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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09
THE HAPPY RECORD.

~ N famous sun-dial there is this inscrip-
Human life would be happier and more
fruitful if people could take the sun-diaPs mes
sage life motto.
Nature has made it easy for people to forget
the unlovely past The mind of man is not a
sponge, holding everything that in contact
with it. 1t is an evaporator that permits the
escape of unhappy memories
week of rainy weather is usually forgotten
in the dawn of one fair day. A night of tooth
ache is forgotten with the first five minutes of
relief. Whenever normal people look back on the
old days, they christen them the "good old days."
They were not all good but the memory of man
refuses to live again the evil that is past
But some are so constituted that they like to
revel in the unpleasant and disagreeable things
of life. They always have some sad story to tell
or some evil forboding to relate. They talk of
Affections and losses They seldom mention the
bright days and happy experiences.
Others are just the reverse. They talk up
pleasant experiences. They boost their friends
They regard optimistically their own adventures.
They do not mention their evil days. We love
such people because of this characteristic of
mind.
No one has learned the art of life who has
not trained the mind to forget every experience
from which it may derive advantage. When
the lesson of the mistake is learned, forget the
mistake The hours of shadow make nc record
on the sun-dial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09
Tinsel Crowns.

Los Angeles Times: The son of an
Austrian prince blew out his alleged
brains because his father would not
let him wed the daughter of n1er-
chant. The old man in his islate
pride declared that for more than
1000 years no son of his house had
married beneath his station. Now,
although his principality has disap-
peared, he still holds his ridiculous
pretension to rank and social posi-
ton. There are a half dozen dukes
and princes working in American bar
Der shops that are just as fluffy as
Albrecht. The boy should have kick
ed the ancient prince in the shins and
gone of with his girl to such happi-
ness as he might find. The title isn't
even worth meal Of oats in the Selig
zoo.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09
THE HOLINESS OF JESUS.

From "The Discovery of God,' by Basil King
TOR Him (Jesus) holiness was never discon-
r. nected with the related concepts of health
and wholesomeness. We should not forget
that the ''w" in the word whole" and in the
words derived from it, is little more than print
er's error. Health, Wilderness and holiness all
spring from the same root, and consequently
from the same thought. To be holy in the origi-
nal sense meant to be whole complete or, as our
colloquial word goes, all-round with no lawful
and human element lacking to the character
The holiness of Jesus Of Nazareth was in
His being open on all sides to all the winds of
sympathy and interest, to all that occupied men,
Though it His chief concern to reveal the
Father to His sons, He did it through the beaten
human avenues, of none of which was He afraid
Whatever in Him was holiness was simple, manly,
sane. Any one could approach Him. Everybody
did He met all on their own level, and, except
where self-righteousness rendered it impossible,
raised them to His own. There could have been
nothing spectral or mystical in His holiness, no.
thing of the saint in stained glass. While among
ourselves holiness is likely to mean development
along one line only, with corresponding repres-
sion along others, in Him all lines were developed
equally.
My point is that holiness is not the grim,
CHASTITY anemic thing we so often make of it. He
who was whole with complete Wilderness must
have embodied all that was sanest and healthiest
in men. The unhappy Jesus we tend to create
for ourselves could not have been the reality
His apostle could not counsel us to 'rejoice ever
more" if He had not rejoiced as our Example.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Israel Zangwill will make only one lecture in
the west, according to recent announcements.
AS we recall some of the things he has been say
ing about us, wonder at his temerity in max
ing this one appearance. Evidently the
Melting Pot wasn't sufficiently hot when Zangwill
got into 1.-THE process seems to have left num-
Der of impurities in his composition, ingratitude
being one of the chiefest of these.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Metropolitan papers are predicting that Pre-
sident Coolidge will use the whip hand in Congress
if necessary to get some action. If the president
uses the same variety of gumption that he used
on the Boston policemen few years ago, Con-
gress will know that there is something more to
this job Of being president than merely serving
as gracious figurehead. At any rate the whole
thing is going to be intensely interesting to watch
from the sidelines.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

