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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
DULCuS MEMoRIA.

Long, long ago heard little song
All, was it long ago. or yesterday?
So slowly, slowly, flowed the tune along
That far into my heart it found the way,
A melody consoling and endearing
Adm still in silent hours, I'm often hearing
The small sweet song that does not die
away.
Long. long ago I saw a little flower
All was it long ago or yesterday?
So fair of face and fragrant for an hour,
That something dear it seemed to me to
say.
A thought of joy that blossomed isto being
Without a word; and now I'm often seeing
The friendly flower that does not fade
away.
Long, long ago we had little child
All, was 1t long ago, or yesterday?
Into his mothers eyes and mine he smiled
Unconscious love; warm in our arms he
lay.
An angel called! Dear heart. we could not
hold him.
Yet secretly your arms and mine enfold
him,
Our little child who does not go away.
Long, long ago-ah, memory. keep 1t clear!
1t was not long ago, but yesterday,
So little. so helpless, and so dear.
Let not the song be lost, the flower decay!
His voice, his waking eyes, his gentle sleep
ing;
The smallest things are safest in thy keep
ing.
Sweet memory, keep our child with us al
way.
Henry van Dyke, in Christian Work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
DlsGRAcEFUL DEFICIENCIES.
A Suggestive List to Paste Up in Your
Room Where You Can See
It Often.

It Is Disgrace:
To half-do things.
Not to develop our possibilities.
To be lazy, tndolent, Indifferent.
To do poor, slipshod, botched work.
To give bad example to young peo-
pie.
To have crude, british, repulsive man
ners.
To hide talent because you have only
one.
To live half life when a whole life is
possible.
Not to be scrupulously clean in person
and surroundings.
To acknowledge fault and make no
effort to overcome it.
To be ungrateful to friends and to
those who have helped us.
To go through life pygmy when ma
ture intended you for giant.
To kick over the ladder upon which
We have climbed to our position.
To be grossly ignorant in these days OF
free usages of good society.
To ignore the forces which are improv-
Not to be able to carry on intelligently
conversation upon current topics.
To know nothing of the things we see,
handle and enjoy every day of our lives.
To be ignorant of the general history
of the world and of the various coun-
tries.
Not to know something of the greatest
leaders, reformers, artists and musicians
of the Vorld.
Not to have intelligent knowledge Of
the general affairs of the world, and the
inter-relations of nations.
Not to know enough about the laws of
health, about physiology and hygiene,
to live BEAUTIFULLY and sanely.
To be grossly ignorant in these days
OF free schools, cheap newspapers, perl
odicals and circulating libraries
To be SO controlled by any appetite
or passion that ones usefulness and
standing in the community are impaired.
To be totally ignorant of natural his
tory, to know nothiIg of the science
which underlies the beauties and the
marvels of nature.
Not to have an I'M elHgent idea Of the
country in which we live, not to know
its history, its industries and tie condi-
tions of its people.
Not to know anything Of the move
ments for human betterment and not to
help them along to the extent of our
ability in time or money.
To live in the midst Of schools, libra
ries, museums. lectures, picture gall
leries and improvement clubs, and not
to avail oneself of their advantages
Orison SWEET Marden, in Success.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
Doing Great Work.

Forisant, Mo-, Dec. l9th.-(Special.)-
That Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing a
forms of Kidney Disease, such as Bright 5
Disease, Oropsy and Diabetes, everybody
knows. But it must also be noted that
they are doing still greater work in wip-
ing out thousands of cases of the earlier
stages of Kidney Disease. Take for in.
stance Mrs. Peter Barteau, of this place
She says
81 have been subject to pains in my
back and knees for about three years, but
since l have been taking Dodd's Kidney
Pills | have been entirely cured"
Others here tell similar stories. In fact
in this part of Missouri there are scores
of people who have cured the early symp.
toms of Kidney Disease with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. The use of the great American
Kidney Remedy thus saved not only the
lives Of Kidney Disease victims, but thou
sands of other Americans from years Of
sufferings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
THE HIPPOCAMPUS.

hippopotamus, the name of the river
horse but these two hippos are not even
forty-second cousins.
Hippocampus travels through the
water with his body erect-like horse
standing up on his hind legs. When
Mrs. Hippo lays her eggs at the bottom
of the sea, Mr.. Hippo gathers them up
carefully and puts them in a pouch or
pocket on one side of his tail like an
opossum, and there they stay until they
hatch out.
The first thing Mr. Hippo knows he
has a whole pocket full of sea ponies,
eager to get out and 60 prancing through
the sea the same as any other hippo
campus.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
HAD FINE EYE FOR HAIRS,
Professor Of Natural History Was Too
Keen for Mischievous
Y. Students.

An eminent naturalist who holds-and
fills, as well-a chair in a university, an
nounced to the members of his class one
morning that he had something of un.
usual interest to show them, relates
Youths Companion.
81 have here, gentlemen" he said,
some hairs from the skin of a young
crested seal, and we will proceed to study
their peculiarities"
Unfolding the small piece of paper that
contained them, he spread the hairs out
on sheet of white cardboard and turned
to get his microscope, which was on a
desk behind him.
While his back was turned a roguish
student quickly swept the hairs off the
desk into his hand, and substituted others
very closely resembling them.
young gentlemen" said the professor,
severely, moment later, as he glanced
at the sheet of cardboard, "there has
been some underground work here. These
are mole hairs"
They never attempted to fool the pro-
lessor again.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
Spanked Roosevelt.

To Mrs. Emma Kirchner, of Belle
Vile, a suburb of st. Louis, belongs
the distinction of being probably the
only person who ever spanked Theo-
dore Roosevelt. The story was only
made known the other day He was
seven years old. The Roosevelt fam
,ly was at Sycamore Hill. The fam
ly of Louis Hinckley was also at Oy-
ster Bay. There were four children in
the Hinckley family. Teddy had
licked them all, when he charged upon
the Hinckley stronghold with mud
balls. Mrs. Kircher, the governess,
rushed to the rescue and administered
the future president a severe spank
ing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

sides, cut, as shown in Fig. 2, to ex-
tend six inches below the bottom of
the box. The dial and glass frame
should measure six inches in diameter,
and to fit it to the box it will be neces-
sary to cut hole in the front of the
case five and half inches in diameter,
as shown also in Fig. 2.
The shelf top to the box is beveled
at the under side and attached with
glue and nails. 1t overhangs the sides
and front of the box about two inches,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

and is made from wood three-quarters
of an inch thick.
# it is impossible to find large
headed nails to finish the edges of the
front and sides, mock nail-heads,
three-quarters of an inch in diameter,
can be cut from lead and applied with
thin steel nails. The movement,
which can be purchased from a clock
maker, is attached to the back of the
case before the dial is made fast. The
clockmaker can also mount and adjust
the dial and movement if necessary
Joseph H. Adams, in st. Nicholas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
FOR THE HANDY BOY.
A Bracket-Clock Of Handsome APP
pearance Which Any Boy
Can Make.

A good design for a simple bracket
clock is shown in the illustration. 1t
is made from thin boards half an inch
thick, half a yaro o. brElap, some
large headed nails, and an inexpensive
clock movement run by springs or
weights.
The box part Of the case is eight
inches square and three and half
inches in depth, and the bracket ends
may be detached or be a part of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
TWO YEARS OF AGONY.
One Cake of Cuticura Soap and One
Box of Cuticura Cured Baby's
Awful Humor.

"When my sister was eighteen. months
cid humor broke out on her shoulders,
extending clear across the back: For two
years it caused her intense suffering. 1t
would scab over and then crack open and
a watery matter ooze from it.. Then the
scabs would fall off and it would be raw
for time. We had several different doc
tors and tried everything we could think
of, but without effecting a cure. Then
we got one cake of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment, which cured
her completely and without scar or blem
ish. (Signed) Lille Chase Walker,
fremont St., Woodfords, Me-"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
THE SEA PONIES.
Odd Little Creatures with q Long
Name That Look Very Much
Like Horses.

II any chap who has diving suit will
take the trouble to go walking some day
along the bottom of the sea, where the
water is not too cold and not 80 very
deep, he may find the sea horses. Little
fellows they are, with horse head and
fish body. They have no legs and only
a single fin, right on the back. The body
tapers down to round, narrow point or
tail, and this the pony curls arornd a
piece of seaweed whenever he wishes to
anchor or stay in one place.
Wise people call the sea horse hippo
campus This may sound little like
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
Was Found Dead.

A new variety Of the rock-the-b boat
and didn't-know-it-was-loaded fool has
Just been found (dead) in Minnesota.
He was walking over field where .
battery of artillery had been shooting
and found shell, which he tried to
take apart with monkey wrench.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
INDOORS VS.. OUTDOORS,
A Game for Boys and Girls to Play
During the Long Evenings
Of Winter.

Divide players into two sets, out
doors and indoors. The challenging
party says, for example: 81 have
teeth" If this is the outdoor con-
tingent the indoor set by pantomime
show what they guess the outdoor
article with teeth to be. For example,
a saw. II they fail to guess the out
door players score five points. Then
the indoor ones challenge with the
same, the answer being comb, an in
door article. Other hints are as fol-
lows:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
New York G. PHILADELPHIA.

cannot be more pleasantly or convenient
ly reached than by the Grand Trunk-Le-
high Valley Route. Solid through trains,
magnificent scenery, all trains run via
Niagara Falls. Descriptive literature sent
free on application to Advertising Depart
ment, Grand Trunk Railway System, 1876
Adams st., Chicago, Ill, Geo. w. Vaux,
A. G. P. & T. A.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

The highest priced real estate in Lon
don is near the Bank of England. Land
sells there at the rate of 1915 square
$160, $50 900 anacre. From this CEN
ter the price diminishes in a receding
tide, rising again in the Strand to a
price Of from $50 to 500 a square foot.
In Bond street, in the West end, a still
higher price of SITE square foot, or
more than s7.500.009 en- acre. has been
reached.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

The family of the lord bishop of Car
Isle, England, is noted as clerical FAM
lily. The bishops fatherlwas Rev. James
Bardsley. His two brothers and seven
sons were ministers. He had also nine
nephews who were clergymen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
Rude Woman.

Nervey-Yes, attended Mrs. Swell
mans reception and I must say she is
quite q common, rude person.
Askum-What? Why, how did you get
That's what she had the rudeness to
ask me-" -Philadelphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
economical.

Mr.. Brown-Shall we have to buy new
wooden underwear for all of the boys this
year?
Mrs. Brownie, dear. Yours have
shrunk so they just fit John; Johns
shrunk so they just fit Jimmy; Jimmy's
shrunk to fit Willie and Willie's are just
snug on the baby. You are the only one
that needs new ones!-Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

In Manchuria they blow up magazines.
In this happy land of peace and plenty
they simply blow up the writers.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6. 1900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

"A burnt chile breads de fire." said
Uncle Eben, "but de man dat done los
bis money on boss race goes aroun
lookin' fob another tip."-Chicago Jour
nal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

The Russian brand of patriotism may
be judged from the fact that about hall
the population would leave the country
if they cauld get safely over the border.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

The hand that writes the coal bills
wrecks the world.-N. Y. Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

The widower whose children watch him
closely is as free as a bird compared with
the bachelor who lives with an old maid
sster-Atchison Globe
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

Whether it is a misfortune to 60 to the
grave unsung depends somewhat on the
qualifications of the singer.-Smart Set
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

The cynic gets his opinions before the
mrror-Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund money if PAzo
OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to IA days. Soc.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure
E. w. Groves signature is on each box. Csc
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-22
High-Priced Dirt,

!. Louis Globe Democrat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

In Wlnoonsin the political atmoss
phere has been cleared away until Il is
as transparent as mud.
By The time Port Arthur falls there
may not be any Japaness left 10 the
vicinity 70 catchit
It Il not always the candidate who
looks incest In 8 campaign hthograph
who will look best 10 the job.
Some people are getting 90 reckless
10 the hest Of the campaign that they
feel like betting q peanut on the re-
suit.
Sons Of the Kaiser are TO learn q
trade and II Herr Bebol can have bis
Way they will have chance 20 work
at IL.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Dean Irwin, OF RaecliHe, tells the
girls Of the freshman class to "stand
up straight, don't look at the boys,
and keep your shoes tied" Impracti-
cal advice. II is about Is difficult for
q girl to tie her shoes while standing
straight as to refrain from looking at
the boys. The dean should have add
ed g word to the boys, telling them
not to look at the girls when they are
tieing their shoes.
The junketing committee Of Congress
is about to visit the isthmus and in
spect the remains Of the Panama. ca
nal. Perhaps they might 60 on 70
Bogota and inspect the remains Of
that treaty with New Granada by
which this government guaranteed to
her the territorial integrity Of her
possessions on the isthmus,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Some men are born diplomats and
some others are just ordinary hypo-
critics.
Senator Tillmanis idea Of ''puttinR
ginger into the campaign is to use
cayenne pepper.
Elephants are also dying from the
plsgue in India. Try 1t on the boil
Weevil.
Kansas likes home made stump
speeches best. and don't want any
other kind.
Russian troops are said to be eating
mules. We have long wondered what
the matter was,
The man who never does anything
he isn't paid for is never paid for more
than he does.
The repeated advances In the price
of diamonds do not appear to have
discouraged applicants fer matrimony'
Again It is announced that the Gar
twill 90 to the 'front.' The Japs will
give him q warm reception Il be does.
Perhaps the Gar, who has threaten
ed TO abolish the Finnish Diet. is mere
" throwing a scare into the fish trust.
An indiana man has invented d fold
ing chair that will go into the hip pock-
ct, Throw away the gun and take a
chair.
The creditors Of the Humberts, the
famous Paris swIndlers, have secured
q settlement of 1 1~-2lcents on the
dollar. Lucky people.
Thomas A.. Edison ought to try one
of those electric batteries on his son.
II that didn't do any good be might
try the big stick method.
The Rev. DR.. Swallow expresses the
fear that If President Roosevelt Is re-
elected be will follow the example Of
the Gear. But the President already
has Kermit, Quentin, Archibald and
Theodore Jr.
A Missouricn recently bet 81 that he
could twist the tail of a meek add
dreamy eyed mule with impunity, and
within fifteen minutes thereafter the
coroner had returned a verdict of
"death from natural causes
During his spare moments General
Stoessel may be pardoned for think
ing how bis defense of Port Arthur
will look Id the school histories.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Rev. Jno s. Cox, of Wake, Ark.
writes, .'For 10 5ears ] suffered from
Yellow Jauudice. 1 consulted a num-
Der of physicians and tried all sorts of
medicines, but got 90 relief. Then
began the uss of Electric Bitters and
feel that l I'm now cured of a disc ase
that had me in It's grasp for - years. "
If you want a reliable medicine for
Liver and Kidney trouble. stomach
disorder and general debility, get FL
ectric Bitters, it's guaranteed by all
druggists, only SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and SO
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses everyday
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
hrmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will curei it.
IN thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT a BOVINE. Chemists.
@oo-4IB Pearl Street. New York.
- and ea.os; al drugs
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

De poor man hollers mighty loud
wen he only got q crust er bread; but,
give him q grocery store, en- he don't
say q word-fer fear bic fr'en's will
want credit.
In this world the doctors say you
need eight hours sleep; but it's
mighty hard to get it, when you have
to sleep with one eye open.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Lockjaw, or tetanus, is caused by q
bacillus or germ which exists plenti-
fully in street dirt. It is inactive 30
long as exposed to the air, but when
carried beneath the skin IS in the
wounds caused by precausion caps or
BY rusty nails, and when the air Is ex-
clnded the germ lie reused to activity
and produces the most verulent poison
known. These germs may be destroy
ed and ell danger Of lockjaw avoided by
applying Chamberlain's Pain BALM
freely aa 500 IS the injury is received,
Pain Balm Is an ~anticeptlc and causes
cuts, bruises and like injuries to heal
without. maturation and a. one third
the time required By the usual treat
ment. For sale by Brown g Beardon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

A Swiss matchmaker has invented
an electric watch which will run for
fifteen years without being wound.
Eagles sometimes rise to 3 height OF
elk Thousand feet, and larks, crows,
storks and buzzards often get up two
thousand fest. But the average bird
seldom goes one thousand feet above
the earth.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

81 tell you, my love for you is max
ing me mad-madi" swell, keep
quiet about it-it's had just that same
effect on papa"
Ridder-My brother makes more
money than be can spend. Katherine
Where does he work. .Ridder-In q
mint.
Jagson-Didn't you say you got
So 900 a year2, Wagson-No; / said
earned 5000 q year. I get s12 a week
II the people had to sit on &c uncom.
Portable seats at 3 church as at q cir
Gus how they would roarl This is one
Of the things that prove the influence
OF mind over matter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

There's no use In waisting time
disputing about the Bible. Read II
straightforward or upside down, it
always comes to the same point.
Standford-I can't understand how a
great iron monster like that engine
could be crushed like an eggl Mer-
tOn-You must remember the lOcOmo-
lives tender, old man.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Is one that is not in the least injur-
ious either to the hair or scalp. That
does not gum the hair. A tonic that
will restoregray hair toits youthful APP
pearance and color, remove the dard-
ruff and stop the hair from falling out.
One that will grow hair on bald heads,
and cure any disease of the scalp The
goth Century Hair Tonic is an up-to-
date preparation, and a perfect hair
tonic. For sale by Brown & Bear
don.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26
CHEAP RATES VIA QUEEN AND
CRESCENT ROUTE.

On the hrstan third Tuesdays in
each month, including Dec. Goth, the
Queen and Crescent will sell home
seekers tickets to points in Texas ct
greatly reduced rates. Make no mis-
take, but call on OF write the UNDER
signed COR detailed information be-
fore making your arrangements.
JN0. W. WOOD,
Tray. Pass. ACT,
Meridian, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

"What are the powers that be, pa?"
"1he powers that be, my son, are the
United States, Japan. and Great Brit
ain.1 "Isn't Russia one?" "No, my
boy; Russia lie n Of the powers that
has been.
The Mikado has decorated Ameri-
can nurses in the war with the Order
of the Crown. Would not the Order
Of the Garter have been mor appro-
pirate and useful?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

Applicant for Chorus Girls Position
Have you anything to remark about
my singing? Musical DirectOr-There
is nothing remarkable about it.
Hix-Did be take the doctors adj
vice2 Dix-Yes, and he took bis med
iciue, too. Hix-How do you know?
Dix-He'sd dead.
A Russian warship lie somewhere of
our northwestern coast ready to make
delicate business for the state depart
ment. It is real mean of the car to
try to embarrass our peace-loving
president rightin the midst of his pol
itical campaign.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-26

J. E. Cover, 1O1; N. Main st. Otto
wa. Kan, writes. Every Fall it has
been my Wife's trouble to catch q se
we're cold, and therefore to cough all
winter long. Last Fall l got for her a
bottle Of HOrehound Syrup. She used
Il and has been able to sleep sOundly
all night long. Whenever the cough
troubles her, two or three doses stops
the cough, and she is able to be up
and WE'LL" Csc, SOC and 81.