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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
An October Bluff.

The tramp went boldly up to the
kitchen Of a house on Beaubien street
and knocked. The lady opened the
door.
MADAM he said very respectfully,
''can l shovel the snow off your side
waikiki
The lady was struck speechless.
Excuse me-" he repeated, "can I
shovel the snow off your sidewalk?''
*'Snow?'' she gasped. "Snow? There
isn't any snow on my sidewalk. We
don't have snow in October"
II know that, madam he responded,
touching his hat, ''but you will have in
January, and I thought if you'd give me
my dinner today would be only too
glad to come around then and shovel it
off to repay you for your Kindness"
1t was straight bluff, and he won.--
Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
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A Young COlOrcd Poet.

The poetic taste and ability Of young
colored man Of Dayton, O., attracted
the attention Of members of the West
err Association Of Writers at its last
meeting there, and DR.. James Newton
Matthews, Of Mason, Ills, writes con-
corning him in the following apprecia-
tive vein:
A month or two ago, while in Dayton,
O., attended a meeting Of the western
authors. About half way down the in
formal programme the presiding officer
announced the reading Of a poem by
Paul Dunbar. Just the name for poet,
thought l. Great was the surprise Of
the audience to see stepping lightly
down the aisle, between the rows of
huttering fans and the assembled beauty
and wit of Dayton, a slender negro lad,
as black as the core of Cheops' pyramid.
He assembled the rostrum with the cool
ness and dignity Of cultured enter
tainer, and delivered poem in tone
las musical as is Apollo's lutte" He
was applauded to the echo between the
stanzas, and heartily encored at the
conclusion. He then disappeared from
the hall as suddenly as he had entered
it, and many were the whispered con-
lectures as to the personality Of the
man and the originality Of his verses,
none believing it possible that one Of his
age and color could produce thing Of
such evident merit.
After repeated inquiries 1 succeeded
in locating the rising laureate Of the
colored race, and called upon him. He
was an elevator boy in one of the down
town business blocks. found him
seated in a chair on the lower landing,
hastily glancing at the July Century
and jotting down notes on a handy pen
Gil tablet. Not having time to converse
with me there, he invited me into the
elevator, and during a few excursions
from floor to floor, gathered from him
the following facts: His parents were
both slaves-his father having escaped
into Canada from the south. His mother
is living in Dayton, and he is supporting
her and himself on the pitiful sum of
four dollars per week. He is nineteen
years of age. In reply to q question, he
stated that As had been writing rhymes
since he WAS thirteen. His favorite ALL
thors are Whittier and James Whitcomb
Riley.-1ndianapolis Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
A Summer without Nights.

TO the summer visitor in Sweden there
is nothing more striking than the almost
total absence of night. At Stockholm,
the Swedish capital, the sun goes down
a few minutes before 10o'clock and rises
again four hours later during greater
part of the month of June. But the four
hours the sun lies hidden in the frozen
north are not hours of darkness the re.
fraction of his rays as he passes around
the north pole makes midnight as light
as a cloudy midday, and enables one tc
read the finest print without artificial
light at any time during the might. -
ST. Louis Republic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
The Difference.

''Whoa there, / say; whoa, you brute"
The man jerked his horse savagely,
pulling him right and left for the simple
reason that when he had left the poor
animal a moment it had moved toward
spot of grass, which it began to nibble,
when it was refined up by it's angry
master.
At the same moment another man
who had stopped his team opposite was
lifting a dozen jolly boys and girls from
his truck and dropping them gently on
the grass. -- E|....
''Thank you, mister," they chorused
as, smiling, he drove away.
Out Of the goodness of his heart he
had treated them to a ride. His neigh
Dor vented his bad temper on his horse.
The conditions Of the men were paral-
lels, but their souls were as far apart as
the poles. Smiles and scowls indicate
the moral temperature. Detroit Free
Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Some Bright Old Men.

