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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
DEVICE FOR CATCHING HOGS

in. apart Fasten one end of piece OF
No. II or Is bale wire in the hole at a,
and pass the other end through the hole
at b. Make loop in the end at and
the holder is complete. To operate, get
the wire loop in hogs mouth, resting
the stick on top of the smut. and quick
ly pull up tight on the loop. After a
few struggles the largest hog will SIM
ply stand and squeal and you can put
in rings, take the tusks off of bears
and handle them as you wish. have
rung hogs weighing 300 lbs. without any
help, by using this holder.-Farm and
Home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
Grape Preserves.

Wash the grapes after they are
picked from the stems and put them
over the fire with just enough water
% keep them from scorching to the
kettle. Cook very slowly, and as the
seeds escape through the bursting
skins they should be skinned off as
they rise to the surface. till all have
teen taken out. Stir the grapes fire.
quently meantime. When sure that
all of the seeds have been extracted
add a pound of sugar for each pound
of the fruit originally put On and boil
for ten minutes. Carefully protect
from dust and dampness and put away
for use.-Albany Argus.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
THE BEST NEST BOX.
It Should Be Movable So as to Be
Easily Taken Out for Fumi-
eating Purposes.

have tried various kinds Of nest
ing accommodations from the impro-
vised soap box nailed up in the corner
TO the more elaborate tier of compart-
ments where the hen goes into q semi-
lark alley and retires to a private
booth to do her days duty. /
lad seen somewhere that the her die
not like to lay in public and that this
Lind of an arrangement would increase
the egg yield. Considerable experience
since then has taught me that all nest
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
CATCHING A HOG.
Simple Device Which Makes tho
Task Comparatively
Easy One.

A hog is one Of the hardest animals
to catch, secure and work with. The
device shown in cut saves me much
trouble and the hog much excitement
Take piece of round wood about 3 it.
long and bore two 3-S-in holes through
at and b, so that they will be about
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
Generous Man.

Eyes, sir" said the great millionaire,
II believe in letting my employees share
in my prosperity. I believe it keeps 'em
with me. See that man yonder? He's
been with me IA years"
"Yes?"
.Yes. sir. Started in az boy at two
dollars q week"
"And what is he getting nowr"
well, h'm-er-he's getting $1s q
vAak now."-Louisyille Courier-JeurnaL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
Feather-Eating Chickens.

The feather-eating chicken can only
be cured of this pernicious habit by
isolating 1t until this morbid desire
for such fluffy delicacies has been for
gotten. OF course such treatment can
only be considered where bird is q
specimen Of rare value. Common stock
had better be sacrificed to the block
Inland Poultry Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
Breaking the Cribber.

Il is claimed that by mailing strip OF
sheepskin about eight inches in width
the entire length Of the manger. select
ing skin covered with long wool and
sprinkling it freely with cayenne pep
per and renewing it occasionally, the
worst cribber may be cured Of the habit
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
I.inseed-Meal for Horses.

When horses are not thrifty 1t may
be due to samer ess OF diet. A pint OF
liAseed-meal three times . week will
"loosen the hide" and the animal will
soon show the effects Of such an addi-
ton to the food. II the bowels are af-
fected by the linaeed-meal reduce the
supply.-Midland Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

Many Gardens In Vienna
More than fve-eighths Of the area
If Vienna is covered by woods, vine-
yaTdA parks and gardens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20
IN ISLAND SCHOOL.
Unique Institution for DzceIters on
st. CLAIR Flats.

One of the most remarkable schools in the
country mas just been established by the State
of Michigan on a little spot Of ground not much
larger than the schOoIhOuse itself. in Lake St
Clair. a school to which the students go IN
rowboats canoes and punts. ana where the
playground" attached is only 30 feet wide BY
60 in length. Stretching away for miles on each
side of the little wind swept buildings are the
waters of the lake, dotted with the island homes
of many children, who until now have never
seen the inside of a schoolhouse in their lives
For more than half a century this district has
baf1led the school authorities. 1t covers thirty
square miles of the lake, and in this area are
scores of little islands. some II which have been
inhabited for more than eighty years Every
tiny island and every little strip Of artihci4Iy
built land now has its cottage or "squatter'
home In many of these families OF children
have been reared for three-quarters OF a cen
fury, and during all of that time the only indus
tries have been fishing, trapping and hunting
The boys and girls have grown up like Wild Ind
ians taught only in the ways OF nature and
the wild things about them, and with as little
knowledge of the outside world as real savases
might have Some of these children have never
seen a great city and, with the exception Of
those whose parents have a little education
themselves most of them can neither read nor
write. In summer they have come into contact
with civilization by acting as guides to the
CITY pleasure seekers and selling bait and tackle
to them, and in winter they have sought their
own amusement in fishing through the ice, trap
ping in the marshes. ice boating and skating,
with none of the restraints of school life to hold
them in check.
This year, however. these little Flats" savages
have been suddenly plunged into the mysteries
of school life. The ''schoolhouse.' a two-stOry
cottage of plain. implanted lumber. built by
old duck hunter. is peculiarly located that not
single student. even the young woman
teacher, can get to it without the use of boat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20
am He kept his place. leading his men m The
victorious fighting In spte Of his sufferings UNI

