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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
POOR NETTIE.

POOR NEIIlE.
know Bee, don't you? She brought
me home one day when l had Il fall in
the playground
80 that was Bee?" said Mrs. Coul-
ter. 'She seemed a nice little girl
Would you like to go to this party,
Nettie?"
''Oh, her''-Netties face was
sufficient ans yer.
''Then I think you may, dear.
will have your white frock ready by
Friday afternoon"
"Thank you, mother. Oh, am so
happy! shall think a bout the party
every minute until the time comes"
Don't think about it too much,
dearic Or YOUR lessons will suffer, and
Miss Stewart will not be pleased with
you
This was good advice, but Nettie
did not profit by it. She was so mat
tentive to her lessons next day that
her teacher was obliged to spe ak
sharply to her more than once, and on
Friday matters We're worse.
what are you thinking of,Nettie?''
asked Miss Stewart when Nettie had
told her for the second time that an
island was a portion of water en- tir ell
surrounded by land. You cannot
have studied your lesson. If you do
not do better | shall be obliged to
keep you in this afternoon"
Nettie felt rather alarmed at this
threat, and when Miss Stewart re-
turned her book she set to work in
real earnest to learn her task, succeed
ing so we'll that she was able to re-
peat it perfectly in half an hour.
This was something gained, but
e%s1
Nettie did not like arithmetic, and she
pouted as she took her slate and
looked at the row of figures that were
to be multiplied by two. 1t was a
very easy sum, but anything will
seem difficult to little girl whose
attention is not given to her work.
"Twice three are''-- Nettie yawned,
and idly tapped the slate with her
pencil. Was mother ironing her white
frock? she wondered. Would she
bring out her pink sash and pretty
bronze shoes? Would Mr.. Norris show
many funny pictures with his magic
lantern?
Twice three-Twice three-to be
sure, that made seven, and down went
a figure seven on the slate. Twice
one made two, of course. That was
easy enough. The sum was nearly
finished now; only one figure to bt
multiplied Nettie paused again, and
wondered what sort of game
Musical Chairs" was.
''Nettie!' called Miss Stewart.
Nettie started and looked at he1
slate. She had not yet discovered how
many two would make when multi
piled by the same number. Withou
stopping to reflect, she put down
five, then went up to the teacher
desk.
Il have been looking at you, Net
tie,' said Miss Stewart, severely, ''ant
I am quite sure you have not tried t,
do your sum correctly Ireally mus
punish you this time =.
She led the Little girl to q stool tina
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
TORTURED FOR THE GODS.
A WILD SCENE IN A DEEP CAVE.
How u Beautiful Young Girl Was Mu-
tilated to Make u Caribbean HOli-
dny-A Cannibnlist Tribe Which
Longs for Human Sacrifice.

There are people who will tell you
seriously that each year child is sac
riiced to the gods Of the Caribs, whose
homes are beneath the palms that
wave over the sunny shores Of the
Caribbean Sea, that Mediterranean Of
the Western world. MIS- Alice lie Plon-
geon tells in graphic words the story of
such cannibalistic sacrifice, seen by
her on the wild shore of Yucatan.
Similar tales have come to me at times
during the years Of my acquaintance
with the coasts Of Central America. But
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
A Mean Man.

Old Judge Peterby is very close
man even to his young wife. She
was going out shopping and limited
that she would like blue silk dress.
"Nousense! blue doesn't suit your
complexion at ALL he replied.
Then I'll take a green Dress"
"Do you want to poison yourself?
Don't you know that all these green
dresses are poisonous?"
"Then you pick me out dress"
"That's the trouble. don't like
to see you in any other colors except
blue and green. Texas Siftlngs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
What 1t May Come to.

"Oi'm sorry, ma'am," said the
queen of the kitchen, '.but Oil have
to lave yez. ;"
why, don't we treat you we'll 2"
.'OIve nothin' to say agin the
tratement; but yer ways O. Twin is
unconganial to me. However, Ohm
perfectly willin' to give yez letther
Of Recommendation to yer next cook :"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
A Dreadful Thought.

Perhaps" said the man who tries
to be philosophic, lit is just as we'll
thai the lives of great men cannot be
prolonged so as to enable them to
witness all the fruits of their endeav-
ors."
"Possibly." l.. .....
"No possibly about it. Just i'm
agine Ben Franklin having to live in
a city full of trolley cars!"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
"ROimun0a. Ta Hand

"Rnimunda Is Dead"
the daughter of the great god? Does
she not bear forever the sacred cross
Of the gods Of the Caribs?''
ID. Ernests Veras
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25

NElrTDES
NMZl[I(SHlRaEENT
k-ara1aa old. 1t wanted
EA.eY:Dc week to her birth
? @LSkMh- o(% day, and she told
EBW her school fell
NT" lows that her
w." mother had prom
ised to let her
have a party.
Wont it be nice?' she asked.
''Mother says we may have dancing
after tea, and my sister Dora has been
teaching me to waltz It isn't so very
hard to do. Father is going to show
his magic lantern"
A chorus of approval greeted this
statement.
"And we shall have games, besides;
Bod and Dora know so many Musical
Chairs, and Hunt the Slipper. and
Dumb Charades."
Bee was q merry, good tempered
little girl, and very popular with her
companions; but during the next few
days she found herself the object of
more attention than she had ever
before received. Ada Martin made a
ring of many-colored beads for her
Oracle Turner lent her Il storybook,
and Maud Ellis lent her her skipping
rope during recreation hour. SIS:
Two days before the birthday Bee
brought half q dozen little notes,
folded in the shape of cooked hats, to
school and distributed them with an
Important air. Ada Maud and Oracle
were three of the fortunate ones, and
the others were Flo and Katie Seton,
pair Of twin sisters, and young
girl named Nettie Coulter.
II wrote the invitations myself last
night" said Bee, proudly. ''Dora told
me how to spell the hard words, and
Bob did the folding
Perhaps Nettie Coulter was the one
to whom the Invita- ton gave most
pleasure, for she had not expected it.
She was shy child of seven, and had
not long attended the school, Her
eyes sparkled as she thanked Bee, and
when lessons were over her eager lit
tie feet carried her home in a very
short time.
Mother, may go to Bees party?'
she cried, holding the note aloft in
triumph
The mother smiled at her impetuous
little maid, and pointed to the books
that Nellie had flung on the table
"Put your things tidily away first
my dear, and then tell me all bout. it. ,
'There's the note, mother" said
Nettic." Fastening to obey. ''Yor
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25

ZEE NORRIS was
nearly nine years
old. 1t wanted a
week to her birth
day, and she told
her school = fell
lows that her
mother had prom
ised to let her
have a party.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-08-21

proof OF the quality and quantity
of the ore carried by the mines
Of that section. 1t is scarcely
expected that lead will drop any
lower, while it may probably in
crease in price. Wallace Miner.
The fellow who sang, 'Iwould
not die in Autumn, with peaches
fit for eatin'; when fields Of corn
is gettin' ripe and candidates is
treatin." must have visions of a
pleasant time before him from
now until November.
Col. Bryan, of Haley, has Sc
cured bond on the Tip Top
mine on Florida mountain, the
property of John Feour and
Taylor Gearhart. The Lincoln
mill is also included in the bond.
Up to the time of going to press
we have been unable to learn the
consideration and stipulations of
the bond but understand that
they are quite liberal. SuUer
! city ArdJonche.
Samuel S. White, a pioneer of
Boise Basin, aged 68 years. died
at Idaho City on the 9TH. He had
been falling in health since Jan
uary. He was an esteemed citi-
zen, so much so that the district
court and grand jury adjourned
to attend the funeral.-Boise
Democrat.
We regret to state that Mark
Ainslie. the well known and
popular mining man, was prob
ably fatally injured last evening.
In returning to Neal in a carriage
his team ran away and plunged
over an embankment. He was
thrown out and sustained injur-
I les resulting in paralysis of the
arms and lower portion OF the
body. He was brought back to
4 Boise and his recovery is ex-
tremely doubtful--ROtse Demo
erqt.
Mrs. L. Bunting, wife of c.
Bunting. the nominee of the re-
publican party for state treas
+ urer. died at her home in Black
/ loot on the 18th. She left five
children. the youngest an infant
but two weeks old.
The Busy Bee, published in Al
bion. notes the birth of a kitten
over there-at J. E. Burke's
place. There is nothing peculiar
about this kitten except that il
has four eyes, two noses and
two mouths.
George Hinkey. chief deputy
: county auditor of Latah county,
, of this state, was arrested in thi:
city Wednesday. while attending
/ the Republican state convention
on charge of forgery to the sun
of S15.O 900. 1t seems he had
; forged $4,000 on individual paper
and $4,000 on the county. HI
was under no bonds and the
auditor will have to stand GOOD
to the county for $1,000 while
the $4,000 will be a judgement
against Hinkey. AS he is a re
, publican the above did not APP
pear in the dispatches.-Bois
EUening Nail.
5 The Idaho Falls Times report:
t the drowning of Ambrose Love
5 ridge, rancher, in the Snak'
: river near Blackfoot last Sun
f day.
We are informed that Oaklel
! expects to try for the count.
seat at the next election. If tn
people after consideration of tbs
case in all of its barings, wan
the county seat at Oakley by ;
two thirds majority which it re
quires, it should be moved. 9th
, erwise not.-4IbioR Times.
o.. Il. l,.- a ,.,r-o1 - M
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-08-21
STATE NEWS.

