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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
DiDlOmacY of Dufferin.

I heard he other day." says the
editor of London Truth, "a story about
Lord Dufferin which goes to show his
ability as diplomatist When the
French government had determined to
have Joan Of Arc demonstration the
French minister of foreign affairs went
out OF his way to explain to our ambas-
sador that this was in no way intended
against England. Lord Dufferin con-
Cured and pointed out that as the Bur-
gundlans had insisted on her execution
1t was fully realized in England that
the demonstration was against Burgun-
dams. The Frenchman had to concur
IN this. 1 shall be happy to take part
myself in the procession said Lord
Dutferin. The Frenchman smiled in a
slckly way. Nay, more, continued
Lord Dufferin, there is a gentleman at
my embassy who is Hneal descendant
OF the Lord Talbot of that day. He, too,
will be delighted to join The smile be-
came more sickening. In the ancestral
halls of the head of his family there is
possibly the armor of the Lord Talbot
of the days of Joan of Arc; his descend
ant would wear it. The FrenchmaQ
changed the subject of the converse.
tion.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
Letter for. a Statue.

A letter for Miss Venus de Milo! An
amusing incident has occurred at the
Louvre, where a postman had just de-
livered a letter bearing the English
postmark, and addressed to the Venus
de Milo, which, on being opened, was
found to contain a number of coupons.
apparently cut out of an advertisement
issued by an English firm. On these
coupons were printed a notice that
mounted photograph of the Venus de
Milo would be forwarded in exchange
for twenty-five coupons. The writer Of
the letter had apparently mistaken the
words Venus de Milo. Galleries of the
Louvre, Paris printed in large type
on the coupons, for the name and ad-
dress of the firm advertising. The let
ter being insufficiently stamped, an en-
ploye of the Louvre paid the extra
postage for it without observing the
popularity in the address.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
Preserving Eggs for Long Periods

Preserving Eggs for Long Periods.
Numerous methods for preserving
eggs are in use. The idea of all Of
this it to keep air out Of the egg, as
by such absence of oxygen decay can
be arrested for a considerable length
of time especially if the eggs are per-
fectly fresh at the start and are kept
in a cool dark place. The standard
method, most used by spectators and
dealers, is to put the eggs in lime Wa
ter. The process is as follows, this
recipe having been widely sold at So
under pledge of secrecy:
Take twenty-four gallons of water
twelve pounds Of unslaked lime and
four pounds Of salt, or in that proper
ton according to the quantity Of eggs
to be preserved. Stir several times
liquor has settled and is perfectly
clear. Draw or carefully dip off the
clear liquid, leaving the sediment at
the bottom. Take for the above
amount Of liquid five ounces each of
baking soda, cream of tartar. salt
peter and boraN and an ounce Of alum.
Pulverize and mix these and dissolve
in one gallon Of boiling water and add
to the mixture about twenty gallons
of pure limewater. This will about
fill cider barrel Put the eggs in
carefully so as not to crack any of
the shells. letting the water always
stand an inch above the eggs, Which
can be done by placing a barrel head
4 little smaller upon them and weight
ing it. This amount of liquid will pre-
serve $50 dozen eggs. 1t is not neces-
sary to wait to get Il full barrel or
smaller package of eggs. but they can
be put in at any time that they can
be obtained fresh. The same liquid
should be used only once.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
THE GAME OF GOLF
SOCIETY'S FAD WILL HAVE "A
GREAT RUN.
The Leading Golflng Gowns md the
Women Who Play the Game
Miss Fairs Triumphant Shot
Model Gowns and Shoes. aEEi

