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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24

York Entering REsCUER.
as managing clerk the office Of a prom
inent legal firm, he worked his way up
by ability and steadiness of purpose un-
til in couple Of years he was admitted
as Junior partner and could look. with
confidence upon very promising future
Edith after time enjoyed much her life
in the metropolis, but often regretted
that she had quite lost sight Of her cous-
in Clara, whose home was somewhere in
that indefinite region ''away out west. ="
One spring when Mr.. Townly was
stout, middle aged lawyer with an es-
tablished reputation some legal affairs
called him out to Chicago, and he made
a pleasure jaunt Of his business trip by
taking his wife with him. In the fair
city by the lake he had the good fortune
to find a couple of old Virginian friends,
who received him very Hospitality, and
among other endeavors for his entertain
ment introduced him in their Southern
society, an organization composed al
most entirely Of men who had worn the
Confederate gray. Genial good fellows
he found them, free from sectional Bit
terness, as almost all are who fought
their fight out on the field, and the most
amicable feeling existed between them
and the members of Grand Army post
which met in the rooms adjoining theirs.
So perfect was the good understanding
existing between the two organizations
that when Decoration day was drawing
near the post extended to the society a
cordial invitation to join in celebration
Of the anniversary, and the society with
pleasure accepted.
MI. Townly accompanied his friends
on the occasion and found himself in
hearty accord with the prevailing senti-
ment Of the day. Toward the close of
the public exercises onesof the post off,
GERS approached him, saying in an in
terrogative tone, Lieutenant Townly,
believer ~.
''That is my name, - replied the gen.
tleman addressed. IT trust you will
pardon my defective memory, but though
! your face seems familiar cannot place
you.'' 80.
''Did you get back to camp all right
from Toms Brook Crossing?''
"Ah, nowI remember! You are the
man who saved my life there! Well, I
am indeed happy to meet you again,
even if you did leave a puzzle in my
mind that has worried me ever since by
saying that it made us even, and that
'one good turn deserved another. =
The Grand Army man laughed on
shall understand today. But, first, to
introduce myself, married your wife S
cousin, Clara. y
"Oh, then you are Mr.. Gooding?''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24

The sward is green where lie in peaceful rest
The thousands who once bore our banner
high,
Nor flinched to hear the hoarse, discordant
cry
Of wars outriders while the direful quest
OF shot and shell for gallant hearts was pressed
To bitter vantage. Nor with selfish sigh
Did they repine who, fearing not to die,
Had yet to wait the moment Christ has blessed
Through feeble years. The welcome sudden fall
In fierce, impetuous conflict and the patient.
pain
OF those who sprang obedient to her call
The majesty Of law to thus maintain
Columbia hole in pride perennial,
Remembering that no hero dies in vain.
.~.. Adelaide Cilley Waldron.
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dead, and it made TowNLY is SURPRISED
her so happy that she promised that
night to marry me. Here is where I had
it hidden" He unscrewed the bottom
of the old coffeepot, showing a concealed
inside plate, roughened to receive pen
Gil marks. 'sMany an important dis
patch has been written in there, and
wouldn't take thousand dollars for the
old pot today. When you saved me from
a whipping, you saved my life, for If l
had been stripped and my skin found
white your captain would have hanged
me at once So when rescued you it
was no more than even. -
J. II. Connolly.
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A Chance For Girls.

No, you won't be compelled to march
In the procession, young ladies, if you
enlist with the Daughters Of Veterans,
but you can stand shoulder to shoulder
on the pavement or fill several rows Of
seats in the reviewing stands and cheer
your favorite posts as they march along.
You can wear post colors, too, and faunt
them after the manner Of girls doting
on a college crew Or baseball nine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24

girl bowed over a TOWNLY AND EDITH.
table and weeping almost Historically.
Thinking her Edith, he walked quickly
toward her, but at the sound Of his steps
she raised her head, and he recognized
her as Miss Clara Farwell, Edith cous-
in. She did not wait for him to address
her, but fled in haste through back
door, still weeping bitterly. Hardly had
she disappeared when Edith, who had
been notified of his arrival, came into
the room, and after their mutually affec-
tionate greeting and little purely per-
sonal conversation natural under their
relations as lovers he asked her sympa-
thetically: "What is the matter with
Miss Farwell? She was here, crying as
if her heart would break, when T came
in and ran away when I was about
speaking to her. Has she a toothache?'
"a toothache!'' replied Edith indig-
nantly. "How like a man that idea is!
Nothing but a physical pain stirs your
leathery sensibilities Poor Clara! She
has heard that her father is killed, and
she loved him very dearly
HE was on the other side, wasn't he?"
eyes, in Michigan regiment, be-
heve Oh, how sad is all this dreadful
work of murder among fellow country
men who should be brethren! All for
a question Of states rightsl I'm sure
the rights of the wives and children are
a great deal higher.''
Don't let us get into discussion on
that now, dear Edith. Many good and
true man in the south thinks as you do
and yet feels that honor and duty com
pel'him to give his life to resist the in
vasion of his state. The man is not wor-
thy of living who does not in his heart
wish it were all we'll over: I am very
sorry for your cousin.'' ....
Poor motherless girl-tender, loving
and helpless! The death Of her father
leaves her altogether alone in the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24

UNCLE JOHN IN THE CEMETERY AFTER TIN
DECORATION
Nothin could keep 'em to home, he said,
And every last one o. that whole lot
Had to get shot!
TIL old man hadn't no grit, no pride
Jest up and died!
Lay the evergreen softly down
Ger the grave of old man Brown.
These are not all!
Let lilies fall
Here on this wee small grave in the shade.
can remember the day we laid
The captains baby in this green spot.
Cap, he was shot.
And some fool neighbor made haste to tell
The captains wilder the news. and-wel,
Down she went in a. faint-just fell!
And it killed the baby. She lived on,
Health and reason forever gone.
Lay lilies here.
Was that a tear?
Invent to the war myself that year.
Put roses here.
This grave is dear
She was my sister. The truest heart,
Always ready to do her part.
Gave up her son
When the first gun
Thundered at Sumter! She had but one,
And she died when
with stronger men)
He starved to death in prison pen.
(The boy she had fed and clothed and kissed,
And done for, so that he hardly missed
His father-dead when he was chilly.
She never smiled.
She loved red roses when he was small
Here let them fall.
We honor the soldiers. But they amt all!
Mrs. McVean Adams.
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rejoined her IA
ther in the north
and marri ID
there. Times
were hard in the
south, and Mr..
Townly, who had
read law, but saw
little hope of
building up a
practice at home,
deemed it expe-
dent to seek for
tune in N ew
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24

to visit Clara,
and my secret
was we'll kept un-
til now by your
wife, who was in
our confidence all
along. The day
we first met I was
carrying to Clara
a message from
her father that he
was alive and
well, though ru-
NOR had him
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TOwNTv RESCTJED-

1VV1H01 nroCUED' No OH1y Ce1USH5
the fiat of the blade. But even that was
enough to fell him unconscious The
next thing he knew he was lying in a
thicket, little way off the road, and a
man in blue, with a cap full of water,
sprinkling his face, said to him pleas
antly, "You're all right now, Lieuten-
ant Townly, barring a hole in your
arm, which I have fixed up so that il
will do until you get to surgeon. !"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24

Federal cavalry
man aiming at
his head a saber
cut that would
have ,slashed it
like an apple had
not another saber
interposed, ward
ing it off, so that
he only caught
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24
IA SCOUTS ROMANCE.
rCopyright, 1894, by American Press Associa-
ti0n.1
HE red autunnal

HE red autunnal
sun was not more
than an hour
high when a lit
tie band Of Con-
federate troopers,
rounding at a
sharp trot a curve
in the road near
W inch 9 s t er,
came suddenly
upon an old negro
man, crouched
by the wayside,
building a fire of
leaves and twips.
He looked ND in
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ed them with an obsequious "Good
eb'n'n, Mars Cun'l Good eb'n'n,
gemm'n," rising and dofing his tat
tered hat as he spoke. He was very rag
ged, very black and as scared as he was
both ragged and black.
"Who are you? Where do you come
from? What are you doing here?' de-
manded Captain Monroe, a large, SAL
low, saturnine looking man in command
of the detachment.
"Ma names Biddle, sah-Gus Bid
die. All wuz jist wuhkin ma way er-
long, sab, I'm Shan 'ndale toe Winches-
ter, sab, fob to see eff All couldn't find
ma dab 'ter's man Sam an git place
fob to lay ma ole haid an. fine mouffle
to eat. Mighty haa'd times desc on a
po' ole niggah, sah.'
"What have you there?' asked the
captain, pointing to a battered, handle
less old coffeepot standing by the flick
ering little fire.
''Dat's ma medicine tea, sab, fob ma
blood an de mizz 'ry in ma stummik. -
''Hand it up here" The old man
obeyed promptly, and the officer, after
shifting it's contents, with a look Of dis
gust remarked, "Sassafras, - as he hand
ed it back.
eyes, sab, an alder roots an dock an
Sang. It's mighty good componera-
= ton, sah."
LUCKY for you 1t hasn't the smell
Of Yankee coffee compensation, "
growled the captain, who asked num-
Der Of questions, like a suspicious and
shrewd cross examiner. They were all
answered readily enough, and yet he did
not seem satisfied. II think I'll give
you good whipping anyway" he con.
cluded.
"Oh, fob de Lawd's sake, don't dc
dat, sab! Ah'ze too ole an sick to stan
it, cunl."
II wouldn't hurt the poor old fellow
if I were you, captain,' spoke up q
bright, CHEEKY faced young lieutenant
riding by his side. HE hasn't done
anything to deserve it, has he?'
mo, possibly not specially, but hi
ought to have it on general principles
Every niger is spy for the Yankees .
''Mars Cun'l, dem mizz' able Yankees
buhn't Mars Gaines place, wha All hat
good home, an drobe ma out en- d.
cole wuhld an haa'd winter a-comi1
on. Oh, All don't tabor no Yankees
Mars Cun'l'
The captain grinned grimly, then
turning away, replied indiferently t,
his lieutenant, "Well, Townly, hav
your way about it-let him CO., ant
rode on with his troop. Before follow
ing them the lieutenant threw Con
federate bank note-the best money h
had-to the old negro, who caught i
eagerly and with profuse gratitude con
tinued calling: "T' ank you, sahl Gaw'
bless you, sahp' as long as he could b
heard by his benefactor.
X y
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pay a visit to the
residence Of the
late Judge Chan
Ter, where he was
on the enviable
footing Of an ac-
cepted sutton for
the hand Of the
only daughter,
Miss Edith Chan
Ter, a charming
girl Of IS. In the
senliobscurity Of
the parlor he saw
as he entered q
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house,
When the cousins, now middle aged
women, but with hearts still young, had
embraced and cried little together out
Of sheer happiness at their reunion, Mrs.
Gooding introduced her two pretty
daughters, who sang a medley of south
ern and northern songs appropriate to
the day. While this was going on Mr.
Gooding excused himself for few min
utes on a plea Of attending to some neg
lected business. Presently an old negro
shufded in, carrying scuttle of coal for
the CRATE fire.
''Great Scott!'' exclaimed Mr.. Town
II, recognizing him at once. "Are you
alive yet?''
eyes, sab. Aim alive yit-khem
norf same time Mars Goodin KEN. Nuf-
fin bettah fob niggahs dan ma medicine
tea'' And he showed his battered old
cofeepot, which he carried suspended
from a string about his neck. "Ma
gracious, how dis yer coal do duty up
body's han's!''
''Jennie," said Mrs. Gooding to one
Of the girls, '*get a basin Of water for
daddy to wash his hands,
Mr.. Townly opened his eyes wide at
such attention to a darby, but it was
not his business to interfere. The water
was brought, and the old man, with his
back to the company, washed not only
his hands, but his face, meanwhile talk
ing:
"Ah now'd you, sab, de minute All
seed you. Aid cotch ickin dat day
but fob you. All nebber forget dat
mighty good tuhn or quit prayin de
good .Lawd fob a chance to mex me
eben.'
Mr.. Townly started, but before he
could open his lips, with movements as
quick as those Of a lightning change
artist the aged darby, by a%compli-
Gated twist and wriggle, Invested him
>self Of his rags, as he already had of his
complexion, and stood revealed as Mr..
Gooding in blue uniform.
tHoly Moses!" gasped the astounded
southerner, while the room rang with
the laughter Of the cousins, who had
only by great effort restrained them
selves to await the denouement.
II was,' said Mr.. Gooding when a
quiet explanation became practicable,
lone Of Major Young's scouts, and this
was my favorite disguise. In it I used
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Eyes. And now let us get out of this
crowd to my carriage. Clara often
speaks Of you and will be glad to see
you at dinner
"But my wife is at the Sherman ex.
pecting me.''
Edith here! Better yet. We will go
and get her."
Mrs. Townly received the Chicagoan
as an old friend, and when her husband
looked surprised said, HE came court
ing Clara at the same time you were
counting me- That puzzled him, and
when he wanted to know how it CHANGED
they had never met under such circum-
stances Mr.. Gooding said, ''Wait lit
tie, and you shall know, but only at my
house,
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The troopers stopped that night in
Winchester, and Lieutenant Townly
awaited himself of the opportunitv to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-24
THE THIRTlETH OF MAY.

These are not all!
Here by the wall
Is the grave Of one who died in the war,
Though her body hadn't q wound or scar.
Her. hope and heart was broken when
In mass o. men
Her lover fell in a pool Of gore
With the flag he bore.
Her life and her love together fed
When he was dead.
Any viIets LETT, girls? Let them fall
Here by the wall.
These are not ALL
Go back and call
The boys that carry the evergreen.
Here's grave you men hain't seen.
It's old man Browns. His heart clean brok
Most as If he was womenfolk.
He had five sons-his wife was dead
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-02
the love OF God. lookl,,

t1l0 IOf0 VI OUu, lOOk
Startled, l looked quickly across the
canyon. The rock which appeared SC
very little like white horse seemed tc
vanish as though i'll mist. Then there
was a series of blood curdling shrieks
and curses, and flying along the edge OF
the cliff rode three persons on horseback,
and one, behind tie others, rode & great
white horse.
1t was only q moment, and then the
drunken cowboys passed out Of sight,
and the tiny feek of vapor which had
for those few seconds kept the moon
light from the white horse rock moved
on, leaving the rock standing out i'll the
clear light, just as before. Still shivcr-
ing with the sudden fright bad had,
turned to Pablo. Ee had fallen in a fit
and was lying rigid, with fecks Of
foam on his lips. I brought him round
socn, ard lie sat up, his eyes staring
wildly.
"Well, Pablo" said in as steady q
voice as ! could command, "you must
have had dream. You've been plung-
ing around ard yelling for a full five
minutes. -
"What, senior, I? A dream? Then ii
was not
81 think it was the bread, Pablo
You ate big supper, and that hot sour
bread would kill an INDIAN
Pablo concluded not to run away, as
he might have done il I hadn't been
able to convince him it was only {,
dream. R. L. Ketchun in Romance.
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Practical Chemistry.

Once, when lecturing to his class, q
certain learned professor thus delivered
himself:
81 would have you observe, gentle
men, that coal, when exposed to the ac-
ton Of tho air, loses 10 per cent of its
weight and heating properties. This
arises through the influence Of the al
kaline constituents Of tho
"But, sir, how is it when q dog lies
near the coals?" interrupted one Of his
hearers.
"Young gentleman, this is neither
the time nor the place to crack these
small jokes of yours, severely retorted
the professor.
81 beg your pardon, sir, but that is
exactly what my father thought and
said when he found it necessary to leave
the stock Of coal for a few nights i'll the
open air, and it was discovered that it
had diminished to the alarming extent
of over 70 per cent, He then consulted
me- as a student Of chemistry, as to
what could be done to stay such loss,
and suggested that a savage dog should
be procured ard kept chained near the
Goals. He took my advice, and since
then our Goals have not lost so much as
2 per cent in an entire month. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
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Possibilities of the Indian.

The Indian has within him the capa,
manhood and citizenship despite tho
barbarous instincts attributed to him
With 10 incentive to work ard with
encouragement to vice and idlcness OF.
every hand there are today uLcn the
reservations many excellent AID verify
Indian men and women. Though stolid
and sphinxliko in demeanor, the Indian
has the feelings and affections common
to human beings.
With 10 educational advantages they
are men of remarkable sense, often ap-
preaching high order Of ability. The
old chief of the Sioux nation, Spotted
Tail, was a striking figure, whether
taken physically OF intellectually. The
late Mrs. Elizabeth Winans, Sioux
woman, during a life Of Christian serv-
ice for her people was. actuated by a
purpose as pure and noble as that shown
by any philanthropist Of the country.
Among the Indians are fine natural
orators and statesmen equaled by few
educated white men. Under education
they have shown themselves quick ant,
ready learners, competing easily will
white pupils of the same age. l have
observed them at thier studies and am
convinced that they are as capable as
white children of grasping the ordinary
branches taught i'll the common schools
1t has been my pleasure to hear adj
dresses from full bloodcd Indian college
students which would do credit to un-
dergraduates Of Yale Or Harvard. Sen
ator Kyle in North American Review.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-02
The Mantle of Charity.

& is tie one garment the fashion of
which never changes, writes Ruth Ash
moro in Ladies' Home Journal The
years may go and come, and yet she who
cloaks herself in this mantle is at once
happy herself and the giver Of happi-
ness. In cut it never changes 1t is al
ways large and full, SO that it can en-
yelop those who arc unhappy and give
them warmth and comfort Like the
cloak Worn by the prince in tho fairy
tale, it is invisible to all but those whose
eyes are made clear by faith. 1t is the
garment that l would like my girls to
wear. 1t is true that much patience and
much self denial are required before
this cloak i; put CD, as it should be, for
all time, but once assumed the amount
Of joy to be got from it and the happy
heartbeats to the wearers Of it cannot
possibly be overestimated.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-02
OF REMEMBRANCE.

do remember every note
And each sweet letter that she wrote
From where, sfar the palm best isles
Are lovclier fer her splendid smiles.
I do remember even the foges
She sent me III a lonely hour.
And sometimes, when my lonely soul
Heareth in dark Gods thunGers roll,
wonder-her sweet yvorshipcr-
IF Gods dark storms break over her.
And if they do know my breast
Would bear them all to give her rest.
But, no; the fragrant orange blossoms
Vast through her life their sweet perfumes
And the tall ships, with wind blown sails
Bring to her songs of nightingales.
Yet, do they still, where'er they be,
Sing to her one last song of ne!
EXCHANGE,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-02
He Worked the Boss.

A little man with bald head and al
inoffensive blue eye drifted into a Main
street saloon and threw half dollar Oh
the bar.
'Gimme a schooner Of beer" he said
The schooner was given him Just a
he was about to drink it big MAI
came in and said; "Hello, Shorty
Who's BUYING
IT am, replied Shorty, with dignity.
''You, - scoffed the big man. "Why,
you never had a cent i'll your life. You
wife gets your wages. -
That's all right said Shorty.
"Mebbe she does, but I've got none,
today
"How'd you get it?''
"Well," replied Shorty. IT don't
know as I mind tellin Ihad couple q
bad teeth, an she gimme enough to gel
'em pulled. %
"Didn't you get 'em pulled?''
"Sure, but worked her for so cents
for gas, an this is the 90. See?''-Buf
falo Express
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-02
Forrest Air.

There is o general impression that the
humidity Of the air is greater i'll the
woods than i'll the open fields. This is
contradictel, however, by the result of
observations recently made i'll Germany.
It was foand there that the humidity,
both relative and absolute, was slightly
greater III the open than in the woods.
and this was true equally in the morn
ing and in the afternoon.
AS to the temperature Of the air
among the trees, it was a trifle higher
than in the open i'll the morning, and in
more marked degree in the afternoon
Youths Companion.
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a Famous Widow.

One Of the most famous widows of
antiquity was Agrippina, the widow Of
Gerlnanic11s. During the lifetime of her
husband she attended him in all his
campaigns and shared his dangers Sus-
pecting that her husband had been poi
soned, she had his presumed murderer
pssassinated and was herself soon after
treated with such indigl,ity by Tiberius
that she was driven to despair and starv-
ed herself to death.
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What Ais You :?

If Won have sudden dartlng pains in the joints
mr. muscles, and it recurs every time you get colo
and appears in new places without leaving any
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dollars to the Drammo-d Medicine Co.. 4o-o"
Maiden Lane, New York, for ooteie Vi Dr'
Drummond's Lightning Remedy for Rheuma-
Ism II will curs YOU Be wise in time and 20
NOT he fooled with ANYTHING else. If you have
cot the above symptoms you have got the Rheu
matism and if the druggist tells you the truth
he will say DIR. Diamonds Remedy is the only
known cure. Agents wanted.