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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14

4 COMMON HOTBED.

heating it and upon the skill of the
operator. Hotbeds are sometimes start
ed as early as January or they may
be delayed until in March.
There are various methods of con-
struction, from the excavation or pit.
two or more feet in depth, walled up
with brick or planks, to the simple box
set above ground and tilted on one
side for the slant to the sash
Where hotbed frames are set on top
of pile of fermenting manure the ma
nure should extend beyond the edges
of the frame. otherwise the frame may
become too cold about the outside and
the plants suffer. 1t is generally pref
cradle to have pit beneath the frame,
in which the manure is placed
Baily advises to first put in layer
Of an inch or two of any coarse ma
terial and upon this from twelve to
thirty inches of manure. The earlier
the bed is made the larger should be
the amount of manure. Hotbeds in
tended to hold for two months should
have about two feet of manure as q
rule. The manure should be put into
the pit in layers four to eight inches
thick, each layer being thoroughly trod-
den down before another is put in
Manure that has just the right amount
of straw in it will give a springy feel
to the feet as a person walks over it,
but it will not fluff up when the pres
sure is removed. Above the manure
NAV he a thin LAYER of loaf mold or
some porous material that will serve
to distribute the heat, and above this
are four or five inches of soft garden
loan, in which the plants are to be
grown
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
The Tip of the AIIigatOr's Tail.

A great delicacy in Florida. accord
ing to the Cleveland Leader, is the tip
of an alligator's tail. 1t tastes like
frogs legs, though bit more gamy.
Alligator tails are best just after the
ricebird season. The big alligators
float in the water with only their eyes
showing. When they see a flock of
these fat, juicy little birds they dive
to the bottom Their long, wide snOut
scoops up some of the loan, and they
float to the surface again with just the
rich soil showing The birds think it
is an island They alight upon it.
When the whole family is there the big
reptile turns suddenly. Just as the
birds scramble off he opens his mouth
once. They are gone The birds are neat
little feeders, and the alligator is an
epicure at this time of the year. The
ricebird diet makes the tip of his tail,
of which he is most vain, tender and
sweet.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
COLD FRAME LETTUCE.
Sow Now For Succession and Trans
plant In March.

Sow Now For Succession and Trans
plant In March.
Sow lettuce seed now and for Sue
cession about every two weeks. Excel
lent varieties are: Market Gardeners,
Private Stock, immensely and Trianon
Cos. Trianon Cos is usually sOwn
about the 1st of April and from that
date on till August is continued with all
the varieties at intervals of seven to
ten days. From that time lettuce is in
clined to "bolt'' or run to seed.
These are three good lettuce for all
purposes. They stand the summer we'll
and make exceedingly fine heads.
Trianon Cos when properly grown is
one of the best favored in cultivation,
and immensely is one of the largest.
AS soon as they are ready pot OF
into two inch pots, and as soon as they
have filled these we'll with roots trans
fer to cold frames, which will be about
the first week i'll March.
Provided the frames have been fd}e
all winter take off about two inches of
the old soil. and then throw it up well
with a fork or spade and give it a good
sprinklng of air Stacked lime to sweet
en- the soil. If the days are mild take the
sash off. putting them on again at night
The ground should be kept constantly
stirred to mellow the soil and keep
down weeds, giving copious supplies Of
water when needed. but when heading
keep the water from the heart.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
Royal Roads.

