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boat will take along as much as $780,
900 to pay the natives for the cocoons.
Along the river flourish light finger
ed gentry known as 'creek pirates. :"
They hide in creeks with their armed
boats and pounce down upon native
I boats, but are said never to have been
known to attack, of recent years, a
steam launch or a boat flying a Eu-
ropean flag. Nevertheless all the CO.
coon gathering boats go armed when
on their annual trips. The valley Of
the Yang-tseKian is immensely fer
tile, and teens with population. Into
this region American enterprise will
now penetrate And all this is owing,
more than anything else, to DeWey's
guns at Manila. Their echoes awoke
the sleeping eyes Of Americans to the
immense possibilities Of trade in the
far East.
The building of the American road
will not present such formidable OBJ
stacless as the building of the road
from Pekin to HankoW. The Belgian
road will have to pass over a country
where it Will have it's pathway beset
by erratic rivers and shifting gullies.
The rivers are apt. to change their
{ beds without warning, and the rayines
seem to be in a constant state Of mu-
sstation. No such obstacles confront the
Americans. The American line can
be built, it is thought, for $50 900 OOO
With the American railroad com
pleted it would not be long before a
regular line of river steamers would
be plying up and down the waters of
the Yang-tse- Kiang, carrying steam
navigation into the heart of China
and to the borders Of Thibet. It was
only last June that China opened her
rivers to foreign craft, so the field IS
virgin. In spite Of the fact that for
many years little public interest has
been taken in the United States in the
+ Chinese traffic, our volume of trade
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
UNIFORMS OF ALL TIMES.

During the revolutionary war each
colony had. it's militia, and the uni
forms of each body were different. La
ter the higher officers came to be
known by the colored ribbons worn
across their breasts, and the lower of.
fcers by the cockade worn in their
hats. Fl Is.
In 1921 dark blue was declared to be
the national uniform colorof both Off
GERS and enlisted men, the only excep-s
ton being scarlet coats for musicians
and gray coats for cadets. Various.
changes took place in the shape Of the
clothing OF the soldiers until 1863,
when our uniforms became practically
fixed. the cloth for the trousers being
light blue and the facings being light
blue Tor infantry, yellow for cavalry
and red for artillery.
The varied costumes Of the return
ing soldier boys have aroused an inter-
est in uniforms in general. Valerius
Mlaxfmus, the Roman emperor, ordered
the Roman soldiers to wear red 80
they would not be frightened at the
sight Of their own blood, and even now
red forms q conspicuous part OF
French and English uniforms. In our
own army red has been abolished ex-
5cept for facings, on the ground that it
attracts attention in the field, though
experiments in Germany prove that a
blue target Is hit three times where
red one Is hit once.
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WORKING ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Observers ut the New Meteorolor1ca7
Station In Peru.

observers ut the New Meteorological
Station In Peru.
10 Harvard University belongs the
credit Of having established the high
est meteorological station in the world
namely, on the summit of Ell Misti,
quiescent volcano near Arequipa. in
Peru. The main station is at Areouipa
itself, at an altitude OF about 5000 feet.
and I there are seven other stations. in
Guiding the one at the base Of Ell MIST.
1900 feet above the sea level. while
the one on the summit is at 1920.
or about $500 feet higher than the
noted station on Mont Blanc. The
shape of the Misti is declared to be
admirable, it being an almost perfect,
although more or less truncated cone.
and the conditions of exposure of the
instruments are as nearly perfect as
1t is possible to obtain on mountain.
The instruments now in use on the
summit are dry and wet bulb ana
maximum and minimum thermom eters,
rain gauge, Richard paragraph. ther-
mograph and photograph. There is
also a meteorograph, constructed by
Ferguson, especially for the observa-.
tory, and designed to record tempera-
ture, pressure and wind direction and
velocity. York Sum-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
THE BREAD-AND-BU AGF
Period of Life When Miss Is Apt to He

Period of Life When Miss Is pit to He
/, q Nuisance. 2s<s
One Of Byron's objections to the miss
just out of school was that .'she smell
ed so damnably of bread and BUTTER
That is a defect easily overcome. which
is more than can be said of some 9TH
ers. A young woman of uncertain
age was discussing this period of ex-
istence the other evening and thus ex-
pressed herself: Among the things
for which am truly thankful is the
fact that / have got beyond that age.
There is no period of her existence, I
think, wherein woman appears to less
advantage. It is almost impossible
for the average girl of IL not to be con-
scious, and she has so little knowledge
Of the world that she is unable to hide
her aWkwardness. It is amusing. al
belt rather pathetic, to see the efforts
of the poor things to appear natural
and at their ease and to say their little
say without betraying that they have
prepared it beforehand. Bread-and-
butter misses may be classified under
lew HeduS y mere e is your frank
| hobbledehoy, who despises affectation,
and who, in consequence, is apt to be
rough and i'll hammered; 81 then the
sweety girl, who puts on an indescrib-
able smile Of faulty and whom you
feel at times you would like to shake:
next the aristocratie girl, conscious OF
her position, who has nothing to say,
and therefore does not say it; and the
last and funniest development of all,
the inexperienced little girl from the
nursery. who thinks it is the thing to
be little rapid I suppose that girls
of that youthful age consider me as
an old maid and would be surprised to
know that I by no means envied them,
and that they afforded me the greatest
entertainment, but it is true, neverthe-
LESS
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CHOW K1ANa

any AZ Of your beaus should see us rid
Ing together my life would scarcely
be safe from their jealous rage well,
I s pose ct Jim WIZ here, Z she hesitat-
ed 1t mightn'a be SIGH picnic as it
looks, for Jim's mighty bad about me.
That's why he amt here now. 4 w n.y..
& asked, with conside rably more in
terest and not nearly 50 much bow and
palaver. He shot a hole through the
last teller ] rid with, and had to take
to the woods till he gifts we'll. = Does
your mother approve Of your marrying
hin? i asked. .. she respond led,
easily. Nav amt talkin' one way
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
THE. LUXURY OF p DING oooD.
Queen q Naples Is tho Ansol q tho

Queen Of Naples Is tho Angel Of the.
Upon no member. OF the late empress
OF Austria's family have the grief and
horror of her assassination fallen with
more crushing weight than upon her
sister, the queen OF Naples, says the
Philadelphi Press. Living in the most
complete retirement In Paris for the.
greater part Of the year, the name of
connection with any court or social fes-
tiVittes. The luxury Of court has
been denied to the queen, 1t is true.
but not what Is for her "the luxury
OF doing good" Day after day large.
packet ofzletters is laid before her, and
each contains ! pitiful appeal for aid
from some poor Neapolitan. Every
letter is read by the queen herself and
every applicant is aided In some way
from her own private means, unless
it can be clearly proved that the de-
mand for help is a fictitious one. The
quarters where the Neapolitan poor
reside are regarded as among the most
dangerous in the French metropolis.
and would not be entered, even by
men, without some justidable misgiv-
ings. Nevertheless the queen coh-
stantly penetrates fearlessly and I'M
guarded into the most dangerous of
these quarters, where even a Trench
policeman would hesitate to enter
alone. One day it will be to visit some
poor Neapolitan child dying OF COM
SUMPTION terrible sconrge among
these half-starved southerners in the
rigorous Paris winters she
compels the padrone ITO let her send
home to Italy; or dying workman,
whose wife and children she consoles
not less with kind and gracious words
Of sympathy than with the maternal
help she renders. "Poor boy we can
not save his life said her majesty
to the, writer last winter, speaking OF
one Of her numerous proteges, whom
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HOW HE WAS CURED.

Chivers had no definite occupation,
3 but his nerves were shattered. That
was his occupation. a.5. .E5.
What do you think is the matterg.'
says he to Sir Andrew Leech of VIM
pole street. h
Do you drink tea?" asked the doc
tor, cycling him inquisitorially- after
noon tear
Yes" says Chivers, anxiously.
With cream?"
why, yes
That's the mischief! It is the cream
that is wrecking your gastrics, my
friend!' s5s
OF goes poor Chivers at once to Sir
Bolus McGorge in Harley street.
Doctor" says he, I'm feeling very
poorly should you say, now, tea was
bad for me?''
MY dear sir, that depends AXE
plenty of cream with your tea and It
Will DO you no great HARM
Chlvers then looks in on the cele-
brated homeopath, DR.. Dodgem Of We'll
beck street-quite the rising man on
digestion, you know.
Doctor, pray tell me the truth about
teal"
Teal" says Dodgem, ''the most in
sidious of poisons!'
What! With plenty of cream?"
with or without. Nothing can
make it wholesome" 5,@ /. I.
a Chivers took to coffee AS he felt no
better he consulted Katterplasm, Md,
the family doctor, who asked him
cheerily: AZ. ,..-,
''Injy your fud? Sleep sound?"
Neither" says poor Chivers.
IF you slept you'd eat. Do you
drink coffee?' y ~. ~. .4
II do, in preference to tea" @
"At night?" F-s.,..,
"Yes." ss,au
"Just so-it's the coffee keeps you
aWake-want of sleep naturally weak
ems the stomach" ...% f.
So he left off coffee and took cocoa.
Chivers had never smoked, but now
he felt a sort of craving that he could
, not allay, and friend offering him a
SA6olOLICJ CilSu IL, anu IL SSCAAON W w
him good; but his appetite did not
improve; he fancied he slept little
better; but he couldn't quite decide,
so he called in DR.. No. S, and explained
his sad case.
do you smoker" asked the great
specialist, whose acute nose had de-
tected a faint aroma of tobacco while
feeling his pulse.
eyes; it is bad?'' inquired the inva-
lid, timidly. e 5FI ~,H%.Iz& rE
Bad! Are you aware that Sir Ben
, 1amin Brodie proved that few drops
of the liquid sediment of that noxious
weed would instantly destroy full
grown cat? ?" ~ b 8.
"But-but," urged Chivers, I'm not
a full-grown cat"
mo, sir, you haven't the vitality Of a
kitten-give up tobacco!" 4>.r E "
Chivers gave it up. But he still felt
very low. He thought he would ask
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
"CHIVERS FORGOT HE WAS A
VEGETARIAN ty@

VEGETARIAN"
old Katterplasm, M. D., the family
practitioner, to dinner, and confide in
him his perplexity. No tea-no cof-
fee-no tobacco-and getting weaker
every day!
oh! take a glass of wine; you're
feeling run down. You want flip!
Take two glasses once in a way-do
you no harm-do you good!'"
Chivers took two and felt better: but
the next day he received a, pamphlet
issued by the Society for the Total Abb
clifton of Hops and Wines" which
proved that indulgence in alcohol
tempted the best men to commit crimes
OF violence and shame, and hurried
thousands into lunatic asylums!
"Old man! say!" cried a loud voice
close to him, which made him start,
"hang all DOCTORS! cure yourself! Look
at me-never a thing the matter with
me since"
Since When?" asked Chivers. turn
ing a lack-luster eye on his hale and
rubicund friend.
"Since became vegetarian.
Now, if there was one thing Chlvers
could still fancy it was boiled leg Of
mutton and caper sauce. The strug-
gle in Chivers' breast was brief but
decisive
Bounce" he said, II have gone
through much-I know how to suffer.
The bitterest sacrifices seem to be de-
manded of us in this world. re-
nounce boiled mutton
But Chivers, in his fearless. coffee
less, tobacco-less, boiled mutton and
caper sauce-lessness grew daily more
detected and more pale.
Come up to Scotland, old man
little yachting round the Hebrides-do
you all the good in the world Sea
air, you know" Il rs III.
So Chivers went on board the Sky
lark. She was cutter rugged and only
rs tons. She had not been out more
than two hours when she struck on a
rock, and, as it was evident that she
was fast sinking, they had just time
to haul to the boat that was towed
astern and jump inall four Of them --
With Q pint of rum and biscuit,
- weather was fairly good, but
there was six hours Of hard rowing
between them and land, and no mis-
take.
Well. that wreck cured chiyers
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
GREAT AMERICAN RAILROAD TO OPEN CFINA.
It Will Give l2oo0o0O0 People Communication with the Seaboard at
Two Other Roads Are Planned fol War;
This for Business
Will Give 20, OOO, 900
No Points

Surveying parties left the United
States the5 other day to- be gin the work
OF laying out the roadbed for the
American railway which is to run from
Hankow, on the Yang tse-K iang river,
to Canton and Hongkong. This will
be the most Important railway IN China
from commercial point OF view.
I The proposed Russian railway con-
meeting the trans Siberian road. with
Meuchang and Port Arthur will be Of
great strategic value to the Russians,
as It will give Russia port on the
Asian coast which is open in winter,
but it will not open up the vast in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
This for Business.

mainland opposite HongRsng, where
are arlsexcel ient harbor and every fa-
#c1lity for building a great port domi-
mated by American influence. It will
be just across a small bay from Vic
storia, the port Of the island OF Hong
kong, and with It will form a great
.Anglo-S Saxon center Of trade.
s The Yan-tse- Kiang, the valley II OF
which will be developed by the open
ing OF the American road, has its
source &c in the unexplored recesses Of
tn ibet, and flows TO the sea over 4
course $500 miles long through the
heart OF the Chinese empire
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It is perfectly con-.
e. e e " j., a b lie that BY.
!. m ne e q n s Of this riv-
e Es and the new rail-
TO q d t he G. s., a n d
Lama. 70 may soon be
toying with a Wa
terbury watch AMI
the the. Mahatmas quar-
:r1'e7ling with one an-
other as to who for
got to wind up the
.3eight-day clock. It
is along the Yang
,tSS-hlduS IudCs LuS,
S TX worm industry
most prevails. On
the lower part Of the
river every little vii
lage is a station for
the sale Of cocoons,
which are collected
by boats sent up the
river from Shanghai.
The boats go up once
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ner other. She's been married four
times and has made such drafted
muss Nv it every time that she says
she ain TIA fifth person to give advice
on the marryin' question, nohoW, even
ct I wuzn't old enough to do my own
pickin' an choosin : !; "a which seemed
to be such an unanswerable argument
that retired from the field.
Noble Venetian Family Now Extinct.
BY the death of the widow OF the
last prince, the name Of the Venetian
family GioyaneHi that had existed since
1890, has become extinct.
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His PROGRAM.

so Placehunter expects a sinecure,
does he? 2" Yes; he thinks he'll Be
appointed Government Weather Proph-
ct for Cuba. He intends to predict,
several months Of heat and rain and
80 off on vacation. II Puck. 5S5
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SAD PLIGHT OF 4. MOTHER.

Daughter Tells Why She Gave No Adj
Vice on Marriage. sSs5
had taken q very toothsome but.
not highly finished dinner at the noun
tain farmhouse and when I started on:
my way the daughter, who had looked
after my wants at the table, informed
me that II I had no objections she
would ride a piece with me. gave
an immediate consent, and we were
presently Jogging along toward the.
Cumberland river. 8 presume" / said,
boWtng with as much gallantry as the
circumstances would permit, ttaat II
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
when the American railway is bullt
and Manila is our receiving and dis
tributing depot for all the Asian coast
and the islands thereof, can easlly be
! NOn-Burnable Wood.

z =
The terrible fate Of some Of the
Spanish ships struck by American
shells has emphasized theneed Of max
ing wood proof against fire, If it is
henceforth to be employed in naval
vessels. Wood that Will not burn is,
OF course, equally important in build
fngs. Recently an American inven-
tion for rendering wood non-inflam-
mable has been tested on consider
able scale in England. The sap Is
first withdrawn from the wood by
evaporation in heated vacuum cham
bers. Then a fire proofing solution is
forced into the pores of the timber
under hydraulic pressure. It is claim
ed that wood thus treated resists de-
cay as we'll as fire.
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she was thus sending back to Naples
poor child, he is going home to ole,
"but, she added as light seemed
TO beam over her face, ee1e viii at
least see the sun and feel the warm
air OF Naples once again.
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SAVED $3.25.

WtNSEBAGo CITY, Mimi,
June 9Th, 1898.
MR.. T. NJ. ROBERTS.
bear Sir-Thc four spoo1s of
barhed wire that you shipped to
me was received in due time.
Isaved $3.25 on the 485 pounds
by sending to you, and not buy.
Ing of our dealers here.
Very Respectfully yours,
p. NJ. MAR STON.
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We Have Barbed Wire and Nails.

uknow,the % d yatrstTh
IRE the
- .
advantage urpr ds gdsa n p
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CASTOR Oils.

1OS57g r. NJ. Roberts Diamond y Castor
is a compounded oil made from Is paraline
and the very best ,geiatine stock that can
from the very best lard oil. 1t stands a fire
test of about 425. is 81 gravity.
Full barrels. per gallon. ...."...: ......@.14is
Less than gallon lots, per gal....: .lll.
Over gals and less than bbls, per gal 1874
1os59g r. NJ. Roberts Diamond ]; Castor
is much heavier in consistency than our
Diamond A. 1t stands fire test OF about
$50: 81 gravity; and is equal In lubricant to
many OF the castors sold by the country
trade for the best.
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OILS
LUBRaGATlNG OILS.

Having renewed our contract with the
same refinery that has manufactured our
special brands Of oil for the past two years,
ever have before, we can furnish our trade
the most reliable Lubricating Oils sold in
the Northwest Every package bears our
namo with our special guarantee, and we
are able to quote prices on the same quail
ty of oil for less price than you can buy
from any other dealer on the same quality
of oil in the Northwest
The following prices do not include. cans
and all orders for less than full barrels, the
gallon, extra for can...................so.2 20
2 gallons, extra for can................ 4
< Gallons extra for 'can,,,,........ .33
10 gallons extra for can.......:.....:..:.. AS
The above prices are fol. wood Jacket cans.
rels are Included at prices given below.
When over 10 gallons and less than q full
barrel is ordered, we put it in a barrel and
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HA-LUMlkATaNG OILS,

hEfOoENlL OIL.
Tho prices given below do not include
barrels or cans. Full barrels of Oil contain
81 gallons Barrels are worth 75c EACH Cans
you will find priced in col. 81. We advise all
Of our customers to purchase in full barrels
II possible as the saving will be greater.
l0296g Prime White Kerosene. .......... .8H
10S00g r. M. Roberts Water White Ker. az
10S03S r. NJ Roberts Perfection ker, ~
1C$o5g 7. NJ Roberts Headlight Ker.:. 81
103l0g II. NJ Roberts Deodorized stove
gasoline. "a per cent. bbls only.... 8
lO3l5g Naptha, or benzine, 63 degrees.
bbls only. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
1G317g Turpentine. per gal ................ As
LARD OILS-CANS EXTRA.
10320g Extra Winter Strained Lard OIL
used extensively by plumbers,
brass spinners, etc: for all kinds
of lubrcating and for miners
lamps, railroad lanterns, etc.......$O.45
16225g No Lard OIL, used for lubricat-
ing aud mixing. q very good oil,
but not SO white and clear as the
winter strained .................. -. 80
MEATS FOOT OIL-CANs: EXTRA.
I'rites on these dis subject 10 market
changes. Pc. gel,
lUsS0g Pure Meats Foot Oil used in
dressing leather, oiing guns etc.
We are Headquarters and sell at
right prices OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IS
10335g Extra Meats Foot Oil, COM
monty sold for puresst. 43
10340g No. / Meats Foot Oil, commonly
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LgNSEED AND PAINT OIL

Prices of linseed Oh include barrel. Half
barrels Is cents extra. In less quantities
add price of can. Per gal.
105Sog Strictly pure (warrantedl Boiled
.,.,- Linseed Oil: ......... ................. A
105s5g Strictly Pure (warranted) Raw
Above prices are subject to market changes.
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CYLINDER OILS.

1O34lg x Cylinder Oil is prepared from
ture Of cylinder stocks. 1t is light amber
color, 675 fire test, and absolutely nol-cor-
rosive. ,oo
fei G tnn x ReiH Ga los per IS
= ios42g eXX Cylinder Oil. 600 IRE test com
and Dcgraw lubricant which gives it a fair
cold test and makes it an excellent oil to
feed through automatic lubrici-tors. 50 ~
Fu 9 than r pfr lots
Over gals and less than bbls per gall. 80
osg NM Cylinder 81 ao y co, Gefs ss da ~
fire test, 81 gravity. One of the best oils in
use to feed through automatic lubricator.,
Full barrels, per gallon .::...;........'so 90 %
Over S gals and less than Dbl, per gal, 81
l034+g NNXX Cylinder on is manufact-
ured from Warren stock. This stock is the
United States. The stock has been filtered
through animal bone dust and made to
stand test OF $50 Fair. heat. CT .rantced
best cylinder oil in use in the Northwest,
regardless of prices asked.
Full barrels. per gallon. .......;........$o.i0
Over 5 gals and less than bbl per GAL: ~
We also carry n stock Of steam refined
oil that we quote IS No l. and Inon nc M
1. 1t is purely mineral and reduced to a
high fire test by steam process. but madt
absolutely free from gum and d. guaranteed Zee.
not to contain any foreign sediments or cor
1ss45g Full barrels: per gallon; ...so. 2:
ds sS than gs i gl9 ,ha 1o' 5b Pc YER ga
No. . IS a light amber color. prepared in
the same way as No only that hat it VIII not not
e cannot ' recem1 9e it as highly for auto
matte steam lubricators as We can No. l.:
1OS4cG Full barrels. per gallon. 50 20
Less than gallon lots. per gall. ~
nypr = GALS less than DblS. DER gal, ~
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SAM PIES.

We Will gladly send samples Of Lubricat-
ing Oils Il our customers desire them, but
must ask you to send 10c to cover cost OF
sending such samples, as it costs 10ce. to
mail them and l0c for bottle and mailing
case; but we only ask that You send the
cost Of postage. In sending for samples be
sure and state exactly what you want.
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Always state if we may substitute if we are out
of what you order.
TO clear out the balance of our Trimmings, we
will trim any of the shapes for $500 extra on
above prices We have expert mil1iners, and if
YOU will allow them to choose we will send you a
trimmed hat worth twice what we charge.