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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

For more than two years N. D.
Barker has edited and managed
the Avalanche, and during that
time has identified himself closely
with the city's interests. He has
shown marked ability as a news
paper man, and has won score. of
friends. The paper has been sold
to Mr.. Nicholson of St. Paul, and
Mr.. Barker retires to accept po-
sition on the Long Prairie Leader
similar to the one he held here.
This city will wish him all success,
and sincerity regret the departure
of himself and his family from the
city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

No man in rural journalism in
Minnesota has impressed his per-
sonality more forcihly and favor
ably upon his readers than has
Charles S. Mitchell of the Alexan-
dria Post News. He has built up
that journal from weakling-or
a pair of Weaklings-to a staIwart
forteful paper, which had some
thing to say worth saying, and
said it in a way worth reading.
The fraternity will regret his retire.
ment from the field, he having sold
his paper-but it is pleasure to
know that he contemplates re-
entering it at some other point.
He will be warmly welcomed back.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

The speakership will engross at
tention for the next few days. The
friends of DR.. Babcock are conf
dent that they have votes enougs to
elect him, but the johnson men are
confident that the doctor
cannot be elected, and do not seem
very confident of landing their man
in the chair. They talk of dark
horses and compromise candidates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

d. w. Bath has sold the Melrose
Beacon to a German named Steb-
bins, possession to be given at
once. Mr.. Bath has given Melrose
an excellent focal paper, and that
village owes him a great deal of
good will for his disinterested and
intelligent labor in its behalf.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

Grea Norrhern New CIergymen5'
Half Fare Permits
The new rate Clergy Permits that
are about to be issued by the Great
Northern Railway for the year 1903,
are good over nearly ever railroad
west of Chicago; they are good on ali
lines between St. Paul and Chicago
also on all lines of the Trans Cont
mental Association. A charge of 81. 90
is made for this permit and appIica-
tion blanks can be obtained from all
agents of the Great Northern Rail-
way Company
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01
Rural Mail Routes.

The following is a summary of the
business on the several Rural Mail
routes for the month of November:
ROIITE NO. |
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

If you want gssd watch for your
boy try my s2.Se "Padishan;" it will
keep gooa time and stand hard
knocks. M. A. Schsrfius, .Jswslsr
and Optieian.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01
A Notable Purchase,

James A. Caughren has made a
lagre investment in Osakis real estate.
He went up to that lively little village
on Tuesday and purchased the Adley
hotel corner and three adjacent lots
a tract S0x200 feet on a fine business
corner, commanding location. He
will remove the hotel to the rear of
the property and put up a block of
frst-class stores. This is fine in
vestment for Osakis, as it interests in
it's natural welfare an enterprising
and progressive capitalist.
New dill pickles, sour pickles, sweet
pickles at Albert Dahlem's Grocery
Store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01
DIED..

LUSK-At her home in Sank Centre on
Saturday Dec. 20, 1902 La,a, wife of
w. Il. Lusk
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01
A Card.

We wish to thank our many friends
for the kindness shown to OR loved
one during her illness and also be-
stowen upon us.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-01

A. M. BRIDDELL
GILES BRIDDELL
LEVI BRIDDELL
LAVILA BRIDDELL
Ortonville, MINI.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02

United States Brewers Association.
Officers for 10O2-10O3.

n. ~. KENDALL. President, Of NV Haven.
Jos. THEURER. Vice President Of Chicago
JOHN ". BROWN. "a Vice President, Of BrooeiyA r. =
0ALLUs THOMANN, sssRstary. 100 D. 18th st., Ysrt
HERMANN r. sCHARMANN, Treasures. Of DrostiyA n. Z.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Mark T7caiH C0nfeSSeS.

Before sailing for Europe Mark
Twain took occasion to tell the follow
ing story on himself at the Authors
Club in New York:
i have found this dealing with law
yers an expensive undertaking" said
he. 1T has cost me four umbrellas al
ready, to say nothing of the onslaught
upon my morals. I have done nothing
but buy umbrellas and leave them in
my lawyers office. The other day I
stopped at one of the umbrella coun-
ters in big downtown office building
where there were three piles Of UNI
brellas. One pile was marked 81, the
second pile 81 and the third pile was
marked 50. I did not look beyond the
third pile. because this. contract was
not yet signed, and 1 was not certain
how much money / could afford to
spend. 1 said to the man in charge
of the umbrellas: I am a stranger
from west OF the Mississippi, all un-
used to the effete ways of the East
1 came from the wild and hoping West,
and ] appeal TO you, as man to man,
whether. in your judgment, you being
an Eastern man, and / a stranger on
his first visit to your great city, you
would advise me to buy this 81 UNI
brella for 81. the 50 umbrella for 81 or
the So umbrella for 50? 1 ask you this
as a pilgrim and a stranger. And the
man, looking me straight in the eye,
said: AS man to man and speaking
heart to heart to you. stranger, I
would advise Eou TO buy the SO UNI
brella-Mr. Mark Twain
Which shows that a man with past
can't get away from it-even if he has
become honest enough TO buy his own
umbrellas That is the trouble with
me. 1 can't fool anybody. ! am too
pure, too innocent. Everybody takes
advantage Of my innocence. 1t is a
mighty good thing 1 was not born a
girl"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
WiIdS of Ecuador.

w H. Staver, mining man, with
interests in Central Ecuador, who is
now in New York, speaks Interestingly
of the wilds of that wild country. He
says:
Il left the mines on November 13,
and, though they are only fifty miles
in the interior. l was two days max
ing my way to Guayaquil. 1t is diff
ficult country in which to travel. and
covered fully 200 miles by trail and
water, two stages on muleback and
three trips by boat to get to the start
ing point for the vessel to Panama.
In February 1 took a trip on mulebaek
from the southern part of Ecuador to
Quito, in the north, n distance of 500
miles and was in the saddle twenty
seven days going and coming About
a days journey south of Quito. and
only half a degree from the equator. I
was in sight of the snow-capped peaks
of Chimborazo on my left and Coto-
paXi on the right, and two degrees
south of the equator 1 was in a snow
and hail storm. The days and nights
in helatitude of Guayaquil are of about
equal length-from to 6-and there
is no twilight-the sun rises in fifteen
minutes and the change from dark
ness to daylight is as complete as it
is in this latitude from o'clock until
: in the morning. Three days jour-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Jordan J0SHed.

Clerk of the Supreme Court Frank
Jordan joshes. Once, though, he
didn't. But through native timidity
he has never made the story public.
Jordan went to the old Chutes with
Ed Slower, ex-president of the
Press Club, accompanied by two la
dies. Upon leaving Frank whispered
to his friend to pay the car fare, as
his money happened to be exhausted.
Slower saw the long looked for chance
and whispered to the ladies to watch
the fun. When they boarded the car,
which was crowded. he quietly point
ed Jordan out to the conductor as
stranger who had been annoying his
party and said he did not wish fur
ther molestation. When fares were
asked for Slower said Three The
conductor turned to Jordan and said,
Fare, please" Frank blushed and
motioned to his perfidious friend. The
car man only said again, but louder:
Fare, please" Then Jordan an
swered; That gentleman pays for
me-" Excuse me- spoke up Slower,
Il don't know you! You have been
following these ladies and me all
evening. 1 don't know youl" Jordan
stammered, why. Ed. /" Don't
Ed me. sir" replied Slower, Il
never met you before" In the midst
of his desperation and the repeated
demands for fare Jordan finally cried
out: rs there a Mason in this car p"
There was pause; then an old gem
tleman stepped over and handed
nickel to the conductor. The com
panio1 piece" to the story is yet TO be
told, but Jordan says therelI be one.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

COLOMBIA SELLS OUT.

