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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
I'd Day of May, A. ID. 1907,

at 10 clock in the forenoon, at my office, in the
County of Mile Laos, Minnesota, sell the lands
which are charged with taxes, penalties and
costs in said Judgment and on which taxes,
penalties and costs shall not have been pre-
viOusly paid, 49,.
Dated at Princeton this 18th Day of April,
A. D. 1897. III -s
E. E. WHITNEY.
Auditor Mile Laos County, MINI.
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SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
For Travelling Statesmen and Transient
Guests.
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That ladies' bicycle. See the hall
price on it and get it quick.
T, L. LUDDEN.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
First Publication March II, 1897.
Summons.

J. w. HARTMAN, Recorder.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, ,o
County of Mile Laos. %
District Court, Seventh Judicial District.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

sound extrSvagant, if not incredible,
to our American farmers, but 1t IS
nevertheless fact, which can be sub
stantiated by n number of our citizens,
who have settled in this country and
are making small fortunes. Land can
be obtained very cheap, and to clear
it ND and prepare the first crop has
been computed to cost nine dollars per
acre. The natives care but little for
any more than their immediate ncces-
sites, and consequently are mostly
the laborers of numerous enterprislng
foreigners, who constitute the bulk OF
the banana farmers. The opening OF
new markets and the greatly increased
demand for the fruit has stimulated
the clearing and opening of many new
and extended farms during the past
three or four years. There is always
certain and sure sale for the product,
rs each farmer, at the very beginning
of the planting season, can contract tor
the sale of hi-::s entire crop to any OF the
competing lines of steamers whichregu-
larly visit the coast. If he chooses
this course the only thing that should
concern him is proper attention to make
the yield as great rs possible, having
no uneasiness as to his market. The
competition for the business has be-
- very strono md many additional
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
CULTURE OF BANANAS,
A CENTRAL AMERICAN lNDuSTRY9 OF
GREAT PROPORTIONS. :i

The Banana Has the Foremost PlaceS1n
the Importation of Tropic Fruits 10
This Country-Easy of CultiyattoF-.
Big Returns to the Banana Farmers;
AS a table delicacy and o fruit now.
universally sought and consumed py
the Americca people, says Frank'
Leslie's 1 opular Monthly, the banana
readily and easily takes the foremost
place of all the vast products OF the
tropics. It has been but brief span
of years since this dainty and tooth
some denizen of Central America be-
came generally known, especialyEto
the vast interior cities of the United
States. But the intimacy which steam
navigation has established between
this country and the tropics, MS well M as
the rapid transit to points remote if1onl 1o
the seaboard, has rendered possible a
most stupendous traffic in the most
delicate and perishable fruits,
Under such favorable and fen-
couragiug conditions, the baltsna
trade, with almost incredible raplGtty,
has increased from few thousand
clusters, eighteen years ago., toSfhe:
enormous annual importation of4fyer
five million lunches. s
If tradition is to be relied upon, the
banana has an ancient and royal
lineage from the earliest and nlythic
epochs of human career. The fruit is
also known in the East as adams.
Fig" which fortifies claim made OF
its having furnished. from its great eat
broad leaves, the primeval costulnessof
our first parents. IT is considered the
musa paradisica of the botarists, end end
its vast spreading foliage would have
easily invited selection as d covering
for the nakedness of those learly
dwellers in the Garden of Eden. ~
Contrary to the prevailing idea the
banana is not indigenous to the West:
ern hemisphere, rs its first rootsTeGe
brought over to America by monk
in 1916, and was first cultivated in
Honduras. It is natural, therefoge,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Russia's Growth.

Many years may elapse before
Russia can become leading manufac-
turing country, but her growth toward
industrialism has recently been shown
in remarkable manner at the ''All
Russian exhibition in Mini Novgorod.
Besides her extensive sulphuric acid
industry, Russia is opening up i'm
portant manufactures of chromate
salts, vitriol, phosphet ), lead. zinc,
tin, strontium aud copper salts and
mineral dyes, and platinum is almost
Russian monopoly. In medicinal
plant growing the progress in Russia
is very great. Six castor oil factories,
all working from native grown seed,
were represented at the exhibition,
and oils of peppermint, wormwood,
caraway, fennel, anise aud pine
needles were also shown. The output
of Russian benzinc has grown from
81, 500 gallons in 1882 to nearly J., ,57O,-
600 gallons in 1894. The petroleum
industry is the secon' largest in the
world. One firm alone owns lSS miles
of petroleum pipe lines. 1t has an
enormous fleet and owns l157 tank
wagons for the conveyance OF its prod
ucts by rail.
The industry of the dry distillation
of wood in Russia is only just begin
ming. In Northern Russia, away from
the railways, there are still many thou
sands of square miles under wood, yet
up to the present only one-half per
cent. of all the rosin and but R slight
ly larger proportion OF the turpentine
| used in Russia has been of home manu-
facture.-New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

lap, CRYING bitterly. And they gatha
cred up the brave engineer and his
daughter and carried them down to
the train, cheering oil the way.
Engineer Marshall was not badly
hurt, and he was able to be in Mercer
when the general manager of the road
thanked the blushing Polly officially
and offered new and better position
in Mercer. And of course all the pas
sengers and express messengers heard
about Polly's brave deed and said q
great many pleasant things about her,
but Polly, being sensible girl, only y
blushed and said that she had to do
it, and that any other girl would have
done the same under like circum-
stances-which no one believed, OF
course.
Later, when the robbers were cup
tured, Polly was able to identify one
of them positively-the one who had
run the engine-and through him the
entire party was convicted and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
IL. would be unable

.-->. ue would be unable
10 properly cultivate the plant md
reap the full benefit of its production,
if required to use rs much exertion
as is demanded in other latitudes.
But nature here, in her great and
benefcent economies, comes to his re-
lief and has provided against the
necessity Of any hard work and moder-
ated all demand for any severe mental
or physical exercise. The farm work
is light, simple and easy, while it can
all be confined to the cool hours of
morning and evening, leaving the
laborer to enjoy his favorite siesta, in
some inviting shade, during the heated
term.
There is fallacy prevailing that
the banana forms the principal and
staple food of these natives. This is
not only q mistake, but, strange as it
may appear, they often warn foreigners,
sojourning in the country, to beware
of too free an indulgence in this species
of fruit. The natives never eat the
banana, except when it is cooked like
the potato, and generally while it is
green. This precaution against eat
ing the fruit is not so necessary in
temperate climes, where disorders of
the intestinal functions are not so
dangerous and where the digestion is
not weak and low, as in hot countries.
The banana grows luxuriantly
throughout the lowlands of Brit
ish and Spanish Honduras, Guate-
mala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. A
small supply also comes from Colombia,
Jamaica and Cuba, but the bulk Of our
supply is harvested in Central America.
The most suitable soil is the sandy,
alluvial deposits, along the banks OF
rivers and streams not often subject
to overflow, and the cultivation is con-
fined to wedding, thinning out and
"molding up" Any deficiency in the
"stand" of the crop planted is easily
supplied by the purchase of slips at
one dollar per hundred. Just eight
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

..-.. - .-...- ........s. ci.Uuiiv iiSi,-
ing reel which-is highly successful
from one point or view and very des-
tructive from another. AS described
in dispatch to The Journal, there is
incl )sed in the fishing line a small
wire which is attached to a battery
near the fisherman or exccutioner and
connecting at the other end with the
hook. When the machine is in action
the momeut the fish toutches the hook
itreceives a shock that kills it. 1t is
said that eighty pounds of fish were
killed with the machine in an expert
mental trial of a few hours.
The inventor seems to be ingenious
ly diabolical. AS means merely of
killing fish, it may have all the merritt
claimed for it, but it is enough TO
make old Izaak Walton turn i'll his
grave, if there is enough Of him left
to turn, or rise 10 Indignantly protest.
A machine that destroys every element
of sport and gives the person who
manipulates it every possible advan-
over the fish has nothing to recomend
it except its capicity for killing fish.
In this respect it is quite as unsports-
manlike as dynamite, and only less
barbarous in that it only kills one fish
at q time instead OF scores. 1t is some
what remarkable that this Internal
machine should have made its appear
ance nt the home of tie State Fish
Commissioner. Mr.. Sweeney has been
doing good work in the way OF putting
r. stop to the unlawful catching and
killing of fish, and if the: law be made
to cover this new machine he will
doubtless apply it.-1ndiaaapolis
To,,,,,o1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Quinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever.
JohnsOn's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.
PREVENTION OF HAlLsToRMs.
Success of Aerial Explosions in Swiss
Vineyards.

SUCCESS OF Herlal EXPLOSIONS III oWiSS
Vineyards.
The American rainmaking expert
ments ore sufficiently fresh in the
memory to lend a peculiar interest to
q report recently submitted to The state
department by the consul at Zurich
regarding curious practice that has.
grown up among the grape growers of
certain sections of Austria which is, in
effect, the exact reverse Of the rain
making theory. It is none other than
the prevention of storms by aerial ex'
plosions. The owner of extensive
vineyards found chat his profits were
disappearing with the frequent de-
struction of his vines by hailstones.
These storms are common and severe
in Austria, especially on the southern
slopes of the Bacher Mountains, and
as the soil is peculiarly adapted to the
growth of the grape the question arose
whether some means of preventing
the fall of hail could not be devised.
The explosion experiment was tried,
and to the date of the report it had
met with unbroken success. The
method is simple. On each of six OF
the most prominent SUBMITS surround
ing the vineyards the owner erected a
station, built of wood, for the shelter
of battery of heavy mortars, ten at
each station. The neighboring peas
antry, themselves small vineyard own
ers, have been trained to the duties of
manning the batteries, aad at the
slightest sign of the approach of
storm the men assemble and al given
signal fire all the mortars simulta-
neously. Each mortar is loaded with
about four and half ounces of pow
der; the report makes no mention OF
projectile. The bombardment of the
clouds is continued until the moisture
is scattered and the storm is prevented.
at the first trial of the system last
summer after a few moments firing
the cloud wall opened up in the form
of funnel, the mouth rising in con-
secutive rings, gradually expanding
until the clouds scattered : Id disap-
peared. This process was accomPa-
MED by no hill or even rain. During
the summer the firing was undertaken
six times, and always with the same
result. Thus it appears that while
man may not be able to force nature
to work at his bidding he may at least
compel her to remain idle for a time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
HnIlrinII,S Wnll.

Hadrian III A. D. 12O. bnilt stone
wall from Bowness, near Carlisle, Oh
Solway firth, to the river Tyne, near
Newcastle, England. II was eighty
miles long and garrisoned by 10000
troops. 1t was from twelve to twenty
feet high at various points, eight feet
thick at the top and was provided with
a gallery in the rear, which enabled
its defenders to take their stand with
only head and shoulders visible 20 the
enemy. AZ every quarter OF a mile
there was IL castle with n garrison ri
troops. Beacon lights and Signals
were used, and on an attack, whether
10y day or by night, tho news was ut
once flashed up AMI down the wall
frora sen to sea,-Atlanta Constitution:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
A Remarkable Double Tree.

The accompanying cut OF q double
ash is from photograph taken by
Professor William Werthner, of the
Dayton High School. The tree, writes
A. F. Foerste, in the Scientific Amer
lean, stands near Waynesville, Ohio.
It is very symmetrical coalescence OF
two blue ash trees, five feet apart at
the ground and at fifteen feet above
joining to form perfect trunk that
extends to height of some seventy
feet. Each tree is from fifteen to
eighteen inches in diameter, and each
trunk, as we'll rs the upper bole, is
perfectly normal, nor does the fork
show any signs of fattening, ridge
or one-sided coalescenee. Hence, the
union must have taxed place when the
trees were saplings.
Is this natural graft" or did
some Indian possibly use the saplings
as part of his wigwam support and tic
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
JohnsOn's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
Sacred Stone ot'the oneidas.

From time immemorial until the
last warrior of the numerous Oneidas
had passed away to the happy hunting
grounds of his people, the various
tribes of this famous race carried with
them wherever they went huge
bowleer, which was used upon sacr!ti-
eial altar. Around it was celebrated
the feasts of the dead, while often the
very sight of it provoked the fearful
war dance. The stones last resting
place was on the summit of one of the
hills near Utica, n. Y, from whence
it was removed to Forest Hill Gene
tery in the town named. Among the
other Indians the Oneidas were al
ways referred to as the people with
the stone, and they called it oinota,
meaning a man who had sprung from
O stone
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

raises nothing but game chickens.
Occasionally the chickens raise trou-
BILE. They raised arumpus abouta
ago, and as result Mr.. Hardin was
treated to the novel sight Of a fierce
duel between n hen and rattlesnake.
The lawyer was proudly watching his
pets wander towards the bushes at the
further end Of the yard, when sud
denly one Of the hens gave cry OF
alarm. It was too late. The seven
rattles on the tail of u big snake
sounded, and an instant later the fowl
was struck. A hen by her side, in
stead Of running away, got her fight
ing blood up, saw chance for good
battle and pitched in. She fought
scientifically, and proved that she knew
q good deal about the vital spots of
snake. She made few passes, dodg-
ing for advantage, and before the rep
tile realized its danger one fierce peck
at the back of its head ended it's exist
ence. The hen that was bitten by the
snake died in agony.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
INSURANCE. Of Dogs.

A novel insurance company has been
organized and is already doing large
business in this city insuring dogs
against loss, steRling or inpounding.
This is done by registering the dog
with this company with its full de-
scription, and receiving tag to be
worn with the city license tag.
The company has u man at each
pound to release any dog bearing such
a tag and return it Immediately to the
owner. This is great advantage, as
dogs often contract diseases in ,,.ch q
place. 1t also saves both dog and
owner much misery, anxiety and
trouble, to say nothing of the expense
and tiresome travelling and red tape
which are necessary to rescue dog
from the pound.-Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

pounds, have twelve handles or
clusters and contain 180 bananas.
An acre will produce about
$50 punches during the second year
after planting, and an average yieldfo
the futureof 800 punches per annum.
The price Of the fruit fuctuates slight
~ during the season, but averages at
the steamer from twenty to thirty cents
per bunch, and to the frugal and care
full farmer: this represents a profit OF
hirttyy-fye OF forty per cent. This may
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,

Some insects are in state of ma
turity thirty minutes after birth.
Doctors say people in Ireland who
live on the potato never have gout.
A man in South Dakota believes
that he has found uranium on his
farm.
A German doctor of reputation pre-
scribos aluminium as cure for rheu-
matism.
A means of renewing the filament in
electric light burners has been dis
covered.
Sydney, Australia, has flashlight
town clock, so that the correct time
may he seen miles away.
Crocodiles, like ostrichcs, swallow
pebbles and small stones for the pur-
pose of grinding their food.
Iron las for ages been favorite
medicine. Nearly 100 different prep
arations of iron are now known to the
medical chemists.
The rarest metal is didymium, and
its present market price is $500 per
pound. The next costliest metal is
barium; its value per pound is $3.50.
Lord Kelvin says the earth has been
habitablc for thirty millions OF years.
He does not believe that it is so in
conceivably old as the earlier scien-
lists declared.
England is trying submerged can
non. Oakcn beams twentv-ono inches
thick and the hull of ship protected
by three inches of boiler plate were
pierced by solid shot from one.
The French lens which throws elcc-
trio rays 100 miles to seaward, and
which was part Of the French Gov
ernment's exhibit'at the Chicago Fair,
is to lie placed in tho Harno""+ IN LA
7
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months after this slip is put in the
ground it will furnish its first bunch
of bananas, and one only requires
machcte and forked stick to gather
the fruit. When ready to cut, the
bunch is taken four feet from the
ground, in order to allow the moisture
to drain back into the stool of the
ulant; the forke1 stick receives the
bunch and let's it easily to the ground
aud tle stalk is allowed to decay und
enrich the soil. Suckers soon shoot
out from the stump and all but two
arc cut away and planted elsewhere.
One average bunch will stand about
four feet in height, weigh ninety
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
How to Keep Flowers Fresh.

Some people are not aware that
flowers will keep fresh much longer if
the stems are set in a dish OF sand
than if they are plunged simply into
water. Put the flowers into q vase as
usual; then carefully sift into the vase
by means of funnel sufficient sand to
fill it nearly to the top, shaking it SO
tina, the sand will settle down among
the items. Gradually add water un-
til it stands very little above the top
of the sand, and replenish the water as
often as needed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

is exhibiting the greatest development
of the banana industry to be observed
in Central America, and with i'm
proved railroad facilities is destined
to become one of the greatest fruit de-
pots OF the world
The business Of Nicaragua is con-
fined to the ports of Bluefelds, Grey
town and Pearl Lagoon, and practi-
cally the entire product is shipped 10
New Orleans or Mobile. Renewed i'll
terest in the industry is manifest
throughout this section, and fresh
lands arc being opened TO banana cul-
tivation along the Kama and Escon-
dido Rivers!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

A company Of men aud officers OF
the British ship Intrepid were taken
from Vera Cruz to tLc City of Mexico
by the English colony Of the capital
city, at an expense of $1,000, and gave
concerts there which captured the
town. The men were entertained and
as well pleased as the citizens.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Tho piscoverers of Anmsthesia.

The credit for first using anmsthet
les. which has done 50 much to lessen
human pain, must he shared by three
men; Wells, of Hartford, Conn, who
employed nitrous oxide in lS44; Nor
ton, of Boston, who tried ether sue
cessfully in 1916, and Sir j. 7. Slmp-
son, of Edinburg, who introduced
chloroform Il year later.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

This is considered very conserva-
tive estimate, and if the amount OF
local consumption, reflections and loss
from over-mature fruit is considered,
the product will easily aggregate over
five million punches. Add to this the
amount of the fruit brought from Ja-
maica, Colombia, Cuba and other
sources, and the whole will approxi-
mate very close to eight million
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

The banana trade of Costa Rica,
confined exclusively to Port Limon,
shows the most rapid growth of any
other Central American country. Its
product, raised mostly in the canton
of Matina, has grown from an output
of few thousand clusters in 1882 to
1,5OO,O0O punches for the present
year. According to the statement OF
Consul Delgado, at New York, that
city alone has received about 700, 900
punches during 1896, while the re-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

to believe tnaJ the true reason for
their barking WAS their cndeavor to
talk to man. Wild dogs howl and
whine, but do not bark. In the wilds
of Egypt the shepherd dogs make n
soft, peculiar noise, but it does Tot
suggest barking.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

punches. Engaged directly in this
business are about thirty steamers and
an equal number of sailing vessels,
while double that number are engaged
in the traffic in connection with other
products of the tropics.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

ceipts at New Orleans from Costa
Rica have been fully rs much, if not
in excess of that figure. From calcu-
lations made, on reliable statistics,
the approximate banana production
of Central America for the present
,-aor 20 n q foI1ovs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18

al the mine, which is largely owned by
officials of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Company.
The precious mass was taken to the
United States Assay Office. Itweighed
4149. 80 ounces Troy. In appearance
it resembled sugar cone, save that
the sides were more rounded and the
apex not so pronounced. 1t measured
nine inches at the base, was ten inches
high, and is worth $4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
THE HEARTS SUMMER TINE.

When flakes Of frost it's summertime someWhere
violets in the valeys-brd songs in the air.
The chilly winds, they only blow the llys lips apart;
It's summer dear when it's summer in the heart
When gray the skies goomnS it's summer in the delsy
Int the tnklinS the bells;
The Frightening with springme magic art
dearest the summer in the heart
singing and still the groves are green,
And redden and the lovely lilies lean
the when summer days depart
my dearest in the Eden OF the heart .
Atlanta Constitution.