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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
DOG BREAKS UP a HOME.
Woman Makes Trouble by Getting Rid
Of Housahnld Pet 60


of Household Pet.
There is great trouble in an Ann Ar
bor family over doga miserable cur
OF no pedigree or usefulness, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. The head Of
the household has always been a great
lover Of dogs Of all kinds and sizes
and about two weeks ago he came home
from work one night with mongrel
under his arm that was half black-and-
tan and half plain dog. He showed
great love for the brute from the in
slant his eyes first lighted on it's lep-
rous-lo looking form, but, as might be
Imagined, that love was not shared by
the other members of the mans family
that is, by a daughter, a son and a
wife. The father would have it that
the dog should sleep in the house, the
Wife disagreed with him and a ruction
Immediately followed. However, for
two weeks the woman put up with the
innocent animal but could stand it no
longer. One day, when the father and
master of the house was out of town,
the woman gave the brute into the
hands Of a neighboring butcher, who
agreed to put the animal out of the
way for a nominal price, This he did,
but what had been a happy home beg.
gars description. When the father re.
turned from work that fatal night he
wanted his dog, and when his dog wat
not Forthcoming he set up a might!
howl, saying he would exterminat'
the entire family if Fido did not pu
in an appearance before breakfast. Blu
Fido didn't whereupon the man waxed
more wroth and swore that such thing!
could not be in his house. He grew
angrier and angrier as the following
day wore on and when night came hi
was in condition bordering on insanity
His wife became frightened and his so1
and daughter, in order to avoid tn.
prospective trouble, said they would
not live in home that fostered such
a father. But the father would not bl
appeased, and, his temper finally get.
ting the better of him, he ordered his
son and daughter out of the house SIM
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

would not be left in utter ignorance OF
the details of ''the last battle.''
Mr.. Russell's drawing shows what
might take place in the second melee,
when the ships, having once passed
through, have turned and rushed again
to the encounter In the left-hand cor
ner Of the picture white ship has
been rammed by her black opponent.
But she has received the blow so far
aft that her floating power may con-
ceivably survive. Her adversary, how
ever, is inevitably doomed, for she is
taking the fire of the white ships 49,
inch turret-guns directly into her vitals.
Nothing afoat could meet that buffet
and live
In the right-hand corner is a ship
still fighting her guns, but stationary
and ruinously crippled. The white ship
with a huge hole in her side has been
pierced by shell which has exploded
after entering The ship with the bat
tered nose has been struck by shell and
afterward rammed in the same spot
| The long, black ship on the left, in the
middle distance, is one Of the reserve
line. She has crept in unobserved and
| unopposed, and every gun is dealing
out destruction.
Every ship which has lived through
the first melee is, of course, riddled like
a tin can, so far as her unarmored por-
! tions are concerned. Smoke stacks,
superstructure, military masts, the
framework of bow and stern-all that
makes her look like a ship-may be
shot away; but while her armored vi
tails are not pierced she will float, and
while her turrets-16 inches Of tenn
pered steelEare not shattered she can
] fight.
Thus it comes that certain ships in
the picture, which look as if they
should be laundering, are still doing
i deadly work in the battle.
The picture, as a whole, may be TAX
en- as REPUTATION Of the views OF those
i critics who would make little of the
4 difference between ancient and modern
Il war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

would result in such stupendous catas-
trophies that the world would surely be
shocked into lasting peace. This end
might be gained by such battle as
Mr.. Hart describes, whether the re-
ulting humiliation were complete or
only partial.
AS to the second query, experts diff
fered. The majority held that annihi-
lation, mutual and utter, would be but
logical result of the collision of such
vast destructive forces. ~
A fghting-machine like the United
States ship Indiana explodes about for
ty thousand pounds of powder every
five minutes, under conditions produc-
tive of the most deadly effect. She can
throw over two hundred shots a min
ute. Some Of these shots, from her 49,
inch and 8-inch guns, are each one ca
pable of sinking an opponent miles
| away, If lucky enough to reach a vital
part. At close quarters two such an
tagonists would be like two duelists
knee to knee, each with his pistol at
the others heart.
A high naval authority suggested
that there would surely be survivors
from "the last battle,'' but that they
would probably be so crippled that
they could never make port
At the opposite extreme was the
view of an experienced officer, who
held that the difference between an
cient and modern war is much exag.
/ gerated. Between big guns at lone
range and bludgeons hand-to-hanC
there would be about the difference
which individual courage always
makes. There would be some to igh-
and some to run away, now as in the
4 brave days of old. And there would
be no more approach to annihilatior
than in any other of the worlds grea
1 battles.
! The middle view, and perhaps til,
j most plausible one, was supported b.
many who were very competent t,
Il speak. The gist Of it is as follows: 4
The ships in each line-of-battle woul,
Y bi about e ghtS hundred yards apart
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
PERCY w HAP
IN
THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN.

The reader of Mr.. Percy Harris pro-
phetic dream, entitled "The Last Bat
le,''' will doubtless put his first COM
ments in the form of two queries:
Could the extinction Of war be COM
passed in such fashion? And could
a death-grapple of the worlds fleets
result in such absolute humiliation?
On account of the Importance of the
theme, both the story and the illustra-
ton have been submitted to expert
criticism. Officers of high rank in the
naval service have passed detailed
Judgment on both. s-
Indeed, it is only fair to say that the
remarkable double-page picture of the
battle which is published in this issue
of the Illustrated American was drawn
by our artist while aboard the flagship
New York, during the recent Charles
ton maneuvers, and under the frequent
scrutiny ana criticism of the officers
Of the fleet.
Article 235 of the United States Navy
Regulations forbids the quoting of
these opinions, but the general tenor
of them may be given in a few para
graphs.
Whatever the reply to the second
query, there can be little doubt as to
the first. Already peace principles are
in the ascendant, and quarrels which a.
generation back would have burst out
with blood and fire are now smoothed
down by arbitration. In view of the
war, a death-grapple of the nations
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

Alps, in the province of Grisons, to the
fields of Cresta, nearly a thousand feet
below. ST. Moritz is near Davos-Platz,
and, like it, is a famous winter health
resort, says the New York journal.
Most beginners find that slide of two
miles, with a drop of 900 feet in its
devious course, exciting enough. But
a few who have braved it's dangers
many times have of late termed it tame
and have laid out the track near st.
Moritz, not far distant, which is suff1-
cieI1tly terrifying in it's dizzy descent
and sharp turns to chill the blood OF
any but the most foolhardy coaster.
As soon as a foot of snow has fallen
she ST. Moritz tobogganers begin to lay
.Dut the course, which it takes twelve
skilled laborers and some amateur help
six weeks to construct. In the begin
ming four men, arm in arm, tramp over
The projected course several times,
beating down the snow. Then snow
shove-s are used to fill up inequalities
and to bank the curves and corners.
The whole is then iced until it is more
slippery from start to finish than the
tabled descent to hades. If it were in
/ straight line it would be nothing re-
markable and sliding down it would be
the child's play that it is on the long,
direct chutes in this country, Canada
and Russia. But it's course is, instead,
most devious and desperate. It twists
and turns, describes semicircles and
SIS, goes downhill and up, or, on occa-
sion, keeps level. 1t has 'leaps" and
corners" ''banks" and "straights,''
which give the daring coaster widest
excitement of the most varied sort dur
Ing every one of the forty-odd seconds
while he is hurting headlong down it's
length. It would be almost certain
death for a novice to attempt the
break-neck incline and even experts at
the sport have picked themselves up
at the bottom, SCARED and breathless
after the first trial, but lured by the
strong spice of danger into trying it
over and over again. If the very sharp
corners and curves were not banked
high like cycle track there is no tell
ing where the adventurous tobogganer
would finally land. It is not likely that
what would be left of his body, strewn
along the icy, jagged rocks in the gorge
below the course, would be sufficient
for Identification and the collection Of
insurance. But so far no fatal acct
dent has occurred, though several of
the coasters have been dug out of the
snow this season and are now nursing
their broken bones, covered with ban
dages and glory. There are races every
week now over this dangerous run, the
winners competing with each other to-
ward the end of the season in a great
event called the "grand national race -
which brings people from every health
resort in that part of Switzerland. The
course is so narrow that it would be
certain death to start more than one
sled at the same time, and so each
competitor goes down by himself, the
object being to make the descent in
the fewest number of seconds,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
Will Bees Destroy Grapes 2

There has been in the past, and still
Is, and suppose always will be, a diff
ference of opinion among Well-tn-
formed fruit growers as to whether
the honey bee actually destroys ripe
grapes without any outside assistance,
says American Gardening. At almost
every meeting of the State Horticul-
.tural Society this question comes up,
ana like the old notion of wheat turn
ing to cheat, one man is positive that
IL Will and another is equally certain
that it will not. Neither has any posi-
tive Information on the subject. In or
DER that we might have some reliable
oata on this question some careful OBJ
sserVatlons were made during the past
season. A Worden grape vine, well
loaded with fruit, was selected, and
When the fruit was ripe all defective
berries and surplus leaves were re-
moved, SO as to allow of the free move
ments OF the bees. A colony of Italian
pees was then placed close to the vine,
and the whole inclosed with mosquito
netting, giving the bees about 800
cubic feet of space in which to work.
- WA EEhCpIf "COAAucu Will lAC
grapes just 81 days, and in the mean
Time were not allowed to get any other
1000 to eat except the grapes, and what
they already had stored in the hive.
AT the end of three weeks they were
removed and the grapes carefully ex-
ahmed, but it could not be discovered
mat single grape had been injured.
Inc natural inference is that if the
Dees could not be induced to eat the
grapes when kept in close confinement
with them, they are not liable to in
Jure them when at liberty to seek
such food as they like best. We all
know that certain wasps will cut the
skin of grapes, and I have always held
TO the opinion that the wasp was the
culprit which first opens the door for
the bees to get in. The opinion has
been confirmed the past season by see
ing two species of the genus Polsites
light on the grapes and with their
sharp jaws tear open the skin and
suck the juice. After this was done
the honey bees would usually finish
the work. In fact, it would be a very
stupid bee that would not avail itself
OF such an opportunity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

AS the two lines came within range the
battle would begin, and each ship
steer for it's chosen opponent. AS the
two lines actually met and passed
through each other the terrific bonn
bardment at close quarters would
doubtless send many ships to the bot
tom. .l.
The steel turrets are capable of de-
fecting the heaviest shots that strike
them at an angle; but there is always
chance of one of these gigantic 13-inch
shells coming aboard with a down.
ward rake that no armor ever invented
could withstand and literally ripping
out the victims vitals or firing her
magazine. Moreover, here and there
a torpedo, sent stealthily under the
waves, would reach it's aim, and a.
first-class battleship would go down
before this unseen but irresistible on
ponent. And the blind crunching of
the relentless ram would account for
Others
The remainder would pass on. The
majority of these would turn to repeat
the vancouver from the opposite d.
rection. But some, though still able to
float, would be too much shattered to
fight. Their steering-gear might be so
damaged that they could not turn
about. Or they might have to drift off
helplessly out of the mae]strom of
ruin, the sport of wind and current,
A few days tinkering would repair
some of these so far that they would be
able to reach port. And the world
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
Wine In Paper.

.z i = 2 < f 49, y i
The biggest item of incidental loss
in ocean traffic during the stormy sea-
sons Of the year is that Of breakage in
the wine stores. No matter how Sc
curely the bottles are fixed in the bins
a particularly heavy sea striking the
ship in a certain spot or continued roll
ing and pitching will cause great loss
in costly wines that were never in
tended to wash the floor or the walls.
A French firm is going to do away with
this old-time source Of annoyance and
complaint. After years of experiment
ing it has succeeded in manufacturing
a paper bottle which will not break and
which has the advantages Of the ordin-
airy glass bottle. In the home, too, such
bottles would be highly appreciated.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
T,ifted nv Kites.

Military officers are interested in the
experiments of Lieutenant Wise, at
Governors Island in New York harbor,
to determine the value of kites as a
means Of getting an elevated point Of
view from which to observe the oper-
ations Of an enemy in the field. BY en-
ploying four large kites Of a peculiar
pattern, the united pulling power Of
which was 400 pounds when the wind
blew Is miles an hour, lieutenant Wise
recently had himself lifted, with a ring
and tackle attached to the kite rope,
to a height Of about 40 feet from the
ground, and there he remained for some
time, leisurely examining the surround
ing country with a field glass.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
SleeD.

Sleep. ,35~
The composure of mind which it is
desirable to secure as a harbinger of
sleep is promoted by allowing time,
before retiring to rest, for the subsi-
dence of all enforced mental activity.
There should be at least an hours
interval between work, no matter what
it may be, and sleep, for if work be
pushed up to the last moment, sleep
will be driven away, or will be, in it's
first and most precious stages, broken
and undressing. To turn resolute-
ly from work at a fixed hour and plunge
for little time into a novel or a news
paper, game or music, will often
make all the difference between bad
and a good nights rest. Position
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
Rural Free Delivers

Just before the adjournment of con-
;gress Postmaster-Gener Wilson sent
in special report upon the result OF
free mail delivery experiments in rural
districts during the months of Deem
her and January last. The system was
tried at forty-two postofices in twenty
states, and the average cost per piece
of mail matter handled was 1.54 cents.
The postmasters and the patrons Of
the postoffices were unanimous in their
approval of the plan; but the Posts
master-General estimated that the SER
vice could not be extended over the
entire country except at an enormous
ecnfit-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
Hats Locked for Safety.

A Waterbury Comm genius has had
his hat stolen or exchanged so often
that he set his wits at work and has
evolved hat rack for hotels or other
semi-public places which effectively
prevents theft. It consists Of an oak
cabinet, with brass mountings, SINH
lar to the hat-rack used in large ho-
tells, except that there is a separate
compartment for each hat. When a
person comes into the hotel he places
b his hat in one of the compartments
and pulls down in front of it slide
similar to that Of roller-top desk.
This releases the key, which is other
wise fastened in the lock, and he puts
lit in his pocket. On leaving the hotel
he unlocils his hat, the slide springs
up to its place again and there you
are. z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

ply because they did not agree with him
that their mother was termagant for
having made away with the dog. Now
the young man is living away from
home and the daughter is doing house
work in an Ann Arbor family. The
wife continues to bear the burden Of
her husbands temper, but with her
there is talk Of divorce. And during
all this the dog sleeps on under a
mound in the butchers back yard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
COASTING IN ALPS
HUGE ToBoGGAN SLIDE OVER
TWO MILES IN LENGTH.
The Entire Course Full of Dangers
Racing Down the Perilous incline Is q
Favorite Sport with the Initiated
Speed Races Held Weekly.

HE steeplechase
course Of the to-
bogganing world is
a twisting, winding
mountain path
an icy incline
three-quarters of a
mile long, with a
descent of over 600
feet-running from
st. Moritz, in the
valley of the Swiss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

Greece is a little larger than one.halt
8of Pennsylvania.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15

10 not let the manure accumulate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-24

"Sumptuous?" repeated the legitimate
actor his eyes glistening with enthusl-
asm. why. 10 was the most sumptu-
Gus Shakespcarean presentation 1 ever
sevy III Won will believe me- they aCtu-
ally had two ghosts IN Hamlet. DE-
trOlt Journal
colonel Carter. OF Kentucky i re,
said Ole young woman.
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne; he re-
minds me OF a branded peach. wash
lngton Star.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26
Inherited
Blood Taint.

Here Is a case Of inherited blood faint
which resulted in what threatened to be
a complete wreck Of an innocent young
life. The most serious feature of being
afflicted with a blood disease Is the fact
that innocent posterity must suffer. The
man or woman with the slightest faint
in the blood forces the undesirable leg
acy Of impurity upon their children
whose veins flow with the impure inner
itance which ~handieaps them In the race
of life.
No child who has a trace of bad blood
can b. healthy or strong, and those pre-
disposed to Scrofula are liable to a great
deal of sickness, because their constitu-
tons are weak ami cannot Withstand the
many dangers which beset the path Of
childhood. Medical statistics show that
a majority of lung troubles result directly
from Scrofula, so that a child afflicted
with this disease Is likely to fall a vic
tim to dreaded consumption.
Mr.. w. A. Clayton, Of Addie, N. c.,
believes S.S.S. is the only blood remedy
which can have any effect whatever
upon obstinate ca tes. He says
"My three-year-old boy had the worst
case of Scrofula I eve heard Of. He
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Bob Fitzsimmons denies the report
that he is soon to sign articles for a
fight with Corbett.
j. A. Coons, well known horseman,
was stricken with paralysis at Lex
ington, Ky. VIII probably die.
Berlin newspapers deny that there is
any foundation for the rumor that the
United States will interfere in the Kiao-
chau affair.
Samuel Parsloe was arrested at st.
Scholastique, Quebec, charged with
killing Isadore Foirier. Foirier's wild
ow is held as an accomplice.
It is said that Professor Theodore
Mommsen, the eminent German jurisi
and historian, will be given the title
Of excellency IN his S0th birthday
which will fall on the last day of TIN.
month.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26
TO FLY TO KIONDIKR.
The Aerial Navigation Company Pro-
poses to Carry Passengers.

Inc tAtilhl N"uNlGillol company IEo7
poses to Carry Passengers.
San Francisco, Nov. 26. - Hiram S
Maxim, superintendent Of construction
of the Atlantic and Pacific Aerial Navi-
cation company, that the
company now has in course of con-
struction an airship in which 1t is ex-
pected to make the trip to the Klondike,
He said:
when everything necessary is on
board the ship win weigh 5000 pounds
and we shall take on board about one
ton weight Of passengers and provis-
ions. The space occupied will be LOG, 0OC
cubic feet. The propelling power will
be a 16-horse power naphtha engine,
which will be made out of aluminium,
as far as that metal can be used, and
will weigh complete 900 pounds. The
gasoline win be stored in tanks in the
cases, which win contain a sufficient
quantity to drive the vessel around the
earth without replenishing the tanks.
The skin of the ship will be double, and
the intermediate space filled with hy-
drogen gas. This gas will be confined
in separate compartments and will be
in the upper part Of the cylinder n IL
the cones"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26
THE DRHYFUs CONSPIRACY.

Eminent English Lawyer Engaged TO
save the Imprisoned Frenchman.
Berlin, Nov. 26.-The Frankfort Eel
tung says that the family of former
Captain Alfred Dreyfus, now In exile
and Imprisonment on the isle of Diable,
of the coast of French Guiana, charged
with having sold French secret military
data TO a foreign government, engaged
Sir George Lewis, the eminent london
lawyer, to discover II possible the au-
thor Of the memorandum upon which
Dreyfus was convicted. cir George is
said to have got upon the track of the
Comte de Esterhazy through the agency
of an American lady, who, through a
porter of the German embassy in Paris,
learned that the German officials talk
ed of the infamy of the conviction of
Dreyfus, and of the necessity Of inform
ing Emperor William.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26

Savunn. n, NOV. 26.-An unknown
negro was killed by lynchers near
Blacksheart yesterday afternoon, his
body being literally riddled by bullets.
The negro outraged Miss Rebie Davis,
the 17-year-old daughter of Eli Davis,
a farmer living seven miles north of
Blaclsheart, while she was alone in
her home.
waycross, Ca, Nov. 26.-Jerry John
son, a negro, was lynched last even
ing by a mob near Screven. He was
in charge Of officers and was being
taken to jail at Jessup. The negroes
body was perforated with bullets. He
was charged with stealing a mule.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26

WEDDING fees have caused some
thing of a scandal at Cumberland
Md, or, il not the fees. the division
of them. Itseems that certain clergy
men there have been i'm the habit of
paying hackmen for every couple
from across the state line that may
be brought to them, and the result
has been the establishment of a regu-
lar system of what amounted to little
less than blackmail. The local
Ministerial Association has taken the
matter up, and every parson in the
place will soon be asked to sign a
promise to pay no tips to drivers for
bringing custom Of this kind