Anxiously now the athletic society
girl and. vigorous matron watch the
skies and consult the barometer; for if
there is fins weather another week
the fields will be covered with y
blanket of green and the hedges and
| bitches and even the stone walls will
receive the first of springs pretty
goWnlng. And with natures fresh
ness comes-golf, the latest fed that
has been taken up by society, says the
New York correspondent Of the Globe
Democrat.
1t would be difficult to tell where
the best golting grounds are in this
country. 1t would be a hard matter
to beat the Washington Park grounds
in Chicago-very hard indeed; yet the
Essex County Club, at Manchester-by
the-Sea, boasts that it's attractions are
unequaled by any golf field in the
country; while ut New port there is
now 4 club house and grounds that,
in money ut all events overlap any
thing produced on either continent.
BesideSthesc, there are golf grounds in
st. Louis whose fame for golf tourna-
ments las spread far and wide, and as
ing north to San Francisco, and east
again to pleasure-loving Geo. gia are
other links none the less famous. And
with all these the milionaires of tile
country have planned their own
grounds, 50 that in opposition to the
professional fields, there are private
ones all claiming to be the best"
The truth of the matter Is that one
golf ground CAN not be compared with
another, any more than the blonde
sweetness of contidentiolly charming
woman can be compared to the bru-
nette dash Of the independent type of
girl. Even so the golf links that lust
suit one party Of golfers would be
scoffed at by another; and the field
WIDELY admirable by one would be
looked at as impossible by the next
party.
The ideal golf ground for mixed par
ties-men and Women-is the New
port field. 1t was planned by Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, and has all the adj
mlrable features that rule all the ath-
letlc sports with which that lady is
connected. There are no stone walls
too high for ladies to climb, no dread
ful streams too deep to be leaped by
those Wb" must hold up skirts, and no
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18

awful hills that tire one before the
last link is in sight,
Upon her place at Rhinebeck Mrs.
Astor has another golf field. But here
the course planned especially for Mr..
Astor and his friends, is very difficult,
and often there is climbing to be done
over hedges. and there is one place
Where ponies are in readiness for q
Water-jump, and at this spot there is
also tiny fer1ybOat to take the "cad-
Ues'' across and those whose ambi-
lions Go not lead toward the hmm
across the water.
The most skilful of all the golfers is
Miss Virginia Fair, the Western heir
ess, who, with her sister, Mrs. DEL
rlchs, spends much time every sum-
mer at the game. For Miss Fair the
links are never shortened, and she
takes her part in the tWOSOmes of
foursomes without being q handicap
to skillful players or needing any of
the helps that are usually allowed to
those that are weak of wrist. One of
Miss Fairs lofts" has been estimated
at 200 feet. A grain of salt may be
needed with the figures, but at the
| drive she came upon the putting
ground direct from the ''tee'' and
"holed'' her ball at the second shot,
winning the hole, Of course, and event
ually the game. In consequence Of
this feat the hole was named after
| her, and is now Fair Haven" The
other holes upon the ground received
names, too, most Of them geographic
cal, but Miss Fairs was the only one
for feats Of strength and skill
A golfer who is gaining confidence
is Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt. who be-
gan last summer after much coaxing
upon the part Of her brother, who, by
the way, is very skillful with the
"drive;" and from her mamma, who
wishes to teach her self-assurance.
When Miss Vanderbilt began to play
she was nervous and not at all certain
Of herself, but she was sure Of wrist
The place of her first attempt was the
private golf links of Cornelius Van
derbilt at Newport "Look at the goal.
address your ball, then drive with all
your might, lofting a little" were the
directions given her by her brother.
And the result was that the heiress-
beginner sent her ball only just few
feet off the "tee.'' but with such good
aim that it was in a straight line with
the hole. Her ambitious caddy coach
ed her constantly, though, and soon
she found herself able to play a good
game.
But heiresses, though gifted with all
the faculties for learning, sometimes
make mistakes, like other people; and
thus it was that Miss Vanderbilt
earned the ignominious distinction of
having a bunker named after her.
The bunker was a small stream, and
just before the stream was reached
there lay q pile of sod. Under this
sod Miss Vanderbilt drove the ball.
And for while it refused to come
out, but upon consultation with caddy
and much instruction from him, she
made a. drive at it with a ''cleet." Up
it came in response to the savage
iron-headed thing, and high into the
mir it went. There was a brisk wind
blowing, and, Of course, it had to carry
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18

oGtllOHlHS themselves upon their
wheels, they wait for the first drive
and then the second; then wheeling
off as fast as they can, they lace with
the caddies and take up a station not
far from where the balls have landed.
When the next drives are made they
follow, and, finally, they establish
themselves upon the putting ground
to watch the delicate operation Of
landing the balls in the hole When
it is time to start from the second
teeing place they are on hand, and so
throughout the course. OF course, the
links must be pretty smooth to per-
NIT of following on a bicycle; and,
where they are rough, often a drive
way" is constructed for the bicyclers
SO that they reach the holes in a cir
cuitous way, like the carriage follow
ers on hunt
Miss Helen Gould is very athletic at
the golf Kinks. She is accurate. too.
And her rival is not found among the
Hudson river amateurs She does not
care for club grounds, and never has
played except at 1rvington, where,
however, she collects her friends
round her in great numbers, some
times having house party Of twenty,
to be reinforced by anothc:: twenty
in a fortnight. Her sister Anna, now
the much-discusSed Countess Castel-
1aine, is little fractions at golf. In
England last summer she was disliked
on that account. She tires at the first
200 yards, and does not enjoy getting
her ball out of bad situations. Once
she gave a terrific downward stroke
that made the rubber globe dart up
o,,<10 1>oa n,,I 10 vote h.
Of course it broke the window Of Il
Miss Gould had no objection to re-
with the game. Her sister-in-law, Mrs.
George Gould, does not play golf, but
is an enthusiastic spectator. and, with
the players disappear in the shrub
berry and reappear on the home course
again.
The golf gown need not be built for
swinging the arms as in tennis, nor
need it be Wide-skirted for running
It's requirements are lightness, ease
and style, especially the last: Several
very beautiful golf gowns are now in
course of construction for society
golfers The young ladies go in for
the fshwife's skirt, which is the
greatest favorite of all the models.
This was worn last summer by all the
Sloane-We b-Stokes-Shepard cousins
and dozens Of others. There are two
skirts to this costume. The first is a
short one that falls to the boot tops.
Mrs. Astor chose a Scotch plaid one,
and the countess Of Craven wears 4
skirt of black cloth edged with pin
bands of green Over this short skirt
is another Of nice walking length.
The back may have little train if de-
sired, and the sides be long or spread
ing, or according to any mode. Ar
rived at the golfing field the ladies
who wear these fshwife skirts pro-
coed to loop up the outside skirt. This
is done by means of straps that hang
from the waist Each strap has a but
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
AUTHORS AND WORKS,

Dickens considered David Copper
field his best novel.
Goldsmith rested his reputation on
the deserted Village"
Emerson said II pvt my whole soul
into my essays. They represent my lit
erary life"
Robert Browning is said to have pre-
ferred '"The Ring and the Book" to any:
Of his other works.
Scott believed that "Waverley" was
his best novel and the Lady of the
Lake" his best poem.
Washington Irving once confided to a.
friend that the "salmagundi" con-
tanned his best thoughts.
Longfellow was slow to talk about his
own poetry, but from hints given by
his biographers it is evident that he con-
sidered "Evangeline" as his best.
George Eliot is said by all interviewer
to have best enjoyed the writing Of
"Romola." II wrote it under the in
SEPARATION Of the scenes themselves"
Byron is said to have preferred
"Childe Harold" to ali his other works.
He said it contained more Of his heart
history than all the others combined.
Defoe expected his fame to rest on
his political writings which form the
bulk of his works, and did not appear
to attach much Importance to Robin
son Crusoe.'
Tennyson would not talk about his
poetry, but once intimated that he re-
garded the lode on the Death Of tho
Duke of wellington as containing
more inspiration than some Of the 9TH
erS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
JOHNSON WAS DRUNK.

