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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Chatting and choking with rage; like
cords We're the veins on his tenn.
pies.
But in the midst of his anger man
appeared at the doorway,
Bringing in uttermost haste a mes.
sage of urgent Importance,
Rumors of danger and war and hos.
tile incursions of Indians
Straightway the Captain paused, and,
without further question or par.
ley,
Took from the nail on the wall his
sword with its scabbard of iron,
Buckled the belt round his waist. and,
frowning fercely, departed
Alden was left alone. He heard the
clank of the scabbard
Growing fainter and fainter, and dy-
ing away in the distance
Then he arose from his seat and
looked forth into the darkness,
Felt the cool air blow on his cheek,
that was hot with the insult
Lifted his eyes to the heavens, and,
folding his hands as in childhood,
L
Father who seeth in secret
Meanwhile the choleric Captain
strobe wrathful away to the coun-
Gil,
Found 1t already assembled, impa-
tiently waiting his coming;
Men in the middle of life, austere and
grave in department,
Only one of them old, the hill that
was nearest to heaven,
Covered with snow, but erect, the ex-
cellent Elder of Plymouth
God had sifted three Kingdoms to find
the wheat for this planting,
Then had sifted the wheat, as the
living seed Of a nation;
So say the chronicles cld, and such
is the faith of the people.
Near them was standing an Indian, in
attitude stern aid defiant.
Naked down to the waist, ard grim
and ferocious in aspect;
While on the table before them was
lying unopened a Bible,
Ponderous, bound in leather, brass.
studied, printed in Holland,
And beside it outstretched the skin Of
a rattlesnake g,ittered,
Filled, like culver, with arrows;
signal and challenge of warfare,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08
The COurtShip Of
Miles StQndiSh
With illustrations by
Howard Chandler ChriSty

'bS-MeTrm COMPANY
the pillow look ckwalrd;
Though the plowsl re, cut through
the flowers of l. u to its fountains,
Though it pass o'e,- ne graves of the
dead and the he this of the living,
It is the will of the Lord; and His
mercy endureth for ever!"
So he entered the house: and the
hum of the wheel and the singing
Suddenly ceased; for Priscilla, aroused
by his step on the threshold,
Rose as he entered, and gave him her
hand, in signal of welcome,
Saying, 81 knew it was you, when ]
heard your step in the passage;
For / was thinking of you, as sat
there singing and spinning"
Awkward and dumb with delight, that
thought of him had been mingled
Thus in the sacred psalm, that came
from the heart of the maiden,
Silent before her he stood, and gave
her the flowers for an answer,
Finding no words for his thought. He
remembered that day in the
winter,
After the first great snow, when he
broke path from the village,
Keeling and plunging along Trough
e crltts that encountered the
doorway
Stamping the snow from mis- feet as
he entered the house, and Priscilla
Laughed at MIS- snowy locks, and gave
him seat>Ry the freside,
Grateful and pleasSed to know he had
thought of her rs the snow-storm.
Had he but spoken th&9 perhaps not
in vain had he spokeN~>
Now it was all too late; the goldsSn mo-
ment had vanished!
So he stood there abashed, and gave !
her the flowers for an answer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Glimmered the golden reed of the
angel who measured the city.
welcome, o wind of the East!" he
exclaimed in his wild exultation,
welcome, o wind Of the East, from
the caves of the misty Atlantic!
Blowing DER fields of dulse, and
measureless meadows of sea-
grass,
Blowing DER rocky wastes, and the
grottos and gardens of ocean!
Lay thy cold, moist hand on my burn
ing forehead, and wrap me
Close in thy garments of mist, to al
lay the fever within mel"
Like an awakened conscience, the
sea was moaning and tossing,
Beating remorseful and loud the mu-
table sands of the sea-shore.
Fierce in his soul was the struggle
and tumult of passions contend
ing;
Love triumphant and c:owned, and
friendship WOuHoeu ana Ul6Su4nS,
Passionate cries Of desire, and i'm
Fortunate pleadings of duty!
as 1t my fault" he said, that the
maiden has chosen between us?
Is it my fault that he failed,-my fault
that am the victor?"
Then within him there Numbered a
voice, like the voice Of the
prophet:
at hath displeased the Lord!"-and
he thought of David's transgres-
sion,
Bathsheba's beautiful face, and his
friend in the front of the battle!
Shame and confusion of guilt, and
abasement and se1f-condemnation,
Overwhelmed him at once; and he
cried in the deepest contrition:
at hath displeased the Lord! It is
the temptation of Satan!"
Then uplifting his head, he looked
at the sea, and beheld there
Dimly the shadowy form of the May
flower riding at anchor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

