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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
Influence of Nitrous Oxide.

1t was the first and only time I ever
took nitrous oxide gas. The next tooth
out will have been the second. The rub
Der bag was attached. I lay back in the
chair, composed. The mouthpiece was
applied. The first sensations of the gas
were peculiarly peculiar. You know how
it is yourself. Completely under its influ-
ence, / became an immense bombshell,
and was placed in one of the largest of
siege mortars. twas before Yorktown,
The lanyard was pulled, and the mortar
discharged with a terrific, to me stun
ming, report The shell-that is, Twas
fred aloft with the velocity of well oiled
streak of lightning. felt myself flying
through the heavens above. The fuse
burned. was not on "a starring tour"
but "what goes up must come down." I
reached the highest possible altitude, and,
making graceful curve, prepared to der
scend. was about to burst. felt the
fire of the fuse as it burned down to the
iron shell. was descending as rapidly
as had gone up. Why did ! not burst?
Still downward, downward, downward
I rushed, until felt should strike the
ground without bursting-a terrible ca
lamity. felt the fuse burn into the hole
in the iron shell and thought, "Hurrahi
Now am going to burst" s'No, I'll
not burst" "But I cannot help myself"
II rnust burst" Then feeling of II
don't care whether I burst or not" came
over me, and / dld burst into smith
Greens, with an intense feeling Of relief as
rs flew into tidbits and tenderloins,
When was relieved from the effect OF
the gas ! fnnnd that the first pull the
dentist had made he pulled the whole
crown of the tooth off. That was when
the mortar was discharged. Then he cut
around the roots and felt the sensation
of soaring aloft. In the meantime the
fuse burned. Finally the dentist affixed
his instrument of torture and with one
mighty effort severed my whole head from
the roots Of the tooth. The shell burst.
The sensations were as real as though 1
had been living bombshell, and yet were
pot unpleasant. There was feeling Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
socIETYs DEBT TO PAUPERs.
a Physician Takes an Unexpected Attitude
On the Question of Public Charities.

a Physician Takes an Unexpected Attitude
On the Question of Public Charities.
''The pauper has always had hard
time in this world" said New York
ply to a reporter. "Men whose
hearts have been crowded aside by
plethoric pocketbooks," he added, "dole
him their pennies in the same spirit that
characterizes their dealings with unfor-
tuiate relatives. Yet the pauper has be-
come an Indispensable element in the
march of civilization and science.
Before the Christian era and for many
centuries after he was CROWDED out of life,
like Lazarus in the parable, dying an the
doorstep of Dives palace, covered With
sores and in all respects veritable old
time tramp. In this enlightened age,
however, he has no one but himself to
blame if such misfortune overtakes
him. Society needs him and is willing to
build and maintain extensive public instr
tutions, where he may eat, sleep, be
clothed and die at an annual expense In
this city, for example, of less than SlOO
per capita, including pine coffin and
grave in Potter's field.''
''But is not the pauper great drain on
the taxpayer?'
Hardly. The obligations Of society to
the pauper, and the pauper's obligations
to society, when weighed in the scales OF
primitive justice almost balance each
other. II anything different can be found,
the pauper has the worst of it. Unlike his
brother, the criminal, whom the public Is
obliged to maintain, he has not become q
burden on society through laziness Of evil
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05

inclinations. Disease, old age, accidents
are his irremediable misfortunes He is
compelled to accept charity; yet in the
public estimation this fact overweighs all
former services he may have rendered his
fellow men in the discharge of his duties
as citizen, and society holds him body
and soul until his obligations are full
filed"
SIN what manner can he possibly cancel
his obligations?'' ..s
SIN many ways. When disease over
takes him he becomes the object Of medi-
Cal experiments. Professors and students
gather around his bedside and seek for
some new light which may guide them in
their practice among the independent
classes, and surgeons undertake in his
case operations they would never dream
of attempting if the life of pay
ing patient were at stake. Thousands
upon thousands die each year, giving up
their lives in the interests Of science; and
the wealthy taxpayer derives in the
end this benefit, that when some deadly
disease strikes him down, his cure in
many cases is effected by new method
of treatment, perfected by experiments
which cost the lives of perhaps a hundred
paupers. Glance at the medical experts
in different diseases. The results of their
experiments read something in this way:
Total number of cases, 100; died, 70; i'm
proved, %; cured,7. Then follow the de-
auctions as to the best treatment of the
malady under consideration. Such COM
pilations may be found in any medical
work, and pauper cases have been in al
most every instance the basis of the calcu
lations.
"Aside from this how many obligations
does one pauper cancel in sacrificing his
body upon the dissecting table? How many
physicians of reputation are indebted to
him for their knowledge of anatomy and
the functions of the various organs in the
human body? What an important part
he plays in the education and training of
professional nurses? Thus he repays
doubly whatever obligations he may owe
to his fellow men. AS final considera-
ton how could the commissioners of C.
and c. manage to spend 81, 100000 per
annum of the taxpayers money if it were
not for the paupers'"-New York Mail
EXPRESS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
Iincoln's Idea of Hamlet.

1t is related that Abraham Lincoln once
said to Hackett, the actor: "Why do you
actors always play Hamlet as an irresolute,
vacillating, vague, middle aged sort of a
MANI" because he was," said Hackett,
with an air of certainty. 'But he was
not" said Lincoln; che was young, i'm
petuous, full of action, prompt. He is al
ways doing something. The play is full
of it, and he ought to be played as young
man." Walt Whitman thus expressed
his opinions: sis not that the mystery,
the wonder, the fun of it, as the slang
word would have it, that Hamlet COM
bines both those phases, the uncontrolla-
BILE impulse, aggressive temperament, and
at the same time the meditative, philo-
sophie, anxious, hesitating man? Is not
this the interest of the character which
has caused it to be overlaid with great &C
cumulations, which have hidden the poets
real purpose-if he had one. "-Brooklyn
Eaple
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05

Hugo's Account Of an English Lady's
Visit to the Paris Executioner.
M. Samson lived in the Rue du Marais
du Temple, in an isolated house, of which
the jalousies were always closed. He re-
ceived many visits. Numbers of English
people went to see him. When visitors
presented themselves at M. Sanson's they
were introduced into an elegant reception
room on the ground floor, furnished en-
tirely with mahogany, in the midst of
which there was an excellent piano, al
ways open and provided with pieces of
music. Shortly afterward M. Samson ar
rived and asked his visitors to be seated,
The conversation turned upon one subject
and another. Generally the English peo-
pie asked to see the guillotine. M. San
son complied with this request, no doubt
for some consideration, and conducted
the ladies and gentlemen to the adjoining
street, (the RuSAlbony, think, to the
house of the scaffold manufacturer.
There was shed at this place, where the
the guillotine was permanently erected.
The strangers grouped themselves around
it and it was made to work. TrusseS of
hay were guillotined.
One day an English family, consisting
of the father, the mother and three pretty
daughters, fair and with rosy cheeks, pre-
sented themselves at Sanson's residence.
1t was in order to see the guillotine, San
son took them to the carpenters and set
the instrument at work. The knife fell
and rose again several times at the re-
quest Of the young ladies. One of them,
however, the youngest, was not satisfied
with this. She made the executioner ex-
plain to her in the minutest details what
is called the toilet of the condemned.
Still she was not satisfied. At length she
turned hesitatingly toward the execu-
TONER. Monsieur Samson" she said.
s'Mademoiselle, said the executioner.
"What is done when the man is on the
scaffolds How is he tied downr' The
executioner explained the dreadful mat
ter to her and said, eve call that put
ting him in the oven.'" ''Well, Monsieur
Sanson," said the young lady, 81 want
you to put me in the oven" ....
The executioner started. He made an
exclamation of surprise. The young lady
insisted. II fancy" she said, shat I
should like to be able to say have been
tied down on it." Samson spoke to the
father and mother. They replied, Gas
she has taken a fancy to have it done do
it," The executioner had to give in. He
made the young miss sit down, tied her
legs with piece of string and her arms
behind her back with rope, fastened her
to the swinging plank and strapped her on
with the leather strap. Here he wanted
to stop. ''No, no, that is not yet all, she
said. Samson then swung the plank
down, placed the head of the young lady
In the dreadful neck piece and closed it
upon her neck. Then she declared she
was satisfied, When he afterward told
the story Samson said, II quite thought
she was going to say at last, THAT is not
all. Make the knife fall Fittings seen
by Victor Hugo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
D.ed of Too Much Money.

A Boston man who, until he was 40,
lived an economic, hardworking life, and
one which was both happy and useful,
had the misfortune at that time to in
herit from relative fortune of some
millions. He was instantly overwhelmed
with opportunities from all sides, Gifted
with an acutely sensitive New England
conscience he was not only anxious to do
good with his wealth, but he was almost
morbidly afraid that through ignorance
or carelessness he should 90 harm with it..
He investigated with the most painful
care the cases presented to him and he
literally agonized over the things he de-
sired to do, that he feared to do and those
that he was urged to do. Two years of
this worry killed him. His physician
said afterward that the certificate to be
accurate should have been filled out to
read, "Died of his money" and the state
ment would have been literally true
Providence journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
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Dread of Originality,

But it is not simply at the height Of ma
tional existence that this impulse for self
preservation responds to the mimicry of
lower life. You will observe its operation
in our social customs and common pro-
pensities; for 1t is fact that not anything
is more dreaded or Stunned by average
human beings than originality-tha is,
unlikeness to others. It has always been
dangerous. It Is even yet likely to secure
for its possessor great deal Of annoyance.
E.'Qw HsssditZ from God. i.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
Fun of the 'sRacY'' Novels.

Every day sees some new novel issue
from the press and chronicles the plunge of
yet another aspirant for literary fame into
the crowded arena to swell the lengthy list
of authors. 1t is sign of the times that
what are termed tracy" novels are the
most run after by the fiction reading pub
lie, and consequently those most readily
accepted by certain publishers. In this
money getting, money grubbing age some
publishers and authors seem to have met
on common ground in pandering to vi
tiated public taste, and producing books
which will not bear the test of being read
aloud in the home circle.-Chambers'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
Ancient Peruvian Manufactures.

Peruvian woven tissues, often dyed In
brilliant hues, are unsurpassed by the tex
tile productions of any other ancient
American people. Their jewelry of gold
and silver is remarkable. Statuettes in
the precious metals are even more Won
derful; they represent monkeys, birds
with their feathers, fish with their scales,
etc., modelled in relief or intaglio. HUI
man figures were also cast in the precious
metals, the artists even attempting groups.
Beads We're made of gold, silver, glass and
earthenware. Wood was used to furnish
objects in daily use, and an example may
be seen in the beautifully ornamented
combs that are sometimes found placed
beside the dead in the huacas.-The Swiss
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05

There has been invented for the use of
the trumpeters in the French army an in
strument which at will can be turned so
as to throw the sounds backward. A new
pattern of drum, smaller and lighter than
before, has also been prescribed for use In
the army.-Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runyan P. O.. Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: my daughter had catarrh when
Sages Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured O bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; a third bottle effected perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05

Professor Cushman has unearthed q
city and 1900 skeletons in southern Ari-
IONA.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
SEEING THE GUILLOTINE.

The frenzy of nations is the statesma
ship of fate.-Bulwer Lytton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
"Untold Agony from Catarrh.,,

Prof. W. HAusNER, the famous mesmerist.
of Ithaca, N. Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
incnrable, and said must die. Ny case P was as
such bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become SO hoarse could
my e6ughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use of DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, I was well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-05
SICK HEADACHE
$500 Reward

is offered by the manufactur.
ers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Rem edy, for a case of
Chronic Nasal Catarrh which
they cannot cure.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11

The Charlestown News and Cuur-
Ter pronounces The passage of the
Mills bill, "a gloarious victory for the
friends of tho people" and concludes
that the campaign for the bill as re-
presenting the presidents policy and
the democratic faith, and the peoples
interest cannot begin too early or be
organized too Systematically, or cover
too large field. To deny the Amer
lean people the opportunity to deter
mine what is their own interest in
this important business is like deny
denying to the heather the oppor-
tunity of knowi-g the blessings of
Christianity, and all that the word
implies" This is very good and pen
itent as coming from state where
a majority of the vote Of the people is
suppressed, and where thousands of
voters are given to understand that
they have no part nor lot in deter
mining what shall be the policy Of
the country-in determining what is
their interest in this important bust
ness. Coming from the very birth
place of notification and disunion,
from an organ that defends negro pro-
scription, it is a display of cheekiness
that becomes admirable for its open
impotence and shameless absurdity.
Nothing more positively denies the
American people the right to deter
mine what is their own interest" than
the political regime Of which the
News and Courier Is the consistent
advocate.-State Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11
TIE BATCAN CREED

Condensed into the form Of a short creed, the
Republican platform is something like this.
We believe in a free ballot and il having every
vote counted.
We believe in protection for projections sake
and Wc are not ashamed of II.
We believe in abOiishing internal taxes created
for war purposes.
We believe ia thc direct protection of American
labJr against cheap foreign labor.
We believe in free internal competition.
We believe in railroad regulation
We believe in homestead and good homestead
titles for citizens.
We believe IN home rule for biz and intelligent
territories
We believe in q double monetary standard.
We believe in the utmost facilities Ufeducatiou,
as worth ALI can cost.
We believe in a big merchant marine and in
American ship yards.
We believe in a good navy, good coast defeuces,
and good waterways for commerce.
We believe in making nations respect our
rights and pay for all they get from rs.
We believe in protecting American citizens ag-
agiu-t foreign il ertcrence, not only az home but
Ill amy part IF tie world
We believe in civil service reform more than
ever, and
we believe shat nothing is too rooa Tor the sol
oilers HEn ri~kel tIfeiI lives 20 save the country
aud saved ir.-EeW orE Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11
4. p. HoveY dominated.

The Republicans Of Indiana held
their state convention on Wednesday,
and nominated On the first ballot Hon.
Alvin p Hovey of Mount Vernon,
for governor, and Rev. Ira Chase OF
Hendricks, the fighting parson" of
war times for lieutenant governor.
The nominee for governor was born
near Mount Vernon, where he still
lives. He is a lawyer and 81 years
of age. lie served in the war with
Mexico, and in 1854 was appointed
judge of the supreme court. In 1855
President Pierce appointed him Unit
ed States attorney for Indiana, from
which Office he was removed by Blu
chanan two years later for supporting
Douglas, giving place TO Senator
VOORHEES,. He went to the front in
the civil war iii 1851, as colonel of
the Twenty-fourth regiment Of Indi-
ana volunteers, and afterwards became
brevet major general, commanding
brigades and divisions in many i'm
portant battles, including Shiloh
Gen Hovey was appointed minister
to Peru in 1860 and resigned in 1870.
He was elected to the Fiftieth con-
gress from the First Indiana district
oyer James E. Mccullough, the Dem
ocratic candidate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11
non't Have 80 be Pulled Through.

