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heaven to defend her, is one of the moss magnificent that can be imagined. The temple is blazing in gold, the high priests in gorgeous raiment, and attendants fivs abreast fill the aisles. From the sides 90 priests in crimson and gold. ten abreast, open the way for band of 100 dancing girls, selected from the royal household for their grace and beauty.
 When the ceremonies are at their height, Isabella is brought in, and tho priest with the sacriticial knife calls upon her to rejoice at the glory of dying for the sun god To add to tho scene. a storm arises, and thunder aud lightning add majesty to the moment when Tsa- bella proolaims herself Christian and by her courage and conviction holds the vast multitude at bay until De Soto and his band rush in and rescue her. This is the great third act, but all of the oth- CTS are equally thrilling, and the one in Florida, if anything, is more beautiful. After the romance is complete and the audience satisfied that every one is hap py old Ponce de Leon, tho dreamer who figures all through the play as tender minor chord, leans upon his staff and tells of his belief in the fountain of youth. Isabella tells him love is the fountain of youth, '' aud here is sung a beautiful melody, the words by Frank l.. Stanton and the music by Sousa This scene is gradually wrought up Uo the point where a sudden darkening oS the stage makes the introduction of the fountain of youth fitting climax to the play. There IS marvellous transforma. tion of scenes and final ballet of 100 girls in shimmering draperies, ever changed ill hue by the rainbow flashes of electric light.
 The play we'll abounds in comedy and comic songs adapted to 1t by capable dramatists. Among them will be song and chorus by Joel Chandler Harris;
 Oh, this is Mir Rabbit that runs in the grass. Rise up, ladies. and let him pass.
 Besides the spectacular there will bs great interest manifested i'll the dra- matic contest for the medals to bs awarded the best exhibitors of one act plays. As many as so dramatists will present their one act dramas, which arc so often unique and artistic, and there is every evidence of the greatest rivalry in the dramatic exhibit. There will be entertainments of all kinds during the day, and the theater will be used for sacred concerts on the Sabbath, thereby encouraging the best musical talent. ~ Atlanta Constitution.
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Saved by g Locomotive.

A 6little negro boy in Tennille had a queer experience few days ago He took COW belonging to Rev. P J. Pip kin out to graze and tied one end of a rope around his waist and the other end to the cows horns The COW became frightened and ran away The boy was dragged 200 yards and would have been killed If the COW ill her mad race had not run into locomotive and killed herself. Bullock Ga Times
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YOUTHS PARADISE.
Young Men Have All the Good Positions
 In Japan.

Young Men Have All the Good Positions
 In Japan.
 No one can travel through Japan 8 great deal without noticing that this is the paradise of the young Everywhere young men are performing the impor- tant functions of life. They have gTasped the new situation. The men at the head of the postal service are youths, and the letter carriers are mere boys. Young fellows direct everything, A railroad train is sent from one end of the coun- try to the other in charge of 25-year- old engineer and 20-year- r-old conduct or, while every guard, inspector and train attendant is good natured youth.
 have seen on the inland waters boys of 14 handling the mailbags of the steamboats with the gravity of the eld- CTS. The soldiers of the army are all be- tween 90 and 30 years of age, and the officers are for the most part under 40, though occasionally one sees gray haired fellow, covered with medals, @ hero perhaps of the Satsuma revolution of 1868. They have admirals in the navy 85 years of age. The important business of the country is directed by young men who arc still students.
 Most men at 50 years of age, owing to the filial love which prevails, arc able to take life easily here Japan is indeed the paradise of the ambitious young, and it is irrepressible youth which Is carrying her forward to her destiny to- day,-John A. Cockerill in New York Herald
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Points From the rillvilIe Banner.

We are now offering six yearly sub seriptions for one overcoat.
 Chr feet were badly frozen while we were dancing at the picnic yesterday,
 As soon as the ice is broken in the ponds there will be plenty of fishing in this neighborhood
 Don't sell your overcoat before tho middle of August You never know what B going to happen next in Georgia. Atlanta Constitution.
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All Alike the World Ger.

Premier Resebery IS now said to be determined neither to die nor to resign while occupying the position of British prime minister. Lord Rosebery is in this respect very much like the ordinary offfceholder all the world over. .--Omaha Bee
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Our Writers In the East.

A Greek newspaper, one of the jour nals of Athens. is printing Richard Harding Davis "Gallegher" stories in daily miscellaneous. With "Gallegherf in Greek and Ben-Hur" in Armenian, the barbarian west is paying back some of its literary debts to the east. New Yorlr World
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 In the Drought Belt.

Hutchinson, Kan, has received from a revered benefactor the gift of 8 public fountain, and public spirited oitizeria have telegraphed to Kansas City for 8 barrel of water to see it work, -&New York Recorder
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Golf chamnion of sootlnnd.

Scotland won the amateur golf match at St. Andrews this year, MT. Leslie Baifour Melville defeating in the finals MT. John Ball of Liverpool, who has won the championship four times in the last ten years
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niuoroed tho Wrong Man.

A French judge, before whom 9 di- vorce case was recently tried, comphcat- ed matters seriously by handing down a decree divorcing the lawyer who ap- peared for the man who had asked for a divorce instead of the man himself,
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Only Fifty Left.

Only 50 officers who were in the reg uIar army when Sumter was fired on will be left in the service after Colonel Henry L. Abbott retires on Aug. 13.- New York Sun.
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Try Her.

Will the new woman keep a secretl--- Wheeling Register
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.+o Proposes to Show the Commercial ,uol as Artistic Side of the Drama. history of De soto-HTrs. Littleton's
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
SALE OF PINE STUMPAGE.

In connection with this subject I cannot
forbear to call your attention to the un-
satisfactory character of the law as to the
sale OF pine stumpage No timber other
than pine can be sold apart from the land,
and pine timber can only be sold after a
board, composed of the governor, state
auditor and state treasurer, has deter
mined that the timber is in danger of be
ing destroyed by fire or other cause. After
such determination the timber must be
duly estimated and then sold at public
sale to the highest bidder The governor
and state treasurer have no means at their
disposal by which they can determine
whether given tract of pine is liable
to be destroyed. In my opinion,
it would be well, if the governor
and state treasurer are to have anything
to do with the disposal of pine stumpage,
that each of them be equipped with
adequate means for obtaining informa-
ton through the channels of his own
office, to the end that these officers may be
a check upon one another and upon the
state auditor, and to the end that the state
may have the benefit of the independent
and we'll advised judgment of each of
them.
Our supply of pine is year by year grow
ing less and we cannot exercise too much
care in disposing of the residue. In this
connection 1 cannot forbear to call your
attention to the Importance of protecting
our forests against the ravages of fires.
You have ample authority in the premises
for the subject is clearly within the police
power of the state
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
FOREST FIRES.

In one locality only have our people been
visited with any serious calamity. On
Sept. last q forest fire, dashed into fury
by high wind, destroyed the villages of
Hinckley. Sandstone, Sandstone Junction,
Finlayson, Miller, Pokegama. Partridge
and Mission Creek, and devastated large
area of the surrounding country. More
than 400 lives were lost, a large number
were manned or crippled for life, more
than 1000 people were left helpless and
destitute, and over 81 900, 600 worth of
property was destroyed. The burned
district embraced an area of nearly 400
square miles. On September I issued
a proclamation asking for contributions
for the relief of the survivors of the fire
and appointed commissioners to collect
and distribute such contributions and to
supervise the entire scheme of relief. The
commissioners performed their work with
great energy, fairness and diligence.
They have collected, from voluntary con-
tributors, and disbursed among the survi-
vors of the fire 500, 121 Sc, and finding that
still more was urgently needed to complete
the work of relief and to provide for the
destitute, they borrowed on their own
credit the sum of S15, 900 and disbursed or
incurred the disbursal of the same in COM
pleting the scheme of relief The commits
sioners deserve the thanks of our state for
procuring this extra amount of money SO
needful, and earnestly recommend that
you take early steps to suitably reimburse
them for the liability thus incurred.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
GRAIN INSPECTION.

Two years ago called the attention of
the legislature to the fact that while due
provision was made by law for weighing,
grading and inspecting grain under state
supervision at the terminal markets of
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, there
was no law on this subject affecting the
primary and interior markets of the state,
and suggested the Importance of placing
the grading and inspection of grain at
interior as we'll as terminal points, under
state supervision and state control. Pur-
suant to this suggestion, the legislature
enacted chapter 26, general laws of 1893,
commonly known as the Country Ware
house Law, requiring all grain elevators
other than at terminal points to take out
a state license, declaring them public
elevators, and placing them under the
jurisdiction and control of the board of
railroad and warehouse commissioners.
Since the enactment of this law, all the
elevators within it's purview have taken
licenses and have operated as public
elevators, subject to the supervision of the
board of railroad and warehouse COM
missioners. That this law has been pro-
ductive of good results is evident from the
fact that there never has been so few COM
plants made about the grading and the
weighing of grain as since the passage of
this act.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
into the general revenue fund by appro-
pirate legislation.
IrAsCA STATE PARK.

