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Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

A petition signed by more than two
hundred members of the House, ask
ing that time be given for the consid-
GRAFTON of ~. bills on the calendar
providing for the erection of public
buildings in various states, was pre-
sented to Speaker Reed this week by
committee headed by Representa-
tive Hicks, of Pa, Mr.. Reed now has
the matter under consideration. AL
though he candidly told the commit
tee that he was personally opposed
to appropriations of this nature while
the annual deficit is $58,000,0OO, and
that he did not approve Of passing
bills providing for public buildings
and leaving the appropriations to
pay for them to be made by other
Congresses, there is a possibility that
he may grant the request Of the sign
ers of the petition and set aside one
or more days for the consideration of
these bills.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27


The suggestion thrown out by the
Omaha Bee little over year ago
for a Trans Mississippi and Interna-
tional expositioN is now taking root
and promises to equal the worlds
fair held at Chicago, and in many in
stances to Guido the latter. It is
about time the people west of the
Mississippi awoke to their energy
and let the Eastern people know
what we are built of. Let every
Western state join in with the expo
sition. It is the best way imaginable
to advertise and show the resources
to be developed in this vast domain.
Very elaborate and extensive prepar-
atoms are being made by the promot-
ers of this great enterprise, of whom
e. Rosewate, editor of the Bee, is one
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

The House committee on Public
Lands spoiled some Democratic stor-
les by promptly reporting back to
the House the Free Homestead bill
just as it was passed by the Senate.
Chairman Lacey presented minori-
ty report favoring the exception Of
lands the government is selling as
trustee for Indians.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Although Donnelly is stamped as
an ignoramous Pop, etc, we cannot
help but admire the stand he takes
in relation to the much-talked of in
ternational arbitration treaty between
this country and England. He
comes out emphatically opposed to
the proposed methods of appointing
an arbitrary board of seven members
three from the United States, three
from England and the seventh the
king of Sweden. This would prac-
tically place the liberty loving peo-
pie in the hands of monarchism. We
are able to take care of ourselves and
we should not have our hands tied
in that way. q
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27
Now that Day is Dunn the senate
will proceed to business.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of SMELL and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney s. Co, Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney
s. Co. Testimonials free.
eY Sold by druggists, price 75c. per
hottle
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

of the active ones. The Omaha Bee
came out Saturday, the 18th, with a
twenty page exposition edition, which
included write-up of the hidden
treasures of the West. One of the
many hundreds of features of the ex-
position will be a silver palace $50
feet square, built of metal and silver
plated. The exposition will be held
from June till November 1898,
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Chas. F. Haney, ex-city clerk of
Minneapolis, was brought back last
week and entered plea of not guilty.
He is charged with bribery, having
offered Aid. Drew $500 if he would
vote for the asphalt paving contract.
His bail was fixed at $500.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

The reports of this country for
1896 are indeed gratifying, taking in
consideration the hard and depress-
ing times we have had during the
past three or four years. The ex-
ports of manufactured goods alone
amounted to about $3.50, 900 900, the
largest ever known in the history of
the United States. The figures CIV
en- for the first eleven months Of 1896
are $229,915,546 being over one
fourth of the total exports. This is
contrary to expectations, as every
body had an idea that, owing to the
dull times, the exports would fall far
below former years.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Georgia, has been recommended to
pass by both houses, then the repre-
sentatives can adjourn at the end of
the session with the satisfaction of
doing one thing that will please the
people of the state. Let the bill pass
by all means.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

The government has commenced
foreclosure proceedings against the
Union Pacific railroad, which will re-
plenish the treasury some $2O,OOOOOO.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

DIR. Harris has decided to not make
any more business trips out of town,
and can be found at his Office any
day during the month. If.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 1897.
is THE WORLD BETTER?

