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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-10-19
FRS National Bank ,
REDWOOD FALLS. MINI.

established in 1879. Incorporated intoa State
Bank in 1891.
Authorized Capital, $50. 600.
Paid Up Capital, $26, 900.
Surplus fund &C, 800
Undivided Profits $4,000
Regular Banking Business Transacted
OFFICERS:
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
QUAINT WEAPONS OF WAR.
London Museum Has Many Il Relics
of Ancient International
strife.

Tho recent theft of six cannon from
the rotunda at WoOIwich has made
known the existence of that establish
mcnt to thousands of L~ondoners who
wondered why they had never heard of
the museum of artillery that is open to
the public all the year round without
charge for admission, says the London
Express.
On Boxing day people repaired thither
by road and rail from all parts of the
metropolis TO see the gaps made by the
robbers among the outdoor guns and to
Inspect the exhibits inside.
Lieut.. Col, Boileau. who has charge Of
the institution, was proud of n suit Of
armor which eclipsed in value anything
Of the sort to be seen anywhere in Lon
don. This is the aTmored figure Of a
knight In Cap-a-pie plate armOr of the
early sixteenth century, engraved, rus
seted, and partly gilt. The suit is at
tributed to the famous Chevalier Bay
ard, and is said to have been brought
from the Chateau st. Germans.
1t is valued at Gl0. 900 1850, O00) by the
authorities at Woolwich, and the custo.
dian Of the rOtunda says he believes the
French government would give a million
francs to gain possession of it.
Probably the exhibit which impresses
the public mind more than any other is
Napoleon Bonaparte's travelling oven, in
which the meals of the great campaign
err had been cooked on many a battle
field before Wellington cooked Napol-
cons goose al Waterloo.
There are about 5000 exhibits in the
rotunda catalogue. But the catalogue
holds more than the rotunda. Hundreds
of guns lie around the building in the
grounds. II was thus that the thieves
were easily able to carry off six.
The following is a typical selection Of
inscriptions on the cannon in the ro-
tunda:
"British-Break. tear, every wall and
rampant, am called; across mountain
and valley pierces my ball, by me strick-
en-"
German am forsooth a clumsy
boor; who eats my eggs he'll find them
"French-The spy and the final argu-
ment of Kings"
"Indtan-For the yanquishment of the
unbelievers, who have entered certain
harbors Of India"
"Chtnese-The martial and e~ver-van-
gushing Generalissimo."
The rotunda, of course. contains more
than guns. Practically everything per-
to the ancient and modern war
of all nations. civilized and savage,
has been brought together.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
ILLINOIS RIVER "PLANKTON. !"
An Indispensable Element In the
Food of Fishes in Large
Quantities.

A recent publication Of the Illinois
State Laboratory of Natural History
marks a new departure in the litera-
ture of scientific investigation in Amer
lea. This is a report of the results of
an approximately continuous study of
the minute plant and animal life
(called the '~plankton") of the Illinois
river and its tributary waters, carried
on for five successive years by the
staff of the Illinois Biological station.
II appears from these studies, saws
the New York Post, that the ratio of
the 'plankton" Of the river, year in
and year out, was 81 parts per million
Of the water in the stream, and its total
average amount moving down stream
past a given point reaches the astound-
ing aggregate of 5000 tons per annum,
or two and one-half tons an hour. This
annual aggregate is about 10 times the
total weight of the fish taken from tho
river in a year.
The conditions which favor a large
annual production of this minute aquatic
life also seem to favor a large catch of
fish, but no direct connection of cause
and effect is here made out. "Plankton"
is, however, as indispensable element in
the food Of fishes, the young of nearly
every species in our waters being abso-
lutely dependent upon it at some period
of their lives, and adult fishes of several
species making large use of it during the
season of its greatest abundance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
THE OLD PERCUSSION CAP.


