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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28
SLAVES SATISFIED WITH LOT.
Under Mohammedan Masters Condl
lions Are Not Severe.

Under Mohammedan- Masters Condl.
lions Are Not Severe.
I'm Zanzibar and Pemba slaves are
very slow to take advantage of the
regulations that give them the right
to claim their freedom" says a trav.
eler. "They realize that go long as
they are well used their position Is
superior to that Of the man whose
freedom is his sole asset. I have
found the same attitude in North
Africa. From Morocco to Tripoli one
sees most of the slaves well content
and flourishing. The famine, the
locusts, the drought and the tax COLI
lector have no terror for them; work
keeps them healthy, they have enough
to eat and drink and the future has no
meaning at all. There is promotion;
there are confidential missions to
governors and friends that elevate a
slave, if only in the eyes Of his fell
lows, and there is always a chance of
manumission when the owner dies
and wishes to have some good deeds
recorded in the books of Islam's re.
cording angels. The sorry truth OF
the matter is that slaves under Mo-
hammedan rule are much better of
than they ever were under the rule
Of white men-in America and else.
where"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28
WONDERFUL SILK OF SPIDER.

Withstands Heat That Cracks Lenses
of a Mierometer.
The astronomer after the exper.
fence of many years has found that
the spider furnishes the only thread
which can be successfully used in
carrying on his work.
The spider lines mostly used are
from one-ffth to one-seventh of a
thousandth Of an inch in diameter.
and, In addition to their strength and
elasticity, they have the peculiar
property Of withstanding great
changes Of temperature, and often
when measuring the sun spots. al.
though the heat is SO intense as to
crack the lenses of the micrometer
eyepiece, yet the spider lines are not
In the least injured.
The threads of the silkworm, al.
though Of great value as CONNER.
cial product, are so coarse and rough
compared with the silk Of the spider
that they cannot be used in such in.
struments.
spider lines, although but frac'
ton of a thousandth of an inch in
diameter, are made up OF several
thousands Of microscopic streams OF
fluid, which unite and form a single
line, and it is because of this that
they remain true and round under
the highest magnifying power.
An instance Of the durability Of the
spider lines IL found at the Allegheny
observatory, where the same set Of
lines IN the micromoter OF the transit
instrument has been in use since
1859.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

We want candidate for governor
that won't have to run on a plat
form of apologies.
Little grating is just as bad as
big and thousand times more
contemplate.
Good morning, have you been
mentioned as candidate for state
office?
Every city, town and neighbor-
hood is just what the people make
it.
Drainage means added wealth
to the state not wasted wealth.
Begin the New Year right by
subscribing for the Herald.
More men vote as they drink
than vote as they think.
Have you paid for all your
Christmas presents yet?
One can't throw dirt and keep
his own hands clean.
The worlds greatest benefactors
died poor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28
$4,000 FOR A STORY
One Dollar For Every Six Words

Most anybody can write story and
lots of people try nowadays, but it
takes Conan Doyle who can create
such a character as "Sherlock
Holmes" to get paid for it at that rate.
That is what Conan Doyle is paid for
the new story, "Sir Nigel" which will
commence December and run weekly
in the handsome New Sunday
Magazine given each Sunday with The
Minneapolis Journal. The critics say
this is the greatest story Conan Doyle
ever wrote, and he is said to
himself as his greatest work. regard it
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28
La Grippe and Pneumouia.

Pneumonia often follows La Grippe
but never follows the use of Foleys
Honey and Tar. 1t cures la grippe
coughs and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Ask for Foley's Honey
and Tar and refuse any substitute
offered. MIR. G. Vacher Of 157 Osgood
ST., Chicago. writes "My wife had a
severe case of la grippe three years
ago, and 1t left her with a terrible
cough. She tried bottle OF F'oley's
Honey and Tar and it gave immediate
relief. A SO cent bottle cured her
cough entirely" Refuse substitutes.
Sold. by all druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28
Furious FiQhtinu

sFor seven years, % writes Geo. w.
Hoffman Of Harper, WASH, II had a
bitter battle with chronic stomach
and liver trouble, but at last I won,
and cured my diseases by the use OF
Electric Bitters. I unhesitatingly
recommend them to all, and don't in.
tend in the future to be without
them In the house. They are GER
tainly a wonderful medicine, to have
red such a bad case as mine. y
Sold under guarantee to do the same
for yoh, by Fiesler & McNeice, drug.
gists. at SOC bottle. Try them to.
day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

Getting Back at Him.
Tim afraid" said the actor whAu \
cabbage came within a jnah o hio
nose. that somshpdy n tAs Gudianee
has lost his head
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

A Litch6eld paper says our
political prognostigations was a
s'timid" affair. This is the first
time we were ever charged with
''Timidity" and we rather enjoy it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

Judge Grindeland of Warren,
has been mentioned as a possible
gubernatorial candidate: The party
might 60 further and fare worse.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

The true measure of a man is not
how much is he worth but how
much good has he done.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

Lest you forget, now is the time to
subscribe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

Why should the press of the
country s'butt inn into the wooing
and winning of the Presidents
daughter? She has the same right
to conduct her love affairs in her
own way as the daughter of the
humb]est citizen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE---NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND SIX.

