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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
CANADIAN INTERESTS.
Mention of the Fisheries Question al
New ExtraditiOn Treaty.

Mention of the Fisheries Question and
New ExtraditiOn Treaty.
The questions which have arisen during the
past few years between Great Britain and the
United States are in allegiance or in course of
adjustment On the part of the government OF
the Dominion of Canada an effort has been APP
parent during the season just ended to admins
ter the laws and regulations applicable to the
fisheries with as little occasion for friction as
was possible, and the temperate representations
of this government in respect of cases OF undue
hardship or OF harsh interpretations have been
tory relief. 1t is trusted that the attainment
virtue OF the concurrent legislation OF the two
contiguous countries will not be long deferred,
and that all existing causes of difference may be
equitably adjusted. | recommend that proVis-
ion be made by an international agreement for
vertically marking the water boundary between
the United States and Canada in the narrow
channels that Join the great lakes. The COnVen-
tiona ZINE therein traced by the north
western boundary survey years ago
i'll not in all cases readily aScertamable
for the settlement of jurSdictiOnal questions.
Just and acceptable enlargement OF the list OF
offenses for which eXtradition may be claimed
and granted is most desirable between this
country and Great Britain. The territory OF
neither should become a secure harbOr Tor the
evil-dOerS of the other through any aVOidable
Shortc0ming i'll this regard. y new treaty on
this subject between the two powers has been
recently negotiated, and will soon be laid before
the senate.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
Wonderful Eyes.

John Thomas Heslop, of Birming-
ham, England, is lad whose powers
of vision are to be accounted for
among the marvellous. He is known
as''the living microscope, ION account
of being able to see the most minute
objects clearly defined. In 1878 or
1879 he was attacked with some baf-
fling eye trouble and came very near
losing his sight forever. After the dis
ease had reached it's worst, there
was an instant and startling change
for the better. When his sightreturn-
ed it was with extraordinary increas-
ed powers of vision. To John
Thomas the most minute plant louise
was as large as a rabbit, and the
mosquito's bill as large as anaxe-han-
die. He could see and describe dis
tant minute objects with startling
clearness and precision. He was
amazingly shocked upon repairing to
the we'll to get a cooling draught to see
the immense number of hideous crea-
lures that were floating, fighting, and
wriggling about in the water. From
that day to this water has never pass
ed the lips of John Thomas Heslop;
his drinks consist wholly of coffee, tea,
and milk thoroughly boiled. The
doctors say that the entire organiza-
ton of the eye has undergone a struct-
ural change; that the cornea has
become abnormally enlarged, and
that the crystalline lenses have di-
vided into three different disks or cir
cles, each circle surrounded by anoth-
er of light blue.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
Average Length of Life.

HUMAN life is estimated to have
heightened twenty-five per cent. dur
ing the past haltcentury. 1.-THE av-
erage human life in Rome, under
Caesar, was eighteen years, says DR..
Todd of Georgia, "nowitis forty. The
average in France fifty years ago was
twenty-eight, and the mean duration
in 1887 was ASK years. In Geneva
during the thirteenth century, a gen
Grafton played it's part upon the
stage and disappeared in fourteen
years; now the drama requires forty
years before the curtain falls. During
the golden reign of good Queen Bess,
in London and all the large cities of
merry old England, fifty out ofevery
10000 paid the last debt to nature
yearly, which means, instead ofthree
score and ten, they averaged but one
score. Now, in the city of London,
the average is forty-seven years"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
THE SURPLUS.
Measures SHOULD Be Taken to Prevent
an Increase.

