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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-14

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ing iihe u iOr making money ever offered before.
BUSINESS pleasant and strictly honorable Raider,
u you want to know all about the best paying
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ana we VIII send you full particulars and private
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24

CThe following lines are intended as companion
to Miss NJ Louisa Chitwood's beautiful gem Of
poem, entitled o. Bury Ne Not in the Deep, Deep
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24
A Sapphire That weighs Pound.


The London Telegraph says that Ber
in has just learned to its astonishment
and qualification, from report of the
Polytechnic Society's latest meeting,
that within its walls reposes a treasure
of almost fabulous value, the very exist
ence of which had been hitherto unsus-
pected. A member Of the above-named
society is the enviable owner of the
largest sapphire in the world-a stone
weighing nearly fifteen ounces. Pure
sapphires Of good color hold SO high q
rank IN the gem market that, were this
gigantic jewel Of the first water, it would
be worth no less sum than G3, 200, 900.
It is, however, not absolutely free from
impurities, a fact which materially di-
minishes its practical value, but enor-
nous bids for it, made at different times
by German Princes and wealthy min
sralogists, have been invariably rejected
by its proprietor, who has constituted it
an heirloom, and confded it, in deposit,
to the custody Of the state judicial au-
thorities. A sapphire weighing nearly a
pound may fairly claim to rank as among
the wonders Of the world, It would be
interesting to learn how so extraordi-
nary gem came into the possession OF
The Prussian savant who exhibited it to
the wonde gaze of his fellow
Polytechnicians the other evening.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24
Too Mad for the Limits.

A gentleman whose face had a look
anything but pleasant yesterday pur-
chased postal card at the postofice and
took up pen and wrote for about two
minutes with determined hand. Then,
as he blotted the card, he asked the stamp
clerk:
SIS it against the postal rules to call a
man liar on a postal card?"
The clerk thought it was, and the man
tore up the card, bought another, and
after writing a few lines inquired:
cit can't be against the rules to call
him villain, can it?"
The clerk again decided it was, and a
third card was purchased. This time
the man pondered over his lines, signed
his name, and said:
ssI have written here that he ought to
be in jail for his conduct. Is that against
the postal rules?"
The clerk said he wouldn't dare run
the risk himself, and the indignant
citizen tore the card into a dozen pieces
and exclaimed:
ssGo to Halifax with your postoficel
I won't send any card at all, but I'll
waylay the fellow and knock the top Of
his head off! Aa1gust0 (Ga.) Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24
How Peter the Great Cut Off Heads.

Some Of the recent executions IN Rus
STA recall very striking incident Of the
reign Of Peter the Great. The Nihilism
Of that period was represented by the
revolt Of the Streitz (Archer) Guard,
which Peter quelled and punished with
merciless severity, beheading man for
every turret on the Kremlin wall, which
overlooked the place Of execution. The
headsman being fatigued with the butch
cry, Peter himself took his place and
struck off twelve heads with his own
hand. The thirteenth was a handsome
young soldier nicknamed orel Eaglel,
who, pushing aside his predecessors
headless corpse, cried with a laugh,
6 Come, brother, it's my turn for an au-
Gence with the Gar now Peter,
struck with this reckless gallantry, par
doned and promoted him. Some French
writer's have endeayored to throw 9
clothing Of romance over the incident
by making its hero the Cars unac-
knowledged son, but the respective ages
Of the two men render this oil but I'M
possible
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24
Learning to Speak a Language.

: 4 Is
Those who would learn foreign Ian
guage should associate with those who
speak it. The reasonableness Of this
suggestion lies in the fact that it bids the
learner follow the method of nature,
which trains the ear to understand be-
fore it educates the tongue to speak a
language.
Hammerton,t the artist and essayist,
tells how he once received excellent adj
vice as to learning French from Mohl,
the distinguished Orientalist.s Calling
at Mohl's rooms, the artist carried on
the conversation in English, as he spoke
French imperfectly. The Orientalist,
la55aing a master Of French, as he was Of
several European languages, asked his
guest If he was making progress in
French.
Receiving an evasive answer, he asked
Hammerton if he understood thoroughly
French conversations when he overheard
them.
Yes, every word, replied the artist.
g Very well, answered Mohl, then
rely upon it you will soon speak fuently
yourself. For, when the ear misses
nothing, the tongue is sure to fol
low, but it always lags a little behind.
For the present, you should listen atten-
lively.
When the ear can only catch about
one word in three of a conversation in a
foreign language, the tongue will not
speak correctly more than word in five.
But it soon speaks fuently and correctly
after the ear has learned to understand
every word spoken by natives.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24
The wicked Child.

One day, says a 6-year-old daughter, I
went into the parlor and creeped under
sofa, and there wasn't nobody there.
They don't let dogs nor children go in
the parlor at hotels, and /. think it's real
mean and ] had to creep under the
sofa, so nobody could see me; and Mr..
Boyce came in, and Miss jackson she
said one day that children was worse
nu1sances than dogs. And Mr.. Boyce
and Miss jackson came il and sat down
on the sofa, and he said, 81 Oh, Louisa, I
do love you so much,' and then he
kissed her. 7 heard it smack. And
then she said, ooh, Thomas, I do wish !
could believe you; don't you never kiss
anybody else? 2 and he said, 6 No, dear
est, " and I yelled out, ooh, what big
story, for I saw him kiss Bessie Nettle's
nurse in the hall one night, when the
gas was turned down. !" Didn't he jump.
up, you bet and he pulled me out and
tore my frock, and said, Oh, you
wicked child, where do you expect to go
when you die?
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V8Go staircase Inc UCC10 OOOk Op001u8
into the road was easily unfastened and
thankful, indeed, was 7 to teel again
the fresh wintry mir as I hurried along
the road by the church-yard
=
Thereswas magnific cent funeral soon
in that church; and it was said that the
young widow Of the buried man was In
consolable and then ruaAors got abroad
of horrible apparition which had been
seen on the night Of the death and it
was whispered the young widow was
terrified, and insisted upon leaving her
splendid mansion.
was too mystifed with the whole
affair to risk my reputation by saying
what I knew, and ] should have allowed
my share in it to remain forever buried
in oblivion had ] not suddenly heard
that the widow, Directing omany Of the
legacies in the last will Of her husband,
intended to dispute it on the score Of m
sanity, and then gradually arose the ru-
NOR Of his belief in having received q
mysterious summons.
On this I went to the lawyer, and sent
message to the lady, that, as the last
person who had attended her husband,
undertook to prove his sanity, and I
besought her to grant me an interview.
in which I. would relate as strange and
horrible o story as her ear had ever
heard.
The same evening I received an invi-
tation to go to the manson. was ush
cred Immediately into a splendid room,
and there, standing before the fire, was
the most dazzingly- beautiful young
creature had ever seen. She was very
small, but exquisitely made; had it not
been for the dignity Of her carriage, I
should have Believed her q mere child.
With stately bow she advanced, but
did not speak.
81 come on a strange and painful err
rand" I began, and then started, for I
happened to glance full into her eyes,
| and from them down to the. small right
hand grasping the chair. The wedding
| ring was on that hand
| 81 conclude you are the Mr.. Read
who requested permission to tell me
some absurd ghost-story, and whom my
late husband mentions here. And as
| she spoke she stretched out her
left hand toward something-but
| what I knew not, for my eyes were fixed
on that hand. g.
Horror! White and delicate it might
be, but it was shaped like a claw, and
the third finger was missing!
One sentence was enough after that.
Madame, all can tell you is that the
| ghost who summoned your husband was
marked by singular deformity. The
third finger Of the left hand was miss.
ing, said, sternly; and the next in.
slant I had left that beautiful, sinful
presence.
| That will was never disputed. The
next morning, too, I received a checl
for 81, 900, and the next news I heard O
the widow was that she had herself seer
that awful apparition, and had left The
| mansion Immediately.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24
Two Children Commit Suicide Together.

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OF RURx ME NOT IN THE DESERT
WASTE.
b nonznr !. Dorr.

