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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21

tinkle Of sleigh-bells. Surely, that is
sound in the chimney. Suppose
poor Santa Claus should get stuck
there some night, and be smothered
before he was gotten out" Bessie sug-
gests that. But Daisy says: HE
couldn't. He isn't like folks And they
are glad to think it.
Tom, with troubled conscience
he did nip that piece out of the mince-
pie on the pantry shelf asks Willie if
hebelieves that Santa Claus ever puts
rods in bad boys stockings. to whip
them with. And Willie replies, with a
thrill in his voice, for he feels that
the very idea is an insult to his old
Saint:
mo, of course not. He is too nice.
He is like grandpa
Then Tom says that he has q mind
to go downstairs and take a peep. And
how jolly it would be to see Santa
Claus legs coming down! He says this
every Christmas eve; but he never does
it, and he never will.
''Tinkle! Tinkle! Tinker Certainly
that is on the roof. Some one is NOV
ing in the dining-room. Tom covers
his head with the quilt, and does not
say what he was going to say, about
asking Santa Claus to take him out
with him some night, as the milkman
did one morning in has sleigh. Tom
feels that this is solemn moment,
and that he had better go to sleep.
And suddenly it is morning. They
have all been sound asleep. How fun
any all those hours are gone! It seem
such waste of time to wash and dress
and have curls brushed, but it must be
done. Then down clatter the little
feet, and there sit mamma and papa,
and their opinion is that the stockings
are very full, as indeed they are. The
old Saint has had to put some of his
gifts on the mantle piece or on chairs.
And oh, the dolls! Oh, the tea-set!
Oh, the carts and horses and steam
engines! Oh, the wonderful beautiful
gifts!
''How did Santa Claus know that
wanted my doll to have parasol?"
cries Bessie.
And there is nothing but Joy in
Toms heart, for he has a little photo
graphic outfit.
''Santa Claus" he says, sis the
kindest person ever heard of"
Oh, it is out of the stockings that the
great Christmas fun comes for the
children. Let us have them always by
our fresides while there are children
in our homes.-M. X. d., in N Y.
Ledger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
All the Style.

Dora-Oh, Bertha, what do you sup
pose am to have for New Years
present?
Bertha-Can't imagine, am sure.
Dora-Papa's sgoing to buy me a
French prince or an English duke
judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
Didn't Need Any.

81 don't see any mistletoe in your
Christmas decorations, Miss Marjorie, .
said young Blifkins,
No; we went everywhere and
couldn't find any, but" she added,
brightly, II told mamma that you
wouldn't need any
He didn't. Chicago News
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
His Annual Custom.

Spatts- Young Glim has broken with
Miss Thinly.
Bloobumper-His love has grown
cold, has it?
Spatts-It isn't that. He thinks he
can't stand the expense of Christmas
gift.-Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21

the tiny mite on her arm and called
him papa" for the first timels And
they had called her their New Years
Gift and said she was to bring new
love into their lives! And in that night
Of anguish, just before, when Margaret
lay lowering between life and death,
how he had prayed in an agony of fear
that she might not die, that he might
show his love by life of devotion to
her! And how-ah, how he had broken
those vows!
The breath comes slowly The little
hands are very still and yet, o baby
fingers, through the solemn watches of
this night, thou'rt gathering up the
tangled, broken threads of these two
lives, and, with touch no other hand
might use, are weaving them together,
deity, surely, with Heaven-sent skill!
There was a slight stir. The mother
and father felt a CULVER pass through
the little form. With startled faces
they bent over her. There was gasp,
sudden throwing up of the little
hands then all was still.
In an instant his arms were around
her, her head on his breast.
Margaret, my wife,
20 John, John!' she said.
The clock struck twelve. A New
Year had dawned.
In the twilight of a summer day a
man and woman stand beside little
grave. There is an air of subdued sad
ness about them that tells to whom
the little mound belongs, and yet
when they speak it is hopefully and
cheerfully. It is a tiny grave-s'only a
baby" a stranger would say-but we
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21

who have stood beside such know that
love and grief are not measured by
feet and inches.
The glory of the setting sun fills the
place. It lights up the faces of father
and mother as they lay, with loving
hands, forget-me-nots upon the green
turf, and then, hand in hand, go forth.
A stray sunbeam falls across the white
stone. We stoop to read the inscrip-
ton. It is very simple one:
BABY BETH.
AGED THREE.
"And little child shall lead them. -
Caroline H. Stanley, in Good House
keeping
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
How He Tanned Her.

