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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-21

subsequently he was assigned to the
staff Of General Sheridan as aide-de-
camp, and was with him in the cam
paigns on the frontier against the In
dams. Colonel Grant married in Oc-
tober,. 1874, Miss Ida Honore, daugh-
ter of Mr.. H. H: Honore, Of Chicago,
by whom he has two children-Miss
Julia Grant, born June Z, 1876, in the
white house, and Ulysses S. Grant,
born July. 4, 1881, in Chicago.
Colonel Grant resigned his COM
mission in the army in 1881, and en-
gagged in business in New York. He
assisted his father in the preparation
of his memoirs that great work of
the lamented general, written during
a period of great trouble and distress
of mind and body, the last contribu-
ton which he made to the history OF
his country. Colonel Grant had filed
these various positions, both in mill
tary and civil life, in highly cred
table manner, and had won public
esteem and confidence, which, with
the fact of his distinguished lineage,
recommended him to one Of the great
political parties Of New York, and in
1887 he was nominated for the office
of secretary Of state. Owing to the
political complications Of that year,
Colonel Grant failed of an election.
However, in 1883, the following year,
he was appointed by President Har-
rison minister Of the United States
to Austria, where his success in se-
curing the admission Of American
products and in protecting American
citizens from military duty won for
him the highest commendation, and.
on Mr.. C1eveland's election, Colonel
Grant was informed that, unless he
insisted, his resignation would not be
accepted, and that It was B Opt onal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-21
sAYINGs OF THE DARKlEs.
Secret Nature Of the F1iesA Substitute
# for 1Iarriag Negroes Illustration

Secret Nature Of the F1ies-A Substitute
for Marriage Negroes I1lustration
From New York Sun: The southern
darkies are constant source Of amuse-
ment, when they are not the cause Of
unmitigated wrath, to thesnorthern peo-
pie who go down there among them. i
The other day a young northern WON
an, living in Washington and possessed
Of deep and abiding antipathy for
flies, complained to Lucinda, the col
ored servant, that there were a good
many Of the pests in the house. 81
don't see, Lucinda" she remarked Sc
yerely, how all these flies could get in
il you kept the screen doors closed"
well, I dunno, eitheh, Miss" cheer
fully remarked Lucinda. But you
know they is Of secret nachuh, Miss"
Down in Mississippi, in one Of the lum-
Der towns, which is owned by north
erners, the house servants and some Of
the laborers are darkies. They are not
very strict in their notions Of law and
order, and they have their own and
very lax ideas along the line Of matri-
| mony. Wives and husbands are swap
ped off with such freedom and fire.
Quency that it is rather hard to keep
track Of the exact contemporaneous
combination among the negroes at a,
given time. The colored people have
solved the delicate point of expressing
exact relationship by avoiding the sub
ject Of matrimony altogether. '"Lize
she's cookin' fur Duke Johnson now"
That's the way they put it. The wom-
an doesn't marry anybody. She
cooks fur" him. One of these darkies
was telling about a woman on a steam
boat The levee had caved so that the
boat had to land further up than usual
It was at night and the searchlight,
turned on the bank, did not reveal any
thing familiar to the woman. She
hung back, therefore, and the darby
who had been detailed to put her ashore
didn't know what to do. sShe stood
than like horse lookin' at a strange
gate" he said. It was this same negro
who was one day listening to one of his
| acquaintances dilate, on experiences
with the Lord. From the darky's &C.
| counts these experiences seemed to
have been extremely intimate, and
| without a word of comment the negro
| spoke up and said: 'Wen you all seen
de Lord, wah He?" That is to say:
When you saw the Lord, where wal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-21
THE ARTFUL RAVEN.
Anecdotes of It's Well Known sagacit

Anecdotes of Its Well Known sagacity
&c., STORY Hard to Believe.
Many stories are told Of the clever
ness of the raven, bird that really
seems to have reasoning powers. One
of these stories tells how a raven, by
a skillful strategem, got a young hare
for it's dinner. 1t had pounced upon
the little animal, but the mother hare
drove it away says the Philadelphia
Times. Then the raven slowly re-
treated, encouraging the mother to fol-
low him, and even pretending that he
was afraid of her. In this fashion he
led her to considerable distance from
her young one, and then suddenly, be-
fore the hare had time to realize the
meaning Of the trick, he rose in the air,
flew swiftly back, caught the young
hare in his beak, and bore it away, A
similar plan was adopted by some raw
ems that wished to steal food from a
dog. They leased him till he grew so
angry that he chased them from the
spot, but the artful birds turned sharp
ly round easily reached the dish be-
fore him, and carried off the choicer
bits in triumph. AS to the ravens
power of speech, the following story
which is given on the authority OF
Capt. Brown, who vouches for its truth
will show how aptly it can TALK A
gentleman, while travelling through a
wood in the south Of England, was
startled by hearing q shot of "Fair
play, gentlemen; fair play.!!" uttered in
loud tones. The cry being presently
repeated, the traveller thought it must
proceed from some one in distress. and
at once began to search for him, He
soon discovered two ravens 6ercely at
lacking bird He was so struck with
the appeal Of the oppressed bird that
he promptly rescued him. It turned
out that the victim was a tame raven
belonging to a house In the neighbor-
hood, and the cry that he had used SO
OPPORTUNITY was one Of many that it
had been taught to utter
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For Value Received.

8 Mamma Ito little daughter) Never
forget to thank God for everything, my
child. Child ''f I didn't like it,
stoo?' Mamna----'.Yes, always; every
thing is for the best" Child drumming
in an hour later - Mamma, thank
God, I've broke the new pitcher"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-21
Good One.

She Your Jokes remind me Of q
Spanish gunner. He-In what way,
pray? She They rarely succeed "a
their aim. Post Courier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-21

Cost Of : warship's Ropes. s5
4 The ropes on a frst-class nan-of-
war cost about SIS, 900.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-21

A loquacious nelghbor of the Hobsons
says Lieut.. Hobson, while instructor at
Annapolis, refused an offer of SIC, 900 a
year from the Cramps. III.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-01-06
IN WESTERN sze-cHuAN.
some PccuIinritic~ OF the Marriage


lin, lama> are consulted to ascertain
If he horoscopes Of the youth and
maiden ill.,. If not. the difficulty may
I've overcome by prolonged 'icarious
chanting Of .hc Scriptures and liberal
fees The lanaS also choose an au-
-pciou~ CAY fer the marriage. The
marriage ceremony consists in the
bride AVID groom publicly joining
bands. drinking wine from double
~pouted bowl. aud accepting each othe'
a> husband and wife ufter which there
is a three days feast in The brides
homo. She and rcr husband then GO
~ their own house. and there is another
three days feast. There arc no con
tracts of marriages for limited period.
as I'm WESTERN Thibct Whether the
choice has been for good or i'll. it is for
life: divorce. rarely rc>orted to. being
permissible ou'y ia the ease Of child
Ies>ucs>. and the contract can only b.
cancclcd ny tho T'u-ssu.
It WOULD not be correct 10 infer from
his that tie Nautll arr a moral pco-
pie. Their standard 81 morality is low.
:Hd the lives of the lamas have ne
tendency 70 raise it. Plurality of wives
j. an appcndagc Of the position o. the
T'u-ssu. but mouogamy is the rule,
aue polyaudry. though the custom of
he Sifau. to the north, docs not eXiSi.
No presents. cNccpt the bottle Of wine
previously mentioned. arc made by the
bridegroom 10 he brides father; but
her parents according 10 their wealth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-01-06
THE FUTURE OF GREECE.
A Poor Outlook for the Hellenic M
ton.

