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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-07-29
795,666
GOLD AT KLONDYkE.
The Arabian Nights Outdone by the
Wonderful Discoveries.

The GAZETTE is in receipt of copy
of The Alaska Miner, published at
Juneau, Alaska, and sent to the Office
by Rev. Henry Beer, who is rector Of
Trinity Episcopal church at Juneau.
This issue of the Miner is filled with
news from the Klondyke gold regions,
and the writer or writer's of the various
articles evidently cannot refrain from
allowing his enthusiasm to get the
best of him once in while over the
magnificent prospects of gold mining
in the basin 400 miles north of Juneau.
The editor of the paper reviews all of
the articles written by the news gath
erer, and trys to be as conservative as
conditions warrant. The selection of
this review of the mines will give our
readers some idea of what is going on
in Klondyke, which, by the way, is
just east Of the Alaskan boundary in
the British Possessions:
We have found occasion in the past
to speak with reserve on mining mat
ters affecting the Klondyke discover
les. We have warned intending Yu-
koners of the difficulties and dangers
of the trip, we haye given encourage
ment and from time to time related
the almost fairy like tales which have
reached us of the wealth of this new
gold field. In making our estimates
of the amount of gold produced last
winter we had before US the written
statements of reliable men, and in ad-
dition to that we have had the unusual
advantage of personally discussing
the whole situation with men who
have been on the ground. Last week
we estimated the value of the pay dirt
which had been taken from one of the
claims in respect to which there has
been a great deal of interest displayed
for some time. We arrived at our fig
ures, 100000, after careful review
of the data in our possession. To
show how conservative we have been
in this particular estimate, the dump
we referred to was washed out and re-
allied $4,000 in gold dust. 1t be-
comes our duty to give the Klondyke
district the credit which of right be-
longs to it. We are not putting in
circulation wild and unfounded ru-
mors of fabulous gold deposits which
may exist, but we state absolute facts.
We no longer confine ourselves to esti-
mates; we are now in a position to
speak of results, The winter accum-
ulation of pay dirt deposited on the
banks of Bonanza and Eldorado
Creeks, tributaries of the Klondyke
river, no longer remain. The sand
has been washed away, and nothing is
left but the glittering pile of gold dust
Men who wearily pursued their journ.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-07-29
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-07-29

elevators, warehouses, ETC., $26,775;
of improvements of land held under
the laws of the United States $1,629;
Of dogs $500.
The total valuation of the county
for 1896 was $776,874, while in 1897
it is $795,666. In both years the as
SCISSORS returned about $4,000 less
than the county board equalized their
books at. One of the remarkable
things in connection with the report is
that the valuation OF this city for this
year was precisely the same as last
year, $lOO,O50,a circumstance which
seldom occurs. The valuation of per-
sonal property for each town is given
as follows:
Brookville. .................. 81 $50
Charlestown :. 49, ,643
Delhi. $3.50
Gales. .19,458
Granite Rock. 1850
Homer. 16,336
Johnsonville. 25, $50
Kintire 1854
Lamberton 24,978
Morgan. 5000
New Avon. 22,463
North Hero. 24,517
Paxton 29,245
Redwood Falls. ls...............1 16,6OO
Svedes Forest l7.411
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
PARROTS HAD 1.-THE LAUGH,
Instructor of Infants Meets Dimcul
ties in the Park Zoo.

Instructor of Infants Meets Dimcul-
ties In the Park Zoo.
She was a prim, close-6tted looking young
woman in dark dress, and as she walked
through the Lincoln park 700 with a body
guard of ten mild little girls explaining mat.
se1s WIZ ta Sat nGpsfys ana
: Kindergarten seen Fem before" :.
:. She paused before: the parrots cage, ad-
justed her eyeglasses on her classic nose, and
prepared to enligten the innocent mind of
.n These a are parrots, girls. Mamie may
"P-s-r-r-u-t,' - spelled one of the small
Rot Mamie, rot" said the fair
Minerva, serenely.
'Rot, Mamie, rot, rot, rot" yelled the
little gray parrot that laughs, and sym
pathetic chorus took up the refrain. Mi
nerva Redeemed, and the maidens giggled:
b ~ The she wsn Of artcus hSse
and if carefully instructed are capable of al.
most perfect ennunciation; but while pos
sessing this gift of mimicry, they have no
reason to guide the import of their utter
ances as the human consciousness has, and
consequently are unable to converse intel
ss9t being simply echoes so far as speak
The big green and red parrot stood on an
other leg and eyed Minerva with microscopic
scrutiny.
"You understand" she continued, "they
have no mind and consequently no person:
atty. When discovered in their natural
state they are as other birds; but upon be.
ing associated with human beings they rap;
iarnyx, which. as science tells us, enables
them to articulate The theory has been pro.
pounded that at the time of protoplasm-"
But Polly felt i'll with baleful resentment.
20, rats!" he broke out. "You amt so
NICE"
And the gray parrot laughed in diabolical
glee as the undergraduates were hastily led
to where the canaries warbled. Chicago
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
MURDER POSTPONED.
A Prospective Case for the Coroner
But Nobody Died.

A irrespective case 1Of the coroner,
But Nobody Died.
Two fashy colored boys stood in the hot
sun in front of the railway eating house and
looked at each other with their eyes rolled
sideways. "Look hyah, you piece O dahli
meat, got some bone-handled trouble in
my pocket waitin: faw you if you even come
round that baby tryin' to undamine mel"
"Slow up. boy! You's on slippey. road,
an if you don't drive caihful you going to
fall right in dat ditch, fus thing you knows. %
Don't get me stahted, coon! Don't rouse
me! 7 wouldn't like to do it, but 1 could
JUS lay hold of yo' dahk body and cut it
up into rubbah balls. amt used dat razah
faw whole week now, an it's gettin' un-
easy. I can feel it movin' in my pocket an
sayin': 'Mistah, let me get out an do
Look heah, you bettah sing dat razah to
sleep, 'kase you evan reach faw it you jes' see
whole atmosphere full O. niggah wool.
striped shirt, and blue cloze. Yes, sch, you'd
have to be geth'd up in a basket. L got a
piece O. shiny hadwaih. in my pocket, an
it sings sweet an low, and sev''y time it
speaks a,l to you it hans you pound o lead.
"Hush, coon, really love troubleS '~
Don't staht nothin'% less you want to
lose money faw yo' folks: Costs money t.,
plant coon, yes; sch. You don't get dem
sivah-handled boxes faw nothin', no, sch.
Got any o. dem papah cigahs, Henry p" .:
Henry reached for his package of cigar
cites, and the traveller, who had been wait
ing to see murder done, gave an exclamation
of disgust and walked into the railway sta.
. y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

!. "A Conventional Idiocy .-"Ah! Isee
you're back from abroad" well, you
couldn't see me if wasn't, could you2
-Philadelphia North American.
"Dah is some friends said Uncle
Eben, dat is like the rainbow. Dey
looks fine an bends polite, but dey'l
gone when de sun ain shinin'."-Wash-
ington Star. r."
Henry, do you believe in the unit
versal brotherhood of man." Believe
in it? ]. should say so; down at the seat
shore this summer I had IS sisters."-
Detroit Free Press. =:
-"Don't you think" the mother said,
proudly, that her playing shows re-
markahle finish?" 'Yes," replied the
young man, absently, "but she was a
long time, getting to II" Harlem Life.
Hello, Brown. How did you get
your face SCARED so?'' Got run over
by truck didn't you see it COM
ing?" mo; I was looking over: my
shoulder at the new moon for luck
indianapolis Journal.
I'm Great Luck.-"Say,J akey, gimme
bite O. your peach" "Naw, I won't. ~
"Well, gimme de stone" "Well, I'll
give you de stone. But it's mighty
lucky for you dat de peach amt pear
cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Mother-"What did your father say
when he saw his broken pipe?" In.
nocent-"Shall I leave out the swear
words, mother?" Enthusiastically
my dear" Innocent-''Then I don't
think he said anything -Household
Words.
Bridget, how did it happen that
when we came in last night after the
theater there was a policeman in the
kitchen?' ''Sure, mum, OF don't know;
but Oh think the theater didn't last
as long as usual."-Chicago Times-Her
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
Fine Was RENTED.

Judge Campbell had just heard the evi.
charged with disturbing the peace .
II think you're guilty, young man." de-
clared the Judge. Funds in the treasury are
running low, SO guess I'll have to get in
something toward my salary, as I'm getting
hard up. I'll fine you five dollars"
You've got more money than I have"
pleaded the prisoner.
got,"' and the Judge emptied his pockets,
which contained just SO cents in change, on
the desk. 49, !
The prisoner turned all of his pockets in
side out and produced Is cents.
"You are worse off than am" said the
Judge. Zine RENTED. You may go."-San
Francisco Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
LEE
y - u - -

~. 4FS
Onward, like the rushing river.
Flows the current OF our lives.
Bearing us to unknown portals,
Worlds unseen by mortal eyes,
Sometimes placid as the brooklet.'
Murmuring gently or It's way,
And as calm and full Of sunshine
AS the brightest summer day.
Now and then the storm clouds gaths,,
Gather darkly DER our head,
Shutting out the light and brightness,
And our hearts are filled with dread.
But with courage, hope and patience,
Let US bravely wend our way, -
For the shadows soon will vanish t.
Into bright and fairest day.
And the morning will seem brighter,
For the dark and cheerless night,
When our hearts so sad and troubled
Longed. but failed to see the light.
ELLA L. Layson. in Western Rural.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

tened for himself for few nights, but
heard nothing and attributed the noises
to woman's fears. But Dona Maria
Theresa arose one night, because she
heard the noise, and shut the window.
AS she approached the window, hung
with vines, one of the house eats
jumped from the sill to the thick vines
Aand rustled away among them, and ths
lady was treasured and slept-slept ali
the longer and more heavily because of
sleepless nights.
When she awoke in the morning, she
looked at Don Pico-but was it Don Pico
beside her, that purple, swollen face
with awful eyes? The lady's reason
fled in that awful look, and her screams
aroused the household. Investigation
seemed at first to offer no clew, but at
length, at the back of the top of a large
frame containing an oil painting of
his lady in her youth, was found pow
eriul snake whose bright eyes watched
the window and all whose efforts were
toward reaching it, which he never did,
dying as non-resistant. as though. in a
trance.
Don Jose was liberated.
The old, harmless looking men talked
and smoked next evening and for many
evenings behind their little house, and
sometimes boiled their sardines over a
coal fire and looked across at the great
house of Don Pico and talked-as who
did not? .%@
Excitement was gradually depressed
after the source Of the mysterious
deaths was indisputable. The snake
had coiled about them all, but Don Pico
had strength to struggle and had been
bitten instead of only strangled. Some
asked why snake should discern only
members of the Pico family, but none
could guess the reason.
And far away in the divine beauty of
q Peruvian cordillera, two old men look
aloft toward the man-shunning condor
old, brown men, grown harmless
and with no uncanny companions
herd with Indian women and brown
babies and drink from rude golden
bowls. and go down to the sea no luaze.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
Slain by Poison.

Not the poison that the covert assassin ad-
sns sef the sr poison malaria .
ems the lives of myriads. There is safe and
certain antidote, Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
tiers, which not only fortifes the system
against malaria, but roots out it's seeds when
they have terminated. Dyspepsia, consti.
patton, rheumatic, liver and kidney trouble
are conquered by the Bitters. :. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
An Upper Cut.

Mrs.. Murray Hill is very homely woman;
her dearest friend, Mrs. Manhattan Beach,
called. Mrs. Hill said:
= 'fThe last thing my husband did before he
went away was to give me a kiss"
ttH'm! should think that would be the
very last thing he would want to do
And now they don't speak for some rea-
son.-N. Y. World:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
Incident to the Fruit.

Mr.. Dukane- it odd that Miss
Homewood has not married? All the
young men consider her perfect
peach.
Mr.. Gaswell-Well, you know that the
peach crop is subject to many vicissi-
tudes.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
A Careful Borrower.

"Pa sent me over to borrow your lawn
mower. An he says wouldn't you prefer to
sharpen it yourself?"
"..Why should prefer to sharpen it?"
,Cause pa says he is SO awkward about
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
Similar Experiences.

"Did you ever run after "a ferryboat only
to find that it was coming in?''
"Oh, yes, and at the time was counting
my wife and thought was winning out in a
hard fight, she and all her relatives were
combined in an effort to make my escape
impossible. Philadelphia North American.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
LARGEST in the World.

The Star tobacco factory at St. Louis is
the largest in the world. The buildings are
in two rows: 2400 feet on Park and 2400 feet
on Folsom avenue, with total width of 27l
feet. You will discover the reason for this
marvellous growth if you give Star plug
tobacco trial.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

The people who really know what love
is are afraid to tell, for fear their knowl-
edge will give away an unpleasant expert
ence,-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie Ferrel,
Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, '94.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
A Contrast.

Uncle Mose-Whad yo' dom wifi white
shoes on, .yo' trifin' black rascal?
Young Mose-I wuz jes' tiah'd Wv brack
all de way dey showed up.-Judge..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

Cure your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
Her Mistake.

Your wife doesn' t seem to improve in
mo; as fast as she gains strength, she:
uses t.up telling people what is the matter
with her. Chicago Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

Lots of men find out two or three things
about the Bible and then. they put in their;
time arguing. Washington Democrat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

Men are like pins-no good when they lose
their heads.-Chicago News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

The girl in love who has rival should
keep an eye on her-and if the rival is a
widow keep both eyes on her.-Chicago
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

The man who firts with servant girls has
domestic tastes.-Chicago News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

any spicy features in the new plav.'
We'll, tie lady answered, ssJohn had his
mouth full Of cloves Indianapolis jour
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

When some men have nothing else to do,
they argue religion. Washington Demo
oraf
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

Old or new rheumatic palms,
Cured by St. Jacobs Oil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

Trife with sprains and they cripple.
Use St. Jacobs Oil promptly. It cures.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
As To His PHOTOGRAPH.

Cholly-I don't think the photographer
caught me expwession, do you?
She-I don't see any Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

Neuralgia is cured by St. Jacobs
Oil. Use it. You'll see it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

With a rub St. Jacobs Oil
Subdues an ache and cures it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-08

good application will usually suffice.
1t is no little job to fit for applica-
ton in field culture.
When preparing the ground for the
planting of raspberries, do the work
so well thaty you will never have rea-
son to reproach yourself for slight
ing it. These berries will last good
many years if properly placed and
properly cared for; but good care
will not make amends for poor plant
ing.
Where the peach tree is not prun-
ed, long, slender branches form, and
these produce fruit mainly at their
outer ends. The tree will carry
much more fruitif properly distribu-
ted, and will produce more perfect
fruit. The cutting will not be at
tended with injury if done while the
tree is dormant. That the peach
trees should be left to grow at will
is an outgrown idea.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-08

the elder anxiously supporting the
younger, whose face was blanched and
whose eyes were fastened upon me as
though were a terrifying apparition.
1t was the girl the Indian sorceress had
shown me in Paris, but what did she
know Of me?
"'What can be the matter, daugh-
ter? asked the elder. You have always
been so strong and vigorous.
Is your name Henry Morton?' ask
ed the younger of me, without needing
the mothers question.
1T is Wilton Robeley, responded
quietly. At that instant it flashed upon
me that in a desire to conceal my iden-
tity had given the name of Henry Nor
ton to the fortune teller. Then, with
the inspiration of an anxious lover, l
added, But have a cousin of that
name, who bears a striking resemblance
to me.
My immediate reward was a revival
of strength and spirits on the part of
the young lady The mother introduced
herself as Mrs. Gilsen, her daughter as
Miss Gilsen, and then said, Lucy, we
had best get back to the hotel.
Lucy Gilaen? And yet it was her
presence that had been conjured up as
my bride to be. She was the girl of my
sketch and my dreams. The next day 1
called at the hotel and inquired after
her, | called often. We walked, drove,
painted and boated together l came to
know through the intuition of love that
she was not Indifferent to me. One
evening as we drifted lazily through
the water lilies she handed me a sketch
of myself and asked, is that a picture
of Henry Morton;'
Its perfect l answered, though
dumfounded. A shadow of anger crossed
her face, and she was about to tear the
picture to pieces when | caught her
hands and suddenly showed the repro
duction of herself that | had made in
Paris. 1t was her turn to be surprised,
and when told her of my experience
at the fortune teller s ON Rue de Bouges,
giving her the date, she quickly ex-
claimed:
Why, was there with Marcia Ar
mold. Mamma and l did Europe that
season, ana we two girls visited that
Indian princess just for a lark. That
was where saw Henry Morton, whom
l was told fate had decreed as my fu-
ture husband.
Before we rowed home il was all
explained, and the sequel Of our strange
experience was happy marriage. The
dusky prophecies who had confused the
name of the two girls was a cultivated
fraud. 1t was all trick Of the mirrors,
ladies. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-08

Examine any patch of weeds
which has been cut in late summer,
and after they have lain a day or
two you will find many ripe seeds.
Even wheat may be cut in it's dough
state without any loss in the power
of termination. All this goes to
show that the firebrand should fol-
low the scythe.
The average yield of wheat an acre
during the last 10 years has been
about II bushels, worth eight or nine
dollars. 1t cost that much to pro-
duce the wheat; but the man who
has the habit of producing 30 or 30
bushels an acre pocketed a fair
profit. The whole secret is in in
tenslve farming.
We must read and study, and then
use good hard sense in the applica-
tion of what we learn; but we are
sure of winning only when we de-
termine by field experiment whether
our soil should be plowed deep or
shallow for corn, wheat or potatoes;
what varieties are best adapted to
our soil and what tillage is needed.
Tests are better than theories.
Growing one crop not only i'm
pOverishes the soil, but dwarfs the
man. To have varied and rotation
divides the labor of the year, re-
duces the number of teams, gives
regular employment every month in
the year, and develops the husband
man into capability greater than
that of mere mechanical sowing and
reaping
The old story of ignorance and
bliss will not always hold good.
Many farmer does not figure close
ly enough to know what his pro-
auctions cost, and, there fore, does
not know what he is losing. Mer-
chants do not continue to handle
goods which they must sell at a loss ;
and that is where they differ from
too many farmers.
We can neither trap nor poison
the grub worm. 1t lives in the
ground for three years, feeding upon
the roots of grasses, and, of course,
those of the cereal crops. The third
year they issue as perfect beetles
and lay their eggs in meadows.
Flowing the soil and turning in hogs
is one remedy; so is thorough sum-
mer fallow.
Selling timothy hay off the farm
may not be good thing to do, but
its relatively high price and its low
manurial value make the practice
far more eXcusable than the selling
of the clover hay. The clover is the
richer food for stock and richer for
plants, and should stay on the farm.
The system of annual "road work
ing" is unsatisfactory, to say the
least. If the assessments could be
made in money rather than in labor,
and spent under the supervision of
one who understood his business,
and who could make the timely re-
pairs as they were found most
necessary, it would be found in the
end to cost much less than by the
old method.