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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
CORRECT USAGE OF WORDS
Grammarian in T. P.'s London Week
ly Tells Proper Use of "Shall"
and "Wili."

Many persons who otherwise speak
and write correctly are not always
quite sure of the proper places for
shall" and will and for would"
and should" The greater uncertain
ty arises with would and should.
Commenting on this a grammarian ii
T. P's London Weekly admits that
one may If he wishes to lay stress on
his intention say. Il will never forget
your kindness" but most persons will
prefer to soften the Il will" to Il
SHALL" making it an expression of
futurity On the other hand If some
person should ask, VIII put some
Goals on the fire." an appropriate an
swer would mot should) be that you
could not tell. not having prophetic
information as to his intention. This
grammarian informs us that we must
say. Should you be surprised to
learn" because We expect to answer
II should Tor. l should not) be sur
prised." Unless this means Ought
you to be surprised" the rule seems
arbitrary. and scarcely in accord with
WIFI COtuIllOu idCtlCC VOuiu COu-
veys more absolute sense of futurity.
and is less ambiguous. In the Bible
it is used even with the first person,
for example Il Samuel 20:9): If
knew certainly that evil were
to come upon thee, would | not tell
1t thee?" But modern English seems
to have developed an excessive par
TALLY for should. both in questions
and in such incorrect sentences as
He should be fifty today. HE
should have liked this" etc. strfk-
ing instance is the phrase 1T should
SEEM" which occurs in our best writ
ers. yet is wholly ungrammatical. The
objection to this use of should is
that it leads to confusion between flu
turity and obligation If we can not
recover the first-personal use of
would. let us at least refuse to drop
it in other persons. Those who re-
tain it, either in questions or in the
exceeding common Il would like" are
at worst preserving an old idiom.
while their meaning is made more
transparently clear than If they had
used the equivocal should.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
On Jack
OLanfef-n
Night
BY Clara Lucy Deacon
Copyright. 1911, by Associated Literary
Press.)

Copyright. 1911, by Associated Literary
There was a rafting volley OF grav-
ell against the window pane and then
sounds of scampering footsteps dying
away in the distance
What was that?" asked Miss Ger
rick of her startled guests
A ripple of laughter came from the
lower end of the table. why. Aunt
Grace-don't you know it's Hal
loween?' Kitty Gerricks mischieve-
ously pretty face peeped around the
flowers at her handsome, dignified
aunt.
forgotten there was such festival"
exclaimed Miss Gerrick so sincerely
that everybody laughed again. Il
thought the fatal rites were rather
weird and fantastic-indeed. when |
was quite little girl my old Ger
and | recollect she impressed it up
on me that it was well to keep under
cover on that evening, for witches
and COLLINS were abroad"
This is twentieth century fam
tasy." remarked Mrs Bliss cynically.
Nowadays We are convinced that
hobgoblins are delusion of the ig-
norant and superstitious. but in toll
Grant recognition of the occasion, we
ring doorbells, steal gates from their
hinges and toss gravel against the win
dow panes to startle our sensible or
forgetful neighbors.
''Oh, Mrs Bliss" cried Kitty re-
proachfully. what a turncoat you are.
Don't you remember what delightful
Halloween party you gave us two
years ago? We did all the proper
things-worked all the old charms: We
had perfectly lovely time
Mrs Bliss smiled at Kittys en-
thusiasm Thank you, dear. know
you were all the most charming
guests--but | will confess | was dis
appointed when my young people took
it in such matter-of-fact way. They
seemed bored with the charms. but
perfectly happy when the dancing be-
gan. You all spoke of it as "Jack-o'-
Lantern night, when in reality it was
the Eve of All Souls!"
do you really believe in those old
charms?" asked Kitty rather timidly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30

