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knows that. smelling the soup thdt boils in
a kettle, their hunger will subdue their
pride and bring them back. So he lights a
pipe and smokes by the fire till they steal
back and sit Beside him in silence. Then
the curtain GOES down without a word.
Mute climaxes have come into fashion.
Three of the n.w plays have them.
The failure OF a new play may be as in
teresting as a success, particularly to those
who like TO lQok for the why and the
wherefore "Msjor Andre" is an illustrative
case That drama was written by Clyde
Fitch years ago. and was under consld-
Grafton by vatious managers and actors
to be accepted finally by Frank Mckee as
a means OF making a star of Arthur Byron
Well, it will be performed ten nights and
then consigned 10 the limbo of fiascos. We
shall soon forget that the most prosperous
of American deamatists ever wrote such
thing Who remembers that David Belasco
The Younger, Son" was discarded by his
lwn hopeless consent after five perform
,nces? Now that Major Andre" has been
elected, we cssn all see clearly enough the
mpossibilty Of making the unfortunate
British officer a stage hero here, though IL
might be dom in England. 1t is In vain
that Mr.. Fitch insists, in the Introductory
passages of his play, that Andres errand
TO West Point was lawful, that he was a
spy in a technical sense only, and that
WASHINGTON wouldn't have hanged him If
Clinton hadn'; sent Nathan Hale TO the
gallows. The fate of Andre cannot be men,
toned without reviving our pity and ad-
al Onr other
martyrs way to theatrical popularity. Mr..
Fitch made a strenuous effort. but it Is
futile.
1t is after abe condemnation of Major
Andre to death that some of Mr.. Fitch's
ingenuity is shown in unusual scenes. Up
to that point the play is biographical, ex-
cept in its ficsion of a New York girl for
the hero to lose unrequitedly. Yet she is a
solace to him in his last sad hours. The
author utilizes her for that purpose curl
ously and effectually. Andre falls asleep In
his chair on the night before his death.
His waking eyes have last rested on por-
trait of her which he has painted. There
fore she comes into his sleeping vision. he
dreams that she is alive in the picture and
speaks to him, The stage is kept black for
a minute, ana then a bright light falls on
the portrait. The girl leans from the frame
and encourages him with promise that
she will walk hand in hand with him when
he goes to the scaffold. James A Herne's
daughter Crystal cannot act very well as
yet, but she is delicarely pretty and she
poses and speaks we'll in this exhibit. or
course, a vi,lfied portrait is an old dra-
matte trick, hut what 1t leads to in this in
stance is original with Mr.. Fitch. The en-
suing scene SHOWS Andre his way to the
gallows No, voice is heard. The only
sounds are a muffled drum and the tread
of marching feet, the British soldiers
move before and behind the doomed man.
The girl in g white robe and looking like
a wrath, holds him by the hand as she
glides by his side That ghostly sight will
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and a double Frohman brand in the produc-
ton by Charles in Daniels beautiful new
theater rounded up unique success.
William Gillette has never before acted in
a role not of his own make, but in no case,
from the private secretary to Sherlock
Holmes, has he been suited more exactly
than he is in this cool, calm, intellectually
masterful mental created by Barrie, and
played in London by a son Of Henry Irving.
And Gillette smokes as usual, almost, the
change being only frcm a cigar TO pipe.
That is when, at his first assertion of
authority on the island, his companions quit
him angriy. Night has fallen and he
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tiers have protested publicly against what
they call the sacrilege of producing the
music-drama commercial stage such
as that OF the Metropolitan Opera House.
In the meantime, the sale of seats is
spurred by the gratuitous advertising. and
1t is predicted that the Metropolitan will
be crowded at every performance of wag-
ner's last work. The impeachment TO the
argument OF the opposition Is that the
ministers aforesaid do not seem to know
whereof they speak and suffer from the
delusion that Christ is impersonated in the
action OF the opera.
IL is 10 be feared that the clergy are not
we'll versed I'm Magnetism as they should
be. And Wagner was one of the greatest
opponents OF Christianity. His followers
hold that churchmen should welcome rather
than oppose the production of "Parsifal''
here. sage has remarked that the real
Wagnerites are more philosophical than
musical even in their music Certainly
those that assert that "ParsifaI' should not
be regarded as a religious manifestation
before a work OF art have not solid ground.
No less an authority than Mr.. Walter
Damrosch. in his lecture on the subject.
refutes them. pointing out that Wagner
himself presented "ParsifaI' as a symbol
OF Christianity. But anyone may be con-
poem. Ii takes no seer To prophesy that
the atmosphere OF the Metropolitan will be
that OF a temple OF mystic alteration rather
than that OF an opera house, on the occa-
sion OF the performance OF "Parsifal."
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and score behind the scenes, and directs
not only another orchestra with chimes
drums and instruments not used in ordi-
nary orchestra, but also directs the chorus
through many numbers when the singers
are not in view of the audience.
XXX
The Charity Thanksgiving programme
of the Matinee Musicale to be given next
Wednesday afternoon at the Propylaeum,
will be the following:
OBJ 1.-The Angel" Rubenstein
Mrs. Christian, Mrs. Ogle and Miss Ian
genskamp.
Nocturne, OPP. As. No. 2........... Chopin
Miss Swain.
Trio, OPP. 42......................... .Gade
Mrs Page, Mrs Lieber and Mr. schell-
schmidt.
Song ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Miss Swain
ca The Joy of autumn 49,. .Maedowell
(c) "Galop de Concert ............... Sauer
Miss Dunlap.
"H MRS a Christian and Mrs. ogie. ''"aue
Old English Song, op. E.:..,;...,:;; Parker
o my Life's Delight Scl. "onee
Loved a Maiden Fair" I'D ''The
Lark now Leaves his Wat'ry Nest
Mr.. Taylor
Three entr'actes from shakspeares
he3 Mrs. Ruick and Miss Nibiack an
XXX
The second of the series of recitals under
the management of Mrs. Ona b. Talbot
will take place Dec. z at the assembly room
of the Claypool Hotel. Suzanne Adams. the
well-known soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera House, New YORK, will make her
initial bow before an Indianapolis audience
at this recital. Nine. Adams is one of the
few great living Juliets and was booked
for Indianapolis in December, 1901, but the
performance had to be called off on account
of a delay of the railroad. This coming
recital will give indianapolis the first OPP
portunity to hear Nine. Adams. In her
company are two artists of reputation, an
excellent 'cellist and an equally excellent
pianist. both of European fame. The pro-
gramme will be interesting as we'll as edu-
cationaL The opening number will be a
sonata for cello and piano by Edward
Grieg. The programme VIII be published in
full in few days.
Roy L. Burtch. a well-known young
sisian connected with the Wulschner-
Stewart music house of this city, is the COM
poser of two new songs in light vein that
promise to prove successful. One of them is
called MY Missouri Girl" and is pretty
ballad with a waltz refrain The words to
this piece were written by Claude L. Bark
err The song is issued by Sol Bloom, the
other piece, with both words and music by
Mr. Burtch is a negro ditty entitled The
Newspaper Man." and is brought out by
John f. Ellis & Co., of Washington. D. c.
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IL requires courage for n musician not OF
established favor to arrange and give re-
cital In New York The expense is large
and the return very apt to be small. Miss
Anna Bussert. young soprano that has
sung at concerts OF the Pittsburg orchestra
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
NORTH ASHLEY,

