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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-11
DEATH OF MARY BARBER.

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dence of her daughter, Mrs. S. McIn
tosh, in Echo, last Wednesday morn.
ing. Mrs. Barber had been i'll fo1
some time prior to her death, and he1
passing away was relief from suffer
ing. She welcomed the approach Of
the Reaper and she departed from
this life with smile.
Mrs. Barber and family we're among
the early settlers of Redwood county
She was born in Scotland as Mary
Dodds and came to Canada when on
ly eight years of age. In Canada she
lived for nearly 40 years, and it was
during her residence with her parents
there that she met William Barber, a
sturdy tiller of the soil in Canada.
They we're married and Is years ago
came to Minnesota, settling in Vesta
township. At that time the town was
unorganized and there we're few, if
any, settlers in the township. The
eye could view the prairies for many
miles without seeing another farm
house. Her husband departed this
life shortly after they removed to this
county and Mrs. Barber was obliged
to manage the farm and large family
of boys and girls. How we'll she ac-
complished can be seen in the fact that
her sons are among the leading citizens
of this and Yellow Medicine counties
and her daughters married to leading
farmers and business men. 1t was the
fortune of the writer to have been in
the employ of the sons during that
portion of the county's history when
mems souls we're tried, and he can
testify personally that she always gave
words of cheer and courage in the
darkest hours. To the daughter who
then had just lost her husband she
was devoted and courageous adviser,
and to the sons she continually held
out "that bright sunshine that came
after rain" No better Christian ever
lived than Mrs. Barber. She was sin
cere in her religion, and devoted to
the principles of good will towards all
mankind. She was rs years old.
She leaves six children, Thos. D.
Barber, James Barber, Mrs. Sarah
Mcintosh, Mrs. Jeanette Wyman,
Mrs. Mary Drake and Mrs. Jane Gift
fen. She was grandmother to large
number of children.
The funeral was held from the vii
lage hall in Echo last Friday noon.
The services we're conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Acombe. The services we're at
tended by large number of her early
friends and acquaintance, as we'll as
those of her early days. The remains
we're placed in the Echo cemetery.
Later information has it that Mrs
Barber leaves two brothers and one
sister, Matthew Dodds of Perth,
Ontario, and Raj ph Dodds and Mrs.
Sarah Ireland of Glen Tory, Ontario.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-11
Special Commissioners MEETING,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
~ special meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners of Redwood county, Mimi
will be held commencing Tuesday, November
16, 1897, for the purpose of taking action
relative to the payment or re-issuing of
county bonds, which become due jan LIST,
1898: and such other business as may be
acted upon by the Board.
Dated Nov. Sd, 1897.
A. H. ANDERSON,
1871 Auditor, Redwood county. MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-11

! 8, separator: P. pump; o. overflow; P.
steam pipe: E. faucets; 81. heater; NJ P. milk
| pipe.
used about the creamery for cleansing
purposes would do harm also, hence it
is important that nothing but pure wa
ter be used about either boiler or the
building. In case the weather is cold
and to avoid putting too much steam
direct into the milk it is important, then,
to heat the water under the receiver vats
to at least half the necessary Temporal
ture for separating.
know quite a number of creameries
that have put this simple device in dur
ing the past summer and find that it
not only lessons labor, but that by it's
use a better and more even temperature
can be obtained than by the use of the
tempering vat, and the cleaning of it
does not require one-fifth Of the time
that the usual watts require. The cleans
ing is done by pumping warm water
through the pipes and then steaming
them thoroughly for about three min
utes.
The illustration is simple and almost
explains itself M P represents the milk
pipe Or hose extending from the milk
vat to P, pump, which raises the milk
into the pipe joined on to the pump.
The milk naturally flows down to the
point H, where half inch pipe, S P,
is inserted into T large enough to take
an inch galvanized iron pipe, the end
being plugged up tight and number Of
small holes drilled in on side for the
escape of steam in small jets The half
inch pipe joins on the three-quarter
inch by a reducer just below globe
valve which regulates the volume of
steam.
The pipes o o are to allow overflow
when the stopcock at F is partially
closed up, with the point O over milk
vat. The valve at base Of pump also reg
ulates the flow Of milk into separator,
S. In case the flow vat is at an eleva-
ton above separator it is only necessary
to extend the pipe from point H direct
ly into vat, and the only thing neces-
sary would be globe valve next to vat,
with the steam jet and (F) faucet
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-11
Canadians Take More Milk.

