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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02

OF the candidates for the British
army who fail to pass the tests four
out OF five are rejected because Of de-
fect1ve e vision. The "eye-sight''' test
consists OF being able to count correct
y with both eyes, as well as each eye
separately 70 number Of small black
dots exhibited on card ten feet from
the candidate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02
Second Crop Of Cherries

A novel sight is to be seen on the
farm of Joseph Stroud, near Elwood,
Ind. A May cherry tree has bloomed
a second time and a second crop OF
cherries are putting forth. Such a re-
markable sight was never before heard
of in that section. ..:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02
HUNT BROWN BIRD.
"A PARTRIDGE SEASON WITH
OUT A PARALLEL.
Maryland the GreaTest Hunting Country
How typical Sportsman Arranges
for q Partridge Shoet-The Work o.
the Drivers.

HERE has never
been such a part
ridge season a S
It h a t inaugurated
this fall. Not that
t h e y are parttcu-
larly numerous on
the northern coast
for every effort
thus far made to
preserve them in
New Vorrk a n n
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02

Poor Stock not Economy. Economy
is Impossible with one owning poor
milching stock, for the attempt viii
only make them the more Improbable.
True economy will exist in getting
herd Of one-third fewer cows which win
give the yield he has been receiving.
With such a herd the economy exists
IN better feeding than ever.-Ex.
An increased percentage Of fat In
the milk increases the quantity OF
cheese which may be made per 100
pounds Of milk in most cases.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02
A Little Mixed.

A tall man who had been speaking
with another man, and who wondered
why the other man acted so queerly,
says the Cleveland Leader, saw a boy
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02


= cave
Had dwelt for
twenty years.
It slept upon a
mushroom bed,
And watered it
with tears;
Because, to tell the
truth, it had
Few. hopes and
many fears.
For instance, it was
-,,S4o o1~xyi~o4J
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02

these anthills in unusual numbers, and
many Towering grasses and estuary
weeds which provide excellent and
succulent food for the little brown
birds
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02

The Romance Of Success.
No stories are SO enchanting to the
young Imagination dreaming OF things
to come. 90 those which narrate the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-02
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR, READERS.
What Mary Gave, True Story of
Good Little Glrl-The Romance of
Success and the Dreaming of Things
/, to Come.
A Nonsense Verse.

-7 HE Runculorum in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
where Washington Wa. Entertained.

No--there is ore other place the custom
house, and the true admirers of this rep
resentative man of American letters are
usually curious to see the desk which he
used when he vas surveyor of the port.
In hunting ii up You will kill two birds
with enc stone, for il has been removed
to the old structure in which the first
church organization effected in the new
world worshipec. in 1884. and for manv
succeeding years. This meeting house you
have been told stands in the garden back
of the Essex Institute. Arriving there, you
register. and are given an immense iron
key, which looks like the key to some great
prison, and prepares you for something
rather Imposing in the way of church
ed.fice. You wander around the garden
several times, and then, as a last resort,
and with many misgivings. you make for
the neatly painted red building which you
at first took for a dfminutive tool shed.
The great key, IL put In the proper way
that Is, upside Gown-turns the lock, and
you stand within the first meeting house.
unless you are extremely tall, in which
case you may have to stoop q tribe while
under the gallery, the latter being about
II feet by In size.
The modern covering Of boards outside
is but the projecting husk, the kernel 10
position to annex portions Of the wood
work, when, In search of small souvenirs,
that 1t has been necessary to cover all
that Is In reach with q wire screen. The
railing which sets on the collection Of his
torical objects In the other end prevents
like depredations. and you cannot verify
the statement In the guide book that Haw-
thorne.s name u carved on the plain pine
desk in the corner. The railing prevents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
THE GERMAN TONGUE.
It's fncssEaei.S to Msiintnfn Itself Even
Within Legal Liniits

