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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
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y Do yea'feels dull. langpid, .ibw.ssi,ited !lfel
less, and indeScribably miserable. both Dhysi-
cally and mentally; experience a sense Of
fuiness or bloatIng after eating, or of " gone-i
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness. fre0t,ent
headaches, blurred eyesight, " floating speeks >"
before tie eyes, nervous prostTation or ex-
hassti0i.-trritahtlity OF tcanfsF. hot PUSHES,
ALTERNATING with chilly sensations. Sharp,
biting, transient pains here and there. cold
feet, OrowSineSS after meals, wakefaInCss Jor
disturbed and undressing sleep, constant,
understandable feeling OF dread, or of impend-
ing calamity p "--Fls
If you have all, or any considerable number
?t these symptoms, you. are suffering from
Lat most common OF American maladies-
tiitiDus Dyspepsia, or Herpide iyer.zessOc ated'
with Dyspepsia, or Isdfgestio THE, more
co'nphcated your disease :.bas become, the
greater the number and diversity Of sy,np-
-ons. No matter what ssasse id has reached,
ia. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
TlH sibdue it, Il taken accprdins tosdifec-
rions for a reaso lable hrgfh .of time. ;If met
erred, COmp1fcatfonS fnuftfpy and ronsuhupO!
Jon of the Lungs. Skin Diseases, Heart Disehse,>
rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
maladies are quite liable 4, set in and, SOONER
or later, induce fatal termination 81.
Esr. Picfcess' C old G II. Medical Dis
2Oyery acts powerfully upon the Liver, aud
through that great blood purifying organ,
puritieS, from whatever cause arising. 1t is +
equally effiCaciOuS in acting upon the Kid
leys, and other eXcretOry organs cleansing
strengthening, and healing their diseases. AS
an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes :
aigestioIf and natrition, thereby building up
this wondcrfui medicine has gained greau
celebrity in etlringi Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases. a.
L. s,tcrcess Golden Medical Dis
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04

Quite an idea upon the plan and pur.
pose of fishing. came to light at Vienna
r;lest week, when fellow went fishing
down on Gum creek. After selecting a
nice, shady place and a comfortable seat,
{ hehNr;ew his hook into the stream and
took from his pocket a newspaper and
WAS soon lost; in its columns. Directly
his cork began to bobble, then a strong
pull from the water caused the cork to so
J cleur under the water Deliberately lay
ing his paper aside, he picked up his pole
and, as he began to wind up his line. re-
marked that man couldn't fish in peace
there, and he was going home.-Macon
lGa.) Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
BuenOs Ayres.

On entering Buenos Ayres from the
pier one can hardly realize that it is the
chief city of South America and one Of
the most hourishing places in the world.
The streets are narrow and badly paved,
holes several feet deep being not uncom-
mob, and tile houses are mostly only
ground floor; some have one upper story,
but very few have two. However, it
improves on nearer acquaintance. The
Streets though not wide, are straight
and uniform, and far better than those
of Seville, Cadiz and a great many other
important European cities, and between
the shanties whiehqs still exist in many of
the principal ,streets are edifces which
would not 9lisgracethe best parts of Lon
don or Paris. Indeed, several well known
English and French firms have branch
establishments here quite equal in style
to theii head offices. Buenos Ayres is
the most European looking city of South
America, yet it is far from being English
in appearance; I should rather describe
it as Mediterranean" though it would
be difficult to say whether it is more
Spanish, ProYencal or Italian.
The great ajority Of the working
classes are Italians. aud the Inscriptions
on all thszshepse near flles4water are in
that language. But on advancing into
the town, one hears quite as much Eng
lish, German and French spoken as Span
ish or Italian; and English booksellers,
German Bierhallen and French hotels
abound. The restaurants are almost all
French, from establishments equal to the
best on the Paris boulevards down to
estaminets,t whose chief delicacies are
sauefkraut and snails. Every nations
tastes are consulted. The Marseillaise
can get bouillabaisse, the Neapolitan ra-
violi and macaroni, made and cooked by
his fellow countryman, and an English
man has a better chance of a good cut OF
roast beef than he would have in many
European towns.-London Globe.
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New forks First Fourth.

. Tkaowledgeof the act and a copy Of the
j DeGn'auon Of Independence reached New
York Oh the 9th of July. Orders were given
to have the brigades formed on the parade
grounds at o'clock in the afternoon With
in hollow square, which occupied what is
now the city hall park, between the city hall
and the postoffice building, Washington sat
on horseback. while one of his aids read the
document that declared the colonies free and
independent states. The soldiers welcomed
the announcement with cheers, there was
general rejoicing throughout the city, and
the poor debtors were released from prison to
Join in the festivities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04

three years after being retired from the naval
service. de had served in the navy all his
actiYe LIE, had borne an honorable part in
many battles, and had won what was perhaps
the most extraordinary naval victory of the
War,a,i things considered. ..... 49,. =.
=, On the 2;;tl Of. September, 1914, the Amer
lf:ap brig Gsea, Armstrong, of 2l6 tons, en-
tered the harbor of Fayal, in the Azores, and
,wfs caught there by the British Plantagcnet,
of, 81 guns, the Rota, Of IS guns, and the
brig SaEnation, of IS guns. As the eommo-
dQre, in, coAiilan;l of the first, and the fleet,
desired TO take, the American vessel without
injuryanl.. use it fer a transport, he sent four
armed boats for the. purpose. not expecting
that the Yankee would be rash enough to re-
siSt. He. did, however, and repulsed the
Boats with consil lerable loss .. j. ,
-, That night, the SKY being clear and the
moon at full, the British commodore sent
fourteen hnrges and launches, containing 400
picked ofiicerS,sSnd mslI, with, full supply of
sIyiy els; ;carEcIiades, blunderbusses and side
arms Capt. Reid haIi, but ninety officers
and men. bat he had the advantage Of the
briggs deck and CONCENTRATION of force when
the British tried to board. The result was
battle of extraordinary severity and deSpera-
ton Again and again boarding parties
of .;ritikh Te:icheA the deck 81 TIA brig and
were teate1r off, Fire losses on both sid 8
were terrific. Knowing that his vessel must
+ be- captured at hast, Capt. Reid exchanged a
few; SLOTS with the British next day, then
firad his guns. through the bottom of his own
vessel, and as it began to sink he and his men
julSpet. oeel; and ssyara ashore. The govern
OF of Fayal had the tigurehead of the s'Gen.
Armstrong" ia big image of the general him
stf4ppscea, over the north gate of the town,
and the people, supposing it to be the image
of a new AMERICAN saint, called it lei Santo
Americana, " ind crossed themselves devoutly
as they passed under it. - go |
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
THE LAG AND ITS MAKER.
..I:ts 10! -, :. - !..!t5. 81 !s. r;Er5 -
CAPT SAMUEL CHESTER REID, OF
The CITY OF NEW YORK. r..

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He Was the Man Who Gave the Stars and
Stripes the Character They Finally As
sumed. and Here You May Read of Him
. and His work. :''''' -.'-.'.....t,' IL. =
Capt. Samuel Chester Reid, of New York
city, was the man who gave the United
States flag its final character, and bis wife
and her lady assistants made the first one.
AS is well known, the original flag adopted at
THE formation of the governments differed
somewhat lip the arrangement of colors. from
the one now in use, and congress, having no
adequate idea of the rapid increase of states.
provided for a new stripe in the dag for each
Hewo state The admission Of Indiana, in
1Sl6, brought the number up to nineteen, and
the disptay OF SO many stripes evidently
Starred the symmetry Of the flag; so, On the
18th of April, 1915. President Monroe ap-
proved the act Of congress fixing the number
of stripes at thirteen, for the original states
and "a star for each of all the states, the
whole forming "a large star in blue field,
iAt2 p m. 'ef. April -, .lSls this flag, made
by Mrs. Reid was first displayed over the
hall tsf the house of Representatives. -
Ed Congressman Peter HWendovef, Of New
York, was chairman of the house committee
charged with, the duty of designing the new
flag, and as such consulted CAP t. Reid, then
at the height of his fame as naval. officer;
thH eaptain naturally thought ol a flag most
zslsitablafo r:navaEdisplay, and all who see the
tarsand Stripes streaming from the mast of
AN American ship must admit that his con-
eeption was perfect He drew the plan of the
flag exactly as it, is, and Mr.. Wendover was
SO pleased v5th:it that he commissioned Capt
Reid TO haye enc made in New York. ., Mrs.
Reid daughter of Capt. Nathan Jennings, of
Connecticut, who served through the entire
rreXolptiep at once called in her most delft
fingered lady friends and in few days the
lovely silk banner was ON its way to Wash
ington. 10y. $780,. --,~,
said, ifhiiiediately. unfurled over the repre-
'sentatives' end.of the Capitol In his letter
Of that date acknowied cling the receipt of the
flag Congressman Wendover said: "Mr Clay,
the speaker, says it iswrong that there should
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
Not a Man ofsHis Word.

G@v-wiA yo1 bible m-mine, Miss
Iaura2 ACcan'f you thrust me th-through
Life, my angel" asked the suffering
young man.
II am afraid not, Mr.. Jenkyns," re-
piled the object of his devotion. ~ am
little afraid to trust you. You have
broken your Sxord Iaz.hal adozen; timesin
the last two mlnptess: IIeFra HauteEx-
presS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
"A Firecracker..

Inside my
~ n paper sides -, -
- VI keep. a de-
mon who does
nought but sleep;
' but touch me off,
= = and 10! he wakes,
and every tympa-
mum he shakes. I
love to be touched
r of, and then alight
-n r-rrs-bsside some wise
T. wv, q old hen, aid watch y =
1 Is her scratc h "her =
keen<left~ eye, and
then (bangD SEQ =
- her try to fly.
love to light beside
some miss and
watch her while
gently hiss and
then go bang! and =
hear her screams
Cab! this is one Of 1
my pet dreams).
love to lie beneath
horse, and watch
him run away of
course. | think it
is the greatest fun
if l can only scGrs
some one. You
say I'm cruel? OF
course / am. But
then you knowI -
Y Z am no clam
- What If scare
? you through
SO and through
Rem mber
that
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
CURES al, EssEEMJRS,.

SSs aa-5 4.s-E- gsHsaNtJkESS1
from q common BIotch or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Feyer-sores,1
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all Diseases
caused by bad blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and ils9OraIiAg medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under;
its benign influence. Especially has it mani
tested its potency in curing letter. Eczema, =
ulous Sores and SweIings, Hip-IoiIit Disease!
white Swelings," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents i'm
stamps for a large Treatise, with colored
plates on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"ECa THE BLOCH is TIE LIFE,
Thoroughly cleanse it by using Or. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. and good
Digestion 8 fair skim buoyanJ- spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04

Hand some and Costly Monument Erected
at the Grave Of the Ex-President. ~
g. ALBANY, N. Yv,gJune, lathe noble
Inoh1rndh1hentS placed over the grave Of Ex-
President Chester. A.-Arthur, in Rural
cemetery, q which is situated between
TEpySaRd this. city, was dedicated Mon
day. In the absence of Bishop Doane,
the religious, exercises Were. conducted
by an Episcopalian minister Many of
the New York friends Of the ex-president
arrived III q special train to attend the
EXERCISES, ~ Miss Nellie Arthur, daughter
!: OF the ex-President, who is attending
/; school at Farming CHAM, Mass, was pres
erit; as were also his sister; Mrs. John L.
! Ne Eroy and: her niece. The grafton,
(which wat;2a giowing.tribate to the dead
| president, was delivered by Hon. .Elihu
Root, of New York, The entire expense
of t,at d onument. $4,000, was betrayed
by friends of the late president, living
fsin Various states, hut CHI IN, Nov
Anrk. They not,oIlNi col let. s2z,..,.' qt.s "A
OF funds for the morun -. - :saa
hase 900 on hand WI t-,h;cn ,v
/ erect q statuteof the EXPIRE i ~
OH CITY ~, 7.r4 s.sEs 49,. 4... II ,ss
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04

De nocnarge IN
your bill f,Qr; the
making of the flag. d
If pay pay for that wiz
be acceptable. on
being Informed r
:willrHQcu!r,e, it."
Of course 3ql the rpvo-
lrtionary daughter
and her helpers de
elined at pV,s",.,.
Samuel Chester
Reid was born In,
Norwich, Conn, in,
17S3,0 and died in
New Y,pr''k" cti ty
Jan. '2 IS, 1861 only
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-02-16
First Principles of Trade.

Jake-Mrs. Grower wants two more
yards OF that cloth she bought here
yesterday, but she says we charged her
ten cents more than Wool & Co.
Dealer-How much did they CHARGE
her?
Jake-Sixty cents, and we've been
getting seventy for it.
Dealer-Well, why don't she buy it
at Wo0l's then?
Jake-They haven't any; nobody in
town has it except us.
Dealer-How much did you saw it
was yard?
Jake Seventy cents.
Dealer-And she wants two vards
more?
Jake-Yes.
Dealer-Nobody else has ftp
Sake-Nobody.
Dealer-Well. let her have It for
ninety cents, then, - Detroit Free Prem.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-02-16

An instance of the instinct and
fidelity Of young monkey from Batig-
noiles, suburb of Paris: Alittle boy,
the son of an inhabitant of that part of
the city. was playing in one of the
rooms of his fathers fiat with the
monkey, which is a most Intelligent
and domesticated member of1ts species.
The boy, in fit of Juvenile caprice,
tied the cord of a window-hlind around
his neck and pretended to hang him
self, to the immense amusement OF his
simian playmate, which grinned and
chartered on chair. Suddenly the
boy became livid and began to cry, for
the cord had got into a real moose
around his neck. In very short space
OF time the monkey took in the situa-
ton and tried to undo the moose with
its paws, but had to give up the at
tempt. 1t then hoped to another
room, where the boys grandmother
was sitting, and began to pull at her
gown, to chatter, grimace, and look
wistfully toward the door. At first.
thinking the animal wanted to bite her.
the old lady was frightened, but seeing
that it was endeavoring, with might
and main, to drag her toward the door
she arose from her seat and went, pilot
ed by the monkey, to the room where
the grandson was moaning. The bow
was instantly extricated from his peril
GUS position, though it was some time
before he recovered from his pain and
fright. London Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-02-16
EARLY TRIALS.

wish my mother wouldn't dreth me up!
She doethnt know the ficth she geth me In;
Tbmall wonder that the fellowth call me pup
plush hat-and lathstic round my chin!
wish she'd know I'm not baby now
To have hith hair all combed and curled and
prim,
And fatbened in big dithguthting bow,
blue thash tied right round the middle OF
him!
I wish I wath that robin on the tree;
He'th alwayth drethed just like he wath drtht,
He doethn't every minute have to be
th'dover by his Ma, and Rugged and nurth cd !.
My beth friendth, Waite White and Billy Blue,
Ecthpect me TO come play frogth-in-the-well--
can't go play like thith-what shall do
To make mythclf look juth rethpectablei
III thtand while in thith big puddle and try
III can't get the shine thome on my shoeth;
III knock my plush hat in-itth thuch guy
And thtick 1t on one thide Is fellowth uthe.
III rune up my curlth, and tear my latho,
rlldig q hole and thtufi my thash in IL,
I'll take thome dirt and rub it In my fathe-
There-now IN 60 and play-I think I'm ntl
.-Gerfruds Hdu IN Time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-02-16
Blew Himself Up With a Bomb.

An extraordinary suicide has just
occurred at village near Anglers. A
peasant named Bordereau was working
in field with his wife and brother-in-
law, when a trifling dispute took place.
Bordereau left the field and returned
to his cottage, whittier his wife soon
followed him. As she was about to
enter the house her husband called to
her to remain outside, and moment
afterwards there was a tremendous ex-
plosion, which sent all the glass flying
and filed the air with smoke. The
neighbors rushed to the spot and
promptly extinguished the flames that
were bursting out of the cottage. Then.
entering Bordereau's room, they found
him lying lifeless on the shattered bed,
his body fearfully mutilated, while the
walls were smeared with blood. He
had undressed and lain himself on the
bed, placing at his side shell which
he had brought home with him on his
return from the military service. He
had then ignited the shell and blown
his body to atoms. Bordereau, though
still young, was in very bad health,
and when he wendell his way to the
cottage his wife had presentiment OF
some approaching disaster.-London
Telegraph
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-02-16
CANES IN HISTORY.

Important Information Gathered for the
Benefit of Dudes.
That canes have been put to nobler
uses than that lof affording nourish-
ment to the abysmal mouths of dudes
is proved by history. In fact, the cane
is surrounded by historical memories
of SURPRISING interest. The Mexicans
first used canes in America. When
the Spanish conquered the country q
queer custom was introduced. The
chief executive of the town carried q
stick with gold or silver head. 1t
was kind of scepter. The people,
of course, rarely knew how to read or
write, and when any one was wanted
for a crime one of the mayors sub
ordinates would take the cane, find the
culprit, and place it horizontally upon
the latter's chest. The proceeding was
equivalent to a summons, and the man
had to appear before the mayor under
he penalty of being cast into prison
The custom was borrowed from Spain
where it still prevails in the more i'm
portant sections.
The cane of early American history.
like that Of Biblical times, was part of
the repertory of the leaders of tho
church. It was the principal badge Of
the deacon. The cane was about five
feet long. One end was embellished
with q big knob, the other with
feathers. When the small boy rebelled
against the STRAIGHTFORWARD pew he got
a rap on the head with the uncharitable
end of the cane. If the head of the
family got to dreaming about his old
English home and the coy little nest
in one of the shires the turkeys plum
age on the deacon's cane feathered the
sleeper into life again.
The Irish have always been associ-
ated with q blackthorn stick of short
and thick dimensions. They used
these queer little sidearms in the inva-
sions OF the English kings and in the
religious wars. Even in its unpublished
state the blackthorn stick is one OF the
most cherished by cane conuoisseurs.
-CiDcjnnatj Enquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-02-16
A NEW EXPLOSIVE.
The Power of BeIlite Demonstrated by
Recent Experiments.


Recent Experiments.
A distinct advance has been made in
the invention of new explosives in re-
cent years, and there can be no doubt
that dynamite, which has so long held
the field as high explosive, is being
seriously threatened by competitors.
The ideal of high explosive-that of
combining absolute safety with great
energy-has been the aim of all inven-
tors, but until lately success in this direc-
ton has only been partial. In most in
stances the explosive has represented
the required energy, but has failed to
comply with the Home Office regula-
tions as regards the standard OF safety.
The direction in which the more
successful inventors have labored was
indicated by DR.. Sprengel, F. r. S., in
his investigation recorded in "A New
Glass of Explosives" a pamphlet pub
lished some fifteen years ago. or these
'.bellite, the invention of M. Lamm,
of Stockholm. is one of the first prac-
teal outcomes, and judging from the
very severe tests to which it was sub
jected, both as regards safety and
power, it would appear to approach
nearer to the ideal than any of its
predecessors.
Its safety was, indeed, amply demon
strated in the experiments made at
Middlcsbro'. under the direction of Mr..
Napier Hake. Some cartridges con-
tanning bellite were, for example,
placed on an iron plate and subjected
to the sudden descent of block of iron
weighing over half ton, from a height
of twenty feet. with the result that the
cartridges were only crushed into a
hard mass. But when the crushed
cartridges were afterward detonated
by means of illuminate, immense
energy was developed. Again. when
placed in the fire of smiths forge, it
simply volatilized. Its safety was also
demonstrated in a remarkable manner
by exploding three-ounce cartridge
on the lid of case of bellite, the effect
being to simply pulverize the wooden
case and scatter the contents. A large
number of experiments were also made
by way of comparing its power with
dynamite, with the view to showing
the injury which equal weights of each
would inflict on steel rails and iron
plates. In these it was clearly shown
that, when confined, the energy de-
veloped on defamation was equal to
that of dynamite, but that, when un-
confined, bellite apparently did less
work. This can be accounted for by
the fact that bellite is much slower in
developing its full energy than dyna-
mite, and therefore less local in its
action. Some practical tests made in
the blasting of coal in the Cleve-
land iron mines were of highly sati-
factory nature, both as regards economy
and adaptability, for they clearly
proved that bellite was capable of
doing the work of three or four times
its own weight of gunpowder, and with
out the Objectionable result of produc-
ing those noxious fumes so characteris-
tic of dynamite and gunpowder.--Lon-
! don Saturday Record.