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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1913-01-09

6os miro idot meinem Sdpri4l
paiien."
Sn3iDi1ueIler @ei4mad d.
MaIer: vSon i1 sic in Del ooer in
@aiierinrbetb molen?"
@omperl: v@ebit ma gIei' mit'n
@niia.. -. bam g oetm foa11e 8ier<
furbn?"
6re4.-&ousfrms (mitbeno gum
8uriden): Sic l1n9eidid. So boben
Sic mir mteoer Suppe cuffs Rlei6
fallen Iaiien."
8uride: n@e9en Sic fib MIR 6es-
megen nid]t auf;; g Is nod mebr broa1-
Ben!"
8ermeigerte Mumabme.
ugSas tpollen Sic bier?"
IS Bit, &err acknowledgements,
id bab' megen Soe5frepels bier $50
de1e ob5uiiben = sic modt i@ badt
perbuben!"
$50 bobear Sic Sbren @trnfa,>
.trittsbefebI?"
Sen bab' ib let6er berloren!
r@os? l1n6 % ion ib Sic onrebE
men? MariA, binnts, Sic urper<
id,amter Memi@! ga fonnt ia ieoer
2ump 5aberfomme1r atno eitpgeiperrt
mer6en monen!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1913-01-09

zoos miro fdon meinem Sdori4l
paifem."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
He Wouldn't Respond,

When Joaquin Miller's play, ''The
Danites." was produced for the first
time the play caught the crowds fancy,
and at the end of the second act there
were great calls from the audience for
Author, authorr'
The manager looked around for Mil
Ter. but could not find him. He sent
several Of his assistants all over the
theater to hunt Miller up and bring
him before the footlights to address
the clamorous audience
After some time spent in searching
Miller was spied sitting among the
crowd way up in the gallery. where
the calls of ''Author!' were most nu-
merous. Upon being asked to go down
and address the audience, Miller refus-
ed. saying that wild horses couldn't
drag him down there.-New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Gardens of the Bosporus.

The gardens of the Bosporus are
one Of the most characteristic fea-
lures Of that river-ike strait. They
have, moreover, a definite cachet Of
their own. This is largely prescribed
to them by the nature of the soil on
which they are laid out. The banks Of
the Bosporus slope sharply back to a
height of some 400 feet and are bro
ken by valleys penetrating more grad
ually into the rolling tablelands Of
Thrace and Asia Minor. Few of their
houses, therefore. do not enjoy some
view of the water and of the opposite
shore. rarely more than mile or two
away. The gardens of the houses are
accordingly laid out with reference to
those views and are determined in
form by the steepness of the hillsides
on which they lie. They are terraces
that is, one or many according to the
size of the garden.-Scribner's.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Lead and the Teeth.

A tendency of the teeth and gums to
absorb lead has been observed by Vik
tor Hinze. a German dentist, among
the workers in an accumulation fac
tory. The teeth all had much tartar.
and that scraped from the teeth of one
man affected with anemia and other
symptoms of poisoning was found by
analysis to contain about one-half of
per cent of metallic lead. Extracting
the seventeen teeth still retained by
this man. the metallic lead in the
crowns was shown to be 003S per
cent and O.O33 per cent in the roots
sufficient to give continuous lead intox-
ication. The tartar was removed from
the teeth of the other workers. and
this was followed by marked improve
ment in the condition of gums and gen
eral health.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
The Ideal Wife.

A California man who has studied
deeply on the subject has formulated
the following list of characteristics
that are desirable in the woman he
would marry:
The ideal woman for wife should have
these qualifications: The voice of Melba
the talent of Paderewslxi, the figure Of
Venus, the grace of sylph, the vivacity
of a coryphee, eyes like the soft glow of
moonlit eve an alabaster-like complex
ion, the virtues of a nun. the charm of
Cleopatra, the meekness of Moses, the pa
tience of Job. the forbearance Of Laz-
arus, the zeal of a Trojan, the constancy
of Caesars wife, the capabilities of "a
charwoman, the purse Of Hetty Green and
hair of her own.
One naturally wonders where the
masculine paragon will be found who
deserves such a wife as the ideal wo-
man should make. What sort of voice.
bank account, temper, nocturnal habits
and whiskers should he have? And if
he were such an ideal himself would it
be right that he should marry such an
ideal wife? Would it not be wasting
too much virtue on one family?
Where is the ideal woman? you ask.
She is everywhere She is the woman
every man marries. At least he thinks
she is. His mind may suffer change
later. but when he leads her to the al
tar he is convinced that she possesses
all the desirable traits listed by the
hopeful Californian and few others
detected by the fond lover and unseen
by others. ~., >.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
TONGUES OF BIRDS.
That Of the Humming Bird Is About
the Most Curious of All.

