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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
BRITISH RECORD OFFICE.
1t Has Twenty five Miles of Shelves
Packed With Documents.

1t Has Twenty five Miles Of Shelves
Packed With Documents.
Unknown to the millions who pass
through the city of London every week,
a work of unparalleled magnitude at
what is known as the public record
Office in Chancery lane has been going
on for a number of years. In this of
fee there are twenty-five miles of
shelves, all full of historical material,
going back through the centuries as
far as "Domesday Book"
1t costs over $4,000 ($130OOO year
to keep UP the record Office, the keeper
of the records being the master of the
rolls. The Office was established by
the public records act in 1888, and the
records were taken there from the
Tower, the Chapter House, Westmin-
ster, the Rolls chapel and elsewhere.
Ever since that time the office has
been constantly receiving accretions
from the law courts, the government
departments and various other quar-
ters.
All sorts of records are kept, legal
historical, genealogical, statistical, and
so varied are the contents of the Office
that antiquarian research of almost
every kind can be made. There you
will find the records of the star cham
Der and the old wards and iveries.
State papers, domestic, colonial and
foreign, formerly preserved in the state
paper Office in Whitehall, are also to be
seen there. Usually fifty or sixty stu
dents are seen working in the record
office every day, and at any time there
is the fascinating thought that one of
them may make some interesting dis
covery.-London Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
.DRESDEN'S FAMOUS CLAY.
Its Value Was Brought to Light by a
Freak of Fashion.

Its Value Was Brought to Light by
Freak of Fashion.
Did you know that the discovery of
the material which makes translucent
chinaware possible was due to the van
ity of man-not mankind, which in
cludes woman, but to masculine man?
1t came about in a remarkably devious
manner, beginning and ending little
way from the spot where Dresden china
is still manufactured. The man who
identified the long sought substance
was an eminent chemist, John Freder-
lex Boettcher, but the scientist would
never have had the substance to an
alyze had it not been for the circum-
stances of muddy road, the vanity of
society beaus and shrewd business
man who thought he had found profit
able means of catering to that vanity.
The man was riding from his iron
foundry by short cut when his horses
hoofs stuck in the mud. That mud next
day disintegrated into fine white
powder when it was thoroughly dry.
The founder conceived the idea of
turning the white clay into powder for
the fashionable bob wigs of court dan
dies. Even the king, Augustus of Sax
ony, fell for it, but it was not satisfac-
tory, so Augustus ordered the chemist,
Boettcher, to analyze it to find If it
was injurious. To his amazement the
man Of science found that this Dres-
den clay was the same substance that
had been used for 1,SOO years in China
in the making of the ware that had
never been initiated anywhere else in
the world.-St, Louis Globe-Democrat
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
HIS ORIGINAL RULINGS.
Henry watterson's Debut as Parlia-
mentary LaWmaker.


mentary Lawmaker.
In Henry Watterson's History Of
the Manhattan Club the author tells
of his experience as temporary chair
man of the Democratic national con-
vention of 1876:
1.-The night before the assembling
Mr.. Tilden's two or three leading
friends ON the committee came to me
and said, We can elect you chairman
over Cox, but no one else / demurred
at once. I don't know one rule of par
liamentary law from another l said.
We viii have the best parliamentarian
on the continent right by you all the
time they said. L can't see to- recog-
nize a man ON the floor of the cOnven-
tion,' l said. Well have a dozen men
to see for YOU they replied. So it was
arranged, and thus at the last moment
l was chosen.
II had barely time to write the re-
CURED keynote speech. but not to
commit it to memory, nor sight to read
it even had l been willing to adopt
that mode of delivery. 1t would never
do in such a matter to trust to extern
porization. A friend, Colonel Stoddard
Johnston, who was familiar with nay
rough penmanship, came to the rescue.
Concealing my manuscript behind his
hat, he lined the words out to me be-
tween the cheering. l having mastered
a few opening sentences.
l.
bang-not wholly without detection.
however The IndianianS, devoted to
Hendricks, were very wrOth. See that
fat man behind the hat telling him
what to say said one to his neighbor.
who answered, Yes, and wrote it for
him, too, I'll be bound
Zone might as well attempt to drive
six horses by proxy as preside over a
national convention by hearSay. l lost
my parliamentarian at once. l just
made my parliamentary law as we
went along. Never before nor since
did any deliberate body proceed under
manual so startling and original. But
| delivered each ruling with a reso
nance-it were better called an impu
dence-which had an air of authority
There was a good deal of quiet
laughing on the floor among the know
ing Ones-though knew the mass were
as ignorant as I was myself-and, real
izing that 1 meant to be just and was
expediting business, the convention
soon warmed to me, and, feeling this
1 began to be perfectly at home.
never had a better days sport in al
my life"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
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Marked Resemblance.

