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Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
The Five Trusts.

Five trusts are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. They are the Stand
ard Oil, the Lead, the Sugar, the Cotton
Seed Oil and the American Cattle trusts.
The Standard Oil concern is the mother
and model of them all. The capital they
represent is shown by the gigantic fig
ures in the table given below. In these
times nothing can be done, apparently,
without stupendous combinations of cap
italand talent. 1t is in reality form of CO.
operation in which poor working people
might take their share as we'll as the
rich, if they had the time and the tai
ent to combine their little savings into
great enterprises. The figures of the
Eve standard speculative trusts are:
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
A Floating Hotel.

A man who cannot get out OF the city
In summer has an idea that is not at all
bad. 1t is that in cities situated on the
seaboard and navigable rivers and bodies
of water there should be built steamer
hotels. There is always more or less
breeze upon the water, and his idea is
that those compelled to be in city offices
oil day might get the benefit of this pure
breeze through evening, night and morn
ing. The originator of the plan says:
There should be a roomy, clean and safe vessel
with spreading hull and liberal decks. 1t should
be fitted up with large and comfortable state
rooms located so as to allow free circulation OF
air. The common rooms, such as the parlors.
reading rooms, dining, smoking and billiard
rooms should be Of the comfortable and elegant
character to be found In the better class of hotels
ashore. A special feature should be q clear
promenade deck over all.
The steamboat should be propelled by steam
by means of an engine capable Of developing
speed Of from five to ten knots an hour The en-
gines, however, should be as far removed from
the living quarters of the ship as possible, and
they need to be powerful enough only to make
the ship independent and safe
Every afternoon at 5 o'clock or there
abouts the vessel should steam to the
dock most convenient for business men.
Then taking them on board she would
away for a delightful evening sail, and,
returning, anchor for the night out upon
the water where the air would be fresh
and sleep sound. All the evening amuse-
ments in vogue at the ordinary summer
hotel could be engaged in on the steamer
hotel. In the morning, while those on
board were breakfasting, the good steam
er would be bringing them to the dock
again, ready for another day of the hot
city and business.
After landing the buciness men the
boat should go out upon the cool water
again with the women and children, an
ohor and remain till the afternoon. By
these the day could be spent as days
aboard ship are passed Such floating
hotel could provide accommodations at
the same rates as are asked at ordinary
summer resorts. Certainly the plan is
worth thinking of.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

working for living. The tramp soon
loses ability for steady endeavor, and this
is what chiefly distinguishes him from
his fellow men. The blooded horse will
60 on till he drops dead. Just SO the
human being with true blood in his veins
will pull himself together and get his
head above water after every disaster,
no matter how great. He will keep on
trying and succeeding till he dies, and
this. in man and in quadruped, is the
difference between the blue blood and
the scrub the world over.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
How Would This Do?

An old sea captain proposes to bring
an iceberg into New York bay, blow it
to pieces with dynamite, and sell it at
two pounds for cent, smash the ice
trust, and make the commodity plenty.
He said:
Could we tow IN iceberg in? Why, bless your
soul, my son, if we had enough tugs we could
put our grapplings aboard of Coney island and
yank her up here. There's your big hull of ice
Lay alongside, make fast your hawsers, and
sway you 60 for New York. You see, an iceberg
IL o smooth bottomed craft, with skin as highly
polished as any yacht. So she will slip along
through the water like mad. Six good tugs
could haul almost any iceberg ever saw. 1t
wouldn't take more than three or four days. It's
O bully speculation. The ice doesn't cost you
penny. All you have to do is make fast and drag
&c home
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

1t may be interesting to know how
much it takes to feed champion prize
fighter. Here is the record for two OF
John L. Sullivan's meals In one day: For
breakfast, good sized broiled bass, five
soft boiled eggs, half loaf Of graham
bread, half dozen sliced tomatoes and
a cup of tea. At o'clock the champion
came up smilingly for his usual dinner
of "three chickens, with rice and
chicken broth and half q loaf of bread"
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
Contending Missionaries.
If I was q caSsowary,
In the land Of Timbuctoo;
I'd eat up a missionary,
Rihle and hymn hook too.

