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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
CONGRESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

The duties of congressman may
be classed under two heads OF
divisions, routine and national.
The routine duties are purely
clerical such as caring for pensions,
looking up Rural Free Delivery
Routes and matters that are of local
interest to the district he represents
only. The other duties may be
classed as national; that is partici
pating in, discussing and helping
to decide the questions that affect
the entire nation and every citizen
wherever he may reside.
There are many congressman who
never rise above their local duties
which require no particular ability
and which can be performed as well
by the congressman's secretary as
they can be by the congressman
himself and in nine cases out of ten
are SO performed.
1t does not require any dis.
tinguishing qualities for a member
of congress to>sit in the corridors
of greatness waiting for chance to
tell the Postmaster General how
badly his constituents need a Mail
Route and to have the aforesaid
P. G. M. tell him as he always does
tell everybody, "Your matter will
receive immediate attention as soon
as it is reached"
AS rule large proportion OF
the members who are running fol
denomination on their pension and
Rural Free Delivery record can no,
tell how many different classes Of
pensioners exist under the law and
what is necessary to establish q
claim in each class or in
diligently inform inquirers .wha,
conditions must exist before a Rura
Free Delivery can be established
These kinds of congressman art
designated "space fillers," by ir
reverent Westinghouse. They
simply play "follow my leader
and vote as their party leaders die
tate often without knowing why
they so vote or what they are vot
ing for.
When congressional distric
gets one of these kind of men il
Congress the sooner they make
change the better. If man serve
two or more terms in congress an,
never rises above the dignity of
"space filler" it is time to make
change. If they do not have a MAJ
in their district whom they can eve
hope will rise to national promi
hence or national influence, the,
better import one. The reasol
why great interests secure so mucl
special legislation is because the
see to it that in the districts wher
they are located men of command
ing ability are sent to the halls 0
legislation. At the present tim
there are more important question
pending before the country, tina
ever before. There never was
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

PERDOZER.
smooth side to the front AS the
grasshoper flies it hits the smooth suf-
face Of the oilcloth and falls into the
pan, in which is kept about two inches
of water and pint of kerosene oil on
the surface. The hopperdozer is used
as shown in the picture. The mower
starts ahead and cuts down several
swaths OF alfalfa. then the horse haul
ing the hopperdozer works behind the
mower The horse frightens the hop
pers into the pan or further into the
alfalfa, where they are easily caught
at some succeeding round. Mr.. Blinn
states that when first used the "dozer"
was run over the field several times
during the. day, and nine or ten bush
els of grasshoppers were caught, be-
sides many that got out of the pan,
but died from the effect of the oil
bath They went so far as to count
and estimate tie a:.mber Of grasshop.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
a Young Musician.
l love to turn the stool around,

love to turn the stool around
AS high as high can be;
II makes screeching, shivery sound;
And while it's whirling, twirling round
jump on top, cause then, you see,
l get ride for nothing.
l wish there were no keys at al
Away down in the bass
l love to let my fingers sprawl
Where all the notes are wee and small,
Ana While the teacher makes face,
Just play them twinkly-winkly.
The teacher always will explain:
l never listen, cause
I've such nimble little brain
l can't help seeing what is plain;
And so l nod, and never pause
Until, from top to bottom,
I've nodded every black and white
And all the keys there are;
And when l have the number right
l give the teacher such fright
Her thoughts go wandering off SO far
By shouting: ''Eighty-sevenw
Alvin West. in Lippincotts.
Torchon Lace.
Torchon is the newest lace to be ap-
piled to blouses-torchon headings,
the beautiful handmade kinds. They
are used just as the cluny is. for strip
ping and edging.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

A dance was given by the young
men of the city on Monday evening,
in the auditorium. The affair was
given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
Heffner OF Minneapolis, who are
spending their vacation here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

Mrs. Schauble went to ST.. Cloud on
Sunday, to attend a family reunion.
She returned on Wednesday. During
her absence Miss Lille McGibbon
had charge of her millinery store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
New Munich last Sunday.

