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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

What Henry George predicted would
happen if all taxation was placed upon
real estate has really occurred in the
case of Mr.. William Rockefeller, the
Standard Oil magnate of Westchester
county, N. Y. Westchester is county
just outside the corporation of New
York city, and it is a favorite site for
the palatial country homes of rich city
men. Rockefeller's Westchester proper
ty near Tarrytown has been assessed at
So, 100000. His agent declares that the
whole cost Of the place, ground, build.
ings and Improvements to the multi
millionaire was $475,0O0. The farm
contains 646 acres. Mr.. Rockefeller is so
angered by the heavy assessment that
he offers to sell out the whole property
for $3.50, 600 and quit the uncongenial
soil Of Westchester, at least his agent
says SO. And there are others who have
been hit. Mr.. Robert Bonner, owner of
Maud S and other noted trotters, re-
marks grimly that Westchester county
ought to be called Westrobber county.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

SHERBURNE advance: The ordinary
man country editor included) does not
need any of the articles that are i'm
ported and subject to the high tariff,
as the manufactured articles and
natural products of our country are
sufficient for all necessary wants.
Those who need more are able to pay
for their wants and in this way help to
keep Uncle Sam in pocket money.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
War History by Private Soldiers.


DR.. n. s. Frazer strikes popular
chord when he remarks to a ST Louis
Republic reporter What I crave to
know about the war is what, it seems to
me, naly the private soldiers can tell. =
II the real history Of any war should
ever be written, it would consist Of the
comedy and tragedy in the career Of the
private soldier. A war history more
thrilling, more intensely absorbing than
any ever yet printed would be these
simple experiences of the boys. IN
doubtedly If publisher should put up
on the market series consisting of the
history of each great battle as the men
in the ranks saw it, it would be very
popular book. Who except professional
students OF military history cares that
SO many men were driven back by the
ire OF SO many guns, while so many
others executed flank movement? We
want to know how the man in the ranks
felt when shot and shell rained around
him, how this comrade fell and that
one disappeared mysteriously and was
never heard of again, how the soldiers
from the hostile camps became friends
and struggled delicacies and new spapers
to one another while encamped opposite
one another.
Perhaps the most thrilling episode Of
the war, SO far as such episodes have
been printed, is Pittenger's story of the
stealing of locomotive in Georgia by
some Union soldiers, and their subse-
quent capture and tragic fate. Thou
sands of hearts have beaten fast and
faster, thousands of eyes have turned
moist at the perusal Of this life and
death adventure. Pittenger, the quiet,
modest private, stirred the hearts Of
men more than all the staff and official
war history writers could do. Let us
have more of these stories before those
who took part in them have joined their
comrades on the unknown shore.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
John Bull, Uncle Sam and Sea-

John Bull, Uncle Sam and Seals.
The information was very generally
spread by the newspapers that Great
Britain had refused to bother any fur
ther with the question of the preserya-
tion of the Bering seal herd. With
some surprise, therefore, the news was
received that England had changed her
mind after all and consented to reopen
the subject. A seal conference will &C.
cordingly be held in the fall at Wash
ington, Japan, Russia, England and
the United States taking part.
How England happened to change
her mind and see the desirability of
such conference is thus set forth in
The Review of Reviews:
If Uncle Sans communications to John Bull
are at times impolite, the fact is merely due
to the long experience which has shown that
John Bull, like the sultan, needs something
ruder than polite note Mr.. Olney's plain
language caused Lord Salisbury to reverse his
attitude on the question of Venezuela. Mr..
Sherman's plain language in like manner has
enabled the British government quite suddenly
to perceive the entire reasonableness of a con-
ference on the question of the seals. John Bull
does not really resent these American COM
munications, for nothing SO surely makes for
peace as full, frank and open discussion. It
may indeed be undiplomatic" to tell the
TRUTH but it is altogether convenient for one
government to know exactly what another
government means and wishes respecting any
matter that is in controversy. It is not often
that our government means or wishes any.
thing that is improper or disadvantageous to
any other country. John Bull has an enor-
nous amount of outside business to absorb
him, and Brother Jonathan sometimes finds it
necessary to shout rudely in the old gentle
mans ear in order to get his attention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