The roads are in excellent condi-
ton.
The farmers are kept perpetually
busy in making preparations for
seeding.
Nicholas Roehinger who recently
purch ased the farm of Norris Ma
hanna is now locrted on it and ready
for business.
There was few of the farmers out
dragging on Tuesday.
Win Doubrava went to Raymond
on Wednesday.
The tanning mills are heard in all
directions.
John Zehrer has secured some fine
seed wheat from Raymond.
There will be a game of base ball
in North Ashley on April 5, and all
those who recognize themselves to
he sorsly ia need of playing are
cordially invited to come and parLic |
pate Ia the game.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
\ Rats Teeth.

The rat is RENAL '.:;.b!y well equipped
for the peculiar He he is CId::.i,' Il to
lead. He las strong w>apOnS ia TIE
shape CT folr loHg and very sharp
teet!l-~iWo ii the upper jaw anG two
IL tiir bower. These teeth are wedge
shaped AID by wonderful provision
CT nature have always i fine Sh&rn
cutting edge. On examining them care
fully the inner Part is found to 322 of &
soft. iVOlyl;ke composition. which can
easily be worn away. and TIE outside
is composed Of Il glas*like cHAn!C!
which is exceedingly hard.
The upper teeth work into the under
so that the centerS of the opposed teeth
meet perfectly in the act of craving;
hence the soft part is being continually
worn away, while the hard part keeps
a hard, chiscl-like edge all tie time, and
at the same time the teeth are con-
stantly growing up from the bottom, SO
that as they wear away fresh supply
Is ready. Should one Of these teeth be
removed by accident or otherwise, the
opposing tooth will continue to grow.
and there being nothing to wear it
away it will project from the mouth
and be turned upon itself, and if it be
an under tooth it will often grow SO
long as to penetrate the skull.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
UndertakerS.

