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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
The Proper Weight Of Man.

Scientific American:-PrOf.H Huxley
gives the following table of what full
grown man should weigh, and how
this weight should be divided; Weight
l54 pounds. Made up thus; Muscles
and their appurtenances, 6S pounds
skeleton, "a pounds; Skin 101a pounds
fat % pounds; brain, 3 pounds
thoracic viscera, So pounds; blood
which would drain from from body,
pounds. This man ought to consume
per diem: Lean beefsteak, 5000 grains
potatoes, 5000 grains; butter 600 grains
and 5000 and water $4,000 grains
His heart should beat IS times g
minute. In "A hours he would vitiate
1850 cubic feet of pure air to the ex'
tent of per cent a man, therefore, o.
the weight mentioned ought to have
800 cubic feet of we'll ventilated space
He would throw of by the skin Is
ounces of water, 800 grains of solid
matter, and 400 grains of carbonit
acid every "a hours, and his total loss
during the "a hours would be pounds
of water and little above 3 pounds o.
other matter. In this connection We
read that DR.. Schweninger, of Nun
ich, has discovered new mode of re-
ducing the bulk of the human frame
1t is, never to eat and drink Mt the
same time, but to let two hours inter
| vene. He has it is said. cured Prince
Bismark of tendency to obesity in this
way.
Fat people now have their choice
between four systems: /. The origi
nal Banting, which consists of eating
nothing containing starch, sugar, Of
fat. 2. The German Bantiug, which
allows fat, but forbids sugar or starch
3. A Munich system, which consist!
of being clothed in wool aid sleeping
in flannel blankets instead of sheets
4. Not eating and drinking at thu
same time.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
Animal Intelligence.

One night loud knock was heard at
the back door, and as the door could
not be reached by any one outside ex-
cept by getting over the garden wall,
some alarm was caused. On the knock
being impatiently repeated, the door
was opened, and tho cat ':Mrs. Muf-
fins'' walked in with great dignity.
Since then che has meyer failed to make
known her presence in the same way,
always waiting after the first knock.
Some weeks elapsed before it was as
certained how the knocking was pro-
duced, but at length it was discovered
that slip of wood which runs down
the side Of the door was loose ut the
bottom; this slip she pulls out with her
paw, and then allows it to rebound.
She is very affectionate mother. Some
time ago her mistress, by accident,
hurt her kitten. ''Mrs. Mullins"
walked up to her and gave her two or
three sharp slaps on the dress. To-day
tho same thing has occurred; but on
this OCCASION, rs the servant was tho
offender, 'Nfrs. Mufins'' followed beg
into the kitchen to chastise her. may
also add that she has shown great in.
telligence in making her wants known
to her friends. Nature.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
Mistakes Of Farmers.

/. 10 think that anyone can farm !;
that man who has starved as can
vasser for a patent tooth pick or had
been unsuccessful as a carpenter, can
jump into business requiring high
intelligence and persevering efforts,
and being utterly unfamiliar with
details, be able to make money.
=. The idea that's large farm half
stocked, and poorly cultivated, pays
better than few acres well and care
fully titled.
5. What is it but the worst kind OF
| mistake to pay hundreds of dollars
for good farm machinery, and allow II
for want of proper shelter to rot and
become useless year or so sooner
than it should?
I 4. 1t is mistake to let year after
! year pass by with no attempt to I'M
prove.the quality of the farm stock
Blooded cattle pay. They make bee
quicker, and the cows give more ane
richer milk. Better blood in horses
| pays. A Norman or a part Norman
colt is a valuable piece of property
| 3. To let the foolish pride or mar
row minded prejudice prevent the al
option of new methods when the!
have been proved by practical men
! 6. 70 get up after the sun, lean OF
the fork handle, speculate an hour o
two upon what the weather is goin.
to be, let the weeds get good star
! and then wonder why farming don
/ pay.
:. TO leave q lot of unchoppe'
wood, wet or half-split wood at tn
pile, Il lot of old harnesses hanging il
the kitchen, and muddy tracks in tn
dining room, and expect to see tn
woman folks good natured.
s. 10 have n lot of half-fed, ENACT
ated, lonesome-looking fowls, roost
ing dejectedly in some old cotton
wood tree when few good. healthy
Plymouth Rock or Brahna chicken
properly housed, would make til
poultry yard an honor, instead of
disgrace
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
A Good Paper.

