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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
TESTING the Lungs.

Draw in as much breath as you con-
veniently can, then count as long as
possible in q slow and audible voice
without drawing in more breath. The
number of seconds must be carefully
noted. In a consumptive the time does
not exceed ten and is frequently
less than six seconds; In pleurisy and
pneumonia it ranges from nine to four
seconds. When the lungs are sound
the time will range as high as from
twenty to thirty-five seconds. To ex-
pand the lungs 60 into the air, stand
erect, throw back the head and shout
ders and draw in the air through the
nostrils as much as possible.
After having then filled the lungs
raise your arms, still extended, and
suck in the air. When you have thus
forced the arms backward, with the
chest open, change the process by
which you draw in your breath, till
the lungs are emptied. Go through the
pre- r, lcTeral times a day, and it will
enlarge the chest, give the lungs bet
ter play and serve very much to ward
off consumption.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
The Friendly CafASh.

There is a species Of flsh that never
looks at the clothes Of the man who
arrows I'm the bait, a fish that takes
whatever is thrown to 1t, and when
once hold Of the hook never tries to
shake friend, but submits to the in
evitabie, crosses his legs and says
"Now lay me" and comes out on the
bank and seems to enjoy being taken.
It is a fish that is. a friend of the poor,
and one that will sacrifice itself in the
interest of humanity. That is the fish
that the state should adopt as its trade
mark and cultivate friendly relations
with and stand by. We allude to the
bullhead. The bullhead never went
back on a friend.
To catch the bullhead it is not neces-
sary to tempt his appetite with por-
terhouse steak or to display an eX-
pensive lot of fishing tackle. A pin
hook, a piece of liver and a cistern pole
are all the capital required to catch a
bullhead. He lies upon the bottom Of
a stream or pond in the mud thinking.
There is no fish that does more think
ing or has better head for grasping
great questions or chunks Of liver than
the bullhead The bullhead has a fine
india rubber skin that is as far ahead
of fiddlestring material for strength
and durability as possible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
TIte Iron pillar Of Delhi.

The famous iron pillar of Delhi is
dealt with in Casters Magazine. The
pillar is a solid shaft of wrought iron,
sixteen inches in diameter and Of a
length that is variously reported. The
total length is from forty-eight to sixty
feet under ground and above. includ-
ing a capital of three and one-half
feet. The pillar contains about eighty
cubic feet of metal and weighs about
seventeen tons. The metal is, of
course, charcoal iron, made directly
from ore in small billets; but how it
was welded up no one can tell, as no
record exists Of any early method of
dealing with great masses of wrought
iron. An inscription roughly cut or
punched upon the column states that
Rajah Dhara subdued a people in the
Surdhu, named Vahlikos, and obtained
with his own arm an undivided SOW
ereignty on the earth for long pc
Rod The date of the inscription has
been referred to the third or fourth
century after Christ, but on this au-
thOritieS are at variance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
A WESLEY INCIDENT.
Ffrsx Methodist Lay Preacher Fol-
lowed In a Year by Twenty.

Ffrsx Methodist Lay Preacher Fol-
lowed In a Year by Twenty.
The societies met on Sundays, but
never at the hour Of church service,
and, when neither Wesley nor any
other clergyman was present, spent
the hour in prayer and religious con-
versation or exhortation. From eX-
hcrtation before the society to formal
preaching before it was only step,
but to Wesley it seemed a very long
step.
While in Bristol he learned, one day
in 1879, that one Of his converts,
Thomas Maxfeld, had been preaching
before the Foundry society. He hur-
ried up to London to stop it. But his
mother, who since the death of her
husband had been living in a room of
the Foundry building, met him with
a protest, John, take care what you
do with reference to that young man,
for he is as surely called to preach as
you are" Admonished by this coun-
sci from one whose caution on all
churchly matters he knew to be quite
equal to his own, Wesley reluctantly
consented to hear Maxfield preach.
After listening, he exclaimed: ut is
the Lords doing. Let him do as SEEM
eth to him good" Convinced in spite
Of deep rooted disinclination, he sane
toned the first Methodist lay preacher.
Within year there were twenty.-C.
+. Winchester in Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Facts
About
Medicine

