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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
SOCIETY WOMAN or PITTsRuRe
KILLED IN A BATTLE
WITH BURGLAR.
HAD A PISTOL IN REACH
Was Prepared for Just Such an At
tack and Was Considered Crack
Shot, but the Intruder Gets the Best
Of the DueIELatter Was After Col
leetons Held by the Young Woman
for a Charitable Fund. ~

Pfttsburg, Dec. 1s.-Hartet P. Muir
ply, prominent in church. Ind society
circles and treasurer of the Kingsley
House fund, was murdered at her home
by burglar about a. m. The muir.
derer made his escape and although
the whole police and detective force
OF that vicinity was called he has not
. been found.
Miss Murphy was the only sister of
Select Councilman John A. Murphy OF
The Twentieth ward and was 80 years
old. She, with her brother and two
servants, women, lived alone in the
house.
Miss Murphy, who slept on the sec
ond floor, was an expert with the re-
volver, having practiced for the pur-
pose Of protecting herself in just such
an attack and she always had a pistol
within easy reach.
About 3 O'Clock her brother was
awakened by two shots in the house
and Fastening to his sisters room
found her lying dead on the floor with
a bullet wound in the head. The bur-
glar had scaled the porch posts and
entered the window of Miss Murphy's
room by breaking the glass. It is sup
posed that the noise of the crashing
glass awakened her and that, as she
jumped from the bed with her revolver
in her hand, the man fired. Marks III
the snow ON the porch roof indicate
that only one man entered the room
Miss Murphy usually kept the collec-
tons for the Kingsley House fund in
her room until recently and it is
thought the burglar was after this
money.
When the police ralsed Miss Murphy
they found the revolver within a few
inches of her right hand under the
folds of her night dress. The room
in which the duel took place was pitch
dark and the police think that the
burglar gagged the vital spot of the
shooter by the flash from the revolver
she fired. 1t was a shot that only an
expert could make and they are con-
fident that it could not have been
chance shot. The falling of Miss Muir
phys body is thought to have scared
the thief away before he had time to
think about stealing anything. A
careful investigation was made of the
room and not thing of any value was
missing. -..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
BraIn-Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food tad has beer
branded by the n ost competent authorities.
They have dispe.led the silly notion that
one kind of food is needed for brain, anoth-
er tor muscles. and still another for bones.
A correct Diet will not only nourish a par
ticular part of the body, but it W II sustain
every other part. Yet however gooI you,
food may be, is nutriment is destroyed BY
indigestion or dyspepsia. You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent their COM
ing by tax ng regular doses of Green's
August Flower, the favorite medicine OF
the healthy millions. A few doses aids di-
gestlon, stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purihes the blood, and makes You
feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get
DR.. G. G. Green's reliable remedies at
Hanson & Emerson. Get Green's Special
Almanac.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

The first chemical factory opened In
this country was In Salem, Mass, In
1911. At first great objection was
made to the establishment Of the fac
tory, the persons living near claiming
that the fumes of the chemicals poison
ed the air and made life intolerable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

Tsb1ets.
Try them $3.50
When you feel dull after eating. :.
Wheny you have no appetite.
When you have bad taste in the mouth.
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipated.
/ When you have headache.
When you feel bilious. .
They will improve ysur appetite, cleanse
and invigorate Jour stomach and regulate
your liver and bowels. Fer sale BY Han
son 4 Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

DR.. e. Detchon's Anti Diuretic.
May be worth to you more than 500 ii
you have child who soils bedding from in
conference of water during sleep. Cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the trouble
At once. 81. Sold by Fiesler & McNeice
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
A woman's AwfuI Peril.

"There is only one chance to save your
life and that is through an operation" were
the startling words heard by Mrs. /. B Hunt
of Lime Ridge, Wis, from her doctor after
he had vainly tried to cure her of frightful
case Ct stomach trouble aid yellow jaundice.
Gall stones had formed and she constantly
grew worse. Then she began to use Electric
Bitters which wholly cured her. It's won
derful Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy.
Cures Dyspepsia. Loss ofAppette- Tryit.
Only SO cts. Guaranteed. For sale by Flesler
& McNeice.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
Rev. Iri r. Hicks Is not Dead.

