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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
Gen. Butler in the Court Room.
From the Providence Press.

Notwithstanding Gen. Buffers portrait
has been published far and near during the
past 20 years, particularly within the last
four Years, there were actually people pres
ent in the courtroom yesterday who did
not know him, and who asked: who is
that little old gentleman speaking now?"
Gen. Butler, when not engaged in speaking,
sits back in his chair, apparently oblivious
to all that is being said or done on the other
side, and to all outward intentand purposes
is slumbering with all the complaceney of
an owl. But let the counsel on the other
side for an instant diverge from the right
path and attempt to introduce matter
foreign to the subject under discussion he
is oil attention and instantly puts a stumb-
ling block in the way of his opponents,
bringing them up with sharp turn that has
the effect of ruffling their peace of mind;
thus far Gen. Buffers objections have been
so well taken that the court has sustained
them. When Gen. Butler desires to read
from any authority, or abstracts from any
book of memoranda, he walks up to the
clerks desk, raises the volume to his nose,
literally places his eyes upon the printed
line, runs across it until the line is read, and
then elevates the book until the next sue
ceeding line comes within his range of viz
ion. All this time he is reading out loud,
but his voice is SO smothered and driven
back by the book that he is scarcely audible
10 or Is feet away. When not DOING he
chews cigar, which he bites off in inch
pieces. As he is reputed to smoke only
first quality cigars his chewing habit must
be quite an expensive one.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
Duties of Women.

Few topics have excited SO much discus
sion as this one, which Frances Power
Cobbe has made the subject of a course of
lectures delivered in London. With many,
in fact with most, of her recommendations
and pleas for the higher education of wom-
en-, for their admission to university de-
grees, for, the protection of property of
married women from aggravated assaults.
and for their entrance into the medical
profession, the majority of her readers will
agree. She has practically already aquired
all these privileges in this country and
many more besides, and if the English are
behind us in this respect such work as
this is entitled to respectful hearing and
practical attention. With her remaining
plea, for the quality of the sexes in public
affairs, we have little sympathy, and it has
certainly not made any progress in this
country during the past decade. Miss
Cobbe herself says that she Cannot blame
those who see more to fear than to hope
from the movement in question" With
us it never has been. and probably never
will be, a change demanded by
intelligent women. A small sect
ton Of free-lovers, Spirtualists, and
long, haired fanatics have made spasmodic
attempts to attain certain amount of noto-
riety for themselves under cover of female
suffrage movement and then have quickly re-
lapsed into oblivion. But of late we hear less
and less of the organizations which, under
the leadership of Tilton, Mrs. Stanton, Vic
toria Woodruff, and others, occupied some
share of public attention few years ago
An occasional resolution introduced into
state legislatures and summary disposed of
when reached is the chief reminder of the
"Shrieking Sisterhood." Frances Power
Cobbe writes eloquently urging women to
unite to make society more pure, more free
from vice than it has ever been before.
Greatly as she desires to see the enfranchise-
ment Of women, sheis honest enough to add:
Il consider even that object subordinate to
the moral character Of each individual wo-
man. If women were to become less datti.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
The Girl Across the Way.

From Every Saturday.
1t is at this season of the year that the
girl across the street-and there always is
q girl who lives across the street-begins to
come to sun herself at the open window
Science has never dealt with this subject
profoundly, and has never satisfactorily &C
counted for the fact that there is always a
girl that lives on the other side Of the way
that sets out fower-pots, and hangs bird
cage, and sings pretty air, utterly uncon-
scious of the fact that MS G-yis to her there
is man. For this is also part of the phe-
nomenen. The same law of nature which
exacts that girl shall live on the oppo-
site side of the street requires that man or
fend in human shape shall live on this side.
These coexistent facts are complicated by
the third fact, that while the man devours
with his eyes the fair girl she never per-
ceives him, and does not, to all appearance,
ever know that there is O. being or fend in
human shape across the way who looks at
her with wistful eyes-sometimes fortified
by pair of opera glasses.
The girl across the street is usually young
and frequently pretty. But sometimes she
is neither. Yet she always looks well at a
distance. Fixing fower-pots On the win
dow sill, clipping dead leaves from the
geranium with her scissors, bending over
the young buds and blossoms with caress-
ing tenderness, and inhailing their perfume
the girl across the way is always charm
ing tableau. In the spring that unfelds
the pansies and the datfodils, there BIOS
SONS out nothing so fair as the girl across
tho WOW
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
Notes for the Women Folks

The Glasgow Weekly Herald, speaking
of recent utterances about women by pro-
fessor Blackie and M. Legouve, thus con-
cludes:-Perhaps the honestest and best
advice the male friends of the culture of
woman can give is that each woman should
work as we'll as she may to diffuse knowl-
edge among her sisters of all classes, and
set before herself, in the first instance, not
the perisous honors of platform or profess
sional chair, of politics or law, but the acqui-
sition of that solid and epightening wis
dom which is the desideratum of every
thoughtful man and woman in 8 civilized
state.
The Lady's Pictorial, a London paper,
treating of artificial aid to the toilet says:
We are told how womanhood is nowadays a
delusion and snare; and the poet who
wrote sonnet to an eyebrow would only
be addressing few touches of Indian ink.
Apropos of this eyebrow subject, it is a
curious fact that nature always makes the
eyebrow in proper proportionate length
to the rest of the features. Thicker an
eyebrow, if you like, but never lengthen it.
1t always gives you look as if you had a
cast in the eye.
"A woman, says Buckle. Breaches her
prime between 35 and 40, for, though her
beauty Las then lost the charm of youth, it
has acquired that of expression
They tell this of the Empress of Austria.
In her hunting excursions her Majesty is
always surrounded by gentlemen, and by
gentlemen only. why do you always have
men about you, and never single woman?
asked one of her friends, lady old enough
to be pardoned the liberty. Madame, re-
piled the Empress, II enjoy having these
gentlemen with me not because they are
men, but because they are not women!"
A medicine chest is thing without
which no American family with the Ameri-
can quantity of nerves, weak backs and
ailing stomachs ever thinks of going to the
seashore, and it is truly gratifying thing
to learn that the price of medicine chests
has decreased thirty per cent. 1t is graft
flying to the doctors, too, for the more med
icine woman can have within reach, the
greater are her chances OF making herself
and everybody about her dangerously i'll.
To destroy insecta on roses, take 5 pounds
lime, 3 pounds coarse tobacco. IL pound
sulphur. Slack the lime, and when it is
hot and about the consistency of paste add
the sulphur, which must be thoroughly
mixed with it, then add three gallons OF
water; allow the whole to settle and pour
off the liquid. Steep the tobacco in five
pailsful of boiling water for twelve hours,
and then add the sulphur water. 1t is
then ready for use and should be used with
a syringe. ~
Food and Health says the lack of the
midday meal cannot be made up by any
subsequent meal, and that although people
do not die suddenly for want Of it, they dig
their own graves slowly and persistently,
shortening their lives and impairing their
usefulness.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
A GEORGIA DUEL.
Two Darkeys Appeal to the Codc-HumO
GUS Ending of the Affair.

Two Darlkeys Appeal to the Code-HumOr-
GUS Ending of the Affair.
From the Sumter (Ga) Republican.
On Saturday night Henry Redding and
Henry Sapp, two colored gentlemen in the
employ of the Prince Brothers, had some
hot words and one of them called the other
by an opprobrious epithet that caused an
immediate challenge. The friends of the
parties chose quiet spot in the pine grove
to the left of the depot, the weapons for the
occasion being heavy hickory sticks. Red
ding and his second were on the ground
first, awaiting Sapp, who at last sent his
second, accompanied by colored surgeon,
to the ground, while he stood off about one
hundred PAGES, to see if his enemy was
ready. The second and surgeon found that
every thing was all right and that Redding
was eager for the fray to begin. They
called to Sapp to come on, but that worthy
took his heels, saying, I'll be dar in few
seconds, as Use got little business to dc
FIR de white folks fust," and left the rest
awaiting him. About one o'clock they left
and Sapp, who had quietly returned to
watch proceedings, after they had gotten
out Of sight and hearing, emerged from his
hiding place with long pole, with which
he belabored the ground where Redding
had stood numerically. Some one says
the ground next day seemed to have been
freshly ploughed. Sapp says he beat the
ground to let them know "he was dar and
not afeerd Of the other fellow.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
A SUCCESSFUL SPY.
The Mysterious "Burke" Who Furnished
Farragut With Important Points.

The Mysterious 'sBurIe" Who Furnished
Farragut With Important Points.
G. A. Arnold in Philedalphia Times.
In March, 1865, was assiatant enrolling
officer of Mobile county, my chief being
Maj. Fl. G.. HUMPHREYS. One morning the
major handed me bundle of papers, and
pointing to stalwart- looking soldier,
in the uniform of q confederate sergeant,
said: Examine these papers. and give him
what he requires" He added: IF had q
thousand such men could whip brigade
of Yankees" The major was very impul-
sive but conscientious man. found the
papers to be regular; they had been through
the headquarters officers and were Endorsed
correct" The enrolling officer was direct
ed to furnish Sergt. Burke with horse and
subsistence. His papers represented him
to be Sergt. Burke, of the army of East
Tennessee, and he was directed to proceed
to Mobile, and gather up all men from that
army absent without leave, and return them
to their commands. A desk and writing
materials were furnished him, as was a
horse. He was soon engaged in writing.
After day or two he would absent himself,
and on several occasions would not return
for many hours, and always on his return
would write great deal. When asked
what he had done he would always have q
pro able story to tell of being on
the track of number of deserters,
and strange to say, he did forward
several patches of men to their commands.
He appeared to be very Jealous to the con-
federate canse, and one day remarked that
we ought to fight under the black flag and
shoot every federal found within our lines.
| The major was much of his opinion, but 1
| DO
lukewarm in the cause. In all of his act
ions he was aconfederate of the most bit
ter kind, and of course was not suspected
of being anything else. This went on for
several weeks, Burke going away in the
morning and when he returned he would
90 to his desk and write mass of papers,
apparently taking his notes from book
which he always carried.
Early in April Mobile was surrendered
and Gen. Candy took possession. Burke
left two days previous to the surrender, and
we supposed he had gone to his command.
The day after the surrender I was walking
on Royal street near Gen. Canby's head
quarters, when was halloed by federal
soldier, who called me by name. I looked
at him with surprise and did not recognize
him until he sad: Lieutenant, don't you
know me?" I then saw that it was Ser
geant Burke, and remarked: What does
this mean, this uniform?" He replied:
"You now know what have been at the
past few weeks"
"Yes" I said, "a spy" He smiled and
said:
Lieutenant, if you want protection OF
aid you will get it by reporting to Gen
Candy. I made list of deserving citizens
for his use, and your name heads the list
Good bye" I have not seen Burke since
nor have any knowledge of what became
Of him. Burke was sharp, intelligent
American Irishman. and I now have reason
to believe that he furnished Farragut with
with great deal of valuable information
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
A Cats Long Journey.
Bangor Letter to Forest and Stream.

Bangor Letter to Forest and Stream.
A gentleman in this city had presented o
him Maltese cat with four young nursing
kittens by former friend living fourteen
miles out in the country. This cat and her
kittens were placed in close covered bas-
ket, inside of which was blanket in which
they were wrapped, and the whole than COW
cred with thick rug. The basket and its
contents were then brought in wagon to
this city the distance stated. The cat and
kittens were kept in o room in their new
home, and carefully watched, fed and pet
ted for seven days, she appearing to be
wonted and content. On the morning of
the seventh day she and her kittens were
seen at their new home for the last time
and were missed very soon after. The fol-
lowing day at noon she appeared at her old
home with all her kittens. She did not re-
turn by the road. the way she came, as she
was seen by several persons going through
the fields with kitten in her mouth. Al
lowing thirty hours to have elapsed be-
tween the time she was last seen at her new
home she must have travelled distance of
112 miles. carrying a kitten one-half the
same distance.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
THE INNER MAN.
TO A GOOD COOK

TO A GOOD COOK.
Although, dear maid, thy beauty rare
Would tempt stole soul to woo thee,
'Tis not alone that thou art fair ,.Ef
That warns my loyal heart unto thee.
The brightness of thine azure eye,
The honeyed sweetness of thy kisses,
At Times command, alas! will fly,
Mute in the wake of other blisses.
But when thy dear eyes dim have grown,
Thy golden locks with silver sprinkled;
When age hath dulled thy VOICES tone,
And care thy snowy brow hath wrinklod,
Still lsye for thee my heart shall fill;
The rose smells not less sweet for crumpline
And age shall find thee able still
To make ME steak and kidney dumping.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
Smoking i'm the City of Mexico.

Letter to st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Cigars are very cheap and very bad, and
everybody smokes. Pipes are unknown,
but cigarettes are rolled and smoked uncon-
ciously. A good cigar costs cents, the
best 10 cents; puras are three or four for
a real-12 1-2 cents. Everybody carries a
cigar in his mouth and a handful in his
pocket, and they smoke on the cars and at
dinner and everywhere. Calling by ap-
pointment at the house of wealthy gentle
man 1 threw away my cigar at the door, be-
fore being shown into a very handsome Ii
brary. Our host came in smoking, shook
hands, and Immediately looked around
turned over two Or three boxes of cigars, Sc
lected couple of pure Havanas and Of
fered them as a matter of course. The
Presidents reception hour is from to 2,
and at 100 We found the linen floor cloth
in the ante-room Uttered with cigarette
ends. 1 have heard that the last appeal of
beggar is to tell you that he has not had a
smoke for two days, but that extremity of
restitution have not yet seen. Smoking
covers a multitude of smells, fortunately,
and for my part think could not stand
the glorious climate a week if l had not the
protection of a cigar.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
Free LOYe-What is It?
From the Cincinnati Gazette Household.

From the Cincinnati Gazette Household.
The attraction of the sexes, old and young,
towards each other, arises from the passions;
and desire to unite in marriage is prompt
ed mostly by a foresight which teaches
men and women that marriage is the prop
er course, if they would live happily and
prosperously together. The bible and
common sense teach this. But while the
passions prompt attraction they DO not at
all create true love, for passions often lead
man to the most brutal of selfshness.
He INDUCES this selfshness often to the ru-
in-the death-ofits object. But true love
true love would rather die than cause 9TH
ers to suffer for his evil propensities.
True love, however, can not exist Enless
the passions are operative under self con-
troll, and marriage never brings or
nurtures true love unless;;each party is striv-
ing continallyto make the other contented
and happy by toll and kind ways, the one
for the other. But trueSove is often disap-
pointed, and the beloved one is lost forever
on earth to the lover, and frequen-
ly the lover prefers living single
life rather than unite with one whom
he or she feels cannot be beloved-the truly
loved one having persisted or become united
| to another. Andthe affection thus wrecked
and cherished in the heart of the deserted
one is SO stroog and holy, that the hope Of
reunion when all earthly ties have faded is
the only sweetener of existence on earth.
When such love exists and no ones rights
or character have been tresspassed upon,
the reflection on past, lost love, by the sur
vivor, brings naught Lut holy thoughts and
feelings to the constant ones experience.
The clasping of hands is remembered with
] grateful tears, and the meeting of lips and
eyes, never to meet again on earth, rushes
into the memory, like the words of our
Saviour. "ln my Fathers house are many
mansions;" and sobs of holy reflection break
forth from the eyes and neart of the lover,
and the lips pour forth these words: ''If
we are not to meet together on earth, ]
hope to meet with my beloved in my
Heavenly Fathers kingdom, where the
Saviour hath gone to prepare US place.
Such are the hopes and reflections of the
true Christian lover, who fails to secure
the object of his affection in this life.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19

ground on the anniversary of the great day.
II am going to church Tomorrow" mildly
observed the general. The military pre-
parations for the celebration went on, and
Sunday morning dawned bright and beau
tiful. At 10 o'clock General Plauche called
at the st. Charles and informed General
Jackson that the military and civic process
sious were ready to accompany him to the
scene of his glory. General Paulche," re-
sponded Old Hickory, turning upon him
the glance of his kindling eye. Il told you
| was going to church to day." General
Paulche withdrew, muttering to himself, Il
might have known better" The celebra-
ton was postponed till the next day, and
General jackson listened on that day to one
of the most eloquent discourses in the
church on Lafayette square from DR.. Scott
ever pronounced in the pulpit.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19

