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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-03-26
Fact il, Minnesota is considered a
pretty easy mark by the railroads. =
Browns Valley Tribune.
Urges 100000 Jefferson Memorial.

\ hundred thousand dollar roadway
and memorial arch for the home OF
Thomas Jefferson is proposed in bill
introduced in the house by Representa-
tive Flood OF Virginia, Mr.. Flood
wants $4,000 appropriated to build
highway from Main street, Charlottes-
vile. Va, to Monticello. At the gate
10 monticello he would have erected an
archway to cost $4,000
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Explosives In the TransvaaL
Inc Iransvaal uses S7.O00.O0O worth
of high explosives a year.
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lcontinued Next saturdayl

LONDON, Eng. June 24.--Mrs. En-
incline Pankhurst. the militant suf-
fragette, who was sentenced on May p
at the Old Bailey Sessions to nine
months Imprisonment on the charge OF
conspiracy, was released today from
Holloway Jail, owing to her health
breaking down on account of the hum
ger strike which she and her impris-
oned followers began recently.
Mrs. Pethick Lawrence was also re-
leased from Holloway jail this after
noon. Miss Annie Kenney, who has
been directing the Womans Social and
Political Union during the imprison-
ment of the suffragist leaders. an
nounces that Mrs Pankhurst was re-
leased because she was found last
night to be at the point of death. All
attempts forcibIy to feed her had
failed.
Reginald McKenna, Home Secretary.
admits that Mrs. Pankhurst's heart was
too weak to permit of forced feeding.
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preaching rTound LITTLE point Of tim
Der other men. white men. half doz.
en- OF them. one a tall man In dusty
garments. with boots and hat and
gloves.
And then I saw her. my promised
wife. leave my side and limp and stag.
ger forward. her arms outstretched.
saw the yoke of submission. the cove
nant Of society. once more accepted.
Father she cried
They gathered about rs. I saw him
look down at her with half horror on
his face. Then noticed that she was
clad In fringed skins. that her head
covering was a bit Of hide. that her
hair was burned yellow at the ends.
that her foot coverings we're nneouth.
that her hands and arms we're brown
where not stained red BY the blood In
which they had dabbled. I looked
down also at myself and saw then
that was tail. brown gaunt. bearded.
ragged. my clothing OF wool well nigh
gone. ms limbs wound In puttee bands
IL hide: my hands large. horny. black
ened. rough. l was n savage new
drawn from my cave. dragged be-
hind me the great grizzIed hide OF the
dead bear clntched In one harry hand.
And somber and sullen as any savage.
brutal and silent In resentment al be
Ing disturbed. stared ut them.
.Who are your demanded the tail
man Of me sternly. but still did not
answer. The girls hands tugged at
bis shoulders. aIt Is my friend she
said. He saved me- II is Mr.. John
Cowles, father. Of the Virginia Cowies
family. He has come to see you
But be did not hear her OF show that
he heard. His arm about her. support
ing her as she limped. he turned back
down the valley. and we others fol-
lowed slowly.
Presently be came to the rude shell
ter which had been our home. With
out speaking he walked about the
camp. pushed open the door Of the lit
Tie ragged tepee and looked within.
The door was very narrow. There
was one meager bed Of hides. There
was one FIRE.
Come with me-" he said at length
to me. And so r followed him apart.
where a little thicket gave rs more
privacy.
You are John Cowles. sir. them be
said to me at length quietly Lieu
tenant Belknap told me something Of
this when he came In with his men
from the east"
/ nodded and waited.
"Are you aware. SIR. Of the serious
ness Of what you have doney' be broke
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THE WAY
OF
A MAN
By EMERSON HoUoH
copyhfht. isg7. BY the 0uflug PubIIshial
Company
CHAPTER XVI.
The BetrothaI.

