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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-11-28

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" HoRTLY before
Thanksgiving Mr..
Slawson won q tur-
key at q rattle and
~ brought it home to
fatten for the coming
festival. The entire
household followed him to the back
yard. where he tied the bird by one leg
to clothes post and proceeded to build
small coop in the fence corner. While
the rest of the family stood around
hindering Mr.. Slawson's work by max
ing suggestions and by laughing az him
when he struck his thumb with the
hammer. the two boys, Fred and Rob-
bic. were engaged in making the ac-l
quaintance of the turkey. Robbie. the
younger, was for naming him Dan. aft
err the grocer's boy who took him for
rides. but Fred stoutly maintained that
the honor would better befit Uncle
George. who had red whiskers. MIR.
Slawson settled the matter by saying.
with a wink at his wife, that the tur
keys name was Dennis.
During the soft. summary days which
followed-for in Savannah the Novem-
Der sun shines warmly-Fred and Rob-
bic spent most of their time at the
coop. feeding Dennis with whatever
came to their hands. and soon the &C.
quaintance ripened into comradeship.
The turkey became as one of them-a
playfellow. Then the next door neigh
boris boy climbed upon the fence and
asked:
when you going to kill him?"
"Kill who?'
'The turkey
"What'd we kill him for?"
'For Thanksgiving. Amt you going
to eat him?
The idea! Eat Dennis!
But after Fred and Robbie had gone
to bed the night before Thanksgiving
they heard their mother call out softly
over the banister:
''Sam. are you going to kill the tur-
key tonighty'
NO." Mr.. Slawson's answer came
from below. I'm do it in the morn
ing"
Then there was lot of tremulous
whispering under the bedclothes in
the up stairs back room. and when all
the lights had been put out two little
figures in white crept from the win
dow to the shed roof and clambered
down the trellis. Dennis was soon tied
securely by one leg under the broad
front porch and the two little figures
in white clambered up the trellis and
crept stealthily in at the window.
The next morning Mr.. Slawson went
to the back yard with the Ratchet in his
baud. But he soon came back. saying
unprintable things about the negro
race In general and about turkey
stealing niggers' in particular. And
the worst Of it was Mrs. Slawson add
ed in her mild. resigned way:
"Sam. knew you ought to kill it
last night"
But it was thought Thanksgiving
could not be duly celebrated without
turkey. so after much of the morning
had been spent otherwise than In CIV
ing thanks. Fred was posted OF to the
market with instructions to make all
possible haste. Robbie. who feared to
be left at home alone with the dreadful
secret. cried to go. too, but Mrs. Slaw-
son knew her boys
"No." said she. III you both went.
there's no telling when you'd be back"
So Fred cut across lot and was hurry
Ing down the back street-for he really
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-11-28
Appropriate Shades.

A party Of Americans were sitting
Oh the upper deck OF Rhine river boat
enjoying the charming scenery. One
was reading aloud from a guidebook
about the various castles as they came
into view. Just as the boat was pass
ing one Of the finest old buildings q
woman In the party exclaimed to her
companions: why, that old castle IL
inhabited. See, there are blinds at the
windows"
''No," said man standing by her
side; "those are the shades Of their an
cestors."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-11-28

Stops the Cough and Works on the
i Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Q uinine Tablets cure
cold In one DAY. No cure, no pay. Price rs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-11-28

a. w. BIRCH,
Iss DENTIST
Successor to f. Z. Halves.
WfM visit adjoining towns on NJ. & st. =,
road the first ten days of each month.
once In ONCE Block,
REDWOOD FALLS. MINI
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19

The Farmers'Mutusl Fire h Light.
ming Insurance Company Of Saline
County, Missouri, hes been In bust.
ness for four years ending Sept 10th,
1899. They have insured during that
time oe00, 900 90 worth Of property In
the county The business OF the com.
psny Is growing rapidly each year;
every loss hos boon promptly paid and
no assessments made. We r tho
only company doing strictly u farm
business In the county, We have no
agents In tho field, and oil spplica-
lions ere taken by directors For par.
ticulsrs,c call onL HTucker, Secretary,
South Side Public Square, Marshall,
Mo. Directors: J T Stoufer, Pres, Nap
ton; Arthur Hupp, Marshall; Robt
Smith, Miami; Henry Terrell, Elm
wood; w s Newell, MARSHALL; + A.
Bencdick Nspton; Il + Gaines, Mar.
shall; W G Gaines, Slater; John
Yesgle, Marshall; 8 p Houston,
Malta Bend, L H Tucker, Mar.
shall, Mo,
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19
etsU.efse lavs'

70 DO bound hand aud foot for
years by tho chsins Of disease IL the
worst form Of slavery. George d.
Williams, OF Manchester, Mich. tolls
how such . slave was msdo free. He
says: my wife has bern 50 helpless
for Ave years that she could not turn
over In bed alone. Aftor useing two
bottles Of Electric Bitters, she 10 won.
derfuiiy improved and able to do her
own work. This supreme remedy for
female diseases quickly cures nervous.
ness, slscplsssness melancholy, head
ache, bsckache, fsintiug and dizzy
spells. This miracle working medi.
cine 10 . godsend TO weak, sickly. run
down people. Every bottle guarau.
teed. Only 6ocents. Sold by r. H.
Franklin, Druggist.
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19
What Do the Children Drink.

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the Q food drink called
GRAIN-OY II IL delicious and nour.
ishing and takes tho place OF coffee.
Tho more Grsin.O you give tho child
rem, tho moro health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O 10
made Of pure grains, and when prop.
erly prepared, tastes like the choice
grsdcs Of coffee but costs about ! -
much. All grooers cell Il. I6c and
go.
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19

II y Mcdaniel 70 n p Mcdaniel Is.
III . ~, So, q, el00.
v Holman aud " toy ri 70 ; He'll.
man, 70 . %, 81, q, e000.
N Blankeushlp 70 J T wilson, lot
!. blk !, NJ add Sweet Syringe, $500.
r Landon 70 J Oaks, 90 . q, ~, y,
1880.
T Lsudon 70 G Oaks, % o 10, -, %.
si,o6o.
G Hall and VT 70 J p Huston, lot
II EMsrshsll oS. 100.
b and L N Dyssrt (by tr) TO Lutis
N Dyssrt, lots , and I, blk q, 8 add,
Marshall, >S00.
C L Hall 70 w r Hall, 100 u :, ~,
70, el600.
Sarah NJ Norvell 70 q Williming,
tract Of land Il, %, 10, $1,000.
NJ N Clough and Hus. 70 T w King,
10 o 30 and 81, ~, ~, t2,s3O.
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19
A Few Incomes.

The car hes % income Ut $1,000
IN hour, tho sultan es55. tho En-.
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19

Mrs. ASS Allen Of near O~resrville,
was Q visitor this week.
The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19

Charles etsnberry OF Phoenix, Arb
zons, vss . gueet Ia our city recently.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
A Prank of the Great Storm.

W, r. Householder, one of the EN-.
ployes of the House of Representa-
tives, tells an interesting experience
Of his son, corporal in Battery o,
First Artillery, and the Galveston
food my son." said Mr. Household
er, was stationed at Fort San ia.
elntO when the storm broke, and we AZ
first feared that he wGs among the
twenty-eight soldiers drowned at the
time. We did not hear from him for
three or four days, and tnen we got O
card saying he vas all right, but had
lost everything he possessed. He had
kept his clothing, letters and money
in his locker, and it had been swept
away. A short time after the disas.
ter l received q letter from a Mr.
Webb, of Lamarque, Texas, saying
that locker had been found there bear.
ing my name and containing articles
that evidently belonged to my son.
ordered the locker sent here to me.
We found everything intact, although
the clothing had been damaged by the
water. The locker had been carried
over fifteen miles by water and left
that far inland from Galveston. Ny
son had close shave, and nearly lost
his own life. He had a number Of
close shaves while serving in the Phil
ippines as a sergeant Of the Twenty
third Infantry. He was in half q
dozen battles in the Philippines, but
his experience at Galveston will linger
with him longer, he says than any he
ever had in the army."-WashlngtOn
Star.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
Just what shs pe.erved.

