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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
AeropIane Special Delivery,

I do not think the aeroplane viii
supplant the steamship and railroad as
a mail carrier because it will be too
expensive. It would take very large
number Of flying machines, perhaps a
hundred, to carry as much mail as we
now get into a mail car. You can cas-
lily figure how this would increase the
expense. It will have the same advan-
tage In carrying mails as in carrying
passengers, and that is speed. This
statement also, needs some qualifica-
ton, for when it comes to quick COM
munication the aeroplane can never
supplant the telegraph and the tele-
phone. But we shall probably have a
special rapid mail service by aeroplane,
for which we shall pay higher price
and buy a special stamp. The flying
machine will give a ten hour service
between New York and Chicago and a
two day service from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.-Orville Wright in Har-
per's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH.
Distances That Trained, Hardened Men
Can Cover In a Day.

Distances That Trained, Hardened Men
Can Cover In a Day.
The Army Drill Book tells that train
ed and hardened infantry can cover
from twenty to twenty five miles a day
when in small bodies. As the size Of
the command increases the distance
covered becomes less, as the rate is
lowered and time is needed to get all
the units into and out Of camp.
With a regiment or less Of average
troops-regulars- over aver
age roads, the rate should be from, two
and three quarters to three miles an
hour, while>a division cannot be ex-
pected to accomplish more than twelve
and half miles day.
Of course, all these figures will vary
with different conditions Of roads and
weather. Unframed troops could not
approach them until hardened. Though
they might do better for day or two,
they could not keep up the steady pace
Of the seasoned regulars for a long dis
lance.
Marching with full equipment is hard
physical work, and, like every other
form Of labor, requires proper period
of training. The seasoned force will
keep up a steady pace, with ten minute
halts every hour, fifteen minute stop
being made at the end Of the first half
or three=quarters of an hour. Green
troops are apt to straggle badly.-Out-
ing Magazine. @-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
London Through the Ages.

The occupation Of the site Of London
dates back much farther than most
readers are aware. The city that
julius Caesar found occupied a site
which had been inhabited for unnum-
bered thousands of years. It Is now
known that during paleolithic and
neolithic times-the two great divi-
sions of the stone age-man dwelt on
the site Of London, but it first became
the settlement Of a community at the
opening of the historic age, when it
was a stronghold Of the Celts. The
remains of its Roman period are the
finest Of the kind in Great Britain.
The Anglo-Saxon and Danish periods
are finely represented, and even later
periods, such as the Tudor, furnish rel
les that have been buried by that
strange process of superintendent
growth which makes the soil under
great city resemble the fossiliferous
strata Of geology.-Youth's Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Luminous Eyes.

Cats among animals and owls among
birds, says w. II. Hudson in his book,
idle Days In Patagonia" are the most
highly favored of any creatures in the
matter of luminous eyes. 1.-The feline
eyes, as of puma or a wildcat, blaz-
ing with wrath. sometimes affect one
like an electric shock. but for intense
brilliance the yellow globes of the owl
are unparalleled" Mr.. Hudson asserts
that nature has done comparatively lit
tie for the human eye either in these
terrifying splendors or in beauty. He
says that in Brazil he was greatly i'm
pressed with the magnificent appear
ance of many of the negro women, but
that if they had only possessed the
golden rides of certain intensely
black tropical birds their unique love-
liness" would have been complete.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Minister'S Sons.

An investigator finds that one-twelfth
Of all the men whose names appear in
"Who's Who" are sons of preachers.
-Four presidents were sons of ministers
Buchanan, Arthur, Cleveland and
Wilson. Three Of the great Boston
group Of writers-Emerson, Lowell and
HOlmes-were of ministerial parent,
age, so were Parkman and Bancroft,
also the remarkable Field brothers
Cyrus w., David Dudley and Stephen
]. The influence Of the eminent iona
than Edwards appears to have extend.
ed far down in the line of his descend
ants, for the list include one vice pres
ident, three senator's 'thirty judges.
sixty authors, twelve college presi-
dents, and not one of the 1884 who
were traced was ever convicted of a
crime. The list Of clergymen's distin-
guished sons could be greatly extended,
for they are to be found in every line
of activity.-Indianapolis Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Tho Finding Of Old Glory.

When the day came that our revolu-
tionary fathers needed to design flag
for the new nation of their heroic
founding they had but to lift their eyes
to the heavens to find the banner OF
their faith and pride.
In the glowing west, in the burning
clouds Of the sunset sky-streaming
across the wide horizon in alternate
bands of fame and mist-they saw the
symbol Of their own fair dreams.
mystic, mighty and battling.
And as they looked there came sud-
den rending Of the fleecy mass by a
wind Of nberty's own sending, and
through the monster rift thus made
they beheld a patch Of azure sky set
thick with silver stars.
The stars-the stripes-the blue-Old
Glory, blazoned in beauty across the
wonder Of Gods heaven, for all the
world to see. 1t is our flag-God make
US worthy Of it.-Anne Rankin In
Southern Woman's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
False Economy.

Some people begrudge the expendi-
ture Of money to beautify the home or
to bring the comforting message Of
friendship In time Of trouble. To them
flowers are Of no use, pictures and
music q waste Of money. But life re-
stricted to things that 60 into the pot
or are worn on the back results in
starving the spirit. eff I had two
loaves of bread I would sell one of
them to buy white hyacinths to feed
my SOUL" That was the terse and
poetic sentiment of truth oft neg
lected.
Even the poor need other things
more than they need money. The
money will be gone next month, but
the memory Of a great bunch Of wild
flowers remains. "Flower missions"
furnish a beautiful ministry that al
most any Sunday school class can exer-
else. Send your posies to the hospitals
or to the children of the slums.-
Christian Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
How Houses Explode.

The most remarkable phenomenon
connected with tornadoes Is the explo-
sion of houses, which literally burst,
scattering their fragments in all direc-
tons. Sometimes substantial dwell
ings are carried high into the air and
then explode.
1t is now understood that this is due
to the fact that the funnel cloud" (re-
volving at rate of at least 500 miles
an hour has a vacuum inside. Thus it
sucks up everything in its path, even
emptying wells. 1t sucks all the air
from around house over which it
passes, and the house Ia vacuum being
thus created outside of it, promptly ex-
plodes, owing to the pressure of the
air, at thirty pounds to the square
inch, from within.
The house, in a word, is transformed
into bomb. philadelphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
REALISTIC STAGECRAFT.
The Electric Light Is Responsible For
Many Innovations.

The introduction of electric light was,
Of course, responsible for greater inno-
vations in the art Of stage decoration
than any other one ling. It was now
possible to light up equally we'll any
portion Of the stage, and SO the apron"
was dispensed with and the picture
frame prOscenium introduced.
The cry for realism which Ibsen's
dramas had aroused was now taken
up by the scene builders with enthusi-
astic vigor, and nature was repro
duced in every material detail. Eve
must show life exactly as it u.s." be-
came their motto.
These changes naturally also had an
effect upon the actors themselves and
upon what they said. Formerly the
actors were continually conscious Of
the presence Of the audience, and to a
considerable degree addressed it di-
rectly. Now they could interpret the,
story on the stage, entirely ignoring,
apparently, the presence Of the audi
ence
This change in the conception of the
play as whole, as being made up not
alone of dialogue and recitation, butt,
also of action and pictorial representa-
ton, has had very farreaching effect
on our present day conception Of the
drama.-Review Of Reviews.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Alaska's ."Pupmobile."

The "pupmobile" is passenger train
drawn over a regular railroad track by
dog power. 1t carries passengers from
Nome, Alaska, across the level land
near that town into the mountains.
The track is a narrow gauge railroad
built in 1900. A high tax was placed
on railroads in Alaska soon after that,
and as there was not enough traffic
over the road to Justify the expense of
operating locomotives the regular
train service was discontinued. Then
the "pupmobile" was instituted, The
accommodation for passengers con-
sists of a platform on which are two
seats. To this from seven to fifteen
dogs are harnessed, and the rate at
which they travel compares favorably
with much Of our rapid transit.
Popular Science Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
FLAG sizea.

The United States army regulations,
1914, declare the garrison, post and
storm flags to be national flags. They
are to be made Of bunting, and the
union Of each shall be one-third the
area of the flag. "The garrison flag
will have thirty-six feet fly and twenty
feet hoist" thus the length is proper
toned to the breadth as nine is to FIVE.
This flag is furnished only to posts des-
ignated in orders from time to time
and is to be hoisted on holidays and
important occasions.
"The post flag will have twenty feet
fly and ten feet hoist" 1t Is furnished
to all garrison posts for hosting In
pleasant weather.
1.-THE storm flag will have eight feet
fly and four feet two inches hoist" All
occupied posts fly it In stormy weather
and it Is also furnished to national
cemeteries and recruiting stations.
The blue field holding the stars
should extend to the bottom Of the
fourth red stripe from the top.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Preparedness on the Farm.

Every farmer ought to believe in pre-
paredness, says Farm and Fireside, the
kind of preparedness that provides
tested rather than guessed seed corns
that sees that all farm machinery Is
carefully looked over and the badly
worn or broken parts replaced before
the beginning Of the rush season; that
makes ready a supply of bolts and
taps, extra tap rings and clevises, sim
gletrees and at least one extra pair OF
doubletrees. Man labor and horse la
Dor are too expensive and time too pre-
cious to take chances of risks which
might easily be avoided.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Holland and Flowers.

It was only after the fall Of Con-
stantinople in 1853 that Holland be.
came such a gay land Of flowers as it
now is. Many Dutchmen went to the
east during the years Of the great cru
sades, and those Of them who loved
beautiful things brought many home
again with them. Not only did they
carry away with them silks and en-
broideries, jewels, spices and fruits,
but in the bottoms Of their ships they
brought seeds. When these seeds were
planted in the rich soil Of Holland such
wondrous flowers appeared as had
never before been seen in that north
ern country: The people became wild;
lysenthusiastic over the new colors and
scents and foliage brought to them
from the east, and in Holland there
sprang up a great love for gardening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Pretty Hiah Hills.

A distinguished astronomer once
took the trouble to measure in several
paintings the size Of the moon and to
deduce from it the height Of the noun
tains shown in the same picture. He
found that the average height Of the
hills was about forty-three miles, while
one giant peak raised its head more
than a hundred miles above sea level.
Turner, who was one of the greatest
masters of landscape composition and
coloring, frequently exaggerates the
height of his hills with the intention Of
comforting upon them a majesty which
otherwise they would not possess.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
About Temperature.

The best authorities on the science of
meteorology tell US that without the
various changes in the temperature
there would be perfect calm at all
times in all parts of the globe. A uni
form and unvarying barometric pres
sure would everywhere prevail, and
there would be no change of seasons.
no evaporation or condensation. no
clouds and no rain. In short, without
changes of temperature, which We
sometimes think so uncomfortable, the
atmosphere would soon become poison
Gus, stagnant and incapable Of sus-
tanning human life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Oriain of the Jury System.

A jury is body Of laymen sum-
moned and sworn to ascertain the truth
as to facts raised in legal proceedings
The jury system of the United States
developed from that Of England. This
In turn had it's origin in Frankish in
quest, which was translated into Eng
land by Norman kings. In these in
quests body Of neighbors was sum-
fnoned BY a public officer to give an
swer upon oath on some question Of
fact or law or of mixed fact and law.
In the beginning the object Of the IT,
quiry was usually to obtain informa-
ton for the king t? ascertain facts
needed for assessing taxes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK.
Get II Out Earning For You, but Be Z
Careful Investor.

Get 1t Out Earning FOR YOU out Be .
Careful investor.
Money is a workman. 1t works for
its owner while the owner sleeps, and
it will work for anybody who has 1t If
he will only put it to work, for there
is always somebody ready to hire mon
ey and pay for its use.
Let every reader who has few hun.
dred dollars to spare put it in a good
$500 or $1,000 bond on the partial pay
ment plan and let it earn something.
Five hundred dollars invested in q 6
per cent bond with the income depos-
tied in a savings bank at per cent
will double itself in twelve years-that
is, the $500 will have become $1,000 In
that time. This $1,000 at 6 per cent
will earn $50 year, or over 81 a week,
for it's possessor. Even at B per cent
it will double in fifteen years and at
per cent in eighteen years.
The lesson the small investor wants
to learn is that his money is just as
good as that of the larger investor.
The former has greater need Of being
careful because he has less to spare.
Learn to be careful investor. The
first thing the careful buyer does If he
wants to buy a horse, COW, a house
or farm, bond or share Of stock
is to make careful investigation.
Schoolboys may swap the jackknives
they hold in their closed hands, but
grown up men ought to know better.
The humblest investor can buy with
as great safety as the proudest, for
both can deal with the same bankers
or brokers in these days when small
lots are popular with firms Of estab-
lished character.-Jasperi In Leslie's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
MARTYRS TO GIRDLEs.
A Native Protest Against Feminine.
! Fashions In Japan.


J Fashions In Japan.
A caustic Japanese critic, Saito Man,
has this to say in the Tokyo Advertiser
about women's fashions in Japan:
archaic costumes, especially those
universally worn by ladies, demand re-.
form. The INDECENT world can be cloth
ed out of the materials wasted in gor-
geous kimono sleeves. Nothing is so,
absurd as the long, heavy, pendulant
sleeves attached to girls holiday XII
mono. They serve no purpose, impede
locomotion and are a pitiful spectacle.
The girdle is more cumbrous and ex-
pensfve, especially those woven in one
piece of heaviest silk.
Formerly the latter were only worn
at weddings and state affairs; now ev-
cry geisha has one. Every wife must
have one to sport at the theater. In
price this maruobi varies from 80 to-
1000 yen ($15 to $500 and upward. To
girdle it requires all the strength of q
well built husband Or father. do not
know any Japanese woman who evex-
succeeded in putting on one herself :
ut is over three feet wide, folded intsr
half that width when worn, and it,
length is three times the full height Of
its wearer. In weight it is terrific,
thickly embroidered as it is with gold
en- threads. 1t is chiefest attraction In
the whole dress scheme Of Japanese
womanhood. One might as well ask q
woman to discard her hair as it. Every
well dressed Japanese lady is martyr
to her girdles. Her entire waist is COW
cred with layers of betting. From the
viewpoint of health the girdle (obD Is
a most vile contrivance, as every doc.
tor asserts"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Couldn't Stand Defeat.

DR.. Grenfell tells an amusing story
Of the introduction Of football in Lab
rador, when defeat was considered SO
uncomfortable modification that it had
to be mutually agreed beforehand that
neither side should win. I'VE saw"
he says, 1.-THE unusual spectacle of the
side that had been scored against SOL
EMMY allowed to walk across the field
and kick a goal to save them the feel
ing of being beaten"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
A Regiment.

In military terms squad" is part OF
a company.
A captain commands company, ana
he has under him first lieutenant and
q second lieutenant.
A major commands battalion, wnlch
is made up of four companies. A reg1-
ment is commanded by colonel, and it
comprises three battalions, so that q.
regiment is made up Of twelve COM
panies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Good Scheme.

Husband - Why do you scold the
butcher? It isn't his fault that the
meat comes to the table all dried up.
Scold the cook. Wife, don't dare to,
but I'm In hopes that If I keep on
scolding the butcher he'll get mad and
come around and scold the cook.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Awkwardly Put.

81 grovel here before you in the
dustw observed the impassioned youth
as he sank on to the drawing room
floor.
81 don't know what you mean by
dust" replied she coldly. II look after
this room most carefully myself every
morning. London Tit Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Ton and Bottom.

"My friend" said the long haired
passenger to the young man in the seat
opposite, ''to what end has your life
work been directedY
'sTo both ends" was the reply. 81
rave the only first. class hat and shoe
store in the village"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
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Danasceno Swords.

A writer in a foreign journal points
out that, according to Jean Jacques
Perret, the well known French author
living in the eighteenth century, Da-
mascene blades were probably hard
ened in olden times by powerful blast
Of cold air issuing from narrow pas
sage between two walls specially built
for the purpose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
A'Handy Signal.

Visitor-So this is the deaf and
dumb ward! How do you call people
to dinner? I suppose you don't ring
bell. Superintendent-No; we have a
man who walks through the ward
wringing his hands. = Boston Tran
ncriDt
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
To Clarity Fat.

Fat is easily clarified if few pieces
Of raw potato are added to it and then
it is heated slowly in the oven or on
top Of the stove. When 1t ceases to
bubble, strain through cheesecloth and
let It stand till firm Keep In cool
place.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Fresh Air az Medicine.

It has taken centuries for us to find
out and know that fresh air is the cure
of consumption. pneumonia and colds,
and probably it will take another CEN
tury to make us know and use fresh
air as a preventive Of these and some
other diseases.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
The Tambourine.

The timbrel Of the Bible was the In
strument known today as the tambou-
rine. It was used in early times by the
Syrians Of Padan-aram at their merry
makings Genesis xxi, 27).
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
A Surprise.

~ surprises
'The doctor has just told me-" said
the friendly neighbor, shat your hus-
band cannot recover"
"Oh!' shrieked the troubled wife.
"Now, my dear, the question is, Shall
we break the news to him or let death
come as surprise to him ?"-Detroit
Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Catty Comment.

"Girls, did have the hardest kind Of
work to keep Mr.. Jims from proposing"
II suppose you mean to some other
girl?'-Baltimore American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21

"I'm doing my best to get ahead"
asserted Cholly.
"Well, heaven knows you need one,
asserted Dolly.-Puck.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21
Burglary.

Miss vocolo-I'm never happy unless
I'm breaking into song. Bright Young
Man-Why don't you get the key and
you won't have to break in?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21

One may ruin himself by frankness,
but one surely dishonors himself by
duplicity.-Viellard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-21

No man gets rich whose pocket Is q
flag station instead Of terminal
Youths Companion.