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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
THE BAR0N'S LAST BANQUET.
BY ALBERT @. GRLINB.

Der low couch the setting sun had thrown it,
latest ray,
Where in his last strong agony = dying warrior
lay,
Tho stern old Baron Rudiger, whose frame had
neer been bent
BY wasting pain till time and toll iron strength
had spent. =, :
"They como around me here, and say my days Of
life are DER,
band no more;
They come, and to my beard they daro to tell mo
now, that ],
Their own liege lord and master born,-that I, ha
ha must die.
"And what is death, pve dared him oft before the
Payuim spear
Think ye he's entered at my gate, has come to seek
me herei
I've met him, faced him, scorned him, whom the
fight was raging hot
I'll try his might,-Ill brave his power; defy, and
fear him not.
"Ho sound the tocsin from my tower, and fro the
culverin,-
Bid each retainer arm with speed. call every vas
sal in; -:
Up with my banner on the wall,-ths banquet
board prepare;
Throw wide the portal Of my hall, and bring my
armor there!"
An hun dred hands were busy then-the banquet
forth was spread
And rung the heavy oaken floor with many mar
tial tread, j.:
While from the rich, dark tracery along the vault
ed wall,
Lights cleaned on harness, plume, and spear, Ger
the proud old Gothic hall. '
Fast hurrying through the outer gate the mailed
retainers poured, <-
On through the portals frowning arch and throng.
ed around the board,
While at its head, within his dark, carved oaken
chair Of state, :.
Armed cap-a-pie, stern Rudiger, with girded fal-
chion, safe.
''Fill every beaker up, my men, pour forth the
cheering wine
There's life and strength in every drop,-thanks-
giving to the vine
Are ye all there, my vassals true l-mine eyes are
.
Fill round, my tried and fearless ones each COB
let to tho hrim.
"You're there, but yet SEQ 70 not. Draw forth
each trusty sword
And let me hear your faithful steel clash onoe
around my board;
hear it family Louder et!-What clogs my
heavy BREATH
Up, all, and shout for Rudiger, Defiance unto
Deathr"
Bowl rang to bowl-steel clang to steel-and rose
deafening cry
That made the torches fare around, and shook the
flags on high
"Ho! cravens, do you fear himi-Slaves, traitors,
have ye flown,
Ho! towards, have 70 left me to meet him here
alone2 +
s'But Idefy him-let him comer' Down rang tho
massy cup, =.
While from its sheath the ready blade came fash
ing half way up;
And with the black and heavy plumes scarce
trembling on his head, =.
There in his dark, carved oaken chair, Old Rudi-
ger sat, dead.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
THE MINIsTER.ID0L.
BY n B. ALDRICH.

