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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-25

before your own children with a nigger
wench for a pardner."
My gracious!" cried the radiant
Cleopatra, who at the first notes Of
the opening skirmish had indicated
her liability to faint, "who are you
calling a nigger?"
II know you, too said the meek
and lowly Nun, Shy that green glass
ring, and your kind ofstring halt hop.
You can tfool me, Nancy Pettingill."
Here she knocked the Generals head
three times against the door by way
of emphasis.
"Show good horse sense by staying
at home, will WEI"
A crowd collected around the
belligerents. -, | .....
"Erastus and Lydia Caulihower,
yo9 too can just take off them duds
and pack for home. A woman can
MOL and toll until she drops into the
grave, and her shiftless scrag Of a hus-
band can spend his money in buying
ball tickets and taking Cleopatras
down to supper. O, you hypocrite!
Scare somebody with war whoop,
will yer?" Here she inserted one hand
into small tuft of hair on the port
side of the Generals head.
'Id better come to the ball as Sum-
mer, or Autumn, and 1 at my time OF
life, tool Pm here like cyclone
a regular January blizzard"
Great JUNCTION was given these adj
jurations by successive raps given the
Generals ears by the Nun. The Chin
panzee and Flower Girl had acted up
on,the advice so freely rendered them,
and flown.
''And, now, ladies and gentlemen, "
said the Nun, taking a new twist in
the thhroat-latch of the Generals uni
form, 1--WE are going home I don't
want to interfere with the festivities,
but when Phineas Caulifower sneaks
off to a masquerade ball, and lies
about it beforehand, he can always
calculate on my being there directly
Come, let's jog"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-25
NO STORIES TO TELL.
A Wonder Among Engineer. who Nsv.
or Had Thrilling Escape.


or Had Thrilling Escape.
I thought from the general appear
ance OF the man, and from the way he
looked up every time the whistle
sounded, that he was a. railroad en-
gineer, and when I made bold to ask
the question found was right.
After we had conversed for few min.
utes on general topics. I asked:
Il suppose you have had your share
OF narrow escapes?"
yes but not on the rails. he re-
piled. Il was once shot at in sa-
loon, and l once fell off the roof of a
church. never had an accident on
the road" ~...a &.-Is -
Were you never tagged for a.
bridge carried away by a freshet just
in time to prevent an awful calamity'''
Never; bridges always all right.
Ever almost crash into another
train?" ~.
Never" -.'....
But you've run over people?"
Never did, sir. People always get
out OF my way .s
You have at least been very anx-
ious when rushing through the dark
ness with hundreds of lives in your
keeping?"
Yes-anxious to get home, I sup
pose, but I don't remember any par
ticular instance.
l wasn't at all satisfied thus far,
and, after pausing to take breath I
asked:
Were you ever startled by thinking
you saw an open switch when too late
. to stop the train?"
mo. sir; the switches are always all
O. K" he replied.
Il have been told that some engines.
seem to be possessed by human intel
ligence?"
Yes, suppose So but we don't use.
that kind on our road"
MANY brave men have died with
their hand on the throttle.''
Il presume SO. but I don't want to-
die that way. l want to die at home
in my bed"
Il was determined to get something
out of him for a SKETCH so I per-
sisted:
Ibid you never have your fireman
go crazy on run?'
Never"
But you must have been prepared
at some time or other to sacrifice your
life to save your train?''
No. sir, l never have. You don't
seem to understand the business. I
simply run to Chicago and back. and
sometimes make as high as $11O per
month. That's about all there is to it,
and if you are after perilous adyen-
lures you should interview street car
drivers. | understand that they take
their lives in their hands every day 10
the year. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-25
Very Conscientious.

& 10 an English clergyman. one day,
parishoner came to ask him to sign
paper stating that the man was alive,
on certain day. mo. my friend -
was the reply, Il can't do that. p
Cant do it sir? 'Twould be only
signing your name" II can't do it.
l didn't see you on that day, and Il
can make no statement whatever.about
it, But sir, you see me now. ~
Very we'll, said the clergyman, UNI.
moved Il will sign a paper saying.
that you are alive now; but as I did
not see you on the date you mention.
I can't possibly make any statement
ia regard to it ''--Argonaut
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-25
THE JoY-BRlNoER.

