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Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
The Tail and Muscles of the Whale.

The power of this tremendous pro-
pulsory apparatus is almost beyond
conception. The weight of a full grown
whale may be appreciated when the
reader reflects that the famous elephant
jumbo would have to be multiplied
many times before his weight would
equal that of large whale. Yet the
late Capt. Scott, Royal Navy, told me
that when on the quarter deck of his
own ship he repeatedly saw the whales
leapiag in mere play so high out of the
water that the horizon was clearly Wis
ible under them. Now, Capt. Scott
lived to be nearly 100 years old, and
when he was in active service the quar-
ter deck of man-of-war was at least
80 feet above the water; add to this
measurement his own height, Che being
rather tall man. and the reader can
then appreciate the terrific power of the
animals tail. may here mention that
this habit of springing out of the water
is called "breaching" by whalers. Be-
sides the great muscular apparatus
which has just been mentioned, the
whale possesses another muscle which
surrounds the body; it is scientifically
and happily called the '.pa'nteulus
carnosus"-o "feshy rag"-and is de-
veloped in various ways, according to
the animal 1t is with this muscle that
the dog shakes his skin when he comes
out of the water. The hedgehog has it
very powerfully developed in order to
enable it to coil itself into the spiky ball
with which we are so familiar. The
manis, armadillo, and echidna also pos
sess it and use it for similar purpose.
Man has but very little of it, the chief
vestige being the muscles of the face,
which give to the human countenance
its changing expressions. The whale
wants it for two purposes, He wants it
to enable him to bend his body-a fune-
ton easily observed in the dolphins as
they curve their graceful course through
the sea; but chiefly he needs it because
by contracting it he can make his body
heavier than a corresponding bulk of
water. This he has no difficulty in do
ing, and when he wishes to seek the
surface he has only to relax the pres
sure, when the body regains its original
size and becomes lighter than the pro-
portfonate bulk of water. BY means of
this muscle the hippopotamus, the ele-
plant, and the seal can sink themselves
below the surface and rise again with
out moving limb. For want of it man
cannot perform this feat, and the best
swimmer in the world would not be
able to sink and rise again to the sur
face without moving hand or foot
The Req. j. g. Food, IN LongnaGn'S
Magazine.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

&C. Gregg, says: "To succeed as
dairyman you must work continu-
ously. The second point necessary to
success is warm barns, yet some men
believe that an open shed is sufficient
protection for brute flesh and blood,
with the thermometer twenty de-
grees below zero. Milking twenty
four cows / have received close to
$4,000 during the past year. I believe
that with forty cows the farm will
bring 5000 for milk and butter. I
cultivate 100 acres and cut hay out
side of it. I figure that one man, one
team, ten cows. and forty acresH Of
ploughed land is the proper proportion
for getting the best returns from farm
work.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
A practical gardener makes the

A practical gardener makes the
following statement: IA year ago,
as q test ola frequent practice among
growers of melons and squashes, I
pinched the ends of the long main
shoots ofthe melons, squashes and
cucumbers, and left some to ruin at
their own will. One squash plant sent
out single stem, reaching more
than forty feet, but did not bear any
fruit. Another plant was pinched
until it formed compact mass of in
termingling side shoots eight feet
square, and 1t bore sixteen squashes.
This last year muskmelon plant,
thus pinched in, covered the space
allotted to it, and it set twenty-three
specimens of fruit; the most of them
were pinched of. The pinching
causes many lateral branches, which
latter produce the female of the fertile
blossoms, while the main vine pro-
duces only the male blossoms. The
difference in favor of yield of an acre
of melons treated by this pinching
process may easily amount to 100 bar
rels."
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Here is an instance which illustrates
the Importance of taking care of farm
implements. One season each of two
neighbors bought moving machines
Of the same style and make. One
gave his machine good care at all
times, and at the end of twenty-five
years it was fitted to do good work in
the field. The other used his machine
in the hay season; for the rest of the
year he left it to rust and rot in the
field; and at the end of five years he
had to buy a new one. The instance
is not singular for there can hardly
be doubt that with the proper care
of the wood and iron work of one ma
chine it may be made to last five
times longer than one that is exposed
to ali the weathers of the year. AS a
lesson in economy, every farmer will
readily see the force of the instance
given.-Rural Canadian.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Mr.. n. B. Hammond, Charlton,
Ohio, says in the Poultry Keeper: II
will give you my receipt for putting
down eggs. 1 have used the receipt
three years and have never lost an
egg. They are just as fresh put down
in August and used in April next and
make just as nice frosting as new laid
eggs. 1 take teacupful of salt and
lime the size of all egg, and pour boil
otfthe liquor and put in your eggs. If
too strong, there will be alcrust on top;
if so, add more water. This is for two
gallons of liquor. There is no receipt
that beats this, and it can be relied on.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
The Toy-Bank Maker.

The well-known ingenious toy trick
banks are all made from models made
by gentleman who works all day long
in low-ceilinged room in the top story
OF No. 1872 Chestnut street at his wax
models and bronze chasings. The room
presents a scene of picturesque disor-
der. The wall is hung with plaster
casts, paper designs, and bronze models.
The toy-bank inventor sits smoking in
cessantly, with no company but black
cat.
1.-The 'Creedmoor' bank was the first
l made" said the bankmaker on Satur-
day. THAT was followed by the kick
ing mule, the bulldog, and others. I
am now at work upon more compli-
Gated toy bank, a monkey. The first
bronze casting has just come in. We
are now chasing it and filing down all
the rough edges, and making all the
joints work easily. l first of all make
a solid model of the figure in specially
prepared wax. From this I take plas-
ter-of-paris mold, in two halves. Then
l make two hollow models of the figure
in wax from these molds. The next
thing is to separate from the complete
models the parts which are intended to
be movable. Before me have the left
forearm and hand of monkey, hold
ing up a piece of cocoanut shell, the
thumb of the right hand, the lower jaw,
the eyes. and the tail, which, when the
toy is complete, will act in conjunction
with spring on the inside. These
parts being removed, l have to make q
fresh model in wax Of every part, with
an end or joint attached to them. They
are then sent to the brass foundry to be
cast in brass or bronze. The whole fig
ure has to be made complete and work
ing in wax before it goes to the foundry.
When they come back some of the
pieces are very rough, and need o great
deal of filing and chasing to make them
fit and move easily. You see, the model
in bronze that make is the foundation
from which all the banks are eventually
to be made, and unless my model works
perfectly there will be no end of COM
plants when it goes eventually to the
iron foundry, where the marketable
toys are turned out. There are twenty
pieces in this bank. A coin is placed
between the thumb and fingers of
right hand. The thumb, you
see, is kept in place by spring strong
enough to hold coin the weight Of |
half a dollar. When the tail is depress-
ed the left hand raises the upper half of |
the cocoanut, the lower jaw falls down,
the eyes go up, the right thumb is drawn
back and releases the coin, which falls |
through slit in the cocoanut into the |
mouth of the monkey and the bank. -
Times.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
Schlitz's Extra Dry at Bemis'.

The new schooner yacht Carmelita is
being provisioned at Greenpoint for all
"around the Horn trip to San Fran
cisco. She has been built for and i
owned by james V. Coleman, one Of
the young millionaires of the Pacific
coast. A few years ago young Cole
man held an unimportant position in
the then busy mining town OF Virginia
City, New. The spoon in his mouth was
the fact of his being the nephew of
O'Bren, of the bonanza firm of Fair,
Flood & O'Brien, When his uncle be-
came a millionaire, young Coleman
steered clear of him, and was not to be
remembered among the satellites who
fawned and fed on llim. When O'Brien
was on his death-bed he called Coleman
to him, and, pointing to tin box, said:
Take that, Jimmy; it will keep the
cold out" 1t has done so, for it con-
tanned stocks and bonds and other prop
erty worth many millions of dollars. In
fact, it contained the bulk of O'Brien's
wealth.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
Cats in Ancient Egypt.

Those who regard themselves as VIC
tins of caterwauling here may take
consolation in the thought that they
would have had worse time In ancient
Egypt. A recent writer says that cat
worship was carried to its greatest ex-
tent by the ancient Egyptians, whose
devotion to their pets was such that, ac-
cording to Herodotus, when fire broke
out they cared for nothing but the safe
ty of their cats, and were terribly af-
ficted if one of them fell a victim to
the flames. On the death of cat the
inhabitants of the house shaved off their
eyebrows, and the deceased cat was en-
balmed and buried with great solemnity
in sacred spot. Many cat-mummies
have been found in the Egyptian tdinbs,
and some are to be seen in the British
Museum, together with similarly pre-
served specimens of human beings and
of sacred calves. Their movements
and their cries were consulted as ora
cles; and the murderer or even acci-
dental felicide of one of them was pun
ished by death.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
A Montana View OF 1t.

