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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

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flinched under the disconcerting gaze.
He had sought the money-lender as an
absolute stranger; yet the man evil
IDENTIFY knew his people-moret than that,
was catechizing him like a Sunday
school teacher.
Il have a wife and two children" he
answered. with smooth irony. lam of
legal age, and, l believe, of a sound
mind; therefore qualified to transact
business. However. if you decide to loan
me the money, l can probably get my
mothers signature to whatever is nee
essary."
: The place Is good for it," said Will
lard Burdick. passing his visitors rude
ness unheedingly. 81 must see the title,
though, and an abstract, if you have it,
also the original of your fathers will.
Your mother lives with you, I suppose ?"
A dull flush stained young Warren's
face.
"She is in Ridgetown, just at pres
emit" he evaded, stiftiy.
The lawyer raised his brows; but he
only asked:
Her address, please?"
Emmett Warren turned dozen colors
cursing vigorously under his breath. as
his questioner wrote down from his die
tation: mo. 156 Collins street." and
folded the paper inside a corpulent
pocket book. Cad! What danger was
this he had run his head into so neatly?
Burdick was leaving him not a loop
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
WEALTH MADE A PURSUIT.
Few Who Have Won a Competence
Are Disposed to Retire
from Business.

In the United States leaders in every
line of activity, in politics and business,
have been conspicuously prone to die,
as it is said, in harness, observes the
Bankers Magazine. But the list of those
distinguished for their successful at
tainment of wealth and fame, who have
continued their activities long after the
advance of age and the diminution of
physical strength must have warned
them of the approaching end, is very
long one. In the older countries of Eu-
rope, on whose civilization that of the
United States is founded, it seems easier
for men who have more or less success
fully obtained the object they aimed at
to retire and enjoy freely the prizes they
have gained, although even there the old
barbaric struggle is in many cases kept
up to the end. Public opinion there, too,
is more tolerant of those who lay off the
harness before being compelled to do so
by the decree of fate. In this country,
however, there seems to exist in the
mind of the ordinary man certain con-
tempt for those who give up the strenu-
their strength has wasted away. The
successful men of the United States who
have sprung from the masses are imbued
with this opinion. Until within the last
25 years the idea of retiring from active
life and settling down to life in which
personal tastes and proclivities could
be followed was regarded as at least
eccentric
There have always been two neces-
sary steps to be taken before retirement
from active life could with safety be &C
complished; one was the requirement of
wealth and the other provisions for its
safekeeping. AS civilization progresses
the second and more important step can
be more easily managed. The individual
no longer has to depend upon his own
efforts to guard the store set aside for
his future support. The power of cor
porations, originally directed simply to
the accumulation of wealth, is now to
very great extent applied to it's conserva-
ton.
In Great Britain there has always been
wealthy leisure class, and naturally
there has been a systematization of the
manners and customs consequent on
such an association of wealth and
leisure. Public opinion is more tolerant
of man who wishes to do what he likes
with his own than it has yet become in
the United States. The existence of
leisure class, able and willing to enjoy
their lives nationally and intelligently,
is check on the wilder exhibitions of
leisure on the part of suddenly acquired
wealth. 1t also holds out something be-
yond mere money getting as the goal of
successful life. 1t encourages retire.
ment after reasonable fortune has been
gained and discourages to some extent
the piling up of exaggerated redundant
cy. The effect of a more philosophical
view of life on the part of our own bust
ness men will tend to a more even dis
tribution' of wealth and leveling of the
inequalities now so frequently pointed
out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
NEW SPLINT IN SURGERY.
Invention Enables Person with
Broken Leg to Go About Business
Few Days After Accident.

A series of interesting experiments
have recently been made at the London
hospital with new splints which enable
a person with a broken leg or thigh to
go about his business within a few days
of his accident. The invention halls
from the continent, where it has been in
use for some years. The principle of the
,splint is that round the seat of the frac-
ture is fastened hardened leather case,
which fits the leg closely everywhere
and prevents any movement of the frac-
tured bone. The weight of the body is
then carried by jointed steel rods at
tached to another case fastened above
or below the knee, according to the place
of the fracture. With this appliance
the patient is enabled to walk before the
broken bone is Joined, and there is none
of that after trouble with stiff Joints
which comes when limb has been held
rigidly for weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
The Horse Has It's Rights.