People will discover at last that roy
al roads to anything can no more be
laid in iron than they can in dust; that
there are. in fact, no royal roads to
anywhere worth going to; that if there
were it would that instant cease to be
worth going to- mean so far as the
things to be obtained are in any way
estimable in terms of price, for there
are two classes of precious things in
the world-those that God gives us for
nothing-sun. air and life. both mortal
life and immortal, and the secondarily
precious things which he gives us for
price. These secondarily precious
things, worldly wine and milk, can
only be bought for definite money.
They never can be cheapened. No
cheating nor bargaining will ever get
single thing out of natures establish
ment at half price. Do we want to be
strong? We must work. To be hun
CRY? We must starve. To be happy?
We must be kind To be wise? We
must look and think.-RuSkin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14

feet square made of ten inch boards,
which is covered with tin or galvaniZ-
ed iron.
Above this cover, around the edges
of the lamp box, one inch strips are
nailed Two one inch holes are bored
through these strips on each side of the
box for the purpose Of ventilation. A
floor of matched boards is laid on the
strips. \ hole eight inches in diameter
is cut in the center of this floor. and
ever it is reversed an old tin pan ten
iAches in diameter, the sides of the
pan being punched full of holes to
allow free circulation of heat. Over
this is placed table two feet six
inches square, with legs four and a
half inches high.
Around the sides of this table is
tackled a curtain of felt cut from top
to bottom at intervals of five or six
inches to allow the chicks to pass in
and out at will, the whole being sur
rounded by boards four inches high
and three feet long nailed together at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
The New Flax Industry,

An industry new at least to Mime
sofa has been introduced during quite
recent years. 1t relates to the manu-
facture of flax straw into binding
twine Professor Shaw atfirms in
Orange Judd Farmer that one of the
finest features of the new industry
is that it will tend very much to lessen
waste on many farms of the west. No
where probably in all the United States
has the sin of waste prevailed to such
an extent as in the western and north
western states. Flax straw was al
most complete waste. The greater
the number of acres devoted to the
growth of fax the greater was the
waste.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
A Famous Dwarf.

Godfrey Hudson. the famous dwarf
of Charles L. was introduced at court
during the festivities attending the
coronation. BY an odd conceit he was
concealed in cold pie. the crust of
which being removed disclosed the
dwarf fully dressed and making his
bow to the king and queen. At the
age of twenty he was eighteen inches
high. but before attaining the age OF
thirty he grew several inches addi-
tional Geod'rey. like most dwarfs, was
of limited intelligence but of intense
vanity and large SELF conceit. 1t is as
serted By many scientific authorities
that this is il characteristic OF dwarfs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
Electricity.

The electrical properties of amber
were known to the Greeks before the
Christian era Electricity takes it's
name from the Greek word for amber
Gilbert in 1900 was the first to employ
the terms electric force" and electric
attractions" In 174S Franklins cleo
trical researches had progressed so far
that he killed turkey by the electric
spark and roasted it by an electric
jack before a fire kindled by the cleo
trio bottle, and in 1852 by means of the
kite experiment he demonstrated the
identity of electricity and lightning.
The first magneto-eiectric machine was
made at Paris by PiXii in 1882; the
first telegraph line in the United
States was set up between Washington
and Baltimore in 1914; the first sub
marine cable was laid between Eng
land and France in 1850. AS early as
1902 Sir Humphry Davy produced an
electric light with carbon points on al
most the same principle as that now
employed. The first electric railway
on the continent of Europe was built
by Siemens at Berlin in 1881, the first
in England was constructed in 1882.
and in America the first electric line
was built in 1885.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
MANS BUSINESS FRONT.

Earmarks of Prosperity and Their
influence In Trade.
A man to succeed must have the APP
pearance of being highly successful,
even if he has not as yet reached that
desirable goal. A man who carries the
earmarks of a lack of money handicaps
himself in every trial that he makes to
enlist capital. to secure patronage in
trade or to sell any article.
The moment the poorly dressed or
slouching, untidy person comes into a
place of business the merchant sizes
him up
For the last six months have taken
my lunch at Il place much frequented
by farmers and their families, ana |
have been amused and saddened by the
way they look and act. They will come
potatoes today"
what do you want for them"
II don't know! What are you pay
ing:"
The buyer reels off a string of ''stock
in trade" about great plenty in the
market, foreign potatoes coming in big
crop in Potato hollow" etc. and finally
buys them at his own price. l have
seen this and heard this a hundred
times in four months. But let clean
shaven. alert man come in with his
"busnesS 'front.' with him. and he gets
the top offer at once. He knows wheth-
err it is enough too. If there is a little
scarcity he gets raise out of the buy
er by fixing his own price,. E. Chap
man in Country Gentleman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
Drainage of Irrigated Lands.

