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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-10-17

ures OF the unseen world, and believed
in their superior wisdom. Unwittine
". he staked his life for his convic-
tions and lost it.
Spiritualists will probably assert
that Heckard's death is no fault of
spiritualism. and will deny that it af-
fects the correctness of their theories.
They will say that Heckard wasn't in
the hands Of his friends. that evil and
designing spirits betrayed him. and
that he lacked good judgment in dis
eliminating between. the character OF
his acquaintances of the spiritual
world. They may even go so far as to
assert that spirstual prescriptions are
not called for in any chapter or article
of their creed. However that may be,
Heckard's case seems to be one OF pure
hallucination. His intellect was prob
ably in that unhealthy condition in
which it perceives images and specters
in the likeness of human beings. a
morbid and diseased mind readily ac-
cepts the philosophy of the uncanny.
because its theories are nearer to his
thoughts that the substantial realism
of good health and sturdy grey matter.
The peculiar lack of confidence in the
real things of life. which is frequently
al accompanying condition of mental
disorder, begets strange confidence
in the unreal. The verdict of prac-
tical public will be that Heckard's
mind itself betrayed him, and not an
evil and vengeful spirit devil of the
unseen world. But the confidence OF
spiritualists in spiritualistic medical
advice will undoubtedly be severely
shaken by this incident. *. G. Tunes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-11-28
Clocks Free.

Madsen & Rjone still lead in liberaltv.
They now come to the front and offer an
elegant mantei clock, free. with every
$25:O0p worth OF goods purcha6e.l Eat
their store. They haye 100 of these
beautiful clocks on hand, but they wont
last long, for the extraordinary prices
at which they offer their goods will sell
them without any special Inducements.
But this offer Is the most liberal ever
made in this city. The stock is COM
plete in all lines, including dry goods.
notions. hats and caps, groceries, and
boots and shoes. or the enormous
stock of the last named rec, ntly put
uponthe market at halt price, we have
sold nearly fifteen hundred pairs Of these
shoes-as many as six pairs to a single
customer, and yet our assortment and
stock is very complete IN all lines. We
are the people and the people know it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-11-28
This 10 E,aterprise.

The publishers OF the st. Paul Weekly
Dispatch have Just favored US with 4
copy of their annual premium supple
ment. Some Of the offers which they
make are simply wondering Articles
which cost more than the subscription
price OF the paper are given free with a
years subscription. There is something
Of interest in It for the members Of
everv family.
1t is hard to understand how they can
afford to make such offers. The sub
scription price OF the Weekly Dispatch is
Is cents per annum, and the paperis the
largest weekly published in Minnesota.
consisting OF from ten to sixteen pages a
week.
Send postal card for sample copies of
paper and premium supplement to
"Weeklv Dispatch" st. Paul. MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-11-28
wanted.

A man to sell Canadian grown fruit
trees. berry plants, roses, shruIbery,
seed potatoes ETC., for the lar, est
growers Of high grade stock. seven
hundred acres, hardy profitable variet-
les that succeed in The coolest climates.
No experience required and fair treat
ment guaranteed. Any one moi EARN
ing $4,000 pr month and expenses
should write us 1t once for particulars.
Liberal commissions paid part time
men, Apply now and get choice al ter.
ritory.
LUKE BROTHERS COMPANY.
Stock Exchange building.
Chicago. ILL.,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-11-28
Bucklen,s Arnica salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter. chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions. and posi-
tively cures piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded. Price rs cents
per BOX. For sale by M. E. Sheldrup.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-11-28
( wanted.

An intelligent boy OF from fifteen
to seventeen years of age to learn the
printing business. One who lives with
his parents preferred. Call at the HER
AID Office.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-11-28
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Pair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Fully Equipped.

Adolph Gley. formerly wagon maker
for p. H. Schulke. has associated with
himself an excellent blacksmith, and is
ready to execute all ordersfor blacksmith
and wagon work, repairing etc. All
work guaranteed and prices reasonable.
Next to Robbins lumber yard. Grove
Lake.ave. and Oax-st.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
WORK WITHOUT PAY.


