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The passengers smiled!

The passengers smiled!
For the twentieth time the man in
the middle Of the car was rearrangins
his luggage. A dozen times before
they had supposed he was preparing
to leave the train, but he had stayed
on.
do you think he is going this
time?" said lady on the opposite
side of the car to her husband.
II give it up!' he responded. 1T
looks like it, but it has looked like 1t
before"
And he didn't 90. Stations came and
went but he remained. only seeming
to get more nervous as we neared New
York.
II think the mans crazy" said the
lady.
But he didn't look like an insane
person, though his actions were cer-
tainly queer.
Sometimes he would drop his head
on his breast in deep thought. Then
he would smile-softly at first but the
smile would grow wider and broader
and finally threaten to become a
burst Of laughter; but before it broke
out he would suddenly remember
where he was and put his hand over
his mouth or turn and look out Of the
window.
Once when he opened his big port
manteau and the lady observed that
it was filled with parcels and when
he peeped into one Of the packages
with satisfied smile, she discovered
@ piece of dress goods Of very gay
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A STORY WITH A MORAL
She Patched Her Chum's Quarrel n
the Cost of Her FrIendnh,n

She Patched Her Chum's Quarrel MT
the Cost of Her Frlendnhlp
II hear that you and Charley have
been quarreling Of late" said the girl
with the hair Topped over her ears.
''We have" said the girl with the
dimple in her chin, "and it was all
his fault, too. l have inst finished a
letter telling that it was all over"
''You surely wouldn't throw him
over with all the money he has?" said
the girl with her hair Topped over her
ears; at wouldn't be half as eusy to
get him back as if he had none, And,
then, he spends it just as freely as he
would il he were quite poor"
81 don't care" flashed the girl with
the dimple in her chin; 81 hate him.
He--he is awfully quarrelsome, and
he would die before he would confess
that he was in the wrong" #s'
''Well, so would you, wouldn't you?"
81? OF course would. but that is a
very different matter. Why he would
probably remind me of it next time
men have no tact. Besides. he actual
ly gave Lulu Il bunch of flowers yes
terday."
''Well, he was something, of a flirt
before
II don't see how you come to know
anything about it. But Pm sure I
don't care how much he flilts after
Unsupported he can find anybody to
tiirt with.''
ooh, some girls will f1irt with just
anybody to keep in practice. There is
Lulu--but you say you don't care any
more?"
"Of course I don't; she is welcome to
what l have refused"
ooh, she won't believe that; he will
tell her"
'I'm sure I don't care what he tells
her!"
"Of course not. If you did I would
not tell you that l saw them out driv
ing together this afternoon
"Care inleed-not l! Did they-wcrc
they having a very nice time?"
"They seemed to be. BY the way,
1 never noticed before that his nose
was quite crooked, did you?"
"Crooked indeed! 1t is perfectly
straight. You ought to wear glasses,
even if they are not becoming"
Yes he is an awful fiirt. I believe
he would make eyes at any girl who
would let him. Why, there was Nellie
Who-'
HE is not flirt 1t is not his fault
if the girls will run after him."
"Humph, I don't know about that.
Besides, as you say. he has an awful
temper, and it is just as we'll =
II don't see what you know about
his temper. I consider it very good,
and 1 ought to know"
"4And then his stubbornness is a
great fault. You are quite right. after
all, to throw him over, and 1 don't
doubt that I.ulu-why, what are you
doing?'
81 am tearing up the horrid letter l
wrote him. II have been treating
him badly Of late and shall tell him
that our quarrels are all my. ownsfault
and 1 hope you are satisfied. now that
you have tried to make mischief be-
tween us and failedv
well, I've done my duty" sighed
the girl with her hair Topped over hel
ears. as she went out, 'but I have GER
tainly lost my chance Of being brides
maid. Chicago Times-Herald.
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Boomers in the East.

