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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
New Santa Fe Line i'm Texas.

Austin, Tex. Nov. 1.-THE charter of a
new railway corporation which is to build
in this state as a part of the Santa Fe
system, was filed today. +. p. Ripley OF
the head of the company. The name of
the corporation is the Jasper and Eastern.
1t has a capital stock of $4,000 and its
general offices are to be located at kir-
byville, Tex. The proposed road is to be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
\ Model Road for Arkansas City.

Arkansas City, kan, Nov IA
Word was received here that this place
has been selected as one of the towns
in Kansas where the government will
construct a model road. This is one
result of the good roads convention
here last month. The road will be
constructed before the end of the
present season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
THEY FIND SALT.
Mcpherson Company. Searching 70
Oil, Make Different Strike.

Mcpherson, Kan, Nov. 1.-THE prospect
hole being put down by the Mcpherson
Prospecting company in search of oil or
gas, struck a bed of solid salt at a depth
of 40 feet Saturday. The drill had pene-
trated the salt bed to a depth of 80 feet
and still going through the salt. The salt
is overlaid with a thick strata shell. The
drill will not be stopped at the salt, but
will be continued in search of oil or gas
to depth of 5000 feet unless Oil gas
is reached before. The rock salt is OF
the purest quality and clear as u crystal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
MISSOURI PACIF1C RAILWAY,
The Worlds Fair Line.

Seven daily trains between Kansa.
CITY and St. Louis which leave Kan
eas City 6:55. 500, 1910 a. m. ana
1910, 9:15. 1900 D. m. and 1906 mid
right
ASK for your ticket via this line
from Kansas City. If you miss one
train. you will not have long to wat.
for another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
Air Compressor Blows Tp.

Saturday forenoon the air compressor a.
the local Santa he shops blew up, damag-
ing the machine and he building in
which it stood to the amount of s., 600 The
explosion was caused by the fact that wav
ter mad been allowed to get in the cylindes
behind the piston. Fortunately nobody
was near enough to the machine tR hA in
jured by the explosion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14

clans could be called the morphine had
been absorbed and the only hope was to
keep him alive till the effect could pass
off. Three physicians worked with him all
night, but he died Saturday He was q
old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
Took Too Much Morphine.

Winfield. Kan, Nov. 14.-Tod Os-
borne. twenty-one years old, a cook
for a local restaurant, took four grains
of morphine while seated in the res
taurant and died, Notwithstanding two
physicians worked with him all night.
He was respondent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
Bishon Henncssey to Rome.

Wichita. Kan, Nov.14.-Bishop Hen
nessey, of the Wichita diocese, leaves
Wichita this week for Rome TO attend
the golden jubilee of the dogma of the
Immaculate Conception on Dec. s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
Railway Club at Alamoeordo

The Railway club which Was recentHI
organized at Alamogordo, N. NJ. has
now a membership of $50. The club has
a substantial fund and will soon add a
gymnasium to its many features.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
St. clair an Easterner.

Geo. Z. St. Clair, foreman of the f.as
Vegas round house of the Santa Fe,
employing about sixty men at the
present time, is an eastern gentleman
with a long and varied experience in
railroad mechanical matters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14
Santa F'e Men Swan LIONS

Thomas Scully of the Las Vegas store
keepers department has swapped places
with J. A. Peterson OF ArEe1&ine. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-14

Boi1s, Assesses, sores, dark or yellow
sp1otches and debility are some of the
symptoms of this miserable disease.
S. S. s. counteracts and removes from the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
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THE NEAT GIRLS SECRET.
It Consists in Nothing More or Less
Than the Proper Care of All
of Her Clothes.

