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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-13
500 Reward, 500.

The readers OF .sis paper will be pleased
to learn that there ia ~ least one dreaded
disease that scionce has been able 70 cure IN
oil its stages and that 10 Catarrh. Hnll'>
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
known TO the medical 'ffateSnity. Cntarrh
being CONSTITUTIONAL disease, requires p
Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
str.ss q shs d'ssais Ss Saas sna os %
and assisting nature IN doing its work.
The proprietors have SO much faith In its
dred dollars for any case that It fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address y. j. OH EFEY A Co., Toledo, o.
Halls Family Pills sro the best.
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

not on two. the contest occurred on
Sunday. Mr.. Hughes, with his ex-
cellent nose for news, insisted on
publishing the score in his paper,
our esteemed contemporary up the
street. He gave the names correctly
Of all his associates. but ommitted
his correct name inserted in lieu
thereof the name of Carter. This
name chung to him for some time.
his associates in the Gun club, whom
he publicly dragged into Sunday
shooting, called him by that name
for several weeks, but the custom
gradually died out and Carter again
became Hughes. But it seems that
some member of the Gun club had
not forgotten Mr.. Hughes attempt
to protect himself against the criti-
cisms of Sunday observing people,
and when the directary man came
around last winter and asked for
details regarding the town, sur
reptitiously gave the name Of Geo.
B. Carter as postmaster at Redwood
Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30
GOES 70 OWNERS.
Excess Money from Bids for
Absolute Tax Sale.

The decision of the attorney gen.
eral to the effect that money re-
ceived from description at the
forfeited tax sale, which was in ex-
cess of the amount of taxes delin-
quent at the time of the sale, must
be returned to the original owner OF
the land. effects just five tracts in
Redwood county.
Three of these tracts are located
in Swedes Forest. r. Thorsen had
40 acres in section 20, on which
the taxes amounted to $50. 40, and on
which the bid was $21. Mary
Christensen had 80 acres in sections
"a and 25. Swedes Forest, which
were sold to J. r. Lankard, on
which the taxes amounted to $50. 81,
but which were bid in at 500. In
Hitchcock s 1st addition to the city
of Redwood Falls Chris. Fehlman
owned lot 3, block 5, on which the
taxes amounted to $43. %, but which
J. B. Robinson bid in for $51. In
Watson's second addition to Red
wood Falls NJ. H. Upton owned lot
l block 5, on which the taxes were
Sc. 80, and which Lydia R. Warner
bid in for SIS.
Speaking of the decision Of the at
torney general the PioEeer Press
says that Contrary to expections
and in direct opposition to that de-
mands made by the authorities. it is
expected that all surplus, that's the
sums received at auctions above the
total Indebtedness for taxes, will be
paid to the owners. It was thought
that this money would 90 to the
state, but Attorney General Douglas
has replied to several communica
tons quoting a previous decision
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

The question arose in 1881 at a
similar sale of land for forfeited
taxes, when the supreme court in
Farnham VS.. Jones held that the
owner gets the surplus.
1.-The act regulating the forfeited
tax sale OF 1893 was practically a
duplicate of that of 1881, and when
the same question arose, the court
sustained the previous decision.
AS the act of 1899 is again almost
duplicate of the two preceding,
Attorney General Douglas belives
that there can be no doubt as to the
status OF the case.
Had the attorney general ex-
pressed this opinion before the sale
was on, it might have led to much
speculation, that is to say, if an
owner allowed the taxes on his
property to accumulate so much that
these pretty fairly equaled the
value of the whole. he might then
buy it in himself at a lower figure
and save on the taxes For in
stance, if a piece of property or
dinar:ly worth 81, 900, had taxes Of
5000 against it, it might bring at
auction only $500, and the owner
could have bought his own land
back, saving 800 on the taxes. In
few instances only aid the owners
buy back their property at figures
below the total of taxes, andin these
cases the profit will have to be
theirs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

