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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Envelopes and Stamps,

Some people have an idea that the
Government redee1ns postage stamps
when from any cause they become
unfit for use or are difficult to use.
frequently sheets ofstamps are stuck
together, or are torn or injured. The
loss, if any, falls upon the owner, as
the Government refuses to assume
any responsibility Of stamps when
once sold. The agents Of the Govern
ment. the postmasters, can redeem
stamps which they have for sale, if
Through any accident they become
unfit for use. But when the citizen
buys a stamp he either uses it in the
leg inmate way or else he is out the
value of the stamp.
The government, however, redeems
stamped envelopes. !. If one should
happen to be misdirected or should
become blotted, or for any reason q
person should wish to tear open a,
stamped envelope after he had sealed
it tor mailing, he can bring it to the
postoffice and get brand-new enve-
lopein it's place. The reason for this
difference in the treatment of the ad-
hesiye stamp and stamped envelope
is that the adhensive stamp can be
used and then washed and passed as
GOOD, unless careful scrutiny is
made. If the government, should
begin the practice Of redeeming adj
hens1ve stamps, the opportunities
or fraud would be increased. Then
the adhensive stamps are manufac-
tured at cost to the Government.
which the stamped envelope is not.
The stamps are furnished to the pub
lie at the value, and out of this has
to come the cost of manufacture, but
in the case Of stamped envelopes they
are sold at their face value, plus
the cost OF manufacture ~ Washing
ton Star. . II a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Money Spentfor Show,

Ten thousand carriages in Central
park have a coachman and ootman.
AT least. 5000 more have coach
man. Twenty-Five Thousand people
ride there simply to wait on the rich,
to minister to the luxury of the opu-
lent. Ten thousand of these people
are lackeys. The gorgeous and i'm
ipressive uniforms tall hats ,rosettes,
top boots, buttons of the coach
men and lackeys are furnished by
the owners ofthe carriages. They
buy uniforms for the coachmen and
.lackeys just as they buy harness for
the horses: and the cost is about the
same. The uniforms cost about
$3.50 per carriage. For the 5000
more modest turn outs, with a plain,
old fashioned coachman, the uni
form costs about $50. n
1t costs 81, 10000 to make the
coachmen and the lackeys look like
monkeys. It costs $3.50, 900 more to
dress up the old fashioned coachman.
The aggregate is $1,65O, 900. New
York j Journal. .55S-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Shed ling His Buster.

Yesterday forenoon q tall, slim
man, wearing q faded Greeley hat,
and well enyeloped in a linen buster
OF ancient date, entered the Wood
bridge street station and said to the
the sergeant:
81 just came in on the train. Look
at me and see if I resemble Capt.
Kidd or Charlie Ross.
, ! can T see that you do replied
the sergeant.
! But people are all looking at me
and grinning Anything wrong in
my dress?''
s We'll, that that buster is a little
of, perhaps.
aOh, it's the duster!' People don't
wear EN- any more, eh?'
y OF that style and COLOR #
! see! I'm a little ancient!''
"a trife." KS
Well, off she comes. I bought ii
in this town six years ago. The man
warranted it to me as a combination
buster, hammock, flying lib, liver
pad, bed, blanked, burglar-alarm, life
spreserver, and certificate Of moral
character, and it has pulled me
through a steamboat explosion, two
railroad smash ups, hotel fire, and
half a dozen free fights. Kinder hate
to go back on her but style is style.
If the style has changed then i've
got to change with it.
He pulled it. off, rolled it into a bun
die, and laid it on a chair and said:
s"Give it to some poor and discon-
ISOLATE man ome one who hasn't a
sensitive soul 1t has kept out the
flies, warded off the moths, and saw
ed me from rattlesnakes and mad
dogs, but the time has come when
we must part. When Istrike Detroit
and hear a boy call out: rs that
thing alive?' know he means me
and that buster. When Igo up street
and a man calls out: Schooner
ahoy!' know he means that buster
and me. When I go into a car and
see the women look me Overland then
hitch away know they are wonder
ing which Of us is who and whether
it will bite or not. I'm too sensitive
by half, but | can't help it. I leave
her in your hands. Good-by. :
Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
hey M ct at I asst.

That there should be two men
looking alike is not extraord binary:
but here is an instance Of two men,
conspicuous for their size, who with
out the others kno dge, and even
without having seen each other, dress
SO nearly alike, wear beard SO nearly
alike, and altogether resemble each
other SO entirely as to deceive their
intimate friends. One is Prof.
Thomas j Charlton Of the Plainfield
Reform school (already called sgov-
ernor'' by some Of his friends); the
other is Mr.. Frank Miller ofMarshall,
Ill. Until few days ago these two
gentlemen never saw each other, but
each has had frequent occasion to
hear OF the other. For instance,
Prof, Charlton was in Terre Haute
the other day. He carried a cane
under his arm and was walking to-
ward the railroad station. Some
body came up behind him, slipped
the cane from him and with mock
bravado walked on past him. He
was a total stranger to Charlie IN, and
the latter knew that he had been mis-
taken again for the big man from the
neighboring town of Marshall.
Hold on there, I'm not Frank
Miller" he called on to the merry
maker 8
'"Then you must be Prof. Charlton,
for everybody says you and he are
like two peas, except in size. But I
beg your pardon for what must have
seemed like impertinence. | really
took you for Frank Miller, who has
been my personal friend for twenty
years.
Some days after that the Plainfeld
superintendent was on a railroad
train. The train stopped at sta
ton, and as he looked through the
window he imagined it turned into q
looking glass. Before him was his
own image. The Plainfeld man and
his Marshall likeness at last stood
face to face.
''Come in here, sir: you must be
Frank Miller of Marshall" said the
Plainfelder.
I'm glad to see you atlast," replied
Miller. You need no introduction,
for I've been mistaken for you ascore
of times. He came in and sat down
in an adjoining seatmuch to the en-
tertainment Of the passengers, and
to the delight of himself and com
panion at having come together.
Indianapolis News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Novel Way to Subdue Dogs.

A gentleman who has had good
deal ofexperience in the management
OF dogs says that the most vicious
brute can be conquered speedily by
any powerful odor, especially pun
gent odor like ammonia He tells
how he once won a wager on hand.
ling a dog that few persons could APP
proach. It was in little town in
Canada. The conversation being on
the subject Of dogs, the proprietor
OF the inn where he was stopping
laid a wager that his visitor could
not put his hands upon a dog chain
ed up in the back yard.
Albright, !" said the visitor, ssbut
as matter Of precaution for the
protection OF my hands will go up
stairs and put on pair Of gloves.
Il put on a pair OF old buckskin
gloves, " says the old gentleman tell
ing the story, and saturated the
right hand with ammonia We then
went out to the dog, and at my APP
proach lie rushed from his kennel
with open mouth. AS soon as he
got within reach thrust out my,
right hand. Instead of biting it he
turned tail and ran into his kennel.
Then went to the kennel, and, put
ting my hand inside, made him come
out again. The secret of the matter
is that a dog can't bite without
drawing in his breath, and as he does.
SO he inhales the ammonia, which
partially sufocates him and subdues
for the time being his biting pro-
pensity. Some dogs may be sub
dued with cologne. New York
Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Women Never Read a Sign.

'Why SIR an infuria ted CORE
spondent says, 4 want to tell you q
story. On one of the streets leading
off fremont street there is large
blank wall Of a building and on this
blank wall neighboring photog-
rapher has erected a showcase. It
is full Of his cards, with name and ad-
dress on each, the entrance to this
place being the next door to the east
of the showcase. But ofcourse all
around the showcase is a blank wall.
Well, I stopped there the other day
to look at a photograph of the
Harvard nine, and just then two
well dressed ladies came up. Can
you tell me, sir, one OF them said, in
a piteous sort Of tone, after they
had stood still a few moments, how
to get into this placer
What place, ma am, said I; the
photographers Yes said she.
Next door that way, I said looking
aghast that any one should ask such
a question The two started for the
place. Walking right by the slab
which had upon it the addresses OF
all the occupants, including the pho
tographer, they stepped into the
back entrance to q dry goods store
which is there. In moment they
came laundering out and then went
into the back entrance by pure &C
cident, ! suppose, because they never
stopped to look at the sign. Now,
do you pretend to tell me, sir, that a
creature who thinks she can get into
q blank, dead brick wall and find q
photograph gallery in there some
where knows enough to yote? Ban
cor News. IA
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
An UnscrupulouS Turk.

Mr. Rowland, of w. & J. Sloane
tells the following good story on him,
self as illustrative Of the quickness Of
the turkish merchant at grasping an
opportunity, despite an apparent
slowness: Il happened to drop into
q bazaar in Cairo merely out of curios-
ity. After I had looked at number
OF things without finding any that
suited me happened to notice an
old rug which lay on the floor and
which had some good points. My
experience told me that the rug was
worth at the utmost So. [ ask
ed the old fellow how much he wanted
Tor it, and he once concluded that
wanted it badly and asked SIS.
1offered him five, and then we pro-
ceeded in the usual way to dicker.
had gotten him down TO twelve, and
he had gotten me up to six, with very
excellent prospects of our finally
settling on eight when an English
man came along, accompanied by
his valet The latter was burdened
with various things that the English
man had been purchasing at the
bazars, and they were moving along
slowly y. AS they passed the entrance
the old merchant was holding up the
rug to show it's good qualities, and
the ,Englishman stopped to look at
it. He was typical English travel
er, with more money than brains.
Utterly ignoring me he shouted to
the Turk:
"'How much do you want for that
tug?'
"Quick as flash the Turk called
back, Fifty pounds. There was not
achange of muscle in his lace or any
thing to Indicate that he had been
taken by surprise. I will take it,
said the Englishman, and presently
saw him count out fifty pounds
sterling, and his valet wrapped up
my rug and walked off with it,
Carpet Trade Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Mcguire Joke.
From the New York Star.

From the New York Star. #e
A good story is afoat in Brooklyn
about Patrick Mcguire, the keeper
of the Morgue "Pat" is a strict
temperance man. In the neighbor-
hood of the institution for which he
cares q, saloon was started, which
soon became hanging-out place for
Objectionable persons. Mcguire
begged the proprietor of the liquor
store to stop the noises in his place
that were so annoying to the residents
inits neighb orhood. AS these appeals
proved unavailing, he determined on
another plan of crusade He has q
son, big, strapping fellow. who is
known to everybody in the vicinity
ofthe Morgue as Mcguire assistant
in his CHASTITY duties. One morning,
when there was an unusually noisy
crowd in the Objectionable saloon.
Patrick called his son to him and
ordered him to go to the water cooler
and take the ice from it. When the
lad had obeyed his instructions,
Mcguire said: :,
Nov go over to the saloon and
press your way up to the bar; put
the ice on the counter and say to the
proprietor: There's SO many bodies
| in the Morgue this morning that this
is all the ice father can spare you.
Young Mcguire did as he was told,
> n 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Some Of the New Shoes.

Z.
Some Of the new shoes designed to
be worn with delicate dresses, says 8
fashionable note in the New York
Sun, are dainty enough for Cinderel-
Ia herself. Probably the very latest
Whim expressed in leather is pair
Of high-laced walking boots made OF
the new velvet pile leather in rich
tint Of golden brown, goloshed and
vandyk ed up the lacing with patent
leather. This gypsy shoe, for garden
party, or light walking purposes, is
made Of glace kid, bordered with I.
narrow brogued braid, and cut sufi-
GENTLY low at the toe to admit OF
the display of colored silk stockings,
and is retained in place by means OF
an instep strap. A quaintly pretty
magpie effect is produced in some Of
the new shoes by cutting out slashes
of the black patent lie ather and let
ting in white kid below. Morocco
shoes Of ruby or seal brown color
are braided with charming effect in a
pattern which point upward toward
the centre iD way to make the foot
look small. Gray and fawn suede
braided in their own color, bronze
kid with yellow, black with scarlet
and white kid wit h pale blue, are
some OF the pref test mbinations.
4 And y for ballro om wear there are the
real fairy slippers Of white satin
trimmed with beads and paste stars.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
What is Rattan?

