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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21

ode Of the car window It q lucky Parson
Amory left you that hundred dollars after all
He might have doubled it"
-Yes, suppose So Miss Becky
answered meekiy, Perhaps she was
thinking that If she were Mrs. Dwight
no old friend Of hers should 60 begging for a
refuge at the almshouse door, were it ever so
genteel an almshouse Perhaps she was think
ing of the pretty, comfortable home waiting
for her friend, and wondering why their for
tunes were so unlike
sWrite when you reach.Plymouth, and let us
know how you're suited said Mrs. Dwight;
and just then the cars gave lurch aud left
her behind, and Miss Becky turned her glance
inwards. Somebody had taken seat beside
her.
your friend was speaking of Parson Amory
and Plymouth" said he. II couldn't help
hearing was born in Plymouth myself, but
haven't met a soul from there these twenty
years. I'm on my way down to look up my
old friends"
Twenty years is long time" answered
Becky. I'm afraid you won't find many Of
your friends left You'll hardly know Ply
mouth"
II suppose not-I suppose not Have you
lived there longs
Al? have lived there all my days"
"Good! I'm hungry for news of the people.
Tell me everything you can think of. Did
Parsou Amory sleave fortune? He was
called close Where's Miss Nell-married or
dead? can see the old place in my minds
eye; and the parsonage under the elms, and
the orchard behind it, where Lucy Amory
planted young tree on her wedding day, and
the gown little Becky Thorne wore--by the
way, is she alive? Do you know herr"
Miss Becky hesitated an instant
"Yes." sine replied, Il know her-more or
less She's alive"
"And married?'
SWELL, no; she never married"
~She must be sixty odd; she was 3 pretty
creature, such dimples-I suppose they are
her home in the old place still:"
sHer home?" said Miss Becky, flushing a
little. ~She has none. She is on her way to
the Old Ladies' Home
ITO the Old Ladies' Home! Becky Thornel@
he gasped, land L"
~You seem to have known her pretty well,r
said Miss Becky, who was beginning to enjoy
the incognito
Il should think so! I've loved Beck Thorne
parted us-such q trifle! when look back.
Did you ever look back, madame?"
The twilight had fallen about them; Becky's
face had grown shade or two paler all at
once; she turned her dark, velvety eyes full
upon him with startled air.
sYou," she said, you must be Larry
Rogers !" Then the color crept to her cheeks
In a crimson wave "Do you know I never
thought you had grown old like myself! Don't
you know me? 1 am Becky Thorne."
Just then the train thundered through the
tunnel, and they forgot that they were sixty
odd
sOu the way to the Old Ladies' Home she
wrote Mrs. Dwight, Il was persuaded to 60 to
An old gentleman's instead"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
The Apostle Of Lucidity,
Demorest's Monthly.

Demorests Monthly
Matthew Arnold the great English essayist
and poet, is announced to lecture in this coun-
try during the coming winter. He will be
worth hearing Matthew Arnold is the son Of
the famous DR.. Arnold, of Rugby college, and
is one of the most cultured men in Great Brit
ain As poet he stands first in the second
rank Of imaginative writer's of the day. As a
literary critic he is head and shoulders over
his contemporaries, his style as literary ar
fist is well nigh perfect He has done good
work in exposing the shams of English socie-
ty and middle class conventional morality His
famous definition of religion will not be soon
forgotten; he calls it morality touched with
emotion" He claims that his misslen in this
world is to teach @lucidity," which means
that he wishes men and women to see things
Just as they are, without the mirage and illu-
sions of prejudice or false Impressions In
other words he wishes the subjective order of
ones thoughts to correspond with the objec-
tive order of the phenomena When our
readers can master this definition, they will
understand what @lucidity" is
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Sound Advice from Two Distinguish
ed Men.

Record and Gazette.
When l first commenced reporting, after I
left college, it was on The Evening Post this was
in 1854, when William Cullen Bryant, the poet
was the editor remember an interview with
him which is perhaps worth recording here.
In some sketch or report Of mine which had
been published the words ipse dixit were made
use Of l vas called into Mr.. BryanFs room,
"Mr -" said he, Il wish to give you
hint In that dictionary pointing to Webster)
you'll find some &c, coo words. write, as you
know, good deal, and am able to express
all my thoughts in the English language. I
would advise you never to use Latin, French.
or any foreign word or phrase" 1t was
good lesson to me, though l thought at the
time the Old gentleman was hypereriticaL
While on The Evening Post l became ac-
quainted with w. Q. Bartlett, late of The Sun,
who died short time ago. He was singu-
larly able man, whose influence was felt in
every position he ever filled. He also made
remark to me which l have never forgotten
~If you want to succeed" said he, @in any pro-
fession, do some one thing in it better than
any one else. People whose cleverness is
shown in general way rarely make a mark
Take the case of the painters in New York to-
day; there are probably two hundred good
artlstS. Ihey are all framed, industrious ana
eager to make a name and fortune. Yet
out Of that two hundred there are only some
twelve or fifteen who make a living,
and not more than three or four who acquire
fortune. But you will notice that the success
full painters have some gift above their fellows.
One is noted for his treatment of the skin, an
other has a nice sense for the arrangement Of
drapery, a third can paint an arm or hand,
fourth gives you likeness in which, while
your features are preserved, you appear at
your best One artist has trick of color, an
other of form And these specialists have
achieved distinction and fortune, while 50 per
cent. of the other painters, who are equally as
orally starve, and are finally driven into other
pursuits. Now" continued Mr.. Bartlett, sthe
same thing is true of medicine, law, and litera-
ture, as well as in general business"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
What wild Oats" are When
Threshed Out
Eo&I ~ So Ia


If the typical young man under discussion
were to catalogue under their names all his
escapades which his friends generally denom-
mate "wild oats" and confess himself guilty
of the list, his own mother would blush to
own him-no respectable family would admit
him to its doors.
And yet no one who knows anything at all
about the subject can deny that majority of
what we proudly call our smart young fell
lows" are sowing just such wild oats" every
day,-or, more correctly, every night They
are spending in dissipation the hard-earned
hordes that the old folks have, by pinching
themselves, laid by to put the boys through;
wasting the most valuable time of their lives;
draining their young bodies of the vital force
go much needed to resist the shocks of ma
turer life; oftentimes even preying on the un-
garded innocence of young girls, leaving the
flowers that once bloomed sweet with the
honey of innocence wilted with the poison of
depravity
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
THE LITTLE BANANA PEEL

Robert J. Burdette, in Hsrpers Magazine
Like bar of the beaten gold
L CLEAN in the summers sun;
am little, | know, but think can throw
A man that will weigh ton.
send out no challenges bold,
| blow me 40 vauntIus aorn,
But foolish is he who treadeth on me;
He'll wish he had ne er been born.
Like the flower of the field vain man
Goeth forth at the break of day,
But when he shall feel my grip on his heel
Like the stllbbis he fadeth away:
For | lift him high up in the air,
With his heels where his head ought to be;
With Il homecoming crash he maketh his
mash,
And know he's clear gone upon me.
am scorncd by the man who buys mo;
am modest and quiet aud meek:
Though my talents are few, yet the work that
! do
Has oft made the cellar doors creak.
I'm blood-red republican born,
And a Nihilist fearless | be;
Though the head wear crown, l would
bring its pride down,
If it set its proud heel upon D,e
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21

lot in any trade or profession, who knows Ms
narrow ground thoroughly, Ia more likely to
secure employment than any Jack of-all work,
however brilliant American boys intended
for business career usually leave school at
about Ii, and, no matter what their rank or
prospect, begin at the very footo the ladder.
We have seen the sons Of old families who
expected to inherit millions, weighing nails or
rolling barrels all day.
There is now a certainty of immediate work
for civil and mining engineers, but the train
ing required must be thorough. The profess
sors of law and medicine demand of their pu-
pills two and sometimes three years of study,
and towns both in the east and west are
crowded with young lawyers and doctors. In
the navy there is an opening for surgeons,
petitive examination. When the hard prize is
won, o steady income for life is assured
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Very Poor on Averages.


Politics is pretty hot up our way, and one
can hear awful hard stories told on candidates
One of EN- complained to Coz the other day
because they beat him for the Legislature AMI
said they told lies on him-and Cole said.
swell, maybe.you've heard it wrong, for folk
powerful and it won't do to believe more than
half people say, and not more than a quarter
of what you say yourself" Jesse! Cole is
curious case He looked at calf of mine the
other day, and asked me what kind of an
animal it was told him its father was full
Jersey and its mother half Jersey, and he
pondered q moment and said, well, that
makes the calf Jersey and half, don't it,
'squire?" He is very good on additions. but
very DOOR on ayersgeS
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
The Jerseyman Who Wanted to See
the Jersey Lily.

N. Y. Letter.
This reminds me, by the way, OLA Jersey
man who came to town to have a look at Mrs.
Langtry. He had heard that she was from
Jersey, and he felt that every Jerseyman
should do his duty. After enjoying fifteen
cent restaurant dinner, he asked for three
cent cigar, and said to the man at the desk:
Been to see that ERE handsome Jersey
woman yet, Cap'n?"
What Jerseywoman?"
@Sho! guess ye know. There amt so many
Of 'em that's beauties. Lemme see, what her
name? Bangtree, or suthin like that?"
ooh, Mrs Langtry."
"Thats it Whar kin see her, cap'n?'
sat Wallack'sn
sHow much does it cost t. git in9"
ooh, not much; dollar"
The Jersey man fell back, but edged up
again and 8 I'D:
That's purity steep. by gosh; amt Their no
way cheaper'n that?"
A brilliant idea struck the man at the desk,
and he promptly gave the member from Jer-
sey the benefit
Yes. Yes, , he he said, .you can get good look fol
That's my Tiger, old man. Wharf"
cat Bunnelrs museum, on Broadway"
ssWhats she doin' thar, thought"
"Why, haven't you heard of the Congress of
Beauty? ALI the handsome women in New
York are there, showing off for a prize of
$500. If you hurry up you'll see Mrs. Langry
before she leaves to get ready for Wallack 8
IN the evening""
"By gum, I'll do it Twenty-Five cents.
Much obleeged, Cap'n; gimme another O.
them segars.'
He turned up in the same place for supper,
and resumed the subject sWel, she Ii .
beauty an no mistake. GOSH but didn't
think they turned out emmy wimmin so ham,
some as that over in Jersey. No, sir"
"Yo her, them"
@saw her? Cap'n, when invest Is cents
want the goods for my money Yes, saw her.
had to poke roun' some time frst, but arter
while l asked young Teller which was Mrs.
Langtry, NJ he pinted her out He was SO
pite that asked his name,.. n he said it
Aosscar Wilde Yes, indeed, she's a beaute-
Gus beauty, dead sure. Gimme another O.
them segars."
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
The Transit Of Venus.
Demorest'a Monthly

This event, which is to take place in Decem-
Der next, is attracting unusual attention to our
neighboring planet, which is now so conspicu-
GUS an object in the evening sky Venus is
nearly as large as the earth, and like our planet
travels around the sun continually, but makes
its annual revolution in seven and . half
of our. months. Each of its four seasons,
therefore, lasts eight weeks. Venus is so near
the sun that if it is inhabited it must be 10y be-
ings that can stand a continuous heat double
that of this earth Venus is surrounded by an
atmosphere filled with moisture, and must be
much more cloudy than is the sky of this
earth. 1t undoubtedly has continents, islands,
oceans, and rivers 1t must have some forms
of life for where there is heat and moisture
there must be vegetable growth, and in all
probability some OF the lower forms of insect
life. The coming transit is an interesting
event, and astronomers everywhere are getting
ready to witness it from every point Of view
possible on this earth.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Grape Culture and Wine Making i'm
California.


The extent Of wine making in California as
tonishes visitors from the east At the Vine
yards of San Gabriel, the largest in the state,
100000 gallons of wine and 100000 of brandy
will be made from this years crop of grapes
The unskilled labor employed is usually Chi
nese, but the experts are mostly from the wine
districts of France and Germany, though
Americans learn the process readily The
grapes are stemmed and squeezed by machin-
cry. The juice runs into watts, where it fer
ments sufficiently, and is pumped into butts in
the cellars. There it stands until clarified by
whites of eggs, isinglass, or gelatine, xer
which it is filtered through charcoal, al d
drawn off into casks for shipment. As to the
profits of grape culture, it is calculated that
the. vines will bear in the third year after
the cuttings are set out, give profit in the
fourth, and in the fifth yield enough tip pay all
expenses including the cost of the land. There
are seven wine-producing districts in Cali
fornia, and the total vintage this year is H.
00O,OO0 gallons. Some of this will be distilled
for brandy, and some drunk at;home, but the
bulk will be sent eastward, to be sold under
foreign labels.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
4 Submarine Army OF TOrpedoes.


