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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-12-11

price. DIR. HUMPHREYS MANUAL, ga pagCSf
chly bound in cloth and gold mailed free.
Iumphreys' Nj dicineC0.109 Fulton st. y y.
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The conservative press in Russia never
looked favorably upon the system of
jury trials, and always urged its aboli-
tion. The fact that political offenses
were not tried by juries was constantly
used as an argument against the entire
system. And the new minister of JUS
tice in Russia. Mr. Manassein, in obedi-
ence to their appeals, has just procured
the enactment of new law taking out
of the hands of juries large number of
important criminal cases. But this only
strengthened the hands of the conserva-
tives and encouraged them to demand
further action in the same direction. On
the other hand the liberal press is no less
dissatisfied with the proceeding, and per
fectly agrees with the conservatives that
if the trial by jury is good at all no ex-
ceptions whatever are either Just or ra-
tional, and that if it is bad for some
things it is bad for all. There, however,
the agreement ends. Whereas the con-
servatives hope to succeed in abolishing
the jury trials in Russia, the liberals de
sire to obtain for it full recognition
The Transatlantic.
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resembled overgrown sheep. They took
different stations. and the farmer and ]
sat down in fence corner to wait.
1t was perhaps an hour before an
alarm came. Then dog stole into the
field from the rear side and the sheep
came running toward us. Presently there
was a yelp and all grew quiet. Ten min
utes later a second dog came in, and he
was soon followed by third. Then, as
half an hour passed without another
alarm, the three boys came over to US,
each dragging a dead dog by the tail.
'Git the spade and let's bury 'em, =
said the old man. "How many does this
make this summer, Reube?"
''Twenty-six, reckon"
"Nicest thing in the world!' continued
the father, as he rubbed his hands to-
gether. Dog takes one of the boys for
an old wether. makes dash at him, and
the next thing he knows his head is bust
ed. No shooting, no row to attract the
neighbors, and the man who misses his
dog can have no hard feelings. Tumble
'em in, boys, and then we'll tap that bar
rel of new cider. New York Sun.
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EOOling a Sheen Dog.

Twas staying with Kentucky farmer
one night, and soon after supper he said
to his three sons:
''Well. boys, it is the right sort of a
night. and reckon you'd better put the
wool on and lie low"
When asked for an explanation of his
strange words he invited me to go out to
the barn, where the boys had preceded
us, and where | found each one covered
with disguise made of sheepskin. Each
one had short heavy club, with por
tion of it ornamented with sharp spikes,
and when ready they went over to the
pasture, where about 100 sheep were
lying. When down on their hands and
knees and little way off they closely
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Brl,11n,tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1889.
THE REAL REASON.

Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Another remarkable illustration of the
decline of farming in New England is
given in a recent article by Judge Mott.
1t is presented by the case of farm in
Berkshire, which has twice taken the
premium as the best managed farm in
the town, and is now offered for sale at
two-thirds of the cost of the buildings.
The reason given for selling is that the
owner is unable to work the farm him
self and cant get good help" This is
a somewhat different view to that pre-
sented by the writer of the article, who,
in addition to giving minor place to
the influence of manufacturing and
cheap Western lands, in enticing away
the population from the New England
farms, follows the usual custom in lay
ing the chief responsibility for the
change TO the protective tariff.
Yet if there is one point that ought
to be plain with regard to this phase of
the subject it is that the tariff cannot
be charged with the decay of the farms
that are closest to the location of the
protected industries. Supposing the
contention to be true, for the sake of
the argument, that protective tariff is
adverse to the interests of the farming
interests as a whole, then the adversely
would be expected to make itself mani
fest in the farming districts most re-
mote from the manufactures which the
tariff protects. The complaints which
come from the West, if well founded,
might have some bearing on the tariff
question. But here We have the phe-
nomenOn of the abandonment of farms
right where protection ought to furnish
a market for their products, while there
is rush for the pre6mption of unoccu-
pied Western lands thousands of miles
away.
To indulge in such a decided non
causG pro cdusd, when the real and ade
quate reason is plain, discredits the free
trade logic The obvious reason is that
the policy of railroad charges which
carry the products of Minnesota and
Nebraska to the Eastern markets for as
little as it costs to get the products of
farms in Western Massachusetts, or Yer
mont there, practically brings the cheap
and fertile lands of those States as near
to market as the Eastern farms, and
makes the most sterile lands actually
worth less until the inequality is recti-
fed
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Points for Husbands.


Do not jest with your wife upon g
subject in which there is danger OF
wounding her feelings. Remember that
she treasures every word you utter
though you never think of it again. Dc
not speak of some virtue in another
mans wife to remind your own of g
fault. Do not reproach your wife with
personal defects, for. if she has sensi
bility, you inflict a wound difficult tc
heal Do not treat your wife with in.
attention in company. Do not upbraid
her in the presence of third person
nor entertain her with praising the
beauty and accomplishments of Other
women. Do not be stern and silent in
your house, and remarkable for sociabil
ity elsewhere.
Remember that your wife has as much
need of recreation as yourself, and de-
vote portion, at least, of your leisure
hours to such society and amusements as
you may join. By SO doing you will Sc
cure her smiles and increase her affec-
ton. Do not, being too exact in pecuni-
ary matters, make your wife feel heI
dependence upon bounty 1t tends to
lessen her dignity of character and does
not increase her esteem for you. If she
is a sensible woman she should be ac,
quainted with your business and know
your income, that she may regulate her
household expenses accordingly. Dc
not withhold this knowledge in order to
cover your own extravaganza. Women
have keen perception. Be sure she
will discover your selfshness, end,
though no word is spoken, from that
moment her respect is lessened and her
confidence diminished, pride wounded,
and thousand, perhaps unjust, sus-
picions created. From that moment is
your domestic comfort on the wane-
Domestic Monthly.
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GRAINS OF GOLD.

Where vice rules, virtue is in disgrace.
Men make laws; women make man.
ners.
Wisdom inclines its disciples to soli-
tude.
We easily condemn our own vices in
others.
When thou art commended examine
thyself.
Where religion is trade, morality is
merchandise.
He is a worthless being who lives on
ly for himself.
We cannot wrong another without in
juring ourselves. =.
Contentment works its own mill, and
fills its own barn.
After crosses and losses, men grow
humber and wiser.
He who SCOTS at the crooked had need
go uprightly himself.
Advise not what is most pleasant, but
what is most useful.
Persons unmask their evil qualities
when they do quarrel.
None are so old as those who have
outlived their enthusiasms.
We should not retain the remembrance
of faults We have once forgiven.
We should always live as though our
life would be both long and short.
He is truly rich who desires nothing;
and he is truly poor who eovets all.
In doing what we ought we deserve
no praise, because it is our duty.
He that will not sail till he have full
fair wind, will lose many voyage.
To persevere in ones duty, and to be
silent, is the best answer to calumny.
Keep from the ways that bring thee
pain. keep thy tongue from words of i'll.
No condition so low but may have
hopes; none so high but may have fears.
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REMARKABLE RESCUE.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, Ill,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family physi-
clan, but grew worse; he told her she was
a hopeless Cictim Of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her; her druggist
suggested DIR. Kings New Discovery for
ConsumptiOn; she bought bottle and to
her delight found herself benefited from
first dose; she continued its use, and after
taking ten bottles, found herself sound
and well; now does her own hOusework,
and is as well as she ever was Free trial
bottles of this Great Discovery at Patter-
son & Sons drug store; large bottles soc
and 81. 2
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HAPPY HOOSIERS.

VIM. TimmOns, postmaster of Idayille,
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for that bad feeling arising
from kidney and liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says: Find Electric Bitters to be
the best kidney and liver medicine; made
me feel like new man." j. w. Gardner,
hardware merchant, same town, says:
Electric Bitters is just the thing for a
man who is all run down and don't care
whether he lives or dies" He found new
strength, good appetite and felt just like
he had a new lease on life. Only soc a
bottle at PattersOns' drug store 2
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\ SAFE INVESTMENT.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, Orin case of failure a
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
druggist bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
cOvery for Consumption. 1t is guaran-
teed to bring relief in every case, when
usedfor any affection of throat, lungs or
chest, such as consumption, Inflammation
Of lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whoOping
cough, Group, etc. 1t is pleasant and
agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can
always be depended upon. Trial bottles
free at PatterSOns' drug store.
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The Place of Execution. Canton.


We pass now through quarter given
up to the hewing out of the solid, heavy
cofins used by these people-ftting
preparation for the place we are ap-
proaching-the execution ground of the
Canton provinces, where every year some
three hundred poor wretches are released
from the misery which has been theirs
from their first imprisonment. Ground
is too valuable here to be wasted, and
when not required for its ghastly pur-
pose. the inclosure is veritable potter's
field. where the huge clay stoves and
pots, nodded in the adjoining factory,
are put out in the sun to dry. 1t is a
space open among the houses, and open
to the passing street at one end, dead
wall on the east and south, the potter's
shop filling up the long west side.
The whole ground is some forty yards
by twelve in size, and a more innocent
looking place could not be seen. Lean
ing against the wall are five or six de-
caying frames of deal, which the eye
just takes in, but passes over with in
difference, until it is explained that to
these are bound the miserable wretches
condemned to die by that most fiendish
of death sentences, the Ling-chi. To
these rough boards the criminal is tied.
and the callous crowd look on while the
sharp and heavy sword Of the execu-
toner smites first an arm or finger, hand
or shoulder, ear or foot, until, still living
if he have strength to live-the quiv-
ering victim has sufficient wounds to
justify fatal blow. This death is the
portion of parricides, and of but few
others, that crime being the most helm
GUS in this nation of ancestor worshipers.
The man under ordinary sentence SIM
ply kneels on the ground and stretches
his willing neck to the blow, death being
welcome after his experience of the
mercy of the law.-All the Year Round.
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MERIT WINS

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr.
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfaction.
We do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to refund
the purchase price, if satisfactory results
do not follow their use These remedies
have won their great popularity purely
on their merits. Patterson x Sons. l
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Turn Your Clothing.

will tell you a secret by which yot
can buy first class clothes and max,
them last so long that they will b.
cheaper in the end than clothes at hal
price. l learned it from a gentleman
who is always well dressed, and who
thought must pay large amount o.
money for his clothes. The plan is this
When you go to a tailor, or buy suit Of
clothes ready made, take care that bott
sides of the goods are serviceable. Most
of the cloth made can be turned and
present entirely different patterns. Af
ter you have worn the clothes until they
appear old, take them to your tailor, OF
any other, have him rip them up, turn
them and sew them together. This can
| be done at cost for q suit of clothes OF
less than So, and you will be astonished
at the handsome appearance of the
clothes. To prove this. look at the in
side of the cloth in the coat or pants you
wear. do not care how soiled the out
side may be, the inside will seem new.
1t is on the same principle that ladies
have last seasons dresses made over.
More gentlemen than you may imagine
have their clothes turned. The great
difficulty is with the pockets in pants.
The clothes should in the first place have
the pockets ON the sides and only one
back pocket.-Interview in st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS v1ABSo.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will
sell excursion tickets for the Christmas
and NewY ear Holidays at ONE AND ONE
THIRD fare for the round trip between
all stations on its line west of the Ohio
River: also to Wheeling, Washington, > Pa
Pittsburgh and intermediate points, and
to Cincinnati and ali points on the Co.
lumbus and Cincinnati Midland and Gin
cinnati, Washington and Baltimore Rail
roads. Tickets will lie sold Dec. 24th,
2oth, 31st, and January 1st, valid for re-
Sd 1890 I2-I2 st.
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How to Keep a Cat

A lady in the northwest section has
recently taken possession of an old
house. To her great sorrow she found
the place overrun with rats and mice.
Rats and mice of the wariest and most
suspicious kind. too. Traps were set in
profusion and in vain. She dared not
use poison for fear the rodents would die
in the walls. Her kitchen was presided
over by her old nanny. colored wo-
man of ample proportions and great age.
Il don't know what am to do, Maum
Becky, with these rats and mice" said
the lady in despair.
"Wat matter wid er cat?"
"But we have no cat, and before we
can raise a kitten large enough to catch
rats they will have eaten us out of house
and home"
"Wat matter xid SEN Jim out er
alley, ketch strange cat? Plenty cat in
alley. Nobody keer bout one cat"
But what is the use to talk such non-
sense, Maum Becky? A strange cat
wouldn't stay in the house five minutes,
if Jim should catch one
Miss Lizzie, Maum Becky sprlSed n
shame to year you talk so. Is done
raise you up FUN lii baby, n see you
mar'id n a home OBJ yo' own. n den
year you 'fess sech ign'ance? Not kip
strange cat in e house minute? You
don know how kip strange cat in house:
Lemme tell you an don't you nebber
furgit. Fus' you ketch de cat. Den
you tex er Of boot laig, n put de cat
head fus' down e boot laig. Pull de cat
him laigs froo de straps, des' so he kyarD'
use he claw. Den you put cat haid un'r
yo' ahm, so, an walk back ard to de frs
step OBJ poch. Den tex er kyarvin knife er
a scissors n snip off tip er cat tail. Den
tex yo' finger n dig Ill hole un'r step
n bury tip er tail in e hole. Fo' God,
dat cat nebber leave er place so long dat
cat tail stay in e hole. Washington
Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-26

