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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

Whenever we hear a man talking
about what fine stock he has and how
little said stock eats we begin to get
suspicious. There may be men who
have developed and maintain fine
herds or f1ocks with very light iced
ing, but we have thus far failed to dis
cover them. One of our friends used
to be anxious to tell how little feed it
took for him to winter a brood SOW.
He was a beginner then, and he was
going to have whole herd that would
winter on roots and fresh air He isn't
talking about cheap wintering any
more, but feeding mill feed and corn.
lie had some experience that knocked
the cheap winterng. nonfeeding fool
ishness completely out OF him. He re-
Allies now that those who have such
good looking stock on extremely light
ratiOnS are likely to underestimate
some things. The man who is looking
for good stock in order to save hauling
out feed is going to be disappointed.
The way good stock saves feed is not
in eating less. but in making good use
of what it eats, which is generally
more than is allowed to common crit
terS.-NatiOnal Stockman.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
Few Sensible Suggestions on Feed
Ing and Training.

rev Sensible Suggestions on Feed
Ing and Training.
In feeding hay to horses l arrange
the manager so as to be the most con-
venient height to suit the horse so it
will be high enough for him to reach
to the bottom, which is made of Stats
ana about eight inches from the floor,
writes j. G. Kapp in Rural New York
er. The fine dust ETC., goes through
and is easily cleaned out. The top of
manger and feed box is so arranged
that the top of the horses head will be
even with his back when he is eating.
l find this plan gives the horse the
most comfort, and he seems to take his
iced with more ease than any other
way. In giving him the most comfort
in stable he will show himself off bet
ter when in harness. 1t seems unrea-
sonable to expect horse to hold his
head high when he must twist his neck
In all shapes to get his hay out of
rack or hay shoot or stand on his tip
toes to reach in over high Manager
DO you use a high table and low
chairs to make your children walk with
head and shoulders erect and a quick
smart step?
l have trained quite number of
colts and have tried several methods.
but the best success | have had is to
train them in harness. First leave the
checkrein loose, then shorten up as
they become accustomed to the bit and
harness Never use an overcheck; al
ways side rein. l hope there is no one
thoughtless enough to have his horse
eat hay from the ground. 1t is waste
full. slovenly and unclean. never saw
a high headed horse so made by max
ing him hold his head down first.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

ence that the rnInS III been SIC into
a little used drawer and under those
old documents for purposes of conceal
ment was as easy as possible. Elmen-
dorf closed the drawer and the lid Of
the desk and walked to the window
with the envelope in his hand. It
looked suspicious. and the detective
gently murmured that he would
tchance it."
With the thin blade of a penknife he
very adroitly raised the gummed lap
pet without inficting any injury
which could not be repaired. The en-
velope contained five 500 bills
wrapped in IA blank sheet of the firms
paper.
Despite the coincidence of amounts,
this was not necessarily the money
mentioned in Alden's note to Elsie. If,
for instance. Mr.. Robinson should say
that he had frugally laid by that sum,
and had thought his employers desk
the safest place for it, the statement
would be equally hard to believe or to
disprove. For this reason Elmendorf
scrutinized the bills with an eager eye,
and when he found upon one of them
a peculiar mark. as if word of a
strange language had been scrawled
there. he was more than pleased.
Raising the lower sash of the window.
he made mirror of the glass by hold
ing the cuff Of his black coat against
it. Placing the bill before this mirror,
he beheld the strange word reversed.
and it became legible as clarence"
''rhe signature was blotted against
the money" said he. ut couldn't be
anything else. The bills were folded
into the note while the signature was
wet, and of course it printed itself on
one of them"
If Robinson had entered the room at
that moment, he would have been ar
rested for attempted murder, but he
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

The eggs Of some common birds Of
the present day have never been found.
There is the robin snipe; its eggs have
never been seen. An English Zoologist
kept Il man going up and down the
coast of Labrador for weeks purposely
to get robin snipe's egg. but it was in
vain. The bird is known by thousands
of people, but it breeds SO far north
and SO remote from any civilization
that no scientific observer can ever get
to its nest ere the young are Matched
and have taken to wing. The frigate
bird that is so commonly seen at sea
on the Pacific and off the West Indies
is such a solitary bird and is so seldom
seen in its nest during the hours of day
light that its egg is rare. 1t seems
strange, but the eggs of so well known
a bird as the sandpiper have never
been found and are almost priceless.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
Alfalfa and COyvpeas.

