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There are now

in public life content There are now
three ex-secretaries of war in the
senate-Mr Proctor of Vermont, who
served from March, 1879, TO Noyem-
ber 1891, and Mr.. Elkins of West Vir-
ginia, who succeeded Mr.. Proctor and
served till the close of the Harrison
administration, being the other two.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-01

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Or must II
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he made the suggestion that II was
about time for me To propose.
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tain Tea. - cts. Connell Bros.
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Advertising Rates upon application. Bills
collected monthly
Cards of Thanks 25c To soc. Resolutions
from DOC up
Copy for change of advertisement must be
received not later than Tuesday noon in or
der To insure insertion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-01

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Connell Bros.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-01

The LaFrance shoe is the most
slightly and stylish shoe for woman
that was ever shown in this city So a
pair at Il. IL. Edwards.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-01

The superiority OF some men is mere
~ local. they are great because their
associates are little.
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Entered at the Postofiice, Belding Mich,
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FeIIcitoux

Barber-IIow's the razor sir?
Customer Didn't know ! was being
shaved.
Barber dlnttered Very glad. I'm
sure, sir.
Customer thought was being
sandpapered. = London Pick-Me-Up
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Cboked Him on.

Kraft The boss has promised to Civ
me rise IN my salary next week.
hewitt Sorry Old glal- hut ] can.
lend YOU anytl
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Many child sn are poisoned and
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
ORIGIN OF OLD SAYINGS.

The Honeymoon.-For thirty days
after a wedding the ancient Teutons
had a custom of drinking a mead made
Of honey.
The Bridegroom.-In primitive times
TIE newly welded man had to wait
upon his bride and the guests on his
wedding day. He was their groom.
Sirloin Of Beef.-King Charles l., be-
ing greatly pleased with roast loin of
beef set before him, declared it good
enough to be knighted." 1t has ever
since been called Sir Loin.
A Spinster.-Women were prohibita
from marrying in olden times until
they had spun full set of bed fur
nishings on the spinning wheel; hence,
till married, they were spinsters.
Cabal-This word was coined in
Charles Ills reign and applied to his
cabinet council. 1t was made out Of
the initials of their names, which were:
Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ash
ley, Lauderdale.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
MUSINGS.

Wit that wounds is the cruel surgery
Of speech.
Heaven help the man whose friends
are all enemies.
If you must refuse favor, learn the
art of being polite about it.
The money that makes one mare 60
often makes the other mare stop.
You have not lost your fortune as
long as you have not lost your life.
Make chums of your wife and chill
dren and know the whole charm of
home.
There is no such thing as ease within
the belief of men and women whose
hearts are unselfish.
Men Of small minds are slow to see
in any man more than they are capable
Of seeing in themselves. .......
You can bet your boots. my boy, your
boss knows what you are about. You
don't fool him; you fool yourself.
To be important is one thing; to look
important is another thing, but to feel
important, there you have the fellow
who really enjoys his own society,"
Schoolmaster.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
SAILOR AM r7Ono..
How the Retired Sea Captain Mad
f a Purchase. arssa

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In Horses Nine" Sewell Ford tells
how a retired sea captain bought a
horse. The story runs: AS one who in
spects an unfamiliar object Captain
Bean looked daZedly at Barnacles. At
the same time Barnacles inspected the
captain. With head lowered to knee
level, with ears cooked forward, nos
trils shifting and under lip twitching
almost as IL lie Eleant TO laugh, Bar
nacles eyed his prospective owner.
Captain Bean squirmed under the
gaze of Barnacles' big, calm eye for a
moment, and then shifted his position.
What in time does he want any
way, jed" demanded the captain.
wants to git acquainted, that's all,
cap'n. Mighty KNOWN boss, he is.
Now, some bosses don't take notice of
anything. They're jest naturally dumb.
Then ag'in you'll find bosses that seem
to know every blamed word you say.
Them's the kind of bosses that's with
havin'"
'S'pose he knows all the ropes, JedT'
81 should say he did, cap'n. If there's
day, don't know what it's. Near's
can find out he's tried every kind of
work, in or out of traces, that you
could think Of"
Must be some old by your TELL" sug-
gested the captain. Sure his timbers
are all sound?"
Dunno bout his timbers, cap'n, but
as fe- wind an limb you won't fi4d a
sounder boss of his age in this county.
Course I'm not sellin' him fer a four
year-old."
Again Captain Bean tried to look
critically at the white horse, but once
more he met that calm, curious gaze,
and the attempt was hardly a success.
However, the captain squinted solemn
ly over Barnacles' withers and re-
marked:
eyes, he has got some good lines, as
you say, though you wouldn't hardly
call him clipper built. Not much sheer
for'ard an leetle too much aft, eh?''
At this criticism Jed snorted mirth-
fully.
"Oh, s'pose he's all right" quickly
added the captain. "Fact is I amt
never paid much attention to horses,
bein' on the water SO much. You're
sure he'll mind his helm, JedY'
ooh, he'll go where you pint him."
won't drag anchor, will hep
"Stand all day if you'll let him."
"Well, Jed, I'm ready to sign arti-
cles, guess"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
scandinavian Carving.

From earliest times carving has re-
ceived great attention in Scandinavia.
One sees evidence of this in many Swe-
dish churches, both in wood and stone,
dating back many centuries. In Stock
holm are many to be found, now safe
" cared for in a we'll known museum.
Some of these northern churches, nota-
bly, those Of Borgund and Hitterdal.
are quite covered with such quaint or
namenta ton. Beyond such public ex-
precision of painstaking labor one may
see in almost any comfortably furnish
ed house wooden forks, spoons, salt
boxes and platters, but still more at
tracing attention are huge wooden
tankards, and these will often bear
close study both in design and in exc
cutiOn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23

Finnish grammar is of a difficulty
absolutely repulsive. None of the 9TH
er languages of the same group is half
so hard. Hungarian-nay, even Turk
ish, despite the vexatious initial i'm
pediment of the Arabic alphabet-is
easy in comparison. The syntax is at
once provokingly elaborate and per-
plexingly obscure. 1t possesses fifteen
distinct cases and four and twenty
differentiated infnitive forms; but, on
the other hand, there is no real dis
tinction between nouns, adjectives, adj
verbs. propositions, infinitives and par
ticiples, SO that the student must not
be startled by finding infinitives regu-
larry declined like nouns, and nouns
taking upon them degrees of compari.
son like adjectives.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
SUDDEN DEATH.
II Is Usually the Result of Long Neg
lect to Exercise.

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In almost every daily paper are to be
seen several announcements that some
body has died suddenly. These sudden
deaths are more liable to be men than
women. Mr.. So-and-so fell dead on the
street or in his Office while writing let
tiers or preparing q sermon or doing
something or other. Found Dead In
His Room" is becoming a very COM
mon heuGiine. IneSe Leati.s are hard
~ ever accounted for. Generally some
thing is said about the heart - some
vague insinuation that the heart was
not acting in a proper manner-but, as
a rule, TO explanation which is really
rational is furnished.
1t is well known fact that the heart
Is a muscle. If the muscles of the body
are allowed to become fiabby, the heart
also becomes fiabby. A f1abby heart
may be trusted to pump the blood
through the system ordinarily, but
sudden fright or emergency, sudden
expenditure Of energy, as in running
up steps or any other unusual exercise,
is liable to overpower the heart. 1t
suddenly stops, and the man falls dead.
Tobacco tends to produce a flabby
heart; whisky tends to produce en-
largement of the heart; lazy, indolent
habits weaken the heart and thin the
ventricles. That man who indites edi-
torials, dictates letters, but takes no
muscular exercise, is in danger Of fall
ing dead. The life insurance man bet
ter steer clear of him. 1t is of vastly
more Importance to know what his hab-
its are with reference to physical exer-
else than to know whether his grand
mother died Of heart disease or his
grandfather had rheumatism. The doc
tor might great deal better interview
his wife and discover how the man be-
HAYES himself than to examine the
blood for microbes or the urine for
urate crystals.
If man must be strenuous, let him
be strenuous all round. He should take
little strenuous physical exercise ev-
cry day as we'll as strenuous mental
work. 1t is even dangerous to neglect
to take daily physical exercise. Fatty
degeneration is killing more men today
than is smallpox.-Medical Talk.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
BODIES BADLY CHARRED.
Victims of Erie Wreck Cannot 81
Identified.

Salamanca, N. Y, April 22.-It is
now known with practical certainty
that seven persons persisted in the
wreck on the Erie railroad at Red
House. The railroad officials have
compiled a list of the names of the
passengers who escaped aHuninjured
the names of the injured and the name
of one dead man, and by comparing
this with the record of the conductor
as to the total number of passengers
on board the train they find that siz
are missing or unaccounted for. They
believe that the bodies of all those
killed have been found and that the
list of fatalities will not exceed seven
The six unidentified bodies are sc
badly charred that recognition is i'm
possible and they bore nothing which
would give any clue to their identity
Agent Hicks of the Erie railroad al
this place has received many tele
grams containing inquiries as to pas
sengers on the train, but thus far al
the names mentioned have been In
either the list of the injured or killed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
Red Flannel Currency.

A Scotch missionary to a group of
small islands in the south Pacific a
great many years ago found bits of red
flannel circulating as money. This cur
rency came to them in curious man.
ner. The body of shipwrecked sailor
had drifted ashore, and to the untu-
tored savages, who had never before
seen clothing of any kind, his red fan
mel shirt was an object of wonder and
admiration. By common consent they
cue the garment into small pieces,
which thenceforth became the curren-
cy Of the island.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
Spanie1s.

