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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-01-21
Car SearcIers.

.'There is class CT people, . says a
railroad man, sswho ire always last to
leave the cars-for a purpose. This is
especially noticed on suburban trains.
They go from one end Of the train to the
other, looking in seats on both sides OF
the car. 1t is impossible for our men to
be always Oh the watch, and presumably
there are many losses that can never be
reclaimed New York Tribune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-01-21

In the south OF France the handing
OF sweet pea by q young lady to q
young gentleman is polite way Of
stating that she is tired Of his company.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-01-21

An ordinary tablespoonful Of common
salt dry, weighs almost exactly one
OuDca ,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-05
GENERAL NEWS.

A PARTY of Mormon elders, under the
leadership of b. III. Roberts, who have
been preaching in the suburbs of Chi
cago since October 1, expect to take a
colony of young people, many of them
girls. to Salt Lake City about April L.
MAJ. BALDWIN, agent of the KiOwa
and COmanche tribes. has finished all
his plans for the building of an indus
trial school at the foot of Mount Scott,
p miles from the railroad. Mount
Scott is the highest peak of the Wichi-
ia range. in the Indian territory. The
new school will cost SIS, 900 of which
the Indians have contributed $4,000.
WILLIAM JAY KOERNER, who was con-
victed of the murder of Rose A. Red
mate, was sentenced at New York to
be electrocuted during the week of
April 10. KOerner was newspaper
man.
JUDGE MAXWELL at Bay City Mich.
issued an order appointing the sheriff
receiver of St. Stanislaus Polish cathe-
dral Catholic property. 1t is valued
at $500 The order is knockout
blow for the rebellious faction of the
church.
ELIJAH KIRBY. aged Sc years. hanged
himself in his cell at the county Jail at
Cairo. H., on the 1st. He was about
to be taken to the penitentiary for an
assault upon his daughter.
Irwas estimated on the 18th that s.
600 workmen in Cincinnati and the
Kentucky towns and cities opposite
had been thrown out of employment
bv the stoppage of inundated factories,
to saw nothing OF those kept from work
bv inundated homes.
TOMMY RYAN, of Syracuse, n. Y. de-
feated Tommy Tracey, of Australia, be
fore a crowd of 5000 persons at SYRIA
euse. N. Y, on the oath. For nine
rounds the Australian stood up for an
awful drubbing. He showed his game
ness throughout, but was no match for
the clever welterweight champion
FIRE destroyed the National Linseed
Oil Co s plant at Piqua, o., on the Gath.
Fifty thousand bushels of barley were
burned.
BExNIE BAYER, aged II. was racing
ON his wheel with another boy ''n
street in indianapolis. Ind, and had
his head down, when he ran into 3
wagon and was killed almost instantly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-05
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


PRESIDENT CLEVELAND delivered a
most scathing criticism upon indecent
newspaper publications in DENYING
pardon to James Wilson. sentenced in
December, 1898. in Indiana to two
years Imprisonment for mailing OBJ
scene papers.
Mrs. LETITIA q STEVENSON, wife of
the retiring vice president of the
United States, was reelected presi-
dent-general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at Washington
on the 25th.
IT was stated at Washington on the
Goth that J. H. Bingham, of Delta, o.,
master of the National Grange. had
been offered and had accepted the of
fee of assistant secretary of agricul-
ture, to succeed c. w. Dabnev. of Ten
nessee. The latter gentleman will re-
sumo his duties as president of the uni
versity of Tennessee, an Office which
has been held open for him through
this administration
SENIOR DE LONE, the Spanish minis
ter at Washington. received a cable
gram on the 25th stating that the queen
regent of Spain had signed the pardon
of Julio Sanguilly. the American citi-
zen imprisoned in Cuba
Mr.. THURBER. secretary to the presi-
dent, said on the 18th that President
Cleveland had not received the resigna-
ton of Consul-General Lee, nor had he
been advised of any such resignation.
Mr.. Thurber likewise made an unqual-
fled denial of reports that Gen. Lee
had asked that warships be sent to
Cuba.
SENATOR SHERMAN has given up the
contest in trying to get the Anglo
American arbitration treaty ratified by
the senate at this session and init
mated that the new president would
urge its ratification at the extra ses-
sion and that he was confident that
the treaty would be agreed to in the
end.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
President Cleveland will not nominate
any more postmasters while he is in
office
THE Venezuelan boundary commits
sion appointed by President Cleveland
has made voluminous report, but it
lacks interest to the general public
GOSSIP at Washington increasingly
associates Maj. William Warner, of
Kansas City, Mo-, with a cabinet posi-
ton as the rumors of Col. McCook's
declination of a place multiply
A HANDSOME and valuable silver
table service was presented to Vice
President Stevenson at Washington on
the evening of the 27th, with an adj
dress carrying the signatures of So of
the 80 senators. Brief addresses were
made by Senator'S Hoar, Cullom and
Blackburn to which the vice president
feelingly responded.
SECRETARY FRANCIS has named w. Fl.
Mills. of New York, and W. p Cole
man. of Missouri, as the allotting
agents for the Wichita reservation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-05
Purposely Misunderstood.

A lady cyelist in kniekerboekers
was riding in the neighborhoOd of
Wareham. She lost her way, and,
seeing cOuntrymen in front. rode up
to him, alighted, and said, ~Can you
tell me if this is the right way to
Wareham?" The man looked her up
and down with great attention, and
then slowly replied, Yes, miss-yesl
You seem to have got 'em on all right"
-Ronddn Tit-BitS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-05
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Lessons from Isaiah's Description
Of the Wings of the Seraphim.
Humility at Imperfection and Reverence
Toward GOd-We Must Keep Moving
God Gives the Soul Wings
for LOcOmotion.

+. DIR. Talmage having recovered from
severe attack of the grip. which
prevented him from filling his pulpit
on Sunday, February u, took the fol-
lowing subject for his latest sermon:
wings of the Seraphim.7 The text is:
With twain he covered his face with twain
he covered his feet. and with twain he did fly
Isaiah g..
In hospital of leprosy good King
UZZiah had died. and the whole land
was Swallowed with solemnitv, and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-05

=
theological and pro-
phetic Isaiah was
thinking about re-
ligious things, as
one is apt to do in
time of great ma
tiOnal bereavement,
and, forgetting the
presence of his wife
and two sons. who
made up his family.
he has a dream, not
like the dreams of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-05

mghtleSJ Serdpn cannot look una
Dashed upon Him. Involuntarily the
wings come up. with twain he
covered his face
Earthly power goes from hand to
hand, from Henry |. to Henry III. and
Henry I'LL, from Charles |. to Charles
IL, from Louis |. to Louis III. and
Louis I'LL, bnt from everlasting to
everlasting is God. God the first. God the
last, God the only. He has one tele-
scope with which He sees everything:
His omniScince. He has one bridge
with which He crosses everything:
His Omniprescence. He has one hammer
with which He builds everything: His
omnipOtence. Put two tablespoonful
of water in the palm of your hand and
it will overflow; but Isaiah indicates
that God puts the Atlantic and the Pa
cific and the Arctic and the Antarctic
and the Mediterranean and the Black
sea and all the waters of the earth in
the hollow of His hand. The fingers
the beach on one side. the wrist the
beach on the other. He holdeth the
water in the hollow of His hand"
As you take pinch of salt or powder
between your thumb and two fingers,
so Isaiah indicates God takes up
the earth. He measures the dust of
the earth, the original there indicating
that God takes an the dust of the con-
tineEts between the thuAb and two
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
LEIsHmAN,s VACATION.

NTr Henry Ieishman, eX-president of
the Carnegie Steel company, has been
nominated by the president for min
lister of the United States to Switzer-
land. 1t was announced when his name
was first mentioned for the place that
he desired to spend some time in Eu-
rope with the object of securing rest
and recreation. The only other reason
which has been offered for the appoint
ment is that it was asked for by Sen
ator Quay.
Why years of service as president of
big manufacturing concern should en-
dow him with peculiar qualifications to
represent the country at a foreign cap
ital, does not appear.
The natural inference to be drawn
from the circumstances surrounding
the appointment is that Mr.. Leishman
wanted to take a rest at government
expense. combining business with
pleasure, as it were; that Senator
Quay and the administration were un-
der obligations to him and that he was
given the place to cancel the debt.
It is not unusual to see positions in
the public service bestowed upon per-
sons as a reward for political work, but
1t is not often that it is made so ap-
parent.
a
under Mr.. Cleveland when Van Allen
was appointed to a foreign mission in
payment for $4,000 which he had con-
tributed to the campaign fund, but
such a protest was raised by the news
papers of the country that the senate
was afraid to confirm him, and Van
Allen himself finally declined the place.
From all appearances the senate would
be equally justified in refusing to con-
firm the appointment of Leishman.
Most of the appointments of the pres
ident in the diplomatic service have
been characterized by the well known
fitness of the men for the positions. 1t
is unfortunate that he should have
marred the record by naming for so
exalted a position the prOtege of a man
who is held in the regard in which Mr.
Carnegie is held by the people. It will
stand out in marked contrast to the ap-
pointment of John Hay and DR.. An
gelL
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11

