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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

In Germany an electric car has BEEN
run on the Zossen military road at the
rate of LOG miles an hour, and the en-.
gineers expect that rate of 125 miles
an hour win be reached. But who
wants to ride as fast as that?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

Four of the five elk which were
placed in the Adirondacks last year
to breed have been killed by hunters
within two days. Evidently the hunt
ers were better marksmen than they
are citizens.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
To Tax GAMBLING.

NJ. Thopiteau. French Deputy, pro-
poses to tax all games of hazard to the
extent of per cent of the sums at
stake. M. Thopiteau estimates that
the tax would bring in an annual rev.
epue Of $2,000,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
Chatham Islands.

The Chatham islands are group in
the South Pacific, $50 miles east OF
New Zealand, of which colony they
form q part. They are mainly used
for cattle and sheep breeding for the
purpose of supplying whalers and 9th
er vessels calling to reiit and take in
stores.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

New York's water supply will be
drawn from three sources IN the state.
but II there is any sign of famine
some of the Jersey corporations might
be tapped.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
Odd Condition 81 DSuuest.

A rich banker at Raincy, France,
left large sum to the town on condi-
ton that his body should be carried
through it in state. This was done.
the local band heading the process
sion. --
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

II appears that Prince Alert, the
new champion PAGER, has to be dosed
with whisky before he starts in race.
Well, Prince Alert isn't the only thing
that whisky has caused 70 set . fast
pace.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

1T seems strange" remarked the
philosopher, that the man without
any vices always aggravates ordinary
people into having more vices than
they had before"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

switxeriand's Largest Tres.
The largest tree in Switzerland q
- be found In the Melchthal, perchsd
O. the mountain side, at Q height q
$50 feet. At the base It measures -
circumference forty feet
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

Those who do not believe that bald
headed men are intellectual should
pause and consider how thin IL the
crop Of hair on the headpiece Of the
Hon. Robert FitZsimmons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

An Injunction restraining a Chicago
firm from paying debts is the latest
thing in the Injunction line. Get your
application for an Injunction in early
and avoid the rush.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

II 1t were not for the prejudice
against cruel and unusual punish
ments, it might be enough for Big
amist Mills to leave him in q padded
cell alone with all of his wives.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

Foreign Medical Students.
Up to 1870 Paris vas the Mecca Of
English medical students. After that
date the larger number began to 60 70
Dsrltn or Vienna; but the Russia9,
southern Europss1 and South Amstt
saA students still frequent Paris.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
WEIGHT of a Child.

The child of should weigh forty
nine and one-half pounds. be forty-six
inches high and have chest girth Of
twenty-three and one-haf inches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

Large Gkt 10 Hospital.
An anonymous donor has given 81.
900 to 81. Bartholomew's Hospital,
London. to buy the land required for
extension.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
For Sale.

Cheap lumber for building purposes.
Inquire of B. F. Carr.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
Nursing,

Any one in need of first class nurse
should telephone to No. 81. Term
s1.00 q day. Mrs. T. G. Mckay.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

Suicide Rate Increases.
The suicide rate in the United
States has increased In ten years from
- to II per 100. 900 population.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
Trade in snertlna eoods,

More than SO. coo, 900 worth of sport.
ing goods were sold In the United
States last year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

For Sale or Trade.
A big seven year old mare, weighs
1850 pounds. AT Watson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
WANTS..

The Omega cream separator has ne
equal--for sale at Hillerud & Co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12

Increase % Gold.
Gold now constitutes nearly ons-half
Of our stock Of money.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
For Sale.

50-2 #. cylinder washing machines,
at 81 so each by the Keller Mfg. Co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
For Sale.

For Sale.
Good house, barn and two lots,
corner Birch and 8th-sts. For particu
ars address L. r. Barto.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-12
For Sale.

$4,000 feet of Curley Maple Lumber.
Apply to John Connolly section
foreman, N. P. road, or A. Vessey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13
Birds and Their SOM.

1t may well be doubted if birds are
musical connoisseurs, or have any
thing like human appreciation of
their own or Of each others songs.
My reason for thinking so is this:
I have heard bobolink with a defec.
tive instrument, so that its song was
broken and inarticulate in parts. and
yet it sang with as much apparent
joy and abandon as any of its fell
lows. have also heard a hermit
thrush with a similar defect or inn
psdiment, and yet ii, too. appeared to
sing entirely to its own satisfaction.
It would be very interesting to know
if these poor singers found mates as
readily as their mere gifted brothers.
If they did, the Darwinian theory of
sexual selection" in such matters,
according to which the finer songster
would carry CT the female, would fall
10 the ground. Yet it is certain thar
il is during the mating and breeding
season that these song combatss oc-
cur. and the favor of the femals
would seem to be the matter in dis
pute. Whether or not it be express
siva Of actual Jealousy or rivalry. we
have no other words TO apply 10 it,
Har9er'S Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13

much more violent action on the heart
than is safe. especially to one WHO is
subject to heart weakness.
One of the best remedies for the
bite of venomous snake is common
cooking soda, whsch has the advan-
tage of being a domestic article al
ways kept on hand. A cord is fasten-
ed tightly above the wound to form
ligature The wounded spot Is then
cut as deeply as the fangs may have
entered. Let the wound bleed freely.
Suck it with the mouth. after which
put soda in the cut. as we'll as on the
wound, changing the soda as often as
it turns black Strange TO say. rattle
snake venom taken into the stomach
is quickly and safely assimilated by
the digestive organs.
AS much as thirty drops have been
taken at once without harm to the
experimenter, who, however, was
careful to rinse the mouth and teeth
with soda and water at once after
taking that amount
Another remedy is ammonia, which,
IL applied promptly and freely, will
cure almost any kind of a snake bite
If the foot is bitten. prepare a foot
bath of a quart of coal oil mixed with
a teacupful of salt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13
Poison-suInac.

There are several species Of sumac.
and most OF them are harmless. pnts II
we do not know one from the other We
are apt to feel uncomfortable I'M the
presence OF any Of them. The poison
Gus species may be readily distinguish
ed from either the smooth sumac or
the stag-horn sumac by reason Of the
fact that the leaflets Of these species
are saw-edeed. while those Of the. pol.
son-sumac are entire that IS. with
out teeth or lobes. The one other spe-
cles with which K may be confused is
the mountain sumac; but rs IN this
shrub the leaf-stcms are widened out
into so-called wings" 1t need not be
mistaken for Its dangerous relative.
whose stems are wingless. Tie poison
ivy. n near relative Of the poison-su-
mac. though Usually a creeper Is
classed with the shrubs. and some
times becomes one when 1t happens to
grow in a spot where there are no sup
ports for its aerial roots. This plant
has compound ieayes with three leaf
lets. a fact which enables as to dis1n-
guish il at once from the Virginia
creeper, which has hye leaflets aud
from the bittersweet. which has from
seven to pine.--woman's Home Com
panion-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13

Oh, how pitifully foolish now looked
her deep-laid scheme. when faced in
the broad light of day.
or course, he had forgotten, years
ago, to watch her chimney. What
was it TO him now, whether she had a
fire or not? She would go this very
minute and build it. She
Why, what was that? Some one
was coming out Of Solomon's front
door. Some one-why, it was Solomon
himself. creeping forth as If he had
just been engaged in stealing his own
spoons and was now making off with
them to place of hiding
Where was he going?
The heart Of Tirzah stood still for
one long and Notwithstanding second,
then it went on again with such ham
mering and commotlon beneath the red
and green shawl that a less plucky
woman would have fed for the cam
phor bottle on the instant.
Solomon was coming down the hill
straight toward her tiny home. Com
ing, it is true, not as the conquerors
come, with bold and martial tread, but
after timid, slinky fashion of a man
who had had his last timid advances
in that direction scorned.
When it was certain past all shadow
Of doubt that he was coming into
the house, Tirzah. the crafty creature.
betook herself to the cane-seated rock
er, where, wrapped to the chin in the
big shawl, she waited with palpitating
heart for the timid knock which at
leugth sounded on the door.
Come in" she then called, feebly,
at which the door was opened cautious
y, inch by inch, until the entire fig
ure of the middle-aged lover was dis
closed to view.
At the sight of Tirzah, bundled up
and in the armchair, all of his hesita-
ton vanished.
Why, Tirzah. are you took sick 2"
came in the loud, CHEEKY voice which
had not sounded in the room for five
years past. AN it's cold enough in
here to freeze the hair off dogs back
Let me fix you fire"
In a few moments a cheerful fire
was roaring up the chimney. To be
sure, there were more chips on the
floor than Miss Tirzah would have scat
tered in twelvemonth, and the cat
was splitting out her indignation in
a remote corner over an injury done
her sleek tail by the heavy boot of
Miss Tirzah's new fireman
Tirzah, however, noticed neither the
chips nor the anger of her cat Not
redder than her cheeks was the blaz-
ing fire. for Solomon had taken cour-
age and was sitting beside her, inquir-
ing kindly when she was took" and
if he shouldn't go and fetch the doc
tori"
You see, Tirzah." he said, with
guilty laugh. II alters look at your
chimbly the fust thing in the mornin'
I've kinder got into the habit.
know you don't like it, -eh-why,
Tirzah. woman. whatever ais ye?"
Solomon, chied Tirzah, and she al
most screamed it in her excitement.
II do like it. I-oh, Solomon
didn't build fire purpose"
And Solomon
He rose then and there and kissed
her.-Housekeeper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13
OUR vENoMous SNAKES.
What to Do If Bitten by Rationale
or Copperhead.

What to Do If Bitten by a Rattlesnake
or Copperhead.
There are only few varieties OF ven
omous snakes in this country. The
chief of them are the rattlesnake and
the copperhead. In the South is to be
found variety of rattlesnake, the dia-
mond- backed RATHER and variety of
copperhead that lives around ponds
and rivers, called the water moccasin
Farther West. on the other side of the
Mississippi River, there are several
other varieties of rattlesnake.
The power Of the venom of the
rattlesnake is not nearly as great as
Is usually supposed.
DIR. s. Weir Mitchell, who has made
a life study of serpents, says that no
more than two dogs in nine die after
being bitten by rattlesnakes.
The poison of the copperhead is less
virulent than that of the rattlesnake,
and the copperhead is becoming one
of the scarcest of American serpents.
The Northern variety of rattlesnake
(crotalus-a rattle; ENTHUSIASTICALLY
grows to a length of from three to
five rect. 1t varies from a yellowish
brown to almost dead black above,
with three rows of irregular darker
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13

you are scrupulous about your appear
ance; you are polite and ready TO an
swer questions; you know all about the
different goods we SELL"
Thank you," said Rupert, who
scented raise.
But, Rupert" continued the boss. 81
shall have to dispense with your serv-
Ices. l heard you tell one man who
bought a camera to-day that beginners
were lucky If they got one good mega
tive in twenty. You should have told
him he stood chance to make a sue
cess nine times In ten. Time enough to
talk about spoiled plates when he
brings them in. That man will be
wanting to sell his camera back at a
discount instead of becoming an en-
thuslast and bargaining for a better
one. also heard you tell the man who
was pricing rowing machines that the
only way to learn to manage a boat
was to sit In one. These rowing ma
chimes are here to SELL You told a
young woman who wanted pulley ex-
erciser to consult her physician before
deciding. l am not in business for the
doctors. Instead Of saying cheerful
things about the weather you seem to
be always on the lookout for rain.
which lovers of outdoor sport do not
like. In other words, Rupert you are
a natural-born discourager of the hope.
ful-a knocker to the hopes of persons
who are wavering between enthusiasm
and Encouragement. My advice is that
you find a job with some one who
wants to drive away business rather
than encourage it. 1 want clerks who
will stick to the maxim. If you can't
boost, don't knock"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13

spots running together in zigzas
blotches. The under parts are gray
ish-yellow.
OF course, the specific feature OF
rattlesnake is its rattle. which, as eV
serybody knows, is a series of bony
rings at the end OF is tail.
1t has been generally supposed that
the number of these indicates the
! number of years the rattlesnake has
lived, but this is delusion. More
than one rattle is occasionally produced
in a year, and the snake is apt to lose
rattles by accident.
9e The rattle of the snake sounds
much like the vibrating noise made by
some kinds of grasshoppers. If you
hear sncn sound near you, 1t is just
as well to pause and look sharply. II
the noise ceases gradually when you
remain motionless and starts up again
when you move, it is evident that 1t is
not produced by an, insect.
Fortunately, crotalus horridus is not
an active, aggressive fellow. If you
give him the opportunity he will move
out of your way.
1t is a mistake, however, to fancy
that he must coil to strike. He pre-
fers to strike from a coil, because il
gives him a greater reach. but he will
launch himself in any direction, coiled
or nncoled.
At best he can only strike half the
length of his body. 1t is easy to keep
cut of harms way. He never pursues
foe. and, as his eyesight is poor and
his movements. except when he
strikes. rather slow and sluggish, he
is not hard to kill.
Even when he bites he does not al
WAYS inject poison in the wound. He
ID economical of his venom, and does
not waste any when he can help 1t.
If is always wise. when strolling
about in a country in which rattle
snakes may be encountered, TO carry
strong staff or stick.
Many harmless snakes, when sur
nrised and alarmed. vibrate the tips
of their tails rapidly. and If this IS
done among dry leaves the sound
made Is not unlike that made by a
crotalus horridus shaking his rattles.
The copperhead (trlgono-triangu-
lar: ontortrix-twisterl, the only 9th
or venomous snake most people are
likely 10 meet outside of museums or
geological collections OF animals in
this country. is closely allied TO the
rattlesnake.
1t has a thick body. from two to
three feet long: a short tail. without
rattles. and is Sow and clumsy in its
movements; but lurking as it does in
moist and shadowy places. and giving
no warning of its proximity, 1t is more
dreaded than the rattIesnake The
copperhead is a rather light. reddish
brown above. with a series Of trans
verse darker bands which widen on
he sides into patches.
Its tail ends with a horny point,
but IT has NJ rattles. 1t is not seen
so often as the rattlesnake. and IN
less one treads upon 1t il is not apt to
make an attack.
All other snakes IN this section Of
the continent OF North America are
absolutely harmless.
The cure for snake bites IN common
practice Is 10 I'll the patient full OF
-hisky. which in the opinion OF 1he
writer. is a great mistake. as the ven
ON and the whisky together have =
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13

The pyramid limp is disease that
usually attacks the tourist the second
or third day after his arrival in Cairo.
To many visitors the pyramids are all
there is to be seen in Egypt. and once
arrived there they proceed to make the
ascent. 1t is not an easy climb, as
these steps are so high that no one
can reach the top without help from
before or behind, and the result is
strained and famed muscles. Residents
and habitues recognize the pyramid
limp in an instant, and the sufferer is
greeted with jeers whenever he makes
reference TO his sufferings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13
HONEST INDIANS.
The Red Men of Northern Canada
Have a High Code Of Honor.

The honesty of the woods Indian
that is, the Indian of Northern Can
ada is of very high order. The
sense of mine and thine is strongly
forced by the exigencies of the North
Woods life. A man is always on the
move. 1t Is impossible for him to
transport all his goods. The imple-
menta of winter are a burden in sum-
mer. The return journey from dis
tant shores must be provided for by
food stations The solution Of these
needs is the cache.
And the cache is not literal Term
at all 1t conceals nothing. Rather
does it mold aloft in long-legged prom
inence, for the inspection of all who
pass, what the owner has seen fit to
leave behind. A heavy platform high
enough from the ground to Illustrate
the Investigations Of animals is all
that is required. Visual concealment
is unnecessary, because in the North
country cache is sacred On 1t may
depend the life of a man. He who
leaves provisions must find them on
his return, for he may reach them
starving, and the length of his out
journey may depend on his certainty
of relief at this point on his in-jour-
ney. So men passing touch not on
his board, for some day they may be
in the same case. and a precedent
is bad thing.
Thus in parts of the widest coun-
tries of Northern Canada / have IN
expectedly come upon a birch canoe
hanging upside down between two
trees, or a whole bunch of snowshoes
depending beneath the fans of
Spruce. or a tangle of steel traps
thrust into the creyice Of a tree root,
or a supply of pork and -four swathed
like an Egyptian mummy lying in
state on a high bier. These things
we have passed by reverently as sym
bols of peoples trust in its kind.
The SAME sort of honesty holds in
regard to smaller things. | nave
never hesitated to leave in my camp
firearms, fishing rods, utensils valu-
able from a woods point Of view, even
a watch or money Not only have
never lost anything in that manner,
but once an Indian lad followed me
some miles after the mornings start
to restore to me a ha Gozen trout
lines I had accidentally left behind
Mr. Mcdonald, Of Brunswick House,
once de used with me raa system Of
credits carried on BY the Hudson Bay
Company with the trappsrs Eaeb
family receives an advance Of goods
to the value Of $500. with the tnder-
standing that the debt is to be paid
from the seasons catch.
4 should think you would lose
good DEAL I said Nothing could be
easier than for an Indian to take HE
$500 worth and disappear in tae
woods. You'd never be able to find
him .
Ar. MaeDonald's rep.y struck me,
for the man had twenty years trading
experience.
Il 1--we never" said he, IN a long
woods life. known but one Indian
liar. Stewart Edward White. iH me
Iutl.7k-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13

TONS OF BRIGHT GEMS.
The Worlds Supply of damon
Weighs 5000, 600 Carats.

The Worlds Supply of Diamonds
Weighs 100000 Carats.
1t is estimated that the total world
production Of diamonds up to date ap-
proximates 100000 carats, says the
Baltimore American As we are not
in the habit of weighing our diamonds
by the ton, we are in some doubt con-
corning the proper system of compu-
tation, whether troy or avoirdupois.
| long ton or short ton. According to
the system used by those who do
weigh their diamonds in ton quaint
ties. the result would be in the neigh
borhood of twenty or twenty-five tons
of sparklers now appearing as factors
in the joys and miseries of world
which has substituted diamonds for
the beads and wampum Of its ances-
tors.
The regions contributing to this sup
ply and the percentage Of their con-
tribution appear as follows: South
Africa, So per cent; Brazil, IS per
cent. and the remaining IS per cent
divided among Borneo. India. New
South Wales and British Guiana, with
North Ameri,a and Russia supplying
specimens. The last two of these
countries have furnished Just about
enough to equip an opera box for a
single evening. The deep obligation OF
society to South Africa is fully appar-
ent. The price of diamonds has been
heavily advanced during the last year
or two, but it is simply appalling to
think what the price would have been
without the South African supply. So
ciety, American, English and continent
al. should daily thank heaven for kim
berley and Jagersfontein.
We are unable TO give the cubic
measurement of the total collection.
but. so far as weight is concerned, II
would make load for medium-sized
freight car.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13
Rrieks Of SAND and Inc.

Bricks are aow being made of clean
sand and ground quick'ime that are
said to be as substanIin- as granite.
They cost s2-50 per 1.090. The mixed
ingredients are forced into a strong
steel cylinder mold by means of a
screw. After thu air has been sucked
from the cylinde- hot water IS adj
rnifted. the rock being formed by the
resulting pressure and heat.-Coua-
try Lie in America
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-13
NO USE FOR KNOCKERS.
Why a New York Business Man Dis
pensed with a Clerks Services.

Why a New York Business Man Dis
pensed with Clerks Services.
He was a polite. dressy clerk in a
New York store dealing in sporting
goods. photograph supplies and other
things calculated to induce customers
enamored of an outdoor life to spend
money. He had rosy cheeks and a
cheerful face But the boss was not
satisfied. He noticed that customers
looked more or less discouraged after
they came away from that young
mans counter. At night he called the
clerk to him and said:
Rupert. you dress remarkably web
for a young man earning your salary;