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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

ing from the shadows. What with
fear and hast, she reached the
threshold breathless. Pushing open
the hall door, little vagrant tina,
she was, she stole in upon Grace,
busy In securing the parlor shutters.
"IIush, Grace don't screrm-don' {
rouse anybody" she cried. in n ny.
sterical whisper. 81 thought maybe
you'd let me sleep with you. I'm
locked out!'
'Locked out, poor dear!''
"Yes; I'll tell you all about it
presently. Can't 60 up stairs first
I'm so tiredl''
you're rs white as q sheet, bird
kin. Run up to my room. I'll follow
as soon as Tom comes in. He's at
the stable feeding Lady,
"Lady?"
Hasn't Tom told you of this Lady,
the lovely colt uncle Ezra has given
him? She came while We were at
Pinafore.''
"Hls little Lady,
Papa thought uncle Ezra hud
better keep her till Tom was graduate
ed but uncle pets Tom, and he said
TEN might as we'll have her at
once"
Daisy heard the closing of dis.
tant door, and fled to dreams to csn>
fused for record.
AS she was tiptoeing out of the
house in the early morning she came
upon Tom, looking glum and sleep.
less.
II beg your pardon Tom, for what
I said last night-about the hen.
coop, you KNOW" she whispered, in
dimp,ed confusion. cit was awfully
naughty. take it all back"
Sand will you take back all the
rest, Daisy, implored Tom, cheered
by her bushes.
Hush! Can't stop, Tom.' said
she. with an evasive laugh. II
must take myself back now to aunt
Abby.
you must do no such thing,
Daisy Campbell" said Tom, stoutly,
his clouded mind precipitately illum.
mated by the coquettish sparkle in
her eye, "By yonr leave, madam, 1
I shall take you back to aunt Abby
myself, and l shall ask her to lock
you in next time, and keep you for
me. Come, the carriage is ready.
Well ride with the little Lady,
Hurpsrs Bdzdr.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Shearing Sheep.

In consequence CT the cold storms
liable to occur throug bout the whole
Northwest duiing the Hrst half Of
May, it is not good plan to shear
sheep before that time. As q large
fiockmaster at one time, We found
the best results when we put off the
sheariRg season until the first week
in June. When the sheep are sheared
before the cold storms are over, they
suffer with the cold, and in many in
stances it requires the rest Of the
summer to recover from the effect Of
being shorn of their wool 50
early in the season. It is very true,
We may have a few warm days in
May and sheep will, perhaps, be un.
comfortable for short time, but It
Is good deal better to have them
suffer day or two from the heat.
than all summer from the effect Of
too early shearing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Arranging Flowers in Bsda

The first week or twoin May H,a
very good timet 10 SOW lowers in this
climate and latitude. In arranging
flowers in beds tire principal things
to be avoided are The placing Of
rose. colored or red flowers next to
scarlet or orange, or orange to yell.
low blue next to violet, or rose next
to violet. On the contrary, the TO-.
lowing 'colors harmonic: White
will relieve any color, but should
not be placed next to yellow. orange.
light blue, OF orange yellow. BY OBJ
serving these rules the amateur may
have his fower-borders vie in beauty
and al rangement with those of great
er pretensions, and evan surpass
many Of them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