remarkable means of defense is known as
the @Graydon-Leach SYSTEM" and provides
for the maneuvering of fleets Of torpedoes in
der complete control, below the surface of the
water, and admitting of entire or partial with
drawal at pleasure, to permit the passing of
friendly vessels, or enticing hostile vessels
within the limits and then surrounding them
with torpedoes that will insure their destruc-
ton The torpedoes can be massed, moved
in various directions, and, in fact unanswered
similarly to bodies of troops, and, being entire
ly submerged, give no signs of approach to
the enemy. The system is comparatively in
expensive ard the plant simple. No hostile
feet could enter harbor defended by it, and
therefore its novelty, simplicity and practic-
ability render it very valuable. Though we
have at present no adequate means Of defense
for our coast and seaport cities, yet by this
system of torpedo defense hostile fleet could
be kept beyond Smelling distance of New York,
Brooklyn, San Francisco or any Of our seaport
cities, and even the mouth of chesapeake Bay
can be easily rendered impossible
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
A Hunters had Luck.
French Translation.

french 1ranslauOn
A hunter with an empty game bag enters q
country tavern at nightfall, and with an air
of gloom bids the host serve him with glass
Of wine
While he h drinking it the host remarks
confidentially, @You had bad luck o-day, I'm
afraid?"
aYes, my friend l did not bag n single
thing The first time such a thing has hap
pened to me in the course of my life"
(Sportsman's perjury at which Jove laughs.)
well, If you are anxious to take something
home l have q hare out in the stable that
would not mind parting with to you for 10
francs"
"A hare? Dead?"
@No, alive 1 caught it yesterday"
sFll take it
The landlord leads the hunter out into
the yard and brings out the hare, which he
ties to q stake by "a cord fastened to its foot
@Now, sir, blaze away!"
The sportsman retires a few PAGES, brings
his gun TO his shoulder and blazes away, aud
the charge takes effect in the cord, and the
hare bounds lightly over the fence and disap-
pears in the azure distance!
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
The Old and the New Bible.

New York Sun.
At reception given the other day to the
American committee which had nominal
part in the revision Of the bible, the Rev. DR..
schaff predicted great and growing favor fqr
the revision"
Yet year and half has elapsed since the
publication of the revised new testament and
it has made scarcely any Roadway against the
old version. The new testament used, read
and quoted by English speaking people is still
the one given us by King Jamess trsnslators.
Immediately after its publication the lately re
vised version commanded an enormous sale as
a novelty, but soon the demand for it became
insignificant, and already it has almost passed
out of the public thought
The truth is, the old version Of the bible is
an immovable part of our iterature-is inter
woven with it It is not regarded or esteemed
as a translation merely, but is cherished AZ
one of the pillars of English literature The
proved inaccuracy Of some Of its renderings
does not shake it, so deep are its foundations.
Il is great English book, and as such would
stand forever, even if skepticism could sue
coed in breaking down the religious faith Of
which it is the support
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
POMpEn.
Hew the Victims PerisheA ana How
They are Resurrected.

