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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
A Canal in Crimea.

Another internal improvement scheme
of great Importance, and involving some
mastery engineering methods and plans,
has for some time been in contemplation
by the Russian government, and, in view
of its political and commercial bearings
on the interests of that country, it's &C
complishment, in due course of time. is no
longer matter of doubt. This work is
the Perecop canal in the Crimea, which
will establish direct route between the
Don, the Black sea, and the Sea of Azof,
and three lines of rail, namely, the Knos-
noff Veronej, the Kursk Charkoff, Azof
Don or Maripol line, and the Losoff Sebas-
topol. Charkoff Niolaieff line will be
brought into junction with it. Besides
other considerations, such canal will
enable the Russians to bring the coal and
coke of the Don collieries to the Black sea
ports.-New York Sun. !.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Fruits of Colombia.

The fruits and vegetables in Colombia
are delicious and grow without culture or
care. The plantain is in universal use
and is always served as vegetable. 1t is
fried and boiled when the skin is yellow,
when it is known as ''green'. plantain,
and when it is black and the fruit is con-
sidered thoroughly ripe. The banana is
never fried in the tropics, but is always
served as fruit. There are many varie-
ties of banana. One of the most de-
licious species in flavor and fragrance is
the little fig or guinea banana, which is
scarcely finger in length. The red ba-
mana is not different species, but va
riety produced by grating at Baracoa,
Spain. ALI the bananas In Colombia are
yellow. The caruba, or passion flower
fruit, the custard apple, called by an en-
thusiastic traveller "the spiritualized
strawberry" and the guava are all de-
licious fruits which never reach our north
ern markets in perfection.-Amy G.
Shanks in Good Housekeeping.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
How They Marry in India.

At Trichur, in the East Indies, town
inhabited chiefly by Nairs, the land hold
ing class of the coast, divorce seems to be
as simple as marriage is easy. The Nair
Lady is a very independent person. Some
one offers cloth; that is the proposal. If
she accepts it, that is the marriage. If
she gets tired of her husband she gets rid
of him and takes up with another, and is
not held to have behaved disgracefully in
so doing. TO give cloth as present is
a very common thing in India. By cloth
is meant the garment worn by women in
the cast, and it may be very plain and
cheap or very rich and costly. But here,
whatever kind of cloth it be, to give one
is very significant. as n distinguished visi-
tor to Trichur found when he offered one
to Nair lady in whose house he had re-
ceived some civility. Whatever opinion
may be held from moral point of view
of these marriage relations, they result in
manly males and for the most part comely
and very often beautiful females.-Pan
Mall Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Lincoln Never Read a Novel.

While Edwin Forrest was playing an
engagement at Ford's theatre, Mr.. Car
penter spoke to the president one day of
the actors fine Interpretation of the char
acter of Richelieu, and advised him to
witness the performance. The CONVEX
sation occurred in the presence of Senator
Harris, Of New York. "Who wrote the
play?" asked the president of Mr.. Car
penter. "Bulwer," was the reply.
"Ahp' he rejoined, ''well, knew Bull
wer wrote novels, but did not know he
was play writer also. It may seem
somewhat strange to say" he continued,
"but never read an entire novel in my
life" Said Judge Harris, SIS it posi-
ble?" "Yes" returned the president,
s'it Is a fact. once commenced Ivan
hoe,' but never finished it."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
The Criminal Law.

"How about the criminal law-does it
not pay the young, eloquent counsel bet
ter than civil law?''
''The criminal law has lost its import.
ance to the practitioner. Very few men
of ability now follow it, and decline to &C.
cept retainers, unless, perhaps, for some
client for whom they have civil business
and whom they desire to oblige. There
are but few cases of the kind that are at
tractive to man of ability. Once in
while highly important case, having
some great question at its root, will at
tract the most distinguished counsel, but
these cases are rare. Most of the crimi-
nal business, in large cities particularly,
is both commonplace and disgusting. No
young man with character and mental
force should seek to follow it as a business
In such city. The name Of being a
criminal lawyer is injurious; it has un-
savory associations. 1t is not attractive,
pecuniarily, as rule, for the criminal
classes do not abound in wealth, and have
little means to pay their advocates. -New
York Mail and Express Interview with
Professor Dwight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
To Ventilate q Room.

