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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
JOE'S AMILY.

Until she married Amily had been
possessed Of considerable self-Will and
some sharpness of tongue; but now,
after three years of Joe Strong's ex-
elusive society, she had become sub
dued creature; her face seemed to have
assumed a submissive expression OF
habitual Difference. Why she had
chosen Joe from among many admirers
no one could imagine, for he had not
sluggishness of his mental capacity
was portrayed in every line of his
hard, clean-shaven face. He was a
man from whom women were wont to
shrink, with an instructive conscious
ness that he looked down upon them.
Men thought him honest, and, by rea-
son of his physical strength, generally
deemed it wise to be civil to him,
though few really liked him.
No one had seen Amily' inside a
church since her wedding day, nor did
she ever tell her friends of her own
meek suggestion, on the first Sunday
of her married life, that she and her
husband should go to place of Wor-
ship together.
oh, it be wurship, be it," Joe had
said, with his broad, southern draWl.
ID Look here, you can wurship at home!
That be what I married We fur-to
wursh-up and do my chores
Amily shut her lips, to open them no
more on that subject in his hearing.
This statement included Joe's entire
creed on the subject of womankind. He
did not ill-treat his wife; and in so
much as he never spoke to her without
swearing, she grew accustomed to that,
and at last did not even notice it..
Neither was he a drunkard; he con-
s1dered that man has a perfect right
TO get drunk every night Of his life if
ne chooses; but he SO hated having a
headache in the morning that, for his
part, he preferred to keep sober.
The woman began to think that she
was turning into a machine for scrub
bling, cooking and sewing. 1t seemed
to her, after three years, that no world
existed outside her four walls, from
which she only escaped when she went
marketing with Joe on Saturday
nights. Of course she might have gone
'oftener-he had never said she wasn't
to; but the inclination to do so seemed
to have died, along with her self-will,
and her JOY of life, and her religion.
She did not realize how unhappy she
was. She thought she was only i'll,
and perhaps more lonely on that &C
count.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
What a Baby Can Do.

1t can wear out pair of kid shoes
in twