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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-07
NUMBER 20.

spector, declaring that the com
pensation Of the Inspector shall be
by salary rather than by fees, but
omits to make any provision what
ever for the payment Of such salary.
We know of no offense commit
ted against either public or private
morals by the present oil Inspector,
Mr.. Samuel Fl. Nichols, unless, in
deed, faithful and self-sacrifcing
attention to political duty and de-
votion to his party constitutes such
offending. 1t seem pardonable
that Alliance and Democratic rep
resentatives in the legislature
should engage themselves in the
petty warfare which has been
maintained against the office of in
spector Of oils and against the in
cumbent Of that. Office; but we ven
ture to say that nowhere can
parallel be found for the participa-
ton by a Republican MAJ ority in
warfare against an active and in
fuential member Of their own
party utterly blameless of any Of
tense, such as was inaugurated in
the legislature of 1889 against Mr..
Nichols. When it is reflected,
moreover, that occupying this po-
sition Republicans have been forced
into the position of sustaining a
corrupt combination between their
political opponents and the Stand
ard Oil crowd whereby oil should
60 uninspected in this State, the
true significance and effect of this
party poltroonery is made plain
beyond mistake.
There is a bastard public senti-
ment prevailing in certain quarters
which treats the man who is a
staunch adherent of his party as,
in some sense, a public outlaw. Of
this sentiment Mr.. Nichols has
been the victim among us. Had
that gentleman thought proper to
devote his unquestioned abilities
with equal zeal in any other direc-
ton than in active party political
warfare, he certainly would not
have found himself in the position
to be wronged and insulted by a
set of political vagrants such as
those who, during the past two.
sessions Of the legislature, have at
Z tackled him and the office which he
has held. It is eminently right
that all <exorbitant compensation
for the discharge of official duty
should be done away with. It is,
moreover, commendable from every
i point of view that salaries should,
whenever practicable, be made to
take the place of fees in public
compensation, but it is no less than
sheer dishonesty and malevolence
that a public official should be
treated in the spirit in which In
spector Nichols has been treated
by the last two legislatures. It is
not at all surprising under the cir
cumstances, that Mr.. Nichols or
der should have been issued.
There was no other resource open
to any se]f-respecting man in his
position, and we sincerely hope
that whatsoever action the GOV
ernor may think proper to take, he
will refuse to be party to the
petty and malignant warfare which
has been waged upon his own APP
pointee, OF to what on its face APP
pears to be a joint effort to smirch
his own party and at the same time
benefit constituencies monopoly.
st. PaM Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-07
Go for Them, Mr.. Brown.

Do you know the lumber dealers
throughout the country are trying
to boycott" me, because / do not
refuse to sell lumber to farmers III
car load lots? That is. the case,
and ! will make it interesting for
them, too. Tell the farmers that.
| will sell them lumber one dollar.
per thousand feet less than any
other yard in town. H e.
Brosru, li5aaeap
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
The Main Belt in a Mill,

Frequently the oscillations of the main
belt in a mill come in unison with the
beat of the engine, and a perceptible slap
ping about of the belt is noticeable, says
the London Artisan. The beat of an en-
CINE will often come in sympathy with the
sway of the building, and so increase it as
to be very perceptible If this were con-
tinually going on in exact time it would
become so great in time as to be danger
Gus, but one or the other gets ahead and
mixes the movement, so that it gradually
ceases until they are again in unison. If
the speed of the engine is changed in either
case the swaying will be kept mixed all the
time instead OF occasionally. On long
lines of shafting this will appear also, the
pull on the belt at the commencement of
the stroke being in unison with the spring
of the shaft, thus causing a marked oscil-
lation. The same remedy is applied here
TO mix the two movements purposely-and
the trouble is partly if not entirely re-
moved
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
The death of ex-senator NcDoual

