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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12

man, With those cultured manners that
are Irresistible. BY some strange fate
she was in the town where he was
born-beautiful Helen.
AS the soldier spoke of her John took
heart. She was alive and well and
waiting for him, he knew. A new
light came to his eyes, he moved once
more among his stricken brethren with
words of cheer. He could do so little
for them and his heart yearned and re-
belled in turn.
At last, lie was exchanged, but fever
contracted in the vile prison prevented
his going north at once. They thought
he would die His father came to him.
When he opened his eyes his fathers
face met his questioning glance. To
his bosom his father drew that curly
head. He smothered the sunken cheeks
as tears fell on the face Of his only
child. All his life John was thankful
for those days that drew them so close
together in such tender love.
Some one is waiting for us in the
old home, John, dear. I have been
Ald1 l1CO. DSd1 IVY, o1O Joo 6ie1o'
John smiled. He was glad. His own
mother he could not remember and
when he went away from home his
father would, indeed, be lonely.
They took him right up to bed when
they brought him home. He lay there
sleeping, when suddenly he heard
slight rustic near him. He opened his
eyes and saw lady bending over him.
A tall, graceful lady, with brown hair
and blue eyes that rivaled, her own
southern skies.
Helen" John whispered, "you were
good to come"
His father entered before she could
speak.
awake, Jackie? How is the boy?
This is your new mother.
He threw his arm around her and
drew her toward the bed. John looked
at her and turned away.
1--WE are going to have blow, John.
Wouldn't you better turn in?'' Capt.
Austin came forward and threw his
arm about Johns shoulders. Starting
up John looked into the face he loved
best on earth. 1t was the face of her
child.
Why she had married his father nc
one but John ever knew. She had told
him the night she laid her baby in his
arms-when with her head on his
breast, leaning against the heart that
loved her so, she sobbed forth her story
AS John stopped and kissed her she
knew he understood.
Thus she had died, with his name
and his kiss upon her lips.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
NOT AFRAID OF MICE,

Typewriter in New York Works Daily
with One Perched on Her Machine.
Not all women are afraid of mice
One of them who is not is typewriter
in a downtown office and pet mouse
is her constant companion when she
is at her work. He is a neat, trim,
well-fed little fellow, who sits atop of
her machine in the cunningest way,
seeming to enjoy the click of the keys
and particularly the clang of the bell,
says New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times. The young lady
says that by some means the Office boy
fastened the mouse up in the machine
one night and that she found it there
the next morning perched on the roller,
frightened and hungry. She gave him
bit of the cheese that she had brought
for her luncheon and made the little
fellow understand that she was good
friends with him. So from that day
to this he has slept in the machine
every night and seems now to know
and to want no other home. So at
tached has the young lady become to
her queer little pet that she says he is
her mascot and that she would not
know how to type her notes without
the bright little companion who has
been with her SO long.
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Bobbie and the dog were observed in
the garden, the boy busily engaged in
digging a hole with the fire shovel he
had surreptitiously distracted from the
cooks quarters. His air was very mys-
ferrous and the dog seemed to assume
extra vigilance as he oversaw the oper-
atoms. For a long time the child dug
away at the soft sod. Finally he
seemed to be satisfied with the dimen-
sions, and together he and the dog hur-
rled to the pump in the rear yard. In
short time they had the hole full of
water. Then Bobbie, taking the ODE
dent old dog by the collar, led him
sedately to the hole, and, Selling his
head and shoulders as he had seen his
father do with the candidates at bap-
tism, he soused the animals head into
the pit. AS it came up dripping Bobbie
calculated with evident Triumph: "In
the name of the Father and of the Son
and-in the hole you go!"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
Baptized the St. Bernard.

Bobbie is years old and the son of
a prominent Twin Cities clergyman
now resident in Chicago, who is noted
for his eloquence and the impressive
manner Of his baptisms. Being an ex-
ponent of the Baptist faith the baptisms
we're, of course, by immersion. The
church was an especially popular one
and the ceremony was a frequent event.
1t always excited the child's interest
to lively degree.
Bobbie was an exceptionally preco-
cious youngster and was nothing il
not original. He would watch his
father immense the candidates and
would listen attentively. to the words.
"In the name of the Father and of the
Son and Of the Holy Ghost which the
pastor employed. This formula both
cred Bobbie. He asked many ques-
tons upon the subject, but never seem
ed to find the explanation that salts
fed him. One Of Boobies prime favor
ties and his constant playfellow was a
huge st. Bernard noted for his beauty
end intelligence. Early one morning
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
ODD THINGS AND TRUE,

In Japan coins are generally Of iron,
and in Siam they are chiefly Of porce-
lain.
The estimate of the number of tramps
in the United States varies between
10000 and 10000. :.
1t is claimed that Lake Erie pro-
duces more fish to the square mile than
any body of water in the world.
The right hand, which is more SEN
sitive to the touch than the left. Is Tess
sensitive than the latter to the effect
of heat or cold. ~
Jealousy of the first husband of the
widow he had married drove French
man to kill his wife and then himself
recently in Paris.
~ A paper church at Bergen, Norway,
which seats 1000 persons, is water
PROCEED with solution of lime, milk
and the whites Of eggs.
Bean fever has been added to the list
of epidemics like hay fever and rose
fever by German doctor, who has
christened his discovery 'Favismus."
His cure for the disease is to keep away
from bean-felds
Villa Achilleion, at Corfu, which the
Empress of Austria has abandoned is
likely to be bought from her by the
Byron society and to be turned into an
orphanage for Greek children as me,
mortal of Lord Byron.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
A BEAR FAMILY ON A SPREE
Mother Bruin and Her Cubs Discovered
$50 Drunk by an Adirondack Guide.

Mother Bruin and Her Cubs Discovered
Drunk by an Adirondack Guide.
John S. Early, an old Adirondack
guide, recently had an experience on
the Fulton Chain that will keep him
in good humor during the whole sum
mer. A week ago while returning on
snow shoes from Fourth lake, he heard
a commotion in a. lumber camp. Creep
ing to a. window he saw a sight that
caused him to doubt his senses. Three
bears, a mother and two cubs, were in
the room of the shanty. One of the
cubs lay in stupor on the floor. The
other cub was struggling to its feet,
and the old bear was cavorting about
the room. She fell over the cubs,
poked them with her nose and stop
ping now and then licked the floor
where three bottles lay. The bears were
apparently crazy, and Early, having
only revolver and knife, decided to
bring help and kill or capture them.
He went to the Bold Mountain hotel,
on Third lake, and returned with two
men, to find that the bears had left
the place. Then Early found that three
bottles of raw alcohol had been broken.
The bears had been on a drunk. Lum-
bermen in that region drink alchol di-
luted with water. The men had left
the camp for trip down to Old Forge
and the bears had broken the door
down and after ransacking the place
and it's supplies, had discovered the
drink, and the first spree of the animals
had followed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
PrecOcious Ellen West.

Little Ellen West, aged 8 years and
a resident Of Hyde Park, is inclined to
be philosophical. She is constant at
tendant at church, and very frequently
accompanies her parents to lectures at
the university. Not long ago she be-
gan to study into the natures of some
of her small playmates Certain &C
lions of one of her friends puzzled her
greatly, and she finally astonished her
mother by the following observation:
Mamma, I believe that Marion is
very tickle. When have candy or am
riding my bicycle she pretends to think
a great deal of me, but at other times
she won't hardly look at me. Isn't
that what Professor -- meant the
other day when he said: Laugh and
the world laughs with you; weep and
you weep alone?'"
Mrs. West assured Ellen that she had
seized upon a great truth.
The same Ellen attends the Ray
school on Fifty-seventh street. One
month her standing was very low, and
her father demonstrated with her. She
was duly impressed by the force of his
remarks, and the next month brought
home better report. Her father was
pleased, but not wanting Ellen to cease
her industrious efforts he was rather
scant in his praise. This tried the
little girl sorely, and, turning from
him, with tears in her eyes, she said:
Papa, you forget that heaven is not
reached at a single bound"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
"A Peculiar Fish.

Lying limp and dry, on a fshmong-
er's slab, the turbot is perhaps the least
interesting Of fish. When swimming
IN an artificial sea, or lying on the
sandy bottom, it is the most attractive
OF all the denizens of this mock ocean,
and, whether at rest or in motion, has
an air Of vigilance, vivacity and in
telligence greater than that of any
normally shaped fish. This is in part
due to his habits, and in part to the
expression of the fiat fish's eye This,
which is sunk and invisible in the dead
fish, is raised on a kind of turret in
the living turbot, or sole, and set there
in half revolving apparatus, work
ing almost as independently as the
ball and socket" eyes of the chame-
leon. There is this difference, how
ever, in the eye of the lizard and of
the fish-the iris of the chameleon is
mere p1nhole at the top of the eye
ball, which is thus absolutely without
expression. The turbot's eyes are
black and gold, and intensely bright,
with none of the fixed, staring, stupid
NppSoAs%ASSS VI uSu6S eyes.
1t lies upon the sand and jerks it's eyes
independently into position to survey
any part of the ground surface and the
water above or that on any side at any
angle. If it had light rays to project
from it's eyes instead of to receive, the
effect would be precisely that made by
the sudden shifting of the jointed ap-
paratus which casts the electric light
from warship at any angle on the sea,
sky or horizon.
The turbots, though ready, graceful
swimmers, moving in wavelike undu-
lations across the water, or dashing off
like flash when so disposed, usually
lie perfectly still upon the bottom.
They do not, like the founders, cover
themselves with sand, for they mimic
the color of the ground with such abb
.solute fidelity that, except for the shin
ing eye, it is almost impossible to dis
tinguish them. 1t would appear that
volition plays some part in this subtle
conformity to environment, for one
turbot, which is blind, has changed a
!. tint too light, and not at all in harmony
with that of the sand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
The Drinking Habits of Animals.

Tame rabbits are commonly kept
without water; but they may be seen
licking the bars of their hutch after
shower and drink eagerly when they
have the chance. Most other rodents.
including rats, are thirsty creatures.
The only animals living in very dry
places which seem able to do entirely
without drink are snakes and reptiles.
In the cold desert of shifting said in
Kashgar there were no reptiles. and
not even a fly. But the Afghan boun-
dairy commission found swarms of liz
ards and a new and venomous species
of adder in astonishing numbers in the
awful desert of hot shifting sand at
the corner where Persia, Beluchistan
and Afghanistan meet.
We must note one exception, the gi-
raffe, which Mr.. Dryden believes exists
for three-quarters of the year in North
Kalanari without water. But this can
not be proved until the desert has been
explored and the total absence of water
confirmed. There is known to be water
beneath the surface, and if the giraffe
does live Waterless, he must imbibe his
liquid nutriment at second hand in the
juices of the leaves Of the trees which
have their roots in the moisture. Seals
do not apparently drink, neither do cor.
morants and penguins; but there can
be little. more evaporation from their
bodies than from those of fish, and
their food is wet and moist. A more
difficult question is that of the water
supply of arctic animals in winter; pos
sibly they eat snow. - ..-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
The Mercury's Plant.

l don't know why I'm slandered so,
# 1 go hight go low,
Ihere's always some one who will say,
Just see that mercury to-day!''
ana whether toward the top crawl
Vt down toward zero I may fall,
Ihey always fret, and say that I
Am far too low, or far too high.
ana though try with all my might
l. never seem to strike it right. vi"
Now 1 admit it seems to me .@.:
Ihey show great inconsistency. .A 2
put they imply I am to blame, .~
VI course that makes my anger fame,
And in fiery fit of pique .s...
l stay at ninety for a week.
Or sometimes, in dull despair, e.
1 give them just frigid stare; T..
ana as upon their taunts I think
MY spirits down to zero sink,
1 is indeed a hopeless case ...
70 strive to please the human race!
Carolyn Wells. in Youths Companion
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
NATURAL BRIDGE.
Wisconsin Possesses Huge Arch Equal

WISCONSIN, Possesses Huge Arch EQual
In Grandeur to virginia's.
Milwaukee, Wis, Correspondent
Chicago Chronicle: The general public
IS unaware that this state possesses q
natural bridge which equals in attrac-
tlveness the one famed in American
history by visits from Washington and
all loyal Americans who visit the old
dominion. The bridge in this state is
located in Honey Creek township, Sank
county, something over twenty miles
from Milwaukee and eight miles east
OF the prairie of the Sac Indians. It
IS really only a gigantic arch connect
ing detached portion of the cliff to
the original bluff which faces the Wis
consln river, worn away by the action
OF the elements. AS curiosity Of ma
ture the bridge has a merely local rep
utatlon up to the present, due largely
because of the difficulty of reaching it
and the fact that until recently it was
cut OH from the outer world by lack OF
rail facilities. Even now one. must ride
for miles across the sandy bottoms and
across field to get to it. But the
beauty is sufficient recompense for the
trouble. Upon stepping between the
bluff and the arch the immensely OF
the task which nature has accomplish
ed is apparent. The under part of the
arch is about fifty feet above the floor
IN the highest part, and varies from
that down to about thirty feet, where
it joins the supporting rocks. The span
Is from ten to twenty-five feet thick
and about fifteen feet wide. The path
way across the top is a trifle over three
feet wide in it's narrowest place, and a
cool head is needed to make the pas
sage over the span. The person stand
ing upon the top of the span is prob
ably 100 feet above the average level
OF the surrounding country, and the
scene spread before him is one OF rural
wisconsin scenery unsurpassed. Al
though the country has been settled for
many years, yet the ruggedness of the
scene seems hardly diminished by the
hand of man in his efforts to conquer
the soil and make for himself home
IN these romantic surroundings. Ex-
cept for the occasional loghouse, or
1
would seem as though in it's original
condition, so completely hidden from
view by tangled underbrush and heavy
woods are the titled hands of the hus-
bandmen. About the base of the arch
way are signs of human visitations,
and the visitor learns that here the
people of the surrounding country come
to celebrate the Fourth of July, and
the remains of rustic booths, a broken
beer glass or two and other signs of
past pleasures are noted. Underneath
the floor of the arch is a huge cavern
seven feet high, twenty-five feet deep
and from thirty to fifty feet long, ere
| ated by the action OF the water rushing
down the face of the hill and under the
archway after heavy rain. This cav
ern makes natural beer cellar, which
the inhabitants of the region, nearly all
| Of whom are Germans, utilize as bar
room upon the occasion of the celebra-
ton referred to- <1g,..,, ..l.- :, 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
Little Tinkletop Is Smart.


'Tinkletop," as they called her, was
just learning to spell words of more
than one syllable and was exceedingly
proud of the fact It afforded her also
a keen satisfaction to know that her
elders could no longer Danish her from
their confabs by spelling words it was
desired she should not understand.
After insisting. on several occasions
that she was not "a little pitcher" and
that her ears were no longer, than other
peoples she caught up her uncle right
smartly one night as he was exploiting
a choice narrative in "hog Latin, dia-
lect. ~ A. -.. -
"Now I know what you said" and
she told the story in almost as good
Latin" as the original.
"Who told you all that?" asked her
uncle.
"Humph," she said in fine disgust,
cant I learn hog Latin if I try,
uncle?"
well, we will find way to cheat
your little ears yet.''
Tinkletop thought hard, but said no.
thing, and she watched her uncle like
the proverbial cat.
One day he came home with a new
story on an eccentric neighbor. Two
little ears were perked ready for the
tale.
"s-p-e-l-l it, cautiously suggested
the mother.
But determined little voice was
lifted from a primer in the other end
of the room, and it cried:
mo, you mustn't spell it, either"
And he didn't.
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the owner of the Wescote, a pro-
peller of some 1900 tons. His
friends often jokingly remarked that
nothing was quite so dear to the cap
taln,s heart as his boat; but they al
ways excepted his half-brother, John.
There was an unusual degree of af-
lection between these brothers, ten
der loyalty and regard that was almost
touching. John was nearly twenty-five
years older than his brother. He was
physician man of broad culture,
possessing that rare faculty OF making
all feel that he was their friend. In
the sick room, he was at his best. His
presence was watched for anu loved.
He always left his patients better than
he had found them.
Only at great intervals could he
spare the time to take these little trips
with his brother. They were num-
bered among the chief pleasures of his
life. He loved the water with the en-
thusiasm of soul that understood the
majesty and simplicity of nature. I hi Ii,
too, she had loved the water.
AS he looked across the waves, tipped
with silvery crests, his thoughts turned
to her. With all the passion of his
manhood he had loved her. Although
nearly thirty years had passed, deep
regret, a passionate protest, always
rose in his heart as he thought of her.
She was very beautiful-a southern
girl that he had met in Tennessee while
stationed there with the federal army
She was tall and slender, her bearing
reminding one of the pines on the
mountains. Her hair, he remembered,
as he puffed the smoke from his cigar
was soft and brown-her eyes like the
blue water he SO loved. Her brother
had been wounded and lay dying in
the camp of the enemy. They sent for
her and she came alone over the rough
mountain road, so long and perilous.
He would always remember her as he
saw her first, in her clinging habit,
with her tired face and brave young
eyes.
Together, as the days passed, they
worked over the wounded brother, but
no skill could save the ebbing life. With
anguished eyes the loving sister watch
ed him. He was all that was left. Fa-
Their and brothers had been killed in
battle; her mother, sinking beneath the
blow, had left her alone.
To DR.. John she turned with con-
fidence and trust that was touching, but
then every one loved John. One had
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STRUCK WITH A STRAY BULLET.
but to look into his honest eyes to
know he could not do aught than the
right as he knew it to be right. The
young southerner had realized this.
when he took the doctors hand and
looked into the boyish face, which even
then showed its strength of character.
Look after Nell, DOCTOR"
Then he smiled and died. They bur-
fed him there, in the shadow of the
Tennessee mountains.
A friend offered Helen a haven 81
she tarried, awaiting the termination
of the war. Her heart was steeled
against the north, but some way DR..
John was always an exception to every
rule
They grew to love each other in those
troubled times. when mems thoughts
were busy with nations fate. There
was no promise exacted, none given.
when the regiment was ordered away.
She knew he loved her-he told her so
and nothing would ever keep him
from her when the war was over.
She went north after that and in the
awful commissions that shook the heart
Of the country he lost sight of her for
a little while, but he trusted her. In
his eyes she could do no wrong. She
was so true, so pure and womanly. One
day, in a skirmish, while attending
wounded comrade, John was struck
with stray bullet. He Law uncon-
scious for long time and when he re-
covered was in prison. About him
were half-starved men, with clothes
in tatters. Misery and want had drawn
their faces beyond recognition. Even
here his cheerfulness did not forsake
him. His coming was to them like
ray of northern sunshine. It sehooled
Johns heart to suffering. ~
At last, however, he succumbed to
the awful misery. Poor food, filthy
water, no exercise, no friends caused
his health to fail and the weary pris-
oners missed the bright face. With a
new relay of prisoners he one day met
boyhood friend from his old home.
They were we'll at home. His father
was very busy with the sick in the city.
John smiled. in recollection, a little
sadly. His father was a handsome
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Why isn't a fireman hose-sun-
porter.
Why isn't a telephone girls occupa-
ton calling?
Why isn't a dude who wears gaudy
ties neck-romancer?
Why shouldn't home for old people
be called an orphan asylum?
Why should women have two ears
and only one tongue when everybody
knows they would rather talk FIVE
hours than listen five minutes THE
News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
The Death Penalty.

The death penalty is rarely enforced
in Germany, Denmark or Sweden. In
New York eleven out of twelve muir
derers escape without any punishment,
and in the United States only one muir
derer in fifty suffers capital punish
ment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12
An Easy Victory.

"Ah,' the fond mother sighed, you
say you love my daughter now. but
will you love her when she is old?'
Steadily looking her in the eyes he
replied: 'She will never get old. Any
one can see at glance that she takes
after you"
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some natives first saw the new ghost
ship It was in broad daylight. The
air was so clear that the feathers in
q far-of birds wing were distinct.
Suddenly bearing down upon their.
rough boat a great steamer came.
Smoke rolled from her tunnels. The
natives put their little ship about to
escape from the track of the oncoming
vessel and they saw that it was gray
thing. with masts OF gossamer and
tunnels Of gauze. In the bright sun
light It was a great, massive shin
carved perfectly from mountain Of
mist. There was no throb OF engines
no sound OF waters cut, although the
foam played around the PROV.
Since then the phantom steamer has
been often sighted at twilight. a.
noon. on stormy days and clear ones
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