The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
FACT, AND FANCY.

land, Oregon, for good servant-girls
to take the places now occupied by
Cinnamon.
Fifteen thousand shad have been
taken i'll the Susquehanna this season.
and snad-bakes are the fashionable
amusement.
No time is lost ut elections in Brit
lsh Columbia. The recent elections
were held two days after the nomina-
tons were made.
The important discovery has been
made in Paris that the crocodile can
bring its jaws together with force OF
over three hundred pounds.
The abstract of the Newfoundland
census for 1884, just published, shows
that the total population of Newfound-
land and Labrador is at present 1885,
AL.
An observer of small distinctions in
speech says that when you hear man
say to another, II certainly am glad
to see you; l certainly am" you may
be sure he is from Virginia.
salt should be eaten with nuts to
aid digestion" Water can be drunk
to take away the effects of the salt,
and then more nuts can be eaten to
take away the taste of the water.
A Vermont husband is reported to
have frustrated the intended elope-
ment of his wife by taking possession
OF her silk dress. He knew she
wouldn't run away in s. calico gown.
All the shoe-dealers of Pittsburgh
abbreviate the names of their goods.
and so many cartoons are labeled
Cur Kid that the citizens of the
Smoky City" fully believe, it is said.
that they are wearing dog skin shoes.
The problem of whether an elevator
is a vehicle or an apartment remains
unsolved. and the average man, inn
prisoned in the thing with lady,
hesitates about taking Oft his hat in
the draft.
The brevet seaside hotel now puts
in 3 new pane of glass and adds a
picket to the front fence. and adver.
tiseS that costly improvements have
been made in preparation for the COM
ing season.
\ farmer near Sequel. Cal, has put
up scare-crow in his orchard that is
said to be SO lifelike IN its appearance
that his neighbors often address it and
depart IN Il rage nj not receiving re-
ply They must have curious-looking
people in that section.
In the year 1777 considerable inter-
est was manifested in an announce
ment that six stoves had been COM
pleted i'll Philadelphia. The annual
product of the stove foundries in that
city is now valued at $1,000, 900, and
the industry supports about twelve
thousand people.
Mr.. S. S. Stratton has just compiled
"bill of mortality" of the musical
profession during 1881. The death
roll contains 2lO names. The average
age is 81 years and months. against
50 years and months in 1888. The
three years combined give an average
of SO years and a few days.
Buried treasure-seekers are at work
in Georgia. Near Coyington. accord
ing to The STIR of that place, q col
ored man and several assistants have
been making excavations for several
months in hope of finding 100000
which the principal in the scheme
AYERS was buried there three years
ago.
Ia some gIddy regions even sealing.
wax is made to convey tender senti-
ments. The ordinary red wax signi-
lies business, and black is used only
for mourning and coincidence. But
blue means love, and the different
tints portray each stage of the tender
passion. Pink means congratulatIor
aud white is used for wedding invita-.
Il,
tiicting emo tions.
\ Clergyman desiring contributions
for special object, fitted up an OK
horn at the church door. Upon this
lie inscribed his aspirations to thi:
effect: This 'orn was once on the
'ead of hox, and now hit his mis-
sionary box" 1t might have been the
odd jingle, and it might have been the
old EDglishman's zeal, or q combina'
ton of the two, but certain it is thai
this special missionary box attracted
contributions in an extraordinary
manner.
Some people are never stistied. The
water works of the city of Troy are
full of eels, and by simply tapping the
pipes fish two feet and a half long car
be secured for breakfast. and SO de
lightfully fresh Such an abundance O.
cheap food would be considered &
boon in any community, yet the Tro
JAMS are running to and fro and com
planning to the water board that THEN
supply of water is chol,ed off by the
eels The idea of complaining of g
supply of fresh fish with their water!
A letter describing the market oil
New Orleans says that everything Ii
sold by the eye, and there is no stand
ard of measure Nine tenths of the
hundreds who sell in the noted French
market of the city do not know what
a bushei or a peck is. They buy theil
vegetables by the lot and place then
in little piles on tables. These pile
are of different sizes and prices. Th,
buyer looks at the piles and buys that
which he thinks is biggest and best.
Sometimes buckets and boxes arr
used to measure, but they are of al
kinds and shapes.
Four-car trains running so near to
yether that there is always one at ev
ery station and one between each two
stations, are not sufficient to accom-
date the travel on the New York Ele
waited railway. Donger trains, which
would require heavier engines, woulC
shake the structure to pieces. Elec
tricity is believed to offer the only so
luton to the difficulty. and variety
of experiments are about to be made
Edison's plan is to apply the propul
sion through little dynamos carried OF
the forward truck of each car, all OPP
Grated by tie single engineer at th,
front of the train. His idea is to d.
away altogether with the locomotive
A Massachusetts minister condemn
people for rigging up their children
for the Sunday school. (which goe
TO show says The Boston Transcript
that even Marlborough ministe
doesn't know everything. The bette
children are dressed the better viii
they behave; and if the conduct of tn