The automobile and good roads ques-
lions seems to be prominent among the
issues of the day. They are about to be
blended into one question, however, for
the better the road, the more automo-
bilists there will be. Some farmers up
hold the auto side, but the majority are
against it. If more autos will improve
the condition of rural roads, they are to
be encouraged, but if they wait for the
good roads to come first, they should be
discouraged. There is no doubt, how
ever, that the automobile is a nuisance
on the publicrural roads. They make it
unsafe for child or lady to drive alone.
The horse was on the ground first, and
will not leave for the steam horse"
without some conf1ict.-Rural World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
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hVoU wish a loan of $4,000. then
What security can you give?"
The pale eyes of the visitor shifted un-
easily. -
"A mortgage on farm in Kent coun-
ty: as fine a quarter section as ever lay
out DOORS"
Burdick looked him over keenly.
"a first mortgage, of course. know
Kent county. What is your name?'
Emmett Warren" The visitor pro-
nounced the words almost brazenly, it
seemed to Burdick. He started slight
ly. flushing under his clear brown skin.
mot the Warrens of orion township?
You are not-John Warrens SOM"
His only child the young man
nodded eager affirmation. my father
died four years ago. The farm was
willed to me-
Burdick's pen clattered to the floor
He stopped to recover it. When he
Strengthened up there was a queer,
drawn look on his face.
"Your mother" he paused.
Young Warren set the tips of his slim,
unfarmerly fingers together.
Mother has-ahem-no control Of the
property" he said. smoothly. II attend
to everything. The farm is in my
name"
Burdick's face cleared. Then he
f-owned.
s. "Do you mean that your father left his
wife DEPENDENT" he asked. sternly.
The confirmed bachelor had ideas of his
own concerning such matters. Are you
married." He looked his client over
with cold, critical dislike. The latter
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

of the shaft, showing the forcible up
ward current of the air. This opening
is placed near the floor so that the i'm
pure air which is heavier will be taken
out by the strong draft first. This shaft
should extend up through the roof that
the foul air may escape outside of the
barn. To admit fresh air so that It
will not chill the cows or. Immediately
be drawn into the ventilator before
serving its purpose several small
square boxes are made and set in the
side Of the barn like studding with an
opening into the box from the outside
near the bottom of the stable and an
opening into the barn at the top of the
stable. Thus there is current of pure
air constantly entering into the barn
without injury to the cows, and as fast
as it becomes impure is drawn up out
side. By having some traps in the
shafts to open or close the temperature
can be controlled in very windy wealth
er. This plan can be made to work in
almost any barn by anyone handy with
tools.-H. G. Manchester, in Rural New
Yorker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Fat in Cheese Production

Skilled cheesemakers say that the
more the curd is stirred and agitated
the more it throws out fat, which later
is taken from the whey and made into
what is called whey butter. When the
amount of fat appearing in the whey is
large, it is a sign that the curd is being
excessively stirred. The good cheese
maker tries to incorporate in the cheese
all the fat possible, as this improves the
quality of the cheese Under proper
management of the curd the whey
should not test more than three-tenths
of one per cent. butter fat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Whitewash for Cow Stables.

Whitewash is valuable adjunct in
keeping the cow stable clean. Our milk
men have learned this long ago, at least
those that have to sell milk to exacting
buyers. Visiting the farms in the vicin-
ity of Elgin, ILL.,, one is struck with the
One of the great advantages of this wash
is that it shows dirt readily, and when
it has been applied a stable cannot get
very dirty without the attention of the
owner being called painfully to that
fact. AS a germicide whitewash ranks
high, and dairymen should use it more
than they do.-Farmers' Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
little CHIEF LAuaH-A-HEAp.

hehind the chair there turks a brave
But that is not a chair;
II is the entrance to a cave,
And he is watching there.
he waits. the cunning. willy foe.
And sings war song deep
While craftily he crouches low
Bold little Laugh-a-Heap
A feather buster on his head
Hist. Would you meet your doom?
The feathers bound with strands of red
Are Laugh-a-Heap war plume.
The wooden dagger in his hand
All. no. A cleaning knife
With which he means to make his stand
And leap into the strife.
And yonder d q hobby horse
hobby horse. indeed!
You should be burdened with remorse
Not to have known that steed
1t Is the faithful thoroughbred
On which our chieftain rides.
Observe the proudness of its head
And noteits well-groomed sides.
Why. here's boy upon the floor
Hush! Wearfed with the fight
The warrior could strive no more
And so rests for the night e..
The smiles still linger round his eyes
And laugh dreams fill his sleep:
War weary, battle worn he lies,
Brave little Laugh-a- Heap.
w d. N. in Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Simple Way of Tarring Corn.

