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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-12

HOLIDAY GooDs.-Peter Gaspard has a
complete line of the freshest and best
confectionery in market. Nuts, fresh oys-
tiers, and toys in endlessvariety. Special
inducements offered to those who desire
to furnish Christmas trees, or who desire
to purchase a quantity of Christmas
goods for family use. keep a full as
sortment of fresh goods. I shall also
give away another of those Kitchen
Cabinets-the handiest piece of furniture
that can be put into into house-on
Christmas eve. Every one purchasing a
huff dollars worth of goods Of me will
receive ticket for the drawing flee.
PETER GAsPARD.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, but it is
intensely funny and hugely enter taining;
real Soap Bubble" bnt it is exceedingly
amusing. 1t isjust what the over-worked
or brain-tired man wants; it relieves his
nerves, shakes up his liver, frightens his
mind and takes the kinks out of his face
and BRAIN"
The above from the SanDiego Zeal. }
Bee, fully explains the authors object in
"a Soap Bubble" At the Opera House
next Tuesday evening.
CROWN ROLLER MILLs.-I desire to
make the following liberal offer to any
persons favoring me with their patron
age:
Pair No. bob sleds, SIS.
Thirty-tour pounds OF Straight flour
or forty of Bakers grade and fourteen
pounds of bran and shorts for sixty
pounds of wheat.
$3.50 for 100 pounds OF buckwkeat
-four or twenty-eight pounds for sixty
pounds of wheat.
Any one who buys pair of bob sleds
and brings twenty bushels of wheat for
a grist, will be furnished with accommo-
dation over night with lodgings free.
DIV. FREDENBURG,
Alexandria, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-12
Rooms for rent by


PETER GAsPARD.
r. Woods & Sons have wood tor sale
cheap.
SOLID LUMBER.-The Keller Manufac-
turing company offers for sale a large
amount of fine solid oak dimension
lumber for building Purposes as cheap as
inferior lumber can be purchased for.
Farmers and others who want strong
durable sllls, or other dimension stuff
for building should give the factory a
call. A large amount of fine flooring is
also carried in stock and for sale at
reasonable rates.
HENRY KELLER, Genl. Superintendent.
Ifyou want -trictly pure sugar syrup
call at Carl & Bishops.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-12

GRAPES-At Gaspard's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-12

Reserved seats SO cents, at Greene's.
General admission 35 cents. 4
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

over the fustr, musty lalv Uooks. that had lived down my first love that notion took to itself wings and flew far away before we had finished supper on my first evening at home. Madeline was my vis-a-vis, and in her pretty dress Of half mourning she seemed to me more bewitciing than ever. l knew that loved her s;ii, and felt sure that could never live many days under the same roof and conceal my feelings. l de- cided then and there to make an uncondi- tional surrender whenever d right and ft- ting time should arrive.
 The next day l learned, as one does learn such matters in country village, that Chump's attentions to Mss Powers formed the man topic of current gossip.
 So it was the same old story 1 seemed fated to cross my loyal friends pathway and to cause him pain and suffering Why
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Ile Free Press is without question the Greatest Literary ana Humorous paper HOW before the American peo. pie. ltls not a new asplrant for pub lc favor; established over iifty years ago, IL has stood the test of time, and IS today stronger, better and more pop ular than ever-120,000 subscribers as- firm it's surpassing excellence. The funny sketches and sayings of TheFree Press are everywhere quoted and laughed at, while in respect to literary excellence 1t will compare. favorahlv With the expensive magazines. M. Quad, Luke Sharp, Eva Best. Rose llaftwick Thorpe. Gas. [. Afams, Hamilton Jay, Lizzie Yofke Case, Bronson Howard, II. c. Dodge and d host of other faYorite writers. con- tribute regularly to it's col1mn Re- coz 3aizing the growing demard for first ass fiction, The Free Press has ofer-
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could not have been generous even Tn my love and go away! Chump wasa better fellow than l, anyhow, and more deserving of | girl like Madeline. But, no; the old selfish spirit still held full sway in me, and l would not permit what 1 had heard to make any difference in my decision. Yes, 1 did, too. l resolved to hurry things to climax and, having much more leisure than Chunp. l was able 10 almost monopoze Madeline s company. We especdtfy smoothed over our old quarrel. winch, like most overs' quarreis was of sm Il moment, and three weeks after my return home We were en- gagged.
 know. just as well as l know that l was supremely, if sefshlS, happy know that poor Chump took the matter much to heart :; he had undoubtedly loved Madeline Powers, and had set ais heart upon winning the girl for his wife. As for Madeline l do not think that she ever had loved, or had preteuded to love Gbunp, yet she had not been avcrse to his company and atten- tons And he, his wishes being father to his thoughts, had willingly accepted her passive indulgence as encouragement, and had fondly hoped for all that man can de- sire from the woman he loves. Yes, 1 saw 1t at the time, and often afterwards, that Chunp was Q bitterly disappointed man. But he came up and congratulated us, and, although he did not show up at our wedding, the good fellow sent us a valuable present.
 After we were married, we settled down not many miles from the old home opened a law office at cur county seat, and became fairly successful. both as Il lawyer and d politician. l was not unsuccessful as a famlly-man, for when five years had passed away found that there was couple of curly-headcd bovs who seemed very naturally to address me as papa and Madeline and l were very happy.
 Thet. the war broke out IL was only right and proper that 1, as n county official and q .'public-splritcI citizen.R should as- sist in organizing d regiment from our sec ton. l secured CaptaIn's s commission from the Governor. raised a company chiefly from the old villDge-and few weeks later marched to the front with a hundred tp-top Illinois boys, among them Chump For. rhoagh on the roll he figured as Sergeant Walter Bamby, the boys could not forget the old n&Ine, and he was still "Chump" to Us.
 We had been at the front a year, and the Unlon armies were mach ojishcartened over the small progress which had apparently been madc I3l the war. Our boys were a good deal demoraizeI on account of old clothes, poor food and small, slow pay. Sometimes they did not ligAt as they ought to have done. and, goodness knows, there was about that time plenty of excuse for them.
 In one Of tho small battles along the Ten nessec flver oar regiment was in the iron. taking the hrunt of the engagement, which was clearly going against Us. Slowly, but
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Golll.

name inquired the teacher.
 .Please ma'aiH. Waiter Barnby ma am :"
 l remember. very well. another occasion when CuWup proclaimed his futl name- but more Of that later on. Chump and I were natives Of the same village we were born on precisely the same day in adjacent houses we grew up side by side and there the resemblance ceased. Folks used to call me smart, hoWcver that may have been, Chump was decidedly siow. was slim :; Chump WAS s5cut Tho boys aiyavs al legged that was torn with a silver spoon in my mouth ChGtlp Was one of the most uuluclIy dogs taat ever drew breath. am certain that va a selfish lad there never was a fellow w.th & bigger heart or more generous spirit than Ghump.
 If shoald attempt to cuumerate the good turns Winch Ghump diI for me alone, to say nothing about the d1;en or more boys who were our stock companions, l might as well start out right herc 10 hlre d stenographer with double-action typewriter Selfish as was, really liked Chump, yet I was always getting hm! Into trouble on my ac- count. As a matter Of fact that is now he came to get his nickname. Day in and day out, from the time we were todding babies, Walter Barnby WAS continually getting a whipping or q sc0ldng, or was hurting him solf, solely.to shield i'''. So the boys and girls, boy-sud=girl ikc. oftcn sad that Walter was ,'a coumP' 10 take so much of ill that rightly belonged to me, and in the end they really forgot that hls name was Walter. So they earisiened him "Caumpn- at which CAunp merely laughed in his goed-natured WAY.
 When we grew up the farm was not good enough for me. had to 20 to the city where l studied law, while Chump content cdly stayed on his fathers acres and de- veioped into a model young agltculturist
 Two vears slipped away, and, having been admitted to the bar. went to spend the sumner vacation tt the old homestead. l found very few changes at tde quiet out of-tAe-way village. That ie to aty, laost of the o'd-tmers were stiii there. very little altered except where the boys and girls had merged into meu and women. Ghump had changed somewhat, though his qpamt name still stuck 10 hiln. l was glad to sec him again, and as for ChunpI thought he would never cease shaking ne by the hand.
 There was one face ln the village entirely new-no, n0t cnia,s T nev--to Inc When say entirely neWo mean that it was q new face Ill the village and q face which l should never have dreamed of connecting with the sleepy place The face was that Of the n.3w school ma'am. During my stay in the city 1 had indulged in a small romance. l had met 0 fair grl-Madehne Powers We had been happy for d few months; we had been lovers; we had quairclcd; we had parted.
 I had heard of tho death of Madelne's s mother, and knew that Madeline had left the city. Beyond that knew nothing, and for almost yearI had entirely lost ght of the young lady.
 Here, then, at my old home found her not merely in the village. but my mother 5 guest for the summer in our own toase.
 If 1 had natterea myse.f, | 1 ind bored
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ot battle fields; while a,

o' pat.ieneIds; while around tne walls. side by side with po,.
 "a is "t Snefflah and Custer and ous,s of C.rant end Lee, arc Dict
 ntes 9i dozen O he most noted erimInris. Eut tbe oldest th,nn Tn
 the room IS d slender ma I of abou, iorty, with closo,cfopped cray hair heavy mus .-cbt, keen, iotent eyes and an e. test, somewhat eager ex- 2resslon, who sts at an old-i ash toned tao!s, and looks up with a smile of welcome as stranger en- fe's hs ap?.t meat. Th;s is M Quad, known among his personal scqs.intance as c. B. Lewis. He is iaodes,. and noo at all pufred up y the fact bat he has weekly aud ;eace of m Hon, nearly one ha1f of whom ate matter-off1ct EnoEsamea, who take him w:,h ihei.. beets,eak and ale, asa sure hefp to hesl .hy digestion. He IS spoken of as odd and eccentric, and 1 .at he may be, but l incllne to the opinion that this peculiarlty is due to the fact that Natute pioduced him in one of her menjal moods, W hen she world do the world a kindly tuin by bestowiog upon it a gen le ,oe!. who should do us good by sp~eadi z for US whole some fest ct nj psied wit and wis com.
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 In addition to the many other spec features it is the intention to pub- ..n sections of
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 We hope that alr naend3 N snow ,heir appreciation of OUT efo = in ea~ir behalf, by making ID tar:t n pds 10 .@ke adYGntage of this splendid ofer -N, | Be CREE AT ONCE.
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A VERY FUNNY MAN.

M. R U d IL.
 As our readers would doubtless l;ke to know som mething of the most famous humorist of the day, We }. esent tho above excellent like ness and the following admirable sketch by Edmund Kirke, lately psblished in Harper's Monthly Magazine:
 "Mr. Charles B. Lewis net CT known as M. Quad IS perhaps ,he most unlcue and genuine humorist .hls corntry has produced.
 '.'M. Quad IS not humo ,irt ar ,l..-a boss mechanic who manu f2ctures jokes as a carpent. r does 3acklng boxes, with saw and jack .}laae and much ezudat;en of per s,5lfat'on. He Is naturally and spontaneously furry. Humor .,ustcs from him like champagne rom an uneorcked bottle, bubbllng and elusive, and drenching us, whether We wtil or rot, with I=uGa- ter. And there Is wisdom with his strong, hefne!y common sense m ed Win racy, unetoou. hamo.. as grstef,d #,o ourt ts,,e a, wtaIc oil is D the paia-e ofaa E5ql Fl au. He is of unive - reiisa. Rs is wltness. ed by the wide populatily4h hat the Detroit Free Press largely owes to his contueut ous.
 It is Eot genegaily known where he was born, nor IS it of much COO sequence, since his career did not begin tll he was blown ID, seme seventeen years ago, on an Ohio River steamboat He is perhaps the op y example of a man who has heen | ed 'nto fame by being toss ed hundred feet ilto tae air, and coming down. more dead than alive to tcli the story. He dId this: Sanding at h's printers ease, when he was so t1r recovered &s to lmF 2bov, he pat iuto type How il fleets to be blown up, nd che whole WeSs burst into lauehter That aosb CT made M. Quad {2 nous. He was then. trapstel ed trom the composing room to the ed itorlel acpartm ent, aud ever since, short extracts from the Free Press hzve been copied into every iourn- al aghout tho country.
 = a' cut teu years ago he invent eG "t rather created-'H;s B onos' sad : i:h, and Brother Gardpe = ci 70 Line-Illa Ciob'-eharacters ta,a v 1 similar. b. each gs ratu- al, oll5insl indiy dual ead lodi c ons as any in American lttera tr.e.
 4 ,emus Wa | cre9ied ore ca&r&c,e1; M. ooad' has given bilen o vh ee. and each one h2s, dyr.ng a petiot. of tea yeas, gwen delight 70 m millioae.
 ssl'he man 2 p eciseiv w1at we s9e led to expect trom his writings. |. He x by tnrns Ills IIenor, 'B;5 ah, and Brother Gard Der, with the dry hum T and quaint wisdom thay is peeG jar 10 e2eh character.
 "n IS 'den' as he calls bis sanet um, I an uppe sto V ot the Free Ssress budding, sa GU osl.v spop fled with odd meneptos aud kl ! hns k. Here sa ,it oi o2e lhR, elped to b 7 m Ge@ar, end p&i.' of shack os ot tue old sl,ve me; here are ouI @ / om Gettysburg, powGe -AssLs I on ,ee Mer' nae, aoi swords. sab, es. nus. se,s, aad Sh~t sAft shell ho.n |
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
ClUAIP.
n.,..-,.r,-N ECIDEDLY "Chump~

'sChump> had another name, but very few peo- pie were aware of the fact 1 re- member tue first day. we two boys little tads of fellows we were then-ws mt | c =s ( h 0 ol, when Chulnp made the occasion memorable by stating W it h st art ling distinct ness (for him) his baptsma4 name.
 And what is 1Jour
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

llfrH& &xAS-',ervfces every Sunday at il.&a. A NJ sunday school every Sunday at3 H, l. Pades N. -.
 Rev. \ : Bartholomew, N, Pastor.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

a Meets at hall in Baptist church Friday uignt, on or oefore full
 E. F DeaYer, II. E. Atwood, See.
 s.9.&I. CO.-Meets first Monday in e.eE month. l.. n. Petross, Pres
 Jno r. Stafford, Sec. U. s. Grant Post No. 34.-Meets af- teraoon of tirss Saturday in eaca month, ani a. nlght Of tLird saturday i'll each moata at C 4. < hall.
 Jonathan Smith G0i9mander. E. ?. d.Il Adiutant.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

SEVENTH DAY ADvErSIsFs-Sa Sab h.t5.I s...t,saat ftio.cIocke cry Sabbath.
 '. E. Young, Supt.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

C. PRESRYrERGAS-Service5 at tp- list church every 4th Sundas. m m inyand evening. bv Rev l. II. Kelley.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
CHURCHES.

M. E. CHURCH.-Seryices each first and third Sunday both morning and night. Prayer meeting every Thurs day night. Class meeting every third Sunday. Children's Missionary Soeie- ty every first Sunday at 4:30PM. Wo- man B Missionary meeting lst Friday In every month at 30 PM. Sunday school at 9:30 every Sunday, E f Deay- CT, Supt.
 Rev. B. c. Matthews. Pastor. PREsBYTERIAN CHURCH--rreachlng every second Sunday in each month, morning and evening. Prayer meet ing every Wednesday evening. Sun- day school every sunday at 3 PM.
 Dr. X. W, Mister. Pastor. Nj E. CT.: sCTI-Services first sun
 each month at the Baptist church at II s4a and at night
 hey. II. II. SGRoGas. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST.-Servlces ev- ery second Sunday in each month and saturday before. Sunday school 9.30 AM, J l. Watson. Supt.
 Flo I R Loving. Pastor. MISSIONARY ApTIsT-Seryire ev- erv thlrd Sunday alad at night Prayer meeting every Tuesday night.
 E. W. Neal, Pastt,. C. PRE$RYrgaIAS-S at tp- list church every 4th Sunday. m Hrn n2and evening, by Rev.J. II. Kelley. a&xtS-services every Sunday at IL =. N. sunday school every Sunday ats a, l. Rades. -. -.
 Rev. \. $ BarthoIome N, Pastor. saFEV fiI=D4Y ADyEfSIsTs.-Sa Sab haI.1 se ..os6at 1cioekeHery Sabbath.
 E. E. Young, Supt.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

MISSIONARY BApTIsT-Seryires ev- cry thlrd Sunday ahd at night Prayer meeting every Tuesday night.
 E. " Neal, PastC1.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
E TORY.
OPTIC EGS.

OPTIC BGS. Mayor.-Millard Berry Rscorder.-E. H. Bryant Ireasurer.-C. Petross. Marshal.-J F. Harris. Aldermen.-B. F. Deaver. J. F. Barr ; W. Coltrane $. \. Haxton, W. M. Davis.
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

to Perfect the UNGToN,Jan $. MT. Cameron int the sanitary ser IL provides tn gal may detail to t e Hospital servie' 10 act under his vital statistics, } time required.
 le passage of the l is to procure a ause to be cree q United !
 of con
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 tficers fl
 ard an
 orator
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
SECRET SOCIETIES. ETC.

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.te subjected. .ecision, affirmed cult Court. The terest, as the al aty-four dollars
 ation have been
The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
Rev. B. c. Matthews. Pastor.

