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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-22
POLITICAL NOTES.

MAJOR BALDWIN, the Democratic NOM
inec for congress from this district has
kicked the Democratic platform over,
coming out in speech at Delano Satur-
day in favor of protection. AS Major
Baldwin was nominated to carry out
the free trade doctrines to which he
Democratic party is committed, what
will the Times and his other supporters
now do about it? Stearns county DEM
ocrats could only be expected to vote for
Major Baldwin because he was a Demo-
crat, and if lie repudiates the main plank
of the Democratic platform why should
they vote for him?-[Journal-Press.
1t having been asserted by some of the
political friends of Major Baldwin that
there was large bolt from Judge Searle
in this city, especially among business
men, TO him, pains have been taken with
in the past te " days to find out just how
much truth there is in the reports. Talks
with nearly 100 Republican business men
on Superior street show that the senti-
ment is practically unanimous in favor
of Searle. Not only are the Republicans
here in line for him but there are numer-
Gus Democrats who have announced
their intention to support him, giving as
their reasons they are in favor of pro-
tective policy, that this city is vitality
concerned when it is proposed to tear
down our protective system, and that,
Democrats as they are, they cannot vote
to send to congress man who will vote
against protection, even though he may
be resident of Duluth. Indeed some of
them go so far as to say that it would
be all the worse to vote for citizen of
Duluth who would 60 to congress pledged
to vote against that economic system
which so greatly aids her, and which w i'll
prove so valuable to this part of the
country in the near future. All this talk
of large Republican vote for Baldwin
is the yariest nonsense, as will be shown
on election day.-[Duluth News.
we venture the prediction that, before
they get through with it, the Democra-
tic state central committee will find that
the defamatory pamphlet prepared by
the black-nailing scoundrel Wolcott, is
sued under the auspices of the Chicago
gamblers in options and distributed at
their expense by the Democratic state
committee, will prove the deadliest
boomerang which they ever undertook
to fling upon the public. Just await de-
velopments few days and see.-[ Pion-
Ger Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-22

Laxative three to four act as a cathartic.
They're the smallest, but the best. There's
it's taken They're the original Little Liver
Pill, and they've never been equaled. Sick
Headache, Bilious Headache, Constipation,
Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derange-
ments Of the liver, stomach and bowels, are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can buy, be-
cause they're guaranteed to give satisfaction,
or your money is returned
You pay only for value received.
Can you ask morea
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-22

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn eAectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FlC SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. NV
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-22

SOMETHING NEW!
Seamless School Shoes at the Boston
Shoe Store
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-22

Hits the nail on
the heGd--one of
DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They
do the right thing
in the right way.
They cleanse and
regulate the liver,
stomach and bow
els = thoroughly
and effectively,
but mildly and
gently. They
persuade, rather
than force. One
tiny, sugar-coated
PpTlof,c a Oey,fTo
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-22
The Boston Clothing

