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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
A Short but Good Sermon for Little Ones

A Short but Good Sermon for Little Ones.
A little'girl sat trying to pick out
seam that she had sewed together
wrong. Her chubby fingers picked
at the thread, that would break,
leaving the end hidden somewhere
among the stitches that she had
labored so wearily to make short
and close land though the thread
came out, ret the needle holes re-
manned, showing just how the seam
had been sewed, and with tears in
her eyes, she cried: "Oh, mamma,
cannot undo itr' Poor little girl!
You are learning one of the saddest
lessons there is. The desire Of un-
doing what can never he undOne
gives us more trouble than all the
doings Of busy life and because
we know this so we'll, our hearts
often ache for the boys and girls we
see doing the things they will wish
so earnestly by and by to, undo.
Older boys and girls have felt keener
heart aches for greater faults. You
know something of the desire to
undo, and of the sorrow Chat you
cannot. And now, where is the
bright side? Right here. Let Is
try to do thing the first time so
that we will never wish 10 undo it.
We can ask our heavenly Father.
He never leads us wrong ;and any
thing we do under His guidance we
shall never wish to undo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
WATCH YOUR WORDS.

Keep a watch on your words, my darlings,
For words are wonderful things;
They are sweet, like the bees fresh honey,
Like bees they have terrible sttngs.
They can bless, like the warm, glad sun
shine,
And brighten a lonely life;
They can cut, in the strife of anger,
Like an open two-edged knife.
Let them pass through the lips unchal!eng
ed,
Iftheir GRAND Is true and kind,
Ifthcy come to support the weak,
TO comfort and help the blind.
Ifa bitter, revengful spirit
Prompts the word, let them be unsaid;
They may flash through the brain like Ii. ht
ming,
Or fall on a keart like lead.
Keep them back, II they're cold and cruel,
Under bar and lock and seal;
The wounds they make my darlings,
Are always slow to heal.
May peace guard your lives, and ever,
From the time of your early youth,
May the words that you daily utter
BE the words of beautiful truth:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

The cheapest of all disinfectants is
dry earth, and supply should be
secured during dry time for future
use. Dry earth does not m,an dry
sand, but good strong loan. No
matter how dry the survace may
appear to b., it never becomes per-
fectly dry, as more or less moisture
will come up from below by capil-
larry attraction. TO complet ,ly dry,
the earth, Il drying platform Of old
boards should be constructed, upon
which the surface soil may be
thrown being cut off from all mois.
ture from below, few hours ex-
posture to the sun will dry it COM
pletely. 1t should then be run
through sieve or riddle to remove
stones and trash, and the fire earth
placed in barrels or boxes, and stor ed
under cover. The use of road
scfaper to draw the earth upon the
platform will greaIy diminish the
labor. Lay in an abundance, for use
in earth closets, lighthouses, OF
wharesoevcr an unpleasans oder is to
be stopped.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

y party in the Farmers Review
says 81 want to live to see an i'm.
provement in plou2hs. do not
think the surface soil, which is the
richest, should he turned down to
the bottom of the furrow, nor that a
foot or fourteen inches wide should
be turned over at once; but ]
think the coming plough" should
be made to slice the soil up in mar
row burrows, three or four inches
each, and so arranged as to stir and
pulperize all the land thoroughly, as
it slices it. believe such a plough
could be made with which Two
horses could plough three or -four
acres a day, and leave it in such a
condition that once going over 1t
with roller or plank drag would
put it in excellent condition for the
seed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Care of the Hands.

A woman whose pretty hands are
being ruined by washing in hard
water writes to ask remedy.
Water can he easily softened with a
few drops of ammonia, or, what is
better, a small piece of lump borax.
Warm water, into which enough
borax has been dissolved to make the
water feel little slippery when
pressed between the thumb and
finger, is very good for washing the
hands. Hands kept dirty are never
smooth and white. Absolute clean.
illness is necessary. Mlny persons
who do not work wash their hands
but seldom. The days aecumula-
ton of dirt is allowed to remain on
the hands all night. Upon rising,
the hands are washed in cold water.
The possessor wonders why, when
she does no work, her hands do not
look any better, il as well, as her
The .hlnls should
always be washed in warm soap
suds before going to bed. White
soaps are sIfest. Hiehly-scenCed
and colored soaps are almost in
variably made from rancid and i'll.
fats. After the hands are
thoroughly dried, use few drops of
mixed glycerine and camphor which
the druggist can prepare for you.
Drop into the palm of the hand and
rub OH the hanls. This will he all
that will he necessary to show de.
cided Improvement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

