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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13

'sLifted the Truth Clear Out of the
Water" =
man?' asked Il young fellow with cor
rectly creased trousers and a chrysan-
themum. .-,-l-r
''NOt unless the man tries to grab
him by the wrong end said the sun
burned gentleman; but, when he does
shut down on fellow it is a death
grip, and there is a broken bone, and.
m5ybe, a lost finger or two. Turtles
are the scourge of the fish ponds i'll the
botte ms. One loggerhead will destroy
more bass and perch in a day than Il
family could eat in week. May Il
time have I left big string OF fish
in the water and returned to find moth
ing but a string Of heads A logger
hi ad had passed that way and eaten
the rest of them.
zone time I saw man, a big, strong
fellow, grab the tail of Il turtle that
was fighting with another. The other
had caught the first one by one of the
front flippers and was holding on like
bulldog. The man lifted the first
turtle clear of the water and the other
half way out; then his foot slipped and
he fell in. That looked like enough to
break up the fight between the turtles,
but it didn't, for five minutes later.
when the man who tried to catch them
had crawled back on the log and was
telling me and the scenery what he
| thought of turtles, we saw those same
ioggerheads still hard at it about six
inches below the surface. By that time
each had a grip on a. front f1ipper OF
| the other. We never knew how the
duel ended nor what it was about.
'"rhe loggerhead grows much larger
| than the soft-shen turtle. I killed one
once that weighed seventy-five pounds
and on the same day shot another that
was twice as large, but it sank in deep
water. My paddler said it would sc
| to the bottom and crawl ashore to die
but it was raining at the time and
| wouldn't wait to see. The one we got
was at the edge of the water when
put q bullet in it's brain. The sho1
seemed to paralyze it, but it didn't die
until it's head was cut off:
II know a man in Arkansas who has
baby's cradle made from the shell
of a loggerhead which was captured il
a manner that shows the bull-headeC
tenacity of the creature. A party O:
ladies and gentlemen were fishing from
big flat-bottomed boat, and one o:
the ladies' felt strong, steady pull OF
her line. She tried to yaDk out the fish
but the thing at the other end gave {
counter yank that nearly pulled he
! overheard. One of the men took tn,
line, and, bracing himself, pulled stead
lily until the head of soft-shen turtl,
about as big as breakfast plate cam,
to the surface.
"'George! but who would hav
thought such little beast could pull
80 harN??' said the man who had takel
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13

zIts Jaws Gripped In the Little Eel
lows She'll"
the line. Then he nearly let go the line,
and the women all screamed, for fol-
lowing the little turtle to the surface
was something with a head as big as
q mans and the jaws gripped in the
little fellows upper and lower shells.
It was loggerhead, and it had caught
the little turtle just as the latter was
hooked The loggerhead held it's grip
and was entangled in a landing net
and was towed ashore, where it was
killed, maintaining it's hold on the
small turtle until after it's head was
chopped off. The shell Of the big fel-
lew, after it was cleaned and polished,
and lined with quilted satin and mount
ed on rockers, made a pretty and I'm.
ique cradle"
but you said loggerhead turtles
were as wise. as the serpent" said the
,hrysanthemunl young man. don't
see any evidence of wisdom in a con
1e1nned reptile permitting itself to be
captured and slain rather than give lI
it's hold on another Shiny creature i
had caught for dinner.
Maybe you DON'T replied the sun
burned man with a superior smile, ..bu1
is you grow wiser and wiser. aftel
the manner of Mr.. Weller youth fine
There are. a whole lot Of things tina
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13

j u ( I y ~ sft
"He does love me, after nll" she
kept telling herself. "He loves me!
He wants me to be his wife! Oh, can
all this be true?"
Miss Ashley dressed herself with
unusual care for the little dinner
party; while Master Tom turned sew
eral double somersaults on the lawn,
in the fullness of his ghoulish delight.
Mr.. Salvius, as it CHANGED. was the
first of all the guests to arrive. Miss
Ashley was sitting in the parlor, her
fair face half hidden by the shadow of
a blossoming orange tree. which had
been brought in from the greenhouse.
She looked mp, at the sound Of his
step, and rose, with the soft color
futtering in her face.
ooh, Ernest!'' she said; s'did you
really mean it?''
'That loved you, Aimee" he an
swered. IF you have any doubt as
to my meaning, let me reiterate it
again and again: 4 love your
And then he drew his chair very
close to the low easy chair on which
she was sitting, and put his arm ten
derby about her.
"My own!' said he. ''My very ownr'
Great was the amazement Of Tom;
unbounded the mysti fcation of Cecy,
when, on coming in to dessert, as
usual, they saw Aunt Aimee and Mr..
Salvius, seated side by side, appar.
emily the very best of friends.
'Look! look" whispered Cecy. "Dc
you see the diamond ring on hel
engagement finger? She's engaged
Tom, as sure as you live!''
"Well! if. this isn't queer" sale
Tom, grimly, biting into his peach
Somehow the "capital joke" hae
fallen fiat to earth. There was moth.
ing of embarrassment in Ernes
Salvius' mien; nothing of mortifica
ton in the smiles that dimpled Aunt
Aimee's sweet face.
After the guests were gone, Captain
Ashley called the children around him
"Young folks" said he, 81 shall
have to engage grim old governes
for you, after all. Mr.. Salvius il
going to take Aunt Aimee away from
us. They are to be married mex
month, and if Cecy will be very good
she shall be little bridesmaid, ant
carry the BRIDES bouquet for her."
Tom and Cecy exchanged glance
once more. And at the instigation o
the former, Cecy followed Aun
Aimee to her room, to hazard one las
question.
; "Aunt Aimee" said she, "has Mr.
} Salvius really proposed to you?"
eyes, dear" answered the youn
) lady.
"Would-would you, mind tellin
me how? 1 should so much like t
know" faltered Cecy.
} HE wrote me letter, Cecy," sal
, the gentle bride-elect. you'll ur
derstand all these things yourse]
some day"
, But neither Cecy nor Tom coul
l fathom this mystery.
, II think there's witchcraft in it,
? growled Tom. II do.'' .
But Mr.. Salvius never told them
2 nor did Miss Ashley herself eve
f know-that he himself had chance
to be reading in the little summe
' house on the lawn, behind the cree,
;, er-covered trellis. when the arch pie
l was concocted, and heard every wor
of it.
e 'The little imps!' said he to hin
|. self. IF they only knew what de-
r of uncertainty and trouble they al
saving me!"-
And so beautiful Aimee wa
n wooed and won, and the secret W.
always kept from Aunt Aimee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
QUEEN .MAJAJIE TAKEN,
Her Own Trfbesmen Never Saw Her,
But Say Her Age is 800 Years.

Her Own Trtbesmen Never Saw Her,
But Say Her Age is 800 Years.
Is it Mr.. Rider Haggard's "She" who
has just fallen into the hands of the
Beers? The Lydenburg correspondent
OF South Africa sends to that paper
an interesting account of the capture
of the Queen Natalie, OF Great She,''
who seems to have had a wonderful
history.
"A peculiar fact is that her own tribe
have never seen her. Only her indunas
were allowed to see her They number
nlnety-tWo. The commander-in-chiefi is
Jonas, an aged man. The rest are
virtually young men. Only three wo-
men were ever allowed to see her. One
is bearded female, with beard fully
two inches long from her chin Around
the sacred kraal are wooden images,
representing every nation of Kafir,
and all sorts of animals, beautifully
carved out Of wood" ~
" She's residence vas an ordinary
round hut. well built, and when she
ate meat She had to be carried by her
indunas to another kraal, and even
then her nation was not allowed to see
her -. --l- ..
''She had her great medicine tree in
forest, and all sorts Of signs and
symbols existed there Sacred to the
kaffir mind, and in kraal near the
tree We're 40 fine fat slaughter oxen
Enclosed. The general had her carried
| by her trusty indunas to the head
laager, and allowed the Knobnosen
friendly natives to see this wonderful
woman they had so often heard Of
Her own tribe also gazed on her in
some wonder"
The queen is Of great age, fully 40
it is supposed, although her tribesmen
say 300
..She is of a light copper color, with
a frizzy sort Of wool on her head; weart
a sort Of hood Of tiger skin. Only hel
1 neck and face are bare. All her body
is covered with royal tiger skins. The
general would not allow the burghers
! to interfere with the wooden images
charms, etc. A missionary, the Rev
Mr.. :Reiter. who had lived thirtee1
/ years near the Majajie's, and only seer
her. when captured asked her why sht
had not allowed him to call on her
She politely replied: "That is my bust
ness
| 1t is feared the queen will not lons
survive her capture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
DRAMATIC DREAMS.

Example of lightning Like fIay Of the
imagination During Sleep.
A curious example of the dramatic
and n1ythopoeic quality in dreams,
and OF the power Of COMPRISING tine,
was once related to me by lady.
She in her dream was sitting in her
room looking out on beautiful au-
tumn twilight, says a writer in the IL
Illustrated London News. She heard a
knock, heralding visitors, and going
down stairs, found two strangers in
her parlor. One she recognized
relative who had died in her child
hood. He was little. old gentleman
in a brown dress of the early part of
the century. With him was hand
some lady in a Spanish mantilla. They
had, on the table before them, a
small. ancient, iron-bound chest. At
this moment (still in the dreamy as err
want entered with tea, or some re-
freshment, and, 10! the visitors
vanished. The servant went out,
and there were the visitors
again. They had opened the Golfer
and displayed two sets of yellow, old
documents. One was list of securi-
ties, one a list of names. The lady in
the mantilla explained, while the old
gentleman nodded assent, that he and
she had been betrothed, and that
she had died before their marriage.
The old gentleman had gone abroad at
the Peace of Amiens, had been caught
and detained on the outbreak of the
war, and this had led to some accident
in his affairs by which the Golfer and
its contents had been neglected and
the securities were still lying un-
claimed.
''They are, said the lady of the
mantilla, s:now in the keeping OF
Messrs. ----.'' A knock at the door.
Enter the maid with tea in flesh and
blood; disappearance of the dream.
The solicitors name was never COM
| municated.
Now, the dream mind clearly started
from the maids first tap at the door.
This was the knock announcing the
| arrival of the visitors in the dream
| All the rest of the scenes were a myth
invented by the dream mind to &C
count for the first half-heard tap. The
dream mind created the person of the
old, forgotten relative, and invented
without any assistance from conscious
memory, the lady of the mantilla, anc
her love story and her death. The
box, the securities, all the dresses, the
properties, were improvised by the
dream mind and placed on the stage
of vision.
After this was done, all this drama
performed, merely as a myth, account
ing for the first tap, and everything
was invented, staged and acted in the
moment between the first. tap at thu
door and the second.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
COMFORT OF WORKMEN.
Employers Who Neglect 1t Make (
Business Mistake.

Employers Who Neglect 1t Make q
Business Mistake.
The comfort of workmen is a matter
to which a great deal more attention
could be given than it at present re-
ceives. 1t is true that the question is
not wholly neglected when new factor
les are built or old ones are remod-
eIed. Here and there employers can
be found with hearts big enough to
consider that the health and comfort
of their working people are worthy
subjects for their careful contempla-
ton, and purse strings are loosened a
little more to enable improvements to
be made directly for the benefit OF
the man at the bench, lathe or rolls
But these instances are altogether toe
rare.
When a new mill or factory is being
designed the highest talent will be EN-.
ployed and the utmost pains taken to
secure the best type Of building fol
the purpose. Foundations will be most
carefully looked after, the character OF
the building will be very deliberately
studied so as to provide safeguards
against possible disaster from over
loading or damage by fire, and the ar
rangement Of the machinery will take
the most anxious thought.
In these days Of small margins labor
saving devices will oe studied in every
direction, and the highest development
of human ingenuity will be called into
play to reduce loss Of time in every di
recton, as well as to secure expansion
of output. All these details, and more
receive anxious attention, but the bes
machines after all human machine
is too frequently left to shift for it
self, with no special care.
The human machine, while it is capa
BILE of withstanding very rough treat
ment with no Immediately perceptiblt
ill effects, really needs better care thar
any other part Of the machinery il
/ the shop. It needs ventilation, protec
ton, as far as possible, from draft
and overheating, proper warmth il
winter, facilities for promoting cleanli
ness and sanitary comforts The great
| er part by far Of workman's Wakin.
hours. is. given to his employer, ant
there is no doubt that this part of hi
i life could be made much more pleas
ant than it now is.Iron Age.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
LANDSCAPES WHILE YOU WAIT.
Lightning Artist Who Keeps Up With

Lightning Artist Who Keeps Up Will.
the Auctioneer. 80
The great American desideratum of
speed is strikingly illustrated by
painter who has opened studio and
auction room on one of the principal
business streets, apparently to demon
strate that Longfellow was entirely in
error when he wrote .sart is long,"
says the Boston Transcript. A man
who happened to stray into the art
gallery CHANGED to speak of Raphael
and was asked by the painter who
Raphael was, and if he belonged in
the 2:30 class Before he could an
swer the artist had executed s'The
Falls of the Yellowstone'' in oil, the
picture had been framed, sold and the
purchaser had gone out with the prize
under his arm. The lightning color
ist had his paints spread out before
him in heaps on sort of mortar
board and ranged behind him in pals,
while on one side of him are the thou
sand canvas frames that he turns off
before breakfast. Follow him while
he produces a moonlight scene.
First he gets out his white
wash brush without the long handle,
and, dipping it in the slate-colored ink,
primes the sky of evening. But he is
! careful to leave small circle un-
scathed in the center; that is to stand
| for the moon. Then across the bottom
| of the canvas the brush is flashed,
leaving behind it a heavier trail, while
two big patches of black paint at each
side form the shadowy hills. Then,
with a narrow brush of black, the
trees and their bare branches are To-
'cated, as if the artist were stripping
the wheels of an express wagon.
Another dash of black answers for a
boat, and two irregular touches are
the men propelling it. By this time
the auctioneer is crying, .sHow much
for this elegant moonlight scene in the
north woods? Start me!-$1. 65 do ]
hear? Sold'' And the buyer
gets the colors on his sleeve il
putting it under his arm. "Little
boys" said the auctioneer at thil
point, ..you had better go home anc
give the old folks show But, boys,
he cries after the slowly retreatine
forms, '.come down tomorrow. IL
have some nice beds put up here to
night, SO that you needn't go home Il
sleep. And the professor has tn,
lead by three pictures on the auction
Ger, who begins to point out the merit
of t'an elegant forest scene.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13

10 be copying out the answers to the
algebra sums from LOOMS Elton's
book ..@
! "Who asked your opinion, miss?"
retorted Tom. 81 suppose fellow
can have his own thoughts, Ell? And
I'll be even with Aunt Aimee yet; see
if I don Hateful old maid!' .r
Meanwhile, Aunt Aimee herself,
serenely unconscious of the tempest
of wrath she had evoked, was ar
ranging flowers for the dinner table,
singing softly to herself as she sorted
out the clusters of purple heliotrope,
the sprigs of seen ted geranium leaves,
and the half-open Marechal Neil rose
buds, into their various vases.
She had recently come into control
of her widowed brothers household,
and the rebellious and subordinate
condition in which she found it, was
grief to her gentle soul. Nelps
carelessness as to dress and regular
habits; Cecy's utter disregard of rule
and commando; Toms habit of ''crib-
bing" his lessons, and little Joe's
dreadful untidiness in regard to his
hair and finger-nails 49, poor Aimee
feared that she never should be able
to entirely eradicate these ingrained
predictions.
But she had resolved to try her
best; and it was in the following up
of this resolve that she had unawares
won Master Toms deepest hostility.
She was tall and graceful, with soft
brown hair, eyes like the velvety
gloss of the pansy petal, and deli
cate complexion, where each passing
emotion was photographed in pink
and white. Captain Ashley took little
heed Of the beauty to which he had
always been accustomed. To him she
was "only Aimee" but others were
not so blind as her brother.
"Pll be revenged on her," muttere6
Master Tom to himself, and he
straghtway took his sister Cecy into
his confidence.
You remember, sis, don't you,
said he, that she made you stay II
all the afternoon that Saturday wher
the Wells girls had their picnic, t.
mend your frock, ready for Sunday
And she took away all your sweets
and she makes you practice on thu
piano two hours every day, instead O
one. Now, doesn't she?"
YES" nodded Cecy, "that's yer!
true. But she tells me nice stories
and she gave me little sandal Woo
work. box last week.
''Oh, bother the stories and tn
sandal wood work boxes" said Tom
II tell you, Sis, I'm going to play he
such trick!''
IA trick, Ton?''
eyes. just look here. I've write
her n red hot love- lie tier
But you can't write a ove-lette
to your own aunt, Tom," pleade
troubled Cecy.
Tom chucl1led.
''It's from Mr.. Salvius," said he
do you suppose haven't found GU
that Mr.. Salvius admires her, an
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
The SoIdierly Way.

The lady was seeking to be. disagree
able to the young army officer.
81 suppose. she remarked. with a
faint sheer, that some. time in your
career you have beaten a retreat %
~ have, nadaln," he admitted with.
out Il blush.
/ ..Ah, indeed? Will You tell me how
you did it z
Certainly, madam. I did it by max.
ing an advance That beats a retreat
all to pieces. Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
In Self-Defense.

She was the wife of cavalry off,
Ger and she was going to have some
fun with the lieutenant Of the in
fantry.
II suppose, = shs said, ..you have
often been chased by the Indians on
the plains?''
Never" he responded politely.
.ssNo?''' keenly sarcastic.
..No. You see, they are SO busy
chasing the cavalry, they don't have
any time for u.s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
Honest ABOUT r..

Dicky was overheard saying his
prayers the other evening at bedtime
in this fashion:
20 Lord, bless Johnny and Billy
Holiday and me, and don't let any Of
us die, but if any OF us has got to die
I'd ruther it was them. Amen. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
HYsterical Iarsons.

An authority on hypnotism B says
that hysterical persons are very diff
Efcult to influence. They are SO we'd
tded to their own fancies mental and
physical that they prove very obsti7
nate hypnotic patients. Even if ar.
influence is gained ,it passes off quickly,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
A Little Too Naat.

Il don't mind a woman bein' neat,''
said old Mrs. Jason, ..but one woman
/ used to know was jist a little too
neat for any use. Why, that there
woman used to take a couple of gold
fish she had out of their tank every
Saturday night and give 'em bath. =
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Pretty Good Evidence.

Lawyer, angrily Are you sure you
are telling the truth?
Witness Be jabers, you wudn't be
SO hot about it il OF wasn't.
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III teach her, said
Tom; ''I'll show
her that I'm not
the sort of fellow
to have maiden
aunts interfering
with my affairs!'
"B u t, To M"
said his s j s t e r
Cecy, SO b e r l y,
Aunt Aimee was
in the right. It
wasn't fair Of Won
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-12
BREAKS THE RECORD
OF THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Terrific Storm Off the Florida Coast.
Much Damage Done to Property.

CEDAR KEYS, Fla, October l2.-
Cedar Key has just experienced the
most disastrous storm which has
visited here for % years. The main
business street Is piled from one
end to the other with debris con.
sisting of wreckage from boats,
wharfs, fish houses and lodges OF
every description. The storm be-
gan at 8 O'Clock Monday night
with heavy wind, increasing in
in velocity and continuing until
daylight. The damage and loss OF
property Is very great. The Flori.
da Central and Peninsula road is a
heavy sufferer. Almost the entire
track OF the main line is either de-
stroyed or badly damaged. From
the main line to Sunder there is
nearly a hundred washouts. The
mail train got in Monday, but is
caught between two washouts and
cannot move either way. The Town
Improvement Co. is also a heavy
loser, as several business houses
and dwellings have been swept
away. The fish and oyster houses
adjoining the railroad are demol-
ished and all contents a total loss,
amounting to several thousand
dollars. f. Z. Faber & Co. lose the
steamer Media, valued at So, 800 and
had swept away 10000 logs of
cedar. The Cedar mill, just started
up by w. HI. Anderson, was badly
damaged and 10000 logs of cedar
scattered for miles. The City hall
had the roof blown off and one en-
tire side knocked out by the logs.
The city jail cannot be found. The
five bridges on the shell road lead
ing to the main land are washed
away. A great many sail boats
were wrecked and fish camps de-
molished. One sloop came in Tues
day morning with five men who
had chung to single tree since
Monday night. Another came in
this afternoon with three men, who
were wrecked Monday night and
had been on shell bank ever since
without food or water. 1t is re.
ported that five sponge vessels
went ashore during the storm and
were driven seven miles into the
woods,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-12
PERSONAL MENTION

Edward J. O'BeIrne, of Austin, is
at the Maverick.
J. Sutherland, a merchant Of
Boerne, is at the Southern.
Joseph Cunningham and Frank
Young have returned from a trip
to Galveston and Houston.
Mrs. J. S. Rowell, of Pearsall, ar
rived in the city last night and is
registered at the Mahncke.
Mr.. f. A. Griesenbeck, of Lock-
hart, is in the city visiting rela-
tives.
A. G. Hopkins and Mrs. A. G.
Hopkins, of Charlestown, West
Virginia, are at the Southern.
Hon. T. A. Rodriguez, of An
chorage, Texas, is at the South
ern.
Miss Katie Cushing, of Bremond,
is in the city visiting Mrs. V. f,
Vaughan, 119 South Olive street.
Miss Ella Golden, a popular
young society lady of Galveston, is
in the city on a weeks visit to
friends.
J. f. Barclay, a wealthy citizen
of Bowling Green, Ky, is in the
city, accompanied by his brother
They are stopping at the Nave
rick.