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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
A Noble Woman,

A five dollar note would be an extraya-
giant price to pay for her establishment
and all it contains, but if heroic woman
hood ever found embodiment in human
shape, it can be seen nightly upon ST..
Charles street, just below the Academy
OF Music. A week ago Grandma Wilson
was in Memphis, battling pestilence by
her tireless vigilence. Hailed by ter:
ror-stricken community as their guard
ian angel, Elizabeth, in the zenith of her
splendor, could not have commanded the
adulation which spontaneously went
forth to that plain old woman. For
thirty eight days and nights during the
frighful harvest of death at Grenada
those withered hands were often the only
ones to soothe the burning brow or close
dying eyes. To her tender Gale were
committed their children by diving pa
rents. Appointed by the divine man
dates OF gratitude universal executrix
and administrative, in that season of
deadly peril and death, the confidential,
friend OF the highest, she now sells pea
nuts on st. Charles street. She did so
before, and were another epidemic to
carry desolation into thousand homes.
after another heroic battle will: disease
would do so again; but is Cincinnatus re-
turned to his pillow much more heroic
than Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson returned
from the devastation Of Grenada, Grand
junction and Memphis to her peanut
stand2 Mrs. Wilson was a faithful nurse
mere in 1887. During the epidemic of
1893 she was on duty the entire summer.
IN 1850 she devoted her time to the suf-
fcrers OF Norfolk. Another year she visi-
TED Savannah, and, in short, for forty
years this noble woman has flown to the
aid Al, OF the sick and suffering the moment
she heard of their needs. There is a seat
above for her among the best of Gods
Orleans Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
The Liberal Stranger.

red-nosed stranger shuff1ed into a
aloon yesterday evening whereta crowd
OF loungers were discussing the political
situation, and waiting for a successful
candidate to drop in and "say something. !"
Making low obeisance to the man BE-
hind the bar, the stranger turned to the
oungers and sad:
"Glal you're on deck, gents; was afraid
l would be obliged to drink ale, and if
there is any thing despise it is to play a
game of solitaire at public drinking
fountain. Come up and join me-"
The boys rallied to the call, and half-a-
dozen glasses were filled and emptied
with my regards, stranger.''
!, I'm the words of the Latin poet,'' said
the strange man, whirling his empty
glass across the counter, "sFyz zSna up
again p"
The order was obeyed, and the bever-
age drank to the health of the genial
stranger
"What's the penalty2" he asked, wip-
ing his lips on the back OF his hand.
Dollar-forty."
"Only dollar-forty!" ne exclaimed;
las sure as my name is Goosie it's worth
twice that, if it's worth cent. Why, nv
dear SIR" he continued, unearthing a
greasy pocket book, "I've travelled from
Maine to Californy, from Camden to Kali
amazoo, and dog my cats il ever heard
tell OF such cheap entertainment"
I'VE try to do the fair thing bv our
customers" said the bar. keeper, visibly
touched by the com pliment.
IL have slaized my thirst at the Fifth
AVnue, at the Palace Club, at the South
ern, at Days, at the Brunswick, at the
continental, and can truthfullv assert
that never before have my lips touched
juice OF the corn that.could hold candle
to that with which you have lust RECALLED
US. Dollar-forty, indeed!''
II won't have any but the best,'' SAID
the bar-man, blushing slightly.
GAS go up and down through l1fe.n
continued the stranger with enthusiasm, 81
Will take 1t pleasure to call every mans
attention to the fact that at your place
and will note the street and number az
go out-that at your place, sir, sign of
danbr1nus sitting On beer-keg, is dis
pensed balm in Gilead at ten cents
glass: that can be had nowhere else on
the footstool for less than TWENTY-FIVE"
Il will be much obliged to YOU"
"Don't mention it. l will go miles out
OF my way to call travellers attention
to the fact that beneath your counter is
black bottle with a corn-cob stopper.
which contains the identical nectar that
Jupiter sips. In addition to this full
page advertisement embellished with
original cuts, would gladly hand yoa
the paltry dollar and forty cents and
he unclasped the pocket-book and helped
himself to chew of fine cut therefrom-
"but the fact is, sir, the failure of the
Bank OF the City of Glasgow has left me
without cent in the world; ta-ta-come
and see us often " and be was gone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
Wonders of the Prairie MIRAGE.

The mirages of the plains are of won
drous beauty, writes correspondent
In the autumn, when all the atmospheric
conditions are perfect, strange transfer
nations take place upon the prairie ocean.
1t IS the morning of such day. Along
the eastern horizon a narrow belt of silver
light appears. AS it grows broader the
silver gray of its lower line changes to
gold. Fleecy clouds above the belt take
On yellow red. The grayish shadows
of the dawn lift slowly from the earth
and imperceptibly float skyward. Just
before the red disk of the sun peers above
the horizon line weird islands appear in
the s''y-islands clothed with trees and
waving grasses, and held together by
threads of yellow, green and azure. The
earth stands inverted in the sky. The
wooded bluffs and timber islands of the
prairie turn bottom upward in the
glaucous ether above, with their feet
knee deep in water. The ground work of
this illusion is a grayish semi.opaque
mist, but the smallest object on the plain
IS llmned against it with marvellous fidel-
1ty. OBJECTS far beyond the range of
vision over the prairie are brought into
plain view by this ETHEREAL mirror. II
have seen little village thirty miles
away, over the plains standing in the skv.
every feature traced with the minuteness
OF line engraving. I could distinguish
the dogs wandering through the streets,
the COWS standing idly about the yards,
and the opening and closing of door in
the cabins. I have seen dog sledges,
whose tr91rc &c Lol>
horizon, trail through the heavens in tor
turous course; long lines of cart trains
sWay1ng to and fro over the sand dunes
OF the sky. In ali these cases the ground
does not appear; only the objects growing
upon or passing over it. Everything has
the appearance of growing or standing in
water. The feet of animals, the roots of
trees, the foundations of houses are all
lost IN an aq1eous mist.
The ordinary features of the mirage
the simple drawing of distant objects
near the spectator-are of common, and
IN many places, Of every. day occurrence
at some seasons Of the year. A few rods
way on every side slight line of gray
ism INST, exactly resem bling that rising
from lake Or stream in early spring, ap-
pears, and upon its surface i, limned the
Who'll" landscape, changing constantly,
i1ke the colors OF kaleidoscope, as the
traveller advances. The illusion continues
out a te" minutes, however. The gold
1ades from the feecy clouds overhead as
the yellow light descends upon the plain,
chasing the receding shade before it. The
sun rises, and the dissolving views of the
mirage fades slowly away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
A Cullurd SarmOn.

Belubbed fellow trabbler in holding for o
day,
I doesn't quote no special verse for what has
De sarmon will be berry short, and dis here
am de tex: .....
Dat halfway doin's amt no count for dis
warld or de mex.
Dis world dat we's a.libbin in is like cotton
row,
Whar ebbry cullard gemman has got his line
to hoe;
An ebbry time lazy niger stops to take a
De grass keeps on s-grown', to smudder up
his crap.
When Moses led de Jews across the waters oh
Dey had to keep a-goin' jest as fas' as fas'
could be.
Do YOU s'pose dat dey could ebber have sue
ceeded in DER wish,
An reached de promised land at last, if dey
had stopped to fish?
My friends, dor was garden once whar Addem
libea wild Eve,
Wild no one round toboader dem, no neighbor
An sbhry day was Christmas, an dey got deir
An eboryt'ing belonged to dem excep' an
apple tree.
You all know bout de story-how de snake
come swoopng round,
the groun'-
How Eve an Addem eat their fruit, an went
an hid DER face,
Till the angel oberseer he come an drove 'em
off de place.
Now, s'pose dat man an woman hadn't
tempted for to shirk,
But had gone about DER gardenin' an tended
to their work;
Dey wouldn't hab been a-loatin' whar dey had
no biAness to-,
And dc detberd nebber had chance to tell
'e1n what to do.
No halfway doins, bruddren. It'll nebber do
Isay
Go atyour task and finish it, an denis de time
to play;
For even if the crapi is good de rainll spoil de
Unless you keep a-pickin' in de garden oh
your souls.
Keep a-plowin', and a holn', and a-scrapin' OBJ
de rows,
And when de ginnins ODER you can pay up
what you owes.
But if you quit a-worllin' ebbery time de sun
is hot
De sherih's gwine to Lobby on ebbryt ing you's
got.
Whatebbcr It's you's dribin at, De sure and
drive it through,
And don't let muffin stop you, but do what
you's gwine to do;
For when you see niger foolin', den as shos
you're born,
You's gwne to see him comm out de small
end Oh de horn.
Tanks you for de 'tention you hab glib dis
afternoon,
Sister Williams will 'blige us by de raisin' oh
tune;
I see dat Brudder Johnson's bout to pass
round de hat
And d.nt let us hab no halfway doin's when
it comes to dat.
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4 3 : I. g 4
impaired. This was not desirable--not
rather was it essential that he should
from the very outset assert his infallibil-
ity. So, when the train stopped at
Erequelines, and the passengers ali ,,hted
the Belgian bridegroom left his BRIDES
arm for a moment, and, siding up to a
customs officer whispered:
Il think If you search that lady yon-
der you may find some lace.'' F#5
The officer winked, and the happy
bride was accosted with an invitation to
walk into the female searcher's room.
She turned pale and tottered, but was
led away, and five minutes later dismal
sounds ofhysterics was heard. Then the
officer reappeared and said to the hor-
riied husband: &c.
"Thank you, sir; it's good capture
The lady will be taken to prison, and
half thetine will go to you"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
Causing His Brides Arrest.

A Belgian bridegroom being about to
start for Pr on his honey moon tour,
was informed by his bride that she
thought of concealing several thousand
francs worth of lace about her, hoping
by It's sale to pay the cost of their Jour,
ney. The bridegroom was not smlttep
with this frugal project, and poiuted ont
that there we're custom house officers
and female searchsr at Ereque.ines who
we've sometimes struck with an unac-
countable fancy for examining paesen
gers pockets. This is said to be a timid
man, and his bride, to humor him, prom
ised to give up her plan; but of course,
she secreted the lace all the same with
out telling hin about it. AS the. train
approached the French frontier, the hus-
band reflected that. if his wife were not
searched, his fears would be Knocked at
as having been groundless, and now held
start on his married career with prestige
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
1T is Nothing, as You See."

1t was in 1866. Bismarck--then Count
Blsmarck-was returning from the palace
where he had been to see the king. While
passing through the large street Of Berlin
called Inter den Linden, and quite near
the place where Hoedel and Nobiling
have sir ce attempted the life of Emperor
William, he suddenly heard shot fred
close behind him. He turned sharply
round ard saw young man who, with
smoking revolver, was aiming at him.
he strode at once up to the man and
seized the arm that held the revolver,
while with the other hand he seized the
throat of the would-be murderer, who.
however, had had, time to pass bis weapon
on to his left hand, and now fired three
shots in quick succession. Bismarck felt
himself hurt in the shoulder and in one
OF his ribs; but he held his furious assail-
ant fast till some soldiers came up and
took hold of him. Then Bismarck
walked home at a brisk pace and reached
DIS own house long before anybody there
could know what had happened.
The countess had some friends with
her when her husband entered the dra -.
lng-room. He greeted all in friendly
manner, and begged to be excused for a
lew minutes, as he had some urgent bust
ness te attend to. He then walked into
the next room where his desk stood. and
wrote to inform the king of the accident.
Having attended to this duty, he returned
to the drawing-room and made one little
standing joke, ignoring bis own un.
punctuallty, and saying to his wife:
"Wcll! are we to hive dinner to.dayQ
You always keep me waiting." He sat
~~"-- III Partook heartily of the dishes
set before him, and it was only when the
dinner was over that he walked up to the
countess, kissed her on the forehead.
wished her in the old German way,
]I7eseg1ete Mahlseit!" (may your meal be-
blessed y and then added: you see ]
am quite WE'LL" She looked up at him
well" he continued. "You must not Il.
anxious, my child. Somebody has fred
At me; but it is nothing, as YOU see. -
Blackuood's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
A Paris ''Creche."

| A "c1eche," says Paris correspon-
dent, is an establishment where working
mothers may leave their infants during
the day to be cared for. It keeps during
the hours of work the infant of fifteen
days to that of three years. The creche
IS visited daily by a physician and .ady
inspectors. No infaat is allowed to pass
the night in one. No infant is admitted
if sick.
There are over thirty creches in Paris,
and severa! in the subul ban towns. They
accommodate from forty to one hundred
infants daily. Some are gra'ui,ous, others
| require small fee. Eacn crecle is con-
| structed after certain fixed model, and
contains garden, covered yard, play
room, dlning-room, kitchen, linen room,
provision and. toilet,room, and sleeping
| or cradle room
The creche was first established between
| thirty and forty five years ago. visited
one yesterday. 1t is located at No. 20
Rue Malesherbes. found it in all IL
spects as ed-theoretically, q
most desirable refuge for poor mothers
infant during working hours. Every
| apartment was thoroughly neat and clean.
1t contained accommodations for fortv
children. About twenty were in charge
during my visit. The care of these de-
vOlved on two attendants-a man and
woman.
The majority of the children were in
the covered yard, and about seven CRYING.
They did not seem particularly happy,
but that was not on account of any i'm
perfection in the fittings of the establish
ment. 1t is doubtful if any child of two
years IS ever happy, unless it can monop-
olize somebody's whole time and strength
IN caring for it. Beside, at the age of
two, or even three years, children derive
little pleasure from conpanionship with
each other.
Here were fifteen two-year- olds in the
covered yard. The ground was covered
with mats. on which some were sitting.
some standing and some toddine about.
vi course, at this age, they couldn't talk
much with each other, and their faculties
hadn't ripened sufficiently to develop anv
regular plan of amusement They looked
IKE children Of poverty and toll; but they
were clean, and all Wore pinafores of 3
coarse check, which presume are fur
nlshed at the creche. Their condition
was certainly far better than if left in
charge of the next older sister, who grows
up one sided from Juggling the baby,
month in and month out, on one hip,
while the pair are always seen on the
street corner, both on a plane of equality
in the matter of dirty faces, uncared- for
poses, frowsy heads, sticky fingers and
ragged dresses.
We visited the sleeping room. Forty
iron cradles sWuno on snnnorta ~ ~
same material, all supplied with clean
beds, sheets and pillow cases, occupied
one side of the room. Opening into this
was the babies dining room It was verv
toy-hke in its furnishing. The little low
table and seats are arranged in two con-
centric circles. SO that the children 90
IN at one end of the benches and come
out at the other, thus preventing anv
croWding or confusion. The children ara
also furnished with toys.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
Pioneer DAYS.

An ancient dame who settled in 1ndi
ana sixty years ago-she it now ninety
tour years old-recently gave cores
Don dent OF the Cincinnati ENQUIRER 8
few "reminiscences OF early lite on the
frontier. She said: "We bad no win.
dows to our house, and the door was
made of blanket which was hung over
the doorway. We had large fireplace
made of sticks, in which fire was always
kept burning. My babe was then three
months old.
"All we had to keep house with was a
small provision chest, a bell-metal 1ea-
kettle, sugar-bowl, pewter plates, and
some cups and saucers.
"When we moved into our cabin we
had no beds, and my son, then Jour years
old, mad the whooping cough, felt that
it would be dangerous to place him on
the puncheon floor, so I had my husband
make hammock by suspending quilt
from the rafters by BEDFORD.
1--WE made table out of walnut slab,
and then three stools, and our house
keeping outfit was complete.
swell, as I told you, my husband
started to mill and expected to be absent
week. I had brother living in Vim
cennes who had sent us word that he
would pay US a visit, and was expecting
him. ..-#
"The second night after my husband
left I heard some hallooing down in the
bottoms, and felt certain that it was
my brother who had lost his way in the
darkness. I immediately answered the
cry, and was promptly responded to, and
continued to approach. set candle on
stump in the yard, and leaving my
little boy sitting in the door, advanced
toward the wood, calling to the approach
ing person to come to the light.
'You cannot imagine my fright at
hearing the yell between me and the
house, and on looking around iscovered
large panther pass between the light
and my boy. l gave scream and picked
up the candle, and dashed into the house
and lowered the quilt. I can't tell YOU
how long that nj ht was, or the nights
which followed until the return of nv
husband.
Il had to bake my bread at a neigh
bo"'s, and usually went over at night,
but never dared to go unless carried a
frebrand in my hand. Many time I've
seen the flashing eyes of panther, but
they never dared attack me on account
of the fire.
''When the neighbors went visiting in
those days, they took their teams and
guns and stayed week, the men hunt
ing, and the women quilting and helping
each otner at their domestic duties.
How did I make butter2 Oh, easy
enough! put the milk in gallon Jug
and shook it until it was churned. The
trouble sometimes was in getting the
butter out of the jug.
II have frequently gone to mill alone
when had to swim the horses across the
river, the boat not being large enough to
carry them. have often seen the wom-
en- walk five miles on a visit and carry
babe. They would set the child straddle
of one of :beir hips, and putting their
arm around it, could carry large child
with ease. The men in those DAYS wore
butksin trousers and went barefooted in
summer, while the children seldom had
shoes at all"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15

were to come those Huns, and from
whence were to come those Vandals who
were again to destroy civilizations Alas,
1t did not occur to them that, in the very
heart OF great ca~itals. in the very neigh
porhood Of splendid palaces, and church
es' and theatres, and libraries, and muse
ums, vice, ignorance and misery might
produce race of Huns fiercer than those
who marched under Attila."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15

II remember" says Macaulay, "that
Adam Smith and Gibbon had told JUS
there would never again be destruc ton
OF civilization by barbarians. The flood
they said, would no more return to cover
tho earth; and they seemed to reason
Justly, tor they compared the immense
strength OF the civilized part of the world
with the weakness of that part which re-
NAMED savage, and asked from whence
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15

Little handfuls Of green grass. which he
chews,
And the two email urchins trying to climb up
And hard. hearted as YOU are, Dan-eh? YOU
don't say! you are crying?
well, an old herse, after all has his use!
-. Z. 7T0aubriae. in Scyibnney's Mont h.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-04
Special Notice.


rsNi'A.EAAa NAA'a-'ss'9
h.vs occurred IN this country daring the last
Lree OF Sur years. bat none more wonderful
than the zs"V0luEsHBs Ia so3sT, produced
moug the Heads Of the People, By
CRESTADGG0'S szA5a DYE.
The history of tho sUccozs Of great discoveries
at rs &c parallel 20 Il. JrIumpus over CefuyeJi-
ION "a. TTt Ju1 C., accua-p lslsd by the power
yC. mar .Irss ytEsjaJ. 4 agent, watch InsJau-
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air IrtJ "A back or WI a ma gBiiiceuJ any
hat IL ayeu e CT bestowed UpOl thu head of .uan
WamaT. Manufactured by j. CklcIA BBkO,
No s5 - lillian ~ \. i. sold Dy ali DIuggIsJs.
ATp led b. ala Ha.T DTCSseTs.
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TRAINS.
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The plague has disappeared FROM
Russia.
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