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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18
A SPITZBER0EN WOMAN.
ious Costumes of Tribes Living lr
IsIanSs Of Far North.

There are curious tribes Of people il
he islands comprising Spitzbergen
where Walter Nellman has stablish
ed a base for his next summers tril
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18

In the year 1915 King Charles III. of
England. founded the Royal Observa-
tory at Greenwich in order that astro-
nomical observations might be made
for the assistance of sailors The his
tory of the observatory is the history
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18
ELLEN BEACH YAW.


the on record 8
the
ALT ekeptup
anaiveo of NeyvY oksta grew
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep
them white as snow. All grocers. sc
a package.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18

Guilty conscieaces always make PEG
pie cowards.-Pilpay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18
At the Theaters
Theatrical Calendar.

PHILLIPS.
Week of May 1S-Desmono Stock
Company in repertoire.
GENNETT.
June-Voseis MinstreIs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18

State of Indiana. Wayne county, SIS.
Wayne Circuit Court, April term.
1907.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13
DEATH OF MRS. O. II. ANDERSON.

Mrs. O. H. Anderson died Jan.
Both at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. A. V. Fedderlv. Her maiden
name was Ianthy Dickinson. She
was born Nov. Sd, 1925, in Middle
bury, VT, and was married to
Osmond H. Anderson in 1847. They
resided in Michigan for a season,
then moved to Columbus. Wis. later
moving to Kansas. Fourteen chill
dren were born to them, of whom
eight are living. Mr.. Anderson died
about two years ago.
Mrs. Anderson had been in poor
health for number of years, and
lately had suffered a stroke of
paralysis, which has FASTENED her
end. She had made her home with
Mrs. Fedderly for the past four
years. The funeral was held Thurs
day at p. m, Rev. Nicholson Off
ciating. The pail bearers were A..
v. Fedderly, A. E. Fedderly, j. O..
Fedderly, E. W. Fedderly. Geo. E..
Maltby and A. M. Smith.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13

Eight railroads doing business in
Minnesota reported total of 500
100000 gross earnings to the state
auditor, on Tuesday of last week.
This means 100000 for the annual
revenues of the state for 1907, in
ad lition to what the remaining rail-
roa Is of the state may report. The
Duluth, Manitoba & Northern road
leads the list with over ten millions
of earnings, the Omaha being next
with 81, 1863, 913, the Northwern with
Sc, 1895, 1874, and the ST. Louis with
So, ASP 1903.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13

Beautiful silken gowns are worn
in Paris this season, made from the
industry of that s'horrid" spider.
The Scientific American describes
the industry now being developed in
Madagascar, where thousands of
spiders work day and night in their
cages in the big room of factory,
industriously spinning webs of strong
silk threads, which are carefully
wound and taken to the weaving
room. A peculiar fact is stated,
that the weavers have to be given
vacations at frequent intervals, in
order to do satisfactory work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13

A crusade against profanity is be-
ing conducted is some of the larger
towns of the state. There is no
reason why ladies or children, need
be, under the necessity of having
their ears assaulted with oaths and
obscenity in public places, and it
avails little in the education of the
young if they are instructed against
the enormity and bad manners of
profanity by teachers or parents,
and are compelled to hear it daily
on the streets, if not in their homes.
The law-enforcement idea should
deal with swearing as vigorously as
with the Sunday closing and kindred
laws.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13
nittee.

A state printing plant, to be oper-
ated in the basement of the old
capitol building at St. Paul, is the
latest scheme for utilizing that
structure If the proposition goes
thru, it will probably prove the same
sort of luxury that Uncle Sam
enjoys in the government printing
office at Washington. But the twin
city printers deserve some sort of
rebuke for the way they have been
making the state pay fancy prices
for most of its printing, of late
wars
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13
A press censor is badly needed for
the Thaw case testimony.