1t is Il ridiculous commentary on tho
movement of the bicycle boomers to,
reflect that skirts are worn by all WIN
swim, while so many who ride wheel i
provided with skirt guides insist tina
they must wear boomers. Plenty OF
women bicyclers who do not wcal
boomers at these beaches declare tina!
they would wear them if they could b |,
certain that they would not have II
get off their wheels. They do not want
to be seen on foot in trousers. Thj
sight of those women who walk and
lounge about in boomers, off theii
wheels, does more to prevent the gen:
eral adoption of boomers for bicycle;
riding than anything else. And hers
is another-vg grain for refiection-tha
nicer the place the fewer the blooms,
ers. No boomers are seen on the styl:
ish Rumsom road or at Elberon. and
few are seen at Spring Lake and Sea,
bright.-New York Sun. ..' ,
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COrDett Illustrates Safe Manner or
stopping or Countering Hook
Blows.
his feet in one position-a darling
back and forth. Fitzsimmons has in
this a play of about four feet which
he can encompass with the velocity of
a striking serpent, and at any place
along the route he is good for knock
out if the opening presents. He can
hit hard from almost any position, an
other little item which has added to
his eccentricity.
AS has been noted, Fitzsimmons is
a wonder in the way of knockout hit
ting, yet, if he and Corbett were to
measure their striking strength by
test, on registering machine, it is
very probable that Corbett would
equal OF out hit him, which is a trifle
paradoxical to the uninitiated. Fitz-
simmons, in the ring, let's fly his pow
erful batteries at every opening, hold
ing nothing in reserve; Corbett keeps
half the force of his blow home, to
take care of himself The first goes
in head and heels; the second goes in
only as far as he can get back safely
Fltz deals in One-punch knock-outs;
Corbett never unless his man has
Deen JaDDeu I'LL ne is TOO weak to
throw a quick and dangerous counter,
or unless he is no good, as in the case
| of Charley Mitchell. This reminds
one again Of the maxim before re-
ferred to-namely, that the dashing,
single-punch blow fellow not infre-
| quently goes out on the same route.
But it has been stated also, however,
that Fitzsimmons holds himself more
safely than any other fighter that ever
used such heroic methods, and that be-
cause of his marvellous feinting and
quickness.
The big Californian is a student of
safe fighting; it has been his study for
many years AS a follower of scie1l-
titic milling, to the incest reasoning
the ring never had the equal of Cor
bett in so big man; he believes in
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seeing his way, and he will not leave
his Notifications till he does.
He once said to me: 'When l get in
the ring with an opponent I am look
ing narrowly for the inside track; that
is my study. I have, spent many hours
in mental planning for every contest
I ever had, with the result that when
get in front of my man my itinerary
of routes is spread in big letters. Let
my man start any way he chooses. l
like him to do the starting, always
and he is going to fall into one Of the
paths already chalked out for him.
AS showing the thoroughness and
forethought of the American cham
pion, can relate that just before his
meeting Peter Jacksonville contest
which placed him among the great
fighters of the world-he was lively in
,, quest of colored men to box with. He
said: "I have spared plenty Of white
men, but here l am soon to crawl in
the ropes to fight to the finish with a
herculean black Jackson), and I do
not know how it seems to stand in
front Of one of them; there may be
something in a dark opponent that is
not found in a light one, and, If so, it
behooves me to find out; the sooner
the better" Jim investigated the sub
ject carefully; he boxed with many
men Of varying shades, but, believe,
without detecting differences worthy
Of notice. In training for the cnam-
! pionsh1p battle with Sullivan, he re-
> fused to allow the usual habit Of re-
firing about 9; he made it instead,
sometime after H., as he said he did
not know but it might habituate him
to feel sleepy too early in the evening
| "a time, for all he knew, that on the
actual night Of contest, might find his
fortune and the ambition of his life
dependent on the finest tension of the
hair-springs OF his nerves. Looking
ahead into such, minute, details, such
things as appear puerile to ordinary
people, shows the stuff Of which gen
erals are fashioned.
The science of boxing has been stud
led with as much care by Jim as any
professional man in the same time
has given to his vocation; enthusiasm,
continuity and plastic physique
made him veritable giant of the ring
before anyone had suspected it. Sup
i posed to be an ordinary over grown
I kid, with nothing more than know
ledge Of fancy boxing, he slipped into
the ring with Peter Jackson in 1891,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03

Whereas, MOST boxers are satisfied
with feinting with the arms or hands,
Fitzsimmons feints with the knees,
the body, peculiar Swapping motion
Of the head and most vigorously with
the arms. Knee or leg feinting to
bother an opponent was first shown to
American glove fighters by Peter jack
son. On this style Fitzsimmons has
improved, or, at least, changed in q
manner better suited to him and more
puzzling for the opposite man. 1t is
style Of pretense at which dump
fighter cuts sorry figure, needing for
good worker a lanky fellow with a
long stretch Of territory from the
knees to the head. It means the swing
that man gets by dropping slightly
by means Of the knee joints, keeping
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03
A Useful Invention


The latest :medical invention is a
small but intricate machine not more
than an inch and a half wide and OF
the same height for the purpose of
registering the pulsations Of the heart
The inventor of the new register,
which is looked upon by medical men
who have examiLed it and seen it
work as marvellous, is a German clock
maker residing in the upper portion
of the city. The pulsations are regis
tered on a small slip of paper which
moves through two wheels in man
ner similar to that of typewriter.
AS the blood flows from the heart q
delicate metallic pen, very sharp and
filed with ink, makes an upward
stroke the throb, accompanied by the
flow of blood towards the heart, caus-
ing the needle to make downward
,stroke.-Philadelphia Call.
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And Made n Rush for Her.
the well dressed throng, was a little
woman 35 or Whereabouts, in a we'll
worn black sack and dress faded and
poor. but neat fitting and we'll brushed.
She had look almost painful in it's
Intensity, filled with both hope and
fear, and eagerness Of suppressed ex-
element. She was looking half be-
Wildered at the approaching throng
Of passengers, but did not recognize
the broad shouldered man who elbow
ed his way toward her. Nor did he
see her until few feet away, and
then he just dropped, portmanteau,
valise, bundle and everything, and
made a rush for her. The little wom-
an gave utterance to a suppressed
y''Oh!" as she saw him and put her
thin hand nervously to her face, and
that was all; they simply stood holding
each other, while the passengers went
by. The gentleman and wife who had
talked to him tarried at the ferry. en-
trance until the couple came up, ra-
diant and happy. -
'Well, my friend, you found her,
didn't you!" they said, slnilingly.
eyes! found her, thank heavenv' re-
turned the stranger, "and there's going
to be rejoicing such as she never
dreamed of. You see I've got some
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03
Boating In n Tub.

A Portland, Me-, man recently dis
tinguished himself by rowing dis
lance Of six miles in an ordinar.
washtub. 1t was just large enough t.
enable him to curl his legs up in ano
sit down upon a small cushion Of shaw
ings. In order to prevent capsizing il
was necessary foe the navigator to sit
nearly rigid. When sculling he coult
not look over his shoulder to see whers
he was going, for fear Of tipping over
So he carried q. small mirror, which
enabled him to see the route ahead
without turning. He also carried
small sail about yard square. This
he used a portion Of the time, but his
main reliance was on the small Gal
with which he sculled.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03

nell. O'DOnneu Shows an Eccen-
trio Blow of Fitzsimmons.
The great fighting points that have
been brought to the front in Fitzsim-
mons battles are unprecedented knock
out hitting, feinting and a lightning,
erratic leg movement, which gives
him an appearance of grotesquenesS;:
To one looking down from the gallery
his amazing swiftness in play about a
24-foot ring has the appearance of the
shadow of some gigantic lowering
bird; in a glide he looks to cover the
length of the ring.
In the art Of feinting or pretense
FitZsimmonS is not equalled by any
fighter in the ring. His opponents are
mixed to know what he is going to do
next, and it is from this more than
from anything else, that he is called
eccentric. He has made of feinting
such study, has brought it to such
perfection in various ways, that, in
close connection with his fierce hitting
it may be looked on as the foundation
of his phenomenally quick successes
in the ring. The Knockout hitter must
have an open runway for his blow; he
must not have half it's force stopped
by his opponents arm; Fitz is an
adept in getting that opening and
when it occurs his crooked arm work,
his side jabs and upper cuts-are muir
derous..
1t is the maxim Of the boxing arena
that the contestant who knocks out
quickly is liable to get knocked out
quickly, the reason being that in order
to hit with extra force, extra precau-
ton must be made for delivery-the
arms must be drawn further away
from guard position and an 6penness
must follow. But Fitz has come closer
to getting over this obstacle than any
other fighter employing such trip ham,
mer hits; he has not kept clear alto
gether, however, as the rap with
which Joe Choynski brought him to
! the floor in Boston once, nearly win
ming from him, attests, and as the
| Knockout by Jim Hall in Australia
has demonstrated. He has always
been superior to Hall and has whip
ped him two or three times, but in one
Of their contests in the antipodes Fitz,
after having his man apparently we'll
In hand, was suddenly caught by his
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03
~ Think the Mans Crazy" Said the

al Think the Mans Crazy" Said the
Lady.
pattern; again she saw a dolls legs
sticking out of parcel, and then she
concluded that he was a good hus-
band taking bag full of presents to
his family. She knew this must be so
when she saw him take a photograph
from his pocket and kiss it slyly when
he thought nobody was looking.
At last. after examining his watch
a half dozen times and holding it to
his ear to discover if it had not stop
ped. turned to the gentleman at the
other side of the car and inquired the
time The gentleman told him and
then he wanted to know if the train
wasn't late. No, it was on time.
"Someway 1 thought it was late"
said the stranger.
"Your pretty anxious to get to your
destination, 1 imagine" returned the
gentleman.
Eyes; and the trains so slow; it
I've been five days on the road. Come
through from San Francisco"
"Do you live there?'
''No, live in New York." he re-
turned but I've been gone two years
and I'm getting pretty nervous. Some
way it don't seem possible I'm back"
'Have you a family in New York;"
"WeH, 1 should say" he exclaimed,
rubbing his hands and smiling. There
was pause for moment, when he
took the photograph from his pocket
and passed it over for examination.
''Thats my wife," he said. ut was
taken ten years ago and looks kind o
old-fashioned, l guess, but it's all the
one I got"
They looked at it with interest. 1t
was a pleasant face, hopeful face, a
face to trust in and depend upon.
'Have you children. tooY' queried
the lady. Strange what trivial things
interest and attract us on a railway
train.
''One.' he replied. "a girl eight years
of age. We had little boy, too,
eighteen months old, but he died a
year ago"
"Ah, that was too bad" said the
lady.
"Yes," he responded, "and she had
written me so much about him that
felt just as if I'd been with the little
fellow right along. 1 declare when
she wrote he was dead, some Way,1
had to sit down and cry over it just
as if he had been grown up, you know
I couldn't help it, but I think it was
more on her account than the baby's
that felt 50 bad. She was 50 wrap
ped up in him, and had worn herself
out trying to save him. And alone
too and poor, you know. 1t was
mighty tough"
"And you've been gone two years,
said the lady. won't she be glad tt
see you, thought
II guess So" he replied, confidently
~"And I've got some good news fol
her, tell you" He hesitated a few
moments, and then said:
1T was a hard struggle to live il
New York at best, and when the times
grew worse 1 went wolNe on a con
tract to work at my trade at Gladstone
q. Mich, where they were putting VI
buildings for the railroad and stear,
boat lines. After a while wages WI,
reduced there, and when the World
Fair opened went down to Chicag q
looking for a job. I finally went t,
work helping to make the big frames
they used in the fireworks, you know
u. but 1 was discouraged, and didn'
/" know how I was ever to have m,
family with me again. One day Will
4 was sitting on the pier, a gentleman
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03
CORBETT AND FITZ.
BOAIE POINTS ABOUT THE DIG MILL
IN TEXAS.
Fftz Is n Knockout. Hitter-COrbett
An All-ArOund Master of the Defer
Z sive-A Parcel Of Ifs" Bristles Up
Interestingly.

To some Of the wise men Of ring
culture the proposed big champion
ship contest to be held in Dallas,
Texas, the last Of October Of this year
in which Robert Fitzsimmons is
aspirant and James J. Corbett is hold
er Of the honor-presents puzzling
aspect, it is true that a lot Of people
see the outcome before the thing has
happened but in spite Of the Wiseacres
there Is parcel Of ''ifs' bristling up
In divers hooks and corners-ugly OBJ
stacles which are liable to give either
man a tumble in the heat and fury OF
practical milling. A piece of advice
founded, I believe, on good, common
sense, is that all sports fiocking to the
Lone Star state lay enough by to get
home on, no matter which way the bet
ting pictures shape up in their heads.
But if it is hard to pick a winner,
perhaps the next best thing can be
done-viz: notice the respective fistic
fashions and tactics of the combatants
as shown in their set-tos with other
opponents, from which probably wise
prophets who are to stack on their pro-
phecies anyway, may be wiser; or hav-
ing changed and lost, may still say:
eve wagered the only way it could
be done scientifically; it was the
'f1uke' that knocked u.s. I ought to
be in as good position as anybody to
sort out and comment on what is strik-
ing in each man knowing them both,
having seen them in more mills than
one, and having talked to and photo
graphed them in various positions with
careful ear to their tricks and strate
gies of war.
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DIDN'T WANT THE BUNDLE.
As Soon as She Saw It's Contents She
DrODDed 1t.


Dropped 1t.
This Afternoon, when business was
heaviest at the Terminal station, and
people were crcwding in every direc-
ton to take their respective trains.
an innocent looking bundle slipped
from beneath the ,rm of a stylishly
form. says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The bundle lay directly in the path of
the people. Many daintily eloved
hands were extended toward the pack
age. but withdrawn as the owners rec
objected themselves. A little knot of
men formed around the package. each
trying to make the others think he
had other business than watching
the parcel. Finally a well-known
business man of this city,
could stand the suspense no lorger.
A boy was taken to ono side, and
when he left the was seen putting
something in his pocket. He walked
over and picked up the package and,
elbowing his way through tho crowd.
handed it to the man Who had tipped
him nickel. The package was quick
ly undone, and, resting side by side
were a large slice Of cheese and a
half pint flask filed with liquor. Slip
ping the flask into an inside pocket,
t::r man was about to walk off when
the same stylishly dressed woman
came up to him. II understand yo,,
have a package that belongs to me. =
she said. The man excused himse.--
and went down into his pocket. The
hand was withdrawn and extended
toward the woman. She gave one look
at the flask, and with a glance at the
man that might have killed at forty
yards, turned around and went to her
train.
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thing to tell you. my dear" he said.
with the great throng out Of your sight
and out of mine, but into the respite
from tribulation, that season of 10y
that comes now and then, thank God
to even the humblest of His crea-
tures.-Gilbert A. Pierce in Minneapo
lis Tribune.
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PLENTY Good Enor..,,

Treetop-I want to get a few teeth
pulled il you amt too ALFRED busy.
Dentist-Will you take gas?
|Treetop-Nope; kerosene is seod
enough for me.
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and DNr1nS MOTION OF Uett1hS III
and Out
opponent and dropped to the floor like
q log. 1t was the same thing that
Choynski came so near doing, and the
pronouncedly, have shown some pro-
gress at. The saying still holds, there
fore, that a fighter fierce at knocking
out is liable to get the same medicine,
though in the case Of Fitzsimmons,
when it is remembered what lot Of
men he has sent to sleep, the rule has
been pretty nearly set at defiance. And
this immunity comes from the fact
that the New Zealander is the most
polished breakup feinter for a quick
opening that the staked ropes ever
cordOned.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-12

The Hoover street cutters were ordered
cleared out by the street superintendent.
Ordinances of intention for sidewalking
the west side of Soto street, from Brook-
Ign to Michigan avenue, establishing the
grade of st. Louis street from First street
to the south line of the Workman and
Hollenbec tract, establishing the grade
OF Mott street from First and Sixth street,
establishing the grade of Temple street
from Edgeware road to Figueroa street
were passed.
Amendments to specifications No. 3
were presented by the engineer and re-
ferred to the Board of Public Works.
The engineer reported that contract
for hauling off refuse from the settling
chamber was in force and the cleaning
was done by days work. On account of
this, considerable delay is occasioned and
the people in Agricultural Park object.
Referred to the sewer committee.
The engineer recommended that shut
off gate in the outfall sewer be placed on
Idlewild street in Inglewood, to relieve the
pressure on 9400 feet of the pipe Re-
ferred to the sewer committee.
Final ordinances were passed for estab
fishing the grade on Pennsylvania avenue
from Breed street to Birch street, Thirty
first street from Main street to Grand ave-
nue., Burlington avenue from Orange to
Sixth street, Burlington avenue from Or
ange to Seventh, and Twentieth street
from Maple avenue to Trinity street.