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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
DRIVEN TO 1T BY NECESSITY,
Two of the Men Who Played Football
We're Charged with Electricitv

Two of the Men Who Played Football
We're Charged with Electricity.
'Bein' a little short of money! said
an old sport to the Detroit Free Pres
man, land the chances of maxim an
way up there in Wisconsin, bein' slim,
l was put to my taps. But you know
how necessity is the mother of inven-
ton, and my landlady had put time
limit of just one more week on me.
They only had one regular football
team up there and it was a peach; big.
husky fellows that would go through
a stone wall. They had standin' Of
fer at big odds that no team in that
part of the state could score agin' 'em.
after dom a lot of thinkin', day
and night, I had talk with a young
Teller that was a crank on Electricity
and we got up an eleven. We just
trained 'em enough to take the curse
off and keep up appearances. But we
kept up an awful noise Through the
papers, and my crank friend was bet
tin all kinds of money that we would
score, him and me bein' partners. All
the people in four counties was there
to see the game. In the first half and
for twenty Of the second half they
scored about as fast as they could
count. Our boys didn't know any
thing about signals and each one seem
ed to think that all he had to do was
to make a single-handed dash for the
goal. They got there half dozen
times but didn't happen to have the
ball with 'em. Then our two half
backs took sick sudden, don't you see,
and they let us put in Big Dick an
Zim Hemp. Both of 'em looked like
he had swallowed a barrel and couldn't
have kept up with an ice wagon to
save him. But they made touch
down without tryin'. Any one as
touched 'em went down like he was
shot Twouldn't have made no diff
ference if they had walked. NY part
ner had put 'em in cork undersuit
wire cage and battery. He was The
cutest cuss ever hooked to-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
MAY Become a Sky-Scraper.

). w. Fesler of Morgantown, Ind,
mas barn which threatens to devel-
op into a "sky-scraper" In 1891, hav-
ing need of. new barn, he built a
small structure and in it's construction
ne used green willow posts at the corn
ers and along the sides. These he
sunk into the ground in the usual
manner. For some time nothing I'M
usual was noticed, but after a year
ne saw that, whereas, he laid the floor
near the ground, it was now three feet
above the soil. He discovered that the
willow posts instead of being dead
were alive and had taken root and were
growing. In their upward movement
they carried the barn along. Last
spring the barn was on stills nine
feet high, and he put in new floor
and surrounded the posts with a sid
ing, thereby making it two-story
affair. There is now space of seven
inches between the new floor and the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Shooting Down to Safety.

A new form of fire escape has been
tested in Louisville, Kentucky,
which seems particularly we'll
adapted to schools and institutions
sons. ..n
In appearance the fire escape resem-
bles a standpipe and may be built to
any height. It is cylindrical in form
and six feet in diameter. The mate
rial used in it's construction is sheet
steel. It stands close to the building
and short bridges connect the tower
with each floor of the building. &..s.
Within the cylinder is corkscrew
slide. This slide is of sheet steel and
built something on the order of cir
cular stairway. When a person en-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
and you will show yourself a man IN
forgiving him.

and you will show yourself a man IN
forgiving him."
II told you would forgive him for
your sake he answered.
bathed his shoulders with the balm
and left him the shirt and the blanket.
He said he should not come into the
house to sleep; it was cooler there in
the hay He called gently: Good
night, Mrs. Richardson" when ] went
away r.. . 81
The colonel did not come home till
late. My heart sank. For the first time
in my life I saw my husband drunk
He didn't ask for Ray, but went to bed
without word.
In the morning he got up with blood
shot eyes and a frightful temper.
The colonel usually went among the
stock before breakfast. He didn't go
that morning. I suspected that ne
dreaded seeing poor faithful Ray. But
after breakfast he went out.
I was bathing and dressing the baby
when he came in again, his face like
thunder-cloud, the bottle Of linlment In
his hand
THANKFUL" said he, have you been
coaxing up that cursed nigger?'
II did all I could for him. said l,
quietly pinning the baby's blanket.
"Well,' said he, "he's gone now, as
1 expected, and I'm going after him.
laid the baby in it's cradle and hur-
ried to Ava.
do you know where Ray ISL said I.
Eyes, missus," said she, dropping
her face into her arms upon the Kitten
en- table. Hes gone to GrOtOn."
The next thing we saw was the COL
onel on his great gray horse galloping
out of the stable-yard. There was
coil OF rope on the horn of his saddle.
Late in the afternoon I heard a
scream from Ava. I sprang up and ran
out as horses feet came into the yard.
1t was the colonel's horse, dark with
perspiration and trembling. There was
and something attached to it that
dragged on the ground. The colonel
jumped down and united the rope. l
went out a few PAGES and turned DEATH
ly sick. Rays insensible face was
turned up to me from the ground. He
hardly looked like anything human,
for he had been dragged four miles
over the road at the end of that rope.
He lived just an hour.
The colonel had found him at Gro
ton finally; had got possession of him
somehow; had bound his hands be-
hind him, tied the rope around his
breast and made him run at his horses
side for two miles. At last the poor
fellow dropped The colonel whipped
his horse into a gallop and reached
home in an hour.
I helped poor Ava watch over her
husband to the last; but he never
knew her. I gave her money to have
him decently buried. When could be
no more help to her I took my child
and went back to my fathers house.
prayed to the Lord to show me my
duty; but I never could make up my
| mind to sit down at table with muir
derer.
The colonel never came near me.
| don't know whether or not he ever re-
| pented that dreadful deed. After I lef
him he went down South and bought E
plantation and spent the rest of his
| life there.
This was my Aunt Thankful's story
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

from England.
The mans name was Ray. He was
a young, bright-eyed mulatto, ana MS
wifes name was Ava. They had three
little children, born since they came
to America My aunt told me the fol-
lowing history:
The colonel had always been kind 10
Ray, I think. He never whipped MN;
Ray never needed it. Up to the time
Ray ran away l always thought my
husband kind and just man.
Ray and his family were all the
slaves we had. They had always seem
ed contented with us, and when the
law was passed setting all slaves IN
the state free I had no thought that
Ray would wish to leave us.
I did not think they would wish to
leave us, but l told the colonel that
they knew they were free. He looked
concerned.
Il don't think Ray will go away"
said l.
He'd better not" said the colonel,
looking threatening.
never knew exactly what Ray did
the next day. 1t is likely that the COL
,onel fancied he meant to be disobe-
dent and impairment because ne
knew he was no longer a slave; but ne
knocked him down and horsewhipped
him.
ran out. The colonel had just flung
down the cowhide and gone out by an
other door, and Ray was crawling up
from the door.
Ray" said l, what is the matter?'
And then, as he turned and looked at
me without speaking, his eyes full OF
anguish, his lips quivering, his poor
faithful face all swollen, burst out:
"Oh, Ray, I'm so sorry for this. |
don't want Ava to see you this way.
You must battle your face and Shout
ders and lie down here on the hay
ran for a pail of water. His shirt
was soaked with blood With my own
hands | tore it down the back and
bathed his poor. torn shoulders. They
had been protected only by thin cot
ton, and every stroke of the raWhide
had cut into the flesh. He seemed stu
pid-Ili to what l was doing for him,
but he obeyed me and crept into the
hay and lay there all day. The colonel
had gone to the village
l wouldn't tell Ava where Ray was;
but toward night l know she found
hir:, for she came in from the barn
half blind with crying.
Before dark Ray came out and did
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

IT'S to touch no tobacco, not smoke not
chew
That unhealthful weed that true women
detest,
And all people know is filthy old pest.
IT'S to say unto all what T saw unto YOU.
Let these things alone if you would be
true;
They are foes to all virtue, and lead down
to shame;
Shun drink and tobacco, and keep your
good name.
my drink
The healthiest, purest, and sweetest, I
think;
1t never makes drunkards, it never
brings woe
I'll praise it and drink it wherever I go.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
The Tints in Autumn Leaves.

Even science, with all her researches,
has failed to tell us why trees grow
ing side by side should take on such
widely different colors upon the ap-
proach of autumn. Equally mysterious
is it why one branch of the same tree
should be red, another yellow and
a third possibly vivid green, rivaling
the beauty of summer foliage. Persons
who are not familiar with the products
of the country should be extremely
careful about handling the leaves Of
the brilliant colored vines that Chamber
up the trees and hedgerows. The poi
sonous sumach and the poisonous ivy
are unusually brilliant and alluring,
but contact with them produce the
most annoying irritation in many
persons, and has in some instances
caused death.
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called upon to decide how long it was
probable that they had remained there.
The results of the investigation were
the decision that they had been there
since Or some time during the Glacial
period. A quarter of a century ago,
in digging a canal, the laborers came
upon some cedar logs buried nearly
sixty feet below the surface of the
earth. They were so perfectly pre-
served as to attract the attention and
excite the wonder of even the most
ordinary workmen. They could not
imagine who could have placed them
so far below the surface. They final
ly decided that a pit or trench must
have been dug by the Indians, who had
put these tree bodies in for purposes
of their own, although there was moth
ing else to indicate that the ground
had ever been disturbed. The finding
of these trees and the decision of emf
nent authorities render it altogether
likely that the same thing had oc-
Cured in both instances, that the trees
were buried during the Glacial pc
riod, and had remained there until
they were found. 1t is Well-under-
stood fact that when cut at the prop
err season cedar posts will outlast any
other sort of wood that can be en-
! ployed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
The World as 1t Was and Il,

The earth, which we find to-day
bright with varied hues, vocal with IL
Vulnerable sounds, rich in fruits and
fragrant with odors, lay for an almost
incalculable period of time destitute,
or all but destitute of color, soundless
save for the noise of wave and tenn
pest, and with no promise as yet Of the
rich profusion of vegetable and ami
NAL forms that now diversity it's sur
face and fill it with the thrill and
manifold activities of life, says Popu-
lar Science Monthly. We often speak
of man as "the heir of all the ages"
but not often, probably, do we pause
to realize the significance of the word.
We talk of evolution, but seldom make
any due effort to grasp the plentitude
and grandeur of the thought. These
each of which brings a different world
within our ken, whence are they? It
seems so natural to see, it seems SO
natural to hear, to touch, to smell, to
taste, that we forget through what
slow processes, by what an incalcula-
BILE number of slight accretions and
delicate notifications, these wonderful
channels of knowledge and sensation
have been made for us. We go back
! through the ages and we come to a
| sightless, voiceless world.
For a period probably as long as all
the rest Of geological time the only
forms of life were PROTOCOL Sight was
developed among the wonderful crus-
taceans of the silurian period, but as
yet there were no organs of hearing
The first STIMULATION of an insect wing
Was heard Gf it was heard) in the de-
vonian age, the birth epoch of the first
Observation-Disclosures long ages had
to pass before the first bee hummed
over flower or the first butterfly flut-
tered it's wings in the sunshine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Gas Bright as the Sun.

Consul Duester at Crefold, Germany,
reports to the state department a dis
covery made there which, it is said,
will revolutionize the methods of il
Elimination. 1t is an incandescent gas.
A single jet of ordinary size can emit
a light of much more than 1000 candle
power, and fine print can be read at a
distance of 100 feet. The inventor
says the cost for a light of 1,500 candle
power is only Az cents per hour, while
that Of an ordinary electric light Of 400
candle-power is IA cents per hour.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Are the HimaIayas Growing?

It has been suggested that the Hlma-
laya mountains, which are known to
have increased in height many thou
sands of feet since the Eocene period,
are still slowly growing; and accord
ing to this view, the great earthquake
in India on June IL, which is said to
shaken by the famous Lisbon earth
quake in 1855, may have been re-
suit of the gradual uplifting of the
mountains. A careful investigation of
the circumstances of this earthquake is
being made by the Indian Geological
Survey. ~.r.. 49,: r.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