Owing to the continued advance
by all manufacturers on all grades
of paper, envelopes, ETC.. we are
obliged to advance our prices on
these lines, is the song the printer
hears sung by the wholesalers nova
days. This means that business men
who want the best quality of paper
used on their orders will have to pay
advanced prices for the same.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13

years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13

Representatives Bendixen, Holm
berg and Dalzell, of Redwood and
Renville counties, have joined in the
introduction of bill providing for
the construction of bridge across
the Minnesota river at Swedes For
est. The bill carries an appropria-
ton of $4,000, but this amount will
undoubtedly suffer a severe shrink
age from the appropriations COM
mittee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13
BY JAMES AIKEN
ADVERTISING RATES

Larger contracts at minimum rate of 10
cents per inch each insertion. Rates for
preferred position, metal base electros or
alternate insertions furnished at once.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
Miss
Ac[k@rnln@l1Ql's
Christmas
By Mrs. MOSES P. HANDY.

q 7ISs ACKERMANN opened her
lNWt eyes to the sunshine with a
UNJ( startled feeling of having
oversight herself. then closed
them again at the sound OF the chimes
from the church around the corner,
for 1t was Christmas day. the one day,
barring Sundays, in the year which
she could really and truly call her own.
She was that overworked individual.
popular dressmaker, going out by the
day, and she sometimes wished, with
e. P. Roe's old doctor, that people
would send for somebody else some
times and let her rest. On the last
Fourth of July. she had been In the
country sewing ->)r dear life in order
to finish a belated bridal rousseau,
and on Thanksgiving she had worked
until dark to accommodate customer
who wished to outshine her sisters-in-
law at family gathering at the house
of her husbands father. but on Christ
mas day not even the most exacting
customer could ask her services.
And yet-was she glad it was Christ
mas? The associations which cluster
around the season make it a sorrowful
one to those who have nothing left Of
home excepting its memories, and, saw
ing for one brother, Miss Ackermann
was alone in the world.
Really, Miss Ackermann told herself,
she had no business to he low spirited;
she was a very fortunate person.; think
how many people were starving for
lack Of work. and all that, she conclud-
ed vaguely as she finished ser break
fast The tea, which she I..!de in her
room, heating the wafer On :. small gas
stove was excellent. She WAS finicky
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
Her Little PRAYER.

Former ComptrollCr Edward NJ.
Grout Of New York city tells a pretty
little Christmas story.
He said that little girl relative Of
his was visiting her grandmother on
Thanksgiving day. Already the child
had begun to speculate on what Santa
Claus was to bring her at Christmas
time, and, as children-especially girls
will do when they are at the home
of an fndulgent friend. she began to
rummage through closets and drawers
In the course of her investigation
she came upon brand new white muff.
1t was the very thing she had wanted.
and she knew that Santa Claus chief
purchasing agent-grandma-ha OBJ
tanned it for her.
Taxed with it, grandma admitted the
truth.
But" she said, you must forget al!
about it until Christmas day"
That night as she was being put TO
bed the child astonished her mother by
adding this to her evening prayer:
please, God, make me forget al
about the little white muff Santa Claus
is to bring"-New York Times.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
THE NEWSBOYS' PIE.
It Took Men Who Looked Like Bine-
ham to Find Il.

nam W EiUo tks
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! Two hun
dred and fifty pairs Of little feet, keep
ing step, are marching to dinner in the
New York newsboys' lodging house.
Five hundred pairs more are restlessly
awaiting their turn upstairs. In prison,
hospital and almshouse the great
city is host and gives Of her plenty.
Here an unknown friend has spread a
generous repast for the waits who all
the rest of the days shift for them
selves as best they can-turkey, cof-
fee and pie. with vegetables to fill in.
AS the file of eagle eyed youngsters
passes down the long tables there are
swift movements Of grimy hands, and
shirt waists bulge, ragged coats sag
at the pockets. Hardly is the file seat
ed when the plant rises: II amt got
no pie! 1t got swiped on met" Seven
despoiled ones hold up their hands.
The superintendent laughs-it is
Christmas eve. He taps one tentative
ly on the bullying shirt. What have
you here. my lad?'
"Me pie" responds he, with an limo
STOLE"
A little fellow who has been eying
one of the visitors attentively takes his
knife out of his mouth and points 1t at
him with conviction.
Il know you," he pipes. You're q
p'lice commissioner. 1 seen yer picture
In the papers. You're Bingham
The clatter Of knives and forks
ceases suddenly. Seven pies creep
stealthily over the edge of the table
and are replaced on as many plates.
The visitors laugh. 1t was a case Of
mistaken identity.-Century. >'-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12