Measures SHOULD Be Taken to Prevent
sn Increase.
Within our own borders a general condition of
prosperity prevails. The harvests OF the last
summer were exceptionally abundant and the
rade conditions now prevailing seem to prom
Use successful season to the merchant and the
manufacturer and general employment to our
working people. The report of the secretary OF
the treasury for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1889, has been prepared and will be presented
to congress. 1t presents with clearness the
fiscal oPerastions 81 government aRtatn and
from all sources for the year were 1887 ,O50,-
O58 "a, derived as follows From customs,
1929, 1872, 741 SO; from internal revenue, $780,
8Sl6l3 92; from miscellaneous sources, SO 1885,
8O3,28, The ordinary expenditures tor the
same period were 1891 1896, 1850, and the to-
tai expenditures, Including the sinking fund,
Weee expendt1res vas after Pfoydg for the
sinking fund, S57, ATS, 1889. For the current
fiscal year the total revenues, actual and estt-
penditllres, actual and estimated, are $685.
100000, making with the sinking
fund, a total expenditure of $341 ,321 j 16 SO.
leaving an estimated surplus 81 20 ~
purchase OF bonds, in addition to those for the
sinking fund, 500, 456, 1925, and during the
gst gss Of The surT ba year the eed se9
the sinking fund. The revenues for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1891, are estimated by the
treasury department at 1885 100000 and the
EXPENDITURES for the same period, including the
sinking fund, at S341 ,13O, Alto. This shows
an estimated surplus for that year Of $43, $685.
522 80 which is more likely to be increased
than reduced when the actual transactions
are written up The existence OF 80 large an
ACTUAL AND ANTICIPATED SURPLUS
should have the immediate attention OF con-
gress with view to reducing the receipts of the
treasury to the needs of the government as
closely as may be. The collection of moneys
not needed for public uses imposes an unneces-
sary burden upon our people, and the presence
of SO large surplus in the public vaults. is a
disturbing element in the 6ondHct Of private
business. 1t has called into use expedients for
putting it into circulation Of very questionable
propriety. We should not collect revenue for
| The purpose of anticipating our bonds
| beyond the requirements of the
sinking find, but any unappropriated
surplus In the treasury should be settled, as
| there is no other lawful way of returning the
| money to circulation and the prOht realized by
! the government offers substantial adVahi 90
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
Signs of a Hard Winter.

The crop of hickory nuts is unusu-
ally large, and we must look for a
hard winter. The moss is growing
high on the north side of the trees,
and this forebodes a hard winter.
The corn shuck is quite thick, and
this is another sign of a hard winter.
The goose bone looks like a young
leopard, and that means hard win
ter. Our wea ther predictions are al
ways wrong, and that means a
warm winter. Now pay your money
and take your choice.-Salisbury
mo Press-Spectator.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform in the Administration Rather
Than Repeal of the Law,

Reform in the Administration Rather
Than Repeal of the Law,
On the 4th OF March last the civil service
commission had but single member The va
cancies were filed on the 7th day of May,
and since then the commissioners have been in
dustriously, though with inadequate force, en-
gagged in executing the law. They were assured
by me that cordial support would be given
them in the faithful and impartial enforcement
of the statute, and of rules and regulations
adopted in and of it. Heretofore the book
OF eligibles has been closed to every one, except
as certifcations were made upon the requisition
Of the appointing officers. This secrecy was the
source of much suspicion and of many charges
of favoritism in the administration of law
What is secret is always suspected and what is
open can be judged. The commission, with the
full approval Of its members, has now opened
the list of eligbles to the public. The eligibles
for classified postoffices and customs are
are also the, Qualifications for ap-
pointments. The purpose of tie
civil service Peeb.r law was absolutely
with appointments under it than that of merit
as tested by the examinations The business
proceeds upon the theory that both the exam
lutely ignorant as to the political views and as
sociates Of all persons on the civil service lists
1t is not much to say, however, that
t tions have somewhat Shaken nVe nnbIic
confidence in the impartiality OF the Selections
for appointments. The reform of the civil SER
vice win make no safe or satisfactory advance
until the present law and its equal administra-
ton are well established in the condolences of the
people. 1t will be my pleasure, as it is nv duty
to see that the law isexecuted
wIT9 FIRMNEsS AND IRPARTIAITY
/ am satisfied that both in and out of CLASH
fed service great benefit would accru from the
adoption of some system by which the officer
would receive the distinction and benefit that
| in all private employments comes from excep-
tional faithfuness and efficiency in the perform
ance of duty. have suggested to the heads of
the executive departments that they consider
whether q record might not be kept in
each bureau of all the elements that
are covered by the terms "faithfulness,"
and efficiency" and a rating made showing the
relative merits of the clerks OF each class this
| rating to be regarded as a test OF merit i'm maxi
ing promotions. have also, suggested to the
postmaster general that he adopt some
plan by which he can, upon the basis
/ of the reports to the - depa rtment
| and of frequent inspections, indicate the rela.
/ tive merit of postmasters Of each class They
| will be appropriately indicated in the official
register and report of the department. That q
/ great stimulus would thus be given to the above
/ service do not doubt and such arecord would
/ be the best defense against removals from office
| BENJAMIN HARRISON
Executive Mansion, Washington, p. c., Dec. 3
| 1880.
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A Man Who Sleeps for Years

