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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
COnSiderate.

An Albany lawyer with penchant
for billiards had occasion recently to
visit small town. While there, seek
Ing to pass the time, he found new
and excellent billiard table. Upon his
inquiring if there was anybody about
who could play the landlord referred
him to one Of the natives, who may
be called John Jones because that isn't
his name. They played several games,
but the result was against the Albany
lawyer. Try as he might, the country
man won.
''Mr. JONES'" he remarked, 81 have
quite a reputation at home. They con-
slider me a good billiard player, but
I'm not in your class. May l inquire
how long you have played?"
"Oh, fer a spell back" replied the
native. Say, stranger, don't want to
hurt your feelin's, but you're the fust
Teller ever beat"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
FOOlING THE EXPERTS.
Experience of q Man Who Bought .
Diamond Brooch.

Experience Of q Man Who Bought .
Diamond Brooch.
81 am convinced that few people
know anything about diamonds, no
matter how much they may pose as
experts" said a young business man
the other day. "a recent experience
Of mine has forced me to this conclu-
sion. l bought for my wife brooch
containing cluster of diamonds and
took occasion to show it to several Of
my friends at the club. They exam
ined it very closely, looked wise and
then started to show me where my
judgment had been at fault. Every
man in the crowd seemed to be dia-
mond expert. By the time they had
got through l really felt as though I
had been bunkoed and was considera-
bly, depressed.
Next day got to thinking the mat
ter all over and came to the conclusion
that my friends had been talking of
something they knew nothing about.
At any rate, determined % make a
| test. l went to one Of those Imitation
diamond stores and for so cents bought
a brooch, which placed in the box
| that had formerly contained the real
| one.
"Again l went to the club and an
nounced to my critical friends that I
had taken their collective advice and
by paying an extra $50 had exchanged
the brooch in which they had picked Sc
many flaws. They all agreed that the
| fifty cent bauble which 1 showed them
was q great improvement over the 9th
er, and when l told them Of the trick
I had played on them they wouldn't
believe me. To man they contended
that they couldn't be fooled on dia'
monds.
"Now 1 feel better satisfied with my
| purchase" -Philadelphia Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
He Meant the Bird.

A man once received as a present
from a sea captain a fine specimen OF
the bird known as the laughing jack
ass.
AS he was carrying it home he met
a brawny Irish navy, who st0ppad
him.
"Phwat kind of burd is that. sorrT'
asked the man.
'That's laughing jackass," explain.
ed the owner genially.
The Irishmaf, thinking he was be.
ing made fun of, was equal to the &C.
casion and responded. with a twinkle
Of the eye:
"Its not yerself; it's the burd name,
sorrv'-London Spare Moments.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
Limit of Microscopic Power.

Professor McKendrick in his presi
Dental address to the physiology sec
ton of the British association remark
ed that the smallest particle Of matter
that can be seen with our present mi
croscopes is between one four-hun
dredth-thousandth and one five-hun
dredth-thousandth of an inch in diam
eter. The diffraction of light in the
microscope forbids the possibility OF
seeing still smaller objects. Yet the
living spores studied by psychologists
are sometimes probably even smaller
in size than the most minute particle
that the most perfect miscroscope car
show.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
Sicily the Home of SULPHUR.

The beautiful island Of Sicily, with
its huge volcano, Mount Etna, and ita
most interesting remains Of classic
Greek architecture, is the worlds
great source Of supply for sulphur.
The rocks and soil are largely Of vol
canic origin, and the sulphur mines In
some places penetrate deep into the
earth. A common sight is train of
freight cars loaded VIVA bars of sui
phur as, yellow as gold. Some of the
greatest mines are close by Girgenti.
the celebrated Agrigentum of the Ro-
man historians. About 80 per cent OF
all the sulphur produced comes from
Sicily.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
Grounds For Divorce.

A north side woman sat up till
o'clock the other morning waiting for
her husband to come home. At last,
weary and worn out with her lonely
vigil, she went up stairs to retire only
to discover the missing husband there
fast asleep. Instead Of going down
town he had stolen up stairs and crawl.
ed into bed, and it made his wife so
mad she didn't speak to him for a
week.-Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
She Was Fat.

The small boy had been warned by
his nurse as to the awful result of bit.
ing his nails.
eff you bite your nails" she said,
"you will swell out like an air balloon
and burst"
The small boy believed, took heed
and didn't bite his nails any more.
The small boy went to children's
party, where he stood and gazed at the
hostess for some minutes in silence.
Then he spoke.
"You bite your nails" he said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
Nothing More to Be Said.