cause my New Discovery medicine
tones the stomach. up to required
strength in about six weeks time.
That is why l have had more people
come and thank me wherever have
gone to introduce my medicine, than
have had time to talk with"
Among the immense numbers of pe0-
pie who are now strong believers In
Cooper's theory and medicine is Mrs.
M. e. Delano, a prominent resident of
the suburb of Brookline,, Boston, Mass.
She says: "For several years I was
broken in health, caused primarily by
stomach and nerve troubles. | gradu-
ally became worse, until recently was
compelled to go without solid food for
days at a time. ! had sour stomach,
palritation of the nerves of stomach
and heart, dyspepsia and extreme ner-
somnia, and my liver, bowels and
whole system gradually became de-
ranged. felt instant relief the first
day began this Cooper medicine.
l now feel like new being. Today
I walked all over town, shopping
something have not done for years.
81 make this statement wholly from
sense of duty. feel I owe 1t to
anyone who might find relief and
renewed happiness as I have done"
The record made by the Cooper med.
icines is astonishing. We will take
pleasure in discussing 1t with anyone
who wishes to know about them
Melville Dorsey
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
KING HEROD's ROOSTER.
The Legend Of st. Stephen, First Of
the Noble Army Of Martyrs.

tn9 fNOOio army " "AIkyISs
Ever since that first Christmas eve
the cock has crowed all night long on
the anniversary to keep away evil
spirits, for the cock is holy bird and
a knowing one. There is pleasant
tale of him and st. Stephen, the first
martyr, whose day Is Dec. 26, close by
his dear Lords.
st. Stephen was King Herod's stew
ard, 1t seems, WHO served him In the
kitchen and at table. One night as he
was bringing in the boar's head for his
masters dinner he saw the star shin
ing over Bethlehem. Immediately he
set down the huge platter and ex-
claimed:
mo longer, Herod, will be thy serv-
ant, for a greater King than thou Is
BORN
What aileth thee" cried the king
wrathfully. do you lack meat or
drink that you would desert my serv-
ice for another'sY'
Nay" answered Stephen; 81 lack
neither meat nor drink, but the Child
that is born this night is greater than
oil Of us, and him only win l serve
THAT is as true" quoth Herod, smit-
ing the table with his fist, las that this
roast cock on the platter shall crow be-
fore u.s."
Hardly were the words out of his
mouth when the cock stretched his
neck and crowed Justify, "Christus ma
tus est!' At this proof that Stephens
that he made his soldiers take Stephen
| outside the walls OF Jerusalem and
stone him to death. And this is the
reason why unto this day ST. Stephen
is the patron Of stonecutters.-Abbie
Farwell Brown in Lippincott's Maya
zine
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
IN THE DAYS: ..'64.
The Last Christmas Of the Southern

