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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

AT the Educational Association IL
ST. Paul this week, the plan was pro-
posed of electing the county superln-
tendent by a convention of two dele
gates from each school district. NOW
whv not go farther and create a
county school board of, say, one re
vresentative of each countyschool dis
trict-independent districts not to be
represented. Then let this county
hoard choose a superintendent from
among educators from anywhere and
also attend to any other matters OF
common interest to the country
schools suchas recommending courses
Of study and text books, and estab-
fishing township high schools. Let
this board have in so far as applicable
the powers of the city school board,
turn in its own estimates of expenses
thus taxing only the country for the
country schools) and likewise make
the disbursement for the common ex-
penses of the county schools. By
some such plan as this. defects in the
present system can be overcome and
the efficiency of the schools material
" bettered.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31
CAPT. WILLIAM L. MERRY.

A great deal of interest centers
around Nicaragua and the recently
collapsed Greater Republic OF
Central America" Especially is the
country prominent in present day at
fairs because of the possibility of the
early pushing of the Nicaraguan
canal project. In connection with
the collapse of the republic, and the
canal possibilities, Captain William l.
Merry, minister from the United
States to that country, is a parsonage
of great interest to the people Of
America. Captain Merry is a retired
sea captain and a resident of San
Francisco, California. His appoint
ment as minister to the Central
American country was not regarded
favorably by tho government there,
as he hadpreviously been consul gen
eral from Nicaragua to the United
States, and they objected to reversing
such relation. Captain Merry is a
native of New York, but went to Cal
ifornia in 1850, and is a pioneer of
the Golden State. For years he was
a captain in the employ of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co., and later lead
ing business man Of San Francisco.
His appointment as minister to the
Central American countries is
thought to have been made because
of his strong advocacy Of the Near
aqua canal.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

EDITOR MILLS, of the Montevideo
Commercial, has come forward with
an exhibition of backbone which is
commendable. In the course of an
editorial on political Independence
h. comes out squarely against the
Observation-Disclosures of the campaign
committee which are given such VIDE
publicity by the county press. Dur
ing every campaign, the state com
mlt,ees of both parties send out IN
stereotype plates to the country
press two or three columns week OF
campaign matter. The fact the
papers are expected to publish this
free of charge mig bit pass unnoticed
If the matter we're such as to be de-
sirabIe. But ordinarily it is made up
of statements and arguments which
no reputable country editor cares to
father. Yet to most of his readers,
this matter is supposed to be the ed
itor's own. The TRIBUNE published
somA of this matter during the past
cam paign-cuttings some which was
very undesirable but hereafter
we will emulate Brother Mills, of the
Commercial, and carefully deposit
such matter in an obscure corner of
the Office as soon as received.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

Many unqualified statements are
oItea made by unlmformed persons
and papers regarding the mortality
of football. On this topic no one is
better qualified to speak than Casper
Whitney, of Harpers Weekly. In re-
ply % letter of inquiry from the ed
itor of The TRIBUNE. he says:
.'rhe only authentic compilation
touching on the results of football
PLAYING, is to be found in Walter
Camp's Facts and Figures" pub
I-ael by this house. Harper &
B
livery year some of the yellow
j." nals get up long list OF acct
d ..t- aud deaths alleged to have
been caused by football playing.
Blu these are very untrustWofthy.
Ny own personal investigation this
Sc r, which has covered the entire
Uned States, convinces me that &C
cid nts are growing less annually.
~ hen you take into consideration
the number of men who play football
serious accidents are hardly worth
con~ld4ring,-so few are they. The
lesseuing of the minor accidents,
such as twisted knees, lame shoulders,
and occasional broken arms and
ankles, is due to better preparation
for the game.
"Yours truly,
''CAsPAR WHITNEY"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
Silk Without SiIkwOrmS==An UnCOn-
quered African - Rubber From
Fish Waste 50 Unframed Sight.
COIOred GIas ses For SeaSickneSs.
Photography in the Dark--Ef-
fects of Magnets CuriOusly Inli-
tated.

