The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-02-01
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QUEER ClDENCES.
Striking Occurrences. Many " Which
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Striking Occurrences. Many " Which
III sssss Have become Historic. 81
. The late well-k1noWn archaeologist,
Albert Way, crossing Pall-Mall, cam
noned against an old gentleman. After
mutual ologies cards were exchanged.
OnSeach card was printed "Mr. Albert
Way. The older gentleman, dying,
left his fortune to the other Albert
Way. !, y:
& The planet Neptune, which had for
countless ages revolved in the heavens
unseen by anyone on earth, was discov-
cred simultaneously and Independently
in 1886 by Profs, Adams and M. Lever
rier, the two most brilliant astronomers
Of the, day, a-ss: = NJ. h
Some few years ago a shepherd boy
placed a sleeper on the railway line be-
tween Brighton and Palmer, with the
result that a train was thrown Off the
rails. One year later to day-almost
toHa minute-that same youth was
struck by lightning and instantane-
ously killed within q couple of miles of
the spot atwhich the accident occurred.
Sir Walter Besanttells Of the follow
ing curious coincidence which hap
pened to himself. II was consulting" he
says IAN artist with regard to the face
and features of a character which he was
illustrat ting for me and briefly de-
scribed to him the kind of face had in
mind. He was meanwhile rapidly
Esketching face on 4 piece of paper he
had before him. will that do?'z he
asked, showing me the exact portrait
of the man had been thinking Of =
The four King Georges of England all
died on the same day Of the week.
a lady lost a ring on -''the Under
ground" She returned and reported
her loss. At that moment q train
entered the station, when her ring was
found on the step of her carriage, hav-
ing completed the circle in that posi-
ton. -.
/ Alta place of worship in Rotherhithe
some little time ago, the minister was
telling how Wellington said at crisis
Of one of his great battles: IF dark
ness would only come it would save
him" Hardly had he uttered these
words when the gas went out in the
chapel.
In 1S90,a few weeks before the census
taker began his enumeration of the peo-
pie of Elm Grove, Va, the town au-
thorities counted their own population,
preparatory to filing articles of incor-
poration. The following was the re-
markable result: Number of males
over 81 years of age, 148; number OF
males under Fl years of age, las; num-
Der of females over 16 years of age, 14s;
number of females under 16 years Of
age, 14S.
Some Zulus were on exhibition in
Aberdeen and a gentleman who had
been in South Africa himself went and
began to talk with the men in their own
language. One of the natives was ex-
ceptionally shy, which rather attracted
the gentleman's attention. He looked
at him more closely and recognized him
as a man VINO had worked for him in
Natal and had run away with pair of
trousers which did not belong to him.
N, Y. Mail and Express.
/ ;3Napoleon's Fifth War with Austria.
Z Ostensibly this war was to be unlike
any other so far waged. The secret in
structions given to the imperial Aus
trian envoy in London clearly indicate
that the Hapsburgs hoped by victory
to restore their influence both in Italy
and Germany: for that was the mean
ing of restitution to the rightful
owners and the ':slight rectifcation Of
their frontiers" or, in other words, the
restoration Of European conditions to
what they had been before Napoleon's
advent. This was the dynastic side;
the national side was also to be used for
it's purposes. 1.-THE liberties of Europe
have taken refuge under your banner"
ran Charles proclamation to the army {;
| your victories will break their bonds,
and your German brethren still in the
enemy's ranks await their redemption
! To the German world he said: "Austria
| fights not only for her own autonomy,
but takes the sword fer the independ-
ence and national honor of Germany
Another manifesto, written by Cent?
|
that the war was to be waged not
against France, but against the system
of persistent extension which had pro
duced such universal disorder in Eu-
rope.-Prof. Sloane, in Century.
wouldn't. Call Him Bob.
An ex-congressman, who now prac
tees law here, when asked the o her day
why he abandoned politics gave a very
peculiar and interesting reason. He
said: I quit politics because I found
that I was not cut out for that profes
sion. My name is Robert, but never
yet heard myself referred to as ''Bob.'
tt was always Judge" or "Mr." Nc
man ever achieves real success in poll
tics who has not that peculiar touch
| with the people that prompts them tC