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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07

series OF explorations had been begun
by officers of the United States govern
ment,, tine most important being that of
"a commission appointed by President
Grant,. the report was printed in 1875
and discussed by congress during sew
eral sessions, and in 1884 there was
submitted to- congress a treaty which
had been negotiated with Nicaragua for
the construction Of the canal by the
United States At the same time, Mr..
A.. G.. MenocaI, civil engineer United
States; navy, was ordered to Nicaragua
to- make final surveys for the govern
ment.. The treaty, however, failed of
ratification by the senate, was with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
A STAGE WAIT.

1t was really fine affair. Chedder
STOW did the things we'll, as befitted the
father Of the bride, and the company
wandered over his twenty acre garden
and gazed and gorged and summed
themselves after the fashion of theil
kind. Though knew very, we'll wha1
1t would be like, ran down on his in.
Vitation, and was now, of course, re
Sretting I had come, as I pensivel5
picked out clematis-shaded seat ant
xeA TO watching the poses of three
young girls in enormous sleeves who
were attitudinizing near bank oil
white lilies, with something, too, o!
Nhe Hover S sweet stateliness about
stnen, despite the harlequinade o.
'uress and speech and manner.
A prettily defined pentagonal shadow
>feil at my feet, and, looking around,
saw Nine. de Tocqueville coming to a
Ehatt hnfore me. She is just as well
Known as Arbuscula-only in another
way &le kiEdliest, wickedest little Ia
Guy who ever stabbed a reputation &c
"a death CT planted a bunch of epigrams
upon tie grave
And Solomon in all his Glory
*.she said, noddng toward the three
" sEaces, while she sloped her paraso1
10 bring the rose-colored lining to
: Bear upon cheek which had once
) dared even the sunshine Of Provence.
LIT is to be hoped not" I replied,
else the queen Of the south must have
0een easily impressed"
Oh, they were commonplace lot, -
answered Madame, lightly. Solomon
was fraud-Renan settled that long
ago. The Queen of Sheba was a very
paitry person, too. You recollect how
she showed her egs-unintentionally-
over the mirror? What would she
nave done if she had seen the cine
u tnatograph?"
:''Heaven knows" said /, sitting a
-"yawn. 'They have one here. We are
&o'be on exhibition, I dare say
EYes," laughed Madame, with the
added glory of a photograph for the
: organ, you know" And she glanced
n1n''the direction of a marquee toward
which the company was beginning to
gTavltate. They took pictures of our
noble selves entering the church, with
Tn1the sacred 'edifce-as the reveren-
afaa reporters ;say-and browsing in
Ghe gardens
@'Iti may be amusing" I said, tenta-
%ytvely.
"j'<Et is sure to be-" she responded,
for the -humor will be strictly uncon-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
One of the Unfortunates

Chicago News: Gladys-pm awful1v
sorry war has broken out. Fannie
Why? None of your friends has had +o
go. Gladys-I know, but it is said that
the seaside resorts are all to be- de-
serted this summer, and I bought a.
remnant of yard and half of goods
couple of weeks ago that would have
made up into a beautiful bathing suit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
Their Woes.

I: am here, gentlemen" explained
the plckpocket to his fellow-prisoners,
as the result of moment of alb
straction." And l." said the incen-
diary, because of an Unfortunate habit
OF making light Of things" .sAnd II,
chlmed in the forger, ION account Of
g simple desire to make a name for
myself. And l." added the burglar,
through nothing but taking advan-
tage OF an opening which offered in a
large mercantile establishment in
town" But here the warden separat-
ed them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07

5p ltI1 The canal proposed BY Mr. Van
5derbilt was not built, and after several
notifications Of the contract the con-
cession was declared forfeited by the
government. In 1858 a con
cession was granted to Felix Belly, Of
Paris, for construction Of a canal by
the route proposed by Col, Childs.
Various Projects.
Various projects were suggested be-
tween the time OF the failure of M.
Belly and the year 1880, but in 1852 a.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
The Nicaraguan Route.

