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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02
SLIPS OF NOVELISTS
LEGAL MISTAKES THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE BY GREAT AUTHORS.

Dickens and the Famous Case of
Scene In Reade's "Hard Cash. ,,
Trollope's Dip Into the Law.
Legal fctions," says one of Gilbert's
gondOliers, "are solemn things" Yet
1t is curious how seldom a novelist
ventures into law court without driv-
ing his quill through acts of parliament
and rules Of law alike
That Dickens knowledge of law, like
Mr.. Weller's Of London, was ''exten-
sive and PECULIAR is amply demon
strated by the famous case of Bardell
versus Pickwick. Students Of that re-
port may have been struck by the fact
that neither plaintiff nor defendant ap-
peared in the witness box. The ex-
PLANTATION is that at that time parties
upon the record were not competent
witnesses, their interest in the case be-
ing regarded as too strong a tempta-
ton to, shall we say, inaccuracy. But
had Dickens been lawyer Mr.. Wrinkle
and his friends might also have been
spared the ordeal of cross examination
and their friends and admirers de-
prived of many merry moments.
In his anxiety to satirize the abuses
of cross examination Dickens over
looked the legal rule that the counsel
who calls witness is not permitted to
cross examine him at all, but, on the
contrary, is bound by his answers;
therefore had SERGEANT Buzfuz permit
ted the Pickwickians to be called as
witnesses for the plaintiff (Which he
would have known better than to do)
their version Of the words heard
through the door ION the jar must
have been accepted, and at the first at
tempt to badger either Of them it would
have been the learned counsel for the
plaintiff who received his lordship's in
junction ito be CAREFUL
But all lovers Of Dickens will rejoice
at his ignorance Of the rule which
forces counsel never to call a hostile
witness. Who could bear to be depriv-
ed Of the evidence of Mr.. Samuel We'll
Ter? .-,. ~
Exactly the same mistake is made by
Anthony Trollope in his we'll known
novel, 'The Three Clerks" There the
hero, Alaric Tudor, is placed upon his
trial for Incorporating trust money
and defended by that famous leader,
Mr.. Chaffanbrass of the Old Bailey.
Tudor's Mephistopheles, the Hon. IN
decimus Scott, is called, much against
his will, as witness for the defense,
cross examined by the celebrated Chat
fanbrass. forced to confess his mis-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02
SalutinE the Flag.

Army regulations prescribe in detail
what honors shall be paid to the flag,
and these regulations are implicitly
and gladly observed. No matter how
little one may relish the duty of show
ing the respect due to some military
superior, he is always ready and glad
to do honor to his flag. Whenever any
one in the military service Of the Unit
ed States passes near the unfurled COL
ors or whenever the flag passes before
him, he is required to remove his cap
In salute, and if sitting he is required
to rise and stand at attention until
the flag has passed.-St. Nicholas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02
so 4; IT,: |. FryhIing Clothing Store. IT,

the criminal law.
It is difficult to uphold this distinc-
ton. A libel is regarded as a public
crime as we'll as a private wrong be-
cause it tends to provoke a breach of
the peace, but one would think as
much might be said of SANDER. Still
the distinction exists. and the ag-
gressor who confines his attack to
words may suffer in purse, but not in
person.
Such are few of the slips to which
the novelist is liable who unwarily
trespasses upon legal preserves.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02

commenting on the rapid growth of
telephone communication in America,
the London Times notes that in Eng
land the telephone is a luxury more
particularly in private life, while in
the United States it is a necessity of
both business and social service. But
telegraphing is much cheaper in Eng
land than here.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02

A British tailor has been employed by
the war department to make Uncle
Sans enlisted men look like soldiers
Hitherto they have rubbed along by
merely lighting like soldiers, and no
people are more wise to that fact than
the British themselves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02