Its incssEhcity to Sfnint:ifn Itself Even
Within Legal Limits.
F-om Harpar's Barr.
While the English language is spreading
over the face of the globe wherever liberty
Is poSsibie, 1t is said to mark the apparent
ihcapaclty OF the noble German tongue 20
conquer new territory or even to maintain
iisef within its own legal limits. In Bo-
Eemia it is rapidly disappearing. In Hun
gary 1t has been externinated within the
last fifty years. The eastern provinces of
Prussia have been in German hands more
thah hundred years, yet the people there
are as little Prussian today as when Kos
ctusko laid down his life for personal Iib-
erty.
The Danish provinces were connuered
more ,.an thlrty years ago. yet the new
generation speaks Danish and hates the
very name OF Prussia. In Aisace-Lorrafne
men who Were babies in 1870 have now
served their time in the German army and
are nomn2ily German subjects: vet the
German language finds there a resistance
insurmountabie, even with the aid of a vast
army OF spies, gendarmes, officials and CO.
Go troops. large Massachusetts manu-
facturer Of my acQua ntance passed through
the province this summer, and had occa-
sion to visit machine shop at Muhlhausen.
employing some 5000 workmen AS an
American the manager treated him with
frankneSS, and gave him an opportunjtv Tn
convince himself that the workmen were
French at heart in spite of the years that
are past. The Baltic provinces of Russia
were German on the occasion of my last
visit, in 1851 but since then Russiaca lion
has set in with thoroughness compare
BILE only to the South African rinderpest.
and before long German linguistic expan-
sion on that frontier will be as efrectualy
checked as 1t is in Bohemia, in Posen, in
Alsace-LorT aine, and Oh the borders of ben
mark.
Nor is the German language faring better
in the German colonies. for the simple rea-
son that German emigrants prefer almost
any colonial nag TO their own. The official
press of Germany clamors for more war
ships, in order TO protect alleged German
oolonists in PARKWAY tropical swamps Ter
ritorialiy. Germany has almost 1000 900
square miles OF co'ony, but land without
population is like a harbor with no COM
merce From the best information at nv
disposal cannot discover that all the Ger
man colonies put together contain more
white people than could be comfortably
slowed on a Coney Island excursion boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

of New England centered in Salem
In one sense Salem's commercial glory
vanished long ago. Not that the town is
less prosperous or that there is less ship
ping than of old. but at present the trade
is purely Of a prosaic. domestic character,
ard in looking at the slow coal barges and
the ill-smelling ships that serve the extern
sive leather business the visitor usually
has a sigh of regret for the departed ocean
traffic.
Salem. the birthplace of many men ia
nous in different walks of life, counts
among her sons Nathaniel Hawthorne
William Wetmore Story. the historian Pres
colt, Rufus Choate. Joseph e. Worcester.
the photographer. and the sculptor, John
Rogers. Nearly all the earlier Presi-
dents of the United States visited the town
at some time, and it Is rich in associations
with personages Of interest. Few places
consider their local history complete I'M
less they can boast of a building that has
harbored Washington OF Lafayette, and
in this case it is the old assembly house on
Federal street, the French general having
dined there in 1854. A magnificent ball
was given there in Washington's honor
five years later. and the ia ther of his coun-
try spent what little remained of the night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

Salem. dating from about the beginning of
the century only, but at the time II Sas
built it was spoken of as the most mag
nificent as well as the most costly residence
in New England.
Perhaps Salem is best known all over
the country by the very thing which she
least desires to have remembered - the
witchcraft delusion of 1bs2. Few Of the
buildings by which Salem is linked TO this
great tragedy remain: the site of the court
house is still pointed out and Gallows kill
lies on the outskirts OF the city as Of old
but times changes have swept away all
the important buildings, including the old
jail on st. Peter street. Two houses still
standing on Essex street are remotely con-
nected with the delusion-the home of Shat
tuck. the dyer. who figured in the trials.
and the Roger Williams house nearly oppo-
site. The latter. dating from 1885, is the
oldest house In Salem and was the dwelling
Of Roger Williams before his freethink-
ing and free speaking obliged him to flee to
Rhode Island In the dead Of winter. SUBJ
sequently It became the residence OF Judge
Jonathan Corwin OF witchcraft notoriety.
and from the tradition that some of the
preliminary examinations were held there
1t Ii often called the Witch House."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
PROPHECIES REALIZED.
America VS.. Europe as a Manufac-
turing Competitors.

