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The German-american Veterans Who

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Day
11
Month
September
Year
1895
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Public Domain
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visited Bismark on Friday were soldiers in the anny that marched tlirougl France in 1870-'"], and who liastened to the United States when the war was ove to find peaceful homes. Tliey still cher ish i fondness for the Fatlierland, bu they prefer to live ander the stars ant stripes, even when the democratie part) is in power. Last year, Mississippi abandoned tlie vicious plan of liiriiig out convict laboi to eontractors, and purchased a farm o 10,000 acres on which to raise cotton The profits of this farm for tlie present year will amouut, it is reported, to $50,000, which is certainly a good tliing for the State. But how do the honest and law-abiding cotton-raisers like such competa tion? Chemists now Iiave strong reason to believe that argon, tlie newly diseovered element of the atmosphere, is a mixture eomposed of two gases, one of which is entirely unknown, and the otliei mdentical with the gas obtained from the mineral cleveite, whose line in the spectrum is the same as that of helium in tlie sun. Some of the most skillful scientists are on the track of the uninown gas and are sure that they will be able to demónstrate its existente in aslirot time. The new law governing the holding of primary elections in cities baving a population of over 15,000 will be given its (irst application in Battle Creek, where a special election to flll a vacancy in the common council is soou to be Jield. The law is very intricate and provides uumei'ous serious penalties for ■iolation. No two political partiea can held their caucnses on the same day, no person who is not willinx to take on oath to support the ticket to be nomina ted can be permited to vote. Beoths must be useil and the primaries are to be conducted similar to the regular electii-)iis. ïhe Albion College scientific exped; ander the, leadership of Prof. Delos FaH, formerly of tliis city, wliicii left Arthur tuenty four days ago', arrived at that point Safcurday evening, all well and safe. They experienced coniderable difficulty in crossing Lake Nipigon, owingto bad weather, and were (ietained about five daysinconsequence. Tliis lake is ninety miles long and sixty ivide, and contains about ],000 ialahds, only 400 of that number having been definitely explored. Tliere are several large rivera that flow into the lake, and owing to the limited time the party only ascended two of thein, the principal oue being the Ombabika, which means "raising rock." Tlie studente are all elated over the trip, and besides gaining some valuable scientific information, they have had great sport in hunting, fishing and "shooting" the lapids of the various streams descended. The Detroit News in its sensational accounts of the recent school election does injustice to all concerned. It made allusion to a suppoeed hostility between the Typographical Union and the editor of the Courier, saying in effect that tliis office is anti-union. The absurdity of this is evident in two ways, flrst, because union men are employed in the Courier Sffice, and second, that on election day the Typographical Union was in Detroit not caring enough about it to be at home. The printing of the rumor agaiust Mr. Shannon was just as unfair as he is an honest, sober, hard-working man, who has a perfect right to be a candidate for trustee. The charge that the ladies deserted their candidate is also unjust. Tlieir candidate was Mrs Bach. and they worked for lier faithfully' dividnig on the other candidates, as thev naturally would. All were made to suffer for the hotheaded foolishness of oneor two blow-hards who attempted to draw tlie Union into politics and to use the lad.es' votes tosatisfy personal

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