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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17

Bell announced that no one should
know of the place selected. She had
had hard winter, between fighting
for Fred and against Blair, and she
wanted to rest and be alone.
Blair smiled his acquiescence and
sought Mrs. Story for advice Mrs.
Story hemmed and hawed until Blair
grew angry.
You needn't tell me if you don't.
want TO-, he exclaimed with icy pc
likeness. 4 thought / might just hap
pen to be there, and could show
Miss Bell a good time. OF course if
youadon't want me
Il do,v cried Mrs. Story, but you
see don't know myself Bell wants
to go to the Springs, | want to go to
tie shore, and William insists on the
mountains. OF course, we shall end
by going to the shore
Then / think I'll go to the shore"
decided Blair. IF you don't.happen to
come then I'll go on to the Springs
and follow to the mountains"
Mrs Story nodded her approval Of
this idea and SO it happened that Blair
spent two very comfortable weeks at
Atlantic City beofre he began to wOr-
ry. Then he spent two uncomfortable
weeks up and down the coast and, as
neither hotel nor boarding house de-
veloped sign of the Storys, he made
for Saratoga. Another two weeks in
the mountains and Blair headed for
home.
The Storys' house was boarded up
and there was no sign of life. Blair
went past the place three times and
then mounted the steps and rang the
bell. There was no answer and at last
he beat a retreat.
He was in no pleasant frame of
mind and he made for the park to sit
in the shade and think it over He
! had written Mrs. Story half a dozen
times and his bill for kilograms was
nearly $50 Neither to letter nor wire
had he received reply and there was
no mail at his apartments. Mrs. Story
had played him false He thought Of
the gifts he had lavished on the trait
ness and ground his teeth.
He hunted up Widmer's place of
business in the faint hope that he
might know something, but the Office
boy reported that Widmer had gone on
a vacation and he did not know what
his address was nor when he would
! return.
Blocked at every point Blair could
/ only give up the search for the mo-
ment and seek forgetfulness In other
diversions. He took in a roof sarden
! and was bored by the performance.
AS he left the place when the last act
! was half over he strolled down the
! street to see an electric cab whisk
| past containing the perfidious Storys.
! Bell was not with them, but there was
40 mistaking the fat complacency Of
william Story nor the childish pride
Of his spouse.
There was no cab handy and Blair
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
Blair and the
Stubborn Storys
By ALICE LONG

Everybody thought that Jack Blair
had the inside track with the Storys,
from gruff old William Story to inquis-
itive Billy Story, to say nothing OF
Mrs. Story and Bell herself, and it
was the inside track with Bell that
Jack Blair sought.
Fred Widmer pressed him close for
advantage, but Blair was the more
popular with the elders as he was in
dependently rich and Fred was de-
pendent upon the salary he received
as manager for the Automatic Ma
chine company. 1t was not very
large salary as yet, for the company
was new one, and though it seemed
destined to Teyolutionize certain lines
of industry with the application OF
its new methods, the industries, as
yet, had refused to be revolutionized
and the fight promised to be long.
hard one.
Blair, counting upon parental sup
port, regarded with mild disdain
Bells slight preference for Widmer
and was graciously patronizing to his
rival.
Blair was offensive in his patron
age, as he was offensive in his love-
making. He had been accustomed
from childhood to regard money as
the magical and that can conjure
up the hearts desires. He had
sought to impress the elder Storys
with his wealth, instead of suing for
boyish good humor and tender rev.
erence for the woman he loved, had
gained at least one point against his
rival. Bell favored his suit, though it
seemed a hopeless case, with both
parents in favor of Blair.
/. Then came the vacation season, and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
THE Roval Oak.

The actual tree into which King
Charles vanished was hacked to pieces
within a few years by relic hunters.
and the present royal oak at Bosco-
bel is merely descendant. A salver
made from the original royal oak is
still possessed by Oxford university.
and countless chairs, tables, affairs.
picture frames and snuff boxes claim
to be made out of the same sacred
material Charles II. intended to COM
memorate his escape at Boscobel by
establishing new order of knights
of the Royal Oak" but thought best
mot to keep awake animosities." The
name of the Royal Oak" has been
preserved in the navy since 1864. The
first ship to bear this historic name
met with an ignominious fate, being
burned by the Dutch when they came
up the Midway in 1867.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
Most Northerly Coal Mine.

