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The Dickinson press., 1894-11-17
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JFRDOUOUK 0RAUCR0 Ok
One of the most curious specimens Of
:he insect tribe is the "trapdoor' spi-
der. These spiders are very plentiful
In California. They construct their
nests, consisting of 81 smooth tube.
lined with silk Of their own manufac-
ture, in the ground. in places protected
from the washing effects of the rain.
They cover their nests with Il woven
tr~ap-door, which is supplied with a
hirge. The upper surface Of this door
is made to resemble the surface Of the
ground. If any insect happens to dis
turb the door 1t is instantly opened by
the owner, and II the disturber is not
too large aud strong it is seized by the
spider aud dragged into the der. II,
however, the intruder is a formidable
enemy the spider claps the door shut
and holds It down with all its. might.
CT nniS l.1ohp-D Dem ocrat.
The Dickinson press., 1894-11-17
Al the Reception

Hostess-What's the matter of your
friend? Is he drunk?
Van Pclt-Oh, no: he has just finished
reading a new book MI etiquette.
The Dickinson press., 1894-11-17
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York city in 1850,
and 1t will surprise
many to know thit
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Hall. Lorenzo r.
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his sol was but SIX
years old. Youn.
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The Dickinson press., 1894-11-17
,~A+.e washington n,o.k the Oath.

AT the foot of Wards heroic statue
81 Washington. on the high steps Of the
the s%ubtreasury building is a broad
piece Of stone carefully covered with
. wire grating. 1t is SO placed that
should the image Of the immortal faith
II Of his country come TO life and step
down from his lofty pedestal he would
stand on the same spot where occurred
the browning triumph Of Ills career.
Through the protecting grating can he
read the following dim inscription:
standing on this stone in the balcony
Of Federal Hall. April 20. 1888. George
Washington took the oath as first presi.
dent Of the United States Of America"
When old Federal Hall was demolfsll.
ed the sacred stone was carefully pre-
served and it now occupies as nearly
as possible the same position rs before.
Very few people. have ever noticed 1t
on the high base Of the statue. where 1t
Is fttingly placed as II Of the relies
Of the nations birth.-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1894-11-17

Rev. w. G. Clarke has been called
the Parkhurst of Chicago. He Is one
of the eloquent young preachers II that
city, who has set out N Il mission
of municipal reformation. His methods
The Dickinson press., 1894-11-17

Admiral Meade is also a writer on
naval affairs. and is noted in the serv-
ice for his frank. outspoken ways. He
has served in all the latter day famous
ships of the navy. In the st. Louis
he witnessed the Koszta affairs at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
NARROW ESCAPE.
Mrs. e. D. French and Children
Nearly Asphyxiated by
Coal Gas.
prOVenent

Mrs. E. D. French, George French.
and the infant son of DR.. E. A. Ly-
man, stopping at the house of his
grandparents, had narrow escape
from being asphyxiated with coal gas,
while E. D. French was in st. Paul,
last Wednesday night. Mrs. French,
with her grandchild, was sleeping on
the first floor of the French residence
on Ramsey Heights, while George was
sleeping up stairs. Upon retiring for
the night they left the reservoir of the
coal stove partly open, without know
ing of the same, and through this the
coal gas made its escape. AS Mrs.
French's sense of smell is defective
she never awoke until the following
morning, when she was in a stupid
condition, and at once realized that
she was suffering from coal gas. She
rushed to the stove and closed the res
ervoir, and then woke up her grand
child, who was very much under the
influence of the deadly gas. Rushing
upstairs she awoke George, who had
also been attacked, but not to such an
extent as his mother and nephew.
Friends were called in, and a physi-
clan summoned, and on Friday Mrs.
French and the child were out of dan
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
WIN. F. CROOKS. :

