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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
WHEN AN ACCIDENT OCCURS
This Article Tells You Just What Il
to Be Done Before the Sur
geon Arrives. "

There are a few things WITCH should
be in every house where any persons
are in any way liable to injury. Chief
among these are one or more bottles
of some antiseptic solution, and band
ages ready for use. Sometimes the
simplest precautions before the ar
rival of the doctor will save a limb
or hand or perhaps life, and aid the
physician to an untold extent.
Orange Judd Farmer says that ban
dages may be made from an old sheet,
bleached cloth being preferred. First,
1t should be clean. Taking the whole
length of the sheet, usually at least
two yards, tear it into strips of the
following widths: one inch, one and
one-half, two, two and one-half, three
and four inches, having two or three
of each. The narrow bandages are
most useful, and it is well to make
several of these. Now make a tight
roll of each strip, or put two of the
same width in one roll. Put them
aside in box out of the dust. You
will be surprised how many service
able roller bandages can be made from
an old sheet. They may also be
boiled, washed and ironed out for use
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
HIGH ART in GARNISHING.
How to Make Plain Dishes Appetizing
Is a Study to Be Taken Up by
Housekeepers.

Any well-cooked dish, however plain,
can be made truly epicurean by the
garnish applied.
Often, too, exactly the right dress
ing will be found under the hand, II
the housekeeper has sufficient judg-
ment to recognize its possibilities.
. For a dish of lobster salad there
are lobster claws, lobster coral, cress,
and, for all salads, radishes and beets
cut into flowers, curled celery and eel
cry tips, spirals of olives, and fancy
shaped waters.
Aspic jelly nodded in fancy forms
or cut in squares is used on cold
meats with mounds of jelly, wreaths
of parsley and of cress, shredded let
tuce, lemons cut as flowers or as pigs,
cucumbers, hard-boiled eggs cut in fan
ciful shapes, etc. Fish is set off with
strips of fried potatoes forming .
nest, slices of lemon, cucumbers, pafs-
ley, olives, green peppers or cress.
Tomatoes make piquant addition
in the case of salads and meats. Fo:
sweets there are many trimmings
for example, candied and maraschino
cherries, candied fruits, currants, rails
ms, ginger and bonbons. White
grapes or slices of orange or pine
apple, dipped in white of egg and pow.
dered sugar are pretty for gelatins, rice
or farina.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Voice from Arkansas.

Cleveland, Ark, August Is Especially
Nearly every newspaper tells of some Won
derful cure of some form of Kidney Disease
by the Great American Remedy, Dodd s
Kidney Pills, and this part of Arkansas is
not without its share of evidence that no
case is too deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney
Pills to cure.
Mr.. A. E. Garlic, we'll known and highly
respected here, tells of his cure after nearly
a quarter of century's suffering. Mr..
Carlile says:
'T want to let the public know what l
think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. / think they
are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever
made.
'I had Kidney Trouble for % years and
never found anything that did me so much
good as Dodd's Kidney Pills. recommend
them to all sufferers"
There is no uncertain sound about Mr.
Carlile's statement. He knows that Dodd $
Kidney Pills rescued him from life of suf'
fering and he wants the public to know i
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney ills
from Backache to Bright's Disease.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
UP-TO-DATE DEFINITIONS.
Selections Which Are Indicative of
the Progress Of Modern
Thought.

