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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
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The Newest Buttons.

The newest buttons, says q New York
fashion writer, are shown in three dis
tinct sizes for the jacket, skirt and bod
ice. Many of the smaller buttons are
veritable jewels in their artistic beauty
Of color and design. and many are set,
like actual gems, in low mountings Of
cut steel and silver or pure gold. Jet,
opal, plonb colored enamel and old
bronze buttons set in riveted points,
framing dainty miniatures medallions,
etc., are familiar styles, but many OF
the expensive jet and cord passemen-
teries have buttons to match, which are
not intended to have any strain upon
them, but merely finish strap ends,
mock buttonholes on skirt fronts, etc.
When used upon the bodice. they are
generally fastened on the outside OF very
often in the center of handsome jewel
trimmings en- applique, the bodice clos
ing with strong hooks and eyes set upon
q fly underneath.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
WEIGHTED SILK.
Sometimes Ninety Per Cent of the Ma
tcrial Is Foreign Substance

terial Is Foreign Substances. '
At the present day the practice Of
weighing silks by means of astringent
extracts, salts of tin, silicats and phos-
phate of soda and variety of other
substances, all more er less injurious to
the wear of the fiber, has reached such
a height that it is seriously affecting
the trade. This is especially the case as
regards black silk, but fabrics Of other
colors suffer in the same manner.
1t used to be remarked that silk
dress or silk handkerchief would last
lifetime, and this is almost true for
absolutely pure silk. But in much of
the fabric sold at the present day there
is not more than 10 or 10 per cent of
real silk, all the rest being extraneous
matter applied to the fiber in the decep
tive process of weighing"
Pure silk, when burned, leaves a
quantity of ash which is always consid-
erably less than per cent, but the ash
left by some weighted silks has been
found to amount to as much as 48 per
cent of the weight of the fabric.
The extraneous substances to which
we have alluded are caused to adhere to
the fiber by passing the skeins through
hot baths Of tannin extracts, tin salts,
salts of iron, antimony, potash, ETC.,
and it has been found that when a silk
much charged with such substances is
heated it will not burn with flame, but
will only smolder away, leaving very
large amount of ash behind.
But these weighted silks are, how.
ever, of SO com bustible "a nature that
some have been known to take fire spon-
taneously. result due to the gradual
decomposition of the substances used
for weighing, and disastrous fires have
been traced to this cause. Spontaneous
combustion is liable to break out more
especially in black silks that are stored
in warm, dry places Chambers Jour-
nal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
MlSER GENIUSEs.
Men wa Have Reduced Money Savina
to q Fascinating Art.

Men Wa. Have Reduced Money savina
to n Fascinating Art.
The fascinating study of financial
gain amounts almost to genius in some.
Avarice was the inspiration Of one Of
our own great men, Franklin, whose
memory is debased by his reputation as
"Poor Richard. !" The masterpiece of
Balzac is his novel Eugene Grandet. -
The hero, old Grandet, is miser whose
financial genius amounts to the sublime
and which Balzac contrives and succeeds
in making almost picturesque.
Among the most distinguished misers
was Daniel Dancer. Upon the death of
his father Dancer came into the estate,
which yielded a good income. One of
his sisters lived with him and imbibed
the misery teachings. Dancer was re-
markable for the style of his garments.
His coat was made Of pieces of every
hue and texture, collected from the
streets and ash heaps. His garments
were held together by twist of hay.
He and his sister lived happily in
howell, the paneless sashes of which were
darkened with boards, rags and papers.
Soap and towels being expensive, Mr..
Dancer occasionally washed in pond
and dried himself with sand. Three
pounds of coarse beef and ii dumplings
formed their menu for years, except
upon one occasion, when Providence
changed the course of these viands.
Mr.. Dancer, walking one day in
search of bones and other delicate offal,
found dead sheep and carried it home
in triumph. His sister received it as an
immediate gift from heaven. Time
went on, and the maiden fell i'll. Lady
Temple, a generous neighbor, was SO
kind that Miss Dancer determined to
leave her $4,000, but she died before
the will could be signed, and her brother
claimed her fortune as the price of her
board for 80 years.
He constantly guarded against thieves
and concealed his gold and bank notes
with the spiders among their cobwebs
In the cowhouse and in the holes in
the chimney covering them with ashes.
The light of generosity, however, pene-
trated one chink of his miserable soul
he loved his dog, and while denying
bread he allowed his dog a pint
Of milk daily with other delicacies. Mr.
Dancers delight in life was to visit the
holes where his wealth was kept and
count it.
In his seventy eighth year Dancer
became violently ill, but refused to see
q physician. Again Lady Temple played
the good fairy at the wretched howell, |
him to the last and was gen.
erously rewa. led by his immense for
tune, which he left to her.
1t would not be a difficult task to
show the influence of avarice upon ma
lions; the evils of society, the corrup.
lions Of religion and the tragedies Of j
war have often been instigated and sup
ported by this base passion. -Detroit
Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
4 MONTE CARLO TRAGEDY.
An Incident Which Made Bismarck sss
Inveterate Enemy to Gambling.

