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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
IS CANNON
CRAZY?
RIDDER SAYS HE is AND A
LIAR, TOO - "GRIM OLD
WOLF" SHOWS SIGNS OF BE.
ING WORRIED.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-"It's a
lie, baseless lie."
This was the statement made
by Herman Ridder today when
shown the speech of "Uncle joe
Cannon, in which the speaker
stated that Rider wanted him to
railroad" the wood pulp bill
through congress and that in re-
turn Ridder would insure him the
support of the big newspapers OF
the country.
"How could I pledge him the
support of the New York papers, .
continued Rider. "Why, the
mans crazy. The story is false
and absolutely ridiculous.
Cannon surely must be insane
to make such a statement. / did
not pledge him the support of
even my own paper (Staats Zei-
tung) I never talked to him
about obtaining the support of
the newspapers in any such man
ner."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14

u EfEn1 MAN SHOULD STAND BIZ THEzf NOW AND SEE TO
Hat THE CRY cE7s a SQUARE DEAL a. THE FUTURE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
Paid In His Own Coin.

1--WE got nothing else, and you'll
have to take it." said the consequent
tial man in the tram car
"But we amt supposed to change
half sovereigns." said the conductor
Cant help that" said the passen-
ger. you'll have to find change; that's
ALL I'm not going to get off"
A man in the corner with a big black
bag beckoned to the conductor There
was a whispered confab. and smiling
conductor returned to the wealthy
passenger.
"A gentleman has offered to give you
change" he said.
''Ha, ha! So you had to find change
after all, my fine fellow, eh! Well.
here's the half sovereign
1t was five minutes before he got his
change
When the conductor brought it. it
was in a double handful. There you
are. SIR" he said. And, dumping down
119 pence and penny ticket upon the
cantankerous one. he left him to gasp
out his expostulations.
The man with the black bag was an
automatic gas meter collector.-Lon-
don TitBits.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17


a gray dressing gown ard a cooked
hat, which he fondly believed to be
the habitual garb of the French des-
pot.
Castro's most distinguished predeces-
sor was also a Napoleon devotee, but
Bolivar had seen his idol and could
thus initiate him more faithfully. lie
managed to acquire the emperor's
brusque speech and other mannerisms,
pulled peoples ears when in a good
humor and dictated dispatches to sew
eral secretaries at once. He founded
an order closely modelled on the Le-
gion of Honor: surrounded himself
with a guard of negroes from Haiti.
after the style Of NapOleon's name
fukes, and endeavored to codify the
laws of his country. When he return
ed to America after witnessing Napo-
Icons coronation Bolivar entered Ca
racas standing in Roman chariot
drawn by twelve maidens belonging to
the first families of the town.-LOndOn
Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
The Owl as a HELPER.

A family of barn owls will number
from three to seven birds. 1t is hard
to believe what an amount Of vermin
q family of owls will consume. An
old owl will capture as much or more
food than dozen cats in night. The
owlets are always hungry. They will
eat their own weight In food every
night and more il they can get it. A
case is on record where half grown
owl was given all the mice it could
eat. 1t swallowed eight. one after
the other. The ninth followed. all
but the tail. which for some time hung
out of the birds mouth The rapid
digestion Of birds of prey is shown
by the fact that in three hours the
little glutton was ready for second
meal and swallowed four more mice
II this can be done by single bird
what effect must a whole family OF
owls have on the vermin Of a com
munity? 1t would be difficult to point
out a more useful bird than the barn
owl In any farming country. Like
many other birds, it deserves the full,
est protection. but man Ia often its
worst enemy.-American Birds.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
MANY WILL BE
HELPED BY IT.
Tells How to Prepare a Simple Mix
ture to Overcome Disease.