the Most Curious of All.
A German naturalist has gathered
some curious data With reference to
the tongues of birds. AS he points
out. many persons suppose that wood
peckers use their sharp pointed tongues
as darts with which to transfix their
prey. 1t is true that the woodpecker,
like the humming bird, can dart out
it's tongue with extraordinary rapidity
and that it's mouth is furnished with
an elaborate mechanism for this prr-
pose, yet investigation shows that the
object of their swift motion is only to
catch the prey, not to pierce it. For
the purpose of holding the captured
victim the woodpecker's tongue is fur
nished with sticky secretion.
1nasmuch as it possesses the power
Of initiating speech, it is not surprising
to learn that the parrots tongue re-
sembles that Of man more closely than
any other birds tongue does. 1t is not
because the parrot is more intelligent
than many other birds, but because it's
tongue is better suited for articulation
than theirs that it is able to amuse us
with it's mimicry.
In some respects the humming birds
tongue is the most remarkable Of ALL
1t is double nearly from end to end.
SO that the little creature is able to
grasp its insect prey very much as if
it's mouth were furnished with a pair
of fingers.-Harper's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Another Culebra Slide.

The latest slide in the Culebra cut is
the most serio1s Of the year. Though
only thousand feet in length. it may
be the prelude Of other slides which
will seriously delay the opening OF the
Panama canal. Lasting over Il period
of six or seven weeks. the slide cul-
minated. despite the hope of the engi-
neers that the difficulty had been over
come. in rapid movement of earth
which pushed the bottom of the Guile
bra cut up thirty feet for distance of
thousand feet
Five construction tracks were de-
stroyed. The destruction of these
tracks is bound to hamper operations
considerably, as only one of the six
construction tracks is left for use.
Removal of the earth is already under
way. and the engineers and their
forces will no doubt continue to do
everything possible to fulfill the pre-
diction of Colonel Goethals that the
Panama canal would admit an ocean
going ship before the end of the pres
ent year.
Biologists both in this country and
Europe have given considerable study
to these great landslides which have
retarded the completion of the Culebra
cut. They are due. according to emf
nent scientific authority, to the dis
placement of large quantities of de-
composed rock. In cutting the canal
the supporting bases of this material
have been removed or weakened to
such an extent that the enormous
masses Of decomposed rock spread into
the cut.
American engineering genius is not
to be discouraged by all these Difficult
ties. Rather do they add to the zest of
triumph. The Panama canal is a
mighty national work. It has chal-
lenged the engineers. who have had to
battle obstinately for every yard of
the way. They stand there as the rep-
resentatives of America. and the Amer
lean spirit is bound to win. The Pan
anna canal when opened will be one Of
it's magnificent monuments.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
. THE HUMAN SPINE.
Science Says It Is Imperfect Because
Man Walks Upright.

Man Walks Upright.
According to the osteopathist, you do
not have a perfectly formed spinal col
umn. for he is firmly convinced that
no person in the world has a back that
is perfect. His ideal is spine of a
particular curve. whose twenty-four
bones are at equal distances apart. Of
the same formation on both sides and
equally distant from the sides of the
body.
The child's spine is much nearer nor
NAL and far straighter than the adults,
and the society woman who does no
work is more likely to have back
whose curve comes nearer the ideal
than the college athlete. The spines of
strong men. such as the laborer or
pugilist, are most defective, for the
reason that constant pull and strain
on the spinal column accentuate it's
weaknesses. The Igorrotes, strong as
they are. have weaker and more crook
ed spines than civilized men.
The spines Of lower animals are
stronger and more normal than ours
and consequently are not so readily af-
fected by disease. If man had de-
cided to walk on all fours his spine
might be just as good as his cats or
dogs. Spinal trouble started when
our ancestors determined to walk up
right. and even after untold centuries
it seems that the human spine has not
thoroughly adjusted itself to our meth
cd of going about. Spencer wrote:
''That all important organ. the verte-
bral column. is as yet but incompletely
adapted to the upright posture Only
while the vigor is considerable can
there be maintained without apprecia-
BILE effort those muscular contractions
which produce the like f1exure and
bring the lumbar portion into such
position that the line of direction falls
within it."-New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
The Greater Attraction.

A correspondent of the Boston
Transcript says that lin looking over
some memoranda made by John Whit
tier of East Haverhill Gather of the
poet) find this item. made under date
Of Feb. -. 1919: First snowstorm Of
the year. This is possibly the storm
The lad was then in his twelfth year.
The item Immediately preceding the
one I give above is dated May g. 1916.
An elephant came to town. AS Pres
ident Monroe came to town that same
day. it is odd that his coming is not
also chronicled as equally memorable"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
TEA AS A BEVERAGE.
II Is Said to Enrich Person Both
Morally and Physically.


Did you know that tea drinking is a
splendid aid to ones morals? At least
that is the opinion of an English scien-
list who not long ago compiled learn
ed treatise to show the beneficial eff
fects of tea drinking from a spiritual,
physical and moral standpoint.
A meal in the morning, he says, with
tea as the beverage win enable man
to pursue his days work with facul-
ties unclOuded, temper unruffled and a
generally amiable state of nerves. Be-
sides that. it makes the body active, it
clears the sight, it strengthens the ap-
petite and the digestion and is partic-
ularly wholesome for men of corpulent
bodies and great meat eaters.
1t vanishes dreams, increases the
memory and prevents sleeplessness. It
has been observed that it has contribu-
ted more to the sobriety of the Chinese
than the severest laws, the most elo-
quent harangues and the best treatise
on morality.
But, in addition to all this. he claims
for tea a strengthening effect on moral
ity. A man who is stimulated by q
generous cupful of tea, moderately
strong, will be able to withstand more
successfully the manifold temptations
that assail him in the business and So
cial world into which he is plunged
than the man who is not sustained by
the same Chicago Tribune
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
The Cuban Situation.

The little. r,lmpus in the Cuban con-
gress Inspired by the belief that Presi-
dent Gomez's belated veto Of the am
nesty bill was demanded by the United
States government is not to be regard
ed as threatening. 1t is, in fact. a
hopeful sign Of Cuba's growing appre-
citation Of it's independence.
Independent the little republic GER
tainly is. except that its legislators
must not be permitted to pass foolish
and wicked laws which would destroy
its credit with the world. for which the
United States stands sponsor by the
terms of the treaty and indeed by a
provision of the Cuban constitution
The Cuban congress will probab bly,. aft
err little delay, decide to repeal the
amnesty act. inasmuch as there is
some doubt whether the veto of Presi-
dent Gomez is sufficient under the con-
stitution. as he had signed the bill.
But the worst is over The rest will
all be talk ~. -ez
A good majority of the Cuban cleo
tors chose General Menocal, a broad
minded man of unblemished repute to
administer the affairs of their country
In the next four years. 1t is certainly
not their wish that he should enter
upon his duties hampered as the am
nesty law would hamper him. There
lore 1t Is safe to assume that the ma
jority does not favor the law and does
not resent the exercise by the Wash
ington government, of it's right to de-
mand the laws repeal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
A Human Skyrocket.

Of the young man who recently
came to grief after an attempt to
achieve notoriety by seating himself
on monster rocket containing fifty
pounds of powder that was expected
to shoot him $500 feet into space there
is little to be said. Perhaps the trite
saying. lone is born every sixty Sec
onds.'' would aptly express the opinion
of most persons.
Fortunately for the young man in
question, the explosive fizzled out,
shattering the shell. but. inf1icting few
injuries on the would be aerial passen-
ger What might have been the result
had his attempt been a success is, of
course. problematical. But even if he
had come through it with his life most
people will agree that such foolhardy
feats should not be permitted under
any pretense. They are perilous, USE
less and appeal wrongly. if none the
less strongly. to a morbid public taste.
The desire to make thrilling picture
film was the underlying motive for the
abortive attempt at making a sky
rocket of a human being. craving ad-
mittedly pushed too far when it in
wolves risking life and limb to give the
multitude a thrill - T.. .'
All the same. we suspect that there
is very widespread if sneaking adj
miration for anybody who is willing
to gamble with such extremely high
stakes. Your bullfghter. your aviator.
your automobile racer. your high ira
peze performer. your human rocket. all
gain their chief glory from the chance
they take. And is there not something
to be said for this horrid taste?
1t is still world of chances. let us
thank our stars. Some no man can
dodge. AS to the others that we take
vigorously, may they not serve to keep
awake within our sordid souls some
last remnant Of the spirit of adven-
,ture? ~" is" -. s sa. @.t
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Mobbing the Militants.

The English militant snffragettes
have succeeded in making themselves
intolerable by their campaign of de-
structiveness. But. far from coercing
the enemy into surrender. this warlike
attitude has aroused a resentment in
/, those formerly favorable or at least
complacent toward the agitators.
The result is that nilitancy has ceas-
ed to be a joke or social diversion.
The mob has become ugly and venge-
full. Women are made objects of 'scorn
without Difference to sex. Lately it
has come to a rough standup fight be-
tween the Infatuated crowd and the
police who attempt shielding the mill
tants. -~.- g. 81. Il
Meetings have been broken up, plat
forms rushed, speakers howled down
and pelted and rescued with difficulty
from personal violence. Outdoor meet
ings have Jared worse than those held
in public buildings. The opposition
which began with heckling Mrs. Pank-
hurst during her speech some two
months ago has increased in bitterness,
grading through nicknames. threats,
Kisses and the cry to duck the suf-
fragette. reaching climax in the be-
scattering and mauling of the speakers
by hostile mobs in London.
All this is deplorable and not to be
condoned on any pretense. Lawless-
ness cannot cure lawlessness. Wher-
ever started it should be put down
with stern hand But now that the
mob is getting unruly. not to say dan
gerous. the militants would do we'll to
read into their counsels the signs Of
the times. They can hope for nothing
by continuing their insane assaults.
The point is reached where a brutal
chastisement may teach them that
their so called determination is stupid
lty and the return of common sense
alone can save their cause from dis
aster.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
AGGRESSIVE REPTILES.
King Cobras and Mambas Are the
Worst of the Snake Tribe.

King Cobras and Mambas Are the
Worst of the Snake Tribe.
The majority Of snakes are not, as
most people suppose, aggressive in
their habits: but, like the British viper,
far more anxious to get out of the way
of the human intruder than into it.
But there are a few famous, or infa-
nous, exceptions, and the mamba-
one Of the largest of the cobras and a
native of Africa-is said to be the
most dangerous reptile in the world.
1t will fly at anything and anybody;
goes out of it's way to pick quarrel
with every passerby and has even been
known to come down from a tree
where it was resting, apparently fast
asleep, to try conclusions with a man
armed with a gun. The only snake
that at all approaches the mamba in
ferocity is the great king cobra OF
hamadryad of the east, which is larger
than the mamba and generally quite as
ready to interfere with any living crea-
ture that comes within it's ken. 1t has
been known to chase a man on horse
back. and so fast can it travel that it
is said none but a swift footed animal
has any chance Of escape. -
The poison of both these snakes is so
powerful that. as some one once stated
in an examination paper on reptiles.
"even a scientist when bitten by either
of these ferocious creatures ceases to
be interested in the matter after the
space of few minutes" Among the
Australian cobras. the pit vipers Of
America and the great west African
vipers. there are certain species that
prefer the offensive to the defensive
method. and in most cases it is the ag-
gressive varieties that carry the most
poisonous fangs.-London Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

A moving picture man in Chicago
estimates that the American people
spend 100000 day on moving picture
shows and that 100000 persons day
go to see them and each person stays
an hour on the average. We leave the
mathematician to find out how much
more wealthy and unhappy the coun-
try would be in decade if the nickels
all went into the savings bank and the
time into the potato patch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Our Old Fashioned Tongue.


Many of our oldest and most firmly
established customs have been run
afoul of by the new woman in her on
ward march of progress and among
them none more substantial than that
habit. so common hereabout in one
form or another. the English language.
To the speaker nowadays who ad-
dresses an audience made up in part
of women it behooves that he polish
carefully the pearls of his oratory, else.
he will find many pitfalls. The word
"men." for example, heretofore his stall
wart prop in time of need, now, a. 49,.
has become partisan and as malai o..
pos at a mixed meeting as the word
Republican, would be at a Demo-.
cratic gathering, or vice versa.
yellow citizens is really the one
safe cry of the spellbinder in these
bonneted days. And even that does.
not save him from the The and she"
pitfan. He-or she-may be waxing
distinctly eloquent and working in
some very choice metaphors only to be
halted in midflight by the uncomfort-
able thought that one-half OF the au-
dience. and that the more important.
is being utterly ignored by the pro-
nouns that are falling so glibly.
Then there is that horrible creation.
Mime. President or does one say
"Mme. Chairwoman?" How the OLD
English tongue. so full of sex distinc-
tions. groans and squirms at the pres
ent tangling of trades and occupations.
Clearly it was constructed for an age
when women neither worked nor as
sembled nor shared anything save
their homes with males.
The original anti-suffragist is this
language of ours. We wonder if even :,
constitutional amendment could change
her faith.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

What is the use of prosecuting the
trusts? They spring up faster than
they can be dissolved. The latest is a
$15,OOO,0O0 combination described as
controlling ''the entire burlesque bust.
ness of this country and Canada" The
baseball trust has been roundly de-
nounced in congress not only as com
mercial trust. but as concern dealing
in human beings. and now the public
appetite for burlesque theatricals is to
be supplied by single source.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Value of Merriment,

The mere physical act of laughter
quickens the circulation and the breath
ing, supplies the body with more oxy-
gen and stimulates every organ. Good
humor dispels i'll health. Our moods
or humors affect the health for good or
Ill. The meal eaten to the accompani-'
ment of family quarrels or depressing
arguments is infinitely less valuable
than the one taken in pleasant COM
pany.-Indianapolis News. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

The new buffalo nickel has been
counterfeited. Telephone and nickel in
the slot machines absorb the bogus
coins with avidity. being unable to see
just how inartistic the disks are.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
He Knew.

"You say that a straight line is not
the shortest distance between two
points?' exclaimed the crouch. "Why.
you must be an idiot"
"No. I'm not replied the stranger.
I'm a taxi driver. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

1t is interesting to note that Colonel
Kosterlitsky commands Huerta's forces
at NOgales, but it would be more in
teresting to find out where he got that
name
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

Banker Morse agreed to die within a
year if freed from prison. After two
years his health is excellent, and he is
making no apologies for his failure to
die according to schedule.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

A woman who wrote in her will
about her husband. He never under
stand my nobility of heart; forgive
him; beg God to forgive him also,''
forgot how it would sound when the
will was read. No wonder she died
far from home, an alien in a strange
land. unoccupied and undivorced.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Proof,

II tell you. Pat. it's the ould frinds
that are the best. and can prove it.
How will We do that. Mike?"
"Where-l ask We as man to man
where will We find new frind that
has stood by We as long as the ould
?"-Chicago Record-Herald
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27

The house of representatives will
hardly recognize itself when it meets
and finds the old rows of desks miss
ing. Legislation in the new chamber,
with it's serried benches and the men,
bers who attend within earshot of one
another, ought to be easier and more
orderly than it used to be in the depart
ed bear garden. ..E
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
His Instrument.

THAT executor is very energetic in
carrying out the various provisions of
the testator''
He does seem to be working with
ll."-Baltimore American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-27
Sounds Plausible.

"Pop. why does the moon get full?"
II don't know. Don't bother me-
Pop. guess if the moon would only
stick to the Milky way it wouldn't get
full, would it?'-Lippincott's.