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OF UNSAVORY :REPUTE
SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN ADvEN-
TURESSES. t, =. & s
Some Women Who Have Cut a Big
Dash ON the Fringe of SOciety-No-
. tOriOus Escapades In Some OF the
Old World Countries.

Adventuresses seem to he part Of
society. The police are powerless to
suppress them, as for every one who
is exposed and run to a earth a dozen
flourish and defy the law. Most Of
those who have made a stir in this
country have been of humble origin.
There was the beautiful Countess
POurtales, whose maiden. name was
Mary Booty. She was born near Col
umbia, S. c., some time in the forties
and was the daughter Of d beautiful
woman who was married four times.
In 1865 she and her daughter followed
General Sherman's army north when it
left their home a smoking ruin. The
girl was surprisingly lovely, and a year
after her arrival in New York she mar
ried a wealthy man named John Beech
|nr. For a time her equipageS were the
marvel of the city. Then she became
infatuated with Lloyd Phoenix, Il young
society man, whom, as the result Of a
quarrel, she tried to shoot one day as
he was entering his sisters house on
vorce, says the New York Press. and
Phoenix went to Paris, whittier the WO-
man followed him: Old Beecher still
loved her and kept her generously sup
piled with money, upon which she made
a great sensation in the French CAPT
tai. She gave sumptuous dinners and
all Paris was craZed with her beauty.
The young Count POurtales was among
her adorers and he married her. 10
get her away from her gay associates
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

toril Alba, or White Victoria, from the
Turks in compliment to her beautiful
face and light hair: Her husband died,
and the widow on her return to Ber-
lin was coldly received. She came
back to America in failing health, and
thought she would die soon, but the
quiet life she has since led has done her
good, and she is living in New York on
the high road to recovery.
Was Under Prince Rudolph's Protec-
ton.
Anna Brown was born Of well-to-do
parents in Hamburg and began her
maynard career at the age of 16, when
she eloped with an officer in the Ger
man army One child. was born to
them, and few months later she de-
serted husband and child, going to
Vienna. There she met Prince Ru-
| d0lph, heir to the Austrian throne, who
fell a victim to her beauty and estab-
lished her in a magnificent mansion.
There she lived for two years as his
favorite, the connection being severed
by her lovers ensational death at the
castle of Meyerling, where, according
to the best accounts, he was shot to
death by a brother Of the Baroness Vet
sera, with whom he was also carrying
on a liaison. Her family refusing to
recognize her. she drifted across the
Atlantic to New York, sang little on
the stage, and finally met Edward Ella
son, superintendent of the Germ1nia
Insurance Company, whom she married
in December, 1889. It was a queer
wedding ceremony, and at Its close Mrs.
lIliason babe her husband a laughing
good night and ran out of the house.
She was next heard of with a German
theatrical company, but when her hrs-
band fell heir to a considerable fortune
she heard Of it and suddenly reappear-
ed. Her husband was delighted, but
she only lived with him q short time,
disappearing in company with some
valuable papers. The last heard Of her
was at Hamburg, and her husband has
secured q divorce.
Perhaps no American adventures
has been more notorious than Josie
Mansfield once idol of Jim Fisk and
the Tweed ring. Her story is WEI
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22
She Knew 1t Already.

There is an old lady living in a
Somersetshire village who makes
frantic efforts to keep abreast of the
times. Circumscribed. however. in
her social sphere and with limited
opportunities of development it is
difficult and she is compelled some
times to resort to her Imagination,
the result being occasionally of q
somewhat surprising and amusing
description Vain is the effort to
tell her anything she does not
already know, or startle hes with in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22
Mrs. Anna Ellison, Alias Brown.

Mrs. Anna Ellison, Alias Brown.
known, her latest sensation being Il
marriage in Paris recently with club
man. She is understood to be living
quietly in New York now. Cassie
Brooks, the '"Tenderloin'' adventures
who posed as the widow of Lorin A.
Robertson, the millionaire, is still oc-
casionally seen in New York. 1t is
doubtful if she ever saw the millionaire
who died at 20, leaving $2,OOO,00O, but
no will. The Brooks woman, egged ON
by several men who We're using her as
Il tool, attempted to show that she was
ia common law wife Of Robertson.
When exposure seemed imminent her
|accomplices fled and she was set at
liberty, it being evident that hers W;u
a minor part in the swindle.
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i'll Paris he accepted q position in the
French legation at Japan. There she
carried on such a Irritation with a
French officer that the count left her
and fastened to Paris. She followed
him, and. after a few months Of the
Widest extravaganza she married
wealthy Frenchman and induced him
to go with her back to Japan. 1t was
not long after their arrival there that
her new husband abandoned her be-
cause of her relations with the Prime
Minister of Japan. She had several in
rrigues with one of the under officials,
and that so eXasperated the prince and
the mikado that she was beheaded, a
special edict having been issued with
that end in view.
Before she was is years old pretty
little Harriet Ely, the daughter Of a
Philadelphia preacher, had by her sen
sational escapades driven her father
from the pulpit. Her wondrous beauty
first fascinated a young West Virgin
ian named Blackboard, who was soon
ruined by her eXtravag ance. Then she
went to Europe with a rich young
Philadelphia and sQuandered his for
| tune in London. He left her there, and
before long 4 Scottish earl sacrificed
his position 1T court on her account
| firing of his attentions she went to
Paris at q time when the notorious
Cora Pearl was in the height of her
! glory. The Quaker city beauty divided
the honors with the famous Cora and
ere long had enslaved the young Duke
Alexis, with whom she went to Russia.
His royal relatives threatened to dis
inherit him, but he refused to abandon
| the American girl, and, as he was short
Of money, he stole part of the crown
| jewels and with them tried to get out
of the country. On the discovery of his
crime Alexis was imprisoned and the
| girl was ordered out of Russia. For
some time she enjoyed the notoriety
which her experience in Russia gave
her, and made several flying trips to
America Then she slowly disappear
ed from sight, the last heard Of her be-
ing in 1878, when she vanished from
sight altogether in Paris, well supplied
with money to the last. :
mother American girl who had
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

WOULD ADVISE YOU TO LEAVE My
HOUSE.
Hetherington's star patron was re-
,ceiving more than her share of at
tention from various sources. and that
Van Glider must be blind to leave
young an. attractive wife alone nine
tenths of the time in a place where
she was the cynosure Of SO many pairs
of admiring eyes. The truth of the
matter was that her husband, absorb
ed in his daily routine, caring little
for society and supremely confident
in his wife's integrity, did not realize
how much she was thrown upon her
own resources nor how she missed his
companionship AS there is always
some one under such circumstances
more than willing to step into the
breech, Mrs Van Glider seldom found
time hanging heavily upon her hands.
1t was in this Way that the name of
Howard Melton became associated
with her own by the busy gossips Of
the hotel. There was little indeed to
substantiate any of the interesting
rumors set af1oat by them, but then it
os1iNS' I" IA"SoASAAoA peSI VI u uCtA W
start the ball of gossip in motion, and
sometimes even the fraction is want
ing. That Mrs. Van Glider should
have found Howard Melton an inter
esting companion was not at all sur
prising to any one who knew him.
Tall, handsome, we'll read, and fue mt
-conversationalist, his conquests had
been many and the methods thereof
as insidious as they were ultimately
successful. AS an accomplished firt,
with that dangerous pastime reduced
OR rather, elevated--to refined art
he was undoubtedly without peer in
San Francisco. Mrs. Van Glider, ap
preciative of such companionship, not
adverse to an honest admiration ane
relying upon social ties for diver
sion, drifted unconsciously toward
deeper waters, under the magneti
guidance of a pilot whose skill s.
far had never failed him. But even
pilot may encounter hidden DANCE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

