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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-05-31
The Story of a RnStIa.

Talking about bustles, said the father
of family, suddenly arousing himself
from deep meditation and slappno the
Star man on the knee. They had been
sreaking for the past twenty minutes
and the last thing mentioned before that
was something about a grinding monopoly
Here's an advertisement had prepared
for the Star:
VNANTED-A servant without bu stle or
w other artificial enlargement of the an
atomy; no objection to carrying cold vituals
home in a basket; no hustle need apply.
My wife wanted to know if | was drop
ping back into barbarism, and declared
that the tyranny of men would stop at
nothing. Why would l attempt to abridge
the civil rights of servant girls by Gepiv-
ing them of their con titutiona privilege
to wear bustles? Her woman sense of
justice was shocked and she declared that
If women had votes l would MT dare to
suggest such thing; and when suggest
ed the election frauds that might be pra
ticed by women with bustles full of ballots,
she began to cry, and said that my cruelty
was inspired by envy because she had Just
that day bought new eytra-Sile 80 cent
hustle, that made her dress stand out just
lovely. | might have it it | wanted it,
and she would continue wearing the Old
one that was twisted all on one side and
made her back look like a chicken gong
across the wind. She enlarged upon the
subject by declaring that wanted TO de-
prive poor servants of their principal
source of comfort-the rudder that kept
them upon their course. l surely would
not deprive poor girl of her hustle
And | listened to all this and more.
Then | led her gently into the kitchen
and unlocked the hustle Honesty had left
hanging behind the door. Honesty IS the
name of our servant girl that was There
was something prophetic in the cho ce on
her christening day. l quietly unhookei
Honesty's hustle from the dor and
emptied from it half pound of tea, six
Of the babies most useful articles Of
clothing, one towel, two pounds o. sugar,
three silver spoons, bottle of pickles, a
beef-seak, box of tinted cosmetic and a
pair of stockings. My wife tainted dead
away-after she had secured the rouge
and hid it from my sight in the black
fol S of her own Dire s. Now she weeps
when | come home to dinner. and declares
that we'll never get servant who is will
ing to dispense with hustle for the con-
of SIS per mon h, unless Mr..
Goodmaker. the missionary, can get us
one, way off there where they eat folks
and don't wear any clothes at ALL Then
she covers her face with her hands and
says it would never do for servant to
answer the door bell dressed that way.
Meanwhile, by laborious math matical
process, l have been calculating the
of Honesty's bustle ard find it
to hold just three half pecks and pint,
which is ample storage room, if used only
for transportation and not permanent
storage. for half my regular family sup
ply of groceries and provisions, not to
mention dry goods and notions !,
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Gossip About Willard.

The tele graphed from New York to the
effect that Henry Willard is soon to be in
control OF the Northern Pacific railway
and the Oregon & Transcontinental com
pany again arouses Il good deal ol, m1er-
est in Milwaukee. owing to the fact that
the Wisconsin Central railway is also con-
trolled by Willard and his friends. Some
intere sting facts have transpired about
Villa I'd 8 relations with the Oregon L
Transcontinental company and the North.
ern Pacific railroad. When the money
market was tight and the company had
difficulty to meet the demands upon it, Mr..
Willard came forward, and. on a lew days
notice furnished the Oregon Trancsonti.
mental company with $1,000, 900. which
relieved it OF all its embarrassment, and
placed it on firm footing. He
also found purchasers for the Ore
gon Railway and Navigation bonds,
thus furnishing to that company all
the money it required. This year Mr.. Vii
lard took a large part OF the Northern
Pacific third mortgage bonds. Mr.. Viii
lard's friends in Germany have not only
been willing to furnish large sums OF money
for these but are ready to continue to do
So so far as may be required and they
have purchased a large amount OF the
Oregon transportation company's stock,
with the expectation that Mr.. Willard will
hereafter be prominent in the management
OF the company.
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Sandy SnilIers' Story.

