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400 MILLION,
The Estimated Population of the
Earth.

The Estimated Population of the
Earth. "
n billion four hundred million of
human beings are living or trying to
live to-day in the world. A little more
than one-half of these are women. We
have about 800, 600, 900 female frailttes
on this planet. Of these nearly 500
600 900 are semi-civilized, about whom
little or nothing is known. OF the re-
naming 800, DOC, 900 at least one-half
are suffering more or less with some
chronic ailment peculiar to their sex,
One hundred and fifty million sick
women! What an appalling statement.
Seven million of these sick women live
in the United States, of America. If
this vast multitude of frail sufferers
knew the value of Pe-ru-na in ailments
of this kind, no medicine mandatory
on earth could make Pe-ru-na fast
enough to supply the demand for it. It
is undoubtedly the greatest remedy vet
devised for nervousness, Irregular cir
culation, weakness, palpitation, hys-
terra, neuralgia, sleeplessness, blood
%lessness, catarrhal congestion, loss Of
appetite, indigestion and general de-
bility.
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Company. of Columbus, Ohio, are send
ing for a short time DR.. Hartman's
latest work, written especially for
women, free of charge. This book will
be sent to women only.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
be thought that it is quite as proper

the thought that It is quite as proper
to provide, while still among the liy-
Ing, Tor ones appropriate burial, as it
is to provide for those near and dear to
US after death. In Philadelphia and
other large cities, owing to the crowd
ed condition of the city, and the con-
slant presence of other tenants in a
house, funerals do not, as a rule, par
take of the solemnity and decorum
that they should, and in many in
stances the late homes of a deceased
person does not afford the opportunity
for the conduct of a proper burial SER
vice.
In many, in fact, in most instances,
the rooms of a house during a. funeral
are crowded to suffocation by those in
attendance. They fll@the hall and
block h ingress and egress of those
who call to take a last look at the dead.
They line the staircase and rest on the
balusters, and the minister is forced to
seek the most available location to
make himself heard, even though un-
seen by a large proportion Of those
gathered to- observe the last rites over
a departed friend.
All these things have frequently
given rise to the thought whether the
burial of the dead on a cooperative
plan, which would reduce the expense
OF a funeral to it's lowest point, secure
everything needful at such a service,
and at the same time preserve the
solemnity of the occasion, and afford
the family and those in attendance
ample and proper accommodations, was
not feasible, and this problem seems
to have been most successfully solved
and its solution brought about by a
man thoroughly conversant, through
long experience, with the burial of the
dead.
For fifty years the Rev Stephen Mer-
rift, of New York, has studied this
subject, and year after year he became
more impressed with the delinquency
of the usual methods and the absolute
necessity of the organized manage
ment of funerals. To him this became
a life study, and the fruition of the
plan he evolve. is represented in the
cooperative funeral plan, an incorpo-
rated organization that has Just
equipped a large building in New York
in an elaborate manner for the con-
duct of funerals on a cooperative plan.
that is practical in every way, reduces
the expenses of a funeral and sur
rounds it's management with all prop
er conditions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS,

The Greek who made justice blind
was a great artist.
In suppressing crime the ballot is
at least as great as the rope. r.
Taken altogether women certainly
make life interesting for a man..
The frying pan Americans found
Chicago as hot as South America.
i The divine right of kings has never
been strong enough to endure unbri-
died criticism. -..
There is no burden like that of the
miser, yet some weak woman is always
ready to help him bear it.
It seems that none of the female
colleges has ever taught a woman to
say good-by in less than half an hour.
The hottest people in this country
are those who bought s10O wheels the
day before the price was reduced to
SIS.
In some states the criminals and the
candidates are the only citizens who
can depend upon the government for
anything.
Newspaper editors have shifted from
the queens jubilee to the weather.
Something has to be written, you know.
and it is less risky to roast things in
a foreign planet.
It is believed that the information Of
Weyler's recall was the worst piece Of
news Gomez has heard since the war
began. There is danger that Spain
may send a soldier to succeed him.
Bob Fitzsimmons is of the opinion
that John L. Sullivan can not stand
more than three Or four stiff punches.
OF course, it depends largely upon what
kind Of stiff punches are alluded to.
Ex-President Harrison is not a can
didate for any office, and is not MAX
ing himself conspicuous in any way,
but he can not take his wife and baby
of for a vacation without the country's
wanting to know all about it.
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Strictly. From this cabin everything
outside the machine, such as shovels,
picks and graphing irons, can be
manipulated by means of levers or
handspikes. The cabin contained suf-
hcsent air for the four persons who
went down in it recently to last them
forty-eight hours. The inventor states
that half a dozen people could COM
fortably remain in the interior and
breathe without fear of rarefaction of
the air for the space of half a day. M.
PozZo also afirms that there is no
danger likely to be incurred by his
apparatus. Persons in the interior can
communicate with the boat or the
land by telephone, and even if the
solid suspending cable were to give
way, the ballast could be overturned
by touching a lever, and the globe
would ascend to the top Of the water.
The descent to the Seine's bed was
effected under the railway bridge at
Choisy-le-Roi, outside the .fortifca-
tons, and everything went off success
fully. The submarine worker is to be
tested in deep sea depths at Havre and
Brest. Great things in fact are ex-
pected from the machine by it's inven-
tor, who has certainly gone a consid-
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slowly through the city streets, with a
long line OF somber 4 vehicles in it's
wake, there is now for use a con-
veyance which combines upon it's four
wheels what now take thirty-six wheels
to carry. The new burial coach, which
is the d of Rev. Stephen Merritt, of
New York, is a low, broad vehicle, to
ne drawn by four horses, and re-
sembles more than anything else one
or the loW-bodied type of Fifth avenue
stages n use in New York, with the
addition OF an oblong glass cabinet on
top 1t is designed to take the place
OF a hearse, a flower coach, two car
rlages for the relatives and five car
RACES for the friends. It is designed
to s $4,000, and, in addition to the
coffin n flowers, will carry eight per-
sons, in the front compartment and
twenty-five in the rear. The latter
compartment is spacious enough to af-
tord room for camp chairs for addi-
tlonal mourners. When in use, the
coffin will be placed on a movable
platform, which will raise it to it's
place In the glass cabinet over the roof
OF the coach. The front compartment,
to be used by the relatives, in the in
terest of privacy, is sound proof, and
is upholstered in green silk. The rear
compartment is finished in dark leath-
er and carved wood. The exterior will
be black, with silver trimmings and
lamps.
The argument used by the inventor
who is introducing the coach and e x
poets to have the first one in operation
in a few days, is that it will reduce the
expense of a funeral and also serve tt
promote not only the safety, but the
comfort and convenience of those af.
aicted by death. In this fast age. when
competition is S % very keen, every
commodity necessary to life has beer
greatly reduced in price in the last few
years. Until the present time, howey.
er, little thought has been given to thu
cost of those things we require only il
death, and if a man wanted to go tt
his grave in the latest style, so tina
his relatives would not be ashamed t.
own him, his Borrowing widow would
have to put a mortgage on the home
And of course this policy being al
wrong, and necessity being the, mothc7
IT invention, a philanthropist come;
forward with the ''co-operative funera
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
CYCLES WHILE AT SEA.
Captain of a Coal Barge Who Has

