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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Rather Different

No one in the village showed
much concern at the news that
Rocker was dead, for he had earned
a reputation as one who could not
be trusted. But a few months aft
er his funeral Rocker was RESPONSE
BILE for big sensation.
"Have you heard about the de-
facement of Rockers tombstone?"
asked one villager of another as
the two met In the main street. 1t
appeared to be the one topic of
conversation in the place. But the
second villager had not heard about
it.
"What's happened?" he inquired.
"Some one has added the word
friends to his epitaph."
"What was his epitaph?''
The first villager grinned.
He did his BEST" he said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Diet for Sailors

The serving of proper food at
sea has always presented great
difficulty. People not familiar with
naval service often wonder what
the sailorman eats while away from
port. In 1894 each man got one
pound of bread, one pound of pork,
one-half pint of beans or peas,
four ounces of cheese and one-half
pint of distilled spirits a day. AS
late as 1887 the diet was built
around bread, salt, or picked beef
or pork, peas or beans, potatoes,
cheese, sugar, coffee and tea. A
typical breakfast of the up-to-date
man-of-war consists of chilled
grapefruit, french toast, soft-boiled
eggs, bread, butter, coffee. Dinner
brings vegetable soup, pot roast,
gravy. creamed corn, combination
salad, pie, bread, butter and coffee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Life Like Chess Game

An old philosopher who COM
ments on the similarity between the
game of chess and life, has this to
say: "The families of the chess
board are like mankind: they all
come out of one bag and are placed
in different stations. The condi
ton Of the game is that one piece
takes another; and when the game
is finished they are all deposited to-
gether, like men, in the same
place.
"There is not any difference be-
tween the king and the poor pawn !;
and it often happens that when
thrown into the bag the king lies
at the bottom, as some Of the great
will find themselves after their
transit from this world to the next"
Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
A Triple Bill

The sporting parson Of early
days certainly was "a broth of q
boy"
Note the appeal to the sporting
and religious instinct of southern
planters in this advertisement from
newspaper of hundred years
ago-quoted in Lorenzo Dow" by
Charles Coleman Sellers:
Religious notice-The Rev. Mr..
Blaney will preach next Sunday, in
Dempsey's Grove, at 10 O'Clock
a. m, and at o'clock p. M, Prov
fdence permitting. Between the SER
mons the preacher will run his sor-
rel mare, Julia, against any nag
that can be trotted out in this re-
gion for purse of $780,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
On the Road to Truth

All opinions, properly so called,
are stages on the road to truth. It
does not follow that a man will
travel any further; but If he has
really considered the world and
drawn conclusion, he has trav-
eled as far. This does not apply
to formulate got by rote, which are
stages on the road to nowhere but
second childhood and the grave. To
have catchword in your mouth
is not the same thing as to hold
an opinion; still less is it the same
thing as to have made one for your
self. There are too many of these
catchwords in the world for peo-
pie to rap out upon you like an
oath and by way of argument. They
have a currency as intellectual
counters; and many respectable
people pay their way with nothing
else.-RObert Louis Stevenson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Thursday, August 1, 1929

One of Schubert's most beautf-
full songs, clark Hark I! the Lark"
was the outcome Of Schubertian
gathering at the Moonshine house.
Schwind wished to draw ScAubert's
portrait. But Franz, restless as.
ever, refused to keep still. Per-
suasion proved of no avail. Some
one then gave Schubert a copy Of
Shakespeare. Looking through 1t,
he came upon Cymbeline, and the
words of the song so captivating
him that he Immediately proceeded
to set it to music. Schwind ruled
some lines on piece of paper for
Schubert's use, saying as he did
SO that they were the most valu-
able drawing he had ever made.
And while Schubert composed
Schwind made his picture.-New-
man Flower, in "Franz Schubert.
the Man and his Circle"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Spoke Out Of Turn

A five-year-old boy living on the
North side whose father always
wore the same kind of derby hat
was walking down the street near
his home, when he encountered a
friend wearing the same type Of
hat.
"Gee," said the friend, 81 am your
father"
ooh, no, you are not" replied the
child.
"Why, what makes you think /
am not your father?"
eff you were," came the sly re-
tort, "you would give me a dime"
The man good-naturedly handed
over the required sum, deciding,
however, that in the future he
would claim relationship with no
one.-Indianapolis News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01