An Incident Which Made Bismarck sn
Inveterate Enemy to Gambling.
Prince Bismarck has long been an ia-
veterate enemy to the wholesale systems
| OF gambling, which is preserved, - as
1t were, at Monte Carlo and similar es-
adjustments on the continent.
His antipathy is due to a tragedy
which was enacted under his very eyes
at Baden Baden more than 80 years
ago. During the season at that place,
which was OF more than average bril-
liancy, he would himself go into one of
the gambling Saloons which was fire.
quented 81 the highest aristocracy and
the members of the diplomatic corps.
Although he played little he would oc-
casionally venture small sums. If he
won, he would venture his original
stake again and again, but if he lost at
the first coup he retired from the table,
One day while Bismarck was stand
ing at table young man and beau
tlful woman came in. He was baron
and had only recently married and was
on his wedding trip with his bride. The
man began to play. AT first fortune ia
vored him, and he won.
Then his luck turned He began to
lose. With each loss he became more
desperate. The beau tiful woman by his
side valnly strove to tear him away.
The fever of gambling had taken hold
OF his brain. The more the woman be-
sought the more the man ventured.
Hundreds OF francs grew into thousands.
and thousands after thousands Wero
raked in by the croupier.
The whple table was watching this
fighter with fortune, and among them
no one was more intent than Bismarck
himself.
At last the gambler put larger stake,
than ever on the table, and again be-
lost. ...
He rose and whispered wold to his
wife, and they left the room together.
Nobody in gambling saloon heeds
the ruined man, and the game went on
as before, less feverishly perhaps and
without such large stakes.
Suddenly, without moments warn
ing, the report of pistol rang through
the room. Some people hurried out.
There on the ground lay the body Of
the ruined man, bullet wound in his
head, from which thin stream of blood
was flowing. By the side of the body.
distracted, almost turned to stone by
the horrible situation, stood the beauti-
ful young wife, now a widow.
Suddenly her restrained feelings over
came her, and with one wild shrek she
fell by the side Of the dead man. Bis
marck was one of the onlookers who r.
had seen the result of the fearful TRACE
dy.
"This horrible business must STOP
he exclaimed
It did stop. In the course of few
years every public gambling house in
Germany was abolished. - Pierson s.
Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
The Royal Reign of Velvet.

Velvet in all colors is immensely
popular this winter and is used in every
conceivable way and in all sorts of gar
ments. Young and old wear it with
equal propriety, and the evening gown
OF velvet. which has heretofore been rel
egated to the wardrobe of the matronly
woman, finds special favor with young
women. Black velvet gowns are made
elegant with jet passementerie, and old
point lace is brought out on the waist.
Some of the skirts are perfectly plain,
while others are profusely trimmed
with jets, black silk embroidery or
chiffon ruches But in every instance at
least an attempt at train must be
seen.-Woman' s Home Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
GROWTH.

