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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29

The steel rail manufacturers of the
country find such an improved demand
for their wares that they have agreed
to increase the stipulated production
so as to bring the total for the year up
to l 400, 900 tons This will be lar
ger output than that OF any previous
year. The production OF 1882. when
railroad building had reached it's high
est point, was l ,3O4, 392 tons. Since
that time, up to the present year, the
annual output has been steadily de-
creasing. The improvement In the
iron industry also has been unexpect-
edly great since the strikes IN the
building trades ended.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
The Pennsylvania railroad has been

The Pennsylvania railroad has been
quietly making some experiments to
ascertain whether it would pay for a
big railroad company to remember
the Sabbath day. A good many excur-
sion trains and some regular passen-
ger trains have been discontinued. All
freight trains except those carrying
live stock and perishable goods have
been ordered Off from 8 O'Clock Sat
urday night till midnight Sunday, and
all repairing work on Sunday will be
stopped. To make the opportunity
still further beneficial, freight engineers
are allowed the use of their loco
motives to take themselves home
for the day. The results have proved
so satisfactory that the directors are
now arranging to make these expert
mental changes permanent and to ex-
tend them.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
Hot Corn for Fowls.

A correspondent writes: 'If you
want to make your fowls feel good and
thankful give them hot corn for sup.
per-just as hot as they can eat it. To
find out how hot it should be pick up a.
handful and hold it tightly in your
closed hand; if it burns, of course it is
too hot, but if after holding it minute
it makes your hand feel warm and nice
it is just right. To heat the corn put
it in an iron pan or kettle in the stove
oven and stir it occasionally. If your
wife has biscuit in the oven you better
put the kettle ON the back part of the
stove and stir the corn often. Mind
now, don't mean that you are to put
water in with the corn; l mean hot,
dry corn. If some kernels at the bot
tom of the kettle should get scorched,
or even charred the hens will eat it, and
it will do them good, too.'
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29

Prof F. Stone Virgins, the wealth
er prophet, insists that the great
storm he predicted for this fall will be
on hand. He says he does not antic.
ipate any further great change in the
weather until fall. September, he
says, "will open cool and stormy, pre-
monitory to my great storm, COM
mencing on the afternoon OF Septem-
Der 20, and the great war of the ele-
ments will come as sure as the sun IS
in the heavens. 1t will be storm OF
unparalleled violence, and after sweep
ing across the Atlantic and traversing
the country will exhaust its energies
upon the rugged front offered by the
Rocky Mountains"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
Land Commissioner Sparks on Timber
Stealing.

Land Commissioner sparks on Timber
Stealing.
Washington Special: The laws regarding
the cutting OF timber on the public lands in
the territories are the same that they al
ways have been, allowing any person to cut
upon mineral lands such timber as he
might want for his own use. The regula-
tions OF this office used to be in strict con-
firmation with the provisions Of the law,
but past administrations have allowed
them to become more and more lax until
they have been almost swept away. My
back to their condition urder Commission
er Williamson, who took u technically
strict view OF the laws. | do not believe
that these laws contemplate the invest
ment Of money in saw mill property in these
territories and the general saving for the
open market as has been done. The tim
Der under the law is practically free to the
settles. all the expense that he ought to be
under being the expenses OF having it saw
ed; but the firms that are saving out there
now are selling the lumber to settlers at
the current market price, although they
secure the timber free OF charge. The
secretary OF the interior does not take this
view OF it, however. He has an idea that
we have been too strict with the lumber
men, and ia now considering set OF regu-
Iations that will take more liberal views OF
the law than this office does. The end of
it will be, however, that the public lands
will soon be denuded OF timber and hence
forth valueless.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
Lord Saslisbury's Difficult Task.

