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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
What Made Her Ear Ache,

A physician of my acquaintance
was called in recently to see an old
lady who resides in her own house in
the third ward 1t was his frsG call,
and he had never seen the lady be-
fore. She lay on a couch, neatly at
tired, with her gray hair in a cluster
of small curls at each side of her head.
Doctor" she said, Il have sent
to consult you on a very serious
matter. l have for a long time sui
fered from pains in the head, and
have consulted many physicians
without receiving any benefit Yes
terday l accidentally swallowed a
fishbone, and coughing it mp felt a
singular sensation in my left ear. |
put up my hand and drew this from
my ear"
She extended toward the doctor a
small loaded statue of Napoleon,
such as used to be sold on the streets
years ago in a little glass bottle.
You drew this from your ear?"
asked the doctor.
les, uOcGOF, ulQ, was Une re-
ply, "and l have been much easier
ever since"
The doctor examined her ear and
found perfectly natural. He didn't
know what to say, but he thought a
good deal.
Il want you to do something for
me-" she continued, ''for l am salts
fed that there is another heather
god like this in the other ear-for it
is n heather god, l have no doubt. ?"
"How doyousupposeitgot there?"
, the doctor asked.
~ think Ezekiel or one Of the minor
prophets must have put two of these
heather gods in my ears when l was
a child. Now, doctor, l want you to
prescribe something to bring out
the heathen god from the right ear. "
| "Swollow another fshbone," said
the doctor, as he left the room in
high dudgeon.-BrookIyn Citizen.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
Pago Pago Is All Right.

"What have we been prepared to
fight about?" is an inquiry that will
naturally arise in the minds of many
who do not thoroughly understand the
situation at Samoa. If the harbor at
Apia is as Capt Leary, of the United
States war steamer Adams, says it is, a
port with hardly any anchorage-one
in which it is very difficult
matter to keep vessel off the shore in
ordinary weather-why then Apia
harbor is good enough port to let
the Germans or any other claimants
hold until the crack of doom.
bone of contention in the controversy
at Samoa in which fighting spirit has
been exhibited. Apia is ON Upolu, the
middle island of the Samoan trio of
islets, and is exposed to winds from the
north, while Pago Pago, the harbC1
which has been coded to the United
States as coaling station is on Tu-
tulia Island, and has southern ex-
posure. Pago Pago is said to be a
magnificent land-locked harbor in
which ships ere protected from dan
gerous winds coming from any quarter.
The presence of the war vessels of
interested powers in the mere apology
for harbor at Apia, instead of IN the
absolutely safe anchorage at Pago Pago,
is explained by the fact that Apia is the
capital of the Navigator Islands. And
as it was very desirable to be within
ear-shot of the powers-that be, the cap
tains OF the combined fleet took the
risk of mooring their vessels at Apia to
anchors that could not find lodgment
Hurricanes are so common in that
section of the world at this season of
the year it can hardly be said that the
disastrous gale that wrecked the war
ships was a visitation of the unexpect-
ed. It was a demonstration of swift
ness and power by the expected that
defied the strength of the war ships.
Had the fleets been in Page Pago the
result of the storm, instead of being a
bad blow to many American homes,
would have confirmed the value to the
United States as coaling station of
the land-locked harbor.' Page Pago is
worth struggling for, while Apia is
simply unworthy of thought as harbor
in the South Pacific Ocean.-Milwauket
Wisconsin.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
RELics 90 wirchcRAFr,
A Few Mementoes OF The Perse-
cutIons of 1902,

Oh iOSSs
In the busy little city OF Salem are
preserved few relics of the horrible
year of 1892, when number of the
best citizens OF the town were hanged
on the accusation OF some poor, de-
luded persons, mostly girls in their
teens, who asserted that they had
been bewitched and tortured by the
prisoners, says the New York Sun.
The relics are displayed on a large
stand in the center of the main Office
of the register of deeds. The first
thing that attracts attention is IL bottle
containing a half dozen witch pins.
These Implements are nothing more
than the ordinary pins used two cen
turtles ago, when pins were still manu-
featured by hand. The interest attach
ing to those specimens comes from the
fact that they are the very pins that
were used at Salem to stick into the
accused persons to see if they were
witches. If the unfortunateS were
hurt by this treatment it was sure
sign that they were witches unfit to
live.
Besides the bottle of witch pins is
the official seal Of the court OF oyer
and terminer, before which the prison
ers were tried. 1t is a little iron
stamp fttel with a black wooden
handle, and its impress is seen upon
A. hn nf
one OF the prisoners that has been pre-
served This warrant, as it was
written out by the clerk OF the court,
fills the greater part of n sheet OF
paper about foolscap size. 1t is writ
ten in a Grabbed hand but is quite
legible. 1t is addressed to the sheriff,
recites the crime for which one of the
female prisoners had been tried and
convicted and orders the sheriff TO
hang her on certain day. On the
lower part Of the page appe IrS the
sheriff return, written IN round
bold hand, certifying that he has car
ried out the mandate OF the court.
Photographs of this interesting docu-
ment are on sale.
But the most interesting is the court
record of the trials of these unfortu-
nate prisoners. These papers are kept
in a large volume so arranged that
every document may be read without
being touched. Here the aftidavits OF
the ignorant girls and boys who tell OF
the fortunes the alleged witches made
them suffer. Here is the detailed en-
animation of the prisoners, giving
question and answer The record is
neatly written, and is still as legible as
though it were recently committed to
paper. 1t was doubtless written on
each day by the clerk from his notes
after the adjournment OF the court. Il
tells the story of great ,delusiou. and
probably no original documents that
have come down from our forefathers
are so replete with tragic interest
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
She Wasn't an Infant.

The careful housewife, finding that
the nurse had not come down,
went up to her room and found
the girl in bed, looking very
queer and complaining OF pain and
violent sickness. On being asked what
was the matter she exclaimed that,
having d bad cold, she had taken some
medicine which had been pecommen ded
for the children.
How much did you take?"
We'll, mum. went by the diree-
tons on the bottle and it said Ten
drops for an infant, thirty drops for an
adult and tablespoonful for an
emetic.'' / knew wasn't an infant
and didn't know what an adult was.
SO supposed must be an emetic, and
took tablespoonful and it has pretty
nigh turned me inside out
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
A Desert Island Strike,

A labor strike in a desert island,
with the situation complicated with
danger of a massacre as bad as that
of Navassa and the possibility that
his ship would be seized and made
pirace by the strikers, was the expe-
rience of Capt Smith ofBangor, Me-,
on his last voyage. Capt. Smith
escaped this danger by a clever
maneuver, and came into this port
says the Philadelphia Press, to tell
how, with a small force, he outwitted
and Overcame an overwhelming
force of turbulent, desperate, and
half savage blacks.
Grand Connetable is not on the
seaman's charts, but when Capt.
Smith had unloaded his three masted
schooner, Altaretta S. Snare, at
Cayenne, the penal colony OF French
Guina, he found that he was char
tered to go there and load phos-
pilates for this city. He was told in
Guiana that Grand Connetable is an
island only about 400 feet square
and 165 feet above the breakers, rich
in phosphate deposits of the finest
grade, about 4 degrees north of the
equator in longitude 81 degrees 80
minutes nearer to Cayenne.
n. Davis, an American, had taken
thirty-five black men there in a small
craft in advance of Capt. Smith.
The men had made contracts to work
six months with the International
Mining company at so a month,
half to be paid to their families in
Cayenne during their absence from
/ home. Little shanties on the crest
OF the island had been prepared for
| them by the company.
The schooner had been at Grand
! Connetable loading for three days,
when the men who had become dis
! concented refused to work. They
held to their shanties on the island,
/ and there was talk among them that
made Supt. Davis and the captain
and crew of the schooner uneasy and
! that told of an intention to massa-
ere the crew and seize the arsenel
1t was over twenty-five miles to Cay
enne, the nearest civilized place, and
! the workmen outnumbered them five
to one The numberless insurrec-
tions of negroes in the islands there,
and the indications that something
like them was brewing, persuaded
them that something must be done
soon.
The captain and superintendent
quietly got at the stores of provis-
ions on the island and took them
under cover of night on board the
schooner, without their being de-
tected by the strikers. When dawn
broke the vessel was far out from
shore and the half-savage labOrers
found that they were 'marooned''
cast away without food on a bar
rem rock, 1t was very effective.
Three days later the once threaten
ing strikers, now cowed by actual
starvation and thirst. came to the
shore and begged wildly for food,
and water and a chance to work.
There was plenty of work done
after that, and Capt. Smiths cargo
was nearly aboard when another
American schooner, the Hannah Nc
Loon, arrived there. When Capt.
Smith sailed contentmeut reigned
among the subdued men.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
They Try Everything.

Among the materials stored in Edi-
sons laboratory Gas appears in: the ar
ticle upon Edsion in the April Cosmo-
politan), are samples of every sub
stance in the world; the thousands of
gigeon-holes and drawers co ntain
skins, feathers and furs of the whole
animal creation, bones and tusks of all
sorts of creatures, minerals, barks,
grasses, drugs, fruits and gums in be-
wildering completeness. Some of the
species are SO rare that they are kept
like diamonds, in little folded papers.
The grotesque nature of some of the
materials there collected prompted the
inquiry:
"How can you ever want such things
as sharks teeth or rhinoceros-horn?"
THAT shows that you don't know
what queer things electricians use,"
replied our modern Virgil. During
the progress of the experiments with
the incandescent electric light, for in
stance, nearly everything one can
think of was tried as primary materi-
al from which to form the delicate car
bon filament whose incandescence is
the source of the light. Finally, as per-
haps you know, shreds of one particular
variety of bamboo were found to give
the most gratifying results; and there,
by the way, you can see a few bales of
the very reeds from which those strips
are cuts. Again, the delicate needle,
which, affixed to the under side of the
vibrating diaphragm OF the phono-
graph, indents the smooth, revolving
surface of the waxen cylinder, had to be
formed of some material possessing
peculiar properties of elasticity and rig
idity. Scores of the most unlikely SUBJ
stances, both organic and inorganic,
natural and artificial, were tried before
the rightone was hit upon. And SO 1t
goes with all the little details Of cleo
] trio appliances
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
An Unholy Alliance.

Once in a while the parson should
look over the notice OF the service be-
fore he sends it to the papers. Last
Sunday morning, in city paper, one
of the Religious Notices" read: Sub
ject for morning and evening: The
Blood; My God; Candy kitchen and
Fruit Garden Tuesday evening. 5"
It was headed Religious Notices." SO
we suppose it was religious; but if it
hadn't been labeled we should have
thought it looked little profane. -
Rurda otto
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

A man supposed to be George Mastoh Of
Ada, Mimi, was found dead in big ditch
about half mile north of Moorhead by
passengers on train. The deceased was in
town the day before, and is said to have
been drinking heavily. He left late driving
horse to a cart. 1t is supposed he drove
into the ditch and was killed by the fall
The cart was ON him when found, the wheels
being broken and his elbow was dislocatcd
and shoulder hurt
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

In order to finish up the question of Mr..
Cheney's good luck, we dropped in at his
place of business 400 Garrison avenue, this
morning. Yes said Mr.. Cheney gently,
1.-THE suspense is over and the money is
mine" pulling out his bank book ond exhibit
ting the credit. / have drawn Sic, 900 in
the Louisiana State Lottery on ticker that
in the Merchants Bank.-Fort Smith Ark
Times, Oct. 20.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
No One Disputes It

There are forty ways in which ] can
steal, rob, embezzle and m urder, and
yet keep clear of the law" says New
York lawyer. No one disputes that
assertion. Indeed, all will be sur
prised that he has not found a hun
lred ways.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE.-Albert A. Lar
son, OF Kirkman, Ia, in expressing his graft
tude to the proprietors of Aliens Lung Bal
SAM writes: 81 firmly believe my wife would
have died of consumption, if not for the
timely use of your Balsam." Buy the 81. 90
bottle for LING Diseases.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
Lucky Cheney.

Mr.. D. Fl. Cheney, the popular vender oil
fresh meats and vegetables, isholding a very
quiet reception to-day. He drew SIS, 900 in
the Louisiana State Lottery yesterday md q
Times reporter called on him to investigate
and found it ST. aight goods. The Western
Union youches for 63,S56 as the number
winning the capital prize 100000, hence
Mr.. Cheney's share viii be SIS, 000.-Fort
Smith Ark Times, Oct 16.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
We recommend "Tansilps Punch Cigar.

Suit for $50. 900 has been begun against
the bondsmen of Thomas Axworthy, City
treasurer OF Cleveland, who, a year ago, alb
seconded with about a million of the city g
money. They reused to make good the
amount sued for.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

There is nothing (unless it be the sewing
machine) that has lghtened woman's labor
as much as Dobbins' Electric Soap const ant
ly sold since 1864. All grocers haveit. Have
you made it's acquaintance? Try it.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

Constable Tillman of Van Wycke, s. c., was
fatally shot by n negro, John Kidding. near
Waxhaw. The constable was attempting to
arrest the negro. A posse OF men are search
ing for the murderer
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

Thomas H. Baird, a prominent and wealthy
farmer. living at Vermilion, ILL.,, was mis-
taken for burglar and shot and instantly
killed by q negro servant. The negro was ex-
Onernted
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

into invalidism or. sink into an early grave
for want of timely care ut the most critical
stage OF her life. DR.. Pierce's favorite Pre-
scription will aid in regulating her health
and esta blishing it on firm basis and may
save her years of chronic suffering and con-
sequent unhapiness
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
A more pleasant phpsic
You never will find
Than Pierce's small pellets"
The purgative kind.

Many families at Terrence bay, N. S. are
bordering on starvation. Only four families
have any provisions on hand, and as all have
to be provided for, this store will not last
long.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

George Francis Train has written Gov.
Ames oil Massachusetts stating that he will
hold the state responsible for 81 90, 600 dam
ages for false arrest and imprisonment
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

ALIENS IRON Tonic BITTERs IS THE best
Blood purifier in the World. All genuine bear
the signature of J. p. Allen, Druggist. st.
Paul Mimi
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
orepon the Paradise of Farmers

Mild equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock country
in the world Full Information free. Address the
Oregon immigration Board, Portland. Oregon.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

The skeletons of Charles Burnes. Nathan
Fubburd and George Cantline Who'll left Link:
viIle Or, in 1886. in search OF q rich gold
mine in Wyoming, have been found.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

The molders' strike at Pittsburg is virtual
ly settled in favor of the men. All the large
firms but one have conceded the advance, and
work will be generally resumed this week.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
Danger from Catarrh

Catarrh is an exceedingly disagreeable disease,
it's varied symptoms,-discharge at the nose, bad
breath, pain between the eyes, coughing, choking
sensation, ringing noises in the ears, etc.,-being
not only troublesome to the sufferer but offensive
to others. Catarrh is also dangerous, because it
may lead to bronchitis or consumption. Being
a blood disease, the true method OF cure. is to
purify the blood by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
which has cured many severe cases Of catarrh.
For several years had been troubled with kind
of asthma catarrh in my throat. and had tried
several kinds of medicine but could find nothing
to help me. My wife wanted me to try a bottle
of Hoods Sarsaparilla. l told the druggist OF
whom bought it that had no faith in it, but
would give it a trial, which did. 1 must say
was very much benefited by using it and would
recommend it very highly to any one having
asthma or catarrh," ELIAS P. DEvRIEs, firm of
Devries Peterson, Omaha, Neb
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists ST. six for S.. Prepared only
by c. !. HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss she clung to Castoria,
When she had children, she gave theme astoria.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

ftls stated that premier crispi told the
Austrian ambassador at Rome that Italy
would not hinder the efforts Of Bulgaria to
establish her independence.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
somethinr for ,he new Year.

The 'world-renowed success of Hostetter's s
larity for over third OF a century az
stomachtc. is scarcely more wonderful than
the welcome that greets the annual appear
medical tres tise ia published by the Hostetter
Company, Pittsburg. Pa, under their own i'm
mediate supervision, employing 60 hands in
that department. They are running about IL
months in the year on this work. and the issue
of same for 1890 will not be less than ten mil
lions, printed In the English, German, French,
Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Bo.
hemian and Spanish languages. Refer to a
copy OF it for valuable and interesting reading
concerning health. and numerous testimonials
as to the efficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
amusement. varied information. astronomical
calculations and chronological items, etc.,
which can be depended on for CORE ctness,
The Almanac for 1890 can be obtained fee of
cost from druggists and general country dealers
In all parts of the country.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22

house of Rothschild, the richest men in
Europe, and all that money can do has
been done and is being done to produce
the finest wine grown upon the earth.
The vineyard of Chateau Latte contains
about $40 acres, and 500, 900 is spent
yearly in its cultivation alone.
In subsequent letter 1 will describe
the manner of planting, cultivating and
caring for vineyard in the Medoc couu-
try, and the manner in which grapes are
gathered and made into wine.
D. FREEMAN.
London, November 10, 1889.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
New Cases.

Jose Moreno sues the Southern Pacific
Company for $4,000 damages. A lcco.
motive of the company struck plaintiffs
wagon on San Pedro street and threw
him from the wagon, breaking his rib.
It was on April z, 1888.
Agnes d. Gelsich sues @. N Wilson
and others to foreclose mortgage given
to secure note for $500.
Richard Dillon sues Agricultural Dis
trict No. 6 of this State for $3.50. 70
money due,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22

cific: III was recently shown letter to
a real estate firm here from Union Pa
cific high official, (the Treasurer, l
think), directing him to withdraw his
land from the market. He bought dur
ing ths top wave of the boom, and has
been trying to unload ever since. until
this letter. in which he says that his road
is coming here, and he would take his
chances of being able to sell out within
two years at handsome Margin"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
A Southeastern.

The Bonita, a freight steamer of the
Coast line, was unable to land at Re.
dondo Beach last Friday night owing to
the fact that the sea was running very
hien, with southeast wind. Invent on to
San Pedro and delivered its cargo there.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
Old CuriositV shop,

Christmas gifts, Bethlehem and Jerusalem a
sacred talismaps of pearl and stone: relics f
rude medieval art, Roman canoes and mosaica,
Arabic and Hebrew charms, Egyptian
cartouches, Papyri and Scarabee, Persian
quoises, etc., cuniefnrm tablets and kabiiistics,
ancient coins, B. c., medals, etc. Wilson
block. corner First and Spring, rooms "a aud
30; hours, to 8 p. m. Admission 10 cents
remitted on sale.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
Physicians Acknowledge There Is
LeaS Deafness.

NEW YORK, December 21.-Physicians have
watched with jealous eye the increasing
popularity of the sound discs invented by H.
A. Wales. of Bridgeport, Conn.,, as patients who
weeks time had their hearing restored by its
use, and they acknowledge that there may be
decrease in the percentage of deaf people in
the census of 1890.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
Oonsumpsion surely Cured.

To the Editor:-Piesse inform your readers
that have positive remedy for CONSUMPTION,
By Its timely ase thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. shall be glad
70 send two bottles OF my remedy FREE to any
will send me their Express and P. o. Address
Respectfully, I. A. BLOOUM, M. c., 1s1 Pearl
et., N. Y.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22

Deafness, noises in the ears, discharges
from the ears successfully treated by
DR.. 8. M. Slocum, (late of Pittsburg),
now located cor. Fifth and Main.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
$40 to $50 per Acre

For choice agricultural lands, % miles from
Los Angeles. in Anaheim Homestead tract
Abundance of water: close to schools,
churches, condensed milk factory, cts. Parcels
to suit; easy terms.
STANTON & Co.,
IL 8. Fort st.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22
Our Home Brew.

Philadelphia Lager, fresh from the brewery.
In draught in all the principal saloons de-
oivered promptly in bottles or kegs. Office and
Brewery. 238 Also street. Telephone 81.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22

Notary Public and CosAmissioncl
For New York and Arizona, G. A. DobInsop
ia South Fort street. Twelve years expert
ence
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22

Will buy man or boy a mighty nice suit II
you are wise enough to know where to go.
See Mullen, Bluett & Co.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-22

Thousands of articles suitable for Christmas
gifts, at one-thifd usual prices. Manufacturers
Sale OF watches. jewelry and novelties, PSI
North Main street.