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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
TWAS A TALKING MATCH
How q Clever Woman Contrived q
COnversaz0ine.

How q Clever Woman GOntrived q
COnversazoine.
1t is extremely hard to bring a num-
Der of people together and have the
conversation go on smoothly. Some
one is sure to monopolize the attention,
while others are seemingly neglected.
A clever woman who found it necas-
sary to entertain some people of mixed
ages, habits and tastes, hit upon a
plan for making the time pass pleasant
" and profitably, which could well be
initiated.
In the first place, she arranged caItls
to the number of ten. each one bear-
ing name or suggestion for topic.
The tariff question, Gladstone's retite-
ment, the summer girl, does prohibit
ton prohibit, trolley cars and heredfy
were some of the topics, wide in choice
and of universal interest. AS the gen
tlemen arrived they were each handed
one of these cards, and the subject it
suggested was to be the theme of this
persons conversation.
The parlor and library in this house
were adjoining rooms, and the furhi-
tire was so arranged that two people
could be easily seated for conversation
III any part OF IneIH.
When all the girls had assembled
the hostess explained that presently
she would ring the bell, which she
held In her hand, and at that signal
each gentleman must begin to converse
with a lady upon the topic suggested
on his card. Five minutes would be
allowed, then the bell would ring again
and the gentlemen would change
places. each one moving to the right
and talking to the lady next in order
The gentlemen kept to the one topic
and the ladies changed with every ring
of the bell, says the Home Queen
AS the latter was kept in ignorance
of the topics to be discussed, they were
taken unawares, and the surprise and
sometimes dismay when subject was
announced added to the interest
When the round had been made, ths
hostess announced that a vote Woul0
be taken for the best conversationalist
on either side, the gentlemen voting for
the ladies and vice versa. Paper and
pencils were produced and vote taken
when the result was announced charm
ing prizes were produced for the win
ners. A silver matchbox for the gen
tleman's prize, q bonbon dish for the
ladies, while consolation prize, aEase
in Conversation" for the BOBBY, caused
much merriment.
A dainty repast was served In the
dining room, and it was noticed that
although the bell had ceased to ring,
the conversation still went on as though
the topics were inexhaustble. For a
mixed company the conver.sazolne was
voted a success.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
Bird Protection.

The English Society for the FRO
lection of birds has published book
on the various birds which have be-
come extinct in England, from which
1t appears from the senseless slaughter
of rare species is no modern habit. AS
long ago as 1918 Sir Thomas Browne
wrote of some rare birds of that time
that they "are shot by fowlers, not for
their meat, but for the handsomeness
Of the same" Even since that date.
and probably before it, the same whole
sale destruction has been going on.
with the result that the 400 species of
British birds which are mentioned in
some OF the monumental works upon
the subject are now reduced to 200.
The author of the book, in commenting
on this fact, says it is more regretta-
bic in that the handsomest species are
the first doomed, and .'if the process
continues we shall in no long time be
left with only the dullest plumaged var
ieties. Perhaps the New Zealander
when he arrives upon our shores, will
be greeted only by the sparrow He
laments that there is no room in these
small islands for the Yellowstone Park,
where rare animals, such as the bison,
may find a refuge from the greed or
folly of mankind and attributes the
real difficulty to the collector, who, as
species grow rare, offers higher and
higher prices for specimens to put in
his cabinet. A similar senseless deci.
nation is going on in this country, and
unless the protection we are thus late
in the day trying to afford the buffalo
be given to our feathered tribes, the
material for a volume on Lost Ameri.
can Birds, will soon be forthcoming.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
CORA AND cHASKA.
A Romance Set Forth fn Something
Worse Than Blank Verse.

A Romance Set Forth fra Something
Worse Than Blank Verse.
When Cora Belle Fellows was we'd
ded to Chaska and came with her
duslsy liege lord with a constant aurora
and the little log hut seemed palace
to Cora.
Months passed and cloud grew
above the horizon in the form Of a
squaw, and those women are "pizen."
Her eyes were as dark as the dismal
hereafter, and her hair was as straight
as a two-by-six rafter, The stout heart
of Chaska succumbed to her graces, for
an Indian knows what an elegant face
is; and they met when the moon the
calm atmosphere mellows, nor cared
for the heartache of Cora Belle Eel
lows.
One night when the storm king the
coal scuttle looted this Chaska put on
his red blanket and scooted away to
the north with this maiden, nor tarried
till he and fair Minnelladinctum were
married. And Cora she waited and
DoIS HIS itUuhSS, tluu AOpEu uS u EcluIu
to his wife and papooses; but weeks
rolled by, till the looks Of her cupboard
reminded her sorely of Old Mother
Hubbard. Then Cora, disheartened,
disguised and gaunted, deserted the
home that her Chaska once haunted,
and mingled once more with her friends
broken-hearted, and Cora and Chaska
forever are parted. This is the tale Of
he: sorrows internal. as chronicled in
the Nebraska Journal.
A moral this tale bears to girls who,
through folly, or strange love of ro-
nance, imagine it jolly to cast their
sad lot with the sons of the wildwood
and seek a divorce from the friends of
their childhood. The romance is short
as in this case related, for Cora now
knows she was sadly mismated, and
has, with the rest, the unhappy refiec-
ton of duty to half breeds that need
her protection. The question of In
dian civilization involves not the hor-
rors of mixed procreation. An Indian
has to be dead to be decent, which fact
has been known long time-is not re-
cent-and history shows from the best
observations, that half-breeds are
worse than their tribal relations.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
cRANKS AT THE CAPITOL.

