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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27
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Vanity Fair

The Queen of Spain has been finding
herself in hot water pretty often lately,
and her predieaments are usually the
result of her failure to understand that
even queens have to obey and that the
tyranny of etiquette is of the most ex-
acting kind. When Queen Victoria is
in trouble she usually asks advice from
her uncle, King Edward, and this is al
ways forthcoming in a few terse and
vigorous preeepts. The queen was an
noyed recently to find that Spanish
court precedent forbade her to enter
tain any guests not of royal blood, and
as she particularly desired to do this,
she gave way to a fit of petulance
which eliminated in a letter of COM
plant to King Edward. Her uncle s
reply was worthy of Machiavelli. He
wrote, stDo not make enemies, and re-
spect other peoples stupidity-when
necessary. In time, if you are wise,
you viii get everything your own way"
The advice seems to be good, but
what tremendous price to pay for
getting your own way. The injunction
to be wise has an admirable seeming of
simplicity, and there is, no doubt, moth
ing but lack of wisdom standing be-
tween most of us and our pet desires.
An admonition to become wise is one
of the colloquial commonplaees of to-
day, but on analysis it seems very much
on a par with a recommendation to add
six inches to our height or to cultivate
a Roman nose or blue eyes. The gods
who live forever have attended to these
matters for us, and they have distrihut-
ed wisdom in homeopathic doses, and
not without a suspicion of favOritism.
Queen Alexandra has issued a pub
lie statement to the effect that she does
not wear aigrets, and this, of course, is
intended as a rebuke to a cruel and
horrible practice. The official state
ment means something more even than
that. 1t means that no lady can ven-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27

There are few decorations for wo-
men in Europe, the most ancient order
coming from the Austrian throne. 1t IS
the decoration of the Star and Cruclfx'
and is given to women of high rank.
Another is the Luisen, founded IN
memory of the beautiful Queen of
Prussia, whom Napoleon insulted:
This order is given to all classes OF
women who commit any great self
sacrifice
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27
ART VALUES.

Artist would like to paint that old
Rosinante of yours. How much would
you charge me for two hours a day on
him?
Farmer-One dollar. and in ten days
You can keep the horse.-FIiegende
Blaetter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27

1t was the Empress Josephine, says
the Springfield Republican, who intro
duced the lace handkerchief because
her teeth were not what they would
have been had she lived in this genera
ton Of dentists. Whenever she laugh
ed she would put her handkerchief to
her lips and so set the style. In the
present day the handkerchief is as lit
tie in evidence as possible, and even
small corner of it is not allowed to
protrude beyond the edge of the jacket
rocket
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27

| petition to Africa, visiting Leganda
and ascending Rumenzori, the chief
mountain of a range in equatorial
| Africa, between Lakes Albert Edward
and Albert Nyanza. 1t would seem
| that a demand that the prince ego to
work is a little superfuous, unless
| working is considered to be inseparable
from money making. And with money
the duke seems to be very well sup
piled as things go nowadays in Italy.
The curious legal point has just been
made in one of the London county
courts that a wife IS dresses are not
necessarily her own absolute property,
but that they may only be given to her
by her husband for her lifetime. The
question came up in an action arising
out of seizure under an execution of
dresses supplied to a Chelsea woman by
a firm of dressmakers. The husband
contended that the seizure was illegal,
as he gave his wife the money to buy
the dresses, and they were accordingly
his property. The judge said that 1T
had been laid down by the late Lord
st. Heller when he was Sir Francis
Jeune, president of the divorce court,
that if a man presented his wife with
articles of iewelry or clothing for use
only during his lifetime and only to be
used as what was legally termed Ftpara.
phernalia,' such articles did not be-
come the wife's absolute property.
It seems that the legal position is
this: the term paraphernalia includes
all wearing apparel and ornaments suit
able to the wife g station in life which
are given to her only to be worn as
ornaments of the person only, but the
term does not include family jewels or
gifts from strangers. A wife can not
dispose of paraphernalia in the lifetime
Of her husband, nor can she dispose OF
them by will The husband, even dur
ing his wife's lifetime, may sell or give,
her paraphernalia to strangers, and
paraphernalia are also liable for the
husband s debts 1t would be distinct
" annoying to a wife to have her
dresses seized at the instance of, say,
the husband g. cigar merchant, but that
is how the English law stands today.
The case recalls another decision given
not long ago, that money saved by q
wife out of her housekeeping allowance
becomes the property of the husband,
he having given it to her for speclf1c
purpose and that purpose not having
been fully carried out. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27

It may be. and of course it is, per-
fectlv proper sentiment that Miss
Elkins would be better advised to mar
~ an American, although if that young
lady has set her mind upon marrying
the Duke of the Abruzzi it is fairly
certain that she will do so. But to
speak of the duke as an improvident
and idle young nobleman is merely
absurd and shows an ignorance of the
facts. He is only thirty-fve, but he has
already made a record of industry of
which most men would be proud. He
is a captain in the Italian navy, which
by itself implies a somewhat strenuous
life. while it would be hardly an ex-
aggeration TO say that he is the most
successful explorer of the present day.
At eighteen he travelled around the
world. He was the first to ascend
Mount Elias in Alaska, in 1897. Two
wears later he made his great voyage to
the Arctic in the Stella POlare and
reached a point twenty miles nearer to
the Pole than Nansen had done, while
two years ago he accompanied an ex-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27
EPITAPH ON A BORE.

