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lie to his words-"to-to marry her at
ter all. except that she wouldn't look
at mel"
Are you--are you sure?" faitered
Miss Priscilla. She was smiling, cry
ing. apologizinS in one futtering, EN-.
barrassed breath.
Am l sure? When she's just told
me that she's promised to strapping
young fellow in the Guards! Look
what you let me in for! I went this
morning to apologize and explain like
q man, though I've faced less unpleas.
ant things on a battle field, Priscilla,
and somchow-well, out of it came
your little joke. ma'am. And she held
her tongue and stood looking out OF
the window for 4 minute or two, and
then round she turned with her eyes
all wet-though I'm not fattering 10y.
self, mind you. that it was at the
! thought of losing me-and Go and tell
her you hold her to her joke" says
She"
"Oh. Major-I--I mean Alexander!
| S0e must De a-d very Miss IFS
elias gentle little voice broke sudden.
ly before an adjective came.
Not word against her, Priscilla"
the old soldier wheeled around
tiercely-"she's the sweetest woman,
barring one''-his rugged face softened
into sudden tenderness-"who might
have known that heart which she
stole when its owner was in petticoats,
,and-bless me. what does the old lady
want this time?"
Betsy was knocking persistenuy on
a half-opened door.
IT'S that stupid boy from the print
er's at the end of the road again,
num-" she said in answer TO a tipid
inquiry. HE still holds to it that he
left bill here yesterday by mistake.
It's in my mind now. that maybe it's
a note I took from the letter box and
slipped at the back of the clock to
wait for you"-The Woman at Home.
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GRATEFUL, HAPPY WOMEN
Thank t'e-ru-na for Their
Recovery After Years Of
Suffering.

Miss Muriel Armitage, SO Greenwood
Ave-, Detroit, Mich, District ORGANIZER
of the Royal Templars Of Temperance,
in recent letter, says:
"I think that q woman naturally
shrinks from making her troubles pub-
lie, but restored health has meant 80
much to me that 1 feel for the sake OF
other suffering women it is my duty 70
tell what Peruna has done for me.
"I suffered for five years with uterine
Irregularities, which brought on hyster1a
and made me physical wreck. tired
doctors from the different schools OF
medicine, but without any perceptibie
change. in my condition. In my despair
called on an, old innrse, who advised.
me to try Peruna, and promised good re-
suits if [ would persist and take it regu.
larly. thought this was the least
could do, ard procured q bottle. / knew
as soon as began taking it tnat 1T was
affecting me differently from anything
I had used before, and so j kept on tax
ing it. l kept this up for six months,
and steadily gained strength and health,
and when I had used fifteen bottles !
considered myself entirely cured: l am
a grateful, happy woman to-day. .-Sliss
Muriel Armitage. ..-.......
Peruna cures catarrh of the pelvic or
cans with the same surety az it cures
catarrh of the head. Peruna has be
come renowned as q positive cure Tor
female ailments, simply because the all
ments are mostly due to catarrh. Ca
tarrh is the cause of the trouble. Pe-
runa cures the catarrh. The symptoms
disappear. ~, ~ :,
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This May Manton one is peculiarly
chic, and forms yoke of shirrings and
lace that is exceedingly smart. In the
case of the original the material is
maize colored crepe de chine combined
with chiffon velvet of the same color
and cream lace, but all materials soft
enough for shirrings are appropriate.
The narrow vest, covered with frills of
the chiffon edged with ruches. is a
noteworthy feature and the sleeves
Ire among the most graceful Of the
season, while the wide belt is both
aew and becoming.
The waist is made over fitted lining
hat closes ut the centre front. Both
he fronts and back are shirred to yoke
iepth and are combined with the lace
% give the effect of straps over the
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self IN enough to 60 to bed, but she is tsf
from being able to do her work without
the greatest exhaustion. This ls q very
common sight, and is almost always due to
pelvic catarrh. D.. -. x .
It is worse than foolish for 80 many
women to suffer year after year with q dis.
ease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently. il
cures old chrome cases as well as q slight
attack, the only difference being in the
length of time that it should be taken TO
effect cure. ..a -. ~
Il you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use Of Peruna, write
at osce to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Hartman Sauitarium, Columbus, Ohio. y.
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shoulders. The vest is narrow, tacen
I'LL ,ooo IN form, tho Souare and COW

