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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-06

Special sale in trimmed hats and
walking hats at the Campbell & Will
son Millinery Parlors commencing
May and will continue until Friday
May 15. DIV I'd
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-06
rha palles Land once.

The following Is the showing for the
month of April at the United States
land Office ar this Dlace:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
AN EFFECTIVE SERMON.
A Trumpet Blast That Drove the PEG.
pie to Repentance.

A prominent Methodist churchman
recently told the following story Of old
Peter Cartwright, the famous preacher
and circuit rider Of many years ago:
The eXhorter was holding camp
meeting in Ohio. There was a great
number Of campers on the field, and
the eccentric speaker addressed vast
concOurses at every service, but he
thought too few were being converted.
He felt that something should be done
to stir the sinners to repentance, so
he prepared strong sermon on the
second coming Of Christ. He told how
the world would go on in it's sin and
wickedness, and at last Gabriel would
sound his trumpet and time would
come to an end. He described the
horrors Of the lost and the joys Of
those who were saved. The sermon
grew in intensity, and he brought his
people up to grand climax when sud-
denly the sound of trumpet smote
the ears of the anxious throng.
There was great sensation, and
many fell upon their knees in terror
and began to repent and pray. Women
screamed and strong men groaned;
pandemonium was let loose for a few
minutes. After the terror had some
what ceased the preacher called to
man up tree and he descended with
a long tin horn in his hand. The
speaker then turned in fierce wrath
and upbraided the people. He cried
out in stentorian tones that If man
with a tin horn up a tree could
brighten them so, how would it be in
the last great end when Gabriers
trumpet sounded the knell of the
world. The sermon had a great effect
upon the vast audience, and many
hundreds focked to the front and were
converted.-New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
The BetrOthal Ring.

q The early history of the wedding
ring is not easy to trace, as it was apt
to be confused with the betrothal ring.
This was once the more important of
the two, for in the days Of our forefa-
theirs the betrothal was the great cere-
mony and marriage only the ratifica-
ton of the contract. Then a spouse
was betrothed person. and to espouse
was to be betrothed. The ceremony
of espousal or betrothal was celebrat-
ed with all possible solemnity as the
contract Of a future eternal bond Of
love-" No doubt the reason for thus
an engagement was that
in times Of violence and lawlessness
the church thought it needful to pro-
tect the woman and therefore made
the betrothal SO sacred that violation
of the contract was punished with ex-
A betrothal service
was used, which still forms part of the
French and Italian ritual, and, indeed,
the first part Of the Anglican mar
riage rite down to the woman's 81
will' is simply the old betrothal serv-
ice
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
A STICK WITH A STORY.
The odd once Which 1t Performed
In q Gambling Den.

The odd once Which 1t Performed
In a Gambling Den.
There's an odd little story connect
ed with this old cane," said a New
Orleans sporting man the other day.
you will observe how heavy it is and
how the ferrule comes down to a sharp
point. 1t used to be carried by an old
chap who was we'll known character
here back in the seventies. He had an
interest in very crooked gambling
house. 4 won't hurt anybody's feel
ings by mentioning the exact location,
but it was a saying that you might as
well slide your money under the door
and walk off. 1t saved time.
This old fellow I'm speaking Of
never operated any of the games, but
was apparently a mere spectator. His
business was to dispose of what were
known technically as knockers A
knocker was anybody who attempted
to put victim on his guard, usually q
well meaning but officious friend. For
example, a visitor would be playing at
one of the games and his friend, look
ing on, would smell rat. AS rule
he would feel it his duty to say some
thing, and such suggestions were nat.
urally resented by the house.
when the old man would see a
knocker about to knock he would
hobble up, leaning heavily on his cane,
and plant the ferrule, as if by acct
dent, squarely on the offenders foot.
Such prod would cause the victim
excruciating agony, and he would i'm
mediately lose all interest in exposing
fraud. While he was writing and
groaning the old fellow would over
whelm him with apologies and insist
upon his coming into the back room
to get a drink. Meantime the other
chap would be losing his money as fast
as he could get it out.
"There's no telling how much
plumber this stick has been the means
Of securing. Its original owner has
been dead these many years, and I
keep it as curiosity."-Ne Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
SlBERIA'S BIG GOLD CROP.
Large Quantities of 1t Struggled Out
of the Country.

