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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
RUSSIA Is PLEASED.
Tone of McKinley's Message as To
Foreign Relations Approved.

New York, March s.--A special cable to
the Herald from st. Petersburg says that
that portion of President McKinley's speech
referring to his exterior policy has received
universal apr obation here, and all the
more so for coming after the recent symp-
toms of 'sjinguism'' which have been re-
gartled as a very dangerous American
malady.
In President Mckinley the common sense
of Americans is now considered TO have
righted itself The general opinion is
that he is going to show himself .pne Of
America's great Presidents.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
GOULD SELLS THE vIGILANT.
The Famous Sloop to Be Used as
a Pleasure BOnf

New York, March S.-The famous sloOp
vigilant, the conqueror of Valkyrie III.
and trial yacht for Defender, has passed
out OF the hands of Mr.. George Gould into
the possession of Mr.. Percy Chubb, who
will use her as pleasure boat only.
The vigilant represents an investment,
counting the construction account of the
Iselin syndicate, which built her TO defend
the Americas cup, and Of Mr. Gould, who
made very careful and expensive altera-
tons in her, in order to provide against
the Defenders turning out a failure, of
about $4,000.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
SENATOR coRBErT's PURPOSE.
VIII Assist In Carrying Out Pledges
of ST. Louis Platform.

Portland, Ore, March S--HOn. n. W.
Corbett, who was appointed United States
Senator by Gov. Lord aturday 60 fin the
vacancy caused by the expiration OF John
H. Mitchen's term, left for Washington
yesterday. Regarding the probability IL
his not being seated. Mr. Corbett said:
Il am advised that presidents are in
favor Of seating an appointee, prOvidedthe
legislature is not in session when the va
caDcy occurs. The language OF the Con-
stitution seems TO me to be clear and I'M
equivocal on this question. IL seated, I
shall assist in carrying out the pledges
contained in the st. Louis platform.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
centrv,- Death warrant Read.

Philadelphia, March s.-sheriff Crow
Saturday afternoon read the death war
rant To James b. Gentry in the county
prison, where the actor has been since
his conviction Of tie murder OF Margaret
Drisdale tMadge York., the actress. Gentry
was much overcome. and spoke no word
before or after the reading OF the warrant
GENTRY is to be hanged on April %.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
A Mnrderer,s Death.

wilkesbarre, Pa, March S.-Nelson Miller,
colored, convicted of murder in the first
degree and awaiting sentence. died in the
Luzerne county Jail yesterday afternoon OF
consumption. Miller was the second muir
derer TO die in Jail within year. Miller
was one Of agang whoblew up with dyna-
mite the shanty of some rival Hungarian
laborers Five OF the Hnngarans were
killed by the explosion.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Bishop Newman's sermon on Sunday ma
be taken by some people to have had the
listening President something In view; and
the text concerning the call OF ''sinners
to repentance might have point. There
is a most execrable sinner in Cuba, named
weyler, and if Mr.. Mckinley would only
call him 10 repentance, with gun or a
club, it would be q noble start for his
mission.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Cuban ladies just released from confine-
nIcnt in loathsonie Spanish jails continue
to arrive at Kew West, bringing tales of
misery and outrage TO make Christian blood
run cold 1t seems already rather cold
on the Cuban question in this country, and
that lis passing strange, too.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Spanish Havana advices claim victories
over the patriots, amounting to eleven
Cuhans macheted by Weyler's soldiers.
This ma he regarded in Spanish quarters
as an offset to Gen. Garcia's victory, in
which over one thousand OF the oppressors
bit the dust
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Andrew Carnegie has been for several
days i'll with a combined attack of plu-
tocraey and pleurisy. He is reported as re-
covered from the latter, but the former is
believed to be chronic, If not fatal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
GRIPPING AN INDUSTRY.
Cleveland's Forestry Proclamation
Raising a Storm in Washington.

Seattle, Wash, March S.-PresidentC leve-
lands forestry reserve proclamation, which
is effective through the failure OF the
sundry civil bill, has raised a storm OF pro
test in this State. 1t includes the best
mineral districts in Washington, and
threatens the inehoate rights of thousands
of mining men.
Nearly every community in the State is
affected directly or Indirectly, and meet
ings have been called by chambers of COM
merce to urge the new administration to
take Immediate steps to save the State
from being deprived of its second best
industry. Miners all over the State are
holding mass meetings demo uncing the
proclamation and pctitioning for relief
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Inauguration edition of The Times,
twenty-eight pages. including sixteen pages
souvenir extra. ready today Price, in
wrappers for mailing, Five Cents
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Inauguration edition of The Times,
twenty-eight pages. including sixteen pages
eouvenir extra, ready today Price, in
wrappers for mailing, Five Cents.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08

Total appro-
fEstim ted
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08


public expenditures, the proposed increase
of tariff taxation, and its certain failure
wisely to reform our monetary system,i
will. / venture to predict. vacate many
i'm Congress at the next Congressional
elections and restore the Democratic party
to mower in both House and Senate
4sAs I have stated, the appropriations as
made by this Congress are enormously in
excess OF the revenues of the government
and, in my judgment, far beyond the ne
cessities of the public service, wisely and
economically administered. To meet these
appropriations, tax alton will have to be
largely increased, imposing onerous addi-
tions to the already great burdens upon
the people.
Twelve years ago the House OF Repre-.
sentatives changed its rules and divided
the responsibility OF initiating appropria-
lions by clothing eight different commit
tees of the House to formulate and report
money bills, instead OF one committee, as
had been the custom heretofore from the
foundation OF the government. Since that
time the abnormal growth in appropria-
lions has been toe apparent. That the
House erred in its action at that time in
making that change events have proven.
believe. beyond doubt. In my opinion
the time has come when Congress. in re-
Spouse to the demands of the people, must
reduce ex penditures. =
..The best practical method by which
this can be acc osHplished is to change the
rules again and c4otsie with the requisite.
power and responsibility, one committee
be il the Committee ON Appropriations,
or. as was the casessin 1865. the Com
mittee on Ways and Mems. BY this
method appropriations can be reduced
within the revenues lof the government
wisely, harmoniduslys and without Grip
.pling any branch OF the public service.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22

Mans Earliest Dwelling Place.
MMM MMNM MnNNnNn = NJ
(Meredith Nugent. in New York

(Meredith Nugent, in New York
Ledger) y
In the celebrated Jardin des Plantes,
in Paris, is museum, which is ia
nous for containing the most inter
esting as well as the most valuable
collection of fossils in the world
While leisurely sauntering through
this museum one day came across the
great shell of the extinct Glyptodon, or
Giant Armadillo, of South America It
was surrounded by skeletons of other
giants even greater than itself-curi-
GUS creatures, bearing curious nam s-
which roamed over this broad earth
in the ages long ago. The Glyptodon
we'll deserves a place in this West
minister Abbey of the ancient giants
for such the French museum really is
as it is the only shell of it's kind in
existence. What especially interested
me, however. was that on a card at
tached to this rare specimen it stated
that the shell Of the Glyptodon was
probably the earliest dwelling place of
nan. Here was a fact which made
the shell doubly interesting, and, on
looking at it carefully, could not help
but think how admirably it must have
served for this purpose. In the first
place, it was large and roomy, the
specimen I saw measuring eleven and
a half feet in length over the back and
nine feet across. Then again it was
thoroughly waterproof. so that the ma
tive did not have to fear a leak in the
roof of his house, even during the Sc
verest of tropical storms. It must have
afforded delightful shade from the
fierce rays of the tropical sum- and be-
sides having two openings, one at each
end, must have always been cool and
breezy, if there was any wind stirring
at all. Now that we have seen what a
very comfortable house it was on the
inside, let us take look at this shell
of the Glyptodon from the outside and
judge;:of it's appearance as it must have
looked from the quiet solitude of a
forest trail. If the savage cared for
outside appearances at all, he could
hardly have been disappointed, for a
house more beautiful could not be i'm
agined. There was none of the ugly
sQuareness of a stone or brick front
about it, for that ancient forest dwell
ing was dome-like in form, and grace
full in line from every view. Again
it was covered completely with most
exquisite carvings, carvings daintily
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
Actions Speak for Themselves,

For many long years the young wom-
an, called upon Ulysses. She had
brought him numberless packages of
choice cigarettes, as we'll as divers
sIecimens of the more expensive genus
cigar. She had repeatedly purchased
tickets for various celebrated prize
fights, and after escorting him thither
would see to it that he had plenty of
lemon cream puffs to MUNICH upon dur
ing the intervals of smuggling. Many
and many an evening had she assisted
him in increasing the numerals upon
his poor hardworking mammals coal
and gas bills, and She had seen four
several sets of new springs added to
the parlor sofa. But hitherto she had
not stood up like a-er-woman, and
boldly declared her love for him; ;, and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22

all the brooks and lakelets in the
country would naturally have driven
these animals from the parched coun-
tries to the great rivers. The great
rivers, by reason Of the long dry sea-
sons, would be reduced to slender
streams, flowing between very extern
slve mud banks. Now the gigantic
quadrupeds, in order to reach the wat
er, would of necessity have to wade
through these mud banks, and it is
quite probable that in doing so they
were engulfed in the mud and mire
which fringed the only water in the
country. OF course the great weight
OF such an animal as the Glyptodon
would cause it to sink in the mud, and
the nearer it approached the river the
deeper it would go, and so would grad
ually sink and sink until it disap-
peared forever. I'M
quite a good illustration of this
theory was had, might say, almost
recently. In South America during
the summers of 1880, 1881 and 1882.
there was one of these great droughts.
and the animals suffered most severe
~ Tor water. Driven, as were their
ancestors of old, from place to place,
and finally to the rivers in search of
water, and here, meeting almost i'm
passable bogs, they died by the thou
SANDS; in fact, it has been estimated
that nearly two million animals died
during the period of that great
drought. Fer years afterwards the
banks of the rivers and the bordres of
the lakes were white with their bones.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
RAMS HORN.

You may lose your temper, but 9th
ers will find it.
What an immense amount of lazi-
ness there is going on by the name OF
poor health.
The man who does the shouting is
often willing to let somebody else do
all the work.
Keep your mind stayed on the Lord
and you will have both peace and
mountain moving faith.
The fact that God has never failed
US ought to be taken as a sure evil
dence that he never will.
You can no more live good life
without an open confession than a
tree can live without bark.
The man whose faith says. "The
/ q Lord is my strength, :" will never find
his burden too heavy to carry.
The man who has to look dismal
when he feels happy, ought to pray
good deal before he starts for church.
There is too much shouting being
done in church by people who don't
weigh an ounce for the Lord anywhere
else. 81
The world has but little to hope
from the man to whom the golden age
Sof the past is more inspiring than the
golden opportunity Of the now. Ram
Horn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
Renewal of Small Fruit Plats,

Will it pay to continue strawberry
beds more than one year? That de-
ponds much on the condition of the bed
at the close of the fruiting season. If
the ground is rich, the rows well filled
out, the crop light, and nearly free
from grass and weeds, it will then usu-
ally pay to continue one, two or more
years. If, however, plants are ex-
hausted by a large yield, and grass and
weeds have been allowed to grow, it
will be more work to place old beds
In condition than to prepare new ones.
If to be discontinued, pillow at once and
SOW some late crop for feed or fertil-
ity. TO renew old beds, NOW off plants
AS soon as dry burn over, reduce rows
to six or eight inches in width with
spade or cultivator. Remove all weeds
every particle of grass, apply a liberal
dressing of fine manure, cultivate and
keep clean same as with new beds
Right here is one of the great bene-
fits Of keeping new beds perfectly clean
1t saves a large amount of labor when
beds are continued more than one
year. Old beds produce berries little
earlier, and second year is often better
than the first, when treated in this
manner.
The bearing canes of raspberries and
blackberries should be removed i'm
mediately after fruiting. Cut out all
small weak CAFES, leaving only five or
six in the hill. The removal of old
canes leaves no hiding place for worm
or bug, or eggs for same. It also al
lows the free circulation of air and
the sun penetrates the center of the
bush, making canes strong and yigor-
Gus with a good development of fruit
buds for the following season. The
removal and burning OF all dead. weak
and surplus growth is the best pre-
ventive against disease. In berry
growing, remember that good work for
two seasons is necessary. First. the
most important, to grow, develop and
mature strong, healthy canes. vines
and buds for next seasons fruit. Sec
!ond, to mature the fruit, which de-
ponds very much on the care and
growth of the previous year. Favorable
seasons for fruit are of little avail II
the preparatory work has been neg
lected.-M. A. Thayer.
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requested to be allowed to pay all his
expenses in the future, in considera-
ton of his donning her last name.
But upon this special evening in
question Ulysses had her dead to
rights. 1t may have been the witching
golf costume in old gold and baby blue
that he wore, or the shy grace with
which he placed his tiny palm in hers.
However, be this as it may, she could
no longer restrain herself but impul-
sively threw her arms about his frail.
shrinking figure and drew him tender
ly towards her. .s:,.'*s
AS her Lips rose from his she lov-
ingly murmured: "This kiss tells you
my secret .@@~...r ~. /.
And Ulysses, as he furtively remov-
ed some cut plug from his mouth,
found an opportunity to observe:
Would YOU - mind - saying it
over-again 2" a. s& 4 l.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
Peach Fellows.

Below is given the ideas on peach
FELLOWS in Farmers Bulletin No. IL,
by Prof Erwin F. Smith, the gov
eminent specialist and perhaps the
best authority on peach yellows in
the country: There has been much
speculation respecting the nature of
this disease, inasmuch as climate and
soil do not seem able to originate a
plainly communicable malady, and no
fungus, bacteria or animal parasite
has been identified as the cause. At
present peach yellows seems nearest
allied to that phenomenon in plants
known as variegation. 1t is now rec
ognized that variegation in many
plants is disease manifesting itself
in stunted growth, imperfect assimi-
fation, FASTENED development and fee
bic vitality. Moreover, in a number
of plants, e G. jasmines and abutilons
this condition is transmissible To
healthy stocks by budding or grating
in the same way as peach yellows
The eontagiousness of the disease can
not be proved until the juices Of a
diseased tree be introduced into a
healthy tree or a specific germ is dis
covered and separated into pure Gull
lures and then introduced into a
healthy stock, thus producing the dis
ease, as is done with tuberculosis in
animals or the fire blight in the pear.
That the disease or condition at first
appears on one or two trees only and
that other trees are affected later, is
no proof OF it's contagion, for all the
trees will die sooner or later, general
1y within IS years, unless very care
fully grown. and many Of them Of what
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
Sure to Be Appreciatiye.

"Your mother reads a great deal.''
remarked Maud. "Yes," replied Mamie:
"she's reading about the Descent Of
Man now II wish you would get her
to lend me the book when she gets
through with it," why, you wouldn't
be interested in the subject!' eyes I
would. If there is anything I dearly
love it's tobogganing or shooting the.
chutes. "-Wash;ngton Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
A GIANT SHELL.

wrought and artistically conceived
light, delicate designs, such as could
only be fashioned by the gentle hand
of Nature herself In color it was of
light yellowish gray, having been
bleached to that hue by the suns and
storms of centuries. Taken altogeth-
er, this primitive dwelling was a thing
of beauty and a joy forever. Placed
as it was in the midst of richly col
ored vegetation, surrounded by. tropiz
cal flowers which chung over it's sides
in festoons of dazzling brilliance, this
first dwelling place of man was all
that he could have wished for.
The Glyptodon- animal to which
this beautiful shell belonged-was one
of the most curious of the queer crea-
lures which inhabited this world dur
ing prehistoric ages. 1t lived in the
vast wilds of South America, which it
shared with other great giants even
stronger than itself. It was most
nearly related to the existing armadil-
10 with which we are familiar. Hence
it is often called the Giant Armadillo
1t was, however, much larger
than the armadillos of the present age.
and differed from them in that it had
a more complete turtle-like carapace.
consisting Of single undivided shell.
It's legs were short and robust and the
feet elephantine, as would naturally
be expected in an animal Of such great
weight. It's tail was large and club
like, and was also armored. When at
tackled, the Glyptodon would withdraw
its head into its shell after the manner
Of tortoise, and, as means Of
defense, would savagely switch its
great armored tail about in an effort to
strike the enemy Ss
The total extinction Of the Glypto-
don and other large animals contem-
porary with it has not been altogether
satisfactorily explained. The remains
& Of these extinct giants have usually
been found in great bog lands, and this
fact has given rise to theory which
may, in part explain how these ami
mails came to disappear from the face
of the earth. Some parts of South
America were, and are still. subject
to droughts OF long continued dura
ton, which at times last as LONG az
three years in succession. Most sc the
skeletons discovered in the boys were
found in an upright position Now. a
long continued drought hy drying up.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
No Delay Necessary.

He is a very business-like man ano
he proposed for the young woman's
hand and heart in a straightforward,
unstudied manner. 'sOh, SIR she ex-
claimed. You must give me time to
consider. 1T isn't necessary was the
reply. IT brought along my book, all
balanced up, and have volume down
stairs which shows my financial rating.
4 thought / might as well bring along
the data, so that you could make up
your mind at once. z Washington
Star. Fl.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22

appears to be the yellows. I contend.
that the digging out of trees weakened
from any cause whatever, must result
in the improved condition Of orchards
anywhere; that the trees remaining
will naturally receive more care and
attention and consequently will i'm
prove more rapidly than if the same
amount of care were extended over a
larger number Of trees, but that this
is no proof that Contagion existed and
has been prevented by this treatment.
The improvement in the orchards of
Michigan since the peach yellows law
was enacted has come, I believe, more
from the increased intelligence aud
skill of the growers than from the in
fuence of the law. The orchardists in
that section grow their trees more
carefully and skillfully than formerly,
they use chemicals instead of stable
manure, plant only on soil we'll adapt
ed to the growth of the peach, and
fully understand that it does not pay
to grow peaches on weakened trees
any more than it does other fruit, I'M
der the same conditions, and especial
ly so when young and vigorous trees
can be grown up to fruiting size in
three or four years. These causes alone
are sufficient to account for all the
Improvement reported which could
have been brought about by the grow
ers themselves and nearly all of the
expense attending the execution of the
provision of ths law saved. Some
credit may be given the law for this
Improvement, but great principle is
involved that should not be violated
and many believe such laws unconsti-
tutional because no wrong has been
proved.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
The Colone's Preference.

II suppose" said the girl who affects.
literature, that you are fond of some
thing now and then in the Scotch
line?" "Of co'se,' replied Colonel Still
WELL "But isn't the time fob that sort
of thing past?" you mean that it has
had it's day, like so many other fads?''
mo, don't mistake me. I wouldn't
think of any such disrespect. There is
nothing mo- delightful in the wintuh
months than an occasional hot Scotch.
But at the present time must say
that I am inclined to'ds a mint julep."
Washington Star.
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Surpassed in His Specfalty.

II will not allow myself to rest
under any suspicion of being boast.
full man. said the Spanish officer. II.
will candidly admit that there has been:
a greater general than am" "Who do
you mean?" Julius Caesar. He could
dictate a larger number of oommunica-
lions all at ce.''-Washington Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
Sign of Greatness.

SQUIRREL have examined your boy
on the results of his schooling, and I.
think can say he has beyond question
the germs of greatness in him. Sire.
I am delighted to hear it, but what
was there in the examination that par
ticularly emphasized this conclusion ?''-
Squire-"The illegibility of his hand.-
writing" -Richmond Dispatch.