The route of the Nicaragua canal is
so plainly feasible that the wonder is
any other should for a moment have
been taken into consideration. Even
before the middle of the last century
there was talk of a ship canal, and the
Spanish government considered the
propriety of authorizing company to
begin the work, but nothing was done
and, in 1920, came the revolution which
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07

the divide cut. This dam Is to be TO
feet high, 1900 feet long; It will raise
the water above It to a level OF 106 feet
above the sea, and this will raise the
level Of Lake Nicaragua from los feet
to 40 feet above the sea.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
Taking No Chances.

He-Why doesn't that English girl
come on deck and be wooed by the
breezes, too? Shelter mother won't
let her. She heard the captain say this
was a trade wind-Harlem Life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
England Driven OUT.

In 1874 the Nicaraguan government
solicited the aid Of the French gov
eminent, but failed to obtain any vail
liable cooperation. In 1S47, Nicaragua
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
TREATY WITH PRUSSIA.

? In 1855, the United States and Prus-
STA entered into a treaty, some provi-
sions Of which show remarkably adj
vanced spirit of civilization and hui
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
Watch Movements.

A watch ticks about 57,68O,Oce times
in a year and the wheels travel $685.
miles per annum
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
Revised Charm.

Wheeler-1s scorcher superstitiousa
8Bik 's He's got a bicycle tire
hanging over his door for good luck
Puck. ii
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

To prove to Scott that all material On
this side OF the prairie is not balloon
power he need only name the time and
place, should he lie seized with Il desire
10 take job off the hands OF his friends.
We would as leave as not give
the baby" lesson or two.-Silyer
Plated Blade.
Iost was in town Monday. He proved
himself not only the baby" but cring-
ing, arrant coward. We met him on
the street. invited him out to settle the
matter and lie pleaded the baby act. lie
made an excuse that he MAS sick aud we
had tao much compassion for the weak
ling TO hit him after that plea, but gave
him to understand plainly that whenever
he felt able we would meet him II he
just said the word. Monday we named
the time and place to be right then and
there; but he was too tired. II he dares
deny these statements We can prove
them by three or four witnesses and by
= C@ur d'Alcne merchant TO whom he
talked few minutes later. II is one
thing 10 boast at long range OF what you
can do and another to carry it into exc
cution when the time comes.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30
COUNTY REPUTATION.

OF all the disgracefnl and disreputable
acts perpetrated on the people OF Koot-
enai county against their will, the action
Of the present board Of county comnis-
sioners in passing resolutions to repudi-
ate the interest aud ultimately the prin-
sipal Of $4,000 in county bonds 10 the
most disgrareful. We are pleased 70
know that honest Tom Smith, the COM
missioner from this district, and the
only Silver Republican on the board,
voted and protested against the disrepu-
table scheme to repudiate this debt.
The two men who voted to disgrace their
constituents. Dishman and Gable, are
respectively Populist and gold Republi-
can; the one member Of the great re-
form party, the other 3 member of the
party that opposed paying off the ma
tional debt in nifty cent silver dollars;
but both willing to disgrace and forever
ruin the credit OF the county whose
guardians they should be. District At
tOrney Beale, in taking charge Of the
case does 30 rs the legal representative
Of the board, and we predict that assist
ant counsel will be employed at an enor-
nous fee for the purpose OF helping the
district attorney. This is one of the mo-
tives for beginning the suit; but ii the
people will put such men in Office they
must suffer the consequence. 1t was q
III 49, a hok $4,000 khs, lokk
hut that does not relieve the county OF
the moral obligation to pay it, and the
present board, in attempting to repndi-
ate it, shows that it is no more honest
than the former board. During the fight
against town Reputation several make
believe high moralists favored repudia
ton they will be found on that side in
county reputation. 1t is u sad eoM-
naentary on the honesty Of our people
when public officials can deliberately re-
pudiate public debt ami deprive inno-
cent holders OF their just dues. 1t does
not speak well for the people. 1t will
keep business men from settling in our
midst and prevent the investment of
capital. We predict that the repudia-
tionists are now entering into litigation
that will continue for years at an ex-
Pense that will almost equal the amount
involved, while pet attorneys will fAtten
and grow rich at the public crib. In
dealing with eastern bond holders, the
officers are not dealing with few credi-
tors OF their own community and they
will find it 10 be an expensive fact BE-
fore they get through with it. The PEG
pie ought TO hold n public indignation
meeting, demand the resignation OF Dish
man and Cable and see that honest men
are put in to ELL the vacancies.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30
SPIRIT OF The PRESS.

