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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
Legumes on Stock Farms.

In some Delaware tests it was shown
that alfalfa, cowpeas and crimson
clover were great factors in reducing
the concentrated feed bills of dairy
men and other stockmen. 1t was
shown that the maximum crops of al
falfa yielded 1890 pounds of protein
per acre or an equivalent of ~ tons
of cottonseed meal. The maximum
crops of cowpeas and crimson clover
contained each about 725 pounds OF
protein. A crop of clover and one OF
peas may be made into hay annually
from the same acre of land, hence
where alfalfa fails to thrive these
crops may be used as a substitute
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
When to Feed the Fowls.

Feed at regular hours, giving the
highest meal in the morning, as it is
better to have the fowls little hungry
rather than overfed, SO as to induce
them to work for scattered grains. 1t
is no. advisable to feed at noon. The
heaviest feed for poultry should be at
night, as rest and quiet favor diges-
ton, while a full stomach is the best
protection against cold during winter
nights. If any corn is given, it should
be at night. In winter it will be all
the better if it is warmed and some
of it charred. At night, when exercise
is impossible, no unnecessary burden
should be placed on the system. In
the morning it is better to feed poultry
with grain scattered among straw, thus
compelling them to scratch for it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03

TSAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLen-
l. nan county, Texas, has lived for ia
years. In speaking Of his good
health and extreme old age, Mr.. Brock
says:
"Peruna exactly meets all my require
ments. 1t protects me from the evil ef-
fects of sudden changes; it keeps me in
good appetite; it gives me strength; it
keeps my blood in good circulation. l
have come to rely upon it almost en-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
IMPROVING SEED CORN.
Experiments Demonstrate That Sc
lection Is an Important Factor
in Securing Good Crops.

In the Year Book of 1902 Prof. C. p.
Hartley gives the result of six breeding
experiments made to improve corn BY
seed selection. A stalk of Pedric Golden
Beauty corn, producing exceptionally
broad leaves, was fertilized with pollen
from the same plant, and the seed from
he resulting ear produced plants exhibit
ing the same character.
The seed from these plants produced
broad-leaved plants.
In one experiment three short and
very leafy stalks of tall-growing white
dent corn were cross-pollinated one with
another. The resulting seed produced
plants resembling the parent stalks.
The test of seed ears varying in the
percentage of shelled corn showed that
each seed ear transmitted its character
in this respect to its offspring. Another
test of seed ears showed that, the longer
the seed ear, the greater was the average
length of the ears produced.
Experiments have been made to test
the extent to which the size of the
germ can be transmitted. The results
almost without exception showed the
germs of the progeny of the large
germed ears to be plainly larger than
those of the progeny of the small
germed ears.
The individuality of kernels was
studied by planting red and white ker-
nels from a spotted ear of white dent.
About one-half of the ears produced
had kernels like those planted, and the
rest of the ears were white. In a second
test of this kind various kernels of
hybrid ear followed the same rule of
tiers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
STRONG HARNESS HOOK.

close up to each side of the iron brace.
Then the bolts are taken from the cross
piece and the loose end of the iron is
bent straight down. When putting the
shaft on the barn wall turn it upside
down and use spikes through the two
holes in the iron where the bolts were
taken out, as shown in the cut. These
hooks are neat, and stout enough 10
hold heavy set of work harnesses.
We have used them for several years and
the strongest point in the economy line
is the safety in having new shafts when
driving high spirited horses these frosty
mornings.-Farm and Home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
CLAMP FOR LEATHER WORK.

may be made from old light traces. A
bellyband for chain harness would
have large loop at one end instead of
q buckle. -
A back band for pillow harness may be
made from old leather or rubber belt
ing. The leather betting, if pretty fair,
will make good traces.
These hints are not for repairing val
liable new harness. One should be very
careful about riveting on these. The il
lustration shows how made clamp for
sewing harness from two kerosene bar
rel slaves fitted in block so the bolts will
draw at least one-fourth inch. This
makes it clamp the work at top. Use two
hree-eighth-inch bolts. This clamp, if
properly made, will hold any part of the
harness while being sewed.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
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REPAIRING HARNESS.
Many Odd Jobs Can Be Done at Home
by Farmers Who Are Willing
to Learn.

Most premises have old leather traces
about, and number of parts Of harness,
such as breast, pole and holdback straps,
can be made of these, by one handy at
such work. Select a piece long enough
for breast strap, fasten a snap at one
end; 18 or 20 inches from this snap cut
away all but the best outside ply, rivet
a buckle, punch a number of holes, and
there you are. The pole and holdbacks
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03

In a recent letter from Gil G street,
s. w., Washington, D. c., this vener-
able gentleman says of Peruna:
whave tried Peruna after having
tried i'm vain other remedies for ca.
farrh, and can say without reser-
walton that never felt symptom
of relief until / had given Peruna
the simple trial that its advocates
advise. / do not believe it has a
superior, either as q remedy for ca.
farrh or as a tonic for the depressed
and exhausted condition which is
one of the effects of the disease. "
|-Beniamin F. Hawkes..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03

tirely for the many little things for
which need medicine.
when epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their appearance in this
country l was a sufferer from this dis
ease.
81 had several long sieges with the
grip. At first l did not know that
Peruna was a remedy for this disease.
When l heard that la grippe was cpl
demic catarrh, l tried Peruna for la
grippe, and found it to be just the
thing. Isaac Brock.
Pe-ru-na Used in the Family for
Years.
Mrs. E. West, 1877 Main street. Menasha,
Wis, writes: I'VE have used Peruna in
our family for a number of years and
when l say that it is fine medicine
for catarrh and colds, know what l
am talking about. have taken it every
spring and fall for four years and
find that it keeps me robust, strong,
with splendid appetite, and free from
any illness. A few years ago it cured
me Of catarrh of the stomach, which
the doctors had pronounced incurable.
am very much pleased with Peruna.
am 81 years old."-Mrs. E. West.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
HANDY HARNESS HOOKS.
Made of Old Buggy Shafts and Quit.
Strong Enough to Sustain
Considerable Weight.

Old buggy shafts can be made into
harness hooks. Buy new shafts instead
of repairing the old ones with baling wire
For harness hooks the crosapiece OF
wood under the single tree that connects
the two shafts is sawed out entirely,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03

Salt should be in constant supply.
Sheep like good, clean and warm quar-
ters In winter and plenty of good fod-
der.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
IA C0MRADE OF GENERAL GRANT
Says: 81 Do Not Believe Pe-ru-na Has
Superior for Catarrh."
Pe-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially Adapted to the
Declining Powers of
Old Ace.

IN OlQ age the MUCOUS memOTdueS Dc-
come thickened and partly lose their
function.
This leads to partial loss Of hearing,
smell and taste, as well as digestive dis
turbances.
Peruna corrects all this by it's specific
operation on all the mucous membranes
of the body.
One bottle will convince anyone. Once
used and Peruna becomes a lifelong
standby with old and young.
Mrs. F.. E. Little, Tolona, ILL.,. writes:
81 can recommend Peruna as a good
chronic catarrh Of ATRAfIFR
the stomach and AT STvNIy.oNe
bowels have
been troubled Sc 'tA6o VI "t'
verely with it for
over a year, and also cough. Now my
cough is all gone, and all the distressing
symptoms of catarrh Of the stomach
and bowels have disappeared. l will
recommend it to all as rare remedy. l
am so we'll am contemplating trip to
Yellow Stone Park this coming season.
How is that for one II years old?"
In later letter she says: 81 am only
too thankful to you for your kind advice
and for the good health that l am en-
joying wholly from the use Of your Pc
runa. Have been out to the Yellow
Stone National Park and many other
places of the west. and shall always
thank you for your generosity."-Mrs.
F. E. Little.
Strong and Vigorous at the Age Of
lightweight.
Rev. J. N. Parker, Utica, N. Y, writes:
"In June, 1901, l lost my sense of hear
ing entirely. My hearing had been some
what impaired for several years, but not
so much affected but that could hold
converse with my friends; but in June,
1901, my sense of hearing left me so that
| could hear no sound whatever. l was
also troubled with severe rheumatic
pains in my limbs. l commenced taking
Peruna and now my hearing is restored
as good as it was prior to June, 1901. My
rheumatic pains are all gone. cannot
speak too highly of Peruna, and now
when Lightweight years old can say it
has invigorated my whole system"
Rev. J. N. Parker.
Mr.. w. B. Schnader, of Terre Hill, Pa,
writes:
81 got sick every winter, and had a
spell of cold in February, 1899, could
not do anything for almost two months.
In December, 1899, l saw one of your books
about your remedies. Then wrote to
DR.. Hartman for advice, and he wrote
that should commence the use of Pc
runa, and how to take care of myself.
l. Il did not lose one day last winter that
I could not tend to my stock. am sixty
three years old, and cannot thank you
too much for whatyou have donefor me-"
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus, o.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03
w. l. DOUGLAS
$50 &s3 SHOES Y EsSE

w. l.. Douglas
shoes have by their
excellent style,
easy-ftting, a n d
superior wearing
qualities, achieved
the largest sale of
any shoes in the
world.
They are just as good
as those that cost you
81 to the only
difference is the price.
Sold Everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
Douglas uses Corona
Coltskin, which is eve
ha tho Roack D.A-A -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03

Behavior is a mirror in which everyone
displays his image.-Goethe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-03

m e d i c | ne I or
chronic catarrh of
the stomach and
bowels. l h ave
been troubled Sc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27

ocratic party under the Clevelani adj
m:n;stration swept from our stature
books all the reciprocity treaties that
this country then had and notwith-
standing the very patent business
axiom that reciprocity is never possible
until we first have a republican rro-
tact've schedule to trade for reciprocal
concessions. Judge Parker. democratic
candidate for president, believes in the
reciprocity of Blaine and Mckinney!
Verify the business interests o: the
east have found their safe maa. lie
bore MS his tariff policy 'rom the two
greatest statesmen the republican par
ty ever produced. But what II Judge
Parker were elected? Could he ana
wound he control the lie ratio party {!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27

to be transmitted, preferably on a film
and on the latter is a sensitive photo
graphic film. A fine ray of light con-
centrated by lens from a suitably ar
ranged Nernst lamp, penetrates the
first film and strikes a selenium cell
inside of the hollow glass cylinder. The
selenium cell is connected in series
with an accumulation battery, the line
wire and current indicator at the re-
ceiving station. Upon rotation of the
hollow cylinder the light rays describ-
es spiral line Of very small pitch on
the film like the stylus of the gramo-
phone. In proportion to the blackening
of the film the light ray is weakened
more or less, the resistance of the
selenium cell raised accordingly, and
the current in the transmission line
shows corresponding recinrocal
changes.
The time required for reproducing a
photograph is at present half an hour.
The transmission line, may of course.
be used at the same time for telephony.
Photographs have been successfully
transmitted over a four-foId line be-
tween Munich and Nuremburg, the re-
sistance of the complete loop being
5000 ohms. The time of transmission
may be considerably diminished by de-
creasing the DETECTING and Indicating
powers of the galvanometer. The time
required for the transmission of hand
writing or drawings is only one twen-
tieth of that necessary for pictures.
At present 500 words can easily be
transmitted in one hour. BY operating
the high tension relay directly by the
line current an improvement can be
effected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
: Topics Of the Times
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The weather seems likely to beat
Port Arthur to 1t.
Professor Melchnikoff's alleged dis
covery that sour milk is productive CT
longevity offers the suspicion that lie is
in league with the milkman.
Without taking into consideration
the fact that in these dull political
times any sort of target is acceptable
the Oskaloosa Times Journal con-
graduates it's party over the attention
Mr.. Brewster has attracted from re-
publican newspapers. Brewster is
we'll worth the notice he has received
but the Journal should remember that
it's mighty dry hunting this fall and
the republicans are likely to take a
shot at anything that moves. There is
real scarcity of large game.
rs a cord of wood much, pop?"
"Well. my son, it all depends en-
whether you are burning it or chopp;ng
it."-Rams Horn.
Harvey w. scott of Portland. Ore
ong. has been telling the New Workers
1.-The west is now solid for Roosevelt.
He will get. in my opinion, every cleo
toral vote of the Pacific and Rocky
Mountain states. With Nevada / am
not so well acquainted, and 1 hear an
attempt has been made a fusion there
which possibly might carry for Parker
the three electoral votes of that state.
Still, find Nevada men who say it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
e. 20 MvA.5A-s.<
Emergency Medicines.

1t is a great convenience to have at
hand reliable remedies for use in cases
of accident and for slight injuries and
ailments. A good liniment and one
that is fast becoming a favorite if not
a household necessity is Chamberlain
Pain Balm. BY applying it promptly
to a cut, bruise or burn it allays the
pain and causes the injury to heal in
about third the time usually re-
quired, and as it is an antiseptic it pre-
vents any danger of blood poisoning.
When Pain Balm is kept at hand a
sprain may be treated before inf1ama-
nation sets in, which insures a quick
recovery. For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
:uuu yims2ephfrat qlarshatnub a7 spen,bnr 77D

thousand unsuspecting doctors take
advantage of railroad unsuspecting in
nocence.
When the telegraphers and operators
and railroad agents finally fixed up
matters with the railroad managers it
seemed great victory for the boys.
Now twelve hours Is full day, and
extra time is paid for at % cents an
hour and that long disputed question
of whether the operators or section
men should take care of and put out
and take up the switch lights, was sat
isfactorily arranged. SO was the UNI
derstanding reached on helpers, stu
DENTS and all other matters hereto
fore in dispute But now 1t would
seem as tho while the operators fixed
things to suit themselves, the railroad
companies also knew what they wers
doing. For instance if a passenger
train arrives at 1880 in the evening
in a small town, where the agent is
'.the whole push" said agents working
hours commence 1880 a. m. ana
end 1880 p. m. No extra time that
way Again. in many very small sta
tons the railroads get along without
operators. merely hiring some grain
dealer or coal dealer TO act as agent,
say 80 minutes before train time. In
one town the agent gets $40 per month
whereas when an operator, ie, tele-
graph operators was employed there
formerly the wages paid were $40 per
month. In this referred to case, the
railroad company cannot afford to pay
an agent $40 per month, not business
enough. Some of the operators tel!
the writer that the railroads actually
are saving money. by the new arrange
ment, altho individual operators are
earning more money.
On some branch roads in Iowa a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
CONTROL NOT ELIMINATE.

Writing to the T.-R. from a small
town in northern Iowa, a correspondent
offers the argument that the middlemen
merchants, jobbers, etc, are the bane
Of both producer and consumer. He
complains that he can not sell a car
ket, but must trust a commission man
and that he is unable to buy from the
factory but must purchase of a retailer
He believes that the utter elimination
Of the middleman would result in huge
benefit and splendid profit to those who
produce and consume the fruits Of each
others toll.
It is favorite but fallacious argu-
ment of the superficial observer to at
tribute all the evils Of distribution to
the middleman. The fact is that he is
as much necessity of Twentieth CEN
fury development as trains, telephones
and mail service. He is means of
rapid communication. He is the med
ium thru which quick exchange is
made, a modern convenience and time
saver. If his share of profit in the dis
tribution of labor is too high, if his
services cost too much, he becomes n
burden on producer or consumer or on
both, but he is as much needed as
transportation. Indeed he is a product
Of transportation and exchange of
products between producers. 1t is he
who trades Iowa farmers corn for the
manufactured wheat of the Minnesota
1fnit from California and conducts the
rapid and almost invisible exchange of
commodities that make to the COM
fort and profit of each. The elimination
of the middleman would be a return
to first principles and half civilization.
It Is he who trades six or seven BUSH
els OF Iowa corn for key of Pennsyl-
varia nails, and half bushel of Iowa
apples for a pane of Pittsburg window
glass. He swaps an Iowa horse for a
binder made in Chicago, and changes
an Iowa oat field into threshing ma
chine built in Ohio. It is his knowledge
and acquaintanceship and skill as
salesman that brings the top price
on the car of hogs at the big markets.
He takes the output Of factories and
distributes it to our convenience and
his own profit, opens up a new mar
kets, leases production into action, and
creates commerce. He is a trade neces-
sity.
It is only when he becomes the auto
crat of commerce that he is burden
and an actual danger. When he COM
bines to control commerce, limit pro-
duction and constitutes himself the ar
bitter of competition he is force in the
wrong direction, and an evil to be
abated. But his is force to be con-
trolled and guided into beneficence, not
eliminated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
solemnity Of Fairbanks.
IEverybody's Magazine.

The solemenity of Fairbanks is
more than skin deep. 1t is constitu-
tional For instance, he has never In
his life made speech in which he
has not mentioned a graveyard or
coffin. His nomination to the vice
presidency does not seem to have bro
ken the spell. The other day, Wheh
his fellow citizens of Indianapolis me.
to express the honor they felt he mao
conferred upon them by accepting the
vice presidency, he began his response
thus:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: In yondef
c,tv Of the dead, where are laid the
bodies of so many of the great leaa-
ers of the republican party
At this inopportune moment some
carping scoundrel laughed. bu. :, uh,
less Senator Fairbanks reads this'
doubt If he will ever know why.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27

1T protect American citizens abroad
any better than Perdicaris was pro-
tected from the devilish bandits of
northern Africa? Vote for Roosevelt
and national and international great
ness for your country"
Noting LATE Young success as a
spellbinder, the Mason City Globe Ga
zette concludes that Lafayette spell
binds not in skiver but the genuine ar
ticle.
Democrats would care less about
Tom Watson's speeches If he did not
tell so many truths about their short
comings," says the Ottumwa Courier.
Calamity bowling has had it's day.
the Clinton Age concludes. TT drove
the democratic party to defeat Then
the democrats tried it on the republic
cans. but it didn't work. So we may
set it down as a fixed fact that calam-
ity bowling had its day