am He kept his place. leading his men IN The
victorious fighting In spite Of his suferings I'M
til It was evident that the enemy was beaten
At the close of the war he returned. crowned
with honors and glory.
The Democratic convention which nominated
him for President met in Baltimore on June II
1852 Thirty-two ballots taken without
the choice of a candidate being made. Up to
that time the name of Franklin Pierce had not
been presented. 1t was brought before the con-
yention then by the delegation from Virginia,
and on the forty-ninth ballot Pierce was norni-
mated having 2S2 votes against II for all other
candidates.
When the news of the result of the conven-
ton was brought to him by friend General
Pierce was in Cambridge, Mass
.rWho was nominated?. ne asked, expecting
to hear the name of Buchanan. Douglas. Lewis
Cass or William L. Marcy.
yourself Let me congratulate YOU, was
the friends reply.
Pierce was astonished. mo man." ne ex-
claimed has heard the news with more sur
prise than L.
The administration of President Pierce was
a stormy one When he died. in 1861 his estate
amounted to hardly $1,000
In his old home at Hillsboro, which is now
occupied by a nephew. Kirk Pierce, also
LAWYER there are many mOmentOs of the last
President elected from w-England. They in
cIude the sword and scabbard presented TO him
by ew-Hampshire upon his return from the
Mexican War; a cane given him by General
Robert F. Lee; a portrait showing Pierce in
military uniform astride a white charger. and
the ancient sword left him by his father. which
the latter ran through British officer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20

upon pile Of rocks. He was injured and or
dered to St Augustine to recover. He refused
to leave his post His commanding officer. Cen
eral Winfield Scott, said to him:
Pierce. my dear fellow, you are badly wound
ed and not fit for service
Pierce at the head of his brigade answered
stoutly: Yes, general in a case like this T
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20

his friend Colonel Ransom as brigadier general.
and surprised to receive reply giving the
appointment to himself He was ordered to
the front at once
AS soldier Pierce won honOrs rapidly. At
the battle of Contreras his horse was made
restless by the noise of the heavy guns and
threw the general to the ground, where he fell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20
THE SCHOOLHOUSE AT THE FLATS"

Of the president OF Bowdofn College. Pierce
took his bride to a house not far from his IA
theirs estate. where he had fitted up his home.
At the outbreak of the Mexican War he en-
listed as a private in the ranks. Soon Con-
gress passed bill creating ten regiments
and Pierce made colonel of the 9th. He
wrote to Washington urging the appointment Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20

assiduously that he WAS graduated high IN his
class. He had determined to become lawyer.
and. returning to Hllsboro. he fitted UP Of
flee fn a small building opposite his fathers
house, and hung out his shingle." At first he
had hard struggle but his ability won him
lucrative practice after time, and the young
man married Jane Means Appleton daughter
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
What is Life?

In the last analysis nobody
knows, out we do know that it is
under strict law. Abuse that law
even slightly, pain results. lrreg-
ular living means arrangement of
the organs. resulting in constipa-
ton, headache or liver trouble.
DR.. Kings New Life Pills quick
ly re-adjusts this. It's gentle. vet
thorough. Only rs cents at j. /.
Sturdivant's Drug Store,
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
THE WEEVIL-EATING ANT.

