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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
How to Reduce Your weight.

When you are dieting to reduce flesh,
you must eat stale bread, and give up
potatoes, rice. beets, corn, peas, beans,
milk, cream, all sweets. cocoa, indeed
anything which even suggests sugar or
starch. Dry toast without butter, tea
without either milk or sugar, rare meat
with no fat, and, as far as possible, no
vegetables at all should form your diet.
Take all the exercise you can i'll the.
way of walking; go twice week to a
Russian bath (where possible) and in
variably go to bed hungry. Anybody
brave enough to live up to these laws.
will certainly lose flesh. -Ladiss' Homes
Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
A CURIOUS FRENCH CUSTOM.
The Basfanel and the Part He Plays In
Finistere Weddings.


Marriage customs in Finistere have
remained among the peasants very much
what they were centuries ago, and their
old fashioned ceremoniousness is not
their least interesting popularity. The
Breton peasant of today has an almost
religious respect for these notions of po-
lite manners which have come down to
him from his forefatbers Of the middle
ages, who, as far as they dared, fmitat-
ed the etiquette of their princes or near
er feudal lords. The basfanel, who, with
stately bows and old fashioned phrases,
performs the delicate office Of asking
for girl III marriage on behalf of the
sutton, is really acting the part of a
matrimonial ambassador; But the bas-
fanels functions do not end here.
When the bride has been undressed
and put to bed by her maids, all the
wedding party reassemble in the nup-
tial chamber, which is more often than
not the kitchen and general room. Then
the basfanel steps forward, and on be-
half of the whole company he addresses
the final fluctuations to the young cou-
pie. e
This courtly parsonage is almost in
variably tailor. His habit of going
from house to house in the exercise Of
his calling-the rural tailor seldom
works at home-enables him to become
the best informed man concerning the
private affairs of all the families in his
district. He is a great favorite of the
women, because he is to them an un-
failing fountain of local gossip and
scandal. Their liking for him causes the
men to despise him, but they neverthe-
less have recourse to his services as an
intermediary whenever the need arises.
Such is the basfanel, a name more sug-
gestive to the Breton of ridicule than
respect. Temple Bar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
THE POINTER IN ACTION.
4 Huntsman's Story via the Love Of
Dog Told Between Lines.

a Huntsman's Story via the Love Of .
Dog Told Between Lines.
On the first morning out we struck
for point Of low timber that looked
promising. The dogs passed in we'll in
advance Of us. Soon Ben took on that
solemn air and slow tread that with
him mean s'get your gum Jeanette,
less familiar with this sort Of work,
quickly slid to the front and hesitated a
second only. The scent was new, but
the sense was native and Unborn, She
Strengthened. Icalled STEADY pa SUI
perfluous noise. however. She was
down, steady, fast and true, with pa
tient Ben's head we'll drawn forward at
her flank, her first grouse, well done.
The doctor flushed, but under such d
cover his shot was not effective.
On we 90, two more flush wild; we
separate and follow. Wilson and go to
the left, the doctor and George to the
right, up through an old oak woods
whose entire foundation was heavy
broken rocks and fallen timber. Another
fine point by Jeanette and the left bar
rel brings to earth handsome fellow.
While reloading up 60 two more; but,
alas, the gun was open. Ben comes in
and finds my bird, which Jeanette
could not locate.
A few yards farther and two more
take to wing; again the left does the
work. My bird falls with broken
wing. We go to find. The doctor and
Ben have left us. We must search alone.
From rock to rock bounds Jeanette,
seemingly coming no nearer to the hid
den cripple. She takes a wider cast
down with the wind, swings and comes
up. With head high and every sense on
the alert, on she comes, straight as an
arrow, until confronted by high fat
rock, apparently too high for tie leap;
but, fearful of losing for all instant what
those delicate nostrils contain, up size
goes, lands Oh the edge, starts to cross,
hesitates, stops; the hanging tongue is
drawn in; with 1t enc side Of the upper
lip. She gently raises that slender left
paw, lowers that knowing head,
straightens the bushy tail, and all is
still The only motion in that dumb
animal was the beating heart; the
breathing even seemed hushed.
For 200 yards i'll any direction could
be seen this small statue of notified
marble on it's immense brownstone
base in this old woods, where all was so
still 1t was a sight to gladden. tho
heart of any true sportsman. TO mo it
was beautiful. Ten PAGES in front of
her, 'crouched at the foot of a tree, we'll
hidden under a rock, we found my bird,
handsome cock, only wing tipped.
The guide secured him, and we pushed
on until the noon hour, flushing some
birds, but in too heavy cover for effect
i've shooting. Forest and Stream.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
HENRY CLAY WAS RATIFIED.

But He Remembered Quotation That,
Did just as Well the Missing Words.
In the early twenties of this century
MI. Clay was appointed by the legisla
ture of Kentucky a commissioner to
Virginia to ask of that state that COM
mission be appointed to make definite
line Of demarcation between the two
states. Upon his arrival in Richmond be
was received with great courtesy by it's
most distinguished citizens. He said
that his profession, politics and affairs
of government had occupied his time SO
exclusively that he was aware of know
ing little of polite literature or the ia
vorite publications of the day. This
prompted him to ask an old friend
whom he knew to be literary man to
select some lines to introduce when adj
dressing the legislature as quotation
expressive of his feelings to the state of
Virginia as his birthplace. His friend
suggested stanza from Scott's Lay
of the Last MINSTREL" which he high
~ approved and memorized.
The day appointed for his address
found the galleries, halls and every
available space crowded with eager, ex-
pectant auditors, and many beautiful
women in bright attire gave brilliancy
to the scene. He held the attention Of
his audience with entire success until
he came to the part where he meant to
introduce the quotation. Then his mem
DRY failed him. The shock was appalling
for moment. He stood rigid and pale
before thousand watchful eyes, in his /:
mind only blank, before him turbu
lent sea Of upturned faces. With char
acteristic gesture he threw up his hands
to his forehead, and in his most sono-
rous tones he recited the following:
words:
Breathes there the man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native landp
concluding his speech amid deafening
applause.
Every one present had supposed that
he was overcome by emotion. and none
but the friend who had selected the quo
tation for him perceived the cause Of
his momentary panic. Louisville Cou-
rier Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
Henry Nj. Stanley on Interviews.

SIS this Mr.. Stanley?"
Stanley stopped cody, and giving his
questioner a somewhat surprised and
sour stare responded with reluctant
affirmative.
"Have you the time or inclination to,
give brief interview"
Interview! Good God, sir Is there
no way to escape the newspapers? Why,
it is worse than the passport system in
Russia. I cannot put my foot on the
soil anywhere in this country without
being confronted thus. have done my
best to avoid it. If were to make up
for minstrel show, would, no doubt,
be discovered. You are simply driving
me ont of the country i wonld have.
been glad to remain ten days at Puget
sound if could have done SO in peace,
like any other unobtrusive traveller, but
they were there to meet me with note
books and pencils. Portland Orego--
man.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
Cur,ous chinese Playing CARDS.

A pack of Chinese playing cards is q
genuine curiosity. They are generally
printed in black on thin cardboard, the
average width and breadth being about
that of the finger Of a human being. In
some cases they are only half an inch
broad and about 81 inches in length.
The length, no odds what the size, IS
always at least six times that OF the
width. Some of the packs have queer
representations of our kings.
queens and ssknaves" stamped upon
them in black. Others are decorated
with the figures Of animals, birds and
fishes. Those used by mandarins and
high officials bear only figures Of myth
illogical creatures. st. Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
DIDN'T KNOW THE ROPES.
An English Editors Experience With am
Adirondack Railroad Train.

-
When Mr.. Gust, editor Of William
Waldorf Astor's Pail Mall Gazette was
in New York at the time of the Val
kyrie-D Defender finish, foul and fizzle, he;
went up to the Adirondacks for some
fishing and shooting. Mr.. Gust travelled
with good deal Of luggage, and the
backwoodsmen at Childwold, where he
left DR.. Webb's railroad, were inclined
to grin at the sight of man going into,
the woods with SO many gripsacks and
bundles. But the Englishman was not
disturbed. He had good time and got
some good game. When he got ready to
come out of the woods, he went back to-
Childwold with all his boxes, bags and
portmanteaus. He intended to take the
day train for New York, which was due
at Childwold about 10 o'clock. When
the train pulled into the station, Mr..
Gust stood on the platform with his lug
gage piled up around him. Conductor
Clarke saw him there, but when Mr..
Gust made no melton to board the train
Clarke gave the signal to Pat Cum
mings, the engineer, to 20 ahead, and
Pat did, leaving Mr.. Gust standing on
the platform.
Now it happened that Mr.. Gust was
the guest of DR.. Seward Webb, who
owns the Adirondack railroad. When
the train pulled out and left him, he
told the station agent who he was and.
then followed some lively telegraphing.
When the train got to Horseshoe Pond,
Conductor Clarke got orders from head
quarters to uncouple his engine and 60
back to Childwold for Mr.. Gust. The
run back up the road was made in lively
time. Mr.. Gust and his boxes were put
into the cab and the engine raced back
to Horseshoe Pond, where the surprised
passengers were wondering what on
earth had happened. Mr.. Gust wasn't at
all Put out. 1t was new experience for
him, and he rather enjoyed it.
81 was rightly left" he said to Con-
ductor Clarke. cit was quite right. [
was there with my luggage, you know,
but when the train came in l saw no
porter or guard, and there was no one to
put me aboard. I've not been here be-
fore, you know, and I'm not familiar
with your d--d~American methods of
railroading. was rightly left, rightly
left. New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
Fur.

Fur, after some years wear, will look
much improved if cleaned with new
bran previously heated in the oven.
Rub the hot bran we'll into the fur with
a piece Of flannel, shake the fur to re-
move all PARTICLES, and then brush thor
oughly. The fur will clean more easily
if the lining and wadding are first re-
moved, but such removal is not abso-
lutely needful The fiat, oily look which
mars the appearance Of the neck portion
of furs long in use is mostly if not
wholly removed by the means Of hot
bran. Rub the furthe wrong way, this
meaning in this particular instance the
right way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
Dean Swift,

It is related of Dean Swift, whose sa-
tirical wit furnished many Of the keen
est epigrams found in the history Of
this difficult type Of literature, that two
lovers came to his house one stormy
hight to be married. The dean having
retired for the night, the rap at his door
soon brought him to window overlook
ing the expectant couple. Leaning out
of it and over them and learning the OBJ
ject Of their errand, he exclaimed to
them without any vexing delay. "Join
your right hands. /"
Then, pronouncing them imam and
wife, y he added the following rhyth-
mical elaboration Of the Scripture
"What God hath Joined together, let no
man put asunder:''
Here, under this window, in stormy weather,
! join this man and woman together.
Let none but he who made the thunder
Fer put this man and woman asunder.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
Elevator ana Lumber Burnea.

EDdERLY, N. D., Jan. Fire of an
incendiary origin burned up Sharp &
Purtz's elevator, at Kuhn. Upwards
of 10000 bushels of wheat and flax was
destroyed. Sawyer and Arnold's lum-
Der yard was set on fire at the same
time. This is the second time inside of
a year that this lumber yard has been
burned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
A WOMAN'S BARGAIN.

You win love met All. know,
As men love-no better, dear.
Worship Yes, a month or so.
Tendernessf Perhaps year.
After that the quiet sense
OF possession, careless care
And the calm Indifference
That all married lovers wear.
Blame you, dearest? Not at all.
As fate made you SO you stand,
As fate made you SO you fall,
Far below loves high demand.
Yet how strange is loves deep lawi
can look you through and through.
Tracing plainly natures flaw
In the heart she gave to you,
Knowing all my heart must stake,
All the danger, all the fear,
And yet glad, even so, to make
This, my losing bargain, dear.
Madeline S. Bridges.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-02
Not Seeing, Not Believing.

There was man in Nottinghamshire
who discontinued the donation he had
regularly made for time to mission
airy society. When asked as to his rea-
sons, he replied: "Well, I've travelled
bit in my time. I've been as far as Slea-
ford, in Lincolnshire, and I never saw q
black man, and I don't believe there
are any. london Standard.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02
Raupenleim and Dendrolene.

These new Insecticides are insect limo
or glue, with which to paint the bark
of trees to kill insects or keep them
from climbing. "Raupenleim is a
German product-the other is Il sub
stance made in America. Both are made
from crude petroleum. The former has
something like coal tar added. 1t can be
painted or daubed on trees and remains
sticky for long time According to
bulletin of the New Jersey station,
at New Brunswick, when either Of these
substances was painted ON peach trees
early in the season, it killed off the Dor
ers entirely. 1t will probably protect
apple, ounce and pear trees from the
attacks of either the round or fat headed
borers.
In the latter part Of May, after scrap
ing off the loose bark, coating at least
three-sixteenths of an inch thick is ap-
piled to the trunks from the ground to
the branches This will form surface
that will kill any insect that alights
upon it. A band painted around the tree
will probably prevent climbing insects
from passing over it, 1t is also recon-
mended as protection against mice and
rabbits, or even for shade trees that are
Rnawed by horses 1t will not dissolve
i'll water, or wash off by rain, according
to the bulletin quoted.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02
Fee,linR Soft Corn.

1t Is common practice among farm
ers to feed soft corn by throwing it ON
the ground for hogs to gnaw off the
grain. This svery wasteful, for the cob
of soft corn has considerable nutrition
which in this way of feeding is lost.
But the soft corn, being damp, is hard to
digest and is very liable to ferment,
making the stomach sour and the teeth
sore Soft corn is worth much more to
feed to cattle, which Will eat cob and
grain together. Having a double diges-
tive apparatus, horned cattle will get
more good from soft corn than any other
domestic animal. But by spreading thin
ly soft corn can be made dry enough by
midwinter to grind, especially when a
few oats are mixed with ii before the
ears are put in the hopper. Corn and
cob meal ground with oats make an ex-
cellent feed for amy kind of stock. 1t is
less liable to cloy than neal made
wholly of any kind of grain. American
Cultiyator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02
1SiG9GFR,RNMt.z.
IFlE !. GRRpEN
IRRIGATION BECOMING GENERAL.
Irrigation Farming Is Attracting Atte


Irrigation Farming Is Attracting Atten-
ton North. south. Fast and West.
"What the south needs is irrigation, !"
SAYS a North Carolina correspondent of
The Practical Farmer. He complains Of
the long drought they had in his state
the past season. The editor of The Prae
teal Farmer, IN comments on the letter,
repeatedly says that irrigation Is not
necessary, hnt the real situation comes
out III the concluding paragraph:
What we do need worse than any
artificial irrigation on our hills Is the
deep blowing of the red clay and the
deeper subsoiling in connection with
terrace banks ON the contour lines of the
hills, with deep bitches along their up
per sides filled with the surface rocks
that now cumber the upper soil, so that
the rainfall may not at once run away,
but be allowed to soak into the soil.
And when we have these we want more
peas and more clover to fill the soil with
moisture retaining humus, and to in
crease its fertility. On bottom lands,
cultivated in market garden crops, irri-
cation would locally DO very desirable
thing
The Irrigation Age, commenting in
turn on this concluding paragraph, says.
by the beard of the prophet the writ
er Is a pretty sound irrigationist with
out knowing it himself = Following are
additional statements made by the last
authority quoted
1t is conceded that dry spells in the
summer months are not wholly confined
TO the east north and west. 1t takes
time for any great innovation to be
come universal, but that irrigation is
making Roadway is evident from the
announcements Of experiments the past
season in various southern states, in the
east and through the central states, The
agricultural papers Of the whole country
are discussing II, and the great dailies
of New York city are publishing ac-
counts Of the wonderful crops raised on
small irrigated farms almost in their
midst ON Long Island. The droughts Of
the past season will 90 far toward max
ing many more converts to irrigation.
In sections of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylya-
MIA, Kentucky and West Virginia the
crops not only failed, but there was ac-
tual suffering among the people. In
some cases stock died for the want OF
water Their bitter experience will
point the way to these farmers in the
future. 1t was a dry season in the far
western states and territories, but the
farmers there had made provision by If.
rigation, and their numerous crops came
through in safety.
The fact is that tho people of all sec
tions in the United States are finally
coming to realize that there is no sure
thing on crops without irrig atlon-that,
with this improved mode Of farming,
they take no chances. This being true,
it will be adopted here and there
throughout the country until gradually
this safe means will become general
The great success of farming on former
arid lands in the western states by irri-
CATION is educating tho farmers and tho
people Of the nation.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

Within the last few years an active
campaign of orchard planting has been
carried ON by the farmers Of southern
Illinois Millions of apple, pear, peach,
cherry and other fruit trees have been
set, besides many thousands Of acres of
small fruits. The Ben Davis LEADS
among apples and the Kieifer among
pears Already has this fruit industry
assumed important proportions, the
acreage in apple orchards being notably
extended. Cooperative fruit companies
and shipping associations have been
formed, and there appear good reasons
for believing that this fruit belt is des-
tined to become noted III a comparative
" short time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

l. f. Wing tells the Ohio Farmer that
beef or mutton talluw melted and mixed
with enough kerosene or coal oil to keep
it fluid makes IA very superior lubrica-
tor, the kerosene evaporating after it is
applied and leaving the tallow, which
is composed of the very best globules
for fabrication. He has used it long
while and finds it is extremely good
As economy is the watchword we ad
wise a trial
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

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One Gay she heard of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
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ment of perfect health, and has suitors by the
score. No woman need suffer from functional
irregularities and weaknesses. The Favor
lite Prescription is o safe and certain cure
for all the weaknesses to which women are
peculiarly subject.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

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you've hooked him. have youf'-fit bits.
A few days
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1t makes bretthiuR much easier and the
spasms Tess severe ia casts Of asthma r'ice
2 cents. 4w52
With all his experience the barber had TO
employ another man To shingle his roof
Boston Transcript.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. WfNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will
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sold by Druggists in every part Of the world.
Twenty five cents bottle BE sure and ask
for Mrs Winslow's Soothing syrup" and
take no other kind. ly3S
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

Thousands of cases of Consumption.
Asthma, Coughs, Colds and Group are
cured every day by Shiloh's Cure. Geo.
K. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02
A Natural Beautiner.

Karl's Glover Root Tea purihes the
blood and gives clear aud. beautiful
complexion. For sale by Geo. +. Samp-
son, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

Constipation, causes more than hall
the ills of women. karHs Ct yer Root
Tea is Il pleasant cure for Constipation.
Geo. E. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02
From Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta.
V aterville SknNhrgan and BanROr.

SrsFlag stations; at which trains will stoT
on signal or notice to Conductor.
MIXED between Bingham and NO Arson
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Merc r, land Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan) At Anson for
Sawyer's Mills, tStarks);
No. Arson for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, Mayfeld, Kingsoury
and Abbott
w. M. AVER SUPT
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

Learning teaches how TO carry things in
suspense without prejudice till you resolve
- Bacon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02

She nldn,t rake WIN the Gentlemen.

Covetousness sx ellis the principal to nc
purpose, anc lessons the use to all purposes
Jeremy Taylor.