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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
Absence Of Mind.

If the students at Cornell University
really suppose their faculty can furnish a
man to take the prize of the ages for
absence of mind, let them read this ac-
count of the late DR.. Duncan: The day
he was to be married to Mrs. Torrance he
had his niece in the house. with him, the
hour was coming on; his niece sent him
to his room to dress. suppose going to
bed was in his mind the sequence of un-
dressing. However, the hour of marriage
came. and the cab to carry him; no sign
of the bridegroom. His niece went to see
how it was and found him in bed sound
asleep, with Hebrew book in his hand.
I was at the marriage, being pupil of
his; he was deep in Hebrew lesson with
me in bay window; the bride was
brought inwithout interrupting the lesson,
some one came and took him by the arm
to lead him off to other doings; his steps
moved away, but his face remained turn
ed to his scholar; his parting words were,
"Well, mind we take that up another
time" In his noted mental absence there
was frequently an infantile simplicity
that did not want its own charm. "Will
you have another cup of tea, Mr.. Duncan9''
said lady to him with exemplary pa
thence, after he had drained his cup four
teen times. mo, l thank you, madam y
be replied, II never take more than two
cups of tea" This absence often showed
itself in the presence of others. as if he
had been alone. At dinner. in a COM
pany of ministers, following his constant
habit of walking up and down when in
terested in a subject, he unconsciously
rose and walked round the table, reason
ing out his argument in his peripatetic
course, till an elderly clergyman checked
him, little sharply, with the remark
"Sir, this cannot be allowed; you are
reasoning In circle"
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
milwaukee Produce Market

T GRAIN-wheat opened firm and NC higher, and
closed unsettled: No. /, S1.12; No. 2, August
1.O6h; September 88Ac; October 96Ac; No. 8, S7c
Corn easier; No. SOC. Oats easier No. old 22c;
new 22Ac. Rye lower; No. 1, sic. Barley weaker
No. old cash $1.15; new 100; September 12O.
Z PROVISIONS-Easier and quiet; mess pork $1,000
cash and August. Lard, prime steam $3.50.
Chicago Produce Market
GRAIN-Wheat active; No. red winter 98X @s9c.
No. do 97A@98c cash; CSC August; 498h Septem
Der; No. Chicago 9Shc cash and August; 94Mc
September; CSC October; No. 8 Chicago 86hO8Tc.
Corn fair demand; lower rates; $500 cash and Sep
tember; 39A October; rejected 36bc. Oats steady:
good demand; 22Ac cash; 22M@22hc September;
22%@23c October; rejected 1870. Rye good de-
mand; lower rates; Soc Barley fair demand; $1.l41
September; L12k October.
PROVISIONS-Pork heavy, active, weak and low
er; $40 07h010.10 cash and September; 1O.22h0
1923 October; sales 10.10010.40 September. Lard
irregular, active weak and lower; 7.3507.37h cash,
New York Produce Market.
GRAIN-Wheat winter opened NC higher; closed
irregular and more active; spring Sl15h No. MIL
liz; No. new 1.1S@1.14; steamer No. do l.09A
ungraded amber 1.070D1. 1917 No. do 111hGD1.12z
No. do 1-13h; steamer No. 2 do 1.09h 10; I'M
graded white 1.1001.22: No. do liz; No. do LA
steamer white Is0i.18Is do state I21H; receipts
1858 600 bushels; sales $50, 900 bushels. Rye firm
western 63065c. Barley nominal. Malt quiet. Corn
declined Nc; moderate business ungraded 45049Sc
No; 9, ,47A047Ae; steamer 49c; steamer yellow
50Ac; steamer white 5419c; receipts $4,000 bushels
| sales 100000 bushels. Oats quiet and steady; re
ceipts $4,000 bushels; sales 5000 bushels No. 8
30M@31c; No. 2, 32c; do white 32A@33c; No.
S0hc; No. ! white 37@37Ac: mixed 27033hc
mixed state 30033c; white 39037c.
PROVIE1ONS-Pork dull; mess $40 35N1O.76
Beef dull. Bulk meats firm. Cut meats picked
shoulders &6.62M. Lard active; prime steam $7.55.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
"Teazles -

