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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
A Useful Coffin.

A writer in an English church maya
zine once found in GOLFERS cottage
in StaffOrdShire coffin used as a
bread and cheese cupboard. Notwith-
standing his wife's remonstrance, he
told the story of the coffin as follows:
Eighteen years ago l ordered that
coffin. The wife and me used to have
good many words. One day she
said, I'll never be content till l see
thee in thy coffin We'll lass 1 said.
if that'll content thee it'll soon be
done.
Next day | gave directions to have
the thing made In few days it
came home. to the wife's horror. ! got
into and said, Now. lass, are thee
content? She began to cry and want
ed the 'horrid thing taken away. But
that | wouldn't allow. In the end she
got accustomed to seeing it. and as we
wanted to turn it to some use we had
some shelves put in and made it into a
bread and cheese cupboard We have
never quarreled since it came"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Lobster and Butterfly.

According to q scientific observer,
the lobster is akin to the butterfly.
The kinship is not merely that of two
members of the animal kingdom. The
lobster and the butterfly are actually
in one and the same great group OF
the kingdom, like the clam and the
snail or the whale and the giraffe.
whose spheres of activity are so wide
ly separated. 1t is simply, as Darwin
pointed out in the case of other crea-
lures many years ago, that the lobster
and its friends. the crab. the prawn
and the shrimp, chose one method of
life, while the butterfly and it's set
chose another. So the first group de-
veloped characteristics suited to the
conditions in which it lived, including
as one of the most important, as its
members do not move rapidly, coat
of armOr to protect them from their
innumerable enemies, while the but
terflies and the great host Of winged
insects shed every bit of superfluOus
weight, trusting to swiftness to carry
them out Of danger and to protective
cOlOring to conceal them when fight
is unavailing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Barrie and MPeter PAM

The birth of j. NJ. Barrie's play,
peter Pam" was full of romantic in
terest. Barrie had agreed to write a
play for Frohman and met him at din
ner one night at the Garrick club in
London. Barrie seemed nervous and
i'll at ease.
whats the matter?' said Charles.
Simply this" said Barrie. You
know l have an agreement to deliver
you the manuscript of a play?"
YES" said FrOhman.
well, l have it all right" said Bar
RE, "but | am sure it will not be a
commercial success. 1t is dream child
of mine, and am so anxious to see it
on the stage that l have written an
other play which l will be glad to give
you and which will compensate you
for any loss on the one l am so eager
to see produced"
Don't bother about that" said Froh-
man. II will produce both plays"
Now, the extraordinary thing about
this episode is that the play about
whose success Barrie was so doubtful
was "Peter PAM" which made several
fortunes. The manuscript he offered
Frohman to indemnify him from loss
was "Alice-Sit- by the Fire." which last
ed only a season.-"Charles Frohman,
Manager and Man."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
"Three Sheets In the Wind"

What was the origin of the phrase
for drunkenness. three sheets in the
wine? 2" a landsman asked sailor the
other day. Well said the sailor.
"Ill explain that matter to you. The
two lower corners OF a ships sail are
held taut by two ropes, one called a
tack and another called sheet. The
tack is always kept very tight. but
the sheet is lOOsened according to the
wind. and the ioOser the sheet is the
more freely the sail swings. If the
sail is quite free it's sheet is said to
be 'in the wind Now. suppose that
all three of ships sails were quite
free. They would then fly about very
crafty. and the ship would wabble.
The course of the ship would be a zig
gag one, and the reason for this would
be that she had three sheets in the.
wind That, | guess. is why a man
when he Zigzags in his course is said
to be three sheets in the wind Also"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Man as a Meat Eater.

That man has eaten beef, pork ana
fish since the remOteSt ages is deduced
by Professor NJ. w. Lyon, Jr., of the
George Washington university. in an
article in Science. from the life his
tory of three species of tapeworm.
These three-the TOenia saginata, Or
beef tapeworm; Toenia sOlium. or pork
tapewOrm, and Neutrality-suspicious. la
tus, or fish tapewOrm-are highly diff
ferentiated. Part of their lives they
spend in human beings. part in the,
animals from which they are named,
and both these hosts are necessary to-
their development.
1--WE have no evidence that species
of any kind are rapidly produced"
says Professor Lyon, land the para
sites have probably had as slow an.
evolution as man. The conclusion
seems clear that man has been eating
cattle and pigs or their immediate an
cestors, and perhaps himself. for as
many ages as needed for these tape
worms to attain their present degree
of differentiation"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Proper BREATHING.