Artificial silk manufacture has
made rapid progress, three successful
kinds having been described the
other day by Prof. Hummel in a
technical lecture at Leeds. 1.-THE
first is made from collodion, or gun
cotton dissolved in alcohol and ether,
which is forced through fine capil-
larry tubes and dried. Tnfammability
is removed by special treatment.
Though the fiber has high luster, it
is lacking in strength and elasticity,
and is not readily dyed, yet is is be-
ing extensively manufactured in
France and Italy. ''Vanduaia" is a
cheaper artificial silk, made from glue.
The solution exudes as fine threads
from series of nipples, and these
are dried on a travelling band and
wound on bobbin. The machines
are automatic, enabling one man in
ten hours to produce 100000 yards of
thread, equivalent to the yield of
$4,000 cocoons. The thread is made
waterproof by formaldehyde, is dyed
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31
SATURDAY, DEcEnBER 81, 1898

SOME of the exchanges are adVocat-
ing the importation of q successor TO
Judge Brown. This is an attack
upon the ability of resident attorneys
that should be refuted by every voter
Of the district. Herman Entersrise.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

The Ortonville Herald Star wants
to get the name of F. L. Cliff into
the judgeship contest before the
forms are closed, and from what the
Herald Star says, Mr.. Cleft would
make a likely Judge except that"there
are others!Y'
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

visual idea of distance or of shape,
and have been utterly bewildered by
their strange sensation. One man be-
came completely helpless in streets
where he had walked without difficult
tY while blind. 1t is concluded that
man must learn to see as he learns to
walk, the eye requiring great practice,
and that persons blind from birth.can
have utterly no conception of the
outer worlds appearance.
f.
A specific for seasickness has been
suggested by Epsteins studies on the
influence of color on blood circula-
ton. Seasickness results from lack of
blood in the brain, while red causes a
rush of blood to the head, and the
troublesome malady is cured by look
ing through red spectacles, the effect
being aided by internal doses of calo-
mel.
j.
BecqueraPs discovery of the photo
graphic action of uranium in the
dark has been followed by some in
teresting experiments whose results
were described by DR.. W. j. Russell
at late meeting of the Royal Photo
graphic Society. It appears that all
uranium salts have this property, not
only as solids but also in solution,
and that the substances are quite as
active after being kept two years in
the dark as at first. Other materials
affect the sensitive plate with the
striking difference, however, that
their action, unlike that of uranium,
does not take place through glass.
Printing ink acts upon the plate, no4
only when in contact but also at
distance, and the property is long re-
tanned, as was demonstrated by re-
producing pages from books printed
in 1902 and 1641. The effects of diff
ferent printing inks vary greatly be-
ing evidently due the drying oil con-
tanned. Other vegetable oils have a |
ike action, animal oils slighter effect |
and mineral oils are quite inactive. |
Turr entine and the turpens, as we'll |
Is all the essential oils of commerce.
which contain turpens, are active. AL
,ohol and ether, when pure, are not
active, and this affords means of
testing their purity. Deal, spruce,
oak and mahogany give sharp and
accurate impressions of their grain,
wen after they have dried for scores
# years. Magnesium is the most
Ictive of the metals, being followed in
'rder by cadmium, zinc, nickel, .alu-
ninium, lead, bismuth, tin, cobalt
md anthony. Pure mercury is in
.ctive, although SO slight an impurity
# zinc as 1900 OF one per cent.
makes it exceedingly active. DR..
Russell is inclined to favor the theory
hat these effects are due to peroxide
# hydrogen, and shows that, at all
vents, it's action is similar and still
pparent with a solution of | part in
100000 of water.
i
In the curious experiment of M. Oh.
Veyher, the properties of magnets
re reproduced by combinations vor-
ices, in air or water. Two bars re-
the magnets have each
,ooden axis, upon which are fastened
aper vanes along it's whole length;
nd when the bars are rotated they
tract or repel each other according
s the directions of rotation are the
anne or opposite. The neutral zone
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