We have read of several methods of
tarring corn, but ours is the simplest
that we have seen. Put bushel or
more of corn in bran sack pour on to
this three or four tablespoonfuls of gas
tar or coal tar, tie up the sack, then
work it back and forth on the floor a
dozen times, and the CORE is tarred and
it will no. blacken fingers scarcely any.
No water issneeded to moisten the corn
and no ashes. plaster or other substance
to dry the corn after tarring. Rural
New Yorker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
A COW BARN.
Simple Plan That Can Be Made to
Work in Any Stable by Any
one Handy with Tools.

A basement stable barn with which
we are acquainted having space for a;
least so cows, has been ventilated the
past winter so that the air seems sweet
and fresh all the time by putting in
two fiues two feet square, made prac-
tically alright from matched boarding
and setting them SO they start about
foot above the stable floor and ex-
tend upward to the roof and project
three Or four feet. A little roof over
the ventilator keeps out snow or rain.
A handkerchief held near the opening
is strongly drawn towards the opening
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

sudden movement, coupled with the
paroxyism of coughing. caused a COM
pick action of the muscles, which broke
one of his ribs.
Mr. Hubert will be confined to his
home for some time He is a director
in the Pullman Palace Car company
and retired from active business sew
eral years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Big Drop in Binder Twins

We are selling the highest grade standard
binder Irvine made, shipping it to any ad-
price than dealers can buy in carload lo...
For our special inside price, our guarantee
and money refund offer, for our Insurance
proposition against hail or storm, for the
lowest price, the most liberal binder Irvine
offer that will be.made this season, cut this
Notice out and mail to us today and you viii
hear from US by return mail. Address,
SEARS, ROEBUCK Z CO., Chicago. III.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Take Care of Your Friends.

The great increase in small rodents
In various parts of the country in re-
cent years is due mainly to the de.
struction of their natural enemies
hawks, owls, skunks. Don't let your
boy or any other boy shoot these birds
and animals. They are nuisance
around the chicken yard, but it is not
a difficult matter to protect the chicks
for few weeks, and the good these
friends do is worth many dollars t.
every farmer. Most of the smaller
birds eat up thousands of noxious in.
sects.-Farm and Home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Had to Draw the Line

The various branches of the Smith
family had met for their annual re-
union.
When summoned to dinner in the
vast amphitheater it was found there
were not places enough to accommo.
date the whole crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen" said the
master of ceremonies, much embar
raised, II shall have to ask the
Smyths and Smythes to wait for the
second table!"-Ch Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Not Insured

Mrs. De Style-Marie! Is the dog
chained?
Servant-Yes'm.
And the cat put out?"
Eyes m"
And the children tied to the bedpost
in the nursery?"
s'Yes'm."
very well. Then you may light the
plano lamp."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
BREAKS RIB BY COUGHING.
Brooklyn Man, with Severe Cold, Is
Victim Of an Extraordinary
Accident.

Henry c. Hubert, of Brooklyn.
broke one of his ribs during fit Of
coughing few days ago. Physicians
cannot recall similar case.
- Mr. Hubert contracted severe cold
and when the accident happened was in
bed, resting on his right side. He was
seized with violent fit OF coughing
d in order to relieve his distress at
to change his position. The
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
No Use Trying.

He-Suppose 1 should ask your father
would stand any chance?
She-No; your case would be hopeless.
DO you think he would really saw
'no?"' soy
Not that; but he would leave it to
me"-Stray Stories
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
The Herreros of Africa,

The Herreros, .Ihom the Germans
are now fighting in Southwest Africa.
number 10000 lighting men, of a class
far superior to, most of the African
native races.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
New bursting Charge.

The Austriai government has re-
Gently adopted a mixture of powdered
aluminium and nitrate of ammonia as
bursting charge for projectiles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

The following curious rule appears under
paragraph 81 of the municipal regulations
governing burials at Giessen, Hesse: In
terments are only permitted after death
has as.;t taken place. In al. all other cases
ouired ."=London Mail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
A Skeptic.

election"
well, ," said Senator Sorghum, 81 don't
know. Maybe he's too honest and then
again, maybe he's too economical. Wash.
ington Star
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

Cream from the deep setting system
should be kept cold until enough has
been collected for a churning, then
ripened.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
Valuable Badge.