The word Indiana" was first
used as the name of a triangular
tract of territory containing about
5000 square miles which is now
part of West Virginia. The tract
was given by the Six Nations Of
Iroquois Indians about ITS to the
Indiana Land company, as indem-
nifty in the settlement of a claim
for merchandise taken by a war
party of Indians. Later the state
government refused to recognize
the transaction and Indiana ceased
to exist. In 1900 the Northwest ter
ritory was divided and part of it
called Indiana Territory" After
several changes of boundary it be-
came the state of Indiana.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Picture Spoiled

When Sir James Thorhill was
painting the cupola of st. Paul's
cathedral a gentleman was one day
with him on the scaffolding, which,
though wide, was not rallied. He
had just finished the head of one
Of the apostles and, running back,
as usual with painters, to observe
the effect, had almost reached the
extremity. The gentleman, seeing
his danger, and not having time for
words, snatched up large brush
and smeared the face. Sir James
ran hastily forward, crying Bless
my soul, what have you done?"
"I've only saved your life !" re-
sponded his friend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Algerian Gra.shoppers

Some Algerian grasshoppers, just
arrived at the London zoo, have
beaten all records for the genius
of leaping. They seem to have
sacrificed everything for this as,
though the body is barely an inch
long, the hind legs are fully three
inches.
The newcomers are confined in
glass case, two feet high, yet, when
first put in, their horny heads were
constantly tapping on the roof.
Unlike other grassh0ppers, they
are carnivorous, feeding on raw
meat and dead insects; and In
stead Of living amongst grass they
haunt damp caves. This species
has never before been seen at the
menagerie.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Uncertainty of Life

All, fool! why dost thou think
to live long, when thou are not
sure of one day? How many have
been deceived and have been unex-
pectedly snatched from the body?
How often hast thou heard 1t re-
lated such an one was slain by the
sword. another was drowned, an
other falling from on high broke his
neck, this man grew stark in chew
ing his food that other came to his
end when he was at play? Some
have persisted by fire. some by steel,
some by pestilence, and some by
robbers. Thus death is the end of
all and mans life passes suddenly
like shadow. Who will remember
thee after death, and who will pray
for thee?-Kansas City Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Hollow Wall Deaden. Sound

Soundproofing involves careful
study and practice, and scientists
are just beginning to discover the
proper way to protect interiors
against noise. Among other inter-
esting facts they have learned is
that, under ordinary conditions,
various materials that are supposed
to deaden sound actually transmit
1t, so great care has to be exer-
cised In constructing walls or other
areas to make them soundproof.
For example, hollow walls, in many
instances, are better insulators
against sound than those with an
Inner space filled with sawdust.-
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Only One Line

A few swift and powerful strokes
carried the sailor to the side of
the elderly woman in distress.
She had lost her footing on the
slippery deck and was overheard
in a moment.
Suddenly she caught sight of her
rescuer as she came to the sur
face.
"Oh, save my hair! Save my
hair !" she cried, pointing to the wig
floating rapidly down the river.
Madam" replied the gallant
seaman, as he grabbed her Shout
ders, Il am only life saver, not
a hair-rest0rer."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Wizard of the Wire.

"Almost every man can find work
If he uses his brains," asserted
one who Lad Travelled good deal
that is if he has the ability to
adapt himself. like the piano tuner
] once met in the west of America.
why | said to him, for we
We're in a wild, unsettled country,
surely piano tuning can't be very
lucrative here. l couldn't imagine
that pianos were very plentiful in
this region
"'No, they're not said the pi-
anO tuner, but ! make pretty fair
income by tightening up barbed.
wire fences !'"-London Answers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Another

The young son of wealthy man
was engaged in a clerical capacity
BY a friend of his father, who un-
dertook to try and make something
of him. He was, however. shiftless
to the last degree, and nothing he
said could b, relied upon.
One day his employer called him
into his Office and gave him a sound
lecture. He dwelt chiefly on his
prevaricatiOn. and wound up by say
ing:
"You know, james, that you are
always lying
"Sir," said James, 81 would have
you remember that am gentle
man 70
"There you go again." said his
employer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Soya Beans Many Uses

