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they have afforded endless amusement.
There was. for example. a supreme
court judge who came down for his
health. but on the steamer deck. where
he fell asleep one day famed by the
tropical breeze. il is said he talked to
himself of ice plants until all on board
knew OF his real mission. II is sale
that he secured some concessions with
in a hours after landing.
More successful still was n Scotch
Yankee. descended from Robert Bruce
on the n side and 10 Pilgrim fathers
on the other. who. the moment he put
foot on Porto Rican soil. opened a
capacious trunk and began to sell
American flags at five times their
value With exquisite diplomacy ne
infused into the Porto Rican mind the
idea that American officials would pro-
tect only those who had American
flags. n as he went his TRAN could he
marked by an ever growing line Of
stars and stripes. which ran from street
TO street and far out into the country
roads.
Another successful worker was n
brewery man from Newark or Brook
Ign. who. on the way down. was taken
TO be a prohibitionist from the fierce
manner I'm which he denounced beer.
II proved, however. that this was only
fine acting designed TO throw other pos
sible brewers of the scent. The sup
posed temperance man has already es-
tablished agencies and IL now building
a brewery.
A bright piece Of business was done
by a New York broker who had read
carefully the Spanish tariff and laws
respecting imports. and found out that
American tobacco was practically un-
known I'm this beautiful island. He
brought down American smoking and
chewing tobacco. pipes and cigarettes,
and has already sold enough to the SOL
diers and officers to make a handsome
return for his trouble. This ingenious
gentleman kept his business concealed
much longer than any other newcomer.
He had a list Of every regiment and
officer. n at the hotel in the morn
ing would nou his intention OF
calling upon his lear friends of Com
pany G at one camp. or Company r at
another. Outside he had an able-bodied
porter and a vehicle TO carry his wares
and when at nightfall he returned
without wares. but with much money.
he would inform the hotel acquaint-
ances hat his friends were very well
and that his visit was one Of the pleas
ATTEST he a had thus far on the ISL
and. II was only when the officers
came down and wanted to know where
the tobacco peddler was that his secret
became known
Nat Goodwin could o have shown
higher talent of the comedy order than
an old-time civil war officer who had
come TO Porto Rico TO drop a tear
upon the grave Of two Wisconsin
hum killed at Coamo and 20 erect a
suitable over their last rest
ing place. He may have dropped a tear
and he may at some time put up a
monument. but he certainly bought up
the best mineral spring on the island.
which burst from the earth a short dis
tance from where the Wisconsin braves
made their last fight.
There was a shrewd money lender
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become the great winter resort for
Americans. and many hotels will be
erected by enterprising Yankees which
will make fortunes for their preprietors.
Foremost among these negotiations are
the agents of a New York syndicate
which desires TO establish a Monte Carlo
i'm the new world. IL the United States
grants home rule TO the Porto Ricans.
they will have 10 difficulty in obtaining
official sanction.
The Spanish government has a differ
ent ethical code from our own. and for
years, II not centuries. has upheld the
lottery as a beneficent institution. II
permits all kinds of betting and gaming
from bull fights and cock fights down to
games OF chance. so that II the people
are not constitutional and fnveterate
gamblers IL is through no fault OF the
law or the conduct OF the officials. They
have already a fine establishment which
] saw at Coamo. dedicated to the Cod
dess OF Chance. where roulette. rouge
ct noir. faro. yingt-un. baccarat and
other games are carried on. with at
times very heavy stakes. The buildings
are a combination Of gambling nall.
bathing establishment, restaurant. cafe
and billiard rooms. They are handsome
and luxuriant structures and the
grounds are marked by rare cultivation
and elegance. The views in every d.
rection are Of SURPRISING loneliness. be-
ing of rolling hills. high mountains. no.
BILE plantations and tropical flowers.
forests and vegetation.
The omnipresent railroad man is very
much in evidence and desires TO con-
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NAVY MADE |NVNC|BLE BY PRACTICE.

ease on a little. too the range from the
officer in charge OF the division. then
gave the firing lanyard a quick jerk.
When the smoke lifted the eager watch
ers saw a great yawning hole In the
port bow OF the Almirante Oquendo.
A cheer came from the men IN the
turret, and the old veteran glanced
trtumphantly toward the seaman gun
ner. The latter's turn soon came. The
Oquendo. battered and helpless. drlfted
ashore in iames. The Oregon. accom-
panied b. the Brooklyn. sped on after
the fieet-footed Colon. The rapid fire
batteries OF both American hin ratified
and shrieked after the fugitive. The
s-inch guns rumbled an unceasing Choir
us as they belched forth their steel
shells. and occasionally a deeper roar
from the l3-inch monsters would give
a mightier volume fg the din.
II was after onc ~ the latter shots
that the forward turret OF the Oregon
echoed with a rousing cheer. Charley
the young anna gunner. mad lust
dropped the firing lanyard from h;s
hand. and IL was seen that the Col8n's
coming was IN ruins. He told
me before he pulled the LANYARD that
ne would fetch IT," exclaimed one 81 the
guns crew a~dmiringly. and ne did"
These shots. absolutely marvellous un-
der the circumstances. were Hred by
men representing two extremes OF the
service. The old gunner's mate gained
his skill through years Of experiences:
the seaman gunner. scarcely % age. was
the product OF "A modern Systcm Of
training. But both were American
gunners. and that term means some
thing these days.
Eighty-six years ago Great Britain.
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There is an old gunner's mate on the
battleship Oregon who has been in the
service for " 80 years. He polished
and cared for the 9-inch smooth-bore
guns OF the old navy. transferred his
affections q the wicked 6e-pounders
when they We're in vogue. and has final
~ adopted as his pet and pride n OF
the Monster l3-inch Beauties of the Ore
gon. He cannot read a word. and signs
the paymaster's rolls with a cross. yet
he knows the intricate mechanism OF a
breechloader as a scholar does the al
phabet. and he a hit a canvas bulls
eye 1000 yards away with al l.l00-
pound proJectile as easily as an expert
pool player can make "A pocket.
When the Inflated ships of Admiral
CerVera's fleet poked their noses past
MORO Castle in their desperate and
theatrical attempt 90 escape from san
tiaGo harbor. this grizzled old Gunner's
mate was engaged in his usual task.
that Of lovingly shining up the glossy
cat OF his i3-lnch pride. When the cry
went VI that the enemy vas escaping
and the drums and bugles and gongs
hastily sounded general quarters. he
gave a few finishing touches TO the muz-
zle. then quietly tool his station in the
turret Presently turning TO a young
seaman gunner next 10 him he said:
Charley, III bet you a months pay
that 4 make a better shot at the DagO
beggars than you. What dye say"
Done" was the prompt reply. Ten
minute later the old %gunner's mate
squintcd his eye along the sight. sig
nailed the man al the training lever O.
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ADVANCE GUARDS OF BOOMERS
They Are Up and Dressed and on the Ground
at Porto Rico, on the Alert to Grab Up the
Best of Everything That Is in Sight.

who came here expressly TO buy up
Spanish mortgages. These run for long
terms Of years and pay very heavy
rates OF interest, often as high as 10 per
cent. per annum. The charge is not
excessive when IL is remembered that
tire wonderful soil Of Porto Rico viii
often produce three and four crops per
year. N that good farming land is ssid
10 bring In S35 per acre per year over
and above expenses. Many timid Span
iards who were afraid hat American
officials are as rspacious as those OF
their own nationality were eager to dis
pose of their investments Ina this line.
and sold several mortgages cheaply IN
order 10 obtain hard cash. other Span
iards display no such timidity and have
taken advantage OF American ignorance
TO ask prices W. and three times above
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the market rates. I have seen ordinary
Spanish wine worth IL and 20 cents a
glass disposed OF to Americans for ten
times its normal cost.
The favorite enterprise is "A hotel. No
land is better adapted for this purpose.
Where there are beaches they are sim
ply ideal for bathing and swimming.
Domestic labor is cheap and efficient.
Horses and carriages cost a mere trine,
compared with American prices. The
cener Is impressively beautiful and
many Of the roads are equal TO those Of
Central Park or the boulevards of Chi
cagO. IL Is clear hat the island is to
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fuaco. Porto Rice. Sept. 2L-Porto
Rico at the present moment may be
compared to an ancient kettle which is
suddenly pressed into service as a
boiler after n century OF nuisance. The
water Is the population. and the fierce
heat is The first wave OF American in
fiuence and activity.
our troops were no sooner landed
when the missionaries of progress ap-
peared upon the scene in the shape II
promoters. spectators. brokers. agents
and adventurers. They came in every
guise and disguise and have already
made the Porto Ricans think harder
than they yer thought before. To an
outsider, especially TO an American,
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Pam Io..,b and the smith.