Price-What made jerks take his
wife to see that horrible prize fight?
Wheaton She had finished her
Christmas shopping and everything
else seemed so tame to her. Inter
Ocean.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
Children Who Sing in Russia.

Children Who Sing In Russia.
In Russia there is always great de-
mand for little ones who can sing we'll.
Girls with clear, sweet voices and boys
with notes like q thrush are carefully
cared for and cherished as they are in
no other country. In America we are
very fond of children who can sing.
But they are not so absolutely neces-
sary to us as they seem to be to the
Russians.
The night before Christmas in all
Russian churches there is sure to be
gathered together a very large assem-
bly, of people-so many, indeed, that
the church is crowded out to the door
steps, and people stand looking over
each others shoulders, trying to get
is sure to be beautifully decorated
with candles and with images of
the Christ-Child. And up to midnight
very solemn services are held. Sud-
denly, at the stroke of the midnight
bell, everything ceases. The church
is very brilliantly lighted, and, as the
lights flood the church, child's voice
is heard pealing forth Christmas an
them. ''Kristos! Kristos! Kristos!'' is
the burden of the song they always
sing, and those who have had the
pleasure of listening to child s serv-
ice held at midnight in Russia say that
it is worth the trip all the way there
just to hear the lovely child-voice sing
the ''Kristos" solo with the grand
chorus of one hundred baby voices
which follows in Christmas refrain
n " T,Q0oar
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
As on Our WAY We Sob or Sin.

As on Our Way We Sob or Sing.
o New Year gladi o New Year bright
What are the treasures that you hold?
What is the fate you hide from sight,
Wrapped in your mantle's fleecy fold2
There re the smile of May and the kiss o.
June
Sun and shadow for meadow hooks,
Swaying lilies and woods atune,
Signing breezes and laughing brooks.
There are blessings that will touch with bliss
The fragrant days that wing their flight:
And Sorrow waits, that she may kiss
Our brows through some long, silent night
There re golden opportunities
For US to soothe, or bless, or cheer
Some lonely heart-to kiss away
From saddoned eyes bitter tear.
0 New Year brighton New Year sadi
If joys or griefs to me you bring.
Help me to make some others glad
AS on my way sob or sing:
Claudia Tharin, in Coed Housekeeping.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21

somewhere anywhere away from
everybody. It was the instinct of the
wounded animal. Then she fell into
the monotonous swinging motion Of the
knees, familiar to mothers, ,patting
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21
Merely Al An Excuse.

Romeo, !" she whispered, twill you
get some mistletoe for Christmas?''
What for, Jnliet?'' he questioned.
oh, she replied, merely as--as an
excuse. IN. Y. Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21

T w a s N e w
Y e a RS E We.
Downstairs in
the parlor was
B a b y Beth's
Christmas tree.
just as it had
been arranged
1-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-12-21

OdOv!
And she had steeled her heart against
her husband for Beth's sake and had
kept her proudly out Of his way, never
doubling for a moment that his had
been a shallow pretense of love COM
pared with her own.
AS he bent over her now. all his heart
in his eyes, a strange feeling of doubt
began Juggling at her heart. Had he
really loved the child like this? I'm
comfortable regrets took possession of
her. Could she have misjudged him?
She might have sent Beth to see him
occasionally, it seemed to her now.
when she had her all the time. He had
been more generous than she. On that
dreadful day when they had made their
final arrangements and she had asked.
with beating heart: 'sAnd Beth?' he
had answered: Beth shall stay with
you. A mother has the first claim. .
And she had never let him see her once.
And Beth had asked for him SO often!
How could she have been so cruel?
Yes, he had been very generous
could see it now but then she had
called him heartless, destitute of nat
ural affection, shall ow-natured, and her
| own Observation-Disclosures she had called
loyalty to Beth. Alas! alas! how we
worship our very vices under the name
OF virtues and never know they are
miscalled until some lightning-fash
tears away the rags we have clothed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-05-13
WIG Fired Wagons E.-ar..p'

