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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-23
Naturally Surprised.

II say" said the regular customer,
as he stopped at the restaurant cash
ier's box to pay for the dinner he had
eaten, where did you get that beef
you are serving to-day?"
What is the matter with tt? ag-
gressively asked the cashier, who
scented another row. 5s EN-
ooh, there is nothing the matter.
with it; that is why I asked IT
Bits.
Il No Living with Him Since
Strikes me that Vanderchump Is
lWful1y conceited. 2
. HE is; YOU know how it came
about ?''
If mo 3 4Ss
.tWhy, several years ago the report
got out that he was dead. Several pa
pers printed his obituary, and, Of
course, he read emp Chicago Record.
Critical Case.
Isl Hargreaves You know that time ]
was so sick last summer I just heard
the doctor gave me up once.
Ferry heard that he gave you up
twice. .a
Hargreaves Twice?
Ferry es. Tho second time after
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-23
Experience wtth Pirate. 81

Miss Gush oh, captain, were you
ever boarded by a pirate?
Captain Storms Yes; and he charged
me Sill q day for a hall room on the
fourth floor. Cleveland World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-23
Her Prerogative..

Fran an this is leap year, i will.
trouble you, Miss Florence, to help me.
on with my coat.
Florence certainly, and I will STUFF
your sleeves in with pleasure Detroit
Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-23
Worthless,

You are worthless fellow"
The Wayfarer stood silent and
hbashed.
"'Alas! too true he thought to him
self.
There was upon him considera BILE
real estate which was choice inside
property, some Of it being within ten
minutes walk Of the city hall, but the
boom burst, and it was practically
worthless DetrOit Tribune SC
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
FEDERAL.

Anthony Joseph. Delegate to Congress
W I. Thornton. ....Governor
I40r1On Miller. ...............'........S Secretary
Thos Smith,. ......................C Chief justice
VIM. Lee,
K. p. Seeds, ''''''''''''''''' 'A'eooia'o'
G. ID BantZ.
Charles F Easley. y........ ...survevor General
U. nj. shannon. ..........,.... U, D Collector
j. b. Hemingway. ...U S. District Attorney
II. IL. HUI. ........'..........,.O .. MhTsnal
w. II. Loomis.. r.. -. Deputy U. s. Marshal
U. s. Coal Mine Inspector
James II. Walker, Santa Fe, Reg. Land ONCE
Pedro Delgado, Santa Fe.. -. Rec. Land Office
J. d. Bryan, Las Cruces. Reg. Land Office
J. p. Ascarate. Las Cruces. Rec. Land Office
Richard Young. Roswell. Reg. Land ONCE
W. II. Cosgrove Roswell. Rec. Land Office
W. w. Boyle, Folsom. Reg Land Ofice
II. @. Pichies, Folsom. ..... Rec. Land Office
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
THIRTY DOLLARS A SEAT.
What Sedate Phila6eIphians Paid to SEQ
Their Actors Play.

What Sedate PhfadeIphians Paid to Sea
Their Actors Play.
Playgoers growl at the price Of seats
in the theater to-day, but let them read
what was charged in Philadelphia at
one time, as told in the interesting new
volume of stage Renaissance, Shake
speare's Heroines on the Stage and
then rest content. The story is told in
these words in the book:
''ln 1869, at Annapolis, 'The Mer-
chant of Venice was produced by the
New American company, with Mrs. 0s-
borne, the heavy tragedy actress, as
the heroine. The curtain rang up at
six p. m. in the new playhouse. Cen
tlemen who desired to pay out five
shillings sat, perforce, in the pit or
upper boxes; those who could afford
seven shillings sixpence chose the more
fashionable lower boxes. Some of
the cheaper seats were not easy Of
access, if we may judge by this adver-
tisement in the paper of the day: Up
per boxes are now preparing, the pas
sage to which must be from the stage:
it is, therefore, hoped such gentlemen
and ladies as choose to TX. on these
seats will come before the play begins,
as it is not possible they can be adj
mitted after the curtain is drawn up
"As for the cost of going to the theater
in the New York playhouse at this time,
that ran lower; gallery seats there sold
for two shillings each, pit seats for
four shillings, and the boxes, of which
there were ten, for five shillings. These
prices, however, were apparently very
moderate whether they were in New
York shillings or sterling shillings)
compared with the prices at the Phila-
delphia theater In 1880, when fifteen
dollars was charged for the admission
of child, twenty dollars for gallery
seat, thirty dollars for admission to the
pit and forty dollars for a box; but
these later prices, it may be added,
were in continental money"
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
JERSEY cITYs cHARoN.

Ferries You Over "The Cap" and, Like the
styx Boatman. Gets Your Obolus First
The shortest of all ferries, and one the
ordinary New Yorker only stumbles
across through some untoward circum-
stance, is that at "The Gap" between
Communipaw and Jersey City, says the
New York Herald.
Go to Communipaw and then ask
some one how to get to Jersey City, and
the chances are that you will be told to
return to New York and take another
ferry. But if your informant be train
man, particularly Lehigh Valley man,
he will tell you to risk your life by
crossing the tracks of great railroad
system, walking two hundred yards
and finding the shortest of ferries.
There you will find a great wide row.
bost, solemn visaged man and about
fifty yards of unbridged water. The
fare Is two cents. He of the solemn
visage collects it before he leaves the
Communipaw side. He does not row; he
SOULS and propels the boat with a sim
gle oar from the stern. Sometimes he
earns thirty cents on one passage.
He is great admirer of the Penn
sylvania railroad as an upright and adj
mirable corporation. Some time ago it
was proposed to bridge the gap. The
Pennsylvania objected But for that
were Charon's occupation gone.
So now he swears by the Pennsyl-
vania and at the Lehigh Valley, for the
employees of the last named railroad
have ferry of their own.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
QUEER THINGS IN TEXAS.
SUN, WOOD and Air Act Strangely to
Northern Eyes.

Sun, WOOD and Air Act Strangely to
Northern Eyes.
There are some queer things down
here, writes Texas correspondent of
the Fulton Democrat. For instance,
the best wood you can get will burn
out while you are mixing the dough
for your biscuits. There has not been
a night in three months when one
needed any covering All gloves,
shoes and other leathern articles will
soon mildew and be ruined if neg
lected. One cannot keep bread and
cake in tin boxes, as they will thus
spoil in day. 1t is the washerwom-
ans paradise, owing to the fine bleach
ing qualities of Texan artesian water
and Texan sunshine. Stamps and en-
velopes stick together in the most ex-
asperating fashion in spite of every
precaution. A daily bath is not lux
ury, but necessity; one living here
can understand why the ancient Pom
peiians spent so much time in their
baths, The suns heat is like blast
from hot furnace; it will blister the
tender flesh on ones shoulders in a
minute; and yet one can walk, work or
drive in this sunshine with impunity
from danger of sunstroke, and with far
less discomfort than in the summer
sunshine Of the north. One may take
severe cold, and in day it is gone.
The severest fevers usually vanish in
oay. One may get his feet wet, or may
be thoroughly drenched in a rain, with
out evil effects except to his clothing.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
SNAKE PILOT.
Glides Ahead of the Rattler to Warn IE
of Danger.

Gudee Aneau OF the haCtler co warn AE
of Danger.
The rattlesnake has a pilot. The
purpose of this pilot has never been
satisfactorily explained, but it undoubt-
edly serves to protect him in some way.
1t is well known, says the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, that the rattlesnake is slug
gish reptile, slow of movement and
short-sighted.
He can strike only to the distance of
his own length, and is not of the con-
strictor species, fighting with his fangs.
He is not, therefore, dangerous, and
can be easily whipped by blacksnake,
or any of the constructor family. Even
adog can get the mastery over rattle
snake without much danger of being
injured.
The pilot appears like rattlesnake,
except that he has no rattle, and is
somewhat darker in color. He is also
of much quicker movement, and when
other reptiles or animals appear that
possibly might prove dangerous to the
rattler, the pilot, which is not SO near
sighted, conducts the latter away to
place of safety.
Singularly, the pilot has received but
scant attention, except among the ma
tive people of the district where it is
found. and but little is known about
him. The only species of rattlesnake
having the pilot for guide is that
found in the mountains, the prairie rat
tier has to look out for himself.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
PLENTY OF HORSE DOCTORS.
Like Other Professions, That of Veterinary
Surgery Is Overcrowded.

