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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-14

as me. write to you because can
never must never-see you AGAIN. :
am unworthy Of you. Led away Dy
friend, speculated at the bourse anu
have become involved in YESTERDAY :
downfall, In that unexpected collapse
where so many fortunes have Deen
wrecked dare not tell you how mucn
Ihave lost-it must be, however. lot lug
honor Of the Sanvalliers is involved.
Alas! it means very nearly your COM
plete ruin. owe. 46s.0oo francs! An!
curse me! I am wretch! But did
NOT suspect that such q thing coulo
happen Altar having tried IN vain 10
avoid this disaster returned 10 my
room, wild. ray brain on fire, deter
mined to end my life. But learned
that they are recruiting volunteer OIL
cers Tor Tonkin, and asked to pc sent
there. Out there, at least, my death
viii be useful; it will have nothing
about it to mako you blush and It VIII,
perhaps, inspire you with little COM
passion for that guilty but unhappy
and despairing son, who suffers keenly
from the wrong which he has done you,
and who bids you good-by forever!
CAMILLE SANVALLIER.
M Sanvallier, widower OF several
years standing. one OF the most es-
teemed foundry owners Of Paris, was
judge Of the Tribunal Of Commerce
and officer OF the Legion Of Honor.
He had two sons, Camille, the lieu
tenant, and Auguste, painter OF some
0ziginality married to charming
woman and father OF little 6-year-old
girl, Andrea.
He had kept them away from all
commercial enterprise, fearing their In
experience and dreading for them the
universal cruel risk Of business. He
ALSO e1acted that after his death the
Business Of the foundry should be liqui-
dated and not sold, in order that II
should not pass into other hands, and
thus be sure of preserving forever In
tncf the name Of the Sanvalliers. An6
NOW, In spite of all these precautions. {
misfortune greater than any which ht
could have fc.eseen had fallen upo1
him!
The sum must be paid the next day
he must procure it at any price. I
was hard! The foundryman's FORUM
was composed of material and mer
chandise; would such forced realiZa
zion yield the necessary amount? II
did not know yet.
And then. afterwards, with the deb
once paid. could he fulfill his con
tracts? BY that time It would be fail
ure-the failure Of Sanvallier!
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POLICEMAN SAVES A BOY
The Lad was About to no Crushed u

q Car.
Ten thousand people cross Broadway
at Fulton street six days week, and
many have narrow escapes from being
run down by cable cars and trucks that
jam the thoroughfare at that point, says.
the New York World. One Of them yes
tcrday was 10-year-old Harry Fox Of
100 Washington street, who tried to
cross the street with his arms full; of
newspapers. At the same moment cable
car No. 8. came bowling along uptown.
'sLook out!' yelled half dozen men
in the same breath. The boy jumped
just as the car bound the other way
bore down on him. A cry Of horror
! went up from the eyeWitnesses. They
expected to see the boy lying mangled
on the track when the two cars rolled
BY. Instead there lay Policeman Will
liam Schrieber Of the Old Slip station,
at full length between the tracks. IN
conscious. Clasped tightly to his breast
was the boy, frightened halt to death
i but not hair Of his head hurt. The
/ policeman was carried into a store on
the corner, where he soon revived
Where is the boy 2" were his first
words. They told him he was unhur
and full OF gratitude for the police
Z mans brave act. Schreiger explained
8 that lust as he clasped the boy in hi,
arms to lit him out Of harms way tn,
handle-bar OF car No. 8 hit himson tn,
4 shoulder and threw him violently to tn
{ ground. Before ciousness left him
4 Schreiber said, he made astrenuous ef
: fo.t to fall so that he might lie between
the tracks. His head was badly bruise
and his shoulder sprained, but sbeyon
that he declared that his injuries wer
/ too trifing to report himself Ill, so b
went back to duty. The crowd cheere
the plucky blue-coat again and agai1
and many passers-by stopped Ion
enough to shake his hand. schreibe
has been on the force fifteen years. an
i has an excellent record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-14
4 story 81 Sir s. ". Richardson.

