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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
The City Council.

At the regular meeting of the City
Council, Alderman Beaudreau report
ed that the First National Bank would
advance the sum necessary to pay the
Judgment of Sherburne county against
the city for the care of F. Pfeiffer,
amounting to $621.3 80 until July 1903
at six per cent. This would save the
city $50, as the county offered to re-
bate the accrued interest on the judg-
ment. It was SO ordered.
The application of H. F. Alden for
permit to build an extension to his
building on Main-st., was denied. An
ordinance was ordered drawn for a
sidewalk on west side of Oak-st., be-
tween Grove Lake-aye., and Fourth
St., and on the south side of Fourth
between Main and Oak.
At an adjourned meeting held on
Monday evening the matter of bond
ing the city for improvement and ex-
tension of the water works system was
considered, but not concluded. An
ordinance was ordered drawn impos-
ing a license for street parades. Ad-
journed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12

Thirty directors of the chief British
railways have seats in the house OF
lords and forty-nine in the house of
commons.
Pablo Neumann, naturalist, has
discovered the remains of mylodon
or huge grinder teeth fossil sloth near
TERRA del Fuego.
By a majority of sixty-one the French
chamber adopted motion extending
the period for which deputies are elect
ed from four to six years.
Paris, according to the latest census
returns, has population of 2,65OOOO
persons, Of whom over 100000 are Ell
Their foreigners or provincials.
A number Of Viennese ladies have
started dress reform league, with the
object Of suppressing the corset and
introducing new kind Of divided skirt.
There is man in Havant, England,
who, having been completely bald from
the day Of his birth, has now started a
fine crop Of hair at the mature age of
ninety-two.
The Union veterans Of German birth
are to raise fund for a monument to
General Friedrich Wilhelm Won Steu-
ben Of the American Revolution to be
erected in Washington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
The Moore Will Case.
Lively Fight Over 1t i'm
the DiStrictOCourt. az

The trial of the appeal from the
probate court of Stearns county,
sustaining the will of the late Alex
ander Moore, was commenced in the
district court Wednesday morning be-
fore Judge Searle and without Jury.
The appellant is Mrs. Carrie Vinil of
Deer River, itasca county, and joining
with her in the effort to break the will
or her father which cut her off with
nothing is Geo. M. Bennett of Mime
apolis, son-in-law and members OF his
FAMILY. The estate is claimed to be
worth by the appellants in excess $780,
600, while M. Hogan, the Sank Centre
lawyer and executor of the will, says
it will not exceed in value 800, 600 to
SlOO, OO0. The will is being contested
on the grounds of undue influence
and the alleged fact of will of subse-
quent date, containing a revocatory
clause.
Mr.. Hogan, the executor, had been
notified to produce the will Moore
executed 1893. A similar notice has
been served on the members of the
testator's family who had access to
Moore's papers prior and subsequent
to his death.
Mrs. Robertson, daughter of tesla
tor testified that she was served with
notice to produce a will of Alex,
Moore dated Oct. 8, 1893. She dis
claimed all knowledge of such a will.
&c. VanCamp testified that he had
transacted business of every nature
forAlex. Moore during his life time.
He testified that, in September, 1893,
he drew a will for Alex. Moore.
Moore came to witness residence on
Sunday and asked him to 60 over to
the office, Moore said he wanted him
to draw his will. Witness made
memorandum of the terms of the will
and told Moore that he would draw
it and Moore could sign it later.
Moore came into Van Camps Office
one day early in October and signed
the will in the presence of witness,
Sam Herbert and Fred LANCE and these
parties signed the will as witnesses at
request of and in the presence of
Moore. He put it in an envelope and
handed it to Moore who put it in his
pocket. Witness testified that the
contents of will were as follows:
Gave Mrs. Alex. Moore, all my es-
tate real and personal so long as she
may live if she survives me. Gave
Mrs. Cowles, 5000. To Alice Moore,
granddaughter, $1,000. Lucas Kells,
executor, salary 81, 600 and expenses.
The remainder of his estate to go to all
his children share and share alike. It
revoked all previous wills made by
him.
Witness stated that he charged
Moore S25 for drawing the will. Moore
paid him 500 the day the will was ex-
ecuted.
On Thursday several witnesses tes-
titled that Van Camps general repu-
tation for truth was bad and that he
could not be believed under oath.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
ribs with it's antenne, which have a
knob at the end. The sound is love
call from the male to the female.
Repaid In Kind.

At certain ball in the country the
other evening gentleman undertook
to introduce companion to a young
but somewhat stout lady, who seemed
to be pining for dance.
"No, thanks, old fellow. don't care
to waltz with cart"
A 'cart' is understood in the district
referred to as a partner who does not
do her share Of the dancing, but has to
be drawn around.
A few evenings later the same young
lady, who had overheard the converse
ton, beheld the young man seeking an
Introduction and asking if he might
have the honor, etc.
'No, thank you," she replied. 81 may
be cart, but am not donkey cart"
London Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
FACTS IN FEW LINES

A German inventor is now spinning
yarn from peat.
Glass and chinaware made in the
United States are becoming popular in
Rio Janeiro.
London bridge, when widened, will
be lighted from the center and not
from the sides.
The New York board Of health has
established a department for Pasteur
treatment free.
Japan has given Frankfurt man an
order for five machines for printing
and perforating postage stamps.
The most expensive and roomiest
railway station in the world is that of
the Peninsular railway at Bombay.
On the date at which the census was
taken there was So, 794, 1896 worth of
poultry on foot in the United States.
By the burning of British petro-
leum ship on the Bitter lakes the Suez
canal was recently blocked for three
days. h..
Why Americans Think Quicker.
The American people can think
quicker and more to the point than any
other people in, the world. This state
ment was made recently in New
York newspaper, but the reason given
was wide Of the mark. The American
people read in the aggregate ten times
more than any other people. The Amer
lean boy gets bis inspiration, his ener-
getic disposition, his ambition, his
keen snapshot judgment and his quick
wit largely from his reading-and very
largely from his newspaper reading.
The poise and culture and refinement
and solidity come later in life from
the reading, of books and magazines
and from contact with men and things.
1t is the American newspaper which
sets the initial pace. Push and pluck
are contagious, and more. germs are
Matched in the average American
newspaper Office than anywhere else
Booklovers' Bulletin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
The SceDter.

The scepter was the emblem Of pow
er. As the silver wand, so familiar in
cathedrals, was once hollow, containing
the ''virge" or rod with which chastise-
ment was inflicted upon the choristers
and younger members Of the founda-
ton, so the royal scepter represented
the right to inflict punishment. Hence
the expression ito sway the scepter'
implied the holding Of regal dignity.
The scepter with the dove possessed the
additional Specification Of the Holy
Ghost, as controlling the actions of. the
sovereign. The same idea was con-
veyed at Reims by the beautiful cere-
mony Of letting loose number OF
doves at the coronation Of the French
kings.-Good Words.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
unimpressed.

"What kind Of ducks are these? ask
ed the visitor in the pathological de-
partment at the museum.
Labrador" said the attendant. I'VE
paid 1000 for those two specimens"
"Goshv' exclaimed the visitor, turn
ing to his wife. Gle says they paid
$1,000 for 'em. I've bought finer ducks
for half dollar many time. What
have you got 'em in that glass case
forY' he inquired, addressing the
guide again.
Because they are about the most
notable exhibit, we have. Those birds
were shot in 1856. Labrador ducks are
now extinct"
"He says" exclaimed the visitor,
turning to his wife once more, 'they
put 'em in that glass case because they
haven't pleasant odor. And I don't
wonder at it. They were shot in 1856.
Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
For Sale,

A full +. I. Case threshing rig, in
Guiding 20 horse power engine
-simple-with separator 36x58, self
feeder, weigher and stacker, blower,
straw cart, water tank, tank pump
and hose all in first class order-only
used so days. $500 takes the rig on
three years time. May be seen at my
farm three miles south of Sank Centre.
CHARLES DIX.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
LOOK LIKE FLATlRONS.
Curious Stone Implements of Our
Aborigines Puzzle Scientists.


Aborigines Puzzle Scientists.
Among thousands Of curious objects
of utility, weapons, etc., Of the races
that peopled North America in prehis-
toric times that one sees in the cases
and cabinets in the Smithsonian insd-
tuition are some five or more curiously
wrought stone objects from mounds in
Tennessee bearing such a close re-
semblance to modern fatirons that
many people have thought that such
might have been their use among their
prehistoric makers, although it would
be hard to imagine what the primitive
aborigines Of this continent had to
iron.
The shape and appearance of these
objects in every way correspond with
q modern fiatiron, handle and all, and
thus far scientific men have been un-
able to discover what they were used
for. 1t is, however, just little singu-
lar that wrought stones, similar to the
ones from the Tennessee mounds, have
been found in Peru among the tombs Of
the Incas and at the metropolis of An
con. The old Spanish writer's, men
who accompanied Pizzaro in the con-
quest of that country, state that the
ancient Peruvians, who were great
builders, used these wrought stones, or
so called flatrons, as trowels in plas-
tering walls with mortar.
The objects found in one of the Ten
nessee mounds are the only ones that
were ever found in the United States,
and the only way to account for their
presence in that locality is to suppose
that in pref Columbian times great
deal Of Peruvian material reached
countries far to the north Of the 18TH
mus by means of intertribal trade
Washington Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
Odds andsEndS.
. The Odd Fellows'picnic will beghe

The Odd Fellows.picnic will besheld
at Osakis on Friday, June q. -.
The many friends of DR.. Harold
Lamb will be pleased to learn that he
has decided to locate here for the prac-
tice of his profession. He has assO-
ciated himself with DR.. James M.
McMasters, the pioneer doctor of Sank
Centre, under the firm name of Nc
Masters & Lamb. They have fitted up
office rooms in the Hilsdale block and
will keep regular Office hours, where
one or both of them may be found pre-
pared to attend calls either in the city
or country at all times.
Miss Hildred How, one of the best
musicians of Sank Centre, will give
music lessons at her home on Maple-st.
Miss How is a graduate of Carleton
college and will doubtless organize
large class of pupils.
CIR. Sohner. representing the Twist
Tuck cigar facrory of Long Prairie,
was in the city today. His goods are
sold at several places in towniand give
universal satisfaction.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage OF Miss Louisa May White
field and Sherman1 F. Story. The
event to occur on June 26. The con-
tracing parties will make their home
in Belgrade.
An ice cream social on Tuesday,
June II, at the residence of Mrs.
T. H. Barrett, for the benefit of the
church of Our Lady of the Angels.
]. w. Allen State Factory Inspec-
tor was in the city this week on official
business.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12

Fourth week of the clearing out Change
of Ownership Sale is now in progress.
Our stock is getting lower every day.
Come at once and select such goods as you
may need, before all the desirable patterns
are gone, the 1-3 off still exists, everything
goes at 1-3 off or &c. on the dollar.
Guthn1at1n s. Abe1eS.
Sank Centre, MINI.
Successors to
jacob Bros & Mack.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12

Deceased was born in Ohio, but in
early life removed to Michigan, where
she married. In 1870 with her family
she came to Minnesota and settled at
Owatonna where she resided for ten
years, and thence removed to Wells,
living there six years before comming
to the township of Ashley where she
lived sixteen years prior to her death.
She was highly regarded by a large
circle of friends, and her many exalted
virtues won hosts of personal friends.
Three sons, all residents of Ashley
survive her, as does her aged husband.
She was buried on Sunday following
her death in Greenwood cemetery,
Rev. F. M. Garland officiating.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
For sale.

A twenty -horse power J. I. Case en-
CINE. and separator, 36x5 inch cylin-
der, straw cart, water tank, tank
pump and hose, separator cover
everything complete and in perfect
condition, only used fifty days. Price
$500. Three years time will be given.
May be seen on my farm, three miles
south of Sank Centre.
CHARLES DIX.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease powder to be shaken into the shoes.
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives
instant relief to corns and bunionS. It's the
and prevents swollen feet, blisters, callous
and sore spots. Aliens Foot Ease is a GER
tain cure for sweating, hot. aching feet. At
all druggists and shoe stores, Csc. Don't ac-
cept any substitute. Trial package FREE
by mail Address, Allen 3. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
Great Riders Of the World.
Notable Equestrians with
Ringling Bros. Circus this
Season.

The pessimists who discovered in
the bicycle craze of several years ago,
the doom of the horse and the de-
parture of the art of horsemanship
will probably be astonished to learn
that there has never been time wher
hlgh-bred horses were in such demand,
or when equestrianism was looked
upon with such favor. Even the auto
mobile-that modern mechanical won
der that was to revolutionize the
Twentieth century method of locomo-
tion-has had no perceptable effect
upon the horses popularity. In fact
that popularity is constantly growing,
and there is nothing in the whole
range of the animal kingdom that af-
lords greater delight to the eye or
which creates a more satisfying sense
OF admiration than handsome, we'll
groomed, cleverly-handled horse.
Ringing Brothers circus has always
been noted for its handsome horses
and it's up-to-date equestrianism, but
this years offering in the equestrian
line surpasses anything of the kind
ever before attempted. The ring
horses are the pick of 500 magnificent
equines in the mammoth horse fair,
and the riders are the absolute leaders
among the famed equestrians of the
world. Every kind of riding is ex-
emplifed. Classic gladiatorial riding
acts, thrilling jockey acts, sensational
acrobatism upon swiftly-running
horses, somersaults thrown from the
back of one racing charger to the
back of another and still another un-
til a complete circle of horses has been
traversed-these are but a few of the
astonishing feats achieved by Ring
ling Brothers great company of rid
ers. This company of arenic stars
embraces the peerless Hobs ons, in
their remarkable double carrying acts;
the Australian celebrities, Joseph and
Augusta Schadel; the Incompatible
trick rider and somersault equestrian,
Albert Davenport; Americas most.
noted principal riders, John and
Michael Rooney; Miss May Daven-
port, a beautiful and dashing eques-
trian queen; Reno McCree, England's
champion rider, and Julia Lowande,
the greatest of great family of Span
ish riders. Albert Crandall, the ir-
risistibly funny clown rider, heads a
trio of fun-makers who perform the
most ludicrous tricks while riding up
on backs of swiftly-moving mules, and
great company of horsemen and
horsewomen present series of the
most astonishing menage acts ever
seen in circus ring. Among these
artists are the celebrated John
O'Brien, Rhoda and Madame Royal,
Madame Cole, Chas. Carroll, John
Mercer and the intrepid Madame
Noble. In addition to these great
acts of horsemanship there is a SUI
perb horse ballot, merry company
of 40 clowns, magnificent display OF
high class acrobat and aerial nov
elites, dozen kinds of trained an
finals, including seals, bears, ele-
plants, dogs and ponies, the greatest
menagerie on earth, with the only
living giraffe, and the most brilliant,
the most complete and the most thrill
ing revival of the sports. spectacles
and racing glories of old Rome ever
seen in Europe or America. The date
in Sank Centre is Wednesday, July z,
afternoon only, and it will be day
worth remembering.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
Ten Dollars Reward.

l will pay ten dollars to any person
who will furnish me with information
which will lead to the conviction of
the thief who robbed the grave of my
beloved dead in Greenwood cemetery
of plants and flowers.
..... HARRY PARKER.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
In Mamoriam.

TRATTLES-At the home of her son,
G. A. Trattles, in the township of
Ashley, of heart failure, following
acute bronchitis on Friday, May 80,
1902. Mrs. Anna M. wife of Joseph
Trattles, aged 70 years, 5 month
and Ii days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-18
Curious Conversations.

The average monthly salaries OF
| men teachers in Illinois is $61.69 and
oe women $53.51.
Last year the sale of agricultural
machinery in Greece was fourfold that
of the preceding year.
| Rock salt is mined and prepared for
use in the states of New York, Kansas,
| Louisiana and California.
A sugar company in Hawaii will get
| an average of five tons of sugar per
| acre for its whole tract of 1900 acres
The floods of the Nile are so regular
| in their coming that for hundreds of
years they have not varied 10 days in
the date of their arrival at a given
point.
In New England the sailors carry as
| talisman a bone taken from a living
turtle, pebble from a fishhawk's nest
or Il small bone from the head of a
cod.
A French naturalist. Raphael Du-
bois. asserts that all large pearls are
nothing but sarcophagi, in the center
Of which rest the dead bodies of small
marine worms.
Vladivostok, which 40 years ago
consisted of four Chinese fishermen's
huts. is now a hourishing city of SO, 600
souls, and Khabarofsk and Blagovest-
chensk are not far behind in wealth
and population.
In n recent book of travels in China
special point is made of the general
honesty of the people, as illustrated by
the numerous stalls and shops that
are left to look after themselves with
out danger of theft.
Two farmers at Dyea, Alaska, raised
$4,000 bushels Of potatoes this year, and
will receive for them 81 a bushel. The
potatoes are described as large, solid,
nealy and palatable, and contain more
sugar than potatoes grown in lower
ATTITUDES.
Hungary hopes to be able to raise
cotton, although the warm season is
only five months long and the plant
requires seven months to ripen. The
difficulty is to be overcome by special
preparation of the seed and by adding
certain ingredients to the soil.
A staircase has just been invented
which plays tunes as it is walked up
and down upon. A series of pins are
pressed by the feet and play gongs and
drums, while others are connected
with collapsible chambers, which blow
trumpets and similar instruments.
An interesting long-distance run is
made by a fast train-No. 99-between
Paris and Bordeaux. Between Paris
and Thouars, 201.9 miles. the journey is
made by one and the same engine. This
tain is generally made up of six four
wheeled vehicles, weighing liz tons.
and dining-car weighing IS tons. Oh
two four-wheeled bogies. The maxi
mum speed authorized between Paris
and Thouars is Sc miles an hour.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-12
MONOPOLY GRAB IN ALASKA
Former Federal 0ttI0tdI ACCUSES q 6dDInet,
OttlC6r OF Sharp PrdCtC6

TACOMA. Wash, Sept Ito pre-
vent any misunderstanding of his po-
sition, ]. w. Ivey, former collector of
customs for Alaska, makes public a
signed statement in which, he strongly
criticizes the action of the federal gov
ernment in creating military reServ-
alton on St Nicholas Island, at the
mouth of the Yukon river, and Alex
ander forest reservation. compr1Ing
Prince of Wales and other highly min
eralized islands of southeastern
Alaska. Ivey takes the position that
by the creation of these reserves the
has been led into the Gre
alton of two powerful monopoIies for
THE benefit of private corporations and
syndicates. He says that/St Michael
Island occupying a most important
stretegic position, wher all freight and
for the Yukon river must
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-12

Such is THE island and country that
Arizona Charley and his party intend
to invade, and such is the tribe which
they intend to conquer and annihilate
tribe which has so inspired the peo
pie around with an abject fear tina
they are afraid to face them except Il
an army and an army is out Of the
question in that burning country.
To illustrate the difficulties before
Arizona Charley the case of the An
drade expedition of 1874 might be
cited. On August 13 Colonel Anrade
marched from Hermosillo with some
sides a considerable corps from Altar
and reached place opposite Tiburop
August II. Here he was met by
schconers and launches in charge OF
Don Tomas Espence. Both the vessels
and this detachment were out of water
and next morning Espence, taking
few soldiers and an Indian guide,
made his way to Tiburon island in
search of springs but on arriving it
turned out that the Indian had de-
ceived the party. Nevertheless he
hoisted the Mexican flag, taking pos
session of the island.
Afterward Espence divided his force
and he and the sailors wandered far,
spending THE entire day in vain search
for water. Toward evening he made
the men wade into the surf. and in this
manner somewhat mitigated their
burning thirst. Meantime the soldiers
had travelled inland some six or eight
miles, and found water at the head of
an arroyo. but it was surrounded by
Indians, who at once gave battle. Such
was their thirst that the soldiers held