He was not for a time, but for all
day.-Punch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
Thanksgiving Football Game.

Thanksgiving day without foot
ball game would not be quite COM
plete for the lovers Of that vigorous
sport, and Redwood Falls people will
have chance to see a good, clean
and sturdily contested game Thurs
day of next week, when our high
school boys will take on a bunch of
the athletes who quilted school a
few years ago and think they still
know how to play the game as well
as their juniors. To make the game
interesting for the high school boys,
the proceeds will go toward liqui-
dating small deficit in their funds,
and the boys should get out and sell
enough tickets to make sure of sat-
isfactory receipts regardless Of
weather. One thing can be safely
promised, and that is an absolutely
square deal on both sides. The fol-
lowing is the expected lineup:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
Large Estate Divided Without Contest

The estate of the late Margaret
Stewart has been administered and
only lacks the final decree distribut-
ing the estate to her four children.
The estate is quite a large one, there
being several farms, and something
over $4,000 in personal property.
1t is unique in that not single &C
count was filed and the total expense
Of administration will not be over
5000. The heirs had an amicable d.
vision among themselves and hence
there were no taxes or insurance
paid by the administrator and no
profits from the property. If the
same unity and reasonableness could
exist in all families there would be
little Of that unseemly strife and
greed which SO often makes the
death of the ancestor a signal for a
family row in the courts. The rec
ords, however, Of our probate court
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
COMMODORE0STICKLE DEAD

Information was received last
week through letter to a member
of the Peabody family of this vicin-
ity, that C. C. Sickle, a pioneer res
ident of Redwood Falls who went to
California nearly twenty years ago,
had died on the 9th inst, at the
home of his brother, S. S. Sickle, in
Santa Barbara. The immediate
cause of death is not stated, though
1t was doubtless due largely to old
age, as the Commodore was about
IS years of age and had been invalid
ed to some extent ever since the
death of Mrs. Sickle, about six
years ago.
Commodore Sickle was born of
Holland ancestry at Rockaway, N.
j., in 1923. He went to Wisconsin
in the ffties. locating in Calumet
county, and in 1869 moved to Red
wood Falls. Later he engaged in
the mercantile business with part
ner, the firm being Sickle & Scott,
and afterwards Sickle & Wiltshire,
Chas. Wiltshire, his brother-in-la
following the commodore to Califor-
MIA several years after the last
named firm sold out to Philbrick &
Francois. in 1879. Commodore Site
kle was one of the commissioners
appointed by the legislature for the
organization of the village of Red
wood Falls in 1876. Maj. M. E.
Powell, who was the first president
of the village under this incorpora.
ton, saw both the Commodore and
his brother Sam at San Bernardinc
at the time of the Knights Templal
conclave at San Francisco four years
ago, and at that time the brothers
seemed very little changed in ap
pearance from what they had beer
20 years before.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
Union Gospel Meetings Closed Last
Monday Night, With Church
People Strengthened.
DR.. Manhood Gives Wise Counsel as
to AmuSementS Suitable
for Christians.

The union evangelistic services
came to an end last Monday evening,
DR.. Mahood giving the people what
he termed heart to heart talk on
the subject of fidelity, by way of
farewell. DR.. Mahood has made all
the church goers of this city his
friends by his gentle kindliness as
well as his forceful way of illumi-
mating the consciences of all who
have listened to him. His manner
is singularly free from Boosting and
he keeps his personality in the back
ground in strong contrast to Evan
gelist Sunday. Both men are great
in different ways, and doubtless
make their strongest appeal to diff
ferent classes of people.
Last Friday evening the evange-
list had packed house to hear his
sermon on amusements. His theme
was introduced by his reading that
part of the chapter in Acts relating
to Paul's shipwreck, in which. after
passing through terrible tempest
for days, PauPs ship is purposely
driven on shore by the crew. They
cut the anchors, let loose the rudder
bands, hoisted the main sail and let
her drive" The outline of his plea
was the utter inconsistency of the
Christians patronizing the theatre,
playing cards or attending dancing
parties, and the argument for his
position was certainly a powerful
one, resulting in large number of
young people pledging themselves to
cut loose from those amusements.
The writer is unable to indicate the
full force of the argument made,
but is impelled to say that it seemed
a temperate and not fanatic state
ment for the most part. Theoreti-
cally Christians are Followers of
Christ, and it is hard to imagine the
Prince of Peace engaging in any of
the above named amusements. The
speaker quoted from the highest
clerical authority of both the Catho-
lie and Episcopal churches..to sustain
his position.
Sunday was the great day of the
series, the meetings being crowded
and intensely interesting.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18

Fifth page, column four
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
Miss Monson Coming.

