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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

A candidate who ought to be
elected is more honor to a party
than one that can be elected but
ought not to be.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

elected is more honor to a party
than one that can be elected but
ought not to be.
Joel Heatwole may not make. a
very eloquent speech on Labor Day
bnt we will wager it will be mighty
interesting.
The only difference between a
legal CRATER and highwayman is
the bighwayman takes chances.
The pity of wrong doing lies in
the fact that the innocent always
suffer more than the guilty.
When a candidate declares "the
salary is no object to him." he is
thinking of the perquisites.
Many voter who thinks he is
independent is only disappointed
and dissatisfied
A politicians idea of party feally
is to have men vote the way be
wants them to.
The only way to do business is
to let people know you want to do
business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Shelves.

AS perhaps few of us realize, shelves
add much character to Il room. Like
cushions and rugs and books, they
give that delicious air of comfort so
often lacking in the stately yet stlH
drawing rooms of some of our modern
homes.
People have become educated to see
ing bookshelves in a library or sitting
room in preference to bookcases, for
these always seem designed more as
showcases for books and their bind
ings than to hold books ready for in
innate use. Fewer bookcases are sold
nowadays than formerly, for every
body seems to appreciate the charm OF
the low bookshelves built in around a
room or occupying some special nook
or corner in a bay window or alcove.
On top of these shelves one can always
have plants, photographs, magazines
all the hundred and one little furnish
ings that add to the beauty Of a room.
The high corner bookshelves are al
ways good, for they often use space
often otherwise wasted, and this IS an
important factor in these days OF
apartment Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Wild Uorses on Sable Island.

Sable Island, which lies about eighty
miles to the eastward of Nova Scotia,
consists of an accumulation of loose
sand, forming a pair Of ridges, united
at the two ends and inclosing a shal-
low lake; tracts Of grass are to be met
with in places, as we'll as pools of fresh
water. The droves of wild horses, or
ponies, and herds Of seals appear to
be the chief mammalian Inhabitants of
the island. It is generally supposed
that the original stock was landed
from q Spanish wreck early in the SIX
teenth century, although some writer's
make the introduction much later.
twenty-five years ago the number Of
ponies was estimated at FIVE hundred;
at the present day there are less tnan
two hundred. divided into five troops.
Not more than two-thirds Of these are
pure bred, the remainder being the OIL
sDrinc Of mares crossed with intro
duced stallions.-London Nature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

Among the latter individual types OF
the lower order crop out now and then,
indicating that the two were. to GER
tain extent, merged in past ages.
Whence the pygmies came or where
they originated is unknown to US. In
the hieroglyphic records of the Egypt
ians and other ancient people are ac-
counts that prove conclusive!y that the
dwarfs existed in Africa at that time.
However, from native traditions gath
cred by Schweinfurth, Junger and
other travellers, it appears that the lit
tie people occupied land as far north
as the western Nile water shed, and
were driven thence by invasions OF
larger blacks. To-day they are con-
fined to the Congo forests and to such
portions of these as extend toward the
Nile water shed and into CAMERON
and French Gaboon. There seems to
be some connection between the pyg-
mics and the bushmen of South Africa,
and if this is true it gives color to the
theory of the former wider occupancy
of the continent by the dwarfs. Traces
of pygmies have been found in Eu-
rope, and while there is no absolute
proof of a prehistoric, universal, dwarf
people, there is some ground for belief
in the truth of this, and the acceptance
Of this theory furnishes us with an eX-
planation for the general occurrence
of the NEUROLOGICAL Gwarfs in human
folklore.
The existence of the pygmes is Of
the rudest; they do not practice agri-
culture and keep no domestic animals.
They live by means of hunting aud
snaring, eking this out by means Of
thieving from the big negroes, on the
outskirts of whose tribes they usually
establish their little colonies, though
they are as unstable as water, and
range far and wide through the for
ests. They have seemingly become ac-
quainted with metal cniy through con-
tact with superior beings, and their
weapons were formerly of wood or
stone only. They live in little conical
huts about four feet high and four feet
in diameter, constructed by thrusting
withes in the ground. tying them to-
gether at tie top and thatching them
with leaves. Each man usually has
but one wife. the couples housing to-
gether in single hut, but as soon as a
child leaves the mothers breast sep
arate hut is constructed for it, and as
we. can imagine, some Of these are alb
surdly tiny. The women are said to
be affectionate and make dutiful wives,
sometimes marrying into the tribes of
the larger negroes,
The dwarfs have no separate Ian
guage Of their own, but speak. roughly.
the dialects of the neighboring tribes
of large blacks. While in the forests
they are usually absolutely unclothed.
but they adopt sufficient covering for
decency when they come into contact
with others.-Scientific American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
A HOMEMADE TALKING MACHINE

