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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

Under the careful supervision Of
Mrs. $. J: Morris, the young ladies'
are making great preparations for the
concerto be given at Galley & Neely,s
hall, on Friday evening, June Goth.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

CW. A. Smith is our authorized
agent at Spencer Brook. Those who are
owing us can settle with Mr.. Smith, and
those wishing to renew their subscriptions
can do 50 through him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

Ut late we have heard considera BILE
complaint BY parents in regard to the
Time occupied in the public school at
this place in religious exercises; in
TACT some of the parents most decide
~ object to any religious instruction
IN the public school at'all. It seems
20 man up tree as though the
churches and not the schools, is the
proper place to to teach religion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

The name of the young man who
who was drowned at sadley's upper
mill, few weeks ago, was William
/. Robson, not Robson as published
in the UNION at the time. We make
this correction at the request Of the
boys father, Mr.. VIM. Robson.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18
It will only cost 15scents to attend
the concert at Galley & Neely's hall,
on Friday evening.

A. R. Tobey did good job in
staining the windows of the Congre-
gational church.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

Everybody should attend the con-
cert. to be given in Galley 4 Neely's
hall, on Friday evening, by the Sun.
day school children, Admission only
Is cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18
He Don't Like Lemon dA.

In the village Of Cambridge, on
Saturday last, we had the pleasure Of a
shake with Bro. Dunn, Of the Princeton
UNION. Bro. D. is . gentleman we are
glad to number among our Minnesota
friends, but seriously regret his inability
to partake of more than Homeopathic
doses Of lemonade. North Branch Cor.
respondent Rush City Post. s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

MORE trouble brewing in unhappy
Mexico. That country is on the eve
of one of its periodical revolutions. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

R. B. HAYES is, in name, president
of the United States, but John Sher.
man is "the power behind the throne. y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

+ AS between Billson and Pillsbury
were our vote to decide the mat
ter-Pillsbury would be governor for
another term. ..5-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

THERE will be a State fair held in
St. Paul, during the first week III
September. . r..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

cas-All legal advertisements must be paid
for invariably before affidavit Of publica-
ton will be furnished. No deviation from
this rule hereafter. ,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

5 Mr.. John G. Smith will be at the
American House, on June 2Srd. at |
P. NJ, to sell the grass on the lands of
the St. Paul & Duluth railroad and
the Seaver lands. Mr.. Smith, we are
glad to learn, will continue to act as
local agent for for these companies al
though he is not in the employ of the
st. Paul & Pacific railroad company.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

Mr.. George Warren was in town
on Tuesday and Wednesday; he feels
much disappointed because the drive
was "hung up and thought that, by
proper management, every log OF the
East Branch should have been past
Spencer Brook ere this time. A good
many other folks are Of the same
opinion as Mr.. Warren. -'.. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

Strawberries are the most delicious
fruit that grows, and Messrs. T. H.
and D. A. Galley have our thanks for
several boxes of as large and luscious
specimens Of the berry as we have ev-
er seen in Minnesota. They we're
raised by Mr.. VIM. Lyons, Of Mime.
apolis, brother-in.law to the Messrs.
Caleys. MIR. Lyons has only Ia acres
devoted to strawberry beds, last sea.
son he sold 10000 quarts, this sum.
mer he intends to dispose of 10000
quarts.
Circumstantial evidence, such as
finding a bottle half full of whiskey
in fellows bed room. is no reason
why said fellow should be accused of
being drunk or of having even drank
out of the bottle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

The look Of sympathy, the gentle word,
Spoken SO low that only angels heard;
The secret act of pure self Sacrifices; ~
Unseen by men, but marked by angels
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
a DIVERS RUSE.

An old deep-sea toiler, with long chapters
of thrilling adventures in his memory, tells
the following about soms of his under
water companions
II dove once in Mobile bay, where 1
had put over three huudred chains under an
iron-clad. The greatest annoyance that we
had there was sharks They didn't hardly
dare tackle us, because with our armor we
looked more like scarecrows than anything
else. They wonld come sailing along, and
gradually swim up toward us with their
great big months wide open; but when with
in few fest of us, they would stop, and
lay their tapping fins, and looking, it
seemed to me, like the very evil one him.
self. Finally we devised way to scare
them off that never failed to frighten
them, so that they would stay away an hour
or longer before they dared to come back
Tke armor we wear is air-tight, you know
Our jacket sleeves were fastened around
our wrists with an elastic, so that the air
would not escape. By running my finger
under the sleeve of my jacket could let
the air out, and as it rushed into the water,
it would make Kissing noise, and volume
of bubbles shoot up. So whenever those
sharks would come prowling around me,
would hold out my arm toward them, and
putting my finger under the elastic of my
jacket-sleeve, would let lot of air out,
and send a stream Of bubbles into the
sharks face with kissing noise like steam
from guage-cock. The way that those
sharks would go scooting off was funny to
behold"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
HISTORY OF ALCOHOL,

Alcohol was invented nine hundred and
fifty years ago, by the son of strange
woman, Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used il
with q powder to paint themselves, that
they might appear more beautiful, and this
powder was called slcohol During the
reign of William and Mary, an act was
passed encouraging the manufacture of
spirits. Soon after, intemperance and
profigacy prevailed to such an extent, that
the retailers in intoxicating drinks put up
signs in public places, informing the peo-
pie that they might get drunk for penny,
and have some straw to get sober on. In
the sixteenth century, distilled spirits
spread over the continent of Europe About
this time it was introduced into the col
onies, as the United States was then called
The first notice we have of its use in public
life, was among the hborers of the Hun
garian mines of the fifteenth century. In
1751, it was used by the English soldiers as
cordial. Thealcohol in Europe was made
of grapes, and sold in italy and Spain as
medicine. The Genoese afterward made
it from grain, and sold it as medicine in
bottles, under the name of the water Of
life. Until the sixteenth century it had
only been kept by the apothecaries as
medicine. During the reign of Henry
VII, brandy was unknown in ireland, and
soon its alarming effect induced the gov
ernment to pass law prohibiting it's manu-
facture. About one hundred and twenty
years ago it was used as beverage, espe-
cially among the soldiers in the English
colonies in North America, under the pre-
posterous notion that it prevented sickness,
and made men fearless on the field of battle.
1t was looked upon as sovereign specific.
Such is brief sketch of the introduction
of alcohol into society as beverage. The
history of it is.written in the vretchedness,
the tears, the groans, the poverty and mf1r-
der of thousands. It has marched the land
with the tread of a giant leaving the i'm
press of its footsteps in the bones, sinews,
and LIES blood of the people.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
a BLIND SCULPTOR.

A writer in the Paris Temps lately gave o
very interesting account, which we find
copied in a recent number of LArt of a
young French sculptor named Vidal, who
has attained high distinction in his art, and
who yet, sad to relate, has been totally
blind ever since the age of twenty. .one.
Before this age Vidal had been pupil of
the atelier of Barge, and had learned the
technicalities of sculpture, when quite sud-
denly he was struck with blindness. All
bis hopes of fame for time, seemed over,
but, with resolution which no misfortune
could shake, he persevered in the profess
sion he had adopted, and after some months
of patient labor found that he could really
make his fingers do the work of eyes. His
touch has, in truth, become so sensitive
that by means of feeling his model in every
part he is able to reproduce it with an ex-
ac6tude often not gained by those who
merely see it. He generally takes animals
for his subjec jects-lions, stays, panthers,
hares, horses, &c.-and his skill in modelling
their forms in various attitudes is so great
that it gained him medal at the Salon of
1861. The State also has purchased several
of his marbles and bronzes. One of the
most remarkable things related about Vidal
is that he can judge, not only of his own
work, but also of that of others, by the
touch, as was proved during recent visit
to the Universal Exhibition, when he
showed himself very good critic of the
sculpture there exhibited.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
GERMAN PIAILOPENA.

The German method of managing tho
pleasant play of philopens is as follows:-
When couple meets after eating philopena
together, no advantage is taken of the other
until one of them pronounces the word phil
opena." This word is the warning-now the
sport is to begin. Let US suppose that
gentleman calls upon lady. She invites
him to walk in, and at the same time speaks
the talismanic word If he accepts the
order to walk in he is lost, unless she re-
moves the ban by telling him to go away
If she asks him to take off his hat he must
resolutely keep it on; if to be seated he
must stand, Or if at the table she should
hand him an article which he accepts, she
wins the forfeit During all this time he
endeayors to take her by surprise, for the
acceptance of any offer from the other wins
the game. Both are constantly exercising
their wits to prevent being caught and the
sport goes on all the evening. Perhaps the
gentleman brings little present, and says,
knowing that I shall lose my philopena,
/ have brought it along; here it is" If she
is caught off her guard by the smooth
speech, she loses, for he Immediately claims
the forfeit If neither wins at the first
meeting, the sport is continued to the
second, and it may happen that half
dozen parties meet at the same time, all
anxious to win of their philopena partners,
SO that the scene often becomes ludicrously
amusing. 1t is diamond cut diamond" in
very truth. -Eachange.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
DESOLATTON OF PALESTINE.

In Palestine yon are nearly as much in
the wilderness as in Arabia; as to inhabi-
tants, they are precisely the things which
do not exist, for all you can tell, except in
the towns and villages you pass through.
You Gun ride on day after day, and you rise
over each hin and sink into each valley and
except an occasional solitary traveller with
his servant and his muleteer or a Turkish
officer with his party, rarely does moving
object appear upon the landscape. No cat
tie are on the land, and no passengers on
the highways. The loneliness strikes you
more like that of the desert, for it seems
unnatural, because here there should he
life, and there is none. Sometimes you
may make ont at a distance on the hillside
a single figure, man on donkey 1t j.
the only moving thing you can detect all
around. From Jerusalem TO Beyrout you
can scarcely light on one single scene of ru-
nal industry-not one single scene of life
that can be compared with those on the
Arab pastures from the top of label el Su-
far to the wells of el Mich There, in
places, the country was full of people and
children, and focks and herds-a rejoicing
picture of pastoral existence in all its
sealth; while here, in the country of tillage,
and towns and villages, the whole land
seems TO Lie under spell.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
A RAILWAY TEMPERANCE Lee
TURE.

"Twenty years ago." said the passenger
with the red ribbon in his buttonhole, II
knew that man whom you saw get off at the
laststation. He was man of rare promise
acollege graduate, man of brilliant intellect
and shrewd mercantile ability. Life dawned
before him in all the glowing colors of fair
promise. He had some money when he
left college. He invested it in business and
his business prospered. He married q
beautiful young girl, who bore him three
lovely children" The sad-looking passen-
ger sitting on the woodbox:-"All at one
timer" The red ribbon passenger No,
in biennial instaluents of one. No one
dreamed that the poorhouse would ever be
their home But in an evil hour the young
man yielded to the tempter He began to
drink beer. He liked it and drank more
He drank and encouraged Others to drink.
That was only fourteen years ago, and he
was prosperous, wealthy man. To-day
where 10 hsl' The clergyman in the front
seat. solemnly:--"A sot and bsggar."
The red ribbon man, disconsolately;- 'Oh;
no; he ia o member of Congress and owns q
brewery worth $50, co.,"
Sometimes il will happen that way.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
~wALKING CASES, OF FEVER.

A New Orleans physician, in a private
letter, writes that he follows the old treat
ment in yellow fever, and has had over one
hundred cases and only sixteen deaths.
Two of the latter were walking cases. !"
The term is technical one, understood in
yellow fever districts. A walking case" is
o patient who refuses to 60 to bed, and
keeps his feet until he drops dead. Some
times he refuses TO admit he has yellow fe-
yer; sometimes he realizes that he has the
dread disease, and despairs of recovery
from the start. Sometimes the walking
case" manifests the most abject fear, and
again he displays the courage and indiffer
ence of spy led out to execution. The
stalking death is not an uncommon feature
of life in New Orleans during the preya-
hence Of an epidemic. Many who passed
through the fearful ordeal of 1853, in which
nearly eight thousand victims perished, will
remember the case of John c., Memphis
printer. He was a man of splendid ply
sique and handsome presence, but an unfor-
tunate love affair had made him reckless.
He developed walking case" of yellow
fever, and for two days and nights he
roamed the streets and frequented tn
drinking houses of the city, in spite of all
his friends could do, finally falling on the
street and dying before he could be con-
veyed to his lodgings He would wipe the
black vomit from his lips, and, while hold
ing up the handkerchief and critically ex-
amining the horrible exudstion, remark,
with grim humor, that his coffee" didn't
agree with him that morning. Death is
dreadful at best but no disease presents SO
great horrors as a walking case" of yellow
fever.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
A LUCKY LIZARD HUNTER.

rich North Carolina farmer, named
John Ingram, who lives near Goldsboro,
has got himself in the position of defendant
in very peculiar salt. A laborer named
Hodges applied TO Ingram for work, and
was importunate for something to do TO
keep his wife and children from starving.
10 get rid of him and have joke at the
same time, Ingram offered Hodges two
thousand dollars for six Thousand lizard
hides Hodges said that was better than
nothing, and agreed smilingly to undertake
the contract, providing Ingram would give
him his note for two thousand dollars, pay
able when the six thousand hides were de-
livered. Smiling also at the joke, Ingram
drew up the note, signed it in the presence
of smiling witnesses, and smiliugly handed
it to Hodges, who took it and smiled as he
walked away. It was joke that seemed
to be infectious of smiles. Hodges went to
the mountains with his wife and children,
and all went to work catching and skinning
lizards. The hunt for reptiles was entirely
successful, and in very short time Hodges
had the stipulated number of six thousand
lizard hides all nicely counted of and put
in packages. He took them to Ingram, de-
ivered them over, and demanded payment
of the note. Ingram tried to laugh the
matter off as a joke, and said he never
meant to do any such thing; but Hodges,
loaded with lizard skins, insisted that he
was in dead earnest and wanted the money.
Ingram told him to get it, and Hodges,
smiling, said that he thought he could So
he sued for the amount of the note in the
Corporation Court of the county, and In
gram is not smiling as much as he was. It
has turned out serious joke for him, and
will doubtless prove smiling one for
Hodges. Lizard hunting in North Carroll
ma is not such mean business after all
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
AN AFGHANIsTAN TRADITION.

