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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Nature Provided for
'sCold Storage" Pussy

One day the local carpenter,
who had taken a job in the city,
came to see me. He had under
his arm one of the oldest little
kittens I've ever seen. Apparently
a long-haired white, it didn't look
like a Persian. 1t didn't look like
anything I'd seen before. More
than anything else, it looked like
a polar bears cub.
.What kind of cat is this?" /
asked him.
"This here is a cold storage cat"
"a what?" I cried, thinking of
frozen eggs and defunct chicken.
Cold storage was in it's somewhat
sickly infancy then.
"a year or so ago." he explained,
"the cold storage warehouse I'm
wOrkin' for took in a lot o. cats to
kill rats. What with the damp an
the dark an the cold, only a few
of 'em lived, but the ones that did
grew longer and longer hair, and
this kitten is the fourth genera
ton. I've got seven of EN-"
watched the various genera
lions of those kittens around the
neighborhood, and was amused to
see them revert to common short
haireds. Evens in the Satur-
day Evening Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Morse Names Common
in Parts of Scotland

Professor Brogger, of Oslo uni
versity, in lecture at Edinburgh
university, commented on the strik-
ing fact that the majority of the
place names in the Shetlands and
Orkneys were of Morse character.
A scrutiny of the old Morse farm
names revealed ce tain types of
names which had zen most used
in the Shetlands, rkneys, Cath
ness and the Hebrides. Names in
Norway were not only chronology
ical, but also indicative of the So
cial position held by the families
in Norway. Further, their geo.
graphical limit was sharply defined
and for that reason it was possible
to conclude from which parts Of
Norway the emigration was great
est.
This proved to have been the
southwestern coasts of Norway
(Agder, Rogaland), and the north
western (MOre1. In the Agder
coast districts in recent years
number of farm sites which had
been examined proved to have be-
longed to an older Iron age, and
seemed to have been deserted in
the Seventh-Eighth centuries. They
were usually situated in dis
tricts which were no longer cul-
tivated. In all probability a num-
Der of these remains were relics
of the emigrants.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
First Book on Fishing
Credited to a Woman

The first book that was published
about fishing in England was writ
ten by the prioress of st. Adams
about the time the Cabots were
busy making their American dis
coveries, and the fundamentals of
angling have changed but very lit
tie since outlined by the authoress,
Thomas w. JUL, champion f1y-cast-
er of Ontario, said recently. Ac-
cording to Fishing julie" as the
authoress is commonly known, "the
sport is to be followed for its own
sake and not for mercenary GAIN"
of the thirteen flies described in
her book, twelve are in common
use today, Mr.. JUL said.
Walton's Compleat Angler, "the
only classic that has ever been
written On any SPORT" was written
in 1868. An original copy at the
time of publication was worth
about II pence and now realizes a
price around $500.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Small Boy Had Found
Perfectly Safe Place

1t was the evening rush hour.
An intensive throng, regardless of
everything but their desire to get
home as soon and as best they
could, stOrmed The various en-
frances to the subway elevated
trains as they pulled into the Gen.
trail city stations.
The stroller was standing in the
yestibule of the last car of the
train. All seats, aisles and corners
were crammed with humanity,
seething mass. At Eighth street
the door opened to permit few
more to crowd in. A transit en-
ployee helped by shoveling them
along
"Cut that pushing! There's lit
tie boy here. Amt you got any
better sense?" This from an irate
father, who was trying to shield
his boy from the struggling mass.
The child, undismayed by all
this anxiety and turbulence, smiled
at his parent.
Don't worry, daddy; they can't
hurt me-"
He had crawled under the over
flow of his fathers stomach.-Phil-
adelphia Public Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Yiddish Made Up Of
VARIETY of Tongues