Mail and Express London Cable It
is reported that Mr.. Goschen, as we'll as
Lord Harrington, now refuses to join
coalition cabinet. The duke Of Argyll is re-
garded as a certainty by the Conservatives,
but most Of the prominent anti-Gladstone
Liberals seem to be making up theirminds
that they prefer to remain independent,
with the option OF returning to Mr.. Glad
stones leadership il they see fit. rather
than ally themselves to the Salisbury
government, and so commit themselves to
it's support without opportunity to aid
the opposition at any point or to
remain neutral. Lord Salisbury is going
to find the greatest difficulty in forming
cabinet, because OF the entirely novel re-
lations OF the parties. Mr.. Beecher, in his
lecture in Exeter hall, a, oided all reference
to the Irish question, which he has found
to be ~ dangerous topic for him to meddle
with, although he alluded to the political
parties. DR.. Parker, of tho city temple.
continues to write in favor Of Mr.. Glad
stones proposed solution OF the difficulty,
and says that the question before the coun-
try will soon he "home rule or repeal"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
Civil Liberty and Equal Rights.

We quote the concluding sentences
Of a timely editorial with the above title
in the Century,: I'VE have prided our
selves on the fact that our society was
mainly composed of workingmen; and
The great mass of our workingmen
have an American horror of the coward
who stabs in the back or throws dyna-
mite. But there are professional agita-
tors, who are ignorantly melting work
ngmen to acts which differ only in de-
gree from those of the anarchists; and
some of their disciples, having no bet
ter instruction than the agitators are in
The habit of furnishing, are inclined to
apologize for or defend acts committed
n the name of labor which they would
condemn at once if professed anarch-
ist were the doer. They should learn
the meaning of civil liberty, that it is
The measure of natural freedom which
society considers to be consistent with
the natural freedom of others. Let it
oe shown. at any time, that the meas
IRE of civil liberty is so large that some
Are using it to abridge the equal liber-
~ of others, and society must and will
abidge civil liberty SO far as is neces-
sary to secure equal rights.
"Can society, at least in our Amer
Ican form of it, accomplish such task
Is this if it should become necessaryp
The anarchist thinks not; he evidently
has but a meager notion of the war
power of democracy; for, forcible re-
sistance to society must be considered
as war. Only monarchics and aristoc-
racies make war and peace with
facility. A democracy seldom prepares
for war, always begins it with sue
session of costly blunders, and usually
succumbs only through absolute ex-
haustion. The manner in which re-
publican France threw back Europe
from her borders in 1898 and assumed
the hopeless contest with Germany in
1901, the desperate nature of the
struggle between the United States and
the seeding States and between the
two republics of Peru and Chilli, are
but examples of the intensity with
which democracy rises to the height of
an increasing danger. The poets
simile of "a wildcat mad with wounds
is none too strong for democracy
when it is pushed into a dangerous
position. Is there any reason to sup
pose that the American democracy has
changed its nature in twenty-five yearsp
1.-The courts are open for all; the laws
may be altered peaceably. If laws are
bad, if rich opprcssors exist, powerful
labor organizations are just the elc-
ment needed to reform the one and to
prosecute the other. But let the work
be done decently and in order, without
infringing the recognized and equal
civil liberty of others. Above all, let
the organizations impress upon their
members, as the very first lesson, that
violent resistance to society can only
DO of evil omen for these organizations,
for society itself, and for civil liberty"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
Oshkosh. (Wis.) Special: The farmers

Oshkosh, (Wis.) Special The farmers
OF WinnebagO county are in terrible straits
on account Of the drouth. The cattle have
been turned into the wheat and oat fields
and roadsi,les to obtain enough to sustain
lifc good many are selling off stock, one
farmer near Omro disposing OF ten cows
for 500. Grass is being cut upon the
marshes, and even wild rice is being gather
ed for feed this winter. Another farmer
offered to sell thirty-acre oat field for
500.
Henry Boden, o brakeman on the Chi
cagO, Milwaukee & st. Paul. was killed by
being run over at Harper's Ferry, . few
miles north Of Dubuque.
Portland Special: telegram from
Spcncer's Bridge. B. c., says the dead body
of an unknown man was found there, with
unmistakable evidence OF murder. In his
pockets WAS found the address Of Hugh
Butler, 1877 Main street northeast, Mime
apolis, MINI.
William Hunter, second assistant secre-
tary Of state and the Oldest fficialin con-
tinuous service in the United States, dieslin
Washington oi q complication Of diseases
incident to old age.
Wilfred II. Barber beat the worlds uni
cycle mile record at Rochester. N. Y, re-
sently, by ten seconds, making the distance
in 3:51.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
The Graduating Season.

