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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-08-14

For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
you have a printed guarantee on
every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalixer. lit
never fails to cure. Sold BY Fritz
Ruckentin.
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complete set q family scales together with
Guns household articles
Scales are accurately fitted and adjusted and warranted
n every respect only offered at this price for the present
and others TO handle goods On
dollar cash order from mammoth circular will send
~ az scales free allow the paid for this
A. r. EVANS co.. island s4state Stu CHICAGO IIxs
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All Of the above lands are for sale. At al
most your own prices, and terms, in almost
every case the owners are non-res!dents, and
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-08-14

VIM. G.. BIcKNELL,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Morris, Mimi.
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large and lofty foyer Around the edge of
this are small bars. with one or two fashy
women standing behind them. As you
saun.er alon you are asked 10 set up the
drinks. and very often girl comes outfrom
behind the bar. takes your arm without
asking your leave. and does all she knows
how to do 10 drag you back TO whore she
serves iced absinthe. This in n theater as
handsome as any in America. 1t is not I'm
the least fascinating. for the women are so
defiantly bold. and they expose themselves
so commonly. that il must be "A very far
gone man indeed who will do more than
take a look at them and pass on.
was having my roll and coffee at n table
in front of the Cafe de la PaiX at IL o'clock
yesterday morning. and enjoying the splen-
did concourse Of equipages and the gor-
geous panorama of rromenaders that
streamed in rivers of colors along the Rue
de La Paix and the Avenue de l'Opera. One
incident was decidedly entertaining 10 me.
Two landaus. one going up the avenue. the
other going down. passed each other direct
~ in front of where / sat. l immediately
recognized the occupants OF each carriage.
One was n most remarkable ftgure OF
woman. with sleepy eyes. yellow hair, and
her mouth drawn down sharply at the cor
ners. She held lilac -colored parasol over
her head and she seemed dreaming Of some
thing miles away. But when her carriage
passed the other one that / mentioned her
sleepy eyes gave one quick. sideong CLEAN
and rested on the woman sitting there.
This woman was the handsomer OF the two,
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opening OF the century was The Land Of
Promise TO the immense army with strong
hands and hopeful hearts anxious 10 leave
over-crowded Europe. where all was dark
with war. industrial depression and famine.
During the last seventy years alone. over
twenty millions of people have left the old
world for homes in America and the Brit
ish colonies, and fifteen millions OF these
have landed on the shores of the United
States. Our population has increased from
3929.2l4 in 100 To 30. SG6 in 1880. the
let census. This migration-combin ed
With the opening up OF new country. the
OF knowledge by schools and the press
has made tho present century the most
progressive OF all centuries. People are
better fed better clothed. and better
taught. and invention has extended oppor-
tunities on all sides.
The United states makes about 1900. 900
sewing machines yearly. which do as much
work as the HANDS OF 2O.0O0.00O women. A
single shoe factory in Massachusetts will
turn out as many pairs OF boots as the $4,000
boot-makers of Paris. In 1890 the back
woods OF our country afforded the chief
supply of material for ship building; since
the invention OF iron vessels several COM
panies constructing such have for years
placed in the water more tonnage per an
mum than the whole OF Queen Elizabeth's
fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada.
The citizens OF Europe cannot purchase
the necessares OF life that are common 10
the American working people. BY official
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Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson. Trainer OF the Declaration OF
Independence and the third President OF the
United States. was born in Virginia, April
2. l743. He was leader in the Virginia
House OF Burgesses. and in l776 drew up the
Declaration Of Independence. He was later
Governor OF Virginia. Minister TO France.
and Secretary of State under Washington.
As leader OF the anti Federalist party
Jefferson served two terms as President
from lsOl-1SO9. and then retired TO Month
cello. whore he spent the rest Of his H.
dispensing hospitality. writing. and further
ing the interests of the University of Yir-
ginia. which h. founded. BY remark able
coincidence both Jefferson and John Adams
died on the 4th OF July, 1926. just fifty years
from the day on which they signed the
Declaration of Independence. Jefferson's
last words were: is this the Fourth 2" and
Adams were: Jefferson still livesl"
During the year 1871 second census Of
the United States was completed. showing
n population Of 5.3ly762. an increase OF
l 100000 in ten years. The enormous in
crease OF exports from $1,000. 900 to S94 .0O0.-
OOO. and the corresponding augmentation of
the revenue from nearly S5.OOO0OO to
nearly Sl3.O0O,0O0. can only be attributed TO
the liberal institutions OF the country which
secured equal privileges to all. and gave
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Nelson sat years before and took the sim
pie refreshments which caused her death
You are obliged TO get "A card OF admission
TO the catacombs Of PARIS. and when YOU
arrive at the entrance you Will find probably
hundred people waiting 10 be shown
through this weird underground city OF the
dead. All Americans go through the cata-
combs. and the other morning when L
jumped out OF my facrc in the queer little
whitewashed Enclosure ut the. head OF tho
steps L saw u typ. cal matinee audience wait
ing 10 be shown the bones OF cannot say
how many million French ople. We
bought candles of the old women who
hawkrd them about the yarI and then
start, d down in single file through the iron
door leading into wall. like the door OF 10
tomb. The staircase was n spiral one. and
/ grew tired. a ter the first few moments. OF
counting the steps. The air grew percepti-
bly, colder as we descended. and peculiarly
uncanny and frghtful. 1t seemed like go
ing down into the sea- The moisture di ipT cd
into my face from the ceiling after time.
presume we walked in line for fully two
miles through tortuous passages. scarcely
wide enough 10 pass "A person in. with piles
Of bones reaching above our beads and
crowned with grinning skulls. The grouni
and the ceilings were Of the consistency OF
damp chalk. Nv feet grew wet as / walked.
and the moist air was painful 10 my lungs
A bell was tolling most dismally somewhere
in the dreadful place. group OF
FIench students up ahead of me were
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singing a ribald song. The candies in front
and behind me cast wet. silvery gieams OF
light over the skeletons. 1 regretted coming
into the dreadful place. i had heard OF peo-
pie getting lost in the catacombs. / could
ina inc nothing so CHASTITY in life. And IL
is gospel truth that for nearly minute l
and n well-known society Girl OF New York.
she a stranger TO me, thought ourselves
lost. We reached n dark cell flom which
converged tour or five different paths. We
happened TO be at the end OF the line. The
rest vanished somewhere. we could not say
whore. Which road TO take we did not
know. She stood with her back against
one wall. holding her candle high above her
head and staring wildly at me. l have no
doubt was in as great an attitude OF fear
as she. / shall never forget the looks OF
that girl or the sound Of her scream as she
understood her situation. 1 ran TO her.
grasped her by the arm and shouted. And
then one OF tho guides in the line came out
OF one OF the roads into the cell where we
were. We both clutched him nervousiy by
the hands. The girl was crying Historically
and / was laughing the same way. Tho
guide ran ahead and We followed. soon
catching up with the rest OF the people.
When we arrived a half an hour later mp
into the clear. safe world l thanked my
stars that l WIS our Of that tomb. The
society girl from New York threw rose to
me as she jumped into n landau with her
family. otherwise 1 should have hated that
Journey through the caiaoombs OF Paris.
pERPsrcHonz-
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faded coats aud high hats made of black or
white patent leather that looks Ike painted
TN. never hold themselves well. and the
spruce and elegant characteristic OF an
American or English pageant OF this sort is
noticeably absent. But the immense crowd.
and the general picturesqueness of IL all.
forms picture that is continually absorb
ing and exhilarating. / must say that l was
surprised the other day when a French gen.
teman who was driving with me cut TO the
Bots urged me 10 cease my raptur-
Gus admiration OF pair OF glorious
girls who were bowling along in a
carriage which kept abreast OF our own for
a great distance. While each OF these
creatures seemed very demure their eyes
strayed most accidentally about at us two
or three times. had sworn that one was
a marquse ut least and the other a baron
ess. My companion. as | say. beggad III 8
not 20 waste my praise upon them. asked
him why. and his explanation discouraged
me. had Sc IN so much OF this thing since
reaching Paris that / began 10 long for
home where virtu" as we'll as vice came out
on the avenues. The nickname by which
my marquise was known in the cafes was
too awful TO be- put plainly. but ii informed
you that her name was Lou" and that her
fingers were not kept in the best state of
clranness.
We stopped at tho dairy on the Bots and
drank glass of delicious milk: and while /
thought that at least this was pure, | re-
membered that il was in this room Adelaide
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brought rough towel she might enter
officially.
Ny excellent room. furnished in far bet
ter style than the usual hotel room in
America. with handsomely carved cham
ber-sct ol mahogany. heavy silk curtains.
pictures. candelabra. and fine bronze
clock. costs me- five francs day. Service
is one franc extra. My service consists Of
the little maid and Il shipper .ng man. Tie
maid does al the work. The man appears
20 overlook things, and is sitting in his lit
tie Office most Of the time reading paper.
lie is great smiler Every time l pass his
door he gazes out and contributes most
encouraing smile. l do not care for this
man. because | know he gets all the tips
and the neat little NATL does the work. I
handed her an extra franc to-day. AS /
passed the door Of the service" ten min
utes later the man cast tn brightest smile
upon me that he had yet accord 81. knew
he had that franc in his inside rocket.
The Eden Theater and the Folies Bergeres
are the two great variety houses in Paris.
| dropped into the Eden the other night.
and saw about such performance as we
have at an American vaudeville. was not
so much interested with what / saw on the
stage as ] was with what took place in the
audience and around the Hobbies. The
brazen manner OF the Young woman who
sold me bill and turned down my seat for
me was refreshing. She took her tip as
newsboy in New York would take his money
for an evening paper-iust AS If il had been
fairly earned Leading from the lobby
which encircled the stalls in the Eden is
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moral and intellectual training OF the young
was but the projection OF that which was
already filling tho East with Intelligence
ami thrift and so OF the West IL may be said
that. whatever OF It's prosperity be due TO
other causes. a large measure OF IL IL due To
the church and school. ~ the nur cries OF
"A true and brave manhood and womanhood.
The homes OF our country are its great
hope. In the conservation OF the home as
center OF moral influence lies the safety
OF the state. The public life OF the West.
which Is but larger side OF its home lie.
Notwithstanding the comparatively recent
transition from the rugged conditions OF
new communities. is fully exalted and pure
as in the Eastern States.
The past century. compared with It's pred
ecessors. appears rather a. a contrast than
"A development. IL is not easy TO state It's
relation 10 the past in terms OF progression.
since il may be said TO have leaped into ex-
istence anG an adequate statement describes
radical changes rather than evolution.
Much as the Americans have accomplished.
the grandeur OF that which has been
achieved in Oh o nineteenth century will pale
beside that which will be achieved in the
twentieth. il they advance on the line estab-
lished by their sires and grandsires. and
avoid that laid down by the power OF which
they declared themselves independent. The
spirit OF self government adopted one hun
dred years ago by less than four million
Americans has been adhered 10 and sue
cessfully applied by more than sixty mill
ions. and before the second century OF the
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COnumdrnmS.

Why Ia city official like church
bell? One steals from the people, and
the other peals from tie steeple.
Why was Goliath surprised when he
was struck by stone? Because such
q thing never entered his head before.
What is the difference between sol
der and pretty woman? One faces
the powder and the other powders the
face.
What is the difference between the
Prince of Wales and bombshell? One
is heir TO the throne and the other is
thrown to the air.
What is the difference between an
old woman and pretty girl? One is
hairless and cappy and the other is
careless and happy.
Why is sheet of writing paper like
a lazy dog? A sheet of writing paper
is nk-lined plane and an inclined plane
Is slope up.
Why is the happiest of the vowels {?
Because it is in the center of bliss,
while is in hell, and the rest are in
purgatory.
What is the difference between an
engineer and school teacher? One
trains the mind and the other minds
the train.
What il the difference between n
bad boy and n stamp? One you lick
with stick and the other you stick
with lick.
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proud disdain at tho yeilow-h haired woman
who was passing. / had 10 smile mt this en-
counter OF famous women. for / could well
imagine what was goin; on In the minds Of
each.
One was Sara Bcrphardt and tho other
beautiful Jane Hading.
Everyone drives out through the Champs
Elysoe and into the Bots de Boulogne each
afternoon. But the approach To the park
here is the finest part OF the drive. The
broad. had road. skilted by trees. with the
walk on each side and the houses beyond.
Is perhaps as splendid thoroughfare az
ut once by tho immense variety OF people
and vehicles that follow one an Jther out OF
the city on these bright afternoons. Most
OF the carriages are hired. and are very d.
lapidated. The drivers; in rel waistcoats.
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tai Declaration-in intellect the most widely
influential OF our early state-men-failed at
first 20 grasp the powers within our COM
mand. Before the revolution there was not
a real city in Virginia. Every planter had
his own landing place" was his own factor.
and possessed his own artisans. Jefferson
wrote then Let our workshops remain in
Europe, for the mobs OF great cities add
just 50 much 10 the support OF pure govern
ment as sores do TO the strength OF the hui
man body" But Mr.. jefferson grew as oc-
casion demanded. II was in his admins
tration that we acquired Louisiana. and no
single act OF the Government has had more
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2OOJ and the year Of the Independence OF the
United States the 22lth. IL will be no longer
the United States OF North America. but
the United States of Nortl. Central, and
South America. and the then President will
then issue Thanksgiving Day proclamation
u nearly "A thousand million people. The
mind fails TO grasp our industrial and COM
mercial expansion at that day; the wonder
full progress in the arts and sciences: the
tremendous energy with which enterprise
after enterprise will be conceived and made
q REALITY
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What will our population beg Who shall
sayl The United States to- day contains owe.
60 900. 900 people. who Increase at the rate Of
about 20 per cent. In every decade. so that at
the close OF the next century the increment
will have run up To total OF not less than
40. 00O. 900 souls. Take the population OF all
the other States and countries as likely to
come under our sway and an other 4OO. 900. 900
will be easily added In the year OF our Lord
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site. and i'm room alongside is the special
service of the floor. | am assured by a
smart little French maid that il is quit I'M
usual 10 supply a bath in the room of IA
guest. This same little French maid Knocked
at the door OF the bath when l was covered
with nothing but water this morning.
explained that / could not open for her at
Just that moment.
But. M'sieu. l bring nothing but the
rough towel"
She evidently assumed that because she
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ny DUKE BAILIR-

N the 30th day OF
April. 1859. General
George Washington
was indicted into the
office OF President OF
the United States.
with imposing cere-
mony. in the balcony
of the City Hall. New
York.
In his inaugural
address that day the
great man echoed
the sentiments of
those who framed
the Constitution OF
tho new government
when he spoke of the
work OF the future as
IAN exDeriment." The
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.cIAL PANS coRREsPoNnENcE.l

HE hotel in which
III am qusTtered is
delightful. save for
one disadvantage.
i cannot h ave a
bath without walk
Ing down 10 the end
Of the hall. 1t is
declared 10 me. and
i think truly. that
the people OF Paris
are not very re-
markable for keep
ing tn @ m : q I've 5
clean. / Judge OF
them from their re-
sources for bath
ing. In this great
house there is but
one bath-roo on
floor. 1t is Il
spacious "a par l.
m o N {. furnished
xrifh atrapu ra,rrf
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republic it will be tested by nearly or quite
six hundred millions. Broad is the founda-
ton for this prediction. One hundred years
Ego fifteen millions only OF the worlds in
habitants were English speakers; now that
language Is spoken by one hundred and ten
millions. Then fifth were. now nearly
three-hfths are, citizens Of the United
States. Thus the increment OF the century
r.presents the multiple OF seventeen in the
United states ana OF four in England and
her colonies. The same ratio of increase
to the end of 1889 would augment the
worlds English to nearly fifteen hundred
millions, and the continuance of the same
proportions would put nearly siX-sevenths
OF that number in the United States. But
assume decline in the past rate OF incre-
ment. and take multiple of ten or eyon
nine. as against seventeen; the prediction
will siiH be verified. and American citizens
Will, in 1889. exceed in numbers the present
population Of China by more than two
hundred millions. This estimate is not
more startling than WAS tho forecast Of
Captain O.. Inlay, who. in 1887. esti-
mated that the population OF the United
states would not be less than siXty-four
millions in "a century from that time. and IL
Is certainly conservative when compared
with the published opin ons OF a ccle brated
writer (Barh I'M Xinck0). who. in 1888. e-ti-
mated that the English speakers on the
globe in 1880 would numher one thousand
millions, of which number four II tbs would
unforeseen causes may intervene and check
our mary lous advance. all conditions. past
and present, warrant the belief that with
wise policy the American republic Will dom
inate every square mile on tho continent
before the year 1000 A. ID. Its banner of
the eighteenth century waved over one
twenty-fourth Of the Western Hems phere:
that OF the ninsteenth floats over nearly
one-iourth; and that OF the twentieth will
wave over it all if the power OF the Republic
be not diminished by unwise legislation.
The founders OF the Republic left it as
their dying injun elton 90 cherish the Union.
Washington embodied their spirit in his
farewell address, In which he presented it
as the palladium OF political safety and
pros perity. Andrew Jackson gave express
sion TO the determined will of the nation. i'm
the terse sentiment spoken at the right
time: The Federal Union. IL must be pre-
served. Abraham Lincoln. the martyr
President. said On at the thousands who q cd
for their country on the battle fields gave
their lives that the nation might live"
Millions had responded % the cali OF that
man. meeting invasion OF the public order
as their own personal concern and meet
ing their own destruction that govern
ment of the people. by the people. and for
the people should not perish from the
EARTH"
II is such n government that the geniu
OF our people requires; such n one only
unde- which our States may remain for ages
10 come united. prosperous. and free.
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when he grew old. His chest was very thin.
He had false teeth which did not At and
pushed his under lip outward.
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
THE CENTENNIAL OF wAsHIKGToN's
INAUGURATiON.

Wonderful Progress of the Nation-Our
Mighty Empire of To-day Contrasted
with the Infant Republic OF Century
Ago.
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an utter absence of pomp and style in pub
lie ceremonies. The principal events dur
ing his administration were the purchase OF
Louisiana and the war with the Barbary
States in 1903; the exploring expedition TO
Columbia River. in 1904: the trial Of Burr:
the beginning of the English ag -ressions
which led C. the war of 1922 the embargo
of 1907, and the invention OF the steamboat.
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washington's Personal Appearance.

Washington. according TO Houdon's meas
urements. was feet 2 inches in height He
was ant I'm size and physical strength.
and stood "a erect as a Corintlnan column.
His boots were enormous. They were No.
10. His ordinary walking shoes were No. IL.
His hands We're large I'm proportion, aud no
could not buy glove 10 TT him and had 10
have his gloves made TO order. His mouth
was his strong feature. the lips being always
lightly compressed. He weighed 2OO pounds
and there was no surplus flesh about him.
He was tremendously musclcd. and the lame
OF his strength was everywhe o. His lar @
tent when wrapped mp with the poles. was
so heavy that IL required two men 10 place
IL In the camp wagon. Washington would
Ii IL witt one hand and throw IL into the
waron as easily az III IL were pair OF sad
die bags. lie could hold a musket with one
hand and shoot with precision IA easily as
other men, did with a horse pistol His
lungs were his weak point and his voice
was never 81 ong. His hair wns "A chestnut
brown. his checks were prominent and his
head was not large in compar son TO every
other part OF his body, which seemed large
and hony AT ell points. rs finger joints
aud wrists were SO large IA to be genuine
Gu osRies. lie was an enormous eater. but
was content with bread and meat. II he had
p enty of IT. But hunger seemed TO tut him
in rage. II was his custom 10 take a
drink OF rum or whisky on awakening in the
morning.. " course all This was changed
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PARIS, CITY OF LUXURY.
LIFE AS IT IL SEEN IN THE GAY
FRENCH CAPITAL.

Some of the Features of the Partisan Hotel
Animated scenes ON the BouIcvards and
In the Parks-An Adventure in the Cata-
combs.
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THE invention of the Eolian harp is
asciibed to Kircher, 1860.