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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
AS TO CATA-
lOGUf HOUSES
Something on the Question to
Make the Business Man
Think a Little

Here's an article that has been 60
ing the rounds of the country
press. It may mott be strictly ac-
curate, but that there is some truth
in it any person who has carefully
watched things will testify. Here
it is:
A dry goods merchant was start
ing down town when his wife re-
minded him of his most important
duty during the day. Now my
dear, be sure and not forget to send
to the city for that Stanhope; we can
have it by Sunday. You know our
old buggy is getting so it is not fit to
be seen" Just a few blocks away
the merchant who handles vehicles
and implements was sitting at break
fast with his family. The conversa-
ton drifted around to near approach
| OF school, And that reminds me,
john" said the lady who sat at the
head of the table, Il must be going
to the city no later thaI next week.
must get goods for the chlidren's
school clothes and then to see about
fall suit for myself and while I'm
there perhaps I'd better see about g
new rug for the parlor and some lace
curtains for the front windows"
An hour Or two later the towns
leading grocer stepped into the bank
t. buy a draft which he was going
swell bedroom suit. "Hows bust
to send to the catalogue house for q
ness?" asked the banker. "Oh, not
very good, replied the sugar and cof-
fee merchant resignedly, things arr
a little dull just now" Before the
banker finished writing the draf
a dapper young man stepped in ant
asked how everybody was, Banker
seemed glad to see him; he was thu
representative of a big printing es
tablishment in another state. HI
and the banker chatted pleasant!
! for a few minutes, after which thu
young man inquired casually of hi:
friend behind the window if he
wanted anything. well, yes re-
piled the other good naturedly, 81
believe l do. Print us $4,000 checks
5000 drafts and a couple thousand
letter heads"
The young man thanked him cord
tally for the order and left. That
night the local business men had a
meeting in the town hall to discuss
the growth of the mail order evil. All
of the gentlemen mentioned in this
narrative delivered short talks. They
al; agreed that the farmers were guilty
Of treason Us they persist in buying
their goods of mail order houses and
the meeting closed by adopting strong
resolutions against trading away from
home.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
TRUE SOLICITUDE.
And 1t Was Appreciated by the Hus
0 bani Until He kr.w All

And 1t Was Appreciated by the Hus
band Until He Knew ALL
AS the husband and wife sat peace
fully by their fireside. the one read
ing Money" aloUd and the other lis
tening and knitting. the servant an
nounced that a gentleman had called
to see the master of that select house
hold.
Instantly the lady threw aside her
half-finished seek and flung her arm.
about the neck of her spouse.
Dear" she said. hope you won,
be angry with me. but that cough
OF yours--you've had it all the au
tumn. and it doesu'. get better. Whar
would do if were to lose you?"
And she started to sob.
Tut, TUT" Said ie: hrs1an "Yo
mustn't give way. I'm all right and
appreciate tie k.nd tnOLsht that ha.
prompted you to call in a doctor. II
see him now"
It's not doctor" sha replied
It's the ia i..surance asant!n
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
PIGEON POST IN AFRICA.
French Government Uses It to Keep
in Touch With Stations in the Congo.

French Government Uses It to Keep.
in Touch With Stations in the Congo.
Awaiting the establishment of wire
less telegraphy the French govern
ment has fallen back on pigeon posts
to keep up communication with some
of it's outlying posts in Central Africa.
Especially has 1t been used in the
case of the expedition under DR.. Mar
tins of the Pasteur Institute, who is In
the Congo region studying the sleep
ing sickness which is ravaging that
part of the Dark Continent.
The headquarters Of the pigeons
has been established at BrazzaviIle
and the birds are taken out by parties
starting thence into the forest. Great
difficulty has been found in maintain
ing communication by telegraph. The
natives steal the wire, the elephants
break the trees end the climate inter
feres in all sorts of ways StringinS
long lines of field telegraph is simply
hOpeles.
Unexpectedly good results have
been reached with the pigeons. Com
munlcatlon over circle of perhaps
500 miles radius is regularly kept up
Almost no birds have been lost Mahy
stations, as for instance one which
Lieut.. Eremillet heads, stationed 12C
I miles from Brazzaville, exchanges
daily mails. Officers on the march also
keep in touch with their base of SUD
plies IN this way. When the distar~
does not exceed 1900 miles messa
can be exchanged in a day by
tenn of relaying.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