"The Canadians take one-half to
three-fourths pound more milk to pro-
duce pound of cheese than our max
ers take, and the extra milk offsets the
extra price they receive. The fact is
that our makers prefer to make soft,
palatable cheese, while the Canadians
make a hard, stiff, dry cheese that is
absolutely good for nothing except to
convert into common balls, until it is
at least or months old, says an
American cheese dealer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-11
DENTIST.
~ NJ. LEFFINGWELL,

DENTIST.
have my Office now open over Luscher's
drug store and you will find me there the
month through. If you need work of this
aind give me call.
REDWOOD FALLS, MINI.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-23

Mcmahon went to San Francisco on the
Excelsior. He was married man when
he left Tacoma for Alaska, but while he
was gone his wife secured divorce for
desertion, and now the erstwhie hus-
band has the S65 900 to spend himself. He
began spen ing il last evening by ga her.
ing his old Iongshoremen comrades in an
old Tacoma resort and acting the gener-
Gus host.
Mcmahon had cleared up but little after
three years hard WORK on Glacier Creek in
the Forty-mile district, when he heard of
strikes on the Klondyke. He took the
first steamer for the new ggings and
secured claim No. 81 on Adams.Creek, ten
miles above Bonanza Creek. He spent
last winter working a richer claim on
Bonanza on lay with three others. His
share was $65, 900, which he says he sold to
a smelter in San Francisco for $17 S3 per
ounce. lie saw big colony of Tacomans
on the Klondyke, including Ben Everett
and ex- Chief of Police Dav.s, and all were
doing we'll. Mcmahon will return to
Alaska next spring to look after his claim
on Hunker Creek, where he has two men
working in his absence at SIS per day.
The gold excitement In the far north
has stirred up the business men Of this
city. For long time it has been ap-
parent that Tacoma was badly in need of
a line of steamers for the Alaska trade to
accommodate the enormous traffic be-
tween here and Juneau and Dyea, as we'll
as to the mouth OF the Yukon A move
ment is now on foot to establish a new
line of steamers. prominent memb bers OF
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-23

of clothing and provisions each. They
have three horses and a boat thirty feet
long, built on the lines of Canadian
bateau, which is all ready to be put to-
gether as soon as Lake Lindeman is
reached. The party caves here on the
Mexico Sunday for Dyea Inlet. Here
they will disem bark and commence pack.
ing over the trail The material for the
boat will go first ard one man will 60 to
work putting it together while the others
pack the outfit over. The boat will be
finished about the time the packing is
completed. Then they will sell the
horses, embark with their outfit in the
boat and start down the lake and river to
Dawson City. This instance is given be-
cause it is identically the programme
which will be followed by all we'll
equipped parties who thoroughly under
stand the conditions which they have to
meet and who have received and followed
the advice of experienced Yukon miners.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-23

the Chamber of Commerce and mining
men being particularly active in the mat
ter Negotiations are now pending be-
tween Tacoma and New York capitalists,
who have large interests in the Yukon
basin, with the object of effecting the pur-
chase of the Northern Pacific steamer
City of Seattle if possible and if she can
not be procured to put another boat or
more on the run as soon as possible. Such
an investment and undertaking, it is
thought, Will materially increase Taco
mas Importance as shipping point and
prove an immensely profitable investment
besides. If the negotiations can be closed
quickly the new company's steamer will
make several trips this fall to Dyea, and
ct least one more steamer will be added
in the spring.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-23
LEASE OF The ELDER.

At Portland There Is q Great De-
mand for Passage to the North
ern FL Dorado.
PORTLAND. Or, July 22.-The George
w. Elder has been leased from the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company by the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company. The
steamship is to sail from Portland July
30. Already the demands on her passen-
ger accom- moda ations have about equaled
the space.
There is room for 2GO cabin passengers
and some 800 steerage or second-class pas
sengers on the Elder. OF these bertEs 100
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-23
BACK WITH A FORTUNE.
Luck of q Longshoreman That Has
Increased the Excitement at
Tacoma.

TACOMA, WASH. July 22.-James Nc
Mahon, until three years ago long
shoreman on the Tacoma wharves, re-
turned to this city from the Kondyke
country yesterday with $500 in virgin
gold. Mcmahon lived for number of
years at Old Tacoma and is better known
as Jimmy, the diver" an appellation
gained by diving from wharf for truck.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
Some xstherly Advice.
A DOZEN APPELS TO "OUR
GIRLS" EOP THEIR OWN

GIRLS" EOR THEIR OWN
GOOD.
DO be tidy, tidiness is nec-
essary to la,lyhood.
DO be natural; a poor dia-
mond is better than q good
imitation.
DO try to be accurate.
Do observe; the faculty Of
observation makes practical
men and women.
Do try to be sensible; it il
no sign Dfsuprrlority to talk
like a fool.
Do be ready in time for
church.
Do avoid causes OF irrita-
tion in the family circle. Re-
feet that home is the place
in which to be agreeable.
Do be reticent, the world
at large has no interest in
your affairs.
DO cultivate the habit of
listening to others.
Do becontenteG;; "martyrs''
are detestible, and a cheer
full, happy spirit isintectious;
you can carry it about with
you like a sunny atmosphere.
DO be truthful, do avoid
exaggerations; if you mean
a mile, say a mile, not a mile
and a half; if you mean one,
say one, not a dozen.
Do, sometimes at least, al
low your mother to know
better than you do; she was
educs tel before you were
born. -Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
Divorced and Married the Same Day.

On SATURDAY, the last day
of Surry Superior Court, a
drcree of divorce was secured
by Henry E. Anderson, OF
Rockford, from his wife, Isa-
bel A. Anderson, who had
been living separate an d
apars from him for seven
years. The decree of divorce
was signed by Judge Star
buck at 10 O'Clock, a. m. Mr..
Anderson then LETT and walk
ed from Oobson to Rockford.
his home, a distance of II
miles, 1onned his Sunday
suit of clothes went to Yad-
kinville, a distance Of 10
miles procured a license, and
from there proceeded s miles
o the Forbush neighbor-
hood, Ya1kin county, where
at 9 O'Clock, p. ~, he was
happily joined in the holy
bonds OF wedlOck tD a Mrs,
Adams Of that place. This
is the only case we can re-
member of a man having
two lawful wives the same
dny.-Elkin Times.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04

The fire at Durham last
week. destroyed property es-
timated at 100000.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04

ing amid a hailstorm of bull
let's. When he reached the
edge of the pit, he called out
to his comrades to clear the
way for him, and with a
mighty leap he was among
Us once more. He was not
even scratched.
"He took our congratula,
tiOns calmly. We said it was
the brayest deed we had seen
during the war. He did not
answer. His eyes had a soft,
musing look.
"'How could you do it?' l
asked in a whisper later,
when the crack of the rifles
ceased a moment.
"'It was something |
thought off, he said. simply.
Something my mother used
to say to me. IL was thirs-
ty, and We gave me drink, Z"
she said. She read it to me
out OF the Bible, and she
taught it to lne until | never
could forget it,"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
Pam Old.FashlOn Lazlness.

The Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Progress declines t % waste
any time discussing the mon-
ey plank or the tariff decIar-
ations of any political party,
but brushes all the arguments
of the theorists and statisti.
cans to one side and insists
that the kirkeIs owe their
misfOrtunes to "their own
cussed laziness. There are
men mail fighting man."
says he 'Progress:' "because
wheat in the western states
is selling az 81 a bushel and
cotton III the southern states
is selling at & and 7 cents "a
pound. Between their sobs
and tears they overlook the
fact that meat is selling at 8
and 10 cents Il pound right
here in the south, where it
can be raised cheaper than
that which we are buying
and for which we are paying
such an enormous price,
"When the farmers of the
south raise wheat, wheat
will go do In: and when they
raise something else besides
cotton and politics, prosper
lty and confidence will come
in wagon loads and be dump
ed over into their yards. Not
before. Fools and free silver
and guIping goldbugs can
never change in the laws O
nature. The exclusive pro-
ductlon of cotton and poll
tics in the south will never
produce cheap wheat and
meat in the west. 1T is a.
gainst natu.e and reason and
common sense, and yet some
people will tret and s!obber
and charge it to the demone-
tizatiOn OF silver or the Ding
ley tariff bill or the election
of Mckinley, orto everything
else under the sun except
their own cussed laziness.
There are some people who
ought to be thrown into q
mill pond and the mill thrown
IN on them. They growl so
continually and persistently
that much of our respect for
them has been transferred to
their dogs. The farmers of
the south should quit sowing
politics and grow wheat and
meat and other things they
can eat. Their clothing
would fit better in the long
run"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
of the Republican National

