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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

ature, religion, art, science. the Aus
tralian ballot system and national
politics. His companion listened, but
said nothing, showing he was not
interested. In despair, the lawyer
commenced a discourse on the mete-
ORIG showers, when he noticed the ag-
Sriculturist removed his spectacles and
wipe them on the corner Of his hand
kerchief. a bright idea came to him,
81 see you wear spectacles,'' he said.
ct is said there is a vast difference
in results Of wearing nose glasses and
spectacles. suppose you have worn
both? Can you tell me what it is?
The agriculturlst had, could and
did. He talked on what was the mat
ter with his eyes, what he did for
them, how certain lights and things
affected them, what sort of prisms to
wear, who is the best occulist, and
listened attentively and eagerly to
like remarks from the lawyer. When
mine host returned, they We're still
discussing the subject, and were APP
parently the best Of friends. Which
goes to prove that. no matter how Tar
apart your everyday lives may be,
whether you are a man or woman,
if you wear glasses there is always
bond of fellowship and interest be-
tween you, and an open sesame to
conversation. Try it some day and
see. 49, 5-r.s-. 'is r. Er*5t.- .&Es fEU
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

others until he stands safely on the
car. This portion of the task is ac
complished comparatively easily,
however. when compared with. the
next. At the first he is timid anG
slightly frightened, but when the car
starts his, fearais wonderful to behold.
Though he may ride a hundred times,
he never overcomes this fear, though
it is much more pronounced when he
takes his initial ride after. say, two
months acquaintance with civiliza-
tion. He rends the air with wild
trumpetings, endeavors fruitlessly to
escape, and only ceases his efforts
when the car has again come to a
standstill. OF course, wonderfully
strong cars are necessary to hold him.
They are made completely CT iron,
with huge iron bars rising to a height
of ten or twelve feet above the plat
form. Often these cars are rendered
useless by the twisting of the bars due
to the application of the occupants re-
markable strength. In transporting
the elephant by sea the difficulties are
almost as great. They are raised by
means of canvas sling from the
wharf to the ship, struggling to escape
and rending the air with their cries.
Once aboard ship they are easily man
aged, the motion not affecting them,
because they do not see the moving
panorama before them. Unloading
them m Is easy. They are lowered to a
raft beside the ship and allowed to
swim ashore. They take to the water
easily, and are excellent swimmers,
being able to- swim eight or ten miles
at stretch without firing. The size
of the Indian elephant is usually about
8 feet in height and 10 feet in length.
The male is little larger. perhaps II
feet, and weighing about 5000 pounds.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
ENGLISH ARMY LIFE.
IT IS NOT so DULL AS MIGHT
APPEAR. 4.&&S.
The Elephant Brigade In India "A
Thorough Course of Training is Neces-
sary Before They Are Made Part
of tho Oueen's Fighting Force.

One of the most interesting fea-
lures of English army life that are
presented to the layman in India is
furnished by the remarkable efficiency
OF the elephant brigade, most highly
developed through the skill Of the
Burmese in handling the giant ami
mails. Their usefulness in India can
{ be scarcely imagined by one not Ia
miliar with the amount and variety
B of work which they accomplish, but it.
would be a serious mistake to
imagine that this degree Of use
fitness is attained through any apti-
tude Of the unwieldly animals or
natural tendency toward it. It is due.
solely and entirely to the wonderful
ability of the natives in training the
huge animals and overcoming their
natural inclinations. This cannot be
too highly praised. Neither must it
be imagined that the use of elephants
in army life is not attended by great
disadvantages. not the least OF which
1 is the difficulty with which they are
transported. Naturally the elephant
4 is not an intelligent animal. He can
be taught remarkable things. in which
his strength and endurance play an
important part. He can never, how
ever, perform these feats without con-
tinual attendance and direction. Alb
stractly, his power Of work Is unap-
5preciable: when directed by intelli-
gent hands, however. It is remarkable.
The transportation facilities which
are provided for the sole use of the
elephant are quite as remarkable.
Witnessed recently the loading and
2detraining Of a lot Of elephants on the
Madras railway Both were remark
able processes. In loading. a rope is.
fastened to his foreleg and lot Of
natives haul and pull at it to induce
the animal to take the first steps into
the car. This is only accomplished,
however. by admonishing him in the
haunch by means Of tusk. The first
step taken is rapidly followed by the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
They're Only Artosfans.

During the recent strike of ladies'
tailors the proprietor Of we'll known
uptown establishment was endeavor-
ing to explain to an interested GUS
toner the difference between the kind
of work which is done in an establish
ment like his and that done by the
shambling wretches who were fighting
for recognition" and their right to
better pay. "You see," he explained,
men who never see fine garment on
a lady and who have no opportunity
to observe and learn what good. style
is cannot be- expected to turn out ar
tistic work. They can never hope to
become artists; they are simply ar
tesians." ~ S*5 :=
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
RECENT INVENTIONS.

An improved crutch has rubber
tip at the bottom for use in ordinary
weather, with steel point placed In
side the rubber and attached to knob
on the side Of the shank by which it
can be pushed when the pavements
are slippery.
To prevent check reins from slip
ping OF their hooks an Iowa man has
designed a holder formed Of leather
disk from the center OF which sec
ond disk is almost cut, leaving por-
ton answered at the rear, with slit
in the inner disk, which fits tightly
over the hook.
Ropes Of all, sizes can be automatic
ally measured by a new machine.
which has q roller journaled IN q
casing around which the ropes are
passed and then extended through
openings Of different size to CORE
spond with the diameter of the rope,
the roller turning pointers on dial
as It revolves.
A Minnesota woman has designed .
buttonhole opened for use with but
tonholing machines. consisting 81 .
central handle with one end formed
with q tapered point to cut the hole
open, when the tool Is reversed and
q fiat, double-edged blade Is used to
make the hole Of the proper length.
A handy clothesrack for use outside
Of windows Is formed Of a number of
bars hinged together to unfold on
either side OF the window. with rods
running across the. window from one
set Of bars to the other, to be brought
within easy reach for hanging the
clothes and extended for drying them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
What one woman's Vanity Cost Her.

What One Woman's Vanity Cost Her.
A curious story comes from Monte
Carlo, the heroine of which has. says
the Paris correspondent Of the Daily
Telegraph, lost large sum through
excusable feminine vanity. She en-
tered the Sale while a former friend
and protector of hers was winning IN
a sweeping style that seemed destln-
ed to break the bank. II am so glad
to see you here, Prince, and in such
luck: too" she exclaimed. do tell
me lucky number; it is sure to win,
for you are now in the vein." The
Prince generously placed pile of gold
louis before the vivacious. lady, whose
beauty had successfully defled the ef-
fects of thirty-six winters, and said:
"Put it all on the number of your
years and reap a golden harvest" The
lady reflected, hesitated, and then plac-
ed the pile on twenty-seven. An in
slant later the croupier sang out,
"Thirty-six red wins.'' The lady NUT
tered, "Ah! mon Dieu; thirty-six is
exactly my age" and tainted on the
spot. ..N -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
SCRAPS.

In Mexico the family of dead duel.
list can claim support from the person
who shot him.
There are over 200 creameries in
South Dakota, the annual output
amounting to nearly s3.000,0O0. +
The terra Gotta monument marking
the spot where Lafayette was wounded
on the Brandywine battlefield, was
blown down by the recent high winds
and badly broken.
The Alaskan Commercial Company
of San Francisco has presented to the
University of California it's fine coll
lection of mounted fossils and eth
biological specimens.
Penelope-It's dreadful! Papa
wants me to marry man have
never seen. Perdita-That's nothing.
My father wants me to marry man I
have seen. Harlem Life.
A button cut from the coat Of Gem
eral Shafter during the Santiago CAM
paign was recently ratified of at
charity bazaar at Wichita, Kas. Two
hundred and fifty chances were sold
at cents each.
The Tyrol had an extraordinary mild
autumn. On November Is flowers
were blooming. and ripe strawberries
were picked. some at an elevation Of
5000 feet. There were alpine roses in,
bloom and plenty of June bugs. Is
Grenoble is the place where most Of
the kid gloves come from. At this
place alone 100000 dozen pairs Of
gloves are manufactured annually.
This renresents yelue of H1 400 900
to f1.45o,000 and gives employment
to $4,000 work people OF both sexes.
The Woman's Institute in London
has published a Lexicon OF Employs
ments for Women" from which it APP
pears that there are in England fe-
male q and omnibus drivers, street
no.ters s"wallsing rosters, cattle
dealers uctioreers ar one locomo-
tive e,ss. seer
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
WHERE sN AXES AnoUNp..
a Curious Spot Where Thousands of'

