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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

Prof Hollor, the piano tuner, and
Prof. Holcomb, the piano seller,
were looking up business here last
week.
Your choice of lot of story books
free, with every dollars worth of
goods bought from now until Jan.
LIST, at H. Schleuder's.
Geo. WEIGH has been lathing in
the big new church, and in spite of
blindness, manages to do good work,
thanks to his delicate sense of touch.
Wednesday and Thursday of last
week developed storm of sleet and
ice and converted the face of
mother earth into a skating rink.
Snow came in the evening and put
a quietus on skating. the weather
changing to decidedly wintry tenn
perature Thursday morning.
Bus driver Everson had a close
call on making his train one day last
week on account of a broken axle
putting his bus out of commission
None of the passengers were hurt,
and "Slim" did the hurry act in
going back for another bus and get
ting the west-bound train just be-
fore it pulled out Of North Redwood.
The vestry of the church of the
Holy Communion are putting in a
heating plant, under the supervision
of c. Fred. Thompson. A part of
the cost will be betrayed by a legacy
from the St. Agnes guild, which
donated the balance in their treas
ury, amounting to over $500, for the
express purpose of replacing the
stoves in the church with a base
ment heating plant.
Sam Haugdahl of New Sweden,
Nicollet county. the champion but
termaker Of the world, passed thru
Redwood Falls on Monday afternoon
of last week, en- route from his farm
in Vesta. Mr.. Haugdahl viewed
with alarm the rapid encroachment
of the central creamery stations on
the cooperative creameries of this
section, and he remarked that he
was deeply surprised and disap-
pointed over the farmers giving up
their cooperative business for the
central stations. Too soon will these
farmers learn, remarked Mr.. Haug-
dahl, that they have made a griev-
Gus error. When the cooperative
creameries are closed then down will
go prices at the central stations.
Farmers with old heads, with good
heads, are being caught in the trap"
was his closing remark.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

of attempting to get together"
Mrs. Kempton has commenced the
suit, and makes the damage wanted
at the amount stated above. Somer-
vile & Hauser are her attorneys,
Senator Clague is to appear for the
defense. 1t is likely that Attorney
Howard of this city will assist Mr..
Hauser in conducting the prosecu-
ton, providing Mr.. Somerville is
unable to return to his practice.
The case will be a warning to mu-
inequalities having defective plank
walks and also a suggestion as to
whether the cement walks are not
the best and the cheapest, after all.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

Don't forget the sale at the Pres
byterian church, Dec. 18th.
High-grade Hereford bull and
mammoth bronze gobbler for sale
by E. S. Stuntz. 16-3t.
Call and see the new assortment of
toys and Christmas goods, at Lusch-
er's drug store. 1872
Harry Ward returned from bust
ness trip to Waseca and other points
on the Northwestern, last Wednes-
day night.
Joe Werner attended convention
of the Minnesota Central Telephone
company managers at Minneapolis
last week.
Lost "A gold watch with C. K.
engraved on back. Finder will re-
turn same to this office and receive
liberal reward.
Oscar Creep returned to his duties
at Phi]brick's last Friday, after a
trip to Olivia, where he attended
the wedding of his sister.
J. B. Jorgensen and wife, parents
of Mrs. C. J. Hartman. returned to
their home at Hutchinson the first
of last week, after Thanksgiving
visit here.
Manager Werner had all sorts of
trouble last Thursday morning on
account of the sleet storm breaking
down or disconnecting the lines. At
one time only one long distance wire
was running.
We think The GAZETTE young
ster's, Glen and Give, deserve some
credit for the appearance of the ads
in this edition. All were put to-
gether in hurry, but Glenn learned
some new wrinkles in St. Paul job
office last year, while Give took a
course in a hustling North Dakota
print shop last summer. Both are
students of ad writing and designing
and are at the service of Gazette ad-
vertisers at any time.
Mrs. Lora E. Kempton has brought
suit against Morgan village for 81,
46O as result of personal injuries
received on Dec. 4th, 1905, and
caused by defective sidewalk. The
walk was a plank one, and when
Mrs. Kempton stepped upon one of
the boards it broke and the accident
resulted in a serious injury to her
foot, ankle and knee of the left
lower limb. Twenty-Five days after
the accident Mrs. Kempton filed a
claim with the village recorder for
81 900, but the council turned down
the bill, and after nearly a year
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

