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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21
A New Obstacle.

The old obstacles that used to prevent
the marriage of loving couples are out of
date. The blood-and-t thunder william is a
myth nowadays. The cruel father is only
tradition. Distance, absence and ship
wreck in these days of cheap, safe and
swift transportation do not count TIE
new obstacle is a common sense one. It
is ill-health on one side or the other 11E
sometimes on both.
Men nowadays hesitate to marry a wom-
an, no matte, how beautiful, no matter how
attractive, or interesting, or witty, if she is
a sufferer from ill-health. All men worth
having desire happy, healthy children.
Any woman who will, may fit herself for
the duties Of wifehood and the exalted func-
tion of motherhood. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription banishes all hindrance in the
nature of local i1l-health. 1t gives health,
power and capacity to the delicate and i'm
portant organs concerned in wifehood and
maternity. It corrects all disp1acements,
allays Inflammation, heals liberation, stops
exhausting drains and soothes pain. 1t
prepares for natural, healthy motherhood.
1t makes maternity easy and safe and al
most painless. 1t iusures a newcomer
constitutionally strong and able to with
stand the usual ills of babyhood 1t is the
greatest of nerve tonics aud restoratives
Medicine dealers sell it and an honest
dealer will not urge substitute upon you
AFTER suffering untold tortures," writes Mrs.
T. Ferguson Of Box 7o, Douglas Station, Selkirk
Co. Manitoba thank God found relief and
cure in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
The profit side Of life is health. The bal
ance is written in the rich, red, pure blood of
health. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation and make the blood rich and
pure. They never gripe. BY druggists.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21
OVERFLOW LOCALS.

County Treasurer Lankard and wife
were among those who attended the
Maplewood exercises last Monday.
b. R. Brownell aud wife of Spencer,
Iowa, the latter sister of Mrs. George
Drake, are visiting with the latter in
this city.
Nice location for a residence. with
city water frontage and good well, for
sale at bargain. For terms inquire of
A. b. Truesdell. 494t
John Whittet commenced cutting
the wheat on his farm near this city
last Tuesday, and on the evening of
that day be brought bundle of the
same into this Office. 1t was fine
specimen of the 1898 crop and Agent
Caswell, who happened to be present,
graded it No. l hard.
j. F. Dietzman was up from Sher-
man last Tuesday. Mr.. Dietzman
states that harvesting is in full blast
in his township, and on Monday Carl
Hesse commenced cutting his wheat.
He says that all wheat fields in Sher-
man are filled, or are filling nicely,
and he looks for his town to Re a rec
ord maker this year
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21
ON THE IONA.
Carl George at the Electric Motor
Hoist.

Under date of June 10th, Carl
George, on the battleship Iowa, and
formerly of this city, writes as follows
to his parents:
"My Dear Parents: I have no idea
when this letter will leave the ship,
nor when it will reach you, if ever, but
will write anyhow.
Don't be surprised if I tell you
am writing this letter on box with
sixteen six FOUNDER shells inside of it,
because l am-but this is war time.
"We are still blocakading this port,
with the Spanish feet inside, and
have bombarded it twice, one on the
3lst day of May, and on the 9Th of
June. We did some damage, and no
body was hurt on board the ship.
They never hit us, and as Capt. Evans
remarked, They can't hit anything
but the ocean,
"Yes, did feel kind of nervous at
first, when the shells whizzed around
and over us, but do not mind it now
l am now stationed in the eight-inch
gun turret, at one of the guns. When
getting ready for action, and when
east loose and provide is sounded, we
all take our stations at the guns in
the turret. After every one is inside,
the hatches are closed down and We
are there to stay until the action is
over. Every one is stripped to the
waist, and we stand in silence writing
for the order to commence firing
Then the range is given to the captain
of the crew, and he take his aim. then
shouts Stand clear, left gum or
right gun,' whichever it is.
Then there is deep roar, and the
huge piece of steel recoils and slides
back in its right position. The breech
is opened and the turret is filed with
smoke, suffocating us all for few
seconds. Then up comes the ammu-
uition from below, the gun is sponged
out, reloaded and all is ready for
firing again.
Talk about sweat! It pours off us
in bucketfuls.
NY station is at the electric motor
ammunition hoist, and have to attend
to that. 1t is just like the controller
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21
CEREMONIES CONTINUED.
Marshall Acted as Pail Bearers
Again on Tuesday.

