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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
RailrOading i'm England.

A paragraph has been going the
rounds of the newspapers to the
effect that in England locomotives
carry neither headlight, whistles
nor bells, and the guards are sta
toned at intervals of a mile along
the tracks; If this is correct the
system ofrailroading must have been
completely changed recently.
Guards are only placed on the
track when royal trains are schedul-
ed, when by the way all ordinary
traffic is suspended. AS to the
headlights most locomotives carry
two and some three, and on the
crowded metropolitan tracks Off
Gals and experienced travellers can
tell what is the destination of a
train by the arrangement of these
lights. Bells are not Carried, but
the curse of the railroad whistle
can only be appreciated by the
man who lives near the mouth oil
the English tunnel. One of the
numerous board of trade regula-
tions compells the engineer or
"driver," as he is called, to blow
the whistle before entering a tun-
mel or rounding q Sharp curve.
This whistle is very shrill and
offensive to sensitive ears. On some
lines it is always blown at a sta
ton in response to the guards Tor
conductor's) signal to go ahead
Interview in ST. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
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When G. p. Huntington, with his
wife and son, returned from the
theater to their apartments in
Browns hotel, London, the other
night, saysa New York World cable,
he found Prince Francis Hatzfeldt
sitting by the fire with Miss Hunt
ington, who had declined to join
the theater party on the plea Of
illness. The welcome must have
been a cordial one, for the prince
called again next morning and took
his fiance out for d ride. In the
afternoon he went shopping with
Huntington pere.
Prince Hatzfeldt did not put up at
Browns hotel himself. but went to
Limmer's, not far away. so that he
could call often. Since his arrival in
London he and Miss Huntington
have spent much time riding, walk
ing or shopping together, and have
been just as devoted as at Aix-les-
Bains. The prince has chosen as
mentor his intimate friend, Capt.
Somler, of the British army, who ad.
vises him who to see, who not to see,
what to say, and particularly what
not to say. The captain meets all
newspaper men who call on the
prince.
From an intimate friend of the
Hatzfeldt family the correspondent
learns that the only bar to the
marriage now is not so much the
question of settling the princes
debts as it is of paying the exorbi-
tant demands of the usurers who
lent the prince money when he was
hard up. After obtaining his &C
ceptaDce of the top rate of interest
at the time when the loans were con-
tracted. these money-lenders now
insist on having their full pound of
flesh. Out of all Prince Hatzfeldt's
creditors there are only half a dozen
who are willing to compromise for
the amount of the original debt
and moderate interest. The others
have got the prince in a tight place
and are going to squeeze him.
The only hitch in the wedding
arrangements now is in dealing with
these usurers On this point both
the princes parents and Hunting
ton are obdurate.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Bouquet Begging.

James Fair tells St. Louis Globe
Democrat man: THE cutest confidence
game ever heard of was practiced on
myself. l was coming up Broadway a
few days ago with a button-hole bou-
quet given me by friend pinned to
my coat, and was accosted by two rag
ged little wrens-little girls-who
very piteously asked me for the fow-
cred trophy, which l had owned but a
few hours, and which, by the way,
was very pretty and attractive. With
deal of reluctance / gave it to them
anaepassed on. Shortly after that, as
I returned, 1 was approached by an
other little girl, who offered for sale
the same bouquet l had parted with
but half hour before. Realizing that
some sort of combine existed between
the one who offered to sell and those
to whom / had given the flowers, I
determined to buy and watch develop
ments. For 10 cents / bought the
bouquet. AS soon as she received the
money she broke straight for news
boy, had the dime changed, ran to the
alley across from the Laclede hotel,
joined the two girls who had done the
beg act, and divided the spoils. Each
girl received cents, which left one
cent over. How should they divide
the cent? They tipped for it. How
much they made that day in this way
do not know, but it is reasonable to
suppose that was not the only one
who was made dupe Of by those three
ragged little wrens."
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Gods or shakesneare,s.