The Last Christmas of the Southern,
Confederacy. !.
eve had some memorable Christmas
said Mrs. Zebulon B. Vance, VIE. of
the late United States senator; from
North Carolina. Chat Of 1851 was
different from any that had preceded
it because we We're In arms against the
Federal government, and many of the
male guests at southern homes that
day wore Confederate uniforms. Much
of the talk at the Christmas dinner
table was of sieges and battles and
marches, but we were all full of hope
and confidence.
christmas, 1862, found us but poor
ly prepared to celebrate it. Our sup
plies were few, and Confederate money
was at a heavy discount. Then came
the bitter year of 1868, with the fall of
Vieksburg and the defeat at Gettys-
burg. With sad faces, harmonizing
we'll with their dresses of coarse black
stuff, the women of the south devoted
themselves to picking lint and spinning
and weaving for husbands, fathers,
brothers and sweethearts in the field.
"Christmas, 1S64-the last Christmas
Of the war-dawned, and what q
gloomy festival it was for the people
Of the south! OF manufactured prod
ucts we had practically none. Our
hairpins We're made of long black
thorns, with ball of sealing wax ON
the end. We had made into dresses
every scrap of available material,
while our feet were incased in home
made cloth shoes. The slaves, having
heard Of de Emancipation proelama-
ton knew that they were free and
had all scattered away. Desolation
seemed to reign over everything. OF
all the Christmas days I have known
that last Christmas in the south in
wartime is the one Of all others that I
am most certain never to forget
Pfttsburg Dispatch.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
STOMACH IS SEAT
OF HUMAN LIFE
New Theory Advanced by Young Man Is
Spreading Over Entire Country

L. T. Cooper's theory concerning the
human stomach, which he claims to
prove with his new medicine, is being
given more respect and comment every
day
Cooper claims that go: per cert. of
all i'll health is due to stomach trouble.
When interviewed about his theory re-
Gently, he said: Stomach trouble is
the great curse. of tine goth century
SO far as the civilized races are con-
cerned: Practically all Of the chronic
i'll health Of this generation is caused
by abnormal stomachic conditions. In
earlier days, when the human race was
closer to nature, and men and women
worked all day out of doors, digging
their frugal existence from the soil,
the tired, droopy, half-sick people that
are now SO common, did not exist.
To. be sure, there was sickness in
those days. but it was OF Tirulent
character, and only temporary. There
was none OF: this half-sick condition
all the: time. with which so many are
afflicted nowadays.
I know positively that every bit of
this chronic i'll health is caused by
stomach trouble. The human stomach
III civilized people toaay:is degenerate.
ltlacks tom $ard strength This weak
ness. has ssra iually come through a
SECRETARY existence. L further know
that few: people can be sick with the
digestivs, .apparatus: in perfect shape.
ne sole reason 2foi my success is be-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
CHRISTMAS ON SHIP OF ICE.
Strange Story Of Skipper Shipwreeked
0arife

Strange Story of Skipper Shipwreeked
on the Pacific.
Captain s. A. Hoyt. secretary Of the
Masters and Pilots association OF Seat
tie, Wash, and possibly one OF the
most widely known seafaring men on
the Pacific coast, has a fund Of expe-
riences to draw from when he wishes
10 while away an hour. Up In the big.
pleasant rooms of the association the
captain recently told the following
tale:
1.-The approach Of Christmas always
reminds me of the December that l
spent on an ice ship. Never heard OF
one? Well, they are unusual. l was
master of the little brig Holly, and
along about the LIST of November we
were wrecked away down south OF the
Horn. The ship went on an ice hoe
and was battered all TO pieces. We
did manage to save some tools and
food and part Of the cargo.
Il put the crew to work TO cut on
large pinnacle of the berg. Then | set
them oil to work with axes. and we
shaped 1t into q graceful ships hull.
After that we followed 1T out inside,
making cabins and everything like
regular ship, and with some OF tho
timber saved from our vessel we rig
ged her as bark, side lights and ev-
erything, even going SO far as to paint
her and name her the Holly. She was
q fine craft and fioated like duck
when finally launched. We spent
Christmas on board Of her and had
great time loaded part of the wreck
ed Holly's cargo in her, and we then
started for Callao, which was our des-
tination.
1.-THE ice ship sailed fine and was as
good a sen boat as any In which l sail
ed. This was only, however, when we
were down south In cold water. The
nearer we got to the equator the light
er became our vessel, and / finally dis
covered that our ship was melting be-
meath US Another two days and we
would have been in the water when a
steamer picked US up and also saved
the cargo. This paid for the loss OF
the vessel. which was also insured, so
the owners came out ahead in the
cod"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
OUTDID UNCLE SAM.
How an Old Lady Found Person the
National Postoffice Couldn't.

