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Evening star., 1898-10-15
CHURCH NOTICES.
PRESBNTERIAN.

will preach at II an; Rev John e. StucheIl
assistant pastor, at p.nfJ, In TIE First Presby
terian Church, AZ ST. bet. G and y. IL.
Evening star., 1898-10-15
REFOR MED.

GRACE REFORMED CHURCH. 18TH ST NV
bet X. !. ave. and ST.. Rev. A + e. Apple
pastor-Sunday school $50 am; morning sery.
ice. IL am. =.
Evening star., 1898-10-15

MckENDREE NJ. f, CHURCH, REV. HENRY r.
Hia1sadd Hh1L4h. ?-R 2.,p pGstor.ii am. Departed
II UNDERSTANDING" $50 am, Sunday school;
Go pm EpwortE Lengue. Prayer meeting
Thursday. 80 pm II
Evening star., 1898-10-15
EPISCOPAL.

Washington Circle. Rev. Alfred Harding, rector
All seats free.-7:3O am, holy communion 9:i5
am. Sunday school; 1880 O'Clock. morning
prayer; II an, Litany, celebra tion and serm.n
by Rt. Rev. Thomas +. Gailor. d D., bishop of
Tenn; o'clock, choral evensong address hy Rt
Rev D. $. Tuttle DID, bishop of No. and Rt.
Rev Leighton Coleman. ID. bishop OF Della
Ware. Week days In m eDd N m
Evening star., 1898-10-15

MEMoiIAL CHURCH.. CORNER r AND n CAP
sts;Ifreaching by the pastor. Rev. ]. B. Cham
oefiih nj IL am. and I:30 pm; SIS. at s:3o
am y. +. S. c. E, G:3o ~
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
The Emperor's Second Help.

The Emperor Macmillan was an abb
stemious man as regarded the pleasures of
the table, laudable habit which was en-
couraged by all about him, who loved to
feast royalty at his expense, while he dined
alone upon some simple dish. But the
emperor had taste for fish, and especially
sturgeon, and one day he relished so much
a dish of this last that, like Oliver, and to
the equal surprise of the assistant, he
asked for more.
Extremely sorry,'' said the maitre
d'hotel, "but there is no more sturgeon. -
The emperor perhaps swore softly to
himself; perhaps he merely whistled or
hummed. Anyhow, after a pause, he sent
for the steward of the palace, who inquir-
ed, in some surprise, what his majesty
was pleased to want.
81 want to know" said the emperor,
.'how much sturgeon you bought for my
dinner today"
Zone thousand pounds, your majesty -
replied the steward.
"Then next time buy 1900 pounds, -
said the emperor, $50 that 1 may have q
second help. "-Household Words.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
A STROKE OF GENIUS.
AN OLD WOMAN'S SOLUTION OF HOW
TO MAKE A WILL.

The Young Lawyers Story of the
Unique Proceedings Which PRODUCE
ed an Avalanche of Feminine Fury
Among the BeIlicOse Legatees.
illegal practice in the country" said
the young attorney who had taken q run
down to the city to freshen up bit, sis
not cracked up to be anything which is
right, but if continue to have experiences
similar to that which I had last week my
life will not be devoid of interest.
81 was sent out by my father, whose
junior partner am, to Billerton little
while ago to draw up will for an old wo-
man who had about $40, 900 worth of prop
erty to devise and about a dozen legatees.
When I reached the devisor's house, found
that she was prepared for hereafters and
emergencies of all kinds.
''She had heard of broken withstand
heard that no lawyer could draw up will
that some other lawyer couldn't break
but being a strong minded person she had
her own ideas about things. She had put
off making will as long as she dared, but
one day happy thought struck her, and
she concluded that she could beat the law
yers at their own game. She said to her
self that wills were broken because some
one didn't get something that he or she
thought she ought to have or some one
else had got something that he or she
ought not to have. The old woman's So
luton of that difficulty was a stroke of
genius.
81 found the devisor sitting prim and
stiff in her prim and stiff little parlor, and
ranged around the room were a lot of other
women, all primmer and sitter than the
devisor. They were the legatees, and they
were there to tell the devisor what they
wanted without reserve and as freely as
they would fight after the devisor's death
for the same thing if it had not been be-
queathed. There were two men there, but
they didn't count. 1 didn't notice them
when went in, and every time they said
word they were promptly squelched.
"The women were of the spinster type,
the kind that one likes to characterize as
females, spare, acidulated and grim. be-
| lieve two of them were married. but that
| must have been so long before that they
! had forgotten it, Here were pretty ma
| terials for an argument, and If I hadn t
| been so young and fresh 1 would have col
| lapsed at the unprecedented plan. AS it
| was enjoyed the situation until was
fairly in for it, and then, of course, I could
not get out.
''Lest her presence should trammel a
free discussion, the devisor, after intro
ducing us all around and making the nee
essary explanations, left the room, and in
less than five minutes the air was full OF
| flying fur and feminine fury.
"'Well, if I can't have the white house
with the cupalow 1 won't take anything,
said Hannah Maria, and she swished out
of the room in tears, only to come back g
few minutes later, having thought better
of it,
"'Now, you can have the swamp lot
Susan. You know your husband alters
said he'd drain it If it was his'n.' This
from Jane.
'Indeedl And have me nursin him fol
fever an ague all the rest Of his life. caught
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
SKATERS FULL STORY
CONCLUDED.

81 had in line when the fighting was
going ON about ID, 900 men-not more
than that at any time. Inside the Span
ish trenches there were about 10, 900
men. There were IL, 500 surrendered,
and I think about 1, 500 of them were
sick. The disproportion, considering the
di ference of situation, is not very great.
In fact, l think that 10, 900 American
soldiers could have kept 100, 900 Span
iards out had they been in the same po-
sition, although 1 do not wish to dis
parage the bravery of the Spanish
troops. They are gallant fellows, but
they have not the intelligence and do
not take the initiative as do the Ameri-
can soldiers. and they have not the
bulldog pluck that hangs on day after
day.
floral made the first proposition to
surrender. He said if i would let him
take his men and such things as they
could carry on their persons and on a
few pack mules that they had and guar
antee him safe conduct to Holguin,
which was 90 miles away to the north
and in the interior, they would march
out / told him, of course, that was out
of the question; that / could not accept
any such terms as those, but l would
submit them to the president. did so,
and was very promptly informed that
only unconditional surrender would be
received, but 1 was at liberty to say to
General Toral that if they would sur
render they would be carried, at the ex-
pense of the United States government,
back to Spain. When that proposition
was made to him, could see his face
tighten up and the faces of his staff,
who were there. They were simply de-
lighted. Those men love their country
intensely; they had been brought to
Cuba against their will and had staid
there three years, poorly clad, not paid
ut all and not we'll fed, and the pros
pect of going back to their homes had
as much to do with conforming their
views to our wishes as anything that
was done during the campaign.
Meanwhile o or IL days had elapsed,
and had received quite a number OF
volunteer regiments-two from Michi
gan, the regiment that occupies, as
understand this armory. and the First
District of Columbia, Massachusett.
regiment and an Ohio regiment. the
Eighth Ohio-all splendid troops ant
well equipped, and while they were no
there at the hardest of the fighting the,
were there during the suffering, ant
everything that soldiers were called
upon TO do they did like men. 1t is
great deal harder to stand up day afte
day and see companions go from sick
ness and disease than it is to face tn
perils of battle.
"When / told General Toral that w
would carry his men back he said
Does that include my entire command?
said What is your command. an,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

