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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
ANCIENT uGHHCCoES

Beacon Lights to Guide Mariners Coeval
With the Earliest Commerce.
Beacon lights to guide the wave
tossed mariner to a safe harbor must
have been almost coeval with the earli-
est commerce. There is positive record
that lighthouses were built in ancient
times, though few evidences now re-.
main to us from old writer's or in cruma
bled ruins. This is not strange, for light
towers, never the most stable ARCHITECT
tural form, were exposed to the storms
Of sea and war.
The Greeks attributed the first light.
houses to Hercules, and he was consid-
cred the protector Of voyagers. It is
claimed by some that Homer refers to
lighthouses in the nineteenth book of
the "Iliad."
Virgil mentions q light on a temple
to Apollo which, visible far out at sea,
warned and guided mariners. The Co
lossus at Rhodes, erected about 800 B.
G., is said to have shown q signal light
from its uplifted hand
Tho Oldest towers known were built
by the Libyans in lower Egypt. They
were temples also, and the nghtkeeper
priests taught pilotage, photography
and navigation The famous tower on
the isle Of Pharos, at Alexandria, built
about $50 B. c.. is the first lighthouse
Of undoubted record. This tower, con-
structed by Sostratus, the architect, was
square in plan. of great height and built
in offsets. An open brazier at the top
Of the tower contained the fuel for tho
light. At Dover and Boulogne, on Ell
ther side Of the English channel, were
ancient lighthouses built by the Romans.
But the lighthouse at Corunna, Spain,
built in the reign Of Trajan and recon-
structed in 1884, is believed to be the
oldest existing lighthouses p.
Adams in Casters Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
HindoO Grades.

The four grades of society among the
Hindoos are the Brahmans, or sacerdotal
class, who are said at the moment OF
creation to have issued from the mouth
Of Brahma; the Kshatrya, or Chuttsee,
or military class, sprung from the arm
Of Brahma; the vaisya, or Bats, OF
mercantile class, from the thigh OF
Brahma, and Sudras, or Sooders, or serv-
lie class, from the foot Of Brahma
The business of the Sudras is to serve
the three superior classes, more espe-
cially the Brahmans. Their condition is
never to be improved they are not to
accumulate property and are unable by
any means to approach the dignity OF
the higher classes. These divisions are
hereditary, impossible and indefeasible.
BROOKLYN Eagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
Tho Woman In Is1acI..

Zone OF the most mysterious cir
cumstances connected with the keeping
Of national cemeteries is woman In
black who visits them all, - said e. G.
Trindle. II was in charge Of one cf
these cemeteries for several years, and
this woman made two visits that know
of. She never comes during the day,
and it is purely accidental when we
learn that she has been there at all.
Hiring carriage at midnight, she will
come to the wall, and climbing the in
closure will search the entire cemetery
by means Of dark lantern for the
grave of some relative. She has never
found 1t, but every year she makes the
round Of every national cemetery In
the country in the vain hope that some
day she will learn where her loved one
lies buried. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
CiRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
A Young Lady Who Had q Marrow Escape
From CONVICTION.

A Young Lady Who Had Marrow Escape
from Conviction.
"Stories Of conviction on circumstan-
tial evidence are rife in the lawbooks
and have afforded the plot of many a
novel;" said J. S. Haberling of New
York. "a very sad case, not of con-
viction, but almost as bad in its results,
occurred in New York recently. A
young lady of refinement, q stranger in
tho city, obtained employment as gov
erness in gentleman's family. One Of
her pupils, girl 10 years old, lost a
diamond ring. It was found in the
she ii;:si ;.,s ;seen it since it was last on
the f.: :: Land, but she was hustled off
to the Toms, and unable to give bond
was kept there several days, exposed to
the companionship Of the most depraved
Of her sex. She was taken to court in
the Black Maria with negress and a
white woman, both convicted felons, 60
ing to be sentenced She was kept in
the pen waiting for her case to be called,
exposed to the impudent gaze Of the
horde Of courtroom loafers.
"When her case was called, the court
appointed lawyer to defend her, as she
was penniless. The prosecuting witness
and her father told the story Of the find
ing Of the missing ring. The presump-
ton that the accused had placed it there
was more or less strong until the law
yer began to cross question the owner Of
the ring. Guessing at the truth, by
adroit questioning he drew from the
unwilling witness the fact that she had
often pried into tho desk and dressing
case drawers of the governess, and that
she had been so engaged an hour or SO
before she missed her ring. and the fur
ther fact that the ring fitted loosely.
The judge dismissed the case promptly,
and the accuser's father apologized, but
the young woman, being Of highly
strung and nervous temperament, was
completely Frustrated by her terrible
experience in the Tombs, and the i'll
effects will, it is feared, be permanent. I"
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
DETECTIVE AND TRAMP.

The Onaccr Feeds Furnishing vagabond
and liets No Tlaaiflks.
There was in tho tramp's appearance
q suggestion of the lethargy that follows
o gorging with FREQ lunch and copious
Nbations of beer that belied his piteous
story of not having had anything to cot
''sinoe yesterday morning" The shades
Of night were falling fast, and that may
have to some extent accounted for the
mistake of the bum in selecting as the
object Of his whining appeal McClusky,
one Of the best known of the Central
cffioe detectives, who was "sleuthing
it, along the Bowery.
''You are shy dinner and supper for
yesterday and breakfast. dinner and
supper today. Come with me-" said
McClusky, and he led the way into a
greasy little beanery from the door OF
which hung dingy sign announcing
Irregular meals, cents" Had the va
grant known what was in store for him
he would have never crossed the thresh-
old except under forcible persuasion.
"Give this man his yesterday s dinner, -
said McClusky.
A slice of boiled beef, a boiled potato,
two slices of bread and cup of muddy
coffee were soon set up Slowly the
tramp attacked the meal, and McC lusky
waited When the dishes were clean,
the detective beckoned to the waiter and
said:
"Bring the gentleman last nights
supper.
The order was repeated. The tramp
began to suspect something, but he
thought it the better to act his part
Perhaps his eccentric benefactor would
give him the price Of q bed. Vain hopel
The supper disposed of, McClusky Or
dered "the gentleman's breakfast.
''See here, pardy, I never eats but one
meal a day." the latter demurred.
ut is not enough. You told me you
were starving, and Of an officer Of the
New York police force it shall never be
said that he allowed fellow man to
starvc." And the detective displayed
his badge.
'Supposin I won't eat?" said the
tramp sullenly.
''Then you take ride. See?''
The trapped bum saw, and he ate his
breakfast, and then in great agony he
managed to dispose Of his dinner. Ma
ture would stand no more.
"See here, pardy, couldn't eat any
more, not if I got two years for it, - he
pleaded in genuine distress.
McClusky had had his fun, and he
excused his victim the supper. AS the
tramp rolled torpidly out of the place
he paused at tho door, and with a muir
derous CLEAN in his eye said hoarsely,
''I'll get eren wild you for dis, you
big -r'-New York Advertiser.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
preparing For the Emergency.

'.No;" said Floatinhair, the poet, II
shall never call on that editor again
never, nevcrP'
"What has he done?" ~
HE has been rudely sarcastic. I
handed him bundle of manuscript this
morning, and he told the Office boy to
hunt up his overshoes. 7"
"Oyershoes"
eyes; he said he had lot Of slush to
wade through. Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
Tho Drug Store Telephone.

Accommodate bureaus arc all right
when they are conducted as such, said
west side druggist, sbut the sign over
my door was intended to inform the
public that drugs were dispensed within
and not information doled= out or tela-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
The BEGINNING of know,edye.

Calloe-Women have mighty queer
ways, don't you think, Uncle 81?
Uncle Sill KANT say tibet know
much about women. I only been mar.
ried four times. -Indianap Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16

Indian corn, or maize, never has an
uneven number of rows Of grains, be-
cause it has opposite radicals Of growth
from the cob center.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16

In Japan they don't throw flowers or
wreaths at an actor. They give him q
drop curtain. Every actor Of eminence
has at least dozen drop curtains made
Of silk aud satin beautifully embroids
cred and decorated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16

turning into chat. And if wisdom
struck the earth" before the Peoples Party
/ was born, where did it light
| I assure this Populist writer that the
! world is full of things which are right.
! To name for him all such things would re-
quire volumes To enumerate the bless
ings that know about myself would be
towrite book. For example, patriotism
is good thing; it is right; patriotism is
not dead here in the United States.
4 Honest men and women abound all over
this nation. Our country is full of people
who are striving to make this world bet
ter. 1t is right that such should be the
case
The great majority of the religious peo-
pie Of the world are sincere, are not hypo-
critics. They are struggling each day to
live pure and upright lives. That, too, Is
quite right.
! Mothers, as rule, still love and care for
their children as tenderly and as patiently
as they have ever done. It is well.
/! The majority of oar business men are
/ upright and honest in their dealings Our
country is full OF men whose word is good
/. as their bond. That is right
! Most men in this country believe In de.
cency, in law and order Crime is not
generally approved OF by the masses; and
meanness is not at q premium among our
people
(; The upward tendencies of civilization are
generally recognized by the sensible men
and women of the United States This is
ell as it should be.
! ''If wisdom struck the earth before the
Populist party was born, where did it
striker" asks Ignatius. Ianswer:
1t has been occasionally lighting through
all the ages past. Solomon had touch of
| 1t. Socrates and Plato would compare
favorably with Donnelly and Weaver.
] England, France and Germany no doubt
had sprinkling of wise men during the
last thousand years Indeed, wisdom at
times may have taken up her abode even
In this republic of ours. This nation need
not despair / recall with little effort such
names as Washington, Franklin, Hamil-
ton, Marshall, Story, Webster, Clay,
Greeley, Douglas, Sumner, Chase, Fessen-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16
Castoria.

The Centaur Company Murray St--t, New York City
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-16

SER man kin run inter debt, T" said
Uncle Eben, "but when it comes tea
gittin out ICES gotter crawl. Wash
tngton Star. as
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
A Suggestion on Good Roads.

The amount of road claims an
nually allowed by our fiscal court
is much larger than any one, not II
member of the court, would suspect
There are quite number of dirt
roads in this county, each one to
be worked every year. The price
paid per diem is reasonable, twenty
cents per hour for two-horse team
and driver. The hands summoned
to work on the road receive no
compensation for their labor. If
the court will enter an order that
no more money will be paid for
the working of roads by the court
and that n sum Of money will be
set aside every year equal to what
has heretofore been expended in
the working of roads, and that one
of these dirt roads shall be mac
adamized every year and the work
paid for out of this money in the
course of few years, Mercer
county will have good roads, and
there will be no one to complain
Let every dirt road be surveyed
and named and numbered, and al
every annual meeting of the fiscaI
court lot these names be written OF
separate strips of paper and the
slips placed in II hat, and let some
one, say the county attorney, draw
from the hat the name of one road
and let that one be the road tina
shall bo macadamized the ensuing
year. And let this plan continue
from year to year until every coun
ty road is macadamized. d.-Harrods
burg Sayings.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
His Loss to the Party win Be Felt.

Bourke Cochran has declared his
intention for awhile past of retir-
ing from congress at the end of his
term. His loss viii! be felt among
the Democrats. He came strongly
to the front last session in his de-
nunciation of the senate tariff bill,
and showed himself no slouch of
an orator in his contest with Bryan,
of Nebraska, in opposition to free
silver. He has been n strong adj
ministration man throughout. The
ways and means committee will
lose ono of its foremost members.
Tribune.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
A Remarkable Crop of Tobacco.

Tho Ballard Yeoman tells of n
remarkable crop of tobacco that
was raised in that county: " Mort
Ireland brought to this Office few
days ago some of the Burley tobac-
co cut from his patch of eleven
acres, which beats anything ever
seen in this country, or, we believe,
in any other section of Kentucky.
There are three monster stalks of
the weed, two red and one white
Burley. The tallest of the stalks
is six feet seven inches in length,
with the others very little less.
One of the stalks measured seventy
eight inches across the top leaf,
and one leaf on the same stalk
measured twenty-four inches in
width. 1t is not only the extreme
size of the tobacco that makes it
remarkable, but it is as fine as silk
in texture and color. The crop will
average 1900 pounds to the acre,
and it is safe to say that it is by
far the most profitable crop of
eleven acres that will bo raised in
the Purchase this year, if Mr.
ireland has good luck in getting it
cured up nicely"
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
The Mcclellan Monument.

Gen. Kirby Smith, president of
the Mcclellan monument associa-
ton, presided at the dedication ex-
ercises in Philadelphia on Oct. 2l.
There were present troops from q
number of states. The District of
Columbia was represented by Troop
A, New Jersey by the 9th regiment,
New York by the 22d regiment, and
Pennsylvania by the First and Sec
ond brigades. The marines from
the League Island, navy-yard and
all tho veteran organizations of
Philadelphia and surrounding city
we're in line.
The exercises began Mt | 30 p. m.
Rev. DR.. Henry G. McCook offered
prayer. The statue was presented
by Maj. Veale in briof speech.
Mayor Stuart accepted the statue
on behalf Of the city. Gov. Patti
son and Gen. Franklin both spoke.
The statue wss then unvailed, and
salute Of seventeen guns was
fired by Battery A.
At little after 2 o'clock the
line, which had been formed dur
ing the exercises. moved. The first
division was made up of the Penn
sylvania troops and the visiting
military organizations. After these
camo the Grand Army Of the Re.
public, the Sons Of Veterans, the
Union Veteran Legion, and mum
bcr of other veteran organizations
The third division was composed
of the cadets. No civic organiza.
tions were allowed in line, as il
had been decided to mako the pa
rade a purely military one.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
A Bloody Fight.

A bloody encounter occurred in
Madison county Sunday afternoon
at Big Hill, between the Vanwinkle
brothers, ON ono side, and John
Settles and pal on the other. Link
Vanwinkle was shot in the back,
while his brother John received u
pistol ball in his right temple,
Settle and his lieutenants escaped.
Whisky was at the bottom of the
affair. No arrests had been made
ut last accounts.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01

J, NJ. Havens, jeweler, has locat-
ed in Hazel Green and will be
found at the store of John Nj. Rose.
Bring your watches and fine jewell
ry to him for repairs. He is n
first-class workman and guaran-
tees his work ut the most reason
able prices. If,
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
u Waa a Reyelation 10 Him.

A leading wool manufacturers of
Philadelphia, in writing to Pitts
burg gentleman, says Tho oper-
alton OF the new tariff has been a
revelation to me. We arc making
more woolens because of free wool,
of better quality, are selling more
goods and employing more men,"
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
A Cat Without Prejudice.

j. A. Link, of Superior, Wis,
has in his show window n cat and
n family of young rats that she
has adopted. Her kittens had been
drowned, and it was found that she
had killed an old rat and taken
charge of her motherless rodents.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01

The Engineering and Mining
Journal thinks we shall soon be
competitors with English manufac-
turers of iron and steel in foreign
markets.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
MY FIRST coon HUNT.
ny "srenr.sErR."

One bright and beautiful morning
While everything was adorniug,
I thought would chase coonie,
But, alas | felt very puny.
I started singing daddle.odum--
Very soon my dog freed an opossum
Upon the hill in hole,
Which much delighted my soul.
ran very rapidly TO him,
And often bush cut limb
Aud poked Il In the hole TO see
How near the 'possum was to me.
joyfulty got some hair,
And then had the thing so fair,
That dug some in the ground
Aud pulled the rocks around,
And soon got to him
With energy and vim,
Aud took the 'possum by the tail
And to kill one never fail.
oh, he was such fine one,
| was pleased with the fun.
I went on singing daddle.dum.dee
And hung him mp in buckeye tree.
heard my dog yell very long
Like he smelt something very strong.
| footed as loud as could holler,
Aud after him, you bet did follow.
So rapidly did go
That but little did know
| fell and like to have broke my toe,
And cried bitterly, o, no, no.
But on did my good dog leap ~
| And after him did creep.
| saw that the sign was very fresh
The way my dog clipped the bresh.
| lie soon took up IA hill
While the birds did Keep still.
| heard him begin to bark so free.
! And saw him look mp chestnut tree.
out on IA limb was the old coonie-
| Just tell you he looked funny.
You bet 1t tickled me,
| And laughed hee, hee.
Away after the gun
Poor little Jack did run,
And soon reached the spot,
Cause went in a trot.
o, Louis so freely did l cry,
A coon's freed. if had to die
DO come along with me
And kill this old coonie. .n
Very soon did we start
With great joy in heart.
On reaching the tree
Louis saw the coonie.
Louis took on him fine bead
Aud killed the coon, indeed.
lie fell down on the ground
And my dog shook him round.
| put him nicely on my back,
Aud back home came little old Jack,
And found everything all right.
The sun was shining SO bright.
We thr W our game down
And gassed around.
Sam Oney and pa were in the shop
ran and told them we had coon sop.
They sniggered and laughed right,
. And Sam Oney stayed all night;
Aud next morning bright and soon
We were up to eat the coon.
Very soon the table was spread
With baked coon and corn bread
, And as the best was on the top,
, We smacked our lips and eat the sop.
/, Milk, butter aud beans, and fall salad greer
And fine possum pie is good, you'll n
; deny.
| shall never forget this time
, The 'possum and coon in this rhyme.
My age was about fourteen,
Frisky, and little mean.
= This story is indeed true,
What boy can sometimes do.
When you fully read this
DO not think it amiss
a To give your lips smack
l. And think of little Jack.
The Hazel Green herald., 1894-11-01
|fSERALD,Sl
ADVERTISING COLUMNS

ist travelling in America, at.
tracted by a perusal Of its
pages, draws a pen-picture of
it's multi-merits in his own
language, and thus it reaches
every home in the vine-clad
hills of France. So popular
was the story, jonathan and
His Continent that it was
translated into every tongue
spoken by man. Hence, from
hemisphere to hemisphere and
from pole to pole
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-03-03
AS ESSMENT WORK CLAUSE.

. Albert w .lliams. Jr., in the E0gipeer-
ing Magazine says that "the suspension
for one year Of the operation of that
row iDa of the Uniled States law
which requires 500 worth Of work to
be per ormed anrutlly upon each
mining claim is generally approved of,
and of course by the owners of such
! claims. 1t is intended as measure of
temporary relief, aud may or not be
perpetual! at the end of tie one-year
term. In the present depressed
co d ion of e silver indu try, taking
off the 500 assessment work" require
ment is doubtless commendable: as
q he majority of the loratJrs and holders
OF mInirg claims are poor men. 1t
may be remarked 10 p Issing, however,
thar the as essnent-W business has
complicated the question OF title,
owing TO the IRE gular and | way ln
which the law has b4en compiled with,
the Performance frequently 6eing
simply farce. But the exped ency OF
permaueutiy al nulliog the requirement
is much 10 b. doubled. The ci ct Of
tie law, of course il u prevent single
erson from monopolizing a larg-
number of claims, or even holding
single one, and allowing them or it to
remain idle. The United States law of
1872, with all it's manifest d-frcts,
certainly does not err on the side OF
i'll beraiity to the discov Ter or holder
of mining grouud. Indeed, it is far
more lioeral than iha5 of any other
country. The Ass ssment-work feature,
with others, vas derived from the
ini0g laws of Mexico. The poll es OF
ths two court e, toAever, are not
wholly alike. La Mexlco, Where it wac
not ex pect d that M my new locations
won d be M 4de, but VIII r. an Im nense
amount # known mIueral was already
!oc ted, the oOje.t has b en- To C mpei,
so far as the law could affect it, the
mines 10 he worked, in order that the
country as a whole might gain by the
increased yield of Its most valuable pro-
duct. Hence the law there is pretty |
st If Il the United States. on The |
Other hand, at the me our mining law |
was framed ther4 vas an In mense |
a et,f practically untxplored country |
Nh ch it was desirable to open as |
rapidly as possible, and hence there
WAS reason for holding out every |
ndu, emeLt 10 the prospector and
miner, AT present our law does not
fit The conditions and Is generally |
iisapproved by mining men. 1t must
IN time inevitably give way to s mpler,
more rational system. As TO the
assessment work clause, it is Well
enough to suspend it Under existing
rcuD stances.