In the railway carriage sat well
dressed young lady tenderly holding o
very small poodle.
Madame" said the guard, II am
very sorry, but you can't have youl
dog In this compartment"
II shall hold him in my lap all the
way she replied, "and he will dis.
turb no one"
'That makes no difference" said the
guard: II couldn't even allow my owl
dog here. Dogs must ride In the lug
gage van. I'll fasten him all right fol
you"
Don't you touch my dog STRIP sale
the young lady. 81 will trust him t
no Onep And with an indignant all
she marched to the luggage van, tiet
up her dog, and returned.
About fifty miles farther on. wher
the guard came along again, she asked
him, "Will you tell me n my dog Il
all rightT
II am very sorry" said the guard
politely, "but you tied him to a port
mantean, and he was put out With 4
at the last station. TIT
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
An Emblem OF 1mmortalitv.

The Egyptian emblem Of immortality
was the scarab. or sacred beetle This
interesting little creature is found
throughout Egypt, as well as in few
other countries. 1t is black in color,
and about one inch in length One Of
its habits is to burrow it's way down
into the mud of the Nile and disappear
for a time After the inundation has
subsided, however it comes forth again
to the surface Of the ground, the first
of all living creatures seen emerging
from the black soil.
Astonished beholders in ancient
times believed this to be a case of
DEATH burial and resurrection, and,
seizing the suggested thought, made it
symbol for themselves. 1t is not
difficult to understand, therefore, why
this insect came to be looked upon as
sacred. Models of it were made in
great profusion. The material used
was chiefly stone. Many of these rep.
reservations are small, not larger than
the insect itself. Others Of them are
about the size of the closed hand or
fist. In the British Museum there Is
one of basalt about six feet long, five
feet wide and three feet high From
Egypt these stone models or represen-
tatlons of the sacred beetle were con-
veyed by traders and merchants to all
parts of the ancient civilized world
Answers.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

insects which stuck to his body were
transformed into people,
What an unpleasant idea, the last
mentioned!
Should some skeptlc like the Chinese
sage first quoted inquire how these
facts concerning creation We're first
arrived at, the simple explanation is
that Pwanku inscribed upon the shell
OF the tortoise his companion, a full
account of the matter for the infOrma-
ton of all generations.
The story goes on that Pwanku was
succeeded by three sovereigns. gro
tesdue and monstrOus as himself,
named the Celestial, Terrestrial and
Human. The philosophy, religion and
politics of China give evidence of be-
lief in a trinity Of powers, of which
these three rulers are no doubt the
impersonations. During another $4,000
years their reign continued, men
learned to eat and drink, became ac-
auainted with sleep, and were in
structed in the art of government
Next came two monarchs, called Yu-
chau, or having nest" and Sui-jin,
or "match-man' The latter Of these
delties brought down fire from heaven
in order that mortals might be able
to cook
The period known to the Chinese as
the highest antiquity" is stated in
their annals to be 1852 B. @. IT is
interesting in this connection to follow
DIR. William Haless researches. He
claims, in his work on the Analysis
of Chronology" the creation to have
been 5411 years before the Advent and
the Deluge 1856 years before It; and
in his opinion the beginning of Chinese
ancient history was 303 years after the
deluge, forty-seven before the death
Of Noah, and 300 years previous to
the confusion Of tongues.
The late S, Wells Williams, Ill. D.,
formerly Professor of Chinese Ian.
guage and Literature in Yale College,
ventures in one of his valuable works
the suppositiOn or speculation that
Noah, regarding himself as sole mon
arch Of the earth, divided it among
his descendants before his death; and
that some Of the "house and lineage
Of Shem found their way across tho
defiles and steppes of Central Asia to
the fertile plains of China before the
end Of the third diluvian century,
Beatrice Clayton, in Philadelphia
| Ledger.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
Innnn,s NntIonnl Flnuer.