We all have among our acquaintance
the girl, who, without being in the least
good-looking, always manages to look
neat and we'll dressed. Perhaps she has
only small dress allowance, and when
ever you happen to meet her she looks
smart and attractive, while othsr girls
with twice the money at their command
too often look shabby and dowdy.
What is the neat girls secret? Moth
ing more or less, says the New York
Weekly, than taking care of her clothes
she has place for everything, and
everything is kept in its place, her rib
bons, gloves, handherchiefs, wells, ETC.,
are not all huddled together in one
drawer, neither do they lie about on the
tables and chairs until they are wanted.
Every article of apparel is put away
with the most scrupulous care, first be-
ing busted, shaken or mended as the
case may be.
There is great difference, too, in the
way in which girls put on their clothes
and very often girl dressed in shirt
waist and plain skirt will look twice as
neat as one clad in $50 gown, the rea-
son being simply and solely this: The
one has put her dress on anyhow, the
other has taken care that all shall be
neat and fresh.
1t is the duty of all parents to see
that their children are taught from their
babyhood, to take proper care of their
wearing apparel; for the child who lets
her clothes drop off her and tie in heap
on the floor invariably grows into the
careless, untidy woman with whom we
are so familiar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
CAUSES RUSH FOR BRIDES.
Canadian Government Cuts Salaries
of Unmarried Men in Yukon
Territory $500 Year.

Society in Dawson will be embellished
next winter by at least sorce of brides.
This situation results from the action OF
the Canadian government in making a
difference of $500 year in the salaries
of married men and single men in the
civil service of Yukon territory. Mar
ried men are paid that much more be-
cause of the greater cost of living where
there are two to provide for.
The new regulation became effective
on July 1, when the salaries of all the
single men in the Yukon territory were
cut $500 a year. The result of this in
novation has been stampede for brides.
Many young men who have been content
to endure the hardships Of northern win
tiers in single blessedness, while theil
sweethearts in eastern provinces await
ed their return in patience, have con.
cluded that, after all, Dawson is place
where it is not good for man to live
alone.
Nearly every mail reaching DAWSON
contains cards announcing wedding
ceremonies in which government en-
ployes spending annual vacations in the
east are participants.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS.

The Canadian government has decid-
ed to construct three factories in Nova
Scotia for the manufacture of glue and
other material from dogfish--all that the
dogfish is good for.
The number of furnaces in blast in the
United Kingdom for the quarter ended
June 80 last was 1923, and the estimated
make of pig iron for the half-year is
4,21S,000 tons.
The average annual production OF an
thracite coal in Pennsylvania has been
between 656, 900 900 and rs, 200 900 tons,
but for the past three years the average
has been only 100000. The average
production of bituminous coal has in
creased from Ill, 100000 in 1900 to 2S4,.
100000 during 1903.
A census bureau report on occupa-
lions shows that in continental United
States the total number of persons en-
gagged in gainful occupations in 1900 was
29,073, 233, which constituted one-half
the population, ten years of age and over,
and nearly two-fifths of the entire pop
ulation Of these 1873 $50 were women
and 1.750178 were children. Those Of
foreign birth aggregated 1851 1893, or
one-fifth of the total number of gainful
workers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
PRACTICAL CO. OPERATION.
Western Grain Raisers Band Together
to Get Fair Prices for Their
Farm Products.

The tendency of the times is toward
cooperation, and the most Interesting
movement just now is seen in the CO.
operative associations being formed in
the middle west. The growth of this
movement for the consolidation of grain
raisers has been upon a far different
basis from the visionary plan of early
days. In the first place these associa-
lions are in the hands of shrewd bust
ness men, who can handle financial af-
fairs in way to produce results. 1t
most successful millers in the west,
whose mills are reputed to bring 8 profit
OF $55, 200 year, is now manager Of a
long line of farmers elevators. and at
a meeting at Kansas City a few days
ago it was reported that IS elevators
scattered through Oklahoma, Kansas
and Nebraska are listed in the associa-
ton. 1t was reported that the stock
holders had received dividend of eight
per cent. after paying expenses, anG
were selling grain at a larger profit
than could be secured from the ordi-
nary elevators
The plan of the cooperation is purely
business-like, with politics and sentl-
ment in the background. The stock
holders are farmers, and the elevators
are run on a basis of actual cost, the
profit being returned to the far mer in
dividends. The key item in tie man
agement is the requirement that every
producer is to sell to the association
elevator, or if he sells elsewhere shall
pay one cent bushel of tie amount
received to the association company.
This makes it impossible for their
rivals to run them out of business by
bidding higher for grain. The towns
where these association elevators have
been established for four years are IA
vorably impressed with the plan, and
the management has continued to re-
turn profits, the numbers are being
extended. and there are enough now to
compel the railroads to give them equal
privileges with the old line institutions.
Prairie Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

