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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
a Plantation Joker.

1t is hoped the following will be
taken for what it is worth. 1t is not
patented and may be used by after
dinner speakers. provided they will
give credit to Adams diary.
A darky in the south who was doing
little blasting just outside the house
had borrowed stick Of dynamite from
one of his white neighbors. promising
to return It as soon as the explosion
was over. So careful was he OF the,
explosive that he put it away in the
house. and when ii came time to put
It into operation be forgot where it
was. After hunting for some time be
approached one of his daughters ard
said:
Say. yo' Christobel. does 20 know
whar ! done laid dat var stick OF gun
cotton?''
No. sab" said she, but Dinah
might. - Boston Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04

SHOULD any one call this after
noon, Mary. say that am not we'll >
sad the mistress one day to new
servant fresh from the country.
Pm afraid | ate IA little too much
Of that rich pudding for dinner. and
It or something else has brought or
q severe headache, so | am going t.
lie down.
Half an hour later the mistress
from her room near the head of the
stairs heard Mary saw to two ladies
who had called for tile first time:
YES m. Mrs = is at homo. bn
she ate 50 much pudding for din
ner she had to 60 to bed"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
Tyburn GaIIows.

The last execution on a perma-
nent gallows in London took place
at Tyburn on Nov. 7, 1888, the
malefactor being one John Austin,
condemned for highway robbery
with violence. For centuries Ty-
burn had been the scene Of execu-
tons. The gallows consisted of
three posts, and around it were
open galleries, resembling race
stands, IN which seats were let. On
account Of the disgraceful scenes on
the road, executions were trans
ferred in 1888 to the area in front
ct Newgate, despite the objections
OF residents, and on Dee. 8 of that
year the first hanging took place
there, when no less than ten were
executed.-London Spectator.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
The POET AND
The PEASANT.
Story With Two Morals From
Which to Make Selection.
BY O. HENRY.

copyright, 1910. by Doubleday, Page g.
Company
The other day poet friend of mine.
who has lived in close communion
with nature all his life, wrote poem
and took it to an editor.
It was living pastoral, full of the
genuine breath of the fields. the song
of birds and the pleasant chatter of
trucking streams.
When the poet called again to see
about it, with hopes of a beefsteak
dinner in his heart. it was handed back
to him with the comment:
TOO artificial"
Several of US met over spaghetti and
Duchess county chianti and swal-
lowed indignation with the slippery
forkfuIs.
And there we dug pit for the edi-
tor. With us was Conant, a well ar
rived writer of fiction. man who had
trod on asphalt all his life and who
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
FOR The CHILDREN
The Five Senses Game.

When your friends come to see you
plan the game of senses" AS hear.
ing is the first named of the senses
test their hearing first
Give each guest slip of paper and
pencil and ask him to write down
the sounds be hears Arrange to
have some one outside to blow a horn.
rattle two sticks together. sound a
piano,l violin, pound a tin can, etc.
This will cause much fun
To test their seeing put ten small
articles on the table while the guests
shut their eyes Then with open eyes
they are to take one short look and
from memory write down the things
they saw
For tasting they must with closed
eyes taste apple, bread, butter. sugar,
salt and cinnamon nothing unpleas-
anti, and write down the various
foods
Test in the same way their smell
ing qualities, placing for an instant
under their noses flowers, perfumes.
bags with spices, green vegetables. etc.
The sense of touch" can be made
funny by offering them a glove filed
with ice. a banana. an orange, gela-
tin, etc.
For all these tests except seeing"
eyes must be kept shut until the tests
are put out of sight.
The one who has the most correct
should receive a prize.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
Thinqs to FORGET.

Forget the faults of other people.
Forget your enemies and remember
your friends.
Forget all gossip as soon as you
hear it,
Forget doubts and fears and remem-
Der hopes and faiths.
Forget your own failures and re-
member your successes.
Forget the pin pricks. Sights and
trivial offenses incident to all life.
Forget to do any one an injury, but
remember TO do every one kindness.
Forget the evil people of history and
remember the good ones who have
made the world better.
Forget all bitterness. cynicism. mis-
anthropy and remember kindness.
philanthropy and helpfulness.
Forget whatever uncleanness you
have read. seen or heard and remem-
Der purity. chastity. goodness.
Forget the pains you may have suf-
,fered and remember the health and
painlessness you have enjoyed for
years.
Forget the darker aspect of nature,
save in so far as to avoid perils. and
remember the harvests and the sun
shine
Forget blasphemous and vulgar
words and remember the clean and
splendid words Of our noble English
language
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
The Gas Traction Engine 10 Sold ABSOLUTELY on Al

hout the advance payment of engine into
farm and test it Thoroughly Wen even 90 so
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04