Not when old Bion's idyls sweet were sung,
Or when fine Horace scorned the vulgar
herd,
And praised his frugal fare-each chosen
word
Writ where full skins of rare Falernian
hung,
Above a table with rich garlands flung,
by koman slaves; not when the dancer
The air of Spring, like swaying wave or
Was there true joy the tribes OF men among!
These jdyls and these odes hides sadness
And canker worms, despite the shining
We gid them with; their lucent music
flows 49,.
To noble words at times, but words of
ButwoF ;l of dreaming; life was not Life
1t came to earth when God the Son
arose
The fair facade, the carved acanthus leaf
The sparkling sea where clearest blue
meets blue, i!
The piled-up roses. stepped in silver dew
Upon the marble tiles, the white-robed
Ofsome great family, seeking cool relief.
Upon gallery, hung with every hue
That glads the eye, while Violets slave
girls strew
To ithern-sounds;-thi picture artists
drew.
And, moved, our poets cry for the dead
pan;
Turn from the rood and sing the futed
reed--
Arcadia, 0 Arcadia, come again!"
cry of fools--a cry unworthy man,
Who was sodden thing before the Deed
OF Love Divine turned blinded slaves to
men!
Iron Macmillan's Magazine,
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Jamra chs First Wife,

A story which is told of the late
Charles Jamrach, the naturalist and
dealer in wild animals, who died in
England last summer. is so well
vouched for that it may be accepted as
worthy of belief.
Mr.. Jamrach was married more
than once, and the story is to the
effect that when friend condoled
with him on the loss of his second
wife, the naturalist answered with a
heavy sigh:
Yes yes as you say, she was a
good wife. But p" he added, as if he
felt compelled to speak the whole
truth. ,''she never took kindly to the
animals. Why, even in the winter
she wouldn't let the snakes sleep un-
der the bed!" s.5& . jssr' g..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-25
A Problem in Air.

If we'll DO dug to the depth of
forty-six miles the density Of air at
the bottom would be as great as that of
quicksilver. BY the same law cubic
inch of air taken 4, 900 miles above
the earth's surface would expand suffi-
ciently to fill sphere 1000, 00Q, 900
miles in diameter!
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A Severe Operation.

Chollle-'Y You look very pale to-
day, me deah boy.''
Chappie--' 'Ya-as; I took ethaw
this mawning.'' .
'Chollie--"Took ethaw! did you
have tooth drawnp" -v
Chappie-''No; the doctaw put a
powus plaster on me back. New
York Press.
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in his nature. which / had hoped was
suodqped. But alas. tho .broncho''
nlood proved a sad thing for him.
LOT once; for in his great hurry
TO enjoy q run, after Jerking away
when being led to water he came sud-
DENY and very unexpectedly in con-
tact with the barb-wire fence and the
result was that he came to the barn
very soon after without being coaxed.
100; a sadder. but a wiser broncho
pony than he had ever been before.
Poor little fellow! His breast is all
gashed and torn. with the horrible
Daros on that fence, that wish was
one thousand miles away.
RAtlons for MILK.
Experiments to determine the value
OF various rations for milk produ ction
have been in progress at the
Iowa experiment station the results
OF which have been recorded in Bulle-
tin IA. The experiment extended over
a period of eighteen months the COW
being weighed and the milk tested at
intervals while the different rations
were being fed. This experim emit in
dictates that corn meal fed with corn
fodder, or corn ensilage results in the
more rapid decrease of milk, and it's
lat and solids. than the advance in
the period of ractatlon justities. That
corn meal fed with sorghum ensilage
results in very rapid decrease in milk
fat and solids, and that the combina-
ton is not profitable. That corn meal
fed with roots and clover hay is palat-
able and gives good results. That
the substitution of bran and oil m cal
for half the amount of corn meal re-
suited in a marked increase both
IN quantity and quality of milk. in
crease in quality being even more
marked than the increase in quantity.
j That good pasture can be substituted
for part of grain ration. That farmers
who feed corn exclusively may have
better yields, better sustained. by also
using clover hay oil meal and bran,
or other albuminous feeds Rural
World.
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A Rich Manure.