To relieve the worst forms of rheu-
matism, take a teaspoonful of the
following mixture after each meal
and at bedtime:
Fluid extract dandeion, one-half
ounce; compound kargon, one ounce;
compound syrup sarsaparila, three
ounces.
These harmless ingredients can be
obtained from our home druggists,
and are easily mixed by shaking
them well IN bottle. Relief is gen
orally felt from the first few doses.
This prescription forces the
clogged-up, inactive kidneys to filter
and strain from the blood the poison
Gus waste matter and uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
AS rheumatism is not only the
most painful and tortuous dis ase.
but dangerous to life, this simple
recipe will no doubt be greatly val
ued by many sufferers here at home.
who should at once prepare this mix
ture to get this relief.
1t is said that person who would
take this prescription regularly, a
dose or two daily, or even a few
times week, would never have Sc
rlous kidney or urinary disorders or
rheumatism.
Cut this out and preserve it. Good
rheumatism prescriptions which
really relieve are scarce, indeed, and
when you need it, you want it
badly. 33-3t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
GO RIGHT AT 1T.
Friends and Neighbors in Redwood
Falls Will Show You How. =

Get at the root of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may re-
lieve it.
But it won't cure it.
You must reach the root of it
the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills go right at it;
Reach the cause; relieve the pain.
ID. Musser, retired soldier, N. Main
ST.. Marshall, Mimi, says: cat the
time | began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, | was suffering from a disor-
dered condition Of my kidneys. The
action of the secretions was too fire.
quent and caused me to arise MANY
times during the night. | was also
annoyed by a dull pain in my back
and until | procured Doan's Kidney
Pills, had been unable to find the
least relief for it. The benefit | re-
celved from this remedy was re-
markable and | cannot speak too
highly of its merits"
Plenty more proof like this from
Redwood Falls people. Call at
Hitchcock & Co.'s drug store and
ask what their customers report.
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, 1909-03-17
WINTER WOOD.
1t Makes the Best and Most Lasting
Kind of Timber


1t has long been known that winter
was the best time of the year for cut
ting down trees for their timber, but
until the American bureau of forestry
published the results Of some expert
ments no one was sure why. The bu-
reau of forestry selected fovr pine
trees OF the same age and of equal
vigor, growing in the same soil, and
felled them, the first at the end of
December, the second at the end of
January, the third at the end of Feb
ruary and the fourth at the end of
March. They were hewn into logs of
the same size and dried at the same
place. Then the logs were tested.
The December log resisted a 1exile
strain twice as strong as that which
the March log resisted. 1t furnished
piles which were still perfect and I'M
decayed sixteen years later, while the
piles made from the March log had
rotted within three or four years.
Wood that is felled in December is
less porous than that cut at other
times. 1t has been proved that oak
felled in the spring allowed water to
percolate through it in from two to
three hours, while similar wood cut in
December was seemingly impermeable.
There is a very simple method of as
three hours, while similar wood cut in
winter or in spring. The former con-
tains foury particles, which turn blue
when tincture of iodine is poured upon
them The latter preserves it's natural
tint or merely becomes little darker
at the contact of iodine.-New York
World
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
What
:Calysed the
Scar.
By FRANK II. SWEET.
Copyright. 1909. by American Press 4
Association.
By FRANK H. SWEET.
Copyright. 1909, by American Press
Association

a GROUP of delegates to the con-
"a vention of the Brothe rhood Of
* "a Locomotive Engineers sat in
the rotunda at the Palmer
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
ORANGES RIPENING
Especial CORRESPONDENT

Climatic conditions are most favorable
for the ripening Of the new crop of Cali
fornia navel oranges, and their flavor
promises to be more distinctly delicious
than ever. Up to the present time the
weather has been perfect, and the grow
ers are anticipating a harvest which for
quality bids fair to excel that of any
former season. The rare succulence OF
these "Sunkist" oranges is largely due
to the extreme care taken in their cul-
tivation and the perfect weather condi-
ange culture has been brought to a high
state of perfection in California during
the past few years, and the forthcoming
crop will bear evidence of this fact in the
unusually inviting appearance of the fruit
as well as in its rarely delicious flavor
and juicy richness.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17