and the young man beside hey seemed
to listen as eagerly as she did for
Mrs. Bliss's reply
Yes. indeed" returned that hap
PLY married matron exchanging a
swift glance with her husband why,
Mr.. Bliss and ] became engaged on
Hallowe'en!"
did one of the charms really work
true?" asked Kitty, blushing under the
gaze OF the interested young man
Yes" Mrs Bliss smiled reminis.
Gently. lit worked true and in the
most unexpected manner possible
In I. very forcibe manner. | may
add said Mr. Bliss impressively
1t was one of those old games
where you pare an apple and toss the
pairing over your shoulder to se. what
initial will take form | had pared the
apple and held it in one hand with
the other hand ! was to toss th par
ing over my left shoulder; only, unfor-
tunately. | became confused and toss
ed the apple over my right shoulder
and it struck Mr.. Bliss in the eye
After that | could not escape" COM
planned Mr.. Bliss goomily. land as
! demanded an explanation and COM
pensation for my pain and-er-fright
we compromised by cceding TO
fate's evident selection and were mar
ried forthwith
There was little murmur of de-
lighted interest, for the Blisses were
markedly an ideally married pair
There must be something in this
Halloween business. after ALL ex-
claimed young Hazen. who sa: next
to Kitty Garrick. and as little smile
went around the table he blushed flu
riously
Capt Aymer put in word of in
quiry. please tell US about these
charms, Mrs. Bliss" he said in his di-
rect sailor way.
All eyes turned to the handsome,
white-haired and sea-bronzed naval
officer who had been quiet listener.
If anyone had glanced at Grace Ger
rick he would have noticed that their
hostess had flushed to the soft waves
of her snowy hair.
AS Capt Aymer listened with grave
attention Mrs. Bliss gave him viva
ciOus account of how the festival OF
All Hallows Eve should be observed.
Al the timerworn charms were re-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
Bio HaiIstones in Pyrenees.

The attainabie size of hailstones has
been brought 10 notice by terrific
storm witnessca on August g. by some
campers al a height of 400 feet in
the Pyrenees. IN the second of two
storms about noon the land was sud-
denly bombarded with hailstones as
large as lawn tennis balls the roar
was deafening; sheep and cattle were
killed. and the ground was deeply
pitted and then covered with winter
sheet of white
Some stones weighed as much as
seven ounces Stones of storm in
the Orkneys were estimated to weigh
eight ounces in October. 1890. and
there is a tradition of fall in the
Pyrenees In 1888 Of stones Weighing
nine ounces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
The Game of Football.

Sailor" Burke. the well-known
pugilist. compared pugilism with foot
ball the other day.
Why" said the sailor. I'D rather
fight than eat. but football is too
rough a game for me. | wouldn't play
in a game of intercollegiate football
for 100 per cent of the gate receipts.
I'm not strong enough. Besides. |
haven't got the nerve"
He laughed and went on:
Last year, at the height of the
football season, | met Yalevard boy
one Saturday night
."'That's bad black eye you're got
there. said Did you get it in to-
days gamer
Yes. did, said he, He scowled
and patted his pocket. But do you
know what I've got here. Sailor?'
No; what?'
The ear of the fellow that black.
ened it,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
ne SO rapidly toward his cabin tina,
he did not hear If

ng SO rapidly toward his biz tina,
ae did not hear it.
That night Ethel Sheldon was
awakened suddenly. Some one was
shaking the door. She sat up and
listened. The housekeeper slept
soundly The shaking continued.
Heavy blows were struck on the door.
There was growing of mems voices.
A mans head appeared at the window
the door ceased There were foot
steps on the sand and then the rat
Ting of oars and the swish of boat.
Ethel ran into the next room and
shook the housekeeper into terrified
wakefulness. Two frightened. hastily
dressed women ran down the beach to
the other cabin half mile away.
At the first call under his window
Bertram staggered up and threw On
his clothes
Far down the river they could hear
the regular dip of oars. The boat was
going toward the town. two miles ir
the distance
back to their cabin 81 shall sleep il
the hammock on your porch the resi-
of the night" he announced "You
will rest better if you know there is
protector on guard
The next morning a skiff landed be
fore Ethefs cabin. A man wearing or
his flannel shirt well-polished stal
stepped from the boat
give brought you notice to move.
he announced "The owner of this is
! land wants to move in and you youns
folks are to leave"
1.-The owner?" The question came
from two pairs of lips
"Mr John Brown owns this island.
He came here with some friends last
night and found his cabin occupied
He banged on the door and nobody an.
swered One OF the men looked
through the window and saw in the
moonlight young lady looking scared
to death. They all left then and
rowed back to town Mr. Brown sent
me out this morning to tell you folks
he'd like his property"
"But it's my island" exclaimed two
| voices
The officer of the law grinned.
There are lots of islands around
here" he explained. None of 'em are
worth much. under water half the
time. and people camp on 'em in the
summer and are not too particular
about whose islands they help them
selves to. Why don't you folks camp
on your own islands? You've each
got one with two shacks on it. Miss
Sheldon, yours is mile north of the
town, and Mr.. Hay, yours is just be-
yond the next bend of the river"
After the officer had gone they sat
for some time in silence
st is not my island" said Ethel
1T is not my island and am glad
of it. The cause of our trouble. the
ownership of the island is gone-it
never existed"
But there would be something
else"
at would vanish as this has done.
Besides, you need me or you would
not have run to me last night when
you were frightened You need pro-
tector"
"A landlord may go to tenant for
help" But the rest of the sentence
was an uninteligible murmur against
his coat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
Sized Things Up.

