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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-14

Ex-Gov. Jackson Of Iowa for many
years was the Hawkeye secretary of
state, and employed in his office quite a
large clerical force. One afternoon a
rather rusty ruralite wandered in, and
Mr.. Jackson Immediately saw in the
newcomer opportunities for fun, says
the Chicago Times-Herald
''Hev We got telephone" stammared
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-14

When you ask for Badger Soap, see
that you ger t.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-14

TT '''to I00NIIIs-
curiously as one might. regard an es-
capped lunatic. Say he drawIed
whats the matter with you. anyway? ?
I'm an expert sent over by the Bell Tele-
phone company to find out what's the
matter with this instrument"
And not a clerk dared to look I'D from
his work for the next hour.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
Lord PalnerstOn.

A minister who kept race horses
and had at his command good store of
very blunt vernacular, who could not
be got to admit that he understood an
abstract thought. who always knew
what he wanted and was determined to
carry it out regardless of the opinions
of others, who conceived his own ideas
to be superior to those of other people,
who never looked farther than tomorrow
and much preferred not to think beyond
this evening, but who at the same time
was determined to establish the privi-
lege of an Englishman to the sidewalk
all over the world, while men of other
nations might step into the gutter
this minister represented aspirations
which had long ago sickened under the
rounded periods intended to- convince
humanity that bread and calico summed
up their total requirements and were
more sufficient for rational happiness.
This was the popular conception of
Palmerston when, in 1865, he became
first minister of the crown" Yoke Of
Empire" by R. B. Brett.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
How Cold Metals Sometimes Mix.

Professor Roberts Austen's discov-
cries on the subject Of the interdiffusi.
bility of metals is most interesting
reading The facts have been to some
extent known to savants before the
meeting of the Royal society, at which
more public attention was drawn, but
ON that occasion the results were made
more clear. It was then shown that
solid metals may be made to mix them
selves as if the atoms were living crea-
lures.
Professor Roberts Austen has, in fact.
discovered pieces Of metal engaged in
the very act of mixing themselves up
one with the other. OF course the inter-
est Of this il that the interdiffusion of
which we speak has been found to take
place when the metals were cold, and,
though this property in metals. to be
capable Of attaching themselves one to
the other when cold, has been talked
about before, nothing so clearly proved
has hitherto been at the service Of
metallurgists and chemists as the facts
adduced by Professor Roberts-Austen.
He shows that when clean surfaces Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
A Good Story of Sheridan.

Sheridan once had occasion to call at
a hairdresser's to order wig. On be-
ing measured, the barber, who was a
liberal soul, invited the orator to take
some refreshment in an inner room.
Here he RECALLED him with bottle of
port and showed SO much Lts, Gality
that Sheridan's heart was toucii> d.
When they rose from the table and
were about separating, the laa-. look
ing the barber full in the t.,.. said,
ION rejecting. | don't intena ,...5 you
shall make my wig
Astonished and with blank visage,
the other exclaimed: GOOD heavens,
Mr.. Sheridan! How can I have dis
pleased your"
why, look you" said Sheridan,
you are an honest fellow, and, re-
peat it, you shan't make my wig, for I
never intended to pay for it. I'll go to
another less worthy son of the craft.
Liverpool Mercury.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
THE FUNCTION OF ETHER.
Without 1t There Would Be No Light,
Radiant Heat or Magnetism.

WlthOut 1t There Would Be No Light,
Radiant Heat Magnetism.
Whatever difficulties we may have
in forming a consistent idea of the con-
stitution Of the ether, there can be no
doubt that the interplanetary and inter-
stellar spaces are not empty, but are o.
cupied by material substance or body
which is certainly the largest and prob
ably the most uniform body of which
we have any knowledge. -
Such was the verdict pronounced
some 20 years ago by James Clerk
Maxwell, one of the very greatest Of
nineteenth century physicists, regard
ing the existence of an all pervading
plenuln i'll the universe in which every
particle OF tangible matter is immersed.
And this verdict may be said to express
the attitude of the entire philosophical
world of our day. Without exception
the authoritative physicists Of our time
accept this plenum as a verify and rea-
son about it with something of the same
confidence they manifest in speaking Of
"ponderable" matter or Of energy. 1t is
true there are those among them who
are disposed TO deny that this all per-
vading plenum merits the name of mat,
ter, but that it is something, and q
vastly important something at that, all
are agreed Without it, they allege, we
should know nothing of light, of radiant
heat, of electricity or magnetism. With
out it there would probably be no such
thing as gravitation-nay, they even
hint that without this strange some
thing, ether, there would be no such
thing as matter in the universe. If these
contentious of the modern physicist are
justified, then this intangible ether is
incomparably the most important as
well as the Largest and most uniform
substance OF body" in the universe. It's
discovery may well be looked upon as
the most important feat Of our century.
Henry Smith Williams, M. D.. in
Harper's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
LONDON'S PAST PLEASURES.

How Its Inhabitants Amused Themselves
Century or Two Ago.
The Londoner in the long past might
retire to Bagnigge Wells, near the pres
emit Kings Gross, or Florida gardens,
Brompton (Brompton was noted 100
years ago for its "salubrious air., or
the Marylebone gardens and Bowling
Green, mentioned by Pepys as "a pretty
place. SO longs ago as 1868, or the
Bayswater Tea gardens, which -four
ished till after the middle of the pres
ent century, there to sit in a summer
house overgrown with honeysuckie and
sweetbrier, drinking tea. then held in
much esteem as fashionable beverage,
and eating cheese cakes, "heart
cakes, Chelsea buns, Syllabus, jellies,
creams, hot loaves, rolls and butter,
while band performed concerto by
Corelli or the last new composition by
Mr.. Handel, "The Master of Musick, -
or singer gave the last new song by
DR.. Arne. Afterward his visitors might
enjoy the privilege of drinking new
milk from the cow and picking flowers
and fruit, "fresh every hour in the
day." a great attraction, doubtless, for
Londoners at a period when fruit and
flowers were neither SO cheap nor SO
abundant in the metropolis as they are
at present. Nor were more artificial
amusements lacking. In addition to
illuminations, fireworks and masquer-
AIDES, attended by the world of fashion
from princes downward, there were
miscellaneous entertainments of every
sort.
A high scaffolding was erected in
Marylebone gardens in 1876 for pred
ecessor of Blondin called 1.-THE flying
man." who>was advertised to fly down
on rope pushing awheelbaTow before
him. In May, 1885, Lunardi, the first
aeronaut who went up in balloon in
England and was quantity called the
first aerial traveller in English atmos-
phere" by contemporary prints, de-
scended unexpectedly one afternoon in
the Adam and Eve Tea gardens in the
neighborhood Of Tottenham Court road,
then resort of fashion, and was up
roariously welcomed by the populace
in acknowledgment of his fight. Later
on aeronautic flights became special
feature of all these pleasure gardens
Ponds containing goldfish novelty
in the middle of the eighteenth century
were reckoned as another of their
special attractions and were advertised
as "gold and silver fish, which afford
pleasing ideas to every spectator. -
Temple Bar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
HANDS OFF THE BIPpA.

Time was when man made ready war
And in his governed lair
Beaded his fellows teeth and wore
The trophies in his hair.
Time is when ruthless savage, swart,
And slaves of fashion, fair,
Flay Gods sweet choristers to sport
The trophies in their hair.
Where lies the onus of the doom2
Who haunt symbolic pain?
The principals are those for whom
The innocents are slain.
How long, Lord God, shall blood price gain
Buy inhumanity?
How long shall sanguined stigma stain
The brow of vanity?
Hands off the birds, whose worship pours
From every tempted grove!
Let live earth's fittest metaphors
OF beauty, joy and Lowell
Benjamin Lander in New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
Inopportune Smelling.

The troops were storming temple or
palace, and O'Shaughnessy stopped
before mirror and stood twirling his
mustache and admiring himself, though
the bullets were whistling round him.
"Bedad, Shaugh," he said to him
self, with a grin, "ye're fine figure Of
man.
Crash came a bit of lead, which
starred the said mirror into thousand
cracks, quite celebrating Shaugh's
features.
"Bedad," said he coolly, "ye've
spilled foine view that I had Of me-
self. london Mail
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
How Any Bright Scholar May Learn to
Tell It Offhand.

