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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-11-11
Pins and a WOman's Dress.

Our wife wants a new dress. After two
or three or half dozen stores have been
ransacked for the goods, the dressmaker
is sought out. The matter of measure
ment is tedious, and the matter of fitting
is one OF numerous and repeated trials.
Finally the dress is finished and sent
home. Then it is sent back to be taken
in here and let out there, and at last, af-
ter the customer has been fitted more
times for that one dress than her husband
has been measured in three or four years,
the dress comes home for the last time,
and the wearer, her friends and the dress
maker pronounce it beautiful, and per-
feet fit, and it is finished.
Beautiful it certainly is, far more beau
tiful than anything her husband ever
wears. Colors and material, style, blend
ing shades and contrasting bits of color
are all in the perfection Of good taste,
No man can improve upon that. But it
isn't finished. When it is completed as
far as the skill of the dressmaker can fin
ish 1t, and is put on, it has to be pinned
somewhere; sometimes in two or three,
often in half dozen places. 1t always
requires pin. Leave cut the pin and
the dress is all awry somewhere. On all
this broad Continent there is not one
American woman who can dress so as to
mako any kind OF an appearance in good
society without pins.
Now, suppose our tailor should send
our suit home, and when we had put on
the coat we had to pin it at the neck!
Or suppose there were no suspender but
tons aft, and we had to use pins there!
Suppose he made our shirts so that we
would have to pin on the collar, how
long would such shirt or suit stay in
the house? Who would be responsible
for the language used by the man who
had to pin his coat? No tailor would
dare to so tempt the wrath of an indie
pendant man. But woman-elas !-she
patiently pins on the dress that she paid
some one $50 or $40 to make, and doesn't
think anything about it. We will not
pursue this painful subject. Let the
women of America take it up and think
about 1t, and learn, Ia the noble indie
pendence of womanhood, to make their
clothes before they put them on.-Bur-
lington Haa0keye.
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For the Children to the Last.

During the progress Of the plague in
Italy, poor woman living In the village
of Careggi, the wife of laborer and the
mother Of two little boys, felt herself at
tackled by the fatal disease. 1t was dur.
ing the absence of her hus band, WAC
worked at distance and only returned
on Saturday night. Frightened by the
example of nelghboring family, which
had one after another been swept entirely
off, and moved by the fondest love for
her children. she determined not to COM
municate the disease to them, and form
ed the heroic resolution of leaving her
home and going elsewhere to die. Hav-
ing locked them in room and sacrificed
to their safety even the last sole COM
fort of parting embrace, she ran down
stairs, carrying with her the sheets and
coverlet, that she might leave no means
of contaglon. She then shut the door
with sigh and went away, but the eld-
est of the children, hearing the door
shut, went to the window and called out
in voice so tender that she turned and
stopped. "Good-Lye, mother" and
"Good-Dye, mother, repeated the young
est child, stretching its little head out of
the window. Thus the afflicted mother
was compelled for time to endure the
dreadful conflict between the yearnlng
which called her back, and tile pity and
love which urged her on. At length the
latter conquered, and amid flood of
tears and the farewells of her children,
who knew not the fatal meaning of those
tears, she reached the house of those
who were to bury her. To them she re-
commended her husband and children,
and in two days had ceased to exist
N. Y. Tablet.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-11-11
Not Up On Goats.

The goat is an every day sight and the
man who does not study him and learn
his ways and habits, has only himself to
blame. Saturday afternoon "W1lliam''
was quietly feeding on Columbia street
when load of household goods went
past. The owner kept pace with the
wagon, carrying under his arm a fine
mirror about five feet long. AS he came
opposite the goat he met friend, and of
course he had to stop and tell why he
was changing locations and how much
he expected to bH benefited. The glass
was heavy, and he naturally dropped one
end to the walk to rest his arm.
Had this man been close observer he
would have seen the goat and wished he
had brickbat. Had he made goat ma
ture study he would have known better
than to lower the glass. But he was a
man who despised the trifies OF lite. and
he was telling how many tons of coal
the new house would save him this win
ter, when the goat, who had been getting
mad for two long minutes at sight of a
rival in the mirror, went through the glass
like thunderbolt, and jumped into the
street with the frame clinging to his
shaggy sides. ALI that ripping, and
raving, and cussing all the opening of
front doors-all the inquiries bv an ex.
cited crowd could have been saved had
the citizen but beckoned to the smallest
boy on the street and asked hlm to give
away q few points on goats.-Er.
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On one occasion Col. Doan, OF the One
Hundred and First Indiana, made an eff
fort to have all the regiment fire their
guns off together. After taking great
pains to dress them in fine, he rode down
the front and gave special instructions
for every man to be slow and deliberate
He SAID he would be careful to give
every one time and he wanted every man
to fire at the word of command, and see
how near they could all come to dis
charging their guns together. When he
was ready he rode back, and after taking
acalm survey of the regiment, he gave
command: "Make ready!' "a long
pause) "Take aiml" (another long pause
during which some one, by accident
fred his gun; next, two or three more
went Of, then the whole regiment COM
menced; some of the boys supposed he
had said "Firep' and they had not heard
it. So it was spotl bangl then bang up
and down the whole line, bangl bang |
going off one at time. The colonel sat
calmly on his hcrse until the last gun
was fired, then, with loud voice he vel
ed: 'Great Lordl Oh, Mighty have you
got done already9 If there was not so
confounded many of you, I'd arrest the
whole regiment. Go to your quarters
every cussed one of you! You haint got
the sense of mulel"
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Seventeen new cases of small pox were
reported in San Francisco OH the 9th.
The last Thursday. the 25th of Novem-
Der, has been appointed for Thanksgiving day
by the President. ...
The steamer Westphalia, which sailed
from Havre for New York, Oct, so, is bringing
100000 francs in gold.
The new Citizens National Bank, Gin
cinnati, O., with capital of 100000, COM
menced business NoV.4
The Episcopal convention in New
York passed strong resolution in favor of sup
pressing polygamy IN Utah.
Beginning Monday, the Sth, regular pas
senger trains commenced running between
st. Paul and Taylors Falls, leaving both
points in the morning
The Philadelphia mint during the
month of October coined 157,1sO pieces of
gold valued at 1926, 400, and 10000 silver dol
lars and cents to the amount of $12, 200.
The gross earnings of the St. Paul &
Manitoba railroad for the month of October
were $345, sos, against $291, ,202 .16 for the
corresponding month of 1870, an increase of
s5S, ,954.52.
The Methodist Episcopal Board of
Missions, Nov. T., appropriated $10,S69 fer
mission work in China: s., 900 for North China
So, 1000 for Central China; and 5000 for the
establishment Of mission in West China.
The general committee of the mission
ary society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Nov. 9th, appropriated $4,000 for
missions in Mexico, with a contingent fund
in addition of $146s4. Sixty thousand dol
lars was appropriated for the Japanese mis-
sions also.
The wholesale dry goods and notion
house of N. B. Harwood & Co, Minneapolis
closed its doors the 5th inst. The liabilities
of the firm are stated at between $4O0,O 900 and
$5O0OO0, with assets to nearly the same
amount if the full value of stock, bills, etc.,
could be realized. The failure throws 346
people out of employment, of whom 261 were
women and girls. Among the heaviest losers
by the failure is Mrs. Susan Harwood, wife of
the senior of the firm, who holds note for
$95, ,7S4S9, unsecured
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Washington atChurch.

In 1898 the yellow fever ragged so vio-
lently IN Philadelphia that the churches
were generally closed. When the cpl
demic ceased they were reopened with
appropriate services, the clergymen
preaching sermons suggested by the ter
rible calamity. One minister. the Rev.
DR.. Smith, who had lost his family by
the fever, mentions in his diary, the
presence of President Washington at
Christ church, and says:
General Washington. exemplary in all
his conduct, and anxious to know when
it might be safe for citizens to resume
their business and stations in town, ,lhad
officially consulted the physicians.
Understanding by their answers to
him, as we'll as to some of the clergy who
had consulted them also, that sundry of
the churches, and particularly Christ
church, where he and his lady always
attended divine service, would be opened
on Sunday, the first of December, that
day, or the day before, he came
from Germantown, and presented
himself early before God In the church
on Sunday. His example was followed
Wy Auult1LuuCSi esuO Lu0 CuuAOh was uuu-
sually crowded before I got into it. The
scene was sadly solemn; all eyes were ap-
parently cast down in affective medlta-
ton. The deepest attention and silence
prevailed during the morning service,
and at the delivery of the service not a
cheek appeared dry, for scarcely man
or woman was present who had not to
mourn the loss of some dear friend or re-
lative. The preachers duty was inter-
esting. He was fellow-sufferer and CO.
mourner. He does not remember that
ever he lifted his eyes from his notes,
which were drenched with tears. He
was then, if ever, in the situation de-
scribed by Luther, and impressed with
the feeling of every preacher who, like
Luther, is truly interested In his subject,
and SO to speak, weighed down with its
truth and importance.
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FOREIGN,

