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Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
The ETIQUETTE of the Fan.

There is an endless etiquette in the
use of fans, and with the japanese
the fan is an emblem of life. The
rivet end is regarded as the starting
point, and as the rays of the fan ex-
pand so the road of life widens out
toward a prosperous future. It is
also said that the Japanese ogi orig
inally took its shape from their won
derful mountain, Fuji-san, which rep
resents to them all that is beautiful,
high and holy. When one begins to
understand all this, there comes a
salutary feeling Of ignorance, and we
perceive that the japanese may claim
to be among the great symbolists ia
the world. A continuance of such
study might turn the most hardened
European into a Japanophile. Lon
don Spectator,
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
TIE MULE WAS DECEPTIVE.
His Resigned and Detected Exterior Cow
cred Sort of Wild Lightning.


his Resigned and Detected Exterior Cow
cred Sort of Wild lightning.
A stranger with pale blue eyes and
with bouquet of tan whiskers de-
pending from the point of his chin
drove into Downer's grove on buck
board drawn by an albino mule. The
mule had a resigned expression, and
the hang of its ears betokened that it
had long ago done with the worldly
frivolities of this life. Every brace,
Elat, spoke and felly in the buck
board ratified in cheerful response to
the lope of the mule. The only thing
in the blackboard aside from the
driver was an old fashioned blue
chest.
As the stranger and the mule came
to halt in front of the livery stable
one of the best 3-year-olds in Down
er's grove was being driven out of
the stable by its owner
Mighty likely colt y got therel"
remarked the stranger as the owner
of the colt took the lines between his
knees and drew on his gloves.
Yes, the colts all right. Maybe
you'd like to try him a whirl2" was
the reply, coupled with an amused
glance of contempt at the mule.
well, I amt pertickler. That old
mules ben too good a friend t me t
be bluffed even with odds agin him.
I'll put up hundred against two
hundred on a one mile heat"
The liveryman and the owner of
the colt laughed so loudly that a
crowd gathered in front of thestable,
and the laugh grew as the crowd in
creased. Both men put their money
| in the hands of the hotel keeper,
agreed upon judges, and then all adj
iourned to the turnpike, where all
tests of speed were made. The stran-
ger was jeered by the small boys of
the town and good naturally guyed
by the men.
| When they reached the start the
stranger quietly unlocked the blue
chest, took from it the several parts
of pneumatic sulky and put them
together, while the crowd looked on
in astonishment. Then he took the
mule from the blackboard and hitch
ed it into the shafts OF the light 1ego-
ing vehicle. This mysterious move
gave the owner of a rival colt conf
dence enough to back the mule with
$50, and the owner of the colt which
was to race with the mule had to
meet the bet promptly or be dis
graced in the eyes of his toWnsmen.
He took the bet, and the crowd moved
up to where it could see the finish.
Then the start was made. The colt
led for the first quarter, and for the
second and third it was neck and
neck. But when it came to the finish
a ''sort of wild lightning" as the jus
tice of the peace described it, seemed
to strike the anatomy of the albino
mule. It's gait defed description
and likewise competition The colt
seemed staggered by the spectacle of
the mule squirting ahead, and the
mule passed the line a couple of
lengths ahead.
The crowd yelled like Apaches, and
the owner of the defeated colt was
obliged to treat indiscriminately. The
citizens who had backed the mule in
vited the stranger TO the best dinner
that the town could afford, but the
latter declined on the ground that he
and 'old Whitley" must beup and do
ing some other town before the whole
state was onto his game.-Chicago
Tribune
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Emharrnsinc. 70 say Che Least.

Hello, Deemster, is that you2"
THAT'S just who it is, Shadwell.
I've just got back to town"
you've been away over year,
haven't you2"
Yes, nearly two years. Been to
Australia and New Zealand. What's
happened to the people we know in
that time2"
"Well, let's see. l believe you
knew Miss Trivet, didn't you2"
II should say I did. Knew her
well. What's the news about here
"She was married about month
ago."
"You don't say! Well, that is a
surprise. Thought she never would
have that much good luck. Whom
did the ancient damsel hypnotize2"
"Well, I'm her husband
You! Well, congratulations, old
boy. Sorry l can't stay to hear any
more news just now, but the fact is
I promised to meet a man in just five
minutes. So long"
Coed ay."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
A Curiosity About Ecllpses.

