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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29
GOING TO GIVE THE WEST A SHOW

Dick Thompson AOout to Send a NavGl
Vessel to CS'stise Along the Mississippi.
Washington Special to st. Louis Republican.
This afternoon your correspondent had a
conversation with the secretary of the navy
to the following effect: ~
Correspondent it true that you are
to send naval ship to st. Louis?n gg
"Secretary-@Yes, but ] was trying to
keep the fact p secret. wanted to run a
vessel up the Mississippi river before any
one knew what was the matter, just to aston
ish the natives
Here the secretary enjoyed one of his
hearty laughs.
TYes," he continued, "about the first of
next week the Wachusett will leave the
Charlestown, Mass, navy-yard. have been
thinking for some time of way to give our
Western boys chance to get in the navy.
They are too poor to come East, and / am
going to send ship after them. The
Wachusett is of that size and make of yes
sells that are called third class. She is
about 100 feet long, with a displacement of
1850 feet, and has q tonnage of 695. She
is an old vessel rebuilt, and this will be her
first cruise since rebuilding. She is q screw
propeller, three masted, square-rigged ship,
and is the same one with which Collins
cut out the Florida during the war. She
was designed for six guns, but her broad
sides will be taken off to give her room; but
she will carry two eleven-pound guns, which
think will be sufficient for all war purposes
g this trip" a
Here the secretary again REQUIRED to the
novelty of the expedition. He said that he
could not well get man. of-war around to
his home at Terre Hante, so he was going to
do the next best thing, and send one to st.
Louis.
"Those Democrats out there in Missouri, !"
he continued, twill swear I am using the
navy for election purposes. We will have
them fire gun or two to let them know we
mean business. No, but in dead earnest
now, our Western boys ought to have show
and I think this is the best thing I have done
since have benin the cabinet. wrote to
John Simpson, of the Vandalia road, asking
him to get for me some facts as to the navi-
cation from some boatmen. The Wachusett
draws sixteen feet. A gentleman who was
Twenty-Five years on the river says can get
the ship up to st. Louis at this time of the
year very easily. She will 60 there and
when the river lowers she will be taken down
to Cairo, where she can run all the
year round. This vessel is not adapted for q
regular training ship. She will serve as q
recruiting ship, and when we get her full of
boys she will run down the river and unload
on to regular training ship. The officers
are now being selected for her."
The secretary believes in making the navy
popular in the West, whence it gets nearly
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

ing Harry Hill's they were driven to the FIRE
station opposite the Market street police
station, and then they were lost sight of,
going iu the direction of Capt. Williams
precinct. 81 A
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

1APRogi6ENcE maehinistT 6as made
$3.50, 00e worth of gold and silver models
of locomotives, ships, palace cars, &c.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

A LIST has been lately published by the
French Minister OF War of the names of
the battles which are to be inscribed on
the new colors about to be given to every
regiment and corps in the French army.
The Oldest battles to be mentioned are
those of Jemmapes and Valmy, both
fought in 1892, at the outbreak of the
Revolution. On the other side. of the
colors to that on which the names of the
battles are inscribed are to be placed in
letters Of gold the words .RepubIque
Francaise-Honneur ct Patrie."
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29


house in the street of Geneva, Switzer-
land, some distance from the Rhone, a
number of piles, identical with those
found in lacustrine villages, have been
uncovered, circumstance which points
to the conclusion that the river was once
much wider than At present, extending
probably to the foot. of the steep hill
which marked the limits of the ancient
city. In the same neighborhood has also
been founda sculptured slab, which ap-
pears to have formed part Of the entabla-
ture of Roman building.
A STRENUOUS effort is to be made to In
duce tle French Parliament to vote law
of divorce; none exists in France at pres
emit. Such q law was voted in 1899, on
the ground that anindissoluble tie was at
variance with the principle of individual
freedom; and it remained in force until
the restoration. This, law, gave rise to
great scandals, and under its operation
there were something like $4,000 divorces
in year. AT present the Law only allows
Of separation; and some statistics recently
printed show that in the course Of twelve
years there were 36, 492 demands for sep
aration-s ,099 ON the part Of the husband,
and S2,763 on the part of the wife; and
this in spite of the unjust position in
which separated woman isplaced
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A w1LKfNe-sT1cK for tourists and bot
anists, recently patented in Germany by
Herr Herb Of Pulsnitz, issfurnished with
the following articles: One side, Of the
handle ia signal pipe, and on the other
side cansbe fixed knife (which is above
the ferrule) :. In fhesmiddl of the han
die is compass. The handle itself can
be screwed of, and within is, q small
microscope with six object glasses. In
!, the stick under the handle is vessel
continuing ether Or chloroform. Out
side the stick there is inserted ON one
side athermemeter, ard on the otter q
sand or minute glass. Above the fsrrule
4 is the lnife.alreadg referred to- and to
the ferruls can isbe screwed q botanist's
spatula or an ice-point for glacier par
ties). Lastly, metre measure is adopt
ed to the stick.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

IT is literally advertised in the Eng
ish newspapers that vast estate is
awaiting the heirs of the Patricks of Suf
folk, England. The property is estimat-
ed at $50, The heirs are sup
posed to. be living in New York, Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania. These wind
falls from deeayed English families show
the necessity of Americans of British de-
scent preserving the genealogical rec
Ords. rr
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

PRoF. EocKYER is of the opinion that
human life on the planet Mars might be
very much like human life on the earth
the light cannot be so bright, but the
organs of sight may be SO much more
susceptible as to make the VISION quite
good; the heat is probably less, as the
polar SHOWS certainly extend further, but
by no means less in proportion to the les
sened power Of tho solar rays. = y
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

MILE. DE MAcLEF, daughter of a rich
Russian, has been arrested in St. Peters
burg for connection with . Nihilisht
conspiracy. She is but 80 years Of age,
and lies in chains in the citadel of Kew,
where the Countess Panin and the
daughter of Gerstfeld are confined under
similar charge. The young ladies
gained their revolutionary ideas from fire.
quenting lectures of the State University
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

NEPoTIsM, or favoriusm, or familyism,
in the public Offices of Russia is often
manifested to strange degree and in
peculiar ways. A whole province or dis
trict is often in the hands of a few fam
lilies. Thus, it has just been shown that
in the Usman district all the offices are
in the hands Of four persons, belonging
to two families, viz: II. Blank has sew
en- offices; B. Blank, seven offices; ].
Andruff, six offices; N. Andruff, eight
offices. a . e 8
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29
HARVARD can no longer claims 20 be
tho Amor;car university having the

HARVARD can no longer claims % gbsl
the American university having the
greatest number of students, as Michigan
University boasts 1,s4s students, while
Harvard haslbut 1889. Harvard leads,
however, in the number of instructors
having 1872 to Michigan's So.
.TEaS .ETA-- ----.s .----- .-.S ,szfoIY
FAYETTE County, KY, has beautiful
young lady of 16, who is equal to DR.,
Carver in rifle shooting. With an old
fashioned squirrel rifle she recently shot
tive blackbids ont Of the top Of q tree
and two owls through the head. AS an
exhibition of her SKILL She centered the
mark six times in succession at the dis
lance of sixty yards.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

THE little town of Hudson, Ohio, in
the county of Summit, twelve miles north
of Akron, is the center of the largest
maple sugar district of the State, and is
considered the head center for the manu-
facture of maple syrup. The State of
Ohio ranks as the third State in the
manufacture of the largest yield of maple
sugar known in years. In every direc-
ton around the town of Hudson appear
the sugar camps at more or less frequent
intervals 90 az
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-29

He walked up to the bar and called for
a cigar. The man in attendance laid out
a box, from which he selected one, put it
into his mouth, and laid down five cents.
He was about to light it, when the bar
tender leaned over and said.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
The DesoIation Of Babylon.

