
who was travelling for Richmond
house, broke into chuckle and asked:
'Do you fellows believe that honesty
is the best policy?"
''Certainly," we replied in chorus.
$50 do lon certain occasions. This
isn't one of the occasions, however"
We asked him to explain. but he told
US to wait till we were off. When that
time came he said:
''The ticket agent made mistake OF
just 81 in my case, and I think it is all
right to beat him. The agent in Gin.
cinnati once beat me out of SIS, SO am
hardly even."
AS he explained the case he pulled
out wad of bills and counted them,
and all of sudden he turned pale,
jumped to his feet and gasped:
Great heavens! but I'm left!'
''How?'
"Why, gave him twenty instead OF
ten, and instead of me beating him
out of 81, he's knocked me out of SO!
Some body hold me, before l break
loose and do awful damage?'
"A Suggestion. MIR. B1ngo-"I have
hoon To tho ri and ooop tn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
London Cookery.

There is, properly speaking, nothing
good to eat in England but roast beef
and mutton chops and fried sole. Com
ing from Paris, where the whole soul
was moved to ecstacy by the melting
righteousness of seductive viands, there
is something barbarously rude and I'M
satisfactory in the things with which
he is forced to sustain life in London.
The bread is for the most part as dense
as the English appreciation of jest,
while the compromising of sauces is an
art the Brltisher can not learn any
more than he can appreciate them when
they have been concocted. He who
goes to England to eat is as wise as he
who goes to Patagonia to study art
Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

strap h, that holds the doublctree pin
points back instead of forward, und
thus enables the doubletrce to remain
attached to the tongue whether the lat
ter is in or out of place. TO attach the
tongue Zig 81 is inserted in the
throat Gig. y and the drawbolt or
hammer dropped down. when all is
snug and ready for business. Fig. 2 is
cross section Of the jaws at the
hammer hole, showing how the wood
Gil pieces are connected above and be-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
INFORMATION ABOUT WESTERN
CANADA.

Owing to the worldwide interest now
taken in the fertile provinces of West
ern Canada, many of our readers are
anxious to know more about the lands,
climate, resources and chances open to
intending settlers in the Canadian Coun-
try. The reputation of these prairie
lands has been fairly earned by their
enormous yields and natural adaptable
ity to mixed and dairy farming, for they
are unrivaled in productiveness.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
Is 1waona WAY f.sa RIGHT WAY

Now turn this same plank over. as
shown in Fig. 2, and it will be seen how
each close grain makes little roof over
its fellow, and all liquids percolate
thu ough the loose grain and drain away.
allowing the plank to dry quickly,
while the splinters are nowhere to be
seen. Planks and boards should there
fore be laid properly as in Fig. 2. and
not as in Fig. 1.-American Agricult-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

AN exchange is authority for the
statement that in Detroit, Mich, there
has been an exhaustive examination
going on for some time as to the purity
of milk supplied to that city, and DR..
Coventry, who has conducted the ex,
animation, reports that seventy-five
per cent. of the milk received was
found to be adulterated, and says that
If the milk peddlers continue to sell in.
ferior milk, prosecution will be made
II onca
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

-'When a woman consents to marry
man, he forgets every thing" That's
the reason it is dangerous to give YOU
husband a letter to maiL-Yonke,>
Statesman
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

In reading over the literary items Of
the week, found not much to interest
me, until my eye caught sight of an
article headed "Jenks' Dredm." Imag-
inc my surprise to find it ended up with
q recommendation to use DR.. Picrce's
Pleasant Pellets. Nevertheless, being
a great sufferer from sick headache, l
determined to try them, and, to my great
JOY, found prompt relief, and by their
protracted use, a complete immunity
from such attacks. Pierce's Pellets
often cure sick headache in an hour.
They are gently laxative or actively
cathartic, according to size of dose.
AS a pleasant laxative, take one each
night on retiring. For adults, four act
as an active, yet painless, cathartic.
Cause no gripping or sickness. Best
Liver Pill ever made. Smallest, Cheap
est, Easiest to take. For Constipation,
Indigestion and Bilious Attacks, they
have no equal.
Manufactured at the Chemical Labo-
ratory of the WORLDS D1sPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

