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The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
FOLDED AWAY.
By FIDELIA.

Day by day, we fold away
Some treasures that our hearts hold dear
ooihe cherished thing to which we cling
Ano pless with many kiss and tear
A shred OF lace may hold O. place
That jewels could never win: .a
With love untold a ribbon old
Is laid our dearest shrine within.
little tress we fondly press
Unto heart that aches with pain:
Then with sigh for days gone by,
We fold it from our sight again
And is there not q hallowed spot,
iT memory's casket lying low,
Nnere day by day we fold away
our heart-thoughts lest the world shouIA
AfnY one, now lost and gone.
ri I'M sweet day dreaming we behold,
VINO, IN our sleeps come back to keen
win us their yigils as of old.
And yet alas! such dreams must pass:
n. Lnes sterner duties must be met.
Q91ekiy y we turn and strive to learn
Ihat cruel lesson-to forget
When from the CLEAN of loves sweet dr..,,
our hearts awake in sad surprise,
H0W uiHlly Durn, Wher'er we turn
Inc lesser LIZ hts that meet our eyesi
When DER the dead our tears are sbed
n, WIN on the silent lips we press
ne lt, iast lood kiss-oh, is not this
lhe summit of life's loneliness
And yet We know, thoneh all lie low
o.! whom We have ever loved or known.
ot1rl ~ we must live and learn to give
10 earth the claims it calls it's own.
grief untold! with hearts grown old.
Like flowers blighted in day.
HOW fOndIY them from sight of mon
We fold our dear dead loves away.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

A Clergyman Who Ought to be En-
2..a cOuragod.

Not long since clergyman within
four thousand miles of the Connecticut
river resigned his charge. He was a
preacher OF more than average ability, q
strong, original thinker, a good writer,
and man Of unblcmished character.
Soon afterwards leading member of
his church, deacon, was met by we'll
known Hartford divine, and something
like the following. conversation ensued:
IL was sorry to hear that Brother Blank
had resigned. have always liked him.
He is regarded as very able man isn't
her" III n ..,,.,'..s..-. ...
"W-e-l-l, ye-es,' hesitatingly). O,
ye-es he's an able man." .ra ~lls .55f
"But he is a first-rate preacher, isn't he2"
"'W-e-l-l, ye-es; he's a very good preach
er."
"And he's man of the highest Chris
tian character so We have always thought
here.,' =.
well. ye-es; O, ye-es, he's good
Christian" "' 4. S>'..s9
"But there must be something the mat
ter, deacon2 Why do you hesitate so
and say Well, ye-es?' Has Brother
Blank been guilty of any thing wrong?
[ know Of church that I think he is
just the man for, and I mean to recon-
mend him very highly. Have you any
reason to suppose that he would not give
satisfactiOn!' -
swell, doctor, Mr.. Blank is all you
say about HIM, but I'm afraid he's not
calculated to make a successful pastor in
the country" ,r <..l ~ a..st D-g r.fa..u
"Why not. deacons You surprise me
very much.' .t -.~..a ...s.,
a"Well, l will tell you one reason. Mr.
Blank lived next to ncighbor whose
hens and chickens troubled him very
much by digging up his garden. He
spoke about it several times, but it did
no good; those fowls kept in his garden
|all the time. And what do you think
he did? Instead of shooting some of
them or building a high fence around his
garden, he came to Hartford and bought
the best game. cock he could find, and
took him home and TUNED him loose in
the garden. The next day that neighbor
heard great commotion among the
poultry, and when he looked over the
fence there were ali his hens and chick
ems lying in windroes, and the game cock
walking over the bodies and Growing.
Now, you can't say that that was un-
christian conduct, but it was certainly
calculated to destroy Mr.. Blanks useful
ness in that section" b..
And when the Hartford divine heard
the full extent of Brother Blanks offense,
he roared with misunderstanding laughter
v hich might have been heard at Talcott
tower, and said that any clergyman who
could devise so etfectual method of dis
posing of his neighbors chickens deserved
an additional diploma, and he wondered
what the proper letters should be, and
whether it should be on sheep-skin or
chicken parchment.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
Peg Wellington.

The mother of Margaret, Wofington
was an Irish wasber-w0men ;i her father a
brlcklaycr, who died when Peggwas a few
years old. During the days Of her great
success she frequently numbered among
her auditors persons who distinctly re-
membered hel when, q perfect little Ven
us OF child, she used to run about the
streets of Dublin barefooted, and with
small dish Of salad in one hand, CRYING
out, s"All this fine yonng salad for a half
penny; all for a half-penny here" Her
lovely dark eyes, her exqu,sitey pen
cllled eyebrows, but particularly her
taultless figure, attracted the attention OF
a French rope dancer, who lost no time
in getting the child aprenticec to her, not
tor rope-dancing, but to take parts in
small operate pieces, in which Peggy,
at twelve years of age, won the most fat
terlng. She soon passed on to the boards
OF the Dublin Theatre Royal, and re-
malned there a great favorite until the
age OF twenty-t"o, when, coming to
London, she was at once engaged at SO a
week by Rich, the lessee OF Covent gar
den, and known in the annals of the
London stage as 'the father of panto-
mime Having oeen the originator of
that annual form of dramatic jollity which
which relgns supreme at Christmas time
to our own day. .g-.....,. ii q.ss ....,...
+ reg Wellington was fine actress both
IN tragedy and comeay. Her voice, how
ever, was very unsuited to tragedy, and
Therefore her comedy presentations were
her greatest triumph. The lart with
which her name is inseparably connected
is that OF the dashing man of fashion, Sir
Harry Wildair, in which her voice, man
ner, bearing, gesture, and even fgnre,
were SO exactly those Of young blade
that an unmarried lady, of large wealth
and high position, who came up from the
country and saw her play Sir Harry, be-
lleved she was man, fell in love, and &C.
tually wrote to her proposing marriage.
Reading the criticisms. of Pegs reckless
air OF youthful prohigacy her sparkling
eyes, her bubbling spirits, her side
splitting dev1ltry, her marvellous dash in
the part OF Sir Harry, the contemplation
OF her lovely placid face will be surprise.
Peg provided literally for her mother
and sister in the days of her prosperity.
The ex-washerwoman used to parade the
streets of Dublin in her long velvet cloak,
fine diamond ring upon her finger, aud
an agate snuff-box in her hand, forever
discoursing about the amazing greatness
and goodness of her Peggy. The sister
was educated ia France at Pegs expense.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
BALLAD OF THE PRESS.

From poem by John w. Overall read at
he house-warming celebration of the New
FORK Press Club. FL, .,yssss. l. ..,a. s.,,#T, !
,. In other days With fiery hands, Ey4
The troubadour Of story
Ger the Tyres wild throbbing bosom
5- Poured heroic strains of glory; -es.t- +
n They tell us how, the knights of old Z,
. Braved temptest, sea and breaker,
And met the scofHng Saracen F...,- !
At Ascalon and Acre.
. We sing a song of modern days T..
OF something far diviner, -. ...
The ballad of the giant Press -.e-. ..
Creator and refiner!.
Obedient to the will Of thought
..'t 1t moves its steel phalanges,
And nations bend to catch it's breath
From Golden Gate to Ganges
Room for the conqueror Of the world!
The steel clad Alaxander! -
Room for the pen, the sword of mind
Which swee, from grand 10 grander!
Room for the teachers of their kind,
Who scorn the wrongs defiance,
And proudly bear upon their crest
The motto: "Self-reliancew
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
Lay On, Macduf." "
San FrRncisco Post,

Old Bazembee was returning from the
club the other evening, when, as he flung
up his overcoat on the hall hat-1ack, and
prepared to go up stairs, he heard such
strangely excited voices in the front par
lor that he paused to listen. A voice
that he recognized at once as belonging
to that fast-l0oking young Snyder he had
warned Maria to he careful about. said
contemptuously:
"Peace, woman. and worry me no long
er by your reproaches. Itell you the day
Of my wedding with Alice Montressor is
fixed, and by heaven, nothing shall pre-
vent our unionv'
Gould these words be addressed to his
own daughter? Yes, it was Marias Sob
checked tones that replied:
"Thls, then is the reward for nv sac
ritce-my devotion. Ruined and forsak-
en-, you taunt me with your latest con-
quest. MOnstcr--onward."
1t only required second for Bazembee
to rush up the stairs and get his shotgun
out of the closet. The next moment he
burst into the parlor with blazing ewes,
and, hurllng the black-hearted betrayer
to the floor, he placed the muzzle of his
breach-loader at his temple, kissing:
'Viliian, swear to me that you will
make an honest woman of this poor duped
angel, or will strew the floor with your
devillish brains!
"Hooray!' shouted young Snyder. sit
ting up and clapping his hands. That's
way up. Magnif! Sperlendid!'
beautiful, papa. Encore Encore
Bravop' added Maria, del,ghtedly, ''Nev-
er saw anything better at Baldwin's.''
"We were SO afraid that you would OBJ
ect to my taking part in the private the
atricals. Ma said you'd never listen to it.
But you act better than any of us--doesn t
he Bobby2'
"You bet," replied Bobby fervently.
"Guess you must have been a regular
amateur Macready once STRIP
Then Mr.. Bazembee ecoughed and wiped
hi' forehead, and mumbled about his
having seen a good deal of that sort OF
thing when he was young, and that Maria
must be sure to take in the mat when her
young friend had gone, and then went up
to bed and dreamed he was playing an
outraged community to crowded houses
all night.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
A French Joke.

'Ah," says one gentleman to another
at the club, $50 you've had the misfor-
tune to lose your neptew2'' .,....5t
eyes, poor fellow. He would gamble,
in spite of all the doctors told him about
avoiding excitement when he was subject
to heart disease; and the other nj ght
while he was playing un petit jeu de tire
"a little game of draw, and there was
about 10000 francs on the table, he sud-
denly dropped his cards and fell over the
table, dead" -...
"PoOr fellow! How sadr' -..
"Aye, you may we'll say how sad !. He
had tour kings and an ace in his hand"
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
Sense and Nonsense.

Its hope that keeps us up,
Hs nope that keeps our memories green
lts nope that makes our lives sublime.
lts soap that keeps US clean.
Just think of it." said Jones to Brown.
A cobbler's bill in hand,
Three dollars for pair of boots!
Why, in the Fatherland
They'll sell brace of wooden shoes
For just flip or two.
Why don't they introduce them here.
Ia like it, wooden shoe?'
AS Indians go, what is the differ.
cnce between the Caw tribe and the
Crows?
The world is always pleasing to tho
girl when she dons her new Spring bon.
net.
1t IS said that the average school bov il
natural communist. He wants the ruler
done away with.
There is an insect called the tick, but
a bed tick Is not an insect, and should
not be confounded with the bug.
Vanderbilt is the modern Colossus of
Roaus.-Kansas City Times. Yes, and
ike the Colossus of Rhodes, he is a man
of brass.
A little 6-year old in this city has been
listening to the remarks of legal-mlnd-
ed uncle in lcgard to the prospect Of an
indicted party getting clear by getting
continuance of his case from time to tune.
Shortly after the little fellow got into
scrape, which secured for him a promise
from his mother of little dose of slipper
at an early period. he anxiously sought
the uncle for legal advice on the subject.
who could sympathize with him, but
with no prospect of relief ''Uncle,"
said he, ''don't you think that you could
get mother to continue the case! If we
could get continuance 1 think could
get off," He got off.
According to late estimates, Great Bri-
tain is not the wealthiest country on
earth as has been believed. France val.
ues her private property, real and perso-
nal at $43,11O,6O0, 900, and her navy,
palaces, public buildings, and other pro-
perty. excepting highways, at s., AIS, ,0OO,-
600, making $44, ,535, 900 900. The ae-
gregate estimate for England, Scotland
and Ireland, without reckoning public
highways, is 81, 800, ,00o,OOO Real es-
tate in France, greatly exceeds in area
that of England, while in the latter there
is great excess of personal property
over the former.
She was five years old, looking out Of
window of a car that was being whirled
through the kitchen-garden region of
New Jersey, anxious to be informed of
the character of the growing crops. Said
her father, "That field contains sweet DO
tatoes; that one beans; the other, cab
bage.r, "Cabbage?" quoth the five year
old. "Yes, cabbage!'' sWell where is
the corn-beet2" The informing father
smiled audibly, and so did all within
earshot. .--..
The big Berkshire hog took the chair,
and when the barnyard was quiet, he
asked: AIS there any business of import
ance before this house2" And then the
long, lean, sandy pig, nearest the gate, re-
piled that there was nothing but routine
business, he believed" Whercupon the
convention adjourned and went around
the farm trying to get at the bottom Of
things.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

REMEDY FOR INSECT B1TEs.-The best
remedy for the sting of insects are those
which instantly neutralize the poison dc
positea in the skin. These are either
ammonia or borax. The alkellne reac-
tion of borax is scarcely yet sufficiently
appreciated. Its good qualities will be
known and more universally valued than
ammonia. The solution of borax for in
sect bites is made thus: Dissolve one
ounce Of borax in one pint Of water that
has been boiled and allowed to cool. In
stead Of plain water, distilled rose water
or orange flower water is more pleasant
The bites are to be dabbed with the solu-
tion so long as there is any irritation.
For bees or wasps' stings the borax So
luton may be made twice the above
strength. In every farm house this So
luton should be kept a household rene
dy.-S. piesse.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

There was frog and ephalent, and
the ephalent it sed to the frog:
"Were wude you be if I wude step
onto you?''
The frog it sed;
"You must be nifty big tool if you
think sech an act as that wude make me
go away"
The ephalent sed he ment wot wude
be come Of the frog, which thot while
and then sed, the frog did:
''Wel, wont deny that if you done it
a purpous, and bore on as hard as you
cude, it would make me hoppin' mad!
Then the ephalent made fgger out
Of his proboscus, which is their way to
smile, and wecked way like he was
tickle to deth, but wen tickled M ssy,
that's my sister, nose with grass vile
she wos sleep, snoze and rubbed 1t with
her fofnger. and her feet is ticklish, too
on their bottoms.
Mister Pitched, that's the preecher, he
avs:
zone time frog and a hop tode thev
met, and The frog sassed the hop tode
cos it was clumsy, out the tode it sed,
If you will come here on this fiat stone,
jhere we can start even, lie beat you
umpin hi, best 2 out of g.
80 they done it, and the first time the
tode it only jest cleared the stone, but
the frog it went up so hi that it hurt it.
self coming down, and cudn't jump no
more at all, and the tode beet it the 2
other times. f.. }...-.
Then Billy he spoke up and sed: =
$50 the tode won the rubber!" and Mis-
ter Pitchel he sed: "William, l don't
kno wot you mean by rubber, cos its a
word wich isn't in the Bible, and is the
speech of the worldly and the sintle; but
William, it is true that it wos ordained
by Providence that the tode got away
with the cdd game" ,..s ~ .... :
Marbles is the game for me, yes indeed,
but no snatch up; and tit, tat, to is nifty
good fun too, wen I can get three in 70.
An now lie tell you story about a
bear. One day the bear he went anu ng
a flock of Sleeps and picked out nice
little labm, and cot it, and toe labm it
said ba-ha-ba' cos it knew it wos goin
for to be ct every little tiny bit up. But
the bear took it up in his fore poz. like
it was baby, and set it up full lenth and
rocked it, and scd: ,.3 49,. 49,.
'There, there, never mine, my precious
darlin, were does it hurt you?'
But the labm kept hollerin louder
and louder, cos vile the bear was a smil-
in and singin hush a boy, he was a
skoweezen liter and liter all the time.
Bime by the ole ramb he seen wot was
up and he dropt his he'd, the ole ram did,
and come like he wos shot out Of gnn
and let him have it in the stumack of
his belly, and dubbeled him up like he
was a razor, and sent him rollin over
and over without his preshous darlin.
And when the bear had puld hisself to.
gether again and shuke the dust out his
hair, he said: ..5.s-yssa ..5s
II have observed that lambs tails was
qulckern lightnin, but I didn't kanow
thay was powerfuller, too" FS sf
Jest then he see how it was, for there
stood the old ramb holding down his
head ready for to let him have it agin,
and shakin it, like he sed .aF
"That little shaver wudent make more
than a moufle for a feller like you. 1
CESS you better serve up the old man.
But the bear he wocked off a shakin'
hisl, too, much as to say: f5.5
81 don't banker after dinner which
gose against my stumack lske that
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

''That Venus,7' said a critic, severely,
els a pretty poor piece of work" ssIt IS
very easy for you to cay So" said friend
of the artist; still a man has got to have
some acquaintance with art before he can
sculpa statue like that. 20, bosh! as
M. Ruskin says. Sculpture, per Sc, is the
simplest thing in the world. All YOU
have got to do is to take big block Of
marble and hammer and chisel, make
up your mind what you are about to Gre
ate, and chip off all the marble you don t
want" ,s5f sS5f Ts5
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
An Amended Proposition.
From the Eureka (Nev. } Seminal.

From the Eureka (Nev.) Seminal.
1t occurred in Bodie, that city of whis-
ky, wealth and wicHe edness. A case was
on trlal in the Justices court and during
a recess one Of the interested parties ap-
preached juror and said:
"Say, boss, If that ar suit goes agln me
I'm nigh on $4,000 loser in mineral prop
erty. Now, III give you an even $500
to hang that jury" s...
The incorruptible scion of American
liberty reflected a moment and replied:
''It'd be cussed onsartin job for one
man to take rope and strangle that hull
gang an I'm afraid afore I got through
I mout dance a jig under it myself; but
if it s all the same to you pard, l mout
wade in thar with a six-shooter an wine
out the crowd. Thet'd he more to nv
hand than hangin' and the :jt b could be
done quicker. If that's satisfactory pro-
duce the coin and I'll get to work.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

her lover was @ skeptic. The lover was 4
converted last winter and renewed his
SUIT, but now he has had to give the
young woman up, though she processes
love Tor him, because she has become con-
verted by his former skept,cal arguments
and ls doubter herself.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

Tomatoes on the Half shell.-Have
toasted few slices of bread nice and
brown; butter, cut in half, and place it
where it is warm. Select tomatoes which
are smooth and not overripe; cut in two
tlatwise, and put skin down on hot grid.
iron; serve on slices of toast, with butter.
pepper and salt.
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

The furnishing-houses are spending the
summer months in making up silk and
wool suits for early Autumn. The designs
are French. al. ~. a.sf sl< :. y
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10

A Port Jervis romance concerns a con-
scientious young woman who broke of
an engagement four years ago because
The Princeton union., 1879-09-10
Little JOhnny's Talk.

There was frog and ephalent, and
the ephalent it sed to the frog:
"Were wude you be if wude step
, 1879-01-09
Course Of Study.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.

FOUR GRADES EACH REQUIRING ONE
YEAR FOR COMPLETION.
, 1879-01-09
a WCMAN'S LOGIC.

1T is useless 10 take medicine. shall
feel better tomorrow. Besides. I need the
money to get that lovely new hat. My
old one is such a fright. and people will
!Ook more at my bonnet than they will at
my face. will wait til | get worse be-
fOrY I spend any money for medicines" "
The new bonnet IL purchased and fifty
other feminine NECESSITIES IN the form
Of ribbons, lacrs. brooches, etc. Mean
while the lady's face hrcomes every day
paler and thinner. and her body weaker.
until disease has gained so firm foothold
IN her system. that the most thorough,
and oittimes long and tedious, course OF
treatment is necessary to restore her to
health. Ladies. attend to your health be-
fore you ever think of apparel A fresh,
blooming face In a plain bonnet is much
handSOmer and far more attractive to your
gentlemen friends than paiIl-wOrn. dis
eased face IN the most elaborate and ele-
giant hat your milliner could devise. DR..
Prices Favorile Prescription is every
where ACKNOWLEDGED to be the standard
remedy ar female complaints and weak
ness. It's sold by druggists.
, 1879-01-09

Conkling in the matter of confirm
ing the New York appointments,
aud wherever there is n chance.
But the real hostility is not truly
stated. arises from the fact that
Mr.. Conkling carried New York SO
handsomely as to place himself in
the front rank of Republican lead.
ers. 1t is safe to judge Of mans
value in the Republican party and
of his promotion by the persistent
measures with which his Democratic
foes assail him.
The contradictory reports about
changes in the cabinet are likely to
end where they began, nowhere,
that is, if we may believe the utter
ances of Cabinet officers themselves.
Judge Devens was to have been ap.
pointed to the vacant district judge.
ship in New England, according to
the gossips. But it turns out to be
untrue, and Of course the assertion
that Mr.. Hale was to succeed him
goes with it. The other report, fol.
lowing this, that Mr.. Hale is to be
the next Governor of Maine, proba,
bly, has as little truth in it. Mr.. Hale
knows enough to know that to claim
that prize would endanger his chances
to succeed Mr.. Hamlin in the Senate,
which his friends think are good.
VOLUNTEER.
, 1879-01-09
A SUDDEN DEATH.

There is something terrible in the
thought of having our friends stricken
down at our side, without a parting word
of endearment or consolatiolI--one mo-
ment at our side in the flush of vigorous
life, cheering our hearts with their loving
sympathy; the next at our feet, pale with
death, deal to our cries and needless OF our
tears. Every excessively fat person Is in
instant danger Of such a death. Seven
tenths of the victims of obesity die OF heart
disease or appOplexy. Allah's Anti-Fat,
the only remedy tor obesity, reduces the
weight by regulating the digestion and
assimilation OF the food. 1t Is perfectly
harmless, and its use will insure, in every
instance, a reduction Of weight from two
TO five pounds week.
, 1879-01-09
A Living Witness.

Do not despair OF ever finding relief from
that dreadful disease dyspepsia, or its mate
liver complaint. A single trial Of Whites
Prairie Flower will make yOu y witness
to its nlaIibility. Druggists say they
never sold a medicine they can more
heartily recommend. 1t cures chronic
rheumatism. cutaneouS and ulccrous scrof-
ula, organic debility. nervousness, etc. etc.
For female complaint it has no equal.
Prairie Flower is gathered from the
prairie of the far west, and then carefully
prepared in the form Of n liquid medicine
by an experienced physician. Is positive
ly purely vegetable and harmless in any
reasonable amount, yer a powerful! purga-
tive IL taken II. over doses. Directions IN
tull are with each bottle. For sale by all
druggists. Trial size, % cts. Large size,
rs cts.