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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06

of determination against the birds
and animals whom nature had or
dained should prey upon the mice.
The article. quoted tells the story Of
Wisconsin farmer who was the hap
Ply possessor of an orchard capable of
yielding him $4,000 a year. One
spring he found all his trees girdled
by mice working. under the snow. A
biological expert found, nailed to the
barn door as warning to it's fellows,
the body of an owl. Opening it, he
showed the farmer that it's stomach
contained the remains of nine field
mice. He was, your friend and fell
qow-worker. and you killed him." said
the scientist to the orchardist. "He
came here to eat the field-mice and
save your orchard. He was dining
well, and would have called friends and
family to his assistance had he been
left alive"
The story bears lesson for every
tiller of the soil. No human agency
can equal those which Nature has pro-
vided for maintaining the balance of
things" and preventing the undue null
duplication of any species. Not a
hundred thousand men, equipped for
the work with the best known instru-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
Church a Piavrnonn

Before the appointed hour of nine
o'clock the other morning the doors
of the Central Park Methodist Epis-
copal church were open for the con.
venience of the boys and girls of ST.
Paul who desire to take advantage
of the games distributed by the
Thursday club, says st. Paul dis
patch. Piled on the shelves Of one Of
the classrooms were more than a
thousand sets of games, End Miss
Helen Swanstrom stood ready to hand
them out to the first corners. So
The boys and girls who came were
overjoyed at the information that they
would be allowed to make use of the
games right there in the church
They were glad too that the rooms
would be open from until $50
o'clock every evening, except Satur-
day and Sunday evenings. when
games will be given out for use in
the church, but not for carrying home.
Games for home use may be taken
out any tims on any Saturday from
9 a. m. till p. m.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Sank Centre Has to Bow to the
InevitabIe--SCOreS of En-
dOrSementS Prove It
The kidneys cry for help.

The kidneys cry for help. go
Not AN organ in the whole body}so
delicately constructed. 49,.
Not one SO important to health..
The kidneys are the filters of the
blood.
When they fail the blood becomes
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where there
is poisoned blood.
Backache is one of the first indica-
tions of kidney trouble.
1t is the kidneys cry for help. Heed
| it.
Doan's Kidney Pills are what is
| wanted.
Are just what overworked kidneys
/ need.
They strengthen and invigorate the
kidneys; help them to do their work
never fail to cure any case of kidney
| disease. -" IA
| Read the proof from Sank Centre
Centre citizen.
Mrs. r. E. Rice, Birch ST., Sank
Centre. Minn., say: II used Doan's
Kidney Pills for disagreeable symp-
toms of kidney trouble and this rem
edy cured me- / am now free from
pain in my back and feel better in
every way"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
| States
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
f. P Remington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
Practical Gri .eism.

The following is a criticism OF Ham.
ct by a genius in New South Wales:
There is too much chinling in the
piece The author is behind the times,
ard appears TO forget that what we
want nowadays is hair-raising situa-
5ions and detectives In the hands of
a skillful playwright detective would
lave been put upon the track of Ham
let's uncle, and the old man would
have been hunted down in manner
that would have excited the audience
est OF. their nunhe. eleyens. The
moral of the piece is not good The
scene where Hamlet cheeks his moth
er is very bad example to the rising
generation. Our advice to the author
is a little more action. little more
fire sentiment. and fair share of va
riety business in his r"Et riecc. IN
the specially arts of tho pay scene
ne has entirely missed his opportuni'
ties
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
opiur, In Barrel Slaves,

Through some clever work On the
part Of the customs secret service
men 1919 cans of opium hidden in the
slaves of barrels containing lamp
backing were seized recently and the
would-be importer and his assistants
were arrested
AS the slaves of the barrels were
rather thick just in the center instead
of being followed out, the smugglers
had carved out a small sort of pocket
large enough to contain narrow can
of opium in each stave When the
slaves were set together it was impos.
sible TO see these openings-Ma
Times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06

ments, could dispose of as many mice
as could the owls, hawks, shrikes,
herons and bitterns-the foxes, wea-
sells, skunks, coyotes, lynxes, badgers,
'accoons, minks and harmless snakes
all of which we have pursued al
most to the point of determination.
Evidently We must speedily reform
our ways, and recognize the right of
all these creatures to a place in "the
economy of the universe" unless we
wish to yield up to the mice a very
large, and annually increasing, share
Of the products of our toll.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
wonaa Not V ARMY Clad.


Doctors have le Gently testified with
ratE er an unusual at gree vi unanlm.
fty. that Won e:l in these days do not
dress warmly enough: that neuras.
thenia is often the result OF wearing
clothing of insufficient thickness Ii
is not poverty they say. but style. that
causes the difficulty Women cannot
initiate the syiph-ike maiden of the
fashion plate and wear heavy under
wear and thick dresses Fashion with
beautiful disregard 20 the changing
seasons, demands gauzy stockings. low
shoes, decollete gowns and short
sleeves. The result is too often pneu-
monia or an exhaustion of vitality and
nerve force in the effort to keep warm.
Success Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
Why Dur Politicians teea Voices.

Why Our Politicians feed Voices.
The United States House of Repre-
sentatives, whose me~' bers have been
enlivening an al.-night sitting with
The comic songs, is not well adapted
or musical performances 80 bad
re the acoustics writ Goodwin
Smith, 'and SO iRcessaEt is 4 noise
# talking. moving about 'sia mining
'esks and ceiling pages tat hardly
my speaker can be heard It is a
bel with gavel accompaniment.
rder there is none. | have seen a
Il her OF NET, b2rs leave their places
-: group Themselves, standing round
= sneaker whom they particularly
l'f,a. TO hear. Speaker Reeds stem
Sorian voice prevailed over this din.
50 Il that Of w. J. Bryan voice
e tt IS Almost condition of
petit ae?ce in the United
It - vCi3e will fill the
~ r~'rss Etst;"os or a con-
ven;.ci hronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
Effect of Mind on Matter.

Heavy thoughts bring on physical
maladies; when the soul is oppressed
so is the body. When cares. heavy
cogitations. sorrows and passions
superab bound they weaken the body.
which. without the soul is dead. or
like horse without a driver. But
VIXEN the heart is at rest and quiet.
then it takes care of the body and
gives it what pertains thereunto
Therefore we ought to abandon and
resist anxious thoughts by all possible
means -Luther's Table Talk
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
Blamed the Separator"

Just after the election a large
crowd had gathered at courthouse
in North Carolina to see the official
vote counted To facilitate the work.
an adding machine was used Among
the attendants there was a large
number OF people from the rural dis
triots who had never seen one of
Il csc complicated machines They
viewed it with open distrust And
when the votes were finally counted,
enc of the defeated candidates re-
marked 20 a friend as he turned
away: 81 know was elected to that
Office, but that blame separator
cheated me out of it,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
The Tax Levied
by Fi,ld=hice.
BY C. r. Barns, Minnesota Uni
versity Farm.

!. - e e - - e - - - - - -
Official investigations prove that the
statements put forth in recent mag
azine article, concerning the burden
laid upon the agricultural interests OF
the country by the ravages of field
mice, while having the appearance OF
sensationalism, are in fact far within
the bounds of truth. The field-mice
are counted by billions. They breed
four times year, and average six to
litter. Therefore, if unmolested, the
progeny of single pair, in five sea-
sons, would number 100000. So it
is very easy to see how even the use
of the term billions" involves no ex-
aggeration. AS every mouse con-
sumes and wastes about thirty pounds
of the produce of the farm in year,
even single billion of them requires
100000 tons of food for its support
Supposing all those tons to be hay,
and feed at $12 ton, they represent q
value of $1S0,oO0,O0O a year. But
these things are cheap in comparison
with the fruit trees, the grain and the
garden vegetables which make up that
immense tonnage. The calculation
fairly takes ones breath away as it
reveals the immensely of the tribute
which the Mantle American Man
pays to the Mouse.
He pays it, too, mainly as the re-
suit of his own folly in waging war
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
Goino Throuah the Panama Canal.

