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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-28
A Glimpse at the Moon.

Interchangeable silence reigns in the
moon in sovereignty. Tall perpendicu-
lar mountains divide its surface. Here
and there are seen worn-out craters
rising toward the sky, white rocks
heaped up like the ruins of some long
passed revolution. and crevasses cross
ing the surface as in lands dried up by
burning rays of long summer day. That
which renders the spectacle more
strange is that the absence of vapor
causes the absence of perspective as
well as the absence of all tints, and we
see only white and black, according as
the object in the suns light or shadow,
the objects succeeding each other as
far as the horizon without losing bright
ness or contour. In the vicinity of
the southern pOle-that is to say, at
the lower part of the moon as seen with
the naked eye, are highest noun
tains of the satellite; Doerfel, whose
thp attains height of 26,69l feet
above the level of the neighboring
plain; Cassatus and Curtius, 1900
and 7,3lS yards; Newton. 23,853 feet In
depth; this word depth may Justly be
questioned when it refers to the eleva-
ton of a mountain; but the moon is such
a singular world tL.lt its mountains NAV
be measured as we'll by depth as by
height. This paradox, rather difficult to
understand. arises from the fact that the
mountains of the moon are not like
those Of the earth, but are hollow.
When we arrive at the top there is a
ring, the interior of which often de-
scends below the surrounding plain, SO
that if one did not wish to make the
round of the slopes, which sometimes
measure $40 miles (Ptolemy), and even
403 miles in circumference Qikc the
circle of Clavius). it would be necessary
to descend three or four miles to cross
the bottom of the crater, and afterward
to ascend on the oppos.::..e side of the
ring. to return ~ last into the plain
I0sHtttc r .nsa:artdn.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-28
Etiquette Rampant.

can not say that I am remarkably
fond of etiqutte. have never used it
to excess, but what l have taken, has, I
fancy, never done me much good. If l
am phrenologist to the extent think
l am, l feel justified in officially inform
ing all the nations, tongues and kind
reds of the earth that am deficient in
the organ of premonitiveness. l have
an uncomfortable desire at table to take
an ear of new corn in both hands and
gently insinuate about two-thirds of the
middle of it into my mouth. There is a
sort of ten-cent straight flavor about
corn eaten in that way that can never
be found with knife and fork; and be-
side, judging from what l have seen
among cows, pigs and other bric-a-brac,
it is the way of nature.
According to my experience, hum
cry man has no business with etiquette.
It is the toothache of art and the mash
ed thumb of science. When fellow
has walked nine miles and carried q
pair of twin babies to picnic, only be-
ing able to rest by changing his two
fold offspring from one arm to the other
during the entire journey, and after
waiting five hours, finds himself lean
ing against tree in the presence of a
lot Of baked hens and other good So
ciety, he does not ache for etiquette.
What he wants is grub, and he does
not yearn to go around by Robin
Hoods barn to convey it from the ta-
BILE to his mouth. When leg starts
for his mouth he does not long to have
it call on all the folks along the road
and inquire after their health. He
wants it to get acquainted with his
vltals without the formality of an intro
duction. and feels like telling it to come
right in and make itself at home,
/ have seen times when knives and
forks had cold and unsympathetic
look, and my heart shrank from asso-
ciating with them. I have longed to
seek out some cool, sequcstered spot
where rust doth not corrupt and while
away an hour or so in sweet intercourse
with nature fried, roasted or baked,
and where the eyes Of an admiring pop
ulace would not be upon me. am
modest at mealtime, and my retiring
nature shrinkes from coarse publicity
when calves liver and baked beans se-
ductively beckon mel mish..s write
"bacon me- but ! An, AFRAID fhe point
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-28
Washington Gossip.

Secretary Lamar has accepted the COM
promise offered by the Gull River Lumber
company, to pay $500 or more.
In the District OF Columbia there are
$1,000 children OF the pupil age, but only
$4,000 OF them attend any school.
There was a noisy scene in the house ma
val committee over resolution inquiring
into the discharge OF Union soldiers at the
Norfolk navy yard.
Joseph W. Parish has presented his old
claim OF $50, 900 for ice to congress. He
furnished it in the army at st. Louis, Cairo,
Memphis and Nashville during the war, and
the government has lodged it ever since.
The secretary of the interior has request
ed the attorney general to intitute a suit
against the Lacota Cattle company, Ne
timber alleged to have been cut by them
from the public lands.
The second controller has rejected the
claim OF Capt. Robert III. White, assistant
surgeon, for Communication OF quarters on
the ground that he was not on duty on any
post or station, nor on Communication leave
during the time for which the claim was
made.
The house committee on public buildings
and grounds adopted rule forbidding the
sale ofspirituous liquors in the restaurants.
The same action has been taken at the
last two sessions but in these instances the
prohibition was contained in a joint rule,
while the present rule is a simple commit
tee order.
By direction OF the secretary OF the treas
ury the appointment clerk is preparing
q list OF every appointment and removal
which has been made in the treasury de-
partment since the present administration
came into power. The list will specify the
cause OF each removal, and any facts in
connection with the appointment which
may be in possession OF the department..
The public lands committee OF the senate
has decided to report in favor OF the pas
sage of the Wilson bill to throw the con-
test over lande, embraced in 30 much of
the Sioux City Il St. Paul land grant as
exceeds the fifty miles of road built, into
the United States circuit court for Iowa.
The six miles OF road built according to
the bill should not receive grant, as tie
lands were to be certified when sections of
ten miles OF track had been laid. The
same bill was IN the calendar when the
senate adjourned last March.
Secretary Whitney has made the follow
ing statement: ''Most OF the statements
that have been circulated with regard to
the recent trial trip OF the Dolphin were
erroneous. She did not encounter any
very unusual weather, nor did she make
fifteen knots, as has been stated. Her
time between land marks when che was
running for speed was almost fourteen
knots, and her log showed less than that.
There is no substantial disagreement be
tween her commanding officer and the
technical experts on board on the impor-
tant point
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-28
Casualty Record.

The Beaver Falls, Pa, Car works foun-
dry and machine shops were burned, to-
gether with the Chinese headquarters and
every building in the square. The loss will
be $3.50, 900.
Eenry Jones, Thomas johnson and
Richard Brown, Of Dinwiddie county, Va,
attended dance recently, which kept up
until late hour, when they started ON
their return home. Benumbed with cold.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-28

the three sought shelter in a stable, whers
they were found frozen to death.
At New Richmond, Wis.,, a fire burned
the store of o. f. Brown, an insurance Of
flee occupied by w. T. Lambdin, and Store
Il Cisher's market. The next building
owned by DR.. II. NJ. Murdock was large
double store, and was occupied principally
by j. A. Sabin l. Son as drug and grocery
store. In it were located C. H. Todd's
jewelry stock, the American express office
and the postoffice. The barber shop
owned by Murdoch and occupied by Charles
Knight was burned.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-28

A new industry has sprung up In New Or
leans. Heads of large fish are dried, mounted,
and sold for table and mantle ornaments.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04
rose up within him like the pillows of

