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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
Finy.two Dividends.

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to receive only two dividends year,
aud If they are paid with regularity are
fully satisfied When one, however. can
receive htty-two dividends in year NJ
en- an investment of only three dollars
the matter deseI yes very serious atten
ton -
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Finance. Biblical Research. SUNDAY
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
stsamship Shaft Indicators.

One Of the most notable marine de-
vices in the engine room Of first class
steamships Is an arrangement by which
the engineers are enabled to know wheth-
or that part Of the shaft which extends
outside the ships hold is working smooth
~ OF not. In all twin screw ships this
runs through Q sort Of tunnel fastened
to the ship with big brackets. Of course
it Is impossible to get at this shaft dur
ing q voyage. On the Paris, for in
stance, this Is said to be 40 feet long. To
meet the objection In question a little,
fine tube is made to pass along the top
Of the shaft which runs inside the ship,
Just over the shaft, and water is con-
stantly running through this tube in a
fine stream. The engineer on watch fire.
Quently tries the temperature of this
water with his hand, so that if the water
were warm he would know at once that
something was wrong with the working
Of the shaft and it would be slowed down,
or this not remedying the trouble the
engines ON that side would be stopped
New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
Eccentricity In Literary Taste.

Curious whims arc occasionally shown
by readers at the Public library. There
was woman who regularly every Fri
day came for volume of sermons. She
did not mind whose sermons, nor what
the subject, SO long as they were reli-
gious discourses of some sort. Monday
she would come back, return che SER
mons and take out novel to unbend
her mind until the next Friday, when
the sermons would again be in demand.
There was another woman who would
never read anything but religious
novel. as she called it, not such one
as "Ben-Hur" or one with a particular
religious tenet to inculcate, but book
with a clergyman as its chief character.
Swinburne's Heavenly Arcana"
was read daily for, years by an eccen-
trio old gentleman. He would draw
the book, keep it two weeks, return it
with his place marked and call early
the next morning to take it out again.
He never took any other book from the
library, and finally died, leaving his
place marked as usual. There is one
old man who will never read a book
written by a woman. He reads good
books continually, but will have moth
ing to do with volume bearing wo-
mans name as its author. Boston
Herald. ..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
"curIous Woman"

He was allowing them the various pic
lures hanging on the wall. They were
gems, for he really had excellent taste in
art. They were choice bits of land
scape, lovely ideals of humanity, studies
Of still life and hints from the impress
sionist school. The ladies viewed each
with admiration, but none with especial
interest until they came to huge frame
with its face turned toward the wall.
Immediately they were all interest.
"What is thafE@ssked one of the la
dies. 4.
The young man assumed an air of
mystery and shook his head as though
he would like to tell, but could not.
"Aren't you going to let us see it?" said
one in surprise.
"rm sorry, but you can't" began he.
"But, really, we'd like more to see
that than any of the others. Wouldn't
we, girlss'
The girls said they would.
"Well," said the exhibitor, eff you
must see it, suppose you must"
The young ladies conjured up all kinds
of beautiful visions as they looked with
expectancy on the. mysterious back OF
the frame.
''It is called Curious Woman" said
he. OF course that only increased the
zeal. Finally he turned the frame and
disclosed-a mirror. Were the young
ladies disappointed Philadelphia Press,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
nriliet.


In continuance of what the HERALD
has already printed relative to millet it
adds the following from Groton. 5. D.
farmer:
NV first crop of millet was grown on
breaking, and while had a good crop
ofhay the results tothe land were disas,
troas, it icing almost worthless Tor
several years, After couple OF years
experience in this country | found that
any crop sown on breaking ton my farm
at least) had SIMILAR i'll results, varying
somewhat in regard to the kind OF crop,
corn affecting it the least and tarnips
the worst. Therefore in 1884 conelud-
ed to try millet again-this time ON old
land. This land was hrokenin 1881 end
not cropped. Yielded a big crop of
wheat in 1882 and eleven bushels per
acre in 1888. sowed German millet
aud cut 1t for hay, tour tons per acre.
followed this The second year with the
same kind of millet and cut two tons ot
hay per acre. In 1886 l again cropped
it with German millet and cut three tons
of hay per acre. concluded that thu
different yields depended more upon the
weather thanthe soil. In 1887 cropped
this land 20 barley and had a large Weld.
In 1888, it was sown to oats and an
average yield harvested Up TO this time
the land had never received any fertilizer
whatever. never raised but one crop
of mi let seed, ans, that l followed with
wheat without blowing, and secured a
yield of twenty bushels per acre. being
as good as any part ot the farm, have
raised millet hay every year sIuce 1888
depending entirely on that crop for my
hay, and am satisfied there is but one
better manner of preparing land Tor
wheat, than to RAISE a crop OF mIllet.
and follow it with crop Of wheat With
out blowing, The one exception that
I make is summer following with sheep.
Yours Verv Truly.
W. A, BUkNHAM.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25