The pot is boiling preparatory to brewing
the political tea of 1924 and it promises to be a
'tea with kick in it,. Along with his New
Years Resolutions every politically inclined Unit
ed Statesman unleashed political opinion or
two the morning of the First.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

"What Attracts Me to st. Paul" is column
being conducted by the ST. Paul Dispatch. Not
for worlds would we tell the Dispatch so, but
the chief thing that attracts <us to that city is
the thrill we get when we get back to Redwood
Falls and realize what a wonderful contrast our
little city offers-the contrast being all to our
advantage, of course!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09
Mike Holm s;

Mike Holm says everybody who owns car
must register it and pay the tax before February
18th or answer to him, b'gosh! 'Sawfull hard to
get up much enthusiasm about paying auto
license with the radiator frozen up and with the
honker suffering from tonsilits. Mike should
ask for licenses when cars are runable.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Fred Hadley may be not quite we'll phys
ally, but he is just ready with the merry litt
joke as always. Fred wrote quite epistle f
Frank Days paper while enroute to California
few weeks ago and from it are taken these fe
little observations;
"Jesse James and his crew of bandits
used to hold up trains with guns, but the
Pullman porters do it just as efficiently
with whisk brooms.
"a lot of folks who travel for rest
and change find that the walters get the
change and the railroads get the rest.
"Bobbed hair and pair of those rub
ber-tired glasses make even the fairest
ladies look just fair.
Business conditions over the coun-
try are reported to be not any too strong,
and we noted that even some of the noun
tains looked peaked.
1--WE saw many cattle in New Mexico
that looked as if they would make ex-
celent hat racks.
"It is uncanny the way the railroads
can place box car in front of all the
things you want to see.
"Down in Arizona about all you can
see is cactus, but you will have to admit
that the cactus has many fine points
about it.
''Since the 18th Amendment went into
effect the deserts are about as dry as
one of Frank Days political speeches"
A little later on, in the same article FIR
writes:
"Don't let anyone tell you that Los
Angeles isn't booming. 1t continues its
phenomenal growth. Buildings are GO
ing up everywhere. Everyone is busy.
Down town yesterday i never saw so
many people in my life On one corner,
it is estimated that 10000 people pass
every hour for eight hours in the day.
And / can well believe it. The auto
and pedestrian traffic is far greater than
in New York. And don't take any stock
in those stories about the moving pic
ture studios being shut down. They are
running full blast. We are nicely locat-
ed in bungalow about three blocks from
the Fairbanks studio, where Doug is busy
making ''The Thief of Bagdad." The
flowers are all in bloom-roses, geran-
iums, etc.. and today we saw literally
acres of the flaming poinsetta. It was
beautiful sight. The weather is warm
and balmy, the people are happy and
prosperous. What a blessing it is to
this country that the people do not have
an opportunity to read DIR. Days edi-
<torials and learn Of the wickedness of
Hollywood, the fingers of poverty that
are clutching at the threats of the folks
out here, and of the poor bricklayers and
plasterers who are starving to death on
daily wage of about $50 day: 1t is
sad and pathetic sight to see the car
penters roll by in their limousines, and
to hear the laughter of little children
as they play among the flowers"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Senator La Follette's Logic" was the title
of lead editorial in one of the metropolitan pa
pers one day last week. The writer took consid-
cradle time and many well-turned phrases to
prove what people who have followed La Follette's
course for the past few years already knew
that he has no such thing logic in his compost
ton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

When woman gets to that point where she
needs black velvet ribbon to mark the place
where her chin Cor chins) leave off and her neck
begins, it is an extremely small satisfaction tc
her that she afford to have that ribbon fasten-
ed with diamond clasp. Only youth is price
less!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

At last use has been found for the passeng-
er trains which have been considered mere incum-
brants of the landscape for the past several
months. They are mighty helpful in getting you
from where you are to where you aint when the
busses cease to function.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Magnus says that the reason he got licked
in the milking contest because the COW
switched her tail. Somebody beside Magnus will
always be to blame for Magnus' defeat-he's built
that way. But its shame to pick defence
less cow.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Senator Jim Reed charges that there is "a
propaganda and lobby back of the Mellon tax
reduction program. You bet, there is-the whole
darned American people.-M Minneapolis Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

The Italians took Zone Fine Day" from
Madame Butterfly" and jazzed it! And now
the composer is collecting damages. We should
think he'd be committing murder-the desecra-
ton really justifes it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

We know something of what Andy Gump is
going through these days. We have number of
suggestive little reminders of bills due Icing on
our DESK too. But there our similarity to Andy
ceases-we have no Uncle BIN!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Hollywood pulled off another of those deli
cous little shooting scenes the other day. These
playful little episodes at least serve good pur-
pose-they give Will Hayes something to do by
way of earning his salary.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

The mayorality race is on in st. Paul with
Larry Ho and Mayor Arthur Nelson two of the
candidates. May the best win! And we
take this opportunity to say that Larry is that
best, in our opinion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

Dr. Frank Crane desires to know If beauty
is passing. Not just now particularly-it pass
ed some of us "Yeahs and Yeahs ago!"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

New York woman has been arrested for
voting three times. And now some mean man
says the lady was running true to form-she was
only exemplifyng her right to change her mind!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

A. C. Townley is again a front page head
liner. But it is nothing very serious this time
only charge of an embezzlement OF $72,9O3.
A. c. probably welcomes the return to publicity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09
SMALL TOWN TALK

What some Of us need right now is not only
chance but changed
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-09

England has million more women than men
The lady Britisher may yet prove to the "bally
Englishman" that he can be gotten along with
out.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
LEAVES FICTION FAR BEHIND
Action OF Vlgo Authorities In Dealing
With Treasure Ships Is Almost
Beyond Belief.

Perhaps the largest single treasure
trove lies at the bottom Of vigo bay on
the coast of Spain. Here II bullion
carriers were sunk by the British and
Dutch navies in the latter part Of the
Seventeenth century and scattered over
the oceans floor gold and silver esti-
mated at s10o.0O0.000. So far 1t is all
there.
The feet of bullion carriers. con.
soyed by a slightly larger fleet Of men
Of war, set out from the coast Of Mex.
leo to carry the treasure to the Golfers
OF Spain and sought refuge in vigo bay
from the approach of the larger British
and Dutch feet. There they planned
TO unload the treasure.
But the customs officers had no in
structions to receive 1t. They must
communicate with their superlors. The
admiral of the feet argued, but the
port officials We're adamant- And while
they debated the enemy ships sailed
into the bay and settled the matter FOR
all time by sinking the feet.
And what has fiction half % strange
- fhat1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
ROYALTY OF OLD BIG EATERS
Feast at Court Of King Richard u
Called for Vast Amount
Of Food.

England In the Canterbury days ate
much in the French style. Spoons and
fingers were good manners and cary
ing was new-fangled. II 1t was in fac
practiced to any extent at all.
Richard II and the duke of Ian
caster once dined in London with the
bishop Of Durham. The king, the
duke and the bishop and their retinue:
and guests called for 120 sheep, Il
salted oxen and fresh, 1,240 pigs, Il
boars, 210 geese, 720 hens, so capons
"of HE geze" and eight dozen other
capons. so swans and 100 Dozen
pigeons; rabbits and curlews by the
score, 1000 eggs. II gallons Of cream
and 120 gallons Of milk.
Such was royal feast, says the De
troit News. and every day, whether
fast day or eating day. had four meals
Breakfast at seven, dinner at ten in
the morning, supper at four and liv.
cry at eight The hour of dinner Is
said to show the development of cook.
ing In any given country. But there
were Chaucerian refnements, never
theless. aside from dishes Of flowers
permissible foods initiating the form
Of meats on fast days, even eggs be-
ing counterfeited and clever things
such as making two capons out Of one
BY SHINING 1t and stuffing the skin.
There were, besides, the points Of
etiquette; pig for lord should be
endored, his cabbage thickened with
egg. not crumbs; pike served whole
to lord, but cut for the commonalty.
And mint sauce has a pedigree reach
iEg to Edward /.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
Fox Worlds Greatest
Debater at Age of 10

