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Sorrow and Beauty.

I Observation has disproved for me the
theory that only the women devoid of
emotion and feeling can retain a
youthful appearance in maturity I
personally know three women who
have passed through heart tragedies
and cyclones of emotion, and who yet
wear the satin of youth upon their
cheeks, albeit their birthdays have
long ceased to be among the years fes-
rivals for them. They said, like an
other before them, my youth and NV
happiness are gone, why should ]
throw my beauty after them?" And
they straightWay began to battle with
time and grief. There was scientific
massage for the encrcaching lines
about the mouth and eyes; there were
carefully prepared baths for the COM
plexion and varying food tonic. for.
the wasted pores; there were outdoor
exercises unlimited, resting and sleen-
producing. Strong, great emotions
such as love and sorrow land thew
walk ever hand in HANDY, may rayage
beauty for a season, but they intensity
it eventually if the exterior is well
cared for-Ella Wheeler Wilcox in
Wonan's Home Companion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

is entitled to the first kiss. It Is the
hand and the cheek Of him without
whom you would never have got there
at all, the Lord Jesus, the darling of the
skies, as he cries out, 81 have loved
thee with an everlasting love, and the
fires could not burn 1t, and the floods
could not drown it, Then you, my
dear people, having no more use for
my poor harp, on which used to open
your dark sayings, and whose chords
sometimes snapped, despoiling the
symphony, you will take down your
own harps from the willows that grow
by the eternal celestial water courses,
and play together those celestial airs,
some Of the names Of which are enti-
tied, "The King in His Beauty" ..The
Land That Was Far Off, And as the
last dark curtain of mystery is forever
lifted, it will be as though all the ora
torios that were ever heard had been
rolled into one, and Israel in Egypt"
and "Jephthah's Daughter" and Bee
thoven's Overture in CO. and Rit-
ter's first Sonata in D MINOR and the
Creation and the Messiah had been
blown from the lips of one trumpet, or
been invoked by the sweep of one bow,
or had dropped from the vibrating
chords of one harp. ~
But here I must slow up lest, in
trying to solve mysteries, I add to the
mystery that we have already won
dered at, namely, Why preachers
should keep on after all the hearers are
tired. So I gather up into one great
armful all the why's and hows and
wherefores of your life and mine, which
we have not had time or the ability to
answer, and write on them the words,
adjourned to Eternity rejoice
that we do not understand all things
now, for if we did, what would we
learn in heaven? If we knew it all
down here in the freshmen and sopho-
more class, what would be the use of
our going up to stand amid the juniors
and the seniors? If we could put down
one leg of the compass, and with the
other sweep circle clear around all
the inscrutables, if we could lift our
little steelyards, and weigh the throne
of the Omnipotent, if we could with our
seven-day clock measure eternity, what
would be left for heavenly revelation?
So I move that we cheefully adjourn
what is now beyond our comprehen-
sion; and as, according to Rollin, the
historian, Alexander the Great, having
obtained the gold casket in which
Darius had kept his rare perfume, used
that aromatic casket thereafter to keep
his favorite copy of Homer in, and
called the book, therefore, the Edition
of the Casket," and at night put the
casket and his sword under his pillow;
so I put, this day, into the perfumed
casket of your richest affections and
hopes this promise, worth more than
anything Homer ever wrote or sword
ever conquered: What I do thou
shalt know hereafter" and that I CALI
the Edition Celestial.''
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cheeks. will he not awaken when the
dream is over?''
Perchance when it is over; but it IS
long dream
And what else did you see on your
way h1ther?' asked Mrs Claus, as she
poured syrup on the wheaton cakes.
saw IN Norway a young girl
stand at the door of her fathers house.
She had been spinning, and her cheeks
were red with the glow of work--or
why should she look SO rosy as the
young man whispered in her ear? Then
ne turned away, and she sat again at
her wheel, but her hands did not seem
quite in tune with its whir."
Ihat was pleasant, too," said the
hostess, and smiled to herself.
In the pine woods where they fringe
the broad white mantle of the pole" .
said the North Wind, II played as
upon a harp of a thousand strings.
That is music-ah! that is the great
orchestra where nature can wholly
comprehend those sounds. Even feel
a tide within my being, and rise to a
height that dwarfs my everyday
moods"
Here they rose from the table and
Santa Claus threw the bones of the
deer to great white bear that rose
sleeplly from corner, and shook him
self like a snow ball that has been set
IN motion. Then they prepared for
work. The host began to place rock
lng-horses on their wooden rockers
and train jumping-jacks for their peril
GUS feats. Mrs. Claus set to dressing
dolls, Of which great numbers lay
about, and the North Wind, having
dlscontentedly tried his hand at a few
of the many drums and horns scatter
ed around. sat in a corner grumbling
to himself, or fitfully telling tales of
the lands that lie in his domain.
just then there came a gentle tap
at the door, like few drops of water
thrown against it, and Mrs. Claus
eagerly fastened to open it. There
stood slender maiden, with blue
eyes that sometimes grew as black IS
an unlighted midnight. Her filmy
gown fluttered out behind her and ner
voice was as soft as the trickle of a
woodland brook.
Good-morning, said she. And
here is my brother, the North Wind. y
Her voice is low" murmured the
brother, but it is melodious. I have
heard those sounds in the symphony
of the pine forest"
And what have you seen on your
way northward?' asked Mrs. Claus:
"for long has been your way hither."
my path has always led through
pleasantness," answered the South
Wind. II saw ship sailing in the
free sea far to the south. There were
many passengers on her deck and all
were looking skyward. I, too, looked !;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Queen Victoria's favorite scae IS said
to be And We shall walk in silk at
tire la
The late Nine. Carnot was fond of
busying herself with the garden and a
greenhouse built by her late husband.
The duke of York is the only mem
Der Of the British royal family who
can dance genuine sailors hornpipe.
He learned the steps when he was a
young cadet.
There lives in Sedalia, Mo-, an cid
gentleman who was tutor to the late
King Alfonso XII. Of Spain. His name
is Col. Van B. Wisker, an American.
born of English parents.
Pierre Lott is to go to India with
Sarah Bernhardt. The actress intends
to shoot tigers and elephants and the
author expects to keep an interesting
journal, from which he will make q
book
The duke of Buccleueh possesses
landed estates which are perhaps the
most considerable in the United King
dom. He owns something like SOC. 900
acres, which represent revenue Of
some s225,00O a year.
Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secre-
terry of the treasury, began life an ap-
prentice in machine shop. giving his
few spare moments to the study of
stenography, having mastered which
he became reporter and later f1nan-
cial editor.
Emperor William uses the largest
visiting cards of any member Of Eu-
ropes royal families. They are of
heavy card, six inches long and four
inches wide. On the upper line is the
single word Wilhelm and on the sec
ond line are the words "Deutscher Kai.
ser und K0enig Yon Preussen.''
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HAIL, FRIEND, WELL METZ
and there was little bird there. worn
with long flying and able merely to
keep from falling into the sea. He
shall not die, the brave little land
bird! cried the ladies, and the sailors
hastily put boat into the ocean, and
rowed out from the ship. And when
the little brown thing fell into the boat
a rough old sailor shed tears-yes
tears of joy, that he was saved. This
l saw on my way here"
Did you see aught else?" queried
S;nta Claus, as he sent a procession #
wooden animals helter-skelter into a
gayly painted Noah's ark.
Il rested one moment where a -gla-
cier stood during countless ages The
ground had been pulverized and then
hardened, dragged as if with a harrow
and scratched in long parallel lines:
and at its foot great mass of debris
had been dropped, cleaned from the
mountains above. But frost and rain,
heat and cold, had broken up the sur
face OF the ground, and great bed
OF scarlet peoples had risen there,
How they shook their bright heads as
:. I passed! Oh, merry game /. played
with them, in and out, seeking and
sought. until at last, with a gentle ris-
ing, like wave at sea, I left them 70
laugh down the former desolation with
living beauty" ~ . 5
'Ho, there! cried thin, small
voice, and, looking suddenly around,
they beheld the Frost Fairy. She had
transparent wings of purest white, and
her gossamer gown was of opaque
white full OF little twinklings of light.
A coronet Of silver filigree in fern
leaf pattern rested upon her hair, and
her keen eyes shone under it: and in
one hand she carried wand like a
lily, but it was lily of frost w
Il saw the South Wind come in .
she said. "And she promised3to bring
me pattern
tTrue, and I have brought YOU
three" answered the South Wind.
Here is a birds nest. reached from a
tree as / sped along. Mark how skill
fully the grasses are woven to build It.
And here is the red cushion of rose
When she went away at the close Of
summer she had no time to pack her
furniture or close her tenement, and
I have brought this, just as she sat
upon it,
And the third gift" questioned the
Frost Fairy.
I have it bound in the skirt OF my
gown: lest it should be crHmpled, . said
the South Wind softly. It is part
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
STORYETTES.