Among the most democratic monarchs
In Europe is the emperor OF Austria.
on whom sorrow has once more laid
a heavy hand. \ few days before the
empress was sssassinated he gave au-
dIence to n Hungarian blacksmith. II
being his invariable rule to personally
hear all appeals when possible. The
blacksmith came to thank his majesty
for an order conferred upon him for
some particularly fine work displayed
at the Vienna jubilee exposition. After
expressing gratitude in fitting but stur-
DIV phrase the artisan drew from his
pocket a cabinet photograph of the en-
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struct extensions to the existing roads
80 as to belt the island. This time
he has a rival i'm the troll
ley man. n claims superior advan-
tages for his own style OF locomotion.
There can be no doubt but what this
Will be a rich field for the trolley cor
p~orations. At present the crops are
transported by slow teams or else by
small craft from the little ports to the
large ones. IL is the land Of small
plantations. and as yet there Is none
Of that cooperative or associative ac-
ton which we find among our own ag-
riculturalists At present concessions
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peror and impress and without a warn
ing asked the emperor for his auto
graph. The emperor smiled and asked
what he wanted autographs for. The
blacksmith replied:
When 1 die my family will have to
return the cross of merit your majesty
has bestowed upon me, but / would
like to leave to them a souvenir that
l have Aeen the king" (of Hungary.
Butt have nothing handy / could
write with" said the emperor.
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Sentimental village maids fell deeply in
love with these new Yankee Cids.
Girls mature early OF our new island,
and often at 10 and II are adult women
They made love in Spanish style to the
invaders n in many cases annoyed
the victims of their admiration with
their pertinacity. Making love consists
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In smiling upon the object of alteration
through the shutters of a easement or
between the iron grills OF a v~erandah,
or else in writing fiery letters of affec-
ton from early dawn to dewy eve. One
young man captured the fancy of a
belle here and to his surprise became
the recipient of a deluge of owe letters
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02

"Oh. never mind, j have a lead pencil
with me-" said the worthy blacksmith.
offering it to Emperor Francis Joseph.
The amused emperor gave him the de-
sired autograph, which the blacksmith
placed carefully In his breast pocket.
As hi still tarried M appeared to be
somewhat embarrassed the emperor
asked the Hungarian whether he want
ed anything else?
Eyes, your majesty" quoth he, give
me back my pencil, please"
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which were thrown at him from over
the wall of a garden or pushed
through a hole in the wooden gate.
They came hourly. half-hourly n
sometimes every 10 minutes After he
had received 200 he became tired n
asked his chief to change his post.
MARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM.
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SCrOfu|a.

Mrs. Ruth Berkeiy, SaNns, kas.,
says: "0ne Of my grandchildren
had . severe case Of scrofuia, which
spread and formed sores all over
her body. Her eyes were attacked,
and we feared she would lose her
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her, but she grew worse, and her
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-12-07
GALES.

VIM. Knott has built new granary.
D. Hanks was calling on friends
Tuesday.
Fl. III. Nelson has built an addition
to bis granary.
A. w. Slower and wife visited at
Fred Swartz' sTuesday.
+ Hugh Montgomery and wife recent
~ visited at l.. g. Burdens.
T. L. Gilbert and wife visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. g. E. Croft on Tuesday.
Messrs. Porter, Montgomery and
wives visited at s. E., Weber's Sun
day.
Fourteen Galeites attended the West
church's annual supper and the sale
proceeds were $3.50.
George Montgomery and J. Myers
and families spent Thanksgiving at
Hugh Montgomery's; Mr.. and Mrs.
Gale at L. G. Burdens.
Twenty-Five attended the mothers
Circle at Hugh Montgomery's Wed
nesday, Everybody enjoyed the day.
The Circle will meet with Mrs. George
Montgomery Dec. 18th.
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Two Pointed Questions Answered.

What is the use of making a better
article than your competitor if you can
not get better price tor it?
Ans-As there is no difference in the
price the public will buy only the
better, SO that while our profits may be
smaller on single sale they will be
much greater in the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
your make is the best?
If both articles are brought promi-
nently before the public both are certain
to be tried and the public will very
quickly pass judgment on them and
use only the better one.
This explains the large sale on
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
people have been using it for years and
have found that it can always be de-
pended upon. They may occasionally
take up with some fashionable novelty
put forth with exaggerated claims, but
are certain to return to the one remedy
that they know to be reliable, and for
coughs, colds and Group there is
nothing equal to Chamberlain Cough
Remedy, For sale by Hitchcock & Co.
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REVERE.

Lottie Anderson is on the sick list.
Swan Peterson of Springdale visited
at Andrew Lidenberg's last Friday.
Lorenz Hanson and Chas. Hanson
and families Sundayed at Christ Lar.
sons in Johnsonville.
There will be Salvation Army meet
ing Wednesday evening, Dec. 7th, in
the Revere school house.
Tom Tormeson and Chas. Hanson
and families attended a wedding in
Johnsonville last Tuesday.
Selma, Alma, Helen and Fife and
Henry and Andrew Lidenburg Sum
dayed at Chas. Steinberg's.
A prayer meeting was held in Dist.
No. 81 last Friday evening. Not very
large crowd attended on account of the
dance.
Albert Knight, who has spent the
summer at Manila, and Fanny Swof-
fer spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. D.
s. Cantine.
Don't be persuaded into taking some
thing said to be just like Rocky Noun
tain Tea. There's nothing made or
sold like it. It alone is natures
| wonder. 17-4
A surprise party was tended Mrs. T.
A. Jones aud family last Friday even
ing. Dancing was INDUCED in until
the wee-small hours. An elaborate sup
per was served and good time reported.
The Gazette ST per year.
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The Burmese.

The Burmese will sacrifice any pros.
pect Of money making to go to feast.
These are called pives. and often the en-.
tertainment is elaborate. remember
going to one in upper Burma. There
was good deal Of dancing, but neither
the host nor his guests danced; that
would have been undignified. The dan
GERS were paid, and they twirled lazily
or jumped excitedly as occasion requir-
ed. Most of the time, however, was
spent in chatter and smoking. SmokiDg
is the only thing at which the Burmese
are industrious. They start smoking at
the early age Of 8, and they smoke
themselves into the next world. Girls
smoke quite as arduously as the men,
and as the cigars are very big many a
pretty mouth is strained to acoommo-
date giant cheroot. Pail Mall Maya
zine.
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Sensation and Pain.

Sensation is really a mental impress
sion or special state of consciousness,
resulting from the application Of an ex-
ternal stimulus acting under normal
conditions and therefore mostly pleasur-
able.
Pain, on the other hand, is a physical
state resulting from injury to and CON-
sequent change in the material tissues
affected
Thus the pressure of the hand in love
or friendship is normal stimulus Civ
ing rise to corresponding mental emo
tions, while the crushing grasp of a
strong hand upon a weaker dislocates
the nerves. mt : and bones and in
duces pain.
Warmth and burning, GOODNESS and
freezing, cheerful light an intoler-
able glare are few of many other
illustrations that will suggest them
selves on consideration of the subject. 8
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WESTLINE.


Sleighing was good the past week.
Florence Murray visited friends over
Sunday.
James Casserly was on the sick list
last week.
Miss A. L. Gilmore Sundayed at
Mrs. Kojetin's.
John Dolliver made a business trip to
Tracy last week.
Us. Moliter has been threshing the
rest of his grain, this week.
G. E. Deal has rented farm for the
coming season in this vicinity.
The Misses Casserly entertained a
party of young people Saturday even
ing.
The hop at Dan. Redding's last Fri
day night was attendedby remarkably
large crowd.
A number from here attended the de-
bate in the McGeough shool house Sat-
urday evening.
1t fills the arteries with rich red blood,
makes new flesh, healthy men and
women. That's what Rocky Mountain
Tea will do. IS cents. I7-4t
The Gozette 81 per year.
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FREE.
fl New Man
at the WHICH,
at the
Mill STREET MARKET.

Having purchased the above Market, I
intend to conduct the same in frst-class
shape. keeping it supplied with the best
meats, fish, ETC., that the market afford.
All are cordially invited to call and inspect
the stock at the old stand. Mill Street.
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THREE LAKES.

A baby boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Benson, recently.
Alfred Jensen has been on the sick
list the past week.
The school board held an extra meet
ing last Wednesday. "a.
Andrew Francois has built an addi-
ton to his barn andlhouse.
William r. Parker went to Mankato
to attend school last Wednesday.
Emma Stein haus has returned home
from her work at the Davidson farm.
George Schwab lost several fine head
of cattle last week by allowing them to
remain to long in tho corn.
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latest production. When NJ. Rostand
was but 20 years of age. "Le Cant
Rouge" his first play, was performed
at the Theatre Cluny in Paris, but with
little success. Six years later his Lies
Romanesques" was acted at the Theatre
Franchise. About the same time, too,
Mile Sarah Bernhardt appeared in an
overetherealized romantic drama, en-
titled LA P1inoesse Leontaine," and
made very little impression on dramatic
Paris. M. Rostand persevered, however,
and wrote a second play for Mile. Bern.
hardt, which was received with consid.
cradle favor. This was "La Samari-
tame.
Then came "Oyrano. Coquelin took
the title role, and after its first per
formance its author was given the cross
Of the Legion of Honor. Partisan critics
said that a peer of Victor Hugo had al
last been found. A quarter of a million
copies of the drama were quick ky snatch
ed up by eager Pa1isians. The play was
taken to the provinces, then to Eng
land, where its initial success was re-
peated. Certain English critics ever
affirmed that "Cyrano" was equal t
the best work of Corneille, Racine anG
Moliere. The success of the play ir
America is already we'll known.
NJ. Rostand is at present in Vienna
collecting material for new drama
which is being written under contract
for Mile. Sarah Bernhardt. His profes
sion, by the way, was never necessity
to the young playwright, as his family
is both wealthy and distinguished. MOI
long ago he married Mile. Rosemonde
Lee, a poetess, who takes great inter
est in all her husbands work, and re.
vised for him the proofsheets of ICY
rano de Bergerac.
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EDMOND ROSTAND.

The Career Of the Brilliant Young
Author Of "CyranO.'
Edmond Rostand, the Partisan play
wright, who has suddenly shed the
light Of his genius over the entdre
world, is still q young man. At the age
Of 81 he has stepped forward and ewept
D'Ennery, Scribe and Sardou aside as
literary flies. Fame and fortune came
to him vertically In one night. for 1t
was his dramatization Of the life OF
Cyrano De Bergerac which placed him
at once among the foremost French
dramatists. Before the production Of
his "Cyrano''' in Paris M. Rostand was
known as the author Of three insignia.
cant plays, none Of them revealing the
power which he was to show In his
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THE END.
Revenues Of the city Of London.

Revenues OF the CITY OF IOndO0.
Limited as is the extent Of the an
oient city Of London. its revenues are
ON a vast and lordly scale. An abstract
account Of the produce and expenditure
Of the city's estate-commonly called
"city's cash for the year ending Dec.
81, 1897, showed that the receipts
amounted to 81. O15.25 las. sid. The