. a Story Of Sir 3. w. Richardson.
one Of the best known stories in con,
nection with the late Sir BENJAMIN
ward Richardson s advocacy Of temper
ance tells how he had been on = visit
"a one OF the three or four small towns
IN England which have no public
house. Although there were 1000 peo4
Ma there the doctor was nearly starv4
Ing one day young medical man
came to Sir BENJAMIN for advice q
to taking the practice and Sir Benjaa
min, placing his hands on the youn
doctors should ers, said Take my ad.
vice. and dom Those wretched teetos
talers not only shirk accidents. but
when wounded, heal SO fast that there
is neither pleasure nor profit after thu
first dressing. estminster Gazette
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Fail! He, the officer OF the Legion OF
Honor, judge of the Tribunal of Com
merce! Never! He would sooner kill
himself
And all night long the poor man
searched, calculated, and contrived
combinations; in the morning he start
ed out with anguish in his heart #
He appealed to associates, comrades.
Candles debt was paid Their
honor was saved, but M Sanvalliers
fortune had vanished. However,
thanks to certain arrangements, he
was allowed to continue in the pro-
prietorship OF the foundry.
Then he said to himself that he
would work -et. in spite of his sixty
years, that he would work without rest,
with the anxious desperation Of those
commencing life. who are tormented
with the care Of the morrow He re-
duced his expenses. gave up his apart
raents to live with his son, sold his
horses and carriages. sent away his
servants. diminished his personal
needs.
A dread haunted the old man, troub-
ling his sleep and arresting his
thoughts In the midst OF his occupa-
ttons; he feared to hear some day that
Camille had speculated once more: that
8 he was again in debt. ss.
He forbade all mention Of him in his
presence. He was henceforth the
wicked son. he Of whom all are
ashamed, the remembrance Of whom
heavy as remcrse. saddens the paterna
home and makes the meals silent
Down at Grenelle the foundry wa.
seized with fury Of work. with al
enormous productiveness.
Its furnaces blazed In the shadow o
the sheds like piercing eyes: its power
fuI blast shook the surroundin,
ground; the melted metal. smoking an,
red, ran like its life-blood in the cru
.cibles. 81
Auguste took the place OF designe
and his wife that Of cashier at til
foundry. And each went to his or he
work. accepting their several task
without . frown. .
At that time the campaign OF Tonki
was at Its height.
The French soldiers fought despel
,ately against q slippery enemy. Away
springinE UP afresh. in an unknow
country, harassed with dimcultis
without numbsr.
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The ,l,rhteyt success, excited the "a s.. 8.

~
triotism OF the populace.
One morning Auguste entered his IA
theirs private Office, looking very pale.
and handed him paper. 38
The latter read from the --latest the
following dispatch from the intrenched
camp at Dong Song: 81
Capt. sanyallier attacked the enemy
this morning with great vigor, fought
all day against large forces, and took
successfully four redoubts At last his
soldiers gave way, crushed by the SUI
perior numbers OF the foe. Although
grievously wounded. he insisted upon
being carried by two men to rally his
company and led them to the assault.
Capt. Sanvallier's conduct was admir-
ate. I have placed the cross on his
breast. This brilliant exploit will per-
nit me to enter Lang Song tomorrow.
Twenty -seyen killed. forty-three
wounded. # # 81
GEN. BR1ERE DE LIsLE."
A strange emotion In which anguish
mingled with Joy caused M. Sanval-
lier's heart to beat rapidly. For mo-
ment he remained silent. Then, his
gaze a little unsteady, mis- eyes wide
open with sad establishment, he asked
his son in a slow voice: do you be-
lieve that it is he? He would then
be captain"
Two hours later letter from the
minister Of war informed the family OF
the event. and the next day all the
1 papers were talking Of Capt. Sanvallier,
recalling the fact that he was the son
4 of the honorable foundry owner OF
| Grenille.
| Now the foundryman could not 60
out without seeing Camille on every
side! in the l1iosks of the boulevard, al
the corners OF the streets; Camille
1 looked at him as he passed. followed
him with his eyes as if he was living
Their on. III
But, alas! the dispatches which HI
received daily from Tonkin left blu
little hope.
Would the aon of whom to-day h
was SO proud ever return?
One morning. three months after
wards, NJ Sanvallier was working il
} his office when the door softly opene,
half way, and the curly little head Q
} Andree appeared
And suddenly she entered, holdin
by the hand Capt. Sanyallicr the.
cried in her sly little way: "Lool
grandfather, -iere he isl Auguste an
his wife entered the Office in their turr
| M. Sanvallier, who had not been pre-
, pared for the arrival of his son, ros
l quickly, then stood motionless, choke
by his emotion.
/; He saw Camille with the scar on hi
t forehead, the cross on his breas
e Tlnid and embarrassed as a guilt
: child, Camille hung his head; he sa
: his father changed, grown old on h
9 account. r. I
Then very humbly, a little ben
It ready to get down on his knees,
: came forward with slow steps to b
s fathers feet, but at that moment \
Y Sanvallier. with an abrupt start, seize
him round the neck, crying in a vol
suddenly broken by tears. mo, C
mile! In my arms! In my arms, n
child" And father and son held eat
other close, their shoulders shaki1
with sobs, while Auguste and his wi
wept beside them.-London Sun.
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RUIN, AND THE HERO.