We suppose Miss Mackay, by mar
riage to a prince, becomes a princess.
The one had wealth and the other a
title, neither of which they have ever
done anything to earn for themselves.
The marriage is trade in which both
are as likely to be cheated as to make q
winning. Wealth and title are both un-
satisfying to sensible, well balanced
mind, and still more so to large, gen.
erous, hungry heart. We should have
thought more of Miss Mackay if she
had married some American of charac
ter and ability, rather than one known
chiefly for his name Or if she would
have married some poor young foreign
artist of first-rate ability we should
have thought her choice more sensible
and her future more likely to be happy.
Herald.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

He was a candidate for nomination
when Polk was nominated at Baltimore
four years later, and in 1913 he accept
ed nomination as the Free Soil" can
didate for the presidency and received
30O,0 votes. Van Buren, was a close,
cautious, money-making fellow. He
got good law fees, and began to, learn
economy while saving enough as a
young man to get married. At his es-
tate at Lindenwald, where he lived dur
ing his last years, he was surrounded
with books and comforts, and he left a
manuscript on political parties in the
United States which his son published
in 1867, five years after his fathers
death.
President Harrison owned farm in
Ohio when he was inaugurated presi-
dent 1t is safe to say he was poor, for
he had been lately doing the drudgery
of the clerk of the courts at Cincinnati.
President Tyler supplied much of the
money which ran the white house out of
his own pocket, and congress would not
pay the salary of his private secretary.
He, like Van Buren,, was not satisfied
to leave politics at the close of his term,
and no died in 1862, while serving as a
member of the confederate congress.
Moderately wealthy while here at Wash
ington, he left little to his children, and
one of his sons is now clerk in the
treasury department at Washington.
Zach Taylor was by no means wealthy
when he died IN the white house. James
X. Polk left big house and enough to
keep his widow, and Willard Fillmore,
who started life as wool-carder, died
ten years ago, with enough of an estate
in Buffalo to create lawsuit over the
sanity of his second wife. He took,
like Grant, a foreign tour at the end of
his term, and was a presidential candi-
date in 1856 as a leader of the know
nothings. James Buchanan did not
leave such an estate as enabled Harriet
Lane to keep Wheatlands, and within
the past year it has been advertised for
sale. Buchanan spent all his salary as
president while in Washington, and
what he had left after paying his white
house expenses he gave in charity. He
did not attempt to enter politics again,
and he died an unappreciated and dis
appointed man.
Abraham Lincoln died poor, and it
was due to congress that his family was
provided for. Andrew johnson went
back to his house at Greenville, Tenn,
where he had started life as tailor,
but he continued to take part in politics
until his death in 1875 Just before his
death he had been elected again as
United States senator, and he took his
seat on the 5th of March, 1875, at the
special session convened by Gen. Grant.
He died by stroke of paralysis, and
left no fortune behind.
Of the other presidents Grants neces-
stiles are agitating the country to-day,
and Garfield's family is wealthy only
through the voluntary subscriptions of
the people. Truly, as Sidney Smith
used to say, "There is nothing so ex-
pensive as glory"
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

The famous system ofrotation, now
quite general throughout England
and Scotland, with occasional modi-
fications is as follows: The first year
clover and mixed grass seed; the
second year, wheat; the third year,
turnips or rutabagas; the fourth year,
barley, and then the same course
again. Another innovation is to add
another grain crop, oats making a five
years course, and so efficient has this
course been that it is calculated that
the grain crops have increased one
fourth.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
THOSE REAL ,ESIAIEIIIiES

1t may be of interest to the Real
Estate owners of Stevens County. t.
know that the records of the county
are not perfect as is supposed. There
are from five to fifteen transfers I'M
recorded in the county Oh nearly one
half of the lands of the county. TO
remedy all these defects and to make
the records perfect. -"The Stevens
County Abstract & Real Estate
Agency" at an expense Ito them
selves only-not to the tax-payers)
of nearly $a0o0.00, they have pro-
cured all those missing records, and
they now hrve the only Perfect, Rcli-
able and Complete set of Abstracts to
all the real estate in the county
showing complete chain from the
down. They guarantee
each and every abstract they make.
Their abstrdctor is under 100000
bonds, with good and reliable Free.
holders as sureties, besides having
a paid up capital of$25.O0 90 32if
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
Outcast London.

Much excitement has been made by
reports recently published on the vile
condition of the slums of London. In
one cellar was found a family consist
ing of man sick with smallpox, his
dying wife, three half naked and dirty
children, and one pig. In some parts
there is one gin-mill to every hundred
persons. What defilement! Yet cor
responding impurities often defile the
human blood. They can be cast out
by Browns Iron Bitters, the great
strengthened and purifier. Mr.. B. J..
Strange, Of Stark Lake, Florida, says,
Browns Iron Bitters is the best blood
purifier I ever tried. 1t gives all the
satisfaction man can want"
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
Latest News from the Egyptian War.
Considerable light is lust now boine

Considerable light is just now bong
thrown upon Egyptian darkness.
Britannia does not rule the wave of
the False Prophets flag.
The English "ships Of the desert are
not classed with the navy.
The army is getting well tanned by
the hot climate, if not by the enemy.
Can the guides who pilot British sol
diers across the desert be called desert
ersp
Between the Nileists abroad and the
Nihilists at home John Bull is having
all the trouble he can attend to-
The uniform of the Highland regi-
ments is the most comfortable in a
warm climate, as it barely covers sol
der.
The English war debt is becoming
pyramidal in dimensions. Detroit Free
Press.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
An Enterprisins Reliable
House.