According to La Nature, the most
northeriv coal mine in the world is
that of the Arctic Coal company ian
American concern) at Advent Bay, on
the east coast of Spitzbergen. The
coal crops out at the surface of the
ground several hundred feet above sea
level, and is brought down to the har-
Dor by funicular railway. The COM
pany has about $50 men at work, chief
" Norwegians, who remain on the
spot all the year, although Advent
Bay is blocked by ice and inaccessible
to vessels for eight months. About
5000 tons was taken out last year, but
the maximum output has not yet been
reached. The chief market for this
coal is Norway, which has no coal
mines of its own.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
Mystic Number.

Nine is the mystic number of the
Orient and also of the ancient Greeks
It is a trinity Of trinities. According
to Pythagoras nine represents the
deity Milton writes of the nine enfold-
ed spheres, Macaulay makes Porsena
swear by nine gods. The nagas or sa-
cred serpents of India are nine. Mill
ton says the gates of Hades are thrice
threefold, and that the fallen angels
were nine days falling, and so was
Vulcan when he was kicked out OF
heaven There are nine crowns in
heraldry. There are nine marks of ca
dency The hydra had nine heads. Ii
we find nine green peas in peapod
it is lucky. Nine buttons are a
sign of official rank in, China. Nine
tailors make man, and cat has
nine lives. Erasmus says the proper
number for dinner party is not less
than three nor more than nine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
TaIIest Of Trees.

In New South Wales, Victoria and
Tasmar =, grows a species of gum
tree, WI oh probably represents the
tallest Of all trees Of the globe. The
Hottest specimen of this tree yet
measured towers to the height Of AL
feet. A PROSTATE tree, measured in
Victoria, was APO feet long and the
distance from the roots to the lowest
branch was 295 feet. At that point
the trunk was four feet in diameter
and $50 feet from the butt the diane
ter was still three feet. The wood OF
this tree Is hard and of good quality,
it grows quickly, and yields great
quantity of volatile oil from its leaves.
which are very abundant
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
Progress Of Farmer.

No longer is the farmer known as
the cracker" or the 'ehayseed." The
scientific aspect of the industry has
changed all this and the farmer with
chin whiskers ana seedy clothes has
vanished and he is nearly extinct in
the hamlet, the crossroads general
store and the village postoff1ce. The
daily newspaper, the daily mail, the
rural delivery, the telephone and the
trolley have nearly annihilated him.
Instead of idling around the store the
farmer may now be seen at the club
or in the city buying stocks and
breaking into the millionaire class.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
In the Hands Of Chinese Barber.

In the Hands of Chinese Barber.
Ali BARRIERS may not know 1t, but
theirs is a business dating back to
= Biblical days, and even beyond that.
Their Office is mentioned in Ezekiel
81:
"And thou, son of man, take thee
sharp knife, take thee a BARRIERS
razor, and cause it to pass upon thine
head and upon thy beard"
The average American barber is
obliging and anxious to have you for
a steady customer, but in order to I'M
derstand how obliging barber really
can be it is necessary to study Chi
nese barber. He begins by carefully
washing the victims face, ears and
head with very warm water; wiping
off the dripping parts with wet
towel. He then shaves the head, or
rather around the crown where the
queue begins commencing right over
the right ear and moving along until
the forehead and lower part of the
back head are cleaned.
He next passes to the face and
afterward to the neck. The ears are
shaved and carefully brushed out with
delicate brushes and ingenious instru-
ments. The face, neck and head are
then washed and rubbed until the skin
assumes healthy pink.
The next operation is to manipulate
the head and neck till every cord and
muscle has been stretched, pinched
and pulled, after which the shoulders,
arms and back are scientifically pound
ed and pulled. The queue is then I'M
braided, combed and cleaned, and
again braided and put in place.
Occasionally, when a barber desires
to show great attention to distin-
guished customer, he rubs and pulls
his fingers and even his toes until the
Joints crack. This last for an hour.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
SCOTCH SHEEP DOGS
AT STATE FAIR
Combined Entertainment and In
stTugtIOa by Champion Dogs
and Sheep Farmers.
Brought Direct From Scotland for
Their First Appearance in Amer
lea at Minnesota Exhibition.

