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clement sunshine beat down and sllf-
locating dust beat up until, the faces
Of the marching men looked like those.
of SO many African cannibals tattooed
in stripes and wrinkles. e
E Irode with the rearlnost file OF my
own regiment; and as exhausted men
fell back ] took their lnusket:s and
hung them by their sings across my
horse until he looked iron-clad; and
when the owners looked refreshed they
reclaimed their pieces one by one. At
ter all. when night fell and camp was
I5pitched, a good many stragglers We're
miles in the rear After hating awhile
at general headquarters / rode over to.
my regiment to dismount in tired
sulky group of my old friends. was
still messing with them.
Hello, boys! Got through supper al
ready?'
No answer. I passed on to the ten
rows Of company tents-aH quiet,
many of the men already asleep on the
ground AS I walked around observ-
ed a weary procession Of men approach
ling with a,lnfuls Of fresh chopped
wood. They flung it down and soon
some poor struggling fires lit up the
gloom. The wood, being green pro-
duced more smoke than heat. After a
time coffee and hard-tack were served
at our mess and we drew around as
usual, but L noticed that was out of
favor. Anything said was answered
in mOnosyllables. At last brother
lieutenant broke out: 5
/ Lieutenant, I've heard you called
the best fencer in the army
"Who, I? Why, that's nonsense.
There are West-Po inters here who did
more fencing at the academy than we
outsiders could accomplish while the
war lasts"
{ An unexpected smile and chuclzle
greeted this modest reply, and it grew
! into a general laugh that brought the
blood to my temples. a.ss.s.,
"They did some fencing, but think
how much you have saved"
Then the wretched joke flashed
across me. I had my coffee can in my
hand-should I pitch it's contents in
his face? No; was too much of a gen
tleman for that, so I retorted with my
tongue instead. ag % g.s -.l .sgsts3y Z
''Lieutenant, I'm not much with the
foils, but can handle with my bare
hands any man here who insults me
right here and now"
"Gentlemen," said the colonel, who
ever wants to fight here must begir
!. with me- But, I advise him to wait {
few days and he'll get his bellyful o:
fight without bothering his friends
Lieutenant turning to me), you are no
reporting to me just now, but I'd lik'
!. to see you in my tent presently"
L. bowed and turned away, tired
sore-hearted, and hungry. I walked
down to where the men were eating
and pausing at the mess of my owl
company, said: 1..~-a..> s.4.o.. ..
Boys, any of you got bite and
sup to spare? p .,.- -...,s i
No one answered for a full half min
| ute-an interval that seemed to me al
, hour. Then one spoke up: -
"Why. hello, lieutenant! didn't hea
/ We when We spoke Here, set an ca
, all We mind ter. Why, boys, eff TIN
lieutenant hadn't have taken my mus
ket on his cruppere about a hundred
miles back shortly, after noon-It
, have given up then an thar.
! So I squatted down and We ate an
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LEISUEELY TRAVELLING.
The Women Boats OF Greenland and
Their Easy Rate OF Progress,