How Any Bright Scholar May Learn to
Tell It Offhand.
To find the cube root of any given
number of figures offhand seems an al
most impossible feat, but yet it is sim
pie enough when one knows how to do
it-so simple, indeed, that any bright
boy can learn to do it in few weeks.
First he must know exactly what a
cube is-namely, that it is the result
of multiplying one number by itself
and then multiplying the product by the
original number. Thus, 8 multiplied
by equals 8, and multiplied by 3,
the original number, produces ~, which
consequently is the cube of g. The cube
root of % is the original number, 8,
and to find the cube root is the reverse
of finding the cube. The would be adept
at this art should first study carefully
the following figures:
1xlxl=,1 2x2><2= 8 S><3x3= q
4 4 6, Ga 5x5x5l2S sxsxsE2 ZIG
A close study of these figures shows
that 2 multiplied in this manner by it.
self results in s, that multiplied by
itself has 2 as final figure, that 8 null
tiplied by itself has as final figure,
that multiplied by itself has as a
final figure, and that 4, 5, 6 and null
tiplied by themselves have their origi-
nal figures as finals. Hence the ''artist"
knows that any sum given to him the
final figure of which is must have Q
as cube root; that if the final figure
be 9, the cube root must be 9, and so
on.
For example, give him the figures
"a, 0S8, and he can at once tell that 70
is the cube root, for the reason that "a
has 4 as cube root, as the cube of is
Ga, while the cube of is 1876, much
more than "a, and 088 has 2 as a cube
root.
Or give him more difficult problem,
as, for example, the figures 324.369.
Then he will see at glance that 1874 is
more than 216, which is the cube of 6,
but is less than 343, the cube Of z.
Therefore the cube root of these three
figures is 6. In like manner the final
figure of 800 being 9, it follows that the
cube root of these three figures is 9, and
thus the cube root of the six figures has
been shown to be &c.
Any one can test this method for
himself, and little practice is all that
is needed to make one as deft in such
jugglery of figures as the best light
ming calculator. +"
OF course skilled arithmetician
could easily frame problems that could
not be solved in this offhand fashion,
but such difficult tests are seldom offered
by public audiences, and, as rule, the
"artists" are easily able to answer all
the questions asked of them. New
York Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
Japanese English.

The Rev. Masazao Kagaren brought
me present of tin of native preserved
apricots put up at Nagano, bearing the
inscription, "This apricots is very
sweetest" Another tin think it was
sort of Japanese "Liebig was still
more remarkably inscribed: g sehe
medicines of our company used Sell
are lot only manufactured Of Il Ire
and good material. but also, UNI 1he
article are inspected by the 81 I'm
tendent, they not sealed. It is II lat
their quality is best. If there VI 3us-
pection about it, trust on officialS mi
nation. If even in the slightestr fect
the result is not good, our q>s5any
should be responsible for it. fare
the trademark, sealing wax }rap-
per of our company. In this cohnec-
ton I may remark on the curious signs
in English (?) composed in cheerful in
dependence of outside help. have seen
the equivalent of the English imam
Cling done here" rendered "the ma
chine for smoothing the wrinkles in the
trousers" and "Washman, ladies only"
"Clothing of woman tailor, ladies fur
nished in upper story, Instructed by
the French horse leech," (this adorned
the door of veterinary surgeon and re-
ferred to the tuition under which the
gentleman was trained). - From
Mountaineering In the Japanese
Alps" by Rev. Walter Weston.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
GEM SCULPTURE.
Something ,out the Making of Canoes
end Intaglios.