New Munich last Sunday.
The lid is on
At Padua, and Unity too.
Do we feel dry?
/ guess we do. 81
You can't get nothing
In this old town,
But pop, with order
To wash it down.
Not even cocktail;
Not even gin.
o, dearie, me!
It's meaner than sin.
Wild Irish Rose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
Automobile Novelty,

For the automobile woman, COM
bination hood, scarf and veil. BY pull
ing two buttons it makes it into
straight scarf; by pulling two strings
it is transformed into a hood with
veil, which ties under the chin to fas-
ten the veil.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

BARE SPOTS IN THE LAWN.-If
any bare spots appear in the house
lawn, either rake them over and seed
down, or sod them. IT the lawn looks
rs though it needed more food, broad
cast some fertilizer, preferably nitrate
Of soda, just before rain. About 100
pounds Of nitrate to the acre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
United States Senator
Knute Nelson,
Douglas County.
Governor
A. L. Cole,
Cass County.
Lieutenant Governor
A. O. Eberhart,
Blue Earth County.
Chief Justice
Charles M. Start,
Olmsted County.
State Treasurer
Clarence Dinehart,
Murray County.
Secretary of State
julius SehmahI,
Redwood County.
Attorney General
EFT. Young,
Swift County.
State Auditor
S. G. Iverson,
Fillmore County.
Clerk of the Supreme Court
c. A. Pidseon,
Wright County.
Railroad Commissioner
c. =. Staples,
Dakota County.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
Unity

Henry Jones and family visited with
August Feiderman at Padua on Sum
day.
Henry Betow will start farming
again.
Ed. Bruschke, and the Misses M.
Quade and Dora Burmeister called
on Emma Gritzmaker.
Albert Kind and sister, Anna, spent
Sunday in Melrose.
Andrew Ceynar was in Unity on
Sunday. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Kind visited in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

ONE GOOD QUEEN. - One good
queen is worth half dozen of the or
binary kind; so, get good ones.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
A Carnegie Proposal.

Father-Can you support her in the
manner to which she is accustomed?
Suitor-Yes, sir; If you will raise an
equal amount.-N. Y. Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19
PROVES TOO MUCH.

copies an extract reprinted IN Inc
Journal from Tom Watson's
magazine claiming to give figures
on the sale of agricultural nipple
ments of American manufacture in
Argentine at 1910 so per cent less
than prices asked for the same
articles here at home and quotes the
testimony of E. L. Griffin, who has
arrived at Austin from Buenos
Ayres. Mr.. Griffin says Watson's
magazine is entirely in error, that
a threshing machine which sells in
the United States for 3d. 500 costs
from So, 800 to $4,000 in Buenos
Ayres, and that the jobber in
Buenos Ayres pays the same for
farm implements and machinery as
the American jobber and has in
addition to pay freight and expenses
of experts to set up the machinery.
The matter will be referred back to
Mr.. Watson for his authority =
Minneapolis Journal.
We do not know whether thresh-
ing machines are sold cheaper in
Argentine or not, and we don't
care. We do know, however, that
whenever American commodities
are sold outside the boundaries of
the United States they enter the
open markets of the world, except
where they are sold in countries
that levy a tariff on imports. And
whenever it is proven that a COM
modify is sold in large Quantities in
countries other than in which it is
produced, no matter what the price
received for it, it is proven that no
protective tariff is needed on such a
commodity and when the commodity
is sold cheaper in the country it is
protected against than in the
country where it Is protected the
difference in price is legal plumber
instead of lawful protection.
-
To say that member of congress
has accommodated more for his
district than anv other member of
+ho s+oto ao,ooot;on hos accomn,;sb-
Cd for his. proves nothing.
Enumerate tho accomplishments Of
oh o,,a lot Tho uotors m.Le tho
| con,nar;son General;t;es are
always =" '
~ ' "
inooience Oh us aoperents'
,
w Ivy Nv
Wv ~ .. os -
seiectlon OF q congressman as one
VINO oiu'
| T. !. a..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

Many a had cause has been won
by the activity of it's supporters
and many good one lost by the
Incidence of it's adherents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

Inclination to accomplish good
results is not sufficient qualifica-
ton for an official. He should also
possess ability to accomplish.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-19

ave do not see why man who
did not get post Office, has not as
much right to have his say in the
selection of congressman as one
who did.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
SCIENTIFIC FACT AND THEORY.
Too Many Vaearies INDUCED In by
the Thinkers.