The year that has just passed
into history has been notable one
in many respects. The little island
empire of Japan has strewn the
bottom of the eastern ocean with
the wrecks of Russia's once power.
full navy, defeated her mighty
armies in every encounter and
forced the naughty Muscovite to
humbly sue for peace.
Korea, the Oldest and most
picturesque nation in the world,
has been "benevolently assimilated''
by Japan and passed out of national
existence.
Russia today is in the throes of
revolution and the torch of rebellion
is blazing in every part of the
empire. The throne of the Gar is
lettering on it's foundation but
what will come out of the chaos no
man can tell, but right minded men
everywhere hope that the Knout-
scourged, down-trodden Russian
peasant who has been the slave and
plaything of Emperors, Grand
Dukes and mobiles for centuries,
will gain and maintain the rights of
manhood and liberty.
In England the Tory government
has been overthrown and a new
ministry formed and for the first
time in the history of the world
a working man, John Burns, a man
who has been incarcerated in the
prison cell and faced the scaffold
for defending workers, is given a
place in the cabinet and has a voice
in the government of Britain.
In our own land the year has
been sensational by the disclosure
Of graft in high places and the
swift punishment of the grafters.
The skies of 1906 are replete
with promises of Improvement for
the masses of men, of extended
liberties, and general uplifting
of humanity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

Frank Eddy says the devil
chuckles when the Journal Press
discusses theology. We are willing
to admit that Bro. Eddy has the
best right to speak for the devil of
any man in Minnesota. Come
against. Cloud Journal-Press.
Not to be out done in generosity
We cheerfully concede that the
editor of the Journal-P Press has the
right to name the DEVILS representa-
tive in Minnesota for he is ssnext"
to his Satanic Majesty. If you
can't call on us, Alvah, send us a
souvenir postal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

We want a candidate for governor
that won't have to run on a plat
form of apologies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

1t is amusing to us the efforts of
some of the press that are not
friendly to Mr.. Tawney TO minimize
the importance of the position that
he has received. The fact is that
there is not single member of
congress except the Speaker him.
self, that would not gladly have
accepted the Craftsmanship of the
Committee of Appropriation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

We wish every reader of the
Hera q bright, happy and
prosperous New Year.,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-12-28

Little grating is just as bad as
big and thousand times more
contemplate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
CANALS AND WATERWAYS"
Congressman Small's Response to This
Toast at Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Banquet. Baiti-
more.

AS previously noted. among the
guests of honor at the banquet of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation Of Baltimore, Congressman
Small. of North Carolina. was a guest
of honor, and responded to the toast
Canals and Waterways" From this
address we quote:
Cheap transportation is a necessary
factor in the industrial and CONNER
cial growth of a people. Water trans
port is the cheapest method of move
ment. Therefore. il behooveS a coun-
try which would not only keep pace
with, but outstrip its rivals for SUI
premacy, to develop its waterways,
both natural and artificial This prop
osition is universally recognized, but
many countries have at times failed
to give it practical effect. In the early
history of our own country, in the
states of the East. which at that time
contained the bulk of the population.
our fathers recognized the importance
of opening up interior waterways, ana
many of the states pledged their credit
for the construction of canals.
baltimore and Norfolk and the
other cities upon the Chesapeake and
its tributaries are practically denied
free commercial intercourse by water
with the cities on the South Atlantic
Coast by reason of the menacing dam
gers of Cape Hatteras, on the North
Carolina coast. The same may be said
of the cities farther north. This bar
rier is proposed to be removed by the
construction of a waterway from Nor
folk, Va, to Beaufort Inlet, n. c., en-
tering the ocean south of both Cape
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
FARMERS CAN CONTROL.