The Boston Clothing
Fall goods
Fur coats
Overcoats
Boys and children's suits
and overcoats.
Furnishing goods, all kinds-never so
cheap as now, at the Boston.
w. o p. HILSDALE.
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tremendous land values. Where the
conditions permit them in other
parts of the city. as. for instance,
in the two miles east Of Madison avenue, they
propose to use masonry viaduct resembling
Berlin's stadtbahn. The cut Of the proposed
New York viaduct gives a general idea of the
Berlin structure. though the arches of the latter
are not so high. and their length in proportion
to height is considerably greater. The Berlin
viaduct is also ornamented in a few places,
while the New York structure is plain through
out
WHAT L'ENrASr Would HAVE DONE.
II the founders Of Washington who, with
prophetic foresight planned and marked out
in the last century the framework Of the mag
nifcent capital of the next century could now,
in the light of the requirements of modern
cities, repeat their task, they would provide
ample space in the citys plan for great CEN
traI railroad station. and would set aside rights
OF way for lines radiating to the principal
points OF the compass from this station. These
lines, which would be both long distance
railroad terminals and local rapid transit roads,
building up the suburbs and relieving city
congestion, would in their course through the
city run, think. over masonry viaducts Of the
Berlin plan, with all the space under the tracks
except at the bridges over streets utilized
and ornamented, and with distinct tracks
Tor iong-distance travel, short-distance travel
and freight service The station. though in the
heart OF the city. would have nothing in its APP
proaches to threaten life and limb, to reduce
the value of property or to obstruct street
traffic and travel. II would be like the Cannon
street and other great stations in London, the
impressive railroad structures Of Paris. the
Friedrich Strasse and Alexander Platz stations
on the Stadtbahn in Berlin, or the wonderful
structure at Frankfort-on-the-M Main. In con-
templating these buildings the washingtoniau
feels profoundly ashamed when he thinks OF
the local stations at home. The foreign cities
teach US q lesson both as to the avoidance Of
grade crossings and as to the construction and
Arrangement Of stations.
WHEREIN WE DO NOT BEAT TIE WORLD.
The American in Europe, while finding less
complete provision for comfort in long.
distance railroad travel than in America, fire.
quently inadequate toilet facilities, less ex
pensive upholstery and less display Of hard
woods and glass in the cars and system oil
compartments arrangement which insures pri
vacy at the expense Of an unsociable confne-
ment often irksome, alsoAotes the most elab
crate and painstaking precautions for the safety
both OF the traveller and Of the people Of the
country traversed by the road and an astonish
ing superiority In the appearance and arrange
ment OF the stations Our roads devote toe
much attention to fine rolling stock, too LITTLE
to road bed and devices for the safety Of pas
sengers and hardly any except what the Law
compeis to the safety OF the non-trsvelin0
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The Perfume Explafned.

From the New York Recorder
The delicious perfume OF brandy permeated
the east side Of the orchestra circle OF the
theater and every man turned around TO see
who had dropped flask on the floor. No one
looked guilty and the rising of the curtain pre-
vented further investigation. As the curtain
was rung down again on this act two gentle
men from the suspected portion OF the audi
forum arose TO leave.
Going out AGAIN." asked q lady who was
with them.
Just a moment replied the elderly man.
''Stay long enough TO bring more Of
those
The man smiled and hurried ont. Entering
a cafe near by he called for two cocktails and
while he stood drinking directed the bartender
10 make tour more plums.
The bartender took four nice lUmps OF sugar
and laying them IN a saucer sprinkled Murtol
brandy on them. Then he wrapped each lump
In piece OF waxed paper, $ earamels are done
up, and placed them in little brown bag
The gentleman took them and went back into
the theater, where lie quickly distributed the m
among the ladies of his party. They placed
them in their handkerchiefs and as the curtain
went up again quietly slipped them between
their pearly teeth. and the same scent Of
brandy waited through the auditorium
Nice way to take your brandy, isn't
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handsome station and to erect bridges on
North Capitol street. Massachusetts, avenue. H
street and Boundary. TEE STAR commented
upon this plan at the time and criticised some
features Of it, suggesting Q different station
site and the removal of other grade crossings
In the city. Whether the new station and loop
are constructed as citizens desire north Of
Massachusetts, avenue and east Of North
Capitol street, OF - the railroad desires, on
the present site the approaches through
masonry viaduct plan suggssts itself. In Ber-
lin the railroad paid many millions for
private property upon which 70 construct
its overhead road The roads here should
pay for their right-oe-way. But since it ID
obviously impossible 70 expect that Congress
would put our roads to this exponse and since
they now take full possession Of the streets
which they occupy, II may be justifable to
permit them 70 erect their masonry viaducts
on these streets, the property Of the United
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public. Mr.. Samuel Rea, an engineer connected
with the Pennsylvania railroad, in . work on
The Railways Terminating in London"
printed by the Engineering Nesos, In not
says: Railways and highways are not
allowed to cross on the same level
in cities, nor elsewhere If much travelled. Some
OF these excellent features are gradually being
adopted by our more advanced companies
notably the block signal system and the avoid
ance Of grade crossings in the cities and i'm
portant towns Of our states. In the matter Of
city terminal stations, which are . conspicuous
part Of every railway, English roads are unsur-
passed and far in advance Of our railroads"
HINTS ron UNCLE SANS RAILWAYS.
In looking down for the first time from St.
Pauls one foggy morning upon the notable
buildings of London the structures which first
caught my eye and about which first in
quired, turned out to be some Of London's
immense railroad stations lofty buildings Of
pleasing and imposing architecture, containing
huge modern hotels Of the first-class.
The. Cannon street. Charing Cross and st.
Pancras stations may be specially mentioned
They are referred to by Samuel Rea as at types
Of modern city terminal stations. The first
mentioned station stands back from Cannon
street some ninety feet, leaving broad area in
front Of the building for an entrance to the
underground railway station, cab stand and
q sitting-down platform. This forecourt is
partially inclosed with heavy balus.rade and
fine approach at the west side leads up to the
hotel and station. The depth through the
ticket Offices is about ninety feet and the train
hall is over $50 feet in length. The Charing
Cross station much resembles it. St Pancras
is a huge structure, with an imposing facade,
fanked at the eastern corner with q high clock
tower. The head house-a large and imposing
buildings connected with the railroad 8
hotel. The station hall has roof trusses of
243 feet span and is $50 feet in length.
Of fba afa in r;o
pressive. In Berlin and other German cities
extensive improvements have been made and
large sums Of money recently expended by the
railroad management to bring the cityterminal
stations up to an ideal standard
The station at Frankfort-on-the-M Main now
claims to be the finest in the world. The Enqi-
neerang Record pronounces the station "a model
structure of its kind combining enormous size
with a thoroughly we'll worked out plan to meet
the demands Of great traffic" The station hall
proper, not including the passenger waiting
rooms, is about 551 feet wide and 600 feet long,
Its total cost was about $3.50, 900.
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FIREARMS OF EARLY SETTLERS.

