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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
Eager For Double Duty.

A manufacturer in the west of Eng
land. anxious that his hands should
keep Christmas in proper spirit. told
them that if they went to church on
that day they should receive their
wages just the same as if they had
been at work. Shortly after the ad-
dress deputation Of solemn faced en-
ployees waited upon their chief. Were
willin' to attend church, said the
spokesman, land if We can see yer
way to payin' us overtime we're willin'
to attend the Methodist chapel in the
evenin'."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
An UnSatisfied mbitiOn.

1t is said by an old historian that
when the Spanish armada sailed along
the south coast of England in Queen
Eliza beth's reign the Duke of Medina
Sidonia. admiral of the armada, was sc
affected at the sight of Mount Edg-
cumbe, a beautiful mansion, viewed
from the sea. that "he resolved it fol
his own possession in the partage of the
kingdom. which the Spaniards precon'
quered in their hopes and expectation d
But. as the author quantity observes,
''he had catched a great cold. and he
had no other clothes to wear than those
which were to be made of the skin of q
bear not vet killed."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
AN OBSTINATE MAJOR.
He Had His. Way Even After He was
In His Coffin.

He Had His. Way Even After He Was
In His Coffin.
Many amusing stories are told Of
the great formality blended with hu-
morous brusqueness and independence
which characterized early Revolution
airy days. An incident of camp life Is
related by the author of Romance and
Realism of the Southern Gulf Coast."+
In 1898 the first United States troops
that came down the Mississippi were
|quartered at Fort Adams. General
Butler, Captain Green and other off,
GERS were merry over their punch one
night, and the general, by some acct.
dent, got his cue burned off. Angry
at the laugh which followed his mis-
hap, he next day issued an order for
bidding any officer to appear with a
cue. Obedient to orders, all the off.
GERS but Major Butler cut off thei1
cues. -
1.-THE vain old prig" said the major.
"I'll see him hanged before l cut of
my cue to crafty himw And he boldly
appeared without changing the style OF
his hairdressing.
The major was put under arrest, but
he declared obstinately that he would
spend the rest Of his life in prison be
fore he would comply with such silly
command. Soon afterward he was TAX
en- very ill, and, realizing that he was
at the point Of death, he gave instruc
tons for his burial, which he knew
would be witnessed by the whole com
mand.
Bore hole" said he, Through the
bottom of my coffin, right under my
head, and let my cue come through it,
that the old general may see that even
when dead l refuse to obey his or
der"
And these direction were literally
carried out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
ORIGIN OF THE TOMATO.
There Ii No Record Of a Time When
II Grew Wild.

There La No Record Of a Time When
1t Grew Wild.
The tomato is a native OF South
America and more particularly of Peru
and the Andean region. The Indian
name for it Is ''tumatr and the Spanish
name tomato" When the Spaniards
arrived In the sixteenth century they
considered nothing Of much Importance
except silver. But in 1888 they took
some tomatoes home with them as a
matter OF curiosity, little dreaming
that there would some day be more
silver in them than there was in all
the Peruvian mines. There is a gen.
eral impression that until sixty or
seventy years ago the tomato plant
was universally regarded as poisonous
weed and that its handsome fruit was
called the Glove apple" and never cul-
tivated except as something pleasant
to look upon. But this story is incon-
sistent with itself. The tomato was
called the Glove apple" for the reason
that it was believed to be an aphrodis-
lac, or eXcitant of amorous feelings.
But it could not even be suspected of
such a property unless it had been
habitually eaten. The truth is that
there is no record of a time when in
South America the tomato was not
an article of food. There is indeed no
record of time when it grew wild.
When the Spaniards reached Peru they
found nothing but the cultivated to-
mato, which was cultivated for food.
They took fancy to it and took it to
Spain, from which place it found its
way in 1896 to England.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
FOOLED ALL FRANCE.
Impostor Made Paris Believe He Wa
Ambassador From Persia.

Ambassador From Persia.
Toward the end of the year 1714 a
certain Mehemet Rizabecq, who called
himself ambassador of the king of Per
sia, and the bearer of his commands,
disembarked at Marseilles-
He was received at two leagues from
Paris by the Baron de Breteuil, usher
of ambassadors, and the Marshal de
Matignon. On the oath Of January,
1715, he made his solemn entry into
the capital with great pomp.
He declined the royal carriages gen.
orally used on such occasions and en-
tered on horseback, preceded by the
finest horses of the kings stables, su-
perbly caparisoned and accompanied
by trumpets and bands of music.
The ambassador, richly arrayed in
the Persian costume, was attended by
a numerous train of domestics and
preceded by a herald bearing the Per
sian standard. The presents which he
offered to the king were very incon-
siderable.
After passing a short time in France,
during which he concluded, in the
name of his pretended master, treaty
of alliance with Louis XIV, he sailed
from Sweden and Denmark and was
never heard of later.
Rizabecq. according to the Memoirs
of the Reign of Louis XIV" was a
Portuguese who had never seen the
prince he represented nor even visited
a single province of Persia. The gov
ernment paid the expenses Of his ex-
cellency, which amounted to 1000 IL
vres a day.-Mirror.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
The Beginning of Trouble.

A five-year-old son Of family the
other day stood watching his baby
brother, who was making a great noise
over having his face washed. The five
year-old lost his patience and, stamp
ing his tiny foot, said: "You think you
have lots of trouble, but you don't
know anything about it. Wait till you
are big enough to get licking. Then
you'll see. Won't he, mamma ?-Co-
lumbus Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
A True Canvasback.

A good story is told Of John Ashley, a
fellow student with Sir Joshua Reyn
olds in London and in Rome.
While walking in the Campagna
Reynolds and some other students took
off their coats. but for long time
nothing would persuade young Ashley
to take his Off At last he was pre-
vailed on to do so, and the cause OF
his unwillingness to comply with the
wishes of his friends was then reveal
ed by an oil sketch of a waterfall
painted on the back of the artists
WaiStcOat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
Quick Witted.

When Mrs. Isabella Bishop, the well
known traveller, was in the United
States she had at least one funny ex'
perience. She was riding in car in
Chicago~and felt her pocket being pick
ed, but said nothing at the moment
Presently along came the conductor tc
collect his fares. When he reached
Mrs. Bishop she quietly remarked
This gentleman" turning to the thief
Twill pay. He has my purse"
He paid. and she got back her purse
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
Lighting a Candle by Smoke.

When the candle has burned low, SO
as to leave tolerably large wick, blow
it out. A dense smoke will arise. If
another candle be applied to the far
thest end of the smoke very strange
thing will happen. The flame Of the
Kghted candle will be carried to the
one just blown out, looking sometimes
like flash of lightning proceeding at
q slow rate. The experiment may be
performed by blowing out the candle
as often as it is lighted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
Birth Statistics.

Recently compiled statistics show
that the proportion Of twins born as
compared with other infants is one in
eighty births. OF triplets there is only
one instance in 6,4OO and quadruplets
are as one to $4,000, while the chances
of a quintet are even more remote, the
ratio being one in 4O,980,0O0 births. A
case is known of woman who pre-
scented her husband with seven success
sive triplets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
The Mother of Pearl Industry.

The center Of the mother of pearl in
dustry is Singapore. The shell oyster is
six to ten inches long, the larger ones
weighing as much as ten pounds. 1t is
found on hard bottom channels be-
tween islands. where the current Is
strong. In gathering it diver takes
with him a bag Of coir rope fourth of
an inch in diameter. made in large
meshes. which. while suited for hold
ing the shell. does not impede his trav-
cling along the bottom.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
Audiences.

II desire an audience with the man.
ager," remarked the dignified, smooth
faced person as he approached the box
Office Of the theater. Il.
"Step in." replied the man in the box
Office. II think he's looking for few
audiences himself"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29

A tax on marriage is still imposed by
the proprietor of leading Bombay
hotel. In a revised tariff Of prices the
daily charge for single lady or gen.
tleman is set down as rupees, but
If the lady or gentleman be married
the charge will be rupees each.
No explanation of this singular regula.
ton is given.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
What Fred Douglass Said.

One cold night during the height of
the civil war Hon. Frederick Douglass
got out of train at Jersey City. He
wore a big shawl on top of his over
coat, and New York reporter. seeing
the dark skin and towering form of
the traveller. stopped him with the
question, "Indian?" "Nor' shouted
Douglass "Nigger!'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
A
Queer
Law Case

The daily papers not long ago
reported a trial case where a man
sued medicine concern which had
offered a hundred dollars for a
case their remedy could not cure.
1t seems that the man had not
been cured, though he had taken
the remedy. The defence was
that he had not taken the medicine
long enough. He did not get his
hundred dollars.
We allude to this because Vinol
does not give slippery guarantee.
We sell it on its merits and
leave it to the user. If the user
comes back with his empty bottle
and says: "I took that bottle of
Vinol, and I can't see that it did
me any good" we don't argue
the matter. We say, or our clerk
says, "Sorry that you happen to
be among the few-here's your
dollar
The few! They are very few -
less than one out of a hundred,
according to the experience.
Vinol is a scientific non-secret
compound of cod liver oil (greatest
medicinal food known), organic
iron (iron that can be taken up into
the blood and used), and a mild
table wine. It is pleasant to take
Our Vinlax, for constipation, is
Vinol's companion remedy, sold on
the same guarantee. r.. ". .''.
For sale byHanson g. Emerso Or
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
The Cannibal's Barbecue.

The CannfbaPs barbecue.
Killsem "a native Of the Cannibal is
lands)-They are having a barbecue
down on the beach.
Eatsem-What's the entree, man OF
woman?
| Killsem-Neither They've captured
a ship laden with newspapers, and they
are devouring the news. - Princeton
Tiger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29

The aborigines Of Peru can, in the
darkest night and in the thickest woods,
distinguish respectively white man,
negro and one Of their own race By the
smell.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29
A Blessing In Disguise.

Scroggs-Henpeck told me that he re-
lgarded the toothache as one of the
greatest of temporal blessings.
| Baggs - What an incomprehensible
idea! /
Scroggs-Yes; he said It made him
forget his other troubles!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29

Among members Of the Greek church
In Macedonia the following recipes are
regarded as highly useful: To pacify
ones enemies write the psalm "Known
in Jud9a," dissolve it in water and give
your enemy to drink thereof. and he
will be pacified. For a startled and
frightened man take three dry chest
nuts and SOW thistle and three glasses
Of old wine and let him drink thereof
carly and late. Write also "In the be-
ginning was the word" and let him
carry it,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29

One-sixth Of the landowners In Great
Britain are women. =.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-29

If people talked only when they had
something to say the silence would be
too dense to stir with a stick.-Gal-
weston News.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-05
HattBBDlrg Daily PROGRESS.
S ATURDAY. DEC. 5, 1908.
TRUE CHARITY.

1t is time for we'll to-do-people to
Jbe gener Jus. Although the fortunes
Of some have been impaired the peo-
lpls generally are prosperous, and are
able to give something to the cause
of charity. 1t IS easy enough to give
ont of ones abundance, but true char
ity implies sacrifice A dollar re-
ceived by a person in need will bring
the same benefit no matter from
what source it comes. But a dollar
given will bring to him who gives
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-05
THE DREYFUS CASE.

We feel quite satisfied that il the
newspapers do not make too much
noise about it the French government
will, before very long, proceed to do
justice to Captain Dreyfus and make
the proper amends for the privations
and indignitIes that officer was COM
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-05

Save money buy buying from manu-
facturers. holman d Co., of Mobile,
own the only distillery in South Ala
bama, Their special brands are Col
den Feathers" Murdoch Hill,
"Marcehal Neil" ''Red Coon, Ills
Spring Hill Corn" ''Spring Hills
Best" Send anywhere from 81 90 up to
them for gallon, and your moneys
worth, according to grade called for
by size Of remittance wilt be sent
you. no loot
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-05

far greater benefit when there is an
element Of self sacrifice in the gift,
and the greater the sacrifice. the
greater the benefit. 1t is now a good
season for those who love to practice
the true spirit of giving and to real
ize the truthfulness of the saying that
is written, 1T is more blessed to give
than to receive. Richmond Times
Disnafch
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-05

PEELED to undergo as sacrifice to ma
tional prejudice. The French people
are just and generous when they have
had time to get over their emotional
spasms. Times.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-05

the one Day Cold cure
Kermotts Chocolates Laxative QuiLine for
sold in thu head and sore throat Children
AXE bcm IA can't!
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Charles E. Evans is to star in ''Thert and Back" comedy by George Arliss
 Gustavo SalYini, son of Tommaso Sal vini, will soon come to America to play OthelIo.
 It is announced that Mrs. Fiske will produce Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth" after next season.
 W. r. Bentham has closed a deal with Fisher and Ryley by which vaude vile is to see the famous ''Florodora' sextet
 Oscar Hammerstein has secured the American rights for Resurrection Fl the dramatizatiop of Count Leo Tol stoi's famous novel
 Paul Kester has contracted with Charles B. Dillingham; to write come. dy drama in which Mir. Dillingham; will star Miss Nillie James.
 Grace Georges next play will be a three act society comedy, the direct antithesis of Pretty Peggy. in which she is appearing this season.
 It is stated that F. Marion Crawford has entered into negotiations with Mar tin Harvey whereby he will write a new play for the English actor.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

drs. Lucy A. Clough of Boston ceie orated her ninety-first birthday recers iy by baking fourteen pies.
 Virginia H. Beasley, a granddaugb ter of Patrick Henry. is living in Itha ca, x. Y. She is strong and well q eighty-seve:.
 Miss Rose Eackett, the last English woman to leave Johannesburg afta martial law was declared, is now { bakers clerk in Charlestown, Mass.
 Mrs. Eden, wife of the bishop d Wakefield, is to receive the first bundl of firewood chopped in a new temper ance labor home at Huddersfeid. Eng land.
 Mrs Sarah C. Baird is the master q the Minnesota State grange. She < said to be the first and only woman R the order to hold the position of staa master.
 Miss Gertrude Coghlan, the actress has in her possession the rare collec tion of desks belonging to her father the late Charles Coghlan. One of then was presented to him by the Prince o Wales, now King Edward
 Miss Louise W. Wilkins who has re gently added some $6O.O00 to her pri vate fortune by the sale of her Satsu ma mine in Arizona. is probably th only woman in the world who is prac tical gold miner. She is about thirt!S four and has been a prospector ara miner for twelve years
 To a widow named Charlotte Die trich the German emperor sent 30i marks and a gilt cup of the finest DOT. celain, togetEer with a letter of con. graduation on her hundredth birthday a few weeks ago. She also received 100 marks and other presents in the name Of the city of Berlin.
 Lady Rothschild, whose husband is head of the famous family. does an i'm mense amount of charitable work, but never of public character. In the vicinity of Tring Park, her country home in Buckinghamshire. Englard. she Is well known on account of the benefactions conferred at her instiga- tion.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
GLEANINGS.