The farmer who sells bale of cot
ton at present prices is helping the
bears to keep down the price of the
staple.
The farmer who lets a buyer or
manufacturer have a bale of cotton
upon advances, upon an agreement to
pay him the ruling price in the spring
or summer, is helping the bears to
win their fight for cheap cotton.
The farmer who plants a full acreage
this year is taking hand on the side of
the bears and helping to keep down
the price of the cotton now on hand
and the price of next years crop.
The whole South is deeply interest
ed in the fight now on between the
farmers and the spectators. If the
farmers win and get fair prices for
their cotton, ii means continued pros
perity for the South. If the bears
win and the farmers must sell their
cotton at or below the cost of produc-
ton, the South's rapid progress must
be checked and men who toll will be
forced to live on the commonest fare.
Will the farmers be able to win
their fight? Here is the view of j.
H. Parker & Co., in their latest week.
ly cotton letter:
THE course of prices now, and
for some time to come, will depend
upon the attitude of the holders Of
cotton in the South, and, in our judg-
ment, if the cotton is held as firmly
for sixty days longer as has been the
case during the month of January we
believe prices will advance to a high
er level for the reason that a great
many exporters as we'll as domestic
consumers will be forced into the
market to fill their engagements. and
will necessarily have to pay the price
asked. The New Orleans convention
has met and passed several reSolu-
tons on which they advised the hold
ing OF cotton and selling only as ne
cessity demands. The most important
resolution, however, is that which adj
vises a reduction of not less than 25
per cent in the acreage for the COM
ing year. The sentimental effect of
this meeting has tended to steady
prices during the week, but Will only
be temporary pending positive deVel-
opments as TO what Will be done in
both the holding of cotton during the
next three months, and the actual re-
duction in acreage. 1t would, beyond
doubt aid the consumer and especial
ly the sDeculator in cotton if the
South would turn loose its holdings,
or, in other words, it would make
more active speculative markets, but
we think the advice given by the New
Orleans convention. if acted upon and
carried out, is, without question, for
the interest and benefit of the pro-
Queer of cotton.
Everything waits on the farmer. If
he.holds his cotton, keeps it housed
at home or in warehouses where
neither the bears nor manufacturers
can get it, and reduces the acreage
this spring he will get better prices
for the cotton now in hand and for
the crop TO be made next year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
STRIKE 1T OUT.
Change in The State Insurance Law
Is Suggested.

To the Editor:-Every farmer and
every merchant has TO offer his goods
on their merit and in the open mar
ket.
1t is strange that the only ones pro-
tected in their sales by law are the
great insurance companies that are
yearly draining out of the State orr
surplus money to the building up or
trusts and millionaires in other States.
Instead of farm produce and staple
merchandise as offered by the farm
er and the merchant they offer for
sale contracts for the protection OF
our homes and our families. They all
are Offering something for sale, and
should be on the same footing. Ger
tainly if any Discrimination is to be
made, it is not the wealthy life lnsur-
ance companies that need it most.
We therefore most respectfully Sug-
gest that the Legislature at the EARLIEST
moment repeal Section 81, Chapter "a,
Laws of 1899.
This will leave the great life COM
panieS to compete in the sale OF their
contracts on merit and in the open
market and on the same terms as
other citizens in the State.
These life contracts often represent
on the part of our citizen policy hold
ers. self denial and economy, for the
protection of their widows and or
phans and in the name of justice we
say Ike from our laws this discrifn-
mating seeticH th2t prevents our peo-
pie from getting :. 5urance and protec-
ton Z ll.e loTe ate. If, in competi-
ton, he companies then have to give
away taif or of their first pre-
miuns. eur pec .e in North Carolina
will al least n4&a saved that much.
Again Ne s.y strike il out, and put
them ia theH OF rings on the same
footing as any athAr citizen, whether
he b. larrlev merchant who is
offeriuz sam hsaa or sale on the open
mark
f. Il. MacKETHAN.
Fay asiia S. -, Jan. 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
THE SOUTH DAKOTA BONDS.

The Senate yesterday tabled the
resolution authorizing the Committee
on Claims to investigate the South
Dakota bonds and kindred bonds.
It is difficult to see any good that
would have come from the proposed
investigation. Every fact is already
known to the legislators and to the
public, and in the absence of any pro-
position from South Dakota or the
holders of like bonds, what good could
an investigation do? Here are the
facts known of all men:
1. In 1879. when the States debt
was adjusted. it was found that the
State had actually received i'll cash
or labor about twenty-five cents in
the dollar upon the bonds like those
upon which the State CT South Dakota
brought suit. That Legislature, there
fore, in a spirit of paying the just
debt of the State, authorized new
bonds to be issued paying twenty-five
cents in In dollar upon these bonds
every cent that the State had re-
ceived. Nearly all the creditors ex-
cept Schaffer & Co., and others inter-
ested with them who had an Interior
purpose i'm view, accepted the offer of
the State and received new bonds for
every dollar that the State had re-
ceived. Schaffer and associates still
hold bonds of the character that they
gave to South Dakota. They had a
representative in Ra eigh last week
who gave it out" that they would
compromise the bonds for $S50,0O0,
but no proposition was made to the
Governor or any other State official,
and there is therefore nothing to in
vestigate with reference to these
bonds.
. AS to the South Dakota Judgment
the situation is this: South Dakota,
by a fraud upon the jurisdiction, has
n judgment for $27,500 and costs and
a lien on $4,000 worth OF
the States stock in the North Carolina
Railroad, worth $17,500. In April, ac-
cording to the decree. this $4,000 OF
stock must be sold TO satisfy South
Dakota There is a prior lien upon
this stock and certain complications
that make it impossible to tell exact
ly what South Dakota can get or when
il can get it. At the most it can get
nothing except the $4,000 OF STOCK
now worth $4,000. South Dakota has
not asked for any conference with the
State or its representatives. 1t Will
be wei TO wait until it doe before
any committee is appointed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31

When physician tells a woman, suf-
fering from ovarian or womb trouble.
that an operation is necessary it, of
course, frightens her.
The very thought of the operating
table and the knife strikes terror to
her heart. AS one woman expressed
it, when told by her physician that she
must undergo an operation. she felt
that her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women
who are there for ovarian or womb
operations!
1t is quite true that these troubles
may reach a stage where an operation
is the only resource, but such cases are
much rarer than is generally supposed,
because a great many women have
been cured by Lydia d. Pinkham' S
Vegetable Compound after the doctors
had said an operation must be per-
formed. In fact, up to the point where
the knife must be used to secure instant
relief. this medicine is certain to help
The strongest and most grateful
statements possible to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, have
escaped serious operations.
Margrlte Ryan. treasurer OF 81. An
drew's Society. Hotel English, Indian
apolis, Ind. writes of her cure as follows:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
/ cannot find words to express my thanks
for the good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound die me- The doctor said | could
not get well unless l had an operation for
ovarian and female troubles. knew could
not stand the strain of an operation and made
up my mind | would be an invalid for life
Ask Mrs. Pinhham's AdYIee-A Wen
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
TREAT ALL ALIKE.

1t is a matter for regret that some
OF the best editors in the State have
asked the legislature to pass bill
that would permit editors to make
contracts with railroads by which they
can receive annual passes in exchange
for advertising. Under the present law
an editor can make contract with
railroad for "a certain given amount
of space and receive pay for that
specified amount in mileage books at
the regular Price charged the public.
If the change desired is made an edl-
tor can make a contract for advertis-
ing and get an annual pass TO ride at
will
We regret that this bill has been
introduced The editors ought not 30
ask to be excepted from the anti-fTee
pass law. If the legislature should
make this exception in behalf of edi-
tors, who would not abuse it, it would
be followed, by an agitation to repeal
the whole anti-free pass act, and re-
store us TO the old time free pass
reign when the railroads exerted I'M
due influence in North Carolina.
Instead of letting down the bars
the legislature would do we'll to strike
out every exemption in the anti-frce
pass law except INDECENT classes. OF
course the members of the Corpora
ton Commission should be empowered
TO travel at will because they are in
charge of railroads and should make
examinations.
1t would also be we'll to add a Sec
ton making every public officer FOR
felt his office if he accepted pass.
even as attorney or other employee.
The free pass evil was most demon
alizing in North Carolina. 1t should
be forever barred.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
WHAT MEN WHO HAVE BEEN
HELPED SAY OF 1T.

Several years ago The News and OBJ.
server stated that the efficiency of the
| Kelley treatment was no longer a
matter of doubt in the minds of North
Carolinians Each year of its life has
brought additional convincing evidence
| of its power to save men from the love
Of strong drink and to restore them
to usefulness to themselves and to So
ciety. There is scarcely a community
in this State that has not felt the
beneficent influence of Kelley Insti-
tute.
Col. w. II. Osborne, president of the
Kelley Institute at Greensboro, who
was in Raleigh yesterday, had with him
letters from more than one hundred
gentlemen of standing and influence in
this and other States, attesting to the
benefit they had received while there
The editor Of this paper has examined
these letters from gentlemen. who know
by experience the value of the treat
ment at that great sanitarium. These
letters all written since November are
taken from thousands Col. Osborne
has received from the grateful benefic-
iaries of the remedy that has passed
the stage of experiment. The writer's
of these letters, desiring 10 aid their
their publication and one letter will
be published each day in these coll
umns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
To Attend the Reddoch Trial.

Representative w. w. l[itchin was
today subpocnaed to attend the Fed
eral court at Jackson, Miss, on Thurs
day, to testify in the case against NJ.
L. Reddoch, for sutornation of per-
jury in procuring witnesses to swear
falsely that Mr.. kitchin had accepted
money for securing the pardon of a
Person county man confined in the
Federal prison at Nashville, Tenn. Mr..
&iteNhin will leave for jackson tom0r-
row. The marshal here also had a
subpoena for Representative Claude
Kitchin in tho same scae but he was
at home attending Halifax court lie
was telegraphed for and will go to
Jackson if ne can possibly get away
from court. 1t is said the government
has strong case against Reddoch.