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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
THE ARMENIANS,
Gifted People Who Have Played a
Considerable Part In History.

A Gifted People Who Have Played
Considerable Part In History.
Inc Armenlans are a civilized peo-
pie, people of great natural gifts and
a people who have played considera-
Die part in history, says the Century
Since their ancient monarchy, which
had suffered severely in the long and
desolating wars between the Roman
and Persian empires from the third to
the seventh century of our era was
finally destroyed by the Seljukian
Turks, large part of the race has been
forced to migrate from it's ancient seats
at the headwaters of the Euphrates,
Tigris and Aras. Some of them went
southwest to the mountain Businesses of
Cilicia, where another Armenian king
dom grew up in the twelfth century.
Others drifted into Persia. Others
moved northeastward and now form a
large, industrious and prosperous pop
ulation in Russian Transcaucasia,
where many have entered the military
or civil service of the car and risen. as
the Armenians used to rise long ago
in the Byzantine empire, to posts of
distinction and power. Russia's three
best generals in her last Asiatic cam
paigns against the Turks were Arme-
mans. Others again have scattered
themselves over the cities Of Asia Minor
and southeastern Europe, where much
OF the local trade is in their hands.
But large number, roughly estimated
at from 100000 to 100000, remain
in the old fatherland, round the great
lake of Van, and on the plateaus and
elevated valleys which stretch west
ward from Mount Ararat to Erzeroum
and birmingham. Here they are an
agricultural and Ito a less extent) pas
toral population, leading a simple,
primitive life and desiring nothing
more than to be permitted to lead it in
peace and in fidelity to the ancient
church, which has been to them the
symbol Of nationality, as we'll as the
guide of life for sixteen centuries.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
FAITHFUL ].

b B.
Mrs. Crosbie helped herself to a
sWeetmeat leisurely and with due re-
gard for her irreparable glove. cot
course, you know she remarked
that Capt. Valence is home from In
dia?"
Somebody told me yesterday that he
had mad just arrived. But why the of
course ~ replied Lady Brereton.
Il don't know-if you don't. Only
MRS. Crosbie looked through the cream
jug at futurity-"it's just the year since
poor Lord Brereton died.
And what of that?"
Mrs. Crosbie's eyes deserted the tea
tray and fixed themselves severely on
her friend. Blanche she said, s.you
are lin IN one of your moods, and you
don't practice on me! Are we alone, or
is somebody hiding behind the cur
tains?'' G%,E
You ridiculous woman II
Ihen why this superlative inno-
cence? Why this affectation Of coy II?
For heavens sake, be a rational being
and treat me like one. AS if everybody
doesn't know that Arthur Valence wor-
rled himself nearly sick over you at
the time of your marriage. And you
try to persuade me, of all people, that
you think it means nothing when he
returns to England, after an absence
OF i've years, just as the first twelve
months of your mourning expire!'
His movements don't interest me in
the least, and I don't suppose mine any
longer interest him. You seem to ig-
more the lapse of time since we met,
and faithful hearts, my dear, went out
OF fashion with the crinoline. Besides,
he wasn't mamie was only a nice
boy. b.
Anyhow, it doesn't matter now. He
has probably forgotten all about me
long ago." f.
She spoke with a comp1acent disbe-
lief in her own words which made her
hearer laugh. .....@ ..a
If you thought for moment that
he had forgotten you you would be ir-
ritable beyond endurance" #g
I hope you are not laboring under
the absurd delusion that I care in the
least @
Am your enemy that I should ac-
cuse you of having hearth" laughed
Mrs. Crosbie. ct merely meant that
your amour propre would be ruf1ed,
my dear. know you so well.'
You were never more mistaken in
your life" asserted Lady Brereton,
calmly. Il am utterly Indifferent
Therein she was insincere. It was true
that she had snubbed him numerically
IN IN years gone by, and the only feeling
his boyish passion had inspired in her
had been sisterly liking, afterwards.
mingled with pity amusement and graf
flied vanity But, nevertheless, she
looked to the renewal of the floral
chains which bound him to her carriage
wheels with truly feminine pleasure.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30

