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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
a Dead Elephant.
From the London Times.

AoAAA uI10 LjOAuOu 4lIueH. .zzs
The recent Indian papers describe
the difficulty attending the disposal
OF the body ofan elephant at Now
aree, in Baroda, which illustrates
the Indian saying that an elephant
must be buried where it dies. It APP
pears that a tame elephant, which
had been kept at Nowsaree for many
years past, died. The news was at
once telegraphed to Baroda, and
sanction for expenses incidental to
the burial ofthe animal was obtained.
The local authorities then held a
council as to how the remains should
be removed to a Distant part of the
town, where they could be inferred
without endangering the health OF
the inhabitants. It was suggested
that the dead body should be cut up
into pieces, which might then be re-
moved and disposed OF, but this idea
was rejected. It was then resolved
to drag the remains out of the town.
and with that object to pull down
one of the walls within which the ami
NAL had been confined. Hundreds
OF coolies were pressed into the SER
vice, and a number of carpenters,
lronsmiths and other artisans were
engaged to construct huge car on
wheels to convey the dead animal
But the body, which weighed several
tons, could not be lifted, much less
removed, from the place where it was.
Various attempts were made for
three days, but they failed one after
the other. When the authorities saw
that they were baf1ed in all their en-
deavors to move the body, they re-
solved to adopt the suggestion made
at the outset, and eventually caused
it to be cut into pieces, which were
then buried at q short distance from
the place. When the body was sub
mitted to the operation it emitted
such repulsive odors that Rance
Jumnabai, the adaptive mother or
the Gaekwar, who lived in the neigh
borhood, had to move into another
bungalow.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
A SONG OFLONG AGO.

4 song o. long ago,
Sing it lightly sing it low
Sing it SO thy like the lisping of the lips We
used to know,
When our baby laughter spilled
From the hearts forever filed
With music sweet as robin ever thrilled.
Let the fragrant summer breeze,
And the leaves of locust trees.
And the apple buds and blossoms, and the
wings of honev bees,
All palpitate with elee,
Till the happy harmony
Brings back each childish Joy to you and me.
Let the eyes oftancy turn 5
Where the tumhled pippins burn
Like emhers in the orchards lap of tousled
grass and fern;
And let the hayward Wind
Still singing. plod behind
The cider press the good old fashioned kind
Blend in the song the moan
OF the dove that Grieves alone,
And the wild whirr o the locust and the bum
ble's drowsy drone;
And the low of COWS that call
Through the pasture bars when all
The landscape iades away at evenfal.
Then. far away and clear.
Through the dusky atmosphere,
Let the wailng OF the kildee be the only
sound you hear.
Oh, sweet and sad and low
AS the memory may know
Is the glad, pathetic song Of long ago!
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
ASGeneration on the March,


London Wit and Wisdom
Ageneration on the march from
the CHG cradle to the grave is an instruc-
tive spectacle, and we have it care
July presented to us in report Of
llJ''rr..starr. Let us trace the physical
fortunes which any million Of us may
reasonably expect. The number to
begin with is made up Of 511,745
boys and 48S, 1855 girls, a dispropor-
tlon which, by-anu-b by, will be re-
duced by the undue morality of the
boys and will be reversed before the
close OF this strange eventtul history.
More than a quarter of these children
will die before they are five years old
IN exact numbers III, 1897 boys
and 121,795 girls. The two sexes
are are now nearly on a level. The next
tive years will be much less fatal. In
thelsucceeding five years.-from ten
to fIteen-the morality will be still
further reduced, Indeed, for both
sexes, this is the most healthy period
OF lite; the death rate, however, is
lower for boys than girls. There will
be some advance in the deaths in the
next five years, and still more in the
five that follow, but 634, O45 will GER
tainly enter on their twenty sixth
year.. Before the next ten years are
at an end tWo-thirds OF the women
will have married. The deaths dur
ing that period will be 62.O52 and of
these no fewer than 27,134 will be
caused by consumption. Between
thirty-ive and forty five still larg-
er "death-tolP' will be paid and little
more than half the original band
in exact numbers, 500, 915-will enter
on their forty-sixth year. Each sue
ceeding decade, up to seventy Eve,
will now become more fatal, and the
numbers will shrink terribly. At
seventy -fve only 161, 124will remain
to besstruck down, and ofthese 1885,
559 will have persisted by the must
become still more limited as enlight-
eminent goes on. AS a method for
producing oblivion from pain he ex-
poets SO find it further limited in APP
plication to short seasons of special,
socialor meteorological cast; and if
it falls the influence Of suggestion
will fall with it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
TO Suit the Room.

