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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-16
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-16

Greatly reduced round trip
rates, granting a choice of
routes, with favorable stopover
privileges and liberal return
limit will be in effect for these
occasions.
Let us help you plan your trip
and give particulars regarding
rates and train schedules, and
supply you with attractively il
Illustrated printed matter describ-
ing the Expositions.
Apply to any ticket agent
Chicago and North Western Ry.,
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& T. A., C. & N. w. Ry., 226 w.
Jackson ST., Chicago, Ill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-16
RIFLE

A Rifle will please a boy.
STEVENS Boy Scout, Marks
man, Faverite and Visible Load
er RIFLES have no equal for
target practice, for small game
shooting, for the Great Out of
Doors" $3.50 up.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-16
1T is NOW TIME TO PLAN
YOUR TRIP

To See the Wonderful
California ExpOsitions
and Enjoy the Delight
full Climate of CalifOr-
MIA During the Winter
Months
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Postmen Cannot loiter When Mike Is on DUTY
CHARLES B. MATTHEWS. superin

CHARLES B. MATTHEWS, superin-
- tendent Of carriers In the Wash
ington postoffice. and the man who
originated what is known as the
block" system of mail delivery. a
system that has been copied all over
the country, said today:
"One Of the most intelligent and
faithful assistants have is Mike. Mike
Is very humble sort Of somebody. SO
humble. in fact. that he even hasn't
any other name.
mike Is just an old white horse.
sound of body. clean Of limb and
brighter in his intelligence than many
human beings that have been sent to
me for service
He has spent about seven of his
twenty-four years helping deliver the
mail to the local hotels. He knows
his route as well as any man who
has ever served It. And. better still.
be knows Just how long 1t ought to
take the carrier to deliver the mail
for a given hotel
You can't fool him. When the hour
for starting on his route comes and
Ernest Miller. the r.ier who owns
him. In full uniform. gets in his seat.
Mike looks first up and then down
the street to see II his road Is clear.
being particularly careful to watch a
little longer to see II an electric car is
about to start on its way to Alexan.
dria
Once started. he takes In each no.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Whites on Reservations Are as Dry as Poor lo

bottle with greater facility perhaps.
These and other devices have been
known to the Indian while seeking
ease for a parched throat
But the white man on an Indian res.
ervation from now on may not have
whisky or other alcoholic beverage,
either. for refreshment or to cure
his ills or as a precaution against all.
ments. even on q physicians prescrip.
ton. as long as the ban IL on the In
dian. The only intoxicant not under
prohibition remains the wine intended
solely for sacramento purposes. to be
brought into the reservations under
church authority.
Circular No. SOS. Indian bureau.
signed by Acting Commissioner r
H. Abbott and Endorsed by the acting
secretary Of the interior. addressed to
the superintendent Of Indian schools
and agencies. directs observance Of
the law in strict conformity with it,
letter. 1t also calls attention to ir
regularities in observance of the Law
that have come to the attention of the
bureau.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
WYNN 1lll9|6|i| I 4 zee; Rz7T
A4 B5|3ZlARg i|,5E1x
Uncle Sans Aero Boat Experiments Are Watched

ed more than a year ago. when Eu-
gene Ely few from the scoutship Bir-
mingham and afterward few and
alighted on the battleship Pennsyl-
vania. that the aeroplane could be
launched at sea. In both these cases,
however. a special platform was built
and extensive preparations were
made for the flight.
The new catapult can be clamped
to the top Of turret and the turret
revolved to shoot the aeroplane into
the teeth Of the wind without even
turning the wheel of the vessel The
device takes only half an hour to
erect, and can be taken down and
stored below In less time.
Lieutenant Ellyson has been the
acrobatic aviator of the navy He has
been willing to try anything, and al
lowed himself to be shot from the
catapult the first time 1t was used.
when 1t was not known what effect
the sudden shock would have on
either the aeroplane or the aviator
He has been anxious to develop some
practical form Of aeroplane launching
that could be used on a warship. and
some months ago few an aeroplane
at Hammondsport of a steel cable
which was stretched for an inclined
launching way.
Spotted fever ticks in the two
younger stages live almost wholly
upon small native rodents, and the
California ground squirrel has been
infected with bubonic plague by fleas
from rats. The danger that these
diseases may become epidemic fur
nishes an additional important rea-
son for the destruction of the ami.
mails.
The bureau reports that the ante
lope is in greater danger of extermina-
ton than any other kind of American
big game, that there Is great need for
suitable preserve in the antelope
country, and that the buffalo on the
national bison range have now in
creased to 81, or A more than the
original number three years ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Employer Has Brought Funda-
mental Sporting Rule to Profit
Him in Business.
KEEPS ALL MEN IN TRAINING
Idea Borrowed From Athletic Coach
ere Of College and Professional
Teams He Admits 10 Response.
BILE for the Success
He Has Had.

How is It," I asked the big en-
ployer, that you can turn out 80
much more work with a smaller force
than your competitor
by developing the sporting in
stinct In my men," he replied.
Business is a big game. like foot.
ball or baseball" he explained. Our
force Is the team. l am the coach.
We pay attention to the game. new
plays, and scoring on the other fel-
lows. We have our training rules
like those of the big football teams.
The way man conducts himself dur
Ing on hours is one of the most i'm
portant points.
Like the athletes we work on the
conservation of energy theory. No
athlete, even though he Is q genius.
can stay on one of the big football
teams Of today unless he trains
Training means more than master
Ing the plays and appearing regu-
larly for scrimmage. Training Is eat
ing. sleeping. living.
why. in the great game of bust.
ness, should not the players 'trainr
It's bigger game than football. and
1t requires more skill and endurance.
One-half Of the athletic coachs in
struction concerns training He
tells the players when to sleep. what
TO eat, and how to conduct them
selves. II he confines his attention
to perfecting new plays. developing
team work. and directing the scrim-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
GREAT INDUSTRIES OF THE
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DUTY.
Movement to Take Care Of Employee
incapacitated Through Age May
Become Universal.

A great western railroad system re
Gently got into line with the modern
movement In announcing a pension
plan for disabled employees. An east
ern system was the pioneer to adopt
such plan. Its pension system went
into effect in 1884 and 1t has about
700 pensioners on the rolls.
In the next decade the movement
grew until almost all the leading
railroads had adopted It Several of
the great industrial concerns Of the
country have undertaken the same
recognition of faithful service.
All these plans are encouraging
evidence Of a growing appreciation
Of the. fact that the maintenance OF
employees is a legitimate part Of the
expense Of conducting business. But
they cannot be depended on to solve
the problem Of old age dependency
However great their merits. they can
touch only a fraction Of the workers
Of the country. The great bulk Of
the business Organizations are not In
q position to provide annuities.
Actuaries have figured that of 1000
men living at the age Of 20. 500 will
be living at the age Of SIS. But eco
nomists have figured further that q
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
OLD TIME TABLE CUSTOMS

Even at so late a period as the Res
toration in England. 1t was the custom
for guests to take their own knives
and forks to banquet. Pepys rec
ords that he did this when he went to
the lord mayors feast in the Guild
hall
In the previous reign the lord cham
berlafn had found 1t necessary to is
sue regulations for the benefit of Of
ncers invited to dine at the royal ia
bic. The were required to wear clean
boots. not to be half-drunk on their
arrival. not to drink more than one
goblet to every two dishes. not to
throw the bones under the table. nor
to lick their fingers.
The Stuarts undoubtedly did much
to refine English table manners, for
1t was one of the points admired in
Mary Queen of Scots that the custom
she introduced from France made her
courts and royal banquets more ex-
quisite and gentle than those Of her
rival. Queen Elizabeth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Industrial Disturbances In Crest Brit
ain Costly to Both the Employer
and Employs.

From the report Of the English
board Of trade for the year 1911, II
would appear that British strikes do
not pay the strikers. During that
year q million men obtained an
increase of wages without striking
and $4,000 by means Of strikes. The
Welsh miners lost $780, 900 in wages
and spent 100000 in strike pay from
the union fund during the miners
strike. while the dockers' strike cost
those men at least 100000 In the
disputes which commenced In 1911.
some 962. 900 work people were involv.
ed, which was the highest number In
the period between 1893 and 1911. The
main groups affected were the sea-
men. who went out in June. This
was rapidly followed BY q series Of
strikes Of dock workmen. railroad men
and others employed in the transport
trade until the end Of August and
lockout in December in the weaving
industry in Lancashire. Wages a.
cause of dispute involved IS per cent
Of the workers directly affected and
the assertion or defense Of trade
union principles 80 per cent. more.
Although the extra amount Of work
ing time lost works out the huge ng,
ure Of 100000 days the industries
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
TEAM Work" Counts

mage. he would go down to Inevitable
defeat before properly fed. properly
disciplined opponents. That is the
reason for the training table. That
Is why a player who Is seen smoking
gets an opportunity to warm the
bench. That Is why a single whi1
Of liquor may cost a man his place.
THE same principles are coming to
be applied in business. II a man II
to make a success in business he
must train that Is. he must 1on-
serve his energy. The more pro-
gressive employers are sitting out the
weaklings. just as a good coach casts
aside the UNIT.
But don't get the idea that we are
encroaching upon the rights of our
employees. that we are demanding that
they give their entire time to our in
terests. We don't 60 at 1t that way.
THE first thing we had to do was
to gain the interest and support of
our men. We accomplished that by
taking them into the business In .
sense. We adopted the bonus meth
cd. Record breaking was remuner-
ated with liberal rewards. In addi-
ton to planning and executing new
moves. we began to talk training
Man worker thinks he can fritz
ter away his energy and then show up
for the business contest with a cool
head and a bright eye. He may know
the rules and have mastered the
trick plays. but II he has not energy
to back them he will be superseded
by some one who has.
Our bonuses are arranged in such
a way that team work Is essential. II
one man Is weak It affects all the
others. 1t Is no individual competi-
ton. The force as a whole either
wins the game or loses. Every man
takes strict account of the snap and
energy Of every other man.
The results of this plan have been
highly satisfactory. both to us and
to the men. They have received q
good share of the profits There il
a spirit of loyalty among such as
have never seen anywhere else."-
Chicago Tribune.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS govern
W ments have had their military
and naval representatives in Wash
ington watching the experiments that
this government has been conducting
at the Washington navy yard with
the new catapult device for launching
aeroplanes. The launching machine
IL the design OF Capt. w. l. Cham
bers. In charge Of aviation In the
navy. 1t practically Is a compressed
air gun that shoots the aeroplane into
the air so that 1t can be launched
from a warship at any time and the
catapult then stored below. out of the
way.
Several tests OF the device have
been made. various hydro-aeroplanes
being used. What was generally con-
sidered the supreme test was made
the other day when the new aero
boat that has been built for the navy
by Glenn Curtiss was shot into the
air for a successful fight with Lieut..
Theodore Ellyson, the first of the
navy aviators. at the helm
The new boat Is larger and heavier
than any other hydro-aeroplane the
government has used. 1t has a body
like light. fast powerboat and seats
two passengers side by side, with q
double-control mechanism, SO that
either man can act as aviator. The
boat Is driven by an eighty-horse
power motor. and is capable of a
speed Of fifty miles on the water and
sixty miles In the air.
This launching device is the first
that has been practical and successful
from navy standpoint. It was prov
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Immense Loss by Strikes

Of the United Kingdom are 20 enorm-
Gus that the stoppage was only equal
to the total closing down Of all in
dustries on one extra bank holiday.
Cancellation or mediation entered into
settlements which involved $4,000
workers. while arbitration only figured
In adjustments Of but 7.400 strikers.
Settlements in the nature Of . com
promise were arranged In the case Of
Of 81 per cent. of the work people d.
rectly affected BY all the disputes.
Less than per cent. Of the strikers
were wholly successful and rather
more than . per cent. were wholly un-
successful.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Much Interest Being Shown in Muskrat Farming

A CCORDlNG to the annual report OF
~ the biological survey recently sub
mitted to Secretary Wilson. the rear.
ing Of fur-bearing animals In the
United States for their pelts continues
to be subject OF much interest
Skunks. muskrats, minks and foxes
are reared In captivity or on preserves
under control of breeders. The large
prices asked for mature black foxes
Tor breeding purposes have resulted in
confning the industry In the hands Of
very few. Comparatively few at.
tempts have been made to raise minks
In the United States. but experiments
are being conducted In cooperation
with the National Geological park with
. view to determining the most sue
cessful methods Of rearing these AMI
mais Muskrat farming has probably
reached Its highest point of develop
ment on the eastern shore Of Mary
ana Muskrat marshes are worth
more. measured by their actual in
ome. than cultivated farms Of like
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
MASC0TS OF THE AVIAT0RS

Lord Rosebery's recent confession
to carrying an amulet or mascot, In
the shape Of golden swastika, draws
draws attention to a custom that is
very common nowadays. Motorists
especially utilize such luck-bringers.
which range from miniature aeroplane
engines to Teddy bears. and from vel.
vet cats to toy figures OF policemen.
Aviators have adopted the same SUI
perstition. and they also confess to a
variety Of mascots. from brown vel
vet monkeys to shirt The latter, 1t
may be explained. Is always taken
with him in his aeroplane by a Ger.
man airman. who treasures the gar.
ment because he wore it on an occa-
sion when he fell from a consider
able height without injury Another
aviator consistently refuses to fly
over cemetery-which is. perhaps
Ineligible.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
lCURlOUS places ANDfVFNTS|
NEARLY WEEDS WRONG TWIN

Because Miss Dolly Quinn OF Hege-
wisch. ILL.,. was one of the very few
who could tell William McKernan and
Jonn Mckernan. twins. apart. she es-
capped the fate Of being married to the
wrong one.
When the McKernan-Quinn weddins
party went to St. Columbas church.
IN Hammond. Ind, where Father Hill
larry was to make William McKernan
and Miss Quinn man and wife. John
Mckernan went along In the capacity
OF best man. The twins as usual were
dressed alike.
Father Hillary called the prospec.
i've bride and bridegroom to the al.
tar for final instructions. William
Mckernan became confused. John
stepped into his place. The bride to
be supposed this was a part of the
ceremony.
When the clergyman began the wed
ding service she saw the mistake.
She whispered:
You're marrying me to the wrong
man."
The mix up In twins was straight.
ened out and the young woman was
married to the right man.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

acreage In the same vicinity. Only
one other animal In the world. the Eu.
ronean rabbit. exceeds the muskrat in
the number Of skins marketed.
The report also calls attention to
the experiments for the determination
Of prairie dogs. ground squirrels and
gophers that are being conducted By
means Of poison bats. traps and eth.
er methods 1t 10 a surprising fact
that the daily forage Of 80 adult prai.
rie dogs equal that required for q
sheep. and that $50 eat nearly a
much a. q COW.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
FLAT FEET IN PITTsBURG

There are more nat-footed males.
or men with kidney feet. in Pittsburg.
than IN any other American city. says
DR.. d e. Sable. surgeon to the civil
service commission. More than 80
per cent of the men there have bro
ken arches. the doctor says. About
the women's feet he will say nothing.
Asked to explain the cause. DR.. Sable
said he supposed 1t was because of
the billy topography of Pittsburg. the
effort Of walking uphill. and the jar
coming down. that breaks the arch
and makes the kidney feet. Another
reason. he says. il that men do not
realize the importance of the foot
and do not give 1t enough attention.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

w HlTE men are not to be allowed
" to have booze" while the In
osin goes dry on Indian reservations.
There Is not to be one law for the
red man and another for his white
brother where they dwell together on
the Indians lands. the Indian bureau
chief declares
The white man can have reader &C
cess to the red ink that is really q
writing fluid and which has proved
palatable and celebrating. according
to the records. to those who need al.
coholic excitement and find other
sources dried up. And he may Stake
his acquired thirst from the mucilage
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

It must not be forgotten that q chain
II no stronger than it, weakest link.
and that the health Of q community
depends to great extent on the health
of all those who make It up. II
some are 80 everworked and 90 under.
fed that they readily become victims
of disease the diseases which they de-
velop gain In virulence under such un.
favorable conditions until they become
capable OF spreading even to those
whose health and strength are often
rugged enough to render them Inn
mune to the milder form Of infection
that are present at the beginning of
an epidemic. The children Of the
wealthy. then. often suffer because the
children Of the poor have been neg
lected and permitted to be III and be-
come the hotbeds Of infection where
the seeds of disease are nourished
into sad activity.-New York Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
FARMER FIGHTS P0RCUPINE

Suffering from many painful wounds,
the result of hand-to-hand battle
with a porcupine. Charles Murray, a
Jefferson County. New York. farmer.
10 laid up at home. Twenty-Five quilts
have been extracted from his face,
hands and head. While hunting Muir
ray and a companion lost their way
and made a camp In the woods close
to a fallen hollow tree. The smoke
Of the camp fire routed out a porcu-
pine. and Murray encountered It. The
1uills had begun to work into the flesh
and 1t was necessary for the doctor to
extract them
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
NEVADA TRAVELLING" STONES

Travelling stones" from the size OF
a pea to six inches in diameter. are
found In Nevada. When distributed
on a floor or other. level susface. with.
in two or three feet of one another.
they Immediately begin to travel to-
wards a common center. and there
lie huddled like a clutch Of eggs In a
nest A single stone removed to a
distance of three and a half feet. up
on being released. at once started
with wonderful and somewhat conf
cal celebrity to join its fellows
These queer stones are found in a
region that Is comparatively level and
little more than bare rock Scattered
over this barren region are little ba-
sins. from a few feet to a rod or two
In diameter. and It Is In the bottom
Of these that the rolling stones are
found
The cause for the strange conduct
Of these stones is doubtless to be
found In the material Of which they
are composed. which appears to be
loadstone. or magnetic iron ore.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

tel in its turn. He will not permit
the carrier who goes with him to stop
on his way or loiter. II he tries to do
SO Mike simply walks on. So when
he arrives at the hotel he allows time
for the carrier to take the mail in and
get back. and II he does not come
back within that time Mike simply
moves on to his next stop.
why. can send the greenest sub
in the office out with Mike and he
won't 60 astray. II he knows how -
read the labels on the mail sacks
He is never sick and has never
lost an hours time. When we are
ready for him in the morning 1t takes
two men to hitch him. he is SO eager
to get on his job. He never stands in
a sleepy way like some horses. His
eyes are always wide open and he
seems to be always on the alert. but
there Is a conservatism and a dignity
about him that makes me feel proud
Of him as a member of our delivery
force"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Pension Old Workmen %

500 living at the age of IS. 200 will
be in want and that eight-ninths Of
all the pauperism in the country II
among people who have passed IS.
Other nations in dealing with this
world problem-for that 10 what II 10
have found 1t necessary to make
some sort Of q state provision for old
age. based on services rendered In
the past and on contributions that
every person has made to civiliza-
ton and to the prosperity of society.
Some sort Of old age annuity adapted
to American conditions IL bound to
be worked out In the United States.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
ARREST UNHINGES HIS JAW

When Patrolman Donaldson placed
under arrest James Mellon, a stranger
in Chester. Pa. the man was SO badly
frightened that he lower Jaw dropped
and refused to close again. Repeated
questions to learn something of the
prisoner failed to bring any response,
the man being unable to say a word.
Physicians say fright evidently caused
the man to have a spasm and forced
his Jaws open SO wide that they be-
came unhinged.