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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
Household Hints,

| Make a paste of soft soap and emery
for polishing steel.
A small quantity of turpentine added
to stove backing will make the stove
easier to polish.
Soft soap should be kept in dry place
in the cellar and not be used until three
months old.
The best rice is large and has a clear,
fresh look. Old rice Sometimes has little
black insects inside the kernels.
Kettles are cieansed of onion and other
odors by dlsolving teaspoonfull of pearl
ash or salaratus in water and washing
them.
Wash your shelves quite clean, and
while damp, rub fine salt on them qgite
thick and let it remain on them for a
time and red ants will disappear.
Alabaster is best cleaned by putting it
in a pan Of water. and letting it soak some
hours until quite clean. Another mode
is to cover it with strong solution of
soda
Rich cheese feels soft under the pres
sure of the finger. That which is very
strong is neither very good nor healthy
To keep one that is cut, tie it up in bag
that will not admit flies and hang it in q
dry, cool place If mould appears on it
wipe it off with dry cloth.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
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1t is now believed, that the English
government intends to gain footing in Asia
Minor
The Swiss national council have voted
81, 100000 towards completing the ST. Gothard
tunnel.
The fever is increasing alarmingly at
Cyprus. Forty members of one British rcgi-
ment have been attacked.
The number Of new cases of yellow
fever in New Orleans reported for the week
ending August 10th were 2SS-deaths Sc.
Topeka, KS, National bank closed its
doors on Monday Aug. S. Deposits $4,000. 1t
is believed all les depositors will be paid in full
Three thousand Montenegrips have
oined the insurgents in Herzegovina. There
are indications of an intention to proclaim a
holy war in Burma.
Under instructions from Washington
the post office authorities are making prepare.
tons to transport 81 ,OOO, 900, in gold from San
Francisco to New York.
The Pope and council of cardinals have
decided to accept Bismarck's proposals. The
report of the appointment of Cardinal Nino,
dS btCTcJdTy vi Sti1Lc, COUUrmeQ.
A Denver, CAL. telegram says that Pl of.
Watson feels sure, that during the late eclipse
he discovered the planet Valcon south west of
the sun about two degrees distant.
Gen. Howard with his staff and the
main body of troops is between Silver City
and Jordan Valley. 1t is reported that 35 of
White Birds Nez Perces have surrendered
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August 10th among the machinists in the
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad shops. There
was no disturbance and none was anticipated.
There is no truth in the report that Ten
Days band Of Bannocks had left the agency
with hostile intent They are proceeding I'M
der escort of United States troops to the Buff
| falo country.
August, 9th, the Nevada bank, San
Francisco sold 100000 ounces of silver to
the government. The price paid is the Lon
don rate, with cable exchange. payable In
standard dollars. @
Exercies in the Chautauqua Lake, N.
T., international Sunday school assembly
| were begun August 9TH. The lecture of the
day was delivered by Bishop Foster. Sub
ject: Beyond the grave"
A dispatch from Fort Lapwai says, the
Indians, supposed to be White Birds band,
proved to be OILY a small party Of thirteen
men and eight women. White Bird and most
of his band are still with Sitting Bull.
A telegram from Alexandria, Egypt,
reports that the river Nile is rising favorab1y
| It is now higher than at any time last year
and the prospects for crops are excellent. It
is estimated that the cotton win yield 1t20O j.
600 pounds.
A London telegramoi Aug ust 10th says
the Sultan having telegraphed Queen Victoria
asking British meditation to stay the advances
of the Austrian army Of occupation at
Banjalicks. it is said the British government
declines intervention.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
CASUALTIES.