At Killarney every visitor hears
some laughable stories. Here is one:
"A number of boatmen who were quar-
reling about the division of "tips" IN
dulged at the top of their voices in a
good deal of profane language, which
the marvellous echo repeated verbatim
"Arrah, look at that, now, for Scan
dal,'' said one of the party, who was
Of pious turn. 'FT'aching the poor
harmless echo to curse and sware"
The construction of Prince Bis
marck's sentences were frequently por-
tentous. On the occasion to which I
have been particularly referring, says
writer in the Century, my compan-
ion was as impatient as only an intel
ligent woman can be to secure the in
tellectual treat before her and gave
minute instructions to her interpre-
ter. All went we'll for time, as the
low voice of the painstaking transla-
tor rendered with some adequacy the
thought Of Bismarck. Then there were
short pauses, followed by rapid little
summaries of what had been said. AS
these grew more and more frequent,
the lady became irritated. Finally
there was an entire cessation on the
part of the interpreter and yet Bis
marck was going right on with ever
increasing vehemence. There were
constant calls from the lady of whats
he saying? What's he saying?" and
an increase Of Impotence in the box
quite proportionate to the growing VIC
lence of the speaker. Finally the
wretched Interpreter could endure the
strain no longer and, turning with a
gesture Of fierce resentment to his ex-
cited employer, he Kissed: Madam.
am waiting for the verdi"
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HiA Only Alternative

Little Dot was very fond of Bible
stories, and one day after her mother
had read the story of Lots wife she
asked: Mamma, what did Mr.. Lot
do when his wife was turned into
pillar Of salt?'' What do you think
he did?'' asked mamma. why" re-
piled the practical little miss. IT s'pose
he went out and hunted up a fresh
one."-Chicago News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
BY THE NORTH POLE.
(By Curtis May.)

! was Ouiy d
month b e f or e
Christmas, a n d
Santa Claus was
sitting outside his
door whiting the
corners off from
the handle of a
small wooden toy
for Mrs. Santa
Claus would not
allow him to whit
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

The exasperating triy.alities OF life
are little lead lines let down to fathom
our religion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

tory. Nine-tenthS of the anthems of
heaven would never have been sung.
Heaven could never have been a thou
sandth part of the heaven that it is. I
will not say that I am glad that sin
and sorrow did enter, but do say that
I am glad that after God has given all
His reasons to an assem- bled universe,
He will be more honored than if sin
and sorrow had never entered, and that
the unfallen celestials will be outdone,
and will put down their trl1npets to
listen, and it will be in heaven when
those who have conquered sin and sor-
row shall enter as it would be in a
small singing school on earth if Thai
berg. and Gottschalk, and Wagner, and
Beethoven, and Rheinberger, and Schu-
mann should all at once enter. The
immortals that have been chanting ten
thousand years before the throne will
say, as they close their librettos: ooh,
Il we could only sing like that! But
God will say to those who have never
fallen, and consequently have not been
redeemed: You must be silent now;
you have not the qualification for this
anthem. So they sit with closed lips
and an folded hands, and sinners saved by
grace take up the harmony, for the
Bible Bible says mo man could learn that
song but the hundred and forty and
four thousand which were redeemed
from the earth .
Amid the tussle and romp Of seaaion
tell you whose hand of welcome you
lad better first clasp, and whose cheek
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-30
ITEMS PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

JANUARY
8. Ii Hung Chang recalled to power in
China.
z. Hanna reelected to the U. s. senate
FEBRUARY.
IA. Senior Polo Y Bernabe appointed Span
ish minister to the United States to
succeed De LONE, resigned.
%. lola convicted of libel at Paris; SEN
tence. ] year in prison and fine of 5000
MARCH.
5. Col. Henry wounded by Col. Picquart
in a duel growing out of the lola
trial, in Paris
APRIL
%. Charles Emory Smith installed as
postmaster general in place of James
A. Gary. resigned
Is. Secretary Of State John Sherman re-
signed.
I. Edwin Austin Abbey. the American
artist, elected to the Royal Academy
of Great Britain.
The Wei-Hai-Wei treaty between Great
Britain and China signed
I. The Hawaiian annexation bill became
law.
10. George N. Curzon appointed British
viceroy of India.
AUGUST.
ton of Hawaii and raising of the
American flag.
SEPTEMBER
5. Wilhelmina enthroned as queen of
Holland
Z. Ii Hung Chang again dismissed from
Office in China.
u. German emperor and empress started
on their tour through Palestine.
80. Col John Hay was sworn into Office
as secretary of state.
OCTOBER.
"a. Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt. U. S. A.,
and Miss Laura Williams married in
London.
NOVEMBER.
7. Cuban assembly organized at Santa
Cruz del Sur.
8. Theodore Roosevelt elected governor
of New York
ri. Gen Calixto Garcia arrived at New
York on a mission to President Nc
Kinley with reference to the future of
Cuba
30. Marshal Ramon Blanco, ex-captain
general of Cuba, sailed from Havana
for Spain.
DECEMBER.
5. Last session of the Fifty-tifth con-
gress opened.
II. Gen John R. Brooke, U. S. A., ap-
pointed military governor of Cuba.
II. Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A, late
commander of the army at Manila, ar
rived in New York.
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SPORTING EVENTS.

