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DANGOR, Me, April ia commercial
ID traveller who attended some of the
meetings at BeaPs island during the
recent revival when dogs and cats were
slain as sacrifices and the lives of chill
dren We're saved only by timely interfer-
ence Of the sheriff of Washington county.
gives graphic description of the ceremo-
MES. They are declared to have sur
passedS In terror and excitement the wild
est orgies ever held at the temple of the
Holy Ghost and Us sect at Shiloh hill in
Durham. He says:
The people at BeaPs island are not
lacking for spiritual instruction. there
being three churches-Latter Day Saints
Adventist and Reformed Baptist. Rev.
Mr.. Bubar, the established minister of
the Baptists, wishing to arouse new re-
ligious interest for the good of his own
flock and for the reclamation of unbe-
ievers, started a revival
REV. Mr.. Buck, of the Adventist
church, also had a revival in progress.
and the two, for the purpose Of creating
wider and more general interest. united
their forces and agreed to share equally
whatever contributions might be made
Tor the cause OF Christianity, the meet
tngs to be held alternately at the Re
formed Baptist and the Adventist church.
Starts With Song Service.
The first meeting of the consolidated
revival was held on the night of Thurs
day, Feb. is, and they continued every
night for a week, beginning at $50 and
lasting until 10, II or II o'clock, accord
Ing to the degree of interest manifested.
A description of one meeting holds good
for all. the same plan being followed
throughout the revival
First. the congregation being assem-
bled, Mr.. Bubar and his wife, followed by
other ministers, marched UP the aisle
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down On their knees and asked God to
make them good, so that when the world
came to an end they would not be burned
up.
1.-The converts multiplied. The number
of ministers increased from two to five
one of the newcomers being the Rev Mr.
Alleby, the evangelistic preacher of the
Holiness society. The people became more
and more excited, and some were on the
verge Of insanity when there came a
thrilling climax
Said She Was a Prophet.
"The meetings had been going on for a
week. One of the converted sisters Mrs
Frank Beal, pretended to have a Tevela-
ton from God in which he told her that
she was a prophet A shining white angel
told her that she must make sacrifice
her Sanctif1cation must be gained by the
sacrifice Of her child.
She also testified that. with power CIV
en- to her by the angel, she had made her
mother and some of the neighbors fall into
deep sleep, telling them at just what
time to awaken, and that she had never
once failed in the exercise Of this power
She continued:
. Sinners, if you wish to escape con-
demna tion, come to church tomorrow
night. Brothers and sisters In the faith
be present and witness. 1 am a prophet
ordained by God.
Tomorrow 1 shall bring my baby to
the church. By the power of God that
feel within me 1 shall cause this precious
child to die.
. 1t will be cold. 1t will not breathe
It's limbs will be stiff as in death. l shall
pass It around through the congregation
When all are satisfied that it is life
less I shall restore 1t to life. God Will
help me. Glory to Godl
And my Minnie! How often have
wept because her face IS not as that OF
other children! A tender-hearted, lovins
girl, yet doomed to go through life sub
1ect to coarse laughs and jokes because
of her poor, deformed face The most hor.
rible birthmark that ever was on a human
being disfigures her.
Now / understand it. and thank Goo
for 1t. know that he sent the child tC
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great roman singer with some of tbs
siheWs OF war kept him in fine form for
the work that has subsequently made the
names or both famous Apropos of thta
situation, pretty little story used to ta
told In the salons of Rome about the
poets first effort as a writer Of verse. s'
Horace at the time was but a boy, and
having been left alone in the parental
ana relying on his own devices for his
entertainment, he whiled the hours away
oy lnditing an epistle to the Palatine Hill
as follows
o Palatine Palatine.
How lovely is that form OF thine!
What beauty in thy rotund grace!
What JOY lies hid in thy embraced
Were L Hill, o Palatine e
d ask thee to be ever mine
ThlS the lad left inadvertently upon his
fathers table, and the latter, upon his re-
turn that night found it there. Reading
the lines, he pOndered deeply.
Who wrote that poem?' he roared.
angrily.
Father" Sod Horace, trembling with
apprehension, II cannot tell lie! 1 did it
with my little stylus"
The fathers ffown relaxed. and then a
pleasant smile came upon his lips as he
held out his hands
Come to my arms, my SON. he cried.
deeply stirred I'D rather have you write
a thousand poems like that than tell
single lie"
And from that moment the boys father
cultivated his sons talent by making him
write loo lines of poetry every day.
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revival, having given away or destroyed
all sorts of belongings. from cows and
sheep to jewelry and even false teeth.
The timely intervention of the authorities
prevented a much greater sacrifice. for it
had been arranged by the ministers to
hold a grand remuneration meeting on
Sunday. at which the faithful were to
surrender for the good of the cause all
the money they could raise by the sale
or mortgage of their property.
Men who are familiar with the condi-
tion of the islanders say that had this
meeting been held and the plans of the
missionaries succeeded, not less than S20.-
900 would have been collected
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combat, Selectman Wass receiving a. Sc
we're cut, while the sheriff's lantern was
smashed and his clothes torn. The IA
natics were finally dispersed. and then the
officers hunted up the ministers and drove
them from the island, with orders never
to return.
1.-The sheriff gave orders that no more
meetings be held, and it is now hoped
that the excitement will die out, although
Mrs. Beal has been committed to the in
sane asylum and it is said that at least
a dozen others of the Holiness flock are
insane
"A great many of the islanders have
suffered severe pecuniary loss through the
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singing a hallelujah hymn. Next came q
song service lasting about twenty min
utes, followed by prayers from the minis
ters and others.
Another hymn by the choir and con-
gregatlon, standing. was followed by re-
marks from the minister's in which thew
pointed out to the people that a. true
Christian opened his pocketbook liberally
When ms heart was truly clean, while the
doom of the unrepentant was pictured in
vigorous, not to say terrifying. language.
When the ministers had concluded the
people arose. one after another and gave
their several testimonies. One told how
he was first directed to holiness; another
of how he lay awake until daylight pray
ing for more strength to live an upright
life while more told of sacrifices they
made to show their desire to live as God
would have them do.
JeweIry Cast Aside.
by this time the audience would be
fully aroused. The ministers urged ON the
witnesses by chanting hymns, crying out
Glory to God! Bless you, brother! Lis
ten to the sister? oh, it is glorious!' y
etc.
THE congregation was moved to tears.
Feathers were torn from the hats of the
women. side combs and other ornaments
snatched out and broken
"A man cast away his watch and chain.
to wear them no more, while others threw
away rings and brooches, crying, Away,
vain glory! Out Of my sight, Jesus had
no watch and chain. and Mary Magdalen
would have blushed at confining her hair
in side combsi
The children afforded the most affect
ing sight of all. They We're brought for
ward to give testimony, but they were
frightened, and sobs choked their voices.
They were told to pray, and they went
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few and doesn't know where to get them,
send him to me and I'll pony up. I've got
'em to burn
This was at the age Of 1877, and he was
as active as a youth, running hundred
yards in eleven seconds on cinder
track, throwing the hammer a hundred
feet without an effort, and successfully
holding the record at the standing broad
jump against all comers.
AT our second meeting, On his 953d
birthday, he was very much depressed
over his inability to die.
Look here, Chronos," he said to me on
this occasion, what in thunder am l
going to do? l don't seem to be any
closer to the other side of Jordan than l
was three centuries ago. Don't you know
any new patent ways of shuffling off this
z mortal cOii?
l confessed my inability to assist him
in any such questionable enterprise.
i've tried blowing out the gas, going
to sleep on the railway tracks, asking a
policeman how old was Ann, speeding
my automobile over precipice and all
that" he said, and it doesn't seem to be
any use. I've swallowed a ton Of grape
seeds and my YermifOrm appendix gets fat
on 'em; 1 eat six Welsh rabbits and four
Holsters la ptomaine every night before
going to bed and sleep like a baby; If
there's a measle or mump or a whoop-
ing cough in town 1 go out and try to
catch 'em, and when they see me coming
they run. What the deuce am l going
to do? don't want to live forever"
why mott" said 1. IF your descend
ants give you only as little as a dollar a
year apiece you ought to have an income
Of pretty nearly a million. Can't you be
happy on that?"
No. he said with a sigh. Il can't. I
have to support about six hundred thou
sand of them, and it's a tough PROPOSE
4LDDh scraB fIa Of
Every eighty years 1 get senile and have
to go into what they call second child
hood. Do you know what childhood
am in now?''
NO Methuselah, I DON'T replied.
'We1l, I'm going on my twelfth" he
moaned, land every time it happens
have to have a new guardian until 1 at
tain another majority
Knowing that the old gentleman felt
this way 1 was not at all sorry when
heard that he had passed away at the
ripe age of 999 Those who read this
work may be interested to learn that the
popular impression that Methuselah died
of old age is not correct. The real truth
is that ne broke his neck by coming down
head first in a pole vaulting contest after
he had cleared the bar at AZ feet inches.
1t may also prove interesting to readers
of history, who have noted how certain
great figures have been likened to sturdy
trees, as Andrew Jackson, for instance,
was known as ''Old Hickory that Me-
thuselah was the first to enjoy an appel
lation of endearment of this nature, be-
ing affectionately known, to at least thir-
ty generations as "Old Chestnut
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Some Anecdotes of Romuius and Remus.
THE condition of the Babes in the
L Wood was not more piteous than
that of Romulus and Remus when I
first came upon them. AS babies thew
We're as likeable youngsters as Cain and
Abel. and, indeed, their careers possessed
many points in common with those of
the first infants in the world, even to
the ultimate tragedy in which one brother
Killed the other. Abandoned by their
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The Despair Of Xantippe.


" HE world has Iavished a great deal
of sympathy upon Socrates be
cause of his sufferings from his
wife Xantippe's rather high temper.
That this lady was greatly gifted in
this respect is undeniable, as l can
personally testify from my experiences
as a guest in the Socratic home Many
time at dinner has this good wife, in
sudden surge of passion, seized my hour
glass from the table and hurled it at her
philosOphic lord and master, thereby plac-
ing me in a woeful predicament. for with
out my hour glass l am as a carpenter
without tools
Invariably this performance resulted in
the utter destruction of this fragile in
Strument, and l dared not substitute for
the glass anything more durable in the
way of metals for fear that if perchance
the lady should happen to hit her husband
with the missile serious injury would re-
suit. Nevertheless, there was much to
be said in Xantippe's behalf. What tenn
per she had at first was naturally come
by, as her red hair attesteC and for
what irritability of temperament she sub
SequentIy acquired l am not sure but
that Socrates himself was responsible
AACfNeiS 4iOl al easy person TO get along
with himself. and 1 know from having
been an eye witness to the fact that
large number of his most famous dis
courses We're written upon Xantippe's fin
est table cloths, and gave the poor woman
Infinite trouble when she came to launder
them What was still worse, in his old
age Socrates went in for a pastime for
learning to play on musical Instruments.
He practices eight hours a day. Mr
Chronos, said Xantippe to me one even
ing, with tears in her eyes; lone hour on
the trombone, one hour on the accordion
a half hour each on the French horn and
the bass drum, one hour on the harp, two
hours on the tomtom. one on the fiddle
and from midnight until one a. M he runs
the scales on our baby grand It drives
me nearly to distra ction.p
L expressed my very great sympathy for
her in her trouble.
sometimes believe" she added hys-
teneally, the old dontey thinks he's
Sousa's band"
After the death of Socrates from the
poisoned cup the Prohibition party of
Athens held him up to the young as a
dreadful example Of hat occurs to the
man who departs from certain established
principles The condemned philosopher
was immune to the poison for a full wear
because with each recurring Offering OF
the. hemlOck taught he replied simply:
No, thank you. I'm on the water
wagon now"
1t was only his final weakness in WELD
Ing to the seductions in the cup that
enabled the toisoned draught to get in its
deadly woI
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have been if I'd kept the wolf from my
door. should like to know
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Romuius' Reasons for Founding Rome
ONE evening at the Palatine club Rom
ulus was asked how he came to think
Of founding the Eternal City.
1T was sheer necessity" he replied.
"As Remus and grew up we found that
the conveniences of country life were not
all that they should be. Food was scarce
and consisted chiefly Of VOLTS milk and
berries There were no amuSementS OF
any sort Business was at standstill.
and the thousands OF acres of land lying
all about us We're absolutely xalueless be-
cause there was no market for them.
And so we decided to found city where
we should. find all the things We needed,
with a little touch of luxury thrown In to
relieve the monotony of life. We drew
up our plans and went abroad first stak-
ing our claim with a wall, which Renlus
treated with such contempt that threw
a brick at him and inadvertently killed
him Next laid out the streets, making
Immediately available a large number OF
very attractive corner lots; and SO on.
city in my hands as anyone would wish
to see, and from that has grown this.
Wonderful" said his questioner. And
when you and Remus came to talk why
did you choose a dead language, like
Latin?" F4
Because when we began to talk Remus
and I were pretty nearly dead ourselves.
he explained naively.
Some years later, while lunching with
me at the club. Romufus banged his: fist
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have the glory of showing his power
Devil In the-Lamp.
f" I shall heal my girl Minnie. You
cannot call that hypnotiSm. When you
see Minnie with an unblemished face you
cannot say it has been done by mesmeric
power
after the meeting had been dismissed
all was confusion and uproar. The ten
sion throughout the next day until the
service began was agonizing The chill
dren at school hovered around the teach
er's desk, silent, open-mouthed and star
ing At every slight noise they would
edge up closer to the desk and ask:
." Teacher, can she do it? VIII she kill
her little baby? Please. 1 don't want to
go out at recess; What is a miracle.
teacher?'
''At an early hour the church was
filed to overf1Owing. When THE cOngrega-
tion had been aroused by singing and ex-
hortation to the right pitch the cry rang
out:
:" Come, Minnie, you are going to be
healed"
''Once the frenzied mother tried. She
passed her hand over the child's face 1t
remained as before.
More faithr she cried there Is no
faith here. Ministers of God, why are
you lacking? Pray, pray to God!
AGAIN Sho pdSSeu uer HdIuS over Ino
deformed face, and again was disappoint-
ed. At this instant a kerosene lamp
flickered and sputtered. man jumped
up and cried, excitedly:
There's a devil in that lamp! Get
thee behind me, Satan!
The ministers had some difficulty in
auieting the people. and the meeting ad-
journed in confusion, without the GUS
tomary benediction.
Orgies at Beats.
Instead Of going home to much needed
rest, about forty Of the more excitable Of
the congregation assembled at the house
of Mrs. Frank Beal. where were held the
widest orgies of the week. lasting until
z O'Clock In the morning of March l..
when the authorities OF the town OF
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Mother wit Saved Him.

Pa Tallweed-My lands. mother. what's
Henry meant by this here item of "ex-
perience $40" in his expense account?
Ma Tallweed-Thats all right, pa. Hen
has said many time that experience
was the best teacher.--BoSton Post.
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A seasonabIe Question.

Il am just a little puzzled" she said.
What the matter?" asked her dearest
friend.
Why. of course. if you become engaged
to a young man at the seashore it doesn't
count the following winter, but does it
count for anything if you happen to meet
him at the seashore again the next sum-
mer?" Chicago Post.
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down heavily on the table and said in
loud tones
BY Jupiter. Father Time. wasn't 1t a
lucky thing that when I was christened
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On Impression of Methusefah.

HAD the pleasure of meeting Methuse-
j lah only twice in my life, once on his
l97th birthday, and again on his
953d
On both occasions he gave me the i'm
preston of one who was rather tired OF
life.
''Pm long on days, Father Time" he
said. If you know anybody who wants a
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Devil In the-Lamp.

me deformed in that way. that I might
have the glory of showing his power.
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Some Anecdotes Of Romulus and Remua.
Fanatics of BeaI's Island
Would Sacrifice Children

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40 t8-E1-o
Gen. Davis Began His
Study of Geology on Farm

44-o-t -4-<2-0 o-u-u-o I
The Sauk Centre herald., 1904-04-14
Snow! snow. nothing but snow!

Snow! snow. nothing but snow!
D. Cleveland was a county seat
visitor on Monday.
Both Corn and Gloss starch, cts.
per package, at Houghson Bros.
Frank Perry and Howard Wilcox of
the Schleusener Hardware Co, are
working at Melrose today.
o. B. Loomis, special CORES pom
dent and descriptive writer of st.
Paul Globe, is in the city.
Margaret Norris returned home on
Saturday from weeks visit with her
sister. Mrs. l. Fuller of Minneapolis.
Mrs. NJ. A. Scherffius went 10 Glen
wood on Wednesday for a weeks visit
with her parents of that place.
Mrs. DR.. Biese of Brainerd arrived
in the city on Wednesday for visit
with her parents. Mr. aud Mrs. Henry
Keller.
V. Whipple and family, who have
/ been spending the winter in Florida,
have returned to Minneapolis, and will
| soon return to Sauk Centre.
| DR.. Dubois was summoned to Ada
on Wednesday night. Mrs. Ross
Mathews is seriously i'll and the doctor
was called to attend her.
The food sale at tHanson IL Emerson S
drug store ON Saturday WAS simply ii
repetition of the two former sales-dld
not have enough TO supply the
wants,-well, we'll.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1904-04-14

F. W. Sprague has been appointed
to fill the vacancy in the Library
Board caused by the resignation of
G.. A. Stanton.
About fifteen of the lady friends of
Mrs. Benjamin Vogel gave her pleas
ant surprise party on Wednesday
afternoon, it being the anniversary of
her birthday. A most ei joyable after
noon was enjoyed by all.
The sewing machine you are looking
for is the Standard, and you will find
it at Paul Brosvik's tailoring es-
tablishment. It is the best and cheap
est priced machine On the market,
Now is the time to clean house
clean your system first, drive ont the
microbes of winter with Rocky Noun
tain Tea. 1t will keep you we'll all
summer. 35 cents. Tea or tablets.
Hanson & Emerson.
Prominent in the seasons dress
goods you viii find Mohairs, Stella n
and Brilliantines, the material that
will not wrinkle, that will shed dust
and wash we'll; we have a. special
Offering in 52-inch Sicilian at 75c per
yard. Mel. Billed.
Rev. FIR. Artz wishes to express his
most sincere thanks to the people of
Sauk Centre for the great interest
shown by them in the building of the
new church. and especially that mani.
tested in the ceremonies of laying the
corner stone on Sunday afternoon. 1t
was great pleasure to him to see the
evidence of such goodwill on the part
of the people towards their urder-
taking.
Some time ago the Keller Manu-
featuring company purchased of the
Dexter Hub and Spoke Co. of Dexter,
Mo-, two car loads of hubs and two
car loads of spokes, making four car
loads to be shipped Immediately, not
receiving the consignment after due
time, tracer brought the intelligence
that the cars of hubs and spokes had
been shipped from. Paragold, Ark,
and had arrived as far as Noble, Ark,
on March 25, and there they were,
owing to high water they could not
proceed. With the large orders
ahead. the factory would have been
tied up, but for the fact that there was
enough stock On hand for immediate
use.
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LOCALS

lone brown is a Westport visitor.
Lizzie Rich spent her Easter holi-
days in Willard.
Connections with the sewer are being
made Tor the Tobey building.
Bert VanCamu of Melrose spent
Sunday with his parents.
Sheriff Bernick of ST. Cloud was in
the city on Thursday.
Wedding wreathes and boquets at
Miss May yberry's millinery store.
Mrs. J. A. Dubois returned from
Minneapolis on Monday.
Raymond Dean went to Fergus Falls
Tuesday On business.
c. ]. Stark of Long Prairie will
preach in The NJ. E Church on Sunday
next.
Mrs. H. P. hiisdale and daughter,
Margaret, returned from MinHea polls
ON Sunday.
The south store room in the TObey
building is being ftted up for The
new creamery.
Mrs. Cal. Temple left for Mime
apolis On Monday where she will visit
her parents for fortnight.
Miss Mildred Simoaton spent h.r
Easter vacation in Glenwood. the
guest of her brother, Will. Simonton,
She returned on Saturday.
Just received new line of street
hats at Miss Colhluw's.
Ms E P. Barnuln, who has ben
visiting friends IN The city for the pa 81
w=ek, returned home TO st. Cloud on
Thu lay.
Yankee Oats. % Cts. Per package, at
HDug lat, Bros.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1904-04-14
NJ. w. A. CIRCLE

The n, w. A. circle held their an
nual banquet in the K. p. hall on
Monday evening. The halls were
beautifully decorated with cut flowers.
At seven the banquet was served from
tables, loaded with the good things
the ladies had prepared to show the
visiting members they were capable
of other things aside from the most
intricate needle work. Mrs. w. o. P.
Hilsdale gave the welcoming address
in a few we'll chosen words. After the
banquet cake walk was called, some
of the costumes being very unique.
The prize was given to Mrs. Nj. A.
Scherffius and l. Barto.
The artistic skill of the men was then
tested by giving each scraps of tissue
paper and instructing them to fashion
the latest creations in millinery The
effects were so wonderful. the decision
could not be left to q committee, but
the entire band of ladies formed a
grand march and passed their opinion.
1t was difficult, but finally Mr.. Stanton
was awarded the prize for having the
most feminine hat and very ''sweet";;
A. Austin bad the ''swellest" and
DR.. Dubois readily carried Off the
honors for the colonial style"
The new members, Melvin Scherffius,
Ernest WeSthury and AuStip Uara
then initiated and each gave talk on
housekeeping and advice to mothers,
that would put Marion Harland and
Mrs. Ralston in the shade. These
young men duly instructed the visit
ing people, Rudolph Hanson, Stuart
Taylor and Irving Emerson, in num-
Der of things and trust that their
advice will be so followed that they,