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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
THRIFT IN EARLY LIFE.
That Was the Start of the Fortunes of
Our Greatest Finaneiers.

The early life of the great builders,
the self made financiers of this coun
try, shows the early cultivation of the
saving habit.
With few exceptions our ROckefel
lers, Hills, Harrimans, are men who
endured great privatiOns to save their
first few hundreds or thousands of dol
lars.
But in the use of these savings these
great men of business seemed most
reckless.
Each in turn staked his all on little
known and decidedly shaky PROPOSE
ton and stuck with it until he won
out.
Rockefeller put his few hundreds
saved from bookkeeper's salary, into
making q start in the oil business, q
business so unknown at that time, SO
full Of failures. that it was with the
utmost difficulty he was able to Dor
row any additional funds wien in DIES
perate need.
James J. Hill staked his few say.
ings, scraped together from his work
as a dock labOrer and clerk. Oh a well
nigh bankrupt railroad. On which the
experienced financiers of his day
would scarcely lend penny.
Ford staked his own savings on
building a gas engine and small car
of which it was the motive power
When he was ready to build his first
cars there is no record Of the banks OF
the big financiers of his day offering to
furnish the funds to gather together
the organization and build the neces
sary factory to make and market his
product. On the contrary, his enter
prise was so poor a risk that the few
thousands necessary to get his first
start came from wage earners and
small business men, the class who nc
doubt were considered ''pikers," in
vesting in a business which. had the
so called financial authorities paid any
attention to it at all, they would have
pronounced highly speculative.
Yet these and the hundreds of other
successful enterprises that have built
immense corporations and made mil
lions and millionaires are the kind OF
investments that appeal most to the
optimistic progressiveness Of the Amer
lean investOr.-Industrial Department
News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
More Birds, More Food.

If the eastern states alone could
bring back the quail, the rose breast
ed grosbeaks and other bird benefac-
tors they would save $15,OOO,OOO year
in the price of materials used to kill
potato bugs.
Charles P. Shoffner of the Liberty
Bell Bird club made this statement at
a luncheon at the Poor Richard club.
He made a plea for the birds as a
means of conserving the nations food
resources.
IF Pennsylvania had but one pair of
robins to the acre." he said, 1.-THE birds
would consume 5000 tons of insects a
day. The nation loses $1,000 900
a year through ravages Of insects
which the birds can eliminate. One
way to increase the crops is by bring
ing back the birds. "-Philadelphia
North American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Joy of Gardening.

The profit in gardening is an impor-
tant matter. OF quite as great impor-
lance is it to gain the food for our
souls in the delights of gardening. The
growth of plant from the seed is a
common thing, yet it is an ever delight
full miracle wrought before our eyes.
Every unfolding leaf, every blossom.
each tiny blade of grass is joyful mir
acle and food for the soul. Let us joy
i'm it all. We need joy, much Of it, in
our lives. The study of beauties of
nature is pure joy that leaves no
shadow or sting in it's wake-Milwau-
kee Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
YOUR \CE.l Fo..-UIalITY.
Preserve 1t and Ee Yourself and Not
Somebody Else.

Preserve 1t and Ee Yourself and Not
Somebody Else.
How hard do you tight to hold Oh t.
your personality?
You are willing to fight to save the
money you have earned. to hold your
job or to get better one. You fight
to keep your external possessions. but
do you fight to keep yourself?
Without personality. an individuali-
ty, it is impossible TO achieve any
great success. no matter how success
full you may appear for Il time The
success that comes from having some
strong mans personality working
through you is not permanent or Genu-
ine
When Napoleon was fighting Aus
tria in 1917. Oh the very soil where the
italian battle lines stretch today. he
discovered that his own future &c, lend.
ed on the overthrow of the royalist
party back in Paris. He sent a young
officer named AUgereau to Paris to ac-
cOmplish revolution. Augereau sue
ceeded in bringing about what Napo-
leon desired. But neither Napoleon
nor history has ever given Augereau
any credit. He deserved hone. 1t was
Napoleon, working through Augereau.
who overthrow the royalists. Auge-
reau lacked personality. individuality.
That is why Napoleon chose him as a
tool.
Trilby. singing under the spell of
Svengali, entranced her hearers; but,
with Svengali's influence gone. she was
the same unsuccessful, lonely Trilby.
Svengali chose her as victim of his
influence because her personality was
not strong enough to resist him. He
stole her personality, just as he might
have stolen her little money or her old
blue military coat.
DR.. Johnson was so strong a char
acter that he unwittingly overwhelm-
ed Boswell. and Boswell spent the re-
mainder of his life tagging around
after Johnson, worshiping him and
writing down all he said.
But the Napoleons, the Svengalis and
the DR.. Johnsons are not the only in
fluences in this world that rob us Of
ourselves.
For you the world is really divided
into two parts. One part is the multi
tude; the other part is you. The null
titude tries to take away your .individ-
uality and make you part Of itself. If
it succeeds your life is bound to be a
failure, for there can be no success for
the young man or young woman who
permits the multitude to absorb him.
Your personality is really all you
have in this world.
If you think the mob's thoughts or
let the mob think yours. If you live the
mob's life and have the mob's feelings.
you don't own anything. There isn't
any you.
AS you look yourself over are you
permitting anything to crowd you out
of yourself?-W. G. Shepherd in Wash
ington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Oxidation of Brass,