Max Buckentin & Bro. can ALWAYS
be relied upon, not only to carry in
stock the best of everything. hHt 70
secure the Agency for such article, as
have well-known merit, and are nol,1I-
lar with the peope, thereby sustaining
the reputation of being ALWAYS enter
prislng, and ever reliable. Having
recured the Agency for tic celebrated
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, will sell it OIL a positive
guarantee. 1t will surely cure any
and every affection OF Throat. Lungs,
and Chest, and to show our con1i,lcnce
we invite you to call and get q Trial
Bottle Free
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

1t is seldom that medicine is
efficious in such long list of diseases
as Mishler's Herb Bitters has proved
itself. Consumption, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, every form of fever, ijaun-
dice, scrofula, and other complaints
yield speedily to its powerful effects.
s. Weaver, Of Perryville, Md, was
cured of neuralgia and bleeding piles,
and his wife found it invaluable in q
case of fever and ague.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

The Waterways Convention held in
st. Paul last week was an important
one. 1t was gathering ofintelligent,
representative men who formulated
the improvements needed in North
western waterways, SO that the sub
ject can be presented to Congress in a
definite and concise way. Liberal ap-
preparations from Congress and many
needed improvements in the North
west. we believe, will be the result.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
Bucklen'S Arnica SaIve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chappen
Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 26 cents per
box. For sale by Max Buckentin &
Bro.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09
An Answer Wanted.

Can any one bring Us case Of Kid
ney or Liver Complaint that Electric
Bitters will not speedily cure" We
say they can not as thousands Of
cases already permanently cured and
who are daily recommending Electric
Bitters, will prove. Bright's Disease,
Diabetes, Weak Back, orany urinary
complaint quickly cured. They puri-
fy the blood, regulate the bowels, and
act directly on the diseased parts
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale at
soc. bottle by MAX BuCKENTIH 4
RRO
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

A COW rather thin in flesh, ifhealthy
says Hoard's Dairyman, is almost al
ways sure to drop a vigorous calf,
while fat cow will generally have
lean calf and one that is quite apt to
be weak on its legs. A feshy cow is
also more apt TO haye milk fever, and
as rule is apt to be slow in coming
to Ter milk after caIving, which is not
the case with lean COW.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

The "Wallula" cleared from Duluth
last Friday with 10000 barrels of flour.
This is the largest cargo yet floated on
any of the great lakes. The flour was
supplied by the st. Paul & Duluth,
and was received from the Minneapo-
lis mills. Twenty thousand barrels
represent 100 cars, which. strung as
one train, would cover over one mile
of track,
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Last weeks issue of the Wahpeton
Times contains thirty one notices of
Mortgage sale. This shows what
kind of boom our friends up the
track are enjoying.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Charles S. Fee has just returned
from tour of inspection of the whole
line Of the Northern Pacific road and
reports finding everything in a most
satisfactory condition,
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

st. Paul Dispatch: In the United
States, the tale of the threshing ma
chine is of yield even below the late
ly diminished estimates. The aggre-
gate crop will be the lightest that has
been known for years. ALI these facts
will become more and more manifest
as the winter advances and however
low wheat may be sold at present, we
confidently look for adollar and a quar-
ter bushel at lake ports next spring.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

A man named Roscoe Conkling Hem
bricks was sent to Sing Sing prison re-
Gently for burglary.
At Washington there are 100 negroes
worth over $4,000, at least fifty worth
$lO, GOO, and nearly one thousand worth
$1,000 O.. Fred Douglas is worth about
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

There will be delegate convention
, of all organization interested in the
breeding and handling of meat cattle,
or their products, in the United States
and Canadas, held under the auspices
of the National Cattle Growers AS
ISOLATION of America, in the EXPOSE
ton Building, Chicago, on Tuesday
and Wednesday, November II and Is
1885, at which time and place the
Eighth Annual American Fat Stock
Showwill be in progress.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Gambling houses are in prosperous
condition in st. Paul.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Burglars have been doing heavy
work in Minneapolis.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

A founding hospital is to be estab-
lished in st. Paul.
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

The number of sheep slaughtered
for mutton annually in this country
alone, is roughly estimated at 12,0O0,-
900, and from these the bulkof' pulled"
wool comes
Morris tribune., 1885-09-09

Ignatius Donnelly never loses an
opportunity to make an exhibition Of
himself. His latest was at the Water
ways convention.