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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08
STOLlDITY OF THE CAMEL.
1t Sometimes Gives Place to Revengef1

1t Sometimes Gives Place to Revengeful
Fury.
The history Of the human race has
taught us that, even as ''the worm will
turn" so man, downtrodden by tyr
amy, will seek revenge. Therefore it
is not surprising to know that the
usually patient and submissive camel
will sometimes resent an overdose of
abuse. Too dense to think of way in
which he can outwit his driver and so
take him unawares, when reused to
the pitch of fury, he rushes at the
tyrant opened mouthed, and his formid-
able teeth and powerful jaws do seri-
Gus damage.
Of this vindictiveness the driver is
aware, and of the certainty that sooner
or later the camel will seek revenge.
Accordingly, it is customary for the
person who fears his malice to throw
his clothes before the camel, mean
while hiding himself until the animals
fury has been expended in tossing and
trampling on them, when the injury,
real or supposed, is at once forgotten.
The camel will not identify himself
with his driver or rider in the smallest
way whatever. He steadily declines
all advances. His eye never lights up
with love or even interest at the ap-
proach of his master. Should you at
tempt to pat or caress him he will OBJ
ject in a very decided manner.
Good treatment or bad makes no diff
ference to him. Life and its hard con-
ditions are taken for granted. His
view of things is far too serious. He
is so absorbed and preoccupied that he
has no time to waste on the gambols
INDUCED in by all the other young ami
mals.-Youths Companion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08
THE PRINCETON UNION: 7THURsDAY JUNE q, 1899

No, 4 wasn't"
Yes, you were, too. You wouldn't
look at me once all day.
No, ] wasn't angry. Twas only put
ting on
Though she had, of course, known it,
this confession seemed to make her very
angry. She flashed resentful glance
at him. "Oh, were you, indeed!" she
said, with a great air.
For few minutes she was SO naughty
with him that he loved her to madness.
And directly this great poem which
stuck at his lips came forth lamely in
fragments.
When they walked back toward the
other girl and saw the patience Of her
attitude, their hearts swelled in pat
ronizing and secondary tenderness for
her.
They were very happy. If they had
been miserable they would have
charged this fairy scene Of the night
with a criminal heartlessnes, but as
they were joyous, they vaguely won
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08
A Wise Precaut1on.

A Detroit man who goes hunting oc-
casionally, withoutany great detriment
to the live stock of the forests though
perhaps some to the live stock of the
fields, concluded not long ago that he
would organize an expedition of two
and make foray. So he consulted his
Office boy.
II say, Tommie," he said, show
would you like to 60 out on little
hunt with me?"
II don't know, SIR" responded the
boy, in some doubt. "I'd have to see
mother first"
''Al right. Ask your mother and let
me know in the morning."
The next morning the boy saw the
gentleman.
"Well," he inquired, what did your
mother say?"
''she said" replied the boy, very inno-
Gently, shat I might go if you would
take somebody else along with US to do
the shootin'. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08

fore he could find one. Then he charged
it like bull. up town" he yelled, as
he tumbled into the rear seat. The
hackman thought of severed arteries
and broken bones. His galloping horse
distanced a large number Of citizens
who had been running to find what
caused such contortions by the little
hatless man.
It CHANGED as the bouncing hack
went along near the lake, Stimson
gazed across the calm, gray expanse
and recognized q color in bonnet and
apoise of a head. A buggy was trav-
cling along highway that led to Sor-
rington. stimson bellowed: "There-
there-there they arein that buggy"
The hackman became inspired with
the full knowledge of the situation.
He struck his horse a delirious blow
with the whip. His mouth expanded
In grin of excitement and Joy. It
came to pass that this old vehicle, with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08

