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

An exchange asks, "Where is
Bob Dunn att" We don't know
where he is now but we predict he
will be found actively supporting
the next republican candidate for
governor. That is more than some
men who are jumping on him did
this year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

We are determined to publish
the news if we have to make it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

If "Old Pease' of the Anoka
Union, was half as mean as he tries
to make people think he is, he
would have been in the peni-
Tertiary years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

We told the members of the
legislature just what kind of man
they ought to select as speaker and
they selected him before we went
to press. That is what we call
taking an unfair advantage.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

rhe Day won't be so fine after
the appointments are made.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

If another election could have
been held the day after the one that
was held, Dunn would have been
elected by $4,000.
Senator Clapp isn't worrying.
It's the other fellows who are
doing the anxiety act.
If this weather holds out people
from Florida will be coming up
north to spend the winter.
We have for sale fifty-two issues
of the H erald, for one dollar, to
be delivered weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

We don't believe the report that
Gov. elect, Johnson, intends ap-
pointing James A. Peterson men,
Der of the Board of Control as a
reward for his political services in
the last campaign.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

The man who invented lead pen
ellis to scratch tickets with, is the
one who was responsible for John
sons election.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

We are vindicated as a prophet.
We have been vindicated so often
it is getting monotonous.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
City Steam Laundry
SAUK CENTRE, MINI.

Trying to do business without
advertising is like trying to shoot
deer with blank cartridges.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

Now is the time for all good men
who want to go to congress in 1906
to boom the present congressman
for the next republican guberna-
tOrial nomination.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

A number of people in this state
are wondering what the editor of
the H erald intends to do in the
future. They haven't any ad-
vantage over us as we are puzzled
ourselves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

The republican party of this
state may have needed discipline
but it didn't need SO much.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

Mr.. Rosing of Cannon Falls, in
sists he ran for governor the wrong
year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

A host of politicians are already
naming the next republican candi-
date for governor. Why not let
the people do this, then he will be
elected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

The Goods who went down to
see the foot ball game declared
they felt like standing on their
heads for joy over Minnesota's
victory, and their escorts told them
they didn't have any objection.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01

If the democrats had even
dreamed they stood ghost of a
show of electing their man, their
last state convention would have
been a heap more interesting than
it was.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

teachers and longed to help them to
larger spheres of thought and practice.
After wrestling with the problem for a
time he took counsel with some of the
leading educators of the State and de-
cided upon an expansive movement
That small county should no longer be
the horizon Of his teachers. In 1901 af-
ter securing their cooperation and
pledge of attendance he next obtained
the written consent of all the boards of
district trustees to the holding of the
annual institute among scenes of pro-
fessional interest in Alameda County.
The time was spent in visiting the lee
ture rooms and library of the State
University and in close inspection of
the schools of Berkeley and Oakland.
Such satisfaction and so many solid
benefits were realized by this travelling
institute that Superintendent Gordon
determined this year upon a more am
bilious effort. Among his sixty-six
teachers there are only eight who have
had professional training and an equal
number who have attended a summer
normal school. Believing that the
greatest gain that could be realized by
his body of teachers would come
through a thorough personal examina-
ton of normal school methods he made
arrangements with the officials for
visit to the State Normal at San Jose.
Concessions were made by the local
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20
, Normal School, San Jose.

came intensely interesting when its
power to broaden the knowledge of
many studies was manifested. The
talk on the use of the solar lantern re-
vealed it's adaptation to illustrate
many grammar school studies. In the
work accomplished in the training de-
partment the visitors recognized the
value Of modern theories which have
been carefully worked out through
practice. Not least of all attention be-
slowed on this actual school work was
that of manual training. This work
alike of scholars in the training de-
partment and that of the student
teachers was watched with keenest in
terest and many wishes were expressed
for the early Introduction of such
exercises in Amador County.
1t was apparent that there were no
dissenting views among the sixty-flve
visitors regarding the value Of this di-
rect insight of normal work. One of
them voiced her appreciation by say
ing: ITO me the greatest benefit of
this trip is its broadening and general
cultural effect" Others said: II was
impressed with the excellence Of the
methods of the primary work" TT
has stimulated our desires to advance
ourselves in the art of teaching" TT
is wonderful eye opener and incen-
tive" while a chorus of voices pro-
claimed that in their increased knowl-
edge Of the principles of teaching and
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

