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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
The Best Novels.


The Back Bay Literary circle of Bos-
ton recently voted on what the mem
bers considered the best novels. These
received the majority OF votes:
Best sensational novel. "Woman In
White" Collins.
Best historical novel, "Kenilworth,' Is
Scott
Best dramatic novel. "Jane Eyre"
Bronte.
Best marine novel. "Red Rover
Cooper.
Best country life novel, Lorna
Doone." Blackmore.
Best military novel. "CbarIes O'Mal-
ley" Lever.
Best religious novel. "Hypatia,"
Kingsley.
Best sporting novel. "Digby Grand"
Melville.
Best political novel. "Coningsby,"
Disraeli.
Best novel written for a purpose.
Uncle Toms Cabin" Stowe.
Best Imaginative novel, MARBLE
Faun." Hawthorne
Best pathetic novel, ''Silas Mariner"
Eliot.
Best humorous novel. "Pickwick Pa
pers." Dickens.
Best English novel. adam Bede. {"
Eliot.
Best American novel. Scarlet Let
ter" Hawthorne
Best novel In all. Henry Esmond."
Thackeray
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

Science has given the human race
only limited span of existence This
was one of the prospects which distress
ed Darwin, and it has weighed on
many other sensitive minds. Some
100000 years or so is about the aver
age estimate. The discovery of ra-
dunn naturally led to the question
whether the existence OF the metal in
the sun might not indefinitely prolong
that luminary's active life. Much dis
appointment was therefore felt at the
results of Investigations undertaken
by a Cambridge scientist After some
months exposure OF very sensitive SO.
buttons to the sun he was unable to
discover any of the signs characteristic
or radium rays. The verdict, there
fore, was that the discovery OF radium
anords no reason for altering the cos
mieal time scale. But Sir William
Ramsay's proof of the transformation
or radium gas into helium revives the
hope that radium may, after all. be u
constituent of the sun. 1t is well
known that the spectroscope reveals
the abundant existence in the sun of
helium-this metal, indeed, was discov.
cred In the sun before it was known to
be terrestrial property-and il seems
possible that all this helium may be
transformed radium gas. So that once
more it appears premature TO limit the
existence of the human race to any
definite number of million ycars.-uar-
per's Weekly
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
General ChaGee

Il am ordered to go to the relief Of
the United States legation at Picking. ]
leave with my troops for that city al
once. II the allied troops do not move
l win go alone with my United States
soldiers"
so said General Adna X. Cbaffee tho
new chief Of staff OF the regular army
when Russia. France and Germany
Were squabbling at Tientsln over ones
IONS or precedence. General Chair
made speech to the other command
ers. 1t was brief and brusaue. and II
carried the day. The allied column
moved ON to Picking in O rush rather
than a march.
The new chief OF staff was a cavalry
private forty-three years ago. No
rookie" Of regulars ever rose to the
command OF the army before. II is n
career OF duty done as he found II. He
did not become captain until 1897
ana then for twenty-one years he stuck
as troop commander of Company I of
the famous Sixth cavalry, campaigning
against Indians from the Mexican bor.
DER to the Canada line. He is today
the simple. kindly. square jawed sol
der that buckled on a saber as a prI-
vate. OF the old Sixth in '61.-Collier,s
Weekly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

was proved the other day near York.
when the last one Of tripIets died at tho
age OF eighty-six years, the two others
having died two and ak years ago,
aged eighty-four and eighty years. re-
specuveiy. They were or the Strickler
tamily-a name which nbounds In York
county. David, the brother who was
born last, died FIRST. and Mary. who
was born first survived the longest
Mary was married to Harry Gross,
while the. other sister. Magdalena. was
married to Henry Quickle. This pota-
bic trio spent their days I'm the peace
and quiet OF country life. which prob
ably added to their longevity.-Phila-
ceiphia Record.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

majesty ana grace or this republic was
Abraham Lincoln" He was as true
and pure and noble and patient and
God inspired an American as ever
lived.
Lesson OF Love.
Today. If ] had * In my power, I
would start pilgrimage to the Spring
field tomb. l would have the southern
er as well as the northerner, easterner
and the westerner go there and learn
the lesson OF gentle and glorious love.
What" some cynic cries. would you
have the southerner 10 there as to a
shrine?" Yes. my brother, I would
have the southerner go to Lincoln's
tomb and kneel, the same as ! would
have the northerner go to the sacred
tomb OF Lexington. Va, and bow rev.
ereDtly before the dust of honored, gen
tie Robert r. Lee. Both OF these men
were conquerors Both have subdued
and by their example will yet subdue
great hosts. whose numbers, In the dim
future. Will be counted by the millions.
Both have won and will win their
greatest victories not by the sword.
but by love. When the civil war was
closing these two great leaders were
able to say to each other. "Thou art my
brother" Both are enshrined In their
nations love and admiration
Trust In God.
Therefore, fellow countrymen. with
the universal affections or the American
people, cannot the north come with her
sacred dust OF Springfield. ILL.,, and the
south come with her sacred dust OF
Lexington. Va; then after the north
and south with their precious burdens
have both met at the national capitol at
Washington cannot the two different
sections which once stood face to face
In battle now stand side by side and
bury their two sacred dead In one
grave? Then over this one grave, en-
tombing the commingling dust OF the
two sacred dead. cannot and will not
the reconciled north and south chisel
one single God given epitaph, such as
old Kentucky placed upon her memorial
shaft. erected upon the once blood soak
ed field of Chickamauga 70 her 'boys
In gray" and TO her "boys In blue" "As
we are united In life and they unit
ed in death, let one monument per-
petuate their deeds and one people. for
getful OF ali asperIties, forever hold In
grateful remembrance all the glories Of
that terrible conflict which made all
men free and retained every star upon
the nations Tag"
Abraham Lineoln's parting words to
bis fellow tswnsmen when for the last
time he left the Springfield depot for
the natiopal capital were these: To-day
leave you. so to assume a task
more difficult than that which devolved
upon Washington. Unless the great
God who assisted him shall be with
and aid me I must fail, but IL the same
Omniscient mind and Almighty arm
that directed and protected him shall
guide and support me shnll not fail.
shall succeed. Let US all pray that
the God of our fathers may not forsake
us now. To him I commend you all.
Permit me to ask that with equal sin
cerity and faith you will invoke his
wisdom and guidance for me-" This
was the keynote of his whole gentle.
loving, patient, forgivlng life: Trust in
God and patient dependence upon the
divine will. To Abraham Lincoln's
God I commend you. May that God
forever guide us ALI
Copyright 1904 by Louis Klopsch.l
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
A Mode.t Danauet.

w. ]. Arkell. formerly publisher of
Judge and Leslle's Weekly, tells this
story apropos of Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer's
gift to Columbia university:
when Joseph Pulitzer came to New
York TO take the World out of the
hands OF William Hurlbert and Manton
Marble he invited notable company to
dinner on the evening after the first
paper was Issued under his manage
ment- The party included, as nearly as
l Gun remember. John A. CockerilI. who
afterward died In Alexandria. Ecypt
while in the service OF the New York
Herald; Ballard Smith, who was for q
time managing editor OF the Sun:
Charles Brooks, the criminal lawyer:
John r. Fellows. the talented district
attorney. and others whose names /
cannot now recall. Instead OF taking
them to Delmonico's, where they all
expected to go. Mr., Pulitzer conducted
them to Hitchcock's famous beanery.
then occupying cellar on the spot
where the Pulitzer building now stands.
Said he as he ordered beef and beans
and 'sinkers' and coffee for the whole
party:
Gentiernen. when the Princeton
or Harvard graduate comes to New
York to enter Journalism he dimes first
at Delmonico's and ends up at Hitch
cocks. We will begin, with your per-
mission. at Hitchcock's, and we hone
to end at Delmonico's.'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
How AIeseren Made M. Mark

Admiral Alexeieff rose from the ranks
or the Russian navy. He first attracted
attention while in this country. young
lieutenant without influence and with.
out family. He had landed at San
Francisco from cruise in Alaskan wa
ters on the battleship Rurlck when war
was imminent between Russia and
Great Britain over the Balkans. He at
once cabled to the Russian naval office
asking permission to purchase ia this
country number Of vessels to be used
as commerce destroyers to prey on
English commerce and received q reply
to the effect that there was not time for
the deal. Alexeied telegraphed back a
respectful message TO the effect that
he perhaps knew the situation better
In America than II was known in Rus
sia and received the necessary permits.
sion. In ten days he had purchased
eight ships, and although the war cloud
soon blew over the incident was the
making OF Alexeieff Upon his return
TO Russia he was given command of a
ship. and In three years he was an adj
mfral. Now he is vice car of Greater
Russia and lord OF ali the lands which
lie between BaikaI and the Pacific and
which extend from the Arctic to the
Yellow ea,"-New Orleans Times-Dem.
ocrat.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
cabInr. Coincidence r..a

JUST ms recent cabinet meeting
broke mp the president found a Quarter
on the door. WHO lost Il Quarter p" he
asked.
i didn't" said Secretary Hay.
Secretary Hitchcock counted his
money.
Strange TO say" he announced. az
have just as much as I had when i
came in"
lis 1t yours. CortelyouY' asked the
president.
mo. SIR said the secretary OF com
merce and labor.
How about you. Knoxf" asked the
president, holding up the silver between
thumb and forehngcr.
i never carry so much money In one
piece, the attorney general replied.
The other members of the cabinet
Moody. Shaw. Root. Wilson and PAYNE
were absent.
1t was decided to turn the money
over to the conscience fund as con-
tribution from the five absentees. "for.'
as the president remarked, "even IL
they have no eonscienccs they should
have" = Washington Cor New York
World.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
There. Nothing New.

The delicate operation of trephinine
was known to "the neolithic age"
when men lived In caves and fought
with stone hammers. Savage tribes
perform the same operation today.
Eighty per cent OF the cases treated in
New Britain with a piece Of stone or
shell as surgeons knife recover.
George Washington's famous set of
false teeth. which fitted SO badly that
they gave HIS mouth the square look
noted In bis later portraits. were al
most the only ones In the country in
his day. The art OF making them had
been rediscovered for perhaps the hun
dredth time by a French doctor. Yet
false teeth have been found In Etrus-
can graves made long before the his
toric period.
The newest model Of double sauce
pan," to prevent food from burning
while being cooked. has been dug up
In the ruins OF Pompeii.
An ancient vase In q Roman museum.
made no one knows when and repre-
senting Homer's heroes resting during
the period OF the Trojan war, repre-
sents one OF the young fellows as busy
with o punching bag hung at the
limb OF q tree.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
A Queer Legal decision.

The Australian government finds #,
self the defendant in suit for $4,000
on account of the most absurd of de-
cisions. The new immigration law de.
ciares that an immigrant must submit
TO an educational test in his native Ian.
guage before he is allowed to land. Not
long ago mate on ship was arrested
ror-smuggling. When he was released
ne was ordered to submit to the test or
be expelled from the country. 1t was
FOUND that his father was a German
and his mother a native OF Egypt. He
was born In Alexandria. 1t was de-
cided, therefore, that his native Ian
euage was Greek, since Greece is the
European country nearest to Egypt.
he failed TO pass an examination and
was condemned to q further imprison-
ment or six months. Now he is suing
for damages, with a fair chance of get.
ting them.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
Aunt Ann's Doubts

Sometimes" remarked Aunt Ann
PEBBLES, 81 almost doubt whether
Sister Hinklesby is even Christian.
She's so busy looking aftef the souls
OF other people an gettin' donations
for the poor an helpm' all sorts of
folks out of trouble that don't be-
ileve she's ever stopped to see
whether she's got her own soul
saved or not. Chicago Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

Several medical men were DISCUSSING
queer phases OF their profession when
the subject OF twins came up. 'It is
generally believed by both the laity
and the medical profession" said DR..
b. A. Hoover OF Wrightsville. who was
one or the party. that where twins or
tripiets are born they have meaual
chances to survive in the, race OF life
on account OF having been uneoually
endowed by nature with physical
strength, a notable exception to this
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

How, then, did he want to reech ouk
the hand Of reconciliation On Feb. s.
1865, after the outcome OF the war was
practically decided, he drafted q Bill
by which. II congress consented, $780,
100000 was to be paid on account Of
the liberation OF the slaves. BE pre-
sented this proposed bill 10 his cabinet.
and when they unanimously rejected
1t the president. as Norman Hapaood
tells US. sadly folded Ii up and laid
1t away" AS soon as Richmond had
been evacuated he got on the cars and
started south. He went not as a con-
queror. but as messenger OF peace.
In his plain, simple way he practically
said to the old Yirginians: "I am your
brother. / am your friend. Come, be
my brother and my friend" When
that other messenger OF peace. Ulysses
5. Grant, practically said to the OH
GERS and men OF the disbanding south
ern armies alike: go home. Take your
horses and pillow your fields. Go home
and be our friends and comrades in
stead OF our foes." what was IAncoln's
comment? "Goodi Goodl All right
Exactly the thingr Admiral Porter
gives these as Lincoln's words. which
ne heard him repeat a dozen times. In
the glorious hopes Lincoln held of fu-
ture reconciliation. do you wonder that |
Henry Grady. the eloquent Georgian.
was impeiled to say that the first |
who comprehendcd within himself all
inc strength and gentleness, all the
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

- - ~OA'SA Ia w kudkcI
In public life.
An Advocate of the Law.
What was Lincoln's stand when great
abolitionist meeting was held In Spring
seid some years before the war? There
the opponents Of slavery proposed by
force OF arms to defy the public author
tiles and drive out the Shareholders
from the then territory OF Kansas.
When called upon for a speech Lincoln
shocked come OF his very best friends
and, as some thought, then and there
signed hts own political death warrant.
Let these be peaceT he empha tically
said "Revolutionize through the bal
lot box Your attempt, IL there be such.
10 resist the laws OF Kansas by force
Is criminal and wicked, and all your
feeble attempts will be follies and end
by bringing sorrow on your own heads
and ruin on the cause you would free
~ die to preserve" What said he I'm
his famous speech delivered on July
IL, 1858, m answer to one of the
charges made against him by Douglas?
NOW. as TO the Dred Scott decision.
Tor upon that Senator Douglas makes
ms last point against me. am op-
posed TO that decision in a certain
sense, but not in the sense In which he
puts It 1 say that in 30 far as 1t de-
cided IN favor Of Dred SCOTS master
and against bred Scott and his fam
iiy do not propose to disturb or resist
the decision. l never have proposed to
90 any such thing. 1 think that In re-
spect for judicial authority my humble
history would not suffer In comparison
with that OF Judge Douglas" When
some enthusiasttc admirers asked him
this question: HAS the territory of
Kansas a right to come into the Union
slave state II the people wish" LIN
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
.LEGALS.

Order for Hearing Application for
Appointments of Administrator.
sTaTf OF IF Ms,ts ssrns IS:
In Probate Court, Special Term, pril
5th, 1904 >
In the matter of the estate of Ignatz
Clemens Meyer, deceased:
On receiving and fling the petition Of
Wilhelmine Meyer Of the county of Stearns
representing. among other things, that Ignatz
Clemens Meyer. late of the county of Stearns
in the state of Minnesota, on the 9Th day OF
December, A. ID. 1902, at the county of Stearns
this county at the time of his death, leaving
goods. chattleS and estate within this county
and that the said petitioner is the widow
of said deceased, and praying that
administration of said estate be to John
BrommenSchenkel. granted;
is ordered that said petition be heard
efore said court on Friday, the Goth day of
April. A. ID. 1904. at 9 o'clock a. m, at the
Probate Office in the court house, in the city
OF st. Cloud, in said county.
ordered further that notice thereof be Civ
en- to the heirs of said deceased and to
all persons interested, by publishing
this order once In each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hear
ing in the SAUK CENTRE HERALD, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at the
city OF Sank Centre, in said county.
Dated at st. Cloud, MIMI, this 18th day
By the Court.
lSEAL' DAVID 7. CALHOUN,
Judge OF Probate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Confessions of a Priest.

Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark,
writes, "For IL years I suffered from
Yellow Jaundice. l consulted num-
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Are you a Dyspeptic?

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
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