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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19
M. And St. L. Wreck

The wreck Tuesday noon on
M. & St. L, R. R. may well be
considered one of these extreme
Iy fortunate railroad wrecks
No. Is, local, west bound pas
senger was running about on
time Tuesday and had descended
>the Franklin hill at a moderate
rate Of speed. When just oppo-
site the Rob. Simmons residence
the rails spread and the train
was derailed, but fortunately the
coaches did not overturn, al
though some Of them were stand
ing at quite a slant when train
was brought to a stop. The con-
dition of the road-bed, following
the wreck, was such as to cause
surprise that there have not
been wrecks here before, and
even more surprise that in this
!, Instance the coaches did not
'overturn and cause much more
serious results. We are told
there were a number Of women
and children on the train at the
time of the wreck.
Considerable damage was done
to the coaches, the baggageman
was bruised up more or less,
and the track for considerable
distance torn up, the ties being
ground up into dust and very
little kindling wood. Train SER
vice was tied up several hours.
Morton Enterprise.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19
School Election Held

The annual school meeting
was held Saturday night, July
Is, and E. A. Pease and Albert
Asleson were reelected to their
present positions as members Of
the board of education. An ap-
palling Indifference to school at
fairs was shown as only nine-
teen votes were cast.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19

Miss Gertrude Van Dusen of
Rochester is a guest of Miss
Helen Everett.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19

Miss Alma Ziemer spent Sun
day with friends at Sleepy Eye.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19

A. w. Olson, of Walnut Grove,
was a visitor here Friday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19
Social and Program

The New Avon Church of
Christ was obliged to postpone
the social of Friday night to
Thursday, July 20. The program
preceding the social will be free.
It has been added to and i'm
proved and will be a real treat.
A six-piece orchestra from Red
wood Falls will be present, and
in addition there will be songs
and recitations in abundance.
Stop work a little earlier that
night. The program will begin
at s o'clock.-Contributed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
M'GUFFEYs FIFTH READER

We have been looking long for a 'Mo
Guffeys Fifth Reader" the old textbook
we used at school in the sunny DAYS ol
youth. AT last we found one, and now It
occupies a prominent place in our library
Every page is filled with culture wisdom
and aspiration. 1t is possible that no one
book has made deeper impression upon
the men OF 30 or go years now living than
this old reader. On the trolley the Other
day We happened to quote a piece OF :
paragraph from 1t to a friend, when he
completed the quotation. Then we essayed
fragment from another paragraph, and he
gave the rest. We tried another, same re-
suit Then We discovered that fully three
fourths OF his intellectual endowment. like
our own, had been furnished by that book.
Then we recounted the various articaez
and nearly all of them had line or two n
our memories. There were Halleck wits
Dick. Goldsmith, Percival. Irving. Campeez
Longfellow, Sgourney. Benjamin, Brya.t
Cooper, White and that whole galaxy q
glories who furnished the thought and aspi.
ration of the last century. There Is n
schoolbook among all the readers-gram-
mars. arithmetics, Biographies historlez
rhetorics, sciences-that has done as me-
good as McGuffeys Fifth Reader. Its lsz=
sons are guiding influence In the lives Of
thousands OF prominent men and womsz
today.
Every article In 1t is pure literature an
every poem real poetry. OF all the booEz
We have read in our life we can rememheF
more from this old reader than from any
other book. And 1t has more than a meni<
ory Of words and sentences; 1t is the hayeF.
the unction. the soul OF things that make
life what 1t is. There is not an article IN
the whole index that is not worth reading
over several times.
There are Pitts Reply to walpole. Haynes
and Webster's Debate. Addison's Allegory--
Discontenti How the Water Comes Down
at Lodore, Scott's Tournament, The Lone
Indian, Darkness by Byron. The slez
Scholar by Dickens, Marco Bozzaris, Sons
OF the Greek Bard, DISCONTINUED Pendulum
Lochlnvar. The Fourteenth Congress, Origin
OF Property by Blackstone. God in Natura
and SO on to the extent OF 400 articles, Al
of this eharacter-uplifting, Instructive n
spring. No wonder this book dwells u
the minds of the receding generation Ike :
beautiful benediction-Ohlo State Journal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
Tom Days Column
TINE VILLAGE POET

Whenever its Saturday and sHnmeT
months are through
7 like to tcaK on Chestnut street to see
tchdt netcs Is net1,
For autumn brings a lot o. things upon
its jreshnin0 breeze
That tCerent here In March or Mdv-so
let me mention these:
A coat Of tan on Pat Moran
And one determined look,
A lack IN Mack Of comtn' back
To buy hook or crook
A lazy air about the Mdyor
That ought 10 be dispelled
By good iciH stiH to MI the bin
And hare his plans upheld
Bold light that lies In shameless eyes
within the face Of Vice,
That up an doion this misruled toton
Should Vdnish IN trtcej
A look Of stress an 1odtchfulneSs
Upon the decent class,
That hold the hope for doors to ope
Whence things may come to pass
Which soon mav bring the toish to sing
Hosannahs l1iid and free
For tCorks that crotcn our dear old totCn
with bays that ought to be.
Then, too, ice note the sunburn's coat
on fair-sktnned queens galore
Whose royalty hath held IN fee
Fields, mountains, sea and shore,
An toho, reneiCed IN pulchritude,
(As Sweetheart or as tcite)
Take up again the care o. men
An 1iue charm to We.
There may be more important things
apparent to the eye,
But these are tDhdt appeal to me an
that's the reason 1chy
Whenever IT'S q Saturday an summer
months are through,
I like to tOdlk on Chestnut street an see
tDhdt uet1s Is netD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
THE WIND AND THE SEA

The sea is jovial eomrade.
He laughs wherever he goes.
HIS merriment shines in the dimplins I,na.
That wrinkle his hale repose; ''-'s9
he lays himself down at the feet OF the
sun, sAs
And shakes all over with zlee.
Ana the broad-hacked b.llows fan faint an
the shore, oi'
In the mirth of the mighty sea.
BUT tne wind Is sad and restless.
And cursed with an inward main.
You may bark as you win, BY valley or M.
But you hear him still complain.
He walls on the barren mountains.
And shriel<s on the wintry sea
ne soos n the cedar, and means in the pine.
And shndders all over the aspen trea
welcome are both their voices.
And know not which Is best
Inc laughter that slips from the oeean,s
lips. seeAl ;
Or the eomfortless winds unrest.
There's pang In all rejoicing,
a JOY ia the heart OF pain
And the wind that saddens, the sea that
Are singing the selfsame strain
=-bayard Tayloz.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
WHY NOT HALF FARE?

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-l have been In every city of conse-
quence in the United States and Mexico and
In many cities in Europe. PHILADELPHIA IA
the only city in which I read the sign in
street cars that children over three must
pay full fare.
would like to ask you, Mr.. Editor. do
you know OF any other such place? A man
OF ordinary means with a few children has
little chance to take them out at 10 10 16
cents for the round trip. I often wonder
now many kiddies are kept from the open
spaces IN Philadelphia during the hot
months through this excessiye fare W.
talk and write about the barbarians Aebt1
Ing In Europe. Can you beat the honorable
barbarians in the u s. A?
]. B. MooREHoUSE.
Philadelphia, August 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
BY WAY on CONTRAST

Would you like just now 70 be in Buenoz
Aires,
Where, according to the news the cabs
carries.
Mercury at 5bt
You can hardly keep alivs.
And $40 coal rate sadly harrlss1
Bitter comment such q crisis sure arouses
All the janitors have quit On heatiHH
houses
And, except IN big hotels
Even folks who rank as sWeiis
Sit ana shiVer while the idle fireman
droWses
This Is Natures way. as thinking folks r"
member
Argentina gets her summer In Decemnerf
While New Workers kick lot
When they ma their August hot
Though costly every winter heaFlhzEaHs
emhef.
=laAa 4lasz. a sAs Hzaeklsa 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02

The real owners of the railroads
are the bondholders. The shareholders
are entitled to participate in the earnings
after the interest on the bonds has been
paid. II the interest cannot be earned
the railroad becomes bankrupt. II has
TO be reorganized. and the reorganization
frequently wipes out all the value OF the
shares. The railroad bonds-about $40. .000..
100000 worth OF them are outstanding
are held largely by savings banks. insur-
ance companies and the like. The insur-
ance companies OF New York hold more
than one-tenth OF all these bonds They
have 10000. 900 policy holders. Every
holder OF policy is vitality interested in
the solvency OF the roads. because on It
depends the solvency OF the insurance
companies Every increase In the cost
OF operating the railroads which Is not
accompanied by a corresponding Increase
IN income depreciates the value Of the
bonds and directly Affects every person
whose savings. whether invested in in
surance or In 4 bank. depends on the
stability Of railroad Investments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
Philadelphia, September i. Il A'iols'
BAN CATS, DOGS AND DUST

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir--Allow me to add these few remarks
20 Epletstus about the way germs are
ing down Walnut street and saw nunerons
persons sweeping their sidewalks. This is
quite usual habit and 10 the Ordinary
person calls for no remarks. But when
which they are stirring up must uberate
into the air many millions Of germs HI
Il any wonder that epidemlcs prevail and
seem TO have no end? There Is only one
Ney IA which dirt ana filth can be re-
SIDEWALKS. Sweeping dust from the walks
into the cutters does not get Fid Of h
The wind blows It right back. The eltv
should every night flush not only ne
streets, but the sidewalks, ana NOT An a
hAphazard manner. but Ia a thoroueh. nains-
taxing way II there l. a shortage of watsr
which Z seems Is always the case. donst vor,
think L Is about time thai sornethine xas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
EASEMENTS SISTER OBJECTS

To The Editor Of the EUening Ledger:
Sir-The article published in the EVENING
LEDGER Of August 81 by Alfred Noyes is
so vile that 1t is not even worthy of the
pigs trough" mentioned by this English
man. defy this cowardly abuser of a man
whose shoe laces he was not fit to tie to
show me the diary he now, with the
malice of the average Englishman, pretends
belonged to my murdered brother! 1 was
warned that England intended to send her
agents" to try to defile his memory a
memory. thank God. that will live forever
and ever among Irishmen and women as
one OF the purest types of man. Alfred
Noyes is very worthy specimen of the
agent" He is also a true specimen of the
country that gave him birth, England.
There is no creature so cowardly and con-
temptible as the defamer of the dead.
AGNES NEWMAN.
Atlantic City, September /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
Revolutionary Months

I. THE following are the dates be-
ginning and ending the French revolution
plete year OF this style OF reckoning. Ven
demiaire evintagel September 2s to oeto-
per ~ brumaire 6oggy1. October 23 to
November 20 Frimaire (sleetyl November
Y to December Fl Nivose Snowy, Deem
Der Sz 70 January 2l Pluviose 0rainy). jan
uaFy 21 TO February 20 . Ventose 1S,1s-A
February 20 to March 22 Germinal Cbud-
dlngl March 22 to April 2l; FloreaI GLOW
eryl. april II to May 20; Prairiai '(pas-
turel May y to June 20; Messldor Ghar.
leso June 20 10 July IS; Thermldor Chofl
July 20 TO August 1s. ana Fruefldor fs-,,,tHH
August ls to September 1s This LETT i've
days between September 1s and 2s. ana
they were dedicated to virtue. genius. iabor
opinion and rewards To leap year a sl,fb
day, called THE day OF the revolution. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
The pemocratic leaders ar,

The Democratic leaders are discov-
ering that the Republican Senators have
inconveniently long memories. The
Democrats are now saying that the pros
perity which the country is enjoying is
not due to the war. but when II was pro.
posed TO put an embargo on war mum.
tions they protested against It on the
ground that II we were not allowed to
sell munitions to Europe the value OF all
the products OF our farms and factories
would be cut in half. "and this country
would be engulfed in financial and indus
trial catastrophe such as this world has
never SEEN" Wen. there was no embargo
and we are prosperous. Would they
have us believe what they said several
months ago or what they are saying
now2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02

done to overcome this2 Or do we have to
walt until 1t causes suffering to our chill
dren before we take hold and do our duty?
1 have another question to put before
your readers. Is 1t right that here in the
city we should keep cats and dogs? Cats
especially are germ carriers, and now that
we are in the midst of this epidemic all
cats, whether stray or otherwise, within
the city limits should be destroyed Cats
as preventive for mice and rats have
passed their usefulness. There are traps
and poisons on the market that will do the
work of so cats and spread no germs in
doing it.
Philadelphia should and must have
stricter laws regarding sanitation, and they
must be more rigldly enforced.
Yours for a more healthful, cleaner more
beautiful city. MANFRED GARRICK.
Philadelphia, August 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02

