Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-28
Things in General.

innings III UeneFdls
Taking the human race as whole.
says an exchange, it IS observed that
races living almost exclusively on meat
have been the most savage ones. Moth
ing is SO apt to transform human be-
ing into a savage as to pay thirty cents
pound for roast and then find 1t almost
as tough as leather.
The Philadelphia Record says the Ar
my Signal station at Point Barrow, Alas
ka, may never reach the North Pole,
out it will DOUBTLESS accomplish In
few years far more satisfactory work
than any tfat has resulted from the nu-
merous polar expeditions While such
enterprises as that undertaken 5y the
Jeanette will always attract attention
far more than Lieutenant Rays modest
labors at Point Barrow, the latter will be
much more likely to produce instructive
and useful results. ID III
Fashionable wedding card ceremonies
might be simpIifed. They have gone to
the length of enclosing the cards Of the
bride, the groom, the brides father, the
BRIDES mother, the young married coup
lie at home, and, finally, of the clergy
man performing the cermOny, each In
separate envelope, and all the envelopes
inclosed in one large envelope.
Inventor Edison tells reporter that
he does not believe a submarine tele-
phone comes within the, region of pos
sibilities. "The present condition ofthe
art will not permit sound to be audible
submarine or underground conveyance
more than few miles. 1t is all they can
do to talk across the English Channel
and that with the very best instrument
vet constructed" -s1
One of the applicants for a cadetship
at West Point, who was rejected in the
recent examination. was an apponitee OF
the Adjutant General of the Army,
This fact evidences the the honesty and
impartiality of the examinations and the
integrity of the gentlemen of the board
of examiners.
The United Kigndom of Great Britain
and Ireland had S,l75 miles of railway
in 1881, being an increase of only 242
miles over the previous year. The
United States had l04,Sl3 miles at the
close of the same year. Of the British
RAILWAYS little moro than halfthe entire
number of miles is of double tracks.
The entire paid-up capital of these roads
is. S. ,623 ,266 800, or $f99,350 per mile.
The capital and funded debt of our
American railways is $780, S9, 600, or
about 81 800 per mile. Of the gross re-
ceipts of the English railways very nearly
half is net profit.
Hay fever like malaria, is gradually
extending its habitat and driving its vic
tins out of some of their most trusted
refugees. During the last two years
scores of sufferers, whom the White
Mountains had ceased to relieve, have
found their way to Mount killington,
the highest peak of the Green
Mountains, 1850 feet above the sea and
there bid defiance to sneezes and snutf1es.
Some of the New England summer re-
sorts on the sea coast have a sort of
master OF cerem onies, whose function is
! to facilitate entertainments, of
all sorts, to promote friendly
relations between visitors, organize dam
ces and pennies, and what not. A.visitor
relates in the Boston Advertiser that, ar
irving at one of these hotels one night,
| he was promptly accosted by this func-
| tionarv, who asked: ''Shall | introduce
you, sir, to a porch girl or a dancing
| girl?'
Under an old decision of the United
States Supreme Court, imported Liquors
can be takeninto any state and sold in
the original packages, Taking advantage
of this decision, which has several times
been reaffirmed, the liquor-dealers of
| Maine imported liquors from Canada in
| pint and quart bottles and sell them in
| IL" ''original packages" In this man
ner every man who has an appetite for;
! Intoxicating drinks can purchase a pint
of his favorite beverage, and, it may be
even half pint. Clubs purchase in
larger quantities, and the members not
only drink themselves but serve their
thirsty friends. In this manner liquor
drinking is kept up in the prohibitory
state of Maine and incompetence con-
| tinues to do its work