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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28

"My boy, am glad to see you. Your
mother was probably one of our connec-
lions, but have been away so long to
the wars and on the plains that have
lost track of many of my friends"
General, we all speak of you as a
relative at home"
"Then why didn't you come to me
before. That name is good around
these headquarters at any time"
ST thought, general, that if I was a
good soldier you'd find me out in the
end, and if was not you wouldn't want
to know me-"
s.Good! I've made your acquaintance
in just the right way. You held your
ground and whipped the enemy. Still,
that might not make your fortune in
these times without a friend at court,
and that I'll look after myself"
Jack returned to his post with lively
spark of honest pride in his bosom. He
longed to write all about it to the folks
and feel their sympathies with him
again, but he concluded to wait awhile.
The news reached home at length
through other hands with more particu-
lars added. Carrie told it all to Dick
one evening when he came to see her on
another matter entirely, and her joy
over the event was by no means half
hearted. 1t happened a day or two after
Dick lost his first suit at law, and he had
really called to try another cause as a
solace for his disappointment in this.
slack has done splendidly," the girl
said, in rafting, happy way, land
am awful sorry let him go that time
without pleasant word. He is COM
missioned lieutenant and will become
captain soon"
This was gall to Dick, and Carrie
looked at his disconsolate face with pity
for moment, then added, ''Dick, why
don't you enlist, too? All the young
men are going"
Dick glanced down at his patent
leather boots and bright broadcloth,
and Strengthening up like peacock, said:
'sNo, thank you. wasn't cut out for
snldier."
He got no nearer the tender subject on
his heart that night, and Carrie, think
ing that all his gloominess came from the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28


Sergeant Royce, the general wishes
to hear your statement of the affair last
night" The speaker was the adjutant
general of the brigade, the scene Cen
eral Sherman's headquarters in the Bull
Run campaign of 1861.
Sergeant Royce addressed the general
and said: 81 commanded post on the
by-road leading into the Fairfax road.
At 10 o'clock, while was stationing a
vidette, a dozen horsemen rode down on
us and answered my challenge by pis-
toll shot. ordered the vidette to retire,
and we fell back to the post and opened
fire. The enemy fought us short time
and then 'skedaddled
How many men had you, sergeant?"
asked General Sherman, smiling.
s'Seven, SIR"
"You lost three killed."
Eyes, SIR"
How many did the other side lose?"
Seven, SIR"
"Then you each killed your man?a
eyes, sir-on an average, yes"
"And held your ground?''
eyes, SIR"
"That will do, sergeant said the gen
eral, and then turning to his adjutant
he said:
Captain, in your report to headquar-
tiers of last nights slirmish you will
commend the sergeant for his soldierly
conduct and mention him for promo
ton,
Thank you, general" said the proud
young soldier, blushing, and turning to
go out of the tent.
One moment, sergeant, the adjutant
called out. 'sYour full name, please.
John Sherman Royce, sir.
Where did you get the name of Sher-
man, young man?v said the general, with
searching glance.
From my mother, sir. She szas q
New England Sherman. =
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28

without direct invitation. Carrie was
the most disappointed and mentally de-
clared that Jack had mare sand in him
than all the other Royces combined.
x
Finally, the war ended and all the
local companies came home. There were
grand times, rejoicing and celebrating
over the victory and the return of the
heroes. Jack did not come. He was
going to remain south awhile longer, all
his comrades said. Dick skunk away
abashed and dumfounded to see how the
soldiers, high and low, were feted and
ionized. Carrie was all enthusiasm
outwardly, and showed her interest in
the glorious occasion by praising and re-
joicing with the rest. If Jack was not
there the men he had led and triumphed
with were and the victory was a victory
for him anyhow.
A year rolled by and Jack still made
no sign. His exact whereabouts was a
mystery for some time, and then word
came indirectly that he was major or
colonel, or something of that sort, and
held a responsible position in the govern
ment service as judge advocate Of mill
tary district in Georgia.
"Now," said Farmer Royce, when he
heard of it, Nothing can keep me from
hunting that. boy up-neither Secesh,
Moonshiners or Ku Klux."
The anxious father set out with hearty
good wishes for his enterprise from Car
RE, whose eyes flashed the secrets of her
waiting heart. In a few weeks he came
back brimful of enthusiasm about things
down south, especially Jack.
"My son John is a marvel and no mis-
take" he said with a touch of dignity,
when he stopped at Westlake's gate on
the way home to tell the news. "He
has been studying hard at law during all
his soldier business, has had military
practice and got good knowledge of
common law. He could enter the bar in
six months if he'd set about it."
"But why doesn't he come home, now
the war is over~ exclaimed Carrie.
"He is only waiting for some certain
one here to give him the invitation. May
be you know who" said the old man
merrily.
''Oh! is that all?" responded Carrie,
and remembered pressing duty in the
house. The duty took shape in thin,
fiat parcel about 3 inches by 81 in size,
addressed to some city in Georgia, and
there Jack found the words he had
waited for over five years:
DEAR JAcK-Come home. It will never be
the same here till you do. CARRIE.
Jack answered in person and soon took
off his gilt leaves, married the girl whose
faith had equaled his own, and settled in
the village. In the course of time new
single appeared on the street and read
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28
ROYCE s. BROTHER,

Nobody remained long in doubt as to
who was the "Royce" and who the
Brother" or who furnished the law,
and who plodded away at the deeds and
mortgages and contracts in endless mo-
notony, day after day.
SIT is the Sherman in him, and Te-
cump's doings, setting him ahead on the
start, that's brought it all about" says
Farmer Royce when people praise the
Honorable Johns success, In the pri-
yacy of the family he adds, for the sake
of harmony, "Carrie had hand in it
foo,0
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28

lew failure, at last advised him to @begin
as clerk to real lawyer and work up
step by STEP" He carried that advice
many long day in his conceited brain,
but never acted upon it. Whenever he
saw Carrie it was only to hear eulogies
on Jack, and he soon gave up in despair
and sank to be proud, do nothing
fellow, supported by his father. Carrie
often condoled with Farmer Royce, and
both wondered why Jack never wrote
home.
81 think" said the girl one day when
the folks were all gathered at a holiday
dinner party, ssthat Jacks just put out
with us, and he is going to do something,
big to show what he is made Of"
"The boy has done we'll" said the
farmer, tapping the table with his knife
blade. .sTecump's looking after him"
eyes, responded Mrs. Westlake,
glancing from Dick to her daughter,
land it sets good example to others to
be up and ADDING"
The hint was lost ON Dick, but not on
Carrie. The girl became an earnest,
patient worker, and the trifes that waste
so many hours and so much strength for
village girls soon lost all charm for her.
Sheswas keeping herself for an occasion
that her heart told her would surely
come. But that same heart often wished
that Jack would send a word, just one
word.
There were battles and sieges and long
campaigns to follow, and the months OF
yvar ran on into years. Still no word
from Jack. Neighbors and friends came
and went between the village and the
camps, and Jacks life was no secret to
any who cared to know, but neither in
writing nor by word of mouth did he
send message direct. One winter his
| father got ready to go down to Virginia
and hunt him up, but he heard about
that time that the boy had become
major and was on headquarters duty, and
it all sounded so lofty and formidable
that the old man was afraid to venture
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28
FOR SALE.

a desirable dwelling
house, large lot, barn,
cistern, and well.--Also
a good business lot and
build ing---Will be sold
cheap If taken at once.
MORSE & LAMB.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28
Bring Your Rarest Flowers.

That hold unwritten histories meath their
swAu
Like hidden treasures under ocean waves.
Ellen Hardin Walwortb in WASHINGTON Post.
At Duluth, T. r. Yolton, proprie
tor of the Saddle Rock restaurant,
was arrested at the instance of a woman
who claims that she is his wife and that
he ran away from her two years ago
with $1,000 belonging to her. Yolton
has been living here with woman
whom everyone supposed was his wife.
A curious fact is that just as wife No.
arrives woman No. Q skips out with
5000.
At Fergus Falls Saturday, Adelbert
Goheen, tbs murderer of Rosetta Bray,
was sentent ed to be hanged at such a
time after ninety days as the governor
shall decide upon. He took his SEN
tence in the same unaffected manner
that he has shown throughout the trial.
There is a rumor that he attempted to
hang himself in Jail, but it is denied.
His counsel are making an effort to
have his sentence changed to life inn
prisonment, and all but one juror signed
the petition. The judge, however, in
sentencing him, said there were no nit
igating circumstances.
new 1vs.s,os. t;...., vsss. .,.4s,.rv,. .,
the last legislature, is taking active
steps to look up the abstracts Of title in
order to secure lands within its borders,
owned by private parties, The park is
situated in the northern part of the
state, about twenty miles from Park
Rapids. and contains about thirty-four
squire miles. The pioneer party to this
park will be made up Of Professor
George D. Alton and Superintendent
w. M. West, of Faribault, who, with
several friends, will start about the
middle of June for stay of several
weeks.
An intere sting case has been decided
at Fergus Falls. Several years ago
Thomas FL. Garfield, the well-known
farmer at Lake Park, sold one Owen
Cowles a valuable horse, taking his
note and security on the horse. About
four years ago Cowles desired to dis
pose of the horse and Mr.. Garfield
changed his security, taking a third
mortgage on Cowles' farm. The sum
due Garfield at that time was $741 The
mortgage was made out for $3.50. The
principal and interest now amount to
81, 100. Mr. Garfield attempted to col
lect by foreclosing his mortgage
Cowles set up the claim of usury. claim
ing that TIE difference between the $741
and 500 was usurious. Mr.. Garfield
claimed it was disbursed by him for
making out and recording the papers.
The jury decided that the SO was usuri-
Gus. So Garfield loses his 81, 100, if the
supreme court doesn't reverse the de-
cision.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28