luGly dangerous plaLIOrm. AS Tor the
young man, it was plain that these
chances filed him with valor, and he
stood carelessly upon his perch, as If
he deemed it Of no consequence that
he might fall from it. In all the COM
plexities of his daily life and duties he
found opportunity to gaze ardently at
the vision behind the netting.
This silent courtship was conducted
over the heads of the crowd who
thronged about the bright machine.
The swift, eloquent glances of the
young man went noiselessly and
unseen with their message. There had
finally become established between the
two in this manner subtle understand
ing and companionship. They communi-
Gated accurately all that they wished.
The boy told his love, his reverence, his
hope in the changes of the future. The
girl told him that she loved him, that
she did not love him, that she did not
know if she loved him, that she loved
him. Sometimes little sign saying
''cashier" in gold letters, and hanging
upon the silvered netting, got directly
in range and interfered with tender
message.
The love affair had not continued
without anger, unhappiness, despair.
The girl had once smiled brightly upon
a youth who came to buy some tickets
for his little sister, and the young man
upon the platform observing this
smile had been filed with gloomy rage.
He stood like a dark statue of ven
geance upon his pedestal and thrust
out the basket to the children with a
gesture that was full of scorn for their
hollow happiness, for their insecure and
temporary joy. For five hours he did
not once look at the girl when she was
looking at him. He was going to
crush her with his Indifference; he was
going to demonstrate that he had never
been serious. However, when he mar
rowly observed her in secret he discov-
cred that she seemed more blythe than
was usual with her. When he found
that his apparent Indifference had not
crushed her he suffered greatly. She
did not love him, he concluded. If she
had loved him she would have been
crushed. For two days he lived a mis-
cradle existence upon his high perch.
He consoled himself by thinking of how
unhappy he was, and by swift, furtive
chances at the loved face. At any rate
he was in her presence, and he could
get good view from his perch when
there was no interference by the little
sign: cashier" ,..>'
| But suddenly, swiftly, these clouds
vanished and under the imperial blue
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08
tCoPYRIGHT, 1906 !

Stimson stood in a corner and glow
cred. He was a fierce man and had in
domitable whiskers, albeit he was very
small. 49,.
THAT young tarrier," he whispered
to himself. HE wants to quit maxim
eyes at Lizzie. This is too much of a
good thing. First thing you know, he'll
get fred" -~.
His brow creased in frown, he
strobe over to the huge open doors and
looked at sign "Stimson's Mammoth
-Go-Round," it read, and the
glory of it was great. Stimson stood
and contemplated the sign. It was an
enormous affair; the letters were as
large as men. The glow of it, the
grandeur of it was very apparent to
Stimson. At the end of his contempla-
ton, he shook his head thoughtfully,
determinedly. mo, no." he muttered.
'This is too much of good thing
First thing you know, he'll get fred"
A soft booming sound of surf, min
gled with the cries of bathers, came
from the beach. There was vista of
sand and sky and sea that drew to a
mystic point far away in the north
ward. In the mighty angle, girl in a
red dress was crawling slowly like some
kind of spider on the fabric of nature.
A few flags hung lazily above where the
lighthouses were marshalled in COM
pact squares. Upon the edge Of the
sea, stood ship with it's shadowy sails
painted dimly upon the sky, and high
overhead in the still, sun-shot air a
great hawk swung and drifted slowly.
Within the merry-go-round there was
a whirling circle of ornamental lions,
giraffes, camels, ponies, goats, glitter
ing with varnish and metal that caught
swift reflections from windows high
above them. With stiff wooden legs,
they swept on in a never-ending race
while great orchestrion clamored in
wild speed. The summer sunlight
sprinkled it's gold upon the garnet can
opies carried by the tireless racers and
upon all the devices of decoration that
made Stimson's machine magnificent
and famous. A host Of laughing chill
dren bestrode the animals, bending for
ward like charging cavalrymen and
shaking reins and whooping in glee.
At intervals the y leaned out perilously
to clutch at iron rings that were ten
dered to them by a long wooden arm.
At the intense moment before the
swift grab for the rings one could see
their little nervous bodies culver with
eagerness; the laughter rang shrill and
excited. Down in the long rows of
benches, crowds of people sat watching
the game while occasionally father
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08

