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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-16
WATCHING EVENTS IN CUBA

American Warships Likely to BE Sent
There in Case of . Siege.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The campaign
in Cuba is being closely observed by the
administration, IN view Of the reiter-
ated reports of insurgent successes in
their operations near Havana. In the
event that they actually attack the cap
ital of the island in force, it is possible
that the North Atlantic squadron may
be ordered to Havana, in order to be in
position to guard American interests
during the disturbed conditions that
may be expected to accompany siege.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-16
Maher Leave, for Ell Paso.

PITTsBURG, Jan. 8.-Peter Maher and
party left at 2 a. m. for Ell Paso, Tex,
where he will arrive on Friday morn
ing and go into training at once for his
fight with Fitzsimmons. Jerry Mar
shall, the colored featherweight, who is
to meet Gerge Dixon. is one of the
party.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-16
Total shortage of S1lb.Oo0.

OMAHA, Jan. 3.--The report Of the
expert submitted to the city council
shows that the entire defalcation Of ex-
City Treasurer Henry Bolln amounts to
more than $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-16
northern Pacific Earnipes 1ncrease,

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-glia gross earn
ings of the Northern Pacific for the six
months ending Dec. 81 were $1l. $685..
LAO, an increase of 81, 652, o38.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
"PUT THAT ON"
Generous Man Felt Warmer " hen He
Gave Away His OvercOat.
CIif00O T-iI7fUs

1t was a raw, damp October day. The
passengers in the North Side cable cars were
shivering and grumbling at the economy
which neCeSSitated the open cars so late IN
the season.
As a Clark street car emerged from the
tunnel it was boarded by Iaboring man.
who swung himself on and sat down direct
y opposite prosperous broker who had en-
tered the car down town.
The labOrcr was thnly clad. His fur
rowed face and deep-Set eyes told of a life
of care, IL not of actual want. The face was
intelligent and honest, and a kind heart
was reflected in the light eyes.
The man who sat opposite to him had
the air OF one whom the world had treated
kindly. Although apparently fifty years
old, time had left little impress on bis
features, beyond turning to silver the thick
hair which had once been black.
His expression was stern, but int gritty
shone in every line of his face. Over his
handsome tweed suit he Wore a light over
coat, closely buttOned across the chest. Oc-
ca sionaIly he glanced over the paper he was
reading at his poorer neighbOr, and the
glances, though short, took in every detail
OF the mans appearance.
When the car reached Schiller street the
broker prepared to get off, at the same time
removing his oyercOat, which he thre
over the workingman's knees.
Put that on be said peremptOFtly, as
he jumped on the pavement.
The poor man was so surprised that
second or two elapsed before he grasped
the situation.
For me?" he shouted to his benefa CtOr.
Ibid you give this coat to me?'
''Yes, yes" returned the broker, as he
hurried toward Dearborn avenue.
BY this time the car was moving swiftly
northward, and the laborer was standing
up, waving his cap and shouting
"God bless you, sir. God bless you"
The morning times., 1896-03-29
CAN ALMOST READ.
Dog Selects a Book Asked for From q
Dozen Others.
Baltimore Herald


Cincinnati. Ohio, March 21. Dennis
Walsh, proprietor of the RossvilIe dis
til!ery. is the wner of a dog noted for Is
rena rkable intelligence.
The animal apparently understands every
thing said 10 lt ,and displays almost hu-
man reason. II faithfully guards the pri-
yate office and seems to divine the pur-
pose Of persons seeking to enter. and no
suspicious q CEa raC aCterCan ConeintO the build
ing without being confronted By Guy. A
person on business is met with wag O Z
the tail and every indication OF welcome
and pleasure.
Hugh Miller, the superintendent, Is 8
great favOrite Of the animal. Miller was
III for few days and confined to his
room. Guy was greatly distressed at his
absence, and, following his master TO the
home OF the sick man, showed the most
intelligent sympathy and understanding
OF his friends wants and condition. Mr.
Miller expressed a desire to see a pocket
memorandum book that was at the office,
nearly one mile away.
With u bound the sagacious animal
started away, and in half an hour was
back with the very memorandum book he
had spoken OF. This feat was witnessed
by several reliable parties, and gave pos
tive evidence that the observing dog
fully understood what 1ir. Miller has said
He has often found articles belonging TO
his master or some OF the clerks in the Of
flee that had been seCreted about the
premises on purpose to test his powers,
but his ability 10 select from several
books the right one diSclOses superior
50 gacity. II is ma guificent hunting dog,
aud often accompanies Mr.. Walsh on bis
extensive hunts in the faE West. Il is 0
full-blOoded Irish setter.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
A MAGIC MIRROR.
Stand Behind the Looking GIass and
See 1t.
Philadelphia Record.

A transparent mirror was brought from
Germany to this country a few months ago
byaNew Ork firm, and thepeTple xingpTOp-
critics Of the glass excited much curiosity.
II was at once iademand for man Y purposes
and the same firm Is now engaged IN iTD-
porting it in large quantities. IL is still q
novelty, and some screens made OF this
glass have been recently placed on sale at
one OF the local stores. They are probably
the first to be viewed in this city.
The coating is placed on one side Of the
glass just the same as the silveriug on the
mirror. and has the same properties of re-
flecting therays OfIightand color
The difference, however, is that when
looked at from the back the coating Is
entirely transparent. To one sitting in
doors the view without is not struCtedln
the least, but a pedestrian peering into the
window or doorway would be greeted by
his own reflection.
The glass is used largely in lieu Of screens
where privacy is desired without obstruction
OF light from the outside or barring the
vision OF those inside. 1t was introduced
with effect first in New York club window.
Behind it the Chappjes could sit and Ogle the
girls and view the passing thrOng without
being themselves observed. Its use is also
reSOrted TO in cafes end semi-pubhc places,
where it offered privacy 10 those lOunging
inside, while the latter had an undisturbed
view of the street.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
He Must BE Nervous.

1t is related that after Mr.. Chamberlain
had been very few years in the House and
was still young member, he modestly
asked an old and much-respected parlia-
mentary hand to favor him with criticisms
or hints on his speeches in the house. The
old member reflected for time and then
said: 1T is all very nice, very nice, indeed,
Mr.. Chamberlain, but if you could occasion
ally manage 10 break down, the house, l
assure you, would take it as a great COM
pliment" This was good hint. The house
almost invariably regards with a certain
degree of suspicion any young member who
is too glib, polished and correct in his
manner of speaking. 1t positively likes a
man to be nervous-Which should be a
consolation TO maiden speakers.-Chicago 81
Times-Herald.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
MONEY MADE FROM MIG HTa1AREs
Methods Used ny the Artists Who De
sign Popular Grotesque Posters.
Nelc York HOr.f.

People who dine late at night in i GER
tain uptown restaurant may have noticed
a welI-dr5SsCd, wild-eyed, Eaggard-faced,
dyspeptic man dGyouriRg night after night
with apparent relish dishes which only the
ultra brave have courage to eat more than
once a month. That man is an artist and
eating indigesdble food is a part of his
business, for he is a maker OF posters.
Since the use of grOtesqUe posters, built on
the lines OF Aubrey Beardsley's phantom
fancies and on the principle OF chimpanzee
Johanna'S savage sketches, has become gen
eral as a means OF advertising newspapers,
it is no more than right that the world
should know how the designs are con-
ceved.
The case of this wildeyed, haggard-faced
dyspeptic artist alone Will be cited. His
may + may not be the method used by ali
the better roster makers. Every night he
goes TO this uptown restaurant, eats a
Welsh rarebit, cold broiled lobster, two
cream rolls ana n dish Of ice cream and
drinks a quart of cheap claret. Then he
goes home, drinks two glasses Of ice
water, retires and the nightmare does the
rest. In the morning he sketches the horrors
he saw in his dreams and finishes them as
the riders for posters pourin. He is making
q fortune ut the business.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
8 Literary Notes.

Anthony Hope hates poetry.
Partridge OF London offers 81 900 for
an original story.
Tolstoi's Anna Earenina" has been dram
atlzed in French.
Prof. Max Muller can converse in eighteen
different languages.
Scribners are going to publish the COM
plete works OF Eugene Field in ten volumes.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
ker, isn'tit?"

Say, you won the bicycle race, didn't
your
YES
"Your name is Walker, isn'tit?"
Yes
We'll, ] won the pedestrian match,
and my name is Ryder"
Great Scott Let's go and take some
thing. Chicago Tribune.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
What Puzzled Uncle Geehaw

Sarah-Father, I wish you wouldn't look
at Mr.. Ferdinand Citily so sharply when
he calls. 1t embarrasses him.
Uncle 6eehaw (puZzledl-- won't no more,
da'ter, ef you say so; only his collar an
cuffs is sewed onto his shirt, an III be
gol burned ef see him turn 'em. Ispose
he has tew turn the hull thing inside out
ftaW do it.-puck,
The morning times., 1896-03-29
Substitute for Lightning Rods.

1t has been observed that poplar trees
are particularly subject TO be struck by
lightning Recent experiments show that
woods containing fats are poor conductors
OF electricity, while those containing starch
are better conductors To the latter class
belong pOpiarS, oaks, and willows, conse-
quently they form natural lightning rods
Some authorities are OF the opinion that
pOplars painted near buildings would ar.
ford excellent protection ftom lightning
Exchange.
The morning times., 1896-03-29

At an early hour on the morning follow
ing this incident, 1.-The lass was playing
before one OF the shanties, when she was
sturtled 10y the sharp report OF pistol
The sound came from that part of the gulch
above the shanties, where the claims are To-
Gated and where most OF the miners were
now at work.
"A row among the men, she said TO her
self. diyining the meaning Of the shot with
ready instinct. "Td better go and look
after my Jim
She set off at run in the direction of
the sound. followed 10y such OF the miners
s We're not at work Rounding the end OF
the row Of shanties she saw whence the
report had come.
Fifty yards up the gulch a group OF
excited miners swayed and Jostied and
shouted about man who was struggling
fiercely in the midst OF them. Close beside
them Law another man at full length upon
the ground.
AT sight Of the child a sudden hush fell
upon the throng, several of whom stepped
quickly in front OF the man on the ground,
as if to hide him from view Of the child.
But she had already seen and recognized
him. Jim! Oh, they've killed my JIM"
she cried pitcously, struggling to force
her way through the line of men.
One of these, a lanky New Englander,
Long Zeke by name, whose chin and gray
goatee were dyed a dirty yellow with to-
bacco Juice hastily caught the child up in
his arms and bore her off to the saloon,
where, with a few whispered words, he
made her over to the keeping of Griff, the
proprietor. This done, he strobe back TO
his companions. Tote that cuss for'ard,
mates" said he, authoritatively, "ontl
we hear what he has to say for himself"
Copeland was led to the front, where the
body of Gentleman Jim lay. Long Zeke
fixed him with his keen gray eye, and said:
Now, pard, let us hev the rights on it.
Air this here case Of squar' shooun' or
air IL not? What 'ud he done to rile YEP
Done? Made me risk my life on that
burned trolley yesterday" replied Copeland,
suucnly That's excuse enough for draw
in a bead on him, 1 reckon"
Long Zeke spat cOpiouSly. You white
livered cuss," said he, 'to g0n draw bead
on HIM because he toted you along to help
save the lassl Boys, this way! Fetch a
rope, someone
Lea ding Copeland between them, the
miners followed the lanky New EnSlander
down the gulch to the railway cutting and
the track, where the trolleys stood upon
the rails. Beside the last in the line they
paused.
Tie him onto the trolley, pards," said
Long Zeze Hell hev just about time to
say his pra'rs on the way, reckon"
The covering wretch was lifted upon the
car aud bound hand and foot to the wood
work Hemade noappeal for mercy know
ing it TO be useless.
"Staud back, thar" said Long Zeke, when
all was ready. He kicked the block OF
wood from beneath the wheel and gave the
| trolley a push. 1t sped down the track.
A few minutes later the sound of dis
| tant crash echoed up the gulch.
First passenger by the Big Gulch an
DRAGON City line-bookcd through to etar-
nifty" said Long Zeke. Boys, s'posin'
we go an liquor up?'
q. r. Hutchinson in Chicago News.l
The morning times., 1896-03-29
willing to Compromise.

In the middle of the third act the young
woman with the big head-dress turned
around In her seat and spoke TO the youth
Immediately behind her.
Sir" said she, ''if you win change your
brand of chewng-gum IN take OFF this
hat. I'm getting tired of that wintergreen
fra GRANGE. .''-CbicaGa Tribune.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
MnsicaI Hint.

1--WE have Just bought.a new clock, Mr..
Staylate,' said she. sweetly.
Indeed"
YES, and 1t has such a novel arrange
ment II has q music box attachment
Does it play every hCur?''
''No; onIyat 1890. Then u Plays Home.
Sweet Home ''-GOthamite.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
In n Erench Police Court.

'You say you have been robbed of pair
of boots How much were they WORTH
They costm originally francs. Ihave
had them rcsoIed four times, and had TO
pay 3 francs each time; so that makes al
together "a francs
clerk. write; One pair of boots of the
value OF "a francs. s.'-L'Intransigcant.
The morning times., 1896-03-29

tered Gentleman Jim. There amt no
Thee there's none to help 'cept me and my
mate here
The words were still on his lips when the
trolley shot into mid-air upon a dizzy
trestle bridge which here spanned the gulch.
Hundreds of feet below mountain torrent
foamed. A few seconds, only so long as it
took TO draw one deep, fearful breath, and
the chasm lay behind them. But to Gentle
ma n Jim those few seconds broughta swift
revelation OF his own powerlessneSs. In
that other trolley the child sat motionless,
looking neither TO right nor left, singing
still, with face upturned:
IAN my trust ou Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing
Gentleman Jim locke d about him quickly.
He almost expected to see the swift, hover
ing wings then and there. Certain it is that
he heard them
The lass is right and I'm q fool!" he
said reverently, when it comes to this
God Amighty's all a chaps got to look to.
God help usl''
With renewed hope and strength he bent
tothe crank. When next helooked upitwas
to discover that the distance between the
trolleys had diminished 10y half.
Mate" he said, his voice thrilling with
JOY, we're gaining ON her-we're getting
nearerl"
Nearer 10 the wash-out," replied the
other, with an oath. Look on the leftr'
To the left, a short half-mile away, ap-
pcared long, ragged break in the dump.
With that yawning gap in view the margin
of life or death must he measured by sec
onds. Desperately the two men strained at
the cranks; the car shot forward with the
velocity of the wind. AT every turn of the
handles the distance between pursucrs and
pursued grew perceptibly less; but so also
| did the stretch of track between the run
away and the fatal gap.
"Ye don't calkilate on follerin' the gal
! into kingdom come, do ye, mate?'' growled
| the man at the other crank.
LAY, if need be- replied Gentleman Jim.
"- if yer a-goin' ter yank Pete Cope
/ land along with ye, then,'' muttered the
/ other.
The troIleys were now but few yards
| apart, the gap but stones throw ahead.
/ Gentleman Jim sprang TO the front of the
car, whipped out his revolver, and took de-
/ liberateaim at his companion.
"Whichll ye take?" he demanded. sternly;
your chance" jerking his thumb in the di-
rection of the gap, "or this?" glancing sig
nificantly at the weapon.
The chance" said Copeland, sullenly.
Then listen. Take hand off that crank,
/ and you re a dead man; but-mark well what
say-the instant turn my back slow the
/ car down for all you're worth
''You kin bet your bottom dollar will"
replied the other."And say, pard, let's see
that purity back o. yourn as soon"
The remainder OF the sentence was lost in
an involuntary cry OF astonishment and hor-
ror. Gentleman jim, lcaping upon the low
boxwork which surrounded the car, bal
anced himself there for aninstant, rs though
| calculating the GiStancc-now reduced to
! perhaps ten feet-which separated him from
his beloved lass" then, with one tre-
mendous bound, he cleared the space be
tween and 'aliGhted square upon the runa-
way trolley, which, in another instant, he
had brought to a standstill on the very brink
OF the gan.
The morning times., 1896-03-29

Richard Harding Davis is becoming quite
as extensive a traveller as story writer
He has seen the West from car window,
the Mediterranean from ships deck,
Paris in mourning for II artyred president,
the American republic under various cir
cumstances, and now he proposes TO go to
Athens via st. Petersburg. That Is, tue
Harpers have commissioned him TO go and
repOrt for them some national ana inter-
national events Of universal importance.
He will make the Russian capital IN tine
TO see the cZar formally receive his royal
1iadem ana sceptre and then he will aiEbe
down to Greece in time to see the revival
OF ancient games under the patronage Of
the King of Greece. Davis will find the
most Interesting side OF these topics and
the reading public is in good fortune that
so entertaining q ChrOnicler Is to report the
events for them.
Abiding TO the Hellenic games q literary
reviewer says that too much fine writing
and semi classical gust is sure 10 be wasted
on them. Already there are erudite al
lusions to the renaissance of the old Greek
spirit and much misplace enthusiasm over
the yearning OF the modern Hellenes TO
do honor to their immortal ancestors.
For his part, considering that the present
kingdom of Greece is bankrupt, and dis
honestly bankrupt at that, he cannot but
feel that the unbleeched mongrels of the
country's past if they stopped capering and
give their attention to the payment OF their
honest debts. As for all the ancestral gab-
hle he finds IL Is based on nothing more
substantial than pure fancy; for cthnol-
ogists, especially Failmerayer, have shown
that the present population OF the country
is almost wholly Slavic with only the very
slightest tinge OF Hellenic blood.
Ii is related that during the height or
the cnmity between France and England
the poet Campbell proposed toast to,
Napoleon during a dinner OF authors.
score OF excited British literary chaps
leaned to their feet and demanded def
antly, "Why?" Campbell replied, coolly:
because he once hanged publisher"
The toast was drunk 10 the dregs. The al
legged imposition of publisher or producer
has always been n grievance OF authors.
Robert Buchanan, the English writer, pro-
poses to relieve himself OF the yoke by be-
coming his own publisher He has sent
forth pamphlet "Is Banabas Necessity?'
inveghing aga inst publishers and their
''organiZed robbery and accompanying It
with q statement TO the effect that here
after he will be his own publisher at ''36
Gerard street. Shaftsbury avenue, W.
This is probably mistake on Mr.. Buchan-
mans part but the experiment Will be
watched with interest by the literary
world on two sides of the ocean.
The morning times., 1896-03-29
Booked Through.

AZ MINER sat on a hiilside-a big,
IAA burlyfellow, who looked everyinch
I'm a ruffian, but carried a heart be-
meath his coarse shirt as tender
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-07-21
STANDARD OIL.

Britt Tribune: Gov. Drake has ap-
pointed Luther A. Brewer, of Cedar
Rapids, state oil inspector. We under
stand his qualifications are first class;
he used to be flatboatman. Any one
who has ever bailed bilge water can in
spect standard oil. 1t is three parts
rotten water and seven parts muddy
wind. The oil fields ran out several
years ago. They are now pumping up
the seepage, the mud and the gas, put
water enough in to make 1t run down
hill, mix it together and call it stand
ard oil-greased wind liquified little.
1t is good to take off warts or superflu-
GUS hair or kills lice on the pale red
cow. Applied to the hennery, on
roosts and nests it stops the skunks from
sucking the eggs. 1t makes them as
hamed of themselves. The smell of it
caused the comet to change its mind
and go the other way. Its chief use is
to make millionaires out of the fellows
who manipulate the stock and stimuli
ate profanity in the best families. In
consistency it is about half way be-
tween -four gravy and the Missouri
river. We buy it by the can, if we can.
If we don't can, we can 1t in a jug.
There's two quarts in gallon, and
that's too much. The Standard Oil
company soaks its building materials
in it to make them fire proof. The
members all have electric lights, but
the rest of their internal organs are
made of asphalt and macadamized.
Their hearts are concretions of the
Pennsylvania and Ohio periods--they
are rocky fellers, and have made money
like grease, but that amt the way they
make their oil; they also make money
like blazes, and they don't make their
oil that way, either. So, their you
have 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-07-21
THE LORDS PRAYER.

THE following beautiful composition was
found on the battlefield at Charleston, South
Carolina. during the war. 1t was written by
a wounded comrade who never lived to get
home. 1t is quite literary curiosityl
Thou to the mercy seat our souls dost gather,
To do our duty unto Thee. Our Father
To whom all praise, all no 1or should be given;
For Thou art the great God Who art In Heaven
Thou, by Thy wisdom, rul'st the worlds
whole fame.
Forever, therefore, l.. HalIowed be thy Name.
Let never more delay divide us from
Thy glorious face, but let Thy Kingdom come;
Let Thy commands opposed be by none,
But Thy good pleasure and Thy will be done
And let our promptness to obey be even
The very same In earth as 'tis In Heaven.
Then for our souls, o Lord, we also pray,
Thou wouldst be pleased to Give us this day
The food oflife wherewith our souls are fed
Sufficient raiment, and . our daily bread;
With every needful thing do Thou relieve us,
And of Thy mercy pity . and forgive US
All our misdeeds for Him whom Thou didst
please
To make an offering, for our trespasses,
And, forasmuch, o Lord, as we believe
That Thou will pardon us as we forgive
Let that love teach, wherewith Thou ac-
quain'st US,
To pardon those who trespass against us;
And though, sometimes, Thou fndst we have
forgot
This love for Thee, yet help and lead US not
Through soul or body's want to desperation,
Nor let earth's gain drive us into temptation;
Let not the soul of any true believer
Fall in the time of trial, but deliver
Yea, save them from the malice of the devil,
And both in life and death, keep us from evil.
Thus we pray, Lord, for that of Thee from
whom
rnis may be had For Thine sthe Kingdom,
This world is Of Thy works its wondrous
story.
To Thee belongs the power and the glory,
And all Thy wondrous works have ended
never,
hut will remain forever, and forever,
Thus we, poor creatures, would confess again,
And thus would say eternally Amen.