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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
lfo Chased n shadow.

AS the engineer OF engine f,277, on the
Wabash, pulled out of Given, en- route
tss gttumwa, one evening recently, he
noticed what appeared to be . small ami
NAL hopping along the track ahead Of
the pilot. Gradually he increased the
speed of the locomotive, but the little
auadFupsd seemed also to have dropped
another netch,' and despite the tremen-
fous gait of IT easily retained its posi-
ton. Disguised beyond expression, the
engineer began heaying chunks of coal
at it, but all In vain. 1t seemed to bear
a charmed life, and successfully haffied
all endeavors of the engineer and fireman
to check its wild career. For twenty lone
miles the engineer had chased that de-
lusive object, and thoroughly disguised
be gave up the race at Ottunwa, and
stopped, The object stopped also. With
his pick IN lend the engineer made
sneak on tho saimal, harmless, but
possessed of such anomalous migratory
powers. With quick precision he brought
the pick down full on the animals back,
but o 'sickening thud" was the only
sound he heard. and with wild laugh
he arose, theneeferth TO be a rnving
maniac. For q full houF he had been
making desperate efforts to run over the
shadow Of q leaf adhering to the head
light, and the discovery and reaction was
too much for his already shattered
nerves.-Burlingto Hawkeye.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
me Dangerou. Condition Of "sI,ock..

The Dangerous Condition Of "SIiock."
IL an individual receives q severe in
jury to the head (concussion of the BRAIN,
or is crushed or mangled in q railway &C
cident, Oris extensively burned or scaldcd
the state of "shockr is brought about.
The surface becomes pale and bloodless,
there is sickness at the stomach, dizZi-
ness, ringing in the ears, cit gets black
before the eyes, the breathing becomes
hurried and signing. the pulse quick and
feeble, and IL this goes on to greater ex-
trcnles, loss of consciousness or even
death results. The blood has left the
surface and the brain and most of il has
grayitated TO the abdominal cavity. Tho
effect for the moment is the same as if
it had left the body by way of severed
artery. As some one has said, when q
man Is killed by n '.sliock" he has '.bled
te death into his own veins.'' When the
blood is thusiwithdrawn from the brain,
the heart no longer receives the nervous
force necessary for it to continue beat
ing. The lungs arc in similar starved
condition and the breathing is interfered
with or stops altogether. All this, be-
cause the nerves whose duty it is to keep
the blood vessels of the abdominal cavity
in O state of partial contraction are para
lyzet and can no longer do their work.
Minor degrees of shock arc familiarity
known as fainting attacks.-Cor. Globe
Democrat euEH .#eF.E sFsa.G= r....'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
characteristics Of the Long Island
Farmer,

All things else may wax and wane,
but not the Long Island farmer. As
lived his forefathers, so lives he. He is
unchanged and interchangeable. "a
phlegmatic, conservative old SOUL" says
the student of human nature; "the
highest man on the face of the earth,n
exclaims the land SPECTATOR; "a quaint,
charming people, living after the customs
of their forefathcrs," gushes the sum-
mer visitor. This latter is true.
A sharper contrast is nowhere else
afforded between the past and present
than on Long Island, the favorite water
ing place of the United States, and at the
same time the home and ancient hertz
age of the Long Island farmer New
Workers are fast getting possession Of
the island. and in proportion are trans
forming it; but adjoining their grounds
and villas stands the old farm house,
with it's weather-beaten, shingled sides;
its double doors and wooden shutters,
which are as securely closed ut night as
in the days when the Indians lurked
around. The old farmer may count his
money by thousands, but he clings to the
primitive ways of his ancestors. The old
fashioned shit and miss" carpets, with
the brcadths overlapping each other, the
mahogany chest of drawers, the high
post betistead and the ancient timepicce
still grace the rooms. Every Saturday
the brisk housewife scrubs and sands the
floor and paints the bricks before the fire.
place. The unchanged customs in the
farming settlements are a marvel to
visitors. A lady 60 years old was heard
frequently exclaiming: "Why,. that is
jus! tho way my mother did itr' The
progress OF tho Nineteenth century is no.
where visible.--Sew Ysrk Commercial
AdyarfiSar -.' y-.. Ea+---0 -'E-~-' ~ s.-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
Tho Pacific Coast Gum chew.r.

There is n ludicrous habit in this coun-
try, which shows how childish some Of
the people are. II is that Of chewing
gum. 1 remember that Stephenson, the
novelist, in his "SilveratiO Sqratters,"
mentions that his gigantic Apollo I'm the
foothills chewed gum, and spat. IL is,
think, habit imported from Missouri. or
else 1t was acquired among the foothills
when tobacco was scarce. But grown-up
Yankee people have engaged at the
pleasure. A somewhat motel Massa.
chusetts professor, who had lived here
several years, was surprised because.
did not chew gum. At Los Angeles
did favor for a San Francisco :prncti.
cal politician; that Is, wrote for him a
letter which he himself could not write.
had acquired n toothaclle from drink.
ing much ice wafer, and seeing him take.
out silver-plated box, I asked him for
BIT Of the tobacco. "It's gum" he said
San Francisco Cor. New York World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09


Eighteen hundred years ago the Chi
nese made paper from fibrous matter re-
duced to. a pulp. Now each province
makes its own peculiar variety. Thecel-
ebrated Chinese rice paper, that so re-
sembles WOODEN and silk fabrics, and on
which are painted quaint birds and flow
ers, is manufactured from compressed
pith, which il cut spirally by keen
knife into thin slices six inches wide and
twice as long. Funeral papers, or paper
limitations of earthly things which they
desire to bestow on departed friends, are
burned over their graves. They use
paper window frames. paper sliding
doors, and paper visiting cards yard
long. 1t Is related that when a distin-
guished representative of the British gov
eminent visited Pekin several servants
brought him huge roll, which. when
spread out on the floor, proved to be
the visiting card OF the emperor.-Phila-
delphia Call, - AZ 52& - 1877 J@ss EA
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09

Long threatening has come at last in
the case of Mime. ADAM, who has gone
on for years burning the candle at both
ends. Her life has been intensely active
and intensely feverish; life Of efforts in
all possible directions; of show, publicity
and flor the good of her ..Rcview'o adj
vertiscmcnt. She has been crmnlating
the occupations of hard headed, eager
and go-ahead man of business with those
of still lovely woman--albeit a grand
mother, and resigned to wearing, with
ont my sort of disguise, her grny hair.
Nine. Adam is now on an exclusively
milk diet, and is lying by, as she needs
absolute rest. Her next winters quar-
tiers will be her new house I'm the Boule-
ward dc Malesherbes, which she has been
fcvcrishly busy in building, decorating
and furnishing. For the last ten ycars
Mime. Adam has been leading pcrs0n-
age in the full dress circle at the theatre
cal and operate first night; the grand
promoter of, and central figure at gala
performances for charitable purposes;
the godmother of young actors and ac-
tresses, musicians, pictorial artists, dra-
matic authors, and, in short, the Dame
dc Bon SecOurs to everyone who wanted
a soft and strong helping hand and
asked her to give it.-Chicago Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
z Stories Of the Frcnc,, Press.

If one may credit the French press.
fifteen minutes before Queen Victoria
dimes all The guests take tbcir seats in n
semi-ciplc, and hand phys ."rhc Roast
Beef of Old England" Then hrr ma icsty
enters, shakes hands with the ladies
salutrs the gentlemen, and leads the way
10 The dining room. AT table aII her
relatives sic at her left hand ami the
othcf guests at her right. She always
wears gloves at table. except Mt state din-
ricrs. According 10 the British constitu-
ton, no one Is allowed to address n re-
mark directly TO her, but must speak 10
some one else loudly enough for the
q,iccn 10 oycrhcar. Bnt the queen has
the right to speak TO any one. All Of
which Is implicitly believed by M. Crap
and. -DostOn TRANSCRIPT.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
MAKING Oven HER FACE.


How Mile. Rachel, the Great Actress, Got
lsid OF Hcr Ugly Countenance.
Mile. Rachel, said one day ct the Due
de Mornys, when her beauty was the
topic of discussion: "You don't imagine,
all of You who think me beautiful
nowadays, how ugly was when / was
beginning. j, who was to play tragedy,
had q comic mask. / was laughable
with my horned forehead, my nose like q
comma, my pointed eyes, my grinning
mouth; You can supply the rest for your
self. My father took me about this time
to the Louvre. / did not care much for
the pictures, although he called my at
tention to the tragic scenes of David.
But when / came among the marbles O
change came over me like revelation.
/ saw how fine it was to be beautiful.
i weutsoat from there taller than before,
with a borrowed dignity which was to
turn into natural grace. The next day
looked over Q collection of engrayings
after the unique. Inevcr received les
son SO advantageous at the Conservatoire.
If have ever effectively addressed the
eyes of my audience by my attitudes and
expressions, it is because those master
pieces so appealed to my eyes, Rachel
said this SO admirably that all were
moved by her words, for she talked better
than anybody, when she chose not to talk
like Paris gamin. za
She continued: Il must tell you, that
ii have become beautiful as you say,
though don't believe word of it, it is
owing to my daily study, how not to be
uglier than am. i have eliminated what
there was of the monstrous in my face.
As was in the season of sap when took
the idea Of making myself over again,
after the ancestral rough draft, every
thing with the help of Providence went
well. The knobs of my forehead retired,
my eyes opened, my distorted teeth were
put back in their places''-here Rachel
smiled with that delicate smile that was
80 enhancing; "and then spread over
all certain air of intelligence which i
do not possess. She was interrupted by
SO many compliments which were the
simple truth that she could not continue
the story Of her imperfections. "wen,"
she still said, 1.-THE good thing about it is,
that did not tsy to be beautiful for the
sake of man, a. other women do, but for
the sake Of art, disdaining the com
mercc,' as the philosophers call it,
ArSeno HOTSSlyc.. .r-s... F q
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
Attained of His Country.

Young Bartlett, the American boy
whom the venerable Baroness Burdett-
Coutts took to raise, Is most extreme
Tory and an insufferable snob. He was
born at Plymouth, Mass, but is so much
ashamed Of his American origin that he
simply gives Plymouth as hts birthplace
in the brief biographical note with which
he Is honored in the parliamentary iirec-
tory, thus leaving those who dono know
better TO suppose that Plymouth, Eng.
land, Il meant. Chicago Tribune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
The German soldiers Big Boots.

Z
In the German army the fatherland
kindly provides very roomy boots for its
warriors. There Is very serious incon-
venfencc, however, attending the dispro-
portion between the sizes of boot and
feet. In very soft, tenacious ground the
boots are felt sticking, while the man
goes on, casting an afTectionatc farewell
look behind him, but halt he cannot.
When the Eighteenth army corps, two
years ago, defiled before the emperor at
Strasburg across stubble field, which
rain had rendered very sticky and
muddy, the boots of the infantry were
pulled off by hundreds, SO that q fatigue
party had to be told off, amid great laugh
ter, 20 gather up the lost property. This
Is no exaggeration, and in military his
tory the occasion is still known as the
"boot parade.' Three or four years ago
at the nianeuvcrs near Berlin we saw
thousands of men suffering agony from
boots that wrung their feet. This is
reryt important matter, and would tell
seriously In o campaign.--New York
Mail and Express. r.-.g 49,. ~ H..-ra,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
watching tho Train Come I'm.

:. Going to sec the train come in Is one of
the diversions ortgrown In the east, but
still I'm vogue I'm the plains of the far
west. Ranchers and cowboys often ride
q score Of miles TO be Mt the little stations
when the trnnscontincntal train pulls up.
One OF them declares that train time Is mn.
ticipated rs breaking the monotony of "a
tedious existence. Soldiers from the
garris0ns are always seen ut the stations
observing the locomotive md gazing Mt
the cars with an interest that shows how
correspondingly depressing their lives
would be without the railroad. Boston
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
How to Grass . Rank.

