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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
Poisoning the Poclxet Gopber.

Poisoned sweet or Irish potatoes is
a remedy now generally advised for
gophers, which give much trouble in
alfalfa fields and elsewhere. The
sweet potatoes are said to be better
than the Irish for the purpose. An ex-
change says the potatoes should be cut
in quarters, slit made in each, into
which poison is introduced by dipping
knife blade into the poison, sticking
it into the slit made in the piece of po-
tato and then closing up. The potatoes
are then taken to the field and the un-
foreground runs Of the gopher found by
punching a rod into the ground in a
line between two freshly made mounds.
When the run is found, make an open
ing into it with spade, put piece of
the poisoned potato into each end Of
the run and close the opening. The
mound should be leveled SO that new
ones may be easily seen.
Gophers may be trapped by making
an opening into the run large enough
SO that steel trap can be set in the
run level with the bottom. The trap
should be covered lightly with dirt and
the opening closed with board which
is covered with dirt, so as to exclude
all light.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
Renewing an Asparagus Bed.

An old and run out or neglected as.
paragus bed can be best improved aft.
er the season for cutting is over by
putting on liberal dressing Of manure
in June or July and blowing it in, not
taking much care to prevent breaking
the roots or to save seeding plants
The plants are apt to become root
bound, and they will grow all the bet.
ter for little breaking up Of the mat.
ted roots. Keep the weeds out all the
summer, and in early spring or even in
February, If the ground is open, put
on from 600 pounds to half ton OF
good fertilizer to the acre. This will
push it along to make good growth
and it will be better If 1t is not cut very
freely that spring or not at all after
the first Of June.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
THE POTATO CROP.
Labor Saving Methods and Helps II
Growing and Handling 1t.

Labor Saving Methods and Helps In
Growing and Handling 1t.
/ have observed so many farmers
during the past season in Wisconsin
and other states outside Of the potato
belt who were following the old meth
cd pursued by us all when potatoes
were grown In patches in lieu Of
field culture that may be pardoned
for giving some Of the means of saving
labor as practiced at Waupaca, Mich,
says a correspondent of Farm, Field
and Fireside.
We plant deep enough to permit the
ground to be narrowed with a good
drag. Any common harrow will do,
though the teeth should not be too
long. Drag several times from plant
ing time until the potatoes come up,
and there will be no need to make a
"bee'' to dig out the weeds by hand in
June.
saw many instances last summer
where more human labor was being
expended on patch of half an acre of
potatoes than is necessary to cultivate
a crop of ten acres here in the "belt. :"
This great saving of labor is accom-
plished by judicious use of harrow,
weeder and cultivator. The "horse
wseder" is not necessary, but very
convenient and rapid worker. One
horse and man will brush over 20 acres
per day. Drag and weeder must be
used often to be of best service, say
once in five days.
Then in digging time to see people
laboriously pulling with hoe at hill
of potatoes instead of forking them
out or using horse machine is to be
forcibly reminded that human progress
is slow.
For potato boxes we use board ends
10 by 13 inches, cut from 10 inch di-
mension lumber. They do not tip over
as easily as IL by IL inches cut from
IL inch Timber and besides do not split
SO readily. For each side we use
strip of inch Gull siding and two lath
strips cut % inches long. For bottoms
slaves from old apple or other light
barrels are used. The curvature of the
slaves allows the boxes to slide down
shoot into the cellar easily. Use six
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
SITUATION BRIGHTER.
Washington officials So Interpret tn
Latest Chinese News.

Washington officials So Interpret the
Latest Chinese News.
WASHINGTON, July 18.-The whole
Chinese situation materially frightened
upon the receipt of Admiral Remey's
cable report of the capture of Tien Tsin
by the allies. The Associated Press
dispatch showing that this was the ma
tive walled city cleared up an ambiguity
that was contained in the admiraPs
dispatch and swept away the last doubt
in the official mind as to the importance
of the victory. The hostile Chinese
have been driven out of the shelter Of
the city into the open plain and the al
lied force has quadrupled it's efficiency
in combat by placing the Chinese in
this position. 1t is not doubted that
the forward movement on Pekin will
begin as soon as a cavalry contingent
Las arrived from Japan, which should
be within day or two. The moral eff.
feet of
The Defeat of the Allies
at Tien Tsin would have been terrible,
according to army officers, and would
have been followed by the extension of
the Boxer revolt to all parts of China
Even the Chinese minister now thinks
that this blow has done much to crush
the rebellion. He already talks Of peace
commissions in a most significant way.
There was no change in the official
situation during the morning. Pend
ing the arrival of the president it was
not deemed proper to issue any orders
to the troops. The impression gains
ground that the good news Of the morn
ing has relieved the situation to the ex.
tent that the cabinet meeting called for
the afternoon will not be obliged to deal
with emergency measures.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19

needed is pole % or 80 feet long,
large enough and rigid enough to carry
the heaviest load horse fork will be
able to carry. The lower end Of the
pole is let into the ground foot or so,
leaving the hole somewhat larger than
the diameter of the pole, SO 1t will have
some play. The load is run up to one
side or other of the stack and the pole
adjusted, as seen in the illustration.
Guy ropes B and G are taut and will
hold the pole in position while guy rope
A is slack, giving enough play to let
the pole swing around so the top of it
will be directly over the stack, as can
be seen by the dotted lines. The hitch
is made at D, and a pulley is attached
to the pole about four feet from the
ground. When the horse pulls on the
pole, it swings around over the stack,
and the trip is sprung which deposits
the hay on the stack, and when the
horse ceases to pull the pole swings
back into position again. This plan
requires great deal of rope, but stout
wires may be substituted for them.
The harpoon fork from the barn may
be used"
A somewhat similar affair is a der
rick consisting of two poles. These
two poles are represented in the sketch
at A, and the lower ends are let in the
ground few inches. At the top of
these poles at B they are bolted togeth-
er and a pulley put in through which
the rope is run for the fork. G repre-
sents the two guy ropes or wires and e
the rope extending to the fork. The
hitch is made at pulley at D. The
dotted lines will show how the derrick
operates. When the load is being TAX
en- off, the poles will lean over so the
fork will be above the load, and when
the load is to be let on the stack the
poles are swung over the stack before
the trip is made.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
Chinese Minister Has a Cable
gram Regarding the For.
eigners at Pekin.
All Well There Two Days After
the Massacre Is Said to
Have Occurred.
Message Also Requests Powers
to Preserve Tien TSin from
Destruction.

WASHINGTON. July 18.-The Chinese
minister has received dispatch from
the minister at London, authenticated
by Sheng, the imperial inspector of
posts and telegraphs at Shanghai, and
by two viceroys, declaring that the for
eigners in Pekin were safe on July 8,
and were receiving the protection of the
government. This is two days after
the reported massacre. Minister WI
has laid the message before Secretary
Hay.
The text of the dispatch received by
Minister WI and laid by him before
Secretary Hay is as follows:
"The utmost efforts have been made
to protect foreign ministers, who were
we'll an the 18th Chinese calendar, cor
responding to our July 81. If Tien Tsin
city should be destroyed it would be
difficult to restore the same in 100 years.
Request the powers to preserve it as the
consequences would affect Chinese and
foreign commerce. Earl Lii Hung
Chang is transferred to North CHINA,
as viceroy to Chi Lii. Please transmit
this dispatch to the ministers at other
capitals.
This dispatch, which is dated July
IL, was signed by Viceroys Liu Kung
vi and Chang Chih Tung, of Nankin
and WI Chang, respectively, and also
by Sheng, director of posts and tele.
graphs at Shanghai. 1t was addressed
to the Chinese minister in London and
by him transmitted to Minister WI.
In accordance with the request con-
tanned in the cablegram, Mr.. WI asked
Secretary Hay to agree, with the other
powers, to preserve Tien Tsin from de-
struction. The secretary's answer was
not made public, but Mr.. WI fears that
the destruction already has occurred.
He regards the cablegram as perfectly
authentic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
PRESIDENT ON HAND.

Cabinet Holds Session to Consider the
Chinese situation.
WASHINGTON, July 18.-The cabinet
met at 2:30 p. m. Secretaries Hay,
Gage, Root and Long, and Postmaster
General Smith were present Secre-
tary Root took lunch with the president
before the meeting and placed in his
possession the latest information from
China, including Minister Wu's cable
gram and Admiral Remey g report upon
the fight at Tien Tsin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
Close to the Korean Boundary.

WAsH1NaToN, July Is. Secretary Of
State Hay has received dispatch from
Allen, the American missionary in
Korea, saying that the Boxers on Sat
urday, July IA, destroyed Catholic
mission three miles from the Korean
boundary and 30 miles from the sAmer-
lean mines.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
FOLDING HAY DOOR.

hung to the lower part and folds in
when open and will open clear back
under the cornice and can be easily
closed by closing the lower part first
and raising the upper part from the In
side. This closes the opening sufficient
to keep out all storms provided the
barn has hood to accommodate the
hay fork, and all barns should have a
hood to keep the hay from rubbing
against the barn SO hard. The hood is
mot shown In the sketch, as it would
hide the view OF the door, concludes
an Ohio Farmer writer In describing
this arrangement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
COMPENSATORY DISPATCH.

Cablegram to London Says Foreigners
Were Safe July 8.
z LONDON, July 1S.-Mr. William
Pritchard- Morgan, member of parlia-
ment for Merthyr Tydvil, has received
by cable positive assurances from a
source, upon which he relies, that the
British legation at Pekin was still
standing July 3, and also that LII Hung
Chang has left Canton to take supreme
command at Pekin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
Gable Barn Door.

1t has always been good deal of
trouble to close the end door to barn
where hay Is taken in with horse
hay fork. We prefer to drive in the
barn to unload the hay, but will admit
that barn will hold more when it is
taken in at the end. The cut explains
itself. The upper part of the door is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
EAyRl
sssasG ARDEN
POLE sTAcKERs.

A Simple and Inexpensive Device For
Stacking Hay.
81 wo:.ld like to give my plan Of
stacking my hay outside, which, be-
lieve, is simpler than any method I
have seen illustrated in your paper. .
writes correspondent to an exchange.
There is really no need Of expensive
derricks for stacking hay. All that Is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19

The ports Of New South Wales are
the freest on the globe. and in none of
the Australian colonies are there any
discriminating or differential duties.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19
Danish Mission Destroyed.

CoPENHAGEN. July 18.-The Danish
mission station at Fnng Kwang Tung,
on the peninsula Of Laio Tung, has been
destroyed. The missionaries escaped
10 Chemulpo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-07-19

The man who tells you all he knows
isn't half so bad as the man who tries
to tell you all he thinks he knows
Eomerville Journal.
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up.so every transaction increased his cap
ital his COMMISSIONS on sales from for
other people giving him a fair income, 50
they could buy books and pictures now and
then, and keep horse and take occasional
runs back East or to the cool of Colorado
Just before the panic of so he sold out
all his holdings except some good rent
paying business property and few close
in dwellings that rented well. and after a
bit put his funds into first class stocks.
BY that time his five thousand had grown
TO a sum the income from which would
support him and his anywhere, so they
lent their house TO some friends that
wanted to be married and started cut to
find all the things there were to see in the
world, and are doing that yet
mo he never knew anything about the
previous history of the money, but he sup
posed that II was buried by some OF the
Mormon crowd that stopped about there
for time on their way to Salt Lake. the
dates OF the coin were old enough, and
that seemed a probable solution"
Unusual ability? / don't think so. per-
haps exceptional opportunities though
almost any young man who II willing 20
work and has a little horse sense could
do about as we'll with that start. The
trouble r. 10 get tho start. You know Car
nogie says us easy enough nfter you
have the FIRST thouHand dollars"
did u ever set out about hia goldH'
asked the man by tho window Did he
always Keep II q EecfeiY'
Nobody ever learned any more than no
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matter with any inquistive farmer or
tramp who might happen along.
HE had stuffed 1t into his pockets has
tily without counting IT, feeling It to be
of the greatest Importance 10 get away
from the scene as soon as possible, before
any ones suspicion that something had
beeen found should be aroused, but he
judged he had several thousand dollars.
How much the possession of all this
meant to him he had scarcely realized,
his mind being busted In devislng ways
and means of keeping the find from COM
ing TO the knowledge OF any one
"By the time he had covered the ground
so he thought there was nothing 20 attra
the attention of the most observant lie
found that he was In a profuse persplra-
ton and trembling like an aspen leaf
He went slowly up through he woods
and out into n road, and here In the
shadow of some sunhowers he sat down
to rest and think And then he began TO
realize that n few thousand. even very
few. would make a big change IN HIS HE.
HE pulled a coin out Of his coat pocket.
II was a twenty OF 1866. He took one from
hls trousers pocket II was ten of lSi9;
another was a twenty of 1854. one al
time. he drew out a number and f)un1
them all to be as old as 1855, which seemed
20 show that they we're buried, or al lcnst
gathered together not long after that time,
10 ho decided THAI he need give no thought
90 the r1shtful owner. that IL, the origlnai
owner 81 the bag; that he and any one
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Indian corn and part was planted with
millet; besides this there was nothing to
show that a human being had been there
before The ragged, poorly tended corn
suggested to him an aboriginal maize
field, and 1t seemed to him as if the ssir-
its OF Mondamin and Hiawatha brooded
over that peaceful little valley. Some of
the stalks had been cut and gathered into
shocks that looked like Indian tepees,
and by half closing his eyes the tassels
of the more distant corn were transform
ed into eagle feathers, noddtng and bow
ing as if their savage wearcrs were en-
gagged in some sort of a ghost dance,
las he lay there thinking of the red
men and maidens who used to dwell
among the hills over which he had just
been wandering, and who perhaps had
planted maize in that very spot, from up
in the woods behind him came the tap.
tap. tap of a woodpecker, which was an
swere6 by another tap, tap, tap from the
woods on the other SIDE There was lun
in tho wind just then and the eagle feath-
ers stood still, as if listening. He knew
the taps to be woodreeker rappings, but
it seemed as II they were Indian signals.
l told you he was a dreamer.
Presently walnut fell from, the tree
above him and rolled into a little gully
that the water coming down the hill be-
hind him and washed nearby. He follow
eu IL WITH MS eyes, anu NhC+S II SSOplSO,
noticed what looked like a bit of dirty
canvas sticking out CT the ground. Not
little scrap, but apparently part of some
thing that was buried. 1t was beyond tho
reach of his walking stick, but dead
branch lay at hand, and With this he
poked at it, in an idle sort of way. There
seemed to be something harder than earth
under it, and he poked 1t again with q
little more vigor, whereupol it tore, and
three yellow discs about the size of sill
yer dollars rolled out.
"In an instant he had cast aside the
branch and was on his knees over the cam
vas gathering gold eagles and half eagles
and double eagles into his pockets with
a feverish haste that would hardly have
seemed possible in the idle dreamer of
few moments ago; he moved as if his life
depended upon getting them out of sight
as soon as possible
He paused for moment and blew some
smoke wreaths toward the ceiling.
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bedroom, but all the home he had, went
90 bed and lay until after the High School
clock struck l, thinking about his future
and planning how he should invest his
little fortune.
He must change his manner of living
gradually; 1t wouldn't do to leave his po-
sition at once; people must get used to
his having money by degrees. he felt.
There was a boom on then in Omaha and
South Omaha was just rising out OF the
prairie. and he knew he could very soon
double his dollars, and double those by
judicious management.
HE thought of the office he would have,
his own Office, where 1t would be for him
20 command instead Of to obey, where no
would not have 10 swallow as much as
he had been doing, but could talk back;
OF the long vacation he would take after
a few more years OF hard work; OF the
green lanes OF England and the sandy
wastes OF Egypt; Of the fjords OF Norway
and midas coral strand OF the Louvre
and the Vatican: Of foreign railway car
riages and r. and o. steamers. And
IN all his thought there was mixed up a
pair OF gray eyes, In which he had read
life's meaning some years ago. but had
not dared confess II, because he couldn't
sec his way clear 20 ask them 20 leave
the village academy and brighten home
for bin.
He went 90 sleep, thinking how no was
going 60 goa ria OF his gold without at
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who knew of the burying were probably
beyond the need Of gold, or II would not
have been permitted 10 remain there all
these years, but the owner of the land on
which he had found IL might have a Legal
title to IL, and might endeavor TO enforce
1t, should the finding come 20 his knowl-
edge; and he could not prove that It lid
not belong to any enc who might claim to
have buried It, So the only thing was 10
keep quiet as to the whole business, and
get the coin into circulation in some way
that would not excite suspicion.
1.-THE sun was getting low, and 1t was
several miles to an Omaha street car so,
after he had rested a short time, he cross
ed the road to walnut tree and picked
up enough nuts to fill the tops of his out
side pockets. and thus account for their
bulginess. and then started homeward.
his heavy pockets pounding against him
on the outside and his heart pounding
against him on the inside for fear some
one would hear the click Of his coins and
guess what he was carrying.
He took bobtailed car at the north edge
of town, that was before there were any
electric cars, and, of course, imagined ev-
cry one in ii was cycling him suspiciously.
but he reached down town without any
ones speaking to him and went 10 the Of
flee where he worked.
After locking the door he went to the
desk farthest from the window and took
out and counted his treasure. There was
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Some novelties 'in-belta. ,Girdles and sashes.

$3.50, and no coin dated later than 1855.
He weighed one twenty on the letter scale
and figured out the weight of the whole to
be triae over eighteen pounds.
Putting a few Of the smaller pieces in
his pocket he did the rest upon in pack
ages, which he put in the office safe, be-
hind the books, so If by chance ony one
opened 1t before him in the morning they
would not see it. You may be sure he
was certain the safe was locked before he
left the office.
HE went to a newsroom and bought a
magazine. paying for ii with a IS gold
piece, and he paid his check at the restau-
rant where he got supper with another,
putting the change he received and money
from his purse TO make up the amount
spent, with the other gold in a separate
pocket.
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The Second Chapter

BY Frederick ]. Burnett.


The wheels of train number fourteen on
the Michigan Central were just clicking
over the last switch out of Kalamazoo, as
| leaned back in the corner of the smok-
ing room TO enjoy my after-dinner cigar
and mediate upon the ease and comfort
of my journey across the state, and the
sharp contrast 1t presented to the jour-
neyings of Marquette and Cadillac. The
only other occupant of the room, a slight
man with sandy moustache sat close to
the window. using the last CLEANS of day
light to read something that appeared to
interest him greatly in one Of the small
scent magazines of which we We're at
that time having an epidemic.
After little he closed his magazine and
looked out of the window, then, turning
to me, said:
II wish people who write stories
wouldn't stop in the middle of EN-, as If
the first half was all a person would want
to know
another of The Lady or the Tiger,
brandt / asked.
Not this time; one of those yarns about
a fellow who is dead broke finding some
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

satin stitched 10 the stiffness of leather,
shaped TO Mt the waist in point in front
and fastened by q small pretty buckle of
pewter. 1t cost one-half OF the glorious
gtrdle that my affections at first chung
about. but It is extremely tidy and be-
coming and with the rest of what 1 would
have expended on a great gold clasp and
brocaded band / shall put into a white or
gray suede belt.
They do make lovely ones this season."
chimed in the hostess. Mine of gray
leather is not lined, but stitched and
stitched again and fastens in front with
the prettiest fiance buttons, no bigger
than peas and most charmingly painted
for all that Mary Dean.