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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
The Color of Animals.

There is a connection between the
color and character of animals. Al
though much of the subject is yelled in
considerable obscurity, as general rule
it may be- stated that vivid, conspicu-
GUS coloring accompanies strength, cour-
age and often ferocity. The black or red
hair and the ruddy skin indicate carbon
or iron somewhat in excess, a sanguine
temperament, rapidity Of thought >and
action and courage frequently bordering
on rashness In the brute creation it is
rather character that has modified color
in the course of the survival of the At
test The timid animal, bird or fish pos
sessing the most neutral coloring lived
longest and left most offspring and 80
gradually the conspicuous members of
the family were eliminated This neu-
trail coloring as well as color that
changes for protective purposes is the
external characteristic Of shyness and
timidity, alertness Of sense, keenness Of
vision and scent and swiftness rather
than strength OF limb, -Pittsburg DIS
match. -~,--.~ .s-s.ZS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

In shattered corners and shady places
The wasting sncws Of the winter lie,
But there Is . token of coming roees
In the tender pink OF the sunset sky.
Above the dusk OF the windy forest
The young March moon is siivery cold.
Come. love. and lean on the gate beside me,
And I win tell youa legend old,
A Jealous wizard with whitened tresses
Beheld maiden with yellow hair.
And seized her form In his frosty fingers,
And bore her far to his icy lair.
He bound her fast in . sleep enchanted,
And hid her deep in q grave Of gloom,
TIL over the purple seas came sailing
A slender prince, with pale green plume.
From the withered grass and earth above
her
He brushed the wreaths of the snow aside
And slew the wizard. whose name was VIM
ter,
And she rose from the tomb TO be his bride.
Looki There she stands by the broken trellis,
Where budding sprays of the ivy cling,
For the captive maid was the golden crocus;
Her gallant lover, the prince. is Springl
-Afinna Irving in worthincton's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Reformed Geometry.

Almost 100 years ago two men set
out from Virginia to visit the Scioto
valley, of the beauty and fertility of
which they had heard alluring reports.
On the third night they reached Clarks-
burg, where they put up with a man
who appeared to be honest, but old FASH
Toned and illiterate.
"Can you tell us how far it is to Ma
rietta and what sort of a road we shall
fnd?" asked one of the travellers.
Yes," answered the host; "that is
exactly what can do, for I was appoint
ed one of the viewers to lay out the
road and have just returned from the
performance of that duty"
s'That is fortunate. What do you call
the distance?"
"Well, the distance on a straight line,
which we first ran, was rs miles, but on
our way back we discovered and mark
ed another line which was much near
er."
The two travellers had each spent some
years in the study of surveying and were
more or less amused at the idea of a
line shorter than straight line be-
tween two given points
However, the next morning they took
the route which their informant had
pronounced the shorter, and true enough
they found his statement correct, for
the crooked road went round the hills,
while the straight one went over them,
and the distance round was less than
the distance over. -feuth' g Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
A Danger Signal,

81 found a queer specimen teiay, "
said the policeman to the reporte4.
The interrogation points popped into
the reporters eyes.
...O1d fellow drunk in the alley, . con-
Hnued the officer. i noticed him go in
and watched him. He found comfort
able place and laid down on it, then
took a placard out from under his coat
and hung it around his neck. .
"What was on the placard?o asked
the reporter as the officer stopped with
the evident intention of having him ask
the question SO he could spring the am
swer ON him. Handle this with care.
Il is loaded. y And the officer laughed
as If policeman's lot were sometimes
happy one. Detroit Free Press
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
TIN MASTER PASSION.



lcnsses For the Play.
n was once present. !" said Charles
Dickens, ssat social discussion which
originated BY chance The subject was
What was the most absorbing and Iona.
est lived passion in the human breast?
What was the passion so powerful that
1t would almost induce the generous to
be mean, the careless to be cautious, the
guileless to be deeply designing and the
dove to emulate the serpenti' A daily
editor Of vast experience and great
acuteness, who was one Of the company,
considerably surprised us by saying,
with the greatest confidence, that the
passion In question was the passion Of
getting orders for the play. There had
recently been a terrible shipwreck, and
very few Of the surviving sailors had
escaped in an open boat.
lone of these ON making land came
straight to London and straight to the
newspaper Office with his story Of how
he had seen the ship go down before
his eyes. That young man had witness
ed the most terrible contention between
the powers of fire and water for the de-
struction Of that ship and of every one
on board He had rowed away among
the floating dying and the sinking dead.
He had fioated by day, and he had fro
zen by night, with no shelter and no
food, and as he told his dismal tale he
rolled his haggard eyes about the room
when he had finished and the tale
had been noted down from his lips, he
was cheered and refreshed and soothed
and asked if anything could be done
for him. Even within him that master
passion was so strong that he in,medi-
ately replied that he should like an or
der for the play. My friend, the editor,
certainly thought that was rather q
strong case, but he said that during his
many years of experience he had wit
messed an incurable amount Of self pros
tration and abasement having no other
object and that almost invariably on the
part Of people who could well afford to
pay. Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Gifts at Baptism.

Gifts to infants on their baptism are
of ancient origin. Formerly the spon-
sors generally offered gilt spoons to the
child These spoons We're called apostle
spoons, because the figures of the 10
apostles were carved at the top of the
handles. Rich sponsors gave the COM
plete set of IL, while for those who We're
not SO opulent four was considered the
proper number, and poor sponsors would
content themselves with Offering one.
In the latter case the handle of the spoon
generally exhibited the figure Of any
saint in honor of whom the child receiv-
ed its name. 1t is in allusion to this
custom that, when Cranmer processes
himself to be unworthy of being spon-
sor to the young princess, Shakespeare
makes the king reply:
.'Come, come. my lord, you'd spare your
spoons"
The mug or spoon and fork Offering
OF the present day appears as very
debased survival of a really beautiful
christening offering. Westminster Re-
view.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS.

cuperstitions of Modern Gamblers Which
Are '.as Old rs the Hills"
If there is one active principle that
enters into gambling, it is superstition,
and for almost every man that hunts the
elusive dollar over the desolate waste of
the green baize cloth, or ON the race
track. or in any of the other multitude
nous ways or places that one may lay
siege to alluring fortune there is a sep
arate fancy.
Jack Mcdonald, one of the best known
boolmakers of America, believes that
he is most successful in those years
which are indicated by odd numbers,
and if you are doubtful of the truth of
it he will offer you figures to prove it.
"Carley B." as Bookmaker Woolf is
best known, has steadfast belief in
''3, !" and after he has selected horse
to bet upon he will place an extra heavy
wager on him if he discovers that he is
numbered SO" ON the programme
Several superstitious betting men at
the Morris park races a few years ago
noticed the coincidence that the thir-
teenth day of the meeting fell upon
June Is, and they straightway sought
out horse numbered "18" ON the card.
They found one and bet upon him, and
to make the coincidence most strange
he won.
That this belief in luck as applied to
certain numbers is as old as our philoso-
ply is shown by the fact that centuries
before the Christian era the Pythagorens
and Platonists, who represented all
movements and phenomena Of nature by
numbers, invented the science of arith-
nomancy, consisting of the use of magic
al squares and applying occult powers
to numbers On the combinations of GER
tain numbers depended systems Of divi-
nation, and particular virtues were as
cribed to numbers accordingly as they
were odd or even.
There's luck in odd numbers" is
saying as old as the hills. AS ancient
writer as Virgil says the gods themselves
esteemed the numbers odd, for in the
eighth eclogue he wrote:
Around his waxen image first / wind
Three wooden fillets of three colors Joined;
Thrice round his thrice devoted head,
Which round the sacred altar thrice is led
Unequal numbers please the gods.
The Chinese have similar ideas. With
them heaven is odd and earth even, and
the numbers 1, 8, 5, z, 8 belong to heav-
en-, while the even digits are of the
earth earthly.
So it is little cause for wonder that
our modern gamblers stick to their be-
lief that fortune aboundS in odd num-
bers only.-New York Herald
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
MAKE voUh OWN SNOW.
Ms Curious For,nation In the Fun Rays e
July Sum.

Its Curious Formation In tho Fun 1ays q
aJuly Sum.
Two solid bodies, one yellow, sulphur.
the othr black, carbon, unite under GER
tain circumstances to form oolorless
liquid called sulphide Of carbon. which
must be handled with much precaution
on account Of its great explosive prop
erty. The soluble property Of sulphide
of carbon renders it valuable to take
spots off of garments If Its odor is
more disagreeable than that of benzine
or turpentine, it has at least the advan-
tage of being dispelled quickly in conse-
quence Of the prompt evaporation OF the
liquid. There is nothing equal to 1t to
take off spots of paint ON clothes. 1t
does not do it, however, without Great
ing great fear in persons who use 1t for
the first time, for they see ON the very
place where, to their great pleasure, the
paint had disappeared large white
spot, the nature of which is hard for
them to define, and the more they brush
the more unsightly and the larger that
white spot grows. is then the garment
lost? No, for fortunately after o few
moments the spot melts away never to
show again. 1t was snow and nothing
more. The sulphide of carbon in evapo-
rating takes heat from the cloth and
surrounding air, and the result of that
is sudden lowering of temperature suf-
ticient to freeze the vapor of the atmos-
phere.
Without operating ON your clothes
you may make the experiment in the
following way: Fill small vial with
sulphide of carbon, taking great care to
do it far from all flame or heated stove.
Then close the bottle with a cork stopper
through which you have previously bored
small hole In this hole place piece
of blotting paper made up into a small
roll The paper must reach to the bot
tom of the bottle and about an inch
above the cork. Within 10 minutes you
will see the outside of this paper cover
ed with snow, the quantity Of which
gradually increases The liquid has risen
through the pores Of the paper as theoi
Of lamp through the wick. When it
gets to the open air, it evaporates, and
the water contained in the surrounding
atmosphere, being brought to a temper
allure below 80 degrees, has been frozen.
If you divide the paper outside Of the
bottle into several pieces, you obtain
flowers and most charming effects. You
may make the experiment in summer
and in the full rays of the SUM- The re-
suit will be obtained then more prompt
", evaporation being more abundant -
St Louis Post Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Proof That sp.rrows Can Count,

There is no doubt but that birds can
count, and an incident witnessed sew
eral years ago illustrating this fact
amused me not little. a sparrow, with
four Of her young, hadSa nest in SPAR
row house under the veranda of my
dwelling. One day the old bird few up
to the nest with four living worms in
her beak The four little birds reached
out their heads with the customary
noise and were each fed worm. The
sparrow then few away, and after time
returned again with four worms in her
beak, which were disposed Of as before.
The bird kept this up for some time,
during which ] was an interested spec
tator. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Primitive Names.

The CONSERVATION which some bota-
nists have raised in pressing the duty Of
abandoning many universally accepted
plant names and adopting for general
use more primitive ones is spreading to
other departments of learning It is
found that the whole English language
is in the same unfortunate condition as
theslanguage Of botany. It is proposed
to abandon thinks, !" walks, lis
tens, !" freezes" etc., for ''thinketh, !"
"walketh, ''listeneth, ''freezeth, !"
ETC., as having much prior claim to
our regard. -Meehan's Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

Handel and Bach were contempora-
ries. Born about the same time, in
houses almost in sight of each other, de-
voted to the same branch of the same
art, and each famous, and justly SO, in
his profession, these two great men new
ar mot
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Important Information For Girls.

Blue eyed men are the most senti-
mental of the species. AT least this is
what an eminent physiognomist says,
They are peculiarly susceptible to the
influence Of the opposite sex, melt under
the warmth Of one ardent glance, have
emotional mercurial affections and are
found by the coquettes to be easier game
to bag than to hold. American Woman.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Ugliness.

Many man has risen to eminence
under the powerful reaction of his mind
against the scorn of the unworthy. daily
evoked by his personal defects, who,
with a handsome person, would have
sunk into the luxury of a careless life
under the tranquilizing smiles of con-.
tinual admiration. DE Quincy. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

"Say, old man, want to talk busi-
ness to you few minutes.
Certainly; go ahead. =
"Couldsyou lend me $25 without in
convenience
"Yes, / think could "
! Thanks. I'll return it shortly"
What security will you gives"
"Why-er-I-didn't think any nee
essaIy.
'tOh, probably misunderstood you.
I Thought You said you wanted to talk
business. indianapolis Sentinel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Cheap Locomotion.

Dutoguard has been informed that
cabs are going to be fitted with automat-
ic distance counters, and that the fare
for the first kilometer is to be 70 cents,
and % cents for each succeeding kilo-
meter,
'tCapitalp' he said, tapping his fore
head, as if inspired with a happy
thought. Next time / have to go any
distance ! shall walk the first kilometer
and take cab for the rest of the jour.
new. journal de Vienne.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

During the most Of the sixteenth CEN
fury the English people called the Bible
the Bibiiotheca, or the library, the word
being limited in its application to the
Scriptural writings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Harsh,

Lovell-Ah, should be delighted,
dontcherknow, to-er-call upon you,
Miss Ethel, but--er-you must say
"may" first!
Ethel-Oh, do make it April firstt-
Truth,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

frederick the Great was ambitious to
be thought composer of music. Over
1870 Of his pieces have been found and
are now in the Imperial library OF Ber-
lin. They are, if possible, worse than
his poetry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
sinxuIarly Inconsistent.