The sOya bean is undoubtedly
the worlds most wonderful plant.
1t grows with remarkable rapidity
taking only 100 days to mature
from seed to plant and seed
again.
Besides their use for milk-mak-
ing, the beans can be made into
flour, salad-dressing, lubricating
and Illuminating oil, glycerine,
paint, varnish, celluloid, printing
ink, soap, waterproof explosives,
linoleum, rubber, coffee and mar
garine. Bread made from the
sOya bean is said to contain all the
best elements of both meat and
milk.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Stopped Tobacco Culture

1t has escaped the notice of those
who object to monopoly in the
growth Of corn, that there exists:
a law prohibiting the growth Of
tobacco in Great Britain, says q
writer in the London Sunday
Times. A doctor, whose name does
not at present occur to US, began
the culture about the year 1775, in
the county of Roxburgh, and sue
ceeded in raising tobacco of a good
quality. The government took the
alarm for the tobacco revenue and
under the false pretense of its Gull
ture injuring the growth of corn
for food, suppressed the cultivation
by act of parliament.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
One Adequate Reason

"Tm gonna leave Saturday
night" the cook announced.
Mrs. Curtis threw up her hands.
Gracious! But surely you won't
leave on such short nOtice!"
"Yes'm. I'm gonna leave Satur-
day night" the cook repeated.
"But I don't understand. Why
are you leaving?'
"Just wantta leave"
"But there must be some rea-
son." Mrs. Curtis insisted. "Per-
haps If you tell me we can fix it up
and you can stay. Don't you like
the work here?"
"NO'm," the cook confessed. II
don't like no work nowherer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Laws That Led to War

The acts passed by the British
parliament in reference to the
American colonies were: Naviga-
ton acts, 1860. 1868, 1872, 1896;
Molasses act, 1888; Sugar act, 1764 !;
Stamp act, 1865; Townshend acts,
June and July, 1857; Act Imposing
Duties on Paper, Glass and other
Articles Imported to Colonies, 1767;
Boston Port Bill, 1774; Administra-
tion of Justice act, 1874; New Eng
land Restraining act. 1775.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Recolleetion.

An absent-minded man called up
on his equally absent-minded doc
tor, and they spent a pleasant eve
ming together, playing chess and ex-
changing political views.
Finally came the hour OF part
ing, and the visitor exclaimed:
"You know, doctor, l came here
specially for something. Oh, yes,
now / recall it. Our mail has faint
ed and we want you to see her
right away"
''That reminds. me-" replied the
doctor. "Your wife wanted you on
the telephone a while ago. The
maid has passed away"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Onions Always Popular

From the earliest times of which
there are authentic records the on
ion has been highly esteemed as an
article of food. In desert regions
1t was used also as preventive
of thirst by travellers and soldiers
on the march. The original home
of the plant, of which there are
many varieties. was probably south
ern Asia or the borders OF the
Mediterranean sea. Egyptians cul
tivated the onion at the dawn Of
histOry.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Air Current. charted

The government has recently
published the first chart of the air
currents, the publication dealing
with the air currents of the North
Pacific. The chart shows wind dia.
grams at attitudes of 10000 feet.
5000 feet and $500 feet, and at
sea level for the areas in the vi
cinity of Manila, Guam, Pearl Har-
Dor, Seattle, Medford, San Francis.
co, Los Angeles. San Diego. Coco
Solo. Canal Zone and Hongkong.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
First Ancient Observatory

Workmen, digging cellar In
Beutzow, Mecklenburg, discovered
an old observatory which archeolo-
gists declare dates from 1871 B. C.
A stone circle with markings show
ing observation of the suns posi-
ton throughout the year served as
chronicle.
The instruments, which are all of
stone, were found in excellent con-
dition. and fair measure of solar
altitude can be made even now.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
More Trouble

