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A Queer Experience.

An actor and his wife had a funny
experience once in Toronto. They were
playing a piece in which the wife
enacted the part of a woman dentist,
and one evening the husband received
a note asking him to call at certain
house. He did so the next ,day and
was greeted by the old man and his
wife, the latter of whom said to him:
"Me and my mate fell in love with
your missus last night. She was so
gentle with you when you was a-sittin
Of the dentist chair. I'm gettin on
now, and all my teeth is a-gettin loose,
and my mate wants me to go to the
dentist shop and ave 'em pulled, but
l knows as low they 'urts, and I want
to know if you and your missus will
come around ere and ave tea with us,
ave little singin and enjoy ourselves
and your missus before she leaves kind
ly pull out a few of these old stumps,
as know she'll be as kind and gentle
as she was to you.'
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did not look quite so bashful as he ha i
done in his mothers presence.
''Ha, ha, ha!" Nancy laughed. ''Not
q bit of interference, only just crackin
a joke to keep me from feelin home
sick. Intherferip! Hagh! Not him!
He wouldn't intherfere with mouse,
I do believe. It's the gay heart an the
light wan he has, God bliss him!'
And so,'' Alexander said, moving
closer up to Nancy and looking into her
blue eyes sympathetically-"and so YOU
are feeling long and lonesome after
home?''
Zach, not much--not muchv' she said
in tone which, interpreted, meant "A
great DEAL"
"Well. now, Nancy, my DEAR" and he
laid hand gently on her shoulder
Nancy, my dear, we must do our best
to be kind to you and keep the feeling
of long away from you" -
Nancy was touched by the feeling ex.
preston of such real sympathy. She
cast down her eyes as she said:
I'm sure 1 must be forever Obliged
to ye, sir, for yer good heartedness to
the stranger" 1850. ...
my dear Nancy"-here he sat him
On the edge Of the churn and looked
across into Nancy's pretty face" don't
say stranger. You're not to feel strange
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-23
just to Avoid a Disturbance.

During q visit to the south of Italy q
young Englishman was introduced at a
fashionable gathering by a Neapolitan
cavalier.
While there his gold snuffbox was
taken from him. The next evening he
was at another party when, to his sur
prise, he saw a gentleman take out his
stolen snuffbox and help himself to a
pinch of snuff. He quickly strobe up
to his friend and said:
''The gentleman over yonder is TAX
ing snuff out of the very box which
was stolen from me yesterday. Do you
happen to know him?"
"Hush," answered the cavalier in a
tone Of warning. "He is a person of
high rank"
what do 1 care?" exclaimed the
Englishman. II want my snuffbox
and mean to call him to account
"Come, don't let us have row." gen.
thy entreated his friend. Leave the
matter to me. I will get the snuffbox
for you"
After receiving this assurance the
Englishman went home.
The following day, sure enough, his
friend brought him the stolen box.
"How did you recover it?" inquired
the Englishman
"Well," said his friend, with laugh,
Il wished to avoid a disturbance, and
therefore l simply stole it back again
from himv'
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Submarines Nc SSxT WIN Ma THE =
BY LUCIEN MILLEVOYE, Member of the

