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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-03

pretty mouth began to droop with q
wistful expression that was pathetic
enough to touch the hardest of mascu-
line hearts.
Charles friends all noticed the
change and commentedlupon 1t among
themselves, and applied to him
: thets. Lord Dolly Eastwood displayed
a surprising amount of fluency on the
subject. ''Beastly cad. No idea how
to treat woman. Ought to be horse
whipped, don't you know. Shall have
to cut him, by Jove! Wouldn't take a
fver from him now if he offered it.
Can't stand this sort of thing, you
know Beyond joke"
Thus his lordship, and a good deal
more that would not look well on pa
per.
Charley went on giving his petty ar
rogance full play, until, as was only
to be reasonably expected, things came
to a crisis. The wonder was they had
not done so long before.
On the occasion of Lady Brown
Jones ball he went the length of for
bidding his fancee to dance round
dances with anyone but himself, and,
though she received his commands with
out murmur, her soul rose in pas
sionate revolt against his tyranny.
This last test that he had devised
seemed to her the worst of all. AS
matter of fact, she had submitted pa
tiently to far harder ones; but we all
know the feminine capacity for swal-
lowing a camel and straining at gnat,
and Eva was no less ineonsequent than
the rest of her sex. The gnat stuck in
her throat and obstinately refused to
be dislodged. There always must be
a last straw, and this was it.
When the ball was half over Lord
Dolly put in an appearance, and at
that moment Eva happened to be sit
ting quite alone. Charlie had left her
for a minute or two to speak to q
friend, and she was looking wistfully
at the maze of couples that revolved
before her. Lord Dolly made straight
for her
Not dancing, Miss Darlington!
Luck for me, by Jove. Ripping waltz,
this. Have turn?"
He stuck out his elbow invitingly,
but Eva turned away, biting her lip.
sNo, thank you," she answered, in a
low tone, Il can't dance with you, Lord
Dolly"
"Can't?" echoed his lordship.
Flows that? What's up? Not i'll,
are you3 Not cross with me-eh?"
Eva shook her head.
mo, am not i'll or cross, but-butI
have promised Charlie only to waltz
with him. He doesn't like 10 see me
waltzing with other men,"
Lord Dolly choked down a forcible,
but inelegant remark, cleared his
throat violently, and ran his fingers
through his hair. The two latter pro-
ceedings were signs Of severe mental
disturbance.
There was slight pause.
''And he dances so awfully badly"
Eva went on, with a queer little catch
In her breath. He can't waltz bit
not little wee bit. He-he holds you
all wrong"
Her voice quivered and broke on the
last word, and she looked up at the
man by her side with great fearful
eyes, like forget-me-nots drowned In
dew.
That look finished it Lord Dolly
was only a man.
"Beastly shamer' he said, hurriedly.
"Come with me. Nice and quiet out
on the veranda. A fellow can talk
there, don't you know? Come along"
And Eva went.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-03
~ Canse For Alarm.

wifc-what effect will these pow
ders have?
Doctor-He will seem rather dull
and stupid, but don't feel alarmed
WHe-Oh, no; he's that way when
has perfectly veil, you know,--QemoN
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
The WAY ThevnnIt.

A little man with a sad face, thin
suit of clothes, skulloap and a weak
voice stood near the cast end of the
Madison street bridge holding out a
bundle of shoestrings toward the pass
ersby. A policeman came along-on one
of the large two breasted kind.
HGot license?' he asked.
The man with the shoestrings unbut-
toned his coat with the left hand and
showed the badge, which was attached
to his vest. In the meantime he looked
up at the policeman. His expression was
one of mingled awe, fear and apprehen-
sion. 5..S
Give me a pair, said the police
man, pulling out two strings from the
bundle.
Yes, sir, - said the peddler.
Better make it two, said the man
who represented the dignity and maj
esty of the law.
''All right, sir, said the shoestring
man, his voice weaker than ever.
The policeman relied up the four
strings, buried them in his pocket and
went ON.
Did he pay your asked man who
was standing in a doorway.
Him pay?" said the man with the
sboestrings. dat copper pay for his
shoestrings? / guess not. What makes
me sore is that he don't belong ON this
beat at all. never saw him before.
why didn't you make him pay
your
< whats the use? He would have
tipped me off to some other cop, and I'd
got the run. If they want anything,
you've got to give it to them; that's all
there is about it. &c Chicago Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
.where rrndall wanted to Rest.

