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The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-05

Gillies, Thos. Mckay, J. A. Lager
strom, A. d. Mclean, VIM. Steele.
Nearly $1,000 passed through the treas
uIer's hands in eight months.
Mrs. McHenry was surprised on
Thursday by several of her lady friends
on the occasion of her birthday. The
ladies brought luncheon and Mrs. Me
Henry received several presens.
The anniversary Of the birth of our
martyred President Mckinley was OBJ
served by the Delhi schools on Thurs
day. The total contribution of the
school amounted to 81 for the memor-
ial fund.
Rev. George West of kasota deliv.
cred a lecture on Ireland Tuesday even
ing at the Presbyterian church. The
speaker was born in Ireland, and being
we'll versed in the habits and customs
Of the country, gave very interesting
lecture.
The following pupils,of the intermedi-
ate department have neither been ab.
sent nor tardy during the past month
Ella Brown, Edna Stewart, Edna Borg
Elmor Lagerstrom, Hazel Browne,
Anna Mclean, Maggie Carbert, Josie
Olson, Andrew Anderson and w. Adsit.
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too small, consequently an addition
was built to the rear and interior i'm
proyements made,
Sam Morrow lost valuable horse in
a peculiar manner on Thursday of last
week. The horse was being shod in
Schueller's blacksmith shop, when
lit became unruly and in prancing
around the horse fell striking its head
against the wall. The horse died in a
short time.
Mrs. Isabel Wing Lake, national or
G anizer for the w. G. II. o., will lee
ture in the German Evangelical church
FEB. 10 and II, beginning at D. m. A
! free-Will offering will be taken 10 pay
the expenses of the speaker. A parlor
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. ID. G.. Mcneil on the afternoon
of the 1lth.
John Els on Wednesday caused the
arrest of Frank kojetin, a saloon keep
er OF Vesta. The trouble arose over
the hire of livery team. The Vesta
man was here Tuesday and made a
bargain with John Ellis to be taken to
Nesta for $3.50. The RIG was hitched
up, but kojetin, in the meantime. Sc
cured rig from the other barn for s.
and was taken home
o. L. Newhouse returned Tuesday
from North Dakota. having sold 200
acres of land as follows: Ben Sewell
600, B. F Schmitz l6O, Aug. Boltz 800.
Geo. Braun $40, r. Steinnou $40, NJ.
Blake $50. The price paid was from
s12 to Is. and the land is located near
Bostineau. Mr. Newhouse will accom-
pany another party of buyers to this
district. Monday.
Last Saturday an important business
change took place in Wabasso. The
hardware firm of koenig & Schmid
dissolved partnership. John b. koe-
mig of Lam berton selling out his inter
ests to w. Schmid. Mr.. Schmid vii,
continue the business. and in CONVEX
satlon with the writer he stated that a
much larger stock would be carried
this year TO accommodate the public.
O. ]. Sehmid will continue as manager
of the business
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-05
Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that the regu-
lar uniform teachers examinations will
be held as follows:
Redwood Falls At the court house,
Feb. 9Th, 7th and 8th.
Lamberton-At the school house,
Feb. 9Th, 7th and Sth.
Examinations begin at s a. m. First
grade subjects will be given on Feb. 6.
All manuscript paper will be furnish
ed. Bring pens, ink and pencils.
All applicants making up conditions
must bring certificates to get credit for
unWritten subjects.
All examines desiring. first grade
certificates must bring second grade
certificates with scholarship marks of
IS or more, in topics in which they
wish to get credit, in lieu of examina-
ton. S. j. RACE,
Supt. of Schools.
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Mr and Mrs. Lightbody and Thos.
McNaughton Of Underwood visited
Delhi friends the past week.
William Gray and wife of Minneap-
oils visited A. NJ. Stewart and family
of Kintire township the past week.
AnCie Stewart of Ireton, Iowa, is
visiting Delhi relatives and expects to
remain in this vicinity for couple of
weeks
Mrs. H. Brausche of this place and
her sister from Lafayette, Nicollet
county, visited friends at Belview
Monday.
Miss Barbara Bite. formerly of this
place, but recently teacher in the
public schools at Hosper, Iowa, died at
Hosper on Tuesday last, and will be
buried at Ireton, Iowa.
The annual meeting of tine Delhi
Creamery Co. was held on Tuesday
afternoon. G. P. Murphy rendered
| his resignation as butter maker, which
was accepted. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year by
the directors. President, Thomas Nc
Kay; vice president, j. A. Lagerstrom;
secretary and manager, A. d. Mclean;
treasurer. VIM, Steele; directors, VIM.
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WABASSO.
From the Standard.

n. w. Simons gave recital in the
school house Tuesday night. There
was big attendance and the enter
tainment was enjoyed by all.
r. E.. Mckee is having some extern
sive Improvements on his barber shop
building. He found the old quarters
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Dressmaking pariors.