The Women Boats OF Greenland and
Their Easy Rate OF Progress.
The women boats of the Green
landers are SO called because, unlike
the kaiaks. they are roWed by
women. They are open, fat-bot-
toned, inconvenient sea- boats, but
large enough for family and the
family goods tents, household
implements, dogs, children and the
rest. i 8
They are rowed by as many as
half a score OF oarswomen. and some
times make run Of fifty English
miles day. They are generally
steered by the father of the family.
while the other male mem bers follow
in their kaiaks.
In their women boats, says DR..
hansen. the Greenlanders used to
move from one hunting ground to
another all through the summer
For one or two months they always
went far up the fords in search Of
reindeer, and there they lived on the
fat of tho land.
In those days they often took long
journeys upand down the west coast,
as they do to this day on the east
coast. These journeys are sometimes
coo miles in length.
They donot generally travel quick
ly. One of the two women boats
which we met on the east coast at
Cape Billie in 1888. ION their way south
ward did not reach Pamiagdluk, west
of Cape Farewell, until two years
later, in 1890; and this is only dis
lance Of some 18o miles, which we
with our boats could no doubt have
covered in week or two. -st
But as soon as the Eskimos come
to a place where there are plen-
ty ~of seals they go ashore, pitch
their camp, take to hunting. and
live at their ease. At the approach
Of autumn they choose good site,
build winter house, and continue
their journey in the spring or sum-
mer as soon as the ice permits.
The women boats in question had
in this manner spent three years on
the passage from Umivik, and would
no doubt take nearly as long to- re-
The othe:' woman boat that was
passing south from Cape Billie got as
far as Nanusek, about sixty-fve
miles from the trading settlements
west Of Cape Farewell, and there
went into winter quarters, but then
the father Of the family died, and
they faced round and set about tn 9
long journey back to Angmag salik,
without ever having reached their
goal, the trading settlements, or ac'
complished their errand l
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A TWO-MINUTEG GAIT.

