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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-22
Miss McManus of Alexandria, was

Miss McManus of Alexandria, was
in the city on Tuesday, hunting for
her twelve-year-old brother, Clarence,
who in company with another twelve
year-old lad, James Nation, ran away
from home on Monday. She returned
home Tuesday noon, unable to find
any trace of the boys.
John Schwartz, aged sixteen, was
the victim of most painful accident
on Tuesday morning. While driving
with load of wood in the yard OF
Irving Dobbs, the lad stopped to avoid
a clothes line stretched across the
way, and fell on an upturned ak,
striking the knee, and cutting deep
cash through the knee cap. DR..
Moynihan was called Immediately
The wound is painful but not con.
sidered dangerous.
New wash goods: our showing oil
these handsome sheer fabrics is al
present very complete and embraces
every worthy pattern in demand the
coming season. Many of our choicest
selections come in patterns of IL I'd
lengths. The purchaser will find
some satisfaction in not seeing half.
dozen dresses of the same pattern
Mel. Billed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-22

Mrs. Chas. Fish and daughter, Miss
Lyla, who have been visiting friends
here for the past two weeks, returned
to their home in Minneapolis on We'd
nesday.
Have you been betrayed by promises
of quackS, swallowed pills and bottled
medicine without results except q
damaged stomach. To those we offer
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. 50
cents. Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-22

Silks will be worn more extensively
than ever the coming season; the
shirt waist dress will be very popular.
We are showing an almost unlimited
variety of suitable patterns. During
the past few years many cheap silks
have been produced which are offered
the public at so called especial Sales. /"
These goods give no satisfaction to the
purchaser and are dear at any price.
Mel. Billed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
ENGINE VS.. MAN.
Race In Which Quick Start VIII Make
The Winner.

Races have been run between men,
between locomotives, between men and
animals, and between animals and To-
cumotives, but strangely enough no one
ever had conceived the idea of having
Il race between man and locomotive
Unit, a few days ago The credit for
originating the thought of having such
a race belongs to Pat Daily the veteran
Nandala engineer, who Is to race his
engine, No. 9, against Paul Turk, the
speedy Rose Polytechnic sprinter.
The idea of the coming race between
Turk and the Vandalia engine. then. is
entirely original, and the announcement
published in the Tribune recently that
IL was To be run has attracted the at
tention of athletes and railroad men the
country over. The athletes 10 man,
almost firmly believe Turk, with his
ability to put 100 yards behind him in
10 seconds, win outstrlp tho engine,
JUST as loyal to Daily are the railroad
men, however, and whether IL IL
through a sense Of loyalty born of their
love for the big engines or otherwise
they declare almost as n unit that Daily
viii overcome the lead Turk will get az
the start In the last few Yards Of the
course and nose out a victory.
After all the whole question narrows
down to question OF acceleration
Turk with his continued practise in
starting at the crack of pistol will
be at ton speed IN four or five strides.
y sprinter Il coached to do this. He
starts from a crouched position, with
the iinser tins Of both hands resting
upon the ground IN front Of him and
pushes on, SO % sneak with the fore
parts OF both feet lie rises 20 an erect
position az he takes the first strides, 50
that by the time ne has gone less than
~ yards he Is under full Roadway. 1t
Is IN the start ~ course, that Turk ex-
poets 10 win, He reckons that by the
time he will have run half the distance
the engine viii be scarcely under head.
way, and, although Turk admits Daily
and bis steam horse will make up quite
"A bit Of the ground lost after he does
get started, Dee thinks he viii have
such lead tha. II canrot be overcome.
II is fac, worth noting. too that
TURK refused to race with switch en-
siEe. granting, presumably. that he
would lose In such contest. The
switch engine Is low gcared and built
for quick starts, hence Turks stlpula-
Ton THAT DALI shall use a passenger
or freight engine IN the race.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
How Many Ways To Row?
'romises to be the strongest in the secondary