Mrs. s L. Chamberlain has opened
5dressmakIng pariors h the front rooms
over schmahI & Jaehnings' hardware
store. and the rooms will be open to
ladies desiring work on TUESDAYS
Thursdays and Saturdays. II-ff
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Money at S per cent.

To loan on Redwood, Yellow Medi-
cine and Lyon county farm lands. Call
or write if you want to borrow money
on farm security.
IS The REDWOOD COUNTY LAND Co.
II-tf Vesta. Miun.
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TELEPHONE 36-3,

in on every freight and being hauled
out to the grounds by team and put
into the bridge proper as soon as it gets
there. 1t is expected that it will take
IN the neighborhood of two months to
complete it.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-05
CLEMENTS.

T. j. Moore is suffering with the
rheumatics quite badly this winter.
A. *. Wohlford is spending the win
fer in Illinois, with his brother c. b..
Wohlford.
Joseph Parker, n. Petrie, George
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ARE YOU
A HOG

breeder? It pays to procure immune
breeding stock. Hogs that have had
the cholera and those raised under the
.RIDGWAY PROCESS are immune to
Hog Cholera and Swine Plague, be-
cause they contain the proper antitox-
inc, which makes it impossible for the
germs of these diseases to get seated.
Now is the time to prepare for the
coming crop of pigs. Cholera visits
most hog-belts each two TO three
years. If your hogs are immune, you
need not fear cholera. Immunes can
eat and sleep with sick hogs for weeks
and months without harm. Any
breeder can use the Ridgway Process.
S. O. MASON ~
Redwood Falls, Mimi,
State Agent for RidgWay Process.
Write for particulars. 25-3m
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Acting with,p H,. R,eh,

Alfred Hemenway, of Boston, the
law partner of ex-Secretary Long, tells
this story: "A poorly dressed woman
sat alone in a railway station. Atten.
ton was called to her by man, who
exclaimed: Here's poor woman who
has no ticket to her destination. I'll
chip in ten cents for her. Who'll heir? p
Presently he had hat full of coin,
and announced: She has more than
her fare. but not enough for shawl.
She needs shawl; I'll chip in quar-
ter for that Again he made the round,
and again announced: She ought to
have bonnet. I'll chip in half dol
lar for the bonnet When he made
the rounds the third time newcomer
entered the station, shook hands
heartily with the woman, and, turning
to the philanthropist, said:
"'Why, Hiram, I'm glad to see you
and your wife again.
'How's this?' asked ONE of the con-
tributors. is that woman your wife %
Eyes drawled the philanthropist.
"'What right have you to collect
money for your wife?' demanded sew
eral.
What right have Ito collect money
for any other fellows wife? was the
retort that closed the debate."-
Springfield Republican.
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The Carp Nui.nnce.

An influence that seems to have a
very material effect upon the bass
fishing in Lake Erie that of the Ger
man carp. 1t is very generally be-
iieved among sportsmen and fishermen
alike that the carp is to our native fish
as the English sparrow is to our birds.
No one accuses the carp OF having suf-
fcent enterprise to eat other fish
even small fry-but il roots among the
spawning beds and is believed to de-
YOUR eggs by the million. How much
truth there is in the stories of his
spawn-eating would be hard to saw. but
1T is certain that carp are to be found
by thousands all about the great lakes.
Some of them are monsters in size.
and all root abcut the banks of bay
and bayou and the bottom of every
shallow place. Many small lakes have
been entered and their waters turned
from crystal to mud color blythe root
ing. There is no doubt that they dis
turb spawn beds and do an immense
amount of harm, whether they are egg.
lovers or not.-0uting.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

