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The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
TOOK THE BOYS ADVICE.
Disinserested Criticism Convinced q
Woman of Fault.

Disin.erested Criticism Convinced
Woman Of Fault.
When the coat was brought home
from the dressmaker's the woman de-
clared that the sleeves were too long.
Friends, however, through that sense
of kindness which impels us to tell so
many lies about the fit of other peo-
pies clothes, insisted that they were
"just right" Finally, with all those
fibs to Offset her own judgment, the
woman persuaded herself that, even
though the sleeves did feel SO, they
might not be too long to look well, and
she wore them with tolerable COM
fort.
Wednesday afternoon the fallacy
with which she had deluded herself
was dealt a shattering blow. When
passing a news stand in City Hall
park the youthful proprietor thereof
made a dash at her with half dozen
evening papers, which he earnestly
entreated her to buy. Not being then
interested in the latest news, the
woman brushed by needless Of his
opportunities. That aroused the boys
ire.
Say" he called out, revengefully,
"your sleeves is too long. You'd bet
ter run tuck in 'em."
And the first thing the woman did
when she got home was to take this
advice.-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
A Commodore's Tip.

Commodore E. G. Benedict and his
Wall street friend, L. D. Huntington,
were fishing together recently when a
casual acquaintance in another boat
who thought it golden opportunity
to get a valuable tip maneuvered his
craft so that it foated by quite near
them.
"How do you think things are go
ing, Commodore?" as asked, eagerly.
"Well," said Benedict, who is an en-
thusiastic steam yachtsman, but has a
holy horror of naphtha, "sailboats may
go down, but naphtha launches are
more likely to go up"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
NOTHING TOO SMALL TO STEAL.
City Merchant Complains of the
Prevalence of Dishonesty.

City Merchant complains OF thS
Prevalence of Dishonesty.
"The old saying that nothing is too
small to steal is exemplified in our
business" said a manufacturer OF
custom-made clothing. Our thread
gives us lots of trouble. We have to
keep watchful eye upon it. The
case in which it is kept is under the
supervision of our most trusted en-
ploye. If he chose to be dishonest
he could rob us of $1,000 a year and
we would be none the wiser We
would, perhaps, notice that we wel
using more thread than usual, b
the excess might be attributed
other causes. -
I'VE have to check out every spoe.
We give to our tailors. Even at tn !,
we are in danger Of having cheapes..
grade substituted. The difference
the price Of the spools may be on = :,
one or two cents, but it offers TEN :
tation if the scheme can be workeA
on large scale. Some years agA. =.
we were forced to the conclusion thS
fence was being operated to dl1'
pose of stolen thread. The spoo Il
were sold by peddlers from house
house. This suspicion caused lars
establishments to have each spoo8
stamped with dyes which cut into u
wood, stating that the thread vat
stolen from such and such shopE
the name of which was stamped o.
the SPOOL"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
Prof. Rontqen Is Modest.

One of the least of self-advertised
of great men is Prof. Rontgen, who
discovered the marvellous rays which
now bear his name. The professor
has never been interviewed, never
been banqueted, and he has even re-
fused immense sums of money offer
ed him by American publishers for a
book on what he himself modestly
STYLED "a new kind of ray" Though
60, he carries his years gallantly and
looks more like a man who has led
q healthy outdoor life than one who
has spent the whole Of his manhood
in investigating strange physical prob
lens.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

speaking, to either the state or
nation. While concealable pro.
perty can be kept out Of sight the
evidence of the income derived
from it cannot be hidden. If
man decks his wife and daughters
with diamonds, keeps maids fol
them, clothes them in elegant
gowns cut low both at the top and
bottom, takes them to and from
social functions in an automobile,
has a valet to brush his clothes and
boards the entire outfit at a first.
class hotel in a large city, any
chump knows that man has a big
income, even if the assessment rolls
show no property in his name.
rhe revenues of the federal
government are derived from in.
direct taxation, that is taxation
upon consumption, and the more
commodities a man consumes the
more tax he pays. A street cal
conductor with a wife and five
children to support pays more
toward the support of the national
government than Russell Sage, be-
cause he consumes more. A man
who uses nothing upon which
internal revenue is placed and
nothing imported, though he il
worth million, pays nothing fo,
any of the benefits the national
government confers on him. II
has been urged that an income tax
would be double taxation, because,
first, the property itself would
be taxed, and, second, the income
the property produced would be
taxed. To a certain extent this ie
true. l believe the Supreme Court
has said as much; I think the Cour,
made a correct decision. The
judges and l have no trouble getting
together. They generally agree
with me.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
Hard on Jones.