Yiddish is a middle German dia-
lect derived from Hebrew and
Slavic influences. 1t is the lang
uage spoken by the Jews in east
ern Europe, the most widely spread
dialect Of the Jews. Those Jews
who, toward the end of the Mid
die ages, left Germany for the
Slavic lands bohemia, Poland,
Galicia and Lithuania) spoke the
middle high German Of their places
of origin and up to the Sixteenth
century wrote it quite correctly, al
though they employed the Hebrew
alphabet. The absence of active
intercourse with Germany, how
ever, led in time to a process OF
simplification of morpholOgy and
syntax. Thus the imperfect, sub
junctive, and to a large extent the
neuter gender were lost; all the
propositions came to be construct
ed with the dative, etc. At the
same time the German sounds UNI
delwent certain changes, and q
large number of Hebrew, Aramaic
and Slavic words were incorpOrat-
ed in the language. The resultant
idiom, the Yiddish, supplanted the
Slavic spoken by the primitive
Jewish settlers in the east of Eu-
rope, and has been carried to all
parts of the world, including Ger
many, admitting words and idioms
from all the languages with which
it has come into contact.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Saving the Sequoias

In order to protect the last of
the "Big Trees" the government
has established two national parks,
Sequoia and General Grant. con-
tanning some of the most interest
ing groves now left. In Sequoia Ma
tional park alone there are scores
of sequoia trees 20 to 80 feet in
diameter, with few still larger,
and thousands with diameter of
more than ten feet. This park
contains the General Sherman
tree, considered the largest of them
all. General Grant park, an era of
only four square miles, contains a
magnificent grove of sequoias in
addition to the one for which it is
named. There are also three groves
of the "Big Trees" in the Yose-
mite Nationallpark. One of them
contains the famous Wawona tree,
through which motor road runs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
PAGE FIVE

counties in Southern Minnesota at
one of the largest merit badge ex-
positions ever conducted in the
northwest, which lasted three days.
Butterfeld- Consolidated school
district No. 46 has voted $45, 900
bonds for an addition to the pres
emit school building, as the structure
has been found to be inadequate
to accommodate the number of
pupils enrolled.
Warroad- Seeking information
to aid in determining damages
caused by raised water levels, a
reviewing commission appointed in
Federal court left here on a tour
of the Winnipeg river country
north of here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Samoan Tattooing

The art of tattooing still -four
ishes in the Samoan islands where
the natives tattoo their bodies from
the hips to the knees. A tattoOer's
profession is very lucrative. His
instruments resemble combs, and
are made of human bones of diff
ferent sizes. The operation takes
from two to three months, during
which time patient remains in
the same retired place. All this
time the relatives of the young
person bring mats, money and food,
but if the quantity does not suit
the tatooer, he "goes on strike"
refusing to proceed until sufficient
liberality is displayed. The requis-
lite gifts are sure to be brought,
for no Samoan could endure going
half tattoa,d.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Old American Cities

Historical records of the United
States and of the various states
seem to indicate that the oldest
cities in the United States are st.
Augustine, Fla; Santa Fee, N. M. ;
jamestown, Va, and Plymouth,
Mass. st. Augustine is generally
believed to be the Oldest city in the
United States. 1t was settled by
the Spaniards in 1865. Santa Fee
was founded by the Spaniards in
1905. Jamestown, Va, was the first
permanent English settlement in
the United States. The English
colonists landed there on May Is,
1907. Plymouth is the oldest New
England town. 1t was reached by
the Pilgrim Fathers on December
q, 1920.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
The Dollar as Currency

In 1857 the dollar was introduced
as the unit of currency in the
United States of America and es-
tablished in 1892. In 1897, when
there was great scarcity of coin in
England, number of Spanish
coins, pieces-of-eight Commonly
referred to as "dollar"), which
were held by the Bank of Eng
land, were put into circulation
after having been contaminated
at the mint with a bust of George
III, or overstamped with the mi
tails "G.R." inclosed in shield.
The Spanish piece-of-eight was cur
rent in the Spanish-American colo
MES and was very generally used
in the British North American colo
MES; it is the ancestor of the Mex
lean, Newfoundland and South
American dollar. !,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Butter Prices Are Below
Last Week Quotations
Heavy Egg Increase Results in
Lower Prices-Poultry Market
Irregular