What do you want? A box of caps?
Percussion caps? Bless my soul.
young man; | haven't seen a box in
years. | had almost forgotten there
ever existed such a thing as a percus-
sion cap"
The speaker was an old-time gun
dealer in Broadway. A youth had en-
tered the store to buy a box of caps,
says the New York Times.
What kind of gun have your" he
said. AN old-fashioned, double-bar-
rel, muzzle-loading, steel-twist, choke
bored shotgun. Of course. Well, they
are pretty scarce now, except in mu-
seums and private collections. And
what curiosities they are, to be sure.
The boy who got one of them as a
hand-me-down from his father OF
elder brother, or from his pet uncle,
always had his pockets full of caps
and tubes, or nipples, as some called
the parts on which the caps were it-
ted. He always carried along a few
pins to pick burnt powder out of the
nipples, so that the Illuminating pow
der in the cap could ignite the explo-
sive within the breech. Well. well!
1t carries me back to think of my old
gun.
Percussion caps? The making OF
them is practically a dead industry. It
was invented out of existence. OF
course there are caps still, but they
form a part of the center-fire cartridge
used in bre%ech-loading arms. We call
them primers also. At one time
making percussion caps was a tremen-
dous business. | do not remember
much about the manufacture in the
United States, as | came here from
England, but when I was a boy in the
old country half a century ago the to-
tai output for sporting guns in Europe
alone amounted to 1000, 600, 900 caps a
year, They were made of copper, of
which metal the consumption was
over 400, 900 pounds annually.
My father was interested in the
business of making these caps. The
process was quite simple. The blanks
were punched out of thin rolled cop
per In the form of a cross, with short
equal arms, or with only three arms,
and having been annealed were
pressed into caps by means of dies.
which folded up the arms and united
them into a short tube. The central
part OF the blank formed the top of
the cap, which sustained the blow of
the hammer. The inner bottom of the
tube, or cap. was touched with a So
luton of gum, or glue, upon which
the Illuminating powder was dropped.
All that did not stick was blown or
shaken out, and that which remained
was covered with a small wad of pa
per or other material, which in turn
was vanished to render 1t waterproof.
Billions and billions of caps were
made for the armies Of the world,
and the machinery was very ingenious.
especially that at the great Woolwich
arsenal. And just to think-the day
Of such caps is ended 1t Is hard to
that an article once in so great
demand has been improved out of ex-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
NEW TERM OF ENDEARMENT,
Discovered by a FinnIch Servant
Who Was Learning the Eng
Iish Language.

As every one knows there has been a
large addition to the very small army
of domestic assistants during the last
year or SO In Toronto, says the Star.
Many Of these are foreigners-Swedes.
Finlanders. Irish. Scotch and English.
One family is happy in having secured a
Finn who has proved pleasant, bright
witted. and competent in her sphere.
She was anxious to learn our language.
SO the various members of the family
take pains in helping, sometimes point
ing out objects and naming them or US
ing the language book which gives trans
lations of words and phrases in ordinary
use. Miss Alice tit wasn't Alice, but
never mind, with the use of this book,
vas giving a sort of lesson in pronuncia-
ton and definitions, when they came to
the word sweetheart" The pupil
seemed to grasp the idea, and when Miss
Alice, by motion. asked II she had one.
she bridled in a very knowing way and
assented.
Several evenings after, a gentleman
called to see Miss Alice, The maid went
upstairs with the message. and fingered
after Miss Alice had gone down, evil
IDENTIFY desiring to ask the mistress
something,
DO you want anything, Nary" uhe
approach to her Finnish name
hat could be found.) What is it?"
"He--downstairs-he, Miss Alice,
soul h~oney?'" she asked. The mistress
mid her delight at the new and expressive
word, giving only a kind and evasive an
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

The continued activity with which the
searching of refuse heaps in quest of
treasure is being prosecuted makes it
interesting to remember that the sift-
ers and sorters of London were once
wealthy and organized. A case is on rec
ord of one woman who in eight years
was able TO build house property out of
the profits of her grubbing and CLEAN
ing. 1t seems scarcely credible that
Moscow is built upon London rubbish
Such, however, is the case. An enor-
nous heap of refuse at the Battle
bridge end of what is now Caledonia
road. which was "the grand center of
dustmen. seavengers. horse and dog
dealers. knackermen, brickmakers. and
other low but necessary professional
lists" had lain in that position since the
great fire. After the destruction of
Moscow upon the visit Of Napoleon, the
Russians, by some means, came to hear
of this dust heap. They bought II
bricks, bones, rubbish and all. shipped
off to Moscow, and upon II founded
the r~esurrected city which travellers
know to-day.--St. James Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

After eating | went out and watched
the Eskimo boys a. play One youth,
fastening a piece Of bark to a harpoon.
raised It above his head. This vas a
target. Another boy withdrew some
distance, balanced his harpoon, and
with splendid aim sent it through the
bark. I took part in the sport, my
cIumsiness causing the greatest amuse-
ment The harpoon is as necessary to
Che Eskimo as the pocket knife to a
s%choolboy in civilization. Throwing
the weapon is their play. They are
practicing, SO that when they
reach manhood they are perfect hunt
ers,-World's Work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

