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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Forty three popes reigned during the
building of st. Peters cathedral, Rome.
The great pineries of the southern
states contain on an average about
5000 feet, board measure, Of standing
timber per acre.
A number of the firemen of Wash
ington have been mounted on bicycles,
with a view to their responding quickly
in the case of trivial fires.
After a recent tornado in Australia
thousands of water snakes were found
on the beach in one place, while in an
other the beach was entirely washed
away. leaving nothing but bare rocks.
A Kansas paper tells of bank CASH
Ter who sat on the neighborly side of a
sheet of postage stamps one warm day
recently and found it necessary to go
home and make change of clothing
before he could get his books to balance.
A woman without arms has been
married at Christ church, New Zea-
land The ring was placed upon the
fourth toe of her left foot. A similar
marriage to this was performed at st.
James church, Bury st. Edmunds, in
1882.
While Michael Angeles marble re-
lief of Leda, in the Bargello palace at
Florence, was being taken down for
some slight repairs it slipped and was
broken to pieces. 1t is hoped to be able
to stick the pieces together again so
that the joints will not show.
Thurso bay, in the north of Scotland,
is having trouble with whales. A large
school of bottle nose whales was recent
ly stranded in the shoals of the bay and
driven Oh the beach. There is no way
of hauling them off, so that Thurso peo-
pie must hold their noses for q good
part of the summer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Dr.. Fenner' Blood and Liver
Remedy Nerve Tonic.

A famous remedy by a famous physician
guaranteed to cure liver complaints and ner-
vousness. People run down by sickness
and overworked should try it. If some
thing else has failed you that is no argu-
ment against this great medicine. Stop to
reflect. This preparation is the prescription
OF one of Americas most eminent physiy
clans and the first bottle is guaranteed by
Scheldrup & Fiesler to give satisfaction or
money refunded.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

Bad management keeps more PEG.
pie in poor circumstances than any
other one cause. To be successful
one must look ahead and plan ahead
SO that when O. favorable opportunit
presents itself he is ready to take ad-
vantage of it. A little forethought
will also save much expense and val
liable time. A prudent and careful
man will keep a bottle of Chamber
lain's collie, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy in the house, the shfftless fell
low will wait until necessity compels
it and then ruin his best horse going
for doctor and have a big doctor
bill to pay, besides; one pays out 25
cents, the other is out hundred dol
lars and then wonders why his neigh
Dor is getting richer while he is get
ting poorer. For sale by Hanson &
Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Forest of Strange Trees.

The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by DR.. Welwitsch
and occupies tableland some six miles
ins width, between 800 and 400 feet
above the sea, near the west coast Of
Africa. The peculiarly of the trees Of
this forest is that, though their trunks
are as much as four feet in diameter,
they attain the height of only one foot.
No tree bears more than two leaves,
and these attain a length of six and q
breadth of two feet. The flowers make
gorgeous crimson clusters.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
PERSONALITIES.

Emile France of San Francisco has q
collection of $40 books on etiquette.
Coils P. Huntington is said to be
writing book of "reminiscences of IA
nous railroad men
Colonel Saunderson, the Irish M. P,
is proud of the fact that he rode the
first bicycle ever introduced into Ire
land
Alvey A. Adee, second assistant sec
rotary of state, has resumed his duties
at the department. after holiday of two
months in France. Switzerland and
Italy.
Governor Stanley Of Kansas is an
amateur photographer who has perfect
ed himself both in the use of the camera
and the developing and printing of pic
lures.
The Hon. Albert W. Paine of Ban
gor, Me-. has resigned the position of
librarian of the Penobscot county bar,
after holding it 80 years, and also that
of treasurer, in which he has served so
years
NJ Delormel, who wrote the "Bou-
LANCER March and many other popular
concert hall songs, being the most sue
cessful of any in that line in Paris, is
dead. Hiss songs brought him in SO, 900
year
George Brandes, the Danish critic,
says that Ibsen recently gave him an
odd reason for liking Russia 'Their
splendid system of oppression, - said the
dramatist. ''engenders such love OF
liberty
Governor Roosevelt is one of probably
a very few public men who have kept
up their knowledge of other languages
since leaving collage. He reads GER
tain amount of French, German, Greek
and Latin every week.
Miss Edith Jennings, who was intro
duced at the queens drawing room in
May, is creating a great sensation in
London by her exceptional beauty. She
was complimented by the queen. and
that set the ball rolling.
Abram S. Hewitt is probably sorry
man today. When the site on which
stands the old custom house in New
Was W lUI ScU, OOO,
he said he would not have it as a gift
and pay taxes on it. 1t has just been
sold for So, 285, 600 1t cost the govern
ment 81, 100000.
T. Fugita, the new japanese consul
to Chicago, who has just arrived in
that city, is highly educated and is
ranked as an able diplomat. Eight years
ago he was attached to the legations at
Washington and San Francisco, and
has been connected with the consular
service of the government for many
years. He is Al years old.
E. N. Dingley of Kalamazoo, Mich.
a son of the late Congressman Dingley,
is engaged on life of his father.
As..s --~ss AElssasr, ',i-rs sd, rs
practically agreed to write the prefacE,
while the members of the ways and
means committee associated with Mr.
Dingley in the preparation of the Ding
ley tariff bill will each probably con-
tribute chapter ..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Dfmnled China.

Have you noticed the increase in
dimpled chinsP Is question PROFOUND
ed by contributor to an exchange.
Well, he adds look for them for awhile,
count them and be amazed at the num-
Der. They are not natural Oh, dear,
Aoi But are they less attractive on that
account? They are secured without any
pain worth mentioning and placed
wherever the fair patients desire them.
I heard woman, whose charms have
been heightened by one Of these SCI
ductive little hollows, describe the proc
ess. She said that the operator fixed a
small glass tube over the spot she indi-
Gated and applied his lips to the other
end Of the tube, simply sucking out the
air, that was all, for cocaine had been
applied before the process was begun.
The piece Of skin sucked into the tube
was tied with piece-of silk again COW
cred with cocaine and the extreme
point cut away with very sharp scis-
sors. It left little wound. which was
properly dressed, and little silver cone
inverted over 1t to mark the center.
The result is the dimple. Please let me
say that I am not advocating this oper-
alton, only describing it as q subject Of
curiosity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
ReIiefin six Hours.

: -stressing Kidney and Bladder, oiseasec
relieved in six hours by the "New Great
South America Kidney Cure" tits great
surprise on account Or its exceeding prompt
ness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys
and back, in male on female. Relieves re.
tention OF water almost Immediately. If yor
want quick relief and cure this is the Rem
edy. SOLD by Scheldrup & Fiesler. s-.s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
me dLatest.v

The grandfather sat in his easy chair,
And the grandson laughed, "Ho, ho!''
While repeating the very latest joke,
But it filed his heart with woe ta
When the old man sadly smiled and said. g
my boy, that's good joke, know .s-
laughed myself when l heard it first,
Some fifty odd years ago."
Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
A Word to the Wise is SUI
fiUieut.,

Ely's Cream Balm has completely cared
me of catarrh when everything else failed
w. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Ely's Cream Balm works like charm; it
has cured me of the most obstinate case of
cold in the head: would not be without it..
-Fred'k Fries. 2S3 Hart-st., Brooklyn, N.
Y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

roll, cutting through the outer but not
the center of the roll Gig. 81. Bend
down the end pieces Gig. a, cut
through the middle (top), roll length
wise Gig. 81, open it out fat, when
you will have telescope ladder.
Colored paper has beautiful effect,
as may be imagined. -Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Priceless Pain

t"N price can be placed on pain, 'Motherss
Friend is worth its weight in gold as an alfevk
ator My wife suffered more in ten minutes with
either of her other two children than she did al
four bottles Of Mothers FRIEND Il is blessina
to any one expecting to become mother" says
q customer.
Thus writes Henderson Dale, Druggist,
Of Carrni, H., to the Bradfeld Regulate.
Company, of Atlanta, Ca, the proprie-
tors and manufacturers Of Mothers
Friend" This successful remedy Is not
one of the many internal medicines ad-
vertised to do unreasonable things, but q
scientifically prepared liniment especially
effective In adding strength and elasticity
to those parts of woman organism which
bear the severest strains of childbirth.
The liniment may be used at any and
all times during pregnancy up to the
very hour of confinement The earlier IL
Is begun, and the longer used, the moro
perfect will be the result, but It has been
used during the last month orav with
great benefit and success.
It not only shortens labor and lessens
the pain attending it, but greatly dimfn-
ishes the danger to life of both mcthes
and child, and leaves the mother in CON.
dition more favorable to speedy recovery.
Mothers Friend is sold by dsuCxisn
ct $I.oo, or sent by express % recl3pa q
price.
Valuable book for women. sDeahn
baby is Born" sent free On sopiieasinn.
M e1anssEa0 aeeus-AI0a co. alauA -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
what's CiviIs

A little boy with an interest in the
meaning Of unfamiliar words said to
his mother:
What is the meaning of 'civils' !"
Kind and polite. = answered the
mother
A puzzled look brooded for second
on the boys face. Then he said:
WAS it a kind and polite war that
was in this country once ?"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Accentuating Misery.

"Just think of it'll sighed the girl in
blue the morning after her arrival at
an inland resort. 'sThree hammocks
and not an eligible man on the prem
ises. '-Chicago Post
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

"Tnat dog Of mine is a poerlcaI cur
When he bowls at the moon, it sounds
as if he were making rhymes 7
"DoggereL I suppose. Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
The Mistake.

Black-They made grave mistake
when Flanagan was buried
White-What was that?
Black-The gravedigger dug his last
resting place in the wrong lot.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Tbe newest Champion.

xxpnat is that there medal, friendf''
asKeu the sociable barkeep.
81 win that" answered the man
who was leaning against the bar, ''for
beatin everybody out by listenin to a
piano for 3S hours. indianapolis
Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
His Remark.

Miss Sharp Cholhe made such an in
teresting remark last night
Miss Short-What did he say2
Miss Shapiro told me he would be
compelled to leave at 90 clock. -Cleve-
land Leader
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
His Position.

"Me ould man an yer ould man
fought soide be soide, Larry Y
''Maybe they did, Dinny, but Oil
bet me ould man wuz on top Chi
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

A ice trial size or the soc size of Ely's
Cream Balm will be mailed Kept by drug
gists, Ely Brothers, So Warren street
NY
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Nh. J. ]. cuxD.

Mrs. ]. J. Curd. my wife. was afiicts&
four years with the rheumatism. She
tried many fine physicians without help.
She used DR.. Sawyer's Family Cure,
which cured her. and to-day she is entire
II well. I cannot recommend Family
Cure too highly for all diseases of TIA
stomach. liver and kidneys.
42c~'e 1i.sl. Rock. All.
a written guarantee - ere or money
eefunded with every .rDottis. Price.
u 90, Soc. and CSC.
A. written guarantee 20 cure OF money
refunded with everyb of DIR. Sawyers9
PaStilIes, which chr cnll diseases pscu-
lar % women. Price. 800 per boz.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

knew Something Was the Matter.
"Your Office boy tells me that he
walks in his Sleep
"Indeed!" replied the old merchant.
'sThat probably explains why he l.
sists upon sitting round all the time he
is awake."-Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
FOR A DOLLS HOUSE.

How TO Make a Ladder Out of Sheet
of Note Paper.
Take piece Of writing paper about
three inches wide and nine inches long.
fold one end three or four times as
tightly and fatty as possible (see Fig.
u; then roll the remainder loosely
Gig. q and make two cuts across the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
Like Unto 1t.

"I hear that Bill Plumbers has
changed his name"
Eyes. Since he began to get so big
and heavy the folks call him Plumber
Bilf"-Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

SALESMAN WANTED.-We want a
couple OF reliable men in this county
TO sell our Minnesota grown fruits
farm seeds. Write for terms if want
ing steady work, and good pay.
TKH 1EwEIL NURSERY Co.
III Lake City. MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
A Brave Woman.

Women are trumps," said man
the other day. ga woman who doesn t
know fear is mighty fine specimen, .
he added. ''We talk a heap about pro-
tecting them when in danger, but my
experience is they are just as cool, as
fine as we are when real anger comes
I mean the right kind of women.
"AH this is apropos Of what?' asked
another man. Who's been doing some
thing brave and fne2''
4 "Why, was thinking of the answer
Mime. Tornielli made to the PRESIDENT
Of France when he was attacked at the
races recently.
/ "You don't know the storyq Well,
have just heard it, and it is good one :"
'"The president, you know, was sit
ting right where the crowd could beat
him to death. Nothing but little bal
ustrade divided him On one side of
him sat Nine. Loubet and Nine. Tor
nielli. When the first French royalist
heavens, what travesty on the
name!-struck him and the rabble of
men who called themselves the first
gentlemen of France surged over the
balustrade striking and crying, and the
great roar Of anger went up from the
decent people, and it looked as if those
three people-the president and the
two ladies-would be crushed and beat
en- to death, the two women sat calm.
interested
When the guards drew the first men
off, President Loubet, turning quickly
to Nine Tornielli, said. "Win you
leave9'
Certainly not, NJ lie President, y she
said Sam not in q place Of honor 2"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
A Bostonian and His Horse.

Grimes-Rather slow going animal
that of yours.
Stilson-The horse is all right, don't
you forget it. He is all the time ex-
pecting l will say whoa, and so he
whoas. See?-Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24

Quick as the quickest, the Burlington
Minneapolis and ST. Paul Chicago and St.
Louis Limited. An Electric Lighted, steam
heated, wide vestibuled train, fresh from the,
builders hands. Built at cost ofover $780,
600. Most beautiful, luxurious, comfortable
.szpsF service on a1yS
railfoadin tliescountry. s+E
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-24
PALACE ON WHEELS.