Chamber
. 1HE NEXT GREAT WAR WILL BE WON BY
! THE NATION POSSESSING THE MOST POW
ERFUL SUBMARINE NAVY
DMNN SHIPS THAT WON AT MANILA AND sANrl
- AGO DATE.
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poer and how justify right that le by
the manifestation of military naval strength While be-
have been yet the dawn the twentieth century
greater national glory than be field of strife.
While the events of the last three
increase military and naval force while amount
money Which called for by the Of and navy
too large and while the roll of the drum the
the bugle often heard, YET THE SONS OF THE
PILGRIMS WILL NEVER TURN OUR COUNTRY OVER
TO THE MAN ON HORSEBACK will our dearest laurels
be crmsoned with the blood of the dying soldier
We SHALL DESERVE CALLED WORLD POWER BE.
CAUSE OUR RELATIONS WITH WILL BE CARRIED
ON UPON THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES TRUTH
Especially must remember the Golden Rule dealings
with inferior and ignorant peoples afford grow
rich by Wrecng them Yankee with his strong self CONTROL
perhaps wree with safety but be savage
pno who makes like attempt His doom written It gratifying
note that legislation proposed which will stop the sale
cotlcs and inoxicants to the peoples of the orient
Into all the of official life entering civil service
reform PROMOTION BY MERIT HAS CEASED TO BE
THE JOKE OF THE POLITICIAN AND is COMING TO
BE THE CONTROLLING RULE OF ALL OFFICIAL LIFE
not merely the and and have had late
very positive respect to hem but the depart
men OF official e national state and municipal
bright Of the future that the thought and of the
people are turned this direction and they Will thwared
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toe IN the interior OF that island The Fpno formerly held
as slaves have practically all been liberated troops although
possible that few still remain in bondage the Lake
region Slaves who desire who seek protection at
any military garrison receive it.
The large majority of slaves held today themselves
debt the children of those who so sold themselves the
obligations Of being inherited offspring slave
may secure his liberty by paying his equal to the
price paid for him. but should he sell sim and
should his master afterward be able sell him larger sum he
must repay this latter amount In the of are
treated kindly and they frequently allowed opportu-
nifty to money that it possible for them redeem them
selves they desire to do The casual observer pos-
sloe to distinguish them from members Of the family they
belong
AN ATTEMPT AT THE PRESENT USE FORCE IN
SECURING THE LIBERTY OF MORO WOULD INEVITABLY
PROVOKE A FIERCE CONFLICT A BRAVE AND WARLlkE
PEOPLE AND, so FAR AS THE SLAVES CON-
cERNED' WOULD NEE? WITH LITTLE APPRECIATION
IT, the other hand the refusal government
recognize slavery persisted and the taking acquiring Of
slaves is prevented, THE QUESTION WILL SETTLE IT.
SELF IN A GENERATION WITHOUT BLOODSHED Or
THE BITTERNESS NECESSARILY ENGENDERED BY AN
ARMED STRIFE.
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Nancy beheld q rdkish feIloaC seated on
one of the milk crooks.

one OF me nl1LE crooks.
prieties necessary to young women,
which, fear, are sadly left out in your
bringing up" Nancy flushed. "Your
parents, it seems to me, dear, allow
you to grow wild, with the result that
you come over the mountains into our
country so hoidenish that it takes much
of our time and trouble to civilize you
and to teach you Christianlike con-
duct" Here Nancy gave her head a
most indignant little toss, which was
quite lost upon her mentor. who was
either so absorbed with her own dis
course that she didn't see it or else,
seeing it, took it as a matter Of course.
"And now one thing in particular
want to impress on you is to warn you
against giving our Tommy any encour-
!agement." Nancy looked at Mrs. Neil
son in amazement. Tommy is my
eldest boy and sadly differs: from Alex.
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an attractive appearance that
she was dubbed ''the flower of Dhri-
more" Ere yet Nancy was mature she
had to go the way of the young women
(and young men, too) of our Donegal
seaboard-she had to go over the noun
tains to hire with the Scotch planters
who owned the big rich farms by the
valley of the Finn. Nancy being of
such tender years, so inexperienced of
:he world, and, still worse, possessing
the fatality of exceptional beauty, Seu-
mas and Nelly were loath to let her
60. But, despite little fishing and a
little tilling, want gave an occasional
knock at Seumas' door, as at the doors
of his neighbors, so perforce poor Nan
cy must face the world.
With very large store of advice and
warning, the only commodities her
mother could afford to be liberal with:
very small store Of clothes, done up
in red handkerchief, and her fathers
and mothers blessing, Nancy took the
road with the other poor boys and girls
just before the sun began to rub the
mists off his eyes and peep up over the
shoulder of Barnesmore mountain on a
Friday morning and trudged Sc miles
before bedtime and stood in the Rabble
market in Strabane next day waiting
for some one to come and hire her.
Several big rough farmers and some
rougher farmers wives had come up
and viewed Nancy at every angle of
observation, quizzed, questioned and
cross questioned her, putting her
through the catechism of her abilities,
and then priced her and haggled with
her, trying to beat her down shillings
IN the half years wage, and quilted
her, giving their opinion that she was
too delicate for girls work in the
Laigan, which included wrestling with
tubs and pots of boiled roots, feeding
COWS and pigs, milking, churning and
butter making. Finally an imposing
old lady of generous girth and evident
~ of higher social status than the
farmers wife came up and. raising her
glasses, viewed Nancy calmly and crit
lcally and then trotted her through the
usual catechism. Mrs. Nelson, it turn
Ell out, did not require a pot wrestler,
but dairymaid, and, Nancy and Nam
cy's price suiting her, they quickly
agreed as mistress and maid, and Mrs,
Nelson's son, a bashful young man,
than whom Nancy vowed she never be-
fore had seen any one so exclusively
dressed, drove them home in buggy.
Mrs. Nelson took much pains show
ing Nancy her work next morning, and
when this had been done to the salts
faction of both she led Nancy to the
parlor and. sinking into an easy chair,
began to read her homily upon the
conduct she expected of all females I'M
der her roof. The bashful and nice
young man. as primly dressed as ever,
read a book by the window. Though
he glanced at Nancy as he came in, he
was either too modest or too much alb
sorbed in the book to raise his eyes a
second time. Two virtues ever DOS
sessed by Nancy were docility and re-
spectfulness, but under Mrs. Nelson's
lecturing tongue she had much ado to
keep down a rebellious spirit that for
the first time moved within her.
"For, you know" the good Mrs. Neil
son tried to impress upon her, you
girls who come here from those wild
mountains have to be Taught the nro-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-23
To Shoot the Moon.