cutting through the water at great
ratio of speed, up the bay. Ere we
had time to more than catch our
breaths, the big fish tackled again and
treated US to another larch, which
came near capsizing US in good
earnest.
"Down the bay again We were
hauled, for half mile at least, our
glittering prize now and then vary
ing the monotony Of steady pulling
by leapfng clear Of the water, then
diving and passing under us. leaving
behind him trail of pure foam.
Once in the violence Of his jumping.
he came almost aboard the boat,
snappiNg his jaws as he fell along
side US.
For eight or ten turns, he career
cd up and down the bay, towing our
boat as fast as a man could run.
AT last in one OF bis circuits, we
were born past the ribs of an old
fishing craft that stuck up out of the
sea. the hulk being half embedded
in the sandy bottom.
"My two friends took hold of these
old timbers, and exerting all their
force. were able to stay the course of
this Floridian leviathan. Then,
for ten or fifteen minutes he played
around us,-we all three holding
fast to the frame Of the old fishing
craft to stay him.
"Gradually, the resolute creature
tired himself out.-though net for as
much as an hour after first being
hooked ;and anothef boat coming
out TO our assistance, We were able
to tow our catch ashore.
"The fish was Of variety which
the fishermen Of that coast
call a tarpon; and our specimen
NJ measured a few inches mere than
nine feet in length, and was esti-
mated to weigh between three and
four hundred pounds. This fish, too,
Is sometimes called the silver
prince from its silvery and glitter.
ing appearance-due to It's scales.
These scales are each about the size
of silver dollar, and looked as if
coated with thick silver leaf. Alto.
gether, 1t seemed to me the most
beautiful, and certainly the most
exciting, llsh that had ever SEEN"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Setting a Bad Example,

A member of the Lawrence County
(Dakota) school board was speaking
Of the teacher employed.
"That Teller amt givin' no salts
faction at ALL ha said. ~
why. thoasht no eanae from the
east highly recommended" --~..
"Oh, I s'pose he was, but he don't
seem to suit, jist the same"
But he has a good education"
Eyes, guess he's got straight
flush on education all right huff. but
the troubles right: Naterly you
know, the big boys have little
poker game at noon, and NV curse
have the teacher set in"
Eyes"
"Well I'm cussed eff they Amt jist
bout cleaned him out Nv his wages :!
Now what kind of a zample do you
call that, lettin' boys down him in
that way? don't want my child
go'n' to no SIGH school. Seems s'if
we can't hardly get a good teacher
no. more-blamed eff don't believe
I'll 60 over and take holt Nv the
school myself"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

The industry Of honey bee work.
ing a clover feld is something won.
derful. Each clover head has sixty
separate flower tubes, each contain.
ing about the Ave hundredth part OF
grain Of sugar. There are 7,C00
grains to q pound, SO that the bee
must have sucked the contents OF
8, SOC, 900 clover tubes to have gather
ed one pound Of honey. 80. r...-s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tow:d by a Fish.

A correspondent writes: 1--WE had
been lying in the little roaastead off
Miami, Key Biscayne Bay (south
coast of Florida), for nearly week,
our voyage there having been
merely pleasure trip. On the sixth
morning, quite early, in company
with two of my fellow voyagers,
whom will call Clayton and Morris,
I had gone out in small boat to Sc
cure some mullet for bait that We
might fish later in the day. The
sun was just up, lighting water and
sandy shore with fresh, sparkling
radiance. 1t was perfect morning.
All ground the little sand key, the
yellow. pebbly bottom showed as
plainly as if the five or SIX feet of
water had been but pane of glass
over it.
"Legions of small fish were NOV
ing about. At length, we stopped
rowing, and got our rods and small
hooks ready.
| "suddenly Clate whispered, st!
easy ! just look astern 7
"Then we saw what resenbled
three huge logs Of sparkling silver
slowly gliding along, in six or seven
feet of water, lazily winnowing it
withtheir shining fms.
I ''Ob, aren't they beautiesp whis-
pered Mot excitedly. What are
theyr
"Not one Of US had ever seen any
thing like them. There was a shark
hook, chain and line in the boat and
two or three mullet, the tenement Of
yesterdays bait, lay under the stern
seat. Hastily, yet without noise,
4 Clate thrust the hook into one Of the
mullet and then gently tossed it into
the water, in front Of the slowly
/ passing monsters.
Mot and I meantime seized tile
line. Scarcely had the hook and
bait sunk yard when we felt it
gently but firmly seized.
".He's got it he's got itr muir.
INJURED Clate. 'Easyl Wait till I
give the world Give him more line.
Don't pull till tell you
"Twenty or thirty feet of the line
was paid out slowly, for the big fish
seemed in no hurry. At last, it gave
a substantial pull.
CHOW then I yelled Clate; and
we all three pulled, expecting a
lively fracas, but we were net pre-
pared for what followed, for the
next instant our three pairs of arms
were well nigh serked out Of their
sockets, and what looked like daz.
zling meteor emerged clear ct the
water, rejecting the light like hun.
dred blazing looking glasses.
i "Then with squjIm and a snap
of its jaws, it Owed down again.
The jerk that followed SO nearly up
set us that the boat shipped at least
a barrel of water.
II "Mot fell half overheard and in
, our efforts to haul him In, Clate and
myself both hold of the line. But
the end of it was bent to AIRING il
, the bow.
II Recovering little from the eff
, fects of tho lurch, we found the boa
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
RELIGIOUS.
The Power of Faith.

A man cannot be strong without
faith. We do not know that there
have been any bold deeds done with
out faith. Faith discovered America.
Faith brought back the soldiers or
France TO the field of Waterloo.
Faith has oftentimes burned the
midnight oil in the advancement of
science. Without faith it is impos-
slble to do anything great or good.
1t is the secret source of strength al
ways and everywhere and most en-
phatically our ability to do good
must he the product Of faith that
rest upon the wisdom, the omnipo-
tence, and love Of God. It is just
because we have not faith enough.
In ordinary life strength is a thing
which we cannot command; one
man Is weak and another is strong;
and we cannot alter the fact.-But
in christian life it is within oar
power. Only let there be faith, and
we "may add to our faith, strength
we r.ay attain" "The weak may
become like David, and the strong
may become like the angel of the
Lodi Faith 10 the only limit. For
we are to become strong in the Lord
and in the power of his might; and
all things are possible to him that
telieveth. The real secret cause of
our weakness is our want of faith.
We de no believe that Christ is with
US, and as long as We have this
doubt we are shorn Of our strength,
and we cannot make full stand OF
strenuous resistance against the
assaults Of the devil. But let a man
be strang in the love God Through
faith. let him abide in the presence
of the Lord, and then, IL we want t.
know what he can do, look at st.
Paul. He was simply such as We
are. bat he had strong spiritua
faith, and that enabled thoroughly
to do the work of lis Master. and en-
dure all things, marty rdom, for The
gospel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

Farmers who have not already
made their gardens, have plenty Of
time to do 50. They should remem-
Der that half Of the good living Of
family, comes from the garden. With
the products of good garden-lib>
orally patronized by the family-to>
gether with a bountiful supply Of
small fruits during the summer there
need be no apprehension Of doctors
t,tlio
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
An Important Discovery.

Tho most important Discovery ID
that which brings the most good To
the greatest number. DIR. kings
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs, and Colds, will preserves the
health and save life. and is u price
less boon to the afflicted. Not only
does it positively cure Consumption.
but Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis, Asth.
ma, Hoarseness, and all affections OF
the Throat, Chest and Lunga, yield
at once to It, wonderful curative
powers. IL you doubt tAis Sst .
Trial bottle Free, IS 4 last 1's j
Leffgren's Drug st SO
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

Large fortunes are rare In Switzer-
Land, and the salaries Of public func,
tionaries very modest. The Presi.
dent Of the Confederation receives
81, 900 a year, few judges more than
81, 250, and there is probably no
bank manager in the county who
gets more than twice that amount.
A man with an income Of $500 IL
considered very we'll of indeed. ana
to have 5000 IL to be rich.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
A Jay is advancing in which the
Loids prayer Is TO be echoed in