Overchurning is one cause of butter
not keeping.
In feeding dusty hay, shake well and
dampen before feeding.
See that there is sufficient shade in
every pasture for the stock.
Milk from cows long in milk should
not stand as long before skimming as
that from fresh cows.
The value of any kind of farm stock
is very largely determined by its feed
ing the first-year of it's life.
A poverty-stricken cow must first Of
all supply the wants of her system be-
fore she can possibly give rich milk
and plenty of it.
The cheapest way to produce pork is
to push the pigs from the start, and
get them ready for market at not to
exceed nine months.
Every careful experiment has shown
that the gain is greater in proportion
to food consumed in the young ami.
NAL than in the older ones. -..a -.
Steady work of any kind is ia.
tiguing, and although the change may
not be for lighter work, it may be rest.
full and refreshing for the teams.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06

from his family and no business do
ing. He laid the whole blame of his
predicament on the dissolute Cuff and
If he had run afoul of him undoubtedly
would have visited his wrath UPON him.
1t was terribly irksome in that mis-
cradle town. He was sick of loafing
at the ship chandlery and in spite of a
liking for good liquor he was tired of
the barrooms
"I1l take walk in the open coun-
try" said the captain. to himself "It'u
brighten me up"
LIT being very cold day prudence
suggested the terrifying of his BODY
with hot rum punch before starting
out. He intended making a glassfuI
but by misjudgment he made three
times glassful, and being of a nom
wasteful habit he was obliged to con-
sumo It, When he reached the high
street skipper he knew asked him to
take a punch, and common decency
forced him to return the treat; hence
by the time he had left the town he
was in excellent spirits and enjoying
his walk, even If the trail he left in
the snow was zigzag. He came to q
lane, which, according to a signpost
bore the name Of Bent's Lane and de-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
A CHEAP CORN CUTTER

feet long by 20 inches wide The run
ners are of two-by-three-inch chestnut
and the cross boards of one-inch hard
wood. The blade of an ordinary scythe
is fastened to the right-hand corner
The point of the scythe is braced out
at an angle of As degrees, with brace
of three by one-inch hardwood bolted
to the scythe six inches from the point.
The brace is then firmly bolted to the
sledge. A large box is nailed to the
sledge for seat. A steady horse &C
customed to cultivate between the rows
should be used.
The corn is cut close to the roots and
about six or seven acres can be cut in
a day. A stiff rod of wrought iron bent
as shown and bolted to the front of the
sledge helps to collect the cut stalks.
the driver also guiding with his right
hand the stalks as they fall.-I. A.
Fiske, in N. E. Homestead.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
Preventing Scours in Pigs.

Nothing is better for preventing
scours in pigs than some crushed oat
and barley slop run through a screen
to remove most of the hulls which
should be placed in low trough in a
corner of the pen. The young pigs go
for this greedily. At two months old
they are ready to wean, when they
should be put in two large pens, GULL
ing out the weaker ones and putting
them in pens made vacant by grouping
three agreeable sows. Much more skill
is required to raise young pigs in win
ter than in summer. After taking them
away from their dams feed warm new
milk for the first meal and after that
warm skim milk with a good sprink-
ling of shorts in it, increasing the
quantity each day until about the
consistency of thin porridge. A good
way is to mix a quart of oil meal with
each barrel of feed and have box in
the corner of each pen containing
wood ashes, charcoal and little salt
and sulphur.-Rural World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
ARTISTIC FLOWER STAND.
bronze stands tubs Of highly polished
birded by hoops of brass.

