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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-29
NUMBER rs.
A Doctors Sympathy.

The GOODNESS and seeming indif-
ference which physicians exhibit
in the sick room often wins for
them the reputation Of being with
out feeling or sympathy. The fact
is that their hearts are often moved
with compassion at the scenes
which they are compelled to wit
ness; but for the sake of the pa
tent, as well as the hopes of the
relatives, an unmoved exterior
must be preserved. OF DR.. Hill
it is said that his autocratie bear
ing in the sickroom gave strangers
no hint of the deep sympathy
which he felt for the humblest Of
his patients.
A gentleman entering his sur
gerry one evening unannounced was
surprised, however, to find the
doctor with his head bowed over
his table and sobbing convulsively.
The intruder was about to with
draw in silence, when the doctor
wheeled around in his chair and
with tears streaming down his fur
rOWed cheeks said.
''Take a seat. There is no occa-
sion for privacy. / am thinking
of little Willie = - who has
been sick with scarlet fever. It
was severe case, but I had it I'M
der control. In fact, the boy was
out of danger when bis aunt,
moved by his entreaties, gave him
a hot pancake she had made to eat.
HISS nearer deaths door now than
he was in the first place, and there
isn't one chance in a hundred of
saving him."
The gentleman was expressing
regret at this sad turn of affairs
when the doctor, as if ashamed of
his unwonted display of feeling,
exclaimed, impatiently: :zss
I don't particularly care for the
boy; what I am sorry for is that I
can't kill his aunt before she has a
chance to murder another sick per-
son with her COMPOUNDED pan
cakes!''-ZSt-B1ts
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-29
PRINCETON MILE COUNTY THURSDAY OCT 49, 1891
AUTUMN SUNSET.

The sky is a ripping sea of gold,
With masses OF storm-cloud rugged and
bold;
The sun is sinking in dying bed
OF regal purple and orange and red.
a pale crescent moon in the azure East
Bows low fore the Majesty in the
West;
The stars peep shyly out one by one
The reign of their rival is almost done.
Tall populars sigh in the whispering
breeze
A requiem sweet, and the answ'r ring
trees
Re-echo the mournful cadence DER
For the dying day with its golden store.
The world is wrapped in holy rest,
Lulled, like an infant at sweet Natures
breast;
Time Tin e at this hour, seems to stay his
'Twixt the expiring day. and the new
born night
Lillian II. Bennett.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-29
IN FREE TRADE ENGLAND.

Laborer Whose Wages is Four Dollars
Fer week is obliged to Contribute To-
wards the support of His Father
IN the PoOrhOuse.
Think of laborer in this country
earning a little more than 81 per week
being obliged by the authorities to con-
tribute towards the support of rela-
tive? Then think of a laborer being
fined in an amount equal to two-thirds
OF his weeks wages for refusing to con-
tribute to the support Of a relative who
was being cared for by the county, and
that laborer had wife and four chill
dren OF his own. Free trade England
is rich mans country Bits, one
OF the leading weeklies of the British
metropolis, in it's issue of Sept. 2eth,
under the caption Of Legal Informa-
tion,'' publishes the following:
w. H.-A man cannot be made liable
for the maintenance of any relative
who is a charge on the parish, except
on the decision Of the magistrates, who
must inquire into his circumstances
and means. The magistrates, as a
rule, are too greatly inclined to sup
port the action of the Guardians of the
Poor when they ask for these orders
on people who have no margin of in
come after procuring the necessaries of
life. W. II. is an agricultural laborer,
has a Vile and four children, and an
income that cannot be considered to
exceed il shilling a week at the best
OF times, and does not amount to that
all the year round; yet the magistrates
have made an order upon him to pay
eighteenpence a week towards the cost
of the maintenance of his father, who
is in the workhouse. He has also been
ordered to pay twelve shillings. and
twopence to the guardians, as their
costs OF obtaining the order. Costs in
petty seasonal courts are most oppres-
sive, and should be abolished. In
many cases they are the originating
motive of the proceedings; and prob
ably the guardians would never have
allowed their clerk to take these pro-
ceedlngs against W. Fl. had they not
known that they would have power to
seize his goods for the costs that would
be awarded to them, and which are far
in excess of the bona fde expenditure
they have been put to in w. HIS case.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-29
To Great a Sacrifice.