With the opening of the college row.
ing season, the annual dispute about
the Kind of stroke to be used has again
come up, in the east and awaits settle
ment at the Poughkeepsie regatta, on
June 20. when the colleges viii give
another test to the various ideas. The
main point IN dispute is whether the
high or the low stroke is the best with
which TO row, and from the experience
OF past years it seems that the low
stroke, as used by Coach Courtney in
developing his boats, has the better of
the argument. Courtney explains his
Views as follows:
Il believe very thoroughly in the ad-
vantage of the low stroke | think that
my crews stand the best chance when
they are rowing rs or 80 strokes to the
minutes. | rarely allow them to go as
high as 50. although that may be nee
css0ry when the crew has to squirt. In
considering the number of strokes to
be r0wed To the minute. mucn depends
on the weight of the men In the eight.
1t stands to reason that lighter crew
WIN have to take more strokes to the
minute than heavier crew, II both
eights have equal strength or power
to send the boat through the water
The extra strokes that the light
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

crew uses, however will tell on their
endurance. In any case two more
strokes to the minute will mean a
great deal. Another thing that has
some influence is the form of the men.
crew rowing high stroke cannot
row in smooth style, and form is a very
great factor IN distance rowing
Coach Ten Eyck of Syracuse, who
has produced the only other winning
eight at Poughkeepse in the last 1--WE
years, takes exception to Courtneys
view. He says:
Given two crews of equal power
and endurance. the one taking more
strokes 10 the minute must win. if both
crews have their power properly APP
pied. The slow recovery on the slides
which is the big feature OF a low strok-
Ing crew, was developed at Cornell, and
the lthacan crew of '03 was the crew
that eSemplifed that best A crew.
however. which would have been
equally good as far as technique and
power so could have beaten that eight
by using higher stroke
Both men agree that there is only
one way, and, as Courtney terselv
frames II, that is the right way" If
asked TO describe the style of the
stroke that he teaches his men, the
veteran Courtney will reply There is
no Hanlon no Courtney, no Ten Eyck.
no anybody stroke as he has done
hundreds of times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
UTAH RECORDS GOOD.


A new wrinkle in coast athletics this
year was the freshman field day be-
tween Berkeley and stanford, in which
stanford had the underside of very
lopsided score, Of ISA to 4Sls Ber-
kelley gathered In eight first places.
and Stanford six, while Berkeley ran
heavily to the good on seconds and
thirds. Stanford was strongest in the
field, and Berli ley IN the sprints, The
two mile went TO Stanford on the sen-
setional finish of the day In which
Morrell pulled up on final squirt from
third place Ia first. winning by only
few feet Stanford also took the re-
lay, the broad jump, the shot the
hammer and the quarter mile, Ber-
kelley gathered In the 100. 200 the
half. the mile, the pole vault the
hurdles both low and high and the
high jump.
Comparisons are interesting with
Utah time, as they show as compared
TO the Utah Varsity records, that In a
field meet with the winners matched
against Maddock's squad Maddox
would win HARDLY.
In the sprints the time was 10 3-5
for the 100. against the records of
Fuzzy Moore of 10 l-5, 20 AS In the
200 yards; Is in the high hurdles %
in the low hurdles, IS 1-b in the 440
yard run, 2;12 In the $50 yard run,
5:02lT in the pie ia feet y inch In
the hammer 6 feet inches in the
high jump, 80 feet / - inches IN the
shot put, 90 feet ~ inches in the
broad jump, and 10 feet 3 Y inches in
the pole vault. The only ones Of these
records that pass the Utah mark, of
men now on the Varsity squad. are
the high Juno which is four inches
better than swaps. the shot put
which is inches better than the best
Utah record, aud the low hurdles
which Is 2-5 Of a second better than
the ttah record, for last spring In
all other events the University is away
in the lead which would suggest that
the Colorado teams will have 20 go
some II they intend to outclass It COM
pletcly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
FITz FOOLED THEM.
Told How Charlie White Nearly Put
Friend Out of Business.

Fit2siinmons has new story. lie
told II on broadway the other night,
and 1t made a hit, The hit was literal.
Robert was feeling good, and when he
was asked II he would accept Tom
ORourke's offer of a $4,000 purse to
fight Jack OBrien again. he assumed
Dundreary air and replied:
II haven't made up my mind yet"
Now wouldn't thatg-Dut what's tle
use?
Paul Bronner. had ordered another
quart, and Fltz asked him If he knew
Charley White, the old referee.
Cert replied Bronner
Bronner Is bigger than Fitz. and
Broadway knows him as pretty handy
with his mtts.
White Is on the police force now.
Did you know that? ?" went on Fitz.
Everybody looked up In surprise
That's what he u.s." continued Fitz.
'He was on his beat the other night.
when he saw man leaning against
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
MEN PAST SIXTY IN DANGER.

More than half OF mankind over sixty
years Of age suffer nom kidney and biad.
der disorders, usually enlargement OF
prostate gland. This Is both painful and
dangerous and folcy's Kidney enIre
should be taken at the first Nign
Of danger, as II ccrrects Irregularities and
Mr. Rodney Burnett, Rock Port Mo
writes: II suffered with enlarged pros
tate gland and kidney trouble for years
and after taking two bottles Of Foley's
kidney Cue feel bettor than ! nave Tor
twenty years although ! am now 81 Yeas
old" Sold by f. J. Hin Drug co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

iamppost. The man was Jagged, but
mad good clothes and jewelry on him.
white caught him by the arm and ask
ed him where he lived.
None of your business, said the
jag. What IL 1t to you where I hide
AT night?'
" But 1t Is my business said White.
Don't YOU see I'm policeman
=" You're no policeman said the lag.
and he hit White swlpe on the law
like that"
Fitz fetched Bronner a lick on the
chops that Jared the buttons off his
vest. There was more to the story and
Fitz was for finishing it, but Bronnor
backed and told him TO tell the rest of
1t to somebody else.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
BOOKIES ON THE RUN.
Bill Before tho Senate Stirs Them up
Some

Detectives have been at Bennings
track this season for the purpose of
getting evidence upon which a test case
is to be based to settle the question
as to whether or not betting on horse
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

dcrful fighter and doized in Denver.
Is really dead one. Right manfully
did he strive to climb back TO the
proud position he once occupied, but
he could not do It and SO failed, like
all of them do after once receiving ~
bad beating. Just few days ago he
was put down for the fatal count In
the sixteenth round by Maurice
Thompson, just an ordinary sort of
sclapper
There was time when the Butte
battler would have been putty N the
hands Of Parker, but this was years
ago Parker took his pitcher 10 the
well once too often. and like Mellow
ern, F'itzslmmons and other old war
riors, must stand aside for younger
blood. Re was confident he would
regain his former standing In the ring,
but the great trouble with fighters Is
they don't know when they are done
for,
According 10 "rad" Battling Nelson
had two games up his sleeve when he
whipped Terry McGovern, and he used
both of them to good advantage,
While binding their hands with tape
Nelson discovered that Terry was bind
ing his wrists also and, walking over
In very superior manner said; Here
McGovern, take that off your wrists"
Terry looked up IN surprise. opened his
mouth To speak. but just then his sec
onds butted into the fray and there
was a wordy war, Nelson looking at
Terry as though the latter was his
sparrlng partner This kind Of ratified
the Brooklynite, too, and he was
amazed
Nrno,.arn,u hands ,var. uaop ,,rappoJ
in tape, but In the other corner Nelson
was binding his hands, taking as much
time as he could, and worrying the life
out OF Terry. The latter sa. there for
five minutes, then shifted his feet then
pulled his coat around him tighter,
looking around in a lost" manner. His
gaze wandered over toward Nelson two
or three tines but the Dane was as
busy as dog hiding a bone. He
didn't see II thing, didn't hear thing,
and furthermore, didn't care a thing.
He was getting Terry nervous, and
that's what he wanted.
Terry couldn't stand the strain any
longer and finally got up from his
chair and walked up and down talking
to the newspaper men, trying to keep
his nerve. He paced 1t FIVE or six
times. and finally went over to Nelson
TO see what the delay was about. After
few moments more Nelson put on the
gloves ANA got ready for the gong. Ter
ry was awfully nervous and rubbed his
feet as he waited longer for Nelson.
Finally Referee McGuigan called them
TO the center and instructed them. Ter
| ~ walked back to his corner, but Nell
son stood IN the center OF the ring,
Another grand play. but II got Terry
| nervous. lie was worried to death, but
| Nelson, with determination sticking out
all over him, stood there and waited
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

