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The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
ANTS BUILD GOOD ROADS.
They Are as Smooth as If Cemented
from End to End-Greatest
Constructors on Earth.

The greatest road builders in
the world are a species of red ants
found in South America. In build,
ing road they carry minute par.
ticles of clay, with which they line
all the roads as well as the CALLER.
les and passages of their nests till
they look as smooth as IL cemented
10y Il master mason. Some idea OF
their number can be formed when
it is remembered that the whole Of
this road to their tree, perhaps
nearly half mile long, is densely
thronged with multitude going
out empty and coming back with
their umbrellalike burdens, while
thousands upon thousands swarm
in the doomed tree.
That this vast army is under the
best discipline can be proved by
watching them only few mo
ments. The drivers are constant.
ly running up and down giving
their orders to the workers, which
they do by touching heads for a
moment. The individual SO
touched will stop, turn back, hurry
forward or show in some such way
that he is following some com.
mand. But a better proof of the
discipline is found in the fact that
when the army meets with an OBJ
stacle, such as a log or large stone
there is jam of ants on both sides
and they run about in dismay and
disorder. Instantly the drivers
hurry up, showing the greatest ex.
element, and run over. around
and under the impediment to find
the best way out of the difficulty.
When they have decided they lead
off the line of march in the proper
direction. But until they take
this step the workers make no at
tempt to pass the obstacle.
When selection of q level piece
of ground has been made n per-
pendicular shaft some eight inch.
cs in diameter and six or seven
feet deep is formed. This is for
drainage and ventilation, never
for ingress or egress. If the
ground slopes the shaft is horizon
tai, the mouth, of course, being at
the bottom of the hill. From the
perpendicular shaft, commencing
at the bottom, radiate galleries,
like the spokes of Il wheel set at
slight angle. At the end of each
series of galleries spokes a circu-
lar gallery is made, forming,
as it were, set of wheels one
above the other. In, or rather
above these circular galleries the
nests or dwelling places are con.
structed. These are oval in shape
and about foot long. The mar
row end of the oval is downward
and opens into the roof of the gal
lery, and as the spokes always
slope slightly toward the shaft no
tropical rains, no matter how
heavy, can enter the homes and
breeding places of the ants.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
Struck 1t Right.

Krankleigh-Yes, | am seldom
fooled on point of physiognomy
Now that man yonder-I never
saw him before, but I'll wager
that he has to shoulder heavy re-.
sponsibilities. Pardon me, sir, but
would you mind telling us your Oc'
cupation?
The UnkDOwn-ShOor not. Oh
carry a hOd cleveland Leader.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
A Beginner.

He-The airships do not seem
to be perfected yet. The great
problem is how can a man be kept
up in the air?
She-Well, l saw you out horse.
back riding the other day, and it
looked very much as if you were in
the air most of the time ,-Yon.
kers Statesman.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04

lington, the detective, left him.
"lf you should want me for any.
thing tomorrow" said Lefroy,
! calmly, as he bade the officer good
day, "you will find me here or AT
ms club in the Strand"
A short time later the officer
! was again at the house. He had
received message warning him
to detain Lefroy, as it was evident
that a murder had been commit
ted. But LEROY. he was told, had
left the house almost Immediately
after his arrival, and none knew
where he had gone. He had fed
All the witnesses declared that
LEROY, during his questioning by
the railway officials and police,
showed remarkable GOODNESS and
readiness in explanation. 1t must
have been a fearful nervous effort.
But he succeeded in allaying all
suspicion and excited their pity
as they looked at him with those
terrible stains upon him. Judg-
ing by them, he must have lost a
large quantity of blood. AS Il
matter of fact the blood was that
of his victim, Mr.. Gold.
The railway company and the
government at once offered re.
ward of f100 for information lead.
ing to the murderer's capture.
and placards were issued bearing
the descriptions of Lefroy, his por-
trait, and specimens of his hand
writing. a likeness of him which
appeared in a daily paper led to
his capture.
Lefroy had taken refuge. in
lodgings in Il little house in
Smith street, Stepney. He in
formed his landlady that his
name was Clarke. and that
he was an invalid engraver from
Liverpool. His conduct was mys-
terious and excited his landlady's
suspicion. He stayed in all day
and kept the blind of his room
his window looked out into the
street-drawn close down as if
fearful of anyone looking in. His
landlady had seen the picture in
the paper. She consulted the DO.
lice respecting 1.-The strange
young man."
The detectives-Swanston and
Jarvis-who visited Smith street
to interview the mysterious
lodger, recognized him and
pounced upon him at once.
81 am glad you have found me-
declared LEROY. III am sick of il
and should have given myself up
in a day or two. am sorry ran
away. 1t puts such wrong com
pleXlOn on things; but / could not
bear the exposure"
The jury quickly returned a YER
dict of guilty, and, pale and trem-
bling, LEROY listened, apparently
all unnerved, to the sentence of
death. When the lord chief jus.
tice finished, however, he had re-
covered some amount of self pos
session.
"Gentlemen," he cried, striking
theatrical attitude and in i'm
pressive tones, as he lifted his
hand to Heaven, "the day will
come when you will know that you
have murdered men
He was hanged three weeks lat
er-after having tried to delay his
fate by making an absurdly impu,
dent confession of another mur.
der of which he did not know even
the leading details.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
MUSSELS FIND MANY USES.
Some Facts About Familiar She'll
tish--At It's Best in the Spring
How to Cook Them

