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Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

ACCORDING to the provisions of bill
just passed by the house OF representa-
tives. three THOUSAND acres, covering
the site Of the great battle of Shiloh.
are to be transformed into a national
military park. Shiloh was one of the
most desperate battles in the worlds
history, fought by Americans on both
sides. 1t will live in history as Chick
.amauga and Gettysburg live. The
park will constitute a resort toward
which the steps of students OF history
will bend more and more as the years
90 bv
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

THE new law requiring all enlisted
men of the army to be citizens of the
United States has begun to work re-
suits in this direction. Many of the
soldiers have begun to realize what
the new law means. AMI, in anticipa-
ton Of their re-enlistment, have taken
steps to make themselves. eligible.
About a half hundred Of those sta
toned at Fortress Monroe recently OBJ
tanned leave Of absence and went up
to Norfolk, where the United States
district court was in session, and took
out their naturalization papers.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
MICHIGAN CENSUS.

The Wolverine State Shown 60 zELTe a
Population o. 2,241,454.
LANSING, Mich, Dec. 14-The census
taken last summer shows that the to-
tai population of the state June 1 was
2,24t, 454, an increase OF 147, sos, or 7.O4
per cent. since juno I, 1890, and of $751;
79G or 20.02 Per cent. in ten years. June
l last there were 1,67O,797 native born
citizens and $780, 57 foreign born citi-
zens. The per cent. of increase since
1884 was 7.70 AMI 4.93 respectively. or
the total population Of the incorpor-
ated cities SOL 800, or 67.16 per cent,
are native, and 2G9,667, or 32.S4 per
cent, foreign born.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
OFFICIAL VOTE OF MICHIGAN.
Gov. Rich's Plurality Is 1OG,392 and His
Majority 57,6O5.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 15.- The can
vass of the state board of can
vassers shows the total vote
cast for governor last month was
HOSES, or 51,732 less than in
1892. John L. Rich (rep.) received
237, 215; Spencer O. Fisher (dem.), $780,
823; AIva w. Nichols (pop.), 30.Ol2;
Alva NJ. Todd (pro.), .s,7o8 AS com
pared with 1892 the republican vote
shows gain of 15,9S7, the democratic
loss of 74,405, the populist a
gain of S,568, and the prohibltionists
loss of 1889. Gov. Rich had a
majority of 51,6o5 and plurality
of l06, 1872. The constitutional amend
ment permitting inmates OF soldiers
homes to vote had a majority of So, Isl,
and the amendment requiring for
eigners to be full citizens before ac-
curing the right to vote majority of
~ ESJ
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

MICHIGAN has charitable institution
Of an unusual sort, but one which
seems to be working satisfactorily. 1t
is called the state public school. and
its purpose is to receive orphan chill
dren from the county almshouses of
the state and educate them till homes
can be found for them. an agent being
employed for that purpose. During
the past year the attendance has been
22O children, of whom forty were girls.
The average age was eight years and
the total cost of running the school,
including building improvements, was
So, 900.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

NOTWITHSTANDING the vigilance Of
the immigration commission in general
and Commissioner Senner in particu-
lar, 81 per cent of the immigrants of
1898 could neither read nor write their
own language. and of the 44O,793 APP
plying for admission in 1893 but 1853
were refused. The Immigration Re-
striction league makes public the in
formation that while but 14.G7 per
cent. of the entire population of this
country is foreign-born, that same ele-
ment furnishes 33 per cent of the in
sane and nearly 20 per cent of the pau
pers and so per cent. of the white con-
victs
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN.

A Man Kills His wife and Suicides Before
his Open Bible.
MANIsTEE, Mich, Dec. 15.-Casimir
Herner, a Polander, aged 4S, pounded
his wife to death Friday morning and
then committed suicide by shooting. No
one knows anything d bout the tragedy.
When Herner's daughter started for
school in the morning everything was
ali right, but she found both her par
ents dead when she returned to the
house at noon. The murder and sui
eide were undoubtedly premeditated.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

LIEUT.. IEALPIN. of the United States
navy, has greatly simplifed, if not
solved, the coast-defense problem by
inventing curious little Internal ma
chine. He can run the torpedo at the
rate of twelve knots an hour through
the water. attack a ship miles away
and steer the torpedo back to the point
whence it started. If this marine mon.
ster is reliable, Notifications are OF
secondary and Slight Importance.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Total Vote in New York.