From the proof sheets of the new die
tl9nary the Pittsburg Dispatch quotes the
Peach-.A small, domestic fruit, pink in
a dimple
Bore-One who talks about his own af-
fairs instead of letting you talk about yours.
Uppers-An article of wearing apparel
much in use among independent thinkers.
Christopher Columbus-A bad medicine
man, much cursed on Mulberry street.
Symposium-A collection of wise plati-
tudes by the same old offenders.
Womanly Woman-One who thinks it is
very. good of men to furnish her with her
opinions ready made.
A Conservative-A person possessed of a
noble and continuous solcitude for the
foundations of Society and The Home.
Modern Drama-An obscure form of lit
erature recklesslv Indifferent to Mother,
Home and Heaven
Latchkey-A curious talisman employed
late In the nineteenth century as a symbol
OF female independence; research seems to
indicate that it passed out of use because
OF the absence of pockets in which to carry it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
PUTTING on A BANDAGE.

after being soi.ed. Have also some
absorbent cotton and few pieces of
cloth about Ia inches square.
An antisep:ic is a solution which
kills germs, and germs are the cause
of large Dart of the doctors trou-
BILE. Probably the best all round anti
septic is carbolic acid. Get the
strong ca.bolic and use teaspoonful
of this III quart of warm water. This
is safe strength for any part of
the body except the eye. If by &C
cideD1 any of the strong acid is spilled
on the hand, put pure alcohol on the
place at once. This neutralizes the
action of the acid. Another safe and
clean antiseptic is creoline. This is
a dark liquid with a tarry odor A
tablespoonful in a quart of warm wa
ter makes a milky solution, which is
excellent for cleansing wounds. An
antiseptic wash for the eye may be
made by dissolving boracic acid, a
white powder, in warm water. Even
a strong solution of this is not harm
full.
No matter how small a cut or
bruise may be, it is always best to
thoroughly cleanse and bandage it.
Many a limb and many a life has
been sacrificed to the most innocent
looking little wounds. To dress an
ordinary small wound, proceed as fol-
lows: Make up a solution of car
bolic acid or creolin, teaspoonful to
a quart of warm water, and using
some absorbent cotton, wash the
wound thoroughly with the antiseptic,
taking care that it penetrates every
part, and that all dirt is washed out,
If it be a hand or finger, the part
may be soaked in the solution for q
few minutes. This will often stop
most of the bleeding. Soak a piece
of the clean cloth in the solution,
squeeze it fairly dry and wrap it
around the injured part, using three
or four layers. Select bandage Of
suitable width and apply it neatly, US
ing plenty to cover. Fasten the ban
dage by sewing or pinning with a
safety pin, or, when sufficient is
wound on, roll off few inches more,
rip it down the middle, cross the two
ends so made, and use them as strings
to tie on the bandage. If there is
much bleeding, it may be necessary to
put on some dry absorbent cotton over
the moist cloth, applying the ban
dage over all. The next day the wound
may be dressed by simply washing
and wrapping with dry bandage only.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

of the industry. On account of the
land being more broken than in the
southern district, though the soil is
equally fertile, there are not the same
opportunities for extensive operations;
and while cattle raising is as profitable
here as elsewhere, different methods
have to be adopted for their protec-
ton, especially in the winter season.
An authority on the subject has
stated that agriculture in any coun-
try never reaches the minimum of
development until the farmers engage
at least proportionately in dairying,
though the surroundings must always
determine the extent to which any
feature of the industry may be prose-
cuted. 1t is certainly then that IL
the agricultural possibilities of this
portion of the prairie country be esti-
mated by its adaptability to dairy
farming even the most skeptical must
acknowledge they are unsurpassed in
any country in the world. AS init
mated above, even dairying may be
successfully carried on in any corner
of the territories, but this zone has
everything to recommend it as the
ideal spot for this branch of the BUSH
ness.
The mining districts of British
Columbia, which consume an immense
lot of dairy products, are close at
hand and always afford good mar
ket for butter. cheese, pork, poultry
and eggs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
IN WESTERN CANADA
THREE DIVISIONS AFFoRDING
CHANCE FOR SETTLEMENT.
They Are Specially Adapted to Ranch
ing, Wheat Growing and Mixed
Farming-Many Americans
Settling There.