his actions nor had he bilmped to con-
illusions. He had stood at the gate
and sized things up as he chewed his
cud. He had recognized the fact that
an auto was bigger than he was, and
that it kicked up far more dust. but
he was not disnayed. He was a
goat, and he had never yet met any.
thing that could stand head-on col
lision with him. He would daily for
awhile and then to business. Some
of those who believed they could read
his thoughts said he was picturing to
himself a mile of highway filled with
smashed autos and grooming men
Others warned Miss Cherrie that the
fatal day would dawn for him. but
she refused to fence him in.
One Sunday morning the goat made
ready for business by eating an un-
usually hearty meal and jumping a
fence half dozen times to get the
kinks out of his legs. Then he trot-
ted off to the public square and walt
ed After quarter OF an hour. dur
ing which interval he paid not the
least attention to the insulting re-
marks of the half dozen idlers on the
tavern steps. he espied an auto. There
were three men in it. and they had no
cause for haste.
Plutarch walked to the middle OF
the street and posed himself His
Ssheart did not beat one faster The
auto horn walled at him, but he did
not bat an eye. The coming vehicle
might have swerved from its course,
but it did not. The goat might have
Isidestepped and saved his bacon. but
he was no such goat. Head down and
This tail Jerking. and the collision
8came.
The auto did not rise thirty feet
Unto the air and come down with a
1T was the goat But for
In young man in the tonneau OF the
H,nachine the auto would have passed
I'm with dignified Indifference He or
NIered a stop and got down Before
aim lay the huddled remains OF what
Mad once been goat in his halcyon
lays He was now smashed, fraZzled.
ESoken- pulped Never again for him.
n Some men would have dropped a
hhent tear and passed on to kill dog
another village. but not Fred Glea-
In. His inquiries as to the owner of
le victim were answered, and he
Eaightway proceeded to the resi-
ince OF Broker Vale and sent his
lrd in to Miss Cherrie. She came
Ito the parlor prepared to find book
Kent and make short work OF him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30

