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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
urled lump above the blankets. be-

curled lump above the blankets, be-
came in due time visible to his fellow
ledger. Then the bear snored! There
was comfort in that sound. But soon
he rolled about and growled and groan-
ed discontentedly. The heart of the
watcher beat painfully loud. He dared
not rise. He had not nerve enough to
pass the sleeping animal and rush
down the steps. Terror paralyzed the
youth, and prudence whispered that
inactivity can be sometimes mastery.
The slow hours dragged on. All the
company had assembled down stairs
at breakfast, but bruin still slept, and
the timid cousin watched him with
eyes that burned and throbbed. At
last the host said: where's Ivan?
Where's the bear tooY And a mes
senger was dispatched to the tower.
there to find pallid guest and his un-
invited companion. The messenger
routed out the bear, who had been kept
as a pet when a cub and who was
really only half wild beast, and help
ed the nerve shattered youth to dress
and join the breakfast party.-London
News
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Table Mountain Ropeway.

The ropeway located at Table noun
tain, in South Africa, is an important
example Of line $3.50 feet long. 1t
consists of single fixed rope, on
which one carriage is drawn to and
fro with an endless hauling rope, the
driving gear having reversing motions
so that the direction of travel of the
carrier can be controlled. Commenc-
ing at sea level and following the
ground on posts spaced about 300 feet
apart, the cable takes span of 1,50O
feet, rising to a projecting rock some
1,4S0 feet above the starting point.
Resting on support at this point, the
cable again takes a span Of 1,4OO feet
to an upper terminal 200 feet above
the lower one. This ropeway has work
ed so satisfactorily that it is not only
used for the carriage of materials en-
ployed in the construction Of reser-
voir, but is at times used for passen-
gers.-Engineering Magazine. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17

WANTED-A good girl for genera
house work, apply to
Mrs. FL. E. WATSON, ELM-ST.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Calculating Machines.

Babbage's calculating machine, which
was adopted by England in 1921, was
capable of computing any table by the
aid of differences and of extracting the
roots Of equations and printing its own
results, but its complexity prevented it
from coming into general use, and
when giants from the English govern
ment were discontinued it was put
aside.
The machine used in the census bu-
reau at Washington is one Of the most
marvellous mechanical calculators ever
contrived. BY the use Of system Of
perforated cards it tabulates and re-
cords the returns with which the Of
fee has to deal with absolute GER
tainty and with a speed which could
not otherwise be reached save by the
employment Of a very large clerical
staff
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Her Ambition.

tellects Of the observation class in a
West Philadelphia school had devoted
Is minutes the other day to making
known the results of their thoughts
upon nature and surrounding objects
the teacher diverted their minds by
asking each Of the dozen youngsters
what they meant to be when they
grew up.
One precocious girl of Z, looking up
at the strong, but not overly comedy,
face Of the teacher. whispered timidly,
IF I'ze pretty when l gets big, am
going to be an actress, but if grows
ugly I'll be schoolteacher. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
A BEAR FOR a ROOMMATE.
Funny Story About q Russian Beast
Which Slept In q Bed.

Funny Story About q Russian Beast
Which Slept In q Bed.
b Livonia is part of our globe where
fondness for pets coexists with love
of sport. A Russian subject from that
province tells me of the strange con-
sideration evinced by one of her neigh
bors for the feelings Of bear. n The
animal had an odd fancy for sleeping
indoors and in bed. To humor him,
q room in a tower was always left
open for the animal. Some nights he
came and availed himself of the hos
pitality, but often he staid out in the
woods. If he arrived at his tower and
mounted the long flight of steps which
led from outside to his own door and
found that anything prevented his en-
trance, the bear made horrible noise,
growing and battering the woodwork.
In Livonia, during the brief northern
summer, the local magnates visit each
other without prior arrangement, and
1t not infrequently occurs that many
carriages converge at the same time on
one country house, with the result that
as many as 40 beds may be required.
A large influx of visitors arrived one
night at the house where the bear had
his room. The last conner was timid
youth, a cousin of the house. The host
met him. radiant:
What a pleasure. Ivan! You'll find
half the relations here. But, alas.
you'll not have a good room. Every
other corner is full. There's only the
tower left. AS you know, the bear
comes there. But never mind! He does
not put in an appearance every night"
The young man would fain have gone
was ten miles of, his horse tired. and
the hospitable relations very pressing
In their invitation to him to remain.
He was greatly afraid of the bear, but
still more afraid of offending host.
hostess and all the other cousins and
neighbors. He decided to stay, and at
last retired to rest in a large, square
room, with two beds in It. He inquir-
ed if he might not bar out the bear (the
door had but latch. but he was told
that no fastenings might be used; the
bear was too noisy If shut out. He
would not let soul in the place have
a wink of Sleep" Besides, she wasn't
coming very likely" And, further,
there wasn't any means of altogether
fastening the door," ''It was left on
the latch on purpose" The last words
Of a rather sleepy cousin to the new
conner were. Better take the bed in
the far corner, Iyanp'
The guest can hardly be said to have
slept there. The terror of bruin kept
him awake at first and then bruin him
self, for in the small hours stumbling
step and a sound of claws on the steps
and balustrade froze the blood in the
unhappy youths veins, The noise came
nearer. There was a fumbling at the
latch. With great growing and grum-
bling, bruin entered and put himself
to bed In the couch near the door.
There the beast grumbled, grunted
and seemed to sniff. That shifting
alarmed the other occupant of the room
most of all, for he thought 1t meant
that the bear scented him and might
resent his presence. The wretch dared
scarcely breathe. Dawn was breaking,
but that was only another danger. The
bear. might see him. >Rruin. a great.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
A Healthy Locality.

To all appearance Ardnamurchan, on
the west coast of Scotland, is great
place for longevity. Whether it is be-
cause Of the soft and salubrious eli
mate or the remoteness of the place
from the centers and the sins of popu-
lation or something indigenous to the
Ardnamurchan nature it would be rash
to say, but certain it is that an Ardna-
chance of becoming patriarch. With
30 years many-of the inha bitants
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Leave informant
Land for Sale.

Quarter section of good land, en-
closed with wire fence, about four
miles east of the f1ourishing city of
Sank Centre. About twenty acres
under cultivation, balaLce good pas
turage with a never failing water sup
ply. For further particulars apply to
real estate agent John Kerneghan, at
residence three and one-half miles east
of Sank Centre, on the Birchdale
road
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Ride a Crawford.

Jason Love was insured In the Con-
tinental Company, Fred Cooper agent
His buildings are insured for $780,, the
balance being on grain and machinery.
Highest price paid for rags, rub
bur, old metal and iron, at the SauK
Centre Fair.
Ap.tition in behalf of the candidacy
of Judge Scarf for reelection has been
npmerously signed i'll this city. 1t is
not probable that any convention viii
be held
Listen to the whistling Bowery dude
in concert May 81
| P. A. Johnson an artist in the truest
sense, will make you a dozen cabinet
photographs-and no better ones can
be made-for $500. This is your OPP
purtunity.
o: Marshall has a fine lot of full
blooded plymouth rock fowls, and has
fitted up a model hen house-a regular
poultry palace for his birds. He has
a large lot of chicks already out, and
more to follow.
FoUND-A roll of paper money.
Owner can recover by applying to Mat.
Hellman, and proving property.
The high school base ball club en-
tertalned the Alexandria club on
Saturday evening while they were
waiting for their train, to very pleas
ant dancing party at the city opera
house.
The 1900 Crawford is a beautiful
wheel, You'll want one when you see
them. How Bros. & Co. "a e.. :
| The several census enumerators have
received their outfits and instructions
for their work, which will begin next
month. A neat little badge will be
worn by the enumeration to give the
people notice of his inquisitive bust
ness. -
Get your harnesses repaired nov
and save time and money. J. G. Schani
will do it.
Mrs. James A. Norris received atele
gram to-day announcing the death O
her sister, Mrs. H. II. Hart of Chicago
of pneumonia. She was the wife o
Rev. HI. H. Hart, formerly Secretar!
of the Board of Correction and Chart
ties of this state.
: Get your shoes at the 10 pei
cent. cash discount on Shoes
at the Boston. ~ ;
Frs. Art and O'Conner, and al
uncle of the latter from Sioux City
Iowa, went out to Fairy Lake on Satur
> day last and captured a museallongt
weighing sixteen pounds. They al
had hand in landing it.
= A. w. Dimond. formerly of thi.
city, who learned his trade with tn,
, HERALD, has been promoted to tn,
foremanship of the Pioneer Pres
composition department.. He hal
!. twelve linotype machines under his di
rection.
For bicycle repairing go to J. G
: Lovaas. He is thoroughly equipped
for the work.
VIM. Murphy, postmaster at the new
pos.-ofice at Padua, in the town O
Raymond, will put in stock Of cigars
) confectionery and light literature il
connection with the Office. He pur
!, chased show case from W. o. P
! Hilsdale.
Art Squares at the Boston store.
Geo. wv. Trip has sold his farm t.
Joseph Jordon, and will remove t,
Roseau county. He offers larg'
amount of stock. farming machiner.
/ and household goods for sale at auc
r ton on Thursday next at his home il
West Union.
New carpets at the Boston store.
~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
have been cut off at verying ripe ages
between 100 and 112.-Scottish Ameri-
His Distinction.

Eyes, SIR" said Broncho Bob. when
I, was east I was a regular literary
lion. l got in with some people who,
are interested in dialect"
"But you can't write dialect"
mo, can't write it. But kin talk,
1 great."-Washingto Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17

G. M. Sprague and w. O. P. His
dale have commenced an action in the
district court against the city OF Sank
Centre to determine the title to the
eight-foot strip along Third-st, hext
to the buildings. The city claims it
as part and parcel of the street. and
the compliments hold that it was
never dedicated.to the public use as
highway. 1t is an interesting qnes-
tion-largely purely legal one-and
the courts alone can settle 1t.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Hoffman was the scene OF
quiet but very pretty wedding on Tues
day evening, the occasion being The
marriage of their daughter Anna to
Mr.. Charles Gray, Rey. S. Bachelor
performing the ceremony. Only the
immediate relatives were present.
The bride and groom hold high place
in the esteem of the community for
their many excellent qualities, and
| host of friends will unite in wishing
them success and happiness in life.
DIR. Little received telegram on
4, Tuesday announcing the death OF his
mother, Mrs. James Little. It is only
about a year ago that her husband
died. Mrs. Little was 70 years of age
and for some time had made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. VIM. Johnson
of Sterling, MINI. She leaves two
daughters, one resident of Sterling
and one at Mapleton, two sons in
Mapleton, a son in Madison and DR.,
| Little of this city.
The town board on "Wednesday let130
rods of crawling in theroad near Frank
Unger's, south of thecity, tobe covered
with eight inches of gravel, also the
opening and grading road from the
William Richards place, east OF the
city, northward three-fourths of a mile
to the Cedar Lake road.
There is an exhibition at the w oodbury
school building of over 800 pictures
veritable works of art-the property OF
the Beard art company of Minneapolis.
The public is INVITED to call and see
them. after four o'clock on Friday and
all day Saturday, this week only.
| Chas. Nelson, who has been doing
quite a job of mason work on the
Catholic church at West Union, is a.
home for a few days. He has Other
work there which will require weel
or more, after which he will go to Ken
mare.
Lost. Strayed or Stolen.
, A grey mare, nine years old. onl..
, special mark was long hoof, disap
peared from my pasture: about mil
and half north of the city, on Tues
day night, May 1, 1900. A liberia
reward will be paid for her return, o
any information of value.
FRED DEZIEL.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17

Parties wishing to take advantage
of the low rates on May %, 1900, tt
points in Western Canada, must for
ward me their names in time.
J. A. MCKAY. Can. Gov. Agt.
Alexandria MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
For Sale.

For Sale.
One of the most desirable dwelling
houses in the city, centrally located,
modern improvements. Apply at the
HERALD Office for information.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17

New carpets at the Boston store.
Ride a Crawford.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19

covers beginnings as well as ends. He
does not withdraw himself from whole
some activities because the opposing
forces are not representative Of his par
ticulsr ideas He chooses that which,
upon the whole, IS of best promise Ind
spends himself heartily to perfect 1t.
He knows that the millennium will not
come in his day. but he means to bring
IL one day nearer; and, that being true.
he can labor as happily and wholesome
~ and lie down as cheerfully when the
good grave calls to him as II he had
dedicated life to the unbelievable, and
angered OF rebuffed his fellows by the
austerity Of the Pharisee. He believes
in saints who throw themselves into the
press Of men-rnen with faults and fol-
lies and ignorances as the Lord
made then-passing word cheerily
about the city Beautiful which none
OF them may see instead Of those who
erect pillars of single virtues or re-
forms and stand vociferating in isola-
tion to throng that is as little touched
by their sincerity as by their egotisn-
so is the altrust the man who per-
ceives and worships in life something
dearer than himself, his own success or
honor, and in the deeps OF conscious
ness lives to that ideal. 1t Is the hope
and glory Of our time that the world is
full of him. We are apt to underrate
him because he is not noisy, rather
shame-faced. and never claims his own.
But he grows and multiplies and draws
the multitude to him by the kindly hui
manity of his aspect. by the warmth
and cheer of happy life that fol-
lows him. He Is no priest or
prophet, yet he hears the voice OF
the Lord In passing and neither
hides in the cleft rock nor covers his
face with his garment. For others, the
multitudinous. innumerahle others, who
are or are not yet. who live across seas
and continents and eternities, gladly
he lives and would gladly die" So to
himself as to those others. through all
joys and all sufferings, In plenitude and
in sacrifice. he makes life at once
trust and duty. a two-edged sword
and a benedction.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19

ton OF the timber supplies Of the is
lands. vessels can be built here for the
island trade. II knock-down steamers
are sent out, to be put up in the islands.
the same yards could also engage in
building other vessels suitable for the
island trade. utilizing cargoes OF Puget
sound lumber until such time as there
is an available domestic supply.
Seattle looks to ultimately controlling
a large share OF the trade of the new
possessions. Here is present existing
market, with an enormous existing I'M
supplied demand for one Of the greatest
products OF this section. II Sc
attic is to figure as commercial factor
in the Oriental trade. she should be in
slant to take advantage of such OPP
portunities as this.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
creerings and Bank Deposits.

The phenomenal gains. month by
month, of the bank clearances In Sc
attic. which have placed 1t solidly and
assuredly in the second place among
the Coast cities, continue with monoto-
nous regularity. without shadow Of
reverse for four years now, each sue
cessive bank statement 1as shown
a gain over that of the preceding
year; always large. sometimes remark
ably so. The bank clearances Of Sc
attic at this time are four times as
large as they were four years ago.
1t is a habit with some OF the former
rivals OF Seattle to sneer at the show
ing made by the Seattle bank clear
ances: to hint broadly that they are
padded; and as a last resort. to fall
back on the assertion that the wonder
full increase can all be accounted for by
he Klondike and Nome gold which
passes through the assay ONCE here.
1t is true that Klondike gold Is respon-
sible for some part of the increase in
bank clearances, and In fact for the
general and wonderful prosperity which
has come to our people. Klondike gold
has gone into every avenue OF
business and quickened 1t. II Seattle
did not control the trade Of Alaska It
certainly would not be doing the BUSH
ness indicated by the volume of its
clearings.
To the cavilers who repeat the stale
and often-exploded charge that the
bank clearances of Seattle are padded.
attention is invited to the growth Of the
Seattle bank deposits. Even the Port
land oregonian win hardly pretend that
Seattle's bank deposits are padded for
advertising purposes. Yet the bank de-
posits of Seattle have increased IN con-
siderably greater proportion than have
the bank clearances. These newspapers
which insist that bank clearances are
not good index to the volume of bus
mess can now advance the parallel
proposition, that bank deposits have no
relation to the condition Of the money
market or the volume OF wealth In any
community.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
TnE posr-iNTEa.rieE>oE aR1
WORK.

Oar soldiers wifi find the Illustrations
for the q, a. X. article on page e OF
this paper a work of art worthy e..
pcciai attention The half-tone rToup a
- reproduction ~ n large painting IN tire
q. A r. hah ~ the Chscaxo library
building, and contains thr portraits ~
ali the oumanders-ssl-chlef ~ the Grand
Array from lss& 20 the present day Thfs
splendid saaHFia ~ Newspaper Ginatra-
tion i a product Of ths osf-fnteiiiKrncer
art srparfnant. which lately has been
turning ogs work of tire very highes;
graae-so meFitoFsoWs IN fact. that an
expert workman n enc * seattie's en-
tuFs pages 81 the Sunday pukt-InteiiI-
Il needless 90 Observe. however hat
such Is net the case. The faust-lntein.
gencer. IN purseanre of weli-aeanad
plan 20 present features original sn cns-
eePtiou and attractive IN portrayal de-
ciines g. Initiate ~ 10 accept outside
productions. and 81 course Outlines and
executes rs art work IN Seattle The
growth and exceIlenees az the art depart
nssnt are demonstrated 10 every Issue Il
this newspaper and IN tire S4ndsF sai-
,ion the illustrations. notably Tor Car
penter's letenrs. the Colquhogn SERIES and
local articles. stamp the work as On
excelied Tedays q. A. r. page which
no doubt the aged veterans ~ the civil
war viii treasure as a souvenir % the
last encampmsnf q the century, IS only
one Of many examples Of ths Post-Intei-
iigsDcer's ability 10 present timely fea-
ss'-~@ mast Attsactively.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19

A correspondent Of the Iron Age.
writing from Manila, points out an OPP
portunity in the Philippines today which
the enterprise OF the people OF Western
Washington may develop to the utmost
extent. Since American control of the
islands. and particularly since order has
been completely restored In the ports,
the coastwise trade In the Philippines
has increased with great rapidly: so
much SO. In fact, that every American
ship which enters one of those ports is
besieged with applications for purchase
or charter at any terms which the
owner or master may demand Any yes
sci which is at all suitable for the navi-
cation of the Philippine waters can be
sold at far more than her value. i'm
mediateiy after her arrival Shipping
rates are excessive. owing TO the scare
ity of tonnage. and earnings of vessels
eorrespondingly high. All OF the stores
recently opened by Americans complain
Of the inability TO get goods. Wharfage
facilities are limited in the outside ports
and the greater portion OF the cargoes
landed have to be discharged by light
ers. There is also large demand, with
no source OF supply, for light draft
steamers to navigate the rivers.
The writer says; 1.-THE price offered
here for any forms OF shipping craft
are enough 20 make an American boat
builder wish that he were here with
few hundred vessels to put on the mar
ket have seen boats of old design
and about ready for the junk pile sold
for ten times their first cost .
Small river steamers are the kind most
adapted to service here. and with ma
tive crews and captained and engineer.
ed by Americans. considerable freight
and passenger business could be done"
These conditions arc not temporary.
with the Americanizing Of the Islands,
the coasting trade will expand CONSTANT
~ In even greater proportions. ana the
market for vessels win be big one for
years to come. The correspondents idea
IL that 70 meet this pressing demand
shipyards established IN the Islands
would prove an Immediately profitable
investment. and would build UP a splen-
did business. There Is abundance OF
timber a the anest quality. and there
Is also plenty Of labor 20 he had, a, low
prices.
IL would seem. however. that this de-
mand could be met Immediately from
Puget sound d, any person Is sntstprls.
inE enough 10 90 into the business
promptly, - taSe advantage Of the
present extraordinary demand ana ex-
traoriinary price. A dozen or more
stern wheel steamers could he built
here and shipped out 20 Manila. knock
ed iewn. and ready 70 be pat up on
arrival The experiment Is not a new
one. Fleets of such vessels for use on
the Yukon were sent north In that
manner. and the vessels pat up Al ST.
Michael are stan plying on the Yukon.
| II IS as easy 10 ship them to Manila as
70 81 Michael Probably the fresxh;
cost would be considerably less. The
market is apparently assured. and there
Is an opportunity afforded not only to
make an immediate profit but TO build
up a large business. Pending the es-
| adjustment of sawmEis and the utiliza-