The death of ex-senator Mcdonald,
which occurred in Indianapolis last night,
deprives the democrats of Indiana of
their greatest leader and the state of one
of its most prominent and honorable citl-
zens. During his long and useful life
Mr.. Mcdonald held msDysimportant Of
fees, and in each and all he was faithful
to his trust Conscientious fidelity to
duty was his distinguishing characteristic
as pubic man. He was honest, capable.
and faithful to the constitution, fully
meeting the Jeffersonisn test, and he
early and deserYedly won and to the day
OF his death retained the respect of In.
diana and Of The country. Senator Nc
Donald was great in the best sense of the
word,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
A Correspondence Idea of "Sews.,

On one occasion, when ! was holding
down the telegraph desk on a wide awake
city paper, and also corresponding for two
prominent eastern journals, had on the
list rural correspondent who had driven
several state and telegraph editors to drink
One night he sent 300 words about the
death of ''an esteemed fellow townsman."
II might have been well to have read the
telegram as an eulogy at the funeral, but
II was of no use to US as dispatch, for
IAN esteemed fellow towusman'' wasn't of
the slightest Importance outside of his own
little neighborhood. 1t was my intention
to kindly show the correspondent the error
of his way as soon as / could get time to
write him. l trent led to think how he
would deluge us with kilograms if any
tn NC really important should occur, Ny
fears were needless. About II o'clock the
next night after the receipt of his long dis
paJch about the demise of one of his &C
qulintances ne sent this able special:
The poorhouse, one mile from town,
burned to the ground at O'Clock this
evening, and four persons were roasted
alive in it. VIII send particulars tomor-
row.
TO say there was crashing of teeth
around our office is putting it mildly. We
wired the idiot to send Us some news about
the holocaust, but he had gone home to
bed. Then came dispatches from the New
York papers telling me to rush 500 words
about the fire, for they supposed we would
have something concerning it. We trie
to call up the telegraph operator at the
point where lived the idiot correspondent,
only to find that he had closed the Office
and gone home. We sent reporter out
there the next day to get the facts, and
told him to call in on his way and throttle
the correspondent.-India Sentinel.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
The Derivation or Calico.

The word calico has a queer origin.
Many centuries ago the first monarch Of
the Province of Malabar gave to one of his
chiefs, as reward for distinguished SER
vices, his sword and all the land within the
limits of which cock Growing at a certain
temple could be heard. From this circum-
stance the town which grew up in the CEN
ter Of this territory was called Calicoda, or
the cock of growing. Afterward it was
called Calicut, and from this place the first
cotton goods were imported into England,
bearing the name of calico.-Detroit Free
Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
A Head of Clover.

An enthusiast on the subject states that
each head Of clover is composed of about
sixty distinct flower tubes, and each of
these contains sugar not to exceed the five
hundredth part of grain. The proboscis
of the honey bee must therefore be inserted
into 500 clover tubes before one grain of
sugar can be obtained. There are 1000
grains in a pound, and as honey contains
three-fourths of its weight of dry sugar,
each pound of clover honey would repre-
sent the insertion of its proboscis into
$500, 900 clover heads
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Glass for Optical Purposes.

A new method for the preparation of
glass for optical purposes has been devised
in Sweden, and, according to a foreign ex-
change, has met with marked success. The
main improvement is said to consist in
adding TO the composition Of the glass GER
tain quantities of phosphorus and chlorine,
which impart to 1t an absolute transpar-
ency, great hardness and susceptibility of
the finest polish. For achromatic lenses
and fine optical instruments this glass is
far superior to any make hitherto known,
and it is said that the power of microscopic
lenses can be greatly increased by this pro-
cess
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
BALANCED ROCKS.
Striking Peculiarities of These Forma.
tions-The Cause of the Balancing.

Striking Peculiarities of These Forma-
tions-The Cause of the Balancing.
The so called balanced rocks" are not
very uncommon, and are found in nearly
all countries. Some of these are of glacial
origin, having been left in their peculiar
position by the melting of the glacier which
brought them from some distant locality,
while others have been carved out on the
spot by the destructive action of the ele-
ments, especially by the erosive effect of
sand blown by the wind, this natural sand
blast having an almost irresistible power
The strangely carved rock formations of
Colorado and the Rocky mountains are
due to this cause, while the glacier borne
powders are more common in New Eng
land and sections of the country lying
north of the Ohio river
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Popularity of Brussels Lace.

Alter Waterloo NJ Trayaux, leading
lace merchant, turned his warehouse into
a hospital for British soldiers. Such virtue
was not left to be its own reward. His
good action was noised abroad, and when
the stream of tourists set in again all the
English made it point of honor to buy
lace of him, hence in few years his for
tune was made.
Many attempts have been made to make
Brussels lace away from Brussels, alwc IS
though without success. Though the me
chanical processes are strictly followed.
something in the air or water or soil gives
hall mark that nothing else can attain
New York Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Strong in Death.

Friend of the Editor On newspaper of
fee at a. m.(-You seem to be awfully
tickled over that article you are writing.
Editor-It's short announcement that
this is the last issue OF The Morning
Corkscrew. We can't keep the paper
going any longer. I'm going to slap this
in the form and go to press.
Friend-I can't see anything in that to
be jolly over.
Editor-Why, blame it, man, we scoop
every paper in town on it!-Chicago
Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
THE BALANCED ROCK OF rANpu.

The remarkable example shown in the
cut, reproduced from La Nature, occurs at
fandil, South America, now Buenos Ayres
The Popular Science News says that the
most striking popularity of this and other
balanced stones Is the fact that they can
readily be made to move or oscillate by the
application of comparatively weak force.
The stone of Tandil, for instance, can be
moved by pushing it with a single finger;
but the center of gravity is so low that
only a small amount of vibration can be
produced, and it would not be possible to
overturn it by any ordinary means. The
cause OF the balancing of these rocks is not
very mysterious. 1t is simply case of nat
ural balancing, due to the shape of the
rock and the force of gravitation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
MiIder,s Latest Story.

"Once upon a time" said Marshall P.
Wilder to a group of interested English.
men in his hotel, "a little niger sat al
a table pounding his thumb nail with a
hammer" and the famous story teller
screwed his face into comical grimaces,
expressive of recurring pain, while his
hands went through the motions sug.
gested by the story.
Presently" he continued, "a man
asked him what he was doing that for.
Cause whimpered the niger, ii
feels so good when l stop. New York
Sun
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Electric Light Diminished by smoke.

Through experiments made by English
military authorities it has been found that
whenever the atmosphere is laden with
smoke or mist the power of an electric
light Is greatly diminished by crossing the
beam of light by that Of another at a GER
tain angle. At the point Of intersection
the illuminated space is practically made a
screen. The Industrial World says that it
is proposed to utilize this knowledge, since
the electric beam can thus be made to serve
as a screen, back of which tactical opera
lions might be conducted in secret.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Made Some Difference.

EYES," she murmured, Il loved him.
He was not worthy OF me, but l felt !
could not give him up So my parents
took me across the ocean"
Ibid that make any difference in your
feelings"
eyes. The second day out felt as if
could give up everything"
And she changed the ject.-Chicago
Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24

Under the old blue laws of Connecticut
''any man who shall stand by and see two
dogs fight and not try to separate them
shall be deemed guilty of a breach of the
peace, and shall lie in Jail the length of
seven days and nights"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24

TEE Albany Argus thinks that Post
master General Wanamsker might intro
duce festure of unusual interest on next
Sunday by telling his Bethany Sunday
school pupils what he knows about
cracking" the Keystone bank in Phil
adelphis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24

THE president is at Cape May Point
and Blaine is at Bar Harbor, still, notes
the Philadelphia Record, the perverse and
ungrateful republic care more to hear
news from Bar Harbor than from Cape
NAV Point
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Cast Iron Columns.