The old Romans used to say that Gaul
was divided into three parts So is the
Canadian northwest. Gauls divisions
were political; those of western Cana
da's prairies are created by the unerring
hand of nature.
The First Division.
Chiefly because of the elevation of the
country, the absence of large lakes and
rivers, and the operations of the
Chinook" or Pacific ocean winds,
which readily cross the Rocky noun
tains in southern Alberta through gaps
and passes, the southwestern portion
of the Canadian provinces is regarded as
somewhat arid. and less fertile than
other portions of the country. Al
though this has been a prevailing idea
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

support at the ninth month and walks at
the ege of Is months.
AT this period he also laughs, smiles,
gives kiss, repeats sy1lables and I'M
derstands a number of words. From the
twentieth to the twenty-fourth month
he executes orders on command, tries to
sing, beat time and dance to music. At
the age of three the child walks upstairs
unaided and speaks distinctly. He be-
gins to ask questions.
"The sub-normal child has not devel-
oped in this way. He is different say
the parents. That sums up the whole
situation-he is different from normal. 1"
DR.. Bryson, there are two feeble-minded
persons to every thousand inhabitants,
and to every 500 there are five or six chill
dren not capable of being educated by
the ordinary methods of instruction.
Predetermined children, she adds, are
generally fond Of music, 'caI often sing,
even when unable to talk, can play on
some musical instrument alone or with
Others" For such she recommends spe-
cial physical exercises, which tend to
awaken the creative faculties of the
mind.
The symptoms of the sub-normal
mind cannot be classified, from the very
nature of things, as are the actions of a
normal child. What constitutes a
backward, or deficient, child?" asks DR..
Bryson. How can you tell one when
you see one? Not in an offhand way;
yet there is something that stamps the
child as different from his fellows. The
lack of command over himself suggests
illness to the inexperienced. Some, per-
haps many, of the stigmata of degenera-
ton may be present, physical signs of
imperfection, that lead the observer to
infer the quality of the individual. The
roof of the mouth may be high and mar
row, the teeth irregular and misshapen,
the lobe of the ear attached to the side
of the head, the arms too long in pro-
portion to bodily height, or the hands
and feet may show abnormalities of
structure.
"At the same time, it must be remem-
bered that it is not how child looks that
Classics him, but what he does, what
he is, what he loves and seeks"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

in the east it has been left for American
settlers who have invaded this district
within the past two or three years to
prove that splendid crops of grain can
be grown on the land which had hitherto
been the feeding ground for the herds of
cattle and bands of horses that ranged
here.
That ranching is carried on most sue
cessfully in other portions of the prairies
west, just as agriculture is to a limited
extent conducted successfully within
this boundary, is fully established, but
taken as whole it constitutes terri
tory above all others most admirably
adapted to this particular industry.
The buffalo, bunch and other grasses
that grow in profusion in this district
and retain their nutritive properties the
year round, and the moderate climate of
mid-winter rendered such by the
Chinook winds preventing any consid
cradle depth of snow at any time espe-
cially fit the district for the peculiar
methods of the rancher-raising his
herds the year round in the open coun-
try.
While there are no large lakes or
rivers in this whole country there are
numerous fast-running streams fed the
year round by melting SHOWS in the
mountains furnishing an abundance of
the coolest and purest water, the best
for beast as we'll as man. The country
has at once an abundance of the best
of food and drink the year round, a clear
sky but little wet or stormy weather and
a favorable climate the year through.
Englishmen and Americans in the
western territories are bringing in their
herds as fast as they can and leasing or
purchasing land in lots from 1000 to TO-
600 acres from the Dominion govern
ment. An idea OF the growth of the
industry will be gathered from the fact
that in 1899 there were but Al All head
of cattle shipped and sold from the
ranches, these figures ran to 55,129 in
1900, and to 100000 in 1903, averaging
$40 per head for the owners. But it
takes great many ranchers and a large
number of cattle to cover an area of
200 100000 acres, the area available for
ranching in the Canadian northwest.
1t is not at all necessary that large in
vestments should be made at the outset
Many men commenced with small cap
ital and small herds, and have worked
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

