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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-04
A TEXAN mC1pxMr.



Records Of t1is Stats.
About two years after the Texan revo-
luton General Houston had his first
difficulty with the people. Under the
constitution the capital had been fixed
at Austin, but power was given to the
president to order the temporary re-
moval of the archives in case of danger.
The Comanches were committing raw
ages within sight of Austin, and Gen.
eral Houston ordered the state records
to be forwarded to him at Washington
(Texas). This caused much excitement
In Austin, and four hundred men placed
themselves about the State house to
prevent the removal. Colonel Morton,
d leading spirit of the revolution, was
at their head, and wrote to General
Houston, who we'll knew his character
as fighting man, that. if the archives
were removed, he (Morton) would hunt
him down like wolf. General Hous-
ton replied in note of characteristic
brevity: eff the people of Austin do
not send them, shall come and
get them; and if Colonel Morton can
kill me, he is welcome to my ear-cap. +"
The guard was at once doubled, patrol
men were placed on the roads. and a
select committee went into permanent
session in the city hall. During sit
ting of that body one who was unan-
hounced suddenly stood in their midst,
having gained entrance by means of a
tall live oak which grew against the
window; his garb and arms were those
Of hunter, and, being spoken to by
Colonel Morton, he placed his fingers
on his lips and remained silent. Col
onel Morton flew into o rage and seized
him, when the stranger drew his bowie
knife at the same instant that Morton's
friend held him back. Another men,
Der of the body spoke to the stranger,
saying the meeting was private one,
and that he presumed the gentleman
had mistaken the house. At this he
walked to the table and wrote one line,
II am deaf" Judge Webb then wrote.
"Tell us your business" when a
letter was handed him, addressed
to the citizens of Austin, which
the Judge read aloua, as
follows: "Fellow-citizens: Though
in error. and deceived by the arts of
traitors, will give you three days more
to decide whether or not you will for
ward to me the archieves. At the end
of that time you will please let me
know your decision. Sam Houston"
The deaf man waited few moments
for reply, and was about to leave,
when Col. Morton handed him note
saying: "You were brave enough to in
suit me; are you brave enough to give
me satisfaction ?" The mute wrote,
I am at your service, and, after fixing
terms, he left by the window. Morton
was told he would be killed, as he was
to fight Deaf Smith, who never missed
his man but he could not he shaken in
his resolve. The weapons used were
rifles, the distance was a hundred PAGES,
and the time sunset A vast crowd saw
the duel. Both men fired at the same
instant; Morton sprang into the air
and fell dead, ball in his heart. Deaf
Smith quietly reloaded his rife and
walked into the forest. Three days
afterward he came with General Hous-
ton and ten others to Austin, and the
archives were removed without further
opposition.
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Things in General.

The late New York Legislature en-
acted law Furnishing railroad baggage
smashes with fine of $50 for each
trunk destroyed, in addition to the liza
bility of the railroad company for the
value of the property.
At the office of the American bank
note company in New York there is
used stamp with clock attachment,
SO arranged as to stamp on any paper
or package dial indicating the exact
time Of day when the impression was
made. This precise record of the time
of amy given transaction, made in con-
nection with other memoranda; which
are recorded by the stamp at the same
time, is found great aid in accuracy
and clearness in the company's accounts.
The arms company in Hartford are
just finishing the last six of the forty
one Gatling guns for the United States,
army, which, with the recent order for
the navy, will make fifty-one guns in
all thus far ordered.
According to Lord Shaftesbury, one
of the social necessities of the time in
England is said to be the emigration of
half million of surplus women. The
recent report of the Women's Emigra-
ton Society declares that in three years
the society has sent to the colonies $50
women. "Three hundred and fifty !"
exclaims the Pail Mall Gazette, 'is it
not trying to empty the Atlantic with a
teaspoon?"
The known dangers of arctic ex-
ploration have no power to daunt those
with the genuine explorers spirit.
When Sir John franklin was prepar-
ing for his last expedition, objections
had been offered to his going because
he had reached the age of 60 years.
His friend, Sir Edward Parry, replied:
He is the ablest man I know, and if
you do not send him he will certainly
die of despair" Said Franklin him
self when asked to repose on his laurels !:
"My Lord, am but So" It is relat-
ed that che appeared as jealous of q
few months of his age, when it was q
question OF exposure to great danger,
or of executing work of difficulty or
suffering, as woman would of being
thought older than the parish register
showed"
The mayor of Boston lately sent two
packages of exactly the same size and
weight, one to Paris, France. and the
other to Worcester, Mass. The former
went 5000 miles and the postage was 20
cents and the latter went 40 miles and the
postage was % cents.
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Importance of Raising Cattle as
Well as Wheat.

James J. Hill, Esq. President of the ST. Paul
and Manitoba Railroad, running through the
| famous Dalrymple wheat farm, gave reporter
little lecture on domestic economy worth re-
peating:
But how much better" he said, s'if all these
vast farms were cut up into smaller ones
of l60 or so acres each better for the farmers,
better for the railroads. Where there is sc
much land all in grain, the farmers opera
tons are crowded into five months OF
the year The other seven he lies
idle. If his wheat fails, his year is lost
By and by even this fertile soil will be worn
out without rotation of crops. If he raised
fewer acres of wheat and cultivated it better
he would make more money. Crowdng all
his operations into the brief summer months,
his teams are worn out and his expenses for
labor greatly increased. 1t is not carelessness,
but too great haste, that lets those weeds out
there grow: but wheat growing need not inter
fere with the raising of stock or other crops.
The true economy is for all to SO hand in hand
But they tell you this is not stock raising
country. There is no better in the world.
Hogs, sheep and cattle all do well. 1t is true
they must be housed in the winter, but SO
they must in any place. As for feed. hay
enough Is burned off every year which, If fed
would realize more money than the wheat
brings Enormous crops of turnips potatoes
and other roots can be raised, and, as you see,
corn can be cultivated to some extent. Conn.,
pare the relative profit if grain and stock rails
Ing. Always in new country they raise wheat
as long as they can, because it is the easiest
and quickest turned into money. Once Ten
nessee was a wheat state. Now they are buy
ing Minneapolis bran. How do English farm
ers manage to pay Is to 25 shillings rent per
acre for land each year?
MORE THAN THIS,
land here is made more valuable by stock rails
ing. Why they buy our cattle and buy oil cake
to feed them and still make money, because
they turn it into high class beef and mutton.
Do you know the Windsor hotel New York,
pays 40 cents pound for its beef? The only
real economy for the farmers is to raise stock
with his field crops, and the best stock obtain
able. Then all waste is worked up and fail
ure or drop in the price of wheat is not ruin.
The true policy of the railroad is to promote
population. Some 16 per cent of even our re-
ceipts are from hauling wheat-about half the
passenger receipts. So firmly am l convinced
that this is the true policy for both railroad
and people, that have spent $780, coo in pla-
cling one or two thoroughbred bulls i'll most of
the counties through which our lines pass, and
l think it the best investment ever made"
President Hill expressed his emphatic be-
lief that the farmers of Minnesota and Dakota
need education on this point
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The New York Times thus describes
turtle fight on Staten Island the day
before: The two monsters were sold to
saloon keepers n Port Richmond and
Clifton. A boast as to the size of one OF
them resulted in the two being pit
ted against each other for q purse of
5000. It was after II o'clock yesterday
morning when the final preparations
for the combat were completed. A pit
was made in the center of the large
room. 1t was eight feet across, two
feet high, and octagondl in shape. One
of the turtles was 26 inches asross
its back, and weighed nearly 1913
pounds. The other was 80 inches
and weighed los pounds. Both had
been fed on raw meat for two weeks,
with plenty of pepper to make them
ugly. The Northfield turtle was han
died by brawny blacksmith, and the
Southfield representative by q boss
stevedore both of whom were heavy
and strong men. The handlers were
each provided with strong hickory
stick that was cut from branching
sapling, and was Y shaped with tail
about five feet long.
When a Judge and referee had been
selected the handlers began, first prod
ding the turtles with the sticks. As
soon as the turtles we're struck under
the she'll behind they would raise up
on their legs and dart their heads out,
trying to snap at the person torment
ing them. Then the handlers quickly
slipped the forked ends of the pole
between the head and shell of the tur-
ties and across their necks. That pre-
vented their heads from being drawn in.
The big turtles were then pushed close
together and their heads bumped
against one another. This was done
quite violently several times, when the
nose of the Mortified one was showed
into the tender flesh of the neck of
Southield's champion. The latter
quickly raised his claw and buried one
of the talons in the eye of the other.
This was sufficient, and the turtles were
soon in fierce combat. They stood up
ON their feet and moved about almost
as quick as fighting cocks. They would
watch for an opening and then strike
as quick as any game bird could do.
Sometimes they would get side by side,
biting and tearing one another's un-
protected parts as fiercely and rapidly
as they could, the object seeming to be
to use up the other and reach vital
part. Neither of them at any
time showed any dasire to stop, and DID
not need any further urging on. AS
quick as one made snap the other
would dart around at surprisingly
quick pace and try to break the others
hold. If that succeeded the watching
and lodging for an opening would be-
gin again.
At the end of the first hour the South
field turtle had lost its tail, it's right
leg, and had big ragged wound in it's
neck. The Mortified turtle could not
use its right front leg, which was ap-
parently broken, and was at adisadvan
tage from the loss of one eye. After
two hours and fifteen minutes struggle,
the Southfield turtle managed to get on
the blind side of his opponent and
seized it with its sharp beak by the
throat. It held on vigorously and in
few minutes its opponent was dead.
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Cooling the Flames ofLove.

One of the young bloods of Portland, Me- has
been counting girl for some time past but he
was not liked by her father, who al last told
him to come no more Since that time his visits
have been secret. The other night he went to
see her, and placing ladder against the back
of the house, succeeded in getting high enough
to reach the window of his girls room, and
there he stood for some time on the ladder
talking with her. In the meanwhile the old
gentleman observed the proceedings, and going
softly to the cellar, turned on the sebago and
getting the hose in position sent stream of
water directly upward, fairly lifting the poor
fellow from the ladder. Then the young man
tried to go down the ladder, but the old man
continued to send stream of water up his
back. When within four rounds of the ground,
the fellow slipped, fell and lay on his back in
the mud and water. Then the old chap turned
the full force of the sebago on his head and
shoulders, almost strangling the unlucky lover.
At last he gained his feet, gave one yell and
darted off Afterward he said 81 didn't mind
the wetting SO much, but that internal old fool
ruined $45 suit for me and my old man won't
give me any more money for month"
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MADAM, may kiss these beautiful
children?" inquired the candidate, as
he leaned over the front gate.
Certainly, sir; there is no possible
objection.
"They are lovely darlings," said he
after he had finished the eleventh,
have seldom seen more beautiful babes,
Are they all yours, marm?"
The lady blushed deeply.
"Of course they are." he continued
''the sweet little treasuses! From
whom else, marin, could they have in
herited these limpid eyes, these rosy
cheeks, these profuse curls, these come
~ figures and these musical voices?"
The lady continued blushing.
"By the way, marin" said he, "may
I bother you to tell your estimable hus-
band that candidate for-called up
on him this EVENING""
"Aias! good SIR" quoth the lady, 81
have no husband!"
"But these children, madam-you
surely are not widow?"
s1 feared you were mistaken, sir,
when you first came up. These are not
my children. This is an orphan asy-
lum."
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| be Charley, and to disguise him had thrown acids
into his face, badly disfguring him, dyed his
| hair and SCARED his poor little body. My
| brother James went on at once, and saw that
was not our lost lsmb; but the publicity given
| the case by the papers reached Mr.. Lachmuller,
| and on bare supposition of its being his son,
he came on, and found, indeed, that it wac
his child
strangely enough, though the villainous
trea tment he had been subjected to had made
the boy forget even his namo and the place
where he came from, he recognized his father
with scream of joy. There has also been an
other class Of cases in which, though the prop
er parents could not be found, the children
have been taken away from the Mretches who
had them in charge and heen properly taken
care of by the authorities"
"How do you account for this large num-
Der of stray childrens"
"A great many of them can never be account
ed for Some have left asylums Or homes
many are lllegitimate, and quite number be-
long to families in which domestic unhappiness
has prompted either the father or, mother To
take them away and keep them in concealment
There are also instances where the children
have been purposely put on trains and desert
ell, or where they have run away from guard
lans glad to get rid of them Children are
not unfrequently found among Italian OF gypsy
bands who cannot be accounted for.
YES" continued Mr. Ross, in reply to ques-
tion, dozens of children have looked me in
the face and said their name was Charley Ross.
In fact that name has become the synonym Of
a lost child and it is frequently given in poor
houses and asylu1iis Hardly week passes
without letter or a clew of some sort being
sent to me now. and Of course, the claimants
are frequent Why, fortnight ago little
tramp calling himself Charley Ross looked me
right in the eye and said he remembered my
singing him to sleep with Moody and Sankey
hymns. never sang a tune in my life"
do you believe your son is living now?"
Il do not know what to believe any more
than you do; but until 1 know he is dead his
mother and l shall watch for his coming"
concluded Mr.. Ross, with emotion.
Six other lovely children played about the
Ross homestead, one of them fairy girl bear
ing striking likeness to her lost brother, but
as | walked back through the shady lanes to
the station was struck by the fact that, though
ten summers had fled since the cruel robbery,
not a child could be seen frolieking on the
biobu
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The Art Of Prolonging Life.

ITO die of old age" is the object of am
bition to large number of persons,
who carefully nurse their health with
the view, not of escaping death alto
gether, for they know this to be i'm
possible, but of eking life out to its ut
most limits. The art of prolonging life
in this fashion appears to be less we'll
understood now than formerly. The
Registrar General, in his report for
1882 lately published, observes that the
deaths ascribed to old age have for many
years peen diminishing in their proper
ton to the population, and in 1882 we're
fewer in proportion than in any former
year. As old age is the natural termin-
alton of life, and the ailment of which
all prefer eventually to die, this aggre-
gate falling off in the mortality from
this cause, if real, would not be an in
disputable advantage. But doubtless
much of the falling-of under this head
ing is merely due to gradual improve
ment in the specification of the causes
of which the old die. This, however.
does not account for all the apparent
decline in the mortality. For there
was in each of the three years 1880 1881,
and 1882 sensible decline in the NOR
tality of persons Of advanced age from
all causes; and in 1882 especially the
death-rate Of persons fifty-five years Of
age and upward, whether males or
females, was lower than it had been for
many years, probably than it had ever
been before. The main factor that de-
termines the death rate Of the aged il
temperature, and especially the tenn
perature of the winter months; and in
1882 the mean temperature Of each Of
the six months of the first and fourth
quarters was above the average. In
fact, the best advice that can be given
to old, people anxious to linger on in
this planet is, Keep yourselves warm
st. JAmes's Gazette.
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030oI HxoUAo1Rs
Take all the Kidney and Liver
Medicines,
Take all the Blood Purifiers,
Take all the Rheumatic remedies,
Take all the Dyspepsia and indigestion
Take all the Ague, Fever, and bilious
Specifies,
fake all the Brain and Nerve force
revivers,
Take all the Great Health restorers,
in short, take all the best qualities Of
all these and the best
Qualities of all the best medicines in the
world, and you will find that Flop
Bitter have the best curative Qualities
and powers of all concentrated
In them, and that they will cure when
any or all of these, singly or-combined
Fail A thorough trial will give positive
proof of this
Hardened Liver.
Five years ago 1 broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism
Since then have been unable to be about at
all. My liver became hard like wood; my
limbs were pulled up and filled with water.
All the best Physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. / resolved to try Hop Bitters;
have used seven bottels; the hardness has
all gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it has worked miracle in my case;
otherwise / would have been now I'D my
grave. J. W. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct |, 1881.
Poverty and Suffering.
81 was dragged down with debt, poverty and
suffering for years, caused by a sick family
and large bills for doctoring.
was completely discouraged, until vne year
ago, by the advice of my pastor, commenced
using Hop Bitters, and in one month we were
all well, and none of us have seen sick day
since and want to say to all poor men, you
can keep your families well year with Hop
Bitters for less than one DOCTORS visit Will
cost know it "A WoRKINGMAN.
Hs-None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with "Hop" or Chops" in their
name
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-04