To breathe properly take deep, slow
breath, another and another Put both
the hands on your ribs and see how
they expand and contract as you
breathe in and out. Put one hand ON
the low ribs in front and the other OPP
pOsite it on the back. Feel how the
back swells as you breathe. There
is powerful muscle called the dia-
phragm that divides the chest from the
abdomen. AS the heart and lungs are
in the chest. the diaphragm may be
called the floor of the chest. 1t is fas-
tened to the backbone. the ribs and the
sternum, or breastbOne And when
people speak of diaphragmatic breath
ing they mean just what we are doing
nOw-filling the lungs with air and
emptying them by the expansion and
contraction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
The Business of Life.

Life is business we are all apt to
mismanage. either living recklessly
from day to day or suffering ourselves
to be guided out of our moments by the
inanities of custom. We should de-
spise man who gave as little activity
and forethought to the conduct of any
other business. But in this, which is
the one thing Of all Others since it con-
tains them all. we cannot see the forest
for the trees. One brief impression OBJ
literates another. There is something
Supplying in the recurrence of unim-
pOrtant things, and it is only ON rare
provOcatiOns that we can rise to take
an outlook beyond daily concerns and
comprehend the narrow limits and
great possibilities of our existence
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Where johnson Made a BIunder.

The present Blackfriars bridge is a
comparatively modern structure, which
replaced the bridge of Robert Mylne
after the latter had endured. with much
alteration ana repair, it is true, for
nearly hundred years. Mylnes de-
sign. it will be recalled by those famil-
lar with their Boswell. was attacked
by Johnson with that arrogance and, let
me sadly add, ignorance which he was
too wont to display in subjects of
which he knew very little. Johnson.
with a weight of words which might
have tested any bridge. declared that no
structure with elliptical arches could
bear heavy weights. Mylnes bridge
has gone, but the elliptical form of
arch remains, and very beautiful it is
and adequate for weight of traffic of
which Johnson never dreamed.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Lakes of Blood.

The name Lake of Blood or its equiv
alent has been given to places as far
apart as England and South America.
"Sangue!ac"-i. e., the Lake of Blood
was the name given by the victorious
Normans to the battlefield at Hastings,
where the SaXons We're overthrOwn
and slain with terrible carnage.
For similar reason Lake Trasimene
has borne the name "Sanginetto" be-
cause its waters were Redeemed during
the second Punic war by the blood of
some $4,000 Romans who fell before
the troops of Hannibal.
Yet another Lake of Blood, called
also "Yaguar COcha," is situated in the
state Of Ecuador. 1t is one of a series
of lakes formed by the extinct craters
of volcanoes OH the towering heights
of the Andes range of mountains.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Peasants Wore Platinum Buttons.

Peasants Wore Platinum 0utt
"With platinum now costing aroune
500 an ounce" said widely known
manufacturing jeweler of this city, II
NAV be hard to believe that half cen
fury or so ago peasants in Russia were
wearing buttons of this metal on thef
clothing. They were also using 1t Ior
handles of knives, forks and umDrei-
las. and the wOrkmen in the JeWelry
shops were using it for making pickle
pans. a cOntrivance, now made OF cop
per, that plays quite an important part
in the making of jewelry. At that time
platinum cost about SD an ounce, and
in Russia it was so plentiful because
there was so little use for it that the
Russian government decided to make
coins of it in lieu of silver. The Rus
sian people, however. We're suspicious
of the new metal, fearing that it had
no value, and it was not long before
the coins were out of circulation. 1t
was then that they began to appear as
buttons and to be melted for purposes
more unitarian than decorative. -
New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Married Money.

"Glad to see you looking SO well, old
man." said the friend of a newly made
benedict. This is the first oppOrtu-
nifty 1 have had of offering my con-
CALCULATIONS ON your recent marriage
From the look of things guess you've
married money. Well, it was the right
thing to do. That shop walking berth
of yours must have been awfully bor-
ing. Is she in? l should like to be in
troduced:"
''Oh, she's at work." said the hus-
band, with placid smile.
''At work? What do you mean?"
asked the friend.
well, you see, it was this way" re-
piled the benedict. "She had a much
better position than mine-head of her
department, fS week. Wouldn't give
it up. So there was nothing for it but
for me to retire from business and keep
house, and here l am, you see. You
have to let women have their way in
some things" Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Banked Rails.