HAT afternoon M.
Sanvallier received
from his younger.
son, lieutenant in
the garrison at
Versailles, the fol-
lowing letter:
"My Dear Fa-
Their: I am threat
'ened with a fright
full disaster which
affects you as well
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| The Bread of the Day.
81 asked them for bread and they
gave me a stone. Z
Don't be hasty Are you sure It is
not bread 2, Detroit Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16
TONY FINCH'S MANSION.
St Louis Tramp Lives Happily In
an Ism Kettle
He Quotes Latin with Ease and E.-
Joys Hts Domicile ThsrouEhly-
Altogether Tony Is "a Re-
markable Character.

Near the foot of Ashley street in St.
Louis there is an old cast-iron sugar
condenser rusting in the sand. 1t is
shaped Like an inverted tea cup, with a
hole in the bottom. 1t Is about five
feet high and twelve feet in diameter,
and for some time it has been the home
of old Tony Finch.
Tony has placed about a bale OF dry
hay inside, equipped the only opening
in his iron home with "sky-piece" OF
tin, and when he crawls into his hole at
night practically pulls the hole in after
him and sleeps in shell OF cast-iron all
inch thick.
Near by in the ground he has ex-
cavated sort Of cellar, in which he has
built brick fireplace, the smoke from
which ascends to the upper atmosphere
through an old steamboat sniokestack
Here he cooks his frugal meals, smokes
his pipe and entertains levee nomads OF
his own sort, or rather of his own con-
ditioh, for Tony Is a rare bird.
A Republic reporter visited his
mosque the other day, and, seeing nc
sign of life, raped on the iron shell
The "'sky-piece" dropped aside and the
grizzly minutes tousled head popped
out like some dirty Neptune from his
diving-bell.
Good morning, Mr.. Finch" said the
visitor, politely.
1.-THE same to you," answered he
shaking the hayseed from his whiskers
II will join you in mometit."
He disappeared long enough to gc
his hat, and theb, Crawling out Of hi
shell, led the way to his subterrane ar
anteroom. This is so small that sea
on the bench against one wall almos
touches the rude brick fireplace on thu
opposite side. Here, with q graceful
wave of the hand, the host bade him bt
seated.
"IIow is the werld using your" begar
the latter, with a desire to "dfas cut
Mr.. Finch.
Homo homini lupus" said he, drop
ping into the Latin with the ease of I
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reaching this slender, swaying span
Blondin said to me; Harry, you are no
longer Colcord; you are Blondin. I'm
til l clear this place be part OF me,
mind, body and soul. If sway, sway
with tue. Do not attempt to do any bal
ancing yourself If you do we will both
go 10 our DEATH
II had lsmounted while he was talk
ing to me, and stood with one foot on
the line and both hands Oil his shout
ders: climbed back into my perch and
Blohdin started across the unstable part
of the line. had cleared my mind of
all the feelings save one. tfitd to think
that instead Of being poised in midair
with nothing but a MANILA rope be-
tween me and destruction that ! was
shut up with Blondin in confined space
where the Thought Of fall was farcical.
Blondin swung to the Fight and then to
the left. Each time went with him as
though we were nodded into one piece
with immovable parts. | knew after
ward that the lire beneath his feet was
swaying horribly ard that to the people
on the shore it seemed that time and
again our bodies were parallel to the
rushing Niagara rapids below. Blon-
din's marvellous skill and the precision
with which he manipulated his pole
brought lis each time to the upright.
THE unprotected center was passed
hll burt few feet. Blondin was how
running just as boy runs in order the
better to keep his balance when walking
a railroad track. We were nearing the
point where the joining place of the
7 FIRST guy line from the opposite shore
offered lis resting and breathing place
Blondin's foot was planted on the kno
which joined the lines. My breath came
naturally again. At that instant ths
rope was jerked from beneath his feet
How he caught ii again and saved us
never knew Before could realize mucl
nf anything he was running again. SOM
gambler interested pecuniarily in on.
deaths had cut the guy rope, hoping t.
hurl us to the river. He did not dare re
peat the attempt, and when the secont
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16