The badge worn by the lord mayor of
London is studded with diamonds to the
vale Of 100000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

If man loses all his money he also
manages to lose nearly all his enemies.
Chicago Daily News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09


shown in the cut.
- Stakes are set at
II ~ and and an endless
" cord, longer than
twice the distance
between the stakes,
placed around them. Then the slack Of
the cord is taken up by the stake C.
which is scratched across the surface OF
the ground as it is moved around the
two stationary stakes, after which the
apparatus may be removed. If the~hne
be traced before the ground is dug, a
spade may be used at once; If after, the
mounding of the bed may be done with
out further delay. This method takes
less than a quarter of the time occupied
in the old way Of sighting and the re-
suits are far more satisfactory. BY vary
ing the length of the cord or the dis
lance between the stakes and b, the
shape of the oval may be varied from
narrow to broad as desired.-M. G..
Kains, in Farm and Home
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
'Twould Seem So.

Shippen-It's awfully dull in the ship
ping business; nothing to do at all. It's
particularly hard on the tramp steam
erS.
Jokeley-Why, I should think tramp
steamers would be delighted when
there's nothing to do.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09

What a great wrath little sass kind.
leth!-St. Paul Globe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
The Typewriter in Franc

Ine IyPSWflter IN FRANCS.
The typewriter is more largely used
in Mexico than in France.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
MAKING OVAL FLOWER BED.
No Other Shape Affords Quite So Much
Opportunity for Display Of
Various Plants.

The simplest and most satisfactory
way to make an oval flower bed is that
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-12-22
Preachers Must Deliver COTS Message.


Some recent events nave lcd 70 reNiE'
al or the broad thurch pea 'hat
iIeaChct ShouId spcaN ON d' ''"' ne -
lleves 10 he the truth without rear Oh tne
congregation. ana unlet,e'ea by ort",
doNy or heteiodoNy. ms thkheHs
supposed 10 ne WARRANTED ny "", ;, ,TI'n
As OF sincerity we Sreak' ,h n
whoIe emphasis Is PHt. upon 1'"se' ny, l.,
But the first emphasis should not DC
placed there Sincerity Is, OF course an
absolutely essential thing I" pr,"'ust'
but hdeity Is prim" 'N>chtl'l. mas
may b" >nccre'N mistaken, ana MS h''S-
take NAV nave larle'chihE consequences
OF III Tor Others. ,,,.... ..
The first essential is hac,ltN 10 'ru',.
The hrst business 81 'hiiS','n ur"'Ir'
Is 10 receive HIS meSsaSr, anu i i ~, ~,
cerelN, to transmit IT, me Iun,i'''en''''
OF that message are permanently nNro-
they are hISt0rca;,-an9 no pc" Oh s'n
cer'tN' must he allowed !" interfere WIZ
them. II the Cniei cmPhas'> pP P'"t'u
upon subjective sincerity the door - c'II'
llN opened to every hereSY anu every i"u'
lhIS, IN tact. Is what mas haPI'theu l'"i''
without number. ~, A..
1t Is sometimes asserted Una! wy
"chnrcnes are empty because Peon,e VIA
not ncheve IN the Miraculous we are
bound to onlect to the Statement u -
'i'i u ''''' - -
that many occupants OF tue haNeS are
III a state OF ama2emcht at the ia.r1n1
contradiction between the liuthS an
nounced week by weei III the freed ana
the denla,s OF these truths, or the Waler'ns
down oil thcW W maui! WIZ NV ~
them.
The cruH at tue whoie question Is nov
IN any detail concerning miracle, puI W
tins: Is God Master IN H. own word Oh
Is He not: And has lie int'rlereo OF
not with It's order Tor the purpose o. NaF'
ing men: Ii the answer Is no l"
man entitled TO call himself believer ae
all? But II God has lhletNehea III 'n W
Person OF Jesus Christ to save the WofIo z
II Jesus really came from Inn TO IcN'a.
Him, then something out OF the Ordinary
must have happened. -,
Our Lord either commenced HIS ex'S
tcncc for the trst time at betmiehelh' OF
He came from the other side mo o"le
world. ii the former, then he was SNIP
iy one member OF our race, ana there was
no true incarnation. Ii the latter 'heh
miracle is not simply possible 1t Is I'M
prrativeIy demanded. true incarnation
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-12-22
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruns
Almanac for 1905.
S,oiicd Intended Rebukc.

In the life of the Rt.-Rev. MandeN
Creichrnn. bishop of London. is story
OF froic at oxford on Guy FaWkeA
day, 1865. \ bonfire was kindled
which endangered some of the Oldest
buildings. The old warden, DR.. Mar
sham, was asked by the tutors 10
sneak seriously to the men about Their
unruIv conduct Thus urged he adj
dressed the assembled college and
rebuked them for behaving in such an
Internationally manner, concluding
with these words: And all | can say,
gentlemen is that il you want to be
have like barbarian savages, why
nhem-a hem-you should come and
ask leave first"