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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
GEN. GARFIELD.
He Already Begins to Feel the Torments OF
Office-Seeking.

In late interview Gen. Garfield spoke
of the vast number Of his acquaintances,
constantly widening during fifty years,
and grouped them into classes; Qst), the
home group, including nearly all the voters
of his district; (2d), the school group, in
Guiding all persons interested in education;
(3d), the church to which he belongs; (4th),
the army group, of more than 100, ZOO men;
acquaintances of his public life, inclu-
ding 1900 members of Congress,
besides hosts of others. He said:
1 already find that percentage of these
grounds, will be disposed to take advantage
of their acquaintance with me, whether it be
intimate or casual, to ask official favors, ap-
pointments, etc. Of course. many of them
will be unfit or unworthy recipients of the
favors they will seek, or for other reasons it
will be impracticable to give them what they
ask. I shall be compelled to refuse them,
and thus shall cause them aswell as
myself pain:
Speaking particularly of the tenacity and
pertinacity of Office seekers, and the pain
which some of them have already begun to
inf1ict upon him, Gen. Garfield remarked:
1T may appear very foolish to be greatly
annoyed at what seems to be little things,
or by the dogged persistence of those we
term small people, but it cannot be helped
sometimes. Some of my recent expert
ences in this regard remind me Of the story
OF the ichneumon and the crocodile on the
bank of the Nile. The keen, cunning, cru
ell creature called the ichneumon, watches
until it sees the crocodile fast asleep with
his mouth open. 1t then rushes quickly
down his throat and with sharp teeth and
claws takes hold of the very vitals of the great
crocodile, which with all his strength is
utterly powerless to loosen the hold Of this
relentless little tormentor. He rolls and
writhes in his strong agony and desperation,
and at last dies. Imagine crocodile with
hundreds of ichneumons down his throat,
and you have picture of the torture that
may be inflicted upon a sensitive, sympa-
thetic nature by the horde of office seekers
which attacks new president or any other
man who has patronage to bestow at the
coming of new administration. "A presi-
dent labors under disadvantage that the
crocodile does not, added Gen. Garfield;
the ichneumons that assail president do
not wait till he is asleep, nor do they come
singly. They come in at all times, and
seasons, and in squads and in regiments
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
feeding the new crop of corn, and parching
it will effectually prevent any trouble from

feeding the new crop of corn, and parching
it will effectually prevent any trouble from
that score.
Wheat, which is no doubt the best kind
of grain for the laying fowls, much better
than SO much corn, which latter fattens SO
quickly as frequently to stopthe production
of eggs temporarily, is much improved by
being heated we'll before being fed, and
then given to the fowls while yet warm, not
hot. In feeding wheat, only about two
thirds as much by measure should be fed
as of corn, and when fed in that manner
is very little if any more expensive than
corn. Good, sound wheat only should be
used, for while we see no objections to
screenings on the score of unhealthiness,
screenings give but little available food.
Evils of Infants.
DR.. Mercy p. Jackson says: "The spec
ial evil of which 1 speak is the long skirts,
dresses and cloaks which are now in the
| fashion for babies. I feel the deepest
commiseration for delicate child that has
hung upon it's tender body flannel skirt
yard long, and over that cotton skirt
equally long, and over that dress to cover
both, often weighted with heavy embroid-
cry, and if the child is carried out, double
cloak longer than all, SO that the skirts reach
nearly to the floor as the infant is borne on
the nurses arm. The longer the clothes
the more aristocratic the baby would seem
to be the idea of the mother. Think of all
this weight attached around the waist of the
child, and hanging over the little feet press
ing down the toes and even forcing the
feet out of their natural position! How much
of deformity and suffering this fashion pro-
duces none can tell; but that it is a great
discomfort to the baby every thinking moth
er must perceive. High necks and long
sleeves are now fashionable for babies; but
how soon they may be laid aside for low
necks and short sleeves cannot be foreseen.
That will depend on the enlightenment of
women. To expose the delicate chest and
arms of a young child in our cold, change
able climate, is often to bring on pneumonia,
and greatly to lessen the chances of life.
And should life be spared, there will be
sleepless nights and anxious days for the
mother, as well as great suffering for the
child"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The chances for the Indiana senatorship are
decidedly in favor of Gen. Ben. Harrison.
The Californians are urging Gen. Mcdowell
for secretary of war in Gen. Garfeld's cabinet.
1t looks as if Gen Longstreet would accept
position in Gen. Garfields cabinet, if one were
offered him.
Alexander H. Stephen has expressed the
opinion that the electoral vote of his State
should not be counted because it was cast on a
different day from that prescribed by the con-
stitution.
Mr.. Willetts of Michigan, of the house judi
ciary committee, has Mormon bill in charge
that proposes to punish and discourage Nor
monism by denying the right to vote to any who
practice polygamy.
The secretary of war sent a letter to the house,
recommending an appropriation of 800, 900
for the purchase of different magazine rifles to
be used by officers of the army for the purpose of
comparison.
The president has called for and received
from the war department a statement of vacan-
clos on the retired list They are six in num-
Der, and it is understood that the president will
finally remove this bugbear from his mind by
retiring six officers who are available under the
law.
Judge Humphrey of Wisconsin has secured
the passage in the house of Senator Au-
gus Cameron's bill, already passed by the senate,
providing for securing to the WinnebagO Indi-
ans title to their lands and the payment OF
money due them. 1t practically makes citizens
of them.
1t is said that the marriage of Baroness Bur-
dett-Coutts with Ashmead Bartlett will take
place thepresent month and the clause of the will
of the Duchess of Stalbons by which the baroness
would forfeit her interest in the bank in the
event of marrying foreigner will be contested
| in the courts
| Gen. Walker has no sooner approximately ar
rived at the population of the United States than
he goes to work on the probable number in l 800.
He says he has made avery careful computation,
and has decided that under favorable circum-
stances in 1890 the American nation will num-
Der 81, 467 900 souls. .z
| The value of exports from the Lyons, France
consular district of the United States during De.
cember was $3, 500, 900 francs being an in.
crease of 600, 900 francs over the amount
for December, 1879 Total exports for the
year, 60, 900, 900 francs an increase Of H.
600, 900 francs compared with 1879.
| Congressman O. D. Conger has been nominal
! ed for the senate in Michigan, after spirited
contest in caucus. The first ballot stood; Bag
ley, 43; Baldwin 4S, Conger 43. The seventh
and final ballot was taken amid great excitement
resulting as follows: Conger, SO; Bagley, 81
Conger was declared the unanimous nominee.
President Hayes has authoritative statement
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The Philadelphia Times thinks Horace

The Philadelphia Times thinks Horace
Greeley's advice to young men is apt to be
taken altogether too literally; that for the
protection of these we'll meaning innocents,
as well as for the good of the West, the
land agencies-both state and railway
should invite colonists in much less glow
ing terms, stating the advantages of the
several tracts of land more practically and
less picturesquely, and stating also the dis
advantages to which no allusion whatever
now is made. And most earnestly should
the fact be impressed upon all intending
emigrants that success very largely depends
upon carrying along enough money to live
upon for the first two years. In his advice,
to young men, Mr.. Greely distinctly said
that they were to grow up with the country,
not that they were to drag the country
down; and young men who are thinking
about going West should bear this part OF
the great editors advice most constantly il
mind. The Times thinks that all the emf.
grafton matter that comes from the We il
one -sided-that the dark side is sedulously
concealed
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
QUEER REMEDIES.
The Peculiar Manner in Which People Try to
Cure Themselves.
From Chambers, Journal