GAZETTE.
VIM. F. Crooks was born in DeKalb
county, Indiana, May 9, 1854, being
the fifth eldest in a family of ten
children. His parents were early pi-
oneers in Indiana, having settled there
in 1880. Young Crooks was brought
up on the farm, passing through the
exciting times of the war, which was
probably more intense in Indiana than
in the other northern States, as copper
headed Democrats were numerous
throughout the State. He remained
on the farm until the spring of 1875,
going to school to various hoosier
schoolmasters during that time. He
caught the Black Hills fever about
that time, and started west, but before
he reached the Hills the fever died
away, and he traversed Kansas and
Colorado, spending year in the two
States, and coming to Minnesota in
1875, settling in Leroy, Mower coun-
ty, where he worked on farm and in
town for some time. From there he
moved to Evansville, Mimi, working
two years for the Great Northern and
acting as village marshal for two
years. He came to Redwood Falls in
1886, and the next spring assisted in
the rebuilding of Redwood Falls,work-
ing on the Huntington, Masonic and
Thompson buildings. In 1887 he spent
some time in Montana, but returned
to Redwood Falls and in 1890 was ap-
pointed patrolman, holding that posi-
ton until the spring of 1898, when
Mayor Dickinson advanced him to the
position of Chief of Police, which Of
fee he has held with great credit to
himself and the city ever since.
He was married in 1873 to Miss
Barbara Katzenberger, Of Mower
county, and they have two children.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
DEAD BROKE.
Several Phases of the Expression
by a Minister.

dead Broke" was the theme OF
Rev. Hanscom's lecture at the M. r.
church last Sunday evening. The
text was from Luke WIG, "and he
fain would have filled his belly with
the husks that the swine did eat, and
no man gave unto him..
The Young man here described got dissatis-
fed with a good home, called for his interest
in the estate turned it into money. and start
ed out for good time He soon found fast
company who helped him spend his money
and in a short time he found himself in dis
tant country-dead broke See him yonder
a sight to be pitied,ragged, besotted, diseas-
ed, yet no kind hand to help him, dead broke.
This Young mans history is the history OF
thousands of young men. He was dead broke
financially He left home we'll dressed, dec
Grated with gold chains, diamonds, cigars
and pocket full of money. Young men are
usually cursed by money they never earned.
He drank freely, treated generously, attend
ed all the balls and theaters, and could play
sinch with the best of them. Many man
has spent money enough on the billiard and
cara table, Tor TOBACCO anu rum, anu on the
painted harlots of the street, to give him
good home, and set him up in business, hard
times come on and they are dead broke.
So far as his reputation was concerned he
was dead broke. When man by misfortune
loses all, and has good reputation left men
will help him gain his feet, but not in licen-
tiousness and rioting. You will find plenty to
smoke your cigars, drink your rum, but
when your money is gone they have no use
for you. The saloon man will take your
money, you grow poor, he grows rich, you go
down, he goes up. he is flush, you dead broke,
your money, credit and reputation gone So
far as friends were concerned he was dead
broke for he had none. A young man who
abandons the path of honor and takes the
road to disgrace and ruin, need not expect
his friends to go with him. Respectable
women draw aside their skirts as they pass
him, men give him passing glance of pity
and contempt When a man is without mon
ey credit or funds he is well nigh dead broke.
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He was dead broke for he had no food to eat
and no roof to cover his head. Some one has
said these are hard times. I begin to believe
it. Many are living on short rations, once
they had beef roasts now five cent soup bones.
The old cast of clothes are being hunted
up and worn the second time. There is much
suffering in the great cities. Some only go
to church in the evening because they have
poor clothes, but l had rather be seen going
to church with both knees patched than to
hell in broadcloth. Gods service has caused
many man to exchange his rags for broad
has exchanged his broadcloth for rags be-
cause of sin. There is many a young man
in this country who has inherited fortune
that has started for that "far country" He
will get there to, dead broke. This young
man, worst of ALL was morally dead broke.
Sin did it, took him from home, made him
fast a drunkard, companion nof harpies.
They robbed him of money, credit, friends,
food, clothing, shelter and character
I heard a man in this city the other day,
near saloon, cursing the church He was
dead broke. Why curse the churchill
never robbed him. He never goes inside its
doors. The saloon did it. Yet he will curse
the church and stick to the saloon. All who
start and continue on the wrong road go on
from bad. to worse. He had money, started
for good time, smoked, danced, swore,
gambled, caroused, little dreaming where he
was going until he awoke to the fact that he
was dead broke. There are young men in
this city unless they mend their ways soon
will awake to the same fact. This young
man had the candor to confess, however and
the resolution to at once mend, and few
have this. He said II will return and it
was the first manly step in his life. Are
there any here who have been roughly hand
led by sin. Let me plead with you. Say II
will arise" Your reason says do it - Your
conscience says do it; your sense of self
respect says do it: your godly parents plead
with you to do it; your loving father in
heaven now stretches out his hands to you
saying, chow can I give thee up? Infinite
love, weeping and dying on the cross, prays
Father, forgive them, for they know not
what they do Do it, and do it now and
there shall be JOY in the presence of the
angels of God.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
CHANGE OF TIME.
The RedWoodites Pleased with 1t,
But Train Men Kick.

