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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-21

Col. J. B. Culver, mayor OF tho city. died
suddenly on the 10th at Buffalo, N. Y, OF
heart disease, while being shaved. He was
On his way from New York city, where he
went two weeks ago TO consult physician
regarding his health, accompanied by Mrs,
Culver. On the 14th he wrote letter to
his family from New York, saying he had
sufficiently recovered to return home
and would leave for Buffalo on the 10Th,
where he would take the steamer China for
Duluth. He leaves family of four daugh-
tiers and two sons. His death was great
surprise and universally regretted, as he
was much esteemed.
Col Culver was horn in Delaware in 1880
and came West when very yOtng man,
locating at Prairie du CHEN, Wis, in mer-
camille business. While resident there he
married Miss Sarah V. Woodman daughter
Of David Woodman, who survives HIM.
He went from there to st. Paul; thence to
Superior, in which places he lived for a
short time, He was one of the earliest
settlers in Duluth, going there in 1856 as an
Indian trader, when there were but three
families in town. At the breaking out of
the war he entered the army and was in
service throughout it as colonel of the Thir-
tenth Michigan volunteers. He served
the village last spring over HI. W. Pearson.
Spread of the Cholera IN Egypt.
Alexandria Cable: The alarm prevailing
here cannot be exaggerated. No one
doubts the existence of cholera here, but
the authorities refuse to admit the fact.
Twelve deaths are reported to-day, but can
not De verified. Six hundred troops have
been drafted from the English army for de.
tail in the Gordon lines. ALI the wine shops
are closed at midnight, and the sale of salt
fish or of green or overripe fruit is thrown
into the sea, and rots on the shore. There
is great danger that the progress OF the dis.
ease will be greatly aided by the fast of the
Ramidau, which began on July 6. The
days fasting is weakening. and it is follow
ed by nights of dissipation and orgies.
There will be forty days of insufficient
nottrishment and forty nights of over
indulgence in wine and liquors. Cairo is
in deplorable conditi on, and the dis
patches tonight announce that the epidem-
il has appeared in every quarter OF that
city. Expert physicians now believe that
no considerable town of the peninsula can
escape, and that the disease will devastate
Egypt and Arabia and pass into Syria.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-21
Death ofthe Mayor OF Duluth.

Total. ,s9t
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
How a Toad Eats.

Did you ever see toad eatp 1t is
the most absurd performance. First a
rejecting look at the animated victual
(it must be alive) over one shoulder, as
1t were-suggestive of being suddenly
struck by an idea that the subject might
be worth consideration. Secondly, con-
viction that there is something interest
ing about it,and a closer and prolonged
inspection. Thirdly, hesitation, OBJ
vious depreciation and doubt; now sit
ting both upright to ponder over the
matter, and alternately raising and de-
pressing the head in examination of the
wringing theme, with an action that re-
minds one irresistibly of an old gentle
man looking over and under his specta-
Giles in order to get better view Of some
object. Lastly, smack! the tongue is
shot out with a loud click, the meal
worm vigorously swept into the mouth
with the fore feet, a visible throb of deg
Tuition, a Dover-to-Calais sort of move
ment of the shoulders which seem to
presage the immediate rentree of the
victim into society once more Git does
sometimes, but only as temporary re-
spite) solemn ten-second wink, and
the thing is done. All The Year Round.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
What the Diver Sees.

The first sensation in descending un-
der water in a suit of armor is the sud-
den, bursting roar in the ears, caused
by the air driven into the helmet from
the air pump. The flexible air hose has
to be strong enough to bear pressure
of twenty-five to fifty pounds to the
square inch. The drum of the ear yields
to the strong external pressure, the
mouth opens involuntarily, the air
rushes in the tube and strikes the drum,
which snaps back to its normal state
with sharp, pistol-like crack. Peer
ing through the google eyes OF glass in
his helmet, the diver sees the strange
beauties about him clearly, and in their
own calm splendor. Above him is a
pure golden canopy, while around and
beside him are tints and shimmering
hues, including all colors, which are in
describably elegant. The floor of the
sea rises like golden carpet, inclining
gently to the surface. The change in
familiar objects is wonderful. The
wreck of ship seems studded with en-
eralds, glittering in lines Of gold; piles Of
brick assume the appearance of crystal;
ladder becomes silver; every shadow
gives the impression of bottomless
depth.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
LITERARY 0URK0sIT1Es