A Sporting Writer Who Doesn't
Think Nancy Hanks Record Will
Stand Long. G:a. a9l s.r..
The ultimate speed of the Hotter has
not yet been reached, says the Drovers'
Journal. How fast he will cover a mile
after fully developed is matter Of con-
lecture, but many observing horsemen
predict that 200 is within the limits
of bis powers. There has been an an
nual reduction Of records until last sea-
son by the rotter: when 2:O5 IA was
registered as the, fastest performance
of the year, by Directum, and the PAGER
Flying Jib reeled off ae mile in 2:O4 at
the Washington Park meet. The rec
ord, 2:O4 of Nancy Hanks was not over
thrown and she still reigns the peerless
queen of the trotting world, her dow
ager competitors having been Sunol,
Maud S. and Goldsmith Maid. The sea-
son Of 1892 was memorable one in
the reduction of records, the kingdom
of time having been invaded from all
quarters. Sunol's champion record,
POS IL, was lowered by Fremlin, 2:O7-
"a, STEAMBOAT, 2:O7 IL, and Nancy
Hanks closing the season with her sen
sational mile in 2:O4. 1t is evident that
| the development OF speed has not
reached it's ultimatum, :Kremlin, POI,
has stepped quarters in OBS Il, and
Directum has frequently gone half in
LOO, rate of speed that indicates the
possibility of the 200 trotter. The phe-
nomenal reduction Of records is due
to scientific breeding, a better system
OF training, the pneumatic tire sulky
and improved tracks. The harness
racer is short-bred horse compared to
the thoroughbreds, but by judicious Sc
lections and development he is being
rapidly brought to a state of perfection,
the younger contingent showing great
improvement and rapid invasion of the
dominion Of time. There is a limit to
all material things and the rate of
speed Of the trotter is circumscribed by
the strength of his machinery, or driv-
ing power The tension is great in ra-
pid action, and the animal breaks down
when forced to pass his extreme ability
The quality Of the organization has
much to do with the capacity of the in
dividual, and when the finest compost
ton is reached and the action is fric
tionless it only requires complete devel
opment with improved appliances to
reach the climax OF harness records.
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drank and chatted. The fencing order
was never limited at, though i saw that
they knew all about it.
I entered the coloneps tent, saluted,
and declined the pipe he proffered me.
''Sit down, lieutenant, sit down. I've
Just been thinking whom to put into
the court martial."
What court-martial, colonies"
why yours-tO try you for threaten
ing personal violence to brother Off
GER" Then slowly softening his shrewd
old face into smile he added: well,
well; we'll overlook it for once, but
don't let it happen again.
"NOt if q man ridicules me in pub
lic?'
mo, not when you made the first
mistake y
WAS the fencing order a mistake?
Have we any right to destroy mans
property-maybe ruin hm-a union
man likely, and very possibly driven
into rebellion by just such injustice!'
"Weu, war is heap of injustice
from A to lizard, and the soldier him
self is the worst cheated Of the lot.
What's few rails after all?"
"A few rails? Why a man is liable
to lose every rail on his farm between
dark and daylight"
Suppose he does; what are rails
worth %
20, dollar a hundred, laid up in
fence"
"Well, now here we are. say. 10000
men, needing, say, a rail apiece for
campfres That 500. Wouldn't your
folks give 500 tonight to have you
safe at home instead of marching to
battle p
Maybe 500. Maybe $1,000.
"Call it $1,000 for you and call it
500 for the average; that's $1,000
900 that the folks at home are contrl-
buting to the country. Now, this
farmer is either a rebel or a Union
ist If he's rebel his rails ought
\ to be burnt and he too. II he's
Unionist he gives his 500 to the cause
and ought to be glad of it. :
I could not gainsay it, and he Went
4 on: 4
'"Take it another way: If they obey
ed the order, which they didn't oul
i 10000 men lost tonight an houl
apiece Of needed rest and refreshmen1
through your rail -saving move. That's
1000 days work imposed on men who
! ALREADY had all the work that wal
4 good for them, and more olunteer'
who have taken their lives in theil
4 hands to save the Union. And IN or
4 der that some man. rebel or patriot
can go on with his business just al
4 il there were no war. :
Colonel, was fool.
.Lientenant, you weren't the 0nI
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IAN YOU EN ER FORG1VE ME-!
II am tempted to withdraw alto
gether," 1 cried angrily, when the
truth came out, II cannot endure it;
Mr.. Perth must be out of his mind"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Edith, do not
refusev' pleaded Eva. "Just think, it
will only be for few moments, and
then-you will be free. Do not let
anything occur to mar the occasion
dear Edith, pleasen' .-.'
So, what could do but consent?
But registered mental vow to make
Mr.. Cecil Ray know his place before I
was done with him.
The days few by, and to our dis
may just bfoare the wedding day we
were visited by fearful rainstorm;
ing. 1t was enough to make one
wild. No cessation-no let up. The
roads were speedily rendered impas-
sable; the number of guests would
necessarily be diminished; and, worse
than ALTO me-the flowers which ]
was to wear-pure white hyacinths
were at home ia nay fathers conserva-
tory-five long miles away. My dress
would be nothing-my costume spoiled
without them; SO argned Nothing
else would be suitable; no other flow
ers could possibly be worn with my
pretty white lace dress. was per-
verse, obstinate, ridiculous. I can see
it all now, with a keen feeling OF
shame at my own silly pride and fooI-
ish vanity.
"But. my dear Edith, demonstrated
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my life, and all the remaining days OF
my existence will not be enough in
which to prove my sorrow and re-
morse.
1t was all on account of Eva Car
rolls wedding. [ was to be first
bridesmaid, and Susie Parker was to
be the second. My cousin, Frank
Forest, was chosen for her attendant.
At first there was no one selected for
me; really, there was no one good
enough, thought in all the big, old
fashioned Southern country town of
Dunford. Why! was Judge De Vere''s
only daughter! The very first in the
land might be accounted my inferior.
So reasoned in my silly pride and ar
rogance, little dreaming of the devi-
Gus ways through which Fate was
guiding my feet. s
The day appointed for the wedding
was only week distant; still no one
had ventured to suggest suitable
attendant for me. Susie and I, to-
gether with dozen friends, had come
to the great old-fashioned country
house which was Eva's home, in the
midst of a vast sugar plantation; and
here we were to remain until after
the wedding.
''But how can it come off at ALL"
walled Susie, madly, "if nobody is
good enough to serve as best man?'
Laurence Perth was the name of the
bridegroom. He was a stranger-a
Northerner-and the friend who was
TO lo1 hoI OF lac
moment succumbed to our national
scourge, la grippe, and Perth was at
his wits end for a substitute.
''Somebody entirely perfect-to
stand with Edith" the bride-elect in
formed him.
To my intense establishment and
disgust, he announced his determina-
ton to ask Cecil Ray.
Cecil Ray indeed! Why he was al
most a stranger in Dunford; and be-
sides-was only drawing master
He mad taught a class for several
months, and 1 was his least success
full pupil. He had endeavored to
guide me, to correct my crude work,
and teach me something of his art, but
had numerically snubbed him; treat
ed him coldly, insolently, till one
day he had informed me that was not
we'll bred, and that until I was ready
to mend my ways, he would dispense
with my attendance at the drawing
class.
Of course, Lawrence Perth knew
nothing of the feud between Ray
and myself; and he had extended
an invitation to the young man-whc
had completely captivated Perth''
fancy-before Eva could explain tn
true state of the case. To our intense
surprise, knowing his dislike for me
Cecil Ray consented. 1 was furious
70, out what could do?
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A Few Rails.