Butter production is showing
only slight increase, due primar-
lily to feed conditions and bad
roads. Receipts on the New York
market were little heavier. This,
coupled with the development Of
rather quiet trading the latter
part of the week, caused some ac-
emulation as compared with the
previous week, resulting in a de-
cline in quotations.
Chicago market today on 90
Score Standards is 48 cents, which
is a half cent lower than last week.
New York market on 90 Score Ex-
tras is At 1-2 cents.
Receipts of fresh eggs have in
creased greatly, and the market
broke sharply the early part of
the week. 1t is only natural that
we can expect to see further in
crease in production from now on.
Due to extremely bad road condi-
tions, receipts Of eggs have been
up little.
Chicago market on Firsts today
is &c ga to 27 cents which is three
and half cents lower on the
outside compared with week ago.
New York frsts 291a to 20 ga
cents.
Live poultry receipts have been
light and the market has been ir-
regularly steady to firm, and gen.
orally in sellers favor. Light
weight fowl continue to be in
greatest demand and at no time
has there been enough to supply
the trade needs.
Chicago live poultry market to-
day follows: Fowls, leghorns 81
cents, colored light weights SO
cents, colored heavy weights 80
cents, springs % to "a cents, stays
81 cents, cocks % cents. Pro
duce Review, Swift & Co., Chicago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Uses Of Education

Bees Gull their several sweets
from this flower and that blossom,
here and there where they find
them, but themselves afterwards
make the honey, which is all and
purely their own, and no more
thyme and marjoram; so the sew
eral fragments he borrows from
others, he will transform, and shuf-
f1e together to compile a work that
shall be absolutely his own; that
is to say, his judgment; his in
struction, labor, and study tend to
nothing else but to form that. He
is not obliged to discover whence
he got the materials that have as
sisted him, but only to produce
what he has himself done with
them.-Montaigne in "Of Educa-
ton"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
That Wouldn't Do

Weary William was on the point
of securing new job-0r, rather,
his wife had secured it-and Weary
William was in imminent danger
of settling down to it.
His account of the past few
months, spent in drawing unem-
ployment benefits, had not inn
pressed his prospective employer,
but the latter decided to give him
a chance.
"Very well, you can have the
job" William was told, "and you'll
be paid just what you're worth"
"What I'm WORT, guv-nor?" he re-
peated. "That won't do at all The
wife told me to get a livin' wage!''
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Chung to Parchment

Public documents were not al
lowed to be engrossed on so fragile
a material as the earlier paper was
found to be, and it was not until
the art advanced that the new ma
terial superseded parchment. A
careful inspection of several hun
dred old codices in the royal IL
brary in Berlin fails to disclose any
lasting properties of the paper
upon which they were written. On
the contrary, the leaves are in many
instances. crumbling into brittle
fragments, while the writing has be-
come illegible.
5 Nevertheless, it should be added,
the German paper has had a test
of several centuries, while it is Ger.
tain that some Of the paper made
today almost drops to pieces if one
looks at it severely.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Tell Il to the Marines

Over the entrances to certain en-
campments of the American ma
rines is sign which reads-"If you
don't listen, you'll get killed" But
this warning did not originate with
the marines, says the American
Magazine, which explains: sit is
really the life code of all wild
things in nature. With them, to
obey is to live, and to disobey is
to die. Almost daily, wild creatures
are called upon to make life-and-
death choices, and they usually
choose with celebrity and dispatch.
Reason and natural laws go hand
in hand, and to violate a law Of
nature is always to defy reason"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Messages Written by
Royalty Have Lasted

In London inn there is pre-
served an old stained glass window
from the Manor house, Abbots
Bromley, Statfordshire, which bears
an inscription alleged to have been
scratched on it with a diamond by
Mary Queen of Scots shortly be-
fore her execution. The transla-
ton of the writing, which is in
Latin, is as follows: "Mary, queen
of Scotland, passed through this
town September p, 1886, on the
way to Burton and FOtheringay."
Another inscription discovered
some years ago, at the Mermaid
inn at Rye, was written by the
king of France, John, who was
brought to England as a prisoner
after his capture at the battle of
Poitiers. This inscription consists
of the unhappy monarch's name
and title, followed by a few words
of gratitude for the kindly recep-
ton accorded him by the landlord
of the Mermaid in his exile.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21