To draw the fire out OF burn. heal
cut without leaving scar. or to cure
hollis, sores, letter. eczema and all skin
and scalp diseases. use De Wits Witch
Hazel Salye. A specific for piles. Get
the genuine. No remedy causes such
speedy relief, Ask for DeWitt's--the
genuine.-Sold by T.. c. Schramm,
druggist: where the cars stop.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

for the bell. When IT finally did clane,
Tery's eyes had Il Wild look and he
didn't seem to know whether he had
chance or was the fall guy for some
guillotine game.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-02
Houses Made of Glass Bricks.

The demand for hollow bricks and build
ing blocks for house construction has
induced glass manufacturers to put hol-
low glass bricks on the market. and
they promise to be used extensively for
novel and artistic effects The first glass
bricks proved failure. commercially. on
account Of their cost. but the hollow
glass brick can be made at much less
expense They are lighter and stronger
than clay bricks. and are such excellent
nonconductors that walls built OF them
are proof against dampness, sound. heat
and cold. The bricks are sealed her
neticaliy when hot and are placed In
walls built with colorless mortar made
o. special glass. The binding strength
OF the glass mortar Is almost as erea,
az the bricks themselves. For orna-
mental friezes, string courses and facades
they are Of special value and add greatly
to the artistic effects For those who
might object to living in the glass
houses. through whose walls anyone could
see, IL should be said that the hollow
glass bricks are made both translucent
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-02

him at that moment He perceived
that the time had come for some tall and
quick thinking. and he did it. He was
MORALLY afraid that he might sail right
up to the moon. While the prospect had
its allurements. he didn't know how long
1t might take to get there. and he felt
that he might starve en- route. So he
wondered how he might get down.
Suddenly the story of Appleton's Library
burst on his mind. He remembered the
rope that the children did not have sense
enough TO pull. He looked up, and be-
hold! there dangied, away beyond his
reach, small piece of rope. He de-
termined that the only way to get that
rope was TO Chamber up on the side of the
car into the rigging far he could
get and pull ii down. Up he went, and
hnally he reached ii. To his fearsome
astonishment, a part of the balloon that
seemed to be tucked away in the in
terror somewhere unravelled as he tugged
at the rope. Swinging up there, his
breath coming with some difficulty on nc
count of the altitude. he looked about
him. 1t made him shudder. He frantical-
ly determined to pull that rope come
what might. He felt that far worse than
a fail might happen. But in his eager
ness be yauked it too hard. He had laid
hold OF the proper rope all right. but
ne opened the valve wide that the
balloon came down with terrific velocity.
At first the boy did not notice the speed
OF his descent. But when he struck q
tree the force of the fall was great
that he bounded through the branches
like cannon ball, taking the boughs with
him. After he struck the ground he
rolled until he lay at the very edge of
the canal. Here the people who came
running from all directions found him.
ruefully sitting up surveying his wrecked
clothing and his bloody arms. legs and
hands The town of Canton was only n
few moments away and there he was
taken, cleaned. bandaged and fed and
set upon his way back to Cleveland. His
father was among the throng TO meet
him at the railroad station. But the
father was so incensed that he whaied the
little fellow until the police interfered.
The story of his adventure. naturally. was
telegraphed around the world. and dur
ing the next weeks he received fabulous
offers to go with different shows.
When / began TO write this article /
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-02

purposed to describe simply a balloon
factory and to tell something about bal
looms and ballooning in this country. but
l find myself constantly recurring TO Mr..
Stevens: for his history and the story Of
bailooning a pastime are as closely in
terwoyen as the rigging of balloon is
woven into the basket il carries. While
it was not his definite purpose to create
a market for balloons outside of the
regular show trade his ceaselessly inteili-
gent work and unconscious exploitation
Of the subject by his own enthusiasm be-
gan to interest that class OF Americans
who take to automobiling for the danger
there is in II, and when Stevens saw
that the people were beginning to regard
the balloon as a medium of sport for
amateurs he set his restless brain to
work upon its improvement aud to make
it less hazardous and more comfortable.
For the first 10 years of his professional
life he a show balloonist pure and
simple. He was the third person in
America to make a parachute leap. He
lived most of his waking life up in the
air. The business In spite of its hazards.
however. began to be overcrowded. and
the compensation grew smaller anu.
moreover, the novelty of the show bal
loonist was wearing away. and his serv-
ices were not In such great demand. All
these Things We're apparent TO Stevens
when he became manufacturer in con-
neetion with his performances During
the HES- years ne was IN business as Il
manufacturer he told me that be made
as many as COO balloons a year, and had
large crews OF aeronauts working for
him IN all parts of the country. During
all this time he was studying aerial navi-
cation, following the experiments of the
aeronauts abroad closely, and making
endless tests in his own workshop. He
spent all his earnings on devices to make
balloons safer and more adaptable for
pleasuring. He sent TO France for his
engines: they cost him hundreds of dol
lars apiece, but out of the first consign-
ments the ratio that he could use was
about one out of Ten. Whenever he ar
rived at solution that seemed thor
oughly good he patented il. Consequently
he holds today every patent on balloons
and airships issued in America.
When i converse with the average per-
son l do not find thar-I am very much
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-02

all the parts have been carefully sewn
together. looking somewhat similar to
bricks placed one upon another In a wall.
the entire envelope is bathed In the mix
ture of linseed oil. varnish and rubber.
which | have already mentioned. In the
meantime, while the envelope is drying,
taking on that yellow oilskin appearance,
the basket, or car. Is being finished. This
is simply an enlarged square clothes
basket. built of very strong rattan and
other reeds. But I'm the basket is woven
a maze of strong ropes, which spe-
cially manufa ctured for ballooning. On
the end of these ropes are exceedingly
strong catches made of wood. which are
called toggle. These slip into loops that
suspend from the load ring, which Is that
little ring you usually see just above
the head of balloonlsts In p ctures. This
ring is the connecting link between the
car and the envelope. The ring Is made
of hickory or similar tough wood.
Meanwhile the netting which goes over
the envelope has been put together. This
Is one OF the incest problems in the
balloonmakers work. The ropes must
b. so netted that as the lines converge
toward their meet ng point Mt the load
ring the bottom lines must he Just an
many times stronger as there lines
around the equator of the balloon and
the lines of the netting must be nd
justed to an exact nicely over all.
When the envelope is dry the valve ia
placed Mt its very top. This valve ia
made of wood. and is 50 contrived that
it opens precisely the navigator willis.
But besides the valve there IL sewn Into
the side Of the balloon for emergencies
an oblong arrangement called the rip
cord. The use of this will be apparent
Immediately.
The balloon is now ready for an ascen-
sion. The statuscope. which indicates
the altitude. and the barometer. which
indicates the atmospherica pressure is
adjusted in the ear. The neck of the
balloon Is fastened In Its place and the
globe is ready for imitation. 1t Is weighted
down and filled with hydrogen gas This
is the best gas for ballooning. because il
is lightest 1t is manufactured by pIac-
ing In large caldron suiphuric acid over
iron. The resultant fumes are conducted
10y means OF pipes into another caldron.
where they are percoated through three
inches of water into another pipe. which
conducts them through lime, and then
they enter the balloon. II costs about
SO to Initiate ordinary balloon
The balloon Is now soaring I'm the air.
1t is supposed to be at the mercy of the
air currents. This is not entirely true
says Mr. Stevens. You can take palm
leaf fan and steer it almost anywhere
You desire. 1t Is extremely susceptible
to any vibration whatsoever. There is
one thing that is surprising to a novice.
The higher you go the swifter is your as
cent. The explanation for this is that
the air at the surface of the earth gives