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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Starved in Midst Of Plenty.

A curious story is told in a London
contemporary by correspondent who
recently discovered in an old bureau
letter sent by relative in Australia
many. many years ago. 1t was written
by squatter in the bush, was much
faded, and grains of the sand which
had been used to dry the letter still
adhered to it. The missive breathed
disconsolance. Times were bad, there
was too much drought, and too much
sand; the writer saw no prospect Of
good times. Annoyed at the illegible
passages the reader called in the SER
vices of a chemist friend, who sue
ceeded in restoring them. But the
chemicals which were applied to the
paper had a curious effect on the
grains of sand. 1t revealed many Of
them as grains of gold.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
kite-FIyino Contests.

In response to a demand of the
times for athletics that lead to high
thinking, few sports can take rank
with the kite flying In the open fields
the sportsman's every resource is in
play while he struggles with the
string controlling the big kite tugging
at the other end. His thoughts, if he
INDUCES in any, are concerned with
immutable laws and lofty affairs OF
the universe. Kite-fying contests are
the excitement of the hour in the east
ern states. Not long since 127 boys
of Greater New York entered fol-
medals offered by the West Hudson
Aero club, and other similar events
have been heard from in which both
boys and girls exercised ingenuity in
kite invention and craft in managing
their airships.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Remembered the Cats.

All the cats in Ireland would purr
their grateful regard for the late Miss
Alice Mary Swifte, of Earlsport Man.
sions, Dublin, if they knew the pro-
visions of her will. About $4,000,
more than half the amount of her
estate, is left to cats-that is to say,
is devised for their benefit. Of this,
100000 goes to the Dublin Home for
Forsaken and Starving Cats for the
support of the home and for the
chloroform chambers, where cats may
be put painlessly to death. Miss
Swifte was always down on vivisec-
ton, and a clause in her will provides
that if ever any of the cats are used
for vivisection or anatomical purposes
the bequest shall be void; $3.50 is left
to the chief of the Irish constabulary,
and any person who prosecutes any
one for cruelty to cats will receive
$40 out OF the income.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Tombstone Mortaiitv-

Nobody ever dies in Tombstone un-
less they bring it within" or fall
into 6OO-foot vertical shaft or buy
an automobile or sass" their mother
in-laW or try to thaw out powder or
mistake cyanide of potassium for
sugar or start off a county seat re.
moval racket Some died of old age,
some old partners of Daniel Boone,
but none has ever been known to die
from physical irregularities contract
ed in Tombstone, aside from the
above mentioned causes, and occasion
ally an abnormal tightness about the
throat, superinduced by a coil of ma
Mia rope, or from a cold caught
through hole made by a .45.-Tomb-
stone (Ariz.) Epitaph.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
The Thrifty Chinese.

With their wonted acute perception
of the possibilities of things, the Chi
nese have taken advantage of the anti
mosquito campaign in the French con-
cession to enrich themselves, says the
Siamese Weekly News. One of the
methods adopted to destroy the en-
bryo nuisances is to pour kerosene
on the waters of the various creeks
and pools and as a consequence most
of them now carry surface covering
of oil. The Chinese, who 40 not view
the work in the same light as the for
eigners, have recently commenced
skimming the creeks of the floating
oil and using it for their own pur-
pOSeS
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Don't Ask for Sympathy.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has always
been characterized by overflowing
sympathy for the unfortunate, espe.
cially the unfortunate sick: neverthe-
less writing in Harper's Bazaar on SYM
pathy. she takes the point Of view
that it is a luxury all of us should
learn to do without I'VE have come
20 recognize absolutely the limitations
of human sympathy, and it is some
thing to have learned where it can
not follow us. After ali. very few
people in this world" observes Mrs.
Phelps keenly, ARE tender. Even
among women the genuine quality is
not common. Let us be content to as
sumo sympathy in our friends. We
shall not receive any less OF it for be-
lieving in it,"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Twin Tunnels Opened.

The twin tunnels extending be-
meath the Hudson river from the
Pennsylvania Terminal station in Jer-
sey City to the Hudson Terminal
building in Manhattan, at Cortlandt
street, were recently opened for oper-
alton, says Scientific American. Trains
run from a five-track station, so feet
below the Pennsylvania Terminal, to
a track loop station beneath the
Terminal building. AS soon as
sufficient cars can be obtained
from the builders, the twin tun-
nel running parallel with the
Hudson shore line on the Jersey
side, and extending from the Penn.
sylvania to the Lackawanna terminals,
will be also placed in operation.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Paris Wineshcps.

There are in Paris over 10000 wine
shops and 500 popular bars. and the
number is increasing every day. In
the populous quarters of the city
there is hardly a wineshop in which
you will not find one or N ore gambling
apparatuses. An estimate which is
far below the reality places the num-
Der of automatic machines of this kind
in the Paris bars and wineshops at
$500, and their daily takings at three
dollars each. That represents sum
of $1O,5O0 filched from the pockets OF
the working classes every day.. or
over $3,S00,000 a year What is worse
still, probably an equal amount in
counters is cashed for needless
drinks, so that those who participate
in this unprofitab!r game are reduced
to two unattractive alterIatives-to
lose their money or be POISONED.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Turkev Eesdv for Ayskenino

The Turkish empire has a popula-
tion of $4,000 in Europe and 1850
600 in Asia Minor. Co2stantinople
has at least 100000 people, including
100000 Greeks, 10000 Germans, 1900
Austrians and French, 5000 Italians,
1000 English. and possibly 800 Amer
leans. The natives are of all degrees
of Turkish and Arab origin. Thou
sands of them are well-to-do or veal
thy, broad-minded and ready for the
awakening to which the nation and
Constantinople in particular are rapid
ly advancing. There is now a great
future for trade In Turkey. Official
notices already Issued cover a number
of large and important public works.
Consular report.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Fine Brazilian Oranges.

Travellers and cc1noisseurs who
have tasted ali the fruits of the world
are of one voice and rapt opinion in
pronouncing the oranges of Bahia.
Brazil, the sovereign lord and king of
all fruits. The dreamed-of apples of
Hesperides no more touch the realiza-
ton and surprise these oranges bring
than crow touches a channel-cross-
ing flying machine. The Bahian
Grange is not only gastronomic sur
prise. but a startling awakening of
the mind to something new and
strange. Like the first touch of loves
young dream, one cannot all at once
realize that life and the world could
contain anything so deliciously sweet
and perfect.-New York Press.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Birth of West VIRGINIA.

The act approving the admission of
the state of West Virginia as the thir-
ty-fifth state, to the union, passed con-
gress December 81, 1862, to take ef-
feet June 20, 1863. The peculiar shape
of the state of Virginia made many
counties, on its western side, border
on the northern states of Ohio and
Pennsylvania, and in those counties
sentiment, at the beginning of the CIV
ii war was strongly northern, which
led to frequent meeting of their inhab-
itants and the final creation out of
them of the state of West Virginia.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Cars Miraculous Coins,

Among the cars possessions are
some ancient coins which came to him
in curious manner. Some years ago
certain Jew dreamed three times
that the spirit of Czar Alexander III.
appeared to him and told him that
some coins which he owned and which
had been procured from a wonder
working rabbi had the power of shield.
ing any one from all evil, and begged
the Jew to give them to Nicholas II.
The old man was greatly impressed
by his visions and at once cent the
coins with an account of his dreams
to the Russian ambassador at Vienna,
who had them conveyed to Nicholas.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Dra\uiros and PAINTINGS.

The first sketch from nature which
a great artist makes nearly always
has freshness which he only labors
away in the picture he bases on 1t;
and the rough pencil or charcoal lines
OF the former frequently reveal more
of his feeling toward his subject than
all his anxious manipulations OF the
brush. That is why it is SO exceeding
ly worth while to collect and cata.
ogue every scrap of drawing that
once Uttered a great painters studio.
His drawings give you his intentions;
his paintings do not always give you
their fulfillment. 1t is true that a
drawing is incomplete, but therein lies
its charm. Possessing a drawing you
possess a hope, and hope is better for
mcrtals.-T. P.'s Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Bold New York Criminals.

Nowadays criminals seem to have
no respect for place or person. as is
clearly shown by several cases re
ported to the New York authorities
during the past week. One of these
irreverent free-booters robbed the
poor box in one Of the churches an.
other had the audacity to break into
the house of policeman and ruth.
lessly to despoil the slumbering
guardian of the public safety. A
third man showed so little considera.
tion for the sanctity of the court that
he picked court clerks pocket
while the official acted as Interpreter
in a police court case.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
ror.rium Seals joke.

Scores OF vlslto.s to the aquarium
Battery park are victims every day
II a lecu!iar Joke and the perpetra-
oT is 4n Old seal. This big fellow
as tank To himself and he swims
ibout quietly enough Until crowd
objects at the rail to watch him.
Then he swims over where the crowd
IS thickest. suddenly rears his body
out of the water and falls back ''ker-
plunk." The water splashes ten feet
in the air and everybody in the vicin-
ity gets a ducking The old seal
dashes to the other side of the tank
and seems to enjoy watching his vic
tins mopping the water from their
faces. The victims usually collect at
a safe distance and wait to enjoy the
discontinue of the next crowd.-New
York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Ask National TARGET Rance.

Army officers are suggesting a ma.
tional target range which will be suf-
ficient for all kinds of practice for
the army, navy and marine corps,
from pistol shooting to field artillery
1t is proposed to acquire by purchase
fifteen or twenty thousand acres of
land in Virginia near Washington
This could be so arranged that all of
the target practice in this part of the
country as well as competition shoot
ing could be held here. A proposal
that the government purchase Camp
Perry. the Ohio, target range, is not
well received. Camp Perry is not
adapted to mixed firing under actual
campaign conditions. An appropria.
tion from congress may be asked to
buy the Virginia tract.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Imitation in MONKEYS.

That the tendency of monkeys to
learn by imitation is deep-seated is
shown by the total results of my in.
vestigation. No one of the seven ex
periments failed to yield at least one
case of imitation. Four of the exper
iments yielded imitation, successful
or partly successful, for every animal
given the full series of tests. The
other three gave total of five fail
ures. AS a whole the investigation
yielded 16 cases of successful imita
ton, three of which were immediate
From the Century.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Drug Used to Good Effect.

A correspondent asks in the British
Medical Journal is small hypodermic
injection of morphine, not sufficient to
cause drows:ness, would do good to
a speaker suffering from extreme ner-
vousness. I'VE have no experience
of this treatment, but it is within our
knowledge" says the Journal. that
great actress was enabled to face
a trying ordeal of the first night by
means of seven drops of laudanum.
She learned to rely confidently on this
medicine, which never failed of its
effect. AS the drug was given only on
these special occasions she never con.
tracted the opium habit"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
One Way to Do II.

In northern New York is a little
town classically called Naples, where,
by the way, the novelist Emery Pottle
was born and raised. There the folk
evidently have way of their own for
doing things, for this word was re.
Gently sent to former resident, now
located in New York City:
There will be a big change in
town before you visit us again. There
is some talk of moving the tall hall
over by the lamppost, two blocks
down Main street, so as to give the
front a better light" -N
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Clothes Made of Fish Skins.

The skin of fish does not suggest
itself as suitable material for the
making of clothes, yet it is used for
this purpose by tribe of Tartars in
Manchuria. They inhabit the banks
of the Peony river, and live by fish
ing and hunting. During the last hun.
dred wears they have become nearly
extinct owing to the invasion of their
donna n by agricultural Chinese. They
are known as Fish-skin Tartars. The
fish they use is the tamara, a species
of salmon. Both flesh and skin Of
this fish are supposed to possess won
derful heat-giving properties.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
New EnaIand's Libraries,

According to the statistics Of the
national bureau of education, New
England is conspicuous in the number
of Libraries. Her states lead the rest
of the country, except that California
is ahead of Rhode Island. The for
mer state has one library for every
6,102 persons, while in Rhode Island
there is one for every 6,3S7 In the
number of volumes per capita, how
ever, the little state is ahead, having
200 volumes for each citizen. New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Con-
necticut are ahead of her in the order
named, and Maine and Vermont fol.
low
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Possibilities in Jimson Weed.

bleaching principle from the common
Jimson weed and place it within reach
of family and laundry use has for
tune in store 1t is well-known fact
that there is no better way of bleach
ing the family linen during washing
than by putting few leaves of jimson
into the boiler, but there is an objec-
tion to this practice, as very un-
pleasant odor is the result This can
be removed, however, by placing the
clothes in cold water and boiling them,
or by repeated rinsing, but all this
is troublesome, and therefore many
who know the value of the leaves do
not use them.-Eternal Progress.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
The Culture of the Ace

We are now passing through the
age of the Distribution of knowledge
The spread of the English-speaking
race since 1850 and the cheapness
of printing. have brought in primers
and handbooks by the million. All
the books of the older literatures are
being distracted and sown abroad in
popular editions. The magazines full.
fill the same function; every one of
them is a penny cyclopedia.-John
Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other
Essaps"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
CaterpiIIars Grease the Rails.

Caterpillars have been seriously in
terfering with the movement of Cana
dian Pacific trains near Fredericton
Junction, and the locomotives run
ming over that section of the big rail-
road system have been equipped with
steam jets so that the pests can be
removed from the rails as the trains
proceed. Caterpillars infesting the
railroad tracks in such numbers that
the service has been seriously affect
ed have been heard of before, but it
is doubtful if they have proved any
more troublesome in this section of
the country than in the vicinity of
Fredericton. where thousands upon
thousands of the pests have covered
the tracks in places for a distance of
several miles.-Kennebec Journal
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Would Be a Reformer.

Miss Kang Tung Pin was one Of
this years graduates at Barnard and
will return to China to take up edu-
cational work in that country. She
will establish women's clubs through.
out the country, as she thinks the
Chinese women will be benefited by
the organized study that such clubs
will suggest. She wants kindergarten
education in the Chinese schools. She
thinks Chinese wives would be hap
pier if they knew something more of
western ideas of personal freedom.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Training Future Hotel keepers.

An interesting scheme under the
patronage of the chamber of COM
merce of Mentone is afoot for the
foundation in the Riviera of a hotel
keepers school for Frenchmen. 1t is
pointed out that the hotel Industry on
the Riviera alone represents a capi.
tai of s75.oOO.OOO sterling, and that
most of the hotels belong to Swiss
and other foreigners There is no
real reason why Frenchmen should
not make excellent hotel keepers. but
hotel keeping has to be learned, and
the idea is to found school at which
young Frenchmen may be trained in
everything pertaining to the hotel.
from languages to cooking and hy-
giene. In Switzerland a number of
these schools exist.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Russia's Financial Situation.

A pamphlet published in England
''for distribution among people who
may be asked to give financial aid to
Russia by purchasing the state bonds
of that country" says: The finan-
cial condition of the empire is alb
normal. according to the statement OF
Tcherewansky of the imperial finance
commission. Exports are continually
falling off and imports increasing
Never since the famine year-lS92-
has the breadstuff report been SC
poor. The hope of the empire lies in
taxation. and it is a grave question
whether this will be adequate to meet
the nations obligations
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Warned in a Dream.

When Martin Michael went to his
work in a lumber yard in Brooklyn,
N. Y, the other morping. he told his
fellow-workmen that he had had a
curious dream and was afraid it fore.
shadowed trouble for him. He seemed
worried over it, but the other men
laughed and he did not speak of it
again. About ten minutes before the
time to quit work for the day. a
sharp splinter of wood few from a
piece Michael was holding against
a buzz-saw, and passed through
his body. A doctor was hurriedly
called, but Michael was beyond hu.
man aid.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
New Idea for Iona Life.

A novel method of attaining longevi-
t. was practiced by Mrs. Yetta Schulz
man, who died recently in New York
at the advanced age of 1O5 years. Mrs.
Schulman paid no particular attention
to points OF diet. exercise, sleep, ETC.,
which usually figure largely in rules
laid down for those growing old She
believed that the lives of aged per.
sons could be prolonged if they asso-
ciated constantly or nearly so with
young people. and she apparently veri-
fed her theory, for she spent the
greater part of her time in company
with children. even taking part in
their sports with lively interest,"
LeSlie's Weekly
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Historic EnoIish Oak

In the village of Polstead, Suffolk,
stands a famous oak, which the rector
has proved by researches to be 1000
years old. 1t has girth of SO feet
and has always been known as the
Gospel oak, as under it the first Chris.
tian missionaries preached to the
heather Saxons 13 centuries ago.
Each year this is commemorated BY
IA special service under the tree.-Lon.
don STANDARD.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Affects $4,000 Railroad Men.

Twenty-seven thousand employees of
the Boston & Maine railroad became
eligible for a pension when Gov.
Draper signed the pension act which
was petitioned for by Harry H. Will.
son, chairman of the pension commit
tee. There seems little doubt that
the measure will be unanimously
adopted among the great body of
workingmen, and that the measure
will be accepted as an important pre-
cedent for not only other railroads of
the country, but for all the large pub.
lie service corporations.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
A Bachelor Bazaar.

A bachelor fair is one of the means
employed in Belgium for bringing
about happy marriages. Such a fair
has been held annually in Ecausines
for the past seven years. This year it
took place on the 31st of May, avail
able bachelors from anywhere being
cordially invited. The unmarried girls
of the town met the arriving bachel-
ors at the railroad station and es-
corted them to the town hall to regis
ter. In the afternoon there was a
pageant of bachelors in the market
place, followed by speech-making. In
the evening a concert and ball con-
cluded the fair.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Women Allowed to Carry Arms.

An opinion given by the corporation
counsel of Chicago to the chief of po-
lice ought to bring bit of comfort
to the suffragettes. A woman en-
ployed by department store applied
to the chief for appointment as spe
cial police officer, with the right to
carry revolver and a billy" The
city's legal adviser has decided that
there is no express constitutional
disqualification of females, no affirma-
tive statement of qualifications which
would exclude them, and there is
nothing in the duties imposed by
service of foreign troops, unless in
deed another instance of the same
statute law or city ordinance upon a
police officer which would imply the
necessity or intended exclusion of
either sex" The chief has made the
appointment.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
The Carbonate stino

Signs and symbols seem to be Just
as effective now as in the early days
of our race, when the primitive alb
original chiseled In picture language
the record Of his doings. There are
still enough undeveloped minds among
us to give pictures more force than
printed words, and the whiplash on
the end of the cartoonist's facile pen.
ell more and more frequently raises
welts where the editorial and spread
headline cannot sting the thick hide.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Chance for Some Princess.

History is always repeating itself.
It is most unoriginal, but never more
so than when young king sets out to
pay visits to superior monarchs.
There is always marriage in the royal
eye. Manuel II. of Portugal does not
precisely a-wooing go, but if he finds
a bride in England no one will be
surprised. King Alfonso's successful
matrimonial venture will inspire this
other boy kings mother, at least, to
pull the wires at court where she is
always welcome. At all events the
calling tour" of King Manuel arouses
speculation, and must prove a god
send to European gossips.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Nested in a Bee Hive.

An unusual sight was witnessed at
West Ashby, near Horncastle, Eng.
and, where wagtail built is nest in
a bee hive and sat on ten eggs, despite
the bees being busy at work below
The bird entered by the roof of the
hive through small hole. 1t carried
quite a heap Of hay and other ma
terial bit by bit through this hole, and
made a cosy nest. The bees were by
no means disturbed by their lodger,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
Americans, as Usual, to the Fore.

In order to raise the 10000 kronen
still necessary for the Johann Strauss
memorial, to be erected in Vienna,
a series of performances will be given
at the Theater an der Wien, where
nearly all the waltz kings operas
were performed for the first time.
Members of the operate companies
and the various musical organizations
OF that city have volunteered their
services, and the best seats for the
first performance, which will be "The
Gypsy Baron" have already been SUBJ
scribed for In commenting on the
assured success Vienna paper says
that visiting Americans have been the
most liberal subscribers.