The navy department consign-
ed it's old monitors to the duty
of shooting each other to pieces.
Twelve inch shots fired at close
range failed to do more to a mon
itor turret than to make little
dent, leaving the inside appara
tus intact. And it was the old
style Harveyized steel instead OF
the modern Krupp article, too.
What would the latter not have
withstood? It's now up to the
manufacturers to make guns and
ammunition that will do more bus
ness.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Sam Y. Gordon left out all his
bright editorial sayings from his
esteemed Browns Valley Tribune
last week to make room for a
page address of Joel P. Heatwole
to the graduating class of the
high school. Twas good read
ing, but Sam ought not to dis
appoint his readers. But he may
have thought it was the last time
he would get a chance at Joel
before that gentleman takes his
seat as governor of this great
and glorious commonwealth.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

he'd go to Denver to attend any
ratification meeting. The judge,
it's true, had great provocation
in 1904, but a man of his dignity
and standing ought not to resort
to profanity, at least not very
often. It's quite evident that he's
not a worshiper at the shrine OF
the Peerless One.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

The Minnesota prohibitionists,
in convention assembled at
Minneapolis, sent this warm wire
to the United Brewers Associat-
ion at Milwaukee: "The prohibit
ion state convention of Minnesota
now in session sends coincidence
to your association. Your busi-
ness is doomed as your outposts
are now carried and the prohibit
ion army is about to move against
your main body. The church
and society has now declared and
the state will soon say the
saloons must die"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Congressman G. R. Davis of
the third Minnesota district says
congress needs a new speaker,
thereby voicing the unspoken
thoughts of thousands of good
citizens. If Joe hears that he
will not be likely to recognize
the St. Peter man when congress
meets in December.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

The thousands of young per-
sons who have just graduated
from the high schools, academies,
colleges and universities of the
country have now come down
out of the clouds and are enter
ing the stern battle of life, bet
ter prepared for the struggle
than if they had not taken the
time to obtain an education.
They now have the theory; the
practice will soon come.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

The esteemed St. Cloud Times
classes Lindbergh with the do
nothing" congressman. Would
it's venerable editor like to sue
ceed the Little Falls man?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

President Roosevelt gives it
out that he's going to Africa for
a years hunt for big game, just
as soon after the fourth of next
March as he can. Say, but won't t
there be CONSERVATION among
the inhabitants of the jungle
when they hear the news that
our strenuous executive is COM
ing?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
THE SAM 30.
He's the Three-Quarters Black Man
on the Island, of Nassau,

on the Island, of Nassau.
Down in Nassau, N. P, there is a
considerable intermingling of races, so
that there are very many families
which have an infusion of negro blood
in their veins. With some Of the
residents it is very hard to detect
any negro in their features at ALL
although they may be in some part
black. Of course, there are others
who show their ancestry very plainly.
Speaking one day about another
resident, Nassau man said casually.
oh, he's a Sambo."
1t was new phrase to the hearer
and he aswed: whats Sambo?"
That's man who is three-quarters
black. He's the son of a black man
and a half white woman, whose father
was white and her mother black"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
A DipIomatiSt,

Mrs. Betteraff-My husband didn't
like the brand of scrapple you sent us
last week.
The Grocer-Did you like it, mad
am?
Mrs. Betteraff-Yes, | liked it very
well, indeed.
The grocer Ito boy)-Jimmy, one
can of scrapple for Mrs. Betteraff,
same brand as last week.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
Too Touch TO Kill

"Who was that. doctor, who spoke
to you just now?"
"My fist patient. l have been his
medicc' adviser for the last twenty
years"
"My goodness! What a splendid
constitution he must have!"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Dreyfus, the former French
officer who suffered worse things
than death on Devils Island
and who was finally released and
acquitted of the false charges
which caused his Imprisonment,
was shot at and wounded in the
wrist by an assassin at Zola
celebration few days ago.
Those Frenchmen are merucial
people.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Taft didn't have very much
trouble in sitting on the "Allies"
at the meeting of the national
republican committee. He has
avoirdupois enough to hold them
down, too.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Henry Meyer of Albany, chair
man of the board of county com
missioners, will not be a candi-
date for reelection. Has he read
the handwriting on the wall?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

