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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

More and more ladies attend the
editorial association each year, and
year by year the personel of the
association improves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01
New York's Municipal Budget.

The city of New York spends more
money every year than the govern
ment of the United States before the
civil war. The municipal budget is
four times the whole cost of the state
government. 1t amounts to over $28
a year for every man, woman and
child, or an average of $3.50 for each
family.-New York World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

If the people of the United States
would get half as much interested
in the things that concern them as
the things that don't, great reforms
would be put in force.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01
Fraud In Russian Theaters.

About twenty seats at the imperial
theaters in st. Petersburg have never
been marked in the plans, and their
sale has been privately exploited by
the boxofiice keepers, who in ten years
have obtained over $4,000 by the
fraud.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The idea of mixing ones politics
to keep the state straight is as alb
surd as the idea of mixing ones
drinks to keep his gait straight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01
Why Held Keeps WALKING

John HELD, a genial Scotchman, is
doorwalker in large department
store in New London, Conn. One day
a customer said to him: 'Do YOU
keep stationery" NO." he replied:
If did should lose my job
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

Distribution of capital means
majority prosperity; concentration
of capital means minority prosper
ity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01
From a New Standpoint.

Confidence is money" observed the
student of political economy.
According TO that argument" said
the more practical individual, "a con.
fi1eran may - a banker"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01
Fully Measured.

$50 he married college woman.
It must be tough to be tied to a wom-
an who knows so much he doesn't
know"
"That doesn't hurt so much as the
fact that she knows how much he
doesn't know"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

1t is a little curious that every
stand pat editor in the second dis
trict is either a postmaster or has
hopes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The Hepburn rate bill must be a
fairly good one-both the railroads
and the radicals are jumping on it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

1t is just as corrupt to sell ones
vote or influence for a position, as
it is to sell 1T for cash.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

You can't have too little politics
in. Christianity, and you can't have
too much Christianity in politics.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

You never hear man who Sc.
cures nomination out of con.
vention yelling fraud.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The best way to be sure of elect
ing republican governor is to put
up man that deserves to be
elected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

A man never tries to bride an
other in the sunlight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

1t is a whole lot easier to tell
other people how to do right than
to do right ourselves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

Many a man thinks he is indie
pendent when he is only obstina te
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The best way in the world to get
mixed up in a perfectly lovely scrap
is to attend a "Harmony Dinner"
in Minneapolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The man who always produces
the best of everything is never hard
up.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

1t is violating no confidence to
say that the relations of Governor
johnson and Private Secretary Day
are very cordial. St. Paul political
writer's please copy.-St. Peter
Herald.
How are the relations between
Secretary Day and Executive Clerk
Grimmer? These minor matters
must not be overlooked.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The Honorable Nicholas says
that he has everything in the world
that he wants except hair on the
top of his head.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

1t is the world that works that
makes the world.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

A dollar openly spent in polite
is never spent corruptly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

A lieutenant governor should be
a. lieutenant and not mere figure
head.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The delegates to the state con-
vention will be the most important
officers selected by the republicans
this year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

We have been accused of working
for our own interests. We admit
the truth of the charge, SO please
consider it closed incident.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

Nine times out of ten newspaper
will stand by man from its home
county, good or bad.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

Capt. Hunter says he would be a
good man to hold the American
vote.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

The better Legislature is in
dividually, the better it always is
collectively.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

1t is better to be right than to be
regular. s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

Men who succeed have little time
read books and essays on the sub
ject of success.
A man who has faithfully per-
formed his duty does not have to
seek vindication.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-01

Everybody decries nationality in
politics, and everybody figures on
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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
IMMORTALITY
One Theory of the Condition ina
Comes After Death.