A trade secret" of Sir Thomas Lin
on Inc Anglo-Ameriean packer, is out.
secretary Wilson, in a talk before the
mouse committee on agriculture, told
now Sir Thomas handles American
SWINE. He buys lighter grades Of hogs
mere makes them into bacon and sells
the product in England as .Irish
bacon Britons readily give a pre-.
mum for Irish bacon, hence the deal
: exceedingly profitable to the Anglo.
American packer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

10 use II on the GOV. Our party
seemed TO be struck dumb for a minute.
Jonathan and I knelt down with our
hands over the mouths Of our two dogs
to Keep Them from bowling AZ the hor-
rIbie noise, AZ they were longing to DO.
Father regarded the performers with
IN expression Of worried surprise. As
for Cyrus, he was the first to speak.
Well. il this don't beat the Jews
BE- said This is the most Internal
noise I eyer heard. / believe they've
an @Dn crazy
The din was indesrrjbabIe. we'd
never heard anything like H. Did you
hear ihD sg-caIled music in the Japan
can Village At the worlds fair? Wen,
tbat sounded something like Kcturah's
concert our dogs broke away from
us. bowling Presently father stopped
out Of the shadows and Keturah saw
him. The concert ended abruptly and
our little sister made a rush TOR
fathers arms. She managed to say
wolves and then tainted in fathers
arms. When sine came 10 father said.
'lou must have driven them away.
There were three. but they re- all dead
Then all tried to tell the story at
onc" II seemed that soon after father
and Cyrus had started after Ms boys.
kei1rah. thinking TO spare mothers
aching head. began preparations for
supper. She was broiling q ycuisGn
steak over The camp fire when she
heard twigs cracking and horrible
yclpF, the sounds coming from the belt
Of ~wildwOods near by. Her presence
Of mind was wonderful She had heard
somewhere that music had a peculiar
Influence over wolves. Dropping he
broiIcr and steak lntO the fire. she
shouted TO mother 10 get her fiddle and
the other Instruments and the kettle
covers. In a moment the concert Was
organized. and not too soon. for out Of
ID" shadows came one. two. three
hungry, bowling wolves We had he
gun ana rifles, SO there was not a
Of defense. The concert was
be only hope. II began without pre-
iminaries. The audience Of three re-
.ciycd II with whInes of distress.
turned tail and with dropping heads
disappeared. But the concert never
Jagged There were no intervals
You see, father. said KcUrah, We
ltdn't dare stop playing until you
ame.'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
A WISE OLD FOX.


A correspondent in Country Life re-
lates a story Of the cunning displayed
by a certain member of the Reynard
family. lie says, In common with
other people who have looked after fox
coverts, ! have often been puzzled by
the disappearance of wCll-knOwn foxes,
and have become convinced that the
more intelligent foxes. after they have
been before hounds several times,
often turn their wits to account to
avoid being hunted, In a small covert
that | know well there was always a
fox. A fine big fellow he was. have
more than once met him when taking
an early ride, as he Hoped quietly
homeward after his nights foraging.
He never seemed 20 mind being seen.
When the season opened he gave us
one or two capital runs, on the second
occasion only just saving his brush by
scrambling into an unstOpped drain
in Our neighbours territory; after that
he was never to be found when hounds
came. Yet he was seen about a. usual
al other times. one day, when walk
ing near the covert, II OF the terriers,
who knew all about foxes, took q line
to an old tree in the hedgerow and be-
gan TO whimper and scratch at the
roots, A careful examination showed
nothing. The tree was not difficult to
climb, It proved to have n hollow
trunk, and there, at the bottom. was
my friend curled up fast asleep. His
mask smiles on me as | write. After
a seven~milc point. and on a good
seeming day he met his fate"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

A law case in a certain English county
town recently brought to light the fact
OF the existence of a peculiar insurance
club Composed of ladies, 1t enabled
them to insure the lives of their male
or female relations on giving verbal evil
dence OF their good health. The policy
ran for IL months only, and in the event
OF death, $40 was paid for an adult. $40
Tor a child. At the end of each year all
money that had not been paid out was
divided at a social gathering.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Meat Eating Causes Appena,c,,,.

IN a recent discussion at the Acad-
envy Of Medicine. Paris, Lucas Cham.
pionere said that every day more con-
frmation was forthcoming Of the idea
that 1t was the abuse of a meat dict
which was the principal cause of appep-
dicitis. In those countries where tho
natives eat very little meat, as in Brit
tany, appendicitis is very rare. In Eng
and and the United States, where 4
great deal of meat is eaten. appen.
dicitls is four times more common than
in Paris.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
keturah'S
Band.
BY Ernest Gilmore.

! 'ttHlt was lH' NlllN XIII III
IA our family, but there were
enough boys 10 SGT one crazy, so grand
father used to say, ana I'm afraid We
made him nearly SO more than once
In our ease il meant a round half
dozen. There were Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, Moses. David and Jonathan
I'm David. and Jonathan is my twin
brother, waiting for me in the Eternal
City ! wish | could see him now and
all the rest; they're all t~hcrc-oycry
one and he ave a long sigh.
They're all where"
"ln the Eternal city"
And don't you want them there"
lie laughed softly.
why. yes. of course, he said. "gne-
Ing they had TO go. I'm glad they're
there, but | get very homcslck to see
them sometimes. but never mind, |
didn't start to tell YOU about such
things. ! began to tell you about
ketnrah, We were all born in Vlr-
GINA. When KeturRh was only II
years old we moved out. Jonathan and
| were II, Moses was Q, Abraham Z
Isooc r and ZACH = s,nr1. ,,H'l'
ous Ifle f,lI,w ~ ,ha,,, o p,on,,
us there were father. mother and
grandfather and our hired man, Cyrus
n,pktrk go"
"It took - st,,, boort q, ,.,u
stout hodv to ,ro wast, To- ,h
Ono cnuItr,t ,,aol, ,,,,, ,at. a ""''
on thr rors ,rd ,oo,r n,a,, 5s...
before tbcra WINS n chonno ~ w., "..
We wont IN tu, .roat -, ~
which vcr, b,,sn ona hanaa
many , tfr,,,,,, A., r., ", W.
ono and ryr,, tho a,har or tu D,o,o
rorpet how We nsod ~ ntn ",'
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Cvrrs srooL or,sa ., n ","'N
be Ont Ms ,,ar, .h,u "' '"'"
sermon an ,ho ,rao,mon. ""H q
ua,s-whot fo,ha. 1a,I >, 'U,,' ",'-
Io,lo1 rohrttnnI. -" "'
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ard ,,u n.i,h -. ,"''o" ~
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ors poo' ho''e' ''o 20 '''ulp mus
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

The local vessels plying to Seattle dur
ing the year 1903 according to the fig
ures in the annual report of the harbor
master. carried in the aggregate nearly
LOCO. 900 passengers in and out Of that
port, while that city shipped coastwise
and to local ports merchandise to the
value Of ss2,171.7S5. and received mer-
chandise to the value Of s23, 244,9S7.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Boutuunferrs Haired.

