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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

boggan slides you have seen or read
about in winter and you will have the
idea. Maj. Benjamin S. Henning, of
New York, proposes to construct q pas
senger and light freight railway on this
principle. The first experiment viii be
in the direction of securing rapid transit
between the cities of New York and
Brooklyn. A steep incline will be con-
structed on each bank of East river. Be-
ginning at the top of the incline, the
cars will shoot down it into a tunnel un-
der the river bed. The momentum &C.
quired will carry them across under the
river and bring them to the foot of a
similar incline on the other side. Here
a grip cable will attach itself to them
without the loss of moment and drag
them up the opposite incline. 1t is "esti-
mated" that one minute will be required
to make the trip from one city to the
other.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

MICMACS IN HOLIDAY DRESS.
there is 10 prejudice ON account Of color,
Here thsn, one would say, there should be
fine results. They are, i'll fact, far, far infer
rior to thu average OF their race in the States,
and the descendants of those who came in
1888 are rather the poorest of the, lot. The
negroes of middle Georgia excel them as far
as the white Aryan OF Boston excels the
brown Aryan Of Hindostan. The life of some
of their settlements cannot be portrayed
without offense zs--..... "a. -.
When slavery was abolished in the British
West Indies there was q Maroon rebellion in
Jamaica, headed by talented black called
King Cudjoe. The British prevailed on him
and his army of 500 to surrender and brought
them to Nova Scotia. Many Of them soon
went to Liberia and finally returned to
Jamaica; the others located at place now
called maroon Hill.n visited their settle
ment, but shall not venture to describe it.
In all our southern country know OF but
two places to compare with it. Another set
Element few miles away was described by the
rector of the parish as 80 very bad that ne
begged me not to go near it On the other
hand, the Lucas Settlement" of negroes
from Virginia and North Carolina, brought
after the war of 1812-15, is almost an aver
age fancy that the climate has depressed
the African nature-taien all their native
gayety without implanting British energy.
I delight in general geology, but am sus-
picious of fossils; SO greatly enjoyed few
days run in the coal fields and old rocks OF
Nova Scotia, where there is SO much that Is
practical and so little theory And, by the
way, I think the average citizen, not deeply
rooted or grounded in the matter, is suspicious
Of fossils there is SO much speculation to one
stone rib. Despite all the scientists have
written and said, there is still very extsu-
sive skepticism as to the science, and the or
binary citizen thinks that If those horrible
creatures with ponderous names ending in
''donn and ''saurusn really did exist, 1t must
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington.

On February %, 1889, the President signed
the bill creating South Oak ota, North Dako-
ia, Montana and Wilmington states of the
Union,
SOUTH DAKOrA.-tlle great prairie state, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, WatcrtOWn. and
Sioux Falls. Go to South Dakota via the st.
Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route.
NORTH DAKOTA. There is grown the No.
hard Scotch fife wheat; whose healthful ch-
mate nurturcS the nGSt Vigorous ana bra1ny
civilization on earth; where single counties
raise more wheat, oats and barley than entire
states; the soil OF whose fertile prairles Is
richer than the valley Of the Nile; where the
Turtle mountain, Minot and Devils lake land
districts invite the home seeker TO secure
free home. Magnificent daily train service
to Fargo, Grafton, Devils Lake, Bottineau
and all other Important PLACES. ~ o
MoNTANA.-TreaSCreS i'll its mines OF pre-
cious metals; wealth iii its 100000 head OF
live stock; profit in its fertile fields, produc-
Ing yield Of crops than amy 0tn ner
inhabitant ON earth; where prosperity is
universal; which has tbs best paid labor in
the world; a balmy winter climate eaused
by warm winds from the Pacific. The st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railway is the
only railroad passing through continuous
agricultural country from st. Paul ana MIN.
neapolis to the Rocky mountains. It runs
through the great reservation OF lS,O00UVIO
acres of land, free to settlers, in the MIX
river valley. W 0Ou, wafer ana COAL Ill aUuh~
dance; no irrigation requiredi the only line
passing through Great Falls, with Its ZOO 600
horse-powe cataracts; immense coal veins,
and surrounding farming country of free
land; through Helena, the capital city and
commercial center OF Montana, and Butte,
the richest mining camp on earth, to san
Francisco by the Columbia river valley,
Portland and Shasta Route or Ogden, Utah,
to California points. Renanber this is the
only line running dining cars, sleeping cars
and free color,st sleeperS of its own from st.
Paul and Minneapolis 81 Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t il also the shortest line to
Butte.
WAsHrGGToN.-The country of Ntll timber,
.tndented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the ST.
: a,il Minneapolis & Manitoba railway is the
only line which offers a choice of three routes
to The Pacific coast. The Manitoba Pacific
route is the only line by which passengers en-
route for Tacoma, Portland and San Frencisco
can pass through Fort Townsend and Seattle.
Free cOIonist slesEers run through without
change or delay. Distance to the Pacific
coast is same as by other lines, but prices of
tickets are five and ten dollars less. Take the
Seattle route. .y,--
For further information, maps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources OF the
four new states, write to f. l. Whitney,
gen pass. and ticket agent, St, p NJ. & M.
Ry., St, Paul, Mtpp,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
What Shall 1t Be?