KINDNESS. The world is full OF
kindness that never was spoken and
that was not much better than no
kindness at all. The fuel in tie
stove makes the room warm, but
there are great piles of fallen trees
lying on rocks and on tops of hills
where nobody can get them these
do not make anybody warm. You
might freeze to death for want of
wood in plain sight of these fallen
trees if you had no means of getting
the wood home and making lire OF
it. Just so in a family; love is what
makes the parents and children,
the brothers and sisters happy. But
if they take care never to say word
about it il they keep it a profound
secret sit it were a crime, they will
not be much happier than if there
was not any love among them; the
house will seem cool even in sum-
mer, and if you live there you will
envy the dog when anybody calls him
poor fellow.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
RELIGIOUS.
A Bible for Women.

Very few people know of are
markable enterprise that is being
undertaken in New Jersey in the
shape of female revision of the
Bible, says the New York World.
The work is being carried on in this
manner: In very richly-furnished
drawing-rOom about a broad table sit
dozen women with intelligent faces
and busy pens. Each one has a cheap
copy of the Bible which she reads
carefully and occasionally clips out a
verse and paste it at the top of long
sheet of white paper. The others
then cut out the same verse from
their Bibles and dispose of it in the
same manner. With this before
them they begin to discuss it in turn.
One Of these commentators is an ex-
cellent Greek and Hebrew scholar.
Another is profoundly learned in cur
rent Bible criticism, while still an.
other has gone through with care
and has at her fingers ends all the
great commentaries of Henry, Scott,
DR.. Adam Clark and others. After
each verse has been thoroughly dis.
cussed, each woman writes under it
what she has to say, and the sheets
are. then passed in to secretary.
This secretary is a recent graduate
from Vassar. She cuts OIL this much
talked-of verse from still another
Billie, pats it at the top of another
sheet of paper and then appends un-
der it the notes of all the learned
lady commentators. When asked
what was the object of this revision
one of the ladies, who inspires and
carries on this tremendous labor, ex.
planned that they were doing what
might be called a feminine revision
of the scriptures. eve find," she
said, Gin going over the Old and New
Testaments that about one.tenth of
the Bible touches, in one way or an
ether, upon women. We wish to
know whether the male readings,
translations and interpretations have
been strictly fair to us, and in a
spirit friendly to our sex. We and
great many other women have our
ioubts on the subject and SO we pro-
pose issuing what may be called THE
Woman's Bible On our revising
committee sit able omen from Eng
land and America"
A well-known publisher has agreed
% issue the revision when 1t is COM
pleted, and by next summer "The
womaI's Bible" will be given to the
public.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
It Saved Fuel.

My health got run down, failed
in trade, and thought 1 would 60 tc
farming, said an old settler in the
Lewiston Journal. bought me a
piece of land in Aroostook, built
myself cabin and set to work clear.
ing it. This was forty years ago.
1t was in the fall. 1 didn't have
time to build much of house, SO /
just clapped shingles over the
cracks. 1t was rather cold for US
my wife and me. We didn't sleep
very comfortable nights. A friend
told US TO get an air-tight stove, put
a big chunk of wood in when we
went to bed, and the Goals would
keep all night and warm the cabin.
Those round sheet iron air-tiglft:
stoves had just come into fashion
then. 1 got me one and set her up.
A short time before turned in, l
put in a heavy chunk of beech.
wood that I'd sawed right off log.
We turned in early and began to
tIlk over our prospects in our new
life.
"What grand thing that air.
tight stove is for us, Mary Ellen"
says 1.
YES" says she, "but amt it get
ting little to warm for comfort?'
l told her 1 didn't know, but it
was, and so 1 turned down one quilt.
Before we got to sleep we had to
turn down another quilt. 1t was
cold night, but that new air-tight
s. owe seemed to heat up tremen.
dOusly.
Il never saw such heater, jerry"
says Mary Ellen.
Neither did l." says I.
In the night woke up ami 1t was
so warm that l turned down another
quilt and LETT nothing but a sheet
over us. Well, in the morning got
up and went to the stove to stir up
the Goals and put on some more
wood. Goals! Bless we. there wasn't
Il spark in the stove! That big
beech chunk wasn't even charred.
There hadn't been enough fire In
that stove, all night, to touch off my
pipe with. The beech log was too
soggy to warm us up, but that new
stove and our imagination
did the business just as we'll.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
A Nation Ruined BY a Spider.