is the world getting better?" Is
the question put to two representa-
tive men by Minneapolis Journal
reporter last week at the West hotel,
one of whom was the noted Rev. T.
Dewitt. Talmalge and the other a
travelling man from New York city.
1t is somewhat amusing to note the
answers, which are as much different
as daylight and dark. The famous
reverend gentleman claimed that the
world was getting better; was making
sure and steady advances to higher
plain of morality; that God never
launched failure, He launched the
world and it cannot fail. The travel
ing man, who is right from the center
of bades and sees the devil prosper
ing in all his glory, takes all entire
different view of the subject. He
claims that we are on the downward
grade once more and nothing can
save US; that we are bowling along
towards the hottest corner of hades
as fast as it is possible to go in spite
of all the Parkhursts, Raineses and
Moodys. He claims that the world
was a failure once and had to be
wiped out with flood, and we are
sadly in need of another flood. While
Talmage cited Moody and other not
ed evangelists who are waging war
against the devil and all his imps
with marked results, the travelling
man cited the Seeleys who gave an
aristocratic dinner to the nabobs of
the city and amused his guests by |
having women dancing before them
dressed only in their modesty.
OF the two gentlemen it would be
hard to say which is the most compe-
tent judge, but we would be inclined
to think that the travelling man was,
as he is in position to see all sides
of life, while minister seldom sees
but one side-the religious. There
are hundreds and thousands of men
and women who go to church twice on
Sundays with a long and solemn
face who the minister is led to be-
Lieve are Godfearing people; yet
.hese self same people will go home
from church and lay awake all night
scheming to cheat some poor widow
Or orphan out of their last penny, or
some other act of depravity, or put
in a night of debauch and gambling.
The travelling man is liable to see
5hese people in both lights, while the
clergyman only sees them at church.
The world is making wonderful adj
yances in science, art, manufactures,
ETC., but as to morality's advances, if
they are advances, they are certainly
not in the lead, where they ought to
be, by any means.
We are inclined to think that al
though the way looks dark and
gloomy at times that in the end right
shall conquer and wrong shall be put
to dismal flight, and right at the
time when wrong thinks he is victor
over all he surveys. truth crushed
to earth shall rise again" The devil
cannot win.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

According to the senate man can
not be senator and lieutenant gov
ernor, hence Senator Day will vacate
and Senator Dunn will take his seat.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Senator Davis is in favor of an in
ternational arbitration treaty, but be-
lieyes in making several radical
changes in it before adopting it.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

A weed in the garden can be easily
destroyed when it first starts. Con
sumption can be nipped IN the bud by
One Minute Cough Cure. For sale by
Hulburd & johnson.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

s'Walk into my parlor, says the
spider to the Ay." But Uncle Sam
is too fly to be caught.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Others have found health, vigor and
vitality in Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it
surely has power to help you also.
Why not try it,
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

We have just got in full and COM
plete line of storm sash which we are
selling cheaper than ever before.
''A.-,s e. j. JONES.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Some very good bills have been in
troduced. Now let them pass.
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

A Senator who hasn't exactly made
up his mind as to whether he will
vote for or against the ratification of
the arbitration treaty said speaking
of it: cater all there are are two
sides to this question. Speaking
generally Of arbitration, / should not
hesitate to say that I favored it, but
specifically, am not SO sure about it.
For instance, had arbitration been
applied to the quarrel of the Ameri-
can Colonies with England, and the
decisive vote been cast by monarch
of Europe, do you suppose there
would today be any United States?"
Morris tribune., 1897-01-27

Senator Sheehan's antitrust bill,
which is claimed to be the same law
that has exterminated the trusts in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-30