elf your Vinol is such wonder
full stuff, what's the need of harp
ing about it so much in the paper"
A remark heard in our store.
We answer: We advertise Vinol
because we have found it a good
thing.
We advertise Vinol under our
own name and with our own guar
antee, because it IS different from
the twenty medicines my friend
alluded to. For instance, it is not
a secret preparation. 1t is endorsed
by physicians. 1t has surprising
record Of cures right here in town.
1t has our absolute guarantee of
money back if you are not helped.
We advertise Vinol to increaseits
usefulness. We may repeat, but
we remember that the great Sena-
tor Benton said, "Ding-dong is the
most effective argument" meaning
that you have to say thing a good
many times before you can get
people to believe it.
Sowewant to sayonce more that
we believe Vinol will do effective
work in nH1ety-eight cases cut of
one hundred of debility, nervous
ness, insomnia, bronchitis, hacking
cough, lung troubles, and the
obscure troubles of irritable and
fretful men and women.
For sale byHansons& Emerson
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Microscopic Penmanship.

The subject of microscopic workman
ship really divides itself into two
classes-penmanship and mechanical
construction. History has handed down
to us many examples of this form of
caligraphic mania, of which the chief
symptom is a desire to compress the
greatest number of words into the
smallest possible space.
Pliny the Younger declares that Cicero
once saw the "Iliad" written so small
that it could be inclosed in walnut
shell. This affirmation was regarded
as improbable until the seventeenth
century, when Huet, bishop of
Avranches, France, an excellent Greek
scholar, proved that it could be &C,
complished.
The gospel of st. John and the Acts
of the Apostles were written within
the circumference Of a farthing in the
sixth century by an Italian monk.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
HOW a Dying Man Feels.

Numerous experiments made in hos
pitfalls and upon heroic scientists who
have permitted tests to be made upon
themselves right down to the moment
of death, warrant these conclusions:
That dying man may be burned with
red hot irons and yet not feel the least
pain; that consciousness may remain
in the dying almost to the moment of
actual dissolution, but that most peo-
pie generally lose the power of thought
long before death; that in cases of
death where there seems to be extreme
suffering, with writing and spasms,
such phenomena are generally due to
reflex muscular action; also that fear
weakens the muscular system and has
tens death, while the reverse may pro-
long life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
WHY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH
The Use Of Some Words In the Sim
gular and Plural.

The Use Of Some Words In the Sim
eular and Plural.
B Is cherub an English word? IL 50
its plural is cherubs, and not the He
brew word cherubim. Is lexicon an
English word, and criterion also? II
so their plurals are leXicons and cri-
terions, not the Greek leXica and cri-
terra. Is appendix an English word,
and index and vortex If so the plu-
rails are appendices and indexes and
vorteXes, and not the Greek appendices,
induces and worthless. Is memorandum an
English word, and curriculum, gym
nasium, medium and sanatorium? If
70 their plurals are memorandum and
curriculums, gymnasiums, mediums
and sanatoriums, and not the Latin
memorana, curricula, gymnasia. media
and sanatoria. Is formula an English
word and nebula also? If so the
plural Is formulas and nebulas and not
the Latin formula and nebulP. Is
beau an English word, and bureau? II
so the plural Is beaus and bureaus, and
not the French beaux and bureaux. Is
libretto an English word? If SO its
plural is ~Hbrettos, and not the Itai-
ian libretti. Why not speak English?
Crisis is thoroughly acclimated in the
English language, and so lis thesis,
and yet there are those who prefer
crises and theses to the normal and
regular crisises and thesises. Perhaps
they are seeking to avoid the unpfeas-
ant kissing Of the English plural; but
none the less they are falling into ped
anty.-Brander Matthews in Harpers
NJ .o.;ra $780,. hS'TNs ~"r1"e r->Es -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
HA1rooNtnG A TARPON.
An Exciting Sport That Demands
Goodness and Dextertty.

Goodness and Dextertty.
The harpoan is cast. There is
crash In the water and big wave rolls
outward. AS the skiff is driven for
ward by your boatman you recover
your harpoon pole. AS you take 1t
aboard your first spare glance discov-
Frs the line drifting rapidly over the
bow.
The line is seized loosely and paid
out hand over hand. If ciutched
tightly there will be torn and blistered
fingers. If the line is hard twisted
it will suggest red hot wire. 1t will
tear the flesh; it will kink and squirm
and writhe. Beginning gently, an in
creasing strain is put upon the line un-
til the boat is in rapid motion. AS the
tarpon feels the strain a gyraf1ng,
glistening, silvery mass hurls itself six
or eight feet clear of the water.
The sight Of the skiff gives him new
life. His next dash carries him
through a narrow channel and you lose
line to him. In making a sharp turn
your slxiff grounds on an oyster bar.
BY the time you are again afioat you
have out nearly 800 feet of line. with
not a dozen coils left. But the boat
10 soon under Roadway, the boatman
pushing franticaliy and the stretching
Of the line helps. You have taken up
the tarpoas gait, his speed slackens;
once more you recover line and again
breathe freely.
Fifteen minutes Of alternate rush
ing, leaping apd sulking, with bubbles
Of air rising more and more frequently
to the surface, and the end comes. The
great fish rises to the surface. and, roll
ing over on his side, surrenders as
completely as he has struggled tena-
ciously.-Country Life In America.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Enemies at a Social Function.

Mrs. Lowe, wife of Robert Lowe.
afterward Viscount Sherbrook, was a
tremendous partisan whenever her hus-
band was concerned. After the reform
bill of 1867 Disraeli and the Loves
made no pretense to any mutual liking.
AT dinner once at Lady Waldegrave's
the guests had all paired off till only
Disraeli and Mrs. Lowe were left.
With his inscrutable smile and COM
plete appreciation Of the humor of the
situation, Disraeli bowed and extended
his arm, II suppose there's no help for
it, Mrs. Love-" when both burst into
hearty laughter. .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

WANTFH- SEVERAL 20 -
laracter and GO cd rep, ,ati.'" y "hr|. ate
ne in this county "eQur' y t'3' p'">erI az
1vertiSe Old established, v'aii!Y Ia, il 60
Ouse of solid financial >'"ut:r~ %aiH'i
loo weekly with eXper>rS a6Ci .o' al. ~
cad i.cts. horse ana c.,." IA. t'ai'. ="
be- L,n Il, L. ssaIy. LnelUse t.I.",,I's c.
elope Colonial Co., 3;4 ,a..ti, -. 'h.-
ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Slightly Confused.

"What nonsense that man talks!' re-
marked Senator Sorghum as the de-
partment visitor closed the door.
what did he sayw
something about profit being with
out honor somewhere or other. I want
to go on record as saying that there
isn't a country on the map where q
profit is not held in high esteem. -
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
His Rash Act.

Z II suppose" said the man with the
searching eye, ''that drink was your
1ownfall?' hi
1T was" answered Meandering
Mike. II took a drink o. water dat had
microbes in it, an OATS what damaged
me health so can't work. y" Washing
ton Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
The Popular Tune..

what is your idea Of a popular
tuner 5,s ], Fl
"A popular tune' said the man who
takes music seriously, lis one that
gets to be universally disliked. Ex-
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Cruel.

sAh, mer' sighed the lovelorn Mr..
Kallow. 81 tossed and turned upon my
bed last night, and couldn't sleep a
wink"
'sThat so?" replied the heartfess maid.
whats the matter? Are you teeth
ing?' Philadelphia Public LEDGER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
NORTH No II, CAROLINA
STRAWBERRY CROP
Prospect That the Acreage
and output Of Berries Will
be Larger Than Before.
Especial to Tho Times. Dispatch.

WILMINGTON, x NJ c., March 28.-The
strawberry and vegetable acreage In the
two Carollnas Is on tho increase. In
Strawberries tho aoroago inoreaso this
year will DO ncarly Is per cont, over.
1901. Tho acreage on. tho Atlantic Coast
olnn Is 8.47434 acres. This comprises
the grenter portion OF tho strawberry belt
In tho two States. Tho number OF grow
ers Is estimated ut 2.48G. Many Of these
growers employ from so to 100 hands DUR
Ing the picking season and It Is 'safo
to estimate that $4,000 people are en-
ployed during the shipping season says
Growers Journal. The Journal says It
is thus easily to be seen what an enor-
nous amount Of money is paid out IN
this section every year that goes into
daily circulation Add to this the sum
total OF tho amount returned to this
section from the berries and vegetables
sold and the wonder Is that the people
OF tho trucking district are not tho most
prosperous and independent on the globe,
The figures are astonishing, My. ~ 3tss
Within the next forty days or possibly
four weeks, Wberries Will begin to
move from eastern Carolina In car-lond
lots. The Indications are that the sea-
son will be fully a week ahead OF last
year and the first carload shipment for
WdIu lhsl pcfiSpIl vi lllo SobH ~ <Ap|h'
The vines are In god shape and every
thing Is favorable for some fruit OF an
extraordinarily high grade quality. Straw
Ing Inns been the order OF the day for
some time and tho fields are already he
ginning to present n bee-lke appearance,
The crate factories are all running In
full blast and taken altogether the out
look for the season Ia most favorable.
The fields have been white with bios
SONS. This territory furnishes the finest
Strawberries In the United States and tho
berries find demand on every market
Tho vegetable and Irish potato crops
throughout this section are UP TO the
average and bid fair to make a full and
profitable yield. Asparagus has already
begun to move from South Carolina ter
rltory and lettuce, raddishes. etc, are
being shipped In large quantities and SELL
Ing at good prices
Reports from Missouri Tennessee and
Texas would Indicate that between tho
foods and freezes the strawberry crops
OF those sections have been practically
ruined Trio damage is estimated Mt
| from 80 to IL per cent, Ifgthls is true
the whole country must look largely ia
! tho two Cnrolinas end YirgnIa for straw
berries this senson Ms the Eastern Shore
| OF MARYLAND crop Is reported very much
short this year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
American parents In Virginia, no Is an
American, and creed should "cut2 no ice"
among the American people. II

