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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
The Dragon-Fly.

One of the most useful OF insects is,
owing to the ignorance of the public,
forever being killed. It is known as
the dragon-fly, the needle-case and the
devils darning-needle. Says a writer
of authority: In it's larva. state it
subsists almost entirely on those small
squirming threads which, can be seen
darling about in any still water, and
which hatch out into sWeet-singing
mosquito. AS soon as the dragoon-fy
leaves its Watery nursing ground, and
climbing some friendly reed, throws
away the old shell and flies away, it is
helping man again. It's quarry now is
the house-fy. Not long ago the writer
saw one of these insects knocked down
in a veranda, where it had been doing
yeoman's service, and the children and
women seemed delighted, although
they shrank back from the poor, wound
ed dragon-fy. They all thought it had
an awful sting at the end OF it's long
body; a cruel injustice. When the
writer took the insect up there was
general wonderment, which was in
creased when captured fly was Offer
ed it and it ate greedily. The boys of
the household will never harm a dra-
comfy again.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
That light, the breaking day which til
The golden-spired IA apocalypse. sss

| 4 ( 2 4s ts{ +
Madame de Stael did a world Of work
in her time, and one day, while she was
seated amid instruments of music, all Of
which she had mastered, and amid
manuscript books which she had writ
ten, some one said to her: How do
you lind time to attend to all these
things g "Oh,"'1 she replied, these are
not the things I am proud Of. MY chief
boast is in the fact that ! have seven
teen trades, by any one Of which could
make livelihood if necessary. And
II in secular spheres there is so much
to be done, in spiritual work how vast
the field! How many dying all around
about us without one word of comfort
We want more Abigails, more Han.
mains, more Rebeccas, more Marys, more
Deborahs consecrated body, mind and
soul, to the Lord who bought them.
Once more learn from my subject
the value of cleaning.
Ruth going into that harvest field
might have said: There is straw,
and there is a straw, but what is a
straw? | can't get any barley for my
separate straws.' Not so said beautiful
Ruth. She gathered two straWs, and
she put them together, and more
straw, until she got enough to make
az sheaf. Putting that down, she went
and gathered more straWs, until she
had another sheaf, and another, and
another, and another, and then she
hrO11pnnf OH CHI
threshed them out, and she had an
ephah OF barley, nigh bushel. Oh,
that We might all be cleaners!
Elihu Burritt learned many things
while tolling in a blacksmith's shop.
Abercrcmbie, the world-renowned phi
losopher, was philosopher in Scot.
land, and he got his philosophy, or the
chief part of it, while, as a physician,
he was waiting for the door of the
sick room to open. Yet how many
there are in this day who say they are
so busy they have no time for mental
or spiritual Improvement; the great
duties of life cross the field like strong
reapers, and carry off all the hours,
and there is only here and there a
- c1SAtuC$ lelI, ludL is not WORTH Slean-
! ing. All, my friends, you could go
into the busiest day and busiest week Of
your life and find golden opportunities,
which, gathered, might at last make a
whole sheaf for the Lords garner. 1t
is the stray opportunities and the
stray privileges which, taken up and
bound together and beaten out, will at
last fill you with much Joy. Z
There are few moments left worth
the cleaning. Now, Ruth to the field!
May each one have measure full and
running over! Oh, you cleaners, to the
field! And if there be in your house
hold an aged one or sick relative that
is not strong enough to come forth and
toll in this field, then let Ruth take
home to feeble Naomi this sheaf of
cleaning: "He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him May
the Lord God Of Ruth and Naomi be
our portion forever! i>z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06

bridge, with it's single track, is in
adequate for the enlarged traffic and
the increase in weight of locomotive
engines, and will be replaced by new
bridge with two railway tracks on it's
upper deck, and with wagon ways, side
walks, and trolley tracks beneath.
The lower tracks will be used for an
electric line from the United States to
Canada around the Whirlpool Gorge.
A strange feature in changing from
one bridge to the other is that it will
be done without interference with the
heavy traffic, though the new bridge is
being built on the exact site of the old
one, which it surrounds, and with
which it is interlaced. The new struc-
ture gets not one ounce of support from
the old, as it extends from the cliffs
on either side out into the air in an
apparently mysterious manner, and to
the eye of the tyro defies gravity. Its
huge pieces of steel, which in some
instances exceed thirty tons in weight,
are being extended with apparently
only the atmosphere under them. When
these two sides of the arch meet in
the center of the span and are Joined,
the old bridge will be blocked up on
the new one, the new bridge carrying
it in addition to it's own weight and
the regular traffic The latter will
then be disconnected piece by piece,
and the new floor system placed in po-
sition as the work progresses. The last
work will be to remove the four cables
CT the suspension bridge, each weigh
ing ITO tons and having a length OF
1900 feet. Then the towers will come
down, and landmark long familiar
to tourists to Niagara Falls will have
disappeared. The contract for the new
bridge was let last May. In September
soc, 900 feet of lumber was used in con-
structing preliminary work on either
side Of the river, extending from the
cliffs to the springing points Of the
arch. Then, on January 26, the first
piece Of riYeted steel was placed in its
permanent position. The usual meth
DDS of erecting bridges could not be
employed on account Of the impossi-
bility of constructing temporary stag
ing across the gorge, nor is the old
bridge sufficiently strong to support
any portion Of the new bridge or OF
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
Social Position and se1f-supnert

SOCldt L OShtAoA s4Hu sSes1I-Supp0TG.
But what of my social position?'' is
the cry of the woman who is Obliged to
become self-supporting. She may ask
it frankly Of some one who can furnish
her. a more or less satisfactory answer,
or she may only ask it Of herself in Sc
cret in a wondering, pathetic way. The
woman who wishes to keep her social
position in spite of her calling can do
so provided her character is sufficiently
strong to keep her from the errors
prompted by sensitiveness, and provid-
ed that she will not allow her new du-
ties to cause her to forget the mental
attitude Of those in the social swim.
She must keep in touch with the inter
ests Of those whose interests were once
hers. She must carry herself with such
dignity as to compel recognition from
all with whom she is thrown in con-
tact. Forceful, intelligent women OF
courage and ability are admired indie
pendently Of their worldly positions
and if there is any situation in life
where refinement and character count
for their full value it is the position
which the self-supp porting woman OF
former prosperity elects to fill.The
Illustrated American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
/. Quite a Difference.

All disciples of Izaak Walton will
appreciate the story which is going the
rounds, concerning Mr.. Andrew Lang.
the English critic and essayist An ex-
change publishes the anecdote which
one of Mr.. Lang's literary friends tells:
It happened to me to spend few DAYS
last summer in an English village. Hay-
ing noticed a pleasant river which
seemed to promise excellent fishing
spoke Of it to my landlady. ooh YES,
sir" she said, there is very good fish
ing here-many people come here for
fishing" What kind Of people come
here?" I asked. Literary gentlemen
come here very often, sir. We had Mr..
Andrew Lang staying here. ooh,
really! does he fish !? Is, he a good fish
erman? Yes, sir, he fishes beauti-
fully" Really! does he catch much %
ooh no, sir, he never catches anything,
but he fishes beautifully.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
A CHARACTERISTIC Reply.

The incorruptibiliry Of General w ak,
er, late president of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, was above all
suspicion. a characteristic anecdote is
told Of him by ]. ]. Spencer in the
Review of Reviews: At one time when
General Walker held a government po-
sition, q place shared in measure by
another, he was approached with the
suggestion that, since the whole de-.
partment was under their control, by
working in harmony they could have
whatever they desired. Il have no de-
sires,o said General Walker. But,
general, /" said his coadjutor, 81 o you
not see that we can push forward our
friends and relatives into good places q
II have no friends, was the reply.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
DIAMONDS OF GoLcoNDA.
Marco Poio's Account of Them Reas

Marco Polo's Account of Them Reads
Like Ono of Sinbad's Tales.
"a In st. Nicholas Noah Brooks is tell
ing for the children Of to-day The
True Story of Marco Polo In the
April number he quotes the following
account Of the diamonds Of Golconda
from the great Venetian travellers mar
rative: 1t is in this kingdom that
diamonds are got, and I will tell you
how. There are certain lofty noun,
tains in those parts; and when the
winter rains fall, which are very heavy,
the waters came roaring down the
mountains in great torrents. When the
rains are over and the waters from the
mountains have ceased to flow, they
search the beds of the torrents and
find plenty of diamonds. In summer
also. there are plenty to be found in
the mountains, but the heat Of the sun
is so great that it is scarcely possible
to go thither, nor is there then a drop
of water to be found. Moreover, in
those mountains great serpents are rife
to a marvellous degree, besides other
"
heat. The serpents are also the most
venomous in existence, so that any one
going there runs fearful risk, for many
have been destroyed by these evil rep
tiles.
Now among these mountains there
are certain great and deep valleys, to
the bottom of which there is no access.
Wherefore the men who go in search
of the diamonds take with them pieces
of flesh, as lean as they can get, and
these they cast into the bottom Of the
valley. Now there are numbers Of white
eagles that haunt those mountains and
feed upon the serpents. When the Gag
les see the meat thrown down they
pounce upon it, and carry it up to some
rocky hilltop, where they begin to
rend it. But there are men on the
watch, and as soon as they see that
the eagles have settled, they raise a
loud shouting to drive them away. And
when the eagles are thus frightened
away the men recover the pieces OF
meat and find them full of diamonds
which have stuck to the meat down in
the bottom. For the abundance of dia-
monds down there in the depths Of the
valleys is astonishing, but nobody can
get down, and If one could, it would be
only to be at once devoured by the ser
penis which are so rife there. -..s.. -.
There is also another way of getting
the diamonds. The people go to the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
Interruption.


Dullt around the old and the change
from one to the other will be made
Without Wit interference to traffic. This
new bridge will consist of one mighty
steer arch span, $50 feet between
sprlnglng polnts-the largest arch in
all the World-fanked on either side by
a trussed span lis feet in length. con
meeting the same with the cliff on each
sac OF the river. In addition to this
there will be approaches aggregating
29O feet in length.
rms mighty structure, to cost half
a million dollars, and to weigh 7,2OO,-
ooo pounds, is to take the place Of the
present suspension bridge, which was
long considered one of the best in the
world. 1t was built in 1855 by John
\. Roebling for the Niagara Falls In
ternatlonal Bridge Company, of New
York, and the Niagara Falls Suspen-
sion Bridge Company of Canada.
IN 1850 the original wooden sus-
pended superstructure was found in
adequate, and was substituted by new
steel stiffening truss $40 feet long. Six
years later the stone towers on TOP of
the cliffs supporting the cables were
found to be crumbling, and were re-
placed by new ones of steel, without
interruption of traffic. Both of these
changes were made under the direction
Of L. L. Buck, chief engineer in charge
of the new structure for the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company, which is doing
the work for the two corporations own
ing the bridge franchise. Now comes
another and greater change. The old
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
A REAL GENTLEMAN.5
Justice Whites Pleasant Manners Max
Him Well Liked.

Justice Whites Pleasant Manners Make
Him Well Liked. E,s
Justice White of the Supreme court
is known among newspaper men as one
of the kindliest men in the world says
the Detroit Free Press. Not long ago
a correspondent found it necessary to
call upon the justice at midnight for
a copy of an opinion delivered by him
in the court that day. Justice White
was in bed and asleep, and it was with
great difficulty his servant was induced
to awaken him. IF I did not know
him to be the best man in the world,
I would not dare to do it," she ex-
planned. The correspondent waited
anxiously in the hall for the verdict.
Would the justice come downstairs
And if he came would it be for the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
just the Man Wanted.

Applicant understand that you
want reporter 2"
Editor Yes, am in want Of man
to do the verbatim work. Are you a
shorthand writer 2"
Applicant"N No, sir. But I am a
rapid writer. used to be all actor
and have had experience in writing
stage letters" n.
Editor All, you are just the man
we want z Boston Traveller.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
An Assisted Vengeance.

Janet, look at our neebor's BARNS
enjoying themsels on the sabbath day!
Go an set the dog on their hens; the
Lord must have vengeance one way or
anither. !" illustrated Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06

The area Of Matabeleland Is put at
about 125,O0O square miles. It is sey-
.eral degrees nearer the equator than
the TransYaal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
BRIDGES TELESCOPE &
NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE
BEING REPLACED.
Fine Mechanical Feat-The New Bridge
N ssI] rs Being Built Around the Old One
and Will Occupy It's site-No Traffic
Interruption.

3 ID.
HE historic sus-
pension al W a y
bridge over the Nj
agara gorge will be
entirely removed
by July / and a
new steel structure,
remar k a b | 9 in
many of it's fea-
lures, will be in its
place. The new
bridge is being
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
FRIENDSHIP UNFAILIN q &,
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Text: sAnd She
Went and Came and Cleaned in the
Fields After the Reapers; and Her Hap
Was to Light.'-Ruth 2:3

HE time that Ruth
and Naomi arrived
at Bethlehem is
harvest time. It
was the custom
when a sheaf fell
from a load in the
harvest field for
the reapers to re-
fuse to gather it
up; that was to be
left for the poor
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06

One Of the latest patriotic societies
is one to be composed wholly OF de.
scendants of colonial governors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
all possible Interior questions in :,
broadcast spirit of friendliness. ta'
CAUSE OF BIMETAL1Js,,
Still Room for Hope of an In+.
tiOnal Agreement.

Under the provisions of the act of 49,
gress approved March 8, 1897 for tho o o
motion of an international agreement io-
specting bimetallism, l appointed ~, re re-
14th day of April 1897 Edward O W W. me
Of Colorado, Adlai E. Stevenson Of Il It0ou
and Charles J. Paine of Massachusetts o IN
special ENJOYS to represent the Tnito an
States. They have been diligent in tboa
efforts to secure the cooperation of F sIer
ment of the question, but up to this V tire.
have not been able to secure the agreema .re
contemplated by their mission.
The gratifying action of our great sis4.u
republic OF France in joining this count.
in the attempt to bring about an aarsa
ment among the principal commercai y.
lions of Europe, whereby fixed and reia
tive value between gold and silver sba,,
be secured, furnishes assurance that ~a
are not alone among the larger nations NJ
the world in realizing the internationo,
character Of the problem and in the desiro
Of reaching some wise and practical solr
ton of it. The British government ba,
published resume of the stems takan
jointly by the French ambassador in Tow
don and the special ENJOYS of the Unitoa
States, with whom our ambassador at Ton
don actively co-operates in the present.
tion of this subject to her majesty's eov-
eminent. This will be laid before Con-
gross.
Our special ENJOYS have not made their
final report, as further negotiations he.
tween the representatives of this govern.
ment and the governments of other conn.
tries are pending and in CONTEMPLATION
They believe that doubts which have been
raised in certain quarters respecting tho
pcsiti n of maintaining the stability of tha
parity between the metals and kindred
questions may yet be solved by further
negotiations.
Meanwhile, it gives me satisfaction 10
state that the special ENJOYS have ALREADY
demonstrated their ability and fitness to
deal with the subject, and it is to be earn
esly hoped that their labors may result in
an international agreement which will
bring about recognition of both gold and
silver as money upon such terms and with
such safe guards as will secure the use Of
both metals upon a basis which shall work
no injustice to any class of our citizens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09

Washington, D. c., Dec 6.-President
Mckinley sent the following message to
congress to-day:
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiyes: 1t gives me pleasure to eX-
tend greeting to the Fifty-ffth congress
assembled at the seat Of government with
many of whose senator's and representa-
tives / have been associated in the legls-
1ative service. Their meeting occurs under
felicitous conditions, justify1ng sincere
congratulation and calling for our CRATE
full acknowledgement to benencent
Providence which has so signally blessed
and prospered us as nation. Peace ana
good will with all the nations of the
earth continue unbroken.
A matter Of genuine satisfaction is the
growing feeling of fraternal regard ana
unification of all sections of our country,
the incompeteness of which has too long
delayed realization of the highest blessings
of the Union. The spirit of patriotism is
universal and is ever increasing IN fefVor.
The public questions which now most en-
gross us are lifted far above either par
eisanship, prejudice or former sectlonat
differences. They affect every part of our
common country alike and permit OF no
division on ancient lines. questions OF
foreign policy of revenue, the soundness
of the currency, the inviolability OF ma
tional obligations, the Improvement OF the
public service, appeal to the individual
conscience of every earnest citizen to
whatever party he belongs or in what
ever section of the country he may re-
side.
The extra session of this congress which
closed during July last enacted important
legislation and while it's full effect has not
yet been realized, what it has already &C
complshed assures us of it's timeliness and
wisdom. To test it's permanent value
further time will be required, and the
people, satisfied with it's operation and re-
suits thus far, are in no mind to withhold
from it fair trial.
Tariff legislation having been settled by
the extra session of Congress the question
next pressing for consideration is that OF
the CURRENCY.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
PRESIDENTS M'KINLEYS MESSAGE.

States notes are presented for redemption
in gold and are redeemed in gold such
notes shall be kept and set apart, and only
paid out in exchange for gold. This is an
obvious duty. If the holder of the United
States note prefers the gold and gets it
from the government he should not receive
back from the government a United States
note without paying gold In exchange for
it. The reason for this is made all the
more apparent when the government issues
an interest bearing debt to provide gold
for the redemption of United States notes
non-interest-be bearing debt Surely it
should not pay them out again except On
demand for gold. If they are put cut in
any other way they may return again to be
followed by another bond issue to redeem
them-another interest bearing debt to re-
deem a misunderstanding debt.
To Relieve the Government.
In my view it is of the utmost import
ance that the government should be re-
lieved from the burden OF providing all
the gold required for exchanges and ex-
port. This responsibility is alone borne
by the government without any of the
usual and necessary banking powers to
help itself. The banks do not feel the
strain of gold redemption. The whole
strain rests upon the government, and the
size of the gold reserve in the treasury
has come to be, with or without reason,
the signal OF Danger or Oh security. Ills
ought to be stopped.
If we are to have an era of prosperity
in the country, with sufficient receipts for
the expenses of the government, we may
feel no immediate embarrassment from
our present currency; but the danger still
exists and will be ever present, menac1ng
us so long as the existing system contin-
ues. And besides, it is in times of ade-
quate revenues and business tranquility
that the government should prepare for
the worst We cannot avoid without Sc
rious consequences the wise consideration
and prompt solution of this question.
The secretary of the treasury has out
lined a plan in great detail for the pur-
pose of removing the threatened recur-
renee of a depleted gold reserve and save
us from future embarrassment on that &C
count. To this plan l invite your careful
consideration.
I concur with the secretary of the treas
ury in his recommendation that national
banks be allowed to issue notes to the
face value of the bonds which they have
deposited for circulation and that the tax
on circulating notes secured by deposit of
such bonds be reduced to one-half of l
per cent. per annum. also join
him in recommending that authority be
given for the establishment of national
banks with a minimum capital of $25, 900.
This will enable the smaller villages and
agricultural regions of the country to be
supplied with currency to meet their
needs.
| l recommend that the issue of national
bank notes be restricted to the denomina-
ton of $40 and upwards. If the sugges-
| tions | have herein made shall have the
| approval of congress then 1 would recon-
| mend that national banks be required to
| redeem the notes in gold.