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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01

but occasionally he Sits at table with
his sisters, and as a rule one of his
private secretaries is invited to lunch
con or dinner When he takes his
daily drive in the Vatican gardens he
is not escorted by a squad of noble
guards. As rule he spends most of
his time in his private library, where
he receives cardinals and prelates and
transacts all his ordinary work. He
insisted on remaining at his desk even
during his recent attack of govt, and
DR.. Petacci used to visit him there
twice daily.
Some time ago the doctor reminded
the pope that considerable amount
of pure water as drink was bene-
icial. and the pope there and then
rang bell and asked the prelate in
attendance to bring him glass Of
water. Fully ten minutes passed be-
fore the prelate returned to the library.
followed UE an attendant and waiter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01

The latter carried silver tray with
glass of water on it. The prelate.
the attendant and the waiter made
deep genufection when the door was
opened. They crossed the room and
made second genufection when they
were halfway to the pope's chair, and
third one when they got near the
pope. Then the attendant took the
glass off the tray and handed it to the
prelate, who knelt down and handed it
to the pope. The same business was
repeated after the pope had drunk the
water. Turning to the doctor. the pope
then said:
81 wanted to show you how difficult
it is for me to get a glass of water.
and / hope you will not blame me for
neglecting the cure and not drinking
more water hate to disturb these
three men and make them kneel six
times every time ! want drink OF
water. ]. tried to get The water my
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01
M'coY'S COMMANDMENTS"
The Ex-Fighter Urges Straight Spine
and Correct Breathing.

Norman Selby, otherwise known as
Kid Mccoy. having fought 125 ring
battles without ever being badly bat
tered, and generally with victory as
the issue, has decided to become a
doctor of physical science" Selby. as
he prefers to be called. has been study
ing and practicing his system since
February. and he says he has in that
period gained twenty-five pounds in
weight. added four inches to his chest
measurement. reduced his waist eight
inches and. most remarkable, grown
an inch and one-quarter in height.
A Strengthened spine and correct
breathing are. he says, the principles
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01
TOO MUCH SERVICE
SURROUNDS THE POPE.
Difficult For Him to Get Glass o,
Water-His Hard Life.

Although Plus x has been nearly
eight years pope, he has not yet
become accustomed to the etiquette of
the Vatican. 1t is quite true that he
has abolished many customs and for
malities, but his efforts to simplify the
routine of his everyday life have only
been partly successful. says Rome
dispatch to the Washington Post.
the pope no longer dimes alone IN
solitary grandeur like his predecessors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01

Beams and frames on John Deere ploWs made
of sixty point high carbon spring steel John Deere
beam hard that file will hardly touch it. If
placed under sufficient pressure to bend eight inches
out of line it will spring back almost to the exact place
when released This kind of steel costs money and be-
sides that ordinary machinery will not handle it, but
nothing else goes into the construction of John Deere
plows the pillow built honor" This kind of maeri
al means long life for the pillow and profit for you
CARELESS of purchase price in comparison with other
plows
Before you buy go and see these plows If you can
do So compare them side by side with the best makes
of other riding plows and observe their superior
strucon If opportunity offords, test them in the field
with any other make of riding plow Compare if pos
sbe their draft their methods of handling their work.
their strength Put up your ten year old boy, if you
have one, or some one ese's boy, and him handle
them with ease We have fear of the results under
fair test or unprejudiced comparison. If you
intending purchaser, the New Deere will be yours be-
fore you complete the test.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01

self, but / have been told that, being
a sovereign, | must not serve myself y
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-01

of the best equipped and most up-to-
date schools in Redwood county. AT
a meeting of the school board of
Morgan, it was unanimously decided
that this district should avail itself
of the privileges of this act, and &C.
cordingly arrangements are rapidly
being made to give instruction ir
agriculture and manual training
when school opens in September. -
Morgan Messenger.
Last Friday afternoon ]. M. Ken.
yon while going home got mixed in
runaway which ended rather
lucky for him. While drying on
the highway along the MCGEE farm,
the neck yoke ring broke letting the
wagon tongue to the ground and
then the team started to make it
lively for few moments. In the
mix-up Mr.. Kenyon was thrown out
of the wagon and sustained several
bruises none serious and the
team broke loose from the wagon
and went home. No serious damag-
es were done, but Mr.. Kenyon says
that it all happened so quick be
couldn't just see how he managed
to get out of the scrape as lucky as
he did. Lamberton Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
THOSE "KNoWlNoTHING" CROSS,


THOSE 'KNoWNoTHING" CROSS
INGS.
Dangerous crossing of railroad traekl
at grade was the primary cause Of an
all but terrible railroad accident near
Swanton Monday nights and a strange
disregard of the ordinary precautions
was apparently powerful contributing
cause A special freight train on the
ST. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain rail-
road struck the rear end of a Central
Vermont passenger train, which was
supposedly at the crossing first and
should have had the precedence over Il
freight train in any event, as the result
Of which the rear coach Of the passenger
train was hurled on its side, injuring a
number of people. and the locomotive
of the freight train was damaged seri.
ously. In the first place, crossing OF
railroad iron at grade is a diabolical
combination and a relic OF that kind OF
railroading which ought to be musty
with age; but we suppose there are
conditions in which it is next to impos-
sible to make an underpass or oyerpass
to prevent trains from hurting them
selves against each other. One Of these
is in the yard of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad at Montpelier, where the
Central Vermont is crossed by the tracks
OF the former at an acute angle. There,
at this so-called "know nothing" cross.
ing land a better name could scarcely
be foundl, it is the rule, and invariably
followed, that a train on either line must
come to dead halt and whistle before
proceeding over the crossing. So many
trains are passing over both lines that
the precaution is absolutely necessary to
avert collisions.
Supposedly, there is the same kind of
rule at the other "know nothing cross
ing near Swanton; and if that is the
case, 1t remains to be seen whether the
rule is lived up to by the tranmen. or
whether the trainmen take chances by
simply slowing down and whistling as
they are about to cross. The statement
was made in Monday nights accident
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

that one engine crew could not stop
their locomotive because of slippery
track. Without doubling that statement
in the least, the public still has the
right to demand imperatively that the
accident be investigated, especially since
the same sort of an accident took place
at this crossing few years ago. We
ought to know whether the trainmen are
getting lax or whether the collision was
really caused through no fault Of their
own. No one was killed in the accident,
but even that happy result does not
lessen the blame, If blame there was.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

New silk waists by express at The
Vaughan Store.
Auction sale at the City Auction
this afternoon and evening.
A handsome Christmas gift: Those
utility cases at Davis drug store.
Baby walkers, cribs, nursery chairs
doll carriages, sleighs and fur robes at
Hooker's.
During all the Christmas rush, keep in
mind the Depot Square Drug store is
prepared TO dispense drugs and medi-
cines as they should be, with the same
thoroughness as always, at living prices.
Corner Main and Merchant streets.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
coIored REGULARS MOT concerned.

1t is worth noting that not single
"colored regular is involved in the Sc
ries Of outrages at Fort Riley, which
have involved the burning Of buildings,
the dynamiting of a bridge and the
cutting Of the water supply. The gar
rison of Fort Riley Is composed en-
tirely of white troops, regiment of
cavalry and regiment Of horse artil-
lery The arrested soldiers appear to
belong to the artillery regiment. The
mystery of Fort Riley, which has kept
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

All who listened to the straight-for'
ward, manly speech of Mr. DeBoer deliv-
cred at Burlington, in reply to criticism
of his idealism in politics must have
been favorably impressed. 1t rang true,
Island Pond Herald
The above commentator from the
only paper in Essex county will be glad
ly received, probably, by the Montpelier
man, as it shows him that his candidacy
is wen considered, even in section
which was said to have been favorable
TO another.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
EAST BARRE,

To the officers and members of Court
Phil Sheridan, No 8, +. Of A.: You are
hereby notified to attend summons
meeting of the above court on Wednes-
day, Dec. 20, 1911, at 1880 p. NJ, to elect
officers for the ensuing year. Per or.
der Of court
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

A comedian, dressed in pajamas, auto
mobile coat and little golf cap, who was
amusing Broadway yesterday morning
was arrested by the police If that
wasn't police conspiracy in restraint
of trade what was it?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
CURRENT COMMENT
As Told in Fable.

Immigrants, who seek protection in
American citizenship for carrying on old
world feuds, should remember the old
fable of the goat that insulted the
wolf from the security of the house
top 1T is not you, but the roof that
speaks said the wolf.--Springfeld
Mass, Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

The late John Bgelow of New York,
diplomat, author, public servant and 9TH
erwise active, was writing books up to
his ninetieth birthday Did DR.. 0sler
ever hear of John Bigelow9
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

Some in the New York audience had
the audachy to hiss the shooting show
girls when they attempted to appear
in vaudeville after their aequittal. That
kissing has a pleasant sound.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
The Best Chance.

The Admirer--I think shall write to
your father and ask him If may marry
you. What sort Of letter would you
advise me to send?
The Grill should write an anony.
nous one if / were you.-London 0pin.
ion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing
Put Down on a Card

all the money you save by not insuring.
If you die, if your wife can't find the
money You saved, she can keep the card,
and thus have the ppaof that yours was
the better way theoretically" Nation
al Life ms. Co, of Vt. (aIutual.l S. S.
Ballard, general agent, Lawrence build
ing, Montpelier, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

Taft has surprised some of us, who
believed he lacked force and initiative,
by his action in the Russian treaty at
fair.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

That bunting of the rear end of a
Central Vermont train by Boston &
Maine train was like unto a stab in the
back.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
Vanderbilt Gaining.

New York, Dec. 20-The physicians
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt announced yes
terday that their patient was out Of
danger and the bulletins would be dis
continued.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20
RANDOLPH.

Go to the Star theatre on Wednesday
night, when the song, Back to the Old
Home" win be given and illustrated
with local views and familiar faces.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

the post in terror since March last, is
fully as worthy Of congressional inves.
tigation as was Brownsville Boston
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

In view of the railroad receivership,
the "banks of the Wabash" were not
flush enough to keep financing the road.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

Nashua, the Gretna Green, not very
long ago Now gnash-away in the d.
vorce court,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

Curtis Guild, our man over in Russia,
finds opportunity thrust upon him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

The Senate came along with a mild
"Me, too" There wasn't much else
to do.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

Published every weekday afternoon
Subscriptions; One year, $780, one
month, rs cents; single copy, ] cent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-20

Entered at the post Office at Barre as
eecond-class matter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18
HIS CURIOUS DATING,

Colonel Roosevelt. in his letter pr1nt.
ed in Collier s, declares that he has
never abated in his support for the
extension of the power of the Fed
cral government over the matter Of
marriages and divorces, and that he
is still in favor OF such extension
with respect TO the charge that he had
been lenient on polygamous trans
gressors, he says:
No man ever suggested to me not to
prosecute any offender in such a. case,
and / may add that every Mormon with
whom ! spoke assured me that since the
public rcnunclation OF polygnmy, the law
had been observed in this respect just as
in others, and not one of them ever so
much as limited TO me any desire to plead
on behalf OF any possible offender OF the
type. | am, OF course. speaking OF mar
riages entered into since the church pro-
nounciamento In question. If IL were
ever shown to be true that such mar
rlages have been entered into, | should
even moro strenuously than hitherto
urge giving the Federal government pow
er 10 deal effectively with polygamy.
To which we may fairly add. that it
being fully established that ''such mar
riages have been entered into,' it is
time for Colonel Roosevelt to get busy
with his "more strenuous than ever
urging of the giving of the Federal
government power to deal effectively
with polygamy."
1t is an astonishing thing however,
and an unconscious revelation of the
extent to which Colonel Roosevelt has
accepted the Mormon view, that he
dates his revulsion against this offensc
from the time of "the public renun-
citation of polygamy," otherwise the
Woodruff Manifesto Of 1890 But as
polygamy was just as much an of
tense against the law prior to that time
as it has been since, it is remarkable
that the President of the United States
should accept the date of the church g
so-called remuneration of polygamy as
the period from which the law should
govern. 1t appears to be an uncon-
scious revelation of the working of
Colonel Roosevelt IS mind, and a proof
of the completeness Of his pro Mormon
attitude. The idea that the law
should be held in allegiance until the
church fixed a date when it shall take
effect, is most extraordinary one for
an ex-President of the United States
to countenance
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18
NEW CHINESE COINAGE.

The dispatches yesterday morning
from New York stated that 1900 tons
Of Chinese "moncyN had been brought
by the steamer Katuna to that port
from China TO be sold as old copper
The money is worn and mutilatcd, and
so no longer serviccablc rs "cash. y
This shipment doubtless follows in pur.
Suance of the programme TO have new
currency for China The issue Of that
new currency has been delayed from
various causes, and even after the dies
were prepared there was a further dc
lay. arising from the fact that they
were found unsatisfactory, The two
characters for cone Dollar in
Chinese were imperfect and difficult to
distinguish, and there was no statement
in the English language as to the value
OF the coin. There were other changes
found to he desirable, also. so the de
sign had TO be changed and all of the
dollars which had been minted were
melted to be rccast on the new dies.
The new coinage is being struck in
the mint in Tientsin, and that mint is
busy in striking the coins from the
amended dies which have been pre-
pared. The mintage is Of the value OF
one dollar, fifty cents, twenty-five
cents, and ten cents. There is no coin.
ing Of nickel five cent pieces. The sill.
yer coins thus minted are. in fact, the
superior currency so far as all general
trade requirements in China are con
ccrned Gold is practically unknown,
except theoretically and in interna
tional transactions.
The minting Of new copper coins is
also being pushed, in the expectation
that within six months tho new cur
rency viii be put in circulation, both
copper and silver; no gold. Similar dies
have also been prepared for the four
other Chinese mints in Canton, Fuchow
Wuchang and Chengfu, No coming,
however, has been done at these branch
mints. The new coins are said TO be
of elegant design and attractive ap-
pcarance, SO that they are likely TO
meet with little difficulty in getting
into general use,
The 800 tons of Chinese copper
money sold viii help to buy new
copper for The new copper mint
age. The intent in striking this
new currency in China is to put
Chinese accounts and coins on what is
considered in the Orient an interua-
tional basis; that is, the silver dollar
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18
he credited with this phenomenal
THE KEY TO PEACE.