Mussels are at their best in the
spring. Mussels thrive in bays
and inlets, on sandy bottoms, to
which, and to one another, they
attach by their byssus threads,
these being slender iilaments issu-
ing from between the shells, says
n New York writer. They are
sometimes in great beds extend
ing over Il hundred acres, thou
sands of bushels of mussels being
obtained in single bed.
Fishermen go for mussels as
soon as the ice is out Of the bays
in the spring, and sometimes
when wind and weather are pro-
pitious they sandwich in trip for
mussels between the end of one
fishing trip and the beginning of
another. There are plenty Of mus.
sci beds within easy reaching dis.
tance Of New York, and once on n
mussel bed a load for ten.ton
sloop might be dredged up in
single tide.
So with good luck Il fisherman
could go to a mussel bed 20, 30 or
40 miles distant, and get a load of
mussels, and be back in New York
ready to sell them, all within two
days.
The profit on the trip depends on
what he gets for his catch. If
there should be many boatloads
of musscls in the market at the
same time he would get less for
them; but il he should happen to
come in when mussels were scarce
he would get more. If he got. say,
$1.25 Il barrel, about an average
price, and he had from so TO Is
barrels in his slOop and he had
made quick trip and disposed of
his catch quickly there would be
fair money in it.
But the fisherman takes chances
in mussel fishing, just as he does
in every other sort of fishing.
Fishermen some times eat mus
sells fried, but the great bulk of
mussels consumed are picked.
The mussels are first boiled. and
then picked out of their shells, and
then what is called the beard,
which consists of the inward ends
OF the byssus threads, is removed,
and with it little sac into which
the mnssel is likely to have
drawn more or less sand. Then
the mussels are put up in jars in
pickle, with few spices added.
Picked mussels have long been
familiar item of free lunch, and
people buy them as well to carry
home.
The mussel is a much cheaper
shellfsh than the oyster or the
clam, but still it is not eaten to
the same extent. There are peo.
pie with whom the mussel does
not agree, because of it's rich
navor. But there are epicures
who are fond of them, and who
like to eat them occasionally. and
so mussels may be found on tbe
oils of fare of the finest restaur.
ants.
Junkmen who go into the coun.
try buying junk sometimes take
down their jangling bells and
stow them away somewhere in the
wagon and take into the country
a wagOnlOad of mussels, which
they dispose of to farmers, trad
ing the mussels, maybe, for Junk.
Picked mussels have been
shipped from New York at least
as far away as Chicago; so that,
altogether the quantity of mus
sells disposed of in the Gotham
market is considerable.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
The Human Owl.

The cynic is one who never sees
"A good quality in a man, and never
fails to see bad one. He is the
human owl, vigilant in darkness
and blind to light, mousing for
vermin, and never seeing noble
game.-H. w. Beecher.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
His First Attack.

She toying with the ring)-And
am l the first woman you ever
loved?
He-No, indeed. AT the early
age of seven l thought seriously
of eloping with my teacher.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
Not His Fault.

Toni thought you were On the
water wagon.
Dick-I was. But high places
always make me dizzy, and fell
off.-Detroit Free Press.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
Money of American Heiresses.

At any rate it will never get 50
that a foreign aristocrat will re-
fuse to marry an American heiress
because her fathers money is not
above suspicion.-Denver Repub'
lican.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
His Exnerience

Knicker-Have you never heard
the call of the wild?
Bocker-No, | always take my
shoes off and try to get in as qui,
etly as possible.-N. Y. Sun.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04

First Cook-An' what was yez
talkin' about?
Second Cook-Oh, we was dis.
russln' the mistress problem
Puck.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-08-04
The Morning After

Guest Ito bell boy)-Is this a
foundry?
Bell Boy-No, sir; this is hotel.
That humping you hear is on the
inside of your head. - Detroit
Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
DAN PATCH.