Rev. Iri R. Hicks Is not Dead.
Notwithstanding a widely current
rumor that the Rev. Irl r. Hicks was
dead, he never was in better health
and never did a harder and more sue
cessful years work than that just
closing. He has just completed his
large and splendid almanac for 1902
and, with his staff of able helpers, has
brought his journal, ''Word and
Works." Justly forward into int r
national reputation. For a quarter
of a century Mr.. Hicks has grown in
reputation and usefulness as the peo-
Piles astronomer and forecaster of
storms and the character OF coming
seasons. Never we've his weather
forecasts so sought after as now, his
timely warning of a serious drouth
this year having saved the people
from loss and suffering. Millions of
bushels of wheat were harvested by
his advice to plant crops that would
mature early. The American people
will certainly stand by Prof. Hicks,
when it costs them SO little and the
benefits are so great. His fine alma
mac OF 200 pages is only 25c and his
splendid family journal is only 81 a
year including the almanac. Send to
Word and Works Pub. Co., 22O1 Lo-
cust-st.. st. Louis, Mo. ~
+ i
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Prop, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney Tor the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
OBJ igations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cureis taken internally,
aCCHS ulIcCuy upon tuC Dtoou anu HuCouS
surfaces of the system. Price IS c. per bot
tie. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free. llall's Family Pills are the best.
The first chemical factory opened In
this country was In Salem, Mass, In
1911. At first great objection was
made to the establishment Of the fac
tory, the persons living near claiming
that the fumes of the chemicals poison
ed the air and made life intolerable.
= 4.
Information Wanted.
The manufacturers Of Banner Save hav-
ing always believed that no doctor or medi-
cine can cure in every case, but never hav-
ing heard where Banner Salve failed to
cure ulcers, sores, letter, exzema, or piles.
as matter Of curiosity would like to know
if there are such cases. II 50 they will
gladly refund the money. Fiesier & Nc
Niece.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

"Peggotty's house." one of the most
interesting features of Yarmouth. as
described by Dickens In David Cop
perfeld," is In the market Portions Of
the wood and the two windows Of the
old boat are sim In possession Of the
present owner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
RESULT OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
Great Destruction of Property in New
Zealand.

San Francisco, Dec. 1S.-New Zea-
land news received by steamer gives
details Of great destruction of prop
erty in the Cheyict district by an
earthquake on Nov. IS. In the town of
Cheviot and the surrounding country
scarcely a building was left standing.
The fine homestead of Sir George Cliff
ford was wrecked.
and water issued from them. In one
office a heavy safe was thrown across
the room and brick chimneys fell like
toy houses. The people are panic
stricken as the shocks still continue.
At Waiian river great cracks opened
in the river bed and when they closed
volumes OF water were, sent hundreds
of feet into the air.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
An Evange1iSt'S Story.

l suffered for years with bronchial or
lung trouble and tried various remedies but
did not obtain permanen mt relief until COM
menced using One Minute Cough Cure,
writes Rev. James Kirknan evangelist of
Belle River, Ill, have no hesitat on in
recommending it to all sufferers from mall
adles of this kind. One Minute Cough Cure
affords immediate relief for coughs, colds
and all kinds of throat and lung troubles
For Group it is unequaled. Absolutely safe.
Very pleasant to take, never fails and is real
ly a fsvorite with the children They like
it. Hanson & Emerson.
The Nickel Plate Road
will sell tickets on December "a, Is
and 81 and January at rate of fare
and third for the round trip to any
point located in Central Passenger
Association territory. Return limit,
January 2. Through service TO New
York, boston and other eastern
points. Chicago passenger depot
VanBuren-st. and Pacifc-ave. For
further information address John Y.
Callahan, General Agent, Ill Adams
st., Chicago.
Disputed Land Title.
George Brown of Grove Lake, went
to Minneapolis to spend the winter.
y few days ago his peace OF mind was
rudely shocked by a report to the eff
feet that his lifelong friend and neigh
Dor, Chas. B. McCready, had deliber-
ately undertaking to make a home
stead entry upon portion of Mr..
Browns valuable Grove Lake farm,
Mr.. McCready contending that Mr..
Brown or no other man, has rifle to
this particular tract of land, which is
valued at $50 per acre and which has
been in Browns possession for more
than quarter of a century.-Gler-
wood Herald.
Mrs. Milford Brady operates an old
fashioned water power mill In Morrow
county, o., her only assistant being
boy. She lives In a log hut adjoining
the mill and has no intercourse with
her neighbors except In business
way. The min, built a century ago,
was owned by her father, and she has
kept 1t going since his death.
i. =
Satisfied People.
Are the best advertisers for Foley's Honey
and Tar and all who use it agree that it is q
splendid rene coughs, colds. Or sore
lungs. Fiesler & McNeice.
Chas. Replogie, Atwater, -, was in very
bad shape. He says:I suffered . great deaf
with my kidneys aud was requested to Try
Foley's Kidney Cure. didso ana in four
days was able to 60 to work again, now
am entirely well. Fiesler & McNeice.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

ing trumpet, A sound is really moth
ing but an air wave until ii reaches
the inside ear, Some animals. like the
horse, can move their outside ear to-
ward anything that makes noise. and
so they can catch more OF the air waves
and hear better than people can.
little canal one and quarter inch
es long leads to thin membrane of the
SKIN. like the head of drum. This is
stretched across the canal and behind
1t lies the middle ear Although this
membrane. called the ear drum, is so
thin that you could see through ii If
you could wiggle one of your eyes
around there, 1t is made Of three sheets.
Touching the inner side of the ear
drum is a little chain of bones that
reaches to the inner ear, which is made
of three tubes. These tubes are full of
fluid like water. and this little chain
of bones ends in the fluid at the begin
ming OF the tubes.
When an air wave strikes the ear
drum 1t shakes just like the head of a
drum when struck. This moves the
little chain of bones. and they carry the
motion of the ear drum to the little
lake OF fluid just outside the tubes of
the inner ear and cause little waves
Just like the ripples on a pond which
spread in every direction when you
throw stone into the water AS the
ear drum is Is or 20 times larger than
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15
AN ORDERLY LOT OF MEN.
American Soldiers in the Philippines
Highly Complimented.

Capt Lloyd Hartford, British consul
in the Philippine islands. and a veteran
English army officer, in an interview
with a Minneapolis Tribune reporter,
said "Too high a compliment cannot
be paid to the soldiers on duty In the
Philippines. During all the time have
been there | have seen very few drunk
en- American soldiers They are the
finest set Of men | ever saw, and the
best behaved
"Of course. there Is still great prob
lem to be solved The climate Is bad
for one not raised there, and II IL inn
possible To keep anything but Chinese
labor. The Filpinos will not work, and
they get mad at the Industrious Chinese
because they work and make money.
1T is resonrceful place. to be sure
but no one cares TO 20 there just now
1t would not be safe for "A stranger to
drive ten miles rom a city. al there
IL danger Of being held MP. robbed and
probably murderer. The people who
would otherwise go there and develop
the island for what II is worth stay
away on that account,
"A change has come over the natives
since the capture Of Agulnaldo They
seemed to regard him as invulnerable.
thinking that be could not be captured
Their great confidence amounted TO a
superstition. and. might say. to re-
Iigion among the more ignorant But
since his capture he Is not tho idol be
was
Il hope the government will Tot
make the mistake 81 being too lenien.
with the natives mistake which
England made in India. They are a
good for nothing and treacherous lot.
and what intelligence they gather ua-
der American tutorship may be turned
aro@ind the other way and used In
mutiny. In which case they will prove
quite troublesome. They are race
that will bear close watching.
General Funston Ia q hero o7er
there. even In the eyes Of many - zoe
natives who are intelligent enough ~
appreciate him. and with the Ameri-
cans on the leland | think he IL more
thought Of than even Dewey. have
met General Funston at my Office IN
Manila Tic Is fine soldier, and the
confidence in his ability rs leader Of
men which those soldiers repose In him
Is enough 10 make any man proud "
Captain Hartford has teen In the for
eign Office service for the pact 20 years
he has REPRESENTED the crown al the
Canary Islands. India and New Gale
donia. He will sail FOR bis post from
Vancouver lng 10.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

