The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-09-22
Miscellaneous Matters.

Not very many years ago q six story
building was wonderful thing in New
York, now it takes structure twice that
height to excite more than passing com
ment.
The beer product of California has swol-
len from thirteen million gallons in 1875
to nearly twice that number in 1880. Eff
teen thousand five hundred bales Of hops
were grown on the Pacific coast in 1880.
Mount Washington had, for it, heated
term for August. The mean temperature
was three degrees higher than for any Aug
ust since 1872. Rain fell on twenty-one
days during the month. There were but two
clear days, while fog prevailed for sixteen
days. The total rain fall was IL .96 inches
At midnight Of the 31st gentle breeze was
blowing at the rate Of ninety miles an hour
A New Jersey banker, robbed Of his
watch and chain, advertised a reward of
800 and mo questions asked The other
day he received reply, asking him to call
at saloon IN West Broadway, where nego-
tiations for the transfer of the purloined
goods would be entered into, There he
met two men. He paid them 800 and was
handed in return the gold watch and chain.
At that moment Detectives Handy and
Fergarty, who were lying in wait watching
the transaction, bounced upon the two men
and took them to the station house.
Rather discouraging is this picture Of
Philadelphia schools drawn by the Bullets.a
of that city in it's issue Of the 1st inst:
To-day 10000 Philadelphia children
will resume THAR studies under one Of the
most defective systems of education that
can be found in any large city in the
country. To-day several thousand school
teachers will resume the performance of
large amount of wholly unnecessary work
for salaries that are smaller than those paid
in any other large CITY,"
A New York paper recently advised an
enquirer who was in great poverty and de-
spair to sblack boots, offer himself as
kitchen scullion or an Grand boy or keep
peanut stand. Another correspondent
commenting on this advice says: That is
not proper advice. A man VII 8 is educated
well enough to do something more import
ant should not at all try to enter into com
petition with those who cannot do ANYTHING
better; and no human being should black
others boots than his own or keep pea
nut stand
Locke, Of the Toledo Blade, is being pc
cuniarily ruined by the demands Of Eng
lish walters and other servants and he saws:
You can not go anywhere in London with
out the everlasting and eternal tip. except
the British Museum. Even Westminster
Abby, the most sacred spot in England. has
its regular system of tips. I have Grated
much against the American hotel clerk and
his diamond pin and cool insolence, but
shall never do it again. He. is a babe in
arms compared with his English brother. 9 +
Last year the capital invested in the slate
trade in the United States was nearly $40,
100000, and the produce was GOO, 900
squares, Pennsylvanla alone producing
100000. The largest quarry contains siixtY
acres, and employs 200 men. 1t was open
ed in 1875, and in 1880 turned out 40 900
squares. The most durable states are from
Pennsylvania and Maine, and are dark blue
and blue black. Green, red, purple, and
variegated do not keep color well, and the
red kinds are the most expensive.