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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Soap and Potatoes.

Like all primitive peoples, the Ma
cries are very inquisitive, and, in the
manner OF children, are inclined to
bring everything to their mouths to
test it's qualities. In the early days
o party OF Maories came across some
bars of soap which had been washed
ashore from q wreck. Finding that
the stuff was too sticky to be eaten
raw, they resolved to cook it. Accord
ingly they cut it up into small peices,
and sprinkled these pieces over the
sweet potatoes and fish which formed
their evening meal. Finally they COW
cred the whole mass over with fern
leaves and mats, and, putting earth
on the top, left every thing to bake
quietly in the ovens till the evening.
The scene at the evening meal must
have been very funny. Not only did
the tribe have to go supperless to bed,
but the whole set OF ovens was spoilt,
and new ones had to be constructed
before any further cooking could be
done.-"AlI the Year Round,"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
CHE CHANGED HER MIND.

And Then Changed 1t Again After
Reading Her Former Lovers Let
ter.
Scene-A family sitting-room. ORA
mats, persone-Young lady, brother,
father, mother, parrot.
Enter young lady with q sealed let
term her hand.
"Here is q letter from Fred Bios
som. 1t is postmarked Omaha. l
never expected to hear from him
again."
Mother-He is persistent enough, il
that is all.
Father-You were goose to refuse
him, Edith. Young, good'looking and
with plenty of money, he's o catch
for any girl.
Brother-Don't you do it, sis. He's
the biggest prig in fourteen countries,
Tell him to stop asking you to marry
him.
Parrot-Rats!
Edith-Pve refused him twice.
Father-There's luck in odd mum.
bers, I've heard say.
Mother-Read the letter.
Edith-Oh, its the same old, tedious
DRY. l suppose might as we'll say
yes. He's bound to worry mo into
marrying him.
Parrot-You're another.
Father-He'll give you fine home
and a carriage to ride in. Don't be
silly Edith. You'll never get such a
chance again.
Eiith-I-believe- -could-love him-if.
l-married-h Well, then, this time
it shall be yes. Dear Fred! l1ow
happy it will make him to hear me
say yes, at last.
: Brother-Read your letter, sis.
Elith-Oh, yes the letter. Breaks
the seal and reads slowly.
DEAR Miss ED1Tu-You will be gratilied
to know that l am at last cured of my
! foolish passion for you, and am soon to be
married to the sweetest and prettiest girl
in Omaha. Wewill expect your congratu-
lations.
FRED Blossom.
Tableau vivant-Curtain falls to
! slow music.-Detroit Free Press.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Table Manners.

Probably there is no people in the
world so uncivilized as not to have
among themselves code ofmanpers,
more or less strictly defined. Mr..
Bishop, while on his thousand-mile
walk across South America, was i'm
pressed with this fact. He describes
a rude meal which he shared with a.
company of cart driyers-"a almost
savage gauchos"-in whose company
he was then travelling.
We encamped near a swamp, and
supped upon sliced pumpkins, boiled
with bits of meat, and seasoned with
salt. The meal was served in genuine
pampa fashion one iron spoon and
two cows horns, split in halves, were
passed around hegrouD, the members
squatted upon their launches, and
freely helped themselves from the
Eett tie,
Even in this most uncivilized form
OF satisfying hunger there is peculiar
etiquette, which the most lowly peon
invariably observes, Each member
ofthe company in turndips his spoon,
or horn, into the center of the stew
and draws it i'll q direct line toward
him, never allowing it to deviate to
the right or the left.
BY observing this rule, each person
{ ats without interfering with his neigh.
Dor. Being ignorant of this custom, !
dipped my horn into the mess at
random, and fished about for some OF
| the nice bits.
My companions regarded this hor-
rid breach OF politeness with scowls
of impatience. They declared, with
some warmth, to the cook that grin
COS did not know how to eat, and,
"as they lived upon dogs i'll their own
distant country, they came to the
great Argentine Republic to get food
and grow fat on the gauchos."
I apologized as we'll as | could, and
endgavored thereafter to eat accord
ing to gaucho etiquette.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
CHAPTER Kill

II advise you, SIR" said the officer,
ITO take the advice OF Sir Edmund's
solicitor, Mr.. Wray."
agreed, and he called in the law
yer. told him, without reserve, all
that had happened, showing him the
leather case | had taken from the hole
were Brace had placed it.
"a couple of cunning scoundrels!"
he exclaimed; "their pretended suspic-
ion of each other was, Of course, in
tended to blind you to their compile
ity, while each, by duplicating the
other, diverted suspicion from him
self"
81 was never in my life so complete
~ deceived" said. "Brace seemed
to me the embodiment of rough hon
esty. liked the man, and it was o.
painful shock to me. when found him
unfaithful, and a thief"
"He is worse than that, Mr.. Thorne;
he is q murderer at heart; for there
can be no doubt it was he who at
tempted your life; it was o
sheer impossibility for the other
man to do it. We have
heard the story of the robbery from
Sir Edmund. The intelligence that
planned the attack Was doubtless
Van Hoeck's. He looks like man of
subtle intellect. l do not see what
other part he could have played in
this affair"
"Sir Edmund told me, sir" said the
officer, "that, on your return from
the left wing, you heard snoring in
Braces roomW
II certainly did,"
."That could very we'll have been
Van Hoeck, who had taken Brace s
place while he slipped off into your
room,-another proof that the two
were eating together"
"Precisely," said Mr.. Wray; and
then, with an air of Business, --"Well,
now, what is to be done? that is the
first question. The evidence is
insufficient to charge either Of
the men even with being
concerned in the robbery. The leath-
err case proves nothing. They might
declare they found it empty, and
have concealed it through fear of &C
cusation, or they might all three
swear your statement to be false, and
absolutely accuse you of being your
self the thief. And, until we can sub
stantiare the charge by positiyeproof,
we must be careful to conceal our sus.
picions from them. If they think they
are likely to be brought to justice they
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Not Two CannibaIs.

"Ts this Mrs. Smiths shinbone?"
mo, it belongs to Mrs. JONES'"
"Have you got Mrs. Browns ribs?"
"Naw! You mean Mrs. White's."
"That's so! A piece of the neck was
to go with 'em, wasn't it,"
"Yep."
"Where's Mrs. Green's liver?"
"Oh, that's gone long ago."
"Did you send the trains with it,"
"Nope."
"Why not?"
II clean forgot"
"Well, just attend to it, Where's
Mrs, Gray's brisket?"
ain this basket"
Etc, etc.
We're these two cannibals convers-
ing? BY no means. 1t was merely O.
fragment of talk overheard between q
butcher and his assistant.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly Oh the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
TEN efectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures hsbitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, ita
many excellent qualities commend it
50 all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 500
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
glsts. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one Wig
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FI0 syrup co.
SAR FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. AEW YORK N.Y.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Nothing Wasted.

In Paris nothing is wasted, not the
smallest scrap OF paper; that which
every one else throws away here be-
comes q source OF profit. Old provis-
ion tins, for instance, are full OF mon
ey; the lead soldering is removed and
melted down into cakes, while the tin
goes to make children's toys. Old
boots, however bad, always contain
in the arch of the foot at least one
sound piece that will serve again, and
generally there are two or three
others in the sole, the heel, and at the
back. Scraps OF paper 60 to the card
board factory, orange peel to the
marmalado maker, and so on. The
ideas suggested are not always agree
able, and to see a ragpicker fishing
orange peel out of the basket is
enough to make one forswear mar
malade-but there is worse than that.
The most valuable refuse-that which
fetches francs the ltillo-is hair; the
long goes to the hairdresser, while the
short is used, among other things, for
clarifying oils.-"The Saturday Re-
view"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Brilliant Guess.

1t is my lot to teach literature in a
girls class, writes Companion CORES
pondent. We were studying Gray's
Elegy, and fingered long over the
verse:
Some village Hampden, that with daunt-
less breast
The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
Some mute inglorious Milton here may
rest
Some Cromwell guiltless of his country s
blood.
"What is the meaning of the second
line?" I asked.
No response.
"The little tyrant OF his fields,"
added, wheedlingly; but the girls only
wrinkled their brows in thought.
At last one of them, bland, brain
less, amiable beauty, lifted her big
brown eyes to mine and quavered,
tentatively, "rhe potato-bug2"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
WOMEN OF THE ARMY.

They Continue to Make Life Inter
esting at Frontier Posts Despite
the Monotony.
If there are any women in America
more fortunately and happily stu
ated in life than the wives and daugh-
tiers of the officers ofthe United States
army they will have to be looked for
through q Lick telescope, leveIed to
the plane of the horizon, and then
will not be microscopically found.
There is a chivalry, though chivalry
may be jeered at, that surrounds the
wives and daughters of our army
which makes them content under the
hardships OF moving if not wholly sat
istled or happy in some well-favored
and desirable garrison. The wife,
being @ sensible woman and an
American girl, marrying an army Off
Ger, soon catches on, knows how much
her husband gets, and that he is sure
of it, and can regulate household ex-
penses or "the messing arrangements
accordingly. The daughter OF one Of
ficer doesn't envy the girl of another
Of the same regiment, because she
knows just how much both papas get
The social life of the army, therefore,
is largely without pickering Or false
emulation, and the social features o.
the army are of family character in
q regiment or at O. post.
Let it drop at this, the praise of en-
comium to be bestowed upon army
women. They are jolly, forgiving, car
adapt themselves in every circum
stance, and they are the most mother
Iy women in the world when they be
come the wives OF colonies, looking
after urchins from West Point as i
they were the apples of their eye-es
peciaIly if they have daughters of E
manageable age.-~gt, Louis Repub-
tic.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
1T RESPECTS THE LAW.
The Lottery Company's Good Faith,
Washington telegram to Globe Democra

The Lottery Company's Good Faith.
Washington telegram to Globe Democrat
The New Orleans Postmaster, Capt. S. NJ.
Eaton, is a little smooth-faced man, honest
and shrewd. He is great friend of War
moth, but he has backed up the Post
master Generals efforts vigorously in the
fight on the lottery.
The year before the warfare began Mr..
Eaton says the Lottery Company bought
stamps and stamped envelopes: For that
same year the total revenue of the office
was $4,000. So it appears that the Lot,
onetourth Of the entire revenue of the Of
flee.
BY the action Of the department in en-
forcing the anti-lottery law passed by Con-
gross this postal revenue from the lottery
company became dead loss. Last year $
receipts by the New Orleans office reached
a total of S352000. The day before Capt.
Eaton started to this conference the lottery
company posted i'll all its branch offices i'll
New Orleans notice to this effect:
The supreme court efthe United States
having decided the anti-lottery postal law
to be constitutional, it is hereby ordered
and directed that no one i'll the employ Of
this company shall mail letter which in
any way refers directly or indirectly to the
business of the lottery. 1t must be under
stood that this company will aid in the en-
forcement of this law"
II think that this notice is honest and
sincere" said Capt Eaton, land the COM
pany means just what it says"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
mOnIN an AmYtoWer."


Close by a prosperous church in q
Kansas town is district known as
Tennessee Town." populated entire
ly by negroes. The pastor of the
church had long made efforts to or.
ganize classes OF the young colored
boys for the purp ose OF giving them
instruction in literary and scientific
topics. He was only partly success
full. Nothing that he could get for the
entertainment or amusement Of the
restless, idle lads seemed to h ave any
effect on them.
He tried magic lanterns and legerde
main, and all kinds Of "clubs," but felt
that he was not succeeding in the least
At last he purchased a small box OF
chemicals, practiced q list Of expert
ments, and announced an illustrated
lecture on "The Wonders of Little
Things"
The little hall was packed with al
enthusiastic audience, and the ex.
periments were successful. Curious to
hhON VIC 1cttSOuS IttI Cllc ltbl SG dGISllIA-
ance on this particular occasion, the
long-suffering lecturer called :up one
of the brightest lads at the close of
the entertainment and questioned
him.
"What made so many boys come
out to the lecture tonight"
II specs kase we lowed you was
gwine ter blow yourself up!"
"What! DO the boys want to see
me blown up?"
"No, sah," with a grin. "But dey
years bout your 'speriments, an dey
wants ter see what might gwine ter
happen!"
don't you know there's no danger
with these things if they are rightly
handled?".
eyes, sab, but we knowed you'se
only an amytower!"
That was the last chemical lecture
in the course.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
The Best Baking Powder
AND MOST ECONOMICAL,

Is that of DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder It is prepared
with greater and accuracy, from finer and
pensive materials competent chemists every ingredient
nothing is left chance No ammonia alum or other
adulteran tains this purest of human food products
Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder is the embodiment ali
the excellence that it is possible attain It always
uniform and reliable and retains it's full strength until used
It is not only economical because of its wonderful
raising power but by of it's greater bulk
being much larger than the ordinary kind; it will go
farther and do better work dsapponts DR. Prices
Isl only baking powder that whites of eggs
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Tho Proper Way to Sit.

A proper sitting position requires
that the spine shall be kept straight,
and that the support needed for the
upper part of the body shall be felt in
the right place says Caroline LIE Rowin
The Ladies' Home journal. There
fore, sit us far back as possible in the
chair, so that the lower part OF the
spine shall be braced against the back
of the seat. II this back is straight
the shoulders will also rest against it;
# not, they will have no point Of sup,
port, and will be found that they do
not need it. The position makes no
strain upon the ligaments of the spine.
1t allows o. proper position OF the
shoulders consequently of the chest,
consequently of the lungs, stomach,
and every other part Of the body.
Their work is carried on naturally
and comfortably, as is also the cir
culation OF the blood which in a wrong
sitting position is seriously interfered
with. With the feet resting squarely
upon the floor, the hands resting
easily upon the lap, perfect equili-
brium, and consequently perfect rest
of the body, is secured. There is no
strain upon any part Of the body; no
muscle or organ is required to do
more than it's legitimate amount of
work The arms should never be
folded; for this position not only
causes q strain upon the spine, and
all the other evils already referred to,
but, in addition, places the weight of
the arms upon the stomach and the
| diaphragm, thereby increasing the
labor of digestion and respiration.
Placing the hands behind the back, if
possible, is q good attitude to take
occasionally, giving, as it does, the
fullest expansion to the whole upper
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19

