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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-08
RAMS HORNS.

Il ~ s Y -
Little boats are seldom stranded.
Don't shear a goat to get fine wool
Investigation is a cure for prejudice
Every blessing brings an obligation.
Heart-Worship will mean hand-Work.
Z Friendship is a mortgage on prin-
5ciple.
The real n. g. man is the No God
man.
Seed sowing is more profitable than
stare pulling. ss=
II Hypocrisy will be below par IN the
day Of Judgment.
Too many neglect the golden now for
the silver hereafter.
Men are saved by character; but it is
.Christ's, and not theirs. s#5
e Truth never loses any Of its power
by being spoken IN love
The heart regulates the life. Get
the heart right, and your life IS sure
to be. 4! Il
The death Of each drunkard means
the drafting OF another boy fo the S
ranks OF the saloon.
d Laying the ak to the branches In
stead Of the root OF the tree Will
not keep new ones from snrouting.
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g..
aove-making when I'm two or three
years older and wear my dresses quite
long. don't contradict her-ma is so
stupid about such things, you know;
but I can't help laughing. Why. it
was only the other day that she was
saying that, if you want to do any
thing well, you must start practicing it
when you are young. And that's just
what Fred Marchant, says-the impu-
dent fellow! He used to be awfully
shy, but he isn't now; at least, not
with me- It's very tiresome Of him,
because / don't like boys to be so silly.
should be dreadfully angry with him
IL he WASH tt mean if he didn't well,
he's rather nice. you know!
He's a great big fellow; at the same
school with my brothers. You can't
help noticing him if you go to any Of
their sports. He's always making fif-
ties or kicking goals or winning races
or something. You Wouldn't think he
was afraid Of a lion to see him then.
But when he came to my house he
nssed to sit and blush and twiddle his
cap, just because of me! 1t made me
cross! OF course didn't care about
him or want him to take any notice Of
me, really; only it seemed so stupid.
Besides, people might have fancied
that he thought wasn't nice. knew
he didn't think that, because he used
to stare at me SO when he thought I
wasn't looking.
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the trees and the flowers and the pic