Experiments at the Tennessee eXper-
iment station show that alfalfa thrives
turned under. That does not necessari-
ly prove that cowpeas have provided
the right alfalfa bacteria; it may only
show that they have filled the soil
with available plant food and the al
falfa is working on that. whereas if it
had the right bacterium at its COM
mand it could forage for itself. We
will soon know more about these
things. Several stations are expert
mcntin@ with alfalfa and will tell us.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

| ne bchctd tic strange ,coiu reversed.
| luck or Elmendorfs may be hard to de-
| ternine
The detective sat down by Alden's
desk. holding the money in his hand
His face wore look of triumph, but it
was not pleasant to see. for the resent
ment which this crime had inspired in
him was burning in his heart. He was
not the hunter who does days work
in the woods and counts his gains with
dull interest at night. He was the man
who has caught the wolf that killed the
pet lamb.
But there came a slow change upon
him. His face was puckered around the
eyes. and his lower lip got between his
teeth. Presently with a hasty hand he
scrubbed upon a sheet Of paper this
sentence:
For further particulars inquire of William Ell
mendorf, New York detective bureau, 300 Null
berry street.
This message he inclosed instead of
the money in the envelope, which he
carefully resealed. He held it balanced
upon two fingers for moment, eying
it critically. Then he replaced it in the
drawer under the papers,
The knife with which he had opened
the envelope was lying open upon the
desk. He picked it up. pulled down
the desks lid and drew out one of the
sliding leaves. upon which he beat out
a gentle tune with the point of the
knife blade. He had worn little hole
in the wood without being aware of it,
when he heard Robinson's voice lust
outside the door.
Elmendorf suddenly gripped the knife
nara ana set the point upon the back
of his left hand Then with n bit of a
laugh he shifted the knife to his left
hand and slowly, steadily pressed the
blade down upon the other This Spar
tan act was accompanied by much
Wrinklng of the forehead and a few
hard words softly uttered When Rob-
lnson opened the door, the knife was
wing on the floor and Elmendorf was
striding toward a bowl in the corner.
dropped my knife on the back of
my hand he said. SHARP blade, and
1t went in deep"
Robinson came forward hastily and
viewed the injured member. from
which steady stream of blood was
flowing
"Bleeds like the deucer' said he.
you must have cut an artery"
Elmendorf looked keenly at Robin
Son. holding his hand meanwhile in a
stream of cold water.
1T will stop in half a minute" said
tie detective. IF you'll pull my hand
kerchief out of my pocket and tear off
a couple of strips. Wen tie it up
Robinson assisted in this operation.
by request but he was awkward and
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

nervous and seemed not to relish the
sight Of blood. When it was done, FL
Inendorf thanked him cordially. asked
a few trivial questions and departed.
Aalf an hour later he delivered the
five $lOO bills to the chief of the de-
tective bureau. with a full report upon
the manner in which they had come
into his possession and the method by
which he had succeeded in identifying
one Of them.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
Alfalfa For Sovvs and Pigs.

+. ID. Coburn, the Kansas authority
on feeding, lauds alfalfa above all 9th
err feeds for brood SowS and young PICS.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
CARE OF HORSES.

To he Continued.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
MEXICAN CUSTOMS.

Female friends kiss on both cheeks
when greeting or taking leave.
Gentlemen speak first when passing
lady acquaintance on the street.
When Mexican speaks to you of his
home he refers to it as your house."
The sofa is tie seat Of honor, and a
guest waits to be invited to occupy it.
lien and women in the same social
circles call e;tri, other by their first
names.
Me:,:c3n gentlemen remove their hats
as SCH! uloHS-y II On entering bust
ness o.tice as ina private residence.
Dinner ca. -..r nOt customary, but
upon Using FROM the table the guest
thanks his host for the entertainment.
After dance the gentleman returns
his partner to her seat beside her par
ents or chaperon and at once leaves
her side.
The fashionable call Of a few min
utes is unknown. A lady who arrives
at o'clock will remain until or Z.
The calls of intimate friends are half
day visits
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
His Long Sermon.

