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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
1t Is Only a Legal and Not a National
Holiday.

1T Is Only Legal ana Not q Nat1OnaI
Holiday.
81 cannot remember when l have
been so surprised at the result of a le-
gal investigation as the one l have
just concluded remarked an official OF
the department of justice to Star re-
question of national holidays. l had
always supposed that America had a
national holiday or holidays and that
the Fourth of July was one of them, If
not the king bee in the holiday line. 1t
has always been called our natal day,
the Birthday of independence with Il
big B, and all that sort of thing, and
took it for granted, as l am sure hun
dreds of thousands of others do, that it
was consecrated to liberty and indie
pendence by some expression in the
statutes of the land, but an investiga-
ton reveals the fact that there is not
a line in the statutes on the subject,
excepting here and there it is spoken of
as legal holiday.
"But 1t is no more of national hol-
iday than is the 22d of February and
by no means so clearly defined as Me-
mortal day This fact was bad enough,
and it may be thought that it was over
looked, but there is not line in the
statutes of any Of the states Of the
United States giving the Fourth of
July--the glorious Fourth, mind you
any mention or preference in the mat
ter of honor. The glorious Fourth is
legal holiday ali right enough and is
pretty generally recognized, and it
promises to be more generally recOg-
nizad this year than ever, particularly
in the south, but it is not a national
holiday and has never been so declared
by statute.
1.-THE fact is, we have no national hol-
fday, though there are several legal
holidays during the year, Christmas,
New Years day, Washington's birthday,
Labor day and Thanksgiving day, but
congress only makes them legal hol-
idays for this District. For instance,
what we call Labor day in this District
and, which it is, legal holiday is not
recognized or either side Of the Poto-
mac from us. The states have their
Labor day, but there is no unanfmity
about the day selected, as they have
arbor days, founders days and lot Of
other days. Some of the states have
state holiday day, but strange as 1t
may appear there is no natjonal<hol-
fday day. I don't mean to be under
stood as saying that the Fourth f
July is not recognized as a holiday
through out the United States, but do
mean to say that except by common
consent there is nothing about it that
makes it national holiday. OF, course
it is a legal holiday in the District, as it
sin several states, but it is not legal
holiday in allof the states. For all of
that, neither is Christmas nor Thanks
giving day in many states. Washing
tons birthday is legal holiday in this
District, but just over in Virginia it is
not, though If there is one state where
it should, be a state holiday 1t IS Vir-
ginia. Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02

it's SO good; hut knew you couldnt
keep 4 secret"
Nevertheless he smiled as he felt
Miss Winston's arm about his neck and
her tender kiss upon his tanned cheek.
ley We're starting for home now un.
Ger Zach's care.
Dear children, this has been the
tippiest, the proudest, day Of my life.
and you have made it SOP
"Yes, it's been bully day." assented
Bud, vainly trying to stifle the pride in
bis voice. Rlinks raised sleepy face
for Miss Winston's good night kiss.
1.-THE lemonade was good, too" he
murmured as he placed confiding
hand in Zach's big rough one. And so the
four were swallowed up in the sum-
mer darkness, but long after they had
disappeared Miss Winston stood at her
gate inhaling the fumes Of burned pow
der and enjoying them as q true Daugh-
ter of the American Revolution should.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02
THIS DAY 1A8 YEARS AGO.
Five Days Later the Battle Of Brad
dock Was Fought and Lost.