Dot forget THE GAZETTE bargain
daya-Dec. 18th and 10Th.
Fine assortment of toys, dolls,
books, games and rocking horses, at
Luscher's drug store. 1872
My stock Of groceries and store
building for sale at bargain if
taken Immediately.
j. M. DUNNINGTON.
Messrs. DR.. Brand and DIR. Pease
attended a joint meeting of the Blue
Earth, Brown and Redwood county
medical societies at Mankato on
Monday of last week, and the Min
nesota Valley society on Tuesday, of
which the former is secretary.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

A nice story book froe, your choice
with every dollars worth of goods
bought for cash at Schleuder's, from
now until January LIST.
Miss Minnie Hanse, an expert,
seamstress and dressmaker, is pre-
pared to do work of that descrip-
ton. Call at or phone the home of
j. H. Melges. 18-tf.
Mrs. c. Fred. Thompson and Miss
Grace Pease returned on Tuesday of
last week from a visit with the
family of Rev. w. H. Knowlton at
St. James. Mr.. Thompson was with
the Knowltons over Thanksgiving
day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
NIB CITY
SHORT ITEMS GAZETTED.

The first ice boat to skin over
Lake Redwood was put on trial last
week by a syndicate of young men.
Manager Werner went to Morgan
last Thursday noon to repair some of
the damage to phone lines on ac-
count Of sleet.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
IMcrPrENT CONSUMPTION;
How Food Headed ON tho Inxidiou,
Disease.

The happy wife Of a good eld-fash-
toned Mich. farmer says:
I'm the spring Of 1902, / was taken
sick-a general breaking down, as it
were. I was excessively nervous. could
not sleep well at night, my food seemed
to do me no good, and I was so weak /
could scarcely walk across the room.
1.-THE doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confinement
and that he very much feared that con-
sumption would set in. For several
months T took one kind of medicine
after another, but with no good effect
in fact, I seemed to grow worse.
"Then I determined to quit all medi-
cines, give up coffee and see what
Grape-Nuts food would do for me. 1
began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar
artd cream and bread and butter three
times a day.
'The effect was surprising! / began
to gain flesh and strength forthwith,
my nerve quieted down and grew nor
mally steady and sound, sweet sleep
came back to me. In six weeks time
I discharged the hired girl and corn
meneed to do my own Homework fol-
a family OF six. This was two years
ago, and I am doing it still, and enjoy
it," Name given by Postum Co., Battle
| Greek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
| book. sThe Road to Wellville,n In pkgs
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Yielding All.
..our wills are ours to make then, thine

TfefCln0 All.
''Our wills are ours to make them thine"
Laid on Thine altar, O my Lord divine,
Accept this gift to-day, for Jesus sake
l have no jewels to adorn Thy shrine,
Nor any woFld-famed sacrifice to
make;
But here l bring within my trembling
This will of mine-a thing that seemeth
And Chou alone, o Lore, canst under
How when I yield Thee this. yield
mine all.
Hidden therein Thy searching gaze can
see
, Struggles of passion, visions Of delight;
All that I have or am or fam would be,
Deep loves, fond hopes and longings
infinite.
It hath been wet with tears and dimmed
with signs,
Clenched in my grasp till beauty hath
o. from Thy footstool where it van
pushed lies,
The prayer ascendeth-may Thy win be
done.
Take it. o Father, ere my courage fail.
And merge it SO in Thine own will,
that cen
If in some desperate hour my cries pre-
vail.
And thou give pack my gift, it may
have been
So changed, so purified. so fair have
So one with Thee. SO filed with peace
1 may not know OF feel it as mine own,
But gaining back my will may find ii
Thine.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Laws Extremities.