A Philadelphia clergyman used to re-
late the following on himself: Il
preached funeral sermon at one time
and spoke on the resurrection. 1 am
sure I spoke longer than was my GUS
tom.
1.-THE undertaken was a man of nerv-
GUS temperament, and as the afternoon
was going he began to be anxious to be
on the way to the cemetery. He finally
whispered to one of my members,
Does your minister always preach as
long as that at funeral?
"'Well.' said the brother. that is a
good sermon
Eyes said the undertaken, the SER
mon is all right, and l believe in the
resurrection. but am afraid if he does
not stop pretty soon I will not get this
man buried in time "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30

They were in the studio. Artists
trappery and bohemian paraphernalia
were placed about the room with
studied carelessness.
Heavy tapestries and portieres choked
the walls. Costly statuary, medieval
firearms, poniards, yataghans and
priceless and historic armsr were
ranged idly about the room.
Seated on heavily upholstered
divan, eying the American heiress at
work on an intricate landscape, was
the duke.
bah Jove!' he calculated suddenly.
"Do you know, Miss Millyins, I'm
wrapped up in you and"-
"Huh" interrupted the wealthy
maiden with Yankee sarcasm. 81 don't
see why you should be wrapped up.
I haven't bought you yet"
The duke sat dumfounded, wonder
ing what there was in her remark to
cause a smile to break out over her
sweet visage.-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
I,FE IN ENGLfsH VILLAGES.
II Il Not the Idyllic Form That Poets
SaE Sing About.

IT II Not the Idyl1c FOrmsThnt Poets
: sas Sing About.
II know a village where there are no
fewer than thirty cottages with but
one bedroom apiece, and in each of
these single bedrooms six, seven and
more people are sleeping" says A.
Montefore- Bruce, writing in the Lon
don Mail about life in the average Eng
fish village. I'm one of them, father,
mother and eight children huddled to-
gether. In another, father, mother and
six children-three of whom are grown
up-are sleeping: In these cottages
there is one living room downstairs
and no sanitary arrangement of any
kind. At the back of the cottages runs
an open ditch. 1t is also an open sewer.
Here, in the very heart of the coun-
try, expect to find abundance of pure
water, abundance of sweet air. Too
often / find neither about the cottages.
Hundreds Of villages have no water
supply, though a comparatively small
expenditure could provide it. I know
a village-it is typical Of hundreds
where the cottagers have to 60 half a
mile to get water. A foul ditch fur
nishes another village with the whole
Of its water supply. Offensive refuse
heaps lie piled round the crumbling
walls of the cottages. The wooden
floors within are rotten with sewage.
Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex contain
many such villages, and other counties
such as Bedford, Cambridgeshire,
Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset-easily vie
with them. I could write Of lonely
cottages far across the fields, with no
water within mile, whence the chill
dren morning after morning walk two
miles to school, and drag their tired
limbs that distance back again at night
and this whatever the weather;
where the postal service comes but
once a week; where the men and boys
walk daily five or six miles to and from
work; where of drainage there is none;
where of the simplest sanitation there
is none; where the medical officer Of
health comes not, and where the in
spector Of nuisances Is unknown"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
women's Strength In Tears.

The weakest woman in all the world
is armed with one weapon against
which mans pride and strength are
powerless. Her tears will win when
everything else has failed. A woman's
tears move her own tender sex as well
as the sterner masculine brutes. Old
and young yield to their potential
spell, and when the woman happens to
be pretty there is no telling what Will
follow when. her bright eyes grow
misty with these messengers from a
wounded heart It is folly to attempt
to stand out against a woman's tears.
They have caused revolutions. They
have made and unmade many great
cause. They can be met in only one
way unconditional surrender.-Ex-
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
MIGHTY TREES OF SIERRA.
Greatest In Size of All Creations Of
the Living World.

