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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
The Standard Old Play Admir-.
ably Presented by the
Owen Company.

Those of our citizens whs failed to
witness the School for Scandal at the
Grand Opera house on Thursday
evening last have but themselves to
blame for missing the best theatrical
attraction eyer presented upon the
stage in this city. It is true that
Thomas W. Ksene at one time played
Richard Ill here, but he was practic-
ally all th.re was of the company
worthy of special attention. Not SO
with the Owen company. While the
special honors were with William
Owen as Charles; J. w. Mcconnell,
as Joseph; George Dentin a. Sir Peter;
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13
IN MEMORIAM.

AOklIIS--At his home In Raymond
township, on Monday, November 10,
1902, of heart failure, John Thomai
Morris, aged 80 years.
He was born in Westport, ireland
on August 20, 1922. and at the age Of
81 years came to America, settling in
New York state where he remained
three years, when he removed to Cana.
da and secured a tract of land on the
Gatineau river at Morris's Rapids.
He sent to Ireland for his younger
brothers and sisters, and engaged ex-
tensivelyin numbering in connection
with his two brothers. While there,
forty.six years ago he married Ann
Mclean, who survives him. There
their children wore born, but realiz.
ing that there were no educational
facilities for them he came to the
United States in 1872 and secured the
homestead which he occupied until his
death. His death was sudden. A
brother and sister died of heart dis
ease, the latter, it will be remem
bered, dropping dead in this city sew
eral years since. He is survived by q
sister; Mrs. Thomas Lowery of Mime
apolis, his wife and six children: Mrs
II. E. Russell of Minneapolis, Mrs
E. a. Bond of Nebraska, Michael A.,
John T., who lived with their parents,
Alice G. and Annabel, teachers in the
Verndale public school. -~,-
The funeral will occur on Friday,
FIR. O'Connor officiating.
John Il. Morris was that-type of
man which enriches any community
with which he is identified. A plain,
unassuming citizen warm hearted and
kindly in disposition he friendly with
all. He was Familiarity known as
"Uncle John" by his large circle of
friends, all of whom esteemed him
highly for his generosity, his cheerful
ness and bis patience. He was a de-
voted christian who lived his profess
sion.
In every relation of life his greatest
concern was to faithfully discharge
his duty. He was devoted husband,
and his aged wife will miss him sorely,
as he spent most of his time with her.
He was kind and considerate father,
and strained his resources to the limit
to give them the best educational
facilities at his command. He was a
kind neighbor, was ready to do any
service possible for those about him,
and as a citizen he took intelligent in :
terest in every thing pertaining to the
public welfare. His death is deeply
deplored by his large circle of ac-
quaintances, and sincere sympathy is
extended to the members of his family
in their bereavement.
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year. Do not think because you pay a
trantient merchant a small price you
are getting bargain-he is the one
who has got the bargain. he is not
here for his health-he makes, must
make in order to live, q larger per
cent Oh his goods than the permanent
merchant does. You may seem to get
something for nothing-you have sue
ceeded in getting nothing for some.
thing.
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Stearns Couty Butter Makers

oSoos 10 ~ ~ NY ooSSSi uoNOI0
B. D. White, connected with the
state food and dairy commission, was
in the city today on his way home
from st. Martin, where he attended
a meeting of the Stearns County
Dairymens' and Buttermakers' asso-
citation, held Thursday. The meeting
was IN every way successful one and
IS men interested in the creamery
business were present. There was no
set program and the day was given
over to discussion of those subjects
in which the dairy interest and the
creamery managers of the county are
most vitality interested. Mr.. White
gave talk on the proper feeding and
care of the dairy cow. and this was
followed by an interesting discussion.
Last years report showed that the
COWS devoted to dairy purposes In
Stearns county produce on an aver
age of 127 pounds of butter each.
This is far to little, and MIR. White
called attention to the fact that 200
pounds was nearer to what should be
produced and much large amounts ara
secured in many parts of state. The
pace for holding the next meeting OF
the association and the time was left
to the president and secetary. The
state meeting of buttermakers, dairy
men and the managers of creameries
will be held at St. Paul Dec. 8 to IL,
and it is expected that Stearns county
will be 49, represented at that meet
ing.-Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13
A Pleasant Surprise.

A dozen or more of the friends Of
Miss Mabel Gillette rendered her a
surprise party on Wednesday even
ing, the anniversary of her birth. A
bountiful supper was served and the
evening was spent in delightful
manner, and departing the guests left
a number of pretty birthday gifts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13
The ST. Paul Calender
For 0O3.

six sheets l0x15 inches of beautiful
reproductions, in colors, of pastel
drawings by Bryson, is now ready for
distribution and will be mailed on re-
csipt of twenty-five (25) cents-coin or
stamps. Address F. A. Miller, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13
Born.

7l8 Birch Street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13
e.ompetantr.Nursa,

: / want nursing. have had some
experience. My price is s1.00 per
day. Can be ready to go at q minutes
nstice. MRS. T. c.. MCKAY,
Sank Centre, MINI.
7l8 Birch Street.
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MABIE-In Grey Eagle township on
Tuesday, November Ii, to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. s. M able, ason.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
Are There Any Females in Heaven?"

WRITTEN Fur THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Mr.. r. A. d. Kinsman. q Bible student,
Of Erie. Pa. raises. not for the first time,
the interesting question, Are there any
females in heaven" He has even gone a
step further and has proven. to his own sat
isfaction. at least. that there are no women
up there" Mr.. Kinsman holsters his
theory with the strongest biblical evidence.
Strange as IL may seem. IL will be readily
admitted that there is not the slightest evil
dence in the Bible that females of any sort
are present among the inhabitants Of
heaven. We know that tine members o, rhs
Trinity are always spoken of as men and
the disciples Of Jesus were all men. In both
the Old and the New Testamenrs. when oc-
casion offers to speak OF one who had
passed to the other side. 1t was always a
man who had been 50 fortunate. And like
wise. when a prophet, saint or disciple had
occasion to mention any one who had
reached heaven, the name OF a man was
chosen.
So. too, we find 1t in the case OF angels.
There are Gabriel and Michael, but In all
the named heavenly host there appears not
one feminine name.
In this connection II is interesting TO note
that in each case where a pr1noun Is Used in
reference to an angel masculine forms are
invariably found.
Mr.. Kinsman also points out the fact that
all the evil spirits mentioned in Holy Writ
have masculine names, including Mephis-
topheles himself This may be most readily
tested In the Book of Revelation. In the
New Testament a man is said after death
to be gathered unto his fathers. not unto
his mothers.
After thus proving concluslvely to his own
mind that fharR are no women In either
heaven or hell, Mr.. Kinsman asks the rath-
err naive, not to say startling, question.
He ~startles US still more by asking a second
question. Are they annihilated?'
We may choose one OF three alternatives
First, that no women reach heaven, and
are. therefore. annihilated, or 90 to some
place of which the Bible makes no men,
ton: second, that women reach heaven, but.
in common with men. become sexless. and
there is henceforth no distinction between
them: third, that women reach heaven and
become males.
The first pro~pos!tion-that of complete an
nihilation-is too forbidding to be enter
tanned. OF the second alternative II NAV be
said that the invariable reference TO all
such inhabitants as masculine renders il ex-
tremely improbable that those inhabitants
are sexless.
There is apparently. nothing left which Is
at all tenable. save the third contention.
viz. that women, upon reaching heaven. be-
come males. To prove which Mr.. Kinsman
quotes Jesus reply to the ~Sadducces. when
they ask of the disposition on resurrection
morn of the woman who had seven hus-
bands:
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80 large and varied are its contents. In this
place Joseph Custer sleeps, cooks, works
and srends his hermit life without COM
plant. and probably more cheerful than
many a millionaire in. his palace.
Joseph Custer, bachelor. cobbler. inventor
and solitud!narian. is one of the few re-
manning characters Of ST. Louis. He
came to this country from Switzerland in
1885,. prior to the assassination of President
Lincoln. His trade was that OF a shoe
maker. but his mind ran to inventions. He
drifted westward from town to town. al
ways busy at his calling. until lie struck
Chicago In 1865. A revival was going on in
the Catholic church in which he worshiped.
TIE revival was Il success so far as Custer
was concerned, for IL induced him TO go 10
The Alexian Brothers monastery. where he
enrolled as a lay monk.
Il found in q year that / was not cut out
for a monk said the cobbler, I'm speaking
OF that period Of his existence, and at the
end of my years probation / left and came
to ST. Louis. striking the town In 1862"
Invented Shoe-PatchfnE Improvement.
Once more Custer resorted to cobbling in
. small shop on the Levee. where roust-
abouts were his principal patrons. While
wording for his daily bread he devoted his
isSurs hours TO his inventive genius. Nat
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and drawings describes . ~nonexplosive ear
fridge. in which q letter or message can be
concealed. This cartridge contains 4 glow
worm light, or nonexplosive spark. and is
shot from the mouth Of a gun with an ex-
plosive cartridge at a carrying power of
hve miles. Another OF these new-fangled
cartridges has q bottle fastened to it.
equipped with nonexplosive Illuminating
stun. to indicate that 1t is of Importance.
In this bottle anything in the way Of COM
munications can be sent a distance of sew
sral miles without injury to the receptacle.
Still another IL provided with an arrange
ment to which q pair Of shears or a knife
Is attached for cutting telegraph wires. All
these inventions are on the skyrocket order.
and may some day prove profitable and
feasible to some warfaring nation.
One Of the most important Of Clusters
inventions calls for IN adjustable. self-ex-
panding and contracting rife tube. from
which any cartridge may be shot. This,
Mr.. Custer claims. Is Of great value in war
fare. where the enemy's ammunition.
though Of entirely different construction.
can be used in the victor's guns.
These are only the most notable Of the
Innovations he has conceived, described out
on paper and sent to the Patent Office In
1879.
Constructed . Wonder stove.
Since his failure to realize on his imple-
nnents of war. Joe Custer has confined him
self to cobbling and the making of his
household utensils. Among the latter, a
stove. built up entirely of scrap iron, is
the most wonderful. Into the bottom rim
OF a fly wheel Cobbler Custer has set the
old fire pot of a laundry stove. To this
he has riveted an iron sewer plate which
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06

I "Ye do err. not knowing the ScriptureS
nor the power of God. For In the res,rreo-
ton they neither marry nor are given ia
marriage. but are as the angels of God ~
heaven"
For those who find pleasure in men,.,
speculation of this sort, this is tho moet
plausible theory. as well as the leas, "a.
peIient one. 1t is n theory which merres
the mysteries of love and life into tbo..
of death and the resurrection. Most neonle
sometimes even the most practical, like "a
cherish that pretty sentiment that there !.
a certain, particular woman for a certain
particular man.
IT. other words. we all recognize. in +.
greater or less degree. the theory Of hn-
man affinity, the classic myth of the wan.
dering soul seeking its mate. its connie.
ment. l believe that a good woman goes to
heaven lust as a man does-that Is. "a 4.
perfected whole-the complete ego"
Huxley and other scientists have nroc.s
conclusively hat the human ha. not always
peen Differentiated by ex-that there vere
not always male and female.
May not what is true of matter be eo,,I--
ly true of spirit and soul? As Cuv ds
Maupassant says, 1t is mans AWFUL isola-
non when is the tragedy of his life-ths
hldcen cause of all his sorrow-eyer ana
always the human walks alone. He or she
vainiy attempts in love to escape this aw-
iui isoia,ion or the soul. He or she strive,
10 II, but they fail. May they not. possibly.
ma In death what they have been seeking
IN lie, the complement OF each others
souls, and may such a soul not enter heay-
en- unohallenged?
Sucf is apparently. In my mind. the only
way by which a woman can enter the king
dom of heaven.
Mr.. kinsman's screed was presented to
Mrs. Almon Hensley. president OF the So
ciety for the study of life. In commenting
upon II Mrs. Hensley said:
From what I can gather Of Mr.. Kin%-
mans ideas. I fancy he has scared to some
weird Buddhistic heights and returned to
earth a little mixed. His theory would
seem to be a curious tumble of Christian
theology and theosophical evolution. For n,
course, the whole question depends on the
assumption that the body accompanies tbe
soul to its future state. Otherwise. IL tn.
thing that exists and persists finally be sim
ply the ego. the Individuality. apart from
the personality that Is manifested throuvh
our physical frame, whence this talk Of
man and woman, of male and female, =
III in n future state it is the self that
continues to live. that self. itself immor,,I
and therefore a part of Deity, is and can \.
neither male nor female. Mr.. Kinsman
while holding in his mind certain progre.,,
i've ideas OF reincarnation and karmic AZ
perience, and assuming that evolution 4.
through the female experience to thar ~ ~.
male experience. apparently desires also IA
hoio on TO the conventional Christ,.n
thought as to the resurrection of the nod
Inc two don't fit; therefore, exit the %.
male. The position is altogether untenshis.
the mpt u without legitimate bss,.:
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In Gooding's machine shop at Third and
Vine streets. a locality which was historical
at that time. Vine street was in those days
a popular t~horoughfare with business men.
Bars Dry Goods Store occupied the north
east corner and on the south side of the
street was Papa Schiller's saloon and res
taurant. a famous eating-place then for
many merchants, who take their luncheon
at the MONDAY Club to-day.
A Martyr of Kerry Patch.
From Gooding's shop Joe Custer moved
out TO Twenty-first and Wash streets, into
the heart of Kerry Patch. On the lot on
which the Arithmometer Company's build
ing stands to-day, he erected for himself
a case-like habitation. similar to the bne in
which he lives to-day. He gave up his
attic room on Eighteenth street and Wash
and began living the hermit life he has con-
tinued ever since.
II Custer thought a habitat on an empty
lot without neighbors to interfere with his
backyard privileges meant immunity from
trouble. he was sorely mistaken. for in the
twenty-three years he sojourned on that
particular spot his experience with the
fighting" element of the Patch landed
him in jail. caused him to lose many of his
tools. tie shoes patrons left with him to
be mended and other valuables. worthless
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JOSEPH CUSTER,

