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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18

acter as overseer of the farm. AS he
rode on slowly he thoughtfully touched
the ears of the gray mare with his
whip
mo, Bon, my boy" he addressed
himself. don't propose. You can't
marry for four years. on account Of
the will Then why propose? Wheedle
her. tweedle her, feeble her, but don't
let her make sure of you. When a wo-
man." said Bonaparte, sagely resting
his finger against the side of his nose
when a woman is sure of you, she
does what she likes with you. but
when she isn't you do what you like
with her. And r. said Bonaparte.
Here he drew the horse up suddenly
and looked. He was now close to the
house, and leaning over the pigsty
wall. in company with EN-, who was
showing her the pigs. was a strange
female figure 1t was the first visitor
that had appeared on the farm since
his arrival. and he looked at her with
interest She was a tall. pudgy girl
of Is. weighing $50 pounds. with bag
gy. pendulous cheeks and upturned
nose. She strikingly resembled Tant'
Sannie in form and feature. but her
Continued on page 6.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
'bErui.1 ..4aor is pUAu.
4 Valuable Little Book of Interess
to All Women Sent Pree.

Every woman looks forward with fe-E-
Ing, of indescribable Joy to the one nr,,-
lentous event of her life, compared " ithl
which all others pale into insignifi-
eance. How proud and happy she wiie
b. when her precious babe nestIes on
k,.r breast - how sweet the name IT
Motherp' And yet her happy ant =
alton of this event is clouded with
nisgivings of the pain and danger or
~ ordeal, SO that it is impossible To-
,,oid the feeling of constant dreafs
shlch creeps over her. The DANCE
md suffering attendant upon being
mother can be entirely prevented ~
that the coming of the little strange
need not be looked forward to wit
ear and trembling, as is 80 often til
:ase. Every woman who reads TING
PAPER can obtain absolutely free val
liable and attractive little book enti-
sled Before Baby is Born" by sending
her name and address to the BradfieId
Regulator Co., Atlanta, GA q This book
contains priceless Information to 81:
women, and no one should fail to send
tor IL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18

ess has been in any case wholly salts
factory may be questioned We love
that with a peculiar tenderness. we
treasure it with peculiar care, it has
for US quite fictitious value. for
which we have suffered. If we may
not carry it anywhere else, we will car
ry it in our hearts and always to the
end
Bonaparte Blenkins went to pick up
the volume, now loosened from its COW
er, while Tant' Sannie pushed the
stumps of wood farther into the oven.
Bonaparte came close to her. tapped
the book knowingly, nodded and looked
at the fire. Tant' Sannie comprehend
ed and, taking the volume from his
hand, threw it into the back Of the
oven. 1t lay upon the heap of Goals,
smoked, f1ared and blazed. and the po-
Htical economy was no more-gone out
Of existence, like many another poor
hereto Of flesh and blood.
Bonaparte grinned and to watch the
process brought his face so near the
oven door that the white hair on his
eyebrows got singed. He then inquired
If there were any more in the loft.
Learning that there were, he made
signs Indicative of taking up armfuls
and f1inging them into the fire. But
Tant' Sannie was dubious. The de-
ceased Englishman had left all his per-
sonaI effects specially to his child. 1t
was all very well for Bonaparte to talk
of burning the books. He had had his
hair spiritually pulled, and she had no
wish to repeat his experience
She shook her head. Bonaparte was
displeased. But then happy thought
occurred to him. He suggested that
the key of the loft should henceforth
be put into his own safe care and keep
ing. no one gaining possession of it
without his permission. To this Tant
Sannie readily assented, and the two
walked lovingly to the house to look
for it
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18