the moment the gold leaves the sub
treasury in New York to it's reception
and acknowledgment by the ultimate
consignee. The instances of general
average losses are rare. Of cases where
ships have sunk with gold on board
there has been but one since gold ex-
portation for commercial purposes be-
gan. .@5
The steamer Schiller, of the North
German Lloyd line, went down off the
Scilly islands eight years ago this win
ter with 100000 in gold coin on
board The insurance company which
held the risk, together with the owners
of the vessel, raised the sunken craft,
and every penny was recovered. This
involved an expense in raising the ship,
but the insurance company came out
without losing the risk.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The most costly horse barn in the
world is at Syracuse, N. Y. 1t belongs
to D. e. Grouse, and cost 100000.
The ancients believed that purga-
tory's main entrance was through a
cavern on the island of LDnough Derg,
Ireland.
Fine-toothed combs Of ivory and
brass have been found in Egyptian
tombs which date back more than 1000
years B. G.
J. Z. Allen, telegraph operator at
Loretto, in Marion County, KY, has
invented a railroad clock that is mar
vel of ingenuity. Itregisters each train
as it passes and the time at which it
passes, and an accompanying device
gives warning to incoming trains if an
other train has passed the station with
in fifteen minutes. aS
The room Of certain self-possessed
girl was entered recently by a burglar.
Without an instant's delay the young
woman caught up the only weapon at
hand. She elevated it in SO orthodox a.
manner that the intruder, noting only
the ominous flashing Of steel, took to
his heels as effectually as If he had been
aimed at with a rifle, instead Of the fam
lily pair Of scissors. 8i8
The story comes from Arizona Of
Chiricahua prospector who, while work
ing a tunnel in that district, had put in
a blast, lighted the fuse and started out
to find the mouth of the tunnel block.
AIDED with a big black bear and three
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
WISDOM.

If an actor amounts to anything, it
will not hurt him to meet cross-eyed
man or a humpback.
All the world loves a lover, because
the world likes to be amused occasion
ally without buying dollar ticket.
Youth is an excuse for everything,
but after man passes middle life, there
is little excuse. and little hope.
I, We doubt if there is anyone in heav-
en- more popular than school girls who
have come home for the holidays.
Is When a young man dies, you hear Of
at least five girls he intended to marry,
and who were greatly shocked by his
death.
. Every day we realize how comforts
ably we jog along without something
that the day before we were persuaded
we couldn't live without.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
ct. And, strange to say, I find that
what foreigners most admire when they
come to London is that very gay and
festive aspect of our stalls and boxes,
An Island for the Chocolate Maker.

The purchase of the island of Anti
COST by Henry Menier, the head Of the
chocolate firm, is a huge transaction,
although the price is only 100000. The
island lies in the broad estuary of the
st. Lawrence. 1t is 100 miles long and
forty miles broad. Mariners bound up
or down the st. Lawrence river dread
its coasts, which have been strewn with
the wreckage of many trading vessels
and even hunters dread it's climate. Mr..
Men1er's purchase will make him one
OF the largest individual landowners
IN the world. Anticosti belongs to the
province of Quebec. The interior is
wooded and mountainous and the popu-
latlon sparse. The island has long been
in the market.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30

When a banker has such debts, which
may be his own or his customers, the
first thing he does is to draw check
for the amount upon his bank in "le-
gals" that is in legal tender notes. 1t
is we'll understood that these notes are
redeemable in gold upon presentation
at the treasury in Washington or at
any of the sub-treasuries.
1t would be matter of great incon-
venience for any employee of the bank
er to carry the actual greenbacks from
the bank to the sub-treasury. There
would be, besides, the risk of daylight
robbery. To facilitate and simplify
the transaction the bank issues GER
tlficate payable upon the demand of the
treasury officials for the amount. This,
when presented at the sub-treasury, is
good for its face value in either gold
coin or gold bars. 1t is by no means the
easiest thing in the world to obtain the
yellow metal on demand. The vaults
OF the sub-treasury are not inexhaust-
IDLE, and if there does not happen to be
a sufficient supply of gold on hand each
applicant must patiently await his turn.
When the certificate from the bank is
presented it is not accompanied by a
request that it be in eagles, doubles,
halves or bars, but merely that it be
gold. And the reason for the absence
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
FORGOTTEN YOU! is IT LIKELY?,