That the human race will become
blind through the effects of the cleo.
trical current so abundantly general
ed for modern uses is the startling
proposition of an alleged scientist of
Chicago. We are of the opinion that
this statement should be classed
among the vagaries of science. There
never was a time when real science
commanded more respect, or, to dem.
onstrated truths, more unquestioning
belief than the present. This is shown
by the innumerable instances of ap'
piled science in all branches of indus
try. But scientific demonstrations are
one thing and scientific speculations
are quite another. In fact, real sci
entists do not indulge in the latter,
They announce conclusions as the re-
suit Of patient and thorough research,
but they do not promulgate long-range
speculations or fantastic theories
indianapolis News.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29

bus and bring four bags of -four and
twenty barrels of whiskey!" When
this order was reported to the young
brigadier that officer simply said:
Colonel you will take no orders from
anyone but myself" Then he placed
the governor in his ambulance between
two trusty soldiers and resumed his
midnight march upon the enemy's
trail. So the redskins were rounded
up and reconcentrated for good and all
it was the last Pawnee outbreak;
and the general was never court-mar-
tailed for putting the commander-in-
chief under arrest.
In the Civil War.
At this juncture the civil war came
on, and the young Indian fighter found
larger field for his talents and ex-
perience. Under Abraham Lincoln's
first call for 100000 men, he raised a
full regiment, 1000 strong, in the new
territory whose total population was
barely $4,000; and of this First Regi-
ment of Nebraska Volunteers he was
commissioned colonel. Reporting with
his regiment to General Fremont then
commanding at st. Louis, he was at
once sent to reinforce Grant who, with
three regiments, was holding Pilot
Knob, then threatened by Hardee at
the head of 1000 Confederates. From
his first meeting with Grant, whom he
found simply clad and smoking a clay
pipe in his farm house headquarters,
they were warm friends. For two
years Thayer served under Grant
immediate command and he was among
the first to recognize the real greatness
OF the man. Their close relations were
renewed WIN the one was in the White
House and the other in the senate, and
were broken only by the great COM
mander's death.
Wins His Star
For gallant services at Fort Donel-
son and Shiloh, Thayer was made a
brigadier general, and later brevetted
major general; he led storming col
umn against the Vicksburg bluffs at
Chickasaw Bayou, in Sherman's expe-
dition up the Yazoo; had his horse
| shot from under him at the taking of
! Arkansas post; and served through the
| siege of Vicksburg under Grant. After
Vicksburg he was transferred to the
Department of Arkansas and presently
assigned to the command of the Dis
trict and Army of the Frontier; sue
cessfully defended Fort Smith, and
commanded a division i'll the battle of
| jenkins Ferry.
General Thayer was good soldier
and he knew well enough what the
war meant; indeed, he anticipated the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
GENERAL JOHN M. THAYER
SKETCH OF THE DISTINGUISHED NEBRASKAN
WHO RECENTLY DIED AT LINCOLN
us LONG AND EvENTFUL CAREER IN THIS STATE
Coming to the Commonwealth in 1854, He Took
Up Farming but Soon Called to Military
and Civic Duties for State and Nation.

them one wide swath of destruction
1t was on this expedition that young
Thayer first found use for that decision
of character that has marked his ca
reer.
Guard for a Governor.
At the end of two days march he
was overtaken by the governor with a
demijohn of whiskey in his travelling
ambulance-a class of baggage much
affected by the gentlemen whom
Pierce and Buchanan used to send out
to govern the territories Now, COVER
nor - was already mellow and get
ting more so, and Thayer foresaw
trouble if in that state he should as
sert his authority as ex-officio COM
mander-in-chief. Accordingly, he emp
tied the demijohn and put the COVER
nor under guard till he should sober
off. But, watching his chance, the
governor got the ear of Thayer's Sec
ond in command and gave his first
military order: Colonel" quoth the
gallant governor, you will take sew
enty-five men and proceed to Column
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
Women in the Great West.

