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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Astronomy and Photography.

Modern astronomy is more deeply in
debted to the science Of photography
than the average reader may imagine.
Without the aid of the camera and the
perfect views it has given us of the
bodies ''far out in space" our knowledge
of celestial geography in the latter part
of this the grandest of all the centuries,
would be meager indeed. When, where
or by whom the camera was first point
ed skyward with the intention of photo
graphing planet, or even whole sec
ton of the star spangled canopy which
envelopes our little world, l will not
attempt to say, but the grandest of
all such undertakings is that which
has been inaugurated and partially
carried out by the astronomers and
scientific photographers of the world
during the past two years. Some mas
ter mind conceived the idea of mapping
the entire sky-of making bypath
chart of the heavens, as it were. This
idea when fully matured was commu-
nicated to others interested in that par
ticular branc', of science, and the result
was an agreement that a celestial atlas
should be made.-St. Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Animals i'm the Rain.

Horses ami cattle never look so miser-
able as when standing exposed to cold
and driving rain. Every field in which
cattle are turned loose should have some
loose shelter provided, however rough
and hardy the stock. If left to them
selves in a state of nature they wsuld
travel miles to some well known + TX
or thicket, which would at least give
cover against the wind. Shut up be-
tween four hedges, they are denied ali >
the aid of human forethought and
their own instinct.
Bewick's vignettes of old horses or un-
happy donkeys, huddled together in
driving showers on some bleak CONNIE.
express vast amount Of animal ms,
in an inch of oodcut.-London Spe
faf0r.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Death to the Harses.


1t is white and dreary plain. There
is line of struggling gum trees beside a
feeble water course.
Six wild horses-brombies as they are
called-have been driven down, corralletl
and caught. They have fed on the leaves
of the myall and stray bits of salt bush.
After time they are got within the
traces.
They are all young and they look not
SO bad. We start. They can scarcely be
held in for the first few miles. Tn IN
they begin to soak in perspiration. An
othey Ave miles and they look drawn
about the tanks, and what we thor hit
was flesh is dripping from them
Another five, and the flesh has goee.
The ribs show, the shoulders protrude.
Look! A poler's heels are knocking
against the whifietree. 1t is twenty
miles now. There is gulp in your
throat as You see a wreck stagger out Of
the traces and stumble oyer the pls.i !.
head near the ground and death upna It's
back. There is no water in that Or
ton, worn out creature.
It comes upon you like p sudde.i r,oW
These horses are being driven to e 1.
And whyp Because it is cheaper to Ia
them on this stage of thirty miles than
to feed them with ihaff at $3.50 ton.
And now another sways Look at the
throbbing sides, the quivering limbs.
He falls.
Driver, for heavens sake. can't you
seeT
II do; SO help me G9d | do. But
we've got to get there. I'll let them ont
at another mile
And You are an Anglo-Saxon, and this
is a Christian land. Round the Com
pass in Australia.
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Why She Reads the Last Chapter First.

Why She Reads the Last Chapter First.
"Of course always read the last chap
ter of a novel first" admitted a young
woman, land think it very sensible
plan. But ] read such books in two
different ways. l confess | read some
trash. When l get novel that l con-
slider in this class read the last chapter
first. Then read the next to the last
chapter, and so on until / finish the first
chapter. | find that the only way in
which to ENJOY such books If | read it
straight through from the beginning
would never be in doubt as to the end
ing. have read so much of this light
literature that 1 can always tell pretty
well on reading the first chapter or two
what the outcome of it will be.
son the other hand, if begin at the
end my curiosity is aroused to a lively
pitch. Here l have the unraveling of
misunderstanding and the restoration
to happiness of all the worthy people in
the book. But l cannot tell how the
doubts and differences came about. One
can anticipate the close of such novel
near its beginning, but not its beginning
near its close. So l read the chapters in
reversed order with continued pleasure"
New York Tribuffe.,
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Not snnerstitions

Uncle Job Mcintosh, an elderly negro
who lived not many years ago on one OF
the Georgia sea islands with his wife
Hannah, used frequently to rebuke his
wife for her "slooperstishin. "Yo's a
heap too slooperstishis, Harnah," he
would say. "Why ain. you done obsarve
me, ole 'oman? Yo' aim nebber seen me
min no slooperstishin. Dey ain no dog
howlin wot kin skeer me; dey ain no
black cat wot kin make me beleebe dat
TIE gan fer to die!"
Aunt Hannah paid no attention. She
was accustomed to let Job assert his SUI
perior virtues without contradiction, be-
ing quite aware that he was no better
nor wiser than his fellows.
The very night after this positive as
sertion on Jobs part of his independence
of superstitions Aunt Hannah was sud
denly taken very i'll with cholera NOR
bus. Job, after satisfying himself that
her case was really alarming, set out
just at sunrise to fetch the doctor.
He was just making his way in de-
pressed frame of mind through the path
overgrown with wild orange and jas
mine that leads from his cabin to the
boat landing. His eyes were upon the
ground. Suddenly he became aware that
some object was confronting him on the
path and he looked up with start.
There standing facing him was big
black cat, its glossy back arched, its tail
erect and swollen to what seemed an ex-
traordinary size, and its golden eyes
glittering in the light of the rising sun.
1t was merely some wandering tabby OF
large size returning from nights foray
and startled by Jobs quick approach in
to making bold show of resistance, but
to the Negroes dazed eyes it twas an aston
ishing and terrible object.
Job threw up both hands and screamed:
"'Tain't me, Marse Satan! Tain't me
OATS sick, tells We. It's my ole oman
Hannah dat ye come fer 'Tain't me,
Marse Satanp
Jack Tolliner, on his way to the rice
plantation, came up just at this moment
and took in the whole situation, and
while the cat turned and ran off through
the jungle, Jack laughed long and loud
at Jobs fright.-Youth' Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Only a Score of White Rhinoceroses.

From a letter addressed to that re-
nowned sportsman, Mr.. Selous, it ap-
pears that that curious and rare animal,
the white rhinoceros, has not yet gone
the way of the dodo and the great bus
tard, though some have ventured to give
Mr.. Selous' authority for saying that he
is extinct. 1t is to the occupation of
northern Mashonaland, which has kept
the native hunters to the west of the
Umniati river, that this gentleman at
tributes the fact that in this part few
specimens still survive the constant per-
secution which in less than twenty years
has utterly exterminated them in every
other portion of south central Africa
''There may yet" Mr.. Selous adds, ''be
ten or even twenty of these animals left,
but certainly not more, think, than the
latter number. London News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
OFFERING REWARDS.

Russian Authorities Trying a New Plan
to Drive the Jews from Moscow.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE cruel persecu-
ton of the Jews at Moscow has as
sumed a new form, the police having
called on civil authorities to aid them in
hunting down Jews who remain in
Moscow contrary to the recent decree.
The authorities have offered reward
of 5 roubles for every Jew whom a
house porter denounces as living in the
house without permit, and in case of
the police discovering any Jew in any
house who has not been denounced by
the house porter they fine the porter
double the amount of the reward he
yyould have received.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
PAYING A DEBT OF KINDNESS.

An Indian Brave Who Never Forgot the
Mercy Shown His Band.
About the middle of this century there
was o terrible uprising among the Yucca
tan Indians. For time they were able
to wreak vengeance on their white con-
querers, and their ferocity and cruelty
were horrible. Even SO dark page of
history as this, however, is not without
its story of kindness and mercy between
enemies. The town of Peto was so sit
uated in the Indian territory that it was
taken by the Indians and recaptured by
the whites many times. Once, when 1t
was in the hands of its rightful owners,
a number of Indian prisoners were held.
Less cruel than the savages, the whites
killed only in battle; they allowed their
prisoners to live. But provisions became
more and more scarce, and the Indians
were left to die of hunger. One day Don
Marcos Duarte, wealthy inhabitant OF
the town, was passing the house where
the Indians were and stopped, shocked
at the sight of miserable. emaciated
creature.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
81 am eating my shoes, as you see, :
was the reply. 81 am starving to death.
For twelve days we have had almost no
food. Most of my companions are dead
and the days of the rest are numbered. /"
Don Marcos looked at the miserable
survivors and said, "You and they shall
live" and he sent them food every day
and finally. procured their freedom.
Whatever were the rights of the ques-
ton between Indians and whites in this
case, human pity spoke first in his heart.
Some time later Peto was captured by
the Indians, and the inhabitants were
massacred. Don Marcos, with his wife
and children, awaited death on their
knees in prayer They heard a party of
savages approaching the house, and felt
that the end had come.
The head of the band, however, sta
toned sentinels around the house and
gave this order, "Not hair of the head
of this man or his family is to be touched.
on pain of death"
The family of Duarte was the only one
that was spared. The Indian who had
inspired the pity of Don Marcos was
paying his debt.
Twenty years afterward in success
full uprising the Indians sacked a num-
Der of villages and country houses. They
retreated loaded with spoil and drag
ging with them many household serv-
ants, of whom they intended to make
slaves. The chief of the expedition asked
one of them what was the name of his
master.
s'Don Marcos Duarte," he replied.
The chief Immediately called halt.
"How many men belong to Don Mar
cos?" he asked.
''Twenty-four," replied the man to
whom he had spoken.
"Name Them" said the chief.
Having collected the twenty-four men,
he returned to them the spoil which had
come from the Duarte house and said,
$50 home, friends; you are free" 1t
was the Indian once more paying his
debt.-Youth's Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
A Favorable Report Made On an Amended
Bill for Its Opening.

A Favorable Report Made On an Amended
Bill for Its Opening.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house
committee on Indian affairs has made a
favorable report for the purchase of the
Cherokee strip, in an amended form.
The original bill appropriated $500, 900
for the purchase of this land, the money
to be paid at once. The committee,
after a careful consideration, reached
the conclusion that the treasury could
not stand this large payment and
amended the bill so rs to provide for
the payment of half million in cash,
the balance to remain in the treasury at
per cent, payable in five years or
sooner should the government desire to
do co
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Ferry Boat Frozen I'm.

PoRr HURON, Mich, Jan. 1.-THE
steamer Omar D. Conger, of the Sarnia
and Port Huron ferry line, became fast
in the ice in the st. Clair river with
twenty passengers On board. The boat
is still fast, but the passengers are
gradually being gotten ashore after a
wild night and without supper or break
fast. 1t is bitterly cold and the river is
freezing rapidly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
where Crocodiles Are Found.

Crocodiles are found in Africa, Asia,
the tropical parts of Australia, Central
America and the West Indies, while the
alligators, with the exception of one spe-
cies discovered some few years since in
China, are found only in America. They
are all of them terribly destructive crea-
lures. The young feed principally on
fish, but as they grow larger they attack
every animal that they can overcome,
dragging their prey into the water and
SO drowning it. 1t has been said that
more people are killed by crocodiles than
by any other Of the wild beasts of Africa.
London Saturday Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Knew the snecies.

Spendall- gave you that five dollars
as friendly tip. Why do you hand four
dollars back9
Waiter-I likes to keep everything on
o business basis. sab. Gents volts SO
very friendly wen dey has money is apt
to come round tryin to borrer wen dey
gets broke. New York Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Kanna Has a Relanss.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. Senator Ken
ma, who was SO much better during the
morning that strong hopes of his recov-
cry were entertained. suffered relapse
about 3 p. m. He suffered intense pain
for hours from the spasmodic action of
the heart and his condition was said to
be such during the evening as to cause
the grayest anxiety among his friends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Leading Pianter Shot.

New ORLEANS, Jan. John G.
Chaffee, a leading merchant and planter
of this city, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by unknown parties in
the parish of st. John. The shooting is
shroaded in mystery. Affairs in the
country parishes tributary to New Or
leans are in an unsettled condition, and
the shooting may have resulted from
that cause.
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1893.
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Discussed Transcontipental Rates.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 11.-Representatiyes
of the transcontinental railway lines
discussed rates for three hours without
coming to any agreement, The gentle
men present represented the Northern
Pacific, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific.
Great Northern, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, Denver and Rio Grande, Mis-
souri, Pacific and st. Louis and San
Francisco. No serious stumbling block
has been struck. and it is said an agree
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-12
Worms That Are Good to Eat.

The earthworlns of Cape Colony,
South Africa, specimens of which may
be seen in any well regulated American
college museum, have maximum
length of feet 8 inches and are thick
accordingly. When Mr.. Nicer and the
other Dutch explorers first visited the
Good Hope regions these shiny creatures
were regular article Of diet. st. Louis
Republic.
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Z Decided To AnaeaI.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE committee
of prosecution having in charge the
case of DR.. Briggs met during the day
to consider their future course with
reference to an appeal. They decided,
after careful scrutiny of the judge
ment of the court, to appeal directly to
the general assembly.
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Has Certainly Perished.

AU TRAIN, Mich, Jan. 11.-Mat
Lampinf, a clearinghouse keeper at
Ridge, six miles east of here, went out
to look at section lines Sunday morning
and has not returned. He cannot have
possibly escaped death as terrible storms
have been raging for forty-eighS hours.
A rescuing party has been locking for
him but has discovered no trace of him.
He has probably been devoured by
wolves as there are large packs of these
brutes in the woods,
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AiteaIt Inaugurated.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Jan, ll.-Goyernor
Atgelt, the first Democrat to occupy the
executive chair of Illinois in forty years.
was indicted into Office at 2o'clock pm.
The ceremony took place in Representa-
tives' hall, before both houses OF the
1episIature.
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The Rieht Kina.

when does the ghost walk, inquire j
new actor Of the treasurer Of a I,ss-
porous company.
It doesn't walk at all : responded the
treasurer; lit rides. How much do you
wantsp Exchange.
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