Mr.. Percival FitZiusher wore q
froEn and his autoEcbiling costume
when hailed into the justice court on a
charge of exceeding the speed limit.
Its an outraged" he asserted, We.
hemently and repeatedly, but the only
friendly glace he got was from Mr..
Foot1oose Freddy, who was taking
things easy in a swaybacked chair and
watching the proceedings with inter
est. Mr.. Footloose Freddy was also
under arrest. His case was called
first, and he was fined $40 for vagran-
cy. Then the charge against Mr.. FItzr
Iusher was on, and he, being guilty,
vas also fined $40 and costs.
Its an outrage, a miserable out
rage!" he repeated.
1T is, fer a fact" agreed F%ootloose
Freddy.
Which gratuitious consolation SO
pleased Mr.. Fitzrusher that he paid
the fine of Footloose and walked with
him from the justice court. continuing
his comment upon the outrageousness
Of the proceedings.
There's no such thing as justice II
this community" asserted Mr.. Fitz-
rusher.
ST should say not, pard,"- agreed
Footloose Freddy. why, look. Dey
nabs you for movin' al me fer sittin'
still. Where does a man get of?"-
Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Robin Kills an Adder.

In a vigorous battle between a rob-
In and an adder Il inches long, the
bird killed the snake. The fight took
place in the garden of George S.
Jones, in Leominster, Mass, and was
seen by John A. Hannls and others,
The robin had a nest Of little ones IL
an apple tree e the garden. When
the snake wriggled across the heic
toward the tree the bird swoopeo
down and attacked it. vigorously with
claws and bill, aiming its attacks at
the head Of the adder. which spat and
Kissed, but was soon put out Of the
battle. Not, however, on the first
round, as it gradually canle to after
the robin had left it and began to
move. The bird discovered the motion
and new again at the snake, not 1eav
ing it until it was dead.-Bostor
Globe.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
BOYS TERRIBLE ECZEMA.
Mouth and Eyes Covered With Crusts-
Hands Pinned Down-Mirac-
ulous Cure by Cuticura.

ulOu6 cure ny NutACuTAs
..When my little boy was siz months
old he had eczema. The sores extended
so quickly over the whole body that we at
once called in the doctor. We then went
to another doctor. but he could not help
him, and in our despair we went to .
third one. Matters became SO bad That
he had regular holes in his cheeks, large
enough to put a finger into. The food
had to be given with a spoon, for his
mouth was covered with crusts as thick
as a finger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and suppurate,
as did also his eyes. Hands, arms, chest
and back, in short, the whole body, was
covered over and over. We had no rest
by day or night. Whenever he was laid
in his bed we had to pin his hands down,
otherwise he would scratch his face, and
make an open sore. l think his face must
nave itched most fearfully.
1--WE finally thought nothing could help,
and / had made up my mind to send my
wife with The ctild to Europe, hoping that
the sea air might cure him, otherwise he
was to be put under good medical care
there. But, Lord be blessed, matters came
different, and we soon saw a miracle. A
friend of ours spoke about Cuticura. We
made a trial with Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Resolvert, and within ten days
or two weeks we noticed a decided i'm
| provement. Just as quickly as the sick
ness had appeared it also began 20 disap-
pear, and within ten weeks the child was
absolutely well, and his skin was smooth
and white as never before. F. Hohrath,
President of the c.. L.. Hohrath Company.
| Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons, 4 to 20
Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa. june
5. 1905"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
sBgax or WATERS FREE-No DRUGS
CURES BY ABSORPTION.
Cures Belching of Gas-Bad Breath and
Mad Stolnach-Short BREATH
B-loating-Sou Eructations-
Irregular cart, Etc.