) Another instance Of the illogical work
ing Of the feminine mind is the fact that
when young woman was kissed by q
stranger in street in Providence she
shouted Murder Boston Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

A mans time, when we'll husbanded,
is like cultivated field of which few
acres produce more Of what is useful to
life than extensive provinces, even Of
the richest soil, when overrun with
weeds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

Philadelphia has some long streets
Second street, IL miles; Germantown
and Ridge avenue, 10 miles; Broad
street. Of miles; Frankford avenue, 8
miles; Fifth street. 61a miles: Market
street. 5 " miles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
What is

Samuel Pitchers prescription for InAts
Children. 1T contains neither Opium, MorphiAs
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harness substitute
Parcgoric Drops Soothing syruDs, and Caster eA
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years by
Mothers Cast0ria destroys Worms and aAys
feverishness Castoria prevents voniGng Sour Cnr1.
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Cello. Castoria relieves
teething troubles constipation and Aatuleaey
Castoria assimates food, regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. C&s.
is the Children's Panaoea-thN others Friend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Castoria..

"Castoria Il 70 well adapted to children that
recommend IL - superior to any prescriptis
known to me-"
Il. 4. ARcHER, n. D.,
iii 81. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Ouf physicians In the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
enoe In their outside practice with Castoria,
and although We only have among ou
medical sursres what is known as regular
products, ysvws are free to confess that tn.
favor UPON it,
UNITED HosrrrAL AND DIspsNsARy,
Boston, NaSs
ALLEN G. snrrn, Pres,
array St>-ct, New York City.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

The poet writes of the music of the
woodland depths, but hepmitted to say
that it is the pine tree that gives the
pitck Lowell Courier.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

There Is well at Scarpa, a village
near Tiyoli, Italy, which is ], 700 feet
Deep all but 26 feet being cut in solid
rock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Japan and Foreigners.

In the last century there was Japa-
nese law providing that no ship or ma
tive should leave Japan under pain of
forfeiture or death; that any one return
ing from foreign country should be
killed; that no one should purchase any
thing from foreigner, and that any
person bringing letter from abroad
should die, together with all his family.
CHICAGO Tribune.
A complaint comes from Russia Of
the scarcity Of physicians throughout
the empire. The number Of medical
men is only one in 5000 of the entire
population. These are mostly in the
large cities The village population has
only one in 80, 600; while the remote
provinces have only one doctor to 1870,
900 people.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

The mortar and pestle still in use in
most parts Of Asia and all over Africa is
the prototype Qf the modern dour mill ]
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

"Castoria is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted hope tho day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostruns which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfuA
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. J. +. KINcHEIeE,
Conway, Ark.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Castoria.

ssCac:cc--ia is an excellent medicine for chd-
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of fts
good effect upon their children"
DIR. G.. G. Osaoop.
Lowell Mass
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Railroad English.

Teacher-Give a synonym for the
word reduce. -
Bright Boy-Equalize.
Wrong,
"Well. that's the word the railroads
use when they reduce wages. -
"Huml Give asynonym for the word
increase. -
ssEqualize /"
"Nonsensei''
"Well, that's the word the railroads
use when they increase rates. Good
News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
Muscular Exercise.

Dick feeling of Toms biceps)-My,
what an arml Do you frequent the gym
nasium?
Tom-Gymnasium nothingi Tread all
the papers, dailies and weeklies. just
try it for week or two yourself. The
amount Of turning over it gives fellow
to follow the different articles from one
page to another beats all the gymna-
siums In Christendom for exercise
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26
MAIN LINE.
WEST BOUND.
EAST BorsD.
SAUK CENTRE & NORTHERN.
Daily Except Sunday,

Daily trains between st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Sioux City, st. Cloud, Sank Gen ire,
Crookston, Moerhsad, Fargo, Grand Forks,
Grafton, Winnipeg, Devils Lake, Great Falls,
Helena, Butte, kalispell, spokane and Be-
attic.
Pacific coast trains run palace sleeping
and dining cars ,ibu1st, library, observation,
smoking cars, nrst AND second class coaches,
Tree colonlst slsepeIs, etc.
Connections NJ ST. Paul, Minneapolis with
trai as TO and from Lake Superior points,
Chicago, ST. Louis and the east, south and
5ouLn west.
Crosses the Rocky and Cascade mountains
III daylight, giving passengers chance 10
see some OF the finest scenery IN America.
a-Sleainer and rail- connections at Sea title
for Puget Sound points, California, Alaska,
OnIna and Japan.
Connections at Bonner's Ferry. Idaho, for
hsotena1 river ana lake points; at Wen.
atchee, WASH, for Lake Chelan, the upper
Columbia and The Okanogan district.
Tickets sold anu baggage checked to all
principal points. For publications and in
formation about rates, routes, etc., apply TO
JAS. A. NORRIS, Agent,
Sank Centre, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

Th.s. F. Cakes, H.c Payne, H. C. Rouse, Receivers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-26

The Censaur Company, Murray s.-,s, City.