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Morris tribune., 1896-02-12
For Sale.

I have number of good seconc
hand stoves for sale cheap.
Andrew Thorstad
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are seen, and at the base of the leaves,
those of the female or pistillate flowers.
At the right, near the top of tn, fig
ure, is staminate flower enlarged; at
The left of the base of the main stem Is
head OF pistillate flowers, showing the
hur-like covering with its hooked
prickles. and at the top, the protruding
STYLES; at the left is shown the same
when older. and at the right the same
when cut through lcngthwise. Each
bur. when mature, incloses two seeds,
one of which may germinate the tirst
year, and the other may lie dormant
until a later time.
It has been said that the plant Is
poisonous to cattle, but this is probably
mistake. 1t is at least known that
cattle sometimes eat sparingly OF it
without serious results.
The cocklebur is common to barn
yards. along roadsides. in waste places
and cultivated grounds. There are sew
eral other species all of which are less
troublesome to the farmer than the X.
strumarium.
How Best Destroyed.-As the root of
the cocklebur is not creeping, and does
not live in the ground over winter, clean
culture with some hoed crop. or seed
ing to clover or meadow grass, with
frequent moving, will keep it under
subsection. II should be carefully pre-
vented from seeding, not only in cult
waited grounds, but in waste places as
we'll, and this is the only means that
will prevent its becoming troublesome.
1t is often necessary to go through corn
and stubble fields in August or Septem-
ler for this purpose Fortunately, ma
ture helps us to curb this noxious weed
by making it the host plant for several
parasitic fungi Wisconsin Expert
nlent Station Bulletin.
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WILD HOGS IN ARIZONA.
Running Mt Large They Become Perfec,
" Untamabie.

Running Mt Large They Become Perfect
ly Untamable.
The widest of wild hogs live both
above and below the Yuma, on the
Colorado river. says the Montana
Farmer. When the late Thomas Blythe
vas trying to settle . colony at Lerdo.
As miles below Yuma, on the Colombo,
he sent down a large number of very
fine fuil-blooded Berkshire and Poland
China pigs aud turned them loose ON
the banks of the river near Lerdo,
where they lived on roots. grass. weeds,
tules and mesquite beans, bred and
multiplied. kept fat and filed the low
and tule lands with large number of
fine porkers.
Never seeing a human being, except
now and then a lone Indian, they soon
became Wild. and wilder still. and scat
tered until the woods and lowlands
were full of them. Notwithstanding
that the coyotes slaughtered the little
ones in great numbers. they have in
creased until at the present time it is
estimated that there are more than TO-
600 of them roaming up and down the
Colorado and Hardie rivers. from their
mouths up as high as the tide runs, or
from 65 to rs miles from the gulf.
Their range gives them the finest of
feed-wild sweet potatoes. tules. stay
fish, CLAIMS. dead turtles and seaweed
along the river bank at low tide. They
are unmolested except now and then
by q hunter who finds his way down
tae river
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OF all other factors. perhaps dust has
It's considerable part in the processes
of nature; for microscopic dust in the
atmosphere does not always consist of
the coarse notes which may be some
times seen in the path of sunbeam.
There is much that is wonderful and
mysterious concealed in the existence
of dust, for even in the pure air, ut an
elevation of 4,00o feet, il has been ascer-
tanned that there are about $4,000 dust
particles per cubic inch, but in room
in crowded city they would amount to
no less than 30,000.OO0 particles per
cubic inch. 1t Will be, therefore, easy
to understand how important an in
fiuence this invisible dust must exer-
else over the health conditions of a
highly sensitive organism; although
their chemical analysis is difficult, the
more exact elements of these dust par
ticles can be scientifically determined.
These minute atoms are at first micro
scopic, but become visible and are ever
increased by contact with the sur
rounding land and water. Perhaps,
however, that which concerns atmos-
pheric hygiene most are the living
organisms contained among the dust
particles or bacteria as we shall call
them.-Nationa Board of Health Maga-
zine
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90 u

