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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
OVEN MEhEDlTH.
4 Dinner Speech OF His That EIisited
Howls of Derision.

i
& Dinner Speech OF his That EIi.ired
HowIs of Derision.
/ once sat at banquet given in Lon
don by Wilson Barrett to Lawrence
Barrett, says writer in an English
magazine. Earl Lytton presided a
curled. oiled, eifeminate, supercilious
Top. He had Roman tragedy to sell 10
Wilson Barrett. That was why he
came.
He eulogized Wilson Barrett In a
peech. II believe" he said, 'that Mr..
Barrett won some success with piece
called consulting his notes. The Lights
of London suppose it was the work
of some dramatic hack" George Sims
sat facing him and never said a word.
Then his lordship went drawing on:
II next find on the list of Mr.. Barretts
successes something called The Silver
King Here again l know nothing OF
the authorship. The names Of those
dramatic carpenters do not interest
me-" At which Henry Arthur Jones
glared and a flush came into the face Of
poor blind Henry Herman.
Finally" said Lord Lytton, "Mr.
Wilson Barrett has placed on his
boards what he humorously calls Ro-
man tragedy. refer to 'Claudian,' at
tributed to one w. G. Wills, Of whom
have never heard" This was too much
for the banqueters. All Of them were
personally acquainted with Irving's
pet poet. the modest Wills. So they
howled derisively.
And Earl Lytton's tragedy, produced
a month later, was dismal failure.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

IL very e1I4y t-l-H al .tn@ ares EE
Judas were shown with great shocks
of red hair falling down well on the
shoulders. This and the fact that the
Judas in the Miracle Plays was pro-.
vided with red hirsute worked the
superstiious people of the middle ages
up to such a degree that it was actual
ly unsafe for red haired person to APP
pear in company. Seeing that things
were coming to a serious pass, writers
of all classes began to rebuke and de-
nounce "the senseless prejudice against
those of lively colored hair" Cyrano
de Bergerac in his States and EN-
pires of the Sum- boldly praised and
glorified the despised color in the fol-
lowing words: "a brave head covered
with red hair is nothing else but the
sun in the midst of his rays, yet many
speak i'll of it because few have the
honor to be So" r.. s.s4
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
The Pillow of the Italian Peasant.

The Italian peasant girl as soon as
she has learned to spin and sew begins
to make her wedding trousseau. Thence
piece by piece it grows, and she has
put into it all her finest stitchery and
sweetest thoughts. AS soon as she is a
bride she makes a bag of fine muslin.
This she begins to fill with rose leaves.
Each year adds it's share. When she
dies, perhaps an old woman full of
years, it is this rose pillow that her
head rests on. In this calm acceptance
of and preparation for the great events
of life, such as marriage and death,
there are time and soil for the bios
soming Of fancy which we, stumbling,
hit and miss, through life, do not fur
niSh. ., .~'' +
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
New YORK sherins.

The reason why the sheriff of New
York cannot be elected to two success
siye terms is this: 1t is the sheriff's
duty to carry out the process of courts
against official delinquents during trial
and after conviction. Should sheriff
endeayor forcibly to hold over for a
second time after having been defeated
for reelection he would be the instru-
ment of the courts process against
himself, a paradoxical position which
the law avoids by making him ineligi-
Bile for reelection.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
The First Measure Of time.

It was the moon and not the sun
which first suggested to mankind tlss
circle of the year as a measure 9
time. The sun exhibits no changes e3s
appearance, and his light obiitarat {.
all the landmarks of the sky. A =
Ininarys which is the same ytt$er1r :
today and tomorrow might give RI -
conceptions of perfection and etc:.:-tY,
but beyond the altera lions of cay ilAL
night it could suggest to. lneai nina4i.
no abstract measure of time. But Will
our humble satellite it is far Otherwise.
The regularly recurring phenomena Of
new moon and full moon are too
marked to escape the attention of TIE
most obtuse and unrefecting of saw
ages.
The motion of the sun may be COM
pared to that of the minute hand of a
clock, sweeping on hour after hour with
out leaving much record of its compar-
atively vast journey. The progress Of
the moon, on the contrary, may be Ek-
ened TO that Of the hour hand, which
registers the movements of it's COM
panion and resolves them into twelve
well defined periods. !,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

On one occasion Bishop Selwyn was
going down the river Waikato with a
Maori when the latter, who was very
lazy, left off padding the canoe, at the
same time muttering that if Selwyn
We're not q bishop he would-well, "go
for him." In moment the bishop told
the man to turn the canoe ashore,
where, stripping himself of everything
episcopal, he said, pointing to his
robes, etc: "The bishop lies there; the
man is here. am quite ready; come
on" The Maori did not come on"
however, but quietly resumed his work
without another murmur.- London Tit
Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Cautions.

