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.The Decline of woman.'

In view of tho recent notable gifts to charity by women on both sides os the sea the title of Frederick Boyle's article in Tho New Review has somewhat startling sound He discourses on the ..DecIine of Woman. . However, it is gratifying to learn that 10 Is q decline in standing rather than in character that MT Boyle has discovered. He says that women enjoyed a position in Egypt that was incredible even to the Romans, Diodorous says that the supremacy of the wife was acknowledged in marriage contracts, the husband agreeing to obey her in all things In those times wom- an made contracts and sold property without any reference whatsoever to her husband It may turn out that Che new woman is ill fact the very oldest on record
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
Tho Popular Jacket Tor Next Winter.

The Popular Jacket For Next Winter.
 "The tendency of tho winter Jacket is toward the blouso effect, which is ob- tained by darts, {" writes Isabel A. Nal. lon in The Ladies Home Journal.
 .Yokee. collars. cuffs. pipings in fur, whether 1t be mink. Persian lamb, eV- mine, sable, silver and black fox or monkey, will be popular. Velvet and silk braid of all widths are much used. Satin cloth ie really the novelty of the day aud obtains in heliotrope, green, mode, golden brown, silver gray, royal blue. dove and lincoln green. In this are seen not only the fur decorations mentioned, but also very thick, coarse, black woolen braid and tiny straps of leather matching or contrasting with tho cloth in color. Collars continue high, are gored and undulating and may be lined with fur, velvet or lace. Watteau effects arc seen. Capes will continue to be worn. The novelty in their trimming is q flounce of the same material about the edges described by the French modtste as cut fp round , !"
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sasaaaesl
 WOMEN GOLD SEEKERS.
4 young Japanese One Of Them -HTiss
 Kings Placer Mining Machine.

A Young Japanese One of Them-hs2ss
 Kings Placer Mining Machine.
 A young Japanese woman inspires to the honor Of being tho first of her coun- try people to brave tho terrors of win ter in Alaska in search of gold Tho young woman is Kitishina Taka Hasohe, known to magazine readers by the nom de plume of Onoto Watanna Like the rest of the people of her country, she is energetic and takes an interest in all new things, especially iii the ad- vancement of her sex. She has identi- fled herself with the Womans Alaska Gold club, the officers of which are in tho Monadnocl1 building, and she pro poses to be ono of those who will leave in tho spring for the goldholds with Miss Florence King, the head Of the or ganization.
 Miss Hasche is enthusiastic on tho subject of woman s opportunities in the frozen north and gives it as her opinion
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=, v,r,.,. r,rst woman Juror.

Miss Rosalie Loew, who served on q inrv in Judge Goldfogle' s court in Clin- ton street, New York city, is the first woman to do jury work in New York state. Miss Leow is n bright young law. yer. She was admitted to the bar about . year ago and is associated in the prac- fice of law with Joseph Gellef- She was one of tho six jurymen impaneled to try the caso of Dunno versus Good man for possession of some property i'll Division street,
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that tho percentage of those of her sex who start and turn back will not be as great as among tho men. In appearance Miss Hasche Is small. She dresses mod ostly and is an incessant talker.
 Miss King says tho women of her club who go to tho golddeids will en. gage in active mining. sho proposes to do so herself, and with that object tn view and being of an inventive turn of mind she is just completing q machine which she predicts will revolutionize placer mining in tho frozen north. Miss King says of her invention:
 Women have heretofore shrunk from tho idea of mining in Alaska on account of tho severe cold and the seeming i'm possibility of digging tho gold from the frozen earth believe that have now solved tho problem and that mining can be carried on in Alaska by women and that gold ean Do washed out of tho earth as easy as washing dishes Experiments haye been made with this device on substances which haVe been subjected to the soverest degree of cold which an iee machine can attain, and the sub- stances melt ns rapidly ns ice in hot wa ter. Tho process Is simple in operation and can Do worked by any one The heat applied can be confined to any do- sired area, so that tho side walls of the shaft arc in no danger of caving, and timber will not be necessary, The ma chino can Do easily moved from one plaoo to another, so that the miner may operate wherever 1t is desired.
 Tho machine is to become Q part oi tho property of the Woman'e Alaska Gold club. and 1t will be at liberty to do whatever it pleases with tt Miss King favors leasing 1t to other com panies aud using the proceeds in devel- oping mining property for the woman's club. Chicago Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
It's Amusing Side.