Greatest In Size of All Creations Of
the Living World.
During all the ages nature has ia
vored the growth of forests on the Pa
cific mountains, providing the peculiar
conditions which make them far differ
ent from, greater in size, more luxuri-
ant, than any other in the world. OF
all the creations of the living wsrld
rome is so great in size. so majestic in
presence, as the mighty trees Of the
Sierra and the Cascades. For here the
air Is always fertile with moisture,
clouds blown in frcCl tie Pacific ocean
rest among the mountain SUBMITS, even
crowning the tops of the trees them
selves, and here discharge their rain.
The soil is deep and spongy with CEN
turtles Of decomposing vegetable matter,
furnishing an unequaled nurturing
place for vegetation, and there are no
extremes Of heat in summer or depths
of cold in winter, says the Century
Magazine.
Every condition has been favorable
to unexampled exuberance of growth
not only of the largest trees, but of all
manner of underground, vine, shrub
and brake A huge tree falls, decays
and is yellowed with thick moss. I'm
mediately scores Of young frs and ce-
dars spring up along the top Of 1.-THE
first chance of bare spot in the wood.
Old burned stumps, gathering soil in
their hollow interiors, are nurseries for
colonies of young trees, some strong
Individual finally shouldering out the
! others. growing larger, and, as the
mother stump" drops away, sending its
roots downward into the earth through
the disintegrating textures until it In
time becomes a great tree.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
Rivals In Misfortune.

People are very often proud Of the
properties to which they are heirs, but
surely few landed estates are SO vaunt-
ed, few castles are so boastkd about,
as are the ills to which the flesh is
heir. Human nature fairly revels in
its misfortunes, and this revelry leads
to rivalry and to many complications.
None is so proud, none is so jealous,
as your travelling invalid. - London
Queen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
:E:M!ERsoN,s PROSE .sTYLE.
:sHeid to Be iLaesansaIn th3 Quality
:. of Wriferx Called MaEaera

Held to BE FLaeSansaIn sthA Quality
Of Writers. Called Masaers.
What shall be said of Emerson's
prose? Was Matthew sArapld right
when, as an experienced critic calmly
judging the favorite author Of. his
youth, he denied that the Z Essays
the lectures and English Traits" form
ed a body of prose Of sufficient merit
to entitle Emerson to be ranked as a,
great man. of letters? 1t seems as If
the time had come for EmeEson's coun-
trymen frankly to accept this verdict.
Because of deficiencies, both of style
and of romance, Emerson. does not
belong to the small class Of the great
masters of prose. His style, despite
the fact that Mature" and many Of
the essays contain pages of eloquent
prose almost equal in power and beau
y to noble poetry, was nearly always
that of the lecturer or preacher rather
than that of the writer. He too fire.
quently lost the note Of distinction and
was content If ne satisfied his far from
ex1gent audiences. In diction, to be
q
mate master, and 1t need scarcely be
said that few writer's have surpassed
him in the ability to compose a preg-
nant sentence. But, as is generally ad-
United and as is shown by his prac-
tice Of piecing his notes together, he
was rarely able to evolve a paragraph,
much more a whole essay, in a mas
terly or even In a workmanlike fashion.
1t may be granted that critics have
overemphasized his lack of conference,
that there is more logical unity in his
essays than appears on first reading,
that English Traits" and the later
volumes are far from being mere
strings Of ''orphic sayings" but the
fact seems to remain that the prose
style of Emerson from first to last
lacks the firmness, the compass, the
precision, the fexibility, the individ-
uality we demand of the prose writers
whom we denominate masters.-Pro-
lessor Trent in Bookman.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
Monkey and Parrot In Brazil.

In Brazil monkeys and parrots have
interests in common. They not only
roost in the same trees, but work for
mutual benefit. The monkeys cannot
easily pick the big Brazil nut husks
from the trees, SO the parrots gnaw
them loose, allowing them to drop, the
fall to the ground splitting them. Then
the monkeys tear the cracked husks
asunder, gather the nuts and divide
them with the parrots. Sometimes,
when the husks fail to split, the mon
keys carry them up to the highest
limbs Of the tree and let them drop
again. Monkey and parrot enjoy their
harvest side by side.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30

