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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Boxing Hogs for Shipping.

Previous to shipping, place the hog in
a pen or lot by himself to accustom him
to being alone. Feed him lightly, which
puts him in better condition for the trip.
Measure the animal and cut your ma
terial accordingly Permit him to step
forward and back again and be able to
lie down with comfort. Let the box be
high enough to prevent the pigs back
from touching the top. Light wood that
will not easily split is the kind that is
used for~-boxes:~ See that he is we'll
watered and fed (not slopped) and have
sufficient food for the journey.-Up-to-
Date Farming.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Should Sheep Eat SaIts

Experiments have recently been made
in France for the purpose of ascertain
ing the nutritive value of salt for sheep.
Three groups of sheep were otherwise
fed with the same feed, but the first lot
received no salt, each of the second lot
half an ounce of salt daily, and each of
the third lot three-fourths of an ounce
daily (the ounce being reckoned at about
2Sh grams). The result was that the
sheep of the second group each gained in
weight Az pounds more than those
which received no salt, and about ~
pounds more than those which received
over half an ounce. Moreover, the sheep
which received salt produced 13s pounds
more wool than those which received
no salt. The report does not state how
long the experiments were continued.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
A Happy
NewYear's Day
By
BERTHA E. COOLER

"Now, Elsie Lawrence" the girl Sc
verely addressed the woful reflection in
the great glass door of the station, Il
hope you're not going to cry. Remem-
her, you're much too old for such child
ishness. 1t does seem bad that father
must 60 home, and on New Years
day of all days, but you must be brave,
as he said, and have just as happy a
New Years day as you can"
1t did seem hard to be left all alone.
They had come to this wonderful city,
Elsie Lawrence and her father, and ar
rangements had been made for placing
the girl in seminary.
When Elsie Lawrence walked
through the beautiful marble-tiled sta
ton and stood looking out at the white
world that lay before her it seemed
that the tears must come, for she was,
oh, so lonely.
Outside it was just as crisp and as
clear and as sunshiny as New Years
day should be- The snow sparkled with
"a million diamond lights, and sifted
onto the roofs and the trees a tender
white covering that made the city seem
q fairy-land. Elsie dreaded to face that
Sitting cold. 1t was so pleasant and
warm inside. But, surely, one could not
spend New Years day in the waiting
room of the station. AS she went down
the broad avenue toward Miss Morgan's
seminary Elsie quite forgot the cold
and the loneliness in the interest of
watching the people who were hurry
ing this way and that. 1t made her a
little sad, too, when she thought that
everyone in all the great city was hav-
ing happy time except herself. Every
one, it seemed, had some place to go;
sleighloads of young people were pass
ing, and often they cried out Happy
New Year." to someone on the street.
Elsie thought of the girls at home in
Fairhaven, and she wondered what they
would say if they could see her, standing
on the corner of two broad streets,
wishing so earnestly that she knew
someone on whom she might make a
New Years call. With a clatter and a
rush and much sliding of wheels over
the shining track, great yellow car
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
A LITTLE HORSE SENSE.

Never get directly behind a led horse.
Keep the stalls clean and neatly bed
ded.
Now is a good time to whitewash the
stables.
Never tie a horse when hot and
sweaty in draft.
Shredded corn fodder is excellent
feed for horses that are idle or doing
light work, but it must be dry and free
from mold.
Good for Gen. Miles His latest gen
eral ordero before retirement was to
prevent the docking or mutilation of
horses in the army.
The lenses of a horses eye are so
shaped as to greatly magnify objects
at which he looks. Then don't beat
him if he ''boogers" little.
The muscles of a horse used for
heavy work become used to heavy
strain, but are not accustomed to quick
motion Remember this when tempted
to drive fast.
Close up the cracks, as drafts cause
stiffness of muscles and much grain is
needed to keep in good work trim and
provide warmth. Boards and nails, or
paper and shingles, are cheaper than
feed.
Sole leather nailed on under the shoe
will protect the frog from sharp points
of frozen ground and prevent snow
balls forming in the hollow hoof, be-
sides giving confidence and sure-foot-
edness to the animal. 1t is easily put
on and easily removed after the icy
weather has passed.-Farm and Home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
BABY BEEF PRODUCTION.
Gain Largely Depends on Age of the
Animal and the Way in Which
1t Is Fed.

