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9 wholesome lesson, not to be forgotten for =
century to come. Vote the Republican ticket
and guard the polls against fraud, and trust
the American people for the result.
Hancock's record as soldier is good, but If
elected we must not expect him to resist the
ruling majority Of his party. OF Gen. Garfield
I can sincerely say: He is a lifelong Republi-
can, and can be relied upon to carry out the
true and noble principles Of his party that he
Is . man of great and wel-sSried ability; that he
has diligently studied the merits Of every po-
litical or national principle fallen within the
range OF the duties Of an American legislator,
and that in literature and oratory he touches
nothing which he does not adorn We have no
ground to suppose that his views on any ques-
ton involved in his duties Of President Of this
republic are, or are likely to be, at variance
with those Of the great ma orty Of our party.
His views are SO well known and have been SO
clearly and well expressed by him that we are
not in danger of any Of those surprises in the
career of a President which have sometimes dis
appointed great political party. Gen. Gar
fields education, experience, and training, civil
and military, have been peculiarly suited to fit
him for every political Office in reform gov
ernment. Ientertain no doubt Of his personal
integrity or fdelity to Republican principles.
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DEMOCRACY DlssECTED.
Telling Speech by Judge AlphOnsO
Taft, at COnneaut, Ohio.

The issue lies between the Republican and
the Democratic parties. There is no better al
tentative, and the question is, which of these
organizations shall be trusted with the power
The record of the Democratic organization is
such that it can never again be trusted with
the Government by the American people. Now,
if the Democratic party could bury out of our
sight, and out of our memory, and out of the
memory of mankind, its past history, and come
to us fresh, young, and interrupted organic
alton which has never betrayed the country
nor sympathized with rebels, and opposed
patriotic measures in time of war, nor attempt
ed to break down the credit Of the country TO
party ends, and if the Republican party had
made doubtful record, the question Of in
trusting it with the Government might well be
entertained by the American people.
It is for this reason that the particular thing
most deprecated by the Democratic organs is
that there should be any reference whatever to
the record Of that party in the Rebellion, and in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30

We have given the complete history
of each States action in the way of fur
nishing troops for the Union service. It
will be seen that the claim by Demo-
Gratis that the Democratic State of Mis-
souri, furnished 1919, Ill Union soldiers
is slightly exaggerated, and in the addi-
ton of l00, 600 to the figures of that
State will be found an explanation of
the forgery which these Democratic pa
pers are repeating, and which by some
strange freak they impute to the Chi
cago Tribune.
It should be remembered that the
number of Union troops credited to
Missouri was largely Increased by re-
cruits gathered in Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin. The !" Union troops cred
tied to the rebel States were largely col
ored troops, who can hardly be said to
have been Democrats at that time.
It should not be overlooked, also, that
it required more Union troops to keep
Missouri from going into the Confeder-
acy than Missouri furnished to the
Union. In fact, the Democratic State
Of Missouri furnished $50, 600 men to the
Confederate Government, including
those who carried on the guerrilla war
with those serving in the Confederate
army. And still Mr.. Trumbull thinks
Missouri did more to put down the re.
belion than did any of dozen Of the
Northern States. Let the relatives and
friends Of the thousands of Illinois sol
diers who lost their lives in the Missouri
campaigns resent this boast Of the supe-
rior loyalty Of Missouri.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30
Effects of Perfume on Health.

An italian professor has made some
very agreeable medical researches, re-
sulting in the discovery that vegetable
perfumes exercise positively healthful
influence on the atmosphere, converting
its oxygen into ozone, and thus increas-
ing its oxidizing influences. The es-
sences found to develop the largest
quantity Of ozone are those3f the:c Herty,
laurel, clover, lavender, mint; 3uhiitet,
fennel and bergampt.:; those that give ii
in smaller quantities. are anise, nutmeg
and thyme. The flowers If the narcis:
sus, hyacinth, mignonette, heiotrope
and lily-of-the-valley develop ozone in
closed vessels. Flowers destitute Of
perfume do not develop it, and those
which have slight perfume develop it
only in small quantities. Reasoning
from these facts, the professor recon-
mended the cultivation of flowers in
marshy districts, and in all places In
tested with animal emanations, on ac-
count Of the powerful oxidizing infiu-
ences of ozone. The inhabitants of
such regions should, he says, surround
their houses with beds Of the most
odorous flowers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30
Story About Artemus Ward.

There are yet living in Pottsville, Pa,
several gentlemen who never hear the
name of Artemus Ward without O. smil-
ing recollection of a pleasant night spent
with that droll genius. In the winter of
one of the earlier years of the war Arte-
mus Ward was advertised to deliver his
famous lecture on the Mormons in the
Town Hall at Pottsville. Much curiosity
was excited by the announcement of his
coming, and there was every reason to
expect that the hall would be crowded
on the evening Of the lecture. But one
of the fiercest snow-storms that ever
visited the town ragged without intermis-
sion all day, and the night was wildly
stormy when the lecturer was driven to
the hall. He found awaiting him there
only five men who had defied the storm.
Advancing to the front Of the stage, and
Decking with his finger as if to single
Individual, Artemus said, in an ordinary
conversational tone, "Come up closer"
Not knowing precisely what to do, the
audience of five compromised with their
embarrassment by doing nothing. Arte-
mus changed his tone to that used by
one who wishes to coax, and said !:
"Please come up closer and be sociable !;
want to speak to you about little mat
ter l have thought Of.
Having succeeded in getting his audi
dence to move up nearer the stage, the
humorist said: Z" move that we do not
have any lecture here this evening, and
propose instead that we adjourn to the
restaurant beneath and have a good
time" He then put the motion, voted
Oh it himself, declared it carried, and, to
give no appeal from the chair, at once
led the way to the restaurant. There he
introduced himself to his intended audi
tors, and spent several hours in their
company, richly compromising them for
disappointment in the matter G the lee
ture by the wit and humor Of t.le stories
and anecdotes without number that he
told. And that is how Artemus Ward
lectured in Pottsville.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30
Bald Men.

A bald-headed man is refined, and he
always shows his skull sure. A good
novel for bald heads to read The
Lost Heir" What does q bald-headed
man say to his comb? We meet to part
no more. Motto for bald head--Bare
and furbare. However high positiona
bald-headed man holds, he will never
comb down In the world. The bald
headed man never dyes. Advice to
bald-headers-J DIN the Indians, who are
the only successful hair raisers. What
does every bald headed man put on his
head His hat. You never saw a bald
headed man with s a low forehead,
Shakespeare says :: There is diyini-
ty that shapes our ends. Bald men
are the coolest headed men in the world.
Some bald men have heirs. Boston
Transcript.
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THE ssLOST CAUSE Z, RECLAIMED.

What the solid south Means az
Viewed by 3 Soutferner.
Washington Special to the Chicago Tribune.]
The following are extracts from a let
ter read by one Of the prominent cler-
gyman Of this city, from native Of
South Carolina, Republican Of high
character:
We are now on the brink Of political destruc-
ton, and q failure Of the people Of the North to
vote solidly for Garfield will leave the solid
South master Of the situation. The Republicans
Of the South cannot possibly give q single cleo
toral vote for the Republican nominee, from the
fact that the Democrats have the control OF all
the election machinery, and, as heretofore, will
count Us out. inclose an article en-
journal, which shows that the South has gained
in population nearly twice as fast as the
North in the last decade. This, too, in face
Of the fact that we cannot induce emigrants
to settle hero, while hundreds Of thousands
go annually to the North and West. You
will doubtless remember my predictions in
regard to the appointment of Democratic SUI
pervisors of the census for the South, and, if
the statement contained in this article be true,
!, there can scarcely be a doubt that the returns
have been doctored. The Democratic
politicians Of the South are marshaling their
hosts. The Confederate survivors are every
where organized. Their old battered flags are
thrown to the breeze, and the veterans Of the
lost cause are again marching under their folds
for they know not what. They are to be ready
for any emergency, expected to arise if there is
any possibility to count Hancock in.
Don't be afraid to speak of the glorious deeds
OF your gallant dead who fell in defense of the
Union. Let their deeds be ,yindicated by every
living comrade, and urge all to vote as they
fought. Our opponents Will call every patriotic
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30
THE TROOPS IN THE WAR,
from the Chicago Tribune

