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How He Eluded Them,

Here is little story about the English
burglar Peace. 1t has always been a
cause of wonderment how he contrived
successfully to elude the police, although
he was seldom absent from his we'll
known haunts. A number of his visitors
were discussing this point ia the Sheffield
Jail, and Peace was greatly grati6ed at
the expressed admiration of bis ingenui
ty. Said the affab.e assassin: "Do YOU
want to know how I lodged the bob
bde1F and receiving a reply ID the
affirmative, he said "We.l, 1 will tell
YOU" Then he asked them to turn their
backs TO him. they did so ard were
asto"'shed TO find that Peace ompletely
altered .ue expression OF MS face, and so
protruded his chin and curled his lips
that In ordinary circumstances it would
have been impossible to recognize him,
especially as he had, by the contortion Of
the features, forced the blood into his
face until he looked like mulatto.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02
Religious Education,

A curious question was passed upon by
the English Court of Appeal in the case
of Agar-Ellis against Lascelles, namely.
as to the authority of father to contro l
the religious education of his children,
and the effect of an anti-nuptial agree
ment with the mother in relation to such
education. In this case, the father was a
Protestant and the mother Roman Cath
olic. The father endeavored to have the
children educated in the tenets of the
Protestant faith, but the mother, without
the knowledge of the father, caused them
to be baptized as Roman Catholics, and
to attend the services of that church.
The father, settling upon each of the
children a certain sum, caused tn I'M to be
made wards of the court and procured an
order from the Vice Chancellor, declaring
that they should be brought up as Protest.
ants and restraining the mother from
taking them to any Roman Catholic place
of worship. The mother opposed this
order, claiming that she agreed to the
marriage with her husband, relying on q
promise made by him to her and to her
| relations, that the children should be
brought up in her religious faith. The
court OF appeal affirmed the order of the
Vice Chancellor, holding that the father
had the legal right to bring up the chill
dren IN his OWE faith, and that he had in
no way forfeited or abandoned his author
ity. The decision is in harmony with
the general rule, that, as to the religious
| education, the child is to be educated in
! the religion of the father.-Albany Lao
Journal.
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ANSWERS to Correspondents -

Desperate Wife.-Q) My husband is
not only false to me, but treats me very un-
kindly. He knocks me down with chair
or something, every few hours, and last
week locked me up in the cellar while
he went shooting. When he returned.
after five days absence, he released me
with the remark: "Great Scott, amt
you dead yet?" Yesterday I detected
him putting arsenic in my tea What
shall do about it? (2) Are underskirts
cut gored with ruffies this winter or not2
20 You must win your husband by
kindness. Hiding behind the door or
under the bed will only make him worse.
Plait your hair like trunk. handle so
that he can drag you around the floor
more easily; and work him satin-quilt-
ed club-holder to hang on the bedpost.
The great thing is the proud conscious
ness OF having performed your duty. Do
this and all will be we'll in ten or fifteen
years. (s) Well find out this evening"
San Francisco Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02
She SeWed on His Buttons.

! Old Blummer is tight fsted Several
days ago he said to his wife, "Maria. I
want you to look over that broadcIoth
vest of mine and put new buttons on it,
cause I'm going to &c d-party tonight"
"But, Ety." answered Mr.. B., Il haven't
any buttons to match that vest, and"
''Thunderp' broke in Blummer; "the
idea of woman keeping house as long
as you have, an pretendin' to be out Of
buttons. By George 1 blieve you'll ask
me for money to buy 'em with next"
That evening Blummer hurried through
his supper and began arraying himself for
the card-party. Presently he called for the
broadcloth vest, and Mrs. B., with mar
vellous promptitude, handed it to him.
He took it, hastily unfolded it, and then,
as his eyes took in its complete appear
ance, he stood as one transfxed It was
ask button vest, and there was six buttons
on it, and the dazed optic Of BIummer
saw that the first, or top one, was tinv
pearl shirt and that the next one
was brass army-overcoat button. with
o. S. cleaning upon it, and that number
three was an oxydized silver affair, and
that number four was horn button, evil
IDENTIFY from the back of one of the Puri-
tan fathers coat: and then came a sus-
pender button, and then, as the dazzled
eyes of old Blummer reached the bottom
button-a poker chip, found in Blum
iner's pocket, with two holes punched
through it-he gave snort that made
the chandelier jingle. There is, after all,
fine sense of humor about Bumme,,
and he laughed till he cried. And ths..:
won't be any button money grudged 1
| that household hereafter.
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her. When the painful scene was con-
cluded, not without many Interruptions
by the counsel for the defense, the Pub
lie Prosecutor heaved sigh of relief. ri
"Do you know the nature of an oath,
Adele2" asked Col. Wait, raising once
more and looking fixedly at the wit
ness. f 5-E #.E2 1850. i..,1
mo, SIR" was the artless answer. ", 81.
"There, you see, your Honors," ex-
claimed the prisoners counsel, triumph
antly, ''she admits that she doesn't know
what she's doing" .......... s.... III.
"But she says it's wicked to tell a
falshood, and that God will punish her."
said Judge Culver, alphabetically. "She
| may not know about the legal form,
but she understands the essence of the
thing . -v>'
When little Adele left the witness chair,
she walked over to where her mother was
sitting. Curiosity seekers crooked their
necks to see what the mother would do.
The child tripped unhesitatingly up to
the silent figure in black, whose life she
had been helping to swear away, and put
out her tiny hand. The mother caught
her IN her arms, raised her upon her lap,
pressed her to her breast and began
smoothing back her golden hair with
trembling but loving hands. Those
who stood near say that the only words
she utterd, and those in choked voice,
were, MY preciousr'
Five hundred gaping spectators stared
at this scene with dry eyes, but the law
yers for the prosecution, to their horror,
did not hide their emotion. The tears
coursed down the furrowed cheeks of the
venerable counsel for the prisoner, as he
| rose, and, in a tremulous voice demanded
| that the entire evidence be ruled out as
! inadmissible. He made an eloquent
argument, but the Judges felt compelled
| to rofuse.
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that his long waiting had not been in
vain. With her heartin her eyes, Chris.
tie told her husband what that night ha
brought to, her; and the poor sprained
arm was almost forgotten in their newly
found happiness. ag 5
"Let US 80 home morrow" said
Christie '''and you shall see what CAPT
tai nurse l can be- f...a.s l5.g,s.,,... i.
I SO the next day they left friends, lake
AND mountains for one year, and, as
Christie smiled her farewells from the
car windows, a gentleman was heard to
exclaim. al ....--~. ..1.,.-.s. .,..t... s.
/ t:'ItI could only find some woman
who would give me the love that little
Mrs. March llavishes on her husband,
should be tempted strongly to resign the
trials Of lonely old bachelor, to assume
the responsibilities of Benedict
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02
He Packed His own Hogs.

q Some years since there arrived in
Cincinnati man from the interior OF
the State, who had drove of hogs ia
dispose of. The packers of pork were
then, as they are now, supposed to buy
as cheap as possible, and sit was alleged
that they had entered into combination
to keep down the price of the live article.
The stranger visited one establishment
after another, but failed to get an offer
that suited him. At length he concluded
to have the hogs packed on his own ar.
ount-that is, to turn them over to q
packing establishment, to pack at his
charge and sell for his account Tho
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02

The tra:e notices of some of the Lon
don associations are curious. The black
smiths, tor instance. have "Bv hammer
ana hand all arts do stand ;" the dist1llers
Drop as rain, distil as dew" the foun-
oers, "God the only founder" the inhold-
eer, Come, ye. blessed; when 1 was har-
oorless ye lodged me-" the joiners, 'Join
loyalty and liberty" the saddlers, "Hold
1ast; SIT sure;" the weavers, "Weave truth
with trust" and the needlemakers, ''they
sewed leaves together and made them
selves aprons"
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bargain was made, and he returned home.
Some three months after. he was met by
friend who had heard of the transaction.
"You packed your own hogs this
year, didn't. you2" asked the friend.
"Yes." "Did' you save anything2" con-
tinued the inquirer. "Ohs yes, l saved
something. saved my life, but I lost
my hogs.'--B0stOa TRANSCRIPT.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02
Success.
BY EMMA LAZARUS.