Last season as venture the Slibra-
ny board engaged Miss Florence
Monson for an entertainment. No
one knew anything about the lady
and the entertainment was poorly
advertised and not largely attended.
It was held in the Methodist church
and the people who attended heard
what they all declared was the best
entertainment of the season, not ex-
cepting the best of the library course
Miss Monson is great in everything
she undertakes. Her dialect selec-
lions convulsed the house and her
portrayal of the blind woman was
as fine bit of pathos as ever heard
on the lecture platform in our city.
All those who had the privilege
of hearing her before have been
urging the board to secure her for
this season. Last year the board
were out on the venture hut they
have decided to try the entertain
ment again and authorize the an.
nouncement that Miss Monson will
be here the latter part of the month
at the opera house for one Of her
inimitable programs. The profits
will be all used for the library. By
attending you will enjoy the fines,
program of the year and will also
help the library to secure some ad.
.ditions, much needed, to the books
now at the public disposal.
All recommendation needed is to get
one Of those lucky ones who took
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
What Is Coming To Us.

And now comes another oldest in
habitant and says that the coming
winter will be the severest in many
years, that snow will drift higher
than the fence posts and that many
rivers will freeze to the bottom.
Perhaps it will be just as well to lay
in the usual supply Of coal and keep
smiling until the winter arrives. It
wont be many weeks before some
cheerful prophet will be predicting
an early spring, and will be just as
likely to win out as the gloomy win
ter Jeremiahs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18

chances to help the library out last
year and were rewarded by an ideal
evenings entertainment. The opera
house ought to be packed to greet
Miss Monson, who talks like a Nor
wegian, looks like a Norwegian and
is Norwegian, and can fill an even
ing full of fun taking off the Nor
wegian, yet in such a way that none
enjoy the entertainment better than
her own countrymen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18

est and capable foreman and the
personnel of the jury was above the
average even for Redwood county,
where we always have an excellent
grand jury.
Except for two indictments The
Gazette believes that there is no diff
ference Of opinion as to anything
done by them. All the others may
not plead guilty or be convicted;
that is never to be expected where
so much is attempted. But in each
case the action was fully justified
we believe from the information be-
fore them.
Quite bit of newspaper comment
has been made on the two indict.
ments we have indicated. The Ga
zette does not believe it will serve
any useful purpose to add to it.
Both the parties affected stand very
highly and have almost as many
friends as the city numbers among
its people. 1t is to be regretted that
these cases were forced to the at
of the jury at all. No one can be
in the least benefited thereby.
Hard feelings and resentments have
been stirred up which may injure
others far more than either of these
gentlemen. In one case there was
no intent to violate any statute and
the party indicted was merely act
ing as an accommodation to a personal
friend and unwittingly ran counter
to astatute he did not know existed.
In the other case one of the most
lovable men who ever resided here
was made the victim of a fight be-
tween others. Neither intended or
wished to injure him. In both cases
The Gazette goes on record as desir-
ing to be counted as the friend and
we'll wisher of the parties chiefly in
terested.
And it hopes that the experience
of the past few weeks will be les
son to some of our people and that
hereafter when an election is over it
will be permitted to rest. A desire
to be indicated sometimes leads to
unhappy results never contemplated
or desired by the moving party.
The grand jury also recommended
that the offices of the register of
deeds, auditor. clerk and treasurer
be investigated by the bank examin-
er before the present terms expire,
and also that these offices be checked
up by the bank examiner at the be
ginning of each year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
Home Wedding Last Saturday

Miss Laura Belle Quarton, young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M.
Quarton, lately of this city, was on
last Saturday very quietly joined in
marriage to VIM. D. Neiman of this
city, only the immediate family of
the bride and the relatives residing
in this vicinity being present. Rev.
E. V. Dubois officiated, the cere-
mony at the home of the brides
parents occurring at $50 and being
followed by hearty congratulations
of the company, after which most
satisfactory wedding feast was served
by Mrs. Quarton.
The event had been looked for by
the friends of the young people for
some time. Both bride and groom
are popular in musical and social
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
Sleepy Eye High School Wins First
Half at Football and Referee
Does the Rest.
Locals Take Their Medicine and
Smother Sorrows With
Chicken Pie.

