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Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
How a Chinaman Gets into Business.

Wong Chin Foo. the Chinese ex-
journalist, tells how his countrymen get
into business in America. He says:
Zone of my race arrives here with no
money and in debt to his friends or to
bankers for the steamer and railroad
fare. He generally engages himself as
greenhorn or apprentice to some sue
cessful laundryman, Although the
compensation is small GA or So per
week and board), for the six months or
one year of his contract, he learns the
business, pays off his debts, and gains
a good name for integrity and capabil-
ity. At the end of his term, if he is q
skilled workman, he can either secure
first-class wages ($1S per week., or
open a laundry of his own. The latter
is his usual course. He may see, for
example, laundry for sale for 5000,
whose looks and location he likes, and
he himself has but $50 to his name. He
goes to Mott street and there on the
bulletin boards puts up a notice call
ing for whey or syndicate of twelve
men with $50 each to meet him at a
certain time and place. The meeting
is had, and if he be regarded as honest
and capable the requisite $3.50 is given
to him, he in return acknowledging
the Indebtedness, and promising to pay
a certain interest on the money adj
vanced GENERALLY 20 per cent. per an
num). This money is paid back in
monthly installments, so that at the
end of year the borrower is free from
debt, his credit unimpaired and the
laundry absolutely his own."
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
Mr.. CaIhoun's Love of 'Possum.

Somehow or other all these great
men had their peculiarities about what
they wanted to eat. There was Mr..
Calhoun, who always had his 'possum
and his sweet potatoes when he could
get them. He used to say to me: Now,
Steve, you get me nice fat 'possum,
cook it the day after it is killed, par
boil it, then put it in hot oven with
boiled yam potatoes laid around it in
the oven and then let it slowly brown.
If you can get coon, Steve, you make
plenty of coon gravy, very brown and
pour it over the 'possum, and don't
you fail to have the 'possum well fla
vored with pepper, salt and sage.
Well, sir, you just ought to see Mr..
Calhoun sit down to dish of 'possum
with coon gravy. He wasn't a big
man, but he was mighty thin, and there
was plenty of room about his vest. He
used to say that it reminded him of old
South Carolina to eat 'possum, and
that's the reason he liked it so well.
Many time he's told me about going
out 'possum hunting at night with col
ored boys and dogs and an ak, freeing
the 'possum, cutting the tree down and
roasting the 'possum before log fire. .
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
Cheap Storage of Ice.

1t is not necessary to construct a
building to be specially devoted to the
storage of ice. 1t can be kept in a
part of a building used for the protec-
ton of wood and coal, or the housing
of cattle and sheep. Ice does not alb
sorb bad odors, and the sawdust and
other materials that are placed about it
to prevent the passage of heatwill keep
all foul substances from coming in con-
tact with it. One corner of an open or
closed building, about eleven feet
square, can be easily partitioned off for
holding ice. The walls of the building
will furnish two sides of the compart-
ment for ice, and the other two may be
formed of scantlings and common
boards. This space will hold cake of
ice eight feet in extent and a filing of
sawdust eighteen inches in thickness.
Cakes of ice two feet square are most
convenient to handle. They should be
cut so that their edges are straight, in
order that they may pack close togeth-
er. They should not come in contact
with the earth, but rest on q support
covered foot thick with straw, chaff,
or sawdust. The top must be covered
with sawdust or other similar material.
Ice packed in this manner will keep in
an open shed. A tight roof is neces-
sary to keep out the rain, but a board
covering is not needed over The ice
compartment. A free circulation of
ice is necessary for the prese; vation of
ice, and lack of it is the principal
cause of its melting. Pains must be
taken to press the sawdust round the
cake of ice and on top of it. When a
cake of ice is removed the place it oc-
cupied should be at once filled with the
| material employed for packing. A
compartment in wood-house or cattle
| shed may be made in the manner de-
scribed for so OF less if lumber is
chean
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
Estimating Corn-Fields.

DR.. Sturtevant, in a late bulletin,
calls attention to the fact that the
small-cobbed, early ripening corn will
furnish more merchantable corn to the
hundred pounds of harvest ears than
will a. large-cobbed, late-ripening vari-
ETY.. In comparing the yields of differ
ent varieties, grown under equivalent
circumstances, the harvest must neces-
sarily differ in weight according as the
corn is more or less ripe. Therefore in
comparative tests we must expect often
times to find our results, unless ration
ally interpreted, more misleading than
useful. In most seasons, such as we
have in this region, dent corns, ripen-
ing later than flint corns, will contain
more water at harvest, and therefore
comparing the amount of crop yielded
upon two adjacent acres, even if both
sorts yield precisely the same amount
of mcrchantable corn, yet the dent
corn will apparently give the larger
yield. A flint ear of corn that will
Shell from the ear quite readily may
contain 80 per cent. of water. A large
cared dent corn which will shell equal
ly as readily may contain 30 or more
per cent. of water.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
First Publication April 1st. 1885.
n ORTGAGE SALE.

lSl
Default having been made in the payment
of certain mortgage duly executed and de-
livered by Lutte Il. Ressignie 10 j. M. Geier
dated the Goth day of February. 1885, and duly
recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds
in and for the County ofS5teycns and State of
Minnesota on the 23rd. day OF February, 1885
at o'clock A. NJ, of said day, in Book &c"
of Mortgages on page $50, and there being due
upon said mortgage at the date of this notice
the sum of Three hundred and forty and SOL 90
Dollars ($S40 S0-1G0), and no action or proceed
ing at law or otherwise having been institut-
ed to recover the debt secured by said mort
gage or any part thereof:
Now therefor notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF q power of sale in said mortgage
contained, and pursuant to the statute in
such case made and provided, the said mort
gage will be foreclosed and the premises des-
quarter OF Section Thirty-one (31) Township
One hundred and twenty -four Q24) North
Range forty-two t4G) West, in said County of
Stevens, and State nf Minnesota, containing
157 48-l00 acres, more or less, with the heredit-
aments and appurtenances will be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder for cash
to satisfy said debt and interest, and fifteen
dollars attorneys fees as stipulated in and by
said mort gage in case of foreclosure, and all
costs and disbursements allowed by law.
Said sale will be made by tho Sheriff of said
SteyenS County at the frORtsdoor of the Court
house, at Morris, in said County and State,
on tile 18th. day OF May, 1885, at o'clock, P.
M, of said day, subject to redemption at any
time within one year from the day of sale as
provided by law.
( Dated this 2ith. day Of March, y 1;Is, lSS5
ID. w. FOUNTAIN, Mortgage.
Atty for Mortgage,
+ Big Stone City, d. Z.
+ GEORGE II MUNRO,
Sheriff Stevens Co., MINI.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
A Muddy Campaign.

From .Recollections of o Private"
following: mo country can beat Vir-
gtuia road for mud. We struck it thick.
1t was knee-deep. 1t was verify heavy
marching The foot sank very insidi-
ously into the mud, and reluctantly
came out again; it had to be coaXed,
and while YOU were persuading your
reluctant left, the willing right was
sinking into unknown depths; it came
out of the mud like the noise of sue
tion-pump when the water is exhaust
ed.
1.-The order was given, Route steps,
we climbed the banks of the road in
search of firm earth, but it couldn't be
found, so we went on pumping away,
making about one foot in depth to two
in advance. Our feet seemingly weigh
ed twenty pounds each. We carried a
number six into the unknown depths of
mud, but it came out a number twelve,
elongated, yellow, and nasty; it had
lost its fair proportions, and would be
mistaken for anything but foot, if
not attached to leg. 1t seemed inn
possible that we should ever be able to
find our feet in their primitive condi-
ton again. Occasionally boot or
shoe would be left in the mud, and it
would take an exploring expedition to
find it. Oh, that disgusting, sticking
mud! Wad Rider declared that if Vir-
ginia was once in the Union, she was
now in the mud. A big Irish comrade,
Jim O'Brien, facetiously took up the
declension of mud,-mud, mudder,
murder, pulling a foot out at each
variation for emphasis. Jack E. de-
clared it would be impossible to dis
lodge an enemy stuck in the mud as we
were.
'sThe army resembled, more than
anything else, congregation of flies
making a pilgrimage through molasses.
The boys called their feet 'pontons,'
'mud-hooks,' .soil-excavators, and 9th
er names not quite so polite. When we
halted to rest by the wayside, our feet
were in the way of ourselves and every
body else. Keep your mud-hooks out
of my way, Save your pOntoons for
another bridge were heard on all
sides, mingled with all the reckless,
profane, and quaint jokes common to
the army, and which are not for print.
1.-The mud was in constant league
with the enemy; an efficient ally in de-
fensive warfare; equivalent to re-en-
forcements of twenty thousand infant.
ry. To realize the situation, spread
tar foot deep all over your backyard,
and then try to walk through it; par
ticularly is this experiment recon-
mended to those citizens who were con-
stantly crying, Why doesn't the army
move?' 1t took the military valor all
out of man. Any one would think,
from reading the Northern newspapers,
that we soldiers had macadamized
roads to charge over at the enemy. 1t
would have pleased us much to have
seen those On to Richmond fellows
put over tive-mile course in the Vir-
ginia mud, loaded with forty-pound
knapsack, sixty rounds of cartridges,
and haversacks filled with four days
rations."
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
THE
Chicago,
Milwaukee
g. ST. Paul
RAILWA Y

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Is the Fast Mail Short Line from
st. Paul and Minneapolis via La
Crosse and Milwaukee to Chicago
and all points in the Eastern States
and Canada. It is the only line
under one management between
st. Paul and Chicago, and is the
Finest Equipped Railway in the
Northwest. It is The only line
running Sleeping Cars with luz
urlous smoking rooms, and the
finest Dining Cars in the world,
via the famous /" River Bank
Route along the shores of Lake
Pepln and the beautiful Mississippi
River, to Milwaukee a,ld Chicago.
Its trains connect with those of
the Northern lines In the Grand
Union Depot at ST. Paul. no
Change of Cars of any class be.
tween st. Paul and Chicago. For
through tickets, timetables, and
full information, apply to any
coupon ticket agent ia the North
west. s. S. Merrill, General Man.
ager; Il. Miller, Asst General
Manager; A V. III. Caryenter.
Genl Pass. Agent: Geo. Fl. Heaf.
ford, Asst Gent Pass. Agent, Nil.
waukee, Wis. w. FL. Dixon. Gen'l
Northwestern Pass. Agent, St.
Paul, Mimi.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
First PUBLICATION March IS. 1885.

1VI
whereas, default has been made in the
and delivered by Paul p. Bodeen (unmarried)
mortgagor, to George Stark and Co.,
mortgages, dated the second day of Novem-
ber, a. d. eighteen hundred and eighty-two,
and recorded in the Office of the Register of
Deeds Of the county OF Stevens, In the State
of NJ innesGta, on the third day of November,
A. d. 1882, at 10 o'clock A. M, in Book OF
mortgages. on page $50, on which there is
claimed 10 be due, at tile date of this notice,
the amount Of Eight Hundred and Eighty
five and 15-1G0 dollars, and no action or
proceeding has been instituted at law orsin
equity to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof. And whereas
George stark and Go. to The New.
England Mortgages Security Company, of the
County of WindiIam and State Of Connecti-
cut, by assignment, dated the 18th day of
November, A. d. 1885, and recorded id the
office Of said Register Of Deeds, on the 23d day
Of December, a, ID. 1884, at o'clock p. NJ, in
Book j of mortga geS, on page 239.
Now, notice ishereby given, that by virtue
Isof a power of sale contained in said mort
gage, and of the statute In such case made
and provided said mortgage will be fore
closed by sale of the mortgaged premises
therein described, at public auction at the
front door of the Court House, in the Village
of Minnesota, on Saturday, the I'd day Of
Maya y. eighteen hundred and eighty
five, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, to satisfy
the amount which shall then be due on said
mortgage, with the interest thereon and
costs and expenses of sale, and taxes, III any,
due upon said land, and fifty dollars attor-
ney's fees, as stipulated In said mortgage in
case or Foreclosure.
The premises described insaid mortgages
and 50 to be sold, are situated in the county
OF Stevens and Statc Of Minnesota, and
known and described as follows to-wit: THE
south half $50 Of The south easl quarter
(se1n andthe south haff go Of the south
townshin one hundred and twenty-three
t123), range fprty-fpur (if).
THE III Ews sISsS CLAM ID SECURITY COMPANY
OF WINbHAM COUNTY, Conn NECTrcUT,.
Assignee OF Mortgages
POLAND 81 McCiUNE,
Attorneys OF Assig gnee, Benson, Minn
Dated March 10Th, 1885.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22