Afghanistan is known by its shuddering
neighbors as the ''land of sudden DEATH
It wen deserves the title. The Afghans
themselves exult in the belief that the devil
fell in their country when he was thrown
out of Heaven. The inhabitants of Cabul
boast that their city holds the tomb of Cain.
Tradition reports that Mahomet described
the Puktu dialect of the Afghan tongue as
the language Of hell The traveller who has
carried his life in his hands through the
wild passes which lead to the Amesr's oapi-
tai finds little difficulty In accepting the
legends. Hs "a snsiFely wiling 70 admit
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22

some fair hand to be taken home and
cared for.
A plucky young lady in Baltimore in
timidated a highway robber on Wednes-
day. While she was walking up South
street she felt some one put their hand
into the large outside pocket of her coat,
and on looking around saw man who
had just passed her. Her pocket-book
was missing. Turning about, she ran
down the street, caught up with the
thief, laid her hand on his shoulder, and
accused him of robbing her. He fished
the pocket-book out of his own pocket,
handed it to her and begged her not to
prosecute him. She assented and the
man walked rapidly away. The pocket
book contained only few coins, but she
did not mean to have them filched from
her.
Americans who are interested in the
question of the higher education of
women will be glad to hear that the sue
cess of the mixed classes at University
College, London, is now assured. In
some classes the attendance OF young
women is as high as thirty per cent. Of
the whole. The professors are perfectly
satisfied with the result of opening the
classes to women students, and the young
men have not the slightest fear that the
standard of education will be lowered.
University College is, of course, in an ex-
ceptional position for making an expert
ment of the kind, and it does not follow
that tho s,,ooacu ncbiayad fbo,a ,r,,,IJ bo
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22

A correspondent writing from Alexandria,
informs the public that Captain Burton, the
African traveller, has made find" of un-
usual interest. At the request of the Khe-
dive he has visited ''the land of Midian,"
the desolate region on the eastern side of
the Gulf of Akabah, the easternmost of the
two long and narrow esturies in which the
Red Sea ends. Accompanied by M.
George Marie, French engineer, Captain
Burton landed in INDIAN on April 2, and
in an exploration of some weeks explored
a region full of ruined towns, built of solid
masonry, with made roads, aqueduets Eve
miles long, artificial lakes, and massive fort
resses, all marking wealthy and power
full people Their wealth was based on
mining operations, and Captain Burton re-
ports the existence of gold, silver, anti
mony, and turquoise mines. The aurifer-
GUS region is extensive; indeed, the discov-
erer believes he has opened up new Cali
fornia, and the Khedive proposes to have
the country worked by European capitalists.
1t will be remembered that in the Bible,
Midian is always described as land full
of metals, especially gold, silver and lead.
1t is more than probable that Solomon's
Ophir was situated there, as tho small ships
in which he imported gold, ivory, and pea
cocks were launched at the head of the Red
Sea. Midian is part Of the Egyptian Vice
ROYALTY,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22

There is . fashion in perfumes, just as
there is hats and dresses. In French high
life penetrating odors are now prescribed,
and pure flower soents are alone permitted,
particularly one made from lime flowers.
A lady having adopted certain perfume
must abide by it 30 that her friends may
recognize her even without seeing her.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22

A man was crushed by heavy wagon In
Aurora, New, and left writhing in agony.
His companion, reasoning that he could not
recover and that it would be merciful to END
his suffering, deliberately shot him through
the heart.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22

Think Of what an agricultural fair uus
be in California, with cabbages Eve feet il
circumference. pumpkins weighing hur.
dred pounds, cucumbers o yard long,
and peaches and pears as large IS yor1
head
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22

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Danton, and this doctrine seems now to be
duly appreciated. 4
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and after much labor, succeeded in bring
ing Mr. Long back to consciousness, who is
at the present writing all right again,
An exchange says Young man, do
not swear Swearing never WAS good for "a
sore finger. II never cured the rhcuma-
tism, nor helped draw prize in lottery.
II is not recommended for liver complaint.
1t is not sure against tightening, sewing
machine agents, nor any Of the ills which
besct man through life. There is no occa-
sion Tor swearing outside Of newspaper
Office. where it is useful in proof reading
and indispcnsibly necessary in getting
forms to press, II has been known, also,
to materially assist the editor in looking
over the paper after it is printed. But
otherwise it is a very foolish and wicked
habit"