the trees and the flowers and the pic
lures.
How good and brave Josephine was,
she says Seeing Mrs. Price in tears
she said, as she loaded her gun: T This
is no time for tears, Mrs. Price; it is
time for work. And yet the horror
which fell on Josephine seemed to turn
her face to stone and in an hour stamp
ed It with an expression which never
left her while she lived =
Mrs. Meeker spoke Of cruel treat
ment, including separation from her
daughter and the attempt on the part
OF the Indians to lose her in the for
est, that, being lost, she would starYe3
70 death and thus they would be re-
lleved Of burden, she being old and
III. 1hroughit all a mighty faith that q
Iound Its expression in prayer sus-#
tanned her.. The answer seemed to
come when General Adams with a res
cu1ng party found her, restored .!os-3
3ephlne to her and returned them to
their home. She told of an instance s
when, with a dislocated hip and al
the agony produced by it, she was CONF
PEELED to ride for weary days over
rough roads and mountain trails only
to be pulled off the pony at night and
ieft to lie on the hard ground where
she had fallen
When& nature could stand no more
one Of the red iends insisted that Il
must come along faster; no time to
lose. With a groan, said, Lord help
me-! and straightway the pain left me
and was able to follow On noun
tain trail, narrow and dangerous. my
morse refused to move I knew it was
"a plan to lose me; again the same
prayer came to my lips, and, looking
up, I saw Josephine, from whom / had
been separated many days. Josephine
led the horse over the uncertain places
ana mlnistered tenderly to me until we
were again separated In the twenty
Two days Of misery and uncertainty
there were deliverances that were mir
acles. A hand stronger than any hui
man hand held back the savage in
stlncts Of my, captors and restored
Josephine to me when had every rea-
son to believe I should never see her
again. Aszts sats
Mary and Josephine Meeker are
dead. Ralph has been for years CON
nected with the New York press. The
violent death of the grand old trans
cendentalist at the hands of the IN
olans was a martyrdom in every sense
OF the word, for the sayages were not
tne people to assimilate the thought Of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Alcott. But
the the little forest city, whose thousands
OF trees shake their laugh of triumph
at the desert, with its progressive peo-
pie and and new generation Of great
promise; with its charter intact and
the provision, mo fences, no rum,
strictly honored- this is his monu-
ment. Could dreamer of dreams have
done better? S.
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river, Middle park, two Indians named
Bennett and Chinaman burned his
cabin. Thompson promptly procured
Warrants for their arrest. The war
rants We're never served, for the en-
tire Ute tribe assisted the two maraud-
ers in escaping. Even Agent Meeker
was poWerless to give practical assist
ance, and his efforts at apprehending
the two Indians served only to increase
the feeling Of resentment against him.
He was warned that the Indians were
upon the point of an outbreak. Cap
tain Jack was the leader Of the NAL
contents and he gradually came to
WELD greater power. than old Douglass,
the head chief, whose voice had been
at first for peace and submission. Still
Mr.. Meeker felt that his duty kept him
at the agency and he refused to quit
the place.
At last Major Thomas T. Thornburg,
commanding Fort Steele, Wyoming,
was sent with three troops of cavalry
and one com pany of infantry to march
across the country to the White River
reservation. This precipitated the ac-
tual outbreak. Thornburg's command
was ambushed, himself and all but one
OF his officers and a large number Of
his men were killed, and only the time
" arrival Of General Wesley Merritt
with a large force Of soldiers, after the
ambushed men had fought six days
behind their intrenchments, saved the
little band from total extinction.
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All the same, couldn't get. him to
say much more than yes or INT ~ to
me, till one evening he came round to
show the mater and pater little
bronze figure he had won at some
sports such dear little pug, with a
saucy little face that seemed to scowl
and laugh both at once.
ssOh!''I cried, isn't he lovely i
am so fond Of dogsi',
sie?"' he said eagerly. 81 don't want
it. We've got such lot at home. Do
keep it, please
He put it right In my hands; and
when ma said. Certainly not u in her
most emphatic tones. he only laughed
and took up his cap and ran away. Ma
said that the pater would be sure to
make me send it back; but he didn't
only pinched my ear and said. some
thing about beginning in early days!'
After that, Of course, / felt I must be
nice ito Fred: but he was SO aggravat-
ingly shy that I didn't know how to
thank him. But few evenings later,
when I had been playing tennis with
him and the boys-they were aWfully
tiresome coming home, and at last they
ran away from me. Fred didn't go
with them, so we walked home togeth-
er. He kept looking round him uneas-
lily, and I was afraid that in a minute
he would follow. However, I told him
I was afraid to go through the: lane
alone, and then he said he would come
with me.
.'You needn't unless you like, you
know l told him. 81. don't want to
bother you
ooh, no." he said, t'I-er you-er
should like to-
..That's story said. .s
emo. it isn't" He stuck his hands
in his pockets and had another look
round. Boys are so funny!
Wont you be frightened" I asked.
Moo" He fdgeted with his rae
quet. II don't think I'm frightened OF
many things
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-08
Outbreaks Brings t. Mind Vividy Terr;he
Chapter q Colorado History. B.

Thousands Of people have been ter
rified and millions have been stirred
by the recent Chippewa Indian OUT
break in Minnesota, but OF all the null
titudes that with inherited horror have
read Of the savage deeds Of these red
skins surely few have felt the chilling
sense Of personal agony that two Wo-
men in Colorado have experienced up
on reading the newspaper accounts OF
the Bear lake fights.
IS There is a fin de steele contrast Of
fered in this circumstance, too. At the
very time the widow and daughter
I Of N. g. Meeker sat in their old home
at Greeley, Col, porting with reminis-
cent terror over these stories of Chip
pewa saVagery, scarcely "a stones
throw away the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs was holding its en-
lightened sessions. There, in the chap
Sel Of the state normal school, was the
present in the full Drained confidence
stepping boldly and almost defantly
into the future -the woman's future.
Here in the stained and faded house
Of adobe, shaded by transplanted trees
and, as it were, visibly shrinking from
that aggressive present, were these
two women, whose ancestors came
over in the Mayhower, whose husband
and father was the personal friend, the
companion, and, in many ways, the
inspiration Of Horace Greeley, and in
whose checked and saddened lives is
chronicled a tragic chapter Of Colora-
dos history-tWo women living almost
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-08
STRANGE SEARCH BY POLICE,
sleuthing Paris Not for Criminal, but
an Honest Man,


