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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
She Made Sure.

It was bank near the suburbs Of
Brooklyn in which little girl, not
more than 8 years old, made her appear
ance the other day, asking if she might
see its workings. A polite little girl
was not to be refused, and she was
taken inside and shown the various de-
partments Of the Institution. But that
was not where the money was kept;
could she see where the money was
kept? Certainly, and she was taken to
see the vaults. Still there was no mon
ey to be seen, and she was not satisfied.
Could she see the money? Certainly, if
that was what she wished, and the
vault doors were thrown open, and,
with sigh of satisfaction, the little
girl saw some Of the money in which
she was interested. ''Do you think bur-
glars could get in here?'' she asked
finally. Certainly not,' replied the
bank official who had been acting as
conductor. "It would be very difficult
for burglars to get into the bank, and
they could not get into the vaults. But
now," he continued, "you have asked
me great many questions, little girl,
and should like to know why you are
SO much interested in this bank.
,"Well, said the little girl confidential
ly, "my papa put So in this bank for
me the other day, and l wanted to be
sure that no burglars could get in and
get it. New York Times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
An Old Fashioned Journalist.

Harmon D. Wilson, who learned his
letters from the Troy Chief, has written
two column article ON Sol Miller for
the Atchison Globe, in which he relates
many interesting little "reminiscences
of the old fellow. Sol would never trust
anybody else to make up the forms of
his paper. and he never permitted any
body under any circumstances to touch
the forms which contained the mailing
list. For 40 years he put on an old
apron each week and worked over the
imposing stones on issue day.
''When The Chief went to press, !"
says Mr.. Wilson, "the whistle was
blown. That was the signal for all who
wished to come and get their papers.
Most Of those in hearing came. As they
took their papers from folded pile
which always stood in certain place,
they wrote their names on sheet hung
there for that purpose. kansas City
Journa1
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
LOVES ROSARY.

Eweet names, the rosary Of my evening prayer,
Told ON my lir~ like kisses of good night
To friends who 80 a little from my sight.
And some through distant years shine clear
and fair.
So this dear burden that daily bear
Nightly God taketh and doth loose me quite
And soft sink in slu1nbers pure and light
With thoughts of human love and heavenly
care.
But when mark how into shadow slips
My manhood s prime and weep fast passing
friends,
And heavens riches making poor my lips,
And think how in the dust loves labor ends,
Then, where the cluster of my hearthstone
shone,
Ibid me not live," sigh. "tilf all be gone"
g. E. Woodberry in Harper's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
Japanese Looms.

According to reliable statistics, there
were in Japan in 1896 949, 1913 looms in
operation, distributed among $50. 4O8
different establishments, giving an av-
erage of less than Il looms for each
establishment. This average shows that
the weaving industry of Japan is still
to very great extent home industry
and is far from having reached that de-
gree of Capitalization which it has in
this country. The number Of persons
employed in the weaving industry Of
Japan last year was 81, $50 males and
985, DIG females, and the total estimat-
ed production for 1896 was 90, 1877, 235
yen, including silk cloth amounting
to 40, All. 401 yen; silk and cotton
amounting to 10, 28l, ara yen; cotton
cloth amounting to 81. 083, 81 yen, the
balance being hemp and sundries Dry
Goods Economist.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
Cost OF house Bui1ding.

There is mistaken idea very preva-
lent that small house that shall be at
tractive enough for man of taste can
not be built for less than $40 OF
$3, 600. Less than half that sum is suf-
ficient if it is judiciously expended.
Any amount of money can be squander-
ed in nonessentials and in decorations
that are as useless as inartistic. In the
main one only requires from house, as
from man, that it perform its duty
well, and do the things it was intended
to do in the best way and be pleasing
and graceful in doing it A model
home, if it be skillfully planned, can
be erected for surprisingly small sum
in these days. Chicago Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
Ths rempering Of Springs.

It is nice job to temper q steel
spring properly Like many other
things, the preparatory work should be
well done, or the tempering proper will
never be a success. The forge work
should be done with a rather low tenn
perature and gentle taps. Smiths are
beginning to understand that very
many bits of forging have the life
pounded out of them by heavy and con-
tinuous beating. Light taps smooth the
surface and create what is equivalent
to cuticle over the metal. This should
be carefully preserved. Light hammer
ing consolidates the particles Of steel
and toughens the forging. 1t is said
that continuous, steady and light blows
with a hammer will magnetic steel.
1t seems to put life into it. If it is nee
essary to grind spring, do it at the
outset and before much of the hammer
ing is DONE Do not put it ON an emery
wheel. 1t breaks the cuticle and de-
stroys the integrity of the metal The
hardening may be done by heating
large piece of iron to red heat, then
putting the spring on the iron until it
Is heated through.
Another way is to hold the spring
over bright fire until it is sufficiently
hot. It should be kept some distance
from the fire. so as not to heat too
quickly. When it is of light red and
all of color, plunge it into cool water.
Do not use ice water, as is SO often sug-
gested. Be careful in putting in the
spring that the sudden cooling of one
side does not draw it out of shape. If
it is put in slowly, it is warped by the
sudden cooling of one portion. When
fully tempered, polish the spring with
emery cloth until it is thoroughly clean
and bright. Saturate piece of paper
with oil, light it and allow the smoke
to collect ON the spring until it is en-
tirely coated with the black. Then heat
it over the forge fire very slowly. Do
not let one part burn eff clean while
the other is still black, but let it dis
appear all over the spring at the same
time if possible. The perfection of tenn
per comes from slow and careful ham
ding and the utmost deliberation in
heating and Laundering. New York
Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
One So1ace.