We the people who are interested in
the Worlds fair of 1892 are trying to
think of some feature which shall dis
tinguish it. The feature must be some
thing no Worlds fair ever had before. it
must be something the ages will remem-
Der Finally, it mus: be device which
will at once be credit to the American
people and make the spirit of Christopher
Columbus feel proud that he discovered
US. What shall it be?
In the national museum at Washing
ton is model of the only flying ma
chine that ever flew. 1t will really rise
in the air of itself, and make gyrations
that are very suggestive of genuine air
navigation. Undoubtedly in time air
travel will be an accomplished fact.
Now, why cannot the inventor arise
who shall bring it to us for the exposl-
ton of 1892? Rapid transit through the
air across the Hudson, if the fair should
be held in New York-this would be a
greater wNnttAr than the Eifel tower. 1t
is by TO means an impossible scheme
Inventors. pUt yuir wits to work. Let
us have Steerabte air car for 1892.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
FOreStrV.

Without making too much fuss, the
forestry congress has accomplished great
good since its organization, some ten
years ago At the session just ended in
Philadelphia, reports from all sections of
the country showed how deeply interest
in the subject is growing. Profoundly
interesting were reports of young forests
from the treeless plains of Illinois and
Dakota. So much attention is paid to
the subject that in some part of the tree
less west, within the lifetime of some
old enough to recall this congress, there
will grow luxuriant forests.
The congress has done valuable work
in ascertaining what trees can be &C
climated in given localities. Among
other valuable achievements too much
cannot be said of the interest it. has
aroused among the school children on
the subject of tree planting. Many
school yards that fifteen years ago were
as desoIate as Sahara have been trans
formed into bowers of beauty under the
kindly influence of members of the for.
estry association. Children have learned
to love the beautiful and benefcent trees.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
Our Diplomatic Blunders.

1t is no use talking, we Americans are
not an astutely diplomatic people. We
can accomplish results by main strength
and awkwanlnass that are not bad, but
In the fine points of diplomacy we are
sway off," We invited Pan-America to
visit us Our government decreed that
the languages spoken at the conference
should be the English and Spanish.
Then somebody remembered Brazil, and
added Portuguese to the list. Nobody,
however, happened to recall that the
natives of the Haytien republic spoke
only French, at least a sort of French,
and that they would not understand
Spanish or English. So. although, the
world over. French is the language of
diplomacy, French was not included in
the official languages of the congress.
That was one blunder. Another is
that our eloquent mayors and aldermen
who make the speeches to the poor Pan
Americans are considerably mixed up in
their heads in regard to history, and do
not happen to know that Brazil is not
Spanish-American country, but Portu-
guese-American. Consequently, in their
speeches, they universally allude to the
delegates as Spanish-Americans, to the
infinite disgust of our Brazilian guests.
There is still another blunder, so bad
as to be a positive sin, against good
taste In each town they visit the I'M
happy delegates are corraled together
in place where they can't get away,
and then the greatness, glory and al
mighty richness of the United States are
poured down their threats. Wherever
they so. they hear nothing but the grand
eur Of t!lH United States. They Will
probably tr ~ sick CT it that they will
so home ;;Hd turn all tho trade in their
N:ti, count: -; over ~ the tiIvtc ICspot-
i5:Ms ;.~t :, :,rt til taste Of us out of
I.n il i.i;::i;H,
Tin il; are several morals to the story,
most OF which are obvious.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

ed not only the whole province, buC all eas.-
ern New Brunswick as we'll. So they took
the next letter after the of Half, ana
invented the word Haligouian Judge Han
burton, Sam Slick, the Clockmaker'" Inc
best humorist the province has ever pro-
duced, made it popular, and it Is now prouoly
worm ''Acadie" is the Micmac indian lor
abundance" plenty Of, and IS the terlhl-
nation of many local names in the two PROV
inces, as hubenacadie-"plenty OF roots"
that valley being noted for potatoes.
The Nova Scotians are not humorous
people might say they are very serious
people indeed. Though there is much euil-
ure, many fine libraries and several COCO
writers-indeed, there are several histories OF
the province as good as many of our states
can boast of-there has been but one noted
humorist, the author Of "Sam Slick" and
his humor is now considered rather heavy. l
have heard it maintained that the seriousness
was due to the climate, but laid it to the
race until | found on inquiry that it is ex-
ceedingly difficult to tel Just what race did
settle Nova Scotia.
1t seems to have been settled slowly by the
remnants of many peoples and factions. First
the planted French" then the Acadian col
onists. and after them the superannuated
fishermen from Newfoundland; then the
British got the country and brought exiled
Germans of the Palatinate, the remnants of
Hessian and Scotch regiments, Irishmen who
had to be Unidentified for losses sustained i'll
the old wars, and discharged soldiers and Of
ficers retired on half pay, and last of all came
some IA, 900 American Tories, and more than
doubled the population Of the province in
year All fused readily into one homogene-
Gus people except the Highland Scotch, locat-
ed on Cape Breton Island, They remain sep
arate and apart to this day, and SO furnish
material for Dudley Warmers ''Baeddeck and
That Sort of Thing" The people i'll rural
Nova Scotia live we'll and enjoy robust
health, are most hospitable and ceremonious-
ly polite, but they do not joke, and if one
perpetrates the average American witticism
in their company they stare lhquiringly for a
moment, and then glance at each other as if
to ask, "What does the gentleman mean2"
OF all the people in Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick none strike the American visitor
with such painful surprise as the negroes-or,,
rather, the "colored," for they are shaded
down considerably. They have been free
from so to $50 years, and have had all the
privileges of British subjects. They received
the same land grants, stock and ratiol.s as
other settlerssof 1888, etc, and we have al
ways been told that among English people
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
4 "Reminiscences.