CTRENGTH came TO us as we
had need, and gradually even
the weaker Of MS two became
able To complete the days Jour.
ney without the exhaustion Il nj first
had cost her Summer was low upon
rs. and the heat ut midday was In.
tense. although the nights. as usual.
were cold. Deprived Of all pack AMI
mails except our dog. We were perforce
reduced TO the lightest OF gear. and
discomfort was our continual lot Food.
however. we could still secure. album
dant meat and sometimes the roots of
plants WHICH dug up and tested.
though scarce knew what they we're.
We moved steadily on toward the west
aud northwest. but although we cross
ed many old Indian trails. we saw no
more Of these savage travellers Of the
plains.
II would be bootIess to pass beyond
Laramie into the mountains. and our
next course. ! thought. must be to-
ward the south. ! did not know that
we were then perhaps hundred miles
Or more northwest OF Laramie. deep in
r mountain range far north of the
iranscontinentai trail. For the time.
however. II seemed wise 70 tarry here
for rest aud recruiting. threw down
the pnck. -Now.r said to her. I'VE
rest
Yes" she replied. turning her face
10 the south. Laramie Is that way
now. II we stop here my father will
come ana tlnd Us. But. then. how
could he find US. little as we are. JIM
this big country? Our trail would not
be different from that of Indians even
II they found Il fresh enough to read.
SUPPOSE they never found U.S.
.Tlen Mid l. I'VE should have to
I've here forever aud ever
She looked ut me cuiiously. 'CouId
weY she asked.
Until was too old TO hunt. you too
weak to sew the robes or cook the
food"
What would happen thengy
1--WE would die. said 1. 1.-The world
would end. would have to begin all
over again and wait twice ten million
Scurs until man again was evolved
from the alnoeba. the reptile. the ape.
When we died this dog here would be
tie only hope OF the world"
II was understood that we should
stay here for at least two days. to
r,,s,d s,s,r <lofhfr,sv n nd n.-nr,o - fnod for
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cut. why did you not come on to the
settlementsf What reason was thers
for you not coming back ut once to the
valley OF the Platte? Here you are. a
hundred miles out Of your way. where
n man of any intelligence. 1t seems to
me. would naturally have turned back
to the great trail Hundreds Of wag-
ons pass there every day. There Is a
stage line with daily coaches. stations.
houses A telegraph line runs from
one end Of the valley to the other. You
could not have missed all this had you
struck south. a fool would have known
that. But you took my girl He
choked up and pointed to me. ragged
and uncouth.
(continued Next Saturday.
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IT wsn!d roi h. our ~; .,i;i.-e nor OF
troth, wuut ,owles.
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Loss Of Paradise.

"HE question OF food ever arose
for settlement. and early the
next morning set out upon
a short exploring expedition.
There were trout in our little noun
tain stream, and although we had no
hooks or lines. / managed to take a
few Of these IN my. hands. chasing
them under the stones shook the
bullet pouch at my belt and found 1t
light. We had barely two dozen bullets
left, and few hunters would promise
themselves over q dozen head Of big
game for twice as many shots. cast
about me in search of red cedar that
might make bow. searched the
willow thicket for arrow shafts and
prowled among little f1ints and point
ed stones on the shores OF our stream
seeking arrow points. 1t finally APP
peared to me that we might rest here
for time and be fairly safe to make
a living in some way. Then, as was
obliged to admit. we would need to
hurry on TO the southwark. But again
fate had its way with US. setting aside
all plans. wien returned to our en-
campment, instead Of seeing Ellen
come out to meet me as expected,
found her lying In the shade of the
little tepee.
You are hurtw 1 cried "What has
happened9"
my foot" said she, II think it Is
brokenr' She was unable to stand
Walking along the stony creek bank
she had slipped. and her moccasined
foot, caught In the narrow crack be-
tween two rocks. had been held fast
as she fell forward.
So now it was my turn to be sur
geon. Tenderly as 1 might, examin-
ed the foot. now badly swollen. and
rapidly becoming discolored. In spite
Of her protest, although l know 1t
hurt me more than herself. / fexed
the joints and found the ankle at least
safe. Alas. A little grating in the
smaller bones. just below the instep.
told me of a fracture.
, Ellen said / to her, ''the foot is
broken here-two bones, think. are
gone"
She sank back upon her robe with
an exclamation as much of horror as
pain.
ssWhat shall We do?" she murmured.
Il shall be crippled! l cannot walk!
We shall perish
"No,' l said to her; I'VE shall mend
it. In time you will not know it has
happened. Thus we gave courage to
each other.
Now. when she was thus helpless and
suffering. needing all her strength, how
could / find it in my heart to tell her
that secret which it was my duty to
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sWhst 10 marriage. John cowles7r she
asked Of me.
she came to me as saI by our meager
fireside. Without. leading Of mine she
began a manner Of speech until now
foreign to her.
.What Is marriage. John CowIesT'
she asked Of me. abruptly. with no
preface.
1T is the plan." answered apathet-
ically. She pondered for time.
..Are we. then. only creatures. pup
pets. toysT
Yes I said to her. "a man is a
toy. Love was born before man was
created. before animals or plants.
Atom ran to atom. seeking. 1t was
lore" She pondered yet while.
And what is II. then. John Cowles.
that women call 'wrong!"
VERY often what is right" I said to
her. alphabetically. when two love
the crime is that they shall not we'd
When they do, not love. the crime is
when they do we'd
.But without marriage she hest
tated. -the home
1T is the old question" said. The
home is built on woman's virtue. but
virtue Is not the same where there Is
no home. Lo property. where there is
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MO- I said. And then / felt my
face grow ashy cold and pale In one
sudden breath.
But why Go you look so sady' she
asked Of me suddenly. is II not vel
to waltz
Yes. it Is well to watt said. She
was SO absorbed that she did not look
at me closely at that instant.
Again she took up the charred stick
"a her little hand and hesitated aSee. :
she said, Il shall sign one letter OF my
name each week until all my name Is
written. Till that hast letter we shall
be engaged. After the last letter. when
] have signed 1t Of my own free viii
and clean and solemn clean and sol
emn, John Cowles-then we will be-
Oh. take me home-take me to my IA.
Their. John Cowles. This is a hard
place for girl to be-"
Suddenly she dropped her face into
her hands. sobbing.
She hid her head on my breast, sore
distressed now. She was glad that she
might now be more free. needing some
manner of friend. but she was still
what? Still woman. Poor Saxon I
must have been had I not sworn to
love her fiercely and singly all my life
But yet
! looked at the robe. now fallen loose
upon the ground. and saw that she had
affixed one letter Of her name and
stopped. She smiled wanly. ''Your
name would be shorter to sign a little
at time" she said. 'but girl must
have time. She must wait. And see."
she said, II have no ring. A girl nj
ways has a ring"
This lack could not solve. for l
had none
Take NINE" she said. removing the
ing with the rose seal "Put 1t on the
other finger-the-th right one"
did so. and kissed her, But yet.
She was weary and strained now. A
pathetic droop came to the corners OF
her mouth. The palm OF her little
hand turned up loosely as though she
had been tired and now was resting
I'VE must watt she said. as though
to herself.
But what Of me that night? When
had taken my own house and bed be-
You'd little thicket that she might be
alone. that night found myself
breathing hard In terror and dread.
gazing up at the stars In agony. beat
ing my hands on the ground at the
thought OF the ruin l had wrought. the
crime that had done In gaining this
l had sought.
had written coyenants before. The
strength and sweetness Of all this
strange new life. with her had utterly
wiped out my past. had put away as
though forever the world once had
known. Until the moment Ellen Meri-
wether began the signing Of her name
l swear | had forgotten that ever In
the world was another by name Of
Grace Sheraton,y may not be believ-
ed-I onght not to be belieyed-but
this Is the trnth. end the truth by what
measures my lore for Ellen Meriweth-
er was bright and fixed. as much as
my promise to the other had been III
advised and wrong. -
Far rather had | been beneath the
sod that moment. for knew. since I
loved Ellen Meflwether, she must not
complete the signing Of her name upon
the scroll of our covenant!
. y
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without saving anything The older chill
dren gave various replies. whose moannt
WAS the same.
90 ~ isn't nice to jump
'' jumping is ugly
IT'S rude 10 jump
This vas certainly a beautiful triumph
Tor our method.
TIE transition from the concrete to the
abstract continues by the inclusion OF al
Iccti,cs when the director informs tn
child what the name Of thing is, care
being taken 10 provoke in the childs mind
the association Of the name with the OH
iect The child Is now supposed to be
ready 10 explore his environment, To OBJ
serve its manifestations spontaneously.
The Joy Of making such disco, cries as
that the sky IS blue or that the leaves 81
trees are green Is left TO the younSste"
with no hint from the director. The lat
ter is supposed 20 follow rather than 10
suggest
one Of Nine. Montessoris problems wa
that Of teaching reading. writing and
arithmetic by this spontaneous method, by
auto-education. How was she 20 bring ii
to pass? She pondered long. and FINALLY
remembered an incident in her earlier
career. This is the way she relates II
While teaching deficient children
happened TO observe the following fact
An idiot girl of eleven years. who was
POSSESSED OF normal strength and motor
power In her hands, could not learn 20
sew or even TO take the first step-darning
which consists i'm passing the needle
first over then under the wool. now TAX
ing up now leaving, a number OF threads.
! set the child weaving with the FroeOel
mats in which a strip Of paper is thread
ed transversely in and out among vertl-
cal strips of paper held fixed at top and
bottom Thus I came 10 think OF the
analogy between the two exercises and be-
came much interested In my observation
Of the girl. When she had become skilled
I'm the Froebel weaving ] lei her back
again 10 the sewing and saw with pleas
ure that she was now able TO follow the
earning From that time on our sewing
classes began with regular course In the
Froebel weaving. I saw that the necesr
sary movements OF the hand In sewing
had been prepared without having the
child sew. and that we should really find
the way to teach the child how before
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o..
""' ''l' s'' ''"' "'
'''H .'I-"' '""'' '''' ''"'
...,.,.. -. .'.,,o.ri,, and loav. town D..
III. a., -. ,,..r,,.J that pos.,
,...., tn,.rt,1 - ,eI ,r Inc know i, was
g.ria., r., n. must ma, I'm. nirnos.
..,,..I,,
I,..rir.al.. death had b,,n desr,.d be-
f,r.ra,d some say ON tine excursion
..,..,u,.r So. c.,t. vli.g WAS chartered
tr, SUNDAY. befor. mis- death los the sam"
p,,I Association for MS annual outing 20
Locus, Grove ON tine Sound
The .t.r, ..,,. ,h.u -Bridg.a Woo.
sam ]. .u "j"ct' Rose and tnrr, "a"
'cgs ,,.I- pl.rm- ipl.,r 90 Oh" 90. tH'
tables. vacu Weber Is said to have r'
marked.
N LYNNE goes much i"r'''' wei
have To- 2ct him.
J" "h''" one "' '''' ''''' ct
th' ia''' ''p"'"'
lie has gone To-" '"' o." '''
got {" get MIN
Bu, the undisputcd facts at" that an
the next dav Jack" Rose WAS in ste COM
pany OF either Lieutenant Becker or one
OF his personal representative "i else
WIN sam Paul or 'Hr''s'' "'O'''
And a NJ. To- Bn gle Ncb,rs gam
bling house that Jacob Reich better
Known rs Ja'N '"''''"'' ''''"''''''
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Continued from Second page

Iu Jh, sense OF bcar.uG l- tuat Of accus-
tomiug th. child go Distinguish between
harsh end disorIor,d noises and pleasing
sounds. and h. supposed {" have am as-
tnrtic value, 20 believe" says Nine.
Moutessuri chat after estabH hing ST.
lou,, 70 would b., educational 10 rims
wcli-tou.d bells. now calm and sweet.
now ciear hud ringing. SENDING their Vi
IratimH through ,hc ,hiid's whole body.
AMI .uu.u, besides th~ ,du"ttiuu -: ,nr 'F
vc hove produced yIJratory eduDauo"
of the whole body through these wisely
selected sounds OF tine bells swing q
peace, that p.rvades th, very hbrrs of ms
being. then { believe these yOuug bodies
would De- sensitive 10 crude noises, and
tl, chilulcu would Come TO dislike and 40
cease lrou making disord,ged aud Ugly
upises
She describe. .u incident which sine u"-
lirycs supports tn- Theory. 'i have
tried" says she. to nav, the dirss;ress
OF tine 'Cbi.d.,u's House iu Milan. Who
is Il giucd musician make number OF
trials AND experiments with vie" io
finding ont more about the muscular ca-
raritv OF young children. she has made
many trials with thr p.auofOrte ooserN-
ing how the children are not sensitive To-
the musical tone. buj only to tte thythm.
On A basis of rhythm she arranged sim
Die little dances, with the intention OF
studying the Influence or the rhythm IT.
self upon the co-ordiuation OF muscular
movements. She was greatly surprised
10 discover the educational disciplinary
effect OF such music. Her children. who
had been led with great wisdom aud art
through liberty to spontaneous ordering
Of their acts and movements. had never
theless lived I'm the streets and courts.
and had an almost universal habit Of
Jumping Being faithful follower Of the
method OF liberty. ana not considering
that jumping was wrong act, she had
never corrected them
"She now noticed that as she multi
piled and repeated the rhythm exercises
the children. little by little. left of their
ugly jumping, until finally it was thins
of the past The dircctress one day asked
for an explanation OF this change OF
conduct Several little ones looked az her
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Politics, Police and the System

bier, and was close friend of Lieu
tcnan, Becker
The e.. 500 was soon lost and i;o-eutn@.
threw out Rose. lie got some ir--h
noney-from where. no one knows-d"1
opened up again
What happened after thai is uatt.'
Of dispute Rosenthal just before he was
murdered, told ,ne newspaper m,I ara
District Attorney Whitman that Lieu
terant Becker became his partner 100 i''
gambling house boy putting up d,"' i'"''
enthal is dead ana now Becker t.'"I'
Rose. says he put up the $3.50. which was
secured by d chattel mortsase or i"f
furni. hiugs OF tie gambling house.
The undeniable fact ii that after Eos"u-
thal made his last "squcal one "f th"
most powerful Tammany politicians was
appealed to by the gamblers and others
interested. They begged this man q"
make Roscuthal stop talEirg and 10 age
wise him to leave town f-r his health
IT was plainly iutimatcd h} 'Hose persons
that if RoseuthaI did not Lave Town Eo
would be killed.
Th, politician sent for Eos'uthaI and
warned him to leave town BE pleaded
with him 10 de- go. sa>iug that bee had
stirred things MP enough. Hosrnihai joe
piled
"Tuey have not given m" % suuaro deal
They have bounded me- and lied about
me. They even said that ! showed tho
5000 note around Town. swear ! didn't
do that J only showed it to Rose Whom
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Continued from fourth page.

When Bird s. Coler ran for Governor the
Hesper Club organized the biggest Demo
cratic meeting the East side has ever
seen. But tine bigger politicians the mag
trstcs and the members Of the District
Attorneys staff soon tired Of rubbing
elbows with the small East Side gamblers
ana withdrew. This left the club IN the
control Of a group of gamblers headed
by Herman Rosenthal. Prominent among
them were Billiard Ball Jack Rose.
Rachel" Brown. "Beansy' Hos'ni"id
and Jack" Hopper. Rosenthai became
is president and held the office two years.
Toward the end Of his last term. IN
lee. Rosenthal. whose quarrciIings had
driven ont Jack Rose and inc rest.
converted the once powerful cluo mo
an OUt-aud-out gambling house. with
himself a. it's proprietor. For Two years
i ran without interference ON the part
81 the police Then one night In April
year ago. Chief Flynn OF the Secret
service. at that time Deputy Commits
,oner Of Police. battered Down the "o"'7
'H1 seized an the gambling paI"ph'l
-.aa He made prisoners Of - gamblers
UaO mad been bucking the wheel playing
The ponies OF INDUCING in on" OF an
",her oil the pastimes FOR which the hes-
Der Club had grown famous.
After the excitement was over the raiu-
ING police noticed on wall. irdmtn i'
gold a letter from Big Tim SuliVai-
u vas written on the stationery Of IN,
House Of Representatives, and cale'
Washington April 70 1885, when ~
tim was Congressman. IL was "'-
dressed 10 the president OF tire He'p.'
tlub. u read
Dear Sir. Yours OF the ljih O. hand re-
safd!nS ms election as . lie BemDei on
me ilcspcT club. hccniN apptec dtt We
'"nnlmcHt you uaT iGc. ana 2hOuIu p, l'I
lNssibe lOr me at ans tlWc 70 Serve J."
I" any Of tiIc 'Jcmbe~s / VIII G!auit ="
70 simple word from you VIII cum
'' y u. SULLIVAN.
This raid marked tho becinnins OF
EozentlIJl's decent lie did . little sam
bling in tbc uclphforllood Of a." old He's
tfs Club bui veg little III. police made
hot for him aHG. pcrS.ga inSrata win
'ae East Side gamblers generally ne
moTe@ uptown.
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Striking system of Maria Montessori

making him execute the task saw
especially that preparatory movements
could be- carried on and reduced 20
mechanism by means Of repeated eNc"-
,ises not en- the work itself but in hat
which prepares for 10. Pupils could then
come to the real work able 10 perform IT.
without ever having directly set thoir
hands to il before thought that I might
I'm this way prepare FOR writing and th"
idea Interested me tremendously ! mar
yelled at JUS simplicity. and was annoyed
that / had no, thought before Of The
method which was suggested TO mo h}
my observation of the girl who could no:
sew. In fact. seeing that / had already
taught the children 10 touch the contours
Of the plane Seometric in sets. had no7
only to teach them to touch with their
fingers the forms Of the letters OF H.
alphabet"
This she proceeded 90 do by means OF
cards on which The letters of the alphabet
had been paiuted-the vowels red. the con
sonauts blue Sandpaper letters were ais"
used TEes, trc children traced with the
finger i'm due time learning the names
through association. Then they traced
them with the index and middle fingers
and finally with a small stick held as IL 81
were a pcp When the experiment was
Glst tried IA, children "a a period Of less
than a month and a half learned 20 write
better than children in the first elementary
grade were able 20 do IN more than three
months In fact. their penmanship was
adiudsed equal TO that OF the third ele-
mentary grade
knowledge OF writing led on To read
ing and the aking OF numerals which
IA turn. when connected with the bundle
e rods with The co.Ored divisions, opened
tie door TO a spontaneous absorption Of
the clements of arithmetic.
Nine. Montessori. having brought chill
dren thus far believes that the eie-
mcntary classes in the future should be-
gin with children such as ours who know
hoN 10 read and write; children who
know how TO take care Of themselves:
how 10 dress and undress. and TO wash
themselves children who are familiar
with the rules OF good conduct and cour-
tesy, ard who are thoroughly disciplined
in the highest sense Of the term having
developed and become masters of them
selves through liberty.