I'll an Honest Man.
At the present moment the police Of
Paris are engaged on rather an UNI
usual task. They are in search Of an
honest man, not like the Greek philos-.
opher of old, in a skeptical spirit but
for the very, reason that he has fur
nished striking evidence of his integ-
rity. As a matter of fact, when this
interesting Individual shall be found
he is to be provided with post in the
service of the prefecture. It is a
touching story, which reflects the ut
most credit On all concerned. Re-
Gently Nine. Blanc, the wife Of the pre-
feet Of police, discovered on her re-
turn from visit to Passy that she had
lost her purse, containing nearly 200
francs, and ascertained to her salts
faction on the following morning that
it had been brought by stranger to
the Office of the local commissary. The
lady made kind inquiries about this
person and an investigation showed
that he had been living in a small
hotel in the neighborhood, but that a
few hours before he came across the
money he had been obliged to leave the
house, as all his funds had been ex-.
hausted The poor fellow had been re-
duced to the utmost restitution, but
he had manfully resisted the tempta-
ton, if, indeed, it occurred to him at
all to appropriate the purse and it's
contents, which he had conveyed alb
solutely intact to the Office When she
learnt that this honest man was wan
dering about homeless and without the
wherewithal to buy even a morsel of
bread Nine. Blanc was deeply moved,
and she not only lost no time in ask
ing her husband to institute an active
search for him, but begged the project
to keep one of the places at his dis
'posal for Louis Dubourg, and she
added: CAS- soon as. he is found let
him have the 1874 francs. The money
would burn my fingers if I took it
back under such conditions. So lit
has come about that instead of being
eagerly on the lookout for someone
who has come into collision with the
law it's agents are searching high and
low for the perpetrator of meritor-
ious act. So far their efforts have not
been crowned with success, but it is
to be hoped that kind hearted Nine.
Blanc will not be kept long in sus-i
pense. III
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whose memory is to this day held In
high respect by all persons who knew
MIN m OF knew Of his conduct in this
and an 81 many other tragical affairs. Up
on regaining their liberty the three
women Y who had so narrowly escaped
t death 'b We're brought to their home in
Greeley, where they lived in closed re-
3tlrement till the death Of Josephine
Mee exc Since that time Mrs. Meeker5
has had with her always her daughter
;Rosine. III .5$s5
mat ina home has ever had and to this
day has a peculiar interest, amounting
almost I'm to fascination for the people of
Greeley and for visitors to that beau
tlful little town. Set out on the all
+ most mos treeless plain, the town has a.
Wealth OF trees and fine wide streets
and %. above all certain look of pros
perity which shows that Greeley and
his friend Meeker were right after all.
On 'l1 shaded thoroughfare that leads to
the large and handsome stone and
brick buildings Of the state normal
school stands, somewhat back from the
street in the midst of a large clump OF
trees, the quaint, rambling adobe
house house, SO different from most Of the
houses of the town. s sss
When the building Of this house IN
1870 was laid the foundation of the
colony that was no mere idle expert
m l'nt. It stands in the center of half
a block Of ground and the foliage Of
the trees shuts out the world from
sight. d-fashioned hollyhocks bor-
der the clean swept walks and other Sc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-08
The Vervain Plant.

The plant known VI 3 as vervain, which
is not distinguished for its beauty, and
which grows nowadays utterly disre-
garded, was so sacred to the Druids
that they only gathered it for their
divinations when the great dog star
arose, in order that neither sun nor
moon should see the deed. ~ y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-08
Bamboo Suspension Bird i r,. {.

a recent English consular report
from 4 the far East describes suspen-
sion bridge Of 300 feet span, made of
bamboo. The cane was split up into
1lbers and twisted together to form the
cables. Considering its span, the ma:
terial Of the structure is quite remark
able. The old tradition. that almost
anything can be made out of bamboo
receives here a good illustration IN the
field of engineering.
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imperative y, es to prevent bloodshed. With
the IA exception Of a single company OF
colored cavalry, whose presence in
named rather tlEl than quieted the Indians,
the government sent no aid to check
what at every settler on the White river
knew 'sy was about to come. Is!8#'i5.
During the absenee Of James 81.
thompson from his ranch on Bear
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-08
All Pint On.