It had long ceased to be at Mr.. Dill:
lingham's option to return to -snnth
Carolina, and he must have congratu-
lated himself on having found 50 pleas.
ant haven as Rivermouth to rest in
until the simoom blew over. And GER
tainly Rivermouth congratulated itself
on sheltering SO brilliant young divine.
1 happened to be there at that period,
recovering from protraoted illness, and
I had the privilege Of Witnessing spec.
tacle which is possible only in genteel
decayed old towns, like that, in which
the scene of my story lies. 70 see one
or two hundred young New England
maidens burning incense and strewing
flowers before slim young gentleman
In black is a spectacle worth witnessing
once in the course of ones life. -:
The young man who, putting behind
him the less spiritual rewards Of other
professions, selects the ministry as the
field of his labors-drawn to his work
by the consciousness that it is there his
duty points is certain to impress Us
with the purity Of his purpose. That
he should exert a stronger influence
over our minds than a young lawyer
does, or a young merchant, or young
man in any respectable walk Of life, is
easily understood. But a young man,
because he buttons tho top button Of
his coat and wears white neck.tie, is
not necessarily person of exalted pur.
pose or shining ability. Yet he is apt,
without any very searching examina-
ton, to be 80 regarded in some Of our
provincial towns. think tho straight.
cut black coat must possess . subtle
magnetism in itself, something: anal.
ogous to the glamour there is in the
uniform of a young naval or army
officer. How else shall We explain the
admiration which We have many q time
seen lavished on very inferior young
men? ~-
[ am not speaking in this vein Of
the Rev. James Dillingham;. The &C.
cret Of his popularity was an open &C.
cret. 1t was his manly bearing and
handsome face and undeniable clio.
quenoe that made him a favorite 1t
once in Rlvermouth, aud would have
commended him anywhere. IF MIR.
billing ham turned the heads of all the
young women in the parish, he won
the hearts of nearly all the elderlya PED.
pie also. 1 think he would have done
this by his smiability and talents, if he
had not been 1ich or young or hand
some. IF be had been married 2 Wall,
I cannot say about that. A young M
married clergyman, especially it he il
rioh, is likely 70 be we'll thought. Of il
a2sequestered Wiley where there ar<
surplus Of blooming Raohels aud q
paucity of available Jacobs.
"Prudence Paztry" in Atlantic.
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;.,."-- ..ti
What Beeeher viii do this SUN,
mer. "well, 60 to my farm Il Peets,'
kin, tumble around on tho grass, hav,
the aJ.fever, got away from weddings
and funerals, and h.ve . good rest. II
October + shall 60 West-to Kansas
and to the praities. I've had I long.
ing to 60 to Kansas aud SEQ that State,
which, they :say,scamsout Of shlfpiss'
tiaesauda Beeeher bibles, faat ifor iytsiars,
Now'tae opportunity odsrs and I shs,l
speak 10 Kansas algisy,' Lssvsa16it6 Lssetiaf atii
Topek., Atshisoh,9i 0hahs;o 1t. pl'aaf
etc."
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
Mr.. LELAND ia gathering in all !

Mr.. Leland is gathering in oil his
outstanding funds preparatory to the
erection of the largest hotel 10 the
world in San Fraueisto. 1t will con.
tain accommodations for l 200 guests,
and. will cost 81, 100000 that is just
81 900 o. guest. San Franclsoo: will
now be- able TO- do; the biggest 'sort :aol
things on swell dinner days.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
An OLD-FAsHlONED ED MOTHER AND A
RETURNED BOY.

, Some time ago Mrs. Buckley, who
lives over in Rerrien county, Mich,
directed her son Samuel, lad of IA
years, to take turn at the churu.
Now, as Samue: had set his heart on
going a'fisbing at that very time, he
"got his back up" and fatty refused
to agitate the cream. The curvature
was promptly taken out of his spine by
a aslipper, and with tears in his eyes he
went on duty with tho dasher. In
about half an hour, and during the
brief absence Of his mother, his eyes
foil upon . plate Of fly poison, and .
bright, smart thought struck him.
just before his mother came iu Sam
uel lifted tho fatal platter to his face,
aid as she entered he put the ''poison"
from bis lips with the dramatic exelam.
alton "There, mother, 1 guess you
WON'T Tick me no more p Now what
did thus Spartan dame dot Did she
shrek for = doctor and fall into hyster-
!ios1 Not much. She simply took
Samuel BY che nspe Of the neck, lifted
! him deftly into the pantry, beat the
whites Of six eggs together, and told
him to eugulf the same instanter.; he
refusing, .he o,llsd the hired girl, and
!iu = tvinkling Sam found himself out
side the albumen. Thea Mrs. B. be.
gan preparing mustard emetio. See.
ing this, Sans pluck dissolved, and he
commenced begging and crying. IL
was only tryin' to skeer ye." But the
stern mother was not to be softened,
and Samuel had to swallow the mus.
tard: He; was then forced to take dose
'paid:killer, and had his back rubbed
With 'tVigor of Life" and his stomach
with "Ol Of Gladness.' Then he
vomtted up everything but his boots
and socka This being over, he took
seven Ayers pills, two spoonfub Of
1a!ts;Eand blue pill. And now if you
want 70 behold the maddest boy in
Michigan, just say "ay-poison' to Sam
BnckIebv,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21

Late severe froets have done con.
siderable damage to; y,nes throushous
France. 1t is estimated that ii. srapa
crop the present year will not be ab,vs
halt the average. ,~ -~~ ~--
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
THE sURF-BOAAD SPORT AT HILO
sANDw1CH ISLANDS.

Hilo is one Of the very few places on
these islands where you can see = truly
royal sport-the surf-bo,rd. 1t re-
quires rough day and heavy surf,
but With a geod day it is one of the
finest sights in the world.
The surf.board is a tough plank
about two feet wide and from six to
twenty feet long, usually made of the
bread'fruit tree. Armed With these.
. party Of tall, muscular natives swim
out to the first line of breakers, and.
watching their chance to duck under
this, make their way 6naIly, by the
help Of the under-tow, into the smooth
water far off beyond all the surf. Here
they bob up and down on the swell
like SO many ducks, watching their op.
portuhity. What they seek is a very
high swell, before which they place
themselves, lying OF kneeling on tho
surt-board, The great wave dashes
onward, but as its bottom strikes the
ground, the top, unretarded in its
speed and force, breaks into a huge
:comber, and directly before this the
surf.board swimmer is propelled With a
speed which We timed and found to
exceed forty miles per hour. In fact,
be goes like lightning, always Just
ahead Of the breaker, and apparently
down bill, propelled by the vehement
impulse of the roaring wave behind
him. yet seemieg to have speed and
melton of bis own.
tits very surprising sight to see
three Or four men thus dashed for near
lyazmiie toward tho shore at the speed
Of an: express train, every moment
sbout to be overwhelmed by . roaring
breaker, whose white crest was reared
high above and just behind them, but
always escaping this ingulfment, and
propelled before it. They look, kneeling
or lying ou their long surf: boards, more
like some curious and swift-swimmiug
6sh-like do]phins racing, as it SEEM
ed to me-than like men. Once in a
while, BY some misobance, the cause Of
which I could not understand, the
swimmer was overwhelmed the great
comber overlook him !; he was flung
over and over like a piece of wreck,
but INSTANTLY dyed, and re-appe.red
beyond and outside of the wave, ready
to take advantage of the next. A sue
oessfal shot launched them quite high
and dry on the beach far beyond where
We stood to watch. Occasionally man
would stand erect upon his surf.board,
balancing himself in the boiling water
without apparent difficulty,
The sutf.boa,d play is one of the
ancient sports Of Hawaii. am told
that few Of the younger generation are
oapable of il, and it is thought to re.
qulre nerve and coolness even among
these admirable swimmers, and to be
not without danger.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
-L:;i
An OHIO GIANT.

" Aclevelsnd paper relates = number:
Of anecdotes illustrative Of the strength
'.nd sise Of Abaer Mellr'.th, whom it.
ddbsra giant. Il tapp.ars th.t> Mcllrsth:
il st1ty:ona ye.rs Of .gs, and. is nix fee.
|seyeh ana ! half inches, standing il
Ihis ~. b5os, f.illy proportio,ed in, form,
without = pound Of x'.sta flesh. He. was
ana i giant il !: muscular .strsngth q.
F1en Il physically. Hs has lifted l,7oe
pounds of iron. and. > blow; with bis
hh2ssiye list and loog. arm Va, 50 power,
td that on one. OCCASION, when :soms
t8elve Or fifteen sailors went out to, his
Pltoe TO :ssaise muss,'' he: thrashed
ply" whole jot and threw them .oas by
ply ,oat i qf The doos, jp,.. ~ On. could
fbatYx a q. = 90 i nl.ny babies, and .during that
Ppsfition ha- darsd not double bis fist
Iets e. fear hisr rblows mishtxprdvs;' fas.i~to
eo1e ottt0e roWdies.s - AbeT atormeflJ
easFled ~ the,susinessdf; a cooper, md
psea tp aemes TO town 1ith his load Of
baEels,j On .aae ocessioo, while nstePs'
ping stthsiR Red, Tavern, s!latslys known
"a The Jaskson Hoose,o snd (Which is
nov torn down, a;suob from town, who
Hss ont there,with hs turnout in the
shape Of, {. livery, hosstand buggy, got
lnte a difficulty with Abe, aud having
iusnlted him in n1some way q Or annother,
Abe resented it BY liitiogs'ehs 'DiG;', buggy !
light upsnd strsdd1iag i across tho
shcss; and t'then got oh, t6e i x.soa q, and nd
dIsssHo1Has Haso to~o, xhistliniss & : III though uyp b
plotting kss the nlttsat,s:, tti,a - snd "a ls,v,5E
the luskless dandy to gst his buggy Of
tho fence u best hs Was able,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21

Rev. DR.. Falsenthal, the learned
Jewish; rabbi, says that . t'ar1ukard
among the Jews is a very rare and q
very exceptional pszDon.''
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28
Be Slow to Accuse

"Mother, can't find my seventeen cents
anywhere" said Arthur, coming into his
mothers room with quite an anxious face.
q put it right here in my Overcoat
pocket. It had been hanging up in the
hall all day, and | do believe that new
girl has taken it out She saw me have
it last night and put it away"
"LOok in your pockets, Arthur. +
little boy who is so apt to forget things
must not be too positive that he put his
money in his pocket-bOok. And never
accuse anybody Of stealing without a
shadow of evidence. This is very sinful
as well as unkind. What if Susan should
lose her money and accuse you of steal
ing it? Remember the golden rule"
But, mother, she looked very guilty
when | said | had lost it, and that knew
that some one had taken it out of my
pocket"
Every likely she did look confused on
hearing you make such an unkind speech.
She knew very we'll there was no one in
the house you could suspect of taking it
but herself. You might as well have said
so in plain words. An innocent person
is more apt to look guilty when accused
of a crime than one who is hardened in
wrong-dOing. The latter usually has face
ready made up to suit any occasion. A
gentleman once said that the most guilty
looking person he ever saw was man ar
rested for stealing a horse which after
ward proved to be his own"
"But what has become Of my money,
mother? 1t is gOne-that is certain"
i believe you lost fine top once, that
it was supposed a little neighbor had
stOlen,'' said his mother, with a smile.
Pint I howe loft fbJc in 70
vine arbor this weather"
"But there are plenty of other losing
places about Did you have on that
jacket last EVENING""
mo, mother; I believe had on my
gray one; but then I know put it into
my pocket-book."
Don't say you know, my dear, for it
may be an untruth. Please bring me
your gray jacket"
Arthur walked slowly up to his room,
but he walked slower still and looked
very foolish when he came into his moth
er'S room again.
Mother cOmprehended it all at a glance,
and smiled as she said
81 wonder who looks guilty this time"
60 mother! | am sorry, but / did not
mean to accuse Susan so wrongly. / re-
member now, just as plainly as can be,
wrapping up these three fiye-cent pieces
and two pennies in that bit of paper, and
putting them into my jacket pocket
" 1t is very serious thing, Arthur, to
make such charges as you did a moment
ago against an innocent person. What
if you had mentioned it among your
schoolmates? 1t would be told all about
Susan, at Mir. Reynolds, steals. I
wonder they keep her. If she ever
wanted to get another place it might be
difficult matter. Though you contra
dict the story afterward, it would never
undo the mischief. Many will repeat an
injurious story who will never take the
trouble to correct it. Run, now, and tell
Susan that you have found your money;
and try to make amends for your injustice
by being more than usually thoughtful
and obliging"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28
4 Race Of Pigmies.

BAYARD TAYLOR, in letter from Egypt,
gives an account of the recent discovery
OF a race of pigmieS in Central Africa.
Speaking Of two who are in the care of
the Khedive, he says: The little fellows
looked at me with bright, questioning,
steady eyes while [ examined and meas
ured them. Tubbul was forty-six inches
in height his legs being twenty-five inches
and his body, with the head, twenty-four,
which is somewhat better proportional
than is usual in the savage tribes. His
head and arms were quite symmetrical,
but the spine curved in remarkably from
the shoulders to the hipjoint, throwing
out the abdomen, which was already
much distended-probably from their
diet of beans and bananas. The head was
erect, the shoulders on a line Of gravity,
and there was no stoop in the posture of
the body, as in South Africa Tubbul
measured twenty-six inches around the
breast and twenty-eight around the abdo-
men. His hands and feet were coarsely
formed, but not large, only the knee-joints
being disproportionately thick anG
clumsy. The facial angle was fully up to
the average. There was a good develop
ment of brain, fine, intelligent eyes, and
a nose so fattened that in looking down
the forehead from above one saw only the
lips projecting beyond it. The nOstrils
were astonishingly wide and square.
The complexion was that of a dark
mulattO'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28
An Encounter With Seven California
Lions.

A correspondent of the A3'izo7aa N5ner
gives the following curious and facetious
account of an adventure in the wilds of
that Territory:
On my way from Prescott recently 1
stopped for the night at the Camp HUI
spai. In the morning | started early, in
order to take advantage Of the little
frost on the ground, which made it better
travelling over the clay flats that are found
near Anvil Rock. | reached the summit
Of the Aztec Pass quite early; the wind
snow, and [ pulled blanket about nv
face and urged nav horse forward as fast
as l could. had not travelled one mile
from the summit of the Pass when nv
horse stopped; I looked forward, and in
the road, not fifty yards from me, I saw
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28

To Cook RICE.-The following is the
method recommended by the French
Academy for cooking rice during the
siege of Paris: Take one cup of rice and
one-fourth of cup of water IN sauce
pan, cover, and place over a good fire;
after an hour the water will be evaporat-
ed and the rice cooked tender, but dry,
With grains distinct, not in paste: Stuff
5ient salt should be added in the first
place, and care should be taken not to
disturb the rice while cooking. BY add
ing little butter, and allowing the rice
to dry little more over a gentle fire, a
more delicate dish is prepared. The
Boston Medical Journal says that rice
cooked in this manner, which is the same
as that employed in the East Indies, bears
the same relation to the indigestible paste
of the New England kitchen as does bread
to boiled -four.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28
WASHING DISHES.
BY MISS CARRIE E. ELLIS,


LET boys have all the sport they will
In running. walking, riding
The girls sUrer pleasure have,
And one that's more abiding.
The boys may hunt and fly their kites,
Or try all day for fishes.
But o, there's nothing in the world
So nice as washing dishes.
There's much TO see and talk about
Within this world Of ours,
There's much to love and to admire
In poetry and flowers;
But there cannot girl be found
Who asks, or hopes or wishes
For any better pleasure than
The fun of washing dishes.
Let tourists talk about the Rhine,
or cataracts and fountains,
The wonders of Yosemite,
And majesty OF mountains;
Let misers tell the happiness
They find in boarding riches
One pleasure still above them all
Is that Of washing dishes.
he happiness girls find in this
No tongue or pen can measure
And always il ts Just the same,
A never-ending pleasure.
Let lovers talk and sing of love.
Inc magic charm in kisses,
But ah. they never half conceived
The bliss OF washing dishes.
Perhaps within the years to come
When women get 10 voting.
The men viii then their energies
To dishes be devOting.
All we shall hail that glorious day.
The cr0Wning Of our wishes.
When men snail know the luxury
There : IN washing dishes.
-YCltth's C0updn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28
Our Young Folks.
IN LITTLE WAYS.

a word, look. a touch's enough,
A glance can speak sharp rebuff,
gaze can be ali eloquent,
And silent hands give sweet consent.
lis little beats that move the heart,
lis little pains that sting and smart,
Ills little deeds that truly prove
The depth and breadth of perfect love.
Inc mountains grow from grains of sand,
The atoms make the sea and land,
Inc minutes make the hours and days,
And so Love tells IN little ways
-Hbdt Neat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28

The following is said to be an excellent
cure for rheumatism: Half teaspoonful
OF Rochelle salts, to be taken every morn
ing, half an hour before breakfast. Hot
drinks, spirits, wine, beer, cider, pepper
and spices are to be avoided, and all
grease, except good, sweet butter. Fresh
meat or poultry may be eaten once day
but salt meat and fish must be abstalned
from.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28

THE book trade is at present duller than
it has been since the first year OF the war.
Nothing will sell now, and publishers re
frain from putting any books that will
keep on the stagnant market.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28

-Shakespeare's "Seven Ages Of Man"
age, luggage, sausage, rampage,
marriage, parentage and dot-age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28

If the Darwinian theory is correct
would dry goods clerk trace his origin
from the tapr or the measure worm?