The average number of total and
partial eclipses in any one year is
four, the maximum seven and the
minimum two. There is nothing
really peculiar in this except the fact
that where only two occur they are
always both of the sun, There are
more solar than lunar eclipses, but
the sun being so much larger than
the earth or moon the shadow ter
inmates in a point and is visible only
along a narrow track, while the lunar
observation is frequently visible over
halfa continent. st. Louis Republic.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
THE WISE TRAVELLER,
In Selecting His Railroad
Route, Selects the Road


That affords excellent and the most
comfortable faci1ities-"The Milwaukee, y
That traverses delightful and
picturesque portion of the Countrywide
Milwaukee"
That has-and merits-the reputation of
strength and reliability-"T Milwaukee,
That enjoys popularity and is stamped
with public approvaI-"The HTilwaukec."
That has a substantial roadbed and
most frequent trains service-"The Mil
waukee.n
That regards, always, the. comfort, eases
and safety of its patrons-"The Mil
Waulxee."
That furnishes the latest private com
partment cars and latest library buffet
cmoking cars THE Milwaukee"
That furnishes elegant drawing-room
parlor cars, free reclining chair cars and
su1rfptuous dining cars-t"The Milwaukee,"
Tat has exclusive use of the electric
berth reading lanlp-"The Milwaukee"
1.-THE Milwaukee," combines all the
above and more, too. It's trains are
Aestibuled heated by steam, electric
lighted and unsurpassed in luxurious
appointments.
The immortal Lincoln said: .Icoliow the
people and you cannot be far from right"
The people use THE HIi1waukeea
J.T. CoNLEY, Asst. GenI Pass. Agt.,
St. Paul, Mimi.
NoFE.-fixe trains daily from 1Ayin
Cities to Chicago; one 10 st. Louis aud
one to Kansas City.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
RAEFLEp.

Hearts build their dainty schemes with fab
RIGS fine,
purloined from Hope. Then, with patient
grace,
Akin to innocence cen trace
OF mild embarrassment in their design
Sit down to calculate just where the line
Their fancy stretched with skill will trip the
pace
OF circumstance and give the favored place
To dear desire-that love will not decline.
But Fate's strong necromancy intervenes,
And where the net, forsooth, seemed most
secure.
Occur the things that only occult means
Could give account. Nothing, 1t seems, Is
sure
Unless 1t be tho one essential mind
That to its purpose compassllke's inclined.
George e. Bowen.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Broke 1t Gently.

1t is related that it once fell to an
Atchison man to break the news to a
woman that her husband had been
killed. "Doyou know" he said, call
ing at her house, that with your
light hair and pretty complexion you
would break every heart in town if
you were dressed as a widoW2" She
blushed and laughed. And you are
one, he added. Your husband was
blown to atoms down in the boiler
works, but then black is so becoming
tn you. "-Atchison Globe.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Cosmopolitan.

A visitor was shown the pay roll OF
one of the Mount Carmel Pa.) col
Iieries He discovered that the super
intendent was an American, the book
keeper a Canadian, one of the assist
ant bookkeepers a Frenchman, the
outside foreman an Englishman, the
breaker boss a Dutchman and the
shipper a Welshman. The miners
were Irish, English, Dutch, Polish,
Hungarian, Italian, French, African,
Russian, Swedish, Norwegian and
Austrian. -P Philadelphia Press.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Half Fare Home Seekers Elk
CurSionS.

On May 18th the various railways
will sell half fare round-trip 30 day
stop-off tickets to points in Minneso-
ia, Dakota and Montana, located on
line of Great Northern railway. This
will give home seekers and prospec-
tors chance to visit western points,
including the famous Red River and
Flathead Valleys, as well as the new
placed gold fields near Glasgow,
Chinook and Harve, Montana. One
fare for round trip. Apply to your
local agent and see that your ticket
reads via Great Northern railway
from ST. Paul westward.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Attaches Soon Die In Prison.

It is a remarkable fact, though one
easily accounted for, that imprison-
ment at Yuma for any term not less
than five years of an Apache or any
mountain Indian is equivalent to i'm
prisonment for life, and the cause of
death is invariably consumption.
This is a disease almost unknown
among the Apaches under normal
conditions of climate and habit The
change, however, from the high alti-
tudes of the mountains and the brac-
ing mountain air to the lower level
Of Yuma, with its more than semi
tropical heat, wears away what
mountain storms and exposure can
not even indent.-Ph9nix Repub-
ican.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Mothers Darling.

Suburban Boy Mamma asked me
what was my favorite flower, an
wen I told her goldenrod she kissed
me an said was poetic. Wot does
that mean9
Little Girl don't know. Why
do you like the goldenrod?
Suburban Boy Cause it grows
without any bother Good News.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

Tempus Fugit, and every day that
comes and goes brings us nearer the
time when the people of this state
will be called upon to say by their
vote whom they will have to make
and execute the laws for them. The
present disordered condition of the
country make it obligatory upon the
people to be careful in choosing
between the many candidates who
will come up for Office at the coming
election.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

We hope to hear that Mr.. 3. j.
Jones has received the nomination
for senator at the convention to be
held August LIST. We want good men
for the legislature this year if ever.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

August Erickson and wife returned
from their trip to the Pacific Coast,
Saturday last. August says the
times are wild and woody out there.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

Henry Macarthur was kicked by a
horse he was handling last week. He
was struck squarely in the face,
breaking his nose and cutting his
face badly.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

Mr.. Frank Wilcox and wife are Wis
iting relatives and friends at Big
Stone City this week.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

Earl Fenton left for Lowry yester-
LAY where ne will take charge of D.
Dogie's engine.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

Mr.. S. B. Burcher came up from st.
Paul Sunday morning. He intends
to remain here during the fall.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Local Items.

Mr.. D. Bogie of Lowry was visiting
friends here Monday.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

A. Atkins has purchased the Care
farm two miles east Of this village.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
One of a Thousand.

MaudezIsn't it funny he should
fall in love with that fright of a girl
Elaine-Not at all. She used to
laugh at his jokes. Chicago Record.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

LOG Hancock Lodge, No. 207, meets
every Friday at s p. M, in y a X nan. m
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

s of V-Prairie Camp, No. AZ, meet Isl
Hail FRED RINGROSE, Capt.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

Meets semi-inonthly ON Wed
Aesoas = : MRS H ID TENNEY, Prest.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

A tramp applying for aims or food
in Holland is sent to the state farm
Of s, 900 acres to earn his living. II
he won't work there, he is sent to a
labor colony where he has to work.
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25
Village Directory.
VILLAGE oFFIcERs.

CARO- H Hunter Post, No. III, meets
.,,ao4h H. ID. TENNEY. Com,
Morris tribune., 1894-07-25

The congregational church of Hancock
holds preaching services every SUNDAY a.
n .. m. and D. m. by the pastor, Rev. W,
The sun., 1894-12-28
GOVERNOR TILDEN,s PROPHECY
We Ca. Now See Its Realization.


rur Nrr vonn e., IT,
Governor Tilden shortly after Tho W A. ~ m. "a.
bellIon which ia worth reading In m. nressn, CON
dition of the Dcmocratic marty II "a n. folIows
-,
,c,vs.n M Tt,dsn and .su,,or,. ,.no ,.a 80
consp,cuous citizen Of seceding state the son,h.rn
gentleman said that the Democrats party appeared TO
be permanently disabled and broken down Mr.. TIL
den's reply characteristic and most interesting
1T seems to be broken down at present" he said.
ana IL "a broken down. Yet VIII come up again
anu !. WI, once more gam control OF the Governments
- WI. 80. ~. "U' oe permanent permanent, IN o,uer 10
mort and ,..,.snco %, ,ho son,h.r sup
sunport and ..,s,snce nav verv soor nrnvo =, b. -,
ruin The Southern states will insist upon rulIna IN.
Democracy utterly and being poor they will try to
fost into the Democratic programme ideas and meas
ures contrary to all Democratic principles Against
this the whole country will protest The United States
The sun., 1894-12-28
JUST SHORT OF SUCCESS.
A Lazy Inventors Experiment. with . Won.
derful Alligator Engine.

My boy once had q pet alligator that was
pretty fierce" observed Meekin. the lazy in
the beast would swipe out with It's powerful tail
In an amazing fashion, without doing itself or
sss that
and set out TO devise means of conserving Il
and turning 1t to some useful purpose
Il spent winter in Florida. and. after had
experimental with some OF the small gators
that are supplied TO tourists for a consideration.
s ae q about each ten sSs So9ss
sH sSRsfs Va. ME ''h% Rs S,
placed side by side in stalls. which left their
tails free TO wag. ! had upright beams set like
coming close enough TO the gators tails 10 be
In good position for action; Then ! built a
ing big cannon balls: There an inclined
chute running from the tank TO a power wheel
like water wheel. In the chute had a valve
to regulate the flow OF cannon balls, Half the
gators were aS used e work the cannon ball part
veyor contrivance to lift the balls back into the
tank after they had done their work in turning
belt 10 pulley wheel on the pow sci shaft
My main circuit ran from the dynamo to q bank
OF OF incandescent lamps. which were to be used
when everything, was ready. the wheels
oiled up, main switch closed, and the gators
pretty mad, hired four little colored boys to 70
along In front Of the stalls and crack the gators
awful mad, and so they struck out with their
tails. Then the old shebang commenced 10 run.
A little coon would hit a gator on the head
he'd let out with his tail. strike q beam open
the valve let out q cannon ball. which rolled
down the chute and onto the whoei turning he
around. Then the ball rolled back 70 the con-
veyor and was hoisted up by one OF the other
gators. She WAS humming beautifully, but
had forgotten one thing; that was q governor
The little cOOns liked their work and lambasted
the gators numerically. ] stopped 'em, but
the Wild animals were beyond control. They
the armature of the dynamo burned out with a
Hash The gators running the conveyor got
up cannon balls so fast that the tank got over
weighted and broke down. The cannon balls
'em. Fact, assure you."
The sun., 1894-12-28

resented by published announcements Has
be never heard Of sales Of realty and house
hold furniture, such ss appear in the col
umns Of THE SUN Has he never heard OF
the United States Government and of the
auction sales conducted by qualified auc-
tioneers under the direction Of the Treasury
Department
Errors Of ignorance are sometimes ss
reprehensible as maladminlstration BY de-
sign, and Mr.. TAMsEN cannot mean to In
innate seriously that all the 1e0 present
suctioneers are in trust" and that no
business honesty IL procurable for the auc-
ton business, outside Of the German-Ameri-
can Reform Union and It's district leaders.
Men speak lightly nowadays of trusts !"
and the combinations Of capital which
cheaper the cost Of commodities OF serve
better the public convenience, invoke the
reproach Of some lightheaded hystericals
But to charge all the auctioneers Of New
York city with being in trust" disquali-
flying them from employment by public
official, is q grave accusation. What com
bination could there be OF all the auctioneers
in town which would Justify the Sheriff,
q public officer, in rejecting indiscrimi-
nhUely tue Claims Oi hH W puplc empioy-
menti A combination not to use their
fees, or any part Of them, for the pay
ment Of the running expenses Of the Ger
man-American Reform Unioni Perhaps.
Very likely. Mr.. TAMsEN might with profit
10 himself hereafter inspect those provisions
Of the Penal Code, which relate to the dis
tribution Of political perquisites for public
services. We refuse to believe that all the
suctioneers Of New York city are banded
together in way to deprive of their services
the public business which needs them.
The sun., 1894-12-28
Jsvs's Upwara Cats.



IL is hard for the mind 20 conceive OF a light
ming hash taking other than downward course
when II strikes objects on the earth's surface
the bolt taking the opposite direction. A case in
mind happened at Manchester, England, in
August, lbss, where the bolt WAS distinctly
seen 10 strike the base OF large cast-iron chin
neS, aud then to take an upward slant, burning
crooked river in the metal from the point OF
contact 10 the top, where II escaped into the at
moHphere ana e4plcded In the manner OF an i'm
msnss lire ball.
Al Monticello, L., on June 2l. 500, a tree near
,hg ih reside TsSidenSe 9i Il: H. George was struck by
Hshthlng nahh ana torn in manner which
clearly Indicated that the Current hai uasssi
upward from ths earth.
The director Of the Iowa Weather Seryt.
Iorps tells me that while upward lightning
strokes are reckoned AS freaks and phennmena
ny the laymen. they are not OF infrequent occur
Ol0gical observers. -
In one or tEo Of the solomon Islands and At
several places on the Indian Ocean coast "a
Africa the upward stroke is said 10 be Ihe rn,a
E'id the dowu"ard the exception.
The sun., 1894-12-28

The six English novelists, beginning with
RUDYARD KiPLiNo and ending with CONAN
DOYLE, who have visited New York this year.
were probably in pursuit OF plots. All the Eng
lish and French plots have been worked up.
squeezed out, and put away 10 dry. The tales Of
high life, low life shady life. freckled life, in
trigue, horror, swsgger, happiness, vengeance,
hot blood and cold, chivalry, tulgarlty. drivel,
and all else. have already been turned
into cash by their hungry writers. The
English novelist who can find in England
n brand-new plot, or one that a hundred other
novelists have not taken hack at, must be a
man of brains; and such men are scarce.
But this country OF ours has never been prop
erly explored by any OF the qualified English
plot hunters. We can tell them that II is full OF
the best and freshest plot stuff. II is richer in
that than in corn, cotton, or coal. Our plot crop
is a hundred times better than the English and
IL Is ripe for the sickle. too. Every day we
see plots going to seed for lack OF haryesters
They can often be found in THE sun. cut short;
but the true novelist ought to know how to
string them out, shine them up, dip them in the
colors, and then make search for liberal pub
Usher. Very few Of our New York novel writer's
seem TO be able to do this kind Of work in first
class style.
II looks TO us as though those Of their English
rivals who have been making notes in New
York this year would get ahead Of them In the
market
The sun., 1894-12-28

| by vcltering oceans Of hair. Railroads
owned by Kansas or the Government, run
transcontinentally through his brain in
every direction. II the number Of hairs
upon his industrious chin Is 8,14b, ,692. 8, rs
computed by PfoL ELIAKIM RooNTz Of
Emporia, the number Of bills he has intro
duced into the Senate cannot be less
than round 100000, and they are
principally upon finance. Ever since he
got bad quarter on the Atchison road, he
has devoted himself to currency reform.
His shirt bosoms and wristbands are
made Of hand-printed paper. Yet he is not
satisfied with paper He wants more
elastic medium, but he Is not satisfied with
rubber. Rubber is too valuable. A popular
currency should have as little intrinsic value
as possible. Mr.. PETER will advocate at
st. Louis a currency based mainly upon
wind. One short breath will count as a
dollar Two medium breaths as ten dollars,
and so on. 1t Is an ingenious scheme and
would make every Populist orator rich. Mr.
PEFFER is deep as a well. Hail and good
day to him
or the Hon. JERRY SIMPSON Of Medicine
Lodge, with his subterranean SubTreas-
uries and banks Of deposit, what need to
writei Where is the name Of him un-
known' He will not be In the next Con-
gressl Congress il too small and too slow
for him. He seeks the width of the West
again. He has found it. But who knows
what treasures Of Populist thought he will
reveal at st. Louisi Such men enrich the
world. The snow that covers up so many
sounds, cannot deaden the sound Of the fast
dropping and loud-popping thoughts of
JERRY SIMPSON. His heart is on his sleeve
and his hat is on his lips. Hail, indomitable
bicycler Of the windy roads Of Populisnl
Not unworthy to be- named In the same
day with these master spirits are Tom WAT
SON, the Whirling Dervish Of Georgia;
LAFE PENCE, the Silver-lined Funnel of
Colorado and the Rev. JAMES HENDERSON
KYLE, the Indercrat of South Dakota. The
Government Of all the Talents was a con-
clave Of paretics compared with this Popu-
list meeting at st. Louis Yet one Of the
greatest OF Populists is not there. Why is
not GROVER CLEVELAND there' He has
done vastly moro for the Populists than
they have ever been able to do for them
selves. The income tax, the child of his
brain, is to be a subject for the thoughts Of
the conventions. Currency reform will be
there. The flower of Western Populism
and Socialism will bloom at st. Louis to-day
and tomorrow, but the flower, the full
blown rose Of Eastern Populism and Social
ism will be absent.
Perhaps Mr.. CLEVELAND has written a
letter to his ST. Louis friends.