There is an amusing side to the story
of how the female suffrage bill came tC
pass the New Zealand parliament. The
government promoted the bill in ac-
cordance with electoral pledges and
supported it with every show of enthusi-
asm in the assembly. But they did not
want it to pass and relied upon the up
per house to throw it out. The majority
Of life senators are in the scar and vel
low Leaf, some Of them having sat since
the colony obtained self government,
and have to be trundled down to the
house in bath chairs when occasion
arises. Unfortunately the female suf-
rage bill came ON at an hour when the
veterans on whom ministers relied for
rejecting it had hobbled off to bed. Be-
fore they could be brought back to the
house in blankets the matter had gone
too far, and the bill for female suffrage
became law, to the CONSERVATION OF
those who had only made show of de-
string it
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

Baroness Burdett q QUITS seems to be
exhaustless in her pl,-ls of social amel-
ioration. She is said to be a great adj
mirer of the pluck of Cecil Rhodes in
his efforts to develop Rhodesia. For ev-
cry selected young man who promises
to settle in that possession and who
chooses wife from among the young
women in her charitable institutions
she will present them with e100. Mr..
Rhodes will undertake to find employ
ment for the husband The baroness is
the youngest looking of all the aged la
dies who still appear in general London
society. She is as straight as rush and
recalls the grace and charms Of the most
elegant ladies to be met with in any
country. Of her three private secretaries
two are ladies. Proverbially kind heart
ed as is the baroness, she has not taste
for pets Perhaps they would take
up too much of her time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
Her Gift to Science.

Before her death, which occurred il
New York city in 1878, Mrs. III. K.
Benchley, the widow of former lieu
tenant governor of Massachusetts,, willeo
her body to the Woman's Medical col
lege. According to the provisions of this
queer will the body of Mrs. Benchley
was to be carefully dissected and hel
skeleton hung in the college museum.
AS far as we have been able to learn,
this is the only instance on record where
an educated woman has deliberately
sent her body to the dissecting room
and her bones to the showroons of g
museum. We can cite several instances
where the progressive class of women
thinkers have given orders that their
bodies should be cremated, but this i
the only instance ON record where tai
ented woman has made such a gift te
science
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
800 Reward o.,

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in it's curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY Co., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
Heard When the Music Fell.

At the beginning of the fourth act of
"Werther" there is an intermezzo. As
it goes on the music rises TO tremen-
dous climax, and there is great din OF
drums, horns, fddles ana all the other
instruments. Just as the noise gets to
its greatest volume there is sudden
stop, and all that is heard is the faint
sound of few Instruments "Werther
had not been sung in New York fcl
three years, and many of those who
heard it on Wednesday might had for
gotten about this startling change. The
climax of the intermezzo was reached
in grand style, and when the sudden
stop came clear, piping feminine voice,
coming from the left of the grand tier
Of boxes, was heard to say:
"WelI, I would be perfectly satisfied
if could get good. plain cook.
1t was time for Werther to weep. -
New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
He Wanted Stamps,

