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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22
WHAT THE THUMB REVEALS.
Ie Betrays the Weakness or Strength of
the Whole Character

1t Betrays the Weakness or STRENGTH of
the Whole Character.
1t is the thumb that betrays the
weakness or strength of the whole
character, says the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. With a weak thumb, hand that
otherwise shows great possibilities will
be nerveless, unsuccessful and remain
undeveloped. With large, strong
thumb, whatever faults or virtues the
subject may have, he will never be
petty; he may be either good or bad,
ihe will never be ordinary A large
thumb indicates one who is indepen-
dent in both thought and action, who
is ready to take the consequences of
his own wrong-doings, who is swayed
only by reason, and is only disguised
and hardened by display of emotion.
The combination of large thumb With
q broad palm shows courage to the
point Of rashness; with long, clear
head line, absolute lack of fear, and
great calmness and decision in the
moment of danger. A small thumb al
ways indicates a sentimental, impress
Iionable nature, incapable Of forming
any very high aims or of executing
work Of any value. The opinions Of
snbjects are formed for him, never by
MIN, although he will believe himself
ITO have thought them all out, and will
quote them as his own. A thumb cas-
lily bent back shows extravaganza OF
thought, adaptability and a tendency
to 'sfad." The first, or nailed, phalanx
Of the thumb represents will power;
che second, logic. If the first Is long
and the second short, the subject will
be self-willed and violent, having no
restraint whatever over his passions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22
The Toad "Moults. ;,

The toad sheds its skin at certain Pc
RODS, the old coming of, leaving new
one, which has been formed under
meath in it's stead. It does not give its
CASTOR coat away to any poorer toad.
and there are no toads dealing in sec
ond.hand raiment. Neither does it
leave its cast-off jacket on the ground
after the fashion Of the shiftless snake.
It does none Of these things, but swal-
lows its overcoat at one mouthful, con-
Iverting its stomach into .sortmaneau.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

If the second is long and the first
short he will be logical, calculating
and will rule every action by reason;
but the energy and desire for action
will be materially decreased To have
a really good thumb the two phalanges
should be of equal length; then reason
and will combine and the highest 1e-
suits for a happy future should be
forthcoming. Z.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

s.Fashionables'' in England have TAX
en- UP circus riding as a fad. Mrs.
Dudley Smith, the only daughter Of
the late Mr.. Kynoch, at one time mem
Der for parliament, made her debut at
Birmingham some weeks ago Long
ago she learned to ride without stir
rups or reins, and she does some PEI
markably skillful work
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

puted to be the veritable house where
in the Virgin Mary lived at Nazareth,
which during the night Of May IL, 1921,
was miraculously severed from it's
foundations and borne through the air
by angels to Tesalto, in Illyria, and
transferred thence, three years later,
by the same agency, to Loreto. In
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

L o r e t o l t
stands to this
day, and there
the create st
saints Of the
church, popes,
sover e i g n S,
princes, t h e
mob lie, t h e
wealthy a n d
the good, have
have continu-
ously .thronged
for the last six
C e n t u r i e S,
leaving offer
ings Of gold
and silver and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

weather in a desperate sort of wav as
ne forced his course along Fifth ave-
nue.. His head was down SO low that
ne could see nothing except the paw
Ing blocks, and still the shifting wind
carried the rain into his face atstimes.
At Washington street he essayed TO
cross the street, and in doing SO ran
directly into tall man who was try
ing to get along with his head in the
air. The tall man doubled I'D for an
instant, but he did not get mad. IN
stead OF saying harsh and profane
things to the man who had thus Inf
feted him he said: t"Hold your head
up" Then he strobe on. The man
who received this piece of advice did
not for moment or two realize what
had been said. He stood still. and
when it dawned upon him that per-
feet stranger had volunteered a rule
of conduct to be followed on stormy
day he turned with frown and a re-
tort on his lips. But the tall man was
far away and the little fellow bowed
his head and once more plunged into
the storm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

betnlehem, ne was
brought up under
her care at Nazar-
eth. Later the fam
lily domicile was
transferred to Jeru-
salem. After the
crucitixion, accord
ing to the legend,
Mary fed with St.
John the Evange-
list to Ephesus,
where the beloved
disciple built her a
house, in which she
spent her last days.
In Nazareth is
still pointed out the
remains Of what is
claimed to be the
erstwhile home of
the Holy Family.
This is now a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

rections and description of the house.
The directions were followed. The
house was found exactly as described.
In 1896 the pope decided upon the
plans for grand cathedral which is to
inclose the ruins for the future venera-
ton Of the faithful. :. ~ - III
It now only remains to build a suit
able memorial over the site of the Viz
gins home in Jerusalem,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