herself, doubt if she ever gave her
social rivals more than I; passing
thought. A rarely beautiful woman
can afford to be Indifferent to the dis
approval of her sex. Indeed, Judging
from her manner, Mrs. Van Glider
was comparatively Indifferent to
everything in life which bordered
upon the disagreeable. She was a
philosopher by nature and education.
Nothing disturbs me-" she was wont
to say, ''for the simple reason that
do not allow it to do So" Conse-
quently, at Twenty-Five, her face wore
the freshness of color.ng that had at
tracted my admiration when we en-
tered the same class at the Oakland
high school, and her smooth skin was
as free from the suspicion of a wrinkle
as in the days when we learned to
conjugate amo, and delved together
into algebraic mysteries.
Soon after graduation she had gone
to Europe with friends for year or
two of travel; had returned to New
York city and eventually married a
wealthy young Wall street broker, and
had been fairly launched into the So
cial swim of San Francisco before we
met again. TO me she seemed thou
sand times more attractive as woman
than as the sweet girl graduate whom
l had last seen blushing before the
multitude with that white ribboned
and most remarkable of all effusions
in her hand-a graduating essay. Her
husband had changed his residence to
San Francisco and they took up their
abode at the Hetherington. large
and fashionable private boarding.
house on Suffer street.
The advent of so beautiful a woman
caused something of a sensation in the
hosiery, and when it was learned
that she came of irreproachable fam
lily, Mrs. Van Glider might have sprung
into immediate popularity with the
feminine element had she cared to ex-
'ercise a little tact. AS it was, she ig-
nored, in pretty, well-bred way, all
social overtures made by people whose
position in life she considered inferior
to her own, and succeeded in making
herself cordially dislil1ed by the ma
jority of her sex. AS far as the men
were concerned, they were of one
opinion, and that was, that Mrs. Van
Glider was decidedly fascinating, and
that Van Glider was lucky fellow.
Perhaps the very unwisest thing a
man preoccupied with business affairs
can do is to take a pretty wife to an
establishment like that which the
Van elders made their headquarters.
Certain it was that before long il
began to be whispered about that the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22
FLOATING MATTER,
Natures Method of Distributing Seeds
Through the Ocean Currents.

Natures Method of Distributing Seeds
Through the Ocean Currents.
In some parts Of the world, nota-
bly, in the Malay archipelago, vast
quantities OF vegetable matter are
always. floating about on the sea,
says the Washington Star. On the
dispute with the waves of the ocean
for the possession of the soil. Not
only are their roots and often por-
tions of their trunks immersed in
water, but their branching crowns
incline in the same direc ton and are
bathed by the tides. Thus the nu-
merous currents of the Molucca sea
are charged with seaweeds, inter-
mixed with flowers, fruits, cocoanuts,
nuts or other palms and even whole
trees. The amount of driftwood
thrown upon all shores is enormous.
Eskimo along the Arctic coast of
Alaska depend upon it wholly for
wood supply. Natives of the coral
islands of the Pacific get all their
stones for tools from the roots of
drifted trees, in which the stones
were found imbedded.
The carrying of seeds by ocean
currents is one of natures most
interesting methods of distributing
plants through the world. Darwin,
who devoted much attention to in
vestigating the matter, proved that
many kinds of seeds will bear i'm
mersion in water for 100 days, or
even more. and still retain their
vitality. SO that when thrown a shore
they are ready to sprout. Not few
species, which will sink when green,
float if they have CHANGED to dry
before falling into the stream which
carries them to the ocean. For the
very purpose of accomplishing this
distribution by water, nature has
made the husks of many seeds
| practically waterproof. Among the
familiar objects picked up on the
ocean beach are the so-called
sea-beaus. It is popularity sup.
posed that the plants which
bear these beans grow in the
water. The beans are found il
enormous quantities on the Florida
shore and in diminishing mum bers
northward along the Atlantic coas t.
They are the seeds of various
pod vines-climb bling plants
plentiful along the shores of the
Caribbean sea. Each pod, resembling
an exaggerated peapod, contains ,
number of seeds. The latter, falling
when ripe into the water, are carried
by the gulf stream around the soutl
end of Florida and up the Atlanti,
tcoast. There are three importan
varieties. one reddish and fiat
another more round and gray, an,
the third mach bigger and of
mahogany color.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

strange adventures III foreign lands was
Johanna Schultz, a Californian, who
subsequently became well known in
Europe as Victoria Elba. When
about is she went to live in New
York with her mother. and a rich old
stove dealer became enamOured of the
beauty from the Pacific coast. He
lavished money on her, but she ran
away with young fellow named Dew
GRILL Inside Of Il year they We're di-
vorced and before long Johanna had
enslaved bank cashier who stole $780,
600 and fled with her to- Europe. She
secured $4,000 Of the money which she
put in safe place, and in an fncredi-
bly, short time had helped him squander
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

the rest. Chen she left him anu tired
vainly to get into the society of some
rich Californians who. were in London.
A broker wanted her to marry him.
and on her refusal shot himself in
Hyde Park. Avoiding the consequent
notoriety she went to Berlin, where she
and a countess, who had been New
York heiress, We're used by Bismarck
in his struggle Of diplomacy with En-
press Frederick. Johanna married
preachers son, who secured a diploma
tic. appointment at nstantinophe: 1t
was here that she got the name Vic
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22
Lard OIL LIGHTS.

Those ships Of the United States
navy that do not use the electric
light are still lighted with lard oil,
which thickens to the constituency
of very stiff molasses in cold weather
and has other inconvenient haoits.
The powers that be have always
pronounced any other oil unsafe for
moving ships. There was a time
when the man who should have
invented a better oil and persuaded
the navy department that it was as
safe as lard oil would have made q
fortune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

Among the recent inventions is a
"short-hand typewriter" designed es-
pecially for rapid work.
A new idea is to have bath tub on
wheels. The tub can thus be filed
and wheeled into bedroom, where
the bath can be taken.
The development of gas and gaso-
line engines in this country has been
so great that many believe it is only a
question of time when they will super
sede steam engines for the generation
of the electric current.
A leading Pittsburg glass company
has invented an innovation that, it is
claimed, will revolutionize the manu-
facturing' of pressed glassware. The
powerful force of compressed air is in
geniously applied to the manipulation
of the presses, which heretofore have
only been operated by a huge lever,
which the operator must pull back and
throw his weight upon. The new de-
vice is simple in construction and, it is
estimated will reduce the cost of pro-
ducing pressed ware seventy-fve per
cent.
At Berlin recently an abandoned
warehouse was fitted out with fire re-
sisting material, and, as a test, the
building was fred. The Siemans fire.
proof glass stood the most satisfactory
test, 1t resisted a temperature of
1900 degrees c. for half an hour or
more; bearing all manner of shocks
and strains without suffering appreci-
| able damage. AS regards fireproof
| doors, nothing stood better than
! double oak covered with thin sheet
| iron, between which and t>e wood
! there would be a layer of asbestos
| cloth. -. r..
According to the Electrical Review
! new device consists in providing a
small socket casing, which is i'm
bedded in the door frame directly ad
iacent to the latch. Within this cas-
ing is miniature electric lamp of the
incandescent form, and projecting
slightly from the casing is a push but
ton, which, being pressed inward
closes the circuit and throws a strong
illumination through the glazed open
ing directly upon she keyhele and il
vicinity.
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formation. Last winter she went to
the church "sociable'' and as she en-
tered the room one of the young
ladies said, '.Good evening, auntie.
l am very glad you came; we are 60
ing to have a tableau this evening""
Yes, know, I know" replied the
old lady, "You needn't tell me that.
Why, I smelt 'em cooking when !
first came in at the door"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22
Found a Pot OF Gold.

Two men uprooting peach trees on
the farm of Mrs. Richard Diehl near
Chestertown, Md, on the eastern
shore, unearthed the other day an
iron pot containing $3.50 in old coin
and an open-face silver watch, doubt
.ess the forgotten treasure of some
one who buried it when many per-
sons were boarding coin during tn Q
period of inflated currency.
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the fol
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A Gathering of Nationa1ities.

The register of a country hotel in
Maine one day recently contained the
names of Mongolians, Russians,
Prussians, Italians, Turks, Greeks,
Canadian French and Germans, each
written in the owners language.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

Old Pease hez he'd his picture took, N
what is better still,
HIS he'd it taken double n the styles fit
ter kill.
The fust half shows him standin' with
wig stuck on his head;
The other shows him settin' with no hair
at all instead;
IN somehow he amt nachul in the fust one
Of the lot,
Fer everyone's acquainted with
The
Bald
Spot.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

we ioshed him n we leased him, out at
Brigttwood, on the train, =
N of'en said Anoka must be wearin' on
But, bless his heart, we liked him, fer
we found tibet "Granny'' Pease
Wuz jist the kinder folks to whom a fell
lerd want to freeze.
IN when he put a wig ON, why, it makes
us kinder hot,
Fer we'd rather see him mOppin' off
The
Old
Bald
Spot
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

AS when some verdure- bare or lofty crag
Out-topping all it's lesser fellow crests-
The highest peak on which the eagle
Is some victorious day surmounted by a
flag
That's Kissed to life by all the winds that
lag
To greet it with their light behests
While many a flying angel rests
To watch its dainty foldings swell or sag;
So is the mighty head Of Pease the bold
When crowned with hirsute glory of wig.
But even then no more ideas twill hold,
If. underneath. the mine for ore you dig
You'll find the very Rainyest Lakest gold.
-NinneanOliS Journal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

It amt the hair tibet makes the man, ner
VT the lack Of it;
Fer longhaired mea. are of'en downed by
hairless men Of wit,
N when a mans been short on hair sence
eighteen sixty-one,
We hate ter see him cover up because the
boys poke fun,
So when he wants to wear wig, the
crowd d rather not
Old Pease is jist eZ han'some with
The
Bald
Spot.
Franklin W. Lee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22
SONNETS TO PEASE.