Rt. Rev. Bishop Marty, at Standing
Rock, administered confirmation to
eleven of his flock. Among the num-
Der were Miss Milda and Master Charles,
children of Major Mclaughlin, and Leo,
son of Captain Harmon of Bismark.
the Bishop speaks enthusiastically OF
the conversion and education of the
Sioux, and has obtained permission
from the government to receive sixty
youths in his new industrial boarding
school at Yankton.
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One of the doorkeepers of the house
of Lords refused admission to the re-
porter's gallery to member of the staff
Of the Pail Mall Gazette, at the same
time saying, "Why, wonder you're
not ashamed to show your face here at
all after what you've been writing about
their lordships." Lord Rosebury, how
ever, happened to approach and passed
the scribe in. The doorkoeper added
that for his part he would never have
admitted the enemy into the precincts
at all but eff his Lordship chose to do
It then it was his Lordship's own look
out"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-04

Shakespeare tells how this can be accom-
plished in one of his immortal plays: but debts
to nature must be paid ON demand unless days
of grace be obtained through the use of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" 1t Is
not "cure-all" but invaluable for sore throat,
bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, consumption, and
all diseases of the pulmonary and other or
gans, caused by scrofula or ''bad blood J"
Scrofulous ulcers, swellings and tumors are
cured by its wonderful alternative action. By
druggists.
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The island of Ceylon has made i

The island of Ceylon has made re-
markable progress during the last 80
years. It's revenue in 1887 was only
E372, 900 and its population did not ex-
coed l 100000. Last year its revenue
was 81, 800, 600 and its population near
" 5000, 900. Nine years ago it ex.
ported only 49, pounds of Cinchona
bark, while the amount exported last
year was 900, 900 pounds; the number
of Buddhists in Ceylon is 1,7O0, 900; Of
Hindus, 100000; of Mohammedans,
100000; of Roman Catholics, 900, 900
of Professionals, $4,000.
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Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles Single box has cured worst chronic
case of twenty years standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after applying. Williams
Indian Pile ointment It absorbs the tumors
allays the itching particularly after getting
warm liz bed). Prepared only for piles and
itching for the private parts Noyes Broa 4
Cutler, st Paul. Wholesale Agents.
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Heed the warning.

By not needing the warnings of nature many
persons are laid up on bed Of sickness and
suffering for weeks, months or years. There
is hardly disease that attacks the system which
is not preceded by symptoms. LIE. these symp-
toms be attended to and the disease will be
nipped in the bud Note the following:
Dyspspsaa.
Variable appetite, faint gnawing feeling atpit
Of stomach, bad taste in the mouth, feeling of
weight and wind in the stomach, bad breath,
headache and constipation. Burdock Blood Bit
ters viii positively relieve any Of above sypts
d cure Dyspepsia.
Kidney Disease.
Pain in small of back, pain in loins, Pushes
of heat and chills with disordered stomach and
bowels, headache, weakness, DC In fact Kid
ney Complaint appears in SO many different
ways, it 10 impossible to name them all.
Burdock Blood Bitters has cured some of the
most stubborn forms Of Kidney Disease; in
fact has never been used without good effect
Any one Of the above symptoms is not sur
acient to cause any alarm, and many persons do
not pay any attention to II until the symptoms
multiply and they discover disease has made
great inrcads, and possibly firmly established
itself in the system
Heed the signals Of Nature before il IL too
lata Burdock Blood Bittsrs will assist you
Piso's Remedy for Caerrh is . certain cure
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-04

A lady reader writes to say that she has
been losing her hair and wants to know what
she shall do to prevent it Either keep your
bureau-irawer locked or get bottle Of Car
boline the great Petroleum Hair Remover.