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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
HUMOROUS.
taha.

Its concentration of thought that
tells in our daily endeavor. Just watch
the face of the small boy when he is
taking aim at tramp cat.
bad Boy (gleefully)-"T had the
earache this morning" Good Boy
"What good is that?' Bad Boy-''Me
mother put cotton in me ears and now
don't hear 'er when she calls. GOOD
News.
Market Mani know just what
you want; nice spring chickens the -"
Mrs. Allstyle-"No, indeed. want the
latest fall styles that are out. Inter
Ocean.
-Ada-"If you want to get her,
don't be so abjectly devoted. You sim.
ply cheaper yourself in her eyes"
Frank-"Th she will take me. Jen-
ME never could resist bargain. y
Brooklyn Life.
Upstreete (sympathetically)-"Poor
Lushley! He is going to the bad so fast
there will soon be no hope for him"
wager (who has seen the ticket Yes;
his watch is beyond redemption now"
Buffalo Courier.
81 guess the man in the next fiat
must be awfully profane." "Why, how
do you know? He only moved in yes
terday." 81 know, but l saw one of
his roomers carrying in banjo and
flute. Inter Ocean.
-"Whateb you does" said Uncle
Eben to his eldest boy, "doan be sah-
castle. Err man dat keeps allus tryin'
ter shoot Folly ez she flies run er heap
O resk oh bein' hurt by de kick oh his
own gun. Washington Star.
Half Killed. -'Do you want some
nice pork, sir?" said the butcher to an
Irishman, who was intently regarding
half of hog hanging outside the door.
mo sore! Oh was only wondherin
whin We was goin' to kill the other half
O. that pig"
-PiplSin-'T doubt if iron enters
very largely into the composition of
the human body" Potts = "Why?"
Pipliin-'Ive, noticed that when man
Is hot it doesn't improve his temper to
throw cold water on him." - Kate
| Fields Washington.
Girl lin the service of the stingy
wife of the colonel to grocer)-"One
penn orth of sugar, one penn'orth of
coffee, and ha'porth of cinnamon. ="
Grocer (handing her the parceD-
"There's the lot. You're having fam
lily party this evening, suppose?"-
| Feuera bend.
Mrs. Pneumonie-'T was so pro-
voked at the art museum to-day. There
was painting there which they told
me was painted by man by the name
of Murillo. If you believe me, it was
only a copy of that beautiful chrome Of
ours over the parlor mantel. l don't
know who this Murillo is, but / think
it's shameful that he should be allowed
thus to cheaper works of art; and /
didn't hesitate to let the people know
just how felt about it. Boston Tran.
script
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
BUILDING AND SCIENCE
NATURES coRkscREWs.

Really Remarkable Relies of Prchlstario
Times-OIscovercd by Scientific Tx
pcditlon In the Famous Pine Ridge Re-
GIon-Almost as True as II Made by q
Lathe.
Among the arrivals at San Francisco
from Lincoln, Neb,, day or two ago
was Prof T. H. Marshland, of the Ne
braslSa State university, who had just
completed two remarkable scientific
expeditions in quest of rare fossils
One was to Pine Ridge, the famous
scene Of the recent Sioux Indian out
break, where he and others discovered
myriads of strangely curious fossil,
called by them "dovil's corkscrows."
The corl1screws are as much as feet
long, actual corlsscrews in shape, and
arc often inches through. lie csti-
mates that there are 400 square miles
of them, yet strange to say, notwith-
standing the vast number of scientific
expeditions hitherto, none of them
have been discovered before. The
corlscrews are silicate, and they are
found in a silicious sandstone. In
many places they stick through the
sandroclk of the hills, the stones being
worn off by the clement and silicate
spiral being harder, it has remained.
1t is no trouble, the professor says, to
strip the sand away from them. 1t is
rather soft, and the men can work fast,
Some of the strange silicate spirals
are coiled about central spiral, like
O grapevine about tree. Then at the
bottom of root of the spire are curl
GUS protubcrances each way, and ris-
ing toward the surface of the ground
at something like thirty-one degrees.
They are often quite as long as the
corlzscrcw spiral.
"These corkscrews which stick out
over Pine Ridge border on the Bad
Lands" said Prof. Marshland, "are
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
THE CANALS OF MARS.
Supposed to De tho Work of tho Inhl
l1,,4a or u,I,ot srIoho

Supposed to De tho Work of tho Inhab
itants of That Globe.
1t is not genGGeitE imown that the
planet Mars is iaaT.sed by parallel
bands, the origin OF which have been
the source of endless controversy.
From delicate measurements it has
been established that these bands are
from ten to a hundred miles in width,
and it was at first supposed that they
were atmospheric phenomena, but of
late many incline to believe that they
are canals or stupendous waterways.
The interesting theory that the
"canals" of the planet Mars are actu-
ally the work of the inhabitants of
that globe has perhaps never had SO
authoritative recognition as has just
been given to it by the distinguished
French astronomer, NJ. Faye. 1t is.
worth while to read his own words on
this subject, as he addressed them to
the Academy of Sciences in Paris re-
Gently. Referring to the theory stated
above, he said
For my part incline to adopt this
view Professionally. I imagine that
under the almost constantly clear sky.
of Mars, in the absence of Formulating
rains and fertilizing rivers, the con-
struction of these immense canals be-
came necessary in order to conduct the
slightly saline water of The shallow
seas over the low-lying continents.
II suppose that the labor of making
those canals must have been singular
ly facilitated by the feebleness of grav-
ity and the slight density of the
superficial layers, which it sufhced only
to scratch, so to speak, in order to
make way for the water. But | am
quite ready also to accept other views,
if it is possible to make the numerous
details that we possess upon this planet
accord better with them"
The idea that beings resembling men
should be able to construct canals av-
craging eighty miles in width and
thousands of miles in aggregate length
has generally proved too staggering
for acceptance; but NJ. Faye is scien-
tific astronomer, and it is at any rate
| interesting to learn that he does not
see any insuperable objection to the
| hyp )thesis.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18

poor director who must see to how he
can earn his living best With the
company as it is there is nothing to be
done, and that you know right we'll"
"I'll go and earn money, Alessandro;
but swear to me never to marry Jean
nette."
"Brigantina, am no longer a child!"
"Swear, Alessandro, swear"
$50 to the -"
Quick as lightning Brigantina sprang
to one side, and seized hold of an AK.
'Swear, or by Heaven"
And the tigress threw the reflection
of the glistening blade on the torn can
vas of the tent.
Belli laughed mocl1ingly.
lie relied upon his brute strength
and athletic skill, as be set about
wrenching the AK from her grasp, to
overcome her.
"You won't go of your own accord,
you she-devil, so I'll pitch you out
against your will, and if You don't
mind you'll find the whip cracking
about your ears! You dare to threaten
Belli? You--you-poltroon!'
This was enough.
Poltroon-cowardl
That word stung her to the quick.
A wave of blood diffused itself over the
face of the gypsy girl, hard, kissing,
animal like cry escaped her lips, and
the ak whizzed through the air. 1t
cut its way into the stroller's throat,
who fell to the ground without a
sound, and his blood mingled with the
freshly strewn sawdust on the floor
With shrill laugh Brigantina went
out past his corpse-she Buew that she
had aimed we'll.
It was her last cast
The next day we drew her lifeless
body out of the river.
Only few of the company followed
her coffin to the wall near the church
ward, where her remains were laid
| without chant or song Of any kind
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18

Somebody has made the calculation
ihat, taking the quantities roughly
and in round numbers, the atmosphere
weighs about ton to every square
foot of the carth's surface, 25,00O,0OO
tons per square mile, or 5000, ,000, ,OOO,-
100000 tons on total of 200, 100000
square miles, and its energy is that due
to the motion of this inconceivablc
mass, at velocities varying all the way
from the slightest zephyr to the hurri-
cane and the cyclone, rushing over the
prairie or along the surface of the sea
at more than 100 miles an hour,
Again, according to this authority, a
cubic mile of air, weighing about
10000, ,OOO,OOO pounds, develops, at the
rate of motion of the cyclone, some
1900, 900, 900, 900 foot tons" of energy,
and if all were employed at such rate
for the performance of work, useful or
destructive, this number of foot
pounds" would be equivalent to more
than 1000, 900. 600, ,0OO,O horse power
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
A Difficult Operation.

Star photography is one of the most
tedious opera tions known. In some
cases the exposure of the plate must
last for several hours. During ali this
time both the plate and the telescope
must be moved so that the image of the
star will be stationary on the plate
The exposure for star of the sixteenth
maguiture is two hours, and only the
image of one at time can be secured
unless those adjoining happen to be OF
the same size.--Chicago Post
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18


Europe in the forties, and for the time
pelng gained for themselves consider
able popularity by their remarkable
deftness and skill.
The artists in the Alvarez circus were
man and wife-she, with serene smile
on her lips, her long, fair hair hanging
loosely over her shoulders, her deep,
blue eyes directed fearlessly and full of
confidence towards her comrade; he,
firm and cool, with an expression of SUI
preme indifference to the danger his
wife so boldly and unflinchingly faced.
The couple seemed to mock death,
playing with him as with tame tiger
cat.
But, however bloodcurdling the sang
froid of this couple might be, they
were dwarfed into insignifcance in
comparison with an incident dating
from my strolling days, which comes
all the more wildly before my minds
eye, the remoter it is from that adven-
turous, precarious time when l. gypsy
among gypsies, strobe in front of the
green caravan, which, slowly followed
by street ours barking furiously at its
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
Tic Oldest Iron Kettle.

The first iron-casting made in
America was at the Saugus Iron works,
In 1912. 1t was kettle or three-legged
pot, weighing two pounds and a
quarter, and holding one quart 1t
was claimed as Il part of the purchase
consideration by the owner of the land
upon which the works were built
After descending as an heirloom from
generation to generation, 1t has re-
certify been presented to tho town of
Lynn, Mass, by a descendant of the
original owner.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18

or saucer filled with water. 1t will be
found that almost instantly the water
will be drawn into the glass, although
tie weight of the glass viii hold its
edge firmly on the bottom of the plate.
A singular thing about it is the water
of itself cannot seek its level and with
draw again from the glass.-Once q
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18

firmly over the mouth of the glass, so
that no air can enter, and invert the
glass quickly. Now, by drawing the
glass slowly and laterally from off the
hand (do not lift it will be found that
the water will remain, as if suspended,
without support in the air; not drop
will escape through the openings in the
meshes of the tulle, as shown by Fig. l..
in this connection, another remarlSa7
BILE experiment can be made, if you
have previously procured another glass
of the same size or shape and filed it
to the brim with wine. Place this
glass upon a plato and put the inverted
glass with the water held by the tulle
carefully and evenly so that the edges
of the two glasses will coincide, as
shown in Fig. 2.
Immediately the red wine will COM
mence to mount into the water, and
the water displaces the wine until
complete interchange has been eff
fected, which usually requires about
ten minutes. The glass upon which
the tulle has been placed will now be
filed with wine.
Still another interesting experiment
can be made by taking glass and
placing in it piece of burning paper.
Then, while the paper is burning, in
vert the glass quickly into deep dish
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18

W hD IN bhI
Alvarez circus
that two Ger
mans, dressed
as c h inese,
were exhibiting
their skill in
that most dan
& rous per-
for m a n ce of
k ( ct hro W.
In g, a n a + t
which is fast
dying out.
Il h G Chinese
were the first
10 hrinr IL to
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
One Dollar Per Year,
CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS.
How liquid Can Re Made TO Run Up In.
stead of Down.

A most singular and interesting ex-
pertinent can be easily tried by the use
of round goblet or tumbler and @
piece of tullc of fine mesh, Fill tho
glass to the brim with water, then, af-
ter moistening the tulle thoroughly
with water, place it over the mouth of
the glass, pressing it down tightly TO
the sides Of the glass where it will adj
here. Then press the palm OF the hand
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
When the Candle Burns.

Candles will not burn in the air when
the percentage of oxygen is less than
1Sk,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
HER LAST CAST.
BY W. ADDISON.

Copyright, 1893, by the Author.l
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27
The Eauinoxes..

The 21st of March and the 21st OF
September are days known by the
appellation of the Equinoxes. This
is because the relative positions OF
the earth and sun are such that the
great luminary on those days cross
the celestial equator, which is great
circle in the heavens tot course inn.
aginaly) corresponding to the equator
upon the earth. At the vernal equin-
OK (March) the sun passes from the
south to the north, and at the
.autumnal equinox in the opposite
direction. It is a widely. spread
popular notion that at these periods
the most severe storms occur. The
fact is, that during period of four
teen years observation in England,
out of forty-five severe storms in
March, not one occurred on the 21st,
and out of eighteen storms in Sept.
only one occurred on the 2lst.
Popular opinion, however, on many
subjects is more reliable than in this
case, and especially do people know
whereof they affirm when they speak
of the railroads on which they prefer
to travel. The continued popular
favor long extended to The Burling-
ton Route, particularly during the
past year, when it took five million
people to the Worlds Fair, is not
based on fancy, but on solid facts of
extensive mileage, superb equirment,
safety of operation, and courtesy to
travellers. For tickets, maps, time
tables ETC.. call on any ticket agent, or
address w. j. G. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27
MORTGAGES Sale.

Default having been made in the payment OF
one thousand five hundred and two dollars
Isl ,502), which Is due at the date hereof upon a
certain Mortgage, duly executed and delivered
to Middlesex Banking Company, bear
ing date the 18th day of December "A. ID. 1885,
.and duly recorded In the Office of the Register of
Deeds in and for Stevens county, Minnesota,
on the 18th day of December. A. d. 1886, at
2O'ciock p. M. In Book N. of Mortgages. on page
283, which said mortgage was thereafter and on
THE nth day of February. 1892, duly assigned TO
r. G. Jefferson. and which assignment was there
filed for record in the Office of the Register OF
Deeds in and for the county of Stevens and
State of Minnesota. at 8 O'Clock A. NJ. and there
after duly recorded In Book v of Mortgages al
Otherwise having been instituted TO Recover the
debt, secured by said mortgage. or any part
. Now. therefore, notice is hereby given that by
gage, and pursuant to the statute the said mort.
Gkage will be fOreclosed, and the premises de,
Scribed IN aud covered by said mortgage, viz:
East half of north east quarter and south east
quarter e section eghf 81 II Sn
(42l, containing 240 aces, situate In Stevens
ISHIilty, and State of Minnesota. viii be sold al
public auction to pay said debt and interest, and
twenty-five dollars attorneys fee, a. stipulated
and the disbursements allowed by law; which
isafe will he made by the Sheriff OF said Stevens
county, at the front door OF the Court House, In
uthe Village of Morris in said county and State
ali 10 O'Clock A. NJ. of that day, subject to redemp
ton as provided by law.
Dated September Sth, A. D., 1894.
Il. G. JEFFERSON,
81 Assignee of Mortgages.
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage,
Lar Morris, Minnesota. 46-6w
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27
WHICH,

In a comparison of the relative
claims for public support between E..
j. Jones and D. P. ONeill, the can
didates for senatorial honors, the inn
portant and essential question is,
what political principles does each
respective candidate representa- On
the one hand we have in Mr.. Jones a
man of sterling worth and integrity,
who represents the tried and tested
principles of republicanism, and on
the other hand we have in Mr.. Q'Neill
a gentleman of excellent repute also,
but the exponent of untried principles
and untested theories.
As we knoY what Mr.. Jones' can
didacy actually represents, and can
only merely conjecture what Mr..
O'Neills' might, could or may mean,
it is wise to give support to known
principles as against unknown the
cries.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27

We hope for the credit of this
district that Boen's vote will be next
to nothing, and cannot account for
his ever having been re-nominated.
There must certainly be among the
populists of this district a degree of
intelligence that should repudiate re-
presentation by man capable of in
PRODUCING such stupendously absurd
bill, such as Boon paralyzed congress
with during the recent session, and
there must be many in the populist
ranks who realize, that if this bill was
not fake campaign document, its
author could not be possessed of
common sense. There are but two
conclusions regarding Boon, either he
is demagogue of the first water, or
else he does not know any too much,
and either one of the conclusions
wholly units him to represent this or
any other community.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27

