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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-21

builders, will be here tonight. Their
meeting may be but a coincidence,
but it is generally believed there is
something in the wind.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-21

WIVES ~ 8: 6 ::
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
A Boston women's Club.

A newspaper women's club has been
formed in Boston under the name of
"Boston Women's Press Club" to dis
tinguish it from the New England Wom-
ans Press association, with which it in
no way conficts-in fact the new club
is made up principally of the members
OF the N. E. w. P. A., who find the lat
ter too large an association and with
too widely diversified interests to give
attention to the details of newspaper
work or technical journalistic work.
The officers of the new club are appoint
ed from month to month, and instead Of
being styled president, secretary, etc.,
after the ordinary approved club style,
they take the names and offices of edito-
rial officers.
For the month of March, for instance,
Mrs. Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland DOR
othy LindD was city editor; Miss Belle
Grant Armstrong, religious editor; Mrs.
Elizabeth Merritt Gosse, sporting editor;
Miss Helen M. Winslow, financial and
railroad editor; Miss KatherineS s. Parks,
fashion editor; Miss Alice Stone Black
wen, literary editor, etc.
Each person is to bring in to the regu-
lar meeting either story or some help
full hint or happening in her particular
field, and the little informal dinner over
which the discussion goes on is a very
pleasant episode in the life of these busy
and bright workers. Membership in the
Boston Women's Press club is confined
10 workers on the daily and weekly Bos-
ton papers, and is effected only by invi-
tatfon.-Boston Letter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Columbus Was Not tho F1,,s

It was at Lisbon that Columbus first
planned his voyage. But long before,
when Lisbon was q fourishing Arab
city, intelligent and splendid, Edrisi re-
lates that an expedition was sent out
from its port to explore the dark and
unknown ocean. The commanders were
brothers known as the Almagrurins, or
the Wandering brothers. They must
have set sail before the year 1850. They
crossed the Atlantic, II is said, visited
unknown islands and discoyered new
lands. After weary voyage of many
months they returned in safety. A
street was named after them in Moorish
Lisbon, called the street Of the Alma
grurins.
Possibly the attempt might have been
renewed, and a Moorish city might have
sprung up in Cuba or Hispaniola, at
Philadelphia or New York. But soon
the conqusripg Christians took Lisbon
and checked ito advance in knowledge.
For many centuries It was given up to
war and chivalry. At length it revived
the Moorish instincts of trade and com
merce. Lisbon became the center Of
discovery, and Columbus learned in its
traditions perhaps the story of the Al
magrurins. Eugene Lawrence in Har-
per's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
PITCH HOLES.

Merrily down the snowy road
Right smoothly glides the sleigh,
Lightly bearing its laughing load
Over the hills and away.
Then suddenlysiike tiger springs
With a creak and sway and shrug;
1t bucks like a broncho, and wildly filings
Its riders about like useless things
Till they yearn for pillows and cushions and
springs,
For fierce are the pangs that the pitch hole
brings
With its ug-ug-chug-kerc
So 1 bargained with her as we glided on
A kiss for each pitch hole there,
And, as smooth was the way we rode upon,
She thought my proposal fair.
But a sudden change came over the miss
As turned on another tack,
Where every rod meant a chug and a kiss,
And every pang was rewarded with bliss,
And we pitched so fast was like to miss
Oh, what could be sweeter or dearer than this,
This interchangeable
But no maiden ever could stand it long
Not the kissing, of course, but the track
And she pleaded at length that she wasn't
strong,
And asked to be taken back.
So we made another bargain there,
And sealed it with hug;
For kisses only when roads were fair,
And spectators not scattered here and there,
Nor pitch holes prevalent everywhere,
Though ever since have blessed in prayer
Their ug-ug-chug-kerchu
New York Truth.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
A Definition of Poetry.

Whethersung, spoken or written, po-
etry is still the vital form of human ex-
preston. One who essays to analyze
its constituents is an explorer undertake
ing a quest in which many have failed.
Doubtless he, too, may fail, but he sets
forth in the simplicity of a good knight.
who does not fear his fate too much.
whether his desert be great or small.
In this mood, seeking a definition OF
that poetic utterance which is or may
become a record-a definition both de-
feasible and inclusive, yet compressed
into single phrase-Ihave put together
the following statement:
Poetry is rhythmical, imaginative
language, expressing the invention,
taste, thought, passion and insight OF
the human soul.-Edmund G. Steadman
in Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
The Office Bows EXcuSe.

There is an Office boy who caused a
great deal of trouble for the correspond
ing secretary Of a womon's club. The
lady felt sure she should make some
mistakes at first in the performance of
the duties Of her new position, but was
totally unprepared for the avalanche of
criticism, circumstances and fault find
ing which overwhelmed her after the
first meeting for which she sent out the
call
Hardly anybody, it seemed, had re-
ceived notification, and twenty-five or
thirty of the $50 members had not even
heard there was. to be a meeting. The
corresponding secretary interviewed her
husbands Office boy, to whom had been
given the list of members, the circulars
and other requisite stationery, with Or
ders to address the envelopes and mail
them as promptly as possible.
ibid you fold the circulars and put
them in the envelope?"
"Yes'm."
"And direct the envelopes and stamp
them and mail them?"
"YeS'm."
ibid you do it promptly?'
"Yes'm."
Then how do you suppose so many
Of the ladies failed to receive their cir
cularsr'
'Oh, the envelopes didn't hold out to
go around, replied the boy innocently.
Boston Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
An Extraordinary Duel.

One of the most remarkable duels ever
fought, perhaps, took place in 1903 be-
tween two Frenchmen. Of course the
quarrel arose about a lady-a certain
Mile. Tirevet-who, it appears, was I'M
able to decide on which of the two she
preferred. She finally found a way out
of the difficulty by promising to marry
whichever of them worsted the other.
They thought over the matter in a calm
and judicial spirit for a month, and at
the end decided to fight a duel in the
air. Accordingly two balloons were
made exactly alike, and upon the ap-
pointed day each scared aloft, accom-
panied by his second.
They were each armed with a blum
derbuss, the agreement being that they
were to fire, not at each other, but at
the balloons. They arose to the height
of half a mile, and then the preconcert-
ed signal was given. One fired and
missed; the other followed suit with
more disastrous effect. He hit his OPP
ponent's balloon, which instantly COL
lapsed, with the result that the occu-
pants of the car were dashed to the
earth with frightful rapidity and in
stantly killed.-St. Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Sarah's Buffalo Hunt,

"You know that during Sarah Bern.
hardt's recent tour through the south
she had mania for hunting" said Phil
Greenwall, of Fort Worth, Tex, at the
Lindell. ''She played in my house at
Fort Worth. She got into town ON Sum-
day morning, and as she had nothing to
do until Monday night suggested that
she take her gun and 60 out In the coun-
try for spin. The suggestion delighted
her, but the only kind of game she
wanted was buffalo. told George Low
ing, cattleman, of the actress thirst
for buffalo blood, and though of course
there are none within 1000 miles of Fort
Worth, Loving declared that he would
improvise buffalo for the divine Sarah's
benefit. accompanied her and Abbey
to a prairie twelve miles west of town,
where, by appointment, was to meet
Loving and the buffalo.
Lowing had scared up little woolly
bull with short crumpled horns, and
when the Frenchwoman saw the hid
eous animal, which had been whipped
into fury by Loving's quirt when he
saw US coming, I thought she would
90 wild. The bull beloved, paved the
earth, and throwing his tail straight
into the air turned from us and fed.
Abbey stood transfxed and Bernhardt
was screaming like maniac. .s
Finally she recovered herself sufi-
GENTLY to take aim and blaze away at
the supposed buffalo. The bull fell 10
his launches with bullet through his
carcass, and then we all took q shot at
him until he was dead. Some member
of the company was mean enough TO
tell Nine. Bernhardt how we had fooled
her with the common bull, that there
were no buffalo in Texas at all, and she
was so disappointed that she burst into
flood of tears. We all felt so bad
about it that we didn't allow the papers
to write it up, but 1t Is too good to keep
longer. Louis Globe Democrat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28


When young man marries his first
duty is 10 study how his wife may live
most beautifully and most honorably,
and for the longest number Of years.
Our homes ought to anticipate permar
nence and have the common sense and
morals that win long continuance. There
can be no happiness like that of noble
home, no misery like that Of q merely
coupling together of man and woman
for brief hard working and animal
existence. Every day should be lived
so as to add health, rather than to en-
feeble and weary. You may be sure
that if you cannot rise in the morning
with clear head and pure heart, there
is little before you but disease and mis-
cry and discord. E. Spencer in
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
The Way to Make Them Mind.

Tho way TO Make Them M1nd.
1.-THE boys won't mind me-" said the
senior clerk to the head of the firm Il
don't like to make a complaint, but
when you 60 out they do pretty much as
they please and pay no attention to me. "
tThat won't do" said the business
man. when I'm out you're in charge
Of the Office, of course. You don't try
TO impose on them9'
mo. sir. treat them with the great
est consideration.
II don't understand it," said the bust
ness man thoughtfully. "Where do you
sitp'
cat my desk, sir"
''Same desk you sit at when I'm INF"
eyes, SIR"
"Ohop' said the business man, II be-
gin to see through it all. You haven't
made study of human nature, have
your"
young man," interrupted the bust
ness man, "the next time l go out sit
down at my desk. Just plant yourself
there in a businesslike way, and sing
out when you want anything done. It'll
make all the difference in the world."-
Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
The Elephant Among the Egyptians.

The Carthaginians appear to have
tanned the African elephant-a feat now
regarded as impossible. On the other
hand, Thothmes III encountered herd
Of 100 elephants in Mesopotamia, and
shows an elephant as part of his Asiatic
spoils. Possibly the Assyrians may even
at that early period have obtained ele-
plants from India. The Persians used
them at Arbela, and the Greeks brought
them to Palestine, as Pyrrhus unless in
deed his elephants were African) did to
Italy
But the range of the Asiatic elephant
may have been wider in carly times than
it now is, for it survived with the rhi-
nooeros in Honan down to 600 B. @. The
elephant is correctly represented on the
black obelisk Of Shalmanezer II $3.50 1926
B. c. with the rhinoceros; and other
Bactrian and Indian animals, notably
monkeys, occur on Assyrian bas-reliefs.
Scottish Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Use Of CO1ored Glass.

There has been no more interesting
development in modern architecture
than that which has taken place in the
manufacture and use of colored glass
windows. Although perhaps fewer
stained glass windows are used than
formerly their quality has greatly i'm
proved. There is a distinct movement
toward the softer colors and more quiet
forms. Designs of flowers prevail IN
domestic architecture, while figures are
principally displayed in church win
dows. Painted glass windows, instead
of the lead sash, are in much demand,
swell as the drawn glass Windows
New York Telegram.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Hunrarians in This Oounxrx.

Professor Mogyorossen Arkad. now IN
this city, who is prominent in the move
ment to organize and consolidate the
Hungarians, was formerly teacher Of
the oriental languages at Allegheny
city. He estimates the number Of his
countrymen in the United States stover
1000, 900. He says tho Slsvs. who live
in the mountain regions Of Hungary,
are poor, illiterate and uneducated, and
it is this class who come 10 this land
that are looked upon as the standard Of
the true Hungarian, whereas they are
the exception. Tho Professor rs oon-
Quoting The Onalis, q periodical IN
the anthracite coal regions for the en-
lightepment Of his oountrymen. The
title name Is the Hungarian word for
independence. -Phfiadesptda Press.
.-'.-A-~ ->~-~~s -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
A Large Band Saw.

The largest band saving machine in
the world has been completed in Eng
land and sent to Tasmania. The ma
chine can saw through a maximum
depth of seventy-fv inches and the car
rage will accommodate logs fifty feet
long and weighing about fifty tons. It
is asserted that this saw cuts even faster
than q circular saw, while wasting 70
per cent. less wood.-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Swell Thieves.

The other evening two dapper "dudes"
walked into the writing room of fash
ionable up town hotel, which it is just
now the fad to review, and looking
YEARLY around to see "who wasn't look
ing" they deliberately pocketed all the
stationery there was in sight.
Surreptitiously taking handsome pa
per embossed with the silver crest OF q
famous house may not be manly, but
the paper is fine to4se to impress friends
out of town that theif relatiyes and ac-
auaintances are magnates living In
swelldom. There are pennies saved, TOO,
by stealing note paper from a swell
hotel that might buy an extra package
of cigarettes. York Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Red Sea Sharks in the Mediterranean.

Red Sea Sharks In the Mediterranean.
A correspondent writing from Nice
under date Of Jan. Is says that the fish
ermen have caught several very large
''red skin" sharks just outside the break
ers between Nice and Villefranche
"This is a very unusual occurrence
These fellows come from the Red sea
by way of the Suez canal, and under
stand they have never been caught off
this coast before. They have large
head, similar to catfish in shape, and a
correspondingly large mouth with huge
teeth. A shark twelve feet in length
was brought in last evening, and the
bathers are growing very cautious.n-
Forest and Stream,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Bound to Hear the End.

I remember an instructive anecdote
concerning a sound-in-lung Scotch min
lister whose discourses were about as
long as Fifth avenue. He had been at
it hammer and tongs for an hour and a
half, and finally came to, "Twenty-
seventhly, you sinners will point out. "
Then did a burly descendant of the Gov
enanters rise in his pew, take off his
coat, fold and sit on the same, exclaim-
ing, "Here's at ee, meenister, aye, until
midnichtr' William Wilde in New
York Recorder.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28

sh1ns OF tie other chickens anu particu-
larly at feeding time.
For this reason the lady who thought
she controlled this chicken yard used to
stand guard and keep him off. Once
she missed her footing and fell prone,
dish in hand. Before she could recover
herself Captain Jinks ran up in front OF
her PROSTATE face and crowed in tri-
umph. When the hour came for his
mothers egg laying he always went to
nest with her, and when the deed was
accomplished crowed as Justify as if it
had been his act.-New York Evening
S11n
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
A clever Rooster.

George Eliot once wrote that she knew
no such medicine for tired nerves as
watching the movements Of flock Of
dncks. Chickens are just as entertain
ing If they are observed, and If the 90
cupation seems trivial it may with JUS
tice and propriety be .dignified as the
study of natural history. Chickens
have as marked individuality as humans.
Captain Jinks was the son Of his mother
and she widow. He early developed
spurs that were a terror to the chicken
yard His amusement was to go about
kicking ont sideward and sticking the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28

The black licorice stick in the drug
stores comes mostly from Spain, and is
made of pure juice mixed with little
starch, which prevents it from melting
in warm weather. The word icorice
means "sweet root" and is of Greek Or
igin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
cold more Common Than Bronze.

Herodotus tells OF. king who loaded
his prisoners with golden chains, that
substance being more common than
bronze. Copper was even worn for or
nament in preference to gold. The treas
ures brought by the Queen of Sheba to
Solomon's temple must have been Of
enormous value. - ashington Star,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Avertins Attacks of Asthma.

According to The Journal de Medi-
cine, of Paris, the fumes Of bromohy-
drate Of ammonia have beneficial eff
feet in asthma and bronchitis. By an
inhalation of the fumes, under certain
conditions, an attack of asthma may be
ayerted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Mutual Surprise.

II am surprised, sir!'' Numbered the
bank president, as he caught the cashier
going through the safe one night.
80 am I, sir" said the cashier. II
thought you were the burglar I hired to
blow up the safe after I'd got through
with it."-Texas Siftings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
The Wedding Finger.

