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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
Seals In Behring Sea.

There is serious question between
Great Britain and the United States
whose settlement will be apt to come be-
fore the next congress. American reve-
nue. steamers have orders to seize all
vessels engaged in seal fishing In the
waters off Alaska that are under Ameri-
can jurisdiction. The understanding of
the United States authorities is in gen.
eral way that this jurisdiction includes
all the waters of Behring sea. Great
Britain denies that we own the whole of
Behring sea- Enough Canadian and
British sealing ships have already been
seized by us to cause considerable irrita-
ton, and that does not decrease. It is to
be hoped that before another season
there will be held the conference of ma
tons that the United States once pro-
posed and that this question of jurisdic-
ton will be settled for all time.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
Facts About Johnstown.

Matter which will go on record in the
true history Of the Johnstown disaster
appears in the August North American
Review. Contributions are made re-
spectively by Governor Beaver, Clara
Barton and by Maj. Powell, Of the United
States geological survey.
Governor Beaver tells us that, in the
Johnstown district, three inches of rain
will cause freshet. May 81, six inches
fell in twenty-four hours, hence the APP
palling calamity. By the recent floods,
twenty of the sixty-seven counties in
Pennsylvania suffered, and in ten of them
there was loss of life. The relief fund
for the sufferers will reach not less than
$3,000,O0O. A large amount came from
the different countries Of Europe. In
face of disaster like this, all men are
brethren.
Mai. Powell says that dams must con-
tinue to be built, in spite of Conemaugh,
for they are necessary. But those who
project them must carefully calculate
beforehand the amount of pressure from
rain or snow fall the walls of reservoir
will be called on to Withstand. This can
be accurately done in every case. In
laying out reservoir, first Topographic
cal survey should be made, then n.y.
biographical survey, to determine the
average amount of rain and snow fall
over the basin and the amount dis
charged by streams emptying into it.
Clara Barton writes of the helpful
work performed by the Red Cross So
ciety. She says that one conclusion has
been forced on her through much ex-
perience in affording public relief. It is
that the relief supplies and money should
not be intrusted for distribution to local
committees. They are intelligent, hon.
est and disposed to do their best, she
thinks, yet though they were spotless as
snow, local jealousy would in every case
charge them with Incorporating
funds. For this reason the distribution
should be intrusted to strangers
Very touching, indeed, is the answer
Miss Barton mentions which was re-
turned to hundreds of applications made
by those desiring to adopt children Or
phaned by the flood.
"There are no orphans-the children
are dead ="
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

here below for an old maid as for any,
body else. Suppose they were without
husbands? Husbands are not always
what the old or young maiden fancy
paints them. No more are wives always
satisfactory. Socrates is credited with
saying that whether one marries or does
not marry, he regrets it. If the Misses
Boggs had married, they might have got
husbands whom they would have had to
commit suicide to get rid of. Women
have done the like, more than once.
But the gravest possible mistake one
can make is to take for granted that his
personal love, personal comfort and
happiness play very large figure in the
plan of this universe. Whoever pursues
these aims alone finds they invariably
elude him at last, like Will O the Wisp.
If the Misses Boggs wanted children,
there was world full of forlorn, home
less babies, many of them quite as sweet
and pretty as any possible Boggs' babies
would have been. How much they could
have added to human happiness by
adopting four or five little waits and
giving them home and education! Then
there was the whole world of ideas be-
fore them-study, travel, science, art
and music. Humanity stumbles blindly
and painfully on, seeking always the
better way in everything, thankful al
ways to people who show it the better
way. All of lis owe it to the race to give
some part of our time to aiding the rest.
In philanthropy, in helping mankind to
prosperity, to better, wiser, sweeter
ways of living, there is work enough for
a million single women, heaven knows!
It is sometimes necessary to pass
through sea of troubles to find at last
that the only genuine happiness is found
in giving happiness to others. Exactly
in proportion as men lose sight of the
miserable aims that end in SELF" by
mysterious law friends, happiness and
hope will drift their way. 1t is indeed:
A miserable, petty, low rooted life,
That knows the mighty orbits Of the skies
Through naught save light or dark in its own
cabin
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
An EnGliSh PODe.