Large Quantities of 1t Smuggled Out
of the Country.
In spite of the most stringent Rus
sian laws on the subject-the taking
away of gold without government con-
sent-there is an enormous business
done all over Siberia in gold, both dust
and, especially, nuggets stolen from
the workings. 1t is criminal offense
to be found in possession of gold; but
as so large a proportion Of the popula-
ton of Siberia consists of those sent
there for punishment, and the only
further punishment they have to fear
is deportation to some yet more distant
region Of the same barren and jOyless
land, the deterrent is by no means so
formidable as a mere peruSal of the
awful menaces Of the statutes at first
sight seems to convey. Moreover, the
successful dealer in stolen gold rarely
fails to escape the penalties Of his Of
Tense, even when caught redhanded.
The Russian official, even in Russia
proper. is seldom altogether unreason-
able; and in Siberia, where the preg-
nant saying of the dishonest "chinov-
mix" Its long way to Peter''-that
is, st. Petersburg-is especially signifi-
cant. the official is good natured" in
the extreme. and a substitute can al
ways be bought to accept unpleasant
responsibilities.
A great part Of the gold is conveyed
over the Chinese frontier-that is,
acrcss the river Amur, which is the
sole defense of the frontier against
smuggling from both sides-and finds
ready sale at ruinous sacrifices in ex-
ch;s!.se for a certain fiery Chinese
Yo,...a. The valuable properties of this
Spi.i. much esteemed by Russian and
native alike, are that it gives the GUS
toner the beatitude of intoxicatiOn one
da! and on the next he can attain the
same exalted state by the cheap expe-
Gielt Of drinking water.-Chambers
Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
FROM THE SHADOW.

Under the roses and under the dew,
Dead-but the dreaming. dear heart, Of you'll
For the day you knelt near the death yelled place
Lett your tears fall over my face.
And the rose that you left where my dreams must
be
Thrilled the thought Of you down to me!
And said, from my couch in the white walled
dust,
she is true to her love, she is true to her trust
"And her tenderest tears will fall for me
Till we meet in Gods eternity"
IL
Under the rose and under the dew,
Dead-but dream no more of you!
The stormy winds Ger my dwelling rave;
Dead are the roses that blessed my grave.
For you never kneel by my couch to say
The loving words that you said that day.
Crumbles my name on the marbles crust,
My dreams are dead, and my heart is dust!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Remarkable Tumors.

Some remarkable records Of tumors
are given in The Lancet. The largest
known is a uterine tumor that weighed
1875 pounds. described by a doctor OF
Bucharest. Hunter removed one
weighing 40 pounds from a woman
whose weight without the tumor was
95 pounds. The largest solid tumor Of
this class weighed 1O6 pounds. The
record for ovarian tumors is held by
q Chinese patient, who had one weigh
ing 169 pounds; without it she weighed
n pounds. There is New York one
Of 149 pounds and German one of
146. For mammary tumors case is
on record where the growth in one
breast weighed Ga pounds and in the
other 40 pounds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Three Bites by a Shark.

J. Morris and Loren Hill relate pc
culiar experience with tarpon and an
immense shark near Punta Gorda.
While they were playing large tarpon
a shark came up and bit half moon
weighing about ten pounds out Of the
tarpon's belly. This killed the tarpon,
but before it could be gated and pull
ed in the shark took out another half
moon a size larger. AS they were
hauling the tarpon aboard the shark
bit off the tail. equaling one-third the
length and about one-fourth the weight
Of the fish. The part that was left over
weighed 164 pounds. They beat the
shark over the head with the oars.
The fish would have been a record
breaker and would have weighed about
220 pounds. The scales were preserv-
ed and measured 31a by AZ inches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Didn.t Know Hi. Boss.

John I. Blair in his earlier days own
ed a western railroad along the route
Of which he established series Of
lunchrooms, at which employees of the
road were to be charged SO cents and
all passengers Is cents. Mr.. Blair once
dined at one of these places and, con-
Guiding his meal. laid down half dol
lar.
"Hold onv' cried the cashier. "You
don't belong to this road!'
II know that" replied Mr.. Blair.
.The road belongs to me-"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Hindoo Confectionery,

Like the American girls. Hindoo
girls are passionately fond Of sweet
things. One Of their candies. sadu. is
very much likesour plain sugar candy.
1t is made of sugar and milk and fla
vored with altar Of roses. Buddhika-
bal, or hair Of Buddha. Is one Of their
most popular sweetmeats. It is so
called because 1t Is in fine. long strings
like, vermicelli. This is made Of sugar
and cream from buffalo's milk, which
is exceedingly rich. The women pass
most Of their time eating candy and
observation-disclosures News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Northern Pacific

Ar. 1905 a. m Going East lie. 1920 a. m
Ar. II-25 a. m Going West lie. IL o5 p. m
Trains going east connect with main line
trains at Little Falls.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Gotham,. MiIlionaire..

At the present time there are be-
tween 500 and 1000 men in New York
who are worth S1,0OO.OOO or more. In
1915, when New York had population
Of 10000. there were only 10 men who
were assessed at 100000 or more, and
the highest assessment was only $780,
OOO.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14
Her Own Fermentation.

DR.. Young-My dear. your throat de-
mands better protection from the
drafts Of the opera house.
Mrs. Young darling; ought to
have a three rope pearl necklace for
such OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14

Among the Vosges peasants children
born at the new moon are supposed to
have better hung tongues than others
and those born at the last quarter to
have keener reasoning powers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14

The cost Of keeping up the drinking
fountains and cattle troughs in London
Is $500 per annum. A single trough in
a busy thoroughfare costs $3.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14

1t is nonsense to say wealth doesn't
bring true happiness when fortune
teller can be hired for 81 to predict any
girls marriage .-Detroit Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14

The willow is one of the most adapt
able of plants. A willow switch stuck
in the wet will almost invariably take
root.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09
OF CUBtNS

The Idaho Statesman thus sums
up the Cuban problem:
Some Cubans are determined not to
pc NIT the problem of government OF
The island to be settled unless it is
settled in a way that will give them
such control hat they will be able to
Cypress those opposed to them. Since
Gomez determined to abandon his
des perate purpose of opposing the
Tn ted States except under conditions
that would enable him to become die
tator, a number of others have come
forward with the claim that he has
no authority to disband the army.
These Cubans will find one thing
to lie true-that the Cuban army as
now constituted is to be disbanded If
any portion Of it remains under arms,
the United States will take the mat
ter in hand in a different spirit. We
will! give them money with which to
90 home and start anew, n we Will
t1e,t them fairly and justly, but we
will not permit them to remain IN
der arms for the purpose CT creating
disturbances at the dlCtation of dis.
grultled leaders, They will disarm
peaceably, or they will be drsarmed
by he troops that wear the uniform
of the Union,
1t is no wonder that the Spanish
people on the island are organizing
to secure annexation, In the face OF
such a manifest disposition on the
par of SO many Cubans to rule OF
ruin, Americans will all soon learn
thai the only possible solution of the
problem is to annex the island. Such
n step would at once dispose of the
whole SUBJECT and insur good gov
~errrlent there.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09
A Good Suggestion.

The folling letter has been received by
the APPEAL from a lady and mother in
this city, and there Is more truth than
poetry IN it. The matter should receive
serious attention..
ED APPEAL:-A As our Legislature is now
in session { desire through your columns
to call their attention to what to me
seems a needed reform,
For instance, the curfcw rings at eight
o. clock for boys of tender years to be off
the streets. that is good as far as it goes.
but whose duty is it to see that it is en-
forced, another thing. from my obSer-
walton it seems eq ually necessary to have
a similar law for the girls, possibly by
courtesy that was left in the hands of the
mothers, but with due respect to the
mothers of our town they do not enforce
the law in their households,
That being the unfortunate state of
affairs would it not be well 10 rave a
~reformatory institution, true we realize
the depleted condition of ourState Treas
ury, but we think if this is put fairly
! before Il representatives to be consider
ed they will see the necessity for it.
One of the most essential things consld-
cred is education, | admit all the impor-
lance Of that. hut while one third of the
rising generation are protiting by that
the remaining W thirds are going tC
destruction, there is no medium. it is
either state prison or freedom until the
age is reached that renders reform i'm.
possible.
Which is the most essential. the educa
ton of one third of our Young people, o
a heroic attempt to make all of the mex
generation worthy men and woman, i
the prospect of making a few that ma,
fill Nevada with pride of more conse
quence han lowering the number o
Nevada born in the next report of tn
Governor on state prison statistics.
In my humble opinion no. The gen
eral success ofmany is of more impol
lance than the phenomenal advancement
of a few.
By calling attention to this Won Wi
confer a favor upon one of the oldes
residents OF CarSOn. one who has give
this subject careful observation and VIII
- has ever had the welfare of this state {
heart.
4 MOTHER
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

E en- those persons who opposed
intel ~vention in Cuba are now COM
PEELED by the result of a war that
vas not of our W seeking, to ON
cede the need of a well drilled, sea
sone,l and thoroughly e~quippet mill
tary .orce, adequate for the energen-
cy. This need is enphasI Il by the
requirement of territorial expansion
whlc1 must be subject for some time
at Least to military government
Chic go Times-Herald,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

ALGFR
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

tie London Chronicle a week OF
two ago expressed the hope that the
Fi1ioinos would stoutly resist Ameri-
can sovereignty. The Chronicle is
not averse to American occupation Of
the Stands, but thinks it would be
better for all concerned that the Am
e%ric"ns should give the Filipinos an
exhibition of their power at the
OUTSET. Apparently the Filipinos
have decided to afford us the oppor-
tuni'y,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

Nov that the Eagan case is practi-
cally disposed of, the country would
like to have the ''embalmed beef
charles, out of which it grew, thor
oughly investigated. Whether Am
erica1 soldiers were or were not pois-
oned by, the vile stuff furnished by
the armys contractors, is the main
question, and the American people
want full information on the subject.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