might arise and go near TO shout en-
couragement, cautionary commands, or
applause at his flying offspring. Ere
quently mothers called out: sBe care
full, Georgie!" The orchestrion bel
lowed and Numbered on it's platform,
filing the ears with it's long monoton-
Gus song, while over in corner, a man
in a white apron and behind counter
roared above the tumult: "Pop corn!
Pop corn!''
A young man stood. upon a small,
raised platform, erected in the manner
of a pulpit and just without the line Of
the circling figures. It was his duty
to manipulate the wooden arm and
into the hands of the triumphant chill
dren, he held forth basket, into which
they returned all save the coveted
brass one, which meant another ride
free and made the holder very illus
trious. The young man stood all day
upon his narrow platform, afixing
rings or holding forth the basket. He
was sort of general squire in this
list of childhood. He was very busy.
~LAO y Gu SoAAAoOAS CAC doUuCC1 AnA AO-
ticed that the young man frequently
found time to twist about on his plat
form and smile at girl who shyly sold
tickets behind silvered netting. This,
indeed, was the great reason of Slim
sons glowering. The young man upon
the raised platform had no manner of
license to smile at the girl behind the
silvered netting. 1t was a most gigan-
tic insolence. Stimson was amazed
at it. "By jiminy,"fhe said to him
self again, that fellow is smiling at
my daughter" Even in this tone of
great wrath it could be discerned that
Stimson was filed with wonder that
any youth should dare smile at the
daughter in the presence of the august
| father. - ~ -"
Often the dark-eyed girl peered be-
tween the shining wires, and, upon
being detected by the young man, she
usually turned her head away quickly
to prove to him that she was not in.
terested. At other times, however, her
eyes seemed filed with a tender fear
] lest he should fall from that exceed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08
Could Get Rid OF the Coin.

''That half dollars no good; It's
lead" said the all-hight bartender to,
the regular CUSTOMER.
''That so? didn't know it when r
gave it to you, honest I didn't. Here's
q good one for It," ,-.~
"No matter. can work it off easier
than you can," remarked the white
aproned dispenser of drinks, as he
dropped the coin into a special cop-
partment in the cash register and
handed out thirty-fve cents change.
to the man, whose patronage was worth
keeping Y Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08
''YoU'D BETTER ATTEND STRICTLY TO YOUR BUSINESS"

sky OF the restored confidence, they
dwelt in peace, peace that was salts
faction, a peace that, like babe, put
it's trust in the treachery Of the future.
This confidence endured until the next
day, when she, for an unknown cause,
suddenly refused to look at him. Me-
chanically, he continued his task, his
brain dazed, a tortured victim of doubt,
fear, suspicion. With his eyes he sup
plicated her to telegraph an explana-
ton. She replied with stony glance
that froze his blood. There was a.
great difference in their respective rea-
sons for becoming angry. His were al
ways foolish, but apparent, plain as
the moon. Hers were subtle, feminine,
as incomprehensible as the stars, as
mystic as the shadows at night.
They fell and scared, and scared and
fell in this manner until they knew
that to live without each other would
be wandering in deserts. They had
grown so intent upon the uncertainties,
the variations, the guessings of their
affair that the world had become but a
huge immaterial background. In time
of peace their smiles were soft and
prayerful, caresses confded to the air.
In time of war, their youthful hearts,
capable Of profound agony, were wrung
by the intricate emotions of doubt.
They were the victims of the dread
angel Of affectionate speculation that
forces the tired brain endlessly on
roads that lead nowhere.
At night, the problem of whether or
not she loved him confronted the young
man like a specter, looming as high as
hill and telling him not to delude
himself. Upon the following day, this
battle Of the night displayed itself in
the renewed fervor Of his chances and
in their increased number. Whenever
he thought he could detect that she too
was suffering, he felt thrill of Joy.
But there came time when the
young man looked back upon these con.
tortions with contempt. He believed
then that he had imagined his pain.
This came about when the redoubtable
Stimson marched forward to partici.
pate.
"This has got to stop" stimson had
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08