e s,g y sho y you Yerthe house, $
said q friend to me the other day.
She had moved into South Side
residence, whose numerous bay win
doWs gave one the impression of a
roomy tarior, when in fact the re-
verse is true, says a writer in the Chi
cago News. She had made many i'm
provements, and was anxious to see
what a good housekeeper she was.
On the third floor she threw open a
door disclosing an apartment about
the size Of a bathroom in the aver
age fiat, and in which she stored her
trunks, va'ises, etc.
This" said she, "was the room oc-
cupied by the former tenants maid-of-
all-work
s:Was there a hole sawed in the par
tition through which to extend her
feet?' / inquired, as the story related
by Frank Stockton flashed through
my mind.
., no! Emergencies are met in bet
ter fashion in Chicago. Instead Of
making thereon fit the girl ais Stock
ton did, the girl is selected to fit
the room. The lady who formerly
resided here told me that she had a
small mark on the parlor door, and
in choosing her help, if the applicant
came up to the mark, she got the
position, but if beyond it she had to
go, no matter how superior her quail
ifcations were"
Probably during worlds fair time
advertisements for help will contain
some such clause as 'sDo not apply if
over 4 feet 8 inches in height"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
Women Prisoners.

Modern historians distrust the
stories OF the Romanpoisoner Locus
ia, and Of the women who in Italy
sold aqua tofana as the best means
OF satisfying jealousy or hate or
greed, but the Hungarian tribunals
are trying. a case which makes all
these legends possible, says the Spec
tator. No less than ten wo men in
the town of Mitrovitz are charged
with poisoning their husbands with
arsenic obtained from fl papers, and
they are only a section Of the women
originally arrested or suspected.
They were all&apparently taught by
a single woman Esther Sarac, a To-
cal witch or herbalist, who deliber-
ately instructed one disciple and
probably many more. The poison
ings, some sixty in number, was done
with little precaution and cover a
space OF more than ten years, during
all which time vague suspicion has
been floating about. The evidence
against the women under trial is
said to be overwhelming, and most
OF them have saved trouble by plead
ing guilty. They are all peasants
and probably of a low order Of intel
ligence;; but the revelations throw a
strange light on the true value OF
much modern progress" Iii Hun
gary, at all events, it does not pre-
vent epidemics of crime, though no
doubt the Improvement Of chemical
analysis helps the authorities in de-
tecting and furnishing the guilty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
Survival of Dangerous Germs.

Survival Of Dangerous Germs.
It has been shown by M. Esmarch
that disease microbes do not long
survive in corpses, and as "a general
rule the more rapidly decomposition
takes place the more quickly will the
organisms perish Experiments
were made with nine different kinds
ofmicrobes, contained in the bodies.
of animals under the various con
ditions Of burial in the ground, keep
ing under water and exposure to air.
The bacillus of fowl cholera was sell
dom found after three weeks, though
that OF septicamia survived ninety
days, while that of consumption did
not lose it's virulence until from 2O4
to 252 days had passed. All trace
OF the other organisms including
those of typhoid fever, Asi;ltic chol-
era, tetanus and anthrax disap-I
peared in from three days to q week.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04

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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
NUMBER 81.
Rivals.

