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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
Slain by a Turkey.

The fashion by which Judge Samuel
Ashe, of the first North Carolina SUI
preme court, came to his death must
have been extremely notifying to
him, observes Law Notes. He was
killed by turkey gobbler. One day,
after he had become very old and in
firm, he was placed in a chair under
the shade of tree in his yard. "A red
cap protected his ancient noddle from
the attacks Of flies, and his comfort
was so we'll provided for in every way
that sweet slumber stole upon him
and caused him to nod. A large TURKEY
gobbler, which patrolled that precinct
mistaking this for challenge, imme-
diately gave battle. On a sudden the
judges sweet slumbers were broken by
the flap of hostile wings, and ere he
could collect his scattered senses 4
well-directed spur smote him in the
temple, and he fell down and gave UT
the ghost.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
Positively the Last Time
This Evening.
LAST PERFORMANCES b
of
PRINCE ICARUS
(The Flying MANI.
of
MILE. RITA
and of
AESOP
(The Grasshopper Clown.

Within the circus the seats we're al
ready Overlooking, and the same names
repeated from mouth to mouth blend
ed into general murmur, deadened by
the canvas, roof over the ring. Some
OF the circus men were raking the saw
dust on the track, and above the door
to the stables the musicians were Ian
guidly tuning their instruments Or at
4 times addressing friends who passed
beneath the gallery. "That you? Mari
us, how goes it," etc. In the upper
rows the audience was alive with i'm
irritated by the passing of. the fash
ionable FIRST nighters' fire.
quenters behind the scenes-who press
ed in crowd to the narrow entrance
leading to the greenroom.
Officers in civilian dress, and stu
dents, ship brokers and idle dandies
all wished for the last time to get near
the fair Mile. Rita, the celebrated
equestrienne, who for a month had
been the subject of conversation in
every messroom and every club. They
stepped along, the elbowed and the ell
bowers, between the walls that were
covered with sets of vanished harness.
and begged pardon every time they
jostled a groom. They stopped at the
stalls of Blue Devil and Djinn, the two
trick Arabians, and, under pretext of
giving some sugar "to'~the horses, flut-
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by the flagship. The Cincinnati steam
ed up to within 1000 yards, broadside
on, and began to let fly with her guns.
The batteries and the New York we're
just giving the signal to retire when
one defiant shot was fired from Rubal-
cava. It was the last shot that bat
terry was ever to fire. One of the big
guns on the Puritan followed back. It
was the best shot of, the day. It struck
the battery just where the gun was,
tore its way into the earthworks, and
exploded, doing great destruction.
Capt. r. ]. MacHugh, an artillery Off
Ger of the British army, who was
spectator of the engagement, said it
was one of the best shots he had ever
seen made. Having practically de-
molished the Spanish batteries, the
ships stood out to sea. Not a shell
had struck one of them, but there had
been three narrow misses of the New
York. The Spanish fired schrapnel
once, which had burst above the ship,
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flagship promptly opened fire with one.
OF her 8-inch guns The engagement
IN q few minutes became general, and
shore nor and bay were covered with the
WinIlldd-blown smoke, while the. hollow
between the hills roared with the can
3nonadlng. Continuing to cut loose.
With her guns, starboard and port, as
we'll as fore and aft, the New York
steamed quickly in and circled around
to the westward toward Point Rubal-
caV sE, while the Puritan swung to star
board board to engage the Maya batteries.
The Maya battery was the more for
midable and the fire from it was more
frequent, but the shells fell short The
New York ignored this battery after
minute and proceeded to pay all her
attention to the battery on Rubalcava,
which was being pushed to compile
ton. II vas beautiful sight to see the
target practice Of the New York. A
big balloon of smoke would suddenly
rise from her side. The eye, following
the direction of the spot, would see
an instant later a great clod of dust
and fragments of concrete and mortar
fly high in the air. Then would come
the roar Of piece, sullen and heavy.
. The New York had soon reduced the
range from 1000 to 5000 yards and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19

soon was tossing shells into Rubalcava
at the rate of about three minute
with wonderful precision and appar-
emily great destructiveness. In the
meantime the Puritan was taking care
OF Point Maya. It was long shot to
that battery. 1t was so well masked
chat the only target was the infrequent
smoke from the battery But when
the Puritan got the range, her shells
burst every time within the fortifca-
ton and great was the explosion there
OF. High up into the air would go a
cloud Of dust-atoms Of the Spanish
fort-looking for all the world like the
explosion of a magazine of brown pris-
matte powder. The Puritan was doing
fully as much harm on the east side
OF the bay as the New York was doing
on the west side. All this time the
Cincinnati had remained out of ac-
ton. Capt. Chester signaled for per-
mission to engage, and it was granted
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
4 Mr.. VESTS DEAL IN EGGS.
Took Tin Cans OF ''solid Meats to tho
fukon-Isipught Back S6,321.

Took Tin Cans OF 'ssoIid Meatsp to the
Iukon-Bipught Back SO,
Nearly every man who has come out
OF Dawson during the last two months
or 'rs more l ls' has had something to say
OF the 'frozen-egg man" They met him
az various points between the Chilkoot
summit and the Yukon river trudging
along with one companion and four
dogs, pulling a cargo Of frozen eggs
pound for the Klondike, says the Seat
tie Post-Intellige
Eggs at Dawson are worth 81 or
more each and this high price proved
such an incentive to a Portland man
tnat ne resolved to freeze a lot of them.
and take them in. RI
Inc egg man is in Seattle He has
sold MS eggs and returned with a. sack
"nlcn many. Klondiker might well
envy. His name is Charles Vest. Al
vest left Portland last October on
the steamer Elder Before leaving he
obtained 1,743 dozen eggs. He broke
and packed them in tin cans hGding
one gallon each or six Dozen. The cans
were sealed, frozen and put on ice.
Ihey weighed 2,025 pounds in cold
storage. a..
win one man to help him and his
uogs Vest hurried the eggs up to
oneep camp and buried them in the
snow. He put four cans in sack
and tied the sack over the dogs hacks
hacn dog carried twenty eight pounds
III this way. Once over the summit
Inc cans were piled on sleds, pulled
ny 1ne dogs, and the journey con-
tinued.
Lee. Il they stopped at a cabin and
bought supper and lodging. In the
morn1ng one can of the eggs, now be-
coming more and more precious was
gone. Vest had his suspicious but had
10 evidence. There were others camp
: Ing at the cabin and from these two
or three days later Vest obtained cor
rooorative evidence as to the guilt Of
the suspect.
me thief had gone toward the coast
put Vest followed him and took him
oelore the police. Confronted With
the evidence of his crime the fellow
confessed. The police decreed that the
man should be punished by giving IN
us outfit to the man he had wronged.
!nls was done and Vest got s185 per
oozen for the can of eggs, or s1,11o
in all.
vest reached the Big Salmon, where
MAJOR Walsh was camping and bought
vests eggs at SO per dozen. The eggs
yielded 1921, which, added to the
Sl,IlO, amounted to S6321 ac Tho IN
eal product OF Vests undertaking.
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Reformed by New -

Bill Smith lives far beyond King.
highway. He has lived in that section
since the time when it was com nosod
OF cornflelds and COW pastures For
thirty years he has been hahi+,.l
drunkard. Bill Smith quit drinLina
Intoxicating liquors recently a. frs3
NOBODY noticed his reform. Finally
everybody became surprised when +hov
stopped to think that Bill Smith had
Deen sober for many weeks and w.. :.
attending strictly to business inst 30 30
II ne mad never toyed with hottie IN
al MS life. What's the matter with
ola Bill Smith? Has he reformed Ia.
mas been sober for a month now, >
said one citizen to another the otber
day. Don t you know what's tho ~ -
ter? Bill Smith had to quit drinkin . >
replied the second citizen. eDid tha
/. doctors l tell him he had to quit asked
the: first citizen. tNo. THIRTY vo. 80
ago, and up to the last year. Bill smith
could get drunk and roll in tba coz
m mud anywhere west Of Kings hiphwav
. out recently granitoid sidewalks were
put down IN his locality, and Smith
Went nome drunk five night in snccos-
sion $40 and each night he had 4 new 'hu M
the size Of a hens egg on his bead
61li smith q simply had to quit drinking
else he wohld have butted ont ~ !
brains ms on these granitoid sidewalks -
5Glohe-Democrat.
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MONEY TO BURN L,
The The New American me, Mortar Battery =,
ss3a Sandy Hook. gs45