Take a Mull's Wafer any time of the day
or sight, and note the immediate good et-
.&acE on your stomach. It absorbs the gas,
-dEixznfects the stomach, kills the poison
,aexu,s and cures the disease. Catarrh OF
s&se head and THROAT, unwholesome food
Odd overeating make bad stomachs.
&carcely any stomach is entire,y free from
AGxns of some kind. MulPs Anti-Belch
Wafers viii make your stomach healthy
by absorbing foul gases which arise from
sAAs ~nadigested food and by reinforcing
r&Asae lining of the stomach, enabling it to
rdaAeosoughly mix the food with the gastric
yJNkHaces. This cures stomach trouble, pro-
zcotes digestion, sweetens the breath, stops
Ae1.iaing and fermentation. Heart action
becomes strong and regular through this
yysccess. :.
Discard drugs, as you know from expert
4xzase they do not cure stomach trouble.
Xry a common-sense fNature's) method
Aasas does cure. f. soothing, healing sen
cation results instantly.
We know Mulfs Anti-Beich Waters will
'&s this, and we want you to know it.
SPECIAL OFFER.-The regular price OF
1Gnn's Anti-Belch Waters Is Soc. a box, but
fY introduce it to thousands of sufferers
xe will send two (2) boxes upon receipt
@f 15c. and this advertisement, or we will
Sand you a free sample for this coupon.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Difference i'm Creeds.

II ran across two new sects up in
Minnesota, a few days ago." said the
returned traveller. Gin a village OF a
few hundred people / saw two large
churches. I thought there must be
intense piety among the natives,
coupled with a difference of opinion,
and I made some inquiries.
"sYah," said the Swede, tdas wan
we tank Ev she made Adam ate ap-
pie, an das wan we tank Adam dam
rascal all time"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and Scrofula.
II you have blood poison producing
eruptions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands,
bumps and risings, burning, itching skin.
copper-colored spots or rash on the skin,
mucous patches in mouth or throat, fall
ing hair, bone pains. old rheumatism or
foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B.
b. 3D. It kills the poison in the blood;
soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swell
ings subside, aches and pains stop and a
perfect cure is made OF tho worst cases Of
Blood Poison.
For cancers, tumors. s~wellings, eating
sores, ugly ulcers. persistent pimples of ali
kinds, take B. B B. 1t destroys the cam
Ger poison in the blood. heals cancer Of all
kinds. cures the worst humor or sup
purating swellings. Thousands cured by
B. B. B. after all else fails. B. B. B.
composed of pure botanic ingredients. I'm
proves the digestion, makes the blood pure
md rich, stops the awful itching and all
sh harp, shooting pains. Thoroughly tested
for thirty years. Druggists, 81 per bottle,
with complete directions for home cure
Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and free medical ADVICE also sent in sealed
letter.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Catarril Cannot re eurea

Catarril Cannot Re Cured
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is q
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
Halls Catarrh Cure is not a -quack medicine.
It was prescribed by one of the best physi-
clans in this country tor years, and is a reg
ular prescription. 1t is composed OF the
best tonics known, combined with the besa
blood purifiers, acting directly ON the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination OF
the two ingredients Is what produces sue
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
tor testimonials, free.
F. J.. CHENEY d Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Rzad investigating ,niind, al earnest
aeeker after knowledge, and above
s1l, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
Maetic nature.
I'm 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham.
q builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by,
prosperity and happiness. They had
A,ur children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was ommon for mothers to make
Eheir own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many Df them gained a won
1crful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
I'm the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
SIC maintained that just as nature SO
tountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
rCf the field there are remedies ex.
pressly designed to cure the various
-1kAS u Oh the body, and
is was her pleasure to search these out.
aznd prepare simple and effective medi
N@anes for her own family and friends
Chief of these was a rare comb;na
-tSDn of the choicest medicinal root:
.snd herbs found best adapted for tn,
care of the ills and weaknesses pecu
Narto the female sex, and Lydia e. Pink
lsam's friends and neighbors leArne,
that her compound relieved and cure,
ind 1T became quite popular SIMON,
them.
AL this SO far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as
labor of love.
But In 1873 the financial crisis struc
Lynn. It's length and severity were to
nanch for the large real estate Interest
al the Pinkham family, as this elias
Of business suffered most froi
'AeaEfrl depression. SO when the Center
saial year dawned it found their pro
-crty swept away. Some other sourt
al income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound was made know,
10 the world.
Abe three sons and the daurhte
With their mother, combined forces
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Was This In New YORK.