VIM. Burch, one Of the best
known rustling young men Of Red
wood Falls, passed away at his
home on Fourth street, near Lin
coin, after a lingering illness, short
" after nine o'clock last Wednes-
day evening, Typhoid pneumonia
was the cause. He was 30 years
old.
Mr.. Burch was taken i'll with
typhoid fever early in March, aud
under DR.. Gibson s, treatment, he
recovered almost completely, after
a month or more of illness, and when
about to leave his bed he was sliced
with an attack of pneumonia, which
again required medical care. Three
weeks ago last Sunday his condition
was alarming and DR.. Pease was
called in for consultation with DR..
Gibson. It was thought then, that
the long siege of illness was wear
ing too heavily on Mr.. Burch's con-
stitution to have him hold out much
longer, but every care was taken to
bring about a successful defeat of
the combined troubles. While
rallying at times, Mr.. Burch de-
clined, and on Tuesday Of last week
DR.. Penhall of Morton was also
summoned and consulted with the
other physicians regarding the case,
and he pronounced it almost hope
less. On Wednesday afternoon it
was seen that death was near and
the patient was so advised and he
made his will that evening. He
sank rapidly after this effort and a
few minutes after nine O'Clock he
passed into the great beyond.
The funeral occurred from the
Christian church at $50 clock Fri
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

ing from its reference to Redwood
Falls. In q prelude regarding the
the city to long list Of business
men the directory says:
REDWOOD FALLs-The judicial
seat Of Redwood county, is prosperous
incorporated city, governed by mayor
and board of aldermen. It is located
on the e. & N. w. Ry., and on the
Redwood river at its confluence with
the Minnesota. from which power is
derived and utilized by one Touring
mill and electric light plant. The
place also contains two banks, three
hotels, several elevators, creamery, an
opera house, two weekly newspapers,
Presbyterian, Catholic, Methodist,
Episcopal, Adventist. Christian and
Lutheran churches, good school, q
splendid city hall. and the usual
number Of stores, shops and residences.
Minneapolis is los, st. Paul 116 miles
distant, and North Redwood on the NJ.
& L. R. R., is two miles northeast.
Stage meets every train. Am. and 9.
S. Express, w. U. Telegraph. Pop.
1000. Mail, daily. Geo. B. Carter,
P. NJ.
OF course, as nearly all of our
readers know, Geo. B. Hughes, and
not Geo. B. Carter is postmaster at
Redwood Falls, and this is wherein
the directory grievously errs. How
ever.it will be remembered that
the Redwood Falls postmaster is an
enthusiastic sportsman, and is more
at home with a gun than he is pound.
ing stamps. He belongs to what
was once the Redwood Falls Gun
club. It will also be remembered
that on various occasions last sum
mer heindulged ina shoot, with other
+! members of the Gun club, and or
several occasions shot at clay
pegions with his associate Redwood
sportslnen against the sportsmer
from Morton. On one occasion, i
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30
a DIRECTORY ERROR.
Geo. B. Carter Given as Postmaster
at Redwood Falls,

The new edition of the Minnesota
State Gazetteer and Business Direc-
tory was distributed in this CITY last
week. The directory contains a
whole lot Of information regarding
the business interests of the State.
but is not altogether correct, judg-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

Ifyou want to see some real nobb
articles in new furniture call on Farrell
& Keefe, North Redwood. Very lat
est patterns in all kinds of household
and Office furniture to select
from. 38-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30
All goods are alike
to PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES, as they
color all fbers at one
boiling. Sold by
Hitchcock & Co.

The Minneapolis s st. Louis railroad
makes rates of one fare for the round trip
to St. Paul and Minneapolis and return on
account of the Republican State convention
at Minneapolis May 10Th. 1900: excursion
tickets to be sold on May 18th and 10Th good
for return until and including May 18th.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.

Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the
mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions from
reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can
possibly derive from them. Halls ,Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy
ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure tc get the
genuine. It is taken internally, and made
IN Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney = Co. Testi-
monials free. Sold by druggists, price 75c.
per bottle. Halls Family Pills are the best
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

day afternoon, under the auspices
of Redwood Falls Court, Indepen-
dent Order of Foresters, the mem
bers of which organization did all in
their power to assist in the care of
Mr.. Burch during his illness, and
of which organization he became a
recent member. Elder Henry
Goodacre oficiated. The remains
were laid to rest in the Redwood
cemetery, where they were escorted
by large crowd of Redwood Falls
and Delhi Foresters, who conducted
brief services at the grave.
William Burch was born in LeSueur
county, this State, in 1852, he being a
son of the late Simeon Burch. He
moved with his parents to Renville
county, where he resided up to about
ten years ago, when he moved to Red
wood Falls, and this place has since
been his home. He has since been
engaged in farming, threshing and
other business of a similar nature.
About six years ago he married Miss
Maggie Green of Burtrum, this State,
and he leaves his wife and one child,
eleven months old, to mourn his de-
parture. Four brothers and six sisters
also survive him.
Mr.. Burch was the first death in the
Redwood Falls Court, Independent
Order Of Foresters, and he was one Of
the last, being one of class of six, to
join. He carried 81 900 life insurance
in that order, which will be paid to the
widow just as soon as the proof of
death is sent to the Supreme Court.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30

THE GAZErTE's new county map
will be out next week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

heard Of him after her engagement had
expired, and often wondered if he had
delivered her card and found position.
On the table lay "A large bunch OF
lilies of the valley, and beside them n
small jewelers. box. She opened it and
saw, lying on white velvet, beautiful
heart of pearls, of exquisite workman
ship. The name on the card was strange
TO her-"Don Juan de Penailor."
After last triumphant appearance
that evening card vas brought to her
bearing the same Dame.
II will see him." she said to the boy.
When he came she recognized him in
stantly, and it was her turn TO be con-
fused.
you are not Nj. Chatelain?" she
said.
"No, madcmoisclle, have come to my
own again." he replied, simply, but |
have never forgotten your kindness"
81 must thank you for your gifts"
said Olympia. "The flowers ! will keep,
but the pearls ! must ask you TO take,
as | cannot accept them. They are
much too precious for a singer who
thinks only of her art"
"lf Olympia cannot accept them as
a singer, can she not DO so as the prom
Used wife of Marquis de Pcnailor?'
You honor me too highly said she,
trying to hide her emotion. "Will you
give me one day to consider"
At the close of Olympa's Paris en-
Rngement a simple wedding took place
at little suburban chapel covered with
ivy. The bride carried lilies OF the val
ley, and her only ornament was heart
Of pearls.
The world suffered the loss of a great
singer, and two people gained perfect
happiness thcreby.--From the French.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

The cultivation of fruit trees along
the highways of France is not only very
extensive, but is becoming more extend
ed each year. This new cultivation has
now become an important branch OF
national industry. In France the pro-
duction of these trees is estimated at
100000 annually. Some 20 years ago
the picturesque roads of the northeast
of France were lined with poplars.
These were ornamental enough, but
their roots spread so far and wide that
they rendered the adjacent meadows
sterile. This made the farmers so an
CRY that they got their saws and axes
and cleared the roadways of these OBJ
noxious trees. In their place they
planted q small plum, which was not as
beautiful but much more useful. Now
thousands OF baskets of this fruit are
shipped 10 Paris daily.--N. y. Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

me a most scientific trick. His store
was very lofty, running up two or three
stories, and he was descanting on the
beauties of this particular sword, when,
in order to prove the perfect temper Of
the metal he drove the point into the
floor and bent the blade until hilt and
point met. He then suddenly released
the hilt, anG that six feet of cleaning
sword sprang up into the air like a
thing alive. Up and up it Went, almost
to the lofty ceiling itself, when It lost
its impetus and began its descent hilt
first. 1t returned almost to the place
whence it started, the shopkeeper
catching it by the hit with practiced
ease and returning it to its case. ! was
crazy to try it myself, but the owner re-
fused to allow me, as he said l would
probably not only wreck the store, but
perhaps injure myself as well. He told
me that if / wanted to learn the trick 7
had better practice it in large open
lot and that suit of armor wouldn't
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

conscience, even at this late daSe, urged
him to a confession of shame for his
part in the proceedings, told me recent
ly that in a single day of that memoir
able season 1,400 terms were killed on
Cobb's island alone, and 10000 are said
TO have been there shot during the
summer. The destruction at other ia
vorable places was proportionately
great.
Two seasons of this work were suf
ficient to sweep the terms from all their
more accessible resorts, the only sur
vivors being residents of a few unin-
habited islands.
What will be the result? Is there no
appeal from fashions decree. Woman
alone can answer these questions, and
the case is so clear she cannot shirk
the responsibility of replying.
Aigrettes are decorative, quilts diff
cult to identify, neither bespeak death,
and ignorance may lead the most hui
name woman into wearing either. But
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
HUMOROUS

Teache r-"What is the feminine OF
MANI" Little Girl-"Dude. Harlem
Life.
We all spend more or less time in try
ing to figure out what we would do in
case of an attack by burglars.-Tacoma
News.
A wise 'System.-Saloonist Ito new
bartender)--"One rule of this house is
never to sell any more liquor to man
after he has had enough" Bartender
"How am | to know when he has
enough?" Saloonist-"As soon as his
money gives out."--Baltimor Ameri-
can.
There are times, says an exchange,
when it is positively dangerous to enter
church. 1t is when there is canon
at the reading desk, a big gun in the pull
pit, when the bishop is charging the
clergy, the choir is numbering the an
them and the organist is trying to
drown the choir.-Sterling Qll.) Stand
ard.
Brown-"I don't want anything more
to do with burglar alarms. l put one
in my house last week, and I am having
it taken out in hurry to-day" Jones
Whats your objection to it?"
Brown--"Some one tried to get in the
house last night and the blamed thing
went off and woke up the baby
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
First Burglar-''Now, if &c women
talks loud wot will l do-tell 'er t.
stop" Second Burglar-"Say, youse
amt been in de perfesh long, has y?
If woman gifts started t talkin' youse
couldn't git wurd in edgeways. Push
piller in er face er say t FER if she
don't keep mum you'll tell everybody in
de ward AT she wears false teeth an a
switch" Washington Star.
Two burglars, after working on a
safe all night, finally acknowledged
themselves completely baffled by the
new combination and were gathering
up their tools in disgust. Say, Bill, I'll
tell yer how we kin make some out O.
this job" "W'at yer mean?" Lets
hunt up the manufacturer of this safe
an sell him our testimonials. detroit
Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

John Hare celebrated the two hum
dredth performance of "The Gay Lord
QucX' by giving "a supper at the Gar
rick club, at which some bright
speeches were made. Comyns Carr,
now the head and front OF the Lyceum
management, remarked in the course
Of his speech that dramatic critics
should be shot ms they came out of a
thcater on the first night of new
play, but Joseph Knight, n critic OF
distinction, scored neat hit when he
said in reply that, for his part, he
often had to witness new plays that
caused him TO wish he had been shot
before he had entered the theater.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
PICKING WINNERS.
According to This Account Is Always
Easy to Man Who Is
Flat "Broke."

1.-THE ease with which a fellow can
pick the winners when he is broke
is one of the most extraordinary and
mysterious things in the world" said
a veteran turfman. Science can't eX-
plain it any more than it can explain
why you are certain TO lose if you
meet ,eross-eyed man On your way
to the betting ring, but at the same
time everybody knows it to be fact.
| remember on one occasion / attend
ed winter meet in New Orleans,
purely as matter of pleasure and not
intending to frivol much with the
poolbox. The old ST. Charles was then
standing, and the first man / met
when l walked into the big poolroom
in the basement was chap from
New York, who, for some reason l
never learned, was known as john
ny the Oyster AS soon as he saw
me he got excited, and taking me over
into corner began to explain how
he had been picking four or five win
ners out of every card since the rae
ing began. Of course. l had heard
plenty of such tales before, but his
earnestness was impressive, and when
looked over his greasy memorandum
book l saw he had really been doing
exactly what he claimed. 1t was mar
velous, amazing. / never saw such q
string of marvellous forecasts in my
life. He almost wept as he read them
over, and finally he pulled out a
stubby pencil and programme for
the following day. Just to show you
this is no fake he said, I'm going to
check off to-morrow's winners, and
after you see for yourself that l know
what I'm talking about I'd like to
have a small stake l put the card
in my pocket, and next day, without
letting Johnny know anything about
it, | put up a ten-dollar note on each
proposition he checked off. Every
last one of them lost, and | dropped
altogether $40. Later on / met my
man wandering disconsolately about
the pavement. We'll, old sport l
said, how did they come out?' L
can't understand it, he replied, mood
lily. It's the first time such a thing
has happened since I've been in town,
but to tell you the truth, | missed on
the whole layout BY way of COM
ment | handed him the brnch of pool
tickets. He looked them over, turned
on his heel and walked off without a
word. Next day he was picking win
ners again, the same as ever, but he
said nothing more about stake."-
Y. O. Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
A LEApING SWORD.
Clever Trick Performed by a Span
lard with One of the Famous
Toledo Blades.

"Of all the cities have visited in Eu-
rope" said II. A. Stinson, of Boston, re-
Gently, reports the New York Tribune,
81 found Madrid one of the most inter
esting. 1t has a number of out-of-the-
way features that appeal to one.
"While was in Madrid tried to pur-
chase one of the famous Toledo blades.
The old-fashioned two-handled sword
was what / wanted to get, one of those
that were built to cut through armor
and which fulfilled their mission COM
pletely, as many bloody battlefield in
ye ancient days bore testimony. had
TO give it up on account of the expense.
They cost from $3.50 up, but while 1 was
looking for one shopkeeper showed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
HASTY JUDGM EMIT.

] am sorry / said 1t!
All. words that / fain would recall.
Much may be placed to his credit,
There is good in him, after all!
called him fool and a cheat,
He inspired contempt in my breast.-
But why judge a man by his faults
BY his worst instead Of his best?
Why Judge by the dross. when the god
May be seen underneath If We look?
Why glance at the cover and judge
on-hand OF the worth Of the book?
I am sorry said It,
Alas. 10 have judged ere knew!
There is much 10 be placed to his credit,
For he has mis- good points too!
called him a fool and said
His mouth was n fountain Of lies!
Too bad TO have judged ere the scales
Had fallen away from my eyes
There Is virtue In each Of us still,
Whatever his failngs may be
have heard that the man / despised
Has great admiration for me!
m sorry said II!
All words that / fain would recall!
There are marks 10 be placed to his credit
There IS good In him. after all!
IS. T.. Kiser, In Chicago Times-Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
WANT TIE TERMS KILLED.
Why Women Prefer Their PIumage
for the Decoration of Their
Hea dgenr.

As a result of causes too mysterious
for the mind of man to comprehend,
fashion claimed the terms for her own,
says Bird Lore.
Up and down the coast word went
forth that sea swallows, or summer
gulls," were worth ten cents each, and
the miiliner's agent was there to con-
firm the report.
1t was in June when the baymen
were idle and, unrestrained by law,
they fastened to the beaches in keen
competition to destroy the birds which
were nesting there.
Never, in this country, at least, has
there been such slaughter OF birds. A
Cobb's island (ya.) bayman, whose
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

writer who died q few weeks ago in
New York, waS a thorough pessimist.
One evening, after he had denounced
the modern industrial system in say.
age terms, friend remarked: at is
not SO bad as Russian despotism, is
it?" Not quite; the former is the
won ct possible; the latter the worst
conceivable I"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
Guilt and Women.

Statistics show that man bears false
witness 100 times 10 woman's II; man
for forgery and unterfeit coming was
convicted 100 times 10 a woman's IL; in
the tribunals four times less then men.
Taking the whole OF Europe, women
are five times less guilty than men.--N.
Y. Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

A member of one of the great polit-
zeal clubs of London recently lost his
umbrella and put up notice in the
hall requesting "the nobleman" who
had taken it TO return it when he had
done with it. The committee, in due
course, desired to be informed why he
had ascribed its possession TO a peer,
The member blandly referred them to
the rule which said that the club was
composed of "noblemen and gentle
men," and added that no gentleman
would have taken his umbrella.