Mrs. Greene-It must be awfully an
noying to have the Bickerses borrow
your good butter and return the cheap
stuff they always buy.
Mrs. Gray-It would be If it were
not for the fact that they always return
such little piece. Boston Transcript,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03
Hard Face.

II met that girl face to face last
night, said Cholly.
How did she stand the shock?' ask
ed De Gruffe. Pick Me Up.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03

Residents on Glenwood avenue, Der
sey City, object to having their thor
oughfare paved, because they say it will
then become highway for funerals
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03

Since 1851, it is estimated, 48,21
men have been killed IN mining ACCT
dents il Great Britain.
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
Negro johnson to HING.

Key West, Aug 12-The negro, syl-
vanus Johnson, who was the cause Of
the late riot, was tried in the cir
cult court. Judge Barron Phillips pre-
siding. After hearing the evidence the
jury retired and returned in half an
hour with a verdict Of guilty. Judge
Phillips, in pronouncing sentence, said
to the jury: You could not have
brought any other verdict from the evil
dence. 1t is in my power, had l not
thought the verdict a just one. to have
set it aside. Therefore the sentence Of
the law is that the prisoner be hanged
by the neck until dead" Johnson
broke down when the verdict and SEN
tence were pronounced and was con-
Quoted to his cell weeping.
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
THE SPANISH PRISON FRAUD.
Details OF swindIing Game Used on an
Ithaca Man.

Ithaca, N. Y, Aug. "details Of an
unsuccessful attempt to swindle Albert
II. Platts, q prominent business man Of
this city. have just been made public.
The scheme used was the Spanish pris-
oner fraud. well known and repeatedly
exposed on the continent. Mrs. Platts
received from Spain, bearing the proper
stamp and postmark, a letter purport-
ing to come from an ex-secretary Of
General Weyler who had had trouble
with Weyler and fed with e350OO.
which the letter said he deposited in
the Bank Of England. He had rashly
returned to Spain and been thrown into
prison. He claimed to have married a
distant relative of Platts. who had died,
leaving a daughter.
The Ithaca man was asked to take
this daughter as his ward and 10 ad
vance money for steps necessary to get
possession of the $500 Platts sus-
pected fraud, but wrote asking fur
ther particulars. He received another
letter, nominally from a priest of the
prison, saying that the prisoner had
died. leaving by his will one-fourth Of
the e35,000 to MI Platts
A certified copy of the will and pho
tograph of the prisoners daughter were
inclosed. a request was made for re-
mittance Of several hundred dollars to
pay the costs of the prisoners commit
ment and thus secure the redemption
of his luggage, in which was hidden a
certificate of the deposit Of eS5.OOO in
the Bank Of England, payable to bear
err The daughter Of the supposed Span
ish prisoner inclosed a letter pleading
with her kinsman for protection. The
fact Of the war in Cuba gave realism
To the story
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
Allerod plelnoel.et cnueht.

Titus, a farmer of Gardiner. Ulster
county, while coming into this city from
the races, missed his pocketbook con-
tanning $50 just as two young men who
had been sitting behind him jumped OF
the car. An elderly man who sat be-
side him also attempted to get off, but
the farmer seized and held him until
a policeman came up. Titus said that
his pocket had been picked. The alleg-
ed pickpocket said he was Henry Rob
inson, a liquor dealer OF Rochester. He
was held for a hearing. The other men
escaped
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
VII sETrLE DowMTo BUSINESS
Prince of Wales VIII Cast Aside Friv-
nIitv on The Throne.


OIity on the Throne.
In all human probability, the prince
Of vRles will at no distant day ascend
the throne of England, and il is almost
as probable that history will repeat the
old story of the accession of Henry ",
which is told by Shakespeare. lie will
then throw aside his frivolous boon
companions, and call about him the
ablest and most serious men of his
realm for counselors. Itis true that un-
der the British constitution the mon
arch has no political power, but his inn
mense social weight is a great auxiliary
to the party with which the crowns
sympathies lie. Peel felt IL so seriously
that he tried 20 make the young queen
dismiss one of the women of her bed
chamber because her husband was OF
an opposite political faith. and to-day
Lord Salisbury is stronger because the
trust and sympathy of the court is with
him. He will never willingly relin-
quish that support, and there will be no
abdication against his advice.
Much disrepute attends the career
the fault of his position. There is moth
ing more cneryating, dissipatng and
trying than the position of an aduh
heir. Etiquette forhids his taking any
part in politics. 1t is even undesired
that he should attend in the house OF
lords, much more that he should de-
bate or vote. The only career open to
him is in fashionable society, and here
he is beset by snobs who win do any.
thing for his recognition. Perhaps Al.
bert Edward would have been more Of
a man If his mother had relied more on
him, and had taken him more freely
into her counsels. But the reputation
OF n prince of Wales is but a poor indi'
cation of the sort of king he will make
Albert Edward is a man of high educa.
ton and extraordinary tact, and IN,
probabilities are that he will turn on
an excellent hng.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
AS TO VEGETABLES.
Few American Families Make the
Most OF Their Esod supply.

Few American Families Make the
1ost of Their F0od supply.
If america should suddenly be re-
duced TO the status of any one of the
other civilized countries of the world
in the matter of vegetables two things
would happen: We would realize how
beautiful our wealth had been, and
we would set about making the most
of what was left to us. II is curious
fact that the vegetable list Of many,
perhaps most, American families is linn
tied. = This. of course. arises
largely from the lack of knowledge on
the part of houseleepers regarding
methods of preparation, And, alas.
the few methods in general use for
preparing everyday things are too often
haphazard, without thought or care.
Even cook books, some Of our best ones.
slight the subject surprisingly.
Many vegetables are tabooed as
coarse and common which In reality
are delicate and enjoyable IL properly
prepared. This is particularly true Of
winter vegetables. How many, for in
stance. among the we'll to do know that
turnips properly cooked are as delicate
as asparagus, or know the possibilities
Of carrots or parsnips? Many assoc
ciate cabbage with coldslaw or boiled
dinners only, when there are u dozen
other dishes-ranging in character
from hearty" to dainty-wlthin its
possibilities.
Summer vegetables shipped from the
south through the cold months may not
be ''half bad" but they really are not
good. 1t is mistake to use them. They
make the yearly dietary monotonous,
besides interfering with natural or
der" of things. In winter we need
heating diet. Let rs supplement our
heavy soups and meats with the starchy
vegetables--the maccaroni family, rice.
squash. sweet and white potatoes, hom-
my, baked beans, etc, relieved by tur-
nips, parsnips. winter cauliflower, car
rots. onions. cabbage. home-canned to-
matoes, and perhaps peas, with celery.
lettuce, oress, etc. for relishes. And
I'm the summer. when we need a physical
cooling off. let us feast upon all "the
goods the gods provide"without stint
furnishing our blood with the vegeta-
ble salts required for health, while we
are thus enjoying ourselves. We cam
not in summer eat too many vegetables
AS a matter of fact we do not eat half
enough.
A whole chapter might well be writ
ten about the proper combination Of
vegetables at any given dinner-a sub
ject woefully misunderstood by the
good housewife. who often offers at one
meal starch in two or three vegetable
forms TO her family, who eat thereof
with no sense Of lack or incongruity.
Each vegetable admits Of various meth
ods Of preparation. All should be tried
for the greater enjoyment thus OBJ
tained. Asparagus on toast, with its
proper sauce. is an entirely different
dish from asparagus plain, or cut as
paragus with cream dressing al
equally enjoyable. - Woman's Home
Companion.
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
FROM CUBA.
Representatives Tender Condo
lences on Canovas' Death
A STATUE PROPOSED IN HAVANA.
General weyier Arrives In Havana aud
Is Received with Cheers--He charao-
terizes the Minister'S Death us an
Immense National Loss.

