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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
he SAVED THE DAY.

How General Wheeler's Warlike Spirit
Prevented . Retreat at San Juan.
A man can get old, but the warlike
spirit seems never to perish Il the
American army in Cuba today had the
opportunity to vote for leader. it is
probable that "Old Joe'' Wheeler Of
Confederate army fame would get the
majority of votes
Sick and weak from hardship, this
veteran arose from his bed ON July 1
and went forth into battle His temper
allure on the day before was 102 degrees,
but the boom Of the cannon acted as a
tonic, and he went to the front in spite
of the advice Of his physician He rode
about the firing line all day fearlessly
and with q word Of encouragement for
all
After ten hours Of fighting Ell Caney
had been taken and the blockhouse at
San Juan had been wrested from the
enemy. With the fall Of night came
doubt and discouragement The list
Of dead and wounded was appalling.
Almost an eighth of the army had been
swept away, as far as its fitness for real
fighting was concerned.
There was consultation of generals
and leading officers at General Shafter's
headquarters More than one voice pro-
claimed that we had taken positions
which could not be held and advised
that our army retreat to a safer position.
But it was here that this lionlike old
man was heard He made a speech
which will some day be held as part
of the history Of the nation.
He spoke wrathfully and maybe an
grily.
"Neverp' shouted Wheeler. 1--WE
will not give up one inch Of the ground
we have taken today. Not one inchl Do
you all understand that? Not one inch %
And Fighting Joe" saved the day.
His voice carried the meeting, and there
was no retreat on the part of our forces
The moral effect on the army of giving
up ground 50 hardly fought for would
have been demoralizing. But the Span
iards did try to recover the positions
they lost in the night attack which they
made How they were driven back has
already been told. It was said by Gu
ban priest who came out Of Santiago
that the Spaniards lost over l, 900 killed
and wounded that night-John NJ.
Maxwell in Chicago Tribune
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
HAS BEEN MISQUOTED.

Chaplain xoIntyrs says the Newspaper
Gayblod HE Intsrview.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.-Chaplain
Joseph P. Mcintyre. reported in an
Associated Press dispatch from Wash.
ington as having been ordered court.
martialed for certain utterances said to
have been made by him against naval
officer. arrived here some days ago.
He professed to be greatly surprised
when told of the action Of the depart
ment and says he has been misquoted
and misrepresented BY the newspa.
pers and that the reported interview
with him, published by several Eastern
papers, was CARRIED. He says that he
will prove his conduct to have been
above par and not unbecoming an
officer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
WILL BE NO DELAY. c

Troops With General Miles to BE Sent
Home 1t Once.
New YORK, Sept. General Miles
is expected to arrive in New York on
the transport OLDHAM during the day.
On board the OLDHAM are also the Wis.
consin volunteers. Besides the OLDHAM
the transport Chester is expected to
arrive with Generals Schwan and
Haynes and stats, and the Fourth
Pennsylvania volunteers on board.
The Obdam and Chester will be met
down the bay ~ ---- ---- =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
LAMBERTON..

Carlson, the tailor, has skipped.
2. Weld of Window was in town last
Friday.
Arthur Albeit returned from Duluth
Thursday night.
A. HI. Mohler is visiting at his old
home in LeSueur
Miss Emelia Peterson has returned
from her visit at Minneapolis.
Georges Colored Minstrels gave q
performance here Monday night.
Mr.. Buchanan is looking after collec.
tons for the Lampert Lumber Co.
George L. Evans and Jim. Larson
were talking politics in town last Thurs,
day.
The infant child of Rev. and Mrs
Leazer died Friday night. The funeral
occurred Saturday.
Fannie Baird, who has been attend.
ing summer school at Mankato, re.
turned Friday night.
DIR. Crandall left for Buffalo Center
Iowa, Saturday morning, to administer
medicine to George Dustin.
Mr.. Alexander of the north side, can.
didate for treasurer was doing the town
in political way Saturday.
M. B. Albeit is recovering from his
recent severe illness. He was down
town for the first time Monday.
Presiding Elder Hanscom delivered q
fine discourse Sunday evening, and also
administered the ordinance of the
Lords Supper.
Mrs. E. C. Wheeler's sister, Miss Eta
Hynes, has resigned her position in the
Winnebago City schools and accepted a
school in New Mexico as teacher among
the Indians.
Mrs. G. w. Dustin received tele-
gram, Thursday, that her husband was
sick with typhoid fever at Buffalo
Center. Iowa. She immediately re-
paired to his bedside. We hope to soon
hear the good news of his recovery.
School commenced Monday with the
following corps of teachers: E. X.
Greene, principal; Miss Mary Grazing,
assistant principal; Miss Ida Thomp-
son, grammar department; Miss Ella
Aldrich, intermediate 4 department;
Miss Emma Tesky, I'd primary; Miss
Margaret Stewart LIST primary.
Will Clausen and Emelia Pechtl
were married at New Ulm, last week.
The groom is a member of the firm of
R. Clausen & Son and a fine young
man of good business ability. The
bride is also well-knOwn, loved and
respected by all. We wish the young
couple much joy. They have gone to
housekeeping in the Moore Bros. resi-
donce
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15

They included nearly everything that
the couple will need in the culinary,
parlor and other departments of their
new home, and among them was a
handsome silver baking dish given by
the members of Charity Chapter No.
35, Order of the Eastern Star, of which
the bride has long been a member.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
Our f66d
Department

is an import
ant branch of our business.
The high price of grain has
made revision of our prices
for mill stuffs, which will be
sold as follows until further
notice:
Bran, per ton, $500
Shorts, s. s. 1000
Ground Feed, per ton 1900
Feed Ground to order at reason able rates.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
ELECTRIC
LIGHT
PLANT,

Equipped with the latest i'm
provements. For rates by
the month or by meter meas
urements, apply to the pro-
prietor,
A, c. BURMEISTER.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-15
Manufacturers of the follow
ing brands of flour:
REDWOOD ROLLER MILLS BEST.
DIAMOND STRAIGHT;
TIP TOP,
Patent Process Flour.

We make every effort to
accommodate all of our pat
rons, in the matter of prompt
service and fair rates. We
refer to any of our many
customers.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
THE REASON FOR IT.

It was told me the other day. on very good authority, that refined American wo- men, when they come here to London, con- stantly put up with the commonest kind of Englishmen, says the London corre- spondent of Golfers Weekly.
 Men who would not be noticed by Mrs. Westminster or Lady Piccadilly are thought good enough to dine at the Savoy or at the Bristol with Mrs Chicagomoney or Miss Hudsonview or Miss Gouldastorbilt. I inquired if the manners of these men were cultured, and received the answer, fairly so,' with meaning shoulder shrug. Thereupon I quickly understood. They had the department of the average English gen. tleman.
 To a refined American woman there is nothing more captivating. The voices of these men are rich and soft; their con- versation with the other sex is a blending of jollity and devotion; they are well "sent out" (the salaries of the most skillful val cts are cheap in London): they are keen listeners and modest talkers they flatter with a trim adroitness-enfin they are the fine flowers of an old and graceful civiliza- ton. Our society men try to dress like them, try to talk like them and lamentably fail, try not to talk like them and are mostly nasal and gruff. They are perfectly unpicturesque; they teem with Wall street slang, which it is almost impossible to press; they are powerless to hide their coarseness and ignorance; they continually lose their tempers and sulk; they are over weighted with conceit and sef-valuation: they are saddeningly conscious of their neckties and shirtstuds and vanished boots; they take themselves, in short, with an imperial yet petty seriousness Distinc- tion is unknown to them, and the niceties of choicer suavity are unknown well. No cosmopolitan eye can look impartially upon the New York ''swell'' without in- stant detection of his innate coarseness. Naturally, the matron and girl of his own country-so often replete with every gift that high breeding can bestow-turn in a mood of refreshed delight toward even these second-class Englishmen, with their winsome suppleness, dexterity, gracious ness, ease, and lure of department. Amer ican life-especially New York life-is yet arid in it's power to produce gentleman" When I am in New York and somebody says, May I introduce So-and-So?' I al- ways tremble in my boots concerning the question whether I shall meet or not an outspoken and wearisome cad. When am in England and the same question is brought to bear upon me, I always feel confident that though I may meet some body that is twenty times a cad, he will possess the delicate secret of concealing beneath countless wads of neat tact this cruel disclosure.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
THOSE WHO WRITE.

Theodore Mommsen, who is best known in this country by his "History of the Ro- man Empire" recently celebrated his SOth birthday in Berlin. Quite number of academical festivities and receptions were arranged in his homer. His slender, slight ly bent. form, with long flowing hair bril- liant eyes and sharply cut features, is fa- miliar to every one who has spent any considerable time in Berlin.
 Mr. Rider Haggard is devoted to farming. He spends the early part of every day in wandering around his farm at Ditching- ham, and does not settle down to writing until 11:S0 o'clock. He dictates his novels to a woman secretary, who types from his dictation-taking them down on the type writer at lightning speed, instead of merely in shorthand first. The scene of MT. flag gardfs new story is Holland, many centur- ies ago.
 Mrs. Cowden-Clarke, now in her S9th year, Is still hale and hearty, living beau- tiful old age in peace and tranquility. With a. mind unclouded and a body won- derfully active for her years, she finds much pleasure in recalling to a few select friends "reminiscences of her early days days when she was the constant associate of Mary Lamb, and mingled frequently in the brilliant company of Shelley. Coleridge,
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
TELEPHONE CALLS.
The Bath Tub Era.

In Springfield in achusetts they are considering -syst.m of baths for the pubic schools. German schools are equipped with baths. and Spring fl Id must, of course, keep abreast of the tlmss The discussion of the subject in Spp rgfleld brings out some interest ing facts In 1874 less than one-eighth of the families in Springfield had bath tubs; in 1880 a httle more than one sixth; in 1890 something more than a fourth and new one-ha1f of the fam;- lies have them. In the table of 1897, obtained from .the records of the local water department. 1t is shown that of 1S,175 families in the city-represeniting about 6000O people-6,595 are supplied with bath tubs. When Gen. Grant was president there were only 4S9 full-length bath tuhs in Springfield; now every oth- CT family has one.
 Comparisons are cdicus and also use less It is sufficient to mention the facts in the case of Springfield in order to show that the American people may yet reach the standard of Roman clean Illness. All cities are. not keeping up with the procession; scarcely one keeps step with Springfield; but all are head ed towards a high standard of personal s-anliness.
 The bath tub revolution is charac- teristic of the age. There we're cen turtles after the fall of Rome when no one took bath. Those were centuries of ignorance, disease and death Pests- lence after pestilence swept over the known world. But the Dark Ages are ended, and the golden era of the bath tub has come. The bath tub should be inscribed on the banners of civilization, for it is civllization's greatest triumph.
 The time is coming when every city will give more attention to public baths. School houses will have baths, and there will be baths where all are welcomed. Such baths will be supplied, not so much fer charity's sake, as for the pro- lection of the community. As a rule diseases spring from and are fostered in filth. All epidemfcs are due to filth. The effectual remedy for filth is the bath tub. It is sanitation rStsonally appEed. It is the dawn of heaNth, vigor and long life. When every house contains full length bath tub the death rate will go down, and the aver age period of lfe will go up.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
Posf-Epidemic Dlsinfection.

The city council of Mobile has very the marine hospital service in its efforts to prevent a recurrence of the yellow fever next season Every house in which fever of any kind existed, and the houses in close proximity to it, are to be thoroughly fumigated and dislnfected within sixty days. This is to be done, too, without any expense whatever to the owners or occupiers of such houses. The government furnishes the apparatus and supervision, and the city the laber needed. The ordinance adopted by the city councM orders the health officer of the city to do the work, but it is un- derstood that Dr. Carter of the marine service will take charge of the process of disinfection.
 also take steps to have the United States marine service disinfect houses in which suspicious cases of fever occurred last season. The neglect of such precau- tions in Florida sn 1887 brought upon that state in the following year the worst scourge that the state has ever known. The germs must be killed if this state is to be secure next year. That much Is certain They will not die or commit suicide, and so it follows that they should be smoked to death.
 Now that Mobile has taken up the work of defence, let all the other towns fall in lime. Let every house where q sus- picious or disputed case occurred be dis infected. It will not hurt the house, and 1t may save the state from another vis-
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
Let It Be Voluntary.


 The special committee of the board of aldermen will meet this afternoon to re- ceive propositions for supplying gas to the city and citizens of Birmingham. Repre- sentatives of the Birmingham Gas company are expected to appear and submit propo- sition
 It is well enough for the representatives of the people to make themselves plainly understood. If the gas company offers gas at price below one dollar it will very naturally be accepted. It should be at 75 cents. But under no circumstances should any company be permitted to charge ex- pany has admitted. by it's acts, that one dollar is a reasonable and proper figure. MT. Nahb has told the aldermen that the gas company supplies the Morris hotel with gas at one dollarl. Others who are enabled, by virtue of wealth and power, dictate the same terms to the gas com
 
 pany, and the company itself admits that it sells gas for cooking purposes to every one who desires 1t, for one dollar a thousand feet This cooking gas Is exactly the same as the Illuminating gas. It goes through the same pipes and is identically the same. If you cook with it you are charged one dollar, but if you Illuminate with it you must pay $1.65. One of the very aldermen who voted on the resolution an- nu,ling the contract told The Age-Heradd he cooked with gas because he got it for one dollar, but he could not afford to light his house with it at $l.G5.
 If the gas company can sell gas to it's favortes for one dollar and to all for cook ing purposes for one dollar, why should not all who use gas pay one dollar for it? Everybody knows there is a tremendous profit to the gas company in supplying its product at one dollar That has been set tied. The gas company should deal fairly with the people. It will be applauded in so doing. It will make thousands of friends by voluntarily rendering dollar gas without being forced. Unless this is done voluntarily the aldermen have no recourse but that of exercising the power lodged in the board.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
FREE SEEDS.
From the New

From the New York Mail and Express.
 It appears that the agricultural appro- priations bill wthich is about ready for submission to the house, contains an item of s13O,O0 to buy seeds for free distribution by members of congress by and with the genrouse cooperation of the department of agriculture. Certain able statesmen in both houses are profoundly convinced that the horny-handed farmer wants to get some- thing for nothing, that he wants to become a deadhead on the government, and that his heart yearns for free seeds, ranging from verbena to rutabaga, and from morn ing glories and onion sets to sweet peas, oyster plant and yellow corn. Hence it is that these prodigal dispensers of public bounty propose that s1SO,000 of the peoples money shall be spent in setting the gov- ernment up in the seed business, from whose store their farmer constituents shall be loaded up with a promiscuous and gen. erally useless supply of free seeds.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
WHY?
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Why isn't bigamy twofold blessing?
 Why is it that silent partner has so much to say?
 Why does . loafer always bother a man when he's busy?
 Why does a man who is really good usu- ally look so safs
 Why is the hired girl of foreign birth called a domestic?
 Why do we use the term playwright" instead of 'playwriter?'
 Why does nearly all the milk of human kindness taste of the can?
 Why is it that a woman can never throw anything straight but kisses? Why does the average man always want to open door marked "private?"
 Why is it that your shoestring never breaks unless you are in a hurry?
 Why isn't the wedding ceremony a suc- cess unless there is a hitch in it some where? Why is it that about two thirds of a doc tors bill is for guessing at your complaint?
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
THE OLD BLUE WRAPPER.

From the PTttsburg News. I can see the old blue wrapper that my
 mother used to wear, With the braiding round the border and
 the bits of lace so rare, For I've often dried my tears against thai
 wrapper on her breast, When my boyisfh heart was breaking and
 wished to be carssscd. There was nothing half so homelike as that
 old blue dress to me, There was nothing half so rich as those old
 fibings seemed to be. And no arms have ever pressed me with .
 love 50 rare and true AS tlr hugs I got from mother when sha
 wore that dress of blue. ] have seen oal Neptune's color, as th4
 hl,a., waves b.l,owed by, 1 have seen the velvet starlight in tha
 azure tlopie sky, 1 have seen nlalden's gianceS that tna
 ,is,st of heaven bore, But faero's not blue so pretty as tho
 dress my mother were.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 False eyes should be made of looking glass.
 The tailor is engaged in a fitting occupa- ton.
 A cloven breath is equivalent to a plea of guilty
 The more we think of some people the less we think of them.
 A man seldom gets so full of emotion that he has no room for dinner
 No man has the courage to tell woman the things that her mirror does.
 The ardent lover is all at sea when his best girl throws him overheard.
 Men and women have more faith in each other than they have in their own sex.
 Most men are generous to fault when the fault happens to be their own.
 When a man tears a leaf off the calendar he realizes that his days are numbered.
 We have to guess what the future and the merchant who never advertises has in store.
 There may be nothing new under the sun, but the limitations frequently surpass the original
 It is better to purchase cents worth of music daily from the organ-grinder than to owe for a grand piano.
 Only few years ago people gaZed in wonder at the first gas light. Now they gaze in wonder at their last gas bill. 
 You can draw your own conclusion from the fact that there isn't enough truth in existence to keep tongues of gossips con- stantly wagging.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
PEKTN DUCKS.

Duck raising requires a peculiar talent, which can only be gained by experience.
 The habit of the duck is entirely different from the chicken, and this is the main reason why they can rarely be raised to- gether successfully. Successful growers of ducks are partial to the Pekin, claiming for the breed that it is more easily handled, is more hardy and natures more rapidly than any other breeds. It is by no means necessary that ducks have pond of water
The age-herald., 1898-01-14

in which to swim though this is the pre- valing opinion On the other hand, to avoid difficulty, care should be taken to obtain strain of ducks which, for several generations, have not had access to water for swimming purposes. If you can provide stream of water this will not be neces- sary, but it is almost impossible to keep a strain of ducks in good condition without a pond if they are descending from parents and grandparents who have been used to water. Pekins make less fuss over the loss of water than other br0s7s, and this point alone makes them valussle as a general purpose duck on the farm.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14

ftation of the scourge. One season of 1t Is quite enough. Throttle it now while the germs are dormant. Don't give one of the little imps a chance to again at tack the people of this state. Legisla- ton is not needed. Local cooperation with the United States marine hospital service is sufficient, but such co-opera- ton Is essential for the government will not act until invited to do so by the l5cal authorities.
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
THE SILENT TONGUE.

From the Chicago News. Mary had a little tongue,
 That never spoke q word And as Mary was quite talkatiyc. This statement seems absurd To school one day she took it.
 Within q sandwich white: And all the children did exclaim: "Oh, say. give us bite''
The age-herald., 1898-01-14

at one time in great danger of being gob- was narrow escape. and but for the he- roic work of Major Culver. who distributed oil in all quarters. the Farmers associa- tion would have been woven into a gigantic octonus
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
SHE HAD BEEN THERE.

Maude-"Tom and I were out sleighrids ing last night and he got angry at someS thing I said and we had a falling out.'
 Clare-"Well, it served you right. If you would make him drive with both hands or do the driving yourself there would be nQ excuse for falling out of a sleigh"
The age-herald., 1898-01-14
octopus.

It is estimated that the corporations of Ohio paid more than S5OoO00 for a single seat in the United States senate, and that to be occupied by the most conspicuous bribe-giver in the United States-Marcus those who seek to control the legislation of the nation
The age-herald., 1898-01-14

reader an idea of it's form. The growth of the vine is vigorous, with dark green, healthy foliage. The berries are of dark crimson color and quite firm. It ripens early, and is perfect in blossom. The berry is large, and this may prove that it will be too soft for shipment to distant markets. The variety, as tested on a moderately rich, sandy soil, seems to be well worthy of cultivation, but it should be tested on the growers grounds before planting largely of it.