Berlin's Club of Giants.
The Giants Club" in Berlin admits
to membership no one who is less than
six feet Ia height.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

When a man has nothing to do he
always attends to It personally.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

Whether or not the. stroke of the
guillotine causes instant death, it is
more than likely that the raising of
the question by DR.. Cinel will Danish
the machine which owes it's origin to
the reign of terror.
For months past the French govern
ment has had in its hands a machine
superior to the guillotine in rapdity of
action, which causes no distortion of
visage and produces no scar.
The machine, which has been named
"L'Executioner' by it's inventor, Fran
co.'s Esclangon, well known scientist
and the editor of the Partisan LIE
Monde Scientifique, is like the helmet
worn by fourteenth century cavalier.
From the top curves a long, hollow bar
of steel, dividing near it's end into two
portions, which approximate closely
crowned with the final success of his
capture. - T..
Samory is good Mussulman, and al
ways known among his people as the
Almamy, which is the same as Imam.
To speak of him by his own name was
to incur death. There is no question
Of his ability, and no question of the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22
RUINS OF
THE HOUSE
OF THE
VIRGIN
At
EPHESUS.

Cathrin Emerich, a
German peasant
girl of the seven
teenth century, fell
into his hands. She
professed to have
been enlightened in
a vision as to the
precise locality of
the sacred spot.
She gave fu11 dr.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-22

two holes in the helmet near the upper
portion.
In the cavity of this bar are placed
TWO cartridges, run on grooves made in
the carved bar and attached to long,
curved needles. In the helmet are two
holes fitted with disks which can be
made to revolve until they come into
opposition with the eyes of the victim.
The apparatus is in communication
with battery on a table near by which
causes the cartridges to revolve and
at the same time to plunge forward and
bury themselves deep in the frontal
lobes of the brain, destroying instant
ly a large portion of the white mat
ter of the cerebrum. -1s..
Death is instantaneous and painless,
and only a simple prick at the angle
of each eye shows how the dead man
passed. III. s%z
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
LAMB MACHINE ON TOP.
Terre Haute Youngsters Unable to
Down the Old Democrat.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 1S.-The
Democratic county convention this after
noon was test of strength between the new
would-be local leaders of the party and the
old machine unde- control of former Con-
gresham Lamb. Mr.. Lamb met them in
the city campaign and had his way as he
Gid later on in the new City Council Then
the aspiring young men said they would de-
feat Judge Jump for judge and 'Dud"
Weeks for clerk at the county convention
The candidates nominated over which there
was struggle between the factions, with
the exception of the candidate for clerk
were Lamb candidates. Judge Jump, late
collector of internal revenue and at present
receiver of the Street-railway and Electric
!Aghtlng Company, was nominated for
Judge OF the Superior Court on the fourth
DaIot, after a tie vote on the third. Dan
Fasig was nominated for auditor, Fred Beal
for prosecuting attorney, James Bolton for
clerk; Walter Phillips for recorder, J. w.
Brunker for coroner. and Frank Rawley and
George Edmunds for representatives. Treas
urer Walsh and Sheriff Seeburger were re-
nominated for their offices without opposi-
ton.
Worry Griffith, president of the Jackson
Club and new member of the Council
with Charles. Duffin, the travelling man re-
Gently elected president of the national or
ganIzation of the Travellers Protective AS
sociation, and who until lately was a can
didate for the Democratic nomination for
Congress, led in the revolt. By reason of
Gritith'S position in the Jackson Club and
Dufhn's prominence in the same organiZa-
ton, there is a split in the best club the
Democrats ever had here.
The only question on which the conven-
tion this afternoon was unanimous was
when it enthusiastically instructed the del
McNutt for attorney general. Mr.. McNutt
has no opposition for denomination.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
FIVE HOURS BALLoTING
RAINIER REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
IN MADISON COUNTY.
Democrats Nominate John Ross for
Congress in Tenth District-Terre
Haute Convention.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

special to the indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON. Ind, June 18-The Repub-
mean county convention, held in this city
To-Day, was the greatest ever held in Madi-
son county The Grand Opera House was
Jammed with people. and the enthusiasm
was or a brand that does not bear earrnarks
Oh being manufactured Hon j. W. Lovett
was CHOSEN chairman and made the only
speech OF the day. It was limited to five min
utes' bur was a complete review Of conditions
and advancement made under the admin
lstration- The resolutions had special ref
erence to the betterment in conditions in all
classes, and an Endorsement of the admin
istration and the war Because of such a
great number of candidates for the twelve
oinces, speeches of all kinds were prohibit
ed, AMI the candidates were placed in NOM
nation by the secretary calling the list.
After five hours ballotng the following.
out OF sixty candidates, were chosen: Pros
ecutor, Nicholas Harper of Anderson; rep
resentatives, w. w. Manifold. of ingalls,,
and Perry Heritage of Alexandria; clerk.
George b. Wheelock. of Anderson; auditor.
!. d. Kinnard. of Pendleton; treasurer,
George F. Quick, of Anderson; recorder.
Ai T. pye; of Anderson; sheriff. Charles
Burr, of Anderson, and S. z. Hughes of
AAIeGxandria; surveyor. NJ. H. Downey. of
anderson; coroner, f. NJ. Conrad of Ander-
son; The contest attracting the most at
Ientlon was between T. l. De Hority of
ElWood and George F. Quick, of Anderson.
Tor treasurer. The ticket is composed of
men from all callngs. Dye is a conserva-
a's i've ES labor leader and barber, known for
MS work in the State Federation of Lab
OF which he was president for some time.
Glpe is blacksmith; Harper, a young at
torney, and Heritage. Manifold and Kin
nard farmers Wheelock is a travelling man
Ine gavel used by Chairman LoVett was
the one used in the first Republican con-
venuon in this county. There has been
great change since then. For many years
Madison county and Shelby county stood
side by side as the banner Democratic sec
tlons OF the State. Through an effort to
down a corrupt ring, four Republicans were
elected TO office in 1870, when the Democrat
ic majority was about 1,5OO, but except that
time, up TO 1894 Madison county was always
democratic In the last few years factories
nave been built, workingmen have moved in
ana 1t has now become Republican by at
least 5OO, and from that up to 1900 1t is
safe to predict that the ticket nominated
to-day Will be elected by big majority
Ihere was no hedging on any old issues
Among those present to-day was Nominee
Stoner, of Greenfield, who is a candidate for
Joint senator.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
AMUsEMENTS.


ellison Willets. in Golfers Weekly.
Now in Tampa. in addition to twenty thou
sand regular soldiers, we have many regi-
mentS of volunteers. The free-and-easy dis
cipline in these militia camps is source of
amusement and amaZement to our regular
army officers. On the day of the arrival of
the Florida state troops, Colonel Bell, of the
First United States Cavalry, passed several
boys in blue on Tampa's main street. They
failed TO salute. The colonel hailed them,
saying; See here, are YOU soldiers?'
Yes sir
Then why don't you salute? 1 was wait
that IT is customary 10 touch your cap TO an
ofiicer?"
Yes, sir" replied the militia boys; but
you see, sir, we just arrived.
That same day your correspondent was
strolling through the camp of q MasSachu-
sctts regiment. Some of the soldiers were
cleaning out the underbrush when one of
them hailed a passing captain thus: See
here, cap. we've got to have some axes.
Yes. cap, you've got to get US some axes be-
fore we can go ahead"
On another occasion the colonel and the
major of a Florida regiment were sitting
on the inn piazza when two private sol
diers OF their command appeared. The prf-
Yates walked straight up to the officers and
slapped them on the back, saying: Come
on, Jim, come on, Bill let's have a drink"
Familiarity of this sort. in the regular
army, would mean indefinite Imprisonment
IN the guardhouse for the men. As several
United States army officers have remarked,
"Our army can never invade Cuba success
fully unless the volunteers learn discipline.
And discipline means the complete suboT-
cination OF individuality"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
OBEYING HIS PARTY.
POpulist Governor of Kansas sus-
pends Metropolitan Police Law.