Albert Lea-The County Red
Cross has voted 81, 900 toward an
$4,000 relief fund for the needy
families and their livestock in Hol-
land.
Madelia-The Fairmont canning
factory has made arrangements to
obtain peas from farmers in this
vicinity and the quota of 240 acres
is expected to be filled.
Red Wing For the first time
in many years there will be no
new road projects undertaken in
Goodhue county during the forth
coming summer months.
Winona-Winona played host to
one thousand Boy Scouts from ten
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Fancy Buttons for Men

Buttons played no small part in
the adornment of our grandfathers,
who paid high prices for their coat
decorations.
For instance, a man named Bis
set has left on record the fact that
the buttons on his wedding coat
cost 500, and were of his own
painting. He did a good deal of
fancy painting for Matthew Boul-
ton. "The elegant paintings ! did
for him. he mentions, "were on
glass, about the size of half-crown
piece, with pearl devices in the
center on different colored foils.
They were set in steel for court but
tons, the size when finished of a
Spanish dollar. / generally had a
guinea per button. Montreal Fam
lily Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Defeat Had Good Result

Kentucky history records the
Battle of the Blue Licks" as the
bloodiest engagement between the
whites and the Indians of the pio-
neer days. 1t was in this battle of
August II, 1882, that $50 Shawnee
Indians. led by British and Cana
dams and the notorious renegade
Simon Girty, ambushed 200 COM
rades of Daniel Boone and slew
and scalped more than half of
them, including Boone's youngest
son, Israel. Recent dedication of
two memorials by Kentucky called
attention to the fact that this bat
tie, while a great disaster, yet
aroused the pioneers to the danger
of their determination west of the
Alleghenies. Reorganization of the
whites followed and with rein
forcements and supplies from Vir-
ginia the Indians ultimately were
driven beyond the Ohio river, never
to Roundabout News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Many "Basic Patents"

The term 'basic patent. is used
ordinarily with much the same sig
nificance as "piOneer patent"-that
is to say, as having reference to a
patent covering an invention which
represents a marked advance in
some art, as when an inventor for
the first time, accomplishes GER
tain result. There have been a good
many basic patents granted, from
first to last, but no precise enumer-
alton is possible, since opinions
vary as to which patents are en-
titled to be so classed. We note
Bells patent on the telephone and
Howe's patent for the sewing ma
chine employing an eye-pointed
needle. There are basic patents
now in force for inventions re-
lating to wireless, radio and other
subjects.-Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
All the Difference

The clock had just struck twelve
when Henpeck inserted his latch
key and let himself into his sub
urban villa.
His wife was ready for him.
"Where have you been, I'd like
to know?" she snapped.
"I-er-er-" began Henpeck
hesitatingly, when he was inter-
rupted.
eyes, go on. 1 suppose you'll tell
me you've been to see sick friend
holding his hand all the eve
ning?"
"Oh, no, my DEAR" replied the
erring husband sadly. IF I'd been
holding his hand, l would have
made some money."-Pittsburgh
Sun Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Thursday, March p, 1929
Road Closed" Signs May
Be Plentiful This Spring
Minnesota Highway Department
Anticipates Weeks of Poor Co
ing and Limited Loads

The season of "Road Closed"
and "Load Limit Two Tons" signs
is at hand. According to a bulle-
tin from the State Highway depart
ment, these signs may be numerous
during the next month or two.
A number of routes, especially
in the southern part of the state,
have been impossible at times dur
ing the past week, and nearly all
roads have been more or less slop-
py and rutty. But there may be a
lot more of mud and water before
the spring breakup is over.
The snow has been usually heavy
in nearly all parts of the state and
the frost is unusually deep. Many
bitches and drains are filled with
snow and ice. The mild weather
and rain of the last few days have
produced a lot of water. Until the
ice is out of the bitches and the
frost is out of the ground, there
is no place for the water to go.
The Highway department makes
no prediction as TO how many roads
will be impossible during the
spring season or how long they will
stay that way. The paved routes
are the only ones which can be
depended upon to stand up thru
any amount of moisture.
Gravel highways which are
graded high and wide SO that the
snow plows have been able to clear
the entire width and permit the
water to drain into the side bitches,
may remain passable through con-
siderable wet weather, but even the
best gravel roads will break down
if traffic is heavy. The older and
narrow roads, which the snowplows
could not open wide, are likely to
give considerable trouble. Re-
Gently graded routes which have
not been compacted by traffic are
also likely to give trouble.
Load restrictions will be posted
as soon as any route shows signs
of breaking down. Commissioner
C. M. Babcock believes it is better
to keep the heavy loads from NOV
ing than to have them cut up the
roads so they will be impossible to
all traffic.
When any stretch of highway
becomes impossible, it will be clos
ed to all traffic, and the main
tenance men will not pull vehicles
through the bad stretches during
the spring breakup. To do so
would only be making the roads
worse and postponing the time
when they can be restored to norm
al condition.
Car owners are urged by the de-
partment to avoid ali unnecessary
travel and to postpone all heavy
hauling until the roads are dry and
solid. Persons who attempt to
haul heavy loads thru soft roads
are not only inviting grief and
expense for themselves, but they
are damaging the roads and in
conveniencing other road users.
Those who must travel are urged
to make allowance for delays.
During the next few weeks many
roads which are good one day may
be impossible the next. Motorists
are urged to make local inquiries
concerning road conditions and
make no trips unless they know the
roads are passable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Odd Methods of Fishing

There are many ways Of catch
ing fish, but one of the quaintest
methods is that revealed by ma
tives to the administrator of New
Guinea, on tour of the territory.
At Hetan the natives gave an ex-
hibition of kite fishing for CARS.
The kites, constructed Of pandan-
us leaf, and shaped like huge
birds, are flown from canoes, the
motion of which makes the kites
tails skip along the surface of the
water. A spiders" web is at
tached in which the fish become
entangled. Often 80 fish are caught
with one kite in day. The natives
also stupefy fish. with drugs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Evangelistic Symbols

In the Fifth century the Four
Beasts which had already been used
as emblems of the Four Archangels
and the Four Great Prophets were
adopted as symbols of the Evangel-
lists, and two centuries later these
curious creatures were universally
employed as symbolic of these four
saints. At first they were simply
emblems of the Evangelists, but
after st. Jerome wrote of the Vision
of Ezekiel, each of these beasts
was assigned to particular saint.
To st. Matthew was given the
cherub, or winged human face; to
st. Mark, the lion; to st. Luke, the
OK; and to st. John, the eagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Oldest Dated Statuette

A jade figure in the Smithsonian
institution is said to be the oldest
object found in America. 1t is
known as the Tuxtla statuette.
This object was found in the state
Of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 1t is carved
from jadeite, and represents
birdlike deity with human head.
On the front and sides are Maya
hieroglyphics, including one cor
responding to the date SO B. c.,
which makes the Tuxtla statuette
the Oldest dated monument thus
far found in America. The institu-
ton has thousands without date
which are much older.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21

Aren't people, the craziest things
So many gathered at Lakehurst,
N. j., to see an airship arrive that
a great automobile tangle resulted,
and thousands were compelled to
spend the night there.
What an idle people we are becom-
ingl Look at the great crowds that
assemble everywhere on slight oc-
casi0ni Look at the tour
Ing And the fact staring US in the
face that industry is the only way
out!-E w. Howe's Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
Diet for Cats

Milk is not the best food for
grown cats. 1t takes a great guam
tity to nourish them, and this dis
tends the stomach, causes various
sicknesses, and is wholly unnatu-
raj. The diet Of a milk-fed cat
should not be instantly changed
to a meat diet. A sudden change
of this sort may cause fits, because
cat fed on milk, Cruel and vege
tables probably has worms, and
these rebel at a meat diet. A change
of diet should be gradual, and fol-
low a thorough treatment for
worms. 1t is not the meat that
causes fits, but worms.