Like Other Professions, That of Veterinary
Surgery Is Overcrowded.
"iI don't care to study law; they're
too many in the profession now, you
often hear folks say" remarked a law
yer to a Philadelphia Call reporter.
"The same thing is said with reference
to medicine, and, in fact, all the pro-
fessions. That the statement is not
without foundation was shown the
other day by an incident on Eighth
street. A carriage horse had fallen to
the ground as the result of the oppres-
sive heat. In less than five minutes
there were eight or nine veterinary sur
geons on the scene, each of them pre-
scribing different remedies to resusci-
tate the stricken steed. A great crowd
had gathered around and the excited
driver--he evidently valued the horse
very highly-remarked We'll. who
would have believed that so many horss
doctors could be summoned in so short
timer 1t has often been stated that
there are fewer practitioners in this
profession than in any other, but the
incident | refer to would seem to chal
lenge the assertion" ---
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
MADE A GOOD BARGAIN.
How = Californian Prospector Got n Big
Price for = Mine.

1t Is the easiest thing on earth to
sell mine in London for almost any
price. provided you have anything to
show an expert" said Maj. Frank Nc
Laughlin to San Francisco Post re-
porter. "There is also right way and
a wrong way to go about it. Some
time ago went to Londor to negotiate
the sale of some mining property. OF
course the first thing had to do was
to let capital know what was there
for. Then, when inquiries commenced,
simply said: Gentlemen, have min
ing property to sell. If you mean busi-
ness and want to buy send your expert
out to examine the property and make
a report on it. You will know then
what you are buying.
"A company was organized. An ex-
pert examined the property and re-
ported favorably and a meeting was
held to discuss terms.
"'Now, major said the spokesman,
we have found that the property may
be worth something. What is 4your
price?'
1.-TWO hundred and fifty thousand,
said l."
"'That is more than we expected to
pay. We expected to pay about two
hundred. There is not much difference
between two hundred and two hundred
and fifty. If you will drop the fifty we
will take it.
II had expected to get about hun
dred thousand dollars for the property,
so with a show of reluctance agreed
to accept their offer. When the papers
were made out 1 was surprised to learn
that they had been talking about
pounds and about dollars, but 1 was
very careful not to let my surprise leak
out, and that is the way got a million
dollars for the mine. Great people to
do business with"
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10

spencer, VINO Is Sesensy-Lvc, SUN
them. and it is noticeable in read.
the personal gossip Of London wee
papers that the same fault (from Q ei-
gar smokers point of view is ALLEGED
against many men of prominence in
life. When Emily Faithful died tae
story of her fondness for cigare
was repeated, and it shocked many
American readers; but Miss Faithful
was not unique among English lsdii F,
in this indulgence. In the case OF u +
men perhaps the inferior quality g.
their cigars and the proximity OF l,ar-
land to the continent may account 4or
the preference given the cigarette.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
COURT DATEo.

Be it enacted by the legislative
assembly of the territory of New
Mexico:
Sec. /. The terms of the district
QUIT hereafter to he held ia the cOun-
lies of Santa Fe, San Juaf.. Rio Al
riba and Taos, shall b hthl "a san
uunties egiuulhg al tnr + -nr, heIr'
matter liked and continuing u-ul ad-
jOurned by the order Ol IlIr court, t.
vii:
In the county OF s.. tu,, ia
5d Mondays in Aprll a." Octuner.
In the county oI K, Aru"a. un Il"
first MONDAYS in May and N0vem =
In the county Oi iA',, on ,',- lle
Mondays in May enirr,
In the connts u"
,rcund u
uer.
Sec. 2. ,o.d IA ia
county Ui i"uyur,s heid irgin-
'rng Uh the ,, d,inday ln April liz
rad oi th. riday IN Mar ".
tr Cha ~, ~
h Mon a - = !
vf ti., hlid I'D u" ,ina'
In the cuuntyo, Luu!, ~g.I"..n.
the second Monday in Mares Instead
the first Monday IN February.
In the county of Dona Ana, hegih
ming on the first Monday,in March l"-
stead of the first Mohday IN February
In the county of Sl0( (Fa, beginning OIL
the fourth Monday ofyMatch instead
of the third Moadby iii&arch.
In the cesnt Or Graft, beginning o.
the third Monday III. April instead o,
The second G6bdayM April.
Sec. 8. Alter the spring 1893 term,
all terms of court for the counties o.
Lincoln, Chavez, Eddy, Dona anu
Grant. shall remain as fixed by the Law
Of 1891.
In the county Of Colfax, on the 4th
Monday in March and the I'd Monday
IN October.
In the county Of San Miguel, on the
second Monday IN April and Novem
ber.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
Cigarette Smoking In England.