TOO THICK, PAL. HE SAID CRITICALLY
had never looked upon bucolic scenes
except with sensations of disgust from
the windows of express trains.
Conant wrote a poem and called il
''The Doe and the Brook 1t was q
fine specimen of the kind of work you
would expect from poet who had
strayed with Amaryllis only as far as
the florists windows and whose sole
pathological discussion had been car
ried on with a waiter. Conant signed
/ this poem, and we sent it to the same
editor.
But this has very little to do with
the story.
Just as the editor was reading the
first line of the poem on the next
morning a being stumbled off the West
Shore ferryboat and Hoped slowly ur
Forty-second street.
The invader was a young man with
light blue eyes. hanging lip and hair
the exact color of the little orphans
tafterward discovered to be the earl's
daughterp in one of Mr. Blaney's plays.
His trousers were corduroy. his coat
short sleeved, with buttons in the mid
die of his back One boot leg was out
SIDE the corduroys. You looked ex-
pectantly. though in vain. at his straw
nat for ear holes, its shape inaugural
ing the suspicion that il had been raw
aged from former equine possessor.
In his hand was valise. Description
of it is an impossible task A Boston
man would no. have carried his lunch
and lawbooks to his Office in it. And
above one ear, in his hair. was a wisp
of hay-the rustic's letter Of credit, his
badge of innocence. the last clinging
touch of the garden of Eden linger-
ing TO shame the gold brick men.
Knowingly, smilingly. the city crowds
passed him by. They saw the raw
stranger stand in the gutter and
stretch his neck at the tall buildings.
At this they ceased to smile and even
TO look at him. 1t had been done so
often. A few glanced at the antique
valise TO see what Coney ATTRACTION"
or brand of chewing gum he might be
thus DINING into his memory. But for
the most part he was ignored. Even
the newsboys looked bored when he
scampered like circus clown out of |
the way of cabs and street cars.
AT Eighth avenue stood "Bunko
Harry" with his dyed mustache and
shiny. good natured eyes. Harry was
TOO good an artist not to be panied at
The sight of an actor OVERRIDING his
part. He edged up to the countFyman,
who had stopped to open his mouth at
1 jewelry store window. and shook his
head.
Too thick. pal" he said critically
too thick by couple of inches.
ion't know what your lay is. but
'ousve got the properties on too thick.
That hay, now why. they don't even
lllow that on Proctor's circuit any
nore."
Il don't understand you. mister"
aid the green one. I'm not lookin'
or any circus. I've just run down
rom Ulster county to look at the town.
'ein' that the hayin's over with. Gosh
ut it's q whopper. thought POUCH
eepsie was some punkins. but this
lere town Is five times lis big
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04
A Japaneae SIZE Launch.

When . ship i launched In Japan a
big cage il hung from the bow with
twenty or more birds in it,
Just as the prov cuts the water the
side of the cage is thrown open. and
the birds fly out and tiutter around the
ship as she takes the water.
The Japanese say that this is a sign
that the ship will sail as freely as the
birds fy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04

THE JUCIEsT JAY I'VE SEEN IN sI1
MONTHS"
of fashion and walk down Broadway.
Beneath the apparel the man would
show
Thanks" said Conant. Il suppose
the check will be round on Thursday.
as usual"
The morals OF this story have some
how got mixed. You can take your
choice of Stay on the farm" or Don't
write poetry"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-04

