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The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
A Whaling Voyage.

Something within me tells me that
L should not make this voyage"
Tears, sprung from the eyes of the
speaker Il don't want to co. he
sobbed- He had often gone on such
trips before, and he knew the dangers,
the. agonfzing tortures and hardships
encountered on whaling voyages.
Despite the protestsS of the boy, his
father dragged him ralentlessly to-
ward the Wood-shed. from which shriI
cries moment later proclaimed that
the whaling was in active progress
New York World.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
His First Love.

Dearest" cooed the. sweet girl, ''yoo
have told me so oftBn4 am your first
Rvet But should fate ever part us,
promise me YOUTH aaRer show myy let
terS to your mex
How can yoW speak so, darling!''
broke in the noble, youth. 'sY oul Know
I'D never show them Why, have L
ever shown YOU the, letters written ma
by
Here the ysuth suddenly paused..
And the chilliag silence could be heardl
reigning on the. tin roof oiatslde:--
World
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
One on Barnum.

A good story of Sola and the, late
+. T. Barnum: 1t was on the occasion
of the last visit of the famous show
man to England. Mr.. Sala presided: In
the reception room, where all were
waiting to welcome the guest of the
evening. Mr.. Barnum came in BEAM
ing, and, shaking hands with the chair.
man, said, with a strong Yankee, eac--
cent: s.
This is indeed a surprise to me:,'
Did you hear that?' Mr.. Sala' wills
pered. ''Why, he arranged for the dins
ner himself. London News
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Accuston,e to II

Accustomed to It,
y WAITER" said the scholarly roolkfng.
man in spectacles, glancing through
the bill of fare, 1T appears to be the
central idea Of this refractory that
everything Of an edible nature should
be. as Shakespeare says, stale and,
cheap to vulgar company"
No, SIR replied the dignified servi-
tor, but in adapting the cuisine OF
this establishment to the wants OF
its patrons the proprietors agree with
Professor Drummond- what this
world needs is the 'rejuvenescence OF
the commonplace ..t..
The waiter was from Boston, too.-
Chicago Tribune.
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Ihe skeleton Set the Doctor Think
took the flesh off, as one might say,
the reversed rays put it on again,
don't YOU see? AS for the fate Of the
staiWart young fellow, that of course,
is q mere matter of conjecture The
secluded nature Of the house and
grounds showed that their first pro-
prjetor evidently desired privacy, at
least. The house was supposed to
have been built in the time OF Charles
H., and for years it was said to have
been haunted, and that is Way DR..
Finch got it SO cheaply. I sur,nise
that the young fellow took some risks,
and was caught where he shouldn't
have been, so they put that placard on
him, walled him up and thus smoth-
cred him. We never found anything
about the house to show who blsilt it,
so, perhaps the owner of it did not
care to leave a record"
"And the remarkable DR.. Finch,
where is he -now"
s.Ah, who can tell? He died three
weeks since, and there was not one
word about him in the papers,"--De-
4troit Free Press. - -
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O. = ||Miz
~ re l|Zzzy ||||y
: Ul1l :, q $
a Wise Minister

Itle t p'otentate ' was plainly agitated.:
my eo1uriers, 1It said he in angry tones
GO his minister of war, 2 Inform me
q that all is in readiness to squelch the
rebels sls''t, who have dared to question our
j #sautthofl1ty ltlllf and yet q lind you delaying
the4 adVa11ce. .tl' If I thought there were.
any treachery -
= Have patience, oh brother of the
's' sun and boss of the moon,' = replied the
minister, il the tone Of one. who was
sure of his ground. I'VE are but wait
.l ing Tor l..t them to get out a set of postage
stamps, which we will rush in and
sselze saa. and by the sale OF them pay the
Whole expense Of the war. :"
81 Verify said the admiring mon
arch, thou haft a head like a tack
Indianapolis J lurnal.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14

II Have Just Constructed n Vibrating
Machine That Will Reverse the X
Rays"
in this great country discovered those
X rays long ago?'
IF he did he kept mighty quiet
about them
''He may have seen there was moth
ing in them, sir"
Yes. 1 understand they are inyisi-.
BILE"
Il mean they were of no use to the
world. Do you imagine that life will
be any pleasanter and happier, sir,
with pictures of. our bones hanging
about long before we have any right
ITO see them?''
II quite admit that is strong point.
and own that am tired of those
Roentgen pictures. No scientist has a
right to make us feel like the man
whose he'd was cut off so suddenly
that he exclaimed, ''Oh, that l should
live to see myself a dead body Well,
how long is it since you discovered the
x rays?"
Me. sir? never discovered them ~
"Oh, I'm off the track again. Who
did. then y
'Did you ever hear of DR.. Flinch,
.sir-DoctoI James Tlinch?'
81 never did," ',, - -
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Evem More wondarfuI

EVEN when you come to think of it,
it is wonderfuI how many men have
achieved distinction in YOUTH" said the
man with the magazine. ~u
Possibly. possibly" replied the man
with the, newspaper, ''but run across
things every day tliat are much more
wonderful than that
'SIct, as w1iat?"' ~ ..~5' s-E Re r..
Well, the number of young men
who haven't achieved distinction, but
who think they have.''- Boston Rec.
ord5
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Her Proper Sphere.

Ono old gossip encountered another
who ct one time used to sell news
papers on the Boulevard, but had re!
Gently obtained situation as box
opener in theater.
81 ell. Madame Piffard. how do yot
like your present position p
Very much, indeed. Madame Ira
buchet: / always said was not en-
out for a Journalistic career, but thal
my proper sphere was the Ora ana = 81
lie Monde Comiqle.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Matrimonial Advantare.

Mr. Wallace 1t seems to me that IL
ever bachelor realizes his unhappy
lot it must be when he is in bed sick.
Mrs. Wallace-Yes. There is great
difference between a hired nurse and q,
wife. II he goes to throwing the medi-
cine bottles and things at the nurse
When she happens to hurt his rheu~
z.matism, she will leave OincinnaM
Enquirer.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Varied; Uses

sThats implement you have in your
hand" said, the. man with the frayed
and shining coat. who was executing
a sort of left ohlinue in the direction
Of the, free lunch,. 6 iB called bung-
starter,it it not;?'
Sometimes it's a. bungstarter," said
the barkeepeH ''andl then agin," TAX
ing a, frmer strip on the handle, lit
is a sbumstaIteE''
''Erse- Ill see! Very clever. Good
dayI9-Ihdianapolis Journal.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Maadfanx Kindness.

(asen, Saint Mars is very kind to his
soldiers, He not only gives them
wooden shoes to keep their feet warm,
but he spours hot water down the bar
rsss of their guns to keep their hands
from getting chilly ILLUSTRATION
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stead 81 being surrounded 81 the i1,vis-'

8ible q rays, I now found the lirht to
be of a faint. BLUSH tinge that made
the bones glitter as if they We're Dlios-
6phorcsceDt. This light Wavered on the
skeleton in such q pecrl iarly gruesome
way that it made the limbs appear to
have a twitching notion, s.s if the
thing We're coming to life ga in. The
scalner;l .TaS Setsu and i took several
photographs Of the skeleton, each time
giving double the exposure that the
previous plate had received, for. Of
course, we could not tell, except by
actual experiment., what the photo
graphic intensity Of the reversed rays
We're. The second plate I developed
proved to have been correctly timed.
At first the outlines of the skeleton ap-
peared in the red light, and then I
thought the picture was fogging over,
for the bones disappeared, but, OH
holding the plate against the red light,
i was amazed to see the picture of a
man in the costume of the second
Charles time. There was on his face
such look of horror--Well, I can't de-
scribe it. At first thought le had on
white figured waistcoat, but when wa
printed the picture it proved to be q
placard, and on it were the words:
!" ".Who proves a traitor to the king, hig
#zs love
Shall die the death Othello gave
"And what did you make of it alp
I asked, much Interested
'.Yhe picture. or the gall;lnt's fate?5
Well, the picture was easily explained,
for, Of course, where the direct x rays
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
ABRAHAM L1NcoLN's UNHAPPY LoT
He Enjoyed Life's Good Things, but
Got Few of Them