The Safety Valve says: 1t is hard to IN
derstand the present action of western
builders in substituting steel for cast iron
columns. Cast iron stands greater crush
ing stain than steel-more than twice as
much-it does not corrode as quickly as
steel, possesses more than double the sup
porting strength of steel, and, last, it does
not cost more than half as much.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Discouraging.

How did they hang your picture of
your fox terrier"
Most inappropriately. They made a
sky of it."-New York Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
His Intentions.

'Can you support my daughter in the
style to which she is accustomed?" asked
her father.
81 can, but WON'T" returned the care
full young man. Pm not extravagant."-
Harpsr's Bazaar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Double Armies.

Double apples are occasionally found.
These, explains Professor Bailey in The
American Garden, are formed by the union
of two flowers. Some varieties have a ten
dency toward such monstrosities
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Bright Enough That Way.

White don't think that Gus De Jay
knows enough to pick up chips.
Greene-He knew enough to pick up
all put down last night.-New York
Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
Suitable.

She-I want to get real nice comedy
suitable for an amateur theatrical COM
pany.
Clerk-Yes, ma'am. How would you
like to look oyer some of Shakespeare
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Life.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-24
WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a. 1891.

HIeH TARIFF dropped dead in the
Chicago Derby Saturday. Do You see the
warning? Coming events. etc.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13

EX-SENATOR INGALLS,, in an article to
a New York paper to which he is con-
tributing chunks of wisdom at a given
price per line, says: "The antics, the
heresies, the false doctrines, the prepos-
ferrous prescriptions of anarchists and
socialists are amusing rather than alarm
ing. No one seriously anticipates the
success of a third party based upon the
fatuous delusions Of fiat money and sub
treasury warehouses. The peril is that
unless republican defections are arrested
and the wanderers reclaimed the losses
will be enough to insure the success of
the democracy"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13
THE SILVER LINING.

The recent moves in the direction of
silver purchases by a foreign syndicate
will unquestionably have an important
bearing upon the market price of the
metal. During the past month or SO it
has 1uctuated between SO and 50, SEEM
ingly having camped within those ex-
tremes, and the prospect for an advance
in the price was not so encouraging as to
inspire a feeling of confidence in the
minds of silver miners. However, in
view OF the contemplated purchases,
noted in the TRIBUNE's dispatches this
morning, the outlook for a decided APP
probation in the price of the metal is
tlattering in the extreme.
There is mention OF one fact in these
dispatches in connection with this mat
ter which contains a whole volume of
arguments in favor of bi-metallism. and
that is when the great house of Barring
Bros. was in jeopardy and was saved by
the friendly Intervention of the Roths-
childs, thus preventing a financial disas-
ter which would have involved many an
France was enabled to loan the Bank of
England 5l5,OO0,OOO, because under its
charter it was permitted to utilize its sill
YER in satisfying demands upon it. This
fact will do much to induce the old moss
back goldbugs of the single standard
countries of Europe to take the despised
metal to their bosoms. They have
learned that eXigencies may arise, in
which it will be found impossible for a
people to transact their business upon a
purely gold basis.
Returning to our text it will be seen
that the silver lining to that cloud which
has prevented silver miners to read their
title to better prices for their outputs,
and the laboring masses of the country
to o money, is showing up in the dis
tance. With the actual necessity for a
greater volume of money with which to
handle the rapidly increasing business of
the country, added to the not groundless
fear that the next congress will pass a
free silver coinage bill which an over
whelming public sentiment will force
Harrison to sign, the gold barons are
trimming their sails to meet the inevita-
BILE, foreshadowed in the composition of
the next congress. The clouds upon the
financial horizon show a decided silver
lining.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13
A GREAT A GONE.

The death of Sir John Mcdonald |
moves from life one of the most pro,l
nent figures in his country-a man n
has made history that will be ri
among English speaking people Nj
quite as much interest as that made |
any person of the present times. He \
probably been more largely instrumer,
in shaping the governmental policy
Canada than any man in it and VIII,
ever of prosperity and prestige fl,
country enjoys are almost wholly duA
his efforts during the past third o'
century. That man is not living vi
a step in his place and continue +
great premier's line of policy with III
absence of friction with opposing Or
verse elements which has distinguish
his administration of Canadian aFai
His death opens possibilities to the a
neXationists of Canada which NAV
may not become absolute certainties
the not distant future. Much depep
upon the succession but more upon d,
strength with which his policy has BE-
impressed upon the minds of the Can
dian eople. However this may
Canada has lost her ablest man Al
Queen Victoria one of her most 10,
A great man is gone.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13

The belief that the whole of Northern
Montana is underlaid with coal finds adj
ditional support in the fact that extern
sive measures of the article are about to
be opened near the vicinity of the East
Butte of the Sweet Grass Hills. Messrs.
p. Hughes and +. r. Clingan quite re-
Gently located 5000 acres there and have
put men at work to develop their prop
erty. The coal and thickness of vein do
not differ from the Lethbridge measures
and the property bids fair to become
quite as valuable. Northern Montana
has i~nexhaustible sources of wealth in
her undeveloped coal measures.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13

Nh. EDISON has Just invented a ma
chine or thing which is bound to make
trouble in this world of ours. He calls it
the Kinenograph. Though diminutive in
size it wraps up more misunderstanding
possibilities than any other invention
evolved from the brain of the most pro-
nounced crank. 1t not only talks like a
phonograph but it r%eproduces every ges-
ticulation, movement and feature of its
victim. 1t may be placed upon a table
in a room where a young lady is enter
PERTAINING her best fellow. and the nuis-
ance will faithfully photograph every
move Of the innocent. unsuspecting
couple. Even the muified sound of their
OSCILLATIONS will be reproduced as well as
their positions while indulging in them.
Surely it is the devils own invention.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13
WHAT WHOPPERS!

The Helena Journals "Man About
Town. recently ran against the Rev.
Mr.. Kelsey of that city when the con-
versation drifted to the Congregational
college site matter and "Helena's mag
niticent offer" for it. The popular
preacher botanist appeared to be loaded
for the occasion and the scribe found no
difficulty in firing him off. At the first
shot he declared, "that the offer of Hell
ena meant at least half II million to that
college at once" and the second brought
out, 'and upwards of two millions in a
short period
Great Scott, what whoppers! Butte
can boast of gentlemen Of lively imagi-
nations in the persons Of General War
rem. Col. John b. Read and G. w. Irwin
II. Miles city makes no mean showing
with Sam Gordon. Tom Baker. erstwhile,
of the Madisonian, was an honorcd mem
her Of the Virginia City Saaerac Lying
club. John e. Wilson, formerly OF d.
vers Montana newspapers, trained at the
head of the procession of western pre-
varicators. Harry Collins, of the Mis-
soula Gazette occupies a front seat in
the band wagon of Montana
Billy Todd, of the River Press holds the
top hand among the tellers of "~stories
stranger than felton, while Great Falls,
at "A pinch, might produce an incipient
Ananias, but they are all innocents,
George Washingtons, Nathaniels with
out guile in the presence of Helena col
lege site boomers. Two million dollars!
Whew! Assessor George Walker where
art thou?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13

THE enterprising people of Butte evil
IDENTIFY believe in the old aphorism: In
time of peace prepare for war" The
smoke nuisance in that city is at its
minimum during the spring, summer
and fall months, and advantage is being
taken of its absence to lnaugurate a wal
all along the line against it. DIR. Rob-
arts, the health officer, has been and is
still in correspondence with scientists
abroad in regard TO the matter and he
feels assured from their reports that the
nuisance can be banished and at a NOM
inal cost to the city. Now is the time to
go after it. The city has the best wishes
Of all that the waryagainst this offensive
incidental to smelling ores may be u
cesSful.