FORGOTTEN YOU. is 1T LIKELY?"
Therefore, with the possibility be-
fore her mind of visit from her old
admirer, she bestowed sundry adjoining
touches to her toilet, countermanded
the victoria, and settled herself in the
drawing room, in graceful attitude,
prepared to be very much astonished
to see him, indeed.
The afternoon waned, however, and
he failed to put in an appearance.
Neither did he come the following day
nor the one after, nor the next. Evil
IDENTIFY he was in no hurry to call on her,
and Lady Brereton's usually sweet tenn
per developed inequalities in conse-
quence.
When within a week of his return he
greeted her at length on the neutral
ground of the Huntington club, she
found him a good deal changed older,
improved, nothing Of the boy she re-
membered about him, except his feat
ures, which were good.
''s'Then you haven't quite forgotten
me- she said.
Forgotten you! Is it likely? My
dear Lady Brereton, don't you remem-
Der my youthful alteration? You made
me as wretched as a love-sick boy can
be. I was so very much in earnest; one
takes oneself so seriously at 81. I have
often laughed over the thought of it
since"
He laughed now. So did she, very
naturally, too. But she was not pleased;
for in his frank allusion to the past she
sdiscerned that her empire was lost, and
no woman likes to make that discovery,
even if she has not valued it at the
time Of possession.
''And is your stay in London to be
4long?' she asked.
"Oh, I am not going back to India, at
.all,' he said. The regiment will be
home next month. I mean to settle
down. The governor wants it; fdgety
about the title, you know, since my
brother died. It's rather a bore. BY
the way, Lady Brereton, was intend
ing to call and ask your aid about it.
Women are so clever at this kind Of
thing. 81
81 shall be delighted, = che said sweet
,y. I'll look out for you and you must
come and see me and report what dis
coyeries you are making on your own
account"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
A Pleasing Illusion.

Few visitors in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art in New York are aware,
while admiring the iridescence Of the
glass bottles, plates and other ancient
articles OF ornament and use discovered
in Cyprus, that the prismatic hues here
displayed are a result Of a decay of the
glass. When disintegration sets in, the
substance Of the glass splits into exceed
ingly thin laminae, which, as the sun
light traverses them, give rise to a
splendid play Of colors. Like the leaves
of forest these delicate glasses signal
ize their approaching dissolution by. be-
coming more beautiful.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

A lumber trust has been formed on
the Pacific coast.
Carnegie has ordered seven large
blowing engines of a Milwaukee, Wis,
concern, to cost S210,0OO. ~.
Muncie, Ind, is to have an extensive
sllverWare factory. Two carloads of
machinery for it arrived last week.
Work on the new electric railway
from Toledo to Petersburg, Mich, has
begun and the line is to be in opera
ton by June 1.
The total annual product Of the work
ers of the country is 81 ,215, 900 900. and
the average value of product per head
1880. 4
Labor leaders and the labor press will
make eight hours the chief, effort dur
ing the coming year, and several trades
will demand shorter day on May j.
The eight large steel steamers or
dered by Rockefeller and Others will
make employment for many ironworK-
ers, machinists and shipbuilders during
the winter.
Nearly a dozen Minneapolis printers
passed a recent civil service examina-
ton in that city and so to Washington
to take positions In the government
printing Office.
The sailors unions will petition. con
gress to amend present laws so as to
provide that all ships hereafter built
shall have crew space at the rate Of
seventy-tWo cubic feet per man. Il
Since 1890 the area of cultivated land
in England has decreased as follows: :
That devoted to cereals by 632, ,906
acres; vegetables, q, 766, and that de-
voted to clover, etc, by 70 ,081 acres.
II q shutdown takes place in the vim
dow glass factories Of Indiana, as seems
likely, about 1000 workmen will be-
rendered idle. There 562 pots in the!
district, with an average Of seven hands
. to pot
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
THE PRINCESS AT THE PlA Az.
Trying to Set the Fashion to Wear HIrh.
Neck Gowns.

