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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
FEATS IN DIVING.
Combination Somersaults of the Ex-
pert Swedish Swimmers.

Combination Somersaults Of the Ex
pert Swedish Swimmers.
The Swedes delight in "combination
diving" and two men will perform
many clever feats together. One of the
most grotesque of these is when one
man stands upright on a springboard
and tightly grasps another mans body
around the waist, holding him head
downward and putting his own head
through the mans legs. When the up
right man springs from the board he
throws his legs into the air so that the
two men, clasping each other tightly
round the waist, turn a somersault, and
when they reach the water the man
who started upside down arrives feet
foremost
The handspring dive is a very eff
fective speciality Of Swedish swimmers.
The performer takes off from the div
ing board with hands instead of feet
turning his body in order to descend
feet foremost or somersaulting to ar
rive head downward.
Very graceful also is the back dive
in which the spring is made backward
the body turning toward the spring.
board.
Double somersault dives are made
from platforms thirty to fifty feet high
the diver making two turns in the all
and entering the water feet foremost
London Saturday Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
APPRAISING HUMAN LIFE.
Cash Value of a Man as Computed by
Legal Decisions.


Legal Decisions.
That human life is cheap" would
appear from a study undertaken by
we'll known lawyer of the legal deci-
sions handed down in this country
with reference to the "cash value OF
a man.
1t is estimated that at ten years of
age a boy Of the laboring class is
worth $2,OG1.42; at fifteen, $4,263. 46;
at twenty-five, $5,4S9.03. from which
time the decline is steady, a man of
seventy, by this legal decision scale.
rating at only $17.13! By the same
practical method of computation one
eye is worth $4,000; one leg. $4,000;
two legs, $4,000; one arm, $4,000;
one hand, $4,000; one finger, $1,000.
and permanent disability, $25,000 This.
it is pointed out, is merely an average
as far as decisions have been exam
ined.
It should be added that the estimates
of the value of mans life are based
upon an idea not of his value to him
self, but of his value to the commu-
nifty. The figures in individual cases
would vary greatly with reference to
the fact whether or not the persons
death caused hardship to others who
were dependent upon him.
The value Of a man to himself is, it
is further pointed out, unimportant
after he is dead from a legal point of
view. His value to society at large
cannot be considered in a cash esti-
mate since that kind of value depends
upon other than physical resources.
His value to those who look to him for
support can alone be estimated on the
material side-New York Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
LEGENDS OF THE SWORD.
Curious Beliefs That lowered Round
the Ancient Weapon.

Countless legends and superstitions
have attached to the sword since the
days, when lighting waS the principal
occupation Of life. So highly was the
sword esteemed that Mohammed in
the Koran declared it to he the key
TO heaven and hell. 3,
The warrior or knight gave a name
to his sword. He vowed at the altar
never to draw it IL Il false cause 1t
was his companion and friend and de-
scended from father to son for many
generations. One sword named Broth
er Of the Lightning" had a golden hilt
inscribed with magic words. In times
Of peace these were said to be illegi-
BILE, but before a battle they glowed
red as blood
1t was believed, moreover, that a
sword after long use acquired a life of
it's own. Many famous swords were
said to utter cries before battle, and
after weapon had killed five score
| men it became blood hungry and leap
ed from it's scabbard at the approach
of foe. Certain swords were said
to refuse to give a wound in a bad
cause Among these was the brand
Excalibur. which was given to King
| Arthur by fairy and which Richard
Occur de Lion protested to own.
| In the east superstitious reverence is
still paid to the sword The Daimios
of Japan, when they voluntarily sur
rendered their rank. kept as a rule the
wonderful blades which had been
handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton. in some cases for more than
a thousand years. and which had alb
sorbed, as they believed. some of the
character and life of the men that had
owned them.-Harper's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Rescued the "Trash."