Every one knows the pretty, light
and graceful chairs and other articles
OF furniture made from rattan, but
every one does not know that the ex-
tremely tough and flexible wood
called rattan is that of a climbing
palm tree. This curious climber
(which is more Of a vine than a tree)
lis one Of the singular characteristics
Of forest growth in the Celebes and
other Malayan countries Starting
with a trunk as thick as a mans leg,
it winds through the forests, now
wrapping a tall tree in it's folds, like
some gigantic snake, and then de-
Spending again, to the earth and trail
ing along in snake-like curves untilit
can find some other stat ely tree to
fasten and climb upon inits pursuito of
light and air The forest is SO thick
and jungle-like thatit seems imp ossi
BILE to follow the course OF any of these
serpent climbers; but there is little
boubt that at the last the successful
aspirant, which stopped and cringed
SO long below, will be found shooting
uplike a flag staff a dozen feet ormore
above the tree which has helped its
rise. use Of the rattan, which is
unknown to those who have not seen
it in it's native forest, is a water car
rier. The thirsty traveller has at all
times q tumbler of cool, refreshing,
+ II
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Run as an Adjunct.

There came a chap one day to set
up a drug store in our mining town,
which had taken a boom and was
attracting business. This wasn't to
be a regular" drug store, but the
drug part was IN annex to a grocery
and boot-and-shoe store. The new
arrival had just opened out, when
Tom Harrison. one OF the men in my
claim, was taken one night with bill
Gus collie. Ben Wheeler, another of
our men, went to the druggists to
get remedy, but that individual at
once said to him:
''Iknow mighty little about drugs,
but | took this stock on a debt and
thoughtful better show'em up. The
drugs are an adjunct.
eyes, but Tom has had bad case
of collie"
"Well, / might hit something, and
Knight INSIST. Idon't want to take
the chances. Ii you do, go ahead. :"
II don't feel fit, and mebbe I'd bet
ter go and ask Tom, II he'll run the
chances / will"
He came back and stated the case.
Toms collie was worse, and in his
desperation he exclaimed:
"Git sunthin'-no matter what!
You can't more'n kill me and I shall
die anyhow
returned to the store and paved
around for d spell. He couldn' t read
except with Il great effort, but he
came across two BOTTLES, the contents
of which rather took his eye, and he
filed a smaller one with the mixture.
When he was ready to give Tom a
dose he said: 49,
Cant guarantee this, Tom. The
TELLER says the drugs are only an ad-
junct, and you know I'm no hand at
doctorin'.'' @
"I'll chance it." replied Tom, and
down went the dose, and at midnight
he was dead man.
The coroner got the story as I have
given it, put a jury on the case, and
had the particulars retold, and when
they had nothing more to learn he
said:
Gentlemen, I can't see whar' no.
body was to blame, and you'll return
verdict that Tom cum to his death
on account of an adjunct in the
hands of a friend, which the same
was drugs as nobody knowed any
thing about. New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Put His Foot in His Mouth.

At Rome, Ca, while a horse was
loose in the stable one Of his hind
feet got caught in his mouth. 1t Is
supposed that the animal was rub
bling the flies from his nose with his
hind foot, when by accident the foot
passed into the mouth. The hoof
was shod with 9 heavy iron shoe,
and the sharp corners of the shoe
and hoof cut very painful wounds in
the mouth, The animal fell to the
ground and continued to struggle
without relief When he was dis
covered he was covered with foam,
and showed every sign of fearful
struggle. His master came and sue
eeeded In extrac citing the foot.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Stud yifsG DIR statics.

