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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
HOUSE AND FARM.
Notes About Women

The appointment of women as postmis-
tresses and their election as members of
school committees have been familiar for
many wears. Now the governor Of Indiana
enlarges the list of their public functions
by making them notaries public. There is
good reason to believe that, with the pro-
gress of years, women will fairly divide
with men the various Office duties of pub
lie station, Just as they now enter into many
of the trades and all the professions.
Lucy Hooper recently saw Christine Nils
son, the singer, at the opera in Paris, and
writes as follows: "She was looking very
lovely in a dress of black velvet, the open
corsage shaded with fischu Of point lace
lined with pale blue. She carried one of
the new gigantic fans in pale pink satin,
and with her abundant golden hair arranged
simply GrAng laise, she looked as youth
full and as beautiful as she did when frs
heard her at the theater Lyrique seventeen
wears ago. am told that she is quite de-
lighted with Offenbach's Contes de Hoff-
man, and that she executes the mechani-
cal doll scene in manner to drive Mile
Isaac mad with jealousy"
Nine. Gerster, the prima donna, is a
noble wife and mother. untainted by the
breath of scandal. In the morning, after
singing the previous evening, Gerster rises
at II o'clock, having taken her coffee and
rolls in bed Then she will read such let
ters as her husband, Dr.. Gardini, may
deem interesting to her, receive any friends
who may call, give an hour to study, and
then take brisk walk. Come home to
lunch about 2 o'clock. then write, read OF
talk to friends for an hour. In the after
noon some more fresh air is taken, and the
rest of the time is occupied with knitting,
sewing or practicing until dinner at
o'clock. If Gerster is not going out in the
evening she will settle herself in a little
rocking chair and keep her busy fingers fly
g-she knits all her husbands stockings
while she talks with the friends who may
admitted until II o'clock, when she re-
es. Rehearsals, matinees and perform
ces fill up the balance of the time. She
gs like an angel, and can easily clear
$1,000 year.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
The Young Mother.

You look sober. Maggy DEAR" said Aunt
Helen, as she came into the room where a
mother sat in a pensiye attitude, with one
arm round her beautiful boy.
1t is because feel sober, aunt, /" replied
Margaret, lifting her face from against that
of her child, and with one hand beginning
to smooth, fondly, the hair that lay parted
above his forehead
Hasn't Eddy been good boy?'
Hes always good! Dear little fellow"
replied the young mother, warmly, kissing
the sweet lips of the child as she spoke.
But, aunt, and Margaret's tones grew Sc
rious, "the innocence of childhood will not
always remain. All! to think that he should
grow up and change. First the rude, self
willed boy, and then-Oh. cannot bear
to think of It'll" and half audible, choking
sob, agitated the mothers bosom.
You may do much to save your child
from the evils you anticipate, !" said Aunt
Helen. He will change inevitably, and,
to all appearance, for the worse. But it is
in your power to provide for his moral as
we'll as his mental future. You can store mn
In his mind things innocent, things good.
and things true, that will remain there. and
when hereditary forms of evil begin to de-
ve1op, as develop they will, these remains
of things good and true will enable him, in
the temptations that follow, to overcome. "
ssBut viii he overcome, aunt? will he
overcome? Oh! If I could only be sure of
that"
"You cannot know the future, Maggie.
Wisely has Providence withheld that know
ledge. If the future were known, our eff
forts in the present would nearly all be
paralyzed. But in our present duties we
are well instructed, and we have, in their
pIscharge, this comfortable assurance, that
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02

that worn by the million. Wealth does not
proclaim itself by gorgeous and grand
apparel. Rank is understandable by its
vesture; some Of our richestand noblest cit
liens are as plainly dressedas their humble
servitors. Nor do the working members of
society now bear any glaring badge of infe-
riority. OF all the notifications of nation
al dress, theirs is the greatest. When silk,
velvet and lace were the principal materi-
ais worn by the rich, poor men were pro-
claimed by their coats. It is one of the
most striking changes which this century
has produced, and the high have declined
and the low have risen, until now, in this
matter of costume, they are almost on q
level. The same is visible in all the pro-
gressiye countries of Europe, and is in fact,
the tide mark OF progress. In the United
States the white, the black, the rich, the
poor are scarcely distinguishable by their
clothes. We live, indeed under a republic
of dress and bold is he or she who will not
accept it's uniform.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02

if We SOW good seed, and diligently till the
soil in which it is planted, good fruit will
come as the reward of our labor"
But how many loving mother, aunt has
lived to see all her efforts thrown to the
winds. AS the twig is bent the tree does
not always incline"
No, not if bent for little season and
then permitted to resume its natural posi-
ton. There must be uniform and eonsis-
tent restraining of evil tendencies"
"Even young as Eddy is, some things
begin to show themselves that trouble me.
I try to correct them, but my words appear
to make little, if any, impression. E~en
slight punishments seem to do no good. y
Such things produce encouragement,
I know" said Aunt Helen. "But they
should not All the mother has to do is to
perserve, and not feel disheartened if good
results do not Immediately appear We
need not look for fruit until harvest time.
In childhood and youth We must SOW good
seed, and water and train the plants that
spring up in the minds of our children.
Not until they become men and women will
the fruit appear"
Margaret looked as if she thought this a
strange doctrine.
Children" said Aunt Helen, ARE all
born with certain evil affections, which they
inherit from their parents. These affec-
tons influence their thoughts and actions,
and then We perceive their existence and
quality. OF course we cannot touch any,
thing so interior as the election of another,
and cannot, therefore, eradicate these evil
tendencies from the minds of our children.
They can only be removed by themselves,
in free effort, when they become men and
women. Now, what we have to do, and it
is all we can do, is to restrain evil in our
children, at the same time that we encour-
age good affections and store their
minds with good principles. If this be
rightly done, when they arrive at ma
ture age they will be inclined to shun evil
instead of indulging and confirming it.
Thus We will put the weapons into their
hands by which to overcome the enemies
that beset every man and woman on enter
ing upon life as free and rational beings.
ut lisa long time to wait for the result of
our efforts" said the mother with sigh.
"a long, long time. The heart must grow
faint with hope and fear.
Though we gather not the fruit of a
goodly vine until autumn, remarked Aunt
Helen, ''yet the fast maturing clusters hang
thick along the branches long before they
have ripened And it is 80 in human Gull
ture. The healthy toned mind will show
its swelling fruit long before that fruit is
fully matured;
II will hope for the best" said Margaret
with much feeling, as she kissed the cheek
of her boy and left tear upon it.
"Store up things good and true in his
mind" said Aunt Helen; "call forth his
best affections; sedulously restrain what is
evil, and you have everything to hope
Margaret Faint not, falter not, doubt not
The fruit of your labor will surely appear.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
Cultiyatine the Root Crop.

Anybody who knows about growing pars.
nips, carrots, beets, and the like, is well
aware how necessary it is to begin with a
deep. well-pulverized soil, made as rich as
possible but not with long, strawy,. fresh
stable manure. That is all very well; now
say plant early, yes, very early, SO that
the seedlings can get well under way before
the hot weather sets in. What are termed
root crops do not mind cool weather in
spring, but they all have an antipathy to
heat and drouth. I like to grow them on
the SUBMITS of low ridges, made by throw
ing together two slight burrows, nicely and
evenly dressed. Sow the seed very shallow,
especially with carrots and parslips. taking
care to sprinkle them evenly along the row
See that there shall be sufficient young
plants to allow thinning out when few
inches high. Cultivate frequently, KEEP
all weeds down, and should the crop show
signs of stunning start again the cultivato1
and hoe.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
Plea for Divorce 8.

From London Letter
There is said to be nm anciei 1t inscription
extant upon one of the gates OF Agra, Hin
dostan, which tells how one monarch at
tempted to check the evil Of d ivorces, and
how he failed. In the first year of his
reign thousand dissolutions of marriage
took place, which SO angered him that he
issued an edict decreeing the marriage tie
Intangible. During the ensu ing year, now
ever, three thousand weddings fewer than
heretofore were celebrated, Tut breaches
Of marriage vow became more numerous by
seven thousand. Three hundred women
were publicly burned to death Cor having
poisoned their husbands. Seventy five
men impaled for the murder of tn cir wives
Property to the value of many millions was
broken, burned or otherwise destroyed In
private dwellings. All this being made
known to the sovereign, he lost no time IN
revoking his above edict, and in prom sunc-
ing divorce to be legal, as before his aeces-
sion to the throne.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
Auburn Haired Women.

Auburn haired girls have come into fash
ion, and those who have the reddish golden
tresses are to be envied. Bleached blondes
are decidedly passe and those with golden
hair are trying to turn it to the fashionable
shade of gray-for dark haired brunettes
may turn their hair by persistent bleaching
and dying, but for the yellow haired OF
bleached blond there is no help. And al
though red hair may be obtained by means
of switches, puffs and dyes, none can get
the peculiarly clear complexion that usually
accompanies auburn hair. In the manner
of hair dressing the close, flat style of hair
dressing, is the only one suitable for the
very dressy toilets that are prophesits fol
the coming season: Women with red hail
are called "rossas," and if they have the
reddish golden hair that poets rave over
and artists love to paint, they are bewitching,
especially if they have the bronze tinted
eyes.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
.sA laundering Price for Beans.

From the Central City New ltem
Tom Watrous, commercial traveller,
stopped off at the Marshall, Michigan, eat
ing house several years ago.
He was not very hungry, and called Tor
plate of beans which he received. He IN
quired the price, and was informed that y
was seventy five cents.
That's a laundering price for beans,
said Tom.
"That's the price, said the proprietor.
The train was just starting; Tom paid
the bill, and the coaches bore him and his
indignation on toward Detroit.
This was on Saturday. On Monday,
| Gilmore, the eating house man received a
| telegram, collect on delivery, 81 %, which
he paid, and read on opening it: "A thun-
dering price for beans.
! Thirty DAYS from that day a neat express
| package was handed in to Gilmore, G. O..
| D. who paid 80 cents for the privilege OF
| opening it to discover q lot OF sawdust, ON
the top of which lay slip of paper with
the caballstic symbols: "A laundering price
| for beans
Two months from this Gilmore was sum-
moned to Chicago to meet a former busl-
ness partner, and the hotel clerk handed
him a letter conveying the pleasant lnfor-
! nation: "A laundering price for beans!
49, f>--~
for two kilograms and one express package
all bearing directly on the subject of 70 cents
being "a laundering price for beans!" Cost
of these articles, $3.50. A genuine tele-
gram from Gilmore's mining share broker
advising him was refused, and the loss OF
it entailed an actual damage to Gilmore OF
\ $l, 500.
A year rolled away. Gilmore ordered &
case of Mackinac front from Detroit. They
came G. o. D., $13,83; when opened he
1 found every fish had been removed from
i the ice and sawdust, and skirgle met his
\ eyes, marked with blue lead pencil: "A
\ laundering price for beans!" Trouble
arose between Gilmore and the Detroit fish
/ house, and they went to law. Gilmore win
4 ming the suit, $25 damages, and all at ,
4 cost for the attorneys services of $S6. 80.
A Gilmore grew detected. Life looked
\ gloomy. Letters poured in on every ont
\ of his family at regular intervals from al
i parts of the world bearing the unpleas1n
II information that it Twas laundering pric'
4 for beans!"
u At last Gilmore sold the Marshal eating
4 house and moved to Chicago. He carried
4 his deep affection along with him, gnawint
4 like .ncer at his vitals. The persecu
i ton never ceased Gilmore dropped, faded
i and finally died. The terribly afflicted
1 family followed him to his last resting
place, and the widow, with what little mon
\ ey she had saved from the expenses of DO.
gus kilograms and express packages erected
\ plain marble slab to the memory Of the
tortured Gilmore.
The following Sabbath the mourning fam
| lily went out to the cemetery to pint some
! violets on Gilmore's graTe. Arriving OF
the ground, they observed in silent horror
that another legend appeared above the
name of Gilmore, on the tombstone. i
was chalked on small blackboard anc
read:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
AN OLD CYNIC.

The years roll on and the world grows old
And women grow gray and the mon get fat,
And the girls we knew they arij dead and cold,
But little we care, good Lord for that
And we laugh at our loves of long ago,
And sneer at the friendships of our youth,
And we wonder indeed if it could be so
That we ever believed in right or truth.
For we've reached the Wise and thecynical age,
And have learnt too look upon life as lie,
And the trumpet of fame and honor's page,
We know-Ha! ha! they are "all in my eye. y
What pleasure is yours, we should like to ask:
With your limited incomes, cares and debts:
While we in the sun of prosperity bask,
And our money goes out and more money
gets.
And v feast, and pass the hottie about,
And over our wine and waEnuts sit
Till we're down with bad attack of govt,
Or 60 off in an apopletic fit
For we've reached the wise and cynical age
And we've learnt to look upon life as lie,
And the duty of man, as writ ON our page,
LIS 10 eat and drink, make mcs ey-and die.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
Preparation of Poultry Manure.

Poultry manure as it comes from the
poultry house is not in proper condition
to apply directly to any kind of crop: 1t
should always be decomposed by either
placing it in heaps and keeping it moist I'M
til it rots down, or mixed with muck OF
some good rich loom, and left in the COM
post heap until all Jumps have disappeared
and the entire mass is as fine and friable as
guano. You can hasten the decomposition
and disintegration of the Jumps by keeping
the heap moist, and turning it over every
week or two until it becomes of the right
texture, or SO thoroughly reduced that none
of the original Jumps can be seen. II you
will treat your poultry manure in this way,
it will be nearly equal in value to guano.
and it's effect upon crops be very soon ap-
parent. 1t will be as good for corn as
wheat, and you can use your own judgement
in regard to its application, although it is
now too late to think of getting it ready to
use on corn for this season.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
Scientific Notes.

Glass hoorings are now being made in
France, the upper surface moulded in
diamonds.
Oil of a green color, transparent and
flowing freely, has been extracted by DR.. G..
0. Czech from coffee. He is continuing his
researches on this substance, and will pub
lish the results by and by. The
coloring matter of the Rubus chamemorus
berries, he says, when boiled with
cotton, wool, and silk, impart to them very
readily an intense and permanent yellow,
and, as the juice of the berries is altogether
innocuous it might as well be used as a
cheap and useful dye for buff, amber, and
orange shades, and for giving white wines
Tokey or sherry color.
Cincinnati special says: Prof. w.
Dudley delivered lecture tonight before
the scientific section of the Ohio Mechanics
institute, in which he made known an i'm
portant discovery process for fusing and
moulding iridium, a metal which it has
hitherto been practically impossible to forge
into bars. John Holland of this city, who
has long used iridium for making points
for gold pens, is the discoyerer. The dis
covery consists in applying phosphorus,
when the ore is brought to white heat, and
afterwards eliminating the phosphorus by
lime applied with great heat. The new
metal has the appearance of steel butts much
harder, being next in hardness to ruby.
1t will not rust and cannot be injured by
acids. Prof. Dudly stated that bar of it
had been used with gratifying success in
place of the negative carbon in the electric
light. 1t burned sixty hours without any
loss in weight or any perceptible change in
form. Iridium cannot be fashioned by
hammering while hot, nor can it be filed; it
is moulded
In the new edition of his work on the
coal fields of Great Britain, Prof. Hull states
that the South Wales coal-feld, after that
of the Valley of the Clyde, is the largest in
| Great Britain and contains vertical strata
of more than 10000 feet Of this total
depth only 100 feet are coal AS the lowest
coal-bed must have at one time been EXPOSED
to air and water for the growth of the plants
which formed the coal in their decay, the
South Wales coal field testifes to subsi-
dence of the earth sufficient to have
brought some of the highest Alps to the
sea level. 1t is only. however, to depth
of 900 feet that, having regard to the in
creased heat of the earth as we descend.
coal can be won; but even with this limitation
the supply left in the veins of the district
is sufficient to supply consumption at it's
present rate for 300 years.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
A LAUNDERING PRICE FOR BEANS.


The Chicago Times will publish the re-
vised edition of the Bible. What nose
for news that Storey has, to be sure! We
see in our minds eye such headlines as
these: Creation Unmasked! A ITsE. .i!;
Tragedy! Escape of the murderer! A Fruit
full Feud-An Apple Evicts them! Fearful
Freshet Showers of Birthstone! Full Par
ticulars! Interesting Developments! Tooth
some Scandals" and SO on. The Chicago
population will all go crazy with excitement
and interest in the designations of Conk-
ling and Platt will be swallowed up in the
eagerness with which old and young alike
will delve into this new mine of informa-
ton that the Times opens to their view.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
What wife" Means i.