crap game In them Tony Pastor props
The recent Dir. Scotty from Death
valley has got you beat crossfown
block IN the way Of EIizabethan seen
cry and mechanical accessories. LEI i,
De sklddoo for yours. Nay. know oi
no glldtd halls where one may bet i
patrol wagon on The ace.
hebufs ed again By the great city that
Is SO swift to detect artifcialities. Hay
locks sat upon the curb and presented
MS thoughts to hold a conference.
It's my Clothes said he, burned
If it amt. They think I'm a hayseed
and won't have nothin' to do with me.
Nobody never made fun OF this hat In
Ulster county. | guess il you want
foiks to notice you in New York you
must dress up like they do
So Haylocks went shopping in the
Dazaars where men spake through
their noses and rubbed their hands
and ran the tape line ecstatically over
the bulge in his inside pocket where
reposed red nubbin Of corn with an
even number OF rows. And messen-
gers bearing parcels and boxes stream
ed to his hotel on Broadway within the
lights of Long Acre
At O'Clock in the evening one de
scended to the sidewalk whom Ulster
county would have forsworn. Bright
tan were his shoes. his hat the latest
block His light gray trousers were
deeply creased. and a gay blue silk
handkerchief tapped from the breast
pocket of his elegant English walking
coat. His collar might have graced a
laundry window. His blond hair was
trimmed close The wisp Of hay waS
gone.
For an instant he stood, cesplendent,
with the leisurely air of a bouleyardier
connecting in bis mind the route for
his evening pleasures. And then he
turned down the gay. bright street
with the easy and graceful tread of
millionaire.
But In the instant that he had paus-
ed the wisest and keenest eyes in the
city had enyeloped him in their field
of vision. A stout man with gray ewes
picked two of his friends with a lift
of his eyebrows from the row of loung-
ers in front of the hotel.
The juiciest jay I've seen in six
months" said the man with gray
eyes. Come along"
1t was 11:30 when man galloped
into the West Forty seventh street DO
iice station with the story of his
wrongs.
Nine hundred and fifty dollars" he
gasped. "all my share of grandmoth-
er's farm"
Inc desk sergeant Wrung from him
the name .Tabez Bulltongue of Locust
Valley farm. Ulster county. and then
began to take descriptions of the
strong arm gentlemen.
When Conant went to see the editor
about the fate of his poem he was re-
ceiyed over the head of the Office boy
into the inner Office that is decorated
with the statuettes by Rodin and j. @. |
Brown
When | read the first line OF The
Doe and the Brook, - said the editor. |
! knew it to be the work Of one
whose life had been heart to heart
With nature. The finished art Of the I
inc did not blind me to that fact To
use somewhat homely comparison
t was as if a wild. free child of the
woods and fields were to don the garb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
AUTOS SCATTER A MOB
Atlanta Police Use Them as Bat
tering Rams.
by Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

tSv Telegraph 10 Inc trln1ne-
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 14.-By the use
of heavy automobiles as battering rams
the Atlanta police scattered a mob of
several hundred men who had grown
riotous while discussing the relative
merits of Hoke Smith and joe Brown.
who are candidates for Gubernatorial
nominations.
The mob gathered at Five Points,
as the place is called where the prin-
cipaI streets of Atlanta converge, and
began to argue In a few minutes there
was fighting, one man being cut and
several others injured. The policemen
were helpless against the mob and sent
in a call for the reserves. When the
reserves arrived. they failed to scat
ter the mob and fighting in the centre
was still going on
The police at once impressed into
service several heavy autos and charged
the mob from all sides. AS members of
the mob saw autos coming a full
speed. they began TO scatter. The po-
lice continued TO charge in the autos
until Five Points was cleared. Sew
cral men we're struck by autos and bad
" bruised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
WOMAN BADLY HURT IN AUTO
Car Crashes Into Machine of
Manufactures, Injuring His Wife.

John HeIbig proprietor of sheet met
al concern at No. pa Pearl street. Man
haitian. whose home is at No. 80 Bay
25th street, Brooklyn. drove his automo-
bile into Flatbush avenue trolley car
Al Bedford and Flatbush avenues. Brook
lvn. Yesterday. and his wife. Mrs Mary
Helbig. is now in the Kings County Hos
aital unconscious from fractured skull.
The doctors are not yet able to say
whether or not she will recover.
Mr. Helbg says he was driving along
Bedford avenue. and when about to cross
the car tracks at Flatbush avenue no
ticed car approaching about one hun
dred and fifty feet away.
He continued. expecting the motorman
to apply the brakes. The motorman,
however, was looking back, talking to a
passenger. Mr.. Helbig says, and did not
see the automobile Mr.. Helbig and
several other people yelled at him. but
the motorman looked about too late to
avert disaster.
The car pushed the automobile about
one hundred feet Mr.. Helbig chung to
the steering wheel and the car platform
and was not hurt, though the automo-
bile was smashed. Mrs. Helbig was
pitched upon the street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15

TWO KILLED BY A GIANT
Alton Wrestler Chokes One Man
with Hands and Other with Legs.


Alton. Ill. Aug 14-John Burton. an
Alton wrestler, son of George Burton,
acting Mayor of Alton. killed two men
last night at Marine by strangling them
in a fight Burton says that Leo VENT
and an unidentified farmland robbed
him of 500 and led him to a vacant
house to spend the night. He discovered
his loss. and in the dark house demanded
his money When they quarrelled Bur
ton SAYS Wentz attacked him and the
farmland caught Burtons leg The
three men rolled about the floor Bur
ton caught Wentz by the throat with his
hands and the other mans head he
caught between his legs. He choked
both to death and then gave himself up
Burton's father has been pleading al
most constantly since the young man
was arrested to prevent townspeople
from attempting a lynching.
Burton can bend 20-penny nails and
iron pipes with his hands He weighs
$50 pounds and is feet 2 inches In
height Both Of his victims We're large,
powerful men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
ROCKEFELLER WILL NOT FLY
Jays It's Too Dangerous, and
Prefers Automobile.
FSv Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Cleveland, Aug 14-NO airship fol
John D. Rockefeller; he prefers Mother
Earth and his big black automobile
He said so this morning at the Euclio
Avenue Baptist Church. where the heat
nearly overcame him. He was still In
a state of excitement over the visit
paid him by Frank Goodaie, the youth
full aviator, in his airship
What do YOU think of aerial navi-
gation?" the oil king was asked. Well.
IFS very nice in way. but I'd much
PREFER not to take any part in it.
ike the earth, and my automobile is
good enough for me- Aviation no doubt
is an interesting study. l have to some
extent followed the flights Of some of
the worlds best known aviators and
eniov reading about their accomplish
ments, but | never have become SO
enthusiastic as TO envy any of them.
II is too dangerous sport.
$50 YOU don't intend investing in
an airship?"
NO, no" was the reply of the coun-
try's richest man.
II
Teller erect a landing station for avla-
tors at Forest Hill. his summer estate
here. and increase interest in aviation
bv inviting bird-men to make that their
stopping place.
Mr.. Rockefeller suddenly realizing
that he was being interviewed for pub
lication, refused TO continue the dis
cussicn. merely lifting up his hand as
he stepped into the church room for
the regular services.
a magnetic well near Chardon has at
tracted the attention of John u. Rookie
feller. and residents in the vicinity have
seen him in his motor car nearly every
afternoon of the last week. The we'll
water is said to benefit persons troubled
Nth rheumatism On his frequent visits
Mr. Rockefeller has become acquainted
NTH many Of the farmers in the section.
IT is now expected that he will attend
tho county pioneers reunion on Septem-
bar 10 in Grange Park at Newburg.
ceveral DAYS ago Mr. Rockefeller, on
me If his motor trips to Chardon, gave
short address AZ the Russell Farmers
,-1ub at the home Of c, II. HickoA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
STEADILY GAINING, SAY
THE MAYORS DOCTORS
Further Police Steps Lead to
Belief of Conspiracy Behind
GaIIagher's Shooting
BUGHER VISITS JERSEY JAIL
Mayors Continued Improvement
Encourages Surgeon Now to
Look Only for Steady
Progress.
BUGHER VISITS JERSEY JAIL
MAYOR STEADILY GAINING.

After a consultation last night at
ST. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken. Mayor
Gaynor's surgeons issued the follow
inc bulletin at $50 o'clock:
"The Mayor continues 10 improve.
He has passed a comfortable day and
is steadily gaining in strength.
"ARLiTZ.
"BREWER.
"STEWART,
"DOWD.
PARRISH"
The bulletin issued at midnight fol-
lows:
There has been no change since
the last bulletin. The symptoms con-
tinue 20 be favorable.
"DR. WILLIAM j. ARLiTZ.
"DR. CHARLES N. DOWD."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
MISS NIGHTINGALE DEAD
Famous Crimean War Nurse Elk
pires in London.

London. Aug 14-Florence Nightin-
War. the only wonla- who ever received
the Order of Merit. died yesterday after
noon at her London home. Although
she had been an invalid for a long time,
rarely leaving her room. where she
passed the time in half-recumbent
position, and was under the constant
care of a physician. her death was some
what unexpected A week ago she was
seriously i'll. but afterward she i'm
proved, and on Friday was cheerful.
During that night alarming symptoms
developed. and she gradually sank until
2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when
an attack of heart failure brought the
end
Her funeral will be as quiet a s pos
sibe in accordance with her wishes.
During recent years, owing to her
feebleness and advanced age. Miss
Nightingale had received few visitors.
On May Il last she celebrated her
ninetieth birthday. and received a con-
gratulatory message from King George
There is strong feeling among the
general public and particularly among
the military men in favor of a public
funeral for Florence Nightingale. There
is little doubt. however. that her ex-
pressed wishes will be taken into con-
sideration.
Not even the death of royal person
could called forth mi
versal poignant expressions of regret and
tributes of love and affection than those
which appear in the English papers.
Cor obituary sketch see page p
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
BURGLARS USE CHLOR0F0RM
Also Poison Watch Dogs to Rob
New Jersey Family.

