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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18
"MAN OVERHEARD |"
A Lively Little Joke, but It Cost Him His
Baggage.

Baggage.
STEAMSHIP passengers frequently re-
sort to practical jokes to relieve the mo-
notony of voyages, " said retired sea
captain yesterday, "and while the
pranks, as rule, are perfectly harmless
they sometimes have boomerang effect.
Three years ago we were crossing the
Atlantic, and both the owners and my
self were exceedingly anxious to make a
speedy trip, as rival liner had the
week before lowered the record held by
our company. On the third day out just
about dusk the cry of Man overheard =,
rang through the ship, and hurried in
vestigation elected the information that
several Of the passengers had heard a
splash, followed by piteous appeals Of
Help, helpi Save me!' The engines
were stopped, and the steamer put about,
q close watch being kept meanwhile for
the drowning man. A half hour was
spent in cruising about without results,
and we started on our journey under the
belief that the poor fellow had gone to
the bottom. The inquiry that followed
proved puzzling. No one was missing,
and we came to the conclusion that q
stowaway had committed suicide.
ssThe next day, however, an explana-
tion calnes We. had yentriloquist
aboard in the person of a very smart
young man, who was too tickled- over
the success Of his joke to keep the secret.
"Then the laugh was on him. AS he
had caused serious delay and much
annoyance I notified him that I had
made an official entry. of the circum-
stance ON my log and the loss Of time,
and that on, approaching shore I would
detain him until "a sufficient guarantee
had been put up that he would answer
in court to reply to . demand for inan-
cial restitution. I talked Of $50, 900 be-
ing about the penalty under the govern
ment mail contract, and it is needless
to say he spent the balance of the voyage
on tenter hooks He disappeared before
we locked, leaving his baggage be-
hind. San Francisco Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18
FULFILLED In Time.

And now
He stood dazzled with the bright
light that had broken in upon him.
IT understand why we call feet
He jumped to one side toSavoid a
scorcher.
-s'pedal extremities. =
It was the year 1900, and he was the
only man on earth who still refused y
eide wheel New York World
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18

The Catawissa river, in Pennsylvania.
was named from an Indian word that
means getting fat "
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18

Man is the merriest, the most joyous
Of all the species of creation. Above and
below him all are serious. Addison.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18

Francia did not begin painting until
nearly 60 years Of age and in ten years
executed 4 long series Of admirable
wolA-A
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-09

Medical Lake, so called on account
If the remedial virtues of its waters,
situated ON the great Columbian pla-
team, in southern Washington. at an
altitude of twenty three hundred feet
above the level of the Pacific, is the
Dead Sea of America 1t is about a mile
long, and from half to three-fourths
Of mile in width, and with maxi
mum depth of about sixty feet. The
composition of the waters of this lake
d almost identical with that of the
Dead Sea of Palestine, and, like its ORR
entail counterpart, no plant has yet
been found growing in or near its
edges. 1t is all but devoid of animal life,
a species of large boat bug" a queer
little terrapin and the famous walking
fsh" being its only inhabitants. This
walking fsh is an oddity really deserv-
ing of . special note. II is from eight
10 nine inches long. and has finny
membrane extending from head to tail
It is provided with four legs, those be-
fore having four toes, the hinder five.
-ogogou Statesman
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ca. them.-H. H. Harrington, IN Texas
Farm and Ranch.
SWINE BREEDING.
"A Matter That Interests Farmers About
This Time.

