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Reward.

BERLIN, July 1.-THE Emperor has ap-
proved a proposal to have the portrait OF
the novelist Guestar Freytag painted at
the expense OF the State, on the ground
that his great servicessto the cause OF men
tai culture and patriotism OF the German
people.
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M0ulders Union.

LONDON. Ont, July 1.-THE Inter.
national Moulders Union to-day completed
Il revision Of it's constitution. Hereafter
the Union will meet once in t~ years, and
Cincinnati, Ohio, will be the headquarters
OF the order.
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Foreign Steel Rails.

LONDON, July 1.-THE convention of the
steel rail manufacturers OF England, Bel
GUM and Germany, formed for the purs
pose OF preventing ~ruinous competition,
has expired. 1t is stated the convention
will not have to be renewed.
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Discussing the Situation.

LONDON, July II. All the Ministers
except Lord Granville, who is i'll, dined
with Mr.. Gladstone tonight. The political
situation was fully discussed, but it was
agreed to postpone a final decision on the
course to be pursued till early next week,
when a council will be held.
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Difference of Opinion.

PARIS, July ia London correspond
cut OF the journal des Dcbats says: Earl
Rosenberg, British Foreign Minister, has
sent Russia an emphatic protest against
the closing OF the Batoum as a free port,
characterizing Russia's action as "a flag.
rant violation OF the treaty of Berlin" =
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A Circus Wreck.

PORTLAND, Me-, July 17.-Four cars OF
Forepaugh'sc circus train went over an en-
bankment near Vaissal at 2:3O p. m. to-
day Twenty-Five horses were killed and
several men injured. Two men are miss
ing and are supposed to be beneath the
wreck
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New YORK, July 17.-Boston 3, New
York 4.
At St. Louis-St. Louis 8, Detroit 8.
At Kansas City-Kansas City g., Chi
cage IA,
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Warm Weather.

Fl. WORTH, July 17.-Yesterday was the
hottest day Of the season in north Texas.
Reports from various points show that the
Thermometer registered from 100 to 100 in
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Thief and Hypocrite,

PlrrsuBRG, July 17.-Samuel X. Gay,
chief clerk in the Pittsburg pension office,
has probably gone to Canada. Yesterday
afternoon Pension Agent Russell discovered
that Gay had forged his name to three
checks ~aggregating $500. The information
for forgery was made before the United
States Commissioner. and a warrant was
issued for his arrest, but before the officer
could serve it, Gay got wind of the move.
ment and quickly left the city. The foeery
OF the three checks constitutes but a frac-
ton OF the amount which it is supposed
Gay took, and it is believed that the
amount OF the forgery and embezzlement
will reach from $500 to $50. 900. Cav
was the o of wealthy parents. He was
a strict attendant at church, quite active
in the Young Mems Christian Association
and a prominent leader in the Murphy
TEMPERANCE movement.
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Senator to be Elected.

SAN Francisco, July 1.-THE Chronicle
this morning says, editorially, the first
duty OF the extra session OF the Lesisla-
ture will be to elect a United States S.na-
tor to fill the %unexpired term oil the late
Senator Miller, according to section 3,
article 1, OF the Constitution of the United
States and section 16 of the Revised Stat
utes Of the United States.
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weekly Bank Statement.

New YORK, July 1.-THE bank state.
ment shows q reserve increase of S440..
375. Thu banks now hold $13, 61O, 925 in
excess Of legal requirements.
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Peter Mcmahon, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned
~ Executor of the last will and testament OF
Peter Mcmahon, deceased, to the creditors Of
deceased, to exhibit them. with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the first pub
lication of this notice, to the said Executor, at
the Probate Court room, in the Court house, in
the County of Silver Bow.
JAMES W. MCMAHON,
Executor of last will and testament of Peter
Mcmahon. deceased.
Dated June 19, 1856. 6-23-sW,
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SIR dixie.

He Testifies in His Case and Is q Bad
Witness.
LONDON. July 17.-In the divorce case
to-day, Sir Charles Dixie declined to state
whether or not he had ever maintained
criminal relationship with Mrs. Crawford's
mother. Sarah Grey, servant in the co.
respondents employ, being sworn, admitted
under pressure that she had met Fanny"
the alleged French mistress OF Sir Charles by
appointment, six weeks ago, but did not
remember what passed at the meeting.
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MEXICAN
Latest From the Scene-Men Joining
From This Side.

Latest From the Scene-Men Joining
From This Side.
MATAMoRAs, Mexico, July 17.-Further
details of the attack by Tapias' men OF
the train at Copate Station confirms the
account sent yesterday. Col. Projedia
Covassas, with a force of cavalry arrived
at the station within an hour after the
train had passed, but found that Tapias'
men had also left. It is thought that he is
pressing them closely, though no account
Of the fight has been obtained. The Revo.
lutionists are raiding all the ranches. The
revolution appears to be spreading in the
State OF NeuvOleOn.
ri CUT THRoATs.
NEW LAREDO, Mexico, July 17.-Excits.
ment a high inthis city yesterday, caused
by the sensational reports coming in from
Mier and Guerro. It ia said that the whole
country in that section is in arms and that
recruits are going there from the American
side OF the river.
Unbecom1ng an Oficer.
CHEYENNE, July ia general court
martial, ordered by the Secretary OF War
for the trial of Lieut.. ]. T. McBlain, Ninth
Cavalry, convened at Cheyenne this morn.
ing. The president Of the court is Henry
A. Morrow, Seventh Infantry. Twelve
officers OF the Seventh and Tweuty-First
Infantry are members of the court. Capt.
F. r. E. Eastein, Twenty-F First Infantry, is
Judge Advocate. The accused is a~rraigned
on the charge of conduct u~nbecoming an
officer and gentleman, the specification set
ting forth the obtaining OF a fraudulent de-
cree OF divorce from his wife, who claims to
have had no knowledge of the proceedings.
The accused pleaded not guilty. The
record OF the Superior Court Of San Fran
cisco in the divorce case wal introduced in
evidence. Owing to the non-arrival of i'm
portant witnesses for the prosecution from
Philadelphia. the court adjourned till
Monday.
Approaching Water Famine.
DENVER, July l7.-There has been no
rain in Colorado during the past three
months, and in consequence the rivers are
drying up and crops, ranchmen and stock,
as well as families, are suffering greatly for
water. What little water remains in the
Platte River is taken out by the Highline
Ditch Company, above Denver, causing
the rAnchmen lower dow great loss from
drought. These farmers held a meeting
here yesterday. protesting against the
ing the Governor for relief. This evening
the State officials issued an order to the
State Engineer directing him to shut off the
supply Of water above the city for irrieat.
ing purposes until the domestic wants oil
the farmers lower down are satisfied. It
has been raining in the mountains as well
as east and south yesterday and to-day,
and the opinion is that the drought is at
end.
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Carmen Win,

San Francisco, July 1.-THE
strike on the North Beach and Mission &
City Railroads ended to-day by the COM
panys conceding the demands OF the
strikers. All the men whose discharge led
to the strikes and also the strikers were
reinstated. Both lines tonight are run
ming q full force OF cars. The trouble en-
countered by the companys during the
strike was the work Of outsiders, not the
strikers.
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AT
KEMPTON PARK, ENGLAND.

LONDON, June 17.-At Kempton Park
to-day the Kempton Park July handicap,
three-eighth OF q mile, was won by Nc.
kenzie's s-year.old brown colt by see-saw
out OF Fair Vestal; G. Trimmer's4-year.old
brown colt Iris, second; Sir C.. Chetwynd's
~5-year-old bay horse Gordon third.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Our Great Ignorance of Mexico.

Although geographically near, and
having been in commercial relations with
the rest of the world for over $50 years,
there is probably less known to-day
about Mexico than of almost any other
country claiming to be civilized; GER
Nxinly not as much as concerning Egypt,
Palestine, or the leading states of British
jRdia, and not any more than concerning
the outlying provinces of Turkey, the
states of Northern Africa. or the seaport
districts of China and Japan. 1t is
doubtful, furthermore, if as large a pro-
aortioG as one in thousand of the fairly
educated men of the United States or of
. Europe, could at once, and without ref
terence to an encyclopedia, locate and
SsaIne the twenty-seven states or polit-
jcal divisions into which the republic of
Mexico is divided, or so many of its
town and cities as have population in
..sxce-'s of $4,000 or 2O,OOO.-David A.
Wells in Popular Science Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
The Boomerang Practically o Myth.

"Do we ever get fooled?" exclaimed
Barnum' when l asked him if he was
often led into wild goose chases after
things that turned out to be ordinary.
"tVell, should say so. There's no de-
pendence to be placed on the reports of
travellers as to the alleged wonders
they've seen. For instarce, we've Just
wasted $500 on boomerang throwers.
You've heard of Austrah. IN bushmen
who have weapon made of bent
stick with sharp point, that they throw
with wonderful skill, hitting TIE prey
unerringly, and then returning of itself
to fall at the feet of the marksman. Well,
it struck me that half dozen of SbeNu
would be fine attraction, and had an
agent go from London to the wilds Of
New South Wales; but he writes me that
the accounts are two-thirds lies. and
the remaining third isn't worth
bringing away. The BOOMERANG
is fact, and the native Australian saw
ages fling it at game-missing about as
often as hitting; and it will return, if it
strikes nothing, to somewhere near the
starting point, but with no sort of GER
tainty. My man searched thoroughly.
and witnessed the feats of the best ex-
perts to be found, but they amounted TO
nothing In particular. The lannon's
boomerang is practically a myth. .
Boston Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
father, Mother, and Three Sisters Dad.
Mr.. David Claypool. formerly SERGEANT.

