Morris tribune., 1881-08-11
About TariOuS PeOD{e.

It is affirmed by his friends in Boston
that The report hat Archibald Forbes is in
feeble health aud b } given up lecturing
for Twelve month is entirely incorrect; that
Mr.. = oroes is lap 'dly in owing in health,
and that he will come 20 America in the
autumn to fulfil the engagements already
made for him.
Ex-Vice President Wilson's personal
effects brought small prices at their public
sale few days since. An autograph al
bam with 200 mares of lannon's men was
bought bv eS-G Gov. Claf' fer 81. so; Will
sons az rto,sraph lecture Oh slavery, Sc: Hor-
ace Marns pocket knife, $3.50; and pic
tale o. Gen. Graz ; Is cents.
Err. u. b c,iii:s 1eov Mr.. Richard Grant
Wb: les assertion III the practice Of cary
ing concealed firearms under the coat skirts
is quite a3 common in their country as in
America and say English tailors will be
surprised to learn that they are in the habit
of asking their customers whether they
will have pistol pockets in their trousers.
An amusing ircidnnt in the lie of tie
late Jrd,e Hiram Warner, of Georgia, is
related 5y a Marietta. Georgia. paper. 1t
was in the early settlement Of Marietta,
when log cabin in the middle of the
square answered 10 court house and no
Jail had eve. been built. Duling session
of court noisy, ,ode fellow kert disturb
ing the court, when Judge Warner o:dered
the sheriff 10 arrest fim AID put him in
Jail. The sheriff aHswe:ed:-Te have no
jail" The judge replied:-"Take him
out to the fence and put his neck between
two rails for thres bours." TIE sheriff
did as ordered, put the prisoners neck
between two fence rails, and then got up
aud sat on he fence. After some time the
JUDGE inquired for the sheriff. He was
told that he was guarding the prisoner.
The judge smiled, but never interfered,
and the prisoner for three long hours
remained voked by fo1ce rails.
An Ohio girl takes TIE cake" on big feet.
A shoe L; ctory in Alb.nv has received a
a:agram c. The foot OF E-iss Mary Wells of
Sandus' ., who pl..ced her bare foot on a
sheet of p 4. fo. The purpose. THIS foot,
as shown Nv The "a gram,is exactly II inch.
es long. z 3-S ipc,es v t'e az the widest
part, and could tale No. g boot, though
No. so would be iisS he ;ling. Tie oi'l
Of Ire foot is Just 19 inches around inst,p
1S l-2 incbe' and lie heel measures 90
inches. The ankle easure3 16 l. -2inche7.
Miss Wells wei ,hs 1oJ pounds. and she is
but II years old.
A socie.y IS ow forming IN England, to
introduce tie "pa,tic,satioa" system o.
manufacturing, in which ,are of the ne.
profits Of an undertaking is allotted to the
wolkmen in edition to .heir wages paid OF
the full market rate. no less than one
hlndled ti.ns on Continental Europe are
now worked on t',is plan, With universally
good results. This society VIII seek to at
tain objects by collecting and publishing
detailed Information on ite subject with
which operations are cclce- ned. The
leader O. ibis r,ovement ia NJ. Sed ey =. y
lor, Tlirity College, Cambridge. England,
to whom all applications must be ad-
dressed.
OF lie physical copditioo o. Mr. Glad
stone. ur. Labouchere SAYS in tie Lordon
Truth; Il doubt whether.,,e e bard worksis
really tellirg on I'm. he has SO wondrous
an amount of intellectual energy that what
would p,os rate II osr men is 10 him but
healthful exercise. When, the other day,
he was "a up and o,dered by his medical
| advisers to remain in perfect quiet his idea
of rest was to take : g rev version OF the
New TestamerS and TO collate It wsssh the
| Greek. While sitting n the rouse Of COM
mons during the land-b.l, cussions he
seems to take positive peGsuIe in pu,ver-
izing his opponents, ant his lie toea as
easily as though taey weie f.es. He's only
annoyed when no progress IS being made
and when the time is being friyologsly
! wasted,