"A Matter That Interests Farmers About
This Time.
During the next three months the
sows should be bred for the spring
pig. So far rs can be done it is best to
breed them so as to have them farrow
at as nearly the same time as possible.
This will insure more even lot of pigs,
and will give better results in many
ways. To considerable extent each
farmer must determine for himself
when it will be best to have the pigs
come. With young SOW that is to
farrow her first litter in nearly all
cases it will be better to have the pigs
come after the pastures have made q
good start. With all classes of stock
with all breeding animals it is an item
to have them come in when the condi-
tions for securing a good flow of milk
are as favorable as possible. Very few
breeding animals will supply as much
milk with their first offspring as they
will later, and this is the principal rea-
son for breeding the young sow so that
the pigs will not come until after
pasturage has made a good start.
With older BOWS, If given comfort
able quarters. so that they and their
offspring will be protected from cold
and storms, they can be bred to farrow
in February. The principal advantage
in this is that the pigs have much
longer time to grow and get ready for
market before cold, stormy weather
sets in. The pigs must depend largely
upon their mothers milk for at least q
month or six weeks. and by the time
they begin to eat well there will be
good pasturage. But it is not good
policy to have the pig come early I'M
less good shelter can be provided as
it Is very important that the young
pigs make a good growth from the
start. February pigs are easily stunt
ed If exposed to cold, even though the
dams may be reasonably well fed, and
when good shelter can not be readily
provided it will be best to put off the
breeding until later and then have the
pigs come early IN April. The advan.
tage of good pasturage with warmer
and well-settled weather will aid ma
terially in receiving thrifty growth,
and with good feeding April pigs can
readily be ready for market in good
season in the fall.
In the south. March may be good
month and March pigs have eight
months in which to grow. FARTHER
north March is Objectionable for the
reason that it is nearly always blus
terry and very changeable, and for thi.
| &c haC IN, Int fu1~
care to breed the sows for spring pigs
A vigorous sow will come in every
three weeks, and with a good boal
with little care can be got safely il
pig in good season.-Farm and Ranch
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Greeks had oats b. C. 200, but
used them only as food for their horses.
There is nothing small about
great man save his rivals. Galveston
News.
MIR. Goodboy-s'Does your sister
knowI am here?" Tommy-'I guess
SO; I saw her leave the house right
after you came in."-Inter Ocean,
Critic Ito operetta composer)--"You
are lucky, for If your scores are criti-
cised, you can feel that it is not your
melodies that are condemned. "-f1is-
gende Batter.
You have bad cold" he said.
81 have" she replied huskily. 81 am
so hoarse that if you attempted to kiss
me I couldn't even scream. IN. Y.
Press
-Bangs-"I'd give a good deal to
know how It feels to be drugged and
robbed" Binthere-"Why don't you
go and get prescription filed, theng"
Buffalo Courier.
what did the critics think of your
play?" inquired one author Of another
Think about it! They did not think
about it at all They merely wrote
about it. "-Washington Star.
-''Did understand you to say that
Thompson was a farmer" Good gra-
cious, no! ] said he made his money in
wheat You never heard of farmer
doing that, did you?-Indianapo
Journal.
What would you call my new
apartment house?" asked Bilder to a
friend; and the other gazing thought
fully at an ugly pile of bricks and NOR
tar, said: 81 should call it fat fall
ure." Boston Bulletin.
-Simpson-'I hear that Brown walks
twenty miles every Sunday. Wonder
1t doesn't wear him out" Robinson
well, a man can't rest seven days a
week. Brown has position under the
city government. Harlem Life.
keep that physician in attend
ance on our family?" exclaimed Mrs.
Parvie New; ''never!" HAS he killed
enybody?' "No; but he had the inn
pertinence to say that Mr.. News blood
was impoverished. "-Washington Star.
Justice (tilting jug)-"And this is a
sample of the moonlight stuff you
make?' Prisoner-'It is, SIR" Justice
six months. It's the same brand l
tackled last year, when had to sus-
pend conrt six weeks!'-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
-Disappointment.- hero sat in
the corner of the railway compartment
devouring his newspapers" read Miss
Myrtle Dolan from the latest acquisi-
ton to her paper cover library. "He
wor devourin' what?" asked her father,
with sudden interest. Ellis newspaper,
the book says" replied Myrtle. go
wan wild yez. OF fought 'twor a mon
ye wor readin' about, an now, be the
powers, he turns out to be goat.
Burlington Qa.) Gazette.
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PEARLS IN HISTORY.
One That Made an Expensive Dish TO
Cleopatra.

One That M0Qe an expensive O0n 1OK
Cleopatra.
The value of pearls has been in all
ages commensurate with their beauty.
In the east, especially, they have been
greatly admired, and enormous sums
of money have been paid for them.
Pliny observes that pearls are the most
valuable and excellent of all precious
stones. and from our Saviour's compar-
ing the kingdom of Heaven to pearl,
it is evident that they must have been
held in very high estimation at that
time. 1t is said that julius Caesar gave
a pearl to the mother of Marcus Brutus
that was valued at s4s, AT 10 s. Of our
present money; and Cleopatra dissolved
one worth ESQ, 900 in vinegar, which
she drank at the supper with Marc An
tony.
From time immemorial there have
been fisheries of pearl in the Persian
gulf, the Red sea, and in the bays OF
Ceylon; and when Colum bus arrived in
the Gulf of Paria on his first voyage to
America he was astonished to find the
precious gems Astounding there in un-
paralleled quantities His men landed,
and saw the Indian women adorned
with splendid pearls round their arms,
as we'll as round their neclxs; but their
possessors seem to have been perfectly
ignorant of the true value of the gems,
as it is recorded that an Indian woman
gave one of the sailors four rows of her
pearls merely in exchange for broken
earthenware plate.
The Spanish king forbade any one tc
go within fifty leagues of the place
where such riches were found without
the royal permission, and took pos
session of the fisheries for himself; but
SO cruelty did the Spaniards behave tc
the natives, making them perforce
dive for them, and brutality ill-treatine
them when they were unsuccessful in
pearl finding. that zone morning al
dawn the Indians assailed the Span.
iards, made . sanguinary slaughter o.
them, and, with dancing and leaping
ate them, both monks and laymen. y
f1oofloman.s MaUazine
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FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

"A Pretty Dish.-Peel a dozen ripe
bananas, dip them in beaten white OF
egg, then roll carefully in dish OF
powdered sugar, place in hot oven
five minutes Lift them out on nap
kin and heap on pretty glass or silver
stand. This makes a delicious and
handsome centerpiece for the tea table.
-Housekeeper
Oyster Sandwiches. -. Are very
dainty and appetizing. and may be
served either hot or cold Take thin
slices of sweet, homemade rye bread,
butter them, lay on the hot fried oys-
ters, Season. using . dash of made
mustard if liked, and lay on the second
slice of bread. If they are to be served
cold, wrap each sandwich in buttered
paper. Gentleman.
Delicate White Puffs.--Beat q pint
of rich milk and the whites OF four
eggs until very light, and add, slowly
beating ali the while, a cupful of finely
sifted -four and scant cupful of pow.
dered sugar and the grated peel OF half
a lemon. Bake in buttered tins in a
very hot oven. turn out, sift powdered
sugar over them and serve hot with
lemon sauce.
-Coddied Apples-Peel and core tart
apples, arrange them in a dish deep
enough so that they may be covered,
and I'LL each cavity with sugar. Dredge
sugar over them, pour In a cupful OF
hot water, cover closely, and simmer in
the oven or on the top of the stove, as
may be most convenient, till soft. Lift
them without breaking into the dish
in which they are to be served. add
dust of nutmeg to the strip and pour
it over them.-Good Housekeeping.
Apple Tapioca Pudding. Soak a
cupful of tapioca in four cupfuls OF
water for three hours, add two large
tablespoonful of sugar. and keep In
warm place, at the back of the stove.
Fill two-quart pudding dish three
fourths full of peeled and quartered
apples, pour over them the warm
tapioca, and bake in a moderate oven
for an hour. Serve with liquid sauce
or sweetened cream-Cheerful Mo
ments
Gold Meat Au Gratin.--Have a pint
of cold meat cut into cubes and sea-
soned with salt and pepper. Mix q
generous half pint of white or brown
sauce with it. Turn into an escalor
dish holding about a pint and hall
and cover with half pint of grated
bread crumbs Dot this covering with
q scant tablespoonful of butter. Bake
in q rather hot oven for twenty min
utes. Serve at Christian In
quirer.
Bread Porridge for Children.-Savt
all scraps of bread for this, and wher
you have enough break them small
place on baking tin, and dry in the
oven. While still hot crush thest
crumbs with rolling-pin till quit'
fine. The crumbs, when cold, may b
placed in a tin and kept for use. II
make the porridge, put large tcacup
full of dried crumbs into a basin, ant
pour upon them one pint of boiling
milk. Put the porridge into sauce
pan and boil for ten minutes, stirring
well. Stir in a little butter, peppe
and salt. Children often prefer treacl
or sugar to the pepper and salt Thi
will be found an excellent breakfast a
small cost.-Leeds Mercury.
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very cold but did not take any cold, and
never had any after-pain or any other pain.
1t was all due to God and Dr. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription and Compound Extract
of Smart Weed. This is the eighth living
child and the largest of them ell. suf-
fered everything that flesh could suffer with
the other babies. / always had doctor
and then lie could not help riIe very MECH,
but this time my mother and my husband
were alone with me. My baby was only
seven days Old when got up and dressed
and left my room and stayed up all day."
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HERE. AND THERE.

Arrange to haul out and apply the
manure as fast as made.
BE sure that all newly-set, as we'll
as young trees, are protected against
rabbits.
Don't leave mich cows out in the
cold to make them hardy; it don't work
that way.
-One advantage with winter dairy
ing is that the products are in more
demand and at much better prices
"A low truck wagon with broad
tires is quite convenience in doing
the necessary hauling on the farm in
winter.
Keep the stock under shelter when
it is Geld and stormy, but let them run
out every day that the weather will
permit.
Cleanliness in winter will add
much to the comfort of the stock and
at the same time lessen the risks of
disease.
Feeding and watering regularly
are important items in keeping the
stock in a good thirty condition
through the winter.
"A new use for surplus hay and
straw has been discovered according
to the papers,. 1t is to be pressed into
paving blocks. What next?
Sheep should never be given more
grain than they will eat up clean in a
few minutes. Too much grain with
sheep is as bad as too little.
While sheep can be wintered with
out grain, as a rule better growth OF
wool and better lambs will be secured
| If light ration is given daily.
SO far as it is possible to avoid do
not compel any class of stock to drink
ice-cold water; even that pumped up
fresh is warmer than that which has
been allowed to freeze.
December is the month for counting
up the seasons work. Do this as fully as
possible, and then start in the new year
| by keeping accounts with the different
crops and kinds of stock.
There is cotton now in many fields
that will not be picked. At present
prices it is claimed that it will not pay
for the labor and cost of the work, and
that there is more profit in blowing it
in with the stalks.
1t is of no possible advantage to
allow the stock to tramp over the fields
and pastures during the winter after
the supply of grass is gone, while if the
ground is even just little soft consid-
cradle damage is done.
| Burning grass, weeds and stalks
fits the field nicely for the pillow, and
many there be who do it. But it is an
indirect robbery of the soil for which
the farmer will suffer by and by. II
you can't pillow all the trash under with
the plows and teams you have, get bet
ter ones
The shipments of both cattle and
sheep to Europe from this country
bids fair to surpass those OF any pre-,
vious year. But how is it that with ar
ever increasing foreign demand fol
American food stuffs the prices remain
unusually lowP Supply and demand
, don't seem to regulate prices any tt
. speak of.
-Spaying mich cows is common
! practice in England. 1t is claimed thai
. the process makes continuous milker'
. without the loss entailed by support
|: ing q calf Prof Wallace writes tba
spaying cows will give milk onstant
5 ly for years, and larger quantit,
, | than cows that bear q calf annually
|, and that the milk is richer and better
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-09

Two MENAeERIHs recently arrived In
Bologna, one Of which was under the man
arement of Signor B., and the other under
that Of his wife, travelling respectively on
their own account. Here they decided to
ioin their forces, and the fact was an
nounced on the bills as follow: Sowing -
the arrival of my wife, my collection Of Nv
ing animals is considerably augmented--
Bb--Conversaxione.
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man with child, so l
got two bottles last
September, and De
cember 18th I had a
twelve pound baby
girl. When l was
confined I sOas moi
SICK in any scay. /
did not suffer any
pain, and when the
child was born ! walk
ed into another room
and went to bed. /
keep your Extract of
Smart-Wced on hand
all the time. 1t was
very cold weather
and our room was
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-09

PEASANT ito chemist) -t'Got any codliver
oil!" Chemist "Certainly." PeasanJ-'Is
it freshln Chemist-''Come, now, do you
suppose we are in the habit Of killing q
buy two penn orth of codliver oill"-Meg-
gendorfers Batter.
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A Child Enioys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth-
ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need OF
laxative, and if the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the most gratifying re
suits follow its use; SO that 1t is the best
family remedy known and every family
should have bottle.
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pouhl. the Ouant,ty. same Price.

Such is the highly important change made
by the proprietors of that standard remedy
Perry Davis Pain Killer, for internal and
to the public, and will doubtless result in q
largely increased demand for this justly
popular preparation.
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81 SET four pies out on the window sill to
cooi,r said Mrs. Hunker to her husband,
''and they have all been stolen" Then we
must number them among the lost tarts, u
was the philosophical reply.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-09

DRoPsY is a dread disease, but it has lost
its terrors to those who know that H. H.
Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists OF
Atlanta, Georgia, treat it with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
full information.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-09

CouRTESAY-"When you proposed to Mis-
Dexter did you get down on your kneess'
Barclay-"No, / couldn't; she was sitting
on them. Truth.
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l CAN recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption 10 sufferers from Asthma.-E d
TOWNSEND, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4, '94.
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THEY ARE THAT WAY.-Kitty-"Oh Mr.
Flirtly is so tender, isn't herr Judith-"Ye
-pretender. detroit Free Press.
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CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
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HEAVEN and earth fight in vain against
Ounce Schiller.
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APAPER that is always full of good points
"a paper of needles.
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system for parturi-
ton, thus assisting Nature and shortening.
Labor The painful ordeal of childbirth
Is robbed of its teTors, and the dangers
thereof greatly 1essencd, to both mother and
child. The period of confinement IS also
and built up, and an abundant secretion of
punishment for the child promoted.
Send 10 cents for large Book (I6S pages),
giving all particulars. Address, WORLDS
DfsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Cog
Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
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PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH:

Mrs. FRED HUNT, of Clenviiie, W. r.,
saws: II read about DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription being SO good for wo-
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@->>'~ =
the seed.
In an extensive feeding experiment
covering two winters. it was shown by
Professors Gully and Carson bulletin
No. 81 at this station, that for differ
emit cattle foods, ration made up OF
cotton hulls and cotton meal is equal,
if not superior, to a ration of any other
two feed stuffs used for fattening cat
tie, but a cheaper ration may be com
pounded Of silage and cotton seed, OF
of corn, hay, and cotton Seed at the
prices given, namely: Forty cents a
bushel for corn; $40 ton for cotton
seed meel, silage at 81 per ton. So pei
ton for bulls. and 81 per ton for cottor
seed.
] conclude, therefore, that ii the
farmer wishes to make a choice be
tween seed and meal for fertilizer pur
poses only, at the present prices, hs
loses about $3.50 per ton If he decides
| in favor of the meal. If for feeding
purposes, he loses about So per ton
| That is, if we assume the manure from
| a ton of seed and n ton of meal to b
| worth the same or nothing. But sine
| that from the meal is worth a iitti'
| more, it would bring the loss in eithe
case to about the same-s2.5 so for ever,
ton bought and sold. The only excus
| for such a practice is then, list: Th'
land is SO rich it needs no fertilizer. 2
One owns more seed than he can feed
And it is doubtful whether farmer !
ever justified in having more cottol
seed ct this price than be has cattle +