.'Whatever the late Professor Tyn-
dall's final wishes may have been, it was
not, writes correspondent, "his desire
at one time of his life 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 fayorite Alpine retreat-a
shelf cut in toe 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
adjunets of decay as might be. He
laughingly volunteered to provide con-
tiguous rocky shelves for any like mind
ed friends.
81 may perhaps be allowed to add that
through all the intervening years I have
retained 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 a 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


the engineer came to a stop declaring
that the bell ringing was the work Of
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 he had bit
ten in two by his efforts, as if his life
depended upon his ability to tear il out
of the train. .Oh. you lttleininchl So
it was you. was itga cried the engineer.
And the horse stopped and hung his
head much as 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
UNCLE SANS wARsHlPs.
Fitting One Of Them For a Cruise Costs
SnIaTJ EEartupa --s'~sz=-

Fitting Ono Of Them For Cruise Costs .
Small Fortune.
Furniture and supplies for Uncle
Sans new war vessels cost mint Of
money. To fit out one of these ships for
a cruise is a bigger job than equipping a
first class hotel. Here is a floating for
tress as long as two city blocks. with all
modern conVeniences and complete res
taurant facilities, lighted throughout by
electricity gigantic fighting machine
and military barracks combined. Her
steel walls, bristling with guns, shelter
small army of men. The New York,
for example, has crew numbering 455,
besides 10 marines and Al officers. To
feed them all for a twelyemonth 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
a 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 &C
cessible, Usually the vessel is pro-
Visioned for only three months, because
there is no room to stow more. The ra-
tons 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, flour 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. 4
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
A Gallant Reseue.

Here is very charming cat and dog
story for the truth and accuracy of
which the proud inhabitants of the
Swiss village where it occurred quite
recently are, one and all, ready to vouch.
A troublesome cat in tho village had
been doomed TO a watery death, and the
children of the owner had been told off
to take it in q sack to the river Aar and
there to drown il. The house dog ac-
companied the party to the execution.
which was carried out according to
parental instructions. But, much to the
surprise of the inmates, q short. time
after the cat and dog, both soaking wet,
reappeared together at their owner s
door.
This is what had happened: Tie dog,
.on seeing that the sack containing the
cat was thrown into the river, jumped
after it, seized it with histeeth, dragged
it to the bank, tore. it open and restored
his friend therat to life and liberty. 1t
goes without saying that the death war
liant of the cat was destroyed after this
marvellous scapade.-London Million.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
Remarkable stalactite Caves In Utal

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 90 miles
west of st. George. Neither is remark
able on account of size, and to the best
of my knowledge the dignifying title Of
cavern 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 Toqueryille, is known as La
Virgin. and the other by thename of the
Black Warrior.
The Virgin was discogered few years
ago by the contractor of an irrigating
company, who was engaged in driving a
tunnel through a mountain called Ga
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 a coun-
terpart of the Virgin and was discovered
by miners at a point where their tunnel
was 3G5 feet beneath the surface. st.
Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
strineing Pictures.


The one thing that is unforgiyable in
picture hanging is to string them along
the walls IN 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 them gracefully, butdon't,
when one has succeeded in making a
graceful bunch ON one sido of the fire.
place, reproduce it exactly on the other
side.
According to one who speaks with
the emphasis of authority, delicately
framed water colors arethe 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
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 fa5lioned an
gle of wire is made. Gold and silver
wires are generally used, but it is said
that snail 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 hCng from the holdings, have wires
stretched tightly across the back and
are caught invisib1y on small screws
New York Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
o0RIcus cHINssE CUSTOMS.
A Brides Sanitation to Her Husband Flee,
and Ills Response

A Brides SaIntation to Her Husband Elect
and His Response.
A Chinese paper describes some anus
ing marriage customs. In a small
mountain village between Kaga and
Etchu the bride comes to the BRIDE
groom's gate and bawls ont to him,
Hello, brother! I've GOMEZ
To which the other replies, Glad
you've cone. =
The bride then appeals to him,
"You II 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 long pro-
cession of we'll wishers, old and young.
Cheap, muddy sake is distributed to
them, and they commeneetda dancing and
are not content until the floor gives way,
when they clap their hands, crying,
"How auspiciousin and take their
leave.
At KuIita, in Echizen, the betrothal
takes place whyn the parties are 8 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.
When the boy is rs or thereabouts,
he goes to stay with his betrothed S
family and works like 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 arc 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
snnnhaI.ika Rnstnn

Hortensia, /" said her father, will
you have some taters 2"
IF you refer to the tarinaceeus tu-
bers which pertain of the Solanum tu-
berosum and which are commonly
known as potatoes, replied the sweet
girl, i should be pleased to be helped
to modieunn of the same. But taters,
taters! I'm quite sure, papa, that they
are something of which never before
had the pleasure of hearing.
The old man pounded on the tablenn-
til the pepper caster lay down for rest
and then remarked in voice of icy
GOODNESS, Hortensia, will you have
some taters?"
g Yes, dad, / will. =
Is our boosted high school system a
failure, or is it not IT, London Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
Al vlLL.A0ER.

