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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
HOW THEY yorE M JAPAN.
Polls That Present . Striking Contras
10 Ours In Thg. rcuntvv

Polls That Present . Striking Contrast
10 Ours In This Country.
The polls had opened at s o'clock, and
one by one the farmers had come strag-
Cling in from the surrounding country.
Tho greater number gathered In the
small meeting hall Just outside the poll
ing room. whence arose quiet buzzing.
It was reminder Of the gathering In the
churchyard on Sunday, In old times, be-
tween the morning and the afternoon
services.
There was little laughter, less loud
argument and no angry disputing. Ev-
cry now and then, like bees leaving q
hive, figure was seen to separate from
the rest and move off toward the polling
room, and anon another returned. One
saw among thap here and there the
modern japanese, with his imitation Of
foreign garments. In appearance seldom
elegant, often awkward, and generally
out Of harmony with the surroundings.
But chiefly there came the old fash
toned rustic, In his best silk robes, with
square shaven crown and short queue
caught up and tied perhaps wearing
the hakama, or divided skirt. of the old
samurai. A gentleman in every act. he,
bows as he enters to the official at the
door, carefully writes his ballot and
affixes his seal, then with great delibera-
ton folds 1t and places it in the oblong
official envelope. For some Of the voters
it is necessary to seek the assistance Of
special clerk in writing their ballots. It
is not that they cannot write; for every
body knows the plebeisn kama or sylla-
bio writing They prefer to see their
ballots inscribed with the more elegant
Chinese characters; and then, too, the
kama Is sometimes ambiguous (for some
words hspe g dozen different meaningsl
and there Is natural perturbation and
desire to have their meaning clearly
and correctly conveyed. When the
writing is finished the long sleeved voter
walks over to the tachiainin, or inspec-
tors. Here further leffusions Of polite
ness take place, while the voter gives
his name, number and address, and is
checked off on the register. Then, with
another gesture of courtesy, he turns to
the ballot box, and with bow, perhaps
in duplicate, to the kind old mayor, who
sits behind the box, he carefully deposits
bis ballot and quietly retires by another
door. Il. Wigmore in Scribner's
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
Ar. we phyaically Advanclneq

Edward Atkinson has examined the
records OF hundreds Of ready made cloth
ing establishments tc discover whether
the white nam Of the United States is
deter Grating in size and weight. AS the
general result it was found that the av-
erage height of the New Englander Is
feet 81 inches and of the southerner 8
feet 10 inches. The average weight Of
the American of today is between i55
and 100 pounds. Mr. Atkinson discoy-
cred that the average height and weight
Of men In this country has percertibly
increased since the war of 1861 3, and
that we are slowly increasing rather thar
decreasing 10 Size and strength. st.
Louis Republic
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
Used to Being Married That Way.

A wedding ceremony occurred some
years ago Of then United States sena-
tor, who, a widower twice over, had for
the third time succumbed to Cupid's
wiles. At his first and second marriage
the ceremony had been performed by an
Episcopal clergyman, and hence the sem
ator was quito famthar with the Episco-
pal marriage torn
But the beautiful woman who had
captured his affections the third time
was a devout Presbyterian, and naturally
wished the connubial knot to be tied by
minister of her own church, and &C
cording to it's simple service To this
the statesman lover made no objection.
The character Of the service was Of
small account to him SO long as 1t served
to unite him to the object of his adora-
ton, and the thought that he might
blunder in the course of it never dis
turbed for a moment the serenity of his
mind.
But, standing beside his bride to be,
stage fright, as it might be called, seized
him. In the excitement he began to
marry himself, as it were, by the Episco-
pal service. repeating glibly: 81, -,
take thee, -, to be my welded wife,"
and he would probably have gone on to
the end If the ast9nished Presbyterian
minister, who Immediately appreciated
the situation, had not interposed, and,
interrupting the bridegroom, performed
the ceremony with the brevity of the
Presbyterian form.
At the point where the perturbed
groom seemed bent on doing the business
for himself distinguished brother SEN
ator present drew near to o lady, an
other guest, a close friend of his own
and of the bridal pair. and whispered in
a plying tone:
''Poor -. He's used to being mar
ried by the other service" wv Washington
Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
Spring Medicine

For expelling the humors which rankle In
the system at this season of the year. II
tones the stomach, creates an appetite, pro-
notes healthy digestion. regulates the bow.
els. renews and enriches the blood and
builds up the system while 1t eradicates
,disease. Bludbilder cures Dyspepsia, M
Eestion, Costiveness, Heartburn, Sick Head
ache. Catarrh. Rheumatism, Boils, Scrofdla,
and diseases of the blood. liver and kidneys.
Pleasant to take and the dose is small
Price 81; Six for S.. Prepared only by J.
W. Cole & Co., Black River Falls Wis.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

Hon. VIM. d. Kelley, Member OF Congress
Philadelphia.
Rev. Victor L. Conrad, Ed. Luth'n Observ-
err, Philadelphia. =
Rev. Charles w. Cushing ID. d., Rochester,
Hon. VIM. Penn Nixon, Ed. Inter-ocean
Chicago. M.
w. ii. Worthington, Editor New South
New York.
Mrs. Mary A. Lvermore.s Meirose, Massa
chusettS.
Mr.. F. G. Knight, Philadelphia.
j. Moore, Supt. Police. BIandford. Do'set
Jacob Ward, Bowrai, New South Vale
And thousands of others in every part 1.-THE
United States.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

A Finlander named John Koskv. of
Negaunee, Mich, while walking On the
Northern Pacific dock at Duluth was
attacked by FIVE men, who knocked him
nearly scnseleSs and robbed him of s60O.
The robbers made good their ESCAPE.
st. Cornelius church, at the agency
near Redwood Falls, bull. by the Ins
dams and so-called as memorial To the
late Mrs. Whipple, has been consecrated
by Bishop Whipple. A very large crowd
was IN attendance, many going from
Redwood Falls.
Frank Boyd. who struck August
johnson with q loaded cane at Month
cello on the Fourth, gave himself up
and was brought before Court Commits
sioner Putnam and placed under ri 900
bonds to appear before the grand iury
next December. Johnson is still very
low.
David Slhbison, proprietor of q cigar
factory at Mortified, has been adjut,.sed
insane and taken to the asylum at Roch-
ester. The loss OF property unbalanced
bis mind For several years Mr.. Sibbi-
son has been one Of the prominent non
OF that city. -
Application has h0en made to the at
Cloud common coz zcil for the vacation al in.
Of certain piece of property n, r ~
yards OF the Great Northern railroad
upon which it IS understood there ~iIl
be 40 elevator erected In the near fatpra
lta capacity will be 200, 600 bushels.
George Ttliston IS interested IL tha ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
Wasting IIia Breath

Out at the ball grounds small boy
who occupied pew in the bleachers said
funny thing. One of the Albanyplay-
ers was at the bat, and after q couple of
balls and strike had been callad on
him he hit a hong foul to right field. lie
at once started ton first base, and with
head down plunged along in the same
way that steer Is supposed to run
through the corn. The small boy over
In the bleachsrs watched him for min
ute and then yelled ont at the top Of q
very shrill and ,sQueaky voice: isSay,
Gully, come back. You're working over
time, p-Rocbeste- Democrat,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
rest Island Inaugural.

LAKE City, Mimi, July 1S.-About
fifteen hundred people, mostly from
Lake City and vicinity, attended the in
augural assembly on Rest island. A
canvas pavilion, in which a thousand
can be seated. has been provided.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

Drs. Starkey & Paiens office records show
over $1,000 cases In which their original fand
ymly genuine) Compound Oxygen Treatment
has been used by physicians IN their prac-
tiee aud by lavalids Independently. over
/ 600 hysicians and more thai $4,000 invai-
ids.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
Ipropos Of chapple.

.Yuu broke that poor boy all up"
NO harm done. He is 90 simple It
won't be hard to put him together
again. New York Epoch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

Drs. Starkey & Paien have the liberty TO
refer to the following named well Known
persons who have tried their TREATMENT
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
st. Paul Union stock Yards.

SOUTH ST.. PAUL July 20, 1891
H0GS-50lbo higher. $4.7011i 90 for COM
mon and grassy stock, S4.s955.21 for medium
60 fairly good packer.
! CATTLE-Stesdy on good, common stuff
neglected. Good steers, $500 14.75; good
COWS. S2.0o126S; common to fair COWS,
Sf.0002.00, bulls, stags and oxen. Sl.010e rs
stockers, $Lf5DS.1G feeders, S2.0002 3D. veals.
ee00D8.76.
feeders. $2.7S030G stockers and common,
S25o03.00 mixed. sa.s50l.Oo lambs. s42y.
Receipts; Hogs Is cattle $50, calves /,
sheep I09 =
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
Bludbilder

The new vegetable Tonic Alternative and
Blood Purifier acts ueon the blood and
through that upon all the organs and
tissues, and its vitalizing and enriching
effect reaches every part Of the body and
imparts healthy life and vigor to all it's
functions hence its great value as q
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
St. Paul Grain.

ST. PAUL. July 20, 1891.
y WHEAT-No. hard. e8l99c No. North
ern, 90 G97c: No 2Northern "a j8Jc.
coRN--No. 8. 673a5Sc.
OATS-No 2 s7@Sc; No. 9 Western. $50
ace: No. g. 81 3aSc.
RYE-No. q 80
GROUND FEEDING. l, s2l .5l0220l No 2,
S1875dl9.75.
BRAN-Bulk, 50. s50lo.G.
BALED HA1-No. upland Ss.oo0s, 80;
No. 2upland. 40.
TIMOTHY HAY s9.o)o1l. o.
FLAX SEED-s4D96c.
PoTATOES-New 45055c.
Minneapolis Grain.
MINNEAPoLIs. July 20. lsol
WHEAT-No. hard. July. 97I5 on track,
sSc: No. Nertharn July, 94s43 Septem-
ber, 8114e: October Sic; December. 8 ~:
on track. e5s4 ge6c; No. Northern. July, 49,
on track. aliS 4sac;
Chicago Live stock.
CHICAGO UsIos s roc 8 Y .,ssI
HH Hog loo higher. Heavy s4s5
05.cs mixed and medium. $4,000 5Gi light,
Ss.oOa5rJ
SHEEP-Firna.
RsoAipss. csttlo 1860 hogs e. 900 sheep
Y.efN -
chicago Grain and Provisi.ns.
CHICAGO. July 20 isaL
OPENING fRIcEs
WHEAT--July. sic September. 81
& CORN September, 6ss5c.
81 oATS-Juiy, $500.
poRKs-Juiy. sli los; September. sll.25.
LARD July. 29.4u; September, 96.6711.
RlHs-ssysenbsr, $6 81; ~:
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THE


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of latest design, between Chicago and Mill
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Through Pullman yestibltled Drawing
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ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore and Tacoma, Wash.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern
Western, Northern, and Central Wisconsin
points, afording unequalled service. and
from Waukesha, Fon du Lac, Oshkosh,
Neenah, Menasha, Chippewa Falls, Eau
Claire, Hurley. Wis and IrOnwo0d and
Bessemer, Mich.
For tick cts. sleeping car reese. yatiens; time
tables and other Information, apply to agents
OF the lines OF toticket agents anywhet Re m the
United States or Canada. s..,
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

News Of Importance Given Brief Mem
ton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children OF
which I am acquainted. Ihope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria In
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves" s4 = .s.f' -..s.s
DR.. J. r. KINCHILoE,
@" Conway, Ark.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

"a E. A. Gerdtzen, the administrator of
the estate of Lena Weinberg, made
find Saturday night at Winona of $l2,-
900 in greenbacks in xn old box shaped
piano stool,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03

AN ARAUCANlAN WARRIOR AT REST.
ously said, customs vary with conditions.
"The happy age Of man." as Rousseau
chose to call the era Of savagery, has
passed away, so far as we arc concerned.
and with our surroundings and educa-
ton we would undoubtedly be dissatis-
Sed even with the bed prepared In Eden
for cur first parents, Sin close recess,
with flowers, garlands and sweet smell
ing herbs"
Consequently ii - well to accept with
gratitude and intelligent discrimination
any hints given for our guidance in the
matter OF repose by those who have
made a careful study Of the subject, In
this age of raeehorse living and intense
competition no one can afford to miss
the slightest opportunity for conserving
his health. Rest is the great panacea for
vast multitude of human ills; under
its benign influence mental strain disap-
pears, and physical ailment ofttimes
passes away. Behind the curtains of the
couch care and turmoil do not follow,
and any one who can add by suggestion
or investigation to the charms of the 81
lent chamber of the night is deserving
universal gratitude, for sleep, "a Sir
Philip Sidney says, is
the certain knot Of peace,
The batting place OF wit, the balm of woe,
The poor mans wealth, the prisoners release,
Tbe indifferent judge between the high and low.
FRED G. DAYTON.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03


Salt all your live stock at least cilce a
week. Milk cows ought to have large
pieces Of rock salt near their watering
troughs, where they can lick 1t when
they feel like it.
In Europe 1t Is the general impression
that sheep cannot be raised unless root
crops, such as turnips, carrots, etc., are
cultivated for them. But In this eoun-
try Of high priced work and labor saw
ing devices, it has been found that sheep
thrive quite as we'll on ensilage, thus
avoiding the back breaking and elpen-
siye task Of cultiyating and digging
turnips.
The Arkansas valley Is becoming a
great hog country. 1t possesses unri-
vailed advantages Of climate, and is adj
mirably adapted in other respects to the
swine industry.
More and more breeders are failing
into the habit of dehorning cattle. One
who once adopts the practice rarely
allows horns to grow again. Dehorning
Is not greatly painful to the animal II
done In the right way when the csslf Is
young, when the horns are no more than
mere protuberances, Soaring the bud
ding horn knobs with a hot iron is enc Of
the methods adopted. IE
A small flock Of hens item TO twenty.
fvs} can be kept laying steadily through
the winter by giving them warm quar-
ters, scraps of fresh meat, grain and a
variety Of food, being careful thai they
do not get too fat And in these small
Jocks lies much profit to the farmers
wife and daughters,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03

cowboy and frontiersman Of the United
States, These pioneers Of civilization
prefer the springing grasses, OF the
prairie as d place of rest to The costly
and unsatisfactory accommodations OF
the infrequent log framed OF sod built
hostelry. As one Of this class explained
to me some years,ago, when I sleep on
the ground hev enough air 10 breathe,
and amt got no call TO be skeered about
bedbugs."
Yet these denizens OF the frozen north,
of the sultry tropics, Of the wide plains
or Of the Andean ranges make q fair
showing as regards longevity in cornpar-
ison with those who are hedyed about
by sanitary rules. The longest lived
person known to have existed In North
America was an Indian of California
who died some months ago, at an age
approximating $50 years. He was called
Old Gabriel, and his record has been
traced automatically back 10 the time
when the Catholic missions hourished on
the Pacific coast in the middle Of the
Eighteenth century. Not until he was
over hundred years Of age did Gabriel
know what it was to sleep In bed, and
even then he did it hut occasionally, and
always under protest, Yao Tsue, whose
demise occurred recently in one Of the
suburbs of the city Of Yokohama, is said
to have nearly reached the age Of Ga
briel; yet, like the rest of his fellow
countrymen, his only pillow was wood
eli neck rest, and all his life he followed
the extremely unsanitary practice, uni
varsally prevalent in Japan, Of wearing
the same garments day and night.
Examples along the same line might
be multiplied, but of COURSE, as previ-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03
FEEDING sMuTTY corn. .
what II Has Done TO Valuable Live Stock
In Tennessee. 48A III ~

what n rras name 4, valuable live stosk
In Tennessee. N
Mar Nav Ns;,3dlo.on considerable rrrn
Was e,tharsa chat mad rot,aa IN tha
IN s.,,.,a - ~, -, IA $500, M,
eSa.a' o. ~, !. = .no u. - 80 esso' w
siaus' i,s cora ll'.s Deon Aeu " no'Se'''
cattle and hoss' W. y Denny recensly
lost horse; James Enoch also lost a
horse; Lewis Allen had horse 10
die, and the Widow Pr,litt lost one also.
Several other horses died quite recently
In that neighborhood. Post mortera
examinations were made in four casss.
the result showing death to be caused Nv
rotted and smutty corn. 5
Mr.. Gibbs, living about a mile ON the
south side Of the river, has a fine ctlt
sick, the result Of feeding smutty com,
40 supposed, James Davis has a ane
mare that he expects to lose any ninute;
abe has been fed on rotted ana smutty
c,rr
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03
THE JAPANESE STYLE OF RRposE.