This is a German method to grass q
bank. For each square rod to be planted
take half pound Of lawn grass reed
end mix it intimately and thoroughly
with six cubic feet Of earth and loan.
This should be placed in tub, and
liquid manure diluted with about two
thirds of water added and well stirred
in, SO as to bring the whole to the con-
sistency Of mortar. The slope must be
cleaned and made perfectly smooth, and
then well watered, after which the
paste just mentioned should be, applied
with trowel and made rs even and
thin as possible. Should it crack from
exposure to the air it must again be
watered and smoothed up day by day
until the grass makes its appearance,
which, will be in from eish, 20 fourteen
DAYS, when the whole declivity viii
soon be covered with Gloss carpet OF
green.-Boston Globe. ~ sia p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
Cloth from the Mulberry Tree.
Tvo DAVIS later xve reacI,od Tav,,lr, n,

{ lWO uass fhtcI We Icttlfeu ,leftkd TN
island Of OYsla;D, the former capital Of
Fiji and principal European town. and
found what we had searched for vainly
in Suya--tSps, cloth made out of the
bark of the mulberry tree. The process
Of making il il By beating It out to the
required substance after the outer rind Is
stripped OF; it Is then moistened and
pressed together to the size required, in
lengths varying from three to 100 feet.
It is then stained with neutral dyes IL.
primitive but artistic patterns. Some
from the island OF Rotumah are 30 finely
marked that they give the impression Of
having been traced with an etching pen.
These fine specimens are perhaps less use
full for decoration than the bOlder de.
signs, which are much used by the better
class of natives for their sulus. Those of
Q cinnamon color fall in well with their
FURNISHED bronze skins and thick dark
hair, of which they are justly proud.
The ends Of the bushy form it naturally
assumes-turned by the lime dressing t.
the color of undyed sealskin-give the
effect, in strong sunlight, of an aureoIe TO
the acknowledgements. a#fa hAis8Gl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09

g A. as Tar as I know, new use has been
discovered for sslczer water. It is to
battle in The real luxurious tip for a
morning bath is, my friend snobson as
sures me, carbonic bath. It il SO de-
lightfuIly bracing and stimulating, don't
chew know. It ought to be. But there
is nothing 50 very wonderful in the use
of mineral water baths. Almost all the
German mineral waters now so popular
were originally utilized for bathing. Ep-
som and Glauber salt baths, too, are pre-
scribed in Europe, in the belief that they
have purgative effect taken externally
rs well as internally. Carlsbad was
originally bath. 1t was only: when
science took tho matter in hand that its
waters were adaptod to table uses. The
same is true Of Vichy, Kissingen, and /
don't remember how many others. Even
now, visitors at these springs bathe in as
well az drink Of them. @ aasa sEl
Amuch moro curious and common bath,
than mineral water, now popular here,
is of goats milk. don't know what
virtue it has or il supposed to have, but
it is coming into extensive vogue az Al
accessory of metropolitan luxury. The
histories tell US how the sirens of am
cient Rome lsyed their white forms in
ass milk. and fought age of till they
were great-grandmothers by this charm.
Do our own Messalinas find the process
useful, / wonder? The tribe Of dom
keys has been unusually increased
among US of late, notice. Ordinary
milk baths are also not unknown, the
physicians assure me, and starch baths
and bran baths arc said to have q favor
able effect upon the skin. These latter
are prescribed for certain skin diseases,
but are of use even when the skin is
round. Wise men and women who can
not go to bathe in the sea throw a hand
ful or two of rock salt in the household
bath and enjoy firstselass imitation OF
the original-Quite as good, indeed, as
the so-called sea salts procure. II any
one wants to compound close approaoh
to Ccney island for domestic uss, sci.
entific friend Of mine prescribes cup
full of common salt mixed with dose
ofsEpsom salt and tablespoonful Of
sulphate of Pine to half a bath tub Of
water, These are the principal ingredi-
tnts OF sea water, and those chiefly act-
i've in rendering its effects salutary.--
Alfred Tumble in New York News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09