4 A Jay is advancing in which the
Iloids prayer Is TO bs echoed in
every closet, and re -echoeslr on every
6efd Of Christian effort. u3til king.
dom comes In the unity Of saints.
The world isin our time avery mar.
now street You can do nothing irn.S
portant on the one side that
is not known ON the other. All your
discussions here operate mischiey-
ously on missions. All your lax, un.
scriptural, faniful views cripnin
-eyangoiistic sr0rt throughout the
earth. l anticipate no conquest Of
the whole world by Christianity un.
til Christ so unites all believers that
these three essentials of Christian
faith shall all be made pillars in the
church militant-pillars which no
one attacks, pillars which no one
dreams of oyerthrowing, pillars ris-
ing from earth to heaven the neces.
city of the new birth, the necessity
Of the atonement, the necessity OF
repentance in this life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
POETRY.
JOHN B. COUGH.
By MRS. E. J. RICHMOND.

By MRS. E. J. RICHMOND.
Died on the field of battle,
In conflict with the foe,
The field on which the angels
Are flying to and fro.
No foreman's hand hath smote him.
The soldier true and grand.
Whose battle-cry has been, For
God, Home and Native Land
But the brave heart was weary;
God saw he needed rest,
And sent a bright-winged angel
To call him to His breast.
The "loved disciple" long ago
Leaned there, and knew His peace:
And the brave and toll worn soldier
Has gained sweet release.
From myriads doth rise,
But 1T cannot down the paans
OF welcome from the skies.
ITO him that overcometh,'
This is the strain they sing,
"He shall have power forever
In the city of the King"
And the thousands he has rescued
Shall join the loud acclaim,
And bless him for the work he wrought
In the rede:m name.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

Give the bog bit ground and en-
courage him to raise some nice veg
etables 70 take to the fair this fail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27

The man has not lived In vain who
plants good tree in the riigt place.
, 1886-07-08

Many of us still cling to the old myth
about the inability of the average north
erner to speak good English, but we are
gradually giving it up. We have learned
that some localities III this country were
settled by immigrants from certain Eng
lish counties and that the peculiarities Of
speech brought from the mother coun-
try have been handed down from father
to son. Some of the oldest and most
uncouth provincialisms, both northern
and southern, are accounted for in this
way. Then, we have no definite standard
to go by, no one dictionary. no one city
to lay down the law of pronunciation.
Even the opinion of Fowler, expressed
in his universal grammar. that the best
English pronunciation is to be found in
Maryland must be taken with some
grains of allowance. 1t is plain that the
northern brogue or twang, or whatever
it is, has the upper hand at present. In
company with Boston baked beans it is
gradually permeating every nook and
corner of the south. The rising genera
ton in Atlanta and the rising generation
in Boston talk ke.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
, 1886-07-08
posse.,or of oarlyle's writing-rabie.

Sir James Stephens is proud to possess
Carlyle's writing-table, and thus relates
how it came to him: Mr.. Carlyle" he
says, asked me to be his executor, and
some little time after l had accepted that
duty asked me, in his drawing-room, to
choose one of the articles of furniture or
pictures contained in it, to keep as a me-
mortal of him. 1 chose the table-or
rather desk-in question, partly because
it was of hardly any intrinsic value-it
was valued for probate at 2 pounds ster-
ling-and partly because it is of rather
peculiar make, and had for many years
been associated with him in my mind.
He told me he was glad l had chosen it,
that it was remarkably solid and well
made; and that he had written all of his
books on it except Schiller. "-Detroii
Free Press.
, 1886-07-08
A LITTLE SUFFERER
Ci,ansed, Purified and BeautiAed by the
Cuticura Remedies.

