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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-08
For Sale.

Several good residence lots, all 'front.'
ing on water main. For further par-
ticulars inquire Of A. B. Truesdell, soft.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-08
rlARRIED HAPPINESS

is dependent upon the health of the wife
more than on any other one thing. If a
woman is tYouhled in
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Propagating the Rose.

From the Woman's Home Magazine.
The first matter for attention is the
wood from which the cuttings are to be
made. 1t must neither be too hard nor
too soft. To be sure of getting it at
about the right stage make up the cut
tings from the flower shoots or stalks at
the terminus of which the flower is borne,
just at the time the flower naturally wits
and the petals fall~ 1t is not necessary
at all in making the cuttings to have an
eye, or joint it might be called, at the
end of the cutting which enters the sand,
as is often supposed
Make the cuttings about two and one
half inches in length, using sharp knife,
and in cutting let the stroke be slightly
slanting. The ends of the cuttings should
be cut clean and smooth, and not mashed
or bruised in any way. Let several leaves
remain on each cutting, but trim off the
tips of the outer leaves. Now procure a
saucer or pan of some sort deep enough
to hold about two inches of sand After
putting in the sand to a depth of about
two inches water heavily until it is
thoroughly soaked. With a knife make
several cuts one and one-fourth inches
deep across the sand. and in these in
cisions insert the cuttings, pinching the
sand about the base of each cutting as it
is put in. When the pan is filled with the
cuttings about an inch apart, or perhaps
little more, set the pan in full sunlight,
there to remain every day during the
roofing process. The only operation
necessary each day while roofing is to
keep the sand thoroughly saturated with
water. Neglect this one day and the
chances are that the whole lot will be
spoiled.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Thoughts About Life.

The distinguished mark OF religion is
not SO much liberty as obedience, and
its value is measured by the sacrifices
which it can extract from the individual
A young girls love is a kind of piety.
We must approach it with alteration if
we are not to profane it, and with poe
try if we are to understand it. If there
is anything in the world which gives us
a sweet, ineffable impression of the ideal
it is this trembling. modest love. to de-
ceive it would be crime Merely to
watch its unfolding life is bliss to the be-
holder; he sees in it the birth of divine
marvel When the garland of youth fades
on our brow, let us try at least to have
the virtues of maturity: may we grow
better, gentler, graver, like the fruit of
the vine, while its leaf withers and falls.
To know how to grow old is the mas
terwork of wisdom, and one of the most
difficult chapters in the great art of liv-
ing.
He who asks of life nothing but the
Improvements of his own nature, and a
continuous moral progress. towards in
ward contentment and religious submits
sion, is less liable than any one else to
miss and waste life.-Alice Coe, in Non
conformist
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
The Home.
Woman's Department.
Naming the Baby.

Queer Customs and Practices That OBJ
tain in Various Countries.
From the Detroit Free Press.
In some countries curious customs pre-
vail in regard to selecting name for the
baby. A Hindoo baby is named when it
is twelve days old, and usually by the
mother. Sometimes the father wishes for
another name than that selected by the
mother. In that case two lamps are
placed over the two names, and the name
over which the lamp burns the brighter
is the one given to the child.
In an Egyptian family the parents
choose name for their baby by lighting
three wax candles; to each of these they
give name, one OF the three belonging
always to some dignifed parsonage. The
candle that burns the longest determines
the name for the baby.
The MOhammedans sometimes write
desirable names on five slips of paper.
and these they place in the Koran. The
name upon the slip first drawn out is
given to the child.
The children of the Amos, people
living in northern Japan, do not receive
their names until they are FIVE years old
1t is the father who then chooses the
name by which the child is afterward
called.
The Chinese give their boy babies a
name in addition to their surnames, and
they must call themselves by these names
until they are twenty years old. At that
age the father gives his SOP new name.
The Chinese care so little for their girl
babies that they do not give them baby
name. but just call them No. 1, No 2,
No. 3, according to their birth.
Boys are thought so much more of in
China than girls that if you ask Chi
nese father who has both boy and girl
how many children he has, he will always
reply: "Only one child"
German parents sometimes change the
name of their baby if he is i'll. and the
Japanese are sure to change the name of
a child four times.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
True Cure for Obesity.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
While general exercise is valuable, it
is not alone sufficient to aid those who
are too stout, particularly those annoyed
by embonpoint, but specific motions are
necessary. Here is a simple exercise
which works wonders. 1t must be per-
formed with the corsets and long skirts
off: Assume a perfoce upright position
that is, put the heels together, the arms
by the side and the head high, and the
spine curved to throw the chest out and
the hips back. Then touch the floor in
front Of the feet with the finger tipps
without bending the knees. Rise to the
standing position, and repeat fifteen
times. If there is much fatigue, raise
the arms over the head before descend
ing, to soothe and stimulate the nerves
of the back. This simple exercise has
been know to reduce the weight twenty
pounds in three months. the greatest
effect being over the abdomen
At first there will be difficulty in
reaching the floor without bending the
knees. but this can be overcome by per-
silent effort, which adds interest to what
might seem monotonous and meaning
less. Drop the arms. and by a series OF
up and down motions, like pumping, the
tense muscles of back and thigh will re-
lent, and the hands get nearer to the
floor. At the end of a week the difficulty
should be overcome and suppleness
gained.
When it come to diet for obesity, the
rules are so much like those for dys-
pepsia and govt that invalidism is sug
gested. Primarily the ban goes out
against that wicked trio of sweets, fats,
and starches All are tabooed, and that
means a diet SO monotonously simple
that many one lapses into her former
state of indulgence from WEAKNESS and
Impotence.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26

Don't allow the children to drink copi-
Gus draughts of water, swallowed all at
once-and don't allow yourself to do it.
Insist on their slipping, rather than drink
ing the fluid. Slipping is a stimulant to
the circulation. 1t allays thirst much
more efectually than to pour down the
throat large quantity of any liquid at
one time.
Children are especially alive to their
surroundings, and by stories in connec-
ton with pictures or the objects them
selves will gain an astonishing familiar
ity with plant and animal life. l find they
delight in birds, bugs and insects; trees,
plants. shells and pebbles. as also in
characters from the Bible, Pilgrims
Progress, and Mythology, also from the
history of America.
Books may be found for those of Us
who are not sufficiently familiar with such
things to present them suitably. but
who would be glad to read them with and
LOT our children.
l have been delighted with such ones
as Vincent's Animal World and The
Plant World. Bayliss' in Brook and
Bayou. Boards Curious Homes and
Their Tenants. Hardys The Hall OF
Shells, Baskets The Story of the Birds,
Parker's Uncle Roberts Geography,
Irooger's Nature-Study Readers. Car
penter's Geographical Reader. Guerber's
Our Thirteen Colonies. Eggleston's
Stories of Great Americans for Little
Americans. Mrs. Kelly's Stories OF Our
Shy Neighbors, Eldridge Brooks The
Century Book for Young Americans.
Edward Brooks Stories of the Iliad and
Story Of the Odyssey.
For Bible stories I find the Book it.
self all that is necessary to tell or read
FROM but there are many helpful ones.
such as the Atemus books. the Child's
Story Of the Bible. and the ChiId's Story
Of Christ, and Baldwin's Old Stories OF
the East.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Childrell's Department.
(EDrrED BY AUNT cLApAl
Dog and Tortoise.
wit modification.

An English writer says: Zone of the
leading characteristics of the dog is the
persistence with which he will pursue
some fixed idea," and the writer supports
his view of the matter by the following
story:
Last summer friend presented us with
a tortoise. l don't know whether our
dog had heard OF turtle soup, or whether
he regarded the creature as new kind
of bone that walked about; at any rate,
he determined to eat it,
Whenever the tortoise started out on a
constitutional down the garden path.
Gyp arrested it and carried it into his
kennel, where he gnawed at the impene-
trable armor till his jaws ached
The calm and philosophical manner in
which the tortoise resumed its inter
rupted promenade irritated the dog ex-
ceedingly but no failure discouraged
him. Whenever we reminded him Of the
tortoise, he would go in search OF it all
around the garden, peering into every
crevice, till eventually the creature was
found and then fresh attempts were made
to extract the meaty portions from the
shell.-The Youths Companion.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26