The old-fashioned notion that ma
nure from pigs or fattening hogs is
richer than that from other animals
is mainly due to the fact that hogs are
generally fed on grain or other con :
centrated food. Hogs have also the
faculty OF putting on more fat from
the same feed than other animals.
Even when they are fed corn. their
manure is rich. for they put in their
excrement the desh-forming elements.
richest in plant food, and use chiefly
those that 60 to make fat and which
are OF little value as fertilizers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-25
Will New York Be EnoulfeHl

According to the figures of Prof
W. j. MCGEE, it is only question of
time when the slow but never ceasing
inroads of the ocean will engulf many
populous cities of the Atlantic sea-
board. and perhaps whole states. He,
says: There is a broad lowland
stretching frosn-Sandy Eoolz-4o-C Af>e-
Henry, and another washed by Missis-
sippi Sound upon which the sea is
gradually but slowly and surely en-
croachlng. They are fashioned
plains but recently wrested from the
ocean. and now old ocean again re-
claims it's own. Already its octopus
arms have seized the lowlands in their
horrid embrace and day by day.
month by month, year by year, genera
ton by generation, the grasp is
Tightening. the monster creeping
further and further inland. Each
average year the water mark advances
rod. The seaside cottage with a.
broad lawn before it. has an 'expecra-
ton of .life' of decade or genera
the cliff may go in year. and must.
go in a lustrum. unless human devices
outwit and overpower the waves. On
most other Eastern and Southern
coasts. the waves are also encroaching.
but their progress is slower But the,
oceans power is too great for puny
man to oppose successfully. What,
then. is he to do? In my opinion he.
can only temporarily provide against
it, and then slowly retreat before the
invasion" st. Louis Republic.
Is the Earth Hollow
The orthodox Icelander believes,
that the earth has an opening through
it from pole to pole; in other words.
that it is the exact counterpart of a
gigantic head. According to their
ideas all waters which flow to the
north are drawn thitherwards by a
suction created by the oceans tumbling
downward through the hollow which
they firmly believe exists Their au-
thority for this curious belief is the
"Utama Saga" semi-sacred work
written early in the Fourteenth cen
fury. If this ancient volume is to be
relied upon, one Bjorn Liefson. fish
erman who was driven northward by
fierce gale about the year 1921, is
the only human being who has ever
seen the spot where the waters of all
oceans plunge downward and are not
seen again until they have passed en-
tirely through the earth aud again
appear bubbling and frothing like
mammoth spring at the south pole.
Symmes. an American Arctic explorsc.
is said to have entertained notion
somewhat similar. .'E
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-01
ANTlqUE SERPENT MOUND.
1: Is 1, 900 Feet Long -pcnbuAy sIasHum'S
Dl.covprv Mt Fort Ancient.

Isis 900 Feet LOnE--renboay sIuSeum'S
Discovery nt Fort Ancient
LEBANON, O., July Sl.-A very i'm
portant archaeological discoveryhas been
made in Hamilton township.
1t has been known for long time
that there were evidences OF mound
builders monuments on the old stublo
farm, but from the peculiar location
and varied characters Of the fields they
were not identified until DR.. s. S. SEQ
Vile discovered that they were parts OF
u single earthwork, a serpent mound.
Prof. Putnum, OF the Peabody museum,
has verified tho discovery, and pro-
nounces it ono Of the greatest OF Ameri-
can antiquities.
DR.. Metz, OF the Peabody museum
and Worlds exposition, has surveyed
1t. and with Prof. Putnam is making
explorations in It. Tho snake is nine
teen hundred feet long and about ten
feet through. Tho famous Adams coun-
ty serpent is much smaller, and was
supposed 10 be the only one In exist
ence. Tho new find is seven miles be-
low 1T. Ancient, in rich arch@oloRi-
cal district,
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CARRIED INTO STORM CLOUDS.
ASpsetatOr ut a Balloon Ascenaiou JSrkOd
to Tho Sky by HI. Foot.

ASpsetator at Balloon Ascension JOrkod
'o'he Sky by His Foot.
WORCESTER, Mass, July sl.-crowds
who came to see Prof. Blonde willies'
balloon aaccnsions witnessed a sight
they will not soon forget. A heavy
thunder storm came up and tho bal.
loon escaped from the crowd trying to
mold it One luckless spectator, Bonja.
MN Long, was caught by tho right foot
IN loop Of the anchor rope and cur.
i ileu heavenwards head down. The bal.
. UNS shot upward. Long was swayed to
; ana iro in his frantic endeayors to got
' 'ato inc parachute. Two thousand
waited waited with bated breath to SEQ the un.
lucky man Drained on a house chimney
VI S9ashed 10 death on tho ground,
From the very first Long made efforts
70 save himself. His poor old mother
was In tho crowd and was almost para.
S Iyasd with horror as she saw her SON
aalnnginE by his foot Far up in tho
E ICON. and darkness flashea Of lightning
, wSS his position IN the air md lust
i Gi%Sn death seemed certain from col.
''''0n with the Y. n. @ A. boathouse
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MARTINS FERRY.
Accidents and In oIdentS In that Thriving
City-Pcrsonal aud Industrial.

