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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
Household Hints.

In choosing paper for a room avoid
that which has a variety of colors or a
large SNOWY figure, as no furniture can
appear to advantage with such. Large
figured paper makes a small room look
smaller.
TO prevent the smoking Of a lamp
soak the wick in strong vinegar and
dry it well before you use it: it will
then burn clear and bright and give
much satisfaction.
A little charcoal mixed with clear
water and thrown into a sink will disin-
feet and deodorize it.
Beat carpet on the wrong side first
and then more gently on the right side.
Beware Of using sticks with sharp
points, which may tear the carpet.
:. Straw mating may be cleaned with
large coarse cloth dipped in salt and
water and then wiped dry; the salt pre-
vents the mating from turning yellow.
TO clean cane-bOttomed chairs turn
up the chair bottom, ETC., and with hot
water and sponge wash the cane
work well, so that it may become COM
pletely soaked. Should It be very dirty
you must add soap. Let it dry in the
OPSA OIL IL PVooAUAS1 VI III pldCc
where there is a thorough draught and
it will become as tight and firm as
when new, provided it has not been
broken.
Keeping the feet warm will prevent
headaches. LIZ .a..
Late at breakfast, hurried for dinner,
cross at supper.
A short needle makes the most expe-
dition in plain sewing.
Between husband and wife little at
tentons beget much love.
Always lay your table neatly whether
you have company or not.
Dirty windows speak to the passerby
of the negligence of the inmates.
There is much more injury done by
admitting visitors to invalids than is
generally supposed.
When chamber fowls get thin In the
middle cut them In two, sew the sci.
wages together and hem the sides.
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OF forests, the poisoning of animals, the
keeping Of gambling house or pawn
shop or frauds against the military con-
scription. CO. There is also such
thing as temporary incapacity to vote.
A second condemnation for public
drunkenness carries with it two. years
incapacity. Condemnation for "out-
rage" QnsulD or violence to depositaries
Of authority carry an electoral inca
pacity" for five years. A common po-
iceman is such a depositary. So also
with a condemnation for threats or in
suits to jurymen or witnesses. Again,
the correctional police have the right
to add to their petty sentences an inca
pacity to vote for such and such Civ
en- time, by virtue Of thirty different ar
ticles Of the penal code, and five particu
lar acts of parliament besides. 60 Last
ly, offenses against election laws are
punished by this penalty as we'll as
others. 1t will be understood, Of course
that condemnation" means condemna-
ton to Imprisonment and not to mere
fine. The ELECTORAL incapacity results
from the Imprisonment"
It is for this reason that the first
thing asked of any Frenchman when
his character or standing is in question
Is: ::Where Is your election card ?"-the
vised card which shows his present
right to vote. If he has such card it
shows that he has never strayed too
far from that presumed responsibility
which to a workingman in France is
very much what continuous certificates
Of character are to a servant girl.
AS to the alien vote, ''the foreigner
who asks for his naturalization ,
y must join to his application the
documents which prove that he is now
resident Of France and has been so
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suMmEn,s EvEN1rG nDvrnn.

How sweetly serene was that sunset
scene;
The sky In the west was bright,
With crimson glow, for the sun was
low;
Giving place to the shades Of night
Not leaf was stirred, not a sound
was heard,
To mar that silent calm,
Save the plaintiye wall Of the nightin
gale,
AS She chanted her evening psalm.
Then wandered not from that sylvan
spot
For in solitude I rejoice,
When methink heard, from the praiS
A solemn" still small voicev'
In a trembling frame, 1 breathed the.
name
OF the Lord omnipotent.
And with appraised eyes to the vaulte0
skies,
Were my knees devoutly bent.
In that silent hour, in that woodland:
bower,
knew that my God was there;
And then on the sward, to my Savior
Lord,
Did my soul burst forth in prayer.
So my heart was stayed, in that upland
glade,
And holy calm came DER me. :.s &.
And q Saviors love, from the doms-
above,
Revealed his pleading for me.
AS homeward turned, how my spir4.
burned,
To be up and to serve my God,
And I prayed that night to be kept
Alright ..-..-..-
And to follow the footsteps he trod.
Ever since that night, is my journey
bright,
AS all nature with gladness teemed,
And tread the earth in my new foun6
... birth, .. =-.-
. AS one Of the Lords redeemed.
&C. G., Winnipeg.
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If printed laws could ever bring the
thing about, there ought to be certain
purity in French elections, says cor
respondent Of the Globe-Democrat
The following classes Of French citi-
zens, for instance, are perpetually inca
pable Of voting: SIS
l. Not only those who have served
terms of Imprisonment for crimes, but
also every citizen who has done three
months time for fraudulent transact
tons in accounts or merchandise. (2)
Any condemnation-even for one days
mprisonment-for theft, swindling,
abuse Of confidence, the Justification Of
food or medical products or the use Of
false weights or measures produces the
same result. So also 81 any condemna-
ton for "outrages to public morals, ;"
~ any condemnation for vagabondage
or mendacity, and o., by virtue Of vari-
GUS scattered enactments any cOndem-
nation for usury, destruction or falsi-
fcation Of documents, the devastation
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a deputy once 'in'' may keep up great
enthusiasm for himself.
So there is no machine" In our sense
Of the word. There is practical ma
chine-it is the civil service. From the
humblest citizen who wants govern
menS position or advancement, on up to
college professors, army officers and
prominent citizens, there is ascramble
for place, promotion and decorations.
The absence Of two great parties
with well-defned platforms and close
organization appears to have curious
influence on French newspapers in poll
ties. It is true that certain papers are
always Radical, just as the present go
eminent majority" has continued
Radical" for twenty years. By this
is meant the Radical tendency, which
is to root religion and religious indu-
ence out Of state affairs, even from the
schools and hospitals, and to more and
more cut down the Senate's power or
finally abolish that aristocratic body.
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Providing for q Cold Day.

1t is not unusual in some parts o,
Delaware to see in a graveyard an i'm
posing monument bearing name,
but no further inscription. These
monuments are erected by men still
living, who wish to make sure of such
perpetuation of their memories as
large gravestones can confer. II
sometimes happens that these monu.
ments in blank o'ertcp all others il
the graveyard
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That does not mean the lady will sell
papers from a decorative little shanty
on the Paris streets. She has the kiosk
granted to her, and some poor woman,
some deserving widow Of a 1on-com-
missioned officer, already on the list for
such q place, is put in as her ''overseer'
or assistant" The actual occupant
Of the kiosk, who does the work, must
pay half Of her gains each week to the
fine lady. ..~s 80.
A deputy in France has much more
power and patronage than our own
congressman. The only two great cleo
tons in all France are for deputies and
municipal councillors. Senators are vo-
ted for in something like an electoral
college in each department. All other
offices, judicial and administrative, go
by appointment, the foundation source
of which is in the ministry. The min
listers are named by the president Of
the republic, but are responsible to the
same deputies, who have all power and
patronage, and who elect the president
themselves. The deputies control the
ministers, the ministers control ap-
pointments, even to the stopping Of the
salary of a bishop or a country priest.
All priests and pastors are government
clerks, all school teachers, and all the
employees Of several railway lines. What
patronage this gives may be imagined.
Under the parliamentary regime
ministers are SO short-llved that In the
provinces projects (species Of governor.
Of a Department., sub-prefects, commits
saries committing magistrates and
all their underlings are only able
to keep In office by slaVish-
" obeying first the deputies and
then the senators Of the departments.
BY judicious Applicant ton Of the whip
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ops, tax collectors and many others
are ineligible for election to the cham
Der OF deputies from the ward Of de-
partment Of their service during a
period OF six months after their expira-
ton Of their term of Office or their res
ignation.
Here are safeguards, surely. When
1t Is added to this that in France there
are no two great political parties, with
their great machines, and that there Is
civil service system absolutely rigid,
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BOUNDED TO HIM.