The change of time on the North
western road, which gives Redwood
Falls business men and others five
hours in St. Paul and allows return
the same day, is not pleasing to the
railroad men, but seems to be received
with great deal of pleasure by pa
irons here. Under the new card which
was briefly referred to by wire in the
GAZETTE of last week. passengers will
leaye here at sos in the morning.
This will connect with the train going
east at Sleepy Eye at 6:25, and will
get passenger into st. Paul by elev-
en- o'clock in the morning. The train
that leaves here at sos will return,
leaving Sleepy Eye at 7:15, and ariv-
ing here at 8:45. 1t will Law here un
til II 20, when it will return to Sleepy
Eye,and remain there until 9:35;when
the passenger train leaving St. Paul
at about five o'clock in the afternoon
will reach Sleepy Eye, and the train
on the branch will pull out for Red
wood Falls, arriving here at 1880.
The train leaving here at 112O will
connect with No. 4 passenger going
east at LAP. The early morning train
from Tracy, which strikes Sleepy Eye
at 6:25 will give persons residing on
the south side of the county an oppor-
tunity to come to the county seat in
the morning, transact what business
they have to transact, and return home
the same day, taking the 11:2O train
here which will connect with the train
going west at 1:13 p. M, and which
has heretofore been going west four
hours later.
Besides making through connec-
tons with the Twin Cities the trains
will make better time for Chicago and
will give better service. The only
drawback seems to be that it cuts
Redwood Falls short of one mail SER
vice, the night and morning mail on
the Northwestern being distributed in
the morning.
The trainmen on the branch say
that they will not move their families
to this place, as the new time card
gives them more time in Sleepy Eye
than it does in this city. They will
lay over here at night between 1851
and sos, and all day Sunday, and ev-
cry morning between 8 and II. 1t
certainly gives them long day, but
the railroad company does not seem
to consider it's employees when it
comes to the convenience of the pub
lie.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894.

ton of the owners rent and gives this
so-called business man the proceeds,
and the business man thinks he has
done smart thing with poor ignor-
ant renter. Shame on such man. I
can furnish you several such instanc-
es. Away with everything at once that
will destroy the confidence of man in
man. If I sell anything I want my
pay; if any other man sells anything
l should do all in my power to see
that was paid also. 1 want no man to
cheat me or any one else. No man
that is a man will assist anyone to skip
out of our county leaving creditors or
take money that should 60 to others.
The farmers in this county can restore
confidence in one season so we can go
to town and get a few dollars, or few
bushels of seed grain at it's value. Now
we are taxed 33s per cent above the
market price, simple because the peo-
pie of this county have destroyed their
confidence in each other. If you know
a man is naturally tricky, talk to him,
let him know it will not pay in the
end. I never lived in county before
where people we're taxed so heavy that
won't accommodate us.
Have given the matter some thought
to find out the cause. Honor each
others rights. Selishness is the fuel
that keeps hell on fire. If the people,
each and every one, in this county will
go to work at once to place themselves
on record for life on the side of hon
orable dealing and restore confidence
in this county between man and man,
money will be as plenty here as the
grass on the prairie. Every man here
then will do what he can. No people
have the power to assist like our much
abused editors. The records of crime
are fully published. Let the people
wake up and furnish our editors with
material on the other side which they
would much rather publish. Next.
M. BARKULoo.
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ger, while George came up smiling
shortly after he was aroused.
The escaping gas had one fatal eff
feet, and that was the killing of every
plant in the house. It is a lesson to
all to examine we'll the coal stove be-
fore retiring for the night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
AUTHORS CARNIVAL.