"Yes," said Mrs. Richladie, "my
daughter graduates next week."
81 understand she is at the head OF
her classp"
NO. she said with some sadness,
s'she will not be the valetudinarian, but
she will take the salutary, and that's
nearly as high"
''The commencement exercises are to
be very interesting"
s.Oh. yes; Rev. DR.. Grace will preach
the bacchanalian sermon, Rev. Mr.,
Mortimer will deliver the dilemmas. and
there will be other detractions too
numerous to mention. - Washington
Critic.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
DOMESTIC HINTS.
FRITTERS.


Three eggs, one and one-half cups OF
milk, three teaspoons of baking pow
der. and flour enough to make thicker
than batter cakes; drop in hot lard and
fry like doughnuts. Sauce-one cup OF
sugar. two tablespoons of butter; flavor
with lemon and boil till clear.
PRESSED coRNED BEEF.
While warm chop up fat and lean to-
gether, and stir in enough dry mustard
20 flavor it; put in long baking pan
and place over it. right side up, anoth-
sr of the same size; put into this three
flatirons for weight and let stand over
night The next day it will turn out
in a good loaf.
BEEF EN- RAGOUT.
Cut one or two slices of salt pork in
to dice and fry until brown; pour in
little stock or water, in which cook
four potatoes cut in slices, sprig of
parsley, thyme, pepper and salt Half
an hour before serving put in slices of
cold roast beef, adding little vinegar.
ERICAssEE OF COLD ROAST BEEF.
Cut the beef into thin slices, shred
handful of parsley fine, cut small
onion into quarters and put all together
in stew pan with small piece of but
ter and some strong soup stock; sea-
son with salt and pepper and simmer
fifteen minutes, then mix in the yolks
of two eggs.
SCRAMBLED MUTTON.
Two cups of chopped cold mutton,
two tablespoons of hot water and
good-sized piece of butter. When the
meat is hot break in three eggs and stir
until the eggs begin to stiffen. Season
with salt and pepper.
POTATO SOUP.
With small piece of salt pork boil
six peeled potatoes; strain and add to
it milk. butter and salt till the consis-
tency of cream; add some finely chopped
parsley and boil all five minutes; cut
some stale bread into dice, fry brown in
hot lard and throw into the soup just
before serving.
COCOANUT COOKIES.
One cup of sugar, one-half cup of
butter, one egg, two tablespoons of
milk, one and one half teaspoons baking
powders, one cup of grated cocoanut
and flour enough to roll.
LEMON CAKE.
One and one-half cups of sugars, one
half cup of butter, three eggs, one-halt
teaspoon of soda dissolved in milk. two
heaping cups of sifted flour, little salt,
the grated peel and juice of one lemon;
bake in two shallow pans and cut into
squares.
POUND CAKE.
One-half cup of butter. two cups of
sugar, three eggs. one cup cold water,
three pounds of flour, one tea
spoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon
If soda.
One cup of sugar, one-half cup of
butter, two eggs, the yolks and whites
beaten separately, one-half cup of milk,
one and one-half cups of flour, one
and one-half teaspoons of baking
,ow1or
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
STEPHEN G.. MURPHY.
The failure of William Hill & Son, OF
Springville, Iowa, closes fifteen cream
cries and deprives the farmers OF
revenue which amounted last year to
100000.