TOPEKA, Kan, June 1S.-Governor
Leedy has issued a proclamation suspending
the Metropolitan police law of the State of
Kansas, the same to take effect at noon on
the 1st day of July. And further, the Gov
ernor revokes the appointments of the
boards of police commissioners in the five
cities of the first class in the State, to take
effect on the day mentioned. This move of
Governor Leedy is in accordance with the
action of the Populist State convention,
which declared in its platform for immedi-
ate suspension of the Metropolitan police
law and its abolishment by the Legislature.
This action will result in placing the po-
litical power of the police in all the large
cities of the State, save IeaVenworth, into
the hands of the Republicans,
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19

suffered the worst defeat in their history
II Is said that 52O00 of their soldiers were
slain. The Roman army in this battle con-
sisted OF. $4,000 men--the picked Drawn and
sinew of the empire
In the Franco-Prussan war ~ 900 French
men were killed. The Germans fired 10000, :
Wv rifle shots TO attain this result. During
the same war the Germans fred 1863 900 artil-
lery charges.
Since the birth of Christ 1000 900 men
have been slain In battle. Before the be-
ginning of the Christian era the losses can
not be estimated, owing to the very indis-
tinct and inaccurate accounts that have
been handed down.
In none of the battles mentioned was
dynamite used. In the wars of the future
this terrible agent of destruction must be
reckoned on. Men who have studied the
mortality statistics of the past shudder at
the though of what may be in store in the
wars that are to come. Only recently has
the use of dynamite in land warfare been
considered safe for the army using it. The
modern dynamite gun, however, has seem
ingly solved the problem and the men who
go to war hereafter will face an agent of
destruction beside which the charges of
Napoleon's old guard were childs play
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19

Philadelphia Record.
Brown bread, which has long had a hy-
gienic as well as dietetic repute, is turned
down unequfvocally in the report of two
German scientists to their government The
kind of brown bread specified in the report
is that heretofore issued TO the German
army and known as 'komnlis- -brod." a mix
ture of the flour of rye and wheat The
conclusions reached are that a sound rye
fiour-rye enters largely into the dietary of
the German soldiers and of the German peo-
pie in generals nearly az digestibie as a
sound wheat flour. The digestibility of rye
-four Is however. enhanced in proportion 10
its freedom from the husks of the grain
The bran of rye contains no nutritive ele-
ment assimilable by the human digestion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19

Niagara Fails Gazette.

Do these persons who urge war, these
papers that clamor for hostilities, ever stop
to thing of the cost of human life in a
warfare between nations.
The civil war cost 303. 900 lives. OF this
number 9S.0S9 were slain in battle. The vast
army which succumbed TO disease was no
less than 1Si, 331. while the remaining twen-
ty thousand or so died of wounds received.
At the battle of Waterloo 81 600 men were
killed or disabled There were $4,000 SOL
diers in that great struggle, and it is esti-
mated that one man was either killed or dis
abied for every four hundred shots fired,
counting both the artillery and rifle shots.
In the Crimean war 95,6l5 lives were sacri-
feed, and at Borodna, when the French
and Russians fought 1S,000 men were left
dead on the battle field. There We're 250000
troops in combat in that engagement.
of the 95'6l5 men who perished in the
Crimea 50 900 were Turks and Russians.
At Canea, however. where the Romans
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
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no matter how finely that part of the grain
may be triturated.
According to the report the aim of a ra-
tional milling process should be to obtain
the most perfect elimination of the husks,
including the gluten cells. The bread served
out to German soldiers is condemned as
nelng incapable OF complete assimilation. 1t
how completely the excellence of white
bread as diet, which has for many years
been doubtfully regarded, is re-established.
To bring the German army ration loaf up
to the nutritve standard of a good white
household loaf it is prescribed as absolutely
ton of the offal from the -four should be
increased from fifteen, the present figure, to
twenty five, the standard usual in Germany
for flour intended for white household bread.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19

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New York Post.
A recent anthology of "Sonnets on the Sonnet
did not include the following, published anony-
mously in Western paper-the Chicago Tribune,
believe:
You build a sonnet about this plan;
Your first line ground out, take the next so
And make it rhyme with this one just below.
Then, next you match the first line, if you can.
Don't hurry the machine. The lines must scan.
With steady motion turn the crank You know
'Tis not a sonnet If it limps Go slow.
man"
As to the last six lines. some latitude
May be allowed Take any word, as grove. -
Now hunt rhyme for latitude" Try ''shrewd.' -
This line must end with dove" or love" or
'strove'
And this with mood or ''prude," or 'crude, ("
or dude"
And there's your sonnet. Throw 1t in the stove.