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MISCELLANEOUS.

The corner stone Of the new custom
house at Memphis, Tenn. was laid June a.
Great distress is experienced in the
west of Ireland on account Of continued rains.
The insurrection in Algeria is ended,
and 1900 insurgents are in the hands of the
French.
The troops ship Orontes with the body
of Prince imperial of France on board is ex-
pected to reach England by the 18th of july.
The will of the late Prince Imperial of
France was opened June o. 1t contained no
political illusions. His whole property was
left to his mother T. 5..g - 49, ..as
A Berlin dispatch says the directors of
the Imperial bank of Germany have passed
resolution declaring that an increase of the
silver coinage OF Germany is imperatively nee
essary. '-r.-. # s.;.. ,.r44
Advices from Fort Buford represent
that hostile Yankton Indians are making de-
monstrations of an attack on the Poplar Creek
agency, and that great alarm is felt there
Troops have been sent for to protect the
agency.
The spinner's strike at Fall River, Mass,
continues. Matters begin TO look serious and
the question now is, will the wcavers strike
and make the strike general, or will they
leave the spinncrs to fight out the battle alone
begun by them.
Receipts from internal revenue last tis-
cal year, $11o,0a3 9SS; for the fiscal year which
expired Monday, over $l1a, 0a6, 900; an incrcas
OF $4,000, 900 despite the reduction of the tax
on the tobacco. The excess Of exports over
imports OF merchandise for the twelve months
ending May 81, 1879, is $269, ,S76; for the
twelve months ended May 81, 1878, $241 $50,
9s9. The excess Of exports over imports Of
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Deathbed Reparation.

Apropos of the rise in Mammoth, thew
tell capital story about General Dodge.
Some time ago A.-G. Brown, well
known operator here, bought 1000 shares
OF Mammoth from General Dodge at
three dollars share. This was when the
company was first organized, about eight
or nine months ago, and three dollars was
bed rock. The thing hung fire for a
long time. The Sierra and Nevada ex-
element came along, and nobody gave
Mammoth second thought 1t was not
on the Board; it had no value, and YOU
couldn't really give it away. It went by
the name Of "Dodges pup" Assess
mcnts were levied regularly. Brown
talked long and loud, and the streets re-
sounded with his curses. He swore that
Dodge had swindled him, and bv the
gods he was going to get even with that
warrior some day, come veal. come woe.
The day before the news of the strike
in Mammoth leaked out Dodge, who was
lying very low at Oakland, sent tele-
gram over to Brown that he would like to
see him at once. Brown had heard that
the General was at the point of death and
feeling OF sympathy prompted him to
respond at once, so he took the next boat.
Arriving at the Generals elegant home
he was shown up to the invalld's chamber
Nobody was there but General Dodge
and his secretary. The General Law prop
ped up by pillows. looking the picture
OF ghastliness. He was very feebIe--his
breath came quick and short, his ewes
were glittering and his hands lay help
less beside him.
II have sent for you, Mr.. Brown" SAID
the General, with much difficulty of
speech, ''to say -that--that-I am very
III; and I fear I may not get over it.
With a view to that contingency
have been arranging my-business affairs.
Here the general was overcome with
weakness, and pause of five minutes en-
sued to enable him to recuperate] am
-told-that you are not satisfied with
the sale-l made to you Of that Nam
moth: Now don't want-to 60 out
Of the-world feeling that leave any,
body-behlnd who believes that I-ha7e
ever wrongcd-him. 1 surely did not
mean to-wropg you'll believed the
stock-was worth the morey and be-
lieve-so yet, but do not want anybody
now to think that I have got the better
of them: 1 am-very-ill, I d. Mt. know
~hat-the stock-is worth, or if it is
worth anything If you like I will
call our trade off. Give me your stock,
and will give you your $4,000 back
Here the General sank pack utterly ex-
hausted.
In very pity Mr.. Brown would not pro
long the conversation. In few words
he expressed his sympathy for the Gen
eral; and then with the remark that
though he did it with some reluctance,
he would &C ept the offer.
s'Antone," gasped General Dodge, faint
", from his pillow, to his secretary, "give
Mr.. Brown check-and take his-stock,"
The next morning at nine o'clock every
body knew that big strike had been
made in Mammoth, and before night $40
was freely bid for the stock. To-day fifty
shares that could be got-were
bought at SIG share. General Dodge is
slowly recovering and on Monday was in
his Office.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

G. r. Limbke, of Providence, r. L.,
dealer in watches and jewelry, was robbed on
the night Of June % Of $4,000 in jewelry.
Mrs. w. Mccormick was murdered on
the night of June %, in a house Of ill-fame at
Grifflntown, Canada. The body was found ~
ing in pool of blood, the head and hands sew
cred from the body, and in pail. r..
Boston, Mass, telegram Of June %:
Jas. F. Edmunds, aged 60, a we'll known citizen
and ex-alderman of Newton, Mass, q flour and
commission merchant, Of this city, was arrest
ed tonight for forgery Of paper in the Waiver
lex bank. The forgeries aggregate $4,000.
Since Tuesday, when the forgeries were dis
covered, Edmunds has suffered severe mental
prostration. He is now in charge Of three
police officers. .....m-... -, .-.-.
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the ends of those threads are attached flies
f1uttering in the air. the swallows. in
their rapid fight overlook the artificial
nature OF these snares, and swallow the
bait, when they are speedily caught and
Invested at once of their wings. Some
times, when the weather is warm and
stormy, and the swallows fly low as many
as three hundred are caught per day in
this way and cruelty mutilated. this ex-
plains what have more than once noticed
in the suburbs Of Paris, the writhing body
OF wingless bird. could not hell sug-
costing to this ''tearer of WINGS" that he
might at once relieve the poor birds of
their agonizing pain by killing them out
right, after plucking their pinions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02
II say John, did YOU see the circus

II say John, did you see the circusg"
yelled little boy to another last evening.
"No-o-o, didn't see the circus!' sheer
ingly said John, who had been kept in
the house for disobedience. ':Humph!
Ought to have been there; biggest show
you ever seed, elefants and carmels and
boa contwisters and everything. If /
couldn't go to circus I'd run away
Who wants to see yer old circus" yelled
John. 81 had circus all to myself.
Tied the milk pitcher to the cats tail, and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The body of the prince imperial will
reach London about July "a.
Rev. Thomas S. Williamson, of St. Pc
ter, Mimi, is dead. Age, so years
Monday June so, Bancroft, the historian
was injured at Newport, R. l.. by being
thrown from horse.
The will of the lately deceased Baron Roths-
child disposes of personal property to the
amount of &2,700O00
M. Routher's organ, L'Ordne, contra
diets the report thrt Prince Jerome Bonaparte
will issue manifesto.
The body Of Madame ROLAND, who
was swept over Niagara Falls while visiting
there with her husband, has been recovered
The lack Of appropriation in the legis-
lative bills has made necessary the discharge
of Is lady department clerks at Washington
The Ohio Democratic State committee
has decided to formally open the campaign
early in August with speeches by Pendleton
Thurman, Ewing, Steadman and Others
The body Of Frank Potchowski, who
was drowned in the Mississippi river at St,
Paul, on Wednesday, June Is, was recovered
on Friday evening June ~, and taken to the
residence Of his grief-stricken parents.
A dispatch from Paris says Prince Jer-
ONE Napoleon will publish manifesto after
the funeral Of the prince imperial, urging all
Bonapartists to submit to the republic, and
that he has already assured President Grevy
he will not become pretender to the Imper-
ial throne.
The troopers with the Prince Imperial
of France, when killed, declare in contradic-
ton to Lieutenant Carey's statement, that the
survivors galloped two or three miles without
stopping. A correspondent says the quarter
master general disobeyed Lord Chemsford's
orders by sending the prince on a dangerous
EXPEDITION with an escort which deserted its
duty. In the whole affair there is not one re-
deeming feature.
The story that bargain was made be-
tween the President and certain Southern
members OF the House, that if the former ap-
proved Of an appropriation for the survey of
the Mississippi river, they would vote to pass
the bill making appropriations for United
States marshals without political riders is
openly denied by gentleman said to be i'm
plicated in the agreement
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

Mr.. VERNEAU, who has been charged
with scientific mission to the Canary
Islands, has just returned with an impor
tant collection Of skulls, vases, instru-
ments, chronological, ornitholigical and
neurological collections. The human
skulls are Of high scientific interest.
Some of them connect the actual popula-
ton of the Canary Islands 18th the fossil
race Of Cro-Magnen' discovered in the
Perigor, while others have strong points
of resemblance with the Semitic races.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

The growing of wheat on large scale
in the Argentine republic has only been
carried on two or three years, and yet at
last accounts forty vessels were loading
in the river Plata with wheat for Europe.
The country is fast filling up with en-
igrants from Italy, France and Germany,
and promises soon to be sharp compet1-
tor in grain shipments with the United
States
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

the regular ministral officers, will after to-day
be loft inadequate. The suspension of the
necessary functions in the ordinary adminis-
tration Of the first duties of the government
for the shortest period is inconsistent with
the public interest, and ut any mo.
ment may prove inconsistent with public
safety. It is impossible for me to look with
out grave concern on q state OF things which
leaves the public service thus unprovided for
and the public interest thus unprotected, and
earnestly urge on your attention the neces-
sity of making immediate appropriations for
the maintenance of the service of marshals
and deputy marshals for the fiscal year which
commences tomorrow.
(SigneD R. B. HAYES.
June 80, 1879
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

IT is now reported in contradiction OF
all rumors to the contrary, and by the
Philadelphia Times, which ought to be
good authority in the matter, that Col.
Tom Scott, instead of failing in health,
has steadily improved during his sojourn
abroad; has had no serious illness since
he left this country and expects to return
in September with his mental and physi-
cal abilities fully restored.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02
Japanese fans spread open, souare-ce

Japanese fans spread open, square-cor-
nercd, and with thick stick handles, arc
made very handsome by being mounted
with silk-pale blue with olive green, or
cream color with dull red and artistical-
ly decorated in Japanese designs painted
by hand. Japanese shaped parasols grow
in favor,rand ladies select parasels to 90
with different costumes-not to match
them in color or in fabric, but to harmon
ize with them. Stylish parasols are now
so striking in their gay fabrics and quaint
shape that they are conspicuous if not in
keeping With the dress.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

THE telephone is in use by an invalid
aady of Richmond, Va, to connect her
chamber with the church and enables her
to hear the service. The beauty of this
arrangement is that the auditor can stop
the sermon whenever it has reached the
proper length without creating the con-
fusion incident to getting up and going
out of church.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

the cat knocked down two flower pots,
and smashed the pitcher and broke a
pane Of glass. Git away wild yer old cir
cuses, been to more'n four hundred, and
didn't have so much fun, and didn't get
licked nuther," and the boy who had
been to the circus felt as if he'd got hold
of the castor oil bottle by mistake.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02
CURREN I TOPICS.

ANEW Jewish hospital will soon be
erected in Chicago in place of the one
which burned down during the great
conhagration. The muniticent bequest
of Michael Rees will supply the means,
and the hospital will be named after
him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

FREDERICK w. GREEN Of Cleveland,
Ohio, who died in that city on Wednes-
day last, served two terms IN Congress in
antebellum times, and was warm per
sonal, as we'll as political, friend of the
late Senator Douglas. He was also asso-
.citated for number of years with the
.Plaindea1er as publisher and editor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

Mrs. MARY CLEMMER IN description
of Senator Hill says: "He has been
Methodist class leader or preacher, and
certain aroma of sanctimoniousness
seems to emanate from his sandy face, or
to hover over it like an aurora. His hair is
sandy touched with grey, with slight
fringe of the same below his chin. His
mouth is clean cut and 1esolute, his nose
not an impressive member, his eyes
light blue, with certain meditative, in
troverted light in them which shows that
he does considerable thinking after a
fashion of his own
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

The Khedive Of Egypt is human, like
the est of the world. He objects to be-
ing forced to resign his position. Of
fice-holding is as dear to him as to an
American. He clings with tenacity to
the royal altitude to which events have
raised him, and from which he looks
down upon his royal master. Without
Egypt he will be nobody; but Egypt
without him may be-either English or
French. It is probable that that prehis-
toric land will pass under the rule of the
image-savers and the image breakers OF
the nineteenth century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

AN interesting report has been pub
1ished of the work performed by road To-
comotives during the war in the east.
The first experiments made with military
Traction engines in Russia were carried
out in 1876, when the results obtained
were so satisfactory that twelve road To-
'comotives. with carriages were at once
sordered for the use of the army. When
the war with Turkey broke out these en-
.gines were dispatched to the theatre of
operations in the valley of the Danube,
where they were employed in the first in
stance at Bender in hauling siege guns,
ammunition and other heavy war mate
ial from the magazines to the railway
station, transporting in this way, be-
tween the 18th and 25th of May, three
hundred and fifty tons weight of artillery
stores over distances varying from two to
six miles, and this at much less expense
than would have been incurred had or
binary means of transport been employed
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02

THE London Spectator, discussing the
California constitution, says: awe do
not believe it will ever come into work.
ing order. One half at least of the provi-
-sions we have enumerated are opposed to
the constitution Of the United States.
The laws against the Chinese are con-
'trary to the treaty under which Ameri.
cans live and trade in G ina, as we'll as
to tie race, creed or color amendment
IN the constitutions; while the taxa
ton laws are opposed to the first princi-
pal of that document, that taxation must
he equal. We believe the supreme court
will annul all these provisions, or send
the whole document back to the people
tor revision"
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We ReaD What We Sow.

For pleasure or pain, for veal or for woe
lis the law OF our being-we reap what We
SOW.
We may g,,5 Try to avoid them-may do what we
But our acts, like our shadows. will follow us
STILL ''~3
The world is wonderful chemist, be sure.
And detects In moment the base or the pure
We may boast Of our claims to genius or
birth
But the world takes man for just what he's
worth. -. s.a.+
We start in the race for fortune or fame,
And then when we fall the world bears the
blame,
But nine times in ten, it's plain to be seen,
There's "screw somewhere loose" in the hu-
man machine. .....aa -
Are you wearied and worn in this hard earth
ly strife? H. A..
Do you 9,ir, yea'n for affection to sweeten your
Remember-this great truth has often been
proved:
We must s make ourselves lovable, would we
Though life may appear as desolate track,
Yet the bread that we cast on the waters
comes back. t... . 49,. .-r DO +"
This law was enacted by Heaven above:
That like attracts like, and love begets love.
We make ourselves heroes and martyrs for
gold, :>. ..'-' rl )
Till health becomes broken, and youth be-
comes old. ..... ...F.n-
All! did we the same for beautiful love,
Our life might be music for angels above!
We reap what We SOW. Oh! wonderful truth ;
A truth hard to learn in the days of our
But it 9 sS{pss :; out last as "the hand on the
For the world has it's "debit" and "credit''
| for all
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s~ ut had known that" she went on,
looking at him wistfully, 81 would have
brought my breakfast in a pail and eaten
it with YOU"
"Suppose you try thls," said the deacon,
handing her the plate he had filed.
Bessie wasn't hungry, but she, though
it would be impolite to refuse, so she
took it, and she and the deacon ate their
breakfast together, she at the head of the
table and he at the foot.
IL am very sorry you are all alone,"
began Bessie after a moments silence.
"Wouldn't you like little girl like Net"
ssAnd what good do little girls like
you do2" asked the deacon.
"Oh! none at all, )" said Bessie; "only If
you had one she could love you lots"
$50 she could" sald the deacon, with
something of sigh, and after that he let
Bessie do all the talking until the old
housekeeper came to the door and said
the horse was waiting at the gate. Then
what do you suppose the deacon saida
Nothing less than this: "Well, Bessie.
how would you like to take another
ride home with me?"
"Oh, I'd like it lots" said Bessie,
jumping up and clapping her hands.
"And this time you invite me. I don't
invite you" -.
"Certainly," said the deacon, invite
you;" and out they. went, and Bessie
scrambled up once more into the buggy.
They had a merry ride home, for the
deacon's hat blew off, and he had to
chase it along the road. Bessie laughed
till the tears rolled down her cheeks, and
even the deacon smiled when he was
| once more seated at her side. W. .."
When they drove up to the door Of the
cottage Mrs. BLY, met them.
- She thanked the deacon for bringing
Bessie home, and then turning to her lit
tie girl, who had jumped down after Civ
ing the deacon kiss for thanks, asked
if she had apologized prettily.
"There," said Bessie, II thought had
forgotten something"
You don't mean to say you forgot to
tell him what you went up there for!'
cried her mother. "Why, Bessie, what
could he have thought of you?''
"I'm sorry, mamma" said Bessie, sor
rowfully, "but never mind. l will 60 ur
again tomorrow; I like to apologize"
That Bessie did not do, but, wonderful
to relate, the deacon came to see her. 1r
fact she and the deacon became sucf
friends that the neighbors ceased to won
der at seeing ''cross old Mr.. Fox" driving
about with one of the school children
seated by his side. Only jAunt Jemim.
could not forget Bessie's first ride, ant
would shake her head when she saw then
together and say "we!l, welll To thinl
it should all have turned out so beauti
fully. y.n-t1hristiu7a Union,
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Keep DWELLING Dry,

A warm and dry atmosphere is not un-
wholesome, but when cloudy or rainy
weather brings sultry air which damp
ems everything around us, the atmosphere
may be loaded with the germs of disease,
and fire is needed to DESTROY them. The
walls, the ceilings and the floors of apart
ments should never be allowed to be-
come damp. Sometimes when the
warmth of the air is oppressive, fire is
more necessary to preserve health than
it is another season to protect Us from the
cold of winter; and the rooms of q dwell
ing should never be left without, the
means of warming and drying. Investi-
cations have shown that many of the
most fatal diseases are caused by the
germs of vegetable and animal life, and
that humid atmosphere is most favor
able, neglecting to avail ourselves of the
great discoveries of the age, and failing
to protect ourselves from scourges which
so fearfully af1ict families, when We ig-
more the dangers which surround US.
Apartments exposed to the full action of
the sun may be less comfortable in hot
weather than those from which the suns
rays are excluded, but they are more
wholesome, and when contagious diseases
prevail in closely built cities it is found
that the inmates of houses on that side
of the street exposed to the sun are less
liable to be attacked, while the greatest
number of sick are always found where
there is the least exposure to the rays OF
the great disinfector-the sun.-Cinein-
rats Arttsan.
The Princeton union., 1879-02-26
FARM AND HOUSE.
Farm Experiments Suggested.

Practical knowledge is only to be ac-
quired by actual experiments, and is the
only kind of real value. If all soils were
exactly alike, having the same exposure
and protection, subject to the same eli
mate, and the same amount of rainfall at
exactly the same dates, farming would at
once rise to the dignity of an exact
science. One set of experiments any
where would be the foundation for all
farm operations of the same kind every
where. The vast body of farmers, so far
as concerned their own avocation, would
become mere machines, or even less in
the social scale. Brains would be of no
value, and the fool of the family would
do as we'll as the genius on the farm.
Fortunately, however, the soil is vari-
GUS and must be treated with brains or it
fails to produce. Business men never
trust any one until inquiries have been
made into his standing and his ability to
fulfill his promises. Farmers, however,
never think of enquring into the charac-
ter of the land they are going to trust
their seed tc. They say to themseives.
'That's land, and this is seed, let's try
them together"
It has been asserted that fertilizers
are all washed down into the subsoil by
rains, and are lost-lf so, why is the sub
soil always poor2 An experiment, easily
made, would settle this question for ever.
It is the practice with many to put on
too much lime, hoping to create plenty
of plant food. But they create too much,
and the crop goes to stems and leaves at
the expense of the grain. d Experiment
would teach valuable lesson here. The
question of deep or shallow plowing and
cultivation is yet a debatable one; why
not experiment, prove thst which is good
and hold fast to it, Light and heavy seed
ing; early and late sowing; homegrown
foreign-grow seed; seed grown north or
south of us; seed gathered when half-ripe
or when wholly mature; subsoiling, and
even whether it pays to feed starving
fields as we'll as to keep stock always
growing, are all open questions. j.
Why is this so? Why have six thou
sand years of ceaseless tillage taught US
nothing2 And are we to 60 on six thou
sand years more in the same style. As
every farm is, in measure, SUI qeneria,
so must every farmer be its genius loci.
Don't trust man till you know hsma.
Don't trust your land till you know it..
Experiment. dig. pry. enquire at every
possible opportunity; don't quarrel with
a family you are not acquainted with,
and, above all things, don't bury money
in hole without bottom.