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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
READING ALOUD

Has the practice of reading aloud
gone out of fashion? A university
professor, quoted in the Des MONIES
Register and Leader, says it has, and
with it, cas- might have been ex-
pected, the ability to read with intel
ligent expression" And the professor
adds: "It is deplorable fact that
we have students in the university
who are unable to read a page from
a textbook aloud to the class and
read it correctly"
If this is so, it is pity in more
ways than one.
Given the combination of one who
likes to read aloud-and who can
and those who like to listen, reading
and those who like to listen, reading
aloud is a splendid pastime, rich in
enjoyments and benefits.
Perhaps one thing that has driven
the practice out of fashion is the rar-
ity of that combination. Without it.
reading aloud is a good deal of a
nuisance. If either end Of the combi-
nation is lacking, woe is us and deary
me! There is nothing more painful
than to be compelled, out of polite
ness, to listen to a reader who STUN
bles and shutters, who balks at every
word of more than two syllables, who
raises his voice where it ought to fall
and lets it fall where it ought to rise
And even the mellifiuous reading OF
one who can read smoothly and with
intelligence is worse than wasted ID
his audience is bored, either by read
ing Of any kind Of by the particular
book that is being read.
On the whole, the habit is better
for the reader than for the listener
It is good practice, good voice train
ing, good for the lungs and the spirits
There are those who find nothing
more soothing to the nerves after the
shocks and conflicts Of busy day
than an hour or two spent in reading
aloud.
The reader, too, gets more out Of
his book IN reading aloud than he car
in reading to himself. Readers arr
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
DEVOTE TIME, TALENT AND EN-.
ERGY.

GEden Valley Journa1)
There is not a public man in Min
nesota more widely known than Mr..
Iverson. There are few men who
have as many warm personal and po-
litical friends in the state.
He has been in public Office prac-
tically all his life and he never
flinched his duty nor crossed friend.
He is a competent auditor. If the
fates and the voters so decree he
would be no less efficient and compe-
tent a governor.
If he should secure the nomination
and election he would give the people
of Minnesota his time, his talent and
his energy.
PEOPLES VOTES WILL DECIDE
Clubbing Tribune)
Samuel G. Iverson, state auditor as
everybody knows, is a candidate fol-
governor of Minnesota. We know II
because he has said SO lin his own
aandwrite." Mr.. Iverson has been a
candidate in the minds of the people
of Minnesota for several years past
but this is the first time that he has
given his formal consent to the rumor
Sam Iverson would make a good
governor and we opine that he will
prove a very formidable candidate In
fact, the man who beats him out fol
the peoples votes will probably BIZ
the next governor of the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13

No matter what his nervousness,
however, over the oratorical task con-
fronting him, William Jennings Bryan
always feels it in his consciousness
that he will get through with it. He
has never yet "forgot his piece" or had
to retreat from the platform in dis
order, and he has been speaking pub
licly since he first joined a school de-
batting society at the age of IA.
Bryan got his real start as a speak
er reciting his geography lesson when
he was youngster Z or years old.
He received his schooling until he had
reached the age of 10 by private in
struction from his mother. In order
to impress it on his mind, she fell into
the practice of having him declaim his
geography lesson to the rest of the
family from the top of little walnut
table. He soon learned to do this with
great savoir faire and not only got
the rudiments of geography but of
proper enunciation. Prior to that time
little William had never had to say
pieces for the neighbors that dropped
in, as great many small children do,
the way he ratified off his geographical
facts from the top of that little table
was so cute that his parents often
broke over their good resolutions and
had him recite not only for the family
but for intimate friends as well.
When he stood up with perfect con-
fidence and stated simply: "The Miss
i-sip-pi is the longest river on the
American co,n-tin-ent!"- he was
well worth hearing, and really showed
promise of the wonderful oratorical
power he was to acquire later on.
Mr.. Bryan would give lot of money
for that little old walnut table right
now if he knew where it was.-FreG
Kelly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13

Bryan is entirely free from stage
fright and weird sensations inside of
him, just because his limbs do not vi
brate like the G string on guitar.
1t should be understood that the hol-
low sensation far down in the stom-
ach does not come to Mr.. Bryan every
time he gets up to talk. Not by any
means. He thinks no more of deliver
ing Chautauqua address or routine
stump speech than he does of swal-
lowing a cup Of coffee. 1t is only
when the speech is one Of unsual i'm
portance that he is likely to feel half
overcome by nervousness.
His sensations just before he de-
livered the famous crown of thorns
speech that won him the presidential
nomination in go were mixture of
nervousness and cocksureness. He
knew that he faced the greatest OPP
portunity of his life, that the stage
was set for coming together Of the
Time, the Place, and the Speech. He
believed he had the speech, but real
lied the possibility that he might
tumble his chance. This possibility
gave him sepulchral feeling, but
through it all something told him he
was going to strike twelve. just be-
fore he started up to the platform,
Clark Howell handed him a slip or
paper on which was scrawled:
"You have a great opportunity"
And Bryan hastily wrote on another
piece of paper which he pressed into
Howell's hand:
"You will not be disappointed"
When he made his first tariff speech
in the house, as member of congress
Bryan was scared-more scared, per-
haps, than when he made his first ap-
pearance as a college orator few
years previous. And he has had that
scared feeling in varying degrees al
every important speech he has made
since. 1t is reasonable to assume that
he suffered two or three spells Of
stage fright at Baltimore year age
last summer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
Natures Breakfast T ood
Banishes
Constipation

Foa brB roefrhtt.siTfE9 81.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13

That q rare treat is in store for
the teachers and all interested in Ed
vocational advancement is a certainty.
A most elaborate program is being
arranged by the committee who, with
the help and cooperation Of all Of the
teachers and school officers, hope to
make this the best meeting ever. Not
a teacher in this section can afford
to miss any of the meetings and not
school can afford to let their teach
ers miss the good things that have
been planned for them.
Among the noted speakers will be
Dean James, of the College of Educa-
tion, University of Minnesota; Pres,
Frank Weld, of the Moorhead Normal
School; Pres, Guy Maxwell, of the
Winona Normal School; Supt., c. G..
Schulz, State Supt. of Education; Mr..
S. A. ChalIman and others. An eff
fort is being made to secure the
Honorable Woodbridge Ferris, Cover
nor Of Michigan, to deliver the con-
ventio naddress.
The people of Montevideo have al
ready proven themselves to be the
best Of hosts and they have already
begun preparations to handle and en-
terrain the large crowds that are sure
to be at the meetings. The hospitality
of the Montevideo-ites is well worth
cultivating.
Let everybody boost and plan to at
tend this biggest Of all monster meet
ings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13

Jas. A. Peterson, recently announced
candidate for governor says, in speak
ing of the elimination of all but one
Of Gov. Eberhart's opponents, eve
cannot afford to sacrifice a principle
for mere victory at the polls" Sup
pose Jim looks upon himself as the
principle wonder just how much he
thinks he'd amount to without the
s'mere victory
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
WAYS OF POLITICAL GAME.
Madison Western Guard,

madison Western Guard.1
State Auditor S. G. Iverson has an
nounced his candidacy for governor,
and the 1914 campaign can now be
said to be opened. Mr.. Iverson is
perhaps one of the best known ON
Gals in the state capitol, and knows
the ways of the political game as well
as any one. In his platform Mr.. Iyer-
son lays especial stress upon economy
and law enforcement
Is IDEAL CANDIDATE.
madison Independent Press.)
State Auditor Iverson has ann0unc-
ed himself as candidate for govern
or. He is am ideal man, capable
state auditor and wOuId make an able
governor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
RARE TREAT FOR TEACHERS
Minnesota Teachers At M0ntevidet
February 18th, 18th and
18th, 1914.

The executive committee of the
Western Minnesota Teachers associa-
ton have made arrangements for the
biggest and best meeting of that body
that has ever been held in the history
Of the organization
THE -Montevideo; TIME
FEBRUARY 18th, 18th and 18th,
1914.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
William r. Lee has sienifed his Z

William r. Lee has signifed his en-
tire willingness to unite with other
gubernatorial candidates IN eliminat-
ing all but one of the member. This
is the sensiblest thing come out Of
Long Prairie in a long time, and If
Williams plan carries Adolph will be
looking wild-eyed and anxious in q
short time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13

Frank Day announces with proud
hauteur, (you know what That is,
don't you? y "You can put it down that
I'm going to vote for Henry Rines
for state auditor" Pooh-that's moth
ing to be SO perked-up about or SO
self satisfied over. Henry says he
doesn't mind in the least if you do
Frank.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13

The City press says Frank Day
spoke with his characteristic super
latives." Well now! We'd always
thought that gush of Franks was
FIRST signs" But C. 5. does sound 2
little less laid and less bald is what
man Of Franks years most desires.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
EX-SALOON
KEEPERS
IN BAD

Treasurer Frank Benke yesterday re-
ceived from the Auditor of State instruct
ions to collect from the Schmitt Bros,
John and Joseph, West Fayette, liquor
license tax and penalty amounting in all
to the sum of $685.
The state officials seem to have hunch
that the Schmitt s have been dispensing
soft drinks that are so near hard that
they come under the liquor license clause
Mr.. Benke, accompanied by Sheriff
Fisher and Prosecutor Myers, obeying
the mandate of the state auditor to col
lect the assessment or close up the
place, visited the Schmitt restaurant
yesterday morning and demanded the
money. The droprietors refused to pay
claiming that they were selling nothing
but soft drinks.
Treasurer Benke gave them till 10
O'Clock this morning to settle. If they
fail to do so he will close the place up
and sell their stock to pay the tax.
The Schmitt Bros. were put out of the
saloon business by the new liquor license
law and since then have running a res
taurant and card room in their building.
They are preparing to fight the case
and will probably file injunction proceed-
ings in probate court this morning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
BATTLED NATURE
IN DIGGING CANAL
Cost Of Removing Dirt Less
Than First Estimates.
SLIDES CAUSED THE TROUBLE

Enough Dirt Fell Back In Ditch 10
Build Chinese Wall Seven Feet High
and Seven Feet Thick Extending
From New York to California.
Economy Praotiosd at All Times.
Washington.-"The only reason ships
were not using the Panama canal ten
months ago, when the locks were first
ready, is that nature was battling to
the last ditch In her efforts to thwart
the purpose of man to put a shipway
through the vltals of proud old Culebra
mountain" says William Joseph sho-
walter, who visited the canal zone many
times during the progress Of the work
there, In a communication to the Ma
uonal Geographic society.
"Over $50 acres OF ground lying out
side Of the intended banks Of the Gu
nal and containing over 30OO0.0OO Gu.
bic yards OF material were swept by
nature with silent but terrific force
down into the canal" he asserts.
''Thls onslaught demoralized an en-
tire railroad system; 1t put the com
pressed air and water systems out of
commission; It bottled up one end of
Culebra cut with an avalanche OF
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
SWAPPING TURTLE MINE.
Pond Dries Up and HardsheIls Are
Dug Out of Bed.

Fairmount, Ind.-The almost unbro.
ken drought which has prevailed in the
southern end of Grant county since
May 10 promises to depopulate a big
pond near this city of swapping turtles,
which for years have thrived there In
great numbers.
The water is now all gone, and the
hardshels have buried themselves be-
meath old tree tops and punches of
trash about fifteen inches below the
surface. Some one discovered this a
week ago and since then has been
bringing to town large supplies Of tur-
ties. He kept the location secret
with the exception Of a few friends,
but the second crew is now at work,
md the turtles are being dug out on
alternate days by the two parties.
One Of the crews obtained more than
100 pounds of turtles in a few days,
and they held big feed the 9th
er night The other hunting party
brought in six big snappers weighing
from eight to eighteen pounds each.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
POPE Plus X. WAS
A CHURCH REFORMER
Abolished Veto Privilege Of
MOnarChS In Elections.

New YOrk.-In the course of an in
terview Cardinal Gibbons gave it as
his opinion that the world had failed
in its estimate Of the dead pontiff, Plus
X, that the judgment Of future day
would place the son of peasant who
was raised to the pontifical throne
among the really great men of the
twentieth century.
The eminent cardinal voiced the
thoughts of those who have been the
real beneficiaries of the short but ac-
tive reign of Plus Giuseppe Sarto
was essentially pope of internal ac-
tivities. Ninety per cent Of his volumi-
nous utterances were addressed to the
peoples in all lands who profess the
Catholic religion. Many of his prede-
cessors in the Roman see were men
Of variety of talents. whereas he
had but one-the talent for roofing up
and exposing and building up as fast
as he revealed the sore spots within
his field.
1t is because Plus was an internal
OpCia lldI JlC WI III as ltItNltu
in newspapers. magazines and books
has failed. his admirers say, to under
stand him to have been anything more
than a good and kindly old man whom
everybody must love. Nobody will
ever accuse Giuseppe Sarto of having
been able to make "a deal" with mon
archs. and he never renewed with any
visible aggressiveness the claim of
temporal power in the sense that he
wished to be known as the pope-king
He began a reformer and died reform
ing.
One of his first utterances was a
of the privileges of GER
tain rulers of Europe by which they
could let 1t be known that they were
against this cardinal and for that one.
He annulled their veto privilege. Then
he began a series of Investigations.
always Of the church and the people ,
in it-never of any others. He never
worried about personalities where his
reforms were concerned. He hit hard.
hen looked at the place he had hit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
BORMAN NAMED
AS RECEIVER
OF Butter-Tub Co. at COIdwater-
Divorce Court Boiling With
Troubles of MIsmated.

Judge Layton yesterday granted a di
vorce to Leona Miller from her husband
Carl Miller, on her answer and cross
petition.
Laura B. Karr was granted divorce
from her husband, Harry Karr.
The court approved the report of the
master commissioner in the case of the
dissolution of the Joe Weamer Butter
tub Co. of Coldwater, and appointed w.
o. Bormau, of Coldwater, as receiver.
The divorce case of Nora Grim VS..
Horace Grim, which was to have been
heard Monday, was re-assigned for next
Wednesday.
Common Pleas Judge Layton while
holding court here last Tuesday granted
a divorce to the plaintiff in the case of
Jennie Wickersham against John Wick
ersham, and approved the agreement to
property rights as advanced by the con-
testing parties.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
WARRING POWERS OWN
NEARLY ALL OF AFRICA
Natural Resources Of Posses
SiOnS Among Richest.

Washington. The African posses
sions and protectOrates Of the Euro
pean powers now at war are more than
three times as large as continental
United States. They are more than
three times as large as all of Europe
now plunged in war and are eleven
times larger than England, France,
Germany and Belgium, which control
them. They occupy 9,G67531 Of Afri-
cas- 11,513,000 square miles.
"The largest individual holder Of AZ
rican territory is France with 3,S12, 900
square miles, more than 100000 Of
which is the Sahara desert" says the
society's statement England con-
trolls 3,61S.245 square miles, Belgium.
with Belgian Kongo as its sole posses
sion. $4,000 square miles. and Ger
many 1,035,OS6 square miles. These
figures make surprising contrasts with
those of the European holdings Of
these countries. European France con-
sists of 207,054 square miles; England,
121,391 square miles; Belgium, 1873
square miles; Germany. 20S,7SO square
miles.
England leads in the population of
her African dependencies, with a to-
tai of 49,45S50O inhabitants, more
than 100000 of whom are Europeans.
The bulk of her white population is in
the Union of South Africa, which con
sists' of Good Hope, Natal, the Trans
vaal and Orange River Colony and in
which dwell nearly 100000 foreign
ers.' There are approximately 10000
600 people living in French African
possessions, more than 100000 of
whom are white. The center of
Frances white population is Algeria,
where nearly 100000 Europeans and
100000 natives live. There are 49,
100000 people in Belgian KongO, 5,465
of whom are white. and 1926, 800
German subjects in her dependencies.
of whom nearly 10000 are Europeans.
Thirteen thousand of these live in
German Southwest Africa.
"The natural resources of many of |
these African possessions are among
the richest in the world. The Union |
Of South Africa, under British control. |
exported in 1910 $154503,OOO in gold |
and $40, 10000 in diamonds. The i'm.
ports and exports of Algeria, French |
exceeded S233,0O0,0O0 in
1912. Belgian Kongos exports now
pass the $15,000OO0 mark annually,
while Germany's colonies are sending
to other countries about $25.O00,000
worth of produce annually"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
MANY BRIDGE
!. CONTRACTS LET

/ A big bunch of con tractors were here
yesterday and fifteen bids were received
by the Commissioners for the construc.
tion OF seventeen bridges i'll various parts
of the county.
The board stirred up a hornets nest
by refusing the bids of Hank and Wm.
Ward and VIM. Coates on several bridges
where they were low bidders. These
contractors in times past have caused
Auditor Steinbrunner and ex-Auditor
Morrow, as we'll as Commissioners Evers,
Brunswick and Behrens, no amount of
trouble over contracts awarded them,
and the Auditor and Commissioners are
to be commended for finally refusing to
consider the Ward bids. The awards as
made by the board follow:
Wallischeck to Oregonia Bridge Co.
for S39S.
Homan to ]. A. Ward, S203.
st. Johns to same, SPAS. go.
Bates to same, S2Sl 20.
Fast to same, 246. AZ.
Klosterman to ]. {. Preston, 1878. 30.
Slower to Lloyd Canary, S5lS.4
Michaels to same, S640
Brown to VIM. Canary, S463.
Fisher to same, 1926.
Duess to J. II. Gels, S340
Luken to same, sos.
Clark to same, S473.
Hart to same, 1884.
Depweg to Balmert & Flaylor, 81 200.
Warthman to Harry Hight, S29S.
Springer to same, $495.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
GIRLS RECORD WHEAT YIELD.

Thirteen year-oId Kansas Maid Has
Grain Averaging Forty seven Bushels,
Wichita, Kan.-Cora Patterson, thir-
teen years old, of Caldwell. is the
proudest girl in her neighborhood. Last
fall she asked her father for a small
plot of his farm near town on which
she could experiment with wheat rails
ing Mr.. Patterson allotted his daugh-
ter four acres. She plowed the ground.
narrowed it and sowed the grain. She
cared for it and watched it with an
eager eye.
The wheat was recently thrashed
1t averaged forty-seven bushels TO the
acre. the best yield in this part Of
Kansas. In only the cutting and
thrashing did Miss Patterson take no
part.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-04
BIG CROWD PRESENT AT DE-
HAYS-NOW REUNION

The fifth annual reunion of the De
Hays and Now families was held at Mer,
celina Park, this city, on the 9th ult.
There were l25 people present, who
seemed to enjoy themselves very much
in greeting relatives and friends they
had not met for many days. There was
a table loaded with many good things to
eat and at the noon hour all turned a
helping hand to unload the same.
Shortly after dinner the meeting was
called to order, when the report of the
secretary was read and accepted.
The following officers were elected:
Leroy Delays, President.
John Now, Vice President.
Mrs. Belle Heiby, Secretary Treasurer.
At late hour the people started for
their various homes to meet the last
Thursday in August, 1915.