The West Ham Uordon) town coun-
Ill has forbidden street car conductors
TO wear b%outonnieres. The council
thinks they lead to firtations with
Foung women passengers"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Brt al once Father. CyrIs. IOnaiha
and ! toof tarns IN bciue aenfincIs :,
no one could tell what moment
uroHNng wolf might make Ms an gr
expected visit.
one day the caravan bad ~ stop j
thr middle Of The afternoon. one Il
uur brr.ga had strained q joE and $50
.IwpIng painfully If would Boo urJrIr
10 go "o to-day, father said and % w.
stopped "u the edge Of the wildwood
After The a#ojirn leg WIS baih"a an'
haudafr5 father ana cyrus .'arin'
Inl" ih" "'"da on an exploration tour
expecting {" return III an h"ur or $50
'f"ldla'h'r "Ha nor ir"IIhs wen a"'
"'IhE weary o. me continued journey
10Y. it't asleep on ms 'oV'h IN lh'
ba'h oi one "i ON hIt wagons iiljj'
I7'''' ana I''"h '"i'""'d ~ tia"d
I'Iho' N'h' /" "Iumn'rIhnd ana
mother, having a sever" h'aaard" re.
urea d" q Dug armenian IN the u"E'fi'.
BACK wagon jonathan ana bUII' o
camp ir', around winch Moses ana
Abraham bIajeH 'oh'"hlchIF NiitI
"a WINE ! happened 10 ihlHN "i the
s'iH'F We ha' passed 2 I''tI' way "ar'.
'iEf'si'u L" Jonathan mat me- d
'''"'h al" ger some wiz "''"' I''.
supper.
we won oe gone i"hA. } Aald ID"
h''Nfah' hcAIdcS' laihef ana cyrus
"'Il De mere soon.
an Ti@"', a77tN'e" N''nlaH' ~"
on ~ keep "a'r" we iauRh'o.
mere h"'"inE I" N''p Na''u Oh,
we sad "h" De AFRAID III oT""' d"5'
lhhl.
ID mo- ait''u. was N''ui"h AID
N"eI. h"i doh stay Ioht.
we TOOK our loa''0 II0'7 ahd ran
OH IN hlSh gee W" were " ID al the
'eoeeS' ana 1t didh lake long 10 shoot
our o"'h7' Oh, k''lllE our ''oPil'7
was ah"ih'' lh'HE. we mao 'a'n "hol
TWO me hhchs, ana Jonathan started
ior hls through the Sedg'5. Present
~ Win a cry OF aisHaE ne began sink
ing IN the marshy ground. IN my en-
uea'"F 10 rescue MI" ! sank, TOO
WIN every movement 10 escape we
7aoh lower we lauRh"d al hrs,' out
our iaubh'eF soon dIed OUT us we real
our u''eliiila' W" urea 10 'loer
o''' o'her as the afternoon "ore on
uu' "heh 'ne sun began 10 SCI behlhu
Tue mountains we Sll'efed with 'ola
ana rear. Meah"hiie IaIhor ana cyrus
''au fei"rhe" |" camp ana hhhlhS Us
tone' came 10 our rescue KNOWING
'na' ,he So'se was Il dangerous place
'n'y "au pIo"BU' q rope. Pa'h'r car
" iail'efh. ! aoht lhlhh iona
'o"h aha were ever before or since
80 E'"' l" see any one as we were 10
see our ia'Ier ana cyrus Inc SHADES
vi UlEHi WIRE ldllllE btlOTt We were |
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

the test Of everything in a city. The danger Of traffic should be condi-
toned upon the safety Of the child. No franchise should be granted a
corporation which will not carefully guard the lives OF the little ones.
If the safety OF the child had been taken into consideration how
much Of woe might have been saved this city III the Iroquois theater
calamity. 1t would have stayed the waves Of sorrow this horror sent
over the entire world. When the millennium is reached we will have the
city Of the Great King. There will be no impure literature displayed in
the shop Windows to soil the lives of the innocent children. The love of
child will be placed above the love of money.
No man ready 10 polute thelife Of the child will be permitted within
the gates Of this city OF the Great King. If we could persuade Chicago
to turn her attention toward the wants Of the little children what a trans
formation there would be in this great city. When will this be done?
the spirit OF Christ takes hold of our administration of municipal
affairs. Then will the millennium be reached. | say, make the city fit
for the children and YOU have the ideal.
All parents have it within their power to save the home and thereby
10 your share toward saving the city. Nothing, will save France unless
someone build, up the home there again. Mothers, build in the home
an angelic touch. You may have the millennium in your home
where God should be supreme, the Cod who said, Come to mt. little
children
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Consisting of
Cuticura
Soap

to cleanse the skin of crusts
and scales, and soften'th
thickened cuticle CUTl-
CURA Ointment to in
stantly allay itching, irrita-
ton, and inflammation, and
soothe and heal and CUTI-
CURA Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood and expel
humor germs. A SINGLE
Sell, costing but ONE
DOLLAR, is often suffi-
cient to cure the most tor
turing, disfguring skin,
scalp and blood humors, &C.
zemas, rashes, itchings, and
irritations, with loss of hair,
from infancy to age, when
the best physicians and all
other remedies fail.
Sold throughout the world. cuticura Resell
vent, Soc. I'm form OF Chocolate Coated Pills,
Csc, per vial Of co.. Ointment, 5Oc., Soap Csc.
Depots; London, q Charterhouse So. Paris,
s Rue de la raix; Boston, 1877 Columbus Ave.
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
~ Send for How to Cure Torturing, Dis
figuring Hu'nors from Infancy to Age"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Mis- Armstrong tvho has fooled ~.
sell SIX times with various clnbsJ-aAsy
shich Of the sticks am | TO use nor%
Weary laddle-Gie it q bit knock WI 4.
,ag!"-Punch. -