One of the most highly priced manu-
scripts of recent times was rescued
just in time from cupboard in a
house where the poet had for some
time lived as a bachelor. This was
the manuscript Of I'm Memoriam,"
and it was to the poet himself that
the recovery was due. for be remem
bered that the book wherein he had
Transcribed the original draft had been
hastily thrust into the cupboard. where
Tennyson also had been accustomed
to keep his pickles and jams. When
the friends sent by the poet to recover
the manuscript arrived on the scene
the contents Of the cupboard. had been
removed by the landlady. who was
just then engaged in her task of house.
cleaning and tartly advised her visi-
tors that they had come none too soon,
inasmuch rs she would that day have
burnt all the trash" she had found
Boston Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
AGRICULTURAL. FAIRS.
The Innovation by the Columbian So,
ciety In 1909.

The Innovation by the Columbian So,
ciety In 1909.
According to bulletin of the depart
ment of agriculture, the first full f1edg-
ed agricultural fair, primarily for COM
petitive exhibits instead Of for mar
keting, was held at the Columbian Ag-
ricultural society. which was organic
ed in 1909 by number Of gentlemen
interested in agriculture residing in
Maryland. Virginia and the District Of
Columbia
Its first exhibition was held in
Georgetown, May 10, 1909. and the Ma
tional Intelligencer of that day report
ed that it was ''attended by a numer-
GUS assemblage of members of the So
ciety, among whom we noticed the
president and his lady. the secretary
Of state, the secretary of the treasury,
the secretary of war, the comptroller,
register, etc., and many other ladies
and gentlemen of responsibility"
This fair was mainly devoted to do
nestle animals and manufacturers.
Semiannual fairs were held until the
spring of 1912, when the war with
England and the expiration Of the
time for which the society was organ.
ICED caused it's discontinuance.
The oldest existing agricultural so.
ciety that holds fairs is the Berkshire
Agricultural society, Pittsfeld. Mass.
which held it's first fair in the autumn
Of 1910 or only one and one-half years
after the first fair of the Columbian
Agricultural society.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
COFFINs FOR DEAD PETS.
funerals, Too, and Private Cemeteries
and Crematoriums.

funerals, 90, ana FrlVate Ne"ete''eS
and Crematoriums.
British society women are getting
more and more eccentric in the atten-
ton that they bestow upon their dead
pets. One titled lady keeps in prom
inent position two dead dog pets en-
balmed in glass collins in her drawing
room
Certain London undertakers reap
considerable part Of their income by
making collins for pets. These are Of
ten satin lined, the animals head rests
on a satin cushion. and maybe its
"face" is covered with a lace handker
chief. Wreaths and flowers are used,
and where burial takes place in a GEM
etery a hearse is sometimes engaged
with mourning carriages following
The monumental masons also benefit.
Many people prefer cremation for
their pets, and there are any number Of
veterinary surgeons who have a crem-
atorium fitted up. In some cases the
ashes, canine or feline, as the case may
be, are Enclosed in a beautiful jeweled
urn. A favorite bird is sometimes bur-
led in a bed of cotton wool.
The we'll known pets cemetery in
Hyde Park is now full, but there are
plenty Of similar cemeteries through
out the country. There is one, for in
stance, at Huntington. and another at
Haverhill, in Suffolk. In addition to
this, there are hundreds of gardens in
London where headstones marking the
last resting place Of some departed pei
can be seen.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
SANDMAN. BAGPIPES.
So Exhausting That Nearly All Who
Played Them Died Young.

