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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
where Tyndall wanted to Rest.

ssWhatever the late Professor Tyn-
dall's final wishes may have been, it was
not" writes correspondent, "his desire
at one time of hislife that his remains
should rest in the little graveyard at
Haslemere. I remember some 10 years
ago sitting next him at dinner party at
the late Earl of Dalhousie's and his ex-
patiating with much zest and eloquence
on his horror of being inferred in damp
spot. His final resting place, the pro-
fessor declared, was already prepared for
him near his favorite Alpine retreat-a
shelf cut in the hard rock, high up in the
pure, dry mountain air, where the nat
ural process of disintegration might be
accomplished with as few of the painful
adjuncts of decay as might be. He
laughingly volunteered to provide con-
tiguous rocky shelves for any like mind
ed friends.
Is. az may perhaps be allowed to add that
through all the intervening years have
retained a most vivid impression of the
enthusiasm with which Professor Tyn-
dali dwelt on the wilder beauties of ma
ture. He assured me that he lived on
Hindhead not for the sake of the exqui-
site summer days, but for'the wild even
ings of spring and autumn, when storms
and mists and rainclouds sweep across
the open hillside. His artistic enjoy
ment Of such q scene seemed to me quite
as keen as his scientific appreciation" -
Westminster Gazette. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
Remarkable stalactite Caves In Utah.


Two of the most wonderful stalactite
caves in the world are located within the
territory of Utah-one five miles south
of Toquerville and the other % miles
west of st. George. Neither is remark.
able on account of size, and to the best
of my knowledge the Identifying title Of
Hcavern" has never been bestowed upon
either of the two. They simply come
within the category of the wonderful be-
cause of the immense number of stalac.
tites of various sizes and colofs which
depend from their roofs. The first, the
one near Toquerville, is known as La
Virgin. and the other by then name of the
Black Warrior. s
The Virgin was discagered a few years
ago by the contractor of an irrigatino
company, who was engaged in driving a
tunnel through mountain called LA
Virgin Bench" for the purpose of tap.
ping.the river beyond. When the light
was first let into this wonderful under.
ground chamber, the effect is said to
have been startling, the roof and floor
glittering with cubes and points of crys.
tai alum and the roof studded with mil.
lions of rain colored stalactites.
The s'Black Warrior" cave is coun.
terpart of the Virgin and was discovered
by miners at point where their tunnel
was 365 feet beneath the surface. st.
Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOMS.
A Brides saIntation to Her IL usband Elect
aud IFfs pas,,bpaa

A Brides saIntation to Her usband Elect
and His Response.
A Chinese paper describ hes some anus
ing marriage customs. In small
mountain village between Kaga and
Etchu the bride comes to the bride
groom's gate and bawls out to him,
"Hello, brotherl I've come"
To which the other replies, 'Glad
you've come. J."
The bride then appeals to him,
"You'll never forsake me?''
And the bridegroom answers her,
We'll earn our living together.
With these assurances the bride comes
into the house, followed by a long pro-
cession of we'll wishers, old and young.
Cheap, muddy sake is distributed to
them, and they commence dancing and
are not content until the floor gives W y,
when they clap their hands, crying,
"How auspiciousl" and take their
leave.
At Kulita, in Echizen, the betrothal
takes place whvn the parties are or 8.
The boys parents and a deputation,
numbering from FIVE to fifteen, proceed
to the girls family, who, anticipating
their coming, spread mats before the
houses and await them. After the usual
salutation the. deputation present as a
betrothal present pieces of hand woven
cloth for cushions and at the same time
praises the girls family, who return
the compliment with interest. Here
the ceremony ends, and the deputation
take their departure. ..-...s 3
When the boy is Is or thereabouts,
he goes to stay with his betrothed' S
family and works like a mental at the
house for year, after which he is sent
home in fine apparel. Soon after the
girl comes, to her lovers house, accom-
panied with rustic music and songs.
The noise and hustle are as great as on
the festival day, Of the tutelary god.
When the girl comes to the house,
cushions made OF the cloth given by her
parents are piled one upon another for
her to"sit upon. On these cushions the
thrice repeated exchange of the triple
wine cups, the most important cere-
mony at a wedding, takes place.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
4 MOUTH CURVED up AT CORNERS.


The world is not so bad q place
AS the growling cyllio paints IL
And life III tho ma Il Is fair and sweet
Till selfishaess mars and taints It.
So don't belong to the pessimist crew
And don be oneof the seornefs.
Don't SO about with clouded brow
And mouth Drawn down at the corners.
Though fortune seeneth to frown on YOU,
BE neyelsyon Disconnected.
II you Put your mouth Into rainbow shape,
Pray let the bow be inverted
Though you be slighted by fortunes pets,
Though You be seorned BY the seorners,
Still keepa heart that Is brave aud strong
And o mouth curved up st the corners.
Don'tlook on life through a smoky gloss.
The world is much as you take it.
Twill yield You back u CLEAN of light
Or o glow of warmth il you make it.
However fortune may seem TO frown,
However may scorn the scorners,
Still face Your fate with a fearless eye
And mouth curved up at the corners.
Martha s. White in Good Housekeeping.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
A vILL.AeER.