The best way to ventilate room that I
know of is to put a board, long enough to
fit exactly in the window frame, and
about six inches high, under the lower
sash. If you remember the construction
of window sashes you will know that this
consequent raising of the lower one will
leave spaces between the glass and the
woodwork, through which fresh air can
obtain a gradual entrance into the room.
Its course is made somewhat tortuous
and all drauglIt thereby prevented.
When it reaches the inside it has an up
ward direction, too, and is not likely to
como in contact with tender craniums.
1t is important, in using this kind of ven
tilation, that the board fit accurately
under the window, SO that no little spaces
be left for tho air to blow through.-New
York World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
hkEHA7
Ais
YOU2

Do you feel dull. languid, low-spirited, life
less and indescribably miserable, both physi-
cally and mentally; experience sense of
fullness or bloating after eating, Or of gone
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches, blurred eyesight, " floating specks !"
before the eyes, nervous prostration or ex-
haustion, irritability of temper, hot fushes,
alternating with chilly sensations sharp,
feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness or
disturbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant,
indescribable feeling Of dread, or of impend-
ing calamity?
If you have all, or any considerable number
Of q, these .sa symptoms you are suffering from
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity of symp-
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will subdue it, if taken according to direc-
tons for reasonable length of time. If not
cured, complications multiply and Consump-
ton of the Lungs. Skin Diseases, Heart Disease,
Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
or later, induce fatal termination.
DIR. Piercess Golden Medical Dis.
cOyery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great blood purifying organ,
cleanses the system of all bloOd-taints and i'm
purities, from whatever cause arising. 1t is
equally eficacious in acting upon the Kid
neys, and other excretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition. thereby building up
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chins and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
DIR. Pferce's Golden Medical Dis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Down ON Numbers.

''There is one bore that / wish you
newspaper paragraphists would pitch
into," says Mr.. M. B. Husson. "You
have pretty nearly succeeded with your
jibes and filings in putting stop to the
fellow who used to carry his cane and his
umbrella under his arm or over his
shoulder aud prod people with it. Now,
should like to see you take hold Of the
fellow with the low, mumblng voice, who
talks to people in the cars. have some
acquaintance whom shrink from meet
ing on the cars simply because cannot
hear more than half they say, and then I
have to strain my ears so that it makes
my head ache. don't like to keep ask
ing them over and over again what they
have said, so frequently pretend to hear
them when don't, and sometimes make
distressing blunders in my answers. Only
last week one Of these acquaintance told
me that his brothers boy had died the
night before. only caught the words
my brother boy and last night and,
concluding that boy had been born to,
his brother, I said, pleasantly: is that
so? Well, we must make him set up the
cigars on that Now, fancy how felt
when learned the next day that the boy
was dead. wish you would go for these
numbers, who humble in the cars or in
other noisy places. Chicago Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
MAKE me- A SONG.

Out Of the silence make me song, takE
Beautiful, sad and soft and low; SS
Let the loveliest music sound along Esif
And wing each note with wall Of woe, ss.S
Dim and drear; nc.
As hopes last tear ssAs
Out cf the silence make me hymn
Whose sounds are shadows soft and dim.
Out 6f the stiffness In your heart 81:
A thousand songs are sleeping there
Make me but one, thou child Of art.
The song Of q hope in q last despair. 400
Dark and low,
A chant Of woe; -
Out Of the stiffness, tone by tone, .ES-s5s.
Soft as . snowflake. wild as moan. ssss.s
Out on the dark recesses flash me song,
Brightly dark and darily bright; y
Let IL sweep as o love star sweeps along
The mystical shadows of the night.
Sing it sweet,
Where nothing is drear, or dark, or dim,
And earth songs melt into heavens hymn.
Father Ryan.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
The Bucket Shops Advantage.

'sThe odds are all with the bucket shops.
them," said a veteran gambler. "The bet
you make is against the shop. You lay
your money that a certain stock will go
down. The shop bets it won't
isn't, for the shop keeps portion Of your
wager whether you win or lose-commis-
sion, it is called. say it is odds. Ten
dollars is your bet on seven shares against
$3.50 if the commission is one-quarter;
and I think a man is a fool to be con-
stantly laying money against smaller
sum. 1t will break him sure. You will
seldom find an experienced gambler who
can be induced to have anything to do
with these concerns. New York Tele-
gram.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Sensitive Photographic Plates.

Photographic plates can now be pre-
pared which are more sensitive to light
than even the human retina; they sub
serve an excellent purpose in astronomical
photography, for by their use it is possible
to map out stars in the heavens which are
SO dim as to be totally invisible to the eye
looking through the telescope. The plate
is fixed and allowed to remain behind the
eye piece Of the telescope, the rays of light
invisible to the eye gradually producing
the change in it necessary to the produc-
ton of an image. 1t is claimed for them
that they will photograph the eruption Of
scarlet fever some time before it is visible
to the eye, thus permitting the trouble to
be recognized earlier than formerly
Chicago News. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
The Truly Gentlemanly Laugh.

ssThere is always one sure sign by which
you may know well bred man." says
cosmopolitan who is just now in Phila-
delphia.
"And, pray, what is that signS'' he was
asked.
''It is his laugh. The butcher and the
baker and the candlestick maker, not to
speak of the tailor, may do good deal for
man. But only thorough refinement can
make him laugh like gentleman.
"And, now, what is that laugh Gke?''
. LAS with the quality we call style it
cannot be defined; but, just the same,
there is no installing the laugh of gen.
tleman. Listen and note the next time
you go to a reception or dinner party. ~
Philadelphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02

distraught, wild looking man who sat near
the door; s'it's my heart you hear beat
ing, gentlemenl''
Everybody looked at him sympatheti-
cally, when man in the corner who had
been reading a paper suddenly jumped
up.
''What's that drip, drip, over theres Be
keerful, ma'am, that lamps leakin'!
kin smell kerosene!''
At this moment the alarm in the clock
went off, and the man who had heart dis
ease rushed out of the car and was seen
running wildly down the sidewalk, while
the little woman with the clock rang the
bell and carried off the cause Of the dis
turbance. Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
A Petroleum Engine.

A vessel in use in the upper Thames
owes its motive power to the explosive
force of petroleum. The boat is started
by lighting lamp, and the lamp must be
extinguished to stop the engine. The fuel
costs less than coal, while the omission of
the boiler saves much space and the ex-
pense of a fireman and working engineer.
The craft is Of American origin.-Frank
LeSle's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
SUGGESTIONS OF ACTRESSES.
Sign Of the Tom Cat-The Hunchbacl
Offenbach's Evil Eye.

Sign Of the Tom Cat-The Hunchback.
Ohenbach's Evil Eye.
It is singular, in fact, to note how
Partisan actresses are attracted-as moths
round fame that will SINCE them-by
the belief in signs and warnings and
omens. Mime. Favart, a societaire at the
Theatre FRANCHISE, asserts that when cat,
and especially black tom cat, comes of
it's own accord, with tail erect, purring
round the stage, 1t Is good sign. Theo,
who ''sings SO delightfully."- with her
shoulders," az the Nestors Of theatrical
criticism aver, believes that it is very I'M
lucky to catch sight of q hunchback and
not touch his hump. The pretty actress
viii, in fact, 60 out of her way and dodge
one mile to get chance to do so, as if
by accident and without being seen.
Croizette, who retired from the stage of
the Coincide Franchise on pension and
married rich banker, attributes her sue
cess In life to the fact that one day she
picked up horseshoe.
Some cantatrices are also highly super
stitious. Among those who belong more
or less to the Paris stage may instance
Adelina Patti. Adelina Maria Clorinda
Patti-and indeed the whole musical tribe
Of the Strakosch and Patti brood
strongly believe in the jettatore, or "evil
eye" Patti will not sing where there is
a cross eyed conductor, just as the blonde
Sarah will not play by the side of an
actor whose organ of vision is askew; and,
as those who, like Patti, have been happy
and successful are more liable to this
fascination, the prima donna never fails
to wear a bracelet or necklace Of precious
stones-even shells and corals will do-to
counterfeit the malignant influence which
darts from the eyeballs of certain envious
and angry persons. She asserts that
Ofenbach, who possessed the evil eye,
brought i'll luck with him wherever he
went; that he passed through the Rue
Lepeletier the night the old opera house
was destroyed by fire, when poor Emma
Livry was burned alive in the only ballet
Ofenbach ever had represented at the
opera, and that Nine. Berthelier died
while playing in the "Vie Parisienne,"
for which he wrote the score.
/ have also been told that Paola Marie,
of the Opera Comique, and her sister
CALI Marie, both wear amulet rings to
avert the snake like fascination which is
currently attributed to Count Gabrielle,
the well known boulevarder.
Zulma Bouffar once told me that she
never would think of washing her hands
AS it often happens behind the scenes to
many of the music hall singers-in the
water used by another person, not that
she considered the act as so very unclean,
but rather because she knew that the
parties were bound to quarrel soon after,
unless one of the two spat in the basin!
and may add parenthetically that
once saw q dancing girl, whose veracity
was questioned by another member of the
talent, suddenly draw back with some
show of Indignation, spit on the ground,
stamp the boards with her foot, and raise
her right hand, saying, ~ swear ftp
Paris Cor. Inter Ocean.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Europe,s Armies and Navies.

The men in actual service at the present
tkne in the armies and navies of Europe
is in excess of 1000, 900, and it undoubt-
cdly requires the product of one operative
Or peasant laborer to sustain one soldier.
The present aggregate annual direct war
expenditure OF the world is probably in
excess of $1,000, 100000. We express
this expenditure in terms of money, but it
really means work performed; not that
abundance of useful and desirable things
may be increased but decreased; not that
human toll and suffering may be light
encd, but augmentation. David A.
Wells in Popular Science Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
As Il Happened.

A clock licked merrily among the pas
sengers on Cass avenue car the other
day, and one passenger after another
looked up cheerfully and said:
"That sounds goodl Where is the
tickera'
No one seemed to know. One little
woman with her arms full Of packages
fdgeted and looked uncomfortable.
THAT isn't . cloak JON haaE," Gid .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02

Hooker mentions Il d. q rare property or
one Of the graminee the gfasses), Trise-
tum Subspicatum, that 1t u the only polar
species known which is equally an inhab-
liant of the arctic and antarctic regions.
Frederick Schwatka in Woman.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Maccaroni Versus Alcoholism.

"No man," says prominent Philadel-
phia physician, who Is an enthusiastic
vegetarian, .'who eats pound of macca-
roni daily, and the balance of whose food
is of kindred nature, will ever become
drunkard brooklyn Eagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Don't Wait

Until your hair becomes dry, thin, and
gray before giving the attention needed
to preserve its beauty and vitality.
Keep on your toilet-table a bottle of
Ayers Hair Vigor-the only dressing
you require for the hair-and use little,
daily, to preserve the natural color and
prevent badness.
Thomas Munday, Sharon Grove, KY,
writes: "Several months ago my hair
commenced falling out, and in a few
weeks my head was almost bald. I
tried many remedies, but they did no
good. ! finally bought bottle of Ayers
Hair Vigor, and, after using only part
of the contents, my head was covered
with heavy growth of hair. recon-
mend your preparation as the best hair
restorer in the world"
"My hair was faded and dry" writes
Mabel c. Hardy, of Delavan, ILL.,; "but
after using bottle of Ayers Hair Vigor
it became black and glossy"
Ayers Hair Vigor,
Sold by Druggists and Perfumers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
CURES ALL HuNHORS,

from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, "Fever-sores"
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases
caused by bad blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invigorating medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
tested its potency in curing letter, Eczema,
Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scroll
ulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for large Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"FOR the BLOOD IS THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse it by using DIR. Pierce,s
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be estahiishedL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02

When men begin to glory in wickedness
their punishment ia not far of.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
CONSUMPTION.

which is ScrOfula OF the Lungs, is arrested
earlier stages of che disease. From it's mar
velous power over this terribly fatal disease,
when first offering this now world famed rem
edy to the public DIR. Pierce thought seriously
of calling it his " CONSUMPTION CURE" but
abandoned that name as too restrictive for
q medicine which, from its wonderful COM
or biood-cleansing, anti-biiious, pectorai, and
nutritive properties, is unequaled, not only
as a remedy. for Consumption, but for all
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02
Liver, Blood, and Lunus

For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Short
ness Of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Bron-
chitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred
affections, it is an efficient remedy.
for $500. -
~ Send ten cents in stamps for DIR. Pierce's
book on Consumption. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main ST.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-07
CURN so =.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Market quiet. prices hrm
Wheat-No spring, T9.c bid No. red Sic
Corn, No. 2, ACC.
Oats-No Q, 2514.
Mess pork, per Dbl IA SGGll 3d.
Lard, per 100 pounds, 80,
Short rib sides (loOseJ : 1907 %.
Dry sailed shoulders boxed lNgb Is.
Short clear sides boxed l0GS ID.
Hams, steady at u 0U0lli 10.
Whisky, distillers' furnished goods, 10
per gallon.
81. LOWS, Jan. 6--Flour-Market dun
and easy, prices ranging at 2o(dl %
Wheat The market opened &c better and
WAS nrm during the early part of the session.
but at / O'Clock 1t broke badly and partially
No. 2 red cash, s2HtGShc, January s2hc;
February S3G95l4c, closing ~ 4c May 500
SEC closing $50
ais &C: January, AZ g. February, ~ i@sS' So,
closing 49, r. asked May. 5O2 sNl09.c
Oats-Market easy; Cash, ol4493s ,c May,
35hc.
Cornmeal-M low1rat > 10,
Whisky Market >teady at ".
Provisions Marker easy.
Pork New mess, 10 OOGlJ -.
Lard-piime sire I'm. 2)Q7 10 per 100 lbs.
Meats-Dry Sailed Shoulders (boxed' So
l9a %; long clear 5oaI 81? clear RIBS $50
Hacon" Shoulders. oIed)6 Y; long clear,
5 % clear ribs, 67>a short cletr .
Hams Market steady at 10 2'gi2 %.
AFTERNOON BOARD
Wheat active AMI higher; January, SIZE
bid; February, s3'4c; May soc.
Corn firm: January, 47'a'i February ~ -c'
| May, 80 It,
OTIS tcady; May, 3@Hc.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2S-Flour-ln good
| demard and shade higher; choice, TO.g3 %;
fancy, 4 3VGi 10; extra fancy ogi oVi winter
| wheat. patents, I 5OG4 to; Minnesota patent
Corn-Mariet irregular; mixed 6lG62c;
| yellow, &c; white, b3c.
| OHts-MarlIet quiet but steady NO :, i2c
| Cornmeal-Mal ket quiet at : 90
| Hav-MaIket quiet but frmi prime. Is ut
Hog Products-In light demand, hol iers
| firm
| I.ard refined tierce, 3d.
| Buik Meats-Shoudors 6 l2h long clear
| 7 S7}.: clear ribs, w.
Bacon-s shoulders, o., long clear, IN
| clear ribs, S71i
Hams-Choice sugar-cursd canvassed, ii a
@l2 90. az
Coffee Market quiet; rio, l7$4tG20',c.
| Rice In fair Il mand at itslG5i4c
Cotton seed Products-Market dull and
| prices nominal; prime crude oils, 32C,
Coke and Mehl-l9O.
Bran-Quie, and weak nj 7214(075c.
Sugar Market firm, fair demand open ket
tie, choice, III; prime, 10 strictly primo, $50
+7-ld; fully fair, A. :; centritusals, plantation
granuluted, ~ choice, q 7l96 5 Zoe; white, 5
prime yellow clarified, $685.; oil yellow
clarified, 81 as l-lG; seconds, A i(G5c
Molasses-M Market dull, prices nominal
open kettle choice, 81 strictly prime, 34G3i
ccntrlugals, good prime, la@2l prime, l'lGls
| syiups, 2NGe6