He Enjoyed Life's Good Things, but
Got Few of Them.
Mr.. Lincoln was one Of the rare
takers who could always point NOR
al with an adjoining tale taken out of
his own experience. Everybody has;
experience if he only knows it. Most
Of us are SO much in the habit of TAX
ing in. wisdom and fun through the
printed page Or the story as another
man tells it that we lack the capacity
to see it for ourselves. @
The story teller is the man who finds
his own material. An old southern
politician was moralizing thus a few,
nights ago and eulogizing the man the
South used to dislike:
When Lincoln first came to: Wash
ington went to see him, so prejudicedi
against him beforehand that no, man;
with less genius could have overcome
it. I left that first interview his
friend. No man ever came under the
out respecting him., and, if alloWed,.
loving him.
zone day, after we had become fair
ly good friends, i told him Of my early
prejudice.
Mr.: Lincoln 3 said, I had; heard!
every mean thing on earth about YOU
except one: { never, heard that you.
We're, too fOnd Of the pleasures Of lfe:','
Mr.. LincOln sat for a moment strok-
ing his long cheek thOughfully. andl
then he drawled out in his: peculiar.
& WESTERN voice:
's.'That5 reminds: me Of something
that a boy said to me when d was;
about 10 years old
ss.Once. in awhile my mother used
to- get some sorghum and. some ginger.
and mix us up a batch OF gingerbread,
1t wasn't often, and; it was our. biggest
treat. sa
g One day i smelleds it ands came, i'm
to- the house. to- get my share. while it
was hot. l found that she had baked
me three gingerbread men,, and | took
them out under a hickory tree to- eat
them s.
g There was family near us that
was little poorer than we were, and
/ their boy came. aleng as, sat down.
:. Abe" ha said edging close, gin
| me q man. =.
| sT gave him one. He crammed it
into his mouth at two bits and looked
at ME while / bit the legs from my
! first one.
I Axe he said, gimme that
other'rs'
81. as. 9. Il .anted it, but gave it to him,
and as it followed the first one said:
! ''s."'You seem to like gingerbread q
s5S5 - -. Abe" he said earnestly, 4 don't
s'pese there's anybody ON this earth
likes gingerbread as well as u do, and
drawing a sigh that brought uI
crumbs, 81 don't s'pose there's any.
body gets less of it.
AM. the old congressman said Mr.
Lincoln looked as though the subjec1
4 was ended Cha attanooga News.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Rich in Game.

.'Any quail about this. neighbor>
hood? inquired a tourist who was
about to register at a Western Texas
hotel
.Quaif!'' said the proprietor, with an
1ndulgent smile; they have got to be
a nuisance. The cook complains that
She can't throw piece Of toast out
OF the back window but four or five
quails fight to see which one shall get
on it."--TeXas Sitter.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
SOrdi;d,..

! There. ane' men,. I suppose p she re-
smarked, pensiVely, :. who are engaged
to more than. one, girl att the same
time.''
ssYes,'' he answered|;; ''byHt I'm not
; ore Of thems'' b
I'm glad to- hear you say that. 1t
is SO frivolous and insincere-"
'Ofi course: And there's no reason
why a. man shouldn't make one en-
gagenlent ring go all the. way round,
if he only, takes his tmes''- Washing.
ton Starr
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Considerate.

did you take your hat off while you
were in the theater? asged the sensible
mother. # sss
s.Oh, yes, mamma. Every time the
curtain went down took 1t off and
didn't put It on again until they began
the next ct.-Washingtou Star,
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14

Magistrate What on earth made,
you commit such an awful crime?
Prisoner-It was the only way in
Which E3coHld get my picture in the pa
perS-Le Monde sIllustre.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
OH! These Poets.

Fl s'How# is it your husband writes SO
much a fine day like this I'd think
he'd be cut walking with you.'
Not he. So soon as pleasant spring
weather comes he remains 1T home ia
indite poems about it,
But why not. steal in his study and
coax him out with a kiss ?,'
What! Worse yet. He'd then stay
IN all the time, good and bad weather,
writing about kisses s.'-Fl Fliegenda
Blaetter.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
r eady to Atone

"Lord?' You've cut my hair too
sborty'
''Shalr cut it again. sir?"-London
judy s.. "...s II.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
UnprofesxinnaI

J. eseeser-Wh by don't you plug that
felloW who says you are a@eoward
and q yellow dogs
Noted Pugilist-sir, thai wouldn't ba
professional Baltimore American.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
4 Big difference.

= might as well plead guilty,
judge, Z owned up the penitent prison.
er at the bar. If it had not been 3
bolt of lace or a basket Of diamonds.
you might have called it kleptomania
and and let me go; but don't reckon that
would work in this case. I stole the
hog, judge. Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Up 10 Date.

Butler Ito the family CHEST Ere, L
say, Sir Marmad look, what yer givin'
us?
Family Ghost Oh, must be up with
the times, don't yer know; this is nay
hew photography get-np sauey, ain't
L Ally sloper.
Culture IN Bo.ten Reatasrant.
Boston culture sometimes crops out
where one wouldn't most expect it
Ii a popular restaurant the other day,
where the prices are moderate and
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Cool to the End

L4anggy----'You may think old Bates
hasn't :'ll much u nerve, but during the
battle OF Gettysburg, when shot and
Shell We're killing men off by the hun-
dreds, 1r'a', they say he was the coolest
man in the army
seacrost-''It seems almost incred.
ible.'' 81 4 s II#
Langly-----'..Yes, but it's "a fact. Ha
was was hiding in an ice-house three miles
.aWay.-World
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
One Kind

81 Alkalt Ike: Thar was pound party
over at Nose Meek's house last night,
q. Or. Slade: That so? Who was
there p -
Alkali Ike: 'sOnly Meeks, Mrs.
Meeks, an club Z 2 Baxar.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
the waiter girls pretty, q n1idd die-aged

the waiter girls pref ttv, q mid dle-aged
4 business by 81 man, well dressed and of q
genteel appearance, becbsned to- .
Waitress, y pointed to some open win.
sdoW.s and said, loudl w:
Gan an YOU shut down one. o. them
lvinders ~
8 !, " I here',pon 7 the girl called TO the
head waiter: ##F
This gentleman wishes to know
slfZyoll Won please close one Of those
windows. "'--Bo Transcript.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-14
Suspicious.

COOK TO her military beaurYoU are
eating a great deal you eat as though
you intended to shake me tomorrow.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
WHEEL WIT AND WISDOM.

A dustproof chain is the latest inven-
tion placed on the market.
Manufacturers should see their wheels
as those who ride them do.
Bicycle pins are the latest craze to
which jewellers are attempting to cater.
The wheelwoman should remember
that recklessness is not courage, and
that discretion is the better part Of valor.
The total membership of the league
is now 90, PAL, and it is thought that it
will qeach 70, 900 before the close of
the year.
A renegade is a man who deserts
cycling for equestrianism. A convert is
horseman who ceases to be such to be-
come wheelman, according to The
Wheel.
The matchmaking which results in
matrimony seems to put an effectual
quietus upon the matchmaking which
results III racing, says The Wheel.
Michael, since his marriage, seems to
have dropped out Of the racing game
altogether.
What is called the bicycle brooch is
the latest sporting emblem worn by
wheelwomen. 1t is made of plain gold,
with silver saddle and tires Wheels,
pedals, handle bar and gear cases are all
included within its inch dimensions,
while diamond glitters in place of IA
screw. The most sensible feature of this
odd little ornament is the strong pin
attachment, which insures its staying
where it is placed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
THE BULL AND THE BIKE.
A Cycling Toresdor in Mexico and His
Adventure In the Arena.

Cycling Toreador in Mexico and His
Adventure In the Arena.
The bicycle, which has crept into al
most every path of human life, has ut
last found its way to the bull fighting
ring. A few days ago Manuel Garcia
who has been one of the champion bull
fighters Of the domain of President
Diaz, and who felt that his pride had
suffered recently because of falling off
Of the attendance when he performed
his daring feats, determined TO begin .
now epoch i'll the history Of the ring
and to become the hero of it.
He had fought bulls on foot aud OF
horseback from, boyhood. He had killed
everything in sight with horns in both
ways. He felt that he could repeat the
thing blindfolded almost, but all that
was an old story. SO he made up his
mind to introduce the bicycle in the
ring. He knew well how to ride. There
was no better performer i'll Mexico, and
if he could kill bull while seated on
his steel steed he felt certain of wear.
ing new crown of glory.
The city of Mexico was touched here
posters from end to end. In big letters
the bills told the story. 1t was simple
one. Manuel Garcia, famous for years as
the bravest and shrewdest bull fighter
of Mexico, was to meet the biggest and
widest animal seen in the capital city
in the present generation.
The great day arrived. Thousands
gathered in the amphitheater and waited
until the bovine giant was driven in.
He looked big enough and mad enough
to eat "a man. One Of the lesser lights
rode in and prodded the bull once or
twice. Then few darts were fixed in
his quivoring flesh, and he rushed madly
up and down, while Manuel, looking
very handsome i'll his bright costume,
rode in on glittering bicycle. The bull
eyed it and then rushed for it. Manuel
lodged once. There was almost a pune
tured tire, but the horns just missed
the wheel and no damage was done.
The bull went far past the bicycle, and,
turning at the other end of The ring,
watched it for a moment. Then the old
fire came back into his eye, and he
moved toward the uncanny thing again
as though shot from gun. The toreador
rode slowly along with his sword ready,
and, as the bull approached, prepared
to dodge and strike him in the side.
But bicycles do not dodge like horses.
They have not that keen personal inter
est in their work that horse has. The
front wheel struck some slight impcdi-
ment, and the bicycle stopped just long
enough to get horn i'll each wheel.
The bull lifted the bicycle and rider to-
gether high i'll the air, and, still rush
ing madly on, pitched both far over the
fence among the spectators. and the
fight was over. The toreador looked
after it was over as though he had
passed through printing press, and the
bicycle reminded the onlookers more of
tangle i'll wire factory than any
thing else. The bicycle will probably
not be used further in this way.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28

