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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09

tossed the casus beili OYER 10 The dss!-
Of the editor, saying briefly:
Better run that one tomorrow"
"All right. Whatever you say. goes
s'May see Miss HoNild?' aslsee 8
deep voice at the door of their CID
tered den two days later. Jack Hic-
gins looked up from his sheaf of
proofs and recognized "Percival r. c.
81 am Miss Howard" he said cooiiy.
"What can do for your"
"Oh-I-I thought stammered tha
visitor; then recovered himself, catch
ing in his embarrassment at the first
straw, which. happened to be Jacks
Greek letter fraternity pin. II say,
am an Alpha Omega too" And he
gave him the grip. my names Cliff
ford. 1 have message of thanks for
you from my sister, Mrs. Smith. whose
story took your ten dollar prize YES
terday; also the receipt for your
check"
jacks eyes twinkled as he sized up
this persistent sutton cad, I'll help
him out" was the mental result Of his
scrutiny. He waved his hand toward
the desk by the window where sat a
very red checked young woman.
'.My cousin, Miss Davidson, attends
to that, Mr.. Clifford he said.
And that was the way Fate intro
duced them. -. -.
The way that arbitrary old dame
finally disposed of them might be,
guessed from "A pretty scene enacted
On the .afterdeck of the Etruria as she
swung out of the North river one hot
day last summer.
The man had just brushed off with
g surreptitious gesture another stray
grGin of rice from his coat collar.
VITA his companion he found Z shell
tered seat under gangway while the
ether passengers hustled to their va
riots stateroCms to dress for. dinner.
As through glass darkly, Percy"
Eulmured the girl dreamily while to-
gethor they watched the gray, line Of
shore retede from view till twilight
FILL across the purple SEA-.
Tut EoW"-he, glanced around to see
ta2t t'.c deck was clear, then bent his
handsome face to hers-"but now,
darling, fccc to face" n
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
Early Time Systems.

TIE gnomon, the predecessor of the
sundial, was probably one of the earli
est ,,evices for the reckoning of time.
and it, may reasonably be concluded
tl-at the Egyptian. pyramids, with
their great altitude. formed part of q
design for timekeeping by the shadow
thrown on the desert sands The ODE
lisk, too, in all proba bility served the
purpose, for as a matter of history an
obelisk at Rome was actually used for
a sundial in the time Of Emperor Au-
gustus. '@
IF we could step on board of Malay
prao, we should see floating in a bucket
Of water a cocoanut shell having q
small hole in the bottom through which
the water by slow degrees finds its way
into the Interior: The hole in the shell
is so proportioned that the shell will
sink in an hour, when the man on
watch calls the time and sets it afioat
again. III .-..
The Chinese have a water clock in
Use at the present time, which inven-
ton they ascribe to Hwangti, who
lived. according to their chronology.
more than twenty-five centuries before
Christ. $50 Pr ~
:: Tile time system of early Rome was
of the rudest character. The day and
night each were divided into four
watches, the periods of which were
Roughly determined by observations of
the. course of the sun and stars.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
Lincoln. strongest Attribute.

I The strongest attribute of Lincoln
sgas his power of self control. Senti-
ment might sway him, but mob never
moved him. When jealousies in the
army bred a popular clamor against
General Grant, while the latter was
winning famous victories in the south
west Lincoln listened to no word of
scandal and by his silence rebuked the
defaners of the general who afterward
became the admiration of the world
When in the ferered tumult of passion
an angry north seemed to voice gen.
cfal demand for the infection Of the
death penalty upon Jefferson Davis,
EiEcoln. listened in silence and waited
for reason to resume its sway. He was
always looking over. the heads Of the
crowd. He was always listening to the
still snail voice that echoed in the dis
tGnce Far away from the roar of vehe-
lnent denunciation. The majesty OF
The law constantly appealed to his fine
judicial sense. Leslie's Weekly.
* p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
The First AInrlacS.

The almanac, properly so called in its
origin. is not merely a device for keep
ir% people in mind CT tie progress Of
the year. 1t is an attempt to show
what destiny has in store for us as in
0;c2 ed by the position of tie stars in
any particular year, and as. according
to astrological lore. the deStiries of
men are ruled by the different aspects
OF the planets, so also the human body
is subject to the influence of the con-
ct",lcticns through which TIE sun ap.
peas to pass in his yearly course. \
French almanac of 1910 gives a dia-
gram of the human body surrounded
by III the signs OF the zodiac and indi-
catc5 the various organs and members
fCve" which these signs have power,
and this for a guide pour les saignees,
ec TO show at what periods blood may
= ; l~twith safety. But tie same al
T.c-.ac also gives directions sensible
crouch for the avoidance of the plague
which would not be found fault with
by 4 modern fashionable physician:
Who would keep his body in health
AID resist the Infection of the plague,
Let him seek joy and sadness fly,
I.void places where infections abound
And cherish joyous company ..s...
= few examples exist CT ai,nanacs of
thi5 character before the invention of
printing, although none, it is believed.
Ca2i -er than he.tweifth century Bat
;,c-----e OF the earliest spc c:I--a-.s Of print
IL {. % hIa cI- rr,i-StaI Gorr,>o- Sfoat n /
7'2"acs. which are chiefly concerned
about blood letting. - All i. the Year
Round. ~ -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
Blind
During Attacks OF
Heart F allure.
Would Appear To Be
~ Dead.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Relieved and Cured.

81 have no hesitation in saying that DR..
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to be. was troubled with heart disease for
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remedies but until :ried DR.. Miles Heart
Cure could Fl NO relief was subject to
headaches and had tried your Pain Pills and
they were SO effective thought your Heart
Cure might help me. would have attacks
at times so severe that would be stone
blind for the time being. During these
spells would be to all appearances dead.
! took the medicine strictly as directed and l
can truthfully say that am completely cured.
advise all that are.troubed with heart dis
ease t. take DIR. Miles New Heart Cure
at once i write this and give my name'to
my fellow suferers."-S. E. Purdy, Atkinson,
Nebraska.
81 first felt the effects of weak heart in
the fall of 1896. / saw an advertisement in
the Sioux CITY paper in which a man stated
his symptoms which seemed to me to indicate
trouble similar to mine. l had soreness
in the chest at times, and in my shoulder, an
oppre sive choking sensation in my throat
and suffered from weak and hungry spells.
was truly frightened at my condition and
pro ured six bottles of DR.. Miles Heart Cure.
Since taking my first bottle have never
been bothered by any of the old disagree
able symptoms and now am well and con-
slider my cure permanent" Lewis Anderson,
Kuhn, S. d. @
All druggists sell and guarantee flst bot
tie DIR. Miles Remedies. Ssnd for free book
DR.. Miles Medical Co, Ekhart, Ind.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
Long Expected Trolley Cars Appear
on the Streets OF KenOsha on
Sunday ;AfternoOn.
MAYOR PFENNIG PAYS FIRST.
Head Executive of the City Rides Over the
Line and Insists ON Paying His Fare
Cars Hailed With Delight.
(From Mondays Daily.

Have you had your ride yet? The
man who last summer bet that the
cars of the Kenosha Electric Railway
company would not be running by the
Fourth of July next, is paying his
debts today, for at noon Sunday the
first car made the circuit over the line
and Kenosha had her first taste of the
changing of the trolley bell and the
kissing of the electric current.
There was little ceremony in con-
nection with the opening of project
which means SO much to,Kenosha. 1t
was just after noon that the first car
was pulled out of the barn at the end
of West Main street and .Superintend-
eut Russell assumed the place at the
motor. The current was turned into
the line and with the shouts of a hum
dred people who had gathered, the car
started for its first trip round the cir
cult of the line.
All along the line people rushed
from the houses and in not a few
places the car was received with shouts
of approval. Superintendent Russell
allowed all that.desired to crowd into
the car on the sfrst round and it was
filled with merry, happy crowd when
it reached the Main street branch of
the line. Here the passengers were
forced TO alight and make way for
Mayor Charles H. Pfennig, who
boarded the first'car just as it was pass
ing the Main street switch. Mayor
Pfennig was simply testing the COM
pany and the line and he walked into
the car and took seat and insisted on
being allowed to pay his fare for trip
around the9circuit. The conductor ac-
copied the fare and this was the first
money ever received by an electric
railway in Kenosha.
Tie first trip,of the car proved the
excellence of thesswork that had been
done by the track builders, and it
moved over the entire line as smoothly
as if the line had been installed for
years. Not single hitch was found
and the only stop made by the cars
was when they stopped to allow the
conductor to lengthen out the motor
arm in crossing the tracks of the rail-
way company at Market street. New
arms will be provided in few days
and when these are secured the line
will be practically perfect.
Once started, the cars were allowed
to run for the rest of the day, and the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
BERT THOMPSON FREE.
Kenosha Man Serving a Term:in the Green
Bay Reformatory is Released.

Kenosha Man Serving TermSin the Green
Bay Reformatory is Released.
Herbert Thompson, former well
known young"man of this city, who
was sent toDthe State reformatory at
Green Bay some two years ago to
serve a sentence for embezzlement,
has been released from that institution
and has started life anew in one of the
Northern cities of the State. Thomp-
son was arrested while he was the con-
fidential clerk of the A. d. Meiselbach
company, and it was alleged that he
had peculated the funds of the COM
cany to the extent of several hundred
dollars. He pleaded guilty to the
charge and was sent to Green Bay
under the iudeterminate sentence act.
He has proved model prisoner and
for some time he has been keeping the
books of the reformatory.
He has written to friends in this, city
thanking them for the interest they
took in him at the trial and promising
to make name for himself in the
future
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
Want More Assessors.

The Council had an informal dis
cussion in regard to the plan to hire
more assessors to make the annual tax
valuations but no action was taken.
The plan as outlined was to employ
two or more assessors and make it pos
sible for them to work during the en-
tire year. In this manner it would be
possible for the assessors to complete
the work of valuing the property on
scheduled time and during the year
proper notations of transfers could be
made so that the work of assessing
would be greatly simplifed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
Villas Is AGAIN AGENT.
Head of Northwestern Freight Depart
ment at Milwaukee,

George B. Villas, who resigned as
freight agent of the Chicago & North
Western road at Milwaukee last July,
has been reappointed to that position
and assumed his duties Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. Villas has been connected, with
the North Western road since 1886,
when he entered the employ of the
freight department at Eagle Grove, Ia.
Several years later he went to Madison
to take responsible position in the
freight Office in that city, In 1891 he
was appointed local agent at Kenosha,
and IN 1896 he was appointed at the
head Of the Milwaukee freight yards,
serving until his retirement last July.
The reappointment of Mr.. Nilas will
cause considers BILE surprise in railroad
circles, as it was thought he had per-
manently retired from the railroad
business
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05

reduced almost to kindling wood. The
debris was thrown high in the air and
the people who stood near fascinated
by the wild advance of the train,
rushed hither and thither seeking
shelter from it. The car was crushed
could be used in constructing a new
car.
When the engine of the train struck
the protruding end of the car there
was,a great crash and the people, in
the different cars of the train we're
thrown from their seats and some of
them were thrown out into the ais1es.
Fortunately no one was seriously in
jured but several of them received bad
bruises. The engine was stopped as
soon as possible but the damage had
been done and the engineer gave a
silent vote of thanks that no lives had
been lost.
The service of the company was
crippled by the accident and the fnan-
cial loss to the Street Railway Com
pauy will amount to more than So, 500.
The cow catcher of the engine was
slightly damaged, but a day in the
shops will make it ready for use again.
The Street Railway Company will
secure new car as soon as one can be
built for them and IN the meantime the
one car will make the full circuit of
the line in the time demanded by the
ordinance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
Entire Indebtedness of First Baptiss
Church Raised at the Dedication
Services Sunday.
LARGE GIFTS ARE MADE FREELY
Mrs. Geo. YuIe Gives $4,000 andZ. 6. Sim
mons 800 to Clear the Church.-Tm--
pressive Ceremonies.