The vicar of Strafford-on-Avon
preached a sermon in justification OF
the projected further mutilation OF
his church by the erection of a huge
and unsightly reredos. The reverend
gentleman's line of defence is highly
interesting, witness the following:
Nobody needs accuse me Of want
of reverence for the poets memory,
or want of care for his last resting
place. But, though I do not object
to this church being commonly call
ed Shakespeare's church, nor to re-
cieve gifts for it in honor of his i'm
mortal memory, still, our primary
object in promoting it's qualification
is that it is Gods house."
Candid, at any rate! When Iwant
money for it, it is Shakespeare's
church. When want to spend the
money in accordance with nv own
ideas, and in defiance of the general
sentiment of the nation, then it is
Gods house.-London Truth.
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Ideas of a Future Life.

The Iroquois and Hurons believe
in a country for the souls of the
dead, which they called the "couutry
of ancestors" This is the west,
from which direction their traditions
told that they had migrated. Spir-
it's must go there after death by a
very long and painful journey, past
many rivers, and at the end Of a
narrow bridge fight with dog like
Cerberus, and some may fall into
the water and be carried away
over precipices. This road is all on
the earth; but several of the Indian
tribes consider the Milky Way to
be the path of souls, those of human
beings forming the main body OF
the stars, and their dogs which
also have souls, running on the
sides. In their next world the Indi-
ans do the same as they custom
arily do here, but without life's
troubles.
The Israelites believed in a doub-
ling of the person by a shadow, a
pale figure, which after death de-
scended under the earth and there
led a sad and gloomy existence.
The abode of these poor beings
was called Sheol. There was no
recompense, no punishment, The
greatest comfort was to be among
ancestors and resting with them.
There we're some very virtuous
mon whom God carried IN that
they might be with him. Apart
from these elect, dead men went
into torpor. Mans good fortune
was to be accorded a long term OF
years, with children to perpetuate
his family and respect for his men,
DRY after death.-Garrick Mallery,
in the Popular Silence Monthly.
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Predictions Memories.

There have been stupendous
memories enough in ancient and
modern times to stagger belief
such as those of Theodectes and
Hortensius and Cineas, of whom
Cicero speaks, and in our later days,
Pascal, who, it is said, never for
got anything he had seen, heard,
or thought; and Avicenna, who
repeated by rote the entire Koran
when he was ten years old; and
Francis Suarez, who, Strada tells
us, had the whole of St. Augustine
in his memory-enough, one would
think, to destroy all his mental
power of digestion; and Justus Lip
sius, who on one occasion offered to
repeat all the History" of Tacitus
without a mistake on forfeit of his
life, and, in our own days, Jedediah
Buxton Zerah Colburn among 9th
ers, who had such prodigious pow
er and rapidity of calculating in
their minds. Colburn, it is said,
could tell the number of seconds
in fifty-eight years almost before
the question could be repeated The
story is told that Jedediah Buxton
was once taken to the thea tire to
see Garrick, and that he was OBJ
served to pry an unremitted atten-
ton to the great actor throughout
the play. When he went out, his
friend, who accompanied him, asked
him how he had been impressed by
the acting, and Jedediah answered
by stating the number of words
and syllables that Garrick had
spoken. His mind had been interest
ed solely in this enumeration. l
dare say it was a purely m echanical
operation of mind with him, and |
rather think that with all these
great memories it is the same. AS
| have not a good memory, wish
to decry it out Of pure envy. |
wish l could say that great men
never have great memories. I'm
fortunately, it is not true. The
names of Pascal, Avicenna, Scaliger
who committed to memory the
whole of the Had and Odyssey in
three weeks; old DR.. Thomas Fuller,
whose memory was equally remark
able-to say nothing of Cyrus, Hor-
tensius, Mithridates-are so terribly
against me that l give up such a
proposition; and [ have serious
thoughts myself depsite it's disgust
ing ingredients, of resorting to the
learned Grataroli of Bergamo's re-
cipe for improving my own memory.
He gives several, but one above all
others as efficacious and comforting
to the memory. 1t is this: To make
a mixture of mole's fat, calcined hu-
man hair, cumin and BEARS grease,
and swallow a pill of them of about
the size of a hazle-nut at bed time -
Blackwood's Magazine.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Henry Willard.

Mr.. Willard, who has dgain come
to the front as the master mind of
the Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany, was born in Speyer, Germany,
in 1885, in which kingdom his father
was first a Bavarian Judge and after
wards occupied a seat upon the
Supreme Bench.
He was educated at the University,
and at the age eighteen came to
America to make a career for himself.
He studied law, but soon learned
that his tastes were better suited to
the atmosphere of journalism. After
thoroughly mastering the English
language, he obtained an engage
ment, in 1855, to report the Lincoln,
Douglas campaign for an Eastern
paper. In 1859, he went to Colora-
do, for the purpose of wri ting up the
gold discoveries, and in 1860, did
political correspondence for the N.
Y. Herald.
During the war, he did active and
hazardous service, as correspondent
for the N. Y. Tribune, N. Y. Herald,
Chicago Tribune and Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, winning the
reputation Of an enterprising and
reliable correspondent. From 1868
to 1870, he was Secretary of the
American Social Science Association.
While in Germany, in 1874, the
German bondhol ders of certain
American railroad companies,
which had defaulted during the
panic of 1878, sent him as their re-
preventative to report the condition
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Can You Tell Met

Can you tell me why this should be,
In every land, on every sea,
Why sun should always shine for some,
And shadows over others comes
Can you tell me2
Can you tell me why honest toll
Should be defrauded of the spoil;
Why poverty, and grief and gall
Should be so great, and sweetness smalla
Can you tell me?
Can you tell me why buds unmade
Should blossom, and then droop and fade,
Why little children, pure and free,
Should sinful men and women be!
Can you tell me?
Can you tell me why woman's lot
Is so ill-cast, and mans is not;
Why she, the weaker of the pair,
Must still the greater burden bearl
Can you tell me?
Can you tell me when all is done,
The curtain dropped at set of sun,
Why man of men speaks words of praise
When he needs not the wasted lays?
Can you tell me?
John G. Temple.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Household Hints,

A small piece of paper or linen
moistened with turpentine, and put
into the wardrobe or drawers for a
single day or two or three times
year, is preventive against moths.
When you boil cabbage tie a bit
of dry bread in bag and put it in the
kettle. French cooks say that all the
unpleasant odor which makes a house
smell like an old drain will be absorbed
by the bread.
An excellent way of cooking eggs is
to break them in boiling milk without
beating; cook slowly, stirring now and
then. When done soft put into dish
and add a little pepper, salt and butter.
STEwED ToMAToEs.-Open a can of
tomatoes, put in a saucepan and set on
the back of a stove; cook one hour, add
a teacup of breadcrumbs, two ounces
of butter, with salt and pepper; cook
half an hour.
CARAMEL CAKE.-One cupful of
sugar, one cupful of milk, two cupfuls
of -four, butter size of an egg, one tea
spoonful of cream tartar half-teaspoon-
full of soda, half-cake of chocolate
grated. Bake in layers.
MUFFINs.-A homemade and we'll
tried recipe for mullins is one pint of
sweet milk, butter size Of an egg Cor
little smaller), salt, one egg. three
heaped teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
and flour enough to make stiff enough
to drop nicely in pans.
DELICATE INDIAN PUDDING One
quart of milk scalded, two heaping
tablespoonfuls of meal, cook twelve
minutes; stir into this one tablespoon
full of butter, then beat three eggs with
four tablespoonful of sugar, one-half
tablespoonful of ginger, salt to taste;
mix all thoroughly, and bake one hour.
BREAKFAST CAKEs.-One and a-half
cups of Indian meal, II cups OF -four,
half cup of sugar, butter, teaspoouful
of soda, milk, one egg; stir cream of
tartar In the -four and dissolve the
soda in a little cold water; mix all this
quite soft with milk; bake in shallow
pans. To be eaten hot with butter,
and is very nice.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Marrying by Photograph.

A prosperous Slavonian rancherre-
siding in the south end of the Huac-
huca mountains has hit upon a hap
Ply plan forg getting wives for his bach
elor neighbors. Some time ago he WIS.,
tied his native land and while there
found that there were large num-
Der of worthy young ladies among
his acquaintance who would be only
too happy to find homes and hus-
bands in the land of progress APP,
liberty. Securing the photogre. obs
of a number of these young lad ,es bo
brought them back with b'lm and
lost no opportunity to show them
to his bachelor friends. He fold
them that he had the promise 81
these young ladies that they would
come to America and marry the
man he would recommend, and as n
consequence, great many of his
neighbors have excellent wives, each
one selecting his choice from the
photographs. -Nogales Herald.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
WOoing the Godd ess Fortune.

South Boston hits it quite often, oftener
than is generally supposed. Several times
havethe great capital prizes of the Louisiana
State Lottery been sent over to the peninsu.
In to be distributed among the citizens of
that locality The latest favored gentleman
at the court of good fortune was Mr.. John
II. Harvey. who resides on West Fourth
street. and who does business at 304 West
Broadway. Mr.. Harvey IL O popular citizen
ofthe South Boston district, where he has
lived as man and boy for 3S years of his life.
He was holder of goth of the second
capital prize drawn at the last drawing Of
the Louisiana State Lottery, and he received
90, 900 in crisp bills last week. The full
amount that was drawn by the number he
held was 500 900, and as there were two
other holders of twentieths in Boston, atotal
of SIT. 900 came to this city as prize money
to gladden. the hearts ofthe holders of lucky
numbers. Mr.. Havey is not a constant
buyer OF tickets in lottery but has occasion
ally purchased such tickets without expect
ing to draw anything.-Bos (Mass) Her
aid, Oct. 2.
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of the aKnsas Pacific and Oregon
] :: L. =

OF UHe dhuSdS racine anu oregon
and California railroads.
In 1879, upon his return from
Europe, he became president of the
Oregan and California railroad
and the Oregon Steamship Co., and
from 1876 to 1878, was receiver
for the Kansas Pacific.
In 1879, he organized the Ore
gon Railway aud Navigation Co.,
which was the first move toward the
union of the wheat and pasture
country, east of the Cascade noun
tains, with the great trans continent
tai railroad. In 1881, he formed
what was known on Wall ST.,
as the "Blind Pool" About
ten millions of money were
placed in his hands by
leading bankers, without security;
save his personal receipt, and with
out definite knowledge as to his pur-
poses. With this capital and his
own, he quietly bought a controlling
interest in the Northern Pacific stock,
and in the fall of 1881, was chosen
president of the company. His en-
tire system of roads has been rapidly
pushed forward to completion, and
Mr.. Willard may we'll congratulate
himself upon the success which has
attended his efforts.
In personal appearance he is tall
and robust, with blue eyes and brown
hair.
His manner is frank and cordial
His wife is daughter of the late
VIM. Lloyd Garrison. His Wall
Street operations are bold and OIL
gantic but almost always are confin-
ed to the protection of the stock and
interests of the companies over which
he presides.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
A Thrifty Farmer.

The grasping-though not miserly
mature of the native New England
farmer is somewhat proverbial. 1t
is hard to get the better of him in
a "licker," and he very seldom gives
anything for nothing. His keen
ness in this respect was we'll illus
trated by an experience of a young
Boston man who recently spent
a week in New Hampshire. The
young man wanted to hire a boat
for the day, and the farmer owned
one which was moored to the bank
of the river, "Can you let me have
your boat for the day." he asked
of the owner. swell, let me see,"
was the cautious reply. Il don't
know as I can. You see thar's a
man over here, Mr. So-and-So, that
other Teller, yer know. He said
t'other day he wanted my boat,
and he may be 'raound this morn
ing" "Well I'm sorry as l should
like it today very much. You don't
think you can let me have it?" "No;
cum ter think of it, l feel purity sar-
tin that other tellerll he 'raOund
after it today. And if he wants it.
he orter have it," "That settles it
then, l suppose, "said the young
man. "But can you tell me of any
place near here where you think l
can hire a boat?" ooh, you want
to hire q boat, do your" "Yes."
Wal, naow, SEEM yer want to hire
a boat SO bad-come to think on
it, it's gittin' kinder late, and l do
not believe that other Teller will
be 'raound, this morning-it's mos
9 o'clock. You want to hire it,
you say?" Eyes. How much will
you charge me for the day." "The
last time let her charged thirty
cents for her; but | kinder thinks
that's leetle might high. l guess
I'll let you have it for twenty-five
cents. boston Times.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
A MonksY-shins.

A monkey recently brought crizni-
nal to justice at Singapore. A native,
with little boy, bear and monkey,
travelled through the Straits settlements
and made goodly sum of money by
his animals tricks. One day he was
found with his throat cut, the boy and
the bear lying dead close by, while the
monkey had escaped up tree. The
bodies, with the monkey, were being
taken to the police station when the
monkey suddenly rushed at man In
the crowd, seized his leg and would
not let go. The man proved to be one
OF the murderers.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07

A few pigs can be kept and fattened
with very slight expense, merely by
feeding them what would otherwise be
wasted, and il given In addition what
a large, healthy dog would require the
pigs will be fat all the time. Nothing
that is eatable, unless it be tomatoes,
comes amiss to the pig. and the man
who said he fed all he grew to his
pigs, and lives himself on what the
pigs would not eat, must have Jared
rather poorly.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
white Glover Disappsarlnr.

There IL no sweeter or more nutriti-
Gus heritage for any kind OF stock than
white clover It IL hardy, too, and on
much land comes in from seed lying 10
the ground without sowing. This is
what some farmers mean by saying
that clover is ''nsturar to certain
soils. They are usually such as either
from negligence or failure of seed do
not get a catch Of other grasses.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
Worse than Headache.

Mrs. Hearall (wno has dropped in
for minute): II suppose your hus-
band is suffering from a sick head
ache, Mrs. TellallP hear him groan-
ing in the other room as II he were
having one of his bad spells" Mrs.
Tellall: mo; the poor man ia shaving
himself. New York Sun.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07

At Bever Falls, Pa. on the Pittsburgh. Fl
Wayne & Chicago Railroad, the limited ex-
press and two freight trains coIlided. demol-
ishing an engine and several cars. The en-
gineer and fireman on the freight Jumped
from their engine and escaped with slight in,
juries. The front brakeman ON the freight
train was instantly killed
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
1t Don't Pay,

to use uncertain means when suffering from
diseases of The liver. blood or lungs, such as
biliOusness, or Liver complaint" skin dis
eases, scrofulous sores or swellings, or from
lung scro:ula Commonly known as consump-
ton Of the lungs) when DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is guaranteed to euro all
these affections. If taken in time, or money
paid for it will be promptly refunded.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07

SITTING BULL, according to Gen.
Crook, the Indian-fghter, is an
arrant coward. He has been sort
of a lady-killer, however, for he has
received offers of marriage from
white women and innumerabls re.
quests for his photographs.
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Mr.. CLEVELAND is becoming quite

d figure about the town in New York.
His house on Madison avenue is
centrally located, and his constantly
increasing weight makes exercise a
necessity. He makes a virtue OF
necessity and walks where other peo-
pie climb into carriages or cabs,
He moves at slow and ponderous
gait, and seldom smiles. Even at o
theater the expression of his face is
habitually solemn and morose,
though the play may be shriekingly
funny.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07

this is true, why not soak ell wooden
building materials in alum waterP
The preparations of zinc and other
metals to make building materials fire.
proof are too expensive for general
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07

Alex Harris, who elopsd with Miss May FL
ifs, from Milford, Del, registered at the Ire
mont House, Chicago, as man and wife. and
the pair are now under arrest. He had So. 500
cash on his person, and had lett a large
amount of unpaid bills, besides wife and
four childred destitute at Milford,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07
An Expensive Compromise.

Captain Kotzabric is a veteran
of the United States navy. He serv-
ed during the war and'made a rec
ord for himself. He used to live
in Chicago. Now he lives in Ohio,
near Columbus. The other day
he passed through on his way from
the G. A. R. reunion at Milwaukee,
and he told a story. 1t was a story
about Chicago old settler named
Bush. Away back in 1851 Bush
quarreled with muscular and iras-
chile neighbor, and the latter
whipped him. AS Bush was I'M
able to take the law in his own
hands, he brought a civil suit for
damages against his muscular
neighbor. This neighbor did not
relish the prospect of a suit, and
he finally compromised the mat
ter by deciding a lot to Bush. The
suit was dropped, Bush still owns
the lot. He has refused an offer
of 100000 for it. 1t is located on
Washington street, and is increas-
ing in value all the time. He was
licked in 1881, but he has his re-
venge in this title deed. 1t might
have cost his muscular neighbor
500 to contest the suit. 1t has
cost him 100000 to compromise
IL