Lucy Syone recalls in Tho Boston
Globe some history which will cause
part of the world to smile, and another,
a small part, to sigh. She writes of the
Boomer dress excitement forty years
ago Gerritt Smith urged his daughter,
Elizabeth Smith Miller, to design and
wear the DRESS The skirt reached to the
knee. Below appeared full Turkish
trousers, extending to the ankle. Many
women hailed it as the attire which was
to emancipate them from dress bondage
and give them health. freedom and
strength. Numbers adopted it in various
parts of the country They found it was
all they expected, affording lightness,
health and freedom of movement. Lucy
Stone wore it among Others. But wher-
ever the women appeared they were
greeted with bowls and Kisses.
On the streets of New York circle of
rowdy men and boys formed themselves
around Lucy Stone and Susan B. An
thony so they could not move step.
There they held them, hooting and howl
ing. The crowd grew larger every mo-
ment and a mob was threatened. A po-
liceman at length extricated the ladies,
and they took refuge in carriage.
Susan Anthony is brave as lion; the
other women were no towards. some
of them had faced ,nobs, Bad eggs. dead
cats and foul names in the anti-slavery
cause. But after nlartyrizing themselves
for three years attempting to popularize
the comfortable and convenient short
dress the women gave it up. "The large
freedom they gained for their feet bore
no comparison to the bondage that beset
their spirits" says Mrs. Stone. She
writes:
Those who wore the bloomer costume put it on
in the hope that dress at comfortable and
useful in which you could walk up stairs AID not
step ON your clothes. and down stairs and not be
stepped OLA dress which was still clean after
the longest walk, in mud and slush, with no end
Less yards of cloth to brush, would commend it
self
Perhaps it is with little trace Of sad
ness that Mrs. Stone refers to the con-
| trast between those days and the well
come extended to Jenness Miller and her
aesthetic dress reform And still the re-
former has not come who will "unfetter
the feet of women, save them from
dragging skirts, wet ankles, and much
! consequent i'll health
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
AALIG0NIAN DAYS.
A Yankee in the Canadian Mar
thine Provinces.
OF THE MIDSUMMER CARNIVAL

An Exciting Sham Battle-Haiifax The"-
reticaIIy Attacked and the Enemy He-
pulsed-Ideal aud Real GeoloGy-NoVa
scotia's Involved Strata.
August opened with great stir In military
and naval circles, for the midsummer carnl.
val was on; tho great British war Vessei
Belle.ophon lay some time in the haroor ana
was joined by others. Two French men-oi'
war also came in, and there were extensive
organizations for great sham battle, review
and naval display. By the courtesy OF the
local press, spent some hours on the belier-
ophon-the officers pronounce this beller-o-
ohon and the sailors call it the BILLY Ruf-
iiann--and it was almost liberal education
in that line The vessel is $40 foot long ana
manned by over 400 sailors aud MARINES, Do
sides tue officers; and all ranks received our
editorial party aud conducted us over the
vessel with O Difference aud courtesy whlch
confirmed the statement OF many writers thaS
the British navy is the home of gentlemen.
AS to the carnival, has it not already been
described a dozen timesa The most excltlng
part of it to me was the battle, the marines
attempting to land under the protecting nre
of their guilboats, the heavy shore batteries
answering the bombardment and the red
coats, posted for two miles along tho hills,
requesting the marines, the thunder of the sea
echoed from the hills and the echo mingled
with the crash of shore batteries, the signal
corps teegraphng from all commanding
points, and OF the highest hill Sir John Ross
directing the defense--it was really quite ex-
citing. And when a "retreat" was sounded
from the gunboats and the launches turned
and rapidly carried the marines out of rifle
range, it was so much like beating off real
enemy that the onlookinS thousands raised a
cheer which sounded for miles over the green
slopes and granite cliffs, and wild hilarious
ioy swelled tie hearts of the Haligonians.
By the way, why "Haligonianf' The ETY.
nology Of the name seems obscure, and Ill
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

Are our seal and salmon fisheries to be
exhausted at length, like the rest OF
natures bounties? The Alaska company
report that it now requires many more
skins to fill given number of casks than
1t used to. A similar story is told Of sal
mon canning establishments. There are
only $4,000 cases this year, against
100, 900 last. We shall be lunatics and
criminals if we let these splendid indus
tries go down. When the country was
first settled, old histories say that myriads
of water fowl lined the banks of New
England rivers and darkened the air
above them. The streams were crowded
with as many fish as could live in their
waters. Shall we let the west become as
the east is now?
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
Notice.---Timber Culture.
U. s. LAND OFFICE, ST. CLOUD, MINI.