where are they? He replied the Fourth
army corps; IL, 500 men in the city,
3, 900 90 miles in the rear of us; 2, 500,
he said, were up the coast less than 60
miles, and about 800 125 to $50 miles
off ON the northeastern coast. There
were 3, 440 odd, and at a place less than
go miles east there were $500 and a
few over, because we counted them and
took their arms. The result of that sur
render was as unexpected to US as prob
ably it was to every person in the Unit
ed States. There was simply little
army there, which had gone down to as
sist the navy in getting the Spanish
fleet out and capturing that town, and
we expected no other result from it than
victory at the spot at the utmost, but
in attacking the limb we got the whole
body. 1t was expected that, beginning
about the 1st of October, the objective
point of the campaign was to be Ha-
vana, where we knew there were from
1875, 200 to $50, 600 men. and it was ex-
pected that about the Ist of October q
large army would be sent over there,
and the battle that would decide the
war would be fought in the vicinity of
Havana. 1 think that was the universal
feeling. The loss of that city and of
those "a, 900 men-23, 376, to be accu
rate-so dispirited them that within a
week the proposition of Spain to close
the war was made. and, happily, the
war was ended.
"The difficulties of that campaign
were not in the fighting. That was the
easiest part of it. The difficulties were
in getting food and medicine to the
front. There was but a single road, a
muddy and terrible road, and with five
or six wagons going over it the sixth
wagon would be on the axle tree, and
in taking up some artillery had 4
horses ON one battery that was usually
drawn by four, and even with that
number it went out of sight, and we
had to leave it and dig it out after the
water had subsidized. The other batteries
we succeeded in getting up. Now have
told you in fragmentary and desultory
way something of that campaign. 1 am
not accustomed to public speaking, and
my remarks perhaps have been disjoint-
ed, but have told you the best could
some of the most interesting part of the
campaign. I thank you most sincerely
for your attention and bid you goodby. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
AT A LIGHTHOUSE.

The sound Of q strange woman's voice
was heard in that sequestered lighthouse
Slipping off my shoes, 1 crept down the
ladder and, peeping through the hatch in
the ceiling of the lower apartment, saw the
Messieurs Dick Knuckleduster and Broken
Nosed Bill seated near table drinking
and smoking with a woman of repulsive
aspect. Sinewy, bony and gaunt, she had
the hooked nose, large, keen black eyes
and thick animal mouth of a Jewess of
the lowest class.
Her visage, which was as yellow as an
old drumhead, was scanned by a hundred
dirty wrinkles. By the number of bottles
upon the table she seemed to have brought
to the beacon an ample supply of alcohol
under cloud of night, and, from the tenor
of the conversation that was in progress,
I gathered that this daughter of Judah
was not an unfrequent visitor. My atten-
ton was next attracted by several jewels
and trinkets which the worthy officials of
this Pharos were offering for sale. They
addressed her by the euphonious name of
{, "Mother Snatchblock.'
"This gold watch and ring amt worth
much,'' said she, "but where did they
come from?'
''The sea-" growled Bill.
"The sea is mighty productive here
abouts. Did they bite your jigger hook
when fishing?"
"They came in the usual way, Mother
Snatchblock. So, if you must know, we
had 'em from a gentleman as escaped
from the wreck of the Dutch galley that
foundered in the last gale on the tail of
the bank
Ibid he swim from there to the Sand
ridge?'
! AYE, every fathom of the way, in a
rough, wild sea, too, to the steps of the
beacon"
! ga strong fellow he must have beenl"
'Strong! Confound him, I should
think sol Look at the knock on the head
he gave me when 1 took his dainty ring
from him." said Bill, exhibiting an ugly
and half healed cash.
1.-THE ring wasn't worth it, Bill, my
boy"
"Come, now, old woman, don't cry
sinking fish. The stone is valuable
stone.''
"a bit of green glass;
"a real emerald, if know aught about
it."
(Which you DON'T" said the Jewess
'but you should have waited till the gem
was asleep, and them
"Then-what?''
She passed her finger significantly across
her throat, a motion at which the ruffiaI
laughed and the other said:
''Sleepl Confound his bones, he Sleep
! sound enough now, dashed to an old kedg'
anchor. Do you see the round hole in thu
timber there?''
Yes
1.-THE ball we sent through his brazil
lodged there; but pass the bottle of sting'
over here and let us say no more about it
for sometimes 1 think he rises out of tn
water of nights with the anchor on hi
back and knocks at the door, and faith
shall quit this place when CAM
A lightning rod, which assembled from
the water to the roof of the lighthouse
was close by me.
1 grasped it. swung myself over an,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