Before entering a pond or stream a
moccasin or other water snake fills
himself with wind and"- helpfully be-
gan Professor Pate.
''The average Hon. does exactly the
same before he enters the legislature"
interrupted the old codger. "The said
wind keeps him afoat on the surface
of things for short time, but when it
is finally expelled he either sinks to the
bottom or gets Out."-Kansas City Star
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
The fenrec.

One of the stpangest animals known
to biologists is the tenrec, an insect
eating animal found only in the island
Of Madagascar. 1t is supposed to rep
resent a very ancient type Of animal
which is now almost extinct. NADIA
gascar, once part of the mainland of
the African continent, was separated
.therefrom at very remote period in
the past. AS result fauna peculiar
to the island has been developed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Restaurant Episode.

"Why didn't you interfere when the
cook chased the waiter with cleaver
and the waitress yelled murder?"
y 81 thought it was an ordinary caba-
ret feature. / couldn't understand
what the waitress was yelling. ]
thought she was singing. Louisville
COurier-J Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Jane Smith Is a Hustler.

ooh, mammal shouted a fourteen
year-old schoolgirl as she entered her
home after school had been dismissed
year-olds Of whatever sex, had tossed
her hat into a corner. "What do you
think? Jane Smiths married and
she amt out of fractions. "-Indianapo-
lis News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
A Ruin on the Rhine.

Said to be the first place in Germany
where cannon were mounted, the tow
er of Ehrenfels, built in 1910 by Philip
Won Bolander, governor of Rheingau,
has been a dismantled ruin since 1859.
It is one of the romantic features of
the Rhine near Bingen. with Bishop
Hatto's "mouse tower" opposite
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

LAND FOR AUTO-Will consider
exchange Of 51.5 acres of lal:7 seven
miles northeast of Sank Centre, with
half mile of shore on Long Lake, for
good second hand automobile. c. R.
MOffatt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
A Real Dilemma.

whats a dilemma?" asked one
snail boy.
well" replied the other, Its some
thing like this: If your father says
he'll punish you if you don't let your
mother cut your hair. that's d.
lemma,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Articles of Interest to Farmers
By O. STEP Agriculture Sank Centre High School

than cure" but there are several SIM
pie remedies recommended. "White
lead ground in oil is good. Stove
backing is useful remedy. It forms
smooth surface over the sore thus
preventing chatting, and has mildly as
tringent properties.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Parental Conscience

my boy Josh has got me kind O.
worried" said Farmer Corntossel.
"Ain't he behavin'?" asked the neigh
Dor.
II hadn't thought about that. What
I'm wonderin' is whether l kin spruce
up an be the kind of father he thinks
he's entitled Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Wool, Wool!

''This story about the dog show"
began the city editor.
"Want me to bite it off short?" ven.
tured the reporter.
"No. I want it whole lot more
snappy," grumbled the editor-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Safety First

'T hope the motto of this railroad is
safety first"
cit is" replied the man who thinks
onlv of pecuniary precaution. Il no.
tice it never lets anybody travel a mile
without paying in advance. Washing
ton Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

LOST-Lady's pocketbook, contain
ing about $3.50, between McCracken &
Burgess store and Lockead farm.
Leave ut Herald for reward. 1t-pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Seems STRANGE.

Patience-The Russian language looks
as if it would be extremely difficult to
speak.
Patrice-It does indeed.
"And yet the strange part of 1t is
that the Russian child begins to ralk
as soon as an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Statesman.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Commonplace.

He-Was there ony one worth know
ing at the reception this afternoon?
She-Not soul. knew everybody
who was there. - Richmnd Times.
Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

LOST-Watch, "F. J. L" on back,
between Sank Centre and Alexandria.
Reward. F. ]. Lincoln, 2SO Dayton av-
enue, St. Paul. .1tpd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Classified.

Her Old Maxwell. you wasn't no
spring chicken when you married me.
neither. Her-Indeed not! I was a big
goose.-Browning's Magazine. n
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
More to Come.

Maud-So Helen and Jack have made
up their quarrel, have they? Ethel
Yes. but only temporarily. They are
going to be married soon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

Mrs. Clara Smith and son arrived
Saturday for visit with her sister,
Afrs. Geo. Rice.
Miss Kitty Coyle of Alexandria
spent the Fourth with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Coyle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

FOR SALE-One very choice year
ling full blood Jersey Bull calf; one
2-weeks old Full Blood Jersey Bull
Calf. Inquire Route 3, Box 3. Tele-
phone 21O F Call Is, Sank Centre,
MINI. 4-6pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Not In His Line.

The Lady-Didn't l hear you quote
Omar Khayyam just now? The Bro
ker-I think not. In fact. don't think
| ever heard of the stock.-Boston
Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
Poor start.

Fond Aunt-Telr me, William. did
you start in well at Harvard? William
No, auntie; was suffering from a
slight cold.-Harvard L.ampoon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

Tact is not the quality by which you
often please. but by which you seldom
offend.-Aiice Wellington Rollins.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

FOR SALE-My place in Hoboken,
cheap. Forterms or commission see
me or V. L. Burgess. Mrs. George
Blakesley. 6 If
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
One Way to Do II.

Crawford hear he's economizing.
Crabshaw-Yes; he doesn't buy any
thing now unless be can get it on credit.
Life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

AUTOMOBILE-For sale. Five
passenger Buick, 80 h. p. Perfect me-
chanlcally. Snap. See Archie Ho-
gan. 81 pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

A brave soul is a thing which all men
serve.-Alex. Smith.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

LOST-Saturday evening, July 1, a
bay broncho about years old. Find
er notify Corner Meat Market Git
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

FOR SALE-House andslot eorrsr
OF Ash and 9th streets. Inquire Of
M. V. Weeks. 46tf
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

FOR SALE-Two-row dry potato
sprayer.-Chas Houghton. Git
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06

HOUSE FOR RENT--Inquire at the
Corner Meat Market. II
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-30
II FINANCE, OH, GAS AND PRODUCE
Oil and Gas.

At the close OF the week there was
no departure from routine in develop
ment work in the Eastern fields. Few
competitions were reported from any
section and all Of the most ordinary
kind. Throughout the week the mar.
ket remained stationary and the only
innovation was the drilling in Of an.
other glsher In the Dents run pool
w. Va. The well is B. W. Bartle.t's
No. 8 on the 2. E. Batson farm, and II
lad an initial production higher than
any other well completed in the pool.
At times the production ran up to
100 barrels an hour and for the "a
hours. ending at o'clock yesterday
morning. placed 1870 barrels to its
credit Figuring the production Of this
one well-less one-eighth royalty-a:
$3.50 barrel, II will be seen that 1t is
big moncy.maker. The first we'll on
the same farm is still holding up at 246
barrels day and has produced more
oil than any other In the pool
At the time the lease was taken on
tho Batson farm 1t was not considered
a very good prospect. The, gas rite on
the farm was sold to the Philadelphia
Company and the well was drilled
Jointly by that company and F. W.
Bartlett. II was agreed IL the we'll
proved gasser II was 10 go to the Phil.
adelphia Company and that company
to pay the cost of drilling. In the
event 1t proved an old producer Mr..
Bartlett was to take the well and pay
the cost of drilling and both were tc
share equally IN the loss II a duster.
The second well completed is Big
lnjun sand producer and has not been
drilled down 10 the Thirty.foot forma.
ton. The production OF the pool is
about 2.100 barrels day Holders OF
leases are rushing development work.
The prospect for gushers and the mar.
ket at $3.50 Is all that Is required to
inspire operators to put forth their best
efforts.
In Freeman's Greek district. Lewis
county. the Carnegie Natural Gas com.
pany drilled second test on the ]. B
Rinehart farm through all sands, and
II is dry.
On Rock Camp run. Sardis district,
Harrison county. Huffman & Deegan
are testing their well on the l.. l..
Stewart farm in the fifth sand. On
Elk Fork. Harper district. Roane coun.
ty. the United Fuel Gas company de.
veloped some oil in the salt sand at a
test on the H. M. Cox farm and are
testing 1t in that formation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-30
PRICE ADVANCE HAS
mot REACHED LIMIT
All Records For Prosperity
Broken Says Dun's
Review.

n NEW YORK, Oct. 3o.-R. G. Dun
q Co.'S weekly Review Of Trade says:
"Disproportion between demand and
supply Is more pronounced than at any
previous time. and the rise In prices
continues apaca Widely divergent
lines exhibit sutidily increasing
strength and, though most commodl.
ties are already at an extreme posi-.
ton, there Is no sign that the crest
has yet been reached.
In steel and iron, In textiles, and
In other branches the eagerness OF
buyers Is regarded as foreshadowing
still further advances. the growing
scarcity of materials and products i'm.
polling urgent efforts to cover far dis.
liant requirements. Evidences of ex.
pansion are visible on every hand. but
many manufacturers and merchants.
with commenable judgment and pru.
dence, endeavor to repress demand
rather than encourage 1t, and credits
are closly scanned.
Obligations generally. however. are
met with greater promptness and pre-.
liminary returns Of October failures
Indicate tho smallest mortality for the
period since 1912, In spite of the in.
crease IL new enterprises. Money
rates remain In an easy position, and
this nations function as banker to
the rest of the world IL broadening, as
Indicated by the announcement OF ad.
ditional foreign borrowing in this mar.
ket.
With scarcely an exception. reports
firm rRtaI arNfol tnAuu.
trial progress surpass all previous
records. and the widespread prosper.
lily is reflected in bank exchanges and
other statistics that measure the rise
and fall Of business. Clearings
through the banks at outside centers
this week arc 1873 per cent, larger
than last year, and gross earnings Of
railroads reporting for two weeks OF
October show gain OF 11.3 per cent.
over 1916, when the revenues were
unprecedented for the period. Yet,
while business is greater in volume
than in any other year, the rapidly ad.
vanctng prices constitute a source Of
complaint and 1t Is obvious that a
point must ultimately be reached at
which consumption will be checked.
Commercial failures this week In
the United States are 2S against 297
last week, 277 the preceding week, and
3S1 the corresponding week last year.
Failures in Canada number 90. against
last week, and rs. preceding week,
and 46 last year. OF failures this
week in the United States. 102 were in
the East, 10 South, &C West and 81
in the Pacific States, and So reported
liabilities Of $4,000 or more, against
SO last week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-30
TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE,

In the District Court OF the United
States for the Northern District of
West Virginia.
In the matter Of Dakota Coal & Coke
Company, Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy.
Pursuant to an order entered In the
above styled matter on the Bird day
Of October, 1916. by the Honorable B.
L. Butcher, Referee In Bankruptcy,
the undersigned Trustees will on the
S1st day of October, 1916, beginning
at the hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. on that
day. at the front door Of the Court
House Of Marion County, West Wiz.
ginia. offer for sale and sell to the
highest and best bidder or bidders
all Of the property and assets of said
Dakota Coal & Coke Company and
consisting of the following property,
to-wit:
All that certain parcel of real es.
tate, together with all the improve.
ments thereon, situate in said Marion
County and containing three acres,
more or less, OF surface, including
therein one acre Of the PittsburR vein
Of coal In fee. together with the min
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-30
SPECIAL NOTICES
HALLOWEEN PROCLAMATION.

Halloween, or the vigil Of All
Saints day. is festive occasion COM
ing with the traditional past and cele-
brated by the young people of many
lands. 1t has come to be an event in
the City of Fairmont: enc Of unalloy-
ed pleasure for both young and old.
In order that these pleasures may
be unconfned and full of the spirit
OF wholesome fun appropriate to the
occasion. and that nothing is done to
mar these pleasures. I, Anthony Bow
en-, Mayor of the City of Fairmont,
do hereby proclaim:
First. That Tuesday evening, Oc-
tober 81, 1916, Is hereby set aside
for this celebration in a public way;
on this day and no other. 1t will not
be proper or tolerated to have any
part Of any celebration on the streets
of this city at any other time.
Second. Adams street, commonly
referred to as Main street, from Cleye-
land avenue to Madison street will be
set aside for the public revelry.
No automobiles or other vehicle
traffic, except traction cars, will be
permitted on Adams street, between
said Cleveland avenue and said Madi-
son street, between the hours of z
o'clock p. m. and II o'clock p. m. on
said date, as measure Of public safe
ty. This prohibited traffic must de-
tour.
Third. The destruction Of or re-
moyal Of or injury to property will
not be tolerated at any time within
this City; nor will any person be per-
mitted to throw corn or any other
shady substances which may be dan.
gerous or offensive to the public. No
person will be permitted to use paint,
chalk, soap or other substances to
mark on persons or property.
Fourth. No rude. unseemly or un-
civil conduct will be permitted on the
streets or elsewhere.
Fifth. No license Is granted to
any person to harm persons or prop
erty.
Sixth. Persons violating these
regulations will be subject to arrest
and punishment as provided by law,
Subject to the restrictions herein
contained, the streets of this City are
open on Halloween for proper and
legitimate fun. and 1t Is hoped that
all the citizens will join in the spirit
OF the occasion, and that good time
will be had by all without the occur
renee of any act which will be inhar-
monious or damaging to persons or
things.
Dated this 9th day of October,
1916.
ANTHONY BOWEN. Mayor.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 30. - Business
was fairly active on tho Pittsburgh
Stock Exchange Saturday. but the gen.
eral list was reactlonary. American
Sewer Pipe continued in demand and
advanced to 20h, but other prominent
shares closed slightly lower for the
duy. Pure Oil declined from 2lh to
q, the net loss for the week being Is
cents a share, despite the increase In
the dividend declared for the quarter
There were no dealings in Pittsburgh
Coal on Saturday, but the asking price
was lower. The debenture bonds
were a fraction higher at 99N. There
was not much doing in the Westing.
house issues and the only price chang,
was an advance Of Y In Electric,
which closed at 64%.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-30
DON'T DARE NEGLECT
A COUGH NOW
It May Lead to Pneumonia
this Winter. Stop it at
Once With Old Black
. Joe Cough Syrup.

Everyone knows how a cough weak.
ems the lungs and saps the vitality.
With winter coming on you must cure
that cough as quickly as possible or
you may fall easy prey as pneumonia.
grippe and bronchitis.
But don't take dangerous cough rem.
edies. Old Black Joe Cough Syrup
Is safe for any member OF the family.
Absolutely free from opiates, chloro.
form and narcotic drugs. It quickly
loosens the phlegm, opens the air pass.
ages. soothes irritation and kills the
cold germ. Get bottle for only 25c
at any good store. Sold in country as
we'll as city stores.