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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
The Source of the Ice Supply.

There is hardly anything about which
families should be more careful than in
scrutinizing the source of their ice sup
ply. do not mean this in seasons of ex-
pected epidemic, when people are afraid
of cholera or yellow fever. Those plaques
are principally feared so much because
they are uncommon, but where they kill
pne in our climate, scarlet fever, diph-
liberia and those classes of disease kill
hundreds. Now, it has been shown re-
peatedly that fatal outbreaks of such dis
eases that have. occurred in otherwise
healthy localities, and which at first
seemed mysterious and unaccountable,
have been due to ice taken from stag
nant or polluted waters. Ice that seemed
as clear as crystal has been found to con-
tain disease germs, which only needed
the application of warmth to restore to
fatal activity. Such things have been
demonstrated time and time again, and I
repeat that too much precaution can not
be taken in ascertaining the sources Of
family ice supply.-Cor. Globe-Demo-
<evat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
The Wonders of Chalcedony Park.

The silicitied forest of Arizona, known
as Ghalcedony park, is undoubtedly one
of the greatest of American wonders, re-
marks Mr.. George F. Kunz. This mar
velous deposit, eight miles south of Cor
RIA, covers thousand acres, and con-
sists of fallen trees which have become
buried and silicified into probably mil
lion tons of agate and jasper. Some of
the trunks are $50 feet long and ten feet
in diameter, and others are broken into
every conceivable shape. Silicified wood
is obtained from many parts of the
world, but nowhere else is it so beauti-
fully colored as here, every imaginable
shade of red, brown and green being
presented.
The most remarkable feature of the
park, and phenomenon perhaps I'M
paralleled, is the natural bridge of aga
tized wood, spanning canon fifty-five
feet wide. The tree is from three to
four feet in diameter, and more than a
hundred feet of its length are in sight,
both ends being imbedded in the sand
stone at the sides of the canon.-Arkan-
saw Traveller.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
HOUSES OF WASHINGTON CITY.

Without the Darkness Of New York Res.
idsnccs-The Apartment House.
Washington houses have not the costly
features of those in New York, but they
have not also the darkness of New York
houses. The New York residence in gen.
eral has only front and back, it's sides
being Theoretically closed up by other
houses; consequently in the middle of the
house there is always a dark place. In
what are called English basement houses
this is lighted by a skylight, the stairs
being thrown into the center of the
house, and houses of that class are COM
ing more and more into request.
The problem in New York is how TO
get the ashes and garbage out of the
house, because there are no alleys in that
city, neither through the houses nor
back of them. Therefore the houses are
made high-stooped, the owner having to
go up ten or twelve steps. while the SER
wants come out under this stoop with
the ash-barrel. In the English
basement houses the servants base
ment is reached by stairs in
the middle of the house front; in Wash
ington, however the obliquity of many
of the streets permits the houses to over
lap each other, and exposes their sides as
well as the front. These houses are like
stairs which are turned upon their side.
The city in general being right angled,
while the alleys are oblique to these
streets, you can either have side win
dows to your house or large bays.
Washington is also going into the
apartment house business, having been
inspired thereto by the success of the
first apartment house built here, the
Portland, which was supposed originally
to be foolish experiment.; but under
stand that every apartment in it is taken
and that there is demand for more.
These apartments are adapted to house.
keeping, are all on one floor, and the
building is situated where two broad
streets come to point, SO that it has
light and air everywhere. They retain
the absurd names of English baroniai
families for these houses. One is called
the Portland, another is the Richmond
and another the Woodmont. There is
no need of excellent names of our own
region to put upon those houses, and it
seems very preposterous in the capital of
the United States to know no other
nomenclature than the leavings of Brit
ish feudalism. "Gath's Washington
Letter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
A Silver Fork I'm His Root.

Two Hungarian noblemen, booted a Ia
Magyar, were lately dining with Q
Partisan friend. While the roasts were
coming on, Nobleman One observed
Nobleman Two sticking silver fork into
his boot. He said nothing, but reflected.
Over the walnuts and the wine, he intro
duced the subject of prestidigitation. 1T
is very easy" he said: @looki You see,
1 have stuck this fork into my boot. But
is it there? Not at all. Presto, change!
1t is in my friends boot And he drew
it from the boot of Eobleman Two, who
outwardly smiled, but inwardly CRASHED
i.is teeth. Nobleman One walked of
with the fork in safety.-San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
How Dead Folks are Photographed.

Photographing dead people is a COM
moner thing nowadays than one would
suppose, when photographs from life
may be had so cheaply; but folks 60
along from day to day putting off the
taking of their pictures, or they forget it,
until sickness reaches out and gets them,
and the next thing their friends know
they are dead. A few hours before con-
signing their remains to the grave the
relatives recall the fact that there is no
picture of the dead and they rush out for
for photographer.
A picture taken under such conditions
as those found in the corpse-roon can
not be the best in the world. The casket
must be uprighted, and we have to do US
well as circumstances will permit in the
matter of light. Sometimes the eyes are
pushed open. but usually the remains are
photographed as they appear in death,
and from that picture a life picture must
be worked out by our crayon artist.
have made many portraits of dead peo-
pie in that way, and, as rule, a photog-
rapher who knows his business gets a
good portrait. The charge usually made
for photographing a corpse is $50, which
of course does not include the cost of the
crayon portrait.-J. G. Strauss in Globe
Democrat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Beauty and the -

King Milan's queen is said to be the
most beautiful woman in Servia, and by
this charm, together with her decision of
character, she has completely established
dominion, not only over her husbands
heart, but over his actions likewise. If
Queen Nathalie may lay claim to be the
handsomest women in Serria, King Mi
Ian is far from being the handsomest
man there or anywhere else. His head is
round and large-too large for his body
his checks fiat and wide, with a small
nose and little mouth. When at school
at Paris he was thought to resemble
Prince Napoleon, and always considered
himself fiattered by being conplimented
the likeness.-Chicago Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
GROWTH OF BOYS AND GIRLS.
Startling Fscts rs 20 the Development Of
the Body During Childhood.

Startling Fscts as 60 the Development Of
the Body During Childhood.
During the international medical con-
ference held in Copenhagen in the sum-
merof 1884, a paper read by the Rev. Mall
ing Hanson, principal of the Danish in
ctitution for the deaf and dumb, was
listened to with marked attention and
interest. 1t gave the results of the daily
weighing and measurements of height
which he had carried on for nearly three
years on the 1870 pupils-seventy-two
boys and fifty-eight girls-of the institu-
ton, and demonstrated facts as to the de-
velopment Of the human body during
the period of childhood that perfectly
startled and astonished the assem-
bled medical authorities, opening an en-
tirely new field for investigation and re-
flsction-
Since then Mr.. Hanson has continued
his observations, and, though he has yet
a tremendous amount of work before
him, he believes himself able to state
now the outlines of the results he has OBJ
tanned. The children are weighed four
times daily in patches of twonty-in the
morning, before dinner, after dinner,
and at bedtime-and each child is meas
ured once a day. The common i'm
preston is, no doubt, that increase in
bulk and height of the human body dur
ing the years of growth progresses evenly
MI through the year. This is not SO.
Three distinct periods are marked out,
and within them some thirty lesser
waverings have been observed. AS for
hulk, the maximum period extends from
August until December; the period of
equipoise lasts from December until
about the middle of April, and then fol-
lows the minimum period until August.
The lasting increase Of bulk or weight is
all accumulated during the first stage;
the period Of equipoise. adds to the body
about q fourth of that increase, but this
gain is almost entirely spent or lost again
in the last period.
The increase in height of the children
shows the same division into periods,
Un}y in a different order. The maximum
period of growth in height corresponds
to the minimum period of increase in
bulk, and vice versa. In September and
October a child grows only fifth of
what it did in June and July. In other
words, during a part of the year
autumn and beginning of winter-the
child accumulates bulk, but the height is
stationary. In the early summer the
bulk remains nearly unchanged, but the
vital force and the nourishment are ex-
pended to the benefit of height. While
the body works for bulk there is rest for
the growth, and, when the period of
growth comes, the working for bulk is
suspended. The human body has, conse-
luently, the same distinctly marked
periods of development as plants
Chambers Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Lie ON aosrd n Tornado Hoat.

The officers and men in charge of the
torpedo boats have no pleasant time Of
it. The steel plates of which first-class
torpedo boat is built are only an eighth
of an inch thick, some of the smaller
ones are only one-sixteenth of an inch,
and the consequent weakness Of
structure, with their great length in pro-
portion to breadth, makes the strain of
rising and falling in short sea apt to
break their backs. In such sea, there
fore, it is dangerous to drive them at
lcssthan eight to ten miles an hour, when
they go through the waves instead Of
over them.
At about this speed in most boats the
vibrations of the engines and the vibra-
tons of the boat synchronize, and the
combined oscillations make the bow and
stern of the boat wave up and down till
they nod at each other. Men who are
standing on the deck astern jump up and
down like marionets. Even in absolutely
smooth water, when you sit in the small
cabin and try to eat, your knife and fork
clatter on your plate like castanets. The
water sweeps clean over the deck, which,
after awhile, the vibration makes to leak
like sieve, so that everything below
clothes, beds, etc.,-is wet through.
Truly service in torpedo boat is not one
of pleasure.-All the Year Round.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
lIypnotism Produced by Telephone.

NJ. Legeoles, professor at the faculty
of law at Nancy, an enthusiastic expert
nentist, has just invented what he calls
rhypnotishe telephonique. He sends
people to sleep several miles distant from
him by transmitting to them by tele-
phone the order to so to sleep; lie then,
by telephone, suggests to them the acts
he wishes them to commit, and his Or
ders are faithfully obeyed. One young
man was told to fire revolver and steal
franc piece; on waking up he COM
naitted both offenses. A young girl who
was sent to sleep by the telephone order
was told to sneese twice on waking up
land to sing a song; she did both.-Scien-
fific Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
The bloodhound on the Trail.

The Georgia bloodhound does not
quarry his game, unless it is a rabbit-a
small rabbit. He is neither fierce nor
powerful. A boy can hold pack off
with a cornstalk. But for trailing a
fugitive-for hugging him close as a
shadow-or for flying along his track
when even the grass has forgotten its
impress and the wind has powdered ii
over with dust, hei is as relentless as death
itself.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Three Centuries of Artistic Cooking.

When Catherine de Medici was mar
ried to Henry II she introduced into
France, with her corrupt and effeminate
followers, system of epicureanism that
had been confined to Italy. Paris then
became the center of artistic cooks and
cooking, and has continued such ever
since-a period of more than three centu-
ries. 1t has taughts much Of the modern
world to cook, has sent so many of its
cooks abroad on high culinary missions,
that other cities can now compete with
it in what it is prone to believe its ex-
S-e specially. CHICAGO Herald,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
SCROFTJLA

can only be cured by thorough purifics
ton of the blood. If this Is neglected,
the disease perpetuates its faint through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas,
Turulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, rheumatism, ScrOfulous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and vari-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Fishes in North American Waters

Naturalists now count no less than
1870 different kinds of fishes in North
American waters, of which 500 live in
the rivers and lakes, and $50 kinds be-
long to the Pacific. Of the remainder,
los dwell only in the deep waters of the
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, never ap-
preaching the shore or the surface.-Ex-
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Saw Hira at the Worry Moment.

Nine. X, who has never been. outside
of Montmartre, has the innocent fault of
trying to make her acquaintance be-
1ieve that she has travelled all over Eu-
rope. "Whcn you were at Venice" in
quires visitor one day to whom she
was telling the story of her travels, did
you see the lion of st. Marks?" did
see him :" replied She, what q,les-
q. ton! Why, saw him at the very mo-
ment when they were giving him his
dinner, and I gave him a piece of meat
myself Paris Figaro.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
The Dude of the Doc creation.