Odd Disturbances Occasionally Take
Place In the Galleries of the
House.
The recent appearance Of dcmented
negro in the gallery of the house of
representatives recalled numerous sim.
liar occurrences to some of the older
members. In the Forty-fifth congress,
says the Washington Post, when the
4th OF March came upon Monday,
deadlock over an appropriation bill led
to session which lasted until Sunday
forenoon. While the house was thus
In session, continuing the legislative
day OF Saturday, an evangelist, who
had been in the habit of holding street
meetings near the capitol, arose in the
reserved gallery and in 4 loud voice
invoked the curse of the Almighty upon
congress desecrating Sunday by re-
manning in session, He was promptly
hustled out, but in the midst of the
excitement member arose and said:
Mr.. Speaker, agree with the man
who has Just been elected from the
gallery. / do not think we ought to
be in session on the Lords day. /
move this house adjourn
The motion was Immediately carried.
Once, in the Forty-eighth congress,
while Samuel ]. Randall was speaking,
an Irishman in the gallery stood up and
said: "Oh, Mr.. Randall, what do you
talk so much for? Why don't you do
something and stop talkingg" This
man was also promptly sent ont of
the building.
But no one ever gave the capitol Off
Gals SO much trouble as DIR. Mary
Walker. She had an idea that she was
entitled to the floor under a vote OF
thanks, and she would slip in among
the members at every opportunity.
Once, it is said, she took a seat in
chair by the speakers desk, and when
the gavel fell at noon she refused to
bulge. The, only, way. by which the
doorkeeper could get rid of her was to
carry her out, chair and all. and this
was done with more speed than polite.
ness.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
SEIZED BY A GIANT.
A GhOstIy Tragedy ON an Indiana
Country Road.

The farmers in the vicinity of Ches-
terfeld, Ind, where the SpirituaIists
hold their annual camp meetings, are
greatly excited over an appariti0n that
mas appeared to persons In that vi
cinity. Sunday night, while returning
home, Ed Andrews and George Merrill,
two well known farmers, were con-
fronted In the road by this apparition.
1t was almost identical with that seen
near this city month ago at an aban.
doned gas well, and which has never
been accounted for.
1t was that Of q man of giant pro-
portions, fully ten feet high. BY his
side, and apparently rising out of the
ground, was slowly materializing the
form of ravishingly beautiful woman.
who shines with n dull but decided
glow. Long black hair fell down over
the white robe In which she was ar
rayed, and made lovely figure. The
two began to talk, although no sound
could be heard. This worthless con-
versation finally developed into u fierce
quarrel. The giant seized the woman
In his arms, and grasping her white
throat drew dirk from his belt and
plunged 1t into her side and cast her
to the ground.
The blood flowed from the awful
wound, and she slowly sank into moth
tngness and disappeared from sight as
she writhed In pain.
Directly after she had disappeared
the giant cast the knife TO the ground
and moment later had also denater.
laIiZed and vanished. The scene lasted
In all perhaps five minltes, and during
that time not II sound was heard
no words were spoken. The farmers.
who had stood In terrified wonder dur
ing the awful scene, rushed to the spot,
but could find no evidence 10 bear wit.
ness to what they had seen. The
knife was gone and the ground was un.
stained with blood.
A watch party went to the same
place last night, and about . o'clock
the same tragedy was repeated, and
three more persons saw the awful
sight.
Spiritualists claim that the spirits of
the dead walk In the vicinity Of the
camp grounds every night, and that tho
specter Is one of the dead come back
to avenge the wrong done TO him by
woman, who also Is dead, and that
these scenes are given as n warning to
the living. Others aver that the prin.
cipals are some Of the early settlers
Of the county who lived here at the
time Of the settling Of old Camp Ander.
son by the old Indian chief Kith-Lu.
Leland. Whatever the cause, the af.
fair Is stirring up a great deal Of excite.
ment, and parties are afraid to pass
near the Spiiitualistic camp grounds
after night for fear Of coming in con
tact with the giant and his companion
Washington News.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and ST. bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
MARRIAGE FOR YOUNG MEN.
Usually the Only Thing That VIII
Make Man Save Money.

Usually the only Thing That VIII
Make a Man Save Money.
This is q true story, and one that
win apply to many other men besides
this particular one. 1t is great pity
that this Is true, but so 1t is.
A prosperous business man who en-
ploys quite a number of clerks, said
recently that he had been led to the
conclusion that the young man who
saved and invested his earnings is an
exception to the rule. He was sllrpris-
ed to find this to be true. The facts
came out when he began reducing his
working force as business fell off. The
first to be dropped were those who
had no family depending upon them.
Then 1t was that they would confess
they hadn't saved dollar, and had
no means Whatever upon which to
live.
This same man also observed that
the married men nearly all had saved
something, notwithstanding their sal
aries We're no larger, and in some cases
less, than those drawn by single men,
BY quizzlng these young bachelors he
found that riotous living was the prin-
cipal cause of their poverty. Some of
them gambled on the quiet, and others
just naturally let it go right and left
as long as there was any to 60.
From this he concluded that mar
rage is a very good thing for young
man, provided he marries sensible,
practical sort of woman. Hereafter
he proposes to give married men the
preference because, in so doing, he will
be helping those who are willing to
help themselves.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
Hair a Century Of Telegraphy.

Half a Century of Telegraphy.
The current week sees the celebration
of the jubilee of the telegraph in
America. Few realize what gigantic
industry the telegraph is to-day. TAX
| ing only its main figures of main land
lines and submarine telegraphy, it is
found that there are at the present mo-
ment very close upon 100000 miles of
| telegraph lines in the world, represent
ing more than 100000 miles of sep
arate wiring. There are about 5000
telegraph stations scattered all over
the world, which handle yearly about
| 300,000,000 messages, of which number
about 60,O00000 are transmitted from
| one country to another. The telegraph
service of the world earns yearly sum
Of from $450,000,000 to $500,O00,000
Supplementing the enormous milage of
land lines, there are about 10000 Of
cable, of which Great Britain owns
about 100000. To lay and maintain
these girdles of telegraphic intercom-
munication requires a fleet of from
thirty-five to forty steamers, of an ag-
gregatc of over 10000 TONS This is the
enormous development that has been
seen in fifty years from the days of
Wheatstone and Morse, and it is Curl
Gus to read, as one can, the elaborate
instructions given just half century
ago for maintaining the single wire
line then operating in this country be-
tween washington and Baltimore. One
very remarkable feature of these in
structions is seen in the advice of Prof.
Morse that as the line PARALLEL the old
Baltimore & Ohio railway, it would DO
a good thing, If break were observed,
to stop the train and have either the
train gang or the passengers get out
and make a temporary repair. As
Morse said: Very little interruption
would take place If the train that dis
covered the break would stop not more
than five minutes, and, being furnished
with pieces of wire already prepared
for the purpose, would unwrap and
scrape the ends and unite them by
twisting the ends of the pieces of wire
to them, and then give notice of the
place of inspection at either town"
Morse also proposes that if anybody
break the line Intentionally, the offend
er shall be caught, convicted and fined.
and the fine shall be applied to the pay
ment of the superintendent of the line
His idea was that this little extra mon
ey would help give the superintendent
or station master an interest in having
the telegraph line retained in repair.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
TIDE WELLS.
They Are Found I'm the Natural Ga

They Are Found I'm the Natural Gas
Region as Well ms I'm the West.
There Is a peculiar district or rather
q district over a peculiar subterranean
formation Of the Platte River Valley.
In Nebraska, involving more particu-
larly the counties of Colfax, Butler and
Polk. This is the region of the singu-
lar roaring wells whose waters also
rise and fall clearly defined tidal ac-
ton. or the three counties mentioned,
Polk leads, having sixteen or eighteen
Oh these curiosities. There are hours
when the water will gradually rise,
and during this time the wells exhale
such a quantity of air as to make a
strong current which can be
heard to a considerable dis
lance. After q short interval Of
quiescence the ebb Sets in, the water
slowly falls and the inhalation that
follows Is as IL the air at the mouth
tf the well were In q mad rush to fol-
low the receding tide.
From these facts an impression pre-
walls In many minds that Nebraska.
Kansas and a portion of the Indian T err
ritory rest on an immense subterra-
mean sea. In support Of this position
1t Is alleged that square miles of land
have disappeared in Kansas, leaving
lakelets of unfathomal,le depth instead
While 1t Is true that the other regions
mentioned also occasionally exhibit
wells having this roaring feature, there
Is nothing in this to sustain the view
OF an underground lake or sea, GER
talnly not as we understand these
terms when they are applied to bodies
Of water on the surface. Nor is 1t by
any means uncommon for portions of
surface to sink from sight case Of this
kind having recently occurred during
the earthquake in Venezuela, in South
America, and the FUNK country in the
vicinity of New Madrid, on the MissisS-
ippi river, having disappeared in the
prolonged seismic disturbance of 1911.
II.
While 1t may not be generally known,
1t is nevertheless fact that some Of
Pennsylvania gas wells have exhibl-
ted the peculiar tidal tendency, and,
while in many instances the drill has
penetrated below the ocean level, II
does not necessarily follow that any
Of these wells, either Of water or gas,
are in communication with the sea.
What would seem far more probable
is that these wells may communicate
with areas that have more or less con-
nection with the mobile interior, and
where we may logically infer that
there Is also tidal manifestation. All
the Nebraska roaring wells extend
down to porous stratum, presumably
surface in some former age, and 1t is
probable that the water lying among
the loose material of the former bed
Is in some way affected by pressure
cxerted against it by the earth's In
ternal tides. When the recession takes
place, 1t Is only natural that there
should be suction inward and an ex-
pulsion when the dow sets In. The oc-
casional subsistence Of surfaces below
water level can be readily accounted
for, apart from any theory Of under
ground oceans which Is entirely unten-
able But these remarkable wells are
worthy of more careful observation
than they have yet received.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
A WABBLINo AXIS.