''Ethelinda Jane,'' he said, in
deep, passionate tones, ''will you
be my own darling wife?''
eff if I thought you loved me,
Augustus she ,faltered.
Glove you!'' he exclaimed
wildly, II adore you! [ would
wander the wide world over for
your sweet sake.''
''Then I will be yours" said the
maiden, ''but only on one con-
dition.''
''What is the cond1tion?' he
said, in paroxysm of Joy.
"Name it, name it; and if it was to
snatch the burning sun from the
cerulean armament, I would agree
to it,
cit is not so difficult as that"
she calmly said; 1T is simply this:
That you will swear you will never
say after we are married that I
can't cook as we'll as your
mother
The young man shook his head
and departed sorrowfully. The
sacrifice was too great.
Jack: us it true, Harry, that
you have given up all thoughts of
making Maud your wife?"
Harry: 'sWell, I should say
So"
Jack: s'That's strange: I
thought you were so anxious to
get her.
Harry: $50. | was, but I've
changed my mind in that quarter.
| tried to get her to give me kiss,
and she refused, but in less than
ten seconds after refusing to kiss
me she kissed that pug dog Of hers
at least a dozen times. | tell you
what it is when woman prefers
the wet nose Of a dirty pug to the
tidy mouth of a live man there is a
screw loose somewhere, and / con
graduate myself on my narrow es-
cape"
Lumber, Lumber!
Lumber of all kinds at G. III. Rines S.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-29
The Rehearsal.

There was thoroughly alarmed
guest at Glasgow hotel a week
or two ago.
A man rushed wildly into the
Office and exclaimed: ''There is
murder going on in the room next
to mine, and I want you to stop it!
II was doing a few minutes
ago, when I was awakened by a
horrible cry that I knew was ut
tered by a woman. Then mans
voice was heard. g. .,@
" You have been false to me,
false to YOURSELF he said, Eand
what is there left for you but to
die? Think, Jennie, Think. Ten
minutes from now I shall kill you,
but | will permit you to choose the
manner Of your death. Speak
''Then the woman cried more,
and soon afterwards | heard her
whisper, poison and the brute
replied: Your wish shall be
granted
won't you prevent this crime,
Mr.. Browne" asked the guest, as
he noticed that he was listening in
a perfunctory way.
But Mr.. Brown only smiled, and
explained that what had been heard
was simply an actor and actress re-
hearsing. I'll tell them to stop,
though or. else make them say
every few minutes: This is only
rehearsing.' How will that dog
The guest was satisfied.
London is a great city. A
pedestrian travelling at the rate of
four miles an hour would take 20S
days Of 10 hours each to walk
through all the streets and roads of
London.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-15
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.

They Arc Rented for Balls, Parties,
Decorative Purposes and Funerals
What an idea! Bless you, florists are
bad enough. but they have not stopped SO
low as to hire out flowers for funerals"
Thus spoke Fifth-avenue dealer In fancy
nosegays the other day.
6 But you loan doves to updertakers
somptlmes?"
" Yes. and to the churches on special
occasions; but loaning flowers for funeral
why. 1t is simply preposterOus."
j." 1t Is said to be done every day in this
city
ers who do that business, but not florists"
l visited the largest artificial flower and
foliage concern In the city.
"A great many poor people" said mem
Der of the firm, order potted flowers and
tropical plants of us for funerals. We
Charge 10 per cent for their use, and in
many instances the flowers might better
have been purchased ont and out Take
our foliage bouquets, composed OF begonias,
coseus, geranium and ivy-they come cheap,
and it is poor economy to hire them But
people of small means like the Immediate
saving. and the long run is not taken
into account For church funerals we
sell large quantities of chrysanthemums
roses, tiger and Gala lilies, hyaeinths, etc
Natural flowers are sometimes represented
on the same altar. and it is impossible to
tell which is which. The imitation of COM
mon flowers has been reduced to a fine art.
One can hardly believe how rapidly artif-
cial plants have sprung into favor, even
among the rich. They are used in ball
rooms, theaters, restaurant windows, stores
and almost everywhere. We have some
weli-known varieties so skillfully made that
they would deceive the most learned bot
anist at little distance.-N. Y. Herald.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-15

