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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
A Man Up a
Tree
How He Got There and
How He Came Down
By F. A. mitchell

+ T =
Mile. Chauvier was an orphan and
an heiress- She lived in the chateau
Of her ancestors on the banks of the
river Loire with a widowed aunt, her
mothers sister, who fulfilled the part.
so far as possible, Of mother.
While mademoiselle was a liberai
giver to charity and subscribed to all
the projects for the benefit of her inn
mediate neighborhood, there was one
matter in which she was considered
selfish. She would permit no one to
shoot on her estate.
Mademoiselle was fond of rising ear
" during the hunting season for bit
Of sport before breakfast One morn
ing she emerged from the chateau in
shooting costume as the sun was ris-
ing above the horizon. Carrying her
own gun and game baylor she would
not have an attendant-she started for
some timberland at no great distance.
Having gained it, she was aiming at
a pheasant on the limb of tree when
she heard an "Ahemw
Mademoiselle dropped her eyes from
the bird and swept them in semi
circle about her. 1t was then that
she received the establishment of her
life. Aiming at the bird she was
about to shoot was young man in
a costume which for hunting was mar
velous to behold. On his head was
a three cornered hat. His coat, which
was covered with golden lace. flared
in the skirt; from his chest extended
profusion of lace; his legs were in
cased in knee breaches and silk stock
ings. while on his shoes were enor-
nous silver buckles In short. he was
gentleman Of the eighteenth century
poaching in the twentieth on made
moiselle's estate.
For moment the lady wondered If
this gentleman were not her great
grandfather returned to his former
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earthly home to shoot his own birds.
But he was certainly mo ghost. On the
contrary, he was flesh and blood and
a handsome young man, with a figure
and face seen to advantage in very
becoming costume. The most likely
explanation of his presence was that
he was a lunatic.
| The man lowered his gun and turned
his gaze uponNrhe lady. Then he made
profound bow. She was temporarily
relieved. Evidently he was not of the
violent kind. and she must handle him
in way to prevent his becoming SO.
Pardon" he said 81 would have
asked your kind permission to shoot
on your estate had it not been that the
hour is unreasonable and 1 was not
willing to arouse you from slumber.
am fond of shooting at this hour and
was tempted to break over your rule
i now ask the permission / should
otherwise have asked to shoot on your
estate"
Certainly, monsieur. Shoot as much
as you wish"
Thanks, mademoiselle. am more
pleased at your generosity than at any
benefit shall derive from it. l have
secured breakfast and that Is all
wish"
He held up brace of birds.
You are quite welcome, monsieur"
"a breakfast for you. mademoiselle.
would not think of keeping game
have no right to keep"
DO so by all means. Game is plen-
dful In my preserves
Your kindness would be more ac-
reputable if shown in another way"
What way r.
BY permitting me to carry your gun
and bag"
Mademoiselle hesitated She feared
mat the man wished to get her gun
from her to render her defenseless,
yet she did not wish to refuse him lest
she irritate him. She resorted to sub
terfuge
My gun need to kill birRs You
may carry my bag If you Ike
I shall feel honored at being permit
ted to do so"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
MELANCHOLY.

CHE dwells with beauty-beauty that
- must die:
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his bps,
Bidding adieu; and aching pleasure nigh.
Turning to poison while the bee mouth
sips
Aye, in the very temple Of delight
Yelled Melancholy has her sovereign
shrine,
Though seen Of none save him whose
& strenuous tongue
Can burst joys grape against his palate
fine.
His soul shall taste the sadness Of her
might
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
SPEARS BIG PICKEREL.

]. P. Corey secured two of the larg-
est pickerel, the first of the week,
that have been seen in this vicinity
for q long time. One measured "a
inches long and weighed % pounds.
The other was SO inches long and
weighed 26 pounds. The fish were
speared in q fish house on Lake OAR
ling. The larger fish has been mount
ed and Mr.. Corey has it on exhibition.
Alexandra Citizen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
SUMMER.

INTER is cold hearted:
N/ Spring is yea and nay;
~ Autumn is a weather
w cock
Blown every way.
Summer days for me.
When every leaf is on its tree!
When Robins not a beggar.
And Jenny Wren's a bride.
And larks hang singing. singing.
singing
Over the wheatfields wide,
And anchored lilies ride.
And the pendulum spider
Swings from side to side.
And the blue black beetles transact
business.
And gnats fly in a host.
And furry caterpillars hasten
That no time be lost,
And moths grow fat and thrive,
And ladybirds arrive.
Before green apples blush.
Before green nuts embrOwn,
Why. one day in the country
Is worth a month in town.
Is worth day and year
OF the dusty. musty. lag-last FASH
ion
That days drone elsewhere.
Christina Rossetti.
ID
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
Sens In Verse
OLD FAvoRITEs.
THE HIGH TIDE AT cETTYs-
: BURG.