On the Assump ton of the Wig.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-22

HE was one OF
the prettiest wo-
men ever seen
upon the streets
of SanFrantisco.
Even her enc
mics admitted
that, albeit the
confession was,
naturally e.
nough, never
made with
marked enthu-
siasm. AS for
Mrs. Van Glider
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-18
AMONG THE COURTS.

Rep 'rt of Comm ssiontrs an the Estate
of Mary T.. Lockwood
Commissioners C. Il. webst II and c.
G. Root, on the estate of Mary L. Lock
wood. died their report to-day. They
allowed two claims: That of Charles )
Lockwood and Charles Olmstead. trustees
on the estate of Charles Lockwood fer
81 $50 and Asa q. Peck's claim of S7O9.
Judgment of foreclosure was allowed
this morning in the case of the Naugatuck
Savings Bank VS. Edwin f. Wilson at al
The case of Dennis and Hannah Flavin
vs. City of Waterbury was tried before
Judge Bradstreet to-day. On March ,.
1898. Hannah Flavin fell on the walk IN
front of Bernard Coyle's residence. 60
Washington street and broke her left arm.
The plaintiffs testified that there was on
the evening in question two to three inches
of ice on the walk with no sand or ashes,
The city introduced the Coyle brothers
and their father and biother-in-law. who
swore that the walk was cleared and that
sandhad been placed there. Attorneys HOlo-
han and Madison represented the plain
tiffs. Decision was reserved.
A hearing of claims against the estate OF
Julia Fitzgerald was held in Judge of Pro
bate Welch's office in TorTington yester-
day. The commissioners. Attorney Hub
bard of LItchfield and Selectman Ryan OF
TOrriDgton heard the evidence Attorney
O'Neill represented an heir now living in
England. Judge Root appeared as adj
ministrator and Attorney Llwlor repre-
scented Mrs Johanna Lynch. with claim
of $500. Decision was reserved.
The deposition Of Susan Cassidy. in the
case of Terrence J. Coyle vs. Michael II
Cassidy. which is to come up in January
was taken before commissioner of the su-
perior court Harry Durant to day. Attor-
ney Lowe for plaintiff and Russell for de-
PENDANT
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-18
6RaMz2MA
For the Holidays
Commencing tonight our store will open
every evening until Christmas. r
GLOVES --rr.

Commencing tonight our store will open
every evening until Christmas. -.+
GLOVES. 'r-
Gloves always make popular holiday
gifts. and we have a superb line of them.
We mention Ladies' Mousquetaire, Suede.
Trefeusse Gloves. Modes, Pearls and
Black. at 81 IS pair.
Mousduetaire Suede, Anteuil Gloves
Browns, Reds. Tans. Beaver. Mode. White
Gray and Black. ut 81. SO pair
Four-button Suede Gloves. light colors,
81 pair.
tans, mode and black. at 81 25 pair.
White Glace Kid (reah. with narrow
black stitching. at 81 pair
Four-button Glace KID Gloves. mode,
wide stitching. at sI.25 a pair.
Pearl GIace Kid Gloves. wide black
stitching. at 81 IS pair.
Ladies Gauntlet Driving Gloves. at 81 =
p and 80.
Heavy Kid Gloves. 4-button. black. at
11.22 a pair
English Walking Gloves. 4-button. in
tan, red and brown. at 81 pair.
Ladies' Kid Gloves. with patent thumb.
IN modes and black. at 81 IS pair.
The Courvoisi6r Glove. with new shape
thumb, in tans and black, at IS pair
Ladies' Lined Gloves, with fur top. 81
and i SO.
Ladies' Biarritz Gloves. all shades. al
79c and S9c pair
Misses Biarriiz Gloves. at 79c a pair.
Misses Suede Mousquetaire Gloves. tnR,
and white. 81 pair.
Misses Heavy Dogskin Gloves. tans and
red at 81