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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
A Danger in the Jury System.

The dry, cutting satire practiced 30
much by the cross-examining lawyer OF
to-day is sometimes as dangerous in
court as it would be on the street. Once
upon time a jury was sitting on Q
case in Southern Colorado. A woman
took the stand and was somewhat un-
tremendously treated by the lawyers.
At last particularly dry and caustic
fellow began to practice on her with the
cross examination. Now, among the
jurymen was one gentleman who was
drawn with apprehension and fear Of
consequences. He was q free, wild
miner, with no more idea of the restric-
tions of law and justice than buffalo.
BE had twitched uneasily while the
woman was being examined, and could
only be kept still by being provoked in
to whispered conversation with the
foreman. AS the cross-examination
reached o particular point, he aston
ished the court by jumping up, thrust
ing his hand into his hip-pocket, and
exclaiming to the lawyer: eli, thar,
Mr.. Stck-in-the-mudi" This from O
iuryman brought every eye in wonder
and amusement upon him. He needed
nothing, and proceeded: slack Nc
Cabe won't low no man to talk to q
woman lii that shape; not while he's
roundl" The Judge rebuked honest
Jack, and he skunk into his seat, en-
barrassed but mad. The lawyer, turn
ing upon him with whitening scorn, be-
gan, enthusiastically: sOf what weight
with me is the opinion of an ignorant
juryman? l." @That's what / thought, !"
said Jack, as with one bound he cleared
the rail and wound himself around the
lawyer. Before constable could reach
and separate the struggling pair, Jack
had macerated the lawyer so that he
was obliged to give up the case and 60
home on shutter. The juryman near
" cleaned ont the court before he
could be placed under arrest, disabling
two constables and putting the crier
and the Judge to fight. Another ar
gument against the jury system.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25

wheat either for red winter or spring, owing
to high American quotations, but there was
good demand for California and Oregon,
which advanced shilling per quarter. Maize
in better request Barley quiet but steady.
Sales of English wheat last week, Al 1858 quar-
tiers, at 46s I'd per quarter against 81 1858 quar-
tiers, at AS Tod, the corresponding week last
year. Imports into the United Kingdom for
the week ending Dec. 9th, were 1857, 42S hun
dredweights of wheat and 209,699 hundred
weights of -four.
The New York Herald of Dec. 81, de-
votes ajpage to Edisen's triumph In electric IL
Elimination, giving a full and accurate account
of his work from its inception to its completion
with Illustrative diagrams. The Herald says:
'The first public exhibition of Edison's long
looked for electric light takes place New
Years eve at Menlo Park, OH which occasion
that place will be illuminated with the new
light The new light, Incredible as it may
appear, is produced from little piece of pa
per, tiny strip Of paper that breath would
blow away. Through this little strip of paper
is passed an electric current, and the result is
bright, beautiful, mellow light. But paper
instantly burns even under the trifling heat OF
of tallow candle exclaims the skeptic, land
how can it Withstand the fierce heat of an elee-
trio current?" Very true, but Edison makes
the little piece of paper more. infusible than
platinum, more durable than granite, and this
involves no complicated process. The paper
is merely baked in an oven until all the ele
ments have passed away except the carbon
framework. q The latter is then placed in 8
glass globe connected with wires leading tC
the electricity producing machine and the all
exhausted from the globe, then the apparatus
is ready to give out a light that possesses nc
deleterious gases, no smoke no offensive
odors-a light without flame, without danger
requiring no matches to ignite, giving
out but little heat, vitiating no air, ant
flee from all chickering's light that is littl,
globe of sunshiner-and this light the invento
claims can be produced cheaper than tina
tof the cheapest Oil, The inventor finds tina
the electricity can be regulated with entire r,
liability at a central station just as the pres
sure of gas is now regulated. The entire cos
of constructing the lamp is not more thai
twenty five cents. s fEaN 3F
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25


Window and Blair the committee to investi-
gate the causes of the negro emigration from
the Southern to the Nothern States. There
being no quorem present the Senate
adjourned for the HOLIDAYS.
HOUSE, Dec. ia report was made
on the revision of the rules of the House, and
it was made the special order for the 9th OF
january. The speaker appointed as the CON-
mittee on the inter-oceanic canal, Mr.. King,
chairman, Singleton, Whitthorne, Martin
Turner, Nichols, Hutchins, Page, Conger, Frye
and Haskell The committee on public build.
ings have agreed to report favorabiy upon the
appropriation of 700 for public buildings
at Pittsburg and $4,000 for the extension
and enlargement of the public buildings al
Cleveland. A communication from President
Hayes was read, urging Congress to legislatt
for the reclamation of the marshes of the Pc
tomac river within the limits of Washington
and Georgetown. The House adjourned fol
the HOLIDAYS.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
Albert Gallatin.

It is probably impossible to discover
in the history of this country any states
man who has left behind him a reputa-
ton so poorly proportioned to his
ability and influence as has Albert Gal
latin. Not especially attractive in life,
he remains singularly uninteresting
since his death. A chapter in Mr..
Adams book concerning his youth fails
to introduce him in an agreeable light.
Enjoying every advantage which the
best social position, an excellent edu-
cation, and family only too kind could
give, he yet chose at an early age to run
away. This venture, if not altogether
without an object, was at least devoid
of any sufficient cause or excuse. He
was evidently soon ashamed of it; but,
as is the freakish habit of poor human
nature in such circumstances, he visited
the punishment for his folly upon the
relatives whom he had injured rather
than upon himself, neglecting to send
the simplest information concerning
his fortunes to those who never ceased
to manifest soicitude as tender as it
was undeserved concerning these mat
tiers. This GOODNESS of nature never
wore of throughout his long life. The
only evidence of warmth of feeling
which we ever find in him was shown
toward his second wife, who seems to
have made his home thoroughly happy
and attractive. In this respect, as in
so many others, he offers striking con-
trast to Hamilton, with whom it is i'm
possible not to compare him. Both
landed as strangers upon our shores.
In less than a year after he arrived in
New York. Hamilton had made more
and warmer friends then Gallatin ever
secured throughout his life, long, useful
and honorable as it was. And, as years
went on, Hamilton constantly and
largely increased the number of those
who, apart from their political faith in
him, dearly loved the man. Gallatin
never had so much as the nucleus Of q
personal following. People met him as
he met them, with much temperateness
both in affection and in hatred. In an
age of vituperation he seldom used
those potent epithets of abuse for
which. his contemporaries must have
ransacked the dictionaries and synonym
books; in return he enjoyed an excep-
tional freedom from the more scurrilous
personalities then In vogue.-Atla71tae
Monthly.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
Irishmen vs.. Yankee.

1t is related that at London club
some Americans were boasting about
their inventions and the wonderful
machines to be found in the States. One
OF them told of the well known mincing-
machine, which, live pig being intro
duced at one end, turns out the animal
in sausages at the other. An Irishman,
who was not going to have the Yankees
riding rough-shod over every other
nation, turned ON them and said: . Be
dad, we've got the same machine in
Ireland, only ours is more perfect, sure,
for if you don't like the sausages, You
can put them back into the machine.
and by reversing the action they'll come
out live pig agin where he went in
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25

I've seen the wonders of our land
In mountain, valley, stream and sesands
But ne'er before o spot did hnd
With such wealth Of charms "a thine.
A thousand waterfalls In one,
A Thousand rills around me run;
A thousand brooklets laugh and leap
And make this lovely scene coDpJet6
Thy waters tell me Of that day
When, moons--ay, moons and moonss
The Indian DER these worn rocks trod,
And held communion with his God.
When, O'er these myriad waterfalls
And through this isle with sylvan halls.
The dusky maid and lover strolled
And loves old-nay, new-story told,
Here, on these rocks beneath the trees,
She sat, while he, on Bonded knees,
Vowed that his love should never wsns
While rock and waterfall remain.
Again they tell of years to come
OF wheel, and shaft, and spindle hum
OF food and fabric all complete.
Mans universal wants to meet.
love Dakota more and more
Her prairies vast, her mines Of Orc
love her mountains and her glades,
But most her beautiful cascades.
And, though roam in other lands
In city dense on oceans strands
Thy charms shall reign in memry's halls
And bring me back to thee. Sioux Fslls.
Sioux FALLS. OAK. Ter.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
pERsoNAL AND PoLITlCAL.