A Man Who Sleeps for Years.
Twelve years ago Herman Harms
emigrated to Utica, Mimi, from
southern Illinois, where he had long
suffered with fever and ague. Shortly
afterward he found it impossible to
keep awake He slept continuously
day and night for nearly nine years.
Three years ago he reused long
enough to work in the harvest field
part of the season, when the lethargy
returned. At the end of three more
years he again awoke for few days,
and again relapsed. Each day he
returns to consciousness for a brief
season, but the spell of sleeplessness
at once exerts it's sway again, and
the man is as oblivious as though he
was dead. He has been treated with
tonics, quinine, and strychnine, but
without effect. Two years ago his
eldest son, discouraged at the dark
prospect on the farm, committed
suicide, and little later the second
boy died.-Boston Budget.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
Railroad Ties of Mahogany.

The next day we rode for miles
through magnificent forests of ma
hogany and ebony trees. 1t may
seeem strange but it is the plain
truth-for miles and miles through
this country the Monterey & Gulf
railroad will use mahogany ties, and
the timber used in the construction
of it's bridges will be of the same ma
terial, and often ebony will be used.
Vast forests OF these precious woods
stretch for miles on either side of the
roadbed, and the sound of the wood
MANS ak has never yet disturbed tho
stiffness of the virgin spot.-Cor.
Kansas City Times.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
What Cyrus Knows About
NEWSPAPERS.

Iheard a God one on Cyrus W.
Field the other day. When he owned
the Mail and Express he occasionally
poked around the various editorial
rooms to get some idea of how his
paper was being conducted.
"Who is that man who sits in that
room to the right upstairs?" he ask
ed of his managing editor.
"That's Mr., our exchange ed
itor," replied the managing editor.
"Well," said Mr.. Field, frowning,
'Gt's my opinion that he isn't worth
his salt. AS often as | have been in
his office I've never seen him doing
anything except reading newspapers,
and he's always got big pile of 'em
in front of him. Epoch.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
An Illuminated Rat.

Here is a unique way in which
science abates nuisance: A Nash
vile, Tenn, druggist prepared rat
paint made of q preparation of
phosphorus. Catching q rat he
painted him with the preparation,
and after dark, when the rodent was
cleaning like a fire ball, he turned
him lose to mingle with his fellow
rats. Dire CONSERVATION came upon
them when he appeared, and they in
continently fed, the phosphorescent
rat bringing UP the rear.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
A Bright Child.

Mrs Aust think, Mrs B., my
little Mol!ie lost a dollar bill on her
way to the grocery"
Mrs. B. proudly" couldn't
happen to my little Fanny. She is
too smart for that; amt you,
Fanny"
Fanny-"Guess l couldn't lose my
dollar bill, when you never send any
money to the grocer's. He always
writes it down in a book and when he
wants any money from us he has to
come five or six times. Texas Sift-
ings.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
ALiterary Curiosity.

The menu ofthe farewell banquet to
the members of the oriental congress
at Stockholm ought to take perma-
nent place in collections of literary
curiosities. The initial "sup" or nip
of schnapps which always begins IL
scandinavian dinner was recorded
with a song in the Hairs tongue.
The soup was described in Getziani
and a song in Chinese. Prof Max
Muller wrote song in Sanscrit prais-
ing the salmon. The filet de bpuf
was mentioned by a verse in Malay
and by another in Japanese. Arti-
chaut au beurre was treated in Coptic;
cateau la Victoria in hieroglyphics;
the ices in Himyaritie; the cheeses in
Bichare. The menu concluded accord
ing to the Swedish custom with
Thanks for dinner" written in Persi-
an,-Berlin Letter.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12

The loaning OF public funds 10 the banks with.
out interest upon the security of government
bonds regard as all authorized and dangerous
eXpedient 1t results in a temporary and unnat-
ural increase of the banking capital OF favored
localities ana compels q cautious and gradual
recall of the deposit TO avoid injury to the COM
banks having these deposits will sell their bonds
to the treasury so long as the present highly
beneficial arrangement is continued. They now
practically get interest both upon the bonds
and their proceeds. No further use should be
made of this method of getting the surplus into
circulation, and the deposits now outstanding
should be gradually withdrawn and applied TO
such a use can be made of the existing surplus,
and for some time to come of any casual sur
plus that may exist after congress has taken
the necessary steps for q reduction of the rev.
enue Such legislation should be promptly but
very considerably enacted.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
Couldn't See the Point.
From the New Haven Palladium.

From the New Haven Palladium.
A Yale student returning from
abroad is distinguished with the
slow appreciation of the English
people. He says that on the trip
home he had occasion to use the
phrase Sin the soup" AS it was new
to British ears, it provoked the Gu
riosity of one old gentleman, who
begged an explanation. The embar-
raised young man began with a
cheerful and homely example.
"If," said he, Il started for Ameri-
ca, and my trunk by some inadvert-
ence was detained in Liverpool, l
should be sadly Inconvenience,
would l not? Well, then, my trunk
would be in the soup, and SO would
l."
"But broke out the Englishman,
81 cannot see what your trunk has
got to do with an article of dict"
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Two Houstonians each $4,000
Ahead.

While making his usual rounds yesterday
Post representative happened in Sam
Raphael's cigar store. As the two had not
mot in some time the conversation at last
diifted TO Sans good fortunein holding one
twentieth of ticket No. $500 which drew
the $50, 900 prize in October drawing of The
Louisiana State Lottery. Naturally of
course, Sam seemed much pleased at having
held the winning number, and assured The
Post man that he would continue his bust
ness on the same scale and devote his person
al attention to his trade as formerly. In re.
bly, to the question as to whether he mad any
trouble in getting the money from the Lot
terry Company he said that Uncle Joe Bald
win who held another twentieth of tho same
ticket, and he sent both their tickets through
the Wells Fargo Express company ana
promptly received the money through the
same company. The Post man then said
good day, and started in search of ncle Joe
Baldwin, but failed to find him.-Houston
(Tex.) Post, November /.
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TARIFF REVISION.
just and Reasonable Protection to In
dustries Should Not Be Impaired.


recommend revision of our tariff law, both
in it's administrative features and i'll the sched-
ules. The need OF the former is generally con-
coded and an agreement upon the evils and in
convenience to be remedied and the best meth
dds for their correction will probably not be
difficult Uniformity of valuation in all our
ports is essential and effective measures should
be taken to secure it. 1t Is equally desirable
that questions affecting rates and
considerations should be promptly de-
cided. The preparation OF a new schedule
of customs duties is a matter OF great dellcacy
because of its effect upon the business OF the
country, and OF great difficulty by reason of the
wide divergence OF opinion as to the objects that
may be promoted by such legislation. Some
disturbance of business may perhaps result from
consideration of this subject by congress- but
this temporary i'll effect will be reduced to
minimum by prompt action and assurance
which the country enjoys that any necessary
charges will be soon made as not to impair the
JUST AND REASONABLE PROTECTION
of our home industries. The inequalities OF the
law should be adjusted but the protective prin-
ciple should be maintained and fairly applied to
the products of our farms as we'll as our shops.
These duties necessarily have relation to other
things besides the public revenues We cannot
limit their effects by fixing our eyes on the pub
lie treasury alone. They have direct relation
to home production, to work, to wages and to
the commercial Independence OF our country
and the wise and patriotic legislator should en-
large the field of his vision to include all OF
these. The necessary reduction in our public
revenues can, am sure, be made without max
ing the smaller burden more onerous
than the larger by reason of
the disabilities and limitations which
the process of reduction puts upon both capital
and labor. The free list can very safely be ex-
tended by placing thereon articles that do not
offer injurious competition to such domestic
products as our home labor can supply. The
removal of the internal tax upon tobacco would
relieve an important agricultural product from
a burden which was imposed only because our
revenue from customs duties was insufficient for
the public needs. If safe provision against fraud
can be devised the removal OF the tax upon spir-
its used in the arts and in manufactures would
also offer an unobjectionable method OF reduc-
ing the surplus.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
"Mamma's Gittln Better.


There is gladness in the household
The shadow fades away
That darkened all the sunshine
Ofmany a summer day.
80. mammals getting BETTER"
The happy children cry,
And the light of hope shines bright again
In the loving husbands eye.
In thousands of homes women are "sick
unto DEATH with the terrible diseases SO
common to their sex, and it would seem as if
all the happiness had gone out of life and the
household in consequence. For when the wife
and mother suffers all the family suffers with
her This ought not to be. and it need not
be, for never failing remedy for woman 8
ailments is at hand. Many home has been
made happy because the shadow of disease
has been banished from it by the potent pow
err OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription-the
unfailing remedy for all weaknesses and dis
eases peculiar to women.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12
BRAZIL AS A REPUBLIC.
1t Will Be So Recognized When Its Sta
biIitv Is Assured,

The recent revolt in Brazil in favor OF the es-
tablishmeqt Of republican form of government
is an event OF great interest to the United States
Our minister at Rio de Janeira was at once in
structed to maintain friendly diplomatic E9la-
tions with the provisional government and the
Brazilian representatives at this capital, were
instructed by the provisional government to
continue their functions. Our friendly inter
course with Brazil has therefore suffered no in
terruptiOn OBr minister has been further in
structed to extend on the part of this govern
ment a formal and cordial recognition OF the
new republic 80 soon as the majority of the PEG
pie OF Brazil shall have siGHiisd their assent to
its establishment and maintenance.
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South Dakotans are jubilant over that
portion of the Presidents message giving
the opinion that the Sioux reservation does
not need the approval of congress to make it
binding, but that the reservation may be
thrown open to settlement any time. Sena-
tors Moody and Pettigrew believe it will
cause tide of settlers to rush into the state
that will get ready for active work this win
ter and that it will make thousands of dol
lars difference in the prosperity OF the state
another season.
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Molasses their FavorIte Bev-
erage.
FIR ON Harper's Monthly.

FIR ON Harper's Monthly.
Thecountry tRepubIic ofColumbia)
from Cucuta to Bogota is Uhickly set
tied with important towns; trade +
very active; provisions, principally
wheat and maize, bread, pork and
beef, potatoes, iuca and many excel
lent grains, are abundant. The ia
vorite beverage in the hot valleys is
a sour-sweet liquor made from mo-
lasses mixed with water, which re-
freshes, without being injurious to
health. On the table-lands the lower
classes literally degrade themselves
to the level of the brute by the use of
q distasteful beverage called china,
made from Indian corn and the mo-
lasscs first extracted from the sugar
cane. This beverage not only pro-
duces, by it's long continued orexces-
sive use, a stupefaction of the tacul-
ties, but also gives rise in time to the
disease known in Italy as pelambria.
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\ New Machine Propeller.

M. de Susini, q Corsican doctor,
has, it is asserted, constructed a mo-
tive apparatus or propeller of TWEEN
ty-horse power, which is worked by
ether, a result which the
doctor anticipates will realize saw
ing of IS per cent. OF the combusti-
BILE material at present employed for
setting machinery in motion.-New
York Telegram.