Five Days Later the Battle Of Brad
dock Was Fought and Lost.
The Fourth Of July: 1855, was an
important day in the annals Of this
country. On that day General Edward
Braddeck was within five days easy
march Of a field on which he was to
fight a battle that might almost be
said to have decided the ownership of
the vast territory afterMard to be
known as the United States, battle
that mag have had much to do with
settling what language was to be spe-
ken in the land. Though Braddoek
was badly defeated. his soldiers and
the English speaking colonials >put to
rout and himself MORALLY wounded,
that battle virtually led to direct
declaration Of war by England against
Eraxce, cut Of which after several
years bloody conflict came the treaty
Of Paris, giving England mastery Of
the. greater portion Of that territory
now comprised within the limits Of the
territory over which Theodore Roose-
welt presides.
From the diary of Robert Orme,
Braddock's aid-de-camp and Washing
toms friend. we learn Of the actual
movements and doings. of Braddock
and some of his men on that memora-
BILE Fourth Of July. Writing on That
date. Orme says:
eve marched about six miles to
Thicketty run. From this place two
of our Indians were prevailed upon to
go for intelligence toward the ,Freach
fort Ouquesne, afterward' Fort Pith
and also unknown to them) Gist, the
generals guide. Tie Indians returned
on the 9th and brought in a French
officers scalp who was shooting within
a half mile Of the fort. They informed
the general that they saw very few
men there or tracks, many additional
works, that no pass was possessed be.
tween us and the fort and that they
saw some boats under the fort and
one with a white flag coming down
the Ohio allegheny. Gist returned
little later the same day, whose &C
count correspondent with theirs, ex-
cept he saw smoke in valley. He had
concealed himself with intent Of get
ting close under the fort, but was dis
covered and pursued by two Indians,
who had very near taken him."
Orme was wounded in the battle
which followed i've days later. Upon
his recovery he returned to England.
He married Lady Townsend, the event
arousing much gossip in high social
circles on account of previous ar
rangement between the lady's family.
and Lord George Lennox by which she
was to become the bride of the latter.
-Pittsburg Dispatch. ];
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02
I'm Old
Time Fourfb

~ HESE newfangled notions are giving
the boys
A queer kind Of Foufth-one with
out any noise
With speeches and pfcnics no patience
have I,
And pine for an old fashioned Fourth Of
July.
Then we rose with the dawn, and the
cannon came first:
We packed 1t with powder till ready to
burst,
And, my, how the glass in the windows
did fly
When it startled the echoes on Fourth of
July.
We hitched up old Dobbin, and all tum-
bled in
The roomy old wagon. the fat and the
thin;
Even grandma was there and as clipper
and spry
AS any young maiden the Fourth of July.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02
MISS
WLWSTON'S
-FOUR
BY COLIN S. COLLINS

copyright, 1902, by the 8. 8. Mcclure
Company.l
"XN,YELL, that is what I call
wv downright mean" said Bud.
w "They never decorated
Miss Winston" And he en-
phasized his remark by aiming a stone
at the saucy chipmunk that had been
making friendly overtures. Nellie, the
eldest Of the group, took exception to
the remark.
"You talk as if she was cozy corner
or pincushion," she exclaimed sharp
~.
"You talk like-like-a girl" answered
Bud, with fine scorn. Don't you know
she's a Daughter of the American Rev.
olution"
"And Mrs. Hodges, she says that she
is a Mother of the Spanish American
War"
Buds face indicated all the contempt
possible for one whose nose is already
tip tilted at decided angle.
Yes, and Miss Winston's GRANDPA
Their helped lick the Britishers before
there was any Philippines, but just
because he is buried way up in Maine
they didn't give her any Memorial day
or any flags or flowers and didn't even
ask her to sit on the platform, like they
did Mrs. Hodges. l bet it made her
feel awful bad"
Here six-year-old Blinks set up dis
NAL wall. Some one in some fashion
was injuring Miss Winston, who as a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02

AND WASHINGTON RODE ON HIS HORSE IN
THE SKY.
We went to the barbecue. Who cared for
showers
When the feast was a-flutter with BAN
ners and flowers?
And If down came the rain in the midst
Of it. why,
It was part of an old fashioned Fourth of
July.
The rockets and pinwheels and firecrack-
erS, too,
At evening all Joined in the hullabaloo,
And Washington rode on his horse in the
sky
A figure in fame on the Fourth Of July.
The band marching out in their uniforms
gay
Struck up by the light of the bonfires to
play
1.-THE Star spangled Banner" and Sweet
By and By
And so ended a glorious Fourth of July.
-Minna Irving in ,Woman's Home Com
panioa.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02
Fourth Of July Realism.