While the necessity for the drainage
of irrigated lands will doubtless be less
obvious when wafer is more econom-
ically used and supply canals are i'm
proved in such a way as to diminish
leakage, a considerable loss of water
from both causes will always be un-
avoidable, SO that drainage will al
ways be an essential part of the i'm
provement of irrigated land in some
localities
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
The Thenter of Dionysus.

What was probably one of the earli-
est theaters built was the theater OF hi
onysuS, which was begun five centuries
before Christ. The seating capacity OF
this remarkable building is said to have
been 10000 The theater of Diouysus
was erected when Greek art and li;erl-
ture We're in their prime Here We're
presented to appreciative spectators
the wonderful works of Aeschyius
Sophocles and Euripides.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
Balancing Stable Manure.

Stable manure is low grade fer
tilizer, having a total of only twenty
five pounds of plant food in ton, di-
vided as follows: Nitrogen, ten pounds;
potash, ten pounds; phosphoric acid,
five pounds. Stable manure has an
excess of nitrogen; therefore in order
that it may act to the best possible adj
vantage it should be balanced before it
is applied to the soil by the addition of
a proper quantity of potash and phos-
phoric acid.-Bryan Tyson
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
Hampshires and the Bacon Type.

At the last international l was much
amused at the discussion in various
quarters as to whether the Hampshire
swine are of the bacon or lard type
The individual who calls Hampshire
swine bacon animals has not yet learn
ed the A B C of what the term bacon
means, remarks Professor T. w. Shaw
in American Agriculturist.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
ENCOURAGING Him.

Mr.. Faintart-Miss Brightly, law
that is-AIabel I-er-desire to-aw-
really Miss Brightly-Keep right on,
al and have my answer ready by the
time you have got it out Of your sys-
Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
The Burglars GRASP.

did it ever strike you that bur
glar of all men is most sensitive to the
fitness Of things?"
Cant say it ever did How do You
make it OUT"
He always throws light on his shady
transactions with dark lantern."-
Baltimore American.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
Perfume of FIowers.

1t is claimed that the perfume of
flowers disappears as soon as the
starch in the petals is exhausted, and
it may, it is said, be restored by plac-
ing the flowers in a solution of sugar.
when the formation of starch and the
resumed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
The Draft Horse.

The draft horse is the horse for the
farmer There is less risk in raising it.
and then you have something when it
is grown = something that will work
and do lot of it and something that
will sell, says farmer
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14

RAISING CHICKS.
How to Make a BroOder Out of an
Old Packing Case.

Those who prefer the artificial meth
cd of raising chicks can make brood
er out OF an old packing case which
will accommodate fifty chicks at cost
of about a dollar Such a brooder has
given excellent results at one of the
experiment stations when used in q
shed or colony house. Details of con
struction of a brooder of this kind are
shown in the Illustrations. The lower
section of the brooder, which contains
the lamp for heating, is box three
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14

SECTION THROUGH MIDDLE OF BROODER.
the brooder When the chicks are ten
days old one of these boards may be
taken away and a bridge used so that
the chicks may run from the hover to
the floor of the room.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
On the Alert.

Ohio farmers, according to an ex
change. are demanding fairness and
will see that all the legislation in Ohio
is not exclusively for two or three large
cities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
HOT BEDS.

Their Season Is Now On General
Methods of Construction.
The date at which the hotbed may
be started with safety depends almost
entirely on the means at command for
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14
A Guaranteed Cure for piles.

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, Protruding Piles
Druggists are authorized to refund money
if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in to IA
days. SOC. 22-52t
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01
ISLESBORO.