The Earth's Center Shifts About 80
Feet Every Year.
We do not refer to the long known
shifting of the direction Of the axis of
the earth, which produces the so-called
Procession of the Equinoxes This
does not in the least effect the posi-
ton of the poles upon the surface of the
earth, while that which we have in
mind is an actual travelling of the pole
over the ground, and is due to slight
change of the position of the axis with
in the globe itself This, of course,
manifests itself by minute change
both in the ATTITUDES of the observa-
tories and in the direction of meridian
lines. If the poles of the earth APP
proaches Berlin, the latitude of Berlin
is necessarily increased, and at the
same time the latitude of Honolulu, on
the other side of the earth, is cores
pondingly diminished.
The fact that such a thing Is really
happening was first clearly brought out
In 1889 in Germany, and ever since
the subject has greatly interested the
astronomical world. All recent lati-
tude observations made by methods of
precision confirm the fact, and within
a few months Socoloff has shown that
the azimuthal observations upon the
Pulkoda meridian-marks between 1880
and 1887 tell the same story. The lat
est results of Chandler, based upon
very thorough discussion of several
thousand observations made at seven
teen different observatories, between
1910 and 1893, and combined with earl
ier series at Greenwich (by Pond, be-
tween 1920 and 1880, and by Bradley
about the middle of the last century,,
shows that this motion is unexpectedly
regular.
1t seems to be made up of two SUI
perposed revolutions of the pole from
west to east; one with period of just
a year, in q circle of about 80 feet in
diameter, and the other in circle of
similar size, but with a period of AIS
days. AS a consequence of this COM
bination of motions, the actual annual
displacement varies greatly. Once in
about seven years the two practically
destroy each other, and the pole re-
mains for a time nearly stationary las
in 1851 while at intermediate epochs
las in 1890, it describes sort of circle
fully 60 feet in diameter.
1t hardly need be said that a mo-
ton so slight becomes sensible only in
observation of the last degree of pre-
cision, but its discovery has already
explained certain important anomalies
and apparent errors in work of that
cIass.
AS regards the cause of this peculiar
motion, the theory is still more or less
obscure. There can be little doubt,
however, that the annual component is
due, in part at least, as Lord Kelvin
long ago suggested, to the course of the
season-to the winters deposit of snoW
and ice upon the northern continents,
and it's later return to the ocean
AS to the 42S day revolution, this
seems to be a yertitable "wabble," such
as is produced by striking spinning
top. The "blow" may perhaps consist
in the annual disturbance just referred
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
now do Sea BIRDS auench rhir.t

Sea birds are believed to satiate their
thirst partly from the falling rains and
partly from the fat and oil which they
devour ravenously when opportunity
puts them in their way. The keen eye
sight of birds is well known, and sea
birds have been observed flocking to-
ward the storm cloud about to burst
from all points Of the compass, and ap-
parently drinking in water as it de-
sends from the skies. They scent a
rain squat, says ali old skipper, a hun
dred miles or even further off, and scud
for it with the most incredible swift
ness. Sea birds obtain fat and oil from
the fish which they catch and on which
they subsist, and they have also been
known to follow ships considerable
distance, picking up scraps of fat which
may be thrown overheard. These birds
are believed to be able to remain for
several days and even weeks without
being compelled to seek for water,
though at the same time their marvel-
Gus speed of fight would soon enable
them to cover, when necessary, the dis
lance between them and fresh water
on the nearest land Prank Harrison's
Magazine.