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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
PortugafS Female Bull Fight

A German girl, Fraulein Johanne
Maestrick, is just now the heroine of
the hour at Lisbon. She was born
near Berlin, but when child went
with parents to Portugal. When
she was II an impresario, struck
with her size and beauty, offered to
train her as a female bull fighter.
The agent sent his pupil, who is not
yet 20, to compete at the show of
female beauty which took place
at Lisbon, where she carried
off the frstprize. The advertisement
proved an excellent one, for ever
since the impresario has been bonn
barded with letters from persons of
all classes wishing to know when the
beautiful "torera'' is to make her
debut.
She has not yet appeared in an
arena, but recently she came out in
a trial fight at Oporto. A hu ge
crowd collected to see the unusual
sight. The young woman quickly
laid two bulls in the sand and rode
off followed by a band of music,
amid thunders of applause. Crowds
of people collected before the win
dows of the hotel at which the
"torera" was staying, and far into
the night she was obliged to appear
on the balcony in response to their
calls for her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Writing a Famous Poem.

The poem of "Curfew Must Not
Ring Tonight wasssuggested to me
by the reading ola story called Glove
and Loyalty" in April, 1867. I was
then a plain countryschool girl, not
yet II, residing with my parents at
Litchfeld, Mich, and under the pre-
text of working out mathematical
problems, with my arithznatic before
me, l wrote the poem roughly on my
slate. | was forced to- carry on nv
literary work under these difficulties
because of the opinion of my parents
that my time could be better en-
ployed than in ''idle dreams and use
less rhymes
! wrote the first copy ON my slate,
between 4 and 6 o'clock in the after
noon; but much time has. since been
spent in correcting and revising it.
| had no thought that'I would ever
De able to write anything worthy OF
public notice The poem was first
published in The Detroit Commercial
Advertiser in the fall of 1870. The
editor upon receipt ofmy manuscript
at once wrote me a lengthy letter of
generalization and praise. = Rose
Hartwick Thorpe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Sent a Boy.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A lady walking along astreet came
upon little girl, wheeling a baby
carriage. "What q beautiful babvl''
exclaimed the lady as she discovered
9 pink face done mp in cream color.
ed shawl. Whose baby is it?''
Mine" the little girl answered.
oh, you mean that it is your lit
tie brother or sister?''
No, / mean that he is not INV
brother, but he is my child" 4
"You are a very young mother"
q amt no mother
''Then why should You say that
the baby is yours?" the lady mis-
chievously asked. 7
cause God sent it me. NV NAM
ma asked me if I didn't want q little
baby in the house am said YES: an
she said if 1 prayed for one God
would send it, an them I said would
pray for q little sister, cause | like
girls better than boys; but mamma
said I'd just better pray for any kind
that God has mind to send, but I
didn't; | prayed for a little girl, but
GOD took an sent a boyanyway, an
lguess it was because He didn't have
any little girls on hand. Then Isaid
would pray to God to send little
girl as soon as he could; but our
folks said that l neenter put myself
TO any trouble on that account
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Presidential TIPS,

The biggest railway official in, the
country that I know of told me the
other night that tsthe porters, of
special cars pick up big money.
Whenever a, special car is used the
best porter who is handy is assigned
to it. This man expects and usually
receives a handsome gratuity.
Those who travel in special cars can
afford to be liberal to the one whot
for the time being, becomes valet,
or personal servant, and generally
are. When Gen. Grant went any
where the porter of the special car
always got $50. He never gave
less, whether the time was day or
a week, and never gave more. 1t
was invariably a fifty dollar bill.
President Arthur always gave the
porter two twenty dollar notes or
two twenty dollar gold pieces. He
was also liberal to other minor rail
way officials. President Hayes used
a special car pretty often. He tip
ped the porter IS. When Garfield
travelled special the porter got only
81, and considered himself lucky to,
get that. Garfield was always very
close about money matters. He
saved money while in congress on a
salary that few others were barely
able to live upon. -Pittsburg Dis.
patch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
An transformations Man,

One of the most transformations
men of whom there is any record,
written or unwritten, died lately.
He was on his deathbed, surrounded
by Borrowing friends and relatives,
In a voice weakened by disease, vet
fraught with deep earnestness, he
said: " =
Il know you are all quite fond of
me and sorry to see me go, which is
very satisfactory at this time. When
I am slowed away for good and all,
you will probably place a tombstone
or monument to mark the spot
where [ am buried. Dom t let it be
gaudy or expensive; just something
plain, Above all don't allow any
thing fulsome chiseled or the stone.
In short, let there be no Eighty lit
erature. Just put on, it my name
and the letters S. Y: L. See you
LATER"
Having received satisfactory
promises that his wishes should be
obeyed to the letter-even the three
letters-this unostentatious man
turned his face to the wall and mod
estly died.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Travelling for the First Time:

Travelling for the First Time:
A railroad engineer in Maine saw:
a man on the track waving at him
a few days ago, and, his mind filed
with the possibilities of impending
danger, stopped the train Every
one was in a high state of excitement,
but the man coolly boarded this
smoking car without uttering aword~
He looked as if he had not travelled
far from his native heath, and. ON
being questioned said: ''Wal, i Just
waved my hand cos I wanted to get
on the keers. I'm going ter Wells,
and never been on the keers betone."
He spoke, it is said, with an unmis-
taxable air of innocence, and, raised
such a flood Of good! nature
that the conductor silently took his
fare, and when he landed at Wells he
was loudly cheered in honor. Of his
first ride. Philadelphia, Ledger,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
The Unprogressive Barber.

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One of the preplexing pro blems OF
life, to the man who, cannot handle g.
razor upon hiss OWN face, is the I'M
reasonable and aggravating habit
which the average barber has of rub
bing soap into, his victims chin un-
til the skin is in q state of irritation
and the bone aches with the pressure
OF muscular fingers. The barber
says that the process renders the
the hair SOFT, but at this point science
takes the issue with him, and saws
that the skim alone is affected. The
victim groans, changes BARRIERS in
vain, and finally settles down to the
conviction that he must endure this
barbarous massage or let his beard
grow. The process seems to be, q
mere tradition, a sort of trade fetich,
and no amount of persuasion will in-
duce the operator to exchange his
harsh fingers for the more gentle
brush, unless the victims form an as
ISOLATION for the protection of the
chin or the amelioration of it's suffer.
ings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
How Trees Have Sense.

Oliver Wendell Holmes is always,
giving a peculiar turn to things, and,
his latest twists on a tree, which he
calls "a great underground creature
with it's tail nsti1e air.
Here is whab he says about it ina
The Atlantic Menthly:
Yes, a tree is an underground
creature, with it's tail in the air. All
it's intelligence is in it's roots. All
the senses it. has are in it's roots.
Think what;sagacitv it shows in its
search after food and drink! Some
how Or other. the rootlets, which are
it's tentacles, find out that there is a
brook at moderate distance from
the trunk of the tree, and they make
for it with all sheir might. They
find every, crack in the rocks where
there are few grains of the nourish-:-
ing substance they care for, and in
sinuate themselves into it's deepest
recesses. When spring and summer
come, they let their tails grow, and
delight in whisking them about in
the wind, or.lettino them be whisked
about by it; for these tails are poor
passive things, with very little will
Of their own, and bend in whatever
direction the wiad chooses to make
them. The leaves make a deal of
noise whispering: I have sometimes
thought; L could understand them,.
as they talked, with each other, and
that they seemed to think they made.
the wind as they wagged forward,
and back. Remember what l say,
The next time you see tree waving
in the wind, .recollect that it, is the
tail of aigreat underground. many
armed, polypus-like creature, whichs
is as proud OF it's caudal appendage,.
especially in, summer time, as a pea-
cock, of his orgeous expanse ofplum--
age.
ssDo,you think there is anything
SO very odd about this idea? Once.
get it we'll into our heads, and you
will find it renders the landscape won
derfully interesting. There are, as
many kinds of tree tails as there are
of tails, to- dogs and other quatlru-
peds. Study them as Daddy Gilpin
studied them in his Forest Scenery
but don't forget that they ara only
the appendage Of the underground
vegetable polypus, the true organ
ISM to which they belong. ,"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
OF Two Evils He. Chose the
Least. i

The late master of Trinity College,
Cambridge, was held in wholesome
dread by the under graduates. On
one occasion an unfortunate under
grad who has baen invited to
breakfast with him strolled across
the court to the masters lodge, fin
ishing as he went his morning cigar
cite, all unmindful of the college rules,
which strictly prohibit such enjoy.
ments within the gates. When he
reached the door it opened suddenly
and the master appeared before him
as he took his, last Whit.
DO you mean to insult me, sir, or
are you lost to all sense ofdecency?"
said the head of the college.
The poor fellow, thinking only Of
the dire consequences of the first Of
these three alternatives, answered in
trepidation:
fyou please, sir, I am lost all to
sense Of decency."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Concerning the Old Lady.

"Jrdging from the flavor OF this
milk, 1 should say it was of the vint-
age of '76," remarked a Harlem
girl who enjoys the distinction of
being what is known as sweet girl,
graduate.
"You may know a good deal, Sarah,
but you have neglected to learn that
milk doesn't belong to vintage.
Vintage refers to something that is
taken from the vine"
"Why, mother" returned the girl,
"didu't you know that milk was
taken from a vine?" .z.@a..
Il didn't know anything of the
kind,' said the mother.
'But it's true" insisted Sarah.
ooh, NONSENSE interjected mater
familias, what vine?"
"Bovine." replied the girl, and the
old lady was SO flustered that she
put put pepper on her. Charlotte
Russo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Quick Wit.

Andrew Lang says Of Americans
that they are almost too good
company" and that their enlivenine
effect upon the detected Britons''
with whom they are thrown is often
very startling. Even amongst our
most animated countrymen, how
ever, conversations is not made such
q distinct art as it was with the Emp
fish Wits a century ago.
rev people nowadays make them
serves masters of repartee, and wlen
q man does practice turns and ouins
o. speech we are likely to- listen to his
uUuerances, One such professional
talker was approaching young lady
at a party because, as he declared,
she had promised to go out to sup
per with him rather than with the
gentleman who was actually at her
side. - -
Very well" said he trag ically. 81
say no more NOW, but after sumner
MI. A--and ! shall meet for mortal
combat. 80 80
Now you're. silly. . said the pout-
ing beauty.
No, I'm not silly; Pm scylla, twas
the quick reply. ''And Mr. A.
ls Charybdis. Take your choicep'
On the same night, Just as he was
leaving the house and preparing to
step into his cab, another friend also
emerged.
Halo, J.. ~ said the latter, II
dldn know you were round"
Yes, was the answer, sI'm round,
and now I'm going to- roll home.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
A Russian Romance.

The Russians are a simple, harm
ess people. When not engaged in
blowing each other into the air with
homemade dynamite, they confne
themselves to homemade jam and
rural recreation. At Odessa, for
example. the son of small
landowner attempted to marry the
daughter of a neighbour. All we MT
we'll; the wedding guests we're as
sembled, and the wedding feast was
spread. Suddenly it occurred to
someone that, in view of the prevail
ing irritability of domestic politics,
considerable uncertainty naturally
attended the gathering together of
any number of persons. If the po-
lice chose to consider that they were
not wedding guests, and that they
were Nihilists, there would be an end
OF the entertainment. To make Sc
curity secure, therefore, it was pro-
posed to eat the wedding breakfast
at once, and to go on to the wedding
afterwards. The thing was done,
the toasts were drunk. and the party
proceeded to church. Everybody
was very jolly and little hazy.
Presently the bridegroom was found
to be absent. After time not only
the bride but the entire party got
impatient; and at this critical iunc-
ture total stranger presented him.
self, andexpressedin courteous terms
the pleasure it would give him to
facilitate matters by marrying the
bride. Nothing could have been in
better taste, or more agreeable.
Promptly the ceremony was pro-
ceeded with, and it was not until the
bridal party emerged into the open
air that the bridegroom was en-
countered. He was FULL of protesta-
tlons and apologies, but as the bride
merely remarked that the "other
one was Handsome and well-dress-
ed" it was altogether unnecessary
to make such fuss. Everybody
then returned to the feast, strong in
the consciousness that a bridegroom
who could not take the trouble to be
in time for his own we'd ding was no
loss as husband.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11

eyes. The blood leaped through my
veins. She raised her sweet face and
our lips met for the first time. There
was an awful crash and our freed
spirits took their happy fight to-
gether. !" 44# 5>',
We had drank from the can that
had contained Uncle ] ohn's explosive.
a little OF the powder had chung to
the can, foated on the water, and
adhered to our lips when we drank"
The impact Of that frst elastic
kiss had exploded the compound and
our heads were blown fronn our
shoulders. That's ALL
And Pro lessor Smith, the story tell
or, smiled. Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
At the Truth TeIIers' Club.

At the Truth TeIIers' Club.
| When I was in Maryland some
years ago ! stopped at an old fash
Toned inn up near Cumberland. You
Twill perhaps recollect that in the sum
ner Of 1882 we had some horrible
thunder storms. Have ever told
any Of you this story before? MOI
Well, | put up at this inn one very
sultry day in August, just as the sun
was setting.
Shortly after we had retired a
storm came up. The rain fell in tor
rents down the hillside, rushing like
mountain lakes let loose, and then
Fcame the lightning and the thunder.
At the first clap | sprang from NV
bed toward the window. The next
fash revealed to- me a grand old
chestnut tree, rocked by the winds,
dripping with rain, and grooming
and shrieking in terror of the storm
Than q crash.
When came tost they told me that
the old chestnut had been struck.
and that l had been stunned
| went down to- see the old
chestnut. Many of it's charred
limbs had been brokenoh and thrown
to the ground. I made Al startling
discovery. 1t seems that in the old
chestnut many birds build tieiv nests.
The nests were all to be found scatter
ed about in the grass. There were
eggs in many of them. One of the
nests Was half filled with rain water
and in it were an English sparrow's
three eggs. I picked up one. of them
and broke it. It had been, boiled
hard.
Near by I found another:egg:. tt
had been blown out of a nest, and in
falling through the rain waterhsd
broken and the lightning had poach-
ed it, Not six inches away lava
mother bird, roasted to turn, and
IN her mouth a bit of bread, toasted
by the heat Of the lightning: The
next morning when l took mycold
bath | found on my chest perfect
picture of ta,e old chestnut tree, of
the boiling eggs, of the poached egg
and OF the roast bird with the bitdof
bread, from which I could even make
out the smoke and smell the bread
toasting andi eggs cooking.-New
York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Just Married.

Tricks on young married couples
are sometimes quite annoying, and
often both droll and harmless. Are
Gently welded pair in Springfield
were the victims of a practical joker.
He had procured large number Of
printed labels about six inches long
and two inches wide, with the words
.sJust Married: and pasted them Sc
curely on the trunks, handbags, etc,
Of the happy pair. The joke was not
discovered till the party We're ready
to start on their wedding tour, and
it was too late to remove tho labels.
The bridegroom carried his handbag.
labeled Just Married" without any.
attempt at concealment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Tired Of Shining.

Don't you want to go to the bet
terworld, Tommy" asked q Sunday
school teacher OF the new scholar.
No, mum, I promptly replied the
frank little fellow. And Why not,
Tommy" "Oh, when ! die I want to
90 where q TELLER can rest. !" We'll,
my boy, you can rest there well,
in that song we sung it said we'd all
shine there. Certainly; don't you
want to shine there ., mum, j
don't want to shine there. / get
enough Of that here. I'm ashoa,
black mum. IS Toronto Empire. 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Afraid to PRAY.

The New Minister Do you mean
to say, madam, that you fear to
pray?''
Old Lady = Yes, know the pray
ers will be answered, OF course, bu t
they're not answered with discrimi-
nation. For years and years my
husband had to get up before day
light in order to reach his work on
time; and the long, slow rides in
street cars were iniuring his health.
Well, prayed that he might be re-
lieved OF this great trouble and dam
ger and, in six months, q great, big,
ugly elev ated railroad was run up.
our street and / haven Il seen g ray
sof sunshine sine 8 life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Rubber Between the Soles.

The use of a single layer of pure
rubber gum between the layers OF
leather that form the sole of the
walking shoe is an innovation of
shoemakers. Rubber used in this
way does not heat the footnor cause
it to perspire as rubber overshoe
does. It protects the foot from
dampness almost rs completely as 4,
slip rubber. The latter recalls the
story of the maid who was sent to
her lady's room for pair OF rubbers
and who returned with a blank face
and the remark, Faith, I saw three
or four pair hanging, but the heels
was ont of aich one of them and I
was sure yez wouldn't wear such as
these She had never seen a scandal
before. New York Tribune. 81.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
THE TRUE ARIsTOcRAT.

Who are the MOBILES Of the earth,
The true aristocrats,
Who need not bow their heads to lords,
Nor doff to kings their hats?
Who are they but the men OF toll,
The mighty and the free.
Whose hearts and hands subdue the earth
And compass all the sea?
Who are they but the men OF toll,
Who cleave the forests down,
And plant, amid the wilderness,
The hamlet and the town.
Who fight the BATTLES, bear the scars,
And give the world its crown
or name, and fame, and history,
And pompt of old renown?
These claim no gaud of heraldry,
And scorn the knighting rod;
Their coats Of arms and noble deeds,
Their peerage is from God
They take not from ancestral graves
The glory of their name,
But win, as once their fathers won,
The laurel wreath OF fame.
Stewart.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
Combinations in Dominoes.

Combinations in Dominoes.
DR.. Bein. a Frankfort Germany
mathematician calculates that two
persons playing dominoes ten hours
d day and making four moves min
ute could continue 118, 600, 900.
without exhausting, all the conbina-
tions of the game, the total mum Der.
Of which is 248, 528, I'll, $40! Fig
ures never lie, but they sometimes
tax our credulity to it's utmost Ca.
pacity ST. Louis Republic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
a Lifetime of BenevoIence.

Elizabeth Comstock, the quaker
preacher, now aged and infrm, liy-
ing at Union Springs, N. Z, has in her
lifetime visited $4,000 prisoners,
195, 900 sick and wounded soldiers.
585, 600 inmates of poorhouses and
almshouses, on both sides Of the wa
ter. For thirty years she toiled in
field, and during the last years Of her
active life was one OF the most be
loved members Of the w. G. 4. j.
New Orleans PicaYune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11
KISS OF SUDDEN DEATH.

HERE is nothing so
impossible that a novel
list can't lead a story up
to it, said Professor
Boyesen, of Columbia
College, as he sat in g.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
THEDEAf VAC.

A man entered house in New
Braunfels, and when he was discover
ed, was hunting tor the family silver.
He was arrested and brought before
the judge. You look like hard
man ;" said his honor, as he surveyed
the prisoner over the top of his desk.
What were you doing in that house?"
Nothing at all, Judge; please let me
OFF," Cant do it," said the judge;
"it seems to me, you are confirmed
vag, and will send you up the road
for change of atmosphere and diet"
Sixty days, was the verdict. What's
the use of eating, when you can buy
diamonds and shot guns so cheap at
Emerson & Co.'s? You should see
some of those splendid bargains at
Emerson & Co.'s in forfeited pledges.
If you need money ON any kind of COL
Lateral security, see them; they are
old established people, and will treat
you right. They have held the bridge
for the boys for years. tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28

Lowest prices Oh
Corrugated Iron,
Roofing Tin,
Wire Netting,
Garden Hoes and Rakes.
Fresh supply
1889 Crops,
Landreth's Garden Seeds.
EDWARD PERSCH,
2-l1-Jm 254 Market street.
-Sullivan's shoe store has been
moved a few steps from the old stand,
but is still on the corner of Commerce
aud st. Mary's streets where all are
most cordially invited to call and in
spect our new quarters. In order to
reduce the number of makes on hand.
several lines of ladies' and gents
shoes are offered at great sacrifice,
also 400 pairs Of Children's Rebble
Goat and Kid Shoes for 81, former
price so and Sl.75. 2-1-1m
G. r. SULLIVAN,
Z45 Commerce Street.
The most elevated, conveniently
situated and desirable lots in the
suburbs are in Government Heights
addition, at from fifty to two hundred
dollars each. No railroads to cross in
going or coming from the city. 2.11-tf.
Geo. Dullnig has now on hand q
good stock of his celebrated Lubricat-
ing Oil, guaranteed to give satisfaction
or money will be refunded. Also for
sale at l.. Huth & Son. I'm
Several inches of ice in pools and
tubs this morning.