''I obtained a peculiar order from a
Kentucky storekeeper. said a cigar
salesman. az left the railroad to work
some interior towns and stoppeSeat the
country stores en- route. At one Of these
places found a man whom the COM
mercial agencies gave good rating and
who acted as postmaster as well as store
keeper. I handed him my card, and he
said:
- Thar amt but one thing yo' kin
sell me.
"'What is thatr inquired.
"'Yo' kin sell me bout $50 wuth o.
stamps, envelopes an postal kyards.'
why. you can get them from the
government
NO. I KANT Yo' see. they won't
credit me. I hev ter sell stamps an put
'em on peoples bills, but tn govern
ment won't let me hev none 'thout
sendin tn money. Tain right, O. co'se,
fer I'm good they orter know tibet. But
hain't got stamp nor . kyard In tn
Office an no way ter git none. I'll hev
ter buy 'em somewhara s'+
"After becoming convinced Of the
mans solvency. sold him line Of
stampA stamped envelopes and postal
cards. 70 be shipped with . bill Of Oh
saxA "-WashiDgton Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
British Red Tape.

When Lord Wolseley was instructed
to 60 to Khartum, he made out for
NAL requisition for a camel saddle of
peculiar construction. After waiting for
4S hours he inquired if the saddle was
ready and received the discouraging in
formation that his request had not yet
been passed upon by the inspector gen.
eral of stores. As time was precious
Wolseley sent for private, unofficial
saddler, set him at work and by next
morning the desired article was deliver
ed. Meanwhile the requisition made its
slow way through mazes of red tape
from one official to another till it reach
ed the government shops. Then it and
the saddle meandered no more rapidly
back along the same route, and finally,
just six years from the time when
Wolseley had been in such hurry, the
saddle and big bundle of correspond
ence reached. him.-New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
TREATIES OF ARBITRATION.

Good Things, but We Must BE Able to
Compel Their Observance
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-In the course
of speech at the annual reunion and
banquet of the Alumni Association of
Lafayette College, held at Hotel Savoy,
reference was made to the interna-
fional arbitration treaty. There were
about 100 present, including Colonel
McCook, Burr W. Mcintosh, Elliott
Jay of New Jersey. Colonel McCook
responded to the toast ''Our Liberties, :"
saying in part:
In these days of peace and arbitra-
fiOn treaties / do not wish to say any,
thing in favor of war, but the making
OF arbitration treaties will not prevent
nations with whom we have no treaties
going to war. I am in favor of arbi-
fration, but I do not believe we can
have any assurance of peace ON an ar.
filtration treaty unless our nation is
prepared to defend herself and send
forth the best war vessels, SO that she
may keep the treaty and see that the
other nations keep it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
The Countess of Beaconsfield.

Speaking of his wife shortly after her
death, the late Lord Beaconsfield said to
friend, She was an excellent woman,
but she did not know who was first, the
Greeks or the Romans. Benjamin Dis
raeli has only been dead Is years, but
men no longer consider historical or 9TH
er ignorances the test of woman S excel
lence. At the same time, men would
probably not be attracted by the late
Countess of Beaconsield, in spite of her
well known goodness of heart, for she
neither sacrificed to the graces nor to
the muses.. There is happy medium,
and the voters who were so systematic
ally silent ON fashion and dress have ap-
parently not been able to hit on it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
women,s Wages.

Out of $50 college women recently
Intercepted 169 of them are teachers,
% stenographers, AZ librarians, %
nurses, 10 journalists and 10 are clerks,
while the remainder are distributed
around in various unclassified positions
The majority of given number of
women, asked in regard to the matter,
said they received less pay for the same
kind of work in which men are engaged
A small number were found to get the
same pay, and very tiny fraction Of q
number received more money than men
In similar positions.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25

According to an account Of the pri-
yate life of the car and czarina by a
recent guest at the Russian court, the
czarina is clever caricaturist and
was recently surprised by the czar while
sketching the high dignitaries of St.
Petersburg. E
The car was greatly amused and in
sisted upon sketch Of himself, where
upon the czarina drew picture in
which his majesty was represented as a
solemn, bearded but bald infant in long
clothes, tied in a high chair and sur
rounded by crowd Of anxious relatives,
grand dukes, etc., fourishing feeding
bottles and napkins, each insisting that
he be fed in different way.
In the meanwhile the distracted in
FAINT was beginning to cry. 1t is stated
that the czar was highly diverted at
this humorous sketch, which sums up
the present family situation in Russia.
Philadelphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
THE BED ROLL.