From the howery land of Japan
there is a wrinkle to be learned about
the keeping Of what might be called
their national flower
The chrysanthemum is with us in
profusion now, and will be during the
next three months. So let us take
the advice of our little Jap friends as
to the keeping Of the cut flowers.
Light a piece Of wood mot a match,
because Of the sulphur in it), and with
It burn the stalks. Flowers thus treat
ed will last fresh for several weeks
no small consideration when the beau.
tiful blossoms are deaJ.-Phlladelphi0
Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

Lord PauncefOte in refurnishing and
decorating the interior Of the British
Embassy, at Washington, pays Ameri-
can upholstery and decorative wall
papers the compliment Of using them
in preference to those of British manu-.
facture. He is reported as saying that
the American goods are better in quail
ty and cost less than British goods Of
a similar kind. He thinks there is no
doubt that in this line Of manufac-
lures the United States leads the
world. This is indeed a remarkable
compliment to be paid by the Ambas.
sador of one great Industrial nation to
the manufacturing genius of another.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
TROUBLES oE TIE POOR.
food and Clothes Arc Possible, But Rent
Worries Them.

Worries Them.
"If you own the roof over your head,
you don't know what real trouble isl
said the factory hand. "Of course
folk have got to eat, and they've got
% have clothes to wear, but 1t isn't
.he thought Of that that's always
hanging over their heads, making
them work themselves to death when
they've got work, and fret themselves
to death when they haven't. Every
now and then we see something in
the papers how easy 1t is for poor
widow Tor worse than widow to feed
herself and family of children OF
twenty-five cents day, and If the
woman has good judgment and under
stands marketing such stories are not
so far wide of the mark. Oatmeal
and potatoes are cheap, and there's
odds and ends Of meat and bones that
may be had for next to nothing thaG
will make good soup.
"As for clothes, all poor folk who
try to keep themselves looking de.
gently know how far contrivance will
go in making them hold out. Skirts
may be turned inside out or dyed when
they are faded or spotted, and there's
lot Of wear In the secondhand shoes
that the cobblers sell cheaply. OF
course, we'd all rather eat the best
steaks and wear silk and velvet, but it
is not having to do without them that
keeps folk awake at night. 1t is the
rent. That goes steadily on, no mat
ter whether you've got work or
whether you are lying around idle.
and 1t is a happy day for a tenant
when the landlord can be talked into
bringing down the rent by dollar.
Not that all landlords are hard
hearted, as some folk seem to think.
Landlords are just like all other men,
some being better and some worse.
Now, there's a poor woman who works
in the same place with me, widow
with two children, and she lives in
one of the toughest neighborhoods in
the city. Well, last fall when that
woman was too sick to go out to work.
she got S1S behindhand with her rent,
and found out afterward that the man
whose business it was to collect it had
been paying it out Of his own pocket
right straight along. The house be-
longed to a family in which there were
some minors, and so all expenses and
revenues had to be accounted for to
the family lawyer, and that was why
the eldest son, who collected the rents
in person, could not remit the Widows
SO a month, as his father might have
done, but all the same he wasn't 60
ing to see her turned out on the
street knowing her to be q good ten
ant. or course, she began to pay the
money back as soon as she got to work
again, but it was great help, his
advancing it, for if it hadn't been for
that she would have had to part with
her sewing machine, which she had
just finished paying for on the Install
ment plan. AS long as she can hold on
to that machine there is no great dan
ger of her starving, unless she is too
sick to hold her head up. There is a
benevolent society that, when she Is
laid off from the shop on account of
work being slack, gives her four wrap
pers week to make at 80 cents apiece
and pays for them in provisions" -
New York Times.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
would Not Keep Her Back.

Saddler Slime was droll character,
and yet of a type by no means scarce
in the rural districts of the north Of
Scotland, says the Dundee Journal,
One morning when a neighbor entered
his shop he was greeted with the fol
lowing:
Man, Jeemle, had an awfu' dream
last night. 1 thOcht 1 saw my wife
feein' ava up to heaven with a great
big pair o. weengs"
"Ay, man, an did ye no try to pu'
her back?"
INA, ma! / just clapplt my hands
an cried: Shoe, shoop 1 was feart
she wad never hae anither chance O.
gettln' sac near In"
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

Miss Alice French-Octave Thanet-
at a recent meeting Of the club women
at Lincoln, Neb., sounded the praises
Of the modern man." claiming that
be is generally unappreciated. Miss
French believes that the modern man
is doing his unobtruslve best in every
walk of life, and that the modern
woman is doing hers. That she is a
good wife, a good mother, a good
friend and neighbor. Again, that "the
modern man" is under FIRE from his
own familiar friends; h. is attacked
by extremists on both sides, and yet,
harassed, worried, goaded, he doggedly
fights on with a Jest instead of a
groan, and never suspects that he is
either a hero or a martyr.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

