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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Wealth of the United States,
M COan in Harnar's Mapazina

T. M Coan in Harpers Magazine.
We stand near the head of the list-third
on the list of all the western nations. The
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land heads the list with capital valuation
of $4 400, 600, 900, then comes France with
S36, zoe, 100000; the United States with
$32, 900 600, 600; Germany with 1922, 000,-
600, 900; Russia with Sis, 900, 900, 900; and
the Low Countries with ST., $50, COO, 900 of
capital collectively. These are the valuations
made by these countries of their entire re-
sources. What is the annualincome per in
habitant in various countries? We come to
the front in this comparison. The average
annual income in the United Kingdom is
1855; in the United States, $165 also; in the
Low Countries, $3.50, in France, 1925; in
the British colonies, $50; in Germany, and
also in Scandinavia, $685. In this reckoning
Russia, with her ninety millions of people,
is out of sight as yet; she will not be very
long. On the score of annual accumulation
our case is even better, relatively far better.
The annual accumulation of wealth in Ger
many is 5000, 00t, 900; it is 1926, 600, 900 in
the United Kingdom; 1876, 600, 900 in
France; in the United States it is 1886, OOO,-
900! Our increase in national wealth since
1850, says good English authority, would
be enough to purchase "the whole German
empire, with its farms, cities, banks, ship
ping, manufactures, etc. The annual accu-
mutation has been 1926, 900, 900, and there
fore each decade adds more to the wealth of
the United States than the capital value of
Italy or Spain. Every day that the sun rises
upon the American people it sees an addi-
ton Of $2,300,000 to the wealth of the re-
public,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
CuriOsitieS Ofthe Voice.

DIR. Delaunay, In paper read recently
before the French Academy of Medicine,
gives some details on the history and limits
of the human voice, which he obtained af-
ter much patient research. According to the
doctor, the primitive inhabitants of Europe
were all tenors; their descendants of the
present day are baritones, and their grand
sons will have semi-bass voices. Looking
at different races, he calls the attention to
the fact that inferior races, such as negroes,
etc., have higher voices than white men.
The voice has also tendency to deepen
with age-the tenor of 16 becomes the bari
tone at 25, and bass at As. Fair complex
toned people have higher voices than the
dark skined, the former being usually So
pranos or tenors, the latter contraltos or
basses. ''Tenors," says the doctor, ARE
slenderly built and thin; BASES are stoutly
made and corpulent. This may be the rule,
but one is inclined to think there are more
exceptions to it than are necessary to prove
the rule. The same remark applies to the
assertion that thoughtful, intelligent men
have always a deep-toned voice; whereas
trifers and frivolous persons, have soft,
weak voices. The tones of the voice are
perceptbly higher, he points out, before
than after meal, which is the reason why
tenors dine early, in order that their voices
may not suffer. Prudent singers eschew
strong drinks and spirituous liquors, es-
pecially tenors, but the BASES can eat and
drink generally with impunity. "The South, !"
says the doctor, furnishes the tenors, the
North the basses."
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
A DEERROUND,S SAGACITY.

The Life of a. Rattlesnake River Hunter
Saved by His Dog.
From the Helena (fontana) Independent.
Herman Hutter and Charles Whitman, of
Missouri, armed with rifles and accompani-
ed by a deerhound, the other day went up
the Rattlesnake river in quest of game.
They climbed the mountains to the left of
the stream and separated, taking opposite
sides of the ridge, in the hopes of bagging
a deer. Whitman came down the Rattle
snake side, and soon after separating from
his companion he slipped and fell, sliding
some two hundred feet down the noun
tain side. He vainly endeavored to stop
himself by digging into the snow with his
hands and feet and clutching at brush and
saplings, till just as he was about to be pre-
cipitated over the cliff into the Rattlesnake,
some forty feet below, he fortunately clasp
ed strong sapling with one hand, and was
left dangling in the air over the preciplce
By strong effort he managed to clasp the
sapling with his arm in the elbow, and
grasping his wrist with the disengaged hand,
awaited his inevitable fall with desperation.
The hound seeing his master fall followed
him to the edge of the cliff and whined pit
eously at the predicament of his human
friend. Suddenly he dashed off over
the hill like deer and disappeared. When
nearly exhausted, Whitman heard his COM
panion, Hutter, above him, coming to his
assistance. He gathered renewed courage,
and held on desperately till Hutter came
down with rope and rescued him from his
perilous position. Hutter says he had gone
but short distance, when the dog came
upon him and seized hold of his clothing,
whining. He turned upon him and the dog
ran off. Repeating this strange manevre,
Hutter suspected something wrong and fol-
lowed the dog to Whitman's rescue.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Canture of the SiOux.

A letter received from Poplar river states
that five dead Indians were found covered
by snow drifts, and that one of the wounded
Indians has died. This makes the total
casualties to the Indians eight, SO that the
fight of the I'd inst. was more sanguinary
affair than was at first supposed. letter
from Major nges says: 'This morning I
started the hostiles, under command of
Capt. J. M. Bell, with his company Ct. Sew
venth cavalry, for Buford. There are over
three hundred souls, seventy-four of whom
are full grown bucks-the Gall and the
Grow on foot, the Black Horn in shackles,
and the women and children in wagons.
The number of horses reach only about one
hundred and fifty, as I have given about for
ty of them to the Yanktonnais who assisted
me, and as many of them are yet hidden in
the hills" There will be about 800 horses.
Reliable news just received is that Sit
ting Bull, with over 100 lodges, is at the
crossing of Milk river, ffty-two miles from
here"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Good NeighbOrly Qualities.
From the Limekiln Club Proceedings.


'sDoorin' de pas week." began the old
man as Rushem Davis finally got settled
down on his stool, zone man tole me dat
he'd got to move kase he couldn't stand it
wild his nayburs; second had got to move
kase de nayburs couldn't stand it wild him; a
third said dat somebody frowed stuns agin
his dOah an hurled taters frew his winders,
and a fourth had some odder sort . COM
plant. Some folks fink dat de test of good
ness am gwine to church, or givin' to chart
ty, but doan.' I believe dat mans good
an bad pints am developed in de way he
uses his nayburs an in de way dey like him.
If yer nayburs am bad, let 'em alone; if dey
am good, incourige 'em. Keep no chickens,
build no ugh fences, maintain no howlin'
dogs, have no rows, return all favors, an
your nayburhood will be all right. If
George Washington had tried to keep seb-
enty-five chickens on a patch of ground
thirty by sixty, wild garden each side OBJ
him, he could not heve bin de father of his
kentry. If Henry Clay had KEEP howlin'
dog or brayin mule, his oratory would hab
bin declar'd sham. If Benjamin Frank
Inns wife had trotted to dis naybur fur
flour, to dat one fur sugar, to de mex for
tea, an so on aroun', de philosophy OBJ
Poo Richard wouldn't weigh ten ounces to
de poun.' To sum it all up, de family who
quarrels wild it's nayburhood quarrels among
itself. De manners in family crops out in
outside rows"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Preserving Fe nce-POstS.

How to keep fence-posts from rotting,
writes a correspondent of the New England
Farmer, has been a vexed question ever
since I have known anything about farming,
and probably for many years before. Char
ring the part that goes into the ground is the
most usual device employed, and is highly
recommended by many. have found in
nv own experience thatit ''does not amount
to shucks" After discarding tar and other
things the writer goes on to say: I have
found salt one of the best preservatives Of
organic matter of every kind. I have seen
a salt fish hang for sign by the door of
grocery for dozen years, growing harder
and frmer all the time, and yet it would
make first class fish balls for Sunday
breakfast at the end of that time. I have
eaten salt junk on shipboard that outlasted
for years the man who picked it, and can
show YOU piling that was driven in a
salt-marsh fifty years ago, and is still
sound to the core, and even more solid than
the day it was driven.
The sap left in the wood, or the water
that is sucked up from the earth, must be
in some way neutralized, or your post will
rot. Kyanizing and kindred processes are
too expensive, and need special apparatus.
but they make the wood practically ind
structible. The use of salt, however, is al
most equally effective, and within the reach
of all. Bore hole lengthwise into the
post, from the lower end, and somewhat
deeper than the post is to set in the ground.
About an inch and half is large enough
for the diameter of the hole. Fl
nearly full of dry salt, and plug tightly with
dry plug. being careful not to split the
post. If you tar the lower end it will be all
the better, though it is not indispensable.
In setting the posts be careful to heap
the ground around them, and so keep it
heaped if possible, as it is liable to settle
and make a depression where water will
gather and stand, and eventually destroy
the post. If these directions are followed
and if the timber is fairly dry to begin with
yeu may be sure that the fence will last full
~ as long as, in these days of change, you
will want to keep fence in one place, and
will bear moving after that.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague.

Some Incidents in the life of Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague are recalled by
her recent application for divorce. Her
father used to be amused in telling one.
On the occasion of large party Mrs. Sprag-
ne sent for her coachman and told him
what duties she expected of him-either to
open the door or assist in the cloak room.
The coachman demurred, and impudently
answered that he was hired to drive the
horses and not to help in the house. "Very
well, said my Lady Katherine, shave my
carriage at the door at o'clock" At 8
the carriage drove up. Blanket the horses
and wait till send further word, was sent
out to the iveried magnifico on the box.
From of a chill winter evening until of
still colder morning coachee sat with stiff
ening arms on his box, and when the last
guest had gone his orders came to drive to
the stable. A madden man never held q
rein than the darkey of the box, but a
meeker one never begged the Madame t, re-
tain him, and expiated his offence by the
most perfect obedience forever after.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Sense and Sentiment.

Hawthorne: No man for any considera-
BILE period can wear one face to himself and
another to the multitude, without finally
getting bewildered as to which may he the
true.
Emerson: It is easier to count the CEN
sus, to compute the square extent of ter
ritory, to criticise its polity, books, art
than to come to the persons and dwellings
of men, and read their character and hope
in their way of life.
Bulwer: The heart is the most credulous
of all fanatics, and its ruling passion the
most enduring Of all superstitions.
Madame de Remusat: A man, to be
really great no matter in what order of
of greatness, must have actually improvised
portion of his own glory-must have shown
himself superior to the event which he had
brought about.
Mohammed: If we would overcome the
laws of nature, we must not resist We must
balance them against each other.
Carlyle: If new-got gold is said to burn
the pockets till it be cast forth into circula-
ton, much more may new Truth.
Doctor Deems: Nothing more quickly
destroys an error than to attempt to estab-
lish it scientifically.
o. S. Fowler: A glass of strong drink
will counteract good sermon as effectually
as an alkali will an acid
| Bacon: Vain glorious men are the scorn
of wise men, the admiration of fools, the
idols OF parasites, and the slaves of their
own vaunts.
Goethe: One delights in the illusions of
dreaming. because originating in ourselves,
they must have some analogy with the rest
of our life and fate
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
sion, caused by falling from the hammock
MEETINGS upon the deck, James Wilson, a

sion, caused by falling from the hammock
nettings upon the deck, James Wilson,
good seaman" The captains reply was, as
it always is to all messages, very good,
SIR" and then the sailmaker, in the pres
ence of the assistant surgeon, and the mas
ter-at-arms, proceeded to sew him up in
his hammock, and putting in two round
shot at the feet. to sink him, report was
made that "the dead was ready for burial"
Cape Horn was now in sight, and as we
rapidly neared it, the wind, northwest, in
creased 80 much that at seven bells, in the
afternoon watch, all hands were called to
reef the topsails; and Immediately after the
legal time, eight bells, having arrived, came
the solemn call, "all hands to bury the
dead" Every soul on board appeared on
the ee-gangway, uncovered, the lieutenant,
acting as chaplain, commenced reading the
solemn burial service of the Episcopal
church. appointed to be used at sea, and the
gangway board being placed on the rail,
and the lashings cast off, and the jack with
The wind had increased to such degree
that it drowned the voice of the reader, SO
that only here and there word was audible,
and the first lieutenant waved his hand, at
the proper place in the service, and the
corpse was launched overheard, and the sui
len plash fell impressively on every ear, an
nouncing that another had gone to his long
| home.
We were now abreast of the Horn, about
a mile distant, and although the wind was
northwest, the waves dashed against these
eternal rocks, in defiance oft, throwing the
foam mountain high; and the loud roar of
those conflicting oceans was fitting requi-
EN- for the soul of him who slept beneath
their troubled waters. The sun went down
in the pride of his strength, and the full
effulgence of his glory and his departing
rays illuminated three of the noblest works
of God; the Atlantic Ocean in front, the
Pacific Ocean on the right, and on the lief,
the bold promontory, Cape Horn the pride
of the Andes"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Hauling Ont Manure in Winter.

