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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

Mr.. Ireland-"This book on swimming is
very useful in sudden emergencies" Mrs.
Ireland--"Is is" Mr.. Ireland-"I should
say SO. If you are drowning, turn to page
l03 and there you'll see how to save your
elf."-Glasgow Evening Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

That last speaker" said the first guest
of the banquet, was quite entertaining"
Yes replied the other. Il thought mis-
delivery rather slow, though That's
natural. He began life as a messenger boy"
Philadelphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

1t is always easy to forgive other peoples
enemies.-Cnicago Tribune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07
An Intermission
BY
CORDIA GREER PETRIE

Copyright, 1908. by Daily Story Pub. co.,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

It is natural for q cannibal to love his
fellow man.-Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
MAD CLEAR THROUGH
No More ''Dates" for This Indignant
Chicago Husband.
He Refused Hereafter to Watt for His
Wife Among State street Washers.
How the JOLT Came which
Disg listed Him.

Williams Is Chicago man whose
wife has just called him up on the
phone and asked him to meet her and
go shopping. His reply has been siren
nous and to the point
mot In 1910 years." 1t was. "I'll go
shopping with you, all right, and carry
your bundles and pay your bills, but
when you ask me to meet you in front
or one of the stores on States street l
am no longer the dutiful husband to
whom his wife's wish is a law. l am
stern helpmeet, and / put my foot
down. If you are DESTROYS of my COM
pany on your price-asking tour, it's
for you to illumine my Office with your
presence. You meet me here and we'll
go hence together"
Then he turned to me, hanging up
the receiver.
state street during the shopping
hours, you know, is the abode of that
human cousin of the polecat, the male
flirt. I had read of this, but
never thought of it when Mrs.
Williams asked me the other day to
make tryst with her at one of the
big dry goods arks along the east side
OF that esplanade. Would that | had
not forgotten the facti
"She was to meet me at 2:30. Know
ing her, got there way ahead of time
s. Is. for, having made it 2:30, knew
she would be there promptly at 1925.
Before the store 1 took my stand and
prepared to wait.
For a few minutes it was not tedi-
0IlS The naQSinU hn frooly,
of femininity saw, and some who
were not freaks, were interesting.
seldom ever get on State street at that
time OF day and enjoyed the sights,
thinking Of how much money was be-
Ing circulated by this never-ending
wave Of womanhood, and all that sort
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19

ed trouble there was big fellow WITH
I6-lnch gun coming down the aisle.
When he thundered Hands upi' I CANA
pretty near dislocating my shoulders.
Two other men followed the chan with
the gun and took up the collection. \
surrendered everything, even to my ele-
CANT self-acting revolver, and never En-.
tered a protest.
Right behind me sat A little ola
maid with corkscrew curls. They TOOK
pocketbook from her lap, but wben
they went to appropriate a jewel case
me flew up like hen defending he1
chickens. That watch, she said. wan
for her niece who was going to be mar
REQ. She had raked and scraped IN
ouy 1t, and no robbers were going tn
take 1t from her. With an unexpected
movement she knocked the revolvs1
against the roof of the car. and was
clawing the robber like a wildcat Tbep
forced her to her seat, and when the
big fellow had recovered his gun hA
stood laughing.
Keep your watch. old girl he said-
and here's little trinket to put with
IL, and he tossed her a handsome min.
Ell any of these men had your grif-
wed never got away with this lob after
you'd disarmed US
And he was right about it"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
HORSE KNEW ROUTE.
Ana Therefore the Old Dairymaneu
substitute Was Able 60 DeIiver
MIX without N Break

Horses are close observers ana
learn rapidly" remarked a downtown
man to a Washington Post reporter.
and l had my attention strongly at
tracted to the fact recently. 1t came
about in rather a pathetic way, too.
For many years we have patronizeS
one dairyman, and for equally many
years the man has driven an old frame
OF horse. While the animal was not
fast, he was faithful. One day last
week the poor old milkman was sud-
denly stricken i'll while serving his
customers and rendered helpless. The
horse seemed to understand the awful
situation, so he faithfully pulled bis
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19


that Teller t knocked your hat or with
a club got mighty near tore to pieces
in the crowd before he got away.
Seems some of the boys recognized
him as one OF the Crossroads Skillets
and sicked the dogs on him, and he
had pretty mean time of II. Windy
says the Crossroads folks III be worse
close to town says he. They'll do
any thing to git him now says he. and
rest anything I told him you wouldn't
take no stock I'm what any one says,
an< knowed well enough you'd laugh
thst away. But. see here. we don't
put nothin' too mean for them folks.
tell We. Mr.. Harkless, all Of us are
scared for We"
The good fellow was so earnest that
when the editors supper was finished
and he would have departed. Lands
detained him almost by force until the
arrival Of Mr.. Willetts. who. the land
lord knew. was his allotted escort for
the evening. When Lige came (wear-
ing q new tie, pink one be had has
tened to buy as soon as his engage
ments had given opportunity the land
lord Kissed n savage word of reproach
for his hardness in his ear and whisper
ingly babe him not let the other out Of
reach that night. Mr.. Willetts replied
with a nod implying his trustworthi-
ness, and the young men went out into
the darkness
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19

of stuff. But in little while the sit
uation began to grow tiresome.
Just as l had figured out a nice lee
ture to give her on the Importance of
punctuality l saw one of these male
hirts coming down the street / was
onto him in a minute. The self-satis:
fed air. the waxed mustache, and the
leer at every woman who passed him
made me want to walk out and trip
him up. Soon saw another, and then
another, and probably a half dozen
passed along there. One took his stans
on the opposite sidewalk and leereo
across the street 1t made me, as Il
would any self-respecting man, sick.
And then, talk about your jolts! A
couple Of women came along at one OF
whom / had seen the most obnoxiou:
of these male fiirts wink as he ha6
passed her on the sidewalk The won.
en- were talking about him.
Its simply disgusting" said one OF
them. This street is getting so that
L hate to come down here alone. I've
seen that man half a dozen times to-
day, and there are others who make
this their regular stamping grounds.
(sinking her voice to a whisper. which
L nevertheless overheard), there's an
other. He's been here for half an hour.
Il looked to see whom they meant,
when to my horror I discovered that
they meant me!
1t was shock, l can tell you, and
wonder 1 didn't shout out a denial.
| There / had been standing, more than
half an hour. minding my own busi-
| ness, and wondering how 1 could rid
the street Of its obnoxious element.
| only to have two women class me with
| that element! The horror of the thing
flashed through my mind. If these two
thought l was there to fiirt, how many
more must have the same idea?
looked about me. There was the car
riage man on the sidewalk. AS he
caught my gaze he sneered and turned
| away
81 was suspected by everyone. that
was plain! l was so angry that I
could have licked the policeman and
, the carriage man with one hand. and
felt like doing it. But what could | doP
II / strolled along that would be sim
ply acting the part they were ascribing
to me, for that's what all the fiirts
were doing. If / went inside the store
l might miss my wife. So | planted
my feet firmly, tried to look as though
/ never knew there was a woman in
the world, and waited. And then I
heard a voice.
Dearie.' it said. have you been
waiting long?'
1T was my wife. 1 grabbed her by
the arm and spoke harshly. So harsh
ly that she looked at me in astonish-
ment, but had purpose. 1 wanted
everyone to know that she was my
wife
but I'll never meet her there
again!"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19

mandments. besides shocking two other
parrots belonging to the Mills family,
neither of whom had ever said anything
more wicked than Polly wants crack
err"
"Tootsie's" evil ways are due to his
early environment Before he came to
the Mills mansion he had lived in a cafe.
whose habitues had found him to be an
excellent substitute for photograph in
the matter of reproducing profanity.
His memory was unimpaired when he
became a member of the Mills house
hold.
"Tootsie" refused to be reformed.
When the little Mills threw water on him
for swearing he swore at them for doing
It. On New Years day not an oath
passed his eeak and 1t was thought he
had turned over new leaf, but the
ne0 morning he returned to his old
waa with increasing vigor.
Nootsie's" companions at first only
lists led to him in amazement, but a few
days ago one of them married a spotless
record by eXclaiming. Darn it," That
settled "Tootsie's" fate, and the adver-
tisement appeared.
To-day's visitors included a widow,
who explained that her late husband had
been a seafaring man who was given to
using questionable language. TT would
seem like home again to have the dear
bird around" she said
'"Tootsie's" vocabulary contains such
gems as. go to blazes and shut the
door" Come up and have drink, every
dashed one of YOU" and Blast your
eyes, you son of a sea cook" Other
favorite expressions can be expressed
only by dashes and asterisks.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
(To BE coNTINURD.)
PRUFANEST OF PARROTS.
Widow OF Old Sailor Says 1t Would
Seem Like Home Again to Have
the Bird Around.

'Tx tsie," the profane parrot of Phila-
delphS, Pa, must go. He threatens to
ruin u o characters of two of his green
and va low brothers whose morals have
hitherto been above suspicion.
"Tootsie" is to be Sold He belongs to
Richard M. Mills, of Huntington street,
who advertises his only reason for SELL
Ing is that the bird swears In his vocabu-
larry"
"Tootsie" came into Mr. Mills posses
sion under a guarantee that he did not
swear. Within "a hours he had broken
the guarantee and one of the COM
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
Left Over.

Johnnie, I don't believe you aseG
soap on your facet"
MOO NAM Dere was some $500
left on me from de time I WASHED M
last"--Chicago American.
Just What Birdie Needed.
Birdie McHennepin and her broshsa
were in the country.
"Oh, see that" exclaimed Birdie.
"See what?" inquired the stotoes
John.
why, see that little cloudlet Ssat
above the wavelet, like a tiny leanek
dancing DER the scene!"
"Oh, come, you had better go 0at
to the pumplet in the back yardlet and
soak your little headlet Tit Bita.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19


master home. Naturally we missed
the milkman and did not understand
his absence until a few days later
when a strange dairyman stopped IN
front of the house. He inquired If thu
old man. our previous milkman-ha6
been delivering milk at my place. 7
told him that he had, and inquired
what the trouble was Then he told
the story, and how even at that time
he was lying dangerously i'll. And
you see,' he went on to explain, Il
don't want the poor old fellow "a
lost his trade. and all l have to da,
pend on is this old horse. He has been
my main reliance. He knows the
route, and every time he stops in front
of house I Jump out. When he
stopped here I thought you must be
one OF the old mans customers. too.
That old horse isn't much too look az,
but he's got a head full of sense. and
so far 1 haven't struck wrons
house,"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
He was wiIIiDg 90 Jna..

Bobby was visiting at his Aunt
Martha'L and when he was asked at
the A<hEa table which kind of pie he
liked RSs. apple, mime or pumpkin,
ne rept1 after thinking it over a
few nrsn ats:
Il don't know exactly, auntie. !
guess you had better give me a piece
OF each so that l can find out!"-N. Y.
Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
KILLED HIS CONCEIT.
confession of a Man Who Thought Be
Would Do Lots OF Brave
Things, But Didn't.

Yes" admitted the big travelling man
to Chicago Inter Ocean reporter, II
was one of the victims in that Iowa train
robbery. And want to tell you, fell
lows, there's no other experience so well
calculated to take the conceit out of q
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19

man frequently had expressed a q
sire TO encounter some Of these modssn
bandits I'd show them what II wasto
20 up against good. game. man. ana
Ia put at least two or three of theue
out of business.
wen. three miles out from Duck Co.
ter they held us up. Before I susnss~.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
An Improvement.

Did you have any luck when ysa
went to complain about the gas bilIfS
Better luck than last month";" 49,
swered Mr.. Meekton. ''The man didaS
laugh this time."-Washingto St&5k
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
Good Hint from London.

A London firm Of tea dealers has besR
fined for including in the weight of pacll~
ages of tea sold the weight of the pap~
wrapper A
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-19
-.
CHAPTER VI.

HEY walked slowly back along
the pike toward the brick
n house. He was STOPPING very
~ much as thev voIla1 M
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
BAD FIRE IN JERSEY CRY,
Stcckyards Loss ,sS 5o,ooo-cat

stcokyards Loss Is 81 5o.ooo-cat-
tie 'hs-p and Ho9s In PERIL
"A considerable quantity of dressed
meats IN cold storage was incineratcd.
much valuable property was destroyed
and many blocks along the water front
were threatened by fire which ragged
for several hours in the United stock
yards In Jersey City. The damage is
estimated at $15O,OOO. The fire started
In the cold storage room of the plant and
Is thought to have been caused by an cx-
plosion Of ammonia. SO rapidly did the
flames spread that even before an alarm
had been sounded the entire structure
was In flames. Within n few minutes
the fire companies and regular fire boats
had been rc-enforced by half n hundred
tugbonts and the fight against the flames
was waged both from the shore and
water sides. In spite of all these ef.
forts the fire crept steadily along the
piers. at last approaching dangerously
near the great stock piers. where thou.
sands Of cattle. sheep and hogs were con.
fined. About 400 of these persisted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
News from All Parts Of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.

Three hundred men and girls employ.
In 4 Rve-story building on the Bowery,
New York. were thrown into a panic by
hre. but by prompt work on the part
OF fremen and volunteer rescuers all
were taken out In safety. The building
was practically destroyed. The fire start
cd in the Central Knitting mill on the
second floor. probably from defective In
sulation Of electric wires, and within
few minutes the flames were sweeping
up through the halls to the floors above.
Nearly oil persons In the building were
employed In q coat factory on the top
door and moment after the smoke and
flames poured up through the halls the
Ore escapes on the Bowery side Of the
building were chOked by crowds of fren.
sled men and women. Stairways were
impossible and the small fire escapes
were taxed fur beyond their capacity.
Before the frcmcn arrived the flames
we're shooting out Of the front windows
and making blazing wall to cut off
those above the second floor. The posi-.
tion Of the men and women on the fire
escape was becoming more and more des-
perate every moment when long ladders,
which cleared the wall Of flame below.
were run up to the rescue. Then, under
the direction Of fircmcn and volunteers.
the frightened ones were brought snfely
to the ground. Many women on the third
floor who were out Of reach Of the lad.
ders were taken across narrow area.
way to an adjoining building on n living
chain formed by tircmcn. a few minutes
later the upper pprt of the building was
sen Of fire and before the flames were
rubdued the building was practically de-
strOyed,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Vessels In Peril.

The steamer City Of Buffalo. badly
battered by the fierce gales that swept
the lakes, limped into Cleveland with her
bulwarks gone, great hole in her cabin
and her 100 passengers In Il state Of
panic. The schooner Earculnrius went
ashore on the Massachusetts coast, driv.
en- aground by u terrific nor easter, and
her crew of four men are believed t0
have perished.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
TWO SISTERS END LIVES.
Homeless and PenniisSs They III,
In Each Others Arms.

e1omoIOSo ana Venniio0S They Die
In Each Othsr's Arms.
Locked In each Others arms on the
bare floor of n dismantlcd Hat In East
Fifty-tirst street, New York. from which
they had been dispossesscd. Louise and
Valerie Abel, Al and ~ years old, re-
spectively, were found dead. In the
mouth Of each was rubber tube con-
nected with the chandelier. In the hand
OF the younger woman was an open let.
ter. written in German. which stated
that the sisters had decided to die to-.
gether after talking over the matter for
a week and requested that they be buried
IN one grave ''For this considcrat ion."
the letter continued. 1--WE give our bodies
Tor the benefit of medical science" The
two women had failed to pay the rent
for the Hat they occupied. and were dis.
possessed. At the same time their fur
niture. which they had bought from an
installlnent company. had been taken
from them. and they had been given per.
mission by the janitor to remain In the
fiat over Sunday.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Winters First storm,

A fierce hurricane swept the Atlantic
coast and heavy snowfall accompany
ing 1t aided In lcveling the telegraph and
telephone wires and In isolating many
cities. New York was visited by fierce
gales, which did much damage, while
Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and
Boston all felt the effects of the storm.
Snow fell as far south as South Caro-
linn, Tennessee and Georgia.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Student Loses His Eve,

Glenn Stewart of Pittsburg. Il Yale
freshman. has undergone an operation
for the removal of his left eye. Stewart
and several other students were cclsbrat-
ing election night and attempted to mix
some chemicals to produce a colored
light. The powder exploded and Stewart
was badly burned about the head.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Typhoid In oysters II Fatal,

II. r. Winner. cashier Of the yelling.
ton. Kan, National Bank, IL dead Of
typhoid fever as the result Of eating
oysters at his sisters wedding several
weeks ago Thirty other guests were
male III and several may not recover.
Both the bride and groom, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tapley May, are dangerously i'll.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Girl pead; Far msr Arrested.

The finding Of the body Of Miss Ethel
Kelley In house on South Third street,
Terrc llautc. was soon followed by the
surrender of Edward Cooper, II well.
known young farmer. \ bullet had pene.
trated the wOman's right ear. Cooper
asserts that the wound was inflicted
while he and Miss Kelley were scufiiing
for q revolver.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Runaway Proves Fatal.

Frank Grosvenor, nephew Of General
Charles Grosvenor. was instantly killed
In a runaway accident in Rome township.
about fifteen miles from Athens. Ohio.
A lantern which he carried In the buggy
exploded ana set fire to the wreck, al.
most cremating the body of Grosvenor.
Will Skinner. who was with him, was
uninjurcd.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
ship Comm Ander Kills 8 e,s.

Frank $. Israel. commander of the
United Fruit Company's steamer Ad.
mral Dewey. which reached port in Dos.
ton from jamaican ports the other day.
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart on board his vessel
when In the vicinity of the Bahamas
The only cause assigned for the act Is
temporary mental alteration.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
soMNAMsUL,sM FOE or CUPID.
Minneapolis Man rr,es Hypn otism
to Cure Him Of S1eeo waikinu.

Minneapolis Man Tries Hypnotism
to Cure Him OF sie-p Walking.
j. w. Gruenwald of Minneapolis went
to bed In his own house the other night
and woke up the next morning ut hotel
IN st. Paul. twelve miles away. Gruen.
wald IL In u qunndnry. lie wants to be
married, but the girl to whom he IL en-
gagged says there will be nothing doing
until he cures himself Of sleep walking.
Gruenwald has tried many schemes. lie
has tied strings to his toes. but the sub.
conscious demon has taught him to unite
them In his sleep. He has engaged men
to watch him. but later has convinced
them he WINS wide awake. Now Gruen.
wald hns got a specialist to hypnotic
him. 40 that he can't get out Of bed UNI
less hidden to do so by an alarm clock.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
F,re Cons ume, FIN. gook,.

Shortly before 2 o'clock Monday the
Lawson McGhee library building burned
In Knoxville, Tenn. The fire originated
In the basement. The first floor of the
building was occupied by the Vance Fur.
niture Company. The public library and
the Commercial Club had the second
floor. The third and top floor was occu-
pied by the Knoxville Business College.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Grant the tight-Hour Day.

Notices were posted at the mills of the
five big mines of the Telluride. Colo.
district that In future the eight-hOur day
would prevail, the minimum wage prom.
ised being $3 day. The demand for
this concession was what prccipitated the
strike in the State.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Four Murdered and eurned,

The home Of Julius Weber In Auburn,
Cal, was burned to the ground, and with
ir Mrs. Weber. Miss Bertha Weber aud
Master Paul Weber persisted. Suspicious
wounds We're found on the little boy, and
bullet wound was found In the mothers
breast. 1t Is believed the family was
murdered.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
TO poubis Siberian Railway.

The official announcement that the En-
peror has approved the plan for double
tracking the Trans-Slbcrinn railway and
that $5,OOO,OOO has been assigned for the
beginning of the project is greeted with
the heartiest approval by the press of St.
Petersburg.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
nsosunoss Her Re,igior.

Marqnise des Monsters, formerly
Miss Mary GwendOlin Caldwell, founder
Of the Catholic University In Washing.
ton. to which she has given over $780,.
600. and one Of the most prominent lay
members Of the Roman Catholic Church
In America. has renowned that faith and
become a Protestant.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
MAYORS HOUSE pvNAM,rep.
Attempt Made to XIII OFFICIAL VINO
Opposed SaioonO.

About 1 o'clock the other morning the
5000 home of Mayor NJ. J.. Fay. of vir.
ginia, MIMI, was partly wrecked by a
dynamite explosion. 1t was plainly the
work Of men who intended to demOlish
the building and kill the occupants. May
or Fay and fanlily were asleep at the
time. The Mayor has been bitterly com.
planned OF by the saloon element and
gamblers for not allowing the town to
rum wide open. The rear part Of the
Fay dwelling was demolished. hut none Of
the family was injured. Mayor Fay In
wealthy man and says he will bring
the perpetrators Of the outrage to jus.
tice.