and was therefore somewhat sur
prised to behold a gentleman who
bowed and stammered. and finally
said:
Il was told on the public square
that you were the owner OF goat" "
Yes. sir"
Would you be willing to put a
price on him and let him go?"
Sir. am not selling goats."
NO, but you see-you know"
Il have a goat. but he is not for
sale
Il know, but you see IL have killed
him and wish to pay damages!"
What = killed Plutarch!' nair
shouted Miss Cherrie
Yes. He was in the street and
made dive for my auto We were
going too fast to stop and
II will never forgive you. sir
never! He had as much right to the
street as your auto You are prob
ably proud OF the feat you accom-
plished. You probably chuckled over
it. The wonder is that you did not
sneak away after your crime!"
Miss Vale, II" stammered Mr..
Gleason, but before he could get fur
Their she haughtily said:
1T was an insult to come here and
tell me you had slain my goat!
shall lay the facts before my father
With that she turned away and the
young man found his way to the front
door He had been embarrassed and
confused, but he had noted that Miss
Cherrie Vale had big brown eyes,
chestnut hair, handsome face and a
figure to be admired Had it been
some old woman or spinSter her words
would have angered him, as he had
done all that could be reasonably
looked for, but in this case, While he
felt Inundated, he kept the picture of
the girl before his eyes and took
solemn vow to himself A boy and
spade were engaged and III a grove
quarter OF a mile down the highway
the remains OF Piutarch were laid IN
their last resting place
Three days later as Miss Cherrle
STOOD at the gate. wondering IL which
direction she wou.a walk. an auto
halted young mIn raised his cap,
and Mr. Fred Gleason saluted her
with:
Miss Vale, have goat here to
replace the one | killed the other day.
Will you kindly look at him? He is
a real angora and a great pet
The girl never raised her eyes. but
Il
Mr. Fred Gleason did not exist.
On the evening of the second day
after, Mr. Vale came home from the
city to say:
Say, dear, the young man who
killed your goat has got me going. He
wants to make good and he is asking
me if you would accept OF this or that
Better take camel or giraffe and call
it square"
week later the father telephoned
that he would bring a friend to din
ner, and when he arrived the friend
proved to be the goat killer. The
smile faded from Miss Cherries face
at once, but the father laughed in his
jovial way and pinched her cheek and
said:
Mr.. Gleason is here to provide
Plutarch with a grave stone and an
epitaph There's just time to fix 1T up
between you before dinner. and then
We can attend the funeral in body"
Dinner was delayed half an hour by
the fixing up," but when the young
people came to the table at last both
were smiling, and it was while the two
were down in the grove, later on. at
the grave of the goat that dared an
auto, the broker said to his wife:
Wouldn't it be funny If the killing
of that old goat was foreordained so
as to provide us with a son-in-law be-
fore Cherrie gets to be an old maid?"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
PllItarch'S
Mission
By Donald Allen
Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
PresS.)

Miss Cherrie Vale, almost twenty
years old, had decided ideas about
suburban life. One of them was to
keep a goat as pet, comrades and
friend She had no care for a canary,
parrot, dog or cat, but she did want
goat, and she wanted a name for
him. Just why she called him PIutarcn
she never explained, but that cogno-
men was bestowed upon the animal
generally referred to as Billy. the day
she bought him in the city and had
him shipped out to the village.
Miss Cherrie had plenty OF friends.
Among themselves they said a goat
was a queer pet for girl to keep
around. but when any one was asked
why goat shouldn't be coddied,
combed. petted and fed on the best OF
the land he could put forward no good
objection. That the Vale goat appre
ctated his position in society was to be
noted in his walk; that the bad boys
in the village had better let him alone
was shown when Miss Cherrie went
for them with a horsewhip and the
ened chem with threats OF chains and
dungeons.
Three months after his arrival
from the city Plutarch owned the viii
lage. 1t was his privilege to wander
where he would and be unmolested by
man or beast. He took on the dignity
of a governor and the eXclusiveness
OF the president OF a butter trust, and
his days were full of complacency.
Then came the shadow OF trouble, and
it soon developed into a solid sub
stance.
A new bridge was built across a
creek. a steep hill graded down and
a macadam road brought the autos
chugging through a village which had
hitherto been avoided.
The dogs ran out. to be knocked
down and rolled over. Some were
killed and others went limping away
to be wiser next time. After few
weeks Plutarch Vale was about the
only living thing in the village who
hadn't come to the conclusion that an
auto had the right OF way over every
thing. He hadn't been impuIsive in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
The Lesser Evil.

Mercy! Do you allow your hus-
band to smoke in the house
We'll, if didn't let him smoke he'd
fume. and that would be good deal
worse"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-08-23
GOT TIME MIXED.