Wife means weaver" You must be
either house wives or house-moths, remem-
Der that. In the deep sense, you must
either weave mems fortunes, and embroider
them, or feed upon and bring them to de-
cay Wherever true wife comes, home
is always around her. The stars may be
over her head, the glow worm in the nights
cold grass may be the fire at her feet but
home is where she is, and for noble wo-
man 1t stretches far around her, better thai. than
Ieed Tsa osdi its or oe sh op
those who else are homeless. This is the
woman's true place and power.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-02
THE LIMEKILN GLEE CLUBCHoRUs.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Yes, we am passin' down de lane,
An haltin' by de way,
Jist long huff to rest our limbs
An fur de chiren pray;
Las Sunday preacher Gordon said:
DE march will soon be DER,
An all de folks safely cross
Upon dat shinin' shore"
CHoRus-But old folks am jolly folks,
An while We wait to go
Let's gin dc fiddle lots O. work
An rush de ole banjo.
OAR Uncle DanI, he am lame,
An Peter White am bald,
An Dinah Rock an ole Aunt Chic
Am waitin' to be called;
An Trustee Pullback says to me:
'De summons soon mus come
For you an me an us ole folks,
To tote our baggage home"
CHORUS
Oars Pickles Smith and Daddy Toots
A nearin' of dar end,
An Deacon Spooner an his wife
Am crutchin' round de bend;
Ayl us old folks am hangin' on,
An kinder waitin' round,
To let de chiren grow bit
Fo' we so under ground.
CHoRUs-But ole folks am jolly folks,
An while we wait to go
Let's gin de fiddle lots O. work
An rush do ole banjo.
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THE LATEST MARKETS.

ST. PAUL.
WHEAT-99c for No. 1; 97c for No q; s6c fol
N, 3: TGc tor No 4. ..
FLoUR-Patens, Sc. 25a7 90; straights, 5.0Oa6 so:
clears, 4.5Oa5.25.
FEED-Bran, $500; ground feed, 1850; corn
meal, 100.
LIVE STOCK Cattle, $3.5oat IS; hogs. 5. 25a5.6O;
sheep, 550a6.Oo.
WooL-Unwashed, 1Sc; fleece washed, &c; tut
washed, SIC -
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAT-9sc forNo. /; 92c for No. 2; s3c fo,
No.-3
LUMBER-Common, boards $500: chi
and dimension boards 700: timber joist and di-
mensions, IL. 90; fencing, 12O0a16oO: floor
ing matched and dressed, LIST, 90: I'd, $500: Sd
e 90; 4th. 1900: siding, dressed LIST, $4,000; %
$500; Sd, 22.00; 4th, 1900.
MILWAUKEE.
WHEAT-No. ., $1.071-4
BARLEY-No Q, &c.
CHICAGO.
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One of the leading Methodists of Nash
vile, who is conspicuous advocate to to-
tai abstinence, and the owner of a fine
house in that city, was disturbed few
evenings since by remarkable noises in the
basement. Going down he discovered thai
his own son had opened a barroom with all
the usual furniture and stock and big
signboard outside. The young persons
entertaining spirit received sudden water.
ing at the hands of the old man.
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A Soldier Of Fortune.
From the Pail Mall Gazatfa.

A Hungarian paper under the title of "A
Novel Ready Made" tells the following
story as one that will shortly have to be
told in law court at Budapest: In 1856
merchant of that town (S-=) had son
whose extravaganza giving him great trouble,
he thought it best to o5tain him commits
sion in the Austrian army. The young
man had risen to the rank of Lieutenant
when the war of 1859 broke out. Being
sent against the Piedmoutese, he thought
proper to desert to the enemy, but on the
first engagement he was captured by the
Aushians, and would at once have been
brought before eptrt, martial il he had
not fallen dangerously iii of fever. On
the day of tho battle of Magenta he lay in
the military hospital there. The hospital
was hastily evacuated by the Aust,ians after
the BATHS, the pattshts WHO wete sufficient
ly recovered were hurriedly removed. and
the rest abandoned to the mercy Of the
French. There were thus left behind in
one room the young s. and lieutenant
Colonel of Spanish origin, Count Rodri-
gues, by name. Between the departure of
the Austfians and the arrival OF the French
the latter died. and young S-felt himself
strong enough to make such alterations in
the arrangements of the room as should
indicate that he himself was the Count Ro-
drigues. This peace of villafranca found
him restored to health and liberty and In
the possession Of Count Rodriguez's papers,
cash, and name. With this stock in trade
our herr.set up as man Of fashion III st.
Petersburg, where he gained the heart Of
the daughter of Russian Rear Admiral,
whom, with her fathers consent, he
marriad Whan the vof1ufy wife vuas ahouf