HIS HOUSE A SUGAR SCNDENohfs.
savant, "as Horace would say, man is a
wolf to his fellow man, hut / manage to
keep the wolf from my door,"
DO you follow any regular bust
ness2" was asked.
"Oh, yes; l gather wood along the
levee when ! can, but in winter there is
considerable competition and less wood
than in summer, when l need it less.
It's all stratagem, sir-all stratagem
You see taking down an old skillet
upon which was a Notwithstanding
cold stew, have forage; here is my
fuel, and sleep yonder. poach on mt
mans domain; doll incapax,' as Livy
has it; 1 live by stratagem, and have no
enemy but myself, SIR"
lis it true that you were educated
for the ministry, Mr.. Finch?" was
asked.
with your permission, we will not
refer to my past history. l avoid that
subject myself. 'Nolo Episopari,' as
| Dean Swift once said, and, besides, i
does not matter what l would be. nol
what am, for that matter"
The old man was very dirty, disma
tear glistened on the end of his cerise
| colored nose and the questioner dropped
| the subject.
81 see you manage to keep some read
| ing matter" said the reporter, as ole
Finch began to MUNICH his dinner.
"Oh. yes; 'otium sine litteris NOR
| est" said he. with his mouth full O
fried potatoes; II have Josephus. tn
| Spectator and Shakespeare, but thu
light here is not good for reading"
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BEGAN BY DRINKING PETROLEUM
acid, but these did not kill her. Then
she swallowed needles, small buttons
and nails. These failing, she turned her
attention, in an asylum to which she
had beef taken, to larger objects-hair-
pins, steel pins and long nails. This
being also done in vain, she swallowed,
among 6ther things, crochet needle
pieces Of glass, two teaspoons fork
and a piece of iron.
On the surgeon asking how she could
swallow those rather bulky objects,
she answered quite calmly: "Oh, it is
quite easy with the handle first. You
will" she said, find a whole store of
thinngsihii ihiy st6nhtK." IN bis operation
DR.. Tricker took out Of hia patients
stomach key about three inches long,
silver teaspoon six inches long, a
plated teaspoon 50 inches long. plated
fork eight inches long, two nails, one
~ inches and the other 51s inches, two
iaifpits; 1a pieces of glass, an iron
hook aboiit four inches III size. d steel
pin, nine needles; d piece of graphite. q
boot button, grapestone, two little
balls of tinfoil and crochet needle AZ
inches long. Altogether there were re-
moved from the stomach 81 objects. The
operation was successful and the phi
| tiept was dismissed. cured,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16
CARRIED BY BLONDlN.
Henry Colcord's Peri GUS Trip
Across Niagara Falls.
Chicago Artist Describes His sensa-
lions While Crossing the Terrible
Cataract ON the Rope
Walkers hack.

Henry NJ. Colcord, the Chicago artist,
the man whom Blondn, whose death in
London was announced recently, car
ried across Niagara falls on his back
at his famous tightfope performance
in 1850, was asked to tell just what it
was that he felt when he found himself
in midair over raging torrent, with
nothing between him and death but a
splderlike rope ana the steadiness OF
mans nerves.
~ cannot describe II BETTER" said Mr..
Coloord, "thah by saying that the first
sensation was an overwhelming one in
which it was hard to separate awe from
fear. Then there came what best may
be termed an absolute cessation of all
feeling. Before starting from the shore
Blshdin gave me that injunction which
almost every mother has given to the
boy at her knee when giving him his
first lesson in life.
"Look up, Harry he said.
My arms were about his neck while
my legs were slGng in hooks at his waist.
Out we went over that horrible gulf.
heard the roar of the water below and
the hum which ran through the crowd
of 100000 spectators. AS we cleared the
brink the hum Ceased. There was not
one person, perhaps, in that vast throng
who did not feel a greater strain than
was ours. Unable to resist, / stole one
glance down at the black waters. 1t
seemed for an instant as if l were poised
above the entire universe, There was
feeling of immensely such as had
never felt before or since. Then
looked up. Blondin walked on steadily,
pausing for one brief moment at each
point where the guy ropes Joined the
main cable. The line was a trffle stead
ier at those places and gave him chance
to assure himself Of his balance. There
was wide space in the middle Of the
rope to which we're attached no guy
lines. At the last resting place before
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16
eREETs ALL PAssENGgRsi
Strange Conduct of a Dig Dog on n
Chicago Train.

Strange Conduct of Dig Dog on II
Chicago Train.
He gets on the suburban train north
bound every day at Thirty-ninth street
and rides up to Randolph. He is only a
ST. Bernard dog, but all the passengers
who make the trip in the smoker have
learned to look upon him as friend.
The dog is not as other dogs, for he is
very friendly fellow and always greets
every man in the car. He is the prop
erty of well-known violinist. but he
Is on good terms with all who enter
the car to ride to the northern terminal
Every day as the 1850 train steanls
into the Thirty-ninth Street station the
owner of the dog enters the smoking
car and seats himself. The dog is al
ways with him. As soon as the master
has taket his seat the dog begins his
daily parade up and down that car He
stops for an instant before every mar
and will not move until each has given
him pat on the head. He makes the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16

entire circuit of the car and then re-
turns to his master and calmly seats
himself in the aisle.
He remains quiet until another sta
ton is reached, when he watches to
see If any new passengers. enter. In
every case when such happening is
noted the animal gets up and goes to
the new arrival for his, customary pat
He is fine-lool1ing animal. and never
q man enters but he is ready and anx-
ious to extend the greeting the dog
seems to expect, if notexact. The mas
ter is generally buried in some paper
and pays but little attention to the
doings of the dog, but the other passen'
gers are always alive t., the situation
and are pleased with t. good nature
and friendliness of the dog.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16
Says Women Are Not Truthful
Will Lie to Their Physicians.
This Statement Should Be Qualified.
Women Do Tell the Truth. But Not the Whole
Truth, to Male Physician, But Do Tell
the Truth, and the Whole Truth, to Mrs.
Pinkham-Mrs. Jane Keener Has Some-
thing to Say on the Subject.

There can be no more terrible ordeal
to delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions In regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician.
This Is the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are GORE
spending with Mrs Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, To her they can enter into every
detail Of their illness, SO that even
through correspondence Mrs. Pinkham
can treat her patients more intel1i.
seAtly than the local physician.
1t is this fact alone which has caused
the tremendous line of correspondence,
which is ever increasing, between Mrs.
Pinkham and women who are sick, and
it was from this fact also that Mrs.
Pinkham has wider experience and
greater knowledge of the treatment Of
female his than ahy rracticing physi,
clan in the world. The greatest prac-
titioner can at the most have less than
100 cases to which he can give his per-
sonal attention, while more than fifty
thousand cases have been handled by
Mrs. Pinkham during the last six
months.
Years age ,wemen had no such re-
course, and III consequence many OF
them dragged out miserable exist,
ence; charlatans practiced on their ig-
norance and fears, extorted money
from them and effected few cures.
Nowadays woman may ask advice OF
a woman who understands weman' s
Ills, and the fact that this great boon
which is extended freely to women by
Mrs. Pinkham is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters which are received by
her prove. Many such grateful letters
us the following are constantly pouring
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-16

in; and are source Of great satisfac.
ton to the woman who has tried to do
SO much for others.
Mrs. Jane Keener, Mt Morris, Pa,
says:-For years have been constant
sufferer ff6in female trouble In all It's
dreadful forms, shooting pains over
my body, sick headache, faintness, diz-
illness, nervousness and my back hurt
me nearly all the time. had pain
about my heart and ovary, also trou-
bled with piles, I could not sleep ON
my left sides. The pain has now left
my heart aid side and back Before I
began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound l would have to
get up at four o'clock every morning,
for my back hurt me SO much. I feel
it my duty to tell you these facts that
you may also be cured by the same most
valuable remedy. My heart is full Of
gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham
A STANDING INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of fe-
male weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
opened, read and answered by women
only. A woman can freely talk of her
private illness to a, woman; thus has
been established the eternal conf
dence between Mrs. Pinkham and the
women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
in return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely, any woman, rich or poor, is very
foolish II she does. not take advantage
Ut this generous offer Of assistance.