Condition of LincoIn's Vicc-Presf-
dent mt the inauguration.
Noah Brooks tells thk following
story in his personal "reminiscences of
Lincoln in tire April number Of the
Century:
trance, where, precisely on the stroke
Of II, appeared Andrew johnson, Vice
President elect, arm in arm with Ham
nibal Hamlin, whose term Of office was
now expiring. They took seats to-
gether on the dias Of the presiding Of
ticer, and Hamlin made a brief and
sensible speech, and Andrew Johnson,
whose face was extraordinary red
was presented to take the oath. 1t is
needless to say here that the unfortu-
nate gentleman, who had been very
i'll, was not altogether sober at this
important moment of his life. In Or
der to strengthen himself for the ply
steal and mental ordeal through which
he was about to pass he had taken a
stiff drink Of whisky in the room OF
the Vice-President, and the warmth
Of the senate chamber, with possibly
other physical conditions had sent the
IDENTIFY intoxicated.
AS he went on with his speech he
turned upon the cabinet officers and
addressed them as "Mr. Stanton"
MI. Seward" etc, without the Off
cial handles to their names. Forget
ting MI. Welles' name. he said, land
you too, Mr.. Then leaning over
to Colonel Forney he said, ''NNhat is
of
navy?' and then continued as though
nothing had happened. Once in a
while from the reporters gallery. l
could observe Hamlin nudging John
son from behind, reminding him that
the hour for the Inauguration cere-
mony had passed. The speaker kept
On although President Lincoln sat be-
fore him, patiently waiting for his ex-
traordinary harangue to be over.
The study Of the faces below him
were interesting. Seward was as
bland and serene as 4 summer day;
Stanton appeared to be petrifed;
Welles' face was unusually void Of eX-
preston; Speed sat with his eyes clos
ed; Dennison was red and white by
turns. Among the union sena tors Hen
~ Wilson's face was flushed; Sumner
wore a saturnine and sarcastic smile
and most of the others turned and
twisted in their senatorial chairs as if
in long-drawn agony. Of the supreme
bench, Judge Nelson only was appar-
emily moved, his lower jaw being
dropped clean down in blank horror.
Chase was marble, adamant granite
in immObility until Johnson turned his
back upon the senate to take the oath,
when he exchanged glances with Mel
son, who then closed up his mouth.
When Johnson had repeated inaudi-
bly, the oath of office, his hand upon
the book, he turned the Bible in his
hand, and facing the audience, said.
with a loud, theatrical voice and GEES
ture. 81 kiss this book in the face of
my nation of the United States"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
Visiting the Pope OF Rome.

The Crown Princess OF Sweden and
Norway. who Is sojourning in Rome for
the winter. Is now so improved in
health that the other Sunday she was
able to pay her long-deferred visit to
the holy father. Her royal highness
was received with royal honors. This
visit recalls an incident which occurred
on one occasion of the first visit Of
King Oscar to his holiness somesyears
ago, when the bluff Scandinavian sea
king startled the Pontifex Maximus
and his entire encourage by, instead Of
the proverbial kissing Of his toe, seizing
Leo XIII. in his manly arms, and, In
the fashion among royalty. kissing hin,
on both checklist S
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
THE FEAR OF DEATH.
It Is Not Wise to Cross Bridges That
Are Far Away.


The fear of death in eeabstract is
natural instinct, and, being natural, is
doubtless wholesome one. And this
being so, constant realization of it is
scarcely to be desired 1t is much to
be questioned whether, to use the
imagery Of the hymn, the man to whose
consciousness it was continually pres.
ent that his tent was nightly pitched
days march nearer to his grave would
be useful campaigner, says the Nine.
teenth Century. But, in point of fact,
there is no danger that it will be so
The story is told Of a priest, who, under
sentence Of death in days when the
penalty was more common than now,
obtained the privilege Of preaching ia
his fellow-convicts in like case. It is
a scene which is repeated in thousand
different places every Sunday morning.
but 1T is hundred to one that the situa-
ton does not strike either preacher OF
people unpleasantly, and you will find
each going home to dinner as cheerfully
as II he carried special exemption In
his pocket. 1t is best so.
Not to climb a hill till you come to
1T is a homely maxim, but it is astonish-
1sh1ng how much, carried out, it sim.
pl1f1es life. You imagine it to be an alp
that Is barring your way, and when you
reach the spot it turns out to be gently
rising ground from which you may view
the surrounding country before making
a fresh start. And so with death. For.
midable as it appears from distance
the more one looks into the subject tho
more certain it becomes that mankind
when brought to a practical acquaint.
ance with it. have agreed in some
blind way to recognize in the enemy
whose approaches they have been Sc
unremiting in their efforts to ward of
something altogether different from the
terrible and hostile force which they
have been accustomed to consider it.
I'VE fall on guard, and, after all, it IL
friend who comes to meet u.s.
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MARKLEY READ TT

