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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
Washing in Madrid.

In Germany, an old custom prevails
Of having the washing Of household linen
done only two or three times q year.
The stock is large, and lasts through the
long interval. Professional washers go
from house to house to cleanse the gar
ments which have lain for months in the
dark clothes-b basket or closet. Such a
custom appears very strange one to
American housekeepers. In Madrid,
the washing is also done by profession
ais, but the work goes on every day in
winter and in summer.
For two miles along the banks Of the
Manzanares river are little huts In
which the washerwomen eat their meals
and keep their babies, while from Z in
the morning to in the evening they
ply their trade in the waters of the
river.
About Is, 900 women are generally at
work in red, brown, blue, yellow and
pink dresses. It is a curious sight to
see these thousands FLASHING in theriver,
and two miles of clothesline coveredwith
white linen.
In summer, the work is pleasant, but
in winter hard and bitter, with the ice
cold winds sweeping down from the
snow-covered hills. But they labor as
cheerfully in winter as in summer, with
laugh and jest, and brief dance after
their simple meals. They are content
with their wages, which do not average
more than 40 cents day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

even know the mistress of the house.
and they make their arrangements
with the cook only. For q
course of lessons lasting through the
winter each pupil pays the cook 80
gulden, about SIS. This includes In
struction in every particular. Il q ban
quet is to be given, agrand breakfast,
or an elaborate supper, the young ladies'
are notified, and are there to see the
dishes decorated and to learn the order
Of serving. They watch every process.
Were you to descend to kitchen at
such time, you would find these girls
suffused with bushes as these lessons
always foreten marriage, and are the
last and finishing touches Of a maiden's
education. But it would be breach of
etiquette for any member of the house
hold to trespass in that department,
which belongs to the cook and his noble
young pupils. This is very much as if
the cooks of the Astors ard Vanderbilts
were permitted to receive half-dozen
young ladies from Fifth avenue on the
occasion of grand dinner party and ex-
plain to them the mysteries of each dish
as it left their hands. Since young
ladies must be in the dining room them
selves on such occasions in their own
households, it follows that these pro-
cesses they cannot watch at home, never
mind on how grand scale things are.
And so in Austria all noble young ladies
learn these In1ngs IN anOJner Kitchen
than their own.-Neau York Hotel Mail.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
How They Learn to Cook.

The Austrian lady of station who does
t dSss hSE t. eo0f vsTg detail s Il Ss
cuisine she is acquainted with. A story
is told by Austrian ladies of another
who, having neglected her education,
allowed, at q great dinner party she
gave, two dishes of the same color to be
served in succession, fault for which
she was hardly to be forgiven. The
Princesses of the royal household at
tend course Of lectures from the chief
entirely upon the order of serving.
Young ladies do not learn the art Of
cooking at cooking clubs, or from public
lessons as here in America, aud they
rarely learn in their own kitchens. It
is the custom to go to some great house,
the house of Princess or at very rich
bankers, where there are famous chiefs,
from whom they learn. When q chief
engages to cook for great house he
stipulates that he is to have the privilege
Of teaching as many young ladies as he
chooses. These young ladies need not
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

WE do not often speak of any proprietary
medicine, but from, what we have seen and
heard of Aliens Lung Balsam, the great fam
lily remedy for all diseases of the throat, lungs
and pulmonary organs, we shall take the lib
erty to say to those who are SO unfortunate
as to be afflicted with any of these diseases, to
before the public for many years and has cured
1egions of men, women and children, as thou
sands of veritahle testimonials have testified.
It is a strictly pure medicine, perfectly harm.
less to the most delicate constitutions. Many
of the most successful physicians throughout
the States recommend this "BalsGn" as the
best consumption cure that can be prescribed
Some mothers think there is nothing to equal
it for the cure of Group. In conclusion we
would say that were we afflicted in that way
we should certainly take it. It is just what
the public want, a Remedy which they conld
rely upon. $50 ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
Protect Your Health.

Cold and moisture combined have a torpor-
izing effect upon the bodily organs, and the
digestive and secretive processes are apt to be
more tardily performed in winter than in the
fall. The same is true also, of the excretory
functions. The bowels are often sluggish,
aud the pores Of the skin throw off but little
therefore, requires opening up little, and also
purifying and regulating, and the safest, sur
est and most thorough tonic and Alternative
that can be used for these purposes is Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Persons who wish to
escape the rheumatic twinges, the dyspeptic
agonies, the painful disturbance of the bowels,
the bilious attacks, and the nervous vista
lions, so common at this time of the year, will
do well to reinforce their systems with this
renowned vegetable stomachic and nvigorant.
1t improves the appetite, strengthens the stom-
ach, cheers the spirits, and renovates the
whole physique.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
WASHINGTON Etiuuette.

Questions of etiquette are sometimes
very troublesome in Washington, and all
the more because very many of the deni-
zens Of that city, who come from distant
and rural homes, know and care nothing
about etiquette. How little the honor
able gentleman from Symmes' Hole
suspects, as he is asked to take Mrs.
Senator Red Velvet to dinner, that the
chair in which he shall sit, and the lady
whom he shall hand out have been
subjects Of long and anxious delibera-
ton. It is easy to call on Wormley, or
Welcker, or Pinard, or some other chef,
and order dinner for twenty. But who
who shall sit where, and shall hand
whom ?-these are the questions which
cause vexation and anguish. A distin-
guished official gentleman in Washing
ton gave a noble repast in honor of
noted guest. It was ordered of the
proper purveyor. "Now," said the
host, when he had babe no expense be
spared, IT don't know anything about
the business of seating people correctly.
You must attend to that, too" The
purveyor went straight to another dis
tinguished man, who had not been in
vited to the dinner because it would not
be agreeable to some other distinguished
man who was invited, and distinguished
man number one was immensely amused
that he was called upon to seat the
guests at dinner to which he was not
himself invited.
It is all the more perplexing because.
although Washington is always full Of
official persons who are really Indifferent
to etiquette, and who greet it with a
hearty democratic laugh, yet because
OF its official population there has been
from the first especial attention paid by
experts to the subject. Washington
took grave counsel upon it, and Haml-
ton gave him some canons Of behavior
in writing, and there is alleged to be a
more rigid system Of social, etiquette
among official persons in Washington
than is to be found in any circle else
where in the country. There are
asserted to be due rules for the g first
calling" Of Senators wives, and the
wives OF the members of the Cabinet
and Of Justices Of the Supreme Court.
Precedence at table is also knotty
point involving great trouble Of soul.
Some years ago Senator gave dinner
to which the Secretary of State was In
vited. When dinner was announced.
the host turned to the senior Senator.
the dean of the Senatorial Chamber.
and asked him to take the lady Of the
house to the table, The senior Senator
hesitated, saying to his colleague that
the Secretary of State was in the room.
Pshaw we Senators make Secretaries
of State, . was the answer; and the host
insisted that in his house nobody should
precede the dean Of his own BODY.
-Horper's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
Women voting.

It is to be expected that women, SO
far as they are allowed to vote, will
use the suffrage upon questions appeal
ing to their natural sympathies with
greater freedom and more instructive
discrimination than in cases where their
ballots would affect purely-poitical
result. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps touches
upon this point in recent letter con-
tanning the following characteristic OBJ
servations $50 far as I understand
the Misunderstanding plan, it is the
next thing for us women. Hundreds
of women will vote on sharply defined
moral questions like the liquor prob
lens who would not move for anything
else. It is true that the self-respect Of
women was not met by the limited
School bill. A more just and generous
opportunity will meet just and gener-
GUS response. I, for one, sympathized
with the reluctance of women to play
beggar-maid to that little Cophetua.
If De Tocqueville was right in attrib-
uting the singular prosperity and
growing strength of the American peo-
pie mainly to the superiority Of their
women it is time that the common
wealth ayailed itself more directly of the
reserve forces and sources Of such supe-
riority."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
Feminine CYnicisIns

Matrimony is the thorn of the rose
of love-"
"For the woman who has long been q
wife, death has no terrors.
emo woman need despair of fortune
so long as she remains unwedded."
"Many women would be totally de-
PRAYED if they possessed the force to be. !"
Marry in haste and repent at leisure
is no truer than marry at leisure and
repent forever.
"When we go to the priest to be
united, it is clear that we are in danger
Of spiritual disruption y .v -rs..s
"She who converts her lover into a
husband transforms O worshiper into an
intolerable despot.'
GIVE may love our lives without
safety unless we marry. Then we have
safety without satisfaction"
"The ultimate effect Of marriage upon
man is to make all women appear lovely
aYcent her he has married.
The couples who want children have
already grown apart and hope to be re-
united through the offspring
"Tophet is place where marriage is
eternal. Wedlock is not determined by
G1AO AdSoo OAO ny N14O 4O44Cos
"The brightest idea we can have of
heaven comes from thinking that there
is neither marriage nor giving in mar
rage"
"The fact that women who we'd once
and are widowed are ant to wed again
only proves the force and the evil Of the
habit"
Chow many persons marry second
time to revenge themselves for what
they have suffered in their first expert
ment."
emo woman is heroine unless she
have her hero by her side, and then her
heroism is pale reflex Of her hero's viz
tues" Il
"Pity is near akin to love outside of
wedlock inside Of wedlock it is another
name for contempt, and soon destroys
all hope of sympathy -.
"The reason woman is always hope.
full is because, never understanding her.
self, she never suspects that self nowl-
edge would reduce her to absolute de-
spair." ply.
"Women are born tyrants, and the
most uncomfortable of tyrants from their
weakness. They are base sycophants,
likewise. They bite the hand that is
lifted to succor them, and kiss the dou-
bled fist which has struck them down. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
An Accommodating Judge.

It was very considerate of Judge Par
ker to do an act of courtesy to young
lady in Indiana, during recent trial for
divorce that came before him. Thecase
seemed to be quite clear and simple, and
he was about to order decree, when he
noticed the daughter of one Of the par
ties, and requested her to come forward,
take the stand, and be sworn. He asked
her a few unimportant questions and
granted the divorce. At the dinner Ia
BILE one of the counsel asked the Judge
if it was necessary that the young lady
should testify. " Well, no. said the
Judge, smiling, "but L saw that she had
a new bonnet, and was striving to show
it, and I concluded to give her better
opportunity by putting her on the
stand. "--H0ape7.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
The Telephone Girl.

~SAA -
l stood by tho I" Blake Transmitter,n
For the telephone bell had rung,
And over the wire sound came
As though . maiden sung
A musical tbne quite familiar.
Her voice I had often heard,
For, in answering daily telephone calls.
We had interchanged mdAy q word.
Have you never received letter,
And paused ere breaking the seal,
AS you thought concerning the tdings,
What the contents might reveal?
Did not longing possess you
70 know what was really within,
Yet to avail Of that knowledge
You seemed in no haste to begin?
In some such manner tarried
At the end of our telephone wire,
Then at last, mastering courage sufficient,
Began at once to inquiries:
swell, halloo ! well, what is wanted? 2"
1t seemed at least all I could do;
When quick In return came the message:
Halloo! well, halloo; who are you?"
Why, am 'forty-eight,' - responded.
You called only moment or two"
"s Forty eight she repeated in answer,
"Well, surely I don't wish for you"
was giving my telephone number,
AS found on the company's page,
But fear. from her hasty answer,
She thought was giving my age.
Alas that the blow came so sudden;
received it bewildered, alone
AS the consciousness dawned there upon me,
Rejected by telephone"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
[Mondoyi, (Wis.) Buffalo Co. Herald.]
Notions of the First Settlers.

Mr.. w. III. II. Amidon, one Of the
first settlers in the town of Gilman.
town, Wis, and one of the most indus
trious and hard working men in the
county, has been very severely
troubled with rheumatic pains during
the past few years, SO much at times,
that he was disabled from performing
manual labor. Learning of the won
derful cures effected by the use Of St.
Jacobs Oil, he procured a few bottles
and experienced immediate relief.
Many others OF our acquaintance have
used it and expressed themselves as
highly gratifed with the relief it has
afforded them. This king Of medi-
cines can be bought everywhere
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
The Secret Told.

Nobody told for nobody knew, re
How sweetly the pure little violet grew;
How it came through the earth and the frost
and the dew, 5t s b
And lifted its head te, the heavens SO blne.
Nobody told, for nobody knew, =
Why perfect good health should gladden. so
few: t7sE . s., 49, 4f3 i
While thousands who long something noble.
to do, ,s.as353 s. sSs.S7 ss
Are bowed downby sickness their whole lives
through.
Somebody told, for every one knew,
The wonders Safe Kidney and Liver Cure do;
In bringing pure health to the body anew,
And saving from death many noble and true.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
The FreSEat.

An eloquent young reportorial Ma
caulay out West writes in the following
strain about food !: 'sThe spirits Of
departed day had joined communion
with the myriad ghosts Of centuries, and
four full hours fed into eternity before
the citizens Of many parts Of the town.
found out that there was a freshet here
a. OIL ,,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

WRITE. to MRS. LYD1.E. P1yKHAM. o33
western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for names of
LADIES' that have been restored to perfect health
BY the use Of her VEGETABLE CoMPoUND. It
is positive cure for the most stubborn cases
of female weakness. 49, a., 8
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
TCincinnati Irish Citizen. I

Mr.. JOHN MILLER, Of 81 West Fifth
street, tells us that he was cured by
the use Of St. Jacobs Oil Of a compli-
Gated case Of rheumatism Of ten
years standing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

INDIANA has law to prevent weak
minded persons marrying. "A crusty
bachelor insinuates that the weak
minded are the only persons who ever
think Of doing such a thing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

"No MAN, said a wealthy but weak
headed barrister, 'tshould be admitted
to the bar who hadn't an independent
landed property 'May I ask, sir"
said Curran, chow many acres make a
WiSeacre %
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

In the London Geological Garden is
an otter that can write. It probably
spends its time writing otter-graphs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

WE appreciate no pleasures unless we
are occasionally deprived Of them. Re-
straint is the golden rule Of enjoyment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

IFyou are hairless and cappy there is one
way and no more by which you may be made
careless and happy-use CAROLINE, a deo-
derized extract OF petroleum, it will positively
make new hair grow.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
4 RAILROAD Engineer.

a.@E q 11UWsOIU 11JvISLeeT 8
In the employ of the G. NJ. & st. Paul R. r.,
had been previously affected with diabetes for
SIX 81 years. He took four boxes of Kidney
Wort, and row writes that he is entirely cured.
Get box or bottle and try il. Tribune and
Farmer. gS ~.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
baroness k1arrlcry.

The following is a pen picture Of the
Baroness Burdett- Coutts She is tall
and graceful, and has dark brown hair
and hazel eyes. Her energy and vitality
are extraordinary, and when she is well
she defeats her age by a dozen years.
Her hands are very small and delicate,
and have been modelled as specimens Of
perfect beauty. She usually dresses in
dark velvet or silk of well-chosen and
subdued color. She wears no head
dress in the morning, but in the evening
she is to be seen in an Angot cap. She
has an abundance of most rare and cost
ly jewelry, but she rarely makes any
display OF it on her person. Occasion
ally she wears tigers claw, richly set,
as a pendant to the gold chain round her
neck. It was presented to the Baroness
by Sir Garnet Wolseley, and she values
it highly. The Baroness is good horse
woman, and is fond Of exercise, and she
walks with an elasticity that many
younger woman might envy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
ON, Kc lcSArS:


Women do not understand the full
value OF tears they are too apt to use
them copiously, and thus weaken their
effect. II these moist arguments are
lightly resorted to they becomes damp
nuisance. IAN important requisite is
that they should be used esthetically.
It is the theory that tears flow down the
cheek but in practice it is found that
they usually dribble down the nose.
The eyes get red and the nose sympa-
thizes with the general moisture, and
gets sort of raw look at the end. It
may be laid down as a rule that the
woman who uses her handkerchief at
this moment is lost. The dignity and
effectiveness of tears is gone as soon as
the hopping business begins. A light,
hysterical sniffle may be permitted if
artistically executed with gasp or sob,
but no polishing off of eyelids or pro-
boscis is admissible. The best method
is to hold the head erect, look the cruel
tyrant i'll the face, and let the tears
flow down while the lips feign a smile.
If the head is bent forward the tears will
run down the nose and drop off the end,
and that spoils the whole thing. The
fair operator who wishes to subdue her
male tyrant by these potent weapons
must study her part carefully before
hand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

SHRwREcKED sailors never need
starve while there is blight Of rope left.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
Diphther1a Cure.

In all cases when used DR.. E. B. Halliday
Blood Purifier has proved certain specific TO,
that dread disease, diphtheria. It must b.
taken at once, and in double doses, gargling
the throat when swallowing it. It is not only
cure but preventative as well, SO get bot
tie OF it at once, it, and it will do you good,
as It is the most wonderful blood medicine now
in existence. Crosman & Plummer, City Hall
drug store, Minneapolis. For sale by all West
ern druggists. Noyes Bros. & Cutler, drug.
gists, wholesale agents, St. Paul, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10

Hale's Honey OF Eorehound and Tar over
powers the most troublesome coughs within
forty-eight hours! Pixies Toothache Drops
cure in one minute.
Use Redding's Russia Salye.-Cuts. Burns.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06
u Cotton Shippers.

Houston Is the most accessible
|marhet. Your Cotton gets there
squicAer and at less freight; yourI
money gets to you quicker +; Cotton
sis handled more rapidly and more
Economically at Houston than at
(any place else. 1t Is dumped from
lthe cays into the press, savimg dray-|
!age it's rolled from the press in-|
Ito the cars If shipped East by rail-
Into the bargss Tshipped By sea,
X for rail and acater transportation
compete for freight here, and here
Itn lie the peculiar advantages of
sthis market.) L shall endeaoor to-
please my patrons By prompt and
IbHsiness-Nke treatment, aM gree
them the benefit Of these obrious'
sadcantages.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06
BoyuS Certificates.

l: is no vile drugged stuff, pretending tc
|be made Of wonderful foreign roots. barks,
l.xc.., and pulled up by hong. bogus certif
Gates of pretended miraculous cures. but q
simple, pure. effective medicine, made OF
well known valuable remedies, this. furnish
les its own certificates by its cures We re.
fer to Hop BiiterS the Paress and best o.
'me3i-ines. -Ezchange. see another ro.amn
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06

They keen his memory Yet,
That gentled souled, that meek. eyed aiming boy
They sr,ak Of him as IL shere were joy
Even III their sad regret,
ITO breathe his name who gladdcned once their eyes
Like a meek angel IN a mortaPs guise
Still speak they OF the child,
" no from the uerriest sport would steal away
Where his young plrymairs gathered at their play
To seek some dim wood Wild.
Where through tue boughs the blue sky's summe
smile
shope on his heart, in quieijoy the while.
All creatures shared his love
his pure heart flowed In kindness ont to all,
Freely as do the warm glad sunbeams fall.
Il seemed as IL the dove,
Mourning In secret, ceased when he was near,
And rlls he woodland robins notes more clear
Bayord Taylor.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06
Ham White Sentenced.

PuynI.o, COL, Sept 24,-Ham White
alias Burton, who has perpetrated some o.
the boldest stage robberies on record, IN
|Arkanses, Texas and Colorado. was to-day
sentenced To life imprisonment. His last
EXPLOIT was the single handed robbery OF
stage coach and its twelve male occupants,
|near Alamosa, COL
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06

TEE San Marcos FRIE Pass has enlarged
to forty column paper of eigh. pages
We congratulate both the FREE Press ant
its patrons on this evidence of prosperity.
Victoria Advocate.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06

Lockhart Register: The chief engineer of
the Texas-Western has written that corps
of engineers would be put to work on tue
road, at LsGrange, an the 27th of this
moa;h, to proceed with their work in the
alrectson Of Lockhart