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The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
Valentines OF
MANY YEARS AGO
GalIants Of High and Low Degree
Have Found Pleasure in the
lnditing Of Love Son.
nets.

It was at the battle of Agincourt, in
1415, that Charles, duke of Orleans.
grandson of Charles V Of France, faith.
er of Louis XII and uncle of Francis I,
was taken after fierce charge in a
vain attempt to retrieve the fortunes
of the day-"dragged wounded from
among the dead"-and for twenty five
years thereafter he remained pris-
oher in the Tower Of London, until
ransomed for 100000 crowns by Philip
the Good Of Burgundy. In order to re-
lfeve the tedium of his long confine.
ment the captive duke composed about
sixty poems, which, tradition asserts,
were the first valentines ever penned.
And the gentle duke has had innu-
merable imitators of high and low de-
gree and of varying standards, from
Robert Herrick, who sings:
TO HIS VALENTINE ON ST. vALEN-
TINES DAY.
Oft have heard both youths and virgins
say e'
Birds choose their mates. and couple. too
this day.
But by their flight never can divine
When shall couple with my valentine,
down to the anonymous but more of.
ten quoted lyrist who carols:
The rose is red, the violet blue,
This mark (X) Is cross and 30 are you
As time passed and the demand for
sentiments" tender and otherwise,
but appropriate for February IA, in.
creased, there appeared annually
fiocks Of quaint chapbooks and
pamphlets designed to enable the pur.
chaser to express his inmost heart in
polished verse. The title page of one
OF these little ANIMALS reads:
The True Lovers Own General Valentine
Writer for the Present Year. Containing
All the Very Newest Valentines Ele-
CANT and Original. with Appropriate An
swers, Adapted for Ladies' and Gentle.
men ln-Every Station Of Life.
Ye Bellies and Beaux who own young Gu
Who hail with rapture this auspIclous
day,
or Valentines you here store will find.
All tastes to suit, or be they rough or
kind.
A most confident and self.assertive
encyclopedia of valentines was pub
lshed in 1884 under the title of "The
New English Valentine Writer, or the
High Road to Love. for both Sexes,
Containing a Compleat Set Of valen.
tines Proper for Almost Every Trade
in Town or Country, with Their An.
swers. Likewise Variety Of Pleas.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
"CAsCARETS" FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biIiousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O.cent box now.

Get 10-cent box now.
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness. indigestion. the sick. sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions OF men and women take .
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food:
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means clear head.
sweet stomach and clean. healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

ducing improved offspring, he should
be continued in service as long as pos
sible. (Inbreeding oftentimes can be
avoided by exchanging service of sires
with a neighbor.) BY keeping year
after year calves from proved sire. .
herd lie soon established carrying at
least SO per cent of his blood and hav.
ing uniformity not only in high pro-
duction but also in type.
A liberal supply of good feed is also
absolutely necessary to successful
dairying. Approximately the first SO
per cent of what COW should be fed
is used in keeping up her body activi-
ties. To feed only this amount would
be total loss Of feed 80 far as produc-
tion is concerned. 1t can generally be
said that with a real good dairy COW
the more she can consume over and
above her maintenance ration the
more profitable she will be. To make
the most palatable ration 1t should
have considerable variety and bulk
and contain much succulent food. Corn
silage has become almost indispensa-
BILE In supplying succulence, thus max
ing silo pay for itself in one season.
Roots and soiling crops may be sea.
sonable substitutes but are more ex.
pensive. Grow alfalfa and clover hays
for the dairy herd. Feed these in such
amounts as the cows will e'ean up
well.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
WHEN KIDNEYS ACT BAD
TAKE GLASS OF SALTS
Eat Less Meat " Kidneys Hurt or You
Have Baekaehe or Bladder Misery
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
SO they sluggishly filter or strain only
part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou-
BILE, nervousness, constipation, dizzi-
ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts, or II
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full Of
sediment. irregular of passage or at
tended by sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces Of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a
tablespoonful in glass Of water be-
fore breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
ithia and has been used for genera
tions to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu-
tralize the acids In urine SO 1t no
longer causes irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes delightful efferves-
cent lithia-water drink which all reg,
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and
the blood pure, thereby avoiding Sc
rious kidney complications.-Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

the leather to make 1t soft and pill
able
Should the harness get wet. do not
leave 1t on the horse to dry, as Is
often done, for 1t does no actual good
and is uncomfortable to the horse.
Remove the harness as soon as the
horses are brought to the stables and
wipe 1t dry with cloth. In q few
hours give light application Of oil
and clean the brass or nickel parts
with kerosene, being careful to get as
little kerosene CT the leather as pos.
sible.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
LITTLE ALBERTS VALENTINE

By S.
A little poor Girl goes to school.
And she's IN my class there;
Her fathers dead and SO she can't
Have pretty clos to wear.
And sometimes when the other girls
Have parties. they are sure
To not remember to invite
The little girl that's poor. X
Her mother has to work, and they
Live up above store.
Because. you know. she hasn't got
A father any more.
And once when I was tellin her
What Santa brought to me
She cried and said she wished some time
She'd have Christmas tree.
Last week she caught the chicken pox
And has to stay tn bed,
I had It once all over. too.
And was nearly dead
And Jfnksl the bitter stuff you take.
Cause nothing elSeu cure
It makes me kind Of sorry for
The little girl that's poor
had a quarter in the bank,
But it's not there today.
Cause yesterday sent q lot
OF valentines away
A nickel one to Grace. end ono
To Blanche and Ruth and Dot
And one to some one that guess
The others all forgot.
I'd like to stand around somewhere
And see the postnan when
He knocks above a store today
And hands out something, then
Id like to Kind Of listen there.
For I'd be pretty sure
To hear some happy 9uessin' by
A little Girl that's poor.
Copyright By g..
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
A PuxzIer.

The type of youth who INDUCES In
loud clothes and hat forced back
over his ears dropped into the dental
chair.
I'm afraid to give him gas said
the dentist to his assistant
"Why?"
How can l tell when he's uncon-
scious s?"-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

(By A. c. OOSTERHUIs. Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.)
Every COW which is kept upon .
farm should be profit producer. She
should repay her owner for every
pound of feed, every hour of labor and
also interest on his investment. Prac-
tically every herd has its star boarder.
the COW that does not pay for her
feed. Keeping such cows Is bad bus
iness proposition. Know your cows In
dtvidually by the use of the scales and
the Babcock test. Cows should be
checked up to see that they are paying
market prices or better for the feed
they consume. With a record of the
milk and butterfat production of each
COW and the approximate price paid
ior the feeds, the selection Of stock
for the future herd is less difficult and
advancement Is more certain. With
good foundation stock, intelligent care
breeding and feeding, success in dairy.
ing will be insured.
The farmer should grow his herd:
of necessity some COWS will. have to
be bought for foundation. In buying,
get the best producers available, and
remember that the poorest are most
conspicuous on the market. After the
herd is established, weed out by means
OF the Babcock test and milk scales
he Improbable producers and keep
only those which are paying for their
feed and care. Mate these cows with a
properly selected sire and raise well
the hetfer calves which you get from
them. A very ordinary herd can soon
be cheaply developed into high pro-
ducers by following this method.
The sire is half, some say three.
fourths of the herd. He must be pure
bred. and registered, and represent
well the dairy breed which you prefer.
His heifers should produce more milk
and perhaps higher testing milk than
their dams. Selecting just registered
bull will not do this. Find out the
sire's qualifications by knowing the
test and production records of his dam
and granddams. These records should
be better than those of your best cows
If you are to increase the production
of your herd. Be sure, too, that the
constitution and breeding vitality Of
his dam was such as you wish estab-
lished in your herd.
Size and constitution can be OBJ
tanned together with quality and dairy
temperament. Look for a masculine
but well defined head, a strong crest
and fairly sharp shoulders. He should
have great depth and breadth Of chest.
strong straight top line supporting a
deep and long barrel.
The only entirely satisfactory sys.
tenn. however. Of Judging sire is by
his offspring. Many sires have been
sent to the block which should have
been kept. The true value of sire
cannot be determined until he is four
or five years old. or until his offspring
begins to produce. When the sire is
found to be filling the qualifications Of
breeding. type, and best Of all, pro
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
Limo for the Eoos.

One pound of oyster shell will fur.
nlsh lime for the shells Of seven dozen
eggs. II the hens cannot procure the
lime for the shell from outside sources
they will take 1t from their own
bodies. 1t is we'll to keep oyster shell
and grit before the chickens all the
time.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12


ing Verses Calculated to Crown with
Mirth and Good Humor the Happy Day
which is Called st. Valentine, which
the Young of both Sexes may read
without Blushing. and those Of Riper
Years find much Pleasure and Enter
tainment."
Here follows taste of the quality
of this highly respectable compilation:
THE FARMER TO -.
II plow and cart
Can please your heart,
With milking-cows and swine.
Come here to me
And you shall see
I've plenty, Valentine.
Good corn my fields
In plenty yields,
My barns are filled with store,
Fine sheep in pens
And cocks and hens,
Are clucking round my door.
For puddings, beef,
Provision chief
And. up the chimney. bacon;
Sweet Valentine,
If you'll be mine
You'll never be mistaken.
ANSWER OF - TO THE FARMER
Your plow and cart
Have won my heart;
Pray, who could better wish?
With corn in store,
Fowls at the door,
And milk. a well-filled dish.
Let others fate
Be high and great.
A farmers wife be mine.
I'll milk the cows,
And mind the house,
And feed the gruntlng swine.
In summers day
I'll help make hay
While hot the sun does shine.
Then come to me
And let's agree
About it, Valentine.
A somewhat later chap book entitled
"Cupid's Delight; or, Instructions for
Lovers" contains this appeal from
THE coAcHMAN TO THE LAUNDRY
MAID.
Early this morning at the tub
saw you often stOop and scrub;
The rising suds were seen to flow
As white as any driven snow:
/ smack'd my whip and drove away,
Yet gave n blessing to the day:
The day which shone SO very fine
And made my Sue my Valentine.
Can 1t be necessary to add that the
laundry maids reply is altogether fav-
orable to the gallant coachman?
Some of the satirical verses in "Hy.
mems Revenge Against Old Maids, Old
Bachelors and Impertinent Coxcombs"
are nearly as scathing as those of the
comic valentines displayed in the win.
dow of the little stationery store
round the corner, while "The Beauties
of Hymen," on the other hand, con.
tains appeals as moving as any to be
found imprinted with the greatest
Celebrations Of lace paper, tinsel, gild-
ing and silk; yet never has valentine
writer, amateur or professional. sur.
passed the honest fervor OF that an.
cient explosive couplet which runs:
Can Pen or Ink or Paper show
Ny fixed and pure affection? No!
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

Keep step with horse when lead.
ing him-his left and your left NOV.
ing together. He can't step on you
then,
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
Thrifty stockman.

The stockman who has fine new
milch COW to sell every few weeks, at
a good price. is surely going to save
up money.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

The meek may inherit the earth
some day, but the other fellow has a
mortgage on it right now.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

If man marries widow it's be.
cause she originated the thought.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12
Tight.

Hes close-fisted, isn't he?"
II should say he is! Why. man, he
won't even give up any of his bad hab.
it's
The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-12

Can Pen or Ink or Paper show
Ny fixed and pure affection2 No!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22
Farmers Club at
Frank Weeks Home

The Redwood Falls Township
Farmers Club had most inter
esting and successful meeting at
the Frank Weeks home Friday
evening, December II. There
were nearly fifty people in at
tendance and the evening was
most enjoyable socially as well
as educationally. Prof. Otto
Mensbring of the University Elk
tension Department was present
and talked most interestingly
upon dairying and the use of 81
los. Mr.. Mensbring's talk was
full Of helpful information.
Two delegates were appointed
to represent the Club at the
State Conventions of Farmers
Clubs which will be held in st.
Paul in January. These dele
gates are Thos. Whittet and
John Colville. At the close of
the business meeting refresh
ments were served by the ladies.
The January meeting will be at
the A. D. Smith home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22
r F. bliss transacted huSinaSs

b. E. Bliss transacted business
at Mankato last Friday.
Miss Betty Hunter, of Mime
apolis, is a guest at the home of
Miss Marjory Baldwin.
Your choice of any Suit in the
store at only $500. The Lead
er Store. 22-1t
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jackson
will spend Christmas at Mrs.
Jackson's home at Pennington.
DR.. w, C. Brown, of Fairfax,
and three of his men friends at
tended the dance last Wednes-
day evening.
A. D. Stewart and R. Stensvad
drove to Bird Island Monday to
attend the meeting of the dairy
men of Renville and Redwood
Counties.
Morgan will have a Farmers
Institute later in the winter at
which time interesting programs
for both men and women will
be given for at least two days.
County Agent Neil has the final
arrangements in charge.
The marriage of Miss Mar
garet Riheldaffer and John Con-
ley of Minneapolis was an
nounced Wednesday, December
is. Mrs. Conley is daughter
of John Riheldaffer, a former
Redwood Falls resident.
The Cornell students from
Redwood Falls returned in a
body last Thursday to spend
Christmas at their respective
homes. The party consisted of
Viola Gaffney, Clara Honetschla-
ger, Inez Werder, Jas. Darrell
and Ira Rogers.
Committee assignments were
made Friday by Leader Mann OF
the republican side of the house
of representatives. Congress-
man Ellsworth of the second
Minnesota district is placed or
the committee on Indian affairs
q place that he had sought. Il
is one of the important commit
tees in the lower house of con
gress.
School closed Friday for the
Christmas vacation and will
open again Tuesday, January a
All the teachers left Friday fol
their respective homes to spent
their vacation. Supt. Brainart
and his mother will remain il
the city.
The concert given by the In
ternational Program Compan.
, at the Armory last Tuesda.
. evening was thoroughly enjoye.
by the large audience, the &C
from the Sleeping Queen bein,
especially well given. Severa
very charming solos were givel
also.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22
Beautiful Song
Service Given

One Of the most beautiful song
services ever given in Redwood
Falls was the Christmas Song
Service at the Methodist Church
last Sunday evening when the
Presbyterian and Methodist
Churches united. Mrs. Jobusch
sang the solo Of Miss Mabel
Whyte who was too i'll to sing.
Mrs. Neiman was also Ill and
unable to assist. Otherwise the
service was carried out in ac-
cordance with the published pro-
gram and was exceptionally sue
cessful.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22

L. j. Orth, Of Seaforth, was a
Redwood Falls visitor Friday.
Oliver Steele is home from
Carleton College for his Christ
mas vacation.
r. Stensvad left Sunday night
on business trip to Watertown,
South Dakota.
Ludwig Kreft, of Belview,
of Belview was a Redwood Falls
visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder, Of Wa
basso, attended the dance last
Wednesday evening.
Any Suit in the values up to
| S27.5O. Your choice at $500.
The Leader Store. 22-1t
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Person have
gone to Estherville, Ia., to spend
the holidays with relatives.
Hugo Sommerfeld, of Echo,
attended the dance at the Ar
mory last Wednesday evening.
Perry Nelson of The Leader
returned Monday from bust
ness trip to Pipestone and 9TH
err towns in that vicinity.
Supt. and Mrs. Hess, of New
Ulm, accompanied the New UEn
debating team here last Friday,
returning to New Ulm Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Zurst and
daughters of Minneapolis are
spending the holiday season with
Mrs. Zurst's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Mckay.
Mrs. VIM. Byington and her
two children returned Saturday
from a five weeks visit with
Mrs. Byington's mother, Mrs. G.
Palmer, at Plymouth, Oregon.
Misses Irma Schmahl, Lois
and Lola Gold and Harold Kumm
who are students at Hamline
University, arrived Tuesday to
srend their vacations in Red
wood Falls. The Misses Gold
will be guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Gold.
Next week the Gazette will be
printed Wednesday instead of
Tuesday, which means it Will
reach Redwood Falls readers
Wednesday night or Thursday
morning and out-of-town read
ers Thursday. This change in
the schedule is made to permit
the Gazette force to spend
Christmas at their respective
homes.
A census of New Ulm COM
nleted last week by authority of
the city council, shows a popu-
lation for the county seat of
6,405, gain of 757 in five years,
or 14.4 per cent. The council
will take a census every ten
years, alternating with the fed
eral census, so that the popula-
ton may be recorded every five
years. Sleepy Ely Herald.
l have opened shoe shining
parlor in the Kinney barber shop
and solicit your patronage. Ward
l'aldwin. 22-1t*
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22

Harvey Mertz was business
visitor at Mankato Friday.
C. E. Lamberton was a busl-
ness visitor at St. Peter last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lilly left
last week for Lagrange, ind,
where they will make their tu-
ture home.
Miss Ada Peck left Friday
for her home at Slayton, where
she will spend her Christmas
vacation.
= The Peoples Almanac, rell-
able book for reference through
out the new year, supplied at
Hitchcock's Drug Store, 2Z-2t
Louis Junger is an inmate of
the Eitel Hospital at Minneap-
oils, having recently been oper-
ated upon there. Mr.. Junger is
recovering nicely from the i'll
ness.
Miss Mae McIlreavie, of ket-
chikan, Alaska, was married
last week to Bert Libe of Ket-
chikan. Mrs. Libe is a nelce OF
John McIlreavie of Redwood
Falls and has visited here sew
eral times.
Miss Addie Butcher, a Nor
gan girl who is we'll known in
Redwood Falls, was married last
Wednesday to Henry c: Hack
man. The young people will
make their home at Taopi, Now
er Co., where Mr.. Hickman is
in charge of a lumber yard.
A number of our farmers are
loading several cars of old corr
this week which are belns
shipped to the seed houses. W.
understand the prices paid range
from S1.OO to S1.75 per bushel
This same corn will be bough
next spring for seed at $500 t.
$3.50 per bushel.-Vesta Censor
The ladies of the ST. Gather
ines Sewing Circle were enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. JONI
Lauterbach Thursday evening Il
honor of Mrs. Albert Lilly VIII
left last week for her new HON
in Indiana. There was a larg
number of ladies present. Re
freshments were served.
The Masonic order held it
annual election meeting las
Wednesday night, and installe
the new officers the same ever
ing. The officers are now r. z
Cooper, w. NJ, w. B. Clement
S. W.; J. Knudson, J. W.; 4
Carr, Sec; F. A. Isham, Treas
The appointed officers are JON
Mclean, S. D.; III. Buechner, !.
D.; F. G. Hubbard, S. ST.. n. I
Dripps, ]. S.; DR.. Lyman, [.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22
Sisters Entertain

For a real old-fashioned, gen
uine good time everyone should
go to the K. P. hall next Wednes-
day evening. The Pythian Sis
tiers, who are probably the most
genial hostesses in the city, will
give a card party and dance and
serve refreshments, all in one
evening. The old-fashioned
dances as we'll as the newer ones
will be danced and there will be
Just lots of fun. An admission
Of twenty-five cents will be
charged.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-22

Misses Jean and Maude Col
vile are spending their vacation
at the home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Colville. The
Misses Colville are students at
the State University.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-23
MAY NOT ALLOW
SOUTHERN CLAIMS
Damage Done BY Federal Troops
in South During War May
May Not Be Paid for

WASHfNTOM. Marsa 22. Claims
aggregatinE fourteen million dollars,
many OF them gowing out of damage
done by F,edesi troops in the south
during the Civil war. win be thrown
ont II the court OF claims .sustains
the interpretotion which the depart
nlent OF Justice placed on the proyis-
Ions es the Omnibus claims bill, pass.
ed at the last congress.
The department bages it's position
on the section sS the new law which
.pFoEideE that hereafter the eonrt OF
claims sl,alI .sIoS have 5nrisdiction
over Eyssiaim asAlnst the United
States government gsowing out 6f
property damage use OF stores, san.
plies or occupation. OF real estsfe BY
military, naval forces of che United
States during the Civil War or oyer
s:atiy claim now barred bS provisions
of any law of the United States
Counsel for claimants has heen mo-
Titled Of this fnIing The courts are
xoectsd 50 render 4 siecisi0n. Pend
Jug the deGisIos the department Or
Ssalsd $nts Held agents to suspend III
vest tlgation OF MI cases involved
A