came dow II nanQ over nanu with ease.
On beginning my descent I observed
that one of the beacon lamps had set the
joists on fire. To repair this neglect was
still in my power, but to reascend might
cost me liberty, perhaps life.
''Bahr' said 1. LET them swim If they
CAM and continued my descent.
Easily reaching the steps, 1 sprang into
the punt and pushed off vigorously from
the accursed spot
''Thank God, thank Godp' 1 exclaimed,
and shipping pair of SOULS rowed away,
I cared not in what direction SO that
placed the deep blue water between myself
and the beacon, the door of which at that
moment opened, and its two inmates ap-
peared, lighting down their fair visitor by
means of horn lantern.
The tipsy Jewess uttered an imprecation
on discovering that her boat was gone but
I was only eight or ten yards from the
beacon, and the broad glare of its triple
lights, each blazing within a huge, round
reflector, shone full upon me. uttered a
loud and exultant laugh. They saw me
in an instant, and all shouted at once a
volley of hoarse oaths and orders to "come
back, with threats of being shot if dis
obeyed. But I laughed louder still and
pulled more vigorously away.
While the baff1ed Jewess screamed the
two men disappeared and hurried up stairs
to procure a couple of government mus
kets which they possessed for the purpose
of having shot at me from the upper gal
lery, but the flames which 1 saw already
filling all the second story of the building
must have barred their way, for I soon
! saw them again at the door gesticulating
violently. But still 1 shouted exultantly
and pulled away.
A strong odor of burning wood was
soon waited over the water. Within the
entire edifice seemed filled with light and
flame. Suddenly there was a crash as the
red hot machinery, wheels, lamp, reflect
| ors and ironwork vanished and a pyramid
| of red and roaring fire shot upward into
the dark midnight sky. Every wave that
broke over the desolate Sandridge, as it
raised its crested head, seemed for the mo-
ment a wave of fire, for the whole sea be-
came, as it were, sheet of reflected flame.
| New York News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
Rigid Cemetery Government.

In one of the neighboring villages Of
the City of Mexico there is a cemetery
over the gate of which there is the fol-
lowing curious announcements: "By or
der of the judge of the civil registry
only the dead who live in this village
shall be inferred in this metropolis. -
Mexican Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

Potato Patch Farming Pays.
The average yield from potato patch
farming in Philadelphia this year was
$24O an acre. For each dollar expended
from a. 90 to % worth Of produce was
realized.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
THE COUNTY SEAT.

Those old ''chums," M. w. Cashier,
A. c. Shattuck, w. B. Brawley, w.
B. Gardner and G.. H. Graceson were
''swapping" stories at the Grand Gen.
trail hotel this morning
A Rainy Lake paper says that J. B.
Jacquemart has been elected chairman
of the town board of supervisors and
that William Thielman is theconstable.
ST. Cloud seems to have pull at Rainy
Lake.
A permanent organization of the As
ISOLATED Charities has been formed by
the election of Mrs. Anna L. Tileston
as president and S. S. Parr as secre-
tary and treasurer. Mrs. Tileston has
taken a prominent part in charitable
work. Fourteen churches and charit-
able as we'll as secret societies were
present at the meeting.
DR.. Ray of the Methodist church
suddenly resigned on Saturday last,
and no services were held on Sunday.
The cause of the hasty action is not
made public.
Mrs. Lucy A. Day, who has been
visiting Mrs. E. p. Barnum left on
Monday for River Falls, Wis, called
by the serious illness of her sister,
Mrs. Ripple of that place.
A force of about twenty laborers is
employed in tearing down the unused
coal sheds and the frame portion of
| the old round house in the west-end.
| These are in the "Y'' and it is UNDER
stood that the distractions are being
removed at this time in order that
when the company is ready to build a
handsome new depot for st. Cloud
there will be nothing to impede the
| plan.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTY
Sherburne County Doesn 'tWant
Him and Stearns Wont
Have Him.