Brass when immersed in a hot so
luton consisting of one-half ounce of
golden sulphuret of anthony and four
ounces of caustic soda in each gallon
of water becomes oXidized with a
pleasing brown shade. The shade be-
comes darker if the metal is immersed
in a dilute solution of sulphate of cop
per, used cold, about four to eight
ounces to the gallon. Several INNER
sions in the same manner give deeper
brown tones.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Why PoIisemai Was Arrested.

An American friend of mine in Port
au Prince had very useful house
servant by the name of Polisemai, who
earned the notable sum of gourdes
Isl gOld) a week and found. The fed
eral authorities kept arresting Polise-
mai for military service and his en-
ployer got tired Of going to headquar-
tiers about once a week to pry him loose
from the army. He found that the
continual arresting was due to the fact
that several officers wanted Polisemai's
job.-GeOrge Marvin in Worlds Work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
AN ACT OF KINDNESS
A Sank Centre Resident Speaks Pub
licly for the Benefit of Sank
Confro

A Sank Centre Resident Speaks Pub
licly for the Benefit of Sank
Centre People
If you had suffered tortures from
kidney trouble,
Had experimental with different
remedies without relief;
If you were finally cured through a
friends suggestion.
Wouldn't you be grateful?
The following statement has been
given under just such circumstances:
Mr.. Brown has used Doan's Kidney
Pills.
He publicly tells of the benefit he
has received.
His is simple act of kindness to-
other Sank Centre sufferers.
No need to experiment with such
convincing evidence at hand.
Mr.. Brown speaks from experience.
You can rely on what he tells you.
John M. Brown, Birch and Fourth
Sts., Sank Centre, Says:
II had a very lame back and
pains across my loins and l could
hardly get around. 1 couldn't
stoop without having sharp, dart
ing pains through my back. The
kidney secretions were highly
colored and irregular in passage.
Three boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills cured the lameness in nv
back and regulated my kidneys"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mr.. Brown. Foster-Milburn.
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Farmers can use the Herald Want
Columns with profit. If you have any
thing to sell, or want to buy anything,
try them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Liberty and Independence.

When the presidential struggle be-
tween Clay and Jackson was at its
height it is related that band of
emigrants from Kentucky and the then
other western states commenced to
settle on the north side Of the Missouri
river and called their county Clay and
the county seat Liberty.
At the same time another lot of emf
grants from Virginia and other south
ern states pitched their tents on the
south side of the Big Muddy and called
their county Jackson and the capital
Independence. And so it remains to
this day. Clay stood for liberty and
tckson for independence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Swinu Your Arms.

Don't keep your hands in your peck
ets," says DR.. G. E. Page of Boston.
Keep swinging them as you walk.
This is necessary to obtain needed and
essential exercise when walking. Don't
simply walk on your hind legs, but
keep all four in some sort of motion, as
nature intended you should do"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31

The life insurance policy looks like
an expensive and worthless bit Of pa
per until somebody dies, and then it is
cash in bank. AS Kipling wrote of
Tommy Atkins:
For it's Tommy this and Tommy that
And "chuek him out, the brute!"
But it's savior Of his country
When the guns begin to shoot.
Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Cooking Potatoes.

There are only two correct ways to
prepare potatoes for digestion. The
one is To boil them with their coats on.
and the other is to bake them in the
oven with their jackets on. Twenty
five per cent nourishment this way:
only 6 per cent if prepared in any 9TH
er way.-Los Angeles Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Dreaded Two 1hinus.

Nicholas Romanoff, late car of Rus
STA, dreaded two things-assassinat
and revolution-and neither was a vain
fear. Since 1891, when he was assault
ed and wounded by japanese named
Sango and escaped death only by the
prompt action of Prince George of
Greece, up to his abdication, there
were thirteen attempts to assassinate
him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
In Series,

IN SSFteS. ..'-
'That mans whole life has been a
series of ups and downs"
"How sof"
"He began as an elevator boy, then
became mountain climber, and now
is giving balloon ascensions." -Balti-
more American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Trees.

Trees being associated with the best
side of human life. none but the short
sighted and stupid will descend to es-
innate their worth upon cordwood
valuation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
His Brand of Reform.

Knicker-What sort of reformer Is
he? Bocker-He wants other fellows
to abstain from food to make the price
go down while he eats it.-New York
Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
An Arizona City of Distances.

Mesa (Ariz) streets are eighty feet
wide, and every block comprises ten
acres. A residence building site there
averages about an acre. When you
ask an address in Mesa and the oblig-
ing inhabitant directs you to walk six
blocks it doesn't sound far, but you
realize the distance before you arrive.
Mesa was laid out by Mormons. who
favored unusually wide streets for at
tractiveness and who made the ten
acre blocks in order that every family
might be more or less self sustaining
in true of Indian raids, when the fam
lily garden might be the only source of
fOOd.-El Paso Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Difficult Feat.

''Tell Mr.. Smith ] want to see him
at the telephone"
II told Mr. Smith. sir, and he wants
to know il you have periscope at
your end."-Baltimore American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31
Eiuht and Think.

Three things to fight for-honor,
country, home.
Three things to think about-life.
death, eternity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31

1T is not work that kills men; it is
worry. The revolution is not what de-
stroys machinery, but the friction"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31

Millions of money are not better than
millions of grains of sand at the gate
OF eternity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31

Falsehood may have its hour, but 1t
has not the future.-De Pressense.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-31

Farmers can use the Herald Want
Columns with profit. If you have any
thing to sell, or want to buy anything,
try them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28
Ralaa aamhnn h snnAh.

The paintings of the oriental tim
Der bamboo In northern Florida and
Louisiana have grown to a height OF
25 feet, and there is no longer any
question about their producing in this
country good canes comparable to
those which they produce in China and
Japan A quick method of their prop
agation has been worked out SO that 1t
will be now possible to supply large
enough quantities OF the young plants
10 set out many small areas through
out the South, from the Carollnas to
California wherever there is sufficient
moisture and the land is not too high
priced to admit Of their cultivation,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28

Common baking soda works miracles
In washing painted walls It has been
fouea. Use two pals Of tepid water,
wet cloth, sprinkle little Of the soda
on It and wash space that can be easily
reached. Rinse in clear water and wipe
dry. Be sure to wash in one direction
in order to avoid streaks when dry.
All grease and dirt will disappear with
very little rubbing. Use the soda spar
ingly. In cleaning paint add a tea
spoonful Of kerosene oil to warm wa
ter, -.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28
Seven His Magic Number.

President Johnson had seven letters
In his name When he was fourteen,
twice seven, he became a tailor's ap-
prentice, which he remained for seven
years. When he was twenty-one, three
times seven he gave up tailoring.
When he was twenty-eight, four times
seysn, he became an alderman. At
Chirty-ive. five times seven. he entered
the legislature. In 1892, six times
seven, he was a member Of congress.
AT forty-nine, seven times seven, he
was a senator. On the 7th of March,
1882, he was military governor Of Ten
nessee. At ffty-six, eight times seven,
he became vice president.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28
CONSTIPATION AND INpIoEsrIoN

Il have used Chamberlsin's Tablets
and must say they are the best have
ever used for constipation and indiges.
ton. Ny wife also used them for indi.
gesion and they did her good" writes
Eugene S. knight. Wilmington, N. c.
Chamberlain's Tablets are mild and
gentle in their action. Give them a
trial, You re certain to be pleased
with the agreeable laxative effect
which they produce. ObtainabIe ev-
erywhere. d&w-1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28

ApprOpriate Menu.

81 hear those society folks arc go
ing to give a donkey dinner IN thA
barn" -
wonsor how they are going ID
arrange it?N
q suppose the dinner will be
cart"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28
Wise to Him.

"when do you think it win stop raia|
inggn
III answer that question yOu'u
want me to tell you when the war 1
going to end -tFSf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28

!, meeting u tho city chckasha County
r.dv STATE Of oklahoma July 1917 pursuant
% ne provisions or section iA Laws 1917 the following
zed estm for current expenses municipality for tho fiscal
YEAR brnng July 1st sOh 1918 adopted and
aoves and ordered ehk Express newspaper pub
lisbed and Of general circulation IN said CITY,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28

irsMzsD EsrMAre EXPENSES FOR The FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING JULY i 1917 AND ENDING JUNE 80 1918
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-26
Big CONTRACTOR
ENDORSES TANLAC
Robert SchuItze Was Tortured
With rheumatism for Two
Long Years He Says.
COULDN'T WORK AN HOUR
Have AS Much Vim and Eneruy A.
Il Ever Had and Can Work
All Day-Gained
Ten Pounds.

Robert Schultze of S1S West Poplar
street, San Antonio, Texas, who has
been resident of that city for fifty
years and contractor and builder for
twenty-five years. made a remarkable
statement regarding his experience
with Tanlac recently.
About two years ago" said Mr..
Schultze, rheumatism got hold of me
and all the energy 1 had seemed to
leave me. suffered torture, espe-
clally in my shoulders and knee joints
and 1 couldn't work an hour without
my shoulders giving out completely. I
had become irritable and unstrung as
man can be and nothing seemed to
do me any good.
FINALLY after seeing the fine results
Of Tanlac in the case of some of my
relatives. began using 1t and l am
entirely free from all pain and symp-
toms of the rheumatism and I'm glad
to say that my grouchy, irritable feel
ings are gone too. I have gained ten
pounds and this strikes me as being
mighty fine for one of my age. / have
as much vim and energy now as ever
mad and can work all day long. Alto
gether I'm simply feeling fine"
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
town.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-26
ENGLISH TIP OFF TEUT War TRICKS

Grams of the South African war and
were particularly interested while get
ting their stories OF that stubborn
fight put up by the Beers to find that
as many of them had fought then
against England MS fought under the
Union jack.
This accidental association of Amer
leans with the South Africans In the
next camp proved profitable us well as
Interesting. for the colonials were the
first troops with actual experience In
action in the war with whom our men
came In contact. Naturally they pick
ed up many valuable tips concerning
the essentials of trench warfare as
well as the tricks OF the Huns.
One of the Germans latest tricks
with gas was described by a soldier
who spoke from experience. This is
the so-called mustard" gns shell. 1t
Is shot from Il mortar and. exploding
within radius OF between 25 and so
feet from a trench, leaves Its occu-
pants with n lasting impression OF the
meaning of hot stuff"
Mustard" Victims Suffer Lonu.
The fumes penetrate both outer
clothing and underwear almost instan-
taneously. though the hot and burning
smart of the skin that follows Is some
what mercifully dulled by the
bunting of the senses that follow
Inhalation of the fumes. Victims of
the mustard" bombs are subject to
distressing periods of Depression, even
at the time of convalescence. Their
nerves seem to have been shattered
completely beyond control.
[ Two broad-shouldered Australians of
giant stature, victims of mustard"
bombs. were found almost weeping
from homesickness, due to their svmp-
tomato depression by fello;s coun-
tryinan In Trafalgar square, In London
while on leave recently. They were
soon induced to take a more cheerful
view of matters and explained to their
temporary host mt dinner that the feel
Ing against which they had been fight
Ing was that they didn't have a friend
in the world.
On the whole the voyages of our
most recently arrived contingents
were comparatively free from subma-
rine attack in the sense of the actual
firing of torpedoes. though Several
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-26
KING LEWANIKA's STATE BOAT
Royal Craft Is 100 Feet Long, Carries
Monster Elephant Emblem, Court.
Jester and Musicians.

while travelling In Rhodesia,"
writes contributor in the Wide World
Magazine. 81 managed to get glimpse
of King Lewanikas state barge. The
chief of the Barotse is q fine fellow,
but 1 was much amused one afternoon
to see him going out for row attired
In top hat and a gaudy dressing
gown.
Soon after the rains commence the
Efrotse valley Is flooded and natives
sagrate to the sandy belt some miles
away for the season. The king al
ways makes the trip in the royal barge,
an enormous craft about 100 feet long.
In the center are two compartments,
both covered in, one being the living
room and the other the sleeping quar-
ters. On the roof of one of these COM
partments Is erected a monster ele-
phant, as sort of kingly emblem.
while on the other stands the court
Jester, who, on this occasion, amused
the populace by pretending to hunt
and shoot the elephant band of 20
musicians were accommodated on the
barge, in addition to whom there were
80 or 60 paddlers and host of bailers,
Cor the barge was by no means water
tight. To the accompaniment of weird
music and barbaric song the huge craft
was propelled along on its journey, the
return voyage taking place four or five
months later"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-26
Activity of Russian Women.

AS Russia was the first country
where women were given control over
their inherited property, and as Petro-
grad has had for some years the larg
est medical college for women in Eu-
rope, 1t is not strange that women
have taken such an active part in the
military campaigns. In all the revolu-
tionary movements the women stu
dents have been made dangerous per-
haps, to the government, than the
men. 1t is believed that the majority
of the women amazons are evolution
lists and that their military experience
was sought for the opportunity it gave
them to spread their doctrine.