at have used Ayers Cherry Pectoral
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Group, to which complaint my CHILDREN
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"From an experience OF over thirty
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r. S. Drake, NJ. D., Beliot, Kans.
"My little sister, four years Of age,
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almost given up hope of her recovery.
Our family physician, skilful man and
of large experience, pronounced it use
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saying that he had done all it was pos
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worst As last resort, we determined
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After taking few doses she seemed to
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out of danger. We continued giving the
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Lepper, Druggist, Fort Wayne, Ind
For Colds and Coughs, take
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28
oldast nrason Daad AGAIN.

BURLINGTON, VT, May 25.-John B.
Hollenbeck, who was lieutenant in
the war of 1912, died Sunday, aged 80
years. He was the Oldest Mason in the
world. having been initiated in 1919
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A SOLDIERS FORTUNES.
Copyright. All rights reserved.l
BY GEORGE L. KILMER.

fooli sh thing, !"
exclaimed Farm
er Royce when
his son John came
HON e wi t b a
bright new uni
form on e M a y
morning in 1861.
81 don't know
why it is foolish
to enlist. You go
in for the war,
father" said the
bow respectfully.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-05-28
THE NEW NORTHWEST

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04
Bamboo for America.

1t is hoped 10y the Department of Agri.
culture that the bamboo may yet be cul-
tivated in this country, as it is in China,
where it supplies a large part of the
wants of the people, being applied to
more than five hundred different and
useful purposes. In the Flowery King
dom it takes the place both of iron cud
steel. The farmer bdilds his hou-e and
fences out of 1t, his farming utensils as
well as his household furniture are manu-
factured from it, while the tender shoots
furnish him with most delicious vege-
table for his table.
The roots are carved into fantastic
images, shaped into divining blocks to
guess the will of the gods, or cut into
lantern handles and canes. The tapering
culms are used for the prons of houses,
the frameworks OF awnings, the ribs of
sails, and shafts Of rakes for fences,
and every sort of frames, coops and
cages, and for the handles and ribs of
umbrellas and fans. The leaves are
sewed into rain coats and that:hes. The
wood, cut into splints of various sizes, is
woven into baskets of every form, sown
into window curtains aud door screens
and twisted into cables. The shavings
and curled threads furnish materials for
stuffing pillows, while parts supply the
bed for sleeping, the chopsticks for cat
ing, the pipe for smoking, the broom for
sweeping, the mattress to lie upon, tho
chair to sit upon, the table to eat on, the
food to eat, and the fuel to cook it with.
The ferule to govern with, the book to
study from, the reed pipe of the organ,
the shaft of the soldiers spear, and the
dreaded instrument of the Judge; the
skewer to pin the hair, and the hat to
screen the head; the paper to write on,
the pencil to write with and the cup to
put the pencil in; the rule to measure
lengths, the cup to gauge quantities, and
the bucket to draw water; the bird
cage, the crab net, the fish pole-are one
and all furnished by this plant, whose
beauty when growing is commensurate
to its usefulness when cut down. A
score or two of bamboo poles for joists
and rafters, fifty fathoms of rattan ropes,
and supply of palm leaves and bamboo
mats for roof, supply material for a
common hut in the south of China
Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04
WHEN THE LEAVES TURN RED.


There is purple peacefulness that covers
natures features,
Like many-colored-bed-quilt DER q baby's
trundle bed,
Nature covers all us children, nervous, tired
little creatures,
Nervous, tired little children, whether
princes popes or preachers;
When the leaves turn red.
And she spreads her gaudy bed-quilt, all
aglow with golden glory,
For she knows twill please her children and
decoy them off to bed,
They drift Off in their gorgeous cribs, like
babies in dory,
Down through misty, hazy valleys that we
read about in story;
When the leaves turn red,
A balm that's full of sleepiness envelops hill
and river,
An air that's full of sweet content DER all
the earth is SPREAD
We know we dream, and yet we pray to be
awakened never,
For tits the prayer of every soul to dream
right on forever;
When the leaves turn red.
IS. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04

Tho people of Iceland are the latest to
be affected by tho general spirit of dis
content that pervades Europe, observes
the Philadelphia Record. Numbers of
them have within the last few years set
tied in Manitoba, and it is now said that
there will be large immigration to
Alaska. The Icelanders have long been
striving to secure autonomy in their
home affairs, but so far the mother
country, Denmark, has refused them q
fuller measure of legislative power.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04
Young PeOple Need Much SIeep.

A German specialist, DR.. Cold, has
recently pleaded for giving young people
more sleep. A healthy infant sleeps
most of the time during the first weeks;
and, in the early years, people are dis
posed to let children sleep as much as
they will. But from six or seven, when
schools begins, there is a complete
change. Al the age of ten or eleven,
and as he grows older the time of rest is
shortened. Dr. Cold believes that, up
to twenty, youth needs nine hours
sleep and an adult should have eight or
nine. With insufficient sleep, the nery-
Gus system, and brain especially, not
resting enough, and ceasing to work
normally, we find exhaustion, excitabil-
ity, and intellectual disorders gradually
taking the place of love of work, general
we'll being, and the spirit of initiative.
Scientific american.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04
Whore Mammoths Roamed.

In the days when the mammoths
roamed in Northern Siberia the climate
of that region must have been compare
lively mild. 1t could not have been
very warm, because in that case their
long fur would not have been required,
but it was doubtless temperate. Sud
denly there came "A frigid change. If it
had been gradual the animals would
have slowly migrated southward, but
evidently it came all at once. The gigan-
tic beasts congregated for shelter in
valleys, where they were overwhelmed
by snow drifts, and lay down to die be-
meath feecy avalanches, which were
finally transformed into solid ice. This
ice, composing glaciers, was swept
through the gorgcs toward the Arctic
Ocean, carrying the buried creatures along
with it, KqshiHytW star,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04
An Astonishing Discovery.

In 1899 discovery was made which
profoundly agitated the scientific world.
During that year man named Schu-
machoff, Chief of a wandering tribe of
Tunguzes, built cabin for his wife on
the borders of Lake Oncoul, and went to
search on the seashore for mammoth
tusks. One day he saw in an icy cliff
shapeless mass which piqued his curios7
ity. About a year afterward, passing
this point, he observed that the object in
the ice cliff was more detached from the
ice than it had been before. lie noticed
two long projections, but he could not
yet tell what they were. Toward tho
close of the next summer the whole side
of the animal projected beyond the wall
of ice. The Chief returned now to his
cabin on the shore of Oncoul, and told
his discovery to his wife aud friends.
They were seized With CONSERVATION.
The old men told over again the sto-
ries they had heard from their fathers,
stories of like monster seen once in an
ice cliff of the same peninsula, and they
told what their fathers had said of the
calamity which befell the discoverer aud
his household. They persisted miserably,
every one. Schumacher was terrified
and felf sick. On his recovery avarice
began to get the better of superstition.
The ice cliff was explored again, but the
mammoth was found still imbedded. At
last, toward the close of the fifth year
after the first discovery, the ice had
melted so much that the great beast had
slid down along an escarpment more
than 200 feet high and lodged on bank
of sand on the seashore. Here Schu-
machof found his mammoth and cut of
the tusks which he sold.- Washington
Star
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-11-04
WISE WORDS.
We are martyrs to our own faults.
White hairs are like the sea foam which
ANS the yvovee pftar a etor,,,

We are martyrs to our own faults.
White hairs are like the sea foam which
caps the waves after a storm.
The man who "would'n't do thino
for the world" is frequently found doing
it for himself.
The vulnerable point of ones character
is much more speedily discovered by om
interiors than by our equals.
We may give a man credit for his
good intentions, but he can't. get cash
for them unless they are backed by
deeds.
The man of one idea may be a bore,
while the man with none is that delight
full acquaintance who allows you to do
all the talking yourself.
An animal when 1t is sick Graves for
solitude; whereas the human being, on
the contrary, is only happy when he can
make his sufferings public.
Every single action of our life carries
in its train either reward or a punish
ment, however little disposed we are to
admit that such is the case.
The true "graud-dame" displays the
same manners in her toilet room as in
her salons, and the same courtesy towards
her servants as towards her guests.
Nervous force is an awfully queer
thing. The man whose nerves would
not quail at the ramping of lion is all
broken up at the nervousness of a woman
who has no nerves at all.
The world does not forgive US either
our talents or our successes, nor our mar.
riage, nor our friendships, nor our future.
The only thing which is looked upon
with indulgence is our death.
The man who has forgotten his grand
fathers first name may look with con.
tent upon the pride of long descent; but
it is hard to say just how his great
grandfather looks down upon him.
There is a kind of close relationship
between all those who are suffering from
some sorrow or other. If we are in
mourning we feel somehow or other
drawn to every black dress we meet.
When for short time one is deprived
of pleasure, one no longer feels the long
ing thereafter; and even if she does at
length knock at our door, we open it
with fear and trembling, dreading that
it may be sorrow in disguise.