1t affords me pleasure to give you this
report Of the cure Of our little %grandchild
by YOU Cuticura Remedies. When SIX
months old his left hand began to swell
and had every appearance OF n large boil.
We poulticed il, but all to no purpose.
About five months after it became a run
ming sore. Soon other sores formed. He
then had W of them on each hand, and
as his blood became more and more i'm
pure it took less time i)r them TO break
out. A sore came on the chin, beneath
the under lip, which was very offensive.
His head was one solid scab discharging n
great deal. This was his condition at ~
months old, when | undertook the care of
him, his mother having died when he was
a little more than a year old, of consump-
ton (scrofula, of c%ourse). He could walk
a little, but could not get up if he fell
down, and could not move when in bed,
having no use in his hands. | immedia-
tely commenced with the Cuticara Rene
dies, using the Cuticura and C%uticura
Soap freely, and when he had taken one
bottle of the Cuticura Resolvent his head
was completely cured. and he was improv-
ed in every way. We were very much
encouraged, and continued the use OF the
Remedies for n year and a half. One sore
after another healed, n bony matter form
ing in each one of these five deep ones
just before healing. which would finally
grow loose and were taken out; then they
would heal rapidly. One of these ugl,
bone formations / preserved. After taking
a dozen and n half bottles he was compile
tely CURED, and is now at the age of G
years a strong and healthy child. The
scars on his hands must always remain;
his hands are strong, though we once
feared he would never be able TO use
them. All that physicians did for him did
him nc good. All who saw the child before
using the Cuticura Remedies and see the
child now consider it a wonderful cure. II
the above facts arc Of any use to you. you
are at liberty TO use them. Mrs. Il. =.
briggs, 6l2 Clay St, Bloomington, III.
May 9, 1885
The child was really in a worse condi.
ton than he appeared to his grandmother,
who being with him ever day became nc.
customed to the disease. Maggie Hopping
Sold everywhere: Cuticura 50c: CUT.
cura Soap, an exquisite skin beautifer.
25c; Cuticura Resolvent. the new blood
purifier. 81. Prepared by the Potter Drug
and Chemical Company, Boston.
Sead for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
NshINo, scaly. pimply and oily skin beau
sssau6ed by the Cuticura Soap.
, 1886-07-08

and what the small sum of twenty FIVE
cents will do if properly invested. Ask
any person the question, what is the dear
est and most precious thing to you, and
the answer is most universally the same
life and health. Where, then, is twenty
five cents or any other sun more powerful
or valuable to you, than in saving life.
That is the precise cost of a bottle of
Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and Diar
rhea Remedy. the great life saver. 1t is
made for bowel complaints and nothing
else, and is pleasant to take aud certain to
cure. Sold by w. N. Hunt.
, 1886-07-08

Deafness appears to be exceptionally
prevalent in Kennebec county, Maine,
and in Martha's Vineyard. A recent sci
sntiic investigation of the matter shows
chat in both districts there is abundant
evidence of heredity and especially OF
atavism. In the families affected there
were also found blindness, insanity, idi-
ocy, and deformity, and in some cases q
long history of consanguineal marriages.
In Martha's Vineyard the distribution OF
deafness comedies with that of certain
soils, and its eastern boundary is also the
typhoid fever line.-Chicago Times.
, 1886-07-08

Mr.. Geo. V. Wiling. of Manchester,
Mich, writes: MY wife has been almost
helpless for FIVE years. so helpless that she
could not turn over in bed alone. She
used two bottles Of Electric Bitters, and is
so much improved that she is able now to
do her own work" Electric Bitters will
do all that is claimed for them. Hun
dreds Of testimonials attest their great Gu
atiye powers. Only fifty cents a bottle
at W. n. Hunt 5
, 1886-07-08

The newest Atlanta drink is milk
shake" You get it at the soda fountains.
The mixer Of cooling beverages pours out
a glass of sweet milk, puts in a spoonful
of crushed ice, puts in a mixture of un-
known ingredients, draws a bit of any
desired syrup, shakes the milk in a tin
can like a bartender mixes lemonade,
sprinkles a little nutmeg ON the foamine
milk, sets it out for you, and you pay [
cents.-Atlanta Constitution.
, 1886-07-08

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup company, san Francisco. CAL,
is natures " true laxative. This pleas
ant California LIQUID fruit remedy may be
had of W. N. Hunt. Large bottles at
50 cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant, prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispel headaches, colds and
@fcvers; to cure constipation, indigestion
and kindred ills.