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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
JUST SUITED EACH OTHER.
r. L. S. and His Wife Were a Caro-
Free Happy Go Lucky Couple.

r. L. S. and His Wife Were Caro-
Free Happy Go Lucky Couple.
In his autobiography in McClure's
Magazine, S. S. Mcclure pays tribute
to the character Of Mrs. Robert Louis
Stevenson. He says:
1.-The more | saw of the Stevensons
the more became convinced that Mrs.
Stevenson was the unique woman in
the world to be Stevenson's wife. -
Mrs, Stevenson had many of the
fine qualities that we usually attribute
to men rather than to women; fair
mindedness. large judgment. robust
inconseguential philosophy Of life.
without which she could not have
borne. much less shared with relish
equal to his own, his wandering, unset.
tied life. his vagaries, his gypsy pas
sion for freedom. She bad really ere
alive Imagination, which she expressed
in living. She always lived with great
intensity. had come more into contact
with the real world than Stevenson
had done at the time when they met,
had tried more kinds Of life, known
more kinds Of people. When he mar
ried her he married woman rich in
knowledge of life and the world. Mrs.
Stevenson's autobiography would be
one of the most interesting books iI
the world
"A woman who was rigid in small
matters OF domestic economy. who in
sisted upon planned and ordered life.
would have worried Stevenson ter
ribly. In his youthful tramps be liked
to start out with no luggage. buying
a collar here and shirt there as he
needed them. In managing his affairs
he had. as he often said. no money
sense. l remember hearing him tell
how he and Mrs. Stevenson once went
to Paris for pleasure trip. They had
$500 check and some odd money, and
they meant to have thoroughly good
time and stay as long as their money
held out After few days they found
their funds running short; they couldn't
imagine what they had done with it
all. but there seemed to be very little
money left. so they decided they had
better get home while it lasted. When
they got home they found the $500
check among their papers. They hadn't
cashed it at all and didn't even know
they hadn't"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09

if one must be economical it must be
acknowledged that white, at least,
does not fade, which cannot be said
of the charming pinks and blues,
which are so alluring upon the coun-
tiers of the stores.
Wells are very smart and most be-
coming. They no longer come down
over the face in an unbecoming man
ner, but just touch the tip of the nose.
The diagonal mesh is popular and
should have single, double or triple
border of chenille or thin velvet dots.
Many novelties are shown in these,
but they should be read as novelties,
for instance, some wells are shown
with a tink peacock, beetle or butter
fly embroidered upon one side in nat
ural colors. Who but the person low
ing to be conspicuous would care to
wear one of these?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Rain Records.

Records of winters in the past bring
to light some accounts of excessive
rains. for in 1909 gauge kept at Mon
umental. in California. registered 1884
inches. Only at Glenora, Ore, with a
record of 1929 for single year. has
this rainfall. record been. exceeded in
records for, the United States. The
heaviest rainfall for single month
ever recorded in the United States was
at Helen Mine. CAL. in January, 1909.
when 7l.54 inches fell. Campo has the
record for the heaviest dOwnpOur ever
recorded in California for single day.
This was eleven and half inches on
Aug. ~. 1891. and all of this fell with
in eighty minutes. This is far below
the American record. however. which
is held by Alexandria, La, with rec
ord of PA inches in single day.-Ar-
gOnaut.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
$4,000 FOR ROADS
Stearns County Commissioners Will
Spend Large Sum This Year
Improving the Highways.

During the present season $4,000
will be expended upon Stearns county
roads by the county and state. Sew
eral crews arc at work upon improve
ments now and by the middle of July
the number will be almost doubled,
says the St. Cloud Times.
The work which will be most pleas
ing to residents of st. Cloud and Vi
cinity is an improvement for which
grades are now being prepared by
State Engineer R. P. Didlake. The St.
Joseph road, one of the poorest
stretches of public highway in the
county and one Of the most heavily
used roads leading from st. Cloud,
will be treated with gravel. If the APP
preparation holds out 16-foot road
bed will be graded and then covered
with gravel from the city limits to st.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Ratified THE ENEMY.
An Uncanny Scotch Ruse That Sent
Them Flying In Terror.

An Uncanny Scotch Ruse That Sent
Them Flying In Terror.
Many a fighting Percy shared In
English battles by land and, sea and
rarely did one of them come to grief.
But in Highways and Byways In the
Border" by the late Andrew Lang
and his brother John, the honored
name is linked with a story of defeat.
In 1872 the Lord Percy of that day.
the English warden of the marches.
ut the head of 1000 men lay encamped
not far from the river Tweed.
ITO scare away from THEN. poor lit
tie crops the deer and wild cattle that
were wont. when night fell, to ravage
them. the Scotch country folk of that
district used to sound at frequent in
tervals primitive kind of drum. To
the ends Of long poles they fixed what
may best be termed huge rattles. made
of dried skins tightly stretched over
Eemicircular ribs of wood. Inside each
skin they put few round pebbles
When shaken vigorously these rattles
would give out noise quite terrifying
to any four footed animal. especially
when heard in the stiffness of the
night"
The clever Scotchmen planned a
stampede. and in the pitchy blackness
of midnight sent number of picked
men carrying their rattles carefully
poised and muffled, who stole upper
ceived from bush to bush and from
stone to stone until they We're close
upon the enemy's camp on the heights
at either side. Then they sounded the
rattles with a sudden din truly in
fernal.
Picketed horses. mad with terror.
broke loose, rushed through the camp
and trampled over the sleeping SOL
diers. Those who sprang awake, deaf
ened and bewildered by the unholy up
roar which but few comprehended,
were seized with a panic scarcely less
abject than that of their horses. Many
fed. The rest found themselves. as
dawn, broke. without either mounts.
transport animals or baggage, all OF
which had been captured by the willy
Scots. On foot, in wrath and humilia-
ton. Percy and his 1000 fell back
across the Tweed.
Seldom in sober fact and modern
slang has formidable force been SO
easily and completely ratified!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
HELPED the Glass Man.

She entered the hardware store and
said to the clerk:
II want pane of window glass ten
inches by twelve and want man to
come right over to my house and set
it."
Every well. ma'am." said the clerk,
and calling the proprietor to tend the
front of the store. he accompanied the
woman around the corner to her house,
and around the house to the back
porch. where she took the mop, smash
ed in perfectly good pane of glass
with it. reached through the hole, un-
latched the window and said:
Now go in through the window and
unlock the door for me; after that you
can put in the new pane and my hus-
band will pay you tomorrow. l left
my keys at home when ! went calling
this afternoon."-N News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09

Joseph. A gravel pit will be purchas-
ed about midway between the city
and village so as to equalize the haul.
The graveled road will be rolled and
given periodic attention to insure
proper setting and an excellent thor
oughfare with the coming of the next
spring.
Eight miles of grading is being
done between Melrose and Sank Cen
tire.
A crew under P. A. Martin is turn
piking the road from the city to Rock
vile, distance of eight miles.
Early next week the contractors
who were this week awarded the con-
tract to cut down the Cold Spring
hill will commence their work and re-
duce the grade to per cent incline.
The sandy road winding around the
Richmond hill is to remain in MEM
DRY only after few weeks. The wind
ing road is to be Strengthened out and
will go over instead Of around the
hill. The top of the hill will be cut
down and fill will be made at its
base. This road has not only been
menace to heavy hauling but has
caused innumerable auto accidents.
During the past week an auto became
unmanageable in the sand, skidded
and turned turtle at this point.
On July IA a contract will be let TO
cut down the Roscoe hill. The road
over this hill is now IA per cent
pitch and will be cut TO 5 per cent.
Although this Improvement will BE-
one of the shortest of the summer it
will be one of the most effectual.
Within three weeks work will be
commenced on the road from Rich
mond to Roscoe. A stretch of three
miles will be treated there. A series
of hills grace the expanse between
these two towns. The top of each hill
will be cut down and the holes in the
road graveled.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Word Painting.