It is puzzling to account for the diff
fercnt status of the cigarette in Eng
.liseI States. Here Is is
very rare to find naan past middle life
smoking cigarettes, yet the statement
is made on good authority that Herbert
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
WORK FOR US

few days, and you will be startled at the unex.
pected success that will reward your efforts. We
positively have the best business to offer an agent
that can be found on the face OF this earth.
@45. 90 profit on $500 worth Of business Is
being easily and honorably made by and paid to
hundreds Of men, women, boys, and girls In our
employ. You can make money faster at work for
us than you have any idea of. The business Is so
easy to learn and instructions so simple and plain,
that all succeed from the start Those who take
hold of the business reap the advantage that
arises from the sound reputation Of one OF the
oldest, most successful, and largest publishing
houses In America Secure for yourself the profits
chat the business 80 readily and handsomely yieds.
All beginners succeed grandly, and more than
realize their greatest expectation Those who
try 1t find exactly as we tell them. There isplenty
of room for few more workers, and we urge
thepa 10 begin ct once. II you are already en-
ploysd, but have few spare moments, and wish
TO use them 70 advantage, then write us at once
(fer thls Is ycsy grand opportunity, and receive
lpli particulars BY return mail. Address,
TRUE . co. Boz No. 400, Augusta. Me.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
REGISTER
Sierra County Officers.

Nicholas Gales, Councilman for the coun.
ties of Sierra and Socorro
W. e. Martin and Jose Armijo Vigil re.
presentatives for tho counties of socorro
and Sierra.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
Court Of Private land Claims.

Joseph r. Reed, of Iowa, Chief Justice.
Associate Justices Wilbur + Stone,
Colorado.
AvIi,.a.
william M. Murray, OF Tennessee.
Henry G. Sluss, of Kansas.
Matthew G. Reynolds, OF Missouri, y. S.
Attorney.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31

did, and never will, no matter
what party is in power. Shout,
ing for Mckinley and protection
will be as futile to restore bust
ness prosperity as the Repubi-
can victory in 1894 was to- re-
store the promised business con-
fidence there. Nature and ma
lures laws are not changed by
political huzza.
Set it down as a fact that our
manufacturing boom is over for
good for many years to come.
The inevitable outcome of this
will he that the teeming millions
heretofore employed in the fac
tories will have tog go to farming
simply to exc out an existence.
These poor deluded mortals are
now being told that electing Nc
Kinley for President will start
the factories again. And they
will no doubt try this promised
relief. But in two years from
now the hegira west will begin.
Then, if we do not have a revolu-
ton in the meantime, Gland will
be the object of every poor man.
1t will be the only place of safety
from starvation. Conditions of
American life will change. A
mere existence is all that poor
man can expect. The American
peasant will simply re-enter on a
similar scale of living that our
forefathers enjoyed during the
last century. Those that have
acquired vast fortunes will be
our aristocracy. This will and
muSJ happen unless we nave
some kind of a social revolution.
On the farm you have some
chance to be an independent
thinking being. In the factor
les and mines any man becomes
degraded to a mere machine.
Select your land now while you
can get farmland in good neigh
borhoods Don't buy a thing
you do not need. Use you think
ing machine both in business
and in politics. But by all
means stay on the farm.
G.. J.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31

money system as it was, in 1890,
faulty as we now know it was,
land today would have been
worth double what it is and any
holder could have disposed of his
equities at a fair prices.
When the money question is
settled, and it will, we believe,
be settled next fall. real estate
here will Immediately rise in val
ue. Free coinage of silver and
fair transportation rates would
at once make wheat worth from
Is cents to a dollar a bushel the
year around. With such wheat
prices this country is saved.
Creameries are helping US out
greatly, but if the whole state
goes to making butter that will
be overdone like everything else.
Hence we must have legislation
that will secure to all branches
of farming a chance TO prosper.
When that is done, Minnesota,
and Kandiyohi county in particu-
lar will be right in 1t. Stay
right here, demand your rights
and defend your homes and in
terests, and you will find that you
are better off here than any
where else.
q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31