A twenty thousand dollar fire occurred
at Dubuque on the 9Th inst.
A colored barber in Nashville, Tenn,
died of sunstroke on the sth last.
A four story furniture warehouse was
burned at Toledo, O., on the 9Th ms
There was severe and destructive
storm at Fox Lake Junction, Wis, on the
evening of Aug. 9Th.
There was on the 10th inst, $780,
900 fire in Brooklyn, N y, and also
$4,000 fire at White River, Junction, Vt.
A explosion has occurred in the mines
of the Notifications of Kars, resulting 10 fire
which destroyed the best ortion of the city
James Jones and Edward Burns, boat
men, were drowned by the upsetting of a
boat in the Hudson river near New York,
Aug.5. $50
A Russian magazine exploded at
Trateshi, Roumania, on the 7th inst, killing
number of persons and doing great damage
to property.
A young man in Fredericksburg, O.,
blew into the muzzle of a gun to see if it was
loaded. The gun went off and carried away
the top his head.
An incendiary fire at Boston, Monday
night, Aug. 9Th, destroyed the car shed of the
Eastern railroad company, with six passenger
AID two Pullman cars. Loss $55OOO.
Secretary and Mrs. Sherman, Mrs.
President Hayes and daughter and other la.
dies and gentlemen have been visiting Sena-
tor Burnside, at Providence, Rhode Island.
August Sth was reported to be the hot
test day of the season at Omaha, the ther-
mometer indicated 100 degrees. There were
four cases of prostration by heat And one
fatal.
Two Chicago fire engines collided on
the 9Th inst, killing the fireman, George Rau,
and badly injuring Fireman ,Shaughnessy.
Both engines were running to fire and met
on corner.
Letters from on board Her British
Majesty's steamship Swiftsure, in the gulf OF
Saras, declare that the Russians are still
busily fortifying the coast, and do not expect
he peace to be permanent. ~
A letter received from Honolulu saws
the French bark Calcutta. went ashore on the
island Lauries, one OF the Sicily group, June
23d-a total loss. The captain of the bark
committed suicide. No other lives were lost
An explosion occurred in coal mine
at scoemerston, near Berwick, Eng, on the6th
inst. Thirty-fiye men were in the mine at the
time. Several were severely burned but only
one dangerously. The men were working with
naked lights.
August 10th, q boy at work in a plan.
ing mill in Chicago, was accidentally caught
and drawn into a planning machine, and liter,
ally sliced to pieces, his head, shoulders. arms
body and lower limbs being successfully eui
off by the knives.
j. 9. Downely, formerly conductor on
the Baltimore & Ohio road, fell off freight
train of which he was brakeman and was lit
orally cut to pieces on the 9th inst. Deceased
was on the Louisville q Nashville line. He
was from Ohio.
j. B. Pond of the Redpath Lyceum
bureau, and Miss Isabel NJ Stone of Boston
were married at Council Bluffs, Iowa, August
18th, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Mr.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
Make the starch


BY boiling quarter of a teacup of rice
in two quarts of water until soft, then
STRAIN AID add to it, acAile st6H hot. a
tablespoonful of melted ohste glue. pre-
pared by first soaking in cold water, then
adding little more water, and setting
the cup containing it in pan of hot
water on the stove. Put in two teaspoon
fuls OF pulverized alnm for each quart OF
water, or in the Jumps, dissolve it with
the glue. If the starch is ready, it may
be used directly after rinsing The dress,
and thus save the trouble of a second dry
ing. Use it when warm--slOt h0t-and
clap each article until it looks clear.
Three or four hours before ironing, wet a
sheet and wiring it dry, then fold the
dress in it and roll up tight. Iron
straight way of the material, and always
on the wrong side, being careful to avoid
very hot irons, as they viii fade the col
flrs
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
A Little Boys Terrible Death.

A bright little fellow aged six. and "a
half years, named George Kraus, has been
in the nabit lately of going to tannery,
where his father was employed, and after
spending the afternoon in play &C
comp. nying his father home. Day before
yesterday, at about two o'clock in the
afternoon, he went to the tanLery; and
after greeting his father, went out into
the lanyard. This was the last time ne
was seen alive. AS has since been de-
veloped, he, in walking across the inclos-
ure, inadvertently stepped into vat
from which the hides had been withdrawn
containing strong solution of tannin
liquor seven feet in depth, The sharp,
biting fluid Brought immediate uncon
seriousness, and the body of the the child,
after rising the usual number of times,
sank to the bottom, and when the parent
came along little latter, the dark smooth
surface gave no indication of his sons
dreadful fate. Mr.. Kraus then, in prose
cution of his work, stopped at that iden-
teal vat, and threw into it, on his son,
seventy-tour raw hides, and then went
elsewhere and did other work.
That night, when he went home,
George was missing. Search was made
for him all through the house and about
the neighborhood, but without success
Unable to rest, the father put on his coat
and hat and went the rounds OF the sta.
tion-houses, hoping to find the supposed
wanderer among the lost children. The
efforts were fruitless, and night of mis-
cry was passed by the distracted parents.
Yesterday morning search was resumed,
and the now nearly frantic father went
TO the tannery and began systematic
examination of the tannery premises. At
two o'clock in the afternoon he began on
the vat in which he had cast the hides
the day before. One by one he pulled
them out by aid of pole with hook on
the end. Sixty-two had been taken out
in this way when the next lift brought
the dead child to the top. The father,
on seeing him, gave one desparing cry,
and, letting go of the pole, staggered
forward and would have fallen in but for
the strong arm of bystander, who, after
laying the father, who had tainted, on
tine ground, fished the corpse out and
had it conveyed to the family residence.
- Cincinnati Commercial
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
A Simple Method Of Curing Indiges.
ton.