r. VENTS moving rapidly to a conclusion of the
r. Panama affair which will the permanence of
IL the republic and the speedy construction of
the canal When part of the territory of nation by
force separates and achieves independence it bound
pay any part of the existing debt of the original
But Colombia a foreign debt, said amount to
SIooooooo. Recognizing not the law of the case but
its equity President Roosevelt advises that Panama
bear one-thrd of this obligation and pay by turning
over to Colombia onehrd of the $4,000 we will paw
for the canal right of way
This satisfies the foreign bondholders of Colombia
and the indications that Marroqun and Reyes are
willing to sell for that AS matter of caution
gained in everybodys experience with Latin American
countries it is advisable that President Roosevelt ar
range for the payment of this money directly to the for
eign bondhoders for when the cash goes to Bogota
doubtful if it will be applied redemption of the
bonds
The United States, by this action, its good
credit abroad for fair dealing and also brings the canal
nearer accomplishment. The Democratic Senators
have held and voted to control the votes of
all the Senators of that party by action Expe-
rienced members like Cockre objected this and the
power of the limited by requiring that two
thirds shall be required bind individual Senator's
AS Bacon and Clay of Georgia have already declared
their intention to support the Panama treaty and Cock
re is believed intend the same it is probably known
that more than onethrd of the Democratic Senators
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
S0ro7cS of Clarence.


Clarence was thrown out into the
wet because he had no money to pay
for his ride on the street car. He land
ed in the slippery mud on the Hyde
street hill and did not hurt himself
much; Clarence was used to being
thrown out of empty box cars on rail-
road trains and that was much worse
But Hyde street hill on a rainy night
at 10 o'clock has none of the earmarks
of hospitality about it. Clarence lOnged
for a warm bed.
Now that wooden leg which had
brought him in many a good nickel
from the charitably inclined came to
the help of Clarence in his emergency.
He sat there by the car track and un-
fastened the joint of the leg from its
socket upon his knee allowing it just
enough swing so that it would pro-
trude against his pants leg in a start
ling fashion Then Clarence set up a
wall which was calculated t0 reach to
high heaven.
The cop who came up to the scene
with a single foot stride took in the sit
uation Immediately: nothing less than
a compound fracture of botn bones OF
the leg. So the hurry up wagon was
rung up from the Central Emergency
hike to the operating table. There the
plot thickened.
Clarence was taken to the Central
police station by those cruel doctors
and "vagged." but a cell vas better
than the side of HYDE street hill in the
rain that dripped- d-dripped.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
TALK. OF THE TOWN
AND D19RFe,sS> o. KHE
TIMEG ~
In the Shado1V.

They did not know-that poor old
coupIe-that at the Almshouse there
are separate wards for the women and
the men.
Brick, the driver Of the ambulance,
drew up at the door and lifted the
shriveled old lady to the ground. Pa
tiently she waited until her husband
could Chamber tremblingIy down the
steps of the conveyance. Then hand
in hand they stood there before the
door Of the poorhouse, waiting TO be
taken in A kind faced matron came
up and started to lead the beldame
away; the palsied husband attempted
to follow after. when an attendant
stayed him by the arm. Then they
told them.
The piping cry that startled the
shadows lurking there in that fore
boding place had heart agony in IT,
The bent old man hobbled a few steps
toward his helpmate with his shaking
hands outstretched, but she had brok-
en- from the grasp of the matron and
was now in his arms with her white
head pressed against his shrunken
cheek. One trembling hand reached
up and patted his snowy pate with
frenzied. yearning strokes. Broken
whispers, choked with sobs. came
hating from her throat. He could
do nothing but strain that frail little
figure to him.
Fifty-six years-fifty-s long years
of comradeship. Those days long ago
when the children. now but misty re-
membranes, had been there about
that fireside. Those days of sickness,
when their hearts had been welded by
common suffering. Those days of
golden happiness, when the air was
free and spirits light. Fifty-six years.
long years, together. Now these
ghostly shadows of the poorhouse-a
door for the one. another door for the
other.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
HO1U to Study.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale Of Boston
recently delivered a lecture to young
people or how to study He said the
nine hours of study necessary in some
schools was too much. Too much time,
he believed. was given to languages. es-
pecially to Latin. Il want TO tell you
how to use books" said Dr. Hale Sc
lect a book on each side of any great
controversial question, especially in
history. You will see the whole a great
deal better by seeing both sides. Get
back to original authorities. They are
so accessible now that it is easy. Work
on one subject at a time and not on
a dozen. Don't be a slave to books,
but have more than one on each topic.
Trust your memory and memory will
trust you. When studying don't study
books alone. Agassizs teaching was
not so valuable because of the facts
he taught as what he told teachers
about the way to learn for themselves.
Before all and above all. study nature"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
DYiuen From France.

AS a result of the recent seculariza-
ton of property belonging to religious
orders in France a movement has taken
place which resembles the self-imposed
exile Of thousands as the result of the
famous edict of Nantes of Louis XIV
three centuries ago. The London West
minister. Gazette gives some interesting
figures upon the exodus of the monks
and nuns from France. It says:
As a result of the French interdic-
ton Of religious orders England. it is
said. has received about 5000 monks
and nuns. Some 1900 have gone to the
United States and about 100 to Can
ada. Monks and nuns have come in
about equal numbers to England, and
the converts and monasteries have
been increased by about COZ by the in
fiux. In the diocese of Southwark
alone thirty-one new missions have
been opened. Throughout the country
forty-seven new convent schools were
established last year. The eXiles have
brought a considerable sum of money
with them"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Scholarly Peddler.

Manchester has just lost by death,
saws the Westminster Gazette, its
most remarkable match seller,
scholarly Armenian, who spent his
days in translating and study at the
Public Reference Library and his
evenings in selling wax matches in the
streets. His richest possession was
williams Sanskrit Dictionary which
he had purchased out of his earnings
as a match seller. and he knew also
ancient and modern Greek, Russian,
Latin. italian and German. The 1T
erary match seller was known only as
John Light, and why he came 10 Man
chester nobody ever could find OUT
He was a devoted Tolstoyan, reading
and comparing the masters works IN
Russian. French and English, and he
knew much on the subject Of COM
parative religions. The literary IA
ciiities which he found in Manchester
did much apparently to sweeten his
exile.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
OUR CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT.

- HRISTMAS is the holiday which demands the
1 best of everythng-the sunniest of skies, the
- lightest of hearts, the of good cheer The
Call feels that it is able do its part in the festivities
by carrying the homes of its readers the length and
breadth of the the best of modern newspaper
1t is therefore Christmas greeting that The Call
will present Sunday next holiday supplement of
unusual attractveness.
Artistic excellence will be notable feature of
the number. The red and green of the holly is
thrown striking prominence in the colored plates
which adorn the of the thrtytwo pages of hol-
day cheer Two full page photographs embematical of
the season, and striking frontpage drawing all
produced in perfect the engraver's art
make il.
The reading matter is made of more than usual in
by Christmas sketches from the pens of prom-
nent local divnes Father Sebastian of the Greek
thodox church has contributed THE Madonna OF
Alaska" and Rev Ernest Waltz writes of Sunshine in
the Moonshine Country" "a Circuit Riders Christi
mas" is from the pen of Rev. George w White. The
Boy Immanue' is the work of Rev. L. ]. Sawyer.
Other stories full of the spirit of the there are
by Josephine Dodge Daskam Madge Morris and Kath-
eryn Jarboe page is devoted to the discussion of
that deectabe subject the Christmas dinner and timely
hints given upon the giving of gifts.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
THE WOODWARD LAW.

IT. HE Harbor Commission. predicted, is doing
its full duty in enforcing the Woodward law
free market privileges in this city the pro-
ducers and consumers. The law is very exact and
specific its requirements and under the commission
has cancelled the permits of nine of the largest
wholesale commission firms dealing country produce
These firms have taken the step left to them
by beginning judicial proceedings which will test the
consutionalty of the law This is very desirable. If
the law stand the judicial but fail in
plishng its whole object when tested in practice, it may
be amended in the line of its purpose until its effective
ness is secured.
1t is long time since The Cali began agitation for
such law but the necessity for it has appeared to
exist every moment until now. There has appeared to
be all the time influence ntruded between producer
and inmical to the interests of both 1t
easier the feeling OF the than OF the
producers for they city residents in closer touch
and easier 70 combine in purpose But the
lack of and organization the part of the pro-
needful of legal defense of their
interests this has been furnished by the law, which
will go judicial judgment.
The producers of the State need to be walked up and
Infused with the spirit of self-help in this matter
Widely scattered they have common of COM
munication by which they may experience and
devise means to help themselves 1t believed that the
State Board of Trade presents such common medium
OF exchange of opinions But when it sought to equip
itself with facts that would expose the of abuse
of the producers in the home market and in the East
it discovered disinclnation furnish information
and its labors in obtaining it greatly increased
thereby Perhaps when the producers find that the
Woodward law sustained the certainty that their rights
may be protected will their reticence and tmd
ity and facts may be furnished which will put their
terests beyond the power of any to harm
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Failure IN Liberia.

