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Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
Canine and Human Intelligence.

Mr.. Ramschneider and his friend
August Fifemacher were out walking,
and Mr.. Ramschneider was boasting of
the intelligence of his dog.
"See here" he said; II place my hat
here, in this fence corner; I conceal it
under the brush and dried leaves. We
will no gewalk on. We pass down the
lane; we geturnen this corner; we stroll
by the woods. I send Bismarck back
for my hat. See, my friend? he COM
prehends me; he flies through the
woods; he speeds down the lane; he
disappears around the corner; present.
ly he will back gekommen before I
have time to catch cold in my head"
It was true, as Mr.. Ernst Ram
schneider had said. The intelligent
dog, readily understanding what was
wanted, sped down the lane and few
around the corner to get the hat. But
he did not get it all the same. For, Just
as he few around the corner,
wary, though not an af1uent
tramp, who had watched the cir
Gus from afar, was in the act
of appropriating Mr.. Ramschnei-
U0f 3 new nat unto 01mS0l1, ana Wl6n
the dog got up in short range he fred
clay-cold clod, as hard as a door-knob,
at that faithful animal, with q force
that knocked howl out of him as long
as clothes-lne, and sent him wa1nng
and weeping back to his astonished
master. And when Mr.. Ramschneider
and his friend hastened to investigate,
they found under the brush an old hat,
that had lived in more ash heaps than
you could count in a week, and so
greasy and forbidding in it's general
appearance that Mr.. Ramschneider
wouldn't touch it with his cane. Far
away, beneath the distant fields, they
saw the sunlight shining on Mr.. Ram
schneider's $5 hat, and the tramp of
the dusty highway was jogging along
under it. But Mr.. Ramschneider walked
home bare as to his head, which is of
the bald, baldy, and he hasn't got out
of bed yet with the cold he caught.
Hoec fabula docet that you when you
stake the instinct of the canis against
the cheek of tramp, you can Just bet
multum pecunie the canis will be left
BaETli7a0t ton HGaUE-ENe.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
Cabinet RecreatiOnS.

The members of the Cabinet, says
Washington letter, sometimes have very
amusing interviews with ladies, as the
following will illustrate:
Young Lady-Mr. Secretary, I have
called to see if you can tell me when
Capt. - is to be ordered away, and
where he will go to2
Secretary-I really do not know. Do
you wish him ordered away?
Y.L.-No, indeed (this with very
conscious look and slight increase in
COLOR; only, il you were I would like
to know, You know, for you see quilting
out her handkerchief and putting her
little gloved finger in her mouth La
Maggie MitchelD, you know Mr.. -.
now don't your
Sec.-How should I?
Y. L.-Then I'll tell you (this with a
look of determination. I'm going to
marry him, and if you are going to Or
der him of, why we want to get married
before. That is all.
Y Sec.-I have not thought of ordering
him away, and, since he is going to en-
gage IN such pleasant business, will not.
-" A"-SA1 1AE" - I'LL you SOOu
I'm so glad. Now I'll have plenty of
time to get ready.
Another young lady sends in her card
and is admitted, when the following
colloquy takes place:
Y. Ii have called to see if you will
not give permission to Lieut.. to
come here from Az
Sec.-Any of his near relatives sick?
(scanning her closely.
Y. L.-No, sir. His friends want to
see him so much, and you can have him
come if you want to.
Sec.-Oh! I see how it is. If you
will say you are his sweetheart he shall
come.
Y.L.-Yes, sir, he isl (saying this
with both hands hiding her face).
The Secretary says chat he gave per-
mission to that officer to come, tele-
graphing to him to that effect within the
hour. All Secretaries are not like the
one we are speaking of, SO young ladies
must not presume on the above Incl
dents, for they might not be as success
full as our two enterprising young
ladies,
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
Housn.. april 1S.-The bill providing

HOUSE, april l0.-lne Dill pEoVIulhS
construction fund for the navy was passed,
also bill to equip an expedition to the Arc.
tic seas. The House went into committee Of
the whole on the Indian appropriation bill
Mr.. Baker moved to amend by increasing from
$lSO,OO0 to $l5O,O0O. The amendment was
adopted "a TO 70. Mr.. Baker submitted an
amendment increasing to the extent Of $780,
600 the appropriation for the subsistence Oi
the Sioux. After long debate the amend.
ment was rejected. An amendment prepared
for increasing the appropriation for the
Apache Indians was rejected. The tiou"e
took a recess till evening. At the evening
session the House went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Stevenson in the chair, on the state
of the Union for consideration Of bills report
ed from the committee on naval affairs 10
discussing the bill relative to machinists In
the navy Mr.. Conger said his ideas as to close
corporations of the Naval academy and West
Point academy had changed somewhat with
in the last few days. He began to believe that
it was possible that the remarks Of his Demo
cratic friends relative to those institutions
were true. 1t might seem almost Incredible
Qaughter). 1t might be that the government
was educating class of men who felt them.
selves so much above senators and representa-
tives that they considered 1t unworthy ofthem
to associate with their fellows II they differ
from them in color, religion or previous con-
dition of servitude. He might want to take
these remarks back if he found the govern
meut was able to control the unruly, highly
educated gentlemen at West Point. The
committee then rose and reported several bills
to the House, and they were passed with the
exception of the bill relative to machinists in
the navy, upon which the main question was
ordered The bill regulating the mode of
purchasing tobacco for the navy passed, and
the House adjourned.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
A Lananese Festival.

The tide of progression has rapidly
advanced in Japan, and its women are
being emancipated, both socially and
dGnestically. The Toxic Times thus
describes a recent festival on the
grounds of the Emperor's palace
"Many ladies were present, Japanese
and foreign-the former, it was pleasant
to note, as completely at their ease and
as keen for enjoyment as if participat-
ing in Thames picnic-as several Of
them had, doubtless, done. Some, in
deed, were actually unattended by their
husbands, and yet the earth did not
heave with indignation nor Fuziyama
roar in eruptive protest. The sun shone
and the trees nodded approvingly in
the light breeze just as if no social mar.
vel were manifesting itself in that an.
tique stronghold of tradition and inn.
movable routine"
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
One WOman'S Career.

Many years ago young lady-an Or
phan girl of good family and an heiress
to boSt-began to have grave doubts
whether life was not more serious mat
ter than the traditions of her class had
led her to suppose. Now, just when
she was beginning to be haunted by a
vague longing to make her life noble
and useful, came the weIl-remembered
cholera plague, and the opportunity she
desired presented itself. She left her
luxurious home, volunteered as an anna
teur nurse, and attended the sick and
dying through all the loathsome malady.
One might have thought that her bitter
experience in the cholera wards would
make her long for her former luxurious
life. But no. She now determined to take
upthe study of medicine, and had already
passed her preliminary examinations
when she met, loved and married Nathan
iel Heckford, a young gmedical man. The
husband and wife, both equally full of
philanthropic enthusiasm, then resolved
to establish an hospital where one was
sorely needed-in the east of London.
Mrs. Heckford cheerfully devoted a
great part of her fortune to the purpose,
and the hospital sprung into being with
out the public finding cd. It went
through vicissitudes but after Charles
Dickens wrote that brilliant account of
it, called "The Star in the East" it's
prosperity was secured. To make a long
story short, the connection between the
Heckfords and the hospital came to an
end. Mr.. Heckford died, and his wife
went to Naples, where she helped to
promote society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals. Then she went in
for adventurous travels, going through
Arabia and the widest parts of India,
often accompanied merely by one guide.
She tried to practice medicine among
thewomen of the Zenana, but, finding it
impossible to overcome native prejudi-
ces, abandoned the idea. Since then
she has disappeared from civilized ken,
the latest news received of her being
that she is with party of colonists in
Africa, busily engaged in learning ost-
rich farming, which she fondly imagines
will furnish some of our redundant
population with means of earning
their livelihood.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
The Young LAWYERS First Speech.

The way in which q young lawyer
handles his FIRST important case gener-
ally shows of what stuff he is made. II
he has the mental strength and elastic
tact that case may prove the spring
board whence to leap to rank and re-
ward.
An illustration of what young law
yer may effect by q first case is given
in the life of the Southern statesman,
Alex. H. Stephens.
He was but % years of age when he
was retained to defend mothers right
to the guardianship Of her infant
daughter. At the death of the child's
father Mr.. Battle, the paternal grand
father, had been appointed its guardian.
The mother marrying q man of intem-
perate habits, Mr.. Battle kidnapped the
child. MIR. Stephens brought him be-
fore the court to show why the child
should not be restored to its mother.
Knowing that the Battles were many
and influential in the country, theyoung
lawyer thoroughly prepared himself.
Day after day he sought a lovely hill
side, and in its solitude argued the case
over and over again.
The day came for the argument, and
the Court House was filed with ex-
cited men and women. Nine-tenths of
them sympathized with the grand
father. Pale and trembling the youth
full lawyer arose. Speaking to the
hearts, rather than to the heads, Of the
five Judges, he drew pathetic picture
Of the bereft mother, robbed of her only
child.
Abundant evidence had been given
that the child would be better off with
the grandfather than with the mother
and her drunken husband. It melted
away as the young orator, in voice
quivering with emotion, pleaded that
nature, whose law overrides all human
statutes, justified the sacred claim Of
the mother.
Men and women wept. The Judges
tried in vain to remain impassive-
tears rolled down their cheeks. When
the eloquent advocate finished his ar
gument the presiding Judge pro-
nounced, in faltering voice, Judgment
in favor of the mother.
"When that little fellow" said q
cousin Of the grandfather, began to ar
que that even among the beasts of the
forest the mother was, by the great law
Of nature, the keeper Of her offspring,
and would fight even to the death for
their custody, and all the Judges fell
to crying, knew that Isaac would have
to give up Martha Ann"
That speech gave Mr.. Stephens rank
with the best lawyers and first orators
of the State.-Yoath's Companion.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
A Cautious Answer.

It was said of President Van Buren,
that no one could get downright yes
or no from him. The same is said
Of distinguished Englishman, Arch
deacon Denison. At least IN debate
he will never commit himself, while he
is quick to take advantage Of ''every
point in the game"
If the following story about him ILL
ustrating this fact is not true, it is GER
tainly "well invented" Denison was
closely pressed in an argument, but was
evidently resolved to die hard, and at
length his antagonist, virtuous engi-
neer OF the Smiles ideal, lost patience
at the irregular warfare Of the Arch
deacon.
"Look here, sir" he exclaimed, des-
pairingly, "do you acknowledge that
two and two make fourpS
IT am not prepared to make an ad-
mission of that importance" replied
Denison, "till have given the subject
the maturest consideration. Sometimes
it is supposed that they make twenty
tW0e
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
No Loss Of nfidence.

A Detroit grocer had q patent money
drawer attached to his counter, and it
was no sooner in working order than
his clerk rendered his resignation.
"You going to leave2 Why, what's
the matterp" asked the grocer.
I don't want to stay where person
has lost confidence in me-"
"Do you refer to that new tillp"
Eyes"
"Well, you are very foolish. 1
haven't lost the least bit Of confidence
in your honesty, but simply argued
that il You had less change to squander
outside / could have more Of your time
in the storel Loss of confidencel The
idea is absurd"
The satisfied clerk took of his hat
and returned to duty.-Pree Press.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

John the Baptist and Jesus the
Christ, in their relations to one an
other, are the symbols of great and
eternal facts in religious truth and ex-
perience. These two figures and these
two lives pass before us like beauti-
full and instructive allegory. On the
one hand, we see starting up in the
wilderness wild, rude form, wrapped
in a coarse blanket, with countenance
expressive of spiritual sadness and
wearing the traces of ascetic habit.
The desert resounds with his stern ac-
cents, and all hearts fall under his
searching and unsparing exposure of
their sin. Is rot this the immemorial
type of law, and of the repentance
with which it is commissioned to work
in awakened consciences?
And now this other figure, which
comes treading in the footsteps of the
desert preacher. On His face is most
winning light. His voice is sweet and
low, His food and dress are those of
other men, His way is among their
homes and haunts; He gives His sane
tion to social and domestic life; he is
the healer of the blind, the leprous and
the demoniac; on His lips is the word of
pardon and peace; He comes to seek
and to save that which was lost. He is
more than the type, He is the incarnate
realization, of the Gospel. He repre-
sents faith and forgiveness. those ele-
ments of religious truth and experience
which are to the former as the time of
the tender grape and the voice Of the
turtle dove, the appearing Of flowers
and the green fig, the time Of the sing
ing of birds, is to the winter when it is
past and the rain when it is over and
gone. For il is the voice of our Be-
loved, who has come over the mount
aims Of our sin, and standing by the
wall Of our earthly homes shows Him
self through the lattice of our daily
ives.-C Christian I1atelligencer.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
NEWS OF THE WKER.
GRIMES AND CRIMINALS

Otero who attempted to assassinate
King Alfonso of Spain was hung at Madrid
Agril IA.
An incendiary fire IN Winona, April
10, was discovered in time to prevent serious
dsmage.
The examination of the Whitaker case
at West Point so far does not sustain the allie
cation of self mutilation.
John DeZel, a blacksmith of Peoria,
H., hung himself, April 70, while in fit of
despoRdency caused by business troubles.
Charles Heist indicted for murder at
Lancaster, O., pleaded guilty to man-slaugh-
ter, April 15, and was fenced to the peni-
tentiary for 20 years.
On the night of April 10, at Montrose,
Pa, Fred Warnersshot and instantly killed
Mason Wilson, both respectable young mar
ried mea. Warner said he had very good
reason.
The jury in the ease of Joseph L.
katovesky who shot Augusta Simon who
would not marry him at st, Louis, Me-, April
Is, brought in verdict of murder in the first
degree.
Mr.. Jones large cattle drover from
Colorado, at sedslis, Mo. April 10, was
overpowered by four men and robbed OF
$500 and a certificate of deposit on the Drew
er's bank of Chicago for $1,9S6.
Mrs. Rachel Smith the victim of the
brutal attack at her home in Adamsburg, West
moreland county, Pa, on the night of April 8,
died of her Injuries on Sunday morning, April
II. No clue as yet to her murder.
The body of man nearly naked was
found April in the woods at Dunham, n. Y.
One arm was missing. and his clothes were
found scattered about and there was every in
dication of severe struggle for life.
David Lewith, of Chicago, jew, hay
ing made collections for several firms for
which he has rendered no account, and COM
mitted forgeries. has disappeared. He has a
daughter in Australia whittier it is supposed
he has gone.
DR.. Gorsen, of Philadelphia, has been
committed TO prison on a charge of poison ng
his wife, lately deceased. About week be-
fore the wife died, her mother died very sud-
denly, and prior to that her father died. The
wife left an estate of considerable value.
Bricksburg, N. j. April Is, reports
that forest fires have burned over a tract of
600 square miles. Thousands of acres have
been burned over in the neighborhood of the
village of Tomis River. Most of the
land burned is cedar. and the loss is estin
ed at 81 900 an acre.
An incendiary fire broke out April
in the barn of DR.. NJ Young, of Painesvie
Ohio, which was destroyed with the adjoinir'
bath and engine houses and barn of H. J
Dickinson, containing two horses and ValL
able carriage. Losses estimated at $5SOC
insurance, $500 in the North American anc
800 in the Glens Falls, n. Y.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
NUMBER 1.
What Saved jackson.

MIR. b. Park Baker, of youngstown,
N. T., after having read current &C.
count Of the Jackson Dickinson duel,
thus writes to a friend in Kentucky :
There is one feature about this duel
with Dickinson, however, that seems q
little peculiar, and that is that Gen.
jackson, who was q very spare man in
his person, should have been dressed
In loose fitting gown or coat, SO that
his antagonist could not readily tell the
location of his body. Dickinson aimed
right, and If Jackson's body had been
where Dickinson supposed it was, and
where, perhaps, the code datello would
say it ought to have been, there is no
just reason to doubt that Gen. Jackson
would at that time have passed in his
checks" for the ball from Dickinson's
pistol would have struck his heart be-
yond any doubt, according to the &C.
count OF the duel. Now, the criticism
and point make in the character of
"Old Hickory" in respect to this duel,
is this: Having dressed himself in man
ner to deceive Dickinson as to the precise
location of his (Jackson's) body, and,
having received Dickinson's bullet
without any serious injury, it was not a
just and fair thing in Jackson afterward
to take deliberate aim at Dickinson and
kill him. No matter what the provoca-
tion was on the part of Dickinson which
led to the duel, it seems to me that,
having resorted to what was then con-
sidered an honorable method of set
ting the difficulty, they were each
bound to give the other fair play, and
the only excuse or justification I can
find for Gen. Jackson for his deliberate
and premeditated killing OF Dickinson
is the fact that perhaps, upon general
principles, Dickinson ought to have
been killed for slandering SO upright
and estimable q woman as the wife of
Gen. Jackson. In reading an account
of this fight I am reminded of the duel
between John Randolph and Kentuckys
most illustrious citizen, Henry Clay, in
1926, only the termination of this duel
was not 50 disastrous as the former, and
yet it might have been if Mr.. Clay had
not, to some extent, been deceived as to
the location or position of Randolph's
body, for it was stated by some one that
Mr.. Clay remarked after the duel was
over that he might as well shoot at q
pair of tonps as at Randolph.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
Fighting O Panther.

When Harry Lascar, of Lafayette
Corners, Pa, returned from q days
hunt, he looked as though he had been
put through threshing machine. He
went to a panther's den, crawled in,
and, drawing q bead on the animal,
fred. When he recovered conscious
ness, the panther was tossing him about
like cat does q mouse, and with one
stroke Of her paw she sent him head
long outside the cave. Early in the
fight Eascar's rife was made useless by
brsaking the nipple. The animal tore
his face in +shreds. With q hundred
wounds on his body, and his clothing
torn to ribbons, the old man was well
nigh exhausted, when, by an almost
superhuman effort, he reached his hunt
ing knife, and, by well-directed blow,
quieted the beast.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
A Powerful Magnet.

A celebrated lecturer on natural phil
osophy was one evening dilating upon
the powers of the magnet t-defying any
one to name or show anything surpass-
ing its powers. An old gentleman ac-
cepted the challenge, much to the lec-
turer's surprise, but he, nevertheless,
invited him on to the platform, when
he told the lecturer that woman was the
magnet Of magnets-for, if the load
stone on the table could attract q piece
of iron for a foot or two, there was a
young woman who, when he was a
young man, used to attract him thirteen
miles euery Sunday to hGve chat
1Difh her
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
Asking to Go Home.

The Springfield Sabbath Republican
has pretty story Of two little children
who went alone on q recent Sunday to
church, when minister from out of
town preached. They took . seat near
the front; and, after the minister had
got well into his sermon, the smallest
child whispered to his sister that he
would like to go home. People who
sat behind them heard the little girl tell
him that he must not 60 without the
minister's permission; so hand in hand
they left their seat, and, standing be-
fore the clergyman, the little chap
lisped out his petition. The minister
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22

was naturally surprised, but. without
interrupting his discourse, nodded his
assent. That did not satisfy the chill
dren, and again the boy asked permis-
sion to go, and was answered by another
nod. The little girl, fearing the minis
ter had not understood her brother,
said: Please, sir, May brother and ]
go homeW The minister stopped and
verbally granted their request, and,
with a sweet "Thank you, sir" and a
courtesy, the children went down the
aisle together.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22

WALLS IN CHrNA.-The walls sur
rounding the capital cities are from fif-
tty to sixty feet high, and frequently
haVe with allowing two carriages to
travel abreast. They are castellated,
and provided with watch-towers and
barracks for the accommodation of
troops, and with various enginery Of
warfare. Large folding gates Of
great strength, further secured by mas
sive inner gates, open ON the four sides
OF the walls. The gate in the south
wall is regarded with especial honor,
and Is the entrance used by all officials,
while everything held to be unclean
10 prohibited from passing it.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22
SingleneSS Of Pnrpose,

When two young people, with single
ness of purpose and doubleness Of
affection, sit up with each other, and
when the clock strikes 10, he says, Is
it possible?" and she says, . Why, ]
didn't know it was 80 latep you may
draw your conclusions that, If the busi-
ness boom continues, o unified couple
viii be hunting house TO rent in the
spring.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-22

Give me the friend who has the same
love for me always, who is ready TO
Speak up" for me in the midst Of enc
mics, and repeat what he considers my
virtues as an offset to the failings they
may rehearse, and who win hold fast to
his faith in my truth and goodness in
spite Of defamation. Such friends may
be scarce, but when found are priceless
treasures.