The installation of the officers of Court
lslesboro, No 34377, Independent Order of
Foresters, took place at their hall on Satur-
day evening, Jan. 9th. Some 200 printed
invitations had been sent out and accepted.
Their hall is used conformity with the
Eastern Star, and is large, prettily treseoed
and beautifully furnished. The five chairs
for the officers are large and elegantly up
holstered in plush. The piano, treasurer
desk and other furniture correspond well
with other furnishings. The kitchen and
large dining hall are on the same floor AL
though more than 20o persons were present
at the exercises, the hall is so cOmmOdiOuS
that there was abundant room. ID. A.
Warren, Local Deputy Supreme Chief
Ranger, was introduced and installed
Calvin E. Kimball Court Deputy High
Chief Ranger, and then he proceeded with
the installation of the following officers
Beadle; L. w. Smith, ST.. Woodward; L. E.
Smith, Jr. Woodward; W. f. Head, Organ
list; w. F. Keller, Orator; D. A. Warren,
Financial Sec d. NJ. Pendleton, Treasurer ];
Harold d. Pendleton, Recording Sec. !;
Alton S. Hatch, Vice Chief Ranger !;
b. n Pendleton, High Chief Ranger !;
n. L. Pendleton, marshal. After the III
stallation exercises, Bowdoin n Pendleton,
teacher of History and English in the High
school, presided, and introduced quite "a
number of speakers with very appropriate
remarks in each case. Among those who
responded were G. a. Warren, J. p. Bragg.
Rev. Geo. f. Tufts, J. A. Pendeton, Lo-
ranus n. Pendeton, Mrs. Inez Pendleton,
Ii. {. Bryant, A. b. of Colby College, Prin-
cipal of the High school, and a few others.
Selections of appropriate music interspers-
ed the exercises. After the speeches the
dining hall was visited. A bounteous
supper was spread and finely served, con-
slsting of an oyster stew, salads, baked
beans, boiled ham and other meats, pies
and cakes in every possible variety, tea and
coffee, etc. After more than POO people had
been fed many bask etfuls OF whole and
broken pieces remained. The occasion,
like the recent Masonic installation in the
hall few rods distant, was one of social
enjoyment. Mrs. Eliza Hatch, formerly
of this town, now of BrocktOn, Mass. is
here packing her furniture, having sold her
house and land to Asa E. Scoville, who is
putting repairs upon the house preparatory
to moving into it,. Recent reports indi-
cate that two new cottages will be built at
Dark Harbor the coming spring.
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01
FSTS PATIENCE.
The Most Patient Belfast Citizen Must
Show Annoyance at Times.

Nothing spells good disposition,
Nothing taxes mans patience,
Like any itchiness of the skin.
Itching Piles almost drive you crazy.
All day it makes you miserable,
All night it keeps you awake.
Itch, Itch. Itch. with nofeiief.
Just the same with Eczema.
Can hardly keep from scratching 1t.
Won wouId do so but you know it makes it
worse.
Such miseries are daily decreasing.
People are learning they can be cured.
Learning the merit of Doan's Ointment.
Plenty of proof that Doan's Ointment will cure
Piles, Eczema or any itchness OF the skin.
Read the testimony of a Belfast citizen.
F.. S. Connell. painter. of 81 Miller St, Belfast,
Me-. saws: II honestly think Doan's Ointment
will cure any case of itching hemorrhoids. 1 suf.
fered for fifteen wears from this trouble and used
about every RENE dy there is but nothing helped
me, In warm weather or if l got over heated the
itching became intense and could get no rest
night or day. 1 heard of DOan's Ointment and
sent for a supply Obtaining great relief from
this went to the City Drug Store and got some
more. In short time was cured. This prepa-
ration is up to the claims made for 1t. and Is the
only remedy ever used that can say this for"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. V, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an take no
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01
At special meeting Of the trustees Of
the Belfast Savings Bank Thursday even

