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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-02

Bristow, Senator Conkling, Gov. Hayes and
others. On the seventh ballot his vote rose
to 351, lacking only % Of a nomination. A
combination upon Hayes, however, defeated
Goes to the Senate.
later. Again in 1880 his friends of four
years before stood by him in the national
SCI; Blaine, 2s4; Sherman nan So; i Edmuads,
"a: Washburne, 80; Window, 10, and Car
field, l., On the final ballot, however, the
nominated. After his election Mr.. Blaine
was made secretary of state. He vas il the
On his retirement he was for the first
time in twenty three years out Of public sta
9n took up his vel 1n9wn
sued the first volume in January; 1884. In
that year he was again before the Repub-
presidency. On the fourth ballot he received
541 Of the S13 votes and was nominated
President Arthur was his chief competitor
The result hinged upon New York, which
went Democratic and elected Grover Cleve-
land. Mr. Blaine returned at once to his
h hsssstSGry and completed the second e volume in
Later he, travelled extensively in Europe,
Of the Republican convention in 1888 he re-
fused to accept the nomination, cabling from
Scotland Scot: to the Chicago gathering to that
didate =
: He worked for the success of Mr. Harri-
son in the succeeding campaign, and at the
beginning of the, present national admins
tration he entered the presidents cabinet as
secretary of state. His distinguished career
in that position is well remembered. The
Pan-American congress, the reciprocity
treaties and other striking incidents render
differences he resigned his position in the
cabinet few days before the meeting Of
the national convention of his party. Though
a short time before he had declined in set
tion he permitted his friends to use his
name. On the first ballot, however, Presi-
dent Harrison was renominated Though in
bad health Mr.. Blaine wrote letter and
made speech for his party during the cam
There was nothing negative about Mr..
Blaine You could not remain neutral with
him. You were either very much for him
or very much against him. Even his enc
his brilliant abilities. Mr.. Blaine was him
self a fighter who thrived on opposition
AS a conversationalist Mr.. Blaine had
few equals. He had a keen appreciation of
fun, and could tell a story with a wonder
full simplicity. There was no dragging pre-
Jude, no verbose details preceding stupid
finale. The story was presented always
dramatically and fired almost as if from a
gun when the point was reached. Mr..
Blaines ability to entertain a private cir
Gle as well as a public audience showed
that he had great powers as an actor.
An Excellent Host.
The dinner table in the Blaine house was
the place where the gayest Of good ma
tured chaff ruled. From 6 to the dinner
sped under cover of running ta.k upon the
happy in his family. None Of his children
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-02

remained there for number of years. Hit
life abroad diverted his attention from pur
suing the practice of his profession. Pos
to follow a life Of leisure. He returned fron
dStincti9n in connection with the then strug
father was born in Carlisle. the place wher'
the diplomatic Blaine resided after his re
f fatho from OF Europe Ephraim L. Blaine, til.
ness man. First, justice of the peace, n
mean place then. and later prothonotar..
CLERK CLERK of the district COURT Of washington
by his negh %os arrays Ths Bla fn
We're all staunch Presbyterians. severa
were wei =; Calvln I divines Ephraim however
&c, Celtic parentage: She acknowledged the
Roman Catholic obedience. This did not de
ter her from accepting the hand and nam,
as mothers Of great men are Won't to be
SeFeral years since she and her daughter
Mrs. Robert Walker, wife Of navy officer
a ,le At at Ealzabeth, Pa. OF three sons Jane,
IT, The father Of James used the means left
him hin by the elder James Gillespie Blaine in
Western Pennsylvania. These lands are n
present the site of numerous coal and iron
thn,1an 4 thd are worth many millions. Al
on TO these properties until anything Of Their
modern value was discovered, vet he re.
ia ne enough to leave handsome property
49,"
OF the most valuable properties in Mononga.
e, county, Pa. This has been developed
from iron tract Of wild land into great prop.
Sr1y Wnici has for Years brought in
business qualities of his father. He made
most OF his money in coal lands of western
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He 9Weni
70 Maine on account of his marriage with a
na alne lady ST. the time Of his entrance in
estimated to be in the neighborhood Of s250..
OOO. His estate is probably worth a million
dollars. |l - iN~Y-' - ">A1s = A Ail.1
His. His personal appearance was altogether
striking. A rugged mien, face furroWed
with strongly marked lines surrounding the
mouth and other features bespoke will pow
er 1ndomitable and firmness unswerying.
sparse. closely cut hair and full frosty
o1antia betrayed Hfe's autumn. A youthful
elastlcity OF movement however, seemed to
Del pei the years written to his account in q
SIell-tale congressional: record. His height
was nearly six feet. his frame almost coios-s
sal. HIS attire was altogether appropriate
slouchiness even in apparel Neither mind
nor body was lacking in muscle and sinpw
race and form alike conveyed an Impression
of vigor and resolution. $500 3
The trials Of man COLLECTING hills
sometimes takes an annoying turn Ono
of those pleasant gentlemen steDned
into an q. Office, and, seeing the debtor
talking to a number, of lady friends.
waited till he had leisure Whereupon
the debtor turned to the collector.
with a very pleasant manner aid said.
II will loan you this much TODAY.
Come again when you are hard up. &,
and smiled one of those smiles that
crack looking glass. Hartford Post.
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Will Leave -NexicOl

Il Monterey, Mex, JAM 81. All the for
.eign insurance companies doing business
in this country have instructed their
agents to discontinue doing business in
Mexico, as the recently imposed tax has
rendered it impossible to do business
under present circumstances. s
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Fifty-FOur Below,

4 Battleford. N. w. II, Special. Ian. 81
The Thermometer at the signal station
n here re recorded the lowest temperature Of
the winter last night, the reading of the
minimum being 81 degrees below zero
This temperature is the lowest expert
enced here for a number of seasons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-02
Deem snow. In wnshfactcn

Deep Snow In Wnshiagtcn.
Tacoma Jan. 81 ~ Fourteen inches of
4 81 oW has fallen within the last three
I DAYS. All electric street cars ara
stepped and only cable cars are running
All Northern Pacific trains are more
q or less DELAYED.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-02

EStltutlOn and code of bylaws were embOd-
led in the report The association is to
and one vice president from each county in
the state. quorum shall be twenty-five
members. ..a - - 4sE q.
The committee on resolutions, of which
3. J. Buell. was chairman. submitted a
lengthy report, which was considered item
by item. Several ofthe sections was strick-
en- out. The resolution recommended that
each township should raise road tax of
from to 10 mills. s5.5&i
Other resolutions embodied in the report
OF the committee and adopted are as fol-
lows. 51
cost of highways upon the benefited prop
erty holders has been successfully adopt
ed in many cities and states and in many
counties Of this state there is strong seati-z
ment in favor of applying this principle in
the making Of country roads. We there
fore favor such changes In ..our constitution
and laws as will permit the people of any
county, city, viliageor township, by two.
thirds vote. to adopt this pl an Of assess
ment against bene6ciaries, provided that
no assessment shall be in excess Of the
actual benefits conferred and provided that
limo case shall the adoption Of this plan
do away with the rights of communities
under the present law.
Resolved, that the exemption o f ,lnu-s
sual railroad lands from taxation is in.
many counties. the greatest hindrance to-
good roads. We therefore demand such
changes in our laws as will subject all
land to taxation. We also demand that
al railroad land be subjected to special as
sessment for street, roads, and other pur-
poses, the same as other lands whenever
such policy of special assessment may be
adopted. s':
Resolved that the legislature be asked to
make an appropriation to have 1000 cop
les of the proceedings ofthis good roads
convention printed in pamphlet form and
distributed throughout the state.
Rufus Cook, of Minneapolis, read paper
on Stone Roads, the Two Systems, Teliord
and Macadam Com pared, Common Gravel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
Scientific Calculations.

Nothing seems to be too startling at
the present day in calculations as to
the convertibility of speed and power
Thus, starting from the most general
and obvious means of conveying power
from motor to machine-the common
leather belt-Sir r. Ball remarks that
light, fast-running cotton rope may
be substituted for the heavy, slow
running belt, when the conditions are
favorable to the exchange of speed for
weight. Following up the line of
reasoning presented by such fact, he
shows that rope as light as sewing
cotton, running at the speed of rife
bullet, would carry horse power; and,
proceeding to the extreme case of the
lightest kind Of line known, that of
spiders web, and the highest known
velocity of travel, that of light, he ar
rives at the conclusion that, if line of
spiders web could be driven with the
speed of light, it would carry some
thing like two hundred and fifty horse
power.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
Matrimonial Failures.

In holding forth upon the subject OF
marriage a somewhat cynical indi-
vidual, who more than likely has never
fathomed the mysteries of welded life,
gives utterance to the following sage
opinion:
''In the case of an old bachelor,
consider marriage to be blunder
which is worse than a crime. By an
old bachelor mean man of middle
life-that is, over forty. Marriage for
a man whose habits are fixed, who has
become used to living alone, means
misery to him and to the woman he
marries. He cannot adapt himself to
his changed condition. The introduc-
ton Of another life into his seems an
intrusion. To be obliged continually
to consult another's wishes, to be
forced to yield his to those of person
of different tastes, makes his existence
slavery. With his life thus circum-
scribed he feels himself in prison, of
which his wife is the jailor. Prisoners
ordinarily have little affection for
their jailors, and he forms no excep-
ton to the rule. In time he will at
tempt to break jail by resuming his
bachelor habits and by allowing him
self, as much as he can without an
open rupture, his old-time liberty.
When he goes further and rupture
results it is obvious that his marriage
is failure. For one marriage which is
thus proved a failure there are doubt
less hundred whose failures are only
known to the quondam old bachelors
and their unfortunate wives"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

LoNDoNERs are trying to show that
Benjamin Franklin was not the first
experimenter in atmospheric electric
fly or the inventor of the lightning
rod. 1t is said that a Catholic priest
named Procopius Diwisch, as nearly as
June 10, 1854, noticed that lightning
was an electric spark and worked out
a complete theory of atmospheric cleo
tricity. At this time he was living in
small Bohemian village and he con-
structed a rod having three hundred
and twenty-four needle points, con-
Meeting the bottom Of it to the earth.
Why he didn't advertise the fact at the
time is not mentioned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THE members of the local staff of q
Buffalo afternoon paper aver that they
have no use for messenger boys of
literary tastes. One of their number
recently dispatched one of the blue
coated Mercuries on his way to the
Office with a sufficiently exciting
story" which reached it's destination
half hour too late for the makeup.
Investigation showed that the messen-
ger, attracted by the fervid word
painting which shone through the
sheets he bore, had put his favorite
publication in his pocket and had for
gotten space and time in the perusal of
the trilling pages of the copy that ar
rived too late.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
Diet Versus Drugs.

From recent developments we are led
to believe that in the treatment of
disease physicians are becoming bold
er. Many have courage now to pre-
scribe certain diet instead of drugs.
Is not the food an important factor in
determining the character of our flu
ture lives? The infant whose mother
drinks alcoholic stimulants while
nursing it, will, three chances out of
five, be addicted to the use of such
stimulants when grown. A weary
business man comes home from his
Office at night, nervous and out of tenn
per. A glass of milk heated to about
ninety degrees, slipped little at time,
and no food taken with it, or at most
only little bread and butter, will do
more toward restoring him to happy
mind and good physical condition than
all the tempting viands that can be
placed before him. A case in point is
that of lady in Platte county, Mis-
souri,, who was pronounced incurable.
A well-known physician in Kansas City
advised her to give up all medicine,
and, in order to prolong her life, pre-
scribed three ounces a day of a mixture
of sweet cream and sponge cake. In
side of ten days she began to gain
strength. In less than month she re-
gained the use of her voice and was
able to sit up, In three or four months
she was well, and has been well ever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

IT was thought to be subject for
congratulation that the warships of so
many nations could peacefully meet in
New York harbor to celebrate great
anniversary. Even a more striking
illustration of good will toward the
United States and of the United States
for all the world is found in the parade
of the armed soldiers and sailors of
nine foreign nations through the
streets of New York, each company
bearing it's national flag. The United
States, Independent itself, is not afraid
Of the precedent of permitting armed
troops upon its soil, norwin the nation
hesitate to refuse permission when
the exigencies of the case may de-
mand such action.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THERE is no city in the United States
which might be called the city of
churches with more appropriateness
than Washington. They are not par
ticularly large or imposing, these
Washington churches, but there are an
immense number of them. AS a matter
of fact, the capital contains nearly two
hundred churches-most Of these be-
longing to the Methodist denomina-
ton, which claims ffty-two The
Baptists come next with forty-fve, then
the Episcopalians with twenty-six and
the Presbyterians with twenty-one.
The Roman Catholics have thirteen, the
Lutherans ten, the Congregationalists
four, the Hebrews and the Christians
two each, and the Unitarians, the
Universalists and the Swedenborgians
one each. Besides these there are half
q dozen nonsectarian bodies.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

SINCE the figures on interstate immi-
grafton began to be collected by the
census bureau nearly 100000 more
people have left the south for the north
than the reverse. Some of the con-
trasts are almost ludicrous. Thus, of
German born there are in New York
49s, 600, in New Jersey 2SO,576, in Illi-
nois 33S, 3S2, and even in Wisconsin $780,
s19, while in South Carolina there are
but $500, in North Carolina LOTT, and
even in Texas, where they are thought
to be very numerous, but 4S,s4S. In all
the southern states there are but 2, 467
Norwegians; in the northern 800, 1913.
The moral is obvious. Where negro
labor abounds the foreigner will not go.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THE map of New Jersey is polyglot
spelling book, for the local names are
Indian, Dutch, English, French and
even Hebraic. The Indian names sur
vive in great natural features, and the
''congs" of various kinds are scattered
all over the northern half of the state.
The Dutch WY" for meadow, some
times corrupted into ely" is of fire.
quent occurrence. Scriptural names
are scattered far and wide, and "villes"
in all sorts of homogeneous syllable
combinations are found everywhere.
A few gems of the map are Tranquil
lily, Success and Comical Corners.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

IT is related upon what appears to be
pretty good authority that the man
ayers of blind asylum at Louisville,
Ky, substituted oleomargarine for but
ter. The sightless children, without
being told of the change, gradually ate
less and less of the substituted stuff,
and finally gave it up altogether.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

A RESIDENT of Oakland, Cal, owns a
bulldog that has always been very
fond of music. Several days an Ital-
ian stopped in front of his masters
house, and played some topical melo-
dies. This was all very well until the
organ began to screech 'Ta-ra-ra
Boom-de-ay," which was more than the
dog could stand, so he proceeded to
chew the organ into fragments. Even
a dog sometimes knows where to draw
the line.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

IT is contrary to law in Mexico for q
woman to take the veil. The govern
ment is so strict in enforcing this law
that a young woman of the City Of
Mexico who started the other day to
enter a convent in this country was ar
rested by the authorities and taken
back to the city. The plea was that
her relatives were opposed to her TAX
ing the veil
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THREE years of hiccoughing has
killed julius Lord, aged sixty-three, Of
WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. The attacks
were frequent and severe, and weak
ened Lord so that he was confined to
his bed. Letters were received from
all over the United States suggesting
remedies. Three days before his death
the hiccough left him, but he was too
weak to survive.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

BETWEEN 1880 and 1890 the popula-
ton of the country increased twenty
five per cent, and the number of col
lege students over fifty per cent. New
England sends more in proportion
than any other part of the country,
and of the New England states, Con-
necticut has the highest ratio of col
lege students to the population.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THE steamer John Hancock, which
was lately wrecked by gale while
tied up at the wharf at Standpoint,
Alaska, has an interesting history.
During the troubles between the
United States and japan the Hancock
carried the pennant of Commodore
Perry, and it was in her cabin that the
treaty between the countries was
signed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

WITHIN few years great numbers of
Japanese temple bells have come to
this country and have been eagerly
bought by collectors. They are not
the bronze and copper bells of the
shops, chased with gold and silver and
hung on silken cords, but are rather
rough objects that resemble old pots.
1t is not usual to hang them. They
rest on circular cushion that keeps
them from rocking, and are struck
with stick made for the purpose and
covered at the end with leather. The
tone is grave, but rich and mellow,
and the thin shells of metal vibrate
for several minutes after being struck;
while, without sounding very loud,
the carrying power of their tone is re-
markable. There is one bell in Japan
that can be heard at distance of over
twenty miles, it is said.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
NOTICE.

Land Office at Wa-Keeney, Kansas, ro 1esea
May 4, 1893.
Complaint having been entered at this Office By
James Fl. Selby against Jasper n. Clark for aband-
oning Is Homestead Entry No. 22i64 dated July 90
1892 upon the east half of the southwest quarter and
the south half of the southeast quarter of section
IL township Is south, range % west in Trego couu
ty, Kansas, With view to the cancellation of said
entry the said parties are hereby summoned to ap-
pear at this office on the 3rd day of July 1898, at
O'Clock a. M. to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment.
6H4t HILL p. WILSON, Receiver.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

PENNSYLVANIA has more timber than
all the other north Atlantic states put
together, seven times as much as New
York, one-haf more than Maine and
more than any other of the western
states short of those on the Pacific
coast
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THERE is scarcely state in which
some experimental liquor law is not
under discussion or actually before the
legislature. The state of South Caro-
lima has just gone into the liquor bust
ness. Massachusetts, is now consider
ing the Norwegian system of granting
liquor licenses, which places the traffic
more or less under state control
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

A FLORIDA hunter lost his boots in a
novel manner recently, He fell asleep
on a river bank, laying his boots with
in convenient reach. He was awak-
ened by strange noise and to his hor-
ror beheld his last boot disappearing
down an alligator's jaws. The mon
ster swallowed both of them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

AT Orlando, Fla. a young man hired
a horse and buggy to take girl out
for drive. The girl refused to go, and
the man got even by having the car
riage hire charged to her account
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
Land Office at wa-Keeney, Kansas. No
1QQ2 ENO.

'D o'' - Nay Il, 1893. No. 1897
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 viii be made before the Register and Receiver
of the u. s. Land Office at Wa-Keeney, Kansas, on
July ], 1888, viz:
Allan I. Layman,
Homestead Application No. 1898, for the
northwest quarter of section 2, township IL
south, range a. west 9Th P. NJ Kansas.
He names the following Witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon aud cultivation of, said
land, viz:
August T. Ellermeyer, Frank B. Walker. James
Z. Walker, william J. Skeltoa; all of Wa-Keeney,
Kansas.
s 20 st LINE MoER9E, ReRisteT
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

New YoRK's Madison Square garden
is said to have cost four million dol
lars, and is not gold mine. If the
stockholders can sell for three million
dollars they will think themselves well
out Of it. Never a dividend has been
maid
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03

THOMAS A. EDISON is reported to have
recently said; 81 never carried watch
in my life. never wanted to know
what time it was"