Bible and hymn DOCK too
This is the anliable sentiment that at
present seems to be actuating a good
many of the Chinese and japanese toward
Protestant missionaries. In China, for
instance, there are forty different Prot
estant sects. Their native followers
range all the way in number from 1900
to 10000. The teachers and leaders of
the various Protestant sects are no more
in harmony in China than they are
elsewhere. Consequently the heather
Chinee is SO confused in his mind be-
tween immersion and sprinkling, be-
tween foreordination and free will, that
he really is in danger of losing the Chris
tan road to heaven altogether Things
are not much better in Japan, where
there are now $4,000 Protestant Chris
tians. Because of its unity, the Roman
Catholic church can make more Roadway
than Protestants with pagan peoples.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

1t probably occurs to most people sew
eral times in the course Of their lives
that they would like to commit suicide.
Some do it, though most don't But the
man who will take himself out of life by
drowning himself in water works
reservoir whence his fellow citizens
draw their supply ought to paroh with
thirst for ten million years in the lowest
and hottest of the seven sheols discov-
cred by Swedenborg. It is about the
most utterly depraved act a human be-
ing can be guilty of.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

One of the most important articles of
export from the United States to China
is ginseng. The Chinese prize it highly
AS a medicine. All through our country,
IN the summer, women and boys and
girls dig this valuable root and sell it in
small parcels to tho village druggist. He
sends it 70 the city, where it is made into
great bundles and bales and shipped to
the Flowery Kingdom.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
KT0HlT1fi from the diary of tourists
MnIH commercial travellers
HUI LII business men and others

ET0mT1ft from the diary of tourists
MHIH\ commercial travellers
NUluD business men and others
has revealed:
That the Wisconsin Central has the
unqualified endorsement of all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Milwaukee and
Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central is dialy
adding to its admirers as the recognized
Pullman line between Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Milwaukee and Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central touches the
most prominent points in Wisconsin,
and that it has more important business
centers on its through line than any
other railway in the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with It's peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs fast
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-.
sentatives distributed throughout the
country, who will cheerfally give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are especially
Instructed to look after the comfort OF
passengers who may be routed via its
line.
For detailed information. apply tC
your nearest ticket agent or to represen
tativcs of the road.
WIN. S. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
Genu Manager, Gen'I Pass. & Ticket A Y
MILWAUKEE.
| F. H. ANSoN, Northwestern Passenge
Agent, No. 10 NIcollet House Block, Mime
apolls, Mimi.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

In Sir John Herschel's time a Mr.. Stod-
dard once wrote letter saying that he
had been able to witness the phases Of
the planet Venus by simply looking at
Che star through piece of darkened
glass. It appeared as beautiful, shin
ing crescent. The suggestion is worth
trying. Venus passes regularly through
phases like the moon.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

New terrors have been added to evil
doing in Massachusetts,. For meat, it is
said the penitentiary convicts get
"chuck" steaks tainted to the depth of
IN inch or two" from which this outside
iscut off. For coffee, theirregular drink
is made from roasted peas, with a little
chickery thrown in This. diet, one
would think, would have tendency to
make almost anybody reform.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
The French government has recently

spent twelve and a half million dollars
improving the llarbor of Calais. The
neighboring Dutch city of Antwerp was
taking away trade from Calais in conse-
quence of better harbor facilities and
dockage; thereupon the French COM
mercial spirit took fire and resolved that
this should not be. The old port of Ca
lais received thorough overhauling,
The largest vessels can now enter the
harbor and load and unload at the docks
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
Men Who Kill Women.
The Boston Herald has noticed this:


There is something strange about the propen-
sity of men to murder women. 1t is almost always
followed by a taking by suicide Of the life of the
murderer. If man kills another man, his first
impulse generally is to away, or to deliver
himself up to justice. Nine times in ten, If he
kills woman, he feels it necessary to kill himself
Troubles connected with women work madness in
the brain: It is one Of the penalties that man
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

Lord Beaconsfeld's doctor says he died
for want of exercise. Hundreds Of PEG.
pie die annually from the same cause.
Thousands more who now sit at desks
in offices and take on fat year by year
will also die from this cause in the fu-
tJ1ro
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

a. GENERAL DIRECTIONS MIR q pin Of
bread or dough Saturated with 81. Jacobs on. y
The foul cannot spalsoso force IL dova the sirodt.
Mfg some corn meal dough witlt The on, Gius
aothing else. They aoi7z finally cat and be cured.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

Bakersfield, Cal, Oct. Is, 1883.
I have used st. Jacobs Oil for gorehead OF
chickens with prompt, permanent enre One
bottle will cure 10 to Is chickens; to drops
cures Wheezes. JAS BETHAL.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

recommend it as 8 sure cure. It has saved
me many dollars. FL. A. KUENNE.
Breeder of Fine Fowls.
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24
FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.

40 Huron st.,
Sheboygan,
Wis, Nov. II,
1883.
/ have used
st. Jacobs oilfor
chicken cholera
with great sue
cess. Every fowl
affected w It'll
the disease was
,,,roS7 f,,v - and
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

oe complete family scales together with caa-
% az Wa.ches Books and numerous household articles
an which NE offer inducements to Agents and others The
scales are accurately fitted and adjusted and are warranted
~ agents and others to handle our goods IN ten
ssIsr cs order from our mammoth circular will send one
~ e alas free ar allow YOU price paid for this set
ss a n EVANS co. Island 1s4 State St, CHICAGO liza
Morris tribune., 1889-07-24

THOMPSON & TAYLOR,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
MANY LIVES LOST.
A Sudden Storm in Reading, Pa,
Causes Wide Spread Disaster.
Probably II ghty Lives Lost.

A cyclone swept over the northern sec
tion of Reading, Pa, on the afternoon OF
the 9Th inst, and laid waste everything
within its reach.
The track Of this destructive element was
not more than 800 feet wide and it is lucky
that it touched only the suburbs of the
city IL came from the west but passed
along the northern border of Reading.
FIRST il touched the ut. Penn stove works.
Here the corner of the building was struck
and u portion Of the roof was cut of as
nicely as If done with pair OF scissors.
Then the storm cloud scurried across some
fields. took off a portion of the roof of j. II.
Sterpbergh's rolling mill, and number of
dwellings were uproofed as readily as If
their tin roofs were paper
The paint shops of the Reading railroad
company were blown over, and the ruins
set on fire from the escaping gas. Some 20
of the men had u chance to crawl out, but
four of them were caught in the debris and
burned to death.
The Reading silk mill was struck by the
cyclone and fell TO pieces as If composed OF
so many building blocks. Nearly 200 per
sons, mostly girls, went down in the wreck.
One hundred Of these were rescued, nearly
all more or less injured, but about so were
crushed TO death About 20 bodies were
taken from the wreck in few hours time,
and everything possible was done TO re.
move the debris in the vain hope that some
buried beneath the heavy mass Of bricks
and timber might be alive
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGRESSIONAL

JAN. z, SENATE-At the conclusion of the
regular morning business the resolution re-
ported from the committee on foreign re-
latious in reference TO tho Panama canal
was taken up, and Mr.. Gray arose TO make
some remarks. but was interrupted by
motion by Mr.. Edmunds, supported by Mr.
Hoar, that the subject be considered in Sc
cret session, which was agreed to, and at
L.. 80 the doors were closed. The secret ses-
sion concluded at 8 40, when, by unanimous
consent, the date for the vote on the tariff
bill was made January %, instead OF Janu-
airy 81. Tho senate then adjourned.
HoCsE.-The entire session was spent in
filibustering over the proposed change in
the rules, without result.
JAN. 8, SENATE.-The senate considered
the tariff bill, iute bagging being the sub
ject under discussion. The efforts to have
it placed on the free list were not success
full.
HoUsE.-The dead look was ended by the
recommittal OF the resolution to change the
rules. The rest OF the day WAS devoted u
measures from the printing committee and
TO further filibustering by the friends Of the
Oklahoma bill.
JAN. 9, SENATE.-Considerab progress
was made in the discussion of the tariff
bill.
HoUsE.-The day was spent in useless
hlibustering, and not single item of bust
ness was transacted.
JAN. 10. SENATE.-The tariff bill was
discussed, luXuries being the articles under
debate.
E.-Filibustering held the day ant
nothing was done.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
FOREIGN.

The police OF London are searching for a
foreigner, a student at st. Bartholomew S
hospital, who is believed to be the White
chapel murderer.
Advices from Samoa say that the Ger
man man-of war Olga lost twenty men
killed and thirty wounded out of party of
100 men sent TO assist Tennessee against
Mataata, The Germans were compelled TO
retreat 20 their boats. The commanders OF
the British and American men Of-war re
ceived an intmation Of the German inteu-
tons, but they remained inactive.
1t is reported that Russia has placed .
war flotilla en- the Nistula river.
Queen Christiana has offered the Pope an
asylum in Madrid.
Mr. Edward Harrington, member of par
lament, who was sentenced 10 SIX months
Imprisonment for ofIeuses under the crimes
act, is confined in bare cell in TullamorC
Jail. Contrary to practice, Mr.. Harrington
was seized by number Of wardens, who
despite his resistance, shaved of his mus
tachc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
MILLIONS INVOLVED.
A Suit for Trespass Brought Against
the Northern Pacific.

One of the most important cases that has
been filed in the United States district
court for many years was recorded in St.
Paul on the 4th inst The United States
has commenced an action against the
Northern Pacific railway company which
involves millions of dollars. II is charged
that ever since the road has been built,
about 1879, i has been rssSassiIs r$on
government timber lands, and causing
irremediable loss and damage to the gov
eminent and its constituents
These encroachments were made upon
lands and timber domain in various parts
of Idaho, Washington territory, Montana
and Minnesota. The suit promises to be q
prominent one in the history of great gov
eminent cases The great Importance of
tho case is not merely in the amount in
volved in pecuniary damage, but lies in the
interest TO the states at large in having so
much of the timbered domain Invested of
that for which it was chiefly valued.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
Suffering i'm Dakota.

A letter from G. w. Riches of Park Riv-
err, Oak, contains the first authentic infor-
nation of extreme suffering and privation
among the Norwegian settlers in western
Walsh county. Men with relief report that
they found 20 families in about as destitute
beings to be and still exist Many were
found with barely enough clothing to cover
their nakedness, and that of the thinnest
material. Shoes were almost unknown.
These farmers had lived on their little CAPT.
tai until nothing remained. Most of them
have been living on a kind of porridge made
by cooking frozen green wheat and oats,
stuff not fit to feed hog. One family had
not seen any -four for six weeks. Nearly
all were entirely out of -four. The people
have been dividing their potatoes with each
other until now they are gone, too.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
Willy Sir John.

An early dissolution OF the Dominion
parliament is imminent. Shortly after tn,
close of the session which meets in Ottawi
this month, Sir John Macdonald viii dis
solve parliament aud 60 TO the country e
give those who are advocating either unre
stricted reciprocity or annexation an oppor
tunity TO express their views. Sir Johr
has become uneasy over the growing senti
ment in the direction of closer relation,
with the United States, and before 1t be
comes too mighty influence for him e
conquer he wishes TO secure new lease
Of power, which, IL successful, will carry
him into 1894. Sir John has never yet per
mitted parliament 10 run its natural life
and this step as matter Of exigency will
surprise no one
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17

The politicians who are working up Pres
ident Harrisons cabinet have decided that
Wannamaker of Philadelphia will be post
master-general and Senator SpoOner attor-
ney-general, and that Alger is prime fav-
orite for the war portfolio.
The commissioners of Walsh county, Da-
kota, strongly condemn the sensational
accounts of restitution west of Park river.
They wish the fullest publicity given 10 the
fact that no complaints have been made to
them, and that they 90 not know OF any
such suffering.
During terrible storm the other night,
the suspension foot bridge, spanning the
| Niagara river below the falls, was torn
| from its cables at three o'clock in the morn
| ing, and portion of il lies on either bank,
while the center portion OF II Is at the bot
tom of the river. The structure was cut
clean from tower TO tower: The portion OF
| the suspension bridge which was blown
down was completed Jan. 4, 1869, and was
| almost entirely rebuilt last year. The
| bridge was owned by stock company A
majority of the stock was held by the estate
of Delos Dewolf of Oswego A temporary
bridge win probably be swung from the
cables as soon as possible. The loss in the
vicinity by the storm, including the bridge,
will reach 81, 100000
| William Bryant, proprietor Of the Euro
pean hotel, Chattanooga, Tenn, which was
| burned on the night of Nov. IL, has been
arrested on warrant charging him with
having set the building on fire. Five lives
were lost in the fire.
The total coinage Of the United States
mints during the calendar year 1883 was
Sn,3lS,gl6 divided as follows: Gold, S3l :
3,0,S0s; silver, S}3 OPS, 6oj; minor, S9l2, 200.
Senator Cullom of Illinois, has been
chosen TO be his own successor in the
United States senate.
The committees of the senate and house
have agreed upon the land forfeiture bill
which restores 1900, 900 acres to the pub
| lie domain
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
Webster Mistaken.

Little Willie (aged Mamma, wha
is an Elite Social clubi"
Mamma-"It is a club composed of the
choicest people-those who move in the
best society,"
Willie-"Is that what Webster's diction
airy saysp
Mamma-"It says that, or the same thing
In other words. Why do you asker
Willie-'I see an advertisement in the
paper of the Elite Social clubs dance, and
our colored hostler, who sleeps in the
stable, and the black cook are the commit
tee on invitations.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17

'What way 10 spell FISH," said Pat,
when he saw tine name Psyche on ship.
But a more wonderful spell will be exer-
cised over the coughing child Of yours that
keeps itself and you awake, If you will try
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. % cents.
Neuralgia paroxysms are often OF ex-
treme violence, and brought on by the
slightest prov0eation, such as draught OF
cool air. On the tirst intlmation of such
an attac'y rub with Salvation Oil. II can
be bought at all druggists fyr only 25 cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
Forty-two Victims.

The investigation into the burning OF On,
steamer Kate Adams by the United State
inspectors shows that AZ persisted instea,
Of Ia, as reported few days ago. IL no :
appears that 10 Of the boats crew wer
lost, and that is children were among IN,
dock passengers who fell victims TO Tn
flames
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
He Thought 1t Was Hannah.

II is reported that certain engineer on
the Norfolk& Western railroad, who went
through an accident not a thousand years
ago, in which his engine rolled down an
embankment without awakening him, just
as the engine reached the bottom ana had
started, to ascend mountain he yelled out.
"For Gods sake Hannah, don't do that
again. In get up right away and make the
fire
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
mcnt Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
mucus surfaces Of the system, thereby des
troying the foundation of the disease, am
giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
monials. Address,
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
E8- Sold by Druggists, 75c
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17

Young Country (to girl in confectioner s
"Have you got any of them, what they call
kisses, them small pnffy things filled with
windr'
Girl-'Yes, sir, we have the French
meringue and the Amelie Rives."
Young Countryman-"I guess I'll take
she Amelie Rives. I've heard suthin' about
her kisses and they say she makes good
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
In an Opera Box.

her TO, excuse him few moments)-"No
objection 10 youI going out TO see a man.
as you call it, Charles, but If you are going
to be gone as long as you were the last
time please send some good looking man to
see me-"
Charley concludes not to go.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
a Radical Cure for EpiIeptic Fit..

TO THE EDIToR-Please inform your
readers that ] have positive remedy for
the above named disease which l warrant
TO cure the worst cases. So strong is my
faith in the virtues of this medicine that
VIII send free sample bottle and valuable
treatise 10 any sufferer who will give NE
his 2. o. and Express address. My rem
edy has cured thousands of hopeless cases.
IL. G. R0oT, M. c., 1873 Pearl ST., Now
York.