| The key to the situation as regards
the preservation of peace is said by
Sir Joseph Ward to lie in the rela
tIOns between the United States and
Great Britain. Sir Joseph is the pre-
micr of New Zealand, who Is on his
way TO London with a proposition for
colonial representations in the British
| Parliament. His idea is TO make that
| Parliament truly imperial one, and
to bind the whole British Empire into
compact force, all the Britons being
represented and included, wherever
found in tho world.
He was talking ON the peace propa-
sanda in New York, with specific ref
crencc TO the treaty now understood to
bc in preparation by Secretary kuoX
and Emhassador Bryce, between the
United States and Great Britain, for
the arbitration of all matters In dis
putc between the two governments, or
that may i'm future cause dispute
This treaty. ii has been promised. Will
be fully prepared some time next month,
ready TO be passed upon by the two
governments And on this action, the
New Zealand premier forecasts, Will
depend the attitude of tho world.
1t is probable that he is right. For,
the relations between the United
States and Great Britain which the
ratification of such a treaty would I'M
ply. wouId be notice 10 the world that
arbitration is enough, that war had
had its day. and was to be recognized
no more And thus this proposed ar
bitration treaty becomes of Worldwide
significance; for the parties to 1t are
sure 10 GET into an attitude similar TO
that which they would assume were
they bound by treaty offensive ana
defensive. A feature encouraging 10
the same view is that France has al
ready signified her desire to be party
to that treaty even before its terms
are known.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18

of Americans married TO foreigners in
other countries. As it is now, such mar.
riages have no protection or defense
in the United States; for our National
Government has no jurisdiction over
the marriage question, and the States
have no foreign relations, and cannot
deal as States with any foreign power.
ter of polygamy, The Tribune has been
for many years urging the adoption OF
such constitutional amendment. and
hopes 10 see that amendment adopted
before manN years pass by.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18
COFFEE PRICE AND COFFEE USE

The American people are becoming
tea drinkers is the word now current
because of tho increased price of cof
fee. The imports Of coffee are reported
TO have fallen off hundred million
pounds since last July, the quantity i'm
ported being 6lI,000,O00 pounds The
imports of tea and cocoa are reported
as surprising all records, supposedly to
take the place of the reduced coffee i'm
ports,
But what is more striking than the
amount Of the falling of in coffee i'm
ports and the increased imports of tea
and cocoa. is the price at which coffee
is quoted on import invoices. 1t is said
that last year this price was cents a
pound. whereas the present year the
price is 10 cents,
Shades Of commerce! Coffee at seven
cents a pound What buyer Of coffee
ever got it at that price, for his own
use? Or ten cents, either? If the
dealers would sell coffee-real coffee
at any such prices, or even double or
treble that quotation, there would be
no trouble about selling immensely
more than is now sold; and instead OF
the imports falling off a hundred mil
lion pounds they would gain a hundred
million in orders the first quarter, The
talk of seven or ten cent coffee, com
pared with the actual price, is enough
to stir up breakfast table insurrec
tiou.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18

lent 10 The ll>nkow tael; but OF course
the coin and the current value Of sill.
ycr. just rs elsewhere; and the com
mcrclal agreement to maintain the
standard adopted in this new coinage
Will he what viii keep il aAoat, and
viii causc it to answer every purpose
not only Of Chinese trade, but of the
trade between China and al! the region
round about, and between the peoples
in those regions. IT is an effort to
Systematize mints and coins which is
certainly commcndablc, and which VIII
add immensely to the convenience OF
Oriental trade and the accuracy and
in uniformity of standards
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18

put its protection in the hands Of ma.
tions who have no real interest in
guarding it for us, and who would be
glad To sec it pass out of the control
of the United States, and who would
not lift a finger TO prevent our losing
the money we had put into this mag.
nificcnt enterprise
Happily, however, this question was
settled in the right way by the late
Congress. which not only decided on
fortihcation, but appropriated $4,000,
600 to begin the work, And yet il is
now renewed i'll tho wrong way by
those who now urge the prospective
arbitration treaty between this country
and Great Britain rs a reason why the
fortitication should not be pushed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18

The nineteen important committees
Of the National House of Representa-
tives have fifteen chairman from the
South. and but four from tho North
And yet it isn't so much a matter OF
sectional control as might be supposed;
but more n reward for long service
for the South keeps men in Congress;
term after term until they work to the
head of committees, and thus the places
arc ready for them when the party
change comes.