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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18
SAVES TIE CROPS
COpiOas Rain fall, General Over
the Northwest, Proves
a GOdSend

Following long. dry, heated spell,
rain came Saturday and Sunday nights
and Monday in abundance. 1t came
just i'm time. for the crops were verg-
ing upon a critical condition. As it
is q little damage is reported to rye,
while in few cases oats will be re-
seeded. The doWnpour was abundant
all over the northwestern states. In
Sank Centre and vicinity rain fell
heavily during part of Saturday and
Sunday nights and there was q steady
fall during the greater part Of Il e
day Monday. Farmers everywhere
tare rejoicing and the present outlook
+ for crops is line. The rainfall for
1911 thus far exceeds slightly that OF
1910 While the lakes and streams
j are still very low, yet the conditions
/ in that respect are not of such ma
! ture as to call for anxiety. They Will
fill up in time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18
.na.sn F-ul..uuckoc.s strateoy.

The Icdian fruit-cuckoo, which, like
Mi n en- bers Uf the cuckoo family, lays
its eggs in the nests of other birds
and thus avoids the trouble of hatch
ing them, is said TO exhibit a great
deal OF strategy in dealing with crows,
it's natural enemies.
Whereas the hen, an inconspicuous
speckled gray bird, conceals herself
in the foliage, the cock, remarkable
for his brilliant black plu1nage and
crimson eyes, places himself on a
perch near a crow nest and sets up
a great racket. The crows immediate,
ly rush out to attack him, and he
takes to fight with them in pursuit
The hen meanwhile slips into the nest
and deposits an egg. Sometimes the
crows return before the egg is laid
and then the intruder gets a trourc.
ing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18
CHIC NECKWEAR.
Smart Dressing Calls For Ample Va
riety In Collars.

Smart Dressing Calls For Ample Va
riety In Collars.
Women are realizing that several
Jokes or chemisettes to accompany
each waist or dress are necessity.
says the Dry Goods Economist. The
great variety that exists in this
seasons collar forms is surprising.
Squares. pointed and round shapes are
seen in every modification.
The novelties in plauen lace have
been produced in original shapes,
among which the sailors again play an
important part.
Round Dutch collars are brought out
in every suitable material possible. and
marked originality is shown in trim
ming these Hand embroidery. motifs.
materials in contrasting color. cluny
Irish. Armenian. val and venise laces
and embroidery are used with excellent
results
Fancy 6chus and large cOrday collars
are already meeting with quite an I'M
usual degree of favor considering the
early stage of the season.
handsome new eHeclS In Diack anu
white combined are being shown in
high class neckwear. Plain black satin
and black and white striped fOulard
are being combined with embroidered
batiste. cluny. Irish. val and narrow
black edgings.
The present style in dresses and
waists is making extensive use of
Jokes and chemisettes of plain and
fancy nets and all overs of every de-
scription. This form Of neck finish is
becoming to all. types Of women. which
explains its enormous vogue. 1t Is alb
solutely necessary that these lace and
net Jokes be often removed to be
cleaned. as a few days wear soils
them hopelessly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18

Lovely in face is the Mexican seno-
rita. but she does not retain her love
Illness long. AT thirtytive she is
wrinked and forbidding old crone.
The Mexican girl of fourteen is as old
as the American of eighteen. and she
grows old faster. This is partly due to
the climate and partly due to the life
she lives. Mexican women of the low
er or middle class pay little attention
to hygienic rules. They eat all sorts
of indigestible foods. and they are not
particular about bathing. The women
of the lower class are Of Indian or
of mixed race. partly Indian. partly
Spanish The women Of the various
Indian tribes differ much in their hab-
it's, speech and point of view. They
have large soft dark eyes. long and
glossy black hair and deep olive COM
pleXions Mexican woman is a
good Judge of character and a devoted
wife and mother. When one of them
marrieS. even though her husband may
have been poor man and she herself
master of her funds and If she chooses
may introduce all his relatives into
the household for the wife to support.
Under such an imposition the wife Is
expected not only to be agreeable. but
even if necessary to wait upon the ia
truders.
They are very clever with their
hands. and Mexican drawn work is ia.
nous the world over. The women Of
the masses adorn their garments with
the drawn work. handsome caps and
'headdresses of it being worn by the
women of some sections.
Intense patriotism is another char
acteristic of Mexican womanhood. and
in the struggle which has been going
on each side has found the sympathy
and assistance Of their women Of no
mean assistance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18
ingenious French Woman.

