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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
THE USEFUL SUNFLOWER.
A Number OF valuable Products From Il,
Big Bright Blossom.

A Number Of valuable Products From the
Big Bright Blossom.
Sunhower oil made from the seeds is
in great demand i'll this country. In
Russia millions of pounds of the seeds
are raised annually for the oil, and
large quantities of this oil are exported
from that country.
In the crude state it is used by paint
ers for inside work, but it does not
quite equal linseed oil for varnish pur-
poses. 1t is mixed with most of our
cheap paints and also with many pre-
pared stains. Of late years efforts have
been made to refine the oil SO as to sell
in competition with olive oil. In fact,
purified sunfower oil is used quite ex-
tensively to adulterate salad oils. Many
consider it equal to the ordinary grade
Of olive and almond oil for table uses
It is Of pale yellow color, favorless
and palatable.
In Maryland good deal of this oil is
made to supply the Baltimore trade
After the oil is extracted from the seeds
the residue is made into cakes for cattle
lOOu, anu WIZ lc uOG SO uu6rlllOuS DIS Iu0
food made from the fresh seeds it is Of
considerable value The factories that
express the oil sell the seed cakes at a
merely nominal sum.
In the poorer districts of India and
Europe fair kind of bread is made
from sunfower seeds, and the natives
depend upon it for steady article of
diet. Their cattle are fed with the same
diet, only the seeds and heads are chop
ped up together, and even the leaves are
fed to the animals.
The stalks, when stripped of their
leaves and heads, are dried and used for
fuel One acre Of sunfiowers will yield a
great many cords Of good wood. The
stalks are large, tough, brittle. and good
burners. A few acres of such fuel will
last one all winter.
There are many other uses for sunhow-
ers that the ingenuity of man has de-
vised, but the instances cited are suf-
fioient to show the sunfower has out
lived its association with decadent
aesthetic philosophy and become of prao-
tical value if not of universal use.- =.
New York Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
A Perplexins Question.

Mr.. James Payn, the novelist, tells of
an amusing question put to him very
seriously by a little boy Of his own. The
family were being driven out Of their
London house to make way for the paint
ers, cleaners and whitewashers.
"Papa," said the child, who had evil
IDENTIFY been turning the matter over in
his own little head, where do the peo-
pie in heaven 60 when the spring clean
ing begins there?"
This problem was too perplexing. even
for Mr.. Payn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
ANTARCTIC ICE.
It Differs Considerably From That of the
Northern Regions.

1t Diners Considerably From ThaC OF Che
Northern Regions.
The difference in the formation of
arctic and antarctic ice, as is we'll
known, is very great. While the north
ern bergs mostly consist of large ice
mass running up into numberless towers
and arches resembling the mountain
peaks which surrounded the glaciers
from which they were torn, the antarc
tic bergs are solid masses Of floating ice,
with perpendicular walls and an un-
broken plateau on the top.
All showed distinctly whether they
were broken from the large southerly
barrier or discharged from the glaciers
of Victoria Land. All the barrier bergs
had very distinct blue lines across their
walls, indicating the annual growth by
snowfall. These lines were Of course
not to be found on the glacier ice. The
latter also showed more likeness to the
northern ice than did the former. The
peaks and towers of the arctic icebergs
are supposed to be formed by the infu-
ence of ocean currents wearing away
the softer part of the ice mass under
water until the natural law Of grayita
ton forces it to upset.
But why have the antarctic icebergs
a different appearance? 1t is certain
that in the antarctic waters there are
also currents. Yet even icebergs that
have gone as far north as the south Of
New Zealand have all maintained the
marks of their antarctic origin. can
not see any other reason for this dissimi
larity between the bergs of the north
and those Of the south but that the arc
tic icebergs, as rule, must pass through
climes which in temperature rapidly
change from one extreme to another,
and the icebergs take much longer time
in floating southwark than do the ant
arctic icebergs in advancing northward,
and thus, as a rule, the northern ice
bergs exist much longer than those Of
the antarctic. E. Borchgrevink in
Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
One woman Appreciates Good stories.

The literary woman was attending an
afternoon tea given by New York club
of women devoted to heroine worship.
She had listened with exemplary pa
thence while various individuals told her
of the strength and comfort they had
derived from her works. Finally a lit
tie woman with an amiably vacuous ex-
preston and habit Of overturning
chairs, treading on toes and otherwise
disporting herself tactlessly came mp.
"Oh, my dear Mrs. Ruyter, +" she ex-
claimed, 81 am SO glad to meet you!
You have really done me the greatest
service. Why, when my poor Husband
was threatened with brain fever from
overwork and insomnia the only thing
that would quiet him and put him to
sleep at night was reading aloud your
sweet little stories.
And then she looked offended because
the club president trod heavily on her
fOaS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
A delicate Mechanical Feat.

q An expert tool juggler in one Of the
great English needle factories in re-
cent test Of skill performed one of the
most delicate mechanical feats magma
BILE. He took common sewing needle
Of medium size (length ~ inches) and
drilled hole through its entire length
from eye to point, the opening being
just large enough to admit of the pas
sage of very fine hair. li,ji
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
Dumas' Beginning.

AS beginner in literature the late
Alexandra Dumas wrote with extreme
difficulty. The plot Of the story he hap
pened to have in hand was never clear to
him, and he had to add sentence to SEN
tence laboriously. He told a friend that
he often CRASHED his teeth at the slow
elaboration of his ideas, and that he had
TO rewrite the dame aux Camelias"
@ve tines
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23

The reason why SO few people are
agreeable in conversation is that each is
thinking more of what he Is intending
to say than Of what others are saying,
and we. never listen when we are plan
ming to speak. -Rochefoucauld.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23

The Russian army was strong in reg
ular infantry, but weak in we'll disci-
plined cavalry, although the latter defect
was largely supplied by the Cossacks, q
peculiar body Of riders from the volga
and the Don, who paid the rental Of
their lands to the crown by four years.
military service at their own charges.
Then, as now, they fought with barbar-
10 ferocity. They attacked in open for
nation, each man for himself, and gave
no quarter until the czar offered ducat
for every live Frenchman. They were
known to ride 100 miles in "a hours,
and their services in pursuing an en-
envy were invaluable. -Professor w. M.
Sloane in Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23

With the early penmakers the problem
Of point was the most serious, and q
long time elapsed before 1t was definite
" solved
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23

Surprise to Philadelphian.
CLEAR about the trolley accident yes
terday?"
''Why, what was itf"
Passenger got seat. "--Philadel-
phia Gall
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14

proper criticism of judges or public off,
cials. But when an open, bald attempt is
made to- increase the number of these
judges with the avowed purpose of secur-
ing a decision on any question in a predeter-
mined way patriotic and intelligent men
may well hold up their hands in horror.
I'm view of this indictment of the work
of the Chicago convention, 1 cannot sup
port its candidates, except upon the plea of
party regularity. The claim that Demo-
Gratis should support the ticket for the sake
of regularity would have more weight if it
were urged on behalf of a candidate whose
Democracy was unsullied. admit the i'm
possibility of drawing platform that in
all things will be satisfactory to all Demo-
Gratis. But never before have we been
asked to make compromise between ma
tional honor and national degradation. The
Democrats who responded to President
Lincoln's call to take up arms for the
maintenance of the Nations honor did not
cease to be Democrats because they proved
themselves patriots.
1T is not pleasant to break old associa-
tions. I wish could bring myself to be-
lieve that the Chicago convention was right
and that national blessings might flow
from the ratification of its work. but MY
conscience, my judgment and tte exp-r..
ror. ] believe most firmly that the success
of this ticket would mean paralysis OF
business, that the employer of labor would
be unable to secure the credit necessary to
transact his business, and that the avenues
of industry would be closed. Production
cannot find a profitable market in the i'm
poverishment Of the r r4ople. Panic disas-
ter and ruin will follow, and after the
plaudits of the victorious multitude have
died away they will realize the poverty and
degradation of the Nation and will turn
with the anger of a once deluded but dsil-
lusioned people upon the false prophets and
idols whose advice they followed. The free
coinage of silver may be advocated from
patriotic motives, but it is arrant dema-
gogism to array for selfish and undemo-
cratic purposes class against class the poor
against the rich, employer against en-
ployes. For the first time within my men,
ory We have a candidate of a so-called
Democratic convention appealing, not to
the patriotism and Democracy of our peo-
pie, not to their conscience and intelligence
bat to their prejudices and dislikes.
IF the State / have the honor to repre-
sent stands in September where it stood in
June 1 will gladly continue as its repre-
sentative upon this committee. But if the
organized Democracy of the State reverses
it's position, stands where it should not
stand pulls down the banner of Democracy
and hoists the flag of Populism, L will not
continue to represent it. If the Buffalo
convention indorses the platform of the
Chicago convention or its nominees, my
resignation will Immediately be forwarded
to the national committee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
a TURNPIKE REBELLION
UPRISING IN KENTUCKY THAT HAS
CAUSED MUCH TERROR.
Nearly All the Toll Gates in WASH
ingtOn County Destroyed by
LawIess Bands.

SPRINGFIELD. Ky, Sept 13-The peo-
pie of this Washington county voted last
fall to make the turnpikes free throughout
the country. AS the pixies are owned by
companies, it is necessary for another vote
of the people to assess taxes to purchase
the pixies. This vote has not yet been
taken, and the authorities cannot legally
stop toll-gathering. This the people of the
county do not understand, and out of this
delay has arisen the turnpike rebellion.
Mobs have torn down about all the toll
gates in the county. The riotous business
has been going for about two weeks
AS the county authorities, whom the mobs
blame, live here, this town has been threat
ened, and for two weeks the people here
have lived in terror. Every night this city
is patrolled by special officers, under COM
mand of the city marshal. People in the
country not in sympathy with the mobs
dare not come to town, lest they be sus-
pected of giving information and incur per-
sonal vengeance of the mobs, who are in
the majority Not a soul enters or leaves
Springfield without giving a good account
of himself. County officials are afraid to
raise hand, except to protect the town
They are not accused of cowardice, but
fear the consequences of an attempt to re-
store order with the meager support at
their command and the almost moral GER
tanty of failure.
County Judge Jack w. Thompson has
written, for publication, an appeal to all
good citizens to aid him in uphoding law
and order. The general feeling is in letting
matters take their course for the present
and not inflame the excited mobs in the
county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
A GEORGIA RACE WAR"
Shooting of Negro Causes Much
Excitement at Blythe.

BLYTHE, Ga, Sept. 13 - On Saturday
night, at this place. twenty-five miles from
Augusta Ga, A NJ. Clarke, a merchant,
shot a negro named Steve Roland. The lat
ter was using profane language in the pres
ence of ladies. Clarke asked him to desist
but Roland continued his profanity and be-
gan to curse and abuse Clarke The negro
thinking that he had better arm himself
went to his house for his shotgun, and
when he returned the quarrel was renewed,
Roland holding his ak in q threatening
manner. They started toward each other
and Clarke opened fire on the negro, firing
three times and wounding him in the arm
and body. but not dangerously.
The population of the place is about two
hundred. the majority of whom are negroes.
They became greatly incensed at the shoot
ing and to-day threatened 20 burn the
cred in large numbers in the town with
shotgunS and pistols. and the whites, fear
ing they would carry out their threats.
telegraphed to the judge and sheriff of the
county of Augusta to send assistance at
once A special train was dispatched, with
twelve reliable men, accompanied by the
Sheriff and his deputies. When the train
arrived at Blythe the colored people dis
persed al once. The sheriff and his men
are now hunting the ringleaders but it is
hardly probable that they will be success
full as they hiding.
Clarke has been put under arrest and win
be carried TO Augusta tonight. The women
il is believed that since the arrival of the
sheriff and posse the negroes are too scared
10 attempt TO carry out their threats after
the officers leave.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
AN ILLINOIS TRAGEDY.
Thomas SIemons Fatally Shot While
Sitting on His Porch.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special the indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, ILL.,, Sept. 13.-As a result of a
family feud of long standing Thomas
Slemons lies at the point of death at his
home in this city with a fearful gunshot
wound in his thigh. Bruce Slemons. son of
the wounded man, married the daughter of
Benjamin McCalmont four years ago. Two
children were born to them, but the couple
have never lived happily together and
ABOUT a year ago were divorced, but no
provision for the custody of the children
was made by the court, and that has been
the cause of bitter controversy between the
grandparents ever since. Last evening Sic
mons and his son went to the home of
McCalmont during his absence and forcibly
took possession OF the children, firing a re-
volVer in the house and knocking Mrs. Nc
Calmont down with heavy cane. In the
evening after the Slemonses had returned
to their home with the children, Thomas
Slemons Was sitting OH his front porch
alone, when man approached and fired a
shotgun at Slemons. The entire load en-
tered his thigh, tearing hole large enough
for mans hand to be placed in il. The
physicians say Slemons Will die. Mccall
mont was arrested, but would not ac-
knowledge tnat ne dill the shooting. Both
men are members of the Grand Army of
the Republic ana Slemons is constable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
pILGgIMAGEs TO CANTON.
Hosts of Voters Preparing to Visit
the RepubIfcnn Nominee.

CANTON. o.. Sept. 13.-Major Mckinley
spent the day quietly principally at his
home where Col Myron I. Eerrick. OF
Cleveland an intimate friend of the fam
lily, was a guest, After the busy week just
closed, and in anticipation Of the buster
one which opens tomorrow, the brief res
pite was much appreciated by those about
the Mckinley home.
Numerous and large as have been the del
egations to call on the nominee there is
every Indication that the movement is just
starting. The West. II seems. is just be-
ginning to take interest in Canton Pilgrim
ages. Frank d. Higbie, an Illinois worker.
who successfully managed the two large
parties of commercial men from Chicago.
is still in the city. His fellowworkers In
Illinois have made him a sort of general
director for the visitors OF that state. In
speaking of Western visitors to-day. Mr..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14

Contrary TO Democratic Rules.
Detroit Free Press.
Watson persists in hitting the Democracy
below the black belt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
The .Buttermiiis noy,s- CIn,m

DENVER. Col, Sept 30. b. Hacken-
berger the "buttermilk boy" who defeat
ed A. F. Sem. of lion, y. Y. in twenty
five mile bicycle race. unpaced, yesterday
in 1:o7:06 3s5. now claims the champion
ship of the world for that distance. and is
ready to meet any reputable rider In de-
Tense OF the claim. He has accepted the
challenge OF Monte Scott. of New York.
who won the Irvington-Nilburn road race
two years in succession, and q race be-
tween them will probably take place on the
Denver track within a month.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
COnspirucy in Seryfa.

LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE Vienna corre-
spondent of the Chronicle says that con-
spiracy has been discovered at Belgrade
to depose King Alexander of Servia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
MoNoN ROUTE
Louisville. New Albany & Chicago Railway.
SHORT LINE TO
CHICAGO The WEST
&|1A AA$~f10O AND NORTHWEST
PuIIman vesttbuIe Train Service.

Pullman VestibuIe Train Service.
q
Arrive Chicago 1900 noon. $40 D. M and 7:ao
g.
Leave Chicago daily 245 m.. 1850 a. m and
S:sS y. m
hrriye indianapolis 7:45 a. m, 4:s7 D. m. and
$3.50 a. m.
Chicago Sleeper west end Union Station,
ready $3.50.
Detailed information at Union Station and No.
W. Wash. ST. GEO. w. HAYLER, u. p. a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
Dervishcs Preparing for Battle.

CAIRO, Sept. 13.-Word has been received
here from the front that Egyptian troops
with the Nile expedition are concentrating
at Fereig, which is only twenty-three
miles from the Dervish outpost at Kerma,
where the DeveriShes have been concentrat-
ing reinforcements of cavalry as though
with the intention of making q stand
against the British advance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
INTO MAD RIVER.
Train Goes Through "a BridSe-Twe
People Killed and Many Hurt

EUREKA. Cal. Sept. 13.-A train on the
Mad River and Arcata road went through
the Mad river bridge to-day Six cars
loaded with passengers dropped thirty feet
and Sandy Cameron were killed and ten
others seriously injured. The accident was
caused by the giving away of span of the
bridge over which the train was passing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
Consnirators Shot

MANILA, Philippine Islands, Sept. 13-
The leaders of the conspiracy against the
Spanish government in the province of Ca
vite have been shot.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-16
PERSONAL AND
PERTINENT.

Chulalongkorn, King of Siam,
has been experimenting with
the fashionable tooth pick shoes
now in vogue
Mrs. Humphrey Ward lives,
when in the country, at Aid
bury, a sleepy English village
of 800 people, under Chiffon
Hills. Mrs. Wards residence
is called Stacks House"
Jose D. Benjumca, a Sevil
lian, who resides in New York,
owns a Murilio, which is hung
over the side altar of st An.
drew's Church, corner Of One
Hundred and Twenty seventh
street and Fifth avenue. The
work is probably genuine eX
ample and represents the Mar
tyrdom Of ST.. Andrew"
DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, who
has been chosen president OF
Philadelphia Academy of Ma
tural Sciences, is widely recog-
nized as an authority in mat
tiers relating to medicine and
hygiene. Since 1890 he has
had charge of the bacteriologi
cal work of the Academy of
Sciences.
DIR. Mary Walker is now liv
ing on a farm about three miles
west of Oswego, N. Y. She Is
a familiar figure on the sire /"
of the town, to which she Dir e.
nearly every day. She a
wears a full suit Of black broad
cloth, with Prince AIbe
and silk hat and walks
cane.
The other night at a C lis
ner Sir Henry Irving vss
quested to sign his NJ -
menus by 100 men, till hna,ly
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-16

he protested and asked that a
collection be- made and sent to
his hotel. 1t is no secret that
the interchangeable Brown Stoker
can sign his illustrious chiefs
name in a manner to satisfy the
autograph fiends-but not a
bank cashier as those familiar
with Sir Hrnry's chirography
can distinguish certain -four
ishes that the latter always
makes.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was
elated the other day because he
was able to eat a few stewed
oysters and not be distressed.
Mr.. Vanderbilt for years has
suffered from acute dyspepsia,
and has aeen pleased enough
when a bit of graham cracker
and sip of matted milk did
not bring agony to him. The
gentleman who told Of Mr..
Venderbilt's happiness over the
stewed oysters remarked that
they were as much of a feast to
him rs a great course dinner
and wines galore to a tramp.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-16
THE MODERN MOTHER

Has found thai her little ones are
improved more by the pleasant lax
alive, Syrup of Figs, when in need
OF the laxative effect of a gentle rem
edy than by any other, and that
it is more acceptable to them. Child
rem enjoy it and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is
manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co., only.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-16
EXTREMELY IMPROBABLE
Must Have Been Bandifs Who
Fired On Americans Below
Carrizo.
Special to THE HERALD.

OpeCldl 10 LIE HERALD.
Laredo Tex, Jan. 10 "A
special from Carrie to the
Times yesterday evening slated
that Messrs. MehaD. Strickland,
Blives and son Of Mchan's
had been fired upon by Next
can troops at a point about
forty miles below Garlic and
that the gentlemen who Were
on a hunting and trapping eX
petition were forced to leave
their skiffs and swim To the
American shore and that their
whole equipment fell into the
hands Of the MeXicans. 1t is
extremely improbable that Mex
lean troops should have been
guilty of such an act, for many
reasons. Colonel Villasenor in
an interview stated that such a
point wonld be about nine
miles from Mier ard would be
under the jurisdiction of Lieu
tenant Colonel Campos, a man
of extreme prudence and that
had such a thing taken place
it would have been known at
Mier long before the men got
to Garlic. There are many
bandits, horse and cattle thieves
on both sides of the river below
Garlic, and it is probable that
they were fired upon by some
of these who wanted to steal
their equipment. AS the federal
telegraph was closed for the
night it was impossible to learn
the truth of the matter.