!. the ne New American Mortar Battery :,
Sandy Hook. #s
The new model American mortar
battery as now installed at Sandy
Hook. lEok presents many novelties. we
might IT, say, in the art Of ordnance
hitherto lli Impractical, says Leslie's
Weekly. When the sixty mortars are
nred at once Sandy Hook will be a
new new rival to Vesuvius. And as each
s 'll is twelve inches in diameter and
weighs half a ton, onk can see what
an annoying thing it will be for an
enemy's fleet to encounter our NOR
tars on summers day. These Ozark
ers' are to be put in one circuit and
5nred from armored turrets placed in
out-ot-the-way localities that com
mand full view Of the approaches to
New York harbor from the sea. And
as the channels are spaced off into
imaginary squares, the officer, with his
plane tables and range finders, simply
follows the enemys boats with his
telescope. When the instrument To-
Gates the fleet on certain square the
telescope connects a circuit that fires a
pit previously ranged on that certain
square. AS these pits are deep in sand
surrounded by natural scenery, it is
hard even for Sandy Hook officer
to go off shore and locate one. The
only weak spot is the Atlantic high
lands, from which, if an enemy should
capture it, the Smelling of the "Hook"
could be done. But to take the high
lands would be very difficult It is
intended that the mortar shells shall
be fired into the air at such an angle
that they will drop upon the enemy's
decks. No ship has yet been built that
can resist such an attack. Curiously
enough, after they have been fired, you
suddenly see them at a great height,
sailing along like a flock of geese.
They as suddenly disappear in midair
and strike at your feet almost the same
time. AS each discharge costs about
$4,000 for the entire sixty pieces, one
hours active work foots up a cost of
$1,O0O,OO0, for a days work, $4,000, 900.
One can therefore see Uncle Sam has
powder to burn. ..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
THEY TOOK HIM BACK
A1o" the Professor Turned Tables ~,
the Jo11ers.

Alo" the Professor Turned Tables ~,
the Jokers.
A story is told of the head of COL
lege who was the possessor of a verv
clumsy, old-fashioned vehicle, to which
ne was very partial, and which he con-
stantly used in riding through the
streets of the town, to the disgust Of
most of the students. '~~ 49, : = NJ
"A plan was formed among some Of
the boys that on a certain night they
would remove this offensive vehicle
from the coachhouse to a. wood ahout
nall mile from the college. Their in
tentlon was to run the carriage into
the thlckest of the woods and under
brush and leave it there.
But the principal by some means
learned or suspected their intention.
Accordingly, in the evening, he
quietly went out to the coachhouse
and, we'll wrapped up, crouched in q
corner of the carriage and waited.
Soon the boys came, very stealthily,
and, without looking into the vehicle.
began their operations very quietly:
and in whispers, and with many 2
HUSH" and *Take care" and Look
OUT they succeeded in getting it out
or the house and yard and into the
road
There they were all right, but thew
were puzzled to find the thing so heavy
to haul; and, amid grumblings and puff
hngs and paintings, varied occasionally
with a strong expression of disgust,
they succeeded in reaching the woods.
the principal listening to their com
plants and rather enjoying the situa-
tion $ -
Having with some difficulty backed
the carriage into the brush, they began
to congratulate each other on the sue
cess of their maneuver: The old gen
tleman, letting down the window, to-
their utter surprise and alarm. very
quietly said: -
Now, young gentlemen, just take
me back very carefully, if you please"
Spare Moments. T. N'at".
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batteries. The last shot that was fired
by the Spanish came from Point Rubal-
cava. The Puritan replied with one of
her 12-inch guns, The shell struck the
battery with wonderful accuracy and
blew up a portion of it. After waiting
in vain for the Spanish to renew the
engagement, the ships withdrew, leav-
ing both batteries in ruins. When Rear
Admiral Sampson. on the flagship New
York, left the cruising ground to pay
visit to Matanzas and Cardenas he
made up his mind that something had
to be done with the very aggressive
Spanish. artillerymen, who were man
ming the batteries out that way They
had twice fired on the torpedo boat
Foote, and were very busy erecting
Notifications and placing guns in po-
sition. At Matanzass the New York
found the monitor Puritan and the
cruiser Cincinnati, that have been
blockading the port. Admiral Sampson
decided to make reconnaissance in
force, for the threefold purpose Of To-
eating the batteries, discovering the
kind of guns they mounted, and, if
possible, stopping the work of fortify-
ing. Matanzas lies at the head Of a
bay, about four miles from the sea,
This bay at it's mouth is three miles
wide. On the west side Of the bay is
Point Rubalcava, and on the east side
Point Maya. These points have a very
slight elevation above the sea, but the
confguration Of the harbor is such as
to give the batteries on them com
handing position. Stretching back
from these batteries are towering hills.
4andsit was believed the guns had been
mounted somewhere there. concealed
by the shrubbery The New York led
the way into the bay Of Matanzas. The
Puritan was few hundred yards
astern on the port side, and the Gin
cinnati remained behind slightly
greater distance astern on the star
board side Lines drawn from ship to
ship would have made an almost per-
feet triangle, At a few minutes before
#1 o'clock there was puff of smoke
from the east shore, and an 8-inch
shell whizzed toward the New York
and fell short. Scarcely had the re-
port died away. than another pun 81
smoke fioated upon the Point Maya
side and easily blew away. This she'll
also fell short. The range Of the east
battery was nearly 1000 yards. but the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
BATTLE OF NJ TANZAS
T LASTED JUST EIGHTEEN
SHORT MINUTES. ss ].
The New York, Cincinnati and Puritan
silenced the Spanish Batteries in
Quick Ord err Description Of the First
Engagement OF the War.