Would you like to make a talking
machine? If you have a toy trumpet
put the small end in your mouth and
your two hands over the large, or fun
mel end. Now blow through the trum-
pet, and open and rhut your hands
once quickly. The syllable INA" will
be sounded, and if you repeat this in a
quick succession the word mamma"
will be spoken by the trumpet. 1t
may have strident sound, but it will,
nevertheless, be spoken word.
Another good imitation of the human
voice, says the New York Evening
Mail, may be made by taking large
empty spool and stretching across the
hole at one end two rubber bands The
bands must be close together at their
edges, but must not overlay. You can
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
He Was No OraitholOsist,

Wilmer Stone, one of the HEADS OF
the Philadelphia Academy Of Natural
Science, has gathered together what IS
probably the finest collection OF stuhed
birds In America.
Mr.. Stone was showing these birds
the other day to P3ttsburs million
aire. There were thousands of life.
like feathered creatures, ranged IN
line on lines of cases, and Mr.. Stone
could not help praising them with
much ornithological warmth.
"Yes," he ended, "this collection OF
stuffed birds is worth some thousands
of dollars"
as it possible?" said the millionaire.
"Why, what are they stuffed with?-
New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Origin of the Frankfurter.

The little sausage known us frank
furter" and "wiener" was offered for
sale for the first time in 1905, and the
centennial was observed in Vienna by
the Butchers Guild. The inventor Of
the sausage was Johann Lahner, who
named it for his birthplace, Frankfurt.
The business founded one hundred
years ago by 4 poor man has yielded
a fortune to it's various heads. 1t has
always remained in the same family,
and is now conducted in Vienna by
Franz Lahner. a grandnephew of the
original frankfurter sausage man
Vienna Neue Freia PresSe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
CHANGING PLANT LIFE
How Luther Burbank, the Famous Hor
ticulturisf, Accomplishes His Ends.

How Luther Burbank, the Famous Hor-
ticulturist, Accomplishss His Ends.
The processes by which he Nuther
Burbank, the famous horticulturiso
works are not new or peculiar. They:
are in accord with weli7known and
unalterable laws of nature. The prin-
cipal methods used are selection and
crossing.
Nature is using these same processes
every day. The bees and the wind
carry the pollen Of one flower to fer
tilize another, thus bringing about the
crossing of species. The struggle for
existence, and a thousand circum-
stances Of growth and development,
tend to weed out the unfit among the
plants, leaving the best to survive.
This is selection. But where natures
operations are largely left to chance
and accident, Mr.. Burbank gives them
intelligent direction and his results
are sure and immediate. g.
He takes two plants whose life
habits, structure and environment may
have been wholly different. He brings
them together. implanting the pollen
of one upon the stigma of the other.
AS a result the species are thrown IN
state of perturbation-set to "wab-
bling" as it were The life Tendencies
are broken up by the shock.
The plants resulting from the cross
ing may resemble one or the other
of the parent plants. These are not
important. Some of the plants will
combine the best qualities Of the par
ents; from these improved varieties
of fruits and flowers are produced.
Some of the plants will be different
from either parent-perhaps unlike any
other plant in existence; from these
unusual variants new plants may be
developed. ....
He selects his original subjects from
far and near. He brings a raspberry
from Siberia to combine it with 4
blackberry from California. He brings
plum from China or Japan to COM
bine it with a native apricot. ...
An experiment is built up on the foun-
dation of a common wild flower, as the
daisy, for example In another e1-
pertinent flower from Australia may
be used. He brings cactus from Gen.
tral America to cross with species
from AriZona.-Success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Iaugn and Grow Fat.