Ex-Governor Porter, Of Indiana,
made a speech at indianapolis a few
evenings since, and again declared he
could not become a candidate for GOV
enor this fall because he had given
his word that he would not be, and
he would not sacrifice his word and
honor for that or any other Office.
The Goyernor concluded his speech
with these words, which should be
enough to satisfy all as to how he
stands on presidential candidates. He
said:
/, therefore, feel, gentlemen, that
! must declare that | do not see how,
rs an honorable man, ! can accept the
nomination for governor. Bat let me
say 10 You this, in order that all de-
fame5s may he hushea Is no
feud between Benjamin Harrison and
myself. EAppIause-l I viii support
him zealously and heartily in this
canvass. Applause There have
been some things said about General
Harrison pulling me through, and
about my pulling General Harrison
through. | have known General tIar-
rison q great many years, but have
never known the time when any body
had to pull him through. TCrios Of
II In,I ,rogH = qni ghperiu,s 7
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11
What the Issue Means.

In 1880, the London Times, British
free trade organ. said: at is to the
new world that the Golden Club is
looking as the most likely field for its
vigorous foreign policy 1t has done
what it can in Europe and it is now
turning its eyes westward and brac-
ing itself for the struggle which is to
come. 1t cannot rest while the I'm
tied States are unsubdued.' The
Golden club at that time did not
make much Roadway, but it has been
gaining since, and now includes in
the list Of its members three OF Mr.
Cleveland's cabinet officers, The speak
er Of the na,iou,;l house Of represent
atives, the author OF the Democratic
platform, Mr.. Henry Nattcrson, and
a large number of the leading and in
fluential members of the democratic
party. On appearance last Deem
Der of President CIeyeland's annual
message, the London Statiast said Of
that document; "The message adj
dressed by President Cleveland to
Congress this week is the boldest aud
most statesman Ike document that
has ever proceeded from the White
House for many Il year hir Cleye-
land shows clearly that a sweeping
reduction Of the tariff IS inevitable.
+ The message, nevorthe-
less, has had a depressing effect on the
stock markets. There IS hardly
single industry in the United States
that is not interested in maintaining
protective duties" The announce
ment of the presidents free trade
views called forth spontaneous eulo-
gies from the entile list of British
free trade advocates on both sides Of
the Atlantic. The views that have
called forth 50 much praise from our
British competitors and their allies in
this country have been crystaiized in
to bill called the Mills tariff bill,
and through their influence this bill
has passed the house; this is the chief
issue in the current presidential cam
paign, and it is for the free men of
America to decide by their ballots
next November whether they will
sustain the British or American poll
cy; it is a contest between British
free trade and American protection.
State Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11
C;GN. PRE-. II. s3zEHG0a,,

Or our first page will be found
lengthy sketch Of the hero whom cur
nation mourns Is dead today, General
Phillip H. Sheridan, who died last
Sunday evening, together with an ex-
cellent picture Of the deceased. The
great and more prominent defenders
IF our country in its great struggle
for life against its home enemies, are
rapidly passing away, and it may al
most he said that Uncle Billy Sher-
MAJ" IS tie only one left of the great
commanding heros, though we still
have thousands Of brave priyates Who
we're Just Is noble ut heart though less
conspicuous before the world, and
while we mourn the dead we should
not forget to honor The Lying. Gen.
5heridan'a remains viii be laid in
their final resting place At Washing
- today SATURDAY,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-11
The Reward of Enterprise.

No farmer ever get had enough ma,
nure, and one may well excuse a Law
ISL expenditure for fertilizers to exc
out the supply, meager enough as
compared with the hungry calls Of the
land. But when farmer pays out
800 for fertilizers he has nothing TO
show for it but his odoriferous tcks
and his increased crops. This result is
of itself satisfactory as far as it goes,
but it goes only half far enough. The
farmer who spends 500 in bran or
cottonseed or iinseed meal, and uses
up his straw for feeding with his hay,
and grows roots, and gathers the ma
nure from all this feeding, and makes
compost with such raw materials as
hc can Procurc, has Big heGPs Of this
TO look AZ Tor HE tlG0; bat in addition
he has some fat cattle or sheep or bBl-
ter 10 sell, which brings back the $I0l
with interest, and the manure il 4
bonus thrown in as a reward for his
enterprise and industry and good man
agcment Truly the old saying should
be cherished az the leading article in
the creed OF every farmer.-N. Y.
Times.