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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-20
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OYTIoE NEW ORLEANS CrTY RAILROAD Co..
No. 124 Canal street.
New Orleans. December &c. 1879.
At a meeting OF tho Board OF Directors. hold
on the twenty fourth instant. resolutions were
unanimously adopted requiring weekly de-
posits TO be made from the earnings Of the COM
pany In sufficient amounts To pay tho interest
at maturity and retire the whole bonded debt
q schedule adopted. and creating the New Or
leans Canal and Banking Company the Fiscal
Agent for the purpose OF receiving and disburB-
ing the fund 30 provided
+. WHIT, President.
g, O. LEWIS, Secretary. de2a tja23
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
English Farming.

There is not much waste in gathering
in the crops; the English farmer looks
after his interests too CLOSELY for that.
Hay stacks are so carefully built and 80
neatly matched that they look almost
like the work of artists. Briefly, En-
glish farming secures much better re-
suits in most respects than our own,
though we accomplish our results on
less outlay of labor, and so make the
products cheaper. But there is also q
dark side to the picture of English farm
life. The farm laborer there is often
almost as ill-fed and ignorant as the
cart horse he drives. He is only q
working animal. His life usually Set
tlet down to dull, sluggish existence,
with little enjoyment in the present,
and few hopes for the future. He earns
but little, and is very seldom able to
keep COW, pig or chickens; and, al
though he has hand in producing
most Of the ordinary necessaries of lite
for his employer, he himself must buy
nearly everything he eats from the
grocery-even milk, butter and eggs.
Occasionally he has little garden
where he may raise part of his veg
etables. He lives very frugally, and
seldom INDUCES in the luxury of meat.
If the American iaborer lived as closely
as his English cousin he might lay by
a part of his wages. Our greater vari-
ETY. of diet seems to give us no advan-
tage, however, for our English and
Scotch brothers and sisters seem. as q
rule, more hardy and vigorous than
ourselves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
The Velocity of Ice.BOats.

Some time ago the question whether
or not an ice-boat would go faster than
the wind which propelled it was dis
cussed in the columns of the press, and
for time it divided attention with the
momentous problem, "Does the top OF. q
wheel 60 faster than the bottom7"
Somebody wrote to the New York
Evening Post about the ice-yachts, and
as the staid old Post never goes yacht
ing, either on ice or water, it referred
the matter to Prof. Loomis. of Yale,
and President Barnard, of Columbia.
These grave gentlemen, of course, did
not practically indulge in any such lev
ity as skimming over the ice, but they
are noted mathematicians, SD they nm
dertook to figure it out, and the result
was q very fgurative answer. They
both agreed that the ice-boats could not
go faster than the wind. The Scientific
american here dipped in it's oar, ana
thus remarked: In thus putting them
selves squarely on record in opposition
to fact OF common experience in ioe-
boat sailing, these learned gentlemen
furnish one more instance to the long
list of mistakes by eminent scholars.
who have declared results to be impoe-
sible after they have been practically
achieved" It then showed plainly how
the yacht could exceed the speed 81
the wind, and the learned professors at
once came down and acknowledged
themselves mistaken.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
Treatment Of the Hair.

How to preserve the hair is subject
which seems to interest almost every
body, if we may judge from the frequent
inquiries from every direction which
come to this Office. One wishes to
know what will prevent Saldness,
another how to preserve the hair from
turning gray, another how to eradicate
dandrutf, etc. Now it is delicate mat
ter to recommend any special treatment,
but Prof. Wilson, of England, who
is deemed high authority on the hair,
condemns washing it, and advises, in
stead, thorough brushing. This pro-
notes circulation, removes scurf, and is
in all respects, he says, better than
water.
Cutting the hair does not, as COM
monty thought, promote it's growth.
Most OF the specifics recommended for
badness, not excepting petroleum, are
mere stimulants, and are seldom or
never permanently successful. Some
of them give rise to congestion of the
scalp. When a stimuiant is desirable
ammonia is the best. It is safe.
For falling out of the hair, DR.. Viii.
water of ammonia, almond oil, and
chloroform, one part each, diluted with
five parts alcohol, or spirits of rosemary
the whole made fragrant with drachm
OF oil of lemon. Dab it on the skin
after thorough friction with the hair
crush. It may be used sparingly OF
abundantly, daily or otherwise.
For cooling lotion, one made of two
drachms Of borax and glycerine to eight
ounces of distilled water is effective, al
laying dryness, subduing irritabiity
and removing dandrutf.
Both badness and grayness depend
on the defective powers of the scalp
skin and are to be treated alike. What
is needed is moderate stimulation
without any irritation. The following
is good: Rub into the bare places daily
or even twice day, liniment of cam
phor, ammonia, chloroform and aconite
equal parts each. The friction should
be very gentle.-ScientVic american
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
What Greeley and Carey Thought Of
Each Other,