Combinations Of Drapery Which produces
Pleasing Effects In the Bedchamber.
Beds are very dressy affairs these
days. An object of great admiration re-
Gently in a store window was a bed
made up with blue silk and blue NOUS
seline de sole. The spread fell over the
sides, nearly touching the floor, the Dor
der rufhe being of the mShsseline over
the silk. In this case there were square
down pillows, instead of q roll, each fin
ished with a wide ruffle. Marie An.
toinette lace spreads over a color are
sumptuous, and, when possible, window
curtains should match. A combination
Of renaissance lace and Marie Antoinette
effects produces q gorgeous drapery on
spread Irish point bed sets have been
selling a. low as e5. In Frenchy look.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25

ing bedrooms the favored spread is one
Of chint1 or cretonne in colors to match
the decorations Cotton fabrics for this
purpose are a great specially of uphol-
stery sections and range from 48 cents
to 81 per yard These spreads should be
lined and finished round the mattress
edge with heavy cotton cord. They may
hang over the sides finished with o
fringe or tuck in according to fancy.
Very dainty youthful bed covers are OF
silk or satin covered with made ur
spreads Of lace insertion and puffngs.
The roll shown is covered with one OF
these fancy arrangements and finished at
the ends with wide frills of lace and
ribbon bows. Satin coverlids in deli
cate silks, hand embroidered, are also
fashionable Injuries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
Without A Rival.

As positive cure for sprains, bruises,
and pains of all kinds, Salvation Oil
has no equal. Mrs. Frank Juif, 51S
Gratiot Ave-, Detroit, Mich, writes /:
81 used Salvation Oil in my family
and can say it has no rival as lini-
ment; it certainly cures pains. 1
sprained my ankle and it cured me
and since then L have always used it
for any pains and Bruises Salvation
Oil is sold for only IS cents. No other
remedy will do the work as promptly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS.

Six Persons Burned and &c., Damage
Done in n Newspaper Office.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-By an explosion
OF natural gas in the press room of The
Chronicle six persons were burned and
about SIC, 900 damage was done. Two
persons, John Mcmillan, foreman, and
Mathew Bayne, a mailer, are said to be
dangerously injured. The explosion
was caused by leak in the pipes near
the press room.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
Lightning struck a Car.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-During thunder
storm lightning sSrrcs G Fofty-third
street electric car. The car was full of
workingmen on their way to the stock
yards. All were badly shocked and
one man had to be removed in an am
bulance. The car was badly damaged.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25
yaerants Cannot Be Sold.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, Feb. 23.-The
senate passed bill repeating the law
BY which Migrants can be sold. It now
goes to the governor. The supreme
court has previously decided that law
unconstitutional.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25

Neckpieces made entirely of pink
flowers, finished with lace ends, are
much worn with evening gowns.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25

A new block of flats in the west end
of London displays the announcement,
''To Let, For Lady Bachelors Only"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-25

Glace kid gloves are superseding the
suede ones, as they have been found to
be more durable.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03