When he first came prominently be-
fore the public after perfecting his ia.
nous gun, the late Lord Armstrong
was occasionally pestered by cranks
who wished to obtain his opinion re-
speeding some perfectly unavoidable in
vention. One day Sir William Che had
not then been raised to the peerage)
was interviewed by person who was
evidently crazy. He begged Arm
strong's assistance in constructing a
piece of ordnance that could shoot the
man in the moon. Sir William listened
patiently, and then queried: "But who
is to signal whether it is hit or
miss? When you've thought about a
practical method of marking at that
long range, l give you my promise that
I'll help you with the gunv' The crack
Drained inventor departed beaming
with pleasure, but was heard of no
more.
The Sun Shrinks Nine Inches a Day.
In one of his lectures on the sun Sir
Robert Ball pointed out that the sun
was the source of all the heat received
by this earth. Now, it was a we'll
known fact that most things in cooling
became smaller. A poker, for example,
was shorter when it was cold than
when it was red hot. The sun, too,
must obey this fundamental law and
must therefore be getting smaller. If
we could measure it's diameter on two
successive days, we should find it had
decreased by nine inches-that was to
say, it was shrinking at the rate of,
roughly, five feet a week, or a mile in
every 20 years.
In view Of this shrinkage some of the
younger members of his audience might
feel anxious lest the sun should not last
their time. Such anxiety, however, was
groundless. He was 10000 miles in
diameter, so it would take 10000 years
for him to be reduced by 1000 miles to
$4,000, and the lecturer was sure that
If there were two suns in the sky, one
100000 miles in diameter and the other
85S, 1000, no one would be able to tell by
looking at them which of the two was
the smaller.
But as the sun was shrinking nine
inches every day and had been doing so
for ages it followed lat in the past he
was very much greater than he was
now. But he always had the same
amount OF material in him and weighed
no heavier than at present. Hence the
inference was that he was once huge
mass of rarefied CASA great, glowing
nebula.
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The Mindanao Moros
And Their Slaves
BY Judge WILLIAM H. TAFT, Governor Of
the Philippines

AVERY is WIDESPREAD AMONG THE
MOROs, BUT AT THE PRESENT TINE
EXISTS IN AN EXTREMELY MILD FORM
The old slave hunting expeditions have nearly
ceased The Moro datos claim that they no longer
occur at all, but it is known that the Moros of Min
danao still occasionally capture members of wild
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NANCY
HANNIG.A:N'S
SU1TORS.
BY Seumas MacManus.
Coo,.m.sob+ INN H. E,
Copyright, 1000, by Sellmas Mac: Manus.