In passing through the canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific a ship will
 enter channel with bottom width of 300 feet and follow this for seven miles to Gatun. where it will by three locks be lifted eighty-iye feet 10 the level of Lake Gatun. It will steam at full speed through this lake for dis tance of twenty-four miles to Bas Obispo. where it will enter the Cule- bra cut It will pass through the cut. d distance of about nine miles, in a channel with a bottom width of BOG feet At Pedro Miguel it will enter a lock and be lowered thirty feet to a small lake. on the other side of which it will enter two locks and be lowered to the sea level, passing opt into the Pacific through channel eight miles long with d bottom width of 600 feet
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
His UnIucl<v Dav.

"Friday is such an unlucky dayr she sighed.
 Fl .sn't half as unlucky as Tues days retorted her companion. "Last Tuesday, for instance, I fell out of 8 second floor window and was run over by cats meat barrow"
 "How terrible" she exclaimed, shud dering
 "Yes, and on the Tuesday before that" continued the sufferer. q tum. bled into a duck pond and was brought out on the end of a boathook. On the Tuesday before that I was chased by an infuriated bull. On the Tuesday before that-but why continueY"
 Why don't you stay at home or Tuesdays?'' suggested his companion You'd be safer indoors"
 Because I'd lose my job if l did" he replied. Pm a bioseope actor, you see and on Tuesday we make our comic tilms."-
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
CHEEKY SWINDlERS.
A Get-rioh quick Scheme That Wa.
 Nipped by Uncle Sam.

Get-rioh quick Scheme That Was
 Npped by Uncle Sam.
 It is not easy. yet il is possible. to comprehend something of the mental status of the man who buys a gold brick or allows gang Of green goods men to feeee him. In such cases it is merely greed outstripping reason.
 But the limit of human credulity seems 10 have been reached when the authorities at Washington disclosed a Swintt'ns scheme in which success waS attained by exploiting the alleged tinsa5ial embarrassment of no less an institution than the United States government. The swiudlers have quietly circulated a report that Uncle Sam is so greatly in need of funds that he is secretly floating "an i'm mense issue of national baaknotes." How many "come-ons" have been in dueed to subscribe for this national currency that is to be sold at a dis count has not been accurately deter mined. but the business would un- ApuNtNNiH huNO bVNOlhF NtiS Pichtdui if the government had not put speedy stop to it.
 One may symDathize to limited ex- tent with the victim of the smooth and convincing confidence man. But the man or woman who can be gulled by any such absurd get-rich quick scheme as this latest device is beyond the limit of credulity. = Cincinnati Times-Star
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
A PnIxnlot Press.

In New York city twenty-eight pros porous newspapers are published tu foreign anguages-German. French Italian, Spanish. Portuguese. Russion' Finnish. Hungarian. Croatian, ldthu' anian. Ruthenian. Slovenic. Sloyak' Polish. Bohemian, Norwegian. Swed' ish. Danish. Holandish. Roumanian Bulgarian. Servian. Greek. Arabic Syrian. Armenian. Chinese and fid dish, besides an Austrian and swiss newspaper published in German. In the United States there are 4i5 period icals printed in foreign languages UT these 5 are dailies, 6 triweeklies, 34 semiweeklies. 324 weeklies, 10 semi monthlies and 2S monthlies. Harper Weekly.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
MULE AND THE MAN.

s-As mule he is a gentle beast,
 And so is man. pz satisfied to be the least
 And so is man. I s-e man. he may be taught some trick, l5es his work from eight to six s-bs mule. when he gets mad, he kicks.
 And so does man. rse mule he has load to pull,
 And so has man. les happiest when he's full,
 And so is man. Like man. he holds patient boise And when his works done will rejoica. Tine mule he likes to hear his voice.
 And so does man. The mule he has his faults, 'tis true.
 And so has man He does some things he should not do
 And so does man. Like man, he doesn't yearn for style But wants contentment all the while. The mule he has a lovely smile,
 And 90 has man. The mule Is sometimes kind and good.
 And so is man. He eats all kinds of breakfast food.
 And so does man. like man. he balks at gaudy dress And at outlandish foolishness. The mules accused of mulishness,
 And so t5 man.
 Missouri Ruralist.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

Molting and the putting forth of new outfit of feathers come as more or less of a strain. and especially to the hen that has been laying up to within a short time of molting. It is well. therefore. while the new feathers are being put forth to give generous ration and one in which meat scrap or other protein element is consider able factor. The better condition the hens are kept in the quicker will they get their new feathers and be ready for laying.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
No Fear.

At well known club in New York the other day one of those bores who are the bane of all clubs drew his chair hp to Robert W. Chambers and said genially:
 Chambers. you are writing at the rate of two and sometimes three nov els every year. to say nothing of your annual shetf of short stories Aren't you afraid that time will come when you will have written yourself outF
 "My dear sir" Mir Chambers replied. T have no such fear. Just look at your own case. You have been talk ing for more than sixty years. and yet you haven't talked yourself out have youY-Washington Star.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

A historic cherry tree was felled not long ago on the Koandah farms. near Burlington, N. l. The tree was of the Grayheart variety and had stood for more than no years. An idea of the size and age of the tree Is gained from the fact that short distance telow the first branches it had circumfera ence of fourteen feet five inches. While some Of the upper limbs were deeayed. a fact which led to the fell ing of the tree. the giant trunk was solid to the center.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
A New Animal.

gigantic carniyorous mammal hitherto unknown. was discovered re gently in Dutch New Guinea. This an imal. found and named by English naturalists in the course of coast eX- plorations. lives at an altitude Of 6oo wards in d place inhabited by A trioe nf black dvarfs. The gazeka. as this beast is known. is striped like zeora' but it's aspect is ferocious. The ani- nal is like d tapir and is of a species supposed to have died out thousands of wears ago. Its protruding teeth give it an appearance of extreme cruelty HarDer'S.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
WONDERFUL FURNACES.
nose Located at Niagara Ar. th. Hot. test ln the World

Nt NtsSars Are the Hot
 test ln the World.
 A' NlaSara are the 5ottest furnaces ID the world" says writer "uera f'ay Is Ealted in vast quantities to .of'n aluminium. metal as precious 2 U" years ago as gold. Here lime and 'Hreon' the most infusible of all the e'eIhents. are joined by intense heat in me earlous new and useful compound saiclum carbide Here graphite rho 'ouSlh of the diamond. is made. Phos- phorns is made in large quantities. and tarborundum is manufactured. It has been Drophesied that 1t is merely q matter of time before diamonds will De made at Niagara.
 These marvellous new th,nrs in science and invention have been made possible by the 'chaining of Niagara 10 the wheels of industry. The power 'F failing water Is transformed into "iectncity. Science has found that the .orm or energy known as electricity an be changed into the vibration Snown as heat. Accordingly. thou. 'andS of horse power are conveyed as electricity over a copper wire. changed into heat and light between the tips of carbon electrodes and there work won ders.
 It Is scarcely twenty years since the hrSl electrical furnaces of practical ltllltT were constructed. but If the fur laces today in operation at Niagara ais alone were combined into one eef would. one scientist speculates, make a glow SD bright that it could be cen from the moon One furnace has Aeen built in which an amount of heat energy equivalent to TOO horse power 'S produced in an arc cavity not larger than an ordinary water tumbler."
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
AROUSED AT LAST.
John Was Unwilling to Get Out 0
 Comfortable Bed.

wynn SVNfAifnS hO 9EN 06t VI
 Comfortable Bed.
 "Johnl John! Get up!
 ''Wha's matterf"
 Wake up. The front door bell is ringing.
 T don't care. Ter ring"
 But it may be boy with a tele- gram. Go down stairs and sec" Don't bother me. l wanna sleep" Tt may be something important. Hurry"
 I'm too tired. Can't you let a msn sleepy"
 ''Rnt John. dear. somebody may be dead"
 Well, l can't help it. If anybody's dead h~'il stay dead till morning, won't her
 'Therel The bells ringing again. Hurry down and find out what is the trouble.-
 I'm not Coin' down If there's any trouble wha's use of fndip out about tt tonight?"
 "Oh. John! Perhaps 1t is a telegram saying mother Is il?"
 "All IT. If mothers i'll we can't do pything for her, c'n wer'
 John. you're brutel It may be your own mother"
 If 1t Is I don't want to know about 1t now. It would spoil the whole night for me"
 "0h, John, know what 1t is! for got that this was the maids night out. l locked the back door,"
 Heavens! Why didn't you think of that in the first place? Lord. ! hope she won't go away before l can get therer'-Chieage Record Herald.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

It is time now to make preparations for beds of the bulbous plants. Daf- fodlls and narcissuses should he plant ed by Sept. p and should be set six inches deep and about ten inches apart. Tulips and hyacinths should be planted at a depth of about five inches after the warmer weather Is over in october If hot spell should come on after planting the bed should be given covering of straw or leaves to prevent germination. Canna. eiadi- olus and dahlia bulbs should be left in the ground until after the tops are dead. wher they should be taken up and stored n codi. dry place
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

A near relative Of the beautiful Easter lily. but one which flowers the latter part of July and August. is the Lilium auratum. or gold banded lily. which takes It's name from the gold bands or stripes which run length wise through the center of each of the long petals. The blossom. which is larger and more spreading than the Easter variety. is further beautifed by brick red anthers and numerous herks of the same color scattered over the Interior of the blossom. The most per feet blossoms of this variety are grown indoors.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

A housewife living not far from Keokuk. la. lost an entire batch or fine wild grape jelly the other day in a rather strange way. Some bees mak- ing headquarters in the neighborhood that had been on mighty short fare for months. owing to the protracted drought. scented this jelly. which had been placed out of doors on bench and covered with some mosquito net ting. However. in spite of this pro lection. the bees settled down on the tops of the cups and stayed with It un- til they had sucked up every bit of the juicy treat.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

The writer has lately run across sew eral instances where the owners or orchards were the victims of the pro pensity of the nurseryman to work off on his customers just as many differ ent varieties of apple trees as could be squeezed into the order. This null tiplication of varieties may be all right on small scale for a family orchard. but 1t means all kinds of bother and loss if ii is allowed in commercial orchards.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
The Deetor-Prsssnes of Mind.

Doetor-Well. how are you today2 Patient-No better. doctor
 Doctor-H m; I think you would bet ter leave off taking those pills l or dered you.
 Patient-I haven't taken any of them yet.
 Doetor-Fer goodness sake, then take them.-Pele Mele.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
A Reproof.

"When I was q young man." said Mir Cumrox. "I thought nothing of working twelve or fourteen hours day"
 Father replied the young man with sporty clothes, q wish you wouldn't mention it. Those nonuniop sentiments are liable to make you un popular r"-Washington Star.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
An Effective Notice.

Quaintly worded notice is often more effective than one framed in more official terms At Aber falls is a notice regarding the slippery con dition of the rocks. making climbing dangerous. The notice concludes as follows:
 Tn consequence of the above notice being disregarded a stretcher is now kept at the cottage below the falls."- Tit Bits.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
Tn. Rose In History.

Every continent oa tAe globe Wl'n the exception of Australia produces 1-ild roses. There can be little douot that inc rose Is one of the eartn aldest flowers. In Egypt 1t is depic'ea n number of very early monuments believed to date from 5'to 'o ''o. z Rosewater. or the essence o' ,.osas is mentioned by Homer ID the ..1,,oa- and the allusion made 10 ih4 eower in the Proverbs of Solomon r ia, a,cates tha, il was well known 10 'He early Israeiites.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
Not the PJiabIe Kind.

q can twist my husband around my little 6nger.' said the Circassian beauty
 That's all right" replied the fat lady, but if you had married the os' sifed man instead of a contortionist you'd find him a harder customer to deal with."- h."-Chicago Record Herald.
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
colrane of Cardinals.

The Catholic college of cardinals has now the smallest membership recorh- ed in centuries and the smallest pro nortion of Italians ever known. The troditional membership is seventy. and hv the recent death of Cardinal oaFie. ch,oni it is reduced to forty-nine. It IS tbraa and a half years since any cardl- naIs have been created. and it is likely to he a year before a consistory IS "a He'd
Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
Just Gettinc There.

Iris said we go the pace that kills. in creasing more and more; We're going faster now than ever mortals went before. But one who clearly sees his way 'tis said is very rare. We don't know where we're going. but we know we're getting there. We know that we are moving: we're go ing every one We've done few things now. and there are many to be done. We're going faster on the earth. in water or in air. We ulayn't know where we're going. but we know we're getting there. TO be going. going going is the way that seems the best man that never goes at all can ne'er enjoy a rest. And so we keep a-going, and If we donf know where .Tls little consolation just to know we're getting there.
 Chicago RAcord-Herald-