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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Sleepy Eye Dispatch


Some of the big Christmas editions
of country papers are reaching us
this week. The GAZETTE at RED
WOOD comes with "a pages chock
full of good things and a neat
colored cover adds toits appearance.
St. Peter Tribune.
The REDWOOD FALLS GAZETTE
issued 20 page Christmas edition
we'll filled with advertising, and
containing list of the improvement
in that city the present year, which
it says, amounted to at least $4,000.
Echo Enterprise.
The REDWOOD GAZETTE came out
with 5000 edition, last week,
containing "a pages, 100 columns
of ads and 40 columns of reading
matter. This speaks we'll for the
paper and the town.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
Sldyto,a Gazette.

The Christmas number of THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS consists of twenty
four pages wellfilled with editorials,
local news and interesting COM
munications together with vast
amount of advertisements, making
known the wares for sale by the live
merchants of that live town. Up
to-date is hardly the proper hyphen
alton to apply to the Gazette. 1t is
usually little ahead of the procession.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13

of the handsomest and most COM
plete special editions issued-a gem
in every respect.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-13
OliuiuPress.

Olirid Press.
The REDWOOD GAZETTE came out
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
oNE MANS chuRcn.
Co1ored ZeaIot Building House Q
Worship Entirely Unasaed.

Co10Fed Zealet BualdiMg q House %
Worshap Entirely Unasaed.
A Georgia colored man, Andrew Bon-
ner by name, is manifasting his re-
ligious enthusiasm In substantial
though unusual way. Bonner Is slime
ple-mindcd negro, filled to overfowing
with what his admiring wife terms 'de
OIL time religion" He resides with her
in College Park, a village few miles
from Atlanta. His ambition for years
has been to build church for the BEN
eft of some OF his own race, the max
terial used to be procured with his own
earnings and no workman TO assist him
In the rearing Of the edifice, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
With utter disregard Of legal meas
iures, Andrew selected two years ago o
site for the church OF fhisdreams, which
he expects to be . monument to his
memory long after he has returned to
dust. The fact that he does not own
the ground has never disturbed him.
When far-sighted white friends urged
him to wait until the ground could be
bought for the purpose he Iaid no heed
to the proposition. but kept TO his orig
inal purpose. Every spare penny was
spent by him for lumber and nails.
The work has necessarily been slow,
but now, after "a months of patient
labor, Andrew gazes with pride upon
the building. which is almost covered.
The old man Is said to have soIne-
times denied his family bread that he
might save money for this pet project.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
A KNOWING DOG.
He Had q Glass Eye and Never
Rubbed 1t Out.

He Had Glass Eye and Never
Rubbed It Out.
Marmaduke is dead. He was only q
Blenheim spaniel, but he was wonder
full in his way, for he had q glass eye.
He was bred by the duchess of Marl-
borough, who takes o great interest
In the famous kennel. AS will occa-
sionally happen to small dogs, he tried
to show his superiority over the feline
race; but on one occasion pugnacious
cat declined to take orders from Mar
maduke, and enforced its refusal by
giving Marmaduke lone in the eye"
with its claws. The result was that
Marmaduke's eye was destroyed. The
duchess then sent the spaniel to q
veterinary surgeon, to be fitted to q
glass eye, as she was especially fond
of the little fellow, and the sight of the
empty socket was repugnant. After he
was sent back with his new eye, her
grace was made nervous by seeing his
staring artificial eye, it being just a
little previous to visit of the earl of
Blandford, and SO q home was sought
for the unfortunate little blue blood,
which was found with Miss e. L. Moore,
of Denmark Hill, near Woodstock. The
glass eye is the right one, and is ex-
actly matched to the other brown, an
mated one. Marmaduke never tried
to scratch or rub out the eye, but
seemed to understand why 1t was there.
lie was run over by O van.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
BOOK BUYERS.

WRReRs They somaetimes Make Ass
Quite Amusing.
During the recent book sale In this
city. says the Chicago Chronicle, there
were many calls for Henryx Sienkde-
wicz's sQuo Vadis.n One giff appeared
with card bearing this: .'Qwadiz." by
"stinkwitz.n Another reader asked for
'sTwo Wadera," by ssinkers.. while a
third demanded ssThat book by the man
whose nama ends In ''ifch.''
while the sale was going on wom-
an asked cash girl:
Can ron And David CopperaeId 2 y
'I'll see." said the girl. and disap-
peared. She presently returned and
said:
..No. mum. He don't work here mo-
more"
Another customer at the sale was Q
woman who drove up In her carriage.
She explained TO the clerk that she had
just moved into her own house.
'.The library" she said, ais one by
twenty and the shelves run around the
whole shootin' match" She looked at
the stock OF books and sweeping her
hand over lot of shelving containing
about 1900 volumes, she said: Send
those books up" As the assortment
contained broken sets, odd volumes.
duplicates and paper covered novels,
her "library" viii be . motley collec-
ton.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
AN INTERVAL.