"A Suggestlon.-Mr. B1ngo-"I have
Just been to the circus and seen that
fellow walk the tight rope. Amy one
could do that with the balancing pole
he carries" Mrs. Bingo-''Then wish
you would order one to use nights. IN
Y. Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

DoNoT suffer from lex headache moment
longer. 1t is not necessary. Carter's Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little
pill. Small price. Small Dose Small pill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

An Extraordinary Opportunity.
Send your address on a postal card and
receive, free charge. sample copies of
the New YORK MERCURY, in its fifty third
year, together with an unprecedented
premium list, comprising thousand arti-
cles which are given to new subscribers.
Address, New YORK MERCURY, 5 Park row,
New York CITY
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
A silent Appeal for Help.

When your kidneys and bladder are in
active, they are making a silent appeal for
help. Don't disregard it, but with Hostel
ters Stomach BiltcrS safely impel them to
activity. They are in imminent danger, and
it is foolhardiness to shut ones eyes to the
fact. Be wise in time, too, if YOU expert
ence manifestations of dyspepsia, malaria,
rheumatism, constipation or nerve trouble.
The Bitters before meal adds zcst to it
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
A Great Railroad.

BY the purchase Of the Chicago b Attain
tic Railway the Eric has d last effected an
entrance into Chicago. 1t is now the only
company having its own line between Chi
cago and New Y ork under one management.
With it's superior equipment and train
service it bids fair to become the favorite
route from Chicago to the East Already
its competitors are complaining Of the large
travel going via the Erie that formerly
went bV their line.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

tongue. A por-
ion Of t h e
tongue is repre-
scented in Fig. 3,
ShOwinghOW the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

IFYou have ever used Dobbins' Electric
during the "a years it has been sold, you
kno,o that it is the best and purest family
soap made If you haven't tried it, ask your
grocer for it mo,D. Don't take imitation
There are lots of them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

A PILLOW thief held on to the pillow,
though he gave the police the slip.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
An Extraordinary Opportunity.

No WOMAN ever made bit by striking
her husband for money before breakfast
Atkinson Globe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

MORNING wraps were the invention Of the
man who wakes up hotel guests for the
early train.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

A NEW disease, diphtheria of the eye, has
appeared in Boston. Strabismus Of the
throat may be expected next-Lowell Cour
iar
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

So long as history repeats itself the
school boy need Lot commit it to memory
n O. PicaVuno
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
100 Doses One Dollar

W ~ - ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptlyo on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clcanscs the sys-
tenn ef1cctualIy, diSpcls colds, head
aches and fevers cnd cures naDltual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to tn 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 sole in SOC
and 81 bottles by 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.
o SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. VIEW YORK. N.Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

For CouGHs AND THROAT DISORDERS use
BROwN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. -" Have
never changed my mind respecting them,
except I think better of that which began
thinking well OF. "-Reu. Henry Ward Beecfer.
Sold only in boxes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

GALL persons leaving horses in my charge
will be well cared for advertises livery
Stableman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15

JAVA must be moral place to live in; we
never see it advertised except as 'puro
va"-Puck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-15
august.
Flower

The Hon. ]. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., DEL, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ita1 of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman ffty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says: II have
used your August Flower for sew
"eral years in my family and for my
Town use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
I have been troubled with what I
"call Sick Headache. A pain comes
" in the back part of my head first,
and then soon general headache
until I become sick and vomit.
" At times, too, I have a fu1lness
" after eating, pressure after eating
at the pit of the stomach, and
sourness, when food seemed to rise
"up in my throat and mouth. When
II feel this coming on if take a
little August Flower it relieves
"me, and is the best remedy I have
fever taken for it. For this reason
II take it and recommend it to
others as great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &c." o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New jersey, .. s. l.