Girls, too, here prove their capacity,
for | saw house that a girl built her
self. She took up claim, worked it
all alone, built her own house, and in
year more will have proved up
and become property owner in her
own right We heard of several more
such instances, and visited one neat
little house, shining clean, with a
wooden floor on which the neighbors
loved to dance, and a windmill near
by pumping gallons and gallons OF
good water into big tanks for the ben.
eft of the many cattle and pigs. II
was set by the roadside, Offering bless
ings to every passer-by. This ranch
comprising full section-that is, one
square mile-had been taken up by
two young men and their two sisters
each filing on a quarter. The girls
farmed, the boys raised cattle. AL
were SUCCESSFULLY. f. W., in Harp
er's Bazaar.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
Tried to Conceal His FEELINGS.

The late President Samuel C. Bart
lett Of Dartmouth was a man who
keenly appreciated repartee, whether
turned upon himself or some one else.
At a college gathering recently this
story was told as an illustration of his
temperament:
Barron Shirley, now a prominent
lawyer in Franklin, N. H., was called
before President Bartlett when a stu
dent at the college for remarks he had
passed because of ruling of the Fac
ulty. The matter was regarded as
serious, and there was danger Of
young Shirley's expulsion.
Sir" said President Bartlett, stern
ly, 81 understand you have been ex-
pressing your contempt for the Fac
ulty."
mo, sir" replied Shirley, as quick
as a flash, II have always done my
best to conceal It,"
President Bartlett looked into the
young students eyes, then chuckled
and said; you may go, sir"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29

Born in Dillingham;, Mass, January
"a, 1920.
Graduated from Brown university
1S41.
Settled in Nebraska in 1854.
Brigadier general and major general
of territorla. forces operating against
the Indians from 1855 to 1861.
Colonel of Nebraska troops in civil
war and brigadier general United
States volunteers.
Member of Nebraska's first consti-
tutional convention, 1860.
United States senator from Neb-
raska, 1S67-1S11.
Governor of Wyoming territory,
1859.
Department commander Nebraska G..
A. r.. 1886.
Governor of Nebraska, 1891.
The following sketch of the life and
public services of Gen. j. M. Thayer,
who recently died at his home in Lin
coin, at the age of eighty-six, is taken
from the Omaha Bee:
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
THINK TOO MUCH OF NERVES
Mistake Made by People and Physl-
clans of To-day.

What a fine thing it would have
been for the human race had physi-
clans never discovered anything
about the nervous system or invented
such terms as nervous prostration"
or nervous dyspepsia" 1t makes one
green with envy to think of those for.
mer times when people knew little or
nothing about anatomy and when they
called things by their right
names. When they were i'll
tempered or jealous or mel
ancholy they said they were, instead
of putting everything on the poor
nerves as we do now. When physi-
clans are called in and find them
selves at loss to know just what is
the matter with patient-and even the
very cleverest Of them sometimes do
find themselves in that humiliating
position-they can always fall back
upon nerves." with the certainty that
the patient will quite agree with them
and also that he will Immediately JUS
tify the diagnosis by having nerv.
Gus attack of some sort.-Charlesto
News and Courier.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29

John Milton Thayer was born at Bel,
bingham, Mass, January "a, 1920, of
good old colonial stock, both his grand,
fathers having held commissions in
Washingtons army. He was the young
est son of Captain Elias and Ruth
(Staples) Thayer, and, with eight older
brothers and sisters, was farm-bred
He entered Brown college in Sep.
TENDER, 1897 On graduating in 1S41
he entered the law Office of the Hon.
Isaac Davis of Worcester, of the class
of 1882, and for forty years a mem
Der Of the corporation, and on finishing
his law studies he spent some years in
Washington as a practitioner in land
claims, pensions and the like.
Meantime he had formed the part
nership of his life. During his second
years in college he had taken three
months off to teach a rural school in
what was then Seekonk. and thus met
his fate in the person of Miss Mary
Torrey Allen, whose father, Rev. John
Allen, was pastor of church in the
neighborhood. They were married two
years after young Thayer's gradua-
tion-to walk together happily through
his whole public life, until he brought
her back in broken health to look once
more on the dear families elms and
breathe her last breath in the old
home at Bellingham. OF six children
born to them, two sons, John M
Thayer, Jr., and Dana Thayer, alone
survive.
Comes to Nebraska.
Mr.. Thayer removed to Nebraska in
1S54-the same year that saw his
classmate, Frieze, take up his life-work
in Michigan; and though at once ad.
mitted to the Nebraska bar, it was with
no intent to practice Rather his heart
was set on the calling to which he was
born, and with a world of virgin soil
about him, where to choose, he prompt.
ly set his stakes and went to farming
But the sword was more in demand
than the plowshare, just then and
there; and the first territorial legisla
ture (1S54. 1850 made young Thayer
brigadier general in command of the
forces levied against the redskins, who
were as usual on the warpath. Fol
the following six years he had enough
to do in protecting the scattered pio
neers and keeping the Indians within
bounds-a task that required all his
courage and diplomacy. Twice al
least he had to deal with a genera
outbreak, and once with less than 200
men he rounded up the whole Pawuee
nation-5,OO strong, including 1906
fighting men-when they had raidet
the Elkhorn valley and left behind
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
JUSTICE BROWN WILL RETIRE.
Fears Continuation Of judicial Duties
May Cause Blindness.


Associate Justice Henry Billings
Brown of the United States Supreme
court intends to retire from the bench
and has notified President Roosevelt
to that effect.
Justice Brown was 20 years old on
March 2. Having reached that age
and having served ten years as
member of the Supreme bench he
was privileged to retire on full pay.
Although strong and vigorous bodily
and mentally, Justice Brown has been
troubled with failing sight, and he has
felt that continuance of his judicial
duties might cause him to become
blind.
He will serve through the present
term of court and probably will retire
in the fall, He expects to travel in
Europe during the summer.
Justice Brown was born at South
Lee, Mass, in 1886, graduated from
Yale when 20 years old, and, after
studying law at the Yale and Har-
ward law schools, was admitted to the
bar in Wayne county, Mich, in 1860.
From 1861 to 1868 he served as deputy
United States marshal and assistant
United States attorney for the east
ern district of Michigan, and then be-
came judge Of the state Circuit court
of Wayne county.
He served only few months, when
he returned to the practice of law In
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
African Park for EIephants.

A society which calls itself 1.-THE
Elephants Friend" has been founded
in Paris. 1t has for it's object the pro-
lection of the African elephant, which
Is threatened with determination by
the hunters who now swarm the no
longer dark continent.
1t is proposed to found in the center
Of the African continent a sort Of
park which would serve as a range for
wild game, the regulations concern
ing which will be founded upon those
existing in Yellowstone Park.
Not only elephants will be accorded
shelter, but asylum will also be CIV
en- to CRATES, zebras and other harm
less creatures
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-29
BATH GOOD FOR HUMAN LUNGS
AS Necessary for Health as Cleansing
of the Body.

OF the Body.
Returning from the theatre via the
Subway, DR.. Henry Russell of the up
per West Side, with his wife and a
neighbor whom he had met on the
train walked over to Riverside Drive
at the physicians request, to take
a lung bath" as he expressed it.
"Our lungs, quite as well as our bod
les, need baths" said he. Especially
do they need bath after we have sat
for three or four hours in the impure
an dstale air of theatre or a church
Then, If we could see them, our lungs
would look as unsightly as the face of
coal HEAVIER looks after a hard days
work.
Air, pure air, is the cleanser of the
lungs and to battle them the head
should be thrown back, and through
the nostrils pure, fresh air should be
inhaled, till the lungs are distended
to their utmost limit. About twenty
five of the deepest possible lungsfuls
of pure air should be slowly inhaled
and exhaled. Then the pure air rushes
like torrent through all the dusty
crannies and hidden, grimy corners of
the lungs, and 1t carries out with II
every impurity.
After long sitting in a theatres
stale air, try lung bath. You will be
amazed to find how it will cheer and
strengthen you."-New York Press.