One TheOry Oh inc NOhoA
Comes After Death.
Our life does not begin with birth,
nor does 1t conclude with death. 1t Is
only q section of the development or
mankind before and afteE us. We ex-
listed before we were born, and we
reap what the factors of our being
have sown. So our life leaves Its after
effects. and they will be what we have
made them.
The truth Is that while there Is no
immortality in the sense in which most
religions hold it If we accept their doc
trines in their literal meaning, condi'
tions in life are such In many respects
as If these doctrines were true. For
while our bodily existence is wiped ou'
with all its physiological functions. the
essential part OF our own being tune
thoughts Themselves remain, and thus
our immortality-not as a concrete IN
dividual and bodily incarnation, Du
our soul. our character, the impulses
which we have given In life to others
orr aspirations and most character
istic features-cannOt be wiped out
A man who keeps this thought In OIL
mind. either intultlvely by realizing tn
power and justice Of the religious In
stinct or by having fathomed the prop
lem pbilosophlcally in its very depths
will not live for the present moment
but In consideration Of the after ei
fects which his life leaves on tn
world. And 1 would say that one o
the best tests for right action In q cri'
,cal situation Is for man to ask MIN
self, If had passed away from thi
life what would l wish that l had don
In this emergency? l am coniden
that the answer given to this questio
would help us In the most difficult Gil
cumstances to find the right solution
DIR. Paul Carus, Author of The SOL
OF Man." Chinese Philosophy" etc
In Monlst.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Organ Grinders Trick.

An Italian who had been grinding
out a wheezy waltz on a hurdygurdy
went into the corner drug store and
asked the clerk if there were any sick
folks In the block.
mo" Numbered the clerk, there are
not, and if there were 1 wouldn't tell
your
The Italian backed awkwardly to the
door.
"Why did you shout at him like
thatY asked a customer. HE didn't
mean any harm"
Didn't hep said the clerk. HE
meant all sorts of harm. That Is pet
trick of theirs. They try to find out
from the druggists where the sick peo-
pie live, so they can hustle right down
| in front Of the window where a man
lies Ill or dying and grind out tunes
till silence is purchased at a liberal
figure. Before l got on to their scheme
I used to give the desired information
but the neighbors finally got to the
point of accusing me Of taking a rake
off, so now 1 shoe them away."-NeW
| York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16

According to Marcel Provost, presi-
dent Of the Society Of French Authors,
there are at present in France four or
five writers whose incomes reach or
exceed $4,000 year. About ten
more get half that sum, while, general
" speaking, n successful author may
count on an annual income Of at least
1900 or $4,000. Seventy years ago 1t
was otherwise. An unbound novel
then cost 81 or $3.50, and the sale was
small. A new source Of income was
provided when Emile de Girardin, in
1886, began to print stories serially In
the newspapers. In the following year
the publishers began to sell novels at
70 cents, 40 cents and even 20 cents.
Balzac and Hugo were the first to
benefit by this arrangement on a huge
scale. OF the illustrated edition OF
Hugo alone 100000 copies were sold.
OF Zola's books 2,62S,0O0 copies have
been disposed of. OF Rostrand's plays
over 100000 copies have been sold
"Sapho" yielded Daudet in book form
| $4,000, but that was only fraction OF
his profits. Newspaper feuilletons and
stage royalties increased that sum tc
| 100000.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
ADVERTISING.
One of the Many Marveis OF THIS
Progressive Age.


Among the many marvels of this
marvellous age there Is none more
striking and none more characteristic
than the art Of advertising as develop
ed In modern times. We tax much
about the wonders of the telephone
and the photograph, about the aston
fishing expansion of railroads ana 'eies-
ranhv. but here we have an industry
"a remarkable for its extension and as
Wide and varied in Its applications as
ANYTHING of mans device in any era OF
the worlds history. When there Is
brought into consideration the vast
amount OF money expended IN adver-
Using In our day, the novel and IN
genius methods employed and the ex-
merit skill and artistic talent engaged III
the business, one may begin to realize
what a wide field has been opened here
for some Of the highest and most USE
full forms of human endeavor.
With all its abuses-and they are not
a few-it remains true that advertising
IS one of the greatest Of popular edu-
GATORS and one Of the chief promoters
Of human happiness and prosperity
and there are yet many ways IN when
II NAV be extended to the still greater
benefit of the world. No good reason
exists why the churches, the SUNDAY
schools. the missionary societies and
other agencies of good should not ad'
vertlse far more than they do ana thus
add TO the membership and their power
In the community. To set their ad
yantages. aims and benefits before the
public In proper way and form wouic
involve no loss Of dignity or prestige
while II would almost certainly WIDER
| their influence.
The time must come, too, when ul'
absurd code which prohibits physicians
and other professional classes from al
yertising themselves must be abolished
There Is nothing but a sentiment u
preyent II and a very weak sentimen
at that. It should be no more inir'
dig for a physician or lawyer to seei
patients or clients through the medium
of print than 1t Is for teachers, insur
ance men, real estate dealers or tn
members of any other honorable trad
or calllng-Leslie's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
PRECIOUS STONES.
The Qualities which Give to Them
Their Chief Value.