OeOTSe belDOlu- lrOIu w affenS,
is in the lower country making
arrangements to get his machin-
inery into the mines. -Solubria
Citizen.
The assessment roll Of Canyon
will soon be completed. Mr..
Hand informed US that Canyon
county will show a property
assessment of about 81 700, 900,
about 100000 less than last
year. Decrease is caused by
lower assessment ON improve
ments, and also on account of
live stock taken out of the county.
-CnLdlCeU Tribune.
If you have 800 to put away.
buy county warrants, even at 80
cents. They will grow while
you sleep, and they are the safest
investment on earth. Idle money
brings in nothing to the owner.
HURRY Sun.
The Statesman says that in a
short time Custer county will be
producing copper bullion. w.
A. Clark, the great Montana
mining man, has secured 81 per
cent. of the stock of the Idaho
Coppercompany, whose property
is located near Houston. on Lost
river, Frank Brown controlling
the remainder and continuing as
superintendent of the property.
A Acton smelter will be run
ming in about thirty days. and if
the results are as anticipated a
great plant will be put in. The
company has given orders for
transportation OF coke and is
making every preparation for a
run.
This copper vein is So feet
wide and is known as the Big
Copper. There is said to be
enough good ore in sight to run
4O-ton smelter two years. a
shaft is 10 DE sunk on the vein at
once to The depth OF 300 feet. II
addition a tunnel will be started
on the other side Of the hill fol
lowing the vein in. This tunnel
will be 5000 feet long and viii
4 open the vein at great depth.
/ The ore carries from S to SO in
silver per ton and some gold.
MIR. Hicks is making about six
feet per day upon the air shaft
being sunk to connect with the
I tunnel at the Lepley mines. aad
I as soon as connection is made
development upon the big ledge
will be continued. Everything
is looking favorable for the con
summation of the deal on thai
! property. -DeLamor Nugget
Last Monday the gathering OF
some of the more prominent
miners union men at Finch 6
Campbell's office was the first in
dication to the general public
that some sort of a deal was un.
der way having for its object the
starting up of the mines. Later
in the day it became whispered
on the streets that a compromise
had been effected by which the
! Gem. Frisco and Standard mine.
were to commence operations a
once, provided that the railroad,
commenced and continued in ser
vice. The principal features o
the agreement, as far as can b'
learned. are that the union shall
in no way interfere with tn
management of the mine, which
shall be free TO hire and discharg'
whomsoever it pleases, and tn
! executive committee of the min
ers' union agrees. also. that the.
will preserve peace and harmon,
as far as lies in their power
There is no change whatever il
wages. Under this agreemen
the mines are already resumin:
4 l.,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-08-21

The Post is laboring under a
mistake. Mr.. Clagett voted only
two votes in the Popniist con
yention- One for himself and
one proxy Tinker still breaks
the record. Populists are in
favor of full delegations SO that
all parts of every county in the
state viii be represented since
we are fully organized now in
every part. Last year it was
different. Still it would not
have been SO very wrong, these
hard times, caused by unjust
laws enacted by the Republicans
and executed by Cleveland under
the endorsement Of that party,
TO have let a county SO far away
from the capitol cast a full vote
but they didn't.
An unknown tramp was run
over and killed by a freight train
Wednesday. about six miles east
of Glenn's Ferry. Both legs
and one arm were cut off and it
is supposed he fell of while
riding upon the brakes. -Elmore
/ Bulletin.
On Sunday, July 29th, Charles
/ Beckhar went up on the noun
tains after a load wood and as
yet nothing has been heard of
him, and as he had food enough
to last only one day considerable
excitement has been caused on
/ account OF his absence 1t is re-
ported that one of the horses
has returned home partially
crippled, its legs being skinned
and badly swollen On Tuesday
of this week a couple OF men
were out but could find no trace
of the missing man, and on We'd
nesday a posse were out but met
with the same results. On
Thursday morning the Sheriff
nathered a posse of twelve men
and at this writing nothing has
been heard of the result. There
is much speculation as to what
is the cause of Mr.. Beckhar' S
non-return and it may be possible
that he has met with some &C
cident, and if so. viii be in a
terrible position without food or
water. Malad Enterprise.
Monday last an order was post
ed in the shops notifying the
men that on September 1st, or as
soon as work was completed on
two engines now undergoing re
pairs, the shops would be closed
for an indefinite time. The
aaove is a hard blow to the
mechanics and laboring men who
!. for years have toiled at this
point. and also to the general
community, for though the
monthly distribution of wages
Shoshone was always fairly
active town Young Walters,
. while at Bellevue this week, In
. formed several there that q
number of the men were offered
situations at Denver, Omaha anC
/! Green River. We regret to see
e them forced TO quit this place
d but are glad to learn there is {
l possibility of their soon being al
t work again. -SkosH0ne Journal.
/, Wouldn't it be a good idea if a.
n the meeting of the next legisla
, ture a bill be introduced to the
effect. that the state create 3
census bureau for the purpose O
T gathering statistics and tbs
e enumeration of population It'll:
i a well known fact that the ma
5 tional census enumeration of tbs
d state of Idaho in 1890 was no
correct, and the population o.
4 Idaho was not given In full: tina
: in many instances to our per
q sonal knowledge. the names o
! many people We're not places
= -<~-Tl l..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-08-21

buried in the sands by the rivers
side near Cataldo and the body
was inferred about a foot under
ground, without a coffin, or even
a box, just as it was fished out of
the water. Nor was the clothing
searched for papers. II is claim
ed that Orwell was drawing
pension as vetran of the civil
war, and that Just prior to his
disappearance he had considera-
BILE money. This had led to a
strong belief that he was muir
dered, yet the Coroner of Koot-
enai county made no investiga
ton whatever. according to re-
port. From the statements at
hand the coroner of our adjoin-
ing county cannot have an ex-
allied opinion of his Office; nor
does he seem to know the differ
ence between a human being and
an animal. Such burial as he
accorded to Orwell might be
given to dog or cat, but is ex-
ceedingly revolving when given
to a human being. Such men
should not be elected TO Office to
shame civilization. The old
soldiers of CRur d'Alene City
should see to it that the remains
of Orwell are decently inferred,
and if possible they ought to
ascertain his manner of death.
Murray Sun.
The Peoples party State Cen
trial Committee comprises the
following members
Alturas-N. NJ. Ruick, chair
man.
Ada-P. J. Pefey.
Bear Lake-R. S. Spence.
Bingham. Ed. Smith.
Boise-C. E. Jones.
Bannock-Frank Walton
Cassia- Andrew Burstroff.
/ CUSTER. ]. Chambers.
! Canyon. J, Rogers.
Elmore- Lang.
Fremont. S. Bonham-
Idaho-Ernest Parker.
Kootenai-To be appointed.
Latah-C. C. Fuller.
Lemhi-J. F. Clark.
Logan-G. B. Hill.
Nez Perez Campbell.
Oneida To be appointed.
Owyhee-Isaac Phillips.
Shoshone-Edward Boyce.
Washington. D. Robertson
After three days and nights O.
political trickery, during which
time delegates did not sleep {;
wink. and the ..Oh, be joyful
fowe freely, the Statesman speak
ing of the ticket says
/ 1t was nominated yesterday
4 by the grandest, most har-
monious political convention
i ever assembled In the State
of Idaho.
Shades of eternal darkness
When delegates openly charg
each other with bribery an,
fraud, and openly say they vii
not support the thicket, if tina
/ is what the Statesman calls thar
monyn we want none of it il
ours. The Democrats need n,
} Poker Bill" harmony -Namp,
Leader.
Dunn Brothers, of the Coeu
d'Alene Miner, must think tn
Populist party is dead and fee
: as if they were attending it
funeral. 1t is considered a mar
of a gentleman, in all American
neighborhoods, to attend on sucl
occasions and pay their respect
to the dead by their words an
presence. Out of sixteen shor
articles in the first two column
, on the second page of the Afine
: of the 18th of Aug. issue, it jab
the PopulistS under the fifth ri
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-04-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

The grand jury indicted twenty soci-
ETY. people at Platte City, Mo. foi play
ing progressive eucher.
IL fire at their home in Wild Rice.
y. d., Mrs. Louis Larson and her l.
year-old baby We're burned to death.
THE commissioners still have the
worlds fair buildings on their hands.
the sale to L. W. Garrett, of ST. Louis,
having fallen through.
OLLIE ROBERTS, of Sedalia, No, aged
IL, lost his sight by the explosion of a
cigarette loaded with powder by anoth-
or boy.
IN freight wreck near Hartford
City, Ind, one man was killed and two
fatally injured
REPUBLICANS in Oregon nominated
Chief Justice W. F. Lord. of the state
supreme court for governor.
THE United Mine Workers of America
in convention at Columbus, O., ordered
a general strike. to begin April 81
The strike viii involve over zoo, 600
men and will cover the whole territory
between eastern Pennsylvania aud
Colorado.
TEN men wee horribly burned. four
fatally. by the hydraulic apparatus
giving way, while pouring molten
metal in 4 steel mill at MiddlepOrt, q.
IL Chicago W. e. Livlngston's stable
and storage warehouse was burned and
twenty-five horses were sufOcated
IN Tennessee the peoples party nom
mated A. L. Mimms, of Davidson coun-
". for governor and A. T. Garrett, of
court
IL Springfield. o.. the ineendiary who
has been causing so many fires turns
out 10 be an unknown man who pa
rades IN woman's attire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-04-19
FROM WASHINGTON.

II 1898 the gold production in the
United States was valued at S35, $50, 600
an increase of Sl,555, 1872 over the pre-
viOus year.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$500. 769. O67, against S94s. Coz. ISL the pre-
viOus week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1873.
was 81. /.
IL the United States there were 2ls
business failures in the seven days
ended ON the 18th. against 93s the week
previous and 1s7 ia the corresponding
time in 1898.
Is the United States Ike total pro-
duction of coal for the year 1898 was
lI9, 32G,GI2 tons with a valuation of
S2O5, $50. 479
IL her damage suit against Congress
man w. c. Z. Breckinridge Madeline
Pollard was awarded $4,000.
SENATOR ZEBULoN II. VANCE, aged Ga
years, from North Carolina, was striclz-
en- with apoplexy in Washington and
died within a few hours lie had been
three times governor of his state and a
member of the senate since 1879.
REPRESENTATIVES, of women's organ
izatious in Washington adopted resolu-
tiOns asking congress to consider the
Breckenridge case.
The official figures obtained at the
treasury show that for nine months and
half of the present fiscal year theg gov
eminent expenditures have exceeded
the receipts by Sc. 200.
\ DECISION by Judge Mott. of the
court of claims. says that the president
can lawfully approve bill after the
adjournment of congress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-04-19
A POINT ON IMPORTS.
Benefits Derived from the Free List I'm
der the NJ. KinIeY Law.


During the year before the McKin-
ley law went into operation, only one
third of the imports into the United
States was admitted free, and two
thirds were subject to tariff duties, the
figures being 81 per cent. of the total
imports free and &c peRcent. dutiable
The proportion of free imports during
that year was above the average of the
seven years during which the tariff law
of 1883 was in operation.
A great change was wrought in thii
respect by the Mckinley law Under
it's provisions. more than half the i'm.
ports into the United States are admit
ted free of duty and less than one half
are subject to duties. Thus the govern
ment's report of imports for the seven
months to February l, 1894, show:
Free of duty, s2O4, 943, 749, or 81. 50 per
cent; dutiable, s1G7, COS. 32l, or ALL
per cent.
And yet tine Mckinley law gives
more complete protection than the law
of 1888. 1t placed on the free list inn
ports of articles which we do not pro
duce at all, or cannot produce in guam
titles sufficient for our needs-su gar,
for instance; and placed on articles of
the same kind as we can and do produce
enough to supply our wants. The viii
son bill takes the opposite plan. Now
let us see whether the people will liks
its operations. when compared with the
Mckinley bill Toledo Blade