Muckic John was the last of the court
testers Tom Killigrcv, master of the
revels, groom OF tie bedchamber, is oft.
en- spoken of as Jester of Charles H., but
there is lao authoritr to support this
claim lie was companion of the
king. and used his tongue with the IL
cense Of the Jester of old, but he had
never an official appointment to that
Office. Some effort was made during
Charles reign to restore the jester, but
il failed. The protests of Sir Philip
Sidney and other grave writers of his
time against all fools was not without
effect. but the rule of the common
wealth was mainly responsible for the
la nishment Of the court fool. They
were especially against the fools OF
the stage. and so playwrights omitted
them from their list of characters long
before they disappeared from the court
Shadwel's play of The Woman Cap
tain" (i6s0) is probably the last in
which a regular fool appears. The char
acter OF the fool was well liked by the
old playwrightS. and in several of the
old plays his disappearance is bewaiied-
rs has been said. the custom of keep
ing fools was common to all classes OF
society i'm England; but the court sets
the fashion. and with the Punishment
of the court Jester. the fool disappeared
from his other haunts.-Amelia Nof-
ford. IN 81 Nicholas.
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peusal OF the history OF railway trans
&C ions during the past four Years shows
Us that this period has been the most DIS
astrous, from a financial standpoint, of any
other OF the present decade. Under the
cjrcumst suces IL would almost seem as
though the further GeA clopnent OF inn
pJovement of railway facilities must cease.
Yet, strange to say, many notable instances
prove that the contrary Is true. In numer
GUS instances hrst-class roads, despite the
hard times and general business depvcs-
sion. have made very decided advances. not
only IN the Improvement OF the material
condition OF the roadway itself, but like
wise the equipment and service And the
public has been q great gamer 10y the pub
lie spiritedness OF the roads.
One OF the most notable cases OF rail
way development Is the Nickel Plate Road.
which seems to have forged right ahead
with its improvements and has exhibited
an unrelcnting determination TO give the
public the best possible facilities. IN spite
Of the hard times. And how Wei This cor
poration has succeeded in its laudable eG-
forts the excellent condition OF its system
bears ample evidence. Yet the secret If
ti,. success Is obvious. The people have
responded very generously 10 "a generous
effort % gjyC theIa the worth oj thCr
money That il an The people, money
has enabled the road TO better lis facilities
in every respect; thus the work has been
OF lnutuai ana recl pfOCai character. lie
liberal patronage accorded the road has
brought a handsome return 10 the people
in the shape Of improved facilities Tor
travel, yet at the same time az lower rates.
And now. it seems, the Nickel Plate Road
Is still engaged in further efforts 10 serve
the people well. 1t has n high class roadway
to begin with; a most excellent equipment
to end with. and a safe, fast and reliable
service for the deleetation of its patrons
All I'm all II offers a most attrlcfiv I'VE menu "a
travellers bound east ov west IN the shape
of g. Peerless Trio Of Fast Express Trains >
George r. Benham. Special Correspond
ont
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-30
HINTS EOR REEKEEPERS.

Moth worms bother Italian bees very
little.
Spring dwindling is the result Of bad
wintering.
Bees require ventilation in the hive
during the winter.
Honey will ripeu just as well outside
of tire hive as in it,
In wintering it is always best TO take
away all but one queen.
Bees when building comb commence
1t the top and hang in heavy clusters to
their combs.
10 not allow any drone comb TO re
main in the hive except the colonies you
wish to breed from.
The pure Italian bees show three yell
low or golden bands encircling the body
when the bees are filed with honey.
The hives should not be shifted
around from one place TO another, as
the bees will get confused and it will
often incite robbing.-St Louis Re
public.
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accouut appear to have been pare in he
usual way 10 their credit al the bank.
Evidently check had been drawn and
paid OF which the books Of neither firm
had AIRY record. IL was sum luder
ten pounds. bu; as the youth who
ran between the Mill and the bank ia
the adjoining town Of Biackbrook ap
peared too uazophistjca,ed 10 trans
act such a fraud. and as Jim Sumner
was immediately responsible for Tie
current cash. OF the lirr, he was bclC
10 be morally respoAsi ole. if not actually
criminal, and. according to ;be .mmc
mortal custom Of the firm, had 10 90"
Poor jim! lie did not wait 10 meet
his chapel folks and intinates. lie Just
kissed his widowed mother. who would
not have believed "oVt again jim" on
the testimony Of an arehaugel. end
went out into the frosty air. straight 10
the station. and away 10 a town So miles
distant, TO make a fresh start. His
sweetheart vas still n the mill. lie
ought, % course, &c have waited for her.
ard told her. But he didn't. He would
write. She would learn soon enough.
The village would buzz with the news,
as though the new "hooteF' had pro-
claimed il, 0y Bigh;falL And i ID.
There were girls who seemed 20 be glad
TO tell Rachael, and when she tiared up
and said:
10 know a. well as aw 10 a, jim
ue'er did it," they only replied;
We'll, he's ta'en his hook at any rate.
1O'r Aunt Bei seed him goo. aud says
! good radiance TO bad rubbidge.' She
doesn't seem TO think as weel o Jimmy
as her niece does" What could Rachael
sag? She went home with rage in her
heart against her aunt, and something
Ike resentment against her lover for
I Nesting away without a word 10 the
girl who could have died for him. All,
little did she think-yet even now a
dead misery hal taken hold Of her.
'WeIi, Miss Proudic, au' how's thy fine
+ gentleman uaa?r (Auni Bets own ian
rad had hopes Of Tue office" ouce, but
Z had turned out waStrcl-hence her
bitterness.D Jaw thout wot L I'D be.
Some fowk can't stand gettin' up i tn
( world. PRIDE hcv IA. an thy whip
3 pcTsuapper's come a croppcr az ODy
I rate"
n tongue warfare Rachael was no.
where; besides, Aunt Bet wasn't worth
answering. Then, that very day the
overlooker had threatened TO reduce heI
I tc two looms, aud had BUNDLED her 81
+ terribly before the other weavers. that
alI the spiri; seemed clean gone out OF
( her. She went 10 bed. but not to sleep
lie ''hHockeT tsp" had an easy task
next mo-aing. Tina; day was the black.
81 o. many Dl5cs VI : during the pas;
;,y weeks, aud now no lovers comfort
awaited her. Everything went wrong
: The stuff wouldn't weave. Her looms
I seemed bewitched. The overloOkeT
/ overlooked with a vengeance.
Vol start on two looms to-morn,'
lie said: think on thatl Awe lots
wer cbes o Il al weave better nor
I thee. an do moor wark on two looms
to- tha' cor o three"
II was the last straw. Size dare not
face Aunt Bet and her sueers.
oh. Jim. jim" was the cry Of her
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-30

