The Princeton union., 1881-08-18
Things in General.

The house of representatives of New
Hampshire has passed bill redistricting the
state for the election of representative in
congress upon the passage Of the national
apportionnlent act, allotting New Hamp-
shire two representatives, being one less
than under the old dapportionment.
The Sun states that the famous "On to
Richmond articles which appeared IN the
New York Tribune during the war were
written by the late Gen. Fitz Henry Warren.
As the odium of having published them at
tached to Mr.. Greely, and as he is general
~ believed to have been their author, his
friends and admirers will be glad to learn
that they were not the production of the
great journalists pen.
The Vicksburg, Miss, Heraldis remind
ed by the outrages occurring in Arkansas
of similar ones that occurred for few
years after j. NJ. Stone became governor.
But he soon put stop to them, and now
Union than Mississippi"
Many notable events have occurred dur
ing the August months in the past. Colo
radO was admitted into the Union August L,
1875: Columbus sailed from Palos August
3, 1892; the first Atlantic cable was landed
August 5, 1858; Napoleon Bonaparte was
| born August Is, 1863; and the British
army entered Washington August "a, 1914.
Let a man address an audience with 1T
| is indeed great pleasure to appear before
such an intelligent body Of men I have had
the honor to appear" and his remarks will
be applauded to the echo, and everybody
will go home and tell Of the beautiful speech
that Mr.. Softsoap delivered. Taffy is
sweet, and the sovereign people will take
all that is offered.
The London World, in speaking of the
professional politician in America, admits
that such person does really exist in Eng
land, and that he sits on one side or the
other of the house of commons. Some of
the finest spirits in the United States, re-
fusing to take part in the public life of
their country. have, says the London
World, sought refuge in literature, whose
presiding spirit and genius have as little as
possible IN common with the actual affairs
of American life. The same thing says that
journal, will occur in England.
The Spanish El. Impartial has discov-
cred that Portugal is awaking from the leth-
argy IN which for many years she has been
kept by the @perfdious cajoleries of the
cunning English diplomacy, and is becom-
| ing exceedingly fond of Spain,p from which
of the latter's national bankruptcy and an
almost ch1onic state of civil war, keep se-
verely aloof. Englands sole bond of sym
pathy with Portugal has hitherto been gen
orally supposed to be port wine.
Germany has nearly 400, 900 shoemakers
and coblers, or nearly ninety to every
10000 of her population. This is greater
proportion than in any country except
Italy and England Italy takes the lead of
all. Then come in order namely, England
Wales, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Den
mark, France, the United States and Swe-
den. 1t is a curious circumstance that
warm Italy should have within a fraction
of 100 coblers to 10000 of the population,
and cold Sweden less than eighteen. r.
is this an American city," is one of the
headings given by a New York. paper to an
article on the curiosities of the marriage and
birth records of the metropolis. OF the
2,228 couples married during the last quar-
ter, SIS per cent. of the men were of foreign
birth; and 81 per cent. of the women were
natives. Of the c, 1892 children born durine
that period. only 1895 had Americans both
for father and mother. The deaths num-
bered 81. 937, of which only 6, $50 were
deaths of persons of full American parent
age.
The bishop of Carlisle says that he once
told one of the chief portrait painters of
our day that he had heard third person
remark that when the artists pictures came
to be looked at in future centuries people
would say: How handsome our ancestors
were" Then said the, celebrated painter
to the bishop: II assure you honestly
that have never yet succeeded in commit
ting to canvas one-half the beauty I have
seen in any face that have ever painted. I"
There can hardly be fuller acknowledge
ment of the power of intellectual express
sion.