From the report of the commissioner of
Itasca State park, made ON Dec 1 last,
it appears that the state has ac-
quired the ownership and control
of 1863 acres within the limits of
the park, and that there are still within
those limits 1898 acres, owned by private
parties and scattered in tracts of various
sizes among the state lands, that ought to
be acquired by the state.
These lands can be obtained neither
by purchase nor by condemnation pro-
ceedings until the necessary funds are
provided Tor that purpose. The work
planned by the legislature of 1891 should
be consummated and completed by the
legislature of 1895. I commend this sub
ject to your favorable consideration and
recommend that you appropriate sufficient
funds to acquire these lands by purchase
or condemnation.
PINE STU VI FACE AND PUBLIC LAND 8
A resolution of the legislature of 1898 di.
rected me to make a judicial investigation
of the sale of pine stumpage, upon section
36, township 40 of range 26. Mile Laos
county, made by the state auditor to G. A.
Smith & Co., and authorized me to employ
council and incur expenditure for that
purpose. Pursuant to such direction and
authority, I employed council and insti-
tuted through them, in behalf of the state,
an action against G. A. Smith & Co. to
annul the sale and to rec over pay for the
timber already cut. In 4Iis action judg
ment was obtained against the defendants
for the sum of SIC, 302. IS. damages, interest
and costs, and the sale as to the timber
uncut, which was upwards of two-thirds
of the entire lot, was annulled. Out of
the amount recovered j expended the sum
of ~, in attorneys fees, costs and dis
bursements, and paid the balance, amount
ing to 5000 As into the state treasury.
Pursuant to joint resolution No of the
legislature of 1898, a committee of three
members of the senate and four members
of the house was appointed to investigate
all frauds committed in despoiling the
public lands of the state of their timber.
By provisions of the same resolution, the
governor was also directed to investigate
and examine school lands containing pine
timber or which had Heretofore contained
such timber.
The committee has proceeded and
made great progress with the work de-
volved upon it by said resolution, and
has made very full and comprehensive
report which contains a detailed account
of its work and many valuable and i'm
portant recommendations and sugges-
tions, for which invoke your most earn
est and attentive consideration. Steps
should be taken, under proper legislation.
to continue the work Of the investigation
SO well inaugurated by the committee, and
ample facilities and additional funds
should be literally provided for that pur-
pose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
SPECIAL INJURY TO CROPS.

In several counties of the state the wheat
crop was greatly injured by the chinch
bug. The drought enabled these insects
to do more than ordinary havoc. DR.. Otto
Lugger, entomologist Of the state expert
mental station, made great efforts to stay
the destruction by injecting the bugs with
the germs of fatal disease, an expert
ment that had, in some degree, been tried
and found hopeful in other states. 10
some extent his efforts gave relief, and he
could have accomplished much more had
he been supplied with ample funds and
ample assistance for the emergency.
The chinch bugs are liable to continue
with us for years to come and we are
likely in the future, as often in
the past, to have visitations from the
grasshoppers In view Of these facts, I
take the liberty of recommending that you
make an appropriation of not less than
IS. 600, available for the purpose of exter-
1ninating these and other grain destroying
insects, and for the protection of the farm
ers against the ravages of the same. Such
an appropriation should be annual and
. continuing, with proviso that any sur
plus beyond 5000 should at once lapse
into the general revenue fund, thus pre-
venting any undue accumulation of this
fund
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
RED RIVER VALLEY DRAINAGE.

The legislature of 1898, upon condition
that the Great Northern Railway COM
pany would contribute one-fourth of that
amount, appropriated the sum of 100000
to be expended at the rate of $25, 900 per
year during four years, for the purpose of
draining the Red River Valley by opening
closed water courses leading into the Red
river and its tributaries and by opening
existing streams in the valley. The Great
Northern Railroad company has complied
with the condition aforesaid and has con-
tributed its share, which has made $31 $50
available each year, Pursuant to the
terms of the act making the appropria-
ton, Ezra G. Valentine and S. d. Miller
were appointed to act with the governor
secretary of state as a board of audit, to
initiate, carry on and complete the work
OF drainage This board, in 1893, let con-
tracts for the Tamarac river ditch in Mar
shall county and the Sand Hill river ditch
in Polk county. The former is "a miles
long, 20 feet wide, of an average depth Of
1-2 feet and cost $21, 1890 The latter is
OF the same width, miles long, of an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10

Pursuant to a resolution of the legisla-
ture of 1893, a committee of three senator's
and six representatives was appointed to
investigate unlawful combinations among
producers, carriers and Dealers enhancing
the price of coal to the consumer The
committee, in proceeding with the work
of investigation, through its agents, OBJ
tanned the possession of certain books and
papers of j. j. Rhodes, the
alleged manager of an organiza-
ton of coal dealers, without his
consent and against his protest. Mr..
Rhodes thereupon instituted an action
against the committee and its agents to
recover $4,000 damages for the taking
and detention of the books and papers.
The legislature thereupon passed an act
appropriating Sc, 900 to pay the expenses
of such litigation and to pay any judy
ment that might be recovered against the
defendants or any of them. Mr.. Rhodes
has, finally, after the action referred to
had been twice appealed to the supreme
court, dismissed the same as to all the de-
PENDANTS, thereby substantially terminal
ing the litigation. There has been ex-
pended out of the appropriation of $50, 900
the sum of 81, 531.SS for attorneys fees,
costs and disbursements in the case of
Rhodes aud in the efforts to procure his
indictment, leaving an unexpended bal
ance Of s4s, 46s u, that should be covered
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
STATE PRISON.

There is room at the state prison for $50
convicts. On Dec. 10, 1894 there were 537
convicts in confinement, of which SO were
United States prisoners, for which the
state is paid at the rate of 40 cents per day
for each man. There is room in the prison
to meet and cover the increase in our
prison population during the next two,
and perhaps three years.
At my suggestion, contained in special
message, the legislature of: 1898 applied the
parole law and the sO-called refOrmatOry
plan to the state prison. Two years of ex-
perience and observation have demon
strated the wisdom of making this change
The manufacture of Irvine at the prison,
while it has entailed no direct loss, has in
directly been of great benefit to the agri-
cultural interests of the state. The prison
Irvine has been of a good quality, has given
satisfaction to the farmers, has been fur
nished to them at near cost, and has been
one of the chief means of reducing the
price of Irvine 33 per cent below the rate
formerly charged by the great Irvine trust.
In order TO successfully continue with the
manufacture of Irvine, the state should
procure as soon as may be suitable hard
fiber machinery, in order that Irvine may
be made from the cheaper and much more
UeSlraDle HDerS. Sucn machinery, WIN a
capacity of from 5000 to 10000 pounds per
day, can be obtained at price not ex-
ceeding s24,0 There is balance of $15,-
6S3.S2 remaining in the treasury unex-
pended of the amount appropriated for
the purchase of our present Irvine plant.
l recommend that this balance, with an
addition of $1,000 be appropriated and set
apart for the purchase of suitable hard
fiber machinery for our Irvine plant.
Under existing law, only one-half
of the prison labor can be leased on
contract and only for a term not exceeding
two years. These restrictions have proved
very embarrassing, especially now since
the Minnesota Thresher company, which
employed one-half of the prison labor, has
gone out of business. The abandonment
by the company of it's manufacturing en-
terprise left $50 idle convicts on our hands.
After much effort, the managers have
succeeded in finding employment for about
200 men in the manufacture of boots and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-10
Disbursements,
THE NEW CAPITOL.

The legislature of 1893 passed an act to
provide for the appointment of seven suit
able persons, one from each congressional
district of the state, to act and be known
as the board of state capitol commission
ers, whose duty should be to secure the
erection of a new state capitol, according
to the provisions of the law. In conform
ity Herewith, l appointed the following
named gentlemen, who were confirmed by
the senate, duly qualified, and have since
been acting as the said board, viz:
H. w. Lamberton, of Winona, First dis
trict.
James McHench, of Fairmont, Second
district.
George A. DuToit, of Chaska, Third dis
trict.
Charming Seabury, of St. Paul, Fourth
district.
John De Laittre, of Minneapolis, Fifth
district.
Charles H. Graves, of Duluth, Sixth dis
trict.
E. E. Corliss, of Fergus Falls, Seventh
district.
A total appropriation of $4,000, 900 was
made to be provided by a tax levy of two
tenths of a mill upon the assessed valua-
ton of the state each year, not exceeding
ten years.
The board organized May 10, 1893, and
have been diligently engaged in the prose-
cution of their duties. They have pur-
chased commanding site for the new
building, payable out of the appropriation
available during 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898,
at total cost of about $265, OOO 1t is
situated at the head of Wabasha street, in
St. Paul, about four blocks from the
site of the present capitol.
The board has recently received COM
petitive designs from architects from diff
ferent parts of the country, and are now
engaged in the selection of one to be
adopted for the new building.
Tic work of constructing new capitol
has Been entered upon at a time when
both labor and material are exceptionally
low priced, and hence the building can be
erected at less cost to the state now than
under former conditions, regard the en-
terprise as a necessary undertaking and
refer you to the report of the board of
state capitol commissioners for further
information concerning it.