the evening chores. The colonel
hadn't come. I thought that he felt
ashamed of what he had done and
dreaded to face us again.
When it became dark I went to
speak to Ray. He had lain down on
the hay again and looked dreadfully.
had carried him a clean shirt and a
blanket, and had some liniment to
battle his shoulders.
Ray" I said
He was lying on his breast because
he couldn't bear anything to touch his
back, I suppose. He turned his face
toward the light, and I noticed that he
didn't call me ''missis," but said:
well, Mrs. Richardson's
RAY" said I, sitting down on the
hay beside him, II hope you'll forgive
this in the colonel. He never struck
you BEFORE
why should he?" he asked.
4 was silent.
"Mrs. Richardson" said he, kneeling
ION the hay, the torn shirt falling apart
and showing his shoulders, sickening
sight, Il have given your husband the
faithful workings of my hands and my
mind for five years. Here I am, most
80 years old, and I've not a roof to call
my own, nor a dollar in the world.
Why should he beat me?"
t@It was wrong-it was wicked, Ray;
but hope you'll forgive him. was all
L could say.
eff forgive him it will be for your
sake. You are a good, kind woman
He shall come to no harm through
me"
He had lain down again. for he seem,
ed weak and sick, as well as sore. His
poor, dishgured face looked haggard
but there was a steady, smoldering fire
in his eyes that made me watch hin
when he said:
<.He shall come to no harm through
me-" g8
Ray said I, remember what tn
Bible says, Forgive your enemies .
z He did not answer.
The colonel will be sorry for this
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
How an, Ant Found Its way.

The president Of the Agassiz Assoc
citation, Mr.. H. H. Ballard, recently
caught an ant near its hill, shut it up
in box, carried it $50 feet away and
set it free in the middle of a sandy
road What followed he thus de-
scribes: It seemed at first bewilder-
ed. Their it climbed to the top of a
ridge Of sand, erected its body as
high as possible, waved its antennae
for several seconds, and then started
in straight line for home. s5s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
A Lie is Forever.

The far-reaching possibilities and
consequences of a lie, are beautifully
illustrated in the following story:
A little girl whom we know, came in
her night clothes very early to her
mother one morning, saying: (Which
is worse, to tell lie or steal?" e~
The mother, taken by surprise, re-
piled that both were SO bad she could
not tell which was the worse.
'Well,'' said the little one, 'I've been
thinking good deal about it, and
I've concluded it's worse to lie than
to steal. If you steal thing, you
can take it back, unless you've eat
ell it; and if you've eaten it, you can,
pay for it, But''-and there was look
of awe in the little face-"a lie is for
ever"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Population OF Russia.

The revised returns Of the Russian
census gives the total population Of
that country at 129,O0O,O0O. This
makes Russia third in rank among
nations, China coming first. with an
estimated population Of 4OO, 100000 and
the British empire next, with 20S ,00O,-
900.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

cers the chute he Immediately slides to
the bottom on this slide. which is per-
fectly smooth. s85 }.s
"a peculiar feature OF the escape is
that the construction is such that the
momentum Of q person entering the
chute is no greater at the bottom than
when starting at the top.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Big Waves on Cape Horr..

The largest waves are seen off Cape
Horn, rising to forty-six feet in height
and 765 feet long from crest to crest.
Waves in the north Atlantic have been
observed to rise forty three feet in
height. In the German ocean their
height does not exceed thirteen and
one half feet, and in the Mediterranean
fourteen and one-half feet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
A Huhnpba eked Turtle.

A turtle weighing lob pounds, with a
peculiar hump on his back, was caught
at Hohman's. lake, near Bourbon, Ind.
The feet are formed Like ducks foot,
with web. The tail is extra short, but
the neck when stretched out easily
reaches back over the hump, which is
eleven inches high The head is quite
like an alligatDr's head, and the shell
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Mothers-in-Law In Abvs.inta.

III aDyS0lnt8s IE##|
Abyssinia's social code provides for
fair chance to young married couples
by forbidding the brides mother to
visit her daughter till a year after the
marriage 81
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a recently patented nickel -in-the-
slot machine polishes shoes, perfumes
the clothing. opens mirror and gNes
the user 9 stick ot gum II one opeF-s
alton. e
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
The inspection Of n1ea ~

In view Of the fact that almost all
government appointments are made
by favor, the question naturally arises
whether the appointee may or may not
be an expert IN the work for which he
Is selected. Surely in an undertaking
as important as tho Inspection Of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
Small Boys Mission-A True Story
of a Toy Balloon--!"Dare to Do Right,
II Dare to Be True"-Some Good Ad-
vice from Aunt Mary.
A Small Boys Mission.

MALL as 1 am, I've
a mission below
A mission that wild
ems and grows as
I grow
IT'S to let alone CT
der and brandy
and gin; ,
IT'S to keep well
away from these
potions of sin.
"a
TITS to make myself
noble and manly
and true,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

Gently made in one
of the Middle
States, some cedar
trees were unearth-
ed which were in a
most remarkable
state of preserva-
ton. Their loca-
ton was so pecu-
liar that eminent
ra010o.ists were
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
THE STORY OF RAY.
BY u. V.


girl they passed a
law in Massachu-
sets setting a. !
slaves free. My
Aunt, T h a n k f u !
married a Richard
son, and Colonel
Richardson had a
whole slave family
that h a d come
W i h h i m over
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
SEE THAT HUMP?

around the edges is so soft that it
easily adjusts itself to the contour of
the legs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16
Lady INTERVIEWING hon,

Lady interviewing housemafd
Why did YOU leave yonr last placer
Hcusemaiild Because the master kiss
ed me mum. Lad And you didn't like
It, eh Honsenaid Oh, didn't mind
It. mum. but the mistress didn't like
Il.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

s%s Tho Dream.
A little toy lay ja-dreaming
Upon his mothers lap,
And he. dreamed that the pins fell our
of the stars
And the stars fell into his cap.
So when the dream was over
What did this little boy do 2?
Why, he went and looked inside aia
cap
g. And found it was not truas
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

.,psre TO do Right, Dare to be True
IS Dear Boys and Girls The last chat
4 ia our Cory Corner was about q food
lair and the new articles Of diet 81
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SCIENTIFIC POINTERS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DlscOv-
cry AND INVENTIONS.
Durability of Cedar Blocks-A New
Form Of Fire Escapes-A Barn That
Is neutrality-suspicious. of Ieats-Are
3 the Himalays Growing7 &a
Durability of Cedar.

= N an excavation re-,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-24
DECISION. ON SECTION 20.

Claimed That Attorney General McKenna
Has Decided to Side Will, Importers.
|" CHICAGO, SEP. 2O.-The Times-Her.
aid in special from Washington says.
Section 20 Of the Dingley act does not
impose discriminating duties upon
goods brought into the United States
through contiguous countries under
consular seal or upon goods imported
through ocean ports in foreign vessels
which are not specially exempted by
treaty. -. . ~ .5si e.
Attorney General McKenna is of the
opinion that, except as to goods not the
product Of q contiguous country which
are imported into the United States
directly from such contiguous country,
the language Of the section is not clear
enough to make it certain that,
intended to change the previously OK.
listing law. g..
He believes that the verbiage is alto
gether too vague to justify an interpre-
tation changing in any way the law as
contained in the revised statutes IS far
as it affects imports through ocean
ports or through contiguous countries
under consular seal.
This decision, it is said, does not meet
the approval of the president.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-24
FEAR A CABINET CRISIS.
Spanish Political and Religious Authori-
ties Disagree.

Spanish Political and Religious Authori-
ties Disagree.
MADRID, Sept. 2O.-Fears are ex-
pressed in we'll informed circles that q
cabinet crisis may result from the con.
tumacy of the bishop of Majorica,
Balearic islands. who, in defiance of the
order of the archbishop, has persisted in
his accommodation Of Senior j.
Reverter, the Spanish minister of
finance, for taking possession of the
church in his diocese.
The decree of accommodation was
read with all formality Sunday in all
the churches of the diocese. Several
influential prelates approve the course
of the bishop. Their attitude, which
is absolutely opposed to that of all the
members Of the cabinet, who have ap-
pealed to the pope against the decree,
through the papal nuncio, has raised
complicated issue between the ecclesias.
teal and political authorities.
The cabinet relies upon the dictum of
the nuncio that the bishop has no juris.
diction over the minister, and upon his
further assurance that the pope will I'M
doubtedly censure the bishop. -
The notorious sympathies of the
bishop with the Carlist movement also
sggravate the situation. IT.