A Chicago colored man, W. A. Mar
tin by name, has invented and patented
an electrical lock for bicycle holders.
AS soon as wheel is placed i'll the rack
the holder locks it. To release it, it is
only necessary to touch button. Tech
nically the key is held in by spring
clasp, which is held by latch arma-
ture. By turning light current through
a magnet in the back of the lock the
armature is released and the lock
opened. Exchange.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28

A new illuminant has been discovered
abroad which may solve the bicycle
lamp question. The substance employed
in the new continuance is a secret, jeal-
ously guarded by some inventive Ital-
ians. The lamp, it is declared gener-
ates its own gas, while the cost is only
one-fifth of that of ordinary gas, and
the resultant light is nearly as bright
as the electric light and much whittier.
The apparatus can be carried about in
the pocket. -Exchange
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
Sole agents for the HaaOaiian Islands

The building papers are l, 2, 8, and
ply. They come in rolls, each roll con-
tanning 1000 square feet. They are
water proof, acid and alkali proof and
vermin proof. A house lined with build
ing paper is far cooler than one that. is
not. There is also cheaper grade of
paper adapted for use under mating
keeping out insects.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
HONOLULU, July Goth, 1895.

MEssRs. w. G. IRWIN & Co., LTD.
GENTLEMEN:-In reply 10 your in
quiry as to how the Ideal Roof Paint
you sold me lasted; would say that !
painted the roof of my house ~ months
ago with your Red Ideal Roof Paint,
and find it is as fresh and bright in ap,
pearance today as when first applied
looking as well as others lately painted
with other paints. l am more than
satisfied
j. G.. ROTHWELL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
Bell Ringing Races.

A new freak cycle contest took place
on the fair grounds at Norway, Me-,
recently. A board track, 100 'eet long
and s inches wide, with 81 electric but
tons OH irregular lines, was arranged.
Each contestant rode a bicycle on the
narrow track, passing over as many
electric bell ringing buttons as he could
The first prize winner struck ! bells. -
Wheel
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
]. G. ROCKWELL.

Have you leaky gutter? If you
have, make it perfectly clean and dry.
apply a good coat of No. p. and Is.
Paint over the leaky spots; then take a
piece of stout Manila paper, or piece
of common cotton cloth, paint it well VI
both sides; lay it over the first coat, Civ.
ing the whole a final coat, and theIe
will be no more leak there. Or if the
whole gutter is bad, make it clean and
dry, and apply paste of P. & b, Paint
and Portland Cement.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-28
I. D. HALL Z SON. lid.

Notwithstanding the fact
that we are receiving new
goods by nearly every steamer
and vessel arriving from the
States and from England, we
do sometimes get out of certain
lines of goods that are much
needed. We want our inquir-
ing friends to know that we
have just received probably
the finest assortment of
Dog Collars and PadlOcks
ever offered here. In one lot
we had over SIXTY DOZEN, of all
sizes and kinds. We can fit
the largest watch dog or the
smallest japanese pug.
Those friends who have
asked so many times for Razor
Strops will be glad to know
that we have just received a
new supply of the celebrated
Reppenhagen Razor StrOps.
We have several other kinds,
all good. Our assortment Of
Razors is full, having just re-
ceived a new lot.
We receive fresh
Ammunition
every month, and can supply
all kinds needed. Rifles, Shot
Guns and Revolvers always on
hand.
That new lot Of
Score Books
has just arrived.
Also a fresh lot of
Cottage Paints,
Enamel Paints, Varnishes, Oils
and Brushes of all kinds.
We have sold thousands of
feet of
Rubber Garden Hose
lately and expect soon another
large lot running from ! inch
to II inches. Also steam hose.
The demand for
Galvanized Water Pipe
is constant and we keep on
hand all sizes from ! inch to 2
inches and sell it cheap.
If there is anything in our
line that you want, just call
for it, if you cannot see it. You
will always find us at
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