A lawyer happened to be acquainted
with a juror in a petty civil case. and
he met him during a recess of the
court The lawyer was just lighting
up" and under ordinary circumstances
he would have offered the other cigar
unhesitatingly, but it occurred to him
that it might not look right.
81 suppose" he said guardedly, that
a cigar would not influence your YER
dictY'
The juror was equally CAUTIOUS.
"A good one wouldn't he replied.
'sbut poor one might prejudice me"
he got a good cigar brooklyn Eagle
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
| Animal Worship Among the Hebrews

Amman w Orsnlp Among inc heUrctxS
The Old Testament records show,
Notwithstanding the various revisions
through which these venerable books
have passed, many indica tons of ann
NAL worship among the Israelites
which must have lasted for ages be-
fore the prohibition inculcated in the
second line of the Decalogue was fog
mulated. At comparatively late date
Jehovah was worshiped under tie
popular symbol Of bull, while the
twelve oxen upholding the LAYER II
Solomon's temple, as well as the horns
adjoining the altar, were drawn from
the prevalent bull worship" e.,
Modern research has also proved that
the cherubim were represented in the
form of winged bulls. NJ. Lenormant
in his famous book on the Beginnings
of History" says that during the time
Of the kings and prophets ''most as
suredly the cherubim, as there describ-
ed. are animals" ~ - .szs. ..-,.s.s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

"What on earth are you doing in
here, Tommy asked his mother, peer
ing into the darkness of the henhouse,
whence had been COMING for five min
utes or more series Of dismal squawk-
ings, accompanied by loud Tapping
Of wings. rt.#,, ,.r o.. ...aa.
81 am trying" said Tommy, who
seemed to be doing something with a
knotted rope, ito fix this rooster so his
alarm won't go off before o'clock to-
morrow morning. "-Current Literature.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

Merchant = Did you find out what
that gentleman wanted?
New Clerk-No, but found out what
he didn't want.
Merchant-What? How dare you
+ New Clerk-And I sold it to him.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
quite Fabulous.

sThat foreign gentleman is said to
have fabulous wealth.
sThat's what it is" answered MI.
Cumrox; fabulous wealth. / 1on't be-
Ieve $5e of it is genuine. flashing
ton Star. III Isl IL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Poor M--.r,a.

The Dear Child3h Mrs. Bloom,
when did you get bac..ssi A
Mrs. Bloom Bless you. dear, / was
not away anywhere. tNhat made YOU
think so?
The Dear Child thought you We're
l heard my mamma say that you were
at loggerheads with your husband for
over a week. BIT
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Inseparable words.

Say asked the red faced man in
the hotel writing room. How do YOU
spell 'unmitigatedg n"
why replied the stranger next to
him, ..it's u-n-m-i-tsay my friend, !
wouldn't advise you to call man a
liar Of any sort in letter. You'll get
yourself in trouble Philadelphia
Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Absolutely Past Hone.

'She is the most inconsistent woman
I ever knew '1. sfst 7is
Never does what she ought to or
what you expect, eh?" :Iss
THAT is just it. Sometimes she does.
She is inconsistency inconsistent
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Benetits of Foreign Travel.

"How did your husband enjoy his
visit to the Alhambra7" inquired the
friend of the family.
"He was tickled most to DEATH" re-
piled Mrs. Gaswell. "He killed snake
there"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

"a man never knows what con-
science he has until asked to tell lie
to shield some one he never liked very
well anyway Atchison Globe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Knew what He Wanted

Politician-I'll do what can to get
work for you.
/ Citizen-I don't want work; what I'm
after is a city job. Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

Things loSk dim to old folks. They
need have jome young eyes about 'em
to LET 'en know the worlds the samf
DIS 1t Hsedsto he.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
SOW.

Wabash How Gong did it take you to
DO that picture?
ii French Artist proudly am on.
gage upon eet for seek monthsi
Wabash Just as i thought. You're
dead slow over here. Why, I've saw
fellers ID Chicago turnin' them things
out while We wait. Philadelphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
< Rorn Gr,.lo,wIer.

Flows all the folks n III
All well, but 1.-The measles is IN the
neighbo rhood .',s'itjs
sWell, you orter be thankful you're
alvin" ia. is
II reckon 50, huttn,,,we've all got to
die.n-Atlanta Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Poverty.

He But poverty is no disgrace.
She Um-rn, no; but there are no
medals connected with it either
Judge. n
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
MANS AdaptabiIity

i Jimble There's something wonder
f3i shout man.
tumble So well adapted, for in,
ltanea, to carry an umbrella Bost6R
franscript. s'9
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

Eound the five DOLLAR goldpieee il the
lining of her purse.
Next day went to the station. The
cashier said an old gentleman had mazda
him open the box. There was no gold.
piece. The old gentleman had left ID
a rage, refusing to give his name. IN
said he had been swindled and did not
want to be known for fool.
1--WE advertised in the papers, but we
never heard from m.''-Youth's Com
panion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
RE Repeaters,ss

Jim Would you acall a. man who
steals another mans funny stories or
his plots and nses them literary
Thief? .s,es 80 :.ysjx. ,a,,,,s. Il
Jams Ne. / would Gail him 6 second
story rnan.--BaItirpo Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

Beware OF the man who offers yer;
advice at the expense OF mutual
friend
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07

\ None are less eager to learn than
bhey who knew nothing. Suard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Tommy,s Quick Answer.

Tommy said an uncle to his pree0-
cious nephew, "your mother tells me.
she has to give you PENNIES to be good.
Do you think that is as things should
be.. l 3sz
"Of course it isl replied Tommy.
sYou certainly don't want me to grow
up and be good for nothing, do you, IN.
Gle Y'-C hums.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
TWO OIL llsflses MEN.
Each Was the Victim In a Street Car
Fare Transactien.

s
Fare Transactien.
It was In a Boston street car When
the car stopped at crossing, a lady:
got up and went to the door. As So
rose there was the chink Of coin er
the floor, but before it occurred to any
one to stop her she was out Of the cur
and across the street. Two ladies who
had sat next to her looked with anx-
tous Indifference on the floor. One Of.
them leaned slightly forward, but said
nothing. Just as the conductor was
reaching for the bell rope young man
spied the coin and dashed out Of the
ear. He caught the lady who had left
the car, handed her the coin, ran back,
caught the step of the car as the mo-.
tors began to sing in crescende and sat
down breathless. One of the two ladies'
opposite him leaned forward and said
coldly, Young man, what did you DO
with the nickel dropped?" The pas
sengers Uttered. An old man at the
other end of the car turned to his
neighbor. THAT reminds me-" hs aud,
'of something that happened to my
wife years ago.
"It was before the days Of conduct
ors, when we used to drop cur nickeis
into slot, and they ran down groove
to the box behind the driver.
"My wife had started out with a lit
tie change and one Of those trouble
some five d5llar goldpieces which used
to be more commonly In circulation
than they are now. Her eyes were not
good, and SO she was nervous about
her goIdpiece and had it on her mind
all the way downtown.
( when she took car for home, she
met friend and grew interested in
conversation with her. She put her,
coin in the slot absentmindedly. The
driver turned as it struck the box. You
remember the coin fell into a glass
compartment first, and then the driver
pushed lever which sent it into the
strong box below.
."As my wife heard the click of the
lever she thought of her five dollar
goidpiece. She looked in her purse.
Sure enough, it was gone. She went
forward and spoke to the driver. He
said he hadn't looked very carefully.
but he thought there were only three
nickels in the glass receptacle when he
pushed the lever. ,.- ..- :.> B
my wife insisted. The driver said
II she would ride to the end of the line
the cashier at the station would open
the box. This meant journey of two
miles beyond our street, and my wife
was in a hurry. -. g..
can old gentleman who sat by the
door said he was going to the end Of
the line and offered to give her $4.8
cents and get the goidpises at the sta
i':>a No. y liked him and took
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13
NO. Is.
THE RAMBLER'S plcKlNes

Almost every Sabbath Of late is
stormy.
Most every one has made up his
mind how to vote on the school
question next Tuesday.
Look out for pictures tomorrow.
It is a long time since we had snch
slippery walking, as it has been of
late.
Some Of our citizens are getting
more than their share of sudden sit
downs.
Friend Warren, the distance was
gotten at by actual measurement of
a wart. See
Born to Mr. and Mr. Percy Lyman
Tuesday morning, a daughter
Grip, or whatever you choose to
call it, is making life a little un-
pleasant for those unfortunate
enough to be afflicted with it. Jake
Van Tassel has boen confined to the
house for a week or more with the
disease.
Frank Seitz has been busy this
week with his engine, converting
George Warmers wood pile into fire
wood.
The indications are that the sup
per of the Hatchet Society like its
predecessors will bo a bowling sue
cess. 1 would advise the Editor of
the Press to petition the weather
man for a clear evening,
is there an ordinance prohibiting
the shooting of firearms in the
borough?
Since Thomas Armstrong has
taken charge of the Brown building
number of needed repairs and i'm
provements have been made. The
hall looks like different place, and
the piano. Don't mention it.
DR.. de Plasse and family of New
York we're Sunday visitors here.
Will Yennie has taken possession
of part of the Boyd honse on Broad
street.
Where will the next wedding be?
How about the one where the
license was issued over two weeks
ago2 ] could mention names but 1
won't.
Lecture in the M. E. church Mon
day evening next.
A person mean enough to scatter
poison to torture and kill dumb
animal will, if occasion presents it.
self, do worse.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13
To Restrict oartoonist

Some newspapers in the state are
having considerable fun over a bill
introduced by Representive Fredor-
ick r Pusey of Delaware county to
restrain newspapers and other pub
lications from printing or publish
ing any "cartOon or caricature or
picture portraying, describing or
representing any person either by
distinction, innuendo or otherwise,
in the form or likeness of any beast,
bird fish insect or any other un-
human animal" +"
The penalty attached is fine of
$1,000 and imprisonment for two
years or either or both.
1t will be recalled that during the
last gubernatoiial- campaign Gov
ernor Pennypacker was caricatured
as parrot with spectacles and that
considerable freedom was taken
with his ancestral Boots. Governor
Stone was often protrayed as a
parchyderm, and Senator Quay
was represented in the guise of a
disreputable looking owl and also in
various other more or less irreverent
ways. 1t is understood that all
these gentlemen are to an extent
interested in the bill.
Since its introduction Mr.. Pus(s)ey
has come in for large share of
notoriety, and as cats are fond of
birds he might be turned loose in
the Office aimed at with disastrous
results to the parrot and owl.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13
Real Estate Transfers

Frank Holbert to VIM. E. Wood,
a acre, Lackawaxen, $50.
Edward E. Riches to Charles c.
Hanna, SO acres, Delaware, Pffaffie
farm, $475.
&. w. Bull, administrator of j. F.
Piuchot, to Drusilla Quick. 1887
acres, Westfall, near Halt Way
House, 1920.
Frank Ludwig to Mary Ludwig
167acres, Delaware and Dingman, 50.
Paul Lemenmeier to Edmund
Dellert and wife, acres, Lacka-
waxen, $780,
Henry Masker to Otto Lutz, rs
acres, on Shiny mountain, Palmyra,
$1,000.
Mary E. Rowland and others to
q, F. Rowland, 2O6 acres, Lacka-
waxen, $1,000.
Bridget O'Donrell to g. F. Row.
land, 1888 acres, Lackawaxen, $500.
Louise Beck to Jos. A. Revoyre,
lot .SS2, Broad street, Milford boro-
ough, $1,000.
S. G. Peters to J "A Shull, Trustee
property of late H. S. Labar at
Bushkill, Lehman, $4,000.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13
st. Valentines Dav

This day, which was formerly
much more observed than now, was
originally festival instituted in
memory of the good Bishop Valen-
tine who was beaten with clubs and
beheaded at Rome at the time of the
heathen festival of love and purif-
cation Feb. IA, A. D., 278. As it was
the day on which Roman youths
were won't to make choice of sweet
hearts by drawing the names of
young women from a box-a custom
derived from the old notion that
birds began mating Feb. 14th-the
pagan observance was engrafted in
the Christian festival. with this
difference, that the names of certain
female saints we're substituted. The
saint thus drawn by chance as
patron for the ensuing year was
called a valentine Soon as was to
be expected, the fair daughters of
Eve still in the flesh began to super
cede those translated to the skies.
A present Of a scarf or other article
of female finery was tile usual
intimation to the fair one of the
issue Of the drawing, the drawing
of names, which was first added in
1867, was a custom out of which has
sprung the modern epistolary valen-
tine In February of that year
Pepy writes II do first observe the
fashion of dra wing of notices as
we'll as names, so that Pierce, who
drew my wife's, did also draw a
motto most courteous and most
fair which as it may be used, or an
anagram made upon each name,
might be very pretty"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13

Hobson of kissing fam9, has resign
ed, and positively refuses to withdraw
his resignation.
The nomination Of DIR. w. ID. Crum,
colored, to be collector Of the port at
Charleston, South Carolina, is being
held up by the senate.
"Government ownership" nee "I
am democrat" Hill is after the Par
ker presidential boom. Bryan seems
to be lost in the shuttle.
The Independent tobacco manu-
.facturers association has been holding
its session in Washington. They
have been perfecting arrangement to
fight the tobacco trust.
Senator McCumber Of North Da-
kota, was allowed on Thursday to
bring up the pure-food bill which has
passed the house. Consideration Of
the bill has not been concluded.
The president gave his third card
reception Of the season at the White
House, Thursday evening, the 9th
instant. The attendance was larger
than at any Of the previous affairs,
the congressional and diplomatic con-
tingency being out in full force.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13
Venezuela 1mbrOeliO

Disappointed at their inability to
have Venezvela's representative,
Minister Bowen, concede their claims
to be treated as preferred creditors
the allies sought to have President
Roosevelt decide the question. His
refusal to be drawn into the contro-
versy will necessitate, after all, the
reference of the dispute to "The
Hague tribunal" While this will,
of course, involve delay, yet it will
result in an early raising of the block
ade-on the signing Of the protocol of
submission.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13

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