The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-11-27
FATE COULD NOT HARM.
The Feeling of Security of Man Whose
Life Was Insured for $40.

They are tearing down old houses all
over the city to make room for the more
modern house. While those houses are
being demolished there is usually class
OF people who crowd around, eager to
pick up the stray pieces Of wood which
come in their direction. Colored people
generally predominant in this class, and
many a family is thus supplied with
fuel. While tearing down house in
the northwest section Of the city re-
Gently the workmen were very much
bothered by these ''wood hustlers," as
they term them. 81
The "wood hustlers" in this case were
composed, with but one exception, of
small negroes. This exception was an
old negro who had one leg shorter than
the other, and was nearly bent double,
but whether with age or not no one
knew. He looked as if he had worked
hard all his life, but appearances are de-
ceitful.
The worknen became so incensed at
the 'wood hustlers' that they drove
them all away excepting the old man.
After while the old man became more
bold, and endangered himself in trying
to get pieces Of wood. One of the work
men spoke to him about it, telling him
he would be hurt if he persisted in get
ting in the way. The old man mumbled
out something, but paid no attention to
the warning.
Finally he got close to the wall and
stopped to pick up a pieceof beam. Just
as he was stopping brick fell in front
of him, and he narrowly escaped being
hit. Seeing this workman yelled:
Look out, ole man, or you'll be
killed"
81 doan't kare," replied the old man,
and he continued to confscate all the
wood that came within his reach. Again
he barely escaped being hit with another
brick, and again the workman shouted:
81 done tole yer onst to git away from
dere. The fust thing you know you
won't know nothing"
II doan't kare," reiterated the old
man, looking around for more wood, and,
seeing some in the interior of the build
ing, he went for it. He had hardly
passed the door when heavy beam fell
in the place he had just vacated, envel-
oping him in a cloud Of dust. Several
workmen, thinking that the heavy beam
had pinioned the old man to the ground,
jumped down to render all the assist
ance possible. Imagine their surprise
when, on reaching the place, they found
the old manga Y gathering the wood as I'M
concernedly as though nothing had hap
pened. The workmen were speechless
for while and then one said:
'sLook a. har, ole man, you'll have to
git out o this. We don't care bout
losin' time er carryin' yer korpus through
the street."
The old man looked contemptuously
at the speaker, and then said in a DON'T
give-a-continental tone: 49,
"Gway, niggers; I don't care. 7 list
had my life 'sured TO- forty dollars."-
Washington Post. ..
Discoloration of the Skin.
Between the cuticle- the epidermis,
that is, or scarfskin- the true skin
is a layer of cells which secrete from the
blood a dark coloring matter. The
black races have this feature most fullv
developed, but even the ightest are not
wholly destitute of it.
Its complete absence characterizes the
albino, giving us occasionally a chalk
white negro, the hair, Of course, partici-
pating in the defect. AS this pigment
is also wanting in the albino's choroid
coat of the eye-normally dark back
ground for the retina, and essential to
clear vision-he is nearly blind except at
night.
There is often a local absence of pig
ment. causing white patches on the
limbs and different parts of the body.
Such patch on the head may give rise
to a solitary white lock amid full head
of dark hair.
Some parts of the skin are naturally
darker than the rest, and the darker
color may extend far beyond the usual
limit and still be purely physiological,
but dark colored spots often appear on
the body as a result of some diseased
condition or Of exciting causes.
The simplest and commonest of such
spots are known as freckles. Their re-
mote cause is a peculiarly sensitive skin;
their direct cause is the light and heat
of the sun: Persons with fair skin and
hair are most subject to them. The pig
ment, which in others is uniformly dis
tributed, seems to gather into small
rounded spots. Youths Companion.
Badly Crippled.
A party of Americans, including three
or four boys and girls, were not long
ago visiting an ancient church in a
French provincial city. An aged beadle
showed them the objects Of interest.
'Whose portrait is this?" asked one of
the girls, indicating an ancient canvas
upon which the face and form of man
in armor could barely be made out.
'That," said the beadle, after stopping
to take pinch Of snuff, 'sis the celebrat-
ed Grand Duke Anatole, the founder Of
the church..
WAS he a great SOLDIER"
Eyes; but he had the misfortune to
lose a leg or an arm in every battle in
which he took part.
GLOW many battles did he take part
I'M" asked one of the boys.
The beadle, who was expecting a