purchase railway or other company
lands they can be got at from five
dollars per acre up. This section can
not be better closed than by show
ing practically what is made by wheat
growing in this district. The average
from the first Of operations is 20
bushels per acre. Breaking the
prairie, as first piowed is called, is
of course an exceptional expenditure.
as when it is once done it is done
for all time. This costs about $3.50
per acre. After the breaking, plow-
ing and seeding, harvesting, threshing
and marketing, all expenses combined
amount to about $5.25 per acre; that
is, if man has everything done it
will cost him $5.25 per acre. If he
does the work himself he is earning
wages while producing at that fig
ure. Now as the average yield is 20
bushels, and the average price 60 cents
-$12 per acre-the difference between
the result and cost, $6.75, is the profit
of grain growing year in and year
out in the great wheat belt of the
Canadian prairie country. If a man
has a half section of land and puts
half of it, 100 acres, under wheat,
which is very common occurrence,
he makes $1,000 on wheat alone and
should make if he is a capable farm
er enough out of ether crops, sale of
cattle, dairy and other products TO
keep himself and family the year
round besides.
The Third Division.
The third division of this great
country lies to the north of the wheat
belt, between it ard what is known
as the forest country. AS wheat
growing implies the raising of all
cereals, that can profitably be raised
in the country, the remaining
branches of mixed farming are dairy
ing and the raising of farm stock.
1t must not be supposed that dividing
the prairies in this way is saying that
any one portion of the country pos
sesses better soil than another, for
such is not the case-all districts arc
equally fertile, but the topography
and climatic influences differ, as we'll
as the conditions for production.
Ranching and grain growing are car
ried on quite successfully in this
northern zone; but it is found more
profitable to combine all the features
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
II must not be supposed for moment

It must not be supposed for moment
that while this part of the country is
outlined as the especially favorable dis
trict for wheat growing. it is not good
for mixed operations as well. 1t is be-
cause it is level, has a sufficient rain
fall every year, plenty of snow in the
winter for moisture in the early spring
and favorable climatic conditions the
year round that it is specially marked for
this branch of husbandry.
AS if to cope with the offerings Of na-
ture, the railway companies are ready
with their railways to haul the grain az
soon as it is relieved from the straw in
the fields by the threshers. Throughout
this entire belt there is an enormous
length of railway mileage, branches are
radiating in every direction from the
trunks until they scarcely leave grain
field more than six or seven miles from
road, and they are all required. for in
the fall and early winter the sight of the
trains passing to and from the elevators
at the railway depots makes the entire
country look like one hive of industry.
Free Homestead Lands.
There is yet large quantity OF
government land for homesteading in
this country, and as in everything
else "the early bird catches the
worm" Those who come first are
first served. When it is preferred to
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Hymn on a Grain of Corn.

An engrayer of ODESSA has engraved
the entire Russian national hymn upon
a grain of corn, and recently he pre-
scented the curiosity to the car. His
majesty has now forwarded to the man,
through the civil governor of Odessa.
a gold watch and chain, with his thanks
for carrying out such a laborious under
taking.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Think It Over.

Brander Matthews was at the phone the
other day bidding good-by to a friend who
was to sail the next day for Europe.
81 sail tomorrow on the Celtic" came
over the wire, the steamships name being
pronounced "Keltic"
you'd better pronounce that Settle" re-
piled the professor of bellies lettres. IF you
don't you'll be having hard seas all the way
oyer"-N. Y Times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Suspicious Signs.

Agent-My dear lady, l have here rem
edy that will absolutely cure your husband
of the alcoholic habit. Drop little in his
coffee
Lady of the House with indignation)-
Who told you my husband drinks?
"No one. l saw that in the halo of
scratches around the keyhole in the front
door" -Youngstown Telegram.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Perfectly Safe.

