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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Willow wood is the most availables
for the use of powder manufacture.
This years cranberry crop in Wis
consin is estimated at $4,000 barrels.
OF the nearly 100000 inhabitants
of Berlin only $4,000 have an annual
income of over $3.50.
The sweet-potato crop this year on
the Maryland and Virginia peninsula
is estimated at 100000 barrels.
1t has been judicially decided in
Georgia that municipal ordinance
prohibiting the sale of liquor is uncon-
stitutional.
Many people in Brookline, Mass, re-
Gently paid $3.50 each for painted
sparrows, on the presentation that
they were canaries.
Investigations made officially in Illi-
nois show that pound includes 2,185,-
900 seeds of blue grass, 1,421 900 of tim
othy, $500 of white clover, 1852, 900 of
red clover and 243,0 eO of alfalfa.
There is a town in Maine of 700 in
habitants called Weston, in which only
two foreigners are living, both of them
Irish naturalized citizens. One is the
mayor and the other is constable.
The great army clothing establish
ment at Pimlico was erected in 1868.
| Over 1000 persons are employed there,
about 500 of whom are women. About
e1,5OO,OOO is spent annually by the de-
| partment, which makes about five-sev-
enths of the clothing of the army.
Bismarck's memory went back, ac-
| cording to his own assertion, to the
time when he was three years old. He
remembered climbing up to the win
dow and watching the crowd that had
| assembled to see the Berlin theater
burn down in 1918. He held his hands
to the window panes and drew them
back quickly, as the glass was hot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
PRETTY THINGS TO WEAR.
New Idea in Taffeta Skirts-Dressy
Afternoon Gown of Gcenadine
jackets for Fall.

Blouse suits of plain and fancy weave
are made with revers, belt and apron,
with large buttons for fastening, and
finished with braid garniture.
new idea in the taffeta skirts is
to have the tlounces edged with frill.
Skirts worn with silk waists are pref
ty trimmed with cross ruches of mar
row ribbon.
Sleeves are being made smaller and
without trimming except at the wrist.
Waists are elaborate, with revers and
epaulets, and skirts are tucked, ruff
fled and braided. Suits of cheviot,
covert and cloth are braided, while silk
and cashmere are ruffled or tucked
A pretty afternoon gown of grena-
dine is made with accordion-plaited
blouse and skirt, and cross-tucked
sleeves over black, with a sash of light
green taffeta. To make it more dressy
the ribbon may be edged with mar
row frill of black mousseline, headed
by tiny applique band of mousseline
embroidered with jet beads and span
giles.
Jackets for fall wear are to be made
longer than last year. Flat bands are
the most appropriate trimmings for
heavy goods. Costumes are made of
two shades of cashmere, cloth and
other heavy goods; the darker color
forms the side seams and upper part
of skirt. The jacket may be finished
with bands of velvet or fancy goods.
The rest is of satin or brocade.-Chi-
cago Evening News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
ILL-ADVISED CHARITIES.
Misdirected Effort Means n Constant
Loss to Those Needing Aid
Some Instances.

What takes much away from the
strength of charitable work followed
by the leisure classes is the woefuI
misunderstanding of the needs of the
people whom they would help. For
instance. recently a body of intelligent
New York women formed themselves
into an association ''to give practical
help to farmers wives in isolated
places" The idea was, of course, an
excellent one; the field exists for ben
eficial work, but what were the means
of practical help" devised? To ''fur-
nish looms, spinning-wheels and knit
tingneedles, with proper instructions"
to farmers wives so that they might
learn how to make ''lovely embroidery"
which would command high prices in
the large cities!" Almost on the same
day company of wealthy Ohio wom-
en- formed an organization for 1.-The
better understanding of the higher
moral laws by the domestics in our
honest" A Chicago organization, just
formed, declares for its purpose the
providing of ''clean and elevating even
ing amusements for the girls and sales
women of our large stores" All these
charities are seriously entered upon,
are well-intentioned, but they show a
pitiable ignorance of needed reforms.
Our farmers wives are not sitting up
nights looking for something to do.
God knows they need no further bur
dens, no more Industries" their need
is for more rest, for more forms of
recreation, which means cessation
from labor. Our servants do not stand
in need of higher morality as much
as they do of more practical knowl
edge of their work and more consid-
Grafton at the hands of their mis-
eesses. Our shopgirls and saleswomen
are not clamoring for 'clean and ele-
waiting evening amusements" so much
as that women shall shop little more
intellgently and systematically.-Ed-
ward w, Box, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
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SHEEP, BARN AND RACK.
A Convenient Structure-Is Large
Enough to Accommodate from
so to rs Animals.

1 should build not less than 90 by 30
feet and 16 feet high. This height is
perhaps greater than would be needed
to store coarse feed for the number of
sheep named, but an extra two or three
feet in height costs very little and
know that the vast majority of barns
are too small. have never known one
that was too large.
The labor required to frame barn
of this size will be no greater than for
smaller one. No purline plates will
be needed and but one interior bent.
Use plank instead of square timber for
the frame and the cost for this will be
reduced nearly one-half. For the
posts use two by s-inch sticks, using
timbers of the same dimensions for
the joist bearers. Slip the ends of the
joist bearers between the two pieces
making the post, thus you have a NOR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
POPPING SEAGULLS' NECKS.
Am Ingenious Alabama Boy Describe
What He Thinks Rare
Sport.

Say, have been having a barrel of
fun" said Willie Green, of Greenville,
Ala. to a New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat reporter.
Il have been popping seagull necks
popping them by the dozens, by the
hundreds. Fine sport. Never saw any
thing like it in your life. Say, do you
know WIZ Their the seagull is worth
anything al all on the market for any
purpose whatever? If it is, l can make
a fortune without any outlay of CAPT
tai at all, and at the same time have
the greatest sport in the world"
Mr.. Green, being Intercepted more
closely as to the nature of this posi-
bly, profitable industry of popping sea-
gull necks, explained: 'Well, you see,
l have been down on the gulf on a
lark. Have you ever noticed the sea
gull dart down for fish? A shot from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

door in the floor through which hay
may be thrown to the rack below. /
append a drawing of the rack l use, a
rack that is almost ideal. In the
double racks, we walk in them when
distributing grain. This is done with
the racks closed, so that all the sheep
are let at their grain at once. Grain,
'-vasffage, roots, cut fodder and hay
may all be fed in this rack without
waste or danger of getting any of the
feed in the wool.
The cut above shows an end view of
the rack with all the crosshoards left
off as it is open for the sheep to feed
The dotted lines show the way the
wings revolve and the position they
take when the rack is closed. Use
boards a foot wide for the bottoms of
the troughs, also for the one Joining
the troughs and for the wings. Use
E-inch ones for the sides, making the
troughs inches deep. Make bottom
of trough II inches above foot of posts
Make racks just long enough to fill the
spaces designed for them, in this case
about IA feet. For this length of rack
] use middle posts. Two-inch square
stuff is large enough for posts, and
even lighter will do for the arms of the
wings. Fasten the wings on with
bolts. A wall rack | make just two.
thirds as wide, leaving off one trough
and wing. Framing lumber for barn:
IS 2 by s-inch 16 feet long, "a 2 by 8,
inch. IS feet long, ~ 2 by 4-inch. II feet
long, 10 by 8-inch. 20 feet, ~ by 4
inch. Is feet, 40 by 4-inch. IA feet,
This includs joists, supposing that a
tight floor is to be put under hay NOW
Use strap hinges for the doors and cut
~ least one of each pair of doors in
two II. z. Miller, in Farm and Home,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

characteristics. If the farmer desires
to improve, let him begin with pure
bred males if he does not wish to pur-
chase a trio, but he should stick to
one breed. If he gets a male every
year, let it be of the breed he original
iy selected. In two or three years he
will have the flocks uniform, and they
will be better and better every sea-
son, and at cost that is almost in
significant. If his neighbors desire to
improve, let them cooperate with him
in purchasing pure breeds, and if they
refuse, then he should compel them
TO pay Aim for his enterprise when
hey call with setting of eggs from
nongrei hens to be exchanged for
something better. A dollar or two
Invested in pure breeds will make a
difference in the quality of the stock
and the number of eggs laid of more
than ten times the cost of the birds
purchased.-Farm and Fireside.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