Dyspepsia is claimed to be syste-
matically cured by laughter. 1t is stat
ed that a Paris doctor, in return for
large fee, admits patients into his pri-
vate institution, where the mirth treat
inent is administered. A few dyspep-
tics sit around a room and begin to
smile at each other.
This smile, once begun, must never
be allowed to fade away. On the con-
trary, it must be developed by Wih
power into a grin, and the grin must
become a gutfaw. Then the patients
must 60 OH laughing until their sides
ache.
A course of week or two of the
treatment at the rate Of couple OF
hours giggling a day is said to be SUI
ficient to cure the worst cases OF dyS-
pepSia. a.-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

Coaling contests often take plaee~be-
tween British warships. The worlds
coaling record belongs to the battleshfp
Mars, however. She took aboard some
where about 1910 tons at an average
rate of n fraction above 241 tons an
hour. This is great advance upon
the record of PIP tons an hour estab-
lished by His Majesty's ship Majestic
short time ago.
Quite the biggest competition is
battleship building competition which
has been entered into in the United
States of America. The Government
naval yard at Brooklyn is competing
with the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company as to which can build a bat
tleship the best and most cheaply. The
time limit is forty-ive months. and
President Roosevelt will be the judge.
In this case the stake amounts to the
gigantic sum of S500000.-Pearson's
Weekly .. e..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Would You?

If you were the hired girl
Would you like to serve five break
fasts between and o'clock and be
rebuked if they were not all hot and
crisp?'
Would you like to warm up dinner.
after your dishes were all washed, to
oblige a careless member Of the family
who had not been working. but had
merely stopped for little longer chat
with friend?
Would you like to hear your mistress
discuss your shortcomings with every
stranger within her gates?
Would you feel inclined to handle Sill
verware, cut glass and dainty china
with loving care when the room in
which you rested and slept looSd
either like poorhouse dormitory or al
i,cipient rummage sale?-Buffalo Cos-
pQr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

oddity Of o,:t Drln% Iraveling com
panions, and grew pleasantly familiar.
I answered him, not wishing TO ap-
pear churish or afraid, knowing that
could trust something to my own
strength should The worst come.
"We had made the last stoppage, and
were rolling swiftly through the gloom,
| when, among other topics, our CONVEX
sation touched OH jewelry: he drew a
snowy ring from his finger. telling me
it was curious piece of workmanship
having a secret spring, which be said
could not discover.
"I took it. searching in vain for a
spring, then returning it to him. 1t
dropped and rolled under my feet
81 stopped TO pick It up, and so did
he, but in that moment. while my head
was down. be had me tightly by the
throat and threw me to the carriage
| floor.
His confederate was upon ME in an
instant. I could scarcely breathe, and
could not struggle, for a heavy knee
was upon. my chest, and two strong,
brutal hands were clutching the life
from my throat.
Though the horror Of that situation
did not last q minute, it seemed an
eternity to me. felt the ruffians
hands searching for the pocketbook.
and I strained desperately for chance
of resistance.
"Their work was nearly done.
Cramped in that small space, 1 was
powerless, and the veins in my throat
and head were swelling like sinuous
bars, when the old gentleman i'll the
corner awoke and came to my assist
ance.
s'I heard a low, quiet whirr Of some
weapon in it's descent, and my first as
sailant reeed from me, stunned. The
old gentleman. with a strength and
rapidity Of action wonderful 10 see in
person of his. age, seized the scoun.
drel, lifted him away and dashed him
down on seat.
"There was q brief struggle, and
then I heard a sharp click-scoundrel
the second had q paid of handouts on
his wrists.
"'They were more prompt than l
expected said the old gentleman. re-
moving his woolen comforter, with
which he fastened my first assailant's
hands behind him, 'and a railway car
riage does not afford much scope for
struggle
"The pocketbook was safe. The ruff
fans were securely bound and the old
gentleman who, without his spectacles
and muff1ing, stood out in pleasant re-
lief as the detective, kept guard over
them.
"At the station they were handed
over into the custody, Of the police. l
was all right by that time. Vixen rode
with me as far as the hotel nearest
here, and tomorrow he will call to
see if am any the worse for my ride
by. express"
The contents of the pocketbook were
Mary's bridal dowry.
The detective speaks of the senior
partner in the firm Of Brand & Lake
as the most hospitable and generous
man he ever met in the course of his
professional career.
Lake was quite cured of his love for
billiard playing. He had too narro"
an escape, and he did not forget the
lesson. on.-Waverley Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
TWILIGHT SONG.