"My wife always let's me have the
last word" remarked the meek look
ing man.
'Indeed?" exclaimed his friend In
tones which implied a doubt Of the
others veracity.
''She does, really. Whenever I say,
Yes, my dear, you are quite right
she stops talking immediately
York Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
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Gain Iesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce of SCOTS EMUL-
SION. It is strange, but it often
happens:
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop.
erIy, so that the patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be.
fore, and that is the way the gain
is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health; if you have
not got it you can get it by
taking
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
The Doctor. Calls.

Hunt-I have seen DR.. Pellets car
rage at your house three or four times
lately. 1t has alarmed me greatly.
Turner Nobody's sick. Pellet merely
called to collect bull. Nothing seri-
Gus, assure you.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03

Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons
around the ankles of their children to
keep them from harm.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
AMERICAN HORSES.

The price Of horses went so low a few
years ago. especially in the United States,
that inconsiderate and shallow prophets
arose to predict that the horse would
soon become a back number.
The bicycle was then at the height OF
it's popularity; the automobile was a
demonstrated success and many other
substitutes for the horse had been intro
duced. Several OF these had gained
great popularity. and the very large ele-
ment which is ever ready TO desert an old
friend when Il sees the prospect OF greater
profit by attaching itself to a new one
Joined volubly in the detraction of the
old reliable. But that faithful ally of
man had swift vindication and re-
venge.
The bicycle has lost much Of its popular
ity: the automobile has come to be recog-
Rized as a fad and very expensive toy.
while the horse stands higher in both in
the sentimental regard OF the world and
on its price lists than il was rated a few
years ago.
II has been demonstrated that man has
never yet invented a substitute for the
horse that can take his place either for
the uses VI the htN0HAAN "a MS b0ANA-
lie BOer war has had much 10 do with
this recent vindication of the horse. but
before England began 20 search the horse
markets OF the world the attempt TO sup
plant the horse was already doomed to
failure. But the straits into which Great
Britain has recently placed herself have
undoubtedly had an immense effect on the
price OF horse and mule flesh.
Within the last six years Great Britain
has bought in United States alone horses
to the value Of sS5. OoO.O coo. to say nothing
OF mules Of a value OF S6.0OO,Oo0. from Sep
TENDER. 1899. to December last. During
the single year ended in June, 1901. Eng
land received from this country the rec
ord-breaking total of 1900 horses. and
the entire expectation Of horses for that
year reached nearly ss.O0o0e0. In 1891, the
expectation Of horses from the U-ited
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

There is a growing appreciation of the
need Of technical education in the south.
The Lynchburg News makes a strong
Illustration the force Of which has been
felt in many localities. 1t says:
Whenever factory is to be started
in this section the promoters are gem
practical, competent man to take its man
agement. Our people do not lack the in
telligence or the energy to At themselves
for such positions. but they do lack the
opportunity for training. Technical
schools would provide the desideratum,
The New York Commercial discussing
the prospect OF technical education In the
south says:
Elm Georgia, where the cotton and other
manufacturing industries have been won
derfully developed in recent years, the
need Of this specialization in the educa-
ton Of young men has been appreciated
and met, the result being at least one
technical training school that is already
turning out graduates fully equipped to
grapple with the industrial problems down
there. When II Is reflected that since cot
ton manufacturing got its first real start
In the south there has been only just
about time for the boy babies of that PEE
riod to come to mans estate, it will be
easily enough understood why technical
education has not advanced farther than
It has in that section. In fact. 1t has been
only within the past twenty-five or thirty
years that the older manufacturing sec
tions began 70 pay especial attention to
the subject. Most of the mill superin-
tendents, managers. master mechanics
and constructing engineers Of the country
who are past 50 years of age grew into
their jobs from the shops; 1t is only the
youngest in the lot who learned the why's
and wherefores outside the slow processes
of apprenticeship. Another generation
viii witness complete metamorphoris in
this particular. from the methods OF the
sixties and the seventies"
Georgia is not the only southern state
that is providing the means Of practical
and special education for its sons. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and
Mississippi have made more or less prog
ress on this line and throughout the south
there is a growing demand for technical
education which will certainly be met.
1t is only fair TO say that Georgia has
not only done more than any other south
ern state for technical education, but Is
recognized as one of the most progressive
of all the states of the union in this re-
spect.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

States amounted to less than 100000.
Prior TO 1895 the expectation of horses
was an item hardly considered i'm our ex-
port trade Then 1t leaped to great impor-
lance all of a sudden. for in that year
more than 10000 horses were bought in
in this country at big increase over the
recently ruling market price for immedi-
ate expectation to British territory.
There has been since then a steady in
crease OF the expectations Of horses and
mules from this country until their totals
at the end OF last year had reached these
enormous figures
South Africa. S7.465; Great Britain, 22,-
SOS; Canada. S4sS; Cuba. 4.4s6; China. 2.Sl1;
Philippines. l,5TS: Japan. 1885; British
Columbia, 795. and the British West In
dies, 1879. Since 1895 Great Britain alone
has received from the United States an
average of $1,000 horses annually
The increased expectation of American
horses is not confined to the cheaper
classes OF animals but extends to horse-
flesh of a very high and valuable class.
American thoroughbreds. trotting hor-
ses. roadsters and fancy horses of various
kinds are in a unprecedented demand. The
American horse is gaining, instead of los
ing. in popularity and value. He has set
at nought the gruesome> predictions of his
rapidly approaching disappearance. as a
factor in the work OF civilization.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
PEOPLE ELEcTINe SENATORS.

