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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
SKUNK SKINS ARE IN DEMAND
Importation From United States tc
England Shows an Enormous
Increase.

London.-The spring fur sales indi
cate that there has been an enormous
increase in the import of skunk skins
from the United States. The supply
Of furs for the March sale was un:
usually plentiful; there being little
demand from Germany, most of the
furs of the world came to London.
Over four million musquash skins
have been sold on the London market.
The fashionable skunk fur comes next.
with a total sale Of two million skins.
Prices have been lower than last
season. Musquash have sold for about
30 cents each; good skunk for from
$3.50 to Sc; silver fox for from $3.50
to $1,000 each. Sea otter and fine
chinchilla were very rare and few
Of these skins were offered.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
MEX|CO'S BEVERAGE
KNOWN AS PULQUE
IS DEADLY DRINK
Responsible for Degradation and
Misery of Poems.
ADULTERATED IN THE CITIES
cuitivators of the Maguey Plant, From
Which Intoxicant Is Made, Live
Like FeudaI Lords-LittIe Gull
tivation Is Required.

Kansas Carbohydrates from Vera
Cruz say that after the recent battle
between the American marines and
the Mexican soldiers the remnants of
the troops of General Mas raided a
couple Of cantinas or liquor shops
and were soon wandering about the
streets Of the city intoxicated, says
the Kansas City Times: It is fairly
safe to assume that the shops supply
of pulque, the national drink of Mexi-
co, was confiscated; for the peon fills
himself up with this strange drink on
the slightest provocation.
Cultivating the maguey plant, from
which pulque Is made, is one of Mex.
ico's most lucrative industries, rank.
ing almost on par with gold and sill
yer mining, coffee growing and the
cultivation Of tropical fruits and prod
ucts. The plant grows to best ad.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

CURED a taste for the doped pulque,
refuse to drink the unauthorized prod
uct.
Cantinas, or pulque shops, can be
found on almost every corner, and
each one glories in picturesque IT,
tie. Inside they are gaily decorated
with paintings Of saints, usually of La
Virgen de Guadalupe" and with pic
lures of a religious nature.
Pulque is the never-failing beverage
of the servant class of Mexico. Any
cargador, or porter, upon delivering
package, will give forth grievous signs
as if entirely worn out and end by re-
questing "Unos centavos, senior, para
mi aguita."-"a few cents for the little
water"
The owners of some of the large
haciendas live like feudal lords on
their vast estates. They have large
retinue of servants and retainers.
They are men of great wealth and
power. Each hacienda is little town
in itself, with its collection Of adobe
houses and stores, all the property OF
the owner of the ranch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

to bloom, as this destroys the sap.
The Mexicans have a favorite coup
let extolling the virtue Of this plant,
which says:
Comida, bebida,
Casa, vestido.
This means that the maguey plant
is food, drink, house and clothing"
Such an assertion is little exagger-
ated, but it Is fact that from the
maguey one can obtain pulque, to-
quila, an intoxicant somewhat resem-
bling Scotch whisky; mescal, like
tequila. but stronger; fuel, matching
material for the adobe hut and needles
and thread. By carefully cutting off
the sharp spike at the top Of each
maguey blade and following the strong
fiber which extends from it to the
heart Of the plant, sewing material of
a rude sort is obtained The poverty
stricken Indians in the valleys of Mex
leo use this primitive needle and
thread extensively.
When sap time comes the sap gath
erer cuts into the bulb from the top
and digs out the corazon a few inches.
He then covers the cavity with mag
uey blade and goes to the next plant,
which he treat In like manner.
Within two or three hours he returns
to the first plant and finds the bulb
filled with sap-aqua miel, or honey
water, it is called. Into this he dips
the small end of queer receptacle
made from the Mexican gourd. 1t is
really rude siphon. He sucks the sap
into the gourd. Then he opens large
bag made from the skin of pig, which
he carries on his shoulder, and pumps
the sap into it from the siphon.
When newly taken from the bulb
the sap is thick, white and sweet aud
tastes something like sweet cider. In
this state, while not yet pulque, 1t is
very agreeable and not the least intox-
icating.
For three or four months repeated
visits are made to every plant tapped
and the sap withdrawn. When the last
drop has been taken from it the great
plant droops, its blades sag to tie
ground and it becomes dirty brown.
1t is then dug up and hauled away to
be used as fuel and matching and.
perhaps, needles and thread.
One load after another of this aqua
miel the gatherer gathers in the pink
pigskin to the building on the hacienda
where the pulque is made. 1t is poured
into watts made of cowhide. The hair
side of the hide is uppermost, SO that
the liquor is poured on the hair.
A small quantity of fermented sap
is placed with the fresh, and soon a
great white foam forms on the top and
rises into sort Of pyramid as fer
mentation is complete. 1t is thick.
sour liquid, sickening to one who has
not cultivated taste for it. There is
nothing that can be compared to the
taste of pulque, nor, for that matter,
to its smell. That is usually enough
for most visitors to the country. But
it is said that good pulQue. after one
has grown accustomed to 1t, is an ex-
ceedingly agreeable beverage.
Once fermented, the pulque is load
ed on the hacienda's own trains and
shipped to its destination. Often a
peon will own a few maguey plants
somewhere, and it is common sight
in the City of Mexico to see one OF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

them driving diminutive burro laden
with two pigskins full of the Liquor
divine" or, If he doesn't own burro.
he carries the pulque filled skin on his
back to the cantina.
When 1t is first shipped pulque is no
more harmful or intoxicating than real
light beer, and it is said to be bene.
fetal to those suffering from liver and
stomach troubles. But no sooner does
it reach the large cities than the work
of adulterating it begins. Water II
used sometimes. In the majority OF
cases, however, 1t is heavily doped
with extract of jims0n weed, which
makes it exceedingly intoxicating. Two
glasses of it will make man roaring
drunk. And to this cause are traced
largely the degradation and misery OF
the peon class.
This drugging continues despite the
attempts Of the government to pro-
hibit it. The Indians. after having ac-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

vantage and greatest height on the
table lands Of Mexico. The plain Of
Apam, not far from the City Of Mex
leo, is noted for producing the best
pulQue in the republic.
Acres and acres of the huge plants
can be seen growing on the great
haciendas. The trunk Of the plant is
a pineapple-shaped bulb with roots
widely spread out into the ground.
This bulb is called the "corazon" or
heart, and contains within soft veg
etable pulp. From the outside huge
blades 10 to Is feet long radiate,
armed along their edges with sharp.
strong points, and eliminating at the
top in longer and stronger spike.
Being a desert plant, the maguey
requires none of the cultivation and
care that is necessary in the cultiva-
ton Of other crops. From the time of
its planting until the sap rises in its
heart little or no attention is neces-
sary. In setting out plantation the
Mexican divides his land into Is or 20
plants at one time, another at another,
until he has SO arranged the tract
that one bunch of magueys will ma
ture one year. the next bunch the en-
suing year and so on, until sort Of
continuous chain of pulque producers
exist. giving an inexhaustible supply
year after year, and an equally mex
haustible supply Of dinero to the own
er of the hacienda. No plant. however,
viii give forth sap until its tenth
year. and then only upon the very eve
of blossoming. It Is rarely allowed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
Cape Cod Now An Island

the work on the canal By July A
small vessels will be able to go
through the new waterway.
The opening Of the sluiceway was
for the purpose of permitting herring
to pass through the canal. They
abound in Monument river. over the
course Of which the canal runs for
some distance. Shadrach Smith prom
ised Mr.. Belmont to catch for him
the first herring that passed through
the sluiceway.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
Queer Act Of EnaIishman.

MISUNDERSTANDING that the
United States government insulted
him when customs officials at New
York took an aigrette from his daugh
ter's hat, an unknown Englishman
sent a draft for $1,000 to President
Huerta of Mexico to "get even."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
Well peIished

"See how that table-knife shines,
dear?" said the young wife, finishing
the DISTINGUISHING after dinner.
Eyes, DEAR" replied her husband;
shat is the one, I think. your uncle ate
his apple pie with, today"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

that reach the hearts of his listeners;
and when delivering speeches, or re.
turning thanks on behalf of himself
and the queen, he invariably refers to
the latter as my wife," we'll knowing
that pompous terms are apt to fall fiat
in small communities, and only tend
to produce a glacial atmosphere be-
tween the speaker and his audience.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
Wife Seeks 4 Divorce,

New York.-Suing for annulment Of
her marriage, Mrs. Sophie T. ErbeI
charged that her husband tore up heI
former decree of divorce and made
her swallow the pieces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

Policemen Must Not Read Papers.
Yonkers, N. Y.-Police Captain
George Cooley has forbidden lieuten-
ants to read newspapers during their
spare time on desk duty. He does not
object to their reading the Bible or
good magazines.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28
He Could DO n.

"Next time you CALL" said the editor
to the correspondent. bring some
thing snappy."
"All right" replied the man. IN
bring my wife,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-28

Tense of the National Capital. July Il
1854.
in Honor Of the Twenty-6fth New York
Volunteer Cavalry"
Mr.. Wolff told how the Twenty-fifth
New York Volunteer cavalry came te
be at Fort Stevens on that July day
fifty years ago.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
ODD FACT ABOUT LIGHTNING
Observer of Electrical Phenomena I'm
able to Tell Direction Binding
Flash Comes From.

Sitting in a dark room at night with
a lightning lit storm coming on, the
observer Of the electrical phenomena
will be unable to tell from which OF
the compass points binding flash
comes. even if the room have four win
dows to the four points OF the COM
pass. This, of course, provided the
shades be lowered sufficiently for the
possible bolt to escape the eye. The
roll OF thunder following the fash will
be the first intimation the observer
has of the storm direction
Especially is this fact marked after
the rain is falling heavily and when
the rain drops become refiectors Of
the light, giving the effect Of sheet
lightning. At such times when the
skies seem sheets of fame, one may
observe how this reflected light pene-
trates to every corner of room with
brilliance not equaled by summer
sunlight The sunlight, coming in d.
rect rays into room, leaves its shad-
ow spots. The reflected light of the
lightning stroke leaves the ceiling and
the floor equally illumined. Even the
smallest object may be picked UP. from
under bed or other furniture little
raised above the floor
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05

the Navy, With it all viii be an
illumination of the City. On
Saturday will come the climax
The Star~Spangied Banner day.
The flag will be escorted through
the City to Fort McIIenry and
the escort will consist of the
President of the United States,
the Government OF the different
States, distinguished and special
ly invited guests and troops from
the Is States that formed the
Union when the National Anthem
was written. President Wilson
will make an address and the
anthem will be sung by a human
flag formed by the school chill
dren of Baltimore. sunday,
which closes the week, will be
devoted to peace. 1t is expected
that a least 100000 visitors will
attend the exercises. special
rates will be made upon the rail
road and steamboat lines.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Electricltx for prxinu.

Two applications for electric heat
ing are used in connection with draft
ing work One is the use of port
able combination heater and fan, ordi-
narily employed by hairdressers to
dry their customers hair after wash
ing. to dry the ink on tracings. This
wrinkle" shortens the time required
to complete the tracing, as the fresh
ly mixed lines must be dry before
T-square or triangle can be moved
over the tracing The other idea is
to dry blueprints by going over them
with an electric fiatiron; and the fat
iron is also useful to straighten out
tracings and prints that have been
rolled or folded
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
All Porcelain Socket.

end of the bar turns on the current,
while pressing the black end turns it
off.
The socket is especially adapted to
damp locations such as easements,
laundries, etc, and can be wiped off
with moist cloth and made to look
like new.
The socket is readily installed, as a
single screw allows the halves of the
casing to be separated, exposing the
terminal screws for the drop cord
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Keeps TARGET MovIna.

An electric attachment for target
such as is used on rifle ranges has
been designed by an Australian. 1t
keeps the target continually in mo-
ton, backward and forward on the
track. The figures are constantly in
action, and it is an entirely different
proposition to hit once, especially i'll
a vulnerable spot. than if they were
stationarv Such target is par
.ticularly good for use in the militia or
the regular army as in the case of
war it is not likely that the enemy
would stand still until somebody sue
ceeded in shooting them
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
CHURCH DIRECTORY
Baptist Church-lsreaching

Baptist Misunderstanding lst
and 3rd Sabbath of each monEu.
morning at IL O'Clock and eve
ming a, Z 80. Rev. S. D. Grimm.
pastor sunday School each
Sabbath saorning at 9:45, j. Vi.
Terrell, supt. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each wss4.
M. e. Church--Prachjyg saua
Sabbath morning at 10 a0l
evening at 7:30, Rev. r. O. Phil
lips, pastor. Sunday School eacn
Sabbath morning at $3.50, S. 4.
Keller. Supt. Epworth League
each Sabbath evening, 80, J. l..
Earnest, Pres. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening Of each week.
M. E. Church, South Preach
ing I'd and 4th Sabbath of each
month in the morning at ii
0 clock, Rev. L. S. Anvil, pastor.
Sunday School each Sabbath
morning at 9:45, w. B. Baker,
Supt. Epworth League each
Sabbath evening at $50, G.. NJ.
Right, Jr., president. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening RI
each week.
Presbyterian Church Preach
ing 1st, I'd and Sd Sabbath morn
ing at ii o'clock and evening at :
0 clock, Rev. ID. FL. McKensie,
pastor Sabbath School each
Sabbath morning at 9:45, J. r.
Tibbets, Supt. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week.
Protestant Episcopal Church
Preaching service in Presbyterian
church 4th Sunday morning OF
each month at IL O'Clock, The
REV. S. S. Powell, Rector.
United Brethren Church
Preaching each Sabbath morning
at 10:45 and evening at 7 80, Rev
Oliver j. Stoneking, pastor. Sun
day School each Sabbath morning
at $50, NJ. D. Gamer, Supt. <
r. G. U. meeting each Sabbath
evening at $50 Prayer meeting
Thursday evening of each week.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
COUNTY DIRECTORY
CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT COURT
Warren B. Kattle, Judge.
A. &. jenkins, Prosecuting After
ney.
Chas. W. Brandon, Clerk.
Regular terms Of circuit court
lst Tuesday in January. I'D Tues-
lay in April, and 9TH Tuesday in
September.
COUNTY COURT
II. A. Waugh, President,
Z. P. Bennett and P, A. Switaer.
5. F. Hoffmen, Clerk.
Regular terms Of county court,
I'd Monday in January, LIST Mon
day in April, I'd Monday in june
and 1st Monday in October.
Arshur F. Bennett, Sheriff.
G. j. Stalnaker, Deputy Sheriff.
Coney e. Corder, Assessor.
Ellsworth Wilson, County Engi-
neer and County Surveyor.
G. 0. Marsh. Supt. Free Schools.
Court House at Philippi, W. W..
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
ALL PORCELAIN CHI SOCKET
Device IS Especially Adapted to Damp
Locations, Such as Easements
10 Readily Installed.

The accompanying cut shows new
ly designed, all porcelain, CHI socket
constructed for service with heating,
cooking and motor driven devices. In
fact, the socket is rated to carry $50
watts, somewhat more than the energy
required by six-pound pressing iron.
The horizontal switch bar enables
the current to be turned on with one
hand and without twisting or jerking
the socket as with a key, says the Pop
ular Electricity. Pressing the white
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Personal

GHlChBO OpeuSu AluulClpdl IldThct
TO sell food at cost to the unemp,ey ed.
st. Johns College at Annapolis. Md,
suspended II sophomores for hazing
The Union Pacific shops at North
Platte, Neb., will open, giving employ
ment to 400 men.
j. o. Green, Jr., was appointed Unit
ed States attorney for the southern
district of Texas.
Lieutenant Commander Roland l..
Curtin died at the Annapolis Academy
of hardening of the arteries.
William w. Bailey, professor e1neri-
tus Of botany at Brown University R.
l.. since 1906. is dead, aged II years.
President Wilson appointed e. Mar
vim Underwood of Atlanta as assistant
Encouragement.
John p. Rockefeller gave $4,000 to
The International Y Nj. G. A. training
school at Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. widow
OF the novelist, died of apoplexy at
Montecito, near Santa Barbara, Cal.
DR.. L. Schoney, noted war sur
geon, died of heart disease at his home
in New York. He was Sc years old.
George Barnhardt, chef of Newa TX
N. j., was arrested and admitted he
had sent threatening letters to Presi.
dent Wilson.
The, Methodist Episcopal Board of
Foreign Missions announced a gift of
$4,000 from donor, wishing his
identity withheld.
Express companies at Chicago re-
port slight increase in business
since the Interstate Commerce Com
missions rates went into effect
Governor Glynn signed the memorial
asking the Federal government to aid
in the keeping of the alien insane in
New York state institutions.
John Hedman, professor of romance,
languages and literature at Colby Col
lege, is dead of typhoid pneumonia at
Waterville, Me. He was As years old.
DR.. J. S. Snyder, former police sur
geon, and DR.. w. w. Stevens were
killed in an automobile crash at Kan
sas City, Mo.
Work has been started on the 10
foot steel mast for the American Yacht
Cup defender, being built by A. S.
Cochran at Boston.
Ernest and Otto Stutz, wholesale
meat dealers, were indicted in New
York on charge of shipping pork
unfit for food to the South.
A bill in the New York legislature.
prohibits the display of red or black
flag or any sign containing an inscrip-
ton opposed to organized government.
Former Governor Glenn of North
Carolina was appointed to the COM
mission in charge of boundaries on
water between the United States and
Canada.
charter has been granted to the
Columbia Camden Railroad, with a
capital of $250,000 to construct an
electric line from Columbia to Cam
den, s. c.
The New Jersey Supreme Court at
Trenton ruled that verdict for s4.483
was too much to award William J.
Molyneaux, n years old. as according
to mortality tables, he had but five
years to live.
Queen & Crescent passenger train
No. l, New York to New Orleans. run
ming forty minutes late, was held I'D
about twelve miles north of Birming-
ham, Ala, by three masked robbers.
who obtained four sacks of regis cred
mail, and said to have contained be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
CITY DIRECTORY

L. l.. Bennett, Mayor.
". w. Thomas, Recorder.
Floyd Ware, j. E. Keyser, A. 6.
Bolton, J. A. Viquesney, How
ard Price, Harry Hankey, NJ.
X. Keyser and Floyd Tstsr.
Councilmen.
Geo. w. Price, Chief Of Police.
Regular council meeting lst
and Sd Thursday evenings Of
each month.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
FACT AND FANCY.

Soap causes gray hair
Cosmetics are only skin deep.
Beggars in Italy must be licensed
Monkeys blush as wildly as girls.
The tea plant yields four crops a
year.
Want Of principle is our principal
want
It's the spur of the moment that
makes time fly.
The man who can learn from his
own errors will always be learning.
The summer uniform of the Japan
csc infantry is made of yellow paper.
The horseshoe is an emblem of
luck, especially when it's on the win
ming horse
Few artificers can engrave prayer
on a pinhead, but every sailor can go
to sleep on his watch
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
WORTH KNOWING

A boat is now pressed out of sin
gle piece of steel.
1t is said that cold light" has been
achieved in France.
Forty-eight searchlights will flash at
the Panama exposition
A machine has been invented which
writes the musical characters
The lead output in Russia in 1910
was LABS tons against III tons in
1908
A new automobile accessory is an
alarm which rings when the tire is
Debated
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
HEALTH HINT FOR TO-DAY.



Babies should moi be rocked to
sleep. excited or held in careless
positions This is one Of the
injunctions laid upoH the MEM
bers of the little mothers "
classes in the Chicago public
schools. and 1t is sustained by
rr. j. p. Crozen Griffith profess
sor Of children's diseases in
the University of PENNSYLVANIA.
Rocking baby 70 sleep may
not be harmful in itself" says the
doctor. but 1t esta bishes Gus
tom which the baby will not
readily reIinquish To handle
baby on the knee. throw If across
the shoulder or 'ay it face down
ward on ones lap and then tap
absentmindedly upon its back
arethings that will not only pro-
duce nervousness in the child.
hut am apt to create serious in
DIGESTION as a result OF the con
slant josNpg and shaking"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Burner for Alcohol vapor Lamp.

vapor, and is arranged to facilitate
the formation and distribution OF the
vapor. The burner is lighted by IT,
hitting alcohol contained in small an
nular pan. Centrally disposed within
the mantle is rod which is heated
by the burned, and which serves to
vaporize the alcohol coming from the
main source Of supply when that in
the pan has been exhausted.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
IS MADE TWIsTLEss
Device Especially Useful in Lowering
Lifeboat From Ship Has Been
Invented by New Yorker.

A device that prevents the tackles
from twisting while lifeboat is BE-
ing lowered down the side OF shin
has been invented by a sea captain
of New York. The antitwisting device
consists in fitting to each lower block
Of the tackle cap having, on each
side. three holes through which Il
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Smallest Central Station.

The smallest electric central sta.
ton in the United states is at Sacra-
mento. Neb. which is operated by a
three-horsepower coal-oil engine and
its total load consists of 30 incandes-
cent lamps.