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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
PLAN FOR STERILIZING SOIL.

going for over two hours. Next in or
der is a good eight or ten-horse power
boiler, also box sufficiently large to
be ten inches clear of pipe on all sides
and two feet deep. This should not be
termed a box, although it is box
shaped. Floor should be Independent,
sides and ends also, so it can be re-
moved with less labor. Fill half full
of soil 10 be sterilized, lay on your
pipe coil, and cover with strips Of bur-
lap to keep perforations from becom-
ing clogged. Now fill box full of soil,
cover with canvas or a tight board
cover, and weight down. Make con-
nection with good hose from boiler
to coil, fire up till you have not less
than 40 pounds pressure, and keep it
there till finished if possible. This
operation will require nearly or quite
2A hours. 1t should be kept steadily
heating till all soil in the inclosIre,
corners, ends and every particle, is
heated to over 200 degrees, and when
this has been reached for a short time,
soy lCh "a ! WILL guar
antee that about everything in it is
cooked, even to ones finger nails,
should you attempt to try it that way
l know, for l have been there. Soil
treated to this process must be, and is
absolutely pure; free from all foul
seeds, insects and germs. There may
be other nd even better ways of do
ing this work, but this was the way
l did it, and it works well for small
operations.-C. c. Hulsart, in Rural
New Yorker
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
WoMAN'S SOCIAL SLAVERY.
She Must Give and Take Measure for
Measure in Calls, Invi-
tations, Etc.

q can't help wishing" said woman
who values her friendships, that we
women could rid ourselves of the debit
and credit system in our exchange Of
visits and letters.
Perhaps it is relic of my Quaker
ancestry, but feel as if in the paying Of
| visits and the writing of letters I would
| like to be moved by the spirit rather
than impelled by the mere circumstance
of Indebtedness. Often l feel as If
could really enjoy an hours chat with q
call keeps me at home, for l lack the
courage to face her well bred surprise
over my forgetting the conventionali-
ties.
"On the other hand, 1t may happen
that more than the accepted length Of
time has elapsed since I visited an &C.
quaintance. Then 1 am sure, when do
go to see her, to feel chilly atmosphere
Of injured wonder as to why have not
called before.
No one more thoroughly enjoys writ
ing long letters to her family and friends
than l do, but there are days, even
weeks at a time, when the mechanical
pushing of pen is irksome, and long
for some power of telepathy to commu-
nicate with my friends at a distance.
To force oneself to write letters at such
time seems almost a sin.
1 know one woman who actually
averages letter day the year through.
II she misses writing her daily stint on
week days she forthwith makes up for
it by grinding out seven letters on Sum
day. could not consent to become such
a mechanical letter writing machine az
that
i think we women might learn a les
son from our husbands and brothers.
For instance, at dinner my husband viii
say: oh, by the way, So-and-So
dropped into the Office, and We went out
to lunch together. Hadn't seen him for
ever so long. Had a good visit with
him, and he wished to be remembered
to you. Fine fellow. Always enjoy
meeting him. Or, had a line to-day
from What's His Name. He's out on the
Pacific coast; been there six months.
It's the first time I've heard from him
since he left New York. I'm glad he's
found the place he deserves
Imagine such ease of social relations
between two women! With us it is for
ever give and take, pound for pound.
In the realm of calls and correspondence
there is no such being as an emancipated
woman"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.

Use plenty of land plaster. Clean the
stalls at least twice day.
Utilize all food to help carry the cows
in winter quarters in the best health and
thrift
Sour apples may be fed to cows, but
very carefully, as they sometimes make
the mouth sore.
Let all the sunshine in the stables that
is possible Dark stables are always
damp. Damp stables are an abomina-
ton.
Exposure to cold. storms and short,
frost-bitten pastures will reduce cows
so much that the whole winter will be i
loss.
Look out as the cold nights come that
the COWS are in their stalls and have a
good supply of fodder; all they will eat
up clean.
The COW stable should be kept so clean
and so we'll ventilated that the absence
of disagreeable odor will be noticeable
1t is easy-try it.
Make the stable more comfortable for
the coming winter; see that the win
dows are we'll fitted and the broken
glass renewed before the frosty days
come
Arrange a warm, sunny, coy corner
for the calves, and give them chance
to be happy and thrifty. Their future
usefulness depends upon it.-Dorothy
Tucker, in Farm Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
Crab Apple Preserves.

Select only perfect apples, wash care
fully and place in preserving kettle
with little water; cover closely and
simmer until the apples turn yellow;
then take them out and allow to cool.
Then pare and core them. Place fresh
grape leaves in the bottom of the pre-
serving kettle and put the apples on
these and pour in water in which they
were first cooked; allow them to simmer
until tender, but do not let them boil
When cooked weigh them and allow tc
each pound of fruit one pound of best
granulated sugar. Put the sugar in a
saucepan with just enough water to dis.
solve it and stir over the fire until the
sugar is melted. then boil and skim I'M
til clear. Add fruit and cook slowly I'M
I'll clear and very tender. Place in jars
and pour over the hot strip and SEAL
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
BUDGET OF MAxIMs.

Rather than say nothing, men are con-
tent to speak i'll Of themselves.
A proud man can never be loser; no
not even when he renounces his pride.
1t is much less for mans honor to dis
trust his friends than to be deceived by
them.
Few people have the wisdom to like
reproofs that would do them good better
than praises that do them hurt.
1t is with true love, as with ghosts and
apparitions, thing that everybody
talks of and scarce anybody hath seen.
The most disinterested love is, after
all, but kind of bargain in which the
dear love of our own selves always pro-
poses to be the gamer some way or 9TH
er.-Rochefoucauld.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
OHIO FARMERS PROTEST.
He Deplores Improper Use of Road
Graders and Tells How Trouble
May Be Avoided.

Road scrapers or graders are like
many other good things; used in the
proper manner they are all right, but
when used improperly they are unmit.
igated nuisances. Two weeks ago, TAX
ing drive into neighboring county
l CHANGED to drive over a road that
was the cause of this article; it was
what is known in our part Of the state
as mud road, / e., one that has never
been piked, just graded by poll tax
and regular road tax and then a mar
row coat of gravel put on, a little at a
time, from year to year, until in the
course of time it is all graveled. But
by the time the last is graveled the
first is worn out.
Now. on road like the above some
officer who had the authority to do so
took road scraper and went over
the road, keeping the outside edge of
the scraper at the line made by the
meeting of the gravel and sod along
side the gravel on each side of the
center of the gravel or grade, thus cut
ting the roadway from two to six
inches lower at the edge than the sod
along the edge.
Not only is the road made unpleas-
ant to drive over, but there Is a chan
mel or gutter cut Immediately at each
edge of the gravel, which at each sue
ceeding rain will widen and deepen
and in the course of few weeks or
months badly injure the road and
grade.
superintendent do in a case like that
If not use a scraper? That is very
easy to answer. Take a very heavy
roller and roll the road several times,
going on each side of the center of the
grade, leaving it slightly higher than
the sides, thus making water shed
like a roof, so the water will run of
on each side into the side ditch at once
instead of running along the top of
the road for perhaps 200 or 300 yards
until it finds an outlet to the side
ditch; of course the rolling will have
to be done when the ground is soft,
at least soft enough for the roller to
press the ridges down. think the
government should publish books and
plans on road making and compel road
superintendents to study them and fol-
low lneir Instructions; then We would
have substantial roads built and re-
paired in a uniform way and no cost
ly mistakes to pay for. s. Hill, In
OHIO Farmer. -...:-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
RECOGNITION.

There is glory and song from the gathering
throng
For the man who with fortune is blest:
But there's scarcely word. as we journey
along,
For the fellow that's doing his best:
For the man who is striving Is lonely and
hid.
Forgot by the folk he Is dwelling amid.
And in. life's competition. for years there
no bid
For the fellow that's doing his best.
But he waits and he tolls without thought
Of the spells.
And rejoices In honest earned rest
And at last the world calls, in the midst of
its broi!s.
On the fellow that's doing his best
And the creature Of chance or the minion
of power
Fades away, discarded and delicate
flower,
And the man who steps forth as the man
of the hour
Is the fellow that's doing his best
washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
Corn and Sunfiower Silage.