A woman was recently convicted IN
Paris of infringing on the government
monopoly of making cigars. cigarettes
and tobacco by manufacturing imita
!tions out of cocoanut fiber She was
fined $1,000 francs The testimony
showed that the woman had the ex.
tensive output each year of 1900 600
cigars" three million cigarettes"
and $4,000 pounds OF tobacco :"
Madame's defense was that her goods
were not limitations of tobacco but
were meant for children. that they
were difficult 10 smoke and were "ex-
,ecrable to the taste-even worse than
the government concerns products"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18

No Mar Floor Narnish
Liquid Granite
Floor Spar
Weather Spar
Marine Spar for Boats
Engine Enamel
Carriage Varnish
Automobile Varnish
Hard-Oil Finish
Furniture Varnish
Chi Namel, all colors
Carriage Paint
House Paint
Barn Paint
Shellac
Oil Stains
.Enamels
White Lead
Crack Filler
Marnish Remover
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18
Norwav's Goat Girls.

A Norwegian goat girl is able to take
care of large flock of goats. She
watches them while they Craze. milks
them and salts them. The last task Is
interesting. She takes little bag of
salt. and the goats crowd about her.
leaping over each others back, for the
privilege Of licking her hand after each
dip ip the bag. She loves her goats
and makes pets of the young kids.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-05-18
foiicc HcunG5 DO Good Work

foiicc HcunGs Do Good WORK.
Such good results are daily being %,
tanned by the employment Of police
hounds in Germany that the authoyi.
ties have decided to increase the mum
Der of animals for use in connection
with the police force No fewer than
100 policemen have volunteered TO
take three months course OF in.
struction in the u1an cement and care
of the dogs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
The Dust of the Earth.

Expecting a visit from the super
intendent of an adjacent Sunday
school one Sunday afternoon, one
enterprisng teacher, anticipating the
line of questions which would be
asked of the scholars, selected boy
from her class to answer each ques-
ton. AS she had figured it out, the
visitor would first ask the pupils the
question, who made you?" and
the pupil was, of course, to answer
God" The next question was to
be "Of WHAT" to which the answer
was to be "Of the dust of the earth"
Unfortunately between the time Sun
day school was called to order and
the visiting superintendent had TAX
en- the floor, the first pupil was TAX
en- sick and obliged to go home. The
teacher did not have the opportunity
to readjust her force, and when the
first question was asked, the second
hov thought 1t n good opportunity
it 49,. to set his answer and get it
off his mind; SO to the question
who made your" he answered, "Of
the dust of the earth"
'Oh, no." said the visitor. God
made you"
No, sir; He did not" said the
youngster. "The little boy that God
made has gone home sick, and l am
the dust of the earth. Judge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Constructive Legislation.
The Commoner.

The Commoner.
One newspaper writer complains
that democrats do not advocate any
constructive legislation; that their
energies are devoted to criticism of
republican administration. 1t may
be that that depends upon what one
calls constructive legislation" Just
now it would seem that the most a.
portant service that political party
may render to the people is to aid IN
the prevention Of destructive legis-
latlon as contemplated in the repub-
lican program. And it may be said
that the very prevention of this form
OF legislation, involving as it does
the life of the republic, is the highest
form Of constructive legislation.
The special interests have, under
the republican party, become SO thor
oughly entrenched in power in this
that the most painstak-
ing, patriotic effort will be required
before they are dislodged.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
HOW Women Read.

1t is impossible for a woman not to
see herself in every heroine, and, do
ing this, it does not take her long to
imagine that she is wasted on the
unromantic, Woodworking man who is
toiling like a slave to support her.
She also compares him, to his dis
favor, with the Lord Percies with
whom she associates in books. She
discovers that she is unappreciated,
misunderstood. She begins to have
an Unsuitable yearning to have some
body make to her the fervent love
speeches which Sir Percy poured into
the shell-like ear of Lady Guinevere,
and she drifts as surely as leaf
down the current into one of those
affairs that are so romantic and
thrilling in books and such a scandal
III real life.
OF course no one would he so mar
row and foolish as to condemn novel
reading in toto. Much of the best in
literature is in the guise of fiction.
There are novels that are an inspira-
ton, and a help. but there are also
novels that are a contamination. and
that one can mo more read without
being harmed than he can touch pitch
without being defiled.
The protest that l have tried to
make here is merely against the bad
novel, and too much novel reading,
which is one of the great dangers of
our time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Short Notes.

Strings of passementerie knots ap-
pear on many new garments.
Velvet girdles lined with satin are
made to wear with velvet directoire
gowns.
Corded silks are used for making the
semi-princess dress, with material cut
on the bias for trimming.
Picot-edged lace appears as trim
ming upon silks and satins
Tassels attached to crochet rings
are found upon nobby street suits.
The long motor coat for fall wear
shows row of tiny buttons from the
collar to the cuffs. though not one
appears where buttons rightfully be-
long, or, if there are any in use, they
are hidden with the trent plat.
Bulgarian embroidery was found up
on a dress of white satin.
The narrow red satin cravat is worn
with the tailored white linen waist.
Plaids in warm, dull colors abound
in street waists for early fall wear.
A little French dress in the direc-,
toire mode showed the upper half of
the coat literally trimmed with lace,
and the tiniest band Imaginable dec
GRATED the lower edge, leaving the
skirt wholly untrimmed Lace in
sertion edged the sides and lower
half of pockets, placed low upon the
coat skirt. and two small lace but
tons were attached to the center of
each pocket. Buttons of similar kind
decorated the very narrow vest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27

Many a robin has been hunted
with salt, and many rascal has got
rich by selling bug powder with ex-
plicit directions to take the bug be-
tween the forefinger and thumb,
open his mouth, and drop in two
grains of the dust Here is the
newest idea:
Australia, as is well known, is IN
tested with rabbits-a most destruc-
tive and multitudinous pest NOT
long ago a man invented the follow
ing plan:
You go out into the field from
which the rabbits are to be removed.
You saw down a tree, and on the
slant of the stump you paint black
spot. Then you keep very quiet,
so that the rabbits will come back
from their burrows and feed as usu-
al.
When a large enough number has
collected, you clap your hands
sharply.
The effect will be electric. The
rabbits will jump in haste for their
burrows. At least one is sure to
mistake the black spot for his hole
and make for it. Invariably he will
dash his brains out. This process,
repeated often enough, is warranted
to exterminate the rabbit forever.
The reports do not say whether
there are any rabbits left in Aus
tralia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27

Some people seem to be getting a
measure of satisfaction for themselves
as Percyites, over the fact that de-
spatches emanating from Montgom-
cry, Alabama, where the Legislature
of our sister state is in session, have
pointed out Walker Percy, Ga brother
of LIE Roy Percy aud himself also
mixed upin the Senatorial fasco at
Jackson last Winter.) as the boss of
that assembly. Ambassador Bryce
in his American Commonwealth and
other candid critics of our republican
system of government, declare THE
Boss" to be the bane of Democratic
institutions as through them the peo-
pie are governed not by the people,
but by the Boss for few of the peo-
pie. Does Walker Percy bear the
telltale marks of being allied with
the'moneyed powers of the land who
are trying to steal away the peoples
rights?s In stentorian tones we an
swer YES, He is the head al torney
in Alabama for the United Steel
Trust, than whom there is no more
'iniquitous monopolious commercial
combine in America.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Modern Farmer Not a LOafer.
Scranton Democrat-Star.

Scranton Democrat-Star.
In the oldeu times the farm was a
general loafing place in the winter.
The farmer loafed at the store or
smith shop; the COWS loafed in the
stable as the milk pals proved; the
horses loafed and grew soft ard fat in
their stalls, and the very hens loafed
on the roost waiting for spring be,
fore beginning to lay eggs, A won
derful awakening has come. The
modern farmer is on the job every
day of the winter; the COWS are doing
their best to provide plenty of fifty
cent butter, and the cheerful cackle
of the hens on these bright December
days attest the fact that they are in
spired by the twentieth century de-
termination to make good at forty
five cents a dozen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Who is The Best Crowd Drawer?
Pass Christian Beacon.

Pass Christian Beacon.
Like Percy, now comes Mr. Alex
ander and wants Vardaman to come
out and draw crowds for him to adj
dress which sweetly worded Major
Vardaman very courteously and very
wisely declined. The caucus twins
should go out and do their own
crowd gathering a~d not call upon
Vardaman TO do it for them. Ii nei-
Their can get the red ne ks. low brows
and hill billies-the boys who do the
voting-out to hear them, that's their
trouble, and it does not devolve, up
the Major to do it for them. Where
ever Vardaman speaks Lie is certain
of large audience.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
A WAYSlDE PHILOSOPHER.
Clarke County Times.

Clarke County Times.
Down in Greene County where the
soft breezes whisper thru the pine
trees like the sweet toned echo of an
Aeolian harp, there is paper pub
lished whose coming is ever welcom-
ed-The Greene County Herald. Not
only does it wear the face of an old
and familiar friend, but it is unique
and bears peculiar charm OF its own,
and differs widely from the usual run
of weekly papers in the state. Its
editor is an exponent OF the highest
ethics OF journalism, man who reads
and thinks aud whose philosophic
thought gems are widely quoted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
vatdaman Has Positive --'ements.

Tie Mississippian.
The MississiEpian insists that the
Bilbo- Duaney incident Tvs nothing
to do with the merits Ct the cam
paign of Mr.. Vardaman II the SEN
ate of the United States; We do not
believe that the possible motive of
Dulaney has any relation whatever
to the bigger question tla5 nov con-
fronts the people.
Mr. Vdrdaman is no lnlger a can
ddate before the legisla are, but a
candidate before the pco2e; and if
they approve his conduct in Office
and his policies, they will elect him.
Opposition to him is, primarily, a
gentleman who has gained money
and emnence IN his profession, as tie
attorney of corporations: man WHO
has given his life, his thought, his
industry to this service; u man who
has had no relation or sympathy
with the masses of the people whom
he aspires to represent. That is Mr..
LIE Roy Percy. Supplemc ltal to him
comes Mr.. Charlton Alexander,
whose candidacy is based upon sin
gle program of antagonism to corpo-
ratlons. Mr. Percy has announced
no platform except antipathy to Var
daman; Mr.. Alexander's platform is
written in demagogic speeches.
Mr.. Vardaman, however, comes be-
fore the peop.e with a dehnite plat
form of IDEAS and of principle; he is
not an opportunist, evading living
questions, but meeting them, and in
that high career, has abandoned local
issues to look to national ones. He
has undertaken to present the nation
the problem involved in the inclusion
in the electorate of an alien race.
And in this contention, Vardaman
is right. He hopes to accomplish it
CO Institutional amendments:
whether that process is accomplish
ed or not, is not essential. The idea
that he stands for will continue to be
influential until it becomes effective.
The southern states have eliminated
the negro; it is best for the nation to
do the same thing.
La the meantime, Vardaman stand
for something, the opposition stands
for nothing. Mr.. Percy is anti Var
daman; Mr.. Alexander, walking in
his wake, is anti corporation. And
yet, they are bedfellows.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Should Stand On individual Merits.

New Albany Gazette.
The Gazette believes that every
candidate for public Office in Missis-
sippl should make the campai.. n on
his own merits, and succeed or fail
thereon. 1t is pitiable TO see full
grown man trying to ride into office
on the broad shoulders of others, who
possibly have already upon them as
much they can well carry. Be a
man, my friend, and fight 1t out on
the basis of yolr own merits. Miss
ississippi voters are not blind parti
eanS-not many of thcml
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Solves A Deep MYSTERY

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a severe case of stomach trouble and
OF rheum atism, from which | had
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the system of kidney poisoas that
cause rheumatism, Electric Sitters
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bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27

shrines IN which the masters works
and the record of them are preserv-
ed. They are TIE workshops OF the
future masters. Masters are rare,
but the influence OF each is profound
and far reaching, working on the as
pirants with an influence frequently
by the aspirant, but
none the less potential, The masters
are the pace makers of progress. The
higher they set the mark of upward
achievement, the higher rises the
average OF achievement an d n o
honest Wor L ca n a p e
t h benefits. 7 N uu V c r
sity that produced one Newton made
itself creditor to the world for all
time.
The great men who like Franklin
and Edison, were denied the privile-
ges of a university found their uni
versity in books in Libraries. Frank
lin acknowled his Indebtedness to the
past very frequently He declined
to take a patent on his invention of
the first American stove on the
ground that he had bene(itted so
much by the inventions of the past
that he desired to repay his obliga-
tons by presenting mankind with
the free use of his own ideas. Frank
lin, hard headed ard successful man
o. business, established great libra
ry and also a scientific museum in
p Iiladelphia, which continue to
flourish and do fine work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27

Our old friend ]. ] Chambers is
back in the newspaper business. We
CLEAN this from copy of the Tisho-
mingo County Times received, which
proves. to be recognized successor
to the Paragraph of Iuka, Miss.
Mr.. Chambers is one of the owners
and can be depended upon it to de
liver his part Of the goods. Once a
fellow gets under the spell of news
paperdOm its hard to pull out and
stay out. Chambers has HE'D back
to the charm of paper, pen and ink and
as he is an old war horse will proba-
bly, die with the harness on. Here's
our good wishes to his venture.