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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
A Loud Telephone.

An English paper describes telephone
which will talk loud enough for person
in any part of large room to hear and
understand. Mr.. Graham, the inventor,
has succeeded not so much by an i'm
provemnt on the existing telephones as
by his method of arranging the circuit
and bringing its resistance as low as
possible. To this end the usual induc-
ton coil is discarded, and the two instru-
ments, transmitter and receiver, are d.
rectly connected in circuit with the line
and the battery. The transmitter at one
end of the line is connected to the re-
ceiver at the other end, and two separate
lines are employed having a common re-
turn wire. Two correspondents can thus
talk quite freely with each other, and as
the receivers speak out 30 as to be heard
in any part of a room conversation can
be carried on by each person simply
speaking to his transmitter.
The apparatus is attached to flexible
conductors and is held in the hand. To
open a conversation it is sufficient to
pick up the portable transmitter and
press button in its casing, so as to es-
tablish the circuit. The receiver at the
other end acts as its own call bell by the
loudness of its voice, and the response
comes equally prompt and loud. The
user has therefore no need to listen care
fully with one or two receivers held up
to his head. All he has to do is to speak
into his transmitter and keep his ears
open.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
A Canine Musical Critic.

A wonderful story of a French musical
critic is related by persons who profess
to have been acquainted with him and
who have seen him in attendance on
musical performances. He was a dog,
and his name in public was Parade.
Whether he had a different name at
home was never known. At the begin
ming of the French revolution he went
every day to the military parade in front
of the Tuileries palace. He marched
with the musicians, halted with them.
listened knowingly to their performances,
and after the parade disappeared, to re-
turn promptly at parade time next day.
Gradually the musicians became at
tached to this devoted listener.
They named him Parade, and one or
another of them always invited him to
dinner. He accepted the invitation and
was pleasant guest. 1t was discovered
that after dinner he always attended the
theater, where he seated himself calmly
in the corner of the orchestra and lis.
tened critically to the music. If new
piece was played, he noticed it instantly
and paid the strictest attention. If the
piece had fine melodious passages, he
showed his joy to the best of his doggish
ability, but if the piece was ordinary
and uninteresting he yawned, stared
about the theater and Enthusiastically
expressed his disapproval.-Manchester
Times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
A Persistent Counsel.

Mr.. Oswald has the reputation of be-
ing the hardest fighter" at the bar
Various stories illustrative of his persist
ency have recently appeared in the pa
pers, but have not seen the following,
which is perhaps the best: Mr.. Oswald
was arguing case in the court Of ap-
peal at great length. Already the court
had intimated pretty clearly that it had
heard enough, but Mr.. Oswald had
treated these intimations in his usual
manner and went on raising point after
point.
Really" at last one of the lord JUS
tees demonstrated, really, Mr.. Os-
valid, if you intended to rely on these
points, you should have raised them in
the court below"
$50 | did, my lord. - replied Mr.. o.
valid, but their lordships stopped me-
"They stopped you, did theyl" In
quired Lord Esher eagerly. How did
they do it?-London Truth. . o@G
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
An Abscess In the Church.

There is negro church in Somerville,
and some funny things happen there. It
seems that there was little recess be-
hind the pulpit which was used for the
pastors dressing room. One day in a
heavy rain the fresco fell with a crash
upon the floor. Preparations were made
to repair the damage with the customary
African promptness.
The pastor, however, soon got dis
gusted, and one morning, after getting
his feet covered with the dusty mortar,
he assembled the pulpit. Casting his eye
upon the dusty deacons Of the church, he
announced with dignity: "Bredren and
sisters, it GIBBS yo' pastor great pain to
call attention to the state of affairs in dis
yere church; but, bredren, de gospel in
dis yere church must cease to be dis
pensed with till de abscess in de rear OBJ
de pulpit am fricasseed."
The fresco was put up next day.-Bos-
ton Budget.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
RACING IN MODERN ROME.
Riderless Horses Goaded to Furious Spe
With Ralls of Prickles.

Riderless Horses Goaded to Furious Speed
With Balls of Prickles.
The prizes for these races were called
palii, and were usually pieces of brocade
or some other rich stuff, which was
thrown over the back of the horse that
won and so displayed to the people. We
also hear of a procession of the palli, so
no doubt they often took the form of
banner. The mobiles used to deposit them
in their chapels, and in the last days of
the papal government the French SOL
diers substituted for the procession of the
palii that of the bue grasso.
The pope's dragons used to gallop
through the Corso to clear it before the
race, and to warn the people that it
had actually started. Either mortars
We're fired or trumpets blown, but acci.
dents were perpetually occurring, and
when in 1886 two people were killed just
below the balcony where stood the Queen
Margherita, the Barbary races were for
hidden in the Corso for the future, though
renewed last year in very much modi-
fed form around the Piazza del Popolo.
The horses had no riders, but carried
two balls of lead, covered with prickles,
loosely attached by leather thongs be-
low the neck and on the back. So of
course the harder they galloped the more
these prickly balls danced up and down
and goaded them on.
Dasling furiously along the Corso,
they were past almost before people
knew that they had started, and in such
q narrow street, with such a crush of
people on either side and somebody al
ways trying to cross at the last moment
or stepping out of the throng to see if
they were coming, it was small wonder
that it was a dangerous game, though
of course the danger was in part also
the attraction.
A sheet was stretched across the street
to catch the horses at the back of Piazza
Tenezia, in the passage still called Via
della Ripresa de Barberi, in front of
which was cord covered with wet red
paint. This dropped before the rush of
the foremost horse, leaving streak Of
paint on his chest, and thus all knew at
once which was the winner.-Gentle-
mans Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
He Was Astonished.

: After q division of the house of parliar
mention motion of Mr.. Fox, Sir George
Young, who had been drinking all day
instead of attending to his parliamentary
duties, insisted on addressing the house,
but, beginning with II am astonished,"
could proceed no further. When hehad
repeated these words seven times. the
house was convulsed with laughter. The
baronet appealed to the speaker, who
pleasantly inquired what he would have
him do. Sir George grew very warm at
this and declared he would not give up
his favorits word, for" said he, II re-
ally am astonished, Mr.. Speaker" By
the advice of friends, however. he was
presently prevailed upon, after repeat
ing the word about dozen times more,
to change it to surprised" after which,
''having entirely forgotten what he had
intended to say" he sat down.-Argo-
maui
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
CERTAIN RUSTIC REMEDIES.
sSimples'' Which Country Folks Believe
Are Better Than Doctors Stuff.

sSimples" Which Country Folks Believe
Are Better Than Doctors Stuff.
"When the Adirondack native becomes
afflicted with any of the numerous small
ills which make mankind wretched,'
said q returned visitor, ''he does not
waste much time on doctors, but goes
straight to the woods or his attic for ma
lures own remedies. There Is one old
man whom have met with, packbasket
on shoulder and shears and a rough
board stool in his mittened hands, going
after yarrow, which, dried, is standby
for coughs when it has been made into
wicked looking brew. Fir balsam.
coaxed drop by drop from the 'blisters'
which swell on the balsam fir at moon
full, is sovereign remedy for lung and
chest complaints.
Gravel weed, by which name they in
suit trailing arbutus, is excellent for the
complaint which gives it its name, and
bladder root has desirable effect on the
kidneys and neighboring organs. Sage
tea, containing little summer savory,
Is efficacious for worms in children, for
which ammonia, stepped, is also used.
Sunfower seeds, stepped, strained and
sweetened with molasses will cure the
'whoop' in whooping cough. Horserad-
ish leaves, wilted and bound on the face
and back of the neck, will drive away
neuralgia, and nutmeg, bored and tied
about the neck, will keep it away. The
nutmeg must be renewed about once ev-
cry six weeks.
"Onions, sliced, pounded and placed
In q cloth and laid over the affected part
will draw out inflammation. A red
onion, halved, and with one part slight
ly scooped out and the cup placed over
q carbuncle or a boil will speedily re-
move the pus and has saved life. A red
worsted string tied about the neck will
cure and prevent nose bleed. This last
calls for some credulity, one might think,
but have seen it proved in one or two
instances.
There are many more of these sim
pie remedies in the north woods phar-
macopoeia which the wise ones have at
their fingers end, and if they are not
more widely used and money kept in the
overalls Of the thrifty native it is be-
cause lenient and fortunate fate pre-
sides over the incomes of the Adirondack
medicos. New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Don't Rrap.

There is no more childish trick than
the too common one of boasting One
encounters it everywhere, particularly
where ones antecedents are not realized
by the listeners. Older people indulge
in it more than their children, who seem
to have keener sense-in this way-of
the ridiculous, and women are far more
prone to it than men. This is, however.
because they care more for the pomps
and vanities of this world than do men
in general. If a man has weakness
for fine things, for swell society and
acquaintance, he is pretty sure to allow
his folly to creep out in the form of
brag. Such folks should serve as object
lessons for their fellows. In that sense
they are Of use in the world.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Not Hard.

The conductor of cable car ap-
preached a hard visaged woman and
asked for her fare.
$50 on with you, now; I've paid you
once" said the woman.
mo, you haven't"
eyes, have"
"Give me nickel or I'll put you off,"
"Do if you dare"
The conductor stopped the car and put
her off.
"Rather hard thing to do" said one
of the passengers, "but 1t served her
right, I suppose"
"Oh," the conductor smilingly an
swered, 'it wasn't hard for me to do, but
it isn't often have chance to get even
with her. | am her husband. Texas
Siftinps.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Sisterly Devotion.

The beautiful Margaret of Navarro
was devoted to her brother, Francis !.
When he was apparently dying at Ma
drid, she found her way to him through
privation and danger and succeeded in
effecting his deliverance. When he was
Ill at distance from her, she went every
day and sat down on a stone in the mid
die of the road to catch the first glimpse
of messenger afar off. And she said:
"Ahi whoever shall come to announce
the recovery of the king my brother,
though he be tired. jaded. soiled, di.
sheveled, will kiss him and embrace
him as though he were the finest gentle
man in the kingdom"
When he died. she seemed literally
heartbroken. and she did not long sur
vive him.-Youth's Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
BURNING bRlFTwooD.
Far more than al dared to dream,
Unsought before my door I see

var moro imam Id 0dfoo 70 OIcduS
Unsought before my door see
On wings of fire and steeds Of steam
The worlds great wonders come to mel
And all her signs, unmarked before,
or love to seek and power to save
The righting of the wronged and poor,
The man evolving from the slave.
And life, no longer chance or fate,
Safe in the gracious fatherhood,
] fold DER wearied hands and wait,
In full assurance of the good.
And well the waiting time must be,
Though brief or long its granted days,
If Faith and Hope and Charity
Sit by my evening hearthfre's blaze.
And with them. friends from heaven have
spared,
Whose love my heart has comforted,
And. sharing all NV joys, has shared
Ny tender memories of the dead.
Dear souls. who left US lonely here,
Bound on their last long voyage, to whom
We day by day are drawing near,
Where every bark has sailing room.
know the solemn monotone
OF waters calling unto me.
I know from whence the airs have blown
That whisper Of the Eternal Sea-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
HE BET ON LESTER.
And the Innocent Looking Stranger Landed
With Both Feet.

With Both Feet.
A man of unsophisticated appearance,
who seemed to be O stranger in strange
land, sauntered into down town pool
room and stared at the blackboard in
open nouthed wonder. One of the smart
young men who hang about the place
began to '.guy" the stranger and had,
as he thought, great deal Of fun. Some
of the attaches We're also greatly amused,
and when the innocent looking visitor
asked for an explanation of the letter
ing of the board it was given with q great
deal Of gusto.
What does that mean?" he asked.
pointing not overly clean finger.
"That's the name of the horse that's
in the race. It's Lester"
THAT horse is running on the track
somewhere, is her IS ssf4 a
''Oh, yes" interposed the smart young
man, land he is dead sure winner too. /"
"What do those figures meanr"
"They are Odds" s.
"Oddsp'
eyes. See, if you bet 81. you get g
back"
"Jimminityl Is that the way you do
business here"
"Oh. yes. It's just like finding money
here"
"Of course if the horse don't win the
race lose my dollar?" -
Cert" *. "
"CertY'
"Why, cert. It's an alright ctnch."
whats that?"
81 mean that you will be sure to win
your money. wouldn't be afraid to
risk S. anyhow. Have you got that
much?" : "
81 guess could get it. Who tskesthe
money hereT -- - :. L.
He was directed to the cashier and re-
marked:
81 want to bet that Lester wins that
race"
"AI right-2 to l."
81 guess I'll take about 5000 worth"
The cashier looked surprised, but said
nothing. He was too old in the business
to say anything of a startling nature.
The innocent looking stranger went
back and looked at the board for q few
minutes. - = .
"Well, if can win $500 might as
well double it," and he planked down
$500 more. 4 .>'
By this time the sports present began
to open their eyes, and the house grew
suspicious. The odds. Were reduced to
to 8, and 500 more was all the stranger
could place. The race was run, and
Lester was the winner. The innocent
appearing stranger handed up his tick
cts and demanded $1;2l0. There was
not that much money in the box, and
the proprietor dashed through a back
alley to bank and got it. The stranger
wadded it up, carelessly showed it into
his pocket and walked out-Indianapolis
News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
The Largest In the World.

Within sight of the station at Ather-
stone, on the London and Northwestern
railway, there is to be seen an enormous
earthenware jug, the largest in the
world. This capacious article was man.
ufactured at the Potteries, Church Ores
ley. over 80 years ago. Its holding ca
pacity, when full, is $50 quarts. and it is
so large that man can sit inside it. 1t
now rests over the front door of china,
glass and earthenware warehouse. -Ex.
chanpe
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19

Zone of my ancestors won battle
during the crusades by his skill in ham
ding his artillery" said the baron. :,
'But my dear baron" said his friend.
lat the time of the crusade gunpowder
had not yet been discovered" -nssFsA@
81 know that as well as you do. and
so did my ancestors" z.,.
"How did he win the battle, then7
HE brought his artillery to bear on
the Saracens, and the stupid fools, see
ing the guns, supposed that powder had
at last been discovered, and fed in dis
may."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Origin Of the Fan

The following Chinese legend accounts
for the invention of the fan in a rather
ingenious fashion: "The beautiful Kan
81, daughter Of a powerful mandarin, was
assisting at the feast Of lanterns, when
she became overpowered by the heat. She
was compelled to take off her mask But
as it was illegal to expose her face she
held her mask before it and gently fut-
tered it to cool herself. The court ladies
present noticed it, and in an instant 100
other hands were waving their masks
This was the birth Of the fan, which to-
day takes the place of the mask in Chi
na."-New York World. -. .s.&
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
The Age of Maturity,

Statistics are said to show that young
men do not on an average attain full
physical maturity until they arrive at
the age Of % years. Professor Scheiller
Of Harvard asserts, as the result of his OBJ
servations, that young men do not attain
to the full measure Of their mental facul-
ties before Is years of age. A shrewd
observer has said that most men are
boys until they are 30 and little boys un-
til they are %" and this accords with the
standard of manhood which was fixed
at 30 among the ancient Hebrews and
other races.-Jenness Miller Monthly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Franklin's Fate preflgured.

The fate of franklin, the explorer,
was unwittingly prefgured, and on the
eve of his starting on his last voyage. at
the hands of his own devoted wife. AS
he lay DOING on sofa Lady Franklin
threw something over his feet, on which
heawokein CONSERVATION, saying: "Why,
there's a flag thrown over nei Don't
you know that they lay the union jack
over q corpseg" Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Color Weddings.

The color weddings in which the bride
sacrificed even the traditional bridal
white Of her own gown to the prevailing
hue Of the decorations have not become
popular at all. They had some vogue
last season in London, but were only
read OF, not copied, over here. There
are some things whose changelessness
Is positively unassailable. and one of
these Is q white wedding gown.-Ex-
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Angelo.

Michael Angelo, while painting "The
Last Judgment" fell from his scaffold
and received painful injury in the leg
He shut himself up and would not see
any one. Bacio Rontini, a celebrated
physician, came by accident to see him.
He found all the doors closed. No one
responding, he went into the cellar and
came up stairs. He found Michael An
gelo in his room, resolved to die. His
friend the physician would not leave
him. he brought him out Of the pecul-
lar frame of mind into which he had
fallen.-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Women Farmers.

The farmer of the future will be a
woman. IL Michigan affords basis for
prophecy. In Wayne county alone there
are 900 women farmers, and in the
whole state 8,707, with an ownership of
$40, 489 acres. The value of the land is
estimated at $48, SOC, 900, and the earn
ings Of the women aggregate "a, s54. 800.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Her Reason.

He-So we are engaged. Isn't It lovely3
She-Perfectly. .- -
Hell wonderif anybody saw me when
I kissed you last night2
She-I hope so.
He-What?
She-I hope SO.
He-Whyf -ales
She-I mean business and want wit
nesses.-London Tit-Bits. .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
False Eyelashes.

Not content with false teeth and false
hair and other falsenesses, the Partisan
ladies are now wearing false eyelashes.
Long, dropping eyelashes can be- OBJ
tanned at quite reasonable cost, They
are threaded on fine needle, which is
drawn through the skin Of the eyelid in
loops, which are afterward cut. The
operation is said to be perfectly painless.
Paris Letter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19
Artificial Honeycombs.

An interesting east side street vender
of the German quarter is stout, clean
shaven, neatly dressed man who bears
upon his head shining tin pan filled
with golden honeycomb. a spotless
white head cushion receives the bottom
of the pan, and a knife handle shows In
air above the honeycomb. The latter,
as well as its sweet contents, looks gen.
uine, and doubtless east side Germans
are tempted by the sight and arein COM
Portable ignorance Of the fact that arti-
fetal honeycombs are nowadays filed
with artificial honey. with the result Of
deceiving all save the bees.-New York
Cy1p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-19

ThOs. F. Cakes, H, C. Payne, H C. Rouse Receivers.
The Republican journal., 1893-10-26


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The Republican journal., 1893-10-26

In times past we d'epublicans) never
slrank from responsibility We met to-
gether in conclave and then agreed. We
now ask our brother Senators OF the other
side To meet together and consult with
one another If they do not like the Pres
iaent' plan let them give Us some other,
in Goa ) name, and let us settle this inn
portant question: If We cannot agree
With YOU we will give You manly "No-
MI. sherman then took the floor, and
after discussing the matter ii the journal
and the proposition to amend the rules,
called attention to the important legsa-
ton which had to be disposed of, The
Senate. he said had been in session over
two months and not single measure of
Importance had been passed. III this
continues. Mr.. Sherman added, the
Senate will no longer command the re-
spect Of an intelligent ana active people,
We must resort to some way hy which the
power If the majority may he exercised.
Ihe responsibility rests upon The olhcr
Side nt the chamber. They say thvy can
Wet agree. They must agree on else sur
ramdef their political power MI. Nher-
MAN delivered these sentences Witli 2real
taIee anG animation | haNe >af hcre
uore llat month WithoUt "paHin4 NV
in0uth desiring ~ Aear 'l@m tU 1htg
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