The following excellent definition OF q
rattle is going the rounds OF the press
"a rattle lie an institution in which a
man is persuaded against his will to
spend money he can't afford to lose for
almost no chance 1T all OF drawing some
thing he doesn't need."-Ex.
1t is noticeable but none the less
gratifying feature of the American con-
gress that when it really becomes neces-
sorry to act promptly on any question af-
fecting the nations welfare there is no
hesitation and no long winded patriotic
speaking. ACTIONS speak louder than
words" and congress seems TO have
awakened to q realization OF the truth of
this sage remark within the past ten
days.-SPokane Chronicle.
But all misgiving and regret and spec.
ulatiOn we must leave behind Us on the
threshold the mysterious domain we are
invading now. For veal or woe the die
is east and Americans have no alterna-
tive. We stand together as brethren, as
patriots, as kinsmen. Tie first gun
fuses US into Homogeneous and indom.
liable mass. The first battle cry is an
appeal 70 manhood. TO duty and to self
abnegation that will not he denied.
This is q nation slow TO wrath, given to
the ways OF thrift and peace; but once
rouse il from its amjable Ian0our. once
touch its hidden nerve, and you set free
the lighting demons Of thousand years
Of war aud appal the world with their
awakened fury.-Washington Post.
Spanish colonial policy had but one
object-revenue. The followers Of Cor
tez and Pizarro we're attracted to the
new world solely by desire OF conquest
and greed Of gold, and later management
oil the colonies. uD to the present day,
las rested upon the same principles. 1t
is for these reasons and because OF
SPANS ineapacity that the civilized
world looks on With assent while Spain.
tile nation that sent forth Columbus, is
driven completely from the hemisphere
which he discovered for Ferdinand and
IsAbella. The forces Of civilization and
OF liberty are loosening the death grip OF
a morIbund power upon the remnant OF
a once vast empire. The pathos Of the
spectacle appeals to the Imagination,
while reason aud intelligence must ap.
prove this new vindication Of the prin-
eiple VI lIberty.-Chirago Record.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

Now that the Spanish merican war
is fairly on, it will not cease until Amer
lean manhood has avenged the murder
OF the Maine crew and made Cuba free.
Genuine liberty and free and indie
pendent republic will lie guaranteed in
The Eden island before American guns
cease firing on Spanish ships and sol.
diers. The first shot marked the begin
ming Of the end of Spanish rule on this
side Of the Atlantic. 1t may take few
days or it may take months to accom-
plish these results, but the inal outcome
must inevitably be in favor of this
country.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

PARTY lines melted away and not even
. request for time to make speech was
asked for when the presidents recon-
mendation that congress declare war
against Spain came to q vote. Every
Silver Republican, every Democrat, ey-
cry PoPulist and every Republican voted
for the war resolution, thus attesting
the loyalty OF all the people.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

BoB BROWNE, OF Moscow, is to be cap
tain in Roosevelt's cowboy regiment.
The plen in his company should leave
their money at home and sleep with one
eye open. The NezPerce Indians can
give them pointers on Slippery Bob.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

JoHS WASSAMAKER set the pace by
Offering tC continue the salary of any of
his clerks who enlisted in the army, re-
serve their places for them and in case
OF death or total disability pay their
families 81 900. His example is being
followed by businers men and manufact-
urers all over the country.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

The bill introduced by Senator Shoup,
q copy Of which is published in another
column, 10 q measure that should meet
the prompt approval Of congress. All
men who enlist should have their rights
to mining claims protected by Law dur
ing their absence.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-30

To Cult tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netie. fan CT lie. nerve and vigor, take So-To-
Das. the wonder worker. that makes weak men
'irorg. al druggists, 50c or o.. Cure Ruaran-
teed Booklet aud sample free. Address
sieFass Remedy Co, Chicago or New York,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09
From Protectors Primer.

