The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-01

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of England, was sold recently at price
equivalent to $12, 900, 900 an acre.
Sixty per cent of the buckwheat fields
were in New York and Pennsylvania
when the last federal census was taken,
and they continue to hold the lead
The United States spends ESQ, 900
year on it's weather bureau; Great Brit
ain pays e16,000; France, e14, 900:
Russia, e13, 900; Germany, e11,a00.
In England the ivy is considered an
emblem of fidelity. In all parts of Great
Britain the ivy grows with luxuriance
unknown in most other quarters of the
globe.
Farmers who spray their COWS nearly
every day with kerosene emulsion find
it pays in the added thrift of the ami
NAL and in their quietness while being
MIXED.
Jerusalem is now competing with
Spain, Mexico and California for the
orange trade of the world. The fruit is
grown in the district between Jerusalem
and Yafa.
In Chicago juvenile offenders not
guilty of crime sufficient to send them
to reformatory are put in the Waits
mission instead of being confined with
hardened criminals.
1t was not until the reign of Charles
that glass came into general use for
the windows of private houses. Before
that period horn, bladder or oiled paper
was used for that purpose.
Movable "stairs'' are a vast improve
ment on those which have to be climb
ed. These stairs work on the princi-
pie Of an endless chain and revolve on
circular drums at either end.
The secret marks on Bank of England
notes. by which forgeries are so rapidly
detected, are constantly being changed.
The microscope will reveal many such
peculiarities to an observant eye.
Window boxes must have plenty of
water. This is weak point with good
many window gardeners, especially after
the roots have filled up the soil with
their white fbers craving moisture.
1t is a custom of the Royal academy
for every artist, upon his election to
full membership, to present picture
painted by himself to the academy in
acknowledgment of the honor paid him.
A daguerreotype portrait of the first
gorilla ever brought alive to Europe
taken in 1866, while the animal was
with Wombwell's circus, has been pre-
sented to the London Geological society.
The estate of Vaturino, the old his
torical residence of Mazeppa. the het-
man of the Ukraine Cossacks in the gov
eminent of Kiev. once famous for it's
beauty and splendor, has now fallen into
ruin and decay.
The banting system of feeding in Or
der to be lean is living chiefly on ami
NAL food, abstaining from all saccharine
and fatty matter, avoiding stimulants
and in liquids of all kinds only barely
satisfying the requirements of nature.
The patronage of the Bank of Eng
land belongs entirely to the directors, a
clerk being appointed by each director
in rotation until the vacancies are filled,
with the exception of one clerkship in
every seven, which is given to son Of
one Of the clerks of the establishment
who has discharged his duties to the
satisfaction of the directors.
A good many burglars or family"
men carry on the trade of costermonger
in London during the summer season,
or they are artisans, carpenters or
plumbers, trades which give them an
excuse for lettering and often easy ac-
cess to house interiors Their active
time is the winter, when the long, dark
nights give ample opportunity for
"work. !"
To take impressions from coins, melt
little isinglass glue with brandy and
pour it thinly over the medal, etc., so
as to cover the whole surface. Let it re-
main on for a day or two till it has
thoroughly dried and hardened, and then
take it OF, when it will be fine. clear
and hard as piece Of Muscovy glass
and will have very elegant impression
of the coin.
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