w S. Lamb, welI-to do farmer ot
the town of Getty. this county, yester.
day afternoon came to St. Cloud on a
sad mission. He brought his twenty.
four:year-old son. Winfield S. Lamb.
here to be examined for his sanity. The
Young man has been travelling opti-
clan ann his recent sa condition It is
claimed was brought about bv a disap-
pointment in love- He was in Omaha,
Neb., when the malady fltst made itself
apparent and was first taken to hos
pital, and them becoming very viole mt
was lodged in Jail. He was later sent
home to his father who hoped that
quiet home treatment would effect a
cure. He fually became convinced that
his sons safety lay in Incarceration in an
insane asylum and he was brought here
for an examination. Drs. Dunn and
Jnnk conducted it late in the afternoon
and he was found insane and committed
to Fergus Fails. His father took him
there Tuesday night.-[Journa -Press
Wednesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
Product.


THESE are but few instances, enough
to show a serious loss to our track farm
ers. who represent large industry in.
pustry involving big money and hard
work. The iolloing 6gures represent ats
importance:
This is in truck farming only, without
any account OF the larger farm crops
that are EQUALLY as severely attacked.
There are over 500. Oo0, 900 invested
intruck farming and about 500, 0oo. 900
in New York state. It gives employ
ment to So. 900 men, 10000 women.
and Is. 900 children, 1t affords work
$4,000 horses and mules, and $9,0oo,-
900 worth of implements.
This investment and labor on the part
Of the farmer is to be stricken down by
the Wilson Wilson. The state OF Mime
sofa leads every state in the union in the
matter of barley growing, and the VIII
son bill proposes to reduce the tariff
from thirty to shout twelve cents per
bushel, admitting the canada produc,
in direct competition, and that practi
cally ruins the barley industry OF the
state. In other words. the farmer Of
Minnesota must pay tribute to the
masters and brewers. who alone will
be benefited by the reduction in thu
barley tariff. Congressman Tamney il
authority for the statement, made upor
the flosr- of congress, that under the
Mckinley bill, the barley production ir
Minnesota has increased more than FIVE
hundred per cent within two years. hut
that the proposed measure will throw
it back to a lower point than it was il
1890
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
SHADES OF BLACK SKIN.
u Journey From the Land of Palefaces and
Back Again.

q Journey From the Land OF Palefaces and
Back Again.
A familiar human example will make
this general muddliness and uncertainty
of nature realizable to every one. If we
see negro in the streets of London, We
Immediately recognize the broad differ
ence that marks him off from the COM
mon mass of white men by whom he is
surrounded. But that of course is only
because we take an individual instance.
We say quite dogmatically: "This man
10 black, thick Tipped, fiat nosed. Icall
him negro. These other men are white,
thin Tipped. sharp nosed. Icall them En-.
ropeans."
Quite so. That is true relatively to
the small area and restricted number of
cases you have then and there examined.
But now suppose you go on to the Sou
dan and start from thence down the Nile
through Nubia to Alexandria. At first
on your way you would see few but
thoroughly negroid faces-black skins,
thick lips, fat noses, etc., according to
sample. As you moved northward into
Egypt, however, You would soon begin
to find that, while the skin remained as
black or nearly as black as ever, the fea-
lures were tending slowly on the aver
agvt@Europeanize.
Yet there would be nowhere a spot
where you could say definitely, "Here /
leave behind me the Nubian type and ar
rive at the Egyptian" Never even could
you pick out three or four men quite GER
tainly from group on some riverside
wharf overshadowed by doum palms
ana say on the evidence of skin and fea-
lures alone, "These men are Soudanese,
and the remainder are Nubians."
Then, IL you went on still through ST.
mai and Palestine-the rel lar eastern
tour-you would find at each step the
tints getting lighter and the faces more
Semitic. Passing farther through Con-
stantinople, Athens, south Italy, you
would observe at each change lighter
complexion and more European style,
till at last, a. you crossed Provence and
approached central France, you would
arrive pretty well at the familiar Eng
lish type Of face and feature.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25

''It makes me tired to see the manner
in which these newspapers are run, " saIl
the man in the smoking car as he took
off his glasses and let his paper drop
across his knees.
The man who sat next to him had one
lock Of harlan oasis in desert of scalp
which he spent most Of his time in
smoothing rehectively.-
81 s'pose," he said slowly, "that you
could give 'em all pointsr'
'Pm sure of it. Couldn't your
''No, I don't think could"
"Do you mean to say that you couldn't
tell the editor how to run his paperr" ex-
claimed the kicker in a tone that had alb
solute dismay in it.
81 do, indeed" replied the man with
the oasis earnestly.
swell, I must say there are not many
like you" II
81 know it. fused to be like you are.
But now I'm trying to run newspaper
myself, and I'll tell you, my friend, Pm
not saying word, not a word. Wash
ington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25

SIT seems Incredible" said George
Marsh to the corridor man at the La
clede, ''that there should be such a thing
as "a growing hand in the planting of
flowers and other plants, but it is recog-
nized even by florists, and it has grown
to have regular name. Some people will
read directions for preparing the soil
and planting the seed or slips and fol-
low them faithfully, and yet nothing
will grow, or if it grows at all it will be
stunted and almost worthless, while an
other, without half the care and trouble,
will have everything live and thrive.
81 saw little girl bring back what
appeared to be worthless sticks of some
plants which she had found in the
woods. Her mother wanted them to
live, and selecting the best she planted
and tended them with the greatest care.
The little girl took the ones that had
been discarded and started little gar
den,' as she called it, of her own. The
ones that received the attention died.
Those which the little girl stuck into the
ground lived and subsequently bloomed.
It would appear as if plants had an atm
ity for some people and not for others. u
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
A CURIOUS CALCULATION.
Arour,d Enc word 2oe TImes.

An eminent physician has made curious
mathematical calculation in giving the
workings of the human heart in mileage.
He shows that in lifetime of "a years
the blood as it passes through the heart Is
thrown a distance of 5, l50,SS0 miles, which,
in continuous stream, would reach around
the world 206 times
Keeping in view this constant strain on
the heart, and taking into consideration the
abuse it receives from over-exertion, alco-
holic and other stimulants, is it any wonder
that it finally becomes affected, refuses TO
perform It's work, and causes death? The
fact can be readily understood that one IN
four has weak heart, also the Importance OF
treating that organ as soon as its affected con-
dltion is in the slightest degree manifested.
Reader, if you have any reason whatever
for believing your heart to be affected, you
SD ould attend to it at once. Do not hest
tate Many persons who die suddenly OF this
disorder have never suspected its presence.
Joseph Body, Pierpont, N: Y. writes: Three
We rs ago began TO have difficulty in breathing.
la,pitafion of the heart set in, and my limbs ana
ankles were badly swollen ph nyna Dr Niles iH
New Heart Cure; the first bo'he greatly renewed
me, and, although IS years OF age the several
b tiles took alIogeth' IMMENSELY eenehted
me that am new heer1uly recon-
mend this remedy
"While sun. ring from severe attack Of heart
disease, and expecting TO DIE. physicians having
afforded mt no relief, was inducedt buy some
of Dr. Miles"New Heart Cure. Every dose hted
me right up and it seems as though 1t would
almost raise the dead. Iwould willingly fill the
New Heart Cure bottles with gold for the magnlt-
cent remedy they contain, If could not get them
on other terms Us. A. Hull, franklin. n.
"For 20 years was seriously troubled with
heart disease and nervous prostration the latter
Affecting the sciatic nerve Of my left side Dur.
| ing that time was treated by many prominent
PHYSICIANS and sent hundreds Of dollars away
for medicines, all of which failed. Recently
began using DR.. Miles New Heart Cure, and am
now entirely free from my old complaints -
| George ]. Barry, Park City, Utah.
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure IL soid on poa
! tive guarantee by all druggists, or by DR.. Mile.
S(e5ical Co, Elkhart, Ind, on receipt Of price
81 per bottle, SIX bottles S., express prepaid: y
positively contains neither opiates nor dangerous
drugs. Free book ct druggists, or By mail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castorias

-The persistant cough which usually
follows an attack OF the grip can be
permanently cured by taking Cham
herlain s. cough remedy. w. A. Nc
CURE of Mckay. Ohio, says: La
Grippe lett me wi :ha severe cough. After
using several different medicines with
out relief, tried Chamherlain's cough
remedy, which effected permanent cure.
/ have also found it to he without al
equal for children, when troubled with
colds or Group. % and so cent bottles
for sale by all druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
II ~ n,Elaias

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for anv case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls catarh Cure.
E.J. Cheney & Coz Props, Toledo,
o.
We the undersigned, have known F. !.
Cheney for The last fifteen years. and be-
lieye him perfectly honorably in all busi-
ness transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by
their tlrm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, O.
Waiding. Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and nu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all druggists, Tes
timonials free.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
BIaine's Handy Mammal OF Useful
Information.

There has just been published in Chica-
go most valuable book with the above
title, compiled by Prot. Nm. H. Blaine.
of Lancaster University. Its 500 pages
are full ofjust what it's name implies
useful information-and we fully advise
all oar readers to send for copy oft
1t is a compe adium of things worth
knowing. things difficult to remember.
and tables OF reference of great value to
everybody, that it hes never before been
our good fortune to possess in such conf,
pact shape. Our wonder IS how it can
be published at so low price ass asked
for it.. 1t is handsomely bound in f1exi
ble cloth covers. and nil be sent to any
address. p ,stpard, on receipt of Is cents
in postage stamps. nv the publishers.
.. w. OGILvIE & Co.,
276 & 27S Frankli' St,
Chicago. III
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
Cold Bride Bits.

During the bitter cold weather in win
ter much suffering is thoughtlessly in
fiicted on horses by putting cold bride
bits into their mouths. If the person
who does this will apply his tongue to a
piece of iron on a frosty morning, he will
understand at once what the suffering to
the poor brutesis. To slightly warm the
bits before putting them into the horses
mouth would require only small ex-
penditure of labor. This can be done by
rubbing them with blanket or other
cloth a moment or two if other means of
warming is not at hand. The beneficial
results in the gentleness of the animal
will amply compensate it.-Detroit Free
Press ~. -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
superior Train Service to Pitts
burgh.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers
the public the most convenient train ser
vice between Chicago and Pittsburgh.
The route is via Akron, Ravenna, War
rem and Youngstown. Ohio. Two solid
trains are run everv dav. both carrying
day coaches and new vestibuIed sleeping
cars through without change.
The Pittsburgh express leaves Chicago
at 800 p NJ, and arrives Pittsburgh the
next morning at 7:o5 The vestibule
limited leaves Chicago at 7:3o P. NJ. and
arrives at Pittsburgh the next morning
at lilo. The vestibule limited also car
ries Pullman sleeper to Cleveland. via
Akron. arriving at Cleveland at 500 A.
n. -
All B. & o. trains depart from the
Grand Central Passenger Station, corner
9Th Avenue and Harrison Street, Chica-
go. the finest and most commodious
station in America. =.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
AN ANIMATED NEWSPAPER.
An Old Man Reads the News and Tells I
10 Trfs 9,ustomar.

An Old Man Reads the News and Tells II
to His Customers.
Speaking of queer occupations" said
o Fourth street merchant, "there is an
old fellow down town who makes good
living reading the newspapers. OF course
everybody reads the evening paper, but
in the rush of business the morning pa
pers may get lost in the shuttle. The old
man gets out of bed at an early hour
and gets copy of each Of the morning
papers as early as they can be bought.
He then reads them exhaustively, and
by the time business men get down town
he has thoroughly mastered all branches
of the news of the day. He is well edu-
Gated and bright and has keen percep-
ton. He then starts out, dropping in on
first one and then another of his sub
scribers, for he lets his services by the
week, just as a newspaper.
He enters bank where everybody is
busy. He knows the likes and dislikes
of every one of his customers. and he en-
tertains each for a few moments with
the news of his choice, and then with q
few passing remarks about the general
news of the day passes on to the next.
You will find him discussing the silver
question one moment and race horses
the next. He can tell the tips for the
day and the prices Of silver. He knows
the latest in art and literature and is
thoroughly posted in politics. He is q
walking cyclopedia. He is not only q
daily newspaper, but whole file of
newspapers, with lightning reference
index. He tells you the news of the day,
and if asked will refresh your memory
on past events. He is strictly business,
and while he answers every question
asked by subscriber freely he abso-
lutely will not talk to the nonsubscriber.
sIf you want to talk to him about the
happenings of the day, you must pay a
you every day for week. IF you are at
your Office regularly, he will come to
you daily, but if you fail to be on hand
there that is your loss. One beauty of
his system is that he has nobad debts.
He has a preferred list of-10, whom he
charges 81 a month, and upon whom he
waits at any hour they name. Then his
common customers pay 10 cents week,
and he agrees to see them all before
noon. When a subscribers time is up,
the fact is mentioned, and unless pay
ment is made at once you can't get the
old fellow to open his mouth. Pay him,
and he is at your service.
"He is strictly business and does not re-
gard himself as an excrescence on the
face of business, nor is he so regarded
Eby his customers. He is kindly old
fellow who has smile for everybody,
and for whom everybody has pleasant
word. He does NJ bear tales, but con-
fines himself strictly to what is in the pa
pers, and thus avoids the responsibility
for tales he might otherwise be able to
tell. n-Cincinnnati Times-Stars