Il hate to see a man sailing under.
false colors that way" What way % ~.
THE way Kidder Is. Why, he's III
mourning for his mother in law. p
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24
1.-THE RAILROADS N0F china

former country exhibits greater q.
and wisdom than the latter In go
ing orientals. Hongkong and K,,,,''-
are as safe as London and New NJ
for the people OF our race, while In ~
French territory Of Tonquin II Il w
cssary TO maintain largo garrison \.
every important point 60 preven, "
surrectlon on the one side ana Tho ~. ~
ing and killing OF Europeans on nv
other. we
II Is onlyn short time ago that th,o..
mans seized kiao-Chou. on the s,,,,..
coast " shnngtung They have ui1'.'g
every hour to increase the lmts,t,,..
Of their new possession. While M.
diplomats have secured n railway r..
ccaslon from their port 10 Chlnan.s'
the capital Of the province. and ala, !,
ichnng. their engineers have dotormi,.,
aud surveyed satisfactory routes \.
both lines. Tho western road runs.
Kao-mi. thence 10 woi-hslcn and tb..'.
20 chinan-foo. or Tslnan-foo. abou, \
miles In total length. Tho aouthwesir,
line runs 10 Kuchan and 1chao ~
thence. Il II said. TO Chin-klnnF.
Both OF these roads have stra,,s,.
value. The western line would ront,1
the province Of shangtung and rody,,
the value ~ the British stronghold !,
wei-IIai-wel. Its terminus. Tslnab I,
n fine city Of nearly 10000 lnhabitsr,,
on the eastern bank OF the Hoanr.IIs
II was famous capital 1900 u. G. Al
has complete records for more than 4
centuries. The Iioang-iio Ia navigaN,
for light draft steamers. 80 that the en-,
could be made naval base Tor the con,
troll Of the river up TO Tung Chang 1,
the province OF ShenHl and pfotabiv
much farther. The southwestern mn,
would connect central shangtunF win
the Yang-tse valley and prove a for.
mliablc rival 60 the Hankow -pekihr
and .kiang- Ticn-tsin routes ana n
the Grand canal Itself. Tho 10 called
shanghai-pcking railway concesalon
should be styled the Chln.klanF. Ten.
tsin. ~ IL tcrmlni arc these latter and
not the former cities. Ticn-tsln. howey.
~. IL already connected by rail- with
Peking. ~ miles away. and Chln.klans
IL the firHt treaty port on the Yang.iss
above Shanghai and connected with Il
by many lines OF steamers. The con.
ccsalon for this railway was obtained
by a Chinese American OF rare ability.
lung-wing OF Hartford. He IL Yale
man and II also tltuinr tao.ial In
China. lie obtained his concession last
January. and In the framing Of the rsf.
mission he displayed the technical ak.n
ana knowledge 81 the civil engineer ana
the provcrblal acumcn OF his race. ilIi
road runs parallel with the Grand ca.
nal and. In fact. uses the bank u that
famous water course TO a greater "
less extent.
This gives him a model roadhed Al.
most ready for use. while the canal On.
ahlea him 10 transport his supplies and
permanent equipment at a minimum
expense. Further than this. the popula.
ton along the line II familiar with Tor.
oiEneru and friendly 60 commerce. II
VIII not manifest the same fierce an.
tlnathy 20 the iron horse Ne viii most
OF the inland districts OF China. The
length OF the road viii l. between ~
and $50 miles
WILLIAM a. 3. fALEa.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