detectives vainly searched for us; and
TO this hour our disappearance is one
of the mysteries of the metropolis,
never. perhaps, to be explained. Yet
one OF the papers that employed
corps OF detectives to find US gave the
key to it in a little eight-line item
stating that the lovely Marie Gordon,
step-sister to DR.. Giovanni, had lost
her mind, and was to be sent to pri-
vate sanitarium in the interior of
Florida, with the hope that change
of scene and climate might restore
mental and physical health.
.'Arnosi, you broke her heart.
wrecked her life! The love that I
would have given the wealth of the
world to win-sacrifced honor-aye.
even life itself to possess-you threw
aside as a child would cast away
broken toy! I loved her secretly, it
is true,yet none the less passionately,
and when she told me that she could
love no one but you, even though
you spurned her affection, I swore
70 avenge her. From that moment
~ hated you. determined to ruin
you pecuniarily, destroy your reason,
and finally your life.
"My hobby in my profession was
the connections of poisons and the
study Of their operation. I prepared
subtle powder, which, when admin
istered, saps reason, destroys vitality,
and stealthily carries it's victim to
the grave. defying detection in the
event Of a medical investigation being
made. Marie, love-crazed though she
was, begged for your craven life when
made her understand my purpose.
B,ht 1 was memorable. My plans were
all carried to successful termina-
tiRn. First you were induced to spec
|u]late, and in one Of the financial
stlorms that passed over Wall street
YAK Mt year the fortune you inherited
pm your father was swept away,
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A MORAL.

[ had little spot of ground
Where blade nor blossom grew;
Though the bright sunshine all aroun,1.
Life giving radiance threw,
1 mourned to see a spot so bare
Of leaves Of healthful green
And thought of bowers, and blossoms
fair,
frequently had seen.
Some seeds of various kinds lay by
I knew not what they were
But, rudely turning DER the soil,
1 strewed them thickly there.
And day by day watched them sprlNe
From out the fertile earth,
And hoped for many a lovely thing
OF beauty and of worth.
But as marked their leaves unfold
AS weeds before my view,
And saw how stubbornly and bold
The thorns and nettles grew
I sighed to think that 1 had done,
Unwittingly, a thing
That, where a beauteous bower should
thrive, e ~.-'--.
But worthless weeds did bring.
And thus I unused: The things we do
With little heed or ken
May prove of worthless growth, and
StreW
With thorns the paths Of men.
For little deeds, like little seeds,
May flowers prove, or noXOus weeds.
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The Sovereign Workinrman.

The Sovereign Worlkingman.
for the most part 1t seems to me that
France should be pretty test for
Mugwump theories.
What influence has the absence Of the
two great parties and the presence Of
q neutrality-suspicious. civil service
system? What influence have they on
elections?
The absence Of the two great parties
makes q chaos wherein every candi-
date who cries the loudest or the most
persuasively runs good chance Of be-
ing sent up to the chamber. Men have
gone up on such pledges as to work
for the abolition of the senate or to
present a bill proclaiming amnesty
to political and social Offenders" which
latter, If it means anything, We uld
mean q general Jail delivery. In one
word, in the absence Of party plat,
forms, every candidate makes his own
platform.
In the refined French civil service
one voting citizen in every ten is a
paid government clerk The govern
ment is In the tobacco business, and its
monopoly permits no rival. Each to-
bacco shop in France is operated by
a government clerk; every public water
closet Of the Paris streets and parks Is
tended to by some grim lady, who is In
the government employ; every news
paper stand Is presided over by some
one appointed by the government.
These are small things, but what is
their effect?
A deputy who wants his reelection
from some Paris district finds he must
placate one Of his constituents, who
otherwise would work against him.
He can say: "Work for me, and I
will give your wife newspaper kiosk"
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Not One of HIS Victims.