1.-THE following lines are intended - companion
o Miss NJ Louisa Chitwood's beautiful gem Of Z
loem, entitled cot Bury Me Not in the Deep, DeeI
Ie&"l
OF bury me not in the desert far
From the dark blue rolling Yea,
Where nm arid waste beneath some star
Expands itself to me;
For no growth is there, no life is there,
No roses to bloom in prime,
No birds are there, no life u there,
And no beautiful summer Of dmai
o! bury me not in the desert sad,
Far off from the sunny lea,
Where no bird-songs ever make US glad,
As waited from some tree.
For sands are there, and death is there,
And the piercing sun-rays heat
The heads Of those who travel there,
In rounding up their beat.
OF bury me not in the arid waste,
Where the st1n-lit sands do burn,
For they haunt us not with Pleasures taste,
Nor the MAMMA that we earn.
For bones are there, and skulls are there,
And devastation reigns;
No hut is there, no water there,
But thousand human pains.
O! bury me not in the scorching sand,
Where all is crisp and dry;
Where no flowers bloom upon the land,
Beneath brighthued skyl
For there is no human habitat,
No beauties living there;
No living emblems of the good
No blessings great and rare.
O! bury me not in the soilless land,
Where no vegetation grows;
o! bury me not in the rolling sand,
Where no flower ever blows.
For no worshipers will ever come
To decorate my grave,
Though hero in this world be,
They will soon forget the brave.
Obi bury me not in the barren scope,
Where no woodbine's tendrils cling;
For no friends would come their eyes to ope
On the grave Of q woodland king
For hate monotony in life
And / know would in death.
So bury me in some woodland spot,
Where nature draws breath
BENTON, Ill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24

but tan me-, dear, = ahs said %
And ooaxingiy the aoft eyes shone,
Il And shyfT dropped tho modest head
Beside his own IS ~
sss But tan me, have you loved besoref
OF one, Or moGe7n
: Thu eager, sparkling face @
q Was full Of tender, trusting grace;
She did not fear his answer then,
Her king Of menl iS4
= But tsil ne, dear, the best and worst,
he turned his eyes away; s,
Yet closer still her hand he pressed,
Nor answered yea nor nay; "a
blush confessed s.. 55i
All, In one burning word,
Unsaid, unheardl
+ Quick came Z burst Of tears
A tempest from an April sky; a
& And then, Forgive my doubts and fears, &c
BE heard her sigh; si
Why should I care what loves are past,
30 miners last? n 4 SIS ia s. IS
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how I prayed that, after all, might
have been dreaming, and that my own
excited imagination had but conjured
up some hideous memory Of the dissect-
ing-room!
But one glance was sufficient to answer
that. No! The summons had indeed
been given and answered
I flashed the light over the dead face,
swollen, convulsed still with the death
agony; but suddenly / shrank back
Even as I gazed, the expression Of the
face seemed to change; the blackness
faded into deathly whiteness the con-
vulsed features relaxed, and, even as if
the victim of that dread apparition still
lived, q sad, solemn smile stole over the
pale lips.
I was intensely Mortified, but still ]
be struck professionally by such a
phenomenon. Surely there was some
thing more than supernatural agency in
all this? Il
Again I scrutinized the dead face, and
even the throat and chest; but, with the
exception Of a tiny pimple. on one temple
beneath cluster Of hair, not mark APP
peared. To look at the corpse, one
would have believed that this man had,
indeed, died by the visitation Of God,
peacefully, while sleeping. How long ]
stood there know not, but time enough
| to gather my scattered senses and to re-
| feet that, all things considered, my own
position would be very unpleasant if
was found thus unexpectedly in the room
Of the mysteriously dead man. So, noise.
| lessly as T could, I made my way out Of
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to the other for minute or two, then,
poking his chubby finger into the cheek
Of the plumpest baby, he said, decidedly,
ssSave this one.
He had been sitting still so long
that the mother expected to find
him asleep when she looked around and
asked, sWell, Harry, what are you
thinking of?' Ma, are we very rich"
he solemnly inquired, by way Of reply.
In one way we are, she said your
father says he values me at $3, OOO, 900,
you at 81, 200, 600, and the baby at ST.
900, 0OO." That closed the conversation
on that subject, but next morning, as
Harry was getting on his oyercoat, he
examined the new patch that had been
added, and coolly observed, Well, j
think father had better sell off about
half of you or the whole Of the baby,
and buy the rest Of us some decent buds
to put on. z 81
INSECTS. The potato beetle has be-
come such an abundant and troublesome
pest that it should be given no quarter
not even from the start. By combined
effort in the early portion Of the season
. the bugs" may be kept in check and
thus do very little damage. Paris green
has been SO long and successfully en-
ployed that it is scarcely necessary to
explain its mode Of applic ation. Suffice
it to say that the liquid method is the
one now generally practiced- that is mix
the paris green with water and sprinkle
it upon the vines. a coffee-pot may be
converted into q sprinkler by providing
the spout with an extension and q rose at
the end. The only source Of danger is
the careless handling, and the poison
should be kept and used with q full
knowledge Of its nature.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28


n G. A. BALL, chairman of the
republican party of Bastrop
county seems to be a sensible
man. The Bastrop clique got
together and put forth a full
county ticket. Ball says honest
people of all parties will repud-
late such trickery, and he adds.
81 do not understand the repub-
lican party to be machine to
be used by designing white men
to perpetuate themselves in of
fee"
In Washington county the re-
publican party has been
made into a machine for the
sole purpose of perpetuating
certain men in office. 1t rests
with the colored voters to say
whether or not they will contin-
ne to be automatores or wheth-
er they will be free men and
Independent citizens. The ex-
istence of the courthouse ma
chine depends upon the color
ed vote; without it the machine
would fall to pieces of its own
weight.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28
The District Judgeship.

In the a7th judicial district
composed OF the counties of
Collin and Grayson there are
two aspirants for the judgeship,
Bledsoe and Brown, both dem
ocrats; the newspapers have
espoused their various causes
and bitter and unrelenting
warfare has been inaugurated.
Both gentlemen are represent
ed as scoundrels of the first wa
ter. Such a contest for a judi
cial Office is to be deplored.
In this, the 32d district, we
have two candidates, judge
Broaddus and Mcfarland, both
old lawyers and respected citi-
zens. Judge Broaddus is now
on the bench and judge McFar-
land formerly held the position.
The respective friends of the
gentlemen have been active in
their behalf. Judge Broaddus
is before the people of the dis
trict as an independent candi-
date, while judge Mcfarland
had the endorsement of the re-
publican county convention of
this county. The democratic
county convention, wisely as we
think, not regarding the office
as a political one, passed the
judges6ip without making any
recommendation or endorse
ment. The BANNER early in
the campaign opposed the NOM
nation Of partizan judge. The
republicans having held no dis
trict convention for the nomin-
alton of judge, Mr.. Mcfarland
can hardly be considered as
a strictly party candidate. The
BANNER has RETAINED from TAX
ing any part in the canvass for
the iudgeship; both gentlemen
are honorable men and both are
competent to ably fill the posi-
ton. 1t is with the people to
say which of them shall occupy
the bench.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28

Prov Boy in this issue of the
BANNER addresses himself d.
rectly to the colored voters, Civ
ing them some wholesome truths
which they will do well to con-
slider. No well informed col
ored man, who has lived in this
county for any length of time,
will pretend to deny that when
a colored man is in distress, or
in need of assistance that he
goes to a democrat for help, and
if worthy he is never refused.
Why then should they go
against their friends.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28

Nor alone did the democratic
party give to the Union army
forty-nine of the fifty-fve con-
spicuous general officers, but
ninety-fve per cent. of the num-
Der of men who resigned from
congress and entered the army
were also democrats. James
A. Garfield stands solitary and
alone as the man of prominence
who resigned from the field in
the midst of the clash of war
and skunk behind the cosy desk
of a congressman. Yet the re-
publlcans would make the peo-
pie believe the country would
not be safe in democratic hands.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28


The Grimes county republi-
cans have held a love feast,
kissed and made up, settled all
party differences and fixed up a
strlght ticket for county offices.
The big republicans buy up all
the little ones with suits of
clothes or a few dollars in cash.
A dissatisfied republican is usu-
ally very cheap and can be
bought for anything worth more
than a song.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28
STATE NEWS.

"A brick cottage is bel
erected at Bolton.
-Comanche has a trud
house and hook and laddeA
company.
-Comanche has a graded
school which is in a flourishing
condition.
May Fay, of Rutland, Yer
mont, an unfortunate, suicided
at Dallas on Monday.
On Sunday evening a box
car containing two bales Of cot
ton was burned at Hockey.
-Barnum's agent says it cost
$1,000 to get the show pulled
from Houston to San Antonio.
The Santa Fe railroad is
carrying cotton from Cameron
to Galveston at s3.7s per bale.
-Noke Hampton, who was
candidate for county clerk in
Gonzales died OF black jaundice,
last week.
The population of Burnet
is iucreasing-three new corners
in one week and all of them
very young.
Bell county's grand jury
found twenty-three indictments,
eleven for felony and twelve for
misdemeanors.
The Comanche chief says
candidates were as numerous
last week as grasshoppers ever
we're in Kansas.
"A young Frenchman who
lately arrived in Waco from
Louisiana with his wife has sud
denly disappeared.
Bolton is astir over the
prospect of the Santa Fe rail-
way. Work on the road is
now in progress near town.
Providence, says the Bel
ton Journal, has smiled upon
this county during the year now
about drawing e s.:.nse@
: Citizens CT Al autonio
are making an effort to secure
the location of the International
machine shops at that point.
The Flatonia Argus wants
fifteen .cords of wood for the
editor, who evidently intends
keeping warm the coming win
ter.
: The Denison News com
plains that the city council per-
mits the erection of frame adj
ditions to houses inside the FIRE
limits.
"A Waco saloonist while
shaking the dice" with a couple
of sharpers was robbed of his
tpocketboek containing $3.50 in
money.
AT the speaking at Harris
burg on Monday there came
near being personal difficulty
between Col. Tracy and Hon.
J. E. Comb.
The Comanche Chief has
difficulty in procuring paper.
When paper is ordered from a
distance there lis no telling
when it will come.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28

In the Elk Mountain Pilot,
Oct. 18th. published at Irwin.
Gunnison County, Colorado,
we find the following items re-
lative to citizens of this county
new in that camp:
Messrs. Leonard Gee and
Terrell J. Robertson, of Texas,
arrived few days ago and will
spend thefwinter in our camp.
We learn that Messrs. Gala
han. Harvin, Gee, J. D. Miller
T. ]. Robertson, J. c. Ballard,
J. c. Brown and G. A. Russ,
who are largely interested in
some rich leads in Silver Basin,
have made preparations to work
all winter.
Mr.. J. w. Sayles. agent OF
the Galveston Ruby Mining Co,
formerly of Texas, but now a
citizen of Irwin, his returned
from his former home in Texas
and brings with him from Den
yer, winter supplies for a large
number of men. Mr.. Sayles is
now building shaft houses, and
will continue work during the
entire winter upon the General
Sayles and Silver Chief lodes,
and will doubtless ship ore from
these mines at the early open
ing of spring. These are situa-
tedin Silver Basin, and the ore
from them is said to be very
rich.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-28


IT is funny, says the Bolton
Journal, to see a poor fellow
that has just taken drink with
one candidate and promised to
vote for him, lodging his oppo-
nent on the next corner. Down
here, in Washington county,
such funny scenes do not occur.
The bibgspus voter drinks with
every candidate that will "set
up" the liquor, and promises to
vote for him, too. The bibu-
lous voter, take him as you
will, ls'a very promising man
anyway you take MIN. As a
general thing after drinking
through an entire canvass and
making the most sacred prom
ises to every treating candi-
date, he votes for the one CIV
ing him the final drink just be-
fore the ballot is put in the bal
lot box-the palladium of our
iipSit .a.zzn.us se=a-z