luz JAR aNhs5E % T. -h VI h1fSSAs
than one-third of the worlds population
knows anything about a bed" according
to our common acceptation Of the term,
and the other fact also stares us in the
face that the duration Of existence is 10
greater among white people than among
the races we call barbarian. Indeed, en-
vironment, climate and opportunity
have as much to do with a mans mode
Of sleeping as with the food he eats, the
clothes he wears or the social relations
into which he enters.
The Esquimau Of the arctic regions
finds the bag Of skin into which he
crawls full dressed u satisfactory couch.
and ample protection against the rigors
of his climate. The natives OF Japan,
both male and female, are satisfied to
lie down on the mating Of their airy
rooms, with wooden rests beneath their
necks, and in weather of exceptional Sc
verify light blankets over their forms,
The Chinaman's low bedstead is provid-
ed with mats or quilted coverlets and a
pillow Of bamboo. The East Indian
stretches out upon light portable mat
tress, which, when day comes, Is rolled
up and put away in a corner, He some.
times affects the hammock, but this Ia
more particularly the resting place Of
the South American Indian, whose hab-
itat 10 the banks Of the Amazon. Swing
ing his couch between two trees, light
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03


ease and prolonging life. No data have
as yet been formulated on which to base
absolute principles, but these general
propositions are at present advanced by
the gentlemen who have the subject I'M
der consideration.
Their first declaration Of war Is against
the feather bed. and in behalf OF the
hard mattress which rests upon springs.
They also look with disfavor upon
double couches, declaring that health is
best conserved by solitary repose. The
sleeping room, IL is further asserted,
ought always to give free access 10 the
air through an open window, or pref.
erably q ventilator. As for the bed
clothing, it should DO neither too light
nor too heavy. The hours for healthy
rest are said TO fuctuate, according to
conditions and sex, from seven TO ten in
number, a student being Thought to re-
quire more sleep than person who Ia
bors with his hands, and woman con-
siderably more than q man. Neither
pillows nor the presence Of light in the
bedchamber are regarded with approval
By following the rules above indicated,
it is asserted that life may be consider
ably prolonged in what we OF the eau
casian race are pleased to term civilized
countries; yet the fact remains that less
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03

The changes of costume in q century
are nearly as radical as tho changes in
modes Of living and transportation. A
hundred years ago the stage coach and
the sailing vessel snfficed. Now fast
trains and ocean greyhounds" are some.
times voted "slow." So loo with the
occasionally erratic telegraph and tele-
phone. As for costume--wall, here is an
extract from an English newspaper of
ITO.
A few days ago macaroni nude his appear
ance Ia the assembly rooms at Whitehaven
dressed in mixed silk coat, pink satin watstcoat
and breaches covered with an elegant silk net,
white silk stockings with pink clocks, pink satin
shoes and large pearl buttons; a mushroom
colored stock, covered with fine point iace, hair
dressed remarkably high and stuck full Of pearl
pit2
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03
The English Shire Horse.

Perhaps a majority Of the valuable
horses imported into this country 90 10
the west and northwest, horses OF ell
kinds, saddle, coach and draft. Also
the country is beginning to look to the
far west for its best trotting and Turf
animals.
We present this week an illustration
Of the Shire horse, belonging to breed
not yet thoroughly known in the United
States, but wherever known very popu-
lar as being able to draw Immense loi.tls.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03

This beautiful, docile and intelligent
Shire mare Is owned In Colorado. The
breed represents probably the strongest
animals known in the annals of hSrse-
flesh. A Shire will pull alone up an in
cline load that will stagger pair of
our ordinary American horses. Shire
horses are of immense size and weight;
slow, as must be the case where such
ponderous bodies are to be moved, but
steady and sure. They are to be seen in
perfection on the Liverpool docks and
hauling the tremendous trucks that
transfer freight In London.
The many millioned Duke of West
minister, in England, has been for years
the enthusiastic patron of the great
Shire horse, breeding it for size and
strength.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1891-03-03
where Good Memories Are Needed.

To make a success as a clerk In the
railway mail service Of the United States
one must have q prodigious memory.
After two years in the business man Is
expected to know the situation of at
least $4,000 postotfices and be able to tell
how to send mail matter to them. To
attain and retain this proficiency of
course requires almost endless study. A
clerk reaches the highest grade only
after eight or nine years Of service.
Then he gets Il 300 o year.