In rounding curve the tendency Of
the weight of train is invariably TO
shift to the outside wheels. To cou,%
teract this tendency the outer rail of q
curve is raised on higher level than
the inside. the elevation being in an
exact proportion to the sharpness of
the curve as determined by the princi-
pies of engineering. If both rails of a
curved track were of exactly the same
elevation train would not dare round
it at high speed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Quite a Chance.

Twenty-Five years ago young hus-
bands wife went away for two days
visit. When she returned he met her at
the depot and embraced her and kissed
her. The other day she returned from
a two weeks visit. He met her and
said, while he took a chew of tobacco.
well, did you have good timer
Kansas City Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Wrong Eating.

o "After ALL" says a bulletin
o from a state board of health,
o good health is largely matter
o Of what goes into the stomach.
o If person eats heavily of rich,
O greasy. concentrated foods. such
o as fried meats, rich pastries,
o sOggy or underdone breads. he
@ will soon find himself seeking
o relief from headache. sluggish
@ ness. constipation and bilious
O ness, and the patent medicine
o route will be the way he will
@ likely choose. Pills and purga-
O tives will find hearty welcome
@ and become a warm friend to
o persons who so poison them
@ selves. The trouble arising from
O eating food of this kind is that it
o ferments in the stomach. throws
o off poisons and creates condi-
o ton which calls for stronger
o poison In the form of medicine
o to throw off the food poison. The
y medicine habit is acquired. and
o the digestive organs of the stom-
O mach are wrecked and no longer
O perform their, natural functions.
q ION the other hand, whoever
o eats freely of fruits. vegetables,
o milk. butter. salads, cereals and
o nuts-foods prepared by nature
o for man-not only avoids diges-
o tive troubles. but he is spared
o the evil effects Of food poisons.
o such as rheumatism. headaches.
o sluggishness and biliousness. He
o also escapes the patent medicine
o habit. He eats according to ma
o lures demand and needs, and no
o medicine is required as an after
o dose"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
He Was the Whole of It.

Over the wire to the parsonage came
this request:
1.-THE bishop would like to meet at
the church this evening the pastor, the
class leader. the Sunday school super
intendent, the president of the cradle
roll and of the young peoples societies.
the president of the missionary So
ciety, the chorister and the sexton!'
"All right! I'll be there" was the
nswer.-Christian Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Came.

Daughter of Western Farmer-Oh
George. the harvest hands threaten to
quit. and papa is away!
Young Foreman - Yes, know.
wired him this morning for instruc-
tons.
Daughter of Western Farmer-What
did he answer?
Young Foreman-He said. Hold
hands till / come
Daughter of Western Farmer-Well
it means an awful lot of spOoning. but
guess we can do it. can't we?-Life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
In Behalf of Accuracy.

The reporter was interviewing the
leading politician.
This" said the interviewed. lis the
age of steel. and
Pardon me. please" interrupted the
interviewer. but in behalf of accuracy
would you kindly spell that word Pr
BrOwning's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Doubtful Sympathx

The Bride to Be-My only worry 10
about mother. She's bound to miss me
terribly. Friend of the Family-Ah.
well. she can't complain. After all.
she's had you longer than most moth
ers keep their daughters.-Sydney Bull
letin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Deserved To Get IL.

II want to ask you for a bit of adj
vice. said the insinuating man.
What is it?
Il want you to put yourself in my
place and me in yours and tell me how
you would go about it if you wanted to
borrow $40 from me-" -Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Diplomatic.

II want you" said the fair society
leader. Ito give me plain opinion as
to my latest photograph
Madam. said the gallant cavalier.
bowling. Ito speak in plain terms OF
that portrait would be impossible!"-
London Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
The lrritated Tourist.

rs this the bureau of information?'
asked the confused traveller
"No." replied the man. This is the
ticket Office
Great guns! Is it getting so they
sell tickets now for information ?'-
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Feminine Sympathy.

II could tell her how sorry all the
girls felt for Mamie yesterday
why 500
Because she sat there without a
word when the others were telling
Indignantly how those contemplate
street Washers tried to firt with
Them. "-Baitimor American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Fatal Error

Il thought you had given up burnt
wood art. dearie.''
Ferdinand, how can you be so.
heartless? This is pie."-Kansas city
Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Troublesome Trait.

