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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-08
SPENCER BROOK ITEMS.
SPENCER BROOK, Mar. 6,

SPENCER bROOk, Mai. ., lOS4.
Morris L. Thompson is confined to
the house with rheumatism of some
description.
Walker Bros. are putting up steel
tower wind mills for parties wishing
same at very low figure.
- Last Sunday we had thunder storm
something unusual for this time of the
year and it looks as though spring was
near at hand.
Timothy Bryant passed away last
Friday and the remains were taken
down near Lake Minnetonka for burial.
Funeral services were held in Prince
ton, Monday. Mr.. Bryant was a ma
tive of Maine, and brother-in-law of
F. Ellingwood, at whose place he died.
see by your last paper that Marsh
Hall has sickened of Democracy. 1t is
now in order for some one to jump in
ham, Judge Rea. and many others
sickened of Republicanism, all their
party papers called them mugwumps.
The name is a term of reproach.. It
is on the contrary a term of distinction.
I lately noticed in a medical journal
| the definition of the word mugwump,
and I consider it a good definition:
A mugwump is one who neither rashly
obeys the dictates of party spirit nor
follows blindly the teachings of falli-
BILE authorities, but who, true to his
convictions, has the courage and indie
pendence to adopt the course pointed
out by his own intelligence. It further.
says, the mugwumps lead all great for
ward movements whether in religion,
politics or medicine. They are found
in the advance guard, where the fray
is thickest, and often suffer for their
temerity; but it is better to be a mug
! wump than one of the common herd.
If the term applied was the rule in.
stead of the exception the country
would be the better for it. The old
adage is true, "a wise man changes his
mind but fool never So if Marsh
has changed his political views it
shows that he has more brains than
some fellows who have never learned
J! anything since they were expelled
from their mothers womb. We wan
more mugwumps but the most of us are
left out. We cannot pass examination.
j. r.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-08
, MILACA ZEPHYRS.

Mrs, Warren is greatly improved in
health. ..a.
Leroy Carter, of Princeton, was up
on business the first Of the week.
Barrett & Campbell's new drug store
is taking on a mahogany finish and
makes a fine appearance. ;.
The bottom is knocked out of the
logging business but few firms are
skidding with 'go-devils."
A. L. Tourtillotte has returned from
Minneapolis and is awaiting an open
ing for business Of some kind.
Miss Flora Bemis, sister of Mrs. Nc
Clure, went home to Wisconsin, Tues
day, on account of the illness OF their
father.
The friends Of Mrs. Adolph Ander
son will be sorry to learn that since
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
Vaqabond Lie in Germany.

Here is a picture of vagabond life in
Germany, as to which a writer in the
Forum gives some interesting details:
81 have myself talked with a Ger
man. a very bright fellow, who tells
me that he spent the three years fol-
lowing the close OF his apprenticeship
tramping up and down the most charm
inc stretches of the Rhine. How ms
ewes danced as he told Of his expert
ences In fair weather he and his
friends slept by preference at "Mother
Green's lin the open air. their packs
with all valusbles carefully tucked I'M
der their heads; their companions
stretched out hither and thither along
the edge Of me road. ChausSeegra'
bentapezircr, lhighway-ditch uphoI'
stererel is one Of their fayorite names
forthe craft. Then mp and away early
while the air is cool and the dew Is on
the grapes. 'Ah, hoH sweet they
smelln he exclaimed with a sigh OF
longing 'Gruss Matilda isthe cherry
crv of recognition to the fellow crafts
men whom they meet. The houses
are carefully watched, and when they
see one where coffee is being served
that is where they stop for breakfast
seldom asking in vain. Then halt and
rest under this shady tree Eat OF ITS
fruits then take a nap--'M Man muss
sich schonen, nicht wahrF lOne must
spare ones self, must he not?l But
he sure to waken in time to make
Herberge before the doors are shit;
for it looks like rain; and you have
few pennies still left, and your papers
are genuine, or else skilfully forged;
Won need not fear the Blitzableiter
rthe lightning rod that is the police
man. And in the Herberge take your
beer and your pipe. And hang your
Garments so that there will be a clean
space on the line between them and
vour neighbors. And so on! one day
after another until Water Weiss Father
White, covers Mutter Gruen with his
cold mantle, driving y.G from her
hospitable embrace. 'lo- pleasantest
life in the world he calculated
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
LATER NEWS.

A TEMPORARY bridge over Newtovn Creek
at Penny Bridge. Long Island, \. Y, gave
way p.uugng hundred men and boys INTO
the water. Three men are in hospitals ana II
was not'known on the morning alter no"
many might have been lost.
EDWARD LEWIS killed his wife and himsea
at Cincinnati. Ohio
POSTMASTER WASHINGTON HEsINo, OF Chi
cago, wrote TO the authorities at Mash'ng-
ton, stating emphatically that unless his
quarters in the Federal Building be repaired
he will move out
IT was thought in Washington that by de-
Gliding TO report their internal revenue
scheme as separate measure the Demo
cratic members of the Ways and Means
Committee had given the proposed income
tax its death blow
SECRETARY CARLISLE denied that he has
taken steps 10 issue bonds under the Resump-
tion act. Bands committee voted to report
bis bill for the coinage OF the sslgniorage.
SPAIN demands $1,000. 900 from Muley Has
san for the attack on MelilIa.
DISPATCHES received at Montreal say Pres.
ident PeIxoto, Of Brazil, has consented 10
resign.
IEE British Houss Of Commons passed
the Parish Councils bill ana adlouA =
February 18th.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
The Hare.Working Lille Mole.

4 mole's life is 10y no means a gen.
tlemsnly sinecure, according to the
Cornhill Magazine. he has to work
harder, in all probability for his pit
tsnce of earthvorms than any other
animal works for his daily bread. his
whole existence is spent inperpetuaily
raising and removing large piles OF
Garth bv sheer force of muscle In
order 10 sustain such constant toli ana
replace and repair the used-up tissue
tbe mole requires to be always eating
u;s annette is voracious. He works
like n horse and eats like an elephant
Throughout his waking hours he IS
engaged in pushing aside earth ana
scnrrvino after worms in all his gall
leries and tunnels. The laborer, OF
course. is worthy Of his hire. Such
ceaseless activity can only be kept up
by equally ceaseless feeding ana SO
the mole's existence is one long saw
oco alienation of labor and banquet
mo His heart and lungs and muscles
are working at such rate that II ne
Goes without food for half a day he
stsrves and dies OF actual inanltlon.
He is a high pressure engine. his
drinking is like his eating; immoder-
ate in all things, he must have his
liouor much and often. So he digs
many pits in his tunneled ground and
catches water in them to supply his
needs at frequent intervals he
doesn't believe, however, in the early
closing movement. Day and night
alike he drinks every few hours, for
day and night are all alike to him.
He works and rests by turn, after the
fashion of the navyies emph red in
digging tunnels, or measures his time
by watches, as is the way of sailors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
Washington.

President CLEVELAND nominated John NJ.
B. Sill. OF Michigan. as Minister to Corea.
GEORGE HoLLlNGEB. another victim Of the
Fords Theatre disaster. died in Washington.
This makes the total number Of deaths from
this disaster twenty-five.
BYa strict partyvote the House Committee
on Elections decided 10 recommend 10 the
House that ex-Congressman John J. O'Neill
be seated from the Eleventh Missouri Dis
trict in place OF Charles f. JOY, the sitting
member. who is a Republican.
SECRETARY CARLISLE entertained Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland at the first OF the
Cabinet dinners in Washington.
SECRETARY CARLISLE urged the Senate
Finance Committee 10 take action looking TO
a bond issue.
The President has nominated stephen II.
Slocum TO be Collector at Newport. Il. l.
president CLEVELAND and Senators and
Representatives favor the proposal TO estab-
lish National bureau of health.
THE Corwin isoatches from Minister
Willis were received in Washington.
The Republican National Committee met
in Washington Mr. Carter resigned the
chatrmanship Of the Executive Committee.
and Joseph H. Manlsy was chosen In his
place.
The Senate Committee on Commerce or
dered an adverse e, t on the nomination
of J. Scott Harrison, tro'her OF ex-Presldent
Harrison. nominated 4 &C mber II last TO be
Surveyor OF Customs Il, Klnsas City, Mo.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
Capacity Of the Brain.