The funeral procession continued
on Tuesday. The mourners we're not
SO many, but the number of dead were
just the same, and the biggest SEM
blance of a wake on the part of the
audience could not rally enough life
into the base ball aggregation to pull
out game. The drum corps funeral
march was absent, to be sure, but this
did not seem to have winning effect
on Mr.. Anderson's list of players.
Redwood should have won the game,
if the score card is q criterion. The
club got more men at bat, secured
more hits, had more assists, and only
one more error than did the Marshall
team, which won out by a score of II
to II. But the great trouble of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21

Redwood team was that when it had
men on bases the side would he re-
tired before the men could cross the
plate, and when they made errors
they were costly, two of them allowing
six men to cross the plate.
Marshall opened the game with five
scores, four singles, two bases on balls
and hit by pitched bali, doing the
work. In the second inning two more
scores we're piled up on two hits. In
the third two more scores were added,
by Carnev getting his base on an er-
ror, Healy being presented with base
and Snapp driving both home on
long two-bagger. In the fourth the
side was retired in one, two, three or
der, but in the fifth, by two-baggers by
Snapp and Sturgeon. two errors by
Luscher and a passed ball Marshall
added four more to her list. In the
sixth Carney scored on a fielder's
choice and wild throw. In the sew
enth and eighth Marshall failed to
score, but in the ninth three more
scores we're added, by two bases on
balls, an error and a wild throw, re-
sulting in loss of the ball and three
men crossing the plate before the ball
was found.
In the first four innings Redwood
secured total of four hits off of Tree,
but failed to score. Indeed, whenever
q Redwood player got on base Tree
would get down to business, and the
result was that of the first nine men
put out by Marshall Tree struck out
eight of the number. In the fifth inn-
ing, however, the Redwood boys COM
menced to get on to the gentleman
from Marshall, and two singles and q
double brought in two runs. In the
sixth they fell on to Tree Tor three
hits and these with an error of Carney,
brought four men across the plate. In
the seventh the merry-go-round kept
up, until Tree was considered knocked
out of the box, and Carney came to
his rescue. Three singles and two
doubles, one off Carney, brought in
four more scores, and this ended the
score making until the ninth, when
Birum touched up Carney for two
bagger and brought in the eleventh
run by stealing third and coming in
while Shoemakefwas being put out at
first. Tie score:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21
NOT A WEDDING.
But Nearly a Funeral at the Park
on Monday.

1t wasn't exactly wedding festival
that Manager Anderson's aggregation
of base ball players attended last Mon
day. There was more solemnity to
the event than you could imagine, and
the whole affair was made more SOL
emn by the beating of tom toms by
members OF the Redwood Falls Drum
Corps, and the occasional groan from
the audience. Really, it was more
like funeral than any other old thing
you could imagine, with nine pail
bearers from Marshall doing the hon
ors for the dead of her sister city. If
it had not been for Jack Sturgeon in
sisting that nine goose eggs would
bring forth whole lot of goslings,
the hopes of the audience would have
been blasted early in the game. This
streak of humor enlivened the event
considerable.
Redwood Falls never made q score.
That was the cause of the funeral.
Carney, the professional pitcher. who
has done great work for the league
teams in past years, and who is now
playing with and playing the Mar
shall boys, was almost invincible in
the box, and had his men in perfect
action all the time. Redwood got sim
giles aud double off him, but the hits
we're 80 badly scattered that Redwood
was unable to get one man further
than third base. In the second two
hits were secured, after one man was
out, but it was impossible for Red
wood to get man across the plate be-
fore the side was retired. In the third,
fourth and sixth innings one hit was
secured in each, but no scores, and in
the ninth Tredwsy opened the inning
with two-bagger, but he never got
across the plate.
The six errors charged up to differ
ent players in the local team will &C.
count, in a large measure, for Mar
shall's nins scores In the first inning
base on balls. two errors and hit
gave Marshall two scores In the third
base on balls and two hits gave the
club another; in the fifth another
score was added by three singles; in
the sixth hit and base on balls,
with two errors, gave two more; and
in the eighth inning the last three
scores we're secured by Sturgeon get
ting his base on being hit by ball,
Miller getting his base on a fielder's
choice, retiring Sturgeon, Davis being
hit by the ball, Adler getting bis base
on an error and a three bsgger by
Tree That ends the tale. Here is
the score, telling of the good and bad
work on either side:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21

Good second hand harvester for sale
cheap by Howard estate. Inquire of
]. B. Robinson & Co. 49-2t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21
MARSHALL.

Two base hits, Tredway; three base hits
Tree: bases stolen. Redwood 2. Marshall l.
double plays, Tree and Healy; bases on called
ball, Redwood 2, Marshall 5: bases on hit by
pitched balls. Shoemaker. Carney and
Sturgeon; struck out, by Dickson g. by
Carney 8: wild pitches. Dickson l; time of
game 1:51; umpire John A. Dalzel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-21

UdCltU DdlI.
Earned runs, Redwood 9. Marshall 6: two
base hits, Peterson 2, Birum and Luscher
sturgeon and Snapp 2; bases stolen. by Red
wood 5 by Marshall 2: double plav Sheperd
sturgeon and .Healv: bases on called balls,
Redwood 3, Marshall 5: bases on hit by
pltcned ball. Marshall 2: struck out by Tired
way 6. by Tree 10: by Carney l; passed balls,
Peterson 8. Miller 2: wild pitches by Tired
way 8, by Tree /; time of game 2.3O umpire
FIeischer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
CROQUET.

The new game of croquet is much
more scientific pastime than it's pre-
decessor. The hoops are so narrow
that it seems as if the ball could
barely get through, and they are of
such stout iron that ones most cum
ming efforts to widen them are of no
use Indeed, the whole outfit of the
game has been so much improved that
they are instruments of precision, and
it is as usual to carry about ones own
mallet as ones own tennis bat. And
as for our dress-well, one writer has
asked, is it the revival of croquet that
has brought about the present grace
ful clinging fashion in women's
gowns, or is it the gowns that have
brought about the revival of croquet?
Be that as it may, there is no doubt
that the be-frilled and trailing dia-
phanous garments of this summer
look quite their best on the smooth
green of the well-kept croQuet lawn.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

A street car horse in New York
baked at Forty-sixth street last
night. A crowd collected, and the
passengers got out of the car. The
driver brought his whip down across
the horses back without effect. A
stout man who had just stepped off
the car said: Don't do that, I'll get
him started" He rubbed the horses
neck, and talked persuasively, all
without result. By this time four
cars were stalled. Somebody suggest
ed oats, another kerosene, third a
patrol wagon. Another held a burn
ing newspaper under the horse. Still
it didn't move.
At last a girl of about Ii pushed her
way through the crowd and said:
Say, mister, if you'll ring the bell
twice the horse will think somebody
has just got off, and he'll go ahead
The conductor pulled the bell and
the passengers had to run to catch the
car
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
A WATER TELESCOPE.

The Norwegian fishermen carry in
their boats a water telescope, or tube,
three or four feet in length. They
immerse one end in the water, and
then looking carefully through the
glass, they are able to perceive objects
ten or fifteen fathoms deep as distinct
ly as if they were within few feet of
the surface. So when they discover
plenty Of fish they hasten to surround
the shoal with their large draugh-
nets, and frequently catch them in
hundreds at haul, which, if it were
not for these ingenious telescopes,
would often prove precarious and
Improbable fishing. This water tele-
scope is not only used by the fisher
men, but it is also employed in the
navy, and on coasting vessels.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
HAD NO SYMPATHY.

Even football referees are but hui
man, and some Of the very best make
mistakes at times.
At the close of an important match
not long ago the wielder of the whis-
tie acknowledged that he had COM
mitted serious blunder. The home
teams defeat was directly attribu-
table to this, and the spectators hand
ling the official somewhat roughly,
he sought refuge in the press-box.
Some of the more venturesome at
tempted to storm the position, but
were driven back by the police, as
sisted by the members of the commit
tee.
On the outskirts of the crowd a
fussy old gentleman strobe about
pompuously airing his view.
''I've no sympathy with this sort
of thing" he shouted. "A scene of
this description is a disgrace to the
grounds-but hang it; the fellows
earned it all. Give it him, lads"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
MAGNIFICENT PUBLICATION
UPON The SOUTH.

The wonderful progress which the
south has been making in all lines of
industrial, commercial and intellect
ual development has been most fit
tingly set forth in a magnificent VOL
ume, which, after months of careful
preparation has just been issued by
the Southern railway. This book, the
title of which, The Empire of the
South, conveys an idea of it's charac-
ter, is beyond question one of the
most comprehensive and at the same
time artistic publications ever issued
from the press. 1t contains nearly
two hundred octave pages, over four
hundred exquisitely printed illustra-
lions, and makes a presentation of
southern interests in all lines of hui
man activity, which for thoroughness
of treatment has never been ap-
preached.
The opening chapter of the book
under the caption of The South, Yes
terday, Today and Tomorrow, dis
cusses in broad and forcible manner
the present and future Of the southern
states, treating at considerable length
the various interests, such as agricul-
tllre, cotton, tobacco, iron, COAL re-
sorts, climate, etc. Following this are
chapters devoted to each of the states
south Of the Ohio and Potomac, and
east of the Mississippi rivers. These
give brief, interesting sketch of the
early history of each state, and then
touch upon all it's important activities,
showing the progress being made not
only by the state itself, but by the
leading cities.
The author of the work, Frank
P1esbrey, is a close student of south
ern progress, and in the collection and
preparation of the immense amount of
important information given in the
book, has had the cooperation of the
officials of the Southern railway. The
distribution of this magnificent vol
ume will do an incalculable amount
of practical good in calling the atten-
ton of the world to the south, and the
Southern railway has demonstrated
its faith in the future of that section
by the expenditure of the many thou
sands of dollars which this great work
must have cost. Those who are for
tunate enough to receive a copy of
this edition de luxe, which is sent
with the compliments of the company,
will prize it as a most valuable addi-
ton to their library.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
DENNIS THE COACHMAN.

Dennis says she, Yen find thin
kittens" SEE she, land yen dhrown
them kittens" SEE she.
''Dade, an I won't thin It's a
dacent by 1 am, and it's not for
dhrownjng kittens and that like durty
work that I KEN here at ALL
"And what's this in the bar'l Mar
cy, presarve us! it's Tab and the kit
tens! Shure now, Tab, what for
would We sarve me such name trick
as to put yourself right here foreninst
me very nose! That's the most I'M
kindest cut of ALL" And it's dead We
ought to be yourself"
Tabby stood up. She arched her
back, and waved her tail, and sang
Dennis sweet song, and the heart of
Dennis melted within him.
"Beda!" quoth Dennis, tits a black
shame to murther the little bastes.''
And Tabby arched her back and sang
her siren song.
Suddenly the stairs creaked. Tabs
eyes glared wildly at Dennis. Dennis
started guiltily as he looked at Tab.
Stealthy footsteps approached the
barrel. Dennis! Dennis!" cried Con-
ME, where are the kittens Cook
says Tab has some kittens, and you're
going to drown them. Please, please,
don't drown them"
You're not to drown those kittens,
you know, Dennis" said Rex. They
belong to us-Co Connie and me-
20 Rex! here they are in the barrel.
One, two, three, four five, six, dear,
darling kittens, all squirming about.
o! Dennis! do put them all in my
apron" and she held it out and looked
a. him with blue, beseeching eyes.
'And what will I say to horr?'' said
Dennis, pointing upward.
tits none of her business" said
Rex. 81 guess we can do as we like
with our kittens. Give the kittens to
Connie, and I'll take old Tab, and we :.
hide 'em in the barn, where she can't
find EN-
Dennis went cautiously to the foot OF
the stairs and listened. Then he said,
"Whisht! She's not there at all. Run,
me darlints! Stand not upon the
orther of your goin'. journal of Ed
ucatiOn.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
THE POOR OF TODAY AND YES
TERDAY.

The poor of the present day, says
Carroll D. Wright in the September
Atlantic, should be thankful that they
have escaped the conditions of the
past. Poor as they are, poverty CT
the present is not the poverty of the
past Pauperism, even, is not as alb
ject In the language of Ira Steward,
b. poverty" is meant something
more than pauperism. Pauperism is
a condition Of entire dependence upon
charity or upon the public purse,
while poverty is a condition of want,
OF lack, of being without, though not
a condition of complete
dependence. 1t is in this sense that
the poverty of today is not the pow
erty of the past. The condition of
want, of lack, of being without, is
condition of less want of less lack
than of old. Bad enough always,
stigma enough always upon any civ
ilization, it has improved, and the
public has but little sympathy with
the sentiment, that ''the poor we have
with us always" We do have poor
with us always, but we should not
rest upon the idea that they must
always be with us. Their conditions
must be bettered, and are being bet
tered. The statistics prove that their
number is decreasing, for in 1850 the
paupers in almshouses were 2,171 10
each million of the population,
while in 1890 they were 1,166 to each
million.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10

ton, or about 1919 cents a pound, to
carry merchandise by pack horses
from Philadelphia to Erie in 1884;
and when, in 1889, the first wagon
road was opened over the Pennsylva-
MIA mountains the cost of freightage
was So ton for that part alone
about lao miles. 1t was not until
1904 that the first through line of
stages was established from Phila-
delphia to Pittsburg, making the trip
in seven days.
These things show how gradual,
but how sure, was the advance of
civilization westward.-St. Nicholas.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
Theorists Sometimes Shocked in Sud-
den Emergencies.

Apropos of the question Of cruelty
to animals, a correspondent sends this
story: Two men were walking along a
shady path in the woods of northern
New Hampshire recently. One of the
men owned a beautiful dog, and the
animal was bounding along in ad-
vance of them, shifting here and there,
and looking frequently up into the
branches of the tall oaks which
lined the way. The men were con-
versing. Mr.. Hotchkiss was talking
about his love for all animate ma
ture. His companion agreed with
him in that it was a downright shame
to kill or abuse helpless animals OF
any description. The barking OF the
dog interrupted them. Mr.. Hotchklss
spoke in vexed and angry tone, and,
striding forward, he seized piece OF
dead wood lying near. "See that dog
worrying that poor squirrel" said he.
"It makes me so mad could kill the
dog!"
This somehow reminded the Listen
er of speculation into which he was
once plunged by the conduct OF
favorite cat The cat, which was
superb black one, wore about MS
neck collar, to which the children
had attached a little tinkling bell.
One day, in the garden, the Listener
saw the cat creeping up on bird Ill
a bush. To prevent the tinkllng OF
the bell from warning the bird, the
cat was creeping with such slow ana
steady movement that the bell was
not shaken a bit, and was perfectly
silent. 1t was an admirable perform
ance. The bird must have seen the
cat, but acted as if charmed. Then
the Listener wondered, sis it my duty,
as a humane person, to make noise
and scare away that bird, so that 1t
shall not be caught and eaten!N 1t
occurred to him that it might be lnhu-
name to the cat, after all the pains
and skill involved in keeping that Dell
still, to interfere with it's perform
aEce. It might be a shock to the
whole physical and moral system to
scare away the bird at that moment.
one should beware Of interfering
with the established economy OF ma
ture.
And yet it could not be said that
the cat neeued the bird. He had
abundance of food given him every
day at the house. His attack on the
bird was mere wanton destruction
a killing for the fun Of it, no more
justifiable than mems hunting. 1t
would be right to warn The bird.
And yet who could blame the cat for
obeying his most essential instinct?
He had no moral responsibility; his
right to kill the bird was derived from
the organic law of nature. This was
true as to the cat; but did his natural
right relieve the human observer from
the obligation of humanity? Clearly
he was bound
But at this juncture the cat sprang
swiftly through the air-the bird
fluttered-too late. The cat had II IN
his jaws and made Off with it.-Bos-
ton Transcript,