Played Them Died Young.
Bagpipes are. the Bulgarian national
instrument. Until lately the servants
who waited on the Turkish grand
grand vizier in Constantinople were
mutes, though not, as in former times,
persons specially mutilated, but chill
dren born deaf and dumb. They used
language of signs. with a special ges-
ture to describe the representative of
each nation. To indicate the Bulgarian
agent they initiated a man playing on
the bagpipes. It was not the Bulga-
rians who invented the pipes, however.
They are among the oldest of musical
instruments. An ancient gem shows
Apollo with them, and two instruments
in the book of Daniel are believed to
have been bagpipes.
The bagpipes range not only in time
from Apollo and the Bible to the pres
ent day. but geographically from Chi
ma to Spain and Great Britain. Eng.
land is said to have given them to
Scotland. One country, however, final
ly lost peculiarly severe form of the
instrument This was the Sandman
'1annedda,' which had three pipes, al
placed in the piper's mouth. and was
played by rubbing strips of wax uI
and down over the holes.
The work was so exhausting thai
nearly all the pipers died young. II
| 1915 George Burdett came across on'
who had survived to the age of eighty
| But he was the last Of the lanneddt
players, and when he died the instru
| ment was played no more. - Chicago
| News
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
INEQUALITIES OF MIND.
Widely Varying MentaIties Are Es-
sental to Society.

The inequalities of mind are numer-
Gus and various as the inequalities of
matter. One mind sports with worlds,
another with atoms. One man perch
es himself on Mount Chimborazo and
communes with the stars; another
delyes into the earth in search of hid
den treasures and buries himself in
mines and minerals. One man moves
along with the hardness of the OK in
the drudgery of life; another ascends
in a balloon and scars above the clouds.
Here we find a Newton measuring
the comets path, Franklin stealing
fire from heaven, a Columbus in search
Of a new world, and there a sportsman
with his hounds in quest of fox. One
delights in his reveling and song, in
riotous living and the giddy dance. an
other in locking up his golden pelf in
an iron chest.
Talk we, then, Of minds equally en-
dowed by nature or improved by art!
No such minds ever composed any CON-
munity. Varieties, all manner Of va
rieties, are essential to society. The
world needs the rich and the poor, the
young and the aged, the learned and
the unlearned, the healthy and the in
firm, the cheerful and the melancholic
These call forth all our energies. open
channels for all the social virtues, lay
the basis of our various responsible
ties and constitute much Of the happi-
ness Of this life. They furnish oppor-
tunities for communicating and receiv-
ing benefits. - Alexander Campbell's
Mind the Master Of Force
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

supreme court since that date, 1900,
has pledged his allegiance over the
little volume-all, with one exception
also. and that exception was Daniel
Webster.
It is told even yet Of the supreme
court of that day that Mr.. Webster's
fame as an orator had so preceded him
that on the occasion when he came to
argue his first case before the court
the clerk, Mr.. Caldwell. in his eager
ness to hear the great speaker, forgot
to administer the oath.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Echo Verses.

Echo verses were sometimes used
effectively for epigrams and squibs.
Thus a critic once wrote:
I'd fain praise your poem. But, tell me.
how is it
When I cry out "Exquisite!' echo cries
"Quiz it?''
And when in 1881 Paganini was
drawing crowds to the opera house at
extravagant prices the Times printed
the following lines:
What are they who pay three guineas
TO hear tune of Paganini's?
Echo-Pack o. ninnes!
London Graphic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Unmasked

DID you ever stop to think what lit
Tie things betray ones station in life?"
said woman as she watched the
crowd come and go in restaurant.
Two stylishly gowned young women
who had just come in had removed
their gloves. When they entered every
body took notice. When they took of
their gloves they revealed cheap rings
on their fingers. Had they worn no
jewels there would still have been a
doubt as to their position. AS it was,
their knowledge as to the latest cut in
gowns did not make up for their de-
1ciency of taste in the matter Of jew
els.-New York Sun
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Fantastic House Names.

Switzerland can show some house
names quite as fantastic as those in
Holland. There is a villa near Bale
christened in a way worthy of Uriah
Heep-"Klein aber Men," 1t would be
hard. however. to parallel Gustave
Dore's attempt in this direction. he
expressed the name of his house at St.
Cloud in a stave of music with the
notes c e B A c D lido mi 81 la do reg,
which, being interpreted. means Dom.
icile a Dore.-London Standard. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Verdi Was a Frenchman.