81 suppose" said the first commit
teeman, that as a feature Of our
Fourth Of July celebration we should
have some young lady read the Decla-
ration of Independence"
II don't know" unused the second
committeeman. I'm view of the usual
results of the celebration, wouldn't it
be better to have her read a paper on
first aid to the injured Y-Baltimor
American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02


dispenser Of cookies and gingerbread
held warm place in his small affec-
tons. The patriotic discussion was
perforce abandoned until Blinks was
pacified
The Courtney children spent every
summer at the old family homestead
in Chatham. but this year, thanks to
an epidemic of diphthera in the city
schools, they had been spirited off
to the country with the opening Of
spring. For the first time in their
lives they had participated in a ceasss
try celebration Of Memorial day ana
had absorbed the full meaning of 9se
occasion. In the city it repreSeneeA
merely a parade. Here in the .quset
country town it stood for patFfoftsM
Of the leftiest sort. And to the loyal
impatuous Bud it amounted TO an In
SUIT that Miss Winston. whose every
silvery gray hair he reyerenced. bad
had no part in the solemn cefens-
mails
1t was not entirely because the three
children felt that the quaint Old Wia-
stem mansion was a meyer failing. ref
uge Tn time bf other disappofntG&ea4S
Dor that with the welcome always
awaiting them there came more sub
stantfal proofs of their hostess ~
FICTION, but they felt that the v41its
haired lady with the quiet voice req
resented the meA who generaticns be-
fore had died that their eopA&y
might live. Miss Wiaston's cooktss
were iEreproachable, but better stiA
were her thrilling tales Of when
Grandfather Winston vas ON WASH
ington's staff. And I'm their eyes. far
handsomer than the silver tea see
which had come over in the Mayf1ower
and had been given General Winstoas
father on his marriage, was the faded
Continental uniform which hung fp
Miss Winston's own room and wtiiah
they were permitted to gaze upon aud
even touch on those rare occasions
VIXEN all three had been good stimuli
taneausly.
During the weeks which interveAsd
between Memorial day and the Fourth
of July general air of mystery brood
ed over the Courtney family. If Grand
mother Courtney had not been afflicted
with failing eyesight. she must have
judged from the secret conclaves in
dim corners that something was brew
ing. AS it was she did wonder some
what at the subsistence of the usually
exuberant Bud, who had little or moth
ing to say about the rapidly approach
ing day of noise and jubilation. Nor
could she quite understand why when
the supply of fireworks arrived from the
city Bud did not attempt to sample
them in advance. Only the year before
in his enthusiasm he had shot OF all
the roman candles by daylight and
then cried himself to sleep because
night brought no fresh supplies. She
even went 70 far as to administer a
mild dose of SIENNA to her eldest grand
son on the general principle that when
Buds curiosity failed something must
be wrong.
On the eve of Independence day the
three children sat. on Miss Winston's
back porch samplinS a fresh loaf of
gingerbread.
do you mind, Miss Winston. II we
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
NJ tV-nat ssts 70 CTR i Tobacco Habit


When the French artist Benjamin
Constant was travelling in Morocco he
was invited by the sultan TO present
himself at court at Fee. The New
York Staats-Zeitung says that the
painters first thought was in regard
TO his costume.
Court in Europe was one thing; in
Morocco 1t was likely to prove some
thing different There was nothing to
do, however, but to wear his ordinary
evening clothes. He was ignorant of
the fact that the Moors look upon black
garments as very vulgar, and 1t was
only after his arrival that he learned
his mistake.
The courtiers smiled openly; worst
of all, they sneered. The painter was
n man of hasty temper and suddenly,
netted by their insolence, he closed
his opera hat and sprung 1t open In the
faces of the jeering crowd. They scat
tered, yelling with surprise and fear.
The sultan heard the noise and de-
manded the cause. After he had seen
and examined the wonderful hat he
gave this oracular opinion:
III | had lived hundred years In
your country and adopted all your 9th
err customs | could never have brought
myself to set on my head so hideous
a contriyance rs thatl'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02

The members of a political party In Il
certain county were holding n conven-
ton to nominate candidate for treas
urer. The leading aspirant was man
who had formerly been noted rs base
ball player. He had made a great rec
ord as n batsman. but was VIGOROUSLY
slow in running bases.
The man who had placed him in NOM
nation made a speech euloglzlng him
Us man and a citizen. He was fol
lowed by others in the same vein, and
things seemed TO be going smoothly
enough when one of the delegates rose
and said:
"Mr. Chairman, are good men so
scarce that we have to choose base
ball player for the most important of
fee in the county, involving the han
ding of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars?"
"Mr Chairman" replied the original
mover, at Is true that the candidate
have mentioned was ball player but
let me ask you, Mr.. Chairman, is there
q man here who ever saw him steal
even base?'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
QUEER SroRbt5

North America has twenty volcanoes,
Central America twenty-five and South
America thirty-seyen.
The so-called sword of the narwhal
Is In reality nothing but huge tooth.
1t sometimes grows to length of ten
feet.
A herring lives the shortest time of
any fish when taken out of water;
carp and cells the greatest length Of
time.
The wives OF knights and baronets
have no legal right to the title of
lady They should be known as
danes"
In the colony of Queensland there are
sixty thousand more men than women.
and In New South Wales ninety thous-
and more men than women.
A well-known English woman pays
$4,000 year TO be made beautiful.
Her treatment lasts from six to seven
hous every day. She Is kept In bath
for one hour. and dark room for four,
and for the remainder Is bandaged
erom head TO foot In chemical prepare
lions.
About sixty thousand water.wheels
are used for manufacturing in the
United States, yielding 1900. 0o0-horse
power, or one-quarter to one-thlrd of
the whole power used. or this total.
100000 horse power Is used by the two
thousand mills In New England. 1t
was not until 1875 that the amount
of steam-power used passed the water
power used in New England. There
are one thousand miles OF river avail
able for power In New England, and
two thousand dams.
A naturalist, while visiting Great
Sanglr, one of those islands of the In
dian ocean known as the Celebes or
Spice Islands, found a curious time
recorder lodged at the house of rajah.
Two bottles were firmly dashed to-
gether and fixed in n wooden frame.
A quantity OF black sand ran from
one bottle into the other In just half
an hour, and when the upper bottle
was empty the frame was reversed.
Twelve short sticks. marked with
notches from one to twelve, were hung
upon a string. A hook was placed be-
tween the stick bearing the number
or notches corresponding to the hour
last struck and the one to be struck
next. The sentry announced the time
by striking the hours on large gong.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
CONFESSION OF A VEGETARIAN.
Often Hungered for Meat, but Felt
Worse After Eating 1t,

Ohteh AoE nut Fe1t
Worse After Eating 1t,
In downtown store where vegetar-
ians are supplied with nut meats the
proprletor's son Is himself devotee of
the cult. He has been living on vege-
tables. fruit and nuts for nine months
and is an enthusiast.
Before l adopted my present mode
of living" he said to Mail and Elk.
press reporter, Il was bothered with
headaches and felt bad-slugglsh and
stupid. worked daily in a gymnas-
lum, but couldn't shake that feeling
off. Then I changed to vegetables and
nut meat and | felt like different
being. My headaches left me; | felt
bright and became more active.
found | could bear a greater physical
strain in the gymnasium. Why, | can
dance all night without fatigue. And
some of the men who live as do can
stand the greatest amount Of cold
without discomfort. They come in here
for nut meat on the coolest days, wear.
ing 10 oyercoat vest or undershirt.
It's just fine" lie drew himself up as
he spoke, his eyes sparkling. He was
enthusiastic.
The reporter to whom he was speak
ing was rather an ancient person Of
portly habit much given TO the flesh
pots through defective carly training,
possibly, and withal inclined 10 scoff.
So with diabolieal intent the reporter
said TO the glowing youth:
Don't you ever experience n meat
hunger? For instance, nice. thick
steak, deep brown on the outside. the
inside n robust red, the steamlng juice
running out of 1t, fried potatoes
and"
Alas for frail humanity! II was too
much. The youth bent forward, the
corners of his mouth quiyerlng. He
permitted his questioner TO get no fur
then than the potatoes.
"0h, yes" he interrupted. 81 eat a
stenk occasionally, but l always feel
the worse for 1t next day."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02

-UHTFST sTHTTtW
Hardy's Sunday school class. The fact
that young VIM works during the day
makes his efforts all the more note
worthy.
Hardy proved an easy victor In the
contest, reading the entire new tesla
ment and ten chapters OF the old. All
the rest of the class combined read
but 5S1 chapters, and the youth will be
presented prize by his teachers for his
good showing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02

my improvement is very great indeed.
| did not expect to improve SO quick
ly after suffering for five long years.
| am feeling very good and strong. |
thank you so much for Peruna.
shall recommend it to all suffering
with the effects of catarrh, and con.
slider 1t household blessing. l shall
never be without Peruna. -
For those phases of catarrh pecu
liar to summer Peruna will be found
eifecacious.
Peruna cures catarrh in all phases
and stages
If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hart
man, giving full statement of your
case, and he will be pleased to give
you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum-
bus, o.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
A New breakfast. Food.

"Do you know the 'Autocrat OF the
Breakfast Table, Mr.. Tinkham:" ask
ed n lady of her host at rural dinner
party.
"Well, really, now. don't know he
replied. "We've tried so many o. them
breakfast foods can't keep track of
'em. Maria" he called to his wife
across the table. "haye we ever tried
the water-cracker OF the breakfas
table?'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
Cont yersu. wooden Legs.

"Theres a poor man Mt the door, sir,
as two wooden legs. sir, and e says
sir. would you be good enough, sir,
to-
"You go back and tell the poor man
with the two wooden legs that he's
blamed lucky. Tell him I've got the
govt in both feet."-Boston Globe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02

cite Park Baptist
church of this city.
Hardy is but 10
years old, yet he
has n record Of
reading 270 chap
tiers OF both testa-
ments In one week.
Il b Is remarkable
feat was accoInp-
lished as the result
of a bible-readlns
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
THE PROPER LOCATION
FOR A SUNNI R OUTING

Look along the California Northwestern Railway
and YOU W nj tind IL The TOAD buns through inc
large aud fertile Marin, SOnomn, santa Rosa, nus
alan river Ukiah and Wlts Valleys. \ hehN-
NV wooded mountain range bounds this section on
The west aud protects IL from the ioss and eolu
winds OF the Tactic ocean. Another range on
fhe East separntes II from the heated section OF
Inc Interior In the valleys and wooded His OF
this section, so well protected, ~ iouhn Nhiasi
and most sni uhtlous climate mineral springs nv
efs lakes aud ttr, ans IN every direction. hNeIs
taste and want be satisfied here anu IN scuoIn
with n moderate or we'l-hlled purse. 10 help III
the sci ecton of pace for your summer OUTING,
the California Northwestern Railway pnbllsh,s
every wear n hook called Vacation" This years
edition. aVacation 1885," contains over lI pages
beautifully illustrated, aud ~ complete ~ US es
tailed Information In regard to mineral springs,
resorts select camping spots, country homes aud
farms where summer boarders are thsehi gN,ng
locat ion accommodations and attractions toset,.y,
np To be had at the offices OF the company OF y
mall IN response 10 letter address'h 70 ~ -
Ryan the General Passenger Agent.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02

People with good blood possess strong,
steady nerves and are blest with good
appetites and digestion, and enjoy
sound, refreshing sleep. If we could
always maintain the purity of the
blood then we might enjoy perpetual
health, but it becomes infected and
poisoned and most of the ills that afflict
humanity and undermine the constitu-
ton are caused by an impoverished
or polluted condition of this vital fluid.
When the blood is diseased the skin
loses its healthy appearance, and the
complexion, its freshness and beauty
and becomes red and rough and full of
pimples and splotches. Itching, scaly
eruptiors, blackheads, boils and rashes
break out upon the body when the
blood is too poor or too thin and acid,
and is not supplying proper nourish-
ment to the system. Debility, poor
appetite, bad digestion, restless sleep
and nervousness more often come from
sluggish, impure blood than any other
cause. To build up the blood, restore
and nutritious again is the only rationa
get rid of skin troubles. There is no re
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach tne
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way 10 cure deafness, and that In by constitu'
tionai remedies. Deafness Is caused by an IN,
famed condition OF the mucous lining Of the
Eustaehian Tube When this tube is In
tanned Won have a rumbling sound or imper'
feet hearing and when II is entirely closed deal
ness ia the result and unless the infam maIio on
can be taken out and this tube restored 70 "a
forever; nine cases out oil ten are caused py
catarrh, which is nothing but an Unnamed con
ditioB OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars Tor any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure senu io'
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls family pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-07-02
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
A shake All Round.


ooh, yes. proposed. but when ! got
through she shook her headr'
'But surely that didn't discourage
you
well. no, not as much rs the fact
that her father came along and shook
bis fist. "-ESehange.