Portage Register: The law as it now
stands for the exemption from taxation
OF wide tired wagons is substantially
as follows; Any wagon with tire three
inches Vide and upwards, owned and
used by Q farmer in his vocation as
such, shall be exempt from taxation
from and after the lat Gay Of january,
1884. It IS the duty OF the assessor to
return tie number Of such wagons
without placing yalue On the sane.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26

sm little cfocus, don't you scci
And All these fellows that conie with mo.
Why, they are cfocuscs, too, aay,
We come 10 tell YOU that some time today
Or tomorrow, we can't say Just when
My Lady spfing will bc With you again.
We nfe brave little tnessengcfsi that know
What other fellows would dare a. show
Their faces In such wlntfy aif7
They're afraid ~ the cold, but we don't care
For we wish 10 be first ~ bear w. you
A message which may or may not be true
But we're prudent; we wear our conts ~ fur,
For 10 tell tho truth, though we'fe fond ~ her
We cant always trust my lady's word.
Just the other day heard n blueblrd
Declare that he'd sung, "'fhe spring Il beref"
A thousand times before she'd appear.
My lady whispered 70 ~ In Our sleep
And walked us out Of our slumber deep.
How we did hurry We thought. "we'rc late.
And our nessago will bo quito out Of datei"
80 we dressed In haste, and here are we,
But what Of my lady, where II sho7
st. Nicholas.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26

The only SAFE wsy fcf purchasers h ~
Insist On having the genuine sfiicls,
aud moi allow themselves ~ i,e svlns
died bg havlns pls.'s,ts, SAID 70 ps Wv ,s
essdlenisv y imposed opch ihsm, 1btss
are Only tricks ~ sell lbfefiof scwis
that n6 more compsfs With hllcVtk's
Porous riasiefs THAT cVtref does With
gold. One trial ~ Allcoch's pofc,,s
flsstefs will copylnce the most skeptl.
cal NJ their fnefsis, 49,
fbe eminent ifeofy A, Mott, A., m,
~ n, q, H., late Government Chemist,
cefllnesi
aMy Investigation ~ Alicook's For.
ons PLASTER shows N ~ contain yalosbIs
and ess sutlsl ingredients not found IN
any other plaster, and I find N sUleflof
~ and more efficient than any other
plaslef.u
Ash for AlIcock's, and lei no soiioits.
tlon or explaDstlon induce you 10 no
cept n substitute,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
f-l.dw.2v
DISSOLUTION.

IN Martin n Harkins, Hlacksmlihs, has dis
solved partnership by mutual CONSENT The
BUSINESS will hereafter be conducted BY John
with the heretofore existing flrm will be set-
tied by him, aud MI bilis are payable 10 him.
Thanking our past customers, we are reepect-
fully, MABrIN HAHKlNb.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
Ancient Soldering.
change.

The introduction Of the blow pipe
and soldering Is veiled In obscurity,
though specimens OF ancient work
have come down b us. especially the
delicate grain work Of the Etruscans,
where the soldering Is Of the finest
description. London Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
OUT OF SIGHT.

The travelling public are now fully
alive TO the fact that the Chicago, Un.
lon Pacific Il North Western line offers
the very best Accommodations 10 the
public from and TO Chicago, Omaha
and intermediate points, not only dur.
Ing the worlds fair, but oil the year
round. 4-3-8t
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
HeaIth Was Improving.
Charles n. I,easc
C0nnersville, Ind.

His color was better. In fact no was better
in every way, The sores entirely healed up.
We got him crutches and he walked with
them for nearly two years. He grew stronger,
and now for two years has had no sores.
and has not used crutch for over year.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
PROPOSALS. FOR WOOD.

Bealed bids for furnishing wood will be re-
ccived at the office of thc clerk OF school dis
June Jun. 20 sc iss nj % Bids - viii % Ss opened .. the rss
lar meeting OF the hoard OF directors at 2
o'clock p. m. OF snld 20tb day OF June, for the
delivery of wood before september 70, 1903. ~
tho following schools LlndIon, II cords oek,
10 cords mr.. Park. IL cords oak, 10 cords nr.
last Salem, 30 cords OAK, ih0 cords mr.. North
Salem, IL CORDS oak, ~ cords fir,
vi wood must bo feet ia length, reason
ably straight and corded closely.
The fr must be large or body wood and the
oak must be split oak and not grub wood.
The heard reserves tho right 10 reject any or
all bids.
Done by order sf tbe board. May B. lsgt
Attest. v. H. SMITH. Chairwnn,
Board OF directors
WEBSTER HOLM Es. District Clerk. ID
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26

Good team, wagon and harness.
Also 4yearold fllly, well broke single
or double, fine driver. Apply 10 M.
Q. Cone, SIMPSONS addition ,25th street.
Address Salem. b-4.1m
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
Hoods :.:;;;. s.:;s, Cures

He limps little but Is In the best Of health,
goes TO school. runs and plays just as lively
rs any Of the boys he walks over half milo
70 Sunday school and return every sunday"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26

= Hoods Pills act easily, yet promptly
and efficiently, on tho liver and bowels.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-26
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.

ID 4. BOISE, Attorney nj iaw,. Salem, Ore
IL. gon. Ofiice IA Com mmercial street.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

The following by the editor Of tho New
York Recorder, who always writes in the
first person, is significant. 1t was pub
lished the morning after election: Il hope
that some of Mr.. Cleveland's friends
were among the countless throng on
Newspaper Row last evening, and that
they will tell him of the Kisses that greet
ed his portrait when shown on the Suns
bulletin, and also Of tho oft-repeated cry
Of mo, no, no free trade!' which thou
sands of voices echoed with significant
emphasis"
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22


The Ute removal bill will come up in
the regular session of congress, and pro-
badly quite early in the session, for the
extraordinary session has relieved congress
of labor which has usually occupied the
entire time of the regular session before
the holidays. The bill ought, under the
circumstances, to be passed through the
house before Christmas. tits important
that the people Of this section give Con-
gresham Bell every assistance in push,
ing the bill to the front. The opening OF
the reservation would do much to bring
back the old time prosperity, and would
also most certainly cause railroad con-
struction in that section Immediately the
reservation is thrown open.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

Edward O. Wolcott is our choice for
the next Senatorship. There are several
reasons why he should be returned,
chief Of which was his noble fight for
silver. 1t is seldom a Senator more than
gets fully acquainted with the many
parliamentary schemes the first years
service, and as we need true and tried
champion for silver for the great fight of
1895 and 1896 we must have no new tim
Der. The Populists will no doubt demand
Waite or Patterson, but it will not do.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22
GOOD ADVICE.

Every patriotic citizen should give his
personal effort and influence TO increase
the circulation of his home paper which
teaches the American policy Of rrotcc.
ton. 1t is his duty to aid in this respect
il, every way possible. After the home
paper is taken care of, why not SUI
scribe for the AMERICAN EcoSoMsT,
published by the American Protective
Tariff I-caguc7 One of its corrcs?on.
dents says: "No true American can
&c. along without it. consider it The
grca.aat and trucst political teacher in
tic United States"
Send postal card request for free
sample COPY. Address Wilbur +. Wake
man, General Secretary, 1856 West a3d
ST., New York
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

The clique tie maintained by the
lord lieutenant in the viceregal court
is illustrated by an incident which is
described by Mr.. Blathwayt in an ar
ticle in the Idler. The writer was
seated in the drawing room Of Dublin
castle, when the door suddenly opened,
and tall, singularly-handsome we'll
groomed young man in morning dress
entered the room. Upon his appear
ance Hon. Mrs. Henniker and her sis
ter Lady Fitzgerald, and the remain
ing ladies and gentlemen present rose
to their feet, for this was his excel
ency the viceroy Of Ireland. Not only
do Mrs. Henniker and Lady Fitzgerald
always rise upon their brothers en-
trance into the room, but it is further
their custom, us it is the bounden duty
of every lady, to courtesy to him pro-
foundly on leaving tie luncheon or
dinner table.
SHARP EYES.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22
eSK00KuM ROOT HAIR GROWER;
"The skeleton in the closet Of every

"The skeleton in the closet OF every
nation is the idle man. Work is the
dynamo of civilization. The national
policy which keeps men at work is the
policy which makes men prosperous and
happy. With regular and uninterrupted
occupation there will be fewer lunatics,
fewer insane asylums, fewer jails and
crimes. The best missionary work is
that which keeps men employed
Senator Jones Of Nevada.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22
SHARP EYES.
Small Things Which Arc Readily Detected
by Trained Optics.