The value of the sunflower as food for
animals is being recognized much more
generally than in the past. One diff
Guilty has been the lack of satisfactory
method of harvesting and feeding the
crop. Animals are very fond of both
the seed and the coarser part of the
plant and it is a very nutritious crop.
No other farm crop contains so high a
combined percentage of protein and fat.
If the stems as well as the seed can be
secured in a suitable condition for feed
ing purposes the total yield of crop per
acre that can be secured will certainly
be large. Some dairymen have been ex-
perimenting with mixture of corn and
sunfowers grown together for silage,
and the reports indicate satisfactory
results, an increased yield Of superior
ensilage being obtained over that pro-
duced by corn alone.-Prairie Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
Good Advice from Missouri.

A farmer tells the Sedalia Capital that
he rid his farm of rats in the following
manner: coz very large number OF
pieces of old shingles put about one
half teaspoonful of molasses, and on
that, with my pocketknife, scraped a
small amount Of concentrated I've, and
then placed the old shingles around un-
der the stable floors and under the cribs.
The next morning found some 40 dead
rats, and the rest vamosed the farm.
have cleared many farms OF the pests In
the same way, and have never known Il
to fail"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
Pepper Nuts.

Separate the whites and yolks of three
eggs; beat the yolks until thick and the
whites until stiff, then mix lightly to-
gether. Beat in gradually one pound Of
sugar and nuts. fruits and spices to taste.
and add a pinch of salt. Sift very care
fully three cupfuls of -four with two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder, and mix
this In the batter until the dough looks
crumbly. Pinch off small pieces OF this
about the size of walnut and place on
buttered tins. Bake in moderately hot
oven for 20 minutes, and dust over with
powdered sugar.-People's Home Jour-
nal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
The Proper Care of Milk.

At the Kansas station it was found
that a cubic inch Of milk contained half
a million germs, and that the germs
multiplied so rapidly as to require II
fieures to indicate the number that
would result from single germ in IL
hours; hence cleanliness and cooling the
milk Immediately are important. II
not cooled the bacteria will double in
number in 20 minutes. 1t is claimed If
milk is kept at 40 degrees above zero 1t
will remain sweet week, as the germs
do not grow at 80 degrees, but very slow
" at so degrees, and only slowly at SO
degrees. If milk can be kept at 60 de-
|grees it will be q very great advantage.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
BLOOD WILL TELL
A THEORY SUPPORTED BY FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
Recent Instance Proves That n Woman'sI
Happiness is Largely Dependent on the
State of Her Blood.

A Recent Instance Proves That n Woman's|
Happiness Is Largely Dependent on the
State of Her Blood.
When the blood is disordered every,
organ Of the body is affected unfavorably
and fails to discharge its functions
properly. In the case of every woman
nature has made special provision for q
periodical publication of the blood and
SO long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight cause as a cold or a
nervous shock may produce a suppress
sion of this vital function and until it is
restored she is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
and effective i'll all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
of No. S07 Indiana street, Lawrence,
Kansas, concerning which she speaks as
follows:
"In the winter of 1902, from some
unknown cause, there was a cessation
of functions peculiar to my sex for Pc
riod of four months. I became very
weak and could not get up stairs with
out help. had nausea and pain and q
constant headache. I was under the
care of a physician for three months,
but he did not succeed in curing me.
Then lady friend told me about the
merits of DR.. Williams Pink Pills which
she had used in her family and she in
duced me to try them. 1t was in May
when first began to use them and in
June had fully recovered my health,
and have since remained perfectly
we'll"
In all cases Of delayed development Of
young girls in an2mia or weakness due
to impoverished blood and showing it
self i'll pallor, lack Of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness; also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known as the change Of life,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are Invaluable
Tor women, whose health is always
closely dependent on the state Of the
blood. They are sold by all drug
5ists. A booklet Of valuable informa-
zion, relating to the care III woman's
health at all important periods, and en-
titled "Plain Talks to Women" will be
sent free in a sealed envelope to any one
who chooses CuNvrite for it to the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady, N. Y.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27