\ MOTH Err.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

J. y. Taylor arrived from Burns, Ore
gon, t lis morning. Mr.. Taylor left Win
menu Ca last Christmas as a deputy
sheriff from Humboldt to arrest the train
robbers. When Sheriff McDeid LET
Burns with his prisoners Taylor was
sick AID unable to return with the party
SLY r State:
\. {. Cleveland made his appearance
on tho street yesterday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09
Blockade Broken

Denver, Feb. The great snow block
ade on the Denver d Rio Grande railroad
in the Canyon of the Grand river has
been broken. The company is now ac-
cepting freight and passenger business
for Grand Junction and the west.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09
TIE WAR
Americans to Make a Hot Cam
Caion.

Especial to the AfPEAL1
Washington, Feb. S.-Important news
concerning Lloilo, has been received here
today from General Otis. The Wal De
partment has every reason to believe that
Otis has sent re-infOrcements to General
Miller with instructions to demand the
surrender of Lloilo, and # the demand j.
refused to take the place by force.
Washington, Feb. S.-InstructiOns of the
mostimportant character were sent today
to General Otis. The assertion is made
that the President has ordered General
Otis to conduct an aggressive campaign
against the Insurgents. 1t is now be-
lieved in Administration circles that the
backbone of the uprising is broken.
Washington, Feb. S-A cablegram was
confirms the report of the engagement
of yesterday. He says that the Insur-
gent army is discouraged. AguinaldO
applied for cessation of hOstilities which
was promptly refused The city of Ma
Mia is quiet and business has been re-
sumed and the natives are cheerful and
respectful. They IRE beginning to recog-
niZe the fighting qualities of the Ameri-
cans. Six more Americans are num-
berci among the dead and lorty-seven
more wounded.
Among the dead in the Insurgent lines
were found a number Of women in mems
attire.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09
Otis Thanked

Washington, Feb. |Secretary Alger
to-day sent the following cablegram to
General Otis at Manila:
Accept my best congratulations upon
your magnificent victory of Sunday, all
the more creditable because o were not
the aggressOr.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09

An item appeared i'll the APPEAL of
yesterday to the effect that the schools
of this city would close for a week on ac-
count of sickness. The item should
have been credited to the Wells Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-18

er who does not receive the schsdus ssiasy shan
be advanced year BY year until the schedule cal.
but nothing Ssren shall sonict With n:
provisions OF Chapter az Laws Of 1893 WV
principal for supervising schools having thirty .e ~
more classes. or by any teacher on account Q:
sears Shall ps
mining the salary TO which the principal or
teacher is eligible.
81 per day for service actually rendered; substi.
tute teachers who have had at least one years
for service ae "a " rendered w ' per 'ay
:, In the case Of teachers who haye had experience
In schools other than public schools OF the Dor
oughs Of Manhattan and The Bronx credit may be
Ssowed as an equivalent 70 , certain number q
boroughs. Said credit shall entie teachers to sal
ARIES Il %h N %u :ssS na 0.e.
srThe salaries Of assistant supervisors Of music
ap e and 81
training ss modern co9snS and
I t@o Of service. ana
the sr rate sssv Ss % per thereafter provided
specia,, s teachers Of sewn5 shall be paid A. n.
5000 per annum thereafter. provided their s saa
vices are meritorious.
The OF tS % m sna be from
principals Of the schools and the supervisors Of the
sppervisor Of music or Of Special teacher sSs
be increased except with the approval Of the Bor-
Ough Board or Super1ntendents.
No special teacher employed by the hour shall
receive than & per hour for the time actually
employed In instruction: and hereafter no special
teacher, other than those now employed by the
hour. shall be so employed. except on the recon-.
mendation of superintendent showing where the
necessity OF such employment exists.
We therefore offer for adoption the following
resolutions:
Resolved That Subdivisions 10 to Is OF Section Il
OF the bylaws be- and the same hereby are re-
pealed. TO take effect on and after June l. 1909
Resolved. That the foregoing salary schedules
be- and the same hereby are. adopted as the
schedules Of salaries for principals assistant super
ysors and teachers-regular and specal-in the ele-
mentary schools OF the boroughs OF Manhattan and
The Bronx TO take effect on and after June J. 1899
and the same be incorporated in the bylaws Of this
Board.
Resolved. That all increases in salaries under
these schedules after the LIST day Of June 1899 shall
become payable on the first day Of the month next
succeeding the month in which the term OF servtcs
as indicated In these schedules has been completed
Resolved That all resolutions OF this Board Civ
ing principals extra compensation for supervising
schools having thirty or more classes be- and ths
same are hereby rescInded. to take effect June 1
1899 subject to the financial ability OF the Board"
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS AND n.
NANCE.