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A Good Deal of Useful InfOrma-
ton for Everyday Use.

From the Philadelphia North American.
Here are some figures and rules very
handy to know and have at hand, in
in the mind or on paper. We advise
every young reader to learn most OF
these "by heart" so thoroughly as to
always think of them in an instant.
Do it while your minds are young and
impossible, and they will stay by
you like the marks made in the clay OF
brick, or dough of bread or cake, be-
fore it is hardened by heat. Older
people who do not preserve their
papers can cut this out and keep it
handy for ready reference.
,ARod is Is 1-2 feet, or 1-2 yards.
A Mile is $40 rods.
A Mile is 76O yards.
A Square foot is LA square inches.
A Square Yard contains 8 square
feet.
A Square Rod is 272 IA square feet.
An Acre contains 43, $50 square feet.
An Acre contains $40 square
yards.
An Acre contains 100 square rods.
A Section, or Square Mile, contains
GAO acres.
A Quarter Section contains 100
acres.
An Acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods
long.
An Acre is 10 rods wide by Is rods
long.
An Acre is about 2O9 3-4 feet square.
A Solid Foot contains 1928 solid
inches.
A Pint lof water) weighs ! pound.
A Solid Foot OF water weighs go IL
pounds.
A Gallon (of water) holds 23l solid
inches.
A Gallon of milk weighs pounds
and 10 ounces.
A Pint (of water) holds 81 7-8 solid
inches l20.875).
A Barrel l3l l-2gRllons) holds 4 3-9
solid feet (4.2l1).
A-Solid Foot contains nearly J LIZ
solid pints (7.48).
A Bushel (struck) contains 2,l5O
! solid inches.
ABushel (heaping) contains l IA
struck bushels.
A Struck Bushel contains about 1
Il solid feet.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
Flemish Lace Makers.

The coarse but strong and useful lace
called Torchon is much made in Bruges,
also thick Guipure; and in some parts
OF the town at every door one may see
women and girls busy at their lace
cushions, throwing the bobbins about
with the most wonderful rapidity land
chanting in harsh, cultural voices, an
anything but musical accompaniment
tot their labors. The pattern is prick
ed on strip ofsgreen parchment or
stiff material, and given to the worker,
who finds her own thread, and, when
finished, returns it to her employer.
Not less than five aunes u bought by
the shops, but lace can always be had
from the workers direct at q very
moderate price. Black Guipure and
Black Brussels lace are also made; the
latter is very delicate and beautiful.
The cushion and bobbins in use now are
the same in form as those used in the
seventeenth century. The cushion is
nearly square, and has two drawers,
one into which the piece of lace is put
as it is gradually worked off the ctlsh-
ion, and the other for spare bobbins
and pins. "A small soft cushion is fast
ened at the top for pins, and a nova
BILE piece fits in, which can be used to
lengthen the cushion as the worker may
require.
The lacs-workers complain sadly
that their industry is failing in value,
that little money can now be made at
IT; the markets are so flooded by mi-
tation machine made laces of great
beauty, and the fashion as to the
make OF lace to be worn each season
changes so continually, that people
except for very special occasions-pre-
fer to purchase what is cheap and
fashionable rather than to spend large
sums of money on costly fabrics which,
in few months, may be no longer in
vogue. 1t is to behoped that good re-
suits may follow the effort which has
been made to bring the beautiful
cushion and handmade laces of Bel
GUM into notice, as the industry is
one which deserves constant and SUBJ
stantial support. The women earn
their living in the shelter of home, the
materials required are of small value,
every spare moment is taken advan-
tage OF, the girls and women are most
industrious; domestic servants fire.
quently have lace-cushiOn upon
which they make lace for sale, if they
have any time at their disposal. And
the making of the ordinary qualities
otValenciennes and Torchon does not
seem to affect the eyeslght injuriousiy,
as one constantly sees very ancient
looking crones throwing their bobbins
about as quickly as the young maid
ems beside. them.
I must here acknowledge, with
thanks, my indebtedness to Mrs.
PalTiser's charming ''History of Lace"
FOR several OF the facts / have men,
toned in this little sketch.-Cassell's
Family Magazine. -.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
Dakota School Statistics.

The sixteenth annual report Of tho terri.
torial superintendent Of instruction, Hon.
A. S. jones' shows:
Total expenditures, l.s14,212.4O. OF
houses and sites; $500, O81.56 for teach
ers' wages; total common school expenses,
81, 594, 695.32. Expended for Univers-
ity at Vermillion. $40, 400; university,
Grand Forks, S4S,7O0; agricultural
college. Brookings, 500, 700; normal
Spearfish, $4,000: deaf mute institute
Sioux Falls, $4,000 school OF mines,
Rapid City, $12,75O. The population Of
school age Jan. l. 1855, was S7,563; en-
rolled in public schools, 69,085; value OF
permanent school property, $2,1S7, $50.
Twenty-Five states are led by Dakota in
expenditures for the public schools. Thir-
teen have u less number OF public schools
than Dakota. The population to each
school house is 151.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Rough Experiences Mt Columbia, 8. @.
There were sixteen distinct shocks from
the recent earthquake. The first shock was
fearful and houses were shaken as though
made of pasteboard.: 1t seemed as il every
thing must topple. The earth rose and fell
like the waves OF the ocean. People rushe /
madly from their houses into the street.
Some sprang from windows and were In
jured. The experience OF those in build
ings at the time OF the first shock was that
of being rocked as II in a ship at sea.
Many OF tho most substantial build
ings wcre shaken to the foun-
dations and the walls cracked and sprung
The rumbling In the earth was loud and
horrifying in the extreme. Clocks stopped,
bells were rung and damage done to some
buildings. principally by topping chimneys.
There were numbers OF cases OF nervous
prostration. and doctors were in demand
to compose the frightened people. One
lady was prematurely delivered by the
shock. The negroes thought the end oithe
world had come and they held their prayer
meetings on the street corners. The tremor
OF the earth made one feel while walking
Ike man just off Of a sea voyage impart-
ing staggering gait.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
Giving Way t0a Sister.

Not many sisters would be as eislig-
ing as was the one mentioned in one
OF ths following incidents, which illus
trate some peculiar customs existing
among French Canadian peasants.
For these people, as indeed is the case
for almost all communities, the chief
social event is wedding. Among the
habjta,ss II is almost the only set oc-
casion for festivities. The priest then
permits dancing, and allows unusual
expenses to be incurred. Courtship is
short, and engagements are made ire
nuently with q view to pecuniary in
ferests, as in France.
A widewer recently went to spend
an evening with A geighbor who had a
sister-a spiHstar when no one
thought, of marrying, When the visit
or left the house the brother accom-
panied him, and suggested that he
marry the spinster. They returned
to the house, and went to the bedside
of the lady, who was asleep. When
she had been awakened, the visitor
said ia her,
"MaAemoiselles c., take Q good
look at me; I am rather worse that I
look by .candle-light, and I've nine
small eniidEcn, and not much land.
Will you marry nae?
The elderly maiden, stall half-asleep,
rubbed her eyes, looked the frapk
sutton over for a moment, yawned and
replied. ssYesg -
'eThen be ready next Tuesday
And that was all there was sf that
courtship, which was certainly brief,
simple, and to the point.
In another case, the wOuld-be bride
groom found his betrothed crying
after the banns had been published.
Whatever is the matter, Marief'
nd asked.
nWell, Baptiste," she replied, "my
sister Louise wants very much to
maErT because she is older than Land
it Ther turn first. And it makes me
sadg o see her disappointed. Now, il
yoEj would only marry her! Every
t fia9a| Y rsaay; and i would % such e
well, WE'LL" cheeriiy replied the
young man, "don't cry about little
thing like that. Louise will do; 60 and
tell her to get ready"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Cadet Arthur Johnson is to he detailed
to the West In an infantry regiment. Mr..
johnson is q Minnesotian, an appointeo OF
Gov. Wakefield and resident OF his dis
trict. Hehas been confined at West Point
since his graduation for having struck a
sergeant, at that time superior officer.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
Down With High Prices.

