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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07
KEEPING SWEET

please excuse it!v' The three
little words were said beautiful
ly, with just a touch of plaintive
pleading as they came ripping
over the phone near midnight's
dreary hour.
The man who heard them
stood in his barefoot, body and
limbs clothed in pajamas only.
He had rolled out of bed and
bounded, half asleep, from side
to side of a dark hall and hur-t
ried downstairs, to answer the.
persistent ringing of the phone.
It's faint notes had seemed a
part of his first dream, for he
had not been asleep more than
an hour. He was none too wide
awake when he lifted the re-
ceiver to his ear. Then he
learned that the operator had
made a mistake. please excuse
it," That was all she said. Tele-
phone girls are taught to con-
serve languages when on duty.
Looking at the incident one
way there was provocation for
an incipient brainstorm. But the
man did not cuss and roar, abuse
telephone girls in general and
think unpleasant things Of Alex.
ander Graham Bell. Instead he
thought how ridiculous it all
was getting up to excuse the
phone for waking him. So he
went back to bed with a quiet
chuckle, slept well, and get up
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07
GOD MADE THE COUNTRY

GOD MADE THE COUNTRY
\ S the wire edge of winter
~ wears down to the soft
ness of spring the call of
the country becomes insistent.
The desert that man has made
and called a town may be. good
enough in winter. Then we see
starved plants growing on lodges
of the stony cliffs we call houses
or hotels, as pathetic a sight as
a 5-year-old girl in a public
dance hall. They have no place
there. The blasting winds of
winter tear them to pieces and
the blistering suns of summer
burn the life out of them. But
the country! That is the place
for living. The green carpet Of
the earth gladdens the heart,
and the sight of growing things
that we have planted appeals to
something fundamental in US
which we deny at the peril of
losing our best selves.
We are all farmers at bot
tom. Man made the town, and
it is a splendid example of what
man can do, leaving out the
glory Of the fecund earth. But
God, after all, made the great
outdoors that we know as the
country. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

Editor James Morrison says
that one reason why so many
country newspapers are run on
a poor business basis is because
so many ministers and school
teachers are in the profession.
We can't quite see the logic of
Jim's remark, but we do wonder
why he didn't include the disap-
pointed politician in his list of
faithful failures
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07
GOSSIP OF THE PRESS

Governor Hammond has been
in office nearly three months and
has not been out of the state to
make a speech once in all that
time. The way he sticks on the
Job is calling forth considerable
admiration and prise.-Mahno-
men Pioneer.
They had a successful Go-to-
Church Sunday at Duluth and
the success Of it was due to the
fact that the idea hadn't been
made repugnant to the citizens
by having been advocated by
some person dicredited in the
communicated Wing Eagle.
In Pittsburg, the hotbed of
protectionism, President Far
rell of the United States Steel
corporation told an audience of
business men that the United
States is on the eve of great
era of prosperity This will be
a sad blow to the chronic calami-
ty howlers.- Belgrade Tribune.
This is economy with VEN
geance! Measuring the legisla-
lures work up to date by the
bills that have reached final pass
age, it has cost the state about
$4,000 for each measure placed
on the statute books. How much
will it cost litigants to find out
whether the laws enacted are
constitutional Mankato Free
Press.
The Duluth Herald had a
splendid article on "Booze" the
other day. Telling men that
they shall not drink is not the
best way to promote temperance.
Convincing them that they
they should not drink is the
right way to 60 about it. More
men have seats on the water
wagon because they believe liq-
uor is bad for them than for
any other eason.-Baudette Re-
gion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07
GOOD TIMES AHEAD

THIS nation has been grad
ually getting an enormous
business. It is going to
increase, and it is going to stay
Within a year we will have in
the United States the greatest
prosperity in it's history. We
are pulling a tremendous trade
away from Europe, and it will
be hard for the old world to get
it back when the war is over.
The warning countries instead of
seeking to compete with us in
manufacturing will look to us
for manufactured goods, as well
as for raw materials. William
Ellis Corey, former president of
the steel trust.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

"Tires, like babies, will last
longer if they are given proper
care from the start" glibly
writes the Inland Motorist. The
editor of said publication may be
fully competent to make state
ment about the former, but, as
we knew him, he certainly
wasn't tremendously wise about
the latter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

Many a husband and father
is getting a keen insight these
days into the true meaning of
overhead expenses" his en-
lightenment coming about the
time he writes a check for the
new Easter headgear. He will
get some more experience along
this line when the comes time
for fancy parasols and sun
shades.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th, 1915.
Proven to hare the Largest
Circulation of any Paper
in Redwood County
ADVERTISING RATE CARD

ADV EKIlSlNG hAIE CARD
Display per Inch Column Measure
Suace less than 80 inches. IL to l5c
Space over that amount. ....... 1Zc
Other than ordinary display, addition
al charge for extra composition.
Reasonable discount to large yearly
contractors.
READING NOTICES
Local advertising, per line. ...... &c
All church notices and entertainments
where an admission is charged Will
be classed as local advertising.
Church notices and lodge announce
ments PERTAINING to services and
meetings will be donated.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

Speaking of us as a race an
English highbrow recently said:
"The whole nation is vainglor-
ious, intellectually below par, UNI
developed, able to grasp only a
portion of truth, thievish and
respectors of no one" Outside
of these few minor faults, we
trust the gentleman thought we
were all right.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

A small boy of our acquaint-
ance has expressed his opinion
that finger bowls wouldn't be
needed if folks washed them
selves before they came to the
table" Even at that they are
handy in case the close of the
meal is extra dry"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

next morning feeling much bet
ter than had he permitted him
self to fly to pieces.
Blessed is the man who has
mastered the simple art Of keep
ing sweet, who can deal with the
little irritations of life in good
humor. The joy of living is his.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07
THE SPIRIT OF LOVE

N/UU VIII lind as you look
back upon your life that
the moments that stand
out are the moments when you
have done things in a spirit Of
love. AS memory scans the
past, above and beyond all the
transitory pleasures of life there
leap forward these supreme
hours when you have been enab-
led to do unnoticed kindnesses
to those round about you, things
too trifiing to speak about, but
which you feel have entered in
to your eternal life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

We recently heard a man
one of these wise ones that
knows womankind like an "open
book" remark eff | were a
woman would cultivate the fine
art of listening. No woman can
talk as interestingly as she can
look" Even at that it may be
possible that there are women
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

A Washington correspondent
recently asked Moses Clapp if
he was a Republican, and the jul
nior senator replied that he was
not discussing politics this year,
Nose will undoubtedly take the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

The Madison Independent
Press says that the Minneapolis
Catalog House combed the coun-
try and got the farmers notes.
The Press would have been just
as truthful if it had said "the
farmers goats"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

F. E. Hadley of Winnebago,
says not much good can be said
of legislature that votes to
protect frogs and kills woman's
suffrage. Let's send a few fell
lows of F. Els calibre down there
in 1916. We need 'em.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

Frank Day, in pleasantly COM
menting on a short editorial
paragraph which appeared here
in a few weeks back says, ''The
author Of the above is a lady"
We wish to thank Frank-if he
had only said a perfect lady
and the rest Of tive would be
even more grateful.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

Several cities have taken it
upon themselves to Jump on"
the jitney bus-and not in the
way most approved of by said
bus. either.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

plunge into life's duties.
Don't be always preparing for
them and never getting at them.
Plunge In"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

in the world who would rather
express an honest opinion than
to pose, that she may appear
interesting" to the you-must-
aim-to-please-us sex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

Wouldn't it be nice if Eng
land were to lend us one of her
oceans for a short time? Think
what it would mean to our COM
,>oaroo
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-07

public into his confidence in
gard to his politics when he hi
self learns where he is at, VIII
will not be until he ascerta
under which flag the most vo3
can be corraled. Princeton Unit
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
CHAPTER XVI.

The governor had been more infiu-
enced by watching the two as they
talked than by what he had heard.
1T seems to me, gentleman" he sug-
gested quietly, that you are both over
looking my presence" He turned to
Callomb.
your coming, Sid, unless it was pre-
arranged between the two of you
(Which, since l know you, know was
not the case) has shed more light on
this matter than the testimony of a
dozen witnesses. After all, I'm still
the governor"
The militiaman seemed to have for
gotten the existence Of his dietin-
guished kinsman, and, at the voice, his
eyes came away from the face of the
man he had not wanted to capture, and
he shook his head.
you are merely the head of the ex-
ecutive branch" he said. You are as
helpless here as | am. Neither of us
can interfere with the judicial gentry,
though we may know that they stink
to high heaven with the stencil of
blood. After a conviction, you can
pardon, but pardon won't help the
dead. l don't see that you can do
much of anything, Crit"
81 don't know yet what can do, but
can tell you I'm going to do some
thing" said the governor. you can
just begin watching me. In the mean
time, l believe | am commander-in-
chief of the state troops"
And | am captain of FL company,
but all l can do is to obey the orders
of bunch of Borgias."
>"As your superior officer" smiled
the governor, 81 can give you orders.
I'm going to give you one now. Mr..
South has applied to me for pardon
in advance of trial. Technically, have
the power to grant that request. Moral
ly, doubt my right. Certainly, shall
not do 1t without very thorough sift'
ing of evidence and grave considera'
ton of the necessities of the case
as well as the danger of the precedent
However, | am considering it, and for
the present you will parole your pris
oner in my custody. Mr.. South, you
will not leave. Frankfort without my
permission. You will take every pre-
caution to conceal your actual identity
You will treat as utterly confidential
all that has transpired here-and
above all, yod will not let newspaper
men discover you. Those are my or
ders. Report here tomorrow after
noon, and remember that you are my
prisoner"
Samson bowed and left the two cou
sins together. where shortly they were
Joined by the attorney general. Thai
evening. the three dined at the execu
tive mansion, and sat until midnight
in the governors private office, still
| deep in discussion. During the lons
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25

you can come back-if you want to;
but you must promise that"
81 PROMISE" she reluctantly yielded.
1t was half-past nine o'clock when
Samson South and Sidney Callomb
rode side by side into Hixon from the
east. A dozen Of the older Souths,
who had not become soldiers, met
them there, and, with no word, sepa-
rated to close about them in a circle of
protection. AS Callomb's eyes swept
the almost deserted streets, so silent
that the strident switching Of freight
train could be heard down at the edge
of town, he shook his head. AS he met
the sullen glances of the gathering in
the courthouse yard, he turned to Sam
son.
They'll fight" he said, briefly.
Samson nodded.
81 don't understand the method" de.
INJURED the officer, with perplexity.
why don't they shoot you at once.
What are they waiting for?"
"They want to see" Samson assured
him, what tack mean to take. They
want to let the thing play itself out.
They're inquisitive-and they're eau
tious, because now they are bucking
the state and the world
Samson with his escort rode up to
the courthouse door and dismounted.
He was for the moment unarmed and
his men walked on each side of him,
while the unlocking Hollmans stood
back in surly silence to let him pass.
In the office of the county judge Sam
son said briefly:
Il want to get my deputies sworn
in"
We've got plenty Of deputy sher-
iffs,' was the quietly insolent rejoin-
der.
Not now-we haven't any" Sam
sons voice was sharply incisive I'll
name my own assistants"
Whats the matter with these
boys?" The county judge waved his
hand toward two hold-over deputies.
They're fired"
The country Judge laughed.
WELL reckon can't attend to that
right now"
Then you refuse?"
"Mebby you might call 1t that"
Sampson leaned on the judges table
and raped sharply with his knuckles
His handful of men stood close and
Callomb caught his breath in the
heary air of storm-freighted suspense
| The HOLMAN partisans filled the room
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25

building itself. The Souths, now COM
ing in a solid stream, flowed with
equal unanimity to Mowers hotel,
near the square, and disappeared in
side. Besides their rifles, they carried
saddlebags, but not one of the uni
forms which some of these bags con-
tanned, nor one of the cartridge belts,
had yet been exposed to view.
Stores opened, but only for a desul-
tory pretense of business. Horsemen
led their mounts away from the more
public racks, and tethered them to
back fences and willow branches in
the shelter of the river banks, where
stray bullets would not find them.
The dawn that morning had still
been gray when Samson South and
Captain Callomb had passed the Mil
Ter cabin. Callomb had ridden slowly
on around the turn Of the road, and
waited quarter Of mile away. He
was to command the militia that day,
If the high sheriff should call upon
him. Samson went in and knocked,
and instantly to the cabin door came
Sally's slender, fluttering figure. She
put both arms about him, and her eyes,
as she looked into his face, were terri
fed, but fearless.
I'm frightened, Samson" she whis-
pered. God knows I'm going to be
praying all this day."
Sally" he said. softly. I'm coming
back to you--but, if / don't"-he held
her very close-"Uncle Spicer has my
will The farm is full of coal, and
days are coming when roads will take
it out, and every ridge will glow with
coke furnaces. That farm will make
you rich, If we win today's fight"
"Don't!" she cried, with a sudden
gasp. Don't talk like that"
81 must" he said, gently. ri want
you to make me promise, Sally"
''It's made" she declared.
"If by any chance l should not come
back, want you to hold Uncle Spicer
and old Vile McCager to their pledge.
They must not privately avenge me.
They must still stand for the law. l
want you, and this is most important
of all, to leave these mountains"
Her hands frightened on his shoulder.
mot that, Samson" she pleaded;
mot these mountains where we've
been together"
"You promised. l want you to go to
the Lescotts in New York. In year,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25

tors if there was anything could
take to help me and they said there
vas nothing that they knew Of. / am
thankful for such a good medicine and
will always give it the highest praise"
Mrs. C. H. GRIFFITH, 1868 Constant
St., Cleveland, Ohio.
Hanover, Pa.-"I suffered from fe-
male trouble and the pains were SO bad
at times that I could not sit down. The
doctor advised a severe operation but
my husband got me Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and / experienced
great relief in short time. Now I feel
like a new person and can do a hard
days work and not mind it. What joy
and happiness it lis to be well once more.
I am always ready and willing to speak
a good word for the COMPOUND" Mrs.
ADA Wilt, 903 Walnut St., Hanover, Pa.
For over thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has been
the standard remedy for female ills.
and has restored the health of thou
sands of women who have been trou-
bled with such ailments as dispIace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tu~
mOrss Irregularities, etc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
NATURAL MEANS OF DEFEuSE
Possibility That Another Generation
of Fighters May Utilize Their
Whiskers.

Here is a war comment from George
w. Monroe the comedian:
The Russian army has one advan-
tage over all other armies, and that ia
whiskers. 1t has an ENHANCEMENT OF
whiskers that nothing can penetrate
not even lyddite, shrapnel or slugs. A
Russian soldiers whiskers are not the
fossy kind that toss around with
every passing gale. They are so dura-
BILE that when he falls on them he does
not even bend them; he drives them
into the ground. The only time a Rus
sian soldier is in danger is when he
turns the back OF his head to the en-
envy. The other armies may have the
best tactics, armament, discipline,
spirit and patriotism, but the Russian
army has the chilled-steel whskers.
The most difficult job a Red Cross
nurse has to perform, after the Rus
sian army has finished an engage
ment, is to comb the bullets and
shells out of the soldiers whiskers.
Fifty years from now, when the next
great war is fought, it will not be a
question of rapid-firing, long-range
guns; it will be a question of whis-
kers. The world will ask which army
has the best whiskers. Whiskers will
decide the battle. Nations will no
longer waste money in buying big
guns and testing them. They will
grow whiskers for national defense
and they will test an army's efficiency
by drawing up a company on the
parade grounds and allowing a husky
coal HEAVIER to go down the line and
hit each soldier in the face with an
ak. Whiskers that won't make the ak
bounce will be sent to the rear as un-
fit for the firing line.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25

and others were crowding to the doors
I'm high sLeriff of this county now"
said Samson, sharply. you are coun-
ty Judge. Do we co-operate-or fight?"
81 reckon" drawled the other, that's
a matter we'll work out as we goes
along. Depends on how obedient ye
air."
I'm responsible for the peace Rad
quiet of this county" continued Sam
son. Were going to have peace and
quiet"
The Judge looked about him. The In
dications did not appear to him indica-
tive Of peace and quiet.
Air WEI" he inquired.
I'm coming ba * here in a half
hour" said the new sheriff. "This is
an unlawful and armed assembly.
When l get back I want to find the
courthouse occupied only by unarmed
citizens who have business here"
when ye comes back" suggested
the county Judge, I'D advise that ye
resigns yore job. A half-hour is about
CO AOuS do S0 Ou5ht IOA ny ICi AOAo
hit"
Samson turned and walked through
the scowling crowd to the courthouse
steps.
Gentlemen" he said, in clear, far
carrying voice, there is no need of an
armed congregation at this court
house. l call on you in the name of
the law to lay aside your arms or scat
ter"
There was murmur which for an In.
slant threatened to become a roar, but
trailed into a chorus Of derisive laugh
ter.
Samson went to the hotel, accompa,
MED by Callomb. A half-hour later the
two were back at the courthouse with
half-dozen companions. The yard
was empty. Samson carried his faith
er's rife. In that half-hour telegram,
prepared in advance, had flashed to
Frankfort.
Mob holds courthouse - need
troops"
And a reply had flashed back:
use local company-Callomb COM
handing" So that form of law was
met.
The courthouse doors were closed
and it's windows barricaded. The place
was no longer a judicial building. 1t
was a fortress. AS Samson's party
paused at the gate a warning voice
called:
Don't come no nigher!"
The body-guard began dropping
back to shelter.
81 demand admission to the court
house to make arrests" shouted the
new sheriff. In answer scattering of
rifle reports came from the Jail win
dows. Two of the Souths fell. At a
word from Samson Callomb left on a
run for the hotel. The sheriff himself
took his position in a small store
across the street, which he reached I'M
hurt under a desultory Are.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
Historic Faintinu Spell.

Prince Oscar, the kaiser's fifth son,
who has just returned to duty with the
German army, left the fighting line
after an engagement in which he saw
the officers about him slaughtered by
Turcos and himself collapsed from
what has been pronounced severe at.
tack of heart trouble. In the Mexican
war Brig. Gen. Franklin Pierce of New
Hampshire tainted while in action
from the pai:' of an injury sustained
when his horse fell on him. This in
cident-this unmanly fainting at a
time when other people were getting
killed-was uced numerically to make
Pierce target for ridicule in later
years when ho ran for the presidency
Hartford Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
copyright. ssis. by w. ]. Watt g. Cob
CHAPTER XV-Continued.

In two days, the grand jury, with
much secrecy, returned true bill, and
a day later a considerable detachment
of infantry started on dusty hike up
Misery. Furtive and inscrutable Holl-
man eyes along the way watched them
from cabin doors, and counted them.
They meant also to count them coming
back, and they did not expect the
totals to tally.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
Lert the City Man THINKING.

A city man once had occasion to
visit a farmer on business, and re-
manned for dinner. The piece de re.
sistance was literally very tough
chicken. Those at table, including
the farmers two young sons, strug-
gled unsuccessfully to make some inn
preston upon their respective help.
ings, when Sam turned to his brother
Tom" he said softly, 81 wish old
Dick hadn't a-disd. Don't your"