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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
Girl Sold Worms to
Win Way to Camp

Reno, Nev.-Sixty dozen
long, fat angleworms took
eleven-year-old Mildred Cliff
} to the Nevada Junior Farm
bureau camp.
Here's how:
Mildren belongs to the
Clover Leaf Al club of
Washoe valley. All the other
boys and girls decided to at
tend the camp, but Mildred
) lacked the So necessary for
expenses. OF course, she
). could have sold eggs, run er-
rands, weeded gardens and
performed other chores, but
she didn't.
On the cOntary, she dug and
delivered 720 angleworms at
) five cents a dozen to her
ranch neighbor, Miss Rather
inc Levers, art teacher at the
} university Of Nevada. Miss
Levers fed the wrigglers to
} her prize ducks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
Not His Fault

Gentle hands were lifting Pat
from the wreckage of his automo-
bile, which had just been struck at
a grade crossing by fast passen-
ger train.
"How did 1t happen?" asked a
friend, who was with the rescue
party.
"Begorra," fumed Pat, "tis more
than OF can understand. Ye'd have
thought that the engineer of the
train could have seen me comm in
broad daylight"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13

The phrase "open sesame" was
the password at which the door Of
the robbers cave few open In the
"Tale Of the Forty Thieves" ("Ara-
bian Nights') hence a key to
mystery or anything that acts like
magic in obtaining a favor, admis.
sion or recognition.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
FrugaIity

Frugality may be termed the
daughter of prudence, the sister Of
temperance, and the parent Of lib
erty. He that is extravaganza will
quickly become poor, and poverty
will enforce dependence and invite
cOrruDtiOn.-Samue Johnson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
Resented Annoyances

A bomb exploded during a chess
tournament in South America the
other day. An absorbed player re-
marked rather irritably that If mem
bers Of the audience wanted to
sneeze they might at least go out
side.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
Bodies Fed to Birds

At Lhasa, Tibet, where the ground
Is so frozen a. to prevent burial of
the dead there are human butchers
in each village who take charge of
the bodies, cut them .p into small
pieces and throw them to the birds
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
Unity Lutheran Church

Sunday, Dec. Is.
Rehearsal of Christmas program
at 7:30 in the evening.
All children taking part are re-
quested to be present.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13

Subject: "God Manifest in
Man"
Epworth League Gas. =
Evening service $780,.
The choir of the Methodist
church, of Long Prairie, will furn-
ish music for this service.
Thos. B. Shorts, Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13

Zion Lutheran Church
Sunday, Dec. 16.
1000 A. M. Service in the Eng
fish language.
100 A. M. Sunday School.
200 P. M. Rehearsal of Ihrisr-
mas program.
1000 A. M. Sat. Religious IN
struction.
1880 P. M. Friday. Choir re-
hearsal.
]. q. Schumacher, Pastor.
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday School 9:45.
Morning worship 1O:45.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-13
The Churches

Seventh Day Adventist
Sabbath school 1890.
Preaching services II 80.
Visitors always welcome.
St. PauPs Catholic Church
Sunday-Low Mass at 500 A.
M; High Mass al 1000 A. M. !;
Vespers at 1880.
Our Lady of the Angels Church
Early Mass at 500. A. M.
High Mass, sermon and Bene-
diction at 1000 A. M.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

launder well. the s~titched-in hem. and
added wash tuck. which will make IL
easier to lengthen. Extra ~fastenings
have been avoided BY the slip-on de-
sign.
In this section Of the state one Is
always sunburned, therefore / chose
q cool green color. which helps off
set the extreme tan Of the skin. I Sc
lected a small figure because a figure
Of that type makes enc look smaller.
The color for the trimming repeats
the outstanding color in the dress. AS
IL IN not good taste 60 combine two
kinds OF figured materials, X used a
solid color for trimming.
The underwear for this costume Ia
Of plain white, durable material trim
med with u fine decorative stitch.
For shoes / selected q low heel.
broad toe, flexible sole, modified OK
ford type. For school wear cotton
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