In jeering somewhat at the American
manufacturers with whom certain new
French and German textile companies, to
be planted in the United States, are ex.
pected to compete, our esteemed contem-
porary, the Providence Journal, invites
information about the tariff as though it
knew nothing of 1t. The tariff is pro-
nounced a failure because, although check
ing the importations Of products, it cannot
check the bodily importation of industries.
Nor can the home manufacturer" says
the Journal, "~solace his feelings with the
thought that when the new factories have
been, as it were, imported, this country
would be better off a formerly"
1t is true that the silk manufacturers
threatened with this new competition can
not hope to prevent it. Once within our
national borders the new silk companies
will enjoy, beyond the power of rivals to
prevent, the blessings Of the greatest free
trade organization in politics. the United
States. No tariff exists between the States.
But the theory of protection is that
it is for the benefit of the country as a
whole, INT not for n particular portion
of it. The tariff on silk, for instance, is
not designed to confer a monopoly of man.
ufacture on companies that ask for it, but
to make the industry possible in this coun-
try. That is thought to be advantageous to
the community in general, whether the silk
makers profits are high or low.
IT'S not well to forget first principles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09

The Topeka Capital contains an account
of the proceedings and performances at the
Kansas State Agricultural College for a week.
This celebrated institution has been made a
branch of the Populist party, and so its course
of study is watched with reverent eyes by all
the friends of education. 1t seems that "the
civics class is delving into the mysteries of the
Legislature" If it is a Populist Legisla-
ture. the mysteries and tho delving will
prove endless. The "town meeting" is dis
cussing the various municipal questions" that
are Of SO much importance to the farmer and the
hired man. "The history classes give discus
sions once q week on some question relating to
the progress of society and the basis of such
progress" Sociology. art thou there. true
penny But oratory is the main pursuit. The
President of the college 10 said to give about
twenty days q month to the making of Populist
stump speeches. There is instruction in oratory
all the time. Evidently tho college is worthy of
the Populists. One word OF censure, however,
must be said. Tho dairy department. though
small. is doing practical work." Practical work
must be real butter. This dairy department is
ont of place In n Populist agricultural school.
What the Populists want is less butter and
more ~oratory. Throw out the churns, and give
more time to churning the English language,
civics. and sociology.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09
For q Useless Commission.

The House Committee on Labor has re-
ported favorably q bill for a commission to
investigate the conditions Of labor and
agriculture.
This bill never should have been born
and deserves to die. Presumably 1t will be
made to die. The Government cannot yet
pay its expenses. It has no money to waste
on n fool commission. There is a depart
ment Of labor. There Is a division OF
statistics in the agricultural department.
There are the various State bureaus oflabor
and statistics. There is plenty Of informa-
tion about labor and agriculture for any In
quiring minds in Congress or out OF 1t. II
the proposed commission were appointed,
1t could do no more han hear the miscel-
laneous cranks who like to air themselves.
The work Of the great HENRY W. BLAIR's
Senate Committee on Education and Labor
is q specimen of tho immense uselessness
Of such an inquiry as is proposed. There
would be q majority report and q minority
report, neither of them read by anybody
but the signers. There would be q big job
for the Government printing office. There
would be tons Of junk as the final result Of
the commission.
Labor and agriculture would be no better
and no worse of. The Commissioner
would be better of to the extent of their
salaries.
This is no time, IL ever there 10 q time,
for the creation Of useless offices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09
How Prohibition Works In North Dako,a.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: In Dakota
there is existing q prohibition law. yet you will
observe probably more cases of intoxication in
this city Of Grand Forks in broad daylight than
anywhere else'i in the United States.
Grand Forks is divided by the Red River into
East and West Grand Forks, the former in Min.
nesota. the latter in North Dakota. For a thirsty
stranger arriving in town, a walk of but ten
minutes across q suspension bridge lands him
on wet ground where he can quench his
thirst for as many hours as his purse
will permit. Two. weeks ago the town
Of East, Grand Forks was attacked by
entirely wrecked. the bridge also being burned
away. In less than two hours the proprietors
had placed workmen on both banks Of the river,
building steps by hewing away the frozen
ground. This thoroughfare is now entitled
"Chilkroot Pass" as there is an incessant wan
Grand Forks.
At the last election. the saloon keepers of East
Grand Forks. in association with the w. C. 7.
u, fought the bill to allow the sale of liquor in
this State. the temperance society giving $15.-
600 toward this end, and they carried the day.
throughopt the State is what is termed in slang
a pull with the local gang" conduct a saloon
in a modest way. and coin fortunes. Every club
is provided with n "blind pig. Parties held in
private houses are furnished with all the neces-
sary drinks by q call per telephone being res
sponded TO by a delivery wagon and the beyer-
great, a farce is the prohibition law in North
Dakota. In Fargo tho condition is the same,
Morehead being opposite tho town.
GRAND FORKS. Feb. 0. s. w. PULASKI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09

ton or proclamation win DO substituted. The
convention Is TO unto all efforts in support OF
every movement for the bettcrmont of indus
trial conditions not inconsistent with each
other" This seems q trine obscure, but will
DO found holpful by those whom It helps.
The convention is ito consider the political
situation In relation to tho interests OF pro-
duecrs, and to TAX any necessary action there
on" Producers Of resolutions. Tho noblest
labor of the producers will DO ITO impress upon
the American people tho pre-eminent impor-
TANGO of tho system OF direct legislation, includ-
ing the initiative. referendum, imperative man.
date, and proportional representation. rs the
only means Of restoring the liberties Of tho
people. and as tho only issue whereby all reform
elements can DO cemontod into hearty political
union without compromise Of principles"
We heartily recommend the initiative and
referendum. imperative mandate. and proper
tionnl representation as = sure cure for stam-
mering or insomnia. Dose: Repeat consecu-
lively ns long as you can keep awake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09

The Hon. BUFFALO GREENE, a Populist
statesman with more than q State reputation
as a criminal lawyer" as he proudly tells the
country in the Congressional Record, represents
tho Sixth Nebraska district in tho Fifty fifth
Congress, and hopes to represent it in the
Fifty-sixth. Elected as a waller, he hopes
to be reelected as a waller. Wherefore
he continues to wall very bitterly. Zen.
tlemen may cry prosperity. prosperity" he in.
forms tho House. but there is no p~rosperi.
ty." There is no prosperity for his kind. but
when he goes back to Nebraska he will find
plenty of prosperity among his c~onstitu-
ents. They are not under any obliga-
ton to be lugubrious. and il he wants
to himself to them he should change
his tune. The proper tune for a Populist Con-
Rressman, politically depressed by tho end of
business depression, is to admit grudgingly
that the times are a little better, and then to
shelter himself behind the reservation that the
improvement is only temporary, and that there
can be no general and permanent prosperity
until the free coinage of silver at a ratio of and
so on. The Hon. BUFFALO GREENE needs to
revise his prospectus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09

Tho Hon. CHARLEY CuLBERsoN of Texas
wants to go to tho Senate for the good he
can do to silver and the harm ho can do to
trusts. He deems 1t particularly important
that the Attorney-Gencral Of tho United States
should be determined to guard tho public
against those conspirncios." and he AYERS that
"this duty is of such grave consequence to the
people that their representatives in the Senate
should not surrender It to so.called courtesy due
the President, or treat 1t with Indifference, as
heretofore" 1t is supposed that II MIR. U
BERsoN is sent to tho Senate by O confding
Legislature, he will let his right hand cleave to
tho roof Of his head before he will vote to con-
firm the nomination Of q corporation lawyer"
or trust lawyer" The Hon. JAMES STEPHEN
Hoao, once the soourge Of trusts. having boz
como a trust lawyer" Mr.. C~ULBERsoN's can
didate for Attorney. General is tho Hon. TOBIAS
ScRUToHINs. Mr.. ~SoRUToHINs is not a trust
lawyer or q corporation lawyer. In fact, he is
not o lawyer ut all.