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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Source of Quinine

Cinchona or chinchona is the
name of the tree from the bark of
which is prepared the valuable
medicine called quinine. The tree
is native of South America, grow
ing best on the moist eastern slope
of the Andes mountains. but it has
been successfully introduced into
India, Burma, Ceylon and the West
Indies. The bark of this tree is
called Peruvian bark, because it
was in Peru that the Spaniards
first learned Of its medicinal proper
ties. It Is also known as cinchona
bark, and from 1t quinine is OBJ
tanned, which in the form Of sui
plate Of quinine has wide use in
the practice Of medicine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Careless Letter Writers

Post Office employees in congress
may be pardoned If their estimate
of the public's intelligence is some
what low. Letters still come ad-
dressed to Mark Hanna and Boise
Penrose, former senator's now dead
several years. Uncle Joe Cannon's
mail is quite heavy yet. Senators
and members Of the house are
mixed up Unfortunately by letter
writer's. So many letters are re-
ceived for members Of state legis-
latures who should have been adj
dressed at their state capitals that
membership roll of all legisla-
lures is kept on hand for assistance
In forwarding such mail to the prop
er address. Why are letter writ
ers so careless ?-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Made Railroad Record

A train called the Nancy Hanks
was operated over the Central OF
Georgia between Atlanta and Sa-
vannah in 1893. 1t covered the dis
lance of 294 miles in each direction
in hours and As minutes. 1t was
because this running time was
such a marked improvement over
previous schedules between At
lanta and Savannah that the train
was named after the record-break-
ing race horse, Nancy Hanks. In
Guided In the schedule running
time was a stop Of Is minutes at
Macon. The trains equipment
consisted of baggage car, two pas
senger coaches and a parlor car,
the motive power being furnished
by three large compound Baldwin
engines.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Distance in Solar System,

Take a farmers field and place
I'm 1t two-foot globe to represent
the sun. In circle 50 feet away
Is a grain of mustard which repre-
sents Mercury, the planet nearest
the sun. The earth is a pea 215
feet away, and the planet Saturn is
a small orange in a circle two-fifths
of a mile distant. This Is the
astronomer Herchel's illustration Of
distance in the solar system, so In
a measure we can comprehend
them. In reality Saturn is 8S6,000,-
600 miles from the sun, compared
with the earth's 100000 miles.
Even when the earth is closest to
Saturn that planet Is $4,000, 900
miles away.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Selected Big One

Albert, age six, was very fond Of
squeezing tooth paste from the
tube. His mother warned him not
to take too much. One morning he
said: "How much may I take,
mother?"
"Oh, little" she replied, "about
as big as bean"
Then Albert pinched the tube
and out shot the paste.
"Oh, oh!' exclaimed his mother.
"Not so much. said as big as a
beam"
"Yes," said Albert, ''this is "A
string ean."-Youth's Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Parts of a Tree

When we look at tree we can
recognize In its makeup three prin-
cipal parts. They are the roots, the
stem, and the crown. The roots
comprise that part of tree that is
usually found below the ground,
says the American Tree association.
Such trees as the spruces, the hem
locks, and the pines have roots that
tend to spread and lie close to the
ground. These shallow-rooted trees
are, as a rule, not windfirm. Other
trees, such as the hickories, the
oaks, and the walnuts develop a
long taproot. These trees are firm
iy anchored and rarely uprooted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
EfectiUe Comeback

When DR.. Wellington Koo, highly
cultured and American educated
Chinaman, was in Washington he
attended banquet and found him
self seated next to an 0bsequious
American, of the kind who thinks
there is only one kind of Chinaman.
The first course had passed and
the American thought it time to
start some sort of conversation.
"Likee soupee?" he asked Of Koo.
The Chinaman bowed affirmatively.
A few minutes later, when the
POSTMASTER had finished his Open
ing remarks, Koo leaned over.
Like speechee" the Chinaman
quizzed the American. Converse
ton between them Jagged after
that.-Capper's Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Leather Centuries Old