Dan Patch, with wind shield
before him and running mate to
pace him, has succeeded in lowering
his own mile record from 1855 to
l:554, and he is now, as he was
before, the champion harness horse
of the world
Thousands of people threw up
their hats in wild acclaim when the
performance was announced. They
didn't know it until they were told
from the grand stand. Men Rugged
one another in the delirium of their
joys, and danced the can can in
their mad ecstacy. Yet the per.
Torrance was absolutely without
value to the world. 1t did not add
an iota to its productiveness. I,
did not increase the wages of the
working men q single cent. 1t was
of no more value to the masses OF
men than the fact that our ssJim''
horse, when thoroughly scared by
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

truck dealers $4,000, 900 a>year to
market their productions. If the
roads were so improved that they
could haul a quarter more at each
load that would mean saving to
the men who pay more than their
share of the states bills of $780,
600 year. After this statement
to advance any further arguments
in favor of liberal appropriations
on the part of the state to aid in
building good roads would be like
lighting an old fashioned tallow
candle to assist the sun to shine or
for a married man to buy phono-
graph to assist his wife in carrying
on a conversation after he had
staid out with the boys till 2 a. m.
playing seven up.
We will not even mention the
additional safety, comfort and
pleasure that would accrue to the
multitude from improved highways
because that is enjoyment and not
necessity. A man has no right to
buy ten cent cigars and drink
champagne if his wife lacks under
clothes and his children haven't
nightgowns and the state should be
exceedingly economical in expendi-
lures for the pleasure and enjoyment
of citizens as long as practical needs
exist.
Money expended on roads is an
investment, an investment that will
pay large interest in the increased
value of property and the added
convenience Of its citizens.
This is our plank on this subject:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
5AUK CENTRE HERALD
FRANK M. EDDY,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
w. ]. HENSHAW,
MANAGER -.,.
Subscription, $1.5O q Year.
8 90 If Paid In Advance.
STATE isSUEs-cooD ROADS.

1T has always seemed strange to
us that a question of so much
importance as good roads has re-
j.. ceived 80 little attention from our
law makers, national and state.
Millions of dollars have been
expended by the national gov
eminent in the improvement of
rivers and harbors and princely
domains of the public lands have
been donated to railroads to facili-
tate water transportation and aid in
buildingarailroads to carry freight,
notwithstanding there is ten
Lines as much freight carried on
:. arm wagons than on railroads and
steamships combined there has
:iever been any public money
appropriated worth mentioning or
4'ublic lands donated to improve the
wagon roads of the nation.
The estate of Minnesota; has
Expended five times as much money
,ior the preservation of game and
fsh In which less than two per cent
IF our population are interested,
:. han it. has in the improvement of
he public highways in which every
,itizen of the state has concern.
Every dollar expended in the
preservation of game and fish yields
returns only in sentiment and
,.leasure. We do not mean to
assert that the expenditure to pre-
serve game is a foolish one or tina,
At is too large but we do mean te
say that it is more important and
If greater welfare to the state tina,
lslugger Peterson has a good road
20 haul his pigs to Sank Centre
shan that M. Mortimer Money bag
gets chance to shoot moose, o.
.hat Percival P. Fiddler be able tt
yak up Hennipen avenue with +.
sjne string of speckled trout.
1t has been estimated, of cours,
it Is only an estimate, but we thinl
- is under rather than an owe
estimate, that there are 1900, OOt
,ons of freight carried a hundred
,hiles on farmers wagons each yea
i, Minnesota. At seventy-fv,
.ents ton for each 100 miles
;6bout what the railroads receive 70
carrying freight, that means. that j
.5sts, the faymers. gardeners ant
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
deficiency Of Women Writers.

Says Lady Violet Greville: 1t is cur.
ious to note that while men have on
many occasions painted women with
unerring truth and felicity, women
never seem quite to grasp mans
ideals or mode of thought Is it, per.
haps, because they are lacking in the
experience acquired by men in the
course of their love affairs?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
Monkey Coed "Watch Dog"

A French newspaper reports the
actions of monkey which has been
trained BY it's owner TO perform all OF
the duties of a watch dog \ chicken
thief was so unfortunate as to cast
envious eyes upon the roost over
which the monkey kept guard and ne
had just begun to fill his bag when
the simian grappled with him to such
effect that a long stay in the hospi-
tai was necessary before he could be
brought to trial.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
There is little strife for nOmina-
tiOns that are of no value.
Successful Methods Wcrth Studying.

Successful Methods Worth Studying.
Study the successful man and his
methods, and do not be too conceited
to learn from him. He is a thing to
be thankful for as our object lesson,
ii you only have the wisdom to learn"
said one Of the Rockefellers. Most
people are so irritated by the success
they might gain knowledge from that,
instead of studying it, they turn their
eyes away from it,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
Wear of Pavements.

In provincial towns in England the
creosoted soft wood pavement has
life of from twelve to fifteen years.
At st. Pancras, London, where there
is traffic of 411,31S tons per yard
Of width per annum, the greatest wear
of the Australian wood jarrah was
0.18 inch, or less than one-fifth-inch
per annum.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
Beer Known to Romans.

Beer is spoken Of by Xenophon in
mis- history of the retreat of the ten
thousand. 1t was well known to the
Romans as the beverage of northern
Europe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

1t is the member of a minority
party that is always singing the
glories of party independence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

If every CRATER we're in states
prison who would support the
prisoners
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12
Russian Piierimages to Palestine.

The greatest pilgrimages to the
Holy Land are undertaken by the
Russians. 1t has been calculated that
between 10000 and 10000 Russians
visit Palestine every year
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

An awful easy way to get repu-
tation Is TO jump on something that
is unpopular.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

When a man has to put up an
organization and establish bureau
to secure a nomination it is sure
sign that the party would not
select him if left to ITSELF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

an auto, can make a mile in five
minutes. The Iowa professor who
added, by scientific experiments
ton, single additional row of
kernels to an ear of corn, conferred
a thousand times more benefit to
the people than the developer of
Dan Patch; but a thousand men
can tell of Dams performance that
never heard of him. The inventor
of the Split Drag for the improve
ments of the highways has conferred
more benefit on the agriculturists
of the nation than Dan Patch would
if he made mile in three-quarters
of minute, yet Dan Patch's owner
makes more out of a single per-
Torrance of his horse than the split
drag man will make in lifetime.
1t is curious, but it is a fact, that
the men who make the most money
and acquire the most fame are those
who return absolutely no benefits
upon humanity for the flood of
honors they receive and the golden
stream of wealth that an undis-
eliminating public pours into their
Golfers.
They have established $500
dog license in Anoka and the
Herald of that place naively re-
marks, "That it costs more to be
dog in Anpka than it does to get
a marriage license in any other city
in the state" If a hated rival had
not made the statement old Pease
would say, alt was worth more"
The farmers and wage workers
constitute eighty per cent of the
population of the country but they
constitute only three per cent of
the legislators. This is the real
reason that five times as much
public money is spent for the
preservation of game and fish than
is spent for good roads.
Bryan and Lafollette each earned
$40, 900 this year telling the people
what they wanted, which they
/ already knew. The Herald
makes specially of telling the
people how to get what they want
| which is worth twice as much.
If you believe that certain legis
lation should be passed why isn't il
a good plan to find out if the men
you elect to- make the laws think
the same as you do?
When a man has to put up an
organization and establish a bureau
to secure a nomination it is sure
sign that the party would not
select him if left to ITSELF,
Materia Medica has discovered a
new disease. 1t is called ssNervous
Prosperity" Editors are immune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

If Julius Block should be nomi-
mated for governor one thing is
sure, he won't defeat himself by
talking too much.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

Materia Medica has discovered a
new disease. 1t is called ssNervous
Prosperity" Editors are immune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

The harder a man has to work
for a nomination the harder the
members of his party have to work
to elect him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

If you believe that certain legis-
lation should be passed why isn't it
a good plan to find out if the men
YOU elect to. make the laws think
the same as you do?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

Some men think the proper way
to get call from the people is to
punch them till they yell for him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

The legislature should make
liberal appropriations and pass
legislation providing for
scientific, permanent and practi-
cal improvement of the high
ways of the state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

a man who believes that his
party or his party officials can do
no wrong is of no use to any party
or 10 any country.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

Bryan and Lafollette each earned
$40, 900 this year telling the people
what they wanted, which they
already knew. The Heral d
makes specially of telling the
people how to get what they want
which is worth twice as much.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

Sometimes men are elected to
Office not because they are popular
but because their opponents are
unpopular.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

There is an abundance of pros
perity in the country. What is
wanted is a greater diversity of
prosperity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

There are very few 'standpatters"
among candidates. 1t is only after
they are elected that they become
impregnated with the disease.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-10-12

There are two classes of editors
that never express any opinions
those that have none, and those
that dare not express them.