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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
waist Deep in Money.

Tom Kelly, the ticket seller of Bar
NUNS circus, is as much specialist in
his peculiar line as any, strictly speak.
Ing, professional man. The whole pro-
cess of receiving the money, giving the
ticket and making change is done in three
movements with the regularity of clock
work The ticket window is about four
feet above the bottom of the wagon. Mr.
Kelly sits upon a high stool, with a large
sum of money in dollars, halves and quar-
tiers piled upon the shelf on his right. A
corresponding shelf on the left is covered
with tickets and half tickets. All this
is arranged before the window is opened.
A line of several hundred impatiently
clamoring people wait outside, Mr.. Kelly
climbs upon his stool, takes long, deep
breath and opens the window.
Money is received in his right hand
and dropped upon the floor. The thumb
of the left hand has in the meantime
pushed ticket from the pile, and the
right hand has selected, mechanically,
the change and presented it to the pur-
chaser. No attempt is made to pile up
the money received. 1t is literally drop
ped, and when the show commences Mr..
Kelly sits like buoy surrounded by a
sea Of money, the crests Of whose waves
mount up to and press closely around bis
waist and almost ON level with the win
dow ledge. After the performance COM
@enees, and no more people want tickets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
st. Paul Grain,

Wheat-No. l hard, 9On9lc; No. l Northern
89@90c; No. 2 Northern, S80S7c.
Corn-No. 3, 31133c.
Oats-No. mixed, &c; No. 2 white, 2S029c
No. 3, &c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
Liked the Features.

She was showing George over the
grounds at her fathers new country
residence.
81 like it immensely" said George.
"There are some very pretty features
about the place."
"You think sol"
eyes, indeed; yours, for instance.
New York World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
TIE

Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibulei Draw
ing Room SleePers, Dining Cars and Coaches
OF latest design between Chicago and Mlwau.
Eee and st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Draw
ing Room SlecperS Dining Car and Coaches of
latest design, between Chicago and Milwaukee
and Ashland and DuUth
Through Pullman and VpstibuIed Drawing
Room and ColoHjst Sl"cpprs via the Northern
Pacific Railroad between Chicogo and Portland
Oregon.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern,
Western, Northern ard Central Wisconsin
points, afrording uncqualled service to and
from Wauiesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Me-
nah, mcrasha, Chippewa Falls. Eau Claire,
Hurley. Wis, and IronwoOd and Bess .mcr,
Mivhirpu.
For livkcts, sleeping car re>crvatiOrs, time
raJ'cS and other information, apply to agent #
;..c Inc, OF 10 ticket agentr ali ywhcre in lie
United States or Canada.
J.. Il. AINSLiE, HI BARLOW,
t,u Manager. Gen Traffic MIR.
in-tI EGNS.EI.IT.
- ..;"a. ...:''G and TicAr. -Ict.,
Miiv.UEG... Wis
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
Why We Say HThe Speaker"

We call the presiding officer of the
house of representatives "The Speaker"
because the English did SO in giving a
title to the head OF the house of COM
mons, and they chose that name because
that officer is the spokesman Of the house
when addressing the sOvereign.-ChatteE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
LATEST MARKET PRICES.
st. Paul Union Stock Eards.

~. Raui Union StOck yards.
Hogs-Light, sS.8O@3.7a; mixed, $3.6O0375
heavy, $3.70@3.T18.
Cattle-Good to choice fat native steers
$3eO@4.25; good cows, S2.5O03.5O; common
cows, 1.5O@2.2O; bulls, $1.5O02.5O; mich cows
$l2.00130.0O; calves, $2.2503.5O; stockers, ~.
@3.l5;, feeders, $a.OO@325; butcher steers
S3.3l@3.T5: -
Sheep to choice native muttons, $475
$40; good to choice lambs, $4.5O05.75; feeders,
S3,756l4,75, .... .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05

49,. Kelly closes the window and steps
carefully over this bed of money. Then,
and not till then, is any attempt made to
count and assert this sum, which amounts
to several thousand dollars in pieces Of
all denominations.-Ne York Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
Chicago Live Stock.

Cattle-Beeves, S3.9a0510; stockers and feed
ers, 81. 40@3.SO; Texas grasssteers, 81. 4O0335.
Hogs-Light, $8.s0G40O heavy packing and
shipping, S3,sha14.S.
Sheep Shorn, 4OO0b, 60; Texans. $3.75Gl4SO;
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
Duluth Grain.

Wheat active. July opened at 94c asked,
sold down to $3.50, and back to "a. Following
are the closing quotations: June 921<c
July VIC; No. l hard Gee, No. Nortern, 90c
No. 2 Northern So
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Wheat-No. l hard June, SS3zc; July, eO1<c;
on track, 90; No. Northern June, sS14c; July,
90c; on track, S94c; No. 2 Northern, June,
85c; July, SIC; on track, 85088c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
st. Paul Produce.

Butter-Creameyy fFst, 1401bo; creamery
second. a11Oc; dairy ffh 1h0l5e; dairy see
stock, 303lfc.
Eses-frehh. SaAeeaN.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
Kansas City Live Stock.

Cattle-Steers, $3.6O04.S5; COWS, $175036O
stockers and feeders, $32503.75.
Hogs-Al grades, S36003.75; bulk, $3.671f0
37O.
Sheep-Good to choice muttons $36O05.OO;
stockers and feeders, $2.0oa2s; lambs, sa5c
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
CHICAGO Grain.

Wheat steady, cash and June, asck july, $3.50
Corn firm; cash and June, 222S034c; July,
3Hsc. ~
Oats easy: cash and June, ST1Sc; Iuly,2e1f0
46Xc.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
A Kitchen Gardener.

Lady-Have you any oyster plantseeds7
Groceries, ma'em.
Lady-Well, send me two or three doz-
en-, and, mind yGu, wish to raise Blue
Points.-Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
His Calling.

Seedy Foreigner-Yes. I'm an "artist;"
q vocalist, you know. It's all right.
Labor REPRESENTATION do you
make that out?
Seedy Foreigner-Wel I'm maker of
belloYA 1Rittsburg Bulletin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS boys all laugh
jig so heartily over?
Chunley-Smith got off one of his
beastly jokes.
Why didn't you Taught"
1T was ON me."-Chicago Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
In the Witness Box.

Judge-You resided
Witness with my brother.
Judge-And your brother hves?
Witness-With me.
ge-Precisely; but you both liver
Witness-Together. -Eulenspiegel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05

Hon. VIVA. d. Kelley, Member OF Congress
PhiiaKeIDhla.-
Rev Victor T, Conrad I'll. Lath'n CbServ-
Rev. CGaIlcs Y. cusBIng. no, Rochest
Hon VIM Penn Nixon, Ed. Inter-o
Chicago. III.
W. n, WOrtbineton, Editor New So
New York, .-
Jwdga H. p, Vvooman, Qreuemo, Ka
Mrs. Mary \. Livermore. Melrose, NJ
chuselty.
Mr.. Z. C.KnigAt, Phnad-ipaia.
J, Moore, Surt. Police, Landlord,
shire, Eng.
Jacob Ward. Bau raj, \ n Santh Wa
And tn 0sandS al others ii every part
United states.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05

OBS. STinKE7 & PALEH'S
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
Natural Enemies Of the Snake.

Other animals are natural enemies OF
the reptile tribe, but the American eagle
Is known to be the most savage and
fearless foe of the deadly rattlesnake.
Besides preying upon birds and small
animals, the eagle has relish for ser
penis and also gathers them in as food
for its Young. On one occasion, while a
party of gunners were out on the noun
tains they espied an eagle several hun
bred feet in the air slowly winging its
way toward a distant pine forest. When
directly over them the men fired several
shots at the bird and were greatly sur
prised to see II drop what they supposed
to be a large eel. Going to the spot
where it fell, the men were startled at
the sight of full grown rattlesnake al
most lifeless, but still squirming among
the fern shrubs. The snake was badly
torn by the eagles taions and having
been severely shaken up by the fall 1t
was easily despatched with a club. At
another time an eagle was seen to rise
from the summit Of high rock. Sud
denly the bird began to futter one Of
its wings and fell to the ground below
the rocks, making a rapid descent Of
about 100 feet Three fDnE--cosl
prospectors who had witnessed the singu-
lar affair ran to the scene and found the
eagle and a rattlesnake locked in deadly
embrace. The RATHER had thrown a Wig
orous coil around one of the bird S wings,
ana Gown Tie contestants came together.
more dead than alive. One day near the
middle of last August, log cutter heard
terrible racket among his chickens
while in camp enjoying his noon repast.
Getting up burriedly from his rough
board table he went out to an old log
stable from whence the noise proceeded,
and was astonished to find that an old
hen in defending her little ''chicks' had
picked the eyes out of four-foot rattle
snake. The other chickens took no part in
the fight except an old rooster that had
cautiously enough tackled baby rattle
snake, and, holding it up in his beak,
was making a big display before his adj
miring lady friends. -PdiJadelphia Press
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
A Rival to Coffee.

The diminishing production of coffee
in Brazil has given rise to the suggestion
that the cultivation of the kola nut as a
substitute for coffee should be under
taken in Ceylon. As a stimulant and an
article of food, possessing the essential
qualities of coffee, it is said to be even
richer. The kola nut is indigenous in
Western Africa, but has been produced in
other tropical countries, and is, in fact,
now growing in Ceylon- Hitherto this
product has been chiefly put to medicinal
uses, but its acceptability as a beverage
is growing says the Ceylon AaiD, and it
has high value bec7 use of its power Of
enabling men to sustain great effort or to
endure prolonged fasting Nothing is
said as to the price at which this article
can be produced, nor as to its capacity to
compete commercially with coffee, prob
ably because the cultivation has not yet
been carried on upon a large scale. The
Mail is of opinion, too, that the plant
may be made much more productive than
it now is, little effort having hitherto
been made TO raise it above the state in
which it is found growing wild in the
countries where it is indigenous. Since
the successful introduction of tea into
Ceylon a strong desire has been mani
tested in the island to promote the cult
walton of new products.--PaH Mall
Gazette.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
A Land of Turtles.

A correspondent of Ceylon Journal
gives some interesting information about
the turtles on the coast in the neighbor-
hood of Jaffna, in the north of the
island, which are said to be innumerable.
They are of three species, called sea, milk
and pariah turtles respectively. The
ordinary, or sea turtle, is generally large
in size, and is met with everywhere at
sea around JafTna. Two tiny islands,
called Iranativu, are literally swarming
with them. The islands themselves are
sterile and always exposed toinundation;
the inhabitants are poor and ignorant of
agriculture, and live chiefly on the
turtles. They use the shells of the large
ones as seats. In the town of Jaffna the
ordinary turtle is always procurable, and
is a favorite article CO food with the
people. During Lent, when meat is for
hidden. it is largely used by the Roman
Catholics of the place, and the fishermen
do a good business in it. The milk
turtle is small in size, and is to be found
only ia wells and banks. 1t is not an
article Of food except with the poorer
classes The pariah turtle is curiously
shaped, having high back, the shell of
which somewhat resembles that of the
tortoise. 1t is found in marshes and
bitches. It is not an article of food, but
is highly valued by native medical men
for certain medicinal properties which it
is said to possess. Its flesh and blood
are supposed to be pannacea for all
ments peculiar to children.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
A Wan WHO Handles millions.

Few if any persons in this country
have handled more money and checks,
bonds and other representatives of mon
ey than ''Uncle7 Henry Logan, the mes
senger of the Register of the Treasury
He is colored man, past seventy, as
puncuual as the hands Of clock and as
trustworthy as a burglar proof safe. His
principal function Is to carry checks,
warrants, bonds, etc, to and from the
the Registers office, where they have to
be signed He has been doing this for
twenty-five years. with scarcely a days
absence during all that time. He has
handled large part Of the bonds and
currency issued by the Government and
the warrants that have been drawn upon
the Treasury.
The aggregate in dollars, if it could
be figured out, would 90 high up into
the billions. Express companies are
paid a fixed sum per mile for every $1,000
they transport for the Government, and
if ''Uncle Henry" had been paid at the
same rate he would now be rolling in
wealth. He receives u salary Of S720 a
year, and on this modest income he mas
been able to buy home and raise a large
family. "Uncle Henry held his place
all through Mr. Cleveland's administra-
ton, and bids fair to remain until the in
firmities of age compel his retirement
His black face and white hair are in
striking contrast. His pleasant, grand
fatherly ways make him a general favor
tic in the department. He says he has
no politics. Memphis ACalaHche.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
The Seven Bibles.

