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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
wondcrful insect IllumiI,aticas.

The secretary of the Smithsonian in
stitution, Professor Langley, has been
experimenting with Cuban firehies with
view to discovering the manner in
which the illumination they emit is
generated. He says that the light they
give is the cheapest" in the world
produced, that is to say, with the least
heat and the smallest expenditure OF
energy-and he believes that a success
full imitation of it would prove most
profitable substitute for gas or electrici-
ty. The insects are beetles two inches
long and belong to the family of ''snap-
ping bugs" so called because when one
of them is laid on its back it snaps itself
into the air with clicking sound. The
secret of the light this FREELY gives is as
yet undiscovered.
Apparently it is connected in some
waySvith the mysterious phenomena OF
life, and chemists and physicists have
sought in vain to explain its origin. On
each side of the animals thorax is
luminous membraneous spot, and these
flash at intervals, so that the Cubans put
a dozen of the insects in a cage together
and obtain a continuous illumination
bright enough to read by. This light is
accompanied by no perceptible heat, and
is seemingly produced with no expendi-
ture of energy. How great an improve
ment it represents upon all known arti-
fetal lights can be imagined when it is
stated that in candle light, lamp light
or gas light the waste is more than SO
per cent.-American Analyst.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
A Chronic Case.

known, chiefly by correspondence, to
many persons is certain invalid who
spends her days in studying her cease"
and writing about it. Her letters are
long, full of unpleasant details and so
burdened with inquiries and requests
that they have to be answered at almost
equal length, and most of them are adj
dressed to men and women to whom
time is precious.
Sometimes the invalid asserts that the
use of a typewriter would relieve unfa-
vorable symptoms, and asks hundred
questions about the different machines.
Again, she finds it necessary to divert
her mind, and turns to literature, rely
ing on an author to tell her what and
how to write. Then she resolves to make
an experiment in treatment, and can
vases by letter for worthless subscrip-
ton book that she may gain the money
to do so.
But always her 'case'' is directly or
Indirectly the theme of the many closely
written pages. All things past, present
and to come are related to her various
Affections. In the words of Persian
proverb, "The sun shines that the world
may see her wounds. youths Com
paniOn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
SEVERAL L.Vls LOST.
Milwaukee Again the Scene of a
Fatal and Destructive In
cendiary Fire.
Two Large Tanneries Burned.
Causing a Loss of Nearly
$4,000.
Three Firemen Lose Their Lives
and Several Others Are
Injured.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 28.-An in
cendiary fired one of the wooden addi-
tions of the tannery of the Becker
Leather company on Commerce street
at ga. m. The flames spread to the
tannery of Conrad Bros, adjoining, and
that establishment was entirely de-
stroyed. The main building of the
Becker plant was saved. A pipeman
named Thomas Sullivan was killed by q
falling wall, and George Hickman, Of
the fire patrol service, was suffocated in
the Conrad tannery. Julius Huebner,
a fireman, had his back broken, and
other firemen were slightly hurt. The
loss by the fire will foot up $225, 900, Of
which 100000 is on the Becker tan
merry and $l25, 600 on that of Conrad
Bros. The property was well insured.
While the firemen were making a
search for Sullivan's body during the
evening they found the body of man
in citizens clothes. It was burned be-
yond recognition, but is believed to be
that of Martin Bravet, an employe OF
the Conrad tannery. rs 49,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
On Collecting Autographs.

The most elementary form of the
strangers letter is of course the applica-
ton for an autograph. This application
is now reduced to such a system that it
causes little inconvenience and should
not be refused. There is usually sent
with the request a blank card on which
the name is to be written, with an en-
velope stamped and addressed for its re-
turn. Nothing can be more unobtrusive
or mechanical, though the line of pro-
priety is at once passed, we may sa!
where two cards are sent, the second
one being obviously for exchange pur-
poses or perhaps for sale.
The wary author never, suspect,
writes on both cards, since he does not
aim to help out mere business trans
action. Where any applicant goes far
Their and asks an original letter or copied
passage, the affair becomes more serious.
and some authors and public men ignore
such requests altogether, as being much
more serious consumers of time.-T. W.
Higginson in Harper's Bazaar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
The Rag Doll.

The rag doll, dearer to the heart of
childhood than any other sort of doll, is
quite the fashionable doll par excellence
at the present moment. Unlike the one
cur grandmothers made for their little
ones, the one cherished by the little
folks of today is of flesh colored silk jer-
sey cloth or Of cotton balbriggan of the
same color. Its body is filled with cot
ton, and its lair is in many rings of vel
low single zephyr stitched on in loops.
The face is painted, and when it is nee
essary to clean it this face can be re-
painted after the rest has been washed.
as it can be without injury.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Jenny Lind's FranknesS.

Jenny Lind's judgment of books.
though undirected by anything like lit
erary training, always showed independ-
ence and penetration. She was a de-
voted lover of Carlyle's writings, and
the last book she read before her death
was Mr.. Norton's volume of the CORE
spondence between Carlyle and Emer-
son. No doubt her admiration for the
great denouncer of shams was largely
due to the intense sincerity of her own
character, which made it impossible for
her to tolerate even those slight devia-
lions from strict truthfulness which are
seldom taken seriously, but are looked
upon as the accepted formula of society.
81 am so glad to see YOU would hardly
have been her greeting to visitor whose
call was announcement or i'll timed. But,
on the other hand, her downrightness of
speech had nothing in common with
that of Mrs. Candour; it carried no dis
courtesy with it.-R. j. McNeill in Cen
tury,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
CAUSED BY COAL GAS.

Mrs. Rasmussen anu Child Asphyxiated
at Bradley, 8. ID.
BRADLEY, s. D., Dec. 2S.-Monday
morning the brother of Hans Rasmus-
sen called at the house and found Mrs.
Rasmussen and child dead in bed and
Mr.. Rasmussen very near death, the
cause being coal gas. A physician, DR..
Briggs, was hastily summoned and
everything was done to revive Mr.. Ras-
mussen. He is still very low, and it is
doubtful whether he will recover.
Sunday night was very cold, and
leaving big bed of burning soft coal
in the cook stove the family retired. In
some way the draft became closed and
the gas escaped from the stove into the
room,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
USED GASOLINE.

A South Dakota Man Burned to Death
and His Brother cannot Live. -
ASHTON, s. D., Dec. ga terrible
affair occurred at the Rush home, thir-
teen miles northeast of here, on Christ
mas day. William Rush, "a years OF
age, started to kindle fire, using gaso-
line to make it burn more quickly. He
had just struck a match when there
was an explosion, and his whole body
was wrapped in flames. Eban Rush,
his brother, went to his assistance and
getting William out of the house sue
ceeded in extinguishing the fire about
him, but not until both were terribly
burned. William Rush died Monday,
and it is reported that Eban cannot
live. 49, q
The fire destroyed the house and its
contents, and was then communicated to
outbuildings, where all the farm imple-
ments and 1900 bushels of grain were
reduced to ashes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Aunt Scinda's Four Hundred.

can old negro woman has established
new theocracy at Grenada, MISS" said
J. Fl. B. Miller, of Coffeyville. "Her
name is Scinda, and her followers are
called 'Scinda Band They number
about AGO. Scinda is their queen, and
rules her flock with an iron rod. They
use no Bibles at their meetings, for each
member is supposed to know it by heart.
If Scinda asks them Biblical question
they are supposed to have an answer at
once. The have their meetings ever
Sunday evening and they are interest
ing to observe. The congregation-men
and women-are decked out in costly
ribbons and beads. Their chants are as
weird as the sobs and signs of graveyard
trees. They dance to the music of the
banjo and tambourine until they are
nearly exhausted, and then they go
home."-St. Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Denounce the Dublin Explosion


Cork, Dec. IA meeting of citizens
Of Cork was held during the evening
for the purpose of denouncing the Dub
lin outrage. The mayor of Cork pre-
sided. Maurice Healy. member of par
lament, moved strong resolution ex.
pressing "detestation and condemna-
ton of the atrocious outrage, and the
hope that in the true interest of our
common country the authors of so ter
rible an offense against the Irish cause
may be speedily detected and brought
to punishment" The resolution was
carried almost unanimously.
Gaining Time.
Teacher What is the height of Pixies
peak?
Boy-Do you mean how high it is
above the surrounding country?
Elbow high is it above tbs sea?
.sUml At high tide or low tide"
"Either."
Il forget. Good News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Mixed Relationship.

There is family in the southern part
Of the county whose complicated rela-
tionship beats anything upon record
The family name is Runk. A few years
ago the Runk family consisted of father
and two grown sons. In the same neigh
borhood there lived widow and her
two comedy daughters. The oldest one
of the Runk boys married one of the
widows daughters. The young mans
father married the other daughter. The
other one of the boys married the
mother. The question that now both
ers the father is whether he is his moth
er-in-law's father-in-law or his daugh-
ter-in-law's son-in-law, and, if both
which the most.-Mascoutah Qlls.) Cor
Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
THE CABIN ON THE CLAIM.

Lonely, you say, with mighty arcS
OF sky SO grandly bending?
BY bright hued clouds and glittering stars
A tender message sending?
Joyless? When out of crimson cloud
The sunrise pours its glory,
Morn after morn repeating well
Aurora's cheerful story?
Peaceless? When night with noiseless feet
From fields of herbs and flowers,
Sweet odors in her mantle dark
Bears to this cot Of ours?
Like faintest sounds of distant seas
Pounding some castle hoary,
We hear the great worlds roar and fret
And trace her changeful story.
AS far away white cleaning sail,
Turning bend of river,
A noble deed with radiant flash
Makes every heartstring culver.
So, thankful, where the kindly stars
Spangle the b,.;s yith beauty,
We look anGf61kshs tkofervent wish
That all saaed sNupzr duty.
Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Fell over = Trestle.

WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 2S.-An en-
CINE and FIVE freight cars on the Cleve-
land, Lorraine and Wheeling road fell
over trestle into the Ohio river at
Martins Ferry. The accident was due
to the sinking of the trestle. All the
cars were wrecked. Engineer Ed Ong
was frightfully crushed and burned and
will die. Perry Bishop, the fireman,
was also seriously hurt. The property
loss is heavy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Amateur Composers.

The amateur composers of England in
clude the names of the late prince con-
sort, the late Duke of Albany, the Duke
of Edinburgh, the Marquis of Devon
shire, Lady Baker, Lady Arthur Hill.
Lady White and the Hon. Mrs. Malone
all having created melodies of more or
less lasting quality. The Earl of Dun
raven has organized two orchestras-one
at Oxford and the other at Cambridge
of forty members each. Lady Mary
Dalrymple is a member of very sue
cessful orchestra composed of ladies'
New York Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
SUGAR MILLS DESTROYED.

Heavy Losses Caused by Fires on Texas
Plant ati0ns.
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. 2S-The sugar
mills, warehouse and 1880 barrels of
refined sugar on the Darlington planta-
ton in Fort Bend county. owned by
Mrs. Narcissa Mills, of this city, were
destroyed by fire at an early hour Mon.
day morning, entailing loss of quar-
ter of million. i
The Chinn plantation, owned by T.
Brown, of Houston, suffered a similar
disaster the same night, entailing loss
of over 800. 200. .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Athletics and Corsets.

Miss Romans, the head of the Normal
School of Gymnastics in Boston, gives
in a recent interview these statistics con-
corning the influence of athletics upon
dress. 1.-TWO years ago." she says, "out
of class of thirty-seven there were but
two of the young women at the end of
the school year who continued to wear
corsets, and no one continued to wear
French heels. Last year out of class
of seventy-one seyen-eighths gave up
wearing cOrsets."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
HARPER's PERIODICALS.

The Volumes of the Magazine begin with
the Numbers for June and December of each
year. When no time is specified, subscrip-
lions will begin with the Number current
at the time OF receipt of order. Bound
Volumes of Harper's Magazine for three
years back, in neat cloth binding, will be
sent by mail, post paid. on receipt of $500
per volume. Cloth Cases, for binding, 80
cents each-by mail, post mail, post paid.
Remittance should be made by Post-office
Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance oi
loss.
Newspapers are not TO copy this advertise
ment without the express orders of Harper
& Brothers. 4E=
Address !:
HARPER & BROTHERS. New York.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
1893.
Harper's Bazaar.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Bazaar is a jou nal for the home
It gives the latest Information with regard
to The Fashions, and It's numerous i!ustra
lions, Paris designs, and patent sheet sup.
pIeJuents are Indispensable alike to the
home dress-maker and the professional
modiste. No expense Is spared to make its
It's bright stones. amusing comedies, and
thoughfnl essay all tastes, and its last page
is famous as budget of wit and humor IN
which is OF interest to women. The seri Is
for 1898 will be written by Walter Resani
ana Edna LyalI. >hristine Terhnne Herrick
Will furnish practical series entitled AT
the Toilet Grace King, Olive ThOrne Miller
and Caudace Wheeler VIII he frequent con
tributors. The work of women i" The in the
Columbian Exposition will be fully repre
>ented with many illustrations. T. w
Higginsons, in Women and Men, Will
please cultivated audience.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
BIG BLAZE AT OMAHA.

A Loss OF a Quarter of a Million by the
Burning of the Continental Block.
OMAHA, Dec. 2S.-The Continental
block, "a fou story brick building 10.
Gated at Fifteenth and Douglas streets,
was visited by fire at 9:45 p. m. and al.
most completely destroyed. The loss
ON building and contents is $3.50, 900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Japanese Hairpins.

Japanese women put up their hair with
wooden, ivory or tortoise shell pins seven
or eight inches in length and fully half
an inch wide. The pins are usually
carved, and are often capped with pivot
ed figures, which dance with every mo-
ton of the wearer.-Baltimore Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Stole the Christmas onsrtory.

DUBLIN, Dec. 2s.-The Roman Catho-
lie cathedral at Mullingar was broken
into by robbers Monday evening and
the Christmas offertory, amounting to
over a hundred pounds, was carried
away by the thieves. The discovery
was made when the clergymen went to
count the money.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Deaths from Diphtheria

LIE SUEUR, Mimi, Dec. 28.-Diphthe-
ria is in this vicinity. In the family of
Mrs. Lena Meyer three young ladies
and one young man have died in the
last two weeks. Five more of the
children are now down with the disease.
A few other cases are reported in the
neighborhood.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
1888.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Magazine for 1893 will'contir ne to
maintain the unrivalled standard OF excel
leDce which has characterized it from the
beginning. Among the notable features of
the year there will be new novels by. A..
Conan Doyle, Constance Feufmore Woolson,
and Wiliiaaa Black. Short Stories will be
contributed by the most popular writers of
the day. including Mary e, Wilkins. Richard
Harding Davis. Margaret Deland, BrandeI
Mathews, and many others. The illustrated
descriptive papers will embrace articles by
Julion Ralph on new Southern and Western
subjects; Qy Theodore Child on India; by
Pouitney Bigelow on Russia and Germany;
by Richard Harding Davis on ~ London sea.
son: by Colonel L. A. Dodge on Eastern
riders; etc. Edwin A. ADbey's illustrations
Of Shak espeare's Comedies will be continued
by Charles Elliot Norton, Mrs. James T.
Fields, William Dean Howells, Brander
Mathews. and others,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
An Important Appeal,

Advertisements, especially of the per-
sonal kind, will frequently reward the
searcher for unexpected anticlimaxes.
The following appeared in New York
paper not long ago: willie, return to
your distracted wife and frantic chill
dren! Do you want to hear Of your old
mothers suicide9 You will if you do
not let US know where you are at once.
Anyway, send back your fathers colored
meerschaumw--N York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29

Insanity was once looked on as the
work of demons. 1t is now regarded as
purely physical infirmity, perhaps in
herited from those who had somehow
violated physical law, or induced by our
own transgression.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Notice for Tnb icatlon.

T AND Offc. at oud MINI. ct 81.
IL Notice is h rt',y given thai IN. follow n
named settler has filed no. .ce of his inten IN
to make final proof in support OF his clp m
register and receiver of the Cnited S d :
land office at st. Cloud. Mimi, on January z,
1893, viz: Frederick Kurell Jr.'s homestead m
range 35
He names the following witnesses to prov
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land. viz:
Henry Iom of West Union; John G. Debbs
Of WestUnion; Joseph Parker Ut Sank Ceatre
Emil KrsA DTofSauk Centre.
BgRz r 10 A, tsise
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29

According to an English scientist, the
red in flowers is q single pigment, solu-
BILE in water and decolorized by alcohol,
but capable of being restored by the ad-
dition of acids,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
A Startling Telegram,

Ten girls in composition class were
told to write a telegram such as would
be suitable to send home in case of .
railway accident while travelling. One
Of the girls wrote: "Dear Papa-Mamma
is killed. am in the refreshment
room.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Order for Hearing Guardians Account, I

STATE OF "a MINNESOTA in s.,
In Probate Court, Special terra, November
28th. 1892
L. the matter Cf the Guardianship of Francis
:. Pangt urn. an insane person:
Upon filing lie final account of qua dian-
| an"e OF Polly PHngburn. guardia OF the above
sand Polly Pangburn such guardian, with a
prayer Ior its acceptance;
1t is ordered that said petition be heard and
the settlement ard allowance of said account
be made at q special term of the Probate Court
TO be held in and for said County OF $tearns
on Friday the 23ra day OF December, A. ID lSO2,
at O'Clock In the forenoon, AT the Probate
Office in the Court House in the city of Saint
Cloud in said County.
1t is further ordered that copies of this order
he served on Fra els =. PangburII, said insane
person, at least fourteen days before said day
OF hearing, by delivering said copy in person
T., said Francis Pangburn ana al o by deliv-
ering SAID copy 10 the Su erintendeut of the
State Hospital for Insane at Fergus Fails
Minnesota, where said insane person Is now
confined.
And IS further rdered. that this order be
blsh, d once in ach week for three >ucces-
VI w, pri + to said day of hearing in The
entr+ HERALD, a weekly NEWSPAPER
county.
d at st Cloud MIMI, this eSth day of
November, 1892.
By the Court;
u. s. THEO. BRUENER
Judge of Probtse
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Indian Blood Is Prominent,

People Of indian blood predominant in
Para, Brazil, and are found in all classes,
from servan' and peddlers to capital
lists and high government officials. There
are very few Portuguese or Africans,
and the descendants of both these races
show large admixture of Indian blood.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
Rusinesa Portion Burned.

PARIS, KY, Dee. 2S.-The business
portion of Headquarters, Nicholas coun-
ty, was burned during the morning.
Communication is cut off and particu.
lars cannot be had.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
C. p.n, rr,,- stsek fards-

~. %. 1889.
ST. PAUL. Dec.
HOGS-Market strong. Range of prices,
$5.3005.Y5.
OATTLE-Steady. Butcher cattle scarce,
common Atrff steady. Prime steers, $34503. IS;
good steers, So. 7503.25; prime COWS, 81. 5O03O /;
good cows $20O02 IS; common to fair cows,
75c0L75; light veal calves $4,000. rs; heavy
calves. $lz502.75; stockers, $l50lD2 rs; feeders
$1.7502.75; bulls, $L2502.00.
SHEEP-Market steady. Muttons, $3.50
4.25; lambs, S3.5004.25; stockers and feeders
$2.0n04.00
Receipts: Cattle. 15O; hogs, 300; calves Is;
sheep, 10.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
1898.
Harpers's. Weekly
ILLUSTRATED.

Harpers Weekly is acknowledged as
standing first among nlustraaed weekly
periodicals in America. 1t occupies place
between that of the hurried daily paper and
that of he ess timely monthly magazine.
1t incll des both literature and news, and
presents with equal force and felicity the
real events of cul rent history and the imag-
NATIVE themes of fict, on. On account OF Its
very complete series OF illustrations of the
Worlds Fair, 1t will be not only the best
Guide to the great Exposition, but also Its
---Anir. Every public event of gen
pages. Its contributions being Iii
writer's and artists in this country il VIA.
continue to excel in literature, news, and
illustrations. all other publications OF It's
class
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-29
ONLY One Busine.s House Left.

SNOW HILL, Va, Dec. 28.-Fire broke
cut here during the night and destroyed
every business house in the town except
one. The total loss is $25,OOO; insur-
ance about half.