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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31


Attention is directed to the Forty
Third Congress and the attempt to
pass the Force bill when Blaine was
Speaker Of the House, and B. F.
Butler was chairman Of the Judi.
ciary committee, which reported the
bill to the House. General Wheeler,
of Alabama, recently made u great
argument against the present bill,
and Gen. Butler wrote to him for q
copy, rs worth preserving, and re.
ceived an answer as follows:
Upon the question of .he constitu-
tional right of Congress, involving
It's right to take charge of federal
elections, in cases Of emergency, can,
by the L. S. Statutes and constitu
ton be only this: Sec. 4, Chapter l:
When the State shall refuse or
neglect to Provide for the election of
U. S. Senators and representatives
the national Legislature may appoint
the representatives of the state.
But the times, places and manner of
holding elections for Senators and
representatives shall be "~"~~ n
in each st"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31
STRAWBERRIES,

Corn is so plentiful some years that
it is cheaper to burn it than to ship
1t; wheat has been a drug on the
market for two or three seasons
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31

The House in obedience to the
dictation of Speaker Reed, has passed
the Original Package bill, and the
National Bankruptcy bill. .-
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31

lie said that several Baltimore
gentlemen had called upon him, who
have projected large enterprises in
the South. They told me-" he con-
tinued," that they would go no
further in the matter until the Force
bill had been finally disposed of. If
the measure passes, they will drop
the affair altogether, and similar
action will no doubt follow in scores
of cases. All talk of a boycott,
however, is foolish.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31

Tho Centaur Company, II Murray Street, New York City
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31
RAILROAD. time TABLE.

GREAT NORTHERN ROUTE.
From ST. Paul. To st, Paul.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31


Senator German WAS equally free
IN expression. The Maryland Senator
is very blunt, and although that
manner is liable to offend, 1t usually
carries with it the sincerity of the
speaker. lie sail: "Such utter
anceS are senseless in the extreme.
No public man in Washington is in
sympathy with such a plan, or would
encourage it for a moment. The
effect of the passage Of such a
measure as the Lodge bill would be
bad in both sections. 1t is having
Its effect already, as result of the
mere agitation of the question"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-31
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

The Southern Senators deprecate
boy cotting, but deGline to talk about
it; some Of them, for instance
German of Maryland anu Vance of
North Car"lina, see nothing in it
bnt the silly vaporings of Superheated
highly excited imag nations.
Senator Vance said: IT am n
Christian, and therefore l do not
swear; but if were profaue man,
l should call. it the d st nonsense.
We ought to oppose the Force bill
by every constitutional and legal
means within our power. If it be
passed in spite Of us, then we should
do rs the town clerk of Ephesus did,
and counsel our people TO do nothing
wash"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
THE HAYTlAN REPUBLIC,
With a Firm Government II Could Bc
Made to Produce Great Wealth.


Mr.. James Zohrabi, British Minister to
Hayti, who is in the city on his way to
England, says: Every thing is quiet
in Hayti, but it seems to be the calm be-
fore storm. l look for another revo-
luton there very soon"
He said: st seems to me that the peo-
pie arc in a condition that must precipi-
tate another fight. Hayti is naturally ono
of the richest countries in the world for
its area. believe that under firmly
organized governmental government
whcrc property was secured-the island
would support in comfort population
of 100000 900 souls. One can form no
idea of the wealth of the island without
visit there. There arc the coffee for
ests, for instance. The coffee bush is
not cultivated at all; but the trees grow
wild in such luxuriance that it is utter
ly impossible for a man to penetrate
them. Paths are cut through them from
one village to another and that is all.
When the coffee harvest comes around,
the people gather the berries from tho
edges of the groves and the rest goes to
waste.
For every 1000 tons gathered 800
tons go. to waste. it is much the same
with sugar cane. The people do not cul-
tivate the sugar cane. 1t grows wild.
You can tell that by looking at it when
it is brought to the town. 1t is crooked.
You could not for IS get straight picco
two feet long. Everything grows in
such profusion that the people live in
spite of revolutions. In no other coun-
try could the drain of such constant war
fare be sustained.
'Thc ordinary government is terribly
expensive. Every year when the coffee
season comes around the government
collects from "A, 900, 600 to S., 600, 900, but
under this system the officials in power
, know that their turn to go into exilo
will soon come. have been hero two
years, but the third set OF officials is in
power. Each set, knowing that its time
would soon end, had to prepare to go, SO
they pocketed all the money in sight.
Hayti has bad debt now. The last
revolution added to it materially, SO
that it is over $50, 900, 900; with rea'
sonably good government this debt could
be paid off, As it Is, there is no great
hope. IN. Y. Letter.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
HE WAS GREAT SOCIALLY.
Aud He Knew How to Make Money
without Work, Too.