CIty-Pcraonnl ana lnuustrtnl'
From present indications the electric
light plant will not be completed by tho
first OF October US many persons believe,
and probably not before the first OF the
wear. The contract has not been let and
will not be for some time. Tho thirty
days notice advertising for bids for the
erection OF the plant will not expire for
two weeks. Much time has been con-
sumed by tho usual preliminaries, pro-
badly more than was necessary. There
is dispute as to who should build tho
plant, the city council or tho electric
light trustees. II this controVersary is
kept up in the newspapers there is no
telling when the plant will be put up.
1t has been nearly four months since
the city voted for a plant and 1t should
be built as quickly as possible. The
system to be adopted will doubtless be
the Thompson Houston or the Fort
WAYNE, either Of which lie first class.
Councilman David Llewellyn, who has
been investigating the matters, says that
the plant can be erected within the
limit voted on at the April election. A
taxpayer stated on Saturday that he
would get out IN injunction restraining
the city council from further proceed.
ings, II that body undertakes to build
the plant. Martin's Ferry is badly in
need OF electric light and her citizens
want the plant built and the sooner the
better. The streets have never been
lighted since the plant Of the construc.
ton company was destroyed by ire, and
there is little prospect Of them being
lighted for long time to come. Tho
days arc getting shorter, and the citi:
Zens are already kicking. Commercial
light has boon furnished by the Bridge
port company since tho construction
comp0ny's plant was burned, and con-
Eumers will have to content themselves
with this until the city plants in opera
ton.
Harry Chessell and Thomas Williams,
two OF Martins Ferry cyclers, appeared
Yesterday with their wheels enameled
blue and whito and attracted much 1T
tention.
Tho straight scale was signed at the
Iaughlin mill on Saturday. Tho heat
ers will go on tomorrow aud both tac.
tories ON Wednesday.
Miss Harriet Lowe, Of SteubonvllIo,
who is on the sick list at tho residence
OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Gillespie, is some.
what better.
John E. Morgan, who has been camp
ing with tho Lukens Fishing Club near
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snfr. nnlnk nnh Ensc.iYr.

The valuable curative properties Of
ALLcocR's Porous PLAsTRRs are due TO
the employment OF tho highest medical
and chemical skill. They are purely
vegetable, and in ingredients and
method have never been equalled; safe,
quick and effective in their action; they
do not burn or blister, but soothe and
relieve while curing, and can DO worn
without causing pain or inconvenience.
Do not be deceived by misrepresonta-
ton. All other so-called Porous Plas-
tiers arc limitations, made to sell on the
reputation OF A1LcocK's.
Ask for ALLcooK's and let no soliCita-
ton or explanation induce you to &C.
cept q substitute.
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Cambridge, retnrnod on SATURDAY., and
reports lots of fun, game, fish and tur;
ties.
Joseph White will 20 into business
with his brother VIII, at Denver, Col.
Mrs. Chew and daughter Guilette. OF
Sharon, Pa, arc visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Charles Timberlake and family
have returned from Pittsburg.
Flagstone pavements are growing in
popularity in Martins Ferry.
Mrs. Parker Elliott, who has been
quite sick, is couvalesccnt.
Chester Van Pelt, OF Moundsville,
was in tho city yesterday,
The Etna aud Standard mills are
getting ready to start.
Miss Jessie Williamson has returned
from Chicago.
Joseph Hilton has returned from
Cambridge.
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GRAND CIRCUIT.
Tho Closing Day ut Cleveland tho Best OF
the Racing Meeting.

