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Sentence of Richard Rowe.

GRINNELL, Ia, Dec. I6.-Richard
Rowe, who was found guilty in the
district court as accessory to footing
the county treasury, was sentenced by
Judge Ryan to three years in the state
prison at hard labor.
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is the title of series of articles which has
been ia preparation for many years. Gene
raj Porter was an aide on General Grants
staff and a close friend of his chief, and the
diary which be kept through the war is the
bases of the present articles which are strik.
Ing pen-pictures of campaign life and scenes.
They will be fully illustrated. The first one
is in the November CENTURY.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-12-17

The old way of delivering messages by
post boys compared with the modern
telephone, illustrates the old tedious
methods Of breaking" colds compared
with thier almost instantaneous cure
by One Minute Cough Cure.
Hanson & Emerson.
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A GREAT NOVEL,
OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION

its leading serial feature for 1897 and the
masterpiece of its author, DR.. SaWeir Mite
hell. The story. "Hugh Wynne, Free Qua
kerr purports to be the autobiography Of
it's hero, an officer on WashlEgtOn's staff
social life in Philadelphia at the time of
the Revolution is most interestingly depict
ed, and the characters include Washington,
Fran kiln, Lafay cite. and others we'll known
IN history. It is safe to say that the readers
of this great romance will obtain from it a
clearer idea of the people who were fore
most in Revolutionary days, and of the
from any other single source. The work is
not only historically accurate but is most
interesting story of love and war. The first
chapters are in the November number.
Howard Pyle will illustrate it.
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BORN.

.FE2RIS-To Mr., and Mrs. M. M. Fer
ris Of this city, on Tuesday, December
9Th, son,
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House for Rent.

Eight rooms, good cellar. well and
cistern. $500 per month. Enquire
B. PERKINS.
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For Sale.

I offer for sale at bargain my residence
in this city. 1t is well built nine-room
house, with usual conveniences. Call and
see me. JOSEPH G.. LovAAs.
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Mr.. J. j. cuRD.
Mrs. ]. ]. Curd, my wife, was afflicted
four years with the rheumatism She
tried many fine physicians without help.
She used DR.. Sawyer's Family Cure,
which cured her. and to-day she is entire
ly we'll. cannot recommend Family
Cure too highly for all diseases of the
stomach. liver and kidneys.
- c"'t Little Rock. All.
A written guarantee to cure or money
refunded with every dollar bottle. Price.
81. 90, 60c. and 25c.
A written guarantee to cure or money
refunded with every box of DR.. Sawyer's
PastilIes, which cures all diseases pecu-
liar to women. Price, $1.00 per box.
BATTLE WON BY THE INSURGENTS.
General Gomez leads in person and
routs the Spanish. Eight hundred Span
ish killed and 1000 wounded. The great
victory is attributed to the fact that the
insurgents have discovered that DR.. Saw
yer's Family Cure gives new life and
strength and puri6es the blood
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Honiton braids, wide and narrow, for
fanny work At Blisds.
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THE CENTURY
IN 1897
ALI New Features.

THE CENTURY will continue to be in
every respect the leading American maya
zine, its table of contents including each
menth the best In literature and art. The
present interest in American history makes
especially timely
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-12-17
For sale.

The brick House, corner of Fourth and
Pine-Sts., opposite the Eastern Hotel
know as the Bedell house, is offered for sale
on favorable terms. 1t is provided with well
and cistern, and is every way a desirable
residence. Enquire of GEO. w. JENKINS.
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rrTE-A.rE1s ON THE STAIRS.
/ n.,rr al &C for AZ laneer..

rsreK did care Cor the l~ancers,
But last nigbt 81 the FandertOa's ball
When be I'd me aside from the d.
To st oct q set In the hall
fdd yery wrong 10 permitting
sach proceedings. FOR agniy declares
A girl causes gossip By sitting
Through dances with men on the staTs'
OF coarse there il no harm In the practice.
Which. in truth, has made many a
match;
1t depends who's the man, and the fact IL
Poor Jim's not exactly q catch.
Sut nothing could really be nicer;
Dear aunty had gone from our ken,-
Whittier supper is sure to entire her,
With a lot Of those horrld old men.
So We sought ont a spot on the landing
Where the lights In the hallway burned
dim,
And a pslm with wide branches was
standing,
In Its shadow / fingered with Jim;
And the sound Of the music came swell
ing
From the door Of the ball room below,
And Jim for the tenth time was telling
Ne something too silly. You know.
It's 70 foolish for him to admire mel
And yet he's SO good and 80 wise
That his ideals of women inspire me
With a wish to seem well In his eyes.
Since ever the first day he met me
He says he has loved me. although
II were better. Of course, to forget me.
For I cannot accept him, you know.
We ali have our crosses to carry,
And I. so dear aunty declares,
Must make n great match when / marry,
Hence her horror Of Jim and the stairs.
Vanity.
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Big Pr,ce for q Penny Book.

Among the most valuable books in
he world are those few still extant
which bear the name of john Gutten-
burg, a printer and publisher. who
iourished soon after printing was dis
.~overed-1460. The value In which the
works are held is shown by the enor-
nous prices they fetch on the rare oc-
.asions when any of them find their
way to the auction mart
At the commencement of the present
century, the house Of a certain peer.
who possessed the first book John Gut
,enburg ever printed, vas broken into,
he thieves carrying of, among other
treasures, this book, which for years
after was diligently sought for, with
out success.
One Saturday evening, some time
since, a blacksmith stopped in front
Of a booksellers barrow In High street,
Camden Town. He knew nothing OF
books, but deserving n looking older
than the others. he planked down his
penny. and, throwing 1t on a shelf
when he got home, forgot all about 1t.
One of his dodgers, a porter In the
British Museum. noticing that It was
dated 1850, asked permission to show
It to the museum authorities. A day
br two later the blacksmith was asked
to call. The secretary, who saw him.
then asked what he wanted for the
book. Not knowing what to reply, the
man said:
"What will you give?"
what do you say to f60T" was the
answer.
The astonishment which o~verspread
The blacksmith's face was taken by
he official for disgust, SO saying, 81
will see II we can give any more" he
hurried from the room, returning pres
entity with an offer of 600, which, need
ess to say, was accepted.
Sooner than have lost the book the
museum would have paid $4,000, but
In that case the transaction must have
been sanctioned by the Purchasing
Committee, 800 being the limit of the
librarians powers.
The librarians of the great Paris Ii
Drary would have cheerfully paid
$500 for this book.-Answers.
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SAY You Forgive Me,-

A story Is told by the Independent
about the late Rev. William NJ. TaylA
of New York, which illustrates how
heartily he obeyed the Masters words
"Be reconciled to thy brother"
1t Is well known that he was a thor.
oughly conservative man In all his the
illogical Views. At one of the meetings
Of the Manhattan Association a younger
ministerial brother had read a paper in
which certain views of inspiration were
expressed that did not at all meet his
approval. and he said so in very en-
phatic and not wholly courteous Ian
guage.
Immediately after the session cama
to a close. DR.. Taylor was asked to
pray, which he did. As soon as he had
finished his prayer he hurried as rap.
idly as he could to catch the brother
whom he had criticised, and grasplng
him by the hand, said;
II beg your pardon for what I said:
I beg your pardon for speaking ms
harshly as | did"
The brother was startled, perhaps q
little confused, and began to say thai
he had taken no offense.
But say you forgive mel Say you
forgive mer' said DR.. Taylor. The as
surance vas given. and DR.. Taylor's
conscience and heart were relieved.
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or.nt,s Indifference.

Gen. Sherman, illustrating the DIFF
ference between his own mental and
mora. makeup and Gen. Grants, said
when 1 have arranged my plans and
made my dispositions for a battle, l an
anxious about what the enemy may bt
doing on the other side Of the hills. But
Grant, after he has made his arrange
ments, doesn't care a picayune 70,
what the other side is doing"
A story, told by Senator Jones, OF
Nevada, and reported in Mr.. Wizards
Half a Century with Judges and Law
yers," shows Gen. Grant as self-relianl
in private life as he was In military.
The General, while walking out in th'
suburbs of Washington, frequently met
a butcher driving a horse to which III
took a strong liking. After much nego
tiation he bought the animal, and hat
1t taken to his stable, where one day
Senators Conkling and Jones were In
yited TO look at the new purchase.
"Wcll, gentleman, how do you like the
herse?' asked Grant, after the anima.
had been inspected.
How much did you give for him, ME-
PRESIDENT" asked Conkling.
-Four hundred dollars"
"Pd rather have the $500 than The
horse" rejoined Conkling.
That's what the butcher thought
coolly remarked Grant, putting out !
cloud of smoke. put him back into
the stall, John"
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Showing Cents Instead of Eaeles

th A8%ON "a ga
Nearly all the money changers down
DOWN have stopped displaying gold in
their show windows. and In place of 1t
have great piles Of new copper pen.
nies.
Up to a year or SO ago the changers
Wed with one another In displaying
gold coin. Sometimes there would be
MS much as $1,000 or $1,000 in a win
dow. and there was usually a crowd
around looking at 1t.
About a year ago a thief in one OF
these crowCs smashed n window and
made off with a double handful Of
gold. Then the police asked the
money changers to take better means
to protect their windows.
Some of them put up wire screens.
Others put up iron bars. Both inter
fered with the view of the gold.
Who originated the new funny idea
$ not known, but 1t has taken hold
generally. The pennies, when they
come from the mint, have about the
color of an American gold coin. Thtg
are piled in the windows. Indian head
up.
There is nothing on that side of a
eent to tell what 1t is, and no doubt a
great many foreign patrons Of these
places, who are not familiar with our
coin. think them gold.
Some of the changers have empty
treasury bags In their windows beside
the pennies, The bags are marked $15.-
coo or $4,000 or some other large
amount.-New York Sun.
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she's an American Girl.

Here's a bit of a story that comes
from London and has the rare merit
Of truth. There was n certain young
American girl In London who had come
over with only the courage of mouth
and the point of a pen to keep the wolf
away. She hadn't the easiest time In
the world. let me tell you.
One day she presented herself at the
office of an editor who had bought
STUFF Of her. The great man was
busy, but as she insisted on seeing him
she was allowed to enter. She had n
bundle of manuscript in her hand, and
she begged the editor to read 1t at once.
Oddly enough, he consented. 1t was
O story.
1t was a story about a young woman
writer who purchased a typewriting
machine on the installment plan. All
went well till the final payment Of FL
was due. She hadn't the money and
couldn't get 1t. Twice the people who
sold her the machine gave her nddi-
llonal time. At her wits end, the poor
girl begged him to wait just two hours.
| Ene Gnye MN SOHlietuiik " iChu, anu
she wheedled him a little, and he Of
Tered to wait.
So she sat down at the machine and
rattledt off a pathetic story of her own
struggles with fate and of her fruit
tess efforts to raise money to pay for
the typewriter. When she finished she
nut on her bonnet and went to a news
paper office, sold the story and brought
back the money in time to save the ma
chine.
1t vas a prettily told story and q
Qathetic one.
"By jove,' said the editor, as he fin
shed reading 1t. II always said you
could do fiction, but You never would
Come around next week, and I'll let
you know whether wen publish 1t"
The girl hesltated.
"If you please, sir" she said, won't
you decide nowT
"Why y asked the editor, in surprise.
WELL" said the girl, you see, the
man who came after the typewriter is
waiting for the money."-Chieago Rec
prd.
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"DId l tell you fellows how 1 come
to make my maiden ~speech?" asked
Congressman Crowley of Texas. "No7
Well, It, was this way. A gang of
newspaper fellows was guying me at
not making a speech. 'Speechmaking's
no sign Of a mans usefulness In Con-
gress,' says 1; better men than me are
not making speeches; but IL you're
bettin' that 1 can't make a speech IN
just go you a ten
alt goes says one Of the gang.
You're afraid and he shows the long
green.
WHATS up in the House nowr
says I.
Cannon Is fghtin' an Increase for h
lighthouse keeper In your district says
he.
"Tn go right now says I. And in
l goes. Well, you know what hap
pened. I told Cannon he didn't know
as much about keepin' q lighthouse
as a porcupine does about ascension
day, and Cannon spread himself all
over me. II he'd known how I come
to jump on Mm IN bet he'd laughed.
Then I goes out. and the stakeholder
hands me the stun. That's how Il
SsIpsned&MARAinztoa RaeA
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How Tiptoes Carried a Letter.

Ahu" lphooD
Little Mary and her kitten Tiptoes
were very fond of each other, and
when Mary had to be sent to her I'M
cle's, four miles away from home, to
attend school, one of the hardest
things for her to do was to part witn
kitty.
A few days after she had left home,
as she was walking slowly toward
school one morning, what should she
see in the road a few feet from her but
Tiptoes, trotting straight toward her
uncle's house. She ran and caught
her up in her arms, and laughed and
almost cried at the same time.
But this was not the strangest part
of what Tfptoes did, for kittens often
find their way over long distances.
When Mary returned from school that
night she wrote a letter to her man
ma, telling her of the kittens adven-
ture, and then tied the letter with a
ribbon around Tiptoes' neck and told
her that she must 60 back home and
carry the letter to mamma. And what
do you suppose, for this is a true story
A few days later Mary received q
letter through the mail from mamma
saying that Tiptoes had come home
and delivered the letter safely.
Now don't you think that Mary haf
reason to think Tiptoes a pretty smari
cat7
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A pisappointed Diplomat,

An interesting story Is being told in
Washington regarding NJ. Patenotre,
the French ambassador. After Con-
gress passed the law empowering the
President to send ambassadors to such
countries as would raise the rank Of
their representatives. Sir Julian
Pauncefcte was the first to inform the
President of the intention Of his coun-
try to make him an ambassador. NJ.
Patenotre conceived the ambition to
be the dean of the ambassadors and
communicated It to his home govern
ment, and his commission arrived be
fore Sir Julian's, He went to the State
Department in the hope Of immediate
recognition as the first ambassador to
this country. He was told that Sir
Julian had anticipated him by inform
ing the department Of the action OF
his government. He was angry. and
wrote to the President requesting his
Intervention. He received instead o
chilly letter from Mr.. Gresham.
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"Snip can't go"
"Snip wants to-"
swell, Snip can't"
"Why can't hef"
Because he'll be a nuisance. He
grabs things to eat, and chattefs n
makesa fuss when folks are speaking"
Johnny raised a howl of distress, but
Rob, who was to make the speech at
the tree-planting at the schoolhouse,
was firm. The funny little old-faced,
long-taIled, m~ischievous monkey was
noe to have any part in the arbor day
frolic.
In the morning a compact little bum
die of trees, given by Rob's father. was
placed on a spring wagon and driven
the mile to the schoolhouse.
They're heavier than I'd have sup
posed" some one said as they were
lifted out. "Helloi What's thisY'
And from out of the thick bunch OF
green at one end sprang Snip! He had
hidden there and was now ready for
his share of the fun.
To his credit, 1t must be said that he
behaved very well. He gravely crept
up and took hold with the children as
they held a tree while it was planted
But the next moment he stopped FOL
q drink Of water when IL was poured
on the roots. and made them all laugn
When the tree was planted he ran up
and hung himself by the tail to one OF
the limbs.
1t was agreed that Snip should Dc
invited to help on arbor day next yeah
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Tor professional ADVICE.

why, you don't mean to sav ,,as,.
th., Won ~. GOING ~ ,n.to - =.
your telling me that I can't nrnsscu,s
that fellow do vou5 W., dan,, ,,aaa
that, surely
"Certainiv I do-
"yyelI. MI / have eot 70 sav % III, go
you to thunder nrst, How much 40
you charpe for that an ~
"Tn tell you what i charge for n,
ala the Judge. slowly uftInr b,s hoe
EITHER pay me nv fee or m give vow
such a maullng as YOU never have had
in your life. Take your choice. ana be
Iuick about 1t. too"
Mr.. Tarbox cooked nj the hoo and
then at the Judge. There was no mis-,
taking either the determinat,on ~ the
judges eye. nor the strength ~ the
Judges hoe handle.
"weil, 81 must. I s.pose I must . said
he, at length. "yyhat la vour charger
"Two dollars"
1.-TWO doIlarsi Thunder and light
ning. tudeel Won arc too h.dt To- bad
that's a fact: I Thought Won didn,.
charge anything for law business now.
adays..
'That depends on circumstapces. I
DO this time.
But. two dollars. -fudee-ian,t that
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N&
plunged into sin, because the lrst pair
looked al the forbidden fruit; not ne
they climbed the tree.
Using the rod win do 10 good unless
the hand that holds 1t is moved by love.
Tho more an enemy hates us. the
hotter the Ore kindness will kindle on
his head.
There are too many people In the
church who would rather be comets
than suns.
Many a procession that is marching
straight toward the pit Is headed by o
moderate drlnker.
Skeptics may tear the Bible to pisces,
but they can make no reply to a con,
sistent Christian life.
There is hope for the man who doesn't
have to fall do wn more than once to
learn low to stand up.
The lessons we learn In the school OF
experience cost the most, but they are
remembered the longest.
The devil never wastes any powder
on the man who only wants to be reiig'
ious 10 make him feel good.
A revival meeting is sure to drag
when the leading members feel most
comfortable in the back seats.
Whoever keeps close to Christ will
soon learn the meaning of being perse.
euted for righteousness sake.
In his wisdom, God has ordained that
..ae III golden opportunity shall new.
Or knock ut the same door twice.
The devil Is not throwing aEy darts
at the man who thinks he can be q
Christian without going to church.
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-rracheotomx h Horsea.

The horses which came In first, sec
ond aud fourth for the selling steeple-
chase at the Manchester second Janu-
airy meeting carried, each Of them, a
silver tube, called by the French a
srossignol," in the wlndpipe, In other
words, they were rank ~troaregs," had
undergone the opera lion OF ~tracheoto-
my and had been provided with an
artificial apparatus for breathing pnr-
poses. We are not told how many more
Of he horses engaged in the steeple'
chase. II there were any more, were
also ..roarers," and had, or had not,
been treated in similar fashion. But
three out OF four nre sufficient to show
that the inarmity. which was rendered
almost illustrious and wi commend
able. to Judge from remarks printed in
some OF the sporting journals, by the
wonderful horse Ormonde, is rather on
the increase than the decrease among
us.-London Standard.
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Grandmother's Diplomacy.
Eva, the fair, with soft laxen hair,
And clear azure eyes, like her fathet
lands skies.
Said, shyly and low. with dimpies aslow.
mamma. will you bring
A little gold ring
From the town, when tomorrow you gor
But the grave mammals eyes were solemn
and wise;
Why, Eva, my dear, you are only .
child,
And should think Of your books
Instead of your looks"
So. sagely, the grave mamma smiled.
0Of vain, foolish things,
Like Jewels and rings.
Don't think till you're older, my child.e
Grandma, the fair, with soft silver haiE
In her eyes a "long-ago" look,
With a h~alf-musing sigh her glasses LAID
by,
And dreamily turned from her book.
"Rings did you sayf
My thoughts were away;
[ remember 70 well the first that roo
worei
You often had eoaxed me for trinksts
before;
And once. IN the town Of Hamburger, !
bought
A tiny gold ring, 20 quantity wrought
How you danced and sang fer Joy thai
day
Do yon remember IL, daughter Mayf
All. mel ali, mel
So long agoi
You scarcely were old an Eva. I knows
Eva shook down the ringlets bright,
To hide in her eyes the mischiovous Light
Mamma carefully guided her seamsJ
Grandma went back to her 'lons-abss
dreams.
OF rare diplomacy,
Quietly wrought,
In the town on the morrow the ring war
bought
-Lottie N. Rose
Dishes are washed by electri, lily.
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HIS PARENTS. FAULT.

And, Come to Think Of It, the Own.
Ing Of children IL q Responsibility.
The young man admitted that he had
children, and the real estate man
frowned and shook his head.
I'VE are very particular In regard to
that building" he said at last, land l
am afraid I cannot let you have the
fat"
II am very sorry," returned the youra
man meekly, "and It seems rather hard
that a man should be made to suffer fer
what ia no fault of his own, but / sup
pose 1t can't be helped"
The real estate man looked surprised,
you see," explained the young mani
II wasn't given q fair chance, for !
never was told In my younger days that
1t was wrong to have children, or that
there was any penalty attached. I SUP
posed 1t was all perfectly natural and
proper, but / presume the enormity Of
the offense is fully explained in all the
schools now"
Really, II
Then I had a very bad example set
me right in the family" interrupted the
young man, "for my parents had chill
dren. 1t seems remarkable doesn't It?
But it's a fact: and they were held to
be very estimable people, too. was
taught to revere them, and naturally
fell into the error Of supposing that
there was nothing unlawful or opposed
to public policy about It, and SO l mar.
ried, and now I find myself in such dis
repute that I can't get the kind of fiat
I want. l suppose it's all right, but you
must admit that 1t seems rather hard on
a man who has always aimed to be o
good citizen"
my dear sir, you
"Now 1 think of It," broke In the
young man again, II suppose your
parents were guilty Of the same offense'
do not see how you can successfully
deny It. Now, sir, I would like to nsk
you II you think 1t is fair for a man to
| expect his tenants to be more accepta,
BILE than his parentsr
~ was about to say, when you inter
rupted me-" returned the agent, that
under the circumstances, I am prepared
to suspend the rule regarding children
and let you have the fat"-ohicaga
Post.