Oft have brocded on defeat ard pain,
The pathos of the stupid, stumbling throng
These ignore to-day and only long s"'
To pour my soul forth in one trumpet strain,
One clear, grief-shattering triumphant song
For all the victories of mans high endeavor,
Palm bearing. laurelcd deeds that live for
ever.
The sp!endor clothing him whose will il
strong.
Hast thou beheld the deep, glad eyes of one
Who has persisted and achieved? Rejoice!
On naught diviner shines the all-seeing sun,
Salute him with free heart aud choral voice,
Midst flippant, feeble crowd of spectors wan
The bold, significant, successful man.
Sc,ibner for March
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A Slow Tram.

we are frequently indebted to our
friend Colonel Yard, of the Monmouth
Dseaocr0t, for anecdotes illustrative of
character of'the peculiar people who live
in New Jersey. He sends us this:
The Homo T. tells good story of a
slow railroad in the northern part of the
State. He says he went there cunning,
and came to short line of road on which
was run single car, the forward end of
which was partitioned off for baggage.
He took his dog in the car with him and
put him under the seat. Presently the
conductor came along, and Insisted that
the dog should go into the baggage-room,
which, after some alteration, was done !;
but here the baggage-master demanded
& fee of fifty cents, which was denounced
as ''swindle," ''put up job," between
the conductor and the baggage-master.
and that sooner than pay it he would tie
the dog to the train and let him "work
his passage" The conductor assented,
and the dog was hitched to the rear of the
train. The dog, so T. says, kept along
easily with the train, but the conductor
began to get uneasy, making frequent
trips to the engineer, urging him to in
crease the speed of the train, and back
again to watch the effect upon the dog.
The latter began to show signs of fatigue,
but after a while caught his second
wind" and was keeping along as before.
The conductor now ordered the engineer
to heave all the coal into the furnace and
stir up the fire, which being done, the
speed was perceptibly increased. The
conductor again went to the rear of the
car to observe tho effect, but the dog had
disappeared, whereupon he triumphantly
called rs attention to the fact. The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02

A Seymour, Ind, man picked up a
stuck OF cord wood, the other night and
chased cat across the back yard; he
didn't catch the cat, but he caught the
clothes line with his teeth, and now when
ne smiles the corners of his mouth pass
each other at the back of his neck.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02

latter, after taking glance at the situa-
ton, quietly pointed to "a crack in the
floor of the ear, ''and there" says he,
was the dog, comfortably trotting along
under the Car, and lic1tiaq the grease from
one Of the aGle boges Harper's Maq.
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an appeal to the Hungarians to rise
against Austria. It was impossible for
him to know Of q people oppressed by
tyranny without desiring to assist them
in 9 revolution. He then began to plan
an attack on Rome, which was led by
Napoleon III, but was beaten, wounded
and captured. In 1865 he was fighting
the Austrians, and the next year he was
again after the French at Rome, and af-
ter lntiicting some heavy blows was
again beaten by the combined French
and Papal force. He next appeared in
1870, when France was in her extremity
and the republic had been declared,
offering his sword in its behalf, and was
given command. The next year he was
elected member of the French assembly,
but resigned bis seat and command and
retired 70 his island home again, where
he has since remained. Such is brief
outline OF life which was filled full of
adventure and inspired wonderful enthu.
siasm and devotion for the cause Of lib
erty everywhere.--HarJord CoIrunt.
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Garibaldi's Approaching End.

One Of the most remarkable, romantic
and remarkable and restless careers of this
age is about ending. Garibaldi. the
king-maker, the fighter for liberty, whose
sword has been drawn on two continents
and for half dozen different nations.
has been carried to Rome apparently to
die. He was born on the 4th of :Julv.
1907, and from his youth up to within
the past few years has been leader Of
revolutionists. Before he was 80 wears
old he was banished from Italy. In the
next twenty years he had fought in Uru-
quay, Brazil, Piedmont and Rome. Ban
ished from Sardinia, he came to New
York and went to work earning his bread
in candle factory on Staten Island.
Then he adopted his boyhood's profession
of q sailor, and in few years was living
in Nice. Then he commanded a corps
of the Sandman army against the Aus
TRANS in 1859, and the next year entered
Naples and completed the overthrow of
King Francis. When the two sicilics
were merged in the kingdom Of italy,
Garibaldi resigned the dictatorship,
and retired to the little island Of
Caprera. Two years later he is general
in-chief Of the National guard, but is
obliged to retire to his island home for
his impetuous indiscretion in publishinr
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-30
Lawyer and Cow.

A prominent and dignifed attorney,
who lives on a certain avenue short dis
lance from Adams street, while eating his
breakfast few mornings since, saw COW
pass in front of the house which very much
resembled the animal that supplied the
milk for his own table. He thought it was
his COW, and as old brindle has a habit
of forgetting to come home when she es-
capes to the green pastures which sur
round the city, the attorney left his half
finished breakfast and without hat and in
slippers gave chase to the animal. It
was a close race between the dignifed at
torney and the old COW, and it is hard to
tell which retained the most dignity.
She made good time and so did the at
torney. At last, however, after hot
chase of three blocks he caught her and
led her back in triumph to the barn.
What was his disgust to discover there
his own COW quietly feeding from the
trough. He returned to the house, and
when the small boy, with a twinkle in his
eye, asked if he ''caughted her." he was
savagely ordered to 60 and get his fathers
boots and not ask questions.
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A Sharp Hit.

1t was the wife Of the recently-deceas-
ed Baron Rothschild, woman of keen
natural sense and mother-wit, who, at the
time of the wild excitement which ragged
in England over the elevation of Cardinal
Wiseman to the purple and reestablish-
ment of Roman Catholic hierarchy in
England, made a reply which has gone
the rounds of the world, to bitter speech
of one Of her neighbors, Mrs. Spencer
Walpole. Cardinal Wiseman happened
to be at lunch at Baron Licnel's house, at
Gunnersbury, when Mrs. Walpole called
to pay visit.
The Baroness invited her to come into
the luncheon room, stating as she did so
that no one would be found there save the
family-apd the Cardinal Mrs. Walpole
drew back in kind of horror, and said,
II am sorry, but really I make it a prin-
ciplc never Willingly to break bread with
a Romish priest" II beg your PARDON"
replied the Baroness, ~ never dreamt Of
annoying you. You know am not a
Christian, and I cannot be expected,
therefore. to enter into those feelings!"
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elan and savory; it is one Of the most di
gestible of meats.

elan and savory; it is one of the most di-
gestible of meats.
The relative amount of bone in animals
varies with their condition. Twenty per
cent. of the entire animal may be a fair
average. In the neck and brisket of beef
it is 10 per cent. In the shins and legs,
an average may be so per cent. OF its total
weight.
Birds OF various sorts are nutritious.
Some wild birds, as the pheasant feed on
the buds of the laurel, or as the partridge
ON the same become poisonous. The flesh
of birds differ from that Of mammals, in
that it is not marbled, or it's fbres are not
mixed with tat. The flesh of different
birds varies in its coloring, from white
to dark. The wings and breast are drier,
whittier, and more delicate in taste than
legs, but the latter are higher favored.
The color varies in different parts of the
same birds. In the black cock the outer
layer of the breast is brown, while the in
ner layer is white.
The fowl, turkey and guinea-fowl
amongst poultry have white flesh, that is
tender, delicate and easy Of digestion
IS more stimulating than ordinary meat,
and so is fit for the weak stomach of
early human life, and those persons who
are in a state of convalescence. The
flesh Of the goose and duck is richer,
harder, stronger tasted, and difficult of
digestion for early life and dyspeptics
The fattening of poultry, their tenderness
and flavor depend upon the quality Of the
food they eat, and the Quietness of their
| lives. Tame birds need pure water, nu-
tritious food, and rest. Sexless birds
grow to a larger size, fatten better, are
| more tender, and better favored than
those that remain in normal state.
The flesh of game contains but a small
amount OF fat. 1t is usually tender and
easily digested, has a delicate flavor,
that is much increased by keeping.
Each kind of bird has its peculiar
flavor. That of the the partridge, quail,
snipe and woodcock are delicate. The
latter two are richer than the former.
Game birds tempt the appetite of the in
valid. Its tenderness and digestbilty
fits it for the stomach of invalids and of
early life. Wild birds, such as the quail
and robin are particularly valuable for
the nourishment of the sick. The
breast being the preferable parts. Pig
cons and other smaller birds have flesh
with tenderness depending upon the
creatures size and age. The flesh of the
hare and rabbit somewhat resembles
poultry and game. The flesh of the hare
is more savory and stimulating than that
of the rabbit The latter is more tender
and its tibres are close and SO less digest
IDLE than some other kinds of animal
food
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The Jay Mansion at Rye.

About 1744, Peter Jay, q prosperous
merchant, having retired from business
in the prime of life, looking around for
some quiet place to pass his remaining
days in case, purchased a large estate in
Rye, and settled his family there, while
his son John-who was to become an IL
lustrious parsonage in the early history Of
the Republic-was still q child. Here
the future Chief Justice passed q part Of
his youth, going from home to school,
and to Kings College in New York when
he was fourteen years of age. The estate
at Bedford. where the present John Jay
resides, passed into the possession of the
Jays through the marriage of Mr.. Peter
Jay into the family of the Van Coatlandts,
and afterward became the residence of
Governor Jay. DR.. Jay, a grandson of
the governor, now lives on the estate at
Ryc-a beautiful place with green mead
ows sloping from the back of the mansion
down to the broad waters Of the Sound.
The "ha-ha" fences, being sunken stone
walls, offer no impeachment to the view,
and only a stately elm here and there
breaks the smooth sweep ofmeadow lands.
In the spacious mansion itself, which
some forty years ago replaced the old
house, there are many things to carry one
back to Colonial days. The robe of
Office worn by the first Chief Justice,
made IF satin and faced with rich salmon
colored silk, tells of the early times be-
fore the influence of Jefferson had created
sense of republican simplicity.
A portrait of the Chief Justice, the
Joint production Of Gilbert Stuart and
that stately old painter and patriot,
Colonel Trumpull, is of much interest
even in a purely artistic sense, as it is one
Of the most thoroughly painted and best
of all heads of Stuart within the writer's
knowledge. 1t is not, however, at all
comparable in this respect to three-quar-
ter length of an old lady-a Van Cortlandt-
painted in Holland in 1922, work which,
while its author is unknown, is still of
amazing quality and we'll worth going a
long way to see.
There are two portraits IN the country
house of Mrs. Van Rensselaer,, on Mansur-
ing Island. They are portraits OF Peter
Stuyversant and his wife, painted by
Vandyck, and have never before been en-
graved. They are more vigorous in char
acterization than many of the latter por-
traits by Vandyck, and less hammered.
The wife of the testy old Governor was
a Bayard, daughter Of a learned and dis
tinguished Hugenot, and it is through
this family of (which Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
is member, that the portraits have been
preserved from the hands of the 'srestor-
er" as we'll as from all other disasters
Harper's Magazine.