The programme of the carnival to
be held at the opera house tomorrow
evening is given below. Ice cream
and cake will be served. The carri-
val proceeds will be given to the Epis-
copal church.
l. Quartette. ......................... Blancne
Mrs. Mcmillan, Miss Beecher, Messrs.
and Tanner
2. Tableau. From Ferdinand and Isabella
g. Vocal Solo $3.50. Come Up From the Sea
ChaS. Buxton.
A. Tableau from Fairies
5. Male Quartette. 49,. .............. The Mill
MeSSrS. Lew Buxton, Ross HOuCk,GeO
French and Chas. Buxton.
6. Tableau from Mother Goose
7. Vocal solo -. Whisper and Shall Hear
Mrs. o. w. Mcmillan, with violin obi
cato.
8, Tableau from ''Ingomar''
9. Vocal solo ..... Sweethearts and Wives
Miss Dolly Kellam.
II. Ladies' Quartette. -. Old Folks at Home
Mesdames Mcmillan, Dickinson, PeaSe
and Miss Beecher.
IL. Tableau. -. from Merchant OF Venice
IS. Grand March ..........................
IA. Chorus. .......... o, Hush Thee, My Baby
Mrs. Pease Piano. Mr.. Terpening Cornet.
Mr.. Mbbetts, Violin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05
Paper Hanging and Painting.

Leave your order for paper hanging
or painting with, Horace Jones, form
erly with Powell & Co., or drop him a
postal and he will call and attend to
your requests. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. 25tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-05

Cottolene-The great vegetable.
substitute for Lard.
Don't forget that we keep the best
brands of Flour, Corn Meal, etc.
Oranges, Lemons, Bananas and
other seasonable fruits.
Fresh Candies and Choice Con-
fectionery of all kinds.
Staple Groceries-We pay CASH
and sell at bottom prices.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-14
Will BANQUET Lind.

H. S. Kennedy, secretary of the south.
ern Minnesota Millers' Association states
that invitations will be sent out Tuesday
to the millers of the Northwestern
states asking their presence at the Min
neapolis club, Minneapolis, the follow
ing Tuesday. A banquet is then to be
rendered to Hon. John Lind in apprecia-
ton of his services at Washington last
month in the interests of the millers. It
is expected that at least rs out of the 10
invited will respond favorably. The
Minneapolis Tribune says that there is
more politics than anything else in the
proposed feast.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-14
Hardy Fruit.

Prof. Budd of the Central Station, To-
wa, has almost performed wonders in
horticulture since 1888. Before and
even after that date we had no fruit to
speak of aside from the Duchess apple.
Crab apples were not success on our
prair1es. They did well for few years,
but then came the everlasting blight,
which necessitated the cutting down of
trees and using the timber for fuel. But
time has changed. Horticultur:,lists
we're not idle, but on the contrary sent
to Russia, Germany, Sweden, North China
and many other countries for scions of the
hardest species. They secured them.
and through such efforts horticulture, as
far as pertains to fruit, has made rapid
progress. To-day we have number of
apples, even harder than the duchess,
and no blight. They are mostly Russi-
an varieties. I will name few which
Prof. Budd recommends for Minnesota:
Summer varieties, Blushed Calville % NJ,
Breskooka 152 m., and Anisesla 1856;
Autumn varieties, Rosy Repke No. 200,
Hibernal No. 378. and Antonooka, said
to be an iron clad winter varieties, Sklan-
ko Bogdanoft and Lederuts son
Prof. Budd endeavors to point out the
Importance of planting apple trees Oh
the highest and dryest land; also of SET
ting trees from 6 to inches deeper than
they stood in the nursery. To guard
against rabbits, wash the stems with thin
whitewash, thickened with copperas and
sulphur.
Much has been said and tried Withthe
regard to cherries. That the foreign
varieties are much harder than our ma
tive fruit, I think is generally conceded,
and Prof. Budd has stated that the fol.
lowing varieties equal in hardness oul
native plums: Early Morello(23 OyeD,
sklanka yellow, Bessaratian No. 62l
Ovel VERY hardy for the north and
shubianca, . dwarf variety and exceed.
ingly hardy.
Cherries should be planted On dry soil,
from four to six inches deeper than they
stood in the nursery. OF the native
plums, those mentioned as being hard
i
ere Cheney, Rollingstone, Wyant, De
Sofa, Wolf, Forest Garden, Weaver, HaW-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-14
The School Of Agrii culure,

: -. ssI
By the attendance from Brown county,
I All led to conclude thatits farmer boys
do not know enough of the value Of this
school. If they did, they would certain
! " be present in larger numbers. Look
at Renyllle county, for instance It has
sent seven bright boys toreceiye instruc-
ton here, and when they graduate they
will be prepared to fight against all the
evils that farmis heir to, as we'll as to
better cultivate all that is good in the
soil. Brown county boys are just so
much Behind in the race if they fail to
attend this school.
AS all know it is branch of the state
university. 1t is located on the Expert
mental Farm between St. Paul and Min
neapolis and offers the following courses
of study:
First year: Arithmetic, botany, manual
training, blacksmithing, physiology,
agriculture, farm accounts and military
drill. The latter extends through the
whole course and is obligatory.
Second year: Breeding and dairying,
dairy chemistry, fruit culture, veterinary
science, algebra, agricultural chemistry,
entomology, vegetable gardening and
field crops. ,..-.
Third year: Forestry, physics, applied
to agriculture, plane geometry, lectures
on farm law, feeding, greenhouses and
hot-beds, soil and fertilizers and civics.
This glance will show that variety
Of studies are offered. from which the
student, with the permission of the
faculty, may take his choice. if he does
not wish to complete the entire course.
Two large and commotlious buildings
have been erected for the comfort of the
students, the main one being four-story
BRICK structure with basement, toilet and
bath rooms. The armory building,
erected last year stands near by and is
the finest building on the farm. In this
is the drill hall, used also as gymnasium,
and blacks NTH shops and
and recitation rooms. The up
per stories are used for dormitory pur-
poses.
The school furnishes the STUDENTS with |
board at cost, which seldom, if ever, ex-
'eeds $12 per month, including laundry.
This year there are 145 boys in atten-
dance, and the number is constantly IN
creasing, Brown county boys must
limb into line, if they want to succeed,
for unless DR.. Lugger succeeds in killingl
off all the chinch bugs and the admins
tratlon raises the price of wheat, the old,
old practice Of growing the one great !!
cereal will be forced to the WALL
With practical application of the know
ledge received here, neither chinch bugs
nCr wheat will bother US. We will have |
more dairymen; more pork producers;
more market gardeners. Instead of |
wearing out the soil and complaining of |
bad crops from year to year. we will |
compel it to bring forth harvests of value
to ourselves and to the nation. - A
Student.
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keys, Rockford, Gaylord and Surprise.
o. the foreign varities, the Long Blue
Ovel No 20. is especially hardy and
adaptable to Minnesota. The variety
was first introduced in Minnesota from
Sweden.
When possible, select a north slope
with rich soil for the plum orchard. The
alternating Of varieties in the rows with
view to more perfect fertilization of
the blossoms is also an advantage. Tie
need Of very low tops is quite as appar-
ent with plum trees as with apples. If
| live will hereafter raise apples, plums
and cherries IN abundance.-M Pen
ming.
Appeals have been filed in the cases
OF bitches No. Is and u in Nicollet
county. Ditch No. Is is located in Court
land and the persons making the appeal
are Jorgen Tordson and II. Froehlick.
The latter has employed G. S. Ives Of
this city and the former Mr.. Haoberg, of
New Ulm. The case will come up at
the next term of the district court. In
this case notice Of appeal was filed on the
first inst, In the case of ditch No. II
the appellant is Thomas Maher ct, al.
and the notice of appeal in this matter
was filed on Feb. 2Sth. G. S. Ives is at
torney in this case also.
The March apportiorment of school
funds was made on Monday. Nicollet
County with 2,24S pupils receives
$2.5S5 20; while Brown with 3,O56 pu-
pills secures $3:514.40.
John Lind is declared to be supper
ter of Washburn for the !. S. senate.
From this it would seem that John is not
in the field. Of the two we should in
fnitely prefer Lind. He is nearer the
common people.-St. Peter Herald.
Redwood county does not let week
go by without making discovery of
some character. This week they have
found a mine of asbestos. Perhaps they
will, one of these days, find remedy to
prevent crime, find which would I've of
ncalculable benefit to the tax payers: of
that county.-St. Peter Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-14
Frederick A. Chadbour1
5ucklen 8 Arnica SalVe.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money efunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by O. M. Olsen.