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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17
An Interrupted Skating Story.

you ought to have seen me-" said
the viVacious young lady to the new
minister; I'd just got the skates on
and made a start, when down I came on
my"
Maggie !" said her mother.
+" What? Oh, it was too funny One
skate went one way, and the other'n
t'other way, and down came on my
g Margaret |" reprovingly spoke her
father.
Well, what? They scooted from
under me, and down L came on my"
Margaret yelled both parents.
son my little brother, who had me
by the hand, and like to have smashed
him. Now, what's the matter ?"
The girls mother emerged from be-
hind the coflee-pot, q sigh of relief es-
capped from the minister, and the old
gentleman very adroitly turned the con-
versation in political channel.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
The MIlkman and the sandmn

The MilkmaD and the Sandman.
Every day,
Every day,
Stop two men at my door; they gay
10 me or mine few words polite,
But early at morning, early at night,
They're sure to come, be it fair or wet,
AS the sun is sure to rise and set.
For one the little girl Gold-Locks waits,
While the other one she fairly hates.
The one that she
Is glad to see
Is gruf and homely as he can be;
And the covered cart in which he rides
Has letters painted upon the sides
" The E.gin Dairy think it is
And Goid-Locks never is known to miss
His pause at the gate; but there she stands
With her silver cup in her chubby hands.
This little one,
When the day is done,
Has habit of wishing it just begun.
But the shadowy sandman softly knocks,
Ana Whispers, /" Bedtime, little Gold-Locks!n
Then scatters his dust in her tired eyes
IN she rubs them drowsily and signs,
And drops on her arm her heavy head.
unwilling as ever to go to bed.
All, wait, my dear!
And year by year
VII dread OF the sandman disappear
He!i oe slower to come, and 10th to stay,
And ready at nothing to Zee avay
I'm sure no Prince with coach and four.
VINO would come in royal state to my door,
were ha!t 80 welcome as him who knocks,
Ana whispers, " Bedtime, little Gold-Locksi"
Youths COMPANION.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17
WHERE rs YESTERDAY.

Mother some things want to know,
Which puzzle and confuse me so.
To-day is present, as you say;
But tell me, where is yesterday?
did not see it as it went;
only know how it was spent
IN play, and pleasure, through the rain;
Then why won't it come back again?
To-day the sun shines bright and clear:
But then, to-morrow's drawing near.
To-day-oh, do not go away!
And vanish like dear yesterday.
ris when the sun and all the light
Have gone, and darkness brings the night,
1t seems to me, you steal away,
And change your name to yesterday.
And will all time be just the same?
To-day--the only name remains?
And shall always have to say,
Tomorrow you'll be yesterdays?
wonder, when we go to heaven,
If there record will be given
OF all our thoughts and all our ways,
Writ on the face Of yesterdays?
If so, pray God grant to me
That mine noble life may be;
For then, III greet with joyous gaze
The dear, lost face of-yesterdays.
hnnlters' Journal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17
One Touch of Nature.

A gentleman was going home at a late
hour recently when he was suddenly
confronted bya footpad, who, with his pis-
tol pointed at his head, demanded his
money. The gentleman assured the fell
low that he had no money-that he had
8 been to a church fair Before he
could say more the rascal dropped his
pistol, put it in his pocket, and present
" took out his wallet, and, crushing
something into the citizens hand, said
III grief broken accents, as he turned on
his heel: 'sBeen to a fair! Poor fell
low Take that wish it was more.
He was soon lost in the night. Upon
approaching street lamp the gentle
men found that the miscreant had given
him a 80 bill. Verify, one touch of
nature makes the whole world kin.
CHARITY, or love, is the connecting
link which unites earth to heaven. and
man to man. While this remains Sc
cure, justice, benevolence, truth, CON
scientiousness, will form parts Of that
beauteous whole, without which the
bond of society must be unrooted. and
this earth relapse into second chaos.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17

were on the point OF coming apart. The,
he caught his feet in some potato-v vine
and fell into gooseberry bush. scratch
ing his hands terribly.
What'l / do if the bee-stinps max.
me swell up ?" groaned johnny. so
course everybody'll know it was m,
that undertook to steal the grapes. anf
father.u thrash me within an inch Of m,
lie. Dear me! I am going to swell up
sure's the world, for I can just open N,
left eye, and that's all. I've got nv foo
into it this time.''
johnny Slyboots was right. He SLEPT
not wink that night on account Of the
pain, and when morning came one eve
was swollen shut, and his nose was alont
the size and shape of pear. while his
cheek looked as if he might have a good.
sized potato inside of il. 49,
For the lands sake p exclaimed his
mother, when he came down stairs t.
breakfast. "What on earth is the mat =
ter with you, Johnny?"
Got stung, answered johnny. eruf-
hy. Hornets nest in the barn.
s'Why, when did it happen ." in
CURED his mother. ssYour face wasn,t
swelied last night, and you haven't been
out this morning."
I didn't go to bed till after you did .
answered Johnny, wishing she wouldn't
ask any questions.
About the middle of the forenoon his
father came back from the village
whittier he had gone after breakfast.
I'd like to see you out at the barn
for few minutes, he said to johnny.
johnny began to shake in his boots.
he knew well enough what was coming.
He dared not disobey, SO he followed
his father out with the air of a martvr
about to be burnt at the stake.
- guess you found your hornets in
Aunt ,Phrony Larrabee's garden, didn't
you?" asked Johnny's father.
"Y-e-es," admitted Johnny.
$50 you thought you'd Steal her
grapes, ell 2" questioned his tormentor
But l didn't steal only what 1 ate
up, said Johnny. "I left all the rest. "
:. Yes-becauso you couldn't get away
with EN-" said his father. "Im
ashamed Of you-more SO than if you'd
been robbing hen-roosts. I've tried to
do my duty by you, and now it's nv
duty to give you good dressing down.
Go to the apple-tree in the pasture and
cut me good switch-a good one.
mind If it isn't, I'll cut two, myself.
and you know what kind I get 7"
So Johnny had to undergo the ex-
qulsite torture of cutting a tough
switch, knowing it was to be used on
himself. He longed to select poor one.
but he didn't dare to.
, "Stand up there, now," said his
father.
And Johnny "stood up" and took
his g dressing down" with the best grace
possible. He knew it wouldn't do to
g make a fuss, for when he did that his
father always switched him until he was
quiet.
=" Now see if you'll steal anybody's
grapes, said MIR. Jones. 'sYou won't
get off so easy next time"
Easy! Johnny rubbed his legs and
wondered what kind of an idea his father
had OF hard whipping if he called that
an cosy one.
Of course ali the boys were glad when
they found out how Johnny Slyboots
had been s'come up" with, and they
were more delighted than ever when
they heard that his father made him
carry all the money he had saved for
Christmas to Aunt Sophrony, to pay for
the mischief he had done.-E6en e.
I2erfO7.d.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17
Wages and Cost of Living in China.

wages ana Cost Of Living in China.
There have been many books written
on China from the time Of Able Hue to
the present. But most Of them have
been too general to present any precise
Idea OF the actual social conditions in
that vast empire. Recent official obser-
walton has, however, done much to clear
away the mists which obscure real life.
Most OF the trades which we have are
carried on in the Central Flowery Land.
There are there the traditional sbutcher.
baker, and candlestick- But
there IS popularity Which is not found
Id civilization. The artist obtains no
higher rewards than the ordinary crafts
man. There appears to be dead-l level
tor all who work with hand or finger. A
master workman in any of the trades in
CHINA gets So per week, or S156 per an
mum. But the workman only gets half
that remuneration. One dollar and fifty
cents per week, Or 1913 per annum, is the
average rate, and it is not every work.
man who can obtain it. Youngsters or
women get 50 cents per week, or $26 per
annum. It will be observed that these
are the wages paid in the higher walks
OF art and mechanics. There is only
one class of operatives who are more
handsomely rewarded. Gold and silver
smiths do little better. The silk-reel-
er, or spinner, sometimes gets from 81 to
81 per day, because the silk has to be
reeled off the cocoons in a given time.
and as consequence the work has to be
prosecuted day and night. Consul
Denny, at Shanghai, thus figures out
the expenses of living in connection
with the compensation specified:
For master. per annum-
F Eo: food food, ETC. 70
For CLOTHING cSi n.y.: 50 80
~. - - =
For ao Mo,,tm,n ,ar .nr,,,,
For food, etc. ~ w IS
For For rent =
- 'l0'n.-s'' Observation-Disclosures. 8
Total. Is
The same authority adds g The mas
ter generally lives at the workshop.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17

TIE State of Louisiana levies poll
tax for the benefit of the public schools
upon all male inhabitants over 81 years
Of age. It is lien on all property of
the taxpayer, and employers are liable
for the tax Of those they employ, pro-
yided the service has been for ninety
days during the year for which the tax
is due. The property Of employer or
employe, in case Of non payment Of the
tax, may be seized and, after ten DAYS
advertisement, sold to pay the tax and
costs. The tax is never to be less than
81 nor more than $3.50.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-17
O'COnnell at the Hastings