In rugged district of East TENNESSEE.
N t. at section of country where, during
the war, not only neighbors were arrayed
against each other, but where the men,
iers OF once devoted families hunted one
another with deadly intent, there was a
small graveyard under spreading per-
simmon tree. No one knows the name of
a single eternal sleeper who lies beneath
this tree. A sskirmish took place OH the
site of the burying ground, fierce hand
to-hand encounter; and, after the fight,
the victims, dressed SO much alike that
no one could tell to which side they be-
longed, were buried together. When the
time came for removing federal soldiers
to the national cemeteries, the '.persim-
mon-tree grave yard" was left undis-
turbed.
Near this graveyard there lives an old
fellow named Sandy Spillers. During the
war he was confederate guerrilla. His
daring, his devilish enterprise, and the
many stories of his violence made his
name terror.
Last year on Memorial day old Sandy,
driving spring wagon loaded with wild
blossoms and the perfumed twigs of rare
bushes, and followed by large number
Of neighbors, drew up under the old per-
simmon tree.
Sandy, said an old man as he placed
box on the ground, you've got ter make
a sort Nv speech"
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an so did /, an ever once in while I'd
drop one o. EN-; but never shot at
Union soldier yit, an never wanted ter.
coulder dropped you t'other day when
you WIZ ridin' under Spencer's bluff, fur
l wuz. right above you.
''He didn't say nothin' fur some time,
but he kept er looking at Zilda. ole
man, says he. Il aint got it in my heart
to hang you. You amt a enemy to cur
side arter all. Boys, let's CO.
6 Gentlemen. sass my wife, I've got
some pies that amt burnt an if you IL
stay we'll'-here she broke down an
droppin Oh her knees gunter praise ther
Iawd. Zelda then dropped an 1 reckon
dropped too. After that we all fell ter
eatin' pies. The next day the sargeant
he came back an brought us the news
that the war wuz over. could make
this talk longer. but wont, fur you all
know that the sargeant married Zelda.
He is a jedge in Nashville, now. an
here old Sandy took up a package and
began to take a newspaper from about it.
my soii-in-law an his wife sent these
here flowers t. lie scattered on these un-
known men graves. Well sprinkle 'em
along with the dogwood bloSs pms an the
flowers o. the red bud tree
OprE y PrAn
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ghe Sun.
AQuADRUPLEM MURDER.
Reuben Drake, His Wife and Two
Little Grandchildren Found Bru-
tally Murdered In Their Lonely
Farmhouse Near kickapoo. Wis.

A murder rivaling i'll atrocity the An.
toine Probst murder occurred in kicka.
poo, Wis.,, by which Reuben Drake, his
wife and two grandchildren, the
children OF James Dupee-four per-
sons in all-met their death. Drake
and vile are elderly people, living on q
we'll. cultivated farm four and one-half
miles southeast OF the little village OF
Readstown, and about fifteen miles from
Niroqua. Their little grandchildren lived
but few miles away. but were tempo
rarily visit ing the old folks One morning
u neighhor living about half % mile distant
had occasion to go to brakes on an errand
and upon entering the door Il fearful sight
was presented. Drake and his wife lay
near each other upon the floor, face down.
ward, welterins in great pools OF blood,
which flowed from gaping gunshot wounds
in their heads. Both were dead, and evi-
IDENTIFY had been for some hours On the
bed in all adjoining room lay the children,
aged respectively five and six, with their
throats cut. One of the little ones was
yet alive when discovered, but too
far gone to give any account OF the terri
ble tragedy. Before medical aid could he
summoned the child died. and no one was
lett to tell OF the struggle in the lonely
farm house, by which four human beings
were sacrificed. The alarm was quickly
given, and soon all the people OF
Cne Sp0rSely Settleu HelSn DOrnOOu
wertf at the scene Of the tragedy.
The little house had been ransackei
and the furniture overturned, show
ing that the perpetrators had searched
for money and valuables. Fresh footsteps
were found leading to and from the house,
but they were soon lost in the highway.
The nearest neighbors wife says that
about IL o'clock that night she he ard
three shots fired in the direction of Drake $,
but thinking that 1t was some belated
sportsman, gave the matter no attention.
Another woman met a stranger on the high.
way Just after dusk who avoided her and
hid in the brush. These are the only facts
now known outside OF the mute evidences
found in he farm house OF one of the most
searuf crimes ever committed in Wiscon-
sin. 1t is supposed the murderers sought
to rob MIR. Drake Of some pension money,
which he had secured about II month ago,
and it is not yet known whether they
secured it or not. Drake and wife were
aged about sixty years, and were hard.
working and fairly wel-to-do and intelli-
gent people. The locality is an out-oi-the-
way place, sparsely settled and many
miles from railroad. 1t is thought that
the tiendish deed was committed by some
one living near who knew OF the pension
money, as it is section seldom visited by
tramps or strangers.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-05-31
"a DAKoTAIN CONGRESS.
Her Proposed Admission the Sub
iect of a Most Decidedly Amin ated
nnh afo In thu AnnSa.