Marjorie and Donald were told
of the arrival of new baby BROTH
er. Donald greeted the announce
ment with a cheer, but Marjorie
seemed quite dOwncast.
The nurse asked whether she
wasn't happy to have new baby
brother. mo, I'm not bit happy"
said Marjorie. "Why did they go
and get another boy when they
know / can't manage the one we
have?"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Fossil Ivory

Mammoth ivory, sometimes called
fossil ivory, comes from Siberia.
The tusks, longer and more curved
than those of the elephant, are
found in the frozen mud of the
"tundras' or frozen marshes of the
northeastern Siberian wastes.
One mammoth tusk found in 81
IBERIA was Ii feet z inches long and
weighed 185 pounds. Ordinary fos-
sill ivory realizes from $40 to 500
per hundredweight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Virtue the Great Bulwark

It is virtue alone which can rem
der us superior to fortune; we quit
her standard, and the combat is no
longer equal. Fortune mocks US !:
she turns us on her wheel; she
raises and aliases us at her pleas
nre, but her power is founded on
our weakness. This is an 0ld-r0ot-
ed evil. hut 1t is not incurable;
there is nothing a firm and elevated
mind cannot accomplish. Petrarch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-01
Now TRY This One

The news that Sikh professor
has protested against the spread
of modern ideas among his people
has suggested new tongue twist
err: "Shall Sikhs Single shall
Sikhs shaver Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
To EXPEL
AMERICAN

Havana newspapers received here
report that DR.. Orestes Ferrara,
Cuban AmbassSd dor to the United
States has recommended that gov
eminent issue an order of expul-
sion against Joseph + Barlow,
American citizen, whose claims for
seized property alleged to be worth
millions of dollars are now under
consideration at the State Depart.
ment and before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Barlow has been in Washington
more than a year pressing his
claim. His wife and young daugh-
ter, he says, are still occupying
the Barlow home in Mariana
suburb of Havana, which, he says.
is the only piece, of property which
has not been. seized by Cuban poll
ticians and for which he refused
$4,000 cash years ago.
Thousands OF building lots on
most of which now stand beautiful
homes were sold by Barlow many
years ago. None of the titles Of
these properties have ever been
challenged, but it was fenced in.
he charges at the personal direc-
ton of Alfredo Zayas, during his
term as President of Cuba.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
MIMIC AIR RAID
ON NEW YORK

Arrangements have been COM
pleted, under the direction of Mai,
Gen. Dennis e. Nolan, former mill.
tary expert for the United States at
the International Disarmament Con.
ference in Geneva, for an air raid"
on New York city, on the night Of
May 81. by monster bombing
plane.
The plane will fly from Dayton to
New York and will refuel over
Middletown, Pa. When directly over
New York city, two 1.10O.pound
bombs" in the, form Of flare para.
chutes, will be dropped. The plane
will then return to Dayton. The
entire flight of 1,544 miles will be
made without stop.
Radio will be an important ad.
junct in the maneuvers. Palmetto
plane messages will be used to
issue commands and reports and
keep constant communication be-
tween the flight commanders and
the commanding officers at head
quarters Of the Fifth Army Corps
Area. An aerial armada of 15S air
planes will engage in war" stretch.
ing the battle lines from New York
city to the vicinity of Cincinnati.
The war" will end May 81 and
after the engagement has come to
an end. q critique of the entire
range of operations will be made.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
Fairfax Democrats
Called On to Unite

FAIRFAX, Va, April 29.--The
Fairfax county Democratic commit
tee has decided to accept the ruling
of State Attorney General John r.
Saunders which held that Demo.
Gratis who voted for Republican can.
didates at the last general election
did not read themselves out of the
party
Under the leadership of Judge
j, M. Love, the committee adopted
a resolution calling for a united
front.
All Democrats were urged to pay
their poll taxes before May 4, in
order to vote in the general election
next November as we'll as the party
primary in August. Delinquent taxes
with penalty attached for failure to
pay promptly amount to 1871 for
1925, $1.72 for 1927, and $1.5S for
1928. All three years must be
paid up.
George e. Kidwell, of Clifton. has
been elected committeeman from
Clifton precinct to succeed the late
Joshua Buckley.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
PLAN Park FOR
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY,MD..

SILVER SPRING. Nd. April 20.
Plans for the development of park
area in Montgomery county which
will extend nearly to the county seat
at Rockville. have just been COM
pleted by the Maryland.National
Capital Park and Planning Commits.
sion. The project has been worked
out under the direction Of Irving c.
Root, chief engineer.
According to Mr.. Root, numerous
proffers of extensive areas OF real
estate have been made by public
spirited citizens in the Rock Creek
section.
Fer Play Center
The plans are to construct large
recreational center adjacent to the
District of Columbia. In this center
will be provided picnic groves, ath.
letic fields for adults and boys. ten
mis- courts, swimming pools and
bride paths. A large lake, with
canoe channels, lighthouses and the
like, is also to be feature of the
program. The proposed lake will be
shallow one and will be made by
the construction of dam where
Rock Creek meets the Jones Mil
Road.
The proposed park area will be
made more accessible to both the
residents of Washington and those
OF the metropolitan district of Mont.
gomery county with the completion
of the new Bethesda-Silv Spring
highway which is expected to be
finished early in September.
Soon Under Way
The first section of the plan, from
the District of Columbia line to
point north of where the creek
crosses Connecticut Avenue, he's
been completed by the engineers of
the planning commission and it is ex.
pected that the project WIFI be pl t
under way shortly.
Eventually. the plans of the
park and planning commission pro.
pose to extend the development of
the park to the Viers' Mill Road,
near Wheaton and thence toward
Rockville.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
HUGE EASTERN
RAIL- MERGER
PLANNED

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission now has under consider
alton complete plan for a far
reaching merger of Eastern railroad
lines and establishment Of four
great transportation systems, it was
learned today.
7 Commissioner Claude r. Porter,
who was directed to draw up the
plan, has SUI ':ted it in con- ice
to his fellow members Of the COM
mission. 1t probably VII not be
acted I"te in September.
Lines of the New York Central,
the Baltimore md Ohio, the Penn
sylvania and the Chesapeake and
o. 'e.'t'es will be
used as the - rs OF the four big
systems under the Porter plan.
Check gest
To prevent the stron ser lines from
gainir~ ,~,trol Of the systems, Por-
ter, it is said, plans to enlarge the
Baltimore and Ohio and the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and add very little
to the New York Central or the
Pennsylvania.
The plan, as whole, Is in accord
with the expressed views of all the
railway interests involved, 1t is said.
High points of the plan may be
outlined this week before the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
Cite B. and 0.
One phase of the merger plan will
come before the commission today
when the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road will be called upon to show that
it is not violating the Clayton anti
merger act by holding stock in the
Western Maryland railroad. The
Baltimore and Ohio must show
cause why it should not rid itself
of these holdings.
None of the railroads involved in
the Porter plan are expected to be
ready to present their cases before
the commission for at least three
months.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
Writers Form Group
To Fight Prohibition

Four Washingtonians are on the
authors and artists committee or.
ganized today to support the Asso.
citation Against the Prohibition
Amendment,
The committee In composed Of
212 writer's. cartoonists and illustra.
tors, including Kendall Benning.
Arthur Billiard, w. j. Client and
Harold Kellogg, Of this city.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
Hancock Residents
Fight Over FOOtrace

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April "a
When the Pyle Bunion Derby
stopped overnight in Hancock more
than a week ago. with Ed Gardner,
the negro entrant in the lead, the
negro residents of the town were
very much elated, none more 80
than Lyman L. Williams, teacher
of the negro public school, and
he is said to have 'crowed" over
Gardeners chances.
Willard Wachter, a white man,
was irritated by williams boasting
Of the superiority of his race.
When later 1t was reported that
the negro runner had fallen behind,
Wachter did some Growing" be-
cause a white man had taken the
lead in the derby. Wachter and
Williams met on the main street.
Just what was said concerning the
derby is not exactly plain. but they
proceeded to settle the matter with
their fists and both were badly bat.
tered. according to reports.
Constable Charles Barnhart ar
rested the men, and Justice George
c. Huber, after listening to their
statements, fined each IS and costs.