What Of the future? The Greek peo-
pie went TO war 20 strengthen the Hell
lenc race and help to fulfill the Hellenic
ideal. Have they irreyocably weakened
the one and destroyed the other? At
first glance it would seem so. The Turk
is stronger than lie has been for many
Years He has learned that no power
Will coerce him. The millions of Greeks
in Asia Minor have lost confidence in
Athens. Crete is farther FROM union
than ever. Financially, Greece is on the
verge of ruin. She will now have to sub
init to the terrible indignity Of placing
her revenues under foreign control, for
a time at least The dynasty has been
shaken. and the name of the heir to the
throne indssolubly connected with an
overwhelming national humiliation.
The corruption of Greek politics, the
miserable personal struggles which
have usurped the place of party govern
ment, the "spols system at its very
worst, have had their natural effect, and
the constitution is thoroughly discred-
tied The national vice Of windy en-
thusiasm for great ends. combined
with unwilingness to perform the
solid labors by which alone these can
be secured. has at last brought despair
into the hearts of the best Greeks at
home and abroad \ friend writes me
from Athens that there is little sign of
the national disgrace being taken 10
heart. Is il the cnd?-Henry Norman,
in Scribuer'S.
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erected. It is a beautiful piece of ar
chitecture and is the only building an
the entire avenue which is worthy of
place there.
The congressional mail is annually
increasing, and hence the business OF
the Washington city post Office is con-
stantly increasing. Five years ago the
congress made an appropriation for
new public building for the city
post Office, With wisdom unusual
for a congressional committee. this site
was chosen. The building Is now al
mos; completed and VIII soon be occu-
pied.
Senators, representatives., visitors
and residents here are proud Of this
building. Moreover, il is going TO be n
landmark for the future. 1t marks the
beginning of an era. Every thinking
man and woman. looking at this build
ing. entertains and expresses the
thought: pennsylvania avenue should
be beautified with such buildings all
along its line"
This thought win crystallize into ac-
ton. On the corner OF Fourteenth
street. three blocks west of this new
building, there is n block of vacant
ground, upon which the secretary Of
agriculture is looking iongingly. \
new building is needed for the depart
mcnt of agriculture. There is a SPLEEN
lid site only one block from the treas
ury, and only three blocks from the
white house. II is just the place for
grand edificc for the new department
of the people. We cannot expect the
congress to make an appropriation for
this purpose at once; for the treasury
is poor. But it is now simply ques-
ton Of little time when there will
be erected building on Pennsylvania
avenue for the department of agricul-
ture and that win emphasize the ne
cessity for the improvement of the aF-
cnuc, by the erection of public build
ings, in place of the unsightly and
crime-stained rookerics which now dis
grace the place.
Many people are urging the idea that
the north side of PennSy lvania avenue
should be bought by the government,
and ali along that side there should be
erected buildings for the residences Of
members of the cabinet. This is gen
orally regarded as a good idea, too; and
some of these days it will fructify.
Pennsylvania avenue is yet in its in
fancy. As the country develops the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-01-06
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
The Greatest Thoroughfare in the
Capital OF the Nation.
The Scw City Post OdIce the Eirst
Building Really Worthy of
Place on the Imposing
street.
tsneclal washington Letter.l