The qualities for which precious
stones are mostly priced are luster'
transparency, refraction and dispersion
of light. although, of course, scarcity
and demand are the principal factors
In determining the market prices. For
instance the emerald today Is treble
the value it was only few years ago.
This is partly caused by the greater de-
mand. but more on account of the state
Of war in which the cOuntry-viz, Co
lombIa. from which emeralds princlpai-
" comets now engaged, thereby rem
dering il most difficult for those en-
gagged in the industry to procure them'
saws Mines and Minerals.
The emerald mines OF COLOMBIA Ut
Muzo and COscuoZ, near Bogota, nave
been worked almost continuously Since
1908 and have been the means OF sup
plying the world with most OF the
emeralds In modern times. There were
mines In upper Egypt which yieiueu
this gem to the nations Of antiquity,
but were lost sight of from the time OF
the Mahommedan conquest unti quite
recently, when some attempts at WORK
ing them were made.
The emerald mines in the Urals were
not known until the eighteenth century,
and though they yielded fairly good
material for time their Importance
IL not great. as the stones found are
not of good enough quality to pay Inc
rate demanded by the government IRON
the lessees. but they were reopened II
| 1900 by a syndicate, with little success
as far as can be learned.
There are many stoNHs holding tut
/ qualities first mentioned In high de
gree. but they are little known De
: cause. in the first place, they are to b.
obtained in larger quantities, and TIT
people engaged in the stone trade can
not therefore make the profits the.
are able to with the scarcer gems
while because Of their abundance ant
presumably lesser value they hav
been given to the native cutters. VIII
ton and reflection, to operate on, Wit
the result that they are put on III
market and eventually mounted l
jewelry looking like various coiore
acid drops and entirely lacking brl
liancy and those sharply defined facet
which give that reflection ---'SSich Ii Ill
,.Iief charm and makes evident IN
great difference between the real ston
and its imitation.
The last few years have witnesses
the great strides which the varlou
fancy gems have made In the puDIi
favor. notably when used In nee
chains. At present these are bein
made up with all manner OF colore
stones. and if the manufacturer give
as much attention to the cutting OF IL
stones as he does to the making OF III
settings he can produce a really d'
lightful ornament. - Chicago Recor'
Horold
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
THE DREADED MONGOOSE.
A Close watch on Our Ports TO Keep
t,c Animal Dat.

A Close watch on Our Ports to Keep
the Animal Oat.
So far this country has escaped the
rayages of the mOng0ose, but II seems
eternal vigilance Is the price OF safety,
md there Is nothing In the small ami
NAL line that the government Is more
active In trying to keep out of the coun-
try The department Of agriculture
has a number of inspectors at every
mort and while they are always on the
lockout for noxious birds, beasts, fishes
and insects OF all sorts they have
weather eye out particularly for the
, mongo0se.
This is the more so because the little
| weasel-like ruflian does not make
| had net for those who are fond of
strange animal pets and because there
10 n popular notion that it is really
heneficent animal and kills snakes. Dr.
Merriam of the department OF agricul-
ture I'm speaking of the matter the other
day said:
| 1--WE catch up mongoose every now
and then. and the country had mar
row escape from one recently in San
Francisco. 1t was imported under the
name of a philippine cat and 1t got
mast the assistant inspector, and the
family that had it went to hotel. The
suspicons Of the chief inspector were
aroused from what he heard of the ami
NAL. and he tracked down its owners.
When he went to the hotel the man Of
the family was out He explained to
the pentleman's wife that he was par
ticularly interested in cats of all sorts
and more particularly in Philippine
cats. He would like, therefore, to see
the cat that he understood she had I'M
ported The woman was Il little shy,
but finally produced the cage, and, sure
enough, it was a mOngoose. The in
spector declared himself Chen and there
and nailed the beast. There was a
considerable row over the matter, bit
the owners had to finally give up, and
the mons ),5e was Killed.
"The idea tLat the mongoose is 4
snake killer is right enough. 1t VIII
kill all the snakes in the vicinity and
kill or chase off all the rats and mice
But then it goes for the ground nesting
birds and exterminates all of then
and eats the lizards and frogs, as wei
as the snakes. Now, as the birds, tn,
snakes, the lizards and the frogs are
all among the DesC insect A.,'"rs W.
I have, the determination of these let
loose a perfect pest Of insects and re
suits in untold damage to crops ant
$ fruits.
1.-THE mongoose Is as prolific as he Il
: bloodthirsty and If he once got star
e In this country he would do millions o
|, dollars worth Of damage annual.
r through killing out the very insect de
e youring birds and animals that w
want to keep. We have had a sampl
o of what he can do when Introduce
It into congenial surroundings In jana
: ca. and we don't want any OF hill
l. here. "-Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
The Orchid Family.

There seems to be a general miscon-
ceptlon as to just what an orchid Is.
Many call any plant which grows on
tree or has some peculiar feature an
orchid. This mistake is frequently
made with the pitcher plants and the
"tail flowers" The uniting in one or
gan, called the column, Of the stamens
and pistils serves to distinguish the
orchid family from all related ones.
The orchid family embraces 5000 or
1000 species. of which comparatively
few are found In the warm temperate
and almost none in the cold temperate
zones. They are mostly distributed In
the tropical regions, in hot, humid
places. Orchids, however, do not inva-
riably prefer humid conditions. Nearly
all tropical orchids grow on trees, but
in temperate regions they grow In
earth.-Youth's Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
LIFE ON EASY STREET.
It Is an Ideal Place and Worth strtv-
Ing For.

Ing
There are more strong limbed, clear
headed, brave hearted people living on
Easy street than anywhere else IN this
broad land, and their prime condition
is the natural consequence or living
there, for, although you may not have
thought Of 1t, there Is close relation
shin existing between good health and
the consciousness of getting on well In
life. You can see this for yourself IL
you will note how strong man droops,
like q frost nipped flower, who by some
mistake loses his position, his posses
sions or the esteem Of his fellows. one
or all. Shylock made a hard bargain
with borrower, and in his effort to
foreclose the bond lost his cash and
won the contempt and scorn Of all men.
Mental disturbance followed. including
physical Ill being, and, staggering away
from the Judges bench and clutching
at the air, he cried, 1T am not well!'
But you n0ed not go back so far to get
nm Illustration.
And on the other hand you can see
by observing for yourself how the gain.
or even the anticipated gain, Of home
on Easy street will make sick man
we'll. quicken dying hopes into life ana
change the water of sorrow into the
wine of Joy. Recent literature has re-
minded us how a happy turn In the
tide Of the affairs Of Josiah Wedgwood,
afterward to become the worlds great
pioneer pottery artist and inventor
raised him from an lnvalid's couch and
started him upon the road to affiuence
and distinction among England's In
dustrial princes. Similarly Mary Woll
stonecraft, afterward the mother Of the
poet Shelley'S wife, i'll from neglect anc
discouraged by hardships, was, by the
success of her modest ventures In lit
eraturc heartcned to undertake hei
great life work. which soon yielded hel
a handsome royalty.
Read the story of Angelina, VINO
lives on East street and has no desire
to move and lose her clear headednes:
and her health. She was engaged Il
be married to Allan. He was a clerl
receiving $40 per week, and she earned
$50 a month teaching school. After
few years Angelina explained her con
tinued spinsterhoOd by saying that sh
had given Allan time to develop Int
a larger money getter, and he had no
done II, so she decided against the *.
visibility Of exchanging dn $50
month position Tor a $50 month hus
band. 1t is quite true that when pow
erty comes in at the door love flies on
OF the window, but 1t is not becaus
the Angelinas are without sentiment
It is because love cannot feed on IL
competency and thrives best on Eas
street.
So the Importance Of everything tina
will aid any one to get on in the worl
IS established on a sure foundation
the testimony of facts. We do not e1
alt mere money getting above thos
qualities of head and heart whic
make life worth living, but rather en-
phasize the honorable getting of 1t
q conserver of them. And hence tn
wisdom of living on Easy street-Cer
Per Cent.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Lost Boy Like Lost Umbrella.

The tourist stopped at the little cabin
where an old colOred nanny was
bending over big tub.
Good morning, nanny" greeted the
tourist.
"Mawnin', sah," responded nanny.
where's your son Sam"
"Gone, sab; dunno Which,"
"Well, he always was a bad boy,
nanny"
"'Deed he was, sab. He was dess
lax Diet ole blue umbrella All los in
de thunderstorm. He was hahd TO
raise. powahful habd to raise, an afteh
ALI did raise him he jes' jumped away
fun me, an All amt seen him since.
Chicago News.