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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
Man and Woman Commit suicide.

Essex, Mass. June -Despondent
presumably because OF their arrest
on statutory charge. George Alden
Gorton, a weil-to-do farmer, and Mrs.
Edith A. Bowe, wife OF Thomas Bows
OF this town. committed suicide by
taking poison Wednesday.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
Montaomery Ward. Moth.r pI.s.

Niles. Mich, June 13.-Mrs. r. A
Ward. aged SO years, lifelong resi-
dent OF this city. died at her home Fri
day OF old age. Mrs. Ward was IT,,
mother Of Montgomery Ward. the CHI
cago merchant.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
aIa oIas. Worl.s eankrupt.

Centralia, III, June l8.-The All
son Glass works OF this city, employ
ing 300 men, Friday nled a petition
In bankruptcy with the federal court
The Liabilities are given a. Slsl,0Ol
With sssets Of tlS0.00o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
Oil conoern,s Loss.

Albuquerque. ~ NJ, June 18Th,
plant OF the Continental oil Co. here
late Friday night was damaged 500,
600 by fire. Neighboring structures
were threatened
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18

Sedaiia. MO. June 1z.-After cam
paign Of extraordinary bitterness the
voters Thursday rolled up a majority
of sAs against local option.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
More EIoods rhra.tsns

Kansas City Mo-. June 13.-Un
usually heavy rains fell Friday II
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and low
and the weather bureau predicts tha
the Kaw and Missouri rivers will
again reach the high stage OF Wednes
day night
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
BIG ROBBERY OF
MAIL Admitted
REGISTERED POUCH DISAPPEARS
MYsTERloUsLV IN KANSAS
CITY DISTRICT.
Contents About s1oo,ooo-Psekaas Of
at Least $5o,coo Sent East by Los
Angeles Banks Part Of the Large
Haul.

Los Angeles, Cal, June Ire
luctant admissions made by the post
once officials of three cities Wednes-
Cay confirm to some extent the belief
that the disappearance OF registered
.lail pouch somewhere within the jur-
isdiction of the Kansas City (Mo)
ost office last Saturday night will
Erove one OF the biggest hauls In the
history OF the post Office department
From private sources II was learned
late Wednesday that package OF at
east $4,000 in currency was among
The contents Of the pouch. which car
ried, In addition, an unusually large
number of letters and packages con.
taining money and other valuables to
an amount which can only be conjec-
tured, but which may reach $4,000
more. The pouch was in transit from
this city to New York and the postal
inspectors who have had the case in
charge refuse any explanation of the
manner in which II became lost to
sight in transfer from one responsible
Guardian to another as the department
regulations providing for the protec-
ton of registered matter are of the
strictest.
Disappearance ls Admitted.
That pouch of value has disap-
peared was admitted by the depart
ment at Washington, by Postmaster
VI. II. Flint of Los Angeles, and by
Inspector w. j. Vickery, attached to
The Kansas City post office. who ap-
pears to have the case for investiga-
ton. In no case, however, was there
any positive information as to the
method employed in carrying out the
robbery.
The fact that the mail In process
of transfer at the Union depot in
Kansas City is handled in a temporary
substation since the destruction of the
regular branch Office by fire several
months ago. supports the theory that
advantage was taken of conditions
presumed to be more lax than ordi-
narily.
Money Package Sent by Banks.
The $4,000 package of currency,
which will undoubtedly prove to be
the largest individual loss, was a ship
ment made by Los Angeles banks to
their New York correspondent. Post
master Flint OF Los Angeles stated
that II would be impossible for any
official OF the department to even es-
innate the total contents OF the miss
ing pouch until the holders Of receipts
Issued on the day In question had
made afidaNts as to the matter In
trusted to the mails.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
0Does this car 20 to T'Menty.fourth

Docs this car 60 to Twenty-fourth
streetp" inquired the elderly lady.
"No. ma'am, but l have something
just as good, !" replied the conductor,
who was formerly drug clerk. al
can let you on twice at Twelfth
street. Bohemian.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18

The average woman carries 80 miles
of hair on her head.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
Miss Peyteet-How do / look in th

Elder Drother-Under It, you NJ san.
don't you sis ? You look pretty
small.-Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
A Curious Army Toast.