The early morning sun came strag-
Cling into the suburban street and
psering through the window blinds of
Lavender villa.
1t even violated the sanctuary of the
best bed room of that establishment,
and there 1t discovered Jones. the
head Of the household. very silently
and very stealthily divesting himself
Of his garments.
Conscious that the situation reQuir-
ed little explanation, it promptly
shone upon the eyelids of the slumber-
ing Mrs. Jones. She awoke.
She looked at her husband, glanced
at the clock, and then she spoke.
Gracious me, John," she exclaimed,
what on earth are you getting up at
i've o'clock in the morning for?"
beg pardon, m'dear?" replied
Jones.
Whatever are you getting up SO
early for?" she repeated. Don't you
see it's only i've o'clock?'
"Oh! um! yes" answered j., grasp
ing the situation, and hurriedly pull
ing on his trousers again; fact is
m'dear. it's such a lovely morning that
thought I'd get up and weed the gar.
dsn."
"Really!" crided his better half;
well, you are q good boy" and she lay
watching him with a smile of approba.
tion while he painfully crawled into
the rest of his clothes.
The smile broadened into q positive
grin when, five minutes later, she
heard him at work outside, and then
with wink at the clock, she gave q
satisfied chuckle. murmuring some
thing about teaching him a lesson,
and lapsed once more into slumber.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
DIED

At his home in Sauk Centre, on
January 2, 1905, Robert McCracken,
at the age of 66 years and months.
Mr.. McCracken was born in Harri-
son Co., Ohio, May 9, 1888. He re-
moved to Wisconsin in 1874 and in
June 1862 enlisted in the Goth Wis
consin volunteers. He served three
years in the army, receiving an honor
able discharge July IA, 1865. He was
united in marriage with Mary Love at
Cadiz, Ohio, on Sept. Is, 1866. About
1867 he came to Minnesota, settling
in the southern part of the state.
Some twenty six years ago he re-
moved to this community. He was a
member of the Palmer Post, No. 43,
G. A. R. and also of the 1. O. O. F.
lodge.
Mr.. McCracken leaves wife, Mary
McCracken and two sons, Charles and
James McCracken and a daughter.
Mrs. Jennie Parker.
The funeral services were conducted
at the home on 9TH and Pine-sts., on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
Rev. Adams having charge of the
service at the house. The I. O. O. F.
lodge had charge of the service at the
cemetery.
Mr.. McCrocken was a man highly
esteemed by his many acquaintances.
He was a pioneer and a veteran; a
good neighbor and an honest man
than which no higher tribute can be
paid to any man.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

We hasten to inform Hon. Sil
Howard Vincent Kt., Baronet, ETC.,
etc., and the other of England's
'smost noble lords and ladies" who
are so anxious to love us now tina,
they are afraid of us that we are
willing to stop singing the third
stanza of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" which runs:
And where is the band that sc
vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the
battles confusion
A home and country should leave
us no more?
Their blood has washed out thei,
foul footsteps pollution,
No refuge could save the hireling
and slave
From the terror of flight or the
gloom of the grave,
And the Star Spangled Banner in
triumph doth wave
Der the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
We are willing they should cal
us "Usonaians." We are willing
that the Bunker Hill monument
should be broken up and shipped te
''dear old Lunnon'' to be used al
paper weights. We are willing
to say we are sorry we licked them
twice. But we do think they ought
to send back to us that measly little
brass cannon they have in the
British museum labeled, "Captured
from the Americans at the battle o1
New Orleans 1914"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
A weddino Present.

Congressman Perkins of New York
was in the office of friend, a justice
of the peace, when couple came in
to be married. After the ceremony
the Justice accepted modest fee and
handed the bride an umbrella as she
went out. Mr.. Perkins looked on
erayely, and asked: "Do you always
do that, Charles?" "Do what? Marry
them? Oh, yes" "No. l mean be-
stow a present on the bride" ga pres
ent? Why, wasn't that her umbrella?''
gasped the Judge. mo. it was mine,'
replied the congressman, sadly.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
4 WORD OF EXPLANATION.