Prof. Roberts, of Cornell university, agri-
cultural department, says: No better meth
cd can be practiced than to draw out all
manure, whether fresh or otherwise, be-
tween the LIST of October and the LIST of
March, and spread it directly from the wag
on or sled upon the ground, whether it be
plowed or unplowed. There might be
Slight danger of waste by washing where
the manure was spread on steep hill-sldes
or upon an unusually deep fall of snow: but
this waste is much less in practice than in
theory, and need scarcely be avoided in
most cases. In my experience, manure of
the same quantity and quality, spread on
the soil in November, has given twenty per
cent better yield of corn than the same
amount spread on Immediately before plow-
ing in the spring. My reasons for winter
manuring are several: The manure hast o
be handled but once, and that at a time
when work is not pressing and time there
fore not so valuable, and when the fields
are not wet, as in spring. The chief diff
Guilty in spreading manure is to make it
perfectly uniform, so that the fertility of
the soil shall be uniform. By winter ma
nuring we really distribute twice, as the
plowingin spring performs redistribution.
As manureis usually kept, at least one half,
and frequently greater proportion, is
wasted by teachings and escape of ammonia;
practically, in this climate, the wastage of
manure when spread in the winter on the
field is very sGght-not one-tenth of what
it is when left in the yard in a hot heap;
and in this way also all the teachings are
saved.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Gave EN- Away.

A certain fashionable lady in San Fran
cisco, whose lovely daughters are regarded
as the most elegant bellies of the city, having
become disguised with the arrogance, lies,
and neglect of the "colored gemman," who
deigned to wait upon them, suddenly dis
charged that parsonage and employeda Gel
estial, who had been strongly recommended
to her for his strict attention to his duties
and perfect truthfulness. Soon after his
installation, his mistress determined to give
an informal hop" and on the afternoon of
the day on which the party was to take
place told Lung to say mot at home" to
any one who called. AS chance would have
it, one of the ladies' most fastidious beaus,
and one on whom they all wished to make
favorable impression, came to ask permits
sion to bring a friend with him in the even
ing, and, on inquiring for the ladies', was
told by the truthful Lung: "They tell me
say all gone out, but old woman she in
kitchen washee dishee, the young misses
they up stairs paintee faces" 1t is need
less to say the young man did not put in
his appearance that evening, and truthful
Lung is seeking another situation.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Green Stuff for Winter Feeding.

Mr.. John G. Walcott, of Peabody, Mass,
is very enthusiastic about ensilage; the re-
suit Of his first seasons experience con-
vinces him that it is "a great article of food"
His silo is 40 feet long, Is wide and Is deep;
walled with stone laid in cement; hasa Ca
pacity of about 800 tons; cost not far from
$500. 1t was two thirds filed, in August,
with minced cornfodder, 400 loads of which
was raised, over half of it on ten acres, from
a Kentucky seed-sown the last of May
that gave stalks, "some of which were IA, Ia
feet high and weighed IL, 10 pounds each. !"
Of its use and effect The Nep-E Eng land
Farmer says;
"Ninteen or twenty head of cattle have
been fed on this ensilage for two months
past. The cows never gave more milk than
now. Even old Jersey COWS give good guam
titles of milk by eating this fodder. Sixty
pounds of ensilage would keepa COW one
day, and she would furnish as much milk
as if she had all the English hay she wanted.
A COW will eat twenty to thirty pounds
of English hay per day. Fifty pounds of
ensilage day will keep COW as well as
twenty five pounds of hay a day. The cows
like the fodder better than the hay. Wall
colt has used but few pounds of hay for
the past few months. The cost of prepar-
ing ensilage is about 81 u ton. This in
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
Flirting on Ocean Steamers.