WHY continue the use of irritating
powders, snuffs or liquids. Ely's Cream
Balm, pleasant of application and a sure
cure for catarrh and cold in the head can
be had for soc. 1t is easily applied into
the nOstrils; is safe and pleasant, and is
curing the most obstinate cases. 1t gives
relief at once. u 1927
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-26

WHEN man has sense enough to
know that honesty is the best policy, he
is all right. But when he thinks that
wing and deceit are aids to his advance
ment, he is all wrong, in addition to be-
ing a fool
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-26

AN honest Swede tells his story
in plain but unmistakable language
for the benefit of the public. One of my
children took severe cold and got the
Group. gave her a teaspoonful Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, and in five min
uteS later gave her one more. By this
time she had to cough up the gathering
in her throat. Then she went to sleep
and slept good for fifteen minutes. Then
she got up and vomited; then she went
back to bed and slept good for the re-
mainder of the night. She got the Group
the second night and | gave her the same
remedy with the same good results. |
write this because thought there might
be some one in the same need and not
know-the true merits of this wonderful
medicine. CHARLES A. THoMPsEEN,
Des Moines, Iowa. 30 cent bottles for
sale by j. b. HOGE, Druggist. 12-5 At.
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HOLIDAY EXCU RSIONS.

NANIA LINES.
Holiday excursion tickets, at low round
trip rates, will be sold from all ticket
offices of the Pennsylvania Lines West
Of Pittsburgh on December 24th, 25th,
3lst, 1889, and January lSt, 1890, good
going on date of sale and returning until
January Sd, 1890. II 12-3t
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BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE

The best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter. Chapped Hands, ChilblainS,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by Patterson Il Sons. ly
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NO ADMISSION FEE TONIGHT.

Tonight Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs can be had at any drug store
i'll st. Clairsville A trial bottle free of
charge. you are suffering from a cough
or cold, bronchitis, asthma, sore throat
or consumption don't hesitate; get free
sample tonight and test for youself the
power of this unfailing remedy. Large
bottle soc and 81; at all druggists. IL 54t
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NOTWITHSTANDING the confusions in
this latter day are uncommonly great, it
is presumable, from the abatement of
persecution on account of religion, that
the light of truth is secretly gaining the
ascendancy in the world; for as light in
creases, the objects which darkness con-
ceals become more and more visible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-26

A MEDICAL journal tells show to lie
when asleep" If it will teach some
people how to keep from lying when
awake it will do public service.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-26

THE proprietOrs of Ely's Cream Balm
do not claim it to be cure-all, but sure
remedy for catarrh, colds in the head and
hay fever 1t is not liquid or snuff, but
is easily applied into the nOStrils. 1t gives
relief at once IL I9-2t
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As most of our temporal advantages
and gains accrue to us from the disap-
rointments and losses of others, it seems
reasonable to expect, from the principle
of love, that it should continually in
cline us to lessen the inequality, by tax
ing the weights out of the scale of pros
perity and putting them into that of ad-
versity.
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SAVED HIMSELF.

Wife-Dear, you promised me new
bonnet on the first of the year.
Husband-You're to late. I've just
sworn off everything and have begun the
new year with clean record.
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IT is of faith that God always answers
right prayers, and in way and in a de-
gree beyond our most enthusiastic ex-
pectations; but He does not yet let us
see how. We must take it on faith. We
are quite sure that, in the long run, we
shall not be disappointed.
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GOOD manners must have a solid foun-
dation in kindness and self-control. To
be genuine, they must be the fruit of
sincerity and good feeling; and their
exercise must be in conformity with the
working of these qualities in the heart.
No heart can successfully counterfeit
true elegance of manner and department.
To be real, they must have roots deep
below the surface in the soul and heart.
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SPECIAL.
HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
IL ILLUSTRATED.
1890.

A new Shakespeare-the Shakespeare of Edwin
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ONE part of knowledge consists in be-
ing ignorant of such things as are not
worthy to be known.
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THE advent of the new year is the &C
complishment of a great astronomic
movement. 1t is beautiful thought
that the life of man which is under so
many heavenly influences is measured
by the march of worlds and changes
with the shifting of celestial slides.