A. & M. short course. She Is a an
club girl, and was instructed BY Miss
Kate Adele Hill, county home demon
stration agent.
The article. as reproduced In the
Farm q Ranch magazine. follows:
planned my contest garments
with the help Of magazine illnstra-
tions. the advice OF our county home
demonstration agent, and by reading
and studying articles on school ap-
parel. The why" that / planned nv
contest garmens was in hopes OF win
ming the trip 10 the A. a M. college.
short course, 30 as 10 be able to learn
more about sewing.
AS my costume Is to be for school
wear ! chose a simple design with
slendeTizing lines, as I am OF short
stature with broad hips. This dress
is appropriate for school because OF
the f~ast-color material which will
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

hose are most appropriate because
they are more durable and less ex-
pensive. After we had our county
contest, the woman's chamber OK com
merce IN HarIingen invited Maria
Guerra, the girl from Cameron county
who won i'm Class III, Miss Hill and
myself % a luncheon, and Maria and
I read our essays. When I came 70
the part about wearing cotton hose.
all OK the ladies applauded, and after
I finished, the president said that
she wished the town high-school girls
had the same sort OF training that we
were having.
In addition 10 using good judgment
I'm choosing my clothes. | must rcmem-
Der Go carry myself well. 90 keep my
self neat and clean, and well groomed,
70 cultivate q soft pleasing voice. to
eat a protective diet, and 10 live up
90 the club creed, III that I may be,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

eron county home demonstration
agent. soon after her return.
Miss Hill started her work with
a meeting with the Browne tract
club Wednesday afternoon. The
Browne Tract clab IL one OF the
three new clubs IN the county, or
ganized during the summer.
The program for club work dur
ing September is to be the charm
school," or person grooming, includ-
irg care Of the complexion, etc,
Miss Hill said. This program was
adopted at the request Of the club
women of the county.
October viii include another
health program. and November will
be candy making. confections, and
packing OF Christmas candy.
January will be devoted tc refin-
ishinE furniture. and February TO
yard Improvement and landscapinr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

with the assistance Of landscape
engineers.
The March program will include
upholstering ard refinishing Of fur
niture. and May will be club re-
freshments.
There viii be two major contests
for adults. enc being improved liv-
ing room contest. and the other
public speaking.
Miss Hill said that work Of girls
clubs would also be started again
next week. Both Miss Hill and Mr..
Alsmeyer are allowing the club
members to rest a week or so, until
after school opening is Strengthened
out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06
All CLUB Girl
GIVEN HONOR
Cameron County Lass
Tells OF Planning
Own Clothes

SAN BENITO. Tex, Sept. 6.-@How
and Why I Planned My Contest Gar
ment," Is the subject Of n paper by
Mildred Youzg. club girl Of this sec
ton. which won second prize at the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06
FARM WOMEN
TO KEEP BUSY
Miss Hill, Demonstra-
ton Agent, Has
Big Program

Especial to The herald
SAN BENITO. Sept. ga busv
program Of work which "a Ia b
saunehed nc once. was announced
here BY Miss Kate Adele Hill. Cam
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

1i.oo0 VOLTS THROUGH BODY
ST. PAUL, Minn.-When Robert
Stewart touched a live wire IL. ZOO
volts passed through his body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

WASHINGTON. Sept. 6r-tPp-Thc
interstate commerce commission to-
day received nn application from
Che Southern PEcifir company tO nc
ouirc control or the Northwestern
PariSic railroad. operating over d7B
mics. hT stock purchase. AT
ready owning half cf the stock in
the Northwestern railroad. the
Southern Pacific company proposed
to purchase the remaining half from
the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad. The price offered ls s4.-
4A3.34a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

in every sense or the word mn real
Texas club girl.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-06

CHICAG0.-The first man ever arr
rested for stealing golf balls ian Chi
cago IL George KinEer, age 6S.
Evening star., 1928-01-29

Hadcs. 1t ceascs to be an evil, and may
be met with certain philosophical
superiority. When we are alive. ne
argues. death does not exist for us: nor
does 1t exist for us when we are dead;
"since the mind is mortal, nothing
whatever, when we shall no more be.
will avail to rouse sensation In uS.--not
II the earth shall be mingled with the
sea end the sea with heaven" When
We are dead we are SO dead that we do
not know that we are dead. what Is
there then in life so passing bitter, II
IL come in the end TO sleep and peace
Shall we not with SwinburneD thank
whatever gods there be that every river
rms at last into some ocean. ana the
mortal coil of grief and pain can at iast
he shuffled of forever? It Is great
relief to the unhappy I,ucretius to be-
lievc that even the CrueleSt god cannot
make him suffer beyond the gates OF
deata. and so he offers us strange con-
sohtion:
Even L .her. iurk oei,ind some veil
of sky ,
The tabled Maker, The Immortal
Rad, so torture each poor life he
made.
Thou canst do more than God can
thou canst die!
He thinks with Spencer, that re-
uaion arose through dreams, IN which
TIC dead walked as If alive and made
men think some abode must be from
which these ghosts return to peSter
thcjr rosto,tty. Instead of tracing re-,
,i~ior IN the desire for more ]ifc. and
~ longing to sec loved ones whom We
have lost he reduces it tn a fear OF tne
decd, and huttrcsseS ris argument win
vivid account Of the tnhuman
sacrifices with which men have sought
10 slake the thirst of the gods.
Thus many a time before the
heautcous shrines calf falls sacr'-
feed beside the incense-smoking
affairs. and from the breast spurts
hot stream of blood: but the be-
rcaved mother. as sh& ranges over
the green lawns. knows the foot
prints stamped on the ground by the
cloyen hoofs, scanning with her eyes
Evening star., 1928-01-29