With reports coming from var
ious places of the alleged appear
ance of the Mexican boil weevil,
news from the enemy of the Wee
vii, the cannibalistic Guatemalan
red ant, is especially interesting.
The ants that DR.. Cook of the
agricultural department brought
from South America to Texas have
already begun to propagate, the
queens laying large numbers of
eggs, which are Matching daily.
The government experts estimate
that during the remainder of the
open summer season the 4, 900 ants
that were imported and colonized
in Texas will multiply into that
many millions. Colonies will be
distributed throughout all the reg
ion where the weevil is at large.
The question whether sufficient
ants can be produced for the work
before them cannot yet be answer
ed definitely, but everything points
to an affirmative result.
Not only do the ants devour the
boil weevils, but they also eat all
kinds of insects, and thus they
may be used to remove pests other
than the weevil. One of their
peculiarities is their limited vision.
Apparently they are able to see
only about an inch ahead of them.
They are slow in their motions i,
and, instead of racin g aroung look
ing for their prey, they prefer to
wait until a weevil runs into their
clutches. In fact, it might be said
that these insect surgeons from
Guatemalan do an office practice.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
In Jail On Charge Of Assault.

Plumerville, Ark, Sept. %
Chas. Hammonds, a white man,
% or 30 years Of age, IS charged
with committing an assault upon
his stepdaughter, Il years old, on
the night of the 21st instant. He
was arrested and taken to- Jail at
Morrilton. Hammonds IS an ex-
soldier of the late Spanish war,
was wounded in the Philippine Is
land. and is now a pensloner of
the United States government. The
community is stirred up over the
affair, but there is no fear of mob
law.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30

ages of six and twenty-one. Ev-
en- travelling expenses and clothing
are furnished to those unable to
bear these expenses.
If you are the parent of a deaf
child, write at once for blanks. If
you know of deaf child growing
up in ignorance, go at once, If
possible, to visit the parents of
this child, and do not rest until
YOU have had it admitted into the
Arkansas Deaf-Mute Institute.
You could hardly do better thing.
The following is the State Board
of Charitable Institutions which
has this school under its control:
H. c. Upton, President and Treas
urer, Little Rock; K. w. Will
Jams, Forrest City; B. A. Hardy,
Monticello; O. b. Gordon, Pres
colt; G. D. James, Eureka Springs;
G. F. Greenlee, Brinkley; John
II. Page, Secretary and Purchas-
ing Agent, Little Rock.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
WHEN SALLY HAD HER
TIN-TYPE TOOK

When Sally had her tin-type TUX,
I'll bet pint o. liquor
Thar warn t a man but whut wuz sine
On her leetle THICKER.
She wuz the bell o. Jink's Cove,
But dangerouser nor pizen
By reason o. the web she wore:
Oh, she wus tanterlizin'!
An ev'ry Teller fur an wide,
From Begun to Carliny,
Would rIther had her for his bride
Than be the King o. Chiny.
'Twus at the annual meetin' when
a Teller from the valley
seed me ez he come up the glen
A-walkin round with Sally,
He said ez how he'd like ter git
Miss Sally an her Teller
Ter pose together jist bit
Beneath her umbereller.
Now, this jist suited Sal, you bet,
An | had no objection,
An umberell's the best place yer
Fer shown ones affection.
Then jist as he wuz tekin' aim
] slipped my arm about her.
you ak me wuz | feelin' game
To kiss her? Vas, | mowter.
Did she fly up with a look 0, scorn
Her cheeks with anger burnin,,
Wal, no! That's her a-hoein' corn
An that's our gal a-churnin'
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
Real Estate Bargains
For Sale By
CRAIG & HENDERSON

CEAIu q HENDERSON
No. j. 50 acres good land M from
Newark, on railroad; 40 acres cleared;
% in cultivation; good bottom land
and bargain.
No. 2. 50 acres good bottom land 4
miles NE. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above highwater;
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
bargain.
No. 5. I4o acres good land I mi. n.
of Paruquet; 80 acres in cultivation;
3 good houses an farm with good
pumps; 60 acres ia pasture; excellent
cotton land and good timber on land
not in cultivation. Can be bought for
/ ten dollars an acre
No. 6. Half interest in go acres
cane pasture land 1 mile from Jack
sonport; under fence; finest cane land
on White river; very cheap.
No. I. As acres mile from Paro-
quet; 35 acres rich river bottom land;
10 acres above overflow; good timber.
A bargain.
No 10. 40 acres good timber land
2 miles from Newark; would make fine
cotton land.
No. il. acres of land and good
room house in Paroquet, all under
fence and we'll improved. Big bargain.
No. II. Nice room residence and
lots near Methodist church; one of
the most beautiful places in Newark.
| Very cheap.
0. ID. 100 &C res fine land in the
famous Big Bottom country; makes a
bale of cotton and 10 to 100 bushels of
corn to the acre. Fine farm and in
few years will be worth Is thousand
dollars, but if taken at once can be
bought for about half that amount.
0. II. Two nice residence lots one
block north of public school building;
incest residence property in town and
bargain.
o. Is. 400 acres fine Big Bottom
iuf iiitiiS -VV dRtCo Ill &u1B
houses on place; makes bale of cot
ton to the acre. Well improved farm
and genuine bargain if taken at once.
o. q. 279 acre farm adjoining
Paroquet, 40 acres in cultivation, 20
acres in pasture; 9ne Groom frame
and one broom box house on place.
Good we'll, two pumps, three barns,
two good orchards of 90 bearing trees;
| land not in cultivation has good tim
| Der.
No. %. Is acre creek bottom farm,
with 80 acres in cultivation; one A.
room and one broom house; two good
barns and other out buildings. Makes
half bale of cotton and 80 bushels corn
to the acre; two miles from Newark.
No. %. 81 acre creek bottom farm,
two miles from Newark with 81 acres
in cultivation; two broom houses
with good chimneys; everlasting wat
ter; makes half bale cotton TO the
acre.
w. IL ~ AL nan IllllC IOi Ull vi
Newark, Is acres in cultivation; excel
lent location for truck or poultry farm.
o. %. IL acres half mile north of
town; good Broom house, barn, orch
ard, good out buildings and two wells.
Sc. 100 acre farm with 40 improved
good orchard of 300 trees, good 7 room
frame house and good barn; everlast-
ing spring.
81. III acres creek bottom land
miles north of town; 80 acres in culii-
walton; good hill land, grows 40 BUSH
els corn and half bale cotton per acre,
50. 2 acres ground and good room
house in north edge of town; good inn
provements and fine water.
go. 10 acres in northeast part. of
town, all under good fence: good 3
room box house with brick flues; good
we'll OF water, barn, garden; orchard
OF 70 bearing trees of apples; also
pears, peaches and grapes.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
- gNosss y ss~1ksMm9
NAPOLEON AND HIS MEN.
Impressive Conference of the Great
Soldiers Staff at the Battle
of Borodino.

Maj. Gen. Yakovitch, of the Rus
sian army, saw Napoleon at Boro-
dlno, In that battle, Yakovitch,
then a mere boy, served with a
battery in the grand redoubt,
which was the center of the Rus
sian line. He has given a graphic
description of the battle, says
Golden Days.
W hen morning broke a sea Of
gray mist shut out the field from
view. The voices of the enemy
were heard, the neighing of their
horses, and the rumbling of artil-
lery wheels. Then came the thun-
ger OF cannon, making the very
earth tremble. Three times all
the Russian gunners were killed,
and three times new men took
their places. Bullets flew thick as
hail. and men dropped dead or
wounded every moment.
AT last strange sound was
heard in the distance, like rain pat
terlng on withered leaves. II
grew louder and louder until it
filled the air like the roar of a
stormy sea. All at once a great
wave of bright swords and helmets
and horses heads came surging up
over the breastworks. 1t was the
imperial guard. Before the shock
of that mighty wave the Russian
center crumbled away, shattered
wrecks.
When Yakovitch came to his
senses and opened his eyes, he
heard the trampling of hoofs,
which called his attention to a
group of gayly-dressed officers,
and NapOleon's staff came riding
over the field. The young Russian
peered anxiously into their faces,
and thus describes what he saw:
''There were the hard faces of
Rapp and Darn and broad-chested
Sebastian and Nansouth. with the
saber scar across his cheek, and
the low, broad forehead and bull
dog jaw of grim old Ney, the BRAY
est of them all. There, too, was
Murat, with his white plumes and
his braided jacket, his riding whip
in his hand, just like a circus rider.
"And then the group parted sud
denly, and there was the man him
self in the midst of them, with his
face hard and immovable as mar
BILE amid all that blood and agony.
and a PARKWAY look in those cold
eyes of his, as If he saw Moscow
somewhere upin the sky, but could
see nothing between.
ga glorious victory" cried
Murat, waving his hand. What a
stir there'll be among the good
folks in Paris when the bulletin ar
rivesp
"'We've lost half our army in
doing it, though, growled Ney.
Hadn't we better fall back little
and wait there for reinforce
ments?'
Then Napoleon turned his head
slowly, just as the statue might
do, and looked him in the face.
"'Thou advising retreat,
Michael? That is something new,
indeed, Mono falling back now.
/ must date my bulletin from Mos
COW. AS for the army, you can't
make an omelette without break
ing few eggs"
Yakovitch says, when he heard
that. he knew that fortune had
forsaken Napoleon, for no man
except one doomed to destruction
could have spoken so lightly of the
destruction of thousands of brave
men. In three months from that
day the French emperor was flying
for his life across the border, with
the Cossacks at his heels like hun
CRY wolves.
In Jail On Charge OF Assault.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
DEAF MUTE SCHOOL
Will Open at Little Rock We'd
nesday October 5th.
Something of the Great Work Being
Done by Arkansas For the
Little Deaf-Mutes.


sas Deaf-Mute Institute opens Oc-
tober 5. Sufficient funds have
been provided to run the school
until the next legislature meets
and everything points to a success
full year.
This is a free school provided by
the state for the deaf children
within her borders. Here they
are taken at the age of six and ed
ncs ted and taught trades.
The school has, besides large
Industrial department, an art de-
partment, a. physical culture de-
partment and a domestic science
department. The choice of such
trades as printing, carpentering,
-cabinet-making, turning, painting,
-calsomining, paper-hanging, plas-
tering, tailoring, shoe-making and
harness making are given the
boys, while the girls are taught
-dress-making, cooking, house
keeping, and all sorts of fancy
work.
The aim of the Institute is to
turn It's boys and girls out into the
world independent, self-support-
ing men and women, whereas
without this school they would, In
almost every case, have to grow
up helpless, dependent heathens
In a civilized, Christian land, not
even knowing their own names.
Over six hundred boys and girls
have gone through this school and
come out good citizens. Two hun
-dred and twenty-five was the roll
last session and there are at least
$50 more such children in the state
growing up in darkest ignorance,
who ought by all means be in this
school receiving an education.
Reader, help to get these affiict-
ed children into this noble Insti-
tuition. If you know of one or
more such children write at .once
to Frank B. Yates, Supt., giving
him their address. You will re-
-ceive his appreciation by doing so
and you will likely be the means
of lifting one or more souls out of
darkness. This school is the only
hope for the majority of such chill
dren. 1t is not an asylum, but
school, pure and simple, just as
the Fayetteville University is a
school for the hearing. The pupils
go home for their vacation. There
are no helpless cripples, or old and
infirm, or idiots admitted, only
children, as bright and sweet as
any children in the world and as
dear. They need restoring to So
-ciety and you can help in this
great work.
Sometimes the character of a
school needs explaining; the par
ents need persuading; shown their
duty. You may be able to do this.
Write for catalogues and be in
formed fully.
There are 20 teachers employed
in regular school Departmental and
6 instructors in the industrial de-
partment. Besides these, teachers
of art, physical culture, domestic
science and kindergarten are en-
ployed.
The site is healthful, high ele-
walton just west of the city of Lit
tie Rock, and it is a beautiful
place.
A regular physician, an aurist
and oculist, and dentist are con-
nected with the school, their serv-
ices being free to the pupils, and
in well appointed hospital two
uood nurses are emnlOYed the
The Washington times., 1904-11-28
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RY

Trains leave PeIInsy lvanla StaJion Daily.
an - N CHICAGO and ST. IAJIt - stsp,
CIAI Solid vestibuie. electric liKhte1
aiming car train 10 Cincinnati. with phi
man SlsrperH 20 Louisville, Ctncinnatt H.
dIanapolis. and 81. Louis Connectl1n e.
Virglnia Hot Springs. Parior Car Cin.
ciunau 10 Chicago. Dining Car frorn
WashiugtOn-
iI.16 p M-F F. V. LIMITED. Solid Vss-
thule, electric lighted. dining car train
10 Cincinnati. with Pullman 6ieeDsrs -
CincinnAti Lexington. and I.ouisvtiI.
Compartment Sleeper 10 Virginia Ioi
BuriaKs tally except Sunday Slespar,
Cincinnati 10 Chicago and St IotIIs
Dining Car
Reservation and tickets al SIS PennsyIyanis
Avenue. COS Fourteenth Street, near Il snJ
Al the station Telephone 1870 for PennsyI-
vania Cab Service II W. FULLER
relephons Main i0ss Gsn'l Passenger AIT