Cannibal Chief-Who sent you here?
Thin Missionary was sent to teach
you poor heather not to eat human
flesh.
Cannibal Chief-Ah, see: and to be
on the safe side you left yours in your
dativs land!-N. Y. Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Hard to Understand,

81 have always been a reader of your
poetry" began Mrs. Gushe.
81 am glad" replied Algernon Charles
Mystic, that some one understands me-"
''Oh, but that is what have been hoping
to meet you for. wanted you to explain"
-Pittsburg Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Milk as a Curative Agent.

A physician suffering with Bright's
disease and weighing 155 pounds began
to restrict himself exclusively to milk
diet, taking one quart at each meal, or
three quarts daily. Soon no traces of his
former ailment was perceptible. He
gained 80 pounds in flesh and this, not
withstanding constant attention to pro-
fessional duties both day and night.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Appreciation.

1 am afraid you are one of these people
who look down on toll"
Not at ALL answered the luxurious
youth. MY great grandfather worked hard
and invested his money, and We are quite
pleased with him for doing so."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Brown, Flaky Crust for Pies.

To give a pie beautifully brown,
flaky appearance, when the pie e
ready to bake, put about one and 8
half tablespoonfuls of sweet milk OF
cream on the top and spread it over
all the surface. No more white crusts
If this is done.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
For Your Perfect Comfort

At the st. Louis Exposition, which is very
severe upon the feet rememberto take along
abox Of Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for Hot,
Tired, Aching, Swollen Feet. Sold by all
druggists, &c. Don't accept q substitute
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
A Drop of olive Oil.

Rub drop of olive Oil on your
knives and forks, before putting away,
and they will retain their brightness
and be free from rust
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Extravagant Affair.

Molly" he said, eff l should die first
want you to see that I'm cremated."
Mercy on US, John! Coal may be ten
dollars ton, then. Atlanta Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kine's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

News is by no means literature. News is
what yesterdays paper aroused curiosity
about, while literature is device for separ-
ating head-pieces from tail-pieces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

It's easy for an editor to drop into poetry;
all he has to do is sit down in his waste
basket.-Chicago Daily News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins. Norwich, N. Y. Feb. II, 1900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18

If wishes were horses hay would 60 up to
500 ton.-Chicago Tribune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-18
Cause and Effect.

Wedderly-My dear, you have i'm
proved wonderfully IN your music since
we were married.
Mrs. Wedderly-Why, John, how can
you say that when l no longer play or
sing?
Wedderly-Tbat's where the improve
ment comes in-Chicago Daily News.
The Newtown bee., 1904-10-07

Manchester is the guest of her sister, Mrs G. w. Griffith. Rev William Short, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Carrie, and Miss Anna Wheeler, started, Monday, for Boston, where Mir Short will attend as delegate the Triennial Convention of the Episcopal church. Before their return they will visit in Providence, Hartford and Waterbury. A. w. Twiss has rendered his resig- nation as treasurer of the town, and Charles H. Hart has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
 The public schools will close, Friday, in order that the teachers and children may attend the Danbury fair. Wallace Noxon has purchased the place on the corner of South street and Taylor avenue, formerly owned by the late Mrs Sarah Judd. Mrs William Gilbert of Henry street has an exhibition of hand painted chlna and oil painting at the Danbury fair. Take LinOnine for that cold.
 The members of Eureka Lodge, F. & A. M., gave reception to their friends including the ladies in the lodge room, Wednesday, October ,, at o'clock D, m.
 J. R. Morgan X Son, and Judd Brothers have sent herd of cattle to the Danbury fair, this week. MT and Mrs Frank Irving Camp of Waterbury are the guests, this week, of MT and Mrs L. F. Judd of Maple street.
 The high wind, last Saturday, blew the apples and cheStnuts off the trees. The latter are very plentiful, this fall.
 The school children enjoyed the day. Saturday, in the woods, where they found bags full of nuts.
 The hat factories all close Friday and Saturday to allow the employees to attend the Danbury fair.