L
In Algiers olive oil and naphtha have
been used as dust layers since 1896
In the interest of manufacturers the
Canadian government admits coke free
of duty.
Cherry is the best wood for eboniz-
ing; the counterfeit can only be de-
tected by an expert
Science has no record of the discov-
cry of mercury; history knows moth
ing of the discovery.
Germany shipped to this country in
the first four months of the year, &c.
Dsi tons of steel rails and other iron.
against only 3,4s5 tons a year ago.
The water of the artesian wells in
the desert regions of southern Cali
fornia rises sometimes to the height
of two feet over the top of a four-inch
iron pipe.
The purity of Japanese copper OBJ
tains for it market all over the world,
it having the highest known electrical
conductivity of any specimens of this
metal procurable.
Many steam-pipe explosions are due
to water-hammer action In late pa
per. Mr.. c. E. Stronger showed that
plug of water only six inches long
propelled only two feet under pres
ure of Is pounds would exert press
ure of 6,040 pounds on being suddenly
stopped.
An architect of New York says that
with the modern steel frame a build
ing can be carried to height equal to
~ times the diameter of the base.
BY this rule on an ordinary city block
could be erected building 1,5O0 feet
high, 500 feet higher than Eiffel tower.
1t would have 1a5 stories and cost
about $4,000, 900.
II. H. vreeland. president of the
Metropolitan street railway. of New
York. has arranged pension plan
whereby those who have been at least
% years in the service of that corpora
ton and have reached the age of re-
tirement, will receive from 25 to &C
per cent. of their annual salary. The
system includes all employees whose
wages are less than 81, 200 a year.
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The German way,

We have in our ships decks of steel
covered with wood. which require
great labor to keep clean and smooth.
and would splinter in action. How do
the Germans manage? On the
quarter deck of the. Kaiser class.
where the surface is exposed to the
weather, special preparation of
cement, with a slightly rough reddish
surface, is laid over the steel and
elsewhere all over the ships the men
walk on linoleum. which gives a good
tread, is silent. and is kept clean
easily. In fact. wherever a non-com.
bustible material can be utilized ir
these new battleships, it is employed
and in day every particle of wood
such as the divisions between cabins
can be ripped ont and the vessel rem
dered fit to go into action. An.
other striking feature of these armor.
clads is the reduction of all weights
not absolutely essential. and these
economies are utilized in many ef.
fective ways, as may be understood
from the number of guns and quantity
of coal carried. Efficiency seems tc
be the watehword of the fieet.-Lon.
don News.
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MY BABY TONIGHT.


As I SIT BY his cot. holding fast the soft
And the bright eyes are closed till ths
I am thinking how sweetly from sweet
Babyland''
MY darling is Fastening on.
But whatever the future. whether gloomy
or bright,
He is all mine just now; he's my baby to-
night.
Some day he will go out into the world.
And mix In its toll arc its strife.
And mother" win be. though still loved
and dear.
But one of the parts Of his life.
Dut now. all the day. Ina his joy and his
Yes. sovereign am 1. He's my baby to-
night
Ana some time. an! some time another will
come.
or all the most fair ard most dear,
Ano as she fills up his heart and his home.
foor mother will seem far less near.
Wish him that day, OF all days the most
But that sweethearts not here-he's my
baby tonight
ana then the grave man, battling bravely
And staunch, for his home and his land,
pray that his soul may be kept pure and
strong.
As sit by his cot. holding fast the wee
hand.
But that brave noble man is not this tiny
wight,
I'm his guardian now-he's my baby to-
night
And then, when the years bring their griefs
and their woes,
And be comes to my knee once again.
And. forgetting his years and his trials and
foes,
soos away In sweet tears all ffs pain.
May say as look in his dear ewes soft
light:
God has kept him from sin! He's my baby
tonight"
-Margaret Beahm Denning, In Western
Christian Advocate.
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TIN AM IOUR GOOD ANGELL
cied smile fingered round the boy
ish mouth.
"Who let her in?" demanded the
prisoner eagerly. -
LET who IMP" demanded the war
der, staring.
The prisoner laughed. ~ forgot
you could not know"
A little while, and then, through
the bright August sunshine, he
passed on toward the scaffold SO con-
fidcntiy that the warder rubbed his
eyes and muttered his surprise to an
assistant.
At last Number Forty-nine looked
down on the crowding faces and then
turned to those waiting.
II am ready" he said dreamily.
But the moose had not touched him
when the crowd shouted loudly:
"a reprieve! A pardon!"
Dusty, foam-spattered, a rider
rushed his horse through the glad
crowd. In an instant he was off and
up the scaffold steps, his message
outstretched to the sheriff, who
took it eagerly. No one marreled
that the prisoner looked over the
officers shoulder as he read. The
message ran briefly:
Lose no time with the execution.
There is dangerous rescue afoot,
but have deceived them as to the
time"
Suddenly aware that the prisoner
was following every word, the sher-
i'll stuffed the paper in his pocket.
my God" he said, SIN sorry you
saw that!"
But Number Forty-nine met him
with smiling. eyes.
LET us make haste!" he said
Magazine.
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the years had yielded life and NOT
l death?" she said, very softly. LET us
watch the results"
At the gesture of her hand the walls
] grew dim. Now they wavered INTO
cloudy lines, now to a curtain of mist,
and then picture shaped itself with
startling distinctness. Number Forty
nine leaned forward in breathless in
terest to follow it, the blood leaped to
his pale cheeks, and he ceased to re-
member the unmoved figure beside
him, for he saw himself free, free
again, on the wide highway, riding with
his dogs at bis heels. The picture
changed and he shuddered, but he pur-
sued his wrath with burning gaze.
Now be was in ballroom. There
were lights and flowers. He heard
the voluptuous waltzes in chords of
passionate yearning. and at his side
was the smiling face of q woman, a
face only too human in it's sensuous
loneliness. The pictures changed
again and again, but thereafter she
was always with him, and finally she
wore his ring. Then poverty, biting
poverty, came on them both, and she
was at his elbow urging, always urg-
ing, that he must provide luxury for
her, no matter what the cost He
yielded. He gave her all she asked.
And the price was his honesty, a
stain on a name unblemished for CEN
turtles. She had spoiled the castle of
his will and destroyed all its de-
lenses, and so, when another tempter
said Drink and forgetl" he drank.
Drank until Number Forty-nine no
longer recognized himself in the
broken beggar of the streets, in the
maudlin coward crouching under the
lash of her bitter tongue.
The picture faded. The walls rose
straight and unbroken. He was in
his cell once more.
He looked, aghast, into the face of
his angel
us Fate so strong?"
ASK, rather" she said pitifully.
ARE men SO weak? You have trained
splendid young body, the network
- Jul iAttsSiSS 10 iCoBicHQcut Will
elastic vigor. But what of your DOR
mant, shrunken will? What exercises
have hardened and perfected it? You
pass for scholar, and rightly. You
have fair share of the learning of
your day. But 1 say again-your
will! We're there colleges for that?
Did they teach you to be strong in
the God-given power that makes
every man a law unto himself? Are
you armed and courageous in the
fatal recesses of the soul?"
The mans head dropped.
Il could have saved your body"
went on the voice, ''but 1 am your
good angel, and / led you into the |
arms of death. Shall / ask to be for
yiven?"
Forgive me instead" said the man
quietly, "and let me hold your hand
while l sleep again"
She sat beside him, with the warm,
Toung fingers in hers, and Number
sorty-nine slept peacefully.
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MIRACLE OF IRRIGATION.
Cities Have Sprung Up I'm the Great
American Desert Through Its
influence

II ever men worked miracles, they
have worked them here in these west
ern valleys. If ever something was
created from nothing, these men
have done it. Thirty-five years ago the
Salt River valley, into which we had
driven, was all a parched desert, I'M
inhabited save by a few lean Indians
and two or three hardy traders, whom
the sand and cactus crowded down
close to the water of the river. II was
thousand miles from the nearest
railroad-an unknown, desolate, for
bidding land, part of the Great
American desert, which travellers said
would never support human life. To-
day the Salt river valley contains a
population of over $4,000. 1t has three
cities; one, Phoenix, the capital of
Arizona, having electric lights, an
electric car line. good hotels, churches
and other buildings, residences sur
rounded by trees, lawns, and wilder
ness of flowers. More than 125.Oeo
acres of land round about are laid out
in farms, highly cultivated, with
orchards of oranges, almonds, olives
and figs. and grain and hay fields.
Thousands of cattle feed in the rich
meadows, and there are bees. chick.
ems, ducks and ostriches unnumbered.
Richer soil than this once desert val
ley does not exist anywhere in the
world except in other once desert vaL
leys. Here one may behold the start
ling spectacle of orange groves in
bearing worth $1,000 an acre on one
side of fence, and bare cactus desert
on the other, both having the same
soil, the same opportunities, but only
one having water. Here, when man
builds his fence of cottonwood posts
such is the soil and such the water
that the posts take root and grow
into trees. so that the wire of many
old fences is seen running through
the center of large trees. Here a
farmer rarely needs to use fertilizer:
and he may sometimes cut two OF
three or more crops year from his
alfalfa fields, and then pasture them
during the winter-winter which is
in reality continual spring.-From
Ray Stannard Bakers paper on Irri
cation, in his series in the Century ON
THE Great Southwest"
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George r. Mckenzie, a sewing mn.
chine manufacturer, built two Presbv-
terrain churches in Jersey City, and
gave them to the congregations Ortiz
agreement that no musical ;nst-.
ments should ever be heard within
their walls. The prohibition wal fatal
to both churches. The congregations
dwindied down and down, and the l,st
OF them has just been closed because Of
nonsupport.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