u. Ian u OFFlCE, 81. ClLU ~, IA AGNN'
July 20th, 1880.
Complaint having been entered at this
office by Charly Fredricksou against John
II. Bryant Tor failure to comply With gnH law as
to Tfmber-Cultqre Entry No: 300, dated
January Goth, 1878. upon the EEi% Seotion6,
Township 1876 North, Range A West, in Stew
ems County, Minnesota, with view to the
cancellation of said entry; contestant alleg-.
said land, or any other portion thereof, with
trees, tree seeds or tree cuttings; during the
hereof; that said claimant failed to plant five
acres Of said land. or any portion thereof,
vii h trees tree seeds or tree cuttings, during
the f0tEth year after entry md up to t'ate
hereof: that said claimant has never planted
ten acres GfG2id land, or any portion thereof,
with trees, free seeds CIR tree cuttings; that
there arc not now and have NOT been for the
past five years any trees growing on said
land; that during said time said land mas
Teen wholly uncultivatcd; the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at the ONCE
of and before the Clerk Of District Court Of
Stevens Connts, 81 Norris, Mimi, on the 18th
day of November, 1882 at . o'clock 4. NJ: to
respond and furnish testimony concerning
said alleged failure.
P. b. GoRMAN, Register.
Oct5
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

Another northern great man has been
down to tell the southern people what
they ought to do in the interests of the
higher civilization. Now let some south
ern missionary make q tour through the
north. giving Sunday school advice about
jury bribing, White Cap amenities, the
kukluxing of that peaceable and respect
able colored citizen in Cadiz, O., etc.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

I~S0u wish to study a foreign Ian
Ruage, and have time to learn only one,
let it be French, says returned tourist.
French is spoken and understood in all
the hotels of Europe, 1t is also spoken
by educated Europeans of all nations
Emperor William was forced to listen
to the French tongue from the lips of
the car, it not being expected that
William could understand Russian
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23
Who Would BE President?

The question is often asked, Who would
be president in case of the death Of both
the president and vice president? In
January, 1886. after the death Of Vice
President Hendricks, a law was made
fitting this case. If President Cleveland
had died and been succeeded by the presi-
dent of the senate, the spectacle would
have been witnessed of change of ad-
ministration from Democratic to Repub-
lican. contrary to the will of the people,
who elected q Democrat president. To
obviate this awkward difficulty, to pro-
vide that the highest officer i'll the coun-
try should be of the political party that
prevailed at the last election, a special
law was passed.
It declared that, in case Of the death or
removal Of both the president and vice
president, the secretary of state should
be president. In case of his death or re-
moyal, the chair will be filled by the sec
rotary of the treasury, then by the sec
rotary of war. and after him by the at
torney general, postmaster general, Sec
rotary of the navy. secretary OF the inte-
ric=, i'll the srder named. In case q The
disability of all '4ese. there would still
be the secretary of agriculture, who was
not a cabinet officer at the time the law
was made. If, therefore, Harrison and
Morton should boAh be removed, Secre-
tary Blaine would be president. The
nearest the country ever came to realiz-
ing the condition to be met by this law
was in 1865, at the time Of the assassina-
ton of Lincoln. If the plans of the con-
spirators had succeeded, president, vice
president and secretary of state would
have all been removed by the plot that
killed Lincoln.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

ALI the nations invited have sent dele
gates to the maritime conference, except
five of the Central and South American
countries. The most notable exceptions
are Brazil and Chill. All the rest of the
world but Africa, the dark continent, is
represented. Even China and Oceanica
are there
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-10-23

fact they had some
trouble to get up a
good title for q citi-
zen of Halifax. The
natural title, Of
course, was Hall
factor, but TIL 9
sound of that would
not do at all, though
it would have just
suited the New En-
sglanders of 1873,
= who notified tn 9
!, Tories to "Go to
hell or Halifax"
"Acadian" was too
ceneral-it includ-