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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27

w. H. Webster was born in Ash
land, Dodge county, Minnesota, in
1865. He resided there and attended
school until he was 10 years of age.
From Ashland he went to Mankato,
where he remained for six years, the
latter portion of which he spent in a
drug store of that town. At the age
of l6 years he went to Chicago and
spent year in the College of Pharma-
cy in that city.
At the conclusion of his term in the
pharmacy college he went to railroad
ing. He spent some time at this
work in Chicago. He was with the
Illinois Central Railroad Co. for three
years and then was in the employ OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. at
Brainerd, Mimi, for four years. Leav-
ing Brainerd he went to Rapidan,
Mimi, where he engaged in the gen
eral merchandise business. He re-
sided there seven years and in 1896
came to Redwood Falls and estab-
lished "The Fair" store.
Mr.. Webster buys on close margins
and sells in the same manner. He is
quick to take advantage of bargain
and just as quick to sell at low figures
on the same bargain.
Mr.. Webster was married IN 1898 tc
Miss M. Ethel Hurd of Mankato.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27
MUST BE REDUCED.

A good-sized audience greeted the
O. H. Debating society last Friday
evening. And very interesting dis
cussion followed. AS the leaders on
both sides of the question were alb
sent, A. @. Miller was substituted rs
leader on the affirmative and A. D.
Stewart as leader on the negative.
A. G. Miller opened the debate by
saying, "Our county officers are too
we'll fed and paid We are in need of
a reform. For instance, look at our
neighboring county-Renville. 1t is
out of debt. The farmers in that 10
cality are not obliged to pay such high
taxes: We poor farmers need to de-
prive ourselves of the luxuries and
necessities of life in order to be fair
and square on the county books.
Why? Because our taxes go to pay
the county officials"
A. D. Stewart opened the negative
side of the question by asserting that
in order to have our Offices filled with
good men, we must pay good sized
salary. "He must also be good book
keeper, and they command good
salary everywhere. Farmers can at
least lay out their plans for five years,
but the county official hold their office
but two years"
The speaker admitted that our taxes
were higher than those of Renville,
but the latter we're not paying for
such fine court house or Jail as We
and also for railroad bonds.
Edward Cummins was the next
speaker on the affirmative, and he
thought it would be better for the Of
fee to seek the man and not the man
to seek the Office. For instance, just
before election the men are button
holed by the electioneerer and votes
are bought. While the poor farmer
should he run for Office he would not
have enough "boodle" to work with
but nevertheless they are the ones
who pay the high taxes.
James Washington spoke next
There must be money in the Office
else man wouldn't be so anxious tc
serve a second term.
Robert Stewart, on the negative
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27
ARMENIA.
Educational Talk on the Scene of
the Late MassdCreS.

Rev. n. H. Bell, pastor at large of
the Presbyterian church of this dis
trict, gave a lecture on Armenian
massacres at the Presbyterian church
last Wednesday evening. Mr.. Bell
was missionary in that part of the
country which borders Armenia on
the north over twenty years ago, but
on account of i'll health had to return
to his home. He is familiar with
many of the places whore some of the
massacres have occurred and person
ally acquainted with some of the peo-
pie who have been killed. Mr.. Bell
described the country as being the
country in which the garden of Eden
was located, the birthplace of Abra-
ham, and the mountains on the east,
Ararat, on which the ark rested, all of
which is now under the sway of the
Turk. He thought it was strange
that the birthplace should be the
scene of such horrible massacres.
Armenia has long history extend
ing back of the days of Rome, and
was known to be country of the
front rank at that time. The infu-
ences of other nations had been smoth-
cred in that country. Armenia, by
virtue of it's situation, had been the
scene of many wars. The people, he
said, were peace loving, and never
learned the art of war. There are
many false notions held by people,
some claiming that the Armenians
are revolutionists. This, he said, was
false. The first massacre was not q
drop in the bucket to those that hap
pened afterwards.
Some of the prettiest girls in the
country we're taken captives and car
ried off. He believed that the first
cause of all the trouble was money,
and the second cause selfishness on
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27
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blood and mucous surfaces Of the system,
thereby destroying. the foundation OF the ne
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ture in doing its work The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers.
that they offer One Hundred Dollars Tor any
case that it fails to cure Send for list testi-
Address, FL. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
a Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27