The editor of new monthly magazine
- Burlington H0nse----who had suffered
severely from dyspepsia, describes the
following cure: doctors say that vegeta-
BILE acids would aggravate my complaint.
as / was suffering from acidtiy, but I
should take carbonate of soda and am
monia----alkalis. NV inclination for
vegetable acids was, however, so strong
that at last took lemon juice with every
meal, total from one to two ounces
daily. In three months MAS cured of
my dyspepsia. Being anxious to make
my remedy useful, tried it on few fell
low sufferers" After recording several re-
markable instances of cure he adds
"C1tric acid, the concentrated preparation
of lemon juice, is cheaper, more portable,
and equally efflcacious as fresh lemon
juice, and pleasanter than preserved juice
When using the lemons, skin them before
they are squeezed. Avoid iiluting with
water or eating sugar with the lemon
juice, for the saccharine matter exhausts
the strength of the digestive acids of the
stomach. The introduction OF citric aciG
into the body probably favors the devel
opment of the gastric juice. Citric acid
and pepsine are ferments not of the hurt
tul nature of yeast, but such as the bod,
requires. Hence the folly of neutralizins
the acids of the body with alkali, for til,
body requires free acids for the prope
digestion of the food. In the cases Civ
en- the sufferers generally adopted fari
naceous, frugiverous and vegetable diet
as twice the quantity of lemon was re
quired on the flesh diet they were accus
toned to. The essential oil of lemons
contained in the skins is injurious"
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
It is stated that bismarck IN negotia.

1t is stated that Bismarck in negotia-
ton with the Pope's nuntio, expressly insisted
upon the maintenance of the German
ecclesiastical laws but agreed that their inter-
probation should be subject to an understand
ing with the Vatican.
1t has been decided to reorganize and
continue the Boston Betting company, wrecked
by the enormous defalcation of John g. Tap
pan, and COMMITTEES have been appointed to
receive subscriptions tonew stock and to have
charge OF the company pending its organi-
cation.
0 Cartheodori Pasha, has received fresh
instructions of a conciliatory character, and
communicated them to Count Andrassy. 1t is
stated that the foreign ambassadors have in
duced the porte to withdraw the circular he
had prepared on the Greek question, and to
substitute one more conciliatory.
Vanderbuilt was recently in Montreal
In negotiation with the manager Of the Grand
Trunk and the relations between the
Michigan Central and the.Grand Trunk. Van
derbuilt, expresses desire to act in concer
with the Grand Trunk, and afford all neces
sary Accommodations over the Michigan Cen
| trail
The Tennessee bureau of agricultur,
reports AK as the average yield Of wheat TO
the State. The corn crop was rarely eve
better, and the average for the State is report
ed at IS. Average tobacco crop 7255s; average
cotton crop 81; pear crop SO; grasses 1O2
clover 100; millot 81; sweet potatoes %, Irisl
/ potatoes 1O4; hay crop IS.
1 At an adjourned meeting of the credi
tors of the New York Betting and Packing
company on the 9th inst, the committee ap
pointed at a previous meeting reported tina
the company had good business asset
amounting to $83, 900; real estate, iron mines
etc., valued at $4,000. The liabilities ar
se16,a3S, of which $4,000 are due to thre
persons interested in the company, who ar
willing to leave it there until the other debt
of the company are paid. The committe
consequently agreed to recommend that tn
extension of time proposed by the compan
should be allowed, as the assets were ampl
sufficient to meet the liabilities.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

The revision of the New Testament is
almost completed, and will probably be
presented to Convocation in England
next year. Already, it is nearly all print
ed, the two Universities having given
100000 for the privilege of printing it. of
which they pay $4,000 yearly. Bishop
Ellicott, the Chairman of the Revisers,
who has presided for six hours daily for
four days every three weeks. is said never
to have once lost his temper or failed to
carry his colleagues with him. The re-
vision of the Old Testament will require
about three years longer.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

Pond accompanies Mr.. Beecher in his Cali
fornla lecture tour.
A freight and special train consisting
OF an engine and cclaboose collided ON the
10th inst, on the Ohio and Mississippi rail-
road near North Vernon, Ind. One lnan was
killed, and the firemen and engineers jumped
from the trains receiving slight injuries.
On the afternoon of the 9th inst. Belle
vile and Norwood, Canada, were visited by
very heavy storms, accompanied by thunder
and hail, and great damage was done to
crops. In Norwood houses and barns were
leveled, and several persons were seriously
injured &
A passenger train on the Chicago, Bur-
| lington and Quincy railroad, coming north,
at Riverside on the 9th inst, struck milk
train which was switched on side track at
that point. Several persons were injured,
but none seriously, except Holden. the bag
gage maa, who had both legs broken. The
cause of the accident was misplaced switch.
The Illinois Central car repair shops at
Dubuque, Iowa, a frame building, was burned
to the ground on the 9th inst, together with
eight freight cars, which stood on side track
to the windward. By hard work many ears
aud much freight were put out of the way and
many thousands OF dollars saved. The loss is
probably about $4,000. The cause is sup.
posed to be sparks from LOCOMOTIVES.
| A Philadelphia telegram of August, 1st,
says, two heavy rain storms, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, swept over the city
that evening, doing considerable damage to
the eyihifien huildinps and goods therein
A portion of the roof of Wannemacher's
establishment fell under the weight of water
but only one salesman was slightly injured
Cellers were flooded level with the street il
many places, doing immense damage tt
goods stored. Culverts were choaked, trees
blown down, and roofs demolished.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

Or. Polak, physician to the Shah, gives
some particulars of that potentate's hab-
its. He ordinarily rises at sunrise and
performs his devotlons, after which he
spends some time in his harem. Then
he receives his Ministers. Alter that he
takes walk and inspects his fish ponds
and aviaries, Or goes out hunting, of
which pastime he is passionately fond.
He is ordinarily very simple IN his dress,
and wears little jewelry, but the dagger
he always carries is richly studded with
gems.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

The Duke of MontpensIer was Supposed
to the embalming of his daughter, the
late Queer of Spain, and she was not en-
ballned. The King of Spain himself
closed his wife's eyes and then took her
wedding ring, and for time would see
none but an cid servant. &
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

An exchange says; 'Tr is just awfully
discouragingl Just about the time water
melons begin to come in the poor man
has to scrape together every cent he can
raise to pay the tax on his dogs. Why
can't this dog tax be collected some time
in the winter?"
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

John B. Cough holds TO the idea that
no matter how low a person may be,
there is somewhere canned up, concealed,
hidden even from himself may be, a
spring which, once touched, will reveal a
mine of true manhood.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

Sank Rapids atinet, Aug. s.: Most of the
wheat crop in tins county has now been har-
vested, the exception being in some spots in
the timber lands. which did not ripen as fast
as that sown on the lighter soil OF the prairie.
Farmers, as general thing. while they do not
complain, are disappointed in their estimates
OF the yield made q few weeks since, and those
who expected to exceed the ayerare of 1877
now seem to be of the opinion that Il viii fall
from 10 to IS per cent. below.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

Few men can stand greatness without
being spelled, and Stanley, the African
explorer. seems to DE rousing legion of
critics in England by his supercilious
and offensive bearing, and by his abuse
of the London press and everything En-
glish. Ifhe would continue to be great,
he must go back to the wilds of Africa.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

