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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04

AA' IVA. AVA. hNNSE, IlCooAio, Az L.
Dear Sir:-Abeut years ago os,
came bilious, sallow, dyspeptic and ny
system was generally run down. Lost
appetite and flesh. Could not eat q
sleep well, and had palpitation of the
heart-in fact was SO wretched and un.
nerved that on several occasions my
friends thought I would not live III
morning.
Two bottles of your Blood and Lives
Remedy and Nerve Tonic produced Q
complete cure"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
GREAT LEGAL VICTORY.
held by the United states
Circuit Court.

The California Fig Syrup Co., OF San
Francisco, has just won a legal victory
which is of utmost public interest. as il
establishes judicially n fact long recog-
nized ethically that the name or the
title of an article is valuable property,
entitled to the same protection as chat
tells or commercial paper. The com
pany mentioned manufactures an ex-
cellent laxative which has been extern
sively advertised and acquired valu-
able reputation under the name syrup
of Figs or Fig syrup" Trading on
the reputation of this remedy other
manufacturing concerns applied the
same name to laxative medicines made
| by them. The California Fig Syrup
Co. took the matter i'm the United States
courts and obtained permanent IN
junction, of which the following is the
text:
ut Is thereupon ordered, adJudged and
| iecreed, that the injunction and restrain
/ ing order heretofore made herein be con-
hnued until final decree herein, and TO that
End that an injunction be issued as prayed
Tor in the bill OF complaint herein, strictly
commanding and enioining the defendants,
Clinton +. Worden n Company. corpora
hon, u A. Bright, T. III Bacon, E. Little.
| c. j. Schmelz and Lucius Little. and each
and all OF them, their and each and all OF
their agents employees workmen, serv-
ants. attorneys and counselors, from max
| ing. using or selling any liquid laxative
medicine. marked with the name Syrup
| Of Figs or Fig Syrup, or any colorado
Imitation OF the same: from making, using
Or selling any laxative medicine put up in
boxes, wrappers or cartons, having on the
same the name Syrup Of Figs or Fig
syrup or any coiorable imitation OF the
same; from making, using or selling any
liquid laxative medicine put up in boxes,
wrappers or cartons, so as to be like the
cartons, wrappers or boxes used by COM
plainant in connection with the liquid lax
ative medicine made by IT, or so as to be
a colorado imitation OF the cartons marked
Exhibit A, and filed in this case, being
carton, box or wrapper used by complain
ant for its liquid laxative medicine, marked
and named Syrup of Figs or Fig syrup;
from making. using or selling any box,
wrapper or carton as wrapper or case for
4 liquid laxative medicine, bearing upon II
the figure OF a branch of a fig tree with
leaves and fruit, ard surrounded by the
words in a circle San Francisco Syrup of
Figs Company, San Francisco. Cal, or any
similar words or figures. or any colorado
Imitation Of such symbol or mark or
from making use Of. in any way, in connec-
ton with a liquid laxative medicine the
name Syrup OF Figs Co.. or from using
any name whereof the words Fig Syrup
Co.. or Syrup of Figs Co. form a part as
a business name of a company, or con-
Germ, or corporation engaged in the busi-
ness OF making and selling laxative med
icine."
This decision is of far-reaching i'm
portance to all manufacturers whose
products bear recognized title, as well
as protection to the public whose con-
fidence naturally rests in large meas
ure upon the name of the goods ii buys.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
SHE GOT 1T.
But Yt Took the Bystand-rs q
See the Humor OF the
situation.

A lot of people were present at an auction
sale of japanese goods the other day.
How much am | bid for this exquisite
vnsey" asked the auctioneer, holding it
above his head.
"One dollar" responded an elderly lady,
sitting in one of the front seats.
That's a shame" cried the man with the
hammer. This vase, as work OF art, is
worth four times the sum. Why, look at il.
Will an intelligent audience allow such a
sacrihceg"
"A dollar and a quarter" came in the
same woman's voice.
well, well, well! Can't you see that thi,
is treasure, and you stand here and allow
1t to be given away for such paltry sum? !?
"A dollar and a half" Again il was the
same bidder speaking
"A dollar and a half The very ideav
calculated the auctioneer. II never saw the
like. Come, good people, what is the mean.
ing OF this? One of the mikado's special
designs sighted in such a manner! 1t is q
reelection on your taste
"A dollar seventy said the solitary
bidder.
IL cannot let it 20 for that" was the
mans reply. 1T is too costly, too precious,
and too rare in pattern. Wake up, or III
put it back in the box"
Two dollars" the woman said.
well, 1t doesn't seem as IL / can get any
more, so here goes. Two dolars-once
twice, three times! Sold to lady there al
that shameful figure"
The lady stepped up, paid for and received
her vase, and departed, apparently withou,
noticing the smiles of the audience. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
TO GIRLS ABOUT TO MARRY.