The last British Contemporary Review
contains rather startling article on the
future of the papacy. 1t substantially
propheses the removal of the head of
the Roman Catholic church to London.
The world is now becoming English
speaking, says the writer. The church,
to be up with the times, must rid itself
of Italian traditions and intrigue. Then,
PURIFIED and modernized, with a pope
who san Englishman, Holy Church may
reconquer the world. The author of the
paper, which is printed anonymously,
looks to America or Great Britain to re-
habilitate the temporal power or the
church must decline. Cardinal Gibbons
is limited at as the next pope. With some
square miles of soil for its own, it is
claimed that the papacy will have room
for its secretaries, messengers and
guards.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
A Chinaman's Complaint.

A Philadelphia Chinese laundryman
brings a serious charge against American
washermen.
Talk of cheap Chinese labor" said
he. "The American man he have heap
steam laundry. He wash collar for cent
and half. Chinaman poor. He wash
by hand and he must charge three cents
for collar. American washerman cut
down prices so Chinaman can't live.
Steam laundry men say all laundries
must close on Sunday. Chinaman's GUS
toner have only one white shirtee. He
bring it in late in week to be washed for
Sunday. If Chinaman no open shop on
Sunday morning, customer no get white
shirtee. Oh, no! Chinese laundryman
can't shut uppee shop on Sunday"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

DR.. William A. Hammond verifies, to
the extent of several experiments,
Brown-Sequard's claim for his elixir of
life. DR.. Hammond's elixir is, however,
prepared from freshly butchered lamb.
He injects the fluid under the skin of
the forearm. In one case he used the
preparation on the rheumatic arm Of a
man 60 years old. The gentleman had
been unable to raise his hand to his head
for nearly year, but soon after receiv-
ing DR.. Hammond's elixir he was able
to move it almost as well as he ever had
done. Brown-Sequard claims that an
injection once month will keep man
20 to 80 years younger than his real age
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

carefully. and concluded that q change
is going on steadily and that the sea is
encroaching on the land. Lands which
in the early settlement Of the country
were above tide level and were cultivat-
ed fields, are now below water. Finally,
within q short geological period there
has been a sinking Of the New Jersey
coast Of from ten to twenty feet. Is 1t
good-by, New Jersey?
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
MORTGAGE SALE.


Default having been made in the payment
of the sum of one hundred and sixteen and
90-lO0 dollars, (*1lG.90) which is claimed to he
due ut the date of this notice upon It certain
Mortgage, duly executed and delivered by
Charles Miller and Mary Miller, his wife,
Mortgagors. to Douglas County Bank, Mort
gagee. bearing date the 10Th day of April, \.
ID. 1888, and, with power Of sale therein con-
tanned, duly recorded in the office Of the
Register of Deeds in and for the County OF
Stevens and State of Minnesota, on the
seventh day of May, A. d. 1888, at ten o'clock
a. M, in Book ST" of Mortgages, on page l6,
and no action or proceeding having been in
stituted, at law or otherwise, to recover the
debt secured by said Mortgage, or any part
thereof;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given,
that by virtue OF the power of sale contained
In said Mortgage, and pursuant to the statute
In such case made and provided, the said
Mortgage will be fOreclosed by a sale OF the
premises described in and conveyed by said
Mortgage, viz: The south east quarter of
section four a., township one hundred and
twenty six Q26), of range forty-two (42), con-
tanning one hundred and sixty acres, accord
Ing to the government survey thereof, in
Stevens County and State of Minnesota,
with the Entertainments and appurtenaneeS;
which sale will be made by the Sheriff of
said Stevens County, at the front door of the
Court House, in the Village Of Morris, in
said County and State. on Saturday the 24th
day of August, y. d. 1889, at ten O'Clock a. M,
of that day, at public Vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt and interest.
twenty-five dollars, Attorneys fees as stipu-
lated in and by said Mortgage in case of fore
closure, and the disbursements allowed by
law; subject to redemption at any time
within one year from the day of sale, as pro-
vided by law.
Dated July 9Th, A. D. 1899.
DOUGLAS COUNTY BANK,
Mortgage.
GEO. L. TREAT,
Mortgagees Attorney.
Alexandria, MINI. julyl0.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
Electrical Terms.