ANCY HANNIGAN was the
one daughter of Seumas and
Nelly Hannigan. Nancy as
she grew up developed such
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terrible of nations is inevitable later
Men talk peace but the spirit abroad The big
of today the mercy of tiny submarines and nations careful of
their safety will have to build submarine navy.
France we'll supplied, but not building enough submarines
AERIAL NAViES MAY COME, BUT I DO NOT SEE
HOW THEY CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS INVISIBLE
BATTLESHIPS UNDER WATER. We have science enough
build great submarine navy if public only
prsing
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The United
States as O.
World Power

4E MERCHANT AND THE MISSIONARY HAVE
LIFTED THE REPUBLIC FROM HER ISOLATION
AND GIVEN HER THE QUEENLY SEAT AT THE
HEAD OF THE COUNCIL OF NATIONS.
Again and again it is stated that the United
States has now become world power. So it
has. But what is meant by the term "a world
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-25
TWO new
STEAMERS
ORDERED
viii Be Built for the Fall River
Line Passenger Boat Will
Cost 100000.

Two new steamers, to be the finest and
most perfectly equipped ever built for
the Long Island sound service are TO be
added to the fleet of the Fall River line.
and preparations fSr their construction
viii De begun at once In the Fore River
shipyard at Quincy Point. Boston harbor.
one will be a million dollar passenger
boat. az big as an ocean liner: the other
"A large freighter. 10 cost half million.
The passenger steamer will be side
wheeler with twin engines, that type
having been found speediest. most COM
Portable and best TO navigate In smooth
waters like those OF the sound. with
compa ratively shallow draft, while the
freight boat will be propelled by twin
screws.
Both will be built OF steel and will have
double hulls, similar I'm construction 10
those OF the big battleships now building
at Fore River. The prime consideration
IA their design has been safety from any
chance OF sinking or burning. together
with sufficient strength to meet the
working strain without vibration.
The new passenger boat will be ss7 feet
long overall, and 10 feet wide across the
guards OF the paddlewheels at the widest
point. her hull having 81 feet beam and
q feet OF depth, and the paddle boxes be-
ing built into the saperstructure. so that
they will not show outwardiy There will
be thirteen water-tight compartments I'm
the double bottom. while above II the
vessel will he divided by water-tight
bulk k-heads into seven compartments with
collision" bulk head and water-tight
collision" steel deck extending back
from the stem about one-third OF the
steamers length. eleven feet below the
main deck, which will make her practi-
caily unsuitable.
The engines and boilers are TO be in a
steel enclosure with walls that rise
above the upper deck. and the steel deck
viii cover them. steam steering gear will
he used and she auxiliary machinery In
cludes an electric lighting plant. capable
of supplying current for 1900 inca ndescent
lamps. A fire extinguishing service. un-
der the immediate control Of the engine
room with connection in every part of
the vessel, In supplemented by separate
powerful fire pumps In addition TO the
more usual equipment Beside the cus-
tomary life boats and RATS. sufficient for
1910 passengers. the steamer will carry a
Lyle gun. like those used In the United
States Idfe Saving service. for shooting
lines
The interior will be the most elaborate
ever put into steamer OF this type the
woodwork being OF pine. carved, frescoed
and gilded A pressure water system
supplied by n special pump will be con-
nected with all the plumbing which IL of
the most modern design. All OF the work
on the vessel except the furnishing. win
he done at Fore River.
The freight boat will be equally mod
ern IN construction and general equip
ment shc will be ais feet long overall
with y moulded width OF 81 feet inches.
and moulded depth of ~ feet inches
She will have steam steering gear. and
there will he double freight elevators at
her forward and after matches.
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pearing not to notice the others sneer-
ing tones "Shall tell you Why"
by all means"
Because his wearing them at all must
have been a part OF his scheme. He wish
ed others to think that you committed
the deed. He would therefore prefer TO
have the things found"
THAT is very probable
"One good place 10 throw anything
which one wishes TO have found is In the
river. Therefore l fancy that the murder
er might have thrown the suit into the
river What do you think"
Mora did not quail before this very
significant speech. on the contrary. with
great GOODNESS, he said:
IL think that you are mistaken"
And why do you think | am mis-
taken?" said Mr.. Barnes
Because" said Mora. rising 10 his feet
and boldly facing Mr.. Barnes. who also
arose-"because the murderer did not
throw them into the river. II was ] who
did that"
"You?" gasped Mr.. Barnes. utterly
taken aback as he saw his supposedly
strong evidence against this man about
TO be swept aside. You say that you
threw the suit into the river?"
do you doubt It? Did you not see me-
you--you spy
The last words came forth with a hiss
ing sound and the young man assumed
threatening attitude. which tempted
Mr.. Mitchell to speak for the first time.
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AGED CLERKS
NOT WANTED
Commissioner Of Pensions Will
Advise Their Retirement.
WOULD PENSION THEM ILL
He Thinks 100 Young Men Would Per.
form The Work Of 500 Old 0nss AMI
% II Much Better
WOULD PENSION THEM I'LL

Washington. Nov. 25.-Pension Commits
sioner Ware wants TO rid his bureau OF
500 superannuated clerks who because Of
age or of disability incurred in war can
no longer perform the work TO which
they are assigned.
He practically recommends the esiab-
lishment OF n civil service list. asking
that Congress make some provision for
these clerks In order that they may be
rehred
III 800 superannuated clerks could be
retired and 100 young men put in her
places" says Commissioner Ware. ~
could very greatly improve the service
and augment It's speed, besides saving
mut h money"
rights of the clerks who have given the
best efforts OF their lives to the govern
ment service. saying:
''ro discharge them IN large numbers
when they have become unserviceaole
which will he very soon. would cause very
greet psin and suffering
In his annual report. included i'm that
Of the secretary OF the interior just ma Ie
public Mr. Ware gives the number OF
pensioners on the rolls for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1901. as l,Oll. So. n ne. sam
OF L7il over last year II Is the greatest
number ever on the rolls
The pension roll is growing each year
During the fiscal year ended June 20 there
were 37.i5 deaths among pensioners
while secs were dropped from the rolls
for other causes The gain for the year.
including new pensions renewals and re-
storations, was 1881.
EIGHT REVOLUTION PENSIONERS.
The records show that only eight
widows and daughters OF revolutionary
war soldiers are carried on the rons,
while there yet remain l.3iS survivors ana
widows Of the war of 1912 who are draw
.ng pensions. The only revolutionary war
ponsionor died last year
During the year 2is.S53 claims were re
ceived. Of which iiS.ss were rejected, The
amount disburscd for pension was 49,
5o4. 4.261.99. to which II added $3.50. .i6c o.
making the total cost for the maintr-
nance OF the pension system Siti. .Oeo. III u8.
Commissioner Ware has compiled fs
ures showing .the Increase In the cost OF
the penson system TO the goveTnmens.
Ills figures show the disbursement by tuU
government from July !. i7eo. to June ~.
years since 1895 the disbursements for
cost OF maintenance ssi.ss4si7s2. making
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the total cost of the pension system ana
It's maintenance almost 1000. 100000.
In dividing the cost into periods Com
missioner Ware shows that the revolu-
tionary war cost in pensions s70O00.oO0,
the war of 1912 s45. c25 297. the Indian wars
s5,s14, ,206, the Mexican war s3l, ,S61, ,337. the
civil war $2 72s, ,276 and the war with
Spain s3275.lS4. Already there are 1854
pensions for the war with Spain
Commissioner Ware recommends that
Congress pass a law prohibiting the CIV
ing Of pensions to widows who marry
soldiers after the soldier becomes a pen
sioner.
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BEWARE OF olNTMENTs Foa CA.
IARRh THAT CONTAIN MERCupS

as mercury viii surely destroy the sem.
Of smell ana completely derans. IN.
whole system when entering ~ throusn
ins mucous surfaces. Sucn articles shouia
never be used except on pfescript ton.
from reputable physicians. as tho damar.
they Will do 10 ten foio To the gooue ~,
can possibly derive from them. Ham,
Catafrh Cure. manufactured by n.
cheney a Co, Toledo. o.. contains na
r1ercury. and is taken internally, actins
directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. In buying Han.
Catsrrh Cure be sure you Get the venu.
Inc. IL 10 taken internally, ana made An
Toledo. Ohio. by n! .. Cheney q Co
testimonials free.
Sold by Drugsists price ;sc. per DOT.
tie
tiairs Family Pulls are the best
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goa OVER SIXTY YEARS

MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over sixty years by
millions OF mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success IL
soothes the child. softens the gums. al
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by druggists In every part of the world.
Twentv-nve cents a bottle BE sure ana
ask for Mrs winslow's Soothine Syrup"
and take no other kind