WeIi-Known Authors Who necline to Ac-
cept Money for Their Works.
This Is true of Count Lyof NilSol-
aievitch Tolstoi, the fam 1us Russian
author, who, while in the army as a
member of the staff of Prince Gorts-
chaIioif, was present at the storming
of Scbastopol in 1855. Leaving the
army, and already famous poet and
novelist, he devoted himself to liter
ature, and spent short time in the
most brilliant literary and social
circles of st. Petersburg. Since his
marriage he has lived more or less in
retirement, and during the Russian
famines Of 1891 and 1892 made great
efforts on behalf of the peasants on
and in the vicinity of his estates. In
the latter year Count Tolstoi resigned
all social standing and privileges Of his
rank, and he now devotes most of his
time ana money to good works, while
living rs poorly as any of the peasan-
try. lie insists that the literal inter-
probation of the Sermon on the Mount
is the only rule of Christian life, and
he has expressly declined to avail him
self of any copyright in his works or in
translations of them into other
languages. DIR, John Charles Ryle,
bishop of Liverpool, has written above
two hundred tracts on religious sub
jccts, many of which have been trans
lated and reprinted in French, Ger
man, Dutch, Portuguese. Italian,
Russian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish,
iiialostani, and Chinese, and it is said
that he viii take nothing from the
publishers for them and will make no
profit from them.
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clothes off quicker than he could have
undressed himself. and it threw them
in pile on one side Of the track, with
his shoes carefully deposited beside the
pile. The clothes seemed to have been
neatly folded until they were exam
incd and found to be pile OF rags.
iioffman's pants" had been yanlsed off
him without the forlnality of pulling
them over his feet. This seemingly Inn
possible task was accomplished by
the lightning first cutting each leg
open, and then it appeared to have TAX
en- them by the seat and dropped them
en- the ccat, and to finish the Job by
depositing Mr.. Hoffman's straw hat on
top of all. After it got through with
Aoffman this remarkable streak of
lightning ran along metal track into
the Glengary mine, at the mouth Of
which he had been working, ran to the
end of the shaft, which is four hundred
feet below the surface of the ground,
and then it ran along cross cut two
hundred feet where it branched of and
for sixty feet followed n ''winze."
There were several men at work at this
point,and all were more or less stunned.
The bolt of lightning went into the
earth when 1t reached the end of the
''winze." Hoffman is now known in
Butte as 'thc human lightning rod"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
SHAVING ln IAMAlcA.
1t !. Usually Very Primitive Proess

II Is Usually Very Primitive Proceed
Ing.
The natives of Jamaica have no need
to buy soap, for the woods abound in
plants whose leaves and bulbs supply
very well the place of that i.ilispensa-
bic article. Among the DcsJ Of these
Is the soap tree, SO called, though it is
more bush than tree It's botanical
name is Phalangium PomcridiarrIl.
Its bulb, when rubbed on wet clothes
makes beautiful lather, which smells
much like the common brown soap.
The Janaica negroes, somc cf whom
are great dandies in their way make q
soap out of cocoanut oil and home
made lyc; and fine soap it is, smooth
aud fragrant. This cocoanut-oil soap
is used for shaving.
When a man wishes to shave in the
morning he starts cut with his cocoa-
nutshell cup and his donkcy-tail brush
and bottle. II is never any trouble
to find an empty bottle in Jamaica,
even in the mountains. At least twenty
generations of thirsty people have
lived there, and thrown away the
empty bottles.
The man carries no mirror. because
he has none to carry. Not one negro
cabin in dozen has even q cheap
looliing-glass. But nature provides the
mirror us we'll as the soap. The man
goes to o convenient pool in the noun
tain stream, where the water is STILL
and there is his mirror. lie breaks his
bottle ON q stone and picks out a good
sharp piece. Then he fathers his face
Irofmely and begins to scrape away
with his piece of glass, which works
.l,nost as well as n sharp razor.
The men rarely cut themselves in the
operation. "At first" says New York
sun writer, Il tremblcd for them, but
afterward | tried the method myself,
and soon became almost an expert at it,"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
AFFAIRS OF THE HEART.


WHEN the hair Of q Roman bride was
dressed for wedding, it was always
parted with the point of spear.
THE wedding ring is worn on the
left hand because, in symbolism, the
right hand is authority, the left obedi-
ence.
THE wedding wreath is reminiscent
Of the age when the bride was always
presented with bouquet Of symbolic
flowers.
Is China all arrangements for we'd
ding are made by go-between, who
also does the counting and makes the
proposal.
In most churches OF England ring
is kept so that embarrassment may be
spared in case Of forgetfulness Of the
parties concerned.
A COUPLE OF hundred years ago Eng
ish and German people. in order 10 se-
cure the greatest possible publicity,
were married in the church door.
In Hungary the father of the bride
takes off her shoes and hands them to
her husband, thus turning over all his
authority to the groom.
SENTIMENT is as old as anything else,
as is indicated by the discovery in
Egyptian tomhs dating back to Il. G.
5000 of wedding rings engraved with a
heart and two clasped hassas
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FREE.

The Northern Pacific Farmer,
Published at Portland Oregon, now
in its twenty-first year, is the best
and in fact the only truly weekly
agricultural paper published IN the
Northwest. 1t is edited by Frank
Lee, the granger editor, assisted by
scores Of correspondents, and con-
tains from 16 to 80 pages weekly,
of agricultural, horticultural, stock,
poultry, Western market reports,
childrens, household, and other
TENS ofinterest that no one who
has any interest in the farm or the
Northwest can afford to be with
out. AT 81 cash in advance per
year for this large weekly makes it
the best and cheapest paper in the
United States. To ell new sub
scribers who will pay one years
subscription to THE PRESS in ad-
vance. and all old subscribers who
will pay their back subscription
and one years subscription in ad-
vance to THE Press will receive
this great Northwest journal free
for one year. No one can afford to
be without it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
FARMING IN FOREIGN LANDS.

THE minister of agriculture for Ger
many has reduced the forest duties, in
view of the scarcity of feed stuffs.
THE increase of Russian grain ex-
ports to countries in the Mediter-
ranean, particularly to Spain, has been
noteworthy.
In New Zealand there has been ex-
ecptionally wet weather, unfavorable
for stock, though prices have been fair
ly maintained.
In the south of Spain, wood, pasture
lands and fields with growing crops
have been devastated by fires, and
farmhouses destroyed.
DIVINE to sharp frost early in July,
the buclswheatc crop of western Russia
was entirely destroyed, and potatoes
were also frost-bitten.
A TRIAL shipment of oranges from
Queensland arrived in London in splen-
did condition, but in one of pine
apples the fruit was too ripe.
THE wheat harvest in Italy yielded
very satisfactory returns. Maize,
olives and vines promised good crops,
and fodder crops were benefited by
late rains.
DrRrNe the first half of the present
year, the United Kingdom imported
$4,000 tons of hay, as compared with
$4,000 tons during the first six months
Of last Vear
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STRIPPED BY LIGHTNING.

The startling Experience of Montana
Man. Who Stin Survives tho Shock.
Charles II. Hoffman, OF Butte, Mont,
was standing at the mouth of mine
not long ago when he was struck by
lightning. The tmn,serbolt, he thinks,
first struck the straw hat he was wear
ing, and it tore hole in the hat that
cut part of the rim. Then 1t tore his
clothing into shreds md left him
naked. Both his overalls and the shirt
he was wearing presented the appear
ance Of having passed through sau-
sage mill. Nobody can tell him why
he was not killed by the lightning.
The bolt, he says after passing through
his hat, struck him ON the shoulder and
ran the full length Of his body, burn
ing the skin TO \ crisp on the side and
legs. 1t also eut his left foot ON the
side and bottom, breaking the bones of
the foot.
My clothes were torn to pieces and
thrown from my body said Mr.. IIoff-
man to writer for the New York
World, ''and my shoes were torn from
my feet
He became unconscious as soon as he
was struck by the lightning and did
not revive for an hour ana 4 half.
When he regained his senses Hoffman
was IN great pain and he was confined
to the hospital for nine weeks. Whom
MISUNDERSTANDING was exa'niaoi uft2.
the accident 1t was seea tSat Ia many
places the lightning had cut the cloth
as neatly as Il it had been done with a
razor. Some Of the cuts We're long and
straight. The lightning tool; his
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
EuRoPEs NEXT BIG WAR.
Russia and France to 10 Arraycd Against
fa.r,.uw A,.a4rtc .,d Uk..1x

Russia and France to 10 Arraycd Against
Germany, Austria and Italy.
This war of giants will have Russia
and France on the one side, Germany,
Austria and Italy ON the other. To
make this evident, says Blaclswood's
Magazine, we have only to look at the
actual position of the troops during
peace in each. of these countries. As
an indication of where the danger lies,
and the direction which the contest
will ultimately take, the disposition of
the Russian army is by far the most
important factor Russia, owing to
the immense extent of her empire and
the comparatively small number of her
railways in proportion to those OF any
other European state, is quite unable
to concentrate powerful armies for Of
fensive purposes on any point of her
dominions with any approach to the
rapidity with which this can be done
in France, Germany, Italy, or even
Austria. She is consequently obliged
to mass upon her frontier during peace
those forces which she intends at once
to throw into action during war. The
sure sign, therefore, of where she in
tends to strike her blow when the in
evitable contest ensues is to be looked
for in the present actual distribution
of her army. This is by no means to
the same extent the case with the
other great powers France and Ger
many, especially, have a perfect sys-
tenn of railways laid out with dis
tinct strategic purpose. Every prep
aration for II speedy concentration of
their whole forces by these means ON
any point of their frontiers ever likely
to be threatened, either for offensive
or defensive reasons. has been SO thor
oughly made that their troops can be
left during peace in a far more dis
persed state and much further back
than is possible with Russia.
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ro,ne No,,,lus.

One day DIR. Heller, OF the French Acad-
cmy of Medicine, met the gifted German
writer and satirist, Hcine, in Paris.
"Ah, dear poet said the doctor, ''you
arc all smiles this morning. 1T is for
good reason, doctor have Just been
calling ON my uncle from Hamburg,
who is visiting Paris, replied Heine.
"Your uncle; the rich banker?' ''Ex-
actly.n "Ah, then ] understand your
cheerful air" "Oh, it is not on account
of the thousand-franc note that that
dear uncle slipped into my hand. 1t is
because of remark he made to me, the
true opinion of banker, n Hebrew
and German. After he had embraced
me he said: Well, my dear nephew,
yon are as usual doing nothing in
ParisT Pardon, dear uncle, said I; Il
write books SO was saying, said
my uncle; you are always doing moth
ing," and Heine burst into shouts of
laughter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
HEAT oF TIE HAND.
An instrument which Accurately Tndi.
eaten Taa Tnfanaftv.

An Instrument which Accurately Indi-
Gates Its Intensity.
An illustration of the marvellous ac-
curacy characterizing tools or instru-
ments of measurement now employed
as compared with those Of former times
is given, namely, that, whereas former
ly .O01 inch marked on a drawing would
have been objected to on the ground
that it was difficult or impossible to
work so closely to measures as that, at
the present time .OOO5 inch is measured
in every fine workshop, and dimensions
given in hundredths or even thou
sandths Of an inch frequently appear on
drawings without objection on the part
of the workmen. The instruments of
measurement are now made with such
degree of refined accuracy that even
the warmth of the hand may expand q
rod IL inches long SO that the amount
Of expansion can be measured. 1t has
thus become important in fine meas
urements to be careful that the temper
ature of the piece to be measured or
gauged should have the same tempera-
ture as that of the instrument by which
the size is determined. By first hand
ling rod OF the length named and
measuring it, particularly if the rod be
of brass or copper. and then, after al
lowing the rod to cool, handling the
gauge until the latter expands, it is
found that discrepancy Of from O.OO7
inch to O.O1 inch may be sometimes
made apparent, due entirely to differ
ences of tcmperature.
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THE KAISER SHOWED Him HOW.
William Plays the Part OF a Sailor Will
Mug of Becr.

William Plays the Part of a Sailor with
Mug OF Becr.
Having gradually filled many roles,
EinpcrorWillialn has now added another
to his rspcrtory.
Abiding to it as q .good-natured joke
at III, Il" the London Daily News Berlin
eorrean;in.,4ht tells The story thus:
I. ..a4.;aror William WAS stepping
ON ,.o.ga mis- yacht the other day he
wa, met ~ Il sailor named Joerg, who
had III his hand mug OF beer which he
WAS carrying into Che officers CO bin.
The emperor was very much amused
at the discontinue of the poor fellow,
who did not know at first what to do,
and who finally saluted the emperor,
holding the beer mug convulsively
against the seam of his brccchcs. The
emperor stepped up TO the sailor and
addressed him most amiably:
''See, Jocrg, you haze done that very
stupidly, and will show you how one
should behave in such a situation. Go
mp and imagine that You are the en-
pcror, and shall be the sailor, Joerg.n
The poor follow did not dare rcmon-
strate. He had to come ON board by the
hapcrial gangway, and Emperor Will
liam met him below in his new role of a
sailor with IL beer mug.
When he saw Jocrg, the emperor af-
fccted some embarrassment, but he
then set the glass to his lips, emptied
It completely, put it down on the ships
edge, and then made his salute.
do you see, Joerg? That is the way
1t must be done. Now remember. And
now 30 below and tell them to give you
anosher glass Of beer, and one for you,
too. II they question you, just tell
them that | said SO and that they
should not be angry, for the beer was
beautifully fresh and tasted very good. I"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-03-01
Canadian sledge Dogs.

Six or eight dogs are used on each
sledge. They are fed only once in
twenty-four hours, and that is in the
morning before the start is made and
after the dogs are in harness. At that
time about four pounds of frozen fish
are given to them. Everything must
be in readiness for the start, and the
men must look to it chat they are at
hand to jump on the sledges, for at the
very instant that the last morsel of fish
disappears the dogs are off at break
neck speed. Strange as it may seem
the drivers do not dare to feed the dogs
unless they are in harness. Otherwise
they would scatter, and nothing more
would be seen of them. They are
driven with one long rein attached to
the leader. A whip with very short
handle and very long lash is used to
urge them on, though in most cases
they need no urging, for they seem to
feel that the faster they go the quicker
they will come to the post, where food
and warmth and lazy life await them.
They travel often as far as ninety miles
day.
q,1ERE was much timidity among pro-
fessed republicans in New York IN l774,
and two distinct parties were formed
among them. The line OF separation
was a social one--patricians and tllp-
unes-the merchants and gentry and
the mechanics. They coalesced in choos-
ing delegates to the First Continental
congress.
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known only TO the inventor. The plati-
mum particles act upon the atoms of
gas and those of the vapor of water
which is introduced at the proper time.
In close contact in this manner con-
densation and precipitation occur, the
residue being commercial sugar of
great purity and of highest grade. The
cost is said to be much less than that
of producing beet sugar, and the own
ers of the gas sugarmaking secret claim
that they viii eventually drive all
other sugar producers ont Of the busi-
ness.
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LIFE ON The OCEAN WAVE.

f
In 1892 there were 1896 vessels of all
kinds built In the United States, with
an estimate tonnage of 10000. 600.
SINCE the establishment of our life
saving service in 1871, 0,0S9 persons
have been succored at the stations.
THE life-saving service on the British
coast was established in 1924, and has
been the means of saving S4,O43 lives.
THE naval warfare Of the world was
revolutionized by the battle between
the Merrimac and Monitor, March Q,
1862.
In 1870 the Dutch owned and operated
one-half Of the worlds shipping; now
they own about per cent. of the
whole. #
OVER 80 per cent. Of the shipping of
the world is built on the British Isles,
and nearly one-half of this on the
Clyde.
ONLY one-fourth of the American
shipping is engaged on the high seas,
n per cent. being river, lake and coast
ing trade.
THE navigable river mileage of Eu-
rope, Asia and America is 144,7S2 miles.
The United States has the greatest
river mileage, 1885.
THE longest artificial water course
in the world is the Bengal canal, 900
miles; the next is the Erie, 1858. Each
cost nearly $4,000, 900.
In 1920 the steam tonnage of the
world was 10000, the sailing tonnage
5,s14,O0O; i'll 1888 the former was 0, ,04O,- !
600, the latter 12,640, 0OO
SOME of the steamship companies en-
ploy more men than are enlisted in the
second-class navies OF Europe. The
Cunard line employs 10000.
THE United States has 242 life-saving
stations, 1S1 ON the Atlantic, As on the
lakes, IS on the Pacific and one at the
Ohio falls, Louisville. XIV.