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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
RELICS OF AGES LONG PAST
markable That the Whole World
Has to Offer.

A loaf Of bread more than 600 years
old, it is said, is to be found at Ambas-
ton, in Derbyshire, England. 1t was
included in a grant of land from the
crown in the reign Of King John. and
has remained in the Soar family ever
since. ~.-#
Almost as great q curiosity as this
is a house LOO years of age, and yet
fit for habitation. This old dwelling,
the oldest inhabited house in England,
vas built in the time of King Ofa Of
Mercia. 1t is octagonal in shape, the
walls of its lower story being of great
thickness. The upper part is of oak.
At one time the house was fortified
and known by the name of st. Ger
mans Gate. 1t stands close to the
River Yer, and only a few yards from
st. Adams abbey.
IA marriage proposal 3,4O0 years of
age is in. existence in the British
museum. 1t is the oldest marriage
proposal of which there is any definite
record. 1t consists of about ninety
eight lines of very fine cuneiform writ
ing, and is on a small clay tablet made
of Nile mud. 1t is a marriage pro-
posal of a Pharaoh for the hand. of
the daughter of the king of Babylon.
1t was written about the year 1870
3. G.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
His Ailment DIAGNOSED.

"Water!" yelled the fervent orator,
aqua, aqua" he shouted, lapsing into
Latin, his mother tongue. HAqua
pura! The greatest gift of Nature to
thirsty man! What would the ocean
be without water? Answer me that!
WHAT s.
That question had never struck his
audience before. They pondered in
silence.
"Water!" cried the orator again
"What would Niagara falls be without
water?"
Another ~stupendous question. His
audience stirred ~restlessly; his argu'
ments we're too much for them.
"Of what use." screamed the speak
err, would our bathtubs be without
clean, beautiful water? "''
AS one mar the audience turned and
left the hall, perhaps to consider out
side the orators brainy conundrums'
But one ignorant fellow said to an
other: "t
THAT man has water on the brain!'
Houston Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
WHEN SPECS WERE NOVELTY
Many People Wor> Them Because It
Was Considered the Fashionable
Thing to Do.

In the days when spectacles were
introduced the world was not all wise
Glasses became so fashionable that
people did not wait until necessity
compelled them to adopt the new Gus
tom. Whether their eyesight was bad
or good, those who would be stylish
wore spectacles. In Spain they formed
part of the costume of every we'll
dressed person.
The object of the wearer in putting
on glasses was to increase the gray
ity of his appearance and render him.
self more directly imposing. A young
monk. who had, through the assistance
of his family, caused his order to sue
coed in an important lawsuit, felt him.
self literally rewarded when the prior,
having embraced him warmly, testi-
fed his gratitude by saying, Brother,
put on spectacles.' y4.
The glasses of ,spectacles were pro-
portioned in size not to the eyes, but
to the rank of the carer, those worn
by the Spanish mobiles being as large
as ones hand. The marquis of AS
torga, viceroy of Naples, after hav-
ing had his bust sculptured in marble,
particularly enjoined the artist not to
forget his beautiful spectacles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
TESTING AIR IN OLD MINE
Of All Methods, the Lowering Of a
Miners Safety Lamp Is AcknoWl-
edged to Be Safest.

Raising and lowering a bucket sew
eral times, to bring into a long-disused
mine fresh air from the surface, is
common practice. Methane may be
expected in abandoned shafts or pits
driven in coal measures or carbona-
ceous states, or where a heavily tim
bered shaft is partly filled with wa
ter. If methane is suspected, it is best
to lower nothing but a miners safety
lamp. If the light is not extinguished,
the descent can be considered reason
ably safe. When no safety lamp is
available, and it is necessary to test
with ar open light, care should be
taken to Immediately withdraw all
persons in close proximity to the shaft
or pit as there may be an explosion.
Generally, there is no physiological
warning Of oxygen deficiency in the
air. The first decided feeling is one of
extreme weakness accompanied by dir
ziness, better described as partial
paralysis, and the victim collapses
practically without warning. To guard
against this danger, a nan should not
enter old workings without having a
rope tied around his body and at least
two men on the top. The rope should
be kept taut. Then if a distress signal
is given, the explorer will not only be
prevented from falling, but can be
quickly pulled to fresh air and his life
saved.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Compass on Crossing the Equator,

The compas needle does not turn
around in passing from one hemi-
sphere into the other. The ~nOrth-seek-
ing end of the compass needle has no
greater significance or meaning in the
southern hemisphere than the south
seeking end of the needle has in the
northern hemisphere. The compass
needle is a piece of m%agnetized steel.
1t has it's own positive and negative
poles, or north and south poles, just
like the earth. The needle and its
lines of force align themselves with
the earth's lines of force. In the north
ern hemisphere the north magnetic
pole exerts the dominating influence of
the needle, so it points to that pole.
The south end of the needle is disre-
garded. In the southern hemisphere
the south magnetic pole exerts the
dominating influence on the needle and
it points to that pole, the north end of
the needle in this cas- being disregard
ed. The needle does not reverse in
going from one hemisphere to another.
The south end of it becomes the guide
in the southern hemisphere, as the
north end is the guide in the northern
hemisphere.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Express DRAGON Flies.

When we come to birds, we find
many very high speeds, Swifts have
been known to overtake an airplane
IL fight. Their speed has been calcu-
lated to exceed one hundred miles an
hE13r sometimes. The racing pigeon
has on. several occasions done short
Journeys at sixty miles. an hour. The
golden ployer is very speedy, but his
turning. twisting flight makes it diff
cult to time him accurately over any
distance. The pheasant. though he
does not look a very rapid fier, can
do As miles an hour,
Among insects, the most rapid is
probably the dragon-ty, who does as
much as 80 miles an hour in his swift
dashes from place to place. The bee
is capable of travelling at a speed OF
20 miles an hour, and he achieves 1t
by beating his wings more than soc
times a second-sixty beats for every
ward he travels.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
The Shapes of Eggs.

An expert recently entertained the
Geological society of London with a
mathematical discussion OF the differ.
ences in the shape of eggs. A few
eggs, like those of the owl and the
tortoise, are. spherical or nearly so; a
few, like the grebe's or the cormor,
ants are elliptical, with symmetrical
ends; the great majority, like the
hens, are ovoid, or blunter at one end
than at the other. =. ~
The hens eggs are always laid
blunt end foremost. Eggs which are
the most unsymmetrical are also eggs
Of large size relatively to the parent
birds The yolks of eggs are spherical,
whatever the form of the entire egg
may be. This is shown to be due to
their being enclosed in a fluid, the
white" which makes the pressure
everywhere on the surface of the yolk
practically constant.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
DAMAGE DONE BY ICE STORM
the Worst. Part of the Whole
sale Devastation.

One of the most distressing cOnse
quences of an ice storm is the ire
parable damage done to trees. The
telephone and telegraph poles can be
replaced. Wires can be restrung.
Train and trolley schedules can be re-
stored. One and all these are inani-
mate things. But trees are living things
and can no more be restored without
a lapse of time than any other living
thing. 1t takes a generation to grow
a fine tree. remarks a writer in the
Worcester Telegram. 1t takes a de-
cade to line a residential district
street with shade. a second decade for
that shade to increase and become an
asset to the neighborhood a third de-
cade sees the trees which have grown
I'D with the children become, instead
of a subsidiary attraction, the princi-
pal one in the neighborhood.
Yet in a single night the careful
s%6licitude, the care and nurture of
the trees is destroyed. The great
limbs which residents have watched
grow for years, the towering tops
which twenty years before barely
came to the porch roof and which for
the last ten years have given grateful
shade through the summer and au-
tumn are broken, split and sundered.
The thirty years have gone for
naught.
Other ephemeral things, such as
telephone service. trolley schedules
and trains will resume their accus-
toned routine within a day Or two
after the skies clear.
Only the shattered trunk of the
trees untimely cut down by the Ice
will remain as q reminder.
1t takes a generation of man to
grow a fine tree.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

Mrs. Martin Mattison is quite sick
at her farm home one mile southwest
of Delhi.
Cards we're received during the past
week by friends of Miss Sarah Stew
art, announcing her marriage to An
drew Smith Tuesday, January "a, at
Argyle, Illinois.
Mrs. Kenneth Mckay and little son
Bobbie of Morris arrived Friday for
a visit of several days with Delhi rela-
tives and friends.
The high school basketball boys and
girls went to Gaylord on Wednesday,
and both teams were defeated by Gay
lord. Mrs. A C. Ochs accompanied
them and acted as coach.
An unusually large crowd was in at
tendance at the Old Time dance at the
hall Friday evening and all these pre-
sent report a most enjoyable time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
HARD TO CREDIT THIS STORY
II True, However, 1t Shows the Re.
markabIe Subtiety Of the Mind Of
the Oriental.

One ingenious if dishonest native OF
account. One of the European exam
iners Of Calcutta university, says Lord
Frederic Hamilton in his book days
Before Yesterday" told me that there
had been a great deal of trouble about
the examination papers; by some
means or other the native students al
ways managed to obtain what we may
term advance copies of the papers.
My informant had accordingly devised
a scheme to stop the leakage. Instead
usual fashion he called in the services
of a single white printer on whom he
could rely. The white printer received
the papers early on the morning of the
day designated for the examination
and duly set them up on a hand press
inside the building. He had one as
sistant, a coolie who was clad only in
loin cloth and turban; by no possibility
could he conceal any papers about his
person. ,u
, In spite of these precautions, how
ever, it soon became clear at the ex
animation that some of the students
had a previous knowledge of the ques-
lions. How had they managed it?
Eventually it appeared that the coolie,
taking advantage of the momentary
absence OF the white printer, had
whipped off his loin cloth, sat down
. on the form and then replaced his
solitary garment. When he was
~, Obliged 20 strip on going out the
printing ink did not show on his dark
skin; and all that he had to do was to
sit down on a large sheet Of white
paper for the questions to be printed
off on it. Then, with the aid Of a mir
ror, the students could easily read
them. The oriental mind is subtle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Too Crowded.

So Daniel Boone was now on
his way westward to Missouri, to a
new land of tabled herds and wide
spaces. Waving his last fare
wells, he foated past the little groups
till their shouts of good will were
long silenced. and his fleet swung out
upon the Ohio.
AS Boone sailed down the beauti-
full river which forms the northern
boundary of Kentucky, old friends and
newcomers who had only heard his
fame rode from far and near to greet
and godspeed him on his way. Some
times he paused for a day with them.
Once at least-this was in Cincinnati
where he was taking on supplies
some n asked him why he was leav-
ing the settled country to dare the
frontier once more.
TOO crowded." he answered; II
want more elbow-room !"-Constance
Lindsay Skinner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
SAW SIGNIFICANCE IN MOLES
Writer Of Long Ago Pointed Out the
Meaning Of Spots on the Human
M Anatomy.

Have you q little brown mole con-
ckled somewhere about your anatomy
that you sometimes show to your
friends-and sometimes don't? Well,
every little mole has a meaning OF
it's own, according to a chap-book tina
was current in the Eighteenth century,
entitled Dreams and MOles, With
Their Interpretation and Significance"
(printed and sold in Aldermary church
yard, Bow lane, London). Whether
you are to be happy or unhappy, lucky
or unlucky in life, depends upon where
your little pet is located. Here are
some of the interpretations given in
the old chap-book:
A mole on the right shoulder de-
notes happiness to man or woman
A mole on the left shoulder denotes
a man to be quarrelsome, but a woman
to have many husbands.
On the left cheek denotes frankness
in mar or woman.
On the left ribs, cruelty in man, a
ity and pride in woman.
Near the right shoulder, you r to
be a slave to love if a man, and to be
beloved of great men, If you r a
woman.
A mole on the right side Of the alb
domen means riches for a man and
happiness in marriage for a woman.
One under the right breast presages
good fortune in your ventures; on the
back, riches and honor.
A mole on the right arm denotes
that you will rule your own house
hold; one On your left arm, that you
will be a slave to duty.
A mole On the right hip signifies
good fortune in wedlock to man or
woman.-Kansas City Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Gauges Food by Cans.

Dingley, who halls from the West
and is merely a sojourner in the big
city, sees all sorts of things to make
him wonder.
aOut where I come from when you
ask a waiter about the slowness Of
the service he always tells you It's
on the fire. But it's different here.
4 few evenings ago I ordered pork and
annie sauce. The pork came in due
time. but the apple sauce was miss
tng. I inquired about it and the waiter
replied: sTH have it for you in a min
nte. Just opening a fresh cam j
~If there's anything that doesn't
come in a can, the New Yorker thinks
Il isn't fresh, apparently. I'm afraid
to order eggs for fear I'll learn they
come in q can, too."-New York Sun.
Wy &c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
CAN DO WONDERS IN CANOE
Estdmos Are Literally Part Of the
*Fraii Craft Which They Have
Named a "kayak.n

Built of sealskin, with the fur inside,
stretched w a framework of wood,
the Eskimo canoe-called a kayak"
lis only about ten feet long, and
often not two feet wide at it's widest
part. tapering ito nothing" at both
ends. The greatest width of the
kayak is at the middle. Here there
is a combing which slightly rises above
the deck. The rest of the deck, save
this hole just large enough to admit
Of the passage of the body of a man,
is covered with sealskin.
When the Eskimo goes out in a
kayak. he puts on a special sealskin,
waterproof shirt over his regular cloth
ing. With very great care he steps
into the kayak, sliding his feet over
the tender bottom until he is seated
eensthe wooden seat which is only the
of the wood above the bot
tom. Then he draws over the comb
ing the end of his shirt. which tightly
fits the combing part of the kayak.
Experts of Greenland learn to turn
b SuinefSauIt III d canoe anu Guile up
again on eve keel, an exchange states.
. But the best of the Eskimos of Green
land are not content with merely be-
ing able to right the kayak when it
overturns. They practice until they
are able to paddle the kayak in such
a way that they shoot ahead on their
course even as they turn that danger
GUS somersault in the sea.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Delhi News Items.
X X X X X X X X

-
DIR. Penhall of Morton was a pro
fessional caller in the vicinity OF
Delhi Monday.
Miss Phoebe Bell and little niece
went to Minneapolis Saturday where
they will spend a few days with re-
latives.
Gust Johnson returned from Mime
apolis Friday where he spent several
DAYS in the transaction of business.
D. r. McCorquodale accompanied his
shipment Of livestock to the South ST
Paul market Thursday.
Robert Parker of Redwood Falls is
now the agent for the Great Western
Grain Co. here.
Arthur Mckay, who has been in the
Redwood Falls hospital for the past
three weeks, was able to return to his
home Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
A Lifetime Chance for Some
Redwood Falls Man; a Business
GOOD FOR
$4,000 to $4,000 a Year

Have you courage to strike out for
YOURSELF An insurance man in South
Carolina, a farmer in Wisconsin, a but
cher in Iowa, others all over the u. S.,
these men wanted a real money-making
business. Electric Maid Bake Shops
gave them their chance. Today they
and many others own their own pros
porous Electric Maid Bake Shops.
These men knew nothing about the
bakery business. We supplied full
equipment and information. You have
the same big opportunity in Redwood
Falls. A cash business; no charges; no
deliveries; your profits in the till every
night. Good 365 days in a year. Ex-
elusive territory. Good Minnesota
towns rapidly being taken up. Quick
action needed.
Write or Wire Today
for full particulars. Act now for exclu-
| sive rights in Redwood Falls.
Electric Maid Bake Shops
32i Cedar St. St. Paul Mimi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Safety First.

VarletI prithee haste, sir knight,
to the rescue of a lady Imprisoned In
yonder town by a wicked ogre.
Knight-Oh, bother! This Is my
day off. Why don't you go and save
ner yourself?
Varlet-She is my wife, sir knight,
and she refuses to allow me to engage
in 80 perilous an emprise.-Punch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
DEFENDANT.
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO
THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND

A.
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint of the
plaintiff in the above entitled action,
a copy of which complaint is hereto
attached and herewith served upon
you and to serve a copy of your answer
to said complaint on the subscribers
at their offices in the City of Redwood
Falls, County of Redwood and State of
Minnesota, within twenty (20) days
after the service of this Summons up
on you, exclusive of the day of such
service, and if you fail to answer the
said complaint within the time afore-
said the plaintiff in this action will
take Judgment against you in the sum
of 100000 with interest thereon at
the rate of 8 per cent per annum from
and after the End day of August, 1919
in the first cause Of action; In the
second cause of action in the sum
of $4,000 with interest thereon at
the rate of 8 per cent per nnu from
and after the End day Of February,
1921, and in the third cause of action
in the sum of $4,000 with interest
thereon at the rate Of 8 per cent per
annum from and after the 18th day of
August, 1921, together with the costs
and disbursements of this action.
Dated this oath day of January, A.
D. 1922.
CLAGUE & BARNES,
Attorneys . for Plaintiff,
Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND
ANT:
TAKE NOTICE, That the complaint
in the above entitled action is filed in
the Office of the Clerk of the Court of
the County Of Redwood and State Of
| Minnesota.
CLAGUE & BARNES,
Attorneys Of Plaintiff,
Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
29-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Art as We Get II.

"What is the subject Of this photo
playT
"It's a story OF the great North"
big trees, snowstorms, love In the
wilds and all that sort Of thing?"
""Yes. and the hero Is a pretty chap
who's never been five hundred miles
from steam heat In his life."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Cents a Word. i
X Advertise your wants and 4
X articles for sale in this COL i
x umn. You will be pleased 4
X with the results. +
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE.
X X X X X X X X X

III1INII 10 IOOH VIIfA1NOE.
For sale reasonable: A quarter sec
ton of fertile land in Marshall County,
Mimi, located four miles from Strand
quist on the 500 and five miles from
New Folden on the Great Northern R.
R. Enough timber for private use.
Good roads, up-to-date school house
and creamery. No buildings. For
particulars write Oscar Soderquist,
1903 Lucia Ave-, Waukegan, ILL.,, or
see David Soderquist, Redwood Falls,
MINI. 28-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR SALE: Good cow, also num-
Der of Rhode Island Red single comb
cockerels from prize winning stock.
Inquire of Mott Grocery, Phone SIG.
26-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

WANTED: To hear from owner of
good farm for sale: State cash price,
full particulars.-D. F. Bush, Mime
apolis, MINI. 27-12ts. pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR SALE: Some full blood Chest
er White gifts bred for April farrow,
Wildwood and Great Boy breeding.
One full blood Chester White spring
boar, Wykoff breeding.-W. F. Stacy,
Morton, MINI. 28-2ts. pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

Setting hens Wanted: Phone H. M.
Jensen, 1913. 29-1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR RENT: Two rooms, furnish
ed, or unfinished, one block from
high school. Phone GIL. 29-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
SUMMONS.
A OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF REDWOOD

OT IIININ LII,
COUNTY OF REDWOOD
DISTRICT COURT
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Farrell & Keefe, A Cor
poration, PLAINTIFF.
VS..
VIM. Humphrey, also
known as William
Humphrey, DEFENDANT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

WANTED: Competent girl for
general homework in family of two.
Inquire at Gazette office. 29-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FULL BLOOD SALE: Harry Bel
hotter in the village Of Buffalo Lake,
Mimi. will have a sale of IS head of
Big Type Chester White bred gifts at
Buffalo Lake Saturday, February 4th.
Dinner will be served at noon. 29-1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR RENT: A 240 acre farm on
crop rent, 5h miles west of Redwood
Falls on State Road. Phone 1872
August Carity. 28-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR SALE: Two teams of Bay
Mares, broken to work and good work
ers.-C. L. Breckenridge. 29-6ts. pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR SALE: White Leghorn cock
erels. Inquire of Mrs. Floyd Trent.
29-1t. pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

LOST: Wagon neckyoke and bot
tom endgate. Notify Gilbert Dennis
toun. 29-1t. pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

For Sale or Exchange: New mod
ern house. Will consider small house
in exchange. Call at Gazette office
for further particulars. 29-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

FOR SALE: Heavy work horses,
weight $500, Z and 9 years old. Terms
offered. Phone 2107.-M. c.. Mans
feldt. sr 26-tf.
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Cheap house for sale or rent. In
quire of Fred N. Knapp. 14-tf.
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FOR RENT: Two downstairs
rooms in modern home, furnished for
light housekeeping. Phone 2443.
29-tf.