tentively, trying to detect a sound of
some kind that might have guided me.
If we had really started-if the
colonel had not deceived me in talking
of a speed of 500 kilometers an hour
we must already be far from any land,
under the sea; above our heads the
huge. foam-crested waves; even at that
moment, perhaps-taking ii for mon
strous sea serpent of an unknown kind
whales were battering with their
powerful tails cur long iron prison.
9ut heard nothing but a dull rum
BILE, produced, no doubt. by the passage
of our carriage. and. plunged in bound
less astonishment, unable TO believe
in the reality of all that had happened
TO me. 2 sat silently, allowing the time
to pass.
At the end of about an hour a sense
of freshness upon my forehead sudden
~ aroused me from the torpor into
which had sunk by degrees.
raised my hand to my brow; it was
moist.
NJ istI Why was that? Had the tube
burst under pressure OF the waters
a pressure which could not but be for
midable, since it increases at the rate
of ian atmosphere" every ten meters of
depth? Had the ocean broken in upon
us?''
Fear seized upon me. Terrified,
tried TO call out-and -and / found
myself in my garden, generously sprin-
kled by driving rain, the big drops of
which had awakened me. had simply
fallen asleep while reading the article
devoted by an American journalist to
the fantastic projects of Col. Pierce
who also. 1 much fear, has only
dreamed.-From the French. in Strand
Magazine.
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a UNIQUE OvERCoAT.


1t Is Made of the Skins of Unborn Musk
S. n. Malterner, of Spokane, wears
on overcoat that is bound to attract at
tention, no matter where it is seen.
The coat is made out of fur of the I'M
born musk OK, and, while not only very
rare, is exceedingly pretty. The coat
is light in weight and were it not for the
weight of the lining would seem as
though made of the softest down. The
color is light silver gray when the
light is upon it from one direction and
as soon as the light is shifted it turns
10 a clear gray. When seen under a
light not very bright 1t has the appear
unce of Jet black. Mr.. Malterner says
that it has attracted so much atten-
ton In the eastern cities that he had
to lay it aside to keep from being both
cred answering questions as to what it
was and where he got it.
THE fur of the unborn musk OK"
said he, "is very rare. In fact, 1t cannot
be had for money. The way got the
fur to make this one was peculiar. Two
years ago / made a trip to the Great
Slave lake, and in fitting out at Atha-
basca Landing bought canoe, pay
ing 500 for it. 1t was along toward
fall when 1 got back to the landing,
and there / met an old trapper, who
had been hunting and trapping along
the lakes and rivers for a number of
years. He seemed to take quite fancy
to my canoe, although he did not say
anything, but was looking it over care
fully and noting its good points, as a
horse fancier would blooded horse.
Finally he stepped up to me and said:
Say, mister, what are you going to do
with that boat"
AT that time I had no expectations
of ever going up in that part of the coun-
try again and, as the boat could be of
little value to me, answered.: Just to
show you that the Yankees are ali right
I'll give you that boat He was greatly
pleased and. after looking it over again,
he said: We'll, I'll just show you that
the old trapper is all right, too and,
taking me over to his warehouse, he
got number of these furs and gave
them to me. At a cash value they would
be worth many times the canoe, and
they were his accumulation for num-
Der of years.
"After making the coat, found that
only lacked two of having enough to
make jacket for my sister, and when
I went on my trip down the Mackenzie
this year met the trapper again an
told him that / should like to get three
more. He loaned me the canoe that l
had given him the year before, and
when l returned to the landing in the
fall he had three furs for me. Spokane
Spokesman.
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him and calls him Div" He was a
confederate cavalryman and n good
one. when only 16 years of age. After
the war he completed his education and
then engaged in newspaper work. He
cult reporting several years ago and
accepted a government position. He
was at Eiberon when President Gar
field died. He saw Mrs. Garfield,
interviewed Gen. Swain, rushed to
the telegraph Office, seized the key.
and sent the news to the papers which
he represented. just as he was con-
Guiding his dispatch Attorney General
Wayne MacYeagh entered and said:
Il take possession of this telegraph
line, in the name of the United States
government" The reporter, who was
a splendid telegraph operator, as well
as stenographer and all-'round news
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THE CROPS OF 1895.
Estimate OF Area, Product and Value
States and Territories.