APRIL.
Is. National Baseball league season open
MAY.
6. Jeffries defeated Sharkey in 20 rounds
at San Francisco.
25. Jeddah won the English Derby.
%. Ornament won the Brooklyn Handi-
cap.
JUNE.
5. LIE Roi Soleil won the Grand Prix at
Paris.
IS. Tillo won the Suburban Handicap.
%. Cornell defeated Yale and Harvard in
the varsity race at New London; time,
s3m. ass; Yale's time, 24m 2s.; Har-
wards time, Pam. BIS.
81. American Derby won by Pinkcoat.
JULY.
g. Pennsylvania won the varsity crews
race at Saratoga, Cornell second, Wis
consin third Columbia fourth.
I. At the Henley regatta, England, the
Diamond Sculls were won by the
American oarsman Howell.
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gold seekers by a snowslide in Chill
coot pass
About 80 lives lost by broken levee at
Shawneetown, Ills.
q. Atlantic Powder Co.'s works at Dover,
N. j., destroyed by explosion.
MAY.
IA. IS workmen crushed by the fall of
fathouse in New York city; 7 deaths.
16. Heavy loss of life at the burning of
the auxiliary hospital of ST. Hyacinthe
at La Providence, Canada.
II. workmen killed by the fall Of an
elevator in Boston.
JULY.
4. IL killed and over 200 injured by tor
nado at Hampton Beach, N. H
persons killed and 100 injured by the
collapse Of bridge under 900 holiday
makers at Shelby, o.
Il. 10 workmen killed in a new water
works tunnel at Cleveland by an ex-
plosion of natural gas.
L. IL workmen killed by explosion at the
Lafiin-R Rand Powder works in Pomp-
ton, N. j.
10. killed and injured by lightning at
Boonton, N. j.
n. 5 men killed and many injured by ex-
plosion at the Hercules Powder works,
Point Pinole, Cal.
AUGUST.
81. Z persons killed and Is injured by
collision at Sharon, Mass, on the N.
Y, N. H. and H. r. r.
81. A pleasure coach co1lided with
train on the Boston and Maine r. r.
at Ware, Mass; 5 killed and several
injured.
SEPTEMBER.
/. killed and injured in wreck on
the n. Y, o. and w. r. r. near Full
ton, N. Y
10 ,.a--a,,-.. ,.,,s - ~ ..,
injured in collision between trolley
car and railroad train at Cohoes, N. Y.
6. A bridge fell into the st. Lawrence
river at Hogansburg N. T., carrying
down so workmen; over 20 deaths.
70. missing and killed as the result of a
dust explosion in the Union elevator at
Toledo; money lost. SC -O,o00-
q. lives lost by an explosion in a mine
at Brownsville, Pa.
OCTOBER.
II. killed and 10 injured in wreck on
the Great Central R. R. at Barnet
Junction, England.
q. deaths in a wreck on the Rock Is
land r. r. near Fort Worth, Tex.
NOVEMBER.
5. Is workmen killed by the falling of .
theater roof at Detroit.
8 miners crushed to death in a collision
between the cage and train of load
ed coal cars in the Exeter mine at
Scranton.
Is. Il killed and Is injured in collision
on the Grand Trunk near Murray HILL
Ont.
H. deaths by the explosion of a steam
drumhead on steamer T. G. Walker
at Stockton, Cal
Is. An explosion of war ammunition in
Havana killed II and severely injured
employees, chiefly children.
DECEMBER.
8. men killed by the bursting of feed
pipe on the Texan steamer Alamo ly-
ing in New York.
5. Is women and girls killed and so dan
gerously hurt in a factory fire at Viii
ma, Russia.
9. buildings of the Du Pont Powder
plant at Wilmington, Del. wrecked by
explosion; men killed, injured.
II. men killed by an explosion in coal
mine at Plateau, T. T.
10. g. killed and 80 injured by the collapse
of a gas tank in New York city
workmen run down and killed on the
N. Y. Central r. R. near Corfu N Y.
soldiers killed and 10 wounded at Fort
Constantine, Russia, by the explosion
of a shell.
16 deaths by collision of carriage
with a Pennsylvania r. r. express at
Allenwood, N. J.
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sEPTEMBER.

%. Tod Sloane, noted American jockey,
won out OF events at the Newman
ket races.
NOVEMBER.
u. Princeton won the Yale Princeton
football match: score, 6 to O.
10. Harvard won the football game at
New Haven, scoring II to 0 against
Yale.
%. In the Sharkey-Co rbett sparring match
Sharkey got the decision on foul; all
bets off,
a. Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at foot
ball in Philadelphia; score, u to 9.
DECEMBER.
70. International day cycle race at Mad
ison Square Garden; won by Miller.
Is. The amateur balk line billiard tourna-
ment ended In New York city, J. By
ron Stark, winner.
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ACCIDENTS.


JANUARY.
8. Is people killed and many injured by
the collapse of floor at London, Ont
rs. 5 lives lost in a fire In the Great
Eastern block. Spokane Wash; loss,
$225, 600.
FEBRUARY.
!. 6 persons persisted in the burning of
the Alvord House, GIoversvil1e, N. Z.
5. firemen killed by the collapse of a
burning building in Boston.
26. 9 lives lost in night fire at Charles
ton.
%. 10 deaths by explosion in chemical
works at Kalamazoo.
MARCH.
13 II deaths at fire in Bowery lodging
house In New York.
IS so deaths by explosion in the Santa
Isabel mine at Belmez, Spain.
APRIL
.. Heavy loss OF life among Klondiks
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-14
SLUMP IN STOCKS.
1T is A SURPRISE TO MOST spECu-
LATIvE OBSERVERS.
WEAKNESS PERKEITES The LIST.
IL is Especially Marked I'm the
Changers and Peoples Gas-Mopey
Higher-Botton Drops Out of
wheat.
Wheat.

NEW YORK. June ls.-The slump in
the stock market to-day was a surprise
to most speculative observers. who look
ed for an advance In prices after the APP
parent abandonment OF last weeks per-
sistent attempt to secure a reaction. The
underlying cause Of to-day's violent de-
cline was not very clear. Specifically
there was evident some sympathy with
the dropping OF the bottom out of the
wheat market, and there were very heavy
sales of securities on the New York Ex-
change, on telegraphlc orders from Chi
cage.
Weakness permeated pretty much the
whole list, but was especially marked In
tine Changers, Peoples Gas, and some
Of me high-priced specialties. Acute SELL
ing pressure from Chicago gave rise to
some persistent reports Of pending large
failure in Chicago, In the grain trade
But there was also an ingenious sugges-
ton to the effect that a large speculative
combination in Chicago was manipulate
ing the market, with a view 10 going
long on wheat while going short on
stocks. on the prospect OF the lneVltapie
rumOr OF crop damage before harvest
time. Damage to the crop or even widely
credited reports of damage would GER
tainly result in a bulge in the wheat
market, and in sharp 1eactlon IN stochs'
MONEY HIGHER.
There was an appreciate hardening Oh
the tone OF the local money market, and
the rates for time money were quotably
gst III, yahu vasgn LII
"a cent. both for actual and for posted
rates. Prepa rations for the government
bond issue were thus manifest in the
money market, and may possibly have
made an impression also on the stock
speeulation. London bought freely OF
stocks here at the morning decline, and
thus helped to weaken the exchange
market. The rally in the last hour Of
the stock market was plainly on cover
ing by professional traders, and reduced
the losses in many stocks by point or
over
To-day's activity in the bond market
was at the expense OF values, as was
the case in stocks. Sales, 2.5OoV0O
United States new AS, coupon, advanced
81, and the registered as, both OLD ana
new, - in the bid price.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
3P. M.-Money on call steauy Ut ~
11-2; last loan at | IL per cent prliie
mercantile paper. Sd4 per cent.
Sterling exchange weak WIN ac,u ~,
,,nsiness I'm bankers bills at SLS La
siS51-2 for demand and at $i.8 3-laSi.St
for sixty days; posted rates. $i.S54$i.S1 IL
and sl.S1-2aAS7; commercial pius'
1882. .. 10. Gil
silver certificates, 81 3-iG5S l-2; bar Sill
ver II "a; Mexican dollars. 10 IA.
government bonds strong; State pohus
dull. railroad bonds weak.