among the American people. st
mn ie- " "a ~, II /.
Lawyers are discussing the great foo to
which William Nelson Cromwell Will 30
entitled as compensation for services IN
connection with the Panama Canal Tho
general bel!of II that no will 30 ontitlod
ia s., ooo, 400, an equivalent OF Ave por
cent. on tho purchase price $40. ooo ooo .
Mr.. Cromwell Is the Junior member Of
the law nrm Of sullivan and Cromwell,
in this city. He Is accustomed to large
fees. IN 1900 ne organized tho National
tube Company. witt capital Of $780,
OF, OOO and he Is counsel for and director
In numerous large corporations.
The Search for the Man IIigher-Up
goes on without Interruption. Bissert,
the notorious wardman, testtfles against
Inspector Cross before the Police Com
missioner and witnesses from the red
light district" are secretly hidden by
District Attorney Jerome, to be brought
forward at the proper time. The Man
IIigher-Up seems however, to be about
as Elusive an Individual 4 as The Man
with the Iron Mask. II He leaves his I'M
print or, the entire force, from the ward
man to the Inspector, and the levy on the
Ibrothel, the gambling house and the out
cast is duly traced from Collector to
Inspector, but at that point the Man
IIigher-Up vanlshes In thin air. In the
high attitudes which he frequents,5 no
question has yet led. 4,
h Good Mayor Low hears that liquor deal
5ers raise among themselves SO 900. 900 IAN
Snually. He hears 1t IS pessed along to
the Man Hgher'-,1 Up i s$ tidy sum
and the Mayor would like to knowsif he
is STUFFED or whether 1T be true And
lust because Mayor Low said he would
not talk with them without knowing
where the three millions CO., they say
they will show him! how It goes In No
3vember. It Is hard to be a smiling SNUG
faced Mayor Of this spo1tt5leess town 7rl.$
~ Sentiment ran riot when It placed all
brute creation outside OF a zoo under the
protection OF the Society for the Preven-
ton OF Cruelty to Animals. Every winter.
Mr.. Haines, Its president, haunts the lob
tbies at Albany seeking and securing pow
err The result lis that the homeless cur,
5ill-favored, unkempt, clean, 57roves at
will, Swapping and snarling. Policemen
fear the vengeance OF the society should
athe cur they shoot down Il prove at the
autopsy not to have had hydrophobin
They say I'VE must know the dog Is
mad before we shoot him." Fathers seek
Ing to defend their children are liable to
arrest II they kill dog. In the suburban
districts Of Greater New York, ours dash
about in 1roves to the terror or parents.
These ours menace the little ones and
yet the society Is inactive and the po-
lice apparently powerless. It Is a curl
GUS condition of affairs. Persons own
Ing collarless dogs are required to pay
a license fee Of 50 or a fine OF $50; but
dogs that have no owners dash about
feeding Mt the swill pals and chasing the
children in the streets. 1t Is estimated
that 5000 ownerless dogs live a charmed
life under the protection OF Mr.. Haines.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Il HIDES AND TALLo wv MARKET.
s CHICAGO, ILL. Aprll fallen, Miles
& Co.'S Hide and Len Their lie tterl.-Co''i' \,
uuiry and orders, but latter mostly linn
tied to- eight quarter for bluffs. which is
refused. and only few care offering !
eight three-eighths. Car Mo- heavy COWS
sold Strlne better. than eight three -eigb}tths,
while seconds will bring seven half Two
ter and seven Quarter for COWS Bluffs. and
extremes with steors, nina half. New
Ming short Of hides but hesitate TO- pay
prices asked. Pa cler native steers hides.
butt brands and Colorados dull; no sales
reported. Four thousand January an i1
February heavy Tsxas steers hides sold
at twelve half One thousand March. and
April light Texas sold Il at eleven half:
Twenty thousand February March. April
light natives cows sold at nine half: thir..
teon thousand january February sold t
nina half. April light COWS held Ct ad-
branded COWS sold at nine. II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-15
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
Corn Planting 10 Progress and Oats ats
NearlyAli Seeded.
INV Aasociatcd Prcss. J

5y ABSOCIulcu
WASHINGTON D. Co. April l4.-'rhe
Weather Bureaus weekly summary Of
crop conditions says: g !.
a Corn 4 planting Is In progress as 1ar
north as Kansas, Southern missouri rem
nessee and North Carolina; further south
5nlanting ls we'll advanced and is COM
Melted In some sections.
~ oats continue promising IN the southern
states. and seeding Is nearly com pietea
~ we'll advanced In the central valleys,
where tie early sown Is coming up Well
Cotton planting has made good progress >
IN n he central and western portions OF
4 he cotton belt, except In the flooded
areos 3nf mississippi and Louisiana; plant
Inc 7is we'll advanced in Southern Georgia,
~, ia progressing slowly In Northern
c;eorgIa and South Carolina. over the
southern portions OF the central and east
am districts and In Texas early paintings
= "a coming up to fair to good stands,
b ,Toba eco plants are plentiful ana gen
crnlly growing we'll. though late ~ ken-
lucky. Transplant!ng has begun ~ inc
I Nv he close OF March. which was
very mild MONTH all fruits Wero unusu-
a1lvs far advanced From the attn TO the
Gtr Of April tho whole country east OF
the mississippi River, including aTennes-
Gee and the northern portion Of the south
Atlantic states. experienced Temperatures
below freezing. stations In the more north-
ariv districts reporting temperatures from
si, 10 eighteen degrees below freezlng
,I.hn reports now indicate that many va
rieties OF fruit have suffered severely,
more particularly peaches.