The proposition for the admission OF
South Dakota into the Union was unex-
peetedly sprung upon the house. The
humdrummngr routine which usual y marks
the consideration OF appropriation bills
was proceeding when without a
moments notice warm political
debate was precipitated. When a
passage in relation to government
otIi ciais in Dakota was reached, Mr.. Gif-
ford took the floor and in extempora
neous speech gave expression to his views
on Oak ota, which he said was suffering un-
der IA miserable carpet bagging system OF
government. Her judges. governor and all
the state officers were taken from other
sections OF the country id sent to rule
over Dakota. The governor, when in Of
flee, appointed about ninety officials. and
the Judges appoin inted clerks and other
court fficials. None OF those people were
the choice OF Dakota, but were forced up
on her. Mr.. Clifford asked leave to print
his remarks in the Record, and then Mr..
Butterworth, who had charge oil the Repub-
lican end OF the debate on the legisla-
tive bill. yielded ten minutes time to Mr..
Baker of New York. who covered the
general grounds OF Dakota's demand for
admission. Springer who had come over
to the aisle to closely follow the
speaker, arose to reply. Butterworth,
Symes of Colorado, Representatives
Gear, Kerr and Strubls OF IOwe apd others
pouneed upon Springer like hawks as soon
as he had begun to speak, and for hall an
hour there WAS lively discharge OF ora
torical musketry at short range. The
whole house, Democrats and Republicans,
laughed heartily at the figure Springer cut
as questio after question, and shot after
shot Was poured into him.. bat it had no
effect whatever upon him, and hs ''bobbed
up serensiy" each time as il nothing bad
happened.
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labor's Cause.

The floor OF the house was accorded one
day last eek 10 he committee OF labor.
and Mr.. O'Neill OF Missouri. chairman Of
that committee, called up the bill to con-
fine the sale OF the prod OF convict
la Dor to the state in which they are pro-
duced. Mr.. O'Neill explained:
The measure originated in visit to this
city OF manufacturers from New York,
Brooklyn. Jersey City. Philadelphia, and
other cities who appeared before the com
mittee and pictured the absolute ruin
that stared them in the lace from the COM
petition OF convict labor. One industry
after another was attacked by this convict
labor system, and in each case the indus
try was obliged to lower the rates OF wa
ges or go out OF business. Men who were
paying So and $3.50 day to their en-
ployes, found themselves face to face with
competitors who paid only five cents an
hour. The labor organization OF the
country had urged upon the COMMITTEES
the necessity for the passage OF the bill.
A long discussion eRsued, ono OF the
speakers being Mr.. Wilson OF Minnesota.
who argued against the bill on constitu
tional grounds. An amendment was
adopted prohibiting the Importation for
commercial purposes OF all goods wares or
merchandise from any foreign country to
the United States which, in whole or in part,
were manufactured or produced by con.
violation OF this prohibition. The previous
question was then ordered-yeas 1875,
nays 43-on the engrossment and third
reading OF the bill and then the house ad-
lourned. The senate passed, with amend
ments. the house bill to establish depart
ment OF labor. Mr.. O'Neil had an inter.
view with the speaker and Mr.. Randall
was assured that the committee on
rules will give additional time to the COM
mittee on labor, which, he says, guaran-
tees the passage OF the bill.
The bill provides for u department OF
labor. the general design and duties OF
which shall be to acquire and diffuse
among the people OF the United States
useful information on subjects connected
with labor. and especially upon it's rela-
tion to capital, the hours OF labor, the
earnings OF laboring men and women, and
the means of promoting ther material,
social, intellectual and moral prosperity.
The personnel is to consist. of a commits
,ioner, to be appointed by the president,
and confirmed by the senate, who is to
hold office for four years and receive a sal.
AIRY OF S.. 900; chief clerk, stenogra pher,
minor clerks, copyists and messengers.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-05-31
A Western Courtship.