Feeders of baby beef, who keep their
animals up to their work, are known
to make gain of over two pounds
daily for II months. This gain depends
upon the age of the animal and the
manner in which it is fed. A matter
that should not be overlooked by the
farmer is the appropriate food for each
animal; he should aim to increase the
weight by making the animal as fat as
possible, as fat is more easily produced
on an animal than either lean meat or
bone. 1t has been shown that to in
crease the excess of either fat or lean
on an animal depends upon the age.
The natural inclination of a yearling
animal is growth, and the system de-
mands materials containing but a
small portion of fat producing quail
ties, but as growth adds to weight, the
more rapid the growth the greater the
increase in weight, which, of course.
accounts for the quick gains made by
young animals as compared with those
approaching maturity, and which fact
gives rise to the claim that baby beef
ID VIC CucdpeT 10TH Ol lie TWO. 10
know the breeds and how to use them:
to be aware of the fact that some
breeds assimilate more food and give
off less waste than others, and to learn
how to convert food into a salable
product quickly and economically is
what each one must study out for him
self Have pair of scales, weigh fire.
quently and note the ratio of increase
in weight. BY so doing one can cover
the causes of failure and correct mis-
takes. The time is coming when the
farmer will not be satisfied with less
than a pound day from birth for his
farrows and wethers up to one year old.
In approaching maturity gains are not
so great, but previous to that animals
for the block should be pushed. FL
nally, breeds that gain weight in the
high-priced portions of the carcass
must be given preference, and feeders
must know that they are breeding for
definite results. Baby beef must have
the fat in the right place.-Agricultura
Epitomist
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24

stopped before her, and was now I'M
loading its human freight. Over it's
windows it bore the sign, california
Street,"
California street! Elsie's eyes bright
ened. Impulsively she ran forward
and was soon whirling along in the car
She was no longer sad; no longer lonely,
for she was going to make a New Years
call on the Washingtons-Geor Mar
tina, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson,
-Arathusa and Amaryllis. She had
been to see them once before. On the
day of her arrival Miss Morgan had ia
ken her to the miserable little shanty,
and now she was going to see if she
might not bring little sunshine to the
six little orphans, whose mother had
died but the month before.
She picked her way carefully among
the ash heaps and tomato cans that lit
tered Moxey's alley till she stood on the
little doorstep and pushed open the
rickety door. And what sight met her
eyes! The six little Washingtons sat
huddled about stove in which few
Goals cleaned family. Martha the eld-
est, girl about Elsie's age, crouched
on a stool, and in her arms she held
Baby Amaryllis, so swathed in a ragged
quilt that she looked like a little pap
,poose Abraham Lincoln crept close to
-Martha's knee, and was whimpering
with the cold. Andrew Jackson and his
twin, Arathusa, were huddled together,
while George Washington, the man of
the family now, was searching the dim
corners of the bare room, hoping against
hope that some bit of coal might be
there.
Martha explained in a dull, hopeless
sort of way, all that Elsie had guessed
at glance.
NANNY. she lef' us all alone, an
thar amt nuthin' to eat, an no money
to buy none. 1 couldn't go to work
scrubbin' count O. the awful cold cotch.
an George Washington, he amt no
bigger'n a minute, an folks won't give
him no sidewalks ter shuvel. 'clar' ter
goodness, Missy, I dom know what
soin' to come o. we all. cause NANNY
salIwus said it wus better fer to starve
ner to beg. !
"Well, you needn't beg, Martha, and
you're not going to starve on New Years
day. You just bundle those children
up, for I'm going to take you all to some
place where it Is bright. and beautiful,
and oh, as warm as summer-time!"
In contrast with her present sur
roundings the great fine depot seemed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Cant Beat Them.

One of Representative Bartholdt's con-
stituents came to Washington and stopped
at local hotel.
Don't Blow Out the Gas" was the first
sign he read on entering his room, and he
didn't. 1t burned all night. When he paid
his bill the next morning he found this
item:
Extra charge for burning gass all night,
10 cents"
"By George, you can't get ahead of these
hotel keepers" he said.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24

People who are not in the habit of fol-
lowing trade, and comparing figures,
will be surprised to learn that the ex-
port of apples from this country to Eu-
rope has, within five years, increased
from $4,000 to more than 100000 bar
rels. The claim recently made by an ex-
pert of the agricultural department that
the hen and not the eagle, is the great
American bird, is backed up by the fact
that the eggs produced in this country
in a~single year have a market value of
5000. 900 900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Somewhat Twisted.

The average American in the Philip
guage; but the Spaniards also have diff
Guilty in mastering English. A Detroit
woman opened Manila paper the other
day, and saw the following advertisement
of a prominent Spanish dry goods house
that caters to American trade:
Importing house receiving by all mails
from Europe. The highest novelties in
weavings of silks and linen. Hats, and all
sorts Of Adjoining for ladies and children:
A complete assortment of all kinds Of
goods for gentlemen. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Song for the New Yenr.

A song for the New Year-its hopes and
it's fears,
And never song that is saddened by tears:
A song that shall ring and shall sing to
the years
A song of brighter tomorrow!
A song for, the New -Year-forgetting the
~ old =
Whose story in sunshine and shadow was
. t. told; ~ 20 ST. +. -. %T'E =. r
A. song of the joys that Loves dear arms
shall hold
A song of brighter tomorrow.
A. song of a green world andrabluest of
A song of a sun that in splendor shall rise:
The joys in Loves heart, and the lights
in Loves eyes,
And the world sees a brighter tomorrow
p. L Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
The EIopins PHILOSOPHER.

Were going to miss getting a room full
of presents, George" said the dear girl a.
she eloped with the youth of her choice.
YES" he cheerfully replied, land we're
going to bear the loss with good deal of
philosophy, when we remember that we
don't have to give a roomful of presents in
return" cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Good Track, Good Trains, Good Time.

In each of these the New York Central
is not surpassed, as thousands will attest.
Travellers between the West and the East
will find it to their advantage to use the
New York Central which, in point of time,
equipment, roadbed, dining car service and
scenic attractions is first among the rail
roads of the world.
Send two-cent stamp to George H.
Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand
Central Station, New York, for copy of
the Illustrated Catalogue of the New York
CentraPs "Four-Track Series"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Genius.

Wiggles-Dawson is versatile sort of
chap, isn't he
Waggle-I should say he was. He can
make just as good a speech at a ward eau
Gus as he can at the anniversary of Sun
day school.-Somerville Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
SPECIAL. NOTICE

A prominent salesman in Pennsylvania states that
he has spent large sums of money in order to be-
cured OF chronic headaches and indigestion and
after many failures has at last been cured by q
famous doctors private prescription. This gentle-
man, who refrains from using his name, will be
troubled rs he was. Simply write, addressing T. r.
Y, Box $50 Scranton, Pa. and mention uzA ~
are reader Of this paper.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24

Count Nottapenni-"Las'n night I giva re
leetle heent to Miss Roxley Eat l would
like she should marry wiz me-" Ascum-
"And did she give you any encourage
ment?" Count Nottapenni-"I do not
know She simply say to me: What kinda
re nerve food do you use!"-Philadelphia
Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
SCREEN FOR MANURE PILE.

sore to the owner, neighbors or passer-
by. A way to hide the small manure
heap is here illustrated. A tight fence
of boards on two sides, the boards
painted like the stable, \and the I'M
slightly manure heap is hidden from
Judd Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
HIDING MANURE PILE.
Simple and Inexpensive Way of Hid
ing Objectionable Sights of Any
Kind from View.

The manure from the horse or cow
must be thrown out in a pile beneath
the stable window, often to be an eye
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
Homeseekers and Settlers Rates to
the Sunny South.

On first and third Tuesday of each month
to, and including April, 1904. Write Jno.
NJ. Beall, A. G. P. A, Mobile & Ohio R. R.,
St. Louis, Mo-, stating to what point you
wish rates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
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STOCK
HINTS ON BUTCHERING.
Construct a Good, Strong Hanger, a.
1t Saves Lots of Annoyance
and Hard Work.

For hogs we prefer the Poland-C hinas.
While they do not produce as large lit
tiers, they are larger hogs and of more
"dignifed" appearance. For meat, feed
bone and muscle producing food until
about six months old and give them g.
steady shove then, and fatten on corn
and sometimes mush. For meat, we
often kill some of the old sows. These
we fatten in the same manner. Do not
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
TIPS FOR ECONOMISTS.

Pretty bouses may be made of wide
ribbon joined with herringbone braid
or by faggoting.
The girl with clever fingers can have
pretty hat by buying one of the
maline covered shapes sold in the
shops and adding to it knot of rib
bons or cluster of flowers.
A somewhat shabby shoe may be
wonderfully freshened by the addition
of new strings of wide ribbon.
few lace medallions will make a
plain ribbon stock or sash quite
dressy.
Women who can not afford to in
dulge in many costumes should always
avoid novelties. 1t is well to keep
closely to one color, and that year
after year. By observing this rule
one may avoid being known by the
same old gown that has been appear
ing time and again. Another benefit
to be derived is that, being all of the
same color, or different shades of the
same color, two or three dresses may
be mingled in one.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
A Cure for DrOpsy.

Sedgwick, Ark. June 22.-Mr. W. s.
Taylor of this place says:
My little boy had Dropsy. Two doc
tors-the best in this part of the coun-
try-told me he would never get bet
ter, and to have seen him anyone else
would have said they were right His
feet and limbs were swollen so that he
could not walk nor put on his shoes
when the doctors told me he would
surely die, | stopped giving him their
medicine and began giving him Dodds
Kidney Pills. l gave him three pills a
day and at the end of eight days the
swelling was all gone, but as l wanted
to be sure, kept on with the pills for
sometime, gradually reducing the
quantity, till finally l stopped alto
Sether.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved
my child's life Before using them he
was helpless invalid in his mothers
arms from morning till night. Now he
is healthy. happy child, running and
dancing and singing. l can never eX-
pre-! orr gratitude.
81 odds Kidney Pills entirely cured
our boy after everybody, doctors and
all, had given him up to die"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25

A. A. BOyce, farmer, living three
and half miles from Trenton, Mo-,
says: a severe cold settled in my kid
neys and developed so quickly that l
was Obliged to lay off work on account
of the aching in my back and sides.
For time was unable to walk at all,
and every makeshift tried and all the
medicine | took had not the slightest
effect. My back continued to grow
weaker until l was unfit for anything.
Mrs. Boyce noticed Doan's Kidney
Pills advertised as sure cure for just
such conditions and one day when in
Trenton she brought a box home from
Chas. A. Fosters drug store. l follow
ed the directions carefully when taking
them and l must say | was more than
surprised and much more gratified to
notice the backache disappearing grad
ually until it finally stopped"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Boyce
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, y. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 80 cents
per box.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25

again. But either have completely
failed to give you an exact idea of
my hero, or by now you perfectly
understand tnat no such scruples
troubled his delicate feelings. He
boldly, though with the greatest re-
spect, informed the pope of the prob
able failure of the experiment and
earnestly begged him for a second
trial. The good old man kindly as
sented and began to sing again, giving
to his voice stronger information.
All of sudden he stopped as if
seized by a sudden thought and
turned directly to the photograph
man. Sir" he said, Il take it for
granted that my condescension in
granting you your request will not be
met with proceedings unworthy of my
dignity and of the sacred words | am
pronouncing. | would consider as a
real proclamation the using of that
cylinder for commercial purposes.
assume it to be destined solely to the
satisfaction of those members of re-
ligious communities and Catholic so
cieties who cannot come to see us in
Rome" OF course, the young oper-
ator was profuse in his protestation
of devotion and assurances that the
, wishes of his holiness would be COM
piled with to the letter, and the
doubts which had for a moment
] troubled the mind of Leo XIII having
been appeasei, he went on singing the
ritual words to the end.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
SILKS MADE BY FISH.