rope running over Il, pulls up six pounds
on the rope winding on the small
spindle CO.. The crank (D) also multi
plies the power 10y about three times, so
that one pound Of force supplied TO
the crank lifts about IS pounds, theoret-
cally. OF course the friction cuts this
down somewhat, but the heaviest part
of the pig killing is the easiest when
this machine is used. The large wheel
OBJ is easily made by saving out two
discs of hard plank and putting in
pins around the circle, spacing the
discs about four inches apart and put
ting the circle of pins about four
inches from the circumference.
a, in Fig. 2, shows the iron support
for short cross-piece that holds up
the small eud of the spindle on which
the weight is raised. The bend is
made so that the "gambrel sticks,
which rest on the two stringers, may
be slid past the pieces(A) without be-
ing caught by them.
Mr. Hess thought first OF patenting
This idea, but afterward concluded 10
give it TO tile American people. It has
more genuine merit than uine-tenths
Of the things that are patented every
day.-Joseph +. Wing, in Ohio Farmer.
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Gnf.a HeInnuinEa.

The teacher of the Sunday school
class was telling the little boys about
temptation, and showing it some
times came in the most attractive at
tire. She used as an illustration the
paw of cat.
"Now." she said, you have all seen
the paw of a cat. 1t is as soft as velvet,
isn't it?'
"Yesem," from the class.
"And you have seen the paw of a
dog?''
"Nesem.
We'll. although the cats paw seems
like velvet, there Is. nevertheless, con-
oealed in il something that hurts. What
is it?"
No answer.
The dog bites" said the teacher
when he is angry; but what does the
cat do"
Scratches" replied the boy.
Correct" said the teacher. nodding
her head approvingly. Now what has
the cat got that the dog hasn't?''
"Whiskers." said the hoy in the back
scat.-New Moon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-30
FROM THE KLONpIKE.
The Man from the Gold Mines Tells
About the weather

