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A Famous French Duelist.

The late Marquis de Angle-Beauma- noir was ill his younger days famous as a duelist. One evening, meeting his cousin, the Marquis du Hallays, ill the foyer of the Opera, he walked up to him and, i'll the course of conversation, re- marked:
 Isn't 1t odd. my dear fellow, that, quarrelsome as you and are. we should never have fought with ono another?''
 That's true. replied Du Hallays, "but that can always be remedied. ;"
 And on the strength of that, the two cousins met in mortal combat on the following morning, the encounter re- sulting ill tha Marquis de PAng le-Beau- manoir having his right hand pierced by his adyersary's napier, which, while 1t rendered continuance of the fight im- possible, left the other hand free to grasp that of his cousin in undiminished friendship moment afterward. On an- other occasion, when he was about to fight duel in which he was entirely in the right and his adversary in the wrong, he suddenly discovered that his opponent was perfect novice ip swoRdsmanship and that he would, therefore. have him completely at his mercy. So he strode up to him and, in the presence of 20 or 80 persons, presented the most courteous and full apology. Almost dumfounded. the latter inquired why the marquis assumed such an extraordinary course. Because. , he returned, it would real ly be too unfortunate if were to fight with mazette tgreenhorn). And with that he made low bow and then turned his back upon him. San Francisco Ar genant.
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EIkins and Camden.

Stephen B. Elkins tells an interesting story of his election to the senate. s'I was sitting ill my study at my country home, said he, awaiting the returns that should tell me whether or not had been chosen to take the place of Senator Camden. The operator at the telegraph station had orders to open all telegrams addressed to me, and to telephone their contents to me immediately. Suddenly the telephone bell rang, and the chil- dren's gogerness, who answered the
 phone, came to me and told me that the
 person at the other end of the wire was saying something about shoes, she couldn t quite make it out. Oh, said I, it's my wife's shoemaker, probably.
 Tell him to let the matter rest until to- morrow. She delivered the message.
 but returned shortly to say that the man insisted on talking to me. went to the telephone It was the telegraph opera tor, aud the message he was trying to transmit to me was When shall send you my shoes? Johnson R. Camden. Then knew that T. had been chosen to fill the shoes of that worthy gentleman. "
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Punished For Their yyicLedness.

The St. Andrew S fishermen are sup. posed no doubt enormously, to be less venturous than others A year or two ago they retrieved their fame by very gallant conduct in all unseaworthy life boat. However, their marine neighbors tell this tale:
 Many years ago thoro was 8 violent storm on 22d of November. A wreck came in; the fishers boarded it, found some sailors still alive and made six. ker" by drowning them. Then they seized the cargo and fell in luck. The anniversary, Nov. 22, was bright, still. halcyon day, and the blue bay was covered with brown sails. Not one came home to the rocky chink which does duty as harbor A fierce storm arose, and the fishing fleet perished, Gonse- quently new and more or less high land colony, mainly of Chisholmes. came ill, and never were such good men as the lost sailors of Fife. For long the un- holy day of November was holiday, nobody daring to go forth to sea.
 Such is the legend, which may have no historical basis. In any case Fife fishers and the east coast men generally are considered to be better in boat than the west highlanders, and Fife en. terprise and capital might have left us a more prosperous isle of Lewes. Lon don News.
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r1.elesa Ernonaa In ChIcaeo.

He looked over the plans for the new building that he intended to have erect ed and shock his head.
 Whats tho matter?" asked the ar chitect.
 "Too elaborate, /" was the reply; toe much unnecessary fancy work to sui me-
 ''No more than is usual on first class buildings, protested the architect. "What would you have left off"
 ''The ornamental work at the top. '
 "But, my dear sir, ;" protested the architect, that is quite the thing now We make the buildings plain except at the bottom and the top. ;
 Well, }" returned the capitalist de. cidedly, "its all right to have little ornamentation for the first story, but object to paying for art work for the angels. We'll have the top plain. '~- Chicago Post.
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In Joiiannesburg