the Progressive vote had returned TO the
old parties. but 1929 stiiI voted in the
Progressive column, retaining the balance.
of power, for in 1914 the Democrats
elected Governor by small margin.
Whether these 1925 will be reclaimed
by Mr.. Roosevelt is a great question in
practical politics, but what they do on
September IL will be no conclusive indi-
cation of what they viii do November Z,
Local issues-iiquor, for instance-are as
fascinating TO Maine voters as ever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
TOO HIGH A PRICE

THERE are worse things than strike.
i One OF them is legislation changing
the basic conditions OF great industry
when such legislation is enacted under
threat. in response to a pistol pointed at
the Government. This is not government
by injunction. but It is government by In
timidation.
We DO not believe that the people or
the United States indorse such prostitu-
tion Of the law-making authority. The
EVENING LEDGER is devoted TO the cause
of social reform. TO fair working condi-
tions, TO the eight-hour law wherever It
is feasible. But we can foresee nothing
but menace In stretching the Constitu-
ton 10 the breaking point for the purpose
of legislating special concessions to a spe-
cial class. when that class demands this
legislation not by the accepted methods
OF argument ana logic, but by a physical
threat
The proposal of ]. Hampton Moore. re-
citing sympathy with the cause OF an
eight-hour day. but declaring that its
effect on other railway employees, outside
the brotherhoods, and on the people In
general should be studied by a commits
sion. appointed. by the President. which
commission should report to Congress be-
fore December 20. seemed eminently fair
and just. II the brotherhoOds would not
have considered such an inquiry salts
factory. but would have struck in the face
Of Il. then the safety Of American insti-
tptiQns would have required that The
issue pass from Congress 70 the court OF
public opinion. where q verdict chat
could be enforced would quickly have
been rendered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
Answers to Yesterday,s Quiz

1. "Laisser faire,' doctrine; that Government
should keep hands of economic, Industrial
and commercial conditions and let them
take care of themselves.
2. Martinez: an officer who Is too strict and
petty in enforcing discipline.
3. Trackwalker: railroad employe whose duty
IL IL to Inspect tracks.
4. "Walking the plank: pirates compelled
doomed men and women to walk of q
plank. from which they would fall or
Jump into the sea.
B. ChOlmondeley: pronounced "chumley."
Q. Banshee; spirit whose wall p0rtends death
in house.
7. Data; the ascertalned and admitted facts
or conditions In an inquiry.
8. Fiscal year; the financial year usually he
ginning July and ending June 80.
0. Wallo0ns: the Celtic population of southern
Belgium living ON the Ardennes plateau.
10. Opium Is obtained from the poppy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
The topping of thrones in the Near

The toppling of thrones in the Near
East is usually the result of the Juggling
of their occupants. but no rulers in that
section so richly deserve election as Con-
stantine OF Greece and Ferdinand of
Bulgaria. Greece" has been Germany's
answer to Belgium" But the dictation
of the Allies to Greece can hardly be COM
pared with the treading down of Bel
GUM. Greece is an experiment in
monarchy. The Powers have repeatedly
been called upon to dictate in the last
half century. Since 1868 England. France
and Russia have each contributed
$4,000 year to the Greek Kings civil
list. so they naturally feel they have a
stake in the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
FELLOW WORKERS ALI


new land that concentration, leadership
and subordination produce abundance
David Hilton Wheeler, in our Indus
trial Utopia"
TT is also one of the commonest falla-
cies of Industrial debate that the man
who works for another man for wages
Is sort Of a slave. wage slavery" is
the phrase frequently used by writer's
who insist that our whole economic sys.
| tenn is out Of Joint.
They would not say, however, that the
| men who worked under the direction Of
Moses were slaves. Neither would they
characterize as helots the soldiers who
helped Alexander conquer the world.
Napoleon's men laid down their lives
without feeling ashamed that they had
met death in carrying out his commands.
"The eye cannot say unto the hand,
have no need of thee; nor again, the head
to the feet, have no need of you"
It is admitted that there is nothing
servile in obedience to military leaders;
that in war, the least civilized activity of
humanity, leaders are necessary and sub.
ordination of the will to them is impera-
tive IL there is to be any success. We
pay to an organizing mind the compli-
ment of respect for its ability to find its
way in the maze of confusion which sur.
rounds the rest of us.
The prosperity of America has come
because we have had industrial leaders,
and 1t will continue only so long as their
leadership is admitted. To talk about
wage slavery is to incite the soldiers of
the common veal to mutiny. It is to dis
organize the forces engaged in the strug-
gle for existence and to compel each man
to fight his battle alone as the early set
tiers had to fight the wilderness and the
savage beasts and the Indians. To array
the privates in the ranks against the off,
GERS is to weaken the army as a whole.
It is to weaken the nation In its fight to
maintain it's Industrial integrity
Concentration. leadership and sub
ordination are the three essentials to sue
cess in every great endeavor. One of the
tritest sayings and one the least respected
by the prophets of insubordination is
that no man is fitted to command who
has not first learnedshow to obey. The
most successful armies are those which
follow their generals with the greatest en-
thusiasm. The most successful CONNER
cial enterprises are those where the pri-
Yates and the generals are aware that
they are both working for common
cause, where 1t is understood that
great organizing genius is taking capital
and labor and combining them In such
get without such a combination, and
where the sophistry of the socialist is
held in as supreme contempt as the raw
ings of the anarchist.
There Is no slavery save where there Is
a servile mind. And there are no great
leaders unless there be also great armies.
Although the poet OF the commonplace
said, "Act well your part. there all the
honor lies" those who talk about indus
trial servitude seem to have forgotten
this threadbare truth. Perhaps because
it is so threadbare they think 1t is beneath
their dignity to recognize It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
PostoRce Figures

o. r. " - The Philadelphia Postoffice
employs 1888 letter carriers, serving an
area Of 1914 square miles, in which are
about $4,000 residences and $1,000 busi-
ness places. In the course of the year
about OO,00O,000 pieces of mail matter
are delivered, including nearly 5000 900
pieces of parcel post matter. In the bust
ness sections seven deliveries are made,
and to hotels and apartment houses In those
sections nine deliveries. In the residential
sections from four to six deliveries are
made. and in the outlying districts two de-
liveries. There are about 1900 clerks, dis
tributing about 100000 pieces of mail mat.
ter daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02

DURING our recent chautauquatorial
absence some one said something in this
column rejecting upon Wilmington, Del,
for which we were reproached. We sus-
pect Tab and we almost hesitate to print
this communication from him. written
upon the stationery of the City Club of
that town:
Speaking of the City Club. and me. as
a member of the entertainment committee.
an eminent souse approached me last night
speaking, more or less as follows: You're
a member of the entertainment committee.
amt your" Yes" I replied in my most
dignified manner "All ri'-all RI" he said.
~ wanta be entertained! now, ge' busy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
The New in Art

B. III. -Post'impressionism. cubIsm and
ruturism are three latteF-day art move
ments which, to some extent, represent the
baroaric In artistic expression. The post.
impressionists regard drawing as secondary
to beauty or color and leave the artist 10
scatter his eolors as may best convey his
impression. The cubists and futurlsts go
still further and aim at realizing Nv q
series or chaotically placed colors the pic
torial idea In the mind Of the artist While
10 the layman all three movements signify
little that Is understandable. TO their dew
otees they indicate a healthy desire to
break away from conventions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
unnuhlished Letters
Dear Theodore:

Dear Theodore:
In re your recent speech would say:
AS we told you before, we are willing
to take you at your word about being
anxious to see us land that Washington
business, and we have forgotten all the
harsh things you said out loud against us
when you thought you had look.in.
We thank you for steering our states
manship straight, but permit us to re-
mind you that P-i.l-a-t-e does not spell
pilot" Enough said. Yours sincerely,
c. Z. H.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-02
THE WAY YOU LOOK AT 1T

oosEVELT's speech will not have
In any effect in Maine. according to
Vance Mccormick, who says. when I
was a candidate for Governor of Penn
sylvania Teddy indorsed me and came
through Pennsylvania whooping it up for
me, and they made great fuss about
him. wasn't elected, That shows just
how strong his influence with the voters
is" Or how weak candidate Vance Nc
CormIcls was.