In giving his testimony to the court in
the case of Kemmler, the murderer,
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison said he had been
investigating electricity for twenty-six
years. If he were to suggest method
for the execution Of criminals, he would
put their hands in Leyden jars contain
ing caustio potash, the jars being at
tached by wires to the dynamo. He
would then apply an alternating current
Of 1000 volts, which, he believed, would
cause instantaneous and painless death.
Further he testified that the average re-
sistance of the human body to the cleo
trio current was 1000 ohms. He had
once applied over wire from his Ia
boratory at Menlo Park one five-hun-
dred-thousandth part of an ampere to
the sciatic nerve of frog in Washing
ton and found very lively effect was
produced.
Being questioned Mr.. Edison said that
continuous electric current was one
which flowed steadily in one direction,
like stream of water. An alternating
current was like "a stream of water which
should flow for given time in one di-
rection, then turn and flow in the oppo-
site direction. In passing through mus
cles there would be powerful rush of
the electric fluid through the capillary
pores, first che way, then tho other. It
would be something like zigzag light
ming, in short.
There is yet another kind Of current,
the interrupted or broken, in which the
course of the fluid can be made to stop
at intervals by mechanical means. The
alternating current is the most powerful
A man could take eight volts of the con-
tinuous current without feeling it, but
could endure no more than three of the
alternating, according to Mr.. Edison.
Most readers will here ask, What are
volts, amperes and ohms? A volt is the
unit of measure of the electric force or
pressure generated. It is nearly equal
to the amount of electro-motive power
generated by one Daniels sulphate of
copper cell. The word comes from
Volta, the name Of the famous old Ital-
ian electrician.
The ampere expresses the force or
quantity of electricity which passes over
the wires. Finally, there is the ohm.
In passing over wire or other conduc-
tor, there Is always certain amount of
resistance in the conductor for the cur
rent to overcome. This resistance Is an
important factor in calculating the eff
fects of electricity. The unit of measure
for the resistance is called an ohm. The
word is the name of distinguished Ger.
man electrician.
To illustrate: If from battery of
1000 volts we pass over small wire
current of many ampheres stronger than
the wire can bear, owing to the resist
ance of the wire it will become red hot
and melt. This sometimes happens to
electric lighting wires. The smaller the
wire the larger number of ohms resist
ance it has. The effect of great cleo
trio current on an animal body would
be to Immunity it." Mr. Edison said;
that is, to dry out its fluids.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

The growing influence of the laboring
classes is apparent day by day. 1t is
noticeable in the fact that Mayor Grant,
of New York, invited representatives of
various labor organizations to meet him
in conference on the question of the
worlds fair in 1892. That exposition
will not be an affair of a snobbish 400,
as the centennial Inauguration was, but
an enterprise of all the people.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

Itsaay be interesting to our readers
about this time of year to know that the
mosquitoes song is pitched in the key of
A-naturaI
An eminent German statistician, Dr..
Albrecht, shows that the utilizing Of
cheap electric motors for small and light
industries will tend to take various
trades once more into the homes Of arti-
sans. It will tend to decentralize labor
and capital, to disintegrate the great
shops and factories. and may possibly
cause a return to the day of small indus
frioS
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

How much is Queen Victoria worth?
was a question that the inquiring Mr..
Labouchere insisted on having answered
in parliament recently. Well, the frugal
minded old lady has private fortune of
twenty-five and a half million dollars to
begin with. Then she gets salary of
two million dollars from the British gov
eminent for being their fgurehead-not
a very handsome one, either. She isn't
quite pauper, therefore, although she Is
beggar every time one of her numerous
2osterity marries.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

three days exposure to the sun. Da-
guerre reduced the time to half an hour.
Now we have the instantaneous photo
graph. There, in three sentences, we
have the history Of the growth Of photo
graph, minister and messenger of beauty
and affection, handmade of science, art,
industry and commerce, sublime reveal
or of the secrets of the sun and stars.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
Believes in Trusts.

There is at least one newspaper in the
world that is not afraid of trusts. That
is The Chicago Economist. 1t has the
courage Of its convictions and comes out
boldly in favor Of trusts. 1t presents
their chief beauties under three heads,
as follows:
l. Every objection to the trust system Is equally
valid against the existence Of manufacturing
trading or carrying corporations.
q They cheaper the cost of production and the
selling price of the commodities In which they
deal
8. The one thing needtul to the welfare Of O ma
ton Is that the selling price Of goods should be
LOU
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

Desertions have become such an evil
in the army that it is at last proposed to
adopt an old custom that was in vogue
in war time to prevent the re-enlistment
of men three or four times. The recruit
was vaccinated by the surgeon upon an
unusual part of his body. The spot was
of course known to all army surgeons,
and the scar that remained revealed the
story the soldier sought to conceal.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

Mr.. Powderly's new idea is practically
that of gigantic trust among working
men. He would have all the various
labor organizations. while not abandon
ing their original societies, form one
powerful combination, which shall be
able to meet and successfully deal with
those who are Interested in crushing out
labor organizations.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

Ever since the Princess Louise-Fife
wedding the papers have been telling
the story that the new duke is not de-
at all, but that the founder of his family
was old 'CreeIie Duff" who got COM
potency i'll the egg business. Well,
what of it? Wasn't that nobility in en-
bryo? Crcelie Duff was merely Matching
plans for the eggsalted position his pos
tcrity was to occupy in future. Some
people are very hard to please.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

The widow of once famous congress
man is now said to be earning her living
at collar making, although her husband
left her SO rich that her diamonds alone
were worth $4,000 The trouble was
that the lady was one of those women
who have not been taught how to take
care of property.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

The Mormons are said to be using
every device of craft and craftsmanship
to obtain possession of Idaho. They will
settle it as unsupported bigamists, get it
admitted to the Union and pass of course
a non-polygamous constitution. After
wards, having possession of the state,
they can elect such legislatures and en-
act such laws as they please.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
TOWN CLERKS

Framnas-E f Solseth, Jr, Nash Pc
Darnen-H Bragg, Morris
ScOtt-P + Church, Morris
Stevens-John DAILY, Morris
Eldorado-A G Mackenzie. Herman
Donnelly-John King, Donnelly
Swan Lake-O N Dohlen, Nash
MoOre-IIenry Fels, Hancock
Pepperton-Peter Pierce, Morris
Baker-Fred Domarus, Morris
Everglade-F w Heller, Graceville
Synnes-H y Schrapps, Morris
Rendsville-A Young, Morris
Morris-R j Hall, Morris
HOrton-Dennis Dewane, Morris
HOdges-C b Park, Hancock
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

Eighteen hundred and eighty-nine will
be known for generations in this coun-
try as the rain year. Through flood and
rain and cloud burst, through destruc-
ton, death and suffering, the months
move on, and none can predict when the
terror will stop.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

The Philadelphia Herald says that
Pennsylvania has more tramps to the
square mile, and more poverty stricken
non-English speaking inhabitants, than
any other state in the Union. The Her
aid oughtn't to tell on home folk like
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

The eastern half of Rhode Island keeps
Sunday strictly, while the western half
plays Sunday baseball games Where
upon The Boston Globe calls Rhode Island
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

Mad Ell Jumi is the name of the pres
ent dervish leader who is raising the
row in the Soudan. Mad advises Eng
land to surrender to him without maxi
ing any more trouble, as he is going to
conquer the worldl
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

The wedding of his eldest daughter re-
vealed to many in this country the fact
that the Prince of Wales has chaplain
all to himself. That must be the reason
Wales is so good
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

In 1876 the population of Philadelp hia
was 100000 In 1892 the estimated pop
ulat;on of New York city, including its
suburbs, is 100000. Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania contributed $1,5O0,000 to-
wards the exposition of 1876. Private
subscription added $2,305, $3.50 more. New
York city and state contributing at the
same rate in proportion to increased
population, and adding the private sub
scriptions, would produce the sum Of
S7,7S0,O00 The total home resources of
Philadelphia in 1876 for the fair, exclu-
sive of rents, were S4,2o5, $3.50. The total
home resources of New York in 1892, ex-
elusive of rents, The Economist esti-
mates will be $9,230,000
If that is not enough to set going the
most magnificent worlds fair civiliza-
ton has ever beheld, one would like to
kuow the reason why.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

If Governor Lowrey, of Mississippi,
keeps on pursuing the Sullivan-Kilrain
prize fighting people few months
longer, somebody will be hurt yet.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31


self, or that he is going to do so. Boul-
anger has no need to commit suicide
The late elections in France prove that
he is dead already-deader than a door
nail Vive la republiquel
Evolution of the Photograph.
One hundred years ago this 1889 was
born near Paris Louis Jacques Mande
Daguerre, discoverer of sun pictures.
These were first called, from him, da-
guerreotypes. Mr.. J. Wells Champney,
the artist, contributes to the August
Harper an attractive and instructive
paper on the growth of photography.
1t seems that Daguerre was 30 years
old when he publicly announced his dis
covery. Mr.. Champney fifty calls those
who had their pictures taken as far back
as 1889 victims" For they had to sit
in the blazing sun half an hour, with the
eyes tight shut and the face busted over
with white powder. Why they had to
keep their eyes shut we are not told, but
it was probably on account of the neces-
sity Of winking. The amount Of wink
ing that would have had to be done in
half an hour would have been fatal to
the picture.
Our own DR.. j. w. Draper, of New
York, was one of the first to improve on
the old process, and was able to shorten
the sitting to few minutes. In fact, to
DIR. Draper belongs the honor of first
making photography practicable for
portrait taking. Americans are moth
ing If not practical.
AS early as 1914 NJ. Joseph Nicephore
Niepce had attempted to take sun pic
lures, and succeeded few years after
to limited degree. He and Daguerre
formed partnership and kept the secret
between them. But Daguerre was much
the more slzilIful of the two. In 1889
the French government bought the Sc
cret and gave the process to the world.
Instantly the attention of the scientific
men the world over was fixed on the
new discovery. They saw as If they
had been seers and prophets what 1t
meant. They saw with clear vision the
heavens and the earth giving up their
mysteries to the new art.
Niepce made hts first picture BY q
= E 81 "
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
VILLAGE OFFICERS

President-N. II. Spur
Councillors N. Giltinan, Anton
Watzke, II. b. Wolf, &C. Murphy
Treasurer-Samuel Larson.
Recorder-W. w. GriswOld
Marshal Peter Gaffney
Justices of the Peace-John ID. Gillespie,
G + Camp
ASsessor-D r. Wheaton
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31

South Dakota has already proved her
fitness to be state. She is in debt $780,
900, which is 100000 in excess of the
amount allowed by her constitution.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
Nothing for Old Maids"

An elderly lady once remarked to a
pretty girl that it was a very serious
matter for young woman to have a
sweetheart. The girl answered that it
was a far more serious matter not to
have one Certainly the two Misses
Boggs, who have committed suicide at
Point Pleasant, w. Va, agreed with the
young lady. The'two sisters were well
to do. There was no reason why they
should die by their own hand, or die at
all, apparently. But they killed them
selves, leaving pathetic note, signed by
/ both their names, saying there was
, nothing in, 'ife for old maids"
It meIa sholy story, but the sui
eide was founded on a gigantic misap-
! prehension Of life There is just as much
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
WEDNESDAY, AUG. Z, 1889

Like other American tourists, the mos
quito has gone from our shores to Eu-
rope this summer He was not known
there until within recent years
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-31
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

WIN be open as follows: "Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons from to 6; Wednesday
evening, Z to 8, and Saturday evening, 40 10.
j. d. GILLESPIE, Librarian.