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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-06-13
Small Business.

One wonders sometimes whether to
mind that could take in the true pro-
portions Of everything all the prizes hui
mainly strives for in any field would
look as puny and contemplate as the
desperate strife Of some people to get in
to what they think is "good society"
appears to all sane individuals. Weread
how a man has just completed a million
dollar mansion in order that his wife
may by that means beg, bride or steal
her way into certain social circle
which prides itself on it's exclusiveness.
It ought to be allowed to pride itself on
that, for heaven knows it has nothing
else to pride itself On.
But why people should want to break
their necks to get into it and why they
should eat their hearts out with envy
and disappointment when they can t get
into it must forever remain an unsolva-
BILE mystery to all people in their right
minds If the struggle were made to
gain intellectual or artistic culture,
moral worth Or the ability to help large
numbers of persons to better, happier
lives, one could understand it. But to
move heaven and earth merely to be &C
quainted with q set Of people often not
SO handsome, refined or intellectual as
one is already "her own SELF" and not
half SO clean and white morally as the
family Of the average butcher, barber Or
tailor-this, indeed, shows an unparal-
leled weak spot in the head
Make your own social center and
make it SO brilliant, refined and educa-
tive that all the world will come to YOU.
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OLD PAPERS! Any amount of old ID
at s5cts. per 100. Apply to Hason Cravens, at the
UNION office.
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Notice Of LIS Pendens.

Z FsIIlI III z u IIUT HO 7
Gilfillan Block, st. Paul. hi
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County of Mile Laos. IS
District Court, Seventh Judicial District.
| The Mary Fletcher Hospital, corpora
lion Plointiff
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07

of the early November night The cabin
was chinked and daubed. The outlines of
whitewashed logs showed between the strips
of plaster. The furniture was mostly home
made, and made for use; being useful, it was
as devoid Of ornament as though its owner
read Ruskin every day Of his life. Such
was the severity of the interior that q
woman's kitchen apron hanging on peg
might have added wondrous grace to the
room; but no kitchen apron ever hung ON
Vande's walls. On the shelf in the corner
was a lot of Chicago papers, and one end
of the dish cupboard was taken up by a
pile of high-class magazines. Vande read
the stories on Sunday, lying in his bunk.
There were times when love stories made
him feel religious
In the lamplight the window became
gloomy square. Outside the cabin the No
vember sky hung over q commonplace
Montana landscape. The river-bottom
stretched away to the east, while to the
west, with sides freckled by stunted spruce
trees and sage brush, rose Elk Mountain.
Its shadow seemed to anticipate aad in
tensify the early dark. The dust-laden wind
swept through canyons and ragged over
divides with gusty strength.
Vande was weather-beaten, rheumatic, hir-
Sutt, duu Oo years Obos 4uitty Va MS years
had been full of the vicissitudes Of from
tier life. He had made and lost fortune.
Along with other losses he had lost the
largest third of his name. For, in the days
when he had thrashed rock in the quartz
mill on the other side of the mountain. he
had attempted to modernize his good Dutch
patronymic of Van de Bogart, and had re-
quested the wag of the camp to shorten his
name and call him Bogart. His name was
shortened, but Vande was the part that
stuck. None but the postmaster and tax
assessor remembered that he was ever more
or other than Vande.
Vande, then, was not especially fond Of
baking and brewing; but the rheumatism
in his knees and the tearing wind made
him prefer it to the greater glory of riding
range. So it was that he had done the
family washing-family consisting of him
self and man-boiled huge pot of beef, and
stewed California dried peaches while his
man Eccles rode range in the worst weather
of the season. 1t was only by courtesy that
Eccles could be called Vande's man. Vande
was a stockman Of the lesser SORT Eccles
was a prospector out Of luck and wintering
at Vande's place.
Ned Chapman took off his cap and hung
it on an elk-horn fastened to the wall. He
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07
The Spring Medicine
And the Best Blood Purifier.

of the ground. Now, in his old days, he
lived in cabin in the canyon, and spent
his time alternately prospecting and look
ing after q small band of horses that he
owned. *
Ize been prospecting" said Ned, stretch
ing his hands over the stove. His voice was
falsetto; much of the force of his diction
was due to a lavish use of accent
Vande was busy with his FIRE; he ignored
the prospecting, and inquired If Ned had
sold his horses
Ned did not answer. He hoped his
silence would be covered by the entrance of
Eecles and his dog. The dog came in with
an erect line of bristles along bis back.
Ned's dog met him de6anuy. 1t required
the admonishing kicks of both masters to
send the brutes to lie quietly in separate
corners. Eccles took off his chaps and flung
them on the floor. He stood by the stove
to warm himself before going out to feed his
sadd le-horse.
GOOD evenin', Eccles," said Ned.
GOOD evening" Eccles replied without
enthusiasm. There was a deep fold in his
brow; no person of good sense provoked Ec-
cles overmueh. His gray, stubble-like beard
gave him the appearance of playing at mas
querade; it did not suit his fresh-tinted
cneSES ana youtnInl manner.
Vande was hurryiDg supper with flushed
cheeks and nervous emotions-like woman.
"Eccles, Ize been up to your place to-
day." Ned observed.
"What have you been there forP"
oh, prospected," said Ned, turning his
other side to the fire. "There was a mount
ain rat in your cabin. / built fire and got
warm"
% would as soon have the devil there"
said Eccles ambiguously, and went out and
slammed the door behind him.
What's he mad about now?o inquired
Ned, turning his back to the stove.
1t always makes him mad to have any
body go near that old cabin" said Vande,
and he bent to look into the oven.
q" didn't go for to hurt nothin'," said Ned
penitently /; besides, there amt nothin'
there to hurt. Eccles gets mad too easy"
and Ned sat down and put his feet on the
stovehearth. "Yes, he gets mad too easy,
and when he's mad he's hole in the terror"
Ned Chapman only knew English by hear
say. He grasped at q word or phrase as he
first understood it, and never changed.
Vande couglred some and went hastily to
the dish cupboard. "Did that fellow take
your horses?" he asked, returning to his
previous question,
No." said Ned. A copper-color blush
came into his face.
~ thought he was going to take them,"
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SEVEN TERRIBLE DAYS


For Prisoners on the Manassas Battlefield.
EDToR NATIONAL tribune: I would
be delighted TO learn Of the welfare Of those
brave boys In blue for whom cared from
morning of Aug. 81, Sunday, to the follow
ing Saturday, Sept 8, 1862 on the field Of
second Bull Run, where, on said Sunday
morning, each of us received a slip of raw
beef one inch wide and three inches long
being the only food given us during the
entire week, for we were prisoners in rebel
hands.
Oar camp was near Groveton, on q gentle
slope, at the bottom Of which flowed Cub
Run, aud in q nearby pasturefeld was
lovely spring Of water and large quanti-
ties of pennyroyaL And do my comrades
recall the fact that /, as caterer for the
camp, detailed those not seriously wounded
to fill canteens at the spring and to gather
pennyroyal, while brewed the delicious
nectar, as a poor wounded lad ehristsned the
fragrant beverage? And do they recall
how that pennyroyal tea seemed to re-
place the lost lifs-blOod they had poured
out as water on that fated field in defense OF
Old Glory?
As now recall, but one of our SQUAD Of
over 200 died during the seven days we were
held as prisoners, and in that case death
was caused by wound produced by fragment
of shell carrying away portion of frontal
bone Of skull
How indelibly stamped on memory's page
is all that happened during those seven
darkest days Of my three years service.
Some of those brave men were literally
shot to pieces, and yet their love for the old
flag shut out all complaint, and caused them
to sing, though IN minor key, My Coun-
try, 'Tis of Thee"
/ trust many Of those brayest of the
brave still survive, and tsst erelong shall
have the great pleasure Of hearing from
them, OF the greater pleasure of welcoming
them, as well as any and all the brave
boys who survived the clash Of arms, to nay
own happy home.-E. w. FINCH. M. D.,
Surgeon, Flsudreau Pos, 500, GAR, New
Rochelle, ". Y.
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Written for THE NArruSAr TnrsuHR
SMITHS BACK PAY.
; A Pension, and What II Brought.
BIZ ALICE BARBER MCCONNELL.

81 would not. even II had the choice, be the
clever novelist who could create a world so much
better than this am content 10 tell my simple
story without trying to make things seem better
than they were."-GEoRGB ELIOT.
Vande took his can of sour dough from a
nail in the log supporting the apex of his
cabin roof He carried the can to the low.
wide window, removed the cover and shifted
judieiously. The mess had arrived at a
satisfactory state of sourness, for Vande
proceeded to manufacture the staff of the
Montana bachelors life-sour dough bread.
He poured part Of the sour batter into pan
of -four, added salt and soda, then began
stirring it with kuife. After little he
gave his hands an inquiring glance and put
them boldly into the dough, molding it into
huge ball. Business large black eat
that lay behind the stove, scented signs of
supper, and, after stretching himself, uttered
an inquiring meow" and began rubbing
his sides against his masters bootlegs.
Somebody pounded the outside door with. a
walking-stick. Vande took his ball of
dough in one hand and walked to the door.
Hello, Ned; is that you ?" he said back
ing away from the door and tossing the
dough from hand to hand.
golly, it's me-" the newcomer replied,
adding an admOnitory sentence to his dog,
who skunk behind him into the house.
Bristling with disapproval, Business re-
treated TO shelf in the corner. Vande di-
vided his dough, slapped it into shape for
the tins, and placed them in the oven. Then
he fixed the fire. As be stirred the Goals
and added more sticks of sweet nut pine
wood an elusive piney odor filled the room.
1t seemed to renovate tho air and make
possible all sweet and homelike things, as
though pure and gracious woman might
enter the room at any moment, or the shouts
and laughter Of approaching children be
heard but Vandes cabin never had been
blessed by woman's care or children's noise.
The piney fragrance was not lasting.
Vande lighted lamp and turned the
blaze high. In the sudden glare the forms
of the two men and the details of the room
seemed thrust out from among the shadows
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| blue Inscriptions concerning the Montana
Belle which was the brand of -four used in
| that section, but now they bulged or shrank,
according to the shape Of various packages
of coffee, tobacco, bacon, and baking
| powder which they contained From the
| top of his sack Jim Smith took bundle of
| mail that EeeIes at once began to examine.
He chose out letter, placed the papers on
| the shelf, drew . chair to the table, sat
| down and began to read. Vande put the
! supper on the table, added two more plates,
| and brought out some soap-boxes, making
an apology for not owning more than three
chairs.
Jim Smith made faeetious remark about
Montana rocking chairs, drew a soap box to
the table, sat down, and took bottle from
his pocket. After calling for glasses he
poured out treat for each man, and began
retailing an item of camp gossip. He had a
chronic cold in his head, Confederate bull
let in his hip, and craving for whisky in
his stomach. Ole Olson vouchsafed no re-
mark at all. Smith patronized him, and
nearly always did the talking for both.
The five men drank to the honor of the
tchite metal. and then devoured their evening
meal. The food was plentiful and whole
some, though prepared with a frontier bache-
lor's contempt for the nieeties Of cookery
There were no dainty touches as to the sery-
ing. The men ate in silence No one of
them felt bound to entertain his friend and
neighbor. No one of them had interests
save those that centered in the first person
singular. No one of them had right to a
woman's soft arms around his neck; no
child called man of them father. Yet
even the most grizzled Of them still held
dream of the house he meant to build when
he decided to marry; of wife, and possible
children. This heart-6reaming is character
istic of the frontier bachelor The difficulty
is in making up his mind to marry. That
once accomplished, all the rest follows, in
his imagination, as a matter of course.
There is widow goin' to be sold out be-
cause she can't pay her tax-it's mostly poor
tax, too. seed it in the paper" said Ned,
as he showed back from the table. mo,
didn't seed it in the paper" he went on, cor
recsing the common phrase; "for / can't
read. They told it in the postoffice when
was to town last"
Why somebody don't marry him 2" Ole
Olson inquired. His difidence wore away
as his hunger became satisfied; his knowl-
edge of English was limited masculine pro-
nouns served all his need of pronouns.
Marry who?" Vande asked.
The widow. She ought to be tooken care |
Off
"There is q chance for JIM" said EccIes, |
in recognition of that worthy's well-known |
desire for q wife.
"Who is she?" Jim asked, and he, too, |
showed back from the table.
"I hearn tell as it was George Browns
widow, Of Plum Creek" Ned answered,
proud Of his superior information. Then
they all rose from the table, and four of the
men forgot about George Browns widows
tax.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07

II You were about to journey to
warmer or colder climate You would
make careful preparations.
Besides taking supply Of warmer
or cooler clothing, as the case might
be, you would thoughtfuIly select
stock Of medicines as safeguards to
keep you in good health.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07
Purify Your Blood

Now we are all about to change to a
warmer climate, though not of our
own volition, and what is more reason
able than to take q reliable medicine to
resist the debihtating effects of higher
temperatures?
Hoods Sarsaparilla is just the meh-
cine needed. It thoroughly expelsl
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07
Women and flowers.

The two best things that the Creator allowed
to escape from Heaven TO gladden. earth How
natural to think of tho two.together, and how
in accordance with the eternal fitness OF things
that the most successful grower of flower seeds
In America should be a woman! Have you
seen her cataloguc2 Her? Why of course; we
mean Miss c. Ii. Lippincott, Of 3l9 Sixth Street,
South, Minneapolis, Hinn. "a
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"THERE Is A CHANCE FOR JIM," SAID
ECCLEs.
and Vande began slapping some plates,
knives and forks down on the table.
+ "The fact is, / seed another fellow, and he
offered me FIVE dollar head more for my
'orses than the first fellow. lied little"
Ned went on, with the copper-colored blush
burning deeper in his old cheeks, for told
the first fellow I'd let him have my 'orses.
When he come after 'em told him as I'd
sold 'em. The other fellow as was goin' to
give me fve dollar more never showed up
agin. That was one time got left just be-
cause lied little"
Lying don't pay" and vands coughed
more, turned his back to Ned, and ratified
the cover Of the meat-kettle.
sit seems like it won't with me-" Ned re-
piled regretfully; but ] know lots of peo-
pie in this country who get along a sight
better's do, and they tell the truth just as
seldom as / lie."
"Have you found that other bunch of
horses ?"
"No; guess that outft stole 'em."
Stole what?" asked Eccles, slamming
the outside door behind him. Eccles always
slammed doors.
My 'orses."
Who would steal your horses?"
"You know as well as do"
"Oh, what are you giving US? They are
not worth stealing"
My 'orses is 80 gooder 'orses as never
was" Ned exclaimed, with rising wrath.
Il did not mean that your horses are not
worth stealing" said Eccles, who was much
modified by the appearance Of the supper
table. Horses are too cheap now to be
worth the bother of stealing" Eceles had
the true mining mans contempt for live
stock.
There was the sound Of footsteps on the
frozen ground outside, and Eccles turned to
open the door. Two wayfarers entered the
cabin; they were packing grub to their
places farther up the river; each man had q
large white sack slung over his shoulder
The sacks bore large-lettered red-and-
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Prepare for Spring

The cures accomplished by Hoods
Sarsaparilla tell what it does mora
eloquently than any argument which
can be written. Read the frank ssats-
ment below:
"Lnst spring, ON account Of overwork
and bad humors, became very much run
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07

peared on tho left side of my collar bone
It was very sore continually, and after
Q time my left arm began to feel dis
agreeable. In Q short time 1t panied me
nearly all the time. With that and tha
scrofuia I was in perfect misery all through
the summer. I became so bad that my
friends tried to mo get to have doc
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07
Catarrh
Troubles

need not be described to those who havs
them. The discomfort and annoyance
Is we'll known. It Is not however so gen
orally known, that In many cases
catarrh Is caused and aggravated by
reasons other than through cold.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07

was small and bent and rs; his hair was.
irOn-gray his nearest approach to shaving
was done with an old pair of sheep-shears
He wore red lined. riveted duck coat, riv-
eted blue denim overalls, and red German
socks reaching to his knees and topped
with white; he had on pair of Arctic
overshoes. The rivets and buckles of his
costume were immensely decorative. Ned
was Welchman, long since become nat
uraliZed and enthusiastic American citizen.
He had been miner all his life, going
through the gold fever of 40, aud since then
dug for every precious thin. that comes out
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tor, but thought would try Hoods
sarsapsriiis. I have taken five bottles
and part OF the sixth and am feeling Ike
myself again. have gained iesh rapidly
The scrofula bunch and my lameness las
all gone, and feel like new creature"
Miss HATTIE NJ. CLARK, Parknan, Maine.
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from tho blood the impurities which
have accumulated during the winter,
increases the appetite and improves
the digestion, drives away that tired
feeling and nervousness, and gives the
strength and vigor without which we
cannotappreciate beautiful Spring. 1t is
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-07
DIR. Peters
Blood
VitaliZer

the old Swiss German remedy has
proved it's worth Ia over 100 years Of
popular use. 1t thoroughly filters tha
blood and makes the debilitated vital
organs healthy, while IL invigorates tho
entire system. seldom fails to cure all
diseases caused by impoverished or I'm
pure blood or from disordered stomach.
This Is no drugstore medicines; sold
only by regular vitalizer agents.
Persons living where there are no
agents for Dr.. Peters Blood Vitalizer
can, by sending $500 obtain twelve
35-cent trial bottles direct from the
proprietor. This offer can only be OBJ
tained once by the same person.
Write to DR.. PETER FAHRNEY,
n and ia So. Hoyne Ave-, CHICAGO.
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SO WE ALL KEPT SNUG.

The Colonel sat straight out behind one
stout tree and behind another, SO that
the rebels could not see US. Yet one of
them had a suspicion of me, for he got
a bullet into the dirt and rocks just be-
low, beside the roots of the tree behind
which on the upper side sat In the
morning, when no enemy appeared in
sight, Sergt Gray, of my company, who
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-07
Defender Documents.

Numbers and 70 have just been
issued by the American Protective
Tariff League. Nos, nineteen pages.
entitled Business Conditions" OF
1.-The First Effects OF Free Trade,
comprises a careful review and COM
pliation of statistics showing disas-
trous results o. free trade admins
tration. No. 70 eight pages. entitled
Wages in the United States" is the
translation of a paper by Mons. E..
Levasseur. read at the annual public
meeting of the five academies of the
Institute of France. Both docu-
ments are interesting and valuable
addition to Protective literature.
Will be sent TO any address for two
cents each. Address w. F. Wake :
man, Gen. Sec, 1876 West 23d st.
New York
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-07
Election Tickets.

For the April election, the State and
County tickets will be on one ballot
and the Township ticket on q seper'
ate ballot.
The first will be printed under the
direction of the County Board OF
Election Commissioners. and q proof
must be on file with the County Clerk,
at least ten days before election.
The Township tickets will be print.
ed under the direction of the township
board. and proof must be on file
with the township Clerk, at least five
days before election.
The AVALANCHE Office il prepared
to execute all orders for tickets in q
satisfactory manner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-07

The Century for March has two par
ticularly fresh and unhackneyed sub.
jects. In these globe-trotting days the
account of "a new field of travel will
be greeted with pleasure by American
travellers, and this Miss Harriet Wa
tiers Preston and Mr.. Joseph Psnnell,
the artist. have found Beyond the
Adriatic. /" along the coast of Dalmatia
and Albania, a region, moreover,
which is now accessible to travellers.
The second topic is the art of the late
Jean Carries, the French sculptor and
potter The Century is the first of the
magazines, to give attention to the
important work of this artist, the ap-
pearance of whose work In the Salon
of the Champ de Mars Of 1892 caused
his fellow-artist TO demand and obtain
for him from the President of the Re
public the cross of the Legion of Hon.
or. The text Of the article is written
by Emile Hovelaque, French art
critic. who, by the way, writes in
English, considering the character and
influence Of Carries work upon the
art of his time. Nine pictures Of the
sculptor's work two from examples
owned In America ARE presented with
the article.