Mothers prejudiced," said George
thoughtfully. But she don't know you
yet. Clara!"
He spoke with the perennial bouy-
Rncy of lovers. But in truth he spoke
more hopefully than he felt
He knew-none better-the rock
ribbed, New England granite of his
mothers character and her furious
scorn Of foreigners, especially the clasi
she called them nasty Dutchmen."
But she's been wantin' me to get
married." he reflected, lever since father
died. Maybe she'll take it kind of
easy"
Indeed Mrs. Stevens had been heard
to remark that it was high time George
was choosing companion. But when
was Clara Hartmann her wrath knew
no bounds.
You'll never bring a Dutch girl
here" she said. closing her thin lips
with a snap.
I'm not askin' to bring anybody
here" retorted George. I'm goin' to
build on the southeast go"
You'll never get cent O. my money
unless you give that creature up!"
81 don't want your money! But I
hate to have you feel so. mother!"
II amt goin' to have 1t, George!"
vowed the mother.
George Stevens was a dutiful son.
but maternal authority in these matters
Is not in Iowa what 1t Is in France.
Work was begun on his house. and
what leisure he had was spent with Clara
He still lived with his mother, for both
Of them dreaded more definite rupture.
But Mrs. Stevens could not resist per-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27

stalks before blowing. A very effec-
tive roller may be made of a barrel or
keg, as shown in the picture. Run a
steel rod through the center of barrel
heads as indicated, and attach to this
handles of an old push cart. If such
handles are not available they may
be made substantially as shown.
Where additional weight is required
stone or other weight may be sus-
pended to rod inside.-N. E. Home
stead.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
Judicial Inexperience.

A strapping negro woman was up be-
fore q magistrate, charged with unmer-
cifully beating her boy.
81 don't understand how you can have
the heart to treat your own child so cru
ely" said the magistrate.
"Jedge, has you been a parent Of a
wilfless yaller boy like dat ar, cub of
miner"
"Never-no, never!" with great We
hemence, and getting red in the face).
Den don't talk; you don't know nuf-
6n about it."-Philadelphia Ledger,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
CHURCH PERSONALS.

The father of Nicola Tesla, the noted
electrician, was a priest in the Greek
church.
John Murdoch, LII. D., founder and
secretary of the Indian Christian Lit
erature society, is dead at Madras,
aged IS years.
The federation of the 4S Protestant
states churches Of Germany is con-
templated. There is at present no or
ganic connection. The proposed plan
will not touch the confession Of faith.
Rev. S. Sugihara is pastor of Jap
anese Methodist Episcopal church in
Portland, Ore. His people, who are
mostly domestic servants or day labor.
ers, have made great sacrifices tc
raise $1,000 toward a church build
ing.
Rev. l.. Lochner, of Chicago, has
Just returned home after establishing
a Lutheran synod in Brazil. During
FIVE months spent in Brazil he trav-
eled 500 miles Dy wagon and on foot
to consolidate Is Lutheran churches
In tnat country.
The Rev. A. Tighe Gregory, LII. B.,
vicar of Bawdsey and curate of Ram
shott. Suffolk, has for 81 years taken
three full services with sermons every
Sunday. Even now, at the age of 80,
he cycles or drives seven miles to his
second church.
Miss Mary Jameson, daughter of a
Presbyterian clergyman in Rochester,
N. Y, has been adopted in the Deer
clan of the Seneca Indians, receiving
the name of AhWae-Agwas, which
means Picking Flowers Out Of the
Water" For the last few summers
Miss Jameson has been accustomed to
visit the Indians and hold religious
services on Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
A FAMILY
TRAIT
By LAURA L. HINKLEY
Copyright, 1904. by Daily Story Pub. Coz