1t is i'd that when spiders are
seen crawling more abundantIy
and consplcuously than usual upon
the indoor walls of houses, rain may
shortly be expected ; but the follow
ing anecdote intimates that some Of
their habits are the equally certain
indication of frost being at hand.
Towards the end of the last Gen.
tury, Quarter-master Disjonval,
seeking to beguile the tedium of his
prison hours 1T Utrecht, had studied
attentively the habits of the spider,
and eight years of Imprisonment
had given him leisure to he well
versed in its ways.
In December of 1894, the Ere 1ch
army, on whose success his restora.
ton to liberty depended, was in
Holland, and victory seemed certain
if the frost, which then ragged with
unprecedented severity, continued.
The Dutch envoy had failed 10 nego-
tiate peace, and Holland was in de-
,pair, when the frost suddenly
broke.
The Dutch were now exulting,
and the French generals prepared to
retreat but the spider warned Dis.
jonval that the thaw would be of
short duration, and he knew that
his weather monitor never deceived
him. lie cOntrived accordingly to
communicate with the French gen.
eral, who duly estimated his charact-
er, and at once relied upon his as.
surance that within a few days the
water would again be passable by
troops.
The retreat was delayed. Within
twelve days the frost had retained,
and the French army triumphed.
Disjonval vas Immediately liberated,
the spider having brought down
ruin on his Dutch oppressorS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
Reading Law on a Freight Gar.

81 know young lawyer who not
long ago hung out his shingle in an
Illinois town." said a Chicago rail
way official, "who, 1 dare say, &C.
qaired his legal education in a man
ner and under circumstance without
IA parallel in history. The young
man was bright fellow, always am.
bilious, but when the boy was at
school his father died, and he had to
60 to work to help support his
mother and sisters. His great de-
sire was to be lawyer, and it neatly
broke his heart to leave school, but
bread and butter had to be won be.
fore anything else. So he got a job
us freight brakeman on our road.
Most boys would have given up try
ing to get an education while en-
gagged in work like. this, but not 50
with my young hero. A lawyer in
his town gave him pointers and
loaned him books, AMI thes3 books
the boy studied all his off hours,
and also took them with him, one
at a time, on his runs. He was the
front brakeman of a through train
crew, and his duties required him
to be out on top of the cars near the
locomotive neatly all the time.
Out there he had his book with him,
for two years he read law Oh the top
of freight car. At night he held
his sock under the lantern and con-
tinued his reading. flying across the
country, sometimes in weather cold
enough to freeze the ambition out OF
an ordinary man. In nowise did he
neglect his duties, and was always
at his post ready to answer call
from the engineers whistle, and yet
in two years he acquired knowledge
Of the principle. and presidents OF
law which readily secured him ad-
mission to practice when he applied
for it," 1870.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
SCIENCE.

Roofing tiles are being manufac-
tured of wood pulp, and by the use
of different colored sands a variety
of tints are impaired to the tiles,
rendering them ca pable of producing
pleasing effects in Ornamentation. 1t
is claimed that their lightness Obvi-
ates the necessity of heavy framing
to support the roof, while their
toughness. protects them against
blows, footsteps, or the action of
frost. Pulp tiles are more elastic
than wood, and therefore lie closer
together and nails penetrate them
more easily and bind them more
closely to their beds than is the case
with shingles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

Gods promises form bridge over
which thou mayest cross from the
wilderness of thy need into the full
ness of his grace, which shall be to
thee a veritable land of Canaan, a
land flowing with milk and honey.
Moreover, the bridge is a short as
we'll as a sure one, and there shall be
no toll demanded of thee save faith
IN the bridge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
STORY.
JESUS wEPT.