The Clumsy Weapon With Which New Eng
landers Defended Themselves
From the Chuatauquan.
The precise population Of New England.
either Indian or white, at the time Of Philips
war cannot be stated, but for the purpose of
war it may be said that the forces on one side
and on the other were equal At that time the
Indians were as well used to firearms as the
whites, but the frelock Of those days was but
an inefficient weapon compared with the mus
ket of later times or with the rifle of today.
1t seems certain that in Europe f1intlocks had
been introduced before this time; but, on the
whole, the concurrence of evidence shows that
such locks were not used in the civil war in
England and that both the king party and the
Puritans still relied on the matchbox. The
form Of this can be readily explained to any
person who has seen the old flintlock of the
present century. hammer-a good deal
larger than the hammer which afterward held
the flint, but quite like it-had a screw which
tighte ned or loosened the hold which two pieces
of iron had upon a match,
Each soldier was obliged to carry some yards
of this match with him, and when the battle
began he lighted the piece of this match which
was fixed in the hammer of the sun. A pan
which held powder, exactly as the pan Of a
hammer, with cover projecting, from which
a sort Of a horn ran up nearly vertical to be
opened by the hammer when the soldier pulled
he trigger. The fire Of the match communi-
Gated with the powder, and the gun went off.
This was sufficiently complicated way in
which men should go to battle, perhaps in q
wilderness. where even the procuring of fire at
that time was attended with some difficulty.
The accounts of skirmishes Of those times are
full of occasions when a shower put a stop to
the whole battle. This is because the fire Of the
matches was extinguished by the rain.
To change this rather clumsy lock into a
f1intlock simply required that u flint Of sufi-
cient size should be screwed into the hammer
in the place made for the match. The flint,
then striking upon the cover of the pan. made
. spark, which fell at the moment the
pan opened into the powder. Eventually these
locks were made with great precision, SO that
the gun missed fire very seldom.
have no doubt that one and another soldier
in Philips war found for himself that flint
Indian arrowhead screwed in the place of his
match could be made to answer the purpose Of
firing the powder much more readily than the
match itself could do. A similar inven ton,
however, as have said, had already been made
in Europe, so that it is thought that fintlock
guns had been found in France early as 1640.
In 1872, however, just before the war with
Philip began, the law Of Massachusetts and the
provision made for her soldiers still required
the use of the matchbox.
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PROPOSED NEW YORK VIADUCT.

uonable features of rapid transit lines and rail-
road terminals were minimized or avoided
altogether. The road was built on private
property, except for a short distance on the
river ped, al great expense in condemnation Of
land No street Is. consequently. occupied and
oostructed- Streets are crossed by arch
bridges where their use is possible; in other
cases the bridges are supported by neat iron
columns between she sidewalk and the street
The structure throughout is solid and has no
disagreeable vibration Ii is absolutely water
nght. and IL so constructed with rails and
raii-earriers Bodied in gravel that the
passage Of trains is practically nOiseless. There
are AZ no dropp,ngs from above upon
the heads Of those who pass under it.
The masonry yiaduct presents the appearance
OF series OF brick arches sustaining the road
oed- The space underneath il utilized in this
pArt OF the city for various purposes accord
Ing 70 location Here an attractive store or
Restaurant Is seen; here a stable. carriage
house or store house. The road is built in this
thlckly settled section so that il occupies the
street edge Of the blocks, and the buildings
constructed under Il open upon a street on one
sids or the other. The viaduct here looks like
row OF occupied brick houses with fat roofs.
and arehed fronts, embellished by stone trim
mings. cornices and recessing of the masonry,
and the effect Is not at all displeasing. Lewis
N. Haupi In an article on rapid transit in the
december Cosmopolitan saws: The serious OBJ
1ections to rapid surface travel and the un-
slightly appearance Of the iron superstructures
In vogue have led to various propositions for the
construction of masonry arcades which shall
eliminate these defects Among the COM
pleted lines Of this class may be men
tloned the grand srcades in Paris and
Dernn. These, however. are not used excIu-
siveiy for local traffic, but also to connect lines
OF railways with each other" 1t is only upon
CERTAIN portions Of the Stadtbahn however,
that this space under the tracks is thus util-
ned MI Osborne Howes, IN the report 10
which have referred, says that il the road
were to be rebuilt arrangements would be
made TO utilize all this space, since Ii has been
found that, when open arches have been left
mat can be utilized for store purposes, the
space can be rented, particularly near the sta
lions. 10 exceedingly good advantage
German publication concerning the Stadt-
balm translated and reprinted in the Engineer.
ing Record says Of these arches: The vaults
OF the viaduct are rented at price that com.
Pares we'll with the rental Of the finest loca-
hons in Berlin They are especially desirable
Tor wine cellars and restaurants, which ars
ntssd up with the greatest luxury"
yHEIaHr HANDLED on BERIrx's ELEVATED ROADS
The Berlin terminal system also settles sat
isfactoriy the problem Of the handling o.
freight though additional facilities in this di
rection are needed and are now being provided
Thsss elevated roads are not merely passenge
resdA On this point Me-. Howes says:
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AN IDOL OF MOUND BUILDERS.
The Modest Clay Deity of the Early Ameri
can Heather.

can heatnen
From the Topeka Capital.
The State Historical Society was enriched
yesterday by an image of pottery supposed to
be an idol of some prehistoric race, probably
the mound builders. The idol was found near
Aron, Independence county, Ark, and was dug
from a mound by relic hunters along with q
number of decayed human bones. copper arrow
heads and broken domestic utensils. 1t is the
property of CIV. Hume of Strasburg, Mo. The
idol is seven inches in height by five inches in
diameter. 1t is rudely constructed, having
evidently been formed by hand, or at best very
crude tools, from common clay, and afterward
hardened by being dried in the sun.
The idol represents q human figure in a
kneeling posture. the arms extending at the
side. The features are rudely formed. yet,
Notwithstanding this, are not altogether re-
pulslve, the nose being gracefully aquilino and
the lips well formed. The ears are missing. but
the remnants show that they were adorned
with rings. The body is "squatty," and might
be said to resemble a toad. At the top of the
head there is a hole which seems to have
served purpose. probably that of fastening a
head dress to the figure. The image would
hardly be catalogued with the works of art but
1t is, nevertheless, an interesting relic.
The race whose deity was represented by
this clumsy bit Of clay inhabited the Missis-
sippi valley from the Great Lakes to the gulf
at time 10 which the traditions OF man run
meth not. Who they were, where they came
from, what their manner of life was. is all
mystery. True, many mounds excavations
and burying grounds of this lost people have
been discovered, but so far they have given
but little of their history. That they lived and
died before the race of American Indians ex-
listed is proven by the fact that the traditions
OF the latter race contain no references to this
lost people, although their mounds and relics
| are mentioned Many mounds of this kind are
found in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Ohio and Indiana, and few have been dis
covered in nearly all Of the states in the Missis-
sippi valley.
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decaying, dangerous nuisance as a bridge, and
as dam blocking the commercial prosperity
OF Georgetown and threatening every spring
to TURN destructive food in upon Pennsyl-
vania avenue and lower Washington.
If Congress insists upon retaining the 9Th
street station and the Disagreement of the
mall, the tracks might be removed from 9th
street, opening that thoroughfare. and run. as
proposed. on the edge of the mall next to the
street, but on an embankment viaduct like the
Berlin road in the suburbs, sodded and orna-
mented in every tasteful way with arched
openings at intervals to permit passage under
it. 1t is pity that Representative Springer s
Champs Elysees. running through theAeries Of
parks between the Capitol and the White House
or monument, should be broughtin proximity
to railroad tracks at any point in any way but
this avenue, or the more graceful and suitable
curving driveway into which it might be modi-
fled, would clearly be more attractive if j. re-
tanned its level grade and passed through an
Ornamented arch under comparatively noise
less viaduct instead of climbing over the tracks
and engines by bridge.
The purchase of ample freight yards, espe-
cially in the section near where the railroad
issues from the Navy Yard tunnel and south of
its main line, into which it can run surface
tracks, ought to be encouraged and promoted.
The streets and reservations have served long
enough as shifting stations and freight yards.
When the Baltimore and Ohio gets the i'm
posing and admirably arranged station for
which it Is planning, with ample room ac-
CURED by purchase for the performance of the
functions of a great modern railroad, the
Pennsylvania will doubtless be stirred by pride
and competitive self-interest as well as by the
absolute necessities of its steadily growing
traffic to enlarge and improve its terminal ia
cilities, including its station.
This main Washington station Of a great
railroad system, at which some 1900. 900 OF
people arrive and depart every year. cannot >
anything but inadequate and Anticipated as
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more ground in connection with II. It must
avoid the necessity Of backing ont of its sta
ton. 1t must secure the privilege Of laying all
the tracks that frst-class road in first class
city requires for its business. And in return
ior the legislative concessions which will enable
1t to do these things, and in remembrance Of the
gift to 1t Of free rightofway, free station site,
and the practically free use Of Long bridge, II
ought to take it's tracks, except specially des-
ignated freighttracks In certain localities, from
grade everywhere within the city limits.
COSTLY cHAsoEs IN orHra CITIES
The Pennsylvania railroad has recently been
making notable Improvements in its Jersey
City terminals. II has elevated ifs passenger
tracks to do away with grade crossings. II has
constructed an immense train shed esq feet
long and ass wide, with an arched roof Of the
greatest single span ever built The cost Of it,
Improvements, including new ferry boat, new