The officers of the ocean steamers, it is said
can, from their post of observation on athe
bridge" tell more of what is going on among
the ngers-firtations and elopements
and better judge their character and char
acteristics, whether they are fugitives from
justice, commercial travellers, clergymen, or
grass widows, than the passengers learn
below. One of these observing captains
declares that he knows whether young
woman has left her lover at one port OF
expects to meet him at the other. The ex-
PLANTATION like the explanation of many 9TH
er amazing things, is simple enough. If
her lover is behind her, she cares nothing
for wind, rain or fog, but gets tanned,
freckled, and roughened in a highly health
full and Independent fashion. But if her
lover is waiting for. her, she takes infinite
trouble with wells and other complexion
preservatives.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
VALE.
o the swift wears

o the swift years.
Pleasure, dismayed, beholds them hurry on:
And love, strong love, looks back through pas
siOnate tears;
Like the bright meteor that scarce appears,
Soon are they gone.
0 the fleet hours!
Why, what is man?-their puppet and their
At first his letters wreathing with fair flowers,
Then CALLED and worn and robbed of all his
powers;
Gaining a grave
Vale! we cry,
Watching in youth the sweet June roses fall;
They bloom again-small matter if they die
ALI yes, they bloom; but canker worms Willie,
Doubt not, in all
Vale! The word
Later has smitten us with mortal pain;
Rung out the death-knel of dear hope, or
stirred
The lips whose earthly voices may be heard
Never again.
Then does it wake
Sad recollections: haunting thoughts that grieve
We know the cruel wound some farewells make,
We learn to dread the nothingness, the break
Parting may leave.
So the years run!
Vale! we soon must bid this brief estate
But for that heritage which shall be won
When the freed soul with time itself has done,
Trusting, we wait.
The ArgOsy
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20
AT MY LOOKING.GLAss.
I loved thee well in " salad days."

I loved thee well in salad days."
Forever flown,
o, faithful friend, whose honest face
Reflects my own.
Nor do mete thee scanter praise,
Sincerity is hard to find,)
Now Time has distanced in the race,
And left me painting far behind
Heigh-ho!-
Another weary mile or 30.
How well recollect the hours
used to spend
Before thee once-in years gone by,
NV trusty friend.
Oh, April youth! Oh, sun and showers
- Pray, don't expect me to confess
How long took to Knot my tie,
The day that proposed to JESS
(Alack!
She boxed nv ears-and married Jack.)
And now wear-well, never mind.
(Time's ruthless shearsD
And Jess-why, bless you, she's been dead
These twenty years!
The fruit of Life is gone-the rind
Is somewhat bitter to the taste.
Oh, vain regrets for pleasures fled
For days when possessed-a waist
But stay;
I'll brush the sorry lmps away.
All, if some scientific man
Would but invent
A looking glass wherein to find
Ones moral bent.
A tell-tale mirror-there to scan
Each petty failing that appears
The cynic burrows of the mind,
That gather with increasing years
All, well,
/ fear those glasses would not-sen.
Chambers Journal
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-20

"The Americans" says George A. Sala,
summing up the observation Of hurried
trip, "are not convivial people, in one
sense of the term. They may be gregari-
GUS in taking drinks all round;' but they
drink standing, rapidly and often silently,
and then hurry away from the bar; while on
tile bar itself are placed little bowls contain
ing coffee berri or aromatic lozengers, by
chewing or sucking which topers are able to
disguise the odol Of alcohol, In no other
country in the world does such curiously
hypocritical custom as this obtain; but it is
only part of habit of general deceit
which systems of prohibition or partial pro-
hibition or local option have engendered."