Janitor of Skyaats, gruffly.-What
are you doing in the vestibule this
time Of nightp Are you one of the
tenantsp
Tom Do Witt.-No, Tn not! So
you had better be civil or III break
your head. Life.
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leaving you pauper. On the night
of the day that brought this disaster
you were drugged, removed secretly
to a ship. and carried to Pensacola,
thence to this spot at the northern
extremity of the everglades of Flori-
Ola. Around us the foot of man has
seldom trod; in the vast jungle be-
,yond no human being has ever fully
penetrated Everywhere is gloom,
desola ton, isolation. Hunters rarely
visit these wastes. In the fourteen
months have been here have seen
no human being, heard no human
voice other than your own. Twice /
fancied--"
He paused, wiped his forehead, and
went on:
'My revenge is complete. Your
death is only a question of hours,
perhaps minutes. I have given you
daily dose of that white POWDER
pointing to the curiously shaped bot
tle-'and it has fulfilled the mission
created it to perform
Arnosi still sat upright in his pallet
staring at Giovanni, grasping his
meaning little by little, while drops
of sweat rolled down his face.
''And Marie?" he whispered.
''She is dead. The institution in
which see was confined is not far
from here. She escaped from it and
persisted in the everglades"
A strange smile crossed Icons face.
''You lie-murderer Marie still
lives. Listen!" ."
The sound of some one singing
hoated to the cabin from the lake.
Giovanni started; look of terror
came into his eyes.
''What is it?''
';Marie!" said Arnosi, II have heard
the voice before, but never so near the
hut. Listen!'
Giovanni listened an instant then,
darling from the hut with a cry of
terror, disappeared in the jungle.
Left alone, Arnosi still sat upright,
his eyes fastened on the lake. Near
and nearer came the voice. Another
instant and light skitf came in sight,
seemingly dancing on the bosom of
the water. In the frail craft, stand
ing erect, a paddle in her hand, was
young girl, who, thinly and fantas-
tically clad, with sprays of Spanish
moss floating around her, her hair
streaming down her shoulders, and
crown of water lilies on her brow,
appeared like an inhabitant of. this
waste when it existed at the pre-
glacial time rather than a human
being of to-day.
Arnosi had strength enough left to
strike on the windows with his hand.
She obs the signal. Mooring the
skiff. she sprang on the beach and
ran up to the cabin. She recognized
Arnosi, bou nded to him, knelt by his
side, and fun e her wasted arms about
his neck without uttering word.
Forgive me. Marie?" he whispered.
Perhaps at that moment reason was
restored to the darkened mind. But
if SO, the excess of joy was too much.
The rain battered on the roof of the
hut, the wind swayed the open door
to and fro, but the two figures clasped
in each others arms never stirred.
Soon darkness enveloped them as in a
shroud.
X y K 4 X
In October of that year party of
hunters who CHANGED to wander into
that quarter of the everglades found
three dead bodies-two in the hut
and one outside. A rusty pistol lay
near the latter, indicating suicide;
but who they were or how they came
in that dreary waste the hunters
could only conjecture. Moved by q
human instinct they followed out a
rude grave, and placed the remains
in it. Ihen thew went thai1. 1uau
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EARLY French history,

Baby was asked to tell what he
learnt at school.
I'm learning the history Of France,
but 7 haven't got very far yet. Tn
only at Adam and Eve."-Le Masque
de Fer
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white 1. AWAY. Enc Hest.

CHIUeI7 DIU 70 HHHg up 70 SCOCK-
IMP
Aunt Eliza-''Yes, indeed, chile; but
it war brack, and guess ole Santa
couldn't see it"
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nally, OF have even been ay any time
temporarily incapacitated for voting.
There are also relative ineligibilities."
For example, judges, projects Of police,
school inspectors, archbishops and bish-
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she Told HIN,

De Bore-'Is Miss Lilliwhite IMP
Truthful Domestic She's out"
De Bore -. .uln. Whom Is she out
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FRENCH ELECTIONS.
EVERY CANDIDATE Makes HIS
OWN PLATFORM.

The Mites Of the Omce:Seelker Re-
mind the American Of HOme-Thc
Great Mass of IneliEibles-The CIV
IL Service.
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,fl,lfglI }2RR
HSI H,||EggEEzA[BH@

. Al day of the
month and year
is it?" "May 8,
1900" "Is itpos-
sible! So ! have
been here in this.
dreary regionless
til a n Fl t c Q n
months. It seems
a century,! I
must leave soon.
My mind is clear
OF. this evaniOp
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Truthful Domestic Out with you
New York Weekly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-06

ed on the sail for the benefit of sim
ners, and the masts and yard
arms are used for the display
OF religious charts when the
bicycle missionary is hsrangu-
ing a crowd. These charts, ac-
cording to Spence, show when
time shall end, and what shall be
the signs portending the annihila-
ton of the unrighteous and the re-
demption and reward Of the holy.
He is a Canadian, 63 years of age,
but since 1884 he has made Cali
fornia his home. He has already
covered about 500 miles on his
wheel, but is disappointed in the
work Of his sail, which frightens
all the horses he meets, and owing
to the changeful course OF the
wind, often retards, rather than
aids, his progress.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-06
Pearsail Personals.