Scarcely a day passes during the
hunting season that the nows reports
do not tell of one or more persons shot
for game by careless hunters, but sell
dom or never is there any mention that
the gunners have been arrested. Is it
not time to make an example Of some
Of these people, by way Of teaching
others to exercise a little prudence?
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

It seems fair TO assume, from recent
reports Of wild animal experts, that
the giraffe will before long be known
only in nursery books and dusty rec
Ords Of science, for he seems to be
rapidly approaching extinction. Once
this animal was abundant in South
Africa, but he has been pursued by
hunters until he is now very rarely
met with.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

A Brooklyn woman whowas charged
with horgewhipping her husband ad-
mitted the truth of the accusation In
court, and added: 81 only did what any
woman would do" Does this explain
the meek air of some Brooklyn hus-
bands?
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
An American Prldnct.

Edward C. Simmons, president of
the biggest hardware house in the
world, said some time ago that the
cheapest article that had ever come TO
his notice is a ten-cent pocket-knife.
1t is single-bladed, with a wood han
die, all handsomely finished, and of
quality Of steel that will take a razor
edge, and at ten cents brings a profit
to the manufacturer the jobber and
the retailer. think 1 can beat that
knife with an egg-beater one Of the
geared kind now so popular. 1t con.
sists of twelve separate and distinct
parts, joined together in single
mechanism which appears to be stanch
and durable. Four Of the parts are of
cast iron and the rest are of bright
malleable metal. Price-fve cents to
the consumer, after the manufacturer,
jobber and retailer have cleared their
profit. This indispensable kitchen tool
is branded-"Made in u. S. A"-Victor
Smith, in New York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

The Centennial celebration was a
very nice affair and reflected great
credit on its promoters.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
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ErterOa al ne Pest efloe fSC kSReuatsstes
Ars,,SA A. alGtl a oboONd-oJGSs r6tee.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-17
TERRITORIAL EXPANSION.

1--WE are not opposed to territorial
expansion when it takes in desirable
territory which can be erected into
States in the Union and whose people
are willing and fit to become Ameri-
can citizens. We favor trade eXpan-
sion by every peaceful and legitimate
means. But we are unalterably oppos-
ed to the Selling or purchasing of dis
tant islands to be governed outside the
constitution and whose people can new
or bpcOOa citizens
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-17

Vim. G. Irwin & Co., Ltd,
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE AGENTS
AGENTS FOR THE

AGENTS FOR THE
Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool,
Alliance Assurance Company Of Lon
don,
Co., Ltd, of London,
Scottish Union National Insurance
Company of Edinburgh,
Wilhelma of Magdeburg General Insur-
ance Company,
Associated Assurance Co., Ltd, Of Mu-
Mich and Berlin.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-17
m and their depend

al pensions to them and their depend
cnts.
1--WE favor the immediate construc-
ton, ownership and control of the Mic
aragua canal by the United States.
1--WE denounce the failure of the Re-
publican party to carry out its pledges,
to grant statehood to Territories of
Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma,
and we promise the people of those Ter
ritories immediate statehood and home
rule during their condition as Terri
tories and we favor home rule as a ter
ritorial form of government for Alaska
and Porto Rico.
1--WE favor an intelligent system of
improving the arid lands of the West,
storing the waters for purpose of irri-
cation and the holding of such lands
for actual settlers.
1--WE favor the continuance and strict
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
law and it's application to the same
classes of all Asiatic races.
1--WE especially condemn the ill-con-
cealed Republican alliance with Eng
land.
FOR SELF GOVERNMENT.
1--WE view with Indignation the pur-
pose of England to overwhelm with
force the South African republics.
Speaking, as we believe, for the entire
American nation, except its Republican
ofiice-holders, we extend our sympa-
thies to the heroic burghers in their
unequal struggle to maintain their lib
erty and independence.
I'VE denounce the lavish appropria-
tions of the recent Republican Con-
crosses. We oppose the accumulation
Of a surplus to be squandered in such
bare-faced frauds upon the taxpayers
as the shipping subsidy bill. We favor
the reduction and speedy repeal of the
war taxes.