Hou wouldn't think to look at him lay
an thar SO meek,
with his chubby hands both folded UNDER
meath his sunburnt cheek;
You wouldn't think, to see the peace his
sleepia' features take
3est what holy terror he kin be when
1 he's awakei
bet II you could get peep beneath those
lashes now,
You'd find spark o. mischief lurkin' In his
eyes somehow;
An those curved lips that's nodded like q
cherubs, soft an sweet,
They're yearnin' jest to give g whoop
would lift you off your feet!
g.ook at his ragged little coat hangin' on
that chair
Thar amt thing belongs to him that
don't show signs OF wear.
1esf see those rusty little shoes with both
s the toes stumped out,
They give a sort O. idea OF the way he
S gifts about!
Somehow It don't feel natural fur the house
:, to be SO still,
ITS full Of empty spaces that It takes his
" voice to I'LL;
IAN kinder miss the racket an the patter
FS OF his feet,
AN the litter shat / growl about-things
look heap too neat.
1t's curious how little scamp like that
kin take part
In all your thoughts an fancies, tilf he
fills feller's heart
With the rattle an the prattle that you
learn to love somehow,
TIL you're lonesome when you miss it.
Sh!-Great Scott, he's wakin' nowi
Ida Goldsmith Morris. in Atlanta Consti-
+ tuition
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
$1,000. 900 GONE IN 4 FLASH.
Klondike Telegraph Eine which sNaa
MracIseA lnx the AflMm4aa Cable

hiondike TeiegEaDn alno Wnaen ssaa
MreeaSed ~ 1hs 49, 80 Sa1ae'
Long ago-an loos-O-tnsEe was 40
caple between Gurops ss'lu <Amerlca-
lransatiah.le he~s-.sse. slsElng s1ne
excaa'ting episoaes e ,als sisas ssssS---Waa
Always apout =, aofsiape oas.' says nae
LONDON MALI. Inc asselnps 20 make z
caoie connection naa shassa aasassaosaa- as
~ ana IN rms lunesare oi analEs vas or
ganlzed gigahtle en!erprase. iopkins
70 ,he connecsion esSi OF 'ns ohaesa Ssasea
with europe wa hiondiAs llsi ana belhafia1ng
sea. Mpst S eiec.rleians 1aaa .saegTaph
experts had mace up l1sir Alinsis tnAs la
~ lliiesWhich was .ia uasta !, .ee asfoss as
1he s.raat--re ,Ieseh .su .he ioa esq 2
; submarine m aOie couiu &c
sVorkeei. ''s'. IS
. company Was.IorInea. ana Wnas ,
WIS Was ~ ~hituHH III saiose Trays seea's as isusslsaA sA
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07

"T7hat rehearsal was ghastly affair.
/ We placed ourselves in circle as we
! expected to sit on the stage, and the
manager acted as middleman. Dr. Smith
and Maj. Puggsley were up in all of
their business, so they said, and VIC got
right down to work. The major began
negro story, with the aid of the man
ager, and his dialect was taken bodily
from recent Scotch novel. Itwas bad,
and his jokes were bad. took She
chairman to one side and said:
Look here, old man, the major 10 a
good fellow, but he is no end man. You
will have to withdraw him.
"I don't see how can do that he
answered. He has bought 20 tickets
for his friends, and the crowd from the
Neck is coming purposely to hear him. ;
1T must be done or the show will be
ruined answered, and in this opinion
was upheld by all of the committee
men. The rehearsal had been stopped,
and it was decided that should break
the news to Maj. Puggsiey. I called him
to nesside of the stage and said:
"'M tjor, you have good voice and
you are rattling good fellow, but some
of us think that you are not quite up to
what we want as an end man. Not
quite, you know
Sir, do you mean to insult me"
asked the major.
Most certainly not, but-well, to
tell the truth, we want just such man
as you are for an usher, you know. You
are too good looking to black your face,
and
Now, Mr.. johnson, interrupted the
major, 4 am too old to be fooled by that
sort Of thing. This is direct affront,
sir, and I and my friends on the Neck
will resent it. Why, saw minstrel
shows before you were born, sir. Good
evening, SIR and out he walked.
'This was annoying, and, despite the
fact that the entire company stood by
me, felt somehow that had made
mistake. The rehearsal was begun
again, and DR.. Smith sprung his gags
and did dance. You could cut the si-
ilence with cheese knife when DR..
Smith began. He had partially de-
.seloped Irish brogue which he tried to
palm off as negro talk. We knew bet
ter, of course. His dance was as bad as
his dialect, and his stories wers about
aas funny as pan Of dough. Cold per-
spiration beaded my forehead as I sat
there and wondered If he appeared as
bad to the other members as he did to
me and where Mr.. Smith ever got the
idea that he would make a good end
man. My thoughts were interrupted
by the chairman saying to mecoldly:
Mr.. johnson, may speak to you
moMant?'
81 stepped into an adjoining room
and the chairman started in with:
"Your friend is the worst ever. Why,
the major is a laugh-provokerc compared
with him. Call him off. Send him
home. He will wreck the show
You may do that YOURSELF an
swered, somewhat bitterly. I have
made an enemy of your friend. the
major. You tackle Smith,
''The chairman called Smith to one
side and the conversation that followed
was brisk. Iheard Smith say that had
urged him against his will TO take part
and that he considered 1t very shabby
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07