these spots dwell soothing Joys; tnere-
fore here is the real understanding OF
mind OF man. All the rest OF the soul
disseminated throughout the booy
obcvs and moves at the Will ano IN
clination OF this visceral MIND. SINH
Iarlv sensation is a material process:
every object sends out particles whose
impincement upon our senses causes
the sensation. 1.-THE outermost surface
is ever streaming off from things.
This will become fashionable science,
as radioactivity. after 20 centuries
Newton will explain light as the emana-
tion of material particles from the OBJ
iect upon the retina: Young and
thousand physicists will contiitr him.
and the lapse OF time will bring still
dents back to the Newtonian-Lucretian-
lrean-Democritean view. So SCI
entitic "vcrities" are like hats. which
viii come into fashion again IL they are
, patiently preserved.
Since The soul shares the material
structure OF the body it grows w.'E It
and with it decays. There Is no iri-
mortality.
What, Shall the dateIeSs worlds in
dust be- blown
Back 10 the unremembc"e0 and un-
known.
And this frair thou--ths fame Of
Yesterday
Burn on forlorn. immortal and alone'
Did Nature, in the nurseries OF the
night.
Tend il for this Nature whose heed
less might
Liz >crne poor 7hinwrcckcd sailor
takes tho h2rc
And casts 1t blc&ting OIL thc shores
OF light?
What is II there A cry is ell 1t is;
II knows not If its limbs be yours or
his.
Less than shat cry The babe was
yesterday.
The man tomorrow shall be less than
This.
Tissue by tissue to a soul'he grows
AS leaf by leaf the rose becomes the
rose.
Tissue from tissue rots; and as the
Goes from the bubbles when they
burst, he goes.
Flakes on the water on the water
cease!
Soul of The body, melt ano sleep like
these
Atoms To atoms WEAKNESS To rest,
Ashes 10 ashes--hopes and fears 20
peace"
x
In truth Lucretltls rejects immortal
ity for that same reason which makes
most Of us long for it: the fear Of death.
He takes quite rs seriously as his enc
mics the thought ~ another world, hnf
he Has ,.ct tcg-& ,.fc So smooth and
saeet ~ % Ny, -cr IS ste..:t" Ec
coeS -ct t2..s'e - Lsm. e~cept rs 2
Sy'..cc...- -. Ger oC- existence c:. the eat.
a.e since ccsts does net cast Us ..to
Evening star., 1928-01-29

thinks will not take too seriously the
magnificent and marvellous Inventions
of his race: these are but variations and
improvements In the means with which
mankind seeks old and unchanging
ends: behind the new powers of eye and
arm are the ancient grccds and cruel
ties of khe soul. Only che surface alters.
knowledge grows from more to more,
but OF what use is 1t when human pur-
poses remain as contradictory, rs sui
cidal. as before? Eadem omnia semrer.
says this gloomy dean Of Roman
thinkers: "All things are always the
same: only fashions change.
Yes, some nations, some individuals.
some causes. are moving forward inch
by inch. like armies ranged as little
pins upon map: but other nations,
other ir<: ,1Ials. other causes, are
losing erolnt, IS the young grow about
us we begin to die Some nations wax
others wane, and in a brief space the
races of living things are changed and
like runners hand over the lamp OF
life" The soil of Rome, which was
once SO fertile. and bred so brave a
nation. approaches exhaustion. and
threatens the existence of the state
lmen will write in the twentieth cen
tury. books purporting to discover this
Rome) "The sorroWful planter
impeaches the march OF time and
wearies heaven, comprehending not
that all things are gradually wasting
away and passing to the grave.
i
The Orl" thing lacking in th,S tol-
| lover Of Epicur'Is iG FpicurCsniam
There is no ioy IN him. and the pasay
touch Is gone; not only Is the Stolt
sternness driving out tne will TO live
and the zest of love, but almost g
premonition of Christianity is upon our
poet, filing him with sense of uni
versal vanity and inevitable death. His
tory. which is the Joke book Of philoso-
pliers. was never so facetious as when
it gave to the sanity Epicurus and the
somber Lucretius the joyous name OF
EpicureanS.
It is true that the great poem calls
upon alma Venus" and "Dux vitae dia
Vouptas" creative love, and divine
Evening star., 1928-01-29

every SPOT to see II she can any,
where behold her lost yOungling,
then, each time she desists from her
search she fills the leafy woods with
her meanings, and goes back TO her
stall pierced In the heart by the loss
Of her calf Nor can the soft will
lows. nor the grass quickened with
dew. nor yon rivers gliding level
with their. banks. comfort her soul or
put away the care that has entered
her heart.
The eliminating horror OF all IS
human sacrifice. as when Agamemnon
offers Iphigenia to win little wind
from heaven: Tantum religio potlit
suadere malorum. ito crimes so great
religion counsels men" IT. Is sad
line, rs ruthless as it is strong; but
those who wish to preserve religion will
have TO reckon with it.
X +
Society.
Ir the midst Of this attack upon re-
iigion L,lcretius finds time for many
diversions in many fields of science
and IL Is astonishing what range he
covers and how sound is his varied
erlIdition. AS he enters upon Book
Fifth we imagine ourselves listening to
some expert in anthropology: here is
the story OF social development-of the
evolution of marriage. and its effect IN
softening the brutal and individualiStit
nature OF man: Of the family and It's
growth into social organization, no"
the strength that came of social order
cnabled man to conquer the animal
and establish his supremacy on the
earth: how language grew out Of geS-
lures end music from the imitation ol
birds: how fire came through the fric-
ton of dry boughs and leaves under the
hot sun; how from the use of nails and
teeth man passed to the invention OF
a thousand helping tools.
But even as our spirits warm with
this brilliant survey of the progress OF
man from Savagery to civilization, from
barbarism to humanity, the stern
philosopher and poet blots out the sun
With his picture of inevitable and uni
verSal dissolution. The wise man, he
Evening star., 1928-01-29

pleasure, guide OF life; but 1t Is only
poetic. not moral license: the final
counsel. as with Epicurus. is that quiet
ordering OF the so'n. hhat gooike
ataraxia. which preserves our fieah
from i'll only by dulling every sense.
Llcretius. torn with passions and emo
tions, lifted to poetry white he nsdi-
tates philosophy. longs for tn, VIZ
mans calm--"to be able 10 look on all
things NTH a. mind at rest" And 81
the outset Of his second book he mag
q pleasant me!ai-. ,c convey n'G @,..:.aLr1
Of peace;
T. is sweet when on the create" th~
winds trouble the Waterf to behold
from land another's deep distress.
not that IT. Is q pleasure End delight
that any should be afflicted but oo-
cause it Is sweet 10 see from what
! ev''s you are yourself exempt.
! But nothing is more welcome than
/ TO hold the loft and serene position"
as we'll fortified bV the learning Of
| the wise, from which you may lOOE
! down upon others and soc thcm
wandering oil abroad ard going
astrav in their search for tnp path
of life--see the contest among them
OF intellect. the rivalry Of birth. the
striving night and dav with sur
passing effort TO struggle up IN n"
summit Of power and he mastere of
the world Oh miserable mind of
men! Oh, blinded beasts, Man
kind tolls ever vainly and wastes
life In groundless care 5"cauee
they have not lcarped what is tn"
true end oF getting and ~ IN -.oa'
point genuine rloa.Iro c0cr ~ m
crca3ing: by al0w dcgrcc1 tr', hae
carried life ont into tne dccp sca
and stirred up from thar lo1 c3t
depths the mighty b;ilo7: ~ var
It may be so but then perrar:
Nietzsche was right: when re become
so reasonable it Is time for lis 10 die
This attempt TO satisfy With light never
| succeeds: it is fire We want as we'll q
! light; for in our secret hearts We art
! chilled with loneliness. soon a gospe
OF love will come and carry away thes'
apostles Of weary wisdom; soon Z
/ breath Of fire from the parchcd hills o
! Galilee will sweep down upon thesr
Evening star., 1928-01-29
The Story of Civilization

rPnewS the face of the earth lndi-
vidually we miss Immortality. but col
lectivelv we are deathleSS: We are cell:
that fall from the body OF life, thai
more vigorous and vital cells may takt
our place. And at the grave of the
old. who have lived out their years anc
quietly return 10 the sheltering peace
of The earth. rose checked children
stand and saplins youths. ready II
carry on the ceaSeleSs adventure o.
life
Death is the instrument of growth
il is part Of that natural selection ol
the healthy and clever and strong ano
that elimination OF the untintelligen'
and the weak on which the develop
mcnt CT life depends.
Many monsters. too. the earth OF
old tried 10 produce, things of
strange face and limbs: some with
out feet. some without hands. some
without mouth. some without eyes
Every other monster of this kind
the earth produced. but in vain. for
nature set ban on their !r:c.ease;
they could not reach the coveted
flower OF age. nor find food. nor be
united in marriage. Ana
many races OF living things must
Then have died out and been unable
10 h"cet and continue their breed.
Fnr ~ tho ccS" cf all things whtch
vCu Sc breathing the breath Ct hfe
either craft cr courage or speed hss
from, the beginning Of IT'S existence
protected and preserved each par
ticular race. Courage mas
protected the fierce breed of lions
and savage men: craft preserved the
fox. and proneneSs 10 flight the stag.
Those 10 whom nature has
granted none OF these qualities would
lie exposed as q prey and booty OF
others until nature brought their
kind 10 extinction.
Soul and mind are evolved with the
BODY and are material as the BODY It
self. For when the soul is seen 10
move the limbs or rouse the body from
sleep. or alter the countenance. or
guide and turn about the whole man.
and when we see that none of these
effects can take place without touch,
nor touch without body, must We NOT
admit that the mind and the soul are
OF q bodily nature?" It is difficulty
which viii make many theologian
sweat How can the mind act upon
the body except through contact. and
how ran ANYTHING have contact with a
oodv unless II is itself p body?
Evening star., 1928-01-29
n,on,inued f,nm Third Page


forms-crcvth and decay. evolution
and dissolution. life and death. repro
Fuctiop S.i6 obstruction, Venus" anC
MARS" All forms begin and have
their end: only atoms. space and Ian
remain: birth is a prelude 10 death
and even this massive universe vii
thaw and fiow back into formlessness
40 single thing sbides but all things
fcw
r>raament TO fragment clings. the
:r-nSs thus grow
rn'f we know and name them.
- degrees
~ melt. and are no more the
!f.Igs We know.
Cioho6 from the atoms fallirE slow
~ swift
! soc the Sline ] see The systems lt!t
Their forms; and even the systems
and their suns
shah 81 back slowly to the eternal
drift,
Thou too. q Esrth-thine empires
lands and seas
Least. with thy stars. a. all The
calaXieS.
CIabcd from INC orju Ike lhese.
'iSe 'hcSo thou. too.
She't c.. Thou pvt going honr ~
hcr Ike these.
Nothing ahideS. Thy ssa~ n delicate
he-e
CO OF; those mcored sands forsake
their place:
And where they are shall other
seas in turn
New with their scythes Of WhiteneSS
other bays,
This is The most up-to-6ate astron-
o'ny: it is the sort Of cOsmogony ths
viii plunge Anatole France and Henry
Adams into a polite despair. But
LIcretius goes on un6ismaye6 to eN-
nlsin the birth of systems by inc
fortuitous concourse of atoms: the re-
current denudation of the soil and It's
recreation from the depths OF the
ocean in the eternal war between conu-
nent and sea: the phenomena Of rain
end rainbow. Of thunder and lightning
~ earthquakes and storms. Here III
mis- marvellous poem are ASTRONOMY and
geology. physics and chemistry, biology
and psychology. sociology and history.
relicion and ethics: everything Is here
Evening star., 1928-01-29
I-land7 Haze Favorable Trade.

..s '.---."4f-,! Pcs
Tnc Philippine Lcl2rL2 tzG g sa1c--
zt.e balance Of alrcoS, $40 600 oco n
~ eternal trade during LAST year. a
rabiegram 70 the War Department.
announced the 1927 export Is sl55 STA
Q35. an increase Of si8,659.766 over
1926, and imports as sll5.o5l47l. a
decrease of s3,447.52l. Practically three
fourtns Of the exports came 70 the
United States. which furnished more
than tnree-hfths of the imports.
Many new automobile highways are
being constructed in Guatemala.