Kes, build your dam as high as you can.
You think I'm small, but I'll tell you all
I'll get over it-over just So -
And make your wheel buzz down below.
You can't stop me while water flows.
] may be river yet-who knows:
See how the brown mold over me Sits.
Bury me deeper meath leaves in drifts.
Forget I'm here, deep out of sight,
Where & is dark-as dark as night.
You can't hide me while acorns grow.
I'll be an oak tree the next you know.
Keep me in dresses and play I'm girl;
Keep my long hair nicely in curl.
But I'm boy, doubt that who can,
And some bright day I'll be man.
The world will know ne--that's what said
For I've thinker in my head.
Sarah e. Winslow in st. Nicholas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
HOMEOPATHY,
DEMONSTRATED Bishop Winners AppTk-
cation of It to Els Work.
Weekly.

Unreconstructed Bishop Winners AppTS-
cation of It to Els Work.
This is story an Alabama man tells
me of Bishop Wilmer. and hope you
won't think it too sectional. 1t happen--
ed soon after the war. Bishop Wilmer
had gone to northern city to ask aid
for Confederate orphans home he was
interested in. He hadn't been north for
several years. and his old friends gave
him a hearty welcome. There was q
dinner in his honor, and after dinner the.
bishop was begged to tell story or
two. The bishop said he hadn't story
"But," he added, "I've got a conun-
drum. Why are we southerners like
Lazarus?"
The guests-they were all Union
men, by the way-suggested many an
swers. The southerners were like. Lax
arus because they were poor, because
they ate of the crumbs from the rich
mans table; because-because Of every
thing anybody could guess.
"No,' said the bishop, you're ALI
wrong. We're like Lazarus because,
and he smiled blandly, because we've
been licked by dogs"
A roar of laughter went round at
that, for the bishops utter unrecon-
structedness was always one OF his
charms Everybody laughed but one
mottle faced man, who became very
indignant.
"Well," he snorted, eff you think
we're dogs, why in--not earth-havei
you come up here to beg for our money
for the money of dogs?"
The bishop chuckled.
"My notified FRIEND" said be, "the'
hair of the dog is good for the bite
That's why I've come. Washington
| Post
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
TOOTHBRUSH AIDS HEALTH
Sound Teeth and Body Only to BE Had
by Its Frequent Use. HE

Sound Teeth and Body Only to BE Had
by Its Frequent Use.
It is but little thing, yet on it's
proper use depends much OF the happi-
ness of modern man. Why civilized
teeth should be so rotten is question
which has often been debated, and prob
ably the true answer is more complex
than some would think. Many good
mothers are content TO put all toothache
down to lollipops, but that sugar in it
self is not responsible for bad teeth is
proved by the splendid "ivories" often
possessed by negroes who practically
live upon the sugar cane and thrive
upon it, too, during the whole of the
season when it is III maturity. Dental
decay is common enough, however,
among negroes in towns, and it seems
clear that the carries of the teeth which
IS so common among most civilized
races is due not to any particular article
Of diet so much as to digestive and nu-
tritive changes imposed upon us by our
mode of life and to some extent by the
fact that by hook or crook we do some
how manage to live, Notwithstanding
our Lad teeth, whereas in state of ma
tire the toothless man soon dies.
Recognizing, then, that until the time
arrives when some great social reformer
either mends or ends our present social
conditions our teeth will tend to rot,
Gctl that, whatever the predisposing
causes the final act in the production of
cares is the lodgment of microbes on
and around the teeth, we see that for
long to como the toothbrush will be a
necessity il the health is to be main
tanned. 1t is only by the frequent use of
this little instrument that tn ose minute
accommodations can be removed which
are at the root Of so much mischief. a
few elementary lessons in bacteriology
would. we fancy, greatly startle many
people AID certainly would show them
the futility CT trusting to one scrub a
day. The fact is that if people, instead
of looking at the toothbrush from an
aesthetic point of view and scrubbing
away with tooth powders % to make
their front teeth white. would regard
it merely as an aid to cleanliness, they
would see that the time to use it is aft
or meals and at night, not just in the
only, when the debris is left
from the day before has been ferment-
ing and brewing acid FL night through,
They would also see how Inefficient ain
instrument the common toothbrush is
unless it is used with considerable judg-
nent. One of the secondary advantages
Of spending good deal of money on
dentistry is that at least one learns the
value of ones teeth. By the time we
have got them dotted over with gold
and gold crowns we learn to
take care of them. even although that
may involve the trouble of cleaning
them moro than once a day and using
perhaps moro than one brush for the
purpose. Hospital.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
Stores His Silver Chesply.

"As am not keeping house l baval
no use for my silver, SO determined to-
put it where it would not be SO liable
to be stolen as i'll my fat, said bust
ness man the other day. "Simultane-
ously with this determination came the
need of considerable sum of money. [
therefore put the silver in charge of a
benevolent concern, which charges mo-
more interest on the money it lent, with
the silver as security, than bank or
than safe deposit company would
charge for storing the silver. I am con-
sequently either paying no interest OLE
the loan or getting my silver stored for.
nothing; don't exactly know which. -
New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
THE CARE OF PEARLS.
Even Drop of Lemonade Is Sufficient to
Ruin Their Appearance.

Even Drop of Lemonade Is Sufficient to
Ruin Their Appearance.
American girls are fond of pearls and
have no superstitious fears that they
mean "tears. % 1t ma not be known to
the possessors of these gems that pearls
are regarded as "well'' or "ill'' from a
jewelers. point of view. Like human
beings, they require fresh air to be kept
alive. In other words, they must be
worn and not remain too long in clos
ed case. Judges of pearls can tell by
looking at them whether the gem is
"lucido" (clear and healthy, or wheth-
er it is beginning to be an invalid Ex-
perts talk of pearls dying" they some
times becoming discolored and turning
black
A black pearl may be handsome
stone, but it has not the evanescent
rainbow suggestions to be seen in a
milky or rosy pearl. Italian women,
who know a great deal about pearls.
wear their necklaces and "ropos" con-
stantly. This gives them the light and
air required by the mysterious forma-
tions, and yet they are not exposed to
the chances of discoloration by being
touched with acid.
1t is easier to keep pearls in fair con-
dition when they are set in a lacepin
or in necklaces. 1t is hard .-toScare for
them in a finger ring--Ghe must be care
full to remove them not only in washing
the hands, but they. should never be
worn when there is likelihood of being
touched byfood or drink.
About "a month ago the owner of a
beautiful pink pearl worn in finger
ring was alarmed to find the stone was
darkening ana becoming covered with
an opaque dark crust. She took it to her
jewsler, who pronounced it case of
scale. - He told her the delicate SUBJ
stance had been in contact with some
acid, and as she insisted this had not
happened he reminded her that drop
of lemonade would be sufficient to do
the mischief She then remembered
drinking. lemonade while the ring was
on her ungloved hand
The only remedy for scale is remov-
al OF whole layer of the pearl. This is
an excessively delicate business, which
should be done by an expert workman,
and never undertaken by apprentice
hands. 1t is costly business and re-
duces the size and value of the pearl
that must undergo the operation. Phil
adelphia Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
Antwerp Bells.

From the cathedral tower at Antwerp
80 bells have for over 200 years rung
out the grandest music for the benefit
of the people living on the green fields
which border the Soheldt. Once year,
in the month of February, the authori-
ties select he music, and the organ
plays every hour from the old masters
of Christian song.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
A Conspicuous Precedent

"Shiftless as ever, Thomas?" said the
wealthy uncle. "Still making failure
of life, as you always have done?''
81 don't know that I'm such terri
BILE failure. y sulkily answered the poor
relation.
"Wby, you have nobody but yourself
to support, and you can't make both
ends meet.
"'Well, the rainbow has only itself to
support, and it doesn't make both ends
meet either. Chicago Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
Color Effects.

bIr. Murray Hill-It is odd what
queer effects colors have upon persons.
Alr. Point Breeze What effects are
you thinking of?
AIr. Murray Hill-On gray day l
aln always blue. -Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
If It's Not Borrowed.

Teacher-What do we see above us
when we go out on clear day?
Tommy-We see the blue sky.
Correct. And what do we see above
Es on rainy day?'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
strict sunday Laws.

Swinemunde on the Baltic has strict
Sunday laws. Shipmasters who enter
the port are fined heavily by the town
authorities if they have their ships
washed or painted On Sunday or church
holidays AS foreigners are not ac-
qnainted with the German church cal
endar they are frequently caught.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
Cork Rope.

A cork rope is made Of srhll corks
placed end to end and the whoF covered
with a braiding of cotton twie Over
this is coarser braiding In heavy
strands. The rope will stand strain of
1000 pounds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
The Other Fellow.

$50 you think Agnew is pigheadedi
fool, eh: What has given you that opin-
ion of him."
eve talked for half an hour this
morning and couldn't agree on single.
point. Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03

A naval battle between the Romans
and Carthaginians off the coast of Spain
in the first Punic war was lost by theA
latter because the galley slaves could
not keep their seats when the ships
rolled.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03

Knightly lances were from12 to 90
feet long, the heads 4 to inhes broad
and from IL to 20 inches lont
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03

The Indian population of the Domin-
ion of Canada is said to be l22, 600, OF
whom about IS, 600 are Roman Cath
olics and the same number Protestantsk
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03

When Cortes invaded Mexico for the
second time. he bad so musketeers and
so crossbowmen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03
QUEER AUTHORIZATIONS.
EXAMPLES FROM THE DAYS OF
DEDALUs TO THE PRESENT.

y yvo,den Venus That Walked and n
Brax.n Man That Talked-A wonderful
mechanical Duck-The Greatest of All
che fraudulent Automatons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-13
CHAPTER ILL

Dr. Lampkin and Hendricks turn
ed round the house, taking the walk to
the left. AS they Were passing the
drawing room windows Hendricks
glanced in.
Il see another young lady and two
young men in there" he said "mem
bers Of the house party, no doubt.
shall you search the house?' asked
Lampkin.
I'D begin there first if it were not
for disappointing the police. They think
you don't know your business if you
don t address your first inquiries to the
corpse.
II think should begin at the house.
too, said Lampkin.
'Why, old man."
II don't like the looks of that fellow
Montcastle."
Hendricks said nothing.
1T looks TO me as if there were some
sort of secret understanding between
him and this Miss Benton" the doctor
went on, watching Hendricks mex
pressive face.
The detective stopped suddenly,
turned and surveyed the building from
the side, his sharp gray eyes fixed now
On the windows, again on the doors.
"Oh, beg pardon!' he said. "You were
saying that Montcastle-yes, he started
out to catch the 80 train for New
York, but for some reason or other de-
cided not to leave.
Are you sure of that" asked Lamp
kin excitedly.
''As sure as can be of any of my de-
auctions" replied the detective, allow
ing his glance to rove down into the
garden, where, at the end of the north
walk, he could see policeman Oh
guard.
How can you be so devilish accu-
rate?" asked the doctor.
Hendricks smiled. He drew the note
hook from his pocket, opened it and
took out the newspaper clipping
Its q time table" he said lyon
see, a pencil mark has been drawn here
at the 1880 train. That shows why the
clipping was preserved. / know it came
from an afternoon paper because the
schedule was changed yesterday. From
the ragged edge of the paper, can sec
that it was half cut, half torn, from q
newspaper by an excited person III a
deuce of u hurry. From the way it had
been crammed into the book all in
wad and from the fact that the light OF
the electric lamp at the corner would
reach to the spot where we found the
book l judge it was consulted again
after the cab started and that it slip
ped from the hands Of the owner.
"Unnoticed by him?" asked Lamp.
kin
Perhaps he knew it and was III too
great Il hurry to stop to regain it, You
know Montcastle said, as if it were on
the tip of his tongue, that it contained
nothing Of importance. That looks as If
he had since he lost it calculated Oh
the consequences of its being found.
Put why didn't hr rlrk It ny latcr?'