train behind him. His lips moved as if
he were calculating chances, and his
eyes suddenly quailed as he saw death
at the end Of the calculation. T was
watching him with considerable curios
lily. I ventured to ask him what was
the matter, and what he was going to
do.
i I'm going to obey" he said, CURLY,
: The engine gave long shrek of hor-
'ror that made me start as if it were
Markley's own voice. The next instant
we slipped out Of the station and dashed
through low-lying farms at a speed
which seemed dangerous to me-
Put in more coal,' said Markley.
I shoveled in more. but took time.
I'VE are going very fast. Markley."
He did not answer. His eyes were
fixed on the steam-guage his lips close
shut.
More COAL" he said.
I threw it in. The fields and houses
began to fly past half-seen. We were
nearing Dufreme, the next station.
Markley's eyes went from the guage to
the face of the time-piece and back.
He moved like an automaton. There
was little more meaning in his face.
"More!" he said. without turning his
eye.
1 took up the shovel-hesitated
"Markley, do you know you are going
at the rate Of sixty miles an hour?"
"Coal!'
was alarmed at the stern, cold rigid
ity of the man. His pallor was becoming
frightful. I threw in the coal. At least
we must stop at Dufreme That was
the next halt. The little town was ap-
preaching AS the first house came into
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
Rabies Born With Teeth

In olden times it was considered q
direful omen for a baby to be born with
teeth or even to ''cut" them before the
proper time for their appearance OF
cases in which babies showed up from
two to half a dozen teeth on the day of
their birth, and in one case, that of
Tillman Stewards (Resacca, Col.l child.
born in June, 1891, there was a full
dozen of them in place. In May, 1889,
keeper at 16S Park avenue, Chicago.
gave birth to a six-pounder which had
six upper teeth and four lower ones. A.
D. James. the Australian bush ranger.
says that in that country lit is consid-
cred nothing unusual for children to
be born with teeth" and Chambers
says the same of several South African
tribes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-18
Wooden Rails for a Florida Road.

The citizens of Avon Park and Haines
City, Fla, forty miles distant, have de-
cided. according to a correspondent Of
The Manufacturers Record. to build a
railroad with wooden rails, which are
large enough to be laid so that they will
be half-imbedded in the sand, without
other ballast. They are to be held in
position by wooden pins, two inches in
diameter and eighteen inches long,
while the ends are connected by plank
couplers placed underneath and held by
pins. Not a pound of metal will be used
in construction of the tracks. Most Of
the rails will be furnished gratis by
property owners along the right of way
The company believes that in few
years the fruit, vegetable and passenger
business over the route will pay for
regular steel rails, when the others will
be used for ties. A small steam dummy
will furnish power for the road
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the ball over to the stream, and in 1t
fell! The wind next rushed 1t off down
the stream, and, after chasing it as
far as the links allowed, it had to be
given up for lost and a new ball sub
stituted. In consequence Of losing the
ball at this bunker it was named
"Gertrude's Dilemma, and has been
avoided since by players. ...
+ Several society women like to watch
the progress Of the game from q bi-
cycle, following the ball down the
links and around the course Of the
home-stretch again. Miss Louise Nc
Allister Is one of these, and another
is Mrs. James Bloodgood, who Is very
expert at golf herself. ... -
The method Of the bicyclers is this: