The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-06


Swift meteors become visible at an
average height of eighty-four miles and
disappear at fifty-six miles, while the
very slow meteors come in sight at
about sixty-five miles and fade away
at thirty Height miles. Of the very slow
meteOrs those that become visible at
the greatest heights come twenty miles
nearer the earth than those of very
low radiant.
Paid For the Advice.
Old Hunks injecting a physician at
the club,-Doc, what ought man do
when he has an all overish feeling. as
If he were going to have an attack Of
the grip? Crusty NJ. DIE ought to
consult good physician about it. Old
Hunks Well, that advice ought to be
worth dollar anyhow Here it is.
I'll go and hunt him up.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Girls In Guatemala.
None of the maidens in Guatemala
are allowed to go abroad from their
homes without the company of
chaperon. and a lover is only allowed
to come and court his sweetheart
through the heavily barred windows
of her fathers home After they are
married they pass along the streets in
Indian file. the woman marching
ahead, so that the husband can be in
a position TO prevent any 6irtations.
The Sage Plant.
Sage is a nutritive, farinaceous sub
stance obtained from the pith of sew
eral species of palms growing in such
hot countries as Java and Sumatra.
The stem. about fifteen to twenty feet
long, is cut into pieces and the pith
dug out and placed in a vessel having
a sieve bottom. Water poured into the
sieve washes the -four thus exposed
into Il second vessel. When the water
is poured off and the residue becomes
dry it is known as sage -four. The
pith left behind forms what is known
as common brown sage.
Throwing the Dart.
Throwing the dart is a picturesque
custom which is observed in Cork. Ire
land. Every third year the chief mag
istrate proceeds to the mouth of Cork
harbor in full state. Following imme-
mortal custom. he throws a dart into
the sea-a dart with head of gold
and shaft of mahogany-saying. II
cast this javelin into the sea and de-
clare that as far around as it falls eX-
tend the right and dominion of the cor
poration of Cork to and over the har-
Dor as well as the rivers. creeks and
bays within the same"
The Rule of Three.
Professor McGoozle-It is astonish-
ing how little the young people of the
present day know of mathematics.
For example. Miss Tartun-or you.
Mr.. Sparks-do you remember what
the rule of three is:
Miss Tartun-Oh. yes, professor:
haven't forgotten that. | think. Three
is a crowd" That riGht:-ChicagO
Tribune
0tSdiiUSs
why do you call your story The
Thieves Romance"
Because it is all about stealing"
How"
"Wel. the story of the romance goes
this way: She stole look: then he
stole kiss. Next they had stolen
meetings. they stole Il march on their
friends. and both stole away"
81 suppose the nett thing they VII
be stea ling back"
Amber girls.
For many hundreds of years amber
girls has been employed in sacerdotal
rites of the church and with fragrant
gums it was formerly burned in the
apartments of royalty. To some ex-
tent it was used as medicine and as
a favoring for certain dishes. Now
adays ambergris is utilized almost ex-
clusively by perfumers in the prepara-
ton of fine scents.
Heron's Foot For Bait.
So great is the heron's repute as
fisher that it has long been thought
that it's feet. owing to some peculiar
scent or oil which they were supposed
to possess. attracted the fish, more
especially cells. to within easy reach or
its beak In some places the rustic
angler still believes that if heron's
foot is placed with his worms the lat
ter are more eagerly taken by fish,
London Outlook.
Bad Writer With a Good Memory.
Harvey Waters, an expert on patent
cases. had occasion to write Rufus
Choate Oh some important question
and when he received the reply was
unable to read word Of it, so took
the missive TO Mr. Choate and asked
him what he had written Mr.. Choate
replied. Il never can read my writing
after the ink is dry. but if you tell me
what it is about will tell you what I
have written" And he did.
Saffron as a Perfume.
1t seems strange to us today to read
OF saffron as a perfume. But such 1t
undoubtedly was almost universally.
and the element of romance" about it
lies in the story told by Hakluyt of
pilgrim smuggling. at the risk of his
life, from the Levant head of SAT-
from in a hollow made in his staff