Estimate OF Area, Product and Value by
States and Territories.
The estimates by states and terri
tories of area, product and value of the
principal crops of the United States
for 1895, made by the statistician of the
department of agriculture, are given
as follows:
Corn-Area, s2,075,s30 acres; prod
uct. 2,151, 10000 bushels; value, $780,
500, 900; yield per acre, 1872 bushels;
farm price per bushel, 26.4 cents.
Winter wheat-Area, %, 609, 1922 acres;
product, POI .242 600 bushels; yield per
acre, 11.55 bushels.
Spring wheat-Area, / ,43s, 010 acres;
product, 202, sci 900 bushels; yield per
acre, IS bushels.
TOTAL wheat area-34. oar. 1892 acres;
product, 467, 100000 bushels; value,
s23s 10000 yield per acre, 1871 bush
els; farm price per bushel, 500 cents.
Oats-Area, 27,s1s,406 acres; prod
uct, s24,444,OOo bushels; value, $780,
G55, 900; yield per acre, 29.6 bushels;
farm price per bushel, 1919 cents.
Rye-Area, 1,s90,345 acres; product,
27,210,oJ0 bushels; value, $11,)65,000;
yield per acre, 14.4 bushels; farm price
per bushel, Al cents.
Barley-Area, s,299,97S acres; prod
uct, s7,073, 900 bushels; value, $29,312,-
900; yield per acre, 26.4 bushels; farm
price per bushel, 1871 cents.
Observation-Disclosures 1868, 277acres; prod
uct, 1894, 900 bushels; value, $685.
900; yield per acre, 2o.i bushels; farm
price per bushel, 49, cents.
Potatoes-Area, 1854. 952 acres; prod
net, 297, 237 900 bushels; value, $685.
900; yield per acre, 1000 bushels; farm
price per bushel. 26.6 cents.
Hay--Area, 44.206,453 acres: product,
:7,07s,541 tons; value, 1898, 100000:
yield per acre. LOG tons; farm price per
TON 81 AZ
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A Noted Man. Humble Lunch.

There is an elderly gentleman-he
would resent being called an old man,
for he is not more than ~ or 70 years
of age-who enters the senate restar-
rantevery day exactly atone o'clock and
takes seat in an obscure corner. Paul,
the oldest waiter In the room, imme-
diateiy brings him nubbin of a loaf
of bread and a big bowl of milk. The
elderly gentleman sops his crust in the
milk, eats it by degrees, and, at the
end of about 20 minutes deliberate
mastication of his food. lifts the bowl
end drinks the remainder of the milk.
He pays the waiter, slowly arises, de-
parts from the restaurant without hav-
ing said n word TO the waiter or 70 any
body else. He proceeds to little room
in the basement and sits down before a
desk which is covered with lots of lit
TIC drawings which look like plans
for a building of some kind. His name
is Edward Clark, and he is the super.
wishing architect of the capitol, a posi-.
ton which he has held for a quarter 81
a century or more. He is one of the
most popular and competent public of
meals in the national capital.
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FRENCH MOTHERHOOD.
M. BertlIIon Advocates Race of French
men for Madagascar.

NJ. Bertlllon Advocates u Race of French
men for Madagascar.
One of the things which is most close
ly studied in France by the savants and
statisticians in the government employ
lad out Is the steadily diminishing
birth rate. A recent writer on the sub
iect, NJ. Jacques Bertillon, who has been
making some exhaustive researches,
says that the reason why there are 80
Inany foreigners in Paris holding lucra-
tive positions and doing all sorts of
skilled manual labor IS that the demand
is greater than the nation of itself can
supply.
In pamphlet which NJ. Bertillon has
written on the subject he dwells on the
necessity of colonizing and developing
the rich natural resources of Madagas-
car. He closes his monograph with
these words:
at is the French woman who holds
in her hands the developments of that
beautiful ard immeasurably rich
island. The women of France have few
children, and they cannot endure the
thought of having them depart for a
far distant land, though they will serve
their mother country well by doing So
In the interest of France and of NADIA
gnscar the mothers of France should
bear six children instead of two, and
SO fulfill the purpose for which they
were created"
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Riches in PennsyivanIa Rivers.

The coal deposits in the Schuylkill
river now reach as far south as Read
ing, where the bed of the stream is
covered with coal several inches thick,
in semi-solidified form. II has been
found that the deposit in the river bed
frcm Pottsville to Reading, nearly AZ
miles, makes splendid fuel. The coal
is scooped out and dried, when it is
ready for use. The river coal industry
now extends to Reading and is gradual
" working farther down stream.
Reading Is almost 40 miles below the
last coal mine, and the particles of
black diamond have been carried that
far by the curreEt. There is plenty of
coal in the Susquebanna river at Har-
risburg, which is many miles below the
mines. The Jehigh, at its mouth al
Faston. is black at times with the an
thracite. and the bed of the stream is
covered 1t is estimated by conserya-
tive operators that the coal in the three
rivers is worth many hundred thou
sand dollars. or far more than the sands
OF the golden-lined streams of the ST.
erras.-Philadelphia Record.
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SPENT IN A HURRY.
Three brothers in Decatur who Have
sqasndered Their Property.

Three Brothers in Decatur Who Have
sqaandered Their Property.
Twenty years ago John X. Evans
died at Decatur, ILL.,, leaving three
Tninor sons. These were John Evans,
aged eight years; David. five. and SAINT
uel, one year. Part of Mr.. Evans es-
tate consisted of $4,000 in interest
earning securities, which he set aside
nv will for the benefit of the boys, di-
recting that when each son arrived at
the age of q he should be given $4,000
OF the principal and all the interest
which had accumulated ON that share
from the time of the testator's death.
Seven years ago John Evans came
of age and received as his portion of
the estate $4,000 in cash. He had
wild time for six months and then had
to 40 TO work 10 earn a living.
David. the second son. received his
share four years ago. IL amounted to
so. OO0. and he followed his brothers
example. spending il as fast as he
could. and in a few months David also
was broke"
1t remained for Samuel. the Youngest
epus W tfFdh inc haltttAN AVtotN IA tihS
line. Samuel drew $4,000 when he
celebrated his 21st birthday anniver-
sary five weeks ago. To-day he Is
penniless and, worse than that, Is un-
der arrest for forging the name of the
president of the Adams county bank
to a note for 5000. Samuel's money
was blown in just IS days from the
time he got his $4,000 check cashe'
While the money lasted the Evans
hoys were just as famous for their
wild extravaganza as was Goal OIL
Johnny in the days of the oil excite
ment, when fortunes were made and
spent every day, and. like the Penn
sylvanian. they are now hnstling TO
make a living.-Chicago Tribune.
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Indianapolis is well OF. beingwortn
sos. 000, 600 and owing but s1,ss4, 500.
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PIN AND Polhr.

The New Girl.-"Johanna, don't for
ret to dust the bric-a-brac." "No
ma'am. Were do you keep the dust r.
Detroit Free Press.
He (sig lificantly) - am my IA,
theirs only child. you know, Miss Blood. .
hhe--"weli. you can't blame HIM, AIR.
Sappy.r-Brooklyn Life.
~ wonder said the younger one,
eff / shall lose my looks. too, when /
get to your age?" You would be lucky
if you did," replied the elder one.-Tit-
Bits.
-Whyso- This physiogaomist says
that aggressive. impulsiye people gen.
orally have black eyes" Knowso-"If
not at first, they get them later
Truth.
NO." said Mr.. Wheeler. II have my
doubts about my bicycle being able to
displace the horse. The time tried il,
the horse and buggy came out of the
collision without 4 scratch"
apolis Journal.
Dear me, Adelbert." said the po-
cts wife. "tnIs stuff don't FAKE sense .
"I know thai as well as you do said
the poet. lit isn't intended TO make
sense. 1t is to make dollars. twas or
dered by magazine" = Washington
Star.
THAT was very fine speech you
made the other night" said one Pitts
burgher to another. 81 didn't make 1t
the other night" replied the latter. II
delivered it the other night, but it took
me month TO make it, Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
-Bostonian-"It is fortunate thing
for the English language that these
distressing accidents on the trolley
roads occur In Brooklyn and Fhiladel-
phia, where the reporters have ample
time to write, instead of in your CITY,"
New Yorker "Why?" Bostonian-
Because your reporters would refer to
the victims as having been trolley
cuted.'-Harper's Bazar.
When the lecturer inquired dra-
matically: ",an anyone in the room tell
me of perfect man?" there was dead
silence. "Has anyone" h.; continued,
''heard of perfect woman?" Then a
patient-loolupg little woman in black
dress rose up in the back of the auli-
torium and answered.: There was
one. I've often heard of her, bat she's
dead now. She was my husbands first
wife Massachusetts Ploughman.
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How John wiley Won a Ret.


II is practically impossible for anyone
to gain admission TO the floor of the
house of representatives when that
body is in session. Under the rules no
che is entitled to admission but repre-
sentatives, Representatives and MEM
bers-elect; that is, those who have been
elected as member of the next congress.
John Wiley. of New York. managed to
gain admission one day, however, by a
clever trick. Congressman Dan Lock-
wood. of Buffalo. and his friend Wiley
were strolling about the capitol. and
when they approached the main door
os the house. Mr.. Lockwood said:
well, John, must leave you here.
go i'm as an cx-member. but you are
barred"
81 bet you a fine lunch that / am in
on the floor three minutes after you
enter" said Mr.. Wiley.
"Done," said the great orator Then
he walked up TO Doorkeeper Coakley
ard said: Lockwood. of Buffalo. ex-
member" That was enough. He
PASSED right in.
Within a minute Wiley approached
coalley. who had never seen Wiley up
10 that time. did my predecessor
enter this door Just now?'' inquired Mr.
Wiley.
whats his name. sir?" said Coax
ley, in reply.
''Daniel N. lockwood. Of Buffalo"
was the answer
Yes. sin ben right there in the
main sislss walk right in" and the
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HIGH PRICE FOR POTATOES.

The John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for a
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 80
blu. new oats, $500 for 100 lbs. of pota-
toes, etc, etc.l Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant
plenty Mr.. Wideawake! You'll make
money Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
in % days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is he greatest yield
er on earth and we challenge you to
produce its equal.
If you WILL SEND US 10c. in stamps
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will get, free, ten
packages grains and grasses, including
Teosinte, Spurry, Giant Incarnate Clo-
YER, etc, and our mammoth catalogue.
Catalogue alone sc. for mailing. (K.)
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FARM AND GARDEN.
DESTROYING WEEDS.

Description of the Cockiebur and How to
Fight Its Advances.
The cocklebur is a rapidly growing.
coarse weed with an irregularly branci-
ing stem that grows to height of from
one to two feet. The leaves. which are
borne on long leaf stalks, are broadly
triangular in general outline and more
or less toothed end lobed on the bor-
iers. There are two kinds of flowers
borne on separate heads or clusters on
the same plant. The male or staminsTe
flowers are produced in roundish heads
Rt the top of the STEM After shedding
their pollen these drop OF, an,. the
female or pistillate flowers, which are
in clusters of two or three at the base
Of the male spike. enlarge and form
thick, hard, oblong burs beset with stiff
hooked prickles, and bearing two strong
beaks ut the upper end. These rurs.
like those of the burdoci, adhere to
clothing and the coat of animals. The
upper portion OF pant of cocklebur is
shown in Fig. at the top of the stem
the heads of male or staminate flowers
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There are four governors of Kansas
on the floor of the senate" said Frank
Flenniken, private secretary to Sena-
tor Plumb, one day when Ingalls, was
making great speech. 1t happened
that there were several distinguished
citizens OF Kansas in The city, and all
of them wanted to hear their brilliant
senator speak; but the galleries were
crowded, and they could not go upon
the floor of the senate, for the rules of
that body are exceedingly strict. But
either Flenniken or Plumb had taken
those gentlemen, one at a time, to the
four different doors of the senate,
and passed each of them into the SEN
ate, as "the governor of Kansas" al
though not one of them had ever held
that Office.
Politicians and public men in Wash
ington are not always sticklers for
truth. when they want TO accomplish
any desirable end.