Spaniels, of which there are many
breeds, are supposed to have first come
from Spain, from which circumstance
is derived their distinctive name.
Charles 1. was an ardent admirer Of a
small variety of this animal, and from
that arose the designation Of his pets,
known the world over as King Charles.
Blenheim or Marlborough spaniels.
which greatly resemble the latter in
form and general appearance, get their
English name from Blenheim palace
in Oxfordshire, where the breed has
been preserved since the beginning of
the eighteenth century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
AFTER COAL CARRYING ROADS.
Interstate Commerce Commission Be.
gins important Hearing.

gins important Hearing.
New York, April 22.-The interstate
commerce commission sat in this city
during the day to consider the com.
plant of William r. Hearst that Ger.
tain coal carrying roads are violating
the interstate commerce law.
The defendant roads are the Phila-
delphia and Reading, the Lehigh Val.
ley, the Central of New Jersey, the
New York, Susquehanna and Western,
the Erie, the Ontario and Western,
the Delaware and Hudson, the Penn.
sylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio
The specific complaints of Mr.. Hearst
are that the roads charge unreason.
able rates, that they unjustly discrim-
mate in favor of the bituminous
against the anthracite coal companies,
and that they have contrived, in viola
ton of the anti-pooling section of the
interstate commerce law, to discrim
mate against the Independent coal
mining companies in favor Of the com.
panies controlled by the railroads.
The Delaware and Hudson; Erie;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western;
Lenigh Valley; Philadelphia and Read
ing; Jersey Central, and Ontario and
Western companies entered appear.
ances. No answers were received
when the commission asked who rep.
resented the Pennsylvania and Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad companies.
Counsel for the complainant opened
the proceedings by reading long list
of the witnesses he has subpoenaed
and expects to examine. Most of them
are officers of the different railroads
and they are called upon to produce
certain contracts between their roads
and the different coal companies. The
lawyers present replied for majority
of those called that they were within
telephone call and would attend
whenever wanted. They also prom.
Used to produce any books or papers
called for.
The morning session was occupied
by a summary of the complaint by
counsel for the complainant and the
presentation of an exhibit showing the
tariff on bituminous and anthracite
coal and pig rion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
RECEIVED BY ITALIAN KING.
General Wood Has Audience With Vic.
tor Emmanuel.

Rome, April 22.-Brigadier General
Leonard Wood was received in audi.
ence during the day by King Victor
Emmanuel. The general had a most
gracious and cordial conversation with
the king, who took great interest in
the Philippine islands. General Wood
explained that he was going to the
Philippines on strictly military duty
and said he had the greatest admira.
tion for Governor Taft. He felt that
the results which the governor had &C.
complished there were excellent.
The king said that should General
Wood go to Eritrea, the Italian Afri.
can colony on the Red sea, he had
given instructions to the authorities
there to put themselves entirely at his
disposal. General Wood thanked the
king warmly and said he was graft
fled when, through the Italian ambas.
sador at Washington, the foreign Office
here invited him to visit Eritrea.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23

The one Indispensable quality Of sue
cess in these days of tremendous COM
petition is stamina. The young man
who lacks that will never get far. He
will soon be forced out Of the race and
sidetracked. Those who have possess
ed it have conquered innumerable diff
fculties.-Success. .... ,..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
Small Bits of Gold.

Gold is so very tenacious that a piece
II it drawn into wire one-twentieth Of
an inch in diameter will sustain a
weight of 500 pounds without break
ing. Its malleability is so great that
a single grain may be divided into
100000 parts and a cubic inch into
9,523, $685. parts, each Of which may
be distinctly seen by the naked eye.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
cRAMP COMPANY SAVED.
New Capital Secured and the Concern
Reorganized.

New York, April although the
successful negotiation of $5,000,000 on
terms which involve practical reorgan-
ization under new management, the
William Cramp & Sons Ship and En-
CINE Building company of this city
has been saved from the imminent dan
ger of having to pass into the hands Of
a receiver, says the Herald's repre-
sentative in Philadelphia.
With a plant which, according to a
recent estimate, is conservatively val
ued at $12,500,000, the Cramp concern
has, it is said, been in sore need for
several years Of an increase in its
available working capital. It has out
standing notes to meet amounting to
$4,000, 900 or $4,000, 900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
GERMANY WILL RETALIATE.
Special Prohibitory Tariff on Canadian
Imports Threatened.

New York, April 21.-It is presumed
in Berlin, says a London dispatch to
the Tribune, that if the Canadian tariff
proposals become law the German
government will at once obtain au-
thority from the reichstag to apply a
special prohibitory tariff on all inn
ports from Canada. The agrarian or
gans of the German press declare that
the British government is the real
author OF Canada's behavior toward
Germany, and they advise retaliatory
measures against Great Britain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
President Enjoying Himself.

Washington, April 22.-Advices re-
ceived at the White House from Secre.
tary Loeb indicate that President
Roosevelt is enjoying his sojourn in
Che Yellowstone park. The president
is reported to be in fine health and
spirits and Mr.. Loeb wires that he
never saw him looking SO well.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
STOCK JUMPS FIVE POINTS.
Modification of Decree Affects Wall
Street Prices.

New York, April 21.-Northern Sc.
curities shares sold off to 94B early
in the day, but just before official news
of the decision reached this city the
market turned and the stock sold up
to 99%.
Representatives of the Securities
company expressed much pleasure
over the news. Colonel Clough, gen.
eral counsel and fourth vice president
of the company, said the modification
OF the decree removes all obstacles to
the carrying out of the companies reg
ular business, including the payment
of dividends. j. P. Morgan will not
comment upon the order of the court.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
COAL ROAD MERGER.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Begin Inquiry.

New York, April 21.-Acting upon
the advice of Attorney General Knox
the interstate commerce commission
will meet in this city shortly and be-
gin an inquiry into the merger of the
coal roads. The report is confirmed
that President Baer of the Reading
company, who is also head of the Tenn
pie Iron company, has been served
with a subpoena and would be called
upon to tell of the operations by which
the Temple Iron company controls the
coal carrying roads.
1t is understood that the subpoenas
have been issued and it is the purpose
of the commission to learn definitely
what violation there is now of the in
terstate commerce laws and particu-
larly what violation under the recent
amendments passed by congress.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
CHARGED WITH RIOTiNG.
Five Private Soldiers Sentenced to
Death at Pretoria.

Pretoria, Transvaal, April 22.-Five
private soldiers belonging to the Lem
ster regiment during the day were
sentenced to death in the supreme
court in connection with riot which
took place at the barracks March %.
When the military police attempted to
arrest number of drunken soldiers
the latter, reinforced by some of their
comrades, fired on the police. One
of the latter, a member of the Leinster
regiment, was killed, and sixteen men
were injured,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
TO SUPPLY NORTHWEST.
ILLINOIS COAL FIELDS SECURED
BY SYNDICATE HEADED BY
JAMES J. HILL.
CLOSE TO BURLINGTON ROAD

Connecting Link viii Be Constructed
at Once and Direct Outlet Secured
for All the Hill Lines-corporatlon
Formed to Carry Out the Deal Said
to Be Capitalized at Eighty Million
Dollars. ...
Chicago, April 22.-The Tribune
says:
Vast coal fields in Central Illinois
are to pass to the control of gigantic
corporation, with capital of $50 ,0O0,.
600, and they will be operated in con-
nection with the Hill system of rail.
roads. James ]. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway company, is
said to have financed the deal and the
Burlington and Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific railroads will
open markets for Illinois fuel in the
Northwest. The territory acquired by
the combination extends through forty
miles Of the richest coal lands in the
state and is traversed by the Jackson.
vile and st. Louis railroad, bought
last year by the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy. A connecting link of
ten miles will be built from Jackson
vile to Concord, on the St. Louis
branch of the Burlington, which will
give an outlet from the coal fields to
all the Hill roads.
This short line of road will be con.
structed at once, but in the meantime
it is understood deal has been made
with the Alton to deliver the coal to
the Hill road.
Interested in the enterprise to a
large extent are stockholders of the
Pittsburg Coal company. While ad.
hitting that his company has pur.
chased a large bunch of stock in the
Illinois mines, c. E. Wales, the local
manager, said there was no attempt at
a combination.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
ACCIDENT AT LAUNCHING.
Broken Cable Brings Death to TIVE
Workmen.

Winnipeg, Man., April pa sad
fatality occurred at West Selkirh
while the government tug Sir Hector
was being launched from her summer
moorings. Everything was in READINGS:
and the boat was slowly being lei
down when the bow cable gave way
and let the boat down suddenly. Eight
men were on the water side and si1
had narrow escape. These managed
to escape by running into deep water
and swimming around.
John Davis, who was managing op
erations, and Ed Ryder, laborer
were not so fortunate. They were
close up to the boat and were buried
beneath it in an instant and both
drowned,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
Car Runs Down Children.

New York, April 22.-Six-year-oll
Harriet Allen was killed in front Of
her home on Morris avenue by cal
of the Union railway, and Bessie Der
man, of the same age, whom Harriet
had volunteered to guide across the
street, was knocked down and badly
hurt The motorman was arrested on
a charge of homicide.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
No Effort 10 End Lockout.

Shenandoah, Pa, April 22.-All the
Philadelphia and Reading collieries
and the Cambridge and Furnace, in
dividual operations, are still idle. AS
far as can be learned no overtures
have been made by either side toward
terminating the lockout.