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The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
Electricity On French CHna Is.


Probably for the reason that their
country has one Of the largest and
finest canal systems in the world,
Frenchmen are taking great interes,!! !!
in the application Of electrical power
to canal operations. More attempts
have been made to run canal boats
electrically in France than anywhere
else, and one hears of new experiments
and trials almost every month The
latest attempt in this direction has
been the application of what is known
as the Bovet system to the fifth reach
of the St. Denis canal A series cleo
tric motor on the canal boat reyolyed
the towing chain,. that is picked up
from the bottom Of the canal and is
given a three-quarter turn around the
pulley drum. In this respect the cleo
trio motor took the place of the steam
engine used on the canal boat to Op-
crate the drum and chain mechanism.
A two-wire circuit running along the
bank Of the canal was connected to
the canal boat motor by flexible cable,
which came aboard over a rolling
guide ut the top Of the mast of the
beat. The trial was quite successful,
a 3OO-tcn barge moving along at the
speed of about two or three miles an
hour at an expenditure Of about three
horsepower Motion began without
jar, and was easily kept up.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

ON TlP-TOE STOOD MOTIONLESS.
xor her to study the dancing of Sun
and Moon, or of anybody else. In his
opinion and in his own language Lol-
ipop herself was ''out of sight" of
every dancer living, or dead, for that
matter Lollipop did not agree with
him, and his fattery made no impress.
sion on her whatever. However, the
young man, whose name was Sam,
was perfectly willing to take Lolli-
pop to see Sun and Moon dance, and
together they went to the roof
garden.
Sun and Moon did not appear until
late in the evening and the perform
ance preceding her dancing was me-
diocre. There were two dancers, and
these afforded Sam an opportunity
for some comparisons, favorable of
course, to Lollipop, who gave him to
understand that his total ignorance
of the subject deprived his opinion of
all value. He clung to it, however,
with considerable courage.
Sun and Moons number had at last
been reached. There was a sharp
click of the castanets and the first
bars of the coming dance. It was the
Cachouca, and Lollipop was radiant.
1t was the dance she had most longed
to see. She hoped to do it herself
some day, perhaps, and here was a
rare chance for seeing how it might
be done. Though of course Lolli-
pop reflected, ''every dancer has her
own ideas Sun and Moons may not
be just like mine, but how interesting
it will be-" .f-.
Now Sun and Moon, in white and
gold, walked on to the stage very
quietly. but she walked like god
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

ed for use. These aegments nre so
made as to fit one within the other
and form perfect cylinder when COM
pleted and to contain 1852 half-izcfl
round balls of lead and antimony.
Ihe cast segments are weakened by
transverse cuttings between each of
the bullet cells, so that the force of
the exploding charge will tear them to
pieces. Each piece or fragment is al
most as heavy as the bullet itself, and,
being of a rough, jagged character, be-
comes am issile even more destructive
Of human life, If anything, than the
ball originally held by it. The brass
fuse cap the cast-iron head, the weak
ened steel shell, the, cast base, and
the light separators which comprise
the bullet case, when fired from gun
and exploded In the air present a
shower of missiles numbering from $50
to $50 anu covering cone Of about Is
degrees from the line of fire. If, there
fore, shrapnel Is exploded 100 yards
in advance, Of an enemy and at an
elevation Of forty or fifty feet the
area covered by it's fragments will be
enormous and the destruction that fol-
lows will be appalling.
How the Fuse Is Made.
The fuse used to explode the new
shrapnel is combination one, for
both time and percussion, so that it
can be made to burst at any required
point in the air on it's line of flight
or upon striking the object aimed at.
The percussion fuse is used principal
ly to ascertain range. The fuse cap
contains a spiral coil Of very soft
metal tubing, in which is a train Of
slow-burning composition. On the out
side of the brass cone is a series of
small holes, following the spiral course
Of the leaden tube within it, These
holes are graduated at regular dis
tances to denote seconds and siXths
Of a second from zero to fifteen Sec
onds. The initial velocity of the pro-
jectile fired with the service charge
is known. Accurate firing tables, CIV
ing ranges, elevation, trajectory, and
time Of flight of shrapnel for all dis
tanCes up to $500 yards have been
made and they are so perfect that
everything seems to have been thought
of in their compilation. Variations are
made for accelerating wind. for retard-
ing conditions whatever they may be,
for cross winds, and even for the ele-
walton above set level. The officers
are so clever at estimating unknown
distances that the target tables show
only an error Of 164 yards as a maxi
mum of miscalculation in an estimate
of 4,500 yards. Therefore, having at
their command these facilities, it is
comparatively easy matter for the
gunners to explode a shrapnel almost
at any desired point. TO do this the
distance must first be estimated; then
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
Reciprocated.

John Newell, recently deceased,
while president of the Lake Shore
road, was so opposed to the pass sys-
tenn that he even declined to issue
passes to railway officials which, un-
der the courtesies between railroad
officials, had been the custom, and
when he issued passes, he limited
such transportation to certain trains,
so restricting the pass that but few
railway officials have ridden on the
fast mail or the limited trains of that
road. On recent new-year's, Pres
ldent Newell made up his packet of
exchange passes and sent them out.
Across the end of the one he sent
President Caldwell was printed in red
ink the words: "Not good on limited
or fast trains" By return mail came
President Caldwell's annual pass on
the Nickle-Plate to President Newell.
Across its face, in faring red ink and
in the bold handwriting of President
Caldwell, were written the words:
''Not good on passenger trains. -
Argonaut
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

Sharpnel.
the leaden tube, containing the ignit-
ing train, is perforated through a hole
in the brass cap, which by the scale
denotes &C ertain number Of seconds
or fractions of seconds. The shrapnel
is then placed in the piece and fired,
due allowance having been made by
the gunners for the estimated distance
and the gun properly sighted. The ini-
tial force of the charge breaks a deli
cate copper fiange, supporting the fir
ing pin, which contains a charge of
illuminate in the brass cone and re-
leases it. It strikes q steel pin imme-
diately under it and this sets fire to
the train. When the fire in the train
reaches the perforation punched
through the leaden tube, from the out
side, it passes at once into the powder
charge within the hollow cast iron
head, for the perforation is forced en-
tirely through the leaden' tube and ex-
plodes the shell. The centrifugal mo-
ton impaired by the 'lands'' or rifling
Of the barrel, acting upon a band Of
copper swedged around the SHE'LL near
it's base, causes the bullets and frag
ments to scatter in form Of cone,
widening as the advance, until
striking point is reached. The bullets
which were in the center Of the nest,
not being n naterially affected by this
circular or revolving motion, are hurl-
ed straight ahead. If from any unfor-
seen cause the time fuse should not
work the percussion plunger, which
is at the base of the time fuse, ex-
plodes the charge of powder in the
head Immediately striking the ground.
AS there are always troops in the rear
Of those fired at, acting as support or
reserves, great damage is almost sure
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
Great Slaughter of Coyotes.

During the past two years $4,000
coyotes have been slaughtered i'll the
state of California. Certain persons in
Kern county a'cn. have been and are
now killing on an average eight coyotes
a day. The number killed in that Co1ln-
ty during the two years is 5,975.
The law paying bounty Of SIS for
each coyote scalp has a provision which
requires the county clerks Of the differ
ent counties to make out statement
every three months of the amount Of
scalp claims presented and mail the
same to the state controller. These
statements are entered in a book kapt
for the purpose and form an interesting
record Of the immense slaughter that
is going on Of these pests Of the sheep
herder and farmer.
The largest number killed in any
three months was in Kern county dur
ing; the quarter ending December, 1892,
when 1850 scalps were taken. During
the quarter just ended 1896 were
killed, which shows that in two years
there has not been a very great falling
off in the number. Second to Kern
county comes Tulare, with a record
of 4,792 in two years. The number for
the first quarter is 997, and for the
last $50. San Diego follows with a
record of 3,513, which falls from LIZA
in December, 1892, to 334 in September,
1894. Modoc has a record Of 3,OS7,
Fresno 2,643, and San Bernardino 1, ,794.
Other counties which show a large
slaughter Of coyotes is Lassen, Los An
geles, Monterey and San Luis Obispo.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

dess should. She came forward to the
footlights and acknowledged the
greeting of the house. She smiled
little, and stepped back little, and
Lollipop saw that Sun and Moon was
beautiful. She felt, she couldn't tell
why, a sudden, curious sinking at her
heart. She almost knew then how it
would be. In another moment she
did know, absolutely.
Sun and Moon flung her arms up
ward. They were bare and rounded,
and the red castanets in her firm
white hands marked the rythm of the
dance. There was swift springing
motion, now forward, now back, now
to one side, now to the other, tho
lovely arms flung now over her head,
now swiftly lowered almost to the
ground. The supple waist, now
swaying, now bending backward,
forward; the rapid feet moving with
perfect precision, and underlying
every motion of the beautiful form
made one feel the sense of strength,
of vitality, the grace and power of
some wild creature bounding in the
freedom of the forest.
Sun and Moon threw her head back
ward, and the white throat quivered
in the light. She tossed her arms
again and curved her wrists, bewitch-
ing coquetry in every gesture. She
invited, welcomed, banished in
flash of time. She swept in swift,
graceful curves around the small
stage, like bird on wing; she
stopped in full flight, and on tip toe
stood motionless, a vision of statu-
esque grace and sumptuous beauty,
every line a delight to the eye; her
face was now that of siren, now
that of a merry child. Was ever such
beauty, such matchless grace, such
poise, such art?
A few moments only-the dance
lasted no more-but Lollipop had
time to more than get point" to
learn a whole lesson!
Sun and moon was recalled. She
danced again. Then Lollipop rose.
LETS go, Sam," she said.
AS they went down the stairway.
leading to the street, Sam spoke to
Lollipop, and she turned upon him
with a'sharp exclamation.
keep quiet" said she.
''What's the matter?" said he
But Lollipop did not reply, at least,
not just then. But presently she
said slowly, and in a strange voice:
'Sam, I'm done. I'll never step on
a stage again."
''What's that for?" said Sam. II
think I see you stop dancing!'
"Dancing!' cried Lollipop. "Danc.
ing! I've never danced. I've cap
cred, and hopped, and skipped, and
made a fool of myself; but as for
dancing! Don't talk to me, Sam Mar
tin. Pm donen'
Sam noticed then that her cheeks
were wet with tears, but he made no
comment, which showed him to be
possessed of a little wisdom. Lolli-
pop bade him good night pleasantly
enough, and he decided that she must
have been tired.
A few days later Sun and Moon re-
ceived a package containing pair of
satin dancing shoes somewhat worn.
Notwithstanding the gift she was
highly offended and threw them
away; and thus ended Lollipop's car
eer as a dancer.
She readily found employment as
saleslady and does her very best to be
good one.-Kate Fields Washington.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
She Spanlxs Professionally

livelihood, but one Of the most singular
is that Of a Maine woman who pur
sues the vocation Of professional
spanker. She has made arrangements
with Ter neighbor to cali at the houses
to administer needful discipline every
Saturday or at any time emergency
may require. This is a new industry
and one which many persons win think
ought to be encouraged in their par.
ticular neighb0rh0 Exchange
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
DEADLY GUNS IN WAR
FIELD BATTERIES CAPABLE of
CREATING HAVOC
Interesting Results Of Practice
Work at the Fort Riley School
Devastation That Would RcsuIt
From the Use of Shrnpnel.

The progress achieved during the
last decade in the manufacture and
use Of heavy artillery for naval use
and for coast defense has furnished
material for many interesting newspa-
per articles. The great guns have been
so carefully and thoroughly described
that they are now fairly we'll under
stood, and Americans believe they
possess as complete and perfect an
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
Ftn5t Stoves In America.

Perhaps the first stoves made in
this country were cast at Lancaster,
Pa, after the people of that region
had learned that the winter of the
thirty-ninth parallel is not to be
treated as the European winter of
considerably higher latitudes. Fifty
years ago the plates of these old
stoves were still used for outside
doorsteps and the like.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
fs Large as q State.

The supervisors of Bolivar county,
Mississippi, draw mileage for their
Journeys to the county seat, and the
record reveals the following charges:
Stephens, 152 miles; Lovingood, 42
miles; Murrell, So miles; Beevers, 200
miles; Wise, 1852 miles. Thus one
county in Mississippi is almost, if not
quite, as large as the whole state OF
Rhode Island.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
Do It Now.

"1Iever put of till tomorrow"
What can best be done to-day.
Don't assert in tones of sorrow
Advertising does not pay.
Try 1t now, be enterprlsing,
Put your ad in right away,
And you'll find that ADVERTISING
Will unquestionably pay.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17
The Passion for Killing.

There are now 1856 packs of fox
hounds in England, ia OF barriers
and seventeen packs of staghounds.
In Ireland there are twenty-eight
packs OF barriers, twenty Of fox
hounds and six packs of staghounds.
In Scotland there are ten packs of fox.
hounds, three of barriers, but no
staghounds.
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

zion OF the deadliest of all modern pro-
jectiles for field use-the sharpnel.
Construction Of the Projectile.
Before presenting target records to
show the work of the guns, let us look
at the projectile and observe it's inner
construction. The pieces in use at
present are of 3.2 inche bore and are
lightly built, substantial steelrifed
guns. The breech mechanism was
heretofore been described and Is the
same In these guns as in all modern
ield pieces manufactured at the Frank
ford arsenal. The shrapnel is projec-
tile about ten inches in length, with
squarely turned base and q conical
apex and to all outward appearances
looks like solid shot. Its weight is
1872 pounds when carefully charged.
The head Of the shell is of cast iron
and is screwed into lap-welded, low
steel tube which forms the outer wall
Of the projectile. This tube is thread
ed, at it's lower extremity, interiorly,
to receive the base, which is also Of
cast iron. At the top of the conical
head is inserted the brass fuse cap,
which completes the projectile. The
low steel tube is weakened to facili-
tate bursting by longitudinal and
transverse grooves cut upon the inside,
so that when the powder charges in
the head explodes it is torn into frag-
ments, each one of which becomes q
missile Of even more destructive power
than the leaden bullets contained in
it. In one of the photographs which I
was permitted to take through the
kindness Of Maj. Randolph, the outer
shell is put together. There rests upon
the upper end Of the base Of cast iron
a light disc Of low grade iron, formed
of four segments, containing three and
four hemispherical cells each, in which
rest the bullets when the shell is load
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

1. Interior Construction of Shrap-
mel, Showing Nest of Bullets. @-
2. One of the Cast Iron Separators
Used to Support Nest I'm Shape.
g. Low Steel Tube Which Forms
the Outer Shell OF tho PrOjectile.
to follow, even If the shell Is not ex-
ploded, as was intended, in the air
and In advance of the body troops fired
at. The illustrations of the component
parts Of the Few shrapnel show very
clearly the points have attempted to
describe.
Wonderful Result Attained.
Now, as to the actual use of this
projectile and what results have been
attained. In the first Of the tests in
the artillery target practice. a canvas
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17


bounded by Broadway, Sixth avenue,
Twenty third and Fourteenth streets.
= She is very pretty and rather out of
the common. If she chances to wait
on you, you will probably notice both
her pretty face and her oddity. She
is bright, smiling and attentive. She
y KS your wants and tries to fill them.
She does not appear annoyed if you
interrupt her conversation with the
Young lady standing beside her, nor
.ocs her manner grow frigid and
naughty if you suggest less costly
line of goods than that before you.
The chances are that you will find
what you want if she waits on you.
AS to her looks, she is rather small,
and her complexion is perfect. Her
hair. which is bronze brown and wavy,
is always drawn back from her brow
and knotted high on her head, and
she is fond of tying bit of blue rib
bon about it, Perhaps from this
description she may be discovered.
Six months ago when she was a
dancer she was known to the pro-
fession as Lollipop. That was her
stage name. She had an occasional
engagement and was not very par
ticular as to where it was. She danced
for money, but also for love. Dancing
IVES a passion with her, but that fact
was not enough to make her a great
dancer.
She was useful, and her pretty,
dainty little steps served to fill in odd
spaces in a variety program very &C
cepta bly,. Her dancing was never
coarse-it was not even daring-and
a week was usually the limit for
which she was engaged. She was in
no sense drawing card, but she al
ways danced as well as she could and
was entirely reliable. In passing it
may be said that Lollipop was as good
as gold. When her weeks engage
ment had passed she would go home
and practice new dances till she had
another chance, dancing from morn
ing until night. She was always try
ing to do better work, and to her
mind the thing most to be desired
was to be great dancer. That was
her idea.
When the management of certain
roof garden announced that an en-
gagement had been made with the
famous Spanish dancer, Sun and
Moon, Lollipop was filed with joy.
She had no engagement herself. Sun
and Moon would dance every night
for week-perhaps longer Here
was a chance to see, to study, to get
points," to improve her own work.
Lollipop resolved to see Sun and
Moon several times, always suppos-
ing that she found her worth the
study. Lollipop thought that great
deal could be learned from seeing
good work done by recognized artists.
She was full of notions Of this sort.
On the first night when Sun and
Moon appeared Lollipop went to the
roof garden. She was escorted by
young man who wanted to marry her
and who considered it piece of folly
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