l
"Will you take me 'round if I come
down to see your" Certainly: III
take you to the roundhouse. sI'm NO,
moving in railroad circles this year,
indianapolis News.
A Give Away.-"No, George" said
the girl, regretfully, I'll not. sit il
the hammock with you this evening
Papa has attached patent device to
it that registers the weight Chicago
Post.
First Office sBoy--"What's johnny
hurryin' fer? Looks like he heard a
fire alarm" Second Office Roy-.'He
did, De boss said if he wasn't back
from dat errand in ten minutes he'd
lose his job!"-Cincinnat Commercial
Tribune
Wise Doctor.-Mrs. Fondma-"Sorry
to disturb you at this hour, doctor, but
we can't imagine what ais the child -
Doctor--"Cold, perhaps. Did you have
him out to-day?" Mrs. Fondma--.Yes.
but only to his grandmother's." Doc
tor-"Ah! overfed, that's all."-Phil
adelphia Press.
Mrs. AbIe-"How Mrs. Cutie did run
on about the Perkinsesi Ihave no pa
thence with woman who talks so
about other folks" Mrs. Cain--.'Neith.
er have 1; it's perfectly disgusting.
But what Mrs. Cutie said about the
Perkinses was awfully interesting."-
Boston Transcript
"A Let Down.-Prof. Blinkers-sI
hope you did not find my lecture ton
technical, Miss Baynes?" Miss Baynes
with pride)-"Oh, no, professor. /
was able to follow it ALL" Prof.
Biinkers-'T am glad of that, as tried
to make it ineligible to the meanest
comprehension" Punch.
Cause and Effect.-Dr. Piller-"Yom
husbands stomach is in very bad
condition" Mrs. Newlywed-"Oh, my:
Doyou think my cooking is responsible
for it?" DR.. PilIer-"Well, it's a Sc
we're case of gastritis, and" Mrs
Observation-Disclosures? Gracious! it's
that gas range he made me use this
Observation-Disclosures Press.
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REsETTLING SOUTH AFRICA.


Even before peace with the Boer.
was officially announced England had
begun to carry out her plans for reset
Ting South Africa with her own peo-
pie. Months ago, under official
prompting, the immigration associa.
tions of London set about bearing a
hand with the settlement problem
reports the New York Sun.
The Colonial immigration society be.
gan it by sending out delegation of
several hundred women to Cape Col.
ony for distribution at various points
where female help could command
high wages and loyal English feminine
influence could do the most good.
The Scottish Settlers association.
an organization formed in Rhodesia
under the patronage and with the as
sistance of Cecil Rhodes himself, had
taken up the work almost as quickly
and on even greater scale. -Four
months ago band of 100 Scotch farm
ers and laborers was sent out to the
Orange River colony to settle there
on the land vacated by burghers.
The association was in such hurry
to get its men on the ground that ii
sent them little too soon. When
they arrived in the new colony it was
found that local conditions were hard
ly ripe for their reception, and Mr.
Rhodes assistance had to be sought.
He solved the problem by providing
the Scotchmen with grants of land
from his own farms in Cape Colony.
Now that peace has been declared.
preparations for extending the scope
of the work are being made. The cap
ital of the association has been raised
to half million dollars, and English
and Scotch agriculturists are to be
rushed to South Africa to people the
new colonies, to readjust the balance
of population there and, by outnum-
bering the Beers, to render impossible
even the faintest chance of a recur.
renee of a rebellion against British au-
thority
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was silent, solemn young soldier who
had listened intently to the story, but
nobody paid special attention to the
recluse until the dinner was finished.
Then he STROBE across the room to
the duke.
II will join the Americana will
help them fight for freedom! Tell me
how to set about it,, he cried, his
sallow, listless face now aglow with
a fire none of his idle comrades had
ever seen there before.
1t was Lafayette, the fs-year-oid
marquis, who was the despair of his
family because he seemed always in
. browse. Coming from one of the
modest houses of the empire. he was
married to lady of high degree. and
was already father. His wife had
been his love, but now freedom be-
came the stronger passion, and for
more than 60 years he was to follow
its cause. This was the genesis II
Lafayette.