Though there is little prospect or the
adoption of a constitutional amendment
for the election of United States senators
by popular vote. there has been marked
progress in the direction of that reform
by another route.
The recent senatorial contest in Ar
kansas was decided by popular vote and
the Democrats of several other states
have adopted the plan of nominating their
candidates for the senate at general
primary. A large majority of the Ar
kansas politicians were in favor OF the re-
election of Senator Jones. and If the leg
islature had not been instructed Jones
would probably have won. But Mr..
Clarke his opponent. defeated him at the
primary by large majority.
This striking vindication of the popular
nomination of senators is bound to have
its effect.
The Georgia Democracy adopted that
plan when the late Charles F.. Crisp be-
came a candidate for the senate and 1t is
in such high favor here now that we may
regard IL as the fixed policy OF the party
in this state.
When his first term in the senate was
drawing to an end Senator Bacon asked
the state Democratic committee TO order
a primary for nomination Of his successor,
though he had no opposition. That was
done and at ls recent meeting the COM
mittee In compliance with a request from
Senator Clay decided that his successor
also should be named at the primary TO
be held on June s. Senator Clay is unop-
posed for reelection, as Senator Bacon
was, but like Senator Bacon, he believes
that the people would have the right to
express their will as to the election of
senators.
These gentlemen have done much TO es-
tablish in this state the policy of the
popular nomination Of senators which in
Georgia is equivalent TO their popular
election.
We observe that in several other south
ern states the Democrats have either
adopted this plan already or are pTepar-
ing TO do so.
The popular demand for this reform is
growing rapidly.
The senate will certainly not consent
now to let the state legislatures vote on
the proposed amendment for the popular
election OF senators and IL is doubtful
II that body can be induced TO do so for
a long time to come.
But the people will find some way TO
accomplish the virtual election of sena-
tors by popular vote in spite of the OBJ
structing and defiant senate
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

What is the greatest manufacturing in
dustry in the United States? This inter
esting question is answered in an official
census bulletin issued today. The general
impression is that iron and steel are king
in America. But todays census bulletin
shows that textiles still hold pre-eminence
in industrial America. Iron and steel
must be content with second place, not
withstanding Mr.. Morgan's billion-dollar
trust and the great advance of that In
dustry in recent years, What the Anieri-
can people wear. sleep on. put down upon
their floors to walk on, use in curtains. on
chairs and sofas and in table and other
linen, and use in thread, twine,S rope, etc,
calls into existence the premier manufac-
turing industry of America. The iron and
steel that enter into nearly all industries
in one way or another come second In the
rank of Importance. Strengthening animals
for food is third.
Textiles lead the list of great American
industries from every important point Of
view. They are greatest in capital. in num-
Der of wage-earners and in value of pro-
ducts Using this last item as the stand
ard of relative magnitude. your cores
pondent has compiled from today's census
report the following list of the twenty-five
greatest manufacturing industries Of the
United States. When Prince Henry was
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
THE JOY OF GARDENS.
Harper's Magazine.


Perhaps no word Of six letters concen-
trates so much human satisfaction as. the
word garden"
Not accidentally, indeed, did the inspired
writer make Paradise a garden. and still
today, when a man has found all the rest
of the world vanity, he retires into his
garden. When man needs just one word
to express in rich and poignant symbol his
sense of accumulated beauty and blessed
ness, his first thought is of garden. The
saint speaks of THE Garden of God" "A
garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse,
cries the lover; or, There is a garden IN
her face" he sings; and the soldiers
stern dream is of a garden of swords.
The word heaven itself is hardly more
universally expressive Of human happiness
than the word garden"
And you have only to possess even quite
a small garden to know why. A small old
garden-so long as to be old, it hardly
matters how small IL is. but old IL must be.
for a new garden is obviously not a gar
den at all. And most keenly to relish the
joy which an cid garden can give. you
should perhaps have been born in a city
and dreamed all your life OF some day
owning garden
No form of good fortune can, am sure.
give one a deeper thrill Of happy owner
ship than that with which one thus city
bred at last enters into possession OF an
old country garden. Everything your eye
falls upon seems 20 wear something OF the
same look. and as your eye ranges with
sumptuous sense of proprietorship from
end to end Of your little domain. your
heart is filed with a sense Of home more
profound, more unsuitable, and more pa
thetic than you have ever felt before-be-
fore you owned a garden.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