How many women who fondly love
the golden symbol of their wedding VOW
know why they wear it on the third
finger of the left hand? That particular
digit was chosen because it was believed
by the Egyptians to be connected by a
slender nerve with the heart itself. And
these ancient worshipers Of Isis held
this finger sacred to- Apollo and the sun,
and therefore gold was the metal chosen
for the ring -Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
: NOODLES MADE a MISTAKE
He offered . Dollar to . UnisOrm

He offered . Dollar to . Uniformed
Stranger, and Naturally He Took It.
81 had a most extraordinary adve4e
ture the other day." said Noodles at the
Platypus club. 81 had taken passage
on Potomac steamboat. Seeing q large
man in blue clothes, whom took to be
the captain, standing on the deck ap-
preached him.
"'What is the fare? asked.
"'One dollar he replied, looking me
coolly in the eye.
"'Here is the money said, handing
him a dollar bill.
"Then I went and sat down in tho
cabin. After awhile person wearing
a uniform with brass buttons accosted
me. He said:
"'One dollar, pleaser
"'What forY asked.
"'Your fare, SIR said the man.
"I paid it half an hour ago. I pro-
tested. 'ss.t.s.
"sYou are mistaken he said. t
"1 assure you that / am not I IN
sisted. 4 paid it just after l got aboard
"'To whom did you pay it, he in
quired. ... O..
"'Why, to big man In blue clothesr
I exclaimed. There he is now, talking
to those ladies' .... :.....
"'Why did you pay it to himT asked
the man. .-.-. ......~
Because supposed he was the cap
tain,' answered. >-,.> -
"'Well, he isn't was the reply. 4
never saw him before -
edo you mean that he is on1ya pas
senger? I asked. 49,,
Certainly said the man. One dol
lar, pleasep
81 felt real angry. After paying over
the dollar l went over to the big man In
the blue clothes and touched him on tho
shoulder. He looked around and bowed
gravely, as much as to say that he would
be glad to know what wished of him.
"I gave you dollar half an hour
ago. said. smothering my indignation
with difficulty.
"'That is true he replied. .....J
"'Will you kindly explain! de-
manded.
"'Explain what? he inquired. I
"'Why did you pretend that you were
an officer of the boatS said. getting
angrier.
81 never said anything Of the kind,'
he answered.
"'But you received my fare,' in
sisted.
"1 think you are laboring under. q
misrepresentation he said very politely.
oCl,a1 hot tho CO... NJ 4
told you that it was one dollar. You
thereupon handed me dollar and I put
it in my pocket; never refuse money
"'But,' protested, you permitted mo
to suppose that you were the captain
"'My dear sir said the big man. 4
always permit every one to think what
he likes. It is not my business to forbid
anybody to suppose anything. Without
solicitation from myself you gave me a
dollar. Do understand that you wish
it returned?
"'Yes, / do I responded, not know
ing exactly what to make of the situa-
ton.
"'Here it is then, he said.
II took the money. There did not
seem to be anything to say under the
circumstances, and so refrafned from
further remarks. I must confess that
the incident Jared upon my feelings,
but not being able to think of anything
better to do simply bowed and strobe
away in disgust. Later on observed
that the big man in bfue clothes ap-
peared to be very much amused about
something or other and that the ladies
with him were likewise convulsed with
merriment, though cannot for the life
of me imagine what they were laugh
ing about" -Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Killing an Alligator with Harpoons.

killing an Alligator with Harpoons.
A small Indian village in South Amer
lea in which was staying was period
ically terrorized by one of its inhabitants
being carried off by a large alligator
The natives became worked up to such
pitch of excitement that it was re-
solved to kill the terrible visitor at any
cost. Accordingly two powerful men
were chosen to watch for it and destroy
it. One night they saw monster alli-
gator rise out of the river and climb on
q rock to rest.
Forgetting all about danger, they
waded in the river until they were only
a short distance away from it, when
they took true aim and thrust two har-
poems into it's body. After struggle
they killed that terror of the village.
From the tip of his nose to the end of
bis tail he measured fifteen feet, being
one of the largest ever slain. The two
men who killed him were of course the
heroes of the hour.-Interview in New
York Tribune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
Proof.

Proof.
Auctioneer This valuable antique
article of furniture Is Queen Anne
chair.
: Gentleman-1t doesn't look like It.
Auctoneer (angrilye IF you doubt my
word l can produce the man who made
i&.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
The Hint Direct.

lGwendolin don't think you love
the music of the Ginning of clocks, Mr..
Verisoft.
Mr.. Verisoft-I care very little for it.
Gwendolin-I thought so. You didn't
Seem to remark that our clock down
stairs just struck 12.-Jewelers' Circu-
1aR