1t is proposed to hand all the public
lands OF Russia over to the peasants.
Secretary Hitchcock can tell the Rus
slams that they are undertaking a
mighty big job unless the lumber and
cattle syndicates Of Russia are more
tractable than they are in this country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02
Decidedly Imncoxel

Mr.. Snagsby (rummaging in closet)-
Maria, this is new hat, isn't it? Why
don't you wear it? 1t looks better than
anything you have worn this season.
Mrs. Snagsby-That's my old hat. 1t
blew off my head the other day and
was run over by street car, and l
think you are just as mean as you can
Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-08-02

The car is said to be surrounded
now by guards who cannot speak Rus
san. Perhaps he fears that bombs
might be concealed in some Of the
polysyllabic utterances Of his own
countrymen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
The Orchid Family.

There seems to be a general miscon-
ceptlon as to just what an orchid Is.
Many call any plant which grows on a
tree or has some peculiar feature an
orchid. This mistake Is frequently
made with the pitcher plants and the
tail flowers" The uniting In one or
gan, called the column. of the stamens
and pistils serves TO distinguish the
orchid family from all related ones.
The orchid family embraces 5000 or
1000 species, OF which comparatively
few are found in the warm temperate
and almost none in the cold temperate
zones. They are mostly distributed in
the tropical regions, in hot humid
places. Orchids, however, do not inva.
riably prefer humid conditions. Nearly
all tropical orchids grow On trees, but
In temperate regions they grow III
earth.-Youth's Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
Lost BOY Like Lost Umbrella,

The tourist stopped at the little cabin
where an old colored nanny was
bending over n big tub.
Good morning. nanny" greeted the
tourist.
"Mawnin, sab" responded nanny.
where's your son Sam?"
Gone, sab; dunno Which,"
swell, he always was bad boy,
nanny"
deed he was, sab. He was dess
lax Diet ole blue umbrella All los In
de thunderstorm. He was hahd to
raise. powahful hahd to raise. an afteh
All did raise him he jes' jumped away
FUN me. an All amt seen him slnce.r
Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
LIFE ON EASY STREET.
II IL an Ideal Place and worth stFiv~
Ing For.

Ing For.
There are more strong llmbed, clear
headed, brave hearted people living ON
Easy street than anywhere else In this
broad land, and their prime condition
Is the natural consequence of living
there, for, although you may not have
thought of 1t, there Is close relation
ship existing between good health and
the consciousness of getting on well In
life. You can see this for yourself II
you Will note how strong man droops.
like a frost nipped flower. who by some
mistake loses his position, his posses
slons or the esteem of his fellows, one
or all. Shylock made hard bargain
with q borrower, and In his effort to
foreclose the bond lost his cash and
won the contempt and scorn Of all men.
Mental disturbance followed, including
physical III being, and, staggering away
from the judges bench and clutchlng
at the air, he cried, II am not WE'LL"
But you need not go back 80 far to get
an illustration.
And on the other hand you can see
by observing for yourself how the gain.
or even the anticipated gain, Of home
on Easy street will make sick man
well, quicken dying hopes into life and
change the water of sorrow into the
wine Of Joy. Recent literature has re-
minded us how happy turn In the
tide of the affairs of Josiah Wedgwood
afterward to become the worlds great
pioneer pottery artist and inventor
raised him from an invalid's couch and
started him upon the road to affluence
and distinction among Englands In
dustrial princes. Similarly Mary Wolf
stonecraft. afterward the mother of the
poet Shelley's wife, Ill from neglect and
discouraged by hardships, was, by the
success of her modest ventures in lit.
erature, heartened to undertake her
great life work. which soon yielded her
a handsome royalty.
Read the story of Angelina, who
lives on East street and has no desire
to move and lose her clear headedness
and her health. She was engaged to
be married to Allan. He was clerk
receiving S12 per week, and she earned
S85 month teaching school. After
few years Angelina explained her con-
tnued spinsterhood by saying that she
had given Allan time to develop into
larger money getter, and he had not
done 1t, 50 she decided against the ad-
Of exchanging an $S5 a
month position for a $50 a month hus-
band. 1t IS quite true that when pov-
srty comes In at the door love flies out
If the window, but 1t Is not because
he Angelinas are without sentiment.
t IS because love cannot feed on ia
and thrives best on Eas,
treet
80 the Importance of everything that
1lll aid any one to get on In the world
established on sure foundation
le testimony of facts. We do not ex-
1t mere money getting above those
ualities of head and heart which
lake life worth living, but rather en-
hasiZe the honorable getting of it as
conseryer of them. And hence the
7isdom of living on Easy street,-Cent
Ter Cent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
Arithueficnl.

yes" said the old mathematician,
with a CLEAN In his eyes, 1--WE always
looked at 1t that way. Marriage is ad-
dition, when the little ones come It's
multiplication, when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon of their happi-
ness It's division and when the final
parting comes It's subtraction"
"And how about divorce?" asked the
listener
"Oh. l guess that would come under
the denomination OF fractions. New
York Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
A Rare Article Indeed.

A little girl not long ago displayed a
bit Of feather-black. as 1t happened
to q caller at the house. This man
looked impressed and inquired gravely,
What Is that Nelly, an angels wingT'
me child slowly shook her head. "Oh,
no. she answered at once. Angels
teathers are white, and think they
are very scarce"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1906
FIRST GAME SATURDAY.


Saturday afternoon the frs
ootball game Of the season viii
,e played with Blair Business
1ollege, on Rogers Field. Las
saturday Blair defeated Cheney
formal 6 to 0 in a well played
anne. The Business College ag.
regation is as strong as it was
st year and with the practice
cir team has had the Spokane
'ys will put up an interesting
me.
AS yet the students here have
d no opportunity for judging
rtball under the new rules
er than that afforded by the
manages between the first
second teams, consequently
coming game will have an
ed interest. The claims of
adherents Of the new rules
less mass playing, less line
ging, and more open forma-
would result from the change
not been verified by reports
lie minor games played to
End plays and straight
lucking appear as prominent
res, and punting, always
teresting feature from the
ltor's point of view, is
general. The forward pass
1t come into use as much
expected. 1t is not an
ass and in games thus far,
fumbles seem to have fol-
its use in many instances.
lineup for the Blair game
given only approximately. |
ng are the eligibles:
er-Stewart, Fariss.
Atkinson, Miller, Hun
IS Thayer, Hahn.
Goldsworthy (Captain),
ar--Fancher, Bryan.
Nissen, Buck, WeXler,
ey.
1artzuck. Montgomery.
ing the schedule of
anager Sapp says it is
in the air. the Ever
cerely hopes he will
IN corralling it quickly.
/ can be said however,
NJ. game will he played
=, at Missoula, and the
.e November 8, at Pull
liter arranging dates
man left Pullman Sep
and was received at
la, October 6. The
ay through the mail
the proposed date.
arrangements are
lortly. Negotiations
n the u. of W., but
he outlook at present
When the schedule
own from its shat
In and Strengthened
nager will tell his
ne student body in
ich he expects will
ssue of the Ever
then be calm and
don't forget to be
Id Saturday after
cen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13
silence.

Johnny = What's silence, Freddy?
Freddy-It's what you don't hear when
fou listen.-kansas City Independent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13

Inc man VINO Is trying to keep his
mead above water realizes that a float
Ing debt Is a poor life preseryer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-13

man word comes
5 are brighter in
ever before. The
.rgonaut, at Mos
s because men do
practice, and that
ct at that place
fof yore.
will attend the
tie at Davenport,
If. Sampson has
H. institute work
hProf. Beattie
ft last Wednes
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
Pre-EIection Promi.e..

In country where there are many
parties an election must be just bit
confusing to the voter. In the recent
French election, for instance. candi-
dates represented not the various Par
1iamentary faction merely, but COM
pounds of them. There were AN
archist millionaires,~ Nationalists op-
posed to the army and Socialists ia
yoring the church One candidate an
nounced himself as. II am an excellent
compound of Nationalist eau de vie and
Pacifste' black currant brandy"
Nor were the promises OF some can
didates less beautiful than their des-
ignations. A Socialist. for instance,
offered a free theater ticket to every
body IL he was only sent to the Cham
Der. He did not, however. explain who
were to have the best seats Perhaps
he proposed to build theater all pit. :"
so that no preference should be shown.
Another OF the same ilk wanted to up
root the chestnuts and the planes from
the boulevards and plant thereon fruit
bearing trees.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
RUGBY MAKES HIT
ON STANFORD'S
GRIDIRON.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Sept a.
Head Coach James f. flanagan started
the training of the cardinal squad for
the new Rugby football game this
morning. when he called all the candi-
dates together in a lecture room on
the quadrangle and devoted several
hours TO Iecturing on the new sport
flanagan is a man of few words when
speaking before the students at large,
but when instructing his athletes he
enters into details. Charts were drawn
and the rudimentary theories instilled
into the collegians.
The students who have answered to
the call for Rugby players are in sharp
contrast to the men of years past who
signed up to play upon the gridiron.
All branches of athletics in the college
curriculum of sport are represented by
star performers. Track men who have
won points innumerable upon the oval
for the cardinal and who would never
before have risked their limbs upon a
football field have signified their in
tention of competing in the new sport.
j. G. Mcfarland, captain of the track
squad, crack hurdler and speedy mid
dle-distance sprinter, has set the pace
for the other cinderpath athletes and
will don the scanty rig of the Rugby
the gridiron will again attempt to
make the varsity, Probably some of
the men who excelled in the American
game will meet their Waterloo in the
new edition of the pastime.
The varsity crew is represented by
several of the best oarsmen in college.
who believe If endurance has as much
to do with the Rugby game as is re-
puted they will stand in line.
The men of the baseball line have
entered the running also. Seven of the
nine of last semester who donned the
varsity suits have signed the training
list. This is a remarkable showing for
the baseball enthusiasts. All of the
men who played upon the freshmen
football eleven of last year, with a few
exceptions, have again entered the field
for Rugby.
The basket ball players, who have
never appeared prominently before the
bleacherites, will take part in the
game and much is expected of these
athletes as they are especially trained
for just such playing as is required in
"socker."
The list of freshmen who signed up
is equally as large that Of the var
sity candidates and many stars are ex-
pected to develop from the babies G.
e. Cheda, who captained the freshmen
in the interclass rush, is husky
player Of the old game from San Luis
Obispo and is regarded as promising
material. knight Starr Jordan. son Of
President David Starr Jordan, also has
reputation in the old sport. S. H.
Bellah. a crack athlete from the Han
ford High School, has entered the list
and IS expected to prove star. Bellah
took the eye of Trainer Dad" Moul-'
ton when he appeared with the high
school lads during the initial field meet
of the Stanford University Inter
scholastic Atheletic Association last
spring.
Judging from the spirit of Lanagan's
talk TO his men today the game as it
will be played at Stanford will be busi-
ness-like and will require more work
than the old game. The new pigskin
will be placed in play tomorrow after
noon at 4:45
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
SOUP KITCHENS
ABOUT To co.

BY the end of the week the Desmond
soup kitchens viii probably have be-
come a memory. All excuse for main
taining them viii be gone. On Tues
day, Immediately after breakfast, the
kitchens at Lo5os square and Camp 8,
Golden Gate Park, viii be closed. Those
at Camp 6, Golden Gate Park. and at
Jefferson square viii be closed on
Thursday. This will leave only the
kitchen at Harbor View and that at
the Speedway. 1t is thought that the
one at Harbor View will be closed by
Saturday. This will leave but one. that
at the Speedway
The question now before the depart
ment Of camps is. shall the Speedway
kitchen be operated by the department.
or shall Desmond be permitted TO run
IL until the Ingieside camp is fitted up?
Those in the department OF camps
who favor the immediate suppression
Of the Desmond kitchen point out that
the Relief Corporation has ell the
necessary utensils for conducting the
kitchen and will not have TO invest 3
dollar IN dishes. Furthermore, the
corporation has sufficient supplies on
hand 10 run the kitchen for q year
Il is known that Rudolph Spreckels,
head OF the department Of camps has
favored this plan from the start, but
il is equally well known that it is not
50 popular with some OF his assistants
in the department who have rather
discouraged IL. However. the closing
OF the kitchen at f.arbor View will
probably be the signal for Desmond to
retire from the Speedway
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10

The distance by the highways he will
travel this year in the United States
will be from Boston to Chicago 1880
miles, and from Dallas to Galveston.
400 miles. BY railroad he will travel
from Chicago to FL Paso 1865 miles; Ell
Paso to Dallas, 1875 miles, and from
FL Reno to Little Rock and return, $40
miles. This gives a total by rail of
1850 miles, which is over twice the
distance he Travelled over the Canadian
road.
Mr.. Glidden will extend the travel on
the railroad to the City of Mexico il
he can make arrangements with the
officials of the Mexican Railroad. This
would increase the mileage fully 1000
miles.
Since Mr.. Glidden started out on his
tour he has visited over ten thousand
cities and has circled the globe twice.
In the course of his travels he has
covered 41,700 miles by steamer. The
most northerly point touched was the
Arctic circle in Sweden In 1908, and
the furtherest south was New Zealand,
in 1905.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
Edited by
r. A. smYh.
ANCRYFANSSWARM
AROUND UMPIRE
AT SEATTLE
SPECIAL DtspArcn no rHv caLL.

SEATTLE, Sept. 9-Umpire Elops
was lucky TO get out OF the Eas~ today
without getting hurt. ~ least 1000
people swarmed out on the ousae-d az
result of unpopular decisions. tut the
mob was rather peaceable one and
Klopf made his getaway
In the first game the fans thought
decision at the plate giving tAe Seals
the winning run was radically wrong.
and as Klopf had already made himself
unpopular he was roasted to a s.isn.
In the second game he made more de-
cisions whicn went against tie grain
OF the crowd. and finally, when he put
Eddie Householder out of the game, the
fans piled out on the outdeld.
The players, several OF whom had
been fined. made no attempt 20 guard
KlOpf. but when the crowd surrounded
him he talked and did nothing. vt the
advice of Hail KIopf left the grounds
without forfeittng the game TO the
Seals. as he should have done Under
protest San Francisco played the game
out, Nick Williams umpsring Seattle
won, 70 2, the score being the same
as In the first game. cnly reversal
Mott, Walthour and McKune made star
catches Scores:
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
HAVETHE
INDIAN SIGN ON
ANGELS.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

PORTLAND. Sept. s.-DfIIon paid his
hnes today and called upon Randolph
TO work on the slab. The effect OF the
discipline was great upon his pitching
arm, for In the first nve innings he al
lowed the Beavers but three hits. and
not man passed third base. In the
sixth Gochnauer made a couple of bad
errors which put the boy in bad, and
by the end Of the inning Portland had
scored seven times on five hits. and Los
Angeles had piled up five errors. Port
land scored two more in the eighth, Dill
lon being in the box
Maggie opened the game with two
bagger, and scored on a sacrifice and
a fielders' choice. The Angels scored
two more in the third on Listers errors
The second game was limited to sew
en- innings, and was a pitchers battle
between Henderson and Bergeman. Up
TO the seventh Henderson shut out Los
Angeles without a run or a hit, but
they collected two hits and a run IN
the seventh. Bergeman pitched ver--
good game, bat was unfortunate IN nav
Ing Ills hits punched. The work Of
Kane and Lister were the features of
both games Scores: