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Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
A BIG .JURIST.

John Duke, Lord Coleridge, who is
Chief Justice of England, recently ar
rived in the United States, and is
taking so we'll that Chicago's Bar AS
ISOLATION will give him grand dinner.
He is quite distinguished jurist in
his native land, and j. row about 81
years of age, and has held office from
early youth to the present time. In
1856, he was appointed Recorder of
Portsmouth; elected Representative
of Exter, from 1866 to 1873. He has
been besides, Solicitor General, Judge
in the Judicial Department Of the
Privy Council, and Attorney General.
In November, 1873, he was raised to
the Peerage, with the title of Baron
Coleridge of Ottery st. Mary. There
is only one more round of the ladder
in the legal line for him to climb to
get to the highest, that is to the Lord
CHARACTERISTIC of England.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
Anecdote of Queen Victoria.

Youths Companion.
Mr.. W, picture lover, was anxious to
see the great paintings in the apartments Of
Buckingham palace. His brother, a London
carpet merchant was ordered to put down
new carpets in the state apartments of the
palace. W put on workmans blouse
and entered the palace while the royal family
was residing in it.
Once in, he dropped his assumed character
and devoted himself to the pictures While
he was alone in one of the rooms, the queen
came tripping in, wearing plain white morn
ing dress. Two or three of her younger chill
dren accompanied her.
"Pray, can you tell me-" she said, to the
supposed workman, "when the new carpet
will be put down in the priyy council cham
ber?'
W, thinking he had no right to recog.
nize the queen under the circumstances, an
swered, "Really, madame I cannot tell. but
will inquire"
"Stay!" she said, kindly but abruptly; "who
are you? Iperceive that you are not one OF
the workmen."
Blushing and stammering, he confessed who
he was, and the motive which had led him tn
assume workmans dress.
The queen, appeased by his love of art, said,
with a smile, II knew for all your dress that
you were gentleman, because you did not
your majesty me- Pray look at the pictures
as long as you will. Good morningl CONS,
chicks, we must CO."
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
OUR HEALTH RESORTS.
Are They not Turning out to be Death
Resortse some Alarming Facts.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
Are our great health resorts to turn out
great death resorts? Are our people, in in
creasing numbers yearly, to seek rest and
invigoration at the seaside, on the mountains
and in the rural districts, at the risk Of
typhoid fever and other still more virulent
filth diseases?
Typhoid fever prevails in the country much
more than in the city, from the fact that,
while city drinking water is but little con-
taminated with sewage, few attempts are
made in the country to keep the pig-pen, the
barn yard, the cesspool and the out house at
a safe distance from the well. The hocking
of summer boarders into the country greatly
increases the danger.
AS general thing, no adequate measures
have been adopted at our great grove gather
ing and watering places to secure safe SAM
tary conditions. The worst features OF the
country are reproduced amid more than city
crowding, and that, too in the sultriest
months of the year
Says writer in The Popular Science
Monthly, speaking of Ocean Grove with its
10000 visitors, ''No attempt has yet been
made to remove focal accumulation by means
of sewerage, OF to substitute clearly earth
closets for the disgusting cesspools and out
houses. Hence the wells are polluted, the air
smells vilely, particularly at the period of the
great open-air camp-meetings."
The same writer, speaking of Asbury park
and it's eff1uvia, says, physicians were kept
busy attending cases of fever, cramps, and
dysenteries." Again, 'The careless drinking
of water so poisoned" by soakage from hog
pens and other refuse, twas the cause Of an
outbreak of typhoid fever during the past
season QsS9 at Seabright, village adjacent
to Long Branch, and supplied with water
from the same source.
'Red Bank and Atlantic City were SINH
larly afflicted with symotic and malarial
fevers, through similar cause; while New
port, heretofore considered a healthy seaside
resort, had case of cholera, and diarrhea
was almost epidemic. From such causes as
these an unusual amount of sickness pre-
vailed during the past season along the whole
line of the Atlantic coast"
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Notwithstanding the Chinese indi-
vidual is contrabamd OF war, and is
prohibited from coming into this
country except i'll small quantities at a
time, lie has become valuable as IL Ia
borer, and for this purpose it now pays
to steal him over the lin" from British
Columbia. The sum paid Is at the
rate of two up to twelve dollars a hea-
then. When he is once upon Ameri-
can soil, if it has been but one day, he
will take his solumn oath that he has
been in the country for years, and
eaten rats and mice in every state in
the Union. Although our high priced
custom-house officers are ever on the
alert in drawing their salaries, and
keeping watch, thousands of those
opium eaters wend their way into our
midst from Puget Sound.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Alta meeting of the board of direc-
tors Of the Northern Pacific road, in
New York, on the 9Th inst, Henry
Willard was reelected President; all
the other officers were reelected. II
was arranged at the meeting to issue
500, 600, 900 of second mortgage bonds
to pay off the floating debt, complete
the construction Of the unfinished
lines, and furnish working capital
for the road. Those who thought Mr..
Willard had conducted so badly that
he would not be reelected, now find
they were behind the times.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Henry M. Stanley, the great African
explorer, is now taking his meals upon
the equator, where the coffee at noon
boils itself, without being ground. He
has explored up river there, about
the size of the Arkansas, which is a
deep broad stream, and which he
thinks must drain the largest part of
the South Congo basin, and rising
higher up. He having made himself
acquainted with the country there, is
somewhat surprised at the dense pop
ulation of the equatorial part of the
basin, which if uniform throughout
would give $4,000, 900 people, such as
they are. He made peace between
several tribes there, and they were SO
well pleased with his action on all
sides, that they unanimously elected
him father of that country, but with
what imposing title, or whether he
must wear ring of gold set with pre-
cious stones, in his nose. we are left in
the dark.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Here is the kind of farmer that Fish
er, of Iowa, is, who has only fifty acres
of land: "He keeps one team of
horses, three first-class mich COWS,
and nice little drove of the best hogs.
He milks his COWS for the creamery,
and they made him nearly 5000 last
year; will perhaps do better this year.
He will sell $500 worth of hogs this
year, and have thirty stoekers to keep
over. He has $500 worth of flaxseed
to sell; has all abundance Of hay and
grain to keep his stock in first-class
condition during the winter"
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
No Game i'm the Yellowstone.

Cor Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
The tourist naturally expects to see bear.
elk, deer, antelope and other wild animals
in the Yellowstone park, and they may DO
there, for the guide-books tell us they are
abundant But in the eight days travel in
the park not single living specimen was
seen, and the only approximation to a bear
was porcupine, which one Of the guides
freed, and into which Maj. Bickham swears
he emptied the contents of his seven-shooter
before he discovered he was wasting his am
munition ON a fretful porcupine. An occa-
sional chipmunk or ground squirrel was seen,
and now and then a covey of disconsolate
blackbirds, but as for living game one might
as well look for it among the hills of Eden
park as along the traversed routes Of the
National park. Neither wild animal nor In
dian was seen in all the journeying. If one
wishes to see Indian, in fact, in alEhis long
travel from st. Paul to the National park, q
distance of nearly 1000 miles, he must search
for him on the reservations, where he is as
different from the native savage as the
menagerie lion from the monarch of the
African jungle. Indians and buffalo have
alike disappeared, and only tradition of their
existence remains.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

We understand that Mcssrs. f.
Locke and +. r. Bunker are about to
open bank in North Minneapolis
Willmar Republican Gazette.
These are two of the Gentlemen,
who were instrumental in organizing
and building, causing others to gut in
their capital to build elevators, in
direct oppaSi tjon to the Miiers' Asso-
citation, and to be rua in the future
upon that plan only, but now they
have sold out a controlling interest to
the Association, and are, according to
the Republican Gazette, about to open
a bank in North Minneapolis. No
laughing down there boys, on the
back seat, for no doubt they have
struck it rich.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
THE OLD PIANO.
THarper's Bazaar.1

[Harper's Bazaar.1
Flow still and dusky in the long CLOSED rooml
What lingering shadows and what faint per-
fume
OF eastern treasures-sandal-woo and scent
With nard and cassia and with roses blent
Let in the sunshine
Quaint cabinets are here, boxes and fans,
And boarded letters full Of hopes and plans,
pass them by | came once more to see
The old piano, dear to memory,
In past days mine.
OF all sad voices from forgotten years
It's is the saddest; see what tender tears
Drop on the yellow keys, as solt and slow,
play some melody of long ago.
How strange 1t seems!
The thin, weak notes that once were rich ana
strong,
Give only now the shadow of a song,
The dying echo of the fuller strain
That shall never, never hear again,
Unless indreams.
What hands have touched It'll Fingers small
and white,
Since stiff and weary with life's toll and
fight;
Dear clinging hands that long have been at
rest;
Folded serenely on quiet breast.
Only to think,
o white, sad notes, of all the pleasant days,
The happy songs, the hymns OF molly praise,
The dreams of love and youth that round you
cling!
Do they not make each signing, trembling
string
A mighty link!
All its musicians gone beyond recall.
The beautiful, the loved, where are they all
Each told its secrets, touched its keys and
wires
To thoughts of many colors and desires,
With whispering fingers;
All are silent now, the farewell said,
The last song sung, the last tear sadly shed;
Yet love has given it many dreams to keep
In this lone room where only shadows creep
And silence fingers.
The old piano answers to my call,
And from my fingers lets the lost notes fan.
o, soul that 1 have loved, with heavenly
birth
Wilt thou not keep the memory Of earth,
Its smiles and signs?
Shall wood and metal and white ivory
Answer the touch of love with melody,
And thou forget? Dear one, not so.
I move thee yet Though how Imay not know
Beyond the skies.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Among the Constitutional Amend
ments to be voted upon at the next
general election are: terms of Judges
of the Supreme and District Courts,
changing their terms of office from
seven to six years; Clerk of the Su-
preme Court from three to four years
State Auditor from three to four years.
The official year for the. State shall
commence on the first Monday in Jan
uary in each year, and all terms of
Office shall terminate at that time.
The first general election for state and
county officers, except judicial officers,
after adoption of the amendment shall
be held in 1884, and shall be held BIZ
annually thereafter. All state, coun-
ty, or other officers elected at any gen.
eral election, whose terms of office
would otherwise expire ON the first
Monday in January, 1886, shall hold
until the first Monday in January,
1887.
The officers elected this fall, whose
terms would expire on the first Mon
day of January, 1886, according to the
statute, and not included in the above
exception of judicial officers, are Reg
lister of Deeds, Sheriff, County Attor-
ney, County Surveyor and Coroner,
and would hold over this Amend
ment until the first Monday in Janu-
airy, 1887. The office of County Audit
or and Treasurer, do not come under
the wording of this Amendment, as
they expire on the first Monday of
March, and not in January, 1886, but,
according to the probable meaning
and intent of the Amendment, thew
would, with the School Superintend-
emit, also go over to January, 1887. as
there would be no election held two
years from then, in November, 1885,
to fill the vacancies occurring at the
end of the year 1885. What will be
the outcome of this confusion, if there
shall be any, the courts can determine
at future time.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
A Beggar and His Beard.
Cor. National Review.

Cor. NaClOnal Review
I remember one afternoon, when I was
taking walk about mile from home, over
taking most miserable-looking old man
who, bent with old age, could hardly drag
one feeble leg after the other. His clothes
hung in rags upon him; he never raised his
bent head as he dragged himself very slowly
and very painfully along. His appearance
excited in most people good deal of compass
sion, though I remarked, with indignation,
that several jeered at him. His condition,
however, seemed past being made better or
worse He took money without any
token of joy or gratitude, and ridicule with
out any sign of annoyance. I followed him
as he struggled ON, one slow step at time,
and at the end of about an hour and half
we were approaching my street. He turned
down into it, raised his bent back, lifted his
head, stepped lightly along the pavement, and
turned into house almost next to mine He
was middle-aged man whom knew quite
well by sight, but had not recognized in his
disguise as an old man. His venerable but
dirty and ragged white beard I afterward
met, cleaned and nicely brushed, on another
man who was got up as a respectable old
man who had seen better days. That beard
could tell some curious stories; it has wagged
under MANY chinS
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Staples and Shannon have been ar
rested and placed in Jail at Saltwater,
for stealing the trunks of Secretary
Teller, while on the Willard excursion.
Since then the cuff-buttons belonging
to the Secretary have been found in
their possession. Governor Ordway,
of Dakota, has made requisition up
on Gov. Hubbard for these prisoners,
that they may be taken to Bismark for
trial. The prisoner Staples is rela-
tive of the wealthy Staples residing in
Saltwater.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
OUTSIDERS PLUCKING OUR FRUIT.

The incorporation of the new Chica-
60 Il Lake Superior road sets the rail-
way men to wondering what there Is
behind it.-Pioneer Press.
We think it is easy to see that Chi
cago and Milwaukee are behind it, and
that Duluth is at the other end, but we
cannot see st. Paul any where on the
line. Whether the Northern Pacific
is building 1t or not, it will be used by
it as a short cut down to Chicago.
One of the directors says, it is going to
the pine and mineral lands of the Lake
Superior district, which means, we
presume, to pick off few of those val
liable pines for more southern con-
sumption, and to dig down into the
mountains of iron ore north of Duluth,
and perhaps look into the silver mines
on Pigeon River, a work which st.
Paul should have performed years ago.
st. Paul has, to its great detriment
and to the greater detriment still of
the state, refused to establish any
| headquarters among those industries
and has left fruits Of that wealth to
those farther away, TO come, ut twice
the expense, TO gather up and take
away. That which would go so far 10
enrich St. Paul and the whole state, it
could not see at even short range, but
Chicago, its rival, levels its telescope
on that point and makes for it; so
quietly working it up and eNpending
some 100000 in doing it, it was not
publicly known the gentle zephyr was
in motion. 1t is Il matter of short
| sightedness, that our state capital and
enterprise has been so long kept out of
that section of country. The Lake
Vermillion iron mines were allowed
| to bleach themselves in the n0On-day
sun, until those from abroad came and
improved them, and now what we
may want in that line for home man
ufacture, we are allowed to purchase
of them at their profit price, or seek it
elsewhere at more precious rates. So
fearful were those who opened these
Vermillion mines, that Minnesota
might have little benefit accruing
from them, that they refused to con
meet the mines with our railroads at
Duluth, but Went fifty or sixty miles
up to Agate Bay, on Lake Superior,
and there started their road for the
mine, building their own harbor on
the Lake, where steamers could easily
land and take the ore away out Of the
state without coming to our lake port
at Duluth. In our hours of state idle
ness, we allowed foreign capital to
purchase the valuable mill-sites on
the St. Louis river, and whatever can
| be made out of them is to pass into
other hands through Lake Superior to
the coast, leaving us the high sounding
name for our share, and they taking
the game. With this unbounded COM
mercial stupidity in our midst, it is no
wonder the new Chicago & Lake Su-
perior road sets the railway men to
wondering what there is behind it.
This shearing our railroads and cities
of their home business, may awaken
them to deserved action in self-de-
fence, and, if so, great good will be
accomplished.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
A NAUGHTY GRoAN.

The Millars' Association has been at
the expense of telegraphing around
through the country, that all is lovely
now, as they have settled all their
difficulties which had been pending
with the rail roads, that they might
ship their wheat and flour around by
Chicago so as to defeat any competing
wheat market at Duluth, but we are
unable to learn that they have made
any settlement with the farmer,
whereby they are to pay him the full
market price for his wheat. We do
not apprehend that this sort of tatfy
from the Association will have any
tendency to silence any Of the bat
teries fighting in behalf of the farmer.
That the Association is not paying
within from five to ten cents bushel
for what wheat is worth, can be proven
by daily comparing its price paid at
the several country towns, with that
of Duluth, or even that Of the Min
neapolis market among those who are
buying on commission. The Asso-
citation has justly deserved the un-
popular reputation it has among the
people of the state, and we do not
suppose any shot, light or heavy,
which can be honestly fired at it,
could possibly cloud its face with the
blush of shame in it's dealings with the
farmers, when it is making millions of
money by it. We are aware, that the
Association employs at large ex-
pense, a strong force to fight all who
dare to stay It's plundering of the hard
working people of the state, but we
think the powerful blows it has al
ready received, will in the course OF
time make dent or two upon its
chaliced hide, and that its everyday
plumber may get too heavy for it to
carry in the approaching future.
The saw dust city of Minneapolis
while under pay from the Association
to keep silent may set by and smile at
this game which is being played, but
when little farther on it goes to
count up the value of its business and
real estate, it may find it of less value,
and the City much smaller than it
had expected. This fostering foe in
its midst, must, beyond question, in its
daily prowlings, crumble the heavy
walls about it, and SOW ruin broad
cast, where naughty conceit now lies
buried mountain deep.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Hon. Knute Nelson has been re-
quested by the Republican State Cen
trail Committee, to make few cam
paign speeches in the interest of the
present Republican State Ticket, at
such places and times as may best suit
his convenience. Mr.. Nelson says he
will comply with the request, but at
what points, or when he will speak,
we are, SO far, not advised. Mr.. Bier
man then is NOT to get away with us
without a struggle, as hs expected.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

The occupation of the Dublin In
vincibles is this, that while the British
Government have paid detectives 60
ing through Ireland hunting down Of
tenders against British rule, and in
ducing and bribing parties to turn in
formers against their confidential
friends, the Inyincibles send out spies,
warming the informefs to desist, and
if he refuses, he Is marked for death
doom,
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
MennOnites in Manitoba.
New York Sun.

There are about 1900 Mennonites, OF
Anabaptists in Manitoba, divided into ten OF
twelve villages, and occupying the richest
land. They came seven years ago, a large
reservation being set apart by the govern.
ment for their exclusive use. Their language
is mixture of Russian and low Dutch, and
their customs and habits are primitive in the
extreme. They are not at all clearly, living
under the same roof with pigs, cows, horses,
and poultry, and keep aloof from the settlers.
Their elders decide minor disputes, but the
power belongs to the people, without whose
consent no business of Importance can be
transacted. They are, of course, subject to
the provincial law.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Bruce Younger, cousin of Cole,
Jim and Bob Younger, was arrested
at Denver, Col, where he was placed
on the train for San Antonio, Texas,
to answer a charge of murder. From
this it will be seen that they do arrest
men for such things in Texas.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

The Democrats claim they are going
to elect Bierman, Governor, by $4,000,
majority, as less one would have no
significance, Come TO think of it, per-
haps they may, for we had forgotten
that is sufficiently popular to make
change Of about $1,000 votes. A
whale drawing as mueh water as this,
ought to influence the election of a
Democratic Legislature. Wonder if
he will?
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Another earthquake shook up the
people of San Francisco, on the 10th
inst, and which was the heaviest ex-
perienced there SINCE 1868. Buildings,
ground and metallic roofing cracked
with a loud noise, as if the elements
were sweeping everything out of ex-
istance, and many persons, half dress
ed, rushed from houses and hotels,
creating excited panics.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

A Mr.. Murphy has purchased the
house formerly occupied by the noted
Bender family, near Kansas City,
where the Blenders had committed so
many foul murders, and upon digging
up the ground near the house for the
purpose of making vault, he dup up
a large can tightly sealed, and found
that it contained nearly 100000 in
greenbacks, gold and silver, and pro-
poses to hang to the money.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

Mr.. Northrop, living about eight
miles north of Moorhead, in Clay Co.,
was threshiDg last Wednesday, and
had put about !, 400 bushels of grain on
the second floor of his granary, direct
ly over the apartments where the
threshers were sleeping. During the
night, the upper floor gave away, let
ting the grain down upon the sleepers,
killing Il. A. Rhodes, engineer; Chas.
Van Doren, Andrew Larson and an
other whose name is not known.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

BY means of a registering electro
meter in the new physical laboratory
at Lausanne Switzerland, variations
nave been compare with the weather
changes. The result has shown an
intimate connection between the
phenomena, and it is expected that
careful study of the electrometer may
enable meteorological to predict the
weather several days in advance. The
electric tension of the air is strong
during fine weather, but rapid die
minishing of the tension indicates the.
approach of a storm.
Morris tribune., 1883-10-13
It is almost impossib1e for us to con

1t is almost Impossible for us to con-
vince the st. Paul Globe, that Ohio
has elected Democratic Governor,
but it is fact. Take him and call it
a victory, and don't be small about it,
for we want you to have Governor
somewhere, to break your necks with,
in time to elect Republican Presi-
dent for the next term.