The poet, Richard Henry Stod-
dard's brilliant narrative of the Life
of Washington Irving" forms No. 4
in the elegant little ELzEvIR LIBRARY
and is sold for the price of only 6
cents After all, cheap and hand
some books are not limited to the So
called "piratical reprints" as this
illustrates the publishers paid Mr..
Stoddard 5000 for the manuscript OF
this sketch-which is a tax of only
half cent each, when charged over
to one hundred thousand Of their
customers. No. S of the Library,
also just issued, contains Andrew
Wilson's "The Sea Serpents of Sci
ence," price cents, and Number 6,
Tennyson's famous "Enoch Arden"
price cents,--in former years sold
in large editions for SI.oo or more
per copy. and yet these numbers are
in beautiful type, handsomely printed
on excellent paper. Sold by all
dealers. John B. Alden, Publisher,
IS Wesley ST., New York
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
The Words Cyclopedia Of Biography.

Cyclopcdias of Biography are usually
made up of an alphabetical list, with brief
sketches, principally of the names of peo
pie of whom you have never heard, and to
know whom would add greatly neither to
your pleasure, nor your mental wealth.
1.-The Worlds Cyclopedia Of Biography"
now publishing, is upon different plan.
1t contains only the stories OF the lives OF
the famous men and women who have
made the worlds history who are really
worth knowing, and who ale written
about by authors often equally eminent,
in the field Of literature, with the subjects
whom they describe. Each volume IS
complete in itself, so that if you do not
want or cannot afford. all, you can take
what best pleascs you, or what Is OF most
worth to you. The five volumes thus far
issued narrate the achievements of nearly
two hundred of the most famous and
worthy of the worlds heroes Volume Nv,
recently published, a very large 12mO., of
about $50 pages, for the price of seventy
cents, contains new and excellent Lie
Of Washington )" reprint of the standard
and thrilling Weems' Life of Gen. Mari
on" and new life of Oliver CROMWELL
by the brilliant writer, Il. Paxton Hood
To illustrate the remarkable economy in
cost, compared with previous publications:
the present importing price of the Life of
Cromwell is S3-here, in equally good
type, handsomely printed, with two other
important works thrown In, it costs only
20 cts; even beyond this, as a means of
most widely advertising the biographical
series. the publisher will send post paid,
paper bound edition of the Hoods Life
Of Cromwell" to any address. on receipt
of Is cents. and then, il the purchaser de-
sires to secure the bound volume, will
credit Is cents toward the price of the
SAME 1t will be strange if such books at
such prices do not find their way into al
most every home. Biography is the
most universally pleasant, universally
profitable of all readii g." well said Thorn.
as Carlyle How, in, eed can the heroes
of fiction" DC comp ared in interest
with those heroes of all time, Washington
and Cromwell John b. Alden, Publish
err, 10 Wesley street, New York.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
Hay as Fuel.

In some parts of Northwestern Iowa
farmers are using hay for fuel. How
this is done is thus described by cor
respondent at Sibley:
was at the home of one of the best
farmers in our county, a few days since,
and noticed that the only fuel the fam
lily were using was hay-coarse prairie,
or slough grass, twisted into skeins or
twists about as large as an ordinary
stick of stove-wood. / made some in
quiry as to the utility of hay as an arti-
Gle of fuel, and was told by this gentle
man that he had lived in this country
nine years, and had never bought ton
of coal nor cord of wood in all that
time, but had used hay for heating
purposes as well as for cooking, and had
never had any difficulty in providing
himself with an abundant supply of
fuel. He showed me the process of
twisting the hay into skeins and prepar-
ing it for use, and informed me that
enough could be prepared in half-hour
to last his family two or three days. The
amount of heat generated by this kind
of fuel, and, of course, the amount used,
depends largely upon the tightness and
solidity Of the twist, and he informed
me that in the coolest weather he seldom
used more than seventy-five pounds pei
day.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
THE STAFF OF THE INTERIOR.

HON. G. H. MCCORMICK. Proprietor
VIM. G. Gray, Phi. D., Editor.
MAJ II. M. ROBINSON, Assistant Ed.
LEROY j. HALSEY, ID. d., j.. J.. d.,
CHAS l.. THOMPSON, ID. d.,
Editorial Contributors.
FRANK s. GRAY, Publisher.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
Discretion the Better Part of Women.