Hackensack. \. j.. Aug II (SpeCiaD.-
After poisoning two watChdcgs burglars
broke into Mrs. Sophia Whites hotel at
Dundee Lake early this morning and
chIoroformed Miss Alice White, aged
eighteen: William. Davidson, Mrs.
Whites brother. and her daughter-in-
I,w Mrs. William White. one OF the
house dogs barked loud enough before IL
died TO arouse Mrs. White. and the
burglars were frightened away
They succeeded. however. in getting
several cases OF whiskey and wine.
large amount of cigars and SIS in cash
Mrs White worked a long time over the
unconscious persons before they recov-
cred. Mrs. White was herself almost
overcome by the drug while aiding the
others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
NO PICTURES OF SHOOTING
Rugher Issues Orders to Police
TO Stop Exhibitions.

II the police can prevent 1t there will be
no moving picture reproductions of the
shooting of Mayor Gaynor in this city
II was learned yesterday that on Satur-
dav night Police Commissioner Bugher.
who &c in charge al Headquarters issued
orders to all inspectors captains and pa
tro,men to watch the moving picture houses
within their jurisdiction for announcements
q, eucI,g reproductions. and also to notify
the proprietors and managers of such places
=, advance that any reproduction of the
shooting Of Mayor Gaynor would not be
tolerated s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
FRENCH ANGER GERMANS
A Wordy War Over Airshlps
Which Crossed Frontier.

Douai. France Aug 14.-An cutlery IS
being made by the German newspapers
because French aeronaut on Thursday
last accidentally crossed the frontier
some of the papers suggesting that ne
ought to have been shot. lie Blanc, VINO
is one of the contestants in the cross
country fight. refused last night to
shake hands with a German officer who
asked permission TO congratulate HIM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15

MOONLIGHT TRIPS ON STR. ALBANY
Hudson River Day Line last down ooAl~F
Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15

ATavor Gavnor's condition continued TO
he satisfactory yesterday. according TO
the bulletins of the attending physi-
clans at St Mary's Hospital, in Ho-
boken.
The one issued at $50 o'clock last
night said that the Mayor continued to
improve. had passed comfortable day
and was steadily gaining in strength.
It was signed by Drs. Arlitz. Brewer
Stewart Dowd and Parrish. DR. Dowd
and DIR. Parrish, the Mayors family
physician. stayed at the hospital last
night
The blood tests made yesterday again
nroyed satisfactory. The patients tenn
perature dropped to nearly normal early
YESTERDAY morning, according TO a bui-
le4in at &. 80 a. m. It was % 30 at that
time the lowest il has been since he
entered the hospital. His pulse then
was IS and respiration IL
DR.. Arlitz. house physician at St
Narv's. said last night that the cough
which had at times bothered the patent
was lessening in force, and that IL was
not nearly so annoying as It had neeh-
What Inflammation there had been IN
the throat was passing, and concl'lons
we're better in every way. There was no
serious outlook in the case, and DR.. Ar
1tz said he expected steady progress.
The Mayor was in chez Al mood all
dav and talked considerably with his
wife and his attendants. There were
many callers for him. but only members
Of the family and Secretary Adamson
were allowed to see him.
Buaher Visits the Jail.
There appeared to be considerable po-
lice activity yesterday on the part Of the
New York authorities in connection with
the case of James ]. Gallagher, the dis
Navor Gaynor on Tuesday.
Frederick II. Bueher acting Police
commissioner in the absence of Commits
sioner Baker. and Corporation Counsel
Watson called at the Hudson County
iail Yesterday afternoon and were in con-
ference with Warden Sullivan for about
three quarters OF an hot
Warden Sullivan said afterward that
his visitors had not seen Gallagher. and
they in turn declined TO discuss the OBJ
iect of their call except 10 saw that il
had no important bearing on Gallaeher's
case.
we went TO St Marv's Hospital"
Continued on second mage