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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
A Tribute to the Farmer.

A distinguished scholar and farmer
is quoted in the Worlds Work as hav-
ing paid this eloquent and, on the
whole, just tribute to the farmer:
Farming is profession requiring
more shrewdness than law, more tech
nical training than medicine, more up
rightness than theology, more brains
and resourcefulness than pedagogy.
The other professions are parasites. .
This is rather hard on the other pro-
LESSONS, but still, none too much can
be paid the conqueeor of the SOIL
Youths COMPANION.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
poq-watch on shlppoard.

Dog-watch is corruption Of dodge
watch, and is the name given to two
short watches Of two hours each on
shipboard-one from 4 to 6 p. m. and
the other from to s p. m. The dog
watches were introduced to prevent
the same men from always keeping
watch at the same hours of the day;
hence on these occasions the sailors
are said to dodge the routine. or 70 bs
doing dodgO-wAtch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
Humor in Court.

A British judge on one occasion had
to try the case of. "Alabaster vs..
White" A little time later he was
called upon to adjudicate in the suit
High VS.. Low" and very shortly after
in that Of 'Halfpenny VS.. Penny" in
which the sum at stake was greatly
in excess of that which at first sight
would appear likely to be the case
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10

GIN our Almanac for many years past we
have given unusual advice to those attic
ted with coughs colds, throat or lung
troubles or consumption. We have told
them if they did not receive any special
benefit after the use Of one 75-cent size
bottle of German Syrup, to consult their
doctor. give did not ask them or urge
them to use large number Of bottles, as
is the case ia the advertising OF many
other remedies. Our confidence in Ger.
man Syrup makes it possible for US to
give such advice. GIVE know by the ex-
perience of over IS years that one 75-cent
bottle of German Syrup viii speedily re-
lieye or cure the worst coughs, colds,
bronchial or lung troubles-and that
even III bad cases of consumption, ore
large bottle Of German Syrup will wo-,;
wonders. GNew trial bottles, 25c.; re-,
ular size, 75c. At all druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
Extreme Dryness.

An Irish postboy, having driven a
gentleman q long journey during tor
rents of rain, was asked if he was
not very wet. '.Arrah! I would not
care about being very wet II / was
not so very dry. your honor"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
RattIesnake's aJlo.n

The rattler of all rattlers is the
American rattlesnake, to whose tail
is appended set of castanets by
which he can play Jig that viii set
the dullest creature dancing away
from the bandstand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
china's Coal Fields.

The extent of China's coal fields
has been put at 100000 square miles
more than seventy times the aggre.
gate extent of all the coal fields of
Great Britain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
His one Complaint.

Husbands have many complaints,
some of which are never voiced. One
Atchison husband has but one He
says that his wife looks at him as If
he were q burglar. -Atchison Globe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders FOL
Children.

Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in the Children's Home in New
York. Cure FeveriShness Bad Stom-
ach. Teething Disorders, move and
regulate the Bowels and Destroy
Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
They never fail. At all
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
Truly,
Frank E. Ellickson, Sec'y.

Frank E. Ellickson,
Secretary of the Faribauit Agricultu-
raj Society,
Blue Earth, Mimi.
Ny dear Mr.. Ellickson: Reply
ing to your letter of May Pin some
unaccountable way the impression
seems to have got abroad thatI Have
it in for Congressman McCleary. |
wish to state that such is by no means
the case: For HIM personally and for
his ability have the highest regard.
Candor compels me to state. however,
that I do not think he. comes any
nearer representing the great repubii-
can majority of this great republican
state, or the republican majority IN
his district on the subject OF tariff
revision or reciprocity than | do OF
representing the views Of the people
of South Africa in the British
Parliament. He is kept in congress
from his district not on account of his
views on this subject, but in spite OF
them.
Ny views on these subjects are well
known. We believe that there should
be an IMMEDIATE revision of the
tariff so as to conform to the following
conditions:
The tariff on all trust controlled
products should be abolished or SO
reduced as to permit competition from
outside countries.
Lumber, fish, print paper and paper
pulp should be put on the free list.
The tariff on all commodities sold
cheaper abroad than at home should
be reduced at least to the extent OF the
cheaper foreign and dearer home price.
The tariff on luxuries, such as silks,
diamonds, fine cloths, champagnes
and similar articles should be
maintained and DO exemptions should
be made for personal use.
That a protective tariff should be
maintained on all products not con-
trolled by trusts equal to The difference
in the cost of production at home and
abroad.
That reciprocity is fundamental
principle of republicanism. That
reciprocity is mutually of conces-
sions between nations and not a
mutually of bluffing.
That some protective tariffs should
be reduced or removed and whenever
this condition exists it is wise to
secure similar concessions on the part
of foreign countries for such removal.
That whenever reciprocity is worth
more to the country as whole than a
tariff the tariff should be sacrificed for
the sake of reciprocity.
] am willing to affirm these PROPOSE
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
THE FOLLOWING CORES
POADENCE EXPLAINS ITSELF.
FARIeAuLr CO. AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY.
Blue Earth, Mimi, May 2, 1906.
Frank NJ. Eddy,
Sank Centre, Mimi.
sly dear Mr.. Eddy:
You are the revisionist OF Min
nesota. VIII you debate with Mr..
McCleary, our Congressman and out
spoken stand patter, at our fair next
September? Kindly let me hear from
you soon.
TrIlIy
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
Als ROMANCE.


4 stunning girl once passed my way,
Ny ardor could not restrain. q
laid I: ut II a pleasant day."
Said she: II fear It's going to rain
(And that was all said,
And that was all she said.)
Her beauty troubled my repcse,
and when she passed again my way,
Oaid /: "Will you accept the rose?"
Said she: "Oh, what sweet bouquet r.
(And that was all I said,
And that was all she said.)
Two days passed and again We met;
I never saw q maid 20 fair.
She said: "Your flowers aren't withsrsd
yet"
Said I II envy them your care"
And that was all she said,
And that was all I said.)
Then resolved, 90 sweet was she,
That would have her for my wife.
Said 1: 'OA, will you marry mef'
Said she: "What II Not on your life I"
land that was all said,
And that was all she said.)
(No occasion for any further CONVEX
sation, was there )-Tit-Bi
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

The fifty thousand locomotives Of
America are celebrating the birthday
OF their illustrious progenitor, the tiny
TON Thumb" which was a. diminu-
tive In the race Of the iron horse as
was his equally renowned human proto-
type.
Seventy-five years ago with much
travail and trouble. was begotten and
brought forth the little locomotive
weighing four tons which has propa-
gated teeming stock of sleek, black,
steel steeds, many $4,000 pounds each.
which speed over the race courses Of a
continent on 218,904 miles of track.
At its prodigious birth there seemed
to be no good fairies to endow the new
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
CUPID IN THE ELEVATOR

GO HE inhabitants were chary Of in
trusting themselves to the ele-
vator In Bailey Mansions, for It
was Of 30 unstable character that the
initiated had lost all confidence in it
As means Of transportation.
Katherine, however. was not an in
habitant. In her own home elevators
pursued the even tenor Of their way
without vagaries Of any sort so, when
her call on the top floor was completed,
with every reason to expect a swift
and dneventful journey she stepped
confidently into the elevator.
At the fourth floor 1t stopped to ad-
init second passenger, a man named
Westcett. Westcott differed from
Katherine in that he entered the cage
like apartment with a full knowledge
of its treacherous tendencies, but West
colt was. that morning in a frame of
mind to court disaster. He assured
himself as he stepped in that 1t was a
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
Make Alaska q Territory,

Alaska's gold product fer 1908
would pay twice over the 1920, 600
which we gave for that province to
Russia. And this Is only enc item
in our annual income from that re-
gion. Its furs, fisheries and min
erals have yielded us $3.50, 0oO, 600
since our flag was raised over It. Its
resources in coal, iron ore ana tim.
Der, none Of which has been really
touched yet, are inexhaustible. Its
possibilities in agriculture and fruit
raising are larger than Its mineral re-
sources. All that Alaska needs to de-
velop these vast riches are railroads
and wagon roads, and these are be.
ginning to appear. Congress has neg.
lected this vast and opulent region too
long. This winter 1t should elect Alas.
ka into territory, provide for the Gre
alton Of good roads and enact other
needed legislation.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

ana Warrington tO&etner Dy hours In
stead of days and the Atlantic coast
and the Pacific by days instead OF
months. 1t unified the United States
into corporate nation which super
seeded the disconnected federation Of
States having little in common.
Surely some prophetic vision must
have illumined Peter Cooper's eye. else
one would look In vain for an elucida-
ton Of the reasons that prompted the
merchant prince and philanthropist,
neither mechanic nor inventor, to
espouse the cause of an invention which
the most expert opinion Of the period
pronounced valueless.
Not alone, however, In the increased
size Of the locomotive. nor its larger
carrying capacity. or it's swifter speed,
IL the story OF the remarkable develop
ment unfolded.
No less marvellous Is the varied serv-
Ice that endows the train equipment Of
to-day. Thug. there are four entirely
different types Of locomotives, and
these, in turn, are subdivided into num-
berless classiflcations. according to the
number Of driving wheels, pilot wheels
and trailers.
There are fairly countless varieties
Of cars; under freight cars there are
box cars, nat cars, tank cars, cattle
cars. refrigerator cars, and many
others. each rated in order to its capa-
city.
Tiny Tom Thumbs descendants have
outgrown their forefather's dwarfdom,
and are a mighty, teeming race Of
Goliaths. There are now well nigh fifty
thousand locomotives in the United
States, all Of them busy, coursing over
the 213,9A miles OF track which have
been laid to satisfy the growing de.
mand for railway communication. Over
these tracks last year were hauled. al
nearly as the combined available re.
ports Of the railroads indicate, q mat.
ter Of T60,000,000 passengers and l..
300, 900 net pounds Of freight. Such IL
the great oak that grew from Peter
Cooper's little acorn--a marvel OF
figures that might stagger the belief Of
the most visionary Of dreamers In
Cooper's day, and which convey In
their unadorned fact a livelisr picture
Of progress. than could be painted BY
the most talented Of brushes.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

praised a man except for what was
In him." and the habit Of judging d.
rectly and without regard to sur
roundings has always been an instinct
Of the race. All those evidences of
worldly prosperity and success which
turn the heart Of the Anglo Saxon to
water leave the Arab unmoved.
The Arab 10 an artist In manners.
remember q certain sheik, who was
once my travelling companion on the
Upper Nile, tall, lean, keen-faced
man, Of complexion almost black,
with a glitter on 1t like the sun polish
on desert stones, who walked among
the fellahs On the crowded deck like
chief among his slaves.
With him shared the same narrow
corner Of the deck. He was strict IN
his religious observances, and 1T the
appointed hours would spread his mat
On the deck, turn in the supposed d.
rectien Of Mecca, and then kneel and
rise and kneel again, bowling with hia
forehead to the ground IN the impos.
Ing attitudes Of Moslem prayer.
Quick at detecting the least sign Of
consideration or respect, II we stop.
ped talking or moved to make room
he would treasure up the courtesy
and when his prayers were over, turn
and acknowledge 1t with q grave ges.
turs ana smile that seemed no con.
veAHsAal grimace, but expressed the
intention Of . deliberate friendliness
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

invention with gifts either Of beauty
or power. Yet after all some benevo-
lent godmother must have watched
over Its arrival and sped its course to
good fortune, for while there were diff
culties innumerable and undreamed Of
by its great father Peter Cooper, never
theless they all were in time surmount-
ed SO that even during the life Of this
proud parent the strange little monster
gave promise Of future fame and USE
fulness.
The primitive little boor Of a Tom
Thumb which Peter Cooper fathered
seventy-five years ago signifled not only
newly discovered and improved
means Of transportation 1t was the
medium Of Transforming Isolation into
populous cities. 1t opened up a close
communication that brought New York
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

"Piano playing will drive fies from
your apartments" declared man
who expounds odd theories. THAT
sounds like a joke, and, Of course,
there are some kinds of playing that
will chase human beings from q room,
but seriously I mean that music is OBJ
1ectionable to lnsects--in fact, all
sounds annoy them.
"Whoever saw dies In boiler
shop? No one that know Of. be-
cause the vibrations caused by the
continuous pounding are a. derangins
tn the insects as are the atmospheric
disturbances resulting from electric
fans. Every one should be familiar
with the intensity Of the vibrations
nroduced by the strings Of a piano.
For instance, many persons. no: doubt,
have noticed that q loose glass in q
n,cture frame will buzz when a GER
tain note Is struck. Well, when the
strength of the sound wave which
causes the III fitting glass to hum
Though It may be q dozen feet away,
!. multiplied q score Of times in sec.
ond- AZ il the case when a spirited
n,.no performance IL in progress, the
snect Of the vibrations on the ex.
tremely sensitive insects may DO i'm
aimed. They simply can't stand Z
prolonged sound."-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
MASCULINE MIND 10 MINOR.

wife Has to Explain How She Knows
When the Clock stopped.
A Kansas City woman tells this story
on her husband to demonstrate the In
feriorlty of the masculine mind.
One morning as her husband was sit
ting down to the breakfast table he
glanced at the dining room clock and
said: 1--WE must be later than usual
this morning"
Don't place too much confidence in
that clock. 1t stopped at o'clock this
morning, and just set 1t going BY
guess" replied the good wife.
Were you up at oclockT asked
the husband. ,
"Of course not"
"What time did you say the clock
stopped?"
at g." a&s $50
IF you weren't up at g." replied the
man, with a puzzled lock, "how In
thunder do you know when the clcci'
stopped?"
"Why, dear, It stayed stopped" wal
the reply. The man did not say anoth
er word that morning.-Kansas CITY
Times.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

matter of complete Indifference to him
whether the elevator shot suddenly up
ward and crashed through the skyllght,
or dropped without warning into the
basement.
The elevator. however, did neither of
these things. Under the guidance Of a
chubby, blue eyed youth, 1t pursued its
downward career until 1t reached the
space between the first and second
floors there 1t stopped.
At the sight Of her fellow passenger
Katherine turned pink with embarrass-
ment The man had muttered some
thing under his breath and bowed frig-
Idly, for. before counting disaster, be
had courted Katharine 1t
had amounted to the same thing. They
had parted forever only the evening
before and the ring she had worn for
three months was at that moment In
Westcott's vest pocket, where he had
thrust 1t savagely at the end Of their
quarrel.
"Why are we stopping here?' asked
Katherine, turning to the elevator boy
Of cherubic countenanee.
"'Cause we can't go on" returned
the boy, producing bag Of nuts and
Q comic paper and proceeding to make
himself comfortable. 1.-THE powers of
again"
HAS It ever-does 1t often 60 of like
thisr'
''Oh. yes" replied the boy, cheerfully.
There's nothing to be scared of. Some
times she runs all right for as much as
q week; then, again, she won't bulge
for as much az six or seven hours at
q stretch"
"Six or seven hours!" gasped Kath.
crime.
YES" replied the boy, settling him
self more comfortably on bis stool.
"Once it was longer. bur gln'rally they
get her going In an hour or two.
There's no danger at all, miss"
The boy gently discouraged further
conversation BY burying himself in his
paper. Katherine moved to the end
Of the long, leather covered seat West
colt, at the extreme other end, stared
gloomily at the wall.
Kathrin looked at her watch; 1t was
already past luncheon time, and she
had been too miserable to eat much
breakfast. Still-she frightened at the
thsught-she should not starve. for she
had with her a box Of chocolates she
was taking home to her sisters chill
dren.
She looked at her watch again. Only
four more minutes had passed, but the
pangs Of. hunger were becoming un'
sndurable. The chubby boy munched
nuts with apparently no thought Of bis
fellow-sufferers. Katherine united the
pink string that bound the chocolate
Dex, unfolded the paper, lifted the lid
and ate chocolate.
When, she had eaten three she
glanced at Westcott He was. still sas
Ing at the wall. The walls IN elevator
shafts are seldom Interesting; this ON
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
vENlsoN AND cRANsERRIEs.

Nature in Canada Provides Both the
Juicy Meat and Proper sauce.
"Never had such luck in my life.
Got all the deer the law allows the
flrst day. Shot big moose that night
by the light Of the campfire within
twenty-five yards Of the hut. Had all
the hares and partridges We wanted
to eat, brought home wolf skin and
three minks, and gathered three bags
of the incest cranberries you ever
saw"
This was the cheerful statement
made by a business man who always
takes his holidays In the shooting sea-
son, and this year spent his fortnight
on the Desert River, above Mont Cert,
Canada.
From all accounts this has been a
record season for deer everywhere. In
many cases parties have returned from
the woods much earlier than they had
intended, because they had made their
bags Of game.
There were not many, though, who
had the foresight to pick and take
home the berries for sauce. The In
dams believed that there was kind
of providence in the connection exist
| ing between partridge and beach nuts,
wild geese and wild celery, black bear
and ripe fruit, and saw that there was
a reuniting Of these things at meal
times.
Some unfortunate men have had the
good luck to eat pot roast of veni-
son prepared by thoroughly cooking II
| in tightly covered iron pot and serv-
ed with a plentiful supply Of cranber.
~ sauce boiled with sugar. Those
who have go prepared to make free
use of the berry on their hunting ex-
peditions, and occasionally bring home
J a bagful or two.-Washington Post.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
Aoos.vIlr 4 POPULAR nsRo.

FSTO6N0 01VOs
Se SneeeoAee Has 1vse Do Wea tAe
1seneA Heart - Has He.
OF our modern PxssidentD only two
|-Ancoln and Grant -svsr attracted
French attention. ana the circum.
stance Of war made them known. For
MI. Roosevelt the Ink has flowed In
torrents. Not only do the newspapers
relate his exploits-whether he kills q
bear or goes down in I submarine boat
but they are also avid Of his opin.
ions. and interviews with him (un.
Fortunately, not always true) are dis
played with great prominence on the
hrst pages Of the big dailies.
Pictures Of Mr.. Roosevelt as rough
rider, a. cowboy. or talking from
the tail end Of Pullman, confront
you everywhere in the European press.
Nor should like to say how many
books have been written about him.
Roosevelt Intime," work Of three
hundred pages, in which the story Ct
his forceful life is graphically told, has
reached all the reading homes Of
France; and his own books-notab!y
la Vie Intense'-have followed, I
know of no other book that has had
30 wide an influence in latter days.
| Young France, especially, is interested
in the sudden and formidable upbuild-
ing Of her sister republic; and the
cause of this growth she has sought,
wisely enough, in Mr.. Roosevclt's
books, in those ON the Far West, and
especially in the one whose title l have
quoted in French, "The Strenuous
Life" So it comes to pass. that two
American writer's are pretty close to
the French schoolboy's heart-Mr.
Roosevelt and their old, familiar
friend, Mark Twain" In other words,
the President is known in France. It
did not require the experimenting
treaty Of peace, which the world owes
to him, to make him one of the great
figures of contemporary history.
When anything goes wrong In
French public affairs, the publicists
knock the government about the ears
with that better President oversee.
Here il good Illustration, for ex-
ample:
III man such as President R0ose-
welt came to live among US for three
months as a private citizen, having to
undergo all those accidental relations
with the administration which daily
life imposes on us, he would quickly
refuse to believe in the existence Of q
republic in France, and would return
to his country convinced that we are
incapable of ever possessing real lib
erty."
In such words Monsieur Emile
Danthesse expresses at once his opin.
ion Of Mr.. Roosevelt and his patriotic
discomfort. Indeed, these are pleasant
days in France for an American; "a
where he will, he hears good word
Of his President, and now and then the
complimentary IF we had such q
manr And, when men get together in
Paris-for what purpose 1t does not
seem to matter greatly-the first thing
they do Is to send message Of some
sort to the White House. The Other
day 1t was congress Of physicians
studying tuberculosis; they telegraphed
the expression Of their respectful and
cordially sympathetic sentiments" and
then they set about their business. A
like preliminary opened the Peace Con
gress at Luzerne.-Success Magazine
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

In ali matters Of sentiment the
Arabs instinct h sure. II you can
appeal to him On any ground Of hospi-
tally o. generosity, says the author
Of -"In the Desert" you have hold
On him.
It used To- be the boast Of Arab po-
stry In Ii best days that Il "nsver
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

II suppose" said the friend Of the
rural psstmsstress, you get lots Of
enjeynent out Of reading postal
cardsr'
Eyes" replied the postmistress, ''bul
not near 20 much as get out OF the
lstters steam" Philadelphia Press
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

A man may believe that h. y better
than his neishber, but hia .nsaghbss
never believes It
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14

something Doing 1T An Inquest.
"It was accidental death evidently,
but whether he did 1t on purpose
don't know" Thus q foreman deliv.
cred himself at an inquest at Ash
vnronicle.