But the road leads us all,
For the King now is dead;
And we know. stand or fall,
We have shared the day bread
We can laugh down the dream.
For the dream breaks and flies;
And we trust now the glcam,
For the gleam never dies
So it's off now the load.
For we know the nights call.
And we know now the road
And the road leads US all.
Through the shine, through the rain,
We have wrought the days quest;
To the old march again
We have earned the day S rest;
We have laughed, we have cried,
And we've heard the Kings groans.
We have fought, we have died,
And we've burned the Kings bones,
And we lift the old song
Ere the night flies again,
Where the road leads along
Through the shine, through the rain.
Edward Ar rlington Robinson,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
CONGO PYGM1Es TRAVELLING FROM AFRICA TO EUROPE.

in almost any part of forest, as
birch can lie had at almost any time.
The construction is as follows: Cut a
stick about one foot long and one inch
thick. Split one end down two inches
and sharpen a point at the other end,
as shown in Fig. 1. Then peal off a
piece of bark two inches wide and
four inches long, as in Fig. 2. Bend the
bark to the size of the candle and
slide it in the split stick, and your
candle-stick Is made 1t is then stuck
in the ground in any part of the tent
desired. The longer the stick the high
er the light will BEE. M. Johnson, in
Forest and Stream.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
The PYGMIEs OF the CONGO.

For years we have been aware OF tile
actual existence Of race Of pgymles
In the interior of Africa. And now,
authorities on the subject have eX-
pressed the belief that in this little
known race Of black dwarfs, hidden
today in the Businesses of the tropical!
forests Of the Congo. but in past CEN
turies probably far more common and
widespread, we may have the origin
Of the dwarfs of tradition. Sir Harry
Johnston, the well-known English ex-
)lorer, made famous by his classic dis
,overy Of the okapi and by his re-
searches among the ape-like little
black people, is Of this opinion.
The human type, in all probability,
irst emerged from the ape. in South
eastern Asia, possibly in India. The
higher types forced the negro FROM the
continent in an eastward direction.
across the intervening islands, as far
as Australia. and westward into
Africa. Even to-day ape-like negroes
are found in the gloomy forests. who
are doubtless direct descendants of
these early types of man, who probably
closely resembled their simian ances-
tors. They are found on the eastern
border of the Congo woodland and in
other portions Of the Congo basin. and
the attention of scientists was first
called. to them by Johnston. Grogan
and Sharpe. They are often dirty vel
lowish brown in color and covered with
a fine. down. Their faces are fairly
hairy. with great prognathism, and re-
treating chins, while in general they
are unintelligent and tlmid, having lit
tie tribal cohesion and usually living
upon the fringes IF higher tribes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
A Onenr Casa of FriendsllIp.

Friendship and possibly affection
have sprung up between cat and a
large wild raccoon at Avery's logging
camp. in Thurston County. Wash.
One morning recently the camp cook
heard the cat mewing at the open
kitchen door and purrng in an inviting
way. Investigation showed the coon
with his front feet on the doorstep in
apparent indecison as to whether free
dom was worth giving Up for his new
partner. Every day since the coon has
come to the cooks tent to play with
the cat, and present indications are
that he will soon become entirely do
mesticatod
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

Through the shine. through the rain
We have shared the days load;
10 the old march again
We have tramped the long road;
We have laughed. we have cried.
And we've uIed the Kings crown;
I'VE have fought, We have died,
And we've trod the day down.
SO it's lift the old song
Ere the night flies again,
Where the road leads along
Through the shine, through the rain.
Long ago, far away.
Came sign from the skies,
land we feared then to pray
For the new sun to rise;
With the King there at hand,
Not child stepped or stirred
Where the light filled the land
And the light brought the word;
|For we knew then the gleam
Though we feared then the day,
land the dawn smote the dream
Long ago, far away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
It Was Hard Work.

A man arrested for murder brlbed
an Irishman on the jury with Sl00 to
hang out for verdict of manslaugh-
ter. The jury were out for long time.
and finally came in with verdict Oh
manslaughter. The man rushed up to
The juror and said: Pm Obliged TO
you, my friend. Did you have a hard
tima?" Yes" said the Irishman. Il
had. The other eleven wanted to ac-
u,ir yer."-New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
A HANDY CANDLESTlCk.

The hunter Of experience has learned
that an oil lamp or lantern is bulky
and nine times out of ten leaks out
and runs over its duffie. A large num-
ber have come down to the candle,
which never leaks and does not take
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Chimney Stacks Left Standing.

Some curious beliefs still linger in
country parts. For instance, in Hert-
fordshire when ancient houses are de-
stroyed, the chimney stacks are left in
tact, the popular theory being that the
houses are still in existence, while
these remain standing. This may be a:
survival of some ancient but now al
most forgotten legal right.-London
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

China has ten railways in operation,
with a total mileage Of 22S5, or about
one-tenth that of Great Britain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

tack or tie the ends over the side of the
spool.
When you blow through the other
end of the spool the bands vibrate like
the human vocal chords and make a
sound something like the human voice,
which will change according to the
force with which Jou blow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

HE hour grew late, and Mr..
Brand paced his chamber
in moody silence. The train
had come in, bu this mes
senpar had nor returned,
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

An elegant two story dwelling house
n Gloucester street with Z rooms
Lot 90X180 beautiful flower garden
House has southern exposure.
s New Town lots on y street Large
Of 90xlS0 bear white Methodist
church 5 room hcsuo on a corner lot
and y streets. desirable farms
rear town on salt wtaer.
Or Rent
store on Pay street between Monk
md Gloucester A room residence
n G street ogant rooms ever tele
aph office.
w. &. Bur.ouahs.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

A weak stomach weakons the man,
because II cannot transform the food
me eats into nourishment Hath and
strength cannot be restored to any
sick man or weak woman without first
r. storing health ami strength TO the
stomach A weak stomach cannot d.
gest enough nood to feed the tissue
ana revive the tired and 'Jn down
Ennis and organs Of The body kodol
dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat
clconscs and @'rengthons the glands
a., d membranes 81 he stomach and
cures indigestion dyspepsia and ah
stomach trot''.'an Sold by all drug
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20
M MOI stomach TrouLIes.


All stomach trouble is removed by
the usc Of k iol dyspepsia cure 1t
gives the stomach perfect rest by 0i
aesung what you eat without the
alomacbs all. The food bdilds up
tic body the rest restores the stom.
och to health Yoa don't have TO diet
Yourself when taking Kodol Dyspepsia
cure. j. b. Erskine, Of Allenyille,
Mich. says: q suffered Heartburn
ara stomach trouble for some time.
My sister io law has had the same
uouble and was nor able to eat for
Ii, weeks. She lived entirely on
warm water After taking tow bot
ties OF Kodol nyspe. STA cure she was
entirely cured Size now eats hearti
~ and Is in rood health. aIn glad
- say Kodol gave me instan, relief
Sold by an huGs!Ats.