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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
CAUSE OF CANCER UNKNOWN
Dread Disease Has Baffied the Best
Efforts of the Medical Fraternity
for Centuries

Medical science today knows no
more about the cause of cancer than
was known 1000 years ago.
Seine families seem to be immune
In other families deaths from cancer
occur in generation after generation
as if to show hereditary tendency.
There are many sO-called cancer
houses" in which deaths from the dis
ease have occurred with such lament
able repetition as to destroy their mar
ket value for selling or renting pur
poses. An evil repute attaches TO GER
tain well-known cancer districts" in
which the death rate from this malady
Is extraordinarily high. There is one
such district in the Berkshires Of Mas
sachusetts, another is in the middle OF
New York state.
One of the many theories regarding
the cause of cancer is that it is at
tributable to an undiscovered germ
carried by the bedbug or some other
insect. If that were correct, the dis
ease would surely be more prevalent
among the slum-dwelling poor than
among well-to-do people who enjoy the
benefit of sanitary surroundings. But
such is not the case; cancer is as
common among the rich as in the tene-
ment and poorer quarters of our cities.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
LAWYER COULD NOT SEE 1T
LEGAL Luminary Felt Himself Regret
fully Compelled to Decline Offered
Job of "Spellbinding."

Il want to take time by the fore
lock-" he said as he entered law
yer's office.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir" was the reply.
always take time by the forelock and
you won't get left. What it it, sir
well, we are to have an election
this fall for city offices, and Iswanted
to know if l could engage you to make
a speech for me the night before cleo
ton"
Are you going to be candidate!'
was asked.
Il am"
But what about the speech?"
"Why, Teller is going to run
against me again who beat me by 80
votes last year. In fact, | only got
two votes. | want you to come up and
give me such a speech that will beat
him worse than We beat me. You will
want to lay it right down to him. He
killed a horse once, and stole saw
mill, and has been married three
times. If you will come up and pre-
sent the case in way to knock the
Teller out, l will give you So
The lawyer respectfully declined to
take the case, and somebody will get
showed under again.-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Her Daddy Was All Right.

When was twelve years old called
upon Mary (aged eleven) one Sunday
evening. 1 was all dressed up and
had pilfered an armful of mothers
cherished lilacs from the garden. l
stole out the alley gate, traversed
Mary's back yard and she met me at
the kitchen door. We sat on the back
steps l restrained strong impulse
to flee when Mary said. Father is
coming, think" He was gruff, bad
man. When he saw us / was terror
stricken. What he said was. "How's
the boy tonight?" and he took us both
in the house and sent little brother
after ice cream and Mary's mother cut
a cake. So l wasn't kicked out by an
irate father, after all in fact, he still
likes me and often jokes about the
lilacs and the kitchen steps, although
another young man walked up the aisle
with Mary.-Chicago Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
HOW CHARCOAL IS MADE
Method Of Burning Is Much the
Same, No Matter Where the
Process 10 Carried On.

The usual method of making OF
burning charcoal is to build up
cone-shaped pile of wood, about twelve
feet in height and ten to forty feet IN
misunderstanding a central hoie OF
chimney: then to burn it from above
downward. and from the outside m
ward. The trees are cut down I'D
winter and should be fairly dry. me
wood is built up with the bark out
ward, the largest pieces being placed
furthest inside, and a covering OF
turf. or of charcoal dust and soil, Is
placed over the whole, leaving noies
at the sides of the bottom for air.
The first three or four days bring our
the moisture onto the cover. The
openings around the base are then
covered, and holes are made ABOUT
halfway up. When the smoke ceases
TO issue from these. they are closed
and other holes are made below. Tar
products. which collect when the
charcoal is nearly burned, are re-
moved by means of pipes or cutters
When the air-holeS cease to omit
flame and smoke they are covered
and the pile is allowed to cool Tor
two or three days. Then the charcoal
is drawn and any pieces still burn
ing are quenched with water or sano.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Seem Larger Near Horizon.

