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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.

Nine Coaches of Leavenworth People De-
layed by n Derailing.
Missouri Pacific excursion train of
nine we'll filed coaches en- route to Kansas
City ran into an o. en- switch In South
Leaven worth and dashed into Wyandotte
switch engine Both engines and tho bag
gage of the excursion train were COM
pletely destroyed and several passengers
were cut and bruised. Jesse Harrington.
colored boy, received fatal injuries The
engineer and fireman OF the special saved
themselves by jumping from their engine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
PINE TIMBER CASE SETTLED.
Minnesota Lumberman Pays o., 67O Rattle
than Stand Trial.

than Stand Trial.
The labors of the Minnesota pine land
investigating committee continue to bear
fruit, and the school fund of the State is
richer by $500. which will be paid by
Thomas r.. Foley, of Aitkin Several
months ago Warner Richardson & Law
renee, the attorneys of the Investigate
committee. brought suit against Mr.. Foley
to recover $4,000 for timber cut and re-
moved by him from State lands In his
answer Mr.. Foley claimed that he had
paid for all the timber that he had cut
The case was set for trial, but was settled
by stipulation, Foley paying for 100000
feet Of timber 81, 500 and s170. SO witness
fees This makes s37. 500 recovered by the
Legislative Pine Lands Committee
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Tuberculosis in Cb,c.ro.

The reports from Chicago show the re-
suit OF the cattle inspection for the mon tn
OF September at the Union st,ckyards;
Number Of cattle passed In the yards. $40
Number slsu entered ........... 2ss
Number condemned as unfit for food . 162
Seventeen cases Of tuberculosis were
found among the cattle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
THE GENTLE RASCALS
HARMED NO ONE. BUT ROBBED
THE SAFE.
Alleged Responsibility for the FrIghtfui
Forest observation-disclosures Mourns for
DIR. Holmes. Pennsylvania for Andrew
Curtin.


Thursday night the depot at Fort Glib
son, t.. was robbed by six masked men.
Members Of the Cook gang. successors TO
the Daltons are known to have been In
the vicinity. and the differences Is that thcy
we're the robbsrA They stuck gun
through window Ut the telegraph oper-
ator's table and required him TO open the
door They then ordered the safe to be
opened. and the operator swore be did not
know the com bination. and they then went
TO the agents home and escorted him to
the dep Il, where they made him open the
safe They took about $500, without doing
violence to anyone
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

The Ohio State Democratic Executive
Committee has issued q manifesto declar-
Ing that the issue of the present campaign
Is money. not tariff The document has
created q sensation. and will have IN linz
>ortsnt effect upon the campaisn through
out the country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Have,neyer and others Iud,cted.

The long anticipated indictments ag ainst
President II. O Havemeyer and Secretary
John E searles, OF the sugar trust, for re-
fusing to answer questions asked by the
Senate Investigating Committee. we're re-
ported at Washing ton by the grand jury
Monday. A true bill ag Aust Broker A. L.
Seymour. of New York. was also returned.
along with amended indictments against
Brokers John W. Mccartney and e r.
Chapman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