Real Scotch sheep dog trials, in
which the competitors will be cham
pion Scotch collies, and their owners,
the United Kingdoms most famous
sheep farmers, will be big attrac-
ton Of the 1911 Minnesota State Fair
and Exposition Six dogs and three
shepherds will be brought direct from
Scotland for the occasion
The trials, which are an important
feature at all the big agricultural
shows in England and Scotland, will
be seen for the first time in America
at Minnesota's big fair next Septem-
Der. The event will be a feature of
the afternoon program every day dur
Ang the fair and the announcement of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
Wire Mileage in United States.

The annual report of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
for last year says that 100000 miles
of wire were added to the lines, MAX
ing total mileage Of 10000 900. Some
idea Of what this total means may be
grasped when we calculate that this
length Of wire could be wrapped
around the earth 500 times and that it
would make SO separate lines from the
earth to the moon, but there would
not be half enough wire to reach from
the earth to our nearest planetary
neighbor. Venus.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
the center field and will end in pens
in front of the grandstand.

the center field and will end in pens
in front of the grandstand.
Throughout its length the course
will be marked only by short flags.
Over this course a flock of sheep,
probably three or four in number, will
be driven by eech dog in turn. The
expired time of each trial will not be
more than twelve minutes and during
that time the collie will have to drive
his sheep over the entire course and
pen them. Durir 6 the performance OF
his dog the shepherd remains In one
position, usually about the center of
the. course. A large part of the way
he is out of hearing, but always In
sight of his collie He directs his
course in various ways. some times BY
shout or whistle, but more often
merely by a motion OF his hands.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
To prevent Premature Interment.

Prof. Anthony De Choinski of Dres-
den has been granted patent at
Washington for an apparatus the sub
tect of which is to provide safeguard
against burial alive. The apparatus
consists OF an alright chamber. with
air pump attachment and glass door
In top. When body is placed inside
the chamber all the air is withdrawn.
leaving the body In vacuum. It is
claimed that signs of life, If there be
any, are readily to be detected as the
air is being pumped out Of the cham
Der, this being due to the release of
atmospheric pressure, estimated at is
pounds to the square inch. from the
body.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
aevlve pvInc Tree.

If you have a tree about the place
that Is dying and you wish to renew
It's youth, plant woodbine at the base
Ind in q few years the tree will be
covered with foliage and have wav-
ing banners more beautiful than In
it's prime of lie. ---
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17
Quite in His Line.

..Who was that man had for
partner at bridge last night"
sHe's comic dramatist-"
II might have known 1t"
why 2"
he made some mighty funny
plays.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
NEWS OF THE OLD DOMINION.
CHANGES At MANASSAS.
New Administration of County Off
GERS in Effect Next Mon.
day Morning.

Manassas, Dec. 90. = The doors OF
the Prince William county court house
will swing open next Monday morning
to admit the new county officers.
Thomas H. Lion will succeed H. T.
Davies as Commonwealth Attorney.
Mr.. Davies was appointed successor to
his brother, j. ]. Davies, who died
about two years ago. For four terms
Mr. Lion has represented Prince Will
liam county as Delegate to the Legis-
Iature, closing this service with the
last session.
j.. P. Leachman as County Treas
urer will succeed D. J. Arlington, who
recently was appointed successor to
Capt. J. f. HerreIl, resigned.
Capt. ]. E. Herrell will succeed John
A. Nicol in The office OF county clerk.
!! Mr.. Nicol was appointed after the
death OF Judge W. +. Lipscomb.
Capt. Herrell has appointed his son,
Robert E. Herrell, his deputy.
C. A. Barbee will succeed F. c.
Rorabaugh as sheriff. He had been
| deputy for Mr.. Rorabaugh. Mr..
Barbee has appointed John M. Hooe
| deputy, and J. ". Ashby iailor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
Wants Commission Continued.

President Taft anticipated much OF
what he will communicate to Congress
in his forthcoming economy message
in an address before the Am erican Ec-
onomis Association branch Of the
American Association, for the advance
meut OF Science, at the Raleigh Hotel,
Washington. yesterday afternoon. He
said that he had heard rumors that
Congress is going to abolish his Cleye.
land economy commission, and that he
is going to fight hard to have it contn.
ued for five years. He also recounted
the work Of his two pet commissions,
and said he expected good results to
come from both.
The President said he wanted the
revenues and expenditures OF the gov
eminent made up into buSiness-like
budget so the various departments
might be run more efficiently and
economically, and that the only way
the methods for introducing such a
plan could be completed was by the
continuance of the economy commits
sion until it has completed its work.
He made plea to the students OF po-
litical economy to stir up sufficient
public sentiment to force Congress to
make the appropriations necessary to
support his commission.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
MERCHANT RETURNS TO CULT
Former Diamond Man Sells His Den
yer Home and Goes Back to
Point Iona.

Denver, Colo.-E. A. NereSheimer, a
millionaire. will sell all his holdings
here, including his well-appointed
home, and. with Mrs. Neresheimer,
will go to Point Iona, Cal, to rejoin
the colony of theosophists there. This
is colony OF the followers OF Mrs.
Katherine ringley. called by her dis
ciples The Purple Mother"
Neresheimer was diamond mer.
chant in New York and was at one
time president Of the Philosophical
Society OF America. He lived in the
Point Iona colony for three years.
When he left it is was said his wife
had persuaded him to do so.
1t has been rumored also that he
was about to give up his sect. but his
determination to so back to Point
Iona. with Mrs. Neresheimer accom-
panying him, appears to discredit all
such rumors.
The Point Iona colony has figured
in the newspapers several times.
Once George L. Patterson Of New
Castle. Pa. sued Mrs. Tingley for
100000 which he said his mother had
been influenced 10 give the sect. At
the trial letters were read purporting
10 De from the Divinity directing the
plaintiffs mother TO give money TO the
colony.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
Carnegie Hero in Want.

Tramping the streets of Washington
today is Calvin c. Williams. 81 slightly
deaf, and holder OF medal from the
Carnegie Hero Commission, for signal
bravery in the rescue Of two girls from
drowning. The mans plight and bis
need OF work came to light today when
be applied at newspaper office for
help. Williams exhibited letter,
dated May !, 1911, and signed Ivy
Manager f. M. Wilmot, OF the Car
negie fund. promising him 81 900 rs a
reward for his bravery in rascung two
young women from death in Wreck
Pond, Spring LAKE, n. j., on August
I, 1908.
Il had planned to invest this money
in restaurant, but have never re-
ceived it," Williams said. I have
written several times asking about the
money, but have received no word. !
want work. l have become slightly
deaf from my experience in the water
when / saved the two girls, ADD that,
and the fact that I am 81. is against
me in getting work. l did not solicit
a reward for what | did. but now that
it has been promised me, | would like
to have it,"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
Looks to Propagation Of chesapeake
Crabs.

Fearing the practical extinction o.
the green crab in the waters OF Chesa
peake bay and its tributaries, Score
tary Stepson Earle, OF the National As
ISOLATION of Shellish Commissioners
will have following recommendations
INTRODUCED before the next legislatures
OF Maryland and Virginia looking tc
the protection Of the crabs:
To require all boats engaged in taking
soit.shell or shedder crabs with scrape
to be licensed; also ali boats under sail
or gasoline power engaged in taking
hard-shell crabs with trot Iiues or a net.
/ To require all crabhouses engaged
in picking, canning or Shipping hard
or softshell crabs to be licensed.
To prohibit the taking OF egg. bearing
female crabs at any and all times.
To prohibit the catching Of 'dou.
blers' in August, September and Octo.
Der OF each year. and the sale OF soft
shelled females SO obtained.
To prohibit or restrict the taking OF
sale OF all hardshelled crabs under
three and one.half inches in length
from tips OF shell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
yIrglnia,s Agriculture Future.

