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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07

No effort will be made to prove his unftness
for the position, but the opposition will be
based on pers onal grounds. The infection Of
Conklings spreading, and trouble for the new
administration is anticipated therefrom.
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SENATE, March 20.-The Senate
passed another day in fruitless fillibustoring
to prevent the election of Senate officers.
Senators Brown and johnson replied to the
speech of Senator Malone, after which ad-
journment took place.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
Extra Session.

SENATE, March 2S.-The session of
he Senate was devoted to speech by Senator
Malone, of Virginia, in which he reviewed
the policy Of the readjusters of his state, and
made vigorous attack on Senator Brown. Of
Georgia. An attempt vas made to go into
executive session, but failed; and, without &C.
eomplishing anything the Serate adjourned.
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FORTY-SETENTH CONGRESS-,

Actual amount in treasury :. s319,579 ]
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SENATE. March 30.-The Senate met
at 10 o'clock. On motion of Senator Cameron
OF Wisconsin, resolution was adopted author
lzlng the Senate to pay the necessary ex-
penses OF the funeral Of Senator Carpenter.
motion was made to proceed with the cleo
Iion Q, officers, but was defeated by a vote of
Is to Is, and after short debate the Senate
adjourned.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-12-22

The Pleasures Of Business.

No human mind is contented without
occupation. No human soul is without
an aim or purpose in life. The greatest
success in life consists not III the mer.
accumulation Of riches, hut in being able
to acquire wealth With disposit on to
apply it in such manner TINT /, shall
be comfort AMI blessing to otllels--noi
in the mere giving away OF money, In,
in putting people in a way to labor AMI
help themselves. There Is no pleasur,
in oppression. There is no pleasure IL
grinding and eAacting gold from the
poor; but there is great deal Of gcnnin.
satisfaction in being able to efl.r steady
and honorable employment to the many
willing hands TINT have nothing to do.
One OF the greatest enjoyments Of the
prosperous business man consist in being
able to comfortably provide tor the many
employees in his house or mandatory.
In doing this he is fulfilling his obliga
ton to society he becomes useful and
honored citizen; business To him i 4
real pleasure; he enjoys his successes,
when they are fairly won, because IL
feels that he deserves them.
When a business man has the right
kind Of purpose in life he always enjoys
his occupation. He feelsa just aud worthy
pride in his prosperity, he is pleased
with the respect aud gratitude Of those
whom he directs and controls in the
management Of his affairs, and he feels
that in benefiting himself he is comforting
favor upon Others. -friterisn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-12-22
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES

Or rnE NATIONAL GREENHAck,l AMOR PARTY,
AnoPT.n AT MARsnALLrnwN. ICNE \, lSSl.
l. The right 10 make ani issue Moasy il q
sovereign constitutional power 10 le msin-
tanned by thu people Tor the eonmon hcscit,
We demand tho abolition al all hanks af issue
and tho substitution at fnn lceal,tender greea.
backs i'll lieu III their notes,
debt or the ISSUE ot intereSt-hcsrins non.taAa-
bic bonds upon amy pr,tsNt, and demand the
payment aud destruction ot those ontstaMalag
al the earliest possible mana.nt
We demand s,sausl in,on,e tax wh,.s-
by capital shall bear jsa sha . os uv public
burden.
4. w Wgerl the sct substituting u ra,ln,sa
commission II laws goycraiiis freight rates ia
this State n fraud procured hy the railroad
companies Through \ Republican Legislature,
AMI demand It's repeal. While VI favor Rtcs,
national appropriations tor the creation aaa
improvement et watei-waNS, w Il alan3 laws
protecting the people II ava ioM i,5sria,ns-
lion. pooiing. Watering of STICKS, drawbacks or
rebates. and all unlns. charges on the part II
railroads, until SHEA lin" ~ the peoslr, Who
hu,lt most OF iht So iat1s With land graGts,
taNoS and subsidies, shall awa saa operate Al,
fully ea,.tgal them.
5 We demand y rev sion of oar pa,eai,i islt
laws, placing fair limit upon thv ROYALTIES ef
my,ntals, and prote> ting the people no,0 IA,
justice,
4. We demand that all lsad grants forf,ite
BY reason Of the an-iusfllMcnt uf eeM.i ,ans
liz rsl road companies ssaatl hc al an ereslsi,eeSl
l,y the Government, and loneoto,th THAI the
public domain I've RESERVED exclusively tor hMhe.
st.a,l.rs or AZ n,l s,ttssrs,
I. We demand ahsolu ely d,Moeia,i, antS
for the government Ut Congress AID stat,
Legislatures, placing all representatives af thc
people upon an equal soutsng, and tak.sg ttonl
all c smn.itt,ts vito power upon prorose<l
legislation.
4, w dcnonncs rs most dangerous Ia, n,
strietioas Of the night III snY, age III many States
and lis alNlitioa in the Distract IL Cnlan,hss,
and demand equal pnli iesl 7 shts fNr sii men
and women.
4 Believing tina, all questions Affecting Ia,
public interest shonil IL decided ky thu people,
We favor the submission ot the pro, os,d CON,
. sti,nt,nas, amendment L. the popular Nutv,
III. We demand that ali hSsiots in this state
shall h. Of uniform saw, eol.r aaa Ma,aial.
and that each party having stat. Ns%amlsa.
ton shall have aao mmh,r on la. tA,rtsall
board 81 each township psee,net,
II. la the fngtlriahcv ~ these cssds, W ash
the cooperation ~ Nh nsR and Meaanh wstls-
ont regard ~ previous party aasliasan "a
pisjauiSc.
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The Fall,

Here is boys composition ON TALL ::
This is fall, because il falls OH this sea
son Of the year. Leaves fall, too, rs
we'll rs thermometers and the price OF
straw hats. Old topers, who sign the
pledge in summer, are liable To fall when
fall clder-making opers, Tor straws snow
which way the cider goes. Husking
corn is one of the pleasures Of full, hut
pleasure isn't good for boys, l don't
think. Old men want little fun; let
item hnsk. A husky old man can go
through a good deal Of corn, sometimes.
Digging taters is another Of our fall
amnsenenis. The way like to dig ta-
ters is to wait until they are baked
nicely, aud tAen Zig them ont ii their
skins. Most winter schaals onen in tho
fall. Tie hest winter seltsl | Went to
diln't open until spring, aud the first
ia. il opened the teacher took sick, ana
Tia aessool hoasa was iaeaea up for the
seasoa. 0aea III Willie ". lave very
seyera TALL, Int nothing llke the I'LL IL
Adam aud Eve III the GARDEN Of Eden
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Director Burchard, Of the United
States mint, in his late report makes the
following singular suggestion:
"In view Of the failure of the Inter-
national Monetary Conference to agree
upon any practical measure, and wniie
nv aiting its future action, it is n ques-
ton for our serious and early consilera-
ton whether it is not desirable to sus.
pend further coinage of silver until by
international agreement aud effective
Legislation, the unlimited coinage oil
silver aud gold ut common fixed ratio
shall have been authorized by the prin-
cipal commercial nations Of Europe and
America.
"Should the $3.50, OOO, 600 of silver
coin now full legal tender in Europe be
demonetized, the United States could
not, single-handed among commercial
nations, with no European cooperation
or allies, sustain the value Of silver from
inevitable fall. With that danger men,
acing us, We cannot, without serious
embarrassment, continue such coinage
unless the other commercial nations will
/ agree upon the general use oi silver as
well as gold.
II Mr.. Burchard had boldly, and in
the fewest possible words, recommended
the unconditional characterization d
silver, he would have expressed in plain
English just the idea his circuisous lan-
guage was designed both to convey aud
TO conceal.
He suggests that the coinage Of silver
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-12-22

FORElGy RELATIONS.
secretary D1niMc'. letter - Minister
l.OSscl1--A Document which Made
illr AriliAll Linn lNAh His Fall

secretary nlninc'. Letter - Minister
I.Osscll-A Document Which Made
the British Lion I.nsh SITS Tail.
The letter Of Secretary nlaine to Minister
Lowell, explaining the position Of this Govern
ment In reference to : modification 81 the
Clayton-Inaer treaty, dated at tho State H.
partmen', Nov. II, 1881, and transmitted u
Congress by the President on tho 10th Inst, la
response 10 a resolution of tho senate. l. 4
lengthy and comprehensive docu-
ment. II II conchcd In plain,
straightforward language, with In,
little Of the flavor Of diplomacy about II. II
was intended solely for the instruction OF Min
Lowell Ii expressly notified that, unless re-
qnestcd To do 10 Ivy Lord Granville, tho british
Minister of Foreign Affairs, no Ii not To tnr-
ni-h him with copy, tho reason being that
the foreign policy III Great britain II ds,
cussed III II III \ manner not altogether CONF
plimeiltarv.
Ii the letter Mr.. Blaine declares that the
conditions under which tho Clayton BulNcr
treaty were made have long since ceased to tx
ist, and can never be reproduced. The desel-
opment Of the Pacific States has created nrw
duties and responsibilities for our Govern
duties a modification Of tho treaty IL necos.
sary. In reference 10 tho Panama canal, il
says that it would be no more unreasonable
for the limited States to demand q shnr. III
the Sucz canal fortiications, or their neu,rall.
cation, than for England 10 make demand for
the perpetual naturalization Of tho Paasina
canal. Mr.. Blaine takes occasion to rr,t,ltm
the Monroe doctrine, and suggests tho follow
ing notifications in the Clayton.l,ala.r
treaty: That every part which forbid,
tho United States terrifying th. canal
and holding political control over il
III connection with tho United States
OF Colombia be Cancelled; that every part la
which Great Britain and the United States
agreed to make no acquisition VI t.rri,ory IN
Central America shall remain in force; that tie
United states will not object to maintain tie
clause referring TO the establishment " u free
port at each end OF tho canal, II England de-
sires that provision retained; and TINT tho
provision bv which the two Governments agree
to a JOINT pr.tectoraie Of whatever railroad q,
canalmay be constructed be considered ohso &c.
The letter closes with the statement that the
United States Will make joint proclamation VI h
the country in which tho canal IN located that X
shall he orea IN time OF peace to the commerce
Of ever. country, but iii time Of war vii! ~ i'm.
partially closed to war-vcssels Of NIL nations.
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that every financial agitation from

that every financial agitation from
March, 1869, changing the contract nm
der which bonds were to be paid to the
present hour have been forced upon
Congress by m insatiate, relentless de-
mand by the banks and owners Of bonds
for nnrighteons privileges and powers.
People were weary and alarmed at their
persistent agitation Of the business Of
the country to promote tha;i own selfish
ends, and, il they persisted, he knew
it was only question Of time when tie
people would turn and render them
powerless. He would commend the
history 81 the downfall Of the United
States Bank half a century ago 10 the
present associated banks and their oili-
cial friends in high places. He then
quoted from the Philadelphia papers Of
that day, descriptive Of the popular in
dignation attending the closing Of that
institution.
The resolution was agreed to.
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II II rclntcd of George Clark, tho colo.
bra,cl negro minstrel. that, being u.
ahmed M u witnoas, he Waa severely In
tcrrognted by tho attorney, who wished
~ lrrnk down his evidence.
lyon nrc In tho Negro minstrel husi.
ncsa, believer" inquired TIM lawyer.
Yca, STR" was tho prompt reply.
"lsnt TINT rather low callinKY" do.
mnn,lea tho lawyer.
- don't know but what II II, s,r, 70.
piled thu minstrel but II In ~ n,ucl,
hctter than my fathers that nm proud
~ HI.
"What was your fathers cnlling2"
lie wns lawyer" replied Clnrk, In
u tone II regret that put tho audience IN
roar. Tho lawyer lot him nlonc.
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G70 we~A. en- Oar a sem& esasls maA~ Ce.s,y
~s& ocshs -, Adhsss tk,s 4 W. Augusta, Ne
sAsi
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s:rangers In Council.

s,oas,6,o as,e,', .
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YOU'VE DclmOnicO. Of Nav York. TIM

YOU'VE Delmonico, Of New York. thus
speaks Of his patrons: Men always or
der better and more carefully than
women. The Western people are about
the same kind Of feeders the Yankees
are. The Sontherners 60 for any dish
that il fried, and become dyspcptic IN
haste. The people Of the Middle States
are the hest diners. Englishmen got tue
best breakfasts"
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SENATOR VOORHEES,.

1lis Answer % the Recommendation
~ Secretary FOlgcr-Ile Believes the
silver Dollar Cured GsOf the Terrible
Panic u 1879, amd n the l;OldbMgs
Could Ssrangle silver CuFrcmcy, Thcy
WOnId bring the Hard Times Back
shall tho People Trust Themselves
10 the N1crcics ~ the Bankers
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Area Of the United states.

The following table shows the areas in
miles Of the States and Territories Of the
United States, the total water area, aud
the net land surface. As officially report
ed by Henry dannett, L. NJ. geogra.
pher aud special agent Of the tenth cen.
slla:
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Summer ii misnnmcl. II should 10
called p,ile. for doesn't pride 90 before
ii tall
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-02
Saturday Reyiew.1
Merimee'S Character.

NJ. Taine has said that MGrimGe was "the
dupe of his own mistrust." These neat little
sayings have been ingeniously compared to
Mr.. Browning's "sharp squirt of lighted
MATCH" which they resemble about equally in
sound and in quantity Of illumination. There
is some truth in this particular mot, of course.
Merimee was an affectionate person, who was
afraid of not being cynical enough until he be-
came too cynical-a person OF wide and varied
sympathies and interests, who, for fear OF
getting too much engrossed, gave himself the
appearance of feeling neither interest nor SYM
pathy. But we have no reason to doubt that
any loss of enjoyment of the frank and child
like sort which he may have experienced in
consequence OF this attitude was made up to
him by an increase of enjoyment in what Dean
Gaisford used to call surveying his fell
low creatures from proper elevation" He
says somewhere in these letters that he always
thought mankind were fools, and becomes
more sure of it every year he lives. A man
who says this kind of thing feels distinct
thrill of satisfaction he says it, and has felt
such thrills every time he makes the reflection
which thus finds words. vi course, II such a
temperament reaches the point of real misan-
thropy, it becomes self-toI menting instead of
self-sufficing. But Merimee's never did this
He was fond OF his friends and his inconnueS,
| and his friends and his iRcopaueS were fond of
him. He knew perfectly well that all good
| Judges regarded him as one of the best writers
of French living, and that, with the exception
of Gautier, whose style was too different to
imply rivalry, the specially French domain of
the nOuUeile knew no master save himself. He
enjoyed his medals, his ruins, his books his
| salt beef at the British Museum his "ltte
wine of Champagne, red and not foaming,'
which, like Talbot Twysden's, but more
truly, was met heavy wine, not an ex-
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eBrooklSn Eagle.]
A Wrecked Existence.

"The snow has drifted around my hear" ("
sighed fair young Boston girl, as she and her
Brooklyn hostess sat on the floor, lacing their
boots the other morning. "No longer do the
Spring violets bloom in my life."
MAY inquire what has chagrined you?"
asked the Brooklyn girl alphabetically.
81 will tell you all, from cosmos to Omega.
You shall know why existence is henceforth a
burnt prairie to me. He loved me- Ah the
dream has flown. The grasses are bending
over the grave of that bright hope"
"Did he leave you?" invoked the Brooklyn
damsel, in tears.
"Not voluntarily. We were segregated, but
through no fault of ours. 1t was the dispelling z
Of a vision"
"But won't he come back?" art
"I fear me nay. Such differentiation is
not to be overcome will tell you. We loved.
The moon couldn't beam but he'd hitch up q
team and drive into my outstretehed arms"
"My!" calculated the Brooklyn girl.
always He came, until looked for him
as for the stars. Every night until one. Then
he came no more to our brown stone mansion
door, no more. And my heart Is sad and
weary. Listen. 1 have father. Pitiless, cold,
relentless, but still he is my father, though he
has frozen up my young blood. / assure you
it is really all icebergs."
did he say the young man mustn't come
any more?" asked the breathless listener.
"He did not He welcomed him, like the
whiripool,s rings that swallows up all sorts Of
things. Gave him cigars and talked to him.
Pa was too awfnlly sweet at first. and that's
what makes me sit sad and signing and feel as
though I'm dying. I'm just perfectly terribly.
cut up about it,
"Then how did he come to 60 away? Pm
crazy to know"
"You shall hear how the disiutegration orig
mated. All the time pa was treating him 50
nicely he din'nt like him. He was making up
his mind to have him leave Obi the saddest
word of tongue or pen is the terribleness Of
these bad men. Pa separated us. Like the
pouring OF the vengeful sea he separated my
''How did he do it? What steps did he
take?"
Give me your attention. You shall know
the facts from the protoplasm to the fnis.
will tell you of my awful doom, right here in
your cheerful little bedroom. / wanted an
Easter hat. 1 said so to pa. Must have it..
Was coming to see you, you know. Says pa,
Give up the lover or the hat. Can't have
BOTH"
"And you?"
"Gave him up, of course. How could help
it? The hat is lovely, but my heart is stone;
move alone without any comfort. 1t was
hard to wreck him, but there was no alterna-
tive. Pa made me choose. Don't you think II
pretty?'
And the two girls went down to breakfast,
the forlorn girl singing in low, sweet voice.
THE good sword is rusted, the good knight is
busted"
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springfield Union.l
One Way to Supplant Rum.

A very obvious and practical method of pro-
noting temperance is to replace the rum shop
with something better. II the groggery can
not be closed, it is possible to lessen its evil
effects by competition, and this is in the line
of every sort of moral and religious progress.
We check beggary by giving mon work to do,
infidelity by offering reasonable faith. The
success which has been attained in England
and even in New York by the opening of tenn
perance coffee houses, suggests one practical
way of fighting the demon rum. 1t is possible
that an excessive indulgence in coffee would
be bad, but it is not the drink so much as the
sociability that goes with it which makes
drinking customs most attractive.
1t is misfortune that our Fraternity was
obliged to suspend its operations before il had
fairly tested its capabilities for doing good. 1t
embodied the element of sociability which
might have been enjoyed and made more ac-
cessible. 1t should have had its rooms upon
the ground floor in some attractive locality,
easily reached or not to be avoided. We may
not be pardoned for suggesting that it should
have provided a smoking room. but it seems
right enough to attract men who will smoke
to place where there are fewer temptations
than in the liquor saloon. Add to the other
attractions which the Fraternity provided, q
good cup of coffee, tea or chocolate, and a
sandwich or some other edibles at cost price,
and it seems quite probable that the sociability
which surrounds the beer table and open bar
would be utilized to the cause of temperance.
Such, at least, has been the experience in New
York and other places where the experiment
has been tried.
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He Stood the Test.
[San Francisco Post.

The other morning young man of affable
manners presented himself at the box office of
variety show at Petaluma, and requested
press pass.
"You don't claim to be journalist, do you?"
asked the manager, glancing suspiciousy at
the good clothes and innocent expression of
the applicant.
eyes do, though; I'm on the Fleatown
Snapper
"Hum! What is your Department. growled
the manager. II was newspaper man my
self once.'
81 do the Answers to Correspondents,' as
serted the youth,
do, eh? Lemme see; what was the fastest
mile ever skated backward for money in the
United States?"
That question is always signed 'Nimrod,' !"
said the young man promptly, "and the answer
is, 'Diedin Brazil, 1446.'"
Correct" said the manager. "When was
Cleopatra hung?"
''Trim with deep ruching and bake before
quick fire.
"Did Oliver Cromwell have blue wart on
his chimp
"B takes the trick, of course''
"Was Queen Elizebeth handy legged, or on-
ly banded in one leg? and how do you take
ink stains out Of marbe?"
Enquire at any hardware store. Patagonia
was discovered by Reniamin Franklin, in
1882
"That settles it," said the manager, prompt
ly shelling out private box check. "I see
you We got 'em all by heart. Pass right i'm
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The Language of Umbrellas.

There is a language of umbrellas as of flow
ers. For instance, place your umbrella in a
rack will it indicate that it is about to change
owners. To open it quickly in the street
means that somebody's eye is going to be put
out. To shut it, that hat or two is to be
knocked off. An umbrella carried over the
woman, the man getting nothing but the drip
pings of tho rain, indicates courtship. When
the man has the umbrella and the woman the
drippings, indicates marriage. To punch
your umbrella into a person and then open it
means 81 dislike you" To swing your UNI
brella along the sidewalk means that the man
behind you is thirsting for your blood. To
carry it at right angles under your arm signi-
fies that an eye is to be lost by the man who
follows you. To open an umbrella quickly 1t
is said, will frighten mad bull. To put a
cotton umbrella by the side of a nice silk one
chase an umbrella means 81 am not smart, but
honest" To lend an umbrella indicates, 81
am fool' To return an umbrella means
never mind what it means; nobody ever does
that. To turn an umbrella in gust of wind
presages a burst of profanity. To carry an
open umbrella just high enough to tear on,
mems eyes and knock off mems hats, indicates
81 am a woman" To press an umbrella on a
friend saying, 'Oh do take it, l had much
rather you would than not,, signifies lying
To give friend half of your umbrella mean;
that both of you will get wet. To carry
your umbrella in a case signifies that il
is shabby one. To carry it from home in the
morning means sit will clear off