A man doesn't want to be asked his
reasons for everything he does. Nine
times out of ten he doesn't know what
they are himself.
Don't try to ape your rich neighbors,
and nag your husband for the money
he cannot afford to give you. Have the
courage and independence to accept
your life as you find it, and make the
most of it.
No one ever realizes her most bril-
liant expectations of happiness. You
will never be quite so happy as you ex-
pected to be, but you must not grieve
over that. Take the goods the gods pro-
vide, and be thankful.
. The average man expects good deal
of his wife. He wants her to stay at
home when he is out. He doesn't know
why; neither does she, but IT. is SO. lie
wants her to be there when he comes
home. 1t doesn't seem right If she is
not.
Don't go to standing on your dignity
with your husband, for II doesn't pay.
Your husband is a man. and men have
many and varied peculiarities which
are totally incomprehensible to women.
Do not try TO understand them, for you
cannot, and that is all there is about it..
If you are going to be married make
up your mind that you will be patient
through the first two or three years
while you are getting used to each
other. This is the crucial period in mar
ried life, and il it is passed in safety it is
generally fairly plain sailing after
ward.
Don't think your husband has ceased
to love you If he should go to the office
sometimes without any little sentiment
al scene in the hall, such as you always
had on occasions of parting in your
courtship days. A man cannot live up
to this sort of thing very long. 1t is too
much of strain on his memory.
If your husband earns a good living
do not go from home TO earn some
money for yourself. The man is the
natural provider for his family, and it
Is better that he should remain so. He
will respect himself more, and you will
respect him more. Keep the house,
make home pleasant, and do the best
you can with the means at your com.
mand.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
CHAPTER III.

Cultivation of the Padre Sebastian,
In quiet way, seemed an obvious pol
icy in the light of our recent determi-
nation; but we found it necessary to
he constantly on our guard against
his subtle questioning. He seemed un-
warrantably curious to ascertain my
business on the steamer, and, think
ing the bare truth might be the safest
thing / could give him under the cir
cumstances,' l frankly detailed the
severing of my connection with Ian
time & Co. and the overworked condi-
tion which had induced me to take
the voyage with my friend. These
facts he could easily verify, and, for
various reasons, | preferred not TO
be caught lying.
Among the other passengers were
N rich old wine merchant and his
daughter, from Seville, who were
making tour of the Spanish colonies
and intended returning to Manila on
the steamer. They were delightful
people, the Senorita Gracia especially
and, mastering my very best Spanish
j began to cultivate their acquaint'
ance. She was beautiful girl, and she
piled me with all sorts of questions
concerning my countrywomen, ouI
American customs, and the differences
tbetwee2 our respective countries
We sat over our dinner for quite
awhile, discussing various subjects;
then, excusing ourselves upon the plea
of being responsible for the nayiga
.tiop, Halstead and | climbed TO oul
quarters on the hurricane deck. We
were then passing Banton island, il
the open strait, and could dimly make
out its 1000 feet of rock in the star
light. The whole voyage from Manili
bay to the San Bernardino passage II
Gne grand panorama of precipitou'
volcano peaks and rocky islands GOV
cred along their bases with luXurian
aropica, foliage. which takes on al
indescribably rich coloring in the sun
light and fills the air with fragran
odors that lull the senses into an ori
entail semi-consciousnes which is sim
ply delightful. Even in the half dark
ness il seemed like a dream OF en-
chantment as the steamer slppe'
through the motionless water, SOFT
ly purring black smoke from her iuh
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
The VIIIager Knew Him.