It is usual for travellers to dwell upon
the utter desolation Of Babylon, and to
paint its site as strip of desert, es-
pecially woe-begone and unfertile. But
the eloquent gentlemen who dwell upon
this aspect Of the place could not have
seen it in the middle of April. The
date groves and gardens along the banks
of the Euphrates are then things of
beauty in their fresh spring verdure,
and the plain itself is laid down with
crops. Irrigation canals cross it here
and there and give trouble to the horse
man. No grass grows upon the mounds,
and there are patches of the level white
with the inter which is to be found here
as in other parts of Mesopotamia; but
the surface of the soil is. on the whole,
green and pleasant to the eye. The
glad waters of the river flow on in
the bright morning sunshine, with palm
and mulberry hanging over its banks,
drinking in sap and life. The great
city which counted its population by
millions, and filed the world with re-
nown not yet forgotten, has disappeared
under the dust of twenty centuries, but
nature is as fresh and jocund as when
Babylon was still unbuilt. Birds sing
overhead in the pleasant spring air;
butterflies futter about in search OF
flowers; balmy odors regale the sense.
It is difficult under the circumstances
to feel as one perhaps ought to feel fol
the great capital which once numbered
this ground. Nature does not mourn
for it, and it is hard to be sad at the
bidding of sentiment when the bright
spring hides its graye.-IArough Asi.
atic Ialrkeu.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
An Honorable Soy,

In his letter, resigning the position
of Government Director of the Union
Pacific railroad, Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams, Jr., states very clearly and
forcibly the difficulties which surround
that position. 1t is isimpossible, he says,
for any one to discharge satisfactorily
the duties of Government Director un-
der the present laws. These duties in
volye thorough knowledge OF the
whole subject of railroad construction
and management, the closest and most
painstaking attention to detail in the
annual inspections of the property in
which the Government is so largely in
terested, and constant. humiliation of
the official in the fact that he is at all
times the guest of the corporation he is
expected to supervise. Mr.. Adams says
on this point:
@To a person in any way sensitive it
is far from pleasant to be the guest of a
corporation; to eat and sleep and live al
its expense; to accept every possible at
tention and hospitality from its officers
and meanwhile to keep careful note ot
every point open to criticism, and. when
the time comes, to speak openly and
truthfully, no matter how much what il
said may hurt. Neither is it agreeable
to do o public duty faithfully and a
the same time to accept the money O
one who suffers from the performance
of the duty even though that one be ,
corporation. Yet the Government Di
rector who does his duty must, unde,
the law as it now stands, either do thi
or go wholly unpaid. AS long as thi
system continues, it is practically in
evitable that services of purely forma
character can only be looked for. Th
active Government Director is at bes
but an honorable spy"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Remedy for Intemperance.

Mr.. Napier, the English scientist, re-
Gently tested the truth of Liebigs
theory that liquor-drinking is compat-
ible with animal food, but not with a
farinaceous diet.
The experiment was tried upon twen-
ty-seven hquor-drinking persons, with
results substantiating the Liebig
theory. Among the more striking In
stances of reform brought about by q
change of diet was that of a gentleman
of 60, who had been addicted to intem-
perate habits for thirty-five years, his
outbursts averaging once week. His
constitution was so shattered that ne
had great difficulty in insuring his life
After an attack of delirium tremens
which nearly ended fatally, he was per
suaded to enter upon a. afarinaceous diet
which, we were assured, cured him com
pletely in seven months.
He seems to have been very thin a
the beginning of the experiment, bu
at the close Of the period named hae
gained twenty-eight pounds, being the1
about the normal weight for person O.
his height.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
His Private Band.

A friend of ours, having determined
to give a musical party, looked about
amongst his acquaintances for suitable
guests, and after considerable cogitation
and inquiry made up his mind to invite
the following:
Jones, because he was so clever in
blowing his own trumpet.
Brown, because he possesses the
ability to harp on one string.
Smith, because, even if you stopped
him III the street for a moment, he be-
gan to fiddle with his collar.
Thompson, because the sight of q
thirteenth card of suit filed him with
an irresistible wish to trump it"
Robinson, because, if rumor was true,
he was undoubtedly base-vile" man.
johnson, because, according to all
accounts, he played second-fddle to bis
wife.
Simpson, because, as a newspaper
proprietor, he had an organ Of his own
Richardson, because he is so good al
the long-bow, and
Samuelson, because he and his wife
are celebrated for their kettle-drums.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Parl0r Pastime.

The players sit in row, and the first
says: :" I am going on journey to Al
bany," or any place beginning with an
A. The one seated next to her says:
What shall you do there?" The verbs
and nouns in the answer must begin with
the same letter, and so on through the
alphabet; the one who asks the question
What will you do there?" continuing
the game. But, as an example is better
than any directions, we will relate to you
how party of children played it:
Ellen-I am going on journey to Albany.
Louisa-What shall you do there?
Ellen.-Ask for apples and apricots
Louisa-tTo her next neighborl am going TO
Boston.
Frank-What will you do there?
Louisa-Buy bonnets and buns
Frank-I am going to college.
Susan-What will you do there!
Frank-Cut capers.
Susan-I am going to Dover.
Sarah-What will you do theref
Susan-Dress dolls.
Sarah-I am going to Erie
Russel-What will you do .hersf
Sarah-Eat eggs.
Russell am going to Fairhaven-
Grace-What will you do there?
Russel-Feed fawns with frogs.
Grace-I am going to Greenbush.
Howard-What will you do there!
Grace-Give gold 10 girls.
Howard-I am going to Hanover.
Sarah-What will You do there?
Howard-Hunt with hounds and horses
The party goes through the alphabet
in the above manner. Whoever cannot
answer readily, after due time is allowed,
must suffer some penalty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Fried In Lard,

The London World recites how re-
venge was had by one of the most emil
nent pianists in that city. he had suf-
fered much from the irrepressible con-
versation of drawing-room audiences,
and devised the other day a means of
giving little lesson to the town. He
arranged with his violin, his violoncello,
and the rest that the music should come
to a sudden stop in the midst of the
loudest passage Of the piece, at given
signal from him. It was done. The
bawling and shouting voices were left,
in the twinkling of an eye, high and
dry, as it were, upon shore of silence.
Joyous. clear, and distinct, above them
all rose a voice from the foremost
seats, the voice Of Lady -. These
words of hers were ringing upon the
startled air: "We always fry ours in
lard IN
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
An Old Story RetOId,

It is limited that Madame Anderson
accomplishes her prodigious walking
feats without any signs of exhaustion
by a simple stratagem. Somebody
looking and dressed like her takes her
place while she rests and sleeps. A man
in Cincinnati walked 1000 miles in
1000 lours by means of double"
who finally "undid" him, for he be-
trayed him just at the close of the walk.
The trick is q very old one. 1t is found
among Hindoo legends of the hedge
hog and the fox, version of the hare
and the tortoise. The fox challenged
the hedgehog to race, and the hedge
hog agreed. The fox started, but when
he arrived at the end of the path
through the woods, there was the hedge
hog. Then he proposed running it
right over again to the starting-po
The hedgehog agreed and the fox
found him ahead of him as before.
This contest was continued until the
fox could go no more, and paid the for
felt. The hedgehog merely stationed
his wife, VINO looked SO like her hus-
band the fox did not know them apart,
at one end of the route while he stayed
at the other. Neither of them moved.
and the fox ran back and forth from
one to the other until he dropped from
fatigue.-Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
SENATORS.
STATES.
No, Y0u Can't Go In.

WHITTIER away, gentle youth?" said
the gentleman in waiting at one Of
Princess Louise's receptions to an airy
young Kanuck, who tried to insert him
self amid the favored throng. II would
do honor as loyal subject to the beau
teous scion of royalty, the daughter of
an Empress whose power extends from
tropic to torrid zone, and whose morn
ing drum-beat circles the globe, for the
perpetuation of whose empire millions
of swords would leap flashing from their
scabbards, and" Eyes, yes, but your
necktie isn't the proper color, and in
quiry has developed the fact that your
grandfather kept grocery store. You
can't go in!" Cant! Ican't go in and
shake hands with Louise?" Exityouth
in rage.-TraUeller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
The Man VINO Had Dyspepsia.

There came to the dinner-table at the
Lawrence House, the other day, two
strangers, one lean and hungry-look-
ing customer, the other decent-ap-
pearing young fellow. As they reached
the table the older man clutched fran
tically at the bill Of fare, and remarked
az follows:
"Let's see what theygot. You know
I can't eat anything. Been nearly dead
for ten weeks with the dyspepsia. Ahi
oyster soup'-guess that won't hurt
me-" To waiter: Bring me some
oyster soup, and, let's see, boiled white
fish; yes, I'll have some O. that"
The soup and fish were rapidly eaten.
Now, let's see what else they've got;
you know I can't eat everything. Roast
turkey-that ought not to hurt me. I'll
have some O. that. Roast beef yes,
I'll have some o. that. Chicken pot
pie'-yes, that's easily digested; I'll
have some. Lets see, I can't eat every
thing, I'll take q bit Of the boiled ham,
some macaroni, and-ahl some chicken
ivers and vegetables"
The waiter had taken the order, and
the man with a weak stomach reached
this way for crackers, that way for but
ter, here took piece of bread, there q
pickle and stalk Of celery, and, fre-
quently remarking that he couldn't eat
everything, stayed his stomach until his
dinner was brought. He looked it
over, sent the waiter back for some
roast veal and another onion, remark
ing that his stomach was weak, he had
been suffering terribly from dyspepsia,
and couldn't eat everything, but at
last got to work and cleared the dishes.
The matter of dessert troubled him
some because his stomach was SO weak,
but he finally called for some mince pie,
plum pudding, and ice-cream, with a
cup of coffee. They were brought and
devoured, and then he called the waiter
and made her aconfdential communica-
ton to the effect that he had been sick
with dyspepsia, that his stomach was
weak, he couldn't eat everything, and
| would she bring him bowl of milk?
The milk was brought. he crumbled
some bread therein, and, as his younger
companion had departed, the man with
the weak stomach remarked to the gen.
ueman across the table from him that il
was darned rough to have to come
down to bread and milk, but he had
been sick, he couldn't eat everything
and he had to be careful.
And now the landlord is anxious fol
that man to come around when he is
well. he needn't come but once
ADRIAN (Mich.) Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Effects Of Railway Accidents.

Accounts of railroad accidents fre-
quently state that, although the engine
and cars were badly damaged, the pass
engers escaped without serious injury.
Yet many persons can recollect In
stances of men whose health stt Q lily
declined after they had passed appar-
emily unharmed through some fnishap
to train, and whose suferings were
terminated by death more or less sud-
den. Some light has been cast on cases
of this kind by paper read last month,
before the Medical Society of the King
and Queens College Of Physicians,
Dublin, by DR.. McSwiney. In a rail-
road collision there may result to q
passenger Q) shock merely, or (2) con-
cussion, or (3) confusion of the cerebro-
spinal system. In shock the functions
of the nerves are impaired, and the ac-
ton of the nervous system is thus low
cred. It has been found that great con-
fusion and injury, either temporary or
permanent, to the nervous functions
sometimes follow from shock to the
cerebro-spinal system, when the soft
cerebral and spinal mass is struck vio-
lently against the bony case in which it
is inclosed. That slight blows often
cause serious results is now well estab-
ished. An apparently trifing injury
to the back or sacrum may give rise to
an infammatory process, which may,
after the lapse of years even, end
fatally. And, often, a slowly creeping
on paralysis will ensue upon shock to
the cerebro-spinal center, when at first
no Ill result was apparent. In such
cases, the seeming contradiction may
sometimes be noticed that, whereas the
more severe and dangerous phenomena
often result in the very cases in which
injury appears to be trifing, on the
other hand, it occasionally occurs that
the severest primary LESSONS present to
observation only slight and unimportani
gymptoms.