Ff,4
Neck Gowns.
The princess Of Wales is wonderful
On the first night OF the play she came
upon everybody as something like al
revelation, after an absence Of a few
months from our midst, says the Lady's
Pictorial. We forgot how young, how
beautiful she was. We had often said
she did not look day older than her
daughters. But now we began to think
that she looked even younger. With.
her fair hair arranged to perfection and
dressed in very becoming lace and
black velvet, bediamonded to the
throat, she called to my mind the de-
scription given Of her by Dean Stanley,
the prettiest princess ever stepped out
OF fairy tale" And she was radiant
with smiles, chatting now with the
prince, now with Prince Nicholas Of
Greece or the duchess of Fife. Both
prince and princess of Wales were de-
lighted with the play and congratulated
the star in the kindest manner posi-
ble When the curtain had fallen they
desired to have the leading woman pre-
l~ONAeSl " IAASAA1, anu pAohlAS rA1c1Auo WY
cordially, said such pretty and gracious
things to her that she "a very young
and ingenious girD fairly beamed with
delight all the rest of the evening. I
imagine that the princess is DESTROYS
OF setting the continental fashion here
OF adopting demi-toilet at the theater.
For the last year or two she has per-
sistently worn smart high bodice with
sleeves almost to the wrist whenever
she has been seen in the royal box. OF
course, abroad, at the theater as we'll
as casinos, full dress is unknown. Well,
there is reasonableness in the fash
ion. Once inside the theater a woman
is-in public, and there are those who
think it inconvenable, I suppose, that
she should wear a low dress as in her
own drawing-room. Granted. But we
in London always dress for dinner,
some more, some less, and we hop into
our broughams or hansoms straight
from our coffee and liqueur. For my
part, although can see the foreigners
point Of view, love the gay look Of a
theater with all the women in full toll
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30

of the request is that if it were made
it would be as promptly turned down"
The sub-treasury will redeem govern
ment obligations in gold, but as to the
denomination of the specie there is no
specific agreement in the contract or
the notes. Therefore the gold is hand
ed out as best suits the treasury Of
ficials. The gold is, therefore, more
conveniently furnished in the shape of
solid gold bars, but sometimes it is act
ually in coin.
Honest" John Barclay, who sue
ceeded to his fathers title and calling
hauls nearly all of the gold delivered
from the sub-treasury. His father was
the trusted truckman for years of the
Wall street financiers, and when he died
he left to his son legacy of confidence
which the junior Barclay has retained.
From the treasury building Barclay
carts the yellow metal in bars or in
sacks containing $4,000 each to the Of
flee Of the consignor. On the wagon
beside him is a representative of the
firm shipping the coin and also rep
resentative OF the insurance company
s
safe arrival at it's final destination,
and which assumes all responsibility
from the moment it leaves the sub
treasury building. w.
Once in the office it is packed ready
for shipment. John Shay occupies a
position similar to that of Honest"
John Barclay except that his duty is
no n hn OF 70
of the kegs which hold it while in tran
sit. The kegs used for this purpose are
made from the best white oak obtain
able, stoutly hoped with bands of
steel. Shay has made them for years
and has no competition. The bankers
and exporters deal entirely with him,
and long experience in the business
has made him reliable servant. The
kegs are gagged to nicely to hold $780,
900, no more nor less
The canvas bags, each holding $4,000,
are ticketed when they leave the sub
treasury, and are not opened or re-
counted. Ten bags are placed in each
key, and, after it is headed up, a tape
surrounding it is stamped and sealed
with the private mark of the firm
Honest" John Barclays services are
called into requisition again, and, with
his ten trusty guards, the gold is taken
to the steamship pier.
Previous to this, however, a permit
for shipping has to be obtained from
the steamship agent,which is exchanged
on the dock for a receipt signed by the
purser, who receives the consignment.
He does not declare in the acknowl-
edgment that the shipment is gold, but
receipts for so many kegs said to CON
tain gold. The purser's receipt is then
presented to the agent of the company,
who exchanges for it a signed bill Of
lading, which completes the shipping
transaction.
The purser has the kegs rolled on
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
HISTORY OF KISSING.
Variety Of Means OF Salutation 90 Prab-
tIced by Different People.

variety OF Means OF Salutatlon % Pra6-
tlced by Different People.
s'Tis certain, said Dick Steele OF
kissing, nature was its author and that
1T began with the first courtship,' But
this is incorrect 'Tis certain that to
many human tribes kissing is un-I
known. Instead Of saying kiss me-
they say smell me-" and this, doubt
less, represents an earlier form of salr-
tation. The kiss is much later than the
dance. 1t is still unknown among many
races and may be called conventional.
Some nations smell and rub noses, like
horses, in salutation, and where two
F'renchmen will run and kiss each 9TH
er, two central Africans will deliber-
ately spit by way Of friendly greeting,
according to the Spectator. DR.. Tay-
Tor says: The idea of the kiss being
an instructive gesture is negatived by
It's being unknown over half the world,
where the prevailing salute is that by
smelling or shifting, which belongs to
Polynesians, Malays, Burmese and 9TH
er Indo-Chinese, Mongols, ETC., extend
ing thence to the Eskimo and westward
to Lapland, where Linnaeus saw rela-
tlves salute by putting their noses to-
gether." The kiss has to be taught to
children. Preyer, in his excellent book,
The Mind of the Child states that at
frst they are averse to, and even fear
ful OF the performance. However this
may be, it is certain that Europeans
speedily take to it as though to the
manner born. Oscillations were far
more common in the good old times than
at present. The custom which most
delighted Erasmus when in England
was that the girls all kissed him. When
ceasing to be performed some of these
ceremonies leave their trace in lam
guage. Thus both Austrians and Span
lards say: II kiss your hands, as
polite term for returning thanks. John
Bunyan was a very different man from
Erasmus, and in his "Grace Abound
Ing he says: "The common saluta-
ton Of women I abhor; it is odious to
me in whomsoever I see it," And to
those who defended it as the holy kiss,
he pertinently asked: t'Why do they
salute the most handsome and let the
ill-favored go?" SO
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
Tramps Take a Bath.

Tramps are not usually credited with
habits Of personal cleanliness, especial
" in cold weather, but the Danbury,
Conn, News records the fact that one
day last week three Of them were seen
taking swim in the stream near the
fair grounds in Danbury.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30

OLD shipments to
Europe are a finan-
cial n &c e s $ i t y
from time to time
which very few
people outside Of
Wall street fully
understand. T h e
S h i p m Q n t S, Of
course, are neces-
sary to pay debts
due in Europe.
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.HEA 5RT'S.
4 f7t5sz = y I5lIIlIsI ~ a I-7-' 'i~fS


HEY lE4!' were in IN Lad y
B7rereton's boudoir
in; in Green e = street,
bosom $: friends and
alone. a 5 o'clock
tea equipage stood
between them and
a too brilliant June
sun was excluded
by blinds Of a be-
coming tint and an
q H.
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SENDING OUT GOLD.
WHAT HAPPENS IN AN IMPOR-
TANT TRANSACTION.

Big Wagon Loads of Yellow Money
Hauled In Heavy Sacks from tho tub
Treasury to the Steamer and Stored
on Board.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-31

The heat and drought in Arkansas
continues. Other portions Of the cotton
belt very hot and dry.
Liverpool spot cotton advanced 1-l6d
Future contracts closed very steady
no 5-6+ths advance.
Bar silver in London declined 1-16d.-
31H.
New York future contract market
very active; August contracts advanced
10 7.2S; January selling at 6I5: August
lost Is points of the advance, January
losing only nine points. Market closed
barely steady Old crop two points
decline, while new crop showed advance
of to 5 points; August, 7.13 to us; Oc-
tober. 6.63; January. 6.65 10 6.66.
New Orleans spot quotations adj
vanced 1-l6c. Market quiet and firm.
Recipes at United States ports yester-
day were 10 bales. against 7S bales last
year, and 800 bales in 1894.
Receipts at Bombay. India. were s, 900
bales. against II. 900 bales la st year.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-31
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On his way back to the house. Mr..
Bolton realized that he had adopted an
awkward ruse and that his partner
would in all likelihood think him horn
mad. But there would ut least be an
answer OF some sort. a telegram de-
llvered Mt the Ivcrson house, and this
would give him u decent excuse for n
sudden departure. He might. at least
have thought OF some more rational
message; but no. he could not think;
all his powers OF thinking, together
with all his other faculties, mental,
moral and spiritual. had died within
him at the first blast that had issued
from that adjoining room.
Mrs. IVerSon met him on the front
porch. smiling kindly and INVITING him
on his early morning walk: You are
n vcritable sky-lark." she said. But
don't try to make me believe that this
is your habit. I'll warrant you haven't
been out of bed this early since you
grew II beard It's our fine sea air and
uuiet. virtuous home life that has done
it, We shall make n good boy of you If
YOU stay with us long enough.
CONTINUED Tomorrow