BY MRS. LYMAN wOLCorr HALL.
We challenge all the beautiful
In earth, In heaven. in air,
The rosebud in its loveliness
And dew. drops shining there.
We challenge all sublimities,
That e'er DER swept,
And nothing looks SO wonderful
AS tears that Jesus wept.
We've seen the gold of Ophir's mine.
And gems OF beauty rare,
We've watched the golden canopy,
With cOronets SO fair,
We've felt the power of eloquence,
Where not IN eyelid slept,
But nothing seems SO glorious
AS tears that Jesus wept.
We challenge all the symphonies,
With all their power to charm.
And all life.giving principles
Ofevery healing balm;
We challenge all the sffiuence
In natures storehouse kept,
And these have no comparison
With tears that Jesus wept.
Yea, there's balm in Gilead,
And Physician there;
Our great High Priest In holiness.
Who yields His tender care:
His heart Is full of sympathy,
And will our prayer accept.
We need not be disconsolate,
Since for us Jesus wept.
And may'st thou find in early lie
Those tears were shed for thee,
And may thy hope be centersd there
For all eternity;
Then come what may, come life or death,
No power can intercept,
Since Jesus prayers avail for thee,
And for thee Jesus wept.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A man in New Hampshire has a
brood of chickens that are fed with
moistened meal in saucers, and when
the dough gets little sour It draws
the flies. A toad noticed this, and
as flies were the delicacy Of his diet.
this is the cute and shrewd thing he
did. Every day, toward evening. he
horpcd into the yard and into a
saucer, and then rolled over and
over till he was covered with meal.
Then he waited. The dies, drawn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

by the smell, would soon swarm
around him, and then suddenly out
would dart his tongue, and the flies
that had got within two inches Of
his nose would disappear. When he
had made a good supper in this way,
out he hoped from the saucer,
shake himself, and then let the
clricks feed off his stolen coat of
bran.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

Two patents have just been iss%ed
for reproducing sounds from phono.
graph records and transmitting and
recording sounds by radiant energy.
The vocal sounds are received by
means of a transmitter similar to
that of the telephone, and are re-
corded upon a cylinder of wax.
whence they are reproduced with
complete accuracy. No electricity 10
employed the means being mechani.
cal throughout.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A little boy whose sprained wrist
had beeue lieved by bathing in
whisky surprised his mother by ask
ing: "Did papa ever sprsin his
throat when he was boy?"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A correspondent writes TO coun.
try editor: 81 send you little poem
called 1.-THE Lay of the Lark Hoo
copied let me know" And the editor
replies: Rejected, with thanks.
If yoa will send few specimens Of
the lay of the hen, we will accept"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A pretty fan can be made by TAX
ing one of the ordinary japanese
varieties for a frame, which must be
covered on both sides with silk. Put
a puff of colored Grape around the
edge, and fill the centre with loops OF
narrow ribbon of the same olor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A remarkable explosion. which oc.
Cured in Germany, shows tho
force possessed by dust. A sack OF
Hsur, falling down stairs, opened and
scattered the contents In q cloud
through the lower room, where
burning gas flame set fire to the
dust, causing an explosion which
lifted part of the roof off the build.
ing and broke almost all the windows.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Conversational Church,

REV. J. Is. DREW, PASTOR.
Sunday Services at 1890 A. NJ. and 800 p. N.
Sunday school at 1900 m. Young People :
Meeting one hour before evening services.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings at As p. NJ.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
Christian Church.
Episcopal Church,

Ill. Il. MORRISON, PASTOR.
Sunday Services at 10 30 A. NJ. and {: 33 p. NJ
Sunday school at 1900 NJ. Services held in
BnrnIn Hall.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A varnish for roofs is composed OF
thirty-five parts Of clay, thirty parts
mica slate and thirty.iye parts resin.
all finely powdered and heated with
City parts tar,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

Square tablecloths are put on with
he pointed corners at the sides OF he
table, aud not as formerly.at the let 9.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

The higly polished green leaves OF
the camciia are used for dinner
cards the name is painted ih gilt
paint with a camel's hair brush.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

If you have great talents, indus
TRIP will strengthen them il moder-
ate abilities, industry viii supply the
deficiency.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

The world is full of change. A
good many peple wish they could
say the same of their pockets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
Sank Centre Northern.
stearns County Officers.