An amendment to the constitution
of the state will be voted on at the
election in November. 1t provides for
an addition to section /, article 8, OF
the following proviso: "And provided
further. that there may be by law lev
led and collected tax upon all inner
itances, devises, requests, legacies and
gifts of every kind and description
above fixed and specified sum, of
any and all natural persons and cor
porations. Such tax above such ex-
empted sum may be uniform, or it
may be graded or progressive, but
shall not exceed a maximum tax of 5
per cent.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27

School opened In district No. IL, week
ago Monday, with Miss Lucy Davidson as
teacher.
Ben Brady and family are located for
the winter on Mr.. Randall's farm, while
Pete.Johnson goes to Donnelly.
A good many people Of this town were
too busy to attend the county fair last
week, besides the day was rathendIsagree-
able. Those who did attend however,
enjoyed 1t hugely.
The farmers in this vicinity are pretty
well advanced with their fall work. r. r.
Murphy and one or two others have finished
blowing. Threshing will be completed by
the end of the week and the business Of
hauling grain and getting ready for the
winter will begin.
The Russian thistle is securing its due
amount of attention from farmers around
here, and every precaution is being taken
to preventits spread. Better and more
scientific farming seems to be the only
;antidote for it, and such other evils as the
burdock, wild mustard and pepper-grass.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27

There was a day not many moons
ago when Debs was heading the pro-
cession and every knee was bent to
him. This is all changed now, and
there are none to do him obeisance, in
fact the knees are bent only for the
purpose of a kick at him. His latest
humiliation came from the brother
hood of locomotive tiremen, who, not
only condemned the strike and the
A. R. u, but reelected Sargent
grand master and accepted Debs'
resignation as editor of their maya
zine, Such is life as it is.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27
FAIR PLAY.

All lovers of fair play will condemn
the efforts to connect E. J. Jones, the
republican candidate for senator,
with the pine land ring Of the state,
simply because he is lumber dealer,
and we are surprised and astonished
that his opponents have resorted to
unworthy means to injure his can
didacy. We are surprised that such
illy,preposterous and absurd charges
should be made, aud aston;shed
that an effort should be made to inn
pose such campaign humbug upon
intelligent people.
Those who try to make political
capital out of such arrant nonsense,
might just as we'll allege that the
man who sells wheat must be friendly
to the wheat combine, or the
man who sells sugar a profit sbarer
and hacker of the sugar trust. One
assertion is no more foolishly ride
ulous than the other, and were it not
that this campaign lie is being used
to injure Mr.. Jones candidacy, we
would treat it as too absurd for
serious notice.
We wish to say fatty and distinctly,
that not only is Mr.. Jones outspoken
in his opposition to and condemna-
ton of the acts of the pine land ring,
but he has frequently and publicly
asserted, that if elected he will pledge
himself to use every effort to bring
the ring to justice, stop further ir-
Irregularities and do all in his power to
protect the interests of the state.
II is very foolish policy for Mr..
Jones opponents to try and impose
such transparent humbugging nom
sense upon the public, and their hav-
ing to resort to such questionable
tactics is good evidence, that having
no fair grounds on which to base
opposition, they propose to use foul
means. Fair play is a jewel and this
kind of tactics is as foul as it's unfaif
and will react disastronslY on MIR.
Jones' enemies.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-27
Morris Items.

Miss Esther Houston, of this town, began
teaching Monday in the town of Everglade.
SIM was quite smart last week, consider
ing that he had one of Jobs pacifers
to contend with.
A. J. Judd was kicked by colt the other
day and quite seriously hurt, and has beeu
laid up for time, but is improving.
B. F. Towner died at the home of his sons
in Pierpoint, N. Y, on the 18th instant,
aged s. years. He leaves family of seven
children.
j. R. Wallace's team afforded consider.
able excitement for our neighborhood last
Friday afternoon, and as result of the ruii
away one of the horses was quite badly cut.