Nov. 1, was general holiday in Eng
land.
Princess Olga, daughter of the King of
Greece, is dead.
Mount Vesuvius continues IN an active
state of eruption.
The reported murder of the Ameer of
Afghanistan proved to be unfounded.
The steamer Liberion, which arrived
at Liverpool Oct 80, from Boston, lost $50
head of cattle during the passage
A shock OF an earthquake lasting few
seconds, was felt at Newcastle, in the Province
of Ontario, on Sunday night, Oct. 81.
The religious DEGREES were enforced
against eleven Dominican, Franciscan and
other unauthorized communities of Paris the
9th inst -.. 20
Expulsions OF the Capuch1ns, Domin-
leans, and other religious orders, proceeded
in the French provinces, Nov. 3, accompanied
by the usual unavailing protests.
Two contributors to Democratic
paper in Hanover, have been sentenced, ,one to
one years imprisonment, and the other to
seven months for insulting the Emperor.
Among the persons expelled from Ham,
burg, Germany, in accordance with the new
socialist law, is Herr Hartman, member of
the Reichstag from Hamburg, Herr Auer, a
Saxon deputy, and the whole staff of the
Gerichts Zeitung.
The tribunal of conflicts, Paris, the
9th, confirmed previous DEGREES against relig-
ious orders, and further declared the sum-
mons obtained by the Jesuits against the
prefect and the judgments given by the presi-
dents of the tribunals of Lille and Avignon,
null and void.
Parnell, speaking at Tipperary, Ire
land, on Sunday, Oct. 81, referred to the send
ing of constabulary from Tpperary to Mayo,
and said if the people would only organize, it
would be impossible to get enough police to
intimidate the whole country. He could not
formulate land scheme until the question
was ripe.
Parnell, addressing the land league a.
Dublin, the 9th, declared he intended to press
for speedy trial. The address of the league
to the people, put in circulation Saturday, will
also be sent to America. 1t declares that the
agitation is thoroughly legal and peaceful, and
will be carried out peacefully until its object
is obtained. The address concludes by asking
contributions for defense.
Indictments were lodged in the court
of the Queens bench, Dublin, the 3rd, against
Parnell, Dillon, Sexton, Biggar, Sullivan
Egan and others connected with the land
league. The indictments contained, nineteen
counts, and charges that defendants con-
spired to prevent farmers from paying rents,
and that they also prevented the enforcement
of rent, the letting of farms, etc, The sum
mons ordered the accused to appear in court
FRIDAY to answer
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INDIAN SURRENDER.

Favorable Results Of Miles Negotiations
With the Hostile Si0ux-Surrender of
Rain IN the Face and Most of Sitting Bull's
FOllOwrs Sitting Bull to be Exhibited by
MajoriWalsh in Canada and the East.
B1sMARgK, d. T., Oct. 3O.-The Bismarck
Tribune has reliable information from Fort
Keogh to-day that at last the Indian warefare
on the Northern frontier is at an end. Gen.
Miles expedition has been indefinitely post
posed, and it will not be necessary at all. Capt.
Haggins, Second cavalay, who was sent out bv
Miles last week to receive Sitting BuIPs :
ultimatum, returned to-day with Spotted
Eagles camp and Rain in the Face with $50
hostiles. Rain in the Face said once that he
killed Custer. but now he denies it. Sitting
Bull sent word to Miles to hold twelve days
longer and he would tell him what be would do.
He would surrender now, but says Major Walsh
10 figuring with parties to take him through
Canada and the United States ON an exhibition,
If he does not hear from Walsh he will sur
render ct once. In. event he should 90 to Gam
ada, his people viii surrender at Keoch. He
is tired Of fighting. The buffalo have gone
and the Indian 10 weaker than the white man.
Until now be and Rain in the Face have feared
to surrender lest they be hung, but now they
believe Gen. Miles viii use them well. Only
twenty lodges are still undecided, the rest
having consented to come in. With The surren-
der of these bands Minnesota, Montana and
Dakota will be free from Indian raids. The
hostiles witnessed the establishment OF
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
CRIME AND CRIMINAL RECORD.