A newspaper proprietor, who Is
now q wealthy man tells an amusing
story Of one Of his early ventures
He went to the west when but %
years old with a capital of only two
or three hundred dollars. He had
done some reporting for a local
paper at home and had smatter-
ing OF the printers art. Hearing of
a new town in the mountains, a
town Of which great things were ex-
pected, he decided to establish
newspaper there forthwith.
he borrowed some money to add
to his meager capital, and started
alone for the field with his little hand
press and type and paper in wagon.
The journey was about fifty miles
IN length and mostly up hill. The
muddy road made the travelling slow
and difficult, SO that it was almost
dark when, on the second day, he
came within sight of the new town.
etlll five miles distant.
just then, as he pulled through a
slough at a curve in the road, he
overlook fellow Traveller whose old
wagon, to which was hitched a bony
horse, was hopelessly fast in the
mud.
Our young newspaper man
promptly unhitched his horse and
and went to the other mans as
sistance. For nearly an hour the
two men pushed and the two horses
pulled. Finally the horses gave a
mighty tug at the right moment and
the cart, was pulled ont Of the mud.
Reaching out his hand with true
western heartiness the driver of the
extricated cart, also a young man of
% or "a, said:
.'Thank you sir! Pm ever so
much obliged to you, Times
mighty precious to me, and I don't
know what I'd have done if YOU
hadn't come along [ want to get
to the next town just as quick as I
can. I've got a newspaper outfit in
my wagon, and I hear there's an
other fellow trying to get in ahead
OF me. Like as not you've been the
means Of helping me 60 get the start
ofhim."
The surprised and chagrined "other
fellow says that for a moment he,
4Was wicked enough tt.swish his rival
sbacksin the mud, but speedily over
coming ali such ungenerous and I'M
manly feelings he said with laugh:
Well, happen to be that other
iellow?"
"You-you are?"
eyes, sir, am
DWELL, i-I-say, s'posing we sit
right down here and talk this thing
over -. -, =.
They encamped together for the
night and after d full conference
agreed to go into partnership, aad
as soon as it was light they FASTENED
on to the town. There they estab-
llshed their paper, which was the
beginning OF great prosperity for
both OF them. y outh's Companion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
Two Clever Paupers Caught.

Two Clever PauperS Caught.
Paris Dispatch
Sympathetic spectators gathered
this afternoon around a young man
who fell down in front of the
Louvre in what appeared to be an
epileptic seizure. One OF the by
ISLANDERS stepped forward and pro-
posed to carry the invalid to a chem
lists shop not far off and another Of
iered to assist. The one who spoke
first took up the epiletic's hat and,
throwing six pense into it, said to
the crowd: II am a poor man my
self, but If each one of you did as I,
this unfortunate creature would have
something to relieve his sufferings."
Impelled by this generous example,
the crowd showered coppers and
small silver into the hat until over
10 shillings was collected. Great
was their astonishment when two
constables walked up and seized
both the benevolent originator of
the aims collection and the epileptic
sufferer. The latter, as soon as he
opened his eyes and saw the police
man, forgot that he was an invalid
and attempted to escape. They we're
both taken to the lookup, and we're
identified as two well-known lazy
mendicants, named Garnet and Des.
marets. They had enacted the same
dodge successfully in the Rue Saint
Honore during the forenoon, the
eplleptic and his colleague on that
occasion fleeing the charitable to
the extent Of s shillings The chem
lists assistant, who relieved the pre-
tended sufferer in the Rue Saint
HIonore, happened to pass the
Louvre, while his second perform
.ance was going on. Suspecting "a
fraud, he told the police, hence their
arrest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
A Mans Best Help.

4 mans best help is himself, his
own heart, his resolute purpose-it
cannot be done by proxy A mans
mind may be aroused by another,
but he must mold his own character.
What if a man fails in one thing?
Let him try again-he must quarry
his own nature. Let him try hard,
and try again, for he does not know
what he can do till he tries. New
York Led u;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-04
.Wond ers Beneath the Surface.

4s 10 s r.. sE .
Wonders Beneath the Surface.
Workmen engaged in sinking an
artesian well in Sandy Valley, near
Mira, N. NJ, struck an open seam,
from which cold stream Of air
rushedWith force enough to removes
twelve pound rock laid over the open
ing. The air was charged with mill
ions of.small yellow bugs, each hav-
ing but two legs, no wings and a
small red circle on his back. They
lived but afeW seconds after striking
the warm outside air. Local scien-
lists are puzzling over the question
How did they get SO far down into
the earth? st. Louis Republic.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
THE KNIFFIN CASE.
The Grand Jury Exonerates Miss Pur-
cell and DIR. kniffin.

The grand jury at Trenton, NJ, returned
their bills Of indictments yesterday, but there
was none found against Miss Emma Purcell or
DIR. kniffin for the murder OF Mrs. Knifin.
Messrs. Beasley and Barton, the cousel for
Miss Purcell and DR.. Kniffin, were present
when the grand jury appeared They seemed
anxious, as did the crowd Of lawyers who
crowded into the bar, to know what had been
done by the jury in the murder case. After
they had been discharged Mr.. Beasley arose
and asked on behalf of his clients whether an
indictment had been found against them.
Prosecutor Stockton replied that there had not
Dir. Barton then moved that the prisoners be
discharged from their recognizances Prosecu-
tor Stockton replied that he had no objection
so far as DR.. kniffin was concerned, but he de-
sired that Miss Purcells case be held in abey-
ance and would like to have her held to answer
to the next grand jury.
Chief Justice Deasley held a short consulta-
ton with Judge Stewart and then announced
that it was the opinion Of the court that no
ground had been assigned by the prosecutor
upon which the recognizances should be con-
tinued. The cane had been examined at great
length by the coroner's jury and afterward by
the grand jury; no Indictment being found,
what ground was there for holding any one?
The chief justice did not think that there was
any reason to hold that either OF the persons
charged would go away, even though they were
discharged from their recognzances, and he
therefore granted Mr. Barton's motion.
DIR. Kniffin and Miss Purcell are now free.
Mrs. kniffin was murdered and there is no door
at which to lay the crime. The police are very
angry at the result and they are blaming the
prosecutor. DIR. Kniflin had three patients
waiting tor operations when he was called upon
by reporter. He said he did not intend to
leave the city and he would develop some
things later which would prove his innocence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
A PARALYZED LOVER.
His Lady Love Promises to Marry Four
Men Within His Hearing.
From the Louisville Commercial

From the Louisville Commercial
At party given few nights ago, a young
man, who until that time had the reputation of
being one of the happiest of men, saw what has
changed him from the happiest of mortals to
the most miserable. He stepped out upon the
veranda to smoke and while there overheard
his fiance acknowledge to being in love with
the man she was then with. saw him kiss her
and then heard her promise to marry him.
When they left he was so stunned that he
stayed where he was until he was startled by
another couple coming to the same window.
He started to leave, but recognizing the voice
OF his fiance he stood still and was witness to
the same proceeding that had first caused him
pain. He was so overpowered with grief that
he sank down upon the porch and in an agony
OF expectation waited to see if it would happen
again. Again it did happen; in fact, it hap
pened twice more. When he escorted her
home after the party he told her as she had
kissed and become engaged to four men that
night and had ring from each she would not
miss his ring, himself or his kisses, and he
would therefore beg to be released from an
engagement that had become distasteful to
him. He received his release and has fore
sworn woman's society from that time on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
No Longer Jealous.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A young married woman on the north side
suddenly grew suspicious of her husband, who
before his marriage had been zone Of the
boys" and recently she determined to catch
him. Monday he told her he had to 20 to the
lodge.
That is only his excuse" she said to her
self. Hell not fool me this time"
As soon as he was around the corner she was
after him in a cab. The husband, oblivious of
the espionage he was under, went straight to
the lodge hall. The cab was pulled up where n
view of the hall entrance was secured and there
watch was kept.
He will be down soon." repeated the wife
to herself, land then will catch him as he
sneaks away"
At 10 o'clock lodge was over and the husband
came down stairs with the other members The
shadow" In the cab was alert to catch every
word
Come. George" she heard some one say,
lets have a drink before you go home"
Not tonight" she next heard in reply. 81
must go straight home. My wife did not seem
we'll and am anxious about her.
Then the husband started off homeward at a
brisk walk
Whip your horse" the now crestfallen wife
exclaimed frantically to the cabby. II must
get home before he does"
The welcome the husband received that night
was surprise to him. This seems" he said,
like old times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
Two Wives Too MANY