When he was so he returned to his
native town, Just 10 see how the old
place looked" He found il unchanged
The old store where, as lad, he hac
clerked il, and sold calico and groceries
to the old farmers, was just the same
He contrasted the sleepy old place with
himself and felt a glow of satisfaction
when he thought how much those 81
years had done for him. They ought
10 be proud of me-" he said to himself
Presently he met one of the old inhabit
ants. ''Wall. / declare, is il reely you
Hank?" said the old man incredulous
ly. We've heerd you've been prosper
ing fust rate sense you went west
They've made you railroad president
or suthin' of the sort, amt they?
heerd so, but | couldn't believe il. III
reelly true, is il? Wall. all I've got Il
say is, they must he purity hard up fol
railroad presidents out there" III,
took the neN1 train for the west.-N
Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
A COSTLY ERROR.
The Merchant Thought the Assessors
Was a Representative Of
Brndstreets.

One of the lawyers says that a client OF
his is the hero OF this story, and that 1t
happened here within a year or two. A
man from the assessors office wen. into
the store of Hebrew merchant il. the
pursuit of his duties. The two had slight
acquaintance, so that the assistant asses.
sor did not think it necessary to expliin his
business. He was rather surprised when,
in answer to his questions, the storekeeper
proceeded to dilate on the value of his stock.
DE finest in any store of de size in de city.
1t issn't wort cent less than IS, COO"
Suppose ! put it down at that, then,
said the assessors man.
do it. DO it, said the proprietor. Eyer
Won't maig no mistake"
So the assessors man did it. There was
lamentation in the store when the tax bill
showed the proprietor that he was taxed
on 5000 personal, and he rushed over to
the assessors Office with all possible speed
"Vat iss disY Vat iss disg" he asked
them, excitedly. 81 have no personal but dc
stock in my store. I'm a liar if it's wort
$500, Come down and look it ofer."
They told him that the records showed
| that he had given the figure to the as
sistant assessor.
His hands went up over his head in hor
! ror. My goodness, my goodness" h,
shouted. "Vas dat your man? | thought
he vas from Bradstreet's. ."-Worcsster Ga
2ette.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
PIrH AND POINT.

A man with barrel Of money ought
TO get ahead.-L. =. 'ulletin.
Before you kick lool around YOU and
see il you can find anyone whose .ck-
ing has done any good.-Atchison
Globe.
Making Himself Popular.-Waggles
What a pretty baby!" Proud Mother
DO you think SOP" Waggles-"Yes,
and perfect image of his mother, tool"
-Somerville journal.
Browne-"Waiter. bring me a dozen
oysters on the half-shell." Waiter
Sorry, sab. but we's all out of she'll
fish. sab, 'ceptin aigs." - Rochester
Union and Advertiser.
Young man, don't you think you
have been holding my daughter on your
knee long enough?" "Nes. / guess |
nave; my knee is beginning to get
tired. Town Topics
Comment of Friend "Bobbler's
Wedding was the elimination of ro-
nance. He met his wife on train.''
He did? Why doesn't he sue the com
3any?"'-lndianapolis journal.
Professor. your monkey is climbing
over the globe; he'll spoil it," "oh, no;
ne just turns il till he comes to the
Soudan, and then gets up and sits on il;
hat soothes his homesickness."- File.
yepde Blaetter.
Her Theory makes young
Mr.. Bught wear his hair so long?" said
Maud. "Oh, il isn't his fault, poor boy u
'eplied Miss Cayenne. He has been
ionized so much he doesn't feel com.
Portable without name. Washing.
ton Star.
A Philosophic Widower. -- He must
have been a devoted husband who said
I've been married four times, and
every time my notions of women have
got so much higher that kinder look
forward to losin' a wife iist for the sat,
sfaction of gettin' another one. LYNN
| Item
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
A PAINT MANS STORY.
He Had n Line OF Lies That Was Good
Enough TO string Most
Anybody.

This drummer travels for paint house
and as 1t was up to him he told the fol.
lowing
II am organizing a new stock company,
and l am going to pass up the travelling
business and go to clipping coupons for a
living. | was in Mexico not long ago.
think II was the trip before last, when |
ran across the most remarkable thing in
the paint line that have ever seen. | was
riding through the most forlorn bit of
country that 1t has ever been my misfor.
tune to be cast into. | came to little
house. Ii was a very peculiar affair." and |
noticed that although it was adorned with
have been nailed on, Inside | found little
man working with a mortar and pestle.
asked him about the house and most par
tlcularly about the paint. He then told me
that he was an inventor; that ten years
before he had invented what he called as.
bestos paint--a paint that would rot burn.
lie built house and laid on thick coat
OF his newlyfound preparation. Shortly
afterward the interior of the house caught
hre and burned up entirely. leaving the
paint standing. After he had cleared away
the debris, he spread a big canvas where
the shingled roof had been and lived com.
fortably inside the four walls of paint for
three years. He then accumulated enough
money to build up the house inside the
paint again. He did so and nailed the paint
on to secure the interior of the house from
falling down. Il have lived in it as you
see It ever since he said. How would
you like 10 buy some slices of stock in my
inventionY
II Immediately bargained for New Hamp.
shire, Vermont, North Dakota and Michi
gan and am now organizing my company
Can / sell you some shares of stock OF
even some territory"
While the remainder of the company were
looking for their weapons, the paint man
made good his escape.-Detroit Free Press
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06

rel and Kissing gently as the spray
hppled alongside. 1t was so still that
echoes of voices foated from all narts
ot the ship; liquid, blackguard patois
from the crew, lounging about the
tocsle head; limpid Andalusian
laughter, with now and then snatch
o. song in a clear girlish voice. from
somewhere down on the main deck:
mufhed echoes from the stoke-bold
ventilators.
we had made ourselves comfortable
at the starboard end of the bridge, and
Diaz' the mate, was lounging over the
ran to port, humming a love ditty to
himself. Had we grounded on n rock
or run into another ship. he probably
would have pumped down on the graf
ings and pattered out prayers to the
saints; but outside Of emergencies he
seemed to be pretty fair officer.
DICK not only had good taste in the
way of cigars, but he knAy just where I o
get them, and the box we had opened
that afternoon were a little ahead of
anything l had ever smoked,-neither
too heavy nor too damp, but of exquis-
lite flavor and thoroughly seasoned.
Almost every one has experienced
the rest and momentary inact ction
which come between periods of ex-
cessive mental or physical effort, espe-
clally upon the eve OF some decisive
attempt that is likely to be a severe
tax upon the energies. 1t was some
thing of this feeling which gave addi-
tional relish to the tobacco as we sat
there in the starlight, thinking, plan
ming, speculating. Diaz understood
but little English, and, with the full
length of the bridge between us, there
was scarcely possibility of his com
pretending what we said; so now and
then we ventured remark which
showed the drift of our thoughts. At
first the possibilities and obstacles of
the undertaking filed our minds; but
after awhile the narcotic influence OF
the tobacco and our silent gliding
along through the tropic night set us
TO castle-building I've been often told
by men who are now beyond the possi-
bility of want of the relief and over
confidence which come with the first
small successes in fortune-building
They are rays of light which brighten
the years of weary effort and discour-
agement; and the eternal, irrepressl-
BILE hope that they bring with them
often stimulates a belief in continued
success which leads to many bad
cropper in the struggles yet to come /;
yet what would humanity ever accom-
plish without those same rays of hope
and sunshine?
Halstcad's tastes, like those of most
seafaring men, ran to snug country
places on shore, racing studs, and good
company, though all within sight and
sound of the ocean. Mine, on the con.
trary, like most men who sail the sea
for its witching pleasure and know
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06
BABIES FOR VOUCHERS.
Bring Them as Evidence That
They Have Earned Their Pay.

A thousand women presented a thou.
sand babies as vouchers for the pay.
ment of $4,000 at the New York found.
ling asylum one day lately.
1t is the queerest parade of maternity
the country. 1t is the strangest pay
lay in the city
The thousand infants are foundlings.
The thousand mothers partly support
either themselves or their families by
the proceeds from caring for them.
On the first Wednesday of every
month women with babies begin to APP
pear in the vicinity of Third avenue and
SiXty-eighth street. All their ways con-
serge at the entrance to the New York
founding asylum. From 1880 until
i've o'clock in the afternoon the stream
Of babies never ceases
Good weather, no baby, no pay," is
the rule, and the woman who can't
show baby or doctors certificate on
u sunny day must go away empty
handed.
On the first of May and November
zach foster-mothe8 receives a package
Of clothing. The society of women who
belong to the original set of the o. n.
Lenten sewing class visited the asylum
this year and watched the distribution
tDf the o. Ms gifts.
One big room was full of mothers sit
ting on kindergarten benches and wait.
ing for money or clothes.
Among these foster-mothers are
women of every nationality almost, and
some very charming young mothers
and widows.
Sometimes a young mother who
has lost her own baby comes here
broken-hearted. We always gladly fill
the aching arms, for she's sure TO make
A good nurse" said a sister. "She gives
II all her affection. The great trouble
| Is that she becomes so attached to il
that she suffers when ii comes time
to bring il back to the institution.
Sometimes women keep children three
years if they suit us. The Italians make
ine foster-mothers for babies"
The Italian women are early on the
pay day scene. One corner of the room
ooks like a Mulberry street tenement
block. Crying, eating, sleeping little
red-faced bundles of deserted humanity
fill every woman's lap or arms.
Germans, English, Irish and native
born, elderly women and young wives
there seems no kind of mother love un.
represented. The colored nurses are
just as proud of their duslly darlings as
any of the fairest women.
The children in many cases are in
well-to-do homes, where their presenc,
is more 20 the women than the money
and more is spent on the baby's ward
robe than is received for its care.
When the babies are inspected any
not satisfactory are sent into another
room to wait for medical attention
which they have free AT all times, along
with medicines. II child is too sicl
to be taken back TO the woman's house
1t is sent to the hospital of the asylum
Sometimes another baby is found fol
her TO take home. Many women are
making motherhood a business in thi;
'vay.-N. Y. World.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-06

nothing of topsl reefing or foc's'le
hellishness, were centered upon thou
sand-ton steam yachts, alterations
between delightful cruises and months
in perfectly equipped town house.
He would mutter, between the puffs
of smoke, Cad, old chap, fellow
could have one of the finest places in
Surrey and keep house parties going
ali the year round on the income of a
| million!" To which / would grunt an
appreciatiye assent, followed by, And
think Of the clipper yacht, triple-ex-
| pansion and celluloid bottom, that a
| man could keep in commission; yes,
and the town house, too. / could build
one in the middle of Mayfair, with cleo
trio lights, modern plumbing, marble
baths, and plenty of ground around 1t,
| for a hundred and fifty thousand" By
which you will see that the captain and
| were counting our chickens not only
| before they were hatched, but even
while the eggs lay at the bottom of the
western Pacific. This realization came
| TO us after awhile with crushing force,
along toward midnight, when the air
had become pretty damp and we had
smoked too many cigars. could feel
my heart sink down, down, like lump
Of lead But, before turning in, j
thought: "Well, the voyage will make
a new man of me, anyhow, and the ex-
citement of the attempt will be some
thing worth remembering, whether
we succeed or not,"-in which my
friend quite agreed with me.
Shortly after four o'clock l heard
HIM tumble out of his bunk, and, be
ing too restless to sleep, l soon fol.
lowed. 1t was not yet daylight, but
the gray shadows in the east were
tinged with a rosy reflection against
which were outlined the bold promon'
tories of Point Bugui, the northwester'
ly limit of Masbate island and Point
Sur, on Burias, the passage between be
ing about eight miles in width. As we
gradually altered our course around
Point Sur. heading northeast toward
Port Sorsogon, on Luzon, in order tC
clear San Miguel islet at the northerll
end of Ticao, great flames of red sho;
ND across the eastern horizon. Thj
prayness ONeTnedu lllltu, ike 10y
bank. There was fresh and exhilarat
ing dampness in the air. Then, as the
top rim of the sun appeared, broad
CLEAN spread across the heavens
tingeing every line Of the steamers
rigging and the sides of her funnel q
deep crimson. Down on the maiI
deck, the barefooted second mate, Mo
reno, was directing a stream from tho
hose over everything in sight, while
his men of the starboard watcf
scrubbed and holystoned the planking
Although there is plenty of watel
all. through the San Bernsrdino pas
sage, it has been but imperfectly sur
yeyed and is thick with submerged
rocks, navigation among which is ren
dered still more dangerous by rapi'
current setting in from the Pacific
and a feverish desire to be at wori
made us doubly anxious to reach opel
water without accident. Halstead ha'
been through the strait several time
and knew his bearings perfectly, bu