apple 10 the teacher remains through
life part OF the arnory Of those WHO
bend the pregnant knee and creep in
TO the citadel OF the good graces OF
those VINO are powerful and Influential
ft may be. In world where SO much
is won by favor. q legitimate weapon
OF Advancement. IL the attainment OF
a purpose is secured By such means
when failure would attend an indepen-
dent and less sabservient course. the
world viii be less critical Of the means.
Success commands such untainking ap-
plause that the policy which insures 1t
attracts little attention, and even
when II is exposed As mereensry.
selfish, ungenerous and emily polico,
men often laugh with hais-spproving
admiration Of the shrswdness il is sup
posed to demonstrate.
This success cannot usually Be
achieved BY the red apple alone: it is
generally accompanied by native abil-
ity which uses the apps only az Q
means of attracting attention 10 more
lasting merits. The contempt OF man
kind is reserved only for those who
have no pretensions TO recognition ex-
cept the red apple. The red apple IL
a faworfte method OF reaching the favor
OF the masses; the demasogue offers
the tempting morsel to the easily
tiekled palate OF the thoughtless. and
secures favors withheld from men who
are mono the less worthy and none the
less sincere friends OF a cause they
espouse that they will not stoop 10 this
meretricious means of winning the ap-
plause Of the multitude. The preacher
not infrequently presents the red apple
of pleasant discourse 10 his congrega-
ton as more paiatable than the earnest
words of exhortation and reproof would
be. The truculent newspaper will
sometimes, too, 1t may be admitted with
people by means of the red apple and
hope by il to escape criticism for lack
OF attention to the duties devolving on
the conscientious press or for a de-
ficieney in eandor and regard for the
public's true welfare.
The boy is often more discriminating
than the public when he despises the
fellow who is ever seeking to propiti-
ate-to secure immunity for his faults
and to enjoy surreptitious favors-with
a red apple.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03
THE BIRTH OF A PLANET.

Since the spectroscope was added to
photography has placed on permanent
record the discoveries of the great
telescopes, much attention has been
given TO the spots on the sun. Wonder
full as they always are in the magnitude
of their workings and the effects they
produce. they have not within the
knowledge of man presented so grand a
spectacle as now. So unlike are they to
anything hitherto observed that specu-
lation is running rather wild, and one
observer has ventured the theory that a
new planet is about to be born.
Ii is an accepted doctrine now that
the sun is the parent of all planets, and
that ages ago all the worlds which re-
part of it. They were thrown off when
the sun was a vast plane of highly
vaporized material, twisting in space
like circular saw on its side, and that
its outer edge was cast of like a ring
which eventually broke and contracted
as Ii flew through the armament. and
becoming cooler. gathered into a ball.
Then another ring and another, the sun
concentrating and occupying less space,
and each ring becoming a planet, con-
centrating and cooling off In the ratio
Of size and time TO its distance from
the sun.
The earth, although younger In years
than Jupiter. for instance, has, because
Of its smaller size. aged more rapidly
and become adapted to life as we know
it, many aeoEs OF years sooner than
similar condition can be evolved in the
much larger mass.
II the gathering OF the vapors-as we
call them--around the sun is prelimi-
nary 10 the discardlng OF another ring.
it will afford the first opportunity the
inhabitants of this world have ever had
since creation Of such a stupeudous
parturition. The end OF the world has
been predicted upon a much less Dor
tentous event. yet the process will
probably be so gradual that generations
will pass before the truth Of the theory
can be ascertained. The ring will, per
haQs. be seen while this world is stin
inhamtable. but the disturbance TO the
entire solar system when the ring
breaks and begins to shrink toward
planet-form viii be so great that the
human mind in contemplating it loses
itself in chaos.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03
otw ntILY BREAD.

That man shall 70; i've ~ bread
alone has received q new illustration in
the life q one who has isst died 81 the
ase OF over 80. lie has not only lived
up to The axiom that ereaa alone sur.
Gceth 20; for human needs, bat BE sup
plementea VIA; n,;ls be did eat Of II
WIKI meat and fruit TAis woalt have
justified bis longevity on the theory
that farsnaceoas foods. even cracked
wheat. are lot wha; they are crackea
~ to Be. because tney cssify the arleries
sna b'ock up the system VITA urae.
Bs1t to this departure from accepted
doctrine, se added that Re crsak vine
smoked freely ard was a consistent
ans lifelong Methodist. New. there IS
nothing particularly tending to shorten
life IN membership Of TIE Methodist