In the court, or in the camp-at the
bar, or on the rostrum-it made no odds
to OConneu he was at home anywhere
where wit and intelligence were re-
CURED; and, If keen repartee could
come In play, be sure he would not be
found wanting. In short, never was
there a more dangerous man to attack.
The following shows the mans ready
wit, and Is certainly worth telling
1t was when O'Connell was contesting
the city Of Dublin with Mr.. West for q
seat in Parliament, and the two candi-
dates were before their constituents in
the great hall, OR rotunda, Of the Court
House. As might be supposed. the
announcement Of two such speakers on
such an occasion filed the house well
nigh to suffocation. Both were in
the best OF humor, suffering nothing to
drag.
In the course Of his remarks, O'Con-
nell, IN humorous manner, alluded TO
his opponents personal appearance, de.
claring that Hogarth's line of beauty
didn't touch his face anywhere, if It
touched his head at all. It was not so
much what was said as the manner in
which he said it that convulsed the
people.
When Mr.. West got the floor ne at
tempted to pay his friend off for this !;
and, after funny prelude, he ex-
claimed:
&C It is all very well for Mr.. O'Connell
to attack me upon my personal appear
ance but let me tell you if you could see
Daniel O'Connel without his wig on, he
wouldn't show Q face nor head much to
boast of p
Before the people could find time to
laugh, and to the utter surprise of every
body, Mr.. O'Connell stepped quickly
upon the rostrum, close by MI.
Vests side, and, with flourish. pulled
off his wig, at the same time exclaim-
ing:
"There! Now my wig is off, which
Of us two is the better looking ?''
The effect was electric. The giant
form, with the grandest head in Ire
land, by the side of the diminutive per-
son Of the other, showed to wonderful
advantage; and who shall say how much
the quaint passage, coming so unex-
pectedly, may have had to do with re-
turning the great agitator to Parlia-
ment?
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
will soon be Relieved.

We are happy 70 state that the cor
dait through the levee, in Cattishtown,
will soon be finished, when the resi-.
dents Of the lower part Of the city will
begin to realize the effects Of the efforts
which the Council IS making to relieve
them Of the oft-recnrring floods which
follow every heavy rain. To accomplish
this end the Council has had the firm
ness to economize by stopping such work
as could be deferred in otlfer portions Of
the city. After the drainage problemis is
solved, Mr.. Powers, the Administrators,
will again turn his attention to the
streets and levee front.
1t will soon he demonstrated whether
the new drainage plan is o success or q
failure.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

STATE OF LOUISIANA - THIRD " >.
tfict Court for the parish OF Orleans.
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AND RICHARDSON a. MAGRUDER AND
ANDREW >. HEBRON
versus
MRS. MARY A. PIKE, ct ais.
No. 3si0,
Of the Docket Of the Civil District Court Tor the
Parish Of Orleans, La.
Wy VIRTUE or A WRIT OF FfERT IA.
u cha h, the frat case ,lnl an alaa WRIT q
Fieri Facias IN the SECOND casc, both IL.
a,ied from thnir tcanartive f,onrta m
the two above entitled an,l n,,mbere,I ca,,Aer.
and ~ ma d,rertad frcr, tha t,ro HcncsnI,is'
of (lrirans md Stnfa ~ InuiaIana hays neiye,l
and will esn n0sc ~ I,,,blir anle ii fTnnt ~ fhr
Curt House door os the pariah az Eaat Bato,,
Roaoc In thecity nj f,aton Koi,uc ot,
-. ,o4n
'sls0 ~" ny " NOvc per'
next A. d. 1881, between the hours Of eleven
o'clock A. H., and four o'clock II N. Of said day,
all the following described real estate situated IN
the City OF Baton Rouge, and belonging to the
defendant Mrs. Mary A. Pike, individually to
wit:
The following lots 0i ground situated In that
part OF the city Of Baton Rouge, laid out BY
Richard Devall and designated on the plans
thereof rs lots No. one ~ OF square No six (61
corner OF Laurel and Ihifd streets, with bnilf
iIgs and improvements thereon, known az
Machets store lots Numbers two 9) nid
three % OF square Number slx t6|, easl front
ing on Third street with buildings and improve.
melts thereon, including the building known as
Pixies Bank {; lot n,iiiibef four l4) of square
number six 90, ,fiontingo Thirtstieet witltbulld
ings and improvements thereon; lot number
i've 10 OF square nltnlher six tG) corner Fl9rida
aud Third streets with buildings and improve
lnents Known Us Pikes Row lot n'imper twelve
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
FOR SALE! /!
A Splendid Chance.

A TRACT OF LAND ESTABLISHED AS
"A Sugar Plantation. situated on False river,
in the parish Of POinte C0upee, having fifteen
arpents front on False river by eighty arpents
depth between opening lines and containing
1900 arpents, superficial area. The land is
of the best. well ditcbed and In splendid order,
having been planted in peas every year where
there was no cane and part Of the land having
been planted in cane There is levee to pro.
tect tho fields from overflow and steam drain
ing machine
Large Brick Sugar House, with powerful
engine and five feet rollers. Juice tanks Of
$1,000 gallon capacity Iron coolers In the pur.
scry. Draining floor and sheet.iron molasses
tanks Fine double story dwelling house.
Large stables and large corn house. Twenty.
ono double cabins and one blacksmith shop. A
one. story dwelling house on the river bank. A
new and large hay house
Corn stored In this fall. 1892 barrels forage,
ample supply Sixteen mules, Ave 3.mule carts,
two mule wagons one sinllll cart, and ono ier-
sey wagon, four, three and one.horse plows,
stubblo digger, Flucks'JJ j.
Stock of cane. Seed to plant 1870 to 14O ar.
pents. Plant cane this year Tone year stubble
in 1882 II, making total area in 1882 Of 2l7
arpents.
Price s25, ,OO0 - ont. third cash; balance on
easy terms. Apply to j. Milaudon Pointe
Coupee parish, or to
COURIER g. McNA1R, Baton Rouge.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
IoFFIcrAL1
Mayors Court Proceedings.
WEDNESDAY, November Cd, 1851

WEDNESDAY, November @u, 1901.
Eliza Brown and Aaron johnson,
alias Pound Cake (c). Disturbing the
peace. Eliza Brown guilty of the
charge. Sentenced to pay fine of ten
dollars or seven days in Jail.
SATURDAY, November, 9Th, ISL.
Jacob Fahnert, Richard Summers,
Charles Notwithstanding the peace.
Two of the accused, Fahnert and Sum-
mers, are found guilty Of the charge.
Sentenced to pay fine each of fifteen
dollars or to imprisonment for seven
days.
THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 1881,
Robert Aricer (whlte) drunk and DIS
orderly. The accused found guilty of
the charge, will suffer the penaty to
which he had been sentenced on Sep
tember 9th, which the City Council
wished TO be held in suspension during
his promised good behavior, / { fifty
dollars fine or twenty days in Jail.
Scott Gordon &c, J, violating gambling
ordinance. Ordered to refund the mon
ey and fined ten dollars or seven days in
Jail,
Susan Williams (c.), dsorderly con
duct. vFined' five dollars or three days
jail.
LEON JASTREMSKI, Mayor.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
SHERIFF'S SALE.

StTATE OF LOUISIANA, SEVENTEENTH
- judicial District Court, parish Of East Ba.
ton Rouge. Thompson j. Bird, Administrator
vs.. George b. Craft. Number 2T
BY virtue of writ of seizure and sale issued
in the above entitled and numbered cause and to
mo directed from the Honorable Court aforesaid
holden in and for the said parish and State,
have seized and will expose to public sale, in
front Of the Court House door Of said parish on
Saturday. the 18th day Of December,
A. D., 1881, between the hours of eleven o'clock
A. NJ, and four o'clock Y. ~. of said day, al the
right, title, interest and claim Of the defendant,
George u. Graft in and to the following describ.
ed mortgaged property, to-wit:
"A certain tract Of land in the parish Of East
Baton Rouge, known as the Newell Place.
containing abOut seven hundred acres with tho
improvements thereon, bounded north BY lands
Of Mrs. Cole, east by Thomas Devall and south
by lands of Sale and Posey, and being the same
tract of land purchased by tho present owner,
George b. Graft from James 0. fuqua, drceas.
ed. recorded In book numbers folio $40, Nota
rial Acts Of this parish"
Seized to pay and satisfy the amount OF iudg.
ment, interest and costs claimed in the above
entitled and numbered cause.
TERMS OF SALE--Cash, with the benefit Of
appraisement. J. W. BATES, Sheriff.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

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Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

The new steamer, City ofBaton Rouge,
is aground, near Jacksonville, where
she will have to remain until further
rise occurs in the Ohio.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
The "City Of Baton Rouge

We would call the attention of our
readers to the proceedings of the City
Council, in another column, especially
of those of our citizens, who by special
resolution have been appointed by the
Mayor to act as committee to make
arrangements for welcoming Baton
Rouges splendid god-child, the palatial
steamer "City of Baton Rouge"
We doubt not that ia acknowledgment
of the compliment paid onr city, rous-
ing welcome will be extended to the
floating beauty that will proudly bear
on her wheelhouse the name of the Cap
ital of Louisiana.
AT the request of the Chairman of the
Committee, we take pleasure in notify
ing the members that meeting of the
same will take place at the MAYORS of
flee, on tomorrow evening, Friday, at 8
o'clock, to make suitable arrangements.
A punctual attendance is earnestly re-
Quested.
WEDDING BELLS. An exclusive mat
rim0nial magazine, will be published by
the. New Orleans Social Matrimonial
Agency, LIST December next. Subscri-
bers only. For full particulars, send
stamped address to EDITOR, Box 2056
Post Office, New Orleans. -picayune.
This is a fine opportunity for mar
riageable ladies, who have not found
their affinity to find the very beau ideal
OF their dreams. We suppose that de-
scriptive lists with photographs attach
ed, will be gotten up by the matrimoni-
al bureau. The principle of ''you no
likee, you no takee" will be strictly
adhered to. Those applying for relief,
whether gentlemen or ladies are requir-
cd to be "dreadtully in earnest Mar
riage is no joke, and people should not
tritle with the philantropsts who have
undertaken to bring together the blush
ing and timid aspirants for matrimonial
bliss, who ''dasnt' pop the question
themselves. All such will receive the
kindly assistance of the Bureau.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

A GRAND EXCURSION. As will be
seen in another column, the N. o. Pa
ciiic Railroad will afford, on Sunday,
Nov. Goth, splendid opportunity to
visit New Orleans, for the small cost of
~ for the round trip. The train will
leave West Baton Rouge at GAS a. NJ,
and returning leave New Orleans at 6
p. NJ, same day, arriving here at 1l:3O
The holders of excursion tickets, eau, if
they desire, remain in the city until
Tuesday, the 22d We doubt not that
everybody who can will take advantage
of chat, the only opportunity that will
be offered this year.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

We are indebted to Mt. Seidenbach
for copy of the Weekly British Colo
mist, published at Victoria, British Co
lumbia.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
Saturdag's edition.

A BONANZA AT LEvY's. One of the
most interesting advertisements to be
found in this issue, is that Of A. Levy,
the go-ahead Main Street merchant,
who has stored o very attractive stock
Of variety goods, which people look
for just about this time of the year. His
prices are astonishingly low so that
with small outlay our aesthetic folks
can get an outfit that looks heavenly.
"Wrap up this, and wrap up that" are
the remarks that one hears ut Levy's
from morning till night. But if you
don't believe us, 90 and see for your
selves.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

The New Orleans Cheap Store, in an
other column, advertises 3-button kid
gloves for so cents alpair.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

B. Feibelman has always been cOnsid-
cred. .ne or the shrewdest of the Baton
Rouge merchants. He has never missed
it heretofore in putting iu Just enough
and not more stock than be needed to
supply the demand. The little knowl-
edge of constitutional law that he has
acquired of late, has played the deuce
with him. "The GOvernOs couldn't call
an extra session ut New Orleans" said
Feibelman. Firm in that belief he or
dered such q stoch of goods as would
suffice to equip, npt only the Legisla-
tors, but their wives, their mothers,
their cousins and their aunts. How he
Intends to get rid eff his surplus stock
we can't say, He il easily demoralized
and we suspect that his intention is to
run prices right in the groHnd. III want
to sell, is what he said to n red-headed
man from Sandy Greek on yesterday.
,Nuff said.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
NOTICE.
INFORMATION WANTED,

ONE NICOLAUS REITHER, A BAKER,
~ born In 1s33, ut Pleisweiler, Kingdom of Ba.
varia, Germany, living at Baton Rouge. La in
1a7l and 1872, will please send his address to the
undersigned. Ac1uaintances Of Mr.. Reithcr's
are requested to give me all tho information they
have OF his whereabouts or death.
CHARLES d. EAvROT
BatOtf~ lOupe La
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12

A GRAND DRAwING.--On the 18th of
next month the Louisiana State Lotte-
ry Company will have grand drawing.
There is a prize of S10O, 900 and another
of $4,000, besides many others, the
amount Of which would make many a
poor fellow feel like morning star If
he succeeded in winning one of them,
The venturesome who want to make
money easily, will doubtless seize the
opportunity afforded them to draw a
big prize for small investment. See
the advertisement in another column.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
FancyArticles

TOO numerous to mention, such as Enbroider-
les, Laces of all sorts, Patent Torclon, Russian,
Venitian, Languedoc York, Black and Cream
Spanish. Irish Trimming Star. Coronation and
Crochet Brads, Invisible Hair Nets, Ruchirg,
Perfunpry, Belts, otc., etc.