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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23

Can not some ingenious Yankee invent
artificial feathers and so take the wind
out of the sails of the Ornithologists' union
and the Audubon society? The discovery
Of petroleum has saved the whales from
determination, and the manufacture of
eelluloid in imitation of ivory is destined
to supersede the use of the latter article,
and so give the dear old elephants rest.
Verify, science is a big magician, and will
shortly supersede all natural products
The next thing we look for is the manu-
facture of scientific food to take the place
OF bread and meat Some one will take
load of dirt and put it into a machine, eX-
tract all the nourishment from it, and
and sell the product for 4 oent "a pound.
Then half the population will be starving
from overproduction, we suppose. That's
the way these benefits work.-Texas Sift-
ings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
A Great Enterprise just Inaugurated.


An immense scheme for the supply Of
water to Bombay has just been inaugur-
ated at point six miles distant from the
city, under the Bhore Ghauts, half way
between the stations of Callian and Egut-
poora, on the Great Indian Peninsula rail
way. Here there will be created a lake
of eight miles in area; from it an aque-
duct will be constructed to carry the
water to the city. A dam 5000 feet in
length, 1lS feet in height, and 100 feet
wide at the base, is being built across the
Tansa valley to impound the waters of the
river, and it will require six years for its
completion. 1t will contain over 10000
900 cubic feet of masonry, which will be
built in installments, each years work
stretching across the valley, so that the
water may accumulate behind it from the
gathering ground.
The contractors have already commenced
work on the foundations, AMI have pre-
pared u village for the rece ption of their
work people. The neighborhood is en-
tirely desolate, and all the artisans have
con,e from distance. Already 5000 peo-
pie have gathered to the place, and it is
expected That the number will rise to
10000. A special water supply has been
laid down for them, and every arrange
ment made for their health and comfort
The stone is found in the neighborhood,
but the bunker and chunam come from a
great distance, and branch line Is to be
laid from the railway to deliver them di-
rect to the spot.-Frank Leslie's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
s. AGONY OF BEING scALPEo.
How 1t Feels to Have the Skin Torn fro,

How It Feels to Have the Skin Torn from
the Skull-Terrible Toi ture.
A sick and sorry looking specimen OF
train last night and climbed into q wait
ing wagon and was driven to the country.
His name was Samuel Neff. He is a man
of about 80 years of age, and his parents
reside in Pine Creek. Young Neff Is just
home from Arizona, where he has been
prospecting in the mines and acting as a
scout on the hunt for Indians. Unfort-
unately for him, he found the murderous
red devils, and they almost made mince.
meat Of him. One day while ridin
through canon he was shot through the
shoulder and fell from his horse. His as
sailants, finding that he was not dead,
tortured him outrageously. They cut
gashes in his face and all over his body,
applied fire to his feet and hands, and
ended their brutality by scalping him. He
suffered untold agonies, and prayed that
death might relieve him. Finally he fell
into a faint, and upon awakening he
found himself being kindly cared for in
miners cabin. The miner had picked
him up and carried him a long distance on
horseback. Neff suffered weeks Of excru-
ciating pain and raved with a fever, and
rs soon as he was able to travel he took
the road for home.
A reporter asked Neff how it felt to have
his hair lifted.
at is a dreadful sensation" he said.
"One thinks, as the skin is being torn
from the skull, that his feet are coming
right up through his body to the top of
his head. Oh, it is terrible. It Is so pain
full that you can not utter a cry; thousands
of stars dance before your eyes. You
imagine red-hot needles are darling in and
out of your flesh, and you clasp your
hands SO closely that the finger nails cut
into the flesh. would rather be run
through thrashing machine, ground up
in a sausage mill or thrown under a
locomotive than to ever undergo such an
other ordeal. 1t makes me shudder to
think of the tortures 1 have gone through
with, and never want to look upon the
face of another Indian"
"Do many persons survive the opera
tion?" interrupted the reporter.
mo; have only heard of two or three
men besides myself who have lost their
hair by the scalping-knife and then live to
tell of it."
@Do you think the hair viii ever grow
out AGAIN."
"Oh, no; I shall always have a bald spot
up there. The skin was torn off for a
space of four inches square, and Pm afraid
it will never heal entirely. Even if it does
heal over the bare place will always be so
painful that can not touch it. keep
my head tied up in cotton and sweet oil.
You can see my beauty has been entirely
marred. These frightful gashes across
my face will 60 with me to the grave
Chicago (Cal.) Chronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
In Paris the city owns the street cars.
Three Graoes without Their Heads.

Three Graces without Their Heads.
In ancient Rome another very remark.
able discovery has been made in the gar
dens of Sallust, where excavations are 20
ing on relative to the progress of establish
ing and building up new quarter to the
city. 1t is no less than a colossal group of
the Three Graces, evidently a work exc
cuted in the palmy days of ancient sculp-
ture, and of rare merit. 1t is in wonder
full state of preservation, except the uu-
fortunate loss of all the three heads,
which, it is hoped may yet be unearthed.
Ii these can be found it will be one of the
most important revelations that this
mania for progress and the rebuilding Of
Rome has yet given us. but the chances
are that SOME Visigoth- chieftain under
Alaric carried off the heads as a memento
of his visit to the Eternal City. Vandals
of this kind are still to be found in all the
principal cities of Europe.-San Francisco
Chronicle
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
The Mythical Tea of China.

"You have often heard" said a dealer to
me the other day, that there is an ex-
quisitc tea in China which never comes to
this country, and that what little Of it
leaves that country goes to Russia to de-
light the nobility of that country 1t is
said that people in this country have never
tasted a real cup of tea, and so on. Now;
so far as can learn-and think ougu,
to know-this is all "a myth. Tnere Is Ii.
tea in China which can not easily be i'm
ported into this country. The Chinese
have kind of tea that they think is bet
ter than what they send us, but we could
not drink it. 1t is very weak and mas Il
mawkish favor that is rather sickening TO
us."-Cor. Chicago Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
aondo,a. and conaol,e,. of Venice.

On these evenings it Is amusing to
watch the elegant private gondolas wait
ing in crowds to bear their fair mistresses
home. 1t is a regular battle of the boats.
Each gondolier does his best to get his
boating carriage up to the steps first, and
vast Is the pushing and scufaing, loud the
uproar. One by one the carven barks,
with glittering prows and tufted funereal
coverings, emerge from below the dark
hess of the bridges into the dimly-lighted
canal; a plank Is laid to the shore; in
one hand the sprucely- dressed gondolier
holds beautiful lantern of worked iron
and ancient design, the other he offers to
his mistress, who, leaning lightly on his
shoulder, trips into the gondola, and,
deftly turning around, backs as grace
fully as she can into her coffin-like cabin.
Here. where the ordinary carriage looks,
Byron says: "a coffin clapped on a canoe"
the genuine funeral conveyance is more
like q gala barge. In the midst OF the
long and graceful bark the coffin is
sheltered below q rich canopy of draped
black and silver stuff, glittering in the
sun, and in singular contrast to the unre-
lieved sumberness of the gondolas which
carry the living
On one which saw the other day, a
silver lion of st. Mark crouched in the
stern, while on the PROV stood the silver,
life-sized figure of an angel with a
trumpet. The gondOliers, too, were
dressed in black and silver, their arms
and legs covered with a close-fitting black
and white stuff, and on their heads black
caps with white, curling feathers-a strik-
ing and probably a very ancient costume.
The truth is that all the sights and sounds
Of Venice have peculiar fascination OF
their own, and Mr.. HOwells is quite right
when he says that however long one may
live here, one never gets thoroughly IA
miliarized or blase with the place. You
may imagine you do, you may cease to
think about it, and then all of sudden
the beauty, the attraction, the strange
ness strikes you as wildly as the first
time, and enwrap you and carry you of
from ordinary, work-a-day life.--Florence
Gautier's Venice Letter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
Salmon Found In the Hudson.