spoke briefly of the farmer being on
top and it was his own fault if he
didn't have the necessities of life. He
thought the leader on the negative
was fishing for an office himself by
the way he spoke.
After throwing the question open
to the house A. G. Miller had the
floor again. He stated that when he
went to the county seat to pay his
taxes and found money lacking he en-
We'd the official and would like to
know where his money goes to. These
men have plenty of time to take va
cation but we farmers must work
away in the burning sun. He also
said that he had never been outside
the county but twice in his life and
maybe he would never get away again.
"Renville is the same size as ours &C.
cording to wealth, and their officers
are just as good or even better than
ours. Large salaries create a demand
for the Offices. It has been an open
charge in convention that they buy
votes. This is wrong" He denied
that they must move, they keep on
with their business. We must curtail
expenses. When we farmers hire a
man we promise to pay him $lS per
month but we pay the officer 1926 a
month to do nothing but scribble aud
write in the court house. I know
there are as many as twenty men who
would be willing to take the Office for
half the price" The speaker closed
with the remark 81 like to speak on
this subject; it lies next to my heart,
because it is a question of dollars and
cents"
A. D. Stewart, speaker on the af-
firmative, closed the debate. He said
there was deeper principle in this
question and that was honor. The
president of our society did not re-
ceive any salary yet, he served for the
honor's sake. Take the clerk in the
store. He was working for a private
affair, but our national affairs were
founded on a deeper principle. They
insist on gold basis and not on the
money of our forefathers. He stated
that in the spring when the assessors
visited the farmer he found almost
the entire property in the wife's name
to avoid taxation. He said it took
money to dress better when holding
an Office, better clothes were needed
This being practical question the
house was allowed to vote on it, which
resulted in unanimous vote in favo,
of reduction. Echo.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27

have been the enterprising people OF
that country, but have had to keep
their wealth hidden. They were
robbed by the government. The tax
es were collected several times, and in
case of refusal to pay them the taxes
we're raised. The country is fast fill
ing up with the robber bands, the
Kurds and the more blood-thirsty
Caucasians. The bands become allied
with the government by presenting
one of their most beautiful women
outright to an officer of the govern
ment, and in case of robbery the gov
eminent gets one-half of the spoils.
This state of affairs has been going
on for centuries, but the finances of
the government are bankrupt. The
massacres are the result of deep
laid plot for the sake of plumber.
At the place where the first massa-
ere occurred on the I'd of December,
at the sound of bugle, the massacre
ing of the people began and continued
until the bugle sounded again. For
three days this was kept up. and the
gates we're thrown open and the
Kurds we're allowed to come in and
help. The Kurds, the speaker ex-
planned, we're originally Tartars from
Central Asia and we're formerly peace
full people but since coming to Tur-
key have become robbers. The eau
casians are Russian refugees.
The speaker said that if massacre
had not been added to robbery the
latter offense might be excused. The
motive of all this was to make the
people Mohammadens. All the mas
sacres came right on thu heels of the
promise of the Sultan, Abdul Hamit
II to carry out certain reforms. The
massacres are carried on so as to make
it impossible to carry out these re-
forms. One motive also, was to Grip
pie American missions. The speaker
said that he believed that if the Sui
tan dared to do it, he would battle his
his sword in every missionary's blood
before tomorrow morning, but he is
held back by the fear that England
or the United States would interfere
The promise of certain reforms was
an official lie added to other hellist
deeds. He thought there was no ex.
cuse for England being toyed with as
she had been, and that she will wake
up some fine morning and find that
the Russian bear had taken possession
of the country in which 10000 Ar.
menians have suffered death from
1890 to 1895 and 100000 in 1895
These figures may be exaggerated
but probably are true. A quarter o.
a million of the people, he said, are
living on ten cents week during {
winter far beyond the severity of the
Winters in Minnesota. The calamit,
came upon the people like cyclone
out of a clear sky.
The herald., 1896-06-20
RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS
A CITY Cannot Sell Water Works s-f1arried
Women and Damages
June 10, 1896.

In the recovery by a married woman
for personal injuries, it is held, in Har-
mon vs. Old Colony Railroad company
(Mass.), 80 l.. r. A. COS, that the impair
ment of her capacity to labor cannot be
considered as an element, although the
statutes entitle her to make contracts
on her own account, and give her right
to her own earnings.
Insurance on a stock of merchandise
is held, in Maril VS. Connecticut Fire In
surance company, 95 Ga. 604, 80 l.. X. A.
S35 to permit the keeping and use of such
inflamma BILE substances as are neces-
sary, usual and customary, incident to
the business, Notwithstanding printed
condition prohibiting it and denying Ii
ability for the loss if such articles are
kept on the premises. Substantially the
same decision was made in fauSt vs.
American Fire Insurance company
(Wis.), 80 l.. Il. A. 1888.
The fact that employees occasionally
sleep in a house, and that some provis-
ions are kept in the house which is Wis
tied to obtain them is held, in Agricul-
tural Insurance company VS.. Hamilton
(Md.), 50 l.. r. A. 633, to be insufficient
to prevent the house from being vacant
or unoccupied within the meaning OF an
A riparian proprietor ona stream
which is suddenly diverted by the act
of God so as to flow elsewhere is held,
in Wholey VS.. Caldwell (Cal), so l.. Il. a.
$50, to have no right to go upon another )
land to restore the water to the old chan
nel although the grant of his property
specified the water accustomed to flow
in the stream" With this case will be
found the authorities on the rights in
the water of stream as affected by the
act of God or natural change of course.
a telegraphic company which offers to
carry telegraphic messages for the pub
lie being by statute in South Dakota a
common carrier of such messages it is
held in Kirby, VS.. Western Union Tele-
graph company, a s. d. 105, 439, 90 L.
r. n. 6l2, to be chargeable with the legal
duty to carry such messages for any
person at reasonable time and place,
without any qualification of liability, al
though such an agreement qualifying Ii
ability, if freely made, may be binding.
An attempt by a city to sell water
works is held in Huron Water Works
company VS.. Huron (S. D., so L. r. A.
S4S, to be invalid on the ground that they
constitute property charged with a pub
lie trust of which the inhabitants of the
city are the beneficiar!es. The right of
the city to recover possession of such
water wroks is sustained without re-
curing it to repay money which had
been received on such invalid sale.--
Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1896-06-20
Anent a Herald Story

Editor Herald: 1 noticed in yester-
days Herald under "reminiscences of
Lawyers an allusion to the Ames rob-
think it should be told how Ames saved
himself from mob at that time.
Kewen & Howard (Col. j. G. Howard)
were attorneys for the prisoners, and as
the court was concluding it's sentence.
Howard arose and started to make re-
quest for an order permitting the pris-
oners to remain here in the county Jail
pending an appeal of the case. Before
he fully concluded Ames jumped from
the prisoners box to Howard's side and
whispered something, and Howard in
stantly reversed his request, saying the
prisoners preferred to go to San Quentin
and remain there pending appeal.
The offense Of the prisoners consisted
in robbing the stage to San Franciscc
and passengers short distance out of
this city, and in connection with other
crimes then fresh in the minds of the
public had created more than usual eX-
element, so much SO, in fact, that the
scattered remains of the vigilance COM
mittee, which but a few years before
nau ndnSeQ several llen dl the IuIHUeI
yard gate, situated about where the
great stone steps to the present court
house commence, at the junction of
Temple and New High streets, were
called together and a resolution arrived
at to hang these stage robbers If they
We're not convicted.
One of the prisoners named Marion
turned states evidence, and the main
fight during the trial centered upon the
point whether the evidence of the ac-
complice was sufficiently corroborated
to sustain a conviction. How much
Ames knew of law l cannot say, though
he was a shrewd man, apparently a cul-
tivated man. and his good Judgment was
demonstrated IL the sequel of the case
for the verdict of guilty was reversed by
the supreme court on the ground that
the evidence of Marion was not corro-
borated and the prisoners were turned
loose at San Quentin instead of in Los
Angeles, from which latter place it is
hardly possible they could have escaped
alive.
Ames afterwards killed Marion in
Nevada.
w. F. HENNING.
June 49, 1896
The herald., 1896-06-20
TYING HER BONNET UNDER HER CHIN

Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringlets in;
But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young mans heart within.
They We're strolling together up the hill
Where the wind comes blowing merry and
chill;
And It blew the curls a frolicsorne race.
All over the happy, peach-colored face.
Till SEQ ldinS and laughing, she tied them in,
Under her beautiful dimpled chin.
And it blew a color. bright as the bloom
OF the pinkest fuchsia's tossing plume.
All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned a rOmpiug curl
or tying her bonnet under her chin
Tied a young mans heart within.
Sleeper and sleeper grew the hill;
Madder, merrier, chillicr still
The western wind blew down and played
The widest tricks with the little maid,
As, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a young mans heart within.
o western wind. do you think it was fair
To play such tricks with her floating hair?
To gladly gleefully do your best
To blow her against the young mans
breast,
Where he as gladly folded her in,
And kissed her mouth and her dimpled
chin?
All! IIllery Vane, you little thought.
An hour ago, when you JeSOught
This country lass to walk with YOU,
After the sun had dried the dew,
What perilous danger you'd be in,
AS she tied her bonnet under her chin!
Nora Perry.
The herald., 1896-06-20
THE ELOQUENT TRUTH

Tom Fitch, he with the fame for sill
ver-tongued oratory, has said and writ
ten many bright and beautiful things,
but the following from a recent tribute
to California penned by him stands
alongside of any of his productions on
the platform or on paper:
zone of the most enticing features of
California is the fact that her spring
time comes at a period when the soil of
her tramontane sisters is clamped with
icy manacles. Here the zephyrs rus
tie the petals of roses when the unkind
wrath of winter causes the denizens of
Chicago to seek a red hot stove.
Here young Dame Nature washes her
dear smiling face with December rains,
and dons her morning gown of flower
embroidered lawns just as her eastern
relative is tucking herself in behind
snow blankets for long and bitter night
Crocuses and Violets at Christmas and
oleanders and oranges in January have
q charm which can never be dispelled so
long as love of nature finds an abiding
place in the human breast. We jest
The herald., 1896-06-20
STAYS AND HYSTERIA

Eyes, there was time when woman
could faint whenever she took notion,
said the doctor. 1T was form of hys-
teria and was largely due to tight lacing.
There seemed to be something fascina-
ting to the average woman in losing
consciousness at certain times. She
never dreamed of fainting in the quiet
of her own room. No, indeed. She
waited until she got to the theater or
church, or at ball or reception. 1t was
only the fashionable woman who had
nothing to do and took no exercise.
Working women had no time to get hys-
terical. You take a woman today and
let her live very high. take no exercise,
get little sleep and squeeze twenty
five inch waist into a seventeen or eigh-
teen-inch corset, and in three months
she will be in such hysterical state that
the slightest thing will upset her so that
she will become insensible. Painting did
not go out of style until the wasp waist
had had it's day. A revolution in cor
sets worked wonders for women, and
it is due to two things. American women
today display more common sense in the
matter of dressing than they ever did
before. and they take more interest in
physical development. I haven't seen
a. woman faint before in two years. Com
mon sense is a prevailing commodity
among the women, old and young, of
today"
fright lacing was at the bottom of my
fainting," volunteered the matron, rub
bing down her pOrtly waist, land for my
part, l think it was the real root of the
evil. Ten years ago women certainly
laced. Number seventeen corsets were
sold in great quantities then; now that
number is extinct, and my corset maker
tells me that she never has a call for an
eighteen except when some little being
comes in and has one made to order"
What is the average number now?'
asked the college boy with as much in
terest as a girl would display.
Number Twenty-Five" was the reply
Twenty and twenty-five are consid-
cred small, and she has one customer
who boasts u waist that is an even
yard, and her figure is magnificent, too
She carries herself like a queen. Cor
sets used to be straighter in the line
than now, and you men should be thank
ful that you never knew the agony o:
being bound up in one. They are now
cut with curves so as to give room foI
the lungs, heart and liver, and if they
are laced a little tight at the waist the
wearer doesn't feel any discomfort. The
stomach also has absolute freedom ir
a properly constructed corset, and there
is no pressure across the kidneys as for.
merly. Nothing will cause woman tc
faint quicker than having steady pres
sure on the stomach. Why, I've known
women who couldn't keep their corset!
on more than three hours at time
in the old days"
"Corsets We're evidently built strong
er then than they are now," remarked
the young woman, land I'm sure nont
of these fainters were educated at my
college"
Yes to both questions but it was be
fore physical culture and athletics cam,
into vogue for women. The corset
used to be perfect armors. They wer'
The herald., 1896-06-20
One Trick That Failed

To the private office of a prominent
jeweler recently entered a middle-aged
woman, richly caparisoned in tiounce
and furbelow. She held in one hand
diamond earring. With entire GOODNESS
Of demeanor, she said: 1T lost the mate
to this. VIII you be kind enough to tell
me what it will cost to obtain another
exactly like it?''
The jeweler eyed her keenly and then
said:
Madam. where did you lose your
earring?"
The effect of this simple question up
on the woman was surprising. She was
evidently unprepared for the query, and
there was certainly something in. it that
disturbed her. 1T makes no difference
where lost it." she answered in a sharp
tone. What will it cost me to obtain
another exactly like this?"
Did you advertise for the one that
you lost madam" persisted the jeweler,
blandly.
What has that got to do with the mat
ter?" she replied. in an angry tone.
We'll. madam" was the smiling re-
ply, IF you advertise for the earring
which you lost you might recover 1t.
and then you would not be placed under
the necessity of ascertaining what It
would would cost to replace it. Adver-
tise first, madam. and if you do not re-
cover the jewel, come in again and will
answer your questions. saying this,
the diamond dealer politely bowed the
woman to the door.
why will women lie in such af-
fairs" said the jeweler YEARLY, land
why will nearly every purchaser of a
diamond look upon the merchant with
whom he or she deals as a rascal? That
woman hasn't lost an earring. She has
purchased pair, perhaps on trial, and
she will go to nearly every jeweler in
town with that pretty lie and endeavor
to get price upon that stone. 1t Is one
of the finest of diamonds and evidently
came from one of our leading dealers.
who she insists in believing is engaged
In a scheme to rob her. The chances
are that she will eventually get in the
hands of some unscrupulous merchant.
whom she can find even in big stores
He will tell her that the stone is Off
colored and contains a flaw. He will
show her poor diamond of the same
size as the other and fix upon 1t a price
which he knows is less than the fine bril-
liant could be sold for. The result will
be that madam will send her fine bril-
llants back in a rage and take the in
ferior stone for twice what It is worth
This evil has grown to such an extent
that 1t is sometimes impossible to detecr
the fraudulent character Of the stories
brought us. They are all very ingenious.
AS result. big houses. except in rare
cases, refuse to place prices upon Jewels
brought to Observation-Disclosures Times