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The Washington times., 1903-09-20
LANDSCAPE ON A FISH'S SHOUT
WH Curious Painting Sent From Maracabo, Venezuela by -
Pumacher on Exhibition at the Masonic Library This City

IT HIS is the saw of a sawfsh. and
one of the biggest ever seen:
but the most remarkable thing
about IL is the picture that is painted
on 1t. 1t represents the house and
plantation of the United States consul.
Eugene Plumacher, Of Maracaibo. Vene-
zuela. He forwarded the saw with it's
strange painting to the Masonic Lii
brary. in this city, the other day. where
it was photographed.
A sawf1sh wears its teeth in a differ
ent way from any other known animal.
They are true teeth, but are distributed
at regular intervals along the sides of
the saw. The way the sawfsh uses
them is by wagging his nose from side
TO side rapidly in the midst OF a school
OF smaller fishes. disabling them. and
thus making them HIS easy prey.
The Washington times., 1903-09-20
LARGE PROFITS in MUSHROOM GROWING

'i .s' .s a.'s 'as' !; a. ''' :. s.
Washington. and interesting
stories are told of the financial results
of this peculiar kind of farming 1t APP
pears that there is large demand for
musnrooms. which will increase as the
people come back from the seashore and
mountains and take up the burden OF
entertaining in their homes. The fact
is course dinner is not usually COM
Plete without mushrooms in some form,
and the market men are sometimes
driven 10 their wits end to supply the
demand. Numerous private growers of
mushrooms have lately met with good
success. II the stories told around Cen
ter Market are to be believed.
The abandoned watts of a brewing es-
tabl, shment in the northwest section are
TO have been transformed into
beds for mushroom growing, with almost
as good profits as were formerly real
ized from the beer. Several have made
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lao leaves 10. That proves the ad-
dltiou TO be correct. because the last *
agrees with the sum of the two check
"gures Of the original numbers.
Proof by Eleven.
The proof by is not so accurate
but the proof by IL is reliable in most
cases and will do for all reasonable pur-
poses l use the proof by II all the
time. and it has never failed me. Take
Two amounts Of, say. five figures each
S4S4-2e and S175.32 Beginning at the
right hand. and the first. third ana sftb
ngures. 6-4+4 equal II: also add the
second and fourth figures. rs equal 10
Now, deduct the 10 from the "a and
you nave 4. Proceed in the same wav
with the second number: 2+5+1 eoual
&; 81 equal TO- When the number to no
deducted exceeds that from which n is
to be taken. add II and proceed: S+11
equal -; 1910 leaves @ Add the and
the together and you have Is.
The sum of s4S4.26 and s175.32 is
S659.5S. AS before. 1896 equal q. 5-5
equal TO- 23-10 equal Is. This proves
that the footing is correct. Looks like
lot OF work. Ell? Well, when YOU get
used to It there's nothing easier. And
WHAT'S a little extra work for accuracy
"hen difference OF one cent in a bal
anee Will drive bookkeeDer crazy. r.
know there are hundreds, nav, thou
sands of bookkeepers who have nearly
lost their lives over an inability 10 find
missing dollar or two in balance
sheet. The conscientious man never
gives up till he finds the error.
Let me tell you of a strange ex-
perience OF my own. had been keep
ing the books OF this house for about
eighteen years when one day was IN
able TO strike balance. There was an
error of -. l set my FIVE assistants to
work checking back. At the end of a
week we had not found the error. was
worried | was responsible. I buckled
down to the search myself and got so
warmed up to the work that l could !
neither eat not sleep. My assistants
felt as bad about it as I did. We quit
going out to lunch or dinner and stayed
lp all night hunting away.
A Two-Dollar Balance.
MY wife told me I was perfact
wreck. My employers said charge the
2 TO profit and loss, which. of course.
vas quite out of the question. Five /
weeks passed 1t was Sunday morning.
had told my assistants TO stay away
md get some rest for a fresh start Mon
lay. little after daylight | walked
lown to the store and went in. The
'ff1ce was in the rear. | walked straight
ack and unlocked the big safe where we
.ept the ledgers. Something seemed 10
ull me along. / was only half con-
eious- had not even a vague idea of
That l was doing l only knew there
7as some invisible force leading me.
Il picked up the first ledger my hand
ouched and laid it on the desk, allow
ng II to fall open at any old place. AS
happened, the page was II6. My eye
wept over IL at glance, and there was
be error. the missing 81.
'Ye godsl 1 don't know what took
lace the moment after When | came
D, the janitor was throwing water I'm
" face, and l was lying on the floor in
fever. He said afterward that he
'und me leaning against the desk. un-
onscious. with my finger pressed hard
gainst the 81. l was i'll two months
18th nervous prostration
DO you know, that experience kind nj
ade me believe in spirits"
The Washington times., 1903-09-20
:: SOME NEW METHODS IN BOCKKEEPJNG :.

A BALTIMORE bookkeeper on the
~ shady side OF sixty has been
spending a few days in Wash
ington, and he takes a discouraged view
Of the prospects for men Of his voca-
tion who are more than forty years old.
He said new methods and young men
had driven the veterans out of business.
There are 200 Of my kind out of work
in Baltimore, or in other occupations
where they are earning only enough to
keep soul and body together" he said.
81 don't mean bookkeepers who practice
my methods. but all methods. I
am regarded as too old a man
for my position, and I hope to be
retired next year with a pension of $500
a year. I've been with this house forty
one years, yet ny methods are not SO
Anticipated as you would suppose.
There are improvements in book
keeping made every year and the man
who doesn't keep up with the advance
is bound to become worthless. 1 have
made it my practice to take a three
weeks course in business college
every summer-night study, of course
and In that way I've kept UP with the
FIELD. But I'm tired I might have had
q small interest in the firm before the
old man died, but the boys don't want
me now.
"of the 200 idle bookkeepers many
have families Of from three to seven
children. and they would gladly accept
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A SIGH.

Could you weigh a sigh.
OF a human soul?
Have you scales so fine
And adjusted so true.
You could weigh this sigh
have given for you?
Did you finely balance
These scales OF thine?
Are you sure you knew
This sigh OF mine?
Was it light as down
Or heavy as lead;
Like a drop of dew.
Or a tear for the dead?
When you looked upon it's form
As you weighed,
Did II look to you
As trust betrayed,
Or was 1t a jewel.
You once had lost
And found again at another's cos.?
M. Louise Mason.
The Washington times., 1903-09-20
COMING CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS
Nn High Episcopal Chuhmen From All the Western ~
Hemisphere Meet Here Questions of IMPORTANCE VA

tn HE forthcoming Pan-American
conference of the Episcopal
- bishops. which will convene in
this city on October 10. promises to be
the most important gathering OF the
churchmen of that denomination ever
held in the United States. 1t will re-
semble the famous Lambeth conference
of English bishops in 1897, and at the
The Washington times., 1903-09-20

Satterlee. Of Washington: Bishop Doane.
OF Albany; Bishop Dudley. of Kentucky:
Bishop Lawrence. of Massachusetts
Bishop Miles, Of New Hampshire: Bishop
Paret of Maryland: Bishop Mackay-
Smith. coadjutor OF Pennsylvania. and
Bishop Brown. of Porto Rico. Will par
ticipate in the conference.
The Washington times., 1903-09-20
Facts About RazOrs

w JHEN you take your razor to
wv the hardware shop where you
bought it and leave It to get
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
AS IT is WRITTEN.
4 List of the Greatest Ten Men tI.s
World Has Nrown.

4 List of the Greatest Ten Men tbs
World Has 11rovn.
Who are the ten greatest men the
world has known? DR.. j. McKeen Cat
tell gives NapeleoII Shakespeare, Mo
manned, Voltaire, Bacon, Aristotle,
Goethe, Julius Cesar: Luther and Pla-
to. THE method followed" says the
author, Ito discover the 1000 men who
are pre-eminent was this: took six BIZ
ographical dictionaries or eneyclope-
dias - two English, two French. one
German and one American-and found
the 1000 men in each who were al
lowed the longest articles. In this way
some 5000 men were found. then Sc
lected the men who appeared in tbs
lists Of at least three Of the dictona.
res and from these selected the thou
sand who were allowed the greatest av-
erage space. Thus vas obtained not
only the thousand men esteemed the
most eminent, but also the order in
which they stand. According to this
list, the ten most eminent are given
above. 1t is curious that these ten Pre-
eminent men are so widely separate in
race and age--two Greeks, two French
men, two Germans, two Englishmen,
one Roman and one Arab and two in
the fifth century and one in the first
century before Christ, one in the sixth,
one in the fifteenth, two in the six.
teenth and three in the eighteenth cen
fury. The ten names last on the list
are Otho, Sertortus, Macpherson, Clau-
dian, Domitan, Bugeaud, Charles 1. Ct
Naples, Fauriel, Enjantin and Barbery.
names hardly ever heard" - Philadel-
phia Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
Runners at Boston Horse Show.

Runners at Boston Horse Show.
In making up the prize list for tho
Boston horse show in the spring the
directors have included q class for
thoroughbreds under saddle again this
year. This event was an innovation
last year and it brought out ten en-
tries, making one Of the prettiest fea-
lures Of the show, as all of the horses
were ridden by jockeys who wore the
colors Of their owners.
Last year the blue ribbon went to
George Keene, a famous old race horse
owned by T. G. rockingham, Jr., and
the other horses in the ribbons were
Decapod, SarsapaFilla Bark and Aggie
Chel. This year thaEe promises to be
I much larger entry q thoroughbred.
and in making the awards the chief
thing that will be considered by the
judges will be conformation and racing
Qualities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
athletics In japan.

A mail from Japan records a football
match under Rugby rules played be-
tween a native team and the fifteen Of
the Yokohama Athletis club. which is
composed of foreigners, most Of whom
are Americans and English. This is
the first international event Of the kind.
Ten years ago Japan had practically
no sports except cockfghting. Now
rowing, cricket and finally football are
we'll under way toward Japanese popu-
larity
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
West Baden and French LickL
Springs.

In the Indiana Highlands. on the
Monon Il Jute, iexcel all other mineral
springs i'll Amei lea in the treatment
OF all blood diseases, cuGdneOus al
fections, dyspepsia, alcohol ILL., e'o
send f., Nv, trains daily
from Chicago. Z. Sessions' Gener-
al AGENT, ga Andrus Bldg, MIME
apolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
The Washington Ball Tossers.

The Washington Ball Tossers.
For the Washington American league
club these players have been signed:
Selbach, left field; Ryan, center field;
Delahanty, right field; Coughlin, third
base; De Montreville. second base; Ca
reg, first base; Robinson from Kansas
City and Moran from Georgetown
university, shortstops; Jack Clark,
Ortiz, Townsend, Patten and Lee, pitch
ers; Bill Clark and Drill, catchers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
Notice..

TT firm of Dahlem & Caugbren OF
Osak.s, has been diss olved by mutual
consent, and Mr.. Caughren holds
himself responsible, only for the &C.
commits contracted by the firm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
S [ %
500
Or e Datch0n, Anti Diuratic

Dr.E e. Detchon's Anti Diuretic.
May be worth to you more than 500 il
you have child who soils bedding from in
conference of water during sleep. Cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the trouble
at once. 81. Sold by Fiesler & McNeice
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21

Rooms For Rent.
| have rooms to rent in the Lake
Shore house, suitable for families and
light housekeeping, if desired. Fine
lodging rooms. Apply to Anton Lar
son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
GREATLY ALARMED
Cough, but Permanently
~I.-horlaiu'S

