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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
PUTT toproof.

At time when the community is flooded
with so many unworthy devices and concoc-
tons, it is refreshing to find one that is benefici
al and pure; So conscious are the proprietors
of the worth of their remedy, that they offer
all who desire trial bottle free of charge This
certainly would be disastrous to them did not
the remedy possess the remarkable curative
qualities claimed. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption will positively cure Asthma,
Bronchitis, Stubborn Coughs, Colds, Phthisic,
the throat and lungs. AS you value your ex-
istence give this wonderful remedy trial by
calling on any druggist and obtaining trial
bottle free of cost, or regular size bottle for
$!O0: For sale at wholesale by Gray & Hof-
fin Minneanolis -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

The Best Salve in the world, for Cuts, Bruis
es, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
Ill kinds Of Skin Eruptions. This Salve is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in every
case or money refunded. Price Is cents per
Box. For sale at wholesale by Gray & Hof
hin, Minneapolis
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

~, Read this twice--Five to thirty drops Of
nom nnomas, Eclectric Oil will cure common sore
cold or cough in twenty.four to fortv.eieh +
hours. In the name of humanity, we appeal
mat you apply it in cases of wounds. burns and
s SC Noyes Bros. & Cutler, wholesale agents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
"A Household Need.

A book on the Liver, its diseases and thei,
treatment sent free. Including treatises unon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice
biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspep.
sis, Malaria. eto. Address Dr.. Sanford. 1872
Broadway, New York city, N. Y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
Thavn,to,nn o,&O

The VOltaic belt Co., N ursnnu, Mich
WIN send their Electric Voltaic Belts to the
afflicted upon 30 days trial. See their adyer.
tseInent in this paper headed, ION 30 Days
Trial"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

The genuine Frazer Axle Grease is said IL
be the best in the world. and we believe it
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

waking made easy with Lyons Heel Stiff
teners; they keep your shoes and boots STRAIGHT
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

~ DauEhters. Wives and Mothers.
LII IL n AhCHlSPS UTERINE CATHOLICON will
.ssW tSv9iS eI5e Female Weakness such Falling o.
~ az nltes, Chronic Inflammation or Liberation
2. me W9mb, Incidental Hemorrhage or FLOODING
An oid ~ and Irregular Menstruation &c
rhpaes WITH treatment cures and certificates from
i,n ana patients, to HOWARTH BAIIARD
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

When exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney Wort to maintain healthy action
of all organs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
How to Got Wei

Which Is answered In three words
Take Hop Bittersl See other column
Erpress.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
Rucklen,s Ar,,,ca a.,v.

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic is q mild corrective
and its purity and favor are guaranteed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
How to Get ,,,cL

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

See advertisements OF clothes wringer for
81 and burglar proof check for Is cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

Druggists all sell Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic.
Don't be without Q. Gilbert's Starches.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
Yankee.

Speaking of Yankees, says letter III
the Chicago Times, the origin Of the
word has been variously explained.
Some people think it corruption oj
the word English, as pronounced by cur
aborignalS, who called it Yenghies,
Yanghies, Yankees. It seems to / ave
been first applied by the British soldiers,
about l775, as term OF reproach to the
New Englanders, who afterward
adopted it themselves. Others hold that
Yankee is corruption of Jankin, di-
minutive Of John, nickname given to
the English colonists of Connecticut by
the Dutch settlers of New York.
Yankee is also said to have been a
cant term, in popular usage at Cam
bridge, Mass, as long ago as l7l3, signi-
flying in great degree-as Yankee
good fellow, a Yankee good house
meaning very good. 1t is supposed il
was employed by the students there,
and, having been carried to other parls
OF the country, it came to be applied
generally to the New Englanders in a
certain condemnatory sense.
The history of words and phrases is
curious. Yankee Doodle was, you know,
Nankee Doodle, originally, and it is as
old as the time of Oliver Cromwell, to
whom was applied, under that name,
the doggerel couplet:
Nankee Doodle came to town upon little
pony;
Stuck feather in his hat and called it maoa.
roni.
The air was known in New England
before the Revolution. One account oil
its appropriation in this country as a
national air is that the brigade under
Lord Percy, after the battle of Loxing-
ton, marched out OF Boston playing it in
derision OF the popular nickname Of the
colonists, who subsequently adopted the
nickname. saying that the British forces
had been made to dance to the tune ol
Yankee Doodle"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
Jack.