nothing until asked him point blank
what he thought Of it.. Said he:
We'll, lieutenant, If those are the
orders, they will be obeyed in my regi-
ment.' -
y. Next days march was q hard one;
an almost interminable uphill, followed
by a shorter downhill. Crossing the
"divide" we were many hours with
from puddles mnddieti by the feet OF
men and hoofs of beasts that had gone
before. The wind was with us; in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05

"A railroad had carried us within the
borders Of a slave state which had not
yet passed a secession ordinance, and
our first Marcia short one-had pene-
trated into heavily wooded country
dotted with scattered farms, where the
young crops shone in the beauty of
peace and plenty. Nature does not
read the papers, does not calculate on
battle and goes on with her kindly
procession of sprouting and ripening
just as of her human children never
went crazy. A lovely valley farm was
our halting place, and suddenly, with
out blow struck or shot fired, the
! cruelty of war burst upon me. A bat
terry Of horse artillery sixpieces, six
caissons, a forge, and a battery gon,
each drawn by four or six horses, turn
ed out Of the road, through a gap in
the fence and wheeled in great: circles
| all over a field of growing wheat. In
less time than it takes to tell it that
crop was utterly destroyed. And we
had in our force three batteries, a
long wagon train, an ambulance train,
besides nine regiments of infantry and
| drove of "beef on the, hoof.' The
farm was turned into desert between
sunset and dark. sfff: ~ IL
My general, a West Pointer while
! waiting for his tent to be pitched, went
| into the farmhouse and began question
ing the farmer about the enemy S
movements, E making notes. The man
answered readily and. after supper,
when had read over my notes to my
chief and had been complimented on
their completeness, I ventured to call
his attention to the ruin we had
brought upon this friendly union man.
Fortune of war, ieutenant-fOrtune
of war" ~- So
Il wish it had fallen on a REBEL
''Thatll come later"
won't our government pay this
| mam?" q ~
maybe. You may give him Ger.
tifcate and I'll approve it. Then he
can make his claim and prove his 10y
alty-if he can-and take his chance
with the rest"
One of the happiest half hours OF
my life was that wherein [ sought on
the disconsolate farmer in the mids
of his dismayed family and took dow1
from his lips schedule of his losses
so many acres of wheat, so many O.
young corn, etc.. and so many rods o.
rail fence for the campfres had usei
up his rails almost as completely as Thu
wheels and hoofs had ruined his crops
. The general approved the schedule
only scratching out the fencing, sait
he:, IL,
1--WE. can't begin paying for capp
fres.'' se
Now, having been brought up partl!
, on a farm and split "a few thousan.
rails myself, / knew what fencin,
meant to farmer. So tried an ex
pertinent. I drew up a paragraph TO
general orders" reading:
| ION coming into camp where fores
is within easy reach, regimental com
| ! manders will detail ax-men to provid
fuel for camp fires; and will not ALLOW
fencing to be taken for that purpose
The general directed me to repea
1t and send it out to the brigade head
quarters for issue next morning. Fu]
Of glee at having effected this bit o
} humanity and justice. rode on dow
| to visit my regiment and boast of il
My colonel listened grimly, but sal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
WAS IT'S BEST FENCER
AMUSING EXPERIENCE OF AN
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
He Effects the ISsuance of an Order.
to His Regiment for the Protection
of Farm Rails From the COmp-f fire
Practical Colonel Opens His Eyes.

Fit timber for staff must have been
pretty scarce, when / was picked out
as an aide-de-camp. I knew the man
ual Of arms and the alphabet Of march
ing and facing, for my company and I
had learned them together, out Of
Hardee's Tactics. I keep one lesson
ahead of the privates by studying the
book at night in my tent by the light
Of a candle held in the. socket of a
bayonet stuck in the ground. But,
after all, ought rather to have signed
myself abe than, A. d. C. and also to
have, suspected that was chosen be-
cause all my brother ieutenants would
| make better soldiers than clerks.
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One Hope Left.

Cant you thinkiof some scheme, !"
said the great editor, that will
startle the community and increase
the circulation of our magazine?''
''There is only one that I know
Of" replied the business manager.
ssWhat is it?''
publish real, live poem.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Human Labor at Great Altitu les.

r Investigation among the WORKING en-
on the Peruvian Central railroad has
brought some curious facts to light
concerning the capabilities of men
to labor in rarified atmosphere. The
line starts at Lima, in latitude IL
degrees, and the highest point
reached by the: road is at the tunnel
/ Of Galeria, which is 1865 feet
above the, sea level. From deduc-
tions made by the investigators it
appears that the men were able to
perform a fair ...sea level" days
work at any place along the rou to
where the altitude was not greater
than 5000 or 10000 feet. providing
they had generally worked up to
that height from lower levels At
attitudes above 10000 feet and under
1900 the amount of work per-
formed by each man showed sudden
falling off of from one-fourth to one
third, and at from $4,000 to 5000
feet 100 men could do no more work
than fifty would at sea level.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Varieties OF Potatoes.

The potato. 50 long a staple food,
has developed almost lInumerable
varieties. Forty are easily dis
tinguishable. but there are many
others with slight and almost inn
perceptible differences. There are
nineteen varieties of the white po
tato in America, eighteen in Ger
manv. twentY-six in Great Br1taiD
and thirty two in France.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Bad Management.

.'And you are going to. give up
your plans for going on the stage 2''
Yes she replied with q sob.
cit is too bad. The drama was the
ambition of your life. =
ut was. But I am obliged to re.
linquish it. 9
What is the troubled"
..'The evidence in my divorce suit
didn't appeal to the popular taste "
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Would She Do 1t.

The Nervous Woman How long
did you say it was before the train
leavesP az
Station Agent-One hour and
half, ma'am. J, %E .s Ss
The Nervous Woman Are you
sure9 s"gz - l.:s .z3 *. 5:iiEs
Station Agent Yes, ma'am.
The Nervous Woman-T That would
make it safe for me to go out for .
short time, wouldn't it, E.ssss ssssj SIS
Station Alphabetically.
The Nervous Woman-You are
positive? :3 4: i Al va
Station Agent Yes, ma'am. How
far did you wish to go?
.$S Nervous Womanl want to GO
over to that newsstand on the other
side ofnthe street and get a paper
Buff I lose the train I'll report
you, now mind. Chicago Record
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a Good FORM 81 Punis i ment.

In some Of the German towns when
q man is convicted Of beating his
wife he is allowed to go to work as
usual, but his wife gets his wages,
and he is locked up only on Satur-
day nights and remains in prison
until the following Mond lay. The;
punishment usually lasts for | ten
weeks. 1856 SIS III
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
a Smoking Irs..

a tree that smokes has been dis
covered in the Japanese village Of
Ono. It is sixty feet high. and just.
after sunset every evening smoke
issues from the top OF the trunk. It.
is called tie voloauic tree.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Is son
aA4d8QkkAl
1adEsGm@

WAS young and
pretty, and an
heiress; only child
of Judge De We're,
of a famous South
ern family. OF
course, | was vain
and spoiled; who
would not be
reared as l had
been? But, l have
never been guilty
of a d espicable ac-
t,iOn but once in
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