&etne1S aaotoeI, anu 4o1ee o1Spefs Ufaus
Mr.. David Claypool, formerly Sergeant
alarms ofthe New Jersey Senate, and now
Notary Public at Cedarville, Cumberland
Co, N. j., makes the following startling
statement: "My father, mother, and three
sisters all died with consumption, and my
lungs were SO weak raised blood. Nobody
thought I could live. My work (ship-
smithing twas very straining on me with my
weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this cnnditionif
commenced using Mishler's Herb BittsFs,
and it saved my life Because it was 20,
difficult to get it in this little place, and
had improved SO much, stopped taking il
for a time, and the result is that have
commenced going rapidly down hill again.
Somehow, Mishlers Herb Bitters gives
appetite and strengthens and builds me up
as nothing else does, and must have
dozen bottles at once. Use this commu-
nication as you please, and if any one wants
to be convinced of its truth, let them write
me and 1 will make affidavit to it, for I
owe nay life to Mishler's Herb Bitters."
s.The secret of the almost invariable relief
and cure of consumption, dysentery, diar;
rhea, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and
liver complaints, when Mishler's Herb
Bitters is used, is that it contains simple,
harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver,
and through them strengthens and invigor-
ates the whole system. Purely vegetable
in it's composition prepared by regular
physician; a standard medicinal prepare
ton; endorsed by physicians and drug
gists. These are four strong points in favor
of Mishler's Herb Bitters. Mishler's Herb
Bitters is sold by all druggists. Price $1.00
per large bottle. 6 bottles for $500.
Ask your druggist for MIsHLERs HERB BITTERs.
II he does not keep it. do not take anything else but
send a postal card to MIsHIER HERE Buffers Co.
6W Commerce Street. Philadelphia
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Author of the First American Tale.

Author OF the First American Tale.
Royal Tyler was not only the author of
the first American drama, but also wrote
the first American tale. This was the
"Algerine Captive, which went through
two editions, but is now very rare book.
1t has no plot, and was written to show
up errors of the times, and especially the
absurdity of paying tribute to the Alger-
ines for the privilege of sailing in the
Mediterranean unmolested. 1t may now
seem almost incredible that the United
States was once subjected to this humil-
iating condition, but such is history.
Our government, however, eventually
sent squadron to Algiers under De-
catur, who soon taught this nation of
pirates to respect our flag.
To return to the aforementioned tale,
/ may say that in carly childhood came
across copy, and 1 well remembered
that the author mentions that while yet
a lad he was SO deeply interested in
"PiIgrim's Progress" that he stuck a
pin in Apollyon's eye in order to help
Christian out of the fight" The author
published this book under a nom de
plume, and the title page was, 1.-THE Al
gerine Captive; or, The Life and Ad-
venture of DIR. Updike Underhill, Six
Years Prisoner Among the Algerines.
The book was popular, and Tyler might
have continued his attention to fiction,
but the next year Q799 Charles Brock
den Browns first novel appeared, ami
this checked all rivalry.-Cor. Cincin-
matt Enquirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Consequence Of killing Birds.


aSteps are being taken to pass laws in
every state of the Union to make it a
criminal oHense to kill birds for any pur-
pose, except strictly game birds used for
food and such birds as are needed for
scientific purposes"
How can you make crime out of q
matter of SENTIMENT"
This IS something more than matter
OF sentiment, something much more.
The loss of the birds which are almost
insectivorous has already caused quite
appreciable loss on the farmers crops,
and we are destined to see a plague of
insect life so great as to entail important
commercial consequences to the country
at large. Nothing but birds can regulate
the increase of insects and keep it within
bounds, and to destroy the birds as we
have done is crime of the highest order
against society, and will cause loss and
waste incalculable."
& us this guesswork or verifable hypo-
thesis!"
Fact, siri France once, in a paroxysm
of folly, allowed the destruction of
proportion of hers. The result in disaster
to fields and crops and in positive famine
and distress was SO apparently the result
OF this folly that now France and
Germany protect the birds with jealous
care. For every wing on woman's hat
to-day some one will suffer loss, some
one will so hungry and lose some joy
out of life. If it would be crime to
destroy the grass of the fields and hills,
because grass is necessary for the support
of life, so it is a crime to destroy that
which nature has provided as the sole
protector of that and its kindred grain,
the birds. Nothing can make it less than
crime: a crime against the order of the
world, against human society and well
fare.-Chicago Tribune Interview.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Maps Made by Native Greenlanders.


In the collections recently taken to
Denmark from the east coast of Green
land by Capt. Holm, are several objects
that have excited the establishment of
European geographers. They are maps
made by the natives. The maps are en-
graved with their rude cutting imple-
ments on boards that drifted ashore.
They We're found among the natives who
live along the shores of deep ford near
the most northern point attained by
Holm. Only ten or twelve of these 400
people have ever visited the Danish set
Elements in south Greenland, owing to a
stretch of glaciers and ice fields which
have SO nearly isolated them from the
world that their existence was not known
until recently. They had never seen a
white man until Holm and DIR. Knutzen
came among them.
Some of these curious maps, Capt.
Holm says, represent quite accurately
the contour of the coast, with all it's
many big and little indentations, along
which they live. Other maps give the
outlines of islands lying near the coast,
and the explorers say the maps repro
duce the shape of the islands with good
degree of fidelity.-New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
The Chief Condition of Longevity.

Success of some pet project or other
seems to be chief condition of longevity.
The loser of game for high stakes gen.
orally hands in his remaining chips. The
after-effects of bad disappointment
rarely fail to shorten life. They killed
Firdousi and the two Napoleons, Gar
Nicholas and Leon Gambetta. Bismarck
comes of a short-lived family and his
fourth decade threatened to be his last;
but the triumphs of 1870 gave him new
lease of life. Death loves shining mark
only in the form of setting star. In
western Europe pensions used to be be-
slowed as a reward of success-military,
literary or artistic-and pensioners of
that sort were proverbially long-lived.-
DIR. Felix L. Oswald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Ine vuvIrandra, or Lace Plant

1t is one of the rarest plants in>exist-
ence, and known botanically as the
Ouvirandra, or more significantly to the
average lay mind as the lattice or lace
leafed plant. 1t is genus of aquatic
plants, native of Madagascar and not
found in any other portion of the globe.
The appearance of the leaf resembles 4
bit OF open lattice or lace work and
seemingly consists of only a skeleton of
delicate nerve fibres. The leaves grow
in radiating cluster and float lust be-
low the surface of the water, presenting
their FIAT sides to the light.
The plant, besides being Curl
Gus and beautiful, is of real value
TO the natives of Madagascar. who
collect its fieshy, farinacious roots and
utilize them as articles of food. and verv
good they are said to be, although the
experiment could only be tried by .
Croesus In this country, since the lace
plant in this portion of the globe ia
worth considerably more than its WEIGHT
IN gold.-New York World,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
Time Saved by Railroad Travel.

The estimated humber of passengers
carried annually on the Berlin tramways
ls S0.O00,000. A STATISTICAL has calcu-
lated that, if every person thus trans
l"rted saves only ten minutes time on
every working day of ten houn, count
ing 500 working days to the year, the ag-
;grt;ate saving of time In single ,alen-
.dar year will amount to 5000 wor.' King
years. Adding to this the saving of
twenty minutes time for $4,000, OOO..of
9~rsons carried by the city railroad
namely; b868 working years-the grand
annual saving for the travelling Berlin
9"in''c M'said he @, eeG working years IN
f"slS;etlionth.-Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
The Earth Viewed ut n Distance.

II it we're possible to rise above the at
m sphere which surrounds the earth we
should see nothing but an intense and
Sharply defined ball Of fire, while every.
thing else would be wrapped in total
harkness. There could be no diffusion of
hight without an atmosphere, or some
similar medium for it to act upon; but if
the AIR about extended to height of 700
miles. the rays Of the sun could not pene-
trate 1t and we should be left in dark
hers. At the depth of zoo feet in the
tcean The light cease altogether, one-half
OF 5he Ugh; being being absorbed in pass
ing Through only seven feet of the purest
notwithstanding Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
The Common Causes of Neura,r,.

The commonest causes of NEURALGIA arc
defective or poisonous conditions of tho
blota. Large losses of blood are very
certain 70 be followed by neuralgia in
some nerve or nerves. The red blood
corpuscles are very necessary to the
proper nutrition of the central nervous
system; consequently, when they are not
present in due proportion, the brain
cries out for healthy blood, land its de-
maEd Is most often uttered by way of
more or less sharp, neuralgia pain. The
vegetable parasite that produces what is
called malarial poisoning destroys these
very essential red-blood discs.-Cor.
Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
An Easy-Going, Good-Natured People.

The native Bernudians are an easy-go-
ing, good-natured people,, very fond of
amusements, in illustration of which q
letter in The Troy Times records this in
cident: "a lady from New York was in
one of the largest stores here one morn
ing looking at goods, when the clerks be-
gan to put up the shutters. She asked
what was the matter, supposing the pro-
prietor had died or failed, but was in
formed that the yachts were just going
out. and that all the business places al-
ways closed whenever there was yacht
race or anything especial going on" -Ex-
.bonno