Rather than hazard the possibility of
comment ladies assume an independence
which, however admirable in spirit, is
not in accord with the physical powers
which many ladies possess. For in
stance, a lady has an errand that calls
her on the street after nightfall In
stead of seeking the escort of some gen
tleman she sallies forth alone. Fortu-
nately, on account of the chivalry of the
Americans, this is safer act in this
country than in any other. But it is not
safe here or elsewhere. Instead of hesi-
tating to accept escort it is rather the
duty a lady owes to herself as well as
her friends to seek it. Self-protection
is q fundamental law of nature, and
should be practiced
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
How Theories may U33rruct.

Nothing is so popular as prejudice,
and no prejudice SO popular as that
resting upon supposed scientific basis,
or backed by reputed scientific authori-
ty. Always obstructive to the spirit OF
progress, it is peculiarly so when re-
ated to subject so closely concerning
the interest of the people as the study
and treatment of disease. In these
physically degenerate days the avoid
ance or remedy of the thousand Ellis
well-nigh universal import. The ur-
gency of this common need offers a
partial reason for the adoption and per-
petuation, by the public mind, Of the
differences which are supposed to exist
between the two great schools of medi-
cine, while at the same time it measures
the greatness of the misfortune of the
fact. .
Rooted in the professional ignorance
and bigotry of almost century ago,
fostered by the bitter rivalries and ex-
clusivism of opposing theorists, these
differences have been taken up and fed
by popular opinion, until they seriously
embarrass the progress of medical
knowledge, and tend to destroy all faith
in the science and art of healing.
The medical fraternity at large, and
of both schools alike, is responsible for
this unfortunate condition of affairs.
When professional men who supposedly
represent the best phases of liberal
thought and scientific culture, lend theil
names to the partisanship of mere
theory, and array themselves under
sectarian titles which signify their adj
herence to an exclusive dogma, it is
small wonder that the laity should fol
low in their footsteps, and cast theii
views into the yet narrower mold of un
reasoning prejudice.
And as professional hands have sowr
this seed of error, it is they who must
gather its barren harvest and uproot the
tares of false opinion from the popular
mind. r. o. Beard IN Popular
Science Monthly for February.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
Practical Economy.

1t may remind you that perhaps every
one of us. and almost every one CT our
neiohbors, has favorite or pet ecOno-
nv of his own, which usually serves to
interest and often to amuse his fellow
men. Thus many of us, perhaps, are
accustomed to save up paper and string;
others are on the watch to prevent waste
of fuel, of water, of gas or other light,
and of many other things too numerous
TO mention. Some of these instances,
indeed, are historical and famous. The
poet Pope wrote the rough copy OF his
iliad on backs of letters and other stray
odds and ends, by which, says DIR. john
son, in six years he saved perhaps SIX
shillings. The great duke of Marlboro
was once visited in his tent by foreign
nobleman who desired to receive les
son on economy. We can talk oyer
that in the dark, said the duke, and inn
mcdiately blew out the candle. His
ouest Immediately rose and took his
leave, remarking that he had learned
enough for one session. In one of Miss
Terriers novels Scotch peasant woman
refused to allow her husband to take the
new medicine ordered by the doctor un-
iii he had finished the old, which was
prescribed the day before. But, without
dwelling on such incidents, let us try to
formulate some general rules which the
rich and the poor may practice alike
with advantage.
1. Never allow anything to be thrown
away or destroyed which can be made
useful to anyone.
2. Never allow expenditure to exceed
income, and never run in debt without
absolute necessity.
3. In estimating income and expendi-
ture never trust to mere probabilities
but only to experience and to facts on
which you can depend. A man who
wishes to keep within his income, says
Lord Bacon, must set down his expen-
diture at one-third or at most one-half
of that income.
a. Keep in mind that there are some
things that you cannot afford, and
others that you can, If necessary, do
without. Such are tobacco, intoxicat-
ing drinks, theaters, etc.
3. Remember also, that there are
some other things which you cannot at,
ford to do without. Such are health
rood food, good clothing, good water
and fresh air, and, above ALA good con-
science. You cannot afford to leave
YOUR debts unpaid, or to refuse help to
those who need il when IL Is in your
power to give it.--J s.. Ropes.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
FROM The SOUTH.
Il Ptyect Combination sciM ttc0 salient Al
ranta0eS= Win Il C0ncerus YON

Il Pyyect Combination sciM t,co sdIient Al
mntd9es- Wig IL Concerns You.
"There is no mistake about II" remarked DR.. NJ.
". Flowers, OF Gallatin, Missouri, BENSONS
CAPClNE POROUS PLASrERS are one of the
neatest combinations ever produced. They have
two kinds OF advantages over all others. which we
may call the minor and the major. First, they are
clean and pleasant 10 USE never soiling the hands
nor the linen of the wearer Second, they act
quickly and powerfully. / have tried the Capcine
Plaster on myself for pneumonia, aud on my pa
tiens for various diseases, such as Neuralgia, Rhel-
matism Lumbago Kidney trouble, etc.. and In all
hours.
Dr. Flower merely voices the written or oral
opinion of thousands in his profession. BENSON'S
CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS are the perfect
external application. The genuine have the word
CAPlINE cut in the centre. Price 20 cents.
Seabury Johnson, Chemists, New York. FIG
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23
The INTERIOR
Is the largest Presbyterian
Newspaper Published in
the United States.
THE FIRST NUMBER WAS ISSUED
ON MARCH II, 1870. 1T is TIE
YOUNGEST, BUT IT'S Pile
Observation-Disclosures
WARRANTS IT THE
VERY BEST.
OPINIONS.

DR.. Dewitt Talmage, of Brooklyn, says
II have many religious papers, transatlantic
and cisatlantic, coming to my house every
week, but there is no paper so eagerly
caught up and read by my family as THE
INTERIOR"
DIR. LYMAN Abbott, of New York, says
"For freshness, vigor and outspokeness, and
for fairness in dealing with the views of
others, THE INTERIOR has no superior
in the religious press of the country"
Senator BENJAMIN Harrison, of Indiana,
says like it and get information from it, "
Hon. VIVA. Z. Dodge, of New York, says
alt gives clear idea of the progress of the
entire country"
Francis l.. Patton, ID. ID, l.. L. D., of
Princeton, says "THE INTERIOR has
It's eye on Christendom at large, and recog-
nizes the fact that the great brotherhood
transcends the boundary line Of denomina.
tionalsm"
Rev. DIR. John Hall, of New York, says /:
1.-THE INTERIOR, of Chicago, is a strong,
vigorous and Mell-edited Presbyterian weekly
marked by the best characteristics of the pro.
gressve religious life in our Western count
y."
The Christiaa Union, of New York, says
THE INTERIOR is one of the brightest,
wittiest and besttempered Of the whole
brood of religious journals"
The Sunday School Times, of Philadel.
phia says: "The most brilliant paragraphing
in the religious press of America, or of the
world, is found in theChicago INTERIOR. y
The Times, London, England (The Brit.
ish Thunderer), once referred to THE IN.
TERROR as the "Ablest religious ncwspa.
per published in America"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23

President Eliot, of Harvard, says that
"the decline of the ministry is recog-
nized fact of the last few decades. "
In the last century clergymen made
one-third of all the educated people.
and welded an influence proportion
ately great. To-day all but one In nine
teen Of the graduates of the Harvard
and all but one in thirteen of the grad
mates of Yale avoid the ministry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16
WORK OF THE POOL COMMITTEE.

Much of the work done yesterday by the Joint
Executive Committee s.cngerdeparnenD OF the trunk
lines and their Western connections supplementary
70 the action taken by the trunk lines to fight the Forth
western railroads That action formally confirmed,
and was agreed that all the roads shodd share III the
reductions made In through rates By the trGak lines
pru-rlta. The Grand Trunk OF Canada has announced
tia concurrence in the position taken by the pool roads
and similar notice has been given voluntarily by the
Delaware Lackawanna and Western. Assistant Commits
sioner PicTson was in high giee over this support,
and expressed confidence that the pool would
he victorious IN its contest. He has restored
the sal, OF tickets and establishment Of through
passenger facilities VITA the Louisville, Evansville
aud 81 Louis Railrod ADD put back on sale the tickets
ordered OF by route tine Chicago and North
western and the Wabash roads Negotiations
pending between the Commissioners office and the
CHcsalrakc aud O,iO, and the Louisville, Evansville and
St Louis roads pointing toward agreement with the
pool lines maintenance OF rates and the division
OF competitive Southern traffic at certain points. The
committee finished its lbOrs yesterday after agreeing
upOu tue basis which the business, OF the proposed in
teI.0r pools viii be divided, and also upon subdivision
of lriic within the extreme limits the pool territory.
The lowest dercn ial rate from Newi0rk 10 ST. Louis
WAS advanced 25 cents TO 81. The committee viii mold
another meeting ON January u, 1854
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16
NoVEL1IES IN BR0AzE And ENAMEL.

Fine French bronzcs and clocks AMI hand
some goods in brass and gilt, which recently
purchased in Europe, now shown by Mitchell
Vance & Co., Nos. $50 and S33 Broadway. Mir
rOr frames with bcvClled mirrors IN ornamental
brass, nlad with cloisonnG enamels are, among
Vienna goos and cauellbrl and WRISTBANDS In cloSonnc
enamcs and gts. Fine wrtiugSets displayed In
polished brass AID in gilt and silver. In the handsome
purOTs the second floor collection OF line brunzes
shown from Henri Pie Bouret ebcrt, Pcau and others
An cxquistcly graceful figure with wings is called the
Spirit of the Dagon-Gy" The Return OF the Swallows
another bronze by Auguse Moran Beaten plaques OF
brass and razcn Win many other fancy pieces
metal displayed. Westminster China clocks, which
strike the quarter hours imported from England, and
wall clocks with ornamental frames of brass from
Germany Mantel sets SHOWN III Indiennc style in
gilt and colored cnancs and tiny tables OF fine brass with
tops of handsome onyx. German hTfdOgs In briHs aud
ornamental iron andirOns imported from Berlin.
Lamps for oil exhibited In great variety in hammered
metals and porcelain. The POmpean Lamp Is a make Of
the we'll known student burner. but u wrought Ia Orna
mental brass In graceful antique shape.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16
President Department Public Wori
Netc- York, Dec. II, 1893.
THE XVIIITH DISTRICT ONCE MORE.

To- the EditOr or The Tribune.
SIR: In your issue of November %, the en-
rolled Republicans of the XVITih District published
$50. We have to-day procured the official copy, on
which there but G7S, leaving III TO be accounted
for. One OF committee was present when the
original roll completed, ana 1t closed vt $780,
which would st leave deficiency Of 81. Evidently
is mistake, II not rand connected with the
whole matter. Certainly confidence can be had IN a
roll 50 carccssly made and grossly Incorrect. The
only thing which will give confidence is new enrolment
rupcrN iscd by more impartial committee. We trouble
you much in this matter because believe you are
Interested In seeing fair play and justice
GEORGE W. SIMPSON,
Chairman OF Committee.
900 East Thirty fourtl-st., Dee 2, 1888
There will be anew enrolment next year, under
the rules governing Republican organizations in this
city, new. enrolment this year is obviously inn
possible; but there is the fullest opportunity for
correcting and purging the existing roll, and no
philosophical citizen can devote himself to better
work.-ED.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16
CONCEALED HIS TREASURE TOO VEIL.

NEwBURG, n. Y, Dee. 14.-There is hidden
bankers vanlt iitta fortune belonging
TO a machnist who was found dead in the Merchants
Hotel here few days ago and which cannot be found
The intimate friends of the ian, whose name William
j. Keller estimate be abnut 81 900 $4,000
Keller WAS an excellent mechanic, and earned large
wages. lie died from sulOcaton by gas, and the
coroner's jury found it accident. He
tiouod where his sessions lie II known have
siiyel from - 900 $1,000 while employed "a an
cinccr IN an extensive manufacturing establishment I'm
Macon Ca turing the list ave ak years uf his life
TINS administrator hs personal estate who looking
after the hidden treasure searched tue dead mans trunk
today but bank book, certificate deposit any
thing else was iounI tending to where his money il
deposited. Further eibrt will he made where he lived
before coming 20 Nrwhur,. Keller was an Engli.huIan
and the NJ sht before died eid that he had brother
and sister living Ia England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16
THE COUNTS.
FORGERY RYACONYICT

90 cents" written on letter paper which bore the
printed name of Bloomingdale Brothers at Third
ave. and FIfty-sixth-st., was presented on Frludy
at the store Of Dunhaln Buckley IL Co., III Broad
way by well dressed man of middle age; AL tne
bottom the order were the initials Is. Is. per W.
Bp The cloth was not delivered TO the man. Des
Heidelberg learned at the store OF
Bloomingdale Brothers that the forger was Charles
A. Hahn, an ex-convict wno had spent thirteen
forgery no less than three times. After being re-
leased from prison for the third time he managed to
get employment at the store of Blooinlngdale
Brothers. The firm discharged him on tuesday;
found him within an hour At Police Headquarters
Hahn gave the name of Henry Meyer. lie SAID that
he had a wife but refused 10 tell where he lived.