treatment. The chairman got angry
and so did Smith, and Smith left with
out saying good-evening. There is no
use going into any more narrowing de-
tails about that show. Families were
parted, old friends became enemies. On
the night of the show big block of
empty seats ON the west side Of the hall
showed plainly that the people of the
Neck had resented the tretment of Maj.
Puggsley. Anotherlargeb block of vacant
seats in the center of the hall showed
that Low Ground Park had stayed at
home and sympathized with DIR. Smith.
When story that had been approved
by one faction and condemned by an
ether was told the adherents Of the
former laughed uproariously and those
of the latter looked sad. tell you that
minstrel show was an event. No two
OF the quartette of end men were on
speaking terms off the stage. They ran
down each others real estate in their
gags and they said unkind things. 1t
really wasn't bad show, you know,
but everything in Selectville now dates
from it. Mrs. johnson has resigned
from four whist clubs because Mrs.
Jones, whose husband acted so hateful-
ly toward me, was member of them.
The Smith family and the Puggsley
family have cut us dead on every oc-
easion. We don't speak to them.
either. Iavoid the chairman and there
is even talk of asplit in the church be-
cause of that miserable show. Now, be
warned by me, my boy, and never ac-
cept an invitation to take part in such
thing. Selectyille is all broken up
and it viii be years before the wounds
are healed IN. Y. Sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
HARD WORDS FOR OLD FOLKS.
Posers which VIII Bring Down Evem
fI,c MasAera nf Ttteratur@

Posers which VIII Bring Down Evem
the Masters OF Literature.
When young people wantto turn the
tables on the elders who are always
asking them questions they can't an
swer little study of the dictionary
will arm them with number of posers
capable of bringing down college presi-
dents.
A literary man Of fame and master
of the English tongue was asked the
other day by a merry girl to spell and
define ''giffen," he gave it up ON both
counts, yet "giffen" is a proper Eng
lish word, neither obsolete nor archaic,
nor provincial, nor technical. The
young girl and her mates had been maxi
ing game among themselves by giving
out to each other for spelling and def
milton short words that, like "gitfen, r
could be considered part of the living
literary English tongue; to allow any
others was to make the game foo hope
@essly difficult; as it was, when anyone
was able to show acquaintance with a
word on some one else's list she had
greatly distinguished herself.
These are some of the words they In
troduced to each other: Taggle, ergaI,
an:le, vanitied, avn, baiinal, bandog,
bezoar, Cd, mourwee, dollap, mazer,
dfpode, cofman and nnciaI. !,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
PIN HOLES M THE CHECKS.
Onay Oas ~ the Cashiers PFecautfoni
0vssaeoked by the Forger.