He HIGH TIDE AT cETTYs-
BURG.
n CLOUD possessed the hollow field.
The gathering battles smoky
shield.
nj Athwart the gloom the lightning
~ flashed.
And through the cloud some horse
men dashed,
And from the heights the thunder
pealed.
Then at the brief command OF Lee
Moved out that matchless infantry.
With Pickett leading grandly down.
10 rush against the roaring crown
OF those dread heights Of destiny.
Far ahead above the angry guns
S A cry across the tumult runs,
The voice that rang through Shi-
loh's woods
And Chickamauga's solitudes,
The fierce south cheering on her
sons!
! All, how the whitening tempest blew
Against the front Of Pettigrew,
A Khamsin wind that scorched and
singed
, Like that Internal fame that
fringed
The British squares at Waterloo!
A thousand fell where Kemper led:
A thousand died where Garrett bled:
In binding flame and strangling
smoke
The remnant through the batteries
And crossed the works with Ar
instead.
'once more in Glory's van with
mel"
Virginia cried to Tennessee.
We two together, come what may.
Shall stand upon these works to-
day!"
CThe reddest day in history.)
Brave TENNESSEE! In reckless way
Virginia heard her comrade say:
CLOSE round this rent and riddled
ragr'
What time she set her battlefiag
{ Amid the guns Of Doubleday.
1UT who shall break the guards
that wait
n Before the awful face Of Fate?
The tattered standards of the
south
Were shIveled at the cannon's
mouth.
: And all her hopes were desolate.
In vain the Tennesseean set
!; His breast against the bayonet!
I In vain Virginia charged and ragged.
+ A tigress in her wrath uncaged,
Till all the hill was red and wet!
Above the bayonets, mixed and
crossed.
Men saw gray. gigantic ghost
Receding through the battle cloud
And heard across the tempest loud
The death cry of nation lost!
The brave went down! without
disgrace
They leaped to Ruins red embrace
They only heard Fame's thunders
wake
And saw the dazzling sunburst
break
In smiles on Giory's bloody face.
They fell zrhe lifted up a hand
And babe the sun in heaven to
stand!
They smote and fell who set the
bars
Against the progress of the stars
And stayed the march o; Mother.
land!
They stood who saw the future
come
On through the fights delirium!
They smote and stood who held the
hope
OF nations on that slippery slope
Amid the cheers of Christendom.
God lives. He forged the iron will
That clutched and held that trem-
bling hill
God lives and reigns! He built and
lent
The heights for Freedoms battle
ment
Where floats her flag in triumph
still!
Fold up the banners. Smelt the
Love rules. Her gentler purpose
runs.
A mighty mother turns in tears
The pages Of her battle years,
Lamenting all her fallen sonsl
VIII H Thompson
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the explanation as well as relieved at
the termination of the freak. She ac-
cepted the souvenir graciously.
Il would not be satisfied, mademoi-
selle," said one Of the ladies Of the
party, ''ff were you, at such paltry
gift Captain lie vergne has won 1000
francs from Major Bertier and can
afford to offer you a much more sub
stantial acknowledgment of your kind
ness in permitting him to use your pre-
serves and especially for not shooting
him for a mailman when you had put
him up tree
'sYou have omitted to tell me how it
happens that you are all here" said
mademoiselle.
We followed lie vergne from dis
lance to observe what he would do"
Now that understand the matter
you must all come home with me to
breakfast"
And so IT was that mademoiselle en-
tertained at breakfast a number OF
guests In masquerade costume who
had not slept wink for thirty-six
hours. After that she added the words
without permission to her notices
forbiddfng hunting on her grounds.
and the permission was usually grant
ed She was also frequent visitor to
the military station from whence her
breakfast guests had come, and 1t Is
reported now, several years after the
function, that she Is about to enter the
srmy as Nine lie Colonel lie vergne.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-21
IT'S TIME TO SWAT THE RAT.


BY killing 1OS,49S rats Hancock
county, O., figures that it has saw
ed $4,000 bushels of corn wortl,
200. The computation is based
ON Government Statistics showing
the rayaseg e rats, which are
credited with the destruction of mil
lions of dollars worth of foodstufrs
annually. Not iong.ago a Washing
ton county town engaged in ra,
killing contest, andsrid the place OF
several THOUSAND rodents. There is
"a suspicion that the rat is factor
in the high cost of living. and ii
would not be out Of order for ali
i the towns and cities to make a syste-
matte effort to exterminate the pest
Pittsburgh POST
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-21
LUKE McLUKE

{ Hysteria is great stun. I'll bet
that some pr sstheINew York danes
s*ho are indignatfng about the dan
ger of the new needle" assault have
their arms covered with ancient lypo
punctursssS \ "a
A girls wishbone never gets cold
s long as she Is wearing a big near
gold losket on H. ''is
y Just because It is never too late to
mend it no reason why you should be
IN need of repairs. ~!
T4are are. too many people in the
world who hunt for opportunities in
the Lost and Found columns of the
newspapers.
The old-faslIioned man who used to
have a coach dog to trail his rig now
has son who has a motor cycle cop
trailing his rear light.
Il About this time, every year. the
June brides begin to wonder what
they were smoking when they fell for
the Orange Blossom stuff.
Maybe you can remember that in
The old days when father stayed home
at night and played checkers With
tdetl,ers none :of Ale diypfee lawyers
had enough business to keep the dust
sNf a Il. IA = gla..t.5i ~ y ~ ~ ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-21

Lounge suits ? AS respects til,
clothes he wears to cllufch and to
pink teas, imam to-day is almost al,
G exaet replica of himself thirty years
ago.
The .clangcs in mems clothes
nowadays, indeed. are less radical
generally than was the case gen
Grafton ago. No doubt the cause Is
largely due to the enormously in.
creased output of ready-made cloth.
Ing OF good quality and well tailor.
Cd The manufacturers, in fact
have standardized mems clothes al
they have railroad equipment and
automobile accessories, and the ef.
feet on conservative masculine ma.
ture Has been to make mems gar.
imchts' haore and more conventional
IN. lY3.world. " 49,
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zatlon haS adopted q strong plea, foI
its native tongue.
Montgomery to Washington.
Two delegates, Samuel Montgom-
cry of'NIontgomery. W. Va, and W.
II. Farley, Pratt City, Ala, started
for Washington this afternoon to
work for the resolution before con-
sress authorizing Federal investiga-
tion Of the copper strike in Michi-
gan and the coal strike, inS Colorado.
rhe tr5ip WE agut S b9y RESP
qtsl9n aSal9pfeaa Spn .eJ9RmE9aHfH'|So qt tht
'ffs,, HagS sss7sSf4fSSn .ydpIomye asuora
,ivT he o tl!3 81 usiHff Yaf the;rsports
q ,, Pres lbs White. Frank j. Hayes,
! Xiise president anf WNillliIa m Green,
seieerFeetanr.S!t reasurer-,. ,,,.%
..,ss, Calumet Disaster.
President White in his report
touched briefly on the Christmas dis.
aster at Calumet and the deportation
Of President Charles H. Meyer Of the
Western Federation OF Miners. ut
iS to be hoped" said President White,
that the horrible disaster which oc-
Cured on Christmas eve at Calumet,
where scores of lives were lost by a
false cry of fire supposed to have
been inspired by an enemy of the
strikers, will be thoroughly and i'm
partially investigated and the guilty
party punished.
1.-THE brutal assault on Presid snt
Meyer. as well as his deportation
from the strike zone. is another evil
tence of the Iawlessncss practiced by
the so-called opponents of law and
order"
Mr.. Hayes detailed the progress Of
the strikes in Colorado and in West
Virginia and declared that. drastic
measures should be taken to amend
or appeal the Sherman antitrust law
so that st could not be applied to la
hor organizations. He paid tribute
to the work of Mother" Mary Jones,
who is under arrest in Colorado be-
cause OF her alleged inflammatory ac-
lions and speeches. The convention
voted unanimously to send a tcle-
gram to Mother" Jones expressing
love and admiration for your gal
liant stand for humanity" and de-
handing her immediate. release.
BE Of good cheer and rest assured
that Justice. will yet triumph in cor
poration-owned Colorado the mes
sage concluded. s
ia 4 Union Has IS. 600, 900, ], III.
Mr.. Green told n, the, growth ne the
ciganization and the finance. Of the
past year. He said the union now
Lad $4,000 900. every dollar Of which
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E Bankers.
CONTINUED from Page One,

,terests Of West virginia banks that
the state be divided, and the; d.
visions thus made put into two diff
ferent regional bank zones. sug-
sestions are made that the division
be made north to south by some of
the. banks, while Others suggest
east to west Mr.. Sutherland. as
lthsseIletssrs aTeif received. isg MARK
lihssaemip o. the state In such d
lsaasithat bs;sts eises die viii be able
10 clearly show tie organization
committee Tor the regional banks.
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1nte,.rment at Woodlawn.

lnterment at Wo0dlawn.. 4
The remains of Mr.. James Col
Inns, of Boothsville, will be Inferred
IN woodlawn cemetery tomorrow at
two o'clock. y -.
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zsysbS7sss. :asaee vsl ri JlFtgg''t Eysrens'

Development Of the United Mine
WpfEeE sin!one SlnionliitldsMas com.
nicntedoen atdcngth in,Alre report Of
Frank J. Hayes, viue president Of
the organization. he also spoke III
disapproval Of labor organization in
West Virginia, was 'caustic on his
comment of 1'the campaign of the
Colorado mine owners In the western
coal mining strikes, and was out
spoken. in his criticism Of the Sher-
man antitrust law in It's application
TO organized labor and insistent In
demanding its repeal or amendment.
within the last two years we
have added 12l.426 new members to
our union" lie said. Regarding the
West Virginia situation Mr.. Hayes
said:
Roasts Glasscock. N,
The, subserviesey of Governor
Glasscock, tyrannyof the militia, II
legal imprisonment Of our neople,
upsstting Of copstitutiopal.:ga govern,
ment. intervention Of the .,federal
government through a senate COM
mittee and fipal. d settlement of the
strike are notable CHAPTERS in theiife
OF. our movement.
THE West Virginia operators, are
awakening tp,a new ,orderIef things,
End IT, ] Judge them correctly. they
will never again invite a settlement.
of economic difference on the indus.
trial battlefield. but will prefer to ap.
peal to the reason and fairness OF our
people. rather than the uncertainties
of a long drawn out, conflict"
After hearing the report of the
auditing committee and of the
satistieian W. H! 5Fahy the eonven-
tton of the.united Mine Workers Of
America today became engaged in a
debate over The seating Of delegates
from unions delinquent in the ihters
national assessnIe nts. In explaining
why some Of the locals in Bennsyl4
yania were delinquent Thos KEN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-21
VA " l!,oguldB|;e,l.I.. ' !
I Suicides VIII !
Y Both .R,el,ecso5a1j'ea 7 !
M. P. CHRISTOPHER WILL BE
TAKEN TO MORGANTOWN TO
ANSWER INDICTMENT.
BERGHLEY FAILED TO SWALLOW
E0NUGH OF POISON TO PRO.
DUCE FATAL RESULTS.

Despite the fact that NJ. p. Christie
.pher. the young travelling Salesman,
wanted in 'Morgantown under an In
dictmeht''fot illegally marrying Miss
Sue Kisner, of"M6rgantown. Fin this
city-.several. weeks -ago, the girl la
ter committing suicide. and Christie
.p4fr,, himself swallowing poisonous
Stt9iIsis,t&hne Ell ROUTE I to. Morgan
town to answer to the indictment
and that he has been heralded as rap
idly approaching death, authoritative
information today is to, the effect that
he will recover from the effects Of
the deadly poison which he swal-
lowSd.with suicidal intent.
iiINn:J. BefgleyIthe other travelling
salesman whose. home is at Adora,
1>n"' and who made an attempt at
self destruction In this city on the
same day, 1t is believed will also re-
cover from the effects of the poison.
II is believed that Berghley failed
To swallows. sufficient quantity OF
the poison to cause death and hk re-
covcry II he RECEIVERS will be due to
this fact.
In the case of Christopher. It isSbe-
!ieved should he recover that he owes
lis life to the fact that he vomited
violently following the swallowing
ofithe' drug thus cmitting'a sufficient
quantity OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I'd
save !f'it h,s NE 3outs Sssa.sud ia II
,aChristopherblsn owin utheleustody
70: sheriff 4afo,Mariea, up.ysns1t p.
Conway, hnASwtlb Ibf BIZ taken en-, TO- Nor
ganttowIn very. aAprtlSIc;apd turned
over to the proper authorities where
nc will answer to the indictment.
Deputy Sheriff r. c. Lanham. of
Kanawlia county, In whose custody
Christopher was being brought to
ATorgantown at the time he took the
poison. has returned to Charleston
leaving his prisoner in the hands OF
the Marion county authorities until
lie can be turned over to Monongaiia
county. S
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Canada 5
CT and Old
Man Dead
LORD sTRATHcoNA AND MOUNT
ROYAL, HIGH COMMISSIONER,
PASSES AWAY, AGED so.
HARD WORKER TO THE END.

| : j. taB
LONDON, Jan. 21.-Lord strath;
coma and Mount Royal. High Commits
stoner for Canada, died yesterday.
Lord strathcona:s life. spanned
yearly a century and his active ca
reer full ,threc-quarters. "The best
way to live, to an old age" he ex-
planned. when found at work at his
desk in London on his ninety-third
birthday on August last, lis by not
thinking about age at all, but just
eoing on doing your work"
Frem his eighteenth year, when as
Donald Smith, sturdy Scot, he
sailed for Canada, to his ninety
fourth year, which would have been
completed next August, he lived up
to his maxim of work, For the past
SIX years lie had been periodically re-
ported asa"about to resign the post
Of High Commissioner for Canada,
but 1t was death and not his resigna-
ton which terminated his work.
His first years IN Canada were
thoserof ian adventurous youth in
whatlwas then a real wilderness. The
Hudson Bay company, (which con-
trol1edl practieallynoall uol q British
North ssmerlca, ehsaselI lrimas. clerk
and, bynsdccessiisteR stages The grew ito
lie lieadrof THE corporation! and.:hh
was its lastltesident1g overnonU oYnd
After 0years inrtlpe easterii,wtlls
lie took what, he called slight rest
as resident governor in Montreal,
and then accepted the offer OF lead
Ing Lord Wolseley's. expedition to the
northwest. Later lie bent his ener-
sies toward opening up the West and
ac is credited with having pressed the
Canadian Pacific Railway to compile.
ton across the continent. He also
had political experience as member
of the Manitoba legislature for many
years. All
In 1885. years after he had first
landed iii Canada. Lord strathcona's
fello@-e0i,ntryinen thought their
.s"grand'old man" deserved a rest, and
he was sent toNLondon us High Com
missioner. These last years in rLon-
don were as full of work as were the
days in Canada. From the vast for
tune he accumulated Lord strath-
coma often dispensed large sums for
educational and charitable purposes,
and he also was n. patron of many
branches OF sport. atl
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Telegram received from Goyeri,s
ment HygenieG tLabratcry today
states that The dog had rabies. ana
advised immediate Pastcur treat
ment for children bitten.
Other dogs having been exposed.
It is hereby ordered that all dogs In
the City be muzzled Immediately
and Tie Chief Of Police isshereby
directed TO take up all dogs found
running at large within the City
and not so muzzled after the goth,
day Of January, 1914, and all dogs
SO taken up blythe Police will be
killed. This order to remain In
force for a period fof four weeks
from this date.
Given under my hand tits 19tl,5
day of%January, 1914.
Z ANTHONY BOWEN,
I'd. Mayor of the City of
Fairmqnt, w. Va: sslis
1-ts-tf. /.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-21
BANQUET TO BE SERVED
AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE

The banquet to be given by the
Fairmont Business Mems Association
m Tuesday evening, January 81, at
$3.50 o'clock will be served in the as.
sembly room OF the Masonic Temple
instead of the y: NJ. C. A: assembly
loom as was formerly announced. 1t
was decided this afternoon to change
;lie place 81 serving the feast.
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N1iinr,,esr:s,A.sk.. :.
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cation has adopted strong plea, 10,
its native tongue.
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/. Mayors.
Proclamation
Neutrality-suspicious. OF rA1RMoNE.

The lead of the dog recently8kih
aSssaa hesBias5 ssAso es5Rfiy
supposed TO have rabies was iltl
,mediately sent to Washington, ID. 4,
''fof esami ahtiQa Astit 0i Z
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ssHsss u
FOOLISH MAN,

When man offers another man
anything free lie looks for the
string, But when a strange woman
smiles at lin on! the street he
imagines she loves him for himself.
Cincinnati Enquirer. j. i. .. /.
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WARRIOR toF EIGHTY ,,esail:
Continued from Page onc)S

again. She didn'tnmoan mudli and
once when ! stopped she kind O. wills.
'pered: Go on, it won't be long
$50 kept on tapping and ssheisot
quiet" q
Eberwein, stopped speaking lbut no
one urged him on. Then he began
again and told Of his arrest. VI
III get out of this, ! want 70 so
to the soldiers home, lie said. w