Long before daylight the square is f,aa, of OK wagons, some from distances arnpying days to traverse, and the bpy- orc of forage, oats, corn, mealie meal. srewood, poultry, eggs, etc., are busy as A noon as they can see. Here the middle man makes a good profit, often riding far out on the roads toget at the Hitter ato Dutch farmer before the latter reaches the market. Here is an amusing instance of bargain recently overheard m the square,
 An English trader purchased wagon load of stuff from Boer, and by means of few figures and calculations easily tossed off with many flourishes makes ont that the amount he has to pay the nntchman is about half of what it ourbt to he if correctly reckoned up at the nrice agreed. Oom Paul cannot reckon nnch. but has Ready Reckoner and noints to and wants the larger amount eeWbat's that?' says the other. "Let's look at it. !" Then, Why, that's last vear's Ready Reckoner. Look here. yAn. it's marked 1894. It's no good  now.
 aAllamaehta, " says the Boer 1T did not notice that And he plods off home, wagon and all, content with the lesser sum.
 No expense is spared in high living. special fruit train is run daily from Natal and fish is brought enormous dis tapces. All South African fish, however, are either tasteless or of milk and wa fer or insipid flavor. The vegetable mar ket opens each morning at dawn. At 8 5tfs lets are all sold at auction, and Ma lays pile up their carts and pannier bas- tets to sell their stuff from house to house before the midday heat. In Eng land meat is dear and bread and vegeta- bes cheap. In the Transvaal bread and vegetables are dear--a small roll net larpe enough to be dignified with the vame of loaf costing sixpenee-an meat 3.heap. Chambers Journal
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she Was Neealesslx Excited.

Years ago, journeying with my hus- band ill Italy, We were on one occasion sole occupants of the railway compart- ment. Stopping at Padua, suspicious looking person entered the carriage, placing himself on the opposite seat with my husband, while sat opposite them and diagonally from the newcomer.
 My opinion of Italians, acquired from the reading of romance, was that they were mostly brigands or robbers. Here was one of the type. While fastened my gaze upon his sinister oonntenance, what was my horror to see him stealth fly draw stiletto from his pocket and lay 1t by his side coughed-my hus- band ignored it. Then I placed my foot upon his, which he drew away, annoyed. Cold chilla seized me. We had watches and money. People had been murdered for less. l feared to speak. French, German, even English, the man might know. My husband spoke Dutch. Would that could have imparted my fears i'll that tongue! There was little danger of the highwayman s knowing it.
 While l contemplated jumping from the window Mir. S--- was calmly view ing the Italian scenery without. Alarm bells were not in use, and the guard was a misnomer.
 Again the man sought his pocket. This time for Q pistol No. it was mere- ly pamphlet, and he coolly took up the stiletto and cut the leaves preparatory to reading. I fell back exhausted; but, further argued, might not stiletto do double duty, much as forks can be used for toothpieks? Presently he laid the pamphlet down. My husband, glancing at the title page, immediately addressed the man ill Dutch, afterward disclosing that our fellow traveller was harmless Dutch dominic. The stiletto proved q paper cutter and the murderous gleam i'll his eye only the blue light of Calvin ism. Chicago Times Herald
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Pope Leo's Reading.

The pope's favorite poets arc Virgil and Dante He knows a great part of both by heart and takes pleasure in quot ing them. When Father Michael, the apostolic prefeet to Erithrea, was taking his leave with the other Franciscans who accompanied him to Africa, his holiness reeited to them with great spirit Dante's canto upon St. Francis.
 The pope reads the newspapers, pas sages of interest being marked for him by readers i'll order to save him time
 He frequently writes letters to the bish- ops and encyelicals in a polished and Cieeronian style of Latin. The encyeh- calls are printed at the private press of the Vatican, an institution founded by him and furnished with all modern inn provements. They are first published in The Osservatore Romano, the official daily paper of the Vatican, and then finally translated into Italian and other languages and sent out to the bishops abroad Leo XIII writes excellent verses, both in Latin and Italian, and likes to see and talk with men of letters as we'll as to read their works Two years ago he requested Professor Brunelli of Perugia to buy for him the peetieal works of the Abbe Zanella. The request is characteristic, for his holiness insisted upon paying for the book like any one else Marion Crawford in Century.
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4 pIace For Hosea.

Dean Hole, in his Little Tour In America, gives the following good story, which was picked up at all enter tainment given in his honor by the Lotos club of New Yorll The quaintest story of the evening was told by Dr. Greer of tedious, monotonous preacher who had exhausted the patience of his hear CTS by an elaborate dissertation on the four greater prophets, and when, to their sad disgust, he passed on to the minor and asked. And now, my breth- rem. where shall we place HoseaT' a man rose from the congregation and made answer You can place him here, sir I'm off. ?
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PatronizIng Infants.

4 sa'onaiacteristic instance was given at |s'uner party lately of the present day |,s |sasncy for children to patronize their |i'a |iIas' At preparatory school the (,,uisn Were told to write down what ' 'longht to be the object of educa- \ ,a one small boy wrote, "The object ssscation Is to be able to talk for
 s,iipr and mother when you go @' sasS and another boy, doubtless re- N @O1flng the oft repeated reflection at }when he had fallen into some po' sp mat "the holidays would soon |B1a, '1' and he would be safely back at
 m ", ,,, wrote, With unconscious cyni-
 me object of education is to get Ep0,s sa' ol your parents way. ''--Gen-
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The sohoolbox and the Inspector

In all Edinburgh school the other day an inspector, wishing to test the knowl- edge of a class in fractions, asked one boy whether he would rather take 3 sixth or seventh part of an orange if he got his choice The boy promptly re- piled that he would take the seventh. At this the inspector explained at length to the class that the boy who would choose the smaller part as this boy had done because it looked the larger frac- tion was very foolish, but the laugh was on the other side when the chirping voice of another urchin broke ill in re- monstrance, Please, sir, but that boy disna like oranges. "-Westminster Ga Zette.
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runrapsred to Say.

"Don't you think, said Miss Sim foni, that Theodore Thomas is the best conductor in the country?" and old Mrs. Flat replied thoughtfully:
 "Well, 1 dunno as l ever rid in his oar u-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
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It is vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us for the sake of finding greater blessing instead or seeking it where alone it is to be found in loving obedience. -George Eliot.
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 NEWS HATS.

Mems Felt Hats, Stetson style, $1.09.
 Mems Felt Hats, high crown, 79c and 89c.
 Mems Caps in Blue and Black and colors, 25c and BOG.
 Boys Caps, 25c.
 Big bargains in Window Shades, Mating, Pictures, Shoes, Pants. Underwear, Piece Good, Lace Cur tains, Etc.
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The sconer,

Watts-Do you really believe that ev- cry sin is followed by punishment?
 Potts-Of course. For instance, when some man steals million or so dollars, don't lot of people have to starve as eonsequence?-I Indianapolis Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-18

The glazing of pens, in some varie- ties considered all important operation' ia done with lac dissolved in naphtha.
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McEL REFS WINE OF CARDUI

will bring girls safely through the crisis. Taken at the first indication of weak ness, it never fails. It regulates the monthly periods with perfect precision. Its action is direct upon the feminine organs that above all others, ought to be strong and we'll.
 Start the girl right. Don't expose her to the dangers and tortures of dragging weakness, bearing down pains, nervous prostration and the facilitating drains so common to women.
 McElree's Wine of Cardui, is home treatment. It does away entirely with abhorrent 'local examinations.
 Sold at si.0o Bottle by Dealers In Medicine.
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Inuuisitiye.

s ,s'iiy s. (ln search of insarqatian )-- M sueamlet small stream: TI father-Y Yes, my son. lg, au owlet a small owl?'' l1a 1ss' Tommy"
 W. VI egglet a small egg2" sTba' yes, you might call 1t that. " sllhp lSp what is a- bullet? 'Tisn't a
 Du'i. Is it?"-London Tit Bits. j,, snock to His Complacenoy. |BIs BIIss'-Why is it every one laughs at ss-Ihey don't. Some one was
 onumor you.-Adams Freeman.
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Usefulness Preferable to Brillianoy.