or whitewasfI overhead, h Is bstter to hire
man who MAKES thps his daily work.
The great secret Of good floor washing is
never to do the whole room with the
same water; change # two or three times
in small room, and more times in a
large room. After washing, wipe with a
flannel, wringing it Frequently. In wash
ing woodwork, do not slop water enough
about to run midi, for it can be done
just as we'll without making any slop.
Do not use soap it. che paint is good;
with rain water, soft rag, and brush,
you will find all dir,t comes off, leaving
the paint looking like new. In washing
hardwood finish use tepid water without
soap, and wipe dry very quickly, rubbing
hard to give a nice polish Glass should
be washed, wiped nearly dry. and finished
with tissue paper. always save the
tissue paper for that purpose.) In wash
ing the floor, do not forget the closets.
If moths are in them, use gasoline on
the floor, also sprinkle the room floor
with gasoline. remembering there must
be no fire. When floor is dry, blow
cayenne pepper in crack and crevice,
using small bellows for the purpose.
Now we are ready to go to the next
room the same way. Then return to
number one and put the carpet down. A
carpet wears better if put down we'll.
Moth-proof carpet lining is best; but
several thickness of newspaper come next
as carpet preserver. The printers ink
is an excellent moth preventive, and the
newspapers keep the carpet from rubbing
on the boards. When the carpet is nicely
down and swept, the room is ready for its
customary furniture, unless the more
thorough renovation of kalsomining and
painting is to follow the cleaning. Be-
fore replacing, every article should be
thoroughly cleaned, every button and tuft
OF the upholstered goods receiving its
brush Sofas and chairs should be turned
down and WHIPPED then carefully brushed,
and all dust wiped off with clean cloth.
Clean the pictures and hang them back.
If photo or engraving, and dust under
the glass by washing in weak ammonia
water and wiping dry. If ever troubled
with bed bugs, go over every part with
gasoline Clean all the other rooms the
same way, leaving the hall until the last.
Wash the oil-cloth with water in which
some borax is Dissolved, and wipe with
cloth wrung out Of sweet milk Follow
the above directions for the rooms down
stairs. Do not have more than two rooms
torn up at once. Clean out all moths
as you 60. for they will soon ruin car
pets. chairs. sofas, ETC., if not killed. Ink
stains can be taken out with oxalic acid
Wash in cold water, then in a solution of
chloride of lime, then in water again; if
white goods, warm them up in sailed
milk, let them lie some time, and then
wash in water
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Mother to Child.

How best can 1 serve thee? o child, il
they knew
How my heart aches with loving! How
deep and hew ture,
How brave and enduring, how patient,
how strong,
How longing for good and how fearful
of wrong,
Is the love of thy mother!
Is there no way my life can save thine
from pain?
Is the love of mother no possible gain?
No labor OF Hercules-search for the
No way for this wonderful love to avail?
God in Heaven-O teach me!
My prayer has been answered. The pain
thou must bear
Is the pain of the Worlds life which thy
life must share.
Thou art one with the world-though I
love thee the BEST
And to save thee from pain I must save
all the rest
Well-with Gods help I'll do it!
Thou art one with the rest l must love
thee in them.
Thou wilt sin with the rest; and thy
mother must stem
The worlds sin. Thou wilt weep; and
thy mother must dry
The tears of the world lest her darling
should cry.
l will do it-God helping!
And l stand not alone. l will gather a
band
OF all loving mothers from land unto
land.
Our children are part of the world! do ye
They are one with the world-we must
hold them all dear
Love all for the child's sake!
For the sake OF my child I must hasten
to save
All the children on earth from the Jail
and the grave.
For so. and so only, tighten the share
OF the pain of the world that my darling
must bear So
Even so, and SO only! -
Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
House Cleaning.

If there is hall. move all the furniture
into it from the rooms. and put the bed
out to sun. (Never clean house except
in sunny weather)
Take down all pictures, ornament. etc,
clean them and put them away in the
closets. Clothes. carpeting and trump
cry slowed away, must be thoroughly
busted and aired in sunshine and wind.
Take up carpet. fold it up by lifting one
side, carrying it over to the other, and
laying it down carefully thus preventing
straw and dust getting on the upper side.
Garry it out and lay it on the grass or
hang it on a clothes line and beat it on
the wrong side with canes-taking care
that the canes have no sharp points. Then
spread the carpet out and sweep we'll on
the right side There is more art in
sweeping carpet than novice is apt
to suppose. An old broom should never
be used. and new one should be kept
especially for the carpets. With Brussels
and velvet carpeting there are two ways
to the pile, just as in the velvet, and they
should always be swept with the pile. If
a carpet is swept against he grain, it
soon looks rough and scratched up
Wash out all grease spots with little
gasoline. Take one or two pals of saw
dust, wet thoroughly and scatter we'll
over the floor; very little dust will
arise when you sweep it off, and it will
not be necessary to clean the floor before
washing woodwork and windows If you
cannot get sawdust, use moist sand.
Wash and polish the windows. Wash
floor with hot soap-suds, and rinse with
hot water with strong mixture of
cayenne pepper in it. to drive out mice,
rats, and other vermin. Now take some
clean old calico and put around new
broom and rub down every part Of the
paper: if it gets dirty, get clean one.
and wash that ready for the next ROOM
If we'll rubbed, will make the paper look
clean and bright. If new paper is needed
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Sweet Peas.

Sweet peas will grow anywhere, but will
give best results on clay soil. A good
method is to select your bed the previous
fall, enrich with thoroughly rotten man.
ure and spade deeply; this will leave the
ground in nice shape for early spring
planting. Do not spade ground in
spring, as a stiff, firm soil is best Never
use fresh manure. Early in spring, the
earlier the better, SOW your seed in dou-
bic rows about ten inches apart. Hollow
out drills, so they will be about two or
three inches deep in stiff clay, or four or
FIVE inches deep in light, loose soil, firm
soil in the trench with the foot; this is
important; on this sow your seed twice
as thick as you want them to stand in
row to be sure of full stand; cover seed
about two inches deep and firm soil. Do
not hill up, ~ it is better to have slight
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Dreamed Mackerel.

Soak one mackerel over night in cold
water. In the morning cover with boil
ing water and simmer for ten minutes;
then free it from skin and bones and
shred fine. Melt tablespoon OF butter
in saucepan; stir in crowded table
spoon of -four. and when perfectly
blended add gradually two cupfuls of hot
milk When thickened add the mackerel,
one well-beaten egg, two hard boiled
eggs, chopped fine, one salt spoon Of
paprika and one teaspoon OF Worcester
shire sauce. Mix thoroughly and quickly,
and serve at once on slices of hot but
tered toast.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
The Wood Witch.
CA Buried Proyerb.)

lie WOOu WHICH,.
CA Buried Proverb)
One word of the proverb is to be
found in every two lines OF the poem.
Carol the birds in every tree,
Right joyous is their lay;
AS through the wood comes ambling by
A steed of silver grey.
A maiden holds the silken rein,
A beauteous maiden she!
With kirtle green. and veil of sheen,
And feather floating free.
The shepherd lad forsakes his flock
To follow in her train:
Together went they through the wood.
But neer came he again!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
COnundrumS.

l. What part Of speech are shop
keepers most anxious to dispose
of?
e. Why are weary persons like carri-
age wheels?
3. Why is the death OF Socrates like
garnet?
d. What part Of locomotive requires
the most attention!
S. What wig cannot barber make?
g. In what respects were the govern
ments Of Acquires and Malta as
different as light is to darkness?
?. Why is an amiable and charming girl
like one letter in deep thought,
another on its way towards you,
another bearing a torch. and an
other singing psalms?
8. Why is school mistress like the
letter c?
g. An old woman in a red cloak was
crossing a field in which goat
was feeding; what strange trans
formation suddenly took place?
III. WHY III SdSC vi d lCfOIutlOII.
the people be the greatest losers?
II. Why need school master. whose
scholars are leaving him, never
fear losing them all?
II. Why may person playing at blind
mans bluff be considered to pos
sess benevolent sympathes?
Answers to Conundrums in The Repre-
sentative of April 10TH
I. Because having eyes they see not,
and ears they hear not.
2. Because he is no better.
3. At the altar
q. Sense.
S. To keep check upon his stomach.
6. Because he ought to be transported,
7. Because they are insects.
8. Because he is always for getting.
9. When he reflects.
10. When it is a skylight.
II. Learning to 60 alone.
II. Mercury.
Is. Because it is the end OF life.
Ia. Because it has cork in it.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26

side Of their body resembling fish scales.
They have thus under their body six wax
pockets, and the little scales may be seen
protruding from the same. On the bot
tom boards of hives during such times,
may be found large numbers of those
scales.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Ham Toast.

Use slices of toasted bread, removing
the crusts, two eggs, two teasponfuls Of
butter and cold ham or tongue. Put into
a stew-pan, the eggs well beaten with the
butter, stew for short time. then spread
this over the toast and place enough
Geld meat, either sliced thin or chopped
fine, to cover the eggs. Serve very hot
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
rom the Farmers Journal.

From the Farmers Journal.
Wax is not gathered from flowers or
from any other source by bees, but is
natural secretion of their own, and is
only produced by them during heavy
honey flows, or in other words, from
heavy feeding. They seem to produce it
like beast does fat or tallow. 1t is
readily discovered at such times by close
examination in the rings on the under
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26

depression so as to catch most of the
water after rains. Thin plants to two
inches apart before they commence to
vine. Hoe only shallow between plants.
For support use poultry wire or brush.
For long season of bloom. mulch and
water in dry weather, and pluck flowers
freely. as they soon stop blooming if you
let seed form.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Nuts to Crack.
Charade.

Charade.
We are useful little things.
You couldn't do without us:
But an if someone brings.
You then care naught about us.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26
Without Ceremony.

More or less ceremony usually accom-
panies the laying of corner stone, but
the Chicago Tribune records an instance
where one was laid quite simply.
Two men were talking of the fortune of
third. Eyes" said one, ''he made his
first lucky strike in eggs. He bought
ten thousand dozen at low figure, put
them in cold storage, and sold them at
profit of more than two hundred per cent.
That was the corner stone of his enor-
nous fortune"
'Ah." said the other, "then the hens
laid it'-The Youths Companion.
A little girl from town was staying
with some country cousins who live on a
farm. At breakfast one morning she
saw on the table dish of honey, and re-
garded this as an opportunity to show
her country cousins that she knew some
thing of country life after ALL Looking
at the dish of honey, she said carelessly:
"Ah, see YOU keep a bee"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-26

to hsvs oaess iess soasvhese slse help-
ing brown faced little woman to c0ok
raaecaFoni. that he grew tired and 6sll
suddenly asleep.-The Home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-12
DENIES THE SHORTAGE.
Ex-POstmnster Claims His Accounts
Were All Right.

The answer in the case Of Byrd Mobley
the ex-postmaster of Evergreen, Irwin
county, Georgia, who is charged with be-
ing short in his accounts with the govern
ment, has been fled with the clerk Of the
United States Court. Mr.. f. S. Elliott
is the attorney for Mr.. Mobley and his
bondsmen.
The answer denies that Mobley was
guilty of any misconduct in connection
with his conduct of the pos toflice, that
he msmanaged the office or that he fail
ed 10 make quarterly reports to the de-
par,ment as required. 1t is specifically
denied that he had in his possession $137 81,
or any other amount, belonging to the
government, when called upon by his sue
cess0r, Theodore r. Conin, to turn over
the office. Ii is further denied that Mob
ley had stamps, blanks and other supplies
belongmge TO the government Of the
amount named in his possession.
Mooley's boudsmen are Daniel Newbum
administrator Of Matthew russell, and
Robert Zee Russell