Colcroft, for 40 years hangman In Eng
land Is dead.
Commodore Chester Harield Of the u.
y. navy, died at Vallejo, Cal, Dec. Is.
August Thiele, editor of German pa
per in Cleveland, O., died Of paralysis Dec. IS
It'll reported that Gen. Sheridan will
accompany Gen. Grant on his visit to Mexico
and Cuba.
The steamshi ravia sailed from
New York, Dec Is, with rs colored immi.
grants for Liberia.
The Senate have confirmed the appoint
ment Of James H. Norris as Postmaster Of
Litchfeld, Minnesota
Samuel A. Perkins, chief Justice of the
supreme court of Indiana, die ct his resi-
dence In Indianapolis, Dec. II
The United States Senare, Dec. IL, con-
Armed the following Minnesota postmasters;
Virgil w. Hall, Glencoe: @. 8. crandall, 0wa
tonna.
Dan Rice the famous circus man has
been converted in Chicigo, BY the preaching
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
How He Got ONT ar n.

The SON Of rich man was placed In
Q bankers Office to learn the business.
His first task was to reckon up : Bin.
and he made q mistake Of Is cents.
The head of the house called his atten.
ton to the fact, whereupon the youth
indignantly produced his wallet. saw
ing, Here are your Is cents; you lonY
eaton me staying in concern where
they make such q fuss about 4 rnean
little sum like thatls He then took biz
hat and left.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
IN THE STUDY.

Yestereve, while in my study,
Busy with my thoughts and pen,
At the door heard timid
Voice low pleading: @Papa, ten
tum in?" 3Yes," answered. Swiftly toward
with cry Of childish glee,
Came tiny, fairy figure;
Climbed she then upon my knee.
Close within my arms she nestled
Raised her baby lips to mine
For the kiss whose touch, like Heaven
Is a something all divine.
"Papa, tell me-" came the whisper,
"About Santa Tause, know
He loves little chll'ren whenldey's
Dood, betause 90 told me so.
has waited so long, Papa
$50 longl wants to see.
When he tums, If he'll bling Mamma
Does 100 sink he will?-tO me-"
Here the tiny arms twined closely
Bout my neck; the velvet cheek
Pressed my own; the sweet lips quiVereo
With the word they could not speak.
"Do think he will bring Mamma?
Would to God he COULD" said,
While the tears that dimmed my vision
Bathed my darling's curly head,
Then told her, as she nestled,
Like dove, upon my breast,
Of the city, old and golden,
Where that Mother was at rest;
Told her of the whitc-robed Angels,
OF that bright and shining band
Of the songs they sing together
In that far-of Wonderland.
Told her, too how she would sometime
Go to join that blessed throng;
How her voice would swell the anthems
Ringing in that realm Of song;
How the Mother DrhVed for nightly
Waited for her coming, where
She would never more part from her
When her feet had entered there
"Ten do noso, Papa% said She
"Ten do" The soulful eyes
Opened WIDE, TUNED with the pleasure
OF childish glad surprise.
400 tell Santa Tause to take me
Win 90, Papa? Zen I'll bing
My dear Mamma back. Tell Santa
Eat don't want anysing
| If he'll take me. Win 90, Papa%
"No, not now" answered. Then she
| Flung herself upon my breast
In a storm of childish sorrow
Sobbed her troubled heart to resi-
Soon the smiles that wreathed her sweet lpl
Told me that my darlings eyes
Beamed upon the sleep-brought splendors
| OF dream born paradise. 49,.
Then ! knew that in her slumber e.
She had met that shining band
That her dream shod feet had wandered
Far into that Angel-land.
Long / sat there in the silence,
i Looking down upon the face
Whose calm features wore the glory
| Of heavenly, God-sent grace.
AS bent me down to touch her
Tender lips, they moved. heard,
As they came in broken accents,
Each dream whispered, childish word:
Ten I do no,r, Papas Ten
Do DIES noac? Zen soiI birsg -
My dear Mamma back. Tell-Soaata--
Tot don ,-rcant-any-sing"
1 OWEN NJ WILSON
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25

TIE worst drnnkard in America"
has been booked in Bath, Me. He is
sketched as q young tramp of personal
appearance that is rough and coarse to
the last degree. But there rolls from
his lips the most beautiful language
ever heard. All the standard works Of
literature in the dead and living tongues
come readily in quotations the most
choice to his lips, and impromptu verses
are dashed off with snap and bubble.
A Bath merchant offered the young
tramp, who is graduate of Oxford, q
clerkship, but the Bohemian refused,
saying that he wouldn't give up hiE
whisky for OIL, OO0 q day. s
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
The Struggle for Life in France.

The dream of every young French
man whose pockets are empty is to
marry girl who has from $4,000 to
$4,000, and to earn about 920O year
for himself by means of q situation af-
fording fixed salary. It is not an ex-
travagant dream, and, to do the French
man justice, he is quite happy if he
realizes it. Having got 9300 or s4OO q
year, he does not seek to enlarge his
income, but lives prudently within, his
means, and invests some savings every
year with commendable Judgment. The
very fact, however, that most French
men should pitch their ambition 80 low
as to require nothing more than what
an Engishman would call little COM
potency shows how keen the struggle
for life here is, and when one reflects
that the thousands of men who covet
the position Of petit RENTER are Joined
annually by 10000 young recruits fresh
from the schools, and with all their tai
ents whetted according to the newest
systems for the social fray, one cannot
wonder at the large number Of educated
young men who find their way into
jails. The last annual report Of the
Ministry Of Justice dwells upon the in
creasing number of well-educated per
sons who are imprisoned for offenses
against property. M. Victor Hugo and
his friends, who used to laud education
as the panacea for all social and polit-
ical ills, may find this hard fact to di-
gest, butthere il lies; and one may add
that for determination in ofenses
against life, rs well as in swindlng, the
nighly-trained young men who have
been through the best lycees are quite
equal to the uncultured rough. Pail
Mall Gazette.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25

I A CERTAIN old gentleman, very rich
and still more stingy, is in the habit Of
wearing his clothes to the last thread.
One of his friends, meeting him, ex-
claimed: "They told me that you had
q new hat, and I'll be hanged If you
HAVEN'T ooh, yes said the miser,
looking as if he were q trifie ashamed Of
himself, "you see, my wife kept telling
me that the old one was q good deal
worn out. WE'LL yesterday was my
wife's birthday, and / got myself new
hat for her birthday present
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25

Mrs. LINCOLN says that Charles SUM
ner made matrimonial proposals to her
not long after the death OF her hus-
ban3
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
PITH AND POINT.

ACORN on the tree is worth two on
the toe.
THERE are several Kings in Europe
who are total rex.
81 WISH there was more get-up to
that boy" said a doting parent of his
slothful heir, who was prone to lie
abed.
ONE is an onion boiled and the other
is bunion oiled. There is the an
swer. You can fit q conundrum to it at
your leisure.
A DETROIT restaurant. keeper hangs
out q sign of "Free chops" and when
the old loafers come around he shows
them an ak and wood-pile.
"WHAT's eggs this morning?"
Eggs, of course" says the dealer.
swell" says the customer, I'm glad
of it, for the last I bought of you were
all chickens"
The worst case of selfshness on rec
ord is that of q youth who complained
because his mother put larger mus
tard-plaster on his younger brother
than she did on him.
A MAN who is bothered to know just
what fees to extend to hotel-waiter
doesn't enjoy his meals half as much as
the man who decides right off that he
won't be juggled out of one red cent.
The fool goeth out in sail-boat when
he doesn't know a boom from break
er, but the wise man picks up pebbles
on the shore and fiirts with the girl in
the pink Detroit Free Press.
ENGLISH farmers, as rule, are not
supposed to be very smart at repartee,
but one in Huntingtonshire said rather
a good thing not long since. Being
asked how he and his neighbor were
faring, he responded: Last year we
lived by faith, this year we live by
hope. and, next year, unless the land
lords come to the rescue, we shall live
by charity"
ct AM told" said Mrs. Gubbins, the
other day, "that good deal Of suffer,
ing exists among the 'pheasants,' in
Europe, in consequence of their not
being able to obtain work" And.
when Mr.. G.. kindly suggested that per.
haps she meant peasants, she fared
right up, and said he had been mighty
willin'" to "catechise" her talk ever
sincei hewas elected Alderman.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GRIMES AND CRIMINALS


Several arrests have been made In
Madrid for scdittous conduct.
A lunatic broke into the depot of the
depot of the Eastern railroad on the night Of
Dec 19.at saco, Maine, and although shot and
wounded by the watchman he upset the stove
and lamps setting fire tothe place and himself.
The depot and freight house were burned up.
Intelligence has been received at st.
Petersburg, from Krif, that twenty-six peas
ants have been tried for forcibly occupying
lands not belonging to them. fonrteen Of whom
were sentenced 10 ten years imprIsmept at
hard labor, four 10 four years, and the rest TO
various terms of impfisment Il
On Saturday, Dec: IS, In the porch OF
the Limerick county club house, Ireland, an
svicted tenant with cudgel felled to the floor
Lord Fermay, who resides in county Limerick
Lord Fermay remained senseless for a time
The assailant was Immediately taken to pris
on. 49,. ,s---
A telegram to Secretary Schruz from
Cen. Adams dated South Pueblo, Col, the 1stl
reiterates his belief that the surrender of the
White River Utes demanded by the commits
zion win be made, but says it will take time
to get them together, as the Indians are mucl
scattered and the snow deep, rendering NOV
ing from one point to another difficult. For
the same reason, he says Gen. Hatch viii be
delayed in bringing them out, The snow
fall he says, is unprecedented.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-23
HOW A WAGON WHEEL RUNS.

Proof that the top of wagon wheel
when running along the ground, moves
faster than the bottom, is given by in
stantaneous photographs of a wagon
in rapid motion. 1t is obyious, says
the writer, that an instantaneous pho
tograph of Wheel, revolving upon it's
axel in the air, will show all parts of
wheel in equal distinctness. Bnt if
the wheel has a progressive motion,
and any one portion has greatersmo-
ton than its corresponding part. above
or below, there must be q liability 10
blurring in that part of the pi'ture.
These pictures are taken with so brief
an exposure that the horse, though
moving at 2 "a gait, is sharply out
lined. The wheels of the drivers sui
Ky, hawever, have different tale to
tell. The lower third of each wheel is
sharp and distinct as if absolutely at
rest. Not so with the top, that part
of the wheel showing perceptible
movement during the two-thousandth
part of a second of the exposure of the
plate. The upper end of the spokes
and the rim are Blurred Scientific
American.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-23
BEING A BOY AGAIN.

The boys were coasting down Syc-
amore Street Hill last evening, when
John Sanscript and his wife came
along. They had been up on Balti-
more street visiting, and were on their
way home.
Just see them boye, now,' said
John. as he braced up at the intersec-
ton of Mulberry street. 1T really re-
minds me of the days when l was a
lad. Do you know, Jane, that used
to coast down hill on sled that way ?
did you, John?'
why, yes; but that's fifty year
agor
Sanscript scratched his head con-
templatively and then muttered, soto
voce: 'Durn my granddaddy's but
tons if don't try it.
TRY what, dearT anxiously asked
Mrs. S.
'I'm going to coast just once. to re-
vive recollections of fifty year ago.
NOW, John, if were you
But you are not me; so don't in
terfere. Here, sonny Ito lad who
had just puffed up the hill with his
sled)' Here, sonny, I'll give you a
quarter to let me slide down ON your
sled once
The bargain was eagerly nailed and
clinched.
BE keerful, old man., urged the
boy, as Sanscript squatted rather awk.
wardly on the sled; sbe keerful,
say, and don't let her funk one way
or tother till she brings up, or you'll
git mashed,'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-23
OUR EXPORT TRADE.

The Chief of the Bureau of Statis-
tics has prepared statement compiled
from complete commercial reports of
November, which shows the balance
of trade for the month to have been
the unusual amount of nearly $32, ,O0O,-
600 in favor of the United States. This
is the largest November balance in our
favor that has been noted since rec
ords have been kept. The balance of
trade in our favor for the five months
of the current fiscal year, commencing
July l, is $ll3, ,9O4, ,OS4, an increase of
nearly one hundred per cent. over the
balance in our favor for the CORES
ponding months of last year. The
balance In our favor. for twelve months
ending November 20, 1878, is $780,
379,74l, while that for the twelve
months ending November 20, 1877, was
only $AO.723,629. This shows the
growth of our commerce in single
year and the returns for the calendar
year OF 1878, which are complete ex-
cept the last fifteen days of December,
show that the balance of trade in fa-
vor of the United States will be near
ly $35OOOO, 900, more than 100000 900
more than last year, $200, 100000 more
than in 1876, more than $3.50, 100000
more than in in 1875, and three hun
dred millions more than in 1874, be-
fore which time the balance of trade
ranged from one to one hundred and
fifty millions against the United States.
The expectation of gold has almost
entirely ceased, and there has been
very little transatlantic movement of
coin for the last two months. Statis-
ticians of the Treasury state that the
year just closing has been the most
prosperous, as far as foreign commerce
is concerned, in the history of the
United States.