Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-04-20
May Die From Hiccoughinq.

Ithaca, N. Y, April 19.-James Love.
less of this city is lying critically i'll
at the local hospital from a continued
attack Of hiccoughing and an opera
ton will be performed in d desperate
attempt to save his life For sixteen
days he has hiccoughed necessarily
and every known remedy for the dis
ease has been tried unsuccessfully.
Cautious.
In the village of Poitou a woman
fell into a trance. After the Poitevin
custom, she was wrapped in sheet
to be carried to the cemetery, but as
the procession was passing through a
narrow road a thorn Of the wayside
pierced the sheet, wounded her so that
the blood flowed, and she awoke.
Fourteen years later the woman really
died and again was borne toward the
grave. AS the procession passed
through the narrow road the husband
called: mot so near the hedge, friends!
Not so near the hedge!-St. James
Gazette.
The Elephants Sleep.
One Of many mysteries connected
with the elephant is that his huge body
needs less sleep than anything else that
lives. Four or five hours in the night
subjective just before midnight, lying
down on one side; two just after l
O'clock lying down on the other. The
rest Of the silent hours are filed with
eating and fdgeting and long grum-
bling loquies.-Kipling's Mott Guj,
Mutineer."
The Barber In India.
The barber is a very important per-
son in India, where every man is oblig-
ed to shave and forbidden by his re-
ligion to do the work himself. The
barber has an official appointment in
the Hindoo village, with an endow-
ment of land to support its dignity and
vested right to the shaving Of it's in
habitants, which can be prohibited by
legal injunction in case Of infringe
ment.-Times of India.
Peru, before the conquest by Spain,
was a curious example Of socialism.
After the government and priesthood
had been paid all the rest Of the money
was divided equally among the people.
Consequently poverty was regarded as
a crime, and those who would not
work had to starve.
The word 'shire" comes from the
''scyran,'' to cut off. Con-
sequently English counties which have
the affix shire such as Derbyshire,
ETC., were once parts Of
larger territories. Kent, Essex, ETC.,
still retain their ancient boundaries.
Pearson's Weekly
Little Johnny I'm cemetery)-say,
paw, why didn't the man who is
buried here go to heaven?
Paw-Perhaps he did, my son.
Little Johnuy-But it says on his
tombstone Peace to his ashes,' and it
must be a hot place where there's
ashes.-Chicago Daily News.
James InornDurg, mentioned IN the
English scientific publications early in
the nineteenth century, was one OF
family of seven children, each of whom
had six fingers on each hand and six
toes on each foot. 1t is stated that his
mother and grandmother were similar
" endowed.
The Spanish milk man or maid, as
the case may be, has no chance to
impose upon the customer. When the
milk is delivered, it Is literally in bulk.
The milkman drives around his flock
Of goats to each customers house, as
certains how much milk is needed, sits
down and draws the requisite amount.
A fea's strength is amazing. 1t can
pull 1893 times it's own weight. To
open an oyster force equal to 1900
times it's own weight is necessary.