A gentleman tells good story on
his betrothed sister. Visiting his home
after long absence, he was sitting by
the side Of his sister, with his arm
around her waist. Her head dropped
on his shoulder IN the old, odd way.
An aunt in the same room enjoyed the
affectionate display and remarked,
why, that looks as If it might be
WilP'-the name Of the young lady's
sweetheart. Indeed" the sister re-
piled, you never saw Will in this
position" maybe have" said the
auntis. "Well, II you did you peeked,"
was the parting shot, which was a
practical admission Of the soft i'm
parchment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
Placing Him Right

As a northern express drew up at a
station in the early morning for few
minutes wait, a pleasant looking gen
tleman stepped out on the platform,
and, inhaling the fresh air. enthusiast
tically observed to the guard:
isn't this invigorating"
mo, sir; It is Normanton," said the
conscientious employee.
The pleasant looking gentleman re-
tired.-London Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
Already There.

Shell heard you complimenting her
upon her girlish appearance. What did
she say?
He-She said, "Ah, but I'm sure
shall look much older when I'm forty"
She-Huh! She means she'll look
much older when she admits she is
forty.-Philadelp Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
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CAPTIVATING SIMPLICITY.
The Way. John Burroughs Secured d
Treasury Cle-kgkfD.

treasury S1cEAsA1p
EARLY in the sixties of the last GEN.
fury, when Hugh McCuiloch had just
been appointed comptroller of the cur
rency to organize the new department
under the provisions, of the national
bank act, there Walked into his Office,
unannounced, one day stranger
dressed in store clothes" and wearing
long hair. ..4.
"My name is Burroughs-John Bur
roughs," said the visitor. Il should Ike
to have position in your department"
"What do you know about banking?'
asked the comptroller, thinking that
perhaps in the unique stranger might
be discovered some genius OF an &C
tuary or accountant.
"Unhappily nothing" replied the ap-
plicant.
"Who sent you here"
mo one"
swell, who's your congressman? To
whom can you refer me?
II know no congressman"
"And you expected to get govern
ment position without qualification for
the position and without Endorsement
or backing of any charactcr?"
81 think l could learn Office work
here, and the salary would be great
help to me in my literary career"
"Oh, you are writer, are you2
What's your line? Poetry, perhaps?'
Il try to write poetry" confessed the
visitor
Got any of it with your asked the
comptroller, now considerably amused.
IF so, let's see it.
The poet-naturalist produced a song
redolent of says5 spring. 1t treated OF
the chewink. fhe oven bird and the
ACarolina wren, with a dainty reference
to forest viohsts and hepatica.
This is great" commented the comp
troller; Its ritht eut Of the woods"
(which Is napxe than can be said Of
the author" observed Mr.. Burroughs,
thinking Of tho world Of finance which
he was seeking to invade.
The comptsSxsr laughed. "And is
this all you have in the way of Gro
dentials?"
Il have SOME more poems at nOme,
was the bla36 asld sincere reply.
In much zesaFtAeot the comptroller
summoned an assistant. Here's the
most astonishing instance of ingenu-
BUSINESS l have ever encountered in
public life," said he. THAT man over
there applies foe government position
and the only hackers that he can name
are the muses.. Yet this department is
not political, saA samehow I'm inclined
to put the fsAew to work. I am cap
tivated by The mans honest sim
piictty."
as t..!.. no Gppointni mt
ever before had been secured on such
q basis and no one since has had the
temerity in asking for a government
job to cite song birds and Wild flowers
as his only references.
Some Of Mr.. Burroughs old col
leagues are still in the treasury service.
In telling this story of his appointment
they dwell with emphasis upon the ex-
cellent work he did in the department,
earning rapid promotions and finally
securing the responsible position Of re-
ceiver for failed national bank in
New York, the affairs of which he set
tied satisfactorily both to the creditors
and the vernment.-Saturday Even
ing Post
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
A Stamp Wasted.

Pettishly she stamped her foot They
were standing on the corner. He had
offended her in some way. Again she
stamped her foot.
"Well," he said slowly, "here Is let
ter box, but you must know you can't
drop your foot in it. You are simply
wasting postage. Judge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-30
a GoOd Reason.

Mrs. Greene-What do you have an
alarm clock in your chamber for if you
don't have the alarm wound up?
Mrs. Gray-If~ you could have heard
the awful things my husband said
when the alarm went off, you wouldn't
ask me.-Boston Transcript.