With songs of praise and great re-
joicing the new church of the First
Baptist church society was dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies Sunday.
and all day long the members OF khe
church and their friends gathered
round the sanctuary and gave praise
to God for the completion of the new
edifce.
Many members of the church from
other cities were present and took part
in the general delight which hailed The
opening of the new temple of worship
When the doors of the church were
opened for the first service on Sunday
debt of 81 500 hung over it bat when
the pastor pronounced the benedicfion
Sunday night, thanks to the princely
generosity of Kenosha people every
cent of the Indebtedness had BEEN
raised and a small sum remained I'm
the treasury for the running expenses
of the church. 1t was a great day for
the Baptists in Kenosha and a mem
orable day in the history of the Ye1Sg-
ious bodies of the city.
At the morning session of the Ged--
icatory service it was announced that
burden of debt remained on the
church and Mrs. George Yule Offered
to make gift of $500 if the entire
amount could be raised. The mems ers,
of the church at once started ona 10,
raise the money, and z. 6. Simmons
came to the front with a gift of FIVE
hundred dollars. Other members of
the church and friends gave literally
and when the evening session was
reached nearly all the money had been
raised. At the service the people
started in to clear the debt and secure
the gift offered by Mrs. Yule, and be
fore the service closed the enthusiasm
had grown to such a pitch that th@
money flowed in fast enough to make
up the en- tire deficit.
The largest gift at the afternoon and
evening services was an additional
gift of $500 from Mr.. Simmons. The
exercises marking the dedication or
the church were of an impressive and
deeply religious nature. When the
members reached the church ia the
morning they found it beautifully dec
GRATED with a profusion of palms ana
flowers. More than i've hundred PEG
pie attended the opening service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
MILWAUKEE MAN INJURED.
George Smith Falls Down the Stairway on
Market Street.

George Smith, Milwaukee man,
met with a bad accident in Kenosha
Sunday evening as a result of bad
sidewalk on Market street. He had
spent the day in .Kenosha and had
started for the station to return to his
home. AS he was walking down Mar
ket street he struck the flight of steps
thrown with suchSforce that one of his
fingers was broken. He was forced to
remain in Kenosha over night in order
to have the finger given proper sur
gical attention.
Before leaving the city he announced
that he would claim damages on the
ground that the sidewalk was defective.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
BEIR TO FORTUNE MISSING
Search Being Made Here for Brother of
John McCuen. Late of Rye, Col.


John McCuen. Late of Rye, Col.
There is fortune waiting a claim
ant out at Rye, Colorado, and it is
thought that the missing heir is to be
located in the neighborhood of Keno
sha. He is brother 10 the late John
McCuen, who died a short time ago at
Rye. and who left fortune to his only
surviving brother.
Frank E. Eckel, who has been made
administrator of the estate Of the de-
ceased, is now making an effort to To-
cate the man and has written to the
county clerk of this county stating
that he thinks it possible that the
brother is in this portion of the State.
Just before the death of McCuen he
stated that his only brother was some
where in this section of Wisconsin but
he failed to give the exact address and
the administrator has found no track
of the man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
THE RED CROSS s. ErY.
Important Move Is Backed by Many Local
Physicians

physicians.
The Kenosha Red Cross Medical as
ISOLATION is incorporated under the
laws Of Wisconsin, for the purpose Of
furnishing medical aid and hospital
service to its members. Donations
and all surplus funds will be used to
assist in paying buria' expenses, when
needed, and in helping the poor.
Any person in good health may be-
come member by paying small
monthly dues, have the privilege of
calling any physician in the city and
have prescriptions compounded by any
6rst-class druggist. Doctors and drug,
gists will be paid by the association.
This is local institution managed
and controlled by our own people and
all benefits are received here among
our citizens.
The Red Cross has done great good
elsewhere and with the cooperation Of
all good people will accomplish much
that is highly commendable in Ke-
nosha.
The officers that have been appointed
are: w. Saunders, I'M. D., president;
John Fl. Corcoran. secretary; George
Hale, treasurer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
sidewalks Not on the Grade.