without Work, Too.
An old negro was chopping down
sassafras sprouts in fence corner when
white man came along and asked:
Can you direct me to Colonel Phil
Hcnderson's house?"
II could do it sab, Of had de time"
'If you had the timer the man ex-
claimed.
"Yas, sab, of I had de time Been
rainin' er good 'eal lately, an couldn'
work much, an now dat l has got at hit,
wy halter make de licks count"
That's strange idea. How long
would it take you tell me?"
"Wall, sab, it's dis way wild me: Ikin
talk all along in de sociable widout no
trouble, ies' like / am er talkin' ter you
right now, but ez soon ez | ginter give
d'reckshuns ter er place, wy git ter
stutterin' an it takes or powerful long
time fur me ter git through an er gin |
does git through, has got sich or start
dat ! kahn stop, an long after de man is
dun gone l stans dar taliin' an er
losin' my mighty valuable time"
81 never heard of any thing like that
before" said the man.
mo, sab, reckon not, an de doctors
demsc'fs say dat it is mighty cu'is."
"Try it now and see if you can't tell
me-"
Oar amt no use'n tryin' it, sab, 'caze
knows my fermity. Like mighty we'll
ter 'bligo you, but den Use got er wife
an chullun ober yander in de cabin an
ef / doan work, wy da's gwine suffer,
sho."
"You can talk all right in sociable
way, can you?"
ooh, am ez fine ez a fiddle den. No,
I body kin beat me in de sociable. Folks
comes fur miles an miles ter yere me
talk in de sociable, butda doan ak me tel
gin 'em de d'reckshuns ter erplace"
''Well, is there not some way by which
we could turn the giving of directions
into sociable talk?"
"Lemme see. wonders now eff dat
TACT couldn't be done? Oh, yas, is got
1t movies happen ter recollcct dat dar
amt nothin' dat mecks me feel so socia.
+ bic ez er few dimes--say twentyf' cents. y
"All right, here is quarter. Now,
which way must go?'
wait er mint" said the old negro
taking the money. 81 haster sorter feel
my way er long, fur dis is er sort o Ell
spiryment after all" He looked up and
down the fence, wiped his mouth, pull
ed out his upper lip and worked il
around and then said: II graduates you
sab, dat this un'ertakin' is gwine be el
success. Go right down dar ter do eend
o de fence an take de lef' han road
hor on, sab. You kin see de house frun
yere. Wander it is ober on the hill
! Arkansaw Traveller.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
WIT AND WISDOM.


Oft the clouds that wraps the pres
ent hour serves but to brighten our fu-
ture days.-William Browne.
Nothing wears deeper in our endur-
ance than waiting for somebody to make
a amove.-Milwaukec Journal.
Leisure for men of business, and
business for men of leisure, would cure
many complaints. Mrs. Thralo.
Time will tell, but the ordinary man
with an important secret won't give
time chance. Somervillc journal.
The wise prove, and the foolish con-
fess by their conduct that q life of en-
ployment is tho only life worth leading.
-Paley.
The widow who wears tho longest
mourning vail is generally the ono who
cuts across lots to find another husband.
-Elmira Star.
-Better follow tho sternness Of
truth than the glittering delusion Of
lie. Men often follow lies because they
shine.-T, 7. Lynch.
One unquiet, pcrverse disposition,
distempers the peace and unity OF
whole family or society, as one jarring
instrument will spoil whole concert.
Whenever man visits places where
he would not like his wife or sister to
be seen, he is way of from the road that
leads to manhood and espectability.-
Western Rural.
An easy-going moral existence is
very well to talk about, but the results
of it are Disappointing 1t is only by
agonizing, that we achieve what is
worthy.-United Presbyterian.
1t does us good to admire what is
good and beautiful; but It does us inf
nitely moro good to love it. We grow
like what we admire; but we become
one with what we love.-Rursl New
Yorker.
Surely light is reflective, like the
light OF heaven, and every couDtenance
bright with smiles and glowing with in
nocent enjoyment is mirror transmit.
! ting to others the rays OF supreme and
ever smiling benevolence.-0ld Home
stead.
Men talk in raptures of youth and
beauty, wit and sprightliness; but after
seven years Of union, not one OF them is
to be compared to good family manage
ment, which is seen at every meal, and
felt every hour in the husbands purse.
-Witherspoon.
Some people speak as ifsyoocritos
were confined to religion, but they y
everywhere people pretending -
wealth when they have not sixpenee.
assuming knowledge Of which they are
ignorant, shamming culture they arc
far removed from, adopting oplnicns
they do no, hold. -Rss. Albert Good
rich.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
This Hand Never Struck Me.

We recently heard the following
touching incidert; A little boy had
died, His body was laid out in a dark
encd, retired room, waiting to be laid
away in cold, lone grave. His afllict-
ed mother and bereaved sister went in
to look at the sweet face of tho precious
sleeper, for his face was beautiful oven
in death. AS they stood gazing on the
face of one so beloved and cherished,
the little girl asked to shake his hand,
The mother at first did not think 1t
best, but the child repeated the request,
and seemed very anxious about 1t, She
took the cold, bloodless hand OF her
sleeping boy, and placed 1t in the hand
of his weeping sister. The dear child
looked at it a moment, caressed it fond
ly, and then looked up to her mother
through the tears of afliiction and love,
and said: Mother, this hand never
struck me-" What could have been
more touching and loyely?-United
Presbyterian.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
REDUCED TO FIGURES.
The Statistics of the Heroines in Last
Years Fiction,

tttE
There is an English literary man who
at the end of each year penetrates into
the public fiction and extracts thercfrom
very often some exceedingly interest
ing figures. The results of his researches
into last years fiction are entertaining.
OF the heroincs portrayed in novels, he
finds 312 were described as blondes,
while 100 were brunettes. OF these 563
more, 437 were beautiful, ia were mar
ried to the man of their choice, while thir-
ty were unfortunate enough to be bound
in wcdlock to the wrong man. The hero
ines of fiction, this literary statistician
claims, are greatly improving in health,
and do not die as early as in previous
years, although consumption is still in
the lead among fatal maladies to which
they succumb.
Early marriages, however, are on the
increase. The personal charms of tho
heroines included $50 expressive eyes"
and 692 'shcll-like ears" OF the eyes,
54S had dreamy look, 800 flashed fire,
while the remainder had no especial at
tributes. Eyes of brown and blue arc
in the ascendant There was found TO
be a large increase in the number Of
heroines who possessed dimples; SOC were
blessed with sisters, and S49 had broth
ers. In forty-seven cases mothers fig
ured as heroines with 1l2 children be,
tween them. OF these, seventy-ono
children were rescued from watery
graves. Eighteen of the husbands of
these married heroines were discovered
to be bigamists, while seven husbands
had notes found in their pockets tha5
exposed everything" Aad thus is the
tomsnce Of a year reduces 70 hgures.-
i.adies Home journal,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
HOSPlTABLE PLANTS.
In Popular Language They May he Said
to Keep Hotels.


In recent issue of the Botanical
Magazine, Sir Joseph Hooker figures
and describes a a>member of peculiar
class of plants that in popular language
may be termed plants that keep hotels.
An Italian botanist, Beccari, has writ.
ten complete monograph of them, COM
prising 9l2 pages and giving "a plates,
under the title of Piante ospttdtrice. The
larger number of them belong to the nat
ural order RuJidce9, and are indeed very
closely allied to the partridge berry of
our woods-Mttchella repens; though no
one would suspect the relationship from
nero glance at the plant figured by
Hooker, which he names MyrmecOdtd-
Beccdri, and is native of tropical Aus
tralia. 1t is an epiphyte, growing on
trees as some orchids do, and, like or
chids, develop the lower part of tho
plant into sort of pseudo bulb, which
has corrugated surface and is for all
the world like huge Usage orange ball.
The little nodules covering the surface
are, however, each crowned by short
spine, and the tint of the pseudo-bulb,
or tuber, is dark brown, instead of vel
lowish-green, as in the osage orange.
Thick stems few inches long grow
from the top of this tuber, crowned by
thick leaves, which at first sight ono
might take for leaves of our Kalmia, or
wood-laurel. What purpose in the econ
omy of the life of the plant these bulbs
perform is not manifest; but in the econ
omy of nature they serve as hotels for
the enter tainment of insects, chiefly
ants. These hollow them out into cham
bers and galleries that would doubtless
delight the heart of our eminent formi-
cologist, Rev. Dr,McCook. AS We Judge
from DR.. HOoker's brief remarks, some
species of ants have taken to these
plants, and they have become their ma
tive homes, just as some swallows took
to the chimneys on the advent of civil
lied man. The relation between plants
and insects mas been believed of late to be
one of mutual advantage, and the parts,
especially the floral parts of plants, have
been supposed to have become especially
modified in order to adapt them espec-
tally to receive in proper style their in
sect visitors, who in turn for the visits
confer inestimable favors. Just what
advantage follows the generosity of this
plant in keeping open house for the ants
does not appear from the short chapter
Of DR.. Hooker; but it seems TO be with
similar results as in other departments
of the floral kingdom. There we gener-
ally find those plants that have taken
on special adaptations have hard time
in getting along, and are in many cases
threatened with extinction, while self
fertilizers and those which in other
/ ways are self-dependent, like purslane
and hickweed, are the best fitted for
making their way in the world. This
plant is from the Gulf OF Carpentaria,
and DIR. Hooker say lis cxtrem6i rare
there" so that the hospitality afforded
the ants does not seem to have been re.
ciprocated by these creatures at any
rate.-N Y. Independents.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
THE DAIRY.

The pasture lands Of this country
do not receive enough attention After
all, they are the foundation of success
full agriculture.
1t is not the fulfilled COW or horse
which kills itself by over-eating when
it happens to break loose and get at the
meal or oat bin.
1t never pays to feed poor hay to
the COWS. If the hay is very poor it
will pay the dairyman to use it for bed
ding and buy better.
The heifer calf Is not always
"chip of the old block" Nature some
times accidentally fails or purposely
fails to reproduce the cow.
There is a demand for much more
frst-class butter than is now made. Are
you taking advantage of that particular
demand ?-Western Rural.
If you have a cow that you think
you must kick and swear at, get rid of
her. Itmakes no difference what cow
is or does, it pays to neither kick nor
"kuss" her.
The question being raised as to
whether it was better to have cows
come in" every year or to have them
bred once in two years, the Rural New
Yorker made inquiries of number of
dairymen, and their testimony is in
favor of the former plan.
"A writer says that farmers had bet
ter study the science of milk production,
and let others, with experience, run the
creamery. The farmer has been acting
on that sort of advice in all directions.
for 10! these many years, and the fellow
that manages the creamery, and other
wise handles farm products, eats out
all the inside of the pie and leaves
the farmer to gnaw the crust.-Western
Rural.
1t is found profitable to devote large
amounts of capital to dairying, and the
labor is also a heavy item. If the dairy
| business, which requires constant work,
can be made to pay there is no reason
why it should not be made to pay more
and at less expense There is too much
waste 0f time and labor on some farms,
uuo w i"Oh vi oiSahiH"uioh anu oJoVo-
matte management. 1t is often the case
that more food and labor are used than
should be the case in proportion to the
product,
We can not too often repeat to en-
quirers after the best COW feed, says the
Jersey Bulletin, that no one food known
will either bring or keep a COW up to
her best work in butter making. Short,
fine, nL .litia . grass is as good or better
than any other one thing, but the best
of grass needs to be reinforced by more
or less of grain. So the very best con-
ceivable ration of grain needs to be re-
inforced by grass or some other succu-
lent food such as good corn silage.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
HeroisnI Rewarded.

Railway 0fficial-Is this the man that
has just saved the train from destruc.
tion?
Several Bystanders-Yes, this is tho
man.
Railway Official with emotionl My
friend, you have saved hundred human
lives and many thousand dollars worth
of property. ! will see that you are re-
warded. TO subordinate); wilkins,
take up collection among tho passen.
gers, Chicago Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
VOLUME vi.
THE STOCKING BAG.


