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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA.
The Sleeping Cars and the Steamers
the VOlga.

The Sleeping Cars and the Steamers
ON the VOlga.
The sofas of our staterooms on the
Volga river steamer, while pleasant
enough to sit on, were devoid Of the
other trappings which in these degen-
crate days are thought necessary to a
nights rest, and we had not yet learn
ed the peculiarities of Muscovite travel
The old fashioned Russian travels
with his own gear and makes himself
comfortable according to his own ideas
and they are by no means narrow A
place to sleep on Is provided The rest
he brings. On the Russian sleeping
cars those who have not their own bed
clothes and who wish to undress and
go to bed in the American fashion can
have all that is requisite for so cents.
The porter on demand brings a linen
sack, whose seal he cuts in your pres
ence with considerable ceremony and
from which he produces a pillow,
blankets and sheets of beautiful fine
linen. This was the system on our
boat, and our minds were soon at rest.
afterward inspected the lower decks
Of the ship and saw the way the third
class passengers were cared for. 1t
was primitive, but clean and wholly
suited to the customs of the people.
Each person was provided with spot
less board shelf to sleep on by night
and sit on by day, and he made himself
as happy or as uncomfortable as he
chose. Most of the passengers seemed
to take travelling as a migration, to
judge by the pots and kettles, furni-
ture, blankets and clothing slowed
about them-'everything but the kitch-
en- stove" that important but dan
gerous article being replaced by the
ships galley, with its bountiful hot
water always ready for the eternal
teamaking. Captain T. Bentley Mott,
U. S. A, in Scribner's.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
It Was Urgent.

An enthusiastic fisherman left Lon
don to fish in Scotland and promised
to send friend the first fruits of his
skill
Accordingly telegram came:
Grand fish, just dispatched. caught this
horning.
Next morning basket was delivered
at the friends house. His surprise and
wonder were great when on opening it
he found three very fine salmon trout,
but his surprise was greater and his
wonder less when by the next post he
received from firm of fishmongers in
Oban the following note:
We have been instructed by Mr. -. by
a wire from Null. to forward to your adj
dress seven or eight pound salmon I'm
fortunately we have no fish of that size
today. but as he says the matter is mr.
gent we have taken the liberty of sending
you instead three salmon trout of two and
one-half pounds each Your esteemed
commands viii always meet with our
prompt attention.
London Answers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
BUYING A WATCH,
Filled Cases, Plated cases ana Good
and bad Movements

mot many men know how to buy
watch said jeweler, land to large
extent they have to rely on the honesty
of the dealer So complicated is the
business that even we 90 to the fac
tories ourselves and arrange for spe-
cial work in order to get the proper ar
ticle, for, of course, we could not as
say every case we receive
Now, how many people know the
difference between filed case and one
that is plated? A filed case, you see,
Is composition that resembles steel,
with plate of gold on each side, that
on the outer being thicker than the in
side. Such cases are guaranteed not
to wear through within five, ten, If
teen or up to twenty-five years, the
limit of the guarantee made by the
reputable houses. II man offers you
case warranted for thirty or forty
you buy 1t. When you see watches of
fered for sale as gold filled for So or
"a depend upon it they are plated, and
mighty thinly too.
in the matter of watch movements, !"
he continued, 1.-The buyer is really at
the mercy of the dealer In one big
factory about 5000 movements are
made every day. There is certain to
be haste in that sort of output, and the
name on the dial does not make up for
imperfections. To avoid these a first
class jeweler arranges for several hun
dred movements to be delivered year
hence.
"A strictly first class movement re-
quires six months exactly in its pas
sage through the factory from the be-
ginning to the finished product ready
to offer for sale. Such goods are then
stamped with the name of the firm for
which they are made and that Arm has
to stand sponsor for them. The Swiss
watch, in its higher class, is the best
movement in the world today. OF
course there are cheap Swiss move
ments that you can buy for So or $4,
but they keep good time" kansas City
Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
Peculiar occunationn.

The trade of toothstainer, followed
In eastern Asia, is as odd a calling as
any. The natives prefer black teeth
to the whittier kind, and the toothstain-
er, with a little box Of brushes and
coloring matter, calls on his customers
and stains their teeth. The process ia
not unlike that Of backing a boot, for
fine polish is given to the teeth. The
pigment used is quite harmless. In
Arabia the trade Of "gossipere has
many followers. The "gossiper" col
lects all the news, title tattle, Jokes
and stories he can get hold Of and
then goes from house to house retail
ing them. II he has a good manner
and can adapt his recitals to his audi
ences he makes a very fair income.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

The man who had been arrested for
having eight wives was awakened by
fellow prisoner, who hoarseIy whis-
pered:
Come on, sport. We've got some
false keys and unlocked the cell doors,
and we're all going to escape"
Look here" said the octagamist des-
perately, unless you promise me that
when you all get out of the Jail you
will lock the doors carefully again I'll
raise racket and expose your prof.
ect."
why, what's wrong? Don't you
want to escape?
Escape! You lock me In here and
go on about your business Don't you
know these steel bars are all that sep
arate me from my eight wives? 2"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
A Chinese Trick.

An English gentleman who resided In
China for many years tells the follow
ing story in illustration of the peculiar
knavery of the Chinese character: A
stout gentleman well known In China
was some years ago feted at Taiwan
for two or three days, 1.-The observed of
all observers, he being an immense
man and good specimen of a trans
atlantic Anglo-Saxon, but the series of
crowded visits he received at length
became troublesome, and he found he
was being made too much Of The fact
was he was being exhibited, a charge
being made for the exhibition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
The POTATO.

The circumnavigator Francis Drake
has the credit of introducing the potato
to Europe, but the Spaniards had
brought 1t with the tomato from the
Andes some time before, and it was es-
tablished there and In Italy, where they
called it tartufoli, long before Sir Wal
ter Raleigh shipped his cargo, in 1926,
from Virginia to England. According
to Humboldt, it has been cultivated in
England since 1884, in Saxony since
1928 and since 1873 In Prussia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
The First shave.

Which of us does not recall with q
gentle fiutter of emotion the unutter-
able delight we experienced when we
gravely set about that delicate opera
ton, 1.-THE first shave" an innocent
subterfuge to which a youth resorts
by way of proving to his own satisfac-
ton that he has reached the stage Of
full manhood? He has a beardL
Petit Parisien.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
Her Mental Ex.rea..

"Why does your wife belong to so
many clubs and debating societies p
well" answered Mr.. Meekton, 'T
think Henrietta feels the need of men
tai exercise She likes to get away
from home and be among people where
she can't have her own way without
an argument Washington Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
p Of his desk. She had only d dat

| top or ES desk. 6ne mad only nat
table.
oh oh, no." he said. Let mel
say, we will have to have hook over
there above the washbowl Yes, put 1t
there What nuisance women were,
he tried to convince himself A wom-
ans hat on a mans desk!
An atmosphere of strangeness. of en-
barrassment and awkwardness filed
the tiny office all day, and yet Brad
ford did not look at the dirty, dingy
elevated road for light as he had been
accustomed. 1t was brighter in the Of
fee. He dictated his letters and was
pleased to note their faultless pages,
their neat arrangement, their work
manlike appearance. Perhaps, after all,
woman could learn to be business
ike.
II will bring little mirror and-a
towel and some soap in the morning,
Mr.. Bradford. if you don't mind" she
said as she left ''Good night"
"a Mirror Bradford sighed. This
was only the beginning. But he was al
ways glad when $50 arrived and sorry
when closing time came Business
seemed to increase; he sent out so
many letters Miss Henderson was
quick, and often she suggested little
ideas for featuring goods he was adj
vertising and quoting.
| When she asked if she might have
box of flowers in the narrow window
Bradford put his hands in his pockets
and strobe up and down the room. But
| she had her way, and soon a box of
blooming nasturtiums gave the dingy
room a cheerful aspect Every morn
| ing before he was ready to give her
his letters she watered them with
ridiculous little red watering pot.
Oftentimes after Miss Henderson had
left in the evening Bradford stood over
the tiny flower bed and soliloquized.
How different the Office seemed! How
bright and clean his desk always look
edt How much the mirror added, and
the clean towel, and-and these flowers.
They grew and bloomed happily under.
her care. What would not?
Miss Henderson," began Bradford
one afternoon when she was leaving
early, 81 am glad l added the word
preferred to my advertisement for a
stenographer three months ago."
The girl looked surprised, but she
was not.
"Yes?'
IF l had simply said male you
would never have ventured to apply"
He twisted his penwiper- one she had
made him-into an unsightly string.
"Yes?"
IL have never approved of women
in business
She put her hatpins in carefully, slow
ly. MOP" she intimated by an eleva-
ton of her brows.
"Nor-nor anywhere" he confessed.
1--WE always argued to the contrary"
"But argument does not prevail in
anything which matters seriously" adj
mitted the girl
"And this matters seriously, Mario
rie," he said, moving toward her. 1T
matters awfully. l have to have one
in business and-and everywhere. VIII
you let me have her? / know it isn't
businesslike, butt love you"
Marjorie Henderson looked at him
squarely in the eyes. and prefer a
partnership to salaried position. You
come to the house tonight, and We'll
talk it over with mother. 1t need not
be all business then"
Bradford has little want" adver-
tisement framed above the desk in his
private office today, right over her pho
tograph, for the business has grown,
and there are many clerks-but all
male preferred"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

II am going to compile a book Of my
baby's smart sayings" declared proud
Mrs. Noowed. What do you think
would make an appropriate title?"
Borrowed Brightness" suggested
Miss Sulfuric.
This was why they stopped speaking.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

Maud-Well, see Mabel CARING
horn after all these years has given
up trying to get Phip Skies. Irene
What's the reason? Maud Haven't
you heard? She's got him. Chicago
Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
Unsafe.

Il understand, senator, that you re-
gard your colleague as an unsafe
man."
I do. It would be just like him to
get scared and turn states evidence at
the first indication of danger Chica-
80 Record Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
Two blessed Eaetnr.

Beautiful Is the activity which works
for good, and beautiful the stiffness
which walls for good; blessed the self
sacrifice OF the one, blessed the SELF for
getfulness OF the other.-Robert Coll
yer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

Jess-Pm In quandary. Bess-
What? Jess-Tom promises to stop
gambling IL | marry him, and Jack
threatens to begin IL I don't.-New
Yorker.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
SEEING IS
BELIEVING.

Don't forget to call and inspect our
stock of goods in all lines of General
Merchandise. A select line of Ready
Made Clothing will be ready for your
inspection in few days and will be
sold at right prices. We aim to keep
the best goods at the cheapest possible
prices See our stock of Shoes and
Rubbers, at the Post Office building.
LdO6rStrOm & MCLEAN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
DELHI, MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

A slip OF the tongue Ia worse than
that of the foot.-SWift.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

Making a life is greater than making
q living Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

Our customers say that
our prices are a little bet
ter than they have been
paying for first quality
goods at some other places.
We invite comparison, and
would be pleased to show
you any of our popular
leaders in
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19
CLAY SPLlcED THE TWlNE.
When a Store Clerk the Famous
Statesman Had Lesson
in Economy.

It has been said that Henry Clay
achieved success so easily that he
quite misunderstood others and over
estimated himself. But he was eager
to learn the best way to do whatever
he had to do. In 'The True Henry
Clay" the author gives an instance of
this:
"At II Henry became clerk in a
store in Richmond, whittier the fam
lily had removed. Stories are told of
his willingness to do his duty, al
though the work was distasteful to
him.
: "Once he was reproved by the
storekeeper for wasting too much
twine. Thereafter he saved every
scrap he could get and tied the pieces
together. Again it was explained that
using this sort of twine might be Of
fensive to the customers, as it made
the packages look suntidy by reason
of SO many knots. So he consulted
with sailor at Richmond, who showed
him how to splice string with q
smooth joint.
From that time he spent his leisure
hours making short pieces of twine Of
the same size into a continuous cord.
When his employer discovered this, lie
was so much pleased that he had all
twine saved, and turned the task
of splicing it over to young Henry,
with the result that the young man 8
enthusiasm rapidly abated."
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19
EXPENSIVE INDIAN DRESS.
Garment Trimmed with Elk Tusks
That Has Remarkable
History. s<ssx4.s: :.

L. Z. Reisner, Of Lancaster, Pa, is the
owner of an Indian woman's buckskin
dress trimmed with elk teeth, which is
believed to be one of the most valuable
garments of this sort now in existence.
Over 1900 elks' tusks cover this squaw
dress, says Field and Farm, and most
of them are good specimens. They rep
resent, of course, the death of not less
than $50 bull elks. It is not known
where all the elk we're obtained.
The garment was finished in 1874, and
was used as state robe for the wife of
Little Boy, chief of the Kiowa tribe. It
became one of the state robes of that
people, and after the death OF the chief
wife, was worn by Kiowa Anna, reign
ing belle Of the tribe.
1t was lost by the Kiowas in skir-
mish with another tribe. Chief Lone
Wolf, it's next owner, gave it to his niece,
Ida Lone Wolf, who sold it three years
ago to an Indian collector, who in turn
sold it to Mr.. Reisner.
There is perhaps no ball dress OF
America which has a longer and more
authentic history, nor is there any ball
dress of a white woman which has more
value than this savage woman's robe,
come down from another day..
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19
sELF-PoSsEssED TRAVELLER.
Had Her Pocket Picked, But Didn't
Lose Her composure or
Baggage Check.

The late Mrs. Isabella Bishop, whose
travels in different parts of the world
secured for her membership in the
Royal Geographical society, visited
America when she was a young woman.
She was unused to travel and was alone
when she had the following experience,
which is told in Blackwood's Magazine:
"Once, in train going to New York,
she was dreadfully tired, and yet she
had a feeling that if she went to sleep
the man sitting next her would pick her
pocket. She struggled for. some time
against her inclination to sleep, but hav-
ing for a moment given way, she awak-
ened to feel the hand of her neighbor
gently withdrawing her purse from her
pocket.
I'm her purse. besides some money,
which was, comparatively speaking, of
small moment, was her baggage check.
That was the only thing that really mat
tered. If she accused her neighbor Of
theft, nothing was simpler for him than
to drop the purse out of the open win
dow beside which he was sitting. No;
she determined she would leave any in
reference until they arrived at their
destination. ..-
"She secured the services of porter,
and, with apparent calmness, followed
her travelling companion down the plat
form. Having described her luggage to
the porter, she at the critical n noment
bowed slightly to the pickpocket, and,
with an airy smile, said: This gentle
man has my baggage check and he i'm
mediately presented It to her, =
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19
INDUS|1!RY'& Me-
q O a6lElAk&l95
LIGHTING WITH AcETYLENE
Hapidity with Which This Industry
Has Developed in France-Forty
Thousand Plants Established.

According to Engineering, there are
now in use in France more than 10000
plants for. the productions Of acetylene
gas for Illuminating purposes. A very
few-scarcely more than a hundred
are devoted to the lighting OF towns.
and only the smallest towns have in
troduced the system. The great major
ity of the installations have been made
by individuals for their own places OF
residence and business houses. Both
the French government and the French
insurance companies have adopted strict
rules regarding the arrangement and
position Of the generator. On the other
side of the Atlantic, as In the United
States, it is not regarded wise to have
the apparatus inside the building that
is to be lighted. Much less damag,.
would result from an explosion II the
plant were out Of doors. 1t is. probable
that the consumption of calcium car
bide, from which acetylene is obtained
by the addition of water, is larger In this
country than in any other, but the
method Of using it IS somewhat differ
ent here. In the United States large
quantities of acetylene are added To
ordinary water gas to enrich" the las-
ter, thus making unnecessary the en-
ployment of certain volatile products of
petroleum which were formerly re-
quired. Inasmuch as Engineering makes
no reference to the observance of such
q practice in France, it may be supposed
that most of the acetylene generated in
that country is consumed without ad
mixture with any other gas than air.
After the discovery of q cheap way to
make calcium carbide, about q dozen
years ago, great revolution in modes
OF lighting was anticipated. Accidents
which resulted from the careless hand
ling of acetylene rendered it unpopular
for time, and it has come into favor
more slowly than was expected. Among
the hopes that were cherished for a
time was that a lamp for household use
might be devised in which water and
calcium carbide would take the place OF
kerosene. Hundreds of devices of that
sort have been patented, but it is hard to
find one that is thoroughly "fool proof"
Acetylene gives such a beautiful light
and is so cheap that the failure to de-
velop a perfectly satisfactory portable
lamp for its utilization is greatly to be
lamented
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19

one they wish to repeat. Voltagea
much above that limit are almost inra-
riably fatal if they get chance to 60
through one. Sometimes in an electrical
laboratory scientific man will expert
ment with a hundred thousand or hun
dred and fifty thousand volts. The in
ventor has tested the efficiency of his
system of protection by encountering
currents Of these voltages himself whils
wearing his armor.
Herr Artemieff, instead of employing
rubber or any other insulating materi-
al in the composition of his suit. uses
metal, which is a good conductor He
thus proceeds on the principle adopted
by lightning rod makers. The dress is
wrought out of fine wire, and is thus
flexible as we'll as strong and durable.
1t can be worn either inside or outside
of ordinary garments and is Independent
of the latter. It is said that the elec-
tricians Of the great German firm. Sic
mems & Halske, makers of dynamos and
motors, have adopted the armor.
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19
ECYPToLocisTs' TREASURE
Wealth Of Antiquities Taken from a
Pit Near Luxor in Upper %
-. Egypt.

Not since the remarkable discoveries
at Memphis years ago have Egyptolo-
gists had such q wealth Of treasures to
examine as has been brought to light
from pit near Luxor, in upper Egypt,
reports Youths Companion. For nine
years the Service Of Antiquities has
been engaged in works there looking to
the restoration Of the Temple of Ammon
at Karnak. While engaged on this the
director of works, Mr.. M. G. ,Legrain,
discovered q great pit into which ap-
parently in11umerable statues and mon
uments had been thrown. An immense
number of them have already been dug
out and examined. They are all OF the
Ptolemaic epoch, and nearly all bear
historical inscriptions, from which it
is possible to discover who and of what
period are the persons represented.
Eight thousand statues of gilded bronze
are among the objects SO far unearthed,
besides more than 500 in granite, basalt,
beryl, limestone, petritied wood and
other materials. The work Of excava-
tion is especially difficult, as the pit is
below the level of the Mite, and is con-
stantly filling with water by seepage
from the river. -
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19
FOR ELECTRICIANS.
~ 5g-
A Metallic Suit Which Is Said 70 Y0s
: ~ Proof Against Powerful
Currents,

Lfnemen who have occasion to handle
wires in which high pressure currents
flow have been accustomed to use rub-
ber gloves when at work. These do not
AFFORD protection to other parts of the
body than the hands. OF course. 30 long
as = mans clothing is dry he 10 well
shielded, though even then his face IL
exposed. From the breaking In two OF
wire or its becoming loose from it's sup
port there is a chance that man may
be hit almost anywhere. r@
Accordingly a. Russian expert,
Nicholas Ariemieff, professor in
the Electrical Institute of Kiev,
has invented a silt to enve]op a man
completely while engaged in danger
Gus work. Some persons can stand a
shock with five hundred or a thousand
volts and live, but the experience is not
Willmar tribune., 1905-04-19

Dreams had a mighty fear the
schooner would overhaul us, but saw
nothing more of her. l got new clothes
in Montreal, presenting myself in good
repair. They gave me hearty welcome,
those good friends of my mother, and
l spent full year in the college, al
though. to be frank, I was near being
sent home more than once for fighting
and other deviltry.
1t was midsummer when came back
again. I travelled up the river road,
past our island refuge of that dark
night; past the sweeping, low-voiced
currents that bore me up; past the
scene Of our wreck in the whirlwind; !;
past the great gap in the woods, to
stand open, God knows how long. !
was glad to turn my face to the south
snore, for. in Canada there was now
a Geld welcome for most Yankees, and
my fists were sore with resenting the
bitter taunt. I crossed in a boat from
Iroquois, and D'ri l1ad been waiting
! for me half a day at the landing.
was never so glad to see man-never
but once. Walking home I saw corn
4 growing where the forest had been
acres of it.
: "D'ri," said I, in amazement, chow
! did you ever do it? There's ten years
. work here"
God helped u.s." said he, soberly.
The trees went over n the windfall
slammed 'em down lux tenpins fer a
mild er more-an' we jes' burnt up the
rubbish. - 's&' 1'',,*, - $780,