This ls the motto OF, the Chicago Scale
Co. They have not only reduced the prices
Of all kinds OF scales over SO per cent, but
they now sell nearly Thousand other
articles In the same proportion. Among
them Portable FORCES, Blacksmith g Tools,
Sales, Buggies. Sewing Machines, &c. Send
to Chicago for their Price Lists, or see
them at tho Minneapolis Exposition.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
There were II 900 people at the Mime
apolis Exposition, one day last week.

II have been afflicted with Rheumatism
and lamo back for number OF years.
have used one bottle OF McCaine's st. Paul
Chemical Oil, and have experienced such q
remarkable Improvements in my condition
that I cheerfully recommend Chemical
OIL" By druggists.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

We did not know but that our daughter
would die every minute from inflammatory
rheumatism. I began giving Athlophoros
to her. In two days she was around and
did not suffer pain. Mrs. c. w. Brown,
lab Sixth street, Milwaukee, Wis. ~
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

The divorce between M. Nicolas
(Signor Nicolini) and his wife has been
legally announced, and in ten months
time he can legally bemarried to Nine.
Patti, if she pleases,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

FoR DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion, Depression of Spirits
and General Debility, in their various FORMS also Us
asa9st Fever ana Ague ana other lnxer
OF CALIsAYAr made by Caswell Hazard & Co., New
York. and sold by all Druggists. is the best tonic. and
for patients recovering from Fever other sickness
1t has no equal.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

For removing dandruff and curing all
scalp diseases, use Halls Hair R. newer.
Ayers Ague Cure is acknowledged to be
the standard remedy for fever and aguo.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Mrs. 9. W. Burdick, 22OS 18th Ave-,
Minneapolis, Mimi says "she have always a
good word for Browns Iron Bitters." 1t
cured her Of diseases peculiar to her sex and
catarrh OF the bladder, THERE'S nothing bet
ter for kidney and urinary affections.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

After the most exhaustive practical
tests In hospitals and elsewhere, the gold
medal and certificate OF highest merit were
awarded to st. Jacobs Oil, as tho best
pain-curing remedy, at the Calcutta Inter
national Exhibition.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Senator Salisbury OF Delaware, at the
close Of next congress, will have served
eighteen years In the senate. His brother
was senator twelve years previously to
Thomas F.'e election.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Prot 0rothe, Brooklyn Board OF Health,
says Red Star Cough Cure 10 free from OPT
ates, and highly efiicacions. Twenty-Five
cents.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

The bank clcarings in Minneapolis are
about $500, 900 per day.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

BURNS and Scalds are instantly rendered
painless, and Invariably cured without scar, by
the use Of Carbolisalve, the great skin remedy.
8 and so cents, at Druggists or by mail. Cole q
Co., Black River Falls, Via
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Save you wagons, your horses and your
patience By using Frazer Axle Grease.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Tho lumber mills at Crookston and vicin-
ity shut down, owing to'h scarcity Of logs.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Tho free delivery system has been order
ed to be established at Winona on Oct. l..
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Miss Allen was killed by a Manitoba
train near Melrosa.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

months treatment for so conts. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh, Sold by dru lgists.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

A story was current In New York that
Gov. Hill had determined to remove Com
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
/ Delicate
| DISEASES.

TO those acquainted with our
to say that the Inyalids' Hotel
branch establishment located at
England, have, for many years,
the most largely patronized ant
the world for the treatment al
arise from youthful indiscretion
We, many years ago, eStablis
treatment of these diseases, III
the most skillful physicians an
that all who apply to us might I
Council of the most experience
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o. J. EDDY,
General Freight aud Pass. Agent, 1aro

Two through passenger trains daily, morn.
ing and evening, between Fargo and st. Paul.
Leave Fargo for the east and south at 1880 .:
m. and 8 p. m. Arrive 1t Fargo .. m. and
9.40 p. m.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Two Mormon preachers are at work in
Douglass and Genoa, Olmstead county.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

WHY 60 limping around with your boots run
over. Lyons Heel Stiffeners keep them straight?
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
SURGICAL
PRACTICE.