A St. Paul dog fancier observed, as
fine and graceful greyhound dashed by
him, "Yes, he is a pretty animal, but he
hasn't got enough sense to take him out
o. the wet. He is to the dog creation
what dude is to the kingdom of man
pretty to look at, but of no earthly SER
vice. Pioneer Press Listener"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06

8 The editor of The, Boston Journal re-
Gently told a correspondent that the re-
port that snow had fallen in the west
when the mercury was 80 degrees below
zero is an error, asserting that it is then
too cold to snow" The st. Paul Pioneer
Press denies the assertion most emphatic
acally, saying that, in Minnesota, it does
snow, and xnSws furiously, when the
jnlercury is So degrees below zero. These,
the editor adds, are terrible storms for
me people who are caught in them
Chicaso Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Where the Daughter Missed It.
AnxiollS Mofhar-Wel darling di

Where the Daughter Missed 1t.
Anxious Mother-Well, darling. did
you have pleasant timer
Charming Daughter-Oh! so nice.
George was all attention, and we had
oysters twice and terrapin and canvas
back duck. He is 50 liberal.
Anxious Mother (hoarsely) -Wretohed
girl, you have ruined your chances for
life. Rather would have heard tale
of walk home to save Car fare.-Phila,
delpl,ia Call.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
tn. ynv.nt,on ~ c,ock.rv Calm.

Crockery collins are proposed by a
Philadelphia inventor. His idea is to
glaze them. thus making a tight and i'm
perishable receptacle, the object being &c
protect underground water currents from.
pollution.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
The Ghosts Of Former Daxs.

In olden times ghosts were supposed to
maintain an obdurate silence till inter
rogated by the person to whom the,
made their special appearance.-Bostoh
Budget.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
Natural Soft :. = Ritter.

Recent experiments confirm the opin
ion of sanitary authorities that, though
natural soil is an excellent filter for inn
ptrr- air that may pass through it. it is
poor filter for infected water.-BDSto.-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06

As many as 1900 tints are used in
Gobelin tapestry work, a great increase
in numbers and fineness due mainly to
chemistry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
KINGS EVIL.

Was the namc formerly given to Scrofula
because of superstition that it could DO
cured by q kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06

There is a constant fever in my breast,
A something hoped which dies when hope h
given;
A sweet delight, and yet strange unrest;
A thought that trembles betwixt earth and
heaven
Would loved lessl or would the power were
hero
To own my love, and triumph over fear.
Kate L. Robertson
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
eRlLLIANTs.

MANS greatest strength h shown in standing
still;
The first sure symptoms Of mind in health
Us rest OF heart and pleasure felt at home
Young.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06
weet woman is like the fair flower in its

Which in the garden enaInels the ground;
Near it the bees, in play, flutter and cluster,
And gaudy butterflies frolic around.
Gay.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-06

1fyou cannot get ATHLoPHoRos Of yonr drug
gist, we will send il express paid. on receipt Of
regular pricc-one dollar per bottle. We prefer
that yon buy it from your druggist, but If he
hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try something
else. but order at once from us as directed
ATHLoPHoRoS Co., LIP Wall Street, New York
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-04
RenairInp HnI kemOhelIng Muses..

A Berlin surgeon has discovered the art N
repairing AMI rpmrlelins noses oil all siD7
and ages. He can take nose shaiel Ike an
artichoke, and by his peculiar meth"t turn IL
into beautiful and really claes' snout. lie
hars nothing. The fact Of the matter Is he
invites the hldeotls, and pays premium LOT
it, The man with nose twisted Ike gourd
handle or rams horn IS his pleasure h'
man with no nose at all Is bis delight and 10Y
Chicago Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-04