!. 4. 80
The engagement at Matanzas lasted
Just eighteen minutes. It began at
81 minutes past IL and ended at a
quarter past L. The Puritan and Gin
cinnati were left on guard at Matanzas
and the New York returned to her old
position. All told the United States
ships fired eighty-six shots at the forts
The forts fired probably twenty-five
shots. But far more important than
the destruction of the Matanzas bat
teries is the conclusion about the fu-
ture, which may be drawn from the
commandment. This conclusion is that
havana is absolutely at the mercy of
the United States fleet whenever we
choose to open fire. The fight he de-
scribes as follows: Admiral Sampson
bombarded, silenced and pretty well
destroyed the Spanish batteries in 20
s1t1on and in course of construction at
the entrance of the harbor of Matanzas
He did it with the flagship New York,
the monitor Puritan and the cruiser
Cincinnati. Not, one of the American
ships was struck, the Spanish gunnery
being wild. There is as yet no means
OF knowing the number of dead and
wounded on the Spanish side. It must
be considerable. While the New York.
puritan and Cincinnati were reconnoit-
erlng in force for the purpose of locat-
Ing and destroying the formidable de-
lenses being constructed, the flagship
was fired on by the batteries on Point
Rubalcava and Point Maya, guarding
the entrance to the harbor. The New
York replied, firing her forward eight
inch gun on the port side. She steam
ed boldly in between the batteries and
soon blazed away with both broadsides
at them. The Puritan steamed in be-
hind the New York and engaged the
notifications in Point Maya, while the
New York went to starboard close up
to the land and poured her shells into
Rubalcava. The Cincinnati, which had
remained we'll astern under orders sig
nailed for permission to engage and re-
ceived it, and soon was firing her guns
at the fort on the west side of the bay.
The batteries fired explosive shells and
most of them fell wide of the mark.
One burst just beyond the stern of the
New York. and shrapnel shot explod-
ed above her. It took the three ships
just eighteen minutes to silence the
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tered about the extemporized dressing
room where Rita, tranquil and smiling,
was donnlng her attire. Then came in
succession the commonplace compli-
ments, to which the star of the circus,
unheeding, scarcely deigned to give an
answer, without seeming to note the
ardent gaze of her admirers.
She was handsome girl, a careless
gypsy, with the sun in her eyes and
her blood, accustomed to the atmos-
phere Of admiration, and she finished
her toilet without hurrying. At times,
however, impatiently and with a pref
ty. rebellious movement, she gave her
shoulders shake and made the pearls
of her necklace rattle 1t was then
the little clown Aesop, her husband,
who, all befoured and painted, was
walking before the room, his huge
topknot swaying at every step, drew
near, and with his sharp falsetto voice
launched some taunt at the artists
-courtiers. They laughed, they even
applauded, but more often they low
cred their eyes before the cutting, cold
gaze of the dwarf, whose wan and
grotesque face-in spite of the smile
of his blood-red and too large lips
seemed at some moments to be fraught
with evil %.... .. ...ls-.z-
This evening the manikin was in a
worse humOr than usual; his ieers
were more biting and more bitter. and
Beneath the coat of -four covering his
scanned features he appeared not pale,
but iivid. His eyes had sharp and
menacing flash in them, and never left
Rita, who, gayly posed before her mir
nor, was having her bodice laced by
the handsome gymnast Icarus
In the circus the orchestra was fin
ishing waltz, by Metra. The curious
were gradually quitting the stable and
returning to their places. The sharp
cuts OF the ring masters whip were
cracking in the arena; the show had
4 begun. Icarus placed last rose in the
hair of the equestrienne and ran to
chalk her shoes. He stumbled against
his dwarfish comrade.
The clown seemed very busy in ex-
sfmining the gas meter, and pushed
him away with an oath. Then, with
out more ado, the acrobat sent him
reeling. and leapfng on ladder. cried
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
CLOWNS VENGEANCE.

That evening there was a great con-
course of people on the Place de la
Liberte. he Rosati Circus was Civ
ing it's last performance, and the pub
alc OF Toulon was focking in crowds
to this farewell representation. At the
doors, beneath the Pickering gleam of
the rows of gas lights, there was a
ceaseless crush and movement, an end
less line was slowly winding its way
In, hating at every step and hammer
1ng the sounding planks with con-
fused clatter. All around, on the mo-
dice boards stuck in the ground, the
colors of the flaming posters were dis
played, and, bathed in the garish light,
daZzled the eye. In the crowd of spec
tators and idlers everyone was reading
aloud the placard which stood conspic-
uous in front:
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"A Picture of tho Brook Farrners.

In Col. Higginson's Cheerful Yester-
days there is this amazing picture OF
the Brook farmers: Among these were
George and Burrill Curtis, and Larned,
with Chas. Dana, late editor of the New
York Sun; all presentable and agree
able, but the first three peculiarly cos
tuned. 1t was then very common for
young men in college and elsewhere to
wear what was called blouses-a kind
of hunters frock made at first o,
brown holland belted at the waist
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-19
CONCERNING EATING.

-
Gratings Of dry cheese, kept in we'll
corked bottles, will be found useful for
omelettes, macaroni, etc.
When When making an omelette never let
1t cook long enough to be hard inside
An omelette to be good should run
when cut open.
The dinner hour abroad: In London
society it is 8 to g p. M; England in
general, to 2 p. M; France, 6 to s.
p M; Germany to 2 p. M; Austria.
l:S0 to 3 p. M; Switzerland. / to 2
p. M; Italy, s to 8 p. m. B
q pretty dish is made by peeling po-
tatoes, after the outer pairing is re-
moved, in long ribbons, says What To
Eat. Lay them in cold water and dry
them with a soft cloth, then fry in
boiling fat. Pile the ribbons high on
"a dish. dust salt over them, and stick
tufts of parsley about them. NJ fss
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these being gradually developed into
garments of gay-colored chintz some.
times, 1t was said, an economical trans.
formation OF their sisters skirts or net.
tlcoaes. All the young men of this mar.
~ except Dana wore these CAV oar.
ments and bore on their heads IT'LL
round and visorless caps with tasse1s
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Outsharpenine q Sharper.

Mr.. Hardacre proudly)- -"Say, Rube.
I was deown in teown yistiddy, an 1
done one O. them bunco-steerer fellows
out'n $50" Reuben Gin admiration)-
''Yeou did," Mr.. Hardacre-"Yes I
had hundred dollars in my clothes.
and he only got fifty of it.''-Puck.
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81, 900 for q Telegram.

a few weeks ago Bernabe then Span.
ish minister at Washington, sent 4
.cablegram to Sagasta which cost ST, 900.
prepaid. AS the cable rates from Wash
ington to Madrid is 43 cents word,
the important message contained 1926
words
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The the Women Colonels Of the German -,
The eight women colonies Of ths
German err "a army, who draw swords onIv
seml- % and their salaries regn.
larly, are: The queer, the empress :,
germany man the .doWager empress, wife
!. OF OF the late Frederick III. the Princess
Frederick Charles OF Prussia. the
Queen Regent Sophia and Queen VII
helmina Of the Net erlands, the Ouch
sess Of Connaught. and the duchess Of
Saxe-Co bourg- Gotha (Edinburg1 sister
Of the Emperor OF Russia.
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THE PURITAN

a shell had struck just fore Of her, and
another struck just aft. The fact that
the Spaniards failed to strike such a
large target as the New York, towering
as she does like a house out Of water,
was taken as evidence that they are
not good marksmen. On the other
hand, every shot that the New York
fired after she got the range was pitch
ed right into the batteries
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Don't forget that when you confide
in q married woman you are probably
Sconfding In her husband also. .