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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
IInbecile

IN the popular meaning an imbecile
Is a half witted person. But Martha
Louise Clark takes q different view Of
the subject in paper in The Arena.
Miss Clark Is q we'll known teacher Of
imbeoile children. She divides them
into four classes the harmless, passive
sort, who are congenital paupers; the
stubborn, brutal ones, governed almost
entirely by passion; third. the class
that have a little moro sense than the for
mer two, but whose sense runs to dis
honesty and little sneaking villainies;"
fourth, the class that has some good in
clination and "oan, with help and SYM
pathy, do fairly we'll in the struggle for
existence. = 53
There is no doing anything perina-
nently with the imbeciles Of any class.
It is from their ranks that the petty
thieves and police court prisoners are
recruited. They are not capable Of
steady work. She tells us that 'tramps
in thousands of cases betray the charac.
teristic features and expression Of the
imbecile " The same type Of face is
frequently found in the penitentiaries,
Of the fourth class, the ones having
the most sense, Miss Clark finds they
are moral rather than mental mbeciles.
Then is added the fearful sentence,
'sThirty-four per cent of the imbecile
children are the result Of intemperance
in parents and are sure to become
drunkards themselves" They manifest
often the characteristics Of Chinese
opium eaters, and the writer thinks they
often must be the children of opium
consuming parents.
The hopeless part of this matter of
i1nbecile children is that there is no
giving them permanently either sense,
morals or physical health and strength.
They are born from parents like them
selves. They are the saddest illustration
Of heredity on record. Most Of them are
born in slums and poorhouses. They in
turn marry and perpetuate their kind.
They are surely poisoning the blood Of
the whole race Miss Clark mentions a
family Of seven children in the Penn
sylvania institution for imbeciles They
had all been born in a poorhouse from
a pauper mother. .
That society will permit such repro
duction to go on shows that it has no
conception of the fearful curse it is
bringing upon it's own head. The pre-.
vention Of the marriage and consequent
increase Of paupers and imbeciles Miss
Clark considers to be the only remedy.
Stop the deadly, poisoned stream at it's
SOnrce 800 s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
Three Best Trees.

The most ornamental tree Is the dog
wood II Is q glorious bloomer in early
spring It's foliage is plumelike and
beautiful. It's autumnal oloring is bril-
liant and varied, and it's late red berries
supply it's fourth phase Of beauty. The
best all round tree is the sugar maple.
It's form is graceful, its foliage fine, its
autumnal ooloring the. richest Of all
trees and its sap delightful.
But the monarch Of the forest is the
white oak. Il grows slowly, but stur-
Oily. There are oaks in this country
which were here when Columbus land
ed, and they will be here a Thousand
years after we are all dead Little atten-
tion has been paid as yet in this country
to making the landscape beautiful with
avenues Of trees. No man could leave d
finer or more enduring monument be-
hind him than several avenues Of our
magnificent forest trees Double rows
of them Of alternating kinds make the
most effective Oaks, evergreens and
naples are some of the varieties that
may be made to alternate beautifully
A double row Of evergreens and the
great, luxuriant catalpas, with their
gorgeous blossoms, constitutes famous
avenue atthe entrance to stately home
in southern Ohio.
But the oak is the grandest of all. It
can Withstand tree pests, storms and
age better than any other tree. It's av-
erage life is /, 400 years. If we poor
mortals could have the years, strength
and serenity Of the oak, then life would
be worth living.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
Greater New York.

1t will probably be necessary to elect
one more separate mayor Of Brooklyn
before the vast consolidation scheme,
the greatest ever undertaken by cities,
shall be effected. The mayor Of New
York serves term Of three years, and
one has just been elected. The main
question Of municipal governm emit when
the union takes place will be whether
it will be wise to give the mayor OF
greater New York absolute power of
appointment and removal Of most of the
officers who serve the city executive de-
partment. ~ 80. 80
Of the material benefits which will
accrue to the whole population from
one consolidated government honestly
administered there is not shadow OF
doubt. It is common saying that it
now requires nearly as long to go from
New York to Staten Island or to the
outer edge of Brooklyn as it does to GO
to Philadelphia. When the great con-
solicitation becomes reality, there will
be bridges over the river, sound and bay
and tunnels under them. There will be
one vast system of rapid transit without
change Of cars. Staten Island expects
the greatest boom Of its life. A traction
company has already secured the right
to crisscross the old island with electric
railways. Staten Island will become a
vast city Of residences. The union will
probably not be finally accomplished
before 1898. ..-" I.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
Long Life In the New World.

/. 1t is one Of the signs Of the times that
there is so much discussion on the sub
ject Of frightening ordinary human
life to century or more and preserving
all that time the prime of intellectual
and bodily vigor. Editor Charles Dud-
ley Warner, in Harper's Magazine, pre-
sents his idea of the matter.
:. He says facts show that America is
peculiarly we'll adapted to human lon
gevity. Men and women in our favored
hemisphere ought to be at their best
from 70 to 100. What novels fiction
writer's could give us then, with all
that experience, practice and wisdom
behind them! In southern California
several Indians are known to have
reached ages ranging from 1870 to 40.
At Teluca, in Mexico, there was a man
who, by the records, lived to be 1872.
In California, Mexico and the Andes re-
gions in South America these aged per-
sons have been found. But that longev-
ity is not peculiar to the warmer, drier
sections Of America is shown by the
popular saying that in the Connecticut
valley the inhabitants never die, but
dry up and blow away.
At present, however, by the time a
person gets the wealth, wisdom and e1-
perience necessary to enable him to live
happily he is worn out and has to die.
This, Mr.. Warner contends, is all
wrong. When we stop rushing at such
tremendous speed, we shall have time
to develop naturally and shall live out
our century Of happy, beautiful life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
Cheaper Rates Of Living.

In many parts Of the Union a war Is
being waged against the bakers to com-
pei them to lower the charge for loaf
Of bread to something like a fair level
with the relative price Of wheat and
-four. A barrel of the best flour costs
the baker now from $3.50 to 1894,
yet he charges just the same-5 cents
for loaf Of bread that he did
four years ago, when flour was nearly
twice as much per barrel. All other
bakers trash is up in proportion. Peo-
pie want to know why this is, and they
are determined to find out. Already
prices are weakening. In some Of the
cities the bakers have yielded and are
selling the former 5 cefit loaf for 4 and
cents Undoubtedly bread must come
down everywhere.
The same is true of beef and mutton.
Beef cattle have been dull in price for
several years past. Yet beef is just as
high as it ever was. Thrust come down
to meet the lowered scale of wages If
people of reduced incomes cannot pay
for meat, fortunately they can live with
out meat. They would be better off if
they did not eat so much as it is. Milk
has already fallen. In the largo cities
the dealers sell the best quality some
times as low as cents a quart.
Groceries have been reduced in price.
This has been brought about in nota-
bic way by the great dry goods houses
entering into the grocery trade and I'M
derselling the regular grooers The Gro
GERS union has kept prices up, but the
big dry goods houses have forced them
down. Members of the Grocers' union
declare the dry goods men are selling
the articles below cost, but great mer-
chants do not usually sell wares Of any
kind in that way. AS to wearing ap-
parel, good, common, respectable cloth
ing material, silk and cotton fabrics,
furs, etc., have taken a great tumble.
Only rents still remain at antepanio
prices, and even they must eventually
descend from their high notch. 80.
One fact is especially to be noted. It
Is that when prices are lowered all
around they never go back to the for
mer high rates, but remain. permanent
~ down. So it will be in the present
depression. If merchants, houseowners
and butchers can no longer get the
prices they used to- because working
peoples wages have fallen, they, on the
other hand, will no longer have to pay
go much for things they must buy. So
the situation will be equalized all round.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
The New Penmanship.

The slanting hand writing is going
out. The straight up and down kind is
coming in. If you want to see the adj
vantages of the vertical penmanship,
write sentence the old fashioned way,
with the popular writing book slant to
the left. Then sit square in front Of a
desk or table; put the paper straight be-
fore you exactly perpendicular to the
edge of the table, Sit erect and look at
the paper just as you would at a print
ed book you were reading. Then put
both arms lightly upon the table square
and straight. Take your pen and write
the same sentence. Make the letters this
time up and down, leaning not a hair
breadth to the right or left. Then notice
how much easier It's to read the straight
up and down sentence than the saanting
one written in the old fashioned way.
In the vertical sentence the letters are
full, round and distinct In the slant
ing system they blur somewhat and
tire the eyes little It will occur to
you then perhaps to reflect that if the
Creator had intended us to do slanting
writing he would have set our eyes
slanting in our heads.
Vertical penmanship was evolved in
Germany 1t was found there that 80
per cent Of the cases Of defective vision
and curved spine came on between the
ages of and IA. A committee of ex-
perts investigated the cause and decided
it was the system of penmanship in use
in the schools. With the slanting system
of writing one eye and one side are nee
essarily nearer to the table than the
other. This causes in time one shoulder
to be higher than the other and one eye
to be farther sighted than the other.
Sitting exactly in front of the table,
with both eyes the same distance from
the paper, will at least help to prevent
a human being from becoming lopsided.
The vertical system has been adopted
in London. Specimens of the children S
writing from the schools there attracted
much attention at our Worlds fair.
The new style has also been adopted in
this country to such an extent that the
schoolbook publishing houses have is
sued set of vertical penmanship copy
books. It is in use in Chicago, and the
superintendent of instruction in Phila-
delphia has recommended it for the pub
lie schools there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Who shall say that woman is not
equal to man in intellect and financial
ability? Abbie Spealman, Pennsylva-
MIA woman, made a good living for a
time by advertising in western papers
for husband or husbands. The honest
western cowboy, ranchman or miner
who wanted mate would answer the
advertisement, and a correspondence
would follow. Then the lonely western
or would send his dear Abbie money to
come to him, and that would be the last
Of either Abbie or his money. Few men
could make a living in this unique way.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Alaska will pay her way, even if the
murderous greed Of American and Ca.
madam fishermen destroys the seal indus
try. For the past year the mines and
salmon fisheries have yielded abundant
~. Statistics show that people are &C.
tually immigrating into the territory Of
ice and prospecting. Perhaps it will not
be SO much Of territory Of ice, after
all, when the facts about it begin to
be known.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
They Saw Stars.

The captain of a schooner belonging
in Bridgeport, Conn.,, tells a queer
story. He is ready to stake his word as
a seaman that his schooner was hit by
a meteor the other day. This extraor-
binary object struck the topmast, sizzled
and swizzled through the sails, setting
the rigging on fire, and finally burst.
Chunks as largo as a 'sbushel basket
fell on the deck. The shock knocked
down the watch and those Of the crew
who were on deck and scared them out OF
a years growth, SO the story goes. One
sailor was in the rigging when the
thing hit, and he was burned about the
legs. The time was early in the morn
ing, just before daylight. The vessels
deck was Illuminated till it was as light
as day. It is rather against this remark
able yarn that the name of the schooner
was P. T. Barnum. IF the captain and
crew Of the schooner can show any Of
the pieces of the meteor "as big as
bushel basket and if the sailor whose
legs were burned has still his wounds
to show for the explosion, then mankind
will be ready to believe that the schoon-
er P. T. Barnum really did have a col.
lision with meteor that burst into
starry fragments and fell on the deck,
setting fire to the rigging.
It is to be hoped some of those large
fragments Of a meteor will find their
way to the museums of the country and
be analysed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Francis Maynard, editor Of the Paris
Figaro, died too soon. He had one Of
the coolest, soundest heads in French
Journalism, and he was only 81, an age
when the intellect is in it's prime. Mag
nard applied common sense to the con-
sideration of home politics, in which
respect he was different from most
French editors. His claim to proud dis
tinction rests on the fact that through
his paper he caused the middle class Of
France to accept the republic loyalty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

An attempt was made at tho trial Of
the Memphis lynchers to use popular
prejudice against the court testimony
Of an unbeliever or agnostio to defeat
Justice. One Of the witnesses against
the lynchers, Butch Carver, tried to
get off from giving evidence on the
ground that he was an infdel, and
therefore not credible witness. But
Judge Cooper suppressed this foolish
ness by ruling that Carver was COM
potent witness. Here indeed is an in
stance Of stealing the livery of the court
Of heaven to serve the devil in.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Last summer during the strike the
railroad companies sent in great haste
to President Cleveland for United States
troops to suppress the rioters. They
were sent. Now the railroad companies
present bills for transporting the troops
to protect their own property. Uncle
Sam ought to send in as an offset bill
for the services Of his boys while they
were defending the railroads.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
The Dock LabOrers Of Antwerp.

Until late years it has not been thought
possible to form unions among those
performing the lowest class of rough
labor. Yet for $50 years there have ex-
listed in the old city Of Antwerp Coop
erative unions of the dock laborers.
The seagoing trade Of Antwerp gives
employment to large numbers of these.
It was to secure the labor to themselves
and perpetuate it among their descend
ants, preventing the introduction of out
siders who would underbid them, that
the unions were in the first place formed.
The men who formed them insisted
that each member should do his work
skillfully, SO as not cause loss to freight
owners and shippers. The unions guar
anteed the best service at moderate
prices.
This being the case, inducements for
bringing in outside labor we're remov:
ed. The dock unions finally made them
selves wholly independent by forming
into nations, - SO called, each of which
handled a special line of freight. All
the laborers on the wharves were in
cluded in one or another of these. If
men were needed to unload a vessel, the
leaders Of the unions hired them to the
owner OF the cargo at a given price to
do the work. There was always a profit
in the wages over and above a mere liv-
ing for the laborer. This profit went
into the common fund, and at the end
Of stated time was divided among all
the laborers. SO it remains to this day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

The United States government ex-
changes gold for bank notes at par. The
people who buy the new bonds get gold
from the treasury to pay for the bonds,
exchanging their paper money for it.
Then the government buys the same
gold back again from purchasers Of the
bonds and pays them 5 per cent inter
est for it. Nothing like great fnan-
oiering brain. ss..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

The churches in the great cities seem
disposed to sink theological differences
and unite to reform American munioi-
pal government. They could not be in
better business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

It takes long time to bury great
person. He must get tired Of having his
body carted around over his country so
long before it reaches its final resting
place. At any rate, living people get aw-
fully tired Of it. I.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

As an enlisted infantry soldier the
Indian is pronounced a dead failure
His temperament IS at once lazy and
restless whether in white or red man.,
the temperament that is the hardest to
discipline into steady, monotonous life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Lawyers and wage earning barkeep-
ers are not allowed to be members Of
the Knights Of Labor organization. But
they can console themselves BY the re-,
Election that they can be members Of
everything else, even churches and
boards Of education.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Like New York and Chicago, Berlin
is having an annexation time. When
her additions are made, she will have a
por 7lation Of about 1000, 900. She
will then be the fourth city in size in
the world London will be first, great
or New York second and Paris third.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Both Japan and China are suspicious
Of the Intentions Of the European ma
tions, and therefore alike prefer the
good offices Of the United States in con-
Quoting peace negotiations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

1t is very undignified attitude in
deed for college professor to be caught
in-that of robbing a graveyard of
dead bodies, as professor Of Cotner uni
versity, Lincoln, Neb., was caught not
long since. But the sympathy Of the
public is with the professor entirely.
He wanted the body to dissect for his
medical students in the interests of
science and humanity. 1t seems that
some of the states have not yet made
provision by law for cadavers for the
use Of medical colleges 1t is time they
did. To put in place and dress living
muscle doctor must know just where
that muscle is. He cannot find out
except he take. body already dead
and dissect it or kill somebody in order
to get at his muscles. In every state in
this Union are hundreds Of paupers and
criminals who never did society any
good while they were alive. On the
contrary, they have done it nothing but
harm. The least these can do is to be
Of some use after they are dead, seeing
that they never were while they were
alive. The dead bodies Of these paupers
and criminals ought to be placed by state
law at the disposal Of the medical col
leges after a decent observance Of ex.
ternal proprieties over them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

The dish that comes nearest to being
wholly digested is one made of corn
meal and cheese cooked together. Nine
ty-three per cent Of it is digested. In a
dish made up of pea flour cooked with
milk, butter and eggs 90 per cent is
digested.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

A newspaper letter gives symposium
Of views from distinguished individuals
OH the ideal husband and wife. The
ideal husband or wife is the one that
each woman or man is already married
- Il (,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

In the present war Japan has shown
that she possesses three great generals
Marshal Yamagata, who gained the
victory at Yalu; Marshal Oyama, who
took Port Arthur, and Admiral Ito, who
directed the operations Of the navy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

A conventic-' X scientific French gen.
tlemen want to know how it is that a
cat always falls on it's feet. It does not
matter much how this happens. The
main thing is for man to initiate the
cat and always fall on his feet in this
world
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

The fashionable bonnet: A hoop and
. pair Of goose wings
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03

Japan's attacks on China were like
bombarding mass of jelly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
Who Are the Japanese?

From their own ancient books, writ.
ten in the eighth century, they ap-
pear to be q mixture Of three different
races. Two Of the races are undoubted-
~ Of Monaghan origin. One is the Aino
type, represented by a queer, half hairy
tribe Of aborigines, living in northern
Japan to this day. The other Monaghan
type is found still in southwest Japan.
It is smaller and less powerful than the
strong Amos and originally came from
the Malayan archipelago. These two
races are much darker than the third
type, the Yamato race, which tradition
says conquered the other two races and
then in course Of the centuries mingled
with them in blood.
The YamatO race were the white con-
querors Of the Japanese islands. They
appeared among the tribes mentioned
above, but whence they came the Japa-
nese themselves do not know. The va
matos represent the type found among
some Of the Japanese aristocracy at pres
ont. They are ivory white in complex
ion, much fairer than the Monaghan
aborigines, and have high foreheads,
large eyes and regular features. They
have furnished apparently the brains
Of the present Japanese race, while the
Mongolians whom they conquered have
furnished the bodies, and the mix has
been one Of the most successful on record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
The American national dish: Fried

pork.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-26
A Whole Family Rescued.

North Huron, N. Y.-(Speclal) o. H.
Sum Of this city had nearly become q
physical wreck through excessive use
Of tobacco, and his broLher-in-law, SON
in-law and father-lh-law were also In
Ill health from the same cause. The
four men all began taking No-To-Bac
at the same time. and though repre-
senting great differences Of age and in
trinity, they have not only been entirely
cured Of the tobacco habit, but are now
In the best possible physical condition.
The quartette are proud Of the result
and recommend Eo-To-Bac with the
greatest enthusiasm. Hundreds of to-
bacco users are following the example Of
the Sum family.