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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
NUMBER 38.
An Ohio Farmer.

A Washington correspondent tells
this; The question OF the wool tariff
has brought one Of the most remark
able farmers in the United States to
Washington. This is David Harp
ster of northern Ohio: He has thou
sands of sheep on the western reserve
and he is one of the millionaire sheep
raisers of the country. He has large
estates scattered over other parts Of
the union and to look at him you
would not suppose him to be worth
a dollar. BE is about five feet four
inches high, is as broad as he is long
and has a round cannon ball head.
pasted down upon pair of broad
fat shoulders. His roly poly form is
clad in rough goods which might
have been put together by his wife
and a big derby hat comes we'll down
towards his ears and shades his fat
ford face. Harpster is great friend
OF Senator Sherman. He was sitting
the other day in Senator Sherman's
committee room when John B. Alley,
the ex-congressman from Massachu-
setts who was SO prominent in the
days Of the Credit Mobilier scandal,
came in. Alley is a millionaire. He
is proud of his riches and he is, I am
told, little inclined to pose. When
he entered Senator Sherman's room
Mr.. Sherman introduced him to
Dave Harpster, saying, "Mr. Alley,
| want to make you acquainted with
one Of our representative farmers,
Mr.. Harpster.' =
"Ah, indeed!" replied Alley, as he
shook hands. ''You are a farmer,
are you? I am always glad to meet
farmers, for I am something of a
farmer myself I have a farm in
Iex-as consis6 ing Of 10000 acres.''
: "You have,' muttered out Harp
ster, "and where is it?''
1T is in such a county," said AIler,
naming the county, Gin the central
Indeed replied Mr.. Harpster.
1T must be good land, for I own the
whole county next to it."
This surprised Alley and took the
WIND out of his sails. He said little
more about his farms, but his actions
showed that his respect for Mr.. Da-
vld Harpster, the Ohio farmer, had
perceptibly risen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Swimming for Boys.

Il never would allow my boy tc
learn to sWim,'' said the mother O.
an only son; and never could bea1
to have him in boat. Skating
always detested and ball playing
consider vulgar. He had horse fol
riding, and he was always allowed to
walk as much as he chose."O
Her hearers understood why it was
that her son had grown up to be a
narrow-chested and delicate man.
and were thankful that he was per-
mltted to go outdoors at all in his
boyhood.
Fortunately this young man had
possessed a strong love for walking
and also for study, which had kept
him from intanition and also out Of
mischief. But for an active. full
blooded boy not decidedly studious,
such a bringing-up as has been de-
scribed would have meant either ruin
or death. ~.
There is no need to descant upon the
manifold attractions and uses of
swimming. All proper precautions
TOR his safety should be taken, but
your boy should learn to swim.
Never let him go into the water un-
less he is well; neither let him 90
alone or with Eighty boys only, even
when he has mas tered the art of ma
tatlon-cramps and accidents of all
sorts are too common for that.
Keep him away from rapids and
whlrlpools, and impress upon him
at every opportunity, by anecdote,
precept and example, the necessity of
exercising prudence in the matter:
Especially see that he is familiar
with remedies for cramp, and with
the modes of reviving the drowned.
Many valuable life has been lost
because boys companions did not
understand how to use proper re-
storatives when his body was first
recovered from the water. Kate Up
son Clark in Harper's Bazaar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11

realized it, the engine was standing
at the tower, the whistle going like
mad, while half a dozen men were
climbing the fence and Fastening to
the fire. He had forgotten that the
engine was running backward and
would show no fight.
The farmers family were all saved
and the grimy train hands were back
at their posts inside of an hour.
Never before or since did the opera
tor undergo such suspense as he did
in the quarter of an hour prior to the
coming of the freight engine. Mollie
has since become Mrs. Kaye Phila-
delphia Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
THURSDAY SEPT H. 1890

must be, because he could not
match it. Happily the awning of the
Colosseum stands beyond dispute,
and Alexander's tent is a small mat
ter compared with that. But we I'M
dertook to deal with the engineering
of the ancients in connection with
the theatre, having CHANGED on that
class of illustration. Pliny tells how
Metellus Scaurus, Eddie, built a won
drous edifce, which stirred his rival,
c. Curio, to frantic jealousy. It
may beworth while in passing since
we are all SO much interested in the
theatre nowadays and think so much
OF our new Ones-to tell what sort of
building that was which Curio set
himself to Guido. 1t had $50 mar
BILE columns, each SO feet apart.
Above 1900 bronze statues stood
among them. The stage had three
floors, as was usual-the lowest paved
and fitted swith marble, the second
with glass, the third gilded, boards
and all. 1t held $4,000 people.
Such was tho wonder which Curio
resolved to beat, and feeling himself
unable to vie in outlay he summoned
the engineers Of the period to design
something which would 'sfetch' the
public. They bnilt two enormous
theatres OF wood, each to contain an
audience of 25, 900, which stood back
to back.
When the spectators assemb led in
the forenoon Curio was chafed, no
doubt, on the issue of his attempt to
excel Scaurus. But tho audience re-
turned in the afternoon, for these en-
tertainments were devoted to the
names of Curio's father and lasted a
month. In the place of two theatres
back to back they found an amphi-
theatre holding $4,000 persons,
wherein gladiators and wild beasts
contested until dewy eve. The two
great buildings had been swung
around and united; and day by day
for the month following this Colossal
trick was repeated, st. James Ga,
Zette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
A Cactus Story.
From Vick's Magazine.

From Vick's Magazine.
A San Bernardino young man sent
to a friend in the East some IF rho
cactuses, natives Of the hot, dry soil
OF a California desert. Some months
afterwards he received from his
friend letter saying: Il have taken
the greatest care of that thornv
thing you sent, and kept itconstanf.
~ Watered, but it has died. Con
tempt was visible on that desert,
mans countenance when he read
these words, and he wrote: "Put
the cactus in pot, put the pot in a
stove oven and shut the door. never
let the tire go out day or night, and
you will keep pretty near the same
temperature as we have here where
it grows"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
How They Built Palaces.

From the Oil City Blizzard.
Palace Hill has woman who is 3
hustler. She is the wife of a swede
sl'aborer, and the mother of five chill
dren. Besides looking after her off
springs she does washing for her
nelghbors and milks the COW. Her
husband, after his labor is done in
the = evening" M 8, returns home and Laws
the foundation wall for his house
with; the stone his wife had collected
and carried in her arms from ada
cent hills during the day. She also
prepares and mikes the mortar used
IL laying the celler wal. 8 s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
!. '1No Guards"

Wnere are Jne guards? was the
exclamation Of an English member
of Parliament as he entered q
corridor leading to the private
room of the President of the Unit
ed States. He was visiting this
country to study the actual work
ings Of Republican institutions. He
had seen massive public buildings,
countless homes that showed univer'
sal prosperity, and contented PEG.
pie, but he had shown no surprise
for in way England, the mona1 chy,
could show the same. He had ex-
pressed a wish to see the chief mag
istrate, and had asked an American
to whom he had letters Of introduc.
tion to tell him where the President
drove in the afternoon, that he might
stand and watch him pass.
His first surprise came when he
found that he would not be obliged to
stand in the streets, but could go at
once to the executive mansion and
be presented. The man who accom-
panied him CHANGED to be Of the
newspaper guild and they were en-.
apled te reach the upper corridor
without so much as addressing a
doorkeeper. Once there, they pass.
ed in to a large room which
the American said was where the
Cabinet met. Beyond that door is
the Presidents private room. I will
send in our cards. he concluded, It
was then the member Of Parliament
expressed surprise. Sonear the high
est ruler ola great power, and no
lackeys, no file OF guards. No won
der he said: "Where are the guards?''
4 His amaze increased when a mo.
ment later the door opened and they
stood before a man in plain citizens
dress, who had evidently been writing
at mis- DESK. ii:ne Englishman knew
he had touched the pith OF a Repub-
lie when he was introduced to Gen.
Grant, the President Of the United
States. =. -.
Other foreigners have been equally
surprised at the accessibility of our
chlet magistrate. A few years ago
Sir Thomas Esmond and Arthnr
O'Connor, two Irish memb ers of Par
Lament, called by appointment at
the white house. They waited a mo-
ment in the blue room and were then
escorted through cosy private cor
rldor where a child's doll-Nellie
Arthur's-lay on a chair, to the pri-
vate room of the President. It is un-
necessary to add that they always
spoke cordially of the simplicity
OF American institutions.
Another Englishman, Sir Edwin
is the latest foreigner to
comment upon custom about
which every American boy and girl
has a right to boast a wee bit. He
went to the white house unan-
bounced when here in 1889, waited
n an ante.chamber until the Cabinet
meeting adjourned, and was then
Oldden at once into President Harri-
sons private room. The following.
lay ne went by appointment with
AIS daughter and had equal good
ortune in being received at once. In
me conversation afterward pub
ished in q London paper, the au-
:hor of 'sThe Light of ASIA men.
ions the ease with which he saw the
resident with much surprise and a
little cautious approval. A city
9red boy is not more astonished the
lrst night he spends at farmhouse
% find that the farmer never clocks
lp,' than these foreigners to find
hat there is no guard between Pres
dent and people. -Wide Awake.
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winter, and will be pleased to see their friends
at their home, All Sd street.
Mrs. Flora A. Darling was not we'll enough to
20 to Milwaukee to attend her brothers funeral
on the 9Th. She was Represented BY her soa,
Mr. Edward l. Darling. Memorial service vas
held in New York by members Of the Adams
family who were unable to attend the funeral
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry King have returned
home after an extended tour through the north
and west and have located q their new home,
1924 8th street
There will be ball AZ Edel's hall on Monday
evening in honor Of the visiting Delegates TO
the convention OF the Supreme lodge, OK.SB.
Dancing VIII commence ~ 10 o'olook.
The Mount Pleasant social club was pleas
antly entertained by Miss IVY Herriott last
eVs1ahs 81 the L~nghem IN the rooms Ct her
uncle, Gen. Morgan, the commissioners of In
dian affairs
Mrs. W. B. Moses. will be at hosne AZ the
Normandie Mondays after March TO-
The Meritorious eucher club was entertained
last evening by Mrs. n. A. Seligson at her resi-
oenc. ZSl2 street. There were large number
commodate the players. The game continued
until II oclock The lady's first prize was won
oy MRS Sehgson, and the contest for the gen.
tleman 8 first prize resulted in q draw between
Mr.. Gettnger and Mr.. Higgins, but was de-
clded by drawing in Mr.. Gettinger's favor Mr..
Bum and Miss Phelps carried away the BOBBY
prizes. After the game the party adjourned to
the dining room, where an elaborate supper
awaited them. Afterward dancing was enjoyed
until Q late hour
Mrs. Louise Bell and daughters, who have
been visiting in Washington during the past
winter, leave tomorrow for their home in Jack
son, Mich.
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KILLED WITH A FORK.
Joseph Shorter Sentenced to Two Years
In Albany Penitentiary.

In the Criminal Court this morning the case
OF Joseph Shorter, colored boy indicted for
the murder Of Edward Smith by stabbing him
with fork on July last, was called.
A plea of guilty of manslaughter having been
accepted he was brought up for sentence.
Gen E. G. Darlington appeared for the
accused and stated that he had number of
witnesses of the affair.
Mr.. Lipscomb, for the government, read the
coroner's notes showing that the two had had
a fight in the neighborhood of 18th and W
streets and were parted, but subsequently met,
and Shorter inflicted the fatal blow, and he
submitted the case to the court
Gen. Darlington claimed that the case was
one OF a not very high grade Of manslaughter;
that 1t was the result of passion and the fatality
OF the wound WIS an accident He also claimed
that the prisoner was OF good character.
:, The prisoner took the stand and testified that
they had been singing and then had dispute
over a game OF crap; that Smith, who was
much larger than he, assaulted him first and
he went away, and that Smith met him again
and knocked HIM down beside tree box He
found fork lying on the ground and struck
Smith with it.
On cross-examination he denied that when
his mother took him home he went in the
house or that he passed through the alley, and
insisted that he found the fork. He acknowl-
euSeQ mat ne mad been three days IN the work
house and had been fined two or three times
and was once arrested by policeman because
q dog had killed q cat
The mother Of the boy testified that the mis-.
chief had been done before she got there and
that he did not take fork from the house, for
her forks were all there.
The father of the boy testified as TO his
peaceable disposition.
She prisoner asked the court to be mere iful
to him.
The chief justice said that there was no
doubt but that he was guilty of manslaughter
and the only question was whether he was not
guilty OF a. greater crime. After referring
to the circumstances and deprecatins the
carousing and drinking of young men he i'm
posed q sentence of two years in the peniten.
tlary at Albany, expressing the hope that it
would effect reformation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
MORE b. AND q. TRACKS.
Provisions OF the Bill Introduced in the
Senate Yesterday by Mr.. Farweli.