Washington, D. c., Dec. &c.
w. Koiuer, commissioned Of aEricul
ture of Virgins, today notified the
Southern Commercial Congress, that
he will address the Fourth Annual
Convention at Nashville in April. He
will prepare for the volume OF proceeds
ings a statistical comparison OF the ag.
ricultural conditions OF Virginia in 1850
and 1910, and in brief address give
the! views of the progressive men O
Virginia regarding ''Virginia's Agri-
cultural Future" His statistics and
speech will come in the division OF the
programme 'TheiSouth's Agricultural
Recovery" and will be associated with
similar papers and speeches from each
OF the soul til ern states.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
THRILLING RESCUE
Torpedo Boat Warrington Rammed
by Unknown Schooner off
Norfolk.

Norfolk, Dec. 29.-Rammed by an
unknown schooner during 4O.mile
gale. the torpedo boat destroyer War
renton is being towed to Norfolk by
the revenue cutter Onondaga, with a
portion of her stern torn away, and
leaking badly. The collision occurred
is miles northeast OF Cape Hatteras
at 2 O'Clock yesterday morning. Four
men we're injured in the crash and they
with 81 others were taken off the War
rington in liieboats by the crew OF the
Onondaga.
The Onondaga, which was standing
by the stranded schooner Charles J..
Dumas, rushed to the assistance OF the
Warrington in response to wireless
calls from the helpless navy craft. The
Onondaga did not reach the Warning
ton until nearly noon today and found
her battling in the storm and trying
to hold her anchor. The torpedo boats
Sterrett, Perkins, Paulding and Dray-
ton were standing by the Warrington
when the Onondaga reached the scene,
but none OF them we're able TO render
any assistance to the helpless boat.
The storm was subsiding when the
revenue cutter reached the Warning
ton, but the rescue of the 81 members
OF her crew is said TO have been one Of
the most thrilling scenes ever enacted
at sea during storm. The life boats
from Onondaga were in constant dan
ger OF being swamped by the high
seas which broke ali over the tiny
boats and their cargos Of blueiackets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
New Agricultural Agent.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 29.-The
Southern Railway Company announces
the appointment effective January l,
OF Mr.. Nv. f. Gross, as Agriculture.
Agent for Southern Virginia with head
quarters at Danvilie. Mr.. Gross will
devote his attention to the advance
ment OF agriculture along the lines Of
the Southern Railway in Southern Vir-
GINA, advising with farmers as the adj
vance methods OF cultivation giving
them all possible assistance without
charge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
WRITES MS MESSAGE.
Governor Mann Will Deal With Col
lection of Taxes as Well as
Convict Labor.

Richmond. Dec. Ex-Governor
Mann has begun the preparation OF bis
biennial message tc the General AS
semblv, which he will trans nit to the
two houses i'll the morning OF January
10, as soon as the bodies have organ
lied, elected their officers and have in
formed him that they are ready to at
tend to the public business. A portion
OF the message has already been pre-
pared, while the material for sections
of it has been in course OF preparation
for many months. This is especially
true in reference to the contract con.
yict labor at the State PeDitentlary as
to which the governor secured copies
OF the laws of other states many months
ago. He has indicated for some time
that part OF his message will deal
with this subject and that it will rec
ommend the employment OF iall avail
able convicts on the public roads.
Another feature OF the message will
deal with the collection OF taxes. He
will treat this problem in a direction
not reached by the report Of the Tax
Commission and will have suggestions
in the way OF definite legislation, which
he hopes will accomplish something.
He is not, ofcourse. ready to make the
details of his plan public.
On the subject Of economy he will
say something to the legislature. The
report ofthe auditor shows that when
the deficit from the last fiscal year is
paid, the state will be just about level
financially, not counting any appro-
prlations which may be wanted for i'm
provements and additions at state in
situations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-29
Girl Denies Six Murders.

Lafayette, La.-Arrested and &C.
cused OF the murder Of six persons.
then confronted with her bloodsoaked
clothing that had been found near the
crime scene. Clementine Barnabel. a
negro girl, laughed at the police, re.
fusing TO admit any part in the muir.
ders.
Her brother and two other young
negroes have been arrested with Glen.
entine as material witnesses.
The family Of herbert Randall, in
Guiding six persons. were found in
bed, their bodies horribly hacked. II
IS believed they were murdered as
they slept.