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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-05

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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-05
The STATE Reform School,

j. G. Riheldsffer, superintendent of the State
reform school, has presented Gov. Pillsbury
with summary of the condition and working
of that institution during the year 1881, from
which the following extracts are taken: There
have been connected with the school during
the year 166 inmates, of whom forty-seven
were received during the year. There have
been discharged thirty-eight, and there are
now in the school 125. The inmates
have been blessed with almost m
interrupted good health. The discipline and gov
ernmentl have been up to the former siaa-
dard Education in the school and in branches
of useful industry have been carried forward
as of dgual importance, and have shared
equallylbn the time devoted to them. Most of
the oldl}r boys are engaged in the various
shops, Md show commendable progress in
knowiedke Of the several branches of labor
upon vii iich they are employed. The growing
of seeds has been introduced with encouraging
successl This is not only a higher grade of
farming, but better adapted to the Juvenile
workers, and is also more remunerative than
would be any other use to which the small
acreage belonging to the institution might be
devoted.
The following statements will show what has
boa, ,lopa in tha dana of industry.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-05

wheat buyers of Faribsuit, the schedule OF
grades and prices recently adopted by the
wheat buye-so Of Minneapolis was agreed upon,
viz, making difference of Eve cents between
No. L and No 2.
No new cases of small pox have been report
cd in si.s McCauleyville district within the Pse'
two weeks Up t. date there have been eight
cen deaths within Tadius of four miles from
the village OF McCauleyYifle, but none in tho
village Across the river in Dakota shere have
been four deaths. The authorities are Essss-
fed that trey have the scourge well under con-
troll, and hope for an entire abatement OF the
disease in short time
The residence of w. B. Rumsey, cashier CT
the FreeEorn county bark at Albert Lsa, was
burned last week The furniture III the lower
rooms was mostly moved and saved. The IRE
is supposed to have originated about the stove
S2, 900, with 81 900 insurance N the Con-
Eecticut insurance. company.
The funeral of Mr. Amos James. OF Point
Douglas. Washington county, occurred Hednes-
day Mt his late residence in that place, Rev
W: Fl. Harrington, Of Saltwater, officiating.
Mr. James YES al, old settler in this state, and
was well known and beloved. He was asoldier
| in the war of 1872, and was upwards OF eighty
| five years of age at the time of his death. One
| of the remarkable things of his long Ife vas
| that bis welded life covered q space of sixty
one years. He leayes SIX children, only one OF
whom reside IL that county. HIS WHe u1eu
| fme four years aSo.
| On thursday and friday of last weeF the
I.ltlieas tt Mile Eaes received their an0uties.
| The ldississippi Chippewa Indians, comprising
| the Mile Laos, Snake Riyer, White Ok Point
aad Write Earth tribes, receive $50 coo. The
Leech Lake and Cass tribes, known as the PHI
lagers, and the Otter Tail band receive 8 o.
| 666 66 and So, 900 worth Of goods. The Red
lake and Pembina tribes get S1S, 900 to assist
them, L port on in goods aud the balance tc
overssors, b'aeksmiths, miller, schools, inter
prefer, physicisn, aGd to aid them In farming
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-05

Thew Are Now In the Hands Of the State Off,
GERS for Signature, Preparing for Issue
About January 2-History Of the Efforts for
Negotiation, Ending in the Issue OF Four and
q Half Per Cents.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
Pooling NJ. Thiers.

Spies do not always render services
proportionate to the pay they draw, and
their employers are nodoubt often sorely
vexed by the blunders@ they commit
through overzeal. In 1872, when the
Count de Chambord had gone to hold a
sort of court at Antwerp, and was gen.
orally thought to be on the eve of getting
restored to the French throne, NJ. Theirs
sent spies to watch his movements. One
of these was so ubiquitous that he ended
by attracting the attention of two of the
Bourbon Princes supporters, who were
young noblemen fond of fun. These
gentlemen, keeping their eyes on the
spy, found that he was in the habit OF
spending his evenings IN certain cafe
on the Grande Place. Repairing TO this
establishment they seated themselves
near to their man, and began talking
about the Count de Chambord's doings
in whispers just loud enough for The fell
low to hear. The spy, of course, pricked
up his ears, and soon he must have been
convinced that he was discovering most
valuable secrets. The young men re-
lated marvellous stories about the Princes
plans, the number of adherents he was
gathering in France, and spoke of grand
coup d'etdt which was being prepared
Generals who hoped to take the country
by surprise. In great excitement the
spy flashed the news to Versailles, and
NJ. Theirs, who had no wish to see the
Count de Chambord restored, communi-
Gated them to his private organ, lie Bien
Public. That credulous newspaper be-
came remarkable during the next few
days for publishing the most extraordin-
ary news from Antwerp Every dav the
spy hsd something new to relate out of
what he picked up at his cafe, till at
length one of his hoaxers having let fall
letter as if by accident, the spy dis
covered Gas he fancied) an elaborate plot
for kidnapping NJ. Theirs. The letter
stated, in effect, that the Count de Cham
bord, having resolved to seize upon the
throne, was going to have NJ. Theirs APP
pretended in the middle of the night by
a certain General, whose name was men
toned, and that meanwhile another Gen
eral would arrest NJ. Gambetta. NJ.
Theirs was fussy little man who had a
great belief in plots, and on receipts of
the things which appraised him that his
liberty was in danger he must have
experienced q moments CONSERVATION
but before he could take any steps to
prepare for the coup d'etat, the Union, a
Legitlmist paper, published a chatting
letter from Antwerp, IN which the hoax
played upon the spy was related in de-
tall. M. Theirs and the editor of the
LIE l8ten Public (which ALWAYS pre-
tended to have no official connections)
then looked very foolish. As for the spy,
II may be doubted whether, on his re-
turn TO Paris, he was received with smil-
ing THANKS. COrnhH Magazine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
Why NOyelists Prefer England.

The hard experience of American
authors makes the task of writing books
for the enlightenment or pleasure of The
reading public on this side of the
Atlantic so uninviting that the wonder
is, not that we do not have large class
of writers, but that any one thinks II
worth his while to devote time and at
tention to this work An, American
novelist commonly depends for his profit
on the sum he receives for the sale of his
story to the publishers of one or another
of the widely circulated monthly period
icals. What they pay him is a matter
of trade, and the price given must vary
very greatly, though as an average it
may be said that 81, 800 for story run
ming through from eight TO twelve num-
bers would be tolerably high rate Of
remuneration. After the work has APP
peared IN this form, it is the custom to
republish it III book form, the author re-
ceiving a commission on the sales If
from these he nets $500, he may consider
himself exceptionally fortunate. Assum-
ing that an author writes two novels In
year, and if the work is faithfully and
carefully performed, this Is about all
that he can expect to do, his income Will
not be over 81, 900 per annum, small
return when the talent required for the
service is taken into account. Novel
writing is, however, q monkey
employment when compared with the
returns received for some other forms of
literary work. For example, it was not
until his fourth book had been published
that Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson received
a penny in return for the literary work
he had done, and the sum total he has
received during his lifetime would
doubtless represent but a very modest
amount. Mr. James Russell Lowell was
compelled to publish his first book OF
poems at his own expense, and at the
end of a year, in making up the pub
fishers accounts, it was found that only
forty five copies Of it had been sold In
this instance it would be unnecessary to
say whether it was Mr.. Lowell or the
American public that was at fault. AS a
contrast to the foregoing 1t may be said
that according to common report Mr..
William Black has of late years received
from &c, 900 to FL, 900 for each novel
that be has written. From this one rea-
son may be drawn why Henry James,
Julian Hawthorne, and other American
novelists prefer to make their home IN
England -NelO York Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
A FiendIsh Accusation.