1. Construction of Separator and
Bullet Nest.
2. One of the Segmental Disks OF
SeparatOrs.
3. Cast-Iron Head to Hold ExplOd-
ing Charge.
4. Brass Fuae Can
The Princeton union., 1895-01-17

zion of the deadliest Of all modern pro-
jectiles for field use-the sharpnel.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-27
4 NEW MINISTRY IN NORWAY.


The deadlock in Norwegian politics
,wtafcl began last winter and threatened
such serious consequences to both Swe-
den anhd Nouwuy has at last been broken.
The Stang ministry which hung on
against Its will for months, has been
succeeded by new coalition ministry
composed of -four conservatives, four rad
faals and two moderates.
This result was accomplished only after
ropeaJtei failures of the king to form a
ministry that would De suitable to him
ard at the same time meet with the ap~
proyal Of a majority of the storthing.
Several members OF the new ministry
were among the Statesmen to whom the
premiership was offered before King os-
car left Chrkstiania I'm disgust
Their acceptance indicates better feeling
between the nations. There was a time
when Norway's demand for a separate
consular service and a foreign minister
of It's own carried The storthing to the
limit Of voting great sum Of money for
the construction of ironclads. That was
but few months ago, and 1t remains to
be seen whether the new ministry, sup
ported by The peaceful intentions of the
king, Will effect reforms great enough to
prevent clash: It viii never fully over
come the powerful national feeling that
pervades Norway. a significant story Is
told of King Oscar questioning little
Norwegian had. ''Who is King Of Swe-
den?' he asked "King Oscar" And who
i5 king OF Norway" "Brornstjerne Born
son." replied the lad promptly. Not
yet" said Uhe king, grimly But he
knows The spirit that prompted the reply.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-27

The Florence West, at the end of a
long article deprecating the late SiusGaw
fishermen's strike, says: "At the close
of the strike the cannerymcn agreed to
transport fish gratis, and this Is the
strikers victory. A portion of them
have gained 1 cent per fish, after a vain
struggle and the loss of two weeks fish
ing. They now receive is cents, formerly
being paid but H. The folly Of the lower
river men in joining the strikers is now
plainly shown, and none realize 1t more
fully than these gllme men. As an Illus
tration, II Is shown Wthiie over 6,0O0 fish
were caught Tuesday night, hardly one
sixth Of them were taken south of Point
Terrace, seventeen miles up the river
During the interval OF the strike thous-
ands of Salmon came In and went on
their way without interference. Soup
with big s, Is the daily portion of the
lower river fishermen. The strike wEe
prove am irreparable injury % the Sius-
law in more ways than one. 1t will
cause hard feelings among citizens living
on this river hitherto friendly relations
have become strained and are likely to
remain SO. Over a dozen teams have
been turned away from the head of tide
water during the past two weeks. the oc-
cupants coming from so Ito 100 miles after
fish. Doubtrees they will drive home,
after bestowlng a hearty blessing on the
country, and speak a good word to their
neighbours concerning Ut. But then the
strikers will not complain. They should
be happy over their overwhelming vic
tory"