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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
Fancies of a Tall Kentuckian.

A Chicago special to the Courier Jour
nal credits Senator Beck with this dash
of poetic fancy: ssI came down the riv-
er road yesterday, and l have rarely
seen such a wealth of autumn ints.
There is kind of grass growing on the
swelling hills and bold bluffs along the
Mississippi of a richtclaret color, which
in the rays of the declining sun was in
expressibly beautiful. The lowlands
along the river are heavily timbered, and
the frost has worked marvels of tinting
on the leaves. There were deep Grim
sons and scarlets, fiery reds and deli
cious ambers royal puppies and rich
browns, and gorgeous yellows, mingled
with dark green's. Our train rushed
through this rainbow sheen and it seem.
ed as if vast hammered armies had hocked
down to greet us. The water of the riv-
er was dark blue, which, as we sped
along the shores of Lake Pepin, melted
away in the gray and violet of the Wis
consin hills. Then. as we neared La
Crosse the harvest moon rose above the
Wisconsin shore in golden mist which
left one long track of splendor from
shore to shore.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
Farm Miscellany.
Concerning Costly Rugs.

From the New York Evening Post.
When an American buyer aarrives In
the heart of the rug making country in
Asia he selects the best agent he can find
and gives him an order for, say, 100 rugs
of about the colors and sizes of certain
samples which he may find in the bazaaas
The Turkish agent then employs natives
of the villages where the kind of rugs
selected are wanted, giving to each bag
of gold, and instructions to order four
rugs. The sub-agent then goes among
the families and talks rugs with them,
drinking many cups Of coffee and dis
cussing the price for days at time.
When bargain is concluded some mon
ey is furnished the family for wool, dyes
and food, and the agent goes away, sure
that in the course of a few months the
rug will be ready. Upona carpet meas
uring eight feet by twelve Il whole family
will work for months. The cotton or
wooden threads which form the ground
work or warp of the fabric are stretched
upon huge frame the width of the rug
and the family, or such members Of it as
are able to work, sit on the floor and tie
knots in the warp threads with the COL
ored wool tufts, tightening the finished
fabric now and then with d rough comb.
Each worker takes about twenty-sev-
en- inches Of the rug and works along
this strip. From two to four inches a
day is the speed at which the rug adj
vances if the family is large enough for
| the whole width of the rug to advance
| at the same time. A rug eight or nine
| feet wide requires four persons, who
work side by side. The finishing of the
rug, smoothing, clipping etc, is work
requiring skill and judgment. The
wages is very small and the payment is
according to the number of square feet.
| The workers know certain patterns by
| heart and die their own woods. The old
| dyes have in some instances been sup
| planted by aniline colors, which do not
| keep their tones, and fade without Civ
ing to the rug the softness of tint which
is the chief glory of fine eastern rug
So many merchants have refused to buy
the carpets in which aniline dyes have
been used that the use of them may
eventually be stopped.
The rug-makers as class are poor IN
money, very ignorant and very religious,
| but live comfortably. Especially around
the borders of the Caspian Sea, in the
country watered by the rivers from the
Caucasian mountains, are the people in
comfortable circumstances, although
about three centuries behind the rest Of
the world Wine is still brought into
Iihis in ox-hides holding hogshead Of
wine and is sold for about fifteen cents
a gallon. The rugs and carpets are
brought in from Persia and the neigh.
boring districts on camels' backs, the ar
rival of camel trains being one of the
curious sights of the town.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
An AtrOcious Act by Magruder.