.4ndI0r-Barney NOSsbCrg.
Register Of Deeds-JOhn Zapp.
ZreGsn'er-J. A. MoOsbrugger.
SAerLG-M. Mickey.
Juags IF Pyn6"tc-peter Trick
CouHty .4t'orney-Theo. Brueuer
Clerk If C0nrt-E Il. Strong.
OrORer-Dr Ramsey.
.Snpt. Of Sch11Ls-Henry KrebDs
Court COHzHissioner-II. A. Evans.
Sur0cyOr-N. p. Noel.
p. o. address of above officers St. Cloud, Mimi
Deputy Sheri6-H. s. Doty.
DePHLy Cor0Her-J. \. Dubois.
Asst Snpf. 0f SchO1S-W. A. Gates.
Address, Sank Centre, Mimi.
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Baptist Church,
REV. A. G. PIERCE, PAsTO

REV. 4. G.. PIERCE, PASTOR.
Services every alternate Sabbath at 10 30 A. NJ
pnd T.. NJ. Sunday School Immediately after
the morning service. Wednesday evening ser
at Z 80 Z. III.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

A. O. N.
,.eets first Sunday In each month o'clock
". in the q. A. r. hall
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
VILLAGE OFFICERS.

PreSiaent-J J. c. Foster.
ZrnSteeS-Chas. Ii. Bennett, c. Tubbs, W. S.
Dean.
Rrcordcr-W. P. Lambert.
TreasHyrr-Lucas kellS.
Jnstics $ 9fhe Peace-J. d. Carr WIN. Boulton.
C0nSf. NC. NJ. Coats.
Chic/ y P0ihce-B. f. Carr.
Council meets first Monday evening in every
month
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14

REV. J.F. HAMILTON, RECTOR.
Sunday Service at 10 80 A. and 1:30 p. NJ,
Sunday school at II NJ. Wednesday evening sci
vice at 7:30 Pa.
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Jno. Perkins, C. p. Geo. White, Secretary
Meets First and Third Tuesday evenings of each
month.
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G. A. R,

Mrs. A. Moore, President, Mrs. s. l.. Lock
wood. Secretary.
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A n n

q. r. Palmer Post No. 40.
J. CooRa, Commander; ID. Cleveland, Adjutant
Meets second and Fourth Wednesday evenings
of each month.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.

IresitfeRt-E. p. Barnum
Sscrctary-E. c. Rich.
Dirrctors-J. A. Dubois, JAS A. Norris, W. A.
Gates K. }. Harrison, \. BartO, r. T. Greene.
LDrGrIaH-Miss Louie Allen.
Library open every Saturday from to and
from to 8: 30 =. NJ.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

PreSideRt-A. Barto.
Secrrtary-P. Lamb.
IredSHrcr-LucaS kells.
Direct0rS-A. Barto. p. Lamb, Lucas Kells, S.
Pendergast, J. Norris. j. b. Perkins.
Smbt. IF SchOoLS-W. +. Rocheleau.
Board meets first Thursday in every month.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
German EVANGELICAL Church

ED. FUHRMANN Pastor.
Service each alternate Sunday ut 3 o'clock PM.
Sunday school Immediately thereafter, at the
Norwegian Lutheran church.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-14
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

Star IN the west Lodge, NO. %.
NJ E. Bridgman, W. NJ; Lyman NJ. Kells, Sec.
eats Second and Fourth Tuesday ev nings of
e ch mOnt..
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Episcopal Church


Sunday service at 1890 A. NJ. and r. NJ
Sunday school ut 12M. and Young Peoples NEE
ing at $50 p. NJ, lead by Prof W. F. Roc heleau
Wednesday evening meeting at 8.
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CRESCENT ENcAMPMENTNo.

U, Z.
Sank Centre Lodge, No. "a.
s. N. Bruce, n. c.; Chas. Loffgren, Secretary.
Meets every Thursday Eysning at 8 p. IN.