The proposition made to the Senate District
committee by representatives of the Baltimore
and Ohio company more than a week ago, as
stated in The STAR at the time, have been pre-
sented to the Senate in definite shape. 49,.
bill containing the provisions OF the com.
pany's proposition was introduced yesterday by
Senator Farwell and was outlined in yesterdays
star. 1t provides for an entrance of the Bal
timore and Ohio tracks (four in number) into
the city at the intersection Of Boundary street
and Delaware avenue. The route then pro.
ceeds along Delaware avenue at grade or
by means OF an open cut to point at or near
the intersection Of street north and Della
ware avenue; thence by curve to the right
crossing North Capitol street between G and d
streets north; thence westwardly and north
wardly, crossing ID street north and e street
north between New Jersey avenue and North
Capitol street; thence eastwsrdly, crossing
North Capitol street between Z and streets
north to point on Delaware avenue at or near
street north, with the right to occupy with the
tracks Of the said company d street north
between New Jersey avenue and Delaware
avenue and North Capitol street between C
street north aud Massachusetts avenue, And
Tor the purpose OF permitting the construction
OF said railroad in such manner the
Commissioners Of the District of Column
bia are hereby directed to close the
following streets between the following points,
TO wit: North Capitol street from the north
line Of street to the south line Of Massachu-
sets avenue, ID street north between the east
line OF Delaware avenue and the east line of
New Jersey avenue, street north between
the east line Of Delaware avenue and the east
iine OF New Jersey avenue, F street north be-
tween Delaware avenue and Massachusetts,
avenue.
Bridges for public use are to cross the tracks
ct Massachusetts avenue, II street and Bound
airy street The entire route within the city.
when at street grade or in open cut, 10 to be in
closed by an iron fence or railing upon stone
parapet with an opening at each street cross
ing at grade, to be protected by gates and .
watchmAn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
A Curious Find.

Mr.. Nitus Spicer, near Culpeper, Va, while
cutting water crosses, found a perfect skeleton,
the arm bones of which run through Q steel
plate and one covering the breast bone a half
OF an inch In thickness. On 1t was stamped,
Il c. Biggs, Kansas. Presented by J. X. Tur-
PIN January 9. 1868" It will be sent to WASH
ington an a war relic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
Relief for the Needy.

There was donation party at the pension
Office this morning and the clerks of the record
and certificate divisions contributed enough
provisions to Ill an ordinary horse cart The
donations were turned over to Maj Moore for
distribution among the poor The clerks state
in letter that the police know best who are
the worthy DOOR,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
A Surprise in a Whisky Case,

person who forgives without forgetting IL
nobler than he who forgives and forgets.
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Sudden Death of Louisa johnson. .

Deputy Coroner Schaeffer visited q tumble
down shanty on Monticello avenue, in the county,
yesterday and viewed the remains of Louisa
johnson, the old colored woman who died sud-
denly Thursday morning without medical A.
tendance. The body Of the woman was lying
on the bed and her aged husband was trying
to keep q fire in the stove. Dr.. Schaeffer
noticed many or acks and crevices in the sides
Of the house that let in enough cold air to
cause the old woman's death. Mrs. johnson
had been sick for some time, but no physician
was called She was apparently about seventy
years old. The ninth precinct patrol wagon
removed the remains to the morgue last even
Ing and DR.. schaeffer made an autopsy this
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
SHOOTING STARS.
Some men don't have to die to have their
wills broken. Some women always.