Charles Dudgeon, Longstord Ire
land) county magistrate, was fired upon
near Longsford, on the night, of November
4th. -
The body OF Mrs. Hall, wife of Mr.. N.
c. Hall, of Davisbury, Oakland county, Mich,
has been stolen from the grave, and the fact
has just been discovered. There is great ex-
element
In a street fight in Cincinnati, Ohio,
on Sunday, Oct 81, Charles O'Neil was shot
in the abdomen fatally. A negro was arrested
charged with the shooting, but protests that
the shooting was done by some one else.
The supreme court of California, the
4th, denied a writ of certiorari and habeas
corpus in the case off. M. Kalloch, charged
with murder. This sends the case back to
the lower court for deiscion on its merits.
An insane woman near Cleveland, Nov.
5, fastened four year old child on rail.
way track, where it would have been killed,
and train would have perhaps been wrecked
by tie and stones she had placed on the
child's body tohold it down, had it not been
soon found and removed.
A horrible affair occurred at San Fran
cisco, Saturday, Oct. 80: Wilhelm Fritzh, a
shoemaker, killed his wife by cutting her
throat after desperate resistance ON her
part, and then stabbed himself dozen times
in the breast and stomach, inflicting fatal
wounds. The affair resulted from domestic
troubles.
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A Smart Turtle.

One damp afternoon the turtle came
waddllng out into the big room to bor-
row little sand to lay his eggs in. "My
friend" the elephant said, "yours is a
very hard case.''
"Yes, " replied the turtle, "but while
there's life there's SOUP"
The elephant was greatly astonished,
for ne didn't know that the turtle was
given to that sort Of thing at all, and all
the other animals grinned, because you
see, 1t wasn't often that the elephant met
anyone In the menagerie who could talk
to him.
"Well, . said he, after pause, sit is q
good thing your back is so broad"
"Yes, tits, replied the turtle, "because
there's no there's no telling what make
comb of it."
The animals cheered softly and the
elephant looked amazed.
well, old go-as-yOu. please, he said,
presently, "you pay as you go, don't
YOU"
sob, ycs," the turtle said; 81 have to
she'll out every once in while. How's
hides9" he asked cheerfully.
"Oh, they're easy" the elephant said.
"a little loose may be, but nothing to
worry over. House-movlng business
keeps up, I reckon"
eyes, SIR" the turtle said; 'snothing
rushing particularly, but I'm in and out
all day. Nothing unusual in shawl straps
is there9"
The animals cheered at this delicate
allusion to the trunk business, and for
the first time in his life the elephant
looked as though he was going to lose
his temper, but he rallied and then
said:
"Oh, no; much the same as usual; Just
kind of hand to mouth business. By
the way, didn't I see your fathers old
overcoat up in front of the restaurant yes
terday9'
81 guess you did," said the turtle; che
wasn't the kind of man to die and make
no sign. Gong down into the billiard
room pretty soon9''
The elephant said: "No, they'd have
to excuse him, but if they d wait till the
hyena came along he'd have some native
whine with them" And then the tur-
tie said: Gall right, he'd drop in about
tusk."
And the menagerie went to supper that
night with the greatest enthusiasm. But
the elephant was very quiet and only
spoke once, and that was to ask the os-
trlch where he supposed the turtle grew
to be so cute? And the foolish bird of the
desert tossed an iron bolthead down its
throat and replied:
''Picked it up, Ireckon."
And then, children, the elephant grimm
ed and said there seemed to be an cpl
demic in the menagene, and he leaned
up against the center pole and went to
bed.-BwrEingtOn HaaOkeys.
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THANKSGIVING Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-The following was is
sued to-day:
By the President of the United States of Amer
ica-A proclamation.
At no period in their history since the United
States became nation has this people had
abundant and SO universal reasons for 10y and
gratitude for the favor of Almighty God, or
been subject to so profound an Obligation to
give thanks to His loving kindness and humbly
to implore His continued care and
protection. Health. wealth and pros
perity throughout all our borders-peace,
honor and friendship with all the world-frm
and faithful adherance by the great body of
our population to the principles of liberty and
Justice which have made our greatness as a ma
lion, and to the wise institutions and strong
frame OF government and society which will
perpetuate it-for all these let the thanks Of q
happy, united people with one voice ascend in
devout homage to the giver of all good. I
furthermore recommend that on Thursday,
the 25th of November next, the
people meet In their respective places
of worship to make the acknowledgement of
His bounties and His protection, and to offer
to Him prayer for their continuance.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed. Done at the city of Washing
ton this first day of November, in the year of
Our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and
eighty, and of the independence of the United
States, the hundred and fifth. (Signed,)
Seal. B. B. HAYES.
BY the President:
WIN. M. EvARTs. Secretary Of State.
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THE PRESIDENCY.
Election of James A. Garfield
Gain of Congressman.

Returns OF Tuesdays election for President,
while incomplete, leave no doubt of the elec-
ton of Gen james A. Garfield, the Republican
candidate indications Wednesday morning
being that every Northern State has given
him its electoral vote, though the result
in New Jersey is in doubt His
majority in New York as fully 10000. Ohio
gave an increased majority over the October
election, while Indiana stands about the
same. The Republicans also make gains of
Congressman, probably securing control Of
the house.
Marshall Jewell, chairman of the National
Republican committee, makes the following
estimates: Maine, 5000; New Hampshire,
a'Oo0; Massachusetts,, $4,000; Connecticut, g.
500; Vermont, $4,000; Rhode Island, 5000;
Pennsylvania, 5000; Ohio, $1,000; New York,
10000; Indiana, 5000. New Jersey has pro-
badly been carried by Hancock. The indica-
tions are that we have carried all the Pacific
States, which, with the exception of New Jer-
sey, makes solid North.
j. A. Hubbell, chairman of the Republican
congressional committee, also telegraphs the
following estimates: New York State gives
Garfield about $4,000 majority; Pennsylvania
$4,000; Ohio $1,000; Ihdinna 1000; Maine s.
600; and Connecticut 1000; There is little
doubt that all the Northern States GO the
same way. The indications are strong that
the Republicans will control the next senate
and house.
The scattering returns from the three
Minnesota congressional districts indicate the
election of Dunnel, Strait and Washburn.
Ramsey county gave sibley about 1900 ma
jorlty. while Hennepin county went about
1000 better for Washburn. Owing to inter-
nal chickering's in the democratic ranks in
Ramsey county, the republicans elected Fred.
Richter sheriff, Burr municipal judge, while
the contest for auditor between Davis, dem.,
and McCardY, rep, is very close. In the leg
islative ticket the democrats elect Crooks,
Senator, Griggs and James Smith, Jr., for
Representatives, and the republicans secure
Wiley and Sanborn.
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ChlncOteague Island.

This island forming part of the terri
tory OF Accomac county, eastern shore
of Virginia. lies between Chincoteogue
and Assateague bays. Its area is about
twenty-one square UIiles, and its popu-
lation 2,700. There is but one resident
physician TO attend to all this people;
but his duties are lighter than one would
suppose, for the islanders are remark
ably robust people.
For those who are fond of outdoor
sports, and one who enjoy the pictures
que, this island Is delightful watering
place. Fish, game and oysters are abund-
ant, and excellent pilots are always at
hand, ready to take pleasure seekers
boating. The ocean lies but four miles
distant, and though the ears of the peo-
pie are constantly filled with the threat
ening roar of their great liquid neighbor,
the island itself is not specially subject
to storms.
In the great storm of 1S41 the waters
of the Atlantic swept every living thing
from the island in less than fifteen min
utes, so says tradition, and the tide rose
so high that houses were unroofed.
Chincoteague is known for its ponies.
hardy breed of small horses, far beyond
the limits of the Peninsula. These po-
MES feed entirely on the coarse grass of
the salt marshes that make no small part
of the islands area.
Among the curiosities shown visitors
is the skeleton of whale seventy-nine
feet long, that was stranded on the coast
some years since. The jaw-bones meas
ure eighteen teet in length, while the
ribs, twelve feet in length, look like
crooked tence rails.
Two miles south of this island, lies
Assateague island, upon which stands
one of the highest lighthouses in the
United States, its height being 100 feet,
and its base in diameter thirty feet.
The island abounds in wild geese,
ducks, and swan.