bronze stands tubs Of highly polished
woods, birded by hoops of brass.
The shapes vary, ovals, squares, rec
tangles and circles being employed ac-
cording to their fitness to the plants
they hold. Some of the designs in the
bronze work are quaint. \ Although
many are original, others are repro
auctions of medieval work. The lack
of monotony is favorable compared to
tne old styles.
One conservatory varies these artis-
tic novelties with wicker baskets of
divers designs, that inclose the clay
pots closely, painted green or white,
their lighter colorings making pleas
ing contrast under the brilliancy of
the flowers and the shining green COL
orings of the leaves, to the black Chi
nee teakwood and reddish bronze Of
these new plant-holders.
A rhodendron in a lockwood tub.
with green bronze hoops and supports,
is the most admired of all the plants
in a north side conservatory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
ODD BITS FROM ABROAD.

Close to Blackfriars bridge, London,
by the handful, the price being four
pence grab"
Jane Cheesman, aged SO. who died
recently in Somerset, England, had
never spent night out of the cottage
in which she was born and died.
In the village of Meavy, Dartmoo-,
England, Is an old oak which was
flourishihg in the reign of King John.
and is still f1ourishing, though SUP
ported by stout props.
A Milford Haven (England) trawler
recently landed IL fine sturgeon,
caught in one haul. Some of them
were six feet long. Such a catch has
never been known previously.
When the kaiser drove through
Hamelin. recently. hundreds of chill
dren stood along the route, dressed
either as rats or in the picturesque
costume of the famous Pied Piper's"
period.
The British war department recent
~ 81 dulcO d oo-y col -OlO NClCl Oil Va IAe
Cri1nean war a pension of Is cents
day. He had been receiving outdoor
relief" and the authorities at once
cut it down to the extent of Is cents
a week.
Four of the cannon taken from the
FreGch off Finisterre in 1747 by Aj-
miral Boscawen now fill the lCwly, II
useful, roles of curb posts and lamp
posts in front of the house No. 2. St
James square. London, of Boscawent
descendant, Lord Falmouth.
Monterey's state prison at Cettinge
lie the principal square of the city
The prisoners, merely deprived d
weapons, roam about the square al
will during the day. At night they are
shut up in a spacious room in the
town hall. They do not think of try
ing To eScaDe
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
SUGAR AND MOLASSES DIET
Reports from Abroad Are to the Eff
feet That as a Bone Strength
ener It Is a Success.

The use of sugar and molasses for
cattle and horse feeding is gaining in
popularity. Laws in many European
countries have been changed exempt
ing these products from taxation when
they are to be used for feeding pur-
poses. When recently in Paris, our
attention was called to certain facts
that may be interesting to our readers.
The Omnibus company of the French
capital owns over 10000 horses, and
as out of that number there are about
700 broken legs per annum, it was ar
gued that possibly these accidents
were in a measure due to some faulty
combination of the daily rations.
In. 1901 the first experiments were
made, the one kilogram of sour mash
that had hitherto been used being sub
stituted by an alkaline molasses COM
bination. The results obtained were
encouraging beyond the most sanguine
expectations, and in 1902 the number
of broken legs was only 70.
It was concluded that the extreme
fragility of the animals bony structure
was due to the absence of the requisite
mineral elements in their rations.
There appears to be ample medical au-
thority for asserting that heavy con-
sumers of sugar, in cases of bone frac-
ture, will recover more rapidly than
when that article of luxury is eaten in
moderation. In some hospitals, pa
tents that are laid up with compound
fractures of legs or arms receive in ad-
dition to their regular food allowance
$50 grams of sugar, the cost of which
is soon covered by the lesser period
needed for the complete healing of the
bony tissue.-Sugar Beet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
An Unwilling
RefOrnner - -
By j. c. PLUMMER
Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. co.,

"HUFF,' snapped Capt. Pruitt
Cuff, if l saw Cuff roasting in
that there furnace the Good Book tells
about l wouldn't pull i'm out. No
sir, if there was chunk O. wood handy
I'D throw it on the fire."
The schooner Lucretia was detained
in port by a vexatious legal entangle-
ment 1t was alleged that the vessel
had done more or less damage to some
wharf property and the decision rested
upon the question if the officers of the
vessel had used due care and diligence
in docking her. One Abraham Cuff, a
1aborer on the wharf. had deposed that
Capt. Pruitt, the only officer aboard.
was drunk at the time the movement
was made. and, Notwithstanding that
the lawyer for the vessel had tried
hard to show that Cuff himself was
a drunkard and utterly unworthy
of belief. the judge found for the
libellant and the schooner was to
pay the costs of the injury. Bond
was not readily available, SO the vessel
was tied up awaiting the raising of the
necessary money by the owners.
What rifles me- continued Capt.
Pruitt, was that the day after that
there judge made that almighty queer
decision. temperance reformer comes
to me and wants me to sign a pledge
why don't you see Cuff says l. Oh
says the reformer. I'm tryin' to get
brother Cuff to sign. too I'd see my
self signing my name alongside of
fellow like Cuff. I'd leave my political
party if my name stood by his on the
registry books. l would. by gum"
I've no use for those temperance
blokes," put in a red-nosed mate, who
sat on molasses key in the ship chan
Glery.
oh, I've nothin' agin EN-" said the
captain. "but they're narrer minded.
The good Lord put both whiskey and
-four in the grain and he didn't do it
for nothin' any more than we put ropes
on ship for nothin'. If you want to
pull a ballard, pull it; if you want to
pull brace. pull It, If you want flour,
grind; If you want whiskey, bile"
That's sound argument" remarked
the red-nosed mate. swallowing thirsti-
1y. but Capt. Pruitt did not take the
hint aud stalked out of the shop.
Despite this angry Outburst, Capt
Pruitt was naturally a most benign
man. A frown seemed to fit on his
brow as badly as would an imperial
crown, but his temper was sadly tried
by being idle in strange port, away
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
The Moisture of Good Hay.

The moisture content of hay when
it is put into the NOW varies greatly,
this depending largely on the way in
which it is cured. Some hay that is
made from grass cut late and cured
in dry weather has in it so little
moisture that during the winter il
may frequently increase in weight.
AS usual thing, hay does not in
crease in weight during the winter.
Il it is cut quite green and stored in
an imperfectly cured condition it will
often be found with such large per-
centage of moisture in it that spon.
taneous combustion is possible. Hay
cured properly will have in it con-
siderable quantity of moisture and
viii tend to lose this moisture during
the winter, and this loss will equal
ten per cent. of the bulk in many in
stances.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
AMERICAS NEW INDUSTRY.
Year in Brooklyn for Manu-
facture of Ramie.

A new industry will be started in this
country on January 1 next, when the
plant of the Observation-Disclosures Ra-
mic Manufacturing company begins OPP
erations in Brooklyn. The company
has just been incorporated in New York
state with capital of $25O,OOO, and
will be conducted as a branch of the
company of the same name which has
headquarters in Sweden. The plant
will manufacture hosiery and under
wear, and later yarn for sale to other
manufacturers from ramie fiber.
The use of ramie fiber for these pur-
poses is comparatively new, having
only passed the experimental stage a
few years ago. The Swedish company
has been the pioneer in its development
and for some time has maintained Of
fees and salesrooms in New York. 1t
has built up profitable trade in the
imported goods, but the tariff is so
high that it has been decided that l..
will be more economical to manufac-
ture them here. At first the yarns used
in knitting will be imported, and it is ex-
pected that an excellent export trade can
be built up in the goods made here from
imported yarns, drawback being al
lowed Of 80 per cent. of the duty paid on
such material. The company expects in
time to take care of it's trade with South
America, Cuba and Canada from the
Brooklyn factory.
G. w. Schlichter, the president of the
company, is the inventor of process for
the decoloration of the fiber by ma
chinery. and he has also conducted ex-
tensive experiments in the growing of
the plant of this country. He has sue
ceeded in obtaining four crops year in
California, and declares that there is
no reason why America should not pro.
duce all the ramie needed for home con-
sumption. -s