upset. Experiments carried out on
the rife range showed that our ma
tional color gave the worst mark for
the rifle. Twenty men, all good shots,
were used for the purpose of the ex-
pertinent. After they had fired given
number of rounds it was discovered
that scarlet was far the most difficult
color to hit. For every miss at the
other colors there were three in favor
of scarlet. We will not assert that
these experiments were conclusive evil
dence in favor of our national color,
but they certainly go a long way to
Justify its retention. There is much
to be said in these days of quick-fring
guns in favor of a uniform which is
difficult to hit, and in this particular
scarlet undoubtedly will hold its own
against all other colors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

DR.. Andrew Wilson, of London.
writes thus: Il have received several
letters of late reiterating question
| might well be tired of answering:
DO tomatoes cause cancer?' But for
the fact that one takes pleasure in
stamping ones foot on a misleading
statement calculated to prejudice peo-
pie against a vegetable food which is
entirely healthful and safe, should
grow weary of assuring that not a jot
or little of proof has ever been Of
fered in support of the outrageous
statement noted above. One might as
well allege that cabbage causes can
Ger, for there would be no more proof
to be had concerning the tomato
myth. Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

tise and tenon made without auger or
chisel Use two by sticks for plates
spiked together, as In making a v
shaped trough.
Instead of the short braces, such as
are commonly used in heavy timber
frames, make the plate braces extend
from the foot of the posts and spike to
each mailing girt. This strengthens
greatly the entire structure. Use
three pieces 2 by at each bent for
joist bearers. Bolt and spike one to
either side of the posts. The mailing
girts for the siding, supposing it to be
put on up and down, are spiked to the
outside of the posts; 2 by 4-inch are
strong enough for these. 1 append a
list of the timber needed for the
frame. Local conditions may deter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
,,n UNIFORMS HARD TO HIT.
IT. Has Been Proven a FaIIacy That
Scarlet Is Particularly
ObtrusiVe.

:. Scarlet, it has always been supposed,
cas the worst color possible for the
purposes Of the battlefield, says the
Army and Navy Gazette. 1t has been
said so with such frequency, indeed,
that nobody of late years has cared
ito dispute the fact. We owe it to some
very practical experiments carried
out in Germany that the question has
low been put on a more satisfactory
basis. A squad of ten men, two dressed
in light gray, two in dark gray, two
in scarlet, two in blue and two in
green, were lately ordered to march
across an open country. Their move
ments were closely watched. The first
men to disappear from sight were
those in light gray, Immediately after
ward the scarlet, then the dark gray
and finally the blue and the green.
Here we have all well-worn theories
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

mine the kind OF roof and the kind
of siding used.
Have two 8-feet doorways at either
end for convenience in hauling out
manure. Have three double windows
on either side. Place the sash beside
each other instead of one above the
other. Fasten them with spring bolts
so that they can be revolved to admit
of ventilation without admitting rain
or snow.
Place a double rack through the
middle lengthwise, thus dividing the
barn into two stables. If additional
feeding room is needed place racks
along the wall. Take hay in at one end
by hand. Just in front of the door
mt which hay is taken in have a trap
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

The cough, or puff, of a railway en-
CINE is due to the abrupt emission OF
waste steam up the chimney. When
moving slowly the coughs can, of
course, be heard following each other
quite distinctly, but when speed is put
on the puffs come out one after the
other much more rapidly, and when 1s
coughs a second are produced they
cannot be separately distinguished by
the ear. A locomotive running at the
rate of nearly 20 miles an hour give
out 20 puffs of steam every second
that is, ten for each of its two cylin-
ders,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
Care of DahIinS in Winter.

When frosts come dahlias can have
the stems cut away and be lifted.
Stand clumps of tubers in shady
place out of doors for few days, Gov
ering at night if frost is feared.
Thus exposed to the air the tubers
will lose a portion of moisture and be
in better condition to keep well in a
box or boxes of sand that is nearly dry.
Caladiums can be treated in the same
way. The cellar should be nearly
dry and quite frostproof; if damp there
is danger that the tubers will mold
Chicago Times-Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

paign at Santiago, the surgeon Of
Huntington's marines being shot in
front OF his tent at Guantanamo. In
the attack on Santiago Surgeon
Church hurried to the side of wound
ed man of troop E, of the Tenth cav
airy, and with bullets pelting all
around him calmly dressed the mans
wound, bandaged it and walked I'M
concernedly back, soon returning with
two men and a litter to convey the suf-
ferer to the hospital
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
Decomposes Water Easily.

The French chemist, noted for his
original researches, Mr.. Moissan, has
discovered new substance, the
hydride of calcium, produced by heat
ing calcium to a very high tempera-
ture C,200 degrees centigrade) in a
current of hydrogen gas. 1t has re-
markable power Of reducing other
bodies, even sulphuric aci0. 1t decom-
poses chlorate of potash, with liberia
ton of potassium. 1t also decomposes
water at ordinary temperature, libe1-
ating hydrogen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

Showman-This, ladies and gentle.
men, is the most realistic picture OF
the Spanish navy eXtant.
Uncle Reuben-Why, that looks like
like
Like blue water, sir"
"Well, where's the Spanish navy?"
Under the water, sir. Please steE
aside and let the rest of the crowd
see. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
British Mercantile Tonnage.

In the period from 1871 to 1896 the
capacity of the mercantile navy OF
Great Britain increased from 1900, 900
TO 2l,6OO,ooe cons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13
HerOism of the Doctors.

Heroic work was done by the sur
geons at every engagement. A doctor
was one of the first to fall in the cam
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

gulf give it trial. You will be
amazed to see the number of gulls
you can kill in the course of one even
ing"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-13

In sending poultry to market now
zee that they are well watered and fed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Belvie,U Independent.

The REDWOOD GAZETTE with it's
usual show of enterprise, published
Christmas number of "a pages
this week. The paper contained
over 100 columns of advertising and
about 40 columns of good reading
matter. It was by far the best
edition we have ever seen turned
out of a country office.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
st. Peter Herald.

Among the many holiday editions
of the country papers received at
this office, none have equaled the
twenty-four page number of the
It is monument to the enter
prise of Aiken & Schmahl, and an
index of the push and get up of
Redwood business men
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Window Reporter.

The Reporter hadn't time to
count the pages of THE REDWOOD
GAZETTE. last week, but there were
number of them, we'll filled with
advertising matter, covered with
yellow cover, but this did not sug-
gest the application of yellow
Journalism to THE GAZETTE
the enterprise of the people of the
Falls and the publishers of the
paper, whose life should be long in
the land which the Lord their God
giveth to them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13

Hamlet.
The Redwood Gazette came out
last week with 24-page Christmas
edition which was an elegant affair
and not only credit to it's editors
but a money maker and trade
winner for the city. There is
nothing small about Bro. Julius,
except his name and the size of
damages for "1ibeT which dis
grunt1ed office-seekers secure
against him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Morgan Messenger

The mammoth twenty-four page
edition of The REDWOOD FALLS
GAZETTE was one of the greatest
exhibitions of push on the part of
the publishers and business men
of Redwood Falls, that has ever
been undertaken by any country
newspaper or in city of twice the
size
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
FairmOnt Sentinel.

The REDWOOD GAZETTE, which
to our mind, comes as near being
the ideal for country publishers as
any paper in the state, left nothing
undone to make Redwood Falls
show up as one of the best towns
on earth
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13

MdnEdtO Free Press
In the matter of patronage, the
Christmas number of The REDWOOD
GAZETTE overlaps any that has yet
reached our table. In it it's pub
fishers must have found fair sized
Klondike. It is a "a PACED paper,
six columns to the page and contains
1902 columns of displayed advs. and
some 40 columns of reading matter.
Its proprietors, Aiken & Schmahl
are hustlers and no mistake, and
we'll deserve the prosperity that
has struck them. This weeks
GAZETTE will prove most valuable
advertisement to Redwood Falls,
and her business men,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
il Dttt tn tbR
GERMAN
RRanRrH
pf Gbr 0a9rtte.

The publishers Of this
paper have secured the
exclusive territory for
Redwood county to furn-
ish the Mankato semi
weekly Post (German)
free of charge for nine
months to all German
subscribers of The Ga
zette. Our German read
ers, at the present time,
can send in their names
to this office, signifying
a desire to have this
semi-Week1y paper sent
to them free for nine
months, and those who
are not subscribers to
The Gazette, can, by
paying, 81, obtain a
years subscription to
The Gazette, and nine
months subscription to
the Mankato Post.
Address
THE GAZETTE,
Redwood Falls, Mimi. !.
This offer also includes
a copy of the manual of the
Laws of Minnesota, which
should be in every home in
Redwood county.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
st. Paul Dispatch.

The Redwood Gazette had a
Christmas number good deal
bigger proportionally than the town
in which It is published. It is one
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Benson Monitor.

a number of the Monitors ex-
changes blossmed out in a fine
Christmas array last week. The
best of these were the Northfie1d
News and Redwood Gazette. The
News showed some excellent color
work in its edition, while the
Gazette printed the finest assert
ment of Christmas advertising that
we have ever seen in a country news
paper. Both papers issued "a page
editions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Glencoe Enterprise.

The Christmas edition of the
Redwood Falls Gazette came to us
last week,a "a page paper containing
100 columns of advertising. The
edition shows that the business
men of Redwood Falls appreciate
Messrs. Aiken & SchmahPs efforts
in giving the town one of the best
papers in the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13

pleasure. The people of your city
permanently maintained. The edi-
said, this special edition can hardly
d in working the new borders, etc.,
'YPE FOUNDRY COMPANY.
the Gazette. It does you great
:, Gen1 Agent C. & N. w. Ry.
lat you had town of some $4,000 in
c. JOHNSON.
Morton Enterprise
The REDWOOD GAZETTE came out
last week with a Christmas edition
OF twenty pages, which was credit
to the town and county as we'll as
to it's publishers, Messrs Aiken &
Schmahl.
Granite Journal.
THE REDWOOD FALLS GAZETTE and
the Sauke Centre Avalanche were
~ANNAOIA0 OAS PopO1o AaSC "CCh.
Both contained a large amount of
Christmas advertising.
Springfield Advance.
The REDWOOD GAZETTE got out "a
page edition last week that speaks
volumes for the enterprise of it's
publishers and for Redwood Falls.
Wuseca Journal
The boom edition of the RED
WOOD FALLS GAZETTE is "daisy" and
reflects credit both upon the pro-
prietors and the town.
RenUille Times.
THE REDWOOD FALLS GAZETTE came
out last week with "a page edition.
It was superb affair.
Penny Ne,cs.
The REDWOOD GAZETTE got out a
very fine Christmas number which
contained twenty four pages.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
RenUille Star Farmer.


A number of our exchanges came
out last week in holiday attire and
enlarged proportions. Among the
number were the Mortified News
and REDWOOD GAZETTE. The News
came out in green and yellow on
the front page and contained "a
pages filled with the choicest of
both advertising and reading
matter. The Gazette contained the
same number of pages with covers
in yellow, The editions showed
monumental enterprise on the part
OF both the publishers and the
business men of Mortified and
Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13

with mammoth Christmas edition
last week that was stroke of enter
prise rarely equaled in country
journalism, The principal difficulty
The GAZETTE has to contend with is
that it's field of usefulness is too
small for it's capabilities.
Northfeld Ne,Us.
The Redwood Gazette came to
hand last week, "a pages. It was
one of the best publications of the
kind that we have seen, barring of
of course, The News. Brother
Schmahl is thoroughly good news
paper man and knows how to get
out as good country paper as can
be found anywhere.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Granite Tribune.

Among the enlarged holiday
papers that have come to this
office lately The REDWOOD GAZETTE
easily ranks as the jumbo edition,
having "A pages of advertising and
reading matter arranged very
cleverly and peculiarly advantageous
to the patrons of that wide-awake
journal. 1t speaks wonders for
Redwood and it's business men and
shows that city to be alive and
kicking.