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


IN suspension weight up to twenty
times it's own
Men and Mules.
LOOK a man in the eye when you
nave anything to say to him-likewise
mule.-Cincinnati Tribune.
Arab Ladies.
Many an Arab lady never leaves her
house from the time she is married
until her death.
Didn't Go In.
Hell made $500 out Of the chicken
business. She-Did you? HeYes;
stayed out.-Paris Outlook
A Laborite.
"She's all my fancy painted her."
Does your fancy belong to the paint
ers' ?"-New York Press.
Verifying the Proverb.
The young mice were having a gay
time.
where's your chaperon:" asked a
shocked observer.
THE old cat. She's away" they said
"That's why we're playing. Chicago
Tribune.
What He Was.
A man of letterS-of poor physique
recently knocked policeman down and
is still at large TO tell the tale. 1t was
on the bank Of the upper Thames
where notice bids pedestrians TO en-
ter the towing path by the roadway
The man of letters. however. knew the
short cut and took it. running into a
huge Berkshire constable. See that
notice board:" remarked the constable,
blocking the narrow path. The man of
letters looked. considered and replied
But you see I'm not pedestrian.
The constable considered him from his
hat to his boots and back again. why
what are you them" he asked. I'm a
Congregationalist." said the man of let
tiers. The constable dropped.-London
Chronicle
Curious Apache Belief.
The Apache Indians religious belief
prevents them from committing MUIR
der in the dark. If dozen Apaches
should discover a man sleeping by his
campfire at night no amount of money
would hire them to attack him until
the sun came up. They believe that if
they kill man at night their own
souls will walk in eternal darkness for
ever Knowing this curious supersti-
ers travelling through the Apache ma.
ton in the old days moved about dur
ing the night and lay by in some safe
retreat during the day.
Preservative Peat
Peat possesses wonderful antiseptic
and preSeryative qualities owing to
the presence of tannin. iron and other.
substances in it. Here is an instance:
At the time of the covenanters. in
1853, three men were shot ut a place
called CrossgellOch on the moors above
Old Cumnnck. in Scotland. In 1925
when monument was being erected
to their memory. the workmen came
upon the cGrISeS rolled in their Dlaids
The bodies were in exactly the same
state as when they were buried The
moss had preserved them as if they
had been embalmed
An Cnnivorous Insect.
There is in Egypt little shaggy
black and tan insect about an eighth
of an inch long that eats almost every
thing under the sun In most cOun-
from insects. In Egypt this little ter
ror eats tha ivory and eats the bris.
ties 1t eats your toothbrush and eats
your toothoirk, 1t eats the wool with
which yon are going to mend your
husbands SOrkS--the cards as we'll as
the wool 1t eats the handles off your
knives and forks. 1t rejects nothing
but glass and china and metal-Sla-
den's Egypt and the English
An Eye Test.
Most people believe that they see the
same with both eyes That this is not
the case one can easily convince him
self by the following simple expert
ment: Cover one of the eyes with a
hand or bandage and let the expert
menter attempt to snuff out a candle
suddenly placed within few feet of
him. He will almost invariably miss
reaching or putting the fingers too far
to the right or left of the flame. With
both eyes normal and open the accom-
mediation for distance and direction is
Instantaneous.
Bamboo Cooking Utensils.
The Dyaks of Borneo boil their food
in bamboo cut into lengths of about
two or three feet These are placed
over the fire in such a position that
the joint of the bamboo does not come
in contact with the fire. but rests upon
the ground beyond The fire is placed
under the green and harder part of the
cane. which, by it's silicious coating.
resists the action of the fame until
the provisions are sufficiently pre-
pared. A bundle of leaves placed in
the mouth of the bamboo serves the
purpose of the lid of an ordinary cook
ing vessel.