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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
Old Popular Superstltions .

White specks on the nails are luck.
Whoever reads epitaphs loses his mem
DRY.
To eat when bell is tolling for fun
eral causes toothache.
The growing of hen indicates some
approaching disaster.
When mouse gnaws a gown some
misfortune may be apprehended.
When children play soldiers on the
roadside it forbodes the approach of war,
Beggar's bread SHOULD be given to
children who arc slow in learninp to
speak.
lie who proposes moving into a new
house must send in beforeha1 d bread and
new broom
whoever sneeZes at an earlv hour
elmer hears some news or receives some
present the same day.
Ihe 1lrst tooth cast by a child should
be swallowed 10y the mother to insure
new growth of teeth.
Buttoning the coat awry or drawing on
stocking inside out causes matter to 90
wrong during the day.
When stranger enters room he
should be obliged to seat himself if onlv
tor moment as he otherwise takes away
the children's sleep with him.
The following are omens of death: A
dog scratching on the floor, or bowling in
particular manner, and owls hootine in
the nelghborhood of the house.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
No Fear of Death in DYING.
From the Philadelphia Dispatch.

From the Philadelphia Dispatch
"A striking fact in correction with
the dying is that they are not afraid Of
death. You notice this even in executions
The majority of men who are hanged are
reported to have died "game.''- Dearn
following .diseaeo Or Injury is seldom &C.
companied with fear. Disease dulls the
Intelligence SO that the situation may not
be fully comprehended, or there may be
pain, and death may be looked upon as a
relief. Nature, Oy a kind provision,
seems to prepare for the flight of the
spirit. AS the hold upon life grows
weaker, so does the desire for life grow
less, and in scarcely q single instance
within my experience. or within that of
nv professional brethren with whom
have conversed upon this point, has not
the dying man relinquished life at the
last without seeming reluctance or fear
The several physical phenomena which
accompany the act Of dying vary consid-
erablv in the early stages with the causes
which produce death. There is much
similarity in the latter steps. Death
offers then physiognomy which once
witnessed is not hard to recognize again.
Among the more constant signs are the
failing pulse, which gradually becomes
imperceptible-tirst at the wrist and last
~ at the breast itself the extremitles
grow cold; the countenance changes as
the venous blood courses the arteries the
skin grows clammy as the vessels relax;
the eye glazes; the jaw drops; the fluids
accumulate in the wind pipe. causing the
"death rattle so called, as the air passes
through; the breath comes short and fin
ally ceases. AS the red blood leaves the
brain the judgement become obscure and
the senses deficient. Speech is incoherent.
Many times "last words" are imagined
by affection to mean more than intended
if there was any intention at all ut
grows dark" or more light are common
sayings as the optic nerve loses IT'S
stimulous, or strange sights may be seen
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
That Insurance Case.

Marcus CRlius,' Cicero said to his le
gal friend, meeting him one morning on
the other side CT screen under the CAM
tol, "what shall it be?"
C@lius said he would take q little sniri
tus fumenti optimus, straight, and the
orator. remarking that that was the size
OF his, went on:
Il wish you would get out the necessa.
ry papers some time to-day, and bring
suit tor me against the Yellow Tiber Fire
and Marine Insurance Com any, for the
amount of its policies on nv villa al
Iusculum, and my town house,
N: C@lius looked up in amazement
"Why." he exclaimed, ''when did thew
burn down? And what was it? Accidents
Mob? Some OF Clodius' people?"
"No," Cicero said, they are intact as
yet, and in fact I haven't insured them
yet, but I am going to do so tomorrow.
and want to bring suit against the
Company now, so if ever they should hap
pen to burn I wort have quite so long to
wait for the money"
C@lius saw that the orators head was
level, and brought suit that afternoon.
Eleven years afterward the villa at Tus-
culum and the town house were both de-
stroyed by fire. The suit had by that
time been in five different courts and had
been confirmed and reversed and remand.
ca. and referred to the master to take
proof, and stricken from the docket. and
rebutted, and surrebutted, and implead-
ed, and rejoined, and filed, and quashed,
and continued, until nobody knew what
1t was about, and Cicero was notified.
three weeks after the fire, that he would
have to prove wilful and long continued
absence ald neglect, as he could not oct
decree simply on grounds Of incom pat
Utility OF temperament. And when he
went to the secretary of the company,
that official told him the company didn't
know any thing about the fire, and had
no time to attend to such things. The
company's business, the secretary said.
was to insure houses, not to run around
to tires. asking about the insurance. IF
he wanted any information On those
points, he would have to ask the firemen
or the newspaper reporters.
The more man reads in these old
the more he is convinced that
the insurance business in the DAYS of the
orators was great deal more like it is
;o-day -Haaoheye.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
French and English Girls.

faIls correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
cure is supreme to face in Paris. a
g1fl minus the one and plus the other is
lost 10 all hopes OF a bon p0,ti, be her dot
ever SO great. No, l withdraw the dot.
Tor modern Frenchman will marry even
race with dot, and throw IN his coronet
as make-weight for an absence of
flnlclai figure. The young ladies are not
pert or self asserting, as I know them to
be In other places outside of France
They are not bred to clutching wildly
at every straw on the whirlpool Of admir-.
alton. II they are, they hide it admirably.
She makes her character and person to be-
sought. She does not boldly 90 into the
matrimonial market seeking whom she
may devour. The mothers do all this.
good dears that they are You dance at
q ball with young lady and find her
companionable. She is not walking
match, muscular contestant in beefy.
bolsterous health, like your young English
grill mean the UNEMPLOYMENT lders of
Brltaln.-for under that age there they are
suggestive only for the nursery and bread
and butter odors. To go to ball simply
t" dance and indulge in motion is reduc
ing IL 10 mere gymnasium. Interchange
OF ideas and wa obtain with the
Partisan young lady, and you may talk
py tie hour without fear OF being referred
TO mamma or summoned for breach of
promise, as you are in England nova
days. The Paris young lady not only
talks, but does SO we'll. She dances divine.
~ and is not found spending most of her
time IN the supper-room. examining her
sell with outlets and sherry, and in per-
petual defense of her hunger, with thous-
ands OF excuses from a tight shoe to the
"iancers.' | have known more English
girls driven into starvation by the slan-
GERS" than by total abstinence for day.
why not De honest, and, as Dean Swift.
said about the brandy and water, saw Won
like it," There is no logical relation
between tight shoes or dancers" and
ham sandwiches and champagne, that I
can clearly define. No, cram is the cause.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31

not have 81 in the treasury. He deter
mined to go ahead with the building, and
therefore began to pray. He PRAYED one
day, two days, five days, and still no
money came in. He prayed still trust
fully fifteen days, thirty DAYS, and not a
single penny came.
On the thirty-fourth day the first do
nation of $4,000 came in, and he wasn't
at all excited. laughter.] He had great
faith, which had been strengthened by
exercise. At first he could trust God for
70, afterwards Tor $40, afterwards for
500, afterwards for 81 900, and now he
could trust God for 100000 He re-
peated that he wouldn't have been xeited
at receiving $4,000 instead Of $4,000 at
that time. The money came in rapidly.
and in few months he had enough mon .
ey to commence building, but he did not
put his signature to the contract until
there was enough to pay for the whole
building, Yet strange circumstance
was that while there was $4,000 or
$4,000 in the bank to the credit of the
building fund, the orphans were often
suffering tor breakfast, yet he never
touched cent Of the fund. If he had
done SO the first time his spiritual Their
mometer would have gone down ten de-
grees, and ten degrees erery time after
wards.
inc house was opened soon afterwards
and filed, and there were still applica-
tons and he did not know what to do
Then he prayed, and finally started in to
build another asylum for 700 orphans. I1
four or five years two more houses were
completed, and there was room for 1000
orphans. and that too, though the first
house had cost $4,000. Then there
were more orphans waiting and he six
years later had built two more houses
costing 100000. These asvlums were
near together and were like a little town.
These five houses had 1,7O0 windows
larger then those of Far we'll Hall, There
were generally from 500 to 600 en- hand.
Inc children were only those who had
been bcreft of both parents, and aaother
condition was that they must have been
lawfully begotten; and still another con
dltlon was that they must be destitute.
when these conditions were fulfilled no
child was refused from any part OF the
world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
In the Same Boat,
From the Boston Bulletin.

FROM the Boston Bulletin.
The Clergyman at church near one
OF our popular summer resorts, who used
to have strangers within his gates" at
nearly every service during the season.
was quite pleased to notice the regular
attendance every Sunday for several
weeks of a native of the place who has
not enjoyed the best reputation, and was
pluming himself upon having saved
another brand" ETC., when the
man suddenly ceased his attendance.
Meeting him few weeks after, the min
lister hailed with "Ah, Thomas, I haven't
seen you at church for a fortnight"
,"No.' said Thomas, 1.-THE people I drove
for have gone home" 'sThe people YOU
drove for?' "Yes, sir. You see was
hired to drive 'em over here from the
hotel 1.-TWO miles away every Sunday,
and now they are gone, I've lost my job"
"Ah9" said the parson sarcastica]ly,
"then you are one of the men that do
not go to church unless you are paid for
it, are you9" 'Certainly, sir, and you are
another, amt you! You don't go unless
you are paid for it, do ye, sir2" The
had to confess that in that re-
spect he and Thomas were in the same
boat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
My Hand-in-Hand COMMUNION.

: Z
To the old home farm returning,
Mid the April evening glooms,
/ kiss the faces that knew me,
And turn to the vacant rooms.
The scenes OF my long past childhood
The doors that open recall,
The blOssOming windows of summer,
4 The fruit-laden orchards of fall.
I go to the tenantless chamber;
The moon glimmcrs over the caves,
And light as in years long vanished,
In the latticed window leaves.
And. in fancy, nights yiewless angel
Goes by with q muffled tread,
AS gaze with an answerless longing
On the little ones empty bed
There were little blue eyes that forever
Have vanished from my sight;
heart OF affection that never
Wal! throb on my own with delight.
l shall never again kncel belide him,
shall pray in the silence instead.
Fall gently, o dews. in the graveyard,
Where the green myrtles cover his bed.
Ny hand hand companion,
That the years will never restore,
The little lost hand meath the MOSES
3. Will lock IN my fingers no more!
AZ the moonlight all white is the pillow
3. Where rested a curl-circled head,
And the April winds sigh through the willow
That waves DER the little ones bed
@ dear little lips that no longer
In love will be lifted to mine!
q dear little arms that grew stronger,
Ny neck in their ring to entwine!
Each place, gentle heart, where loved thee,
Is sprinkled with tears have shed,
And the glow of lost years of affection
Come back as I gaze on thy bed.
think Of the gardens immortal,
And seem in vision to see ~
A little hand open the portal @ r
A mighty hand closes to me,
know he is safe with our Father, BE-
And turn from the thought OF the dead,
And see in my faith but pillow
Where an angel once rested its head.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31
Companions on the Road.

Life's milestones, marking year on year,
Pass ever swiiter as we near
The final goal, the silent end
10 which our fated footsteps tend
A year once seemed a century,
Now like day it hurries by,
And doubts and fears our hearts Cypress,
And all the way is WEAKNESS.
All me! how glad and gay we were,
Youths sap in all our veins ustir,
When long ago with spirits high,
A happy careless company.
We started forth, when everything
Wore the green glory of the Spring,
and all the fair wide world was ours,
10 gather as we would its flowers!
Then, Life almost eternal seemed,
And Death a dream so vaguely dreamed,
That IN the distance scarce it threw
cloud-shade on the mountains blue,
That rose before us soft and fair,
Clothed in ideal hues OF air,
TO which we meant in after time
Strong in our manhood's strength, to climb
How all has changed! Years have gone by
And of that joyous company
With whom our youth first journeyed on,
Who-who are left? Alas, not one!
Love earliest loitered on the way,
Then turned his face and shipped away;
And after him with footsteps light
The tickle Graces took their flight,
And all the careless joys that lent
Their revelry and merriment
Grew, silenter, and ere we knew,
Had smiled their last and said "adieu~
Hope fa]tering then with doubtful mind,
Began to turn and look behind,
And we, half questioning, We're fain
TO follow with her back again;
But fate still urged us on our way
And would not let us pause or stay,
Then to our side with plaintive eye,
In place OF Hope came Memory,
And murmured of the Past, and told
Dear stories of the days of old,
Until its very drOss seemed gold,
And friendship took the place Of Loye,
And stroVe IN vain to us to prove
That love was light and insincere-
Not worth mans regretful tear.
All! all in vain-grant twas cheat,
Yet no voice ever was so sweet
No presence like to Loves who threw
Enchantment over all we knew;
And still we listen with sigh,
We gaze to catch a glimpse again
Of that dear place-but all in vain.
Preach not, O stern Philosophy!
Nought we can have, and nought we see,
viii ever be so pure, so glad,
SO beautiful, as what we had
Our steps are sad-our steps are slow
Nothing is like the long ago,
Gone is the keen, intense delight
The perfume faint and exquisite
The glory and the effluence
That haloed the enraptured sense,
When Faith and Love were at our side,
And common Life was deifed
Our shadows that we used to throw
Behind us, now before us grow;
For on e we walked toward the sun,
But now, Life's full meridian done,
They change, and in their chill we move,
Further away from Faith and Love.
A chill is in the air-no more
Our thoughts with joyous impulse soar,
But creep along the level way,
Waiting the closing of the day.
The future holds no wondrous prize
This side Deaths awful mysteries;
Beyond what waits for us, who knows?
New Life, or infinite repose?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31

everybody, and, during the excitement.
the colonel Slipped out quietly, and open.
ed the door OF the stage. The old lady
started and cried:
s'1eorge!'
And the colonel jumped into the stage,
and put his arm tenderly about the
trembling form Of the old lady, exclaim-
ing:
'Motherl' BRET HARrE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31

She asked the clerk if he was positive
thoroughly convinced the eggs were
feesh. 20, yes, said the young philoso-
pher. II know they are; why, the farmer
said none of the hens were more than a
year Old" She bought pasketful on the
spot.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-31

and sounds heard, as occurs sometimes
IN the still twilight. The hallucinations
OF the dying may be often explained
upon natural causes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02

the eye as part upon which it was ex-
pedient to infict a violent blow by way
OF moral education, but there is apparent
iy no end to the numbers who select an
organ upon which violence is liable TO be
attended which more dangerous results.
FOR not only is deafness caused by "box-
es, which rupture Gas, they continually
do) the drum Of the ear, but the infam-
nation of the internal cavity, which is SO
frequent result, may be followed by
disease OF the bone, giving rise to, abcess
OF the brain, and having q fatal teImina-
ton. Medical men alone can be fully
aware how fruitful a source of suffering
and danger is represented by a box upon
the ear. There are, for exailiple under
observation at the present moment two
schoolboys who have been the victims of
such an assault. Surely, the schooImast-
er ought to have learned, longYe ere this.
the danger Of a mode of personal -chas-
tlsement that has apparently usurped the
place of others, which were not attended
with an equal amount Of peril.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02
CASUALTIES.

An earthquake at Monte Falco, in the
province of Umbria has rendered 14s houses
unlnhabitable. @@s
A fire at Battle Creek, Mich, on the
Oath inst, destroyed Osgoods & Chapin's jew
elry store. Loss $4,000; fully insured.
There is decided abate ment of the
yellow fever ravages in the large cities, but
the pestllence is extending more into the
country towns s
By the late violent storm the damage
done in the city of Chicago is estimated to
amount to between three and four hundred
thousand dollars. .-. .s.,ps -. ....A..
The loss of the Missouri car company,
by the recent fire at st. Louis, was s15O,0OO
and 100000; insured for $4,000, but the
names Of the companies not yet ascertained
Loss of the Ohio d Mississippi building esti-
mated at $25,000; Insurance unknown
A New York dispatch of the 9th says
All the Pennsylvania railroad buildings, de-
pots, engines and offices are heavily draped
in mourning to-day for their dead superinte1l.
dent, Geo. W. Parker, and many public build
ings in Jersey City bear witness to the gen
eral sorrow and respect. .,s,. .v. ....,
Five Of the eight members of the Con-
gressional committee appointed to examine
Indian affairs and report on the advisability
OF transferring the Indian bureau to the wal
department met at the Lindell hotel st
Louis, Mo, on the 25th of Sept, and had &
secret session. There were present Senators
Saunders, chairman, and McCrary, and Repre-
|. sentatiyes Boone and Secretary Flanagan,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02
ENGLISH GRAIN,
Crop Generally Haryested--Yield Fairly
Good but Quality Unsatisfactory-Am
lean Offerings Liberal-Prices Iowar

Crop Generally Haryested--Yield Fa;,.1v
Good but Quality Observation-Disclosures
lean Offerings Laboratories Lower.
LONDON, Sept. 24,--The Mark Lane Erpyess
says: Cool weather during the past week, with
intermediate showers which told unfayorably
upon the condition of the new wheat, but rot,
TO a serious extent has impeded in the gather
ing OF cereal CROPS in later districts The har-
vest Is now PRACTICAL ended, except in Scot
land and certain northern localities. Wheat
has yielded fairly well, as far as can be seen.
but dry weather is now desirable The bulk Of
the grain has been secured in Scotland. 'put
some quantity is outlying, and it is considered
that although somewhat deficient in straw the
crops are generally better than last wear.
lhe markets are now beginning. to be we'll
supplied With new wheat but the damp and
sprouted state Of offerings has had depress-
ing effect on trade. The pressing need of
farmers was doubtless the cause of SO much in
ferior grain being thrown on the markets, but
with the present low values it is probable that
all who can afford to will withhold their pro-
duct until it is in sufficiently saleable condi-
tion. ass 5#l@ IA -.
Arrivals of floating cargoes at ports Of call
nave peen moderate, with very little demand
Tor Wheat, owing chiefly to continued large
shipments from America, coupled with liberal
supplies OF home grown at all our own markets,
friees paid for arrived cargoes have shown a
decline OF slxpence per quarter. Maize has
also gwen way about sixpepce per quarter,
with very little demand for shipment. Cargoes
from America continue to arrive in an uusatis-
factory state Barley dull at about late rates.
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"A ssOOu maker.

II The Michigae, Farmer gives the record
Of a COW owned by John Heath, near Te-
konsha, Mica, three-quarters short-horn,
and one quarter Devon, the daily yield
being in pounds. The COW calyed in
March, and was MIXED three times a
day The record is as follows MAY /.
$3.50, s.; I'D, 55:4th,, IS IL; 9th, 90 81;
9Th, 60 1-2; 7th 60 ID; 9Th, 65 IA !. 9th,
IS "a; 10th, 6231-4, ii, Cd 1sth, So;
18th, ss63 Ia; 14th, 65i15th, Sd 10th, So
d 18th, IS; 18th, 81 IL; 10Th, so; Goth, 81 !;
#21st, IS q, .22nd. 60; e3rd, 90 1-2; oath,
% ;s5th, 60; Goth, SO; 9th, 50 4; 2slh
So; 10th, 5S;; 30th, 81; 31st, SO; june
81; I'd, So ID; total, 2,O16 IA.