Delaware claims to have the largest
grapevine in the world: 1t is on the
farm of Mrs. Chandler, in Christiana
Hundred. The main trunk is about 6
feet high, averages in circumference
over co inches, and is 67 inches around
in the largest place. Some half-dozen
branches issue from the trunk, each of
which is as thick as mans arm, and
spreads itself for many yards over and
through the branches of several large
trees that seem to have reared them
selves especially for the development of
the great vine. Nearly a dozen springs
of pure water rise few feet away, and
are q source of never-failing nourish-
ment to the vine. The vine is of the
raccoon variety, and produces between
twenty-five and thirty bushels of grapes
yearly.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
The Mind During Starvation.

The recent case of cannibalism at sea
opens up some curious questions as to
the effects of fasting on the moral ma
ture of man. To the superficial OBJ
server, death by starvation simply
means wasting of the body, horri-
BILE agony, an increasing weakness, a
lethargic state of the brain, and sleep
from which there is no awakening; but
is this all that it means? While this is
going on, let us consider whether or
not the intellectual faculty, and with it
The power of distinguishing right fEom
wrong, is not also undergoing pro-
cess of wasting and death, even before
that of the material part, for, however
dangerous it may be to received opin-
ions to associate the material nature of
brain with the moral nature of our be-
ing, we are bound to do so to elucidate
some of the facts connected with this
case.
Reasoning by analogy, we find that,
in many cases of bodily disease, the
state of the mind is the first indicator
of the mischief going on in the system.
Take even such a simple thing as indi-
gestion, which, as every one must
know, is only manifestation OF de-
ranged stomach, and what do we find?
That the lowness of spirits induced by
this affection may vary from slight de-
lection and ill-humor to the most ex-
treme melancholy, sometimes inducing
even a disposition to suicide. The suf-
ferer misconceives every act of friend
ship, and exaggerates slight ailments
into heavy grievances. So in starva-
ton, the power of reason seems para
lyzed and the intellectual faculty dazed
really before the functions of the body
suffer, or even the wasting Of its tissue
becomes extreme. Such being the
case, the unfortunate individual is not
accountable for his actions, even if they
be criminal in character, long before
death puts an end to his sufferings. -
Popular Science Monthly for December.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22

The definition of man as q cooking
animal is not less profound than agree
able. 1t relieves us of a painful diem
ma. For if, with coarse assurance, we
define man to be carnivorous animal,
we confound him with savage beasts;
and if, on the other hand, we style him
herbivorous, the progress of centuries
is ignored, and he is associated with
tanner animals. Balzac has remarked
that one of the keenest joysof the gour-
mand lies in the mystery concealed by
the covered dish in the anticipation and
revelation: "C'est la surprise, l'impres-
sion gastronomique du plat extraordi-
naire. ."-Sat.tYtlaq RelietO. 3
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
Swedish Folk Lore.

On New Years Eve, after tie lights
put out in your bedroom, you must
throw your slippers over your left
shoulder, and then look next morning
to see in what position it has fallen. II
the toe points to the door you will
leave that house during the year; but
if the toe points inward, then you will
remain where you are for another year.
1t is customary, also, on the same
night for the people to 60 out into the
house where the logs of wood are kept
that are used for fuel. Each one picks
up the first log that comes to hand; if
it is clean and shapely piece, SO will
his or her future partner be, and vice
versa.-Notes and Queries.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
WORTH has q large establishment in

Worth has large establishment in
the Rue de la Paix, where 400 young
women stitch, stitch, stitch, not at all
in poverty, hunger and rags. His em-
ployes number 1,200 in all, and during
the Commune, when nobody ordered
dresses or any ything else, Worth proyid-
ed for seventy of his workWomen,
though he, too, suffered for want of
decent food. Worth is English, born
about sixty years ago in Lincolnshire.
Brains were his only capital. That the
mai, is genius in his profession is as
evident as the multiplication table. He
inherited his ability from his mother,
who possessed excellent taste.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22

Eighteen karat gold is worth about
SIG an ounce. The last importations
of cocaine cost So a gramme or 1924
an ounce. An apothecary's pound of
this substance would, therefore, cost
over O.. 600
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
4. a. STONES
BULLETIN:
Look Out for Changes from week to week.
All Goods at Lowest Living Prices.
PAINTS!