"When / was young man." said
the politician, 81 Travelled in the
southwest considerably, selling sad
dies, etc. On one OF my trips 1 stop
ped over night in a settlers cabin in
Southeast Missouri. The settler and
his wife were mighty cordial, gave ME
the best they had and made me vel.
come to bunk on the floor with
them. The Oldest daughter was I6 or
II years old and perfect beauty for
her situation. She was the kind o. a
girl a novelist would break his neck
to get hold OF for a heroine. She'd be
very picturesque and pleasing in O.
book, but shudder when l think of
her in real life. She took quite shine
to me and before we laid down she
had told me nearly every thing she
ever heard. A heavy rain fell during
the night, and as the roads
had been heavy before, they were
no. passable the next morning. So
had to stay at the cabin. The girl
was very attentive for the three days
l was there, and on the evening of the
last day she said. Say, is you uns
married| told her no. and want.
ed to know why she asked. Well, IL
you uns ain't,' she said, we uns mig Int
get spliced.'
The speaker paused to allow his
hearers time to break all their but.
tons. and then proceeded:
'Her father approved heartily Of
the plan. I've been wishing YOU uns
would hitch ever since seen YOU uns.'
he said. and the whole family was so
congratulatory that was afraid to
decline. lpretended to accept. and
offered to ride to the meeting. house
about 20 miles away ard ge. the
preacher. They laughed at the idea.
We uns can marry ourselves by kiss.
ing over candle. the girl said. l in-
sisted on the preacher. and after q
long argument got my horse out to
ride for him. just as was about to
mount the girl came out of the cabin
arrayed to 60 With me. That was
too much. mounted in a hurry, laid
a switch to the horses fianks and
rode of at the top of the horses
speed. have never seen the charmer
since.-St, Louis Post. Dispatch. a
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"You know l KANT make no speech, -

''You know KANT make no speech, )"
Sandy replied.
''Wall, there III halter be some sort NV
expernaton made ter these yer folks
erbout this here prOceedin' an we IL t
low that there s man that can do it bet
tern you ken, so git right up thar on that
box an let ther cat Outen the bag"
IN do the best ken, Sandy replied,
as he took off his white wool hat and
threw it on the ground. 'with the hope
that won't hurt nObody's feelins." He
got up on the box, looked about him in a
sort of half-embarrassed way, and then
said: "A good many o. you know what
wuz durin' the war. You know that
wuz called tough customer an I'll say
right here that amt prepared to dispute
1t, nuther.
81 won't tell in purtcler how | wuZ
forced ter s0rter whack, but l will
say that the Lawd knows that never had
nothin' ergin the old flag. Wall, one day
while | wuZ layin, in ther cane-brake
down yOn on ther creek, fast asleep, fur I
had been er dOdliin' round all ther day
before. party O. union soldiers come
up, they did, and nabbed me fo'
knowed they wuz in ther community.
They didn't gin me no chance
ter fight, an don't reckon / de-
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-05-31
Two New Rjshopa.

At the conference in New York, Rev. Dr.
j. H. Vincent OF the Rock River confer.
euce, and Rev. J. w. Fitzgerald, of the New
Jersey conference. were elected bishops.
DR.. Vincent was born at Tuscaloosa, Ala,
Nov. 23. 1882. In 1888 he moved to
Pennsylvania. He was educated at the
Milton and Lewisburg seminaries and
at the Newark Wesleyan institute. He
was u licensed exhorter in 1910 and in
1850 local preacher in the Baltimore
conference. From 1852 to 1857 he had
charges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
He established in Illinois in 1865 the
Northwestern Sunday School Quar-
terly. In 1868 he was elected secretary
OF the Sunday school union, a position
he still occupies. In 1874 with Lewis
Miller he established the Chau.
tauqua circle. He was at one time
the pastor OF Gen. Grant. Rev. J. w.
Fitzgerald is fifty years of age, and was
born at Newark, n. j. He studied at the
Newark academy and then at Princeton
college. On leaving college he studied law
with Chancellor Runyan and Secretary
Frelinghuysen, and was admitted to the
bar. He was admitted to the church
thirty years ago. He was presiding elder
OF the Newark conference until seven years
ago when he was elected recording secre.
tary of the missionary society. Alter the
election Of these two bishops a fourth ballot
was taken, but an adjournment was taken
before the count. While the third ballot
was being taken, O resolution was carried
making the time limit five years.
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A Tribute To Our HOnOred Dead.

How bright are the honors which await
those who with sacred fOrtitude and
pa riotic patience have endured all things
that they might save their native land
from division, and from the power of
corruption. The honored dead They
that die for good cause are redeemed
from death. Their names are gathered
and garnered. Their memory is precious.
Each plact grows proud for them who
were born there. There is to be, ere long
in every village, and in every neighbor-
hood, glowing pride in its martyred
heroes. Tablets shall preserve their
names. PiDus love shall renew their in
scriptions as time and the unfeeling ele-
ments efface them. And the national
festivals shall give multitudes of precious
names to the orators lips. Children shall
grow up under more sacred inspirations,
whose elder brothers dying nobly for their
country, ! tt name that h0nOred ami
inspired all who bore it. Orpha child
rem shall find tho sands of fathers and
mothers to love and help those whom
dying heroes left as legacy to the graft
tude of the pubic. Oh, tell me not that
they are dead-that generous host, that
airy army of invisible heroes. They
hover as cloud of witnesses above this
nation. Are they dead that yet speak
louder than we can speak, and more
universal language Are they dead that
yet act? Are they dead that yet move
upon society, and inspire the people with
nobler motives and more heroic atriotis II?
Ic that mourn, let g adnesS mingle with
your tears. He was your son: now he is
the nations. He made your household
bright; now his example inspires a thou
sand households. Lear to his brothers
and sisters, he is now brother to every
generous youth in the land. Before, he
was narrowed appropriated, shut up to
you. Now he i AUGMENTED, set free and
given to all. Before he was yours now
he is ours. He has died from the family
that he might live to the nation. Not one
name shall be forgotten or ne2lected; and
it shall by-and-by be confess d of orr
modern heroes, as it is of an ancient hero,
that he did more for his country by his
de tn than by his whole life.
Neither are they less honored who shall
bear thorough life the marks of wounds
and sufferings. Neither epauette nor
badge is so honorable as wounds re- eived
in good cause. Many a man shall envy
him who henceforth limps. So strange is
the Transforming power of patriotic ardor,
that men shall almost c0vet Disagreement.
Crowds shall give way TO hObbling Grip
plies, and uncover in the presence of fee
bleness and helplessness. And buoyant
children shall pau in their noisy games,
a-d with loving reverence honor those
whose fe.t are no longer able to march
eyceN up@n that journ y VIII ch brings
good men to honor and imm rtaity. Oh,
mother of lost children. sit not in dark
oh, mourners of the early dead, they shall
live again, and live fore er Your sor-
rows are our gladness. The nation live,
because you gave it men that love it better
than their own lives. Henry Ward Beech
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-05-31
PRESBYTERIAN CENTENNIAL.
ProsSyIerians of the North and
South Assemble Together for the
first Time in Quarter of a Con-


Jury.
The Centennial day OF the Presby terian
Church, and the members Of the two gem
eral assem- blies met in great mass meetings
in the Academy of Music and Horticulture
al hall in Philadelphia. L he crowds
in attendance at both were enor-
NOUS. 1t was the first reunion of
the two great bodies OF the Presb teri
an church in America since the division,
more than quarter of century ago.
In the Academy OF Music, Rev. j. j.
Bullock. moderator OF the Southern gen.
eral assembly presided, and seated with
him on the platform were Rev. William III.
Roberts. stated clerk OF the Northern gen.
eral assembly,; Rev. Joseph T. Smith, OF
Baltimore. ex- moderator OF the Northern
assembly; Rev. James McCosh, president
of Princeton college; Rev. John Hall, OF
New York; Rev Charles H. Stoddard, editor
of the New ork Observer, and many Others.
The great audience was apparently
made up in equal pr oportions from
represen tatives from the two assem-
jlies. Rev. DR.. Bullock was introduced rs
officer. Or. Smith, ex-moderator OF the
Northern general assembly, welcomed
the Southern guests. The 5000 people
then rose and sang Praise God from HON
all blessings flow" DIR. Bullock as the rep
resentative OF the Southern assembly, cor
daily reciprocated the iraternal sentiments
gregation sang "All people that on earth
do dwell. and "All hail the power OF
Jesus name" Rev. DIR. Cuyler OF Brook
lyn spoke on the History OF Presby teri.
anism" The Work OF Presby terianism
for the Future" was the subject OF an ad-
dress OF Rev. T. Dwight Witherspoon Of
Louisville, Ky. great audience also
crowded Horticultural hall, adjoining the
Academy. The same fraternal feeling was
manifest among the commissioners OF
both bodies. Rev. DR.. Charles L. Thompson
OF Kansas City, the moderator OF the
Northern assembly was in the chair. Mod
orator Thompson introduced Congress
man William o. P. Breckenridge. of Lex
ington college, who spoke on "Calvinism
and Religious Liberty" Rev. Howard
Crosby, followed with an address on Pres.
byterianism and Biblical Scholarship"
He defended the verbal insniration of the
Bible. Mrs. Cleveland occupied seat in
the upper right hand box.