Opposite Corrientes, Paraguay, the
grand Chaco, or forest. This is the
most extensive forest in South Ameri-
ca. 1t commences $50 miles above
Rosario and extends to the Amazon
basin, 1,5OO miles. 1t is three-cor-
nered, 200 miles wide ut the south end
and l 900 miles wide ut the north end.
1t is quite evenly divided between Ar
gentine, Paraguay, Bolivia and Bra.
Zil.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29

More than two million silver dollars
a month must be coined according to
the law. The secretary OF the treasury
is required ''to purchase from time to
time, silver bullion, at the market
price thereof, not less than two mii-
lion dollars worth per month, nor
more than four million dollars
worth per month, and cause
the same to be coined monthly,
as fast as so purchased. into such dol
lars" namely coins of 412 1-2 grains
each
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29

John G. SAKE, the poet, says the
Boston Traveller, sees no visitors and
rarely leaves his room. Longfellow,
Emerson and other of the writer's OF
his day lived to ripe age and died in
the midst OF their work, but Sake still
lives on at the age of 20, though dead
to the world, dead to literature and
dead to the thousands offriends whose
hearts yearn to comfort and cheer the
man whose genius and wit have light
ened so many homes as, in his declin-
ing years, he nears the evening sunset.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29
sCHAxBLED MUTTON.

Two cups Of chopped cold mutton,
two tablespoons Of hot water and Ia )
good-sized piece of butter. When the
meat is hot break in three eggs and sti.
until the eggs begin to stiffen. Season
with salt and pepper. =
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-29

A lawsuit of seven years. standing ana In
volving the right to So. 10 was recently settled
1t Los Angeles, Cal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-15
A Monkeys Trick.


An old monkey sat cozily asleep in a
snug corner, with II friend nesting
against him and indulging likewise in Il
comfortable snooze. Presently Il Young
skylarker approached them somewhat
timidly; and, squatting beside his
friend, sat quietly for some seconds.
then suddenly, as if possessed by some
malicious Inspiration, he reached his
arm out cautiously, behind the slumber
ing friend, and gave the elderly monkey
a whacking box on thocar. lie. waking
in just wrath, and unsuSpicious of the
truth-for the culrrit was now sham
ming sleep and looked the picture of in
nocence--flew upon his friend with an
indictment for assault. and chivied him
with monstrous clamor round and
round the cage, while the culprit sat re-
garding them and iabbering with JOY.
Some little time after the performance
was repeated, the old monkey and his
friend having settled in the corner. and
the assault and wrongful punishment
occurring rs before. Once again the
trick was tried. bui the friend who had
twice suffered was shamming sleep this
time. and caught the culprit in the act.
and. with the help of the old monkey.
gave him a good drubbin@, which, in
deed, he well deserved. j ladCi ohia
cal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-15
Love i'm the Legation.

Dom Piatt writes as follows to the
Washington critic: was told a funny
story the other day about an attache o.
one OF the foreign legations, who is very
much in love with a young lady, and
she is quite as badly smitten with him.
But as she can not talk his language
and he knows very little English they
are very heavily handicapped in theil
courtship.' 1t is said that 'love knows
all languages" and while that is doubt.
less true it is dillicnlt to convey a senti.
ment by gestures alone. The way they
do ii is to sit down together with a pad
of paper and Il lexicon. He hunts out
the words he wants to use, and writes
them down in English; then she replies
in the same way. They have a lot OF
fun. and appear to be getting along
pretty well. She says that while he
makes some funny mistakes she never
fails to .'catch on to his meaning, and
supposes her blunders are quite as great.
The other day he wrote on the pad: Il
have not the most desire 10 arrive al nv
home without TO arrive with BOTH
which she thinks mcaus that he does
not intend To go back to his country
without her.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-15
Substitute for Leather.

