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Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
Another Whitechapel Theory.

DIR. Lawson TAFT, a London surgeon,
has put forward a theory in regard to the
fard;sh Whitechapel murders wh1cn Is
ingenious e-ough to fio's'.A in 0ne OF Foes
weird stories.
He says first, the murderer is an cpl
leptic maniac, and does the murders
while the fit is on, being unconscious of
the crime afterwards. Second, she is,
not q man, but a woman, who gathers
her splashed and bloody skirt around her
waist under her shawl Immediately after
the deed is done, and so escapes de-
lection. Then, since women are "always
at the wash tub" she easily washes out
the stains and is not detected, Third,
the murderer is some one employed in a
slaughter house, and familiar with the
way in which animals are slaughtered in
London. The Whitechapel victims have
had their throats cut from behind, and
have then been eviscerated in the exact
manner in which a London butcher be-
gins to dress q sheep. The cuts are long
and slashing. unlike those made either
by a surgeon or a novice. There are
known to be women employed occasion
ally about the London butcher shops. 1t
is here, according to DR.. TAFT, that de-
tectives should search for the true clew.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
The First Chinese Railway.

A great event has happened in China
The son of heaven, that is to say, the
emperor, has issued a decree that rail-
way shall be built from Pekin to Han
kow. The road will be 700 miles long,
and will pass through portion of China
into which the daylight of western civil
ization has never before penetrated. For
many years the Liberal party of the
country have striven to get government
permission to build railroad there, but
in vain. All the old arguments used
against the first introduction of the iron
way into England were rehashed in
China, with more effect, and in addition
the peculiarly Chinese objection that the
road would disturb the graves Of their
ancestors. Besides, an iron track, with
black, laundering monsters rushing over
it, would invade the sanctity of the
earth, make it angry and cause 9Th
quakes.
At length, however, the Chinese au-
thorities have concluded to take the
risks at once of the wrath of the earth
and of their ancestors, and construct the
road. Its first result will be to give an
immense impetus to the internal trade
of China and after that to foreign COM
nerce. But that it will work any great
revolution in Chinese customs and civ
ilization Immediately, is not likely,
though it will do SO ultimately. AS to
that, The London Spectator says: "a
railway will no more make mandarin
honest than telegraph will make him a
Christian >,
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington.

On February -, $50, the President signed
the Di!, creating >"4:n Dakota, North l,ako-
to, :. ~ tni h!il Wilmington states OF the
,otr rAKUG.A.-'t.ie great prairie state. to
w..ic! lilc st. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba
galway has three main lines, reaching Ellen,
Sioux Falls. Go to South Dakota via the st;
Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba railway and
pass through St. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route.
hard Scotch fife wheat; whose healthfpl cli-
mate nurtures the most vigorous and bralny
raise more wheat, oats and barley than entire
states; the soil OF whose fertile pralrles 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 imparlant places.
cious metals; wealth III its 100000 head OF
live stock; profit in its fertile fields, produc-
ing a larger yield of crops than any other
inhabitant on sgsvt;i: where prosperity Is
universal; whica has the best paid LABOR IN IN
the world; q Balmly Winter climate, ga; Gaused st
Paui, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba railway is the
only railroad passing through CONTINUOUS
agricultural country fEoM 81; FsHl and Mins ins
neapolis to the Rocky mountains: y az T1HS naS
acres of land, free to settlers, in the MIX
river valley Wood, water and coal In album
dance; no irrigation required; the only line
passing through Great Falls, with Its 600 QUO
horse. Ioger cntaracts; immense coal veins,
and stirroanl,ns farming country of free
land; through Helena, HE Gapital CITY 4nd
comm erciai center of Montana, and Butte,
the richest mining camp on earth, 70 san
Francisco by the ColumbiR river valley,
Portland and Shasta Route, or Ogden, Titan,
to California points. Remember this is the
only line running dining cars, sleeping cars M
and free colonist sleepers of Its own from 81.
Paul and Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helena
and Butte: # is also the shortest line to
Butte. .,,
WAsuIssFoN.-Phec coqItry ef tall timber,
fndeptea by Puget Sound, the MediterFanean
OF the Pacific, Do not forget that the 81.
Paul, Minneapolis 8 Manitoba railway is the
only line which offers choiee CT three routes
to the Pacific coast. The Manitoba Facihc
route is the only line by which passengers en-
route for Tacoma, Portland and San FrenclscO
can pass through Fort Townsend and Seattle:
Free eQIcnist sleepers run through without
change 0r deias. distance to the Pacific
coast is same as by other unss, but prices Of
tickets are five and ten dollars less. TAKE the
Seattle route. .-.,
For further information, maps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources OF the
four new states. wFite to F. /; whitney
gen. pass. and tlcRet agent, st. n. q M.
Ry., st. Paul, MINI,
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
Meiinite.
Holyoake,

While Secretary Tracy recommends
ten additional steel cruisers for the COM
ing American navy, word comes from
France of deadly new explosive called
melinite. What melinite is very few
know, and those who do know guard the
secret so well that it is impossible for
other nations to find out. French fort,
field and siege guns are now charged
with it. Experiments in 1888 showed it
to be possessed of very high explosive
power, while far more safe than gun
powder. The Germans and Italians are
so eager to discover what melinite is that
they have offered rewards for the small
est fr9Snehes, and numerous spies from
those nations have been captured in
French camps while ea4deav~ring to sterai
the secret, but so far it has been kept.
All that is known is that the new explo-
sive is prepared from melted picric acid.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
Yellowstone.

ItAas been said, and it is probably true,
that no otiies tract of land sixty miles
square in the world contains SO many
natural wonders as Yellowstone park.
the park, indeed, might be bit of land
from some other planet, pieced into our
earth, so far as resemblance to any other
locality is concerned. The canyon of the
Yellowstone river is q thousand feet
deep, and the stream plunges into it over
precipice 800 feet high. -.-.. y
The time will undoubtedly come when
the Yellowstone will be one of the great
est health resorts on the globe. The gey-
sers or boiling mineral springs are the
most wonderful feature. Some of the
large ones hurl water to height of 300
feet. When the silica and other miner
ais held in solution crystaliizes ogapgss,
yellow and red tints of almost unearthly
brilliancy appear. Scientists have de
cided that the Yellowstone wonders
were produced by volcanic action. Vol.
canic fires far below the surface of the
earth heat the waters of underground
streams into steam. In seeking to es-
cape the steam hutls the mud and water
out with it. =
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
MELVILLE ISLAND, HALIFAX HARBoH.


The true story Of the Acadian exlles is
easily told They refused to take the oath OF
allegiance to the British government and
to French rule; refused to submit to any regu-
iations in trading with tbs indians. and per-
sistently thwarted all those police measasss
which are SO necessary in young colonies with
dangerous people near. They were, there
fore, removed to other British colonies. The
cruelty consisted in their forced and sudden
departure without fair warning, which re-
suited in the separation Of some families and
the extreme poverty of many. In pailiation
Of this, the British Canadian writers allege
that IL the French had not been ''taken un-
awares" they couldnot have been taken with
out much expense and some bloodshed; and,
as it was, many escaped and stirred up seri-
GUS trouble among 1.-The Indians And while
discussing thess things we found that our
train had already crossed the peninsula and
was rounding Bedford Basin, and soon after
we entered Halifax, which was then thought
worthy of weeks visit.
There is nothing exciting about Halifax
One can lie down and sleep any hour in the
twenty-foar without being disturbed by the.
roar Of traffic In sthe streets THAT is, unless
he Is kept awake wondering bow $4,000 peo-
pie can keep so still. It certainly is in sum-
mer the most soul restful place on this
continent. "They say" that July and Au-
gust are the quietest months of the year
because the sailors and fishermen are gone
and many Of the soldiers. The climate also
is singularly even In midsummer. It does
not rain, strictly speaking; it just dribbles
New comeRs from the States sleep half the
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
The story of Cooperation.

In The New Review George Jacob
Holyoake, the veteran laborer in the
cause of union among working people,
tells the history of the cooperative move
ment in Great Britain, while NJ. A. Mil
lerand, a member of the chamber of
deputies, II rrates its progress in France.
Mr.. Hol5oake says that from the So.
cialism of Robert Owen has grown
among working people that cooperation
which is not socialism, but something
FAR better and more practicable. The
first attempts were the cooperative
stores that have grown to such enor-
nous proportions in Great Britain. The
principle Of these is to buy the best ar
sicles. sell them at very moderate
profit and divide the surplus, not among
the shareholders alone. but among the
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
..Looking Backward" Two Ways.

In the winter of 1901 a striking story
was published in The Cincinnati Com
merciaL. 1t came to the paper in manu-
script form, and was written by lady
of that city. 1t was called "The Nara
tive of Vera Zarovitch," and was a
prophecy of the civilization of the fu-
ture. Many of our readers are familiar
with the novel called Looking Back
ward" by Edward Bellamy. Looking
Backward" was a very successful book,
making both money and reputation for
its author. But now comes the strange
part of the story. Mime. Zarovitch puts
forward the claim that in all its essen
tial features, plot and all, Looking
Backward" was simply stolen from her
narrative. Furthermore, she claims
that Houghton, Mifain & Co. published
the book for Mr.. Bellamy knowing this
to be the case. The lady will bring suit
at once to maintain her claim. If the
courts support her, this will be one of
the most celebrated cases of literary
piracy on record.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
sars stockholders are allowed s

purchasers. Stockholders are allowed 8
per cent. interest on their investments.
The idea was caught upon the current
of popular favor and spread throughout
Great Britain. In the United Kingdom
are now nearly 1,40O cooperative socie-
ties and stores, with little less than a
million members. These divide among
themselves profit of $4,000, 900 every
year. For plain, ordinary working peo-
pie, without exceptional shrewdness. and
with no time for making plans to enrich
themselves, this is not bad.
From distributive cooperation in
stores, the next step is distributive CO.
operation in the workshop. The co-opera-
tive principle of labor is this: Interest is
the rent of labor; wages are the rent OF
capital. Labor and capital are therefore
partners. Profit is made between them
and should be divided between them.
There are row in the kingdom eighty-slx
cooperative workshops, although they
come but slowly, on account of the dlth-
Guilty working men have in getting capi-
tai. But those established are thriving
There is another kind OF industrial
partnership from which Mr.. Holyoake
hopes more than from the cooperative
workshop. This is the industrial part
nership, in which, after working ex-
penses, interest ON capital and reserve
fund are deducted, what is left is divided
with the laborers. If he knows he is to
share in the profits he helps to make, the
workingman will naturally seek to make
that profit as large as possible. MIR. Hol-
yoake writes of this:
Profit sharing will sooner make progress by en-
ployers establishing partnerships of industry with
their workpeople which will enable them to retain
their best workmen. 1t is in the direction OF In
dustrial partnerships that cooperation wistfully
looks
In France, NJ Mllerand writes that
many cooperative societies have failed
through the inexperience of their mem
bers. They have also been much ham
pered through the red tape of clumsy,
and in some instances actually hostile
legislation. But in France cooperative
societies for the sale of food and clothing
have been brilliantly successful. NJ.
Millerand gives some space to the COM
,nunity of NJ. Godin, at Guise, called the
Faulilistere. 1t is community in which
there is not pauper or criminal, in
which no child of 6 is unable to read,
and none of IA is without the elements
of good education. In the factories at
this cooperative community of Guise,
| there are 900 stockholders whose capital
amounts to s25O,0O0. France has eighty
cooperative factories. The laws have
been recently made less burdensome for
them, and some of them are rich and
flourishing, under the republic.
s:Proht sharing is coming" says MIR.
| Holyoake.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

breeze from the ocean When there Is a
ralm and the mercury at 50 the Haligonian
simply cqllapses and the wealthy talk Of Ego
ing north till cooler weather"
There Is considerable business, too, chiefly
at the wharves-shipping lumber, fish,
etc.-and 1t Is done very quietly. In the
principal streets elsewhere there is a slight
stir. and over all the rest Of the city O q
peace like unto that described as the nnal
goal of the righteous. II Is Nirvana with an
American flavor. One longs to witness dog
fight, and an Ohio valley thunder storm
would be a real treat But they seldom have
such things In midsummer. Even Mayor
Congressman Hewitt could sleep well in Hal
flax, for as to insomnia the physicians
have not had case since the American pris
oners left at the close Of the last war.
For situation the city cannot be excelled
The harbor entrance Is narrow, but once in
side one finds 1t swelling into placid bay Of
great size; many miles up it narrows again
and beyond that broadens into Bedford
basin. which would on many coasts be con-
sidered a spacious harbor. Beyond the
"pointa dust beyond the harbor mouth) the
Northwest Arm begins and extends twelve or
fifteen miles inland-all the way a crystal
sheet of water, with perfectly lovely shores
and thus Halifax is on good sized peninsula.
From the harbor side the land rises rather
abruptly, but on the other side the slope is
gentle, and for many miles all that side Is
still covered with the natural forest. Though
three million dollars have been appropriated
to improve this great park, the administra-
tors have shown their good sense by leaving
nearly all of it in q state Of nature, only
making splendid winding roads through II
and clearing away such brush as obstructed
the approach to or outlook over the sea. The
results ore admirable. The man who cannot
find rest there must be restless mortal in
deed. III
The Nova Scotians say that their peninsula
abounds in fine harbors. 1t sometimes seems
to me that the coast is all harbor. There are
so many bays, large and small, SO many in
let's and arms of the sea, that the province
appears to be almost cut across in places, and
from any commanding point one can look ou'
upon the sea or upon some large harhor. AT
first view one would say that Halifax Is sur
rounded by good harbors; yet it is scarcely
more so than any other considerable city OF
the province The Nova Scotian is almost
everywhere in sight of the sea; as a natural
consequence almost every native has some
natural talent for sea faring. AS the Greek:
and Phoenicians were the uayigators OF the
ancient world, because their location made
the sea moro inviting to them than the land
and as the Portuguese were the most daring
explorers of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth cen
t,Iriss, 50 the Nova Scotians are born, one
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
~ Il f:a1,.lss.zg:gsesEsssais e!:sl' $50

COW BAY, MOUTH OF HALIFAX HARBoR
may say, with talent for sailing. Any ten
year-old boy can rig sail Gil little boat,
almost any girl of thst age will venture on
the water as readily as on the land; and SO
sailing parties in Nova Scotia take the place
in good society which carriage rides and
lawn parties hold in places further inland.
If there is in the world sheet of water
better suited to at once crafty and excite
this taste than the Northwest Arm, or back
harbor, of Halifax, have not heard Of IT,
Every where the natural park gives fair view
of this bay; everywhere the slope is gentle,
and almost every rod Of the shore is a naturat
wharf, the rock or gravel rising just abruptly
enough, and the whole front 'clean"-that Is,
no marshes or spongy shores. The result can
be surmised On any fair day the surface Is
dotted with all sorts and sizes OF sail and row
boats. There aFs Sunday school picnics on
the opposite shore, private pic4lcs In rocky
dells at the heads Of little bays, "sesect paF-
ties of single gentlemen" !" with the usual bod
iiy comforts and excitaEts, drifting iazaly
they care NOT whittier, and many and many
q little catboat with only two persons (of the
two sexes, With whom conversation SO far
outweighs destination that they do not really
care which way they drift. And for three
sight. There are indeed 10 storms to make
the Northwest Arm dangerous and very few
to make it uncomfortable. It is one of nat
.ure's selected and protected hooks In 'whiet To-
iaze and drift, eat, drink, smoke, rest doze or
make love, as. age, occasion or temperament
may incline. The seaal weary and brain baked
business man of the States migat well give it
q fortnight of his summers outing. Ever
yerdant in memory will be the sweet August
day louaged, lazed, laughed and drifted ON
the Northwest Arm!
Just back of Halifax, in the city suburbs
indeed, rises that famous natural mole called
Citadel Hill, and on it Is British fortificatiop
which the newspaper man or stranger may
not enter Around and near it are the COM
nlodious quarters of the troops, for Halifax
is the British North American military and
naval station, and any day in the year there
are from 500 to 600 soldiers and sailors thers.
Scarlet coats are everywhere, and their
devotion to the fair sex is uniform In the
splendid public garden of the city (Which is q
much finer thing In proportion for Halifax
than Central park is for New York; tha
scarlet coat and the white apron of the nurse
girl supply the most delightful bits OF color
on the green landscape. Like everything
else about Halifax the sight is restful-it
really refreshes the eye to gaze on them. Sir
John Ross, conlma4lRr Of the British forces
in Canada, gives the soldiers great deal of
social liberty, and they reciprocate to sur
prising degree In two weeks rambling
about the place did not see one intoxicated.
New York. .rs- i. II. BEADLE.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
ACADIAN RAMBLBS
A Yankee in the Canadian Mar
thine Provinces.
CONTINENTAL PENINSULA"

The Trim from New York to Boston by Fall
River and Thence to Annapolis Royal.
Lovely Annapolis Valley - Grand Pre-
NIinas Basin, Longfe!iow's "Evangeline."
From the far north came interesting re-
ports that the Canadian statesmen had Gre
ated a nation. There were no longer detach-
ed provinces, there was a dominion. There
was a strong national feeling, and along with
it many national advantages and burdens,
such as high tariff, q great system OF ma
tional improvements, a vigorous policy and
a big national debt. Some Of the statistics
are surprising.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

At last it seems possible that Gen.
Grant may have monument in New
York, now that the Grand Army of the
Republic have taken the matter in hand
and propose to build it themselves. There
are few persons who ought to contrib
ute literally to the monument fund, and
those are the property owners of River
vide park, along the route to the tomb.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

Edison says we shall have to look out
hereafter. Walls will, indeed, have ears
as well as tongues. When we enter a
house and begin conversation, we can
never know whether there is not a pho
nograph or graphophone concealed with
in the walls-a terrible recording angel,
jotting down every word we say, ready
to repeat it all to listening world with
horrible fidelity. Very interesting this
will be in breach of promise cases here
eftor
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

A shameful state of affairs exists in
several of the largest cities of the Union.
Hundreds and thousands of children are
turned away from the school house doors
to roam the streets, because there is not
room for them. There is not money to
provide school house accommodation,
but there is always money to pay host
of petty political officials.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

Of all the gold regions ever discovered
those who have been there declare that
the Transvaal, in South Africa, is the
richest. Edward Bates Dorsey says it
will produce, when fully mined, more
gold than California and Australia COM
bined. The metal is in quartz veins, and
requires the heaviest milling machinery
to extract it.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16
A writer saws that rattlesnake ma

A writer says that rattlesnake may
be handled with safety, provided you
will keep it in good humor and never
touch its tail Also if rattler bites you,
summon all your will power, keep your
head on, don't get frightened, and you
will not die Don't go out now and catch
a rattler and begin fooling with him just
to try it, however. The same writer
mentions that preparation of concen-
trated benz,in, applied Immediately, will
render a srakc bite harmless. But don't
go and get i.;sten only to try it,
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

This is what Bismarck is reported to
have said when he assured a deputation
CT working men that England meant to
keep quiet and they could now go to
their labors in peace. "Not long ago
England still hesitated whether to act as
a mad bull or as a fat OK chewing the
cud. Today her resolution is taken, and
can assure you that the maintenance
of peace is certain"
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

Professor E. ]. Houston, of Philadel-
phia, has prepared dictionary of cleo
trical terms, which has been needed for
some time. Electricity has not only
changed our industries, it has added
greatly 10 the words we shall have to
learn the meaning of.
Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

FNnTnT1 from the diary OF tourist
MtEIH commercial travellers
NULL business men and others
has revealed:
That the Wisconsin entral has the
unqualified eddorsement 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 it's 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 Its peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin 4 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
county, wh0 will eheerfafly give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are especially
Instructed to look after tho comfort of
passengers who may be routed via Its
line. s...
For detailed information, apply to
your nearest ticket agent or to represen-
tatives of the road. ... 49,
s. r. AINSLIE, III. G.. BARLOW,
Gen. Mana'r. Gen. Traf. Manar.
LOUIS ECKSrEIN.
Assistsnt General Passenger and Ticket Agt,.
MTLWAUKEE, WIS.
F.. H. ANSoN, Northwestern Passenger
Agent, No. 10 Nicollet House Block, Mime
apolis, Minn. =