A short time ago Mayor Mcclellan.
when requested by a visitor to make
a certain appointment, put this Der.
tinent inquiry:
rs your friend honest?'
Nav! Naw!" replied the visitor.
THAT doesn't go. He'd steal the
hinges off a safe, but he's a good fell
Ter, a right good Teller. your honor"
Mike" replied the mayor,-New
York Sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18


ThousandS tell Of
cures made by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
John c. Coleman, a
prominent merchant
of Swainsboro, Ga
says: "For several
years my Kidneys
e affected, and
my back b day
and night. was
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

There we're 1900 guests at a mar
rage feast at Sevignac, near Morlaix'
Brittany, and 300 servants waited on
them in an open field.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

FITS permanently cured. No fits e~rnervous-
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, $2trial bottle endtreatisefree
Dr.. R.H KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Christian En-eavor has now $1,000
societies.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

This remarkable woman, whose
&xaaiden name was Estes, was born in
Eynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com
Eng from q good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
hecame known as q woman of an alert
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Senator cIark's Mansion,

The wonderful mansion built by
Senator Clark Of Montana, in Fifth
avenue, New York, is nearing compile
ton. The total cost will be about
$4,000 900. It is rot SC large as one
or two others in the neighborhood.
but is by far the most costly of any
Of them.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Machines Swallow Nickels,

Since the Nevada legislature legal
gxssd slot machines there have not
Es,en enough nickels in circulation,
szytside of the slot machine bazars, to
eyuy S cents worth of gum for a six
yasr-old school girl. A key contain
sng $500 in nicke!s was recently re.
esJved hot from the factory by a Reno
tank.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Murders and homicides decreased
more than 1000 in the United
States in the past ten years. Lynch
ings decreased one-haf.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Girl Writes Verse.

Violet Firth, a thirteen-yearold Eng.
fish girl, has written a volume OF
verse which has sold more than 5000
copies.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
,ra For. Pilax.


4 Guaranteed f,nre For Piles.
itching. Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Plies.
druggists are authoriZedto refund moneytt
Dszo Ointment fails to cure in 6 to IA days. SOC.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

To Cure a Cold In One Iav
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E..
w. Grove'ssignature on each box. Csc.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

do not believe Plso's Cure for Consume.
tionhasanequal for coughs and colds.--JoHN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. Is. 1909.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

More than II ZOO, 900 postage stamps are
used in this country every day.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Itch cured in 80 minutes-by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold by
Druggists. Mail orders promptly filled
by DR. Detchon, Charlottesville, Ind. 81
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Beer drinking is increasing very rapidly
in Switzerland.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

languid, nervous and ,ane in the
morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me right away, and the great relief
that followed has been permanent"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
Robbed In Church.

Perspiring hands are almost always evil
dence of nervousness.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Sallow compilations are often caused by
unwise eating and a torpid liver.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

A hot scolding never made a warm
meeting. So. 2-'06.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
FREE


Send this coupon with your name
and address and name Of a druggist
who does not sell it for a free sample
box Of Mull's Anti-Bclch Waters to
MuI.L's CRATE TONIC Co.. 32S Third
/ Ave, Rock Island, Ill.
I Give Full Address and Write Plainly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

Robbed in Church..
Just think what an outrage it is to be
robbed of all the benefits of the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
congregation. when Anti-Gripine is guaran-
teed to cure. Sold everywhere. Is cts.
r. W. Diemer, NJ. D.. manufacturer.
Springfield. Mo.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

For brass goods, lemon juice with a
little fine silver sand IS excellent.
They should afterwards be rinsed with.
boiling water and polished with q soft
rag.