Verdi was a Frenchman, though he
always claimed to be an Italian. The
great composer of aida" was a ma
tive of Ronsole, village of the old
dukedom Of Parma, annexed by the
great Napoleon in 1903 and made over
into the French department. Of Taro.
Taro was still French in 1913. when
Verdi was born. Therefore. though
born on Italian soil, Verdi was legally
a Frenchman by bir:h.-Boston Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
A Country Place.

Nov this country place is improved
with asphalt streets. electric lights
and brick walks ..--. - ...z.z j..
"You don't understand. Pm looking
for a country place that is improved
with some turf. a lake. perhaps, and
few trees" kansas City Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Slow Chap.

Slow Chap.
eyes," laughed the girl with the pink
parasol, "he is the slowest young man
I ever saw"
I'm what way, dear?" asked her
chum.
"Why, he asked for kiss. and told
him l wore one Of those knotted wells
that take so long to loosen
"And what did he do?''
"Why, the goose took time to unite
the knot."-Mack's Monthly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
.Untimely Testing.

motoring is all we'll enough" said
Jorrocks as Brinley's car sank into the
mud up above the hubs, "but there is
such a thing as running it into the
ground"
"Don't waste your wit out here in the
cold, Jorrocks," retorted Brinley. "Go
hire a haul. We need it."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Familiar Letters.

An overworked letter. |; busy let
ter, B; deep letter. c; surprised let
ter, G.; rustic letter. j; financial le-
ter, o; a Chinese letter. @: a social let
ter. T; an inferior letter. U.-Life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

Il want to get a divorce from my
wife" -
ION what ground?" =.
"Well, 1 don't know the legal term
for it, but she didn't tell me before I
married her that she was an elocution-
ist'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Before and After.

"Before marriage I used to sit up
until midnight wishing he would go
home"
"Yes?'
Eyes, and since we are married l sit
up until midnight wishing that he
would come home."-Houston Post
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

The reason woman is a woman is
because if her watch has beautiful
monogram engraved on the back she
doesn't care whether it keeps time or
nOt.-GalvestOn News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
A HEAVY Collar,

The heaviest burden which the French
president has to bear during his tenure
of Office is the collar which he wears
as grand master Of the Legion Of Hon
or, an Office which is always filed by
the ruler of France. The collar con-
sists Of medals. each the size of a
franc, engraved with the arms Of the
principal French towns and joined to-
gether by a massive chain. the links of
which are fashioned to represent bun
dies Of lictors' rods. Attached to the
chain is cross close on two feet in
length. AS the decoration is made
throughout Of solid gold. it's weight is
enormous. and diminutive presidents.
such as NM Theirs and Loubet. found
it almost unwearable. Fortunately the
president is not often called upon to
cumber himself with it. The only oc-
casion when NJ. Loubet wore his grand
masters collar appears to have been
the day be was invested. - London
Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Mistakes,

I'VE all make Mistakes
Eyes, and, thank goodness, the other
fellows always look worse to US than
our own."-Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Woman's Way,

a woman likes to marry a man who
feels that he was born to command,
just to prove to him that he wasn't
Puck.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
ROLLING in Wealth.

lis he rich?'' ~ 50, .-........
Fl didn't think so. but he must be-"
"WhyY' .=-......-... ...-
II heard him say the other night thai
he let's his wife have all the money she
wants. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Good Business.

Very Young Man-You wouldn't
think it, but I've just paid $25,000 in
cash for house, and it was all made
by my own pluck and perseverance.
Young Lady-Really! What business
are YOU in? Very Young Man-1'm a
Observation-Disclosures Tit-Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

To be happy here is your chief end.
for to be happy we must needs be
gOOd-H Kirke White
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01
Dog Heroes.

At a recent dog show in London one
department had a row of kennels in
which was exhibited a line Of dog
heroes dogs that had served human
ity in a noble way. These canine nota-
bles proved to be the great feature of
the show. Among these all authenti-
Gated cases of noble conduct, were a
Scotch collie that had saved a child
from being run over in the street; an
Irish terrier that had guarded the
body Of an old woman who had died
from exposure; collie that had saved
child from drowning and an Aire-
dale that had saved his master from
being stabbed by Norwegian sailor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

Hope and patience are sovereign
remedies for all troubles
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

Opportunities approach only those
who use them.-Emerson.
Arizona republican., 1913-10-05

The concentrated acidity of the urine ilritates the whole tract.
 The crisp weather of october nat urallv increases the appetite. It re Cuires some self control not to over eat during the first cold days. Dur ing the hot weather previously the amount of food consumed is much less than the appetite craves during October. This also tends to produce irritation of the kidneys by the eX- cess of material in the blood.
 Peruna k a gentle diuretic. IL assists the kidneys in meeting the extra burden thrown upon them through October weather It is well to take it. according to the directions on the bottle, during the whole month
 Those who object to liquid medi- cines can now procure Peruna TabIets.-C Advertisement
Arizona republican., 1913-10-05
MILLER LEAVES
 FOR BUFFALO
Where Will Be Held the An nual Tax Conference and Where National Figures Will Appear and Present Tax and Taxation Views

F. J. Miller, member of the state tax commission, left yesterday for his vacation and for d long trip through 8ll parts of the east. He will go from Phoenix to Chicago where he will visit with friends and relatives, and where he states he will see eV- erything worth while in the attempt tC set d standard of relative value on that place as compared with the paradise in the Salt River valley. From the city on the lake. he will continue his jOurneyings toward the Atlantic, arriving in time perhaps to see one or two of the games of the ,;orld's series He will reach Buffalo on the 22nd, where will be held, on October 3, A and 25, under the aus pices of the National Tax association, the seventh annual tax conference, to which MT Miller is one of the Arizona delegates.
 The object of the conference is to bring together the officials of the various states who administer the tax laws, the economists who study the subject from what is called the the oretical side and the representatives of the taxpayers.
 Governor Sulzer is said to have taken q deep interest in the matter, and has sent invitations to all the governors and to many prominent persons in this state. Replies have been received from practically every governor stating that they will ap- point delegates, and many of the governors have expressed the inten- ton of attending in person. The official conclusions of the conference are expressed in resolutions adopted by vote of the delegates appointed hy governors of states, presidents of universities and state association of
 chartered public accountants.
 Among the persons who have con scented to make addresses are Coy ernOr Sulzer who will deliver the ad- dress of welCOme: F.. F. Woodbury former chairman, and T. F. Byrnes,
 present chairman of the state board
 Ct tax commissioners of that state;
 cX-Justice of the Supreme Court R J. LeBOeuf; Adelbert Moot. of Buffa lC; J F.. Davies. commissioner of corporations of Washington. D. C.; C. B. Pierce chairman Of the New Jersey special tax commission; State Tax Commissioners T. E. Lyons of Wisconsin. D. NJ Link of Indiana. J. Frank Adams of Colorado. C. M zander of Arizona; Professors Selig- man of Columbia, Johnson of New York university; Raper of the Uni ersity of North Carolina; Lockhari, 1 Ohio State University: Fairlie. Uni versity of Illinois; Bullock of Har- l yard. and Fairchild of Yale. There | will also be addresses by experts on | special topics
 | The National Tax association at it's ! last annual meeting selected Professor | r. R. A. Seligman, a well known au- | thOrity on taxation, as it's president and T. $. Adams. widely known | economist. at present tax cOmmis- l sioner of the state of Wisconsin, as secretary.
 The Iroquois Hotel at Buffalo has 1 been secured for headquarters during l the convention.
Arizona republican., 1913-10-05

During the month of October the kidneys are especially liable to be- come deranged.
 The persipration that has been go- ing on freely during the previous months is at least partially stopped during October. The skin and the kidneys are very similar in their ac- tion. They both eliminate from the blood, poisons. As is well known. the skin can act in place of the Kidneys in a small degree. and vice versa When one is affected the other is apt to be.
 The sudden checking of perspira- tion during the month of Octobc~ throws upon the kidneys the extra work of eliminating the blood poi sons. This concentrates the poiSons in the urine, which may set up an irritable condition in the kidneys.