Captain of a Coal Barge Who Has q
o Foot Track.
Captain George Howe, of the good
coal barge Delaware, plying between
New England and Southern coal, ports,
is a lover Of the bicycle, but as much
of his time is spent in sailing over the
bounding deep he has but little oppor-
tunity to push along the steady ground
he finds ashore. But Captain Howe,
says the Buffalo Courier, is a man who
adapts himself to circumstances. He
commands one of the largest barges
af1oat. The Delaware was formerly
the Spanish steamship Murciano. n
was designed for an ocean greyhound,
and her fine lines are Indicative of a
speedy model. She was used both as a
passenger and freight steamer up to
the time she went ashore near Chesa-
peake Bay. It cost so much to float
the steamer after her mishap that her
owners abandoned her, and she was
sold for a song and converted into a
coal barge.
The barge is 800 feet long, with a
good breadth of beam, and so Captain
Howe has at his disposal a 60O-foot
cycle track, and he uses it. Captain
Howe never collides with any other
wheelman on it; no bad person ever
| sprinkles tacks there, and no bulldog
ever reaches for the captains trousers
as he spins along on the Atlantic
Ocean. From the rising bow of the
Delaware is a coast that carries the
wheel way to the stern, and to get back
to the other track is easy. There would
be an occasional drawback for a lands
man trying this sport in mid-ocean, for
sometimes the deck suddenly ome up
beneath the wheel and then as sudden
ly gets away from under it. But the
Delaware, even when fully loaded, is
not awash, nor is her deck unprotected,
as is the case with many barges. She
has four strong iron rails above the
sides of her hull, and if the cyclist
takes a header seward he is sure to
stop at these guards. Moreover, a head
er excites no sarcastic remarks, as the
crew is we'll trained, and when they
feel funny they go into their quarters,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
FILES" ON
Not an Insect but q Weather vane to
~ <A Aid Steerinr.

Not an Insect but q Weather vane to
Aid Steering.
The t"fy" at the masthead is often
used as a sign to steer by, says a writer
in st. Nicholas. It revolves on a pivot
and hence, like a weather vane, shows
the direction from which the wind is
blowing; whereas a flag attached to. a
halyard streams directly astern, or at
an angle more or less affected by the
speed and course of the vessel. A
glance at the fly having shown the
winds direction, a glance at the bin
nacle shows from what point of the
compass it comes. Then, by watching
the fly, and thus keeping the ship al
ways at the same angle to the wind,
you are able to keep her on her course.
The ships of different nations have
distinctive flies. The American and
the English fly is a little triangular
pennon. German ships often have a
small tapering bag at the masthead
and French vessels a "dog vane'-a
a wire.
Steering by the fly is one way of
steering by the wind, but there are
other tricks for finding the wind point.
A sailor can find the point Of a stiff
breeze by simply letting it blow against
his face. In a light air, almost a calm,
he lifts his cap and turns his head I'M
til he feels the cool breath on his moist
brow, which is far more sensitive than
his sun-tanned face; or. ne moistens the
edge of his hand and, turning it toward
the wind, waves it gently back and
forth n to and fro until the GOODNESS
OF the air is felt on one side of that
narrow surface and not on the other
In heavier airs he will moisten the
palm of his hand and hold it fiat to the
wind. The wind point being found, the
! ship is sailed as close to the wind as
possible, the helmsman keeping his
eye on the sail-leech. The least CULVER
and a turn Of the wheel keeps her of
enough to fill her sails but with al
experienced hand on the wheel there
will be no culver along the leech. Fol
an "a. B." can tell by the "feel' of thu
helm when a ship is about to come
up into the wind; as a vessel "come
up" the strain on the rudder is les
sened and by quickly checking her h
keeps the sails rap full and asleep
keeps them from quivering-and hold
her on her course without so much a
a glance at the compass. z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

nearly impossible the feat is let him
take two ordinary felt hats and two
and essay it, with the aid of the
picture in the way of showing position
to assist him. The artist who performs
the trick belongs to that class of con-
tinental performers which. makes it a
practice to sandwich in between bits Of
grotesque foolery many difficult and
fine feats OF balancing and dexterity.
Some OF these miss fire or go unap-
preciated by superficial onlookers. ow-
ing to the seemingly airy and careless
way in which they are executed and the
comicalities with which their accom-
plishment is interlarded. Very few
have any idea Of the time, skill and pa
thence which r required. to bring n
Of these feats to perfection. The Cir
ard feat is certain to stand almost alone
for a long time.
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SETTLED HIM THIS TIME.
He Had Gone Fishing Once T.
Often.

He Had Gone Fishing Once Too
Often. IL
"No, I'll not do any more fishing this
year. I have a marked capacity for
rational enjoyment and a weakness for
the rod and reel. But a wise fisherman
knows when to draw the line" The
speaker did not continue these per-
sonal distractions, but proceeded to
relieve his mind of that which was
uppermost, says the Detroit Free Press.
IA friend of mine invited me to &C
company him to~a delightful spot in
the northern part Of the state where
the fish bite greedily and nature dis.
plays her chiefest charms I couldn't
resist. We made the trip through heat,
dust and other discomforts you are
liable to encounter when you get off the
main line of a railroad. We had a
sleeper in which you couldn't sleep I'M
less it was to dream of plotting a lum-
Der wagon Over a corduroy road. But
we had to have some of the finest
sport the country affords and a man
will endure much to realize upon such
a prospect. -. j..
"But the fish were not biting that
day. I fail to recall a time that they
ever were biting when I was soliciting
such consideration on their part. We
were liberal with bait of the most al
Turing kind, were as mute as the stones
on which we sat and observed all the
other rules for successful angling,
even to having within ready reach the
cure for chills or fisherman's cramp.
We hooked an occasional perch, just
enough to sustain hope, but not enough
to keep us in that retired section.
but T could have stood all this with
stoicism. My chief disappointment
came from other causes. I had gone
there with visions of snowy linen, a
pure air laden with the scent Of the
pine forests, food to tempt the gods
and comforts such as can never be
found in the busy rush of the city. W.
both slept on n and the same cot
and it had evidently been long in com
mission. The room was too small for
a city closet and we had to go to the
creek to perform our morning abluE.
lions. The fare was that of a lumber
camp and the prices very like those Of
a summer hotel. I swear off on fishing
every summer and this timei it goes"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
YOUNG GIRLS LIBERTY.
Years Arc q m Protection, ano

aears Arc q Woman's Protection, ano
Youth Is a Time of Danger.
The liberty and freedom of action al
lowed young girls of today is the SUBJ
Ject OF a forcible editorial by Edward
w. BOX IN the Ladies' Home Journal.
mat everything in life is tending to
make people freer in thought and ac-
zion is undoubtedly true, and it is a
healthful tendency in the main-health-
1ul for people of years and self-control."
writes MIR. Box. but no advantage is
without it's disadvantages. The freer
our lives become along beautiful and
sa1e lines the healthier will our minds
ecome. But before we can safely
profit by these advantages we must
nave lived long enough to know how to
use them and to understand what
phases of them to disregard. Because
women are freer to travel alone. than
ever before, it does not necessarily fol-
low That 1t is wise and right that young
girls should be permitted to travel
alone. Here comes the truth of the
proVerb that what's n mans poison
is another's meat" The time was when
a woman could not, with self-respect.
go to a place of entertainment unat-
tended. Now she can. But that does
not make it right for a girl to do so.
Inc chaperon is none the less indis-
pensable to girls today than she was 80
years ago. She is really more neces-
sary. for, as things become more and
possible for women, they should
become more impossible for girls. This
may sound hard and severe, but young
girls u remember that a woman's
years are her protection, where as a
g1rls. lack of years is her danger. The
very aim and purpose Of the present
tendency for woman's greater freedom
Will be defeated If we allow it to guide
the actions of our girls. The danger
TO lmmaturity always becomes greater
as the danger to maturity grows less.
That we should never overlook. It is
a blessed change that things ak safely
possible to women which were absolute
~ impossible a few years ago. But o
ress is dangerous as we'll as healthful,
II parents interpret the present chang
ing conditions by allowing greater free
dom to their daughters they will make
a very sad mistake"
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Queer Justice.

1t is not to be expected that perfect
justice will be. done under laws that
are made and administered by imper-
feet men. In Arizona, says the Phila-
delphia Inquirer, a nan was sentenced
to pay a fine of ten dollars or go to
jail for ten days. He had only three
dollars, and the court accepted that
sum in lieu of three days imprison-
ment. BY some carelessness on the
part of the jailer however the man was
kept in jail for the full ten days. Nat
urally he made objection and demand
ed redress, to which demand the court
replied that it was no doubt, just, but
that there seemed to be only one way
in which it could be granted. If he
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

nlan," which has produced this new
and unique burial coach among many
ather things that tend to cheaper the
price Of a first-class funeral. So now,
no matter how poor a man is in life,
ior now badly he fares, ne can ride to
lis grave Dc si.ken cushions, and his.
friends ear Attend him in Al. luxury.
Death makes all humanity altin an!
this is een at many funerals, where
neighbors, moved by a kindly impulse,
lend a helping hand in every possible
way to those IN afliction; but the very
help that it has been necessary to ac-
cord in this way in the past leads to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
Jean Pinto Famous Everywhere,

In a French churchyard' is a monu-
ment bearing an inscription of which
the following is a translation: "Here
lies Jean Pinto, the Spanish violinist.
When he reached heaven he united his
voice with the voices of the archangels.
AS soon as He heard him, the Deity
cried, Keep quiet, all you fellow, and
let us hear alone the illustrious singer,
Jean Pinto!'" g..
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cradle way toward making realities Of
some of the effects of the imagination
Of that distinguished s~tory-spinner and
6ctionist Of the marvellous, Jules Verne.
Who knows what the submarine work
or is destined to accomplish? It may
discover the exact whereabouts Of the
Inflated Drummond Castle, and Of
sother big wrecks. It will be Of i'm
mems use in pearl, coral and sponge
fisheries, and in laying or repairing ca
bles. All this will depend, however, on
the sea tests. For present, it is sufi-
Client to know it has been successfully
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

romp all over the green sward and en-
JOY themselves to their hearts content.
GroWn people, too, will not be slow to
avail themselves of the privilege of ex-.
crossing freely on the grass. Hereto
lore the public had to confne itself to
asphalt walks and hard benches, with
the sparrow cop usually in evidence.
In neither Hyde park, Green park, 0
James Park, in London, are there n
Keep off the grass signs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Earnestness is self-denial at work.
Is is hard for self to see the other
side.
Il you would outwit the devil. keep
busy.
The dog with a gold collar is still
adog.
q bad man sees little good II other
people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
A Lofty Salt, Lake..

In recently published reports of the
explorations of Russian travellers in
North Tibet there is an account of a
small lake called "Unfreezing," which
lies at an altitude of 1890 feet, and
whose waters are salt. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

He calls his apparatus a sub
marine. worker, and it seems a re-
:markable affair of it's kind. It has
just been successfully tried, the bed Of
the Seine being used as the field of
operations. 1t consists of an enormous
bowl Or globe, steel plated and capable
of resisting the strongest pressure. 1t
is n feet nine inches in diameter,
weighs ten tons and is moved by three
screws and a helm worked by electric
ity. In the apparatus are two boxes,
or tanks, filled with ballast, which,
when turned over, enable the inven-
ton to rise from the bottom to the
surface Of the water. There are also
conical tubes, furnished with powerful
lenses, which permit the exterior OBJ
jects and ground to be clearly seen.
Entrance is effected by a manhole, and
the apparatus is kept in communion
ton with a BOAT or with the shore by
can Of a cable. The cabin is reach
ed by a ladder and is lighted by cleo
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
Swan the English Channel.

Peter S. McNally of Boston, Mass,
Saturday swan from Dover, Eng, to-
within three miles Of the French coast,
a distance of IS miles, in fifteen hours
and ten minutes. He started for Calais,
but strong currents carried him out Of
his course.
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would commit a second offense he
should be sentenced for ten days as
before, and then be allowed a three.
days discount or rebate.
A Job for the Fool killer.

That remnant Of barbarism, the
friendly chap who comes upon you I'M
aWares and gives you a sounding slap
on the backhas been gettingin his work
again, and a Jersey City man is suffer-
ing excruciating agony with a dis
lodged internal organ in consequence.
Elk.
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American at Last.

Central Park, New York, is no long
,er adorned, or rather disfgured, with
numerous keep off the grass" signs.
The park commissioners last week
called them all in. Children can now
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
NEW BURIAL COACH.
COMBINES TIE HEARsE AND
FUNERAL CARRIAGES.
Rev. tephen Merritt the Invent or-In-
stead of a Long Line of Sombre
Vehicles There Will lie But One Car
riase at a Funeral.
HERE will be no

AA w ho
more funeral pro-
cessions. That is,
If the public k
kindly to this new
est idea in burial.
coaches. In place
OF the present ia
miliar spectacle of
the plumed hearse,
with it's gloomy
TRAININGS moving