Recent rivalry as to who "a the
baby" member of congress has caused
some of the bookishly inclined TO hunt
up records, revealing that although
William Pitt was premier of England
at twenty-four, and although Charles
James Fox was acknowledged to be
the greatest debater In parliament at
about the same age, having got Is
when he was nineteen, there once was
a young man elected to the congress
of the United States when he was
twenty-four years old and too young
to serve under the Constitution.
This young fellow was John Young
Brown Of Kentucky, who could not
take his seat until the second session
of the Thirty-sixth congress. who later
served in two other congresses and
was governor Of his state.
John Randolph of Roanoke. on &C.
count of his youthful appearance, was
challenged by the clerk of the house.
who asked how old he was. Randolph
replied that he had better go ask the
people who elected me-"
Henry Clay is the only man In his
tory who served in the senate before
he was thirty years old. but he knew
enough TO keep his mouth shut about
his age and no one else thought Of it. %
the late Champ Clark commented.
Clay was later secretary of state un-
der John Quincy Adams and twice de-
feated for the presidency, by Andrew
Jackson in 1882 and by James &. Polk
in 1S44.-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
WIRELESS CLOCK IN LONDON
Timepiece at Waterloo Station, In
vented by American, Has No
Visible Works.

An American engineer has inventet
a timepiece which not only keeps per
feet time, but by means of wireless
operates and corrects a series of othe,
clocks with which 1t is connected.
According to a noted wireless au-
thority in this country, this invention
foreshadows a day when all public
clocks will be controlled and synchro
nized In this way.
The need of keeping an accurate
record Of the passing of time has in
spired many ingenious inventions.
One Of the most wonderful clocks in
the world Is to be seen at Wells cathe-
dral. 1t was made by a monk exactly
900 years ago. The hours are indi-
Gated by the appearance of a number
Of armed figures on horseback, says
London Tit-Bits These meet In a
kind Of charge. the striking of their
lances sounding the chimes for the
hour
A clock without visible works Is one
Of the wonders of Waterloo station,
London. 1t Is controlled by electric
ity. which connects 1t with what q
known as the master clock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
PaSCAL'S COUNTING MACHINE
Devices In Use Today Are Based On
Same Principle as That Worked
Out by Frenchman.

The third centennial Of the birth Of
Blaise Pascal, zone of the intellectual
SUBMITS Of humanity" was recently
celebrated In France. Pascal was an
admirable writer, penetrating philos-
0pher, and marvellous scientist. He
died at the age of thlrty-nine.
Pascal is said to have been the first
man who ever made counting ma
chine that would work perfectly and
accurately. 1t was then a very diff.
acult and complicated thing to count
As tile decimal monetary system had
not yet been invented.
Young Blaise undertook to keep his
fathers accounts. 1t was then that he
conceived the idea Of making count
ing machine, says the Detroit News.
He worked on 1t ten years. As there
was no gear system In those days he
was obliged to make all his pieces
himself out Of blocks Of metal, fling
them to the right shape and size. He
overcame all difficulties and obtained
simple machine which made 1t pos
sihle to make very complicated cal
culations. All counting machines used
today are based on this s6nnn prin-
ciplaL -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
GRANDEUR HARD TO PORTRAY
Visitor Asserts View From Summit o.
Andes 10 Such as Almost to Defy
Description.