Our specialists, rem
ness. They also 9
when needed. M,
Uterus arc arreete'
with other means
cutting operations
Especially has thu
cocele, Hydrocele,
tured Perineum, bt
patients. Not less
for Structure of thu
orally resulting in
by o safe and pain
pedipents to the |
:. A Complete Trei
sent on, receipt Of I
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| WONDERFUL
SUCCESS.

constituted q leai
and Surgical Inst
inquiries for q Col
maladies written
lished q large Ill
sent to any addro
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| KIDNEY
| DISEASES.

ton of patients. who can, {!
successfully treated mt thci
practice of chemical analysis and
the urine in our consideration of C
diagnosis, in which our institution
naturally led to very extensive pra
organs. Probably no other institut
largely patronized by suffers from e
and world-famed Worlds Dispense
specialists have acquired, through
great expertness In determining tt
and, hence, have been successful in
for tho cure of each individual case,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
| STRUCTURE.

Of inexperienced l
urinary fetulm, 0n
relief and cure. y
skill OF our speeds
trnted treaties on |
intrusE this class !
dangerous proceed
doing, while thoqs!
treatment. Send
Tor d large, ulu1t1'f
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
| DISEASES Of
| DIGESTION.

affecting the liver and other Q
lions to the process of digesti'
infrequently mistaken BY both
maladieS, and treatment is emp
disease which does not exist.
of the Digestive Organs will b
ten cents in postage stamps.
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| We OFFER
/ No APOLOGY.

diseases contract I'll
on doing good and
we cannot imagine
than most honoral
we cannot underSta
amict mankind the
in general practice
We shah. thereto
best oonSi Iteration, [
foriy,r from INV 1f
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

AND EVERY SPECIES OF IrcHrNc. scaly, PimpIy' In
Blood. Skin, ard Scalp with Loss Of HAIR from nfan-
sy TO old age. are positively cured by the CUrToURA
REMEDIES.
CUrfcURA REsoLvExT, the new blood purifier,
cleanses the blood and perspiraton Of impurities and
poisonous elements and removes the cause.
CUTICURA, tho great Skin Cure, instantly allRys
Itching and Inflammation, clears the Skin and Scalp,
heals Sores, and restores the Hair.
CUTICURA SOAP, al exquisite Skin Beautiher IA in
dispensabe In treating Skin Diseases, Baby HumorA
Skin Blemishes, Chapped and Oily Skin. -
Sold everywhere. Prico CUTIoURA, SOC; REsoLv-
ENT, 81 SOAP, 25c. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
e. CHEMICAL Co. Boston. Mas. "
11-Send for .sfIow TO Cure Skin Diseases~
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

illustrated Treatise.
PILES, FlSTULE. and
bowels, are treated with wont
pile tumorS are permanently
Send ten cents for illustrated
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

Organic weakness, n,
decline of the manly
losses, impaired memoir
Of will-pOwer, melancl
drcd affections, are spe
c,1raf3
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

kindred maladies, have been very |,
and cures effected In thousands Of c.
been pronounced beyond hope. The
readily diagnOsticated, or determine
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09
These delicate diseases should be carefully treate

can Only U6 6SC0EtsSIII
| examination of the u
no stage or condition q
g have never, therefore,
,ale through druggists,
Ough posse sSing very 81
extensive experience I
to carefully determine
q chemical and micrt
,rl adapt our medicines
litinn OF our patient,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-09

ding branch Of o.
'titute. and, being
,mplete work on t
a in q style TO be
lustrated Treatise
esS on receipt Of |
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-12
OHIO ORANGES.