Horace Greeley and Henry G. Carey
were our great writer's on political
economy in their day, and were both
ardent champions of protection. Their
views of each other as political econo-
mists is a painful illustration of the
infrmities of greatness. Greeley wrote
of Carey: He Is a man of marked
ability and learning. In many respects
he has hardly an intellectual superior
In the country; but when he touches
political economy he stultifies himself,
showing considerable ingenuity, but
not particle OF common sense"
Carey's opinion of Greeley was summed
up as follows: "Greeley is an excellent
leader writer; he understands public
sentiment as well as any man know;
but he makes fearful mistakes the mo-
ment he approaches political economy.
1 admire him as journalist, but as
political economist he is beneath con-
tempt. Indeed, it is not too strong to
say that on the subject of political
economy he is simply an idiot, and
always will be."-Philadelphia Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
Having q Good Time,

My son, enjoy yourself. Have good
time; pleasure is eminently right and
proper, but a good time isn't secured BY
headache that lasts all the next day.
The simplest pleasures arc the most last
ing. After you have spent two years in
Europe, you will come ana sit down by
your own Preside and think of a picnic
that you went to one afternoon in June,
that cost you just sixty-fve cents. The
good tines that you daren't take your
wife to, my son, that you would lie about
rather than have your sister know about
them, the "goodncss' of them never
comes back to refresh and gladden. your
heart as does the memory Of that sixty
five cent picnic, when you chartered nom
sense with the girl you loved, and laugh
ed just as the leaves rustled, because you
couldn't help it. The "good time" that
wakes in the morning and wonders where
it was and who saw it and where
all its money is gone; the good time that
tails itself off with a headache, there's
precious little fun in that. And it only
takes very little bitterness of that kind
to poison and cloud the memories of your
past. 1t doesn't take many such "good
times.' my boy, to mingle tears with
your bread and gall with your drink.
The sting is the smallest part of the bee,
but when you pick him up by it, though
the rest of the bee were as large as an
omnibus horse, yet would the sting out
weigh all the good, sweet. harmeless
honey-laden portion Of the bee, Ind you
would think about it oftener and longer
Burlington Haackeye
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
old men with families have the best

old men with families have the best
chance OF getting more wives, while
young men with no sisters are likely to
remain bachelors. If this system
worked itself out, each tribe would
consist of few overgrown harems and
set OF wild bachelors. AS it happens,
young men and women revolt against
the old, and voluntary Opponents or
marriages by capture are common. The
course OF true love runs anything but
smooth. The lover is exposed to the
ordeal of spears" which are hurled at
him by the relatives of the lady. The
runaway bride is, beaten perhaps her
feet are speared, to prevent her from
running away again. If young pair
gre courageous and true to each other
however, the sympathy of the group
usually comes round to them, and they
enter on peaceful married life. It has
been said that the old men sometimes
give wives to the young, who thus
take stock" as the ancient Irish said,
and become, in way, the vassals of the
old fellows.-Lo1ado1s Saturday Re-
Uie,U.
AT q shoemakers' ball in Phila-
delpnia a reporter says that feet of
every size, from fine taper in white
kid to pudding-shaped pedals in full
skin, welted the wax on the floor in
harmony with the music. They waxed
warm with pegging away until late the
next morning. It was whole soled
affair throughout" " "&
MY son, emulate the mule; it is
backward in deeds of violence. OIL
City Derrick. .sEa
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
A ROYAL Fabric.

Velvet was originally an Asiaio pro-
duction, introduced into Rome at the
time of the Emperors. It seems that
the ancient Greeks were not acquainted
with it. In the middle ages some man
ufactories of velvet were established at
Constantinople, and in some other
towns of the Eastern empire. At q
later time the fabrication of velvets
prospered at Venice, at Genoa, and at
other towns in Italy, before they we're
known in France. Two Genoese i'm
ported this branch of industry into
Lyons, where they established manu-
factory under the auspices of Francis
l., in 1886. Velvet, by the richness of
its texture, at once took the priority on
the continent of all tissues. It became
the chief material of the costumes of
the middle classes, the ornament of
ceremonials, and was employed to set
Oft sumptuous apartments.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
Mixed Those Items In.

A ludicrous transportation occurred in
the makeup of couple of Geographic
items in the New Haven Journal and
Courier in one day which produced
the following effect: "A large cast
iron wheel, revolving 900 times per
minute, exploded in that city yesterday
after long and painful illness. De-
ceased was prominent thirty second
degree Mason" This was followed hy
the second item, which read: John
Fadden, the we'll known florist and real
estate broker of Newport, r. l., died
in Wardner & Russell's sugar mill, at
Crystal Lake, ILL.,, on Saturday, doing
$4,000 damage to the building and IN
luring several workmen, and Lorenzo
Wilcox fatally
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
TED.

ats very dusty" and Mrs. Laurie
Amberley shook slightly the glossy folds
of her grey travelling dress.
A trivial remark, but her husband
glanced quickly at the half-averted face
"You are dlspleascd Laure."
"Young Mrs. Amberley bit her beau
tilul lips in a moments silence.
81 think l might have my choice, AL
gernon."
''It does seem a little hard, doesen't it.
dear2" lifting lightly the little gloved
hand and kissing it.
Certainly Algernon wished to indulge
his bride of a month, but he continued :
''In taking one of these children of
my dead half-sister, I wish to make a
cheice which will be the most benefit to
the family. The elder girls can earn
their own living. The younger is very
pretty, and will be adopted by good
and wealthy family if we do not take her
away, while Tcd---'
Ted!' interrupted Laure, lmpatiently.
lied is at an undesirable age, and not
particularly brilliant and interesting; but,
as he is one who stands most in need of
help, think we ought to take him."
"Such shock of tow hair, and so hor-
ribly bashful!' pouted heauty-loying
Laure.
II know the little girl would please
you, best, but perhaps the boy Will de-
velop better than the girl" replied Am
berry, in the tone of decision his wife had
already learned to know
He was 80 certain he was right-that
the poor fritndless, uniformed boy was
most in need of protection and training
that he could not allow his wito's fan
cy to decide this important matter, much
as he regretted her disappointment.
The younger child-the little Nellie
was pretty as picture, and at the charm
ing aye Of three. He could not but
sylnpathize with Laure's wishes, but his
young wife was short-sighted.
He was older than sre, and felt oblig-
ed to decide the matter according to his
best judgment.
They We're on their wedding trip
From Niagara it had extended to Chi
cago; from that city to lonely tract of
rolling prairie, where resided this remote
connection of the Amberley family.
The father OF these orphan children
was coarse, hard man, who was already
casting about for second wife; and the
probability was that the expected STEP
mother would be little benefit to the
two young and helpless little ones.
Laurie regarded this man with feel
ing little less than horror. The rude
and primitive living was distasteful to
her refined sensibilities.
It was only when she walked alone
across the great pillows of green. and,
standing IN SOLITUDE in the silence, be-
held stretched before her countless
leagues of luminous sunset, that she said
to herself that the West was grand and
beautiful. .
They were driving now along the
smooth prairie road. A silvery creek ran
along its edge, bright and bank-full.
Here and there Judus bush showed its
crimson among the bush greens. To
right and left stretched away the bound
less prairie.
Laure had re9uestad the driver to get
away from the uninvitlng home; but for
the first time there was a shadow between
herself and her husband
In justice to young Mrs. Amberley, let
me say that she triea to repress her dis
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
He Didn't Advertise.

He was short, thick-set man, with
dyspeptic side whiskers. His gait was
about as lively as that Of a sick car
horse, and his hat was covered with
grass spots. He ambled slowly into the
editorial-room of the Sand Flat S1aa ke-
fang, took seat, and said, II Just
dropped in, Mr.. Editor, to see if
II am very busy at present; call in to-
morrow" replied the editor.
"Never put off till tomorrow what
can be done to-day is an old-time motto,
which I always wear in my hat. Would
you like to look inside of my hat2"
II haven't time to talk to you, sir,"
said the editor again.
"You shouldn't be so rash. Now,
you don't know who I am. I may be
the head of a convention coming to
inform you of your nomination for
Congress, Or may be ashabby old miser
who has selected you as his heir to q
large estate"
will you leave, sir?"
"You needn't get mad in that style.
I didn't come here to tell you that I
have long been a reader of your valuable
paper, Or"
Who are you, anyhow" asked the
editor, jumping to his feet.
= well, I'll tell you who I am. I'm
the evolver of a patent pill, and I have
been having verses written on it which
lam going to insert in the papers at
advertising rates. The verses are mostly
of a bucolc turn for instance:
IF you would feel as lively as
June'S sun-kissed daffodils,
.r Be not an hour without box
OF J. Magufan's pills.
"Here is another:
"Thou who life serenely huggest,
1t thou burde ned art with ills,
Purchase J. Magufins pills, ...
For sale by every druggist.
'Now, then, I've got one more; this
is regular old appropriated pastoral !:
Which the garden with perfume alls,
Opurchase J. Magufan's pills,
They're twenty-five cents box"
VERY nice," said the editor, in tones
which showed that he was conscious of
the fact that he had made sad error,
and that he yet might get the verses to
publish in his paper.
Eyes, know, but they are too nice for
the Snakefa,ag. Twas going to give
about 1000 per year, but now I won't.
You are not polite enough. I only all
vertise with polite men. I'll go and
have these verses painted on the fence !;
that's what I'll do. Fence space costs
nothing" and he made majestic exit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28

burned. His little jacket was wrapped
around her shoulders; her head was pill
lower ON his knee
..si.r's 'irrt'. 7 ,eckon,' he said, sim
ply
o. ny b"s!" broke from Algernen
Ambegley.s lips.
He carried his wife home in his arms,
Ted leading the way-Ted never once
conscious OF the love he had earned, but
sad and lonely again in that old farm
house.
But Laure had him brought TO her bed
side, held his hands in hers, kissed his
little grimy cheeks.
"Ted, you are going back with US.
There is not another boy SO loved in all
the world"
And it was true
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
A LONG time ago, in Mason county

A LONG time ago, in Mason county
KY, an old topper agreed to fight fero-
cious ram, the prize being quart of
whisky. The whole village collected to
see the fight. Both man and ram
charged at the same time, but the man
quickly righted, and, planting his foot
upon the ifeless carcass OF his foe, de-
handed and drank the whisky. Just
at the moment of collision tn man had
dropped his head, and the nose, of the
ram coming in contact with the ele-
waited shoulders, the animals neck was
broken.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
Australian Marriages.

In Australia, as elsewhere, tie of
more or less permanence and acknowl-
edged validity binds men to their part
tomary right of swapping away the
young women of the group in exchange
for other young women whom it is law
full for him to marry. It is clear that
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28

AT the close of the seventh century
pure imported wine was the ordinary
drink of all but the humblest class in
England and many parts of Scotland.
Between 174O and 1850 champagne,
even with heavy duty, was consigned
to English firms at so cents bottle,
equal to about $1.60 to s. at present
valuea
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
ST. MARTINS SUMNER.
BIZ John G. WHITTIER.

Bv John G. WHITTIER.
Tho flowers have peri he'd at the touch
OF Frost, the early conner,
! bail the season loved SO much,
The good st. Martins summer.
O, gracious morn, with rose-red dawn,
And thin moon cUrving DER it,
The old years darling latest born,
More loved than all before it!
How famed the sunrise thro' the pines!
How stretched the birchen shadows,
Branding in long, wind-wavering lines
The westward sloping meadows.
The sweet day, opening as flower
Unfods its petals tender.
R4news for us at nOOntide's hour,
The summers tempered splendor.
The birds are hushed; alone the wind,
That thro' the woodland searches,
The red oaks lingering leaves can find,
And yellow plumes OF larches.
But still the balsam- breathing pi
Invites no thought of sorrow,
No hint OF loss from air like wine
The eartE's content can borrow. ...
The summer and the winter here
Midway truce are holding,
A soft, consenting atmosphere
Their tents Of peace enfolding.
The silent woods, the lonely hill %
Rise solemn in their gladness;
The quiet that the valley fills
Is scarcely Joy or sadness. .s..n.
How strange! the autumn yesterday
In Winters grasp seemed dying,
On whirling winds from skies of gray,
The early snow was flying.
And now, while over Natures mood
There steals soft relenting,
will not mar the present good,
Forecasting Or lamenting.
Ny autumn time and Nature hold
A dreamy tryst together,
And, both grown old about us fold
TIE golden ISSUED weather.
lean my heart against the day,
TO feel its bland caressing;
l will not let it pass away.
Before it leaves its blessing.
Gods angels come not as OF old
The Syrian shepherds knew them;
In reddeniug oawns, in sunsets gold,
And warm noon lights view them.
No need there is, in time like this.
When heaven TO earth draws nearer,
or wing or song as witnesses
TO make their presence clearer.
0 stream of life whose swifter flow
Is Of the end forewarning,
Methinks the shutdown after-g glow
Seems less of night than morning.
Old cares grow light; aside lay
The doubts and fears that troubled;
The quiet of the happy day
Within my soul is doubled.
That clouds must veil this fair sunshine
Not less a JOY find it.;
Nor less yon warm horizon line,
That winter turks behind it.
The mystery of the untried days
! close my eyes from reading;
His will be done, whose darkest ways
To life and light are leading.
Less drcar the winter night shall be-
II memory cheers and hearten
Its heavy hours with thoughts Of thee.
Sweet summer Of st. Martini
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
The Bachelors Last Hours.

The Bachelors Last Hours
Not laugh was heard. nor . joyous note,
Al our friend to the bridal we hurried;
Not wit discharged his farewell joke,
As the bachelor went to be married.
We married him quickly to save his fright,
Our heads from the sad sight turning:
And we sighed - we stood by the lamps dim
light,
To think him not more discerning.
To think that bachelor free and bright,
And shy of the sex as we found him,
Should there ct the altar. at dead of night
Be caught in the knares that bound him.
Few and short were the words we said,
Though OF cake and wine partsking;
We escorted him home from the scene of dread,
While his knees were awfully shaking.
Nowly and sadly we marched him adown
From the top to the lowermost story;
And we have never heard from nor seen the poor
man ''-... az ..
Whom We left alone in his glory. s. .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-04
An I~nnocent Abroad,
Detroit Free Press.i

Detroit Free Press.l
The other day the police at the
union depot noticed a feeble-looking
old man wandering in and out to kill
time until his train should depart,
and, as he several times displayed
quite a roll of bills, he was cautioned
to look out for pickpoekets and conf
dence men.
"WOuldn't anybody rob an old man
like me, would they?" he ~innOcently
asked.
The warning was repeated, but he
logged around as before, and after a
while was e e in consultation with
two strangers, who had walked him
around to the wharf. An officer got
him away from them and angrily said:
Didn't | warn you against stran.
gers? These fellows are after your
money !"
But how can they git it when |
have it in my pocket and my hand on
it all the timer
We'll, you look out"
Yes, Ill look out; but | don t want
to be uncivil. When anybody talks to
me | like to talk back"
The strangers soon had him on the
string again, and in about a quarter of
an hour they left him in a hurried
manner, and he saunters into the de-
pot with his wallet in his hand.
"Therel You've let them beat you'll"
exclaimed the officer. How much did
you lend them?"
~ all, they wanted $50" he slowly
replied.
course 2"
Il give m a fifty dollar bill and got
thirty back"
We'll, you'll never see that bill
again"
II kinder hope not" he chuckled
as he drew down his eyes. 1T was a
counterfeit which my son found in
Troy, and being as | am very old and
innocent and not up to the tricks of
the wicked world. Iguess I'll get into
the a before somebody robs me Of
my boots. If any one should come
around looking for me please say I'm
not at home.