There was no lad hantlsomer than Willie ives
The day that he canieito fathers house.
There was hone had an eye as soft an blue
As Willie's was when he came to WOO.
TO a laborfng life though bound thee be.
AMI on my fathers ground live free,
I'll take thee, said, for thy manly grace,
Thy gentle voice an thy loving face.
,Tis forty years now since we were wed.
Wear ailing an gray needs not TO be said,
But Willie'seye Is az blue and soft
AS the day when he wooed me in fathers
croft.
Yet changed am in body an mind,
For Willie to me has ne'er been kind.
Merrily drinking an singing with the men,
He 'ud come home late six nights of the seen.
An since hechildren be grown an gone
He 'as summed the house an left me lone,
An less an less he brings me in
o. the little he now has strength to win.
The roof lets through the wind an the wet,
An master won't mend it with us In q debt,
An all looks every day more worn,
An the best of my gowns be shabby an torn.
Nowonder If words had a-grown TO bio
That matters not, while nobody knows,
For love him shall to the end OF life,
An be, as l swore, his own true wife.
An when I'm gone he'll turn an see
His folly an wrong an be sorry for me,
An come to me there in the land o. bliss,
To give me the love looked for in this.
Robert Bridges.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

The one thing that is unforgiyable in
picture hangingis to string them along
the walls IN a line. Their loneliness is
pitiable. Next to that crime is the one
of arranging exactly symmetrical
groups, suggestive of nothing SO much
as lesson in geometry. Group pic
lures, group themsgraeefully, but don't,
when one has succeeded in making a
graceful bunch ON one side of the fire.
place, reproduce it exactly on the other
side.
According to one who speaks with
the emphasis of authority, delicately
framed water eolors the only proper
things for the drawing room, magnifi
cent oils for the library and hall, and
etchings and engravings for the dining
room. Meantime those who do as they
please will continue to hang their etch-
ings, water colors and oils exactly where
3 they will gain most pleasure from them,
taking care only not to place side by
side ridiculously inharmonious things.
The smaller the picture, or the more
full of detail, the nearer the level of
the eye it should hang. Sometimes two
parallel wires are brought straight up
to separate hooks On the picture mold
ing, but generally the old faj5ioned an
gle of wire is made. Gold and silver
wires are generally used, but it is said
. that small steel and iron chains are to
be used this winter for hanging dark
framed engravings and etchings. Some
of the daintier pictures, instead of be-
ing hCpg from the holdings, have wires
stretched tightly across the back and
are caught invisib1y on small screws
New York ,Jo1rnal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
uNcaE SANS WARShIPS.


Fitting Ono Of Them For a Cruise Costs o
Small Fortune. -.-
Furniture and supplies for Uncle
Sans new war vessels cost mint Of
money. To fit out one of these ships for
csuise is a bigger job than equipping a
first class hotel. Here is floating for
tress as long as two city blocks. with all
modern conveniences and complete res
taurant facilities lighted throughout by
slectricity-a gigantic fighting machine
and military barracks combined. Her
steel walls, bristling with guns, shelter
a small army of men. The New York,
for example, has a crew numbering 455,
besides 20 marines and Al officers. To
feed them all for a twelvemonth at the
governments rate of allowance, costs
100000.
On going into commission such ship
must be furnished throughout, from the
kitchen, which is as complete as that Of
great city hostelry, to the captains
cabin. She carries large stocks of sta
tionery, hardware and apothecaries'
goods, and is provided with tools for all
sorts of trades. Everything conceivable
that may be needed for purposes of war
and peace is supplied, because on the
high seas no shops or factories are ac-
cessible, Usually the vessel is pro-
visioned for only three months, because
there is no room to stow more. The ra-
tions are purchased by the navy depart
ment and comprise such necessities as
hard bread, cornmeal, oatmeal. hominy,
-four, salt pork, beans, peas, rice, pre-
served meats, butter, coffee and tea.
Every man in the navy, from the last
boy shipped up to the admiral, has an
allowance of 80 cents day for rations,
which he may draw either in food or in
money. The paymaster Of the ship has
charge of all the provisions, which are
dealt out by his ''yeoman," who is in
turn assisted by the jack-o'-dust. The
person last named attends to opening the
barrels and packages. Coffee and sugar
are served out once in 10 days, -four ev-
cry four days and meats daily. While
in port fresh provisions are furnished,
each man receiving one pound of fresh
bread, II pounds of fresh meat and one
pound of fresh vegetables per diem.
These take tho place Of the ordinary ra-
tions, only tea and coffee being provided
in addition. The allowance is at all
times so liberal that the enlisted men
cannot possibly consume the whole Of it,
so they take part of it in cash.-Phila-
delphia Times. ... =, .-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

the engineer came to d stop. declaring
that the bell ringing was the work ct
tramps, but a search for the ride steal
ers failed to reveal any, and the train
proceeded With almost human rogu-
cry Little Mineh again seized the
rope, but he was not content with one
jerk, and the way he pulled that rope
was caution. The enraged engineer
Slipped back in time to see the horse
tugging at the rope, which lie had bit
ten in two by his efforts, rs it his life
depended upon his ability to tear it out
of the train. oh. you little minchl So
it was you. was it? cried the engineer.
And the horse stopped and hung his
head much as a guilty. boy would have
done. The story was retold many times,
and the animal was named Little
Minch. Chicago Tribune,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
Sounds Like Boston.

Hortensia, said her father, will
you have some taters?"
eff you refer to the tarinaceous tu-
bers which pertain of the Solanum tu-
berosum and which are commonly
known as potatoes" replied the sweet
girl, Il should be pleased to be helped
to a modicum of the same But taters,
tatersl I'm quite sure, papa, that they
are something of which never before
had the pleasure of hearing"
The old man pounded Oh the tabloun-
til the pepper caster lay down for rest
and then remarked in a voice of icy
GOODNESS, Hortelfsta, will you have
some taters?"
Yes, dad, I will. .
Is our boosted high school system a
failure, or is it notT-London Tit-Bits
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
ROGUISH LITTLE MINCH.
The Trick by Which the Famous Rae,
Horse Got His Name. ....

The Trick by Which the Famous Race
Horse Got His Name. -...s.
Many stories are told of Little Minch,
the race horse, which indicate that he
is remarkably sagacious animal. Some
would assert that he is capable of rea-
soning, but horse fauciers are liable to
distort instinct and pure ROBUSTNESS
into reason and sagacity. 1t is said that
while this son of Glenelg was being
transported east after his sale as a year
hing he was given nickname by rail-
road engineer that was subsequently ap-
piled to the horse, and under it he won
his laurels. Little Minch's car was at
tached to the front end of apassenger
train, and the bellrope passed through
it, the same as it would through pas
senger car. The horse was playful, and
after several unsuccessful attempts to
seize the rope in his teeth the spiteful
little youngster finally got the cord and
gave it lusty jerk. The bell in the en-
CINE cab sounded, and the engineer, fear
ing something was wrong back in the
train, made haste to shut off steam and
apply his airbrake. After coming to a
stop he waited for the astopished tr7ir,
men to come up to bis
MED that any one had q
and the en- & eT piss /
with the TeulasIs,
caught ard ti.istetd
going aroa
But the
was hayii
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
stonned the Iy.1dinex.

Saxon girls / 900 years ago always
wore gold crown during the marriage
ceremony, this article being kept in the
church and a fee being paid the priest
for its use by the brides of the parish.
In the year 937 the Danes raided the
south of England and stole 100 church
crowns, and there was no marrying in
the afflicted villages for nearly six
months until new crown could be made.
Yankee Blade.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
The First Phenix.

Legend tells Us that the first phenix
was born in the garden of Eden and
had its nest in great red rose--the
first rose that ever bloomed. When the
angel drove Adam and Eve out of para
disc, spark of fire fell from the an
gels fiery sword and burned up the
phenix and his nest Out of the ashes
sprang a glorious bird, which also lived
500 years before mysteriously burning
itself, at every recurrence of which a
new phenix is said to arise.-New York
Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
What is

Castoria Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Parcgorc Drops Soothing SyrUps and Castor OIL
1t Pleasant guarantee is thirty years. by
Mothers Castora destroys Worms and allays
feverisbness CastOr;a vCNaiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhua and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teehing troubles constipation and fatulency.
Castori assimates the food, regulates the stomach
bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
tora is Childreu's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
Big Potatoes,

A French scientists plans for secur-
ing wonderful yield Of, potatoes are as
follows: He STEPPED his cuttings for "a
hours in solution of 6 pounds of salt
peter, 6 pounds of sulphate of ammonia
: and 20 gallons of water. He next al
lowed them to drain whole day in or
der that the eye buds might swell be-
fore planting. From potato cuttings
treated in this manner and planted in
the usual way he obtained yield of 40
tons of potatoes to the acre.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

Old authorities taught that peer, if
he wasted his property SO as to be un-
able to-support the dignity, could be
degraded by the king. 1t is now held
that degradation can be effected only
by vote of his peers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
WHY ambition. Is nonnred.

