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moving his arms, he causes various
Knots and muscles in his legs and arms
/ to Wriggle around as If they were alive.
The effect is very novel.
what he calls his most difficult per-
torrance is that in which mounted
soldier crosses q bridge supported on
ESandoW'S chest. The horse and the
man are real. Later he supports q
platform on which stand three large
sized ponies, the total weight Of which
/ Is 1000 pounds This is so far ahead
OF any other feat Of strength with
which we are familiar nowadays, that
It IS necessary to go away back in his
tory IN order to find a man who can
decently compare with Sandow This
man is Sampson.
Compared with Samson OF the Bible
Samson began to show that he was
possessed of unusual strength from the
time when he was a very young man.
1t will be remembered that, having
been down to Timnath, he saw there q
certain woman, daughter Of the Philis-
tines, with whom he fell in love. Upon
his return home he demanded Of his
parents that they get her for his wife.
The objection was made that he should
no marry a daughter Of the uncircum-
cised enemies Of Judah, but Samson
persisted and finally prevailed. Sam
son, with his parents, then went down
to Timnath, as related in the Book of
Judges, on the way to which place he
met and killed young lion.
Instances have been known in history
where man, single-handed and with
out weapon of any sort, has fought and
conquered a lion, so that this particular
feat Of Samson's is not so remarkable
as it might seem at first thought. It
is not improbable that Sandow could
get the better of a lion in a fair fl glat.
There is no doubt that he would come
out ahead If he got good hold on the
animals throat and could keep out of
reach of the paws. The next feat of
Importance that Samson accomplished
was when Judges, xiv, JOY ''He went
down to Ashkelon and slew thirty men
Of them and took their spoil" Here it
is not explained in what manner the
thirty men met their deaths. They
might have been poisoned, in which
case Samson would have deserved no
special credit for the exercise of mus
cular power. The word slew. however,
seems to imply more or less: of force,
and 1t is not unfair to assume that the
thirty men were put to death violently
II so, the next question Is whether in q
bunch, in divisions or separately San
dow, of course, If he wished, could
easily kill thirty men, one at a. time,
and he might even dispose of them two
or three at a time. "
Subsequently, when the Philistines,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25

women from entering the legal pro-
fessiOn. Nine. Tel Sono's debut was:
celebrated by a popular poet
For twelve years she has pleaded in,
the courts, and her name is well known,
throughout the Mikado's dominions
+ In"her legal capacity she came to. full
~ appreciate the position OF Japanese.
women, and determining to study the,
woman question in a land where the,
sexes stood on an equality, she came
to- America in 1886. She spent some
time in various missionary colleges
here, learning English and teaching her
own language. On her return she de-
ternined to found a training college
for high. class Japanese women. f.
She. is a practical philanthropist, is
small Of stature and has winning man
nerS. .s.' .s$
She speaks English we'll She has dis
carded the native dress and wears the
black satin of Western ciYiliza ,b)n
She is now in London, but will return
to- Japan in May
The project has been received with
great favor, and the school for higher
education of woman in Japan prom
ises to be a success. 7%
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
A SPANISH MURDER.
Details OF a Wffe,s Crime More Ho1
rib1e Than Lady Macbeth's.

Details OF n Wffe's Crime More H0r-
rible Than Lady dacbeth,s.
q recent Spanish murder trial win
long hold the field for horror against
all similar stories Of ancient or modern
TIL times res, says the London News A young
ana pretty widow marries for the sec
ono time, and her husband is d wealthy
landowner ian still younger than herself.
Iilley quarrel: and she determines to-
get8rld of him. She incites one. of her
men men servants to- murder him while he.
Hes asleep, promising to reward him
WIN her hand when he has made her 4,
WIDOW q second time. The deed is, done
az midnight; and for the last touch Of
horror the woman lights the murderer.
to her husbands room and holds tl,e,
hght during the butchery. The other,
servants come into the scheme of crime
ia q subordinate capacity One, 4 man.
Is posted In che dining-room as a sort
OF reserve while the murderers in chief
creep toward the sleeping chamber.
Inc other. maid has to wash up the
room after the victim has been hacked
70 pieces with an ak This poor
creature is not much more than an I'M
Wlilllng accessory after the fact. She.
fet I'll rs her reason just long enough to,
give particulars of the crime at the pre-
l1mlnary inquiry and then becomes
hopelessly insane
Inc details surpass Macbeth in hor-
ror, and are barely paralleled by the
Agamemnon THE wife used the
stronger brute for the blow. but hers
was the master mind frum first to last.
ane received her husband on his re-
/ turn, sent him to bed and Contriyed an
excuse for sitting up, watched until he
was fast asleep and primed the muir
derer. with drink before she led him
INTO the room. The first blow was not
enough, and it only reused the unhap
py creature to a knowledge of his fate.
\ He made a piteous appeal for mercy
for the sake of the children, and for
one moment that seemsHto. have shaken
her iron nerve. She fiercely told her
future bridegroom to let. him speak no
more, and thereafter III simply raIned
blows, While she still held the light.
The last operation was; to- throw the
body into a neighboring alley,. as
though the man had BEEN robbed and
murdered on his way home. But tfaat
was;as stupid as the murder was: bru-
tai. It was only surpassed in ineptitude
by the next suggestion that the deed
had been done by an, over-ogliging
neighbor who sympathized with her
domestic sorrows.
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the shoulder and the elbow, is as large
as an ordinary mans leg at the thigh,
and this makes the coat stick out as ii
he were stuffed. His waist IS compar-
atively small. as is that Of every very
strong man Shadows legs are straight.
measuring the general direction from
the hips to the feet, but they are Won
derfully knotted with muscles Of all
shapes and sizes. Many OF these mus
cles are seen only in Sandow. When
he has removed his dress coat and re-.
placed it with sleeveless working
Jacket, he steps upon a pedestal, to-
ward which a strong calcium light is
directed and begins to show his mar
velous physical development. He takes
various positions; bends his arms and
legs, throws out his chest, and does
other things which cause the women
in the audience to express their admit
ration. Then he turns his back, folds
his hands behind his head and makes
mis- muscles dance. That is. without
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25

daily, although long ago sufficiently
provided with muscles to 60 through
life without fear of being abused or
down-trodden by his fellow creatures.
That this is so is proved by a little in
cident, related in the New York World,
that occurred while the strong man
was in Paris. He was stopping at one
Of the big hotels there, and, after din
ner, strolled into the billiard room for
a smoke. A certain Frenchman who
took Sandow for an ordinary man,
having been introduced, began to act
in an overbearing manner, and finally
struck him in the face. Sandow took
this good-naturedly for while, but at
last his human nature asserted itself,
and after the nam had struck him re-
peatedly he got mad. He took the
Frenchman by the collar with one hand
and by the trousers near the knee with
the other, and holding him up into the
air knocked his knees into his face IN
til he was nearly senseless. He ended
by jamming him down on thick oak
table, smashing it to pieces.
The feats depicted in messenger boys
dime novels, where the hero is FREE
quently represented as catching the
man up by the heels, swinging him
about his head and finally hurting him
through a brick wall, could be realized
if Sandow were the hero In fact,
picking one man up would be a very
small matter compared to some Of the
things he does at his exhibition One
Of these is to poise at arms length a
dumb-bell, in each globe Of which a
full-grown man is coiled up. This is a
mighty interesting thing to look at, and
Sandow says he enjoys it. The feel
ings Of the men who permit themselves
to be made human dumb bell Of have
never been learned. The fact that they
will submit to being hoisted eight feet
in the air shows the confidence they
have in Shadows strength. Sandow
poises this dumb-bell which weighs
5O4 pounds, as a sort Of warming-up
process, preparatory to entering upon
the more serious work Of the evening
When he first comes on the stage he
has on dress suit, which makes him
look awkward. because Of the ire
mendous development Of the upper
part of his body. His arm, between
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
EARLY, Impressions. Are. Lasting.

ENflS impressions Are. Lasting.
Every, one must have found how diff
cult it is: to, eradicate early impressions,
or. to, overcome prejudice acquired
later. in, life Our. first impressions
cling to; us with a teracity which no
change OF. plhce or situation can destroy.
The home Of. our chile hood, the friends.
and. associations Of our youthful days,
form ina ges, in, our remembrance Which,
can. never be wholly obliterated. The,
wanderer from his; native country may
In his: adopted home meet new assoc
Citations and acquire moro wealthy con
nectlons and q! higher standing in.soci-
ETY. than he. held in the land which
gave nif birth, stiM the humble dwell
ing in which he was reared, the part
rers Of bis early joys and sorrows, the.
habits he was accustomed to in lis:
youth, are. all green spots in his rem7
liniscences, continually wntered FROM
the fonnt OF never failing memory.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
REVENGE is INDEED SWEET
An unsuspecting Judge, Allows an
Elk Convict to Shave Him.

An unsuspectinE Judge, Allows an
Elk Convict to Shave Him.
On one occasion Justice Manisty was
on circuit at Exeter for the Assizes.
One morning he left his lodging early
for a stroll, and finding that he had
plenty Of time on his hands before the
court assembled, he turned into a hair
dresser's shop for the purpose of get
ting shaved and generally trimmed up.
Customers being scarce at that early
hour there was only one assistant pres
ent in the place. When the judge en-
tered the man jumped up with alacrity
and bowed him into the operating chair
with all a BARRIERS suave politeness.
Having lathered his distinguished
customers face and stopped his razor
with more than ordinary vigor, he COM
menced to attack the judicial stubble:
But he hadn't gone far in his work be-
fore he suddenly paused, with one
hand on the judges nose and the other
waving the razor painfully near Sir
Henry's throat. .-.. -
Blessed if / don't Think said the
barber, .'that you're the old cove what
gave me five years at Winchester
The judges feelings may be better
jlied with what GOODNESS he could
summon to his aid:
IT don't know, my good fellow. l
have bad memory for faces
However, the man went OH shaving,
and Justice Manisty congratulated him
self that. the ex-convict didn't bear NAL
ice: s4
This easiness of mind came a. little
too soon. After the shave the Judge,
with characteristic determination, de-
cided: tor carry out his original pro-
gramme and have his hair cut as we'll
To- his horror the barber had no soon
er exchanged the razor for his scissors
than, his sslocks began to fall ina per-
feet shower on the floor.
Hold on, man. hold onl'' exclaimed
the Judge. Il only want a. trim up.
tell you. Don t, cut it so Short.
Cut it short: be blowed y replied the
barber; slasEihg away triumphantly,
''you didn't cut it short when. you gave
me tiVesYears- in the stone jug: This is !
the prison: crop you've got to, have old
man. us sure as a gun; so you'd best
take it kindly. IL London, It'd Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
A Mean Fellow.

First Broker-Of all mean, despicable,
dishonorable fellows, think Quotem is
the worst.
Second Broker You don't say! What
has he done?
First Broker-He made a big pile in
that last furry, and now he's going to
retire from business and live on the
money, instead of giving his old, true
and tried friends on the street fair
chance to get it away from him.
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in revenge for the burning of their
crops, burned to death Samson's wife
and her father, the Biblical strong man
''smote them hip and thigh"
Here again there is a lack OF detail
which prevents comparison Of any
Importance The only thing that indi-
Gates the great exercise of great
strength on Samsons part is the ex-
preston ''hip and thigh" It is pow
erful expression, and you can almost
see Samson towering among his puny
enemies and dealing out death to all
who came within convenient reach.
For, besides being q strong man, he
must have had wonderful amount
of nervous energy. Without this, great
muscular power would not be Of much
use. There are many strong men who
are unable to perform the feats of
strength of weaker men simply because
they lack that peculiar susceptibility to
mental excitement which seems to add:
the power of the nerves to- that Of the
muscles. TO illustrate this point
story is told Of a farmer who was one.
obliged to lift log in order to relieve
his child from a position of great dan,
ger. Under the excitement Of the mo
ment he lifted the log with great ease
On the following day it was all fou,
men could do to hoist the log into,
cart. Sandow unquestionably possesses
this nervous energy, and, if egged OF
by the desire for revenge, as Samson
was, he would probably do much dam
age, especially il his opponents carried
no firearms, as was the case In Sam
sons time.
On another occasion, when Samson
had been locked in the city of GAIA
and his enemies lay I'm waiting all might
for him, he Judges xvi, 81 ''lay TIL
midnight, and arose at midnight, and
took the doors Of the gate Of the city
and the two posts, and went away with
them, bar and all, ana nut them upon
his shoulders and carried them up to
the top Of a hill that is before Hebron. {
Every thing here depends, Of course, or
the weight of the gate and posts. One
Of Shadows feats is to hang by the
knees, lift man OFF the ground, raise
him on to his knees and then to reach
down and pick up a second man. e
seems that man who can do this
ought to be able to carry away an or
binary gate. When you consider that
Sandow can poise, with one arm, JohE
Sullivan or any other man of equa!
weight, you will realize that he may
not be. after all, far behind the Script.
ural hero in muscular power.
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warning Him.

Head Of Firm Stockley s. Co. are
the biggest customers you have in st.
Louis, aren't they?
Thammalker- Yes, sir.
Head of Firm-I expect to be there
next week, and / will make them q
friendly trip.
Thammaker-You'd better not. /
made them a present of that box Of
cigars you gave me to take me Oh my
last trip Clothier and Furnisher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
/. Electr1e Light for Balloons.


It is Indicative Of the Importance
which is attached to ballooning for war.
purposes in Europe, that even the Rus
slams, who, as q rule, are not regarded
as being in the van of scientific pro-.
gress, have been turning. their attention
to the use of the seapch light for
war balloons with considerable success.
In some recent. eXnarime in tho
lighting of large areas from balloon.
projectors Of 5000 candle power were
used. and when these were carried to-
the height of ?, COO feet rays Of the
electric light covered surface Of about
LOGO feet diameter, in. spite Of a thick
mist. Even at a height of 500 feet q
luminous ray could be projected which
showed every object within It's focus
distinctly at a a.ztance Of three,QuarN8
tiers Of q zaile.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25

Won His Way With Logan Carlisle.
Every official in Washington just now
is besieged by people in quest Of office
and the treasury department has prob
ably more than it's share Of them. Of
ficials know how it is themselves, how
ever, and their good nature is almost
superhuman. Among the extra well
balanced ones is Logan Carlisle, chief
clerk Of the treasury, and to him last
week came a youth from Indiana who
wanted to know about place that he
had in view.
IFS this way said the young nan,
after some talk; I'm like the man
who had his leg cut off by q locomo-
tive"
"How's that?' Injured Logan.
I'm in need Of Immediate atten-
/ ton"
- ooh, in that case,'' laughed Logan,
you'd better go to the Emergency hos
pital."
"Well,' exclaimed the youth, making
a low bow, here I am" And Logan
agreed on the spot to attend to his
needs at the earliest opportunity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
BELIEVES IN INDIAN SOLDIERS
An Army officer Thinks They
Shouldn't Be Trained the Same as

An Army officer Thinks They
Should've Be Trained the Same ns
Whites. i. ss->.r. Ga:
Capt. p. III. Ray, Eighth infantry. in
command of a company of Indian sol
oilers at Fort Washable, IN recent,
Interview on the value Of the Indian.
as a soldier said: II believe and know
that the Indian, if properly handled,
can be made a good soldier. The trou
BILE is that he is not generally SO han.
died. The present practice is to sub
ject him to the methods prescribed for
the white man. This is a mistake.
You cannot make of him good imita-
ton OF a white soldier He should be
taken as an Indian and trained as such,
and it's original traits and good quail
ties should be perpetuted. Except as
to minor regulations, such as those re-
latlng to food and clothing, he should
be governed as an Indian, pure and
simple. AS to the Indians capacity.
for military service, there is much adj
verse criticism. So many have failed
in trying to make soldier Of him
that the government is somewhat dis
couraged at the prospect. Secretary
Elkins, the last secretary Of war,
shared this feeling. What the pres
ent secretary's policy will be Know
not. [ hope, however, that he will
not take this view, for candidly be-
lieve that there is not another inf1u-
ence so potent for good upon the In
dams generally as the idea Of allowing
them to participate in military work.
II the government could only regard
the situation as I do it would adopt
the plan of civilizing the Indians
through the medium Of military serv-
ice. It is the quickest and surest way
and the most humane method that can
be followed. regret very much to,
see this failure to recognize the Indians
military worth, and hope that before it
is too late the sentiment and practice
of the government may be changed.
and that our people may learn to judge.
them. from the standpoint of a friend'
and not from that Of an enemy For,
while, { have ever found them to be.
a cunning and relentless enemy, i
have also, found them to be honest.
faithful and loyal as friends and in tho.
cardinal virtues to stand, as whole,
equal to any people I have ever been,
associated wiah:''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-25
A Sure Sign.

"A Sure Sign.
He Is this a tragedy?
She Yes, don't you see how the here
draps his feet when he walks. s
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-11-02

composing which brought their pieces to
bear, and, as subsequently told by the Cor
poral IN charge, 1t was only my recognition
of the Sergeant's voice that prevented us
firing; no one but an enemy was expected
from that quarter
The Sergeant then passed the lines of his
regiment, and was properly off for Alexan-
dris. Near daylight, when about six miles
from the place, he was halted by the picket
of nine months Vermont regiment and
taken before the Officer of the Guard, 8
Captain, who refused to credit the story as
TO the Sergeant's business, take the counter
sign offered, even look at his papers or
waken his Colonel for inspection of said
papers.
The rest, however, was very welcome to
the Sergeant, who slid off his horse onto the
ground, bridle-rein in hand, shortly becom-
Ing oblivious TO the Surroundings When
the Colonel woke up he was taken before
that officer, and had some satisfaction in
hearing the doughty Captain reprimanded
for his action. For balance of the trip the
Sergeant rode through the camps of Frank
Inns Division, Army of the Potomac, scat
tered along the road, and was frequently
hailed rs to news from the front" Men
from the ID N. Y. and from the battery
Spoflord mentions had passed through to
Alexandria en- masse, reporting the 1st Mass.
" all cut up" the Sergeant found, on reach
ing CommiSsary Headquarters.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-11-02
WILDER'S BRIGADE,
And a Few Comparative Statements with
Regard to Knoxville.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Capt. Geo.
S. Wilson, First Lieutenant, Co. c, 18th Ind,
l think, starts out entirely wrong in his arti-
Gle on Wllder's Brigade" He says it was
composed of the 18th and I'D Ind. (the lat
ter being taken out of the brigade soon after
the battle of Chickamauga), 9sth and 153d
H., and for most of the time the 9Th Ind.
L. A.
Now, the original organization of the
brigade was the 18th and 72i Ind, the 92d,
9Sth, and 123d ILL.,, and Llly's 18Th Ind. bat
terry. The 92d III. (Col. S. d. Atkins left
the brigade after crossing the Tennessee
River on the Chickamauga campaign, and
never rejoined it. The I'D Ind. remained
always with the brigade until the last gun.
Lilly'S battery was subsequently taken
from he brigade and was replaced by the
chicago Board of Trade battery. The rebel
troops repulsed by the 18th Ind. M't'd Inf at
Hoovers Gap were the 18th, ooh and 9th
Tenn; 37th Ga. and 4th Ga. battalion of
The rebel battery was the