The dam in the Nile at Assouan will throw back water no miles.
 Badly cured fish eaten without being sufficiently cooked is suspected as the cause of leprosy.
 There were only two insignificant for est fires in the Yellowstone park last summer. The number of visitors was 13,433.
 Irregularities in the postal service at Semarang, Java, led to an investigation which showed that the indolent native postmen had a habit of tying letters into bundles and dropping them into the river.
 The amount of wine consumed in Ar gentina last year wat 55.000.00 gal Ions. It is admitted u at 11,G000 900 of these were manufactu ed from other ingredients than grapes it is not stated what in in .tation of SD Inish and ltsl- ian wines.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Frederick A. Sweet, de- ceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned administrator of the estae of Frederick A Sweet, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hay ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers. within ten months after the first publication of this notice to ths said administrator at Naco, Arizona. the same being the place for the transaction of business of said estate, in said county of Cochase.
 B. A PACKARD, Administrator of the estate of Fred erick A. Sweet, deceased.
 Dated Bisbee, this 9th day of May, 1903.
 First publication. May 18th, 1903.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
He Wanted a Receipt.

A mighty hunter from Boston recent. ly put up" at a quaint little Maine hostelry and left word in the office that be wished to be called at 4;30 in the morning. Sharp at that time the next morning came a laundering rap at bis door.
 All right! I'll be down in a minute!" called a untitled voice from under ths quilts.
 You get up here now and sign this receipt"
 Receipt. What receiptT' demanded . very wide awake voice. and the bed squeaked loudly.
 "Waal." grunted Uncle Cy, "I don't calkerlate to have ye jumping down to the office at o'clock declaring that ys aiD't been called"-Lewiston Journal.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
Rainwn,er Good if rou Like It.

When a man gets used to drinking rainwater." said a New Orleans man to the Washington Post, there is no other water in the world that tastes so good Most of the people in New Orleans have cisterns in their yards which hold an abundant supply of water caught from the clouds, the purest and best in the world, according to my notion. The winter rainfall alone is used. the summer catch not being desirable. It is somewhat curious that in northern attitudes the cistern water does Tot keep wholesome and sweet as it does in our country"
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10

Franks, J. M. Brown. F. M. Johnson k. P. Drakes.
 The case of Hansen. in which tn defendant was cha geG with assault to commit murder on Willis Dye, was postponed to the 18th.
 Sheriff Lewis left for Yuma with F. L. Craig. sentenced to serve two years for grand larceny.
 Loreno Padilla was sentenced to two years for grand larceny.
 Yurbano Valdez was sentenced to twenty years in the territorial prison for murder
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
Had No Time.

The Boys Father-Madam. let me ask if your daughter knows how to run house-can cook. for example. and nurse the sick, mend clothes and. in fact, is familiar with all the multifari- ous details of domesticity?
 The Girls Mother-Certainly not, sir! Why, if she had learned all those things. her education would have been neglected.-Judge
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
Fir.. Judicial, Honor. For . Woman

To Henry VIII. belongs the honor of having conferred judicial rights upon a woman. Lady Anne Berkeley of York was allowed hy the sovereign, who had the widest experience of the virtues of women, to sit as judge. appoint commission and actually to pass sentence on some men who had been killing her deer and despoiling her park
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
The Useless Transfer.

Conductor ito dejected looking mal as he finds a strap)-I can't take th:s transfer
 Dejected Looking Man-Why not.
 Conductor-Because it's too old. Iss punched for 10:30. and here it is ] o'clock.
 Dejected Looking Man-I know. I've been waiting for the car.-Chicago Reo ord d-Herald
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
N s-For a handsomely i,,us,-.+,

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 cLoUDcRoFT, the Premier Summer Resort of the Southwest, send four cents postage to
 A. H. BROWN, General Passenger Agent E P. & N. E. System. Fl Paso. Texas.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10

You ars Invited to try this plan in our columns Change your ad- with every issue Buyers watch our columns for store ueWA
Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10

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Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-10
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