The people of Utah are SO near Cali
fornia that they depend entirely upon
that State for their oranges. Occasion
ally some venturesome green-grocer buys
lot OF Florida oranges, but no one has
yet brought any Ohio oranges into our
market. When they come they will be
as expensive as Palermo oranges, but as
one quietly eats them such an one will
know that he is encouraging a great
American industry. That which recalls
to our mind the question of Ohio oranges
is an article in morning contemporary
undertaking to refute the DEMOCRATS ar
ticle of last night on Professor Summers
recent lecture in Cleveland. In that lee
ture the distinguished Yale professor said
that under the system of protection
the cultivation of oranges in Ohio might
be made very successful and a very con-
siderable market created for them. OF
course nature has not marked Ohio out as
place for the cultivation of the orange,
but the beauty of the doctrines and
theories of prohibition is that they under
take to counteract nature and make
the impossible possible. It is an
undaunted courage which will un-
dertake 10 achieve such task,
yet there are many who have this same
courage. In the culture of Ohio oranges
it will be necessary to have very extern
sive hot-houses, and to keep proper
temperature expensive engines and heat
ing apparatus will have to be employed.
These will be paid for by making the
people who don't want Ohio oranges pay
a certain tax to help those who are trying
to grow them make both ends meet and
still have very comfortable profit left.
When these Ohio oranges are grown in
sufficient quantities they will be shipped
to all parts of the world in vessels built by
the owners of timber lands in Wisconsin,
and these Wisconsin vessels will be trans
ported to the seaboard on a. ship railway
built by the protectionists of Pennsylva-
mia. As the growing of Ohio oranges
may become a great industry under a
protective regime, would it not be we'll |
for Montana to establish date groves? AS
Col. Sellers said about the eye-water in
dustry, There's millions in it."
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-12
COMING TO AMERICA.

Fanny Kemble is coming to America
to make her home. She is not unac-
quainted with America, for in the days
long before the war she resided near
Darien, Georgia. She kept record of
her experiences there and published
them as the records of residence on a
Georgia plantation. The book is inter-
esting to-day, although slavery is no
more. In this book one can plainly trace
the prototype of Mrs. Stoves "Uncle
Toms Cabin" that book which did SO
much in the cause of the oppressed. In
Fanny Kemble's book are mentioned in
cidents almost identical with those
related by Mrs. Stowe. She tells
of a case almost identical with
the story OF George Harris and his
wife Eliza, and she depicts in language
even more burning than Mrs. Stoves
how young woman was sold away from
her husband and friends, and she knew
nothing of the sale until she was ordered
to get ready to go with her new master.
Very frequently she mentions the laws Of
Georgia against instructing the negroes
in reading and writing, and once she
undertook the education of a young negro
lad, making up her mind that she would
do it, let the consequences be what they
might. Her noble resolve and good work
brought her no discontinue. The people
of the United States must now study the
evils and characteristics of slavery in the
records of the past, and that they must
so study them, if they study them at all,
is thing for which to be truly thankful.
A year Or two ago Fanny Kemble pub
lished the "Records of My Girlhood," a
book that at once achieved a wonderful
success.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-12
success,
A NEW PHASE.

The resolution OF Senator Morgan in
regard to the trustees contemplated by
the new Edmunds bill puts a new phase
on the Utah question. The provision
for the appointment of fourteen trustees
to take possession OF and manage the
property of the Mormon church is really
political solecism, according to Ameri-
can ideas. One of the great troubles in
Utah has been the union of Church and
State, and this very trouble exists to-
day. The Mormon church as the
church dominant of Utah has assumed
the right to and has controlled the civil
government of our Territory. Such a
thing is not new, but such things always
have been and always will be a
constant source of trouble to
the State and the people thereof.
This new Ebmunds bill seeks to bring
about union of Church and State in
Utah by having the property of the
Mormon church administered by civil
officials appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. This is truly an anomaly in
government in this country. The trus-
tees who come here to take charge of and
manage the property of the Mormon
church will have a very lively time in
discovering that property. When they
find it we are inclined to think they will
also find the original plates of the Book
of Mormon along with golden apples
from the Hesperides, and very likely
Aladdin's lamp. There's no telling
what may be found, but it is safe to say
that they will never find solution for
the Mormon problem by appointing four
teen trustees to manage and confscate
the property of the Mormon church.