The city engineer made report in
regard to the sidewalks along the West
side of Main street in front of the Y.
M. c. A. and other buildings showing
that the the grade was not in keeping
with the grade fixed by the city. The
officials were ordered to compel the
owners to bring the walks to grade. If
this ruling cannot be enforced the city
will probably do the work and make
an effort to collect the cost.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05

Have you secured your ticket for the
Imperial Quartette?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05

Superintendent seemed perfectly salts
fed with the work done. The cars
were crowded all the afternoon, and
many times the motorman was forced
to pass a crowd waiting at the street
corner for it's first ride.
The cars started on schedule time
this morning, and will continue to run
regularly. The superintendent is of
the opinion that two trips will be made
about the circuit every hour.
NowSilat the company is running
cars in kenosha, negotiations are
being made for the building Of line
south to Waukegan, and already plans
are being made for the completion of
this line during the present year, and
it is even predicted that cars will be
running between Kenosha and Chica-
go during the next fall. A portion of
the right Of way south to Waukegan
has been secured, and the company is
ready to complete the connections as
soon as Waukegan will grant a right
of way into that city.
the officials of the Milwaukee, Racine
& Keuosha line, but the cars of the
local company will meet the cars of the
Racine company at the North limits of
the city and bring the passengers into
the center of the city. This will be a
great Improvement over the plan now
in vogue OF running bus to meet the
different cars on the Milwaukee line.
ACCIDENT FIRST DAY.
One of the cars ran off the track at
the Elizabeth street crossing of the
line with the Northwestern railway
this afternoon just as the 4:O8 train
from the South was due.
In spite of the frantic efforts of the
trainmen to remove it in time, the car
was smashed to pieces in the resulting
collision. No one hurt.
The accident was an unavoidable
one and the fortunate thing about the
whole matter was the fact that no one
was in ured in the smash up. Super
intendent Willis Russell was in charge
of the car which was crashed into by
the locomotive of the steam railway
and his version of the story relieves
both companies from any blame in the
matter. It was supply impossible tor
the engineer to stop his train until
after the crash, and then it was too
late.
Russell explained that in running
the crossing at this point it was found
that the trolley arm was too short to
reach the wire above the crossing, and
in order to aid in the matter he had
asked one of the helpers to hold the
arm against the feed wire. The car
had almost cleared the crossing when
it stuck on one of the cross tracks and
left the track. In moment the Super
intendent realized the danger of a
collision and the passengers were hur-
ried1y removed from the car. Only a
small portion of the car was on the
railway track but f1agman was sent
down to Strong street to warn the on
coming train of the danger.
The hagmau reached the post but
the mail train was coming at such a
terrific speed down the Grade that it
was impossible for the engineer to
stop. The brakes were all applied but
the force was too great, and although
the train was simply sliding. along the
rails it came at such pace that when
the car on the tracks was struck it was
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05

The ordinance will be acted upon at
the first meeting in March, and the
consensus of opinion is that it will be
passed without opposition. TIL peo-
pie of Garden street asked for the con-
struction of sewer Monday night, but
no further action on these petitions
will be taken until the ordinance is dis
posed of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
Notice to Physicians.

Should any member of the Red Cross
call on you for treatment ask to see
their membership card. If payments
are marked paid for that month on the
back of it give them your best service
and send your bill charging your regu
lar fee to the main Office on the first
day Of each month or sooner if war led
and it will receive our prompt ten:
tion.-The Kenosha Red eros, Medi-
cal Association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
Sewer ORDINANCE Road.

The ordinance which is.to revolution
ize the building Of sewers in Keno
sha, which was noticed at length in
this paper Monday, was presented TO
the Council and ordered published.