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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
VERGE OF STARVATION.
Thousands Of People in North
ern Louisiana in Pitiable
Condition.
Unless Relief Is Immediate
Many Deaths from Hunger
Will Result.
Boards Of Trade in Southern
Cities Raising Funds for
the Sufferers.

&eMpHIs, Feb. S.-Four thousand peo-
pie in Concordia and Cathula parishes,
in the northern portion of Louisiana,
are on the verge Of starvation. Infor-
nation just received from that section
shows that the people are in pitiable
plight and unless relief is given them at
once many deaths from starvation will
result. The floods of last summer de-
stroyed their crops and the water re-
manned on the earth SO long that it was
not possible to plant cotton or anything
else beyond some quickly ripening vege-
tation. Hundreds left, others were
unable to leave. Those remaining,
however, subsisted during the winter
on wild grain, but as much grain had
been destroyed they have nothing to
keep body and soul together. The pres
idents of the exchanges in Memphis,
vicksburg and New Orleans havecalled
meetings of their organizations to raise
funds for the sufferers. The New Or
leans board of trade heads the list with
$1,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Using UP the Earth,s stores,

The death of the earth and sun must
both come. and with their death the end
OF all life upon this earth, but the human
race of today is taking care that it shall
cease to exist millions of years before
this shall come to pass.
So rapidly have two kinds Of accunu.
lated earth stores petroleum and nat
ural gas been exhausted in America
that within one generation alone stores
which were millions of years accumu-
iatlng VIII have been almost wholly ex-
hausted. And all this time populat,on
increases SO fast that at the rate of
growth during the last twenty years the
inhabitants of Great Britain in i89 wears.
time will Number more than 300 900 600
If indeed it were not practically an impos-
sibility for them to exist with only d
square feet of earth surface apiece to
live on Westminster Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
AMERICAN BEAUTY.
COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF
GIRLS IN TWO CITIES.

The California Young Maiden Is Claimed
to Be Nearer Perfect as to Form Than
Her Sister In New York = Interesting
Companions as to Feet.
A sculptor's ideal of beauty is evolved
On mathematical principles. A perfect
woman is or n or 8 heads tall; her
shoulders are two heads wide; her legs
are 81 to 81 heads long; her waist is 8
heads in circumference. But the size of
heads varies in women who are equally
perfect in shape; the head of the Venus
de Medici is nearly one-eighth less in pro-
portion than that of the Venus of Milo OF
the Cnidian Venus of Praxiteles, which
was esteemed by the ancients the most
perfect statue in existence. The Medici
Venus is slim, slender girl, whose pro-
portions resemble the statues of Psyche.
Living reproductions of her are more
frequently seen in New York than here.
There fell into, The Argonaut's posses
sion list of measurements of the pro-
portions of young lady of San Fran
cisco, who is looked upon as being beau
ttful and having a fine figure-in short,
typical California girl. With these we
have compared a similar ground plan Of
New York girl which we secured at
the time Professor Sargent was collect
ing statistics concerning the young
women in eastern seminaries; likewise
the measurements of Ballow's well
known ideal beauty. They compare as
follows:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
AN EASTERN BEAUTY.
Then, on sudden. came maid

Then, on sudden, came maid
With tambourine to dance for us
Allah IL allahi II was she,
The slave girl from the Bosporus
That Yussuf purchased recently.
Long narrow eyes, rs black as black
And melting, like the stars In June;
Tresses of night drawn smoothly back
From eyebrows like the crescent moon.
She paused an instant with bowed head,
Then, at motion of her wrist
A veil of gossamer outspread
And wrapt her in silver mist.
Her tunic was of Tifiis green
Shot through with many starry speck;
The zone that clasped 1t might have been
A collar for q cygnet's neck.
None of the twenty charms she lacked
Demanded for perfection's grace;
Charm upon charm in her was packed
Like rose leaves in a costly vase.
Full in the lanterns colored light
She seemed thing Of paradise.
knew not II saw Alright,
Or II my vision told me lies.
Those lanterns spread q cheating glare;
Such stains they threw from bough to vine
As II the slave boys here and there
Had split q jar of brilliant wine.
And then the fountains drowsy fall.
The burning aloes' heavy scent,
The night, the place, the hour they all
Were full of subtle Establishment.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich In Harper's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Big Land Company Collapses.

DENISoN, Tex, Feb. ga sensation
was produced in financial circles wher
it was learned that the Denison Land
and Investment company had gone into
the hands of receiver, w. G. McGin.
ness. vice president of the First Nation
al bank. The investment company wa.
organized during the great boom with
W. B. Rice, of Kansas City, as presi
dent. The capital stock was 81, 2OO, 900
This land syndicate was instrumental
in building the cotton mill at a cost Of
$500, 200, and over 81 ,000, 900 was spent
in improvements. The reaction of thu
boom and internal discussions have
caused the collapse.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
badness Among young PeonIe.

IF the unsatisfactory statistics that |
have been able to collect can be relied
on, the proportion of badness in boys
and girls under twenty is about eighty
to seven. AS the majority of girls at
the age under consideration wear their
hair loose, or in simple marguerite
braids, so that there is little likelihood
Of deception, while unwholesome head
gear or other individual practices can
hardly as yet have had time to produce
any material effect upon either sex, we
may regard the differences indicated By
the figures as practically due to the
working Of heredity alone. Miss E. y.
Andrews in Popular Science Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

Items of Minor Importance in q Con.
densed Form.
The coast defense vessel Monterey has
been formally accepted by the govern
ment.
The secretary of war has approved
the Kessler site at Helena for the new
Montana military fort. It is near the
Broadwater hotel, and contains 1,04O
acres-4O more than the law required.
The United States fish commissioners
have selected the Davies site for fish
hatchery at Bozeman, Mon. It con-
tains eighty acres and has the necessary
water facilities.
A consignment of 100000 souvenir
50-cent silver coins of the date of 1898
was received at the sub-treasury at
Chicago, Monday. THERE'S now plen-
tiful supply of the coins on hand, the
total value being in the neighborhood of
$400, 900,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
The Worthy Novel.

The novel that is worthy of the name,
and which is calculated to render a
broader service than the pecuniary COM
pensation Of its author. is the one which
takes the problems of life as they present
themselves to us all. and by the example
of the characters portrayed teaches us
the way to their proper solution; that
presents us with types of manly and
womanly character that may inspire the
reader to emulation of their excellences,
and that is withal natural, helpful,
concrete story of life of lives. Such a
novel is worth all the literary freaks
that ever have been or ever will be pro-
duced. -Donahoe's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
DIED OF SUFFOCATION.
Four Lives Lost by the Burning OF
Kansas Cffy nUollinD

Four Lives Lost by the Burning OF q
Kansas City Dwelling.
KANSAS CRY, Feb. S.-Mrs. Stephen
James, Emma James, aged %, Arthur
James, aged Z, and Joe Mitchell, aged
&, We're burned to death here at 10
o'clock in a fire which destroyed the
little cabin of Stephen Jones at 121
West Bath street. All the victims are
colored. The fire caught from an over
heated stove, and while all the occu-
pants of the house were asleep. When
the fire department arrived on the
scene James had just been awakened
and was rushing from the building
badly burned. The charred remains of
the others were discovered in the ashes,
and as they had not moved, they proba-
bly, died from suffocation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

Great men and little men,
Short men and tall;
Great men have great minds,
And small men, small;
Great minds rob little minds,
All to make name;
So great minds get greatest minds-
And this is fame.
Rich men and poor men;
Rags at Riches door:
Rich men have rich friends,
And poor men, poor; !
Rich men live by poverty,
Poor men live by stealth;
So rich men get richest men
And this Is wealth.
Pretty maids and plain maids;
Maidens altogether;
Pretty maids have pretty ways
To keep mankind in tether,
For maids are weak. and men are
strong,
Till Cupid fits above;
Then men are weak. and maids are
strong
And this Is love.
-Cornhill Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
BOYCOTT BREWERS.
National Brewery Workmen Make
Demands of St. Paul Brewers.

National Brewery Workmen Make
Demands of ST. Paul Brewers.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-A telegram has
been received here by the executive
board of the United Brewery Workmen
from National Secretary Ernst Kurzen-
kabe, who is in st. Paul. The message
stated that he had called on the brewers
of st. Paul and conferred with them
about signing contract with the
United Brewery Workmen, but the
only action they took was to ask for
sixty days to think over the matter.
The board telegraphed Mr.. Kurzenkabe
that the brewers had had sufficient time
to consider everything, and if they did
not come to decision at once boycott
proceedings would be instituted imme-
diatAly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Twenty Thousand SHORE.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. S.-The
legislative committee selected to ex-
anime the accounts of the Rev. s. S.
Buchanan, late treasurer of the state
insane asylum, have reported. They
discovered a shortage of 5000.
The Rev. Mr.. Buchanan, was trea-
surer Of the institution for ten
years. Members of the committee say
his shortage for his entire term may
reach $4,000. He is one of the best
known Cumberland Presbyterian min
listers in the United States.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Fire i'm the Shoe District.

BOSTON, Feb. 8.-The shoe district of
Boston was visited by disastrous fire
during the evening, the scene of the
confagration being the SO called ''Moren
building" 276 to 2S0 Congress street.
The total loss is estimated at upwards of
$500, 600. The building was of brick, six
stories in height, and occupied by boot
and shoe manufacturers and a ma
chinery warehouse and contained large
stocks of goods upon every floor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Not the Weaker Sex.

To refer to women as the weaker sex,
a German scientist says. is surely mis-
take, for they have always known how
to preserve their dominion over the so
called stronger sex. Men are indeed wo-
mems most obedient slaves. Solomon
said his wives were bitterer than death,
and surely there never was greater slave
to woman. Statistics show that seven
wives survive every ten famous men.
Heloise survived the loss of her beloved
Abelard twenty-five years. and similarly
the wife of Washington, though she de-
clared she could never get over the death
of her husband, outlived him thirty
years.-San Francisco Argonaut
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Experiments with Pigeon.

Experiments have recently been made
to determine the length of time through
which q carrier pigeon will preserve ths
'shoming" instinct-that is to say, how
long bird must be kept away from i.s
original or home loft before it viii loss
the instinct to return. Recently seventy
two pigeons in the German military sery-
ice were taken from Mayence to Bruins.
wick, distance of ITO miles. and kept
10 captivity month. Then they were
liberated. They started instantly in the
direction Of Mayence and arrived there
IN At hours. Youths Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Four Children Roasted to Death.

BELLAIRE, Mich, Feb. 8.-The house
of Oliver Patti, three miles north of
this place, was burned during the night.
Three of Mr.. PATHS children, aged 10,
10 and years, were roasted to death,
A neighbours boy. Taylor by name, who
had been playing with the children, also
lost his life. The bodies when found
were charred almost beyong recogni-
ton, and there were evidences of a
frightful struggle with the flames.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
President Woods Dead.

CHICAGO. Feb. 8.-Presiient Arthur
T. Woods, formerly professor of me-
chanical engineering at the Illinois
State university, and later professor Of
dynamic engineering at Washington
university, st. Louis, died OF typhoid
fever at the Grand Pacific hotel, this
city, Tuesday, after brief illness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Nfinnesota Cburch turned

WABAsHA, Feb Sire destroyed st.
Felix Catholic church during the after
noon. The loss is $4,000. All the
church furniture and adornments were
burned, not an article of any descrip-
tion being saved The fire originated
in the sacristy from unknown causes.
st. Felix's was one of the finest churches
in the state, -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
ROYAL Road to WeaIth.

There's man. said Jobbins. that
came here two years ago with only 5000
to his name. Now he's worth cool
million if he's worth cent
"You don't say SO, said jerks. How
did he make SO much money in SO short
timer
"Weh," said Jobbins. ''he invested his
5000 in tailor's shop and then made
love to the very richest girl in town.
6omerville Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKES.

A Town Partially Destroyed and
~ Many Lives Lost.
ATHENS, Feb. 1.-THE island of Zante
was shaken during the morning by an
earthquake. In the town of Zante
many houses were wrecked and the oc-
cupants ran into the street. The dome
of the prison fell and many prisoners
were killed. Many dead bodies have
been found in the ruins and hundred
or more persons are reported to have
been injured severely. It has been inn
possible to get further details. The
government has sent out troops with
provisions for the relief of the home
less.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Persuaded TO WORK.

While in Cajamarca in the Cordilleras
was sitting with my hosts one even
ing at the door of their house. Sud
denly there was great noise in the
quiet street. and a horseman rode up.
1t was a friend of the family, who was
on his way to settle an account with a
troublesome debtor. When we limited
that creditor would hardly be ordina-
rily received at such an hour, he touched
something hangingon the pommel of his
saddle. and said that he had something
there which would settle the matter.
His debtor was an Indian who lived
not far away in the country. and who
had promised to make for him 300 or 400
large adobe bricks in payment for some
small wares which he had purchased
two years before. He seemed perfectly
willing to fulfill his contract, and when
ever he was reminded of it would prom
Use to be on hand the next day: but he
never appeared.
The merchant was repairing his house,
and according to the custom of the coun.
try had taken the law into his own
hands. An horr after he left us he re-
turned. calling out triumphantly. well
have my man. you see. /"
His lasso was unrolled. One end was
tied to his saddle; the other was fastened
about the wrists Of an Indian. I shall
never forget the captive's impassive face.
His strong features, framed in long locks
of hair, expressed neither anger nor as
tonishment- only philosophical submis-
sion to fate. The next day at dawn saw
him cheerfully at work with the air Of q
man who was glad to pay his debts.
Curiously enough, when some time
later another man wished to engage his
services he declined the offer. He liked
his employer and his work and had no
desire to better his condition. Marcel
Monnier.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
WHY It Is Dfscredited.

A petition written to parliament in
1913 has, it is said. been discovered in
Maine. 1t is written in ink on hand
made paper. and the sheets are fastened
together with a brass pin. That an en-
thusiast with completed petition should
have omitted to present it is the only
thing that throws doubt on the story -
New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Tides Again.

II heard the dreadful word tidy"
said woman day or two ago. land a
saleswoman at an art counter showed
me collection of ribbon wheels. lace
trimmed, which she said were intended
as such chair trimmings Does this mean
a return to millinery on our chair backs.
IwonderY'-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
AN ELEVATOR DESTROYED.

Twenty-Five Thousand Bushels of
Wheat Burned at Ardock, N. d.
ARDocK, Feb. 1.-During terrible
blizzard Tuesday the Farmers elevator
burned to the ground. The elevator
contained about q, 900 bushels Of wheat.
The loss Is covered BY insurance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09

The largest electric locomotive yet
built has been finished at Baden Zurich.
1t Is believed that 1t will show extraordi.
nary speed, as it is gagged so as to de
velop not less than 1000 horsepower.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Deserving Their Homes.

CINCINNATI, Feb. S.-The Mahonning
river at this point is raging torrent of
water and ice. The surrounding coun-
try is flooded and number of residents
were compelled to seek places of safety
by means of boats.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Fort Randall scheme Defeateei.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-Tne Fogt
Randall Military reservation bin W.
defeated in the house committee i
military affairs. The scheme TO s.ee
the land embraced in this resers saiEn &C
the State Of South Dakota was, there
fore, also defeated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09

On clear night red light can be
seen at greater distance. it is said than
white light, while on dark night, It
Is claimed. the result is just the reverse.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
A Pair Of Pheasants.

When a resident of Bellefonte. Or.
picked up pheasant he had shot in the
mountains near his home he was sur
prised to find that the bird was con-
structed on the plan of the Siamese
Twins. Both birds he asserted were
perfectly developed and the connecting
link was ha an inch long and quarter
of an inch thick and joined them Just in
front of the wings. Philadelphia Ledger
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G.. G. OsGooD,
Lowell Mass
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-08-22
THE BOOK OF THE FAIR,

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However this may be, the present bril-
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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-08-22

The New York Morning Advertiser
sensibly says that the house will devote
one more week to an utterly useless
rhetorical display in connection with the
silver question. Nobody even pretends
that any really good purpose is served
by the speech-making. 1t does not in.
duce a change of opinions, it develops
no new facts, it results in no discoveries.
1t merely affords shoddy politicians a
chance to have their valuable views
printed and circulated among their con.
stituents at government expense. 1t is
not probable that a vote will be reached
before Monday, the 29th, and it is not
absolutely certain to be taken then.
There is a bare possibility that the sen
ate will come to a vote upon the bill re-
ported by the committee on finance,
before tie week is out, but it is more
probable that the free silver men will
occupy the greater part Of the time in
laying the foundation for the bitter oppo-
sition to the repeal of the Sherman law
which they have determined upon They
are satisfied hat it is in the senate that
the real fight must be made. They seem
have come to the conclusion that moth
ing can be hoped for from the house.
If it is true that the Sherman law is
responsible for the troubles that have
come upon the business interests of the
country, and the democratic party de-
clares that it is, it ought to have been
repealed ten days ago. To yield to the
temptation to exploit their oratorical
powers when each days delay only adds
the distress in which the business
is plunged is to be guilty of
nothing less than treason to the people.
A malicious purpose to injure them could
ind no more effective way TO do SO.