Rya Persistent Cough, but Perm"
Cured by Chamberlains
Cough Remedy
Mr.. HIP. Burbage, student al
law, in Greenville, S. c. had oeen
troubled for four or five years with a
continuous cough which he says
"greatly alarmed me, causing me 10
fear that Twas in the first stage OF con
sumntioun Mr.. Burbage, having
seen Chamberlain's Cough kennedy
advertised concluded to try it. NOW
read what he says of it: II soon felt
a remarkable change and after using
two hotties of the twenty-five cent size,
was permanently cured. Sold oy
Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
A Little Early Riser

|
constipation, biliousness and liver
troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers are the famous little pink pills
that cure by arousing the secretions.
moving the bowels gently, yet effect
ually, and giving such tone and
strength to the glands of the stomach
and liver that the cause OF the trouble
is removed entirely, and if their use
is continued for few days, there will
e no return of the complaint. Sold
by Hanson & Emerson.
The Wastes of The Body.
Every seven days the blood, muscles
and bones of a man of average size
loses two pounds Of wornout tissue.
THIS waste cannot be replenis he'd and
the health and strength kept up with
out perfect digestion. When the
stomach and digestive organs fail to
perform their functions, the strength
lets down, health gives way, and dis
CoSSS SCuS up; hOoOA DyoPoPSio Wi y
enables the stomach and digestive
organs to digest and assimilate all of
the wholesome food that may be eaten
into the kind of blood that rebuilds
the tissues and protects the health and
strength of the mind and body. Kod
oil cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia and
all stomach troubles. 1t Ia an ideal
spring -tonic. Sold by Hanson &
Emerson.
Give the children Rocky Mountain
Tea, this month, makes them strong,
makes them eat, sleep and grow.
Good for the whole family. a spring
tonic that makes sick people well. IS
cents Hanson & Emerson.
i. !. i.
Mothers! Mothers! Mothers!
How many children are at this seas
on feverish and constipated, with bad
stomach and headache. Mother
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
will always cure. If worms are pres
ent they will certainly remove them.
At all druggists. 25 cents. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
i. I. j.
Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot Ease.
A powder for the feet. 1t cures
Swollen. Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching.
Sweating feet, corns and Bunions.
At all Druggists and shoe stores. 2oc.
Ask today.
+ ]. i.
For Sale.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
LOST, Found, For Sale, Etc.

For RENT-Furnished rooms. In
quire at the Germania House. 7-1I-3t.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
Too Great A Risk.

In almost every neighborhood some
one has died from an attack OF collie
or cholera morbus, often before medl-
cine could be procured or physician
summoned. A reliable remedy Tor
these diseases should be kept at hand.
The risk is too great for anyone to
take. Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has undouot-
eddy saved the lives OF more people
and relieved more pain and suffering
than any other medicine in use' IL
can always be depended upon FOR
sale by Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
A Farmer Straighted Out.

ga man living on farm near mere
came in a short time ago completely
doubled up with rheumatism. l hand
ed him a bottle of Chamberlain Pain
Balm and told him to use it freely and
if not satisfied after using it he need
not pay a cent for it. says c. T. Kay
der of Pattens Mills, N. Y. "A few
DAYS later he walked into the store as
straight as a string and handed me a
dollar saying, 'giveme another bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. L want
it in the house all the time or 1t cured
me-" For sale by Hanson q Emer-
son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
A Runaway Bicycle.

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of. B. Orner, Franklin Grove,
Ill. 1t developed a stubborn n'r"r
unyieldlng to doctors ""d remedies
for four years. Then DucN 'en's Ar
MICA Salve cured. It's just as good
for Burns, Scalds, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. 25c at Fiesler & McNeice's
Drug Sore.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
For Sale.

A quantity of cheap lumber suitable
for fencing and rougher work in
building. Also fence posts of various
kinds, from five cents up. Apply to
BYRON F. CARR.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21

Maud-Last night Jack told me that
he wouldn't marry the best girl liv-
ing, unless-what-unles she took
Rocky Mountain Tea. Sensible fell
low. IS cents. Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
From A Cat Scratch

on the arm to the worst sort of burn,
sore or boil, DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salye is a quick cure. In buying
Witch Hazel Salve, be particular to
get Witt's-this is the salve that
heals without leaving a scar. A spe-
cific for blind, bleeding, itching and
protruding piles. Sold by Hanson &
Emerson. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21
Doesn't Respect Old Age.