National Postoffice Couldn't.
THE fates call and mortals obey"
The speaker was small, precise and
elegant old lady whose diminutive stat
IRE was quite forgotten by her hearers
in the realization Of her force and dig
nifty. She had gone to the dead letter
sale under protest and was narrating
an experience which grew out Of the
purchase she had made Il went to
that sale not because l wanted to or
was interested or expected to buy any
thing, but because I've an impairment
grandniece who limited was too old
to be in such a crowd.
After awhile the auctiOneer offered
a package as big as a sack Of flour,
and l bought it for So cents. Then
when 1 brought it home l found 1t
contained nothing but a lot of worn,
threadbare clothing mended almost to
death. l was just about to force it
on that grandniece of mine and make
her distribute it to some poor families
when found letter in the pocket of
the coat. I've kept that letter. The
writer was young girl from down
east in Massachusetts. She was send
ing that clothing as the only Christ
mas gift she could make for her broth
er Ben, who lived in Il city in Wis
consln.
"Well, when l read that letter just
sat down and cried to think that poor
girls sewing had all gone astray.
made up my mind that if the postal
authorities could not find that girls
brother / could. So l did up the bun
die again. put letter outside asking
the postman to return the package to
me IL he couldn't deliver 1t and then
addressed the whole thing to Mary
Burgess Brother Ben. -, Wis.,
Would you believe that that postman
in that Wisconsin town really found
that poor boy and gave him the bun
die? And now I've n letter from the
girl IN which she tells me both she and
her brother are In much improved cir
cumstances. that Ben has fine posi-
ton in a furniture factory and that
they are soon to be together for good"
Washington Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
QUEER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Some of the Things Found BY the
British Dead Letter Office.

Some of the Things Found by the
British Dead Letter Office.
During the ten days preceding Christ
mas about 10000 parcels are handled
every twenty-four hours by British
pestoffice officials, or approximately
1.75O, 600 FOR the entire ten days during
which the rush lasts.
The contents of many of the parcels
are. to say the least, somewhat curl
Gus. says the Pictorial Magazine. A
hamper Of live leeches, for instance,
seems a strange sort of Christmas
gift. So does an artificial les. Yet
both OF these were among the parcels
treated" last Christmas. Another long
coffin shaped box excited suspicion on
account of the odor emanating there
from. On opening it, however, nothing
more dreadful was found than young
alligator In d dormant condition. An
other evil smelling hamper was found
to contain no fewer than 300 dead
mice, while yet a third inclosed de-
funct puppy consigned for postmortem
purposes to an eminent surgeon.
CuTlSlIudS pIcocuto VI ASS dAiAAoAS
are constantly being sent through the
post Notwithstanding the fact that the
practice IL strictly prohibited. Pigeons,
rabbits, white mice, rats, ferrets, silk
worms, lizards, snakes, guinea pigs
and even on one occasion q pet lamb
have all been dealt with at some pc
Rod or other.
No longer ago than last Christmas
eve a box was intercepted containing
80 live frogs, and short time before
twelve healthy young adders were dis
covered in an innocent looking hamper
which was supposed to contain poultry.
Some Of the Enclosures are decidedly
sarcastic OF this class was two foot
long cane bearing the Endorsement: "a
Christmas present for Johnny. Fol
outward application only. To be well
rubbed In"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-12
Strange Christmas Superstition

In north Germany person must MT
spin during the twelve nights of Christ
mas lest ne or she should walk a. .er
death, nor after sunset on Saturday
for then mice vii! eat the work l. i:
is desired to have money and luck al
the year round. one must not fGi. to
eat behring's OH New Years day. nor II
you wish to be lucky must you rock al
empty cradle or spill salt wanton!y or
cross knives or point at the stars If
a dirty cloth is left Oh the table over
Christmas night it win make the an.
gels weep, if you point upward to the
rainbow it will make the angels fee:
bleed, and If you talk of cabba ges
while looking at the moon you will
hurt the feelings Of the man in it-Tit-
Bits.