Tho Closing Day ut Cleveland tho Bcst Of
the Racing Meeting.
CLEVELAND, o., July Sl.-The Grand
Circuit races closed at dark last evening.
The last days sport was the best of all.
Rains mado tho track somewhat heavy,
but the time made was very fast never
thelcss Tho 1898 pace was game
race, with big field, and it was won
after struggle by Merry Chimes. In
the 2:25 trot Ira Gaines, who finished
first in tho first heat, was set back to
ninth place in the second, and distanced
in tho third for foul driving. Sum
mariaa.
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nEEon VANCE K11nEp.
a RunninE Fight After West virginia MuI
dCrors Ends in n Tragedy.

dOrOrs Ends in Tragedy.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, July S1.--A
telegram was received hero to-day from
Richards, Va, announcing that the
Vance gang, who killed Ike Thompson
at Gauley two weeks ago, had been
found, and in a running fight Reece
Vance was killed aud Harvey Blankin.
ship captured. james Vance, the prln'
cipal murderer, escaped. Tho officers
are hot on his trail and he may be ar
rested before morning.
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v = YER ny
MHfsH Ta x.
CoME MERCHANTS would
y have You believe that trade

have You believe that trade
enters II condition Of tor
pidity about July /, and 70.
mains go till the cool days of
September wake it to life and
activity again.
But, begging your pardon, that
isnot true. There is no season
Of the year in which people do
not buy goods; theretis'no sea.
son in which they do not want
them. By the same token,
there is no season in which 1t
will not pay to advertise.
However, your neighbor has
this old-fashioned notion, andis
too conservative to advertise
now, there is all the better
chance for you. Ii you think
people are not hunting bargains
in warm weather, try it.
Everybody is not out OF town,
by large majority!
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The base ball games on Saturday
throughout the country resulted as
follows:
Cincinnati s, St. Louis 8.
Boston II, Philadelphia Z.
Cleveland 0, Chicago s.
Louisville s, Pittsburgh ..
New York 10, Brooklyn3.
Baltimore 5, Washington 5.
Cleveland s, Chicago 8, Second
camel.
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Following is the standing OF the
clubs in the second series. Three clubs
arc tied for first place with the others
In nloua MI ranit.
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no caught by chance the cutoff rOpc Of
the parachute aud dropped like a shot
for so feet. Then tho big umbrella filed
aud no landed safely.
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FOE RENT.

M. a NUuIN
NO pcS 81 s ssad Sas6 r sGSst 90
No. 2l4 Sixteenth street, six rooms and
finished attic hot aud cold waIer4I;........ g "
No 2S20 Main street. five roOniG ,........... 10 90
No. 2Sl7 Chapline street, three rooms........ %
Stable north OF Fourteenth strGot.......,.... %
No. 2f22 Woods street. three rooms .......... 8 %
No $50 alley B. two rooms %
Three-roomed house aud three and a half
acres OF land, West Liberty. ... ......a........
No 261I Market street, two rooms............ q
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FOR SALE.

3lS acres ofland at Pleasant Val Cyl. new mod.
crn house OF seven rooms, and two other houses
on Saidland. Price 5000.
100. Acre and IO.acre tract OF land near Louis
burGh, Dallas county, Mo. VIII exchange for
residence property in the Ohio Valley
Ra Ss5IS IN prIco rom sliOto $3.50 lot
No 100 Main street, store room aud dwelling
and u full lot for $1,000
No 1885 Chapline street. for $1,000
Three-roomed cottage on Moundsyille Camp
Ground S65.
No. 23s Woods street 81 800.
Exley lots, east side oil Llnd street aud south
Of Tenth street.
No 260i Market street
No. IS Thirty.tirt street, ground GGSt3
feet, l2rooHs, price. 60gg
No. ll15 EottStroet half lot.................. 2gg
No. 81 Thlrty.eIghth street. :......,... $3.50
No 1l80 Charles street and three lo.,...,... LOU
Pleasant Valley lots, Sl60 70 SGD each.
bGacro farm, known as Portot farm, 80 pes
acre.
No. 2l02 Chnplnc street
No. III Sixteenth street
Five-rooncd house aud lot At McMecheu.
-Four lots In McMechon, MllleFa addition
No. 90 Sixteenth street
No. GO North Front street
Ma 1923 McCOlloch street, lot G0Si9O feet Sl.51l
Lot on South Front street, $1,000
FOR PESsIoNS-wl ios question Blank }:
call on
JAMES A. HENRY,
U s. Claim Attorney, Roal EsEate Agent colse
torand Notary Public.
jyiJ 1912 Market Street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-01

The latest Novelties in Footwear in
all the leading styles just received.
l. V. BLOND.
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Cambridge, re,nrnod on, Saturday, and
reports lots of fun, game, fish and tur;