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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05
ACCURATE GUN FIRING.
A Device That Tells When to Let tn,
PrOjectile Go.

A Device That Tells When to Let the
Projectile Go.
Owing to the rocking motion of the
vessel, firing guns on board ship is a
matter largely of luck and guesswork.
A Belgian has, however, invented an
electric device which makes it possible
to fire gun when it is in the angle de-
sired for firing. Apendulum is suspend
ed below deck by means of universal
joint Immediately below it is firmly
fixed small table having contact
pin in the center directly below the
center of the pendulum.
The contact pin is connected with
one pole of the battery and the pendu-
lum with the other. BY means of a
lever running to the gun deck the
table upon which the contact pin res It's
can be thrown up or down so that it
may be in or out of position at pleasure.
When the ship is in its normal posi-.
ton the tip Of the pendulum touches
the contact pin, the circuit is complet-
ed aud the gun is fired. 1t is thus pos
sible to rig gun at an angle to throw
projectile to the distance aud in the
direction desired, for if the vessel OBJ
tain the normal position but a fracti on
of a second it will be sufficient to fire
the gun while thus favorably placed
Philadelphia Record.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

| IL
MIR. Ernest Longfellow. SOP of the
poet and an artist of repute, sustains q
scholarship in the Boston museum of
fine arts for three years at six hundred
dollars year. The competition is
open to any New England man under
thirty years of age.
"A familiar figure has been removed
from the Partisan theaters by the death
Of Auguste Vitu, the veteran journalist
and critic. For many years he had
witnessed and criticised for the Figaro
every performance of Importance in
Paris, and to young writers he was al.
ways kind and helpful.
| Marvin Smith, of Montville, Conn.,,
who is one hundred and seven years
old, remembers seeing the first steam
boat, the Fulton, when she made trip
up the Thames in 1917. He also draws
a pension for service in the war of
1912, and has voted at every presiden-
tial election since 1908 except the last
one.
When in Berlin Emperor William
has in his study private telephone
which communicates with the empress
apartments and is only used for family
intercourse. 1t is said that If the en-
peror be in one of his fits of high spir-
its he often summons his children to the
instrument and jokes with them per
wire.
The youngest married couple in
Connecticut, probably, dwell in the lit
tie country hamlet of Sterling. among
the Windham county hills. They are
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fenner. He is four
teen years and seven months old and
she is fifteen years and four months
They have been married for several
months
The Historical Society of rennsyl-
vania has received valuable gift from
the library of the late John Bartram,
the first American botanist of distinc-
ton. This interesting collection has
always remained in the possession of
the Bertram family, and it has been do
mated by William Middleton Bartram,
direct descendant of John Bartram.
OF the various royal and princely
heirs in Europe who are unmarried, the
eldest, with one exception-the son of
the grand duke of Luxembourg-is
Prince Victor Bonaparte, thirty years
of age. Next comes the Archduke
Charles Louis of Austria, who is nearly
twcnty-eight, and then the duke OF
Clarence and Avondale, now twenty
seven. The czarowitz is twenty-three
years old
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, well-known
literary worker in New York, is ma
tive of Florida, and wrote her first novel
literally with her baby in her arms.
She possesses the rare talent of being
able TO command her faculties for work
on all occasions, and has been known
to write twenty-seven pages of foolscap
for a serial story and have it ready for
the printer at eight in the morning,
after a woman's ordinary bedtime.
Oliver Wendell Holmes takes in
finite care of himself, and is particular
ly watchful against the approach of an
attack Of pneumonia. The rooms of his
house are equipped with thermometers,
barometers and Rrometers. and he never
rises in the morning without knowing
the temperature of his bedroom, OF
takes his bath until the water has been
accurately tested. He lives by inflexi.
BILE rules, and strives to avoid the slight.
est risk of taking cold,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05
HUMOROUS.

-"Well, Nimrod, how is sport?'
Lively" "Where are the latest bird
to be found now?" I'm the markets
as usual. "-Harper's Bazar
Doesn't Cost Anything.-Totling-
''Why do people borrow trouble 81
muchp' Dimling -"Because it ism
necessary to put up any collateral
N. Y. Sun.
-Naiter-"What kind of soup will
you l,ave?" Beenthere-''Just plain.
Waitnr--"What do you mean by that
Without any thumb in it.
boston Courier.
An Heiress. -Finkle-"What a love
~ head of hair Miss Northerland has.
Dinkle-"Yes; she inherited it from hel
father" Finkle-"Wash he blessed like
wiser" Dinkle-"No; he was wig
mal1er."-Brooklyn Eagle.
A Thought. blessed goot
thing" said Mawson, as he gazed or
the ocean. Its blessed good thing
the oceans bottom is solid" "Why?'
Think of what geyser thcre'd be or
the other side of the earth if it leaked.
IN. Y. Sun.
-Teacher-"Johnny Cumso, if you,
father can do piece of work in seven
days, and your Uncle George can do il
it nine days, how long would it take
both of them?" Johnny-"They'd never
get it done. They'd sit around and swar
fish stories. Epoch.
A Reproof Lost-Mrs. Cumso-"l
love to hear the song of the birds.
Cumso (severe]y)-''The one which fur
nished the feathers for that hat OF
yours will never sing again" Mrs
Cumso--'It never did sing. Those are
chicken-feathers."-N. Y. Sun.
-Jack-"Don't you think we could
get along on twenty-five dollars a
week-eight dollars for rent, ten dol.
lars for the table. four dollars for the
servant and three dollars for a rainy
day." Jessie Yes, provided it didn't
rain very often. IN. Y. Herald.
"A Merited Rebuke-Great Hotel
Clerk-''Well, what seems to be the
trouble?" Finicky Guest-"This towel
isis not very clean" Clerk--"Well,
now, fifty people have used that towel,
and you're the first one that's found
any fault with it. Boston Courier.
Ills Wish Gratifed.-Mr. Hard.
heart-"What unearthly noise is that?';
Valet-"Only my master, sir. He has
the govt and is shrieking with the
pain" Mr.. Hardheart-"Well, 1 hope
he is satisfied at last. He always want
ed to be a bowling swell. "-Brooklyn
Eagle.
"A Deep Hole.-"What shall 1 do
with this unsightly heap of rubbish,
Pat?' "Dig hole and bury it," an
swered the man of invention. "Ah,
yes, Pat, but what am l to do with the
dirt dig out of the hole?" "Well, sir.
/ would advise you to dig q hole big
enough for the whole of t."-Scranton
Truth.
Not Treating Him Right.-Bell Boy
You gave me an old pair of trousers
this morning that you said you didn't
want, and l thanked you for them.
Guest--''Well, what of it?" Bell Boy
81 want to take back the thanks.
have Just found out that you didn't
leave anything in the pockets
Clothier and Furnisher. T. -- :.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05

The story of the dismissal OF Igna.
tieff, lately prime minister of Russia,
is thus told: Ignatieff one day pre-.
sented some papers to his imperial
master, saying: Your majesty may
sign these without reading them, as
they are not of much Importance. :"
The car handed the papers back with
the answer: Keep these for your sue.
cessor. I never sign papers without
looking at them"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05
To Make Bon Bon Boxes.

The pretty glass toilet and bon. bon
boxes SO much seen may be made at
home. A glazier will cut the glass in
proper strips, or the effort may be
made to cut it ones self with the scis.
sors entirely under water, /. being as.
serted that the absence of al! vibration
thus permits glass to be cut Ike paper.
After being cut for sides, bottom and
cover, whatever style of box is desired,
oblong or square, strips Of ribbon an
inch wide should be stretched over the
edges and sewed fast at the corners. A
little strip Of quilted satin is laid in at
the bottom, or it may be tufted with
tiny bows. They are, Of course, much
more lovely and snowy with design
painted upon the top and sides, but
they are also handsome to have an mi.
tial or monogram engraved on the
cover, and the box finished with bows
ct tie corncrA Detroit Free PTesA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05

I'm Vasten, in the Congo State, the
first newspaper has recently made its
appearance under the name of Sc Kirk
langa 1.-THE Daily Light. Its object is
ito enlighten the souls of the black
skinned" 1t is printed in the popular
dialect of the country in the Latin al
phabet The first issue of the pape,
was edited by two educated negro
women, who did their own type-set
ting. It contained q lengthy article or
1.-THE natural history of the elephant
from the pen Of learned negro
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05


ride both ways. What a mercy
it was that did not carry out my first
plan of applying for information at the
house in Fifth avenue to which they
were going. I should have looked a
| precious idiot. I had made up my mind
to relate the car incident in an off
hand way and to describe the two
ladies, particularly the old one, her
soft, white hair and gray eyes, and all
| that, but anyone, at least any
woman. would have seen that was in
love and would have taken infinite
pleasure in enlightenlng me. I thank
my lucky stars that did not go there,
but received another inspiration when
within five yards of the house. took
one more look at the cape and saw
that it was quite new and had the
makers name inside the collar.
dashed over to the elevated, caught
the next train, rode down town, and
reached the furriers shop just as it
| was closing up. The proprietor was
very obliging, called up his men, had
the matter looked into, and informed
me that cape similar to the one
| showed him had been made a week
| ago for a Mrs. Charles Botan. Mar
| ried, married, -Theodora He gave
me her address. shall leave on Sat
urday and join mother and the girls in
Switzerland. Here is James. Well?
James-lt's all right, sir. The lady
described the cape exactly, so gave it
to her. She was very much obliged to
you, and the gentleman gave me five
dollars, sir.
Duncan - Yes; very we'll Now
want you to pack my small trunk.
am going to Europe. And, James,
about what age is-er-the gentleman,
Mr. Botan? Did he seem to be feeble,
delicate-looking sort of man at all?
James-No, sir l took him to be
about thirty-six or sevep-a little older
than yourself, sir.
Duncan - Yes. Now go. Fate is
against me!
III.
Duncan Holmes lin his married sis
ter's drawing room two years later)-lt
was certainly strange coincidence, to
say the least. Soon after reaching &C.
neva saw in a New York paper the
death, Suddenly" of Charles Botan, at
the address to which had sent the fur
cape Two weeks ago 1 came home,
and while attending an afternoon tea,
here at Margaret's, saw sitting in a
corner, dressed in black, Theodore. 1
went to my sister and whispered:
who is she?" 'She?" returned
Margie, I'm black? Oh, that is Dora
Botan. Poor dear! she has only just
left off her Grape. You must meet her;
she is charming" In another minute
we were standing before her. Margie
said, hurriedly: Dora, this is my
brother, Duncan Holmes. You have
heard me speak of him." and then flew
off to greet a newcomer. All, what
delightful half-hour passed talking to
her, listening to her voice, and looking
into her eyes! She is not much
changed, though sadder than she was,
and fancied once that she had dim
recollection of me, but that is hardly
possible. She did not speak of the fur
cape incident nor of her husband. /
have met her twice in the street since
then, and last Sunday l went into
church with her. She promised me she
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14
HOW JAPANESE BOOKS ARE MADE.
An Interesting Process. Very Different
from Authorship Hereabouts.

The Japanese author does not write
books. He paints them. AS soon as
he reaches the indispensable minimum
OF ideas he shuts himself in his study.
frightened slightly BY q soft light from
four-cornerod white paper lantern.
He has before him PUBLISHED table,
writing materials. The PAPER is Of au
agreeable yellow and is marked with
perpendicular and horizontal blue
lines. His ink Is held In rich ebony
plate, deliberately carved and with a
depression in which the black tablets
are rubbed to nothing. The plate also
carries five bamboo brushes which serve
as pens.
As the spirit moves the author be.
gins painting at the back end of all the
pages that are to swing Japanese
hearts and heads. From the left to
the right of each page his brown hands
sweep the brush up and down the I,er-
pendicular blue lines. With incon-
ceivable rapidity the pages are covered
with delicate aud varied marks from
the brush. To foreigner a volume
Just fresh from sucha hand is one OF
the prettiest things lin the world. and
exactly the article 10 be presented to
friend or patron rs IN edition de luxe.
But the first success (pf work Ia Japan
depends so extensively on the artistic
execution of the brush that no author
would think OF letting an autograph
work leave his hands. When finished
the painted history. poem. or novel Il
intrusted to professional copyist, who
knows above all others how to paint
words with skill. Besides the expert.
ness of such book painter the scratch
ing Of a European pen or the click Of
typewriter seems as indicate as split
ting wood.
The next step of the author with the
indispensable minimum of ideas is to
send the artistic reproduction Of his
painting to the engraver, who prepares
the blocks, vets them with ink, lays
on the paper sheet by sheet, and finally
presses 1t down. so that 1t may take
the figures, with great palm leaf pen.
The leaves are fastened together aud
bound in simple paper covers. Unlike
the Western book fancier the Japan
ese book fancier cares little for the ex-
terror of his volumes He wishes no
ornament on the binding. aside from
the marks of the title in the upper left
hand corner.
The arrangement of japanese
author with his publisher is astonish-
ingly simple. One recently answered
the question of European on the sub
ject thus:
Il myself pay my publisher. / tax,
all the risk of losses from m,
works. could not allow, on the othei
hand. that any one should profit from
my labor. IN. Y. san.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14
FOR THE FARM AND HOME
A HALF-HoUR STUDY OF PRAc-
TICAL MATTERS.
How TO Judge Wool on Live sheep-onions
May be Made = Profitable Crop
The Poultry Yard-House-
hold Hints, ETC.,


The following, on chow to Judge
wool on live sheep Is from Town and
Country journal Of Australia; The
finest and softest wool is always on the
shoulders OF the sheep. An expert in
judging sheep always looks on the
shoulders first. A writer OF experience
in rearing fine-wooled sheep and in
handling wool communicates the fol-
lowing suggestions for selecting good
wooded sheep. Always assuming that
the wool to be inspected is really fine,
we first examine the shoulders as part
where the finest wool is to be found.
This we take as q standard and COM
pare it with the wool from the ribs, the
thigh, the rumps and the shoulder parts,
and the nearer the wool from the vari-
Gus portions OF the animal approaches
the standard the better. First we scru-
tinlze the fineness and II the result is
satisfactory we pronounce the fleece, in
respect TO fineness, very ''even." Next,
we scrutinize the length OF the staple,
and II we find that the wool on the ribs,
thigh and back approximate reasona-
bly, in length TO that Of our standard,
we again declare the fleece, as regards
length of staple, "true and even" We
next satisfy ourselves as TO the density
of the fleece, and we do this by closing
the hand upon a portion of the rump
and loin wool, these points being usually
the thinnest and more faulty. II this
again gives satisfaction we designate
all the wool "even to density" Now,
to summarize these separate examine
tions: II the fleece is nearly all of equal
length on shoulder and across the loins,
we conclude that we have perfect
sheep for producing valuable wool.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14

The following culture directions for
raising prize crop of onions are given
In Garden and Forest by its English cor
respondent: 1.-The soil is heavy
blacklist loan, resting on red clay, and
1t receives a tremendous dressing of
stable manure in the month of October,
and, II the weather is dry, good coat
of salt; the ground is then trenched two
feet deep, and left until the spring,
when a top-dressing of SCOT is applied.
In March or April the ground is raked
and made ready to receive the onions,
the seed of which was sown the last
week in February. in boxes. then
hardened off, and planted the first
week in May, in drills eighteen inches
apart, seven inches being allowed from
plant to plant. There are two rows of
onions, then a path two feet wide and
two rows OF onions again, and so on.
The beds are top-dressed with we'll
spent manure, and several doses OF SCOT
are sown broadcast during the season;
the beds being well watered in dry
weather, thoroughly soaked between
the rows, the two-foot path between
each two drills being very convenient
for the purpose. This method Of culti-
walton produced the finest bed OF onions
ever grown in the United Kingdom.
Hundreds of bulbs could be picked
weighing from pound to a pound and
half each, and scores from two
pounds to % pounds a dozen bulbs
scaled 2S9 pounds, and six bulbs 15a
pounds. Agriculturist.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14

With a very free horse it is desirable
to cautiously accustom him to tho
sound and feel OF the whip lightly
drawn across him so as not to hurt him
at all, says an experienced horseman.
This will prevent him from running
whenever you take the whip in hand,
and make it possible to touch up slug
by his side. A slow, easy-going horse,
on the other hand, should never feel
the whip unless to hurt him. Ladies
and tender-hearted drivers often do
great mischief to such horses by con-
stantly Ticking at them until the horse
cares no more for the whip than he
does for his tail. With such horses o
pretty heavy whip should be used, and
often used, but so that they feel it and
know what it means. A horse that
will not move and move quickly to the
whip is neither pleasant nor safe.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14
Baked Indian Pudding.

A baked Indian pudding is dessert
in which the old time New England
housekeeper took special pride, says
the New Youlx Tribune. 1t is doubt
full IL 1t ever can be served in perfec-
ton without brick oven. II should
be dark, rich in flavor, with a jelly
like substance mixed through it, the
result of long, slow baking at a
steady heat and successive additions Of
milk during the baking. Eaten with
rich cream-or with maple sugar, il
you wish, melted in cream-or with
simply sweet butter, this pudding is a
culinary triumph. 1t is failure II
any maD1eshift process is resorted TO in
order TO shorten the time of its
preparation. 1t should be baked at
least six hours, ii steady, slow heat
can be maintained in the stove. II
possible use the "old process not the
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14

A man who is willing to listen to the
truth and TO acknowledge the superb
GRITTY Of one horse over another is not
hard to convince that it pays to raise
better horses. The trouble connected
with getting breeders out of the old
ruts in breeding is generally found in
the fact that they will not listen to
argument. A word on the topic of
improvement will bring the idea to
them at once that the man introducing
such thought has an axe to grind or
something in his own interest to pro-
pose.
Probably the best argument with
men who are unwilling TO heed any
thing else is to give them few object
lessons. This can be done by raising
horses that will sell for two or three
times as much money as scrubs. Moth
ing will open a mans eyes so quick as
TO touch his pocketbook. This would
not be touching the pocketbooks Of the
breeders of inferior horses, but il
would be letting them so severely
alone that IL would certainly be effec-
tive.--National Stockman.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14

settled thfngP" said Mrs. Sadley. "Oh,
/ hope you'll be happy. hope. aftes
twelve years of marriage, dear Mary,
you'll be rs happy rs am nowr
Her eyes shone; faint color glowed
on her ordinary pale cheeks. Mary
Sadley looked at her in surprise.
Would you believe" went on the
squirc's wife. "he has hired girl to
come here and do all the rough work
so as to spare mep And there Is such
an easy. spr:ng-upholstere sofa In the
hall In place OF the lumpy old lounge.
and there's one OF the highlands split
ting a pile OF wood to last from now to
Michaelmas. And we are to keep
our wedding anniversary in real old
fashioned style next week, and Titus
has ordered dress trimmed with white
ribbons Just like the one was married
In. He says shall look as young and
pretty as / did then. Such nonsense,
you know! And yet 1t Is nice OF him
to say so--now, isn't itp
Aud Mrs. Sadley laughed through
her tears.
Poor soul! The sunshine had come
late In life. yet it filled her whole being
with blessedness.
I'm so glad!" said Mary. But you
deserve 1t all. Cousin Eunice."
And the newly betrothed lovers
whispered to each other that the mill
lennium must surely be at hand. For
what else could so have changed the
squirrel
They did not stop to reflect that there
Is truth in the old saw: Good in all,
and none all good. Amy Randolph in
N. Y. Leader.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14

kiln-dried meal usually sold In city
groceries. The 'old process" meal
can be obtained at mills and is often sold
by country grocery stores. To make
the pudding. stir into pint OF cold
mink seven even teaspoonfuls OF Indian
meal. Add teacup of molasses, a
half teaspoonful Of salt and largo
tablespoonful OF butter. Pour another
pint OF milk scalding hot over the other
ingredients and stir IL well. Put the
pudding into thick earthen pudding
dish, for the old-fashioned yellow ware
seems the most appropriate TO serve il
in. IL should be begun early Thanks
giving morning in order TO be served
at a . o'clock dinner, as it should be-
nearly done before IL is time TO prepare
the main part Of the dinner. When
you are ready TO make up hot fire for
roasting the turkey and other cooking,
1t can be put, covered with hot plate,
in the heating closet OF the range,
whore 1t will keep at a uniform tenn
porature and continue 10 work out its
perfection. II the dinner is to be
served at o'clock the pudding should
be put in the oven as early as 8 in the
morning and the oven maintained at
steady heat till o'clock, when the fire
can be kindled over TO furnish the in
tense heat required for roasting. Then
the pudding may be put in the heating
closet We may add this pudding
tastes quite as good any other day.