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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
The Struggle of Sea And Land.

We stand on bluff at the sea-shore.
The surf is undermining it. That deep
cutting into the bank is its work. An:
overhanging mass of earth is thrown
down and becomes the toy of the
waves, which reduce it to gravel. This
in it's turn becomes ammunition to be
hurled against the shore. Wherever
this process is going on, the land falls.
back before the advancing sea, and
considerable results are evident in a
short time. The Island of Heligoland
has been reduced, within a thousand
years, from considerable island to- 1.
mere rock. The strings of rocky islands
along many coasts are remnants Of
destroyed Shorthand. Thus. the land !:
yields with hardly a struggle to the.
supremacy of the sea. Loose alluvial4
terrains give way in a body. The.
Zuyder Zee so came into being 500.
years ago, and Holland, part of which,
is. below the level of the sea, would
have been likewise overfown if it had
not been defended by artificial dikes...
.Subsidences of ground have also. been
sometimes observed during earth
quakes. In other places the sea gives,
way. Rivers carry out masses of de-
tritus and deposit them along the.
shores, causing the. land to advance.
BY the operation of this process Roman,
ports on the eastern coast of Italy have,
been left away inland, and whole al.
aluNial districts ofthe upper Italian plain
have been Wrested from the sea-
Popular Science Monthly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
A Snake in Her Bonnet.

One evening about s o'clock the
neighbors of Mrs. Kate Lynchbar
were much alarmed to hear success
sion of shrieks issue from that lady's
residence and ran Instantly to her
assistance. They met Mrs. Lynch
bar, who is a widow, as she rushed
from the house holding her hands
to her head, but it was sometime be-
fore she could calm herself sufficiently
to tell them what was the matter.
Her story was that having an en-
gagemeut to go to church she had
gone into a spare room for her bon
net, which, on coming home from
morning service, she had put tenn
porarily on table in the room.
She picked up the bonnet. noticing
that il seemed unusually heavy, but
put it on her head, or tried to, for
she was prevented from doing 80 by
the presence of some body in it too
large >to permit her head to enter.
Before she could snatch it off, how
ever, whatever it was struck her
on the head, she said, and frightened
her out of her wits she tore off
the bonnet and what she declared
she knew by the feel of its slim body
to be snake. Though believing the
lady was mistaken in the thing that
had been in her bonnet her neighbors
proceeded to thoroughly search the
room and finally discovered a small
puff adder behind dressing case.
The creature showed fight, but the
numbers being unequal it was atiast
dispatched. There being on the
island no snakes of that kind, which
is extremely venomous, the only ex-
PLANTATION of it's presence is that it
must have been brought from Mexico
in one Of the fruit scho oners plying
between there and this place, and
probably was concealed in q bunch
OF bananas Mrs Lynchbar had that
day purchased. Her hair prevented
the blow the snake gave her from in
ficting wound, which in all likeli-
hood would have proved a serious
characterization Cor. Philadel-
phia Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31

The artesian we'll at Keokuk - down
la feet, although good flow Of water has
already been struck, II WILDE sunk still deeper.
An idiotic practical joker at Ashley Ioos-
ened the rope OF q hammock, causing Mrs.
s Deimer young married lady, to fall and
permanently ;njure her spine,
The North Iowa Freie Presse, which has
been published at New Hampton for four
teen years, has been removed to Sc. Paul.
MINI. Lack of local interest was the cause
6of removal. II II s5}
Reports of CHAMBERS among horses at Bon
durant Polk comfy, have been confirmed
and q rigid quarantine has been established.
a deputy state veterinary surgeon found
more than dozen animals afflicted with the
dread disease q,
The young son OF Marshal Raglan, Of
Washington, made himself famous the other
day by jumping from the top Of the house
with an umbrella parachute. The umbrella
turned and he lit on his head, breaking his
nose and jaw aud knocking out several
teeth.
At public meeting in Leland resolutions
were adopted prohibiting the sale of intoxi-
sSeSSiuS HluOTs III Vue ELOWH anQ warning any
persons attempting to- sell that the penalty
shall bea coat of tar and feathers q raw
hiding and q free ride on rail out of the
village.
A Boone county farmer stands in great
ave OF the wisdom Of thes surveyors for the
Central Iowa railway. On his farm Of 16
acres he has two good wells, and they are
half mile apart, but by exercising great
care the survey were able to run q line SO
that both wells were taken in and If the road
is built both will be destroyed
John Schontal was taken to the asylum BY
the sheriff of Jones county the other day.
He has been living alone on rocky piece Of
land near Anamosa and in the most print
tive mode. His bed consisted Of a pair OF
blankets thrown over some logs, and he has
been living on potatoes, flour and water.
When the sheriff went to arrest him he found
a veritable wild man, and it required several
strong men to secure him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31

A heavy hailstorn 4 evastated about 8, 900
acres OF growing grain In Jhe vacinity Of
Valley City. Lightning struck Il. Weston's
machine shed, setting it on fire and totally
destroying two separators and his barn.
Burglars entered the residences OF three
different citizens at Grand Forks. At the
residence of George Shannon they succeeded
in stealing gold watch and chain. They
gained entrance by wrenching screens from
front windows.
Senator Casey introduced resolution in
the senate from the Scandinavian Temper.
ancs Association asking that there be legis-
lation of some kind to prevent tho sale of
liquor in prohibition in so.called original
packages Such bill has already passed the
senate and is being considered in the house.
People are happy over the appointment of
Asa Fischer as a receiver and Eugene s. Neall
as register OF the Bismarck land Office.
Fischer is a banker at Bismarck and Rea, the
present incumbent, was removed to make a
place for him. Rea was given an opportunity
to resign, but refused Neall is farmer
near Bismarck. 1t is probable that he will
be transferred to another branch of the land
service in q few months.
The other day the body of an unknown
man was found in the heart of the river near
Mandan, and buried without being identi-
fed, From the description given oithe body
the Warden OF the Bismarck penitentiary be-
loves it to have been that of Wolf, the pris-
oner who escaped about two weeks ago with
Franks. 1t is thought he committed suicide,
fearing he was about to be captured Vol
was sent up for o lie term for murder.
The farmers and business men of North
Dakota have formed mutual organization
to protect themselves from the enforcement
offraudulent and illegal contracts and the
foreclosure of mortgages without cause By
unprincipled men. The order will be known
as the Independent Order of Mutual Protect
ors and will consist of an unlimited number
OF branch unions in all parts. The order is
strictly non-political.
Lightning played queer freak at Tower
City the other day. Charles Sphinx was sit
ting in his kitchen reading newspaper,
while his wife was preparing supper. Sud
denly an electric bolt descended through the
roof. passing through the paper he was
holding in his hands aud striking one Of his
little toes. 1t then followed the limb to
above the ankle. where it penetrated, taking
downward course and coming out Of the
sole OF the foot, leaving a large hole. Both
feet were paralyzed but the doctors think he
will fully recover.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Acting on. the Lawyers Hint.

Acting on. the Lawyers Hint.
From the Albany Argus.
They tell good story Of a prom
inent counsellor at law Of this city,
which has thus far escaped the types,
but it is really too good to be enjoy
ed only by the brethren Of the bar
as it passes around their circle. He
was engaged as a counsel for a rail
road corporation, defending it on
trial at circuit, against a claim for
personal injuries, in which ano ther.
prominent legal firm were attorneys
for the plaintiff, and had made agood
case. Our worthy friend saw that a
verdict against his client would
be inevitable, SO he endeavered to
mitigate the damages" by adopt
ing a novel line of argument to the
jury. He assured them that
the injuries to the plaintiffs
person were trivial and that
no action would have been brought
II the opposing counsel had
not urged it, and that thay might
rest assured that whatever amount
they would assess against the cor
poration defendant least; one
hall oft would be gathered in by the
attorneys. When the jury went out
they were not long in agreeing that
the plaintiff was entitled TO recover.
and the sum was fixed in the verdict
rendered at 81 900. It was subse-
quently learned that the jurors had
first fixed at SO, 500, when one. sc
the jurors remarked: 6 Do YOU mind
what Mr.. - said, that e. G.
manning plaintiff s attorneys) would
git half Of the amount, and as half
of $3, 800 would not be enough they
would double it2' rs Gentlemen, shall
we make it, So, 900, then?' queried
| the foreman. and all nodded in az,
quiescence,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
WISCONSIN,.