In England in 1914 undertakes were
men Of influence who undertook for a
consideration to get such persons re-
turned to parliament as would prove
submissive to the royal will Of King
James l. The three chief undertakers
Of 1914 were Lords Bacon, Somerset
and Neville. They undertook to bride
the chief speakers and men of infiu-
ence in parliament that year over to
the side of the king, with but partial
success. Then there were undertakers
in Ireland in 1908. They were English
and Scotch colOniSts sent to north Ire
land and were each allotted 1000 acres
of land. They were men of capital and
undertook t. pay mark year for
every six acres and to admit no recu
SAINT for tenants. Hence the name as
applied to them. But neither the his
tories nor the dictionaries give any rea-
son for calling the men who bury our
dead undcrtakers.
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Lie neAl nlofnihg hlss ..-ers WAS
waiting on the depot platform for her
friend
"Oh, Alice. you ought to nave been
at the reception last night," she COM
mented as they walked toward the
high school. where the institute was
held. Such larks! That little brag-
CART. Hattie Lingard. was the laugh
Ing stock. 1t seems she wants to mar
~ Fred BAKER, whose father owns
nearly all the stock in the Tucson
bank. She hoped to rouse his jealousy
by flirting with Professor Storm. That
Is why she started the story that he
had proposed to her, and they say she
even asked him to take her to the con-
cert. Well. she did succeed admirably
In rousing Fred's jealousy, and he
positively refused to take her to the
reception last night, and she had such
dream Of q dress too. She had to go
with a couple Of girls. Imagine Hattie
Lingard doomed to the society of girls
on long walk home under the trees.
Not even Professor Storm appeere on
the scene to console her. 1 believe he
saw through her trick because he was
SO cool to her last night at supper.
We sit at the same table. l don't be-
ieve he ever had any idea of propos-
ing to her"
Miss Waters ratified on Of the even
ing's pleasures, but Alice heard moth
ing. She could only think that per-
haps the idle boast of a pretty. vapid
girl had come between her and lifelong
happiness. A mad longing to Shrek in
her misery, to strike the girl who
caused it all, suddenly possessed her.
and she walked like one in dream to
the institute doors.
The period just before the noon re-
cess was given over to mathematics.
Professor Storm was quiet, cOllec, ed.
authoritative as ever during the lee
ture hour at the close of which the
teachers, rejoicing in their freedom.
hurried toward the various exits. Alice
was almost at the foot of the line.
Miss Waters called from the doorway:
''Alce. dear, will you please bring
my algebra? I left it Oh my desk"
With downcast eyes Alice reached
for the forgotten book. 1t lay Oh a
desk just in front of Professor Storm.
A faint flush tinged her cheek, and her
hand trembled.
He stepped to her side, and the chat
tering voices Of the outgoing teachers
almost drowned his words.
81 hope you are feeling better today.
No headache"
For an instant Alice hesitated, then
raised her eyes to his, and courage to
make right the wrong came to her.
Il have been solving little problem
in mental arithmetic, and with the So
luton comes relief"
"Yes?" he said eagerly. why didn't
you let me help you:'
The room was empty now. She
lesr"a forward inst trit1e; her glance
met his, wavered and fell
ut was SO simple-just that one plus
one-equals"-
cone" be exclaimed triumphantly.
81 felt sure you would find that an
swer il I were patient"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
Girl and Grammar.

"Out in my town. said Kentucky
editor, Everybody doesn't use as cor,
rect English as is used in Boston. Not
long ago young woman from the Hub
came out our way to spend some time
on a farm a mile or two out OF town.
She had met the farmers folks some
where and come out to try her hand
at chicken raising, being an enterpris-
ing young lady.
zone day she came into the store of
one of our merchants with half dozen
chickens tied together by the feet and
laid them down on a sack while she ne
gotiated a sale. The merchant observed
that they were in rather an insecure
position.
"'Win they lay there, Miss Julia? he
asked, with never a thought of his
grammar since he left school.
ooh no. she replied. half blushing
and half reproving; they are all roost-
ers.'
"Since then the merchant has been
trying to coax Miss Julia to quit chick
en- raising and 60 to school teaching.
and the rest Of US are becoming more
particular in our language when the
young lady 10 around."-New York
Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
INGENIOUS TORTURES,
CrueIties OF Furis. Inent Inflicted on
GGSc.n.a Il Morocco.

OESLz2Es IA Morocco.
In Morocco the torture OF offenders,
real and suspected, has been and is
still much '.a2ticod. Much ingenuity
is shown il, The il. :iiciion of pain-such
devices as tie rubbing Of red pepper in
to the eyGhails, tying Up the Wrists at
q height from the ground etc.
At the death of the ate sultan pre-
tender proclaimed himself tie riGMful
heir to the throne and had a certain
success. Whom presently overcome by
the legitimate authorities, be was
seized. thrown down, when ciillies
were applied to the inside Of his mouth
till it swelicd with pain, and he was
desired to shout out his titles ard quail
itics as much as he pleased, being CT
course unable to utter a word. After
that he was thrown into Jail to rot there
till he died.
\ refinement Of cruelty is the torture
of the iron glove" as it is called. y
lump Of Guicklime is placed in a mans
hand, which is closed up into Il fist.
Then the fist is tightly bound with
leather thongs ard plunged into a tub
of cold water.
The agony soon becomes extreme.
The torture is continued for eight or
ten days until in the end mort.:ica tiCE
cns,.cs and rrot1bIy death, Again, 4
form Of lying up is to CHAIN or fIstrn
4 man to Il wall, with his arms extend
cd SO that Ec can only escape stTAEGu-
lation by standing on tiptoe.-KunsaE
City Independent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
Almost Lived There.

During burglary epidemic in the
country an inspector of the police force
one night made a tour through the bur-
glarized district. Considerably after
midnight he saw young man emerge
noiselessly from substantial home
stead and made after him.
Did you just come out of that cor
ner house?" the inspector asked. over
hauling him.
The young man, while of respectable
appearance, was plainly i'll at ease and
confused.
II did, he said.
do you live there?" demanded the
inspector.
"WelI, almost" was the embarrassed
answer. But can't see that it's any
Of your business as long as her father
doesn't object. London Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
UNITY.

DR.. Lewis was out at Mr.. Hartung's
on Sunday. His three little girls are
sick with lung fever but are getting
batter.
Christ Fritzler is talking of shutting
down his feed mill for the season and
going to Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartung are happy
over a ten pound boy. 1t came to
their home on Monday afternoon to
stay MIR. Hartung thinks he will
soon have a clerk to help him in tine
store.
j. D. Stanley left on Wednesday for
North Dakota with Andrea Kline
smith. He also shipped his team up
intending to sell it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02

1t is recorded in history Of the
United States that an Indian chief
named Mantle, after baptism, was
made a peer, receiving the rank Of
baron and assuming the title Of Lord
Of Roanoke. so far back as the year
1887 Somewhat later, in 1909, the
title of Lord Delaware was granted
by James l. to the new governor Of
Virginia. Later still, In 1858, Charles
l., among his coronation honors, con-
ferred the title of Viscount Canada
upon Sir William Alexander.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
Wild Animals In the City.

The greatest surprise l ever expert
enced in the unexpected appearance of
a Wild creature in the heart Of the me-
tropolis was one day in the spring of
1901 when l saw possum crossing
Broadway near Chambers street. The
creature had no chance. think it was
a truck that killed it, and a great
crowd gathered, stopping traffic, excit-
eddy discussing the tragedy. The ma
jority declared the animal to be a rat;
the minority maintained that it was a
guinea pig. Then. as the police inter-
rurtnd discussion by clearing the car
tracks Il large negro dropped from the
back Of a truck, seized the animal and,
mounting the cart tail once more. held
his prize aloft, grinning from ear to
ear. ''Dasser pOssur1,' he said and
pocketed the future piece de resistance.
l have never learned where that pos
sum came from, but there's no doubt
where he went. Wild creatures in New
York are sometimes seen. Ducks, geese.
snipe and guIls pass over in their mi
grations. and it is not uncommon to
catch a glimpse Of hawks hanging high
above the city smoke.
Once saw a woodcoek lying dead on
the sidewalk of Fifth avenue-curious-
ly enough in front Of Delmonico's. In
his nocturnal migration he had collid-
ed with that famous restaurant and
had broken his neck. There may be a
land Of Cockayne after all. Twice
have seen owls in Madison square. one
q screech owl, the other a fine speci-
men of barred ow1.-Robert' w. Cham
bers in Harper's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
AS IT is WRiTTEf..
A List of the Greatest Ten vi. the
World Has known.

Who are the ten greatest IN the
world has known: Dr.. ]. N"IienIr Cat
tell gives Napoleon. SHAKESPEARE, Mo-
, manned. Voltaire, Bacon, Aristotle,
Goethe, julius Cesar, Lutner ari PA
to. The method I followed 8 - the
author. Ito discover the 1000 mrn who
are pre-eminent was this: took six BIZ
OgrapEical dictionaries or cTcEClope-
dias - two English, two Frcach, one
German and one Amorican-a?ld found
the 1000 men in each WHO Elie al
lowed the longest articles. In this way
some 5000 men were found. | hen Sc
lcctcd the men who appeared in the
lists Of at least three of the GictfOna-'
! ries and from these selected Il" thou
sand who were allowed the greatest av-
, erage space. Thus was OblAllCI hot
only the thousand men esteemed the
! most eminent. but also tie order in
which they stand. According TO this
list, the ten most eminent are given
above. 1t is curious that these ten pre-
eminent men are so widely separate in
| race and aSe-tWo Greeks. two French
men, two Germans. two En-! .,l4lCn,
orc Roman and one Arab ard two in
tire fifth century and one in tro first
century before Christ, one in tie sixth,
one in the fifteenth, two in the sin
teenth and three in the eighteenth CEN
| tury. Tie ten names last Oh the list
are C1llo. SCrtOrius, Macpherson, Clau-
| dian. Domitian. BuCCGrd. Charles |. OF
Naples, Farripl Enja:.:in ard N%rbery.
| lan.t-s lard. y ever h"2Gl1.' - ln...Iel-
| Dhia Epr0T,i
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
FrOGs That Sing.
In some cases the CLOTHS Of the frog
presents a considerable analogy to the

In some cases the CLOTHS of the frog
presents a considerable analogy to the
y -. " '"r,!' D. '''-' -
p.r:;- ~ - :. l.,
DR.. Abbott to steam whistle. Vart-
Gus species of the hylodes, or tree frog,
found most abundantly in South Amer
ica make the best approach to song.
Some of their sounds are tiuteiike, 9th
ers metallic, others again a clear loud
trilIed rattle, sometimes piercingly
shrill.
That under certain circumstances the
effects are pleasing we can gather
from such keen observer as Darwin.
He says, "Near Rio Janeiro l used Of
ten to sit in an evening listening to a
number of little hyln which, perched
on blades of grass close to the water,
sent forth sweet chirping notes in har-
mony."--London Answers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02
S::ay:nr Among .!Ie I!i1N"rs.


The IIiMdOo is 4 COLteE!i.eI OF hGlrds,
and OH"-half Of his head is d .u.l Of
hair, lie Only leaving a long lock which
grows from tie back OF t,le Head. This
is a relic of the belief that has taught
Hin,.UoS thG angel Of d>Ath u.;"d this
cue to drag them 10 heaven.
WOMcn ;,r" great patrons eff &c bar
Der, Tor :hc Brahman:~nl law is very
explicit Oh this score ard provides that
widows must keep their heads shaved.
This ruiu is most rigidly enforced, and
the unfortunate widow has to make
herself as ugly as possible, and grace
fully submits to an operation which
deprives her Of her greatest ornament,
for Brahman women have splendid
heads of hair and their couture sets it
off to exceptional advantage. 1t is put
up in coil. The rich partially cover
this huge Knot with a thin platter of
beaten gold, while the poor intwine in
it the gorgeous flowers of the marigold.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02

One of the most remarkable sights in
the world is Bird island, in South Afri-
ca, for the reason that during some
months Of the year it is literally COW
cred with gannets. Not foot Of ground
is to be seen anywhere. Day after day
thousands Of gannets strut around, and
they are so close to each other that the
whole island seems actually alive.
Those who have seen this sight say
that it is one which can never be for
gotten.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-02

A solid cubic foot Of anthracite coal
weighs ninety-three pounds. When
broken for use. it weighs about fifty
four pounds Bituminous coal, when
broken up for use, weighs about fifty
pounds. The consequent rule for the
approximate measurement of coal in
q bin or box is to multiply the length
in feet by the height in feet and again
by the breadth in feet and this result
by fifty-four for anthracite coal or by
fifty for bituminous coal. The result
will equal the number of pounds, and
to find the number of tons divide by
2,OCO-Popular Mechanics.