The Youths Companion is paper
which it is q pleasure TO praise. For
it demonstrates that it is not necessary
to poison boys mind in order to
stimulate him. The pulse is made to
throb, but with an impulse to do right
and to fill a high place in the worlds
estimation. That this can be done
and that The Companion has been
able to achieve circulation of 1900
copies, is no small testimony to the
skill and liberality with which it is
edited. Those who know the paper
best wonder how any American fami-
ly is willing to do without it. The
price is $1.75 u year. Subscriptions
sent in now will entitle to copies OF all
the remaining issues Of this year, as
well as to the whole year 1885,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
LAND OFFICE A, BENSON. MINI,

Complaint having been entered at this
office by Patrick McCarroll against Thomas
Maison for failure to comply with law as to
Timber-Culturc Entry No. S27, datced Oct. 30,
1877, upon the north cast quarter Section =,
Township RS north OF hange - west, IN n
the cancellation of said entry; contestant
alleging that the said Thomas Maison did
not, during the fourth year since making
said entry, plant five acres of said tract to
trees, seeds or cuttings, as required by law;
also, that he has not, nor has he caused to be
protected and cultivated ten acres, or any
number of acres of trees, seeds or cuttings, on
said land during the fifth, sixth, or seventh
years since making said entry, as required by
law, and that he has wholly abandoned said
to appear at this office on the 10th day of De-
cember. 1884, at o'clock A. NJ, to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said al
legged failure.
as ID. S. HALL, Register.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
Public Speaking.

Gesticulation is foreign to our nation;
and vet the man who would be an
orator must learn what to do, as we'll
as what to avoid doing, with his arms
and hands. Tho word is but an echo;
the ambassador of thought. All ener-
getic passion, all deep sentiment, must
be heralded by expression, or by out
ward and visible sign of some sort,
otherwise the words will fall coldly, as
emanating from the intellectual ma
chine, and not springing, warm and
irrepressible, from the heart. Talma,
in his treatise on the art of acting, says:
':The gesture, the attitude, the look,
should precede the words, as the flash
of lightning precedes the thunder. "
Yet, If you watch any uncultivated
speaker, you will find that his action
never indicates the path he is travel
ing, but follows it. Observe the timer
ant preacher, whose apoplectic elo-
quence suggests that he is suffering
from determination OF words to tho
mouth; you will see that the ainging OF
his arms to and fro is an effort to add
force to his words, not tho outcome OF
strong feeling before it has broken into
speech. The true orators movements
must appear so spontaneous that they
pass unnoticed, and yet, insensibly,
they will affect his audience. The
most powerful speakers are always,
moro or less, actors, who identify them
selves with tho cause they advocate.
Cold rhetoricians who have not this
capacity may bring conviction to Our
reason when we read their speeches in
the papers the morning after they are
| delivered; but, lacking the passionate
responsiveness of men whose voice and
frame vibrate with the emotion their
words evoke, they will never touch the
hearts or rouse the enthusiasm OF an
| audience.
In public speaking, as in reading, it
| is Of primary Importance that the voice
be not pitched too high or too low,
but that the keynote be struck in the
middle of the register. Many persons
become exhausted in reading, or In ad.
dressing an audience, from ignorance
| of the art of respiration, and from an
erroneous notion that it is necessary to
employ some non-natt6al tone. Nelth-
or is it essential to shout in order that
| the speakers words may be carried to
the fnrthest extremity of large hall.
There can be no greater mistakes than
these. As in singing. SO in oratory,
the most natural emission OF the voice,
| IL combined with distinct articula-
ton, will ''tell' more at great dis
lance than all the believing in the
world. Actors are especially liable to
forget that violence is not power, and
that loudness is rather indicative Of
hysterical and feminine impotence than
OF manly force, I sat beside . great
actress Mt the theater lately, when Q
scene which should have torn out our
very heart-strings was being enacted.
..Why do they talk SO loudp" she
whispered to me. "They would pro-
duce twice the effect If they did not
scream at each other. - Nineteenth
Go,,fst,.H
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

FROM recent researches it appears
that chlorophyl, the remarkable SUBJ
stance to which the vegetable world
owes the color of it's foliage, is made
up of rwo coloring-natters, green
and yellow; the relative proportions
being 100 of the former to one of the
latter. Both have been lately OBJ
tanned in the crystalline state.
For the forty fifth time in his life,
DIR. Palisa of Vienna, has discovered
small plannet, increasing to 243 the
total Number Of those tiny worlds
known to belong to the solar system.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

NJ. L. Grattan writes the Breeders
Gazette as follows: 'trhe fastest track
i'll Minnesota is nnquestionably that
at Saltwater. Johnston paced there
easily in PIP and if it had been any
object could have beaten his 2:1O re-
cord. This improved by the time of
Richball, 2:131a. The. Minneapolis
track is no longer quick footing, while
that at Rochester is never half worked
Northwestern breeders in search of a
record should bear these facts In mind
if it is not convenient to get to" Chi
cago.U
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
LAND OFFICE AT BENSON, MINI.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of Court for Stevens county, at Morris,
Minnesota, ON November 2ad, 1891, viz.' John
Schrapps. homestead application No. 7pfi, for
the swL Section o, Town l23, Range l3.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: Thomas Larkin, Au-
gustin Larkin, Edward Casey and James
Moriarty, all of Morris, Stevens county, Min
nesota. ID. S. HALL,
~ Register.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
"Women. ~ saws Miss Howe. in h

Women" says Miss Howe, in her
new novel, ''are neither angels who
stand immeasurably above men, nor
inferior beings whose place is at their
feet; but human like themselves, full
Of good and faulty instincts, and, with
all their imperfections, the God-giyen
helpmates of man. Thus Justly should
they DO judged; and If a. little mercy
be claimed Tor them, generosity should
not deny it, so few are their chances
IA life compared with those of their
brothers. A woman has but one post
bility of happiness in this world. The
stakes are high on which she risks
her all, and she may lose 1t by one un-
Tedeemable throw"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

We do not know what it was expec-
ted to gain, for the ladies, by the can
didacy of Belva Lockwood but we
presume overskirts will be cut in
panels instead of folds hereafter and
that the equality of the sex is main
tanned if not a little more so. AL
though Belva is not elected she made
a gallant fight. In 600 precincts, in
the District of Columbia alone: there
are gains of 100000. This is net
gain of 100000.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
LAND OFFICE AT BENSON, MINI,

Notice is hereby given that the following
named heir has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof III sspgort Of his claim,
and that said proof wilpbe made, before the
Minnesota, ON November 2lst, 1884, viz. En-
gebret Engebretsen, pre-einptiom ID. s: No.
779l, for the SEX Section2 %, Town l2f, Range
43.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
tion of, said land, viz: Samuel Larson, Ole c.
Hanson, Gilbrand paulson and Amund
Erickson, all of Morris, Stevens county, MINI.
AZ d. s. HALL, Register.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The official count of votes is being
made in New York. Returns are in
from thirty three counties and these.
bring no comfort to Republicans. Like
all good Republicans the TRIBUNE
hopes for better news later on.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

When a man is elected president
under the present regime of SANDER,
it takes about three years for his OPP
ponents to become convinced that he
is worthy of respect, and the govern
ment is only half government.
When each party dominates whom
it considers the best man, and such a
campaign as the one just closed is
gone through with, the successful
man is ashamed almost that he is
elected, and the defeated candidate is
almost glad of his defeat. There
should never be another such cam
paign as that of 1884, flour country is
to be prosporous.- San.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The Republicans of the Third district
should never again nominate Strait
for Congress. At best he is. a very
ordinary man, and he has with such
persistence sought and gained re-
nominations and reflections that the
people are tired of him. Should he
ever be a candidate again, the party
must expect defeat. Many prominent
Republicans in the district, say OPEN
~, that had the Democrats made a
suitable nomination, Strait would not
have been elected this year.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

Later returns changed the result in
Dictated in orr last issue. Indiana,
Connecticut and New Jersey have
gone Democratic. New York is the
pivotal state and in it the result is in
doubt. Indications are that Blaine
and Logan are elected, although an
official count may reveal an opposite
result.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
LAND OFFICE AT FERGUS FALL, MINI.

LAND OFFICE AT FERGUS FALL, MINN.,l
Oct. so, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of Court for Stevens county at Morris
Minnesota, on December 18th, 1884, viz: Peter
A. Purdy, homestead application No. 1878, for
the nwli Section 6, Town 126, north of Range
Il west 5th p. NJ. Minnesota.
He names the following witnesses to prove
ton of said land, viz: Ferdinand Clark, Mrs.
Sarah 4. Clark, of Herman, Mimi; William
Reed and Rhody Keeshan, of Morris, MINI.
45 B. N. JOHNSON, Register.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

Butler has not been heard from very
recently. He is probably busy ar
ranging and filing away, for 1883, his
essays upon 1.-The laboriug man" and
shearing off coupons from his U. S.
bonds for amusement.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The wife of the jailer atOconta, Wis.
was left on guard, and armed for the
day with q pistol. which her son
doubted she had the courage to dis
charge. He made test by putting
on prisoners costume and whooping
at her. He is slowly recovering.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

IfDemocratic brag, bluster and as
sertion could elect n president, Cleve-
land would have been inaugurated
long ago.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The Prohibitionists i'll the late cam
paign were the best workers and the
strongest allies that old King Alcohol
had in the field.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

Everybody will wait for the an
nouncement of the official count in
New York and then everybody will
abide by the result
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

1t wouldbe interesting TO know how
much money Cleveland advanced to
his chum, st. John, to help the lat
ter to make his canvass in New York.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

Ignatius Dounelly should sit down
and stay down. He ought not to wait
to be rebukea again.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

We wish to engage an expert to
write an obituary for Hermann. His
deadness is 50 intense that an ordin-
AIRY mortal can hardly do the subject
iuSticn
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The persistence with which Demo-
Gratis insist upon Republicans conced-
ing Clevelands election, shows how
unstable they are in their assumed
position and how anxious they are
for PeDJbIican consolation
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The Prohibitionists have aided their
enemies, to spite their friends.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

The Republican bolt in the Fourth
district did not materiaIize. The
people very wisely refused to follow
such rule or rnin leaders as Fletcher
and Lanydon. J. b. GilfilIan is cleo
ted
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
91louuio 6uig,tvlc.
Z, w. RANDALL, EDITOR.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. II, 1884.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

An Alaska U. S. Signal Corps OBJ
server writes us of the discovery of a
wonderful medical spring in that Ter
ritory, long highly esteemed by the
Indians and greatly valued by the few
whites who yet know of it.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

Salt Greek pilots are still busy.
Minnesota Republicans did nobly
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
A carbon thing. Is crow /:

A carrion thing, Is crow;
Not much on the sing, is crow;
And 1t isn't so sweet, when you have 1t to eat,
And haven't the stomach you know.
Revolving enough, Is crow,
It's skinny and tough, Is crow
Wherever 1t flocks! There's flavor of socks,
Pertains to the cooking of crow.
But It's put on the plate, is crow,
And it's there to be "ate,"is crow,
It's best to be meek, though the atmosphere
reek
And you feel a temptation to so.
So we'd buckle right in to crow;
Nor wait to begin our crow;
But we havnt yet heard who must swallow
the bird,
So wen wait for a fortnight or ,so.-The Day
A Pitsburg anti-proverb man has
made q practicable whistle out of q
pigs tail. So our traditions are
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12
THE ROYAL ROUTE.
Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis 81 Omaha and
CHICAGO h NORTHWESTERN RVS.

THE SHORTEST and BEST ROUTE EAST To
CHICAGO, with Dining Cars, Elegant Day
Coaches, and Palace Smoking Room Sleepers
on all trains from Minneapolis and st. Paul,
through Eau Claire and Madison, with choice
of route via Milwaukee. The Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha R'y also runs
through trains southwest from st. Paul and
Minneapolis to Sioux City and Council Bluffs,
with Sleeping Cars through without change
to st. Joseph and Kansas City, and is the
short, quick route from st. Paul to Des Moines.
run to Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield,,
Lake Superior; and from Eau Claire to Supe-
rior City, where connection is made far Du-
Managers take pride in, and because of the
smooth steel rail track, well balastered road
bed, the best Day Coaches, Sleeping and Dim
and attentive employees, and with trains al
ways on time, it is rightly named
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-11-12

If to defeat Blaine was their only
object, why did not the Prohibitionists
vote directly for Cleveland instead of
taking upa poor, lone orphan like st.
john fora figure head:
The dust BATH j. II, necc,-ary fer fowls
~ water is Tor man; it rletuse5 their
feathers and skin from vermin and
impurities, and is instrumental in
preserving their health.
They burned st. John in ctligy at
Topeka Kansas last Thursday night.
1t was n cruel thing to 90 especially
as they had to saturate the ettigy in
alcohol before it would burn.
Luerne. Switzerland, is to have a
universal column 800 feet high, to
contain in its interior relief portraits
of all the celebrated men and women
of the present era on bronze tablets.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-18
A Chat With Bayerd.

II do not recollect any National can.
vass that was so dull at this time of the
year. AS usual thing all the issues are
made up by this time aud the Campaign
is well under way in all the States.
Now there are not a half dozen States In
which the campaign has become anima.
ted. The fight is warm in Ohio, but it
is owing to the October election" i s
ITO what do you attribute this unprc.
cedented dulluess 7" asked the Post cor
respondent.
ITO lack of sharp divisions between
the tWo parties" replied the Senator.
ZOE course there are Issues, but they
lack the intensity which has marked the
issues of the past campaigns. The Re.
pubiicans made systematic and deter.
mined effort TO revive the bloody shirt
issue, but they failed. The Sherman
outrage committee was organized for that
diatinct purpose, but the scheme did no:
work. Tho tranquility of the country,
North and South, Is 80 apparent that the
people saw through the thin diaguise of
this partisan conspiracy to kindIe anew
the flame of sectional animosity." The
issue of reform, concluded the Senator,
'is the paramount question aud It is the
only one that will grow In popular inter-
est till the day of election. The first
great need of this country Is honesty In
tho administration of the government"
-Sendtor Bayard tn the Houstoa Post.