It's shameful when youth fails to
show proper respect for old age, but
just the contrary in the case OF DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They cut of
maladies no matter how severe and
irrespective of old age. Dyspepsia,
Jaundice, Fever, Constipation all
yield to this perfect Pill. 25c at Fiesler
& McNeices Drug Store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21

Recent experiments, by practical
tests and examination with the aid OF
the X-Rays, establish it as fact that
Catarrh of the Stomach is not a dis
ease of itself, but that it results from
repeated attacks indigestion. How
Can 1 Cure My Indigestion?" kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is curing thousands.
1t will cure you of indigestion and
dyspepsia, and will prevent or cure
Catarrh of the Stomach. Kodol d.
gests what you eat-makes the stom-
ach sweet. Sold by Hanson & Emer-
son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-21

Give the children Rocky Mountain
Tea, this month, makes them strong
makes them eat, sleep and grow
Good for the whole family. a spring
tonic that makes sick people well. 81
cents. Hanson & Emerson.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-27
ELMIRA ALMA MATER.

The Elnira College Club of New-York City. sup
plemented by a number Of guests. including I'r A.
@ Mckenzie. president of the college held its hf-
teenth annual reunion and luncheon Saturday az
ternoon at the Manhattan Hotel
At the business meeting preceding the social
functions the president. Mrs Doty in the chair,
announcement was made of efforts on foot to raise
half million dollar endowment fund for the col
lege This is TO be completed by commencement.
1905 when the seni-centenniaI of the college is to
be appropriately celebrated
In the dining room covers were laid at small.
round tables for sixty guests. the decorations
carrying the college colors Of purple and gold
Happily introduced by the members of the Enter
tanment Committee. Mrs. Fred H. Mills chair
man. the girls of the SOS and '70s renewed
acquaintance with each other and Joined hands
with the younger graduates of the same alma
mater. At one table. at least, mother and daugh-
ter both graduates. were seated. and next year 1t
is promised that three generations Of the same
family will be represented.
The feast of reason that followed the luncheon
was marked by great enthusiasm on the part Of
speakers and hearers. and notable departure
from the usual trend of afterdinner speeches Fol-
lowing several instrumental selections by Mrs
Henry S. Redheld. Mrs. Henry Elliott Mott, OF
New-York tribune., 1903-04-27

Elizabeth. N j. took as her theme "Do Nothing
Too Much"
I'VE are to-day" she said having many at
luncheons at card parties, at matinees at olubs'
bpt very few at homes. l think of the little boy
vho said Mother, why does God always give little
ba bies In the night?' And his mother made an
swer Z think my dear. because that is the only
time mothers are apt be at home We are driV-
ing ourselves too much. As educated women we
ara sought after to add TO the sum of human
knowledge and so we persist in driving ourselves
until we are so tired have forgotten how TO
smile What we need to learn IS how TO make
friends and how TO keep them: how to grow the
reautifuI grace of leisure never allowing outside
work to overtop and monopolize our lives
DR. Mckenzie called upon to speak, outlined the
pioneer days Of the college. told OF the work of Dr.
Augustus Cowes and his associate. Dr. Darius
Ford. who bIazed the way and paved the road for
the higher education Of women. He then made an
eloouent pIea to the alunna asking that they show
their love for their alma mater by material as
sistance in the raising Of the endowment fund
Shares for this fund placed at 50 each ana
every graduate or special student is asked to take
a hand in raising the amount which has thus iar
debarred Elnlira from membership III IHe ~"4'NSN
Alumnae Association ia ~ Nc
Kenze. ARE all al work raising theH sIa,es @ lau l
this at their suggestion. one en- @ ias aaI,nb
up rnanicuring among the students Ny oWLl "a LII
ter has established private meSsetiS bfd cake
ery service; several Of the students hea "a, r.
sale Easter; parties are given , 20 mTI aIa en-
young expected TO pay ad, adhsSoi!, IN
thusiasm grows. II the nVe huruIsg ss', - on
Suffered from the Atlantic 10 the PACING VIII snow
their love in the same material way Iha!
sClf-sacrifce the future Of the coliese VIII te @S
Or. Mckenzie was followed by Mrs Frost; % ,,3d S1
f7ceton chairman of the National Association VINO
eorced her apueal by the distribution or pledges
70 h. fled IN and returned The social hour ciosed
with the college song. "E-lmira Alma Mater