ID 1ELbbO LINE a MAILMAN
takes patent of nobility to make you
eligible to ride on that fast express.
It's swell affair that runs down on
the east shore of BuzZards bay.
by the hour l mentioned the Dude
should have been at Woods Hole, her
run made But she had stopped at Mid
dleboro on account of a hot box and
was way behind time. She had gone
on and was flying along through the
woods between Wareham and Onset,
not more than fifteen minutes ahead Of
our time. when that same box began
to smoke again, hotter than fire.
'There was nothing for them to do
but haul up and cool her off. But they
knew that we were coming right be-
hind. The Dude had just made
bend of the bay, and it was bad
place. shouldn't have seen the
Dudes rear lights around that curve
until we were right on her. OF course
they sent a man back with a lantern
to signal US. The man they took for
SAS Ouly was JOuAS OA0nSAAdA, NV
over nineteen, by the name Of Jimmy
Caswell. He hadn't been working for
the road more than two years, but he
came Of a very good family Of folks
down to Falmouth and was a mighty
bright, genilemanly sort Of young
ster-just the kind that the swells
who travel down to the bay like to
have on the Flying Dude.
He'd been put forward good deal
for a fellow Of nineteen, and it was
somewhat the result of favor, dare
say, that he was on the train, but they
all had a great deal Of confidence In
him. III leave it to you to say wheth-
er the confidence was justified
"Well, Jimmy set out In the dark
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17

me. My goodness says he. 1 hoped
| shouldn't hit you, but | was boupo
to stop you anyway
That's so, says |. Don't talk
about it any more. | might have pass
ed you and never seen you. or if
bad noticed you waving your arm by
the side OF the track should have
taken you for some fool of tramp
and like as not paid no attention t,
you and gone on at full speed around
that next bend. But says L, you'd
better 60 on to your own train now
- wish some of you fellows would
lend me lantern says he.
Il looked at his lantern and saw
that the glass had smashed when il
went to the cab floor after hitting me
What's the matterY questioned l.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17

a GROUP of delegates to the con-
"a vention of the Brotherhood Of
* "a Locomotive Engineers sat in
the rotunda at the Palmer
House. in Chicago, telling stories
Among them was a grizZled, oldish
man from the Old Colony who had
curious red scar bending around from
bis forehead across his right temple
and down his right cheek. with al
most as regular curve as if it had
been marked there with a compass.
The redness of it's color indicated that
the mark had been inflicted not very
long ago.
The man who wore the scar had tax
en- no part in the conversation. Pres
emily one of the western delegates said
to him:
Come, Grandpa Hawkins, you ought
to have a story to tell. How did you
get that scar, now?'
The Old Colony man colored a little
and looked uneasy.
you fellows can tell stories" he
said. land l can't. But | will say
this: was never thankful for hard
blow in the face but once. and that
was when got this scar"
Then he subsidized into silence. appar-
emily supposing that there was moth
ing more to say. OF course the engi-
neerS about him raised a loud demand
for the rest of the story, which SEEM
ed to surprise the Old Colony man.
Under this pressure he went on. a lit
tie awkwardly.
81 hain't had the scar moren about
a year." he said. 81 was running the
$3.50 passenger train out of Boston
on the Cape Cod division. as l am now,
when I'm at home. We had passed
Wareham one clustering, blowing,
rainy November afternoon. 1t was
half past by that time, and as the
sky was thick with clouds it was just
as dark as pitch.
Between Wareham and Buzzards
Bay there's a stretch Of woodsy. scrub
by country where the track is pretty
tolerably crooked. crossing and lodging
the salt water inlets You can't see far
ahead of you any time.
But if I'm going to tell you this
story anywhere near right I've got to
get you out of my cab and on to the
Flying Dude. and that's a great privi-
lege, | can tell you. for they say it
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17

MIGHT"
on your train!
"'Id rather go back with one.' says
he.
THAT made me laugh. He wasn't
going to let on but what he'd stopped
my train in the regular way. And |
don't believe he did There was no
occasion to report it to anybody. That
boy wasn't after any hero's honors or
any of that kind of business.
But of course it came out because
though | didn't ask any leave, | had
to so around for quite a spell with my
face all plastered up.
Doctor down to Yarmouth fixed me
up all right Jimmy offered to pay the
bill, but. bless you. I'd never let him
do that even if the doctor had charged
me a cent which he didn't.
Il was almighty glad to get out OF
that scrape with scar on my face,
and | reckon it won't amount to much
after it's bleached out.
How is Jimmy getting on? Oh,
first rate, guess. If they ever thought
of reprimanding him for not making
sure he had matches with him when
he started out to signal that train
guess they reflected that he'd shown
qualities that redeemed that fault and
that the chances were that he'd make
a first rate railroad man.
He's still braking on the Flying
Dude. But it won't take many years
to see him a conductor, you can de-
pend on that"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
COPIED NAPOLEON.
South American Dictators Who ini-
tated the French Despot.