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 13.-The total
number of votes cast for the office of
governor was 1,245, 671, of which Levi
+. Morton (rep) received 673, SIS:
David Il. Hill (dern.), 515,71O; L. E.
Baldwin (pro.), 23,525; Charles B.
Matthews (peo.), 1l,O4y; Charles II,
Matchett (>oc.), 1865; Eve, EFT p
Wheeler (third party dem.), 27,2O2, and
blank and scattering, 6, 499.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
istoric Courthouse Rurned.

LEWISTON, Ill.,, Dec. 14.-Lewistop' S
morning, the fire starting from a
defective fue. Lincoln delivered one
OF his most famous speeches in it in
1858. 1t was built III 1889. Most of
the records were saved
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

EMPEROR WILLIAM is of opinion that
cavalry is obsolete as an army auxil-
tary and he proposes to convert three
&ourths of his cavalrymen into in
fantry. 1t was the opinion of Gen.
Sheridan, who accompanied Gen.
Moltke in the Franco-Prussian war.
that the Germans didn't have near
enough cavalry and made poor use OF
what they had.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

Mr.. J. C. SAVER, of Brighton, En-.
gland, thinks that cultivators of roses,
as a rule, pay too much attention to
the color, form and size of roses, neg.
Letting the fragrance, which varies as
much as the color He says that expe.
rienced gardeners can discriminate
many varieties of roses in the dark by
their nerfumaS
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

THE war in the Orient has drawn at.
tention to the customs, habits and dress
of the eastern people. and through this
awakened interest has come new
craze in certain aristocratic circles in
the United States for the employment
of Chinese and japanese maid servants.
The fad started i'll New York and has
reached it's height in San Francisco,
where the missions can not supply the
demand
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Shot by a Burglar.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 13.-William II.
Price, The wellknown member of the
firm Of printing press manufacturers,
Chandler Sc Price, was almost in
stantIy killed at his home at $50
o'clock yesterday morning by Il burglar,
who escaped.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

THE greater part of what we see
when we look at Jupiter is probably a
mass of heated clouds, suspended
around the hot core of the planet with.
ina cloud ball. Sc. 500 miles in diane.
ter. Above Jupiter's equator the sur.
face of those clouds is whirling along
at the rate of more than $1,000 miles an
hour, in consequence of the planets
rapid rotation on it's axis.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

SCIENCE shows that possible danger
turks in everything. Butter, for in
stance, may contain pathogenic germs,
and every one knows how bad they
are. So. also, it is shown in the Lon.
don Lancet that bread contains many
kinds of living bacteria. And the con.
clusion is reached that many unac.
countable diseases may be eventually
traced to the agency of bread.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

OVER 10000 plants were distributed
in a recent year by the department OF
agriculture at Washington, one-half of
which were Strawberries and one
fourth grapevines.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

IT IS suggested that, if China is com.
PEELED to pay heavy war indemnity
to Japan, she may impose a heavy ex,
port tax on tea in order to help pay
it. 1t was expected that the war
would cause a shortage in the crop this
year, because of laborers being called
to military service, but this has not
been the case. The war broke out toe
late to have any effect on this seasons
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
r-~. Americans Get the Contract.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Dec. 17.--The Beth.
lehem Iron company Saturday received
the whole contract for the arlnor for
Russia's two new war vessels. The
contract calls for over 10, 900 tons, and
means full years work in the armcr
do 1stY
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Robbers Murder Women.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Dec. 17.-Mrs.
Winslow Sherman and daughter, Mrs.
Clinton Davis, were murdered near
here by unknown robbers while Mr..
Sherman was attending the funeral
of his son and daughterin-law, who
were killed by Il train.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Monument to Gen. remont.

to erect monument over the grave of
Gen. John G. Fremont, THE Pathtnd-
en-" in the cemetery at Spark Hill, N.
Y, is we'll under way.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

WALTER BEsANT is reported as saying
that hundreds of people are making
over 1000 pounds sterling year by
literature of various kinds; that at
least thirty in England alone are max.
ing over 1000 pounds sterling, at least
six or seven over 5000 pounds sterling,
and at least one or two this year not
less than 1000 pounds sterling.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
State Fair,

The directors of the state fair met at
the Merchants to close up the business
of the late fair.
The report Of the secretary shows
that the receipts of the recent lair
amounted to $32, S9I. So. Expenditures
were $50 1851. They started with u
balan e of SD. 80 and the association
now has on hand IA balance Of ~, SAY. II.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Two Little Girls burned to Death.

CLEVELAND, O., Dee. 17.-The home
of Rev. Solomon Beckerman. Of 1901
Case avenue, caught fire at o'clock 1t.
m. His two little daughters, aged Z
and II years, were burned to death.
The other members of the family had
great difficulty in escaping.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Ira in Pennsylvania.

SOUTH FORK, Pa. Dec. 15-James
Vivian, a resident of this place, fatal
ly wounded his wife and sister-in-law,
Miss l.. Draden, and then cut his own
throat, diving instantly.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Death OF a Jurist.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 17.-judge
James Gillfalltn, chief justice of
Minnesota, died at his residence in
this city Sunday morning from a COM
plication of kidney and liver troubles.
lie was IS years old.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
trPare ii L&DOSrre.

Council BLUFFS Ia, Dec. II. John
Huntington. suspected of cmbezzling
from the Citizens state bank of this
city, wounded two inspectors sent to
self
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Death OF "a [iiantess.

DANvIILE, ILL.,, Dec. 17.-Mrs. Belle
Parker, who was 6 feet. high and
weighed 455 pounds, died suddenly of
heart disease in this city.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Negro Murderer Lyncl,ed.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. IA negro
who murdered boy near Williams.
ton, S. c., was taken from the custody
of an officer and lynched by mob
Thursday.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Death of IL Journalist.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 17.-Joseph
L. Shipley, ex-editor Of the Union and
ex-president of the New England As
sociated Press, died of heart failure
about 1885 a. III.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
No Moro Public Lxecntions.

MADRID, Dec. 17.-Public executions
have been abolished in Spain by royal
decree. In the future condemned cr.m-
inals will suffer the death penalty in
side the prison walls
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Pleaded Guilty.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Dec. 17.-Ex-Pension
Agent Van Leuven pleaded guilty TO
conspiracy to defraud the government
and was sentenced to two years inpris
Onment
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Death OF Louis Stevenson.

AUCKLAND, Dec. 17.-Robert Louis
Stevenson, the novelist, died in Samoa,
where he had lived for several years
aged 44years Apoplexy was the cause
of his death
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Returned Home.

HEBRON, H., Dec. 17.-Henry Graben,
who disappeared from here in 1885,
and who was believed to have been
murdered by his stepmother, has re-
turned home.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
A Death Blow,

New ORLEANS, Dec. 1T--Andy Bow
en- died Saturday morning from the
effects of blow from kid" Layigne
curing u prize fight
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
SpeezeJ for Seven Paws.

CHICAGO, Dec l7.-Doctors are puz-
zled by the case of little Estelle Hey
man, who after taking a slight cold
sneezed almost continuously for seven
DAVIS
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Robbed OF Thousands.

EDINBoRo, Pa, Dec H. Mr.. and
Mrs. David Slocum. of this place, were
beaten by masked burs lars and robbed
OF $4,000.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Carl schurz Reelected.

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-Carl Schurz was
reelected president of the National
Civil service Reform league at the con-
vention i'll sess4oa i'll tLis city yester-
day.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

FINDLAY, o., Dec. 17.-David Orwig
and Miss Ollie Wilhelm. of this city, re-
solved to quit tins world together, and
did SO by taking morphine.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
neath of a Noted sioux Chsef.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Dec. 13.-The death
of Gaul, noted Sioux chief, is reported
from Standing Rock agency. He was
next to Sitting Bull in rank.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Another Record Broken.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 14.-Eddy
Leonert, of this city, reduced John
sons straightaway mile road bicycle
record to 1885 and the unpaced mile to
l:5G3a.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