The view from the summit IL mag.
nifcent In whichever direction one
turns, but it Is rather more interesting
and varied toward the Pacific. That
ocean Is not over a hundred miles La
straight line from the crest Of the
divide. but all sight of It is cut of by
the intervening SUBMITS. The scenery
n this, or any other part Of the Andes.
IS on too vast and imposing a scale for
man TO come TO any adequate com
prehension Of 1t. Still more hopeless
"a the possibility of conveying any ef.
fecfive impression Of II TO otherA You
may think you can describe It until you
try; then you find that you are but
strfnging meaningless adjectives and
shopworE Smiles togsther.
At first you are inclined to be disap
pointed at your impotency: then you
begin to feel small and ashamed that
you should have presumed to attempt
such thing; finally. like man cover
lag Up traces Of guilt, you hastef, to
Gear up and burn what you have writ.
ten before some one comes and fands
what you have been doing. There are
some men who can draw better than
others word-pictures Of these great
manifestations Of nature, Just as some
men can paint better pictures on can
vas than can others; but the best de-
scriptions are only sounding brass and
nnkling cymbal limitations Of the un
peakable grandeur Of the originals.
Personally ! throw up my hands and
call myself of at the outset. Lewis
= FREEMAN In the Cornhill Maeixina
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
PasDnee indians Were
Whirlwinds in Battle


The Pawnees were never discipline
In military sense. On one OCCASION
when they were to start on scout
early in the morning. three days ra
tons had been issued TO them. They
ate every ounce that night and had
nothing to eat until the afternoon of
the second day. when they shot few
antelope
They obeyed orders and suggestions
preliminary to a combat, but in q
charge or sudden attack they reverted
to their own methods and were whirl-
winds in fight. Major North stated
that In an engagement near Wood
River, Neb.. where the Sioux were
completely surprised. the scouts
charged, firing their repeating car
bines, flung them aside when empty
used revolvers In the same manner
and wound up the fight with bows and
| arrows. They had to go over the field
afterward to recover discarded wea
pons. saw the command as they
passed through Julesburg; they had
eight scalps decorated and stretched
on hoops. The next night I witnessed
their scalp dance. 1t was the most
thrilling savage rite / have ever seen
A Pawnee stripped for action and IL
war paint was a striking object. The
head was shaved excepting narrow
ridge Of hair in the middle that stood
erect like a reached name from the
forehead to the crown where it ended
in scalp lock. A large circle about
| each eye was filled in with black, the
rest Of the face and portions of the
body were streaked with vermilior
| and yellow. At short distance theil
| faces resembled decorated skulls.-E
T. Scoville in Adventure Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
Had Good Reason

1t was The usual rush hour. A
chivalrous young man got up and Of
fered his seat In the street car to a
young woman.
One Of the straphangers turned to
friend who was standing by him
and said:
do you know I've been travelling in
these cars the last ten years, and
I've never given my seat to woman
Jet"
The friend was q gallant fellow.
"Well. that's surely not much to
boast abouti' he said. severely.
You would have done just the
same" retorted the first man.
oh, no, ! shouldn't. I should have
given up my seat like gentleman"
no. you wouldn't" said his friend.
SIS he swayed toward him. You see.
the fact Is I've never had a seat"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-04
"Hornbook" Used Before
the Days of Printing

A hornbook was the alphabet-book
or primer for learning to read in uni
versal use in England before the days
of printing, and common even down to
the time of George II. 1t consisted OF
a single leaf set in an oak frame, COW
cred with a thin sheet Of transparent
horn as protection. whence its name.
The leaf contained on one side the al
phabet, in large and small letters, also
the Lords Prayer and tine nine digits,
together with large number of mono
syllables.
The frame had a handle, and THIS
was generally provided with hole for
a string. by means Of which the horn
book could be suspended from the pu-
pills girdle. The back of the frame
was ornamented with rude sketch OF
st. George and the dragon.
Hornbooks are now very rare. Ere
quent illusions to them are found In
the older writers.-Detroit News.