The case of Frederick Pfeiffer, the
little tailor, to which reference was
made last week, was taken up before
the board of corrections ana charities,
to determine his legal residence, on
Friday last at St. Cloud. The Jour.
nal-Press of Friday evening says:
At the court house this afternoon be.
fore w. A. Gates, executive agent of
the state board of corrections and
charities, hearing is in progress on
the suit instituted by the county OF
Sherburne against the city of Sank
Center to care for Frederick Pfeiffer, a
poor person. Pfeiffer was some time
ago a resident of Sank Centre, where
he had and still has some realestate.
He was brought to St. Raphael's hos
pital in this city for treatment, but the
income from his Sank Centre property
was insufficient to pay for his care and
treatment at the hospital, and the sis
tiers at the hospital have taken two
judgments against his properly, one
for $3.50 and the other for $40. About
a year ago he was examined for his
sanity, adjudged insane and commit
ted to the Fergus Falls hospital. o.
tober last he was released as sane
and returned to the St. Cloud hospi-
tai. This institution being in Sher-
burne county, that county is respon-
sible for his care. .'...
The county in turn brought action
against the city of Sank Centre, alleg-
ing that Pfeiffer had no legal residence
in this county. This is the proceeding
being heard to-day. The testimony of
G. A. Rien, of Sank Centre who
brought him to the hospital, who has
had dealings with Pfeiffer, was taken.
1t isprobable that the case will find its
way into the court.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
City Election

The official call has been made for
the annual charter election to be held
on Tuesday, April 9Th. There will be
elected mayor to succeed w. D.
Townsend, a treasurer to succeed
Lucas Kells, two aldermen in the
First ward to succeed M. L. Webb and
Ransom Buck, and two in the Second
ward to succeed Charles H. Bennett
and George G. Ingram. :>
The polling place in the First ward
will be at the Office of W. S. Dean &
Co., and in the Second ward in the
assembly room of the City Hall. 1t
will be necessary to have all candi.
dates in nomination on or before Sat-
urday, March 26th, whether by caucus
or petition. 1t seems to be the general
opinion of the voters that it will not
be necessary to hold any caucuses this
spring-that all candidates 60 upon
the tickets by petition. Several names
have been suggested for the several
Offices, but the HERALD will await
further developments before mention
ing any of them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
A FATAL GUN ACCIDENT
The Boys Didn't Know it Was
Loaded and one is In
stantIy Killed.

Another has fallen victim to the
deadly sure didn't-know-it-was-loa loaded
gun. Two brothers, Carl and Ed,
sons of Nels Peterson Lystad of Little
Sauk-aged sixteen and ter years, re-
spectively-commenced cleaning their
shot guns on Thursday morning of
last week. The fOwling pieces had
not been used since last fall. and
were thought to be empty. Ed. the
younger, while handling his gun,
somehow snapped it., and the con-
tents of one barrel was discharged
fully in the face of his brother Carl,
blowing fear fulgap in his head, kill
ing him instantly. The terrible acct
dent was crushing blow to the family
the parents aud several brothers
and sisters, and the entire community
feels deep sympathy for them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
Passing Problems.

j. Adam Bede delivered lecture in
this city on Thursday evening last on
Passing Problems, to fair sized
and representative audience. His
presentation of the subject, or medley
of subjects, was decidedly original.
He was philosophic, educative and
witty, frequently rising tothe eloquent.
He is an optimist, an apostle of char
ity in its broadest sense, and has an
abiding faith in the ultimate solution
of all economic, political, moral
and social questions upon q basis
which will be to the best interest of
the greatest number. He refrained
from dealing with subjects purely pc
lltical-the nearest approach being
the assertion that coinage ratio of
Is to l had been forever put to sleep
by reason of cheap transportation
from the silver mines to the smelter,
by reason of which silver is produced
for one-third the price it cost thirty
years ago.
Mr.. Bede's address sparkled with
spontaneous humor: and he was fire.
quently interrupted by applause. The
entire address breathed a very high
type of devoted patriotism.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
From Baby in the High Chair

TO grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good
for the whole family. 1t is the long-desired
substitute for coffee. Never upset the
cor injured the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself. Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at 4 the
price. tits genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. tits made for health
and strength. Askyour grocer for Grain-O.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-17
A, N, MADSEN
GROCERIES

A. M. Madsen is offering a COM
plete stock of fancy and staple
groceries, at the lowest possible
prices. 1t is my aim to give full
values and the best of goods, and
my customers are all satisfied that
they are fairly and generously
dealt with