shocking story comes from Stafford
shire. A stonemason of Rushton. in
that county, named Isaac Brooks, in
January, 1880, prosecuted two farmers.
> Gloves and II. Johnson, for assault
ing aud mutilating him, and chiefly
upon his evidence, backed by the fact of
mutilation, they were found guilty, and
sentenced by Mr.. Justice Bowen to ten
years penal servitude. The trial lasted
four hours, the court was convinced, and
the sentence was not too heavy. 1t is
now alleged, with every appearance of
truth, that since the trial Brooks has
wasted away. On Saturday he died,
leaving a full confession that the out
rage was self-inficted, with the object
of e1torting large sum of money from
the accused or their friends. The un.
happy victims of this miscarriage OF
Justice had borne good characters, and
their families have, in consequence OF
the conviction, fallen into pauperism.
So strong is the feeling in Rushton that
it was hard to find men who, even for
money, would carry Brooks to the grave.
III the facts are as reported, the men
will, of course be pardoned, and we
trust as fully compensated as is now
possible. Brooks crime, though uncom.
mon here, where Williams dislike suffer
ing. is SO common In India that Judges.
on any report of outrage, first of ali
suspect self-infiction. -London Specta.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
A Newsboy.s Death Bed.

I had looked at the boy, whose years
numbered fourteen or fifteen, and saw
in the white face, hollow cheeks and the
unearthly bright eyes, the unmistakable
marks of that dread disease which places
its victims beyond ali hope-consump-
ton.
On the table lay an old Bible, its yell
low pages lying open where the mother
had finished reading. The boys mind
was wandering. He was too weak to
cough, and the accumulation in his
throat could not be removed.
"Shine yer boots-shine 'em fer
Woodworking paper. sir?" came in feeble
accents from the pillow. Paper sir?
Morning paperl All about the -"
And the sufferer made an effort to clear
his throat, which occasioned something
like death rattle. The mother was on
her knees at the lounge, sobbing, and
Jack, her other son, who had brought
me 20 the room, was by her side crying.
/ lifted the wasted frame and moistened
the poor boys parched lips and tongue
with water from the cracked glass that
stood on the window-sill. He felt the
cool hand on his brow, and his mind
came back to him. "Oh, Jack, I'm so
glad you've come home. I shan sell
any more papers or black any more
boots, Jack; but don't cry. Mothers
been readin' somethin' better'n newspa-
pers to me, Jack, and know where I'm
goin'. Give my kit to Tom Jones. owe
him twenty cents. Bring all your money
home to mother, Jack. / wonder If I'll
be papers or boots mp there?
Goodbye mother; good bye Jack. See
'em shine. Morning." Jim, the news
boy. was dead.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
Wooden Flour.

There is danger ahead for the milling
fraternity, and it may be as well to take
time by the fetlock and prepare to meet
it. Good Heath says bread of highly
nutritious and palatable character may
be made from wood. Think of this for a
moment When the price of wood pulp,
for paper manufacture, falls below q
profitable point, the pulp can be con-
verted into -four, and this can be sold ct
a price far below that of -four. Why?
Well, there will be no necessity for mid
ling purifiers, as there will be no middl-
ings; the germ viii be so large it can
be chopped out; the bran Dark can be
hewed off with a broadaxe. Big thing,
amt it? Here's the process:
Every thing soluble IN water is first
removed by frequent maceration and
boiling; the wood is then reduced to a
minute state of division, not merely into
fine fibers, but actual powder and after
being repeatedly subjected to heat in an
oven, is ground in the usual manner of
of corn. Wood thus prepared acquires
the smell and taste of contour. 1t is,
however, never quite white. 1t agrees
with corn flour in not fermenting without
the addition of leaven, and in tHis case
some heaven of corn-hour is found to
answer best With this it makes per
fectly uniform and spongy bread, and
when it is thoroughly baked and has
much crust it has much better taste of
bread than what in time of scarcity is
prepared from the bran and husks OF
corn.
There has been at times great scarcity
of medium and low grades of -four for
export. There will be no need for this
hereafter, as exporters can cut down a
few telegraph poles, wooden hitching-
posts, or even carry off their enemies
front door-steps, convert them into
highly nutritious article of flour, and
ship it abroad to supply the wants of the
down trodden laboring classes of Europe.
When the manufacture of wood -four
gets fairly under way, how would 1t do
to convert the big Pillsbury and Wash
burn mills into a Miller's College?
There might be something IN this sug-
gestion.-HiLIfrlO World.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
The Harem Of the WeaIthiest Turk in
Edremit.

we remained several days in Edremit,
wnhe preparing for the ascent of Mount
Ida, and made excursions In the suburbs,
which consist chiefly Of olive groves and
cemeteries. On the smooth roads that
wound under the olives we always met a
variety OF travellers Turkish gentlemen
on horseback, attended by q train of SER
wants Officers Of the army, finely
mounted; caravans of camels, gypsles
onving trains OF pack mules, and farmers
In their rude carts with solid wheels
drawn by oxen or buffaloes. Late one
aiternoon In retired grove we were con-
Ironted by the harem of the wealthlest
InrE In Edremit, returning from
neighboring town. The carriage held
the more elderly ladies'. but the younger
ones, 70 the number of about hall a
oozen, were mounted man fashion on
spirited horses, each of which was at
Tended by Greek servant. They were
dressed IN white robes, which draped
Du. oio not conceal the form; and the
yasnmaks or veils which they wore were
not transparent like those OF the beau
Hes OF Constantinople, for the traditions
Oh tne narem are still respected IN the N
terror OF the land. At sight OF us, the
Poftiy matrons In the carriage quickly
covered then faces, but the young Or.
cassians in the saddle. slender girls OF
eighteen or twenty. returned full upon
us the dazzling pomp Of their beauty,
mat singular beauty which dwelis ID
Soid feature, naughty spirit, and sun,
luminous eyes.-Nes1 YORK Ia"ies.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
Married Folks Would be Happier

II home trials were never told to
neighbors.
If they kissed and made up after every
quarrel.
If household expenses were proper
toned to receipts.
II they tried to be agreeable as in
courtship days.
If each would try and be support
and comfort to each other.
II each remembered the other was
human being. not an angel.
Ii women were 50 kind to their hus-
bands as they are their lovers.
II fuel and provisions were laid In dur-
ing the high tide of summer.
If both parties remembered that thew
were married for worse a wen Is for
better.
III men were Is thoughtful Of their
wives as they are of their sweethearts.
II there were fewer silk and velvet
street costumes and more plain, tidy
house dresses.
II there were fewer please dsrlings +"
IN public and more common msnners in
private.
II wives and husbands would take
some pleasure - they 20 along. and not
degenerate into some toiling machines.
Recrestion ID necessary to keep the heart
IA its place. aud TO get along without Il
u b1g stakes Sunday Cbsw<ey.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The skeleton of woman is lighter In
proportion to her total weight than that
of man.
THE lowest crustaceans, some sea-
snails and sea-spiders breathe through
the skin alone.
The vapors OF iodine, In the course of
several months will penetrate deeply
into beeswax.
LOOKING through yellow glass in a
fog is said to render objects more dis
tinctly visible.
TIE weight of the Uranium varies, in
a general way, with the weight of the
skeleton, but not proportionally, like the
weight Of the brain.
By THE new mode of tanning, mineral
salts take the place Of tannic acid in
preserving hides.
THE polar regions of Mars, like those
of the earth, appear to be covered with
ice or snow.
VARIOUS kinds Of foul water, which
are sure to kill when injected under the
skins of rabbits, become harmless as
soon as they are shaken up with COM
mon sand.
The moon is gradually increasing the
length Of our day, by enlarging its own
orbit, so that we may reasonably look
forward to day of / 400 hours, instead
of twenty-four.
EXPERIMENTS on the effect of the cleo
trio light on plant life tend to show that
it contains rays detrimental to them.
Plants constantly exposed to it become
spotted and weakened.
The increase in strength in iron bolts
from working the metal cold, is estimat-
ed at between fifty and hundred per
cent, and the effect in general is to give
the iron good deal of the qualities of
hard steel.
Ir HAS been proven by observation
that in districts subject to typhus fewer
cases appear when the ground is more
thoroughly saturated with water, and
more when il contains less moisture.
OwINe to the rapid evaporation of
moisture from the leaves, the tempera-
ture of trunks of trees breast high from
the ground, has been found to be 80
centigrade cooler than the air of the for
est.
THE theme in pound of tea is twenty
five or thirty times as much as could be
taken at once without notable disturb
ance of the nervous system. A pound of
coffee contains twelve or fifteen times as
much theme as one ought to take at
once.
VERIFYING the discovery that water
containing infectious matter and organic
poisons is purified by being run through
beds Of sand, it has been found, at Leip-
sic, ground under the bottom of badly
built sewers is much cleaner than that
over their tops
Ii Is stated that in the salt mines of
Poland and Hungary the galleries are
supported by wooden pillars which are
found to last many years, in consequence
of being impregnated with the salt,
while pillars of brick and stone crumble
away in a short time by the decay of the
mortar.
Ir HAS been observed that if a sus-
pended quartz ball be allowed to impinge
In various ways upon fixed ball of lime
spar, or if the ball of lime spar be placed
on a billiard-table and the distance OBJ
served to which il is driven by the shock,
in the former case the quartz ball re-
bounds the furthest, and in the latter
the lime spar ball IS driven furthest
when the impulse is in the direction of
the crystalline axes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
Abolition of Russian serfdom.

The late Gar, Alexander IL, decreed
the emancipation of the serfs March 3,
1861, coming into final execution on
March 8, 1868. The owners of the serfs
were compensated for their land ON a
scale of payment by which the previous
labor of the serf was estimated at a
yearly rental of per cent, so that for
every rubles which the laborer earned
annually he had to pay 100 rubles to
his master as his capital value to become
q freeholder. Of this sum the serfs had
to give Immediately 20 per cent, while
the remaining so per cent was disbursed
as an advance by the government to the
owners, to be repaid, at intervals extend.
ing over forty-nine years, by the freed
peasants. According to an official re-
port the whole of these arrangements
were completed at the end of July,
1865, SO that from this date serfdom
ceased to exist In Russia.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24

William J. Couahlin Of Somerville, Mass, says: ain
.ta f,il NJ 1870 was taken with BLEEDING LUNGS
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite and
flesh. and wa. confined TO my bed. In 1877 was adj
nted 70 the hospital The doctors said had hole in
NV lung as big ~ half dollar. At one time report
went around that was dead. I gave mp hope, but a
friend told me Of DR.. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle, when, TO surprise,
feel better and to-day feel better than
for three years past this hoping every AZ
aic,ea with Diseased Lung. will take DIR. WILLIAM
UAII,S BAI.SAM and be convinced that CoNSUMP
TIoN CAN BE CURED. positively say it has don't
more good than all the other medicines have taker
nee my sickness"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24
Poe. the Poet, Murdered.

DIR. J. J. Moran, of Falls Church, Va,
in lecture upon the death of Poe, said
As the shades of evening descended
upon Baltimore, Poo had rambled ON I'M
til he had reached dangerous portion
of the town, where it was unsafe for O
man to loiter alone. Here the men who
had been following came up with him
and he was forced into low den, where
he was drugged, robbed, stripped of his
apparel and then clothed In the filthy
rags of one of the brutes who had as
sanlted him. From this place he was
thrust into the street, and as he staggered
along, his brain benumbed by the deadly
drug. he fell over an obstacle in his
pathway and lay insensible for hours
exposed to the cutting October air. A
gentleman passing recognized the face
of Poe as he lay prone upon the street,
and calling hack he directed that he be
convened to the Washington Hospital,
sending his card to DIR. Moran, with the
single word "Poe written in the cor
ner. Poe was cared for, and received
energetic medical treatment to counter
act the effect of his depressed condition.
During this time Dr. Moran said to him
"How do you feel, Mr.. Poe p
Miserable"
"Do you suffer any pain ?"
"No."
"How long have you been sick 2"
ST cannot say.
AS Poes last hours approached Dr.
Moran said that he bent over him and
asked if he had any word he wished
communicated to his friends. Pee raised
his fading eyes and answered, Never
more In few moments he turned
uneasily and moaned &" o God, is there
no ransom for the deathless spirit ?"
Continuing, he said "He who rode
the heavens and upholds the universe
has His DEGREES written on the frontlet
of every human being" Then followed
murmuring, growing fainter and fainter,
then tremor of the limbs, faint sigh,
and the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe had
passed the boundary line that divides
time from eternity Washington Post
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-24

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