If more money would make
higher prices. leven the gold
bug admits that it would and
higher prices would enable you
to pay your taxes, interests and
your debts easier, it is not height
of folly to longer support the
same party that all the gold bugs
support? If you wanted to raise
wheat, you wouldn't SOW oats
would you? Or if you wished to
raise horses, you wouldn't buy
an old SOW to raise colts from,
would you? Then why do you
vote for a party that wants low
prices? The goldbug wants low
prices because he has nothing to
sell. but many things to buy.
Who ever heard of a goldbug be-
ing Sucn a TOOL as to vote for a
party that wants high prices?
"They bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne, and lay
them on mems shoulders; but
they themselves will not move
them with one of their fingers.
Woe unto you, Scribes and Phar-
isees, hypocrites? For We devour
widows houses and for a pre-
tense make long prayers. '-Bi-
BILE. The Lord must have had in
mind the present day and time.
Peoples Waterman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31
WHO is JjUDKINs?

Osakis of this District has an
ambitious man by the name of
Judkins We are in receipt of
a letter from thegentleman which
we publish below. Mr. Judkins
is a well borer by trade:
= ." osAK4s, Mimi, March "a, 1896.
Mr.. c. Johnson:
Dear sirE Enclosed pleasefnd $500
for which you will please send nae one
copy Of the Tribune.
Please get my announcement as an
independent candidate for congress
from the It'll district of Minnesot a
in this. weeks issue. We don't want
Mr.. Eddy to represent this district
.nexHyear if we can help it, but we have
got the Republican machine and lots
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31

About the most pitiable sight
is to see Western newspaper
arguing that the Western states
are having more than their share
of representation in congress.
The Willmar Argus recently was
bewailing the fact that Ohio had
only two senators to fight that
wool and eastern annfacturers
exclusively should be protected,
while several Western states
whose combined population did
not exceed that Of Ohio, has a
dozen or more representatives in
the y, S. Senate to insist that
their country shall be included in
the protective idea. But halt,
will you please: Does not the
state of Delaware have just as
many votes in the senate for the
gold standard as the mighty
western domain of California has
for true bi-metallism, and how
far behind would the Lone Star"
state be if compared with the six
New England states, both in re-
gard to population and size, yet
the former has but two Senators
while the latter have twelve. Our
learned (?) friend should not for
get that our country is made up
of states, each one of which has
it's rights, and without the grant
ing of the rights the union would
never have been formed. These
western and southern senators
are thoroughly alive to the neces
sity of protection, but they insist
that the agricultural interests
shall be protected as we'll as the
industrial, and the only way of
protecting the producers of
the great staples is to destroy
the difference of exchange which
their competitors enjoy upon the
worlds markets. Don't turn
against your own section. Dom It
be a tory. We are all for the
Union,> but if we don't look out
for our own interests as a state,
who will?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31
ACTIVE EDDY.

Glenwood Herald:. In the way
of special legislation Mr.. Eddy
has been active, securing a mum
Der of new and increase of old
pensions, and obtaining several
good positions for men from bis
district. ~
This is the sort Of statesman.
ship that makes people glad
when congress adjourns. Each
statesman is looking after loaves
and fishes. We have noquarrel
with. Mr.. Eddy because he has
been active in these respects.
t is the chief duty he has, as
congress is constituted at pres
ef'ut: Our auarlrs1 Is With the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-31

On assuming the chair Mr.. Corliss
thanked the convention and said
among other things: tThis is a dis
trict which has no peer; tits the old
Fifth which has fought for everything
until now there is nothing left to fight.
AS l look back upon the past of this
dis rict, remember there was time
when the leaders Of the Republican
party were a Titled weak=kneed on the
great central Idea disqualification
the tariff. just as soon, gentlemen,
as we got weakened onthis question,
we lost the district and it went to Pop
ulism-not only Popu lism, but pauper-
ism. We have redeemed the district
from that stigma however, and we
mean to hold it. - Report Of Crook
ston Convention Il Fergus Fails Jour
nal. u . I. .z*... 4