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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-02-21

Mrs. r. @. Dunn and children re-
turned, Saturday, from their visit to
the cities. Owing to the sickness of
their daughter, Grace, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dunn were employed during the time
or a greater part of it, in taking care
of the little sufferer. Since their re-
turn, it is a pleasure to note, that they
are all enjoying better health. There
is no place like Princeton for a health
resort.
Chas. Victor, who resides near Santi-
ago, Sherburne county, brought in and
sold to Mark & Co., sixteen steers for
which he received $3.50, cash. The
crops were practically ruined out that
way by the drouth of last season, but
Mr.. Victor managed to take care of his
stock, from which he now realizes a
handsome sum, to tide him along.
This is another strong argument for
the farmer to have a variety of re-
sources.
Stephen Dysert, aged 81, died Satur-
day, at his home near Soule's Siding.
The old gentleman had been ailing for
a year past He contracted a severe
cold recently which was the i'm
mediate cause of his death. Mr.. Dy-
sert and family came from Ohio to
Minnesota II years ago, locating near
Spencer Brook, where they resided I'M
til their removal to their present loca-
ton, eight years since. The remains
were taken, Tuesday, to Spencer
Brook, for burial. Funeral services
were held, Rev. J. S. Bouck preaching
the sermon,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-02-21

NM mark e 60. the, highest
rAet price for butter and eggs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-02-21
Great Northern RAILWAY.

Connections made in Union Depots at st. Paul
Minneapolis and West Superior.
w. c. HARRINGTON, Gen. Manager.
f. L. WHITNEY, Gen. Pass. Agent
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30
CEIMka A~D CAsrALTIEs.

JBE sealing schooner Walter Earle II
reported ~ have been wrecked off 10
diak island. Alaska, and eighteen of
the crew drowned
Os the morning ~ the 2ist the Grand
Rockland hotel at Congers, y. Y. with
It's contents was destroyed by fire.
The building cost ss5 900 and the fur
niture SIS 600
Is an Indian camp. 10 miles from
Maniwakf village. on the borderland
of the great northern forests Of the
Upper Gatineau, branch Of the Of
tawa river, In Canada, an Indian named
Francois beat his ls.year-old daughter
10 death TIE provincial authorities
have the case ia hand
Os the 22d the big hy wheel In the
i0-inch mill at the Oliver iron aud
steel works In Pittsburgh, Pa. burst
with terrific force. The mill was in full
operation at the time. but the en-
plOyes miraeulously escaped serious
injury. Pieces Of the wheel were
hurled In all directions, wrcckinQ the
rolls aud engines and damaging the
whole mill
TUE steamer Terre Bonnie, from
Kingston for Montreal. Can. with sew
eral commanderies OF Knights Tenn
plar ON BOARD, struck reef at the foot
OF Cascade rapids, on the 22d, and .ank
shortly after IN the entrance TO La
chine canal SO far as reported no
lives were lost.
OK the s2d the schooner Wanderer
put in at Sand Beach. Mich, and re.
ported the loss OF her captain, Alexan-
der Spence, aud "A seaman named
James Body, during severe gale.
ON the 23d Mrs. Lora Perkins was ar.
rested in Minneapolis, MINI, on
charge Of having killed her sister. Mrs.
Lola Hawkins. by setting her on fire
on August Q, for the sake Of $1,000 life
insurance.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30
Bull Fighters Arrested,

DENVER Col, August q. The pro-
moter Of the sporting carnival at Gill
lette, j. H. Wolfe, was arrested yester-
day and taken 70 Colorado Springs
lie was unable 20 give bond and Is now
In jail Officers have been sent TO
gillette TO arrest the Mexican bull
lighters, together with the Meadows
brothers. Arizona Charley and the
hid Adjt ten. Moses has sworn out
warrants which charge conspiracy and
will conduct the prosecution.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

NEWPORT, AgK., August 2s.-Old
Elizabeth, a well-known camp ground
one and half miles up the river, was
occupied yesterday by the Arkansas
Division Of the Ex-Confederate Veter-
ans The encampment opened under
the most favorable auspices. The
grounds had been put in complete or
der by Col. Lanty Minor. Early yes
terday morning the old veterans began
To arrive and in the afternoon fully
$50 had gathered At noon the .Jud.
sonia brass band and a company Of
state troops arrived and proceeded to
the grounds, when guard mount and
dress parade were given. Gen. Cabell.
commander OF the Trans Mississippi
department, is present and will deliver
an address today at IL o'clock. MANY
ex-confederate notables are present.
among them being Gen. Il. Shaver. of
Center Point, who is distinguished as
never having surrendered. Col. j. w
Phelps of Walnut Ridge, and Senator
Bell, distinguished soldier and law
yer The four days program will end
with sham battle. Captain V. Y.
Cook, adjntant of this division. is mas
ter OF ceremonies
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30
L...Ie .oek sound non.y c.ub.

LITTLE ROcE, ARK. August zs.-The
Commercial League rooms in this city
were crowded last night, the occasion
being the organization Of the sound
money club CJas r. Pencil was
made permanent president and Morris
81. Cchn vice president The question
whether or not the club should be par
tisan or non-partisan was disc used
and finally referred TO the committee
On constitution and bylaws to be re-
ported On at the next meeting.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30
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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

fHg eT1rnfsl1s IN the s0nth are safe
from the danger ~ an early ffo~t.
uhieh Ia another excellent reason why
more eorn should boo grown IN that SER
ton. The Importance ~ this fact WA
apparent IN isss. when september
frost cut the corn crop ~ the country
from e,o1o, o00, 900 bushels ~ ,5S1 .O0o,-
900. Growers ~ corn In the south e.
capsd loss and reaped also the benefit
81 hlRher priesA.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

HG EDieOA has no doubt about the
certainty 81 executing criminal by
electricity. lie says about thirty line.
men sre killed every year by contact
with 81 live wire and they are pro-
tsetsd ~ their clothing and low volt
age. Mr. Tesla expresses similar
opinion concerning capital punish
ment by electricity. The opinions Of
two sneh eHperts are worth more than
the yhp0flnRs of thousand mere
theorists.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

A nom man who steals II called a
heptonnpiae nowadays. and 1T sub
jeet for medical treatment A poor
man who steals IN thief aud sub
Jeet for imprisonment In the pcniten-
tiafy. A rich man who kills his wife
aud child Is paranoiac, and the state
must spend thousands Of dollars TO
convict him. A poor mum who kills
his wife and child. II he escapes the
mob TINT nauHlly shows AN inclination
To dispohs ~ such caAee, IN promptly
aud adequately punished by law.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30
CONDENSED TELEcRERs.


PEEEY. o. L. August II. Deputy
noarsnsls yesterday made raid On a
coanterfsiters' den ia cave In Raw
county. and eight out n a gang Of AZ
teen were captured The entire crowd
were al work making spurious coin
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-08-30

Ins atcanhhip ST. Louis has more
than flled the requirement Of the gov
ernment for speed AZ the recent Of
fetal trial - the English channel the
vessel male ~ knots against the tide
Ia 2 hunrs ~ minutes aud A. SECONDS
nn average 81 81 knots. or 244
statntary miles an hour with the tide.
The hame distance waa covered ia 2
hours ~ minulea aud rs seconds an
average Of $50 knots. or about 274
miles per hour The ST. Louis may
yet lower te record between New
Norl AMI southampton, now held by
the fueral hamafols.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Per Capita Debts of Europe.

1t viii probably be news to most people
that, according u tho 'I;cst statistics, ev
cry baby born in Fran - is, from the very
hour of its birth 922 francs 30 confines in
debt. The national debt of France is
greater than that of any other country in
the world amounting in round numbers
to 30, l.5, 600, 600 francs of which about
1000 600, 900 are departmental or COM
munal debts, while the rest strictly speak
ing, is owed by the state itself Of which
each of the 3D. 25O, 900 inhabitants is part.
After France the gay nation OF Portugal
has the largest per aiiia debt, each little
Portuguese being 500 francs worse off than
nothing when it comes into the world,
while every subject of King Humbcrt of
Italy is burdcncd with 400 francs of ma
tional obligations.
1t may be thought that as France carries
a heavier financial burden than any other
country ii is nearer the verge OF ruin. But
figures, which are said not to lic are some
times doceiving. Italy and Portugal,
though their national debts are much less,
are more nearly iusolvcnt, for they are al
most entirely indebted to other countries,
while the people Of France are the credit
ors of the nation
The German debt is only 2,13l, 600, 600
France. The French pay an average of IS
francs 20 confines per capita in taxes for
the support of the government, while the
German contribution is but Al francs for
each individual. This is accounted for by
the fact that it costs the French people
3d. francs per hour to be governed
while the monarchical machinery of Ger
many is much less expensive.
Another reason is the constant and rapid
increase of population in Germany, despite
the steady and enormous immigration
Statistics show that the Germans are the
most and the French the least prolific peo-
pie of Europe. The French are nation
of stay at homes, and do not adapt them
selves in foreign lands SO easily us the Ger
mans, yet their population, instead of in
creasing, is slowly diminishing.
When DR.. RouX' discovery of antitoxine
as an antidote for diphtheria was made
public, he was hailed as the greatest beno-
factor of his age, as 3 6-10 per cent of the
population of France fall each year victims
to that disease, and the saving of SO many
lives means that the population will begin
to increase, or at least hold its own.-New
York World
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Driving a Bargain.

The mean man occasionally over
reaches himself in way that is delight.
full to those who have no use for stingy
people. A London journal tells story
of one of this class of persons, which is
most amusing. The man went into a
butchers shop and inquired the price of
a soup bone. "Oh, I'll let you have
that for nothing" replied the butcher,
more or less generous person. The
customer was slightly deaf, and missed
the answer. "CAn't you take some
thing off that?" he asked, never sup
posing that the butcher had offered to
give him what he wanted. "Oh, yes, !"
replied the butcher, with smile.
"Call it twopence." And the mean
man paid the twopence for the gift, and
departed thinking how clever he was
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
The Food Cure.

The "food cure is a comparatively new
idea, introduced into England by several
physicians of advanced ideas, who boldly
advance the proposition that they can cure
ordinary human ills by dieting and with
out the use of medicines. They claim that
certain foods contain all the elements nee
essary to effect cures; that they have made
up list which embraces tonicS febrifugeS
dluretics, and in fact, every medicinal
agent that Is defined in the pharmacopnia
These foods are of the simplest character
but the English doctors do not disclose
them, except to their patients. They say
that in the course of ten years, there will
not be one-third the medicine used that is
used today, and they point out the fact
that the sale of quinine and all antipyret-
les has decreased in the last five years to
remarkable degree.
"There is a good deal of common sense
in the idea" said a physician who had
heard of the new departure, land it may
take if doctors generally will go into it,
but l fear that the great majority who
have women patients will not. WhyY Well,
you might convince man that he was get
ting sufficient iron for his system when he
was eating beef, or that if he needed starch
he could get it from bread instead of from
woman. They do not reason that way.
am speaking especially of patients slightly
hypochondriachal when l say they would
reject such treatment Immediately, but as
general thing you can apply the rule to
all womankind.
"Advice as to exercise or diet is gener-
ally lost. The average woman wants to
take medicine, and if it is very disagreed
BILE she imagines it is very effacacious. She
gradually gets mania for pills and po-
tions, and takes delight in dosing everybody
who will submit. Now If doctor has a
paying patient and he can readily help her
condition by giving her bread pills with a
hypnotic suggestion, think it is his duty
to do SO, and collect his fee He might as
well try to whistle down the north wind as
to make a woman believe that exercise and
diet are better than medicine. If he is
overconscientious and abandons the case,
another fellow comes along and gets 1t, so
the natural temptation is to cater to pa
TENTS whims. New York Mail and Elk
press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Lost the Prize.

The late James Crossley, a noted
bibliomaniao, hied him one memorable
day to a bookstall in Shudehill market,
and spying a little volume took it up
and glanced carolessly through it After
awhile he asked its price from an old
woman and was told it was two and
sixpence. "Ill give you sixpence for
it, said Crossley. Nay" replied the
poor old dame, lit cost me 2 shillings
Whereupon our book devourer threw it
down in disgust and retired. A gentle
man, overhearing the alteration, step
ped forward and purchased it at the
sum demanded. Crossley returned soon
after, and noticing the book had gone
anxiou. ly inquired what had become of
it. sold >" answered the woman, ''for
what you refused to give - Tell me
who bought it and I'll give him 10
shillings tor it, said Crossley eagerly
The moral is self evident Exchange
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
The Use of the Hump,

There are some men in this world
who can answer any question that is
put to them, and sometimes, when they
do not really know what they are talk.
ing about, they will give answers that
are not at all bad. One of these per-
sons was once keeper of the London
Zoo. He was pestered to death by the
questions which people asked, but he
always gave an answer. On recent
occasion counlryman strolled in, and,
after looking curiously at the camel for
few moments, he turned to the keeper
and said, I" l say, mister, what's he
have hump for?" What does Re
have a hump for?" repeated the keeper.
{" Yes. What's the good of it?" asked
the visitor. Why-er-it makes
camel of him, of course" replied the
keeper, after some hesitation "Peo-
pie wouldn't travel miles to see him if
he didn't have that hump. Fact is,
without it he might as well be COW. :"
The stranger departed very well salts
fied.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Superintendent Byrnes on Detective
Work,

The good detective is man of re-
sources. He must know how to adapt
himself to emergencies that are liable
to arise suddenly, demanding to be as
promptly met. A detective who hest
tates is lost, or his cease" is, which is
the same thing. The blackmailer
Welles, who wrote threatening letters
to Jay Gould, eluded all the traps we
set for him, and had fairly exhausted
our patience and ordinary resources,
when the novel experiment was tried
of moving upon him en- maSSe, as it
were. Noticing that all his letters were
stamped at one post. office station, and
having tricked him by an advertise
ment in the Personal" column of
newspaper into sending one the next
day, we posted letter-carrier at each
letter-box in the district, and detec-
tive between every two. The letter
carrier had key to the box, and was
to open it every time that letter was
dropped, and before the person who
had dropped it was out OF sight. If it
was addressed to Jay Gould, be was to
raise his hat as signal to the detective
watching him. If not, he was to slip
rubber band over it so that the next
might be more readily identified. 1t
took some two hundred men to carry
out this plan, but it succeeded, and
blackmail ceased to be safe or paying
business in New York. In an hour we
had our man. 1t is results that count
in the detective business, and Justly.
No effort or sacrifice is too great to
achieve such an end. The bogus hero
of the story-books has led more than
one boy astray, and made altogether
more mischief than all his Wanted
smartness could repair were he real. My
advice to the boys of to-day, if they will
take it, is to let the lynx-eyed sleuth
with the cat-like step severely alone.
To many boys who were full of promise
once, he has served as the introduction
to the acquaintance of the real detective
on business which neither they nor he
relished.-Harper's Young People.