"A Curious Spot Where thousands o.
Snakes Consrsgate.
Save In the imagination Of some
unfortunate victim Of delirium, there
are few men who ever saw more than
three or four snakes together Ia any
place on the earth's surface. We're
you to ask naturalists they would tell
you that the tendency OF snakes IS
not to congregate In any one place.
Yet contrary to seeming laws Of ma
.ture there is place which Is infested
by them in astounding numbers, 50
vast that 1t is the wonder Of all those
who have looked upon It. This land
Of snakes is. known by either Of the
two unsuggestive names Of "Linkvtlle"
or klamath Falls, !" and is situated IN
an obscure corner over the California
border line in Oregon. It may be-
reached in twenty-four hours travel
from San Francisco You have only
to take the northern bound train for
Ager, thence a stage line Of about
twenty miles conducts you to your
destination. It Is impossible to asso-
ciate Snakes" with the beautiful and
varying scenery through which you
pass as far as klamath Hot Springs.
Trees and streams and all the glories
of mountain scenery greet you on
every hand You drive through lux
urious growth of evergreens and
shrubbery; you cross and recross nu-
merous streams; you breathe the soft
air Of Shasta and Siskiyou. But when
you have left klamath Hot Springs 9
few miles behind there is an appre-
ciable difference in the landscape.
Sparsity of vegetation is the first OBJ
servable change. At every turn OF
the road the aspect becomes more bar
rem, more forlorn and more desolate.
Finally, you seek in vain for a tree
or shrub, and at last. dust-covered
and weary, you pull up at dry,
| withered village, that produces moth
! ing on it's hard, rocky soil but revolt
| ing snakes. You have reached Link
| vile, the haunting retreat Of serpents!
There is a bridge in Linkville that
spans klamath river. From this
bridge, which is vantage point as
far as view is concerned, most ex-
traordinary sight meets the eyes.
Along the river banks, at irregular
| intervals of few yards, are seen dark
balls ranging from foot to three feet
in diameter. They are stationary and
| as passive as a boulder, which they
resemble in color. But If stone is
hurled at any Of these strange
spheres, to your horror snakes will
crawl off in every direction and the
ball will melt away as lard melts In
frying pan. The repulsive creatures
that have thus been coiled up In q
perfect sphere glide away under rocks
and one minute later not snake II
to be seen in that particular spot. But
the other balls of snakes in the vicin.
ity are little disturbed by the stone
A close inspection will reveal only {
moving head or twitching tail in thu
I mass that before looked like an i'm
movable boulder. Those that wer,
+ scattered, however. may later seek tn,
neighboring spheres or IN a few min
utes stink out of their hiding places
and reasonable themselves in balls.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
ga OR ED Ne o N K E Y s
midas PECULIAR CHURCH OF.
JOCkOS.
screeching Of the Little nnadrupeds
Mingle With the Chanting of the
Richly ROBBED Priests of Hinduism
Queer Ceremonies,

Inc sacred city OF East India is Be-
mares and the tourist who visits this
mecca of the Hindus will carry away
with him memories of as unique place
as it is the lot of either American or
European to visit, says the Philadel-
phla Record. AS the first streak of
dawn breaks in the east the sojourner
at Benares is awakened by the beating
OF gongs and the yelling by the Hindu
populace Of "Sati RAM Opening his
bedroom window, the visitor sees be-
low him hundreds of Hindu men and
women dressed in the peculiar Indian
fashion. Some are going to the great
holy dam to perform their morning
ablutlons; others who have complet-
ed this duty are on their way to the
various Hindu temples, crying out the
name of their favorite god and beating
brass gongs. The sight witnessed on
the streets of this city at sunrise is a
ver-to-De-forgotten one. Human be-
ings, monkeys and tame sacred bulls
make it next to an impossibility for
the stranger to pass along At first
one imagines that great circus has
Oh AANSu IL 'IAAO SACy. i AC AAOAhSJo oeIS-
red to some god or other and of every
size and description, thrust their hairy
hands into the baskets of the passers-
by and into the windows of the con-
fectioner, taking whatever they can.
Not a murmur is raised, not protest
is offered; in fact, the Hindu believes
it to be a piece of rare good fortune
for him during that day if one of the
monkeys or bulls will only appropriate
some of the contents of his basket or
store. The bulls roam at will in the
market places, trampling vegetables
under their feet and eating the choicest
that the market can afford. Instead of
beating the bulls off his products, the
Hindu all the time sits as an Egyptian
mummy, with never sign OF disap-
prevail. To object would mean the
breaking of his caste, and caste to the
Hindu is dearer than all else on earth.
After the visitor has gone short dis
lance from his hotel he comes to one
= of the great Hindu temples, with gro
tesque carvings of hideous-looking gods
and animals adjoining the exterior,
while on the inside a perfect bedlam is
going on. At the temple, as on the
streets, are hundreds of sacred mon
keys, who rush pell-mell over the vast
edifce, stealing whatever they can lay
their hands on, and emitting ear-split-
ting screeches at intervals. Gongs are
beaten, Hindu priests come out and go
through clownish performances, and
the worshipers make. the atmosphere
sitting with the burning of sacred
wood. For hours each day this mode
\ of worshiping is carried on. Woe to
the Hindu who raises his hand against
either bull or monkey, for, though
these animals viciously attack him, ne
would be ostracized from his race for
ever. The tourist leaves the great
holy city of Benares with the feeling
that it is far better to be a bull or q
monkey there than human being.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
Why He Limpod.

Calmly to put away glory thrust up
on him by fair women is pitch of
honest self-abnegation possible only to
a genuine hero, of the type described
by the Buffalo Express. "A soldier boy
of the Fighting Thirteenth, on his re-
turn to Buffalo, walked with an engag-
ing limp, which excited the curiosity
and sympathy of the patriotic women
who surrounded him at the railway sta
ton. WAS it done by dreadful Maui
ser bullet?" asked one. will you be
crippled for life?' queried another. Il
am sure he was shot while carrying a
wounded comrade off the f1eld!' gushed
a third The crippled veteran, as mod
est as he was brave, was visibly en-
barrassed by these tributes, and as
soon as he could master his emotion
he remarked quite simply: "Ah, g'wan!
faint nawthin' but a boil, on me
knee!" 80 --as.a=,. ~ 49, Pc f.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
Fish That Shoots His Prev.

The archer fish can shsnt drop Of
water five or six fee,, striking bugs
and flies that It finds restin on
boughs above the water or flying in
the air. The blow is SO sharp that
the prey Is disabled and Knocked down,
when the fish Immediately captures it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

panying illustration, which is drawn
by our artist from pencil diagram
submitted by Mr.. LEM.
The sketch shows the machine as it
will be seen on Central Park lake, New
York, where Mr.. LEM will give trial.
exhibition OF the working of the in
vention as soon as it is completed. The
new contrivance is built almost on the
lines of an ordinary sextette. The diff
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
Continuance for Swimming Over Frozen
Water "A New York Inventor Is
Responsible for II.

This winter is not to be allowed to
PASS without the usual addition to the
collection Of wonderful machines that
are intended to make use Of the Slip
perry surface Of a frozen lake or river in
order to enable q rider to attain rail-
road speed in locomotion, writes Ar
thur Leslie in New York Press. The
only difference between this machine
and those that inventive brains have
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
Storm Elects ON Lakes.

Storm Effects ON Lakes.
The tidelike effects of gales on lakes
having no ordinary tides is very con-
siderable. In the Caspian a gale will
raise the water on either side six feet,
causing a total difference of level of
twelve feet and in Lake Erie heavy
gales occasionally cause difference Of
level of more than fifteen feet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

produced in previous winters, is that
nothing quite so ambitious and Won
derful has ever been attempted.
Briefly, the invention is an eight
seated machine to travel on ice. The
mechanical genius who is at present
engaged in constructing it is Harry
LEM. of 113 West 124th street, New
York city. How the machine will look
when finished Is shown in the accom-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
Something Similar.

"The expression o. K. is an Amer
icanism, am told" said the English
man. True replied the American,
''and yet that is but little different
from a term much used in (lespotic
countries "Indeed?'' Eyes; in Rus
STA, for instance, there is the ukase."
acknowledgement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
Ready for Settlement.

That Harkins., will case which has
been in the courts for several years
will soon be settled now," said Lawyer
Habeas. YES" assented Lawyer Cor
pus, II understand the property is
about all gone"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

ference, Of course, is seen in the run
ners, which are three in number, two
in the rear and one in the front. The
leading runner is intended to be- used
by the steersman. Seated at the front
OF the machine the head rider will turn
the wheel by simply twisting the point
ed steel PROV, to the right or the left
In precisely the same way as the;
steersman OF a many seated road ma
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
lseantifytnr yision..

How did you get such a pleasant OK
preston on that ugly Miss Passes
portrait ??'sI got her to- telling me.
about men she might have ,ssf;sd. Z.
e rcoklyn Life
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

This view is taken from near the
mouth of the famous Eldorado-the
creek which, up to the present, has
yielded more gold than any other
creek in the Klondike. Almost every
foot of the ground shown in this pic
ture contains good "pay"-even the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19
The Smallest Book Ever Printed.

The smallest book ever printed is
the story of Perrault's little "Hop O
Ny Thumb lately published. The
book is one and one-half inches long,
by one inch wide, and one-quarter inch
thick. It can be read only by the aid
of microscope, but is complete in
every way, and has four engravings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

hillsides, in many places, having prov
ed as rich as the valley. There is no
known spot in the whole world that
contains so much gold in correspond
ing area as that shown in the above
view. Like most of the good pay
spots, it stands in British territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-20

Jacobs und Others Sent to Jail i'm De-
fault of Heavy Bail.

LANCASTER, Pa, April 19.-The war
rants for the arrest OF Jacobs his two
bookkeepers, Henry Bradier and Simon
Kleinordlinger; w. l.. Kendig and his fore
man, James Burns; John Doe and 'B.
+. Zercher'' were sworn out by United
States Commissioner Henry F. Edmunds,
of Philadelphia. Secret Service Agent John
+. Wilkie, accompanied by dozen secret
service detectives, came here this morning.
Chief Wilkie first issued attachments on
the Fulton National Bank, the Farmers
National Bank and the Northern National
Bank on the deposits of Jacobs in these in
stitutions. amounting to $4,000. Jacobs was
then placed under arrest, and later all those
named above with the exception of John
Doe" and "B. f. Zercher, these latter
names being undoubtedly fictitious.
The accused were taken before United
States Commissioner b. +. Montgomery and
waived a hearing. United States Attorney
James NJ Beck, of Philadelphia. was pres
ent TO conduct the governments case. He
said the parties named in the warrants
were charged with counterfeiting in
ternal revenue stamp for the payment Of
tax upon fifty cigars and United States
silver certificate of the denomination of
800 They were also charged with having
equipped a factory here for the manufac-
ture of paper. In addition to those charges
Kendig is charged with entering into con-
spiracy with Taylor and Bedell who were
arrested in Philadelphia, TO make and en-
grave plates TO be used in counterfeiting.
Mr. Beck asked that the bail he placed at
a high figure, saying that it was the most
dangerous counterfeiting scheme ever
evolved in this country. The operations. he
said, were unparalleled in their audacity
and in the mechanical ingenuity displayed,
the most expensive in the history of the
government in the last twenty-five years.
He said 1t was apparent that Bradier and
Kleinordlinger were merely tools and he
asked that they be released The commits
sioner fixed Jacobs's bail at $4,000 and that