During the late eclipse of the sun,
Prof. Watson of Ann Arbor took his sta
ton at Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, for
astronomical observations, where the to-
tai eclipse continued for period of two
minutes and fifty seconds. he discover
ed an intra Mercurial planet of the size
Of four and half magnitude star, about
two and a half degrees south west of the
sun. 1t does not differ greatly in size
from Mercury. This hitherto theoreti-
cal member of the planet family. though
its very history was a matter of
controversy, had already been
named Vulcan. Mercury being only
100000 miles from the sun,
Prof Proctor thinks must have temper
AZURE equal to boiling water. But Vulcan
moving in an orbit only 100000 or 90
100000 miles from the sun, it is claimed
that the d rect rays of the sun passing
upon Vulcan at that near distance must
give it temperature not much cooler
than that of red-hot iron.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

The robbing of graves for the use Of
medical colleges is becoming one of the
most crying SINS, as it is one of the most
heinons crimes of modern times. The
developments of the past year, numerous
and many. have served to startle the pub
lie. Many a college professor, whose
outside character is fair and honorable, is
but a whited sepuicher, whose shelves are
full of dead mems bones, for he connives
at body snatching, by concealing it,while
in moral turpitude the medical student
who robs grave is worthy of condign
punishment.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
PERSONAL AND fvAITIeAL.

PERSONAL And FULTTIGAL.
Mrs. President Hayes is at Newport,
RI.
Hon. Charles Foster has declined q
nomination in the Seventh Ohio district
The condition of ex-Queen Chrlstiana
of Spain is regarded as almost hopeless.
A Vienna dispatch says the Hungary
elections continue favorable to the govern
ment.
1t Is stated that Cardinal Deacon Lor-
EMO Nino has been appointed Papal secretary
of State.
John Souh. laborer in Houseman's
brewery in Madison, Wis, died of sunstroke
on the Sth inst.
The Democrats of the tenth district of
Ohio, have nominated Thomas Ewing for
reelection to congress.
A brilliant reception has been given
August 9th, to Mrs. President Hayes at New
port, r. J., by Mrs. Gen. T. W. Cullom.
Queen Christiana, widow of Ferdinand
VII and grandmother of Alfonso XII, the
present King ofspain, is dangerously i'll.
1 j. E. Ginperling has been appointed
receiver of the Dayton & Southeastern road oy
Judge Haines, of the superior court on appli.
Gallon of the trustees for the bondholders.
Michael Reese, the San Francisco
millionaire, just deceased, left the bulk of his
estate, estimated at several millions of dollars
to his five surviving sisters and thoir children
residing in Chicago.
The Democrats of the first Congress
sional district of Ohio have nominated Hon
Milton Sayler for reelection. In the second
district, now represented by Banning, the
Democrats have put in nomination L. W. Goss
for Congress.
A bill has passed the House of the
New Hpmsphire legislature, allowing women
to vote in school meetings. 1t hsd previously
passed the Senate by vote Of 9 to 3. This is
the first substantial legislative victory Won
by the women suffragsts OF New England.
The grave of john Fl. Whipple, son Of
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota, at Louisville
KY, has been tempered with by body snatch
ers. The body was not taken, it having been
| found to be in too far advanced state of de
composition to he removed, even by those
ghauls, the body -snatchers. It will be re
membered that his body was found floating
in the Ohio river near Louisville. The aget
Bishop, his father, is reported to be prostrat
ed by his sons striking death.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15

Quakers are known to be unusually
long-lived folk. The average Of the 3OS
members of the Society of Friends who
died in Great Britain and Ireland last
year was over fitty-three years, and the
average deaths to population was about
fifteen per thousand. The number of
deaths of children under one year was
only nineteen, and the highest number in
any decade OF life was in that which in
cluded those whose ages were between
seventy and ei.hty. The next highest
number fifty-fve, died between eighty
and ninety.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15


No event has SO impressed the public
mind with the essential danger and
viciousness of socialism, as the attempt
OF the assassin Modelling to take the life
OF the Emperor William OF Germany. In
the light of this and other events it be
comes more and more obvious that the
Socialists are waging acrusade against all
law and authority. There is evidence to
show that Modelling was but the instru-
ment and tool of an extended conspiracy
against the peace. safety, welfare and
good order of the community. Give the
wild, fantical, reckless Socialists sway
and all personal and property rights
would be destroyed; nothing would be
valued in the eyes of these families, and
chaos would come again.