Substitutes for leather have hecn wide
~ introduced in the construction OF
boots and shoes, and many of these are
admirably adapted for the purpose. Blu,
n comparatively short time ago only real
leather was used. Leatherboard. pan.
cakes, artificial leather and strawboard
were unknown. The use of inferior ina.
terials originated in New England. II
was ut first an attempt ut deception,
and resulted in the discontinue of the
manufactures who undertook il. There
was a certain make of cheap pump-sole
brogans offered in small lots weekly at
auction, which had become standard,
both in feature and in price. This shoe
vas quite familiar 10 certain iobbers.
On n occasion a buyer noted for his
keenness detected II singularity that led
him to an investigation. Using his PEN
knife he discovered that the manufac-
turer had substituted common PASTE
board, with a veneer of colored paper of
the same hue as leather, for the leather
sole. These shoes fell to prices that
comported in some degree with their
worthlessness. II is quite possible that
this transaction conveyed the germ of
the idea which afterward bore fruit in
strawboard and kindred materials
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-15

Among the elements of war of a DC
culiarly interesting and singular charac
ter is the elephant battery, situated a
Tonga, Il town in the Menasserim dis.
trict of British Burmah, and which IL
10 take a prominent part in the hostile
operations between England and the
Burmese. The nominal strength of the
battery is placed mt twenty-five elephants
and four guns. These are disposed us
follows: -Four are attached TO the guns
twelve carry the ammunition. four the
artificcrs' tools. and two are kept in re-
serve for emergencies. Weekly parades
are held, and the spectator is ut once
impressed with the thorough training
and the readiness with which all orders
are understood and obcycd by the ele-
plants. There is a weekly practice in
a swimming drill. This is a most trying
task, and il is not uncommon to see an
elephant back ont of the water and take
to the jungle with all possible speed,
and only be induced to return after
much trouble and persuasion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-15
First insertion Jan. 8; Last, Feb. 10, 1885,
SHERlFF'S EXECU TON SALE
uTHEREAs ON THE 18th DAY OF oCTO

WHEREAS ON THE 18th DAY OF OCTO-
w Der, lSs5, by virtue of a writ of attach
ment, issued out of anu under the seal OF the
District Court Of Blue Earth county, Mime
sofa, in an action therein pending, which ac-
ton Is more fully mentioned hereinafter I
levied upon and seized ali the real estate
hereinafter described AS the property of Rich
ard Lewis. the defendant i'm said action, under
which writ of attachment i have ever since
held the same, until the levy OF the execution
hereinafter set forth. And by virtue OF an
execution issued out of and under the seal OF
the District Court ih and for the county of
B-ue Earth, and State If Minnesota, upon "A
Judgment rendered aud docketed i'm said
county, on the 2lst day OF Novemner, A. ID.
lssS, for the sum of two hundred and eighty
SIX ana sGlW dollars. in the above mentioned
action, wherein William Jones, surviving
partner OF the firm of Cheshire & Jones, and
j: l.. W~ashburne, guardian of William j
Cheshire, Sarah Cheshire and Mary Cheshire
were plaintiffs, aud Richard Lewis was defend
ant, which is the same action in which said
writ oi attachment was issued, l have, on the
@oth DAY OF November, A. ID. 1883, levied upon
all the right. title and interest Of the said de
PENDANT IN and Ia the following described rea
estate, situate in the county of Blue Earth
and State of Minnesota, known and described
rs follows: The southwest quarter and tho
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter oi
section eighteen isl, I'm township one hun
dred and eight Hos, north OF range twenty
eight lS>l west, and all the right. title and in
ttrest winch said Richard Lewis had therein
ut the time OF the issuance and levy of sale
writ of artact mcnt or any time since. Now
therefore, notice Is hereby given that I viii
sell the above described real property To the
highest bidder Tor cash, AT public auction, a
the front door uf the Office Of the Register %
Deeds of Blue Earth county aforesaid, in In,
city Of Mankato, therein.
On the Goth day ofFebruary, A. ID. 1856
At 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon of that day, I,
satisfy the said execution together with tn,
interest aud cost thereon,
Dated December 18th, lsS5.
GEORGE W. MONKS,
Sheriff of Blue Earth County.
THOMAS n wAsHBURN,
Attorneys Tor Plaintiffs.