One of the strangest things conlected
with the fine wooden cloth manufacture
is the use of the common tedsge, which as
yet no invention has superseded. and
which is to be seen growing in the fields
in many districts in the West, yielding
the farmer avery fair profit. After The
cloth haslbeen woven and secured, to re-
move the oil which has been added to it
in the spinning, it is Ju5Eed, q process
which COZ sists in beating it by heavy
hammers for considerable time; then It
is secured again, and then ieasled. This
is accomplished by means Of cylinder,
which revolvos upon the cloth with these
teazles attached to it. BY this means all
the loose woody particles are raised up
so that they can be clean cut of, and thus
make easily very fine glossy finish. so
efft ctive is the teazle for Its purpose that,
though several inventions have been tried
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
A Tunnel Costing -Four Million Dol.
l 5s lars. aI d

The Virginia City New Chronicle
says: Ground was broken for the Sutro
tunnel on the 10th of October, 1869.
The work has therefore required eight
years, eight months and ten days to COM
plete. The progress was very slow at
FIRST, all drilling having been By hand (;
but in the spring of 1874, experiments
with Burleigh drill having demonstrate
ed the advantages to be derived from the
use1of that machine, a carriage capable of
supporting six of those drills while at
work was made, and on the 22d day of
June, 1874 four were started. The progress
was now much more rapid than ever be-
fore IN the history of tl1nneling IN the
world, and on August Z, in the same
year, two more drills were put to work.
this made six altogether. From that
date the average progress. was over 800
feet per month to up April. 1877, when,
the header having entered the broad.
C0mstock mineral belt 1.-THE heat became
so intense that two drills had to be taken
off the carriage. From that day the aver
age monthly progress did not exceed
$50 feet Work has been continued un-
interruptedly from the time that ground
was broken until to-day,at times only two
men were at work in the tunnel The
greatest progress wasin December. 1875,
when the heading was advanced AIT
feet, and the least in October when il
was only advanced nineteen feet. The
total length of tho tunnel, as stated in
the official chart published last Septennb.
er, is 2O,270 feet The tunnel being cor-
nected with the Comstock workings, the
next move of Mr.. Sutro will doubtless be
to start north and south drifts to connect
with all the mines on the lode. The
work has cost naerly 100000.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

Wind, says an old horseman, is the
grand secret of fast horse. Good lungs
will cover a multitude of faults, while,
on, the other hand, perfection of shape
and form are useless, when the wind is
out. The chest, therefore, in all cases
should be large and capacious. 1t NAV
vary somewhatin shape, according to the
service TO which the horse is 10, rbe put,
IF he is apt to be, kept for slow work and
heavy drawing, the chest may be nearly
circular in forin, becaussF this shape is
one for strength and bulk to receive and
bear up against the pressure of the col,
lar, while at the same time sufficient
room is secured for that expansion of the
lungs caused by slow, regular work
Butt the chest is, circular, let it be- at
the same time deep, or else the lungs
may be cramped. A horse with d
shallowlc chest Is worthless for any apu-
pose. The rule, then, is: For draught
horse, . circular, kut deep chest; but as
you pass through the different degrees Of
speed up to the racer and trotter. the
chest will increase In depth, compared to
itsroundness, until. for the highest rate
of speed you must take . chest as deep
as greyhound, and at the same time not
lacking in strength.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
inits stead amnna Others. peculiar

ipits stead among others, . peculiar
,contrivance of wire fixed intosa leather
band-non of them have been found in
the least to approach it. Nature here as;
serts her superiority to science. England
produced only about one-third of the
teazles needed for the cloth manufacture,
the, others being imported from the con
tinet. These foreign teazles are said by
the manufacturers to be by far the best.
Good Words.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

American girls are adopting the sensi-
BILE fashions of English girls at watering
places. They no longer wear long trail
ing morning dresses, which are too deli
cate for anything but piazza promenades.
Tney don the short cheviot suits, or fan
mel serge catching suits, and are ready
for archery, tennis, croquet, or noun
tain walk. By the seashore, when storm
signals are out, they have Tweed ulster,
Tweed derby, thick boots and short
dress. and defy the weather. Simplicity
in dress is considered mark of good
taste.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

HOUSE AND FARM
The Farmers Wife.


in the morning at dawn of day,
Their hardly time to her Maker to pray.
Milking her COWS with a Go, boss, &C, .
Under her feet no grass can grow.
Busy, so busy, and this is her songs g 81 9
. The summer is short, and the winter long. )"
Old in her youth, often weary OF life,
Bless her! God help herl the farmers wife.
Chickens to feed, such hungry crowd,
Calves to be tendedsof which she is proud.
Bread of the lightest and sweetest to bake,
Butter the golden, and fragrant to make;
Honey, like AMBER to strain and to clear,
Fruits to preserve in its season each year,
t;heese to press, and to turn each day,
Bless herl God bless her! we sigh, as we say.
Washing and ironing to do each week, f.'i
Hundreds.of things that a. pen cannot speak;
Cook and confeetioner, seamstress, is she,s
Dairynaid, housemaid, and teacher to be,
Nurse, physician, and preacher, at home,
City of refuge when errings ones roam;
"She hath done what she could" short her
5@ LIES little day. aia'f ,Cf4
Bless herl God help herl my friends let us
pray. a.f~..sf q es.s- -
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

The newspapers of New York city are
announcing positively that the merchants
of the metropolis are looking forward to
the fall trade with greater confidence than
for long time. As they have gagged
their expectations by reasonable stand
ard, it is quite probable that they will be
realized, especially as the proper steps
are being taken in that direction. They
are not looking for the rush and hustle of
five year ago and previous, but for in
creased and healthy buoyancy and a
more general activity. Speed the good
time. E
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
CURRENT TOPICS.

Miss Mary Mosby, daughter of the
Confederate General, was crowned queen
by the triumphant knight at the recent
tournament at Orkney Springs, Va.
Miss Mosby is described as blonde,
graceful and sylph-like.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

The heavy toll of human life which
England is already beginning to pay for
her possession of Cyprus can surprise nc
one who has seen y hat the Greek cities
of the Levant really are. The grim old
proverb, that "the plague lives in Smyrna
all the year round, " aptly describes these
hotbeds of filth and pestiIence; and
Nikosia, situated on low ground at the
foot of steep mountain-ridge that COM
pletely shuts out the health-giving winds
OF the North, is the worst conceivable
place for men fresh from cool, breezy
England. If the Eastern Jamaica" is
not to rival its namesake'e destrustion Of
life, the precautions already adopted in
the latter place must be employed al
once.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

TO Mdko Good C0fee. French cooks are
famous for the excellence ef their coff ee,
which they make SO strong that one part
|ofathe liquor requires the addition of two
parts to ,eduSs II to the proper strength.
This addition is made with hot milk.
The large proportion of hot milk, in the
place of 50 much warm water, gives the
coffee richness like that made by the
addition OF cream in the ordinary way.
By this means any housekeeper DESTROYS
of making good coffee can have it with
out cream.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

The tramps in Wooster, Ohio, have
met with just retribution. Nineteen of
them entered the town few days ago and
were promptly offered work at good
wages by the farmers. They of course
contemporary refused, and now the
city of Wooster have risen in their wrath
and declare that each and every tramp
who turns up shall De ornamented with a
chain and set to work on the streets
This remedy has proven very effectual in
Massillon, where it has been in vogue for
some time.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

The carbonate territory IN the region
south of Pixies Peak, over the Arkansas
River, is frightening out. Some of the
thoroughly-wor mines are turning
out rich beyond calculation, the ore prov,
ing thick chloride. Excellent hard
carbonates and high grade chloride ores
are brought TO light every day. There
are crowds Of people IN the region yet it
is hard to get the right kind Of men t.
work for good wages.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

Some students of the Columbus Me di
cal College were lately caught raising to
the fourth floor a body just stolen from a
graveyard. The earth-auger, hooks, ropes
and other implements used in despoiling
the tomb were captuerd with them. Their
whispering was so loud that it attracted
the attention of .patrolman, who, BY
some accident, was not asleep in an
areaway. He called for assistance, and the
whole party we're arrested. Next morn.
ing the college Professors furnished the
students bail.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

The Empress of Austria is now a
grandmamma, and yet no one could with
justice give her more than thirty or thirty
two years at the outside. Her waist is
still as round and small as when she was
a young princess, and not, as now, her
majesty. Sometimes her face wears a
most lovely color, and after galluping up
and down two or three times the long
avenue of the Prater, she looks younger
and prettier than ever. She leades' a
strange life for an Empress, and avoids
society as much as possible.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
CASUALTIES.

A fire at Modind, St. Lawrance county,
N. =, August 10th, destroyed $4S,OcO.
At Oswego, N. Y. August, 18th, three
bank.
The freight house of the Chicago and
Alton railroad at st. Louis, was burned
August 10th.
| At St. Louis, August 18th. James Tells
fort fireman, while going to a fire was run
over by truck, producing injuries which
\ caused his death.
An extensive and disastrous fire &C.
CURED at Columbus, Ohio, August 18th, in the
large paper mill of Yeatman & Anderson
The damage was great
The British bark Kedar was wrecked
/ near the Friendly Islands IN April last. The
crew remained on board 50 days, and at last,
| furnishing and weak. were rescued.
Fever prevails fearfully on the Island
of Cyprus One fourth of the white troops
and two thirds of the doctors are sthickeD
with the fever. So far the mortality is not
great. 81
A great fire occurred at Pittsburgh, Pa.
August 10th It broke out in the Pittsburgh
/ Wagon works. A large number of valuable
buildings were involved in the confagration.
Loss 100000.
A freight train on the Great Western
railway ran off the track, August 18th, near
Simcoe, Ontario, precipitating eleven cars
down an embankment, and the whole became
i a complete wreck. 1922
A fire occurred in the laundry of the
Windsor House, st. Paul Minnesota, on the
morning of August 18th, but was promptly ex.
tinguished by the fire department, bnt a small
amount of loss ensuing.
A Chicago telegram of Aug. IA. says
Mrs. B. j. Sweet. widow of the late General
Sweet, and mother of Miss Ada Sweet, pen.
sion agent here, was struck by the locomo
tive of the train at Lombard, on the North
western railroad, thrown several feet and in
fstantly killed. She leayes q family Of fonl
ichildren. The coronor's inquest exoneratet
the railroad company
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22

ePERSONAL And FUATTICAL.
Joseph Naudel, the French historian
is dead.
The British parliament was epforouged
August 18th.
Attorney General Devens has left
Washington, on visit to Massachusetts,.
Postmaster General Key, is about tc
make Western trip, extending to California,
Col. Rereshaw, the well known mill.
tary author, killed himself in Zurich, switzer.
land.
Queen Victoria has invited Lord Bea-
consfeld, England's idol for the hour, to'visit
her at Osborne.
Queen Victoria's speech, prorougine
Parliment, was published in the United States
morning daily papers, Of August 10th.
Aaron Williams, builder, of Chicago
has gone into bankruptcy. secured debts
$4,000, unsecured 5000, assets $4,000.
A public reception to Gen. Grant, has
been given at frankfort, by the authorities d
that city. It was held in the Palmer Garden
John Fl. Raymond, President and pro
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22


coi' orney' "litlng lfom Faris'cnarac-
'lses 'ne continental raiiroaos as ae-
pi0faoie anu almost hopeless, arising
nom Inc immense COST eI tnelr cons'rnc-
''on' ana as Deing estaonsneo In ora
countries Wnlcn nave reacned tnelr
srom,n' inns suggests one great aovan-
.aso austrian ioauS nave ior recupera-
slon' our county Is new ana IN the
west ana SCUM especially there IS al u,
most perpetual ana lnoennl.e margin
lor Improvements. Inc oraln is from the
olu = .ne ne.' anu wna' 'enos 70 I'M
po 49, r sle ~ luss auus s'reng.n 70 me
iatlef fnese Iacss VIII account Tor what
to many has seemed strange, the vast
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

WSBSrERs TASTE IN bass Daniel Webster
bad Instructive sense Of prOpriety in dress as
well as language. He Disseminated colors as
accurately as thoughts, aud wished to both
10 the appropriate places. He was particular
about tbs style and quality of his own apparel.
and always appeared dressed to SUIT the oeea-
sion and the company. Seeing his little grand
daughters dressed iu white, he commended the
taste that inside the selection. observing that
children should wear light aud simple colors ike
the flowers OF early Spring. " la later lfe. he
sand. - we require gayer eolOrs. 10 this respect
We follow nature. which brings out its brightest
eolOrs at the close OF the year, aud tinges the
forest in Autumn with varied and brilliant hues. :"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24
YTnEeaapa-Of all The freaks Of ,be e

By TnEGRAPH.-Of all the freaks of the teIs-
graph, the iOllosiug i one of the most Imaginable
A young Seotchman. when about to start for his
pew parish, was Unexpectedly detained By the
jncapacity of his Pre.bytery to ordain bin. In
order to explain his pon-srrIval at the appointed
time. be sent the following telegram to the
deacons Of the church: f." Presbylery lacked j
quorum TO ordain-" Ia the course offs journey
the message got soneShat metamorphosed, and
rescued the asionIshed deaeons 10 this shape
= Presbytery tackled q worm on to Adam" The
sober church officers were soFeiy discomposed
aud mysIi6ed bat, after grave consultation,
concluded that it Eas the minister's fseetioas
way Of announcing that be had got married. and
accordingly proceeded to provide lodgings for
two instead Of one
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

A CrzIors WnL--T The late Charles Morgan,
who leaves 50 estate worth twelve millions.
made one Of the briefest wills 90 record. He
simply said that his property should be divided
according TO laE. His determination vas 10
prevent any contention among bis heirs. Nor
gans estate will be almost the first one Of any
SIZE, except Astor's, whose settlement has not
involved tedious and expensive litigation. II
IL said that dunog the past ten years the costs
made 10 connection With uill cases have amount
ed TO tao millions. and several estates have been
totally des0ared. One Of these was that left by
the late James 3. Taylor. uhose value was
$500 900. The widow u no1 impoverished. and
the enure property has been sunk in legal ex-
penses. The lawyers. however, will make bat
very hiIIe our Of Charles Morgan.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

Tbs ROARING LIoN.-A short time ago
several young men were standing at corner
road not many miles from Blrtley, when local
preacher had occasion to pass that way. just
before he came up to them be heard one otthem
swearing. The preacher remarked to him !:
e" Young mau. diEvent We ken II is very wrang
to sweerl The devil gangs ABBOTT like roaring
lion seeking wha he may devoor.' Aa thowt
be was chained" says the young man. 81 So he
is" replied the preacher, but his chain reaches
sll over the ward, Why" returned the
swearer, +" he might as well be loose!''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

No two things differ more than hurry aud dis
patch. Hurry is the mark of weak mind !;
dispatch of strong one. A weak man in office,
ike squirrel in a cage, is laooring continually,
but to no purpose, aud is in constant motion
without getting on jot. Like turnsiile, he is
10 eyerybOdy's way, but stops nobody. He talks
a great deal, but says very little. He looks into
everything bot sees nothing. He has hundred
irons in the FIRE but very few Of them are hot /;
and with those few that are be ouly burns his
fingers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

He Would FIX THEN.-A yoang apprentice
to the shoemaking business ssked bis master
what answer be should give to the often
repeated question. Does your master warrant
his shoes - Answer. Thomas" said the mas
ter, " that warrant them to prove good. and if
teey don't III make them good for nothing
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24
SIN AND ms PUNISHMENT.

.swes. shan we SAY. tssa Shsu ecnsnHs n sla
ia. EE4es z-Ay 2sSaaa CO. sor6t- -RoAASs VI, u ?
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

BAD LUcK.-A party of twenty Chinese
washermen we're arrested in Boston recently for
gambling, and one Of them 10 view of his bad
luck was heard 10 utter the following soiilOquy !:
= What see usee play pokell Me bold four
king and lace. Mclean man hold four lace
aud king whole week washee gonee all same
Ike woodbine."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

A SAVE CITE.-Detroit was recently startled
BY fash OF lightning which. the Free Press
Informs q, did splendid pyrotechnic execution
il all parts Of the city. Though without fatal ef
feet Detroit now settles down 20 al amiable
and self satisfied mood tsking copious aid and
comfort from the Old saying. lightning never
strikes twice N The sane place"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24
Watermelon Sugar.

When was boy. at home. my father one
summer made syrup ard sugar NON The juice
Of watermelons. he pared OF the outside skin,
thea crushed the melons in tub aud strained
sap from the pulp through linen cloth /; then
put 10 brass kettle boiled il over moderate
fre. Just as be did with maple sap, until i, was
about as thick as ordinary molssses; then The
brass kettle containing the syrup was placed in
large iron kettle parity filed With water and
kept steadily boiling until 1t became about rs
thick padding. when he commenced stirring
II I'LL il was very stuff il then taken Of the
IRE, and steadily stirred until ii began TO gran
ulaie and become sugar. In fact he pursued
almost exactly the sams course a. in making
maple sugar, only boiling more gradually and
stirring more careful He found that the same
quantity OF melon sap made more weight Of sugar
than al equal quantity Of maple sap. and the
taste was every way as pleasant and delicious.
Some years ago. having large crop Of water
melons myself. and remembering ialher's expert
ment. proceeded 10 similar manner. aud sue
ceeded in making delicious syrup and sugar frcta
| NV wstermel0ns; and 1t is done more hand.ly
aud eheaply than sugar eau be made from beets.
Last winter read au account. from Eoropean
paper, which stated that sugar was being made
In Italy from vatermelons with greater ease and
facility than from beets, and Of better quality
and at large pro6t.-Redmond 10 Sun and Press