10 attack the roadbed. burn the ties and
hold a celebration over the downfall. OF
the foreign devils iirc water horses.
In the eighties General Llu Ming
Chang. governor OF Forinoaa. a Chinese
soldier. with the Htateamnnahip rare
among mon Of his class built a road ON
that island. running from Kcluug, a
coal port on tho north. 20 Twatntai.
the capital. and thence 60 Kwn-lcnR-
ting, on the south. altogether co miles,
For his rolling stock he took that which
had been coniscated at Shanghai and
imported additional locomotives and
cars from abroad II made n tromen-
dous sensation on the Chinese mind and
did an enormous business II suffered
severely from a trouble which could on
~ occur In China. when tho natives
learned that railways In Europe and
America paid damages for injuries In
ficted upon people hy tho rolling stock.
they concluded the same principle
apply la Fufmosu. Helpless old men
and women would bid tholr families Tor
three ana four generations long farc-
well ana then go ON the railway track
and throw themselves under the wheels
OF tho firAt train that came along. The
family would present claim for dam.
pay the hlll. The first death brought,
II IL said. 1000 deaths. the next 600. tho
next go. and then the claims began 20
come In NO rapidly that I.lu Ming Chang
issued probably the most extraordinary
law ever framed II makes a felony Of
committing suicide on a railway track
or OF am attempt az suicide or OF assist.
ms. fostering or recommending such
suicide, and 20 strike blow NJ the
root " the evil Il oonnacatea all the
property OF the suicide and his aceea-
tories.
The new law stopped the suicide busl.
neru entirely, Since the Japanese, took
the island. In 1885, the road has been
extended southwark and IL expected to
reach the south cape before the end OF
the century.
~ tho present moment the Chinese
seem 10 have recognized the error ~
their ways ana 90 have determined TO
enter the ranks OF civilized nations. Tho
government has created a bureau. or de-
partment. known as the Chinese Inn
peflal railway administration. ~ which
the head, or director general. liz Tao-taI
shenE. who IL known 10 the outside
world AZ the atnlwart friend OF thu great
premier, ~ Hung Chang Tie opened
his work In September 1891. by lncrons.
Ing the force upon what h known as
the Shan Hat kwan railway, which
runs from Tlon.tsln northwnrd into
Manohuria and of which he has finished
the surveys TO tho capital city % Kirin
and partially completed them 10 Tsl
Tal Har
This latter nart Of the work, how
ever, viii now be- done by Russia under
one u the new concessions Ito has
given permission 10 rebuild the old
shanghal-Wusunr road, which viii be
In operation this fan lie has also been
the active agent behind the various rail-
way concessions granted thus FAR. ana
In his onclal proclamation, which was
approved by the council M state. h. an.
n0unced that the Chinese government
would build or have built three great
trunk llnes-one from PeiSlng q Canton,
] 800 miles long. one from SHANGHAI IN
the valley ~ the Yunr-tse river no
Tibet $500 miles long. and one from
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runs almost north ana south. rs length
being about 200 English miles. The land
" OF modern formation and consists Of
the doliaa of the Ynng-tse. the old and
now iioang-Ho and the pel-no. A line
drawn from one terminus 60 the other
encounters no mountains ana meets low
hiIs az only one point. Rocks are scarce
alonE the route, the native building ma
terinl being brick and terra Gotta.
H. Instead OF pursuing a straight line.
Il follows the ancient Imperial post
rond, tho distance will be 500 miles aud
Just ~ Hat. excepting In the neighbor-
hood ~ kal-foug-fl. on the HoanF-Ilo,
where there Il line u handsome hills.
but II the road builders viii have lit
tle or no work IN deep excavations. hlgh
cmhankments ana costly vindunis they
VIII have any amount " annoyance In
crossing bitches. streams and rivers.
he,Wcon Ilankow and Yu-ning. In Hoo
nan province, are six rivers and 80 small
streams. Between Yu-nlng nnd Raj.
fong-fu are twice as many. The delta
NJ the pcl-iin Is maze OF water
curses, some dry Ia summer ana uu.
tumn. nut all torrents In the spring.
The Chinese, who are nothing IL not
ingrnlous. have devised a special form
N bridge Tor streams N this class, some
ot which could Do utilized Tor a railway.
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Color In the British Army.

Prince Victor Dhulccp singh II, IT'S
said, about 10 resign his Commission IN
the First royals. In which he IN cap
tain. II h interesting to note that ne
stringent rule debarrlng Guardians ffun
holding commissions In the British
army was relaxed In the case Of ne
son Of Dhulcep sirzh. The commissioned
ranks OF the army are supposed 10 b
open 20 competition by all British sub.
jcctn, but there IL rule that all candl.
dates must be British born or natural.
iEed British subjects OF European birth
and parcntaEc. ana the greatest prccau'
lions are taken 20 enforce this condl-
tlon. even skull formation OF candidates
being examined by the medical officers
with view 10 discovering any trace o.
non European origin. The greatest poe.
Hiblc care IL taken ON this point by The
medical board. before which every can.
didate who proves successful at the "a.
ucntionnl examination ID required 10
attend.
But under favorable conditions Il I,
possible for Eurnaian candidate 10 ct
through II his color does not betfay him,
for hls father may have been british
with an ordinary British name. and that
being 30 he might possibly have besn
born In England. In which case there
would be little TO raise suspicion " ne
doctors failed TO trace his origin.
strict examination Of birth eertlheais
h also made both as TO place Of b'fih
ana No 10 the origin OF any name whlcA
II not palpably British. In order 10 pre-
vent any candidate OF AHlatic OF Eufa-
sian extraction from entering the army