America vs.. Europe AS a Manufac-
turing Competitor.
From the Engin ering Magazine
The insular prejudices and the complacent
self-suffic!ency of the average Briton have
long hindered him from understanding or
admitting the possibility of ether nations
ultimately occupying fields of industrial
activity that he has for generations been
accustomed to look upon as entirely his
own. The earlier prophets of the impend-
ing danger were treated with even more
than the ordinary amount of intolerance
proverbially accorded in their own country
to those who do not prophesy smooth
things. Here and there, however, a voice
was heard crying iii the wilderness. Golden
more than hfty years ago. pointed out thai
III was TO the industry, the economy and
the peaceful policy of America, and not
to the growth of Russia, that politicians
and statesmen of whatever creed ought TO
direct their anxious attention, for it WAS by
these, and not by the efforts of barbarian
force, that the power and greatness of Eng
land were in danger of being superseded"
Lytton, i'll his Coming Race" speaks of
mat American. and Lotabiy industrial, pro-
gress in which Europe enviously seeks her
model, and tremblngly foresees her doom,
For years past the lights in the window
have shown that British industr,a al proves
was not SO safe as IL was supposed to be,
ana That the threat of American compati-
ton on colossal scale was not a mere
phantom. But that possibility has never
been brought SO near to our inner con-
seriousness as il is at the present time.
Great Britain is now importing American
pig iron. American steel rails, American
wire. An erican agricultural machinery.
American machine tools and many other
American products. The aggregate value
Of these inportations must be very con-
siderable. 1 know of one case where "a
single firm imported last year, i'm six
months only, American machinery, includ-
ing machine tools. to the value of nearly
flJo.0oO. That this competition has come
to stay appears to be generally admitted.
The conditions and prospects of American
competition appear. indeed, for the mo-
ment. to orershadow every other Industrial
problem, except that of labor, with which
1t has closer affinity than Is usually sup
sideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
ANIMAL ALLIES IN WAR,
Pressing Elephants, Rhinoceroses,
Camels, ETC., Into Service.

Pressing Elephanta, RhfnOcerOses,
Camels, ETC.. Into Service.
From the Chicago Dispatch.
The armor worn by war elephants dur
ing the time of the old Mogul empire
was often magnificent, being a mass of
stel, iron and silver. To the long white
tucks. which We're covered with chains.
were dashed sharp swords sabers.
forming an armament well calculated TO
demoralize an Imposing force. The Sultan
Manhood equipped his elephants with bas-
lions, which were filled with men armed
with crossbars and spears-not pitch. To
the tusks of the animals poisoned dagRers
were attached. This sultan had a band of
rhinoceroses in his army. which were sup
posed to be used in demoralizing a foe.
though the danger Of their playing havoc
with their own forces was equally great.
The cheetah was formerly employed in
the east as an adjunct Of war, bands of
them being released and trained to bound
along and tear down the enemy as they
are known to kill the fieeting antelope.
The French and English in their CAM
paigns In Africa and Asia have employed
camels, and the French service today
possesses camel corps, small guns be-
ing mounted on their backs. One COM
pany was served with Calling guns of
light caliber. The Arabs have long en-
ployed the camel In war, a corps of these
animals. mounted with native sharpshoot-
ers. with their long guns and the gay
colors of their robes. presenting an attract
i've appearance.
Even ostriches have been suggested as
war animals. 1t was found that they can
carry their riders and develop marvellous
speed, but they are very uncertain, and
as likely to turn and retreat at the wrong
time as TO advance. that the ostrich
corps exists in theory more than in prac-
tice.
The value of the horse and mule in all
army operations hardly he estimated
Mules have been mounted with small cam
non or rapid-firing guns in an emergency,
but the eccentric character of the animal
renders the service more than uncertain
During the war between the north and
the south a huge shark was unintention-
ally drawn into the service. At one time
there were nearly 1000 prisoners confined
in the Dry Tortugas prison, which was
surrounded by ditch about loo feet wide
and half a mile long. The prisoners often
attempted to escape by lowering item
selves into il, and I'm several instances were
drowned. One day live shark was placed
I'm the moat by naturalist for exj,sri-
mental purposes. and. while IL was perfect
ly harmless, it effectually put a stop to the
attempts at escape. and was known as the
sentinel of the provost marshal of the
prisoners. who never wearied Watching the
huge animal as it swan up and down. with
its head and tail canted viciously out of
the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
THE PER|lOUS VENTURE
OF LADY ACkLAND.
By CLINTON ROSS.
Copyright. 1897. by Clinton Ross.)

You have asked me again for my story
of the Burgoyne affair. Yes. 1 ought to
know about it: for 1t was indeed the most
important affair of my life. Now in that
camp-Fn confess-was a girl I once had
made love to; before the dissension divided
US, before her brother was killed in the
battle where 1, too, was engaged Kate
Essex ever held this against me, as you will
see If you follow me. Well, she was with
Lady Harriet Ackland. the majors wife.
in General Burgoyne's camp. I had been
taken prisoner the day before the great
battle 1 have, as you know, some ex-
perience as a surgeon, which enabled me
to be of small service in looking after Gem
eral BUrgoyne's wounded. And in all that
fight i was busted. prisoner as i was, but
enrolled a British surgeons assistant
! forgot that We were fighting them, as
my friend. Colonel Kenneth, forgot 1t, when
a prisoner at Yorktown. I hardly noticed
that General Burgoyne was preparing for
q retreat.
But first the general was resolved to give
General Fraser. who had died in the night
of his wounds, a fitting burial The regi-
ments were mustered into a melancholy
procession at shutdown, and the sound OF
muffied drums mingled with the musketry
and artillery along the outposts.
A friendly sergeant put me where / could
see 1t all. The chaplain led. with head
uncovered. the prayer book of the church
Of England In his left hand. and saw then
the girl I've mentioned, Kate Essex, sup
porting a lady scarcely older than herself,
whom 1 surmised to be Lady Ackland. 1
was startled at sight of her In that dismal
surrounding.
The scene, grim enough against the ir-
regular outline Of wooded hills, had sad
der coloring from the soldiers, showing In
all their appearances the hard, discourag-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

blood, to Gen. Gates camp. The chaplain
Brudenell had been frightened at the shots
for the safety Of Lady Harriet, and had
FASTENED down the river. He already had
been much in advance. / having delayed,
IS have said, during the talk with Mss
Essex. And Lady Harriet now had pro-
ceeded to Albany, as the major had recov-
cred sufficiently. With the Baroness Red
esel, they were enjoying Gen. Schuyler.s
hospitality.
The baroness said L; IT thought we
left her with Burgoyne."
Gen. Burgoyne, with all mis- army sur
rendered to Gen. Gates at Saratoga"
And where have / been all this timer"
You were delirious for ten days."
And the world has changed" said ].
What did rave about?'
Il never remember what my patients
rave about" said my doctor, lying gIibly.
but with a peculiar smile that made me
wonder If he had not heard much OF my re-
cent experiences.
Doctor cried. my papers?"
There were none," said the surgeon en-.
tering from the adjoining room, that am
aware of-excepting letter Miss Essex
left" :.
/ broke this open, reading:
Dear Mr.. Smedley-I have put your
papers, sealed and addressed to you in
Gen. Schuyler's hands. He agreed to hold
them until such time AZ you may be better.
which hope may not be long. was fear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

1--WE need you. My poor Kate. you must
control your nerves"
s'T beg you all pardon" said Miss Essex.
I'm not stand In the way-of-of this man
doing you this service tonight. I need not
see him after-ever. But-in the face of
this, how can you tolerate rebel?" And
she pointed to those detected soldiers of the
king.
you may believe, Miss Essex, I will be
to pains you shall not" said I, think not
without spirit.
ITS better that Mr.. Sedley should CO."
Gen Burgoyne said. smiling, as If the cpl
sOde amused him even in his serious plight.
He has spoken tonight as the straightfor-
ward gentleman, and trouble. sir, makes US
esteem each other. OF pleasanter day for
myself. 1 might have had to hold you a
prisoner for exchange"
whispering some words to the chaplain
and Lady Ackland. he hurried US down the
slope to the bank. I keeping well behind,
near Lady Ackland's maid, frighted Irish
girl.
Half way down Lady Ackland let the 9TH
Mr.. Sedley." she said, giving me her
hand, you understand Miss Essex's prcju-
dice. It's her brothers memory, whom she
lost with u.s.
mo one better than I; you must know
there are loyalist Sedleys, Lady. Acxland -
And l waited to tell you. you have acted
fifty in a position that must be as trying to
you. Miss Essex's nerves have given way,
I think.
Thank you. Lady Ackland. much, for
remembering me WHEN distressed over your
husband"
You are helping me reach him, SIR
said she gently. Il never can thank you
enough"
At the foot of the cliffs were two skiffs.
General Burgoyne had been unable to spare
an escort. I told Brudenell I would take
the maid In one while he should row the
two ladies.
He agreed. helping Lady Ackland in.
when Katherine Essex motioned the maid
to follow into the same boat.
"Ill go with this person."
You prefer. know. to be with us?"
said Lady Ackland.
What difference is 1t, Harriet? This
man is no more to me than the oar. You
thought 1 was weak. I may have been.
but want to show 1 am not now"
And spurning my offer of assistance, she
leaped in lightly, taking her seat.
I'VE have no time to talk about IT, said
Lady Ackland. losing her patience, while
BrudeneIl helped the maid to q seat. But
you're absurdity ITSELF"
Wen not talk about It, Harriet" said
the girl
Shall lead or your Brudenell asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Death Pulis the Trigger.

do the rest. Men nowadays are all in a
hurry. They bolt their food. and get indi.
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smash will be at the weakest and most
overworkcd point. In a marshy country
1t will probably be malaria and chills
working man will probably hav a bilious
attack. A clerk or bookkeeper will have
deadly consumption. business, or pro-
fessional man, nervous prostration or
exhaustion.
1t isn't hard to prevent or cure these dis
eases If the right reSedy is taken at the
right time. DIR. Picrce's Golden Medical
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Good Old English wit.
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit-Bits.
A gentleman who had lost his wife went
to stonernason and ordered headstone:
he gave particular Instructions to put, af-
ter the name and age, the words, "A vir-
tuous woman lisa crown to her husband"
When he Went TO see the stone fixed over
the grave the husbands astonishm eut
may be imagined when he read, "a vir-
tIous woman Is worth 5s. to her husband"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

. NJ E 0 N E H A 8
said that the history
of a town Is best told
by its old buildings,
and in Salem the
tiIne-honored struct-
ures certainly speak
eloquentiy Of the
past. 1t is pre-
eminently a city of
fine colonial man.
sions, houses which
tell q tale Of bygone
days when the
wealth and fashion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
She Must Have Looked Snd.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Mr.. Emmett Chewer (about to photograph
his wife)-"Good gracious. Emma. can't you
look a little more pleasant? You look as
Gismal a man reading a comic Sunday
supplement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

vandals from emulating the great author In
this one respect. Before leaving the church
you are forced to the conclusion that for
people as deeply religious as they appear
to have been, the Puritans of old Naum-
keag got along with a mighty small meet
ing house. Doubtless their piety was In an
inverse ratio to the size OF their house
Of worship.
The first house that attracts attention on
the common. as Washington Square Ii
often called, Il that known as the Andrews
mansion. 1t IL not old as houses 20 In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

From Life.

From LIE.
Biggs"When was in Chicago last Au-
gust went skating on the Chicago river
Boggs-"You don't mean to say the river
was frozen over at that timer
Oh. no. We used roller skates,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

and doubtless a goodly portion of the next
morning also under the hospitable roof
of one Josiah Ward. The street has ever
since borne the name of the distinguished
GIL