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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
POOR PLACE TO HIDE MONEY
French Peasant Now Convinced That
Shotgun Is Unreliable as T.
Bank of Deposit.

The ingenuity of French peasants in
hiding money has surpassed itself in
the case of a man near Lorient who
received a 1000 franc note and a
500 franc note in payment for prod
uce. He hid them in the muzzles Of
his double-barreled shotgun, believing
that would be the last place thieves
would search for money.
He made mistake however, in not
taking his wife into the secret. A
neigtbor called a few days later, in
the absence of the man of the house,
and asked for the loan Of the gun to
get hare.
The hare escaped and when the
peasant came in that evening his wife
remarked that the neighbor must be a
very bad shot.
"Wiiy?' the peasant asked.
Because he used both charges of
your gun on a hare without hitting it."
"My shotgun?' inquired the peasant
with a gasp, at the same time making
FOR the corner where the weapon hung.
The civil court of the department of
Morbifian will have to decide the deli
cate point of law whether the neigh
Dor is responsible for the loss of the
1900 francs.
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 wises
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
ceed 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.'' v.s.
The glasses of spectacles were pro-
portioned in size not to the eyes. but
to the rank of the wearer, 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
CHINESE BUY OFF BRIGANDs
Bandit chieftains, When They Get Too
Powerful, Are Dealt With in
Peculiar Fashion.

Custom has prescribed a convention
al solution of the problem of brigand
age in China. When brigand has
gone beyond the orthodox limits in
the terrorization of the region in
which he operates, the government
sets out to suppress him. 1t does
so, in the usual way, by bargaining
Troops are moved, though not toe
close, and negotiations are opened
with the bandit leader. He offers to
go the way of good citizenship in ex-
change for an appointment as gov
ernor of province. The governor
offers to make him a general. They
compromise on his appointment as
brigade commander with station
rich and ripe for the plucking When
negotiations have been satisfactorily
contaminated, the government troops
are brought up. They launch an at
tack upon the bandits. fire into the
air for a few minutes and then with
draw. Official proclamation is made
the bandits have been dispersed. and
order restored. And the former bandit
chieitain finds that squeeze is far
more profitable than robbery-and
muct, less hazardous.
Such is the history of not few
Of the outstanding notableSri in con-
temporary Chinese public life. y
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 s'Aqua
pura! The greatest gift of Nature to
thirsty man! What would the ocean
be without water? Answer me that?
What" .-
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 were too much for them.
"Of what use," screamed the speak
er, "would our bathtubs be without
clean, beautiful water?'
AS one man the audience turned and
left the hall, perhaps to consider out
side the orators brainy conundrums.
But one ignorant fellow said to an
other: @.'
THAT man has water on the brain!"
Houston Post. ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
RELICS OF AGES LONG PAST
England Has Three Of the Most Re-
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 grant of land from the
crown in the reign of King John. and
has remained in the Soar family ever
since. ,,.i-
Almost as great curiosity as this
is house LOO years of age, and yet
fit for habitation. This old dwelling,
the oldest inhabited house in England,
was built in the time of King Offa Of
Mercia. 1t is octagonal in shape, the
walls of it's 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 few yards from
st. Adams abbey.
A marriage proposal 3,4OO years Of
age is in existence in the British
museum 1t is the oldest marriage
proposal of which there is any definite
record. It consists of ab@it ninety
eight lines of very fine cuneiform writ
ing, and is on small clay tablet made
of Nile mud. 1t is 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
Few Slang Phrases Last.

The leniency with which some school
teaci;e look on the use of slang, as
reported in various interviews, may
shock those of an age to have secured
their idea of correct English from the
McGuffey series of readers. 1t is true
that the selections composing those
readers were of an era wherein the
language was at variance with what is
heard today. It may have been stilted,
but it did not corrupt the mind of the
pupil. In fact, many persons got
from the old fifth and sixth readers
their knowledge of good literature.
There was not word resembling
slang in the books.
1t is true that slang is expressive.
That is why it is used. Yet much OF
1t quickly passes out of use because it
it 0yerworked. Few words suffer a
like fate, though occasionally under
stress of circumstances word of
creditable origin is repeated to the
point where it becomes necessary to
discard it because it is ''shopworn."
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.. r. .
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
TESTING AIR IN OLD NINE
Of All Methods, the Lowering Of a
Miners Safety Lamp Is Acknowl-
edged to Be Safest.

Raising and lowering bucket sew
era1 times, to bring into 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-
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 an 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 man should not
enter old workings without having
rope tied around his body and at least
two men on the top. The rope should
be kept taut. Then if 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 compass 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 magnetized steel.
1t has it's own positive and negative
poles, or north and south poles, just
like, the earth. The needle and it's
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 case 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
DAMAGE DONE BY ICE STORM
Destruction of Trees Is lncomparabiy
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-
street with shade. a second decade for
that shade to increase and become an
asset to the neighbOrhoOd 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
s6licitude, 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 reminder.
1t takes a generation of man to
grow a fine tree.
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. :. 20
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

Mrs. Martin Mattison is quite sick
at her farm home one mile southwest
of Delhi.
Cards were 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
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 most enjoyable time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
HARD TO CREDIT THIS STORY
If True, However, 1t Shows the Re-
markabIe subtIety Of the Mind Of
the Oriental.

One ingenious if dishonest native OF
India turned his dark skin to excellent
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 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
of having the papers printed in the
usual fashion he called in the services
of 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 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. ~
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-
tions. 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
q, 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 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
Express Dragon Flies.

When we come to birds, we find
many very high speeds. Swifts have
baar known to overtake an airplane
II, fight. Their speed has been calcu-
lated to exceed one hundred miles an
h 1lr sometimes, The racing pigeon
has OBJ. several occasions done short
Journeys at sixty miles an hour. The
golden plover 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 very rapid fier, can
do As miles an hour, ,n.
t; Among insects. the most rapid is
probably the dragon;.fiiy, who does as
much as 80 miles an hour. in his swift
dashes from place to place. The bee
is capable of travelling at speed of
20 miles an hour, and he. achieves 1t
nv beating his wings more than 600
times a second-sixty beats for every
ward he travels.
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 floated 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 one asked him why he was leav-
ing the settled country to dare the
frontier once more.
TOO crowded." he answered; 81
want more elbow-room PC Constance
Lindsay Skinner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
SAW SIGNIFICANCE TN M0LES
Writer Of Long Ago Pointed Out the
Meaning Of Spots on the Human
iitt Anatomy.

Have you a little brown mole con-
ctaled somewhere about your anatomy
that you sometimes show to your
friends-and sometimes don't? Well,
every little mole has meaning OF
it's own, according to chap-book that
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
man to be quarrelsome, but woman
to have many husbands.
On the left cheek denotes frankness
in man or woman.
On the left ribs, cruelty in man, van
ity and pride in woman.
Near the right shoulder, you are to
be slave to love if a man, and to be
beloved of great men, If you are
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 sojourner in the big
city. sees all sorts Of things to make
him wonder.
aOut where I come from when you
ASK waiter about the sloWness Of
the service he always tells you It's
on the fire. But it's different here.
A few evenings ago ordered pork and
apple sauce. The pork came in due
time. but the apple sauce. was miss
ing. inquired about it and the waiter
replied: I'll have it for you in min
nte. Just opening fresh cam e
~If there's anything that doesn't
come in a can, the New Yorker thinks
II isn't fresh, apparently. I'm afraid
TO order eggs for fear I'll learn they
come in a can, too."-NeW York Sun,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
CAN DO WONDERS IN CANOE
Eshjmos Are Literally Part OF the
sFraiI Craft Which They Have
Named Kayak

Built Of sealskin, with the fur inside,
btretched over framework of wood,
the Eskimo canoe-called a "kayak"
lis only about ten feet long, and
often not two feet wide at its widest
part. tapering ito nothing at both
ends. The greatest width Of the
kayak is at the middle Here there
is 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 man,
is covered with sealskin.
When the Eskimo goes out in a
kayak. he puts on 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
on the wooden seat which is only the
thickness of the wood above the bot
tom. Then he draws over the comb
ingt end of his shirt. which tightly
fits the combing part of the kayak.
Experts of Greenland learn to turn
sOmersault in a canoe and come up
again on even 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
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.
Y Y 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. cCorquodale 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
Safety First.

Varlet-I prithee haste, sir knight,
to the rescue of lady Imprisoned In
yonder town by wicked ogre.
Knight bother! This Is my
day off. Why don't you go and save
lier yourself?
Varlet-She is my wife, sir knight,
and she refuses to allow me to engage
in 80 perilous an emprise
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01
Art as We Get 1t.

''What is the subject Of this photo
play7"
''It's story Of the great North"
big trees, snowstorms, love In the
wilds and all that sort Of thing?"
Eyes. and the hero Is q 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
* 2 Cents a Word. =
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HERE IS YOUR CHANCE.

1161t11 10 . O11zN4NOI.
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

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 RENT: A 240 acre farm on
crop rent, 5 ~ miles west of Redwood
Falls on State Road. Phone 2312-
August Carity. 28-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-02-01

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

FULL BLOOD SALE: Harry Bel
hotter in the village of Buffalo Lake,
MINI. will have 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
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 tor
YOURSELF An insurance man in South
Carolina, a farmer in Wisconsin, but
cher in Iowa, others all over the U. s.,
these men wanted 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 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 MINI.