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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-17
Indictments Are aua,hed

Plaquemine. La, April 16.-Indict-
ments against Rev. j. ]. Holtgreve,
charging grossly immoral conduct.
were quashed at todays session of the
district court. Father Holtgreve was
for several years pastor of the Catholic
church at this place. Several alter
boys who were the states only wit
nesses, declined to take the witness
stand against the priest, claiming that
they would be forced to ineriminate
themselves. Their contention was up
held by the court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-17
storm mt Pensacola

Mobile, April ia special from Pensa-
cole tonight says that considerable dam
axe was done this afternoon by storm
from the northwest which blew away
MANY roofs and shattered glass win
cow in the business district. The wind
attained a velocity of 40 miles an hour.
1t was accompanied by downpour of
rain
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-17

Brandon, Miss, April 16-Tom CORD,
negro prisoner. strangled himself in the
county jail here today. Two days ago
re seized an axe and Drained an old ne
gre named johnson, who, according to his
statement. had placed hoodoo under his
door. ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
For sale by DALLAS E. LAIRD

once 1t IS constructed be maintained
as dirt road if it is to be kept In the
best condition. In repairing it do not
use rock, gravel or brush. but use dirt
of nearly the same character as that of
the roadbed in order to make the road.
way uniform. so that it wears well and
evenly. If holes and ruts are filed
with rock, gravel or brush the wearing
effect will be uneven and will cause
other holes to be formed
When the road surface is made en-
tirely of dirt II can be kept in condi-
ton by means of the split log drag
This simple contrivance. if used regu-
larly after rain when the roadbed is
moist, will smooth and shape up the
road so that as soon as 1t is dried out
It will be smooth and hard The drag
will ill mp the ruts and holes.
Another point TO bear In mind in
connection with dirt road is that 1t
should be exposed as much az possible
to sunshine and wind on account of
their drying effect. Shade is good for.
a macadam road. but bad for a dirt
road. Many a muddy place on a dirt
road has been remedied by cutting
away the shade and giving the sun and
wind chance to dry out the roadbe6
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL.
(Estate OF Monroe G. Reynoldsl

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Redwood, in Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Monroe G.
Reynolds, decedent.
The state of Minnesota to all persons in
terested in the allowance and probate of the
will of said decedent: The petition of Frank
G. Dixon, Ira Reynolds and William IT,
Church, representing that Monroe g. Rey-
nolds, then resident of the county Of Mer-
GER, state of Illinois, died on the 9Th day of
May, 1910, testate and that his will has been
allowed and admitted to probate in the
county court in and for the county of Mer-
GER, state of Illinois, being filed in this
court, together with authenticated copies
OF said will and of the probate there
OF in the court above named, and praying
that said will be admitted to probate in this
state. and that letters testamentary be
thereon granted to said petitioners:
Now therefore, you, and each of you, are
hereby cited and required to show cause,
If any you have, before this court, in the
probate court rooms in the court house,
in the city of Redwood Falls, county of
Redwood, state of Minnesota on the 5th
day of September, 1910, at 10 o'clock a.
m, why the prayer of said petition should
not be granted
Witness the honorable Chas Il. Howard.
judge of said court. and the seal of said
court this 21st day of July, 1870
court seal CHAS. Il. HOWARD,
02-5t. Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
APPLY Described.

A railroad Official tells a story
on himself to illustrate the illegi-
bility of his handwriting.
"Some years ago / sent out cir
cular letter to various station
agents on the line of the Southern
Pacific giving instructions as to
the handling of certain kinds of
freight. One of the points on the
line was subject to peculiar situa-
ton, and l added some additional
instructions to the bottom Of the
multigraphed sheet in my own
handwriting. A few days later /
received the following letter from
the agent I had addressed in this
fashion:
"sYours of the 18th inst, partly
in reading and partly in writing,
has been received at this Office !"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
Bankrupt's Petition for discharge