He had Just returned from the top of the
Culkst pass and was apparently glad of Il.
How was the weather when you left:
inquired a friend. ''Cold!'
Yes, but not so bad as it VIII bc along
IN January, after the mosquitoes get ont
Of the air and let the wind have a chance.
Then il gets good and cold. \ man told
me who had wintered up there seven years
that It was 50 cold in January that they
frOze the flames of their candles and sold
them for Strawberries. He said they kept
:heir fires over night by putting them out
n the AIR and letting them freeze and then
thawed them out in the morning. He said
he had seen four men die of collie from
eating whisky that was frozen 50 hard Il
wouldn't thaw inside OF them. He said
the cows all gave ice cream till they froze
to death. He said he knew a clerk in a
hotel on the Yukon that got rich selling
the diamonds he wore. said diamonds being
nothing on earth but ice crystals that
didn't thaw till after the clerk had got out
of the country. He said he had seen a man
fall off the roof a barn and freeze so
stiif before be lit that he broke in two
when he hit the GO ]. He said he had
seen smoke freeze in a chimney till the fire
wouldn't draw, rnd he knew of one case
where the smoke froZe after II got 100 feet
up and fell back on the house. knocking a
hole in the roof big enough To drive q yoke
of steers through lie said the reason the
that the dark got froze 20 hard the daylight
couldn't thaw lis way through in less than
six months He said"
Excuse me, interrupted the friend. did
this party have atidavits with these state
ments.'
He said he had, but ] guess he must
have froze to death hunting for them. be
cause he never came back when | asked
him TO 90 after them for me- and tie n
turned Chllkater smiled A smile that was
childikc and bland Washington Star.
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THE NEW YEAR CHIMES.
"Ring Ont the Old. ring in the
New"


Although church bells nj al, times
speak to the heart AID interpret its
moods. sad or joyful. perhaps none
speak as forcibly as the midnight
chimes which usher IN the glad New
Year. The reason OF this may be sc-
counted for in a measure by the fact
that a, such an hour people stop to med
i;ate. aud they allow the sentiment Of
the season 20 take possession OF their
thoughts.
But OF all bells in all climes, from
those with silyerv notes, which, in the
far orient, float cut from airy minarets
on the soft and languid air. 10 those
which arc harsh and unmusical. none
have so foreible language, or perhaps.
speak so directly 20 the heart, as the
New Year chimes.
rs midnight draws near, and We
watch witch bated breath the last mo-
ments Of tie dying year which pass so
slowly aud 50 solcmnly. how full is the
, he2rt of the listener, and how with
each stroke OF the bell the experiences
OF the departing year come thronging
t. the mind.
The Joys which the year has brought
10 some, The sorrows which IL hat.
brought TO others; the weary burdens
which have been carried by some. or
the help in the carrying OF them which
has come to others; the gladness over
tle birth of dear child, or the bitter
sorrow experienced in laying one away
in the grave; the prosperity which has
. Il. ., Oh =
O. Z. taken another; tie opport lnities
for COOL which have bceu imp owed and
have brought blessing TO many during
( the year just closing, and tie oppor-
iunities unimpro, Cd, and now gone for
overall these and more come throng-
( ing 10 the minds Of thousands claiming
their thought in the last hour OF the
departing year. 1t is not strange,
therefore. tina; as the stroke OF 1a rings
out on the midnight air unusual feel
I ings Of so'cmnity should possess US and
dispel every trivial thought.
Charles Lamb. in one OF his charming
essays, has eNp pressed. in these words, his
sentiments Oh the New Year bells:
"Of All sounds Of all bells-the
music highest bordering upon heaven
most solemn and touching is the peal
which rings out the Old Year. never
hear IL without a gathering up OF my
mind toa Recommendation of all the images
that h We been 1iffused over the past IL
months; all | have done and suffered,
/ performed or neglected, in that re.
GREETED time. begin to know it's worth
as when person dies. 1t takes per.
sonal color"
Ii is indeed relief to the tense nerve.
to hear directly after this solemn peal
the cheerful New Year chimes with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-30

The passing ~ the year is not a
presto. change" but a reminder. a
Kind Of Interrogation point crying:
(Which way? up or down. right or
left?" Inc apostle says: Redeem the
time" not time viii redeem you. The
New Year offers nothing sentimental
ard no guarantee for good resolutions,
but Just three hundred and sixty-five
days Of opportunity. We can be made
good or bad, as we choose. We eau
make the old year lesson Of wisdom
or 4 load Of membranes. And we
can make the New Year old by repeat
ing all the follies of the past, or we can
keep it new from start 10 finish by max
ing ourselves newer and better.-Chi-
capo AlKance.