"Jack would at first sight appear TO
be familiar abbreviatioh of John, and
to be applied in that sense. 1t occurs in
iack-tar, roasting. jack, hook. jack, jack
of-all-tradcs, jack-bC OTIS, jackey (gin);
jack, part Of the machinery of lock and
Of a pianoforte; jack, an engine for
raising heavy weights; jack-knifc,
iack-towel, blackjack. In some in
stances where the word occurs, such as
jockass, jsckdaw, jaek-an-apes, jack-a-
lent, jack-pudding, it is manifestly de-
rived from Jack, the familiar name for
John; but in the examples above cited
the true etymology is to be found in the
Celtic or Gaelic deagh I'd before the
vowels and is pronounced j), Deach
(or jeagh), the Cymric da signifies good,
fit, appropriate, excellent, well.
Ajack-tar is good sailor; aroasting-
jack is an instrument fit, appropriate or
good for the purpose of roasting. A
jack-of-all-trades is one fit to turn his
hand TO anything useful; a jack-knife is
good, useful and large knife; a boot
jack is good to pull off boots. Jackey,
a slang word for English gin, means
also strong ale, and among children a
species of sweetmeat. and is in all these
cases synonymous with something
good, as the French call sweetmcat a
bon-bon, or as the Scotch call them
goodies. Blackjack is an old name for
a large bottle of black leather, good to
hold beer and other liquors. Beaumont
and Fletcher have preserved the words:
There is a dead sea OF drink in the
cellar, in which goodly vessels lie
wrecked, and in the middle of this
deluge appear the tops of flagons and
black jacks, like churches drowned in
the marshes. AL the Year Round.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
Examination in Medicine by a Phila.
deIphia Cheap Diploma Doctor.

Examiner-Where is the stomach Of
man located.
Student-Somewhere between the
crown of the head and soles of the feet.
Examiner-'Tis well. What Is the
principal use ofthe stomachp
Student-To run up board bills.
Examiner-When is it proper TO pro-
long cases of sicknessp
Student-When the patient Is able to
pay well.
Examiner-Do you bleedP
Student-Yes.
Examiner-What organp
Student-The patients pocket.
Examiner-Right. What is your fa-
vorite style of practicep
Student-Visitiug each patient three
times day at FIVE dollars per visit.
Examiner-What are indispensable
adjuncts to good practiceP
Student--Spectacles, horse and
buggy, a stylish residence, dignity and a
fashionable wife.
Examiner-What are the best means
oflostering the growth ofa small prac'
ticep
Student-By hanging a large door
bell in your house which can be heard
over the entire neighborhood, and en-
ploying man to ring it occasionally at
night.
Examiner-What are orthodox aids
in securing practicep
Student - Regular attendance at
church, and the employment of another
man to rush up the aisle during service
and call you out about every third Sun
day.
Examiner-Cui Bonop
Student-That's Latin.
Examiner-True, but what's the call
ing and ringing iorp
Student-To develop the idea abroad
of a large practice.
Examiner-What are necessary quail
ties in physicianp
Student-To look wise, talk little, re-
main non-committal as to the nature Of
the disease, and impress on the friends
of the patient his critical situation.
Examiner--What class of patients
should be encouraged in developing
imaginary complaintsP
Student-Women with nothing to do
and plenty of money TO do 1t with.
Examiner - Correct. You're bound to
have an extensive and profitable prac.
tice within two years. Here's your
diploma. Twenty Eve dollars, please.
--Ncw York Grdphic.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A rat in a trap does not believei in tn
early closing movement.
A street always runs in one direction
or another, but its sidewalks.
One Dakota former has a field con
tanning thirty-six square miles of wheat
Columbus made an egg stand. Blu
Italians of less renown have made tht
peanut stand.
A hard case-The shell of a tortoise
Six hundred bushels of onions have
been raised to the acre in Orange county
Fla.
Twenty years ago Great Britain sup
piled nearly three-fourths of its own
wheat; now it supplies less than two
iths.
Beans are not very largely cultivated
in Russia, owing to the irreconcilable
aversion that exists there to the Poles -
Cincinnati Times.
There are thirty-three yacht clubs in
Great Britain and Ireland, and few
more than 1900 yachts, ranging from
five tons TO seven hundred.
One of the uses of adversely is to en-
able your neighbors to buy all your new
furniture at about ninety-fve per cent.
of store prices. Huntington HGwkeye.
Deaf lady; whats his namep
Augustus Tyler" The deaf lady
"Bless me, what a name! 'Bns.his
Bilerp Eliza, you must be making fur
of me-"
The whale-fsbery of the United
States, which in 1853 employed ton
mage Of 1893, ,59O--the largest in any year
has shrunk until it employs less than
so, 600 tons.
The size of an animals yell is in
nowise proportionate to the size of its
body. One little cat can make more
noise while one is on the point of going
to sleep than a canvas full of elephants.
The Baroness Roger de Eaunay ven
tured to ascend the Righi of the Alps
without guide. She slipped over a
small prccipice, and received injuries
from which she expired two hours
ater.
When John Payne, in his madrigal,
sings "The turtles couple on every tree"
he be:rays a painful lack of ignorance
on the turtle question. Turtles will
couple to fellows toe or his finger,
but man who ever saw them swarm.
ing about the limbs of trees stands in
immediate need Of bromide. Boston
Globe.
While three lads were walking on the
top of the cliffs at Trouphead, near
Macduff, Scotland, a seagull alighted n
short distance in front of them. One of
the lads sprang forward and attempted
to capture the bird. In doing 80 he set
his foot on a projecting stone, which
gave way, and he fell over precipice
$50 feet in height. His body was liter
ally dashed TO pieces.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
sold Probablliiits.D

As "Old Probabilities, General Myer
was well known throughout the coun-
try. He was the pioneer In the system
Of storm signaling, which Is now en-
ployed nearly all over the world. By
means of this system warning of ap'
preaching storms is sent by telegraph 10
the regions that are TO be traversed,
long before the violence OF the storm is
felt. There is probably no class who
will so deeply regret the death of "Old
Probabilities " as those who follow the
sea, and it would be hard TO find a
sailor, either in the cabin or the fore
castle, who is not familiar with the
square flags, the burgess, and the Ian
terms OF the signal bureau. A scene that
is frequently enacted down the bay fairly
illustrates the respect with which mas.
ters OF ships regarded "Old Probabili-
ties" danger signals. When the square
red flag with black square in the cen
ter is hoisted over the signal bureau
ships bound out are run in under the
lee OF the Horseshoe, and the masters OF
vessels which have just hauled out into
the stream preparatory to departure
overhaul their ground tackle and clear
away their bower anchors. To such
efficiency bad General Myer brought his
bureau that last year the probabilitie;
fully verified amounted to seventy per
cent. while those that were verified in
part amounted to twenty per cent, and
those that failed were only ten per cent.
The last Congress gave General MyeI
what he had long desired, a full briga.
dior-generals commission.
The causes which are said to have led
to the organization of a weather bureau
here are interesting. In November,
1854, while the Anglo-French feet was
operating in the Black sea against Sc.
bastopol, the tidings were flashed along
the wires that a mighty tempest had
arisen on the western coast of France,
and was on its way eastward. The dis.
patch was sent from Paris by the French
minister of war, and it reached the
allied feet in time to enable the ships to
put to sea before the cyclone had trav.
eled over the intervening 500 leagues.
In an off cial report tie French minister
afterward wrote: at appears that by
the aid of the electric telegraph and
barometric observations, we may be
spprised several hours or several days
in advance OF great atmospheric dis.
turbances happening at the distance oI
1000 or 1900 leagues"
Less than three years after the famous
Black sea storm there appeared in an
American paper a formal proposal for
the establishment of system OF daily
weather reports by telegra-h, and the
transmission OF storm warnings to the
seaports of the American lakes and the
seaboard.
General Myer established a series oil
signal stations, extending from the
Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, and
thence northward and eastward, both
inland and on the coast, taking in The
great lakes and the highest mountain
peaks. At each station he placed care
full observers whom he had himself Sc.
lected. These persons were regularly
enlisted in the army as sergeants, and
the code which he selected for their
guidance has proved thus far bar to
carelesgness and incompetoncy.-New
Pork Sun.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
Fitch Fine.

From Wilmington, N. G L, southwark
and nearly all the way TO Florida, the
pitch-pine trees, with their blazed sides,
attract the attention OF the traveller.
The land for long stretches are almost
worthless, and the only industry, beyond
small patches of corn or cotton, is the
"boxing" of the pitch-pine trees for the
gum, as 1t is called, and the manufacture
of turpentine and resin. There are sew
eral kinds of pine trees, including the
white, spruce, yellow, Roumany and
pitch pine. The latter is the only valu-
able one for boxing, and differs a lit
tie from the yellow pine, with which 1t
Is sometimes confounded at the North.
The owners OF these pine lands generally
lease the privilege for the business, and
receive about Sl25 for crop, which
consists of 10000 boxes. The boxes are
cavities cut into the tree near the ground
in such way as to hold about a quart,
and from one to four boxes are cut in
each tree, the number depending on its
size. One man can attend to and gather
the crop of 10000 boxes during the sea-
son, which lasts from March to Septem-
ber. About three quarts OF the pitch or
gum is the average production of each
box, but TO secure this amount the bark
of the tree above must be hacked away
a little every fortnight. Doing this so
often, and for successive seasons, re-
moves the bark as high as can be easily
reached, while the quantity of the gum
constantly decreases, in that 1t yields
less spirit, as the turpentine is called,
and then the trees are abandoned. The
gum is scraped out of the boxes with a
sort of wooden spoon, and at the close OF
the season, after the pitch on the ex-
posed surface of the tree has become
hard, it is removed by scraping, and is
only fit for resin, producing no spirit.
The gum sells for Sl.50 barrel to the
distillers. From sixteen barrels of the
crude gum, which is about the average
quantity of the stills, eighty gallons OF
turpentine and ten barrels of resin are
made. The resin sells for from $l.4O
to SIS per barrel, according to quality,
and just about pays for cost Of gum and
distilling, leaving the spirit, which sells
for forty cents gallon, as the profit OF
the business. Immense quantities OF
resin await shipment along the line, and
the pleasant odor enters the car win
dows as we are whirled along. After
the trees are unfit for further boxing,
and are not suitable for lumber, they
are sometimes used to manufacture tar,
but the business is not very profitable,
and is only done by large companies,
who can thus utilize their surplus labor.
The trees are cut up into wood, which Is
piled into hole in the ground and cov-
cred with Garth, and then burned, the
same as charcoal is burned in New York.
The heat sweats out the gum, which,
uniting with the smoke, runs off through
spout provided for that purpose. A
cord of wood will make two barrels of
tar, which sells for Sl.5O barrel, and
costs thirty-seFen and a half cents 10
make. The charcoal is then sold for
cooking purposes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
MashipgtOn's Appearance.

General Washington is a tall, we'll
made man." said a writer in 1903
rather large boned, and has toler-
ably genteel address His features are
manly and bold, his eyes OF blueish
rast and very lively; his hair deep
brown, his face rather long and marked
with the smallpox; his complexion
Iunburnt and without much color, and
bis countenance sensible, composed aud
thoughtful; there is a remarkable air Of
dignity about him, with a striking dc.
gree of gracefulness; candor, sincerity,
stability and simplicity seem 10 be the
striking features OF his chara jter."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
A Dead Mans Shadow,

Shadows are substantial things in
Gold Hill, New. The local editor, whose
reputation for veracity is not questioned
by his own journal, relates that in the
earlier days of July John Abbott was
taken from the steaming depths OF the
Union" with his head crushed by a
falling wall-plate. He was laid on the
floor of the Office. and medical aid was
summoned to minister to his wants, al
though it was plain that he must die.
The next morning Superintendent
Rooney noticed that where the dying
man had been placed his outline lay
like a shadow on the floor. He ordered
the janitor TO clean the boards. Before
Rooney went to dinner the shadow re.
appeared. He ordered the floor to be
thoroughly scrubbed and went to his
family. The next morning the floor
showed that a vigorous application OF
soap and brush had been made, for 1t
was white and clean. But during the
day that shadow returned, and at night
there it lay as.though the man was still
waiting for death on that floor. The
next day Rooney ordered The floor TO be
painted. With the coming of the paint
pot the shadow vanished, but after
day or two returned, and once more
limned itself on that Office floor.
Rooney again sent for the painter and
had second coat Of paint put on, not
only where the shadow lay, but over
the entire floor. In few days there it
was again, and each day it grew more
and more distinct. Even strangers at
length began to notice it and comment
on its resemblance to human form.
Its presence at length became intoera-
BILE, and Rooney had all the boards of
the floor on which this heavy and
terrible shadow rested taken out and
replaced with new. The paint brush
then followed, and now that outlined
figure from the floor has disappeared.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
ing to her eager, honest vindication
ha~ralI -

ing to her eager, honest vindication
herseliat least.
"You must not say / have aided in
deCeiving ycu about her." she said, i'm.
petuously. do you suppose; II I had
known her TO be married woman,
would have either been ashamed of It OF
tried 10 hide the factP She came to me
stranger, but | didn't mind that, for
i can read faces, and never was there q
sweeter, nobler, purer girl than Mabel,
married or not married. OF course, ]
am extremely surprised and annoyed,
and Justly indignant that she should
have deceived me and-you; but all the
same, even that does not alter the case
so far as her own characteristics CO."
He compressed his lips, his breathing
was labored, and he sat himself down
in his chair in hopeless, piteous sort
of way.
al cannot agree with you, Mrs. Cor
ham. Can you not realize how she has
come into my life only to ruin 1t, only
to make me curse the hour saw herP ?
Mrs. Wyant! Will ever forget that,
or even forgive herP"
And then Mabel came softly in from
the inner room, where they had thought
her sleeping after that long, alarming
swoon came in and went up to him,
her lovely face pure as a saints, her eyes
shining, her mouth trembling between
smiling and weeping.
Don't speak SO, until / have told
you just how it is; then. if you will not
forgive me, l will go away"
Her lips quivered then, and tears
rushed to her eyes; and by little ges-
ture hus1ing them both, went eagerly
into her brief, swiit-sroken explana-
ton:
"I am Mrs. Richard Wyant. Three
years ago, the day was seventeen, my
fathT-my harsh, cruel father, l had no
mother-iorced me to marry him as the
only means by which he could secure
the payment OF money Richard owed
him. Five minutes after the ceremony,
before the justice of the peace-my
father would have no minister-had left
the room, my uncle happened in--my
mothers brother, who had been absent
for years. He understood at once the
horrible position in which l was placed,
paid my father the money Richard
Wyant owed him on the spot, kicked
him from the house, and instantly in
stituted proceedings for divorce, which
was granted very soon. and left me free.
/ lived with uncle a year, and then he
died, and l had not friend in the
world, until"-her sweet voice quiv-
cred" found Mrs. Gorham and-oh,
Doctor Willis-you!"
1t was all she said in her hearts de-
tense. She dropped her head and
clasped her hands at arms length as she
stood there.
And then-Mrs. Gorham stepped up
to her and kissed her.
mabel, dear friend, we will forget it
ever happened" And then went dis
creetly into the other room.
"Can you ever forgive me, my love-
my darlingP" Doctor Willis asked,
after he had taken her closely to his
breast.
"Can you ever forgive meP" she said,
sweetly.
And although Mr. Richard Wyant had
intended very malicious cruelty, it was
all riaht at last, and Doctor Willis and
his wife are quite satisfied with them
selves.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15
Woedman, Fell That Tree.

Woodman, fell that treo,
Spare not single bought
In youth II larruped me
And I'll get even now.
Twas my stern fathers hand
That made il feel 30 hot.
And though you ;hink it gran
Woodman, spare it not.
The old familiar tree,
Whose branches were cnt down
And spread all over me
woodman, hew it downl
Lay on thy vigorous stroke!
Cut out its earth bound tiesj
Oh, slash that onery oak
That flled my soul with sighs.
When I, an idle boy,
Hockey often played,
In all my gushing jos
With Toms two sisters stray j
My mother clught me here;
My father pressed his hand
Forgive this foolish lear
But don't let that oak stand.
My back would ache and sting,
My dear old woodman friend,
And here the blows did ring
As was forced 10 bend.
Down with it, wOodman, brave,
Leave not single jot,
While my old wounds lave
Inflicted on this spot.
-Rfokuk Cate City.