In the matter of MAIDS Rasmussen, also
known as Matt Rasmussen, bankrupt, in
bankruptcy:
To the Hon. Charles A. willard Judge of
the District Court of the United States for
the District of Minnesota.
MAIDS Rasmussen also known as Matt Ras-
mussen, of Morgan, in the county of Red
wood and state of Minnesota, in said Dis
trict, respectfully represents;
That on the 31st day of January, 1910,
last past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt un-
der the acts of Congress relating to bank
ruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all his
property and rights of property, and has
fully complied with all the requirements of
said acts and of the orders Of the Court
uching his bankruptcy;
Wherefore, he prays that he may be de-
creed by the Court TO have full discharge
from all debts provable against his estate
under said Bankrupt Acts, except such debts
as are excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of July, A. d. 1910.
MAIDS RASMUSSEN
L. @. DAVIS. Bankrupt.
Attorney for Bankrupt
Sleepy Eye, Mimi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
ROYAL GOLD PLATE.
England, Has Over Five Tons Stored
In Windsor Castle.


In Windsor Castle.
The so called gold pantry at
Windsor consists of two large fire
proof storerooms in which is kept
plate of an estimated value of G1,-
750, 900.
The royal gold plate which is
used for state banquets in England
weighs over five tons. It is not, of
course, all solid gold. If the larger,
pieces were gold they would be too
heavy to move at all. Some of the
epergnes take four men to lift.
These are Of. silver gilt. 1t takes
one man to carry two dishes or eight
plates. The latter are of pure gold.
There is not much ancient Eng
fish plate in the gold pantry.
Charles |. melted down all the plate
of his day and coined it into money.
But there are some exquisite for
eign pieces, among them a great sill
yer fagon taken from the flagship
of the Spanish armada and the IA
nous Nautilus cup, made by that
master Of the art, Benvenuto Gel
lini. There is a shield by the same
great Italian and the wonderful
gold tigers head taken from Tippoo
Sahib's throne after the storming of
Seringapatam in 1899.
This tigers head is a marvellous
work of art. It is life size, and its
teeth and eyes are cut out of pure
rock crystal. Another relic captur-
ed at the same time is the jeweled
bird called the una. In shape it is
like pigeon, with a peacock's tail.
It's feathers blaze with precious
stones, and a magnificent emerald
hangs from its breast. According
to an old Indian legend, whoever
owns this bird will rule India.
There are also shield formed of
snufboxes and valued at f9, 900 and
a great quantity of beautiful cups
and salvers, among them a rosewa-
ter fountain of silver designed by
the late prince consort and weigh
ing nearly 5000 ounces.
Detectives who reside at the cas-
tie as ordinary officials guard these
vast treasures Of plate and also the
jewels which are locked in another
underground safe. These Jewels
have Of course nothing to do with
the crown jewels, which are kept ID
the tower. They are the private
property Of the royal family. Pear
sons.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
middle Of the fifth century, over

middle Of the fifth century, over
ran and devastated so much Of Eu-
rope. In consequence of the raw
ages of this "scourge of God," who
was probably one of the most cruel
and remorseless men ever known,
fugitives from various regions Of
Italy sought refuge among the is
lands which skirt the. northern
coast of the Adriatic, which were
then but the haunts of fishermen
and sea birds. There was born
Venice, the ''glory of the west"
whose history was to be written
upon the waves for more than a
thousand years. It was during the
century. between $50 and $50 that
the "most enhancing city in the
world may be said to have been
founded.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
rial by Ordeal.

Trial by ordeal still exists in
some parts of Japan. If theft
takes place in a household all the
servants are required to write a
certain word with the same brush.
The conscience is supposed to be-
tray its workings in the waves of
the ideographs written. Tracing
an telegraph involves such an eff
fort Of muscular directness and I'M
divided attention that this device
often leads to the discovery Of the
guilty party. The test is at all
events more humane than the or
deal by boiling water, to which ac-
cused persons were formerly sub
mitted in Japan.-London Chron-
icle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27

[F'rom Good Roads Magazine. New York.
In planning out system of dirt roads
for a state OF even a country it is just
as necessary to plan out the location
and construction of the outlying dirt
roads as it is of the highways which
are surfaced with macadam or other
hard material and of which these dirt
roads are the feeders.
In road construction the ultimate
end is to reach certain point by the
most economic route. Thus in its To-
cation the grade is one of the most
While steep grade may shorten the
distance between two points. it is false
economy inasmuch as the load a horse
can pull decreases very rapidly with
the increase in grade, and it will be
found that 1t is far more economical
to increase the distance and decrease
the grad.
The esrth road is more susceptible
to DANA by water than any of the
specially surfaced roads, and therefore
any little breaks or holes that may be
made III an earth road by rain or a
heavy load should be repaired imme-
diately 10 prevent their growing into
mudholes. AS water is the greatest
enemy of any road. so drainage is the
most important consideration In road
building. The rain which falls on the
road must be permitted to run of as
rapidly as possible and by very easy
grade
After the road is located and graded
and preparations are made for the
drainage the surface of the roadbed
should be brought into just as smooth
a condition as possible. The center Of
the road must be the highest and the
crown slope gradually to the bitches.
The same care should be taken In con-
structing the surface OF the dirt road
that is given to the surface Of mac
adam or g sand-clay road. The sur.
face of dirt road should be free from
all stumps. rocks and vegetable matter,
for If not the cost OF maintenance viii
be greatly increased and the cost OF
hauling WI be much more
It is necessary that q. dirt road after
- -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
A Needle In : Coin.

If a needle is pushed into a cork
until just the tip shows on the OPP
posite side and the needle is then
broken off 50 that the upper end is
flush or hidden under the top sur
face of the cork an interesting thing
may be shown, known as the in
crease Of pressures. # this cork be
now placed with the needle point
downward on a copper coin q light
blow on top Of the cork with ham
mer will drive tie needle through
the copper London Scraps.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
SYRIAN DIVERS.
Wonderful Feats These Experts Per-
form In Deep Water.


Perhaps there are no more ex-
pert divers than those of the Syrian
coast, who, it is claimed, employ no
other apparatus than IA heavy stone
for a slnker and a light line where
by they come up .shand over hand. I"
Once certain American naval off
GERS whose vessels were making a
somewhat protracted stay at Bel
rut were enabled to witness an in
teresting exhibition Of the skill and
endurance Of these divers. 1t
should be stated that the vessels
lay in sixteen or eighteen fathoms
of water.
A midshipman on duty at the
gangway one day raised his sword
belt too high, and the blade, slip
ping from its scabboard, went cir
cling to the bottom of the sea. The
water at the spot was between 80
and 100 feet deep. A diver being
summoned, the point at which the
sword had fallen was indicated.
The Syrian stepped in his little
boat, pumped his lungs full of air,
seized his sinker, disappeared in
the water and brought up the
sword almost Immediately.
Another day a boat load Of coal
was swamped beside the ship and
sank to the bottom. Other divers
came, located the coal and the
boat, and, descending time after
time in ninety feet of water, they
placed the coal in bags and sue
ceeded in saving both the coal and
the boat. Officers timed these div
ers frequently and found that they
remained under water as long as
one minute and fifty-fve seconds.
The most interesting and star
Ting feat performed during the
American officers stay was accom-
plished when collier snapped its
cable and dropped its anchor and
forty fathoms of chain in twenty
fathoms of water. After being di-
rected to where the anchor and
chain lay the diver summoned di-
vested himself Of his clothing, went
through his pumping process and
disappeared in over 10 feet of wa
ter. One minute went by; then a
second was called off, when the Off
GERS began to get nervous. But it
was not until two minutes and fif-
teen seconds had elapsed that the
diver came crawling up the rope
greatly exhausted.
He had found the chain, though,
had attached the grapple and the
rope and had succeeded in recover
ing both anchor and chain at the
first dive. 1t seemed to the officers
unbelievable that any human could
Withstand the pressure of the wa
ter at such depths, not to speak of
the excessive variations of pressure
involved in the descent and ascent
of more than 100 feet within two
minutes and fifteen seconds. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
The Ants and the Elephant.

Eyewitnesses Of the marches
which ants make aver that when
they come to an obstacle they go
through it or over it or take it with
them. They march as straight as a
Roman road. Human occupants fly
when an ant army takes its way
through house occurring on its
line Of march. The legions pass on
and destroy nothing BUT such as
will serve as, food, but after they
have gone not a beetle, scorpion,
a rat or mouse or an insect or a
reptile of any size, shape or name
remains. All have been eaten by
the army. 1t is on record that one
of these moving companies was OBJ
structed in its passage by an ele-
plant. 1t took the army eight
hours to pass that spot, and then
there remained nothing but the
picked bones of the elephant.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
johnny on the Spot.

49,. 8 f.
Peddler selling preparation for
removing stains from clothing)-I
have got here
Servant (who responds to the
ring)- Excuse me, please. but we
are in great trouble ishere today.
The gentleman Of the house has
been blown up in an explosion.
Peddler Ha! Hurt much?
Servant4BIown to atoms. Only
a grease spot left of him.
Peddler-Ah, only a grease spot,
you say? Well, here's a bottle OF
my champion eradicator, which will
remove that grease spot in two
minutes.-Tit-Bits.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
A Court of Law.

Two OF three instructors at a
Cleveland law school have been
laughing themselves sick over the
answer made by student in an ex-
animation not long ago. The ques-
ten was to define a court of law.
Blackstone, who was a good deal Of
legal authority in his day, gives as
his definition "a place where JUS
tice is judicially dispensed" The
student may have had that defni-
ton in mind. But here is what he
wrote: "a court is a place where
justice is iudicially dispensed with. :
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27

At the last banquet of the South
ern society in New York one Of the
officers of the society recognized a
waiter as one he knew in Richmond.
He called him aside and asked him
several questions.
seYour brother Sam, who used to
serve me in the old town, is dead, I
believer
Yes, sub. He was found dead in
his bed"
sDied very suddenly ?"
eyes, sub. Sam was de impulsive
membah OBJ de family. New
York Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
A Bad Storm.

The steamer was going to Iona,
and as she rounded the island OF
Null she began to rock little.
fsHave you sometimes worse
gales than this ?" asked an old lady
Of deck hand.
ooh, yes, muas!" ss.sss the reply.
1--WE seen it that bad that the paint
was all blown off the bulwarks and
two men had to hold on the cap
tain's hat and all his hair was
blown off at the sides. That was q
storm for you, mum! LOS An
geles Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
Gettine Around il.

"Thomas, you have disobeyed
your old grandmother
mo, didn't, ma"
Eyes, you did. Have you not been
swimming 2"
eyes, ma"
Didn't 7 hear her say to you not
to 60 swimming ?"
ooh, she didn't tell US that! She
only came out and said, Boys, I
wouldn't go swimmin',' and /
shouldn't think she would, an old
rheumatic woman like her. But she
didn't say anything about our goin
sWimmin'.o
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
Indicted For Bad Highways.

Acting at the direction of the Schuyl-
kill court. Pennsylvania. which has be-
gun campaign against all officials who
are negligent in connection with road
making. the grand jury has indicted the
members Of the st. Clair council for
failing to report bad roads conditions
near the ST. Clair mining operations
The Mount Carbon borough council
was also ordered indicted by the court
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
farm 70 Rent.

We want a good tenant for 800
acre farm near Vesta. Will rent
for one third share or for $3.50 per
acre cash rent. Apply to S. F.
Scott, Vesta, Mimi, or State Bank
of Redwood Falls, for informa-
ton. 5O-4t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
THE NEW LEAF.

The Improvement to come I'm any
life from turning a new leaf Is not
to be based upon turning the leaf
20 much as upon the constant and
resolute filling Of the new page by
dint Of unremitfng and often SIREN
nous effort. An evil habit Is NOT
changed in a moment. but Is sup
planted by the good which is cul-
tivated into a habit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

TINTED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Dis
- trict of Minnesota, Second Division, S.
On this goth day OF July, A. ID. 1910, on
reading the foregoing petition, II is ordered
by the court. that a hearing be had upon the
same on the 9th day of August, "A. ID. 1910,
before said court at Minneapolis, In said Dis
trtct, at ten O'Clock I'm the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published In The Redwood
Gazette newspaper printed In said District,
and that all known creditors and other per-
sons In interest may appear at the said time
and place and show cause, liz any they have,
why the prayer of said petitioner should not
be granted
And II Is further ordered by the court,
that the clerk shall send by mail to ali
known creditors copies of said petition and
this order. addressed to them at their
places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Charles A. willard
Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof, at
Mankato, In said District. on the Doth day Of
July A. d. 1910.
CHARLES L. SPENCER,
(Seai OF 2, ;. Dist. Conrtl Clerk.
BY MAMIE A. CARLSON. Deputy Clerk.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
The oriain of Venice.

The queen of the Adriatic" was
born Of the troubles caused by the
invasion of the famous or infamous
Attila. the Hun, who. about the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-27
Much Depends on Grading and
Drainage.
WATER IS A CHIEF ENEMY.
Any Slight Damage Should Be Re-
paired Immediately to Prevent Mud
holes From Growing - After the
Highway Is Completed Strict Atten-
ton Is Necessary to Maintain Ii.

When one stops to consider the num-
Der of miles of road in any state of
the Union and compare this aggregate
with the very small mileage of i'm
proved road one can see readily that
1t will be great many years and per-
haps generations before all, or even
half, of the roads are surfaced with
some hard material
, For this reason one should give care
ful consideration and thought to the
construction and maintenance Of dirt
roads which will continue TO represent
the greatest mileage for years to come
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-27
BLOCMFIELD--GLEN RIDGE.

Mrs. William Parting is very Ill in
her home ia Prospect street.
Miss Margaret Carter, of Hillside
avenue, is in Cohoes, N. Y.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Marion Hill, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Hill, of Summit street,
Glen Ridge, n william A. Brown, of
Montclair.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Slocum are spend
ing the holidays in Pennsylvania.
c. r. Stevens, of Glen Ridge, has re-
turned from an extended trip through
the South.
Mr.. n Mrs. Frank D. Potter, of
Wildwood terrace, are in Brooklyn.
These officers of Olive Branch Lodge
Of Odd Fellows, of Bloomfield, will be
installed on the evening of Monday,
January 9: Noble grand, William Lock
wood; vice-grand, Frank Hold; secre-
tary, William Haight; treasurer, Will
lam A. White. The lodge is in a pros
porous condition.
A special meeting of Bloomfield
Lodge No. 40, F. and A. M, will be
held tomorrow night when the newly
elected officers will be installed with
imposing ceremonies. There will be a
smoker and entertainment.
The members Of Bloomfield Lodge of
.Elks are arranging for a beefsteak
dinner to be given in the lodge room in
Central Hall early in February. The
chairman of the committee in charge
is former Mayor George Peterson.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-27
LINKE-EMMIG.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Emmig, at "a Watching avenue, West
Orange, was the scene of a pretty we'd
ding on Sunday night, when their
daughter. Miss Lena S. Emmig and
Ernest Linke were united In marriage
by the Rev. Ma A. c. Hirsch, pastor
of the German Lutheran, Church, of
Newark. The ceremony was performed
in the parlor under a cluster of we'd
ding bells entwined with Southern smi-
lax. The bride was given away by her
father. She wore a gown of white
French batiste, with lace trimmings,
and carried white bridal roses. The
maid of honor vas Miss Elsie Linke,
a sister of the bridegroom. She was
attired in pink messaline and carried
pink roses. Adolph Patzier was best
man. After congratulations a supper
was served, at which Alvin Linke,
brother of the bridegroom, acted as
POSTMASTER. The guests were from
New York, Pleasantdale, Newark
Brooklyn n West Orange.