In this issue commence a series
of articles entitled prominent Men l
Have Met and the Impressions They
Made on Me-" which will be published
from time to time in the Herald,
in the form of character sketches.
The first one will be Grover Cleve-
land; William Mckinley, William j.
Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas
Bracket Reed, Joseph Y. Bailey,
Joseph G. Cannon, Jerry Simpson,
Marcus A. Hanna and many others
will be sketched during the year.
l do not expect my readers will
agree with me in these impressions,
at least not all of them. l do not
claim that these eminent men will be
accurately or even justly sized up. /
will only attempt to portray them and
their characters as they seemed to me
when / met them. do not claim an
intimate acquaintance with them but
during my eight years services in
congress l saw them, or at least the
most of them, very frequently and
they made lasting impressions on my
mind and thinking that these impress
sions might interest the numerous
readers of the Herald, / offer them
to the public.
l venture to suggest that if the
Herald readers will cut them out
and paste them in scrap book at the
end Of the year they will have vol
ume that they would not part with fol
many times the price of the paper.
Trusting that these articles will
prove entertaining and interesting,
if not instructive, / submit them to
my reader.
Frank NJ. Eddy.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
KNEW HIS OWN TERRAPiN.
v,roinian Idensned It by Its Peculiar
Expression.

Expression.
Underwater Virginia" said Mr.. =.
L. White of Lancaster, Va, at the
Shoreham recently, is the most de-
lightful and wonderful country In the
world. Everything that heart can wish
or the appetite can fancy is produced
from the fertile fields and the great
rivers that traverse them on their way
to the bay. Nothing ever surpassed
her oysters, her fish, her ducks, her
diamond.back terrapins.
1.-THE terrapin farming" he CONT
ued, "is q remarkable busine9s saEd
very lucrative. But 1t requires large
outlay of capital and a great deal OF
labor. Each owner Of 'farm'-as the
little water front fenced In for the
purpose is called-zealously guards his
domain and resents the slightest en-
croachment by neighbor or stranger.
And a curious thing about it is that
these men engaged In the business
have learned to know their own terra
pins by the expression OF their faces.
Not long ago a negro boy was arrested
in one of the lower counties in the
Rappahannock river for stealing
diamond back and he was convicted
upon the testimony of the owner, who
swore point blank that the said ter
rapin was his, and was stolen from
his farm because he recognized the
aforesaid terrapin by its individual
expression of countenance, which he
had studied for years.
"He stated also that all his terra
pins had the same smile and gentle
look out of the quiet eyes; that ne
would know them at once anywhere
among all the terrapins of the world
I tell you, sir, Tidewater Virginia is
| a wonder. er."-Washington Post.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
What's the User

Why don't you try to make yourself
one of the intellectual celebrities OF
your timer" whats the use?" an
swered the bright but indolent young
man; "the firm whose patent food l
have been eating would come along
and want all the redit."-Washington
Star,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
a Whole Family.

Rev, L. A. Dunlap, Of Mount Yer
non, Mo-, says: my children were
afflicted with a cough resulting from
measles, my wife with cough that
had prevented her sleeping more OF
less for FIVE years, and your White
Wine of Tar Syrup has cured them
ALL" For sale by Hanson & Emer'
son.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
Cause and Effect.

'You seem to be in a weak and rHr1
vous physical condition." said the
medical examiner Of the insurance
company.
mo wonder" replied the victim
"Your solicitors have made my life g
burden during the past six months
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
Before and After.

Before marriage a man is generally
greeted by his sweetheart with my
darling, is it you?" But after mar
Yiage she generally rushes to the door
and shouts: "Joha Henry, wipe your
boots!"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
REVENUE.