Now tho VlctlmB FcfASnc0 ana no"
They are Resurrected
Pail Mall Gazette
II ia only from The Journal Of Excaystiops
for the year 1881 that We know Of this touch
ing and famous sight which greeted tho eyes
of the first discoveries of the House of the
lay the body Of 9 woman, probably the mis-
tress of the house, with her jewels scattered
where she had thrown them In despair Of
rescue or escape The roof had been crushed
In by the weight of the falling ash and pumice
stone, and the hands of the dying woman
were upstretched in vain effort to keep OF
the impending weight Parts Of the body
and clothing could still be made out, and q
drawing could be made Of one charming foot
But such records are Meless and tame, in
deed, beside the extraordinary portrait stat
utes which are now to be seen in little
museum at Pompeii There are nine Of
these, or were very. short time
since, and to see them is like seeing
the men and women themselves Of
eighteen centuries ago. Fiorelli's method is
made, the plaster is delicately poured in, and
when it has time to harden the surface crust
of ash is peeled off, and the man or woman
comes back to life again. The details of cloth
ing and feature have all left their mark on the
soft ash, and are all faithfully preserved in the
plaster cast
The results achieved by Forelli are striking
and complete. Take the cast Of the elderly
slave, for instance, probably man Of some
sixty years DID, who appears to have been TAX
ing his siesta when the eruption began, and to
have been painlessly asphyxiated in his sleep.
He lies on his right side, the knees little bent,
the left leg drawn up, and the cheek resting on
the right hand. The coarse, strongly marked
features and peaceful expression of the
sleeper have all been perfectly preserved
hardly less easy death must have been
the lot of the four persons lying on their backs
in the street Three of these were men, one
of them negro of the most pronounced type.
The fourth was a woman of unusual stature,
whose time for becoming mother was evil
IDENTIFY not far off. The three persons found
lying ~on their faces do not appear to have
found quite SO quick death. Two of them
are women. One of these, an elderly woman
with thin figure, lies by herself, her face
buried in her arms, as if to protect herself
from the fatal rain The other lies side by
side with man in whose company she ap
pears to have taken fight She had covered
her face with fold Of her dress, and the
hands are tight clenched in the last death
agony
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
QJnnaralleled Economy.

The old gentleman went into the parlor the
other night at the witching hour of II 10, and
found the room unlighted and his daughter
and dear friend occupying tete-a-tete in the
man said, sternly, @this is scandalous." ayes,
papa" she answered sweetly, sit is candleless,
because times are so hard and lights cost so
much, that Ferdinand and said we would try
and get along with the starlight" And papa
turned about in speechless amazement, and
tried to walk out of the room through panel
in the wall paper!
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
The Life Saving ~Vacuum Gum"

The latest life-saving device comes from an
Englishman named Fox, who is now resi-
dent of Ohio. 1t consists of catapult SINH
lar to those used in circuses for throwing &C
robats into the air, and is called by its inveu-
tor @The Vacuum Gun 80" The protective
to be fired out of the gun to the stranded or
sinking vessel consists of relief boat, folded
umbrella like, which contains human being,
one of the life-saving crew. This man goes
into the canoe, closes all the apertures and
surrounds himself by rubber air-bags. He is
posed to lie fiat, with his feet to the stern.
The idea is for tls man, when the canoe pro
jectile reaches the water, to raise himself up
and scatter life preservers and air bags to
drowning persons
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Hardships and Dangers of the Block

NJ Quad in Detroit Free Press.
1t is doubtful if any blockade ever recog-
nized by the world was more strictly enforced
or of more damage to the blockaded No one
expected that it could be made so stringent
that nothing could slip through. That was the
aim, of course but the Federals labored under
many burdens. In the first place the Con-
federates purchased the very latest craft
afloat In the next, bad weather was an ad-
vantage to them. Again, they would take
such desperate chances as dumbfounded
brave men In dozen instances they
came down the harbor at
speed of fourteen or fifteen miles an hour, and
plunged straight through the feet and took the
chances. Some were not even hit by the hot
fire instantly opened, while others took from
three to six cannon balls into Nassau as relics.
Federal history fawns upon the admirals,
puffs the commodores, and pats the COM
manders on the back; but it stops there.
There is never word of praise for the thon-
sands who endured the hardships and braved
the dangers of the blockading stations In
deed, but for an occasional magazine article or
a newspaper sketch, the country would have
forgotten that we had anything atloat except
few ron-clads.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
One Cause Of Salvation.

Amedical writer points out the danger Of
using.salt or salty food while taking calomeL
He says the common eslt or chloride of So
dunn combines with the mercury and forms
the bi-chloride of mercury, deadly poison.
Therefore he adds, @when you take calomel
avoid salt or salty food as you would the most
deadly poison When sick people eat salty
food they are apt to drink water freely; and if
salivated they lay the blame on the water
The only wonder about it is that so many
escape with life. And for the reason that all
who take salt and calomel in the stomach to-
sether are not killed outright, some scientific
men are doubtful as to the foregoing theory, "