assemblage stood the tent or woodenpulpit
This was occupied by DR.. Matheson. In
the front of the pulpit were two ridges OF
turf covered over with white linen. These
we're the communion tables. The day was
most beautiful. The sun shone brightly,
the rocks cawed overhead, and the ripple
of the water close by on the gravel beach
mingled with the psalm. The solmn effect
of the latter was Understandable. Line by
line was chanted by the man who led the
singing and taken up by the great multi
tude. The impression produced almost
overwhelming when their voices rose in
great volume of sound
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
An Outdoor Gaelic Survice in the High.
lands.
From Good Words.

The services of Sunday were divided,
those in English being conducted in the
church, and in Gaelic in little hollow
glade opening on to the sea beach. Being
fortunate enough to understand this noblest
of tongues we wendell our way among
hazel-wooded banks to the open-air
preaching" 1t was very striking sight
that metus on our arrival at the place of
meeting. More than three thousand peo-
pie sat on the ground or on stools they had
carried in their hands. In he midst Of the
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
Ouaint story of Gen. Jackson

From the New Orleans Democrat.
During the latter part of his life he was
in the habit of coming down to New Or
leans to see his old friends and comrades
in arms and participate in the celebration
Of the glorious eighth Of January. 1t hap
pened on one of these visits that the eighth
occurred on Sunday. General Plouche
called upon the old hero and requested him
to accompany the military to the battle
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
From the Wilmington Del. Daily

cioui ZIG wilmington \bel.J baliJ hePuOiiSaD.
Mrs. Adam Grub, 231 Walnut street,
has been great sufferer for number of
years from extreme pain i'll the feet, some
thing like rheumatism. She was also very
much troubled with corns and bunions. 1t
was with goat difficulty that she could walk +,
and sometimes when she would visit her
husbands shoe store or any of her chill
dren, she could not get home again without
assistance, and often when she was walk
ing along the streets she would be seized
with such acute pain that she was
compelled to stop in at the neighbors on
the way until she got better. Some two
weeks ago she heard of the wonderful cures
st. Jacobs Oil was effecting and she at
once commenced to use it and experienced
great relief Immediately. The pains have
left her feet and ankles and the infam-
nation has left the corns and bunions. She
is low tripping up to her husbands Shoe
store and out to see her children without
experiencing any pain.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19

A sleeper is one who sleeps; u sleeper is
also place where sleeper can sleep, and
a sleeper is, too, thing over which runs
the sleeper in which the sleeper sleeps; SO
that the sleeper in the sleeper sleeps while
the sleeper runs on, as well as sometimes
leans off the track Vii md WiSd0m
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19

A country editor in Michigan thus bids
farewell to his readers, his newspaper hay
ing expired, "Good-by-- Toll the bell gen.
tiy-This is our last kick-Handle us with
care-Lower us gently to rest-We die a
natural death-The wolf Is at our door
Bury us under a rosebush. Listen to the
mocking- bird"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19

1t was their first night aboard the steamer.
cat last" he said tenderly, I'VE are all
alone, out upon the deep waters of the dark
blue sea. and your heart will always beat
for me as it has beat in the past!" 'My
hearts all right" she answered languidly,
"but my stomach feels awful"
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.-1-
T.--:l r- h.-

Some people prefer to purchase medicines
in the dry state so that they can see for them
selves that they are purely vegetable. Others
have not the time or desire to prepare the
medicine, and wish it already to use.
To accommodate each class the proprietors
of Kidney-Wort now offer that we'll known
remedy in both Liquid and dry forms.
Sold by druggists everywhere. -Truth.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-05-19
The Doctors Disagree

as to the best methods and remedies, for the
cure of constipation and disordered liver and
kidneys. But those that have used Kidney
Wort, agree that it is by far the best r:edicine
known. It's action is prompt, thorough and
that poison the system, but by using Kidney
Wort restore the natural action of all the or
pans New Covenant