The Peculiar Manner in Which People Try to
Cure Themselves
From Chambers Journal
At an inquest held at Bradwell, Bucks,
on the body of a five year old girl who died
of hydrophobia, one of the witnesses de-
posed that two days after the child was Bit
ten, the buried dog was disinterred, its liv-
er extracted, and a piece of it, weighing
about an ounce and a half, friZzled on
fork before the fire until it was dried up,
and then given to the child, who ate it free
ly, but, nevertheless, died. Not an over
nice remedy, but hardly nastier than mag
pie dust, which no less a parsonage than the
Princess Bismarck apparently deems an in
fallible specific for epilepsy, since, no long
er ago than January last, the President of
the Eckenfoerder Shooting Club addressed
the following circular to the members of
that association: Her Highness Princess
Bismarck wishes to receive, before the 18th
| inst, as many magpies as possible, from
the burned remains of whichan anti-epilep-
| tic powder may be manipulated. permit
myself, therefore. high and well born sir, to
entreat that you will forthwith shoot as
many magpies as you can in your preserves,
and forward the same to the Chief Forester
Lange, at Friedrichsruh or hither without
paying for their carriage, down to the 18th
of this month.
Sir Walter SCOTS piper, John Bruce
spent whole Sunday selecting twelve stones
from twelve south running streams, with the
purpose that his sick master might sleep up
on them and become whole. Scott was moi
the man to hurt the honest fellows feelings
by ridiculing the notion of such a remed!
proving of avail so he caused Bruce to be
told that the recipe was infallible, but it was
absolutely necessary to success that the
stones should be wrapped in the petticoat OF
a widow who had never wished to marry
again; upon learning which the Highlander
renounced all hope of completing the charm
Lady Duff Gordon once gave an old Egypt
ian woman powder wrapped in fragmen
of the Saturday Review. She came again t.
assure her benefactress the charm was won
derfully powerful one; for although she ha(
not been able to wash off all the fine writing
from the paper, even that little had Gon'
her great deal of good.
A sea captain, when one of his crew crav
ed something for his stomachs sake, on con
sulting his book found "No. Is" was tht
thing for the occasion. Unfortunately Their
had been run ON that number, and tn,
bottle was empty. Not caring to send th
man away uncontrolled, the skipper, remem
bering that eight and seven made fifteen
made up dose from the bottles so mum
bered, which the seaman took with startling
effects, never contemplated by himself o
the cribbage loving Captain.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

The following States would d lose one N j member
each: Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio,
Hampshire; Tennessee and Pennsylvania
would lose two, and New York three members
Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa. Michigan, Mississip-
pi, South Carolina and West Virginia would
gain one member each; Minnesota and Nebras-
ka two each; and Kansas and Texas three each
The bill was finally referred to the committee
on census.
The army appropriation bill was discussed
and passed, and the Interstate commerce bill
was considered.
THURSDAY, JAN. &, 1881.
SENATE-There was some debate onquestions
of local interest, but no business of Importance
transacted.
HoUsE-The funding bill was considered in
committee of the whole, and an amendment was
offered granting to State banks the privilege of
circulation on depositing three per cent bonds
with the United States treasurer.
The house committee on pOstoffices and post
roads agreed to support bill to allow the Bur
ington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad the
sum of Sc, 600 for extra mail carried; also a
bill to reduce the rate of postage second class
matter to two cents per pound.
Among the executive communications sent to
the house to-day was letter from the secretary
of war; transmitting Recommendation from
the quartermaster general, for special appro-
prlatiOn of one million dollars for the purchase OF
clothing and camp and garrison equipage for tbs
army. 1t was referred to the committee or
military affairs
FRIDAY, JANUARY Z.
A memorial was presented from w. J Moore
of New Orleans, alleging that Mr.. Kellogg was
elected to the senate by bribery, and that the
nlemorlalist was one of the legislators bribed
and asking that the senate committee on privi
leges and elections investigate. This gave rise tt
discussion of the familiar kellogg -Spofford case
Senator kellogg denounced him as blackmailel
who had been discharged from the New Orleans
custom house for embezzlement. Senator Lo
gan did not think it worth while to pay any at
tention to man who wanted to prove that h'
| was a perjurer, and ought to be in the peni
| tentiary.
A bill was introduced to promote the efficienc,
of the life-saving service.
| The consular appropriation bill was consid
cred; it appropriates 81, 100, ,435. A long de
bate took place on motion of Mr.. Carpenter Il
strike out the appropriation for the maintenance
| of prisons for American convicts in foreign
countries, which was finally lost, and the bill
passed.
HoUsE.-A resolution offered by Mr.. Spring
er, calling on the secretary of state for inform
alton concerning the Halifax fishery award an
the alleged false statistics and testimony i'm
posed upon the arbitrators, led to a long dis
cussion on the subject The resolution was re
| ferred to the committee on foreign affairs Th
senate bill for the relief of the Winnebago In
| dians of Wisconsin passed.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

GEN w. T. SHERMAN has lost caste with
the aesthetic Bostonians. and it will take
more than another march to the sea before he
can be reinstated. In the course of speech
in that city the other day he referred to the
late Richard Henry Dana as follows: L am
not certain, but most surely man by the
name of Dana-I think William Dana, was
it not? he died within the last few years
published a little work entitled, Two Years
Before the Mast" Not to know all about
Richard Henry Dana, argues density of
ignorance that the Boston literati cannot for
give, especially when exhibited by the gen.
eral of the United States army.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Another Diciple of DIR. Tanner.

Mr.. Silver, well known inventor of Lew
iston, Me-, for several months has eaten but
one meal day, and that at abont 10 o'clock
in the evening Immediately before retiring.
He works ten hours day as machinist
without eating or drinking anything. In
stead of pining away Mr.. Silver has gained
thirty five pounds in flesh. He is not hun
CRY until bedtime All the fluids his stom-
ach receives are from the fruit and vegeta-
bles which make up most of his food. He
eats no meat, as he believes that animal
food is ''animalizing, living mainly on oat-
meal and Grahma bread, without salt, but
eating apples, grapes, and other fruits liber-
ally,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

The scheme of Lessep's for canal
across the Isthmus of Panama appears to
be gaining strength. Its managers have al
ready sent out various expeditions of en-
gineers, laborers and supplies, and seem to
be in earnest; while the Chicaragua people
do not exhibit much activity in anything
but denunciation of the Panama scheme
and predictions of its ultimate failure.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

free here, but wish to get the divorce, not to
have him get it on account of my thoughtless
imprudence with you. If you do not come here
and aid me, swear that will kill myself. Yon
must aid me. Let your manhood assert itself
and save me. Come as soon as this is received
If you still love me you will soon have your re-
ward, for will be your wife and will be good
and loving. If you have ceased to love me, pity
me and save me from my death, and death l
would make [sc.l 1t would come through you
Come Immediately. Yours LILLE.
1t appears that Giro became her enemy on ac-
count of her allegedintimacy with another man.
Mrs. Christianey gives a long but unsatisfactory
explanation, the substance of which is that she
wrote Giro the series of letters now published,
merely as a means of pretending to be in love
with him. to avert his carrying into effect the
threat which he had made in Washington, and
to induce him to give truthful testimony for her
Drotection
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

Professor James j. Sylvester, of Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, has receiv-
ed from the British Royal Society the high
est distinction in its gift, the Copley medal.
It is awardedin consideration of the Profess
sor's long continued investigations and dis
coveries in mathematics. This medal was
first given in 1853 to DR.. Franklin. The
Davy medal has been given to Professor
Charles Freidel, Of Paris, fer his researches
in connection with the organic compounds
of silicon, etc.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

THE composition of Gen. Garfeld's cab
met is still mystery. but the latest advices
are stronger in favor Of Senator Blaine for
the state department., and of Gov. Fos-
ter, of Ohio. for the postoffice. But the
whole situation may be changed in day,
as no admissions have as yet come from
the president elect. In the meantime there
is no end of mentioning favorite sons OF
various states for cabinet positions.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Nevada,s Bonanxa Senator.

Captain James G. Fair, the Bonanza Sem
ator of Nevada, stands five feet eight inches
in his stockings and weighs 227 pounds,
which, in connection with his financial
standing, makes him in all respects solid
man. He wears long, flowing beard,
black as the ravens wing, except where
tinged with gray, and his head is surmount-
ed with heavy growth of black hair,
streaked with gray. His complexion is
forld, which is no doubt caused by his fire.
quent visits to the heated lower levels of the
mines, where the water would scald man
to death in two minutes, and the air reaches
temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit.
His eyes are brown and sparkling. He was
married in California in 1861, and has a
family OF four children, two boys and two
girls.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

GEN. GARFIELD has sent letters to the
senate of the United States and to the gen.
eral assembly of Ohio, declining and re-
nouncing his appointment to the United
States Senate by the legislature of Ohio on
the 18th and 14th of January, 1880. 1t is
conceded on all sides that Sherman will be
his snpcaSSOr
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
FOREIGN FLASHES.


Gen. Mariones one of the ables officers in
the civil wars of Spain, is dead
Chief Justice Moss of the Ontario court of
| appeal died on the 9TH in France, whittier he
had gone for his health.
Dispatch from Copenhagen: 1t is feared the
steamer Oscar, with the exploring party, has
been lost in the Siberian polar seas.
The marriage of Prince William of Prussia,
grandson of the Emperor William, with the
| Princess Agusta Victoria has been fixed for
February 27.
| The death in London is announced of John
Stinhouse, Ii. D., F. R. s., the chemist; of John
Thomas Fowson, scientific writer on
navigation, and Rev DR.. Frederick James job
son, the eminent Methodist divine.
Premier Gladstone, replying to a letter rela
tive to the traversers, says: l am assured that
when full information is presented to parliament
the governments desire to act with impartial
regard to the interest and rights of all parties
concerned, will be appreciated
1t is supposed that the British steamer, Farm
lev Capt Alben), from Savannah, December 3,
for Reval, has been totally lost off Lenwlg, Den
mark Bales of cotton and boats marked Farm
lev of Newcastle, one of the boats containing
! three dead bodies have been washed ashore.
Cant Eads has got in his work in Mexico,
and has secured a concession of 100000
acres of land and 81 500, 900 in gold to build
a ship railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuan-
tepec to carry frigates and war vessels and
monitors over on platform cars with magic ak
les.
The evening of January % is fixed by Col.
D. v Whiting, the manager, for the departure
from Chicago of the excursion to Mexico and
Cuba The number to which the party is linn
tied is rapidly filling up and several ladies are
among the party Those who desire will be
able to participate in the Mardi Gras festivities
at New Orleans.
sThe British steamer Brazilian. Capt Wor-
thington, from Boston, December Fl, for Liver
pool, while entering the Mersey during dense
fog. ran on the bank and Immediately parted
amidships She is high and dry at low water.
Her cargo of wheat ran out on the beach and is
a total loss, but the cattle and pigs were rescued
by steam tugs. No person was drowned.
Dublin correspondent says that more re-
pulsive and terrible year has never come upon
the country. Its history may be written in two
words, distress and disturbance. 1t came in
with the begging box and has gone out with the
bludgeon. 1t will take many years to recon
struct the social system now in ruins, and few
can be sanguine enough to hope it will be &C
complished in the present generationed.
Lord Dufferin has published paper on the
Irish land question, in which he favors sys-
tenn copied from that adopted at the enfranchise-
ment of the Russian serfs, namely, the buying
up of large portion of the land in Ireland and
the conversion of the rents into land charges,
payable to the state. For the chronically pow
erty-stricken districts of the west, he recon-
mends great system of state aid to emigration
to Manitoba and the. northwest of Canada to be
worked with the cooperation Of the Dominion
government.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

AT Frankfort, Germany, where the secu-
rites of almost, every nation are largely
dealt in, United States four per cents are
quoted at 116 1-4--which is a higher price
than any other four per cents in the world
and of many of the five per cents save those
of France, which are quoted at 1l9 IS
There seems to be no reason to doubt thai
a United States three per cent could be
hoa,ed at par, but for adverse home intiu'
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Military Strength Of England and
(1ermany.
from the London Truth.

rTOLn tne lonuOn 1rutn.
The total military expenditure Of the
German army is els, ,562, 900; ON peice
footing it numbers 1S,079 officers and 400,-
635, rank and file, all trained soldiers, whilst
behind this vast force there are the land
sturm and the troops of the field reserve
which would enable it to place in the field
2,500,000 men without drawing on the
last reserves. What, on the other hand, is
our position2 Our army estimates amount
to e15, ,645, 900. For this we have z 1884 off,
GERS and l27, ,975 rank and file, ZOO en-
rolled pensioners and army reserve force,
137, $50 miltiamen, $4,000 yeomanry caval-
ry and 194, ,191 volunteers.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

THE venerable Thurlow Weed says the
climate has undergone change-that win
tiers are milder now than fifty years ago.
Perhaps the people are better fed, clothed
and housed, and that the difference, if any
exists, is not wholly due to lower tempera-