The Man About Town has
been laying for good one on
his old friend, John Miller. the
new president OF the Citizens
Bank, and at last he has one,
which his friends think should
not be suppressed, at least they
are willing to assume the re
sponsibility. AT any rate what
is going to be told on him shows
how easily n much travelled
man can come confused about
the comings and goings of
trains even in place where
Eastern ard Western time is
used. 1t was at Big Stone Gap
where the gentleman aforesaid
and Judge j. l.. Manring took
No. % Tuesday evening for n
business trip to that quiet but
beautiful little city. After see.
ing their parties and enjoying a
good nights rest at the Monte
Vista Hotel and a good break
fast early the next morning, the
question of the Eastern and
Western time came up for dis.
cussion. Judge Mapring, who
believes in doing everything
according to schedule, meander-
cd over TO the depot leaving his
friend, Miller, in the lobby of
the hotel where he had man
backed up against the wall tell
ing him what great town
English, Ind, was. The train
rolled in and no Miller in sight.
The easy going Judge board
ed the train and left his friend
to take care of himself. In the
meantime Miller was still talk
ing English. Ind, to his new
found friend, and was about to
tell him about the monument of
"Bill" English, which graces
that little Hoosier village, when
the stranger edged in and in
quired if he had intended to
return to Middlesboro on No. %?
''Yes, we will return on No.
40" responded Miller, at the
same time jerking his watch
out, "but we have plenty of
time.N "You mean you will
have plenty of time to catch "a
tonight for Middlesboro," the
stranger smiiingly replied, "be-
cause % has left forty minutes
ago" "The hell you say"
came back the quick reply, and
for IA few short moments the air
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a jolly crowd of young PEG
pie, chaperoned by Mrs. O. n.
Smith, INDUCED in n picnic at
Roaring Branch last Thursday
The crowd consisted of o. T..
Smith and wife and two sons,
Misses Nettie Senter, Hannah
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into their new home the latter
part of last week. Their moth
er, Mrs. Kaylor, of Phillips, and
her grandson, Frank Crockett,
of Roanoke, were their fret
guests in their new home.
Fire was discovered between
9 and 4 O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing in Wakin and Tanners
restaurant. The building and
adjacent one where Amburgey
had a jewelry store was quick
ly consumed. No insurance
carried by either party.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-08-23
Polytechnic Institute
BLACKSBURG. VA.

Degree courses iii Agriculture, llorti-
culture, Applied Chemistry, Applied
Geology, Civil, Mining, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, Aletallurgy and
Autobiography, Sixty-four Instructors,
Thoroughly Equipped Shops, Iaborato-
ries aud Barns Steam heating and Flee
trio lights in dormitorcs Library r.
900 yolums. Farm Of ,i0O acres
School OF Agricultural Apprentices.
Zone Year Course for Young Farmers)
Total cost of nine months, Including
tuition and other fees. board, washing
uniforms, medical attendance, etc. $2S3.
~. Cost to Virginia students. S933S5.
The next session opens Wednesday,
September 2Oth, 1911
PAUL Il. BARRINoEn, NJ. D., l.. L. u.
President
Write for catalogue.
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Public Sale.

IL THE USrrEp STATES DISTRICT CouRr
roR THE WESTERN DIsrRicr or VIZ
GINA.
In the matter OF
bankrupt.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-08-23

had that Miller hue, but he was
soon put in an amiable frame of
mind when the most obliging
and gentlemanly clerk told him
that his watch was likely run
ming on English. Ind, time.
Hereafter when Mr.. Miller
leaves home and gets damned
up between Eastern and West
ern time he will in all likely
hood not daily with his time
piece. -Middlesboro Record.
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& e. S z $ ifsl;;i s bankruptcy
Notice OF the Sale Of Hotel criitendeE
and Furniture.
Pursuant to an order Of the Hon. ID. +.
Bailey, Referee, made at Big Stone Gap,
Wise County, Virginia. on July %. 1911,
the undersigned Trustee will, on
September z, 1911.
offer for sale at public cutlery. ON the
promises in Appalachia. Wise County,
Virginia. the property known as the
Hotel Crittenden, together with the fur
niture In the hotel. upon the following
terms. to-wit: One-fourth cash, and the
residue on a credit of nine, eighteen and
twenty-seyen months; the purchaser Civ
ing notes negotiable and payable at the
Dominion National Bank of Bristol. Nir-
ginia, bearing interest from day OF sale
with good personal security The title to
said property will be retained by the
Trustee until all of the deferred payments
are fully paid off and discharged.
Note: This building is practically new,
having been finished within the last
twelve months, and is three story build
ing steam heated. and plumbing In good
condition; private baths on second floor
1t contains twenty-five rooms, and they
are all elegantly furnished The building
is situated within fifty yards Of the'L &
y. depot II is all ideal situation for a
hotel and restaurant Tho property or
iginally cost about 1900, aud was mp
praised at $4,000 The Trustee is au-
thorized 10 receive private bids up to and
including day OF sale.
w. ). MATHEWS, Trustee
for 5. G. Whitaker, Bankrupt
Aug $3.50