At . special meeting of the trustees Of
the Belfast Savings Bank Thursday even
ing, Jan. 18th, r. F. Dunton, Esq, was
elected President to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. Edward johnson, and
B. D. Field was elected trustee. A COM
mittee, of which Arthur 1. Brown of Au-
gusta is chairman, was appointed to prepare
resolutions on the death of Mr.. johnson.
Mr.. Dunton has long been counsel for the
Savings Bank, succeeded L. A. Knowlton
as President of the Peoples National Bank
and is a director of the City National Bank
of this city. His election as President of
the Savings Bank meets with general APP
prevail.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The Dunn & Elliot
Co. of Thomaston have bought the schoot-
er Abbie Bowler of 1872 tons net, built at
Phippsburg in $780, She will be brought
from Philadelphia to Thomaston and will
engage in the lime and coal trade. . The
keel has been stretched for the large auxil-
larry schooner to be built at the yard of
Cobb, Butler & Co., Rockland. Sch. An
ma finished discharging coal at Bucksport
last week and sailed Sunday for Stockton,
where she is loading lumber for New York,
the first shipment of that kind we believe
from the new railroad terminal. The Ar
mour Fertilizer Co.'S plant at Baltimore is
seeking tonnage to transport $4,000 barrels
of fertilizer to Stockton. Ship brokers are
making arrangements to place the vessels
to carry this great order, and it promises
business for the sailing fleet. Sch. Briga-
der was launched from Gilchrest's marine
railway Saturday having completed re-
pairs, and went up the harbor to Shales
wharf The same tide sch. Willis Il Guy
was taken on to have her centreboard box
taken out and a false keel put on....Sch.
Sarah L. Davis, Frankfort for Hurricane
Island with stone, made harbor here
Tuesday....C. L. Bicknell and Capt. w. G.
Butman of Rockand, who bought the brig
antine Atalanta, which went ashore at Seal
Island. have decided not to try to get the
vessel off as it would cost several thousand
dollars to repair her and rig her over as a
three masted schooner. They will take out
the masts and sails and strip the Atalanta
of copper and other material that can be
used. The cargo of laths has been saved
practically intact.
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01

have met at Mrs. MurchS thursday AFTER
noon, January 25th, but owing to the sick
ness of Mr. Murch it met with Mrs. lneZ
Bellows.
TROY.
Masters Roy and Clayton Morse visited
old neighbors at the Centre last Saturday
and Sunday. Their present home is in De
troit Miss Annie Cook is spending few
days with relatives in Newport. 49,. Miss
Katie Whitehouse of Newport is boarding at
Lorenzo Galcelon's this winter. Mrs. Cor
della Braley at the age of 81 is doing the
house work for Il. w. Cook. She can run
up stairs and down as spry as girl, Where
can you find her equal PA. [. Myrick,
Jr, of Auburn visited his father last week.
80, The happy "caw. cav - of the crows
floats through the open window While L
write. Was such music ever heard before
at this season of the year p. Mrs. Cynthia
Sanderson, whose illness was mentioned in
her son in Pittstield Monday night, Jan.
22d. The funeral services were held
Wednesday at the Cook schoolhOuse near
her home in Troy, attended by Rev. l.. w.
Coons of Pittstield, and the interment was
in Fairview cemetery. The deceased was ID
neighbor and friend of the writer. She had
never known good health and had often
expressed wish to be released from earths
sufferngs. Her son, Louville Sanderson--
the only living member of her family, with
his wife, and Fred and Eta Bagley of De-
troit, were present at the funeral services.
-. Troy friends were grieved to hear of
the death of Miss Annie Murray, which
occurred Jan. 21st, in Las Vegas, New
Mexico, where she was spending the Win
ter for her health. She was Il lady of rare
worth, the influence OF whose beautiful
life and character cannot die. She leaves an
invalid, widowed and now childess mother,
the last of her own and also of her fathers
family. Deepest sympathy is felt for her
whose strength of soul has supported her
through many SORROWS. The remains were
brought to Burnham and services held there
Monday, Jan. Goth, at her home, where less
than a year ago her father, the late y. +.
Murray, passed to the home beyond.