Of all the British regiments the
Welsh fusileers have the most curious
army toast. 1t forms part of the cere-
mony of the grand dinner given annu-
ally on st. David's day. After the din
ner the drum major, accompanied by
the goat, the mascot Of the fusileers,
bedecked with rosettes Of red and blue
ribbon, marches around the table, car
rying plate of leeks. Every officer or
guest who has never eaten one before
Is obliged to do so, standing on his
chair with one foot on the table, while
the drummers beat roll behind his
chair. He is then considered a true
Welshman. All the toasts are coupled
with the name Of St. David. 1t is In
much this way that the toast with
highland honors is drunk. Each guest
stands with one foot ON his chair and
one on the table, and the pipers, aptp-
ing, parade the room.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
Defective Education,

An old darky in Alabama called
across the fence to his neighbours son.
who is student at the Atlanta uni
versfty, says writer in the Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Look hyar, boy" he said, .you goes
to school, don't yerT'
''Yes, SIR" replied the boy.
Getting education, amt yer?'
eyes, SIR" =
LEARNING 'rithmetic an figgering on
a slate, eh?"
Eyes, sir"
"Well, it dom tax two whole days
ter make an hour, do it?''
"Why, no." answered the boy.
"Waal," said the old man, "you was
going ter bring that Ratchet back in
an hour, wasn't yer? An hits been
two whole days sence you borrered
hit
whats the use of yo' education eff
you go ter school whole year an den
can't tell how long hit takes ter fetch
back dat hatchetT'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
MoHAIR AID ALPACA.
These Fabrics Come From Two En-
tirsiy Different Animals.

'sThe other day / heard couple of
men arguing about mohair and alpaca,
one of them gravely asserting that
they were different names for the same
fabric" said New York importer
1.-THE assertion was very far out of
the way The cloth known as alpaca,
If genuine, comes from the wool of the
animal of the same name, which
thrives only in the Andean regions
of Peru and Chile in South America.
The alpaca, or pace, which resembles
the llama, looks a gooe deal like our
domestic sheep and has~1 most beauti-
full fleece Great flocks of them browse
on the highest ranges of the Andes
and are the property of the native In
dams, who shear them once a year.
Many efforts have been made to breed
the alpaca in different parts of Eu-
rope and Australia, but without sue
cess A cargo of them was brought to
Baltimore some time in the middle of
the last century, but the experiment of
raising them In the United States was
likewise a failure.
1.-THE cloth known as mohair comes
from the Angora goat, a very different
animal from the alpaca. The angora
is found in South Africa, but the lar
gest focks are found in Asia Minor
Exchange
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29

ders, look to the Kidneys for the
cause of it all. Keep the kidneys
well and they will keep you well.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys and keep them we'll Here is
Redwood Falls testimony to prove it.
w. P. Elcott, living on Wyoming
St. Redwood Falls, Mimi, says: i
have used Doan's Kidney Pills on
many occasions during the past ten
years and have always received ex-
cellent results. For a long time |
suffered from a lame back and
soreness across my kidneys. Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to my
attention, | used them and they
helped me Immediately. I keep them
on hand at all time and whenever |
feel my kidneys need a tonic | APP
peal to their use ond the results
have always been as satisfactory as
in the first instance. ! procured
Doan's Kidney Pills at Hitchcock's
drug store and can recommend them
as wonderful kidney remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
A Disc