There is a legend that sturgeon was
once so familiar on FAM, y dinner tables in
the state capital that it was sold by the
name of ALBANY beef" A much more
palatable fish is now reappearing in the
waters of the upper Hudson after an alb
Sence of many years. The shad fishermen
at Troy have found three salmon in their
nets within few days past, and dis
patch from that city says that the I'M
wonted catch has made a great excite
ment" there These salmon are alleged to
be the product of fry planted in trout
streams in Warren county, OH the borders
of the Adirondack region, four years ago.
This county lies far north of Troy, and
Lake George forms part of its eastern
boundary.-Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
He Knew What That Meant.

.. A congressman's daughter has been re-
ceiving young mans attentions until
the father thought it was time he was
knowing something aboutit. "Celestine,
he said last night, when the young man
was announced, isn't it about time some
definite conclusion was being arrived al
in this matter?" "Quite time, papa" she
replied in a matter fact way. "Well,
daughter, is there an. prospect of con-
clusion?" II can't say, really, papa. You
see he is on the calendar as unfinished
business, and" Enough, daughter,
enough" he interrupted, putting up hA
hands, and the girl went down stairs
to complete the quorum.-Washington
Critic .....
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
w.tsr-cre.. an Antido.. for nicotine.

Smokers may be pleased to know that
an antidote has been discovered which
will enable them to enjoy their PIPES and
cigars without any fear of being poisoned
by nicotine. 1t appears that water-cress
destroys the toxic principle of tobacco,
preserving at the same time its aroma It
is sufficient to wet the tobacco with Che
juice of the water-cress, which will com
pletefy deprive the tobacco of its deleter
ious principles. Medical journal,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
Social Gradations in England.

William H. Rideing, writing wittily of
gradations in England, AYERS: "The occu-
pants of the softest cushions are treated
with the softest manners-the occupants
of the hardest with an appropriate
sperity."-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
The Careful transportation of Eggs.

Twenty-three million eggs were recently
shipped from st. Louis at one time, only
800 of which were broken during their
journey to New York.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23

The grand jury at Sitka, Alaska, is try
ing to have the steamship company IL
di ted for importing tramps and cranks
inIo the territory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
The CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
& ST. PAULlR'Y

Is the Fast. Mail Short Line from st. Pau
and Minneapolis via La Crosse and Milwau-
kee TO Chicago and all points in the Eastern
States and Canada. II Is the only line un-
der one management between st. Paul and
Chicago, and is the finest equipped railway
| In the Northwest. It is the only line run
ming Pullman Drawing-Ro Sleeping Cars
with Luxurious Smoking Rooms, and the
finest Dining Cars In the world, via the IA.
nous River Bank Route, 'along the shores
ofLake Pepin and the beautiful Mississippi
River TO Milwaukee and chicago. Its trains
connect with these of the Northern IInesi n
the Grand Unicn E:pot at st. Paul. Ne
change Of cars OF any class between Sc. Paul
and Chicago. For through tickets, time
tables, and full Information. apply to any
coupon ticket agent in the Northwest. z,
Miller GenI Manager, f. Tucker Asst
GenI Manager, A. ". II. Carpenter Gen1
Pass. and Tkt. Ag't. Geo Fl. Heaford, Asst
Gen1 Pass, and Tiki, Ag't. Milwaukee, Wis
W. II. Dixon Asst Genl Pass. Age mt, st
Paul. Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
A Nobleman in a Cave.

A supposed French nobieman is living
in o cave in Connecticut. He dresses il
leather made by himself of old boot tops,
never speaks and lives by charity
Philadelphia Qall,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23

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Premature Old Age. Barrennese. Loss of power
orrhea caused by over-exertion of the BRAIN self
abuse or over-indulgence. Each box contains
one months treatment. S1.0O box. or six boxes
for $780, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price
To cure any case. With each order received byus
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
Meal of a French workfnpmau.

A Bordeaux journal describes the din.
ner usually provided for workmen in that
city. A large plate of vegetable soup,
cost 2 cents; large piece of bread, cents;
large plate of red haricot beans. cost {
cents; half a plate of roast veai-tle qusn
tity being ampe Eor an ori av
!. out... or ....
cen, I; so it Will oe seen a fair d.ld-r ~
provided, with half oottle of wihe, for
cents.-Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23
10 MARVELLOUS PRICES. - CA.
BOOKS FOR The MILLION

Complete Novels Other Works. AUTHORS
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-23

RGA FARMS ED la Ss dso Cheap gi sSp e
sssculaz. n p H1Segs CentE1lias Va
New-York tribune., 1886-05-15
COMBINATIONS BY THE SENATE

WASHINGTON, May II (SpeciaJ The Senate
occupied hour to-day In confirming uncontested NOM
nations. An effort made reconsider tho vote by
which the nominee for LynchDurg. Va.
was rejected. but he secured only four votes In his
favor As editor ofa newspaper he accused nearly all
OF the Republican Senator'S OF various crimes. showing
partisan zeal much for the Democratic Senators
10 be willing to approve. Although the Senate con-
drmed Appraiser McMullen and Surveyor Cole. Of
Albany 1t has yet considered the OF Surveyor
Beattie and OF the assistant appraisers in NewYork
Naval officer Burt would been confirmed long ago
II he hal not been appointed Ia place OF soldier re-
moved before the expiration OF his term.
The following nomin atoms we're condrmcd:
s. I. Houser to be Governor OF Montana
O. Montague TO be superintendent OF the Mint at New
Orleans.
j. 7. Hcay, OF Illinois to be Assistant Treasurer of
r. Shields of ohio. to be United states Attorney for
the Northern District OF Ohio.
Mint
II. ". Gilbert, Of York. to be United States Con-
W D. Robinson. OF New York, to be Supervising In
spect0r or steam vessels, Ninth District
T. F. Donvan. OF Now. York. be surveyor of Gus
toms, at Patchogue y. Y.
y. B. GachelI. of New York to be Appraiser of Mer-
chandse al Buffalo Creek, v. Y.
James Tilton. OF NewJersey be Collector OF Gus
tomsat Great Egg Harbor, n j.
g. d. Boron OF NowJersey. to be Assistant Collector
OF Customs at Camden, \. j.
Passed Assistant Engineer G. W. stivers to be Chief
Passed Assistant Engineer W. W. Heaton to be Chief
Engineer Ia the Navy.
{. T.. Woodruff. OF Pennsylvania to be Assistant Sur
geOn IN the Navy.
C. H. Warner, OF Washington Terr tory. Register
OF the Land Office NJ Walla Walla
J. ". Leigh or California, to be Receiver OF Public
Moneys at san Francisco.
W IL Garrarl, o. Illinois, to be Receiver OF Public
Moneys a Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.
POstmasters j. W. Sauher. Union springs Ala; J. L.
Homdley. Fairfield H.; G.. W. McMllie1. Mount ster-
ling. H. II. W Cook. Michigan City. Ind: H. Freygang
Angola, Iud l. Major. Snebyvle Int.;J. N. Jones.
Cambridge City. Ind; G. o. Thebaui. Vevay. Ind. j.
II. -aXtOn. Dewitt. Iowa T. Brown Baltimore, Nd.
T. L. Garcelou. Wlnchester. Mass; j. f. Grion, Paris
Ieuu
New-York tribune., 1886-05-15
EFFECT OF A STONE IN A CABLE SLOT.