Mrs. Bradley, when questioned by a
fellow traveller in the Pullman car in
regard to her home. launched forth into
rather long and detailed description
Of its charms. Her little girl. Grace.
who had been reading when she began
to speak. soon closed her book and lis
tened with great interest.
1T must be very pleasant remark
ed the chance acquaintance. somewhat
perfunctorily, when Mrs. Bradley fin
ished, and Grace, her eyes cleaning
with enthusiasm. said: "Oh, it must be
perfectly lovely: What place is 1t,
mammal"
why. our own home. Of course"
answered the mother. somewhat en-
barrassed.
'Oh. DEAR" said Grace, signing. "how
much better it sounds than it lOoks."-
Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Direct Question.

At reunion Of the Adams family
chicken croquettes gave out, so the
maids carefully neglected the younger
children. After vainly trying to at
tract the attention of his mother, one
of the little boys at the lower end of
the table called out in loud tone of
voice. Mother
"What is it. Albert?" she replied.
"Do you think" went ON the child,
II should have liked the croquettes if
had had one%-LippincOtt's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09

and Skirt with Double Flounces
against the modern styles. The resoiu-
ton stated that the clothes worn were
extreme, immodest and lacking in
beauty. This was signed by 10000
women. A deputation of women were
appointed in each district to interview
the manufacturers and dressmakers
and request them to design and make
simpler and more modest dresses.
This is heroic measure on the part
of the American women, and one that
is hardly apt to meet with success as
long as Paris is the recognized source
from which the styles of the day or
iginate. This distinction is held by
the Parisians because after all is said
and done they have virile ideas upon
the subject of dress and are able to
carry them out to artistic advantage.
Until it is decided that some other
place shall be the arbiter of what we
shall, and shall not wear, this protest
will have but little influence.
With the vogue for the basque and
polonaise come many styles which
have their origin in these but are
modified to suit the women to whom
the mentioned styles are not becom-
ing. These last are moyen age. in
type, being long of waist and loosely
belted in, at the waist with belt or
sash. One stunning dress of this va
riety is of white silk with a chiffon
overwaist which hangs straight from
the shoulders to the depth of long
tunic, but held in by sash which
runs through Sits made in the chf-
fon. This is a style which is easily
applied to cotton materials, such as
crepe, batiste and others.
The simple but dainty designs cal
led the polka dot and ring have had
long period of being unnoticed or at
least not noticeably smart. But this
summer they are to be seen in foul
ards, in wash silks, in cotton crepes
and, of course, percale and calicoes.
In the illustration is a simple and at
tractive dress made of percale with a
heavy blue ring strewn across its sur
face. The waist shows the new ten
dency of the arrnhole which is grow
ing smaller and the skirt has two cir.
cular fiounces. Crisp white collar and
cuffs and crushed girdle are the fin
lshing touch. This Is dress which
can easily serve as the model byl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Cannae.

Cannae, where Hannibal won his
greatest victory over the Romans, is
situated on the opposite side of the
peninsula from the city of Rome. or
the river Aufidus and about six miles
from its mouth. 1t was from this bat
tlefield that Hannibal sent to Carthage
three bushels of gold rings from the
fingers of the Roman knights slain in
the battle Cannae is about 200 miles
from Rome.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
greatly improved.


"The great feeding crops, corn and
oats, promise above the average but
conditions are less uniformly favor
able than in wheat, especially in oats.
In Iowa there have been good rains
and Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska
have been fairly well fortified
against severe drouth by the early
rains.
Business conditions generally over
the country continue quiet. There is
no marked depression but degree Of
timidity that keeps all lines of activ-
ity on a minimum scale of operation.
With the harvests gathered and the
crops turning into the channels of
improvement must fol-
low as a matter of course"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09


and skirt of a striped material and
flounces of plain it would be unusual
in its attraction. Another way of An
ishing the dress would be tt. bind the
ruffle of the sleeve, the collar and the
flounces with a color matching the fig
ure in the percale.
Never was a style revived in great
er completeness than the basque. in
the tightness of the J-mnole and the
buttons down the front and the points
at the waist this modern basque is an
exact replica of it's ancestor. The
plain fitting long tunic skirt is con-
sentative model of its type and one
which the woman of full figure can
easily wear.
The armhole of the basque waist is
snug and certainly looks almost queer
after the looseness of the kimono
blouse we have worn so long and
which gives so much freedom that it
almost made one wonder at times il
there were any armholes at all.
Waists of different styles are already
showing that this has an influence
upon them, and are appearing with
smaller armholes. A strong tendency
some way. For instance, sleeves are
put in with cording around the arm
hole or narrow lace or beading is used
and this is very pretty way of MAX
ing simple waist attractive.
From all sides we hear rumors Of
wider skirts and yet when we examine
the models we find the largeness con-
sists in a large quantity of material
in draperies, in flounces or tunics,
while the underskirt or foundation re-
mains as narrow or narrower than
ever. The tendency Of these tunics is
to widen out, measuring about 2k to
8 yards in width, with the fullness
gathered in at the waist. This style
is practical to develope in sheer sum-
merry materials, and later possibly for
the development of heavier fabrics.
The tremendous popularity of lace
is evidenced in the wraps and gowns
displayed of these materials for mid
summer. Long tunics of lace are
worn over underskirts of satin, taffeta
and chiffon. Coats and capes of lace
have superseded those of chiffon and
>taffeta. Skirts are made with ruffles
of lace from hip to hem. If one IS
fortunate enough to possess old lace
it may be used to the greatest advan>
tage this season. Among the most
popular of the laces are, first and
foremost, Chantilly, then maline,
shadow and filet lace. The old Span
ish patterns are being revived in Dor
ders On net foundations. The great
novelty of the seasons laces are the
metal laces. Gold and silver laces in
dainty and quaint designs combine
charmingly with soft taffeta and sat
ms. Net top laces are embroidered
with beads of crystal, gold and silver,
and are much used for tunics on dam
cling and evening frocks. A dress Of
changeable blue and pink has skirt
with long tunic of net delicately en-
broidered in iridescent beads which
changeable effect of the silk.
Black lacquered ribbon is now SUI
perseded by white lacquered ribbon,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Verbal Vagaries.

circumstances alter not only cases,
but words as WELL"
Explain yourself"
when the captain Of vessel ships
cook he hires him. but when house
wife ships her cook she fires her.
Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
An Easy WAY.

One of the easiest and most effective
ways Of escaping the hardships OF
prison abuses is found in the simple
old process of keeping out of prison
Chicago Record Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09

and together with pert little wings
trim a small white hat stunningly.
This is decidedly season Of white
and never has there been so many
white costumes so immensely popular
as at the present. How sensible, for
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Xato Powers.

Wigg-Young Bjones thinks he is a
born leader. Wagg-Oh. many fel-
low who thinks be was born to COM
mand inarries a woman who was born
10 countermand.-Phila Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
Played a DUAL nole.

''Now." said a newly made husband.
II am your captain. and you must let
me command you through life"
"You have dual capacity" replied
the former widow. because you are
my captain and my second mate also"
London Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09

The more we deny ourselves the
more the gods supply our wants.-Hor-
ace.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-09
RADICAL STYLES
have OPPOSITION
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF
CLUB WOMEN CONDEMN
MODERN METHODS.
LACE TUNES and LACE CAPES
RUMORS OF WIDER SKIRTS NOT
RORN OUT IN THE LATEST
MODES OF DRESS.

(Special Correspondence Oh the Sank
Centre Herald.)
New York, July, 6, 1914
A great deal of talk has been coca
stoned by the protest made by the
women at the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs in Chicago recently
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-17
PLANS ABOUT REBUILDING.
Montpelier Expects Modern Structures
to Rise on Burned Area.

Plans are being considered at Mont
pelier to replace the structures which
were burned in the SI75,O00 fire OF sun
day, and it is likely that handsome mod
ern buildings will be built. The Union
Block CO., part owner OF the onion block,
which was completely destroyed, is to
have its annual meeting withinl few
weeks, and il is probable that some ac-
tion regarding rebuilding win be taken
at that time The other part of the
building was owned by Mrs. Fanny Bail
ey, and it is thought that IT, too, win be
rebuilt, as well as the other structures
which were either ruined or damaged
The merchants and others who were
burned out are making plans for taking
new locations somewhere in Montpelier
and all of the merchants are expected to
resume business within reasonable time
while. the various lodges, lawyers and
doctors will secure new quarters ere
long.
Montpelier people are talking of the
probable effect of the fire on the tax rate
of the city, inasmuch as the fire wiped
out fraction of the grand list which
annually brings in the neighborhood of
$1,000, The possibility Of the need for
increasing the tax rate temporarily TO 81
is being considered The city council
last evening stated in a supplemental re-
port to the citizens that a considerable
revenue was wiped out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-17
TO UNDERwRITE W. U. STOCK.
Big Financial Syndicate Being Formed
in New York.

New York, Feb. l7.--For the purpose
of underwriting Western Union Tele-
graph company stock to the amount OF
about S30,000,000 now owned by the
American Telegraph and Telephone com
pany, a syndicate at the head of which
is Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co., has been formed,
according to announcement made last
night.
Details of the underwriting plan have
not as yet been made public, but it is
understood that it is designed TO carry
out the agreement reached between
the federal department of justice and
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., providing foi the segregation OF the
interests Of the two companies. 1t is
the intention of the syndicate to under.
write the stock to present shareholders
OF the Western Union company.
1t is said that on October 81. 1911,
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company owned S29,657.200 worth of
Western Union stock of total of 500
100000 then outstanding. Due to the
fact that the stock of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company was
being voted on in block this one third
holding gave the company control over
the Western Union, it was charged BY
the government. The stock in question
was acquired by the telephone company
through purchase of the Gould, Sage
and Morosini holdings.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph company was under investigation
by the department of justice for a num-
Der OF years, it being charged by the va
rious independent telephone interests
that the trunk lines of the combination
were closed to them and competition
stiiied.
The Mackay companies complained of
unfair treatment in the matter of rates
charged on messages transferred from
its system to the Western Union and al
legged that the telephone company in
structed the operators to switch all sub
scribers wishing to send telegram on
to the wires and Offices of the Western
Union, which complaints were sustained
by the public service commission.
In addition to its promise to relin-
quish its Western Union holdings the
telephone company's~ agreement with
the department of justice also provided
that neither the parent company nor
any other company in the Bell system
will hereafter acquire dominion or con
troll over competing telephone com
pany." The agreement also stipulated
that arrangements would be made
promptly by which all other telephone
companies could secure for their sub
scribers toll service over the lines of
the Bell companies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-17
300 MEN DEMAND WORK.
And Raised Rumpus When They Heard
Mayor Mitchell Was Absent.

New York, Feb l7.-About 300 unem
ployed men, who had failed to get work
as snow-shovelers at the city employ
ment bureau, marched on the city hall
yesterday afternoon and demanded to
see Mayor Mitchell When told that the
mayor was still at Atlantic City, where
he had gone for the week end, the crowd
became unruly and policemen were sum
moned to keep them in check.
The grievance of the unemployed was
that they had been standing in line at
the employment bureau for almost four
hours in the drifting snow and biting
wind, waiting for work at snow shovel
ing. When some of the men invaded
the employment bureau and became bois.
ferrous they were elected by squad of
policemen. The march to city hall was
the result of this.
While at the city hall news came that
a snow removing contractor needed more
help. The men left in body to ioin
his forces and the incident ended.