Lying little to the southeast of the
city, bordering on Barrett avenue, just a,
the edge of the rolling stretch of land
that extends out several miles A,ong the
Newburg road and partially shuts in
that portion Of the city, is the old Cath
Ole burying ground, known sSt. Louis
Cemetery, in whose consecrated ground
half the Catholic dead of the city have
been inferred for years. One grave, if
the reports are true, contains the bones
of the lannon's guerrilla nd outlaw,
Charles Quantrell, who for a short time
after the general hostiles had ceased,
held reign of terror in Nelson Shelby
Anderson, Spencer and other adjoining
counties. Previous to the coming Of
Quantrell, the counties in that section
had been overrun by the fa.nons guer-
rillas, Sue Monday, Sam Berry, Tom
Henry, Magruder, Capt. Marion. Dick
Mitchell and others, who led bands of
men all over that section. The man
among them ali who most believed his
looks was Magruder, who was the most
affable and gen !emanly man in his out
ward manner lat [ ever saw. He was
rather tall and sIenderly built, with a
handsome, aim st efeminate face, bright
blue eyes, aud curling auburn hair.
In spite of his gentle face and pol
ished manners, he was one of the most
coldblooded AMI cruel men of the whole
band, ranking ext to Berry in brutality
One instance a ne will suffice to show
the kind of NIL he was. A few miles
from the reno azvous of the guerrillas
lived a lady i;amed Mrs. William B..
Grisby, who was a supporter of the
Federal cause, and the soldiers of the
army often pail her visits and were al
ways Hospitality received. One day Ma
jor Shuck and two other Federal officers
came to her house, and were sitting in
the parlor talking to Mrs. Grisby. About
half mile FROM the house 1000 soldiers
were camped, with guards on the alert
to detect the slightest movement. Ma.
gruder and three of his companions had
been hid securely watching every
| movement, and, when the officers en-.
tered the house, rode rapidly up and
dismounted. Rushing in the door
with cooked pistols, and without a
moments warning, they commenced
firing at the officers. Two of them fell
dead, while the third fell on the fool
and rolled under the bed. Magrudel
| coolly got down on his knees, and crawl
ing under after him, put the pistol close
to the helpless man and fred. Some o.
the blood splashed out on hi pistol bar
rel, and as he rose from his knees be
placed the weapon to his lips and kissed
the blood off the l,olished barrel. Mrs
Grisby remained in the room almos
paralyzed with terror. and approaching
her the outlaw eoolly tipped his hat, ane
with polite bow, apologized in his pol
ished manner for being compelled to xii
the men in her house. "We could have
taken them to the woods but for the sol
diers that are camped close by, whc
might make it warm for U.s." And aftel
making his apology all of them with
drew, and, mounting their horses, rode
off at gallop and escaped.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
Pnyilo,ls Work.

There were three or four of us Mich
iganders at the same hotel in Mont
gomery, and all were amazed at the
sight Of so many colored men loafing
their time away ON the street. The man
from Ioani county finally thought he'd
make few inquiries, and reckoning to
a stalwart black who had spent the last
two hours on the curbstone, he asked.
"Have you any work to do?"
Not iist now, sab"
"Have you ever tried farming"
. ooh, yes"
"And how did you come out?'
"Mighty slim, sab. De white folks
down heah doan' encourage de black
folks tall"
Flows that?"
wall, in de ftlst place, 9er's de rent
of de land. Dey might jiseAs we'll frow
off de rent, but dey won't do it. Den if
| git de land an sot out to borry mule
nobody will lend me one.
Suppose you had muller"
"Den whar could l borry plow?
Can't raise crops unless we pillow. Den
Kurnel Whites to borry a harness de
Kurnel wouldn't be home, or he'd be
usi'n all the straps he had"
Couldn't you make it 60 if you had
land, seed, mule, pillow an harness?"
asked the Wolverine.
81 reckon 1 might, but I du mo.
'Sposiu' de mule expired, or dehar-
ness broke, or some niger stole my
| plow?"
"That's So"
cam de old woman might die, or one
OBJ de chilln git snake bit or it might
rain fo' weeks without break. Tell
you what boss. you men from the Mort
think it looks hard to see so many of us
lynn roun' de t owns without work, but
| of gittin' right down to hard work an
takin' all de chances. My ole woman
says it seems like flynn in de face oh de
Lawd, an reckon she's mighty nigh
| k'rect."
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Jenny Lind's Coursship.
October Century.

'sI am a Quaker, as you know" Phil
adelphian recently said to me, land it
is reported that shortly before Jenny
Lind's visit to our city, an aged lady,
arose in one of our meetings and said
she had heard that Jane Lyon, a very
wicked woman, was on her way to this
country to sing and she hoped that
none of the young people would be
drawn away to hear her. Nevertheless
an uncle took me and my brother to the
Saturday matinee. We had seats in the
balcony and so near the stage that we
could in way see behind the scenes.
Early in the entertainment Jenny Lind
sang Home, Sweet Home, and the
audience was beside itself. Among the
members of her company was her future
husband, Otto Goldschmtdt He was to
the audience siAply an unknown pianist
and to be obliged to listen to anything,
hut the voiceof Jenny Lind was provoke.
ing. Well, the man played, and from.
where we sat we could see Jenny Lind
behind the enrtain listening most intent-
ly. When he had finished, the audience
seemed in nowise disposed 10 applaud;
Sut Jenny Lind began to clap her hands
vigorously, observing which, we boys
reinforced her, and, observing her face
light up-I can see the love-Eght on it
yet-we clappea furiously until the ap-
! plaase spread through the audience.
| When he had finished playing second
dime, my brother and l set the ball in
motion, and the applause was great
enough to satisfy even the fiance of
| Otto Goldschmidt"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
High Life in Mexico.

A tourist in Mexico says that in the
house of a wealthy native everybo ly is
astir before sunrise. Aservant comes to
your room to ask it you will have coffee
or chocolate there, or will go to the DIM
ing room for it. You must not be Of
Tended if the host is off to his business
without seeing you, for at 10 o'clock he
viii return and greet you tremendously
enough. The breakfast, which is the
chief meal of the day, is then served in
courses. Fruit is eaten first, soup often
follows, then mea- :, after that eggs and
finally frijoles, the national fish. This
last is dark red bean, cooked with lard,
seasoned highly with red pepper, and is
served in sour plate and eaten with
spoon. It is very palatable, and foreign
ers generally become as fond of it us the
natives. Wine is always on the table,
and everybody concludes by smoking .
cigarette, the ladies not excepted, COT
fee and chocolate are served again in the
afternoon, and at IL p. m. there is a light
supper, consisting principally of tomales,
| which is corn meal mush mixed with a
force-meat of chicken or beef, highly
seasoned with red pepper and onions, all
! nicely rooled in clean corn shuck tied
] and put in pot and boiled until done
| and served in the shuck hot.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
EASY AND HARD KICKING.
How Contortionists Learn to Tickle
Their Ears With Their Toes.

How Contortionists Learn to Tickle
Their Ears With Their Toes.
From the St Louis Chronicle. ...
Jesse, one of the three lies Energy
ables' brothers, now playing at Pope's
with the Kiralfys, was Intercepted last
night as to the system oftraining through
which man must 60 in order to do q
frst-class contortion act. The reader
will no doubt be surprised to hear that
no rubbing of the joints with buzzard's
grease or sleeping between oiled blank
cts is necessary, and that genuine ease
and proficiency can be acquired only by
long practice. Mr.. Jesse, who is
now in his 23th year, has had
twenty-five years practice, having been
apprenticed to John Wilson, a we'll
known circus man of California, at the
age of six years. At the time he began
to learn he was only an ordinary boy,
not at all remarkable either for stength
or ability. When the four years of the
apprenticeship had expired he was pro-
nounced fair contortionist, and offered
good salary by Wilson. At this time
he was able to do "easy kicking" and by
continuing the exercise has been able to
acquire astonishing powers. The con-
tortionist, he SAYS, is never allowed to
do any heavy lifting or jumping, because
such exercise contracts and stitfinS the
joints.
''To be able to tickle your ear with
your toe," said he, you have only to
take about two hours practice daily for
four or five years, and it is best to begin
early" The boy who begins to learn is
put through every exercise that will
make the joints timber without creating
muscle. One of the first things he is
made to do is to take the foot in hand,
lift it up, and pull the leg toward the
body. When this has been done daily
for ten years he becomes fair contor-
ZIONIST, and to succeed afteI the bushes
is learned, a man must keep sober.
VIII isky and beer stiffen the joints. II
is alsc held to be a bad idea
to eat peanuts and other
! indigestible food. In the third act OF
The Black Crook" where the three
performers named appear, most of what
is done is called 'teasy kicking,'- is
kicking over heads. "Hard kicking
consists in throwing the leg along the
the back, and otherwise putting the
joints to an unnatural strain. While the
! gyrations and contortions of this act are
| fairly bewildering to the spectators, they
are not difficult to the actors, though the
| work is very exhausting IN its nature
The ease and grace which characterize
| their movements are the result of years
| of training, and cannot be acquired in 6
! short time with the aid Of any Balm OF
| oint-er.. lnoxn.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
Brother Gardeners Weekly Talk.

DeTOlC fTee fIeS.
"De odder mite de ole man Saleratus
Brown drapped ober to see me-" began
the old man, as Pickles Smith got through
swallowing a tenpenny nail which he
was holding in his mouth to cure the
backache. "He sot down with a grunt,
showed out his feet wild groan and re-
marked dat times had so changed dat he
didn't care to lib anoder day. It made
me narvous to h'ar him take on an tell
how modern folkses war dyin' of-mod-
ern houses no better dan coffins-mod-
ern food pizen to de system-an' dat
ninety-nine men out of every hundred
war. liars, cheats an thieves.
limos cherry day h'ar some of you
takih7 on bout de good ole times when
nobody died an de front doah of cherry
house stood open. You doan' know
what yer talkin' bout. In de good ole
times de common house was bout as
comfortable as de common hog pen.
More people had TO ride ten miles for
doctor dan less distance, an when he
arrove he didn't know bran from broom
stick. Any sort of q man who knew Mo-
ses from Aaron was good huff for preach
er, an de man wild de loudest voice an
de loudest below was de best lawyer
Women were freckled an men went
barefuted to church, an de ladder who
didn't bring up his sons wild great deal
ofstern dignity and blue beech CAD mixed
togeder expected de boy to turn out a
pirate.
Gin de good old times men stole an
cheated an lied au' played hypocrite,
jist de same as men do now, on if de
woman didn't CAD quite so often dey Cos
siped jist as much. De man who signs
fur de good ole times am frowin' away
his reaf, an dar am dim suspishun in
my mind dat he am lazy an shiftless.
De pusson who can't play his hand wild
de world of to day am either light in the
head or wobby in the knees. ] furder
desire to add dat de mex time h'ar a
member of dis club wishin' fur return
of de days when only one family on a
road ten miles long had an umbrella to
lend, an not one family outer sixteen
could lead cupful o sugar without scra-
PIN de bottom of de box, shall purcesd
to read him lecktur dat will slant his
ears at an angle of fo'ty seben degrees"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
A Snow Slice in August.

TUlu Tic LcuAlIlt aiu.
During the past Summer J. w. Morrin
and G. L. Berg have been working the
Moonlight claim, which is situated on
Mount Sheridan, above timber line, and
just south of the Grand View Lode. In
consequence of the hard work that would
be attendant on bringing sufficient tim
Der to the claim to build cabin, the
men have dwelt in a tent. The recent
severe weather cautioned them to de-
part, and early yesterday morning the
fierce winds tore. down their canvas shell
ter entirely. This confirmed the inmates
that it was time to leave, and shortly be-
fore IL O'Clock they had completed stor-
ing away their tools and were ready for
a start. The snoF was lying on the bare,
steep side of the mountain sixteen inch
es deep, and the surface was crusted by
the rains of the previous day. The men
started down the precipitous path, but
they had hardly gone ninety feet when
suddenly greatIbody of the snow let go
its hold of terra frma and hurled the
travellers in thb binding mass. BY
some unknown means Berg was stopped
just on the brink Of a precipice, while
his partner, Mdrrin, was dashed over
the edge and fell down an almost perpen'
dicular height Of forty feet. Both mer
were knocked senseless, but Berg being
the first to recover instituted search
for his comrads. The latter was com
pletely covered up, but his friend soo1
| found him and restored him to con
seriousness. Mdrrin was unable to wall
further, howeyer, as in the fall he hat
broken his right leg. Making the I'm
| fnrtanatA man Ia comfortable "a rrSsible
Berg hss.s s t. some friends, ; and Z. q
Morrin was plAced on a, hand-sled ant
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
The American Girl in London.

A writer in London Truth thus de-
scribes an American girl: "There is a
large party at the Hall, and among them
an amazing American -.irl I sat just be-
hind her in church on Sunday, and as
the sermon was a very dull one, I amused
myself counting the feathers on the
'Fuchia's hat. It was huge felt cart
wheel, with no less than twenty-five
ostrich feathers on the outside and sew
eral under one side of the brim, falling
on her hair. Some one has christened
her The Fuchsia. after a girl in the
book. She is very pretty and graceful,
and full of fun and spirits. Brown tells
me that her dress baskets are nearly six
feet long and that she was measured for
them in New York, so that her dresses
might fit at full length"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02
For the Ladies.

Breton embroidery consists in working
over patterns found on chintz, or stamped
velvet or brocade, and may be used in
many ways in home decoration as well
as articles of dress. Silk handkerchief
with the pattern worked over with silk
in suitable stitches and colors are very
rich in effect, and may be used in many
ways and places. By brushing over the
back of chintz with gum tragacanth, it
may be made to cut like paper, and the
pattern on the face may be cut out with
out having the edges fray. Then little
moisting of the back will make it adhere
to whatever it is desired to transfer it to,
and then it may be worked over with
the silk, giving a very oriental look to
sofa pillows, table scarfs, or drapery of
any sort.
Says DR.. Alice Stockham: ''To be a
successful physician a ewonan must he
a lady, womanly woman. No aping
of masculine habits, dress, or foibles
will conduce to success. She must have
an affinity for the work, feel at home in
the sick room, with desire and tact to
! relieve suffering, devoid of any morbid
sensibility at sight of pain, offensive de-
formities, and CHASTITY in uries and oper-
atoms. She must be born to command,
firm in purpose, and quick to execute,
at the same time have dignity and self
| control. Nothing must escape her OBJ
servation. She must be able to reason
| from cause to effect, strong in convictions,
but slow to give an opinion. She needs
| love for scientific research, and the
ability to apply herself to study"
This, from Clara Belle, the fashion
writer Of the Cincinnati Enquirer, will
| interest the ladies': ''Some Of the new
autumn walking costumes are of tweed,
showing white vest, cutaway coat fas-
| tened just below the chest with one but
ton, $ anding collar. with round gold
| collar buttons, and linen cuffs held to-
| tons, and, browning all, jaunty, low.
crowned derby hat, devoid of trimming
| of any sort. This style is from London,
and the few who follow it 60 to the whole
English extent Of carrying canes. These
are quite slender bits of ebony, not long
enough to be used in walking, and are
sometimes expensively mounted with
gold. 1t is fashionable, too, to wear
| cropped hair with these costumes.
Red-haired girls may proftaSly read
the following description of one of their
own kind; "a girl with red hair looked
very nice ina myrtle-green skirt, with
gray and green checked wooden stuff for
overdress. Her bonnet was of dark
red straw, the brim being covered with
white beaded lace, sailing over white
wild roses. The strings were of dark
red ribbon, and round her throat was a
white gauze tie. 1t is rather difficult fol-
girl with red hair to manage colors
wei, but this was decided success"
The almost universal custom of wig
wearing is reducing the female sex to q
monotonous uniformity. How any pref
| ty, sensible young woman can lend her.
self to such q hideous fashion is past
masculine comprehension.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02

manufacturers, be used, there is little
danger of accident. Glass lamps ought
never to be carried about, for the very
reason that they are glass. This would
hold, no matter what material they con-
tain; even if it be sperm or lard oil, the
breaking of a lamp is disaster to be
avoided. There is chance that the one
carrying it may slip or trip, or some
other accident cause it to be dropped.
With good kerosene, even the breaking
of the lamp and spilling its contents
should cause no disaster in the way of
burning; but all kerosene is not good,
and the risk should never be taken. In
trimming" the lamps, only the small
portion that is charred need
be removed from the wick, and that is
readily done by scraping it with knife
.ke't for the purpose. If any substance
collects upon the wick tube. that should
be scraped off, leaving the brass or met
a. perfectly clean. After carefully scra-
ping. wipe off the upper part of the
wick tube land the wick) with piece of
very soft paper, TO remove any small par
ticlc left in scraping. A Wick may be-
come unfit for use long before 1t Is burn
ed up. Many quarts of oil are carried
through wick, and in time the pores OF
Iilc ldDGlc DecOIlic 80 iIlIGu Will niue d.
oms of dust and other impurities that
the oil contains that lis abilities to take
up the oil as fast as it is burned becomes
greatly diminished, and when this oc-
ours new wick is needed. If lamp is
filed quite full in a cold room, and is
then brought into warm one, the heat
will cause the OF! to expand and over
flow, and lead to the suspicion that the
lamp leaks. This should be avoided by
not filling completely; knowing that this
may occur, sufficient space should be
left to allow for the expansion.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02

The first newspaper published in Eu-
rope is said to have been sold in the
streets of Paris in 1881, during the Ital-
ian war. It expired in 1895, and can
now only be found in the public library
of Nantes.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02

Texas has 5O,ooo,OOO acres of school
land, and its present value is about $780,
600, 600, which value is said to be increas-
ing at the rate Of 20per cent. per annum.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-02

The Duluth Electric Light and Power
company is now an Incorporated body, hay-
ing filed articles with the secretary of state.
The capitol stock is 100000. J. w. Van
Brant, George Green, A. L. .Ordeaux, VIII
liam r. Stone, George Spencer, John La
VAGUE, Albert s. Chase are the incorporar
tors.