the sea.
Don't fret, Loisy, my gal, he said,
cheerfully. 1T was only an accident.
'Tain't wuth frettin' about And he
bent down and kissed her forehead
rare occurrence in their undemonstra.
tive household. We'll go to work and
make it up as fast as possible, my dear.
ooh, 'Liakim!' sobbed the good wife,
Il don't deserve you should be so good
to me. I'm cross, scoldin' creetur,
and
Tut, tut, tut!' goodhumoredly in
terrupted her husband. Guess I amt
goin' to hev my wife abused this away
'And I'm sorry spoke so short about
them pumpkins added Louisa, dole
fully.
Mr.. Ellis whistled under his breath.
He was almost disposed now, to regret
that he had paid out that dollar for the
Widow Hepsy's pumpkins.
However, it's DONE he said to him
self, sand it can't be undone. LOisy'd
DeSt DC IeII III IIIC uarn, 6u~oo, aD0uI
it,
He was alertly kindling the fire, while
Mrs. Ellis moved sadly about, making
preparations for the evening meal, when
there was a lively tattoo, played by a
very energetic pair of knuckles on the
door outside.
Come in!' shouted he.
And who should make his appearance
but the tin-peddler himself.
Hello, squirrel said he. Guess
there's been mistake somewhere. l
amt buyin' up Government coupon
bonds. I'm in the tin trade. I found
this ere in your old pockets. So al
lowed it was best to bring it back right
away
He held out the folded slip of parch-
ment. Eliakim looked oddly at it.
Fetch on Diogenes and his lanternp i
said he, Il calc'late here's the honest
man at lastP
Get out said the tin.peddler. Il
don't want none O. your four-syllabled
fun poked at me. But tell you what 1
dew want. Them there pumpkins that
you was cartin' in when I exchanged a
saucepan and two dippers for them gray
pants with your good lady, I'll give you
five cents apiece for 'em.'
'Done' cried Farmer Ellis, joyfully.
There's to be a big dinner up to
Stapless Hill, went on the tin-peddler.
'And they're goin' to bake two hundred
pumpkins-pies, and all the pork and
beans that's to be had. And there's
goin' to be corner in pumpkins. I've
got my wagon out here, so l guess we'll
load up right away
And thus the hundred-dollar coupon
bond was returned, all safe and sound,
by the tin-peddler, who was as honest
as he was shrewd, and the Widow Hep
sy Halls pumpkins were satisfactorily
marketed. So much so, indeed, that
Eliakim even purchased out of the prof
its snuff-colored merino gown, which
he left at the widows door the very
next time he drove past.
It's pity she can't share more o.
the good luck, said he.
Mrs. Hall found the gown, neatly
wrapped in paper, at her door when she
came home from cranberrying in the
swamp, and she never knew where it
came from. But she made it up, and
wore it to her daughter Belinda's in the
city.
But honest Eliakim has not yet told
Louisa, his wife, that he bought Widow
Hepsy's pumpkins, and paid dollar for
them in good hard cash.
1T amt best to tell women every
thing!' said he.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04
The ssNObIe Forehead FaIIacy.

1t is popularity supposed that the high
and intellectual superiority is usually
associated with the conception of a two
stored brow DR.. William H. Mays
ably combats this idea in the Western
Lancet. He says:
sThe size of the forehead depends
much on the line of growth of the hair
that limits it. A man may have what
is called low forehead; but if the hair
could be removed to the height of four
or five inches, the same individual would
present as fine specimen of the tradi-
tional noble forehead as could be wish
ed, perfect dome of thought, partic-
ularly if the frontal sinuSes happened to
be large or protuberant. Again, a low
forehead has ever been held sign of
beauty in woman, and has certainly
never been regarded as an impeachment
of her mental capacity. The truth is,
the front part of the brain has very little
to do with the intellectual process. 1t
is the posterior lobes of the brain with
which the higher faculties of the mind
are associated. Cover assigns to the
frontal lobes, excepting their lower and
hinder portions, negative position as
regards psychical Importance. Only
man possesses posterior or occipital
lobes; they are the latest achievements
in the long line of cerebral develop
ment. In the higher apes they may be
found in very rudimentary condition;
the lower mammals possess frontal or
anterior lobes only. In the lower saw
cipital lobes are often i'll developed, ap-
preaching the brute type, giving fiat
tened appearance to the back of the
head. In the Stockton Asylum are sew
eral interesting idiots, some of whom,
while possessing quite respectable fore
heads, show a striking deficiency OF
back head. The neck and back of the
head are in one line, and it is worth re-
marking what foolish appearance such
a contour gives an individual. When
YOU see lack of the rounded sweep or
projection of the back of the head above
the neck, you will find with it low or
der of intellect. The idea that high
forehead is, taken alone, the index of
mental superiority is as baseleSs as any
of the exploded propositions of phrenol-
ogy, with which pseudo-science it de-
serves to be classed.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04

D@- Natural Pride.--Mrs. Pry: 'Those
Watkins must be awfully poor people.
Mr.. P: 'How SOP Mrs. Pry: 'They
never give beggar anything
Mr.. P: do your Mrs. Pry: NO;
but it isn't because l haven't plenty
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04

B@One act of charity is worth Gen.
tury of eloquence.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04

b@There are two kinds girls. One
is the kind that appear best abroad-the
girls that are good for parties, rides,
visits, balls, etc., and whose chief de-
light is in such things. The other is
that kind that appear best at home-the
girls that are useful and cheerful in all
the precincts of home. They differ
widely in character. One is moth,
consuming everything about her; the
other is sunbeam, inspiring life and
gladness all along her pathway. Now
it does not necessarily follow that there
shall be two classes of girls. A slight
education will modify both a little, and
unite their good qualities into one.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04
The Country Boy.
Iowa Homestead.

The country lad who is trained to
simple ways and homely virtues, and
who learns what dollar is worth by
actually earning it under the laws of i'm
perative necessity, has tremendous ad-
vantage over the town boy. The schools
in the country are inferior to those in
the city or town, but this is counterbal-
anced by the fact that the country boy
is trained to work from the time he can
pick up corn cobs to run the kitchen
stove, until he goes out to his own home.
The country boy has mile or so of
walk to and from school which gives him
vigorous appetite and health.
The country boy is face to face with
practical realities. He sees how slowly
money is made on the farm; he is taught
from youth up the need of economy;
he has the nature of saving first explain
ed to him every day in the week; he is
not exposed to the temptation of the sa-
loon, or the ballroom; he is not tempted
so much to be lady's man before he
has occasion to use a razor on his downy
cheeks. He may be trife rude, he
may not feel easy in company, but in
the long, closely-contested race of life,
it is the chap that trudges to school bare
footed in summer and in stogas in win
ter, whose mother cuts his hair with the
sheepshears, that leads the chap that
e3 Shirt % front Gy and fsdfqa ghcy yR spBs h z5ah
whose head is shaved with the lawn
mower in the barber shop. Such has
been our observation, and we think we
know what we are talking about. Speak
ing from experience, we never read any
books with such avidity as those we de-
voured while the horses were resting at
the end of the plow land. The boys
we envied forty years ago, because they
wore cashmere and laughed at our jeans,
have dropped so far back in the race
that we have almost forgotten them.
The chaps who had plenty of money at
college and the city-bred fellows have
not been, as a rule, heard from much
since; while the country boys who wore
plain clothes and kept close to their
books in the old college are leading the
thought in Iowa and other States to-day.
B6PA man noted for shrewdneSs in
trade is approached by an acquaintance
who has just come from the country.
whats the news in the country2'
the shrewd man asks.
Il am sorry, but I've got bad news
for you
'You don't say So
Eyes, your wife is dead
my gracious the shrewd man ex
claims, Il would not have had that hap
pen for-for fifty dollars. No let mt
see. Well, say forty-fve.'
B6%Mr. Winks-'Great Scott ther'
comes links. He has bill against me
Tell him am out.
Mrs. Winks-sWell, I'll tell him yo1
have just gone down town to pay bill.
mo, no. He'll know you're lying
then. Tell him something he can be
lieve.'
<VrY-tI Tt11 1s1..f.o -, - - 0%b AZ c0roo
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04
The Widows Pumpkins.

Helen Forrest Graves.
1t was brilliant October morning,
the grass all sparkling with hoar frost,
the trees waving their red-jeweled arms
to the sunshine, and Eliakim Ellis was
driving serenely down Hay Hill.
4 amt poet thought he, 'but if I
was, could write lot of rhymes about
Ike this. Why, it's poetry all the way
nrha.ah And-eh 7--how 7--what?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04

s@-' 'No, John,' she said; Il know
your clothing is badly in need of mend
ing and that all your shirts need buttons,
but will be busy all this week at church
making up warm garments for the be-
nighted heathen of Africa
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04
The Banged Peri.

A girl came up to heavens gate,
And said, "May I come in?"
The good st. Peter told her yes,
If she were free from sin.
She told him all that she had done,
The little sins and great,
And Peter without looking up,
Begun to slide the gate.
She reached around to catch her train
st. Peter said: "I swear
I'll bang the gate in that girls face,
For she doth bang her hair"
Merchant Traveller,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-04
He Won the Jack-Knite.

