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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
An Attempt to assasslnate the President

a desperate attempt was made TO
assassinate President Hippolytc, of
Hayti. The president was taking an
early morning walk in the palace
grounds when the attack was made on
him. Aid came before the assassin
could inflict any damage and he and
two accomplices were overpowered and
captured They were shot within "a
short time after the failure of their
attempt and quiet now prevails in the
Black Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
a Horrible Sight.

Jacob Sinacheimer, wcll-to-do
tailor, either jumped or fell in front of
an engine on the uptown track of the
Third avenue elevated road at the
Ninety-ninth street station, New York
City, and was instantly killed. The
body could be seen from the platform
entangled in the forward wheels of the
engine. 1t was necessary to raise the
engine 10y jacks TO get the body out.
This took considerable time and caused
n blockade of trains that delayed
travel for couple OF hours.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Big Movement In OF.

Because of heavy import tax which
the French government threatens to
impose upon petroleum after January
/, 1898, one of the greatest rushes ever
seen among the petroleum exporters is
now in progress at Philadelphia. Both
steam and sail crafts are being hurried
around from neighboring ports in order
that the vessels may reach France or
clear the custom house before New
Years day. The supply OF tonnage
there has not been adequate TO the de-
mand and New York has been called
upon TO make up the deficiency. The
Schuylkill river refineries are working
to their fullest capacity to fill orders
for the refined product, while carriers
which have never been in Philadelphia
before have been engaged TO deliver
the crude product before the end OF
the year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
rive Persons Burned to Death.

Three men and two women were
burned TO dcatha at Middletown, Conn,
in tobacco barn owned by John Hub
bard, on the old fair grounds. The
victims were party of umbrella
members seen there before the fire. 1t
is supposed they were drunk and set
fire to a small amount hay, the only
contents of the barn. The building
was totally destroyed, the fire com
panies being unable to reach the struct-
ura in time
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Miss Mary Alien West Dead.

The w C. r. L. national headquar
tiers in Chicago has received cable
gram from Toxic, Japan, stated that
Miss Mary Allen West, who has been
doing temperance work in that country
for the past year and who was ex.
pected to return next month has died
in Toxic. Miss West was the senior
editor Of the Union Signal, the organ
Of the W. c. Il. u. 1t was not known
that Miss West was out of health and
the message contained no particulars.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
An Interesting and Important Convention
at Now Orleans.

at New Orleans.
A convention 10 discuss the great
Nicaragua canal project was held in
New Orleans and was attended by a
representative delegation. Senator
Morgan delivered an eloquent address.
He said that he believed in the saying
of President Hayes, that the Nicaragua
canal was TO be an American canal and
should be controlled by Americans.
Senator Morgan said he would amend
what Mr.. Hays said. This must be a
United States canal under control of
the United States. Senator Morgan
dwelt at length on the British policy
as regards Great Britains purpose to
control, if possible, at some day the
passage through Nicaragua. it would
be idle for the United States to take the
sweet consolation from her bosom that
Great Britain will magnanimously re-
frain from any attempt to control the
canal if it is within her power to do SO.
After Senator Morgan's speech resolu-
tons were introduced and adopted
calling attention TO the immense ad-
vantages OF canal at Nicaragua in
the Development OF the shipping in
terests on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of the United States, in opening
n short and direct route TO Central and
South America, as well as TO Asia, and
in enabling the United States to better
protect itself against foreign powers
in case of war; and urging congress to
take such steps and give such aid as
will insure the speedy completion of
the canal. Three cheers were then
given for Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the
United States.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
275 .Iananesc Drowned.

a dispatch from Nagashi states that
the Japanese war vessel Chishimarukan,
bound from France for Japan, was
sunk in a collision in the Inland Sea
with the British steamer Ravcnna.
The Ravenna was badly injured and
her passengers were transferred TO the
British steamer Empress of Japan,
bound for Shanghai. The warship car
ried a crew of 275 and all are reported
lost
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Shot Two CompanIons.

James Welmore, Frank Stultz and
Yon Dedricix, of Lee Center, were out
hunting and as Welmore climbed the
fence he accidentally discharged his
gun, shooting Stult2 in the back of the
head. The charge then glanced and
struck young Dedrick in the leg, cut
ting away almost the entire calf
Stultz will probably die.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09

General Porforo Dias has been
inaugurated president of Mexico for
another term. A large number Of dis
tinguished visitors from all sections OF
the country were ut the city of Mexico
attending the ceremonies. The friends
of president Diaz gave him splendid
banquet
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Hlccoughed Himself to Death.

John Daugherty, n potter, died at
at Tiflin, o., under strange circumstan-
ces. While laughing heartily over the
recent election, Daugherty commenced
hiccoughing, and the attack lasted so
long that he became alarmed and called
a physician. All that medical science
could do to check the strange aflliction
was done, but TO no avail, and the man
hiccoughcd necessarily until death re-
suited.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Tho Aua,enc. Applaudcd tho Jury.

Binghampton, \. Y: After being
out all night the jury in the case of
Mrs. De Long, charged with the murder
of her husband. brought in verdict of
not guilty. When the verdict was
given the room was filed with cheers
and hurrahs, the clapping of hands and
the stamping of feet. In October, 1891,
Mrs. DeLong caught her husband with
"a woman of low character. Sho re-
monstrated, and quarrel ensued
which led up to the shooting.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Drownincnt Saginaw.

Andrew Skinner, esnploye of the
Saginaw Lnmber and Salt company, at
Saginaw, while standing on raft
slipped aad falling into the river was
drowned. A companion narrowly es-
capped drowning in trying to rescue
hhn. Skinner leaves q widow He
was 50 years old and resided in Carroll
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
A Big Depression in Land.

Residents of Lost Creek, two miles
west of Shenandoah, Pa, have been
thrown into great excitement by the
sudden caving in of 800 feet of surface.
100 feet wide directly underneath the
Lehigh Valley railroad tracks on the
north side of the valley. Four tracks
were carried down with the fall TO q
depth Of 25 feet The people are in q
state of dread being in fear of a still
further settling.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
FalIure at Grand Rapids.

Joseph Berter, for more than 25 years
engaged in the hardware business at
Grand Rapids, has filed chattel
mortgages aggregating SS4,25o 70
secure preferred creditors. The First
National Bank is interested TO the
aplonRt of $4,000 and the Fifth for
81, 900
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09

The health of Justice Mccarthy has
so improved that he has abandoned his
intention of going to the south of
France.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Shot by His Rrother.

Christopher Hughes, an 11-year-old
son Of William Hughes, of Vernon, was
aooigenbfSIy shot by his brother while
hunting and died the following day.
He was about four feet in advance of
his brother, and the full charge struck
him.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09

The steamer Giarta has arrived in
New York from Naples. Four persons
died from diphtheria during the
voyage.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09

Anthracite coal has been discovered
at Hamilton county, Ind, at q depth
of but few feet below the surface.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
Chicago.
New Yoris,
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW

NEW YORK, December 5.--R. q. Dun n
Co.'S weekly review OF trade says The be-
ginning OF gold exports in November and
their expected continuance, the death OF
Mr. Gould and unfavorable reports from the
all speculative markets. There are also
some symptoms OF diminished activity in
business, and while manufacturers are gem
orally occupied with orders taken some
time ago. there is more complaint that new
orders do not come forward as was expected
While the volume OF trade il still very large
IL is not surprising that there should he
some what less activity during tho remain
der OF the year, except In holiday lines Al
the same time there Is general confidence
that business early next year will be active
and prosperous. A setback In speculation
would be by no means an unmixed evil
but there are no signs of disturbance al
present, though the money markets are
working little closer. Breadstuffs have
been strOnger,which Is natural I'm view OF the
very low prices n rise OF about lie i'm wheat
ana oats and &C In corn resulted from mod.
crate transactions, but hogs and lard are
slightly lower and coffee declined &c Cot
ton rose to To- and reacted to pie sales
again exceeding all records. Coal is fairly
actlvc and bitumlnous IS scarce and dear
In dry goods the season has been one OF nm
precodcnted activity. 4 general boom and
advance appears in cotton. The business
failures occurring throughout the country
during the last seven days number 200 For
the corresponding week OF last year the
figures were 80.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09

Ex-Gov. Gear, of Iowa, has formally
assumed the duties of the assistant
secretary of the treasury.
There has been bill introduced in
the legislature of Alabama providing
for an annuity of $500 year for Mrs.
Davis, widow of Jefferson Davis. dur
ing her life. The bill met with much
favor. 1t will undoubtedly be passed.
Kolb, the Populist candidate for
governor of Alabama will contest the
election of Jones, the Democratic
candidate. Kolb charges gross fraud
and says that in one county was given
majority of $500, when. in fact
there were only 1000 votes cast in ths
county '"'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
History Of Worcestershire Sauce.


Many years ago Mrs. Grey, author OF
"The Gamblers Wife, I" andother novels
well known in their day, was on visit
at Ombersley Court, when Lady Sands
CHANGED to remark that she wished she
could get some very good curry powder,
which elected from Mrs. Grey that she
had in her desk an excellent recipe which
her uncle, Sir Charles, chief justice OF
India, had brought thence and given her.
Lady Sands said that there were, some
clever chemists in Worcester who, per-
haps, might be able to make up the pow
der; at all events, when they drove in
after luncheon they would see. One
firm looked at the recipe, doubted II they
could procure all the ingredients, but
said they would do their best, and in due
time forwarded q packet Of the powder.
Subsequently the happy thought
struck some one in the business that the
powder might, in solution, make good
sauce. The experiment was made, and
by degrees the thing took amazingly.
All the world to its remotest ends now
knows of Worcestershire sauce as an
article of commerce, and, notwithstand-
ing that, in common with most good
things, it is terribly pirated, an enor-
nous trade is done in it. The profits
amount to thousands Of pounds year.
London World. aaa & - -. =
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
whea. Doe. No. Grow VIVID.

The existence of names for wheat in
the most ancient languages confirms the
evidence Of its great antiquity and Of its
cultivation in the more temperate parts
of Europe, Asia and Africa. From the
evidence adduced by botanists of high
standing, it seems highly improbable
that wheat has never been found grow
ing persistently in wild state, although
it has often been asserted by poets, tray
elers and historians.
Inthe Odyssey, for example, we are
told that wheat formerly grew in Sicily
without the aid Of man. Diodorus re-
peats the tradition that Osiris found
wheat and barley growing promiscu-
ously in Palestine, but neither this nor
other reputed discoveries of wheat
growing wild seem at all credible, see-
ing that it does not appear to be endow-
ed with the power of persistency, ex-
cept under continued culture. st. Louis
Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04

The jury in the Musgrave life insur.
ance swindling case at Terrc Haute,
Ind. brought in verdict after being
out six hours, giving him ton years in
the penitentiary and . fine Of $500. :
1t has been practically decided that
no more sky-scraper structures can be
erected in Chicago. A subcommittee
of the city council voted to recommend
that no permits be issued for new build
lngs exceeding $50 feet in height.
In the Creek Nation, Ind. Ter, Esna
Gordon and Caser Drummer were killed
by deputy United States marshals and
Deputy Mccall was seriously wounded.
The officers had surrounded q number
OF outlaws at Brunner's house, when
the fiHht haRan- with raanlts a. stated
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
Tho Mud Of EgYpt.

Egypt, says Herodotus, Is gift Of the
Nile. A truer or more pregnant word
was never spoken. OF course 1t is just
equally true, in way, that Bengal Is .
gift of the Ganges, and that Louisiana
and Arkansas are q gift of the Missis-
sippi, but with this difference, that In
the case Of the Nile the dependence is
far more obvious, far freer from disturb
ing or distracting details. For that rea-
son, and also because the Nile is 30 much
more familiar to most English speaking
folk than the American rivers, I choose
Egypt as my type of regular midland.
But in order to understand it fully you
mustn't stop all your time in Cairo and
the Delta; you mustn't view it only from
the terrace of Shepherds hotel or the
rocky platform of the Great Pyramid at
Gizeh; you must push up country early
to Luxor and the First Cataract. It is
up country that Egypt unrolls itself Wis
IDLY before your eyes in the very process
of making. It is there that the full i'm
portance of good, rich, black mud first
forces itself upon You by undeniable evil
dence. Cornhill Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
1892 February, 1882
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DICKENS az an Art Critic.

The SON Of arneighbpr Of Dickens, then
very young artist indeed, quite a boy
had painted his first picture, the sub
ject being an aged knight IN full armor,
apparently having recently returned
from the wars, and overcome with IA
tigue. Finding himself unable to reach
his ancestral castle, he sinks exhausted
on q fallen tree in sort of orchard, and
some cottage children bring him some
fruit to recruit his exhausted strength.
Dickens took great interest in the young
artist who, by the way, is now very
eminent and greatly admired his pic
ture, especially the figure Of the old
knight; but, "My dear fellow" he said,
''those apples won't be Of any use that
old gentleman requires burned brandy
to bring him oundp'-Temple Bar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
The French Detective.

Every good detective has to some ex-
tent his own way of working, which Is
varied, of course, according to the cir
cumstances. We may say, however, that
as rule the Partisan agent has freer
hand and works in somewhat holder,
more self reliant manner than his Eng
lish colleague. This follows from his
isolation; he is less helped by ''informa-
ton received" and too badly paid to buy
it, SO he is forced to acquire it by his
own exertions,
A fayorite method is to assume the
disguise of workingman or hawker,
and here it may be said that the use Of
an elaborate makeup exists now only in
books. Every jealous hand has his own
little wardrobe, and the simpler the bet
ter. The most effectual DISCUSSES are
those which best assimilate the wearer
to common life. The Partisan has two
In particular-the blouse and the work
mans apron. .-
"Shadowing" is always done by two
men, one some little way behind the
other. Each carries change of dress
to wit, blouse wound sashwise around
the waist and a casquette carried inside
the shirt. The moment the first man
fancies himself perceived he gives place
to the second, and dropping behind
slips the blouse over his jacket and ex-
changes his felt hat for the casauette.
Thus metamorphosed he resumes his
place.-London Saturday Review p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
A Curious Clock.

A novel clock is now being exhibited
by the Watchmakers' union in London,
It is of wood, beautifully carved and
stands six feet in height. The case Is a
perfect fort in miniature, and instead of
q bell and striking hammer the hours
are announced by bugler, who emerges
from door at one side of the fort and
blows the call to assemble and march.
Almost instantly doors open on ali
sides. A regiment of automatic SOL
diers, six abreast, march out, wheel to
the left, stop a few seconds to "mark
time," aud then march through another
part Of the fortress to the barracks.
These marches and countermarches oc-
cur each hour. If they come out to an
nounce the hour of ] o'clock, one soldier
fires his tiny gun. At 2 o'clock two SOL
diers fire their pieces, increasing with
the hour until the twelve leaders fire
their guns, the rear ranks bowling their
heads and pointing with their bayonets
toward tho dial of the clock. Chicago
Press .-sf 90. ..rr s,f.gy- &, b. .s.ars.... 4. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
A Word About stage Dialogue.

The art of writing good stage dialogue
is still inchoate. It must be natural,
and yet when it is natural it issbeneath
the dignity of the drama, and must be
elevated again to the proper pitch. Man
ifestly the stage is not to blame for this,
but the world of society, which is too
loquacious and frivolous, and lives with
out regard to the compensations, keep
ing and EXAMINATIONS of art. Only the
esoteric essence of our life is now fit for
dramatic representation, and the dram
Artists who can see and adequately por-
tray that essence are--shan we say he
is?-not acknowledgements Maya
zine,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
Real Babes in the Wood.

The two pretty little children of David
Wismer, of Quakertown, figured in the
role of the "Babes in the Wood" a few
days ago, but were rescued before the
birds had occasion to cover them up
with leaves. They suddenly took it in
their heads, while playing in the street,
to make pilgrimage, and set out with
no further preliminaries than the prince
in the fairy tales. They came at last to
the road at Perkasie, several miles
away, but still were unweary, and kept
on their journey over the hills. Wonder
ing farmers gaped at them as they
passed.
The little ones soon struck the woods
and wandered around among the trees
until dusk deepened into evening, when
they composed themselves complacently
for slumber beneath the overhanging
branches. Meanwhile the frightened
father had spread the alarm and was
fast on their heels. He traced his babes
to the woods, where he awoke them,
and took them home with him hals
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
HOW to Roll an Umbrella.

Certainly, but you don't need any"
said salesman in a Chapel street store
recently to customer who had just
bought an umbrella, aud who had asked
for rubber ring.
"But I want to keep the ends Of the
ribs from spreading when the umbrella
is rolled up" and the customer held up
for inspection the umbrella he had just
rolled. #.E 4
"Let me show you," said the sales
man, as he unfastened the band and
shook out the folds. Grasping the stick
so that his right hand held the ends Of
the ribs close to the wood, he began roll
ing the silk in the curve of his left hand.
Whenever he gave the umbrella turn
he kept the ribs in their original posi-
ton, and when the rolling was complete
he held up the umbrella and showed that
the metal tips pressed as closely to the
stick as if riveted in place.-New Haven
Palladium,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
What a Fried Pie Ia.

|. Fried pie is a Philadelphia dish that
cannot be found here. The dish is pre-
pared with dried peaches inserted be-
tween half moons of pastry-turnovers,
they are called-with a particular sort
of crumple at the edges, seemingly iden-
titled with their taste. They are fried
in hot lard, and afterward sprinkled over
with sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg.
They are served hot, and to make them
richer butter is inserted between the
smoking ends. They are very good and
desirable if you are armored to resist
their rayages.-New York Evening Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
Raised the Roof,

A delicate youth in Walling, Colo
RADIO settlement, where he had gone to
recuperate his health, succeeded in lift
ing the roof of friends house without
much effort. He was smoking ciga-
rette near keg of gunpowder. A spark
lighted on some loose grains, and in an
instant the cigarette, the young man
and the roof were flying skyward.
Yankee Blade.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
Theology a Progressive Science.

Theology is always as much a pro-
gressive science as geology. If 1000 Of
the wisest, purest, most intellectual,
most healthy scholars in Christendom
today were to formulate q creed ont Of
the New Testament scriptures, as they
are known today, that theology state
ment could not remain the same to the
date of A. D. 1892. The power, the
thought, the study of thousand years
would throw it into new forms of ex-
preston, while the substance would re-
main the same.-Beacon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
Walk Straight.

My dear sir or madam, if you cannot
walk briskly along the pave, Idon't see
that you are to be blamed for it. But
there is one thing you can do, namely,
walk in a straight line. Give others
chance to pass you. Don't worry the
life out of them by vibrating like PEN
duluna from side to side. Keep in a
straight line. Don't wabble. -Exchange
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
A Natural Church steenIe,

} =. Aremarkable pinnacle of rock, some
thirty miles from Grant Station, in the
: San Mateo region, is the "Cero de las
Alesena," or Shoemaker'ss Awl noun
tain. 1t rises 4, 900 feet above the valley,
! and the upper 1850 feet is of hexago-
Eqal prisms of columnar basalt, standing
up like church steeple. Its summit is
: totally inaccessible, and like the deserted
heights of the Mesa Escantada Of the
Acomas, a host OF traditions have gath
cred about it. cl0thwaite's Geograph-
ical Magazine. 5YglSea
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04

In Berlin, Germany, not long ago, the
pupils in one of the public schools saw q
"ghost." Soon others began to see sim
liar apparitions, and "ghost seeing" ex-
tended from school to school as regular
epidemic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04

When a gun is fired absolutely in the
vertical the ball will fall few inches
south and west from the gun in the
northern latitude, due west at the equa-
tor and northwest in the southern lati-
tudes.