NJ E. CT: sCH-Seryiees first sun each month at the Baptis church at II et and at night
 l,ey. II. H. SCRoGas.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-31
A RAR oF Iron.
its value When Converted Into Horse.
shoes, Pen Knives and watch Springs.
have q crrior1s aaIc11laAincr friend


its value When Converted Into Horse.
shoes, Pen Knives and watch Springs.
have a curious. calculating friend,
who Is fond of startling his comrades
with immense possibilities in the way
of figures. The other night he threw
us all into a violent perspiratiou by
propounding the proposition as to how
much wages and national profit could
be derived from the raw material of q
bar of iron, value 20 shillings. I am
thankful to say that none of us made
asses of ourselves by attempting any
wild guesses, but solemnly smoked on.
1t would indeed have been cruel to an
ticipate the cOnjurer's solution. which
we knew was already worked out. So
presently, after a slight, very slight,
nretense at mental calculation, our
friend and philosopher said that if
worked into horseshoes the value O.
the bar of iron is turned from 20 into
4O+ shillings. Well. no great shakes
tI&At. We breathed again, and began
to fancy that there wasn't so very
much in the cOnundrum, after all.
But, continued our friend and phi
sol1her, if made into needles the bar
of iron is turned from FL into 970;
meant ug ESQ to the credit of labor and
national profit of some kind or other
earned. Then we began to gasp, and
a few of the more devoted disciples OF
the cause of home industry contem-
plated their domestic consumption
of needles from the patriotic point
of view. However, more was to
come. Made into the blades of
pen-knives, it, transpired that the bar
of iron, value Ge1 pound, becomes worth
4657i Was there a man among US
that did not :henceforth regard his
familiar pocketscompanion as a symbol
Ofindustry, the sign and token of labor,
the eloquent example of the majesty
of labor
But our mathematical minded COM
rade had not yet made his point. All
the foregoing was but as airy trifes TO
play with When we were all wondering
and admiring ourselves as the happy
owners of pen-knives, he suddenly
sprung on us his last surprise. If the
bar of iron be made into balance
springs of watches it is turned from a
value of 81 to value of ESQ. 600. No
less sum that 949, 900. perforated our
friend and philosopher, is gained by
the nation in wages and in profit
earned by the workers, the capitalists,
| the distributors, the owners of the
houses and shops in which they are
made and sold, and by the hOrdes en-
gagged in the building thereof; in the
rates and taxes paid by every man,
woman and child directly or indirectly
| concerned in this enormous wage
earning capacity of our little bar of
iron, value 20s. to begin wifh-to say
nothing of all the other trades and in
dustries that find employment through
the customers whom this national
earning of 949,0OO brings into ex-
decentralization Fair Trade
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-31
ABOUT FEMALE BEAUTY.

The Vanity Of Woman as It Is Displayed
in Various COuntrie5.
The Indies of Arabia stain their fingers
and their toes red, their eyebrows black,
and their lips blue. In Persia they paint
black streak around the eyes and ornament
their faces with various figures The Jap
aness women giId their teeth, and those OF
the Indians paint them red. The pearl OF
the teeth must be dyed black to be beauti-
full in Guzurat
The Hottentot women paint the entire
body In compartments of red and black In
Greenland the women color their faces
with blue and yellow, and they frequently
tattoo their bodies by saturating threads in
SCOT, inserting them beneath the skin, and
then drawing them through HindOo fe-
males. when they wish to appear particu-
larly lovely, smear themselves with MKT
ure of saffron tUrmeric and grease. In
nearly all islands of the Pacific and indian
oceans the women, as we'll as the men,
tattoo a great variety of figures on the face,
the lips, tongue and the whole body. In
New Holland they cut themselves with
shells and keeping the wounds open long
time form deeD scars in the flesh which
they deem highly ornamental. And another
singular mutflation is made among them by
taking of, in infancy, the little finger OF the
left hand, at the second joint. In ancient
Persia an aquiline nose was often thought
mother carefully flattens the nose of he1
daughter. Among some Of the savage tr1beh
of Oregon, and also in Sumatra and ARA
oan, continual pressure is applied to the
skull in order to fiatten it, and thus give it
q new beauty.
The modern Persians have strong aver
sion to red hair; the Turks, on the con-
trnry, are warm admirers Of it In China,
small, round eyes are liked, and the girls
are continually plucking their eyebrows
that they may be thin and long But the
great beauty Of a Chinese lady is her feet
whioa, in childhood are so compressed by
bandagss as etfectually to prevent any
further increase in size The four smaller
toes are turned under the foot, to the sole
Of which they firmly adhere, and the poor
girl not emily endures much pain, but often
becomes cripple for life. Another mark
of beauty consists in fnger-na1ls so long that
castings Of bamboo are necessary to preserve
them from injury An African beauty must
have small eyes, thick lips, large, fiat
nose. and skin beautifully black
In New Guinea the nose is perforated and
a large piece of wood or bone inserted IN
Guianasthe lips are pierced with thorns, the
heads being inside the mouth, and the
points resting on the CHIN. Y Ledger.