Dr. c. H. Parkhurst says that a light ming flash is brilliant to behold, but he would rather have a candle to read by. There are few lightning flashes and many candles in the world. A "bril- iant' young man or woman isn t such all acquisition IS some people would have us believe. The plodding habit of logged toll can accomplish more than suasmodie freshets of enthusiasm. The work of the world is done in its workshops, not its talking shows, con- Yentions and enthusiastic gatherings, whose enthusiasm never, by any chance, percolates into the adjoining street or slum.
 The girl who is plain ill face and hOmely of figure, but kindly of heart and l eader and true, is to be preferred by an honest man for wifehood before her dashing, laughing sisters, rare and hand ame, whose dainty fingers never baked pie, whose hearts never bore another's s bmden The light of the home is gen aaly the quiet, humble.5 unobtrusiye isi6r or brother who is not cursed with l inc waywardness of genins.
 Beauty and talent haveaunequaled op- pzunities when combined with direct I lg character. But the plan of nature Rfer intended that the many should hust to them, so they are given to the aE The majority of Us depend on oul pWer to be nsefHl--determinedly use- hl-for our life's value. And the daily afOrt thus to live has made this world and our national heritage much what they are and give to us.-New York ledger
 How Mines Are Bought Nowadays.
 The time has passed when mine prop. ilieS are bought on assays The higher toe ore goes the more suspicious the in- 'stor becomes. A mining proposition, Dreceiye attention ill these days. must have reasonable assay value, and must stand the test of expert examination. 4 AaW 4 grade camp, it is said, is better iii ae long run for the mine owner, and aanitely better for community i'll salch such mines are situated, as more aen are employed and more money is 40a out than in camps where the alaeS are narrow and rich. This is l0wn in the Occur d'Alenes, where Mr 6O 900 tons of ore are mined althly to produce 10000 tons of con- ssfates. Every one is benefited where 4.a conditions prevail.
 Mae investors have become suspicious "a1'e in the past they have been most lMercifully worked by interruptions
 ang men and promoters. Mine ex- allng has become a science, and it is
 uncult thing to improve upon mine
 perS of national reputation, and only
 'u oi thls character are employed to
 upon mining proposition the pur-
 'ss or which involves the expenditure
 urge sums of money. - Spokane
 0kesman Review.
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NOTIONS,

Side Combs, Toe, 15e, l9c, 25e. Dressing Combs, 4c up to 25c. Fine Combs, Sc up to l0c. Safety Pins 23c dozen. Pearl Buttons 5, 6, ', 8, Sc dozen. Hat Pins, De. dozen. Pins, 1e, 2ac and 4c paper. Spool Silk, Be spool. Embroidery Silk, 2 spools for 5e. Knitting Silk, be spool. Crochet Needles, 1c each. Sewing Needles, and Be paper Hooks and Eyes, Dc gross. Knitting Cotton, 3 balls for De. Toilet Soap, 3 cakes for 5e. Toilet Soap, better grade, 4e, Dc, 9c, He.
 Glycerine Soap, Dc and He per cake.
 Laundry Soap, bars for 25c. Toothpicks, 1000 for Dc. Collar Buttons, 5c per dozen. Common White Buttons, 4c per gross.
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When the girl comes to be woman look out. If she starts out in vigorous, womanly health then it is pretty safe to say she will be a healthy, attractive, beautiful woman.
 The beginning of womanhood is the real crisis in woman's life. Nearly always something is wrong then in the distinctly feminine organs. Maybe it isn't very serious-no matter-the time to stop disease is when it starts.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16

and keep her in a warm barn. A
good many COWS have been killed by
letting them have all the cold water
they could drink just after calving.
AS to feeding the calf for the first
two weeks feed fresh milk right from
the COW in limited amounts, from to
4 quarts. A great many spoil the calf
by giving it all the milk it can drink.
After the calf is two weeks old take
away one quart of fresh milk and add
the same amount of skim milk. Do
not change from fresh milk to skim
milk at once, but gradually. When
the calf is six weeks old give sweet
skim milk, warmed to not above 100
degrees or below 80. At four weeks
old give all the hay it will eat and oil
meal in small quantities. If you have
no oil meal use ground oats with the
bulls sifted out, mixed with milk
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
a balanced ration.

a balanced ration.
Mr.. Fred Tomlin is trying some OK,
pertinent that is producing him more
milk. Ask him how he does it.
had visit with Mr.. Linsley, who
has an up todate farm out about
nine miles. asked him how he
could make it pay to haul his milk as
far as that to creamery, and he told
me that he did not figure only on the
amount of ready cash he received at
the factory, which is not small as he
has fine lot of COWS. but he figures
on what he can make on his skim
milk by feeding it to calves and hogs,
which should be added to the milk,
for hogs will do we'll and grow fast
on grass and skim milk, clover and
timothy being the best, and he told me
that he had a nice field of timothy
which he highly prizes. 1 think he
has timothy seed for sale. Now, if
he can make dairying pay and live as
far from the creamery as he does, 1
can't see why that farmers living near
the factory cannot have money to let.
I'll. n. BIxBY, Buttermaker.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Episode In Ii Hung Changes Career.

There is an episode in the career
of Ii Hung Chang which is never
alluded to in the promisouous inter-
views which his excellency is in the
habit of granting to ladies and gen.
tlemen in search of copy. 1t is in
fact as carefully avoided as the dis
oussion of hemp ropes in certain
families. The TAPPING devastation
swept over his province when he
was still a young man, and he was
made captive by the rebels. There
was great absence of scholarship
among the Taipings, and as they
we're constantly putting out impos-
ing proolamations they were hard
put to it to provide decent or even
an ineligible literary form for
these state papers. Young Ii was a
literary graduate of the first class.
Instead of killing him, as they were
won't to kill those who fell into their
hands, the Taipings had the sense to
employ their scholar captive in writ
ing out their plaoards and NANTES
toes, and to this happy adaptation of
means to ends the world owes it's Lii
Hung Chang. How he escaped from
his captors is unknown to the pres
ent writer, but this is oertain-that
he has never forgotten those who be-
friended him at that time Indeed it
is supposed his loyalty to the fami-
lies of his benefactors has cost him
much, for it has led to his keeping
about him the unworthy sons of per-
haps worthy fathers, Improbable
who brought neither credit
to their patron nor advantage to the
state.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
EXPERIMENTAL
FEEDING.
Some Good Advice on Expert.
mental Feeding.
Also Good Points on the Care of
New Mich Cows.

To the Editor of the Morris Tribune:
Now that the farmers have nothing
to do outside why not experiment on
feeding their cows. l should call it
good policy. What I should call a
good feed for this part of the state,
when feeds are as cheap as at
present, is two parts corn, four parts
oats, ground with half bran.
The majority of the farmers in this
vicinity raise corn, oats, barley and
some rye. Where bran is as cheap as
it is offered at the Riverside mill
would sell the oats and buv bran to
take the place of the oats. Then
would use one part corn to five parts
of bran in weight.
Barley is nearly as good as corn,
and where man does not happen to
have corn he may use ground barley
two parts to five parts of bran.
Oil meal is highly recommended by
professors of agriculture, but whether
it would pay where man has corn
and barley to buy oil meal is yet to
be proven.
MIR. x. st. Pierre is feeding oil meal.
Ask him what he thinks of it. He
fetches nice lot of milk to the fac
tory that tests well; in fact, his test
has improved since he begun feeding
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Farmers, Take Notice!

Great care should be taken with
the new mich COWS bottle before and
after calving, and care in feeding the
calf may keep you from spelling a
good heifer calf. Feed the COW be-
fore calving with wheat bran, ground
corn cob, and add a little oil meal
from to 8 pounds to the feed. After
calying, for the first few days, feed
bran alone, 7 to 10 pounds day in
two feeds. Great care should be
taken not to let her have cold water.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Notice to the Public!

| am prepared to furnish sawed
wood in any quantity and should be
pleased to receive a share of your
patronage.
No charge for delivering either
wood or coal. I'll. L. SMITH.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Live stock Prices at St. Paul.

HOGS Market active and stronger
Quality good Range of prices S3O0@
$50
CATTLE Market strong and active;
more fat CATTLE stockers and feeders are
wanted
Sales ranged at $2.25d2.75 for cows;
81 50@}.0O for stockers; So 80 as. 10 for
heifers; . 29(03.5O for steers.
SHEEF-oteady, demand good. Lambs,
$3 00@3.S0; muttons, 81 5o@300.
Receipts: Hogs. 900; cattle, $50.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16

We have just got in full and COM
plete line of storm sash which we are
selling cheaper than ever before.
E. j. JONES.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Price of Wheat at Duluth.

WHEAT Cash, No l hard, Sic; No.
Northern, 79Hc; No Northern TIC;
No. 2 spring, 73I@74N; rejected, CLIO
7lc; to arrive, No. hard, Sic; No.
l Northern, 79>S; December, No. hard,
sic; No. l Northern. 1910; May No.
Northern, 82hc.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Drink Rocky Mountain Tea and
be an early riser. 1t does the bust
ness. Hulburd & johnson.
Notice to Attorneys.

We have on hand the following list
of legal blanks which we will sell at
Booths or Pioneer Press prices:
Chattel Mortgage, Sale, releases and
renewels, Mortgage deeds, Mortgage
foreclosure, Quit claim deeds, Sheriffs
sales, Summons, Receipts, Notes, etc.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Live stock Prices at Chicago.

HOGS--Market slow, prices strong to
&c higher.
Sales ranged at $3.50 $3.50 for light,
13300l50 for mixed; $h05@3.50 for
heavy; $305@3. 10 for rough.
CATTLE Market quiet but steady.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-16
Grain Prices a. MINNEAPOLIS.

WHEAT = December closed, 7Sc;
May, SO%c. On Track-No. l hard,
79Ic; No. l Northern, 7SNc: No. 2
Northern, 77Lc