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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
DREAMS WHICH HAPPEN.
A Robbery That Was Witnessed I
Woman During SleeD

A Robbery That Was Witnessed by
Woman During Sleep.
A lady spending the summer in the
country, some 20 miles from her city
residence, dreamed that the latter was
robbed, she herself being a witness of
the robbery. In her dream she saw two
men, one of whom limped, in the act
Of rummaging some trunks in the hall.
A candle stuck by means Of it's own
wax on the newell post Illuminated the
scene with dim light.
After finishing their work with the
trunks the men went up stairs to q
closet. from which they removed cur
tains and hangings stored for the sum-
mer months. The dreamer observed
that they overlooked her most valuable
curtains, which had been placed well
back on upper shelves.
Suddenly she seemed to be transport
ed to her birthplace at Auburn. N. Y.
where she especially noted the bronze
figure of an Indian which surmounts
the prison edifice. $3.50.
At breakfast the next morning she
related her vivid dream to those pres
ent, five Of whom are now living and
vouch for the fact. Subsequently it
was found that the city house had been
entered and robbed. On the newell post
were the marks of the candle. The
curtains had all been taken but the best
set, which were found where the dream
er had seen them. &
Suspicion was directed to painter
who had been at work on the house,
who was lame and who disappeared
Immediately after the robbery. Inves-
tigation of this mans character showed
that he had served a term in the Au-
burn penitentiary.-Hea Culture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08

the men. He scattered them about and
gave. them Instructions, and promptly
to the minute the carpenter appeared.
This time he showed up forward and
walked aft, and at word from the
captain all rushed upon him. They
found no substance. As they knocked
together and some of them fell to the
deck the thing disappeared aft, as If
going down into the cabin.
Now, here was situation. That
there was ghost aboard even the cap
tain could not doubt. He owned right
gp to the men that 1t was ghost, but
1t the same time kept the creeps away
by stating thatJthe spook showed no
desire to harm any one.
There was no Scare among the men.
There was never a night Of the rest Of
the voyage that the ghost did not show
up, and by the time we reached port it
had come to be looked upon as almost
one of the crew. Here was chance
for the sdperstitious to talk about Fri
day and No., Is and all that, but there
was no such talk among u.s. believe
that a crowd of lawyers, doctors or
merchants would have exhibited more
nervousness than did our crew of sail
ors. 1t got so that they finally threw
their caps at the specter and asked for
q light for their pipes. t..
The solution Of the mystery was not
less curious We had not yet discharg-
ed all our cargo when fearful Odor
became plain, and when the last barrel
and box went out we traced the source
and ripped off some of the flooring.
Between two Of the ribs we found the
decaying corpse of ship carpenter,
whose skull had been smashed in by a
blow from hammer. The CHASTITY
thing was taken ashore and an inquest
held. There were initials on the cloth
ing, and a true description was taken,
and no one doubted that murder had
been committed. On the run back to
Liverpool there was no ghost. The
finding of the body had laid, it. The
case was placed in the hands Of the
police, and you may remember what
happened. The name of the murdered
Lldu was JOuu w dlpOlc, anu q lCAo"
workman named Charles Saunders was
arrested for the crime. He confessed
at once. AS the two had knocked off
for luncheon they fell into dispute
about a woman. and, driven to des-
peration by taunts of the other, Saun-
ders seized his hammer and gave him
fatal blow. AS the two were alone in
the bows of the ship, then about ready
for launching, he showed the body over
against rib and nailed on flooring
enough to cover it. Walpole was miss
ed by the foreman, but was supposed
to have gone off on a spree. That was
the confession, and it brought about
Saunders death on the gallows, and no
ghost was ever seen aboard of the Fri
day afterward. You won't believe that
we saw a ghost, but as the discovery
of the remains of the murdered man
and the hanging Of Saunders were mat
tiers Of public record you can't very
well get around them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
The Theater.

Sir Squire Bancroft. in lecture on
the stage In London, said that when he
was a boy he scraped up many q
shilling to 60 into the pit to see Phelps
act At Sadler's Wells theater and
Charles Kean at the Princess, with
both Of whom he subsequently played
as q young country actor. These stolen
visits he regarded as not the least part
Of his education, and therefore bis ad-
Nice to all was, go and see Shakes
peare acted whenever you get the
chance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08

1.-The ship, two of the seven men on deck
came hurrying aft and Informed me
that strange man was skulking about
forward. The men were not overex-
cited, and on my part took it that we
had "a stowaway on board. told
them to secure him and bring him aft,
and my watch had almost expired
when it was reported that the stranger
could not be found. When came on
duty again, ! reported the matter to
the captain, and he had the fore hatch
eoyer removed and sent man down to
Investigate. We were almost full up
with cargo, and it did not take long to
the two or three open spaces. Had a
tstowaway been secreted below decks
bit would have been impossible for him
ito come up. but the hatch was removed
ito convince the sailors that they had
'theen deceived by a shadow.
] The'next night at the same hour the
stranger reappeared. The second mate
had the watch. and as soon as the af-
fair was reported to him he had me
called. The incident had been talked
over during the day. of course but
these new men had not seen the spook.
Indeed they had poked and guyed the
pther watch for a lot of old women.
One man at the wheel and another on
lookout and the other FIVE were stand
ling about waiting for call when the
stranger suddenly appeared among
them. He was in his shirt sleeves and
had an apron and paper cap. In
the apron were lot of nails, which
jingled as he walked. This man came
from aft and walked forward on the
port side, and, though two or three
men shouted after him, be did not
pause. The sailors did not take it for
a ghost, but yet were unwilling to fol
low. However, when the carpenter re-
appeared after about five minutes and
was passing aft one of the. men step
ped out to seize him and said:
!. "Look. here, matey, stop a minute
md let us know how you came aboard
Of this hooker and whose watch you
are in"
The sailors hand elutched the air in
stead Of flesh and blood ,iand the thing
continued aft and disappeared. When
D was called, / went down on the main
deck among the excited men and heard
their yarn. and then we took lanterns
and made thorough search Of the
decks. also sent men aloft to the
tops. We made no discovery. 1t was
useless to say to dozen men that their
teyes had deceived them. They were
sailors above the average in intellil
gence, and the captain was sensible
-enough to take sensible view Of the
matter. We talked 1t over at break
fast, and shortly afterward all hands
were called aft They were told that
It must be some trickery and were. ask
ed to give their assistance In solving
the mystery. The ship was searched
from stem to stern, but no. stowaway
was found. Then the captain did that
which no other captain would have
ldone. When night and the middle
watch came around again. he took the
kecond mate and went forward among
n
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
In the Museum.

"The legless man is always putting
his foot in it" observed the living skei-
eton to the snake charmer.
what has he done nowT
], "Last night we were having friend
" little game. and he asked the armless
wonder to take a hand."-Baltimore
American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
wait TIL He sees You.

A Zulu chief, when you enter his how
Ell, remains silent for some moments
and seems quite unconscious of your
presence. At length he says in tone
Of grave dignity. zee saku bona" q
see you), to which you reply in the
same way. The longer he takes to ''see
you" the greater man you are supposed
to be, and until you are thus ''seen"
you must keep silent and appear as
much as possible not to be there at all.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
unknown to the Lawyers.

Judge --, one Of the great lawyers
OF the last generation. charged client
a retainer Of $1,000 In an important
case. but the parties got together next
morning and settled the suit before the
Judge had opened book or written q
line concerning IT, Els client called ia
see II he would not refund part Of the
money. The lawyer seemed surprised
at the suggestion. "Refundr' he ex.
claimed Refund. did you say7 My
friend, that 10 Q kind of fund unknown
to the legal professionP'-New York
Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
LOVES GEOGRAPHY.

Wise men delight in globes and maps They trace
Each kindly wrinkle in the old earths face,
Phregologize mountain peaks and thrust
Statet towns, aside as mere external dust,
but !, an humber student, when ! con
Such maps, with little freckled towns thereon,
Love takes my hand and, pointing, whispers clear.
t'Here lives . friend-and here-and here-.And
here!"
30 small the dots, 90 cheap and pink the chart,
close my eyes. The world is In my heart!
But Love still points, 20 World SO strangely
| dear,
Here lives . friend who loves me-here-a and
! here"
Youths Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
New Trick..

! Wimbleton-Hello. old man! Have
you taught your dog any new tricks
lately?
| Quimbieton-Yes; I've been teaching
him to eat out Of my hand. He ate .
big piece out Of It yesterday. Harvard
iLAmpoon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01
The Springs Chickens.

1 do not approve the old fashioned
way of letting all the poultry u to-
gether. as the small and weak ones
do not have a chance to their feed at
feeding time. AS they grow older
the u cockerels become a nuisance
and should be sorted out from the pull
lets. in punches of fifty or more. Coops
made of old lumber, covering the roofs.
sides and back with tarred felt, make
good houses. They need no floor and
il made with light lumber can easily
be moved and cleanef.
Wheat is the best food for growing
bullets. If the range is large and
good the morning meal a be dis
peused with after the chicks are three
months old. But give them all they
will eat at night. A chicken to grow
rapidly should be only in medium flesh.
Do not let them get too poor or toe fat.
Keep the roost clean and sweet and the
chicks free from lice. Build bones
and muscle first, and then when they
are brought TO winter quarters, in 0c-
tober, the feeding for eggs will be in
order. A good mash is made of bran,
middllngs and ground corn. With this
mix n quar- of cut clover or cut clover
nav. ano a pint of ground meat. Use
ground bone every other day. Cooked
vegetables can be added to this mash
several times a week. iscald it with
hot milk, or water and feed it morn
ing and noon Feed whole wheat at
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01
NEWS OF THE STATE


State Senator Stokes, of Cumberland
County; Haines, of Burlington; Hutch
lnson, of Mercer, and Assemblymen
Albeit, Of Atlantic; Steelman, of Cum
berland, and Stahler. with Doorkeep-
ers Higgins, of Camden County, and
Jordan, of Salem. had an exciting ex-
p%erience at Vlneland a few days ago.
They visited Vineland with the other
members and attaches of the Legislat-
ure to inspect the three State institu-
lions In and near Vineland. While
those named were driving through the
town in a bus drawn by two horses
the animals took fright and ran away.
Senator Stokes was thrown out and
bruised about the scalp and was taken
to the office of q physician, where he
was cared for. Assemblyman Steel
man vas also thrown out and struck
upon his shoulder. He sustained Sc
we're bruises. The horses ran for sew
eral miles III into the country before
they tired, and were finally pulled
down by the driver, who stuck to his
post through it all. All of the occu-
pants of the bus were more or less
bruised.
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Loading Hogs in the Lot.

Loading hogs is usually a disagreed
BILE task, This job is greatly simpli>
fed where an elevated pen with a
floor on a level with the wagon bed is
available, but there are few farmers
whose feed lots are thus arranged. The
only way to load the porkers is with an
~improvised chute. which is always
more or less of q nuisance.
A substantial chute with an inclined
floor-the longer the floor the better, as
the ascent will be less steep-is made
of 4-inch fencing spiked to a frame
of 2x4 inches, with ost Of AKA inch
stuff. To add to the solidity of the af-
fair, the 2x4 and AKA should be bolted
together. The floor can be made of
plank or rough lumber of ahy kind. 1t
is necessary to nail cleats upon the
floor TO prevent the hogs from slipping.
One end Of the chute rests on the
ground, while the other is on a level
with the wagon bed floor. This chute
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01

Iron oxide is a material of consider
able Importance, though not wanted
i'm very large quantities, as a polishing
agent for glass, etc., and also as a col
oring matter. 1t is not used in the pure
state. but the admixtures and impuri-
ties must be restricted to within GER
tain limits. 1t is a ~bye-product from
the manufacture of %sulphuric ACID,
alum, and OF vitriol from pyrites.
Hardness and tineness are the ehiei
requisites. In testing such natural OF
artificial preparations, the substance is
not further ground, but dissolved IN
hydrochIoric acid, and the iron' alum
inium, calcium. magnesium, I'M cop
n contained in the filtrate are de-
termined. The residue is essentially
silica: further mica, quartz. feldspar,
substances which can be distingu
under the microscope, and which I
clues as TO the origin of the mat
Good English red Is an expensive SUD
stance, and should contain a high per-
centage of iron oxide, ninety per cent.
and more. No hard impurities a be
tolerated.-Scientiic American.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01

The extent to which the forests nave
been denuded of timber in recent
years has caused thoughtful persons
considerable anxiety as TO where the
woodpulp necessary for the manufac
ture of printing paper is to come from
a few years hence. Consequently the
news that printing paper can be made
from the cotton fibre will be hailed
with interest. The Atlanta correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post
states that a large factory will soop
be established in that city for the
manufacture of printing paper from
cotton. The project, il successful, will
not only lower the price of printing
paper, but will prove a great boon tc
the South by opening up a new de
mand for it's staple product.
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NEW oEYsER IN THE YELLOWSTONE.
Appeared With a Terrific Explosion Re-
cently-Old Excelsior Resumes Play.

Helena, MONA special from Liv-
ingston, Mon, says that tourists to
the Yellow Stone National Park next
season will be treated to an added at
traction in the shape of a wonderful
new geyser, which is said TO rival any
of the old ones. James King, who has
been living in the park during the
past winter. says that early on the
morning of February is he was
awakened by a terrific explosion. He
discovered the new geyser, about 200
feet south of the famous Fountain gey-
ser. 1t was sending a solid column of
hot water fully 600 feet in the air, the
water gushing forth from a hole about
FIVE feet in diameter with a loud o
Mr.. King says that for one hour and
thirty minutes the column shot up. 1t
then subsidized and has since been
playing at regular intervals of about
two hours.
Word has also reached livingston
that the Excelsior geyser, the largest
and in some respects the most wonder
full geyser in the park. which has not
been in n state of eruption for several
years past, commenced to play on
Washington's Birthday and continued
for over five hours.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01
CUBANs DEFINE RELATIONS.
The Constitutional Convention Adopts
Five Declarations.

Five Declarations.
Havana, Cuba. The Constitutional
Convention has adopted a declaration
Of relations between Cuba n the
United States as follows:
/. The government of Cuba will not
make a treaty or agreement with any
foreign Power which may compromise
or limit the independence of Cuba, or
which may permit or authorize any
Power to obtain by means of colonial
ton or for military or naval purposes,
or In any other manner, any foothold
or authority or right over any portion
Of Cuba.
2. The government will not permit
its territory to be used as a base of
operations for war against the United
States or against any foreign nation.
3. The Government of Cuba accepts
in entirety the treaty of Paris in what
1t affirms as to the rights of Cubans
as well as regarding obligations which
are tacitly included. and especially
those obligations imposed by inter
national law referring to protection of
life and property in Cuba. substituting
itself in respect to obligations assumed
by the United States, according to ar
ticles one and sixteen of said treaty.
4. Cuba recognizes as legally valid
all acts of the military government
during the period of occupation, also
the rights arising out Of them, in con.
formity with the joint resolution and
the Foraker amendment and the ex.
listing laws of the country.
g. The governments of the United
States and Cuba ought to regulate
their commercial relations by means
of a treaty based on reciprocity and
with tendencies toward free trade in
natural and manufactured products,
mutually assuring ample special adj
vantages In their respective markets.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01

The New York Sun tells a good story
illustrative of the effect of American
l~abor-saving machinery. An agent
coming into the London office of the
concern by which he was employed
was asked how the farmers We're tax
ing to a certain field machine. Il can
best tell you he replied, by saying
that while last year as a rule | sat Oh
the fence watching twenty men do j
piece of work, this year it was the
twenty men who sat on the fence
watching me do it, Could he have
put it more graphically?
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01

The Supreme Court at Trenton
rendered an opinion in the east of the
Fidelity Trust Company against the
City of Newark. The trust company
appealed from an assessment made by
the Tax Commissioners against its
stock. The company has IL capital
stock of 81, 100000 and a surplus Of
owe 81 ,12j,000. The surplus was
taken into consideration by the Tax
Commissioners. The trust company
contended that under the revision Of
1899 it should be assessed only on the
par value of its capital. The court,
in an opinion by Justice Van SICKLE,
decided against the trust company.
and holds that the term capital
stock issued and outstanding in the
revision cannot be construed to mean
the par value of the capital stock,
otherwise the act would be uncon-
stitutional,
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1t is not Objectionable, but grateful.
to heal that the American fighting man
is not of the machine brand, Ordinary
obedience to orders is of course indis-
pensabIe, and good craftsmanship is
highly desirable. But let him keep up
his individuality and his politics, with
in bounds. From civil life as an in
dividual and a free man he will re-
turn. With us the good citizen makes
the good soldier, and the good soldier
ought to hold hill self so as to become
again the good citizen, observes the
Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01

put it more graphically?
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01

Down in the beginning of the nine
teenth century smallpox carried off
perhaps a greater percentage of the
people than consumption does to-day.
.Jenner succeeded in robbing that
dreadful scourge of its %terrors, but to
the layman 1t does not seem too much
to hope that n second Jenner will final
" conquer consumption, reflects the
Baltimore Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01
In All Parts of the State.


Thieves continue TO steal newspapers
from doorways in Gloucester.
Ashley B. Stout has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Oakhurst.
NAYS Landing ice houses have been
filed with over 1000 o n of eight-inch
Ice. ~ ,
s. C. Compton has been appointed
fourth class postmaster at Maurice
town.
Mayor Charles Flanders, of Burling-
ton. has issued an edict that slot ma
chimes in saloons and cigar stores
must go.
Rev. r. l.. Stevens, a retired clergy
man Of Vineland, has accepted a call
to the rectorship of the Trinity p. X.
Church there.
The project which seemed to assure
trolley connection for Salem, Woods
town and Mullica Hill apparently has
fallen through.
Farmers around Williamstown will
be given an opportunity to pay their
taxes by working their teams on the
township roads.
One hundred dwelling houses are to
he built at Woodbine this spring.
Fifty have Just been completed, but do
not begin to supply the demand
Cottages are renting rapidly, and
there have been more sales of cottages
and other real estate since last season
than for years before. at Cape May.
The Atlantic County Game Society
will liberate a large number of quail
this spring,
The season for shooting gray, Eng
fish or Wilson snipe in New Jersey
opens on March / and closes April 30.
A trapper at Lower Ailoway reports
that where last year he captured 240(
muskrats, his catch from the same
marsh This winter will not be mort
than 800. -,
Game Warden lon Muller OF Al
mopesson. is So rintending the re
stocking of Gloucester County Will
several hundred quail, furnished b,
the State Game Commission.