l believe all possessors of in
comes of five thousand dollars or
over ought to contribute portion
of the same to the expense Of the
government. Any man who is
such genius that his services bring
him in FIVE thousand dollars a year,
or a person who is fortunate enough
to inherit, or sufficiently shrewd
enough to accumulate an amount of
property that will annually produce
that sum, ought to be willing to
contribute a small portion of the
same to the expenses of govern
ment that has created the favorable
conditions which enable him TO do
this.
The ancient theory of revenue
was that the people ought to pay
the expenses of the government,
and the oldest form of taxation was
the "head tax" where the people
were assessed so much a head re-
gardless of their possessions, for
the purpose of meeting the expenses
and obligations of the government.
The modern theory, is the
Republican theory,-of govern
ment is that on the property of the
country ought to be imposed the
burdens and expenses of the nation.
All property of every kind and
character ought to bear it's equal
share of this burden, but it falls
very far short of doing 80.
Property may be divided into
two classes:
Visible,
Concealable.
Visible property, lands, houses,
animals and the like cannot escape
taxation, because it evidences
itself. A manufacturer cannot take
his factory or farmer herd of
cattle and lock them up in safe,
look honest and hold out empty
hands to the tax gatherer and say,
81 have nothing" but this course
can and often is pursued by the
possessor of bonds, stocks, notes
and mortgages and that class of
property which l have termed con-
cealable property. 1t has been
stated-by what l consider compe-
tent authority-that the visible and
concealable property in the State
of Minnesota are about equal in
value. Yet visible property pays
about seven and one-half times as
much taxes. Those in moderate
circumstances, as a rule, own the
visible property; those of great
wealth the concealable. The best
way to escape taxation on property
is to accumulate lot of it.
A son of United States Senator
stated on oath, during the 57th
Congress, before a committee OF
the Senate that his income was two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
a month, and that sum was greater
than his entire property was assessed
in the state where he lived. The
state and national government
furnishes ample protection for the
vast possessions which produce his
princely income, yet l contribute
annually as much to support the
federal government as he does.
This may be just, fair and
equitable, but 1t doesn't seem so to
the ordinary man.
The visible property of the
country pays all the local and state
taxation.
The concealable property is either
untaxable under the law. such AZ
United States Bonds, or is, to a
great extent, kept out of sight and
does not pay any tax, comparatively
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
Announcement.

have purchased the Sauk Centre
Avalanche and this week it will be
consolidated with the Sauk Centre
Herald. I am not making any
promises that may be broken, or any
pledges that may never be redeemsd.
only ask support on the merits Of
the papsr that ! will offer to the
combined subscription list. II
worthy Of support ! ask It, II not
worthy ought not 70 expect Il.
FRANK M. EDDY.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

The President of the Rural Free
Delivery Carriers Association has
been ignominiously fired because
he left his route in charge of his
assistant and went to Washington
on political mission.
We are perhaps the most thick
headed man that ever occupied q
public position. We can't see why
it is worse for Rural carrier draw
ing $50 month to leave his route
in charge of an assistant and play
politics than it is for the Secretary
of the Treasury drawing $1,000 9
year to leave his Office in charge Of
an assistant and play politics.
Secretary Shaw has not beer
fired.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
We were go busy arranging

We were so busy arranging a
''merger" that we forgot to wish
our numerous readers a "Merry
Christmas and "Happy New
Year." But we propose to take
time by the forelock and wish them
all the jolliest kind of Fourth of
July.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

If Mary McFadden was as hand
some as she is smart folks would
have to wear smoked glasses when
they looked at her.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05
The Monarch's Message.

The Monarch's Message.
Subordinate-We have captui ed the
missionary.
Cannibal Chief-Ah! Tell him dine
at 6. and / expect to see him at din
per.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

Quite number of annoying
errors appeared in the editorial
columns of the H raid last week.
In each case it was the result of the
compesitor following copy" but
we wouldn't have the profession
find it out for anything in the
world.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

Mr.. Cutting Hintz-Every night this
week I've dreamed that l died.
Mrs. Cutting Hintz-I guess that &C.
counts for those night sweats you've
Aad.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

We refuse to get excited over
the matter of the United States
Senatorship. We still believe that
there is such thing as party
loyalty and that legislators will
redeem the pledges they made to
their constituents.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

We hereby declare ourselves al
the "merger" candidate for-sub
scribers. .-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

Twenty-eight new subscribers
were added to the Herald list
last month. When publisher
puts the value in his paper he does
not have to offer prizes or institute
contests to secure subscribers.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