Three men who pretended to be sell.
ing washing compound rights secured
So, 00O from residents of D.ouaoH, Kan.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
For CORPORATIONS.
The annual return of corporations
must include:

must include:
Il. The gross profits Of all kinds of business.
y The expenses, exclusive OF interest, an
nuiteS or div dGndS
3 The net profits without allowance for in
tersst. annuities or dividends
"a. ! he amount paid on account of interest,
annuities ana dividends.
d. The amount paid in salaries Of $4,000 or
less to CHI employe.
IS The amount paid in salaries of more than
$4,000 to each empoye and tho name and ad-
dress Of each of such employees.
The gross profits include:
Il. Ali profits OF amy trade OR business.
~. Interest or coupons from bonds or other
securities of any corpor ton.
''3 ivdendS receive d from any corporation.
II. Undivided profits of any corporation.
IS. premium Oh bonds. notes and stocks.
"6 commission or percent Ige
-. Interest on government securities not
exempt by law.
''3 Interest on other notes, bonds and securi-
ties.
70 Profits from sales Of real estate.
10. L rom rents.
I'll. Profits from all other sources to be
enumera ed
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19
Secrecy Assured.

Severe penalties are imposed upon
all officers and other persons who
make known, in any manner, any fact
or particulars contained in or relating
to an annual return of any taxpayer,
or any fact as to the sources or amount
Of the income OF any sucb person. Col
lectors are strictly directed by the
regulations 10 rigidly enforce this pro-
vision.
The tax on incomes for the year 1894
will be due and payable on or before
the 1st day Of July next. and if not
paid at that time the penalties will at
tach for non-pavment.
Morris tribune., 1894-12-19

Certain specified corporations for
charitable and like purposes AMI GER
tain savings banks, mutual insurance
companies and building and loan asso-
Citations, are exempt from income
tax.
1t is provided that no part of the
salary, ices or enoluments of any
state, county or municipal officer shall
be subject TO income tax, and no re-
turn thereof shall be male of the sal
airy or fees of such officers. Salary re-
ceived by government officials in 1894
shall be included in the first annual
return 10 be made on or before the
first Monday III March, 1895.
Penalty Provided.
If any person fails to make return,
or makes IL false return, the collector
is to make return for him from evil
dence obtained by sunmoning the per-
son and examining his books AMI from
all other evidence obtainable, and
shall add so per cent. to the amount of
tax found due as penalty FOR neglect
and 100 per cent. penalty in case OF a
fraudulent return.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-28
HORSES AS BAIT.
The Catching of Leeches in the Lake
POpOllas.

The Catching Of Leeches in the Lake of
PopOlias.
The human brutes in American cities
who occasionally are brought to jus;
tice by local societies for the preven-
tion of cruelty to animals are angels
compared with the leech fishers OF
Greece. Old, WORKOUT horses are
bought by them for a song iii the
Greek cities and villages, and are used
as living bait for the swarms of leeches
that infest the mud lakes of Attica
and Bo2tia. Great masses of these blood
suckers cling to the helpless animal;
their operations generally exhausting
the victim in less than an hour. As
soon as the horse is able to move again
he is subjected to the same slow, kill
ing process, until he finally succumbs.
And this in an age of Christian cul-
ture and enlightenment, wheDreform-
ers and champions of love and mercy to
man and beast are deafening the world
with their cries of progress and theo.
ries of moral evolution. In the lake
Of Popolias during the summer months
the fishermen manage to earn in this
way about twenty francs per day.
Here the annual catch is an enormous
one, much greater than in the famous
leech marshes of Essegg, in Slavonia.
In other countries, and especially in
the United States, leeches are pro-
cured and reared in a more humane
manner. Ina leech farm hear Newton,
l.. l., for instance, there are large
breeding tanks or ponds, each one and
half acres in extent and three feet or
more in depth. The bottom is COM
posed of clay and margins Of peat. The
cocoons are deposited in the soft peat
from June onward, the chief enemies
being muskrats, water-rats and water
screws, which dig the cocoons out of
the peat. The adult leeches are fed
every six months on fresh blood placed
in linen bags suspended in the water.
Leeches which have thus been filed
with blood make good breeders.
Leechcs, like many other annelids, can
be kept alive for several years without
food in vessels of pure water.-Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-28
TWO NEW cAPEs.
This Most Fashionable Things Out for Sum-
mer Wear.

This Most Fashionable Things Out for Sum-
mer Wear.
The most fashionable capes are very
short and often built in two or three
stories; for instance, moire founda-
ton will have a second cape OF finely
plated chiffon spangled at the edge,
While the third cape will be Of jetted
net or old guipure lace, with full
ruche of ostrich feather or quilted
tulle around the neck.
very dainty and summery cape is
made of finely-plaited black chiffon
over a second cape of the same mate
rial in glowing ccrise, yellow or white.
The black cape is caught up with satin
bows on the shoulder. A yoke Of
spangles or net, around which the
Aounces of chiffon arc shirred, makes
it very pretty. One of the seasons s
shapes has long stole ends in front, but
it is not favorite style, as ends are
said to add age to the figure, which, it
true, its fate is settled beyond help.
A transparent silk gauze cape con-
sists of double ruffle trimmed with
rows of moire ribbon and mounted on
small yoke. The neck is finished
with full ruche knot tied with long
MORE strings. Another cape of moire
has wide ends in front, the back being
pointed into the waist, and sleeves and
shoulder frills are of jetted net A
cape made entirely of lace which is
fulled to plain yoke is finished with
fan-shaped pieces and a bow at the
/ neck -RoSton ADVERTISER.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-28
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

-Beets: A delicious way of serving
bects is to boil tender and slip the
skins off in the usual way, slice thinly
and pour over them dressing made as
follows: Place cupful of vinegar to
boil; add two tablespoonfuls OF sugar;
. lump of butter; salt and pepper;
when it boils add a teaspoonful of flour
wet in little milk; let it boil up once;
pour over the beets and serve hot
Ohio Farmer.
--Scalloped Fish: Any cold fish, ono
egg, milk, one large blade OF pounded
mace, one tablespoonful Of anchovy OF
walnut sauce, pepper and salt to taste,
breadcrumbs and butter. Pick the fish
carefully from the bones, and moisteD
with milk and egg; add the other in
gradients, and place in a deep dish or
scallop shells; spread over with bread
crumbs, butter the top, and brown be-
fore the fire; when quite hot, serve
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Cream of Asparagus: Put two
ounces of butter and three tablespoons
of flour into saucepan. Moisten with
three pints of water and one quart OF
milk. Add one good bunch of asparagus
Make bouquet of four branches of
well-washed parsley, one of soup eel
cry, with one blade of bay leaf and one
sprig of thyme in the center. Tie
closely together. Boil thoroughly, and
strain through a sieve. Return to the
kettle, stir one tablespoon of flour and
small piece of butter into the soup,
and serve with asparagus tops or crou-
tons.-Housekeeper.
"A luncheon dainty that makes
very pretty company entree is called
Dresden baskets Stamp out some
medium-sized rounds of bread about
half an idch thick, with cutter, and
very carefully make little hollow
not hole--in the center Of each; dir
them into milk, then brush over with
beaten egg, sprinkle thickly with fine
crumbs, and fry in boiling fat until
evenly Drowned; drain on paper and
fill with lobster prepared according to
the directions given below; it is q
pretty thing to have a little piece OF
the feeler form the handles of the
baskets. For the filling cut up some
pieces of lobster into small dice; put
them into a saucepan with a gill OF
thick white sauce; add a lump OF but
ter, a few drops of lemon juice, and
season with cayenne, salt and nutmeg.
| Simmer gently for quarter of an hour.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-28

OF the dead" varied thoughts float
through his mind. He thinks OF the
past, the happy past, which for him
mas cft nothing but Sadness then
thoughts come of that recent night of
terror when his best loved friend was
taken from beneath his wrecked deg
cart, and brought to his home silent
corpse; then tender look takes the
place OF the sadness as girlish face
smiles into his own, and this seems to
renerve him, for with quickened steps
he threads his way carefully between
tall monuments and lowly graves, un-
til ne stands at last before massive
mausoleum in retired corner of the
sleeping city,"
Taking a dark lantern from his
pocket, with small key he opens the
heavy door of the vault and enters the
chamber Of death.
How still and awesome! Placing
the lantern in position to throw it,
beams round the vault he stands for a
moment and looks around him. Or
one siie rest the oaken receptacles
which hold the moldering remains OF
the long departed, whilst standing in
the center of the tiny room, upon a
stone foundation, is that for which he il
looking. He goes straight up to the
beautiful casket and reads the in
scription:
JAMES BENYoN-AGED 2S."
",rill He Come"
With a face from which every yes
tige of color has vanished, he un-
screws the massive lid, and then turns