must pass seems to be almost complete.
The latest and the knottiest problem
with which the convention has commended
was that relating to the suffrage. Like
Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Alabama, Virginia de-
cided that her best interests required that
conditions should be placed about the
franchise that would eliminate the bulk of
the negro vote. The need of such provis-
ion in Virginia does not seem as clear to
outsiders as il was in the other states
that have resorted to 1t, but an over
whelming majority OF the Virginia whites
demanded IL and. of course. ii had to
come. After considering many plans and
indulging in long debates over several of
them the Virginia convention has finally
agreed upon one which will undoubtedly
be put into effect 1t provides that all
voters shall pay poll tax of $3.50, shall
be able to read or understand when read
to them the constitution of their state and
shall be able in their own handwriting,
and in the presence Of the registrars, to
make application for the privilege TO reg
lister.
Like every other southern state that has
undertaken the scheme Of negro disfran-
chisement. Virginia viii have a grand
father clause" as it is called, the effect of
which will be to relieve ex-Confederate
soldiers, their sons and grandsons from
the educational and other qualifications
for the suffrage. except the payment of
the poll tax.
1t is a remarkable fact that while this
movement for the practical disfranchise-
ment of the majority of the negro vote is
overwhelmingly popular in every one Of
the FIVE southern states which have al
ready adopted 1t ana in Virginia in whose
new constitution it viii undoubtedly be
embodied, no considerable proportion of
the white men Of Georgia have ever been
rallied for It, An effort has been made in
two Georgia legislatures to submit to the
people constitutional amendment similar
to those which have found such great
popular favor in a majority of the other
southern states and has found hardly any
favor in that body.
The whites and the negroes of the south
are getting along together so we'll that the
ruling race in this state is unable to see
the advisability of disturbing in any way
these friendly relations.
There is no prospect of anything like ne
gro Acknowledgement in Georgia, at least
in the early future.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
WINTER LIFE in INDIANA.
IndiananoIis Sentinel.


Something new in entertainments is al
ways welcomed by the hostess who Is
planning to keep "open house.. The two
plans here given have been tried with
success. and they are adapted to groups
of persons Of various ages. The musical
entertainment does not require musicians
to play it. as the knowledge of music
needed is such as almost every person
possesses.
Here are a few sample questions which
will serve to show the general character
of the first contest:
What miss is alone? Amiss.
What miss was at fault? Remiss.
What miss met with disaster? Misfor-
tune.
What miss went astray? Mislead.
What miss sent a letter? Missiye.
What miss had little faith? Mistrust.
A melancholy miss Misanthrope.
other words may be used IN this same
manner. Those ending in kate as in
dictate delicate. masticate. are readily
made out and there are still other end
ings equally good.
The second entertainment might be-
termed a musical comedy. The hostess
requests each guest to carry or wear some
article which shall represent musical
term. Some of the guests at an entertain-
ment of>this kind wore or carried the tol-
lowing:
A cane - The staff
Picture card containing a marine view C
merchants promise to pay Note
A tiny watch key -. "A minor Key
A diminutive key the word of and pic
ture of a drum major =. Key Of A major
Picture OF an apartment house ......Flats
Advertisement Of sarsaparilla -. Tonic
Torn bit OF cloth. picture of clock
...-... -. :. -. -. ...Kag-ume
Photograph Of the wearer -. I'M (me)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
TEXTILES HOLD FIRST PLACE
IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURES

represent a total output in one year OF
Sc. III. s65. 40. Such stupendous figures are
almost beyond the power of human COM
prehension. 1t may facilitate understand
ing of them. to say that they mean about
500 600. 900 for every working day IN the
year. or about 81 900 an hour for each
OF the ten hours Of working day The
capital employed in these twenty-five in
dustries is almost equal to the value Of
the yearly output. Two and half million
people are employed in turning out this
great total and their wages amount 10
nearly 81. 100000, 900 in year. The prod
uct of these twenty-five basic industries
comprises about 80 per cent of all the
manufacturing output in the United
States.
In the textiles wool leads cotton in the
proportion of s42S, 200 to $685., 900. co., silk
coming third with $40, 200, 600.
Though iron and steel are still second in
the race, ten years hence they are likely
to be in first place. Since 1890 the value
of iron and steel produced in the United
States has increased almost 20 per cent.
while wooden manufactures have increas-
ed only Is per cent, and cotton manufac-
lures only q per cent. Another decade
and steel may be crowned king of indus
tries.