Brown claims that he always tells
the truth"
Eyes: he seems to have a mania for
stirring up trouble" - New York
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28

An unjust acquisition is like a barbed
arrow, which must be drawn backward
with horrible anguish or else win r.
your destruction Jeremy Taylor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
At Regular Rates.

Amateur POetess-Ten dollars for
correcting the meter of this little verse;!
Professional Poet-Oh, yes; for this
sort of work / charge regular plumb
erS' rateS.-Life
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Shook.

Molly-You say you shook all over
when you proposed to her? Cholly-
Yes, did. Molly-And how about the
girl? Cholly-Oh, she only shook her
head
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
Some Exception.

1T must be hard to see people
scramble for a meal"
r Eyes, unless it's eggs."-Baltimore
American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28
An unluckx Number Seven.

Wife during the spatD-I wasn't anx-
1ous to marry you. | refused you six
times. Hub Yes. and then my luck
gave ont. = Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28

Never let your mirth. jubilation or
pleasures dull your sympathy for the
sorrow. suffering. sickness or Indulgence
Of other people.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28

Accept nothing that is unreasonable:
discard nothing as unreasonable with
out proper examination. -Buddha.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28

This is the best day the world has
ever seen. Tomorrow will be better
B. A. Campbell.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-12-28

When a man falls back on oaths he
declares himself out Of arguments.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-21
HEBRON FACULTY
STARTS 114TH
WITH CHANGES

Hebron. Aug. 19-When Principal
w. E. Sargent conducts the opening
chapel exercises of the Hath year of
Hebron Academy on Sept. -, he will
activity as head Of the school. It is
expected that more than 225 boys and
morning, though the registration will
not be completed until the last Of the
week.
Seven members of last years faculty
will be on hand to greet the old and
new students. These are Principal
Sargent; Arthur l.. Field, head of the
mathematics department; Charles c.
Dwyer, athletic director and assistant
in science; Ernest c. Mariner, head
of the English department; Raymond
r. Thompson, head Of the science de-
partment; Miss Josephine M. Hods-
don, preceptress and assistant in Eng
lish: and Miss Elizabeth NJ. Whittier,
assistant in modern languages.
Miss Katherine Wells, head of the
history department, who was granted
a years leave Of absence during 1916
16, will return to Hebron this fall
Miss Wells has passed the year in Y.
w. c. A. work in Boston. During her
absence from Hebron the instruction
in history has been in charge Of Miss
Pauline Hanson Of Sanford, graduate
of Colby 1913.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-21
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A surprise party was given In honor OF
Miss Katherine Huckins at tho small
Heselton hall Friday evening. about 3S'of
her girl friends being present. This 10 q
sort Of farewell to Miss Katherine, who
with her mother. Mrs. Nancy Huckins.
expects to leave Tuesday for Newport
News. Va. whore they will probably
mako their permanent home. Mrs. Huck.
ms son Earle Is located there and IL now
a member Of the National Guard there.
Funeral Of Mrs. George croeker
The funeral of Mrs. George Crocker
was hold at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Levi Bean. in Skowhegan Saturday
morning, the service being conducted 10y
Rev. George Merriam and burial was in
Canaan. Mr.. Crocker Ia In exceedingly
poor health, now being 50 years old.
Sunset Chapter. Order Of the Eastern
Star, to the number Of about 60 members
enjoyed a delightful field day at the cot
tage of E. c. Butler. worthy patron OF
the chapter. at Lakewood Friday after.
noon. Games of various kinds were play
ed and picnic supper was eaten at tables
oAl eho idWH ia iToHt OF tne cottage.
Mrs. Lizzie Donigan and her son Ben
son left Friday on trip to Montreal and
other places in Canada.
Miss Nellie Bean is taking two weeks
on from her duties in the w. p. Ordway
store at her mothers in New Sharon, the
latter being Ill.
Mrs. Abbie Fernald returned Friday
night from short visit in Troy. Me-, to
stay at Mrs. D. W. Browns.
Miss Alma Hall, who has been passing
two weeks with the family Of her brother
Lees Hall, left here Saturday morning for
her home in Rockford, Ct.
The next regular meeting Of skowhegan
Grange will be held Aug q instead Of the
3oth. while the children's evening has been
postponed to the first meeting in Septem-
ber