The question as to whether a stone placed in
the slot or the pipe In which the cable is OBJ
structon in q cable street railway occupied the attention
OF the Jury yesterday the trial Of joan Miller grip
man on the Tenth Avenue Cable road who In
the Court Of General Sessions Joseph ODonneN,
formerly chairman OF the Executive Committee Of the
Empire Protective Association, testified that he had
been IN the railroad business for fifteen years had
been grpnan the cable road from the time that It
started until strike. lie said that he had
positions such that In which Miller mad placed
just before his arrest and lie knew u accident
10 the result several striking gripmen and
conductors testified that sOLes between tne Tracks
no obstruction
Daniel j. Miller. young man who said that he owned
Tie cable pat nts III IA TINS city and Chicago, testified
that stone might he put IN the slot IN which cable
ran ana theIe would he no obstruction. To Recorder
Smyth he SAID: Possibly "a stone placed az
would cause the needle OF dynanOmeter placed In
the 10 trire. To Assistant District Attor-
ney Fitzgeralds question he SAID: II would be about
much OF an obstruction to train piece cnak
would be 10 quickly moving II IL were other
Wise IL would be Impossible to cable In tho
city"
John buckingham. an engineer. gave similar testl.
mony. Tue case will be given TO the jury Oh Monday
New-York tribune., 1886-05-15
CR1TlclsIvG A RIVER COMMISSION.

WAsHINGTON May Il (SpeciaI.-A copy of
long letter the President from william l. Elsefer.
civil engineer Of NewYorf. in regard the improve
ment OF the Mississippi River presented to-day In
the Senate anu referred TO the Committee Commerce.
Mr. seller, has a study OF this subject points
Que what he regards tue inevitable anu disastrous
failure Of the plans Of the Mississippi River Commission
for the improvement Of that river. TIE Jettes he says
have the effect weir dam. increasing the
head OF water IN the river above This the
the pass. The effect OF this obstruc
ton he says, seen IN New Orleans IN March. Is ST.
when the river higher at New-Orle ms than
fore though less than Onehan the food volume pass
iug the Iatl.ude OF the Re River discharging
through the at NewOrleans Mr. Esefer points
ont that the work Of tho ssDn does not allow FOR
tnl5 change IN tha river but s further ODstrucs tho
nOw and that the lryees enough and
not be made strong enough 70 resist the with
out enormous outlay He predicts fearful disaster II
the work Is continued under the Present plans Mr. Hep
burn aud others mte similar statements IN the House
when the Appropriation Of over e3DOO,OOO for con-
tinung the WORK was under consideration.
New-York tribune., 1886-05-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Friday, May H. 1856
MILITARY ACADEMY BLL-The senate Committee on
Appropriations has authorized Senator Logan report
back the Military Academy Appropriation bill without
amendment
THE PAYNE CAsE.-The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections vii hold meeting tomorrow to consider
papers referred to IT, regarding the election OF Sena
tor Payne.
To INSPECT THE MILITARY PRIsON.-Adjutaht-Cieneral
Drum will cave Washington tomorrow make an OIL
cia inspection OF the Military Prison Fort Leaven-
worth Kan General Terry and Colonel Barr Will assist
III the inspection.
THE KILLING OF CAPTAIN CRAWFORD 1t is not likely
that the Department OF will any further
vestlgatOn OF the killing OF Captain Crawford for the
reason that Consular officers have facilities Tor
obtaining accurate information on tie subject
ANorHER DEFICIENCY BrL-The Appropriations Com
mitree OF the has completed another urgent de-
fcency appropriation bill. Il approprates S6.OOOOOO
for pensions, r229.OOO for public printing 100000 for
pay the army and $4,000 for expenses ot advertising
for Indian supplies.
YELLOwsTONE PAKK.-The Senate Committee Ter
rtores this morning ordered favorable report on the
Vest bill fixing boundaries Of Yellowstone Park pro-
vidng lt shall hereafter be un Ter the sole and
Ye Jurisdiction OF the United states, and authOriz-
ing the Secretary OF the Interior 70 make and publish
rues and regulations for the and care OF