IF Spain really wants to entangle
the United States the quickest way to
do it is to send that Cuban maiden into
exile in the face of the protests of the
American women. With Yankee
mothers. wives and sweethearts Great
ing sentiment it would not be long be-
fore something would drop and Spain's
end would be gained-but, it would
lose Cuba.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

GREAT things are expected by the
bimetallists from the monetary COM
mission which is to be appointed by
the authorized committee of the In
dianapolis conference. It is proposed
to organize ikin such a manner that it
will neither be vexed by any COM
promising relations with the govern
ment nor hampered by entangling al
liances of any desert ption. According
to the Philadelphia Telegraph it will be
composed of eleven members selected
because of their knowledge of our ma
tional finances and of their proved
ability to deal monetary interests Of
national Importance, and for no other
reason whatever. There will be no
politics, no partially, and no fanciful
ideals in it's makeup. Plain, practical
common sense will be brought to bear
on the subject, the teachings of OK
perience will be duly considered, and
such desirable notifications of our
monetary system as can be adopted
with the least possible disturbance
will be recommended. That is business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

SHERMAN'S interviews and denials
are causing the administration consid
cradle trouble. The secretary is surely
old enough to know what are state Sc
crets and what are not and act accord
ingly. Still Washington is the Mecca
of string fiends and the frequent inter
views may be the products of imagina
tive newspaper brains.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
6 SCISSORINGS.' =
M@MMMM@MMM@MM
OUR GREAT DISTRICT.

Jerry j. claims in the Minneapolis
Journal that a dozen newspapers in the
State that he names could, if thev
worked together, bring about the sys-
tenn of nominating candidate for
United States senator by the Republi-
can State convention. Only six of the
papers are located in this congress
sional district, which comedies the
other six districts half the voices in
State affairs. Little Falls TRANSCRIPT.
!. !.
49, OH, HUSH! ..
Who will be the next Republican
candidate for governor of Minnesota.
seems to be bothering some of our
more previous newspapers. Oh, hush!
Give the hand organ a preference over
the political organ, for a few months.
Even the dull heavy thud of the head
of Cleveland postmaster, as it drops
into the postmaster generals waste
basket is sweet music compared to this
premature political yawp. Give pros
perity and Clondyke an inning.-Bzue
Earth City Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

A NEW YORK journalist said at a
press club dinner: ''There is no such
thing in America as an independent
press, except in the country towns.
There is not one who dares to express
his honest opinions The man who
would be so foolish as to write honest
opinions for the city press would soon
be out in the streets looking for an
other iOb.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

SOME people imagine that the pro
prietor of this paper, r. G. Dunn, is
responsible for its editorial utterances.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Dunn has not
written half a dozen lines for the
UNION in as many weeks. Futher-
more, Mr.. Dunn does not visit Prince
ton oftener than once in six weeks on
an average. The duties Of the office Of
State auditor demand and receive
about all of his time and attention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

THOSE honest newspaper men who
were asking a short time ago about
the approach of prosperity, are now
spreading the intelligence of it's ar
rival. Those who are otherwise keep
up an awful clamor but the roar of
prosperitys wave and the hum of in.
dustry's wheels thoroughly browns
their rawlings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

The editor of the Prison Mirror calls
attention to the fact that circumstances
over which he has no immediate con-
troll will not allow him to personally
solicit business for his paper and asks
that outsiders attend to this for him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

LABOR Day this year falls on Sept.
6. Governor Clough has issued his
proclama ton calling upon every place
OF business where labor is employed to
close for the day, so that all may par
ticipate in the exercises, and concludes
the paper as follows: I'm the past
four. years of business stagnation, the
people of this land have realized by
bitter experience how the interests of
all are inseparably connected with the
Interests of labor. Labor has griey-
ously suffered from lack of employment
and all have experienced the blight
that marks the absence of prosperity.
We are now seemingly entering upon
an era OF more suspicious times. But
at the threshold of prosperity we can
we'll afford to pause and by our labor
day celebrations call attention to the
fact that no prosperity can be lasting
which is not shared by the millions Of
wage earners as well as by the small
number of millionaires. It is especially
fitting and proper then that all men.
employers and employees, should lay
aside their usual avocations for the
day and gather together in public
assemblies and in all practical and TT
ting ways seek to make the era upon
which We are entering one that shall
record marked elevation and i'm
provement in the condition Of the wage
earners in our midst
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

GRANITE FALLS Tribune: Strange as
it may seem not a word has been said
derogatory to the character and states
manship of our present governor for a
long time. David has won out and
outwinded his traducers and is coming
down the home stretch several lengths
ahead of the whole push.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

WHEN Mr.. Debs said to the strikers
in West Virginia that the flag which
foated over their heads was "a piece
of sarcasm" he did more injury to
their cause than the best talent can re-
pair in a dozen years. Besides this he
proclaimed himself to be a dangerous
man to be at large. Such remarks
don't go we'll in this land of ours.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
CLEVELAND'S name was remove

CLEVELANDS name was removed
from one of the school buildings in
Duluth because some of the members
OF the board didn't like his politics.
Cleveland probably never felt the slap,
but OF course the board won't know
that.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

CHARLOTTE SMITH proposes to de-
feat bachelors whenever they stand
for Office Grover can thank his lucky
stars that Lottie had not begun her
crusade in 1884.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

WHEN Europe discovers that there
is new world grown up on this CONT
nent perhaps it will find out that we
are not dependents. Until that time
comes, though, Europe will object to
any protective m easures we may adopt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

COMPETITION is said to be the life OF
trade but the author of ''section 22';
evidently wanted to shut off Canadian
railroad competition and there may
have been some ''trade'' in the deal,
too
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

ABOUT the only fault the newspapers
find with the Cosmopolitan university
is that it can have no foot ball team
The university will probably survive.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

THE political sage of the St. Paul
Dispatch has not invested in a map as
the UNION advised some months ago.
He has located Judge Collins and Bob
Dunn in the Seventh district this time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

MCKINLEY has it close torightw when
he says the changed condition is due
to good crops and wise Republican
rule. Good crops might come of course
under any rule but confidence will not
and without the employment of the
wage Garner good crops can find no
market. H., T. .- ~.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

BILLY BRYAN will explain to the
farmers of Kansas the cause of their
prosperity. If he had been elected he
would probably explain the reasons for
the other thing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

For "a years Justice Field has occu-
pied a place on the bench Of the SUI
preme court of the United States. The
venerable justice is 81 years old. He
was appointed by President Lincoln and
has been longer on the bench Of the SUI
preme court than any judge ever was
before He might have stepped down
with full pay any time these II years.
under the law which permits judges of
the supreme court Of the United States
to retire at or after the age Of 70, but
he held on to his work.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

PERHAPS the New Ulm Reuie1o will
take offense at our remarks about Eu-
gene Volcano Debs as it did those about
'Patriot' Altgeld.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

WHEAT continues to dodge up and
down but while a few make fortunes
there are many who will be pinched
no matter where the price goes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

country needs and more about what it
has. That is one of the differences be-
tween Republican and Democratic rule.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
MIMI, AUG. 26. 1897.

IT will soon be known as the ssfamous
section o." But who will claim the
honor of it's authorship?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

The sound of the grinding may not
be low, but the silver cord seems to
have slipped it's half-hitch on the mar
ket value of wheat. Wheat $l.05, sill
YER 81.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

THERE is little to be heard from
the calamity howlers' camp. Prosper
ity forces them to close their awful
caves of gloom.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
GOLD AND MORALITY.

What a paradise this earth would
be if morality was as valuable, com
mercially, as gold. A great many
men are willing to risk freezing to
death in the chase for gold; the per-
centage of the same class willing to
take the same chances in search of
virtue must be exceedingly small as
we seldom hear Of any P,ison Ms17,o,'.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

The name Of the region Of British
America in which the Klondike gold
mines are situated is the Northwest Ter
ritory. The letters N. W. T. are the
proper abbrevi alton for this name.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
/. THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Senator Nelson is reputed to be put
ting up hay on his farm near Alexan-
dria. The senator is a pretty good
stacker. Of both grass and politics.
st. Peter Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
QUITE LIKELY.

T prosperity is the reward Of virtue,
is it not altogether probable that the
farmers present good times have come
as a reward for the vote he gave for
Mckinley and sound money. Pionee,,
Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

We are grieved to see in great news
paper the statement that three daughters
Of William Harris and a horse were
drowned lately in Shadow lake. Did
our esteemed contemporary really mean
that?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
A MARROW GAUGE VIEW.

Some chronic pessimist who has not
been out of his own town since the
railroads were built beyond the Mis-
souri,, is criticising the Christian En-
deavorers, because they have prox-
imatelv spent Sc, 100000 on their excur-
sion to San Francisco. What of it?
Can't a man have little fun once in a
while and be Christian, too?-W i,aouo
Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

The railroad property Of the country
amounts in value to S.. $50, 900, 900.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26

The invincible ignorance Of London
journalism" is a good phrase, and il
was invented by DR.. Albert Shaw.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
ROBBED
While Asleep!
Fred Gregory Relieved Of $I|0
ASH e P

We know this is tired time of
the year, and propose to relieve
you OF that tired feeling. In order
to DO SO we must give you a suit
able medicine, one that is pleasant
to take and inexpensive.
For the ladies [ would prescribe
a pair of colored, glazed kid
polish, cloth top, pencil toe, lace
Oxblood shoes, that have been sell
ling for $3.50 in order to wake
you up, will sell you a pair for
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
+ FROM FIGHTING STOCK,

Some of the English papers that
have made remarks about Secretary
Sherman suffering from senile debility
or decay or some other old thing, had
better not rub up against the old man
too hard. He comes. from a fighting
family and they fight. until the last
breaJh leaves the body Still,outer
Gazette. ~:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
'AND THE BLOW" ETC.


About the worst blow to newspaper
enterprise we have ever noticed was
that administered to the MINNEAPOLIS
Times by the directors of the Northern
Pacific railroad, who proceeded to
elect a man president of that road
whom the Times had never heard of.
and this in the face of the fact that the
Times had been choosing a president
for the road every day for six months.
Herald Star.
:. !. :.
RECALLS THE CHARGE OF THE 1902
Minneapolis denizens have been per-
mitted to gaze upon the woman who
knows no pain, not even from the
physicians knife or bite of rattle
snake. In this respect she very much
resembles that select committee of 100.
who have been ''stuck'' and .sshot all
to pieces" but are now bobbing up
serenely. - e17,dale Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
A COMPARISON.

10 Illustrate the immensely prepon-
derating Importance of the home mar
ket, it is only necessary to call atten-
ton to few facts and figures: In our
year of greatest foreign trade the
value of exports was about one billion
dollars. while the comparative i'm
mensity of our internal trade is shown
by domestic bank clearings that aver
age over billion dollars every week
the year round, and this represents
only part of our domestic buying and
selling transactions, a vast multitude
of which are not represented in bank
clearings. dorchester IN. Y. y Democrat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-26
NO MIDDLE ROAD.

After all is said and done, there are
only two great political parties in this
country, and every man must choose
whether he will stand with Democrats
or Republicans. There is no middle
ground.-St. Cloud Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

press our cordial approval of the Mis-
sippi River Commission, and to bear
testimony to the faithful, earnest and
intelligent manner in which they have
discharged the high duties imposed up
On them.
Resolved, that we cordially indorse
the methods in the late years adopted
by Congress of placing important
works under what is commoneiy known
as the continuous contract system. and
we recommend it's extension to all the
works or improvement that may be
hereafter undertaken.
We regret that the War Depart
ment has felt compelled to hold that
the works of improving the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers, as provided for in
the law of 1896, was not placed under
said system, We ask that the law be
TO amended by Congress as to make it
clerr that the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers were intended to be embraced
within said system"
There We're other resolutions. endors-
ing the proposed Rock Island Dam, the
Chicago and Hennepin canals, urging
proper restrictions in bridge constru.-
ton and a continuance of the liberal
Of dredging. The resolutions
were adopted as a whole, and without
dissent
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15
Two to make a Quarrel

1T takes two to mrke aquarrel, is an
old saying. 1t will also require two for
a discussion of the capital question. We
believe there will be no discussion be.
tween Governor McLaurin and State
Senators Smith, at Lexington, as has been
suggested. The Governor will not be able
to get to the Courthouse at Lexington,
and Mr.. Smith will have the field all to
himself. The Governor will not care to
meet Mr., Smith. or any other able deba-
tor. 1t is only when the Executive his
the crowd all along, that he can indulge
in talk to the effect that the goldbugs
charge him with having been a plowboy,
and eating greens with a knife. -Vicks-
burg Poast.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15
Ice Machine For Sale.

For Sale, on easy terms 4 5-ton Ice
Machine, complete. For particulars
inquire,
C. E. WRIGHT.
Greenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

5his tssis sssstss pviiass Sissphs CO.
Dtsots1sso - ANsase asA fsea AtNssa =
Dssssvtet 40 j~ssbesevtiiA
DAILY. Daily ssssN sssas.
y 4 oRg1n. 90 sspA wssA,ss,,.. a G
IL cULe. Ssss 0es V~ssAtsesso, D G
y. a fUox. o ? 4 vAsAiseSss,
- UBWDCOyo8.A o1A CAAstoeeeaa Pass
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

4oNoGoo Uotoo - NoDhvttDe,
The southern RAILWAY hes IN sale feUm nj,
Ut Its principal stations. tt.teis IA Nashville
and return ~ very nv sstes IN account Of
the T~ennessee CsWt~MRiai. Csll an any
southern Railway agent fur particulars re-
bout rates and tickets.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

f:H"wesAissses : ssssA vss,s,s Lt~i,.a i"
ssns yruAes vesitbuisA sssis Asiassa -
1frnise1ea ~ Ssv fe,t. D4sise ~ Htiasts
'" 0'eeasesso M Wsshiaesss - Nss Yorh
" so \ psN Mali vsii~ss p,s vi,,
leon nuRss Siss1ans ran As,sats 10 Nee
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15
LOCAL R. R. SCHEDULE,
RAILWAY.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
In effect on and after Februar II. 1897.
WEST BOUND.
' No. 81, Through Passenger. ...,.... $50 D. m.
MOB WinOna to ~Greenville. ...... .s:33 IA. m.
' NO. 7, ltta Bcna and Branch leaves 1901 m.
EAST BOUND.
. No. 81. Trough Passenger. .......,. OBS a. m.
: No. 10. Greenyille to Winona. ..... .6:lB D. m.
= No. $, ltta Bena, arrivc,..-.,...l 0:45 u. m.
q
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
In effect on and after February II. 1897.
NORTH BOyND
" NO. 4H!. Passenger, arrives. los q. m
departs ll:20 am
= NO. w. Local Freight, arrives 5:+5 p. m
SOUTH DUN
' No. Nl, Passenger, arrives......,,. $50 D. m
uepartS...... 300 p. m
7 No. 39l. Local Freight. DEPARTS. 7;aO a. m
Every day. Every day except Sunday