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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
THE SENTRY DRANK.
But General Meade Did Not Happen
to See Him Do IT.

At little village on the Susquehan-
ma river I met an old soldier who re-
lated this incident of his experience
with General Meade in the civil war.
! have forgotten his name and the place
where it occurred. 1t was a raw night
in October, the wind was rather strong,
and Meade had fixed stove in his tent.
The soldier was the sentry for the gen.
eral. A puff of wind knocked down the
improvised stovepipe and soon the tent
filed with smoke The general came
out and asked the sentry to help him to
rearrange it. The soldier replied that
he was under orders and could not leave
his post.
Eyes, yes" said Meade, ''that is
true, but 1 would like to have that
stovepipe fixed. You are right. And
the general went at the job himself.
81 kept pacing my beat" said the
soldier, land enjoyed Meade's efforts
to get the pipe back in its plac. He
made sorry mess Of it. Finally he
turned to me and said: Sentry, you
will have to help me. l will be respon-
sible fer you, and if there is any trou-
bic about your leaving the beat will
explain to the officer
"In few minutes we had the pipe
in position. Meade disappeared into the
tent without word Of thanks, but he
soon came out with jug of applejack
and asked me to take a drink. Once
more I reminded him was on duty
Yes, yes, he answered, 4 know, but
you helped me to fix the stovepipe.'
''Ee turned on his heel and re-enter-
ed the tent, leaving the jug outside
After time be came out
did you drink he inquired. l
nodded.
81 knew you would, but ] did not
see it. "-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
SHE SANG FOR DEATH.
The Pathos and Tragedy of Emma
Abbott's Passing Away.

One night in the city of Denver,
located at the foot and in plain view of
the Rocky mountains, Emma Abbott
was billed to appear in Faust. In the
same city most attractive and beauti-
full 1S-year-old girl belonging to one of
the wealthiest families. lay in the last
stages of that fell enemy of the human
race-consuniption. Some weeks before
the arrival of the company she said to
those around her: "Oh, hope the sun
will shine and the weather will be warm
and genial, SO can hear Miss Abbott
sing once more. l think 1 could then
pass away peacefully and without one
single regret. But there came with the
queen of the lyric stage northern hur-
ricane-with the very air charged with
icicles, which penetrated the lungs.
Some one told Miss Abbott of the griev-
ors disappointment Of the dying girl
She went to the opera house and never
sang more sweetly, and as soon as it
was over and the audience dismissed
called her carriage and directed it to
drive to the home of the young lady.
The scene which followed was worthy
of the finest brush ever welded by the
grand old masters. There lay the dying
earth angel, with pallid lips, hectic
cheeks and lustrous eyes and the light
of immortal beauty shining upon her
face. Standing beside her, in one of her
richest robes (the one she had worn that
night, sparkling with pearls, rubies
and diamonds, stood the almost divine
mistress of earthly melody.
The first piece rendered was 1.-THE
Old Folks at Home, and then followed
81 Know My Redeemer Liveth. " The
finale Of this weird scene was Rock Of
Ages Cleft Fer Me, Let Ne Hide Myself
In Thee" And then Miss Abbott bent
over the frail form and kissed her an
eternal farewell. Soon after the spirit
passed into the wild winds which rang
through the wild mountains near by
set sail for that haven from which the
first homeward bound bark is vet to
be seen-the stainless soul waited to
the stainless heavens by the sweetest
music ever heard on earth-into the
melodies Of paradise birds,
Miss Abbott returned to her room at
the hotel and retired. Some time dur
ing the night she awoke with pain in
the left lung. 1t rapidly grew worse A
physician was summoned. Then anoth-
er, and another, who applied every
remedy they could command. All to no
purpose. 1t was typhoid pneumonia in
its worst form. The black camel was
kneeling at her door. Angels of the
heavenly choir had that night listened
to her voice in the sickroom and sent
for her to come home to them.
In three days that voice which had so
often raised the souls of men and wom-
en- to the noblest. the grandest heights
in holy ecstasy, was forever stilled in
death-gone forth into-the night.
So fades the summer cloud away,
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er
So gently shuts the eye of day,
So dies the wave along the shore.
H. G. Stevenson in Atlanta Consti-
tuition
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
Steeple Clock DiaIs.

Difficulty is experienced in accurate
~ reading the time of elevated clocks
on account Of the distance between the
minute hand and the figures. Seen from
below. the apparent reading may be a
minute or two wrong when the hand is
not at ~ or on account of this dis
tance. The perspective throws the hand
out Of position and gives it an apparent
upward POSITION. On the first quarter
this makes the reading slow, on the
last quarter fast. A proposed method Of
correcting this is to make the clock
face concave SO that the tip of the hand
will almost Craze the figures. Then the
time can be accurately read from below
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
4 DEADLY CANE.

An Innocent Looking Instrument
Which Would Destroy Life.
anarchists Of the physical force
school find it now and again irresistible
to Erag of the powerful things they
have used or are going to use says a
writer in The Ludgate eve will sup
pose that some aristocratic person has
been chosen as victim. The exact pat
tern of his fayorite walking stick would
be noted as occasion arose and a fac
smile Of it,prepared-tha is to say, so
far as mere outward appearances were
concerned
1.-The interior would really be an in
fernal machine. Inside the hollow of
the stick would be a metal flask con-
tanning liquid which could emerge
only from small orifce at the top Of
the flask. The flask would be imbedded
within substance which would ex-
plode the instant that the liquid re-
ferred to came into contact with it.
"When an opportunity occurred for
the stick to be substituted for its inno-
cent counterpart. the handle would be
unscrewed to slight extent, thus allow
ing space for the liquid to flow out.
which it would do when the stick was
held in a horizontal position. Most men
occasionally carry their sticks in this
way. So. when the victim took his sup
posed usual stick from the corner in
which it had been placed upright, he
might walk about with it for a long
period without encountering actual
harm, but once let him hold it horizon
tally or twirl it in the air there would
be-weil, you can imagine the result. "
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09

A woman who declares she cannot
afford to buy bound books invested in a
Russia leather book cover the other
day. 1t has pockets at the ends into
which to slip the covers of the books
one is reading It is very handsome.
and it cost SIS.
When she wraps all this gorgeousness
around a 10 cent copy of "Lorna
Doone'' or % cent edition of "Pen-
Dennis, - she is placid, happy and I'M
ashamed and doesn't think she was ex-
travagant. - New York Commercial
Advertiser
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
Birds That Play.

Some birds. like all children, like to
play. and Australia and New Guinea
produce the bower bird. which builds
regular playhouses. These houses are
not part of their nests. but are con-
structed usually in the shape of covered
archways of little boughs two or three
feet long. Is inches high and about as
wide. They use these houses simply for
their games. as if they were clubhouses
Generally these playhouses are decorat-
edswith bright colored shells and feath-
ers. just as children decorate their play
houses. iEi}tfi.i5 ~ fEllEf 2
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
Proof Positive.

His Honor-What's the charge, Off
Ger? Drunk? -i
Officer-No, sor-crazy. $3.50
His Honor-How do you know
Oficer-Well. sor. he is proprietor
of daily paper. and I heard him tell a
man that the paper probably had the
smallest circulation in the city, and So
His Honor-The padded cell-quickl
Harlem Life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
An Eye to Business.

The doctor hurried in and called the
druggist to one side.
"I've just been called to attend the
Cresus baby he said. land I've given
a prescription that calls for nothing but
paregoric. When they send it over here,
you must tell them it will take at least
an hour to put it up and the cost will
be So. so. That's the only way to make
them think I'm any good. the medi-
Iine's any good and you're any good,
and l want to keep their business. -
Chicago Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
Legal Repartee.

Gentlemen of the jury" said the
pompous lawyer. assuming his most i'm
posing mien. 81 once sat upon the
judges bench in Iowa.
'.Where was the judge?'' quickly
inquired the opposing attorney, and the
pompous gentleman found the thread
of his argument hopelessly entangled.
Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
A Weak Finish.

Little Frances-Papa, my teacher
told me to ask you to tell me something
about Victor Hugo. Tomorrow she
wants me to tell the class what was the
most important thing he ever did.
Papa (who pretends to know it ally
Victor Hugo founded the Hugonauts;
but. say. tell your teacher I'm paying
school taxes and dom t propose to have
to do her work Make her tell you
about it herself and see how che likes
it. Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
ANTICIPATED AN ATTACK.

Rebels Concentrating in Large Numbers
- Near MacArthur's Command.
- MANILA, Feb. 2S.-Rebels cOncen.
trated in such numbers near the Chi.
nese cemetery that General Macarthur
anticipated an attack and asked for re-
inforcements. Two companies of the
Twenty third regulars were sent to Ca
loocan and battalion of the Twentieth
to the cemetery at about midnight.
=. But the expected attack was not
made. the rebels, after making a great
noise with bugle calls and yells of give
Independence" and "'Much malo
Americans" and firing volleys disap.
peared in the woods.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
The Dispatch Discredited.

w AsHINGToN, Feb. 28.-The govern
ment officials here discredit the state.
ment in the Madrid dispatch that the
foreign warships are disembarking
troops at Manila. Spanish sources Of
information respecting the Philippine
islands, they say, are not to be relied
upon, as the press and people of Spain
do not hesitate to circulate statements
inimical to the interests of this country.
Arrangements have been made for tire
thorough fumigation of Minneapo. s
school buildings every two or three
months.
i Is Albert Garyin, former warden Of the
Minnesota penitentiary, has been. chosen
warden OF. the Connecticut state prison.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
"God Bless the Duke of Argyll"

"GOd Bless the Duke of Argyll"
.'You Americans. said the Scotch
man. 'suffer from an itch for notorie-
ty.
can itch for notoriety," responded
the American with spirit, lis better
than notoriety for
But at that point they clinched. -In-
dianapolis Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09

One direct result of the Suez canal
has been the introduction into the Med
iterranean of sharks which previously
were unknown there.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09

Some boys in an English school were
requested to write short letter to the
master One youngster added p. s..
which ran. please excuse bad riting
and spelling. as I avent been taut any
better
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
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STOCKTON, N. Y, June as, 1894

DR.. M. M. FENNER, Fredonia, N. Y.
Dear ,Ssr:-About years ago be.
came bilious, sallow, dyspeptic and my
system was generally run down. Loss
appetite and flesh. Could not eat O.
sleep well, and had palpitation of the
heart-in fact was SO wretched and IN
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 9
complete cure" saU3 l. suQs5 s9Gi
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-09
As AN ENCYCLOPEDIA.

this of all because PRACTICALLY USEFUL well the
LATEST and MOST SCHOLARLY contains over $1,000 EncyGlo
The whole human knowledge condensed for INSTANT
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22
chlropodist and Manicure.

ALI. ILLS OF THE FEET scientifically
and carefully treated withou. pain;
warts removed: also manicure. Miss A
V. Carherry. room rs. Burnside building.
Main ST. Evenings until 7.3o.
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ClalNoYan,s and Massage.

Julia A. Spaulding
magnets, business and test clairvoyant.
has removed 10 % Pearl St. where she
will be happy TO greet old and new
patrons; examinations and massage 81
each. Room Z. one flight
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for ssIe-Live Stock. Produce.

FRESH CREAM delivered every morn
ing from Sunny Hill farm. Boylston, at
milk Sc. quart. Address "A. G. Magoon,
Boylston Centre. Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

Have you thought of Yarmouth as a
good place to spend your vacation in? If
notSlet. us send you booklet The sum-
mer temperature at Yarmouth is con-
slant delight; other conditions for enjoy
ment are excellent; good fishing, boating
and bathing, good roads and charming
scenery; air that cures hay fever in a
day. Yarmouth has also the one thing
needed TO enable you to thoroughly enjoy
all these-one of the best hotels in Canada
THE GRAND" Address
Il. C. WILSON. Manager
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nHDOI0nU UnU0r For particulars, adj
Long Beach, Me. - H. OnnT ,

SILVER BEACH, NORTH FALMOUTH,
Mass; we have got six new cottages
for sale or to rent for the season at
four bed rooms, large sitting room,
fireplace kitchen and dining room,
pump in kitchen, good water. good
boating, fishing, plenty of shellfish, and
Bay; come and see us or write for full
particulars; we can sell you a nice lot
10 build on. 3. B. Nmtter. E p Milliams
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SKILLED MECHANICS SEEKING EMPL 0YNENT WILL FIND MANY GOO
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE spy "WANT" COLUMNS
To Let-FIats and houses.
Advertisers under this head can secure
ITO LET"

Cards, to hang in windows or elsewhere,
free of charge, by applying at THE
SPY office.
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Horses. Carriages, etc

HORSES WANTED 49, We want few
more acclimated heavy truck horses.
Walker Ice Co., % Exchange st.
FOR SALE-Light covered express wagon
i'm good order. al Cottage Farm wharf.
George A. Goodnow.
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NARRAGANSEIT PIER.

Good accommodations for summer
boarders; 81 to $12 per week; ocean
view. E. C. Champlin, box 1928, Maria
gansett Pier, R. l.
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TO RENT.

APARTMENT TO RENT-The new Esta-
brook, cor. Pleasant and High SITS,
seven rooms, steam heat and all modern
to bottom; also, offices on first floor
for doctor or dentist. Wood, No. TIA
State Mutual building.
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For SaIe-BicycIes.
Hairdressing, Etc.

igmaking a special
ty; facial massage, superiiuous hair re-
moved by electricity. Miss c. Kennard.
3S7 Main.
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For Sam or Repair Clothing.

81 90 SUIT cleaned and pressed; 500 sIlh
velvet collar on coat. Upham & Padula
tailors. 81 Main sL.opp. Elm. one flight
Open evenings
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AUCTIONS.
CITY STOCK YARDS.
O. A. KELLEY,
81 FOSterSt., Worcester, Mass.

At our regular auction. SATURDAY,
JUNE "a, we will sell the following /;
About 40 Head Horses, including some
Extra Draft Horses all acclimated and
used used to hard work; some Extra Family,
Gentlemen's Drivers and Business Horses.
We have also consigned to us three
FamiIy Teams-gentlemen that are leav-
ing the city and have no further use, for
them; one Dapple Gray Horse, weight
1850 pounds, family broke, been drove 6X,
Harness, Blankets Robes, Etc: one nice
Bay Horse, weight 1915 pounds, stands
1873 hands high, well broke, perfectly
safe for a lady to drive; one trap Whlch
cost $3.50, nearly good as new; one Coupe
Harness, Etc; one Family Bay Horse
extra roader, kind and gentle; one God
dard Carriage; one BrassTrimmed Har-
ness. These teams are all in good shape,
and must be sold. This is good OPP
portunity for any one wishing to BUY an
outfit for the summer We Will also have
the general routine of Secondhand
Horses Carriages and Harnesses.
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FOR SALE-A furnished summer cottage,
South Wellheet Mass, Cape Cod, stu
ated high land; house has chambers,
parlor, dining room and kitchen piaz-
zas, driven well water on premises; fine
and safe for bathing; good fishing and
excellent view. Also house lot adtoin-
ing for sale. Inquire of H. G. White,
admir-. 1856 Central St, Lowell, Mass.
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For SALE.

VERY DESIRABLE NEW HOUSE, r. w.
Emerson of Boston, architect, lower story
of stone, hardwood finish. electric light
ing, steam heating, all modern conven-
fences, large lot of land with room for
stable and good-sized garden, situated
on Park way, off Burncoat street, with
in 1850 feet of car line, only u minutes
ride from Lincoln sd and 16 from city
hall viii be sold on very favorable
terms. Apply to Elnora w. Curtis. Tel
ephone 1924.
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.SUPERFLUOUS HAIR, moles. warts, re-
moved: electricity; chiropody; reduced
rates. Miss f. H. Adams. 1884 Main.
room %.
FACIAL AND BUST MASSAGE - Hair
dressing, manicure, electric treatment.
Room S5, Knowles building. Miss Helen
Johnson.
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APARTMENTS
IN THE NEW BLOCKS.
RAWSON & GIBBS,

78S and 74i MAIN STREET, consisting of
suites from to 3 rooms: janitor 5erv-
Ice, electric lighting, steam heat aud ele'
vato"s. Apply to ianitor.
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COME TO HIGHLAND FARM if you
wish to spend a few quiet weeks in the
country; large, cool sleeping and dining
rooms; pleasant scenery, large grounds;
hammocks, settees; all kinds of berries,
vegetable garden, eggs, milk, cream,
butter; trout brook; good team, pleasant
drives; mail every day; one-half hour $
drive from station; near many places of
interest; IS per week. Highland Farm,
Freeport, Me-, box $50
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RIVERSIDE HOTEL,

Now open. Newly furnished and fitted
looking Narragansett Bay. Bathing, boat
ing fishing and everything that hat g 9nwa I9r
Special rates for families. Address
GEO. w. PATTON. Riverside r. l., or
Hotel Patton, AGA Westminster St, Provi-
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For SaIe---MusicaI instruments

FOR sALh-Upright piano. $3.50, or would
exchange for cows. Address IL, l0SS,
SPY.
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AURORA"

TO LET. Desirable unfurnishsd
rooms, single or in suit, with or with
out table board, at $50 Main street.;
building warmed by hot water; hot
water for toilet purposes furnished day
and night; passenger and freight ele-
vators. Best of references required.
C. F. STEVENS.
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Situauens Wanted = Male.

wANTED-By farm hands.
hotel help. married man on farm, wants
tenement: green men. Mrs. Jones. 4l0
Main ST., room II. Telephone 96l-4.
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SITUATIONS wANTED-Good men on
farms: also green men. Mrs. Mulvey.
Il Maple st.
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sAKONNET HOTEL. seaconnet Point,
r. IA delightful home for families and
guests. First-class in every respect.
The best point on the coast for fishing,
sailing and bathing. Two steamers dali
~ between Providence and Seaconnet
go miles,. For circulars and informa-
ton address j. f. Hartwell manager.
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Wanted-Furnished Cottage.

WANTED-By American family of two,
furnished cottage at seashore for July
and August; price not to exceed $50 for
the two months. Address G. c., Spy office
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-31

information you may desire concern ing Cameras, Kedacks, Developing, Printing, Tassling and Fixing, & etc. We also carry in stock at all times complete line of Photograph Sup plies, Cards, Printing Out Paper Paste. Developing Fluids, in fact every thing pertaining to Camera and Kodack work. Call and see us.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-31
Walker Drug Go.
 no Main St.
Cat Commits Suicide.

Grieved over the loss of her little ones, Tounette. beautiful black An gora cat, put an end to her life most strangely.
 Her litter of kittens were drowned, being very much in the way, and when Tounette returned her grief at their absence knew no bounds.
 Going to the top floor of the tene- ment house the cat acted in a peculiar manner.
 She looked down. pondered a while. then deliberately leaped over and was dashed to death on the pavement be- low.
 A cat always falls on it's feet, but Tounette's head struck first, for she de. hberately doubled up her feet and would not be saved
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-31

An esteemed contemporary thinks if Attorney General Davis is s'per- secuted" very much more he will be made governor of the State. Well, this is great big free country and if the people want Davis for govern or they can have him. But that fact would not change another fact, viz: That Davis is the biggest all around ass that ever held public of flee in Arkansas at Little Rock Helena World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-31
The Word ssAIe.,

What could be more English than the word ale? 1t carries us back to the banquets of our dead ancestors in Wal halla, and some of it's compounds open up vistas into that old England which is fast disappearing, becoming a tale that is told, obsolete itself. Such are ale-bush, a tavern sign; ale-conner. Gan officer appointed in every court feet, and sworn to look to the assize and goodness of bread, ale and beer" !" Ale-eost, the name of a kind of tansy used to flavor the rustie's home-brew- cd, has good old English look; yet it bears witness to the mongre1 nature of the speech of this mongrel nation cost being from tho Greek kostos, a sayory herb of species unidentified. Alegar is eager or sour ale, used a4 vinegar
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-31

It appears that some northern philanthropist is getting up colo ny of negroes-proposes to build a city in eastern Long Island, N. Y., for their especial benefit, same to be inhabited on.y by negroes. We'll, we await the outcome, and would not seriously object should such in- ducements be offered as to get all the colored people h the South to go North. .-Texarkanian