The An1efi..
Ohservc- ..-4-.-s-. --.1uo---
The YanI.es' -. s.. ...;issian sto.y l.
again on its s.sEd ro.Ils, but as all
attempts to name the original Yankee
have failed, sa1s London II. a. r..
it is safe to pin the anecdote to any
prominent American who may have
visited st. Petersburg.
The Russian has been identified as
the Grand Duke Constantine, younger
brother of the Car Alexander l.. and
the Incident occurred about 1910.
The Yankee went out for a walk In
March, when the snow was melting
after sudden rain The street was a
maze of puddles, divided into sections
by narrow lodges of snow at the cross
ings, over which pedestrians carefully
felt their way.
The Yankee was just In the middle
Of such snow bridge when he recog-
nized the Grand Duke Constantine ap-
preaching in the opposite direction.
The path being too narrow for two
persons to pass, the grand duke being
accustomed to every one getting out of
his way, the Yankee being too courte-
Gus to turn his back on a brother of
the car to return whence he came
and too proud to step servilely into the
slush for mere prince of the royal
blood-such was the contretemps.
Quick az fash our American
whipped out his purse, presented it to
Constantine and asked, Even or odd?"
Even" replied the astonished
prince.
you winr' said the Yankee and
stepped off into a puddle half a leg
deep.
Constantine, highly pleased by this
peculiarly American proceeding, men
toned it to the car, and our Yankee
was invited to dine at the palace next
day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
PARIS AND LONDON.
Contrasts In People and Manners In
the Two Great Capitals.

Contrasts In People and Manners In
the Two Great Capitals.
In the streets French traffic all goes
to the right; London coachmen drive
always to the left. Parisians live to-
gether In large houses like barracks;
Londoners have one family in house.
The Londoner has a latchkey, the
Frenchman a concierge.
Paris has it's cafes, London its clubs.
Partisan beds are up in an alcove in
the wall; Londoners sleep In the mid
die of the room. Londoners take three
or four meals a day, Parisians two
Paris dimes, London eats. Paris
loaves are long. London loaves are
square. Paris drinks wine, London
beer. Paris takes coffee, London tea.
Frenchmen while dining talk to their
neighbor and enjoy each others So
ciety; Britons sit alone at table and
don't say much, but enjoy their foo6
London workmen work in their or T.
nary clothes, call each other mate"
smoke clay pipes and punch each 9TH
er's heads occasionally; Partisan work
men do their business In blouses, call
their friends 'citizen" or '.sir," smoke
cigarettes, take their hats off to each
other and do their fighting with their
feet.-LOndOn Tit-BitS,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
A Missionary Gathering.

Mrs. R. E. Fuller opened her COM
modious and elegant farm home to
the Methodist Missionary society last
Wednesday and some forty ladies re
paired thither. Mrs. Gold, the pres
iident, called on Mrs. Cowgirl who
thenled the exulting strains of The
| Victor's Song" with voice and piano.
Mrs. Isaac Root had charge of the
inspiring devotional service. Roll
call responses were missionary
items.
Mrs. Little read some missionary
letters she had received from India.
Mrs. Gold also had several communi-
cations to give from the mission field
The letter that aroused most inter-
est was one from Bishop Hartzell
giving a vivid description of the
development of Africa, and throw
ing some light on the Madeira Is
lands and their Portuguese COVER
nors.
The mission study dealt with In
dustrial missions and was given by
Mrs. ]. T. Horn. Mrs. Dubois and
Mrs. Kuenzli. The decencies and
conveniences of life are being adopt
ed both in India, Africa and the Is
lands and they entail work. The
missionaries are teaching the men to
support their families instead of
putting that burden on the women.
In New Guinea the Papuan men
work little and eat much. The wo-
men there have some choice in the
selection of their husbands and a cir
cumspect girl will select slim young
man, believing he will eat less than
one of aldermanic proportions. But
the young men are willy. So they
take broad waste belt and before
going to court a Papuan belle they
draw themselves in as tightly as a
smart set beauty in our country
does with her corset. After the
marriage however the belt is let out
and the bride discovers that her lord
and master possesses a figure and an
appetite much ampler than she had
bargained for.
The largest missionary exhibit
ever brought together is now being
shown in London in connection with
the Franco-British exposition, and
one of the Is, 900 articles there shown
is the waist belt of a Papuan beau.
Rev. Dubois contributed music
and Superintendent Cowgirl some of
his dry humorous sayings for the
benefit and entertainment of the
company. A picnic supper served
by the ladies closed the session.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
A Fight for Principle.

Hutchinson Independent.
No Democrat, however much he
may admire the brilliant and high
minded man who is in this campaign
his party's standard bearer, feels
down in the bottom of his heart that
Mr.. Bryan is to be elected. He
must make his fight and cast his
vote from principle, because he has
confidence in the candidate and the
platform he stands on.
A reference to the table Of elector-
al votes of the states will show how
desperate is the democratic plight
this year, and how the party cannot
win without New York and may cas-
lily lose, even with New York. There
will be 483 votes in the electoral
college, 242 being majority neces-
sary for a choice. The total of votes
from Southern states conceded to
Bryan is 1863, granting him Maryland,
Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri,
all of which states have recently
gone republican. Those concessions
can be made in an excess of liberali-
ty, but one Southern state, West
Virginia, cannot be allowed him, for
it must now be conceded as safely
republican. To be elected, Bryan
would need seventy-three additional
votes.
He cannothope to get any of those
votes out of the West, for Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada
and Utah will undoubtedly give ma
jorities to Taft, as they did to
Roosevelt.
If New York, New Jersey, Indiana
and Connecticut be regarded as
doubtful, Bryan would have to carry
them all to receive barely the re-
quired number of votes. 242. Only
the most optimistic friend Of Bryan
can believe down in his heart that
such a thing will happen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
African Natives, Drum SIGNALS,

All through the continent of Africa
the natives have very perfect system
Of signaling with drums, by which
means they rap out messages from VII
lage to village, and 1t is quite wonder
full how swiftly and how far they are
able to spread news.
The drumming is always done at
night, when sound travels farther, and
as one lies awake on a still, clear
night the ear is often gently assailed
by the low, musical roll from a drum
in the village near, and one waits with
pleasant expectancy till the answering
echo comes, muf1ed by distance, from
village sometimes two miles away
Wide World Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
He LACKED TACT.
Bad Breaks of the Man Who Was
Trying to Sell SpectacIes.

Trying to Sell SpectacIes.
''The meanest job of my lean days"
said 4 millionaire. was spectacle ped
ding l still see the sad and scornful
looks, ! still hear the reproachful oaths,
which that work brought down on me.
1T was at the seashore. l had a
case of spectacles for every age from
forty-f1ve up. | paced the beach and
the board walk
"Once I walked up to a lady and
gentleman seated close together ON the
sand.
"'Sir and madam I said, would
these interest you? The best and
cheapest brand of old age spectacles
on the market. This pair would be
your size, sir-forty- years. Lady,
will you try these fifty-four year ones 2
''They Redeemed, and the man told me,
with an oath, to move on. l remem-
bered as | moved that he had been
holding her hand. A seaside Irritation.
OF course they hadn't liked their
thoughts brought down from love to
old age spectacles.
ION the board walk I accosted a
pretty girl leading an old man by the
arm.
"'Would your grandpa be interested
in these, missy 1 said. Best glass,
warranted, eighty year size, price
Tell him to go, Billy said the girl.
"And as l went a hot corn man
chuckled:
THAT, you dub, was Gobsa Code
and his young BRIDE LOS Angeles
Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
Bohemia.

Bohemia is youth. Youth Is every
where. It is bounded on the north and
east by the barren desert Of middle age
and on the south and west by the steep
and impossible mountains Of success.
The true bohemian IS drunk on nothing
but ambitions and ideals, and, though
these leave no headache, they frequent
~ leave an emptiness Of the stomach.
The true bohemian has an appetite the
morning after, but there Is often no
Misunderstanding Bulletin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
No Place For Docs.

Is it impossible in Japan to keep a
good dog? l have twice had my dogs
disappear in a seemingly miraculous
way. As am well aware that there
Is Q great demand for dogskins, epe-
ciaily those Of young dogs, we have
been careful in having our dog watcn.
ed. Nevertheless he disappeared this
morning. Almost every foreigner has
lost dog or dogs, and even a sea cap.
tain who was three days on shore had
his dog poisoned the first day he put
his feet on land.-Japan Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
Public Opinion.

Public opinion Is q will-o'- the-wfsp.
II Is here today and gone tomorrow.
Public opinion crucffed the Christ and
the centuries have condemned It for It's
act Ever since that time the public
has been making bfunders, committing
crimes, furnishing the evidence Of fts
own unwfsdom In every time and coun-
trp-Boston Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
The World In learninu.

Briggs - Do you believe that the
world Is divided into two classes,
those who borrow and those who lendf
Griggs - No, sir. My experience Il
that two other classes are much nom
pfevalent-those who want to borrU
and those who won't lend.-Llfe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
Business Sense.

AHas that titled son-inlaw OF yours
any business sense7"
s'Yes," answered Mr.. Dustfnstax. II
must say / admire his foresight and
sagacity. He absolutely refused to
take any chances on my regarding him
as poor relation. - Washington Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
The Difference.

"Pa, what's the difference between q
rhyme and a poem?"
'eThe person who makes a rhyme
stands some chance Of seeing 4
printed, even II It Is merely put On q
card to be stuck up In an T. carr
Chicago Record Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29

A cynfc says that the jaws Of death
have no terror for him; he only fears
tne jaws OF life. He Is married.
Sporting Times. IS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
. WHY so WEAK?
Kidney Troubles May be Sapping
Your Life Away. Redwood Falls
People Have Learned
This Fact.

When healthy man or woman
begins to run down without appar-
ent cause, becomes weak, languid,
depressed, suffers backache, head
ache, dizzy spells and urinary disor-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
candor.

PA, what's friendly candor?"
ut Is generally the first aid to en-
NIFTY. Chicago Record Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29

The good you do Is not lost, though
you forget it-Fielding.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-17
Pension Bill introduced.

Westinghouse bill was introduced
in the house Friday by Mr. Louden.
slayer y j.. chairman OF the com.
mittee on pensions, providing for a
blanket pension of Sl4 per month for
the widow OF any officer or enlisted
man of tine army or navy. who has
died or shall hereafter die by reason
Of wounds or injury incurred or dis.
ease contracted in the line of duty in
any Indian war or the war with Mex.
leo or the Civil war provided the mar,
riago took place prior to or during
such service.
II the marriage was subsequent TO
tina. service. pension Of $l2 per
month is provided for.
\ monthly pension Of $40 is proSid.
ed for the widow OF any officer or en-.
listed man who served 80 days or
more in any OF the Indian wars, or 60
days or more in the war with Mexico
or 90 days or more in the civil war.
and was honOrably discharged In
this case the widow Is relieved of the
e,essity Of proving death to have re.
suited from service.
monthly pension Of IS is Urovid.
ed fer widows. as last described.
whose marriage antedated by five
years the date OF the husbands death
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-17
LOST $500.
Buying Medicine When Right Food
Was Needed

Money spent for "tonics' and "brac-
ers" to relieve indigestion. while the
poor old stomach is loaded with pas
try and pork. is worse than losing a
pocketbook containing the money,
II the money only is lost It's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating, It is hard TO make the
money back.
A Mich. young lady lost money on.
drugs but is thankful she found a
way to get back her health by prsper
food. She writes:
II had been II victim OF nervous dys-
pepsia for six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment In the
attempt to get well. None of II did
me any good.
Finally | tried Grape.Nuts food,
and the results we're such that If II
cost dollar n package. | would not
be without II. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
THE most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me. am sure. was
the change in my condition after
began to eat Grape-Nuts. | began to
improve at once and the first week
gained four pounds.
81 feel that I cannot express nv
self in terms that are worthy Of the
benefit Grape.Nuts has brought 10
me, and you are perfectly free to
publish this letter II It will send some
poor sufferer relief. such Gs has come
to me-
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read. THE Road to Well
yille." in pkgs. There's Reason"