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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

But undaunted be stood, and dissem-
bled and treated them smoothly;
So the old chronicles say, that were
writ in the days Of the fathers.
But when he heard their defiance, the
boast, the taunt, and the insult,
All the hot blood of his race, Of Sir
Hugh and of Thurston de Stand
ish,
Boiled and beat IN his heart, ana
swelled in the veins of his tenn
pies.
Headlong he leaped on the boaster,
and, snatching his knife from Its
scabbard,
Plunged it into his heart. and, reellng
backward, the savage
Fell with his face to the sky, and
fiendlike fierceness upon it.
Straight there arose from the forest
the awful sound of the warwhoop,
And, like a furry or snow on the
whistling wind of December,
Swift and sudden and keen came a
flight of feathery arrows.
Then came a cloud of smoke, and out
of the cloud came the lightning,
Out of the lightning, thunder, and
death unseen ran before it.
Frightened the savages fed for shelter
in swamp and in thicket,
Holly pursued and beset; but their
sachem, the brave Wattawamat,
Fled not; he was dead. Unswerving
and swift had a bullet
Passed through his brain, and he fell
with both hands clutching the
greensward
Seeming in death 20 hold back from
his foe the land of his fathers.
There on the flowers of the meadow
the warriors lay, and above them
Silent, with folded arms, stood HOBO
mok, friend of the white man.
Smiling, at length he exclaimed to the
stalwart Captain of Plymouth:
"Pecksuot Dragged very loud, OF his
courage, his strength and his
stature,-
Mocked the great Captain, and called
him a little man; but see now
Big enough have you been to lay him
speeches. before you'll"
Thus the first battle was fought
and won by the stalwart Miles
Standish.
When the tidings thereof were
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
AsIATiCS On B7iTl3H SHI7S
Growing Preference f6r Chinese Sea-
men Over Eritons fc. Service
Under Red Eaeign.

One of the principal grievances
complained of by the union, we be-
lieve, is the alleged growing prefer
ence of ship owners for Asiatic sea
men, particularly Chinese seamen, to
British seamen, for service under the
red ensign The recent declaration by
Winston Churchill, home secretary, is
to the following pertinent effect: With
regard TO the alleged dumping of Chi
nese labor on British ships, the fig
ures show that the number of British
seamen employed in tie British mer
camille marine is steadily increasing.
While the number of Lascars and Ash
atics of all kinds was stationary. In
1905 there were 263 ,686 persons en-
ployed, Of whom 1S0,492 were British
and 43,4S3 were Lascars and Asiatics.
In 1908 there were 19S,474 British and
1880 Lascars and Asiatics, an in
crease of nearly $4,000 British sea-
men in four years. 1t should be re-
membered that very large proper
ton of Lascars and Asiatics employed
We're natives OF India and British sub
jects, Shanghai Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
from the trader!

Touching at times on the coast, to
barter and chatter for peltries.
Then in their native tongue they be
gan to parley with Standish,
Through his guide and interpreter
Hobomok, friend of the white
man,
Begging for blankets and knives, blu,
mostly for muskets and powder
Kept by the white man, they said
concealed, with the plague, in his
cellars,
Ready to be let loose, and destroy his
brother, the red man!
But when Standish refused, and said
he would give them the Bible,
Suddenly changing their tone, they
began to boast and to buster
Then Wattawamat advanced with a
stride in front of the other,
And, with lofty demeanor, thus
vauntingly spake to the Captain:
NOW Wattawamat can see, by the
fiery eyes of the Captain,
Angry is he in his heart; but the
heart of the brave Wattawamat
Is not afraid at the sight. He was
not born of woman,
But on mountain, at night. from an
oak-tree riven by lightning,
Forth he sprang at a bound, with all
his weapons about him,
Shouting, Who is there here to fight
with the brave Wattawamat?'
Then he unsheathed his knife, and,
whetting the blade on his left
hand,
Held it aloft and displayed a woman's
face on the handle,
Saying, with bitter expression and
look of sinister meaning:
II have another at home, with the
face of a man On the handle;
By and by they shall marry; and
there will be plenty of children
Then stood Pecksuot forth, self
Wanting, insulting Miles Stand
ish;
While with his fingers he patted the
knife that hung at his bosom,
Drawing it half from its sheath, and
plunging it back. as he muttered:
by and by it shall see; it shall eat;
ah, ali! but shah speak not!
This is the mighty Captain the white
men have sent to destroy us!
He is little man; let him 60 and
work with the women!"
Meanwhile Standish had noted the
faces and figures of Indians
Peeping and creeping about from
bush to tree in the forest,
Feigning to look for game, with ar.
rows set on their bow-strings,
Drawing about him still closer and
closer the net of their ambush.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
The March of
Miles StQndiSh

Meanwhile the stalwart Miles Stand.
ish was marching steadily north.
ward,
Winding through forest and swamp,
and along the trend of the sea,
shore,
All day long, with hardly a halt, the
fire OF his anger
Burning and cracking within, and the
sulphurous odor of powder
Seeming more sweet to his nostrils
than all the scents of the forest.
Silent and moody he went, and much
he revolved his discomfort;
: who was used to success, and to
easy victories always,
hus to be iouted, rejected, and
laughed to scorn by a maiden,
aus to be Knocked and betrayed by
the friend whom most he had
trusted,
All. twas too much to be borne, and
he fretted and chafed in his
armor!
81 alone am to blame" he muttered,
"for mine was the folly.
What has a rough Old soldier, grown
grim and gray in the harness,
Used to the camp and It's ways, to do
with e wooing of maidens?
Twas bu- a dream,-let it pass,-let
it vanish like so many others,
What / thought was flower, is only
weed, and is worthless;
n,,% Of
throw it away, and henceforward
Be but fighter of battles, lover and
wooer of dangers!"
Thus he revolved in his mind his
sorry defeat and discomfort,
While he was marching by day or ly.
ing at night in the forest
Looking up at the trees, and the con.
stel.ations beyond them
After three days march he came
to an Indian encampment
Pitched on the edge of meadow, be-
tween the sea and the forest
Women at work by the tents, and the
warriors, horrid with war-paint,
Seated about fire, and smoking and
talking together;
Who, when they saw from afar the
sudden approach of the white
men,
Saw the flash of the sun on breast
plate and saber and musket,
Straightway leaped to their feet, and
two, from among them advancing,
Came to parley with Standish, and
offer him furs as present;
Friendship was in their looks, but in
their hearts there was hatred.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
Cost of SiIace.

Professor A. L. Hacker of the Ne
braska station has worked out some
interesting data on the cost of produc-
ing ton of silage. Figuring in the rent
of land. blowing, cost of seed. planting
and cultivating, he found that it cost
~ cents per ton. The cost of filling the
silo, allowing liberal wage for men
and teams, he found to be "a cents per
ton. The cost of machinery and stor-
age, including all items such as inter-
est on money invested. depreciation
and repairs and even taxes and insur-
ance. was 4S cents per ton. Adding
these three initial costs together, we
find that the cost of producing ton
of corn silage to be $1.94 Professor
John Bowers of Iowa has another way
Of figuring it in which he arrives at
about the same figures.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

safely trust in her always,
How all the days of her life she will
do him good, and not evil,
How she seeketh the wool and the
flax and worketh with gladness,
How she layeth her hand to the spin
die and holdeth the distaff,
How she is not afraid of the snow for
herself or her household,
Knowing her household are clothed
with the scarlet cloth of her
weaving!
So, as she sat at her wheel one aft
ernoon in the autumn,
Alden, who opposite sat, and was
watching her dexterous fingers,
AS if the thread she was spinning
were that of his life and his for
tune,
After pause in their talk, thus spake
to the sound of the spindle.
Truly, Priscilla" he said, when (
see you spinning and spinning,
Never idle moment, but thrifty ana
thoughtful of others,
Suddenly you are transformed are
visibly changed in a moment;
You are no longer Priscilla, but
Bertha, the Beautiful Spinner"
Here the light foot on the treadle
grew swifter and swifter; the
spindle
Uttered an angry snarl, and the thread
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
The Astronomers Cat.

The Rev. T. e. Espin, who recently
achieved considerable fame by discov-
ering a new star, possesses a tabby
cat says the London Globe.
The story of Mr. Espin's cat in his
own words is this: Last February, re-
turning from church on cold night,
with the ground covered with snow,
heard lamentations very similar to
what Jeremiah would have uttered,
and on searching about found young
and quite small cat on the window sill
very cold and very starved. | took
him in and fed him and made inquir-
les, but have never obtained the least
clue as to his owrcr He was then
about six months old. We became
keenly attached and his affection has
been so great that on mere than one
occasion he saved me tie trouble o.!
eating my dinner by being first in
the field"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

Close to the house was the stall,
where, safe and secure from an.
noyance.
Raghorn, the snow-white steer, that
had fallen to Alden's allotment
In the division of cattle, might rumin-
ate in the nighttime
Ov,r the pastures he cropped, made
fragrant by sweet pennyroyal
OFT when his labor was finished,
with eager feet would the dreamer
Follow the pathway that ran through
the woods to the house of pris-
ella,
Led by illusions romantic and SUBTLE
receptions of fancy.
Pleasure disguised as duty, and love
in the semblance of friendship
Ever of her he thought, when he fash
toned the>walls of his dwelling;
Ever of her he thought, when he
delved in the soil of his garden;
Eversof her he thought, when he read
In his Bible on Sunday
Praise of the virtuous woman. as she
is described in the Proverbs
How the heart Of her husband doth
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
WARMING a Chilled Piq.

OF all the means of warming
chilled pig and restoring his interest
in things earthly probably there is
nothing better than. a vessel of water
heated to about 90 or SO degrees, in
which his body and limbs can be sub
merged for ten to twenty minutes. In
many instances it will we'll nigh re-
vive the dead. If after this hot bath
Mr.. Pig is dried and placed where he
can suck well filed teat his outlook
on the future will be much improved.
--Coburn's Swine In America"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

ne Light root on IN
All In the village was peace; but at
tunes the rumor of warfare
Filled the air with alarm, and the ap-
prehension of danger.
Brayely the stalwart Miles Standisn
was securing the land with his
forces,
waxing valiant in fight and defeating
the alien armies,
lii his name had become a sound of
fear to the nations.
anger was still in his heart. but at
times the remorse and contrition
winch In all noble natures succeed
the passionate outbreak,
came like rising tide, that encount.
ers the rush of river,
Staying it's current a while. but max.
Ing it bitter and brackish.
Meanwhile Alden at home had built
him new habitation,
Solid, substantial, of timber rough
hewn from the frs of the forest.
Wooden-barred was the door. and the
roof was covered with rushes:
Latticed the windows were, and the
window-panes were of paper,
Oiled to admit the light, while wind
and rain were excluded.
There, too, he dug a well, and around
1t planted an orchard:
Still may be seen to this day some
trace of the we'll and the orchard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
WHEN CARE SAVES
PROFITS IN SHEEP.

When lambs are expected provide
warm quarters for the ewes, deeply
bedded with straw. Allow no one or
any dog to brighten the sheep at any
time now, for sudden fright is like
~ to either cause premature birth or
at least to have bad effects on both
eve and offspring. writes C. E. Davis
in Farm and Fireside.
Go to the lambing house every hour
until bedtime. and be ready to assist
any eve that needs it and to attend
to the youngsters. If possible it is q
good plan TO sleep near. the sheep yard
and look in on them several times dur
ing the night. As soon as a lamb is
dropped wrap the tiny bunch of bones
in warmed cloths until dry and well
warmed, then unwrap and nestle it in
the straw. The mother will do the
rest. Within six hours see that it
takes nourishment from the eve.
This takes patience and often some
teaching. but it pays to persist
AS soon as the eve has dropped the
lamb or two give her a bucket of milk
warm water. for the act of lambing
will leave her very thirsty. The drink
will soothe her nerves. quiet her ankle
ty. and she will give down her milk
freely and chew her cud contentedly.
Cold water would be very hurtful, IL
not fatal, at this time.
When lambs are due separate such
ewes from the rest of the flock to pre-
vent injury and keep them in the
fold where you can watch them every
hour 1t pays to let other things wait
rather than be careless now and see
all your years profit fall and die. I
have known sheep owners to turn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29


pregnant ewes out in the pasture and
lose three to five lambs that were
born away out in the field. were chill
ed and died of neglect.
Always speak low and gently to the
eve at this time, for sheep knows
by your voice if you are angry or joy
Gus, and it is the singing shepherd
they love.
If you get the lamb safely over the
first forty hours it is likely to grow
all right after that. but warmth, care
and attention must be there when
needed. If three are born to one eve,
as l have had happen. you must raise
one with nipple and bottle or else get
another eve that has lost her own
lamb to adopt the odd triplet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
Overwhelmed by Fumes of Spirits.


Exciting scenes were witnessed re-
Gently at fire in London which
broke ont in premises owned by wine
merchants The fire had obtained a
firm grip when the firemen arrived
Locating the seat Of the outbreak.
smoke helmets were donned and a
powerful hydrant was soon at work
Then followed series Of remarka BILE
incidents Officers and men Of both
fire brigade and salvage corps who
had passed into the basement were
overwhelmed by the fumes of spirits
and wines arising from a mass OF
shattered bottles One by one the
men fell. and comrades who went to
their rescue suffered tire same ex
perience 1t was only after almost
superhuman efforts that the men
were rescued sixteen officers and
men being dragged from the base
ment a number remained nncon.
scious for considerable time
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

TOR YOURSELF Jonns
snapped short in her fingers;
While the impetuous speaker, not
needing the mischief, continued:
you are the beautiful Bertha, the
spinner, the queen of Helvetia;
She whose story l read at a stall in
the streets of Southampton,
Who, as she rode on her palfrey, DER
valley and meadow and noun
tain.
Ever was spinning her thread from
distaff fixed to her saddle.
She was SO thrifty and good, that her
named passed into a proverb.
So shall it be with your own, when
the spinning-wheel shall no longer
Hum in the house of the farmer, and
fill its chambers with music.
Then shall the mothers, reproving, re.
late how It was in their child
hood,
Praising the good old times, and the
days Of Priscilla, the spinner"
Straight uprose from her wheel the
! beautiful Puritan maiden,
Pleased with the praise of her thrift
from him whose praise was the
sweetest.
ITO be continued)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
Dusty HAY Bad For Horses.

Don't feed dusty hay to horses. II
you have no other kind sprinkle it with
water just before. feeding. Many horse
troubles may be traced directly to
dusty hay. and these are much more
easily prevented than cured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

The splendid Cheviot ram shown
above was a prize winner in the
eastern circuit of fairs last fall.
The Cheviots are a mountainous
breed, hardy and do fairly well
where pasture is scant. They have
been successfully produced in New
York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina.
Indiana, Iowa and other states. The
mutton is of superior quality. The
fleece of the ewes weighs six to
eight pounds. This ram was bred
by A. F. White of Steuben county,
N. Y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
Keep the Cow Clean.

A COW with back that itches and
burns with chaff and dust cannot be so
comfortable as one that's eroomed ev-
cry day. But that is not ALL She will
not digest feed so well as she would If
her skin were nice and clean. When
caring for your cows do not neglect
their tails. Clean these clear to the
end. A clean brush is a beauty to a
COW.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
The Spinning Wheel

Month after month passed away, and
in autumn the ships of the
merchants
Came with kindred and friends, with
cattle and CORE for the Pilgrims.
All in the village was peace; the men
were intent on their labors,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

brought to the village of Ply
mouth,
Asd as a trophy of war the head of
the brave Wattawamat
Scowled from the roof of the fort,
which at once was church and a
fortress,
All who beheld it reJoiced, and
praised the Lord, and took cour-
age.
Only Priscilla averted her face from
this specter of terror,
Thanking God in her heart that she
had not married Miles Standish;
Shrinking, fearing almost, lest, COM
ing home from his battles,
lie Fhould lay claim to her hand, as
the prize and reward of his valor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29

Braves OF the tribe were these, and
brothers gigantic in stature,
huge as Goliath of Gath, or tie ter
rible Og, king Of Bashan;
One was Pecksuot named, and the
other was called Wattawamat.
Round their necks were suspended
their knives In scabbards of wam-
pum.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-04
10000 STRIKERS ARE
NOW OUT IN CHICAGO
Two Thousand More Union
Men are Idle

Chicago, May 3.-TWo thousand more
union workers Joined the ranks Of
strikers in the various trades today,
with the result that more than 10000
men are now out and three times that
number are threatening to quit work.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is here,
holding conferences in an effort to end
the difficulties, which among Other
things, have tied UP building and con-
struction work. Five thousand mem
bers of the allied building trades are
out because of a jurisdictional fight
in the ranks of the union, and con
tractors are threatening the city with
a lockout unless the trouble is ended
The men who failed to show up fol-
work today are machinists and men,
bers of the building trades.
Gompers today came out in opposi-
ton to "sluggers and gunner in la
Dor controversies He declared he was
in favor of open door unionism.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-04
N'MANIGAL WILL PLEAD
GUILTY when ARRAIGNED
Alleged DyRamitGrS TO Appear
in Court Today

Los Angeles, Cal, May 3.-Ortie Nc
Manigal, who is charged with John
j. and James Mcnamara with blowing
up The Los Angeles Times building
and killing q men here, will plead
guilty when he is arraigned tomorrow
according to District Attorney Fred
ericks He said today he was not GER
tain which of the prisoners would be
tried first and that the order of the
trials depended on how many of them
pleaded guilty.
Judge Walter Bordwell will try the
cases, despite objections on the part of
the defense He is objected on the
ground that he summoned the special
grand jury which indicted the men,
$50 far transcripts of the testimony
before the grand jury have not been
given to attorneys for the defense
They will be handed over tomorrow
when the men are arraigned. Clarence
Darrow will be in charge of the coun-
sci for the defense.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-04

Ell Paso, Texas, May 3.-Judge
Francis Carabajal, the peace envoy Of
the federal court, accompanied 0y
iSenors Oscar Braniff and Esquibel
Obregon, go between in the negotia-
tions with Madero, the insurrecto
chief, called on General Navarro at
Juarez, Mexico, across the river, early
today and arranged the details of the
procedure for the conference.
The conference is expected to begin
this afternoon and will take place n
a tent about half way between the
Madero camp and the federal strong
hold at Juarez. Ropes have been
stretched around it for some distance
and curious spectators, especially
those with cameras, will be kept at
distance to prevent annoyance to the
1t has not yet been decided who
will be admitted to the conference, for
both sides, but it is probable that Sc
nors Braniff and Obregon and prob
ably Governor Ahumada of, Chihua-
hua, who is expected here tonight, will
argue the governments case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-04
WILL GO AFTER
LORlMER AGAIN
Senate Committee Authorize
Another Probe

Washington, May 9.-Renewal Of
the Lorimer investigation was pro-
vided for today by the senate COM
mittee on contingent expenses, which
approved a resolution covering the
expenses of such an inquiry The
report will come up in the senate to-
morrow and fight is expected
The report was unanimous, but
there was "a specific understanding
that it should not be construed as an
indication of the committees views
on the merits of the case. So particu-
lar were some of the members on this
point that they insisted upon a writ
ten statement that the action indicat-
ed only that if another investigation
should be undertaken provision would
| be made for the expense.
1t was also agreed that the recon-
/ mendation of the committee today
should apply to an investigation or
dered, whether under the LaFollettt
resolution providing for a specia
committee or by the regular commit.
tee on privileges and elections.
The first fight in the senate on thC
resolution is expected to come wheT
an fort is made to have it referred
| to the committee ON privileges an(
elections
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-04

Americus attorneys, a strong array
of them, Will go to Macon tonight to
appear in the United States court
there tomorrow morning as counsel
for the defendants in the suit for dam
ages instituted by Author Thomas
Dixon and the Southern Amusement
Co against clergymen and members
Of the Americus city council
The initial proceedings will con>
sist in the filing and argumen tof mo-
tion for demurrer in this cause cele-
brae-the Dixon case.
Effort will thus be made by de-
PENDANTS attorneys to have the pro-
ceedings dismissed. Should this ef>
fort prove unsuccessful, the case will
doubtless be tried upon its merits at
the fall term of the United States
court, Judge Emory Speer presiding.
The defendants will not be required
to appear in court tomorrow at this,
the preliminary hearing.