William Marsh, an inmate of the Mendoza
Asylum escaped from that institution BY
making a rope of bed clothing and sliding
down from an upper window.
Chris Anderson, an employe on the curpen.
ters' force was drowned in Lake st. Croix
while swimming. His home is near Red Wing,
but he was buried at Hudson.
In creek, some three miles out of town.
Fremont Melindy. of Palmyra, caught three
brook trout the larger weighing two and
one-half pounds and the others something
over one pound each.
Patrick Mahoney, one of the burglars shot
at Superior by George Hicks, while he was
attempting to break into Mr.. Hicks room,
some time ago, was arraigned in the police
court, and bound over under $4,000 bail.
He is yet weak.
z. c. Calkins, a millionaire ofSeattle Wash,
who few years ago was a law student in an
Office at Madison, has been visiting the state
capital lately, and recently received a tele-
gram rom Atlanta, Ga, from his wife, who
was sojourning there, saying that his 4-year-
old daughter had fallen from three-story
window of a hotel and met instant death.
Ida Bentert sues in the Dodge County cir.
cult court to secure q portion of the estate
+ OF the late Herman Bentert, of Emmett. She
alleges that the deceased deserted her moth
er, and lived with another woman without q
marriage, issue OF such being four daughters,
whom, it is alleged wrongtully inherit the
estate OF $4,000.
package containing So, 900 consigned to
the care of the United States Express COM
pany, has mysteriousy disappeared in tran
sit over the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & West
ern railroad. The package consisted almost
wholly OF bank notes, and was shipped from
Chicago. It has been traced as far as Mon.
leo, Wis. A mum Der of detectives are work
ing on the case, but no statement 81
what the theory lis, as to the robbery, has
been given out q
The will of the late Jacob Rupert, OF the
town of Bristol, in Dane County, is being con.
tested on the ground that the deceased when
he made the will. only an hour before
his death, was not in condition OF mind ia
know the nature of the contents. Rupert
lett his widow $15, 900 on condition that she
cannot marry again, and the balance of his
estate, amounting to about $1O,OOO was
bequeathed to various Catholic priests and
societies TO be used in Negro and Indian
missions.
IOWA. i
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The bullion output Of the "belt'' mines Of
the Black Hills for the two weeks of July
amounted to $14O,OOO.
The route laid for the editorial excursion
across the reservation passes directly through
the camp of 'hostiles'' under command of
Chief Hump.
U. b. Anderson, cashier of the Bank of
Caledonia, died the other day from exhaus-
ton caused by excessive playing on the cor
net.
John Job Shoun, the ranchman living near
RapidsCity, who was accidentally shot by his
cousin, Charles Shoun, few days ago
while the two were scufding for the posses
sion of a revolver, has since died ofhis wound
c. N. Dryer, St, Lawrence horseman, was
attacked while leading a vicious stallion and
frightfully bitten about the head, breast
and arms. The brute had to be knocked
down with club before he would loosen his
hold
The Chamberlain Tribune Gays it is under
stood the boundary line of the new Brule
reservation will be settled in favor of the In.
dams, and they will secure several thousand
additional acres of tho best land in LYMAN
county.
piece of petrifed bone measuring fifteen
inches In circumference and thirteen inches
long and weighing fifteen pounds was found
in the river near Harrison the other day. 1t
is believed to be part of the leg of masto-
don.
The Indians of Flandrau held q pow-wo "
the other day to discuss the question of re-.
moval to Minnesota A majority favored re-
naming in Flandrau and vicinity They ex
pect to receive about $45, 900 some time this
month under the provisions of tho bill open
ing the Sioux reservation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
iowa.

While watering stock Thomas McGiffen.
an aged and prominent farmer living near
Fair seld, fellinto the water and was drowned
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
HIS CREDIT WAS GOOD.