the redo suitable Captain
Sitting alone, and absorbed in the
martial pages of Caesar,
Fighting some great campaign in
Hainaut or Brabant or Flanders
Long have you been on your errand,"
he said with a CHEEKY demeanor
Even as one who is waiting an an
swer, and fears not the issue
mot far off is the, house, although the
woods are bet ween us;
But you have fingered SO long, that
while you We're going and coming
l have fought ten battles and sacked
and demolished "a city.
Come, sit down, and in order relate
to me all that has happened"
Then John Alden sbake, and related
the wondrous adv enture,
From beginning to end, infinitely, just
as it happened;
How he had seen Priscilla, and how
he had sped in his, courtship,
Only smoothing a little, and softeuins
down her refusal.
But when he came at length to the
words Priscilla had spoken,
Words so tender and cruel: why
don't you speak for yourself
John?"
Up leaped the Captain of Plymouth
and stamped on the floor, till his
armor
Changed on the wall, where it hung
with a sound of sinister omen.
All his pent-up wrath burst forth in
sudden explosion,
Even as a hand-grenade, that scat.
tiers destruction around it.
Wildly he shouted, and loud: John
Alden! you have betrayed me!
Me, Miles Standish, your friend! have
supplanted, defrauded, betrayed
me!
One of my ancestors ran his sword
through the heart of Wat Tyler;
Who shall prevent me from running
my own through the heart of
traitor?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

the birds and the beautiful spring
time,
Talked of their friends at home, and
the Mayfower that sailed on the
morrow
Il have been thinking all day." said
gently the Puritan maiden,
Dreaming all night. and thinking all
day, of the hedge-rows OF Eng
land
They are in blossom now, and the
country is all like a garden;
Thinking of lanes and fields, and the
song of the lark and the linnet,
Seeing the village street, and familiar
faces of neighbors
Going about as of old, and stopping
And, at the end of the street, the vii
to gossip together,
lage church, with the ivy
Climbing the old gray tower, and the
quiet graves in the churchyard.
Kind are the people 1 live with, and
dear to me my religion;
Still my heart is so sad, that wish
myself back in Old England.
You will say it is wrong, but can not
help it: I almost
Wish myself back in Old England,
feel SO lonely and wretched."
Thereupon answered the youth: "In.
deed do not condemn you;
Stouter henrts than a woman's have
quailed in this terrible winter.
Yours is tender and trusting, and
needs stronger to lean on;
So / have come tn YOU now. with an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08


Full of the, breath of the Lord, con
soling and comforting many.
Then, as he opened the door, he be
held the form of the maiden
Seated beside her wheel, and ths
carded wool like a snow-drift
Piled at her knee, her white hand.
feeding the ravenous spindle,
While with her foot on the treadl.
she guided the wheel in its motion
Open wide On her lap lay the Wen
worn nsalm-bcok Of AinswOrth.
Printed il Amsterdam, the words and
music together,
Rough hewn, angular notes, like stones
lin the wall OF churchyard.
Darxened and overhung by the run.
ling vine of the verses.
Sue was the book from whose pages
she sang the old Puritan anthem.
She, the Puritan girl, in the solitude
of the forest,
Making the humble house and the
Il modest apparel of homespun
Beautiful with her beauty. and rich
with the wealth of her being,
Over him rushed. like a wind that Is
keen and cold and relentless,
Thoughts CT what might have bean.
and the weigs AID woe Of his er-
rand;
All the dreams that had faded. and
all the hopes that had vanished,
is life henceforth a dreary and
-ptless mansion,
W vain regrets, and pallid.
I'll faces.
to himself, and almost
I said it:
hat putteth his had to
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08
Made by a good ma w itrue, Miles
Standish. the ..ryan of HP
mouth"

Thus he delivered his message, the
utX.e-ous writer OF letters
Did not embellish the theme, nor ar.
ray it in beautiful phrases,
But came straight to the point, and
blurted it out like schooltCy;
Even the Captain himself could hard
ly have said it more bluntly.
Mute with amaZement and sorrow,
Priscilla, the Puritan maiden,
Looked into Alden's face, her eyes
dilated with wonder,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

comfortt,e breath of the east
wind;
Saw TIE rew-built house, and people
-. at work in meadow;
I'd as he drew near the door, the
Nal voice of Priscilla
ne hundredth Psalm, the
4 ID Puritan anthem.
uther sang to the sacred
the Psalmist,
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
RATION FOR THE BROOD SOW
Hog Breeder Tells How He Obtains Satisfactory Results-Feed Is
 Increased in Winter.

The following ration for brood sows has given as good results as could ask for, says a writer in the Breeders Gazette. While it might not prove to be the best under all conditions. it has given very satis- factory results under my conditions. Four of my sows were purchased when seven months of age. then weighing 150 pounds apiece. They were kept another month, then bred. Now they are IT months old have farrowed their second filters and will weigh from 300 to 400 pounds in good, thrifty breeding condition. They have been fed somewhat near the following each day per head in addition to whatever they pick up in 15 acres of woods pasture, a portion of which contains a good stand of bluegrass and white clover: Shelled corn. four pounds; shorts, one pound; bran. six pounds; tankage, one fourth pound. During the winter months, when the weather is cold and the ground bare, the amount of iOSh lo iACi SdSeu dS IL IS dlSO Wu6l the filters become large enough to take all of the milk that the SOW can supply. Just a few days before the sows are due to farrow l add a hand ful of oil meal per SOW to their feed each day which relieves any ten dency toward constipation and causes the pigs to arrive in good shape Cracklings would answer the same purpose.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
Treatment Before Planting

Just as soon as the trees are re- ceived from the nursery they should be well healed in, in moist soil, even though they are to be planted within a few days.
 Do not stand the trees up in the original punches and throw some loose earth against them, but cut the punches open. spread the trees thinly In trenches extending east and west, that are deep enough and wide enough to hold the roots, and lean the tops toward the south at an angle of about 45 degrees.
 Thoroughly cover the roots, and from sixteen to twenty inches of the stems, tramp the earth firmly around the roots, and the trees will not suf- fer. In healing In large quantities use series of short trenches, using the earth from one to cover the trees of the preceding row, and let the tor overlap, all leaning In the same di rection.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
Boiled Fish.

None but fish of good size should be boiled If the fish is started in cold water and not allowed to boil hard. it will be less likely to fall apart. but the flavor will not be so good. It is best to wrap the fish in clean cloth and drop it into boiling water well salted. A tablespoonful of vinegar or the juice of lemon improves the fish. Leave the head on. but remove the fins. Boil very gently until the fish will fall from the bones. Time depends upon species. from eight to ten minutes per pound for thick fish and five minutes for small ones. Boiled fish require considerable sea- soning and rich sauce, or at least melted butter, to accompany them. Besides lemon. onions. carrots. cloves, etc., may be used in the water.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
FEED FOR INCREASED WEIGHT
Where It Is Intended to Place Sheep on Market Following Spring Grain
 Should Be Corn and Oats.

If the sheep keeper Is feeding to increase weight, that Is, feeding to place the sheep on the market the fol- lowing spring, writes an Iowa breed CT in an exchange. the grain ration should be corn and oats, when al falfa or clover are provided as the roughness. If the roughness is corn fodder and straw, considerable bran should be added to the supply of ra- tions
 Uusually about a month or so after harvest, if there is a good crop of wheat. the price of bran is lower than at any other time of the year, and it IS then that l lay in my supply
 If the breeder has none but breed ing ewes, then the ration should be oats and bran. or bran, oats and peas at the rate of two parts oats, one part bran and one part peas. If fodder is to be the principal part of the forage a small supply of oil meal should be laid in.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
T ank Form.

In four pieces, but instead of being cut at the corners, the cut Is made just around the corner in each case. as shown in the Illustration
 The best way to make it is to build it of the required size, then take a saw and cut down the sides & few inches from each corner, as at a. Make these cuts diagonal, so the form will pull apart easily. Then nail a board, b, securely over each cut, and allow the nail heads to project slight ly, so that they can easily be pulled with a hammer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
In the Sewino Room.

To do good sewing requires good materials, or working implements.
 Shears with long sharp blades are best
 Necessary implements include shears. needles. thimble, thread. pins. tape measure, emery and beeswaX.
 For young sewers the ground down. and medium length needle. is recon mended,
 The milliner's needle long and is considered excellent for basting
 A bent or blunt needle can spoil an entire seam, making it crooked and careless-looking.
 Much of the difficulty experienced by sewers can be traced to the use of too coarse needles, fault result. ing in uneven sewing no matter how much care is put into the stitches.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
Women Should Eat 1t the Year Round Recipe for Jared Rhu-
 barb.

Rhubarb is such a beauty maker that women should eat it the year round It acts on the liver and keeps the complexion clear. counteracting all tendency to biliousness
 Buy nice. fresh rhubarb. scrape 1t carefully. and cut it into small pieces as for pie or stewing. Pack into glass jars. filling rather tightly. Put the jars when filled in deep dishpan or a vessel taller than the jar, and fill with cold water from the sprigot.
 Put on the lids and screw tixht un. der water, remove the jar wipe the outside dry. and put in a dark. cool closet until ready for useA
 Nothing hard about that Yet if the lids are made airtight the rhubarb keeps perfectly until opened.
 When ready for cooking pour off the water in the jar, use fresh water. boil until soft, put in sugar to taste, let 1t dissolve, and no one will guess you are not using the fresh vegetable.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
We'll pisnosed.

A well-known expert in cooking en- countered trouble in a suburban con- munity the other afternoon when she prepared to lecture to the Mothers club. Her subject was How to Cook. " She began by telling how murh a man appreciates good cooking, and then she proposed to give various recipes.
 Among the first was one for cold slaw. "To have this best" began the lecturer, take good-hearted cab bage and"
 At this point young matron inter- rupted. She was eager to get all the information possible. "Tell me, please" she spoke up, "how is one to know the disposition of a cabbage?" Philadelphia Times.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
A BRAIN WORKER. Must Have the Kind of Food That Nourishes Brain.

T am literary man whose nervous energy is great part of my stock in trade, and ordinarily I have little pa tience with breakfast foods and the extravagant claims made of them. But l cannot withhold my acknoWIedg- ment of the debt that owe to Crate Nuts food.
 T discovered long ago that the very bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not calculated to give one a clear heSd, the power of sustained, accurate think ing. l always felt heavy and sluggish in mind as well as body after eating the ordinary meal, which diverted the blood from the brain to the digestive apparatus.
 T tried foods easy of digestion, but found them usually deficient in nutri- ment. I experimented with many break fast foods and they, too, proved un- satisfactory, till I reached Grape-Nuts. And then the problem was solved.
 "Grape-Nuts agreed with me per fectly from the beginning, satisfying my hunger and supplying the nutri- ment that so many other prepared foods lack.
 T had not been using t-very long before found that. l was turning out an unusual quantity and quality or work. Continued use has demonstrat. ed to my entire satisfaction that Grape-Nuts food contains the clements needed by the brain and nervous sys- tenn of the hard working public wri- ter" Name given by Postum Co., Bat tie Creek, Mich.
 There's a reason" and it is ex- plained in the little book, "The Roao to Wellviile," in pkgs.
 Ever read the above letters A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine. trues and full of human lnteTest.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
PHYSICIAN ADVISES
 CUTiCURA REMEDIES

"Four years ago I had places break would itch and burn by spells, and scratching them would not seem to give any relief When the trouble first began, my wrist and shin itched like poison. I would scratch those places until they would bleed before I could get any relief. Afterwards the places would scale over, and the flesh un- derneath would look red and feverish. Sometimes it would begin to itch until it would waken me from my sleep, and I would have to go through the scratching ordeal again.
 Our physician pronounced it "dry eczema" 1 used an ointment which the doctor gave me, but it did no good. Then he advised me to try the Cuti- cura Remedies. As this trouble has been in our family for years, and is considered hereditary, felt anxious to try to head it off. I got the Cuti- cura Soap, Ointment and Pills, and they seemed to be just what I needed.
 "The disease was making great headway on my system until I got the Cuticura Remedies which have cleared my skin of the great pest. From the time the eczema healed four years ago, until now, have never felt any of it's pest, and I am thankful to the Cuticura Soap and Ointment which certainly cured me. I always use the Cuticura Soap for toilet, and hope other sufferers from skin diseases will use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment J (Signed) Irven Hutchison. Three Riv CTS, Mich., Mar. 16, 1911. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere sample of each, with 32-page book will be mailed free on application to "Cuticura," Dept. IT K, Boston.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
In Stranue ComnsnY.

The Visitor-And what is that gray stone structure over there?
 The Courier-Zat ees ze armory for ze soldiers.
 The Visitor - An, yes. And that long, low building that looks like, a train shed-what is that?
 The Courier-Zat ees ze arsenal.
 The Visitor-I see. And what is the big factory with the immense smoke stack?
 The Courier-Zat ees ze gr-a-reat iron works where is made ze big gun an ze shot an ze shell.
 The Visitor-And that peculiar look ing structure across the river-the one with the rounded roof?
 The Courier-zat ees ze powder magazine.
 The Visitor-And what is this mag nificent marble structure with it's won derful dome and countless columns ? The Courier-Oh, zat ees only ze palace of peace! = Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
JUST MAKING OUT A CASE
Uncle Jeth Had Deep Reason for Oc- cupation That Was Seemingly
 Unprofitabe.


 John Collier, the secretary of New York's board of moving picture cen sors, said the other day:
 Its no good getting up objec- tionable picture plays. We never pass them, in fact, we turn them down so invariably that it seems to me the composers of such plays are animated by a spirit of perversity. They re- mind me of old Uncle Jethro Husk
 Uncle Jethro sat fishing on the bank of tiny rivulet when stran- ger stopped beside him and said:
 Is it possible that there are any fish in such a small stream as that?"
 "No, there ain't none,' Uncle Jeth grunted
 But you're fshing!'
 Yep said Uncle Jeth.
 What, then, is your object?'
 My object said Uncle Jeth, is to show my wife I ain't got no time to sift the ashes.'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24

Barley sprouts are good feed, but not very palatable.
 The coarse hog, like the elephantine steer, is relic of the past
 Coarseness indicates low vitality, slow feeding qualities and sluggish ness
 II is surprising how fast a pig can be made to grow when it is properly fed and cared for
 There is now more hog cholera in the country, if reports are to be relied upon, than ever before.
 Lack of exercise and too much car. bonaceous food will necessitate an early market for the young porkers.
 A good boar to head the herd is used to a great disadvantage if the breeding soWs be not well selected.
 As soon as the pigs begin to eat from the trough, give them some skim milk and cracked corn as a side dish
 Linseed oil is weIl-known purga. tive and flaxseed fed in any consider. able quantity would be extremely lax. ative
 The humane man is comfortable when his stock is comfortable. and when they are i'll at ease he is in the same condition.
 Flaxseed meal may be fed to al kinds of stock. but owing to its large content of oil. it must be used in yer, 1 limited amounts.
 In giving any kind of live stock wa ter in the winter that causes them tt | shiver, is a loss. A little shiverint ] prevents a days growth
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
MARRIED AND UNMARRIED
 LADIES
Will Find Some Useful Advice in the Words of Mrs. Jay McGee
 of Stephenville.

Stephenville, Tex-"For nine years" " says Mrs. Jay McGee, of this place, q suffered from womanly troubles. I had terrible headaches and pains in my back, etc.
 My husband suggested Cardui to me, but l did not think anything would do me any good.
 It seemed as if I would die, I suf- fered so! At last, consented to try Cardui, and it seemed to help me, right away. was interested, and con- tinued it's use.
 The full treatment not only helped me, but it cured me.
 It will do the same for all sick and suffering girls or women-both mar ried and unmarried.
 I will always praise Cardui highly, for it has been the means of saving my life and giving me good health"
 Half century of success, with thou sands of cures, similar to the one de- scribed above, amply prove Cardui's real, scientific, medicinal merit.
 Being purely vegetable, Cardui can be taken safely by young and old, and can do nothing but good. Its action Is very gentle, and without any bad after reflects.
 Why not benefit by the experience of others? Try it, today
 N. B.-Write to; Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co.,, Chat tanOoga, Tenn, for Special Instruc- tions, and 64-page book, "Home Treat ment for Women" sent in plain wrap per, on request.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-24
Merits of Cows.

Each breed Of cows has some pe- culiarly distinctive merits all its own While the question of which bred may puzzle some it is really of less importance than which cows in the breed If the Jerseys give richer milk, the Holsteins give more, and the Ayrshires produce better type of beef animal in case part of the calf crop must be made into steers.