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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-02-04
Mark TWain's Plagiarism.

At a breakfast given one time to DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Twain made an
open confessio on: "When my first book
was new friend of mine said: The
dedication is very neat Yes, I said,
thought it was. My friend said: I al
ways admired it, even before I saw it in
the Innocents Abroad" I naturally
said, What do you mean? Where did
you ever see it beforep' Well, I saw it
first some years ago, as Mr.. Holmes
dedication to his "Songs in Many
Keys."' OF course my first impulse
was to prepare this mans remains for
burial, but uron reflection I said /
would reprieve him for q moment or
two, and give him 6. chance to prove his
assertion if he could. We stepped in
to bookstore, and he did prove it. 7
had really stolen that dedication
almost word for word. I could not
imagine how this curious thing had hap
pened. For I knew one thing for a dead
certainty: That certain amount of
pride always goes along with teaspoon
full of brains, and that this pride pro-
tects man from deliberately stealing
other peoples ideas. That is what 8
teaspoonful of brains will do for man !;
and admirers had often told me I had
nearly q basketful, though they were
rather reserved as to the size of the
basket" Twain gave an explanation,
the usual one. He had read Holmes
poems until he was entirely saturated
with their flavor, and he unocnsciously
stole the dedication. Perhaps" adds
Twain, II unconsciously stole the rest
of the volume, too, for many people
have told me that my book was pretty
poetica], in one way or another" The
offender wrote to DR.. Holmes explain
ing his feat of grand larceny, and re-
oeived q very kind reply = afterward
called on him. Mark adds, "and told
him to make perfectly free with any
ideas of mine that struck him as being
good protoplasm for poetry. he could
see from that that there wasn't anything
mean about me; so we got along right
from the spot" Chicago Times.
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An Arkansas Cyclone.

This is the way in which one was de-
scribed by man who was in it:
II was about 200 yards from my
house when I saw it coming. It was in
the prairie when I saw it, and looked
like black smoke from large furnace.
Its shape was like funnel, inside it
was rcd as fire, and around this was the
black foggy mist. In looking at it l
saw large and small timber carried
along with it. My attention was at
tracted by the roaring, and, as it was
coming in the direction of my house, I
ran to it for the purpose of protecting
my family. I put. my three little
children in side-room among some
corn, and, with Sylvester Bull, was
holding the door, and all at once the
whole building was crushed to the very
ground by large trees being blown
against it. It blew me- about sixty feet,
and when I became conscious I found
myself among lot of timber and logs,
and Sylvester was lying by my side
dead; his head and whole body were
crushed. AS I was on my way to the
house I looked again at the cyclone
when it was about 100 yards away, and
saw it lift and carry away lot of hogs
and COW. The children when found
were not more than thirty feet from
where I had placed them, but none
hurt. Ny wife was considerably
bruised, being blown about sixty yards.
among lot of lumber. W. 49,.
my sister-in-law was carried about
fifty feet and thrown to the ground,
her arms and shoulders badly bruised.
my blacksmith.shop was also blown
fat to the ground, my bellows entirely
destroyed, all my planes. augers, saws,
and chisels were carried off and have
not yet been found, with the exception
of one saw found one mile from the
shop and broken in two pieces. My
wagon was torn up badly, the front
wheels being about sixty yards from
| where the wagon stood, lodged against
stump; the hind wheels were botl
smashed up; the wagon bed has not ye
been found excepting few splinters
All my bedding and wearing appare
was carried off and entirely destroyed
Host all my provisions.
Immediately in the rear Of the vino
came food of water, just like water
spout, appearing to pour as if from I
funnel
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marriage was put of forever. Good Con-
Mark Twain's Opinion Of Private SEQ
retarfes,

Mr.. Kirby, Secretary to Postmaster
General Key, tookoccasion to write
letter to Mr.. Clemens, in which he had
the tenerity to criticise some COM
ments made by the gentleman upon
recent order of the Postofice Depart
ment. Mr.. Kirby felicitously inclosed
tract issued by the Postofhce Depart
ment, saying that it was to meet just
such hardened cases as yours; and
also send you copy Of the postal laws,
and hope you will take the trouble to
look into the matter thoroughly. It
seems by the letter received in reply
that Mr.. Clemens did look into the
matter thoroughly, and Mr.. Kirby
concluded that he made too searching
q study of it. Among other things in
his letter Mr.. Clemens said:
Ny callow friend, when you 1hall have out
grown the effervescence Of youth, and acquired
a bit of worldly experience, you will cease to
make mistakes like that. That's, you Will rec
ognize the SIMPLE wisdom Of mindlng your own
business. You seem to think you have been
called to account This is great error. It is
the Postofice Department of the United States
that has been called into account THERE'S
difference here which you seem to have over
3 bestee, Til point i out You are no. the
and unnecessary appendage to it. Grave,
elderly, public instructors like me do not call
private secretaries to account. The mistake
you have made ia simple. You imagine your
self the dog, whereas, you are only the tail
You endeavor to wag the dog. This was inju-
dicious. You should have hung quiescent until
the dog wagged you. You seemed to have
gathered the impression, somehow, that you
are member of the Cabinet This is an error.
Your chief is one of the guns of that battery;
III mi a II a ~
even a ramrod; neither do you supply ammu-
milton; you only serve as stick to fire it of.
You are not q barrel of molesses, but only
| faucet through which the molasses is dis
charged. You are not boot, but bootjack.
Do you perceive? The thing I am trying to
convey to you u.s. that it does not become you
| to assume functions that do not belong to you
! The newspaper slip which you Enclosed to me
| 1 will return by one Of my private secretaries
I keep eleven Of these things, not for use, but
for display
/ Speaking of the envelope in which
Mr.. Kirby's letter was inolosed, Mark
| said: -
You, an unofficial private citizen, have writ
ten me an entirely personal letter inclosed in
an envelope bearing upon it's surface, in plain
zed BY is law for usng this e enTop OF ohd
than official business" The servants of the
! Government ought to be, for decency's sake,
among the last to break it's laws. You have
committed an offense with no elements o.
duty he will impose the penalty involved. As
far as am concerned you are safe, but if you
intrude upon me again may be tempted to
bring you before the courts for violation Of
law. There, now, receive my blessing. Go,
and do not mix in other peoples business any
who will feed you disagreeable words instead
| of sugar.
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"WHATMY LIFE Is LIKE"
Correspondence Of the N. Y. Commercial Ad
vQrfiaAr

Correspondence Of the N. Y. Commercial Ad
Lieut.. Robert Emmett Hooe, late of
the United States Navy, author Of the
following poem, had checkered career.
Entering the service from Virginia CHS
native State) as midshipman, he passed
through the successive grades Of his pro-
fession, serving with distinction in the
war with Mexico, and finally dying at sea
of consumption, having attained rank as
lieutenant. He was of lofty and roman
tic temperament, but his life was cloud
ed by the results of an unfortunate broil
in which he killed messmate. Tried fol
his life and honorably acquitted, still this
affair seems to have tinged his whole fu-
ture with melancholy which has found
fit expression in these touching verses:
WHAT MY LIFE IS LIKE.
Ny life is like the shattered wreck,
CAST by the waves upon the shore;
The broken mast, the rifted deck,
Tell of the shipwreck that is DER; .a&
Yet from the relics of the storm
The mariner his raft will form
Again to tempt the faithless sea;
But hope rebuilds no barque for me.
Nv life is like the blighted oak,
That lifts its sere and withered form,
Scathed by the lightning's sudden stroke,
Sternly to meet the coming storm;
Yet round that sapless trunk will Irvine
The curling tendrils Of the vine,.
And life and freshness there impart,
Not to the passion blighted heart.
Ny life is like the desert rock,
In the mid-ocean, lone and drear,
Worn by the wild waves ceaseless shock
That round it's base their surges real;
Yet there the sea-moss still will cling,
Some flower will find a cleft to spring:
And breathe cen there a sweet perfume;
For me life's flowers no more will bloom.
Ny life is like the desert waste,
BY human footsteps seldom pressed;
The eye no freshness there can trace;
No verdant spot on which to rest;
Yet cen among these sands so drear
The stork will tend her young with care
Fen there the notes of Joy impart,
But naught can cheer my lonely heart:
&C. II. s
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Victor Hugo on Pessimism.

III OC1tOILeTS NOVCILCy, MI. %. Il.
Boyesen gave an account of 1.-TWO
Visits to Victor Hugo" In the course
of conversation Hugo said that the the
ater of events in the twentieth century
would be Africa, and added that all the
other races are inevitably approaching
the type of the white race, and auiA all
IN the end be 1vh1te! This, however,
was not the readers only surprise, as
will be seen from this extract:
eve have among us, too," I said,
an old and wise man who takes the
same hopeful view of the future as you
do; I mean Mr.. Emerson. When pa
triotic men become discouraged at the
fragrant abuse of our free institutions
which they have daily to witness-when
vulgar mediocrity and selfish ignorance
seem triumphant, and culture, talent
and purity are trodden in the dust
then there is sore need of a strong and
cheerful voice to tell us that this is but
passing crisis, from which we shall
emerge the stronger and better for our
very knowledge of evil This is the
gospel Mr.. Emerson breaches at all criti-
cal times"
Mr.. Emerson" said Victor Hugo,
giving the name decidedly French
cut. "Who is he2 never heard of
him."
gave brief sketch of Mr.. Emer-
sons life, and dwelt especially upon
the profundity of his thought and his
large ideal vision.
."I am glad" resumed, our host when
I had finished, that you have such
men in America. They are needed
everywhere; but they are rare The
wise man is never pessimist. A pessi-
mist is a narrow-hearted, narrow
Drained man, with contracted mental
horizon, who allows himself to get
frightened at the first severe squan, and
imagines the ship of state will founder
challenge any of these shallow gentle
men, who are always seeing catastro.
phe ahead and prophesying disaste,
and ruin-I challenge them to tell me
| whether they can point to single
historic period which has not, in it,
totality, been a great advance upon it,
predecessors. I am sure they cannot
It is mighty impulse which drives the
world onward, and, in spite of traitors
and bribe-takers and conquering an6
crowned criminals, it will move onward
and ever onward toward higher anc
better states. see in the twentieth
century the sure and inevitable aboli
ton of the great evils which now perple1
us; new problems, growing out of .
still more complex civilization, vii
then arise, and new ages will solv,
them"
| He here turned with friendly not
toward me, put his hand on my knee
and said:
Keep that in mind, sir. Do not for
get it,"
"You evidently take me TO be pessi
mist" I remarked, smiling. =
I "You betrayed your sympathy wit
the pessimists," he replied, gravelJ
'aud they are not deserving of sym
pathy. They are pitiable objects, thes
whimpering cynics, who imagine ths
the universe is out of joint because the
have an impaired digestion. Nor hav
I any patience with those superio
critics who, for fear of soiling thei
dainty hands, shirk their duties as me
and citizens" /
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-02-04

MARTIN LurHER was the hero Of g
play lately produced in Paris.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-02-04

this very afternoon
"'What = roared Zeph, with his eyes
staring out OF his head like Holsters.
ga two-pound nugget and the stuft;s
pannin' out jest awful. l say it's
shame, and the Gov'ment orto stop it.
".Soldr groaned Zeph.
u "Noxt day it was the talk o. the place.
, The Chlnees were pannin' out gold at q
tremendous rate from their claim, and
7 there was talk of drivin' the heathens
> away. but the party of order was too
strong, and they know'd If the rowdies
was allowed to get the upper hand here,
!: they'd be just as likely to seize anybody
c elses' claim; SO it was decided TO temper
lze with the heather, and try to buy the
: claim.
"They was two hundred strong up
n there; and when we went up to see the
!. place-which we did in kind of des-
! perate feelin'- that fat chap smiled and
clapped his hands, and gave Zeph little
!. round nugget as big as q pea.
ga meetln' was held, and we conclud
d ed to make a company and buy back
II the claim. Twenty thousand was the
l. most as was to be offered.
".Twenty thousand dollars!' groaneG
n Zeph. Oh, boys what fools we was! Blu
l did want to hold out fur two thousand
ri "sIt's no use to growl. seq Tom. .Hov
u much ha' we got now?'
lie usBeout nine hundred dollars, guess,
SEE Zeph.
b, We'll, then, seq Tom. let's go in TO
lie shares as far as our money goes
re- THE money was nearly all sub
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A large number of Hancock NJ

"A large number of Hancock and
English clubs have been organized in
Indiana. Senator Mcdonald expresses
absolute confidence in Democratic VIC
tory in October and in November. He
believes that the Democratic majority in
October will be at least 5000 and hopes
that it will be double that figure. Judge
Roach feels confident of carrying the
State, but admits that it will be the
hardest fight the party has ever had.
The Republicans start in this year in
better shape than they were when they
ended the campaign of 1876 and they
are confident. They do not count on
winning any recruits from the Democrats,
but base their calculations of success
upon the Greenback vote, of which they
expect to get $4,000. They also expect
to gain three or four thousand votes from
the negro exodus. They have run in
about that many into the State, and
though the negroes have not lived there
long enough to acquire the right of suf-
frage, they'll vote all the same. Who
can tell one negro from another? There
is nothing to discourage Democrats in
the situation in Indiana, but, on the con-
trary, everything to encourage them.
Every move of the Republican campaign
so far has failed, and we have the vantage
ground.
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rha Rsnef,ts Of the Stock Law.

We make the following extracts from
letter from Hon. B. F. Crayton to Mr.. G. N.
Fulton, of Union County, about the opera
tions of the Stock law in this County:
There is an erroneous idea III reference to
the amount of pasturage necessary to keep
ND cattle. We have found that they do
best on small enclosures and shifted often,
as it is the nature of COW to look into
every fence corner during the day; and,
under our old system of going where they
pleased, they consumed in the extra travel
what they gathered, and, as consequence,
were US poor in the fall rs they were in the
spring.
It was prophcsied by opponents Of the
change TINT it would lead to constant trou
BILE by stock breaking out, and by persons
trespassing upon the open fields. Such is
not the case. There has been much less bad
feeling OH account of stock than formerly.
l have not heard hog squeal from being
dogged in three years, and have not heard
of a single case of trespassing OF travelling
through fields. 1t has brought o great many
waste places into cultivation, and made
valuable strips of the best land that were
too small to be worth fencing.
have no doubt that this County saved
by the change this past season from $50, 900
to 100000 in the yellow cotton, which
would have been destroyed byethe cattle
had they been allowed to run on the fields
as formerly, which I regard as clear gain.
The opponents before its passage, said we
would have no milk and butter, but they
were false prophets, as it has greatly in.
creased. A remarkable case occurred at
Piedmont Factory, on the line OF this and
Greenville Counties. There was brought
there in one day 30 pounds of butter-S5
pounds from this and pounds from Green
Vile where the change was not in force
The colored people have fallen into it
much sooner than it was supposed they
would, and We think large majority now
favor it. We think, after trial, it benefits
the renter most as he saves the labor OF re.
pairing fences. The stock is greatly I'M
proved, particularly cattle. 1t has reduced
the number but greatly improved the quail
ity. Hogs are kept in small enclosures:
1t has greatly benefited the material in
terests of our people, and if submitted to q
vote to return To the former law, have no
idea that per cent. would vote for it.
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DemocratiC Clubs,

Garvin Club will meet ut Bishop Branch
on Saturday, August IA, at o'clock p. M,
or Immediately after the meeting of the
Conner Light Dungeons. Wewill be pleased
to see the candidates on the OCCASION.
A. N. RICHARDSON, President.
Broadway Club will meet on next Sat
urday, 18th instant, at p. nj. All candi-
dates who submit their claims to the pri.
mary election before the Democratic Clubs,
are respectfully invited to address the Club
at said meeting. Jos. B. MOORE, Pres.
Brushy Creek Democratic Club will meet
at Rosamonds School House on August
81, ut o'clock p. M. All candidates that
wish to make our acquaintance and mingie
with US are especially invited to be with us us
on that day. Brushy Creek Grange Will
meet Mt 10 o'clock q. III. same day.
SAAL. NJ. SIrToN, Cor. Sec.
Fork Club No. 2, met August ], and or
ganized by electing P. s. Mahaffey Presi-
dent, G. N. c. Boleman Secretary and j. T.
Compton member of County Executive
Committee. A resolution was adopted against
receiving proxy votes ut the primary election
and our member of the County Executive
Committee requested to bring the matter
before that body. The Club will meet reg
ularly every second Saturday.
P. s. MAnAFrEY, President.
G. N. C. BoLEMAN, Secretary.
The Piercetown Democratic Club met on
August Z. The following gentlemen were
nominated for the respective offices named:
House of Representatives--D. n. Norris,
ESQ.,, Col. Vim. s. Pickens, DR.. II. 1. Ep-
ting and E. B. Murray. ESQ.
Clerk OF Court-B. G. Johnson, Esq.
Sheriff-Capt. r. L.. Williams.
Judge of Probate-Gen. w. w. Hum
phreys.
School Commissioner-R. w. Todd.
County Commissioncr-Jeptha Watkins.
Treasurer-Col. NJ. P. Tribble.
Auditor-T. j. Webb.
The Club will meet on Saturday, 11th Of
September, at 10 o'clock q. M. AL the can
didates are cordially invited to meet with
us on that day.
C. P. ROGERS. President.
r. L. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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Me. EDITOR: Scott Brown, negro man
living on Mr.. W. ]. Hix's place, short
distance above here, accidentally shot him.
self, while out squirrel hunting, on the
evening Of the 9Th inst. lie was trying to
discover the whereabouts of squirrel that
he had seen in tree, and had placed the
butt end Of his gun on log, with the muz.
zle pointing upward, when, BY some means,
the gun slipped off the log and tho hammer
struck it. causing the gun to 60 off. The
entire load of squirrel shot entered his left
cheek, causing very ugly wound, but one
that is not necessarily dangerous. The
shot ranged upward. wv. P. c.
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Union Meeting.

The next Union Meeting of the 3rd Union
District, Saluda Association, will be held
with Shiloh Church on Saturday before the
5th Sunday in August, lSsO:
Query-"Should money be the bnsis Of
influence in controlling Church interests p
Opened by Rev. ]. II. Earle and L. P.
Smith.
Essay -" Woman's influence in the
Church."-By B. Frank Mauldin.
Sunday School addresses on Sunday
morning by Rev. ]. e. Hudson and r. NJ.
Burriss.
Missionary Sermon by Rev. VIM. Henry
Strickland; Rev. il. M. Aver. alternate.
l.. P, SMITH, Clerk.
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There will be u meeting of the Conner
Light Dragons at Bishop Branch Saturday,
14th August, at o'clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of perfecting arrangements for the trip
the Company propose to make to the noun
tains. All the members are earnestly re-
quested to be prompt in attendance.
X, w. SIMPSON, Captain,
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Main street, South Of Square.

Why will men, and women, too, suffer
with warts, corns, bunions, frosted feet,
sore throat rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains
and bruises, when they can get relief by
using Coussens' Lightning Liniment? Price
50. For sale by Wilhite q Wilhitc Drug
rists. Anderson. s. G.,
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the improved Hall selfFeeding Cotton
Condenser Cotton
Gin the will do themselves injustice call be-
buying parties HALL GIN Anderson and
adjoining Counties with perfect success viz: ~
call sample Gin before
and read what w. D. Sullivan
gnncd
weights that have
thing we'll until November and December
o
53 lbs
.".46l
1887 lbs Seed Cotton. .57 lbs
bales bale
lbs Weighed
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The Belton Township Singing Conven-
Big Creek Church. OH Saturday and Sun.
day, 18th and 18th inst. All Singing
School Choirs and Sunday Schools, i'll the
Township, are requested to send delegates.
B. D. DEAN, President.
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m- Just received car load of thirty
new Buggies, Phmtons, &C., from Cincin-
natl. Call and see these handsome vehicles.
We have got them to sell, and when we
price them to you we know they will go.
REED & STEPHENS,
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The Municipal Election.

The mum pal election on Monday was
the quietest. without doubt, held in fifteen
years. There was but one ticket in the
field, the Democratic ticket, and very Little
interest was manifested by the Democrats
and none at all by the Republicans. It
seemed to be foregone conclusion that
whoever was nominated by the Democratic
Club would be elected, and this feeling
caused an indifference among the Republi-
bans about registering, large proportion Of
whom failed tc appear at the Town Clerks
Office for registration. The vote cast was
the smallest since about 1866. The voting
population of the town ut present is be-
tween $50 and 400, and OF this number only
266 registered. The returns Of the man.
ayers of the election to the Council on Tues.
6av showed the following result tn wit
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B- To arrive, in o day or so, my first
invoice OF Fall Hats. I am going to have
them as cheap as ever, if not q little
cheaper. Great inducements offered on
Hats now on hand.
C. A. REED, Agent.