I, Il said tia. paintings Of u total value OF
,GyUpp are annually loaned by the painters
~ New York 70 western eIpositions New
York Tribune. .A.lr.xsr--AI .>--.-i -.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-04
Is now Offering at a sacrifice his
large line of Summer Goods. in or
der to reduce stock before placing
orders for Fall Lines. and from Mon
day. August Cd. all goods will be
greatly reduced in price. Those who
call the earliest will of course have
the best assortment to select from.
Below will be found a few of the bar
gains offered:

batro-s Cloth, Nuns Nens Eroir rn H. her Cloth etc. IN
Light Blue Pink White BLACK Tan. rse
yard
Checked Nainsooks, in a variety Of patterns, At s.
Victoria Lawns at lnc, l2e lic per yard
Crnklcd Suckr handsome assortment "i stripes, At l:r
Dress and ,;inghams IN s, variety per yard
Coored Lawns fine variety of patterns, at 'c yard
line of Merrinac Specials Algerian anl Windsor Novelties, At Sc
These the best fancy prints made.
Indigo Blue Calco, and fine line Of patterns AT lr yard
Warranted to wash o money refunded
Ladies' Cnlcryes large ,. ac each worth i'
The Hamburg Stocks closed and quicken their
there will le olrr, lots of amburgs and hr
yard worth and and full assortment of icrs at
ranging 80 yard II will To call an these
goods, for they cheap Indeed
In p Ribbons there has been left
large Ribbon Remnants ranging length from II yard To
or wards whrl, will ln' sold below cost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-28

CHICAGO. December 26.-The only de-
velopment to-day in the alleged capture
OF Jim Cummings was a statement on
the subject from w. a. Pinkerton. de
said The various statements made BY
newspapers In regard TO the identity OF
the prisoners arrested by me on Friday
are false and ridiculous. No men were
arrested in the locality named; no men
were arrested who had large sums Of
money in their posses ion: in brief. the
papers publishing these statements are
making themselves ridiculous"
NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 26.-For
several weeks there have been two Pin
kerton detectives here spotting a man
boarding on Summer Street, and last
night they quietly arrested him and left
ut once for st. Louis. No details car be
obtained except that the mans name is
w. W. Haight, and he was formerly an
express agent at Leavenworth, and had
gone into business here. as a roofing
contractor. E. II. Wing and ]. Z. Harris
we're the detectives.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-28
Lightning Flashes.

The Presidents health is improving
The steamer Belgie has arrived at San
Francisco from China and Japan.
The Baltimore & Ohio express Office
at kaysyilie, La, has been robbed OF
81, 900.
The Compile de Paris and Due d'Au-
male will pay visit shortly TO the
Pope at Rome.
Harris & Son, Milwaukee, have as
signed. Nominal assets. 500, 900; liabiii.
ties, over 100000.
Prince Nicholas, OF Montenegro, has
called out 5000 troops. They VIII be
armed with repeating rifles.
The bulk of British Conservatives are
opposed to Harrington as the successor
OF Lord Randolph Churchill.
The report that Justice Woods, of the
Slpreme Court Of the United States,
was dangerously III. Was unfOInded.
The heavs snow storms still IRE
vail in England. Tel. graphic com
municatiOn IS interrupted ami trains
del .yed.
Joseph Chamberlain's recent speech
at Birmingham has greatly impressed
the Home Rulers with the prospect of
reunion Of the Liberal party.
The new Temple Theatre, Philadel-
phis, owned by William VI. Lingerly
OF the Record, was burned on Monday.
Loss, 800, GOO; insurance, Sl27 900.
One of the severest snow storms that
ever visited the country passed over
England yesterday. Railway trains
were blocked and telegraph wires borne
down by the storm IN many places.
California viii have available for ship
ment on January LIST. 1887, 900. 900
bushels of wheat. The European con-
tinent has taken 25 per cent. of the
years shipments against 5000 bushels
last year.
Twenty-one Knights OF Labor As
semblies have notified the general ex-
ecutiye board that unless trade char
tiers are granted they will leave the or
der. Many thousands Of knights will
probably withdraw at once. POwderly
is opposed to granting the charters.
The President has been confined to
his room since Friday, with another
attack of rheumatism in his knee, the
result of OVERRIDING before he had COM
pletely recovered from his recent ill
ness, He is better tonight. and il is
expected that two or three days, at
longest, viii see MIN completely re-
stored