Gem sculpture, or lithoglyptics, is
an art of great antiquity, having been
practiced by the BabyIonians, the Egyp-
tians, the Hebrews and the Greeks.
Afterward it sank into decadence, but
in the fifteenth century was revived in
Italy. 1t is an art that calls for great
elegance of taste and much skill, for ON
a small stone, generally precious, de-
signs are represented either in raised
work, as canoes, or by being cut below
the surface, as intaglios
To canoes the term minute sculp-
ture'' is indeed applicable, for since
the days of Greek art celebrated statues
have been copied i'll this way. The first
lntaglios were the scarabs, Or beetle
shaped signets, worn III rings by the
Egyptians from a very remote period.
One side of the stone was shaped like
beetle, the other side was fiat, and the
name of the king or wearer was cut in
to it. A hole was then drilled in the
stone from end to end, and through it
strong wire was passed 10 hold it in
position in ring. The fat or seal side
was always worn next to the finger, but
when used as a seal it was turned.
In the art of gem sculpture the
Greeks excelied all predecessors. The
Etruscans, contemporary with the
Greeks, also attained excellence in gem
cutting, and tits said that 'on these
early gems of sEtruscan or Greek origin
may be read as in a book the forms Of
their religion and the subjects of popu-
lar interest in politics, song and fable
for centuries. "
Under Augustus gem sculpture -four
ished among the Romans, many of them
possessing canoes and intaglios of great
value, and cabinets of costly gems be-
game numerous. 1t is said that Caesar
sent six cabinets of rare gems to the
temple of Venus.
There are many fine canoes and in
taglios in the British museum. Among
the finest of them accessible to the pub
Tic are the Cupid and Goose" intaglio,
the dying Amazon" the Laughing
Fawn, "Bacchus" on red jasper, and
the Julius Caesar" of Dioscurides. In
modern times gem sculpture has reached
a high state of perfection and beauty.
Philadelphia Times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

lead and gold are held together in the
absence of air at temperature of 40
degrees for four days they unite firmly
and can only be separated by force
equal to one third of the breaking
strain of the lead. The professor has
also proved that if plate of gold be
laid under one of lead about three
tenths of an inch thick III three days
gold will have risen and diffused itself
to the top of the other metal in very
appreciable quantity. -Colliery Guar
dian
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
Spoiled Pleasure.

Mrs. Meyer-W What's the trouble, Mrs.
Schulz? You are in bad humor this
morning.
Mrs. Schulz-You see, my husband
staid at the club every night last week
until after midnight. Last night sat
up, determined to give him a curtain
lecture. when he got in late. And what
do you think? The fool came home at
8 O'Clock Eliegende Blatter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

Apoplexy has increased in England
in very remarkable degree since 1850
In the I6 years ending with 1865 there
were 457 deaths from apoplexy per
1000, 900 inhabitants Last year the
ratio was FIT per |, 600. 600.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

There was lively runaway, al
though short one, on Wednesday
afternoon. A team of colts belong
ing to F. E. Minnette, driven by a boy,
came out of the barn, attached to a
hay rack. The rafting of the rack
excited and finally scared the horses
until they broke into a run. In front
of Rien's Office they became disen-
gagged from the wagon and took the
sidewalk. At the HERALD corner they
ran one on either side of telephone
pole, which caught and held them.
THE rapidity with which they changed
ends, facing squarely about, seemed
to surprise them. A broken tongue
and reach resulted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

Martin Murphy of Brainerd, form
erly a brakeman on the Brainerd and
Northern railroad, while suffering
from mild attack of mania induced
by two weeks spree, was quite Sc
verely injured in the mill Sunday last.
He stepped into the building and
walked about on the first Or grinding
floor, when suddenly he plunged bead
long into the belted gearing of stack
of rollers. The belt was not heavy
one, and it was thrown from the pulley,
but not until the man had been consid-
erably bruised. He was taken in
charge by Officer Carr, to whom he
said that he thought he was being
pursued by gang that would hang
him. He went into the mill to escape
them, but they followed him, and he
saw an opening out through which he
could escape, and dove into it head
first. That. is his version of it. He
was sent to his home in Brainerd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

The night agent at the Great North
.ern road knows that he is in charge
of the depot at night, and he is bring
those who doubt it to his way of think
ing. The other night a burly negro
under the influence of liquor, refused
to vacate the waiting room when
ordered out, and the operator took
him by the collar to hasten his exit.
The negro broke loose, and leveling
his head came at the operator full tilt,
la battering ram. Instead of catch
ing the abdominal region of the oper-
ator, as intended, he caught good
heavy lantern vigorously and accu-
rately swung. Thenegro was knocked
down and dragged out and put to
flight. That operator is all right.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

The road on the east side of the lake
over which a vast amount of traffic
burning disgrace to the counties of
Stearns and Todd. Not only is it i'm
passable with ordinary loads, but it is
dangerous in the extreme. There are
stretches of it rods in length worn and
cut into channels from two to six feet
deep, and so narrow that it would be
impossible for teams to pass. The
soft sand is deep, and the roadway
abounds in holes and sidlings which
are threats and menaces to travellers.
Between this city and the brick yard
Mr.. Pangburn has kept the road pas
sable by the liberal use of straw.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

The people Of the United States read
and support as many newspapers as
England. France and Germany COM
bined.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

On Monday the three-year old son
of J. G. Schank wandered away from
home, and when evening came no trace
of him could be found in the neighbour
hood, and his parents became greatly
alarmed. He was seen about five
o'clock in the potato field just this side
of the Main-st crossing of the Great
Northern, near the old pound. Search
was made by anxious friends, and
night coming on, officer Carr was no.
titled, that he might return the little
fellow to his home in case anyone re-
ported him. The fire bell was rung
about 1870 for the purpose of assemb-
ling a crowd from which to organize
searching parties. And it proved a
very sensible and effective eXpedient.
Scores of willing ones were found, but
their services were not long required.
Charles Nelson found him about s
o'clock, asleep In a partly excavated
cellar in the lot on the east side of
Main-st. The excavation is only
about three feet deep, but enough to
form an effective prison. When re-
turned to his mother, who was almost
distracted, the little innocent gravely
remarked, IT fell into the hole, and
mama wasn't there" Mr.. Schank
feels very grateful to all who SO kindly
rendered their services for the search.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

1t is gratifying to observe that A. L..
Eliiott's political services have been
recognized to the extent of making
him postmaster at New Paynesville.
Mr.. Elliott is not only competent but
so genial and gentlemanly that it will
be a pleasure for the patrons of the
Office to have him read their postal
cards.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
A Permanent Paste.

Soak an ounce of refined gelatin in
cold water for an hour, then drain off
and squeeze out the water as much as
possible. Put the gelatin in jelly pot
and place the pot in pan of hot water
over the fire. When the gelatin has
melted, stir in slowly az ounces of
pure alcohol Put in wide mouthed
bottle and cork tightly. This glue or
paste will keep indefinitely and can be
melted for use in Il few minutes by set
ting the bottle in basin of hot water.
AS it contains very small percentage
of water it affects the gloss of the
prints but little and dries almost i'm
mediately. Harper Round Table.
Resting at Unyanyembe.
My march is nearly over. I have
got back into we'll beaten tracks and
am even occupying house where near
" every Englishman who has entered
this region of Africa has lain and
groaned over his fevers, his delays and
the thousand and one troubles iffciden-
tai to African travel. Livingstone wait
ed here with patient resignation for
months, Illuminating no doubt now on
the great lake, anon ON II Q "'g4-cc : open
sore of the world" StaI,cy iJall caded
and loopholed it's walls in the war with
Mirambo. Here Cameron groaned over
his fevers and his delays, and before me
rises the picture of Murphy, stout and
burly, sinking with a groan to the
ground, and Dillon, blind and helpless,
lying YEARLY on his couch. In later
times Captain Carter of elephant fame
had to flee from the house as from a
house infected, and but few days ago
his Scotch assistant and two Belgians
were on the point Of shooting each
other with their revolvers, and, last of
all, to close this Strange, eventful his
tory, here lies yours truly, resting from
his long and lonely march and feeling
as If his work was DER.
am at the present moment prey
to that horrible scourge, prickly heat,
making me feel as if needles were ooz-
ing out of every pore of my corpus.
Mosquitoes by the million buzz about
my ears, but sing nc. pleasant love song
to my maddening brain. am also a
martyr to certain volcanic eruptions
vulgarly known as boils, which prevent
me from sitting, lying, walking or
standing with any degree OF comfort.
Then the temperature is SO high that
at midday have not got out of my
pyjamas, while to get breath of air
I have continually to resort to the fan.
Biography of Joseph Thompson, Afri-
can Explorer.