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merry group of young people who sat around the parlor fire. 1t angered him that Kate would not tell him whom the valentine was from. Of course she knew, he thought, but would not tell, Who could have been falling i'll love with her. and no one suspeetit? He be- gan to feel abused and neglected, and before night, being a man with mans lack of swift deftness of perception, was suffering intensely from jealousy.
 Jerome Selden was a fine enough youngster, and he was receiving q les son he needed, for he was manly and straightforward in all the affairs of life, only lacking a little, perhaps, iii unselfsh thoughtfulness for others, and especially for the girls. that is his sisters and Kate, who was counted as one of the family, and who had con tributed more than her share toward spelling the pride of the house. In his security Jerome had lost in some measure the ardor of the weoer, and not until he had received reminder of the possibilities which exist in all human affairs, of a slip betwfXt the cup and ip," did he realize the depth and strength of his own feeling for Kate, or appreciate her according to her deserts. And now Peggy carried the war in the young lovers heart to an extreme, by carrying off Kate 10 her country home, to experience the de- lights of the winter merry-making at the Loveday farm. This is but fool ish story of real life, but it has the mer- it of truth Most true love stories are more or less foolish.
 Kate received daily letters from Je- rome, and became daily happier, find ing, as she felt in her heart, "all of her dreams coming true" The dreams, she meant, such as girls have, of fond, de- voted faithful lover. She forgot all
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nRHE little island of Guam, our re-
 cent acquisition in the Ladrone
 u group, is soon to experience a real American boom. Just such boom as our western towns and cities have seen; one that will send real estate prices slyward; that will make the owner of every corner lot wealthy for d few days or weeks at least. The few hundred natives will find that they can secure work for the asking at wages that will support them in opulence, and paid in American money, good the world over.
 This is all because the navy depart ment is to make of the harbor of the little capital city of Agana a naval sta ton that will be a marvel of complete ness to the people of that far-away island. There will be extensive epair shops, barracks, coaling docks, an arsenal, supply warehouses, and the most modern facilities for loading and unloading ships. All of this will add from 1000 to 2,o0o inhabitants to the little city, and make of it a civilized community in a few months, instead of the dirty, unkempt, semi-civilized village that it has been under Spanish rule, village that has degenerated
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f improved during Spanish oc-

instead of improved during Spanish oc- eupation.
 The first contract for the extensive improvements to be made by the navy department in this little out-of-the- way island has been given to New York concern, and amounts to $300,- Ooo, the first of which will be expend- ed in erecting suitable quarters for the workmen and marines that have to be sent there from this country.
 The most extensive improvement that will be made will be an iron pier ex- tending for a mile or more into the harbor, and beside which will anchor not only the American men-of-war, but the ships of all nations, for Guam promises to arise from the condition of lethargy in which it has been for cen- turies, and become prominent in the worlds commerce.
 Guam has had an interesting though rather uneventful history since it's dis covery by the great navigator Magellan in 1511. A few years later the little island became place of some impor- tance in the Pacific, for the Spaniards made it a stopping place for their yes sells sailing between Mexican and Phil ippine ports. Under early Spanish rule the native inhabitants, quiet race of Pacific islanders, soon disappeared and their place was taken by Malay immi- grants brought from the Philippines. The little group of islands lie to the northeast of the Philippines, distant from them about 200 miles, and will be in the track of vessels plying between American and Philippine ports
 When by the peace protocol and the treaty of Paris the United States took Guam from Spain, she secured about all that was of value in the entire group, for Guam contains almost all of the population of the islands, the only har- bor worthy of the name, and is the only island that has any intercourse with the outsidg world. But the pop uaation of Guam is exceedingly small, and does not consist of more than 700 people of all classes. At the time of its capture by Capt. Glass there was but one American resident on the
 
 island. and he instantly became man Of influence. The foreign popula ation, as it exists to-day, is principally of human driftwood that has gathered there from all quarters of the globe
 Of commerce Guam has practically none at the present time. There are no manufactories, and agriculture is al- most unknown, although all kinds of tropical fruits abound and furnish the natives most of the necessities of life. There is small amount of the cheaper grades of cotton cloth imported each year, as we'll as some cheap pottery These have taken the place of the cloths and pottery formerly manufactured by the natives. At one time, wbensSpain first took possession of the islands, the natives had we'll built homes, and neat villages, but these have disappeared under Spanish rule. and in their place have come the erudest of huts. What was at one time an industrious people
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the shape of founces. It is quite pos sible that these skirts will remain only through the early spring season.
 Many new designs are shown in black crepons for suitings for late spring and summer wear. The varieties offered in this line are exceptionally large and they promise to be unusually popular with those whose age or conditions de1 mand dark colorings. They will be made up in connection with whites. In fact white is being used in almost every conceivable way. Where year or twd ago small touches of black were used in both gowns and hats to give ton4 white has taken it's place.
 The new print goods and wash fabI rics are far less simple than in forme ! seasons. Prints are shown in all sort of dai.ty stripes and figures and In dian and Japanese designs. For chil dren's wear nothing is prettier thai the Irish linen dimities that are seel in scroll and floral designs.
 As I said in former letter, the hat. will be higher than usual this spring l do not mean by that that all crown will be high, but the majority of them Some of them, however, will be exceed ingly low. Another feature of th spring hats will be the many point For the early spring felts will be mud more popular than straw, and the fel will be both light in color and weigh One of these which 1 saw few da1 ago is composed of white felt. In for it somewhat resem bles the Meunier, t brim, however, being much broader the left side, where it is boldly rais toward-but not up-the back. A brig
 pink drapery of velvet surrounds { crown. In the front is placed hu bunch of Parma violets, while whi paradise, starting from behind on t | left side, curves over the crown and t
 inmates on the opposite side. This nd
 mode of disposing feathers is noticea1 on many hats.
 Feather boas have been unusual fashionable this winter. It has be
 most too warm to wear furs and fea CTS have taken the place of them. Th 1 have been used extensively as tri
 ming both for wraps and dresses.
 many novelties have been seen. One the features of the prevailing styls 1 the lack of regular colors that h
 been popular in former seasons.
 seldom sees feathers in black, gray
 white. but in the brighter colors.
 of the prettiest novelties is the bos which the white ostrich feather is u
 but the tips only are allowed to ret
 their color. and the body of the fea
 CTS shades gradually into purple, pi
 ish mauye. deep orange or red.
 lengths everything is worn. from tn
 yard long which simply clasp aroq the neck to those three or more "a long. SADIE MERRITT
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VA VHEN Miss Kate HilIard looked
 wv at tie letters lying by her
 AA V hrenl1fnsf rlate nn thn morn.

N A Y HEN MISS Nate tllInafa looked
 AV\V at the letters lying by her
 V V breakfast plate on the morn ing of February 14, she saw that she had among them at least one valentine "as was" a valentine.
 The envelope was very large, square, creamy white, and as she took il up she became aware that it was scented, and with more zeal than discretion for it gave cut very strong though sweet odor. something almost resonant No one at the table failed to notice the bright flush on Kate's pretty face as she examined the writing on this en- yelope, but all failed to discover, under all the girls blushing and smiling, the fact that she was disappointed. The writing was not that of her accepted lover and promised husband, Jerome Selden, who sat opposite her.
 Kate Hilliard was an orphan with a decent fortune in her own right, and she bad been brought up and treated as a daughter in the house of her guar dian, Judge Selden, an old friend of her father, and the eXecutor of his es- tate. There was a large family, and it was big, blithesome household to grow up in, mothered by sweet-faced, whole souled Mrs. Selden, and in their child hood Jerome and Kate were insepara ble ehums and playfellows. No one could remember when these two began to play house" together, and imagine a mimic life of their own in amending companionship. When Jerome went away from home to school, his vacations were still spent mainly with Kate wherever she might chance to be with Mrs. SeIden and the younger members of the family. Before Jerome entered college he formally proposed to his youthful sweetheart, and was accepted, while all the family rejoieed in the nat
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statistics on Children.

As result of careful investigation of 24,o00 cases Dr. Jarosie presented to the director of the Hungarian bureau of statistics the following conclusions: The offspring of parents between the ages of 20 and 25 are likely to be weak and delicate, but between 25 and 45 wis probably be strong and thrive. The mother bears most robust children be- tween her 25th and 35th year. When the mother is ten years younger than the father the proportion of healthy children is greatest, the chances Eeing len per cent. more favorable than when the parents are about the same age.
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occurred, and then Capt, Glass went ashore and spread to the breeze the stars and stripes from the staff that had carried the Spanish colors for more than three cen turies.
 The number of prisoners was 54 Span ish regulars, one company of native troops, 108 Mauser and Remington rifles and 15,O0O rounds of ammunition for them. Truly the governor gen. erals complaint that he had not suf- ticient means of making any resistance to the American force was we'll founded.
 DANIEL CLEVERTON.
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successful New telephone.

M. Dusand. of Geneva, has sent Paris Academy of Sciences descl ton of new telephone with which
 has successfully experimented. Fr
 q distant aboratory he was able to ss messages that could be distinctly he' in large room by an audience of Il people.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
PERSONAL VALUATION.
An Increase In Every Town In the
County, Except Four.

From the return made by the
assessors and compiled by Auditor
Tompkins and Deputy Everett,
every town in Redwood shows an
increased personal property valua-
ton this year over last, with the ex-
ception of Paxton, Underwood, Will
low Lake and Redwood Falls, the
town of Paxton having the biggest
slump, and amounting to nearly
$4,000. Many of the towns in the
county, notably the village of Lam
berton, show remarkable strides in
personal property valuation. THE
GAZETTE gives the 1898 valuation as
equalized by the county board as a
comparison with the 1899 valuation
as returned by the assessors, and
which was passed on by the county
board of equalization in session
Monday and Yesterday:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES
Saint Peter State Hospital, Saint
y Peter, Mimi.

There is connected with this hoSpi-
tai a training school for nurses, of
which the medical staff is the faculty
the course of instruction being car
ried outin definate systematic man
ner, with the text books, lectures,
demonstrations and practical work.
This school exists not merely for the
instruction in the rules and regu-
lations of the hospital, and the duties
of the attendants in the proper house
keeping of the wards but for the
thorough teaching of all that belongs
to the art OF nursing, so that the pu-
pills graduating from this school
shall be able to do general sick and
surgical nursing, as well as the
special work Of caring for the insane.
Send for blank applications to
DR.. 81. A. ToGINsoN,
48-2t Supt. st. Peter, Mimi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
REAL ESTATETRANSFERS,

Totals. .....S7S9,531
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19

Manufactured articles amounted
to So, 1852, machinery, etc., to SD, 484
moneys of banks, brokers, etc., to
ST., 241, credits of banks, etc., to
$3.50, money other than bankers to
1888, credits other than bankers
to 8,O68, shares of capital stock of
companies not in the State 500, all
other property not included in the
foregoing items, 1892 elevators,
warehouses, ETC., $27, 739, improve
ments of land held under homestead
laws $712.
There are 1850 dogs in the county
having an average valuation of S. 20
each.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19

Lamberton & Sykes to Arthur G..
Clark, lots l and 2 block 6, LANDER
ton & Sykes I'd addition to LANDER
ton.
Ferd. Portrait to Albert Blank,
nw4 of section "a, Vail, So, 72O.
Albert Blank to Albert F. Borch-
ardt, same description, $4,000.
Erwin J. Avery to Caroline
Marchant, lots and Z, block 1,
Porter s addition to Morgan, $3.50.
Hannah Beard to Eva A. Kenney,
lot 4, block 2, original plat of Red
wood Falls, $3.50.
Russell Sage to Matthias Krebs-
bach, sch of section Z, Sheridan,
1886.
Eva Sears to Stephen Pistulka,
sw4 of section 5. Vail, $2,4O0.
Levi Foster to Thos. Zellmer, eli of
sch of section 36, Morgan, $500.
Engbret Arvesen to Christ Ar
vesen, nj of sw4 and sw4 of sw4 of
section 25, Gales, $1,000.
Peter Hayes to Frank H. Retzlaff,
lot ID and tract in lot IA, block 3,
Lamberton, 81, 900.
F. H. Retzlaff to John Haas, tract
in lot IA, block 3, Lamberton, $3.50.
It's like a "dip in the fountain OF
youth" Touches the cheek so gently
that "youth fingers on the face of old
age" That's what Rocky Mountain
Tea does. Hitchcock & Co.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
DAIRY INTERESTS.
Redwood County Gained Nearly
1000 Cows last Year.

The dairy interests of Redwood
county made gain Of nearly 1000
cows during the past year, accord
ing to the returns of the assessors,
which show that the number of COWS
in Redwood county at the present
time is 9,763, as against 1888 last
year. The gain is everywhere
manifest, except in the villages and
cities, but particularly those towns
patronizing creameries. Last year
the valuation per COW was $12 in all
but II towns. Brookville COWS
went in at $12.13 per head, Charles
town at $12.87, Delhi at $12. %, Hon
ner at $12.64, Kintire at $11.96,
Morgan at s11.87, New Avon at
1922, Paxton at $12.O6, Shutdown
at $l2.12, Vail at s1213, Lamberton
village at 1924 and Morgan village
at 1929. This year the average
valuation is fixed at $12 per head in
all but IL towns, Brookville COWS
being worth $12.03, Charlestown
$11.99, Homer $13.35, Johnsonville
$11.96, Kintire $12.45, New Avon
$11.59, Springdale $12.42, Shutdown
$11.97, Swedes Forest $11, Three
Lakes $12.02 and Morgan village at
$11.98. The number of COWS in each
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19

valued at $2,312. Melodeons and
organs are numbered at 296, valued
at 81, 128. Pianos are reported at
43, valued at $3.50. The household
and Office furniture of the county is
valued at $26,8O8 and the agricul-
tural tools and implements at$7O,6 $50
Some one in Delhi very kindly re-
ports 81 worth of gold and silver
plated ware, but no other report is
made. Diamonds and jewelry, fran
chises, annuities, royalties, steam
boats, sailing vessels, etc., are not
reported. The goods and merchan-
disc list by towns and villages is
given as follows:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
ONLY SIMMONS HELD.
The MonCel1s Discharged on Con.
dition That they Mould Skip.

Arthur Simmons, arrested for
robbery in the first degree, in con-
nection with having knocked down
and robbed Frank Begal of $40 in
front of the Moncell road house on
the North Redwood hill, on the
night of July LIST, appeared in po-
lice court last Wednesday morning
and waived preliminary examina-
ton. Judge Chadderdon held the
young man to the grand jury, fixing
no bail, the crime being such a SER
ious one as to be bailable only on
consent of Judge Weber.
Charles I. Moncell and Emma
Moncell, his wife, were in the po-
lice court at the same time. County
Attorney Clague announced that the
State had no evidence against the
two people in connection with the
crime of robbery in the first degree
and the case against the two was
dismissed. Mr.. Clague was desir-
Gus of arresting the two in connec-
ton with running house of Hire
pute, but it is stated that he was
advised not to do so by the county
commissioners, the advice being
that if Moncell and his wife would
leave the county no furthur prose
cution of them would occur. On
their departure from the police
court Mr.. Clague stated to them
very emphatically that if they were
in the neighborhood at the time of
converting of the grand jury he
would report the matter to that
body.
Elmer Everson, arrested for COM
plicity in the offense with which
Simmons is charged, was also in
court, but there being no evidence
showing that be was directly con-
nected with the hold-up, and the
fact that he impaired all that he
knew regarding the same, led the
county attorney to dismiss the case
against him, but in doing so insist
ed that Everson give a bond for his
appearance as witness against
Simmons. The bond was furnished
during the afternoon, and Elmer
left the court room with a feeling
that he would not again be led into
the paths of evil.
Simmons will probably plead
guilty to an indictment that will be
returned against him by the Novem-
Der grand jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
BY AIKEN & SCHMAHL.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1899.
VALUES IN SIS.
What Redwood County Property Is
to be Assessed At.

According to the returns made by
the assessors there we're 2,737 per.
sons assessed for personal property
purposes this year as against 1854
last year. Of the number assessed
this year ia were in Brookville,
1873 in Charlestown, 12O in Delhi,
"a in Gales, SO in Granite Rock, 40
in Homer, 81 in Johnsonville, 88 in
Kintire, 81 in Lamberton, 88 in
Morgan, 116 in New Avon, SO in
North Hero, 81 in Paxton, II in
Redwood Falls, Il in Sherman, ITO
in Sheridan, 70 in Sprindale, 116 in
Shutdown, IS in Swedes Forest, 1l3
in Three Lakes, 81 in Underwood,
112 in Vail, 50 in Vesta, 81 in Water
bury, 100 in Westline, 88 in Willow
Lake, 81 in Lamberton village, 81
in Morgan village, so in Walnut
Grove and ia in this city.
There were $50 horses of the age
of one year placed on the rolls this
year. They have a valuation OF
1924, or an average valuation of
$8.O4 each. There were COZ horses,
mules, etc., having valuation OF
$50, 152, or an average valuation OF
$15.O7 per head, 8,872 horses, mules,
ETC., three years old and over hav-
ing a valuation of $263, 800, or an
average of $29. 81 per head.
The number of cattle one year
old in the county when the assess
ors made their rounds last month
were 4, 461, valued at $26, 585, an av-
erage valuation of 1896 per head.
The two years olds numbered 2,947
head, having valuation of $23, 900,
or an average of ssh per head.
The COWS are given in another arti-
Gle. No working oxen are reported
by the assessors. All other cattle
three years old and over numbered
311, having a valuation of 81, 273, an
average Of $13.74 per head. The
sheep reported we're 1850, hav-
ing valuation of 81 per head,
in every town with the single ex-
ception of Gales wher 273 head are
valued at $1.O5 per head. This fig
nre will probably be reduced to the
same level as the other towns by
the county board of equalization.
There were 5,755 hogs, valued at
$8,215, an average valuation of 81. GO
per head. The wagons and carriag-
es in the county number 3,811 and
have an assessable valuation OF
$4O.354, or an average offs lO.59 each.
The sewing and knitting machines
reported are totaled at 1, 16O, having
total valuation of S., $50, an aver
age of 1896 each. Sheridan failed
to report on this item as it did on
watches and clocks, the total mum.
of the latter reported being 1858,