the inspiration received they had
reaped a rich return. Upon their ar
rival at home each teacher is expect
ed to report to the superintendent
from her full notebook the two things
which have most impressed and ben
Gifted her.
Still another gain was predicted by
one of the officers of the Normal
School when he said: Probably half
of the Amador teachers will come
here sooner or later for professional
training
The side trip to Mount Hamilton
and the views there afforded were de-
lightful. At Stanford University an
other rich treat awaited these travel
ers. Cordial greetings and the open
ing of all the treasures of museum
chapel and library were theirs
Throughout the week the weather
clerk has been so thoughtful and gen.
erous as to leave nothing to be de-
sired Summing up the experiences
of these six days the teachers regard
them from an individual standpoint as
constituting a red letter occasion.
From a professional standpoint they
deem it an unqualified success.
If 1t is urged regarding this education
al innovation that there is no express
sanction of law for the convening of
county institute away from its ae-
customed limits. 1t may also be said
that no law prohibits 1t. This super.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20
AN EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND ITS GOOD RESULT
AnaYa! a

stage lines and by the Mount Hamilton
Stage Line, the liberal round trip rate
of 81 35 from lone to San Jose was Sc
cured from the Southern Pacific Rail-
way, with stopover privileges in PaIo
Alto and San Francisco, and special
rates obtained from hotels in San Jose
and San Francisco. Thus the endeavor
to bring the expenses of railway fare
and hotel charges within the limits Of
weeks salary of each teacher was
successful.
OF the whole number of sixty-six
Amador County teachers, sixty-fve
came, one being detained by illness.
The teachers on arriving at San Jose
received a hearty and enthusiastic
welcome from President Daley and
the faculty of the Normal School. A
programme had been specially pre-
pared which gave the visitors a view
of practically all the work carried on
in the school. Lectures were given in
world geography under the super
vision of an experienced instructor
whose broad study had been supple
mented by years travel around the
world. Primary reading and language
were illustrated by teaching of train
ing classes along the lines of work that
are done in Amador County. Nature
study was similarly shown with chill
dren, whose delightful freedom indi-
Gated how closely such a subject
touches child's heart. Drawing be-
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

tie boy is chased away firm home an
enthers wan " these here Summaries. He
was licked yesteday fr neglectin TO scrub
below tn chin. but to-morrah he will be
cheerin' wildly while Professor Bumpus
tells him univarsal suffrage was a bad
break If he has a weak chest an cant
play futball he goes on imbibin' wisdom
ontil he arrives at tn dew pint. whin his
alma mather hurls him at tn onfOrtchnit
wurruld. He knows fifty thousan' things,
but tn on'y wan iv thin that he cud prove
is that Heffelfnger was a great futbau
player. Thin begins his rale coTledge ca
reer. Th' postgraduate coorse is tn best
in tn wurruld. Th' enthrance fee is all he
has. Tn wurruld takes it away firm him
tn minyit he thries to apply his colledge
Professors idee that undher tn doctrine iv
probabilities two pair ought to beat three
iv a kind. He hasn't on'y wan new pro-
fssor, but twinty millyon-oI an young.
rich an poor. men an women. especially
women. He can't shirk his lessons. He
has TO be up in th' mornin' bright an arly,
larnin' an passin' examinations. He's on'y
told anything wanst If he don't raymfn-
Der it tn mex time he is asked some pro-
fssor gives him a thump on tn head. Amy
time he don't like his dear OF alma mather
he can quit. Th' wurruld amt advartisin'
fr amy students. 1t has no competitors an
tn lists are always full. Th' coorse lasts
firm wan to sixty years, an it gets harder
to'rd tn commincemint day If he's a good
scholar an behaves himsilf an listens to
TIL professors an wurruks hard he can grad
jate with honors. In amy case he is al
lowed to write out his own diploma He
konws best what he is entitled to-"
eff We had boy. wud ye sind him to col
ledger" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
We'll" said Mr.. Dooley. "at tn age whin
a boy is fit to be in colledge I wudden't
have him around tn house"
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

