Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-10
Things Boiled Down.


A new plant has been discovered in
Mexico which is remarkable for its fiber.
1t is thought that it will revolutioniZe
textile Industries since it is even more
beautiful than silk. 1t has not yet been
christened.
A London garroter recently received
a sentence of fifteen years penal servi-
tude and thirty lashes from the cat
Justice Stephen was the just judge who
inflicted this sentence, and If any sum of
money can induce him to come to this
country and bring his law with him it
should be freely offered to him.
A very strange and pleasing effect,
says the Buffalo Commercial. may be
produced by tying tablespoon in the
middle of piece of string winding the
ends of the string around a finger Of
each hand, inserting the fingers i'll ones
ears while some one taps the spoon with
pencil or some such object.
Old Mother Earth must roll Ilneasily
through space. Nearly every day there
is twitch here or there on her great
back, which the telegraph announces as
an earthquake shock,
AL llluStIdtlOH VI tllS
rance of the Chinese, in the matter of
judicial oath, was furnished some time
ago by the native usher in the consular
court of Shanghai. He was observed to
be making an anxious search for some
missing object: and on being questioned
by the Judge, he stated that he was look
ing for the little book which is given to
the witness to smell! And this man has
been for eighteen years usher of the
court.
A lady writing from San Francisco to
friend in Boston under date of January
says: 81 presume you saw by the pa
pers that Califorrians had their first
snow storm on Sunday last. 1t was the
first in this city, and you can form no
idea how strange and yet how beautiful
storm before, and to every one from the
east it was like the return of an old
friend. Every one was excited over it
and all who could get out of the house
participated in snow. balling. Old and
Young took part in the sport. Itsnowed
hard three or four hours. but it turned
to rain, and in q few hours there was no
trace of it left. "-Boston journal.
The Bombay Gazette expresses fear
that coffee is about to share the fate of
the potato and the grape. In certain
districts it seemed destined to disappear
gradually, like the vine. A little fungus
appears at first on single leaf, and soon
afterward it attacks them all, causing the
death of the tree. This is the case in
several parts of Ceylon, and the disease
has spread to Java, where it has caused
great ravages. 1t made its appearance
some time ago IN the FIJI islands as Well;
but there the government took the mat
ter up energetically. All the plantations
affected by the disease were bought up
and the trees burnt.
At a recent meeting of the Boston Uni
tartan society, a Hungarian gentleman
present, doubtless having the fear of the
hubs displeasure at least, gave some i'm
pressions Of American cities, and indi-
Gated his preference for Boston, ending
with this anecd ote, in which the uncut
tured outsider may possibly detect
a lurking sarcasm: Two old
ladies of Boston, who were devoted
friends, were spirtualists. One of them
dying, the other at length established
communication with her, and inquired
how she liked the other world. "Well,
it is very beautiful. verv interesting
very attractive, instructive, butt is nut
Boston!"
Two or three years out of the best
part of every young mans life are de-
manded for military service in Germany,
and by the time his term of service
has expired nearly every young fellow
has ap0Jira1 taStaS for i'll ln naSS and slOth.
fulness, not to speak of the many vices
which terminate SO well in the army,
and one of the almost equally pernicious
results is the total loss ofambition, which
is the corner stone ofevery young mans
true progress in life. In fact ambition,
seems to be an unknown quantity in
most parts of the old world, and every
one seems content to run in the same
rut that proved 50 irresistible t. his
father and grandfather, and SO on ad in
fnitum.