The Buriington's new Minneapolis and
St. raul Chicagoand St. Louis Train con-
sists OF
A buffet library car
A combination sleeping car
Kstandard sleeping car
A compartment sleeping car
A dining car
A reclining chair car
A day coach (high back seats)
The most costly, beautiful, luxurious cars
on earth. Steam heated; ELECTRIC lighted;
Wide Vestibuled. No extra fares.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10

seated remain the same When man has
been individualized by measurements Of this
kind he easily be mechanically iden-
titled. In fact, NJ. Bertillon has proved that
what call science is simply common sense
carried to its utmost technical limits and re-
duced to its most practical application.
While the theories of Lombroso and other
opponents of degeneracy have by no means
been proved to be always correct the careful
studies Of the male and female might well BIO
considered by such board of examiners as
that which would be established in California,
and IL habitual offenders and incorrigibes
We're found to be distinguished by cranial,
facial or other characteristics great step
would have been taken in the discovery OF
the proper treatment of criminals. Until
such theories had been proved, however. they
could not be depended upon, but would have
to be used more in the nature of circum-
stantial evidence.
Another question that would follow the
adoption OF such a novel Innovation in Cali
tornia would be the proper method of dis
sphere Of crime. The increasing tendency
of popular opinion is certainly against the
present methods of capital punishment. This
Is seen in the adoption OF electricity as a
substitute for the galows but it is an open
question II the change has been for the better.
Mlshaps In the electrical chair Rave been,
comparatively speaking, as frequent as
accidents in cases where the rope has been
used and in such instances the horror of
the scene is more terribly emphasized For
ihls reason many of those who believe in the
"pPtS"'lou VI tue utatn penalty are strong
opponents of the ethal chamber. cell to
which death would come quickly and without
1t is the general opinion that the best means
| OF accomplishing this purpose would be by
IN, me use OF either chloroform or ether, but
Ut w g. Johnson. one of the most ener-
heuc OF the defenders of this method of pun
lshment favors the adoption of hydroeyanic
gas, In Japan the government is already
considering the adoption of similar metlNd
u VI. ihneting the death penalty but it really
m lmntT little whether one drug or another
shouid be adopted. In either cas,-the result
would be the same. The death dealing fumes
coa a DO conducted to the cell through pipes
and the condemned would pass away as pain
,essiy as Il he was simply falling asleep. In
rbsse modern times when the principle of
n ,ns aeath penalty is absolute justice and
n ns, revenge the more humane the method OF
MI, IN th's punishment the less brutalizing
VIII pc lis effect upon the community.
mat some such method would have TO he
a anS IN california there can be no doubt.
aSu az who arc interested in the treatment
pres ssih,e ana criminals will watch the pro-
leorris ,h,au 'n,s s Western crusade against in
Nef's'p'es WIN the greatest interest,
W. g. Nelson. Criminologist.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
CALIFORNIA; Death Cell
for Habitual Criminals.
Remarkable Proposal Put Out Of Existence, in Paneless
Way Those Who Can Not Keep from Crime


ments both for and against this drastic
method of dealing with habitual Offenders
and it Is not my object at this time to ex-
plain what certain California law makers
propose TO do and how they might success
July accomplish their object.
Tho direct cause OF this crusade against
the habitual criminal is prisoner named
Opponheimer who is confined in San Quen-
An prison He is. without doubt, one OF the
worst rriminals with whom the state has
ever had to deal He is absolutely vicious.
He Is utterly without moral sense, Three
times he has attempted 10 murder his keep
ers and they must be constantly ON their
guard TO protect their lives. Neither kind
ness nor prison discipline havo any effect upon
him 10 turn him loose upon the community
would simply be TO give him another oppor-
tnnity to commit crime. Confined In the
Same prison there are several men whose
records Tor total dnpravity are almost as
black and Tho fact that the time is approach
inr when these human tends must be released
is Inc cause of dread TO every law-abiding
citizen of the state
,,,..,i,... a. ~ Ma, tho, hos hesr .up-
n, y ~ INV ~, is,-is,at,r 80 i,s naet
soa'su, M u ei9te, VIC a,',,,,, rs
sess,u" WI, ~ ,h nxptnrnninat,on ~ ali
.nn IN s' ~ 20 s,,oN a law shnuld mass
n commissions would he appointed TO which
cases of thls nature would be referred. This
commission would consist Of alIenists cr,mi-
noiogists and others whosc experiences had
! frted them for such delicate duty and their
/ decision would be fnai IN reaching this de-