How is this for hot one from
the Far West?
The editor of the Sauk Center
Mimi, Hearld pleads for the
plaudits of an admiring world on
the ground that he didn't make a
joke on Cassie Chadwick. His
regular readers will furnish him
alibis or acquittals on any and all
similar charges. Olympia Wash.
Capital.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

James J. Hill has a ''simple'
plan to regulate trusts. 1t is called
"simple" because congress would
be simple to adopt it.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

In the present senatorial contest
Gov. Van SAINTS forces are the
only ones that present an absolutely
solid, unbroken front. They con
sist of DR.. J. A. Gates of Kenyon.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1905-01-05

1t strikes us that there is liable
to be a little too much talk about
exorbitant railroad rates and not
quite enough action.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-18
OFFICERS E1ECETED.
Macleay Telephone Company Knects
Permanent Organization and Issue
Stock.

Sixty shares of stock at $l5 per share
were subscribed for last night at n
meeting of the Maeleay Telephone Com
pany. Officers were also elected as fol-
lows; President, John Craig; vice
president, w. L. Simeral; secretary, T.
j. Ramsden; treasurer, Judge Waldo;
director for three years, Edgar Hart
ley; director for two years, Abner Low
is; director for one year, Mr.. Grams.
The lines of the Pacific States Telo-
phone and Telegraph Company are to
connect with those Of the new company
at the Red barn,running thence to Shaw
and from Shaw to Fair Ridge.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-18

doubt, will see pongee and rajah weaveS
reach the height Of their popularity for
shirtwaist dresses, tailormades and
coats.
Negliges of all classes, from the elab-
crate confections that pour tea in the
afternoon drawing room to the ones
that do duty in the bedroom and bath
room alone, SAVIOR of Oriental shapes
and inspirations Straight lines and
flowing sleeves that fall into the folds
of side draperies and become one with
them distinguish the most pronounced
types for 'upstairs" wear. For gar
ments of this class, pongees, China
silks. challies, French fannels and cot
ton crepes are all possibilities for linn
tied purses. Like gowns of greater
worth, the negliges are, many of them,
made with surplice or crossover bodices.
If there is not more than a sugges-
tion of the. overskirt in spring gowns
when the middle of March brings out
the last secret of the coming fashions
all signs will fail Everything has been
pointing it's way for a twelvemonth.
The paniers or evening gowns, the tu-
MICS, the redingotes, have all been fore
shadowings of the long ago popular
drapery. It's only semblance the coming
season, however, will probably be in
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-18

finish the hens. Stitched folds are also
resorted to. Skirts are long but with
out trains. and are fitted without a
trace of bulkiness at the hips. The
tapering waist line has become fact.
All gowns with any pretentions as to
dressiness have short sleeve. This in.
cludes all costumes to be worn after
luncheon. A novel sleeve for which a
well known maker is trying to gain su-
premacy is long and perfectly close to
the shoulder, where it ends in a single,
rather high cuff,
ESTELLE CLAIRMONT.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-18

long draperies falling straight from the
waistband. Whether the old lambre.
quin effects with unbalanced sides plait.
ed and festooned and "halfhitched -
into sensational appearances will sue.
ceed the present more chaste shapes is
yet to be seen. 1t is like the crinoline
panic of year ago when all the scare
stories of war times and the dreaded
hoop skirt were brought out and aired.
Now we are being treated TO disserta.
tions on possible overskirt woes. But
the overskirt which is luminous is
anything but portentious. On the con.
trary, its long lines will enhance rather
than detract from the charms of most
figures
At the most fashionable winter re-
sorts now the skirts are little more
voluminous at their hens, and bodices
are a little closer as to fit than the
ones made for the city winter season.
A slight exaggeration of the pompadouT
fashion is the prevailing type. This
style is seen gauzes, chiffon, velvet
and soft silks. 1t was really launched
in smart circles abroad last season and
was treated to the cold shoulder.
For skirt trimmings in this class of
costumes the three graduated deep
tucks are still used or heavy ruchings
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-18
Fiendish Suffering

is often caused by sores, ulcers and
cancers, that eat away your skin. VIM.
Bedell, Of Flat Rock, Mich, says; "I
have used Bucklen's Arniea Salvs for
Ulcers, Sores and Cancers. 1t is the
best healing dressing ever found. "
Soothes and heals cuts, burns and
scalds. 25c at J. C. Perry's drug
store; guaranteed.