Of all drawbacks to successful insti-
tutes. it is next to impossible to obtain
lecturers from the universities. These
lecturers simply cannot afford to spend
the time that is needed TO reach noun
tain points.
For ten years past the repeal Of the
institute law has been repeatedly dis
cussed in county institutes and State
associations. the agitation eliminating
in several instances in the passage Of
resolutions favoring an early change
in the law. But here all action ended;
no suitable substitute for the local in
stitute was in sight.
Up in the foothills of the Sierras, per-
haps 100 miles from San Francisco as
the crow flies, lies the little county Of
Amador. Il has less than 800 square
miles Of territory and its chief interest
is mining. A railroad enters its west
ern line terminating at lone. The pop
ulation is rot far from 1900 and the
school children number $500. This coun-
~ has a school superintendent, George
A Gordon, of whom it may be said in
brief that his mind for a number Of
years was in the condition sometimes
termed a state of glorious discomfort" I"
he recognized the limitations OF his
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

fer with TIL Bible. Me own opinyon iv tn
age iv tn arth is that it is about twinty-
eight years old That is as far as I go
back
'Speakin iv tn Bible. it is an inthrestin'
wurruk, but tn English is poor l advise
all " We not to injure ye'er style be readin'
the prisint editions, but if ye want rale good
English ye will read tn Bible thranslated
into Hoosier di'lect be Professor Lumsum
Jiggs iv tn University iv Barry's Corner,
wan iv our gr-reatest lthrachoors, whose
loss to tn sody wather business was
gloryOus gain to rellijon an letthers. If
ye want to make a comparison to show ye
how lithrachoor has improved, compare tn
wurruks iv Homer an Jiggs. Homer
nodded. He niver nodded to me, but he
nodded. But has Jiggs nodded? Niver.
He hasn't time. He IS on his four thou
sandth book now an has larned TO wurruk
a sicond typewriter with his feet. Read
Jiggs an frget about Homer. AS tr
Shakespere. he is a dead wan. Th' opinyon
l have iv Shakespeare is so low that l will
not express it befure ladies. / amt sayln'
that his wurruks have not been poplar
among tn vulgar An he might have
amounted to something if he had been
ijjacated, but his language is base, an he
had no imagination. l guess that will hold
Bill Fl a while Th' gr-reatest potes tn
wurruld has proiooced are Ransom Stiggs
an J. B. Mulcoon iv Keokuk. Th' Keokuk
School Of pothry has all others badly stung.
J. B. Mulcoon has discovered more rhymes
f'r dear thin Al Tinnyson iver heerd iv.
Me opinyon iv polyticks. if ye shud
ask me fr 1t, is that we might as we'll
give up tn experiment. A gOvermint
founded be an ol' farmer like George
Wash nton an job printer like Ben Frank
lin was bound to go down in room. 1t has
abandoned all their ideels. which
good thing. an made worse vans. Look at
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church.

mitted in the name of success. Men
have obtained millions of dollars by
legal or illegal thieving and bought
their way into society who ought to
be in the penitentiary. Better to be
man than merely a millionaire. Get
rich-quick schemes are flooding the
land Fortunes are offered the people
for nothing. Men prominent in church
and state are published as directors,
used as decoy ducks TO draw in the
unsuspecting. The only explanation of
the prosperity of these transparent
frauds is in Carlyle's concise census of
the population mostly fools" If it
were not that the desire for wealth
pect to get a dollar for so cents, unless
it be a counterfeit, nor believe that gold
mines go begging for stockholders. AS
a matter of seIfshness honesty is the
best policy" But he who is honest for
policy's sake is already a moral bank
rupt Men of policy are honest when
they think honesty will pay the better.
but when policy will pay better they
give honesty the slip. Honesty and
policy have nothing in common. When
policy is in. honesty is out. It is more
honorable for some men to fail than
for others to succeed. Rather be like
Longfellows honest blacksmith. who
looked the whole world in the face and
feared not any man." than enrich
yourself at the sacrifice of character
and conscience.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

receiving from parents far away who
seems to be taken for granted it is
simply a vortex of iniquity, sucking in
to their certain ruin the youths who
flock hither. The notion is as false as
it is baseless. Thousands Of business
men in our city are prosecuting busi-
ness-and successfuIly-with a sensitive
and scrupulous conscience, and there
are here as noble bands Of pure and
young men as can be
found anywhere.
Honest men are in demand. A high
minded, truthful man may not meet
with success Immediately, but he is on
the surest road to it, The world is
looking for honest men.
Wanted-Honest men in politics For
a time the people will allow themselves
to be fooled, will let the rings Of every
party nominate men who belong to
them body and soul, so that when the
voter in the election booth makes ready
to exercise his great prerogative as an
American citizen he finds that he is
limited to a choice between two thieves!
But you can not fool the people all the
time-there will be a demand for hon
est men. Boss Tweed will eventually
wear the stripes. Honest Abe will
eventually occupy the Presidential
chair. The United States Senator who
said that the ten commandments had
anything to do with American poll
tics was only an iridescent dream
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

lntendent has evidently sought to ac-
complish the greatest possible good for
his teachers and hence for his $500
school children. by an Interpretation
of the intent of the law. rather than %
its form only If the scnCoI law does
not now warrant such expeditions, which
may so wondTously broaden and in
struct, it is high time that the law
should be changed. Certain il is that
sixty-five Amador teachers and a su-
periHtendent@ have ~sitive convictions
upon this point.
The institute law as it now stands IS
an inc0ngruity. 1t Is more than that,
it is an absurdity. Conceding its emil
nent value in the past. is it wise 10
compel all sections of the State II
widely varying educational develop
ment and possibilities TO follow one
inelastic infexible law Should not this
law be made optional with the various
counties? Let those counties that wish.
TO maintain the institute do so by all
means. Grant to others latitudss
in appointing the place and occa-
sion. If others still prefer to
ss-d their teachers p. summer nor.
nal in lieu OF an institute. make il
possible in some manner for them -
obtain. this boon. Let ten years OF
fruitless discussion on the value Of the
institute law give place to liberal.
broad gauged legislation befitting CAL
ifornia.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

have larned firm me milkman how to vote,
an gone down to tn polls an dhriven thin
firm power. Well, there's wan consolation
about it all-the country won't last long.
l noticed tn other day it had begun to
crack. Whin it sinks. ye'ers thruly will be
near tn edge, ready to jump off. Anyhow,
it don't matther much Th' American peo-
pie ar-re all gettin' to be Indyans again.
Walkin' down to-day 1 obsarved twinty-
two people who looked to me like Indyans.
Mex week 1 intind to verify me con-
clusyons be buyin' picture iv an Indyan.
But I'm intirely convinced that in three or
four years, at Taste. we'll all be livin' in
wickey-ups an scalpin' each other. With
these few remarks, let as inqnirers f'r
knowledge go out an commit suicide on tn
futball field. Ruh-ruh-ruh-ruh-ruh Bazzy-
bazoo Tuftsp
II like it. Hinnissy What 1 like most
about it is that a colledge professor niver
speaks firm impulse. He thinks ivrything
out thurly befure announcin' his opinyon.
Th' theery iv me larned frind down in
Rockyfellar's colledge that very soon ye'd
see me r-rushin' down Archey Road with
a tommyhawk in me hand thryin' to thrade
off pony fr a wife an wife f'r bottle
iv wood alcohol. didn't leap out iv his
gr-reat brain in a scandalous hurry. He
pondered it long an carefully. TIL idee
sthruck him at breakfast, while he was
eatin' his prunes. an did not machure till
he was half through with tn ham an eggs.
So with Professor Windhaul He didn't land
on Lincoln till he was sure iv his ground
He first made inquiries an found out that
there was such a man. Thin he looked fr
his name among tn graduates iv Harvard.
Thin he bumped him. It's good thing
Lincoln was dead befure he was assaulted
He niver wud have survived tn attack
Its fine thing fr tn young men who
set at tn feet iv these larned docks. A lit
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

~ tc1. II uuSI De gran
Wv ding to be a oollsdss
prohssor"
Not much. to do"
-sid Nr- Hennessy.
But gr-reat deal to say" said Mr.. Doc
,sy. "Ivry day tn minyit pick up me
9a-sper, zfther I've read tn criminal an
other pollytickzal news. tn spoortin' news,
rh' rale estate advertisements, tn invitation
tr'm III cultured foreign gent to meet the
American lady " some means (object. a
mztther " more money!. tn spoortin' news
over again. thin tn iditorysls, 1 hasten to
hnd out what tn colledge professor had to
say yesterday I wisht tn iditor wud put
il n IN same column iv tn pa-aper ivry
day Thin he wudden't have 10 collect amy
other funny column Humorous Professor
Windhaul " Harvard makes savidge at
tack on Abraham Lincoln AS II is, I some
times have 10 hunt through tn pa-aper FIRM
III Newport scandal on page wan. TO tn
religious notes. on page two hundherd an
four, befure I come acrost me favrite funny
ssyin's iv funny fellows.
I've been collectin' these vurruds ". wis
dom fr long time, Hinnissy, an I'm now
prepared to deliver ye a sample cOlledge
lecture on al subjecks firm tn creation iv
n wurruld- Young gintlemen: I will be-
gin be sayin' that I have me doubts about
th' vzryOus stories consarnin' tn creation iv
III wurruld- In tn first place. I dismiss
with loud laugh the theery that it was
created IN six days. I cud make such
poor wurruld as this IN two days with
scroll saw Akelly preposterous is tn idee
that il wasn't made at all, but grew up out
~ nawthin' Ne idee is that tn wurruld is
a chunk " til sun that was Clipped of be
a ooliisyon with til moon, cooled down an
advertised # roomers. As TO its age, diff
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

lived to see the folly Of his epigram
and was manly enough to acknowledge
it.
Wanted-Honest farmersl So many
and probably the most successful OF
our citizens were reared on the farm
Many Of the homeIy virtues of truth
fulness and fair dealing were inculcat-
ed there. Yet deceptions do not all cIus-
ter around city halls Not all farmers
are honest. We may we'll plead for
more honesty in those agriculturists
who are not over scrupulous.
Wanted-Honest merchantsl A nner-
chant can TO the last item be honest
There is never any need Of falsehOod
Misrepresentation. Yet how many lies
were told yesterday over the counters
Of our commercial establishments,
While considered insignificant because
relating to insignificant sales. the man
who told them compromised himself
and picked his own pocket
Wanted-Honest men and women not
only behind the counter, but before the
counter; honest employers and honest
employees; honest lawyers, honest doc
tors and honest preachers.
"An honest mans the noblest work
of God" sang Pope; and Burns putt
IAN honest man, though ne'er sac
poor, is king of men for a that"
And both were quite in line with the
Great Teachers precept. DO unto 9TH
ers as ye would have others do-ane
you
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

Young men have often stiff battle
to fight. 1t is not an easy matter in
these days to get just into the groove
we would like. Success in any line is
difficult Of attainment. Competition
is excessive and numbers find it hard
to make living. But 1 am bound to
say that given probity and persever-
ance, I have never yet seen a man go
to re wall. I have met with plenty
of young men in trouble, but in most
cases there was some moral defect
With business honeycombed with
fraudulence, with swindling elevated to
almost a science, with employers who
have one code of virtue for domestic
life and another for business, with so
many cheating all around them, it
takes courageous fidelity to principle
to maintain rigid integrity. 1t is not
soldiers that do all the nghting. A
man may stand without fiinching near
the cannon's mouth, or bear without a
coward in the presence of temptation.
To stand with manly firmness -four
square to all the winds that blow" to
refuse to bulge one inch across the
lire of principle. displays a nobler
quality than all the mere animal pluck
of the soldier, who
Faces fearful odds
For the ashes Of his fathers
And the temples Of his gods.
Such young men there are in San
Francisco to-day.
From letters that 1 am continually