The shades OF night arc falling fast,
A housewife, through her work at last,
Sits down with contcntcd sigh,
When, lol This object meets her eye
The stocking bag!
IT'S full-thc sides arc bulging wide
The mouth can not its contents hide;
a ragged sock Is pecping out
TO show her It's beyond doubt
The stocking bag
Unwolcomc sight 10 weary eyes
Profanc CALCULATIONS rise,
And though the socks need all her yarn,
Her first wild impulse is to darn
That stocking bag!
She monds--and siehs for angcl.wings-
Not that she's ripe for Heavenly things;
This is the thought that takes the lead
Wings save the feet, and thus, no need
Ofstocking bag!
A woman's work Is never done,
According to the Proverbs runi
If this be truc-and there's small doubt
Life always will to her hold out
Some stocking bag
ELLA Lyle, in Good Housekeeping.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
HINTS TO !loUsEKEsPERs.
How to Keep a Family on 'steen Dollars
Month.

q Month.
He was a thin man, so thin that his
clothes did not touch him, particularly
around the waist. He shuffied into the
World Office, took a seat and said:
81 see the newspapers are taking con-
siderable interest in kitchen economy,
and the many letters from housewives
describing how they furnish their tables
and the cost thereof are read by me with
much interest. My wife asked me if l
wouldn't call and tell you how she man
ages to supply our table on 'steen dol
lars a month"
"How many dollars9" asked the re.
porter.
"'Steen dollars" said the man and
then proceeded:
''ln the first place my wife doesn't
keep girl. She is not strong enough
to do the additional work that would be
required, and SO she gets along without
one, We live in the top fiat, and by
means of an improvised apple-picker we
gather great many icicles from the
roof for household purposes. The chill
dren are quite fond of them. We find
also that snow pudding makes very nice
and economical dessert, but we have not
had much pudding this winter on ac-
count of the mild weather"
The reporter made note of it.
eff you use discretion, and buy when
the meat inspector is not around you
can get piece of meat at the butchers
for five cents that will last for month.
This can be prepared in many ways, and
though you keep dog he will not touch
it, therefore all the nutriment contain
ed in it goes to the family"
The reporter lost none of these points.
''1t is mistaken notion that only the
rich and proud can have fruit and nuts
for dessert. For the sake of variety, get
an apple with green and red side.
Look at the green side one day, and for
! the next day turn the other side. When
you get tired of fruit and want nuts you
will find that double jointed North
Carolina peannt will do very we'll for
two persons, to be eaten, of course,
without attracting the attention of the
children, as nuts are too rich for their
blood"
The reporter was matrimonially in
clined himself and was all attention.
cone day in the week we have salt
mackerel, and if salt mackerel is scien-
tifically and economically prepared you
will not want any thing else for several
days but water. When the landlord
pays the water rent this is point worth
knowing"
"And these are all facts that will in
terest house-keepers?" asked the re-
porter, who didn't know whether there
was any thing new in them orhot.
'Oh decidedly"
"And this costs you"-
'To be exact" said the thin man, "it
costs mo just 'steen dollars and sleber
cents per month";" and taking a section
of dried apple from his pocket he looked
at it awhile, carefully replaced it and
then withdrs ~, picking his teeth with q
pine sliver.-N. Y. World,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23

A physician residing in Bengal,
India, has been experimenting with tho
venom of snakes upon snakes to find out
whether it is fatal for them or not, and
ne found out that TIE venom is neither
a poison to the snake itself nor to those
OF its own species.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23

Tho service bullet for the new En-.
glish magazine rifle is, it is said, to be a
compound soldercd bullet, one advantage
which is diminished friction, and conso-
ouent loss heating of the barrel, expert
ments showing this to be ten degrees
less after twelve rounds had been fired.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
The Real Reason.

swell, I'm sure" said Miss Passee as
her poem was returned TO her, II don't
see why the editor returned it,"
"Bccause you sent stamped and di.
rectcd envelope, my dcar."-N. Y. Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-23
The Medical Record reports Il

The Medical Record reports the
death Of a me- ! from a "knockdown
blow" in friendly sparring match and
comments thus; Despite tho terrific
hitting often done in pugilistic en-
counters, fatal accident rarely occurs.
1t is almost impossible for one man to
kill another with his fists, provided the
other is in good health and his equal
physically. The mortality from pugilism
is less than from football