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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

The y. S. circuit court has re-
versed the judgment of Judge
Lands imposing a fine Of 500,
24O, 900 on the Standard Oil Com
pany, and ordered retrial.
Brer. Rockefeller ought to
breathe more freely.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

A local merchant inserted in a
recent issue of The Herald a
three line want ad." In less
than half a day he had received
four answers to his inquiry.
It evidently pays to advertise in
The Herald or any other first
class newspaper. If you doubt,
try and be convinced. Rates
made known on application.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

The Willard Grit is advocating
a village park, a market day and
other down-to the minute pro-
positions. The Grit in it's re-
juvenated form certainly delivers
the goods and is a credit to it's
publisher and the hustling town
in which it is printed.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

Did you ever notice how the
average politician SHES at COM
mitting himself on question on
which, if he takes stand, he
is likely to make enemies?
What the people want is not
public officials who are eternally
straddling", but those who
come out boldly and champion
the cause for which they stand.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30
The Remedy That Does

The Remedy That Does
"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
remedy that does the healing others
promise but fail to PERFORM" says
Mrs. E. r. Pierson, OF Aburn Centre,
Pa" 1t is cnring me of throat and
lung trouble of long standing, that
other treatments relieved only tempor-
arily. New Discovery is doing me so
much good that l feel confident its
continued use for reasonable length
of time will restore me Inc to perfect
health" This renowned cough and
cold remedy and throat and lung heal
er is sold at Hanson and Emerson's
drug store. SOC. and $l.0O. Trial bot
tie free.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

= You can almost hear the crops
grow this weather.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

A dull time is the best time to
advertise, but it's hard to make
some tradesmen believe it.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

Admiral Rojestvensky, as did
Mark Twain on a previous oc-
casion, rises to remark that the
report of his death is greatly ex-
aggerated.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

Mr.. Taft has been elected a
member of the steam shovelers'
union. Carry the news to Com
pers and Bryan.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

Advertise the fact that you
have the best town anywhere.
You'll get returns. Be a boost
er and not a knocker.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30
For Regiser of Deeds

| hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the democratic nOmi1a-
ton for register of deeds in Stearns
county, subject to the action of the
voters at the primary election, Sept.
Is, 1903. Your support is solicited
PAUL BEAUDREAU.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-30

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The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

which shall have been in the public
day schools of the District of COlum-
bia; (2) to all teachers employed, or
hereafter to be employed, who shall
have taught twenty-five years in the
the District of Columbia; Cd TO all
teachers employed, or hereafter to be
employed, who shall have taught for
a period or PERIODS aggregating al
least twenty years, ten of which shall
have been in the public day schools
of the District of Columbia, and who
shall be considered by the Board of
Trustees to be mentally or physically
mcapacisated for performing duties
of a teacher.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
PROGRESSIVE MEN.

The South seems to produce many
prominent and efficient representa-
tives. On last Thursday morning,
two of the most progressive repre-
sentatives of the South passed
through the city enroute for the
North on business in connection with
one of the greatest insurance COM
panies in the United States. These
men were Mr.. ]. c. c. Spaulding and
Mr.. John Merrick, of Durham, N.
c.
Mr.. Spaulding is vice president
and general manager of the North
Carolina Mutual and Proyident As
sociation. Director of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank, Secretary of the
Bull City Drug Co., Director of the
Lincoln Hospital and Secretary Of
the Durham County Internatnioal
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

herited qualities. Always has it been
insisted upon that they were hopeless
savages from the earliest start. and
that any exception only proved the
rule.
1t should give the colored race new
hope and courage to know that its
original state was one of culture and
achievement. Meanwhile, the work
important for the rank and file of the
race today is that of being satisfied
to do humble and simple duties well,
until they can do more ambitious
ones, and to cultivate the homeIy
virtues, and to take more pride in
their homes.
Still Show Lack of Pride.
All over America, wherever the
colored people have settled in COM
munities, there is a painful evidence
of their lack of pride, in the making
of an attractive home. Well dressed
men and women come forth from
dingy houses, ugly from the lack of a
little paint or whitewash, and where
the light of day straggles through un-
washed and uncurtained windows.
Clean up and brace up, good peo-
pie, and realize how great have been
your achievements in the past, and
how wonderful they are in the pres
ent
And success to you
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

teensh Amendment is utterly imprac-
ticable and should be relegated 10
the limbo of forgotten issues. What
we are considering is something prac-
teal, something that means attainable
progress. 1t seems to me to follow,
therefore, that there is or ought to
be common ground upon which we
can all stand in respect to the race
question in the South, and its politi-
cal bearing, that takes away any JUS
tiication for maintaining de contiH-
ued solidity of the South to prevent
the so-called Negro domination.
The fear THAI in some way 1r
other a social equality between the
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

races shall be enforced by law or
brought about by political measures
really has no founadtion, except in
the Imagination of those who fear
such a result The Federal govern
ment has nothing to do with social
equality.
With the elimination of the race
question can we say that there are
removed all the reasons why the peo-
pie of the South are reluctant 10
give up their political solidity and
divide themselves on party lines in
accordance with their economic and
political views? No; there are 9th
er reasons, perhaps only reasons of
sentiment. but with the Southern peo-
pie, who are a high-strung, sensitive,
and outspoken people, considerations
Of sentiment are Frequently quite as
strong as those of some political or
economic character.
"In the first place it is now nearly
forty years since the South acquired
its political solidarity, and the inten-
sity of feeling by which it was main
taned and the osFacsm and social
prescription imposed on those white
Southerners who did not sympathize
with the necessity for such solidarity
could not but make lasting impress
sion and create permanent bias that
would naturally outlast the reason for
its original existence"
Mr.. Taft referred to the trials OF
the reconstruction period, which ac-
centuated the greater trials of the
past, and dwelt upon the present pros
perity of the South, quoting figures
to illustrate.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
NO NEGRO DOMINATION" TO
FEAR.

Il am not going to rehearse the
painful history of reconstruction or
what followed it. | come at once
to the present condition of things,
STAGED from a constitutional and po-
litical standpoint And that is this /:
That in all Southern States il is pos
sible, by election laws prescribing
power qualifications for the suffrage
which square with the Fifteenth
Amendment and which shall be
equally administered as between the
black and white races, to prevent en-
tirely the possibility of a domination
of Southern Spte, county, or muni-
cipal governments by an ignorant
electorate, white or black. 1T is fur
ther true that the sooner such laws
when adopted are applied with exact
equality and justice to the two races
she better for the moral tone of the
State and community concerned"
Negroes should be given an op-
portunity. equally with whites, by
education and thrift, to meet the re-
quirements of eligibility which the
State Legislatures in their wisdom
shall Law down order to secure the
safe exercise of the electoral fran
chise. The Negro should ask moth
ing other than an equal chance to
qualify himself for the franchise, and
when that is granted by law and not
denied by executive discrimination,
he has nothing to complain Of.
"The proposal TO repeal the Fif-
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
Sunday School Association.

Sunday School Association.
Mr.. Merrick is the founder of the
North Carolina Mutual and Provi-
dent Association, also one of the Di-
rectors OF the Bull City Drug Co.,
President of Lincoln Hospital. S. G.
Treasurer, R. K, of K. D., and one
of the vice presidents, of the Far
merS and Mechanics Bank.
These two gentlemen who will es-
tablish branch office of their insur-
ance company in this city, are among
the most progressive in the South.
They are reliable because they come
well recommended, not only by the
leading men in the county, but they
have the money and their credit is
guaranteed.
There is plenty of room in this
city for these and other reliable
insurance companies. There is a col
ored population of almost a hundred
thousand.
A full history of the workings of
this great company will appear in
The Bee later on. It is the intention
OF this company to erect their own
building in this city.
In the State of North Carolina, the
company has deposited under the in
surance laws of the state, ten thou
sand dollars, which is a guarantee of
its ability to meet all demands.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
HOLD CONGRESS ON
TUBERCULOSIS.
WILL

One of the most progressive, as
well as one of the most interesting,
steps in the campaign against tuber-
culosis, which is being at present
waged with especial vigor throughout
the South, is the Negro Conress on
tuberculosis, which will be held at
Tuskegee, Alabama, from December
II to 10. The meeting, which IS
being held under the joint auspices
of the Tuskegee Institute, of which
Bookre T. Washinton is the head,
and the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis, will be attended by representative
colored men and women from all oy-
er the United States. The object of
the Congress is to discuss means for
checking the enormous mortality from
consumption among the Negroes.
In connection with the Congress,
ali exhibition showing the ravages of
tuberculosis, and the methods for
treating and preventing it, will be
held. Among the striking features
which will be demonstrated by the
exhibit will be the fact that the NOR
tality from tuberculosis is $50 per-
cent higher in the colored population
of the country than in the white.
The week of December IS has been
set apart in almost all of the colored
communities in che South, and in
many of the North, as Health Week
All colored religious, educational,
civic and social bodies will unite at
that time to spread the gospel of
health, particularly as relating to tu-
berculoSis, among the Negroes.
Coincident with this meeting in
Tuskegee is a determined effort on
the part of tn white population of the
South to stamp out tuberculosis. Prep
arations are being made in Florida
for a "Ninety-Day Campaign" to
commence Immediately after Christ
mas, which is expected to reach ev-
ery man, woman and child in the
State with the message that consun1p-
ton can be cured and that it should
be prevented. Immediately after the
campaign in Florida, systematiZed
attack will be commenced on the dis
ease in Georgia. In Tennessee the
warfare against tuberculosis has be-
come in many counties a political is
sue, and plans for drastic legislation
affecting this disease are being pre-
pared. The three departments of
Health, Agriculture and Education
have united for the fight on the white
plague. Health Days" and weeks
are being observed throughout the
South for the purpose of instructing
the school children about tuberculo-
sis.
The National Association, under
whose direction the entire campaign
is being carried out, predicts that
thousands of lives and millions OF
dollars will be saved by the efforts
now being made.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

BILL TO AID TEACHERS.
Mr.. Madden Would Pension the Dis
trict Instructors.
SCHEME TO PROVIDE MONEY.
Present Measure Creating Permanent
And Annuity Funds to Be Paid 10
Capitals Educators Who Become
Incapacitated for Service - Board
of Trustees to Determine Those
Eligible.
Representative Madden, of Illinois,
has taken up the cudgels for the pub
lie school teachers of the District He
introduced in the House Monday a
bill to establish a public school teach
ers' retirement fund in the District.
This fund is to consist of two sepa
rate foundations-the permanent fund
and the annuity fund.
The permanent fund will comprise
all moneys received from gifts, lega-
cies, tuition fees of nonresident pu-
pills, and any unused balance at the
end of the fiscal year to the credit of
the annuity fund. When the perma-
nent fund shall have reached the
sum of 100000, all money in ex-
cess of this amount shall be placed
to the credit of the annuity fund, un
less otherwise specified inAthe orig
inal gift.
The annuity fund will consist of
interest on the permanent fund,
sum equal to I IL percent of the an
nual appropriation for the salaries 0f
the teachers of the District; any un
used money due to teachers absence,
or other balance to the credit of teach
ers' salaries at the end of the fiscal
year; I percent of the salaries of the
teachers of the District who have
taught ten years or less; I-2 percent
of the salaries of those who have
taught more than ten years and less
than twenty, and 2 percent of the
salaries of those who have taught
swezty years or more, the time to be
June go of any year, and basis
of deduction shall not be more than
fifty dollars; deductions from the an
nuities and interest upon. all the
aforesaid moneys of the annuity fund
, ;hat may be deposited in national
banks.
Board of Trustees.
There shall be a board of trustees,
to be known as the Board of Trus-
tees of the Teachers Retirement
Fund" Such board shall consist OF
two members of the Board of Educa-
ton, elec:sd annually at the first
meeting of the Board of Education
in the month of October of each
wear; the Superintendent of Schools,
ex oficio: the colored Assistant Su-
perinAedent of Schools, ex ofhcio, and
six teachers of the public schools, to
be elected from the primary, inter
mediate, and secondary departments,
as hereinafter provided
. TheBoard of Trustees of theTeach-
ers' Retirement Fund, beginning Oc-
tober I, 1910, shall have the power,
and it shall be its duty, to pass a
resolution declaring the maturity Of
service and right to she immediate
benefits of the fund in favor of the
teachers in the following cases: (I)
To all teachers in the employ, or
hereafter to be employed, who shall
have taught shirty years, fifteen OF
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12

Harry s. Seymoure, a graduate OF
the Armstrong Manual Training
School of Washington, D. C., Glass
'o6. and who is at present employed
in Boston, Massachusetts,, was re-
Gently appointed Stenographer and
Typewriter at Tuskegee Institution.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-12
MAKE A CHANGE.

The Board of Education should
now make a change in the two su-
pervisors. The welfare of the schools
demands it.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-05
CASTE IN INDIA.
o. Of xhe Great Curses unaer
which the Country Suffers.

One of the greatest evils to-day In
India is that of caste, which divides
society among the Hindus in such a
manner that there can be no inter-
course between the member OF different
grades. The four main castles In india
are the Brahmans, or sacerdotal caste !;
the chuttree. or military; the vaisya,
or mercantile, and the sudras, or Ser
vile class. But there are almost IN
Vulnerable other classes, Of whom the
very lowest are the Chandala, or
pariahs, creatures so vile that to those
above them their very shadow Is pol
luton. For the members Of one of
these classes to mingle among and per-
form service for the members of an
other caste is unthinkable, and so deep
ly is Indian society permeated nth
this pernlcious principle that tile whites
are constant sufferers from 1t. Thus
the servant who may sweep your room
would not groom your horse, nor cut
the grass on your lawn, for these are
the business Of other castles. Where a
person loses caste by some infringe
ment Of the rules governing it, he sinks
into lower caste and transmits that
heritage to his children. The people
of one caste cannot trade with those
Of another, and in a multiplicity Of
ways the evils Of the system affect the
Hindus. Between the latter and the
Mussulmans, of whom there are many
millions in India, there Is a deep an
tipathy.
Our illustration, taken from the II
Illustrated London News. depicts an in
cident which shows the superficial
manner in which the rule of caste may
be evaded. In towns where Hindus and
Mohammedans live side by side, the
sellers of drinking water supply the
liquid through little port holes, one for
each religion. The drinker is thus sup
posed to be ignorant Of the caste Of
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-05

A fireplace anyone may have ora
to me the wonder is that our civll,z.
ton has abolished the very soul fro1,
our Northern homes. Fire is no lonoor
the joy of the household, but the slsro
imprisoned in the cellar. All. but y
was delicious when the old-fashiono6
family sat together in the great kitchen.
around the huge fireplace. All tbo
evening we told stories, ate doughnnts
drank cider, all the time pairing annIas
and hanging the long festoons of ouar.
tiers from the beams. But the dear
little mother, she it was who told tbo
best stories while she was knitting muf.
fiers and socks or mending our wei.
worn clothing. There were no parlors
at all in those days, and as for
thrummed pianos, we had not vet heard
of them. At 8 o'clock, honest and
drowsy, we knelt and thanked God for
life and love and home. Our bunks
and beds and trundle beds were all
in close proximity, and from every one
of them we could see the flames stin
jumping up the chimney while the big
firelog was slowly eaten through. There
was not one millionaire in all the world
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-05
well when Illuminated. cor,.-.,

well when Illuminated. Couldn't w.
get the gas turned on before nIgbt, 30
81 explained that 1t was an
of thing to keep the gas meter ~ ~
In an unoccupied fiat, but rathar "V'K
lose such a good tenant as that u,o Ian
promised to be l moved beavon -su
earth and the gas company ana u
the Illuminating power turnad SUI
Since then l have learned that w.
people who rent expensive apartmass a'
insist upon seeing the rooms bv MY
as well as by day, before thew sn,
sign a lease; consequently I have
keep the gas going in all NV vaooS,
flats. Such fastidiousness on tho 49,.
Of my tenants plays right into a.
hands Of the gas company. No wondas
suspect that they may be worr,na
a partnership game"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-05
SEEING ROOMS BY GAsLIGHT
Fastidious Requirements of People
Who Rent Expensive Apartments.

Fastidious Requirements of PeopIo
Who Rent Expensive Apartments.
There is no end to the troubles of
the modern landlord" said the man
with pronounced wrinkles, to a New
York Press man. What with the gas
company and prospective tenants, his
days and nights are filed with woe. I
believe those two forces Of evil-the
gas company and the possible tenants
are leagued against me. Anyhow.
the situation is peculiar. One day a
woman came to look at one of my most
expensive apartments.
The rooms seem very nice by day
Light she said, but l couldn't think
OF taking the place until l find out how
1t looks at night. I'll come back this
evening and see the decorations by
gasilght.'
but the gas isn't turned on I ex-
paiped. IN bring in a few lsmps
Won't that do just as wellr
Not at ALL said my possible fen
ant. There is no comparison between
the two kinds of light. I entertain a
great deal and I couldn't possibly SIGN
a lease for place that doesn't look
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-05
CHAPTER XVII.

Shortly before ten o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning, .Cassagne and D'Auburon
entered the bureau, where under the di-
rect supervision of the commissary the
records of the department of police are
preserved for future reference. Cassagne
was evidently well known to the officers
of the bureau. In a few minutes such
books and indices as he required were
placed at his disposal.
D'Auburon stood by intently watching
his principal as he turned to the index
page of huge volume Reaching the
letter sc" he ran his eye rapidly over the
names, which were arranged in the order
of their date Of entry. He started In at
the top of the page full of confidence !;
as his finger travelled down the column,
however, his face grew perceptibly longer.
When he reached the bottom, he gave au-
dible expression to his disappointment by
exclaiming:
Phillip Graham either was never I'M
der police surveillance at all, or he chang
ed his name when he came to Paris"
As the detective uttered these words,
an idea suddenly occurred to D'Auburon.
Look under the name Of the woman
IN whose charge he was placed. If he
took any other name than his own, what
more natural than he should take hers7"
THAT'S good suggestion" said Cas-
sasne. "Her name was Marie La Seur,
as / recollect it-yes, that was it. Marie
La Seur. I'll trouble you for that u
volume"
DAuburon handed it to him, and the
search commenced afresh. Presently Cas-
sagne exclaimed:
Here is Philip La Seur. 1 shouldn't
be surprised If you were right. Page
ffty-three."
Hold on a minute. Don't be disap-
pointed II 1t shouldn't prove to be the
man. La Seur Is common enough name,
and there are over two millions and q
half Of people in Paris to draw from.
Here's page 6fty-three; now let me see
what 1t says"
The two men leaned over the book as
they scanned the page before them. Then
they read:
Philip La Seur, placed under police
surveillance by order of the commissary."
I'VE have him r. exclaimed D'Auburon,
In tone of triumph. I'VE have him
now, for certain"
mot too fast, my friend; not too fast.
Let's see what this foot note Is"
At the bottom Of the page was written
In red ink:
roulon. seventeen years, forgery"
An expression of intense disappcint-
ment spread itself over the face of the
detective. D'Auburon, also, understood.
Philip La Sour could have served out
out little more than half hiz sentence.