Small Things Which Arc Readily Detected
by Trained Optics
We never see everything that is
about us, and no two of us ever see
precisely the same things. Each sees
what his previous training and his
habit of mind have prepared him to
see. When Mr.. Hudson was in patago-
mia he fell in with a gambler. who told
him that always after the first few
rounds of the game he knew some OF
the cards as they were dealt; he recog-
nized them by a difference so slight
that another man could not detect it
even when it was pointed out to him.
Mr.. Hudson is an ornithologist. and
he says that this same preternaturally
sharp-eyed man was greatly surprised
when he was told that half dozen
kinds of sparrows were feeding and
singing about the house. He had never
seen any difference in them, he said
In size, color, shape and actions they
were all alike, and they all sang and
twittered alike, SO far as he had ever
noticed.
Native Patagonians. like other saw
age peoples, have very keen eyes for
certain things-things which their
modes of life have made it indispensa-
BILE that they should notice. In other
words, they are specialists, and as
matter of course they excel in their
own particular line. But it does not
follow that they have better eyes than
are poss essed by men of civilized coun-
tries
Set one Of them to find reversed
itsv in tho u;Idla ~ a pr;p+ad ,,,po
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

Before election the Rocky News was
making great howl about the A. P. A.,
and mixing religion with politics. Since
election not word is said. Evidently
the News found the subject to hot to
handle to advantage. Even il Mr.. Pat
terson was born in Ireland this is no
reason why he should try to prevent
other foreigners from becoming loyal
American citizens.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

The report is that Cleveland has lost
100000 specializing in Chicago gas He
should not expect to corner all the gas
in America for a small amount. Demo
cratic gas also went against him after
cornering it in Washington for three
months.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

Cleveland's blow at tho provisional
the east as heartily rs was his attitude
against silver, but it is piece off the
same cut OF cloth
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

The election is now over and every
citizen having the welfare of our town
and county at heart should pull for the
upbnilding which is sure to come il
little effort is put forth.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

They are going to fight over the Ha-
waiian question as soon as congress
meets, and Grover has put up the fight
SO as to keep the tariff and other Demo-
cratic issues back. Grover knows from
past history that the only way to save
his party from utter distraction is to
stop them from legislating.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

''The undersigned desires to inform
the world that he has gone into the
monarchy business and is at any time
prepared to put any one on any throne
under the sun. Reference, the queen OF
the Hawaiian Islands. Address,
GROVER CLEVELAND,
Washington, D. c."
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

The Worlds fair beer judges cannot
agree and have thrown up their job in
despair. Mr.. Cleveland should call an
extra session Of congress and say what
he wants done in the matter. Some
action must be taken that will restore
confidence Times;
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

"If had my way, would not buy one
dollars worth Of goods made in Europe
long as there is an idle man in this coun-
IRWIN. Mckinley.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

Wool is quoted in the eastern, western
and southern markets at cents per
pound. These are "the good old Demo-
cratic days"
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22
POLITICS---SiLVER.
County OMcQrA.

County Officers.
County Commissioners-First district, W. H.
Stewart second district, George z. Chiies; third
district. Frank Curtiss
CLERK and Kecorder-Charles d. johnson.
Sherif-W. 8. GIrardct
Treasurcr-L l.. Bigeow.
County Judge--A. f. Amsbary.
Surveyor-J. A. Curtis.
Assctsor-J.S. Barton.
Superintendent of Schools-F. W. Robisen.
Coroner-Dr. X. L. Irwin.
City Officers.
Mayor, A. Z. Amsbary; Town Clerk, G. u.
Downing Treasurer 3. II. Findley; Trustees,
Fred. Van Tuyl, w. g. Girardet, W. 7. Ferree, d.
s. Baldwin, Geo. Stephan and Luie MacLean.
Board of Trade OHc ers.
President r. D. Blair; Vice-President. H.
Smith; Secretary, Geo. Stephan; Treasurer, Geo.
Conklin.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

1t is significant fact that the platform
of the New York Democrats did not SC
much as mention tariff reform.
The Delta independent., 1893-11-22

Crover is about to extend the influence
of his "object lesson" to the Hawiian is
lands. Prof. Alexander of Honolulu
declares that if his policy is carried into
effect, it will bankrupt that island coun-
try