Onay Oaa ~ the Cashiers Precautions
Ovstaeeled by the Forgsr.
In the course of q lecture deylivered
recently on chemical tests used In dis
covering by the ink the age of docu-
nents, and whether there have been in
terpolations, Prof. G. A. Doremus told
OF curious discovery in the case of a
raised check, made by his father, who
Is an expert In chemistry and In docu-
ments. The interests involved in this
case, says the New York Sun, were
very large, and 1t was not practicable
that the original check should be tam
pered with or chemically treated. For
purposes of testimony an enlarged pho
tograph of the check was taken by DIR.
Doremus, who was called as an expert
In the case. The first trial resulted In
no decision, and on the second trial.
what purported to be the original check
was produced. It was handed to the
cashier Of the bank for Identification.
He examined 1T and said:
This is not the original check"
.sHow do you know that?" demanded
the amazed lawyer.
Because in the heading of the orig
inal check I pricked hole in the center
OF each OF the so's' with PIN" was the
reply. 'tThis check has not those
holes"
In all other respects the check
seemed TO be identical The court
called for DR.. Doremus' photograph to
be produced. It plainly showed the pin
holes. Upon this the lawyer for the de-
Tense threw up his ease. and the guilty
substitutor OF the false check fed the
counLr4.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
ELEPHANT CURIOSITY.
An Animal which Stands with Its
]: Feet Imhedded I'm Rocks.


Feet Imbedded I'm Rocks.
On the Miles Wilbur farm. less than
two miles from Palmyra, Wis, nearly
midway between Bald bluff and the
Curelian spring, on wild, rocky hill
! side of the Kettle range of bluffs, may
be found huge rock known far and
near as the "stone elephant" says the
Boston Transcript.
It is annually visited by large num-
bers Of people, some of whom pronounce
it petriffed elephant of monster size,
but the theory most generally believed
is that it was hewed out of the solid
rock in which it seemed imbedded CEN
turies ago by some prehistoric race.
AS if to substantiate this latter
theory, from time to time many val
liable tools, relics and implements un-
known to the people of this age have
been found about its base and In that
immediate vicinity. The elephant is
about 20 feet long, six or eight feet
high, of dark gray color and weighs
hundreds of tons. The body only is
above the level of the ground, its legs
being deeply sunk below, holding it
firmly in standing position.
A tradition believed by many is that
around this huge stone the Indians
gathered to offer sacrifices to the great
spirit and burn their prisoners at the
stake, or make them the victims Of
slow torture known only to the In
dams. It is long established and gen.
orally believed theory that in this inn
mediate vicinity and about Bald bluff
and the Big springs were some of their
most famous battle fields and hunting
grounds
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
/ WALKED aos. .e2o MILES.
ResnaRkabls Record of Postms
who Waa Jest Retired.

RemaRkabIs Record of . PostHasn
Who Maa yust Retired.
a MIR. Roberts, for ss years postman
Of Pilling In the Fylde, North Lanca-
shire, has just retired. reports the Lon
don Mail. For 20 years he walked from
pilling TO Fleetwood and back twice o
day, nos % mention many perilous trips
In crossing the river Wyre during pc
rIods of storm. A calculation OF FIVE
miles each way, four times o day dn
addition TO his round ut the villagel.
sir days In the week, for % years, shows
that he walked 137. 7.2so miles between
Pilling and Fleetwood In the fulfllment
Of his duty. During this time he must
have crossed the river Wyre Co by no
means pleasant task IN the winter tfne1
81, ,457 times. His duties were consid-
erably Hghtened when II years ago the
government decided to bring the mails
TO Pilling by another route. Though
this did away with crossing the riyerit IL
did not reduce the distance Postman
Roberts had to walk very much. In.
Guiding the village delivery, be must
In his 3s years Of service have walked
no less than 205, 1920 miles.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
FREsHMAN GETS A LESSON.
BFyn AGawR Girls Teach sporsive
MnrvaRd YoHth Mammers.

Harvard YoHth Mammers.
A Chicago young man In Cambridge
found recently that he could not make
fun, OF the women's colleges with Inn
punity. In his letters to his sister, re-
ports the Chronicle Of that city, he had
spoken of her college as an incubator
several times and said he wondered
when the chicks would hatch and IL
fhsy. would take postgraduate In q
brooder. His sister didn't care much
for that sort of thing from brother,
who was only freshman himself. albeit
Q Harvard freshman, nor did the other
Bryn Mawr girls, TO whom abe repeated
his remarks.
On the day Of the receipt OF o letter
from him saying he was coming down
to inspect the ''apparatusn the mem
bers of his aister'a class held meeting
fin her room. On his arrival, two days
later, he was ushered with some cere-
nlony into the reception-room.
After waiting 20 minutes o girl came
In hurriedly, looked fairly at him and
said .stOh!" Then she left abruptly. In
five minutes q second girl rushed In,
saying .Oh!" turned round and walked
out. Five minutes later third girl did
likewise. and In another five minutes it
happened again. This continued for
just one hour, when all of the 90 girls
that had said s'Ohl" together with
about a. many more, all strangers,
came In IN body. said @oh!" and filed
out.
Then the freahman's sister came In,
by which time the youth was ready to
collapse, and asked him how he liked
the chicks. and X he didn't think they
could peep prettily, after which she IN
yited him to spread in her room with
the chicks. where they demonstrated
they could pick up crumbs as well as
reen.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
The Ffrss waaep Faaas.