We yesterday called attention to the
statement made by Judge Trumbull to
the effect that the Democratic State Of
Missouri had furnished more troops for
the Union army than had certain small
Republican States. We pointed out the
fallacy of Judge Trumbulls conclu-
sions, which rested on suggestions which
were false aud omissions of what was
true.
We find going the rounds of the
Democratic press an elaborate state
ment, in which Judge Trumbun's claim
for the Southern States is wonderfully
magnifed, and what is the more wonder
full is, that the figures are attributed to
the Chicago Tribune, and the Tribune,
it is stated, obtained its figures from
Secretary Of War McCrary. Here are
some of these Democratic figures now
going the round of the country:
Total troops furnished Union army by
Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Minnesota, Connecticut, Califor-
MIA, Nevada and Oregon, 196, 636; by
Missouri. 1911; excess by Missouri,
2,475. These figures are used in various
forms, each combination showing the
excessive loyalty of Missouri, and at last
it is shown that the old thirteen slave
States furnished more troops for the
Union army by So, 955 than did thirteen
non-slaveholding Stages, including in
these Colorado, Nebraska and Nevada,
which were not States in 1861, and Min
nescta and Kansas, which had just been
admitted. It is needless to say that no
such figures were published by the
Tribune or were ever furnished by the
Secretary of War.
In 1879 there was issued by the Adju-
tant General of the Army a tabulated
statement of the number of men called
for by the President, and the number
furnished by each State, Territory, and
the District of Columbia from April Is,
1861, to the close of the war of the Re
belllon. This statement showed the
terms for which the men served, includ-
ing the enlistments for three, six, and
nine months and for one. two, and three
years, with statement of the aggregate
reduced to the three years standard. The
shortest and most certain way to ex-
plode these Demo cratic fabrications is to
! reproduce this statement, together with
q statement Of the population. of each of
these States during the period Of the
war when these troops were furnished.
We give the figures Of the census of
! 1860. Here is the statement:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30
Gen. Grant on the Situation.

Gen. Grant has recently written let
ter to Gen. Arthur, in which he says:
When go East.I do not want to return here
until next spring, except one day, the I'd of No
vember, to cast vote for Garfield and Arthur,
and would not prefer to break up SO soon. T
hope you may have a rousing meeting that may
the control of the Government id the hands Of
the Republican party until we can have two
national parties, every member of which can
cast his ballot as Judgment dictates, without
fear of molestation or ostracism, and have it
honestly counted parties not differing in opin-
ion as to whether we are nation, but as to
policies to secure the greatest good to the
greatest number Of its citizens. Sincerely be-
lieying that the Democratic party as now con-
stituted is not fit party to trust with the con-
troll of the General Government, believe it to
the interest Of all sections, South as well as
North, that the Republican party should sue
coed in November. m.-. A.. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-30

Conscience is the voice Of the soul; the
passions are the voice of the body.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30

Boleyn's shoulders. At the words sscir-
Gull aurei," he reached for the coronet
held by Lady Mary. and tenderly placed
It on the brow Of the new made mar
chioness. He then presented to her the
charter, with another, securing to her a
pension during life OF $1,000, to main.
tain the dignity.
Gacefully Anne naurmnred thanks as
with the flashing coronet on her head,
and the gorgeous robe of state trailing
behind her, to the sound Of trumpets,
she retired from the presence chamber.
All readers Of history are familiar with
the sad finale of this unfortunate lady.
who through vanity periled her soul and
lost her life. Gould she, at the close of
that eventful New Year day, have pierre
ed the shadows of the future, and see
the scaftold and the headsman to which
Henry's tickle fancy doomed this after
ward helpless queen, with what horror
would she have shrank from the honors
heaped upon her, preferring to remain a
private gentlewoman and to die quietly
in her bed.-Cincinnattj Daily Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30
What Not to Kill.

The French Minister of Finance has
done a good deed in causing a placard to
DE posted which it would be wise for
citizens OF all countries to have before
their eyes. It tells farmers, sportsmen
and boys and others what creatures
heretofore by a multitude Of ignorant
people considered to be pests, to be abat-
ed-not to kill, as follows:
Hedge-hog-Lives mostly on mice,
small rodents, slugs and grubs-animals
hurtfut to agriculture. Don't kill the
hedgehog.
Toad-Farm assistant, he destroys
from 20 to so insects per hour. Don't
kill the toad.
Mole-It is continually destroying
grubs, larvee, palmer worms and insects
injurious to agriculture. No trace Of
vegetation is found in its stomach
Don't kill the mole.
Birds-Each department loses several
millions annually through insects
Birds are the only enemy APPLE to con-
tend against them vigorously. They are
the great caterpillar killers and agricul-
tural assistants. Children, Don't dis
tnrb their nests.
Lady-Bird- Never destroy, for they
are the best friends OF farmers and hor-
ticuiturists, and their presence upon as
phis riddenn plants is beneficial.
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a COmpetent Juror.
Lawyer-Have you any fixed opinion
about any thing?

Lawyer-Hsve you any fixed opinions
about any thing?
Juror-No. ........
Lawyer-lf q murder were committed
before your eyes. and it were proved that
you did notsee it, would you clear the
prisoner on such proof?
Juror-No, indeed. -
Lawyer-Is your mind so porus that
1t can leach out all past fact, memory,
Impression and sense of Justice?
Juror-It can. o.... ..:..
Lawyer-would you acknowledge on
due evidence that you were not yourself
but somebody else? ~
juror would. "
Lawyer-.Are you sure, without due
legal proof, that it is / who am speaking
to you now?
Juror am not. a
Lawyer-You assume that this is the
year 1880 AID, but you are open to the
conviction, ,on due aud sufficient evidence
that it may be 1880 3. c., do you nots
Juror docs. ii.
Lawyer-You are Of the masculine
ge nder?
Juror-lEam.
Lawyer-But Oh due and sufficient
evidenne being produced you would
even in this respect be willing to admit
you might be mistaken?
Juror might
Lswyer-Swear this gentleman. He
is the juror we long have sought and
mourned because we found him not
Graphic
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Rare Old Laces.
Prices They Brought at New York Auc-
I'D. ton. .a.....-'
New York Tribune.1


The first lot of special interest was an
old satsuma plate and pair Of vases Of
the same ware, which together brought
$113. A cap of point d'Alencon lace,
made during the reign of Louis XIV, was
sold tor SIS. A feunce of Brussels needle
point lace, modern, ten inches deep by
four and one-tbird yards long, sold tor
$500, so. A point d'Alencon collar of
the latter part of the eighteenth century,
in the style called rocco, twenty inches
long and two inches wide, brought IS. A
piece of Valenciennes lace, OF the seven
teenth century, sold tor $40. A piece Of
d'Argentan, thirty-four inches long and
two and one-fonrth deep,of the eighteenth
century, the ground of which was of eiab-
crate design, consisting Of large, SIX
| sided mesh, worked over with the but
ton-hole stitch, was sold for ST.. The
price of handkerchief which once be-
longed to Mrs. Fitzherbert, trimmed
deep, made in the early part of the pres
ent century, was 500. An Indian en-
broidered lace shawl seventy years old,
brought $50; an old Mechlin veil, eight
zenith century, $37 80; a white parasol,
point applique cover, with ivory handle
studded with turquois and pearls, $50;
an old Worcester mug, $40; Spanish
Chantilly skirt, black and gold lace,
made in Chantilly in the early part Of
this century, $47 80; cabinet specimen
fan 100 years old, wlth~the decoration of
| Ale1ander's visit to Diogenes, japanese
frame, and mounted in France, $25; an
antique Capo di Mont casket, 500; roy
al Sevres plate, bearing the cipher of Lou
is Philippe, and belonging at one time
to the Chateau Champagne, $40; and q
Limoges enamel Of Correggio's "Holy
Night mounted in ebony end mother
of-pearl, $500.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30
The Habit Of Selt-C0ntrel.

If there is one habit which, above all
Others. is deserving of cultivation, tits
that Of self-control. The habit OF self
control is but the accumulation of con
tinued acts of selt-denial for a worthy
object; it is but the repeated authority
Of the reason over the impulses, Of the
judgment over the inclination, Of the
sense Of duty over the desires. He who
has acquired this habit, who can govern
himself intelligently, without painful
effort and without fear of revolt from his
appetites and passion, has within the
source ofall real power and Of all true
happiness. The force and enegry which
he has put forth day by day, and hour by
hour, is not exhausted, nor even dimlE-
lshed; on the contrary, it has increased
by use, and has become stronger and
keener BY exercise, and, although it has
already completed its work in the past
it is still his well-tried, true AMI power.
full weapon Tor future conflicts IL higher
regions.
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Artemus Ward.

When, in 1868, Ward conceived the
idea Of making lecture tour through
CALIFORNIA; great undertaking in those
days-he engaged the writer to accom-
pany him as an agent, Offering a salary
that made the insignificant paw of a
Cleveland "local'' blush with shame.
Not knowing that lecturers, and espe-
cially humorists, have a way of engag-
ing every man as agent who processes
desire to travel, made all preparations
to go, resigned my situation, and
anxiously awaited my summons.
As waited various articles were sold
to pay expenses. [ ate my stove, I re-
member; [ think drank up my bureau.
At length, when nearly erything had
gone, I learned that Ward had gone,
too, taking another agent. I was nat
urally lncensed, and resolved that there
would be a severe settlement when next
we met. [ rehearsed the anticipated
scene frequently, and resolved just how
l would 60 to work and annihilate him,
Our meeting was in New York in
July, 1864. I had heard of his return
from California, and prepared to empty
the Walls Of my wrath upon his head.
Ny slumbering indignation famed up
at once. [ thought of the cooking-stove
[ had devoured, and the various articles
Of household furniture I drank up, and
was about to go for him, when Ward
suddenly rushed forward and, grasping
me warmly by the hand, exclaimed :
"Why, Girls, old boy, how are you?
When did you get back from Cali
fornia?' s# @ T#.-
AS [ looked at him, speechless with
amazement. he continued: "They told
me you came home around the Horn.
but never knew you to go around a
horn yet-join me-" .sa.#.
Now Ward had a very persuasive way
of locking his arm in with another's, and
in q momentary fit of weakness [ went
along. ~ asse
"Ward!'' said I sternly, II owe yo,,
a licking on account Of that California
agency business, but will put it off until
we drink s.... .
"Put it off as long as you want to, -
replied Ward, in tone Of generous &C
commodation, as though was speaking
about returning him loan. eff YOU
owe me licking pay me when you get
ready. aAH LII Ao hurry. OOnC care
if you never pay it
Numerous We're the 1lnavailing efforts
that made to bring Ward to settle.
ment. When would commence, s'Now,
Arten!us. how about that California
business?" he would interrupt Cob,
never mind that whipping. No hurry
at ALL Send it through the mail-ol
telegraph it. Let's drink
have got even, however, in a meas
ure--I have engaged a number Of agents
myself. "A. II. GrisWol6.
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A SONG FOR NEW YEARS EVE.

Stay yet, my friends, q moment stay
Stay till the good old year,
So long companion Of our way.
Shakes hands and leaves US here.
Oh stay, Oh stay,
One little hour and then away
The year whose hopes were high and strong
Has rev no hope to wake:
Yet one hour more ofjest and song
For his familiar sake.
Oh stay, Oh stay.
One mirthful hour and then away.
The kindly year, his liberal hands
Have lavshed all his store,
And shall we turn from where he stands,
Because he gives no more?
Oh stay, Oh stay,
One grateful hour and then away.
Days brightly came and calmly went
While yet he was our guest;
How cheerfully the week was spent!
How sweet the seventh days rest!
Oh stay, On stay.
One golden hour and then away.
Dear friends were with Us, some who sleep
Beneath the coffin-lid;
What pleasant memories we keep
Of all they said and did! .
Oh stay, Oh stay,
One tender hour and then away.
Even while we sing he smiles his last,
And leaves our sphere behind.
The good old year is with the past;
Oh be the new as kind!
Oh stay, Oh stay,
One parting strain, and then away.
William Cullen Bryant.