why do we honor ambition and do
spise avarice, while they are both but
the desire Of possession? inquired a
friend OF Richard Drtnsley Sheridan.
Because" answered he, .fhe one is
natural, the other aTtificiali the one the
Sign of mental health, the other OF men.
tai decay; the one appetite. the other
disease.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

The kings of Sardinia formerly de-
scribed themselves as = BY the grace of
God, king Of Sardinia, Of France, Spain
and England, of~Italy and Jerusalem,
of Greece and Alexandria, of Hamburg
and Sicily, ruler of the Midway sea,
master of the deep, king of the earth,
protector of the Holy Land"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
Good Cause For Suspicion.

s. John, exclaimed the nervous wo-
man, ''do you think there is burglar
in the house?" ........-. ...-.s. -.
Certainly not. Why, I haven't
heard sound all night. y ~s-a r..
That just what alarms me. Any
burglar who WASH foolish would keep
perfectly quiet so as not to excite our
suspicious Indeed, John, do SO wish
you would get up and look through the
housen Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

Court life in Stockholm is reduced to
the simplest proportions. Each of the.
young princes is devoted to some spe-s
ciaI study, and both the king and queen
have always striven to be their chill
dren's chief friends and confdants.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
CastOria.

"Castoria is SO we'll adapted f. .niIt'ran 'hs
recommend it as superior to any slescriptc
known to me-"
Fl. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
i'll So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. y
COR physicians in the chihTen's depart
r,lent have spoken highly of the!t exueri
ence in their outside practice ":tH >asLoria
and althot - we only have among on
medical 81; res what is know. as resnla'
products, yer. vre are free to confess thai tn
merits Of CaStoria has Won US &C took Nit!
favor u eon it,
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARI
Boston, Fak'
ALIEN c. SMITH, Pres,
II roy So ~t, New York City.
90 - Ssszs3ssSsss g lzszSx 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

The oldest ruins in the world are
probably the rock cut temples of Ipsam-
bull, or Abon Samboul, in Nubia, on
the left bank of the Nile, They are
over A, 900 years old.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

The little island Of Iceland, with
about 10000 Inhabitants. has the same
number Of newspapers as the great en-
pire of China.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
a saddler. petition.

SPRtsaFIEID. lis. Feb. I'll. G.
Med .iry 81. Ii Cros.e, Wis, president
of tbs wfat de sid ny association. of
tlr e ats pd her members
OF I'll tn Hered before Gov
er iial. al etitioiled HIM to
ebs,I Df saddles lly
co. ss mo lenitens
tlafles is1I took the matter
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

Coins with dates referring to ammo
Doluini" IA d. cannot be found bear
ing an earlier Gate than tiiatof the four
teenth century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

The apple parcr was given to the pub
lie in 1853. AGtlre present day one east
ern firm makes over ,27 900 a year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
WEST BOUND
2 00p.m. ,LV. Sank Centre Ar. u go q. m.
1925 Long Prairie l:i5 -
500 Ar. Eagle Bend Lv. $50 -
$3.50 Wadena q 8:I5
85n Pork Rapids " 600 -

Daily trains between st. Paul. Minneapo-
lis, Sioux City. st. Cloud, Sank CtLLre,
Crook ston, Moorhead, Fargo, Grand Forks.
Grafton, Winnipeg. Devils Lave, Great Falls,
Helena, Butte, Kalispell, Spokane and Sc
attic.
Pacific coast trains run palace sleeping
and dining cars, buffet, library, observaI ion,
smok ing cars, first and second class coaches,
free coIoBiS sleepels. etc
Connections at ST Paul, Minneapolis with
trains TO and from Lake Sup-Iior points,
Chicago, st. Louis and the east, south and
south west.
Crosses the Rocky and Cascade mountains
in daylight, giving passengers a chance TO
see some OF the finest scentry in America.
Steamer and rail conn ectiOns at seattle
for Puge: Sound points, California, Alaska,
China and Japan.
Connections at BOnner's Ferry, Idaho. for
Keotenai river and lake points; al Wen
atchee, WASH. for Lake Chelan, the upper
Colum bia and the OkanOgau district.
Tickets sold and baggage checked 20 all
principal points. For publications and in
formation about rates, routes, etc, apply 10
JAS. A. NORRIS, Agent,
Sank Centre, Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

All Catholic princes give the pope the
title of holy father or venerable father.
In replying he calls them my dearest. !.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
CastOTia.

"Ca--..oc-ia is an excellent medicine for cllN-
dren. Mothers have repeatedly tod HE of its
good effect upon their children
.~ De-. G. c. 0SGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy foreA'1rca of
which am acquainted. hope tie 10y IS Of
far distant when mothers will cOusi Ter the real
interest of their children, and use Castori2 in
stead of the various uack nostrums which are
destroying their loveG ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfu
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. J. +. KIECHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22

The Centaur Company, II 4