Twas winter night and the hour vas late,
And the snow lay cold and white,
But she saw him as far as the garden gate
To say to him there, God night"
The moon looked down with smiling eye
And the bright stars winked in glee;
They saw her blush and they heard her sigh
For tirnid and shy was she).
But they never needed the stars or moon
The youth and the maiden fair:
They reached the gate and trihing boon
The hover requested there
What is the boon? asked the charming miss
In musical voice and low
1t is that you'll give me sweetheart kiss,
Ny darling, before go.
Oh no. she said, as the lashes fell
Ger the eyes of fathomless blue:
You We woed me long and love you well
But I can't give 8 kiss to you
Then loan me kiss, my sweet one, pray.
And YOU never will know regrets;
Yes, 1 will, she said, for my parents say,
You are prompt in paying your debts.
From tie Boston CossrIes.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08

A man living in Pickens county some
time ago worked a neat trick to catch a
large trout that had long refused to be
taken, says the Macon Telegraph. The
trout declines with thanks any bait that
was handed to him on hook. He had a
certain hole under the bank that he could
Just crawl into on his hands and knees, and
when any suspicious-looking object came
around he would always crawl in and pull
the hole in after him. And by monkeying
with that hole the trout got his foot in it.
One day a man put hollow chunk under
the bank and the fish went into it, and
when the man lifted the chunk out of the
water the fish was so overcome with sur
prise that he tainted.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08

more; I've got too much already said the
other. Don't think FL ever be sober
again
"'Well, if eight miles of staging through
this wilderness doesn't sober me of, want
to walk into church tonight drunk as a
hoosier,' replied the other. Let's be off,
and off they went"
'Ahaw, haw, haw! Is that so?"
"Well, should-biscuits all gone, Rat
son ?"
"Ahaw, haw, haw ahaw, haw, haw! I
should say so -Ahaw, haw, haw !"
IL PENsERERo.
Whisky Diggings. Cal.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08

HuMoRs run riot in the blood in the
spring months. Hoods Sarsaparilla ex
pels every trace of humor, tones up the
whole body gives good appetite and reg
ulates the digestion.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
Great Luck.

81 vas in great luck"
sHow vas dotg"
"vy, 1 find $500 yesterday belonging to
dotimiser, Marx, und ven | gif it back TO
him dis morning he nefer sharge me no in
terest fur de use OF dat monish for twenty
four hours"
''AIarx vas getting shildish."-N Z.
g.,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08

SrRsrxrKe AND RAcKIse your lungs and
throat with a rasping cough is but poor
policy. Rsther cure yourself with DR.. u.
Jsynes Expectorant, an excellent remedy
for asthma and bronchitis.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
FOR MEDICINALU USE
NO EUSEL OIL.

Every reader should bear in mind that
the distinct claims made for this Whisky,
and which Its great popularity and un!-
veFsal use have proven, are absolute purity
and superior power Il GOES not pretend
TO rank with the tnnumerable Uhiskies
that are on the market, and the thousand
connections which INSCRIPTIONS druggists
se elk to thrust upon their customers, but it
uaiutaips, as il has for years, its reputs-
tion as the ou'y pure, uaifcrm acd reila bic
Whisky in the market. send for an Illus
trated book descriptive of irs merits
DUFFY Malt WHISKY CO,
Tvs Rochester, n. Y.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08

The tooth extracted from a 13-year-old
horse at Towsontown, Pa, weighed quar-
ter of pound.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
WANTED.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

U,HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the California State Bank viii
be held at the Office OF said Bank MONDAY,
March II, 1890, at O'Clock P. ~
nrfrtd n D. RIDEDUT. President
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08

SIMMONS Liver Regulator always cures
and prevents indigestion and dyspepsia.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
PRTROCCHI, VANzEq7I & pOLLIEI,
ZIG J street and eos K street.

EADING BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS or
| 4 SacraTento. First-class workmanship.
Reasonable rates and perfect fit guaranteed.
Repairing specially. mI6-iptf
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
Soma fac Five AGra Tracts Of Alfalfa
Land r6aF city cheap

E5- Cali and see our map of New Addi-
tion Town Lots, Seattle, Washington.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
ZOOLOGIC3L.
THE WHISKY DIGGINGs RECLUsE SPIN
MING YARNS.
His Companion, Not Able to Escape,
Makes the Best of His Hor-
rible Situation.

Correspondence of the REcoRD-USIoN.l
Wouldst know the best method again at
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-08
CAPITOL PARK!
We have for sale for a linn
tied time the Finest Lot in
Sacramento, facing the
above-named Park.

TT is sOx16o IN SIZE, WITH A NEW MOD
i ern Stable costing $1,000, and TWo-sToRY
DWELLING of about ten rooms, old but in
splendid repair and condition. The improve
ments are all on one-hsf of the lot, which is
situated on corner of the street in the center
of the two best improved blocks in the city.
There is only one Capitol Park in Sacramento,
and such lots are getting scarcer every day.
Before many years such lots will be worth
many hundred dollars per front foot.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-04-19

over the quarrel, now he had cooled down,
he saw how much to blame he had been.
81 didn't stop to think" he murmured
aloud, forgetting Naneen for the moment.
By the time they reached Grandma
Dimon's Tommy could stand it no longer,
for he had an honest heart that loved
Justice.
Saying hasty goodbye, he hurried
back to the sandbank.
''He1lo, Tom," shouted Harry, ''got over
being mad? p
NO." said Tommy, flushing deeply,
give only just begun to get real mad p
- "Why Tommy Brick p said Mollie, 81
didn't think you'd"
Hold on-Mollie, interrupted Tommy
eagerly, "please don't think it now.
didn't come back mad with anyone but
my self. | can see now that it must have
been that threw the sand into Lilies
eyes. I'm ever so sorry! And think
was regular hog to you and Pm going to
try to reform. shall want you all to help
me, for I've got to stop thinking Pm right
when I'm wrong"
"Hurrah Tommy" said Ned. "You're
the kind of brick we most admire"
eff I'd taken the Golden Rule into the
sandbank with me this morning every
thing would have gone all right" said
Tommy regretfully.
cit would do US all good if we would
remember that, too," said Mollie sensibly.
A few moments later Tommy was hur-
rying back to tell Naneen the whole story
of the mornings quarrel.-BeAe st. John
Pearson, in The Little Christian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-04-19
The Train Boy.

A boy who gets position as train boy
for our company must put up certain
amount of money as guarantee. He
must be recommended for honesty, intellt-
gence and activity. He must take care OF
his stock, putting it on the car and taking
it off. He is charged with every hing ne
takes out and is held to the strictest &C.
countability on his return. He must turn
in every cent. There are only two ways
in which he can make anything outside of
his earnings. One is by occasionally
scoring granger on book He may be
able to get fifty cents for twenty five
cent book now and then, but il the COM
pany finds it out the boy is discharged.
Another way in which be can make some
thing extra is by taking books and papers
of his own and disposing of them.
"What becomes of these train boys p
Occasionally bright, attentive boy will
get position in a railroad or an express
Office. regret to say, however, that the
inducements are for him to go to the devil,
There is something about the business
which will send boy to ruie unless his
moral stamina is we'll grounded. l was
thinking the other day of six young men
whom started in the business as many
years ago. One of them is now an express
messenger. Another is clerk in a mana
gers office. The third is in gambling
house in New Orleans. The fourth is in
jail in Michigan town, and the others
are still on the road. That is not such a
bad showing. But am forced to admit
that it is above the average -Inter0ieao IN
Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-04-19
Newspaper Scrap Books.

Years ago, when poor schoolma'm,
and not able to buy pictures and story
books for the little ones at home, l saved
with misers care the finest and best of
these that came. in my way, put them in
small books with pretty pictures on the
covers, and made little eyes and little ears
glad for many lonely hour when 'tmither
| was AVA"
Then I began to save little clippings to
read to my pupils poetry to lend to those
scholars who could never find "piece to
speak," so my scrap books grew, if not
into ''things. of beauty" at least into things
of never failing joys.
have generally three books at time
in process of being filed one for ne VS.
paper poetry-apd where will you find
sweeter, purer or better zone for stories
and one for biography and miscellany.
think my collection of poetry cannot
be surpassed by any publication of gems
or collections" As books of reference,
my scrap books are unequalled, and are
often a sure source when libraries fail.
No topic is untouched in them, and it is
common remark with my friends when
my scrap book is brought forth to clinch
an argument "We might as well give
up-Mrs. BIS scrap book always settles
it,
Best of all, there is not single impure
word or joke, no heightened accounts of
scandal and murder. and they are liberal
education upon all the topics of this Won
derful age in which we are living.
land Letter.