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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
DIDN'T KNOW
Coffee Was the Cause.

Many daily habits, particularly OF
eating and drinking, are formed by fol-
lowing our elders.
In this way ill health is often fas-
tened upon children. A Ga. lady says:
Il had been allowed to drink coffee
ever since l could remember, but even
as child / had weak stomach.
which frequently refused to retain
food.
"The taste of coffee was in my
mouth all the time and was, as found
out later, the cause of the stomach re-
belling against food.
81 now see that it was only from fol-
lowing the example of my elders that
formed and continued. the miserable
habit of drinking coffee. My digestion
remained poor, nerves unstrung. fire.
quent headache, and yet did not sus.
pect the true cause.
another trouble was bad. muddy.
complexion for which spent time and
money for creams, nassaging, ETC.,
without any results.
after was married / was asked to
try Postum, and would you believe it.
/. an old coffee topper, took to Postum
from the very first. We made it right
according to directions on the pkg,
and it had most delicate flavor. and r
at once quit coffee, with the happiest
results.
Il now have perfectly clear. smooth
skin, fine digestion and haven't hal q
headache in over two years..
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read, "The Road to'Well-
ville,' In pkgs
Ever rend the nboye Icttery A new
nre genuine, true, and fsill Of hnu,ois
Interest,"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
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bright and shining light. BY profess
sion nurseryman of the firm of John
Davidson & Sons, he had also a soul
for music and filed excellently the po-
sition of organist with a church choir
to which he belonged. Charles was 40
years old and immensely popular.
Ever to the front where religious
exercises were concerned, in October,
1892, he had arranged for grand song
recital by the choir, when just as
plans for the entertainment were in
full swing he vanished mysteriously.
Then, much to the horror of his ac-
quaintances, it transpired that the en-
terprising Mr.. Davidson had passed a
series of forged notes on. the Bank of
Hamilton, some of them the notes Of
nonresident presons, and others the
alleged notes of farmers who had
never signed them. The department
OF justice promptly detailed Wilson
Murray on the case, and that saga
cious hunter of wrongdoers called on
James Turnbull, manager of the bank,
to talk over the matter with him.
From the first the manager was in.
sistent that Davidson be brought back
and punished, no matter at what cost
1t was not alone the sum Of money
taken from the bank in this particular
instance that influenced Turnbull in
his determination. Following the prin.
ciple which leads farmer to nail a
dead crow to a post as warning to
other despoilers Of his crops. the
bank manager argued that to con
vict Davidson would deter other
would-be forgers from exercising their
talents at the expense Of his treasury
vaults.
If you have to follow this fellow
to the ends of the earth, do SO, but
get him, quoth Turnbull grimly III
makes no difference what amount Of
money you have to spend SO long az
vosl succeed III making an example o.
Davidson"
The managers words were proph
.xfic .for the chase proved to DO ont
that opst thousands Of dollars ant
oaasad MURRAY % tragel over 10000
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS

Mix half ounce of Concentrated pine
compound with two ounces of glycerine
and half pint of good whiskey-
This simple mixture is to be used in
doses of teaspoonful to tablespoon
full four times day. The bottle should
be well shaken each time.
Any druggist can supply the ingredi-
ents and it can be mixed at home.
The Concentrated pine is pine prod
uct refined for medical use. 1t comes
only in half ounce bottles, each en-
closed in round case, which Is air.
tight and retains all the original
strength in the fluid, but be sure it Is
labeled Concentrated" in order to get
the genuine article.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
Not a Trouble.Maker.

When six-year-old Oliver returned
from his first day at Sunday school his
father asked him what they had told
him, whereupon Oliver related as best
he could the miracle Of the loaves and
fishes. His father suggested that the
story was rather hard one to believe,
and asked the boy what he thought
about 1t, but Oliver evaded his ia
theirs question. The next morning.
however, the two we're alone at break
fast.
Father" said the boy, suddenly and
solemnly.
Well" answered the father.
81 didn't believe that story about
the loaves and fishes yesterday" con-
tinued the child, in a quiet. confiden-
tial tone, but didn't say anything.
didn't want to start an argument. ~
Success Magazine.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
wouId Bar the Judiciary.

Young ministers sometimes say
some very irreverent things when frs
they get in harness, but seldom are
30 broadly condemnatory as the younf
clergyman who was called upon to al
as chaplain at the opening Of a recef
term of court down in Maine.
After covering everything he couA
think of as appropriate to say from res
ligion to law, he closed his prayer
with the supplication: And, finally,
may we all be gathered in the happy
land where there are no courts, no
lawyers and no judges" 4.
Then they changed chaplains.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
Cause for Complaint.

Jones, the dairyman, loved his little
bouts occasionally, and at such times
celebrated riotously. He was pre-
vailed upon to sign the pledge. and
this piece of news was given wide
publicity. But in few weeks Jones
turned upon his temperance friends
and again sought old-time friends and
acquaintances.
1.-The ideal" grieved Jones. as he
told the waiter to duplicate an order.
me driving milk wagon, and those
fellows advertising that am ON the
water wagont'-Judge.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
oh, Father!

Father, you must not drop your
final 'g's.'"
Thus Gwendolin obsessed by nou-
veau culture, to father. retired pork
packer.
But haven't been droppin' en-"
There you go. Droppin'! And you
say comm and goin and eatin' with
out any final e sound at all It's aw-
full"
A pause.
"Gwenny."
Eyes"
MAY drop the final G. in egg?"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
CENTS

R. CHARLES
HILTON DA-
VID S o N of
Burlington, On
tario, Canada,
was a nice, pi-
GUS gentleman
highly respect
ed by the men,
bers of the
community of
which he was
regarded as a
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04

An Achievement of the Famous Detective
Which Brought Him Clory-His Chase of
10000 Miles to Apprehend Pious Nursery
man, Who Turned Crook-Has Hard Work
Finding Jail to House His Prisoner, But
Finally Noted Sleuth Lands the Man at
Halifax and Conviction Is Rapidly Secured.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
THE UNEMPLOYED.

There's plenty of work about II you
only look for it."
Yes. and by the time I've found it
all me energy's gone!"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Learning Hotel keeoino.

An interesting scheme under the
patronage of the Chamber of Com.
merce of Mentone is afoot for the
foundation Of hotel-keeper's school
for Frenchmen. 1t is pointed out that
the hotel industry on the Riviera alone
represents a capital of E75,O00,0 900,
and that most of the hotels belong to
Swiss and other foreigners. There is
no real reason why Frenchmen should
not make excellent hotel-keepers. but
bookkeeping has to be learned, and
the idea is to found college at which
young Frenchmen may be trained in
everything appertaining to the hotel
from languages to cooking and by.
giene. In Switzerland a number of
these schools exist. and they have al
ways been entirely successful.-Paris
Correspondent London Express.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Cause for Astonishment.

A story in an October magazine
reaches it's climax with this passage:
with the kiss came incomprehensi
BILE splendor. His harshness slipped
away; and all his uncouthness. his vul-
garity, his egotism, his impatience, his
irrational precocity, his disdain. He
kissed her, and he knew he loved her.
And the spell of her kiss and the
knowledge of her love brought to him
an abiding patience, sense of calm
ness, maturity and frank humility. He
was strong with different strength,
a strength that took its strength from
eternity. He closed his eyes a mo-
ment and murmured: My God! All
on the same day!'" And well he
might exclaim. 1t was enough to as
tonish any man.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
EStravaoance.

ut takes a maid to be extrava.
CANT" said the woman of slender
means My girl just exhibited to me
with much pride something she had
bought to send a girl friend for her
birthday 1t was a sublimated card.
with a dove life size. made OF paper
that hufted out when you pulled
string, all gay colors and cut out ef-
fects something like the old-fashioned
valentines She paid so cents for the
thing and it probably will get smashed
in the mails Just think of the hand
kerchiets. gloves. stockings. hat pins.
collars and all manner OF pretty USE
full things you can get for so cents.
But the other girl probably will be
delighted. so why should | worry?"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Japanese for Meat Diet.

Meat has been officially introduced
as a part of the Japanese army diet
and as a result, the Japanese board Of
agriculture has sent commission
abroad to investigate and take steps
for introducing the breeding of cattle
in Japan One reason for the change
of diet is to avert a repetition of the
scourge Of beri-beri which sapped the
strength of the army during the Rus
sian war. and was said to have been
due to the rice diet, and another pur-
pose is to add to the stature of the
race by a general Introduction of meat
eating. Here in the occident, there is
an increasing conviction that the meat
diet has it's penalties az well as its
benefits.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Tensile Strenqth of Hair.

A human hair of average thickness
can support load of 6A ounces and
the average number of hairs on the
head is about 10000. A woman's long
hair has total tensile strength of
more than five tons, and this strength
can be increased one-third by twisting
the hair. The ancients made practical
use of the strength of human hair.
The cords of the Roman catapults
were made of the hair of slaves. and
it is recorded that the free women Of
Carthage offered their luxuriant tress-
es for the same use when their city
was besieged by the Romans.-Scien.
tific American.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Travelled with Heavy Loads,

Up in Maine and New Brunswick
the guides carry tremendous loads.
But the piece" of the old fur trade,
whether of furs or supplies. was about
80 pounds in weight. The man who
could not pack three pieces" on his
tumpline over the average portage
ranked low around the campfire. A
Chippewa has been known to carry a
barrel of pork two miles, with fire.
quent rests, of course; and one smil-
ingly bet a 160-pound man that he
could carry him five miles over a log
ging trail and not set him down once.
Some of these men would pack 200
pounds, and it is said sometimes 300,
but they were unusually powerful
men and working under keen rivalry.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Vinegar Cures Snake Bites.

Writing to the London Daily Mall,
a correspondent who has spent several
years in India says of the cure there
for snake bites: 1T may interest you
to know that common malt vinegar
the trade article-has been used in
India for some years as a certain cure
for snake bite. The bite of the cobra
is cured by it, and in every village
all over the country the head man is
now supplied with a bottle of it by
the government. The method of ap-
plication is to make a cut between the
long and one-fourth of an inch deep.
close to the bite, and to rub the vim
egar into it with sponge or a piece of
cotton rag.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Turkish birds Milk"

Il fer him birds milk" This curl
our expression was used by the old
sultan of Turkey while a prisoner on
his way TO Saloniki with reference to
his brother, Mohammed. his predeces-
sor on the throne. Abdul Hamed was
lamenting his own fate and telling his
captors how little he deserved it and
how kind he had been to his brother.
Il fed him with birds milk" he said,
as if that were the greatest kind
ness he could show What is birds
milk? Not the Turkish equivalent of
the milk of human kindness, but a
European brand of condensed milk
bearing on the can a picture of bird
on a nest
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Woman's Grewsome "Joke."

Man may be brute. but when it
comes to subtle, cunning and fiendish
cruelty woman takes the palm. Only
a woman could have conceived of the
Joke" of sending one - undertaken
after the other to house where no
one had died and where there had not
even been a case of sickness for
long time. In every case the under
takers had been called up by a WON.
an, who Informed them that some
body had died at certain address in
the Bronx and requested them to call
there with their gruesome paraphar-
MALTA as soon as possible. A perfect
procession of undertakers was thus
kept going to that house until the
owner, driven frantic. appealed to the
police for protection.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Oldest Christian Relic in EnqIand.

For some time past efforts have
been made to raise funds in order to
protect from the ravages of wind and
weather and the encroachment of the
drifting sands, the ruins of St. Piran's
oratory at Perranzabuloe. said to be
the oldest Christian relic Of it's kind
in England. 1t is now proposed to
build protecting house of concrete
around the ruins. If this protection
is not forthcoming it is probable that
"the lost church, as it is locally
known, will be again buried beneath
the sands which covered it for so
many centuries It's generally be-
lieved to be the original Church of st.
Piran, to whom the Cornish miners
give the credit of first showing them
tin, and who was one of the most no.
table of the many Cornish saints
London Standard.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Turkish Women Cannot Read.

or Turkish women a writer says:
Though a fcv of the better class
speak little English, and others, hav-
ing learned French from their govern
esses, read the latest French novels.
the mass of Turkish women cannot
read or write even their own Ian
guage-for they, like the majority of
their men up to the present. have had
no system of education. The sc.
cluded life they lead acts on their
intelligence; not being educated
themselves, they have not cared to
educate their children, and, conse-
quently. it will be some time before
the ordinary woman can dispense with
the services of the public letter writer,
VINO is often nothing but an impostor."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04

Gov. Eberhart went off on a
river junket with, President Taft
and a lot of other notables, leav-
ing Frank Day, Harvey Grim
mer, and Ralph Wheelock to run
the state. Why don't some of
those patriots who used to get
up on their hind legs and howl
whenever the late lamented John
A. johnson left the state for a
few days, raise their voices in
protest against the absence of
the new executive? We pause
for a reply.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
The Navel GRANGE.

The first we know of the navel or.
ange, which is very valuable not only
on account Of its fine quality and
taste, but also because of it's being
seedless is of single tree that was
found growing on the northern shore
of the Mediterranean sea This Was
about the year 1865. or nearly $50
years ago monk in a monastery in
that far away country painted pic
ture of the fruit and wrote a descrip-
tion of it. both of which may be seen
in the library of the Roman Catholic
university at Washington. Crafts
of this tree were taken to Spain by
the Moors several hundred years ago.
and from Spain the trees were carried
to South America by the Spaniards.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
How Men Are Disturbed.

which happeE. but by the opinions
about the things; for example, death
is nothing terrible, for if 1t were it
would have seemed so to Socrates:
for the opinion about death that 1t is
terrible, is the terrible thing. When
then we are impeded, or disturbed, or
grieved, let US never blame others
but ourselves-that is, our opinions
It is the act of an ill-instructed man
to blame others for his own bad con.
dition.-Arrian COS A. D.-180 A. d.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
What the Brides Say
~ g ~ ~

A smile beats a frown to a fraz-
zle every time.
If ''The Brides say SO, you can
rely upon it, that it's true.
The jewel of consistency doesn't
fit very well on some people.
Membership in don't Worry
Club" is a valuable asset for any
man.
A gasoline engine can evoke about
as much profanity as any contraption
that ever existed.
The average man generally apprec-
iates joke on the other fellow much
better than one on himself.
Wedding bells, it is reported, are
about to ring again, and Sauk Centre
is deeply interested in the ''contractA
ing parties
If you go about lying about your
neighbors, you need not be surprised
if some other fellow gives you a dose
OF your own medicine
This is the time of the year when
the fifteen dollar a month clerk be-
gins to think about buying a SEAL
skin cloak for his best girl.
It's about a stand-off with the av-
erage business man, which he en-
joys better, collecting bills due him
or paying bills due the other fellow.
A fellow who got a brand new
collar back from the laundry, wonder
ed if the clothing merchants have a
"stand-in" with the washee-washee
man.
Doc. Rennicks is going to buy a
gas wagon. Doc. always did ''go
some' and when he gets his new
vehicle you will have to look hard to
watch his dust.
If the young lady, who offered to
prepare a Brides Column" for The
Herald, will get to the front with
the goods, The Herald will be happy
to publish it over her signature.
The men of the Methodist church
cannot be blamed for feeling like get
ting up on the fence and Growing
Justify, and all on account of the
success of their chicken pie supper.
It's dead easy to criticise the
weather man, but it's safe to say
that not one of his many critics could
furnish an article that would suit the
public any better than what's dealt
out from day to day.
A we'll known society young man,
who went duck shooting recently, fell
down in the water up to his neck and
his companions had to pull him out
wiring the water from his raiment and
stand him up by good warm fire
to dry.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Lieut.. shaekIeton a. TaIker.

People whom Lieut.. Shackleton cas-.
ually meets must be trial to him
with their trivial qustiops, but he has
q merry wit. He was explaining how
the penguins set up nest keeping. Mr..
Penguin would feed his wife as she
sat on the eggs. He brought her
prawns and the like, carrying them in
his gullet into which she dipped her
beak. "Are the birds monogamic? p
asked the naturalist present THAT
we could not determine" replied the
Great Iceman. I'VE frequently saw
q male penguin feed another birds
wife. but we could not say whether his
motives were absolutely disinter.
ested."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Franks of Oklahoma windstorm.

The tornado that struck in the coun-
try near Chickasha a week or SO ago
performed some peculiar pranks at
the farm Of Charles Steinmetz, who
found a number of eggs scattered
over the ground near where the barn
had stood. not one Of which was as
much as cracked, although the barn
in which they had been laid was re-
duced to kindling wood.
A short distance away he found .
chicken with an eightpenny nail driv-
en- squarely through its neck Near
by he found two-gallon jar. the bot.
tom Of which had been broken out,
with . hen tightly wedged inside of it.
kansas City Star.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04

The Herald has added a num-
ber of new names to it's list since
the first of October. Most of
these people subscribed because,
as they expressed it, The Herald
speaks out fearlessly regarding
things, especially on matters
political. These valued opinions
come from members of differing
political parties and are simply
an index that independent politi-
cal thinking has come to stay.
The plain people, generally
size things up about right.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
ReSourceful,

IN certain church in Ireland
young priest took for his text: The
Feeding of the Multitude" And he
SAID: And they fed ten people with
10000 loaves and 10000 fishes" There.
at an old Irishman said: That's no
miracle; begorra. could do that my.
sef.' which the priest overheard. The
next Sunday the priest announced the
same text, but he had it right this
time-"And they fed 10000 people on
ten loaves' of bread and ten fishes"
He waited a second, and then leaned
over the pulpit and said: "And could
you 40 that. Mr.. Murphy?" Murphy
replied: Sure. your reverence, I
could And how could you do it?"
said the priest. "Sure, your rever-
ence, could do it with what was left
over from last Sunday."-The Argo-
naut.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
Case of Teienathv-

This is one of the many queer
stories from Italy: A remarkable case
attributed to telepathy is reported
from Capua. A woman woke a few
nights ago in state of delirium.
Calling together her friends and neigh
bors she told them that she had just
seen an apparition of her husband.
who for two years past had been alb
sent in New York. He appeared to
her to be lying in hospital with one
hand covering his breast, and he told
her that he had been gravely wound
ed. The day after she received a
cablegram from America informing
her that her husband was dying. hav-
Ing been stabbed by an emissary Of
the BLACK Hand"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
How would you like to be
Johnny McGovern?.

Chas. II. Grasty's sudden sale
of the Dispatch Pioneer Press
property to Geo. Thompson, has
set the gossipy tongues wagging.
Mr.. Grasty certainly had a
meteoric career in Minnesota
journalism. "If he was so soon
done for, what was he ever be-
gun for?" Mr.. Thompson an
nounces that the twin papers
will continue to be 'independ-
ent". That's important if true.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04
A GOVERNMENT LOTTERY

The ways of the United States
government are past finding out
in some things. For instance,
anti-lottery laws of the most
stringent nature have been en-
acted by congress. So strict
is the legislation of this nature
that if a newspaper prints
notice of little turkey rattle in
some obscure country town, it's
entire issue containing such no.
tice can be barred from the
mails, the publisher prosecuted
and be deprived of using the
pound rate for. postage on his
publication.
On the contrary, whenever
your Uncle Samuel desires to
dispose of a batch of his land,
the biggest kind of a lottery is
conducted openly and above
board. The sale is advertised
all over the country, applicants
travel hundreds of miles at big
expense, pay a good price for
the privilege of fling, and then
trust to the luck of a public
drawing. A t t h e recent
drawing" for lands in the Flat
head Indian reservation, 100, 900
filed when there were but
1900 farms to be sold. The
other $4,000 drew blanks; in
other words were swindled by
the government.
Louis W. Hill, president of
the Great Northern Railway
Company, in an address before
the Dry Farming Congress" at
Billings, Mont, scored the gov
ernment roundly for this lottery
business. Mr.. Hill went so far
as to declare that his road didn't
want the money taken from the
people who failed to draw a land
prize, and that he would pay it
back could he ascertain the
names and addresses of the pur-
chasers of tickets. Mr.. Hill is
right for criticising the authori-
ties. His quickened conscience
in the matter of accepting the
money from the public is, how
ever, a revelation. Why not
found a library or do something
else for the public with the
Great Northern's share of the
twelve million which he declares
was thus paid by the public?
Possibly Mr.. Hills delicacy
about keeping money made in
such fashion is simply an indi-
cation of the growing desire for
the Rooseveltian square deal'
which has been exploited so
much of late. It is to be hoped
that the conscience of the nation
al lawmakers will work so hard
that the land lottery fraud will
soon be wiped out.