'@It was not my fathers book" said
the boy savagely. Il got it from your
loft"
"My loft! My book! How dare your
cried Tant' Sannie
1T was Ems fathers. She gave it
me-" he muttered, more sullenly.
'Give it here. What is the name of
ting her finger upon the title.
Bonaparte understood.
political economy" he said slowly.
Dear Lordv' said Tant' Sannie.
Cannot one hear from the very sound
what an ungodly book it is? One can
hardly say the name. Haven't we got
curses enough on this farmY' cried
Tant' Sannie eloquently-"my best i'm
ported Merino ram dying of nobody
knows what. and the Shorthorn COW
casting her two calves, and the sheep
eaten up with the scab and the
drought? And is this a time to bring
ungodly things about the place, to call
down the vengeance of Almighty God
to punish US more? Didn't the minis
ter tell me when / was confirmed not
to read any book except my Bible and
hymnbook; that the devil was in all
the rest? And l never have read any
other book" said Tant' Sannie, with
vigorous energy. land I never willr'
Waldo saw that the fate of his book
was sealed and turned sullenIy on his
heel.
$50 you will not stay to hear what I
sayv' cried Tant' Sannie. There. take
your polity gollity -gominy, your devils
bookr' she cried, finging the book at
his head with much energy.
1t merely touched his forehead on
one side and fell to the ground.
go onT she cried. II know you are
going to talk to yourself People who
talk to themselves always talk to the
devil Go and tell him all about it Go,
go! Rum cried Tant' Sannie.
But the boy neither quickened nor
slackened his pace and passed suIlenly
round the back Of the wagon house.
Books have been thrown at other
heads before and since that summer
afternoon by hands more white and
delicate than those Of the Boer wom-
an; but whether the result Of the proc
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
Stylish Belt-Buckle.

welcomed for "dressed-up" occasions by
the ladies who like to wear different
colored sashes The gold-hnish goes well
with any of them. Given for 20 lion
heads and 2-cent stamp.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18

and it's contents by the application of
simple rule now largely acted upon,
but which, becoming universal, would
save much thought and valuable time.
1t is of marvellous simplicity, of in
finite utility. of universal applicability.
1t may easily be committed to memory
and runs thus:
Whenever you come into contact
with any book. person or opinion of
which you absolutely comprehend
Nothing. declare that book, person or
opinion to be immoral Bespatter it,
vituperate against it, strongly insist
that any man or woman harboring it
| is a fool or a knave, or both. Care
| fully abstain from studying it. Do all
that in you lies to annihilate that book.
person or opinion
Acting on this rule, so wide in its
comprehensiveness, so beautifully SIM
pie in it's working, Bonaparte ap-
preached Tant' Sannie with the book
in his hand. Waldo came a step nearer,
eying it like a dog whose young has
| fallen into evil hands.
| 1ulS UOOh, SdiO Doildpa &c, - Aos
fit and proper study for a young and
| immature mind"
Tant' Sannie did not understand a
word and said:
"WhatY'
"This book" said Bonaparte, bring
! Ing down his finger with energy on
the cover, this book is sleg. sleg,
davel, davelT'
| Tapt' Sannie perceived from the
gravity Of his countenance that it was
no laughing matter. From the words
sleg and davel she understood that the
book was evil and had some connec-
ton with the prince who pulls the
wires of evil over the whole earth.
Where did you get this bookw she
asked, turning her twinkling little eyes
on Waldo. Il wish that my legs may
be as thin as an Englishman's IL it
isn't one of your fathers. He had
more sins than all the Kaffirs in KAT
frland, for all that he pretended to be
30 good all those years and to live with
out q wife because he was thinking Of
the one that was dead! As though ten
dead wives could make up for one fat
one with arms and legsr' cried Tant
Sannie. snoring.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
Priceless Pain

"u a price can be placed on pain, Mothers
Friend is worth its weight in gold allev+
ator NY wife suffered more in ten minutes with
either of her other two children than she did Il
together with her last, having previously used
four bottles of Mothers Friend It is blessing
to any one expecting to become a mother" says
q customer.
Thus writes Henderson Dale, Druggist,
of Carmi, Ill, to the Bradfeld Regulator
Company, of Atlanta, Ga, the proprie-
tors and manufacturers of Mothers
Friend" This successful remedy is not
one of the many internal medicines adj
vertised to do unreasonable things, but q
scientifically prepared iniment especially
effective in adding strength and elasticity
to those parts of woman s organism which
bear the severest strains of childbirth.
The liniment may be used at any and
all times during pregnancy up to the
very hour OF confinement. The earlier 10
is begun, and the longer used, the more
perfect will be the result, but it has been
used during the last month only with
great benefit and success.
It not only shortens labor and lessons
the pain attending it, but greatly dimin-
ishes the danger to life of both mother
and child, and leaves the mother in a con-
dition more favorable to speedy recovery.
Mothers Friend is sold by druggisfs
at $I.oo, or sent by express on receipt =
price.
Valuable book for women, Before
Baby is Born sent free on application.
the BRaDFlElD aEsslA us CO.. Atlanta. O.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
"The Lions Bride"

Mailed free for II lion heads cut from
Lion Coffee wrappers and 2-csnt stamp.
An unusually fine picture, from the brush
of the noted German artist, Gabriel Max.
1t is founded on ChamiSso's poem, 1.-The
Lion's Bride" The story is interesting,
and we send with each picture hand
some folder, containing copy of the poem
and telling all about it. Size, 15x26 inches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18

1t is quickly Absorb
ed. Gives relief at
once. Opens and
.cleanses the Nasal
Passages.
Have
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
CHAPTER XII.
HE BITES.

Bonaparte Blenkins was riding home
on the gray mare. He had ridden out
that afternoon partly for the benefit Of
his health, partly to maintain his char
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
These articles mailed FREE In
exchange for lion heads cut from
front Off lib. LION COFFEE pkes.

81 e For 8 lion heads and
q 2-cent stamp. The
illustration is only two-thirds actual size.
Color a delicate pink, with jewel setting
and gold trimmings. Best enamel finish,
stylish and durable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-01-18
Box of Colored Crayons.
Child's Drawing Book.

trace the pictures beneath, thus afording
enjoyment, as we'll as instruction to the
hand and eye. These drawing books and
the box OF crayons go very well together.
There are six different kinds, and each
drawing book requires lion heads and q
2-cent stamp.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
VOTES HIGH IN MONTANA.
witness Wanted $4,000 to Vote for
Clark and Was offered $4,000.

Clark and Was offered $4,000.
Washington, Jan. 15.-Dr. Ector, a
dentist OF Missoula, Mont, was the
first witness before the Clark investi-
eating committee today. He had par
ticipated in the campaign in Rsvalli
county In the interest of E. p. Woods,
Democratic candidate for the legislat-
ture, and who was friend of Clarks.
Ector said he had acted at the instance
of Bickford, one of Clark's managers.
Witness said Bickford had promised to
pay him for his services, but no spe-
cifo sum had been mentioned. A
number Of letters were read intending
to show that Bickford had been an
agent of Clark in the senatorial race.
Dissemination of the witness was
postponed until the defense could look
up the letters received from Ector.
Representative Sullivan, member OF
Montana Legislature from Granite
county. certified to having been ap.
preached by Bickford in Helena pre-
vious to the meeting of the legislature
and asked to vote for Clark.
IL said," the witness testified, "that
l might do so If there was enough
in it. He said how much. l said
twenty thousand. He then asked me
If half that amount would not be
enough. l replied no, and we parted. +"
Sullivan said he met Bickford, who
suggested fifteen thousand. Witness
told Bickford he would not vote foI
Clark under any circumstances, and
had seen no more of him.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19

London, Jan. 17.--A dispatch to the
Daily Mail, dated January 10, from
Lorenzo Marques, says
President Kruger has issued proc
lamation ordering all burghers to thu
front. The Volks Stem, the Transvaal
official organ, suggests that the moment
the British cross the border, the gold
industry should be irretrievably de-
stroyed.
President Kruger issued circular
to Boer commandants and burghers,
urging them to show more energy in
the Transvaal cause. He quotes psalm
xxii:7, as God-given instructions to the
burghers, and says that the British
have fixed their faith in psalm lxxxiii.
He also quotes psalm lxxxix:13-14, and
asserts that he has searched the Bible
without being able to find any other
mode that can be followed by the
Beers. who must fight in the name of
the Lord
Communicating is progressing bus
lily at Pretoria, where the town guard
is exchanging Mausers for Martins, as
the former are badly needed at the
front.
cit is said that there are nearly
5000 British prisoners in Pretoria"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
AROUND THE BOERS
Two British Columns March.
ing to Relieve Ladysmith.
WITH C0MMISSARIAT STORES
Ono to the East, The Other to the West
OF the Nam Position-Burgh.
ers Moving North.

London, Jan. 17.-General Buller's
latest authentic word as to what he
and his 10000 men are doing was
wired from Springfield after his first
forward step. Striving to think out
the unknown, London is confused by
surmise and rumor and disquieting
suspense.
Spenser Wilkinson, the military ex-
pert of the Morning Post, asserts that
the Boer force in Northern Natal is
larger than General Buffers and Sir
George Whites together, so that the
Beers are able to leave a force around
Ladysmith larger than that within the
town, and yet to oppose General Bnl-
Ter with force superior to his own.
The Standard gives prominence to
the following dispatch, dated January
ID, from Durham:
"a man who has just arrived here
from Springfield says that British
column proceeding to the relief OF
Ladysmith has crossed the Little
Tugela. When he left it was facing
the Boer position on the Big Tugela,
and howitzer was shelling the Boer
trenches. He says also that 270 wag-
ons laden with commissariat stores for
Ladysmith had left Frere, and it was
expected that the column would join
hands with General White Monday
evening.
"The traction engines have been do
ing excellent work in hauling heavy
wagons out OF holes and swamps. This
they accomplish with the greatest
ease.
British patrols have discovered par
ties OF Beers in the direction of Enners-
dale, between Frere and Estcourt."
A dispatch from Cape Town, dated
January 10, says:
There is good reason to believe that
the statement that Sir Charles Warren,
with II, 900 men, has gone toward
Weenan is correct, and we may expect
important news shortly.
"Reports have been received here
that dysentery is very life In Lady
smith.
Everything is phenomenally quiet
OF Sterkstrom."
Reports from the Boer camps affirm
that the circle of investment has been
drawn closer by the occupation of some
hills nearer the town, thus liberatine
reinforcements to oppose General Bull
Ter.
The Daily News suggests that a mul-
titude of the rumors that originate in
South Africa and London are given
currency by the English military au-
thorities in order to mislead the Beers
The war pages of the great dailief
this morning are almost barren. Never
theless, the instruments on the loops
connecting the war Office with the ca
bles continue to click.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
NO. 35.
BOOM TIMES COMING.
Vancouver Soon to Have New Rail-
way to Portland.


Vancouver, Wash, Jan. 17.-It has
been reported in Vancouver that the
mortgage held by the Portland Loan q
Trust Company against the Portland,
Vancouver g. Yakima Railway Com
pany has been released by we'll
known transcontinental line, and that
the latter road will push the construc-
tion work from the present terminus of
the road to North Yakima, and from
Vancouver to Portland.
1t has also been asserted, by people
who are in position to know, that
the Portland, Vancouver g. Yakima
Railroad Company has Jumped" the
old bridge pier in the Columbia river
opposite the lower end of Vancouver.
Nobody has claimed ownership to the
pier for the past ten years, and
quantity of material which was on the
bank when construction work ceased
was sold for taxes.
The old bridge pier in the Columbia
river was built in boom times by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
During the years of l889-90 that line
established grade from Puget sound to
Vancouver via Kelso and Ridgeteld.
1t was the intention to bridge the CO.
lumbia river at Vancouver, and to enter
Portland from the north. The draw
pier was built at cost of $3.50, 900.
When construction work ceased there
xuoc ah0ut Q60 0nn x.y0,.4l, of hrid0a ,,oo.
ten ial on the bank.
Construction work along the entire
line ceased suddenly, and there was
large number of labor claims unsatis-
fed. For some time watchman was
kept on the bridge pier. 1t was his
duty to hang bright light on each end
Of the draw rest every night. He
worked several months, but was unable
to collect his salary. No one seemed
to know who owed him money or who
hired him. He attached some of the
material, which was sold to satisfy the
claim. Since that time no one has
claimed ownership of the structure.
If the report that the Portland, Van
couyver g. Yakima Railway Company
has taken possession of the pier, and
that the mortgage, which has been
hanging over the road for 80 long, has
been released proved true, the dream
of the residents of Vancouver and Clark
county will be realized. A bridge
across the Columbia river, with rapid
transit between this place and Portland
and direct communication with all por-
tions of the country by means of
transoontinental line, will put Vancou-
yer far ahead of the position it occupied
in the boom days between 1883 and
1892
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
Rebels on the Run.

Manila, Jan. 17.-Part Of General
John 9. Bates troops are operating
about Lake Taal. The insurgents con-
tinue to retreat south.
Colonel Hayes, with the Fourth cav
airy, is supposed to have reached Lipa,
where many Spanish prisoners are held.
Colonel Anderson, with the Thirty
eighth infantry, took Talisay, on the
north shore OF the lake, with but little
opposition. Major Cheatham, with q
battalion Of the Thirty seventh, on his
way to San Pablo, dispersed 400 insur-
gents, whom the cavalry are pursuing
toward Alaminos.
A troop Of the Third cavalry lost
two men killed and three wounded in
an engagement with the insurgents
near San Fernando de la Union, Janu.
airy 10
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
CROSSED FREE STATE BORDER.
Reports of Proceedings in the Modder
River Country.

River Country.
Modder River, Thursday General
Darlington, with two regiments Of
Lancers, the Victorian mounted rifles
and battery OF horse artillery, left
here on the evening of January Z (Sun.
day. and crossed the Free State border
on Tuesday.
Simultaneously other movements
were made. A column under Colonel
Pitcher went from Belmont to the
south of General Babington's route.
while portion of the garrisons OF
Klokfontein and Honey Nest kloof, un.
der Major Byrne, advanced toward.
Jacobsdal. General Darlington pene
trated IL miles and his scouts 30.
They saw no signs of armed Beers. The
farmhouses were found empty, the oc.
cupants having had news of the ad.
vance and gone further into the inte-
rior. The British bivouacked at Ram
don. They burned three farmhouses,
the property of Lubbe. one OF the Boe.
leaders. Yesterday they swept around
southwark, returning here today.
Nothing was accomplished except Q
reconnaissance.
Colonel Pitcher came into touch
with General Darlington and then re-
turned to Belmont.
Major Byrne reconnoitered the hilli
about four miles from Jacobsdal anG
saw 700 Beers.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
INCREASE OF TRADE
How. Our Exports Have
Grown in Past Five Years.
NATIONS WHO BUY OUR GOODS
United Kingdom by Far the Best CustO-
mer, and Germany and France
Come Next.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Frank II.
Hitchcock, chief OF the foreign mar
kets division of the agricultural depart
ment, has prepared an interesting col
lation of figures showing for the first
time the respective amounts of our
agricultural exports which 60 to the
several countries of Europe and OF the
other continents. The period covered
j. 1894 to 1898. Tho statement shows
That the agricultural products exported
from the United States in the five years
ad an average annual value of $685.
538,20l OF these enormous exports,
about go per cent found market In
the United Kingdom and its various
dependencies. The sum paid by the
British people for the American farm
products purchased during the period
mentioned reached as high as $403.-
95S, ,954 year. Great Britain alone
took more than one-half of our agricul-
tural exports, the consignments cred.
tied to that country forming about 55
per cent of the total shipments and
having an annual value of $362, 407,.
701.
Germany, which ranks next to the
United Kingdom as market for the
products of American agriculture, re.
ceived about 16 per cent of the exports
for 1S94-9S, the average yearly value
amounting to $3.50, 1920, 254.
France, with purchases that aver
aged $48, 0SS, 791 year, or about GO
per cent of the total, was the third
country in importance. These three
countries-the United Kingdom, Ger
many and France-received together
nearly 75 per cent of the total agricul-
tural exports.
After the three countries just men,
toned, The Netherlands, Belgium,
Canada, Italy and Spain afforded the
most important markets. The Neither
lands bought 4.3 per cent of the total;
Belgium, 3.6 per cent; Canada, 3.5 per
cent; Italy, % per cent; and Spain,
l.5 per cent. The average value OF the
exports to these countries.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-19
PLAGUE AT HONOLULU.
Twenty-Two Cases Up to Date, One .
European.

Twenty-Two Cases Up to Date, One D
European.
Honolulu, Jan. 17.--Since the 1st
inst, nine cases of plague have devel-
oped, making % cases to date. The
board of health has adopted heroic
measures, and it is believed the work
now in progress will stamp out the
scourge in a short time. Thus far but
one European has been attacked. This
case was that of Ethel Johnson, a Nor
wegian girl, aged IA years. The other
21 cases are divided as follows: Chi
nese, 10; Japanese, 2; Hawaiian, 8;
South Sea islander, /.
The Sd inst. the board of health de-
clared the entire judicial district of
Honolulu under quarantine. The
council of state has appropriated $273,-
900 for which to fight the plague and
place the city in proper sanitary con-
dition.
The bubonic plague appears to be
spreading in Japan. Even mail cannot
come from there while the present
rules are enforced, and the island
steamship companies will suffer heav-
lily. The Ke Au Hou arrived this
morning from the island without hav-
ing been able to approach any wharf.
There were deputy sheriffs with shot
guns at every landing place, and they
shouted the order to keep away. The
result was that the steamer returned to
Honolulu absolutely empty.
Leung Chi Tso, the Chinese reformer,
is now in Honolulu. The Chinese con-
sui has written to the government pro-
testing against Leung being allowed to
remain here.