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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04
NOTHING TO GET MAD ABOUT.
There were N Good Four Inches he
tween Nose and Bullet,

There were IA Good Four Inches be-
tween Nose and bullet.
1T was while Stemwinder Johnson
had the upper store at Rosebud" said
Col. George Barry the other night at
tn, Lotos club, that Nose Howard
was the chief of government herder for
the agency" quotes the New York Sun.
Il was stationed at Fort Niobrara in
those days, and occasionally got over
to the Rosebud at other times than is
sue day. Old Bill Huston, a sort OF
retired cowboy, was hanging around
the agency then, sometimes working as
herder, but for the most part picking
up what he could as hunter. He was
the finest shot with Winchester l
ever saw, and thought nothing of tax
ing off the head of a sage hen at 100
yards. He wouldn't pick up jack
rabbit that he'd hit anywhere else
than in the head.
Nose Howard and old Bill Huston
were good friends. Nose used to say
in his slow drawl: Old Bill amt such
a-of feller as he USE to be- he's n
humble citizen, an that's me every
time
One day, when happened to be in
Johnson'S store, Nose came in more ex-
cited than / had ever seen him before.
For quarter of an hour he didn't say
Il word, but stood over by the big
Stove-it was cold. raw day in the
fall-chewing tobacco and shooting
tarantula juice in way that showed
violent perturbation of spirit.
Say, Johnson" he drawled out.
what dye think old Bill Huston done?
Wen. if he didn't come plum night to
shooting me cold. I'm a goat. l was
comm up FIN the lower store md was
bout half way across when a Win
chester ball pinged right past my ear
so close 1 could feel the wind of it. I
looked around a bit an over there on
the creek, bout half a mile, was old
Bill Huston pickin' up a sage hen.
Sa-a-y, maybe you fellers b'lieve l
wasn't hostile
What did you do, Mose| asked
Johnson.
/" I jess waltzed over there answer
ed Nose, AN say l to Bill: What in
thunder says, air you a-shooting at?
'Humph! says Bill. You darn fool;
don't you spose l seen you? Moved
around till you was plum four inches
out O range
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04
A NJ EW WHEEL,
1t Is Lighter Than Old Forms nn0
Can De Run More Rapidly.

1t Is Lighter Than Old Forms nno
Can De Run More Rapidly.
A novel system of wheel construc
ton has been recently patented by an
Englishman which, while applicable
to the bicycle, carriage wheels and belt
pulleys, would seem to have special adj
vantages in the construction Of heavy
t1ywheels. Such wheels, as usually
built, require a considerable amount of
expensive machinery, which is avoided
in Sharp's system of construction.
The ordinary wheel arms are replaced
by wrought-iron rods, which are u
shaped and lap around the hub of the
wheel, the ends of the U being secured
to the rim by nuts.
The driving power is transmitted to
the spokes entirely by friction, and as
the arc of contact of the spoke on the
rim is fairly large, the principle of
band friction comes into play, so that
very great tOrques can be transmitted
without any risk of slipping
taking place. For a cotton wheel Mr..
Sharpe proposes to use thirty-two
spokes, each 2 inches in diameter, Sc
cured to the rim by split nuts, which
makes very neat job.
Such a fiywheel, as usually built,
would have six or eight arms, and
when running at high speed the centri-
fugal force tends to bend the rim be-
tween, such bending being n serious adj
ditiOn to the direct circumferential ten
sion due to the same force. The num-
erous spokes of the new construction
greatly reduce this bending, while at
the same time the wrought-iron spokes
are considerably stronger than the Or
binary cast-iron arms, and consequent
ly it is claimed that the spoke wheels
can be run at much higher speed
In fact, the inventor claims the rims
of his wheels may be run at speed Of
300 lineal feet per second. Thus light
er wheels can be used, which would be
specially advantageous in gas engine
work, particularly where great regu-
larity of running is required, as in dy.
namo driving.-Philadelphia Record.
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THE MEERscHAuM ptpR.
Some Valuable Pointers About iti
Use.

Some Valuable Pointers About tie
Use.
am an incessant smoker, as all my
friends know. l get tired of cigars oc-
casionally. Not long since conclud-
ed to try the pipe, and as / had al
ways heard SO much about a meer-
schaum, l bought one. When was
taking it away the salesman told me
not to smoke it too much or / would
burn the wax and ruin the thing. I
smoked it very little for the first few
weeks, and saw no indications that
the thing was ever going to change. /
went into the place where l bought it
and told the fellow who had sold it to
me about my progress, or lack of pro-
gress. He said, after l had told him
how much had smoked, that / had
not smoked it enough.
l smoked it for several weeks after
and saw no perceptible change. /
again went in, and made mechanical
complaint. The young man said he
guessed | kept 1t in the case too much,
oAu ChGUO llC Al6Id IOESOOlGl W WdEu
me against that. He said it kept the
pipe too warm to keep it in the case
too much. Soon after | went into the
place again. The man looked at it,
and said that he guessed l handled 1t
too much; that l ought not to take it
out OF the case too frequently, as it
made splotches on it to handle it too
often. Then we had talk all around
TN meerschaum pipes. I found out
that the meerschaum is a great pipe,
and will give satisfaction if you OBJ
serve the following rules
Don't smoke it too much,
Don't smoke it too little.
Don't take it out of the case too
often.
Don't leave it in the case to much.
Don't lay it down to cool off after
you have smoked it, for in that case
it will crack.
Don't carry it it your pocket, foy
then twill not cool fast enough.
l have returned to the cigar.
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CHAPTER x-(COntinued1

CHAPTER X-(COntinued)
Suddenly she rushed to the table,
opened her little writing desk, tumblcd
the contents Of it out pellmell, seized n
sheet of note paper with trembling
hand and wrote upon it at full speed
as follows:
7Old Street, Saturday Evening.
Madam: After having maturely re-
Elected upon our interview of this morn
ing, have come to the conclusion that
it would be derogatory to my self-re-
Spect for me to continue to give les
sons in your family. I therefore beg
to resign my engagement as daily gov
erness to your children from this time
forward. l am, madam, yours OBJ etti-
emily, Isabel Lilly.
To Mrs. Boddington, Beach Grove.
Mrs. Jack really supposed herself to
have "maturely reflected" upon her in
terview with Mrs. BoddingtOn. Ger
tainly it had been constantly present
to her imagination ever since it hap
pened. She sealed up the result of her
mature reflections with the same fever
iSh eagerness with which she had writ
ten it, and sent it off to the post with
out further delay.
THERE said she, half aloud, when
the note was fairly dispatched. II sup
pose they will be satisfied now! |
am very glad ! have written that letter.
Very glad!'
Just then her eyes fell on Popsy's
little frock-the jack towel garment be-
slowed on her by her grandmother
which Biddy had been sewing at.
I'm afraid Popsy won't have her
pink and white frock now" said the
young mother sadly.
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Didn't NaadIt.

1t is one of the universally recog-
nized signs of greatness that it can
afford to dispense with external and
adventurous marks of distinction.
Mrs. Wilcox, niece of Andrew
Jackson, is reported by an exchange
as telling with a touch OF pride in an
incident of Jackso MS life at the Her
mitage.
During Martha Van Buren's term
my uncle entertained him at the Her
mitage, and of course the arrival of
the President was made a great occa-
sion.
Many of the servants in holiday
dress went out on the turnpike to see
the presidential coach make it's APP
pearance. Among them was old
Aunt Betsy, an oracle among the
house-servants When she returned
she said to me in a tone of unquali-
fed surprise:
why, land, Miss Mary, he amt got
no crown onp'
"But Aunt Betsy" said I, "why
did you expect to. see him with a
crown on?" Uncle Jackson never
wore crown"
"Massa Jackson" exclaimed Aunt
Betsy her face shining with pride,
Law, Miss Mary, Massa jackson
don't need no crown"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04
Take Care OF the schoolgirls.

Dr. Backus, Of the Packer Institute.
IN Brooklyn, has been aging some So
verely common SCI Sc things TO ambi-
,lous parents. In addressing o meet
ing Of educators he very forcibly ex-
pressed his opinion regarding the re-
:ponsibility which parents should feel
IN their ply steal care Of the young stu
dent in her school days. He emphati-
cally disapproyed Of the practice of
keeping her on the piano stool for
hours every day. Put her to bed ear
iy and don't waken her in the morn
ing" he said. IF she Is not being
overtaXed she will waken herself in
si.re for school, aud if she doesn't let
her sleep. Give her a good breakfast,
too, before she starts out. Her stoln-
ach, at that time of life, is a more i'm
portant organ than her brain" All of
which Is sound sense and was so en-
Enthusiastically received by his listeners
that it is to be hoped every scholars
guardian present took away the good
) ed to bear fruit.
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Boddington now! Really, II Is 4 pity
you allow your temper to run away
with you"
AT all events, Mrs. Lilly, you will
all be relieved of the annoyance of hay-
ing connection of yours in the posi-
ton of governess to your new friend.
Mrs. ROddington was not very active
In returning your call. She told me
your card had been on her table for
long time; but dare say that won't
make any differencew said Bell She
could not resist throwing this missile
II am quite satisfied with what I
hear about Mrs. Boddington, Bell" re-
turned Mrs. Lilly, over whose white
forehead the faintest possible shade
of pink began to spread. II have made
every inquiry"
II have given Biddy warning" Gaid
Mrs. Jack, abruptly.
"Ah! you ought to have done that long
ago, Bell"
AN think shall go away from
Codlington altogether!'
Mrs. Lilly stared at her daughter-in-
law in silence.
"I'm sick and tired of the place. !
have no one here who cares for me
yes, one person, have one good friend,
but she Is as poor and friendless as I
am. I believe / could live cheaper in
some little cottage quite out in the coun-
try. l don't see why l should remain
in Codlington."
Bell grew more and more excited as
she spoke, and her voice trembled. Mrs.
Lilly considered herself to have a wide
experience of Bells titfulness and cxcit-
ability; but latterly, instead Of growing
steadier, she had really become flight
Ter" than ever. There was no knowing
where to have her, as Mrs. Lilly said
afterward to her husband.
And how long have you had tnis no.
ton, Bell?" asked Mrs. Iillys
Go Be Continued.)
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1t Is Well to Remember That

Is y" ell 10 HCmemDe That
Too small a figure in wall paper de-
stroys the effect.
A bread cloth should always be sweet
and clean, and never used for any 9TH
err purpose.
Sponging the face and hands with
weak extract Of pennyroyal will keep
away mosquitoes, and will allay the pain
from their bites.
Spots and dirt may be removed from
paintings and chromos by using cup
of warm water to which few drops
of ammonia have been added.
A good broom-holder may be made by
putting two large screws-nails will an
swer-into the wall about two inches
apart. Drop the broom between them,
handle downward.
Any woman doing her own work may
so systematic it that it will be the east
est possible for her. She need not fol-
low any other persons methods, unless
they are the very best for her own con-
ditionS.
1t pays well to do the mending be-
fore the article goes into the wash,
since the processes to which it is there
subjected materially enlarge the holes,
and it is better and more agreeable
to wear if the washing follows the
mending
There is a false economy, which costs
more than it returns; such as saving old
medicine bottles, partially used pre-
scriptions, the tacks taken from the
carpet, or working days to save or make
that which can be bought for a few
cents.
There is nothing which the average
husband better appreciates than tidy,
well-ordered home, with a place for
everything, and everything in its place.
On the other hand. there is no more po-
tent source OF domestic unhappiness
than disorder ih the living apartments
Good Housekeeping.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04
MONKEY AS A SLU0GER.

lie Pounded bulldog Until lie
Could no Longer Hear His Heart
Beat.
The most novel fight 1 ever wit
messed" remarked Mr.. James Meehan
to a Cincinnati Enquirer man, was
between bulldog and monkey, down
in Cuba. A friend of mine had bull
dog that had licked every canine on
the island. and he was very proud or
him. A gentleman from South America
said that he had monkey that could
whip the bulldog, and the owner of the
latter laughed at the idea. After some
talk Il wager Of $500 was made, and the
only advantage that the monkey was to
have was that he was to be allowed the
privilege of using Il baton about the
length of Il policeman'S club, but not
SO heavy.
The fight was in Il public place, and
in pit that was surrounded by an iron
grating. There was Il big crowd out
to see the fight. OF course everybody
thought the bulldog would chew up the
monkey. After a few minutes, how
ever, the audience was surprised at the
Sagacity displayed by the monkey. The
DulluOS NblAu IldhS IL lush at AAAS
monkey. and the latter would jump
aside and allow the bulldog to hit his
head against the iron gratings. This
was kept up for twenty min ties or
more, and then the dog began to get
tired The monkey began to fight He
would let the dog make rush and then
jump on the dogs back and strike him
several times with the baton. This was
Aept up for an hour or more, and final
~ exhausted, and the monkey actually
pounded him to death. The monkey
would strike the dog several blows,
and then place his ear to the canine
to see IL he still breathed.
FINALLY the owner Of the dog agreed
TO give up the fight, but the monkey 5
owner told him that it was too late,
as the monkey would not quit until
he had Killed the dog. This was one Of
the peculiaFticG of the monkeJ. They
always killed their victims. The owner
Of the dog said he did not want his dog
killed. and insisted on taking +he mon
key off While they were talking the
monkey beIted the dog several time
with his baton, placed his cal on the
dog, and with a sudden jump leaped
on the shoulder of his owner and COM
gneneed to use monkey language. The
dog was examined and found to be
dead The people applau1ed the vic
tory Of the monkey. aCd it looked as II
the monkey understood It"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04
A SMART BOY.
How He Saved His Employers Some
Money.

How He Saved His Employers Some
Money.
There is q good story going the
rounds about man who has become
a successful merchant. A few years
ago he was employed as an Office boy
and messenger for q large firm. He
was sent to collect an account from a
firm which was considered very
''shaky," and was told to get the
money at all hazards. The debtors
gave the lad a cheque for ESQ. He
went to the bank at once to cash it,
and was told by the cashier that there
were not enough funds to meet it.
"How much short2" asked the lad.
t"ThirtY shiTlings," was the answer.
It lacked but a minute or two OF
the time for the bank to close. The
boy felt in his pockets, took out thirty
shillings, and, pushing it through the
window, said, "Put that to the credit
of Blank & Co."
The cashier did so, whereupon the
boy presented the cheque and got the
money. Blank & Co., failed the next
day, and their .chagrin can be better.
imagined than described when they
found out the trick that had been
played upon them.
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Air Power for Street Cars.

Paris is shortly to try g. new expert
ment with tramways worked by COM
pressed air. There are already cleo
trio tramways running from the Made
line to st. Dennis and Pantin with &C
cumulators under the carriage. These
are reported to work very satisfactory
lily and are much more slightly than
those of the trolley" system in use in
some Of the French departments. The
new compressed air machines, which
are to be started from the Louvre to
Versailles and st. Cloud, are expected
to be more satisfactory than either as
we'll as more economical in their work
ing. The locomotives will weigh eigh-
teen tons and have a pressure Of about
$50 pounds, and be capable Of drawing
three or four cars loaded with passen-
gers. The water of the Seine has been
utilized as motive power for the COM
preston of the air. The advantages
expected are, besides economical work
ing. the absence Of smoke or odor from
the machines, and they also, it is said.
offer better facilities for dispatching
several car loads Of passengers at the
same time by the same machine
Transport,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04
STUDYING A NEW PART.
An Actor Describes His Sensations
While Thus Occupied.

An Actor Describes HIS Sensations
While Thus Occupied.
In the study and preparation Of q
part what a myriad of sensations and
emotions the actors go through; what
elation and depression; what exalta-
ton and despair he experiences be-
tween the inception of a role and its
delivery to the public! at the first read
ing of the play and his trying to "see
himself in the part he is cast for or at
the rereading of the part when he has
it in manuscript form. The emotion is
only different in degree, as the part
may be small one or great one. At
may be small one or gerat one. AT
ter committing it to memory (the very
smallest portion of the study of part)
comes the real study of it, the shaping
and composing it, making himself, his
personality, and perhaps his peculiar1-
ties, if he have them, consOnant with
the role, and fitting himself into the
part so that he shall be what the au-
thor designed-Aow elabOrating and
then depressing and curtailing, accept
ing or rejecting mental suggestions,
and making, from an adumbration, a
perfect picture; in short, going through
Ill the travail of making part. For,
with all credit to the author who gives
him the character, it is the actor who
makes it animate. That is the real life
of the actor away from the foOtlights,
where his emotions and sensibilities
are brought into play.
When the part he has struggled and
fought with, cajoled and anathematiz-
ed by turns, during the study Of It, Is
presented to his public, it Is then COM
plete,an q finished thing with the rest
of the play. But what days and nights
has he had before that premiere! From
the beginning of the study of a part
land the feeling is more tense the more
important that part may be) until the
playing of it, the actor and the char
acter he is studying are never apart
JOHN Drew. in Scribner's.
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Wheat Growing From a soy.s Head,


A grain OF wheat has sprouted in
thefore head of 5-year-old boy. On
May Is little Thomas Stretch, the son
OF Miller Reeve A. Stretch, Of Lower
Alloway Creek Township, was quits
seriously injured by being caught in q
belt at the mill and would have been
killed but for the promptness OF his
father in stopping the machinery. He
has now almost recovered from the
effects of the accident, but few days
ago dark spot wasnotitel over HIS
eye. 1t was carefully opened with a
lance and was found to be q grain Of
wheat, which was spreuted. The
grain was probably forced under the
skin when his head struck q bin while
hewas being whirled around the shaft.
Philadelphia Press,
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One morning Jerrold and Compton
proceeded together to view the pic
lures in the gallery of illustration. On
entering the anteroOm they found
themselves opposite to number of
very long looking glasses. Pausing be-
fore one Of these, Compton remarked
to Jerrold:
You've come here to admire works
Of art! Very well, first feast your eyes
'on that work of nature" pointing to
his own figure reflected in the glass.
Look at it! There's a picture for you"
Yes" said Jerrold, regarding it in
tently, very fine-very fine indeed. "
Then, turning to his friend: Wants
hanging though.-Sala's Journal.
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Little Henry's father and mother wish
him to be French scholar, and know
ing that a foreign language is most
readily acquired in childhood; they have
given him a French governess,, with
whom he is expected to talk French,
Henry gets along pretty well, but is
not yet to be mistaken for a native
Partisan. The other day he discovered
that the barn was on fire. He ran into
the house quite out Of breath. - -
40 made!h6iselle, 9 he Exclaimed, rush.
ing into the school:room, II don't know
whether it's la feu or le feu, but any,
how there's a big blaze in the barn"
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Coal Discoveries in the Southwest,

Coal Discoveries in the Southwest
A six foot seam of coal has been dis
covered in Arizona and is pronounced
of good semi-anthracite quality. 1t Is
unavoidable that this is the only seam,
but this may be easily ascertained by
further boring In northern Mexico,
also, there are considerable beds of
coal, and apparently all that the CAPT.
talist needs to make this region OF
A.narica an important manufacturing
center, not dependent upon precarious
gold and silver mining, is confidence
and enterprise. Supplies If fuel are
essential to the development of manu-,
features. However abundant and
cheap other raw materials are, without
.aaap fuels industrial centers of other
parts Of the country will continue to
keen the lead, It is said that a rail-
road will connect auagMus with coal
field eighty miles distant. This you'd
form an important outlet for the IA
cifc coast, and might, by shipment
down the gulf of by rail, give San
Diego q allch-needed inducement TO
establish manafact!n4res.-san Francisco
Call.
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After the Manner of Sir walter

The western North Carolina section of
the Richmond & Danville system was
built by the state, the largest contract
being awarded to Col Charles Fisher
The state became bankrupt, and Col
Fisher lost all he had put into his work
His daughter bravely set out to repair
the family fortunes by writing stories,
and it is to the disaster which overlook
her fathers contracting operations that
we owe the novels and sketches OF
Southern life which bear the signature
Of Christian Reid.-Kate Fields Wash,
ington.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured,

OSc'E 'oSS No1''T'O@ 5O = VI GUT
by local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF tho ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness. and that is by. coNstitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infiamed
you have ruinbNnG sound orimperiect hearing.
and when it Ia entirely closed Deafness is the
and this tube restored to it's normal condition
H. airing will be destroyed forever; niue cases out
but an inflamed condtion Of the N ucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circulars.
free. +. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo O.
ES-Sold by Druggists. 75c.