The seven Bibles of the world are the
Koran Of the MahOmedans, the Tn Pit
ikes of the Buddhists, the Five Kings of
the Chinese, the Three Vedas OF the
Hindoos, the Zendavesta, and the Scrip
lures Of the Christians.
The Koran Is the most recent of the
five. dating from about the seventh cen
tury after Christ. It is a compound of
quotations from both the Old and New
Testaments, and from the Talmud The
Tr Pitikes contain sublime morals and
pure aspirations. Their author lived
and died in the sixth century befora
Christ.
The sacred writings of the Chinese
are called the Five Kings, the word
kings meaning web of cloth. FrouI
this it is presumed that they were orig a
ally written on FIVE rolls of cloth. They
contain wise savings from the sases on
the duties Of life, but they cannot %
traced further back than the eleventh
century before our era. The Nedas are
the most ancient books in the language
VI lut niuuOoe, hut tLlOf Wv ''-
ing to late commentators, antedate thd
twelfth before the Christian era
The Zendavesta of the Persians, neXt
10 our Bible, Is reckoued among schoI
ars as being the greatest and mos
learned of the sacred writings AoroaS
ter. whose sayings it contains, lived and
worked in the twelfth century betorI
Christ. Moses lived and wrote the Pen
tateuch 1900 years before the birth
the meek and lowly Jesus; therefore, mi
portion of our Bible Is at least SUI
years older than the most ancient OF OIL
er sacred writing
The Eddas, a semi-sacred wors OF "a
Scandinavians, was first given to On
world in the fourteenth century A -
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
MnIdn,t be Photographed.

A Philadelphia tourist stopped off at
NortbYakima recently As usual, there
were catered along the principal streets
grorps of Indians i'll full dress of buck
ski5ieggings, red blankets, feathers and
rrAn paint The tourist wandered on
mil he came face with a chief With
an exclamation of satisfaction he pulled
hiyKodak in front of him and uncovered
tie slide. In an instant the red man
drew up his hands in front Of his face
md shouted;
ugh! Ugh! Bad medicine. Picture
no good. Bad medicine
The tourist only laughed and persisted.
The chief stepped forward and pushed
the camera to one side. The tourist gave
the chief shove, and got blow in re
turn. Three or four white men came to
the rescue of the Philadelphian, ana
several braves gathered about the CHIEF
and muttered. while one of the youngest
laid his hand on knife. There was a
marley. which ended in the tourist put
hno up his Kodak and the chief mount
inc his cayuse and going down the street
at full speed and with an occasional
whoop toward the reservation Chicago
Herald
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Remember impertinence isn't wit, any
more than insolence is brilliancy.
If young men will not believe in them
selves, no man or woman can believe in
them.
If YOU haven't the moral courage to
laugh at sneerers, then you are another
of natures mistakes.
If you learn that people say spiteful,
wicked things about you, and untruthful
things at that, be silent.
Don't talk about what you are ego
ing to do; then, if you fail to accom-
plish it. nobody viii know.
Do not be afraid to 20 near your enc
my. The nearer you get to kicking
horse the less damage will result TO your
person.
Treat all men and women considerably
and YOU will be surprised at the div
dends that will come TO you daily and
yearly.
The man who docs a generous act and
lets the world into the secret shows the
world a peach after rubbing the bloom
from it.
Cultivate a cheerful frame of mind and
the mind will mold the face and the
tongue and the voice into something If
resistible.
If YOU do a good piece of work in fl
nance, journalism, politics, art, music,
or literature, do not spoil it by yolunta-
rily speaking Of it complacently; and, on
the other hand, do not speak of it dis
paragingly.
As there are mountebanks for the
natural body, so are there mountebanks
for the polite body; rnen that perhaps
have been lucky in two or three expert
ments, but want the grounds OF science
and therefore cannot hold out.
No man Is a communist after he has
property of his own. Those people who
want things divided even, have nothing
to divide. The anarchists who would
blow the world up with dynamite, would
have first to steal the dynamite.
A person using a word possessing two
meanings, can dodge either, as circum
stances occur; but word can only have
one true meaning, and therefore words
are given two meanings, to give false
hood the appearance Of being the truth.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
A Boy With Giant Feet.

Mr. Arnold, of Thompson, Penn. =
only sixteen years old, but he is Z"
over six feet tall and his feet are famls-
Young Arnold stepped into Eli Try 5
shoe shop at Central Village the iher
day and said he would like to ha,5 the
shoeman make him a pair of bootf
''All right, - said Eli, ''just pr your
foot on this measure, and I'll q your
size"
Arnold tried to do as he haFeen bid
den, but found it impossible . comply
with the request Althosh Tracy
slipped the marker out TO t jumping
off place on the measure, tere was not
nearly enough to accommode the young
mans extraordinary foot
''Well, " said, he, lookig up aghast-
Il neverl You beat the ecord- What
size boot do you usualIyfearf
"Oh, generally canset on slxteens'
replied the youth wit ingenious com
placencv, "but latter they've pinched
my feet some, and l ness l IL take a size
or two larger this to
Tracy then mad a approximate estl-
mate OF the biefoA, and found that it
called for bot yne inch and half
longer than hi teasure- Il can't fill
the bin for vor. said he, 'for you take
a boot that is 5lger than any last that is
made"
So young Bnold had to go away with
out hope, auihe is IN a dilemma The
prospect is rat he will have to 90 un-
shod dung the remainder Of his life,
unless C can persuade some liberal
souled cmtractor TO make-a last especial
" for his use, which will be expensive.
Arnold 5 MT the only six-footer and
bie-footer il his family. He has a sister
who is six leet tall, but it wouldn't do
for any on to draw further conclusions
- ittsB,sy Dispatch.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
A Peculiar BInnder.

A remarkable mistake was made at the
opening of the Industrial Fair at Toron-
to. Sir John Macdonald had made his
opening speech of congratulation, and
before calling on him to press an electric
button starting the machinery, President
Withrow invited one or two other speak
ers to deliver addresses. One of them
was John Legs, NJ P for Toronto. He
advanced to the front and laid his heavy
white hat right on top of the electric but
ton. Instantly there was a shrieking of
whistles, and the machinery in the build
ing began to run. The crowd roared
with laughter, and after much gesticula-
ton anG running about the managers
stopped the proceeding, and the ma
chinery was re-started by Sir John ard
Lady Macdonald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
We COLLEGE oRADurE-

He can give the laws of Solo
He can draw the flag of Colon
He can write a Babylonian lou
He can make writ in Germa
He can draft Turkish frman -.
But the English common law he ner knew.
He can write his thoughts in spanl
He can make a speech in Danish,
And recite such Sanscrit as would turnour
brain;
The Muallakat Arabic
Hecan scan in feet syllable;
But he couldn't tell old Shakespeare bm
Mark Twain.
He can fathom all the mystery
OF old Ethiopic history;
He eanname one thousand Morse KIM
more or less;
He can mark the Roman boundrles,
And describe the Aztec foundries,
But has never seen the Statutes Of U. S.
He can trace the radiant yector,
Vita a geometrie sector,
And car give the moons diameter In feet;
He can analyze the arum,
Classify the Coptic carum;
But he cannot tell a cabbage from beet
". 4. Burton.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
The Worlds Telegraph Lines and
Telephones.

The total length of the telegraph lines
OF the world amounts to 557 O64 miles:
Europe, 216, 400; America, 1913, 642;
Asia, &C, 500; Australia, 26, POI, and At
RIGA, 1900 miles. There have TO be
added $50 submarine cables, IA of
which are laid in European seas. aad have
total length of 5000 miles, while the
remaining 176, with length of cable of
So, $50 miles, belong to companies. The
service of these lines Is carried out by
100, 900 offices. Telephone statistics are
as follows: The United States, 739 ex-
changes and 15S, 712 subscribers; Ger
many, 164 exchanges and 81, 325 sub
scribers; England, 122 exchanges and
20, 420 subscribers; Sweden, 1877 ex-
changes and y, S64 subscribers; France,
twenty-eight exchanges and 94S7 sub
scribers; Switzerland, seventv-one ex-
changes and 1926 subscribers; Russia,
thirty-six exchanges and 1883 subscrib-
ers; Italy, twenty eight exchanges ana
61S3 subscribers; Belgium, 1914 sub
scribers; Austro- Hungary, 1900 subscrib-
ers; Norway, twenty-one exchanges and
1880 subscribers; Holland, nine ex-
changes and 2S72 subscribers; Spain,
221S subscribers; Denmark, 1887 sub
scribers; Portugal, two exchanges and
$50 subscribers The town with the
largest number Of subscribers is Berlin,
having upward of 10000, and followed
by New York, $500; Paris with over
5000, and London about that amount
La Lumiere Electii9ue.