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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

cheering skill and pccuniary outlay.
1t is expected that the section be-
tween Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk, the
Eastern Siberian capital, will be COM
pleted by the end of 1897.
Like the Tran Caspian line to Sarma-
cand, the Trans Siberian ailway was
decided upon with very little prelimi-
nary discussion or inyestigat ion. Alex
ander Ill. simply wrote, II let there be
"a line" and a line there is, every day
more rapidly approaching completion.
Like the Trans Caspian line, also,
which has now hand ed over to Russia
the Persian and Afghanistan markets.
the Trans Siberian railway is expected
to yield stimulating trading tenden-
.cy in the Eastern empire. There is
hardly a doubt that the impulse to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

the young man must enter the klDltki,
where the bride is Gated and take her
out, although both entrance and exit
are feebly opposed by all her female
friends. This is probably a remnant
of the old primitive custom when mar
riage was an act of capture.
The present development of Russian
railway enterprises is one Of the most
significant features Of the day, and is
the direct outcome Of the French reap
prochement. French loans are now
providing the sineWs of war for a re-
crudescence of Russian activity in
Asia, aimed, of course, at England's
commercial prospects in the far East.
The progress of the trans-Siberian
railway, however, is the point that ex-
cites chief interest, especially as the
marked attention paid to Ii Hung
Chang during his recent visit to st.
Petersburg clearly demonstrates that
the route will lie via the open country
and easy gradients which Manchuria
can boast thus affording increased ia
cilities for the opening up of the short
est possible main route between Eu-
rope and the Pacific, between st. Pc
tersburg and Pekin. ,....
The Trans-Siberian railway, at the
time of my recent visit, was open to
general traffic as far as the Obi river,
a distance Of 1872 miles Cheliabinsk,
the eastern terminus fthe European
railway system, and 1856 miles beyond
the Siberian city of Omsk but with the
favor of Prince Hillkoff the Russian
minister Of ways and communications,
was able to continue my rail jour-
ney beyond the Obi river, over the par
tially-completed division to Krasno-
yarsk. The formal opening of the last
division, which, as Prince Hillkof in
forms me, is to take place at the end
of the year, will at last establish 4
continual rail communication between
st. Petersburg and the greatest Of the
Siberian waterways-the Yenesei riv-
er. OF the three large bridges which
are to be constructed along the line up
to this point, the one across the Irish
has already been built and in use for
oyer year., while those across the
Obi itself and it's eastern branches are
expected to be completed by the end of
1897. The building Of the bridge over
the Yenesei. the largest along the line,
was formally commenced Sept. / of
the present year.
Over the steppe and undulating coun-
try which lies between the Urals and
the Yenesei river, the construction OF
the Trans-Siberian railway has been
comparatively easy and inexpensive &
am informed about 1880 per mile),
but the mountainous regions from
Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk and from Lake
Baikal to the AmoOr river. where sep
| arate sections of the line are now
| building, are requiring much more en-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
America Still Ahead.

Russia is a very large country, and,
with Siberia's immense area included,
the size of the United States suffers in
comparison with her. One Of her
newspapers has Wanted the transport
ing of Il whole town some forty odd
miles along a frozen river "a herfto-
fore unknown feat, as it c1aims) the
object Of the removal being to place
the town among some hills that lend
themselves admirably to the purpose
of fertilization, thus securing a yalua-
BILE military station. 1t will undoubt-
edly be quite feat to accomplish such
a task. and if the Russian engineers
find any hitch in their plans, they can
surmount the difficulties by reference
to similar undertaking successfully
accomplished in the State Of Illinois,
namely, the moving Of the town Of
Nauvoo over a frozen river. In the
course of three winters this was done,
and seven hundred houses were. trans
ported, and new town, now a pros.
porous place, was established. The
Russian newspapers can boast of the
great work of moving one Of their
towns: but it is a pleasure to know
that the United States long ago antici-
pated them in such matters.-1 arpers
Round Table.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
A Short bear Story.

Is It was my fortune to spend the first
twenty years Of my life in a region
where black bears were quite nulner-
GUS. Our little community was often
thrown into excitement by the discov-
cry that bruin had been engaged in
some bcfOre-unheartl-of mischief, and
not infrequently We're all the men and
boys in the neighborhood mustered to
surround a piece Of woods and capture
a bear that was known to be there hid
den away. Some Of these occasions
We're full of excitement and danger,
and maybe l shall some time tell
about them; but just now want to re-
late an experience with bear that
happened when l was thirteen years
old tx,,1 Nj. Is
1t was part of my business in sum
mer time to drive the COWS to pasture
every morning and home every night.
Like most boys, however, I liked to
play a little too we'll, and sometimes it
would be very late before the cattle
would be safely shut up for the night.
One day I had played} a little longer
than usual after school. and when I
reached home it was almost sunset. 1
persuaded playmate of my OWN age
to accompany me, and started for the
pasture. 1t was something more than
half a mile away, and in getting to it
we passed down an old road which
was now partially unused. But bare
foot boys are nimble fellows, and be-
fore it was dark we were at the bars
of the pasture. There stood the cows,
as usual, waiting patiently for some
one to come for them, and a little way
out from there We're the young cattle
in a group. Down went the bars, and
the cows started out, when all at once
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Shoes. with stoves in The EN-.

An effective means Of warming the
feet has been, patented in Germany:
The inventor calls it 'heatable Shoes
Within the heel Of the shoe, which is
followed out, there is a receptacle for
a glowing substance, similar to that
used in the Japanese hand-warmers,
says the Popular Science News. Be
tween the soles, imbedded in asbestos
covers, is a rubber bag, which is filled
with water. The water is heated and
as it circulates while the weaIer Of the
shoe is walking it keeps the surface of
the foot warm. A small safety valve
is provided so that the bag cannot
burst. The warmth given by this sole
never rises above 20 degrees Fahren-
heit, and will last about eight hours
The sole is slightly thicker than that
Of Wet-Weather boot.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Dust ana Pulm onary Diseases

Worl1men exposed to metallic and
mineral dust are likely to be the great
est sufferers from this potent agency
Of mischief. It has long been known
that dust coming from the polishing Of
steel and the filing Of cast iron has a
particularly destructive action upon
the respiratory organs OF the mineral
dusts, that oftgranltc is the most cut
ting and dangerous to the lungs. Veg
etable dust coming from articles used
in weaving, especially flax, hemp, jute
and cotton, is also to be carefully
avoided, as it often causes fatal chest
troubles and consumption. Chest dis
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
A Boy at Dancin: School.

Another serious trial to The Boy
was dancing school. In the first place,
he could not turn around without be-
coming dizzy, and in the second place
he could not learn the steps to turn
round with; and in the third place,
when he did dance, he had to dance
with a girl! There was not a boy in
all Charraud's, or in all DodWorth's,
who could escort a girl back to her
seat after the dance was over, in bet
ter time, or make his "thank-you" bow
with less delay. His own voluntary
terpischorean effort at a party was the
march to supper; and the only steps he
took with anything like success was
during the promenade in the Lancers.
In 'hands-all-round' he invariably
started with the wrong hand; and if
in the set there were girls big enough
ito wear long dresses, he Lever failed
to tear such out at the gathers. If any
body fell down, it was always The
Boy; and if anybody bumped into any
body else, The Boy was always the
bumper, unless his partner could hold
him up and steer him straight
Boy / Knew by Laurence Barton, in
st. Nicholas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Family of Kittens ana squirrels.

Family Of Kittens ana Squirrels.
On the farm of Amos M. Collins,
near cambridge, Ohio, dwells a most
curiously-assorted family, presided
over by a demure house cat. Several
weeks ago Tabby gave birth to a pair
Of healthy kittens. When old enough
to get about they went on foraging
expedition in a wood near by, accom-
panied by their mother. In their jour-
ney they discovered a gray squirrels
nest in which two young squirrels lay
sleeping. The curiosity of the kittens
was aroused, and they soon made
friends with the squirrels. and, while
the mother sat contentedly on a log,
kittens and squirrels enjoyed a frolic.
When it finally became dusk the cat
quickly took one Of the squirrels in her
mouth and carried it to the farm, re
turning for the other one in few min
utes. The squirrels are now safely
housed with the kittens, and the eat
watches over the children Of her adop-
ton as carefully as over her own off
spring.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

construct the Trans Siberian railway
line was largely derived from the sue
cessful completion Of the Canadian
Pacific railway, and it's subsequent de-
velopment Of the British North Ameri-
can possessions; for, in many respects,
Siberia is to Russia whats Canada is to
England-a great landed heritage, full
Of magnificent resources, only waiting
to be eveloped.--London Graphic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

"A Victim of Circumstances.
'.How was it that Mrs. Westend was
run down by a bicycle in broad day.
light?'' ss
20, the man who rode the machine
didn't belong to her set, and Mrs. West
end positively couldn't see him. you
| knoM.""-AnsWers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Too Expressive a Nam

Smiley Guess: that Dew coal dealer
down the street vii. have to change
his name if he expects people to patron
izt. him.
Bangs Why? VIII is his name?
Smiley Lyttletell. Some people.
night not notice it, nut I'm afraid
most people would shy at a name like
that on a coal dealers sign. rs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

We Did Not Look Back n Second
Time.
there was great confusion among the
young cattle. They ran in every direc-
ton, and appeared terribly frightened
at something.
In moment we saw what it was. A
large black bear was coming across the
pasture near them I don't suppose he
meant to- trouble the cattle, but that
was his nearest way to pass from the
view, and he happened to come along
there just as we did. -
It required no long council of war
for us to decide to retreat as fast as
possible, and, taking the road, we
made the best time we could until we
came to the top Of little hill. Here,
we mustered up courage to stop and
look behind us. But there was the
bear, coming right up the road after
us. We did not look back a second
time, you may be sure, but in very
few moments we burst into my faith
ers kitchen, and, when we could get
breath, exclaimed: "a b-a bear A
great, big, black bear chased us, and
he's coming right up hcre!'
All that night we dreamed of bears
The cows did not come home, nor did
the bear come after us, as we expected
he would; but when father went down
the next morning he found the bears
tracks in the road, and. following them
up, he found where the old fellow had
entered the corn held and taken his
supper. Shortly afterward he was
shot near the same place.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Cntsup-A Mistake.

One day, a good many years ago, a
cook in a big preserving factory made
a bad mistake. And that mistake was
catsup-the odd-sounding name being
applied on the spot by the angry man
ager. " 3D.. 49,,
The cook, so the story goes, had been
up all the night before at a party. He
was dull and cross and sleepy the next
morning, and when he came to mix
one of the big kettles of Adams ap-
ples-for that was the name given in
those days to tomatoes-he accidental
ly put the wrong box Of spices and
other ingredients into the boiling mass.
Not long afterward the manager came
shifting down the room and discovered
the error. Ordinary tomato preserves
never smelled like that. When he
tasted the mixture he smacked his lips,
puckered his mouth and made a WY
face over the bitter-sweet and now IA
Immediately swung off the fire by the
frightened cook, who expected to be
discharged on the spot.
'Well,' he said, with a rueful ex-
preston on his face, the cats up. :"
meaning, by the slang term. that the
tomatoes had been spoiled.
But the taste Of the mixture still lin
gered in the managers palate.
Il wonder how that would taste on a
slice of roast beef" he said to himself,
and that very day he tried it.
The result was such that the manag-
or ordered the kettleful of the mixture
bottled up and placed on the market,
where it became popular at once.
And thus catsup and it's name was
discovered at the same time-and u
mistake did it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Grant. Game of Mumble-the-Peg.

Grants Game of Mum BILE the-Peg
A favorite game of the boys Of John
ID. Whites subscription school, al
Georgetown, was mumblc-the-peg.
Grant couldn't play the game very
sllllfully, and the peg always got a
few clandestine ticks every time he
was to pull ii" says lMcClnre's Maya
zine. "On one occasion it was driven
in so deep that the boys thought Lys
would never get it out. He set to work
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
HOW Uncle Spoke in School.


When quite a small boy my uncle
was asked to speak in school, it being
the custom in those days for some of
the scholars to electrify the school and
visitors each week with grand decla-
NATIONS, usually from Shakespeare, or
with compositions from their own i'm
agiDative minds nearly always about
"Spring" or ''The Beautiful Snow
My uncle decided that it should be a
big piece" and, Furthermore, that no
one should help him either in the Sc
lection or rehearsal. So after many
days Of study in the privacy Of his
own chamber, it was with pride and
satisfaction that he stepped to the
platform, and, bowling in the direction
Of his loving relatives and the assem-
bled school, he waved one hand ma
jestically. Then lie put out the right
leg and shouted at the top Of his little
lungs:
"Half leg half a leg"
Here he was interrupted with shouts
of laughter. Looking around in bewil-
derment for a moment, he again put
out his foot with:
HALF Il leg, half leg onward
into the valley of death rode the six
hundred.' He was once more silenced
by the gale Of mirth around him. And
it was amid the laughter of the school
and much confusion on his part that
he made 4 painful bow and reiterated
before the gathering tears had a
chance to fall. And all the persuasion
in the world could never again induce
4: him to speak '"The Charge Of the Light
Brigade. Agnes Marie Mather in the
Chicago Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
MarvelS Of the Ocean.

The makers Of ancient maps were
accustomed to introduce pictures free
ly. In deserts there would be draw
ings Of lions, and along rivers they
made ''riverhorses," which is the
meaning of the Greek words that We're
put together to make up "hippopota-
mus" AS for the oceans, they were
filled UP with any queer monsters that
came to hand. OF course, these pict-
ures helped to hide great spaces that
would otherwise have been left star
ing blanks .,
Besides, men understood very little
about the strange happenings in the
world around them, and invented fairy
tales to explain these mysteries. It is
not remarkabl then, that so late as
Columbus time his sailors did not at
all like to think of sailing westward
into the unknown ocean, full of fabu-
lous creatures and magic happenings.
even with all that wise and studjous
men have learned since, there is still
enough to be met with in a long ocean
voyage to excite wonder and alarm.
Sailors may see auroras, the strange
Northern Lights the cause of which
is even now little more than guessed
at; they may be surrounded with water
spouts, which are not entirely eX-
planned as yet; they may meet ''tidaT'
Chat is, earthquake waves) that rise
from thirty to sixty feet, Or even more,
above the surface; they may be
amazed by ST Elmo's fire. the
sparkling flames that play about masts
and rigging; they may behold light
ming in globe form, sheet flashes OF
forked bolts; they are sure to sail
through the phosphorescence that has
but lately been traced to animal life.
Then, too, storms and Gains, fogs and
moonlight, bring strange sights. Al
together, the ocean is wonderland
that has new marvels every day; the
very color of the sea is hardly twice
the same Mirrors Of Air" bp Tudor
jerks, in St. Nicholas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-11
A Party Gone Mad.
answer.

The WARM summer season is coming on and
the Democrats have little to do but gather in
the weapons their enemies are so freely supply
ing them. 1t seems to us that party never
before marched so deliberately to it's overwhelm-
ing overthrow as the Republicans are now do
ing. They have had full measure of power
and ample opportunity to use it, but they have
done nothing but tinker up ridiculous tariff,
keep the business of the country unsettled and
grind their own particular axes. The great and
crying need of the country, currency reform,
has not been touched.
The financial condition of the Union has not
been improved particle and the discomfort of
the people has increased, and justly increased.
The great Republican majorites of last sum-
mer are melting like snow under a summer sun.
If Bryan were running against Mckinley to-
day he would sweep the country.
Meanwhile the silver sentiment is steadily
widening and strengthening. This opinion is
confirmed by all our correspondents and by the
letters are receiving from subscribers The
Republicans seem to be blind to the fast-risinp
tide of public opinion against them. Perhaps
it is another exempli6caton or the truth of the
old proverb that whom the gods would DESTROY
they first make mad.-N. Y. World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-11
WARE AND PROHIBlTI1N.

Eugene Ware has again broken loose. This
time, Mr.. Ware is 'ferninst' prohibition. 1t
will be recalled that he made speech to the
school children of Topeka, in which he advo-
Gated war. Mr.. Ware, being man, can
consistently be an "inteinperance" man War;
and intemperance, are the greatest forces EN-
ployed by devils and men to arrest and destroy
civilization and render the human race unhappy.
Mr. Ware may not just be straight-out anti
temperance man, but, somehow, the anti pro-
hibitionist and the ant-temperance man are
closely associated and people naturally think
that the man who favors saloons also favors in
Temperance. This may not be fair at all times
and in all cases, but, inasmuch as the anti-pro-
hibitonst has never suggested remedy for in
temperance, he is open to the charge of favor
ing it. Mr. Ware is open to the charge of ia
voring ntemperance, and all the more so be-
cause he objects to momls i'll politics.
Obieclug to morals in politics is an old
chestnut mouldy, and worm-eaten ingalls, is
a noted example of the man who does not be-
leve in political morals or purity in parties.
Ingalls is a back number.
All III mighty hosts of liquor manufactar
ers, Wholesale and retail dealers will endorse
Mr.. Ware just as all the big bosses and the
little bosses endorsed Mr.. ingalls,; but, as there
are more people who are not bosses than who
are, so are there more people VIII oare not inter
ested in the sale of liquor than who are
Sf-.nte est, if nothing else, will tell in the
long run. Mothers are finding out that it does
not pay to raise boys to be slaughtered on the
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battlefield. They also finding out that it
does not pay to raise boys to feed the Unsuitable
NAV of the liquor dealers and manufacturers.
The American woman is not back number.
She believes in morals in politics and purity of
parties. To what else can she pin her faith?
Without morals in politics-in government
woman is the plaything of debased men.
There are no morals in politics il Turkey,
Egypt or India---a very little manhood and ne
lea. There are lots and lots of men who are
not ashamed to think as think their mothers,
wives and daughters, and who will contest every
inch of ground for morals in our government
and purity i'll our political parties. 1t cannot
be otherwise. Aside from the influence of wo-
men, our government is founded on the highest
ethics. Liberty, and happiness belong to NOR
ais. Are the statutes that thou shalt not steal
murder or commit purgery moral statutes?
Barring trusts, corporations and money syn
dcates, and particularly barring the liquor
traffic, our government is all moral. Eugene
Ware cannot change its morals, nor can his CO.
laborers. Logically, morals prohibitive.
There is not, there cannot be, any morals in
high license if intemperance is wrong.
Everybody who knows anything about the
question knows that prohibition aims to strike
down intemperance and its conconlitant evils.
If ntemperance and its attendant crime and
poverty evil, license of any kind is i'm
moral. Morality makes no compromises. It
is either yea or nay. License may claim ex-
pediency and revenue, but right or morals,
never. In the long run, prohibition will win,
because it is both moral and logical.
We cannot be forced to abandon our claim to
a moral government If expediency or revenue
admits the license of one evil, the door is open
to all evils, on similar grounds. There is
principle involved-a principle that certainly
belongs to government. We are face to face
with the great question of the liquor evil just
as we'll as the financial and other questions.
1t is only high moral plane that any ma.
ton has advanced in the direction of high
civilization. We are at the parting of the
ways. Shall we have morality, or immortality?
Further advances, certain retrogression.
action in the near future will
answer.