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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04

A. ]. Smith, Insurance S IA co
" g. Steamer ticket for poor 46 IA
Walter Cummings, labor rs
Joseph Lovaas, labor 35
Joseph Eblnsteiner, Jr. drying
hose 800
Mill company, street lighting 80 rs
Joseph Jenkins, care of,sick poor SO
B. Gaspard, care " 40
Madsen & Bione 'mdse for poor 70
G. Schwartzbar, labor 80
NJ. A. Scheldrupt, merchandise 45
B. F. Carr police salary SO 90
Asa Adams. charge for cleaning
vault 90
Mrs. Zerfius, care of sick poor so
c. F. Hendrix, printing 4 05
U. M. Toby, & sro. m'dsefor
poor 7 As
L. E. Coe. supt water works 81 25
L. R. Barto, judge OF court sc IS
w. c. Taylor, janttor city hall 2 rs
Mill company, lights city hall 4 50
Adjourned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04

have cash on hand to loan on real
estate while loan agents are out
H. P. BELL,
First National Bank,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04
dH6ifSItcI IN tie EngEisA IaHgs4Aee = 70 kszsrs
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MAGAZINE, s
IN 1894.

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forty years ago "Pudd'nhead Wilson" n
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04

Be re and use Kelly Island Lin
For sale by Pow Brcs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
EPP'S COCOON,
RREAKRAsr-sIfppER.

sBy thorough knowledge ofthe natural
laws which govern the operations of diges-.
tien of of the fine properties OF well selected
Cocoa Mr.. Epps has provided for cur break
last and supper Il delfGpteiy iiaroprpd beg err
biIls. ltissy tAe jadIeiaus use o such afti-
cIes OF del Thar 4 constitution may be gratlu<
oily baitS up autsEstro3s & enough to resist
every tendency ~ disease. HuaaSetsSa of
subtle tnaiadies are iloattng aronnd Us ready
TO attack wherever tuere rs a weak point.
We may escape many a fata sdalt by keep
aug ourselves well FORTIFIED Sitn pure Htood
Service Gazette MsIda stiaply With Doiitng
water or Itlllk. sold only ia nalI pound tins
by groaers labeled thus;s
JAMES EPPs 4 Co., ltd Homeopathic Chem
lists, London, England,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04

when Baby was sicl, we gave her Gastorfa.
When she was Child, she cried for CaStoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gayothem Castoria
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-04
Kelly Island Limo ,

]. NJ. THomAsoN, P
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

to work in the Ohio coal mines when
he was only9 years OF age and at rs
was admitted to membership in the
Miners Union. He hal been a men,
Der Of the union for l3 years when in
1883 he was unanimously elected it's
President, which position he filled for
four successive years.
Mr.. Mcbride was temporary chair
man of the convention which met in
indianapolis in 1885 and formed the
National Federation of Miners and
Mine Laborers of the United States
and Territories, and was active and
influential in that organization so
long as it lasted. When the present
organization, the United Mine Work.
ers OF America. was formed in 1890
by uniting the National Protective
Union and National Trades Assem-
bly,, No. 1856, of the knights of La
Dor, 10th of which organizations
were composed of coal miners, Mr..
Mcbride was elected chief executive
and has ever since held the dual posi-
tion Of President and National Mas
ter Workman. He is Il native Of
Ohio, and was born in Wayne CoGn-
ty, July %. 1854.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

reason that this cotton stands some
chance of being crowded from the
market by importations from Egypt.
In that country cotton nearly as good
is raised and much more cheaply.
Last year So. 900, 600 worth of it was
imported into the United States.
Mr.. Harris cannot speak in terms
sufficiently high of the relief work
done by Miss Clara Barton and the
Red Cross Society for the people of
the Sea Islands. Tirelessly, with
mnrcmitting zeal the members Of the
society work, dealing out food and
provisions-a peck of gifts and a
round of pork which are the rations
for a family Of six. These are car
ried home by the natives from the
relief station in their curious little
bull sulkies. The Red Cross people
are much hampercd in their good
work by lack of funds, but they do
everything that is possible toward
amcliorating the condition of the
unfortunate natives.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
THROW up YOUR N
The Most Sensible Thin. to Do When
Desperate Has the Drop on You.

The Most Sensible Thing to Do When a
Desperate Has the Drop on You. =
when u desperate gets the drop
on you the only thing for a sensible
man to do is to throw up his hands,"
says James Skaggs. OF Coffeyville,
Kan, at the Lindell, to a reporter
for the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
ITO throw up your hands is no refec-
tion upon your bravery out in the
wild West. To attempt to draw
your weapon when u man has pulled
down on you is to invite a verdict of
Game to death for beinga - fool
The most desperate man will throw
up his hands when he has the worst
of the draw. He argues that if he is
being arrested he will always have
the chance Of escaping. II his as
sailant simply desires to humiliate
and intimidate him, why, there is the
broad future to get even in. I have
knownWells- Fargo stage-coachguards
to throw up their hands at the first
command and give up >theic arms.
There is no use in saying that the
robber will not shoot. Too many
dead men have told that he does. /
knew a little Wells.targo man who
had a great reputation for bravery.
The coach was held up on the Santa
Fe trail. The guard was one of the
first to surrender. The passengers
were Disguised as they stood in line and
were robbed. When the coach re-
newed its journey they were very
harsh in the criticism of thet, guard.
The coach rolled on for a half mile
and turned a bend behind some rocks.
The guard then stopped the coach
and unstrapped a Winchester from
the side Of the vehicle. Then he
started back on foot alone. just as
he expected. he came across the men
on the road dividing the booty. They
did not perceive him until he got his
Winchester at work and killed all
three in their tracks. Then he
stepped forward, secured all the
booty and the weapons OF the robber
| and rcjoined the coach about nigh,
fall. the driver having moved slowl,
as no knew wha1 the brave fellow
was up to-"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

skirt is full and spreading and the
budice is cut low and without sleeves.
She stands erect in a stately pose.
Her hair, parted in the center and
combed back in a simple fashion,
notably enhances her beauty. Her
hair is still almost as black as it was
in tho;e days.
Mrs. Stevenson is a wonaa of un-
usual education. She enjoyed op-
p%ortunities in her youth that very
few women Of those days enjoyed.
Her father was DIR. Lewis Green.
President Of Central College, in Dam
vile, Ky.. and he was determined
that she should lack nothing in the
way of an education to make her a
perfect woman. She made good use
of the opportunities he gave her.
She Is a woman OF great charity add
gives largely to all good works.
So far as lavish entertaining Is
concerned Mrs. Stevenson does not
attempt to make a mark. but her
home is a popular one. She is ably
seconded in her social duties by three
beautiful daughters, Mary Ewing
Stevenson, Letitia Ewing Steve nson.
aud Julia Scott Stevenson, and one
son, Lewis Green Stevenson.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
No Profit in Retailing sugars.

Grocers everywhere assert that there
Is little or no profit in retailing sugars,
and housekcepers confirm this by say.
ing that there is small economy in buy
ing sugar by the keg. The tradition
touching the small profit in handling
sugars at retail is certainly more than
lOO years old. for u writer in the mid
die Of the last century affirmed that
Londcn groccrs of that day were often
cut ESQ or e7O o year for paper and
pack thread used in wrapping up sug-
ar, and some grocers would not sell
sugar to q customer y no did not at the
same time purchase some other article.
Il Is not unusual for merchants in New
York at this time to sell far below reg
ular retail rates certain articles not
properly belonging to their trade
New York sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
ON THE SEA ISLANDS.
QUAINT INHABITANTS OF A LIT.
TILE KNOWN REGION.
Gentle and Patient Negroes Whose Live.
Are Passed in Raising Crops OF Cotton
Where u Great Hurricane Wrought Des-
o,atton-3.OOO Human beings rerished.
d Fine Cation.


The full story Of the horrors SUI.
fcrcd last summer from the hurri-
cane which desolatcd the islands
along our southern Atlantic coast
will never probably be FULLY told.
The newspapers we're full Mt that
time with accounts of the misery of
the people and the utter desolation
wrought. At least 1000 human
beings lost their lives, 1000 persisted
subsequently, from exposure and dis
ease, and between 20, 900 and 30, 900
were left homeless and helpless. In
s%cribner's Magazine Joel Chandler
Harris, who has been in the South
visiting the scene of the disaster,
gives an interesting account of the
present condition of the islands, and
also tells something about the PEG.
Pile who live on them. 1t is from this
article that the following account is
summarized:
The Sea Islands, as these arc called,
cover a good deal OF territory alto.
gether, tor they reach down the
whole coast from Charleston to Sa.
vannah. Those lying between Sa.
vannah and Port Royal are not so
large. either IN area or population. as
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
a II MINERS.
Great Power and Influence w:eldod I
President Mcbride,

Great Power and Irflaence w:eldcd b.
President Mcbride.
President John Mcbride, of the
United Mine Workers Of America, at
whose order 200, 900 coal miners quit
work with one accord, Is the cxecu-
tive head of one Of the most lower
full labor unions in the United States.
No better evidence of the strength
and widespread distribution OF its
influence need he adduced than il
furnished by a few ct the figures
showing the number of men who
went out in the principal centcrs of
the coal industry. In Pennsylvania
there were so, 600; in Illinois, 5000;
in Ohio, $4,000; in Alabama, 5000,
and in Tennessee, Kentucky, West
Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa
and Indian Territory enough to swell
the number somewhat beyond the
grand total of 200. 900.
President Mcbride has the conf
dence of these men because he is one
of them, and he is their leader be-
cause Of the confidence they have in
his ability and Judgment. He began
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

by the way, are high prices for cotton
and many of the negroes, therefore.
are comparatively we'll to.do and own
from ten to fifty acres of land, but
the majority, Of course. are poor and
thriftless. The cotton planters dc
not renew their soil as often as they
should, and the consequence is that
the cotton has lately deteriurated
somewhat in quality. 1t is for this
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
MRS. Ada,
Who Occupies ,he Position of "sccon,
In.gv nf fla I.,,Mio

Who Occupies the Position of "Sccond
Indy of the and"
One of the most mothcrly and
loyal women at the nations capital
is FRS. Adlai Stevenson, wife of the
" President of the United States,
W.T., as a leader of Washington So
cicty stands second only to Mrs.
Cleveland. At the time of her mar
riagc Mrs. Stevenson was Il beautiful
young woman, as is evidenced by a
portrait of her which hangs in the
parlor of the Stevenson home. 1t
represents her in a gown such as
ladies wore before the war. The
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

ELDER S,srER-Come. Stanley,
take your powder like a little man.
You never hear me making any com.
plant about such a little. thing as
that. Stanley Observation-Disclosures
would ! IL I could daub 1t ON my
face. It 10 swallerin' it that I object
to.-Brooklyn Life.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
A sroRx-wREckEn MANSION ON ST. HELENA


those which extend from Port Royal
to Charleston. All lie very near one
another, separated by narrow lagoons.
They are little known aud rarely
visited by the white people, and ne
groes form the bulk of the popula.
tion. These are negroes of a rather
peculiar kind. They are of the slave
type Of the African; their ancestors
were brought over from Africa. where,
as slaves for generations, they were
engaged in raising cattle and rude
forms of agriculture. These traits
which excited the raplcity OF the
slave-tradcr still manifest themselves
in the negroes of the Sea islands in a
way that is both attractive and
touching. They are gentle, unobtru-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
sive and friendly: they are patient
and accomplishing.
The Cotton Growth.

The Sea Islands produce the finest
and highest priced cotton in the
world and the land on which it is
grown recuperates and enriches itself
from year to year. This cotton en-.
ters into the manufacture of the
finest goods and ia worth .25 cents a
pound when carelessly prepared, 60
cents when carefully gathered. These,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

EVERY county in England has its own
dialect, and between the far north and
the far south the difference is a. great
- alWost 70 prevent ssutul under.
stna,diaR.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
All Go to the SHOW.

A Mexican circus showing in Ari.
iona takes produce or almost any
thing of value for admission. A man
who brought q fat hen got o ticket
and q chicken as change.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
Brave Girl.

Kansas folks are Roasting of the
freedom from superstition Of the Sun.
flower State girl who has married a
man Of the name Of Tfiplet
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
No One Is Crowded.

The density of population to the square mile varies greatly in different countries, being greatest in Belgium. The number of persons to the square mile is in Europe, 95; Asia, AS; Africa, IA; America, 8; Australia, 1.3; Belgium, 535; England, 4S0; in the Netherlands, 357; Great Britain and Ireland, 312; Italy, 272; German empire, 2S6; Empire of Japan, 271; China, 22O; India, 187; Switzerland, 1S6; France. 1S4; Austro- Hungary, ITO; Denmark, 146; Portugal, l24; Spain. S9; European Russia, 49; Sweden, 27; United States, r; Mexico, 15; Canada, ?. A large part of the world is not crowded yet. The entire population of the world could stand on an area of about 25O square miles, and could be compressed within the limits of the city of Chicago, which includes 160.54 square miles, and has a popula- tion of about 6,65O per square mile
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
An Extraordinary Legal Document.

One of the most remarkable legal pa pers on file in the archives of the world is one now in the national museum of Paris, labeled ''Sentence on a hog, ex- ecuted by justice, in the copyhold of Clarmont-Avin, and strangled upon a gibbet at that place." It is sealed with red wax, kept under a glass, bears date June IA, 1491, and reads as follows: ''* We, the jury, in de- testation and horror of this crime, and in order to make an example, and to satisfy justice, have declared, judged, sentenced, pronounced and appointed that the said hog, now detained in the abbey as a prisoner, shall, by the ex- ecutioner, be hung and strangled on gibbet, near the gallows which now stands within the jurisdiction of the monk whose names are hereto append ed, being near the copyhold of Alvin. In witness of which we have sealed this present with our seals" Follow ing the above is the signature of the jurors and the prefect of the depart ment de FAinse.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
FARMING NO LONGER LEADS.
Manufactured Products Amount to Much
 More in Value Than the Crops.

Manufactured Products Amount to Much
 More in Value Than the Crops.
 Agriculture is supposed to be the foundation of our progress and pros perity, writes R. H. Edmonds in an ar ticle in the Engineering Magazine on modern progress. This is to a large extent true, and yet while the value of our manufactured products in 1890 was $S,610, ,O00, GOO the total value of our agri- cultural products in that year was only about $3, 3,600, 100000 The opening up of new land by the heavy immigration into the west brought into cultivation ten or more years ago larger area than the consuming power of this coun- try and the foreign demand added jus tified.
 In pamphlet recently published by c. Wood Davis it is shown that the area cultivated in staple food crops increased from 1875 to 1880 on an average of 6.6 per cent. a year, and since then has steadily declined, having been 3.9 per cent. from 1880 to 1885. and then 1.4p per cent. from 1885 to 1890. In other words the total cultivated area is now in- creasing much less rapidly than our population.
 Of course in view of this the agricul- tural productions of the country do not show any such phenomenal advance as has arked the growth of industrial interests. The total value of all ag- ricultural products in 1880 was esti- mated at S3,70O, ,OOO. James R. Dodge, the statistician of the agricuI- tural department, estimated the value in 1890 at S, 500, 900, ,0OC-a gain of S10O,- 900, 00-notwithstanding heavy aver age decline in price and very short crops owing to bad weather. In 1891 large crops brought the total value up to S4,500, GOO, ,0O0 The number and value of farm animals increased very heavily during the decade, the total value having been S1,576, 1000, ,OOO in 1880 and S2.41S, ,OOO, GOO in 1s90-a gain of SS4O. GOO. 900.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Beautiful Pen Picture of Early Morning
 on the Mississippi.


 Mary Hartwell Catherwood, in the conclusion of her story, "Old Kaslzas- kia," in the Atlantic, thus writes of the morning after the great flood:
 Early summer dawn was breaking over that deluged world, winter light than moonshine giving increas- ing distinctness to every object. This hint of day gave rest to the tired ring CTS in church tower and convent bel fry. The bells died away. and still ness brooded on the water plain. Hoarse rearing of the yellow current became a mere mOnotonOuS back ground for other sounds. A breath stole from the east, bringing the scent of rain-washed earth and foliage and sweet hints. There was no other wind and the boat shot easily on its course alongside a thiclzet made by or chard treetops. Some@ birds, maybe proprietors of drowned nests, were al- ready complaining over these, or top bling experimentally down on branch tips.
 Kaskaskia had become strong half town, cut off around it's middle. It af- fected one like a man standing on his armpits. The capital of the territory was composed chiefly of roofs and dor mer windows, of squatty wooden is- lands in boundless sea. The church of the immaculate conception was Imaginable tent of masonry, top heavy with it's square tower. As for culti- vated fields and the pastures where the cattle grazed, such vanished real ities were forgotten. And what was washing over the marble tombs and slate crosses in tho churchyard?
 The food strangely lifted and forced slzyward the plane of life, yet lowered all life's functions. An open and lib eral sky, dappling with a promise from the east, bent over and mocked para lyzed humanity.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
Broken Hearts a Feasibility.

Broken hearts have gone out of fash ion with the old three-volume novel and fainting spells. The girl with the hurt in her heart nowadays forgets it, or pretends to, in the glories of a ca reer. She takes to typewriting, or the reformation of the coolies, or women's clubs, and rather enjoys the pain in an esthetic sort of way, because it means growth" and is experience and all that. Now with the perversity of fate there has arisen a prophet in Israel who justifes the old romancers in kill ing off their disappointed heroines. From the recently published letters of Sir George Paget, who is not a TO- mancer, it is interesting to learn that a broken heart is not a sentimental figure of speech. Great grief causing a sudden shock produces actual rupture of the muscles of that organ and death from exhaustion may follow.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
Amer,cans should Learn Thia.

The Indians on the Missouri river tread water just as the dog treads it. Among the natives of Joanne, an island on the coast of Madagascar, young persons walk the water, carrying fruit and vegetables to ships becalned or, it may be, lying in tho ofing miles away. At Madras, watching their op- portunity, messengers with letters se- cured in ap oilsl1in cap, plunge into t',e boiling surf end make their way to tle vessels outside, treading the water through 6 sea in which no ordinary boat could live. At the cape of Good Hope men used to proceed to the vessel in the ofiing through mountain bill lows, treading the water as they went with the utmost security.