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Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

and wave washed reefs, and watching his
every turn of the wheel, I followed until
the last danger was left astern, and
then the weird, bright light that illuminated
his decks went suddenly out, and we lost
him as though he had run under; but it
was the vivid blaze that had dazzled us,
and our eyes took some time to become ac-
customed to the darkness, which was i'm
penetrable, vet nowhere could we find trace
of him, and nearly all on board set the
craft down as the real Storm Phantom.
''Well, gentlemen, we never saw Cap
tain Gains craft after that night, and soon
after he disappeared from the seas, and
was heard of no more; but I have since
seen him, for one time l landed at Bermu-
da, and who should meet but Edward
Herbert, or Captain Cain, the Buecaneer.
HE recognized me, and made no effort
to avoid me, but came up and offered his
hand, and said in his pleasant way
Captain, you did right to follow me that
night, and you handled your craft we'll. :"
II know we did right for it was death
where we were; but tell me how did you
disappear SO suddenly. and carry SO much
canvas in gale? asked.
HE laughed and answered:
ooh! that was one of my tricks, that was
netunS painted WnlCe 10 give tne erect OF
canvas, and I burned green light to give
my craft a weird look. and by putting it
out, and lowering what little sol 10 I carried
you could see me lying to under bare poles
but, come, have done with pirating, and
was only driven to it from remorse for
taking my brothers life, to prevent his
taking mine; now 1 ana settled in pleasant
home in the hills and married to lady who
will welcome any friend of mine, SO J claim
you as my guest as long as you care to re-
main
"And home went with him, and re-
manned several days, while he and his love-
ly wife treated me as though was a
prince"
"And is he still living?" asked the cap
tain.
NO" responded the pilot; che died
from the effects of an old wound some two
years after visited him. But his widow
and two children dwell there, and I never
go to the Bermudas that I don't pay them a
call. Another punch please, captain, and
III turn in, for I'm as dry as three-decker
in calm" And the pilot did turn in, u
but swore the next morning that all night
in his dreams he had been folio wing in the
wake of the 'Storm Phantom" with the
skeleton of Captain Cain at the wheel.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

THE second trial of cadet Whitaker ended
like the first, in a verdict that he was guilty
of mutilating himself, and a recommenda-
tion that he be dismissed from the service.
1t is stated that these trials have cost the
government over $4,000 The first court
was able, conscientious, impartial, but on
the plea that Whitaker did not have fair
show, another was organized, composed of
honorable men, but supposed to have more
lively sympathies with the colored race and
not affected with the prejudices alleged
against some of the members of the first.
The result being the same, general acquies-
ence would be supposed to follow, but it is
stated that Whittaker's friends claim the
evidence taken does not justify verdict of
guilty, and propose to make argument to
this effect before the judge advocate gen
eral, and if he approves the finding of the
court, to go to the president and demand
that he shall disapprove the finding and re-
instate Whitaker to his former position in
the national academy.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

WAsHINGToN's monument at the CAPT.
tai of the nation has now reached height
of exactly 200 feet. Each course consists
of layer of stone precisely two feet thick,
which is to be the thickness of all the
courses from the foundation to the top.
The stones are not, however, all of one
length or breadth. They vary in these di-
mensions in order to break the joints, and
bind the work as firmly as possible; but
they are as long and wide as they can be
procured, as the more massive the stone
the more secure and lasting the structure
Will be. The ultimate height of the monu-
ment is to be $50 feet, which will make it
considerably the highest artificial object in
the world at the present time, and the
highest, as it is believed, ever constructed
by man. 1t is thought that the whole
shaft can be completed in three years more
time, but probably it will not be under five.
even If there is no lack of appropriations
from congress. Overseers and head men
have worldly wisdom enough to keep q
good thing as long as they can.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

The latest Boston notion is an institut te
of h.ridity, principally devoted to socio-
logical discussions, with special reference
to the promotion of correct ideas in relation
to what is technically known as stirpicul-
ture. In pursuance of similar ideas, A. J.
Davis, the we'll known spiritualist, has out
proposal for ''board of hygiene, moral
ity and benefcence" in New York, to con-
ist of "an equal number of ethica lily and
medically educated women and men, so
that under any circumstances no true SEN
timent of delicacy or modesty may be Of
Tended" This board is to have power to
investigate into the antecedents of the indi-
vidual, and fully and scientifically examine
the present conditions, both physically and
mentally, of each person who shall present
himself or herself as candidate for the
marriage relation, " and no person without
certificate of eligibility shall be capable of
marriage under the laws of the state.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
Tht New York SenatOrShip.


On Monday, Goth, there was no material
On the Platt ballot Depew had 81 to 21 for
Plat. After the first Platt ballot Senator Bra
man moved to adjourn. On this the ayes and
nays were called. The Conkling men and
Hamilton and Tuthill voting with the demo-
Gratis, the motion was carried, 53 to 81. A
hasty canvass between the Platt ballot and the
announcement of the vote on adjournment
showed that if another ballot had been taken,
five votes would have been gained for Depew,
aud a third ballot would have probably elected
him. But the prospect now is for an immedi-
ate adjournment, releGating the whole business
to the people.
On Tuedsday 21st, there were two ballots for
figures. There is much talk of adjournment,
but nothing is definite.
On Wednesday, 22d Mr.. Jacobs, the demo-
cratic candidate for the Conkling vacancy with
drew his name and Clarksou n. Potter was
substituted. Four ballots were taken without
change. In the stslwart caucus Mr.. Conkling
made vigorous speech, denouncing corrup-
tions and railroad monopolies.
On Thursday, June 23rd, two more ballots
were taken with the usual unsatisfactory re-
suits, but some excitement was caused by a vi
olent alteration and q threatened knock
down between Mr.. Conkling and Senator Mad
den, of Orange county. A crowd gathered and
the two were separated. The bribery investi-
cation was concluded and the report will be
made in a day or two.
On the 9th there were two ballots but no
material change, save a few votes for 1t Gov.
Haskins.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
JEALOUSY IN UTAH.
Tact Required In Counting New wives.

Bishop Alexander c. Pyper and Elder
Jas. H. Hart, of the Mormon Church, were
in New York the other day and were inter-
viewed. Said Herald reporter to them:
when married Mormon begins to
court a second wife and his first choice asks
him what keeps him out so late at night.
how does he explain matters?"
Here the bishop looked at Mr.. Hart, and
then Mr.. Hart locked at the bishop. Then
both laughed heartily and knowingly. Ask
some one older than me-" he said. II see,
however what you are trying to get at-the
possibility of jealous feeling"
Exactly"
THAT, of course, requires tact to over
come. But, as said before, the women
are generally just as firm believers in poly
gamy as the men, and religious principles
will nearly always prevail over the more
gross inclinations. Women who marry
polygamists are largely those of experience,
who take a common sense view of matters.
The young girls do not take kindly to poly
gamy although believing in it. have just
received letter from my son who is out in
Idaho, He tells me that he has popped the
question to his young lady and has fixed
the marriage day on July 2S, on which day
he will try to be on hand.
MIR. Pyper said that Henry ward beecner
was greatly admired by the Mormon people.
After lecturing.there he left a good impress
sion. They are not enthusiastic about MIR.
Talmage, whose style they regard as too
| jerky and harsh. It is strange" said he,
THAT with such liberal men among them
the Christians should be so intolerant and
bigoted. don't wonder that this age pro-
duces men like Col. Ingersoll and Thos.
Paine, for think I would have been an
infdelmyselfif if hadn't become Mormon.
This closed the interview.
AS the reporter left the room two cham
ber maids ran has, y down the corridor.
One of them seemed very nervous, and,
glancing furtively at the closed door, cried
out: Run as fast as you can, Annie; there
two Mormoas in that room"
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
A Pretty Bird Story From Michigan.

Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
While strolling through the woods at
Goguae lake yesterday afternoon, I sud-
denly came across half dozen birds of
the variety known as brown thrush or
mocking- bird. They were all busy work
ing at some object on the ground, and
did not notice my intruding till l was
upon them, when, with q shrill cry, they
flew off short distance, and perched
on the trees to watch my movements.
Having my curiosity aroused, l went to
examine what supposed was nest of
young birds, when to my surprise found
the dead body of female thrush, which
had been killed by shot from some
hunters gun, and had fallen where it lay.
The birds which noticed about it had
been covering it with leaves, sticks,
little tufts of grass, &C., until only its
feet stuck out. immediately the story of
the Babes in the Wood" covered with
leaves by robbins came to my mind, and
all seemed real as the time when in
childhood 1 read the story and believed
it to be true. Anxious to see what the
birds would do, stepped back of large
tree to little distance and watched them.
Slowly the birds came back one by one,
and continued the work of burying the
dead bird. While engaged hopping about
after leaves and grasses, they would chirp,
! in q low, melancholy key, what I took to
be the dirge-notes of the little birds
funeral. 1 did not have it in my heart tc
disturb them, and watched them at theil
labors for a full half-hour, at the end o.
which time the dead bird was completed,
| buried.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

GENERAL GRANT, who has been abroad,
and therefore speaks from personal know
ledge in a late interview says: "The gener
nj rule with American ministers abroad is to
be governed in their treatment of visiting
Americans by circumstances; if they have
powerful political backing, or are very
wealthy, visitors can secure plenty of at
tention; otherwise they are lost sight Of
1t is astonishing how quickly some Ameri-
cans, often of humble birth and circum-
stances, are turned into first class snc BIS, by
the accident of attaining wealth or official
stations, either at home or abroad. Our
ministers to foreign countries. as a rule,
are very sorry representative of the theory
of republican institutions
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

G. W. Jones, Jr., of Cincinnati, recently ap-
pointed paymaster in the navy, died suddenly
IN Washington.
The postponement of further action in the
star route cases, SO far as the prosecutions are
concerned, until September next, is settled
fact, owing to the determination of the Judge
not to be deprived of his summer vacation.
The Washington star says: Before he left
Washington Assistant Secretary Upton placed
his resignation in the hands of Secretary Win
dom, to be acted upon as might be desired by
the secretary and the president Upton was
given to understand that he could not resume
his place as assistant secretary, because of the
discoveries in regard to the custodian's ring
In settling the affairs of his office, William
Highly, present collector of internal revenue for
the California district, before turning over his
Office to Chancellor Hartsell, the incoming COL
lector, discovered that many of his deputies are
defaulters. One named Hubbard is short
$3, 900 in his accounts. Another, named
Kelly, is q defauiter in a heavy sum. Both ab-
seconded, but the former has been captured,
Highly consequently cannot settle the affairs
of his Office
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

Ottawa intelligence just received from Brit
ish Columbia, is to the effect that Mr.. Onder-
donk of San Francisco is pushing forward his
contract on the Canadian Pacific railway with
great energy; His contract is for 127 miles of
very difficult country. There are three tun-
nels to be made, and the work is tedious. One
tunnel is 1,6O0 feet long, There a. 5000
men, altogether, employed on the Onderdonk
works, of which one half are Chinese.
Society is agitated over the developement of
scandal involving one Of the attaches of the
French legation, one attache Of the Spanish
legation and young lady of high social stand
ing. One of the foreigners is secretary of the
legation. These two young foreigners, accord
ing to the story, attended brilliant reception
at an evening party, alta fashionable residence
in the west end of Washington. During the lat
ter part of the social season they paid special
attention to the young lady spoken Of and man
aged to engage her at the supper table. After all
the other guests had left the supper room they
piled the young lady with wine, and when she
was we'll under its influence induced her to ac-
company them up stairs to a private dressing
room, where they remained sometime. 1t is
asserted that the secretaries will be dismissed.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
Turkish Wives.

First among the Turkish social topics is
that of the harem. The Koran allows a
Musselman to have four wives, and many
persons have consequently imagined that
polygamy is rule in Turkey, whereas it is
the exception. A Musselman may only
have as many wives as he can keep in COM
fort; and it is only the very rich who can
afford four. The middle class Turks have
only one wife apiece; the men of the lowest
class are often obliged to remain single
from not having the means to support a
eonsort in the style which the Moslem law
enjoins. Nothing can be more un- Turkish
than the Mormon idea of accommodating
number of women to live under one roof,
quarreling in the kitchen and parlor. and
acting as household drudges for their hus-
band. The Turkish wife is not a slave; the
chief fault to find with her is that she has too
lofty sense of her own dignity. An ad
vocate of female rights would have some
difficulty in persuading her that ner lot
was pitiable; she has never envied the
emancipation Of Christian women, whose
free ways shock her; while she has noticed
that they get much less respect from the
men of their faith than that which is inva-
riably vouchsafed to herself. She wells
her face with no more regret than q
western lady unveils her shoulders. Turk.
ish women are not shut up. They 20 out
when they please, attended by their odaliks
if rich, or holding their children by the
hand, and their magpie voices fill the ba-
zaars, for they are noisy takers When
ever they pass, men of all creeds stand aside
deferentially. If husband meets his wifo
in the street, he makes no sign of recogni-
ton; if he perceives her hating before a
9raper's stall and gazing Significantly at a
silk dearer than lie can afford, he must
possess his soul in resignation, muttering
"Mashallah. This respect for women pre-
walls also in the home circle, and it comes
naturally to the Mussulman, who has been
taught from his boyhood to behave courte-
ously to the softer sex. The western con-
jugal expression about wearing the
breeches" has its Turkish counterpart in
the phrase to "live under the slipper" and
it is to be feared that not o few Turks know
the taste of this implement of uxorial per-
suasion. A hamal .(street porter once came
before cadi to complain that his wife
trounced him too frequently. see what
mine does" answered the magistrate, OPEN
ing his gown and showing some wales on
his neck and shoulders. "Go thy way, my
son, and thank Allah thou art luckier
than ]"
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
CURRENT EVENTS.

Capt. Lapere, an old lake captain, died at
Cleveland.
"Bigger-m than Grant" Fitzhugh is dying
at his home in Texas.
At Dover, Ky, VIM. P. Manning was shot
dead by Thomas P. Anderson, county assessor.
Delhi, On. Y. dispatch notes the death
there of James Graham, who served in congress
twenty years ago.
S. A. King, the Philadelphia ba!oonist, is
going to test the surface winds between the
Mississippi and the seaboard, with a view to
crossing the Atlantic if they blow steadily east
ward
The United Express company shipped fr1m
Duluth to various points in Minnesota, Iowa
and Wisconsin 9,215 pounds of fresh fish, in
one day.
The Brooklyn board of assessors are taxing
the parsonages of different churches in Brook
lyn, which will increase the revenue several
hundred dollars.
An extraordinary story comes frem Jackson
county, Tennessee, that a woman has given
birth TO seven children in the course of one
night, weighing from four to five pounds each,
all having blue eyes.
Albert Slocum, manufacturer of Leghorn
straw goods at Milwaukee whose factory gives
employment to oyer 400 hands. made volun-
tary assignment Estimated assets, 5000, 900;
liabilities, S25O,OOO.
The Mississippi reservoir improvement work is
interrupted by Misunderstanding between the
war and interior departments, in the matter of
payment of damages to Indians in connection
with the Lake Winnebagoshish dam. But it is
expected that the matter will be settled so that
the work will be commenced this season.
The arrival of a magnificent new steamer,
the Gem City, from ST. Louis, was the occasion
of grand ovation at st. Paul on the 24th
She is over 800 feet long and belongs to Com
nov Tho hoof OH
900. She can carry 500 tons of freight,
though she was built more for speed than
heavy freight carrying. .r
Alexander Baller, an experienced miner, has
just completed an exploration tour of some
months in search of minerals in and around the
Lake of the Woods. He has obtained rich speci-
but is very reticeNt as to the exact localities.
Gold is imbedded in quartz that will yield from
$500 to ST. 900 per ton. --
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

SECRETARY WINDOW made little speech
at Long Branch the other day, in which he
said: Il am good deal more of civil
reformer than when entered the secretary
ship of the treasury three and a half months
ago. In the last hundred days few thou
sand men il search of office have taken nine
tenths of the time of the president and his
cabinet advisers. His time is due 50,0o0,-
600 rather than to office seekers" The
only fault to be found with Mr.. Window S
statements is their extreme nildness. in
view Of the tremendous evil that is now
palpable to every one who keeps the run
of the news of the dav,
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

Thomas Garfield, aged eighty years, and an
uncle of the president, was killed in railroad
collision near Cleveland.
At Iowa City, a locomotive tumbled down
the embankment, which was very steep, and
Engineer Tom Norton and Brakeman Pat Ma
lone we're entombed in the debris
Capt Thomas M. Glenn, master of the St.
Paul railroads transfer steamer President at
Sioux City, was crushed between two cars, and
died about three hours aftorward. His age was
forty five years.
At Louisville the Courier Journal caught file
from defective tiue in the stereotyping room
and loss of $13, 600 was caused by damage
to paper stock and the wood d-work of the build
ing. AS the total insurance on building and
stock was S35, 600, the loss to the owners will
not be severe.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

other Oriental countries, although
where there are tropical fruits the fare is
much improved. The Chinese are more
than any other people restricted to rice as
diet, and that fact, together with the opium
habit, accounts for their being personally
less agreeable than most other people. But
why shut them out of the United States?
Let them come where they can get enough
to eat. They are intelligent and useful,
and when they learn American ways of liv-
ing they will not be an Objectionable labor
ing class"
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

CURIOSITY to see what important changes
have been made in the New Testament
caused a demand for hundreds of thous-
ands of the ravised version, and the demand
is by no means satisfied. The cheap edi-
tions which first flooded the market still
meet with large sales. and demand for
editions in more substantial form, suitable
for the pulpit, the library and the family,
is greater than for any book ever issued
from the press
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
NJ innesota First Collectors District.

From the Winona Republican.
In this district, which embraces thirty coun-
ties, the bond of the new collector, DR.. Wedge,
has been placed at 100000. The division
for which Winona is the headquarters COM
prises at present the counties of Winona, Hous-
ton, Fillmore, Mower, and Freeborn, but it is
probable that some changes may be made
under tho new regime in the assignment Of
with a view to accommodate the operations of
the central Office in its new location at Albert
Lea. 1t is also rumored, and doubtless upon
good authority, that there will be an entirely
new set of deputies appointed SO far as the
Winona division is concerned. The position
now held by George T. Flint has been formal
ly rendered to ". G. Dye of this city, who will
probably accept. This appointment will meet
the cordial approval of the business commu-
nifty. He was manager of the Republican for
over twenty years, until the 1st of January
last, and is well and favorably known.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

AN adjournment of the territorial legis-
lature in the early days of Minnesota to at
tend horsc-nce on the ice, has always
been referred to as q sad indication of from
tier barbarism. But now we read that so
grave and dignihed body as the English
houses of parliament adjourned to permit
their members to attend the famous Derby
races. and that too, at a time when the
affairs of Ireland were in state of disorder
and insurrection. Eastern civilization, after
all, is not much ahead of western.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
LOVE AND PAIN.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
81 love you, little sweetheart"
He in tender accents said,
"And love you, too," she answered,
AS she bent her pretty head.
And the stars looked down from heaven
On the charming tete-t -ta-tete.
As the pair of youthful lovers
Gently swung upon the gate.
eyes, love you," she softly murmured,
Looking up at HIM again,
"Holy mackerel! Gee Moses!"
Answered he in direst pain,
For, alas we never knew the
Inginuity of fate,
And love that betrays us often
To mashed thumb in the gate.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

FROM notes of preparation heard on every
side it is evident that the coming Fourth
will not be forgotten. The indications are
that Independence Day will be more uni
versally, as it will be more fttingly, cele-
brated than for many years. That species
of snobbery which decries hearty observ-
ance of the natal day of the republic finds
no lodgment in the hearts of the people.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

The statement that in the course of forty
or fifty years st. Louis will be the pivotal
center of the population of the country is
new inspiration to L. U. Reayis, the ia
nous capital remover, who is out with ad-
ditional reasons why the seat of the ma
tional government should be at that point.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

HON. PETER Roy, who fell dead at his
home in Little Falls, last week, was the first
native born Minnesotan elected to the ter
ritorial legislature. He was born at Rainy
Lake in 1929, his father being a French
man and his neither an Indian. Mr.. Roy
was in the legislature during several ses-
sions, and possessed considerable intelli-
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30

It is said that New York merchants have
informed delegation of Bostonians that
they are too busy building railroads to
bother about o world fair, and besides 1--WE
have but really little to show the world that
the world did not see at the Philadelphia
Centennial" New York says wait ten years,