readily, and is useful for mixture
with other fibers, but is itself defc-
lent in strength. A cheap and strong
artificial silk is made from mercer
lied" cotton, or cotton treated with
strong caustic soda. This product
is stronger than the original fiber,
with greater affinity for coloring mat
ter, but hitherto has failed on the ac-
count of shrinkage. This defect hav-
ing been completely removed by
"mercerizing" the cotton fabric I'M
der high tension, the material is now
being made in large quantities.
The bite of the Tsetse fly, so deadly
to the horse, OK and dog, has been
found by a committee of the British
Royal Society to affect other Great
ures as we'll. No remedy has yet been
found. This little insect is playing
a surprising part in the worlds de-
velopement, as although man is
strangely immune to the poison,
large districts in Africa, notably the
Limpopo and Zambesi valleys, must
remain uninhabitable until the pest
is destroyed,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

One of the rarest of surgical tri-
umphs has been the giving of sight to
persons who have been blind until
maturity, only about eighteen sue
cessful operations of this kind having
been known, and : third of these be-
ing credited to a single specialist, DIR.
Louis Fialla of Bucharest. A Ger
man writer has noted how these
persons have learned to see. On be-
ing given vision, they have had to be-
come accustomed to light gradually,
have been unable to recognize fami-
liar object except by touch, have
known nothing of colors, have had no
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-31

An International Scientific Associa-
ton, representing the chief scientific
academies and societies of the world,
is favored by Lord Lister and is be-
ing considered by the Paris Acade-
my.
Though oil-making from fish
refuse has failed in France, fish guano
has been made in England to yield
heavy oil, costing somewhat over 500
a ton, that is of especial interest on &C
count of its electrical insulating
qualities. Many applications are be-
ing found for this oil, 1t can be
compressed into slabs for dYnamos,
transformers and switch boards, and
has been made into pulleys, wagon
wheel, railroad ties, coach bodies
and even works of art. Neither
nor dampness affect it.
Fibres impregnated with the oil may
be made to supply an excellent sub
stitute for hard rubber; and N
notes that with ozonization
of the Oil, as practiced during the
last few months, even more may be
expected. Ozone improves the fish oil
in color, fuiditv and odor. It may
also be made to change them into a
semi-fuid condition, and gives pro-
mise of converting a cheap material
into a product of much value where
durability, impermeability and great |
electrical resistance are important.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
CIexer Adxerfisinr.

II is a well-known fact that most Of
the circulars sent to the busy men now
adays are consigned Immediately to the
waste basket, without so much as a
hasty perusal. An English firm, real
izing this. got around the difficulty by
printing the following on the envelope:
Caution. Remove the envelope care
fully and exercise still greater care in
handling the Enclosed circular. Don't
throw it in the waste basket OF give it
to the servant to light the fires with, as
the most disastrous results will follow,
inasmuch as the circular is dipped in a
solution Of dynamite, the most powerful
explosive known. Hang it up in a
cool, dry place, and after few days
exposure its dangerous properties will
disappear, and it can be burned like
any other circular" Then at the
lower end Of the envelope was printed:
IN. B.-Most firms do their heavy
lying in the circulars; we alone do all
ours on the envelope."'
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
NEW TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT.
Can Be strapped to the Ears Like a
Telephone Receiver.

A new telegraph instrument, known
as "Morse watch" has been put on
the market. Outwardly it looks like
an ordinary tlmepiece. but In reality 1t
Is transmitting and receiving tele-
graph instrument, key and soundcr,
inclosed In an ordinary watchcase.
This type of instrument, says Elec-
tricity, is known to the telegraph craft
under the general title of secret sound
err" The Morse watch ia 50 construct
ed that the click of the instrument can
be adjusted loud enough to be heard In
any part of a comparatively large room,
or be adjusted to a point where the
click Is inaudible unless the instrument
Is held In contact with the ear.
The Morse watch Is accompanied
with a suitable flexible head band 10
fasten the instrument In place on the
head over the ear, leaving both hands
free for transcribing messages or other
work. 1t also has very neat silk con-
Quoting cord, with specially designed
terminals, so that the instrument can
be conveniently and quickly attached
to or disconnected from the ordinary
instrument of telegraph line.
The employment Of the art Of tele
graphing has so far developed at the
present time that the telegraph opera
tor Is found in one corner Of many
brokers' as well as newspaper offices.
police stations, etc, and in such places
1t Is desired to maintain for the transac-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
s1OO REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased TO
earn that there is at least one dreaded disease
ihat science has been able to cure in all It's
stages, and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being n constitutional die.
ease, requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken informally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system thereby destroying the founda-
ton of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing is work. The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in it's curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that Ii fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F.J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
As n Brother.

A certain curate was of a painfully
nervous temperament, and, in conse-
quence. was constantly making awk-
ward remarks-intended as compli-
ments-to the bishop and others. Hav-
ing distinguished himself in an unusual
degree during the gathering of clergy to
an afternoon tea at the bishops palace,
he was taken to task for his fsilings by
a senior ourate, who was one of his
companions on the way home.
Look here. Bruce" said the senior,
decidedly, "you are donkey Why
cannot you keep quiet, instead Of max
ing your asinine remarks? am speak
ing to you now as BROTHER"
Loud laughter interrupted him at
this point, and for the moment he WON
dered why. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

The Empress Eugene is still at
Farnsborough and though in fairly good
health rarely walks at all except in her
garden and with the aid of crutch.
A woman grave-digger has been dis
covered by the Southern press. She is
Mrs. Elizabeth Donnell Mabel, and has
charge of a cemetery near New Orleans.
Mrs. E. A. Bennett, OF Lahore, N.
D.. has an Angora Cat farm, and says
she cannot raise enough cats to supply
the demand, which is principally from
the East.
Miss Otello Cromwell, a daughter of
professor in the Howard university
at Washington, who is member Of
the freshman class of Smiths college,
Massachusetts,, is the first colorsd girl
to enter that institution. She stands
high in scholarship, and expects to GOV.
or fonr-years' course in two years.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
Gououhfalltiea.

A Missouri man filed as an answer to
his wife's suit for divorce an agreement
signed by both "to disband.
Mr.. Woodruff, the New York man
who has accumulated so wives. simply
makes Chicago's Bates Gates, of seven
wife notoriety, look small.
II have always had desire to go on
the stage" says the st. Louis young
woman who was married last Saturday.
and is now seeking DIVORCE. She not
only wants to go on the stage, but she
wants to begin as a star.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS,
Se1f-Adjusting Rack-Saw Guard to
Protect Workmen,

ing rough timber, unlike accidents with
ordinary saw benches, are chiefly due
TO workmen stumbling or slipping
while moving the logs, and fall onto
the saw teeth leads to fearful conse-
quences. The rack-saw guard depicted
I'm the illustration Is an English device
to prevent accidents of this kind, and
as the guard is self-sustaining and Is
adjustable by touch of the hand,
while at the same time 1t presents no
obstacle to the action of the sawyer,
1t will doubtless be welcomed by work.
men. A standard secured at the side
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

ton Of other business as much quiet as
possible. The Morse watch secures
that end by permitting the telegraphing
to go on to all intents and purposes In
perfect silence.
Probably the most important use,
however, that the Morse watch will
serve Is In connection with the military
talegraphs and all offices where abso-
lutte secrecy is one of the first require
mentS.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
PERIODS OF PAIN.