VIM. H. Hines, aged twenty-nine, who for
merly lived near Naples, Ontario county, NY,
Is in the Livingston county Jail waiting to be
comforted by three wives. His Indictment for
bigamy comes up before the next term of
court. Hines was first married in Buffalo when
he was ,abou. twenty-one years old to a girl
named Mary Sparks. He deserted her a wear
later to marry Elizabeth Mohagan. With his
second wife Hines took up his residenc near
Naples and lived there about five years, during
which time three children were born TO the
couple. He next fixed his third choice upon
Olivia Wilbur. aged sixteen, daughter OF a
prominent citizen of Springwater, Livingston
county and after briet courtship they were
married in November, 1885, A few weeks ago
the officers located Hines aboard the coasting
vessel OF Capt Williams of South Amboy. NJ.
In an unguarded momen. ne dropped into a
saloon in South Amboy and was identified and
arrested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
A Skull for a Water Pail.

From the Pail Mall Gazstte.
There is a terrible story coming from North
Queensland about a man who was lost in the
bush. He used up all his water and then
dropped his billy" in the agony of his thirst
BY and by. fortunately, he came to water
hole, where he slaked his thirst and found the
road again. He had still some 80 miles to
go, however. and he had nothing whatever to
carry water in. or course it would have been
madness to attempt to travel 80 miles on foot
under North Queensland sun without any
water. SO his ready invention came to his aid.
He had been Mortified short distance back bv
the skeleton OF a man who had evidently been
dead several years. He went back and got the
skull plugged up the eye holes with clay and
filled it with water. He then tramped that 30
miles on the water contained in the skull. Can
any novelist imagine a more CHASTITY and fright
full idea than this, for which we can vouch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
Did the Square Thing.

From the Helena (Mont) Herald
The train was just pulling out of Weston,
Mo-, for st. Joe, when one of the passengers
in the smoker put his head SO far out of the
window that man near him felt it his duty to
utter a note of warning.
''Yes, it is a little risky" replied the man as
he pulled in his head and sat down, but was
looking for grave in that field. Reckon it
has been ploughed under and forgotten"
How did they happen to bury him there?"
Its sad story. gentlemen-very sad 1t
was just ten years this month, and was living
here then. stranger came in from the west
with three horses to sell and he acted so
queerly that we clapped him in jail He never
boys turned out and hung him to O tree over
there. That used to be our way of discourag-
ing the business, aud believe it is still prac-
ticed farther west. We buried him near the
tree and it was his grave was looking for
Never denied it, eh?" queried one of the
listeners.
Never did, although we gave him every
chance. just a week from the time he was
hung We found out that he was an honest. hon.
orable farmer, living about forty miles below
US. While he hadn't stolen the horses he had
killed man, and he no doubt believed that
we were hanging him for that. We felt mean
enough when we discovered that he was no horse
thief and that all he had done was to pop man
over. and n Kansas man at that and he must
have been sadly puzzled over our conduct.
We made such reparation as we could, how
ever"
In what way?"
lutlons ofsympathy for the wife, sent the horses
on home and few months later went up and
married the widow. She's in the next car
behind" =