iEpttldl n dSitlli sAbH lS'ttti-j
You have all read OF Pennsylvania
avenue, the great thoroughfare of the
national capital. 1t is the grandest
parade ground in the world. and will
some day be the greatest avenue on
earth for beauty, comfort and pleasure.
To-day Pennsylvania avenue is moth
ing Ike the splendid public highway
that .hc people generally imagine it TO
be- You shah see it through the eyes Of
one who knows every inch OF the
ground, by riding over it, driving over
it ard walking its entire length for
many years You will be djsillusion-
lied
IL need scarcely be said that Maj
L'Enfant, the civil engineer who
planned the city more than hundred
years ago, performed piece of work
which daily demonstrates his wisdom
and sagacity. The capital city of the
new republic of the new world was
without form and void. The site was
selected by Washington, but the civil
engineer saw before him nothing but
unbroken forests in which aboriginal
men and women roamed. There were
morasses. ponds. sluggish creek
named the Tiber, lot of high lands,
and a lot OF lowlands, all of them in a
state of rugged nature.
With only this prospect before him,
Ma. L'Enfant planned the city, laid
out its streets and avenues, located the
public buildings, many of which were
erected from 30 to 100 years after his
his death. lie was wonderful man.
With pencil, pen and paper he first
located the great capitol building, in
which the congresses should sit and de-
liberate for the general welfare. With
that as center, he drew his lines and
marked out streets and avenues which
should be developed as the city might
grow. Even at the beginning of our
civil war the trees of virgin forests
were growing in profusion, with viii
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4 correspondent Of an exchange
writes that he can sell his milk in a
neighboring town in Pennsylvania for
five and six cents a quart, the year
round, and he inquiries if he had better
do it, We would rather say he had.
We remember once that a woman re
fused to sell Us milk for sin cents a
quart because She wanted to make but-
ter from the same, and butter was
worth - cents a pound. IT astonished
the woman somewhat when we showed
her that it required IL quarts or -
pounds of her milk TO make pound Of
butter, and that She was using ~ cents
worth of milk TO make % cents worth Of
butter. There are great many such
figurers in the dairy ranks, and the
worst of it is that unlike our Pcnusyl-
vania friend, they do not take any pains
to find cut whether they are right or
wrong.
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some people have faculty OF taking
CT rhe c3ge Of neie hbo.'s pleasure.
Here Is case in point: II happened 10
% doctor Of divinity who was preaching
some special sermons. lie had scarce
~ got juto the vestry after one OF them
vhcu jn rushed a weil-dressed man.
VINO greeted h;m most effusjyclN DE
Nghted H. see You, doctor" he said
"Nuu haNe given us u grand sermon. /.
has been 4 frcat-a real inspiration
10 u- all The doctor smiled and eN-
pressed his qualification. aud the man
left the yestr1 No sooner was the
door closed. however, shan one Of the
deaccu> looked mp and remarked:
.'A-ou must not take any notice of him.
doctor he's got soltening of the
brain" The feeling Of the doctor must
Eavc been akin TO those Of another min
i~,cr who was preaching st Rochdaie.
The morning was fine and the corcrc-
cation large. 81 the foot Of the puipi;
tajr. one of the officials met him.
We've had a very large congregation
'hrS morning, Mir. Brown" remarked
thc preacher "NcS. sir" remarked the
.ulc,r~> and outSpollen brother, "a
very fine congregation. Iou see, sit,
We wasn't expecting YOU This morn
ing. Temple Magazine.
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LEGEND OF ARAFAT.
Said to he Inaccessible on Account
of Divine GunrdianshtS,

Ararat must now be reckoned aaaong
the mountains which have exacted
toll of life from explorers. Some Of
the biologists who attended the CON
gress at st. Petersburg last summer
appear to have extended their trip to
the Caucasus as far as Arurat, and to
have attempted the ascent, but, accord
ing to a telegram, one of the party,
Prof. Stoebcr, Of Nladikavas has been
frozen to death. This misfortune will
add to The awe with which the noun
tain is generally regarded in its inn
mediate ucighborhood. For centuries
il was considered inaccessible; not be-
cause it presented any special difficult
ties, but because it was deemed to be
q sacred place. From very early time
il has been firmly believed that portions
of the Ark still remained on the sum
NIT This is affirmed by, Mt least, one
Greek father of early date. Adveutur-
GUS climbers are said to have been
empowered by an irresistible inclina-
ticn to slumber which has frustrated
their hopes Of reaching the summit,
This was considered a clear proof OF
SNluG 81 ptA tld vi IL = udA AltilSul p DuA
there was yet legend in reserve to
confute the doubters. y monk in the
monastery at its foot desired so ar
IDENTIFY to gaze on the sacred relics that
lie returned again and again to the
attack, always to fall asleep. But, at
last, an angelic form stood by him as
he slumbered, aud told him that man
might not tread on such holy ground,
but that his faith should be rewarded
with n fragment from the timbers Of
The Ark. When he awoke it lay by
his side, and is still preserved, so the
story runs, in the monastery.
So strong is this belief that not many
years ago an eminent Armenian ecce-
siastic, when told by an Englishman
that he had just returned from the
summit of Ararat, beamed upon MIN
with benevolent smile Of superior
knowledge, and grarely replied; That
is impossible; no one can ascend
Ararat." But of late years-notwith
standing this simple way Of settling
the questionable summit has been sew
eral times reached. The first to make
the ascent was Parrot, a professor at
Dorpat, in 1929. As he relates in his
well-kuown book "A Journey to Ara
rat" he twice failed, but was success
full at his third attempt. lie was fol
lowed a rather long intervals by other
explorers, among whom was the emil
nent geologjst Abich, in 1916, and in
that year the first Engishman, Mr..
Digby Seymour, arrived on the sum
nit. An ascent was made in 1876 by
Prof. Bryce This was certainly not
the least memorable, for his compan-
ions became exhausted, and were
obliged 10 malt. while he made his way
IN for rather more than four hours
quite alone Fortunately of the two
routes by which the summit general
ly has been reached-thc northwest
EN- and the southeas tern-he had Sc
lected the latter, where the snow is
less steep and is not so likely TO make
much step-cutting necessary. The as
cent has been repeated several times
since then, but The climb IS undoubted
~ long and toilsome, and the cold may
he, as il has been on this occasion,
serious danger-London Standard.
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The 4uppositiou that humor has ar
exceptional utility for men OF a sensi
tive and intellectual east is supported
ing is common endowment of the re
Elective, breeding mind, and that it fire.
quently appears as relieving feature
in a somber temperament. II is notice.
able, too, that humOr often appears as
a reaction from narrow and oppressive
religious creed. Puritan humor. OF
which Mr., Sturgeon was an excellent
example, seems to me to illustrate this
breath-takiug or bacll-straig
function under an oppressive load A
good deal of American humor is the
Iiueal descendant Of this Puritan vari-
-ciY-National Roy lew
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HOW ARE YOUR ROAOSp
Ask This Question Before Settling in
re- New LocaIIsy.