after Mr.. Smelling had indicated that
he had no further questions to pro-
pound, that regret that this commit
tee did not call Mr. Tutcher, who was
mixed up in the stock yards business. I
have to say concerning the statements
before made to this committee connect
ing my name with a list of those who
had been fixed on the stock yards bill,
that I called upon Mr.. Tutcher and
asked why he had me Oh that ist,about
which so much had been said before
the committee. He explained to me
that the committee of which 1 was q
member had reported the Hanna bill
favorably. For that reason he as
sumed that I was in favor of it, and
not because had been fixed was
for the King bill-the bill which be-
came a law-from the first"
But" said Mr.. Lewelling, glueing
his optics upon Mr.. Householder, I
do not regard it as a crime to have
been a supporter of the Hanna bill.
Then followed the question by Mr..
Grimes, after which the committee ad-
iourned until this morning.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
GIVEN BALL AND CHAIN.
Tramps Who Ask for Food Placed in
Irons at Joliet.

Joliet. ILL.,, June 11-Joliet business
men and clergymen have united in op-
position to the action of the city coun-
Gil requiring vagrants to work on the
streets with a ball and chain attached
to them.
At the council meeting last night q
remOnstrance containing 225 names,
was sent in, but the council refused to
rescind its former action. Foes of the
ordinance went to work this morning
to secure additional signatures, and
they say they will have remonstrance
by next week which will be so largely
signed that the council cannot ignore
it.
During the spring Joliet has been
infested with tramps and vagrants.
There has been no work for them to do
at the bridewell, and they have been a
source Of considerable expense to the
city.
The nuisance has been getting worse
and worse. and at a meeting of the
council a week ago the chief of police
was ordered to work them on the
streets with balls and chains attached
to them
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
GRAVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
Strange Resting Place Chosen by the
Founder of an Arizona Citv.

Tombstone. Ariz, June 1.-Edward L.
Sehiefelin, the miner VINO founded this
place, made provisions in his Will for his
last resting place. His body rests on one
of the hilltops overlooking the city he
founded years ago. This is the manner in
which he directed that his body should be
disposed of:
1T is my wish, if convenient, to be
buried in the garb of a prospector, my
old pick and canteen with me, on the top
of the granite hills about three miles
westerly from the city of Tombstone
Ariz and a monument such as prospec.
tors build when locating a mining claim
built over my grave ard no other monu-
ment erected. And that none of my
friends wear crepe. Under no circum-
stances do I want to be buried in any
cemetery or graveyard"
4 have no children. but should any one
at their own expense prove to the salts
faction of y executors. hereinafter named
to be a child of mine, to each I give the
sum of $50"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
JoURNEYINGs OF THE AMERI
CAN JOKE.
TFrom Judge.1

Now, this is the history of the Amer
lean joke and the vicissitudes which
happen unto a piece Of American hu-
NOR
When It is young it is bought and
paid for by an American publisher, and
# appeareth in the American publish
er's publication, and te American pub
lie laugheth much thereat.
Presently it is copied into other Amer
lean papers, sometimes with proper
credit being given to the publication
an which it originally appeared, and
sometimes with no credit whatever
Then it is copied into the literature
known as 'bOiler-plate, and furniSheth
nirth to the denizens of the small
towns and likewise to the country resi-
dents who peruse the county WeeklieS.
About this time the American joke
crOsseth the ocean, where it is captured
by the cOnScienceleSS BritiSher, who
uses it as his own. After a stay of sew
era1 weeks in England the American
Joke returneth to its birthplace, and ed
itors of publications who ought to
know better cut 1t out of the thieVing
English sheets and credit it to the pa
per which stole it.
It straightway beginneth a second run
across the American continent with
''Tid-Bits'' or "PearsOn's Weekly tack
ed to its tail.
About this time the publishers of
-''Fliegende Blaetter' seize it and drag
1t to Berlin. where it is done into lido
Hnatic German and printed as a prOduc-
'fion of the humor factories of the faith
erland.
In process of time the German YER
sion of the American joke returns to
f6he land of its birth, and painstaking
and honest American editors translate
At into the vernacular, and it begins a
third tour of America this time with
l&he name of the Berlin paper attached
to its caudal extremity.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
GROWING USE OF THE REFER-
ENDUM.
TFrom the Chicago Record.1

From the Chicago Record
To the growing tendency to submit
important questions to a popular vote
must the people look for relief from
legislation of the kind recently enacted
at Springfield. Legislative bodies can
not be trusted with too much power,
and in order to limit their possibilities
for evil it has ben customary for con-
stitution makers to place restrictions
upon the power of legislatures by speci-
flying certain things which they might
not do. The constitution of Illinois
contains a great number of such re-
strictions upon the legislature, but still
the results are not satisfactory. And
they are not likely TO be until the peo-
pie themselves are allowed to pass up
on the questions over which such
great clamOr is raised.
The XXAIXth general assembly
passed at least two important laws con-
tanning referendum clauses-the Tor
rens law and the civil service law The
XLth general assembly passed as many
laws containing the referendum clause.
The Lake Front park law and the
amended TOrrens law were both to be
submitted to the people. Attempts
We're made to place a referendum clause
in the bills whose passage was desired
by Yerkes, and in order to facilitate the
passage of the Allen bill through the
house in the nrSt instance a referen-
dunn clause was actually inserted by its
supporters, which was an acknOWl-
edgement of the wisdom of such a pro-
VISION. but, as Une world knows, THIS
referendum clause was stricken out bV
the senate. The time will come when
no legislative body will dare to pass
measures against which there is such
a public protest as there was against
the street railway bills at Springfield
unless a referendum clause is attach
ed When that becomes the rule the
property of the people will not be vot-
ed away to corporations without ade-
quate compensation, as at present.
The growing demand for the refer
endum will suffice to induce legisla-
lures to grant it more and more on i'm
portant questions. But when a consti-
tutiOnal convention shall be held in IL
HnCis again the organic law should be
changed so as to compel the use Of the
referendum in certain contingencies,
and not leave the matter to the whim
of legislators. In particular should
provision be made for the greater use
of the referendum for questions affect
ing municipalities and the rights of the
people therein.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
SARATOGA GETS BAD.
Wave of Reform which Was Tried
Rolls Back.

Saratoga, N. Y, June 11.-As this vii
lage was previous to the arrival of the
reform wave two years ago, it will be
this year and forever. The people have
grown tired of reform, and so they came
together the good, the naughty and the
Indifferent, and pushed the wave back.
Mayor Sturgiss, the reformer, went out
of office May l. His retirement lifted
the hand of death from gambling in all
its various forms and this hydra-headed
monster is now preparing to present it.
self in even more attractive form than
usual Sturgiss was a kind of Com
stock, Gerry and Parkhurst all rolled into
one
The first year of the reign of Sturgiss
wasn't so bad because there was horse
racing in the village. Last year, how
ever, the race track remained closed,
and for many days employees in the big
hotels did nothing save yawn and yawn
for little life and hustle.
Politicians sti rel thing up occasionally,
but nobody appeared who spent money
literally as the 'sportin gents.'' The
reformers believed that a more respecta-
BILE and equally productive set of pat
rOns would speedily take the place of the
set that was driven out. New faces ap~
peared at the hotels. But they were not
the ruddy, round and joviaI faces Of the
era preceding '95. On the contrary the
faces were for the most part wan and
scanned with lines that told a story of
sufferings. These persons rose late and
retired early.
So at the election a new mayor was
chosen and the old order of things viii
be resumed.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
BoARDINe ar THE PLAZA.

CE. V. Smalley in Chicago Times-Her-
ald.l
Now let US go to the other end of the
social scale. At the Fifth avenue en-
trance to Central park stand three tail
and elegant hotels, which are OF the
very highest rank in New York and are
patronized by wealthy and fashionable
people I am not wealthy or fash
iOnable, but I am stopping with my
wife at one Of these hotels, having
fancy to see how the world lives in all
grades of the social scale. We have
little room on the seventh floor with
one window, and with barely space
enough for the essential bed room fur
niture. 1t has two closets, however,
and in one of these is a stationary
washstand. The outlook over the park
is really superb, and is probably taken
into account in fixing the tariff for the
room. on the door there is a printed
card which states that the price of this
room, with board for two, is S11.50 a
day; for one person, IS. 30; for two per-
sons, without board, Sc a day and for
one person without board, 81 a day.
Now, remember that this is a small and
cheap room. I am told that If a man
and his wife want to live somewhat
elegantly they will have no trouble at
all in paying $50 a day at either of
these hotels facing the park Now, Sc
a day for my little room amounts to
81, 19O a year, and, mind you, the room
has only one window and makes no
sort of pretense to luxury. You get
luxury however. when you descend to
the lower floors of the hotel, and find
that you pay not for your little room.
but for the beautiful parlors, the COM
Portable lOunging and writing rooms,
the army of well trained servants al
ways ready to attend your slightest
wants, and all expecting a tip; the
really good oil paintings on the walls
by first rate French artists and the
general air of quiet, dignity and ex-
clusiveness which pervades the whole
place. When the landlord tells me
that he pays $500, 900 a year rent for
the hotel and that he has over 300 serv-
ants, I am not disposed to complain
about the Sc a day for the little room
with one window. I really wonder
how he can make both ends meet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
WAR AT TUE STATE HOUSE
Hanna and Jaquins Nearly Come to
Blows


Since Dr. Kirkpatrick secretary OF
the state board of health, threatened
to whip Attorney General Dawes, and
was kicked out of the office for his Del
ligerency, the new quarters OF the at
torney general have been peaceful un-
til late yesterday afternoon.
Geo. w. Hanna came very near IN
dulging in fight with Representative
Ed JaQuins
There are ugly rumors going around
concerning the action Of these Two
members of the legislature with ref
erence to certain bills ana eacn ac5
cuses the other Of having commanded
a fair price upon the vote market DUR
ing the session.
It was noised about among Populist
politicians that Jaquins would VoIuntar-
lily go before the investigating commit
tee and expose Hanna. This was met
by q counter statement by Hannas
friends, that he in turn would warm
Brother Jaquins' hide in good style
if he ever Ventured to intimate an 1dea
Of attacking Hanna before the COM
nnfttee JaQuins feared that Hanna
would appear before the conrnlttee ana %
confirm some runorS hitherto denied by
both men. Jaquins came to town ready
to defend himself and HannaS mis-
sion was the same
Jaouins was sitting in the office of
the attorney general when Hanna
were exchanged. but Jaquins pretend
ed not to notice Hanna's pronered
hand.
why don't you shake hands with
me2" said Hanna
Il don't care to-" snapped Jaquins.
well, must say that it would not
afford me any great amount OF pleas
ure.' said Hanna with smile.
"Oh, it wouldn't, eh?" roared ia
quins.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
CYCLING IN AFRICA.
NativesLooked on the Wheelman as a
Demon.

London. June 1.-THE British consul in
Uganda reports the pioneer cycling trip
to Central Africa. The trip was made by
a missionary, who mounted his wheel on
the shore of the Indian ocean and wheel
ed all the way to the Victoria Nyanza. a
distance of about coo miles. The appear
ance of the missionary upon his wheel
created a furor among the natives in
land, and they looked upon man and ma
chine as being in some way connected
with the black art.
The missionary found the riding through
the heart of Africa both pleasant and
easy. The road traversed by him was the
one over which wagon loads containing
tons of machinery, etc. have been drawn,
and he found it firm and smooth.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
OLDEST BANK KNOWN.
Bank of Naples, Now Tottering on the
Verge of Ruin, Was Found
ed in 1889.

Rome, June 1.-THE Bank of Naples,
now tottering on the verge of ruin, which
can not be averted save by a state inter-
ference, and which is ascribed in part to
the shipwreck of kindred establishments
in Genoa, Bologna, and Milan, and in
part to the blackmailing extortions to
which it was subjected by government
officials and politicians during the ad-
ministration of Crispi, enjoys the distinc>
ton of being the Oldest bank in exist
ence. a..
It was founded away back in 1888.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-11
PERMANENT HOME
Weather Indications.

Chicago, June 11-For Kansas: Pos
sibly showers this afternOOni partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday; variable
winds