Though Daniel Webster's fame rests
chiefly upon his oratorical powers, he
was remarkable, too, for his familiarity
with the Bible. His colleagues once
nicknamed him the Biblical Concor-
dance of the United States Senate.
While mere lad, he read the Bible
with such power and expression that the
passing teamsters, who stopped to water
their horses, used to get 'Webster's boy
to come out beneath the shade of the
trees and read the Bible to them.
Those who heard Mr.. Webster, in
later life, recite passages from the He
brew prophets and psalms, say that he
held them spellbound, while each pas
sage, even the most familiar, came home
to them in new meaning. One gen.
tleman says that he never received such
ideas of the majesty of God and the
dignity of man as he did one clear night
when Mr.. Webster, standing in the open
air, recited the eighth pslam.
Webster's mother observed another
old fashion of New England in training
t.sg her son saa ihs sge9qEqG6dp qgs Re Rfno
The boys retentive memory, and his
sensitiveness to Bible metaphors and to
the rhythm of the English version, stored
his mind with Scripture.
On one occasion the teacher of the
district school offered a jack-knife to
the boy who should recite the greatest
number of verses from the Bible. When
Webster's turn came, he arose and reel
ed off so many verses that the master
was forced to cry, Enough! 1t was
the mothers training and the boys de-
light in the idioms and music of the
King lanes version that made him the
Biblical Concordance of the Senate
But these two factors made him more
than a concordance. The Hebrew
prophets inspired him to eloquent utter
ances. He listened to them until theil
vocabulary and idioms, as expressed in
the King James translations, became hi:
mother-tongue. Ofhis lofty utterauce'
it may be said, as Wordsworth said o.
Millions poetry, they are Hebrew II
SOUL Therefore they project themselve'
into the future.
The young man who would be write
that shall be read, or an orator whom
people will hear, should study the Eng
lish Bible. Its singular beauty and grea
power as literature, the thousand senti
ments and associations which use ha
attached to it, have made it mightie
force than any other book.
Natural Pride.--Mrs. Pry: 'Thos
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-14

II the senate on the soth the Presidents
veto OF the bill giving pauper corpses 90
medical colleges In the District OF Columbia
was sustained. The conference
report on the indian Appropriation bill was
agreed 10 and the Post office Appropriate
bill was taken up....In the House the Oil
creating a department OF agriculture Wa
called up and debated until the expiration
OF the morning hour. when the RIVER Anu
Harbor bill was taken up in committee OF
the whole
THERE was no session OF the Senate on the
Let. .....I In the House the report OF the com
mlttcc on Civil Service reform on the reso'
luton OF Mr.. Tauibee. regarding the appoint
ment OF substitutes In the Treasury Depart
ment, was submitted and. after debate, MAS,
on motion OF MIR. Findlay tMdl LAID on tns
table Bills and resolutions from severai
committees were reported and referred
Tie oklahoma bill was called up anu dis
cussed. and the House adjourned
Is the senate on the 81 the resolution for 9
constitutions amendment changing the be-
rinnlrr OF the Presidents Official term from
the <th OF March to April 80. was favoraoiy
reported. hill was reported repeating shs
pre- emption aw. Sr. Nest innrvuuesu = us'
Ark. The Post-ofice Appropriation bill
was taken up and discussed at iength-....I
the House the conference rep9r. q
the Indian Appropriation Dill was adopted
also on several bridge bills Among tne
bills introduced was one establishing the
Territory OF North Dakota: also authorizing
the President to offer a reward OF $1,000 foi
the killing or capture OF Geronimo. A Dill
was passed appropriating SSs 800 70 complete
the hubble building az Hannibal. Mo-. also q
bill a-ppropriating Slh3 900 for repair OF build
ings al Des Moines. la
IN the senate on the lth. after the passage
OF a few private bills. the Post. once Appro
prsation bill was taken up and debate en-
sued on various amendments. Finally th'
bill was passed ...-.In the House the Camp
bell Weaver election case was settled u
favor az Weaver. The Price Page contes
from Rhode Island caused some controversy
| on the question Of allowing parties time =
take testimony
In the senate on the 9Th. after some mino
business was disposed OF, the inter stat
Commerce bill was taken up and MI. Cam
denis -long and short haui'' amendment va
adopted after considerable debate ...-..Ii
che Hou e the bill extending the free deliv
cry sy~tem was reported from the post ONO
committee. The oil for Z commission o.
the LIQUOR erafic was adversely reported
Bills from the military were the
In order. and the first one-for the relief 2
certain ofiicers-created quite a breeze, op
position TO ts being based on the plea 9
ECONOMY.