Surely minute portions Of the brain
may contain a great deal The cells
vary in size from one three-hundredth
Of an inch in diameter to one three
thousandth, and this being known, it is
not difficult to estimate the entire
number of them in the brain. DIR.
Hooke, the mathematician, said g.
15j, 760, 900; but according to May
merits calculation the number Of cere-
bral cells is only 900, OOO,OOG.
Seeing that the doctors differ, let
us use the slate and pencil ourselves.
The thinking power of the brain is
believed TO reside in the gray matter
of the surface. This is a sheet Of cell
lular nerve substance, which is crum-
pied into convolutions through being
confined within the narrow limits of
the skull. If it were spread out fiat,
it would be found equal to layer one
inch in thickness, and twelve inches
long by eleven inches broad or
slightly more-giving a total of l31
cubic inches. II all the cells we're one
three-hundredth of an inch in diane
ter, there would be room for 27,0OO.-
600 of them in one cubic inch, and
therefore for 2,618, 900, 900 in the
whole; but since many of the cells are
smaller, the total number must be
greater. Let us, however, be content
with the 3,61s, 900, 900. What is
million? The Bible, Old and New
Testament together, is said to contain
about three and quarter millions of
letters; We should therefore have 10
pile up lib copies of the Scriptures
to get a heap containing as many let
ters as the brain contains cells. As
each cell may accommodate one idea
or thought, probably even smaller
storehouses would suffice for the wants
of the average human creature. On
the other hand, when great thinkers
require more accommodation, they
may perhaps be able to grow moro
brain cells; and Webster did tell
great American scholar that he had to
change the size of his hat every few
years. -Casselrs Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE racetrack laws passed by the last New
Jersey Legislature were declared unconsti-
tutional by the State Supreme Court.
JOHN z. THOMAS, Of Summit Hill, Penn,
while insane from grip, murdered his fve-
year-old son and cut hts own throat.
The Bank Of wellsville, n. Y, owned by
Sumner Baldwin and William Baldwin.
closed its doors. The bank was supposed 10
be in good financial condition.
TIE New jersey Democratic Senators
hastily organized, and President Adrain re-
fused to accept the credentials Of the Repub-
lican Senators-elect, who had been sworn in
the Republicans retired to Senate Commit
tee-room and organized another senste
Governor Werts sent his message to the Dem
ocratic body.
JAMES DENTON HANCOCK was nominated by
the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention at
Harrisburg as a candidate for Congressman
at-large.
THE Republican Senators at Trenton, n. j.,
forced their way into the Senate Chamber a
bill repeating the racetrack law was passed
by both houses and sent to the Governor for
his signature.
THEODORE F. BAKER. for rtwenty-eighty years
paying teller Of the Consolidation National
Bank, Philadelphia. Penn, was arrested for
stealing SAT 900, and held for trial in the sum
Of $4,000. He confessed that he had been
robbing the bank for twenty years.
JAMES KELLY, JR., OF West Grove, Penn,
biccoughed himself to death. This is the
fourth death Of this kind in that vicinity
within n short time.
DEMOCRATS seized the Senate chamber at
Trenton, y. j., from the Republican en-
ployes by force.
AT Brooklyn. Judge Bartlett denied the
motion TO quash the indictments against
John Y. McKane and his associates, OF
Grayesend, n. T., and decided that they
must plead
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19

waited for the cowboys to drive the
others up they rracticed on them,
breaking their legs and literally filling
them with bullets. In the meantime,
the herd being stopped n little further
the marksmen followed them ny, slim
ing along in the tall grass as tho-gh
they were stalking deer instead e
moving on lot of Ian, thirsty and
hungry Government contract COWS
As the work Of slaughter went on tue
Young bucks, unable to withstand the
sight of so much blood and barbarity'
got out their guns and riding around
on the other side Of the herd, com
menced cross fire which sent the
spectators scurrying out of danger
As the herd and its slayers moved on
the squaws closed in on the dead cows
and, getting their tools out OF the
wagons, proceeded to cut up the AMI
mails. They slit the throats as sclen'
tifcally as packing house expert and
two or three Of them taking hold OF
the legs Of COW, one Of them would
skin the animal rapidly and without
once puncturins the hide.
When the beef was ready for dIvl-
sion the heads Of all the families en-
titled to a part Of it came up and the
beef chief divided it impartially.
Every portion of the animal, except
the skull and tail was taken, and the
man who got the entrails and piece OF
flank seemed to be as well satisfied as
a man with large portion OF the loin.
When the work of butchering was over
the little groups threw their meat into
the wagons and drove off to their
camps.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
South and West.

CHICAGO bandits bound the clerk Of loan
office. covered him up with clothes, stole be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 and escaped.
Governor McKINLEY was inaugurated at
Columbus for his second ter n as Governor
OF Ohio.
The damage by fire at the Worlds Fair.
Chicago, is estimated at 5000 on build
ings and 5000 900 on exhibits.
TIE Kentucky Legislature at Frankfort
reelected william Lindsay to the United
States Senate
The extra session Of the Colorado Legisla-
ture met at Denver the Senate refused 10
print Governor Waite's message, intending
10 adjourn Immediately.
ADMIRAL DONALD MCNEIL FAIRFAX, United
States Navy, died at Hagerstown, Nd.
b. A. BAKER, cashier Of the First National
Bank, Norwalk. Ohio, for twenty-five years,
committed suicide while despondent.
TIE boiler in the saw mill belonging to
Wilson Brothers. three miles east OF Adelphi,
Ohio. exploded killing Silas Wilson. Amos
Stevens and Noah Hoffman and fatally in
iurine John Wilson.
FRANK ID. JACKSON Republican. was in
augurated Governor OF Iowa.
"CHARLEY" BENNETT. the famous catcher
of the Boston Champion Baseball Club, fell
under a train at Wellsville, Kan. His left
leg was cut OF at the ankle and the other az
the knee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
Foreign.

A DISPATCH from Palapye, South Afrlra.
saws that native reports state that hisesn
Bechuanaland policemen were killed re-
Gently near hyatt
Mr.. CLEvELAND's refusal to reconvenG
the Brussels Monetary Conference, written
in November, has just come to light in Lon
don.
IrALr's police are actively at work hunt
ing down anarchists all over the kingdom. IL
is stated that they have seized many import
ant documents showing a widespread an'
archist conspiracy.
ITALY is reportedto be strengthening iorti'
ncations and massing troops on her western
borders IN anticipation Of war with France.
Russia sets apart nearly sl5,0OO,OOO more
for her navy than last year. and has about
81 600 900 contributed by America and Eng
land for her starving people which she does
not know what 10 DO With.
THouaH rioting has been suppressed, II Is
Thought. In Sicily. sympathetic demonstra-
lions have been made in widely separated
parts Of Italy.
THERE was a lively rife and machine gu
duel in Rio BRAZIL Harbor, In which man
were killed.
THE widow OF William hakepeace
Thackeray died lew mornings ago, at her
residence. at Leigh. Lancas hire, England,
aged seventy-hyc years. She had lived ID
complete retirement at Leigh Tor upward o.
forty years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
Glacial Action.

Every glacier action carries with it,
imbedded in its undersurface, num-
bers of rocks and stones which, dur
ing the slow but unceasing motion
over its bed, crush and grind down
all rocky projections, producing !
the end gently rounded or almost frt
surfaces even on tho hardest and
toughest rocks. In many Of the val
lsys of Wales, the lake district. and
Scotland every exposed rock hrs ac-
quired this characteristic outline, and
the same feature can be traced on all
the rocky slopes and often on the sum
mits of the lesser heights, and the ex-
planation of how these forms have
been produced is not a theory only,
but has been observed in actual opera
ton in the accessible portions of
many glaciers.
Rocks and stones are to be seen i'm
bedded in the ice and actually scratch
ing, growing and grinding the rock
beneath in their slow but irresistible
onward motion. The rocky islets in
Windermere, Ullswater, and other
lakes, as well as the Thousand Islands
of the st. Lawrence, are thus ice
ground, and the amount of the grind
ing can often be seen to be proper
tionsl to the pressure and motion Of
the advancing glacier.
l recently noticed in the marshy
alluyial plain above Derwentwater a
projecting rock which has been
ground down to 50 regular a curve as TO
look like a portion Of an enormous
globe buried in the earth BY rough
measurement and estimate this rock
was about $50 feet across and twenty
or thirty feet high. 1t was formed Of
hard slate, with numerous quartzite
veins, the whole ground down to a
uniform spherical surface. 1t had
evidently once been an island in the
lake, having a much broader base now
hidden by the alluyium, and may
originally have been one OF those
abrupt craggy rocks few hundred
feet high, which, owing to their
superior hardness or tenacity, resisted
ordinary denudation, and which,
when above the old ice level, form
those numerous "pikes' which add so
much to the wild and picturesque
scenery of the district. -Fortnightly
Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
SPONGE Cake and Lady Fingers.

''There is one prejudice. says an
Englishwoman now residing in this
country, 'that / have had to over
come since coming to America, which
was my antipathy to sponge cake
and lady fingers, as SO often served
over here with ice cream. My associa-
tions with them are of the gloomiest
sort Lady fingers are served in all
parts of England, with light refresh
ments, at funerals, and usually go by
the name of Funeral biscuits.
SIN the Yorkshire dales, if you arc
asked to funeral and arc unable 10
attend, they usually. send you, with a
memorial card, piece of sponge cake
and several lady fingers, folded in a
sheet of black-bordered paper aud
fastened with big blsck seals. SO
American hostesses, when they know
this, must not think it bad taste on
the part of their English guests if they
decline these cakes. New York
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
LOVE HAS us WAY.

STn never we'd for love alone"
A naughty maiden said.
'The man who claims me for his own
In paths OF fame must tread.
He must have ships upon the main,
And be Of proud degree,
Or shall treat with high disdain
His words OF love for me"
All. naughty maiden. have a care
Lest wealth and fame prove but snare,
A lover came this maid to WOO,
A youth quite fair TO see;
His lovs was strong, his heart was trua,
But yet no gold had he;
Unknown to fortune or to fame,
In humble paths he troll
His only wealth an honest name,
The noblest gift of God.
All, naughty maid, bethink thee we'll
The power Of love no tongue can toll.
The maiden listened, first with scorn,
To his soft tales OF love,
But soon more beauteous seemed the morn
More bright the stars above,
For love had lit the tiny flame
That slumbered in her breast.
What cared she now for wealth or fame,
Since love her soul possessed?
The naughty maid had learned to know.
'Tis love that makes the flowers grow.
Though great its might, the power OF goI'
True love can never buy,
Aud yearning hearts are not consoled
BY fame or lineage high.
IT'S love alone that rules the heart,
And so twill be Away;
When Cupid sends his shining dart,
Love always wins the day.
AMI happiness is always found
Where love and tenderness abound.
-Picayune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-19
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
DrrHrHER1A rages in Russia.

ITALY is almost in a state OF bankruptcy.
The "beautilul blue Danube is frozen
stiff.
New YoRKERs eat 1900 bushels ofOysters
daily.
NEW YORK STATE mas 10000 union liquor
dealers.
THE real cause Of the Sicilian riots is said
TO be famine.
TB supply Of cranberries has 20 far been
greater than the demand.
DETROIT merchants ara asked TO give un-
saleable goods TO thepoOr.
Ak experiment is being made in growing
licOrice near Tacoma, Wash.
BILL to kill murderers by electricity has
been introduced into the Maryland Senate.
THERE are seventeen crematories for the
burning Of human bodies in the United
States.
The Reading Railroad shows deficit OF
ssOO. 900 for the year, and liabilities OF S.
600 900.
TIE total output OF Colorado gold and
silver mines increased in value about s2,-
O0O, 900 last year.
REFORM is demanded in the Bank OF Eng
land. The bad management Of the concern
is becoming notorious.
The statement of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road shows a decreass Of $4,000, 900 in earn
ings during the past year.
MATHEW MARSHALL, the financial writer,
says the public is recovering from its dis
trustfulness and is buying the better grades
OF securities.
Az attempt by the Carnegie Steel Com
pany to roll a six-inch beam Of aluminium at
Homestead, Penn, failed, but another trial
will be made.
Ar San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Bridget
Daniels was awarded 900. 900 damages
against the Southern Pacific Railroad for
the killing Of her husband
GREAT BsITAIN is to have thIrty-two new
warships. among them two battleships 70
cost $4,000, 900 apiece, and cruiser designed
10 be the biggest, swifest and most powerful
in the world
The body OF William G. Short, formerly
well known druggist at Louisville, Ky. but
whose whereabouts have been unknown FOR
some months, has been founi in n medical
college at Atlanta. Ga.