5. The Georgis bloodhound does not
quarry his game, unless it is a rabl,it-a
small rabbit. He d neither fierce nor
powerful. A boy can hold pack of
with q cornstalk. But for trailing .
fugitive-for hugging him close as a
ahadow-or for flying along his track
when even the grass has forgotten it's
impress and the wind has powdered II
ever with dust, heis asrelenfless a. dsafh
ltself.-Atianta Constitution. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
Pronunciation Of Foreign Names

"a writer i'm The Century gives sensi-
Bile answer TO the often perplexing ques-
lions of cthe pronunciation of foreign
names; whether ''Simplon'' and like
words should be pronounced "Sampl0n,"
or according to the spelling In English.
He says; "When there is an established
Anglicized pronunciation or form of a
foreign word it is, always to be used;
otherwise and especially in modern
European languages, where ignorance is
no excuse, the foreign pronunciation is
the only accurate one."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
4 Popular NovsIist.s beginning.

E. p. Roe's impulsion to novel writing
came from without. His novels are con-
ventional-not of the kind thought to be
artistic or to indicate genius or some
thing like il. But they cell; they are read
rather than talked about. He was born
in small town on the Hudson, and had
q leaning to theology. He studied it, and
became a country clergyman The civil
war broke ont, and he went with New
York regiment to Virginia as chaplain
He had his spice Of romance; he yOiun-
teered to accompany the body Of raiders
under command Of the chiyalrous youth
Uric Dahlgren, who rode into the Con-
federate lines surrounding Richmond and
lost his life by the daring act. After the
war he returned home, lectured on the
theme, and gradually retired from the
church. Being in Chicago at the time
Of the fire he was deeply impressed with
the calamity and inspired to attempt
novel, which he named CHARTERS Burned
Away twas a remarkable pecunisry
success, and decided his vocation. He r.
literary farmer-an agricultural litter
atcur. He spends his time between small
fruits and big stories and OF the former he
writes fondly and knowingly. chicago's
misfortune was ROe's fortune. Except for
the great fire he might still have been in
the pulpit, which he has rcliInuished for
ever, having dropped his fitlcof reverend.
Chicago Times t@AhitF1 2 49, -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
Aavertisement ,n g rng,,.,, I. :. n.v J,

, Advertisement in an English. Paper.
= Notice to heirs. Samuel SIS Extract
Of Onions, without smell and not causing
any irritation, Is the best extract In the
market Tor producing the most plentiful
supply Of tears. Two shillings = large
bottle, one shilling half bottle. Be sure
and zee that the signature Is on the bot
Gle. Slightly moisten the under part Of
W eSsljd With the liquid.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
The spites Of Kinea,

The hatred borne by Queen Louise, Of
Prussia, to Napoleon ultimately affected
all European history, As did, in a less
degree, the personal dislike between
Napoleon and Bernadotte, afterward
king of Sweden: The policy Of Russia
was detected for years hy fhe dislike of
the Emperor Nicholas for Louis Phil
lippss and the Crimean war might never
have occurred but that Sir Stratford
Canning buEpad q punish the aars sp,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
rnen ana NOW.

The following Is a statement of the
comparative prices in this country sixty
years ago: A bushel of wheat would buy
two yards of calico, or domestic shirting;
now Il will buy fifteen or twenty yards of
the same grade Of goods A bishel of
corn would then buy a pound of nails;
now It will buy ten pounds. A pair of
factory blankets would cost a COW in
1890: now the price of common COW
will buy five pairs of as good quality. A
bushel OF salt then required twenty dozen
of eggs to pay for Il; that number of eggs
will now buy ten bushels Of salt Iowa
REGISTER. s--,s -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-09
It Was a big Day.

The Princess Wilhelmine, heir to the
throne OF Holland, has lately celebrated
her sixth birthday anniversary. On that
occasion the queen invited to the royal
palace all children born on the same day
as the princess, and treated them to
banquet and presents of toys. A sur
prising number responded to the call,
and though the queen welcomed them
all, she was heard to remark that the
31st of August, 1850, must have been the
greet = day for births on record. For