PEARsALL, Tex, Oct. "A SUBJ
scription, amounting to $40, was
made up among our citizens to
send home one Jim Compton, "a
consumptive, who has been here
for some time, hoping to be bene-
fitted. He came from Knoxville,
Tenn, and it is doubtful if he will
get home alive.
Gilman & Chaldmers are fatten-
ing 700 steers and expect another
bunch of 300 to be fatted soon.
The protracted meeting, which
was being conducted here in the
Baptist church, closed Wednesday
night. Rev. A. F. Sterrett has
been appointed as pastor of the
Baptist church here.
NJ. E. Scovill and wife returned
from Kennedy last night. Mr.. Sco-
will has been there for the past two
weeks, assisting in the opening of
a branch store, owned by U. S.
Scovill & Sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Scovill cele-
brated their twelfth wedding an
niversary Tuesday night, October
LIST. A large number of their
friends and acquaintance were
present.
B. L. Crouch, after attending to
business in the Alamo city, re-
turned here Thursday.
DR.. J. Il. Hucheson, of San An
tonic, will preach Sunday in the
Episcopal chapel.
Hon. Frank Burmeister, repre-
sentative of this district, left here
Monday for Austin. He had been
on surveying tour at the Prince
ranch.
b. F. Darlington and Jim Hick-
man were here Tuesday and bought
back the old Alice pasture, which
had been sold by them, but owing
to the buyers failure to meet pay
ments, was bought back.
G. Klock will make a shipment
of $1,000 pounds of honey soon.
Previously to this shipment he
has shipped two carloads this year,
beside supplying the home mar
ket with honey.
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Karnes County Dots.

KARNEs CITY, Oct. "a heavy
rain fell here last Thursday, which
will be of much benefit to this sec
ton of the country.
The grand jury convened Thurs
day with a large docket before it.
Sheriff j. j. Scale has gone to
Huntsville to bring back prison
err wanted in this county for
robbery.
Services were held at all the
churches last Sunday.
Mr.. Tom Rhode and Miss Irene
Hall were married last Sunday.
RUNGE, Tex, Oct. 5.-The Ladies
Aid Society met today.
Cotton is ON the boom this week,
selling at So. Some farmers are
holding their cotton for better
prices.
A subscription list is being circu-
lated to pay for the new Methodist
church which is being erected
here.
The high school has large at
tendance.
Fine rains fell here last week.
Lumber is on the ground for
the erection of a Baptist church
p. w. Tom lost two five dollar
bills on the street last Monday.
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A Help to Wheelmen.

The necessity Of all pneumatic
tire riders of keeping their rubber
inflated and the fact that this in
flatiou must be frequently repeat
ed, has become apparent to all.
Manufacturers of bicycles have
seemingly not reached the perfect
point in avoiding this necessity by
providing absolutely air tight
tubes, even OF tires that have never
been punctured, and after the first
puncture, it seems almost impossi-
BILE to keep air in the rubber long
or than three or four days.
This complaint is almost univer-
sal and in this city where repair
men and others owning large air
pumps are liberal in allowing eye
lers to initiate their tubes, they not
only render themselves decidedly
popular, but confer a greatly ap-
preciated favor on the wheeling
public. "Let more of these gentle
men step up and help u.s." say the
cyclers.
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At the Opera House.

Manager Brady has prepared
fine program at the Opera house
tonight for the worlds champion,
James j. Corbett.
Mr.. Corbett will go through all
his various exercises Of training in
walking, running, hand-ball,
punching the bag, bicycling,
wrestling, ETC., aided by a host Of
athletes. The entertainment will
be diversified by the introduction
of many novelties. The champ
ion will meet two men as will also
Steve O'Donnell. Prof. Donald
son, Jim Daily, Duncan, Mcdonald,
VIM. Delaney. John McVey and a
host OF famous boxers will appear.
The boxing promises to be particu-
larly interesting, as many rivals
for supremacy will engage in
friendly settos.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-06
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

Which Juan Ponce de Leon went
in search of In the West Indies,
was never discovered, but in its
place Southwest Texas has pro-
duced a well, which no doubt is a
branch of that famous fountain Of
youth. This reiuvenating fountain
rises about seven miles east of the
healthiest city in the Union, San
Antonio, and is called Chalybeate
or Iron water.
A months trial will convince
any skeptic as to its efficiency.
For sale by Geo. j. Dullnig, and
dispensed at his beautiful foun-
tain. 10 It