Committee. and a mem ber OF
Gov. Brshnell's staff, against
him and his menhods is not
calculated to allay hIsfright.
If the democrats of Ohio had
not ben heavily handicap.
ped in their campaign. there
would have been little doubt
Of their carrying the State,
owing 70 the extent Of the se.
cret opposition of Republi-
cans to Boss Hanna. They
may do SO yet, especially if
the visit Of Mr.. Bryan results
in arousing the amount of
democratic enthusiasm and
courage that it is confident
ly expected it will.
Some Of Mr.. McKinley's
fool friends may get him in.
to serious trouble if they con
tinue to add to their gloat.
ing over the failure OF Sena-
tor WOlcott's Commission.
They may discover before
the coming session of Con.
gress is very old that there
are silver men among the re-
puDlicans az we'll as among
the democrats and Populists
who have the courage to
question the good faith Of
Mr.. Mckinley in promising
Senator Wolcott that the ef-
forts of the commission to Sc
cure the consent Of the British
and other European govern,
ments to the holding Of IN
national Monetary Con-
vention for the purpose of
bringing aboutinterna .ional
bimetallism would be official
ly backed by him and his ad-
ministratiOn. 4 demand 1.ay
be made upon the admins.
tration from the floor of Con
gress tor an official expIana-
tion of the stories alleging
that while the Wolcott com.
mission was asking Eng
lands corporation, IN the
name of the United States,
to secure International BIZ
metallisln, the government of
the United States gave the
government Of England to
understand that no such
cooperation was really desir-
ed. Everything considered,
the wise friends of Mr.. Nc.
Kinley onght to be able to
see that the less they say a.
bout silver promises having
been kept, the better for their
friends good name.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
A Dsrky.proof Hen Coov.

A man at Carterville pur-
chased the gallows on which
a man was hanged and built
a hennery OF the lumber. He
has never had a chicken stol-
en- from it, and 1t is said that
the olored brother won't 20
within a block Of it il he can
possible avoid doing so.-At-
lantu Constitution.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your III. Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To.
Bac. the wonder.worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, toc or u. Cure euaran.
teed Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
THE BRAvEsr DEED.

heroic deeds performed by
participants 10 the wal for
the Union, but the following
told in the Youths Compan-
ion, is Of more than usual in
terest:
A group of old soldiers,
both Confederates and Fed
erals, were recently swapping
stories of the Civil War. At
last they fell to comparing
the greatest acts Of bra very
that each had known, and a
Southerner told the following
story:
"It was a hot July day in
1854, and Gen. Grant was
after us. Our lien had hur-
riedly dug rife-pits to pro-
tect themselves from t he
Federal sharpshooters, and
dead and dying Feds were
living up to the very edge of
those pits.
lin one OF the pits Was an
ungainly, raw, ed-headed
boy. He was a retiring lad,
green as grass, but a reliable
fighter. We never paid much
attention to him, one way or
another.
THE wounded had been
lying for hours unattended
before the pits, and the sun
was getting hotter and hot
ter. They were suffering
from pain and thirst. Not
fifteen feet away, outside the
rife pit, lay q mortally
wounded officer who was Our
enemy.
"As the heat grew more in.
tolerable, this officers cries
for water increased. He was
evidently dying hard, and
his appeals we're of the most
piteous nature. II h e red
headed hoy found it hard to
bear them. He had Just
Joined the regiment and was
not yet calIous to suffering.
At last, with teaIs flooding
in his face, he cried out:
"I can't stand it no long
ger, boys! Pm goih' to take
that poor fellow my canteen.'
"FOr answer to this fool
hardy speech, one Of u s
stuck II cap on a ramrod and
hoistpd it above the pit. In
stantly it was pierced by Il
dozen bullets. To venture
outside a step was the mad
dest suicide. And all the
while We could hear the Off
GERS moans:
"Water! water! Just one
drop, for Gods sake, some
body! Only one drop!'
THE tender hear ted boy
could stand the appeal no
longer. Once, twice, three
times, in spite of our utmost
remonstrance, he tried un-
successfully to clear the pit.
At last he gave a desperate
leap over the embankmenr,
and once on the other side.
threw himself fiat upon the
ground and crawle1 toward
bis dying foe. He could not
get close to him because of
the terrible fire, but he broke
a sumac bush, tied to the
stick his precious canteen.
and landed it in the sufferers
trembling hands.
"YOu never heard such
gratitude in your life. Per
haps there was never any
~. - l.c-1 Tl. -. - 90 --- -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent


is the sum and substance of
the tail Of woe poured into
MI. McKinley's ear by Boss
Platt, who made a flying
trip to Washington to tell
everything wasgoing against
the Platt. Mckinley candl-
date for Mayor cf New York,
and there was also great
danger that the Republicans
would also lose control of
the legislature. He tried to
persuade Mr.. Mckinley to
write n personal letter for
publication, Mr.. Mckinley
has the matter under advise
ment and is rather inclined
tO do what Platt wants him
to do, but several of the
shrewdest members Of the
Cabinet are trying to show
him that it would be unwise
for him to do so. They tell
him that everybody III New
York knows him to he in fa-
vor of Tracy, and that a let
ter signed by him, making
that decaration, would not
get Tracy a single vote that
he would not get anyway,
while it would be a bar to
the administration denying
after Tracy's defeat that it
had sought to force Boss
Platt's man on the people OF
New York.
Hypocrisy is the most con-
temptible of voices. Only
last week it was announced
with d great flourish of trum
nets that the Cabinet had de.
cided to enforce Mr., McKin-
ley's civil service order, that
no government employs
should be discharged except
upon written charges and af-
, ter being given an opportun-
ity to answer the charges,
Notwithstanding that the de-
cision of a Court that the Or
der was not binding IN law;
and now those Ohio republi-
cans employed by the Gov
ernment in Washington, who
had declineo to go home to
vote to help get Boss lIanna
back in the Senate have been
notified that & Mr.. Sidney A.
Perkins who is known as
Boss Hanna's personal rep,
resentative in Washington,
has put their ma mes upon a
black list which is to be turn
ei over to Boss Hanna when
he comes back to Washing
ton, after the Ohio election.
Of course Mr.. Perkins hasn't
told any of those put upon
the black list that Boss Han
ma intends to have them dis
charged if they do not go to
Ohio and vote for him, bat
that is what he wishes them
to suppose and some OF them
regard the hint as being suf-
ficiently strong to cause them
to change their minds and
decide to 70 home and vote
They know that no ma attef
how n uch the Cabinet may
prate in public about pro.
tecting the civil service EN-.
ployes of the government.
that a nod from Boss Hanna
is sufficient to bring about
the dismissal ofan employe in
any branch of the govern
ment. All t b 9 news that
comes to Washington indi-
Gates that Boss Hanna is a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Many mean men are men
of means.
A lost opportunity seldom
finds it's way back.
No woman wants to be a
new woman except an old
woman.
Sin may be ugly. but it un.
derstands the art of beauty
culture.
A man seldom wears his
trousers out at the knees
praying for work.
The first step toward knowl
edge is the discovery that
you are ignorant.
A woman has TO purse up
her lips in order to carry
carfare in her mouth.
Some people save all their
sympathy until a man is
dead; then they make his
grave sloppy with tEeir
tears.
A woman should meyer
cease praying for her hus-
band; it may not avail any
thing, but it will keep her out
of lnischief.-Chic News.
1t often happens that the
doctor is out of town when
he is most needed. The two
year old daughter of j. Y.
Schenck, OF Caddo Ind. Ter
ritory, was threatened with
Group. He writes: "My wife
insisted that ] go for the
doctor at once, but as he
was ont OF town., | purchased
Il bottle Of Chalnberlain's
Cough Remedy, which re-
lieyed the child immediate
ly." A bottle of thi t remedy
in the house will often save
the expense Of a doctors
bill, besides the anxiety al
ways occasioned by serious
sickness. When it is given as
soon az the crOupy cough ap
pears, it will prevent the at
tack. Thousands of moth.
ers always keep it in their
homes. The 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by NJ. B.
Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-11-04

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
i0c. sc. II c. G. c. fail, druggists refund money