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Who Owns the Land in ENGLAND.

More than half the soil of the United
Kingdom is nominally owned by some
1000 persons. According to valuable
analysis of the very ill-arranged and in
complete Parliamentary return of the
landowners of the United Kingdom, pub
llshed in the Financial Reform almanac
for 1878, 421 persons are the owners of
%, $50, 1855 acres, or nearly 100000 acres
more than one-fourth of the total area of
the United Kingdom. The mind is I'M
able to grasp what such monopoly costs
the country, but certain features of it
stand forth with prominence sufficiently
notable. In most absolute sense, the
well-being of the entire population OF
some 100000 souls is placed in the
power Of a few thousands. For these
thousands the multitude tolls, and it NAV
be on occasion starves. Hence it is that
all through rural England we have con
tinually before us that most saddening OF
all spectacles, two or three families living
in great splendor, and hard by their gates
the miserably poor, the AFFECT slaves of
the soil, whose sole hope in life is too
often the work house-that famous device
against revolution, paid for by the middle
class-and the paupers grave. Our land
owners have not merely burdened the
land with their game preserves; they have
tied it up, and actively consplred to pre-
vent its due cultivation. Instead of rising
to the true necessities of the case, they
cling to their game, make penal enact
ments about it, and struggle to augment
the intensity of the evil which it is to the
people, as if the very existence of. the
country depended upon hares and rabbits.
In his absolute supremacy the land owner
overrides all justice, takes precedence Of
all ordinary creditors on his helpless ten
ants estates, and controls the system of
cultivation, often in kutter disregard of
private rights or private judgment, and
in addition secures to himself the absolute
reversion Of every improvement which
the tenant may make on the land.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-28
Home, Sweet Home.

Pryne declared that he had first heard
the tune "Home, Sweet Home" from the
lips OF Sicilian peasant girl, who sang
it artlessly as she sold some sort of Italian
wares, and touched his fine ear by the
purity of her voice. It is pleasant to
think he did not crib it from an old opera,
but had certain proprietorship in the
air, as we'll as the words, of the most pop
ular song extant. The "home" he was
thinking of, as he traced the deathless
lyric IN some London rookery, was un-
doubtedly Easthampton A few years
later ne expanded its opening words in a
magazine description of his native town.
Many an eye wearied with the glare for
eign grandeur" he wrote Democratic Re-
oie'o, February, 1889 'will, ere long, lull
itself to repose in the quiet beauty Of this
village" The stenciled expressions OF
"toreign grandeur" and seyes wearied
with the glare" what are they but repeti-
lions of the opening of both stanzas-the
pleasures and palaces of stanza one,
1.-The exile from home pleasure dazzles
IN vain,' of stanza two? Easthampton is
what supplies the sentiment, the type,
the foil, the contrast Of the song. East
hampton still exists, just as he knew it,
like vignette perpetuated in electro type.
The "tavern-sign in the centre of the road
is gone, though, which he described
swinging between the two posts" sswhile
the geese strut with slow and measured
stateliness to their repose." The geese
still parade down the grassy street, get
ting between the visitors legs every min
ute, and are as obtrusive as they are in
Payne's letters ana descriptions. Yet
it is an unromantic discovery, but there
cannot be doubt of it-''the birds sing
ing sweetly," of Payne's ballad, ''that
came at my CALL" were gamblers, and their
sweetness was hiss. From the age of
Is, when he left the ample hearth Of his
father s house here, the hymnist of ''Home
was homeless-that is, until the theatrical
structure of his latter months arose at
the command Of the Afrites. and he Law
down to die in his Arabian Nights
palace, hungering for the thatch, "the
sooty chlmney-throat Of this delicious
cot" "Thatched" cottages, by the way,
were to be found in EasthamptoA when
Payne was youth.
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Ro,c OF. account of the Nom Payment of a
Prize.
st. Louis Special.
The irrepressible Wakefield, whose con-
neotion with the police board scandal, and
subsequent indictment for perjury in con-
nection Herewith is still town talk, has again
got himself into trouble. Defeated in his
scheme to retain profitable control over
the Missouri Lottery company, he few
days ego got possession of the charter of the
Academy of Music lottery, under which, some
time since, its owners were empowered to
run lottery in this State. The charter was
subsequently repealed by the Missouri leg
islature, but this made but little difference
to Wakefield, as, though he saw certain
prospect of litigation, he also saw that he
had, in the opinion of lawyer that the re-
peal of the charter was unconstitutional.
grounds for sufficient delay of the laws final
operation to allow him several months in
which to run his lottery. He accordingly
secured the cooperation of three Israelitish
brothers, Smit by name and pawnbrokers by
profession, organized the lottery,
and rented q head Office on the
corner of Fourth street and Wash
ington avence. Preparations were soon
completed, and yesterday the sale of tickets
commenced. Quite number were disposed
Of, the late patrons of the defunct Missouri
lottery gladly invested in the new venture.
In fact, everything looked favorable until,
at few minutes after noon to-day. q leyee
hand named G. II. Price entered the office,
and presenting the orthodox ticket, demand
ed the 1926 which it had evidently
drawn. There was no doubt that the
ticket was genuine, and that the man
had got it from one of teh authorized
agents. of the lottery. But the head
office had no record of the sale, and
declined to pay the prize. The SHIFTS
and Wakefield did their best to
persuade the man that he
had been deceived, but be knew better, and
seeing that he was bent upon his rights,
they ordered him from the Office He de-
clissd to move without the money. They
persisted and q row followed, in which
(though the levee man was mighty and mus
cular) be was finally worsted, but not until
he had marked his four opponents, and had
broken up the Office furniture considerably.
The noise Of the scuffie caused considerable
commotion in the building, in which some
of the most respectable business men of the
city have Offices, and the result Was that the
proprietor requested Wakefield and his
Israelitish oonferes to remove their establish.
ment instanter. They did 20, and it is not
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-28

There has been q panic at Sonora,
Russia in consequence Of placards announces
that the town would DO burned May as. The
fire brigade paraded tho streets all NIGHT
A correspondent at Vienna reports that
dispatch received there states that Greece Is
preprcing to mobolize 10000 men, and thatSshe
has sent an officer to the United States to bur.
chase two ironclads.
The assignee of Archbishop Purcell, of
Cincinnati, O. filed, May 23,. schedule Of as
sets and liabilities of the archbishop and his
Brother Edward Purcell. The total amount of
claims Is u 607, 651 Assets, total 81
516,47, of which amount $41S, 526,2S is classed
as doubtful or worthless. ottlt ltif sef
&, May 30, ut Eau Claire, Wis, the water
in.the Chippewa river was continuing to full,
tho pier mark showing little less than eight
feet in tho channel. The logs arc running
steadily, and there Is no doubt of a full supply
for the season. There are in the Dells reser-
voir about 1OO,O00,OOO feet, with fully 100000
OOO feet more on the river above, large part
of which are in the big dam at Little Falls,
This dam is full of logs rs is also the main
river above 1t to the mouth of the Jump, q dis.
tance of about fifteen miles, The logs will be
turned out of the Little Falls dam as fast as
they can be handled with safety below. The
mills are now all running on full time
i London, May 20.--The mark Lane Er
presc says: Reports as to the present aspect
of the country, although they are not alarm
ing, are not calculated to afford farmers
much satisfaction. The damage already done
to wheat is not perhaps extensive. A success
ton OF dry, warm days would go far to relieve
the present anxiety. Provincial exchanges al
most without exception were dearer at the
close last week. English wheat has been
marketed freely in the country but sparingly
at Mark. Lane and trade in London has been
marked by considerable firmness. Foreign
wheat has been firmly held, holderslin occa-
slonal instances obtaining slight advance
Should the adverse weather continue 4 rally
may speedily take place, as imports, although
on fairly liberal scale, have not heen excess
sive. Although sales the past week have been
chiefly retail, miller have shown more incli
nation to extend thor transactions. A strong
feature III trade has been steady continental
demand for cargoes of white wheat from Cali
ornia and Oregon. Stocks are steadily d.
minishing as most of the imports have gone
direct into the millcr's hands, and taking all
things into consideration the present condi-
ton of the market is frmer than it has &C.
cupied for many months. There has been
very little quotable alteration in the value of
spring wheat, but trade has been inanimate.
Maize is steady and appearances seem to
indicate the lowest point has been touched
Sales of English wheat last week $1,000 quar-
ters at 4Os Sd per quarter, against 41223 quar-
ters at SIS Id per quarter the corresponding
week the previous year. Imports into the Uni
ted Kingdom the week ending May 10, were
992, IA hundred weights of flour.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Duke Of Argyle has left London
for Canada
The New York legislature adjourned
sine die, May %.
Reports from Rome of May "a, says the
the Pope was slightly indisposed
1t is reported from Washington tina,
President Hayes favors the negro exordus.
Ex-President Grant and party left
Shanghai May "a, continuing their journey.
Ex-Mayor William Chaplin, of Cleveland
| O., died at his residence in that CITY. Nav "a
| aged 56 years. tsl =
Horace Waters & Sons, dealers in
Pianos and Organs New York city, have failed
with estimated Liabilities of $4,000
William Lloyd Garrison's last letter was
to George T. Downing, colored man, o.
Newport, R. l. Downing is now seriously i'll.
The widow Of Daniel P. Stone, of Bos.
ton, has given $4,000 to the yeung mems
Christian association towards the erection of q
new building.
The House committee on appropria
tons have agreed to concur in the Senate
amendments to the appropriation bill, and rec.
omcnd its passage as it passed the Senate.
During thunder storm and whirlwind
May "a, on the California river, a little below
Lake Charles, La, the small steamer propeller
Ramos was capsized and instantly sunk in 80
feet of water, Six persons were drowned
Miss W. E. Buddington and Mr.. L. W.
Walker were married by telegraph May q
tho hridn onH friends l>oip ;~,+ ~
egraph office, Milwaukee, and tho groom ut
Owatonna, MINI. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. w. 6. Walker, Monmouth, d.
Secretary Sherman IN letter to Gen
Robinson, chairman Of the Oho Republican
State Central committee, of date Washington
May 10; says he cannot accept q nomination
for Governor by disparity, if rendered him, and
trusts the convention will not so embarrass
him as to compel declination.
MIR. Hendricks, of Indiana, who has
just declared for the fourth or fifth time that
he will not be candidate for Vice-P President
with any one, adds: "And 50 far as am con.
cerned, the old ticket will not be in the field
This is understood here to be declaration of
war against Mr.. Tildcn, and it follows sharply
on the recent demonstration of Mr. Hendricks
against Mr.. Thurman. $3.50! .,- =
May 20, the Ways and Means commit
tee Of the congressional House after passing
| upon two bills Of private character and dis.
| cussing without result propositions relative to
the. duty on quininc, indefinitely postponed
the resolution introduced by Chairman Wood
regarding adjournment Of the present session
| The committee, after some discussion, agreed
to the following resolution: Resolved, That this
committee will considers at this session any
bills or joint resolutions affecting the revenue
and that all such measures shall be laid owe,
until the regular session in December. Amo
ton to reconsider was laid on the table. sa
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transfer from State to Federal county. No
quorum being present, a call of the House was
ordered and the whole morning hour was
consumed IN dilatory motionsg The con.
sideration ofsthe silver bill was resumed.
ME. Warner Withdrew the demand for tic
previous question, and q vote was taken on
Mr. Ryans substitute, which was rejected
yeas %, Nays137. "A votekwas then taken On
the passage Of the bill, and was passed-yeas
IL, nays 81. The result was greeted with
hand clapping on the Democratic SIDE The
Republicans and Greenbackers who voted ave
Wero Belord, Cannon, Daggett, De La Matyr
n. 9, iMurch, Russell, N. &C., Stevenson, Weaver
Yokum. The Democrats and Greenbackere
voting no were Bliss, Covert. Deuster, Hurd
Jones, Morrison, Muller, Poehlcr, f. Wood
There were % pairs-had all voted tho vote
would have stood yeas AZ Tnays gl2h yThe
House then adjourned till Tuesday. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-28

5 A wALKING-sTIcK for tourists and bot
anists, recently patented in Germany by
Herr Herb of Pulsnitz, is furnished with
the following articles: One side of the
handle is signal pipe, and on the other
side can be fixed knife (Which is above
the ferrule). In the middle of the han
die is compass. The handle itself can
be screwed off, and within is small
miscroscope with six object glasses. In
the stick under the handle is a vessel
containing ether or chloroform. Out
side the stick there is inserted on one
side thermometer, and on the other .
sand or minute glass. Above the ferru,c
Is the knife already referred to, and to
the ferrule can be screwed botan;st,s
spatula or an ice-point (or glacier mar.
ties). Lastly, metre measure is adon+-
ed to the stick.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-28
An Evening Idyl.

On cold W1ntry nights every woman
Is seized with an unnatural ambition to
have the stove filed with coal just before
retiring for the night. At this time, of
course, the scuttle IS empty and the lord
OF the manor is commanded to descend
to the murkey solitudes of the cellar to
fill it. He knows it is useless to argue
over the matter and induce her to believe
the fire will stay in until morning. be-
cause he has tried that before; so he re-
luctantly picks up the scuttle and starts
for the cellar with shudder.
His wife lights him down, and then,
tor some unknown reason, starts up stairs
with the lamp in her hand. The man is
in total darkness, but he knows lust
where the coal is located, so he makes no
fuss, but heads for it as we'll as he can.
When he arrives where he thinks the coal
ought to be, he begins to feel for it wit,
his feet.
he finally finds it, and then he puts
down the scuttle and searches for the
shovel. He soon RECEIVERS j., and SCOOPS
up lot of coal, only to ascertain that the
whereabouts of the scuttle is mystery.
Down goes the shovel with ''gosh blame
it, and search for the scuttle is started
He kicks all around, and feels his way
back along the wall. After diligent
search Of five minutes he finds the scuttle,
and keeps his foot against it, so that it
can't get up and walk away. Then he is
unable to find the shovel
This causes him to yelp out something
and start back; when halfway across he
smaches his nose against beam, and
sees more stars than Lyceum has ever
seen. He gets so that after he has solaced
his nose with his hand, he rushes franti-
cally forward and falls on barrel which
is lying down, if the word be permissible,
and rolls over it, the coal upsetting and
rolling down his shirt-front and in his
face.
He then rushes around and yells fire.
1t $50 dark he can't find the steps. His
wife doesn't hear him; but after sutfi-
cient time has elapsed, she goes down with
light. Arriving at the top of the starts,
she shouts:
"Why don't you hurry up; what's the
matter with you, anyhow, you old slow
poke2n =
''Gosh dun you women, you'-'
Don't you talk to me that way. YOU
heartless old GROWER, when I slave my
life out for you. Just bring that coal up
here lively or I'll lock you down there all
night" - -
And then he gets so mad that he actu
ally laughs and gets good-natured, fill
the scuttle, fixes the fire, and retires for
the night
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"A STRENUOUS effort is to be made to in
s1uce tae French Parliament to vote a law
~of divorce; none exists in France at pres
'eDt. Such Il law was voted in 1902, on
the ground chat an indissolublc tic was at
variance with the principle of individual
freedom; and it remained in force until
the restoration. This law gave rise to
great scandals, and under its operation
there were something like 10000 divorces
in a year. At present the law only allows
of separation; and some statistics recently
printed show that in the course of twelve
years there were 3e,49s demands for sep
aration- 5000 on the part Of the husband
and 32,7e3 on the part Of the wife; and
this in spite of the unjust position in
which separated woman is placed.
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& MISCELLANEOUS.

6.The st. Petersburg police have been
reinforced by $50 soldiers. Z ~..1 al.
e.. The Greek was preparatory one said to
to be merely TN attempt at intimidation
The strike of the long shore mon still
troubles the New York ship owners and ship
pGrs. .F. ..tFt.s le.sqaAy as ...y 49,. -.
The crops at Eau Claire, Wis, and the
region round about are looking finely, and the
farmers are happy re..z.. -
1t is said Austria intends very shortly
TO occupy Noyi Bazor in accordance with its
Austro- Turkish convention. 3@j
General Stalypine has aroused search
Tor nlhilists who were reported to be working
among the Russian troops in Roumelia.
"A Berlin correspondent says it is stated
That Prince Alexandria Of Hungary will shortly
marry Princess Jussapof Russian heiress.
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( CASUALTIES.

The town Of Dallas, Oregon, has been
nearly destroyed by fire.,
James Sheppard, an old man, fell down
a flight ofstairs in st. Paul May 20, anc had
his neck broken. $50 .aYyfs 81. i....
At the Harvester Works, St. Paul, Nav
20 Mrs. Pitkin had an arm broken by a fall
from buggy. The lady was taken home and
attended BY DR.. Stone. .r.3~..
The Oriental powder company's maya
zine near Brighton, Ill.,, containing 5000 kegs
of powder was struck by lightning on the at.
ternoon of Sunday, May IS and exploded
Anton Peters, all attache of Haverley s
theatre, Chicago, was instantly killed, May "a
by falling from the top Of that building while
attempting to dIslodge ball from the
caves. i = g.. .H.H nWn3 t&J8 ii. -
An explosion, May %, of the boiler in
the Risdon grist mill at Fastoria, Ohio, in
stantly killed one man and severely injured
several others. The walls of the mill were de-
molished. 80. .a...tr... 4y ...,...... -
At the late great Brooklyn, N. Y. fire,
the contlagration continued from midnight till
noon OF May "a, destroying property to the
amount of from one half to three quarters of
million Of dollars.
A body found In the North river New
York harbor, May 90 was identified as that OF
Col. Grovesbeck, whose disappearance was an
nunced several days since The remains will
be sent to Cincinnati for interment. III
The Italian bark Amalf, which cleared
New York city for Barcelona, with a cargo of
1920 barrels of petroleum, burned to the
waters edge May 20, and sank at her anchor
age off Staten: Island. Loss $4,000; insured
abroad. Crew saved. ..r,.s-
James Nolan, of St. Paul, May 20, feel
under train Of cars near the round house on
the Iowa and Minnesota division of the Mil
waukce & St. Paul Railroad, and had his left
leg frightfully mangled, and received other in
juries. Drs. Murphy and Mattocks amputated
the leg .f. ~ ~. 80. r
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A Poetic Blk.

He walked up to the bar and called for
cigar The man in attendance laid out
box, from which he selected one, put it
into his mouth, and laid down five cents.
He was about to light 1t, when the bar
tender leaned over and said:
Five cents, please"
VI just gave you five cents"
-, Il know you did," went on the other,
"but that is n-center."
The young man felt through his clothes,
but ne could't find any more money. =
IL think you'll have to put that on the
slate" -~-'s---.r--l. ( ''> ~ ''O
''We keep none, SIR" responded the
bartender.
swell, now, you can bet I'm SQUARE.
and as / haven't money enough to nav YOU
in full, I'll just cut this cigar in halves"
He took out knife and cut the cigar in
the middle, at the same time Offering one
to the man behind the bar.
'There's your other five cents.|'
THAT amt business; want money"
You do want money!" queried the other
with emphasis.
eyes, do"
"Do you want money more than any,
thing else in the worldY':
II do; it's all work for.'
"Would you be willing to work very
very hard2'
eyes, sir"
well, know where they want several
men to whom they will give commission
of Is per cent"
The bartender had by this time forgot
ten all about the unpaid for cigar.
ado you. think you could get me a
chance he said.
"Do l think so?. Ofcourse / do!
know it. My uncle is the proprietor"
''Have another cigar
Inc cigar was promptly accepted and
lighted, after which the bartender went on:
What are you going to drink?"
"Give me beer"
He swallowed the beer pretty QUICKLY
After he laid the glass down he remarked
that he felt rather chilled; that the beer
was little cooler than he at first antici-
pated it would be.
won't you take something to warm
you up? Now, how would a hot whisky
goa" = j
First rate; let's have one.'
lie swallowed it, wiped his mouth, and
went on:
Af"Now about this business. I believe
they guarantee you something like $40
per day, and you have to put in no capt.
tai except your time and brains. It's nice
. easy work; all you have to do is to walk
into parlor, ask to see the lady of
the house, and tell her you would
like her to buy from you the History OF
PATAGONIA, in seven volumes, at $40 per
volume. Then you get one QUARTER
$3.50. Isn't that good pay for ten min
utes' talking2"
The bartender didn't reply, but made
bee line for the man who duped him.
The latter lodged the well-meant kick OF
his Pursuer, which almost took the knob
of the door.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES ANDsCRIMINALs.

John Flynn, with.Davy the Kid" in
the robbery Of a diamond earring from lady
walking on Fifth avenue, New York, was son.
fenced May 20, to Is years in the State prison.
Near Modena, Buffalo county Wis, a
few days ago, a farmer, named Mike Fleming
while drunk, whipped his team into runaway
and was thrown from his wagon, and fatally
injured. h--@s
William Newson, colored, was sen
fenced at Terre Haut, Ind, May 20, to the
penitentiary one year and fine Of 81 900 for
marrying white woman. The prosecution
originated in spite, but he was convicted under
an old law of 1856, which Judge Long held to
be valid through decision OF the supreme
court IL 80 ....,...,...x,. ~.,...,...-..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-28

A BELGIAN chemist asserts that the
colors Of pressed flowers may be retained
by dipping them in heated alcohol with
one drop Of salic acid to six thousand
parts of alcohol. Heating alcohol to a
boiling heat is not a pastime for the mex
pericnced to indulge in. The flowers are
dipped in this solution and then shaken
and pressed.