During one Of the wars between
France and England, previous to the
American Revolution, the ship Good
Tidings, of Philadelphia commanded
by Captain Hezekiah Sniffin, q men,
Der of the Society Of Friends, sailed
from New York with q cargo of pro-
duce, bound to England. When
within sight of her destined port the
Quaker ship was chased by small
French man-of-war. Captain Sniffin
endeavored to escape, but finding
that the enemy was rapidly gaining,
and would be alongside in short
order, he and his two officers ceased
their exertions, and retired to their
state-rooms for the purpose of Sc
curing few trihes which they de-
sired to carry with them into cap
tivity. The cabin-boy Charles, a
bright young Philadelphian of fifteen
years, followed his Captain, and
asked If nothing more was to be done
to save the ship. The master re-
piled that it would be useless; that
II they submitted quietly they would
probably receive good treatment,
whereas to offer opposition would be
but to incur the i'll will of the French
men, which would be vented upon
them, to their sorrow. Charles then
returned to the deck, and addressed
the crew of fifty men, telling them
that he had o plan by which they
might save themselves from foreign
prison. He then explained to them
what he proposed to do, and the
sailors agreed to place themselves
under his command and to execute
his orders faithfully. A few minutes
later the French cutter ranged along
side and made fast; then seeing that
no opposition was to be made to their
boarding, all but about dozen of
them jumped on the deck of the
merchantmen, most of them diving
below in search Of plumber.
The moment arrived for which
Charles had waited. Giving the
signal to his men, he bounded over
the bulwark rail- his trusty followers
at his side. Before the few startled
men-o'-war's men could recover their
wits, several of the sailors cut the
lashings that held the two vessels
together, while the remainder quickly
overpowered the scanty guard that
had been left on the cutter. While
the discounted Frenchmen stood on
the deck of the Good Tidings, look
ing at their vessel only a few yards
away, sailing q course parallel with
their own, Charles hailed and ordered
that the port Just ahead should be
steered for, threatening that IL they
refused he would blow them out OF
the water with their own guns. To
make his threat effectual he sent the
men to the guns and provided them
with lighted matches. Understand
ing that their lives depended upon
obedience, they sorrowfully steered
into the port of their enemies. :
followed by the cutter with the Eng
lish flag hoisted above the French.
Upon coming to anchor, communicate
tion was had with the shore. and "a
detachment of soldiers was sent of
to iron the prisoners and mount
guard over them. When the partic-
ulars OF this daring deed became
known the gallant boy was COM
inidshipman in the royal
navy. He became one Of the most
officers in the English
service, and rose to the rank of Ad-
miral and ommander-in-chief Be-
Ing knighted by his sovereign, he
came to be known az Sir Charles
Wager -tHarper's Young People.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
VIII Oner to CompromIse.

All talk OF armed invasion of the sturgis,
Ky., tax precincts by Collec or Black we'll
has ceased; Bondholder Preston sent word
TO the funding boarI TO meet him In Hem
derson for conference Preston offers a
so cent compromise. but the board Will not
accept anything above the original propo-
sition. as the people would not abide by II.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Ocean steamshInLost.

II Is reported that the steamship Chatta-
hoocbee. OF the Ocean Steamship Com
many. overdue at Savannah froIh New
York. has been lost with all on board. The
Chattahoochee was built Ia Chester. Pa !,
In 1882 She was of iron. with gross ton
mage of AGRA IS and net tonnage OF
1.ss7 SO. Her length was $50 feet. depth
1873 fee. and breadth 4o7 feet Savannah
was her home port
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Swept by q Storm.

The northern part of Wichita was swept
by tornado Buildings Of all kinds were
demolished, unroofed. twisted out OF shape
or removed from their found ations, and It
Is reported two unknown men we're killed.
In ALL some twenty 1--we or thirty substan-
tial buildings besides innumerable barns
and outhouses. were demolished or injrred.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
NIne-year-Old C3Irl KiIIed.

A cyclone struck the homo of John Mel.
son, seven miles south of Pawnec. Neh
The family of seven persons we're blown
into an adjoining field. and n little gtsl
years old had q stick driven through her
skull and cannot live Five others of the
family wore severely injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
robbed OF a Ear Pocketbook.

pocketbook was stolen from Joseph
Matchett. Of tandor. Pa. which contained
$4,000 &c. 600 In S10o bills and the balance
in checks. notes. etc The money repre-
sented the savings of lifetime
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Cuba Banan. Famine No, re,.

Tie big firms dealing in bananas on
South Water street, Chicago. looked with
complacency upon q report coming from
Philadelphia to the effect that bananas
would be scarce owing TO destruction of
the crop in Cuba by hurricanes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Ethel Brandon Dixorced.

At San Francisco. Mrs Ethel Stock we'll.
better known rs Miss Ethel Brandon. the
actress, has been awarded a divorce from
L. X stockwell the actor. en- the ground
OF extreme cruelty
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
E~th n S,hsr~ea.

The instant killing OF two lsree draught
horses In Nswsrk. N J.. theother deg 'esn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

The Elliston (Ind. Bank was robbed on
Wednesday night Of $4,000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

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under, she found that this was not to
be done. Crouching, then, close to
the floor, she ran her long arms un-
der the bed in the endeavor to draw
the victim out from her hiding place.
Repeatedly the claws would catch
portions OF the girls dress and the
cloth would yield and rend from the
sharp touch, and Imogene would
clasp her hands tightly about the legs
OF the bed to keep from being drawn
forth.
Once she received terrible scratch
from one OF the greedy paws on her
arm, and was Obliged to tear her
dress for bandage with which to
bind the artery, which came so near
being severed. The smell OF this
blood seemed to render the tigress
furious, and she again and again
would fling herself upon the bed,
until the girl under it feared that the
animal would bring the whole struc-
ture down upon her, when she would
die OF suffocation. At this point she
was seized with an insane desire to
laugh, and lay for minutes shaking
with q CHASTITY sort OF merriment,
which she was only able to control
by thinking. Am / going mad ?"
and vision of her friends coming in
the morning to find her raving or
imbecile, even in her lunacy she did
not rise and venture out into the
room.
Leonard Nugent awoke from
dream In which tiger seated, in n
priests garments, on the steps OF
temple engaged in performing the
marriage ceremony Of himself and
Imogene, was mingled with vision
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
The Sense of sight.

Like every other sense, that of sight
improves by use under healthy condi-
lions, and therefore the people who have
the greatest exercise of their vision in
the open air under the light of the sun
have the best eyesight. Generally speak
ing, savage tribes possess the keenest eye
sight, acquired through hunting. Natives
of the Solomon islands are very quick at
perceiving distant objects, such as ships
at sea, and will pick out birds concealed
in dense foliage some 60 or 20 feet high.
Shepherds and sailors are blessed with
good sight.
Eskimos will detect white fox in the
snow great distance away, while the
Arabs of the deserts of Arabia have such
extreme powers of vision that on the
vast plains of the desert they will pick
out objects invisible to the ordinary eye,
at ranges from one to ten miles distant.
Among civilized peoples the Norwegians
have better eyesight than most If not all
others, as they more generally fulfill the
necessary conditions. The reason why
defective eyes are so much on the in
crease in this country, and in Europe
lies in too much study Of books in early
life and in badly lighted rooms. Brook
lyn Eagle,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
Hard Deposits In Steam Boilers

A very simple method of preventing
hard deposits in steam boilers is men
toned by M. Schmidt, French en-
gineer There are two boilers in use at
the same time, one being at rest, and
the water in use is very bad, being very
calcareous and magnesic, with organic
matter, chlorides and little sulphate of
Of lime. Each boiler is allowed to go on
working for about 800 hours before
being cleaned, when it is stopped,
with the water in it, and allowed to cool
down for about week. The masonry
is allowed to become cold, and then the
tap is opened, also the safety valve, so
that the water runs naturally out of the
boiler, the latter, when empty, being en-
tered and simply swept. The deposit,
being in the form of damp mud, is easily
swept away, leaving the boiler as clean
inside as if it were new.
This method has been in use some five
years and seems to show that the ordi-
nary hardening of deposits in boilers is
due to the absence of water in them
while the mud and the iron are being
heated by the brickwork when the boiler
has been emptied by the ordinary meth
cd under pressure. It is necessary, how
ever, under this system, to be able to do
without the particular boiler for some
eight days.--New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
Improyinp an opportunity.

A man who was somewhat the worse
for frequent hbations boarded Market
street car the other day, and while he
rode he kept the other passengers con-
vulsed. After he had comfortably seat
ed himself two young ladies got on.
There was no room for them to sit down,
so the inebriated man remarked to two
young men next him, aWhy don't you
felloshs gesh up and givesh ladies sheath
Seeing that they did not move, the
man addressed himself to the two young
ladies. in about this style, "Girlsh, f I
could shtand, you could have my sheat.
Here the conductor thought it time to
interfere and admonished the well mean
ing fellow to be quiet under pain of be-
ing put off. This seemed to have the de-
sired effect, for he kept still after he had
said: Conductor, I'm married man.
Have to talk now, for after ] get home
my wife won't give me achance. Phil.
adelphia Call
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
AN AUTOMATIC LIGHTHOUSE.

There Is No Keeper, but the bright Light
Blazes Perpetually.
A remarkable lighthouse is the one
which sheds its warning rays from an es-
tuary of the Gronde, in France, where it
stands upon an isolated rock in the midst
of a treacherous reef. The popularity of
this lighthouse is that it is unoccupied,
and yet its lamp is burning perpetually.
The famous Eddystone light on the coast
Of England, rising from rock that is
only large enough to afford a foundation
for the structure, is remarkable because
the men having 1t in charge are able to
leave their confined quarters only once
in three months, when vessel comes to
them with supplies, letters, papers and a
new detachment of watchers.
1t was to do away with this exacting
and lonesome life that the French engi-
neers set themselves about the task of
devising a method by which the useful
ness of the lighthouse could be main
tanned without so much personal atten-
ton. 1t thus happened that lamp was
invented that would burn continuously
for two months without being trimmed
or replenished.
The burning fluid used in this lamp is
an ordinary mineral oil. The tube in the
interior of the lamp is furnished with a
wick having thickness three times as
great as those employed generally In
lighthouses. Around the burning sur
face of the wick is "a cake made of pat
ented preparation consisting largely Of
carbonized tar. This protection assures
the duration and the. uniformity Of the
fame. A chimney made Of mica is
placed around the fame, and this in
sures an increase IN the power of the
light. The supply of oil is assured by
means of a reservoir containing 100
quarts, the lamp consuming 90 grams
each hour. To provide always for the
reservoir being furnished with sufficient
fuel gauge is fixed at its side that gov
erns the supply flowing in from another
reservoir at distance, and this gauge
permits just 30 grams per hour to pereo-
late through the little supply pipe into
the supply reservoir.
The diameter of the lantern is 56 inches
and it cost 81, 400. The intensity of the
light keeps equable until the expiration
Of two months, when it is necessary to
visit the lighthouse and <replenish the
wick. The light can be seen more than
12 miles at sea. The wick is cleansed
and drawn up gradually by the action
Of the tar cake at its mouth. The French
government is arranging to put pothers
of these houses, and it is also perfecting
an invention by which perpetual cleo
trio light can be controlled by wires run
ming through submarine cable to the
the land.-Exchange
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
Hotel Life In New York,

At one of the up town hotels delight
fully homelike touch is given to life
within it's walls by the privilege, when
desired, of having the coffee follow din
ing party into the reception room. In
one particular parlor, which is full of
hooks and embrasures, large and small,
to accommodate groups of various size,
it is quite common to see the quaint lit
tie table and dainty service set out before
several different companies. The toned
lights and nests of luxurious cushions
make it extremely easy to dawdle indefi-
nitely over this final course, and the
groups dissolve slowly and with evident
reluctance, to, keep evening engage
ments.
Turkish coffee is often served in odd
little oriental cups set in standards, quite
like tiny egg cups, and the requisites of
this beverage-to be piping hot and of a
smooth, creamy thickness-are never
missed here.-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
Thought They Were Worth 1t.

Billings was travelling man, carry
ing a line of handkerchiefs and neck
wear. He met rather attractive young
woman on one of his trips, and before
he realized how IL it comported with
his duties he had married her.
Nature had never intended him for a
married man, and he was seldom at
home, even when his duties would have
permitted him. Finally he became ir-
regular in the matter of remittances,
and his wife, needing some pin money,
took down his route book and found a
letter would reach him at Peru, Ind. So
she wrote him there, asking for $40. He
was in the Bearss House billiard room
when he read the letter. He had no SIC
to spare. He needed all his money for
his own follies.
But the request annoyed him. He got
up, walked about the room for mo-
ment, and his eyes at length rested on a
deck of cards, lying where some man
> had completed a game of solitaire. The
top card on each pile was nine spot.
Billings looked at them a moment
then picked up the four cards, inclosed
them in an envelope and sent it to his
wife. At Charlottesville he received an,
other letter from her, demanding in in
diguant terms what he meant by sending
her four mines. He sat down i'll the writ.
ing room of the Robbins House and
wrote the following reply: " a- -.
t.You wanted $40. I sent you four
Mines Four mines are worth SO any
time. "-C Chicago Herald. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08

through the young lawyers head, Tor
afterward he himself told of the awful
perplexity of the hour. Being a shrewd
inventor, he devised a plan. AS soon as
the court had been called to order and
the crier had said his little say he arose
and asked for a postponement of the
trial, on the ground that he had just re-
ceived a telegram announcing the sud-
den and fatal illness of his mother, who
resided at Nantucket.
Scarcely had the words of this appeal
proceeded from the lips of Young Coffin,
when an elderly woman quietly arose in
the balcony of the courtroom and gave
utterance to these words, Timothy,
Timothy, how many times have chas-
tised thee for lying?"
Timothy recognized the sound of that
voice only too well. 1t was that of his
mother. This being Timothy first pub
lie case, the old lady had secretly come
up to New Bedford to see how well her
son would do. Her presence was Of
course totally unknown to him. The
further developments need not be record
ed here. Suffice it to say that Timothy
Coffin in after years made sure that his
excuses would not be thrown back at
him by any member of his own family,
Boston Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
AJuveniIe Pessimist.

jeremiah, who is 10 years old, is al
ready a confirmed pessimist. Among the
things he continually grumbles about are
his lead pencils, which never have points,
and to sharpen which he always has to
borrow knife of some schoolmate.
"Why don't you have knife of your
own, Jerry?" one of the boys asked.
SCOT no pockets to keep it in, " said
Jerry.
"Then why don't you have pocketT
eff 1 had one I'd have hole in it,"
s'Well, even then you wouldn't be any
worse off than you are now"
"H'ml Yes, [ should. If I had a peck
eth hole in it never'd have anything
to lose through it." -....
Jerry sighed deeply and went on whit
thing his pencil with the deAblade of the
other boys knife.-Lewiston Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
An Interesting Predicament.

A man who lives in fat near Central
park recently had a peculiar experience.
Acouple of deaf mutes rented an apart
ment underneath his own and were
blessed in due season by the arrival of a
bouncing baby with an excellent pair of
lungs. At night the little one woke up
nearly the entire house by its cries, but
through all of it the parents slept until
the tenant above, at the solicitation of
his wife, went down stairs and fairly
forced an entrance. The deaf and dumb
couple resort to many ingenious devices
to overcome the disadvantages under
which they labor. They are unable to
hear their doorbell, so they have ar
ranged piece of colored paper upon
the gong in such way that the paper
fiutters when the bell rings. By keep
ing a watchful eye on the bell they are
able to receive their visitors promptly,
but their inventive genius has not as yet
devised a scheme to indicate the baby's
distress at night. New York Mail and
Express,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
Profits In Champagne

The returns are enormous when a
brand of champagne is firmly estab-
lished, but it is slow and laborious work
to build up demand for new wine.
Accident more often popularizes brand
than design. The sudden terrific rush
for dry wines some 10 years ago was
caused by a remark of the Prince of
Wales, made casually in the course of an
after dinner chat. 1t was Immediately
bounced upon by the manufacturers of
dry wines, the world was informed of it
and their success was assured. But it
requires continual effort to maintain the
popularity of wine. There must be no
Tagging. r.
Brands that were in great demand a
few years ago are now dropping out of
sight. Only a few hundred cases are
sold annually. Others have come to the
front with remarkable strides, and their
sales run up in the thousands. AS many
as $4,000 cases of certain brand have
been sold in this country in one year at a
net profit TO the agent of not less than
$40O, 900. Such statement is enough to
make young man giddy.-New York
Tribune, ..-