1t is remarkable how many great men
are still alive and active, though over
eighty years of age. Kossuth, who has
just celebrated his ninetieth year, is
busy with his memoirs, besides being
employed in preparing collected edition
Of his works. Lesseps is hale and hearty
at eighty-seven. MacMahon is year
older than Mr.. Gladstone, and has also
written his memoirs. Pope Leo XIII is
eighty-three, and though rumors Of his
Ill health are constantly being circu-
lated, he is still able to be one of the
busiest statesmen in Europe. Belgium
has Com. in the person of M. Frere
Orban, veteran parliamentarian, who
has just entered his eighty-f first year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
A Mysterious Cavern in France.

Some workmen employed in a quarry
at Taverny, a village in the forest of
Montmorency, France, while excavating
block Of gypsum recently, came upon
a cavern, the existence Of which had
never been suspected. There is an un-
derground gallery about a third Of a
mile in length and nearly 200 feet below
the surface, hewn out of the solid
gypsum, while at the extreme end of
this gallery is a small opening about
~ feet in height and about the same
distance in width. It is causing CON
siderable interest in scientific circles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10

0TATE OF MINNES oTA, COUNTY OF MILE
~ Lacs.--ss. In Probate Court. Special Term,
Oct. 18TH 1892.
In the matter of the estate of Ephraim c. Gile,
deceased.
Whereas An instrument in writing, purporting
to be the last will and testament of Ephram C. Gile,
deceased, late of said county, has been delivered
to this court;
And whereas, Theresa S. Gile has filed there
with her petition, representing among other
things, that said Ephraim c. Gle died in said
county on the Sth day of September, 1892, tesate,
and that said petitioner is the executriX named in
said last will and testament and praying that the
said instrument may be admitted to probate, and
letters tesamentary be to her issued thereon;
1t is ordered, That the proofs of said instru-
ment, and the said petition, be heard before this
court, at the probate office in said county on the
18th day of November, A. d. 1892, at 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon, when all persons interested may
appear for, or contest. the probate of said insru
lnent;
And It's further ordered, That notice of the
time, and place Of said hearing
be given to all persons interested, by publishing
this order once in each week, for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, in
the Princeton UNION weekly newspaper printed
and published ut Princeton, In said county.
Dated at Princeton, Minnesota, the 18th day of
Oct, A. d. 1892 By the Court:
CHAs. "A. DIcKEY,
i SEAL Judge of Probate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Each Log Seyen Cars Long.

The special train bearing the ten big
logs destined for the fagpoles for the
Washington Worlds fair building at
Chicago will be run in three sections of
fourteen cars each. Each of the logs
equals the length Of seven fat cars,
though they are loaded in such manner
that the weight is carried by two of tho
cars. With the exception Of the two
largest, the logs are placed two together
on the cars, but it was impossible to load
the two largest in that manner, owing
to their enormous weight. .......
The two end cars OF the sections will
support the load on raised block work.
ing on pivot. The other cars will be
empty, and the logs will extend over
them above the car floors. This arrange
nlent is necessary owing to the curves in
the road. When the train is on a curve,
the first and last cars of the section will
of course not be in the same straight
line, and if the logs were supported by
all the cars, it would be impossible to
round the curves without breaking
either the logs OF the cars. To overcome
this difficulty the movable blocks on the
two end cars are brought into play, and
while the empty cars curve around a
bend in the track the pivots are also
turned, permitting the logs to always
retain the same relative position with
respect to each other. --f .-.~-
On sharp curves the middle of the
load will be entirely clear of the cars at
the, center OF the section. and will lie
parallel to a tangent drawn at the outer
edge of the curve. When the curve is
passed the pivots again throw the logs
back to their original position Spokane
| (Wash.) Review
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Black LIGHTNING.

A correspondent Of The Electrical Re-
view, writing from Haines Falls, N. Y,
says that during remarkable electrical
storm there recently he and several
others ''saw distinctly a streak Of black
ightning." He was taking photographs
OF the remarkable lightning flashes that
occurred during the storm. He says
several people saw the black streak Of
lightning from different points. He asks
for an explanation, and wondersif it is
a reversal Of the image on the retina Of
the eve
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Taylors. Minnesota September
g. oath, 1892.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice Of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court for Mile Laos county, Mimi, al
Princeton, Mimi, November 4th, 1892 viz
August Pinz, II. E. No. 1891, dated March 25th
1887. for the SE of Mex of Sec. s, r. 36 n, r. &C
W., 4th P. NJ. y.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
said land Wis Wilhelm Sellhorn, Theodore Rosin
Frank Maihak and Jacob Elenbaum, all OF
Princeton, MINI.
.r ED. C. GoTTRY. Register.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Russian TatnliSnl.

One day a Russian village official was
riding with me in search Of some strayed
horses. The black, soil was like dust,
and he sighed heavily as his marc sank
in the light stuff.
"Ah," he said, ''what land is this? It
is like a woman broken with sorrow.
How can she find food for her child?'
"Has it been so all SUMMER I asked.
"Not SO, indeed. There was frost in
spring, and men said Frost and fair
weather. But then came the dryness,
and though mass was said in the fields,
it went to nothing. And then we dug
up the drunkards" :,
'The what?" -. e..
'The drunkards, your honor. Often
it u.s.. that when the drunkards are pulled
out of their graves and flung into pools
Of water, that rain will come; we know
not why. But not only rain came, but
hail and fierce storm and fire, and with
cred the little that was grown. Then
after that, dryness again and now," he
shrugged his shoulders, ''the famine
''Must there be fanaine?'' asked.
0uie1y, ue Saul Win s1nlle; Cne
grain we have is soon eaten, and then
what?'
"Will no provision be made for the
future?'' ..... ="
"Who should make provision? Now
we can buy much and eat much; after
ward-well, the little father will not see
US die!" ..~..s r.
So depending on the car and public
charity, they rest content in making nc
provision for the future.-Temple Bar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
UNION \ JOB \ OFFICE
First Publication Oct. 20.
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure.

Edwin johnson and Mary A. johnson. as mort
gagors. executed and delivered to Violata John
son, mortgagee, a mortgage of real estate in the
county of Mile Laos, and state of Minnesota.
described as follows. to.wit: THE east half of
the northeast one-fourth and the northwest one
fourth of the southeast one fourth of section
twenty one, in township thirty-eight. range TWEEN
ty-seven, containing 1s0 acres: more or less. &C
coring to government survey Said mortgage
bears date the 4th day of October, 1881. and was
led and recorded in the office of the register of
deeds of said county, in book &C. of mortgages
on pages $40 and 311, on october sTths1SS1. at six
O'Clock P. NJ. The amount claimed to be due on
said mortgage ut the date of this notice is four
hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty three
cents. -s:f
Said mortgage, for default made in its condi-
tions will be foreclosed by sale of the above
described morteaged premises, at the front door
of the court house, in the village of Princeton in
said Mile Laos county, on the third day of De-
cember, A. D. 1892, at two O'Clock p. NJ.
Dated October Goth. 1892
VIoLATA JOHNSON.
j. A. Ross, Mortgagee
Attorney for Mortgagee, Princeton MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Deserved Punishment.

A man in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, was
fined ten shillings the other day for
playing the bagpipes on Sunday. Wheth-
er because it was Sunday or because it
was bagpipes is not stated, but neigh
bors Of the man who spends his Sabbaths
now in practicing campaign march
atrocities on a bugle will readily see the
Wholesomeness Of the Covenanter blue
laws.-New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
An Error in the Lords Prayer.

A party of gentlemen were the other
evening discussing literary subjects
when one asked another to point out the
grammatical blunder in the Lords
Prayer. Half dozen tried; some
thought it lay in the words, (Which art
in heaven" others placed it elsewhere,
but not one detected it in the expression,
t'For thine is the kingdom, the power
and the glory" TO be perfectly correct
the word ''is'' should be fare" but people
have used it in the present form so long
that they never think Of regarding it as
blunder. There are teachers who say
such an expression is right, because it
sounds right, but reverse it and say,
'"The kingdom, the power and the glory
is thine and the fault is soon perceived
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10

T. The French actor Got has amassed a
fortune of 100000 francs during his
long professional life at the Theatre
FRANCHISE. When he retires from the
stage in 1894, he will have been connect.
ed with that theater for fifty years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
A Royalty on A1ligators.

An alligator hunting concession is the
latest special privilege granted by the
Mexican government. For five dollars
for each ton Of alligator skins obtained,
and seventy cents for each ton Of alli-
gator fat, the government grants to the
concessionaires the right to kill allig-
ators in the Tecolutia, Nautla, Papaloa-
pam and Coatzacoalcos rivers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
A Good Reason.

First Boy-Why do they call all goats
billygoats and nanny goats? Why don't
they call 'em Georgia goats an Johnny
goats and Jimmy goats, an so on?
Second Boy-Why, goats looks 50
much alike you can't tell 'em apart, so
wot's the use Of havin different names?
Good News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Taylors Falls, Mimi, Oct.

Land Office ut Taylors Falls, MIMI, Oct. 9TH,
1892.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk of the Dis
rict Court for Mile Laos county. Mimi, al
Princeton, Mimi, on November Both, 1892, viz
Jacob Ellenbaum. II. E. No. 1929, dated July II
1886. for the SW4 of NE4, SIX of NW4 and
NV of SEA of Sec. 9, II. 36 N, R. &c W., 4h
P. NJ. .-'
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of .Said
land, viz: Theodor Rosin, August Pinz Andrew
Umberhocker and John Boyn, all of Princeton
Mimi.
ED. G. GoTTRY. Register.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Durability az Paper Teeth.

Among the most remarkable inyen-
lions at the recent paper exhibit at Ber-
lin was set Of paper teeth made by d
Lubbock dentist in 1878. They have
been in constant use for more than thir-
teen years and show absolutely no wear
whatever.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10

The county commissioners Of Carbon
county, Pa, recently sold $1,000 acres Of
unredeemed mountain land. Some Of it
was sold for less than three cents al
acre.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-10
Good in Theory. but

Mrs. Newage Why don't girls learn
their fathers business and be independ.
ent2 33
One Girl Please, ma'am, my father
Is a telegraph lineman. New York
Weekly.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

Webster's Dictionary, title Lynch
law" says: 1.-THE practice Of Furnishing
men for crimes or offenses by private,
unauthorized persons, without a legal
trial. The term is said to be derived
from Virginia farmer named Lynch,
who thus took the law into his own
hands," These are the main facts in re-
gard to the origin Of this celebrated
"law," which, as matter Of fact, is not
claw" at all.
In Campbell county, Va, some Of the
rankest and most obnoxious Tories were
taken care of by law, but there were
many others not readable by the statu-
tory enactment. This being the case,
Colonel Charles Lynch, Colonel Robert
Anderson, his brother-in-law, and one
Galloway, a neighbor, determined to rid
their part of the county Of its enemies.
They accordingly seized the leaders OF
the several Tory factions and logged
them so severely that they were only tbo
glad of the chance offered them to
''leave, and leave for good"
This summary treatment having
proved 50 effectual in Campbell county,
it was soon tried in other counties where
King George had the strongest folio w
ing. Such procedures soon became
known as "trials by Judge Lynch" and
the "justice" obtained in such courts a.
Lynch law. Louis Republic.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

DR.. Pye Smith holds that there II no
fear of the ordinary man using his
brains too much for health. and he does
not believe that mental labor or honest
work of any kind interferes with health
or shortens life day. He maintains
that excessive eating is the abuse that
tends TO the injury Of brain workers
more than any other cause.
Many active brain workers have sud
denly broken down md fancied that il
was due TO brain fatigue, when, rs a
matter Of fact, it was due to over stuff
ing their stomachs. The furnace cen
nection with mental machinery became
clogged mp with ashes and carbon in
various shapes and forms, and as re-
suit disease came, and before the case
was fully appreciated a demoralized con.
dition Of the nervous system was man
ifested and the prossic cause for the
collapse was suppressed under the en-
phemistic mental overwork.
burg Dispatch.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
Brazilian money here several years ago.
New Yexk Ti1neA



The methods employed by the Partisan
authorities for communicating with ths
provinces during the siege Of Paris were
persevering and Ingenious. The princi-
pal means Of sending letters was BY bal
looms and carrier pigeons, bat many
other plans were tried 1t was Almost
impossiblef for messenger 70 get through
the German lines. Even when other
difficulties could be overcome the dan
ger OF search and discovery Of the
dispatch was great.
Many Of the messengers made incisions
in the skin and hid dispatch under the
epiderrnis. Others provided themselves
with hollow ten centime pieces or hol-
low keys, which could be opened like q
box and n which dispatches could be
hidden. One was accustomed TO hide
his dispatch under an artificial hollow
tooth. These dispatches Of course were
written In cipher, and covered only Z
fragment Of paper.
Attempts were made TO cross the
enemy's lines by following the caves and
natural tunnels under the left branch Of
the Seine, and by diving and crossing
the bed Of the river in diving suits, but
these plans failed.
A curious scheme was the putting of
letters into little hollow spheres Of zinc,
and throwing these spheres into the
Seine or its tributaries. hoping that they
would float to Paris. They did float Ia
Paris, but not until after the armistice.
1t was supposed that they were stopped
by dams. or that they were discovered
and held back by the Germans until the
siege was at an end.-Youth's Compan.
;osS
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

One yard Of finch ribbon; fringe the
snds; turn just above the fringe and
haste: turn one end up six inches, the
other four. overcasting the edges to form
pockets. Run one end through brass
crescent after having etched in irregular
letters "Spectacles" on one pocket. "Eye-
glasses" on the other. Finish with small
plush balls or brass sequins. A pair Of
spectaclss and eyeglasses may be etched
ON the pockets IL preferred.
IL there Is big brother who goes to
evening parties or to the opera, certainly
be viii be pleased with n perfumed pad
for the drawer ia which he keeps his
dress shirts, gloves and ties. II . very
handsome one is desired, china silk may
DO used, though the best quality Of
cheesecloth in delicate pink or blue is
extremely pretty. Measure the length
Of the drawer and get half yard more
than its length Two sheets Of waddiag
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

CASE FOR wAsHCrorH AND SOAP.
Almost aay little girl Of ten or twelve
years who Ia expert with her needle can
make this case. with perhaps little as
sistsnce in transferring a design 70 be
outlined A strip of piIlowcase linen.
IA BY 9 riches. enc end rounded, has a
simple spray II aowsrs ON the square
end not exceeding Ere inches in height.
Line with white snarneled cloth. bind
With linen tsps. ard On the flap outline
take me- or Il am ready 80 u1ay be
rrsferred A crash OF linen washcioth.
scaiiope,i OF frirgea. with daintily per
fs,rnesi piece Of soap. completes the use
Fri and pretty trthe.
Most q my rsaders have doubtless
essn the pretty banners that are 50 fire.
a,sentlv hang On the head Of the Bad IN
guest chambers. but II not they viii ind
pleasure IN sending ons 70 some friend
recently visited. ~ n placing enc N their
own spare room. Ssree fresh lowers
esnnct always greet friend tins pretty
ecrcest may BE substituted.
Three-eighths of ysrd 81 sash rihlson
snd brass rod are the nsferials needeis
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
Universally of tho Sign Language.

Uu1verBolIty Oh tho Sign Language
1t is fact worth noting that the signs
used by the Indians Of North America
are identical in may instances with those
employed by the deaf mutes of today.
A short time ago friend Of the writer.
who had spent considerable time among
the Indians, but who had never talked
with deaf mute before, conversed with
some pupils of the New York institution
by means of signs which he had learned
from the red men. "Where are you go
ing" and II am going away on horse
back" were the same when given by the
deaf mutes and by tho visitor.
Another instance showing the sign
language to be q universal one wa
when the mother of the writer, herself
. deaf person, while attending con.
vention of instructors of the deaf in
France, conversed on various topics
with mute friend by means Of signs
The French lady had no knowledge Of
the English language, while the Ameri
can knew hardly q word Of French
Scribner's.