The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-03-14
AS to Tramps.

crank notions. The Chicago Herald has
been dredging for some of these and has
brought to the surface various startling
ones. 1t invited correspondence on how
to abolish tramps
A saloon keeper did not want tramps
abolished at ALL The reason he gave
was that they were wanted in elections
and could not be done without. "The
tramp is all right said the saloon
keeper Every moral engine from poll
tics to the faith cure is suggested in The
Herald for the redemption Of this crea-
ture, who particularly does not want to
be redeemed James M. Clayton says it
is the vile Democratic party and the
lowering of the tariff that produced the
tramp, and he will always be with US
Till the Republicans get in and build a
tariff wall around the country as high
as the Washington monument. John
| w. Baugher, on the other hand, would
stake his hope of heaven on the truth Of
the assertion that the Republican party
and it only is responsible for the tramp
because Of exactly that UNANIMOUSLY
criminal" war tariff which it kept
piled upon the country in time Of peace.
There appears to be serious discrepancy
Of view here
Lem Wood comes in with whoop
and sun dance and tells the world that
the election Of Populists to all the po-
litical Offices in this country will do
away with tramps because it will give
every man work at good wages. George
V. Wells is just as dead sure that Henry
Georges single tax theory literally ap-
piled will abolish the nuisance. O. D.
Fellows says that if saloons were abol-
ished tramps would be abolished too.
Certainly tramps would rather be in
sheol than in place where there were
no saloons.
A farmer would put all the tramps
into big field with an Usage orange
hedge around it and let them fight till
they killed one another off, Fair ladies
give their recipes for destroying the
nuisance. Alice M. Cushman believes
that woman suffrage would kill tramp
ism as quick as lightning. A lady whom
The Herald reporter designates merely
as "a sensible old woman says terse-
~, "Wash him every day." and there
are millions in the suggestion. IA lead
ing advocate of the faith cure'' pro-
nounces that system an infallible recipe
for the evil. She has tried it, she says.
She reformed one old incorrigible by
engaging him in solemn thought for
half an hour several times. He is now
working and is himself distinguished
spiritual healer. A tramp who can be
made to engage in solemn thought for
half an hour can be made to do any,
thing Undoubtedly here is a grand
field for the triumphs of the mind and
faith curers.
Arthur Wagstaf says that Christian
ity alone can save the tramp. But Chris
tians do not seem disposed to take him
in hand.
DR.: Eugene Dubois, Dutch army
surgeon at Batavia, Java, is sure he has
found the missing link in that island.
He has unearthed the partial remains of
three skeletons that seem to fill all re-
quirements of the link. 1t is interesting
to note that the remains were found in
the strata Of the quaternary age. the one
considered by geologists to Immediately
precede the appearance Of man on the
| earth. The skull of the skeletons found
is about two-thirds the size of the
human skull today. The teeth are
less apelike than those Of the simian
| tribes The thigh bones are distinctly
like those of mankind and show that
the missing link walked erect, which is
more than some Of the human race do
today. The skeletons are clearly between
that Of man and the higher ape, but
more human than apelike. This is very
interesting information. It may be sub
mitted without offense, however, that
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common that one has to travel to Java
to find it.
Ex-senator Fairs bones had not yet
settled peacefully in their resting place
till the lawsuits over his millions be-
gan. It is great fun heaping up riches,
skimping, lying awake nights and get
ting dyspepsia and insomnia and the
curses of all one has euchred in trade,
just to have the lawyers get the money
after one is dead. If anybody ought to
encourage millionairism, it should be
the lawyers.
Let US hand his name down to pos
terity. He is Senator A. N Newson of
the Tennessee legislature He has ten
dered his resignation to Governor Tur-
ney because he disapproves of the ex-