1ASSOiiIpe1iiiOu Ny Oil OAiCiOoAeAo1iS
bunch of rooters, our high school
football team travelled joyfully
down to Sleepy Eye last Saturday.
1t was a'different looking crowd that
came trailing home with the score
decided against them to O. This
is the first time that Redwood high
has been scored on this season, and
what makes the boys feel bad is the
fact that the Sleepy Eye referee
won the game for their town by
giving our fellows the rankest deal
they ever experienced.
In the first half Sleepy Eye had
the best of our boys. Their inter-
ference was excellent, and they GER
tainly had the fellows going some.
Sleepy Eye scored touchdown but
failed to kick goal. The half ended
with the ball in the middle of the
field. Score, S. F 5 Redwood 0.
When the second half started it
was evident that our team had TAX
en- brace, and were playing foot
ball. Slow but sure the boys pushed
their opponents down the field,
punts and forward passes doing the
work. At last they were within
eight yards of the goal. Then it
was that the Sleepy Eye referee
handed the boys lemon. 1t was
the first down, goal to gain. The
referee motioned the linesmen to
set the line, the ball was passed,
fumbled, Dave Whittet recovered
the ball and carried it over the line
for touchdown. If we could kick
the goal the game was ours. But.
the referee had an inspiration. He
picked up the ball, took it back to
where the play started, claiming
that the ball was not in play because
the line was not set. The line had
been set by the referees motion to
set it, and thus Redwood lost what
was rightfully theirs.
The boys say that they received
excellent treatment in the hands of
the Sleepy Eye players and have no
kick except on thereferee and some of
the rooters who were bound to stay
on the field and get in the way of
the game.
The Sleepy Eye basket ball girls
had feast prepared for the boys,
and those who went home certainly
missed the time of their lives. We
were served chicken pie and all the
good things that go with it. They
Toasted, toasted and entertained us
in way that cheered us all and
made us want to come again, We
certainly hope that the spirit OF
good-fellowship that exists between
the students of the Sleepy high school
and our own school. will last for.
ever.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18
COURT WIND-UP.
Court and Grand Jury Accomplish Con-
siderable Business.


The wind up of the November
term of court occurred on Thursday.
While there were no jury cases tried
those in which verdict were re-
turned being instructed or merely
formal the fact remains.that good
deal Of business was transacted and
quite number of matters were
disposed of, some of whichIhas been
on the calander for long time.
The Muetzel SANDER cases, which
at one time babe fair to be very
picy and expensive proceedings,
dropped out of sight and mind by
way of the dismassal route and will
not figure longer. And the Phillips
VS.. Mo cases which have hung on in
court and figured in the newspapers
went by the same road. The Nesta-
val liquor prosecution glided down
the same plank to oblivian.
Of the new cases, Davidson VS..
county, Klossner VS.. Nelson, Ma
chine Co. VS.. Crowly, Crimmins VS..
Woods, Newton VS.. Truedson and
Munsch VS.. Stelter were all tried
and out Of the way, while several
others were dismissed. But two or
three cases go over the term to con-
front the next jury. the most i'm
portant being Ronney VS.. Chicago &
Northwestern Ry. Co., a personal
injury case.
The criminal calander was excep-
tionally we'll cleaned up, considering
that no jury cases were tried. The
six boarders at Hotel de Schueller
all plead guilty and the bunch which
sang at the Jail corners is disrupted.
the tenor notes of Pet Simmons and
the deep bass of Moore now being
secluded behind the grim walls at
Saltwater, Minis and the two beer
filters Of tender age being still feed
ing at the county bastile.
While this crime was not a very
enormous one there is a feeling of
general satisfaction at the result,
the only regret being that the King
of the Jungles" was not here to
bear "Pet" company down to Still
water. AS far as the two boys are
concerned the public are in favor OF
giving them another chance. Young
Swanson was. we hear, a very good
worker and Brace Allen is regarded
as more reckless than depraved.
The work of Judge Olsen has been
generally commended. His sentenc-
es were just and yet tinged with
mercy. Our local attorneys declared
before he was elected that he would
make an ideal Judge and this time
at least the results have justified
their judgement. His work is done
SO easily and quietly that one has tx
look over the docket at the close of
a term to appreciate his effective
ness as presiding judge. The work
done this term has confirmed the
favorable impression of our people
and Judge Olson has added to hi
many friends while here.
The grand jury did an unusua
amount of work and brought il
many indictments. So far, as fas
as they have been disposed of, thu
results have indicated every in
dictment found by them. In Dal
Mclean they had thoroughly hon
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18

will show that but few have ever
been INDUCED in by the members of
the thrifty Scotch about Delhi,
among whom the Stewart family
have been honored citizens for m any
wears.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-18

Pleasant. sure, easy safe little liver Pills
are Dewitt's Little Early Risers. Sold by
e. A. Luscher. NOV,