Hermit in the heart of a big city.
and new inventions OF firearms. Joseph Gus
ter himself cannot tell.
Il just studied an studied" he said TO a
Sunday Republic reporter. AN expert
mented an experimental. but ] never got
anything for it. 1t took me seven years to
perfect the new rife tube. which is now
used by the Government. and which in
creases the pressure for every inch from
800 to $3.50. l applied for patents in 1855
Tor a number OF Improvements and inven-
tons for firearms. The Board of Fortifica-
tions, under General Schotield, examined my
inventions. and dragged along a decision for
several months. During that time they
wrote to me repeatedly for clearer
specifications. which / sent to them to OK
plain my drawings. Finally. after waiting
several years, | received u letter from the
Board of Fortitications through the Interior
Department, saying that the specifications
We're too complicated for military service.
Yet in August. 1889. two months after they
had written me that letter. the Government
had the Drill Company of Penn
sylvania make a rifle tube exactly in ac-
cordance with my specifications. and the
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10 any one save the inventive genius of the
cobbler.
Vt first he got along all right. There were
few children's shoes to mend, for the
youngsters Of Kerry Patch went barefoot
the year around, but their elders had to be
economical and mending was brisk. Then
Bad Jack" Williams and his gang grew
out of toddling clothes in to the 'terrors'
of the Patch, and singled out the cobbler's
cage as the favOrite place of their attack.
Jimmie Powers. who some years later in his
career became a Workhouse candidate, was
Bad Jacks" lieutenant and assisted man
fully in the game of torture waged
against poor Cobbler Joe. For years Custer
bore patiently with the pestIferous gang.
but In 1900 his patience gave out. Jim Pow
ers had invaded his sanctum and was about
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to slug the cobbler, when the latter blazed
away with his pistol and shot Powers in
the thigh. He was arrested, languished In
jail for two months. and was then released
by the Grand Jury. whom he soon ON
WINGED that he had acted in pure self
defense.
After his release from custody he gath
cred up what little remained of his traps
and moved to Twenty-third and Wash
streets to begin life anew. From there h
drifted to his present abode, which. like the
snail. he carries with him on his back.
Warfare Implements.
Whether II was the inspiration of his
warrior name. or the constant state of bell
iiserence In the heart of Kerry Patch that
caused his mind to dwell on improvements
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
Joseph custers screen shack m an old
doorway.

forms the top Of the stove. Two holes cue
into this accommodate his iron cooking
pots. and his iron shoe last on which he
does his mending. can also be set into one
| of the many holes which he has drilled all
around the outside OF the top. The pipe
for this stove is a massive old steampipe
from a Mississippi River boat. 1t Is riveted
and chained to another smaller piece OF
pipe, which forms a sort Of second story. or
summer stove. This. too. has a pot hole.
and over the hole fits what was once an or
namented ventilator plate from ono OF the
old downtown residences.
Custer says that in very cold weather he
can sit on this ventilator plate to get warm
without danger Of catching fire. In this
unique stove he can burn such coal as he
picks from the ash heaps. OF his neighbors.
The pipe of this stove. which is the first
object that attracts attention as one enters.
extends to a little opening overhead tho
shack. where the smoke Is consumed, so
that Clusters neighbors above have no
cause for complaint.
Joseph Custer Ia a pleasant looking man Of
81 years. He is of medium height and wiry
frame, smooth-faced. as becomes a man who
lived once upon a time among monks. and
his clothes are clean and carefully mended.
He has never known the care Of a wom-
an. nor has he ever desired the companion
ship of a wife. He speaks English with
some accent. but uses Ineligible often
choice language. as he explains his various
inventions and tells OF his troublesome life.
His brown eyes sparkle and his cheeks are
flushed. as he bends over the dra wings Of
his inventions to describe them to chance
visitors. who are interested IN his peculiar
life. He is as poor as a church mouse. for
his inventions have brought him nothing
save disappoiHtments and vexations.
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR The SUNDAY
stone wallis do not a prison make.
Nor iron bars a cell,
The small, primitive cage In which Joseph
Custer. of No. 1909 North Fourteenth street
lives the life OF a hermit in the midst Of IA
big city is not far removed from the great
prison piles which are famed throughout the
world.
Set into one OF those old-fashioned door
ways which once upon a time served as a
wagon shed for the proprietor of the prem
Uses. 1t lie nothing more than a cage built OF
wire screens on the outside. with all sorts
of old window sashes on the inside 10 pro-
tect its inhabitant from the weather. The
wall Of the house against which it is built
like a swallows nest furnishes a hold on
one side. Inside It looks like a junk shop.
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urally his mind ran on the Improvement of
shOemaking machines, which in those days
were very incomplete and unsatisfactory.
His first success in that direction was the
shoe-patching machine with the universal
foot. As in all consequent inventions he
reaped nothing from Il but the glory of
knowing that millions of people were bene-
fitted by it. Before Custer took hold of the
machine its revolution was only one-half of
what 1t should have been. The half Isvo-
luton caused the thread to become so taut-
ly drawn that it broke, and SO loose on the
return trip that the stitches sagged. This
defect Custer remedied by his invention OF
the universal foot. which caused the ma
chine to revolve entirely. The gentleman
in patent feathers, as we'll as the laborer in
top boots. ives to Joe Custer the longer
life of his footgear.
Custer worked on that invention in 1877
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: records Of the Patent once DO not show
that anybody else ever filed such an appii'
cation
Here Mr.. Custer produced a lengthy cor
| respondence between himself and the rat
ent Office at Washington in proof OF mis-
statement.
II had hard work to get my 50 back
which I sent to Washington with my ap-
plicatfon for patents. Finally Governor u.
R Francis. who became Secretary OF the
Interior during that controversy, had the
money returned to me.
Why did you not employ a patent law
yer?' Custer was aHked.
We'll. you see" he answered, Il mad no
money. and the money of my partner, who
helped me out at first, was also gone. ana he
had lost his patience. Anyhow. the differ
ent occurrences of life bring a fellow to
different conclusions"
With this philosophical view Of his i'll
luck as an inventor, the experience of the
majority of inventive geniuses. Joe Custer
dismissedsthe hope of ever realizing a pen
ny from his seven years labor.
TIL rife tube is not the only invention of
this peculiar genius. He has piles of orig
inal drawings showing that his mind ran on
warfare. as it will probably be conducted
in the millennium. One of his specifications