Havana, Aug. 12-Consul General
Fitz Hugh Lee, Mr.. Gallan, the Brit
ish consul. and other foreign repre-
sentatives have called at the palace to
tender their official and personal con-
dolences to the acting governor general.
the Marquis Ahumada, on the death
Of Scnor Canovas.
The afternoon newspapers contained
specia dispatches from Madrid COM
menting upon the significance OF the
friendly messages of President McKin-
ley Secretary Sherman, General Stew
art l.. Woodtord and Mr.. Hannis Tay-
lor In Spains hour of sorrow
La Lucha urges the erection Of q
monument to the deceased statesman in
the plaza.
The Spanish mail steamer carried
home ] 900 sick soldiers and marines.
Captain General Weyler entered Ha-
vana on horseback. with an escort Of
cavalry at 6 o'clock last evening. He
was received by the authorities in the
outskirts Of the city, and as he passed
through the streets the crowds cheered
for Spain and Weyler.
Having arrived at the palace the cap
tain general received a number OF dep
utations and representatives OF all
classes of society. He was evidently
deeply moved by the news of the death
of Senor Canovas and said that as soon
as he heard Of II he started for Havana.
He characterized the calamity as an
immense national loss, adding: II was
completely identified with his policy.
was sent to Cuba by him and was his
personal friend. II has been perhaps
due to him that the real interests Of
Cuba have been conserved"
The public mourning for Senor Cano-
vas VIII last three days.
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
RUSSELL SAGE INTERVIEWED.
He Gives His Views on the Financial
Situation.


New York. Aug 12.-In an interview
Russell Sage declared that there was
no possibility of a change of control of
the Manhattan Elevated road. Expert
ments with compressed air as a motive
power had been highly successful, he
said. Mr.. Sage continued: Il have
just received a cabegram from Mr..
Gould congratulating me upon the way
l have put the bears to rout. 1 think
Mr. Gould is a little mistaken in his
view of the case. / believe the bears
routed themselves.
"Mr. Gould says in his cable that
there never has been a time when the
outlook for American securities was 50
bright in London. He says the talk of
a selling movement on the other side
is nonsense and is in nowise warranted
In my opinion we are now only just
entering upon a new era of prosperity.
We see it unfolding itself from the west
to the east and from the north to the
south. But we are a trihe dazzled as
yet. Wait till we fully realize 1t. Phen
there will not be a pessimist in the land.
My gauge of the situation is based
entirely on what / learn from studying
Western Union earnings. When people
are using the telegraph extensively. it
means that business Is good. The earn
ings Of the Western Union for the past
six months have steadily increased. The
| earnings for the past month have been
simply phenomenal"
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
nanker., Annusl Convention.

New York, Aug ia number Of
representative bankers of this city have
announced their intention 10 attend the
tWenty-third annual convention of the
American Bankers association which
opens at Detroit next Monday and Will
extend over a period of three days.
Among the delegates from this city will
be President Joseph c. Hendrix Of the
National Union bank and first vice
president of the association, W. II.
Porter Of the Chase National bank, j.
C. Cannon. vice president of the Fourth
National bank; Alyah Trowbridge Of
the Bank of North America f. b.
schenk Of the Mercantile National
bank and S. D. Nelson Of the seaboard
National bank
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
THE FOREST PRESERVE BOARD.
Purchase Of a Desirable Tract of Adj
rondack Land.

Albany, Aug. 12.-The new forest pre-
serve board, of which Lieutenant Gov
ernor Woodruff is president, has made
its first purchase Of Adirondack land
for the preservation of the state water
shed, and the first requisltion upon the
comptroller for a portion of the 81. .OOO,-
600 is made by w. W. Durant, from
whom the land was purchased. The
purchase is one that is deemed the most
desirable land for the states purpose,
and the price Is exceedingly advanta-
geous. 1t is $4,000 acres Of land surround
ing the upper lake and now gives the
state all the land bordering upon that
important water source.
1t is virgin forest land and was offer
ed to the state at SIS per acre The
board finally obtained it at Sc per acre.
and the advantage can be determined
by the fact that for an adjoining tract
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff paid $12
per acre to the Durant estate for
private preserve and had TO include in
acreage the water in a small lake. The
state pays no money for water The
purchase is considered a very impor-
tant one for the state, as the Durant
lands are the highest valued in the
woods and the concession in price will
influence all other purchases from par
ties who have placed a high valuation
upon their property.
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
MutIIntsd nodle. Found.

Cincinnati. Aug. ia Tlmes-star
special from Bellefontaine. o., says the
mutilated bodies Of David DIETRICH and
wife have been found in their home.
three miles south of this city, on the
Carlisle pike. They were found by a
granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Watson.
who went 10 the house on a visit. A
bloody ak was found showing how
they had been murdered. The motive
WIS robbery as the house had beenr ran-
sa. -Nd throughout. The old couple had
not n seen since Monday. and IL is
possible they were murdered Monday
night
Evening journal., 1897-08-12
Thcn4cr rircs.

Since 1707 there have been 100 thea
ter fires with 10000 fatalities, according
to Mr.. Sachs fires and Public Enter
tainments," just published. OF thess
462 took place in the United States. 10.
in Great Britain, and 10l in Germany
France having nearly the same mum
ber. London has had 35 fires and Pari,
2s. Out of 343 theaters destroyed by
fire. one-half were burned within ter
years after they We're constructed. 4,
Of them within the first year.-Wash
ington Star.