TIE WAS TIE only child OF the white
house on the hill, part owner>and
part heir to 600 acres of the best farm
ing land IN Iowa
She was one of the numerous Ger
man brood in the tiny brown house be-
low. owner of nothing but the clothes
on her shapely back.
1t had come about romantically-so
different from ordinary going toseth-
er''-chiefiy by series of (ostensibly)
accidental meetings at the pasture edge
when Clara was driving home the cows.
He had loved her, it seemed, ever
since they went to school together at
the corner school house, when he was
one of the big boys on the back seat.
and she the littlest girl in the primer
class. shaking her yellow curls and
answering the teachers questions with
timid "Ja!"
When he tenderly reminded her Of
this, Clara blushed. You oughtn't to
joke me about that, George. Specially
when your mother hates Germans So"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
Rates Lower and Service Equal to
the Best, to All Points East

via the Nickel Plate Road Up-to-dat.
train service consisting OF Three Thru Ex
CO Coaches and superb dining ny "a and Sleeping
cars offering quick and comfortable trip
to Fl. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo,
New York, Boston and intermediate sta
tions. Individual club meals served in
Dining Cars at prices ranging from 80 cents
to Sl.OO per meal for each person: Also
service "a Ia carte" Coffee and sandwiches
served to passengers in their seats by
walters. Special attention given to ladies
travelling alone or accompanied by chill
dren. No excess fares charged on any train.
Stop over at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua
Lake allowed on all tickets. All trains
arrive at and depart from the new La Sale
Street station, Chicago. For rates, routes,
etc, call on or address J. Y. Callahan, Gen.
Agt., No. Ill Adams ST.. Chicago, Ill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
The Only Line with a Worlds Fair
Station.

This refers to the Minneapolis & st Louis
Railroad, and means
lst-The Shortest Line.
'2nd-The most comfortable route.
3rd-Two fine through trains direct to
the gates of the Fair.
4th-A saving Of about three hours in
time.
5th-You avoid the crowds at the Union
Depot and on the street cars
6th-You save money by being landed
just where you want to go.
There are many other reasons, but "a
word to the wise is sufficient
For excursion tickets, berth reservations
and complete Guide to the Fair, free adj
dress A. b. Cults, g. p. & L. A, Minneap
oils, Mimi.
The population Of London increases by
70, 900 annually.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
IMPROVING THE EYEBROWS
A Great Deal May Be Done with the
Aid of Small Toilet
Requisites.

TO every so women who worry them
selves over their hair there is only about
one who gives a second thought to her
eyebrows, and it is only when she no.
tices how scanty and poor they are be-.
coming that she begins to wonder at the
change in her appearance, says the Cen
uewoman
Very few people have perfect eye
broWs; some are too thick, others the
reverse. while the brows of many meet
over the bridge of the nose, giving an ex-
preston far from pleasing Some eye
broWs have way of terminating abb
ruptly instead of tapering off, and this
is by no means attractive, as it imparts
look of hardness to an otherwise pleas
ant face, and is not quite kind to the
owner.
A great deal may be done to improve
the eyebrows. In the first place they
can be made smooth and fine by daily
use of tiny brush. and also a fine small
comb.
A young girl who has a pair of eye
brows Of which any person might be
proud, possesses and uses these small
toilet REQUESTED every day as regularly
as she dresses her hair, and would adj
wise every girl and woman to do like
wise.
Occasionally little vaseline may be
applied, and this should be done at night.
Those whose brows are very fair will
find that the vaselne will slowly, but
surely, darken them. Cocoanut oil will
serve the same purpose if rubbed into
the roots every night.
Some people get into the habit of ruff
fling up their eyebrows in most unbe-
coming fashion. 1t is very unwise
thing to do, as it causes the hair to
break off short, leaving a somewhat
stubby appearance
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27

tacks of kidney disor-
ders which kept me in
the house for days at a
time, unable to do any
thing. What I suffered
can hardly be told.
Complications set in,
the particulars of
which I will be pleased
to give in a personal
interview to any one
who requires informa'
ton. This I can con-
scientiously say, Doan's
Kidney Pills caused a
general improvement
in NV health. They
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27

ly in the fall, for
rolling down onion
tops to h a S t e n
ripening, and for
breaking d % w n
weeds and dead
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-27
, Erenzied Finance

An Iowa farmer inadvertently fed a
roll of bank notes into threshing ma
chine the other day. Another example
of frenzied finance