Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-28

and peculiar and exclusive, % that, while It
quadruple, this year it runs of quintupls and
gextuples, and, on several occasions has
amazed its patrons and Disguised the carriers
by septuple issue, of which from ITO to 119
columns are filled with small advertisements
The Sun is a better property to-day than ever;
picked up greatly; Truth is to be found on
every news stand; The Star beams prosper
ously, and the evening papers, most OF which
have job offices connected with them, are all
In satisfactory monetary condition
Fat Men and Criminals.
The New York Sun has ascertained, by in
quiry in proper quarters, that the most marked
popularity in the person Of criminals is their
small sze-that is the fat man, as q rule
forms the very smallest minority in the legion
of social offenders On Blackwelps island, n
Y, the number of the prisoners constantly
continues to be be about nine hundred For
many years not2 per cent of these have been
men weighing 2OO pounds. The heaviest
criminal ever detained there was Tweed,
whose weight was 263 pounds The present
champion heavy weight is a man weighing 259
pounds, who was sent thither for larceny
few days ago. Fatness and comparative
goodness seem to have q tender afflation.
Moreover, fat men are likely to be good-na-
tured, easy souls that think no evil
Almost Down to Paragraphs!
A most remarkable innovation has taken
place in The London Times. Editorial arti-
clss have appeared of less than half a col
umn's lengths circumstance unprecedented
Dying Words OF the Great.
Boston Transcript.
Dr. johnson, passing away amid tumuh
OF uneasiness and fear, said to one VINO stood
close beside his bed, Sod bless you, my dear!'
The celebrated DR.. Adams, rector of the high
school of Edinburgh, in some moments of de-
hrlum preceding his death, whispered, 1T is
growing dark, boys;" stretching forth his
hand, you may goI' Queen Elizabeth of
England, lying on her royal couch, was heard
70 moan out the heartrending words, as she
closed her eyes forever, GAn my possessions
for one moment of time!' But the noble Wes-
ley simply exclaimed, in calmness of spirit,
THE best Of all is, God is with us." Poor
Robert Burns, out Of his head when he drew
his last breath, cried, sOh, don't let the awk-
ward squad fire over mel" How curious, in
deed, that Lord Thurlow should have cried
out, as he passed away, &Tm shot if l don't
believe I'm dyingl. Easa
All. mes entans, you cannot cry as much
Tor me as L have made you laugh in my time!"
30 said the brilliant wit of France, Scarron az
ne lay dying that hour with o host Of weeping
friends around him
= 1t was Christiap philosopher like John
Locke who exclaimed with his latest breath
that solemn day, @Oh, the depth of the
riches Of the goodness and knowledge of Cod"
How strange to think that the great Mirabeau,
after life of such wild discord, should have
cried out frantically, as he lay waiting for the
last change, Music! Let me die to the sound
Of delicious music!' Washington, with the
smile Of saint looked up into the face of his
over him, at Mount Vernon that dis
NAL day, and calmly said, as he
crossed his arms above his noble breast,
1T Is well" And the last words of Luthers
friend, Melancthon, are wonderfully striking,
it seems to me. The former asked him that
no! Nothing, nothing but heaven! !" he an
swered, and died with smile on his face. The
ruling passion may be said to have been still
strong with Chesterfield when he passed away,
for the last words he uttered were, ~Give
Daytolles a chair!' Did poor Cowper say any
dreaded the thought of dying? Why, is said
little child All, but what did Hobbies,
the deist say just before he gasped
his last breath? Il am taking fearful
leap in the dark" but the sweet Herbert said,
@Now, Lord, receive my SOUL" Dear Gold
smiths physician asked him few moments
before he ceased to breathe if his mind was at
ease. His mournful answer was, mo, it is
not!" And yet was not Goldsmith really as
lovely character, at heart, as any man who
ever lived? The deaf Beethoven, whose
whole soul had been full Of glorious harmony
throughout his life, cried out at last, Now
shall hear!" May We not cherish the hope
that Bryon's thoughts we're of God and heaven
when he said at last, SO YEARLY, 4 must sleep
now" The sun was shining very brightly In
the room where the great Humboldt lay dying,
and he said as he watched the beautiful rays,
eHow grand the sunlight! It seems to beckon
earth to heaveul" John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson died the same day, but one said with
his last breath, Independence forever" and
the other, Il resign my soul to God-and my
said to an attendant, as he assembled the scat
fold on the day of his execution, Il pray you see
me safe up, and as for my coming down let me
shift for myself" Beautiful Anne Boleyn,
just before she knelt down to lay her head on
the block, elapsed her neck with her hand
and said, sIti small. very small indeed" What
could have possessed Franklin to say to his
friends on his death bed, "A dying man does
nothing WE'LL" What strange question for
Cardinal Beaufort Tor any other MANI to ask at
the last moment of his life, What. is there no
bribing death?" Scott said, even when death
was creeping very near, Il feel as if l were TO
be myself again" And Hood, tired out
whispered only the words, dying, dying!"