brilliantly Gt was at dusk. The air was
sharp. 1t nettled the blood of the horses,
and every one of them that night wanted to
go with 'zp''-whatever zip Is; you know
what 1t means-and just as jumped out of
the coach to speed across the street car
riage and pair came along, and in a second
the horses knocked me over. The driver
reined them up in most masterful way.
They very accommodatingly curled their
fore feet under while | quietly and swiftly
wallowed along in the dust. and sat up
sOlemnly to think of various things.
Are you hurt? Are you hurt?" sonor-
ously yelled the driver
NO, thank YOU" | responded in the
meek and childlike way one should always
address any one who has been kind enough
not to kill He pardoDed himself by ex-
planning he had yelled. which he did just as
the horses knocked me over. l am quite
alive, but was rather uncomfortable, and
since my mishap have noted that a number
OF peopie are knocked down and over
frequently, so do not feel greatly distin-
guished on account of my sears. and will
quite approve of the rapid-transit scheme of
navigation that is being agitated just now.
However, for the immense amount of traffic
that Is going on in New York. few people
are Killed through carelessness. They will
soon have cable-car running down Broad
way They have been working at it all
summer, and the streets have been torn up
in most distraeting way. 1t is accredited
to San Franciscan that he asked: What
lead has been discovered that the miners are
SO busy tunneling Broadway" That is the
way it looks, truly-but it is New York
alter all-the great crowded wilderness, so
1ull oil lavish display, riotous extravaganza,
dire poverty, appalling misery, great posi-
blitles and golden opportunities for achieve
ments-or as many and as great for despair.
Isolation and ruination-but fascinating-if
one knows not of a unique city that crowns
the golden hills OF California-your city and
mine. That's right. sure DOROTHY Q.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-15
GIFT MAKING.
The Best Sort of Gift Is One Which Has
an AppreciabIe Value.

The Best Sort of Gift Is One Which Has
an AppreciabIe Value.
The very best sort of gift is the one which
has an appreciable value in itself, but which
has a secondary value OF ingen uity ana
thoughtfulness on the part of the giyer in
excess of its worth as an article of merchan-
disc. What ] mean can best be explained
by an Illustration.
The princess OF givers went TO Europe a
few years ago, and while in Swtzerond
began to look about for handsome piece Of
Woodworking for q dear friend at home.
Instead of buying at random some OF the
work prepared especially for the hurried
tourist, she carefully sought out master of
the carving craft and explained to him what
she wanted. Two thin. fiat pieces of wood.
suitable for the covers OF portfO-
carved in high relief the favorite Alpine
flowers of the traveller. On the reversOs,
or in5ides of the boards, were carved in low
relief the American wild flowers most loved
by the recipient The beautiful mOnUgrams
of the latter were also on these inner sur
faces. The portfolio was filled with photo
graphs of Swiss scenery, not mounted III the
usual way. but lightly fastened to soft.
thick sheets OF gray charcoal paper. Straps
Of stamped leather held the lids together.
and an easel Of just ths right siZs was sent
along with the portfolio.
This was not an uncomfortably valuable
gift. but il showed in every detail the though
ful affec OF its designer. The same out
lay would have bought something much moro
splendid in the shops; but that would have
only testified that the giyer was able 10 buy
costly things, while this showed that she
thought enough of her friend to take little
trouble. -kate Fields Washington.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-15
HONDURAS WOODS.
How The Trees Are Selected and Cut and Their
Values

The first wood-cutters in the territory of
Honduras came from the British colony OF
Belize $50 years ago, bringing with them
their slaves and their cutie. and since that
time Belize capital has been principally oc-
cupied in the various camps or mahogany
works which extend between the rivers
Ulga. Chameleon, Patteck and Wanks on
the Atlantic Coast, says the Panama Star
and Herald. The timbers at present most
sought after for shipment are mahogany,
cedar, rosewood. Zebra and fustic. Mahog-
any and cedar are the leading exports and
are shipped mainly to England. although
some contracts have recently been
taken in the United States. The price of
mahogany in London ranges from $40 to
$40 per 1000 superficial feet, and cedar $50
TO $50 Rosewood, zebra and fustics are
cut INTO short lengths and shipped as ballast
Rosewood brings from So to $40 aud fus-
tic $50 TO S45. The logs are all squared be-
fore shipment The present average cost of
the squared timbers on the bars ready for
shipments $50 to $40 per 1000 feet mahogany
and cedar and IS TO SO ton for rosewood.
zebra and fuStic. FreightS TO London for
mahogany and cedar are from $40 to $50 an
NJ, and on the other woods from So to Sc
q ton, leaving handsome profit to ship
pers. The timber on Government lands is
free to any one Wlro proves to the admins
TRAITOR OF customs that he has ample means
to transport the timber TO market, a great
deal having been lost before the adoption of
this rule through being left to decay after
being felled. 1t can be cut at any time in
the year, but the best season is during the
rainy months, so that the logs may be ready
fer trucking by the beginning If the
dry season, on the LIST of March A
camp Is generally composed of from twenty
to fifty men. who are divided into compa-
MES, each company having one captain. A
foreman in charge OF the whole camp keeps
account of logs cut and other details One
man, called the hunter, looks up the trees fit
10 be cut, and reports to the foreman, who
examines each one. Care is taken not to
fell any tres less than 8 feet in crcumfer-
ence. The cutting is done by the task.
TWO trees from TO II feet being
days work for one man, and a
tree Is feet in circumference being
regarded as days work for four
men. Over 300 trees are sometimes feled
in a camp in single season. The trucking
OF lengths to the riyer-banks is done princi-
pally at night. A foreman's wages will
vary from 500 to 500 a month, with oecas-
ional allowance of an extra servant; first
captain, SIS to $50 month, with rations;
second captain, S14 To Sl5 a month, with
ratiUns; lab0rers or choppers, SO 20 S14
month, with rations. During the year 1889
there were exported to the United States
Gil, 533 superficial feet of mahogany and
cedar, representing in Honduras a value of
S37, 952. Tie export duties on mahogany
and cedar are IS per III.
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despite the fact that shs was married ana
the virtual head of her fathers house
hold ~ Miss Betty's husband. Major Bliss.
c S%s Eu Iaeaatys private secretary and
conneehtlsl adviser. and. in his way, as
great favorits as his wife. The Young You
couple never had any children. and both
died within short time of each other.
mary Abigail Fillmore was Just IS when
d dpsa b@tner oecame PRESIDENT through the
ueatn OF General Taylor, and she became
lne MISS Betty of his administration. But
unlike her predecessor, Abigail never mar
. .ieu; ohe died year after her father re-
'ir S 70 private life. at the age Of %.
Death deprived President Pierce OF his
threshold OF the Executive Mansion. Har-
RET Lane, the niece and adopted daughter
OF PRESIDENT Buchanan, reigned supreme in
me , mite House during the term of that
married Henry Elliott Johnson of Balti-
more, and went TO live in one of the most
beautiful houses in the Maryland capital.
Win the advent of the martyr Presi-
91ent there came upon the scene Tad"
Lincoln. When his father was frat in
Quoted into Office Tad" was between q
and years old.
lad died at the family home in Spring
neld nine years after his father was assass-
mated. and he lies hnried beside the mar
neld. ~
mere were five children in the Executive
Mansion during President Johnson's regime
an lVe were Mr.. Johnson's grandchildren,
Two belonging TO his daughter, Mrs. Martha
PATTERSON, wife of the Tennessee Senator.
and the other three to his other daughter.
Mrs. Mary Slower. Belle Patterson was the
Oldest OF the Iiye grandchildren. When the
family lett the White House they returned
TO their old Tennessee home. where the lit
lie ones grew up to manhood and woman
hood, marrying and settling down to quiet
life.
General Grant brought with him to Wash
lngton national baby in the person of his
only daughter, Nellie, who became general
object OF affection at once. At the time Of
her wedding to Edward Sartoris, the Young
Englishtuan, on May q, 1874, her future
| looked as rosy as her past, and the event
was ntly characterized as the most brilliant
social function that had ever occurred in
| Washington.
Scott Hayes was-the juvenile hero of his
| father administration, though he shared the
honorS with his pretty sister Fanny. Both
are living at present with their parents at
the family homestead in Fremont, Ohio.
VI the other White House children "a be-
Garfield was the favorite of the CORE
SpondentS while his father was in tho White
house: The bov was but years of age
when President Garfield was elected. lie
was prodigy with the pen and pencil and
executed mechanical drawings with skill
and finish that was marvellous. After his
father was killed Abe retired wi In his
mother to Mentor. He is at present n
student in Williams College.
Nellie Arthur spent great portion OF her
time willis her father was President at the
nome OF her aunt, Mrs. McElroy, At Albany
She IS stu quite young girl, and is often
seen on The streets of upper New York, a
Striklngly pretty and modest specimen of
the American beauty.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-15
THE METRIC SYSTEM.
Its Use Has Been Authorized but Never
Enforced in This Country.