A negro colony sent out to Liberia
from Georgia last January has failed
and the members have returned to this
country. A number of Georgia plant
ers capitalized the scheme. thinking
that a favorable soil for the growing
of cotton and corn had been found in
the African state They furnished the
cOlOnists with provisions, farming tools,
seeds and ether equipments. but the
experiment could not be conducted to
success, being one in long line of such
almost if not quite invariably winding
I'D calamitously. There seems nothing
for the Southern black man to do ex-
cept to stay at home and work out his
salvation as best he can. accepting his
difficulties as part of the common bur-
den. and not to be avoided by chang
ing his base and going of to another
country.-New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

ney back in the interior from our
mines, in what is called the Oriente,
on the disputed boundary between
Peru and Ecuador, is the most saw
age and uncOnqUerable band of In
dians in existence. They are known as
the JivarO. and were the only natives
that Pizarro and the Incas never sub
dued. They have no tribal relations.
nor family relations, and no religion,
and through their savagery are exter-
minating themselves. They once num-
bered hundreds Of thousands, and are
now said to be reduced to from 5000
to 10000. The white man who comes
within their domain is not only muir
dered and beheaded. but his body is
subjected to the most horrible mutila-
tion as a warning to others against the
unwisdom Of trespassing."
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Illinois Distinction.

Illinois can at least claim one dis
tinction- 1t holds the proud position
OF contributing each year toward the
total Of the internal revenue receipts
a far larger amount than any other
State in the Union. Last year the fig
ures for that great commonwealth
amounted to 500, ,562. .455. Indiana was
second with SOS. .123,61O. New York fol-
lowed with $26, 74s. .64S, while Kentucky
was fourth with S21, lis. .626. The pay
ments Of taxes on spirits, tobacco and
beer make up the biggest proportion Uf
these impressive figures.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Race Suicide

France had almost $4,000 more
deaths than births last year. record
variously interpreted by her puoii-
cists and statisticians, but looking 20
outsiders much as if the nation was
in need of an able corps OF lecturers
on race suicide to stump the country
from the Pyrenees 70 the orItisH
Channel. the Government oacNlhs
them up by Offering premiums Tor
large families and decorations Tor
larger ones. with public honors Ior
those who play the limit. as It were
and surround themselves with dozen
or so of offspring in the eoDious man
ner of Germany. where nothing In
narticuTar is thought OF it,
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

will for the treaty. that the caucus can offer no
impediment its ratification.
The Democrats have three one-thrd of the mem
bersp of the Senate, and voting sodly
treaty But with the Senators from Florida Georgia
Mississippi Louisiana Texas, Arkansas one from North
Carolina and from Missouri voting for it. their own
under control and the treaty will win This
should be- The issue is partisan, and the Demo
cratic Senators who support the treaty doing
thing for their country and incidentally for their party
There signs of Republican detection at all, and
when the canal is completed OF all parties feel
honest pride the action of their representatives to
il.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

An Indiana physician submitted himself the other day
to the knives of his surgeon friends, and although the
operation according the in such affairs, was
emnenty successful the patient died upon the table An
examination revealed the fact that the dead doctor had
pair of forceps in his abdomen, the result of opera
ton, almost as successful, which happened years
ago If there is anything in professional fraternity this
should teach that physicians do not make these mis-
takes maliciousy. supposed.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

Errors in procedure may yet unlock the peni-
tertiary doors which after extreme difficulty and only
the most persistent endeavor have been closed upon
the officials that have dhonored the civic history of St
Louis The prosecutors should have courage So
widely spread is the intelligence OF the American people
that even by accident of OF necessity must find
residence second trial might result in an
accident of justice