CAN YOU FIND THE WORD? There is a 3
inch display advertisement in this paper,
this week, which has no two words alike
except one word. The same is true of each
new one appearing each week. from The
DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This house
places a Crescent" on everything they
make and publish. Look for 1t, send them
the name of the word and they will return
you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPHS or SAM
PLIES FREE.
LOWER Mississippi levees give way mum
dating the surrounding country.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
Faint Shadows of a Grim Colossus.

Prognosticate his coming. Mental de-
preston and perturbation, sensation OF
tnnguor by day and unrest upon getting mp
in the morning, heartburn, occasional
headaches, undue sensitiveness to slight
noises, furred topgue-these mean that you
need preventive tonic medication. Neglect
it and the hideous colossus Of disease will
speedily stare you out of countenance and
Wrest health from you. Seek preventive
aid from Hostcter's Stomach Bitters, which
cheokmates dyspepsia billsousness, rheu
matisln, constipation and malaria.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19

Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Everything that took
into the Stornrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor I got one Of your books.
procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. / am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best Of health. August Flower
saved my life and gavem my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, 0. o
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19

r. P Philips, who in behalf Of a syndi-
cate of capitalists visited France in order to
study the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo,
has returned to New York. 1t is said the
syndicates purpose is to get permission to
omen resort similar to Monte Carlo at one
Of the American pleasure resorts
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
An Even Thing.

Biggs-Let's start O. newspaper.
You furnish the money and I'll supply
the brains,
Diggs-Agreed. If we both put in
our whole capital we shall have the
so sisfaction OF knowing that we can
never lose anything.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19

"7Rere's something behind C."
That's what you think, perhaps,
when you read that the proprietors
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer
$500 reward for an incurable case
of Catarrh. Rather unusual, you
think, to find the makers of medi-
cine trying to prove that they be-
lievo in it. "There must be some
thing back of it'll"
But it's q plain, square offer, made
in good faith. The only thing that's
back of it is the Remedy. 1t cures
Catarrh in the Head. To its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, the worst cases yield,
no matter how bad or of how long
standing. 1t has a record that
goes back for IS years, 1t doesn't
Simply relieve it perfectly and
permanently cures. With q Rem
edy like this, the proprietors can
make such an offer and mean it.
To be sure there's risk in it, but
it's so very small that they ere
willing to take it.
You've "never heard of anything
like this offer?" True enough.
But then you've never heard of
ANYTHING like DR.. Sage's Remedy.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
A Cycle of Cold Summers.

To the often put question. Are
not our summers colder? DR.. Buchan
answers, in q paper read at the meet
ing of thessScottish Meteorological So
ciety, Yes, they have been colder con-
tinuously for the last twenty years.
The statistics of the last 100 years
ore before DR.. Buchan as he says this,
and it seems that once at least in that
time there was q period of thirty-on
years-from 1907 to 1813-when
the years were colder than the aver
age. Then there followed nineteen
years in which they were warmer, and
after some minute variations, there
at length set in the long cycle of cold
summers, which is running still.
IT transpires that the recent sword duel
at Buda Pesth between Herr Horvarth and
Lieut.. Ovary resulted more seriously than
the first report indicated. Horvarth was
wounded, although the first account of the
duel had it that slight scalp wound in
flicted OH Ova1y was the worst injury re-
ceived by either Combatant.
THEODORE F. HUNTER, president of the
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank Of
Knoxville, Pa, was given hearing before
United States Commissioner Bell on the
charge of making false reports to the comp
trolLer of the currency as to the condition
ofthe bank, and held i'll $4,000 bail.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19

When BabY vas sick, We gave her CGstoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
Whoa she became Miss, she chung to Cestoria,
ghen she had Children, she gave them OastoEia
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-19
That
Tired Feeling

Prevails with it's most enervating and disco ir-
aging effect in spring and early summer, when
the days grow warmer and the tonIng effect Of
the cold air is gone. Hoods Sarsaparilla speed
lily oVercomes that tired feeling" whether
caused by change OF climate. season or life. by
overWork or Illness, and imparts a feeling o
nj fort md nolf- n1.u