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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-29
THE TAx-GATHERER.

Anu pray, Who are you!
Said the violet blue
TO the Bee, with surprise
At his wonderful size,
To her eye-glass of dew.
II, madam" quoth he,
Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
On honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?'
John B. Tabb.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-29

At MerWin, Mo-, fire consumed two
large implement warehouses, together
with contents, in the business portion
of the town to-day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-29

Temperance Lecturer Insane.
Clevelanq, Aug. 2S.-Probate Judge
White decided to-day that Will J. Nc
Council, the we'll known temperance
lecturer, is insane.
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that the dead man was firm believer in
spiritualism and was an easy dupe of me-
diums.
After the death of his wife, it is said he
was almost constantly under the influence
of mediums. He had implicit confidence
in the oracular qualities of the Ouiia
board, which is rudimentery sort of plan
Ghetto.
Charles NJ. Pond had several of these
Ouija boards, and he consulted them doz-
ems of times a day. Through them he
communicated with his dead wife. The
story is told that often he would arise in
the midst Of a group of friends, excuse
himself and hurry off to another room to
ask Ouija certain questions.
These Ouija boards, with all of her broth
er's spiritualistic books, Mrs. Porter says,
she burned. Her statement is that she
went to the Office of one of the executors
of the will, and in his absence obtained
from his father, who drew up the will,
permission to remove the books and boards
from the house, which she did and made a
bonfire of them.
This is only one of the strange proceed
ings of the executors, it is claimed.
There is great deal of secrecy about the
proceedings and whole lot of mystery,
but the plaintiff feels confident that he
will be able to show the mental INSULT
cheney of his brother to make will as
well as to clinch his own right to the dis
| puted part by the restricting clause in his
fathers will, which insists that the prop
erty shall not be devised away from the
family.
The dissipated habits of Ponds brother
have been pretty well established. He
seemstO have had a wild and terrible ma
mia for, morphine and administered it to
everybody and everything on his place,
even the dogs. The Ouija board weakness,
though, appears to be the most fantastic
of all his vagaries.-New York World
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TEN YEARS OF REBUFF.
Anthony Hopes Bitter Experience Before
Success Came.

Anthony Hopes Bitter Experience Before
Success Came.
Anthony Hope wrote for ten long dis
couraging years before the slightest recog-
milton Of his work came to cheer him. He
worked with passionate enthusiasm all
the week and, as a great lark, Sunday
afternoon had tea with his quiet English
sisters, consuming toasted mullins and the
mildest type of rectory gossip. Thus he
lived and toiled and not until THE Pris-
oner Of Zenda" made it's author famous
did he ever attend the most innocuous form
of literary gatherings.
When the dolly Dialogues" had gone
into many editions and was the talk of
the town, an admirer, acquainted with
Mr.. Hopes anomalous inexperience, ar
ranged that he should meet a very viva
cious elegante, as nearly like Lady Dolly
as London society could afford 1t was
very funny to see the diflident Mr. Hope,
his face wreathed in bashful smiles, drink
ing in the lady's gay chatter and evident
ly in an ecstasy Of pleasure. 1t was hav-
ing his characters vivified with life before
his eyes.
The novelist Is a tall, slender man,
whose shoulders are slightly stopped, his
head decidedly bold and manners reserved,
yet delightful, by reason of the profound
Difference he pays to the opinions and re-
marks Of other people.-Boston Traveller.
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An OLD Chinese Water Clock.

In another tower, reached by flight Of
rickety stairs, is the water clock that has
measured time for the Cantonese for near
ly 600 years. Four copper pots, crustcd
and dingy with age, stand raised on steps
each one above and slightly behind the
other. In the base of the three upper pots
are lips over which from pinhole outlet
the water filling the top vessel trickles
drop by drop, and passing through each of
the first three drips finally into the fourth,
or lowest. Through a slit in the cover of
this vessel is seen a graduated brass scale
attached to float below, which rises with
the increasing volume of water. Every
twenty-fourth hour the water accumulat-
ing in the lowest pot is transferred to the
uppermost, and the scale sinks down with
the float, onl' to rise again with the hours
as the vessel slowly fills up.-''In the City
of Canton" in Century.
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The Autocrat and the Prince.

An English paper tells the following
story about DIR. Holmes: When he was in
England, in 1886, he found himself on
one occasion at crush" in London
among great mass Of people, including
several royal personages He sat quietly
in corner, but presently, feeling little
distance, he tCrned to an elderly person
age standing near, whom he supposed to
be butler or something of that kind, and
asked for harmless beverage The sup
posed servant brought this with great
alaority and remarked, II am very glad to
meet you, DR.. Holmes" The Autocrat OF
the Breakfast Table was a little taken
aback, and the stranger added, 81 am
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OUIJA IN A WILL CASE
PECULIAR CASE OF THE LATE CHARLES
M. POND OF NEW YORK.

He Claimed to Converse With His Dead
Wife and Was Altogether Under the
Influence of Mediums-In Other Matters
Remarkably Bright Business Man.
Arson Phelps Pond, resident of New
York, has brought a will Contesting suit
that promises to be one of the most inter
esting if not sensational cases that have
been before the courts in many years. He
is the son of the late Charles f. Pond, who
was at one time president of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
and the will he is trying to break is that
of his brother, the late Charles NJ. Pond,
who was state treasurer of Connecticut
and also sat in the senate of the Nutmeg
State, besides having been, up to the time
of his DEATH director of the NY, n. H.
and H. railroad
Spiritualism, "Ouija,' morphine and
whisky are all mixed up in the case.
Among the property which Charles NJ.
inherited from his father was the Prospect
Hill farm on the outskirts of the city of
Hartford, md this, with about $3.50, 900
worth of other realty, he willed to Hart
ford. The disputed farm, or homestead,
which Hartford, proposes to turn into a
public park, is, now valued at about $3.50,
600.
The claim is made by the contestant
that his brother had no right to devise
away this tract, and counsel bring forward
his fathers will in substantiation of this
position and quote that part of it which
reads, "And it is my express desire that
my said son, Charles NJ. Pond, will not
ALLEVIATE or sell my farm known as the
Prospect Hill farm, but that the same
may descend and be from time to time de-
vised to my lineal descendants"
In his public career Charles M. was
known only as man Of rare Judgment and
brilliant parts, but it seems that for some
time previous to his death his mind was
Clouded or weakened by dissipation, and
he displayed oddities of intellect that were
entirely at variance with his character as
the public and all but his intimates knew
it.
According to the statement of Mrs. Por.
ter, his sister, some of the evidence that
would be important and valuable as cor
roborative proof has been deliberately de-
stroyed. The destroyed evidehce consisted
of works on spiritualsm and several Ouija
boards that were the property Of Charles
M. Pond and were used by him. 1t is said
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HIS BIG MOUTH.
The Embarrassing Frankness of Youth on
Railroad Car.

The Embarrassing FranISness of Youth on
Railroad Car.
"L'enfant terrible has furnished mer-
rimont and discontinue for countless gen
erations and doubtless always will. Re-
Gently l witnessed an instance that was a
little unusual in the sang froid displayed
by the cbild's victim.
was crossing Indiana in Baltimore
and Ohio sleeper with friend of Scotch
Irish descent, in whose features the Mile
sian traits are prominent, especially tho
mouth whose size is relieved to the utmost
by smooth shaver face.
To while away the time we got up a
game of whist, inviting for partners two
commercial Travellers who occupied the
opposite section. The section in front of
us was occupied by a stylishly dressed la
dy, with little girl of about years
AS the game progressed We noticed that
the child was kneeling on the car seat,
gazing steadily at my friend, never taking
her eyes from his for a moment. When
the rubber was finished, the drummers
stepped across to their section, and my
friend and l rose to stretch our legs.
The action seemed to break the spell
upon the child, and she cried shrilly:
"Oh, mammal See what a big mouth
that man hast"
The young mother blushed furious red
and caught hold Of the child, saying;
Hush! Hush!"
"But he has, mamma" persisted the
child, climbing to her knees and fixing
her gaze on my friends capacious mouth,
which was just beginning to expand into
an all embracing smile.
"Oh, look, mammal It's getting bigger
all the time!"
At this the whole car became uproarious,
and the mother pulled the child down,
with a look of exquisite torture on her
face.
Madam" said my friend, leaning for
ward, don't remove tho child She is
quito right. My mouth is large, and am
not at all annoyed by it,"
On returning from the next eating sta
ton we found the section vacant and
learned from the porter that tho mother
had moved her embarrassing infant into
the other sleeper.-New York Herald.
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How He Appeared on the Eve of Sailing
For Samoa.

Mr.. Stevenson, when first saw him in
his room in the Occidental hotel in San
Francisco, was sitting up in bed, not
rightly able to speak for the cold that OPP
pressed him, haggard from tho illness that
was sapping him, thin, pale and wan.
The first sight was something more than
a man with the blankets and counterpanes
hunched up about him. 1t was an impress
sion of flowing black hair keen eyes and
a wonderful intcrlacing of Ra7er fingers.
At this time he was so hoarse that his
voice had none of the charm which was
really one of the most marked attributes
of the man.
More pleasant days and strength grow
ing in the nervous hope that the South sea
might indeed yield him what was nowhere
else for him on earth gave chances to hear
that voice as it really was-gentle, deep,
sympathetic. But those flngers-long,
sinewy, sinuOus, never resting, but rub
bling each the other as if there were a
mania of the nerves in their tipsl Those
who have never seen Stcvenson's hand
may form some idea of the fingers from
tho so called watermelon seed" picture,
in which one of the forefingers, resting
against the face seems to reach up into
the hair.
AT this first meeting he seemed eager
for all that might be told of the mysteries
of the South sea. He asked about the
voyages of the old voyagers, he sought to
know what were the traders of today, and
this in one breath. Again he caught at
the name of Bully" Hayes, the last pirate
of the Pacific, and Jumped with him the
mystery Of La Perouse." Names of is
lands and of groups were, of course, all
new to him, and he asked again and again
where they lay and how they were pro-
nounced. But in everything he was, more
than anything else wstful to hear of the
unmixed islanders-what was their life
and what sort of people they might be.
At odd times Mrs. Stevenson would
come in and caution him not to use his
voice so much. Then he would settle him
self back upon the pillows and say, Tell
mo something that takes long time tell
ing" 1t took Time this first telling of
the South sea, for which he was every
moment more strongly making up his
mind-the session was no short one. And
this first was followed by Others in which
he showed the same zest to learn every
fact attainable concerning the island
realm that lay in the great ocean on whose
verge he was.-William Churchill in Nc
Clura's
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Honey as a Food.

Honey is one of the most nutritious of
foods. "A land flowing with milk and
honey" meant great deal to the weary
travellers in the desert. Give the children
all the bread and butter and honey that
they will eat once a day, and they will
never get sick and surfeited from too much
sweet, as they would if they ate the same
amount of jam. Strained honey with one
fourth lemon juice, taken in teaspoonful
doses every hour, is a splendid remedy for
acold, cough or any throat trouble. Taken
in hot milk, it is said to be an invaluable
aid in pulmonary troubles.-New York
Lournnl
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hat Tired FEELING

Is a dangerous symptom. 1t means
a lack of vitality in the blood-a de-
crease of the red corpuscles upon which
the strength and richness of the blood
depends. 1t comes especially in the
Spring because the system has been
subject to unusual demands during the
cold weather. The wasted vigor must
be re-supplied. That tired feeling
must be overcome, or else the APP
preaching hot weather will have most
serious effects. The best
Spring Medicine
Is Hoods Sarsaparilla, because it cures
That Tired Feeling by purifying, en-
riching and vitalizing the blood, Civ
ing it power to carry health to every
organ of the body. 1t "makes the
weak strong" not by stimulating, but
by actually giving strength, by build
ing up the wasted energies, restoring
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al have been taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla for six months. Before I began
taking it had that tired feeling when
L got up in the morning, also a terrible
headache and my blood was very i'm
pure. Since have been taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla all that tired feeling is
gone, also the headache, and my blood
is pure again" WILLIAM GARDNER,
10 Tower St., Fall River, Mass.
Makes the Weak Strong.
al had a tired and drowsy feeling
and my nerves were in bad condi-
ton and appetite was poor, SO I con-
cluded 1 would take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. After l had taken the second
bottle l began to feel much better and
[ recommend Hoods to ALL" ELMER
j. WOoLLEY, Jamesburg, New Jersey.
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"My brother and myself have had
scrofula or salt rheum ever since we
were born. We took Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and commenced to get better.
When we had taken one bottle and
half each, we were cured. My mother
used to be troubled with headache and
pains, but took Hoods Pills and was
cured" James Scanlon, 81 Rockford
St., Norwich, New York.
Hoods and Only Hoods.
"I took Hoods Sarsaparilla for a
tired, worn out feeling, and it has
proved the best medicine that l have
ever taken. l had breaking out Oh
my face which l thought was erysip-
elias. commenced using Hoods Sar-
saparilla and have not had any of that
trouble since" Mrs. II. B. KEADLE,
Pickaway, West Virginia.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all
druggists. 81; six for S.. Prepared
by G. 1. Hood &c Co., Lowell, Mass.
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A Profitable Chinese Scheme.

A letter received by the London Truth
respecting the sale of official rank in China
throws a somewhat new light on the ques-
tion. 1t says that when the Celestial gov
eminent sells its orders and decorations it
gives no flxity Of tenure. The wearer of
the brass button, the blue glass or the
pheasant feather is mere tenant at will.
By mere stroke Of the official pen his in
sigma may be confscated:- poor Ii
Hung Changes peacock feathers and yellow
jacket-and unless he is prepared to buy
them back again he relapses into mere
undccorated nobody.-New York Times.
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Among all the structures that make up
the human body, the nerves have been
until recently the least understood
The role of the nerves in the digestion
and assimilation of food is a highly i'm
pOrtant one. The question whether the
food shall nourish or become a mere
load upon the system is question of
nerve force.
Neglect to satisfy the demands made
by the nervous system carries heavy pen
alties. When this nervous force is ex-
hausted the digestive processes are OBJ
structed, the body is weakened and pains
of neuralgia, indigestion, rheumatism,
Invade its parts. During repOse the
nerves and great nerve centers feed up
on the nutritive material that is stored
in the blood and tissues. 1t is when this
supply of nOurishment is prompt and
abundant that the nervous system is able
to reCuperate. but when the system has
become too tired to appropriate sufii-
Gent nourishment and the nerves too
shaky to get the rest they need, that best
of all blood purifiers, nerve foods, and
nerve regulators, Paine's celery COM
pound, should be given at once.
Paine's celery compound has brought
health, strength, and freedom from ner-
vous weakness to thousands of tired
women, run down" men, and sickly
children. 1t makes them able to sleep
soundly, to digest their food perfectly,
and to win back health and strength.
The tired brain and nerves are rebuilt
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and their wasted parts repaired during
sleep and where nervousness, irritability
and inadequate nutrition of the nerve
centers do not permit sufficient sleep,
nervous prOstration, lassitude and des-
pondency are sure to follow.
Paines celery compound guards
against all this by promptly feeding the
exhausted nerves and making the blood
pure, abundant, and nourishing. 1t cures
neuralgia, rheumatism, dyspepsia all
forms of nervous weakness, dependency,
skin diseases, and affections of the heart,
liver and kidneys. 1t sends pure, vital
lied blood to every organ, and thus
makes people well. Paine's celery COM
pound has found its way originally
through prescriptions by physicians, in
to every city and smallest village in the
country!
1t would be very difficult to find a man
or woman of mature age who has not
either been helped by this remarkable
remedy or has heard of its marvellous
properties at first.hand from some enthu-
siastiC friend or relative.
Paine's celery compound is the only
great popular remedy that physicians of
every school prescribe for disorders of
the blood and nerves.
Says Mrs. Kate Manuel, PIG! Sd, ave.,
Minneapolis, whose picture is above:
Il have been greatly benefited by
Paine's celery compound. l have taken
six bottles of the wonderful remedy,
and recommend it to all who are afflicted
as | was. For years haYe suffered from
indigestion, and know not how to give
due thanks for the relief that 7 have re-
ceived while taking Paines celery COM
pound. My son-in-law has taken two
bottles for a similar trouble and it has
made him Well.n
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TooTHLEss YANKEE VILLAGERS.
Deluded by RascalIy Travelling Dentists
Into Buying Sets of False MOlars.

Deluded by Rascally Travelling Dentists
Into Buying Sets of False Molars.
"Thero is many New England village
in which you will hardly find natural
tooth, said dental surgeon to a news
paper writer. THAT is to say, not an
adult inhabitant will possess any teeth of
his own. All of the grownup people wear
false teeth. This rather odd state of af
fairs is due to the operations of certain
INSCRIPTIONS persons who go about the
country with false teeth for sale.
lone of these fellows will go through
village and literally pull every tooth in
the place. To take the places of the teeth
extracted he offers artificial sets at So. In
rural parts, for obvious reasons, people
very commonly suffer from toothache. Tho
malady is distressing, and the customary
way to get rid of it is to have the tool
drawn. No dentist is at hand to restore
the afflicted grinder to healthy condition
by filling. The peripatotio quack comes
along with his forccps and offers to give
final and permanent relief from all such
suffering in future. For the small sum of
IS he will remove all the natural teeth
from a customers head and substitute for
them an artificial set of much better ap-
pearance, which will never cause any pain
to the wearer.
by this attractive offer the people are
deludod into parting with the chewing ap-
paratus with which nature has furnished
them, and the result is a toothless popula-
ton. AS you are probably aware, tooth
pulling is rarely resorted to by a good dem
fist, inasmuch as it must be an extraor-
dinarily bad tooth that cannot be fixed up
so rs to be better than any false one. -
Washington Star.
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Prince Christian" Dear me-" said
Holmes, alive at once to the joke, II have
not had much acquaintance with princes,
and, do you know, took you for a wait
err" At this Prince Christian went off
into a burst of merrimont. where is my
wife?" he said. Il must tell her this. She
admires you immensely" Off went Prince
Christian to fetch the princess, and the
genial American philosopher was soon the
center of circle of royalty, greatly de-
lighted by the incident.
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Purify Your Blood

the appetite and assisting the stomach
and digestive organs in their impor-
tnt functions. The importance of at
tending to this matter OF health now
cannot be oycrcstimatcL. Hoods Sar-
sapariila will make vast improve
ment n your feelings. 1t will thor
oughIy renoyate your system and fit
you for the duties and pleasures of
the spring and summer.
The Wonderful Cures
Of scrofula, salt rheum, eczema and
other diseases which have been accom-
pished by Hoods oarsaparilla have
given it the leading place in the field
Of medicine. When you take Hoods
Sarsaparilla to purify your blood you
are not experimenting. The facts all
prove absolutely that in Hoods Sar-
saparilla you have a medicine tried
and true. 1t has cured thousands of
others and it will do you good. Do
not be induced to buy any other.
Insist upon Hoods and only
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Hoods Has Merit
One Bottle Convinced Farther
Use Cured
Hip Disease, SciatIc Rheumatism,
That Tired Feeling.

81 read that one bottle of Hoods
Sarsaparilla would convince me of its
merits, and L have found this true.
"Some two years ago two ulcers
appeared on my hip, which, after being
sore long time, broke and discharged.
| also was attacked with sciatic rheu-
matism, my leg being drawn so that !
could hardly get around the house. ]
hardly knew what good nights rest
was. The hip trouble caused me great
trouble and annoyance, and eczema
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An English paper calmly proposes that
England and France settle the African
question by dividing the continent be-
tween them. The thing could be done at
once, of course, as soon as Germany, Italy
Spain and Turkey could get time to tele
graph that they cheerfully relinquished all
their RIGHTS in Afr!ca.-ChicagO Record.
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ROYAL Matchmaking.

The tender age-16 years-of the young
queen of Holland does not prevent specu-
lation in the diplomatic and royal circles
of Europe upon her matrimonial affairs
Rumor has recently coupled her name
with that of the young crown prince Of
Germany, whose senior she is, it may be
mentioned, by two years.-New York
Times
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shortly proceed to Australia and India.
The reason for his entering into the con-
tract is said to be that he has lost almost
his entire fortune through unfortunate in
vestments. This latter statement seems
to confirm some recent reports as to his
misfortunes, though probably the extent
of them is somewhat overdrawn.-Boston
Hnrnll