The Quakertown (pa.) Times awards
to bethlehem the distinction OF having
erected the. first sEaterworks In the
United States. Near the banks OF the
Monocacy creek (the Indian name for
creek OF many oends). It says. there ia
o never-faiiing spring Of pure cold
water, which has formed the supply Of
Bethlehem from its founding up TO the
present time. In the spring OF 1854
Hans Christopher Christensen began
the erection OF the first waterworks in
the old mill. The water Was forced
through wooden pipes up the hill into
q wooden reservoir, situated where the
Moravian church BOW stands.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
THE QUEEN CLEANS HOUSE

I
Old Apartments In Kensipgton Ral.
ace to he Put i'm Order.
Queen Victoria has given orders that
the old state apartments in Kensington
palace, which have long been disused,
shall be put in order and opened to the
public indefinitely, says the New York
Mail and Express. Nine rooms will be
renovated, among them the bedroom in
which her majesty was sleeping on the
memorable June morning nearly 6I
years ago when the news came to her
that the archbishop of Canterbury was
waiting in the council chamber TO tell
her that she was sovereign Of one of
the great kingdoms of the world.
All these nine rooms are denuded of
furniture and almost knee deep with
dust. The ballroom in the Denmark
wing, where the men and women OF the
aristocracy held high revel for two CEN
for tuclsing away things which were
not wanted elsewhere, and it looks like
a regular junk shop. Rusty barrel or
gans, broken-down tables, unseated
chairs and pictureless frames lie on the
floor in heaps, and over these hangs in
ragged strips, as though to cover the
desolation, the tapestry which former
ly decked the walls, striking illustra-
ton Of the "base uses" to which royal
palace may come.
Another Of the rooms to be restored
is Sir Christopher Wren's famous BAN
quoting hall. The chamber in which
the queen was born will not be opened
to the genral public, but admission may
be gained by special order from the
lord chancellor. In this room. which
has been kept In order, a brass plate has
been placed, inscribed: "In this room
Queen Victoria was born May "a, 1s19.s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
MOUNT vERnoh.s GUARD.


Littl9 Old CO10rea Man Masast Misaed
. Day IA Years.
Edward Parker, the little old colored
man who occupies the sentry box at the
tomb Of Washington ut Mount Vernon.
lives In Washington, says the Washing
ton Star. That is, his family lives here,
and he comes over by special permit
OF the organization which has control
OF the old home OF the first president
Of the United States.
For years the tomb of Washington
has been constantly before this old col
ored mans vision. Ee has never missed
q day from that dingy sentry box since
Mount Vernon passed into the charge
Of the ladies, and before that. dating
from 184f, he had lived on the place.
He was slave of John Washing ton, and
is the last Of the old servants now lv-
ing.
Every other Saturday Parker comes
over to Washington always carrying
with him an old-fashioned carpet bag,
so common in the days of reconstruc-
tion. The following Monday morning
he may always be seen a half hour at
least before the first train starts for
Mount Vernon waiting around the cor
ner of Pennsylvania avenue and Thir-
teenth street. He has never missed the
first train since the electric cars began
running to Mount Vernon. Before that
the first boat to Mount Vernon, on al
ternating Monday mornings, always
found him passenger.
Parker is, indeed character. He as
sisted in burying the last person con-
signed to the vault in the Washing ION
tomb. After that the key to the vault
was thrown into the Potonaac. This
was In the early sos.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
Manatoba son.

In Manitoba you can turn q furrow
many miles long and not encounter
stene as large as your fist. The earth,
for distance down from three to five
feet is rich, black loan, made by cen-
turies and centuries Of deeaying yegeta-
tiou.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
Driven to sufcide.

Gummey What made the poor fell
low commit suicide?
6 Glanders-I heard that he was always
afraid of death, and that this fear drove
him to suieide-Up-to-Dat
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-05-07
Lots For Sale.

+ will sell, ,on years CREDIT, twelye
lots, all of them being FRONT lots On
Liberty, North streets and Railroad
Avenue, usar the depot, 47 TO 6s feet
front BY 100-If0-l4i fekt deep.
mhl2S GE0RGE q. EAMHs