shoulders. The vest is narrow, faced
with lace to form the square, and COW
cred with frills below. At the edges
of the fronts, which are outlined Win
ruches of chiffon. are narrow extern
sions of velvet that give the effect OF a
plain waistcoat over the full frills'
The sleeves are shirred to tit snuglS
below the shoulders and nciude
shirred cuffs, but form full pulls De-
tween the two. The belt is wlde'
shirred at the centre front.
The quantity of material required Tor
the medium size is six yards twenty
one inches wide, five yards twenty
seven inches wide or three and a quar-
ter yards forty-four inches wide with
one-half yard of bias velvet three
eighth yards of all-over lace, three
quarter yards of chiffon or lace frillins
and one and quarter yards OF ruchlng
to make as illustrated.
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The Prodlga1 Son.

II wisht I knowed whether there was
any sequel to that prodigal son story
said Farmer Corntossel, as he looked
through the open door at tfC young
man who was swinging in a hammock,
smoking cigarette.
What do you meanT asked his
wife.
"Pd kind O. like to know whether
the original prodigal son settled down
an went to work steady, or whether
he got into the habit O. maxim them
trips once or twice a year."-Washing.
ton Star.
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Real Old English Family.

Lord and Lady Tollemache, who late
" celebrated their silver wedding an
niversary in England, live in Helming-
ham Hall, q Tudor stronghold, with a
drawbridge which is said to have been
raised every night for 500 years. In
the drowsy park are oaks more than
twenty feet in circumference. Two
sons of the family are named Leo
Quintus Tollemache Tollemache de
Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache and
Lyulph Ydwallo Odin Nestor Egbert
Lyonel Toedmag Hugh Erchenwyne
Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma Nevill Dy'
sart Plantagenet Tollemache.
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The English People want England.

The English People want England.
The latest reports show that the Eng
lish farmers are being driven of the
land to make way for horses, cows
d sheep and deer. Half Of the country
parishes in England have now less
than 300 inhabitants.
Since Joseph Chamberlain proposed
to put a tax on wheat there has been
a strong movement in favor Of getting
the land back for the working people to
cultivate IF our land were proper
ly cultivated" says Morrison David
son, lit could support 140,000,OOO hon.
est workers."-New York Journal.
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Getting Too Near Home

Gett1uX loo Ncu1 "oHV' 10
A Yorkshire Socialist, explaining to
a friend the principles Of Socialism, re.
marked that all possessions should be
shared equally. "If you had two
horses" said the friend, would you
give me oneT "Of course" replied
the Socialist. "And II you had two
COWS, would you do the sameg "Of
course should.' "Well, supposing,
now" said the friend slowly, "you had
two pigs, would you, give me one OF
them?" "Eh! tha's gettin' over near
home" said the other : slyly;; "tha sa
knows I've got two pigs."-V. c.
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in spite OF the ostrich feather attempt
at monopoly. Those who can indulge
in but one dress hat will have that one
flower trimmed, for to depend Oh a
plume trimming. which goes to pieces
in damp or wet weather, would mean
losing more than half the pleasant
things socially that would naturally
ccme ones way.
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Dress Handkerchiefs.

Handkerchiefs for dress occasions
are smaller than usual this season
Tiny squares are finished with frills
of yalenciennes or embroidered with
initial corners; and yet there is moth
ing in such good taste as plain fine
linen batiste worked with mono
gram. Fashion again permits the hand
kerchief to be carried in the cuff of the
8 eeve when occasion does not permit
one Of the elegant handbags.
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zro,oaLin For Winter Wear.

Moleskin is the latest fur craze for
the coming winter. 1t has all the SOFT,
smooth becomingness of sealskin, and
its quiet unobtrusiveness when un-
mixed with another fur commends IT.
While as q foil to ermine, it not only is
itself beautiful, but adds to the white
ness Of ermine in q most attractive
way. Moleskin also enters into mil
linery trimmings with great success
and is used for the foundation of fur
hats. relieved by ermine brims and
rosettes of tails Of the same.
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Female Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh,
Always Half Sick Are the Women
Who Have Pelvic Catarfh.

Catarrh of any organ, if allowed to pro-
eress, win affect the whole body. Catarrh
without nervousness is very rare, but pei
vic catarrh and nervousness go hand In
hand.
What is 80 distressing sight as poor,
hal.sick, nervous woman, suffering from
pelvic catarrh? She does not consider her
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Skin Bags.

The reindeer skin bags, which look
like suede. come in tan, gray and
black. and the watch is set at the top
on one end. Watches are also to be
seen in the walrus bags. Long purses
with a flap instead of clasp also
have watches set in one end.
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An Evening Gown.

A charming evening gown is Of hello.
trope crepe de chine, only slightly
trained. The skirt is accordion pleat-
ed. the edge of each plain lined with
iridescent beads. The low-necked
waist is also pleated, and there is a
deep bertha of yellow lace combined
with an iridescent galloon.
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Green Shoes and Stockings.

Bright emerald green shoes and
stockings are worn with an evening
gown of white lace and emerald orna-
ments. The color may be repeated
again in a velvet bow worn in the hair.
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ReyersibIe Garments.

Another new and ingenious idea is
making reversible garments of a dark
fun lined with q light-colored one, in
order that they may serve in the dou-
BILE capacity of day and evening wraps.
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Carrier Pigeons for Doctors.

A doctor of the Highlands Of Scot
land, whose patients are scattered over
a wide district, takes carrier pigeons
with him on his rounds, and sends his
prescriptions by them to the druggist
He leaves pigeons, too, with distant
.amiIies, to be let loose when his serv
ices are needed.
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Blue Lynx.

Blue lynx is of very beautiful gray
blue shade, has long, fluffy, silky hair
and is quite delicate. The black has
q brilliant jet black lustre.
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New York City.-BlouSes shirred to
give a broad effect at the shoulders
make one of the features OF the season,
and are shown in many variations.
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Wraps Are Shorter.

The loose coats are all shorter than
of late years. Three-quarters, or an
even shorter length, seems to be popu-
lar.
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Most of the things that are going
to happen tomorrow miss their con-
Eeciions. n. Y. ~.
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F1owcrs Still Popular.

It is evident that flowers as hat trim
nings are as much to the fore as ever.
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'GAPSIGuM YASELlNE

\ (PUT uP1N COLLAPblBLE To BE51
A substitute for and superior to mustard or
any other plaster, and will not blister the
most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and
rativequalitiesofth Of fthisarticle arewonder:.
rful. 1t will stop the toothache once, and
mend it as the best and safest external
Ecounter-irrita tknown, ALSO asanexterpalI
remedy for pains in the chest and stomach
| and ali irheuma tic, neuralgia and equity ycom-I
plants. A trial will prove what we claim
in the household. .ManypeoplesaY'd dtisthe ]
best of all Of your Preparations" Price ssl
cts. at all druggisSs or other dealers, or by
sending thisafnount toq sin postage stamps
1--WE will send you tubeby mail No article
same carries ourl label, q asctherwiseit Is not |
@ genuine. cHHsEBROW I MFd. G."
II State Street. NEw YORK c, z.
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Tiger Skin.

The newest importation in dress and
millinery velvet goes by the name OF
tiger skim
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-11-12
The Skill Cannot Be Acquired from
the Reading of Books.
A Trainer of Dogs Points Out Some
of the Most GlarinE Errors Which
Prevail In Fitting Dog
for the Hunt.

It is often said that half the books that
are written telling how to break dog
to hunting are untrue, and that the other
half are written to prove them SO. II
there be a measure of accuracy in the
statement, 1t must be concluded that the
way to learn to break dog is upon the
field under the tutelage of competent
dog trainer. 1t is not necessary to teach
a pointer or setter to point in a room be-
fore introducing it to game. This is so
because the,young dogs of these days, If
we'll bred, at least, point naturally and q
the last thing any;dog ought to betaught
is to point to order. If his breaker knows
the better when. the'5dog should point,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-11-12

the obvious thing to do is to leave him In
kennel, and go shooting without him.
This is not only true of private breaking,
it is true of field trial breakers. Indeed,
one of the most successful owners asked
me this season how it happened that
certain field-trial breakers dogs always
have good deal of false point, or creepi-
ness, about them. Of course, did not
know, but it often happens that man
who habitually has false pointers is one
who only half trusts his dogs noses, and
tries to supplement their olfactory pow
ers by his own supposed sense OF know
ing, by the manner of the dog, more of
the locality of game than the dog knows
himself.
Nearly all the writer's upon shooting
make this mistake. The instant cog
begins to draw, up goes an arm, and
Have care" or ''To-ho" is uttered.
This is all wrong; no dog that is broken
upon a proper system is the better for
Have a care" He may be doing one of
two things: either he is trying to catch
the birds himself, and deserves more
drastic treatment, or else he is trying to
make sure whether they are there before
he points them Caution him, and he will
false point, and learn two bad things
first, to rely upon his breaker to tell him
when to point; and, secondly, to point
before he is sure of game, that is, to false
point.
When he has been "To-hoed' into these
bad habits, take him home and shoot him,
for he is quite useless. This may seem
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-11-12
Has He Found 1t?

Polk, ARK, Nov. ga remedy that win
absolutely cure Rheumatism has been dis.
covered by Mr.. George Inland of this place.
MIR. Hiland is satisfied that the remedy he
very serious case of Acute Rheumatism
when he was so bad that he could not move.
This is what he says
al was troubled with what is called Acute
Rheumatism in 1900. l was in such shape
that l: could not move without help. l was
but | was still in great pain when my wife
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised as cure
for Rheumatism. She insisted on nay trying
them and felt better after taking the first
box. I continued, and now am well and able
to work all the time | have found Dodd's
Kidney Pills to be just what they are claimed
Mr.. Hiland' very positive statement seems
to settle all doubt as to whether or not Rheu.
matism can be cured. =. s..
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BREAKING OF D0GSiRAsCALLY REYNARD|
The Naturalist Tells Bits of History
of His Tame Fox.
How ''The Sprite" Revenged Himself
- for thefImpHdcnce and Inquis-
- itiveness OF an Old Man
-: :. How He Lost His Mate.

Readers of this series may perhaps
remember 1.-THE Sprite,' one of the
three little fox cubs which dug out OF
a burrow last April, while they were
yet blind and woolly. The Sprite is
still a guest of mine, and, although he
has long since lost all appearance OF
puppy, at heart he, is as young ana
mischievous as ever.
For long time the young fox had
the run of the house, but there finaNy
came a. time when, in the interests OF
h1nlanity ives decided that one roof
must no longer cover us all. In fact, II
The Sprits" had stayed another weeh
it IS a question whether there would
have been roof for any of us. Then
the neighbors, good-natured as they
were, had got into the habit Of count
ing their chickens every night before
retiring, and all that were not pres
ent" at tattoo" were accounted for
in just one way. So we built large
cage of wire and wood, out in the gar
den, and into it we put ''The Sprite, !"
with pretty little yellow-haired vixen
to keep him company. -
Among the many to whom the young
foxes were objects of interest were
some hens which used to stray into the
garden and stare rudely through the
netting. The vixen, like the little lady
that she was, paid no attention to
these vulgar fowls, but *The Sprite'
chafed under the insult, which he fire.
quently sought to wipe out, only to be
reminded that he could not jump clean
through thick wire netting. So he gave
it up. and bided his time. The hens be-
came holder and holder, and strutted
back and forth, close beside the cage,
twisting their saucy necks that they
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-11-12
THE WRONG SMILE.
ohat IL In the Case of q YounR
Lady Who Was a Scale
Breaker.

He kneels at the feet of the heiress.
, Now, In order to make plain what is to fol.
low, let us state that the heiress weighs BOG
will concede for the sake of argument. knows
no Waist,lines. And no woman is ever so fat
as her fortune. Therefore. y proceed,
=. he kneels, as we have previously said, at
the feet Of the heress. -
claims
"What?" she pants. "You wretch are
you aware of the fact that the equator is the
largest diameter of the world p" -
In vain does be argue that the equator is an
anNa 9s,a me inns only makes it worse:
metaphorically. he is crushed.
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-. tdl1OuS -U11ll-lUSSSTS.
The great pitchers get as much atten-
ton as anything else in the base ball line,
anu the discussion of slabmen's merits is
always hot one. The season just end,
ca was pitchers year, and consequent
~ there is great food for verbal battle.
Every fan in the land has some pitcher
IN mind who II the best Of them all, and
can adduce the finest kind Of arguments
in support of his position. Many can see
only Cy Young. Others pin faith solely
to Joe McGinnity. Others idolize Christy
MatheWson, and others cling to Deacon
Philippi. You can't convince any of
them that his man could possibly be out
classed, try as you will. -. ~"
AS plain, hard fact, there were sew
eral great pitchers this season, men who
stack up so evenly that nobody. could
diferentiate between them. Circum-
stances, surroundings, style of play of
the teams, all those things must be
counted in, and when all these points
are considered the fair-minded man
should admit that, great though his own
faVorlte might be, there are others who,
oA1 ShC SoLlS LcdulS, WUulu nave averaged
just about the same in games won and
runs allowed.
In considering National league pitch
ers the Pittsburg champions hardly fig
ure. Pittsburg won by team work and
by batting, not by the work Of boxmen.
This is proved by the fact that the
Pirates had lot of pitchers, and used
them all, not relying on any one, two,
Or three of the number. No Pittsburg
pitcher was worked as often as Mathew
son, McGinnity or Taylor. The great
Pittsburg team could saunter up with
Veil, Wilhelm or Kennedy on the firing
line and get away with games just as if
Lever or Philippi were doing the days
stunt. Lever and Philippi are grand
slabmen and rank with the best-prob-
ably are good as the best-but it is not
fair to call them the very finest, for the
team that backed them was the real
thing.
New York depended mainly on Math-
ewson and McCinnity, and this pair
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harsh thing to say, but it is not only that
a false pointer is himself useless, but
that he spoils every dog that is hunted
with him; for the best dogs are soon put
off their backing If they are hunted with
a false pointer.
I do not suppose a protest in news
paper will serve to put an end to the er
roneous bookish education of the teach
ers of our shooting companions; but the
trainers who are most successful in pub
lie do not go about with windmilllike
arms, cracking dog whips, or shouting
'To-ho." They simply trust their dogs
to show them game, and for the most
part the dogs respond, and are found
worthy of the trust reposed in them. For
nv part, would never fatter or fuss a
puppy while on the point, until the game
was up, or had seen it on the ground
Remember that until one of these things
has happened the point may be at a lark,
a hedgehog, a field-mouse, or nothing
ton that he is pointing game, will make
him commit the same error at the next
opportunity.
The greatest trouble in all breaking is
70 undo the errors previously taught,
possibly by inadvertence, probably by
a wrong system, and this double point
ing will generally last through life if the
breaker begin by encouraging it. AL
though, as have said, the textbooks
make these bad blunders, and the ma
iority of breakers follow them, the field
trial men know better; and yet they
know no more than the artists Of hun
dred years ago knew, for these men did
not make the blunders of the moderns.
The simple way of breaking dogs is to
talk to them as If they were children,
and to prevent them from doing wrong
as often as is possible tits wonderful
then what very few minutes in the day
will accomplish; but If. on the contrary,
dogs are started wrongly, and have to
unlearn, they will not be ready to start
the right way until their first lessons are
quite unlearned, a process that may take
fen times as long as the whole business
Of reaching would have taken II a proper
start had been made.
ARGUS OLIVE.