In considering the features Of any 10
cation, whether for permanent resi-
dcnce, temporary soiourn or summer
outing, there are many questions that
are always asked. and on the replies to
them depend the decision. 1t is in
order to answer these inquiries in adj
vance that prospectuses are issued, at
fractions advertised and summcr-rc-
sort hauG- books are distributed,
what are your schools, churches
and stores? Is society agreeable? Are
surroundings elevated? Have YOU sew
crs, gas, water and electric cars - ar
some of the questions asked before you
can determine on place of residence.
''Is the bathing good? Have You fishing
and boating, pleasant walks, shaded
lawns and convcniences for out-of-door
games? Is the table good ?"-and like
inquiries arc made before selecting a
spot for summer recreation.
To these must now be added another
which is often placed first in the list Of
iuterrogatOries. no matter whether the
time is to be extended or very tran
sent. How are your roads? 1t is not
simply and alone that good roads are
wanted for " heeling- though that is an
important part of it-but the progress
iveness Of any section is SO readily
shown by the way it maintains its high
ways that people hesitate to go to any
place in which the roads are neglect
ed. The effect of better highways in
bringing summer tourists is beginning
to receive attention in the northern
New England states and other parts
of the country, and as soon as the nerve
to the pocket is touched rapid advances
may be looked for. In the meantime.
on inquiring regarding any place, let
the first question be: How are your
roads IL. ~ w. Bulletin and Good
Roads
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Feeble nerves-seyerc weather neural
gia Soothing cure. St. Jacobs oil
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MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
Yet He Did Not Resort TO False
hood.

A benevolent looking old lady had her at
tention called to small street urchin who
was crying as ii his heart would break
Come, come, NY little fellow, don't cry.
Has some one hurt you or are you afraid OF
something
Nome, but III get licked when l git
home"
What have you been doing that you'll
be punished for?'
Il lost Z. dime, an pap'll whip me when
go home
ooh, we viii fix that for YOU. Wipe
your face, and will give YOU another dime,
so there will be no trouble on that account
When he got the dime his face frightened
like the sky after a shower. lie was not the
same boy. In fact, in his tones and look and
talk there was change that was almost mar
velous
Nov" said the good woman. run along
and be good boy. But before YOU 90 yoD
must tell me what your father gave you the
dime for
"Yesum. He gave it to me to git him
some beer, but lett the bucket around the
corner
That's too bad I'm sorry your father
drinks. hope when You grow up you will
never drink drop
Nome. ! won't
Maybe it You look right carefully YOU
can find the dime YOU lost Where was il
YOU dropped it:'
= didn't drop il, lost IT. jist lost it"
But where did YOU lose f<"
Right aroun' Their in the alley
But how did it happen that you lost
it,,
Il was pitchin' pennies with the fellers
an they got it all.'-Cincinnat Commercial
Tribune