Stock full and Complete. Con.
tracts taken for house painting
and kalsomining.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
TIinware!

IlnWare!
/ wish to call especial attention
to this branch of my business. /
make everything III the way of
pieced goods in my own shop, out
of the best brands Of tin, and can
guarantee it to be superior to the
cheap trash made in large factories
from the cheapest brands of tin to
be obtained.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22
A FEW N HINTS
Fos Tas usE o

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ny n.S e!s gsaAg, 9 q ! Pisisi
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20 - RapaiMes srildceide the
E5a preptr aes. 81 saes case.
For Constipation, or Costiveness, no
remedy Is So effective as AYERS PILLS.
They insure regular Gaily acton, ana re-
store the bowels to . healthy condition.
For Indigestion, or Dyspensia, AYERS
PILLS are Invaluable, ani asEse euse.
Reart-bura, loss Of Appetite, Foal
Stomach, Tlatuleney, Dizziness' Lead
ache, Numbness, Naaae3, are oil rolieFed
and cured by AYERS sPIi.Ls.
In Liver Complaint, Bn,ous disorders,
and Jaundice, AYERS FILLS should Do
giyen in doses large enough to exc.ee the
liver and bowels, and remove constipation.
AS a cleansing medicine il the Spring. these
PILLS are unequalled.
Worms, caused by q morbid condition OF
the bowels, are expelled by these PILLS.
Eruptions, Skim Diseases, and Piles.
the result of Indigestion or Constipation, are
cured by tho use of AYERS PILLS.
For Colds, take AYERS PILLS to open
the pores, remove infammatory aecretions,
and allay the>feyer.
For Diarrhoea and Dysentery, caused by
sudden colds, inaigestible food, etc, AYERS
PILLS are the true remedy.
Rheuniatis1n, Gent, Neuralgia, and
sciatlca, often result from digestive Gerange-
nlent, or colds, and disappear on removing
tie causo by the use of AYERS FILLS.
Tumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints,
and other disorders caused BY debility or
obstruction, are cured by AYERS PILLS.
Suppression. and Painful Menstrua-
slon, have a safe and ready remedy in
AVE RS PILLS.
Full directions, IN variou. languages, ac-
company each package.
rEzsARra n
Dr.J.C.kTer& Co, '-5wc.:l, Mass.
Sold by al Druggists.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22

Agent Mccormick Harvesting Machinery
and Mowers John Deere PloSvs and CuItivHtors
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22

WIN. RoMINE, Local Agent.
}. II. WARREN,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, St. Paul.
Morris tribune., 1885-04-22

FURNITURE!
Large and Varied Assortment to
arrive in a few days. Be sure and
call on me if in need of anything
in this line.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-09
Rivalry Among Women.

Women who want to be clerks in Wash ington have found new grievance. It has been understood for some time that they were being discriminated against under the civil service rules, which allow the heads of departments to call for male clerks if they prefer them when vacancies are to be filled. It is now claimed by the blondes that not only do they have to fight favoritism shown to men, but also that evinced toward bru- nettes of their own sex. The startling dis covery is announced that such appointments as are now given to women are invariably be- slowed upon the dark-haired sisterhood When taxed with making this cruel distinc- tion the officials excuse themselves by say ing that blondes are apt to be quick-te tenn pered and do not make as good clerks as brunettes. Naturally there is great rivalry and hatred between these factlons-a war of white and red roses, so to speak. The blondes, however, are able to score one over their despised antagonists owing to the ap- pointment of one of their number to covet- ed position in the treasury. She was appar- ently a brunette, but, as subsequently transpired, wore a dark wig while passing through the ordeal of examination. It is supposed that hereafter the discemfted powers will insert into the list of questions one recurring sworn statement as to the genuineness and ownership of each appli- cant's hair In the meantime the fair haired sisters are enjoying their triumph, but pro. pose serious movement on the enemy by re- quiring national action in their behalf by the women sufragists of the country.