dered how the purple sea, the yellow
stars, the changing crowd under the
electric lights could be so phleg1natic
and stolid.
They walked home by the lakeside
way and out upon the water, those gay
paper lanterns, flashing, feeting and
careering, sang to them, sang a chorus
of red and violet and green and gold,
a song of mystic lands Of the future.
One day when business paused dur
ing the dull, sultry afternoon, Stimson
went up town. Upon his return he
found that the popcorn man from his
stand over in corner was keeping an
eye upon the cashiers cage, and that
nobody at all was attending to the
wooden arm and the iron rings.
He strobe forward like sergeant of
grenadiers. "Where in thunder is Liz
zie?" he demanded, a storm Of rage in
his eyes.
The popcorn man, although long as
ISOLATED with Stimson, had never got
over being dazed. 'They've-they've-
gone round to th'-th' house," he said,
with difficulty, as if he had just been
stunned.
"Whose house?" snapped Stimson.
the popcorn man.
Stimson marched round to his home.
Imperial denunciations surged, al
ready formulated, to the tip Of his
tongue, and he bided the moment when
his anger could fall upon the heads of
that pair of children.
He found his wife convulsive and in
tears.
"Where's Lizzie?"
And then she burst forth: cob
John-John-they've run away-1know
they have. They drove by here not
three minutes ago. They must have
done it on purpose to bid me good-by,
for Lizzie waved her hand sad-like, and
then, before I could get out to ask
where they were going or what, Frank
whipped up the horse and they were
gone"
Stimson gave vent to a dreadful roar.
"Get my revolver-get hack-get my
revolver, d., do you hear-what the
devil"-his voice became incoherent in
chaotic rage.
He had always ordered his wife about
as if she were battalion Of infantry
and despite her misery, the training Of
years caused her to spring mechanic
ally to 'obey, but suddenly she turned
to him shrill appeal.
"Oh, John-not-the revolver"
''Confound it, let go of me-" he roared
again and shook her from him.
He ran hatless upon the street. There
was a multitude of hacks at the sum
mer resort, but it was ages to him be-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

wedding date with George Washing
ton q birthday is an accidental one, but
one that is very pleasing to Sir Julian
who is fond of all things American
so says gossip. 1t Is very tolerant
of Sir Julian to be sure,
for on that date we shall be
honoring the name of the mau who led
US through such long bitter struggle
against the very crown that the young
folks owe allegiance to. The wedding
promises to be one of the most brilliant
affairs of the winter in Washington.
Not only will the president and his
cabinet, and many others CT high de-
gree, lend state to the ceremonies, but
the members of all the various diplo-
matte corps in the capital will probably
attend in state uniform.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who is q good
type of one OF our pretty, well dressed
women with money enough to travel
and entertain just about as she chooses
has kept diary for many years. In it
she records all that interests her in
her life. tells of the distinguished per-
sons she meets, how they seemed to
her, and little stories about them; puts
in some of the gossip of drawing rooms
that seems to her worthy of chroni-
cling, chats of fashions and books, music
anu pictures VI VIC Odys IL 10
her idea that unless some
women of our day revive
the old fashioned habit of diary keep
ing, there will be none of those
delightful, intimate chronicles of our
century for the future generations to
read, mediate upon and enjoy. She
knows what delight old diaries are to
book lovers and historians and prop
oses that she shall help to supply the
future with some literature of the sort
from this latter half of the nineteenth
century. The notion is gracious one
and no doubt Bertha Honore Palmer's
diary will delight readers in the time g
to come when these days of ours shall
be the old days.
Women who embroider may make
pretty little covers for glasses, either
for home use, for a gift to au invalid,
for sale for the benefit of some church
fund-or for anything else they please.
The device is to cover an invalid S tum-
bier OF medicine or milk, that neither
dust nor flies nor any other superfuous
things may fall therein. To make
them is easy enough. First cut a cir
Gle of pssteboard the faintest trife
larger than the top of the glass-just
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
For the Better Half
Written for the HERALD.

folds of satin Of color to exactly match
the cloth color. and the effect is good.
Marion Harland says that the true
flavor of the lemon is 10 the juice and
the oil of the yellow skin but that the
thick, white skin between the
flesh and the yellow rind is bitter, hard
and unpleasant in its flavor. Lemon
extracts as sold in the market she con-
dennis rs bad enough when they are
fresh and abominsbie when they are
old-in their flavor resembling turpen-
tine more than lemon. Housekeepers
who CRATE the peel of the lemon for
iavoring for their jellies or pies, should
be careful not to include the least bit
the thick white skin.
Africa boasts, at least, two very in
teresting women, Olive Schreiner and
Miss Rhodes. Miss Schreiner, whose
books have created world interest in
her, is a warm and ardent advocate OF
the Beers. aud sends spirited articles
to the press about their rights and viz
tues. Miss Rhodes, on the contrary, is
Rhodes is very picturesque figure in
her country. She is said to be as much
of man-hater as her brother is q
woman hater. She is decidedly
masculine in mind, appearance and
voice, but being a wealthy woman OF
generous impulses, she is we'll liked.
She umpires all sorts of sports from
chicken fights to tugs of war and has q
geological collection that includes al
most every animal native to South
Africa. She has a big home in the
country near Cape Town where she
entertains lsvishly and is said to be
very wise and deep in the politics and
statecraft of South Africa.
fote, daughter the British am bassador
at Washington, is to be married to
Mr.. Richard Bromley, the honorary
secretary of the embassy, February
tweuty-second. The coincidence of the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

large enough to insure that itself shall
net tumble in and defeat it's very rea-
son for being. Two circles of fine white
linen should be cut enough
larger than the paste board
to allow for the tiniest neat seam
embroidered, the other left plain. The
edges are turned in and whipped over
very neatly and with loop or button
in the center to lift the device by, it is
finished. The embroidered decoration
should be of some design of tiny flow
ers. forget-me-nOts in pink or blue or
white. Some women will embroider
around the edge of the circle, the
hours with q long stitched line half
way between each, to indicate the half
hours, then will sew a tiny brass hand
with a pivot through hole in the GEN.
ter, so that it may be turned. Then
the tumbler cover becomes very useful
for the hand may be shifted to the
hour when the medicine is to be taken
next.
There always will be certain class
of people who argue that the world lie
no better than it should be and that
these days are not SO highly honorable
and moral rs were the days of our
graudfathers and grandmothers-tha
honor gasping for life. Nevertheless
there are tender consciences left and
every day we hear little stories that
convince US that the last spark of good
ness has not yet been extinguished
from the hearts of the people. The
story that sets one to thinking so,
comes from Minneapolis and
ia of man who sent a check
for two dollars to a street rail-
May company with the exploitation
that he felt he owed the street com pa
ny the money .because when he was a
boy he had ridden on three cent fares
when he ought to have paid five &C.
cording to his years. He calculated
he had taken advantage of the COM
pany as much as hundred times and
the two dollars would pay for the two
cents that he had cheated the company
out of each time aud even things up.
He said he was q Christian and was
uncomfortable at the memory of the
deceit and was glad to pay the mo-
ney to partly right the wrong he had
done. Then the company's conscience
began to work. The money was
accepted and entered upon the
conscience fund under the profit col
umn, and then the company gave two
dollar bill to the outing association-au
organization for providing fresh air
trips for the poor children. They wrote
to the man that they felt that his at.
tempt to be truly q Christian would be
the more complete il they devoted the
let it slip indifferently into the com
pany's funds. The complete incident
shows q sensitiveness of conscience
that does credit to them all and to our
day and generation.
ELSIE M'ELRoY SLATER.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
Price Bros. GrOcerS
phone 353.
His Life Was Saved.
PHONE 353.

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In telling of it he says: 81 was taken
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l was so weak I couldn't even sit up in
bed. Nothing helped me. 1 expected
to soon die of consumption. when
heard of DR.. Kings New Discovery.
One bottle gave great relief. 1 con-
tinued to use it, and now am we'll and
strong. L can't cay too much in it's
praise" This marvellous medicine is
the surest ana quickest cure in the
world for all throat and lung trouble.
Regular sizes so cents and S1.0O. Trial
bottles free at Irwin & Co., druggists;
every bottle guaranteed.
Get one of those bargains in pocket
books at Twins.