Enforced in This Country.
Several British Consuls have recently
warned their countrymen they were losing
considerable trade in foreign countries
owing to their persistent Use Of English
weights and measures In their circulars and
price-lists, which were frequently unintel-
ligible to most Of the foreign dealers.
whereas their French. German and other
competitors used the metric system. which
was familiar to everybody, and naturally
attracted custom These warnings apply
equally well to the exporters of the United
Statos The use of the metric or decim al
system was authorized by our laws many
years ago, but the use has mot yet been made
compulsory; hence the majority OF people
cling to the old sy item and dislike to change,
although the metric is more simple and
easily understood
Tho metric system is so much more con-
yenient saves so much time and has n ow
become SO generally adopted throughout the
world that the United States ought no Ion ger
refuse to fall into line. A very little pres
sure would suffer to bring bout the change.
1t would do the business, probably, IL Con-
gress were simply To pass law requiring
that estimates, contracts and bills specify
ing weights or measures, when not made
out metrically, must bear revenue stamp
of one dime. Rather than pay small tax,
everybody would at once use the decimal
system, and the change would be as smooth
as the system itself.-Scientifc American.
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have encroached upon the powers or pre-
negatives of each other, or, in attempting to
do so, have created 'deadloeks." which
necessarily impair the efficiency of the pub
lie service, In st. Louis there are further
checks for the preservation of the rights OF
the people, which also render frauds and
dishonesty in public Office almost impossible
without being speedily detected. Thus
the Comptroller is the fiscal officer, and his
approval is necessary for all expenditures.
The Auditor sees that no money is spent
unless there has been an appropriation for
the purpose. The Treasurer cannot pay out
cent unless ordered by both the Comp
troller and Auditor. These are elected Of
fcers. heavily bonded and directly respon-
sible to the people, No financial difficulties
or shortages can occur without the con-
nivance of all three. In addition, there is
another check upon the reckless or extrava-
CANT appropriation or expenditure OF pub
lie money for street purposes. in the fact
that the legislative branch cannot pass an
ordinance for such purposes unless it is
recommended by the Board of Public I'm
provements. which is composed of five mem
beers appointed by the Mayor. and Presi-
dent who is elected by direct vote of the
people.-Mayor Nuonan of St. Louis, in
North American Review for November.
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Fannie fEdyez

came the especial pets of the sturdy old
Democratic President Their father was
TIE son of Mrs. Jackson's brother, and
acied Is private secretary to the chief of the
nation. During this time Andrew and
John Doneson were born. Andrew be-
rsms an officer 10 the Corps OF Engineers,
and died Of consumption at the beginning
Of manhood, in 1853 John fell in the Con-
tolerate ra nks at Chickamauga a few years
aitprWa!d.
The next two Executive households did
~ contribute to the ranks of national
5a1ies. Mrs. Van Buren, was only married
H the Presidents son in January, 1882 and
aiI her children were born outside Of the
White House. President William Henry
Harrison's family had hardly become domi-
liied In Washington when death compelled
3, en- to give up their residence to new
.snsnt The present Chief Executive would
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81 Ter time. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis afterward
.Ertired to Arlington, where General Lee
Lgsrried their daughter, Mary Gusts Lewis.
John Adams family was grown up when
~-.e children Of his daughter, who was the
<---ife Of Colonel w. S. Smith, spent most of
: their time with him in the company OF their
mother Abigail Smith. tot of OF 5,
famed for her grandmother. was the Presi-
:--.-ut'S favOrte.
During Jefferson's time there were no
q .i.dren in the White House. except for
- .ort time, when his daughter Mrs.
. j 9mas MayiH Randolph. spent a season
III her family in the Executive Mansion.
.Her stay was so short, however, that the
~. .e1esing grandchildren Of the great states
nan had no opportunity 10 become nation
=: a.zad Monroe's stepson, Payne Todd, be-
,ame quite celebrity before the fourth