gig iREAT MANY little boys and girls
r. have never seen a telephone, but,
of course, most Of our readers
know all about them. and have
often called up papa at his office and
told him TO be sure to be home to
lunch early in the afternoon so he
could take them to the circus. Any
how whether they have talked over the
wonderful wire or not, each of our
friends who reads this page, and. in
fact. every little boy or girl alive, has
q private telephone system much more
wonderful than the manufactured kind
and much better, too, for it has no
wires to break or blow down. and no
central" to give you the wrong num-
her and cut you off before you are
through.
This private telephone system Of
yours is in the ear. Most of you hear
things every minute you are awake
without even stopping to think how
YOU hear.
If anyone should ask you how many
ears you have, of course, you would
say two" but you really have six
three on each side. They are called
the outside ear, middle and inside ear
The outside ear is the one that hurts
when the boy who sits behind you at
school snaps it with an elastic band.
Ii is curved and followed to catch
sounds just like the mouth of speak
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

the fluid space the mouo-. 81 these
waves is Is or 20 times stronger than
the motion of the ear drum.
At the end of all three tubes Is a
little space like vestibule. Behind
this yestbule are little cells set III
wall of bone These cells are fun OF
very fine hairs The fluid waves aaus-
ed by the chain of bones come washing
through the three tubes into the vesti
bule and strike against the cells of
hairs. There are Is, 90 of these cells,
and they are connected with nerve
which leads to the brain.
An air wave is caught by the outside
ear, lead down the inch-and-a quarter
canal. and strikes the ear drum. The
ear drum vibrates and sets going the
little chain of bones. They start up
the little fluid waves, which run doTn
the tubes into and across the vestibtle
and strike the cells full or hairs. These
little hairs culver with all kinds of
quivers, and the nerve behin0 them
makes the same kind of quivers In the
brain. The brain examines these Quiv.
ers carefully, and says: My, they're
blasting again in the new tunnel" or,
There's Willie Jones shooting squir-
rels in the pasture lott" Different air
waves make different shakes of the car
drum, different wiggles of the chain OF
bones, different fluid waves different
hair quiverings, and there you are.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

came Mr.. Wolf at night, and said that
he had moved the plug little, but
could not get it out Then Judge Bear
said that il the plug could be pulled
out at all, he would pull it, for he was
the strongest of the animals. He start
ed off finely, but when he had gotten
but a little way up the sunbeam he
found he could not run nearly fast
enough to get to the top before it gave
way, so he came flying back in a hur-
ry. There was nothing left but for Mr..
Horse to try. He was so heavy that
everyone thought he would break
through the sunbeam. but he said he
would do his best. He waited on the
mountaintop until the right minute,
and then, jumping on the sunbeam, gal
Hoped with all his might. He reached
the edge of the sky safely, and ran to-
ward the center. His hoofs made such
a noise on the floor of the sky that all
the animals down below said: Hear
it thunder, III bet we are going to
have some rain"
Mr.. Horse reached the plug and. seiz-
ing it with his teeth, pulled with all
his might. He tugged and jerked, but
it would not move. Mr.. Horse was
about to stop and 60 back when he
thought Of the poor animals at home
suffering for water, while the crops
and grass were all dried up, and it
made him % angry that he turned anu
kicked at the plug with both feet as
hard as he could He struck ii the
very first kick, and it flew out so quick
ly that Mr. Horse could not get out
from under the plughole soon enough,
and he got soaking wet from the rain
that poured through. 1t raineG for Il
long time. and Mr.. Horse had to get
back to Animal Land on a rainbow,
as he could not catch sunbeam at the
right time All the animals praised
him for bringing the rain but Mr..
Horse.
"Oh. pshaw! It's lucky that had
my heavy iron shoes on or 1 could new
er have kicked the plug out"
1T is lucky, indeed, said all the an
finals, and the horseshoe has been the
very emblem of good luck ever since.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15
Why Horseshoes Are Lucky.

then go to the middle and pull out the
plug. You will barely have time to
get back before the sun goes down.
Then sunbeam will rest on the noun
taintop again. You can run down this,
and so get back to Animal Land. None
but the very swiftest of you should
try, for if you cannot run fast enough
to get to the edge of the sky in very
few seconds the sunbeam will give way
and you will fall to the ground"
Then the animals selected the swift
est runners among them to go up to
the sunbeam. They were Mr.. Rabbit.
Mr.. Fox, Mr.. Wolf. Mr.. Dog and Mr.
Horse: but Mr.. Dog had the rheuma-
tism so badly and was so old that he
could not go. None of them seemed
very anxious to try, for they were all
afraid the sunbeam might give way
and let them fall Finally they selected
Mr. Rabbit as he was the lightest Of
the lot and could run as fast as any.
So the next morning Mr. Rabbit started
off very early to get to the top OF the
mountain before the sun arose. All of
the animals expected to see clouds and
to feel the rain commence to fall at
night they were disappointed and at
length MI Rabbit came back very tired
from his sky journey.
Il found the plug" he said land
tried to pull it out. but it would not
come, pulled and pulled. but it never
moved bit. Someone who is stronger
will have to try"
They talked all night about M, Rab-
bits journey, and early in the morn
ing Mr.. Fox started. At night he re-
turned with the same story that Mr..
Rabbit had told, he was not strong
enough to pull the plug out. Then
Mr.. Wolf said that he would try. He
was ten times as large as Mr. Rabbit
and three times as large as Mr.. Fox, so
all the animals felt that he would be
the one to succeed. Off he went in the
morning. and everyone expected rain
all day, but no rain fell. Then back
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15
Want n New Bant Receiver.

In the United States court applica~
ton was made To Judge Seaman for thv
immediate appointment of receiver
for the German Exchange bank to SUI
persedo Receiver Richard +, Connell,
appointec OF the state court An in
junction was also asked restraining
Receiver Conntll from disposing of the
banks assets and directing him To sur
render the Kerstens' assets 10 the re-
ceiver OF the United States court.
There via be a hearing on the appli-
cations Aug. l6, Receiver Cornell pre-
scented his report to the bank editors.
showing the total liabilities to be $685.
349 and the assets about the same
amount. or the latter over 1865 900 is
unsecured
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

- LITTLE boy from Hoosick Falls
n has written us a delightful little
letter about his pet owls. and he
says he has tried to train them to
do tricks, but has failed entirely. The
Owls were almost full grown when he
g1r them, and they resent any attempt
10 compromise their dignity, such as
making them do tricks. by biting,
'a~irg and altogether acting in very
1neentlemanly manner. He asks us
10 toll him how TO train them, but We
give it IN.
An owl has most peculiar form Of
neck. and he does things with ii that
would seem to justify very common
ana expressive slang term. II you
walk completely around an owl he will
'"lst his neck so that he will be look
ing at you all the time. even il you
Asep on In the same direction and walk
around him several times. II you do
uol know how he does IL. ii seems very
.i4 and you expect to see his neck
Nhstrew and let his big round head
tumble on his shoulders. Although he
ms TO twist his neck completely
around until his head has described
,np4ete circle. he really turns II only
.sH way around, until his face is look
ING directly back from between his
saoaiders, Then he whirls 1t around
s olher way so fast that you actually