Some men don't have to die to have their
wills broken Some women always.
"A young man n Che Weather Bureau Vho
hAs been unfortunate in his love Affairs -
ossen thAs he has learned the signs was calling
On street girl Thursday night.
you please me greatly" he said - SeAdsfly
u he knew how. and After an hours prslim,A-
airy SHRINKING, land want. you 70 Be my
wife,"
NY dear friend" che began il reply
Another cold wave coming" he exclaimed
interruptns her, and Hed out into he orssli.
ness of the night
Chicago belongs to the sect Of the Fair-I-
seize.
The imperial revenue of China amounts TO
$1,000 900 taels annually, which is almost equal
to the number Of tales received yearly BY the
story papers and periodicals Of New York City.
SENATE INVESTIGATION
MIR. Dolph-after administering the oath to .
Senators Have you ever betrayed any Of the
secrets of the executive session."
Senator:-Hrmly: "Never!"
Mr.. Dolph-dubiously: what, never?"
Senator.-oonfdently: "well, hardly ever"
sudden stampede of the committee.
LENT-A LITTLE LATE
The melancholy days have come
The saddest Of the year,
When everybody knocks of wine
And goes to drinking beer.
A jury may hang itself without committing
suicide.
Rev. Phillips Brooks has recently been
preaching to Wall street men in New York but
he has never taken the text: 1.-THE Lord tenn
pers the wind to the shorn lamb"
NIL" Of Washington sends in the follow
ing poem" which if not actually funny is
constructively so, and is presented as q sample
OF what queer breaks q perverted "funny
bone" is capable Of:
"a dyer went to his store
To store away some dye.
He got as far as the store door
And there fell down and died"
"This is great snap" as the young doctor
remarked when he was called in to set broken
bone.
He-cautiously: "What would you say, darl-
ing, if I should ask you plumpiy to be my
wife?'
Darling-even more cautiously: "Ask me and
find out"
Miss Bat the soires chantant: 'AIiss Motto
has lovely voice."
Mr.. C-doubtfully: 'Yes2 She's saving it
presume for some other OCCASION
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The Alleged Female shop Lifters.

Chief Jrss.os Bingham today in the Criminal
Court heard arguments on the motion for .
new trial in the case Of Kate Friday and Sarah
Il LeWss, convicted February Of the grand
larceny OF seal skin sacque and jswelry from
stnemstz, Harms d Shaier and Calf b Co.
December n-Messra @. Maurice Smith and
Campbell Darlington for defendants and Mr..
Lipscomo Tor the government Il was argued
the court; that there wss : variance hAt1ssn
the Indictment and proof - to the description
OF the property; That the dsfsndan,s were
1eopardased ~ Incompetent persons being
drawn on the Jury. The court reserved dc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
Two Men Apparently Insane.

Chas G. Foster, a clerk, twenty years
old, and VIM. E. Rollins, a plumber, two years
older are held at the sixth precinct station,
both exhibiting symptoms Of violent insanity.
They will be examined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08

pack Of hounds belonging 70 Henry Low.
ing. jr., near LovinGston, Va, has oaushf fortv
fcxes this season and that Of J. ". Pisassnt
about dfty.
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STILL HARPIN0.

STILL HARPIN0.
CHICAGO.
When we can read our title clear
To this dear Worlds Fair prize,
Well bid farewell to every steer
And hogs and grain likewise.
new York.
Amazing gall! How tough the luck
That swiped town like this,
And let Nation, great, get stuck
On that windtropolis.
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The contented man is ever 80 much richer
than the rich man is contented
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CHRIST, By CAIAPHAs.-Among the other
beautiful paintings now on view at Dowling's
art gallery is Valentines beautiful pain ting of
Christ before Caiaphas, painted in the seven
teenth century, an opportunity not to be
missed. 1t was on exhibition in Philadelphia
and over 1850 peopla paid for sdmissionlto
view it.