tated the French Despot.
The dictatorship of Castro in Vene-
zuela has been compared with that of
President Francia, who terrOrized Par
aguay for over thirty years. Francia
was a worshiper of Napoleon, whom
he endeavored to initiate in every pos
sible way. He possesses only one por-
trait of his idol, a German caricature,
which depicted the emperor wearing
an exaggerated version of the famous
gray overcoat. Francia took this pic
ture seriously and for many years pa
raded the streets of Asrncion clad in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
A Narrow Escape.

When MI. Hartman returned an hour
later than usual, Mrs. Hartman asked
him the reason, and his good natured
face was solemn as he answered her.
81 hat had one narrow escape from
drowning, Katchen," he said.
''How was that happen?' asked his
wife as she helped him unwind the
knitted scarf from his neck. 'Tell to
me it at once, Hans"
''It was at the ferry that l came
late" said Nj. Hartman, from the
blocked cars, and the boat she was
just starting. A man he called me
out, 'Joomp, joompv and for one mo-
ment l thought to make as he said.
But reminded myself to be cautious
and wait, and in one minute more,
Hatcher, came a great patch of water
showing! Then l took holt Of the post
whereby l stood and said to myself,
Hans, you were the wise man that
you joomped not at first when that
man d"-Youth'S Companion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17

much has been borrowed. Nature
never pretends.-Lavater.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
The Ccwcatcher.

While the visitor told how he had
ridden thirty thrilling miles on the
cowcatcher of a locomotive fve-year-
old Lorella listened attentively. AS
he concluded she asked. did you
catch the COW. Mr.. "-Chicago
News.
The oasis., 1909-11-27

situation of corn shortage generally in the northern portions and in the larger cities of Mexico, it is inter esting just now to know that the state of Tabasco entertains views which prohibit the exportation of that cereal from its border. Corn buyers would not need to look SO far away from home for the food stuff which they are buying now, according to reports of the situa- tion in Tabasco, if it were per mitted to ship the grain from that state, where this seasons crop has been plentiful. The embargo upon the exportation of corn was placed by the state government several years ago as consequence of a situation not unlike the present one.
The oasis., 1909-11-27

Chihuahua Enterprise: A new candidate has been sprung for the presidency of Mexico. It is attor- ney Heriberto Barron, former member of the chan mber of deputies, later a partisan of Gen Reyes for vice-presidency, and now visiting in New York. Large posters print ed in red ink bearing the announce ment of Barron as a candidate of the Democratic party for president have appeared on public buildings and billboards all over the city. The announcement created consId. erable excitement and large crowds discussed the new move of the for mer member of the "circle of friends" of the president.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: It was given out officially this morning from the office of H. c. Ferris, gen eral manager of the Mexico North western Railway O., that the contract for grading 40 miles of the railroad from the company's lum- Der town of Madeira toward Terra gas on the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific railroad for the same company had been let to R Nj. Dudley, of this city. Work will begin right away. Itis also learned from most reliable source thai Mir. Dudley will have the contract for all of the grading between Madeira and Terrazas, but Genera Manager Ferris office woulC neither confirm nor deny this wher asked this morning
 Torreon Enterprise: News wa received in Torreon last week O the merging of the two big rubber companies of the United State, which will make the Continenta Mexican Rubber company in Tor reon, Cuatro Cienegas and Cedro a part of great rubber combin, which has been capitalized a $4000O,000 gold. This was effected by certificate of merger whicl was filed in the office of the secre tary of state at Trenton, New Jer sey on November 4. The Inter Continental Rubber Company, cap ital $40,000,000, and the Continer tai Rubber Compa of Americt capital $30,000,000, have been cor solidated.
The oasis., 1909-11-27
ACROSS THE BORDER.

Chihuahua Enterprise: The state of Michigan will purchase from henequen growers of Yueatan from 16,000 to 20000 bales of the fibre every year, an amount which re- presents a value ranging from $400,000 to $500000 gold, or ap. proximately million pesos. The sisal will go to the Michigan state penitentiary, there to be made into cordage, which is sold direct to the farmers of the United States for use in binding wheat, corn stalks and other purposes.
 Mexican Herald: It is stated that in December or January next the National Institute of Geology will send some of it's students to Lagunilla, in the state of San Luis Potosi, to endeavor to discover an aerolite which is said to have fallen near there on September 25, last. It is said to have fallen about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. If thus aerolite is proved to be all that is claimed for it, Mexico will have three of the largest meteors in the world, two others having fallen in the republic. It is supposed that they arrived some seven centuries ago, and it is judged that the La gunillas stone is the largest.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-25

In village in England, month or
so ago, man came running into an
inn at nine O'Clock at night and cried
out that there was a ghost in his back
yard. There were IA men in the inn.
and not one of them dared to go home
with the man and investigate. There
was a person who dared, however, and
that was the landlord daughter, girl
of a. Some of the men followed her
at a distance. and she went into the
yard and up to the ghost Tapping its
arms about and discovered-what?
That it was no more nor less than a
mans white shirt Tapping on the
clothes line in st. ing breeze. That
about the way all ghosts turn out.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-25
Why It's a Homely Beast.

Augustus Thomas. the playwright,
told in recent speech OF a hunting
trip they had taken in the south. They
We're after cooons and possums. but the
only trail the dogs struck was one
which made them put their tails be-
tween their legs and turn for home.
Just what does polecat look like?"
Mr.. Thomas asked one of his negro
guides.
"a polecat, boss? Why polecat's
somefin' like a kitten, only pTettier.
Yes, polecat's heap prettier'n kit.
ten. amt it, SAM" he said turning to
another negro for confederation.
Sam did not seem so sure. He hest.
tated moment.
We'll" he replied, scratching his
wool, its always been nah conten'
ton dat handsome is as handsome
does."-Atlanta Journal.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-25
WRITTEN BY LINCOLN IN l841
Letter Reveals Sense of Humor Of Which This
Great Man Was Possessed" Tragedy"
That eliminated in Joke on
Springfield Citizens

inst, when Keys received letter
from the postmaster in Warren coun-
ty, that William had arrived at home
and was telling very mysterious and
improbable story about the disappear
ance Of Fisher, which induced the
community there to suppose he had
been disposed of unfairly. Keys made
this letter public, which Immediately
set the whole town and adjoining
country agog. And so it has contin-
ued until yesterday.
The mass of the people commenced
systematic search for the dead body,
while Wickersham was dispatched to
arrest Henry Traitor at the Grove, and
Jim Maxcy to Warren to arrest Will
liam. On Monday last. Henry was
brought in, and showed an evident in
clination to insinuate that he knew
Fisher to be dead, and that Archibald
and William had killed him. He said
he guessed the body could be found
in Spring creek, between the Boards
town road and Hickox's mill. Away
the people swept like a herd of buffa-
10, and cut down Hickox's mill-dam
nolens volens, to draw the water out
of the pond, and then went up and
down, and down and up the creek, fish
ing and raking, and raking and duck
ing. and diving for two days; and,
after all, no dead body found. In the
meantime sort of scuffling- ground
had been found in the brush in the
angle, or point, where the road lead
ing into the woods past the brewery
and the one leading in past the brick
grove met. From the battle-ground
was the sign of something about the
size of a man having been dragged
to the edge of the thicket, where
joined the track of some small
wheeled carriage drawn by one horse,
as shown by the road-track. The car
riage track led off towards Spring
creek. Near this drag-trail, Dr. Merry
man found two hairs. which, after
long scientific examination, he pro-
nounced to be triangular human hair.
which term, he says, includes within
it the whiskers, the hair growing I'M
der the arms, and on other parts of
the body; and he judged that these
two were of the whiskers, because the
ends were cut. showing that they had
fiourished In the neighborhood of the
razor's operations.
On Thursday last Jim Maxcy
brought in William Traitor from War