Menstruation, the balance wheel Of
woman's life. is also the bane of exist
ence TO many because 1t means time of
great suffering.
While no woman is entirely free from
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

ence. 1t relieves the condition that pro-
duces so much discomfort and robs men.
situation of it's terrors. Here is proof:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-How can !
thank you enough for what you have
done for mep When wrote to you
was suffering untold pain at time OF
menstruation; was nervous, had head
ache all the time. no appetite, that tired
feeling. and did not care for anything,
l have taken three bottles of Lydia Z.
Pinaham's Vegetable Compound. one
OF Blood Purifier, two boxes cot Liver
Pills, and to-day ] am a we'll person l
would like to have those who suffer
know that am one of the many who
have been cured of female complaints
by your wonderful medicine and advice.
Miss JENNIE r MILES. Leon, Wis.
Ifyou are suffering In this way, write
as Miss Miles did TO Mrs Pinkham at
Lynn. Mass. for the advice which she
offers free of charge to all women.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
The New Frank Leslie's Popuia
Monthly.
Popular

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
November is the initial number in the
new and improved form of this long
time favorite illustrated family maya.
zine, with a handsome cover in colors
and gold. Its price is reduced to ten
cents, one dollar per annum. This is
unquestionably wise and popular
move on the part of the publishers;
and the return of Mrs. Frank Leslie to
the editorship of the magazine assures
for it future as brilliant as its past
has been prosperous.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
Hoods Sarsapa rilIa


Jones-Our minister is apt to take
an original view of any subject. He
is to preach next Sunday on the para
BILE of the prodigal son.
Smith, don't see how he is going
to say anything new about that.
Jones-You can't tell. He may
make his sermon an expression Of sym
pathy for the fatted calf.-New York
journal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
The Kaiser's Tour.

The Kaiser's Pilgrimage to the Holy
Land has prominent place in the Issue
of Golfers Weekly for November 8.
There are interesting pictures Of the
scenes of the emperor's tour, including
one representing the women gathering
stones to repair the roads before the
emperor's arrival.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
The "am.r,can Boy" p.,.I..h,r.

Every American hopes our school boys
will succeed in their efforts to raise 81 co.,
600 to be used in building battleship. IL
costs great sums to build a warship. bus
you can build up your health with Hostel
ter's Stomach Btters at small expense.
This remedy is for all stomach, liver and
bowel disorders.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

Of the bed carries an arm adjustable
vertically to suit saws of different d.
ameters. On the extremity Of the arm
a socket Is fixed, to which a pair of
dished steel wings are Independently
pivoted, and these wings are supported
by CONFERENCE.-The on chains passed
over pulleys fixed to a beam overhead.
The action Of these wings is so appar-
ent In the engraving. and the construc-
ton Is so simple, that no further ex-
PLANTATION Is necessary.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
RoohdaIe,s Many Churches.

The town in England best provided
with places OF worship is the ancient
one of Rochdale, where there are lac
churches and uahpels. Fifty belong tc
the Church Of England and 95 to the
Nonconformists.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
Didn't Get Her share

Mrs. Newcombe Gas she puts down
the family paper, fondly to her hus-
band)-Oh, Herbert, il I conld only
read such a lovely obituary notice in
the paper about you as I've just read
about man down in Pttston. Some
how, blessings seem to me to be awful
" unevenly divided NOWADAYS. Judge.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

Sit down and cool of suddenly, and
then regret it. for stiffness and soreness
is bound to follow. Follow it up with
st. Jacobs Oil and you will have nothing
to regret from n prompt cure.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

From China S450,OO0 worth of
human hair is exported annually. 1t
comes mostly from the heads Of male
factors, paupers and dead people.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17
Seems to Get Rtpe.

One complaint seems to get ripe in
autumn. and that is neuralgia. To
soothe the pain, strengthen the nerves
and rid the system of it, use St. Jacobs
Oil, the best known cure.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

When coming to San Francisco go to
Brooklyn Hotel, 2OS-2l2 Bush street.
American or European plan, Room and
board $l.00 to 81 so per day rooms so cents
to $l.00 per day; single meals IS cents.
Free coach. Chas Montgomery.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-17

If you want the best wind mill, pumps,
tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes
boilers, engines, or general machinery, see
or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon.