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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-11-27
NUMBER 40.
A CLEVER TRICK EXPOSED.
High Priced Suits That Are Made to
Show and Not to Be Sold

High Priced Suits That Are Made to
Show and Not to Be Sold.
have noticed in the windows of O.
certain ready made clothing establish
ment that advertises literally and well,
and works the bargain sale racket upon
a scale of fairness well out of the beaten
rut, upon several occasions one or more
overcoats or suits of clothes made up in
distinctly custom made material, and
finished with all the laborious care that
is bestowed upon the high class made to
order garment. have out Of curiosity
frequently gone into this store on rush
days to note, the quality of the goods
offered for the money, and it must be
said that the prices quoted were gener-
ally away down below the rock bottom
cost Of manufacture.
Inside the store encounter several
more Of these handsomely made suits. I
even went SO far upon one occasion as to
try on one of the coats thereof, but it
did not fit, and the obliging clerk in
formed me that they were all sold out of
my size. The price quoted was S12, and
as matter Of fact such a suit could not
have been manufactured for double that
sum. The size was a small one-34
chest, and while I fingered for further
information a small and slender man
came along looking over the counters.
He picked up the fine suit and I awaited
developments. He asked the price, felt
the cloth and tried it on. ~.
The man was Of a peculiar shape, and
to the horror Of the clerk it fitted him
exactly. "Let me show you something
else" 'No," was the decisive answer;
81 will take this" and the twelve dollars
was counted out. When he left the store
within is prize there was 'swailing and
gnashing of teeth"
"Could you not see he was bad shape
and it might fit him?' queried the man
ager. .-.s.s.. -:. ..E....-... .:...
"Well, I thought they were made"
answered the clerk, $50 that they
wouldn't fit nybody."
The secret was out. And a clever
catch trade device it is. I remember
distinctly the seraphic smile of the little
lop sided man as he strobe out. of the
door in that, on him, perfect fitting gray
cashmere ten strike. The decoy suit
that will not fit anybody is the latest
trick of the trade, and it's protector is
certainly a genius in his way.-Clothier
and Furnisher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-11-27

AN IMPRESSION.
A cypress dark against the blue,
That deepens up to such a hue
AS never painter dared and drew;

A cypress dark against the blue,
That deepens up to such hue
AS never painter dared and drew;
A marble shaft that stands alone
Above wreck of sculptured stone
With gray-green aloes overgrown;
A hill side scored with hollow veins
Through age long wash Of summer raias
AS purple as with vintage stains;
And rocks that while the hours run
Show all the jewels, one by one,
For pastime Of the summer sun;
A crescent sail upon the sea
So calm and far and ripple free
You wonder storms can ever be;
A shore with deep indented bays,
And DER the cleaning waterways
A glimpse Of islands in the haze;
A face bronzed dark to red and gold
With mountain eyes that seem to hold
The freshness of the world Of old;
A shepherds crook. coat Of fleece,
A grazing fock-the sense of peace,
The long sweet silence-this is Greecel
Kennel Rodd.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-11-27
Indefensible Injustice.

AASeSASAAoADAO AAAJuoC2SCs
ABOUT one-ffth Of all males in Massar
chusetts average less than 81 per day.
The females working at this low scale of
wages comprise 1884 per cent. Of all the
workers No intelligent reader will fail
to realize what this fact means. j AS the
scale of wages rises the number of fe-
males enjoying them grows steadily less.
Of total Of 1887 workers receiving $40
a week and over, only 1853 are females.
The figures simply show that in the en-
Payments in which the very lowest
wages are paid women constitute over
70 per cent. Of the workers, while in the
employments where as high as $50 a
week are paid they constitute hardly
over per cent.
In addition to all this is the humiliating
fact that in the same occupations, stand
ing side by side with men, the females
are paid less wages for the same work;
or, what amounts to the same thing, a
woman Of 90 years or upward is made to
work side by side with boy of 10 at the
same wages. Women are compelled,
then, to fll~most Of the cheap places,
and paid less wages for the same work
at that. We have no hesitation in saying
that this is an indefensible injustice, and
one SO gross as to shame civilization.
j Why do legislators sit passively under
such determinations of sex in the matter
OF work and wages? Simply because
they know that the women carry no
votes. and that mere sentiments houavar
just, can neither seat nor unseat poll
tician. But it will not always be thus.
Boston Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-11-27
Honest.

No man can pursue an honest policy
for long course of years without gain
ing reputation more to be valued than
great riches. It does one good, heart
and soul, to remember that there are
men who are like pillars of fire by night
to more wavering consciences, men who
can reject a bride with the haughtiness
due an insult. The late w. H. Y. Hack
EFT, of Portsmouth, was an exception
ally honest man, one Of those lawyers
who, like Abraham Lincoln, would not
undertake case which did not seem to
him just one, and wherever he was
known his influence over jury was
naturally great.
One day, after the termination of a
certain case, Mr.. Hackett met an old
farmer who had been one of the jury,
and whc felt that too much time had
been consumed in reaching verdict.
'The fact is, squire" he said, I'VE
shouldn't ha' been so long a-givin' you
that case, but somehow or other there
happened to be couple O. men on there
who didn't know you at ALL Waal, the.
rest OF US, we just told EN- what kind of
man we knowed Squire Hackett to be.
An we kind of insisted upon it that we
could depend exactly on what you said.
An so. after that, we all came round
together. ~ outh's Companion.
81 have heard some admirable ...i-.
dresses before the agricultural society"
says President Northen, Of Augusta, Ga,
'sbut a dozen colts on exhibition at the
state fair is a better lecture than have
ever heard on stock, and bale Of fine
hay is a finer lecture for grass growing"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
Wooden Shoes.


Ia seems that the newly-arriyed Eu-
ropean peasant is not the only human
creature sensible enough to wear
wooden shoes. In Cincinnati, it is said,
there is a large trade in them, and they
are commended for dairymen, stable
men, car-drivers and people who are
obliged to be exposed much on damp
ground. Wooden shoes are commended
for all these wearers, the drawbacks
being the noise they make and the clum-
siness they give 10 the feet. Shoes
with wooden soles were very extensive
lv made i'm the South during the war,
when leather was so scarce that it could
not be bought i'm quantities sufficient
to make cartridge boxes and harness
for artillery and cavalry uses. The
southern shoe had white canvas uppers
stoutly fastened to tight wooden soles.
They were not as clumsy as the sabot
of the French or German peasant,
but they made quite as great
clatter. Thousands Of them were
served TO the army OF negro men en-
ployed to construct the earthwOrk de-
fences of Richmond, and it was often
picturesque and not unmusical To see
and hear these laborers go through the
streets of the city on the way to their
camps and their work. Sometimes they
numbered as high rs five thousand men,
every one of whom could do level day 5
work in the trenches. These indus
trous black laborers, armed with picks
and shovelS and provided with blankets
and haversacks, and served with simple
rations Of corn-meal and bacon, went
cheerfully to their work, singing their
plantation songs and keeping rhythmic
time to the music. Their labor and
their wooden shoes were effective and
practical.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28

more accurate list has been kept than
yours. You may call it Burgundy,
Bourbon. Cognac, HeidSeck, sour mash
or beer. God calls IL strong drink.
Whether you sell it in low oyster-cellar
or behind the polished counter of
first-claSs hotel. the divine curse is
upon you. | tell you plainly that you
will meet your customers one day when
there will be no counter on earth, and
You enter the reward Of your business,
all the souls of the men whom you
have destroyed will crowd around you,
and pour their bitterness into your
cup. They will show you their wounds,
and say. You made them; and point
to their unquenchable thirst and say,
You kindled it,: and rattle their
chain. and say, You forged it," Then
their united groans will smite your ear;
and with hands out of which you once
picked the six pences and the dimes,
they will push You off the verge of
great precipices; while rolling up from
beneath, and breaking among the crags
of death. will thunder, woo to him
nat girch his ncighbOr driukr'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
Vino Ahuseh parrot.

FYou,ls iron, a P.1siqn Gardea- io"N'oa.
An GILMAN possessed a fine parrot,
who amused him with her prattle and
watched his shop during his absence.
1t CHANGED one day when the GILMAN
had gone ont that cat ran into the
shop i'm chase of a mouse, which so
frightened the parrot that she flew
about from shelf to shelf, upsetting
several jars and splitting their contents.
When her master returned and saw the
havoc made among his goods he fetched
the parrot a blow that knocked out all
of her head feathers, and from that day
she sulked ON her perch. The Gilman,
missing the prattle of his fayorite, be-
gan to shower his aims on every pass
ing beggar, in hope that some one would
induce the parrot to speak again. AT
length baldheaded mendicant came to
the shop one day, upon seeing whom
the parrot, breaking her long silence,
cried out: poor fellow, poor fellow!
hast thou, too, upset some oil jar?'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
MARTINS FERRY.

K. Il. Koehnle;n will 80 to work in the
Ming0 steel plant to-day.
The Baptist Church and Sunday school
will picnic al SidwelrS next Tuesday.
The regular monthly meeting of the y.
NJ G. \. will be held Wednesday even
ing.
Charles Z. Hall, of Kent, o., brother of
DR. W. II. Hall, of this city, returned
from Australia yesterday.
Abram Lash has been appointed to finish
the land appraisement left unfinished by
the death of NJ IL. Smylie
Miss Kate Gibson, of Marietta, and Miss
Mary Coppenhaver, OF Wheeling, are VS.
itng the family of Mr.. Sheets.
\ Pinch sewer pipe is being placed on
Third street. from the south side Of IIanO-
yer street 10 the top of the grade
There has been no agreement or under
standing between the contractor that has
our street paving and the Labor Union in
reference TO the number of hours TO be
worked for 81 80 per day. The contractor
saws he will only pay Sl.jO for 10 hours, and
the men claim that he understood before he
took the contract that the city paid Sl.50
per day for Q hours, and that was the basis
for him 10 count the cost of his labor upon,
as one contractor made known before the
bids were opened that the understanding
was that ne was 10 pay $50 per day of .
hours Also the labOring men claim II
would be doing the citizens injustice to
demand 9 hours for a days work from the
city and then work for a contractor
that is doing work for the city, giving him
an hour more for days work than they
they do for the city. We understand that
the contractor is making arrangements to
bring Italians here, If the men refuse to
work when he gets ready. There is 4
clause in the specifications, so we are told,
that says Martins Ferry labor shall be
employed. if it suits" Now, il don't say
which party ii must suit, whether the con
tractor or the city, and there is a little
hitch right there. The contractor claims
that il is for him TO say whether the Mar
tins Ferry labor suits CT not, and also
Claims IL does not suit him to pay $50 for
nine hours when he can get it done for less
money Some of the men, in speaking of
the affair said If he brought Italians here
they would call an Indignation meeting and
see if they could not stop it. What twill
terminate in is hard to tell, and there may
be a little excitement before il is through
with. The contractor says he will be ready
to commence grading a week from tomor-
row. He says it will take about 100000
brick TO do the lob.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
Notice to Contractors.

CtEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE Received
- ly the Undersigned, mp to - O'Clock moor.
OF Thursday. july 3l,t 1880. for grading aud
paving 2OOJ square yards of streets oi the
Borough of Washington. Pennsylvania. To be-
completed on or before the 1t day of Noycm-
her next.
All bids must Doe written with ink. and each
item shall Boz written out In full Us well a> n
figures. Each bid must contain the full name
OF every person interested iu the same. Bids
for grading Co Doe done by the cubic yard and
for the paving by tEr square yard.
Work 10 Dee paid for within thirty % days
after completion ol The same and acceptance
thereof by the Borough.
Copie, OF specifications and blank bids viii
bee furnished ON application 90 the undersigned.
Proposal. mus: Dr. endorsed on 90" outside 81
the envelope with tAe name of thc bidder and
what the bid j. for.
Each BID must Doc accompanied with % cerii-
lrd check boz the satin oi 500 and in cas-" 81 the
acceptance 90? amy bid and the refusal OF the
party whose bid j, accepted to enter into "a CON
tract thc amount deposited to BE- forfeited to
the Borough. The Borough reserve, the right
o. reject any or all bids
rs order of Council 4. VI. LINN.
iN2Sa Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
A CHILD's HERoISM.
He Thought That if lie Was Taken to the
Cemetery lie Would lie Left There.


\ little boys heroism was tested not
long ago through mistake. The editor
of contemporary relates that gentle
man in New England town proposed to
drive with his wife to the beautiful Gem
etcry beside the river beyond the town.
Calling his son. bright little boy some
four years old, he told him to get ready
to accompany them. The child's coun-
tcnance fell. and the father said:
Don't you want to 90, Willie?'
The little lip quivrecd, but the child
answered: Yes, papa, If you wish
The child was strangely silent during
the drive, and when the carriage drove
under the wide archway he chung to his
mothers side and looked up in her face
with pathetic wistfulneSS. The party
alightcd and walked among the graves
and along the trce-ShadOwed avenues,
looking at the inscriptions on the last
resting place Of the jewellers in the
beautiful city of the dead. After an
hour so spent, they returned to the car
riage and the father lifted his little son
to his seat. The child looked surprised
and drew a breath of relief and asked:
"Why, am | going back with you?"
"Of course you are; why n0t?'
Il thought when they took little boys
to the cemetery they left them there, -
said The child.
Many man does not show the hero
ism in the face OF death that the child
cyinccd in what to him had evidently
been a summons to leave the world.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
KEPT THEIR LETTERS.
Abortionist McGonigals Great Practice
Goodwin Inquest.

Goodwin Inquest.
New YORK. July 27-Last night Coro-
ner MESSENGER was very i'll. Owing TO that
circumstance eX-Judge Bedford asked that
the1nquest into the circumstances attend
inc the death of Annie Goodwin be ad-
journed until Monday morning at II
o'clock The request was granted.
FOUND ~ M'GoNEGAL's OFFICE.
DR.. McGonegal's Office and house at 2l1
West 123d street were searched yesterday
bv acting Captain Cross and Detectives
Price and Mott, for evidences of the crime
The search warrant obtained by Cross from
Police Justice Power named only the pock
etbOOl formerly belonging to Annie Good
win. which Mrs. Shaw, of 239 East lOSth
sereet, where Annie died, said DR.. McGon-
egal had taken away after Annie's death as
a mementO OF course the hunt for the
pocketbOOk was preteXt for hunt for
other evidence. Annie Goodwin's empty
black morocco pocketboook was found.
Cross said, and everything III the house and
office was turned upside down. Even the
refuse in the stable in the rear of the
Doctors house was pitched over. The
most interesting matter found, however,
was in DR.. McGOncgals correspondence.
Sergeant Cross and Detectives Price and
Mott were engaged for two hours in open
ing DR.. McGOnegalS letters ana reading
them. They found no letters from Annie
Goodwin or Harrison or Tanning, but
they did find u good many letters
from women in New York city and
State, Boston, Chicago and Fort Worth.
Many of the letters were from the Fifth
avenue district of Harlem, and the in
quiries made and the urgent demands made
for the Doctors attendance were of char
..ta,. ehov-fnor MAINLY puOuph the uulaV-
full trade he has been engaged in, and that
married women living in respectable
neighborhoOds were among his clients.
That he preserved the letters, signed as
they were with the women's addresses,
will be interesting news TO his patients
and rather startled the police officers.
That he had them may help account for Me
Gonegars "intuence" in Harlem, and that
a lot Of policemen should have gone over
them, may possibly be cause of uneasi-
ness to the police authorities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Money Easy with no 5-Governments
Dull and Steady-StoclSs Tame-FloGr
Quiet and Firm-Wheat Unsettled.


Money Easy with no Loan5-Governments
Dull and STEADY Stocks Tame-FloGr
Quiet and Wheat Unsettled.
New YoRK, July 26.-Money on call easy,
with no loans and no bids whatever; prime
mercantile paper at 5a6i5 per cent. Sterl-
ing Exchange quiet and steady at 4S5a
1851.
GovERSAIENTs-Dull but steady.
Fours, Registered. ...................l2 3S
FOurs, Coupons. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l@3ri
Fours-and-a-half, Registered. ........ 1O3-
Fours-and-a-half, Coupons. ........... lO3l
Pacific Skies of 20 ..................ll3
STATEs-Dull but steady.
RNLRoADs-DuQ.
SrocKs-The stock market to-day was q
tame and uninteresting affair from begin
ming to end, and the final changes are en-
tircly insignif ant, except in sugar reii-
neries and Citizens Gas, which stocks
furnished no reason for their movements.
There was some pressure in New England,
and il touched the lowest price of the
week, but closed only slightly lower than
last evening. The general list showed the
heaviness Of last night at the opening, but
failed TO move more than the I. per cent.
for a long time, and while the tone con
iinued heavy there was no other movement
than those mentioned. j ne close WAS rdtucr
heavy at a shade under first prices Sugar
is down lie. Sales, 43,7SS shares Quota
tons closed bid as follows
Adams Express; $50; American Express,
rs: Canada Pacific, ~ Central Pacific.
% Chesapeake and Ohio, 23@5; do. first
preferred, IS; do second preferred, ~;
Chicago and Alton. 1870; Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy, l01; Delaware and Hud-
son. 1911; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, l45i1 Denver and Rio Grande
1Sli Erie, 253i; do. preferred, 60; Fort
WAYNE, 1851 Illinois Central, 11Gl5; Lake
Shore, 1929; Michigan Central, %; Min
neapolis and st. Louis, &; DO preferred
"a; Missouri Pacific, 56i5; Northern Pa
cifc. $3.50; do. preferred, S2i1; North
western, lll{; do. preferred, IA; New
York Central. los; Oregon Transconti-
mental, ~; Pacific Mail, 46li Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville, 20; Pittsburg,
1856: Pullman Palace Car, 22Oi5; Reading,
A. Rock Island, 90 St Louis and San
Francisco, 80; do preferred, G2; do first
preferred, 81 St. Paul, ~; do. preferred
ilSll; st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba,
los: St. Paul andl Omaha, 81; do preferred,
g2is Texas Pacific, 20 Union Pacific
50; United States Express, 40; Western
Union. $50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28

Rer. II. NJ Shrout. Pastor United
Brethren Church. Blue Mound. Kan. says
..I foc. TINY duty 20 tell what wonders
DR. Kings New Discovery has done for
mc. nv lungs were badly diseased, and
nr plr.shioucrs thought 1 could live only
l lesr weeks. I tool, five bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery and ann sound and
.eI. gaining rs los. iu weight
Arthur Love. Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination. writes. after "a
thorough trial ard convincing evidence, /
nm confident DR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption beats EN- all, and cures
when everything else fails. The greatest
kindness can domy many thousand friends
is To- URGE them 90 Try IT," Free trial bot
Ties 40 Logan Drug Co.'S Drug Store. Reg
Mar sizes Soc and 100
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, July ?5-Cattle Receipts,
1909 head: shipments 800 head:l market
slow and steady; becyes 81 45ai ~; steers
- i0a 40; stockers and feeders = l0a3 20;
COWS, bulls and mixed 81 j0a3 .; Texans
II j0a3 -.
Hogs-Roccip;s, 1900 head; shipments
1000 head; market weak; mixed 3 10aS90:
heavy aud light - 1ja3 %; skips = ,0a
g %.
Sheep Receipts, 1000 head; shipments
800 mead: market steady; natives 81 ija
> 80; western 81 GOAL 50; Texans 81 15a4 80;
lambs - 1ja5 80.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa, July 26-Cettle, re
ceipts 1850 head; shipments 1900 head;
nothing doing. all through c0nsignmcnls.
Hogs Receipts 5000 head; shipments
200 head: market fairly active; selected
smooth light weight - coat 10; heavy
GRADES - S5a3 %.
Shecp-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
1909 head; market slow AT unchanged
prices.
CINCINNATI, o., July 26.-Hogs, steady;
common and light = S0a3 20; packing and
butchers = ;Oa3 -; receipts, 1850 head;
shipments $50 head.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
Color in the Dining Room.

The abominablc fashion of diScarding
the white tablccloth altogether in favor
of the red or other colored silk is dis
tincty Yankee. In New York colorcd
entertainments-''pnk teas "blue
luncheons." ctc.-arc very much in
fashion. Not only the service and the
decorations but the dresses of the guests
are supposed to reproduce the domi-
nant note of color decided upon by the
hostess, who is doubtless influenced in
her choice more by the consideration of
what suits her complexion than by that
of what will be becoming to her WISH
tors.
An English lady, a victim to this
queer mania, gave red luncheon
some months ago. the foundation OF
which was the bare mahogany table,
upon which the meal was served with
ont cloth-in truth, a chilly and COM
fortress innovation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
Umbrellas India Imports,

The statistics OF the import of UNI
brcllaS into India have suggested the
question why the ingenious native art
Ulcers do no turn their hands to the
manufacture Of this indispensable arti-
Gle. In the old days. when a bit of
bamboo served for the stick, with bam-
boo strips for the ribs and vanished
paper for the covering, nothing bat ma
tive made umbrellas or sun shades
were ever seen. These, however, have
now been left far behind. In the year
1850 there were actually imported by
sea into Calcutta considerably more
than two and a half millions of umbrel-
las of foreign make. With this is
coupled the astounding fact that the
number of boots and shoes entering
India by the same port has increased
from y. lO2 pairs in lS79-S0 to 13l. CO.
pairs in 1855. and this in spite of the
Cawnpore factories and the Shocmak-
ing Cinnamon Of Bcntinck street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28
Savings and such.

The hole in the boys trousers out
lasts any other part Of thcm.-D1iins
(TcrdS) NcicS.
People who say sharp things often
get the reputation Of being blunt
Baltimore fmCrjcdn.
Man cannot fly, but ne can utilize the
flight of stairs when he wants to 90 up.
BiHGbpnton Republican.
Why is q long engagement like
hammock? Because it makes falling
out SO caSy.-BWlHgtoR Free Press.
The cat has nine lives, which show,
that nature had pretty fair idea OF
what the cat would have to 20 through
-SGI0iCgu sun.