Pieces OF leather believed to be
six centuries old, dug up in exca-
waiting for the foundation of a new
building in the city of London, were
still in serviceable condition and
were used by the workmen to re-
pair their shoes. The find was made
in a heap about ten yards square
of waste and manufactured leather
in layer Of black mud, which APP
parently had been the dump Of a
medieval leather worker, deposited
in the Fourteenth or Fifteenth GEN.
fury. The wet earth had preserved
the material.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Many-Legged Optin,isf

Several belated examination pa
pers tell us that posters are sheets
Of paper pasted on blackguards :"
that IAN optimist is a thing with
a lot Of little legs" that San aQue-
duct does marvellous things at q
circus" and that ALI Bahia means
away when the crime was commit
ted" Also that "R. s. v. p"
means received same, very
prompt" Too many students get
their learning by ear and not very
well then. Capper's Weekly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Ancient Courts

AS a result of recent inquiry, 1t
has been ascertained that there are
more than 100 courts in England
that have not had session for 30
years. The origin of these in
ferior local courts can be traced
to the time when there had to be
as many courts in the land as there
were manors, so that justice could
be taken to the poor mans door.
Among the Forest courts there
exist the Survey of Dogs and the
Court of Swainmote, which, al
though not repealed, have been out
of use for centuries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
aAuto'S" Derivation

The word automobile was taken
from the Greek "auto,' meaning
self, plus the Latin '"mobilis,"
meaning movable. 1t is of French
origin and is an adjective used as
a noun. In its first usage 1t was
applied only to pleasure vehicles
or carriages. The term was ere
ated to meet the sudden demand
for a word to describe the horse
less, or self-propelled vehicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Voiced Her Desire

One day while four-year-old
Helen and her father were out
walking, he took her into an ice
cream parlor. He thought she had
decided to have a chocolate soda :.
so, when the waitress APPEARED, he
said:
"Helen, tell the lady what you
want
Imagine his surprise when Helen
fnnocently replied:
"A baby brother"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Weston's Record Stands

There is an old Greek legend that
Esclides, before the Christian era,
was sent to bring the sacred fire
from Delphos to Athens, and made
the journey there and back, 125
miles, in one day. Edward Payson
Weston in 1875 walked lbs miles
In single day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Torun,s Claim, to Fame

Magnesia is an ancient town In
Asia Minor, situated near Smyrna.
The place is now called Manissa.
1t was at this town that the attrac-
tive properties of the lodestone
were discovered, hence the terms
magnet, magnetism, etc. 1t has also
given its name to magnesium.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Most Children on Forms

More than half the farm popula-
ton Of the United States. 50.4 per
cent to be exact, is made up Of per-
sons under twenty-one. In the
cities only 37.5 per cent of the peo-
pie are less than twenty-one.
Which is as 1t should be, for the
country Is the place to raise chill
dren. And farm-raised boys and
girls are the life-blood Of all large
cities. Capper's Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Smile Worth While

No matter with how much or
how little beauty you are en-.
dowed, you are better looking when
You smile. Looks count much In
this world. yet most when coupled
with solid worth. Grit
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29

"A working day should not be
more than eight hours long" "But
what are you going to do with your
time" inquired the naturally indus.
trious person, when you don't care
for dancing or motion pictures7"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Credit to the KiloDatt

The world owes much to cleo
tricity. 1t has made the Injuries
of a few fortunate families In the
last generation the convenience OF
the millions today.-Buffalo News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Clean Mirrors

In washing mirrors do not let the
water or other cleansing fluid run
under the frame. 1t will loosen It
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Feminine Philosophy

It is Nine. de Stael who loves to
quote that inimitable definition of
Schelling, architecture Is frozen
music" 1t is she. the most IA
nous woman of her century, who
finds that "for women glory is only
brilliant mourning worn for hap
piness," and that everything which
does not touch ones heart leaves
ones life Free
On a profounder subject she
says: "The mystery of existence
Is the connection between our sins
and our sorrows. I have never done
a wrong which has not been the
cause Of a misfortune :" and, zone
must take care, If one can, that the
decline of this life be the youth Of
the next. To forget self without
ceasing to be interested in others
gives the soul something Of the d.
vine. From "The Women of the
Salons" biz s c. Tallantyre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
Truly Feminine Role

The Woman's neighbor is the
mother Of a girl of eleven, boy
of nine, and another wee daughter
Of five. One recent rainy after
noon the Woman dropped in for
chat and found all three children
at home. In the course of the con-
versation the subject changed to
plans for the future. The moth
er in an attempt to discover her
children's viewpoints asked each
one to name his or her ambition.
The girl Of eleven replied without
hesitation that she intended to be
a great singer. The boy chose
as his vocation the profession Of
acting. In response to the same
question, however, the little one of
FIVE answered simply, II want to
be the audience.-New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29

MACHINERY
so Gallon Gas Barrel Lead Bars
Bob Sleigh SwiIl Cart
Cream Cooler Brooder House
4 Barrel Galvanized Water Tank
Tank Heater Hay Sings
Sets Heavy Work Harness
DeLaval Cream Separator, No. Is
Capital 800 Egg Incubator
X-Ray Incubator, 120 eggs
500 Capacity Chicken Brooder
120 Foot Hay Rope Pullies and Sling
Post Hole Digger Log Chains
2 Scoop ShOvels Wagon with hay rack
Cream Cans and 10 gallons
Wagon with double box SwiI Barrels
z Foot John Deere Binder Pump Jack
Mccormick Deering Manure Spreader, nearly
new Mccormick Corn Binder
Three Horse Drag VanBrunt Drill
John Deere Sulky Plow with breaker attach
ment 2 Garden CuItivators
Walking PlOw Lacrosse Sulky PloW
Mccormick Deering Quack Grass Digger,
nearly new Blue Star Corn Planter
John Deere Row Cultiyat0r
Single Row Emerson Cultivat0r
Fairbanks & Morse A Horse Engine with
trucks Mccormick Hay Rake
2 International " Horse Engines, nearly
new Foot Minnesota Mower
Empire Milking Machine all equipped, as
good as new Coal Heater
500 Bushel Good Seed Oats
CHICKENS
Some LeghOrn and full bl0Oded Rhode Island
Reds 100 Spring Chickens
Many other articles too numerous to mention
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
I78 Head Livestock

81 HEAD CATTLE
Practically all Of these animals are high
grade Holsteins and I. B. tested.
Holstein Cow, years old, fresh Nov. 80
Holstein Cow, 4 years old, fresh Jan l
Brown Swiss Heifer, 8 yrs. old, fresh Dec. Is
A Holstein Heifers fresh in Dec.
2 H0lstein Heifers, years old
HOlstein Bull, months old. Jersey Calf
10 Holstein Heifers coming 2 years old
Shorthorn Heifer, coming years old
Red Cow, years old, freshen Nov. 20
Red Cow, years old, freshen Dec. %
Red Cow, A year old, freshen Dec 20
H0lstein Cow, years old fresh
HOlstein, years old, fresh
H0lstein Cow, years old, fresh Nov. %
HOlstein Cow, years old, fresh Jan.
Black Cow, year old, fresh Dec. 80
Holstein Cow, years old, fresh Dec %
9 HEAD HORSES
Brown Gelding, years old, weight 1900
Team Bay Mares, coming 2 years old
Brown Gelding, year old
Gray Gelding, weight 1900
Sorrel Mare, years old, weight 1900
Black Mare, years old, weight 400
Team Gray Geldings, and years old,
weight 1900 and 14OO
SO Duroc Jersey
HOGS
Il Sows
Boar 80 Spring Pigs
L
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
SECRET OF POPULARITY.

Many folks, particularly
young people of reserved nat
ures, worry because they are
rot popular They envy folks
who always have admirers and
friends. Many people of super
Tor intellect look down on pop
ularity. They feel 1t shows a too
easy-going nature. They hold
that if a person is to live sim
cerely and do his dnty, he must
often antagonize others, and
make himself exceedinly I'M
popular.
Popularity comes in differ
ent ways. In the old days Of
free liquor a lot of people ac-
CURED popularity by the free
dom with which they "set 'em
up This was the basis on
which many politicians got
their start. They were always
ready to line up their friends
in front of the brass rail and
have several rounds ION me"
Many people win popularity by
free spending, by living extra
vagantly and scattering cash
in all directions.
On the other hand many peo-
pie acquire popularity by de-
voting themselves to some pub
lie cause. College boys who car
ry on student activities, usual
ly acquire popularity. They are
entitled to it because they have
to devote much time to main
tanning the reputation of their
institution. 4 sss
Similarly in community life.
i. Many people acquire popularity
just by giving great deal of
effort to public activities, Of
ten more than superior persons
who criticise them are willing
to devote to such causes. Many
people acquire popularity by
the friendly interest they show
everybody, by a winsome smile
and cordial manner.
People who live .self-absorb-
ed lives are not popular and do
not deserve to be. Any person
can acquire certain measure
of popularity by manifesting
interest and doing helpful
things for others and perform
ing service for the community.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
WIDER ROADWAYS
AVERT ACCIDENTS

It Is estimated by Minnesota high
way officials that one Of the greatest
errors In road construction during the
past ten years has been building Of
roads and bridges which are too mar
row to properly care for the constant
ly increasing traffic. Most of the pub
lie highways in Minnesota have
right-Of-way, which is rods or 66
feet in width, but in many localities
this has been found to be inadequate
for trunk highway construction, and
the state highway department has in
several instances provided rfght-of-
way, having minimum width of so
feet. In some cases near congested
centers of population, 100 feet has
been provided.
The nnimGsn width of roadways,
the travelled portion of the highway
provided on trunk-route construction,
is 80 feet. and the minimum width
of pavement being constructed. is Is
feet. On many sections, however, the
heavier Travelled routes are being
graded to provide for a 3S-foot road
way which will accommodate a pave
ment width suitable for four lines of
vehieular traffic, side by side. This
will permit the slowly-moving traffic
to follow the extreme right-hand side
of the roadway and allow faster We
hicles to oyertake and pass the slower
ones without danger Of collision
with vehicles coming from the oppo-
site direction.
Two reasons are given for the in
adequate width of some of the pres
ent roads One is the lack of vision
and failure to estimate the vast in
crease of motor vehicle transporta-
ton, and the other Is that of the
false economy TIE number of motor
vehicles using the highways in Min
nesota has doubled in the last six
years, but road built six years ago,
in most cases, still has the same
width Actual experience has proved
that building road of adequate
width can be accomplished much
cheaper at time of construction than
adding to the width at a later date.
If adequate widths of subgrade and
structures are provided, a narrow
pavement which at the time Of con-
struction was adequate for the traffic
then existing, can be wldened at APP
proximately the same unit cost which
was expended for the original job.
During the last five years the Min
nesota highway department has ne
gotiated with over 500 land owners
along trunk routes in widening and
Strengthening rights-of-way and pro-
vfding clearer vision on curves, and 1t
is held that the expenditure of public
funds made for this purpose is of
more Importance in the protection of
human lives than that made for any
other purpose.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
C(JLLS

The fool who has been part
ed from his money always feels
cheap.
You hear lot of talk about
self-made men, but all men are
that.
Experts think the old-fash-
Toned dance is coming back,
but we don't.
If you want to make someone
believe YOU tell them some
thing they want to hear.
Women are wise in not TAX
ing much time to reply to the
chronicle criticisms. of men.
Honesty may be the best pol
icy, but telling the truth isn't
always exactly polite.
Complaints help to prove
that there are persons who are
poor sports in various ways.
There is not much hope for
the person who makes work
the last eXpedlent Tor getting
along.
The sad thing about having
a wife is she is always wishing
her husband would be more
sensible or more foolish.
The freedom men really de-
sire is freedom from the med
locrity that keeps them from
getting a million.
Whether Methuselah actually
reached the age of 500 years,
It seems not to be disputed
chat he is dead now.-
A new continent is being
formed in the Pacific ocean,
scientists say. It's a little early
to plan an excursion, however,
as it will not be visible for l..
500 years.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
Four Governments Plan
Highway Across Canada

Four different governments have at
last needed the call of the people Of
Canada for an all-Canadian highway
stretching from Halifax, n. s., to Van
couver, B. G. Four governments have
met on equal ground. and each has
pledged the completion of the neces-
sary work.
Ontario says: 1--WE are already com
plotting our last remaining link" AL
berta is to have It's link ready this
year. The Dominion government,
speaking for Jasper National park,
states that it will link up with Al
berta this year, and British Column
hia, the last to fall into line, declares
"When the Jasper highway reaches
Tete Juane Cache British Columbia
will have road to carry it on to Van
couver."
1t will be possible to tour across
Canada on modern highway before
the end of the present year. Here
tofore 1t has been necessary to drop
down into the States at many points.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
DESIRES TO HEAR
FROM THE PEOPLl
(By Carter Wormeley.)

.
Richmond, Va, Sept Follow
ing announcement that DR.. M.
V. O'Shea, of the University of
Wisconsin, will head the APP
preaching survey Of the ed
ucational institutions of Virgin
"a, Major Robert t. Barton,
Jr., chairman of the special in
vestigating commission named
by Governor Byrd has made a
further important announce
ment.
Chairman Barton says:
In order that the commission
may study the educational sys-
tenn of Virginia to better adj
vantage the body has divided
itself into three separate COM
mittees, as follows a commit
tee on higher education, exclu-
sive of teachers colleges,
which committee comprises
DR.. Charles J. Smith, of Salem,
chairman, Senator James S.
Barron and w. M. Gravatt.
Committee on teachers col
leges- DR.. Meta Glass, Sweet
Brian, chairman, Judge T. w.
Haas, w. w. Bird.
Committee on primary and
secondary education w. H.
East, Churchville, chairman,
p. G. Hassinger, r. Lindsay
Gordon.
The commission, said Major,
Barton, invites every citizen OF
Virginia to communicate to il
his or her opinion of the educat
ional system in detail, with re-
concentrations and suggest
ions covering every phase of
the system. This is requested
in order that the commission
may have for consideration the
views of the people of the
State and in order that its re-
port may adequately reflect
these views.
Letters should be directed tt
The Chairman, The commits
sion on Education, State Cap.
itOl, Richmond. Va,
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
What is your Position

You are booster or a knock
er, there is no middle ground
to which class do you belong?
The man who does the most
good for his home town is not
always the man who receives
the most credit. There are plen-
ty of true boosters who not on
ly do not allow the opportunity
to pass to say a good word or
do some act for the betterment
of his home, but create oppor-
tunities to do so. He is the cit
izen of whom every one is
proud, with like individuals the
situation is created whereby it
is possible that some other
good citizen who has not done
so much work will come along
and reap the benefit of the
work of others. The real hon.
est to goodness booster is not
jealous when the other is given
credit, he gets his reward in
the consciousness of having
benefited the town.
Because one does not knock
his home town, does nothing as
a matter of fact one way or the
other, will not relieve him of
the charge of knocker. Not
to take an affirmative position
in matters of interest to the
town, and there are always mat
tiers of interest, places one on
the negative side. There is alb
solutely no way in which to re-
main neutral, for if that posit-
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-09-15
ORDER PUBLICATION

In the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of the County of
Dickinson, on the 22nd day of
August 1927.
Virgie Gillian Complainant
against
Graham Gillian Defendant.
The object of this suit is to
obtain a divorce a vinculo mat
rlmonli, upon the grounds of
desertion.
And affidavit having been
made and filed that the defend
ant Graham Gillian is not res
ident Of the State of Virginia.
1t IS ordered that he do appear
here within 10 days after due
publication hereof, and do what
may be necessary to protect
his interest in this suit. And
1T is further ordered that a
copy hereof, be published once
a week for four successive
weeks IN the Dickinson Count
Herald and that a copy be post
ed at the front door of the
courthouse of this county on
or before the First September
rules, 1927.
A copy-Teste:
w. e. Rasnick Clerk
BY N. p. Hughes D. G..
8-25-4W.