There was no lad handsomer than Willie was
The day that he canqato fathers house.
There WAS none had an eye as soft an blue
As Millies was when he came to WOO.
TO labofing life though bound thee be,
An on my fathers ground live free,
III take thee, said. for thy manly grace,
Thy gentle voice an thy loving face.
Ills forty years now since we were wed.
Wears aiiing an gray needs not TO be said,
Bat yyilliess eye Is as 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 meier been kind.
Merrily drinking an singing with the men.
He 'ud come home late six nights of the seen.
An since the children be grown an gone
He 'as Stunned 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 3 debt,
An all looks every day more worn,
An the best of my gowns be shabby an torn.
Nowonder II words had a-grown to bio
That matters not, while nobody knows,
For loye him shall to the end of life,
An be, as swore, bis own true wife.
An when IN 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
RoeulsH LITTLE nINcH.
The Trick by which the Famou. R
LIZ. 60 III. 49,.

The Trick by Which the Famous Race
Horse Got His Name.
Many stories are told of Little Minch,
the race horse, which indicate that he
is a 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 year
hing hewas given nickname by rail-
road engineer that was subsequently, APP
piled to the horse, and under it he won
his laurels. Little Minch rs 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 a 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 bis airbrake. After coming to a
stop heIwaited for the astopiabed trair
men to come up to his
MED that airy one bird r
and the. en- n,r pess 1
with the itlnasE,
caught ard lftef
going arct
But the
was haTii
sooner
aga IN
snd aaye IL auol,asr .lslK. unla lulAte
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
AWoodohopper,s vision.

A chopper in the Kilkenny woods re-
lates story that he implicitly believes.
This is his narratives Il was at work
for Van Dyke, at Connecticut Lake,
The night was dark aud rainy, and the
wind howIed and moaned in the tree
tops. went to bed, as the whole camp
does, at 20 o'clock --that is, the lights
are blown out at that hour, as is the
rule in camp, Directly opposite my
bunk was small window that one
could see out. ] could not sleep and
kept rolling and tunbling.
II think ] must have got into sleep,
for / was awakened by a light shining
into the window, and woman's face
appeared as if looking in. am sure
it was the countenance of my sister, who
died in Quebec two years ago. Strange
to say, was not scared. The light dis
appeared, and then again it shone in.
This time the woman s hand appeared
at the window, beckonirg me to come.
I got IN and pulled on my trousers and
went to The door. By thistime the wind
had stopped blowing, the rain had ceas-
ed, aNd the moon shone through the
, clouds at times.
standing near the woodpile was my
sister. ] recognized her now. stepped
toward her, but she motioned me back,
saying, Joe, dom t work tomorrow, and
vanished. / saw no more of her that
night. The next day staid in camp,
and before noon Bill was brought in
dead. A limb had fallen and broken his
skull. He and worked together. My
sister has come to save life once since.
Boys, this is Gods truth. "-Manches-
ter On! H.) Union.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-22
a MOUTH CURVED up AT CORNERS.


The werld is not so bad place
AS the growing cgnic paints 1t,
Aud life In the lnsi ii IS fair and sweet
Till selfishnegs mars and taints It.
So don't belong 10 the pessimist crew
And don't be one OF the scofners.
Don't go about with a clouded brow
And q mouth drawn down at the cotAera
Though fortune seenoth to frowil on you,
Be never you disconnected.
II you lut your mouth into rainbow shape
Pray let the bow be Inverted.
Though you be slighted by fortunes pets,
Though YOU bs Ecoinsd by the scorners,
Still keepa heart that is brave and strong
And q mouth curved ap st the corners
Dom look on life through a smoky gloss
The world is much as you take It.
Twill yield you back d CLEAN of light
Or glow OF warmth If you make it.
However fortune may seem t6frovn,
However, may scorn the scorners,
StilIface your fate with 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
stonned tha Iy.ddinex.

Saxon girls / 900 years ago always
wore gold crown during the marriage
ceremony, this article being kept in the
church and fee being paid the priest
for its use by the brides of the parish,
In the year 9a7 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 a great red rose--the
first rose that ever bleomed. When the
angel drove Adam and Eve out of para
disc, a spark of fire fell from the an
gels fiery sword and burned up the
phenix and his nest. Out of the ashes
sprang 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
Ionrnal.
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-
ciaI study, and both the king and queen.
have always striyen to be their chill
dren's chief friends and conidants.
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, pounds of sulphate of ammonia
and 20 gallons of water. He next al
lowed them to drain a 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 42
tons of potatoes to the acre. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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
Why Ambition. uonnre,l.

by dc we honor ambition aud de,
epise ssyariee, while they are both but
the desire of possessionY inquired a
friend Of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Because. answered he, The one is
natural, the other artificial; the one The
sign of mental health, the other. OF mem
tai decay; the one appetite. the other
disease.