The demand for Jacobson to
declare himself on matters of
public interest is daily growing
more insistent, and it isn't con-
fined to the democracy, either.
The Franklin Tribune, one of
the leading seventh district re-
publican newspapers, talks right
out in meeting about it. How
Jake's ears must burn; unless he
has stuffed cotton in them.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Unlce Joe Cannon claims to
have the Taft boom deflated, and
Mr.. Lynch asserts that he has
BRYAN beaten to a frazzle. Ar,
dent optimists, they.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Has 1t Ever Occurred to You?
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
And the folders in the shock,
Then it makes a fellow figure
How to get his coat from "hock."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

There seem to be a whole lot
of fellows who'd like to do some
thing to Uncle Joe Cannon. He
deserves it.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Judge Alton B. Parker, who
was slaughtered on the democra
tic altar four years ago, is quot
ed as having said he "be d--d'' if
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Nearly two hundred school
teachers were turned out from
the normal school mill at St.
Cloud last week. Say, but won't
that carry joy to the heart of
the average small boy?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

There's always something to
be thankful for; congress has ad-
journed.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Subscription Price $l.50 Per Yeas
Canadian Subscriptions 81 per Year in Advanes
No Deviation from this Rate
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Entered at the Postoffice at Sauk Centre,
Minn as Second Class Mail Matter
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

Bob Dunn is putting in lot of
hard lici1s for Jake, but the Mad
ison man does not yet appear to
be a winner. Young has opened
headquarters publicly, and pos
sibly a barrel on the quiet. Saw
age is getting a lot of Dan Patch
advertising and Snider doesn't
like it. Meantime Joel Heatwole
is saving wood and appears to be
gaining ground daily. The rank
and file are getting ready to vote
for whom they please regardless
of what any men or set Of men
may dictate. The candidate who
wants to win must hew to the
line. How many such are there
posing for the nominotion?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

PUB; ISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Official Paper ef the City of Sauk Centre
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11

The Orator of the Platte is
having a dickens of a time ex-
planning away the incident Of
that $4,000 Ryan campaign
contribution. Bryan says it
wasn't received, Mayor Dahlman
of Omaha says it was and that
most of it went to the democra-
tic gubernatorial campaign in
Nebraska; the candidate in that
campaign swears that Dahlman's
talking through his hat; Brother
in-law Allen says Bryan didn't
get any benefit from the contri-
button; while the editor of a
populist paper in Lincoln claims
he got $1,000 of it for a special
edition, but can't tell where the
other $4,000 went. Meantime
it transpires that Marcus DAILY
contributed $205, 900 toward the
Bryan campaign of 1896. With
this scandal clinging to the
party's skirts and the Johnson
boom booming louder every day,
Mr.. Bryan is having a touch of
the strenuous life.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
Ube Churches.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Sunday morning 1890 preaching
service. Sunday School at 11:5O a. M
G. E. society $50 p. m. Evening
service 7:3O p. m. Wednesday even
ing 1880 p. M, prayer meeting and
bible study.
FREDERICK H. OEHLER. Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Glass Meeting $3.50 a. m.
Morning Service 1880 a. m.
Sunday School 11:45 a. m.
Junior League $3.50 p. m.
Epworth League 6:3O p. m.
Evening Service 1880 p. m.
Bible study, Wed. Eve. 7:3O p. m.
J. s. Kingan. Pastor.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Services every Sunday at 8 O'Clock
low mass. 10 O'Clock high mass.
Afternoon service at 3 O'Clock p. m.
Every day mass at O'Clock a. m.
REV. A. ARTz Pastor.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04
fIOYq Hughes, JT.

After ar illness of ten days with !
double pneumonia. Floyd Hughes.
Jr., died at an early hour Dec. 27. |
at the residence Of his father in York
street. Norfolk.
He was taken i'll while at William
and May College and at once taken
home. but never rallied.
Young Hughes was twenty years
of age. having been born on March
2oth. 1888. He was the oldest
child of Mr.. Floyd Hughes. a prom
inent member OF the Norfolk Bar
and the Collector of Customs at that
port, and the grandson of the late
Judge Robert w. Hughes.
After a course at the Norfolk
Academy yourg Hughes went to the
College of William and Mary. and
was in the midst of his third year
there when he was seized with the
illness which proved fatal.
He was a fine student and took
such high standing at college that
at the end of the last session he was
/ appointed one OF the instructors a,
his college.
/ He was discharging that duty with
ability and fidelity when he was
taken i'll.
He was a member Of the Phi Kap-
pa Alpha Fraternity. assistant man
ager of the college athletic associa
ton and prominent in social circles
in Norfolk and at college.
He was a young man of most at
uacdve qualities Of mind and heart
and his Young life was full of prom
ise for bright and useful career.
His un,imely death has strickei
with giief a wide circle Of friend
and reltaives.
The funeral took place from
Christ Episcopal Church. Norfolk
Monday Dec. 80.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04
Notes from The ". c, I. U,

The w. c. 7. u. of Williamsburg
is nearing the close Of the fourth
year Of It's organization. Il has an
enrolment OF swenty-six active mem
bers and six honorary. Itmeets 81
monthly az the home OF some OF
its friends. The word IS used sd-
visedly. for Judging from the signii-
cance given il by representatives. Of
many homes al are not It's frienc 5.
though II stands for the suppression
Of All that depraves. and tor TIE
raising Of the standard Of purity foT
the individual. home and natior al
life. of which the white ribbon IS he
emblem.
VIII the Mayor or anv one Of the
City Councilmen please inform IS
what became of the petition pla, e
before the board in the summer ot
1902 AS a local member OF ;
state and national organization ",
claim a right 70 know. AS .h'
worthy president Of the local as wel
as bi-monthly unions. who so inde
faugably circulated the petition 70
signatures should be treated wil
some recognition by those high i
authority and those not so HIGH
Judging from the evidence Of n,
cigarette fiend neither parents or sn
one in authority take any course t
} safeguard the young from the perl
that best this pernicious habit. VIII e
begets a love for Intoxicating drin
and all its attending evils.
: Query No. 2-Who is responsib
for putting into the hands Of diss
pated persons an expensive fire a.
}. paratus 70 be rendered useles
might DC asked BY taxpayers v,
are not. White Ribbon.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04
MRS. Mccoy WANTS DIVORCE.
Sues For Separation 'OH GTUunds
Of Deserti0n.

A suit for divorce has inst ben
filed in the circuit court here BY
Mrs. Julia Barney McCov against
her husband. Jaw P. McCov.
The case Will probably attract
considerable attention. as the com
claimant IS a daughter Of re late
Edward z. Barney and Mrs Louise
!. Barney. psesent owner Of James
town Island and Meacovvlie.
In her application the complain
ant alleges that they were married
June 2Sth 1903. in DAYTON. O.. BY
the Rev. Maurice Wilson. They
went 70 i've with the family Of the
defendant at Hinsdale. IT,. where
they remained until Oct. ioth 1903
being supported by the defendants
sister "
In October. 1903. they came TO
Meadowville. this State. and lived
with complainant $ mother. Shortly
after coming to Virginia complain
ant went to the Virginia hospital
Richmond. for an oDeration. The
T defendant then went West t.u 1904.
returning while complainant was
still in the hospital.
The complainant mother in
( formed Meow that he must 60 70
work. whereupon he again left her.
: going to Indianapolis and New York
r They did not meet AGAIN until Octo-
p Der. 1904. when the defendant urPec
). her to 90 with him to Cuba. which
o she refused 70 do. unless he couir
prove his ability 70 care for he
She did not see him again unul Oct
g ober. 1905. and only -or a shor
time. al the Fifth Avenue hotel. New
7 York.
-. In December of 1905 he came q
4, Meadowville Tor a week. Fror
then until 1907 the complainant a
4
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04
INTERESTING LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The Events Of a Week Told in q
Few Words.
Mr.. r. 7. Armistesd is confined
to his bed by sickness.

Mr.. r. 7. Armistesd is confined
to his bed by sickness.
The Pankirg Co. of L. L. Dir
ickson. Jr.. has increased its surplus
$1,000 in the last twelve months,
passed 81. 500 to undivided profits
and paid $s.3l2 in dividends.
DR.. II. <. Bennett will speak be-
fore the kindergarten Association
at the Kindergarten. Friday. Jan. Z,
at $3.50. The public is generally in
vited.
Mr.. J. P. Goodbar. the well known
photographer. has turned out some
very handsome calendars for The
Peninsula Bank. Dirickson Bank. J.
w. Casey. Spencer & Bro. and others.
A postal received from Judge
Charles by his father. Mr.. J. S.
Charles. states that he was then il
Bremen. Germany. Judge is as
sistant engineer of the big merchant
ship Massachusetts
Sunday Jan. u. DR.. Bishop vii
preach for the Lutheran congrega
ton. at 2:30p. m. at Bruton Parish
church. The big organ will b,
played by Mrs. Jones. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
Mr.. M. +. Burke. of Hampton
one of Wiiliamsburg's former resi-
dents. spent Tuesday here. Mr.
Burke was at one time deputy treas
u-er here. He owned and lived i
the residence now occupied by Mr.
B. Larson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holme
and children attended thu eight an
niversary of the marriage of thei
daughter. Mrs. James Selph. j
Richmond. Dec. %. The occasio
proved an especially delightful one
there being many guests present.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04

Mrs. Clarence Jenkins nee Miss
Minis Brrithwaite) who is now vis-
/ ting her mother. Mrs. w. n.
Braithwaite. will return TO her home
in MARTINEZ. near san Francisco.
about Jan. 10. She will be acco n.
panied by her sister. Miss Bertha.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04
To Peninsula Peanut GTOWeTs.

I wish 70 announce 20 the peanut
growers Of this section that l am IN
the field with Benthall's Improved
Peanut Picker. The machine is truly
a picker and not a threSher. The
result that the peanuts are pulled off
the vines without any injury 10 the
shell. The machine has stemmeT
and fan attachment which removes
the stems and cleans the nut. givine
a result in a product superior 10 the
average hand picked nut.
For further information address
L. {. Piunan. P. 0. Box 2S1
Williamsburg. Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04

Public schools opened as usual
Thursday morning after Christmas
holidays.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04

II any OF our readers white
want good position. as assistant
gardener they should apply at this
office.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-01-04

Continued or page 8. ,
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-23
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

An exchange says that young farm
er bought suit of clothes from mer-
chant who does not believe in adver
tising. In the pockets he found the fol
lowing note: Should this fall into tho
hands of good looking man, who do
sires to correspond with a sweet tenn
pered lady, kindly address, etc" The
aforesaid farmer promptly sent a letter
70 the address and in few days later
received the following: My wife has
received a letter from you addressed in
her maiden name. Twenty years ago,
when she worked in u factory. she
might have written the note She is
now the mother of seven children and
my lawful wife, and If you don't cut out
writing to her will take trip to your
town and punch your head"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-23
A Church Greeting.

Easter morning pro, ed to be as fine a
day as any one could wish for, so that
the pretty white frocks Of the children
and summer costumes AID bonnets of
the grown folks were entirely in keeping
with this time of the year, which is so
seldom the case in our climate.
The Easter program was made very
attractive by the artistic arrange
ment of the church decoration; house
plants, easter eggs, crepe paper orna.
ments, and real Gala lilies occupied all
the bare spaces and made the platform
and altar thing of beauty.
Several recitations were especially good
and the young ladies of Walden sang
easter songs which were quite difficult,
but withal, we'll executed.
At the close each child was given a
colored easter egg for token Ct remem
brance.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-23
Fort Ceilings and for Farmers Institute
from the Agricultural College to hold
meetings in the Park in June.
LAID TO REST

The funeral of little Violet Hanson
was held Tu esday afternoon at the Wal.
den church.
The attendance Of sorrowing friends
and relatives was large and four young
ladies-Misses Elouse Mosman, Ella
Manville. Ella Capron and Ruth Riddle
constituted the pail bearers.
The casket was beautifully decorated
with house plants, the centerpiece being
in the shape of q cross.
DIR. Snair was called to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson to attend the
child but before his arrival the baby had
passed away.
Baby Hanson was born in Denver
Dec. 20, 'O7 but was not strong from
time of birth; she continued to fail un
til the end came April 20 at which time
she weighed bnt five pounds.
The sympathy of the community is
with the parents and other children
whose cherished one, too soon brought
grief