IL did not require a person Of any
great disce:nment to see at q glance
that the dusty roads Of the country
were more familiar to his gaze and
more intimately acquainted with the
sscles Of his cowhide boots than we're
the pavements Of Broadway or Fifth
avenue He landed at the city5hall
81 station and started out for a
stroll OH Park row, and the ssfakirs"
along the row Instantly marked him
for their own. He inve sted literally
in their wares and accepted all tho
sacrifices they made in his behalf. but
at last he pro tested against any fur
ther sacrifices. Meow, don't / tell
yeou I've got a watch tew hum and
wouldn't hev tibet at emmy figger?'
he yelled at one of them who did his
thieving in a legitimate way by sell
ing timepieces with water escape
ments and perambulatory move
ments. l s# HE
The innocent pursued his way down
Park row. 1t had been raining hard
and the cutters were swollen with
rushing torrents ofWater. The stran-
gerWatched them disappear through
the sewer grating at Ann street, with
wonder and astonishment depicted
on his countenance. He got down
on his knees, and, laying his pur-
chases on the ground, peered down
through the opening Then, turning
to an Interested and amused crowd
ofspectators, he said: sGosh, suthin:
must hev broke loose here. I never
see sech a small hole hold such a
powerful sight o. water. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Ruskin and the Girls.
From the New York Stnr

from the New Ork Star. &SSs
! met net avery charming English girl
recently who told me a most char
acteristic tale Of ] ohm Ruskin. One
Of the e classes at Girton had just com.
pleted Ruskin's .'stories Of Venice, =
and, to show their ppreciation d
the authors work, wrote him a
round IN obin, 4 thanking him for the
pleasure his book had given them.
IN y short time each signer Of the let.
ter received q note from Mr. Ruskin,
telling her thather writing was d dis,
graceful exhibition Of girlish igno.
rance, and that she must write three
verses from the Bible every day for d
month, and then send her MAJ u-
script to him; and the joke 81 it I'LL,
my young friend went on, was that
the girls were geese enough to do it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
A French Cure for Obesity.

. A French Cure for Obesity.
In the Journal de la Sante is an
nounced the discovery of a means as
simple as i0 is strange for curing
obesity, which is attributed to a
medical officer in the army. Thanks
to this means, a Colonel who was
threatened to be obliged to retire
from the army, as he was SO heavy
that it required two men to lift him
into his saddle, became thin in q few
weeks, and to such an extent that he
had to take the means to recover. in
a measure, what he had lost. tt was
to his doctor that he was indebted to
have become General. The means
consisted simply in never eating
more than one dish at each meal, no
matter what that dish may be, and
a person may consume as much as
the stomach will bear, and satisfy
the appetite without the least re-
serve. g s5 b
Nevertheless, nothing but the one
dish should be taken; no condiments.
nor soups, nor elementary deserts
should be allowed. This system was
recommended by the anthor Of q
note to alady who was slightly obese,
and who put it into practice with
the best results. The lady observed
that she suffered no Inconvenience
whatever from this diet, and the re.
suit obtained by the medical Off
Ger may be we'll understood, aa she
found by her own experience that the
partaking Of only one dish, wheth 81
it be meat, fish or vegetables, brought
/ on a sense Of safety much sooner
than # she had partaken Of d variety
Of dishes, whence the effect ofreiatlve
abstinence,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
Why the Census is Imperfect.

i Is ~ b.
Why the Census is Imperfect.
The well-nigh universal complains
that the new census fails to enumer ]
ate all the people has probably some
basis in fact. An absolutely perfect
census cannot be taken; but there it
one point in the census regulations
that has generally escaped observa-
ton, and may explain why many
names are not recorded. The emu
merators are given 50 much per name,
a different rate for city and country,
but not equitable for all parts even
of the same enumerator's district.
He takes the names that can be got
most easily, perhaps calls second
time for those he cannot get at first,
and ifhefails to find the Information,
gives it up as a bad job. This is I'M
questionably a cheap way 10 get the
census taken, but paying by the day
would undoubt y secure fuller re-
turns. AS the United States will not
take another census until 1 800, by
that time it can afford to enumerate
every inhabitant regardless Of ex-
pense. Owing to the great import
slnce Of the census politically the
most thorough enumeration possible
should be made every time. It is
much as if a farmer wished to have
a quantity of grain hand threshed.
Il he paid only by the bushel the
thresher would be tempted to thresh
out only what came easiest, and let
the remainder go into the straw
stack.