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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-31
! MAN ON THE PILE OF STONES !;
BY Robert Barr,

by Robert Barr.
There are more things in heaven
and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt
OF III your philosophy, z said Hamlet to
MS friend The statue Of my Lord
fioratio Nelson stands between heaven
and earth, and has stood there for.
&thirty-six years, more or less, unmo-
3 Tested. What }Horatio dreamt OF in his
q philosophy as he looked down on all
] those generations of people on the bus
tops far below him, will never be
known, but doubtless he was somewhat
surprised the other day to see Mr.. Har-
risen climb over the brass crown of
n the tall pile Of stones with the end of
wreath of flowers in his hand. We
may imagine Nelson in surprise say
ing:
Halo, Harrison! What's up?" and
b Harrison replying quite truthful!y:
1 an, my lord =
Mn. Harrison is a celebrated steeple
Jack, and I stood watching him the
other day work his way up the tall
Nelson pillar in Trafalgar square with
astonishing experiences and agility Of
limb, and the way in which he at
]. tended to his hazardous business filled
me with admiration. don't know how
far below heaven Lord Nelson is, but
The is 176 feet above the earth, and they
gave Mr.. Harrison the contract for
reaching him, with, the proviso that
The was to drive no spikes in the monu-
E.ment itself.
u The Nelson monument in Trafalgar
square is built of solid stone, and is
therefore unlike most other shafts of
the same size and height The tall
column further down the street which
commentaries the London fire, is hol-
low, and has a staircase running up
/ the center; SO has the Column Ven
dome in Paris, built as it is of cannon,
captured from various nations, and
bent into sheets like boiler plates. But
Z the Nelson statue stands on solid stone,
with the four huge lions, by Landseer,
'uarding the pedestal.
And what was Mr. Harrison doing
Up beside Lord Nelson?" asks the.
reader.
Thereby hangs tale, and also a
green wreath weighing nine toms. (.
Mr. Harrison is usually engaged in
the commercial business of putting
caps on chimneys and things OF that
: sort. He comes from the smoky town
Of Sheffield, and from land studded
with tall factory chimneys, which be-
sides furnishing bread and butter tor
numerous employees. also furnishes
bread and butter for Mr.. Harrison.
How came he, then, to leave his COM
mercial occupation and tackle memo
rial that stands for war? suppose
that America had something to do with
the elevation of Mr.. Harrison of Shelf
Aeld, Just as it had with the elevation
OF Mr.. Harrison Of Indiana, seven or
eight years ago. Most countries have
had something to do with Mr.. Harri
son OF Sheffield and his giddy climb.
England has been getting dit in the
neck from all over the place flor the
past year. The Englishnaan ds a .slow
and stolid person, not given Ito panics
or sudden excitement he is difficult ITO
arouse to anything like enthusiasm.
but he is at last gradually waking ND.
Within recent years Portugal.
France, Spain, Germany, Russia and
the United States have all been saying
unkind things about him, even the de-
crepit, sensuous Turk thinks he can
take advantage Of this unamimjfty of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-31
Picked IN Tn The Red Sea.

W.
Ex-S Sheriff Connelli is authority for the
statement that Capt. silas c. Warner
OF Hartford, Conn.,, has in his possess
sion an interesting relic Of antiquity,
which is of unusual historical i'm
portance, inasmuch as it is evidence of
the biblical story of the destruction of
Pharaoh's hosts in the Red sea. The
ex-sher1ff is an old sailor, and relating
some "reminiscences of his saltwater
career he told how away back in 1859,
when he was before the mast" on the
brig Margaret Evans, commanded by
Capt. Warner, they were crossing athe
Red sea at a point near that Indicated
by history as having been crossed by
Moses and the hosts of Israel. "A fog
coming up, the anchor was dropped
When the fog cleared and an effort was
made to heave anchor it stuck, and it
required the entire ships crew to raise
it. Then it was discovered that one Of
the fiukes had caught large bronze
or brass wheel, covered with sea rust.
a good scrubbing revealed a lot of
hieroglyphics, with name which
looked as though it might read in En-
glish "Rameses. The captain took the
wheel home and sex- Sheriff Cornell is
ofsthe opinion that the wheel was part
OF one OF the chariots of Pharaoh's
hosts when the latter were over
Whelmed by the waters Of the Red sea.
Mr.. Connell denied that the wheel was
anything like a roulette wheel or that
It could have belonged to faro in
stead of Pharaoh Philadelphia Rec
ord. l. B.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-31
Marriage and Divorce.

Marriage may be entered into nv
any two persons, with the following
exceptions: Idiots, lunatics, persons Of
unsound mind, persons related by blood
or affinity within certain degrees pro
hibited by law, infants under the age
of consent, which varies in the differ-
ent states, and all persons already
married and not legally divorced.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-31

The autumn girl, when she goes out
with young man to gather leaves to
press. puts them underneath her belt.
Boston Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-31
2FL lNELS AND COLDS
a PHYSICIAN SAYS WooLEN
l;s UNDERWEAR IS BAD.
Keep Up the Natural Heat OF the Isoay
But Do It by Using Cold Water
Exercise and Light, Loose Car
ments.

PHYSICIAN wing
has given much
thought to the hy-
giene Of clothing
has come to the
conclusion t hat
many deaths are
caused by heavy
WOODEN undercloth-
ing, says the New.
York World. II.
can be proved that
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
County of Whitman,
In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, in and for Whitman
county.
Decree of foreclosure and order of sale.
\. w Mott. plaintiff,
VS..
w. D. Henry, and Matte Y. Henry, his
wife; VIM. Bradley; w. f. Burrell,
and D. T. Thompson, executors and
Thomas y. Newman, defendants.
Bv virtue of decree and order of sale,
made and entered in the above entitled
cause and court, on the Dist day of May
A. d. 1896, a copy of which has been is
sued and certified to me by the clerk of
the said court, under the seal thereof,
bearing date the 18th day of May, A. D.,
1896, for the sum of $805.78, gold coin,
with interest at the rate of p per cent.
per month from the 4th day of April, A.
D., 1896, and the further sum of $l8.95,
costs, and the further sum OF $4,000, at
torney's fees, and also the increased costs
thereon, |, John Lathrum, sheriff OF
Whitman county, Washington, will on
the 9th day of June, A. d., 1896, at the
hour of 2 o'clock p. m. OF said day, at the
south front door of the whitman county
court house, at Coltax, whitman county,
state of washington, sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder, for cash, the
following described real estate, situated,
lying and being in whitman county,
Washington, and particularly described
as follows, to-wit: The west Twenty-Five
[25] feet, being the west one half 2 J, OF
lot four al, in block seventeen ~, OF
the town of Pullman, and lot five Isl in
block five Isl of the town OF Pullman.
Together with all and singular the tene-
ments, hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in anywise apper-
tanning.
Dated at Colfax, Whitman county,
Washington, this Goth day OF May, A, d.,
| 1896
JOHN LATHRUM,
Sheriff OF Whitman county,
Washington.
Bv GEO. J. JOYCE, deputy.
Stearns a. Harvey, attorneys for plaintiff.
e p may 30 d.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the superior court of the state ofWash-
lngton, IN and for the county OF Whit
man.
In the matter of the estate of II. J. Webb,
deceased.
Order to show cause why certain real es-
tate should not be set apart as the in
dividual property of Lima Webb.
1t appearing to said court by the peti-
ton this day presented and filed by Lima
Webb, the administrators of the estate
II. j. Webb, deceased, praying for an or
der to set apart to her in her individual
right and capacity the following described
real estate, to-wit; The southwest quar-
ter of the northwest quarter and the west
half of the southwest quarter of section
seventeen and the northwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of section twenty,
all in township fourteen north of range
forty-tive, e. W. M, in Whitman county,
Washington, and containing 100 acres,
and further praying that certain claim
for the sum of $2640.30 heretofore filed
by the said Lima Webb against said es-
tate be withdrawn from the files hereof.
1t is heretofore ordered by said court
that all persons interested in the estate
OF said deceased appear before said SUI
perior court on Wednesday, the 22d day
of June, 1896, at II O'Clock a. m. of said
day at the court room of said superior
court at Colfax, in said county and state,
then and there to show cause why an
order should not be granted to the said
administrators in accordance with the
prayer of her petition on file herein, and
that copy of this order be published for
four successive weeks in the PULLMAN
HERALD, newspaper printed and pub
lished in Whitman county, state of Wash
ington.
Dated this 18th day OF May, 1896
E. H. SULLIVAN, Superior Judge.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20
STATE OF WAsHINGTON,l aa
County of Whitman. pc

|, G.. A. Ross, clerk of the superior
court of the state of Washington, for
Whitman county, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an order to show cause in
the above entitled cause, as the same
now appears on file and of record in my
office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
court, this Dist day of May, A. d., 1896.
SEAL G. A. Ross, County Clerk.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

va Land Office at Walla Walla, Wash,
May 4th, 1896.
~ Notice is hereby given that the follow
;ins-hamed settler has filed notice of his
n nfitte ~ to make final proof in support
y, MS claim, and that said proof will be
n maue before the county clerk of Whitman
I lSoe at Colfax, Washington, June %,
vho JAMES T. WOOD,
thu Imo mad, made homestead entry No 44S3 for
e neA sW14, sci nw14 and lots 2 and
f. fol aec 81, tw IA, n r 46, e. He names the
ons owing witnesses to prove his continu-
ss;d [1esidence upon and cultivation of,
sana i%nd, VIZ: Frank Clark, &. w. Mill
Mpps s, Mel Gary, and E. Callahan, all OF
MOSCOW, Idaho.
~~- .nsl "A. G. LLOYD, Register.
uget Sound ramediac OF Wb;+a,c
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20
SUMMONS.

In the superior court OF the state OF
Washington, in and for Whitman
county.
Richard w. Price, Plaintiff, VS..
william Vedder and Ashuah j.
V,dder, his wife; Clarence M. Bruno
and Minnie Bruno, his wife; Ed
ward H. Letterman and Ella M.
Letterman, his wife, defendants.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, | &C
County of Whitman. %
The state of Washington, To the
said Clarence NJ. Bruno, and Min
ME Bruno, his wife, defendants.
You are hereby summoned and
required to appear in the superior
court of the state of Washington, in
and for Whitman county, within
sixty days after the date of the first
nubIication of this summons, wit:
within sixty days after the 9Th day
of June, 1896, and defend the above
entitled action in the above entitled
court, and answer the complaint of
the plaintiff in said action, and
serve a copy of your answer on c.
NJ. Stearns, the undersigned, attor-
ney for plaintiff, at his office in Pull
man, in the county of Whitman,
state of Washington, and if you fail
to appear and defend said action
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff aforesaid, within the time
aforesaid, judgment will be rem
dered against you, according to the
demand of of the said complaint,
which has been filed with the clerk
of said court. The object of the
above entitled action is to foreclose
certain mortgage made, executed
and delivered by the said defend
ants William Vedder and Ashuah
J. Vedder, his wife, to said plain
tiff on the Goth day of October, 1889,
upon the following described real
estate situated in the county of
Whitman and state of Washington,
to-wit: the west half Of the north
east quarter of section fourteen (14)
in township fourteen (14), north of
range forty-ive (45) east William
cite meridian, containing eighty
acres more or less, to secure the
sum Of eight hundred dollars, due
November LIST, 1894, with interest
thereon from date until maturity
at the rate of 10 per cent. per an
mum, and interest from maturity at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum,
which said sums were evidenced by
one principal note and five coupon
interest notes, all bearing even date
with said mortgage and all executed
by said last named defendants to
plaintiff herein. Said mortgage is
OF record in book 33 at page 264
Records of Real Mortgages of Whit
man county, Washington. Said
mortgage provides for an attorneys
lee of $4,000 in case suit be insti-
tuted to foreclose the same.
Dated June 4th, 1896.
c. M. STEARNs,
Plaintiffs attorney.
r. u, address-Pullman. Whitman
county Washington.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20

Puget Sound Liver Pills. Try them.
Trv Wilbur's Cough Cure. 10tf)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23
ELDER DUCKS OF ICELAND.
What Three Women Have Found In
This Far Away Island

In an article on Three Women in Ice.
land" in the November Ladies' Home
Companion, Jesse Alderman says that
LVOO pounds of eiderdown are exported
every year from that country Iceland
oelng the native home of the duck that
ngures so largely in the commerce OF
the country.
1T was suggested that we visit the
Island where these ducks live" continues
the writer. The island lies across the
pay from Reykjavlk, about an hours sail
from shore to shore The place was
owned by a well-to-do farmer who lived
IN good sized dwelling, much larger
IMAM the usual farm house. Somewhat
remote from the house was a meadow
a large open. teld-where every breeding
season 2,cOO nests are made by the elder
ducks in which to bring cut their young
me skill of man could not have prepared
better or more comfortable place as a
nome for the duckiings. How many ach-
ing heads have been pillowed upon the
sort down gathered on this island How
many owners of these aching craniums
have breathed out blessings for the COM
fort OF the eiderdown pillow And how
few have any idea where it comes from
or how 1t is gatheredl
The ducks, which are found only in
the north of NORWAY Finland and Toe
land, are very ugly looking birds; in size
about as large as an ordinary duck and
in color dirty brown mixed with a little
white and black. When the Matching
season approaches, the mother duck
wanders about in search of a secluded
spot, and. when it is found, she begins
to divest herself of her down. Not
single feather is plucked, but she dives
down to the very flesh and pulls out one
billful after another of the garb that has
formed her winter dress and deposits it
beneath her. Day after day she labors
on to provide for the little ones she hopes
soon to mother. Then it is that ruin
overtakes her efforts. for the nest is
plundered. and all the fieecy down car
ried away. With an energy that might
q ar ha with tho
same care three times. If disturbed the
third time, she forsakes the nest, de-
posits her eggs anywhere, and abandons
1000 nests they gather annually in this
one place alone 100 pounds of down. The
owner has fine income from these ducks,
which have come and taken possession of
the island, and have never cost him
moments care"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23

They shook hands as two ordinary
acquaintances might have done, and
Olga disappeared through the hall and
up the stairs.
That very day Horton had made
himself practically certain that the
future of his giddy ward was assured
that, true to his behests and the
promptings of conscience he had done
everything to make worldly, Olga
would engage herself TO Jim Fielding.
Then, after all his guests had gone to
bed, and he was left alone in his
library, this great, big eX-soldier, think
ing it was all over. and that he was
and cried, like a baby.
He was a baby. too. For presently
some one entered the room qdetly, and,
kneeling beside him, said:
Tell me. Jacky. Tell your mother
Some mothers are jealous of their
sons loves. Jacks mother was not one
OF these, no matter what her other
faults.
You can't direct woman's affec-
tions, darling, any more than you can
direct the tides or the winds. And
you have done a great deal. it seems to
me, for Mr. Fielding in this case"
There must have been at least 90
guests at Horizons house to celebrate
tiiC llOiiC-tOuilIS, anu THESE fdQ pro-
crossed through nearly every course
when one of the girls who sat opposite
Olga, remarked. suddenly:
Why, Olga Horton. Where's your
pretty solitaire? The last time / saw
it.
Olga flushed, then paled, as she rose,
trembling. and showed the solitaire "a
gift from Mrs. Horton from among the
family heirlooms) on the third finger
of her left hand.
It's just changed hands, that's ALL
she said, trying to speak brightly,
because Jack and are to be married
next summer" Then she smiled on
them all and was gone and presently
Jack, utterly bewildered, but entirely
happy, found her in the garden, crying.
Sweetheart
Go away. 1 hate you, +"
Another lie commented Jack ju-
dicially but exultantly. However,
you're forgiven, for the sake of the
cause IN which it was told. But here,
Sapphire, how are we to explain
things?"
Why just go and tell them that
you're an old slow-poke and a duffer.
and that I'm a silly schoolgirl. but
that what j say .goes'-and. Jack. it's
Just seven years ago this time that you
found me, and its leap year, too: and.
Jack you're not cross are you?"
OF course I am he replied, between
Kisses. But he did not say it with any
measure of solemnity.-Lester Ketchum
IN san Francisco Argonaut
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23
waited seven Years For Her.

Chicago Tribune: When the late Can
tain w R. Jones of Pittsburg, general
manager of the Edgar Thompson Steel
works and a partner of Andrew Carne-
aco, his only daughter, Cora. was en-
gagged to marry Daniel Dull Gage, a
business man of Denver.
After the interment she told her fiance
she could not marry while her mother.
who was an invalid, lived. Mr.. Gage
agreed TO wait. For seven years Mrs.
Jones needed her daughters care and
attention, and the young girl never
wavered in her determination not to
leave her
Last Saturday Mrs. Jones died. The
first train from the west brought Mr..
Gage, whose love had not grown cold
On Monday Mrs. Jones body was laid
to rest in the Braddock cemetery. and
en- Tuesday the lovers, who had been en-
the family home on North Highland
avenue by the Rev. T. n. Boyle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23
Curing snakes blindness.

London Public Opinion: One of the
most poisonous snakes at the London zoo,
king cobra, recently became nearly
blind. When it shed it's skin it threw
off every part except the transparent
place which covers the eye. After each
change of skin this plate remained I'M
cast, and the successive layers became
opaque, and projected over the eye in
horny boss. The keeper used the snake
habit of creeping through an aperture
which it can find in the wall of its cage
10 rid itself of the growth over the eve.
He drew back the iron shutter which
separates one compartment from the
other leaving a narrow space open. The
cobra soon discovered this, and pushed
its nose into the crack. This was slightly
widened, and the snake squeezed through,
rubbing off one of the scales as it did
so. 1t was then induced 10 go back by
the way it had come; and after this had
been repeated once or twice, ii cleared
the scale from the other eye. Since then
it has cast its skin completely, and its
eyes are apparently none the worse for its
temporary blindness. Snakes naturally
drag themselves through rough grass and
holes to get rid of the old skins which
cling to them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23
Found BY His Portrait.

New York Tribune: George S. Scully,
a special agent of the treasury depart
ment on duty at the custom house.
showed yesterday, a letter received by
him which demonstrated the efficiency
of the postal service The letter was
sent from Cincinnati. A woodcut of him
self was pasted on the envelope and be-
meath was written "Chrystie-st., New
York. There was nothing else to show
for whom the letter was intended, and
yet it was delivered at his house in As
hours from the time it was mailed in
Cincinnati. A drawback to Scully's iden-
LITIGATION was even presented in the fact
thar the picture showed ''goatee" which
he has not worn for some time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23
The Treasury's Unclaimed Millions.

New York Tribune: There are millions
upon millions of dollars in the treasury,
paid in from different sources, which be-
long to citizens of the United States. To
this wealth the postoffice department,
through the money order office, contrib
utes largely. A few years back the post
master general deposited with the treas
urer nearly 100000, the money from
Iincashed orders which had accumulated
since the office was started in 1863. At
first no effort was made to restore this
unclaimed money to its rightful owners.
but the letters of advice, turned in as
unpaid by the poStmasters from all over
the country, were kept in case a demand
should be made for their payment. The
money remained TO the credit of the
money order office, showing a large
profit for the service. This policy was
subsequently, changed, and now the Of
flee endeavors to refund the money TO
the remitters by a draft drawn on the
treasury. This rule obtains in case of
money orders less than 10 years old. Let
ters of advice older than this are de-
stroyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23
Here Is Il Scotch story.

They were old friends and had been
sweethearts in their younger days.
mis- and they sat and talked of old times
when they were young They did not
speak of dates. 1t was simply when
We were young" Their first meeting,
their first quarrel, their last kiss, their
last quarrel, were all gone over. Per-
haps they both warmed a little over the
recollections. At last he said:
LAY, Jennie, an / haena loved ony-
body since you, / haze never forgotten
you'll"
john she said. with a little moisten-
ing of the eyes, you're jist as big a
storyteller as ever, an l believe We jist
the samer