The United States naval observatory
saws: THE sun and moon seem larger
near the horizon because Of an optical
illusion. The horizon appears to be
more distant than the zenith because
the eye, in looking toward the horizon,
rests upon many objects by the way.
The sun or moon near the horizon and
at the zenith is seen to be the same
object in both positions; but when
near the horizon, it seems larger
because the distance is apparently
greater, the mind unconsciously reason
ing that being so much farther away
the sun or moon must be larger In
order to look the same.
"The moon at the horizon is really
about 1000 miles more distant from
the observer than when nearly over
head: and it's apparent diameter, as
measured by an astronomical in
strument, is actually less by about one
sixtieth."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
A Safe Test.

For those who are in need of a re-
medy for kidney troubles and back
ache, it is a good plan to try Doan's
Kidney Pills They are strongly re-
commended by Redwood Falls people.
N. B. Andersen, prop. photo studio,
Redwood Falls, says: II was subject
to attacks Of rheumatic trouble, cans-
ed from disordered kidneys. During
these spells, I was stiff, lame and sore
in my joints and my muscles seemed
to feel weak and tired. bought a
supply Of Doan's and the results OF
their use were so satisfactory that l
have been an endorser of them ever
since" 80
EIGHT YEARS LATER, Mr.. And
ersen said: "Doan's Kidney Pills cur
ed me of an attack Of kidney coma
plant several years ago and Want 70
let others know about it. What /
said years ago holds good today
go cents, at all dealers. FosterslA
burn Co, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Z.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
APPLICATION.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF REDWOOD

APPLICATION.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, I
COUNTY OF REDWOOD
DISTRICT COURT
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Bert Otto Miller, PLAINTIFF.
Ernest Duncan, DEFENDANT.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN
AID LITEM
TO ERNEST DUNCAN AND ALL
WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
TAKE NOTICE, That on the fore
going petition the Plaintiff in this ac-
ton will move the Court in Chambers
in the Court House in the City of New
Ulm, County of Brown and State Of
Minnesota, on the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1922 at 10 o'clock A. NJ. or as
soon thereafter as counsel can be
heard, for an order appointing some
suitable person for Guardian Ad Ltem
for Ernest Duncan to appear and de-
fend for him in this action
GEORGE A. BARNES,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
27-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
OLE WAS 0BEYING ORDERS
Agent, and He intended to Do
as Directed.

The agent of a certain popular auto
mobile made sale to Swedish farm
er in a small town near Topeka. In
his instructions to the purchaser he
said: You must be careful"
"Ay skall do dat
"Also for the first 500 miles you
must drive slowly-nOt over Is miles
an hour-or you will burn out your
bearings"
GAY do dat. too" said Ole.
"YOur car has two gears, high and
low If you want to go fast put FER
in high. If you want to go slow, put
'er in low"
"Yas, stree, you can bet on Ole-eef
ay want to go fast lax evertang ay
put heem in high, if ay want to go
slow ay put heem in low. Shure. ay
no."
The next day the neighbors noticed
Ole driving his new car up and down
the road in low He kept it up I'M
til it began to snort and steam and
was developing terrific knock.
'Ole, you mustn't do that, don't you
know you'll ruin your car that way
you'll burn up the bearings" they eau
toned him.
''Ya can't fool Ole. Da boss who
sold me daS car told ma ay Skall not
drive over faffteen miles hour for 500
miles. He said to go in hurry put
car in high gear, to go slow, lax turtle,
put heem in low gear. Ay skall run
800 miles in low gear; get out way
quick. ay got 400 miles to GO"
The neighbors argued, eXpostulated,
then laughed and Ole, with, "Ya skall
al go to HI" struck out down the
road at Is miles an hour in low gear.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Bret Harte.

Bret Harte, American poet and nov
elist, was born at Albany, \. Y, Au-
gust 2J, 1889. While a youth he went
to California, where, several years
later he founded the Overland Month
" in San Francisco. In 1870 he was
made professor of recent literature in
the University of California but re-
signed and returned to New York the
following year. He was United States
CO. sui at Creford, Germany. 1850,
al. at Glasgow, 1SS0-S5, and afterward
lived in England. Among his many
works are "The Luck of Roaring
Camp" THE Outcasts of Poker Flat"
CONDENSED Novels, ETC." THE
Heather Chinee," Poems Stories
of the Sierras," Tales of the Argo-
nauts," Gabriel Conroy," "Thankful
Blossom 1.-TWO Men of Sandy Bar
california Stories, "A Millionaire of
Rough and Ready" "a Drift From
Redwood Camp" and "A Phyllis of the
Sierras."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
SlDELIGHT ON SYRIAN LIFE
Writer Gives an insight Into His Life
as Small Boy in That Little
Known Country.

The roads were open. Travellers
came into our village. Scarcely
night was the guest house in our court
yard unoccupied. l liked TO sit with
my father and his guests in this room,
built after European style with four
large windows over which in winter
oiled paper was passed to keep the
cold out. The walls of the guest room
were white and Ola them were hung
the choicest rugs brought back from
Kurdistan by my Grandfather Mira.
There were chairs in this room. l
was very proud that we should own
chairs, but | found them most uncOm-
Portable to sit on. After few mo-
ments my legs began to ache and L
slipped down on the cushions. In the
alcOve of the guest chamber were
some old manuscripts bound in course
leather. They were holy books with IL
Illuminated margins. Among them was
d Bible in Syriac. | carefully refrained
from touching it. 1t was too holy.
might perhaps be struck dead for my
temerity.
Among the travellers that came along
the road was Hady, the singer. He
was the ugliest man that | had ever
seen. sore-eyed. pock-marked and dirty.
But he was very wise. His ivory han
died dagger in it's silver sheath was so
long that it reached from his chest to
his hips. My playmates and l would
have laughed and jeered at him, per-
haps, it he had not carried this dag
ger.-Youel B. Mira in Asia Maya
zine
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
SUNG HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS
Thomas Moore, Famous Irish Poet,
Was Surely Exceptionally En-
bowed by Nature.

Thomas Moore, Ireland's favorite
minstrel poet. was born in rooms over
Dublin corner grocery in 1878, and
died a baronet, the ''pote of all ch~
cles and the darlint of his own" the
idol of two continents, in 1852.
For the last thirty years OF his nfe
he lived in cottage at Superior, near
Devices, Wiltshire, where he devoted
himself to all manner Of literary eff
forts. His works include not only de-
lIghtful short poems of ''The Last Rose
of Summer" type, but also poems to
form a quarto volume, such as "Lalia
Rookh," for which Moore received b.
600 guineas ($15,OOO), and they In
clude prose of all kinds, series OF
humorous letters, biographies and
even a History of Ireland
Moore himself was a beautiful sing
er and rendered his own compositions
often in public, it is related. After
the tragic death of his daughter he re-
fused to sing publicly again. His
daughter, the darling Of his heart, was
leaning over the balustrade one night
to throw kiss to her father as he
was going out to dine, when she lost
her balance, fell and was killed.
s"The Last Rose of Summer" was
one of Moore's most exquisite crea-
tions. 1t appears in collection OF
Irish Melodies" written for Power,
London music publisher, on contract
to supply a considerable number OF
songs for a volume entitled as above.
The work was started in 1907 and was
not completed till 1884. 1.-The Last
Rose of Summer" however, was among
the early productions, and is there
fore easily more than 100 years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
fJan. 1926 Feb. II
CITATION FOR HEARING ON
PETITION TO SELL, MORTGAGE

OR LEASE LAND.
ESTATE OF JOHN CLARK, SR.--
Site of Minnesota. County CT Red
weed, &C. In Probate C"''rt,
In the Matter of h E tate Of
John Clark, Sr., Dee '"7+
THE STATE OF MINNJF CTA. TO
all persons interested in the gale Of
certain lands Belonging to aid deee-
dent The petition Of the Northwest
ern Trust Company as representative
of the above named decedent, being
duly filed in this court, representing
that it is necessary and for the best
interests of said estate and of all ia
terested therein that certain lands OF
said decedent described therein be sold
and praying that a license be TO them
granted to sell the same:
NOW THEREFORE, you, and each
Of vou, are hereby cited and required
t. show cau~e, if any you have. before
this cnrrt, at tie Pr0bato Co-rt Rooms
in the Govt H -7se. in tho City OF
Redwood Falle. County of Redwood,
State of Minrercta. m thu 18th day of
February, 1922 st 1000 o'clock A. H.,
why the prayer of said petition SHOULD
not be granted
WITNESS the Judge of said Court,
and the seal of said Court, this 18th
day of January, 1922.
A. r. A. LAUDON,
Judge of Probate Court.
COURT SEAL)
A. C. Dolliff,
Attorney for petitioner. 27-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
BARGAIN AT $50 A MONTH
Chinese Boy With Exceptional knowI-
edge of English" Should Have
Been Snapped Up Quickly.

The following application for en-
ployment was received by a Shanghai
hong from student in the Shanghai
college:
Nothing is OF less Importance than
the age of a person; nevertheless, II
is proper to begin that | am in my
twenty-first year. Having a firing am
bition to do some service in the bust
ness world. l grasp this opportunity
to insert myself into the sphere. 1t
is true that many are now wandering
idly in the market awaiting employ
ment. But it is true to the same ex-
tent that many of these il not all are
good for nothing. To take notice upon
them, or to put some duty upon them
is to give gun powder to children as
a plaything. The danger can be mag
ined.
II am now going to give some ac-
count of my personal abilities. 1t IS
not too much to say that my knowi-
edge of English can hardly be repre-
sented to the full color by such little
adjective as thorough 1t is excep-
tionally excellent, to be outspoken.
As to the art of typewriting. my hands
90 on as smoothly as to skate on an
lev river. With such intellectual
weapons any hard duties can be as
easily conquered as an egg shell py
a wave. The salary I look FOR would
no $40 q month.
Awaiting your answer earnestly, l
am. Sir, -."-North ChsTa Ga
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Noise.

Every organ of your body develops
resisting powers as you need them. A
miller gets so used to the sound of his
mill wheels that he ceases to hear them
and can catch a whisper
Put 80 identical machines in room.
Workers forget the noise. But, if one
machine stops, the operator knows 1t
instantly by the changed sound.
This power of the ears to adjust
themselves to environment makes city
life possible. Metropolitans live in
an inferno of noise. The ears ignore
it, in large sense, though the noise
is there, tearing away at the nervous
system.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Catarrhal Conditions

Catarrh is local disease greatly inf1u-
enced by constitutional conditions. It
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood upon the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
the general health and assists Nature in
doing its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
f. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Peculiar Manx Cats.

The origin of Manx cats is now at
tributed to the arrival Of these cats
on the Isle of Man from ships belong
ing to the Spanish armada that were
wrecked there. They were probably
brought from Japan or eastern Asia.
They are a distinct species with short
forelegs, and elevated hig1auarters,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

and differ from other cats somewhat in
call, ways, and character. They vary
in color People who have owned them
for long periods say they are not good
mousers or hunters. In character they
are rather similar to a dog, being high
ly companionable and having some OF
the qualities of a guardian, but they
are not considered hunters In any
sense of the word.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF REDWOOD
nYcrDTrr rnTTpT


DISTRICT COURT
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Bess M. Wilson, Plaintiff.
C. w. Lanphere, Defendants
Summons.
The State of Minnesota to the above
named Defendant.
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the Complaint in the
above entitled action which is hereto
attached and herewith served upon
you and serve a copy of your answer
to this complaint on the subscriber at
his office in the City of Redwood Falls,
County of Redwood, State of Minne-
sofa, within twenty days after SERVES
of said Complaint upon you, exclusive
of date of such service; and if you fail
to answer said complaint, the afore-
said Plaintiff in this action will take
Judgment against you in the sum OF
Thirty-two and no-10O ($32.0O Dol
lars, with interest thereon at the rate
of Six (6) per cent per annum from
and after the fourth day of February,
1916 together with the costs and dis
bursements of this action.
Dated December Is. 1921.
GEORGE A. BARNES,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
29-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
His Pride Lamp.

Father (reading letter from his son
at college to mother) says
he's got a beautiful lamp from boxing.
Mother just knew he'd win some
thing in his athletics.-Fron the
Orange Owl.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
q. s. Government Warns Farmers
About Disease Caused by Rats.

They carry Bubonic plague, fatal 30
human beings. They carry foot and
mouth disease, which is fatal to
stock. They kill chickens, eat grain,
cause destruction to property. II you
have rats RAT-SNAP will kill them.
Cremates rats after killing them
leaves no smell Comes in cakes,
ready for use. Three sizes, IS cents,
65 cents, SIPS. Sold and guaranteed
by FARRELL & KEEFE and PUBLIC
DRUG co. 29-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Doubtful Ending.

HAS your story a happy ending"
"Well, that depends on the view
point"
"What do you meanp'
"Some might call it a happy end
ing and some might not. The lovers
rot married in the last chapter"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Emergency Case.

II cannot countenance your kissing
one of your patients, nurse"
"But, doctor, it was in my line of
duty"
"HOw so?'
'"This gentleman swore he'd die
without t.'-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
True Economist.

He was an ingenious and ingenious
small boy. Mother" he said on one
occasion, will you wash my facet"
"Why, Hugh, can't you do thatT
"Yes, mother, can, but I'll have to
wet my hands, and they don't need II"
-Harper's Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
An institution for Home Devel-
opement.

THEO. B. SEIFERT,
Cottonwood, Minnesota.
Professional in Piano Tuning,
and Player Piano Regulating
and Repairing.
Piano Tuning College gradu-
ate. Endorsed by leading must
clans and teachers.
Leave orders at Mike & Joe's
Parlors or at w. T. Wilcox.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Bert Otto Miller.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
COUNTY OF LASALLE

Bert Otto Miller being first duly
sworn deposes and says that he has
read the foregoing petition subscribed
to by him and knows tho contents
thereof; that the same is true t. n"
own knowledge except as to the mat
tiers therein stated en- information and
belief and as to those matters he be-
lieves them to be trre.
BERT OTTO MILLER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day of January, 1922.
AL. A. CLAPSADDLE,
Notary Public, LaSalle
County, Illinois.
My commission expires November %,
1924.
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

We don't agree with the statement
that prohibition is a joke; it's bust
nass.-Columbia Record.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
GUARDIAN AID LITEM.


GUARDIAN AID LITEM.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, /
COUNTY OF REDWOOD
DISTRICT COURT
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Bert Otto Miller, PLAINTIFF.
Ernest Duncan, DEFENDANT.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED COURT:
Your petitioner, Bert Otto Miller,
respectfully represents:
l. That he is the Plaintiff in this
action.
2. That Ernest Duncan, the Defen-
dant in this action, is minor over
fourteen (14) years of age and is not
within this State and does not reside
therein, but resides in the City of
Cheboygan, County of Cheboygan and
State of Michigan.
3. That said Defendant has been
duly served with Summons and Com
nlaint herein on the 3rd day of Octob-
err, 1921 by the Sheriff of the County
If Cheboygan and State Of Michigan
bv delivering to him personally copy
thereof at his place of residence in
said City, County and State.
4. That said minor, the Defendant,
has no general or testamentary guard
ian within this State.
5. That said Defendant has not APP
piled for the appointment of Guard
ian AID Litem although more than
twenty days have elapsed since the
Summons herein was served upon him.
WHEREFORE, your petitioner, who
has made no other application there
fore prays that some suitable person
be appointed Guardian AID Litem for
the said Defendant, Ernest Duncan, to
arrear for and defend for him in this
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-01-22
THE PATHOLOGICAL COkcLu-
SION

ellis tosils ached as he kissed her"
From a story by Fannie Hurst in The
Cosmopolitan.)
Whenever I kiss you, my dear Mira
bella,
NY ills and Affections begin:
A dull sort of ache overwhelms my
patella,
And chilblains set in.
/ feel that I shortly shall find myself
minus
The use of one lachrymal gland,
A dizzy sensation suffuses my sinus
NV ad'noids disband.
Ny lambda, my clavicle, thorax and
pharynx
Become much too sluggish for use:
Ny punctum, trapezius, deltoid and
Ali hurt like the deuce.
And though I'm the first one to
frown on the practice
OF carping, I'm forced to explain
That-leaving all joking aside, dear
the fact ID,
You give me pain.
r. Il. Sherwood in Life.