Silk is obtained from the shellflsh
known as the pima, which is found in
the Mediterranean. This shellfish has
the power of spinning a viscid silk
which in Sicily is made into regular
and very handsome fabric. The silk
is spun by the shellfish in the first in
stance for the purpose of attaching
itself to the rocks. 1t is able to guide
the delicate filaments to the proper
place and there glue them fast, and if
they are cut away it can reproduce
them. The material when gathered
(Which is done at low tide) is washed
in soap and water, dried, Strengthened,
and carded, one pound of the coarse
filament yielding about three ounces
of fine thread, which. when spun, is
a lovely FURNISHED golden brown color.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
QUEER BOOKS OF WOOD.

There is at Cassel library prob
ably unique in the world 1t is bound
in timber, printed on timber pages
possibly from wood blocks-and deals
exclusively with timber. The library
in question is the Holzbibliatek, which
was compiled at the end of last CEN
fury by Karl Schieldbach, and is COM
posed of about 500 volumes made from
trees in the park at Wilhelmshohe.
Every volume bears on tab-not in
timber, but, queerly enough, in mo-
rocco-the name of the tree from which
1t was obtained. There are plates of
the tree in all stages of Its growth, and
the letter-press is a treatise on the
foresting and natural history Of the
tree.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
BLOOD HuMOURS
Skin humOurs, Scalp RumOurs,
Hair HumOurs,
Whether Simple SCrofuIous or
Hereditary
Speedily Cured by Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Pills.
Complete External and Internal
Treatment, One Dollar.

In the treatment of tort1rsrg, dis
figuring, itchi g, scaly, crusted, piml.ly,
blotchy and scrofulous humours of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair,
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and III Is have
been wonderfully successful. Even the
most obstinate of constitutional hui
mours, such as bad blood, scrofula, in
herited and contagious humours, with
loss of hair, g andular sw, llings, ulcer
Gus patches in the throat aud mouth,
sore eyes, unprecedented blotches as
we'll as boils, carbuncles, scurvy, sites,
ulcers and sores arising from an i'm
pure or impoverished condition If the
blood, yield to the Cuticura Treatment,
when ali other remedies fail.
And greater still, if possible, is the
wonderful record of cures Of torturing,
disfguring humours among infants aud
children. The sutf, ring which Cuticura
Remedies have alleviated among the
young. and the comfort they have af-
forded WORKOUT and worried parents,
have led to their adoption in countless
homes as priceless curatives for the
skin and blood. Infantile and biri h hui
mOurs, milk crust, scaled head, eczema,
rashes and every form ofitching, scaly.
pimply skin and scalp humours, with
loss of hair, Of infancy and childhood,
are speedily, permanently and economic
cally cured when all other remedies
suitable for children, and even the best
physicians, fail.
Sold through out the world Cutcura Resoivent SOC O.,
form of Chocolate Coated Pills. 25c per vial of 3d. Or
ment Soc. Soap Csc Depot., London ~ Chsrterhouse
So Paris Rue de la faix; Boston, lS7 Columbus Ave-
Potter Drug Chem Corn. Sole Prcps
u8- Send for " The Great Humour Cure"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
Rare Stamps Found.

There has been another great dis
covery in the philatelic world-quite
a sensation, in fact Another couple
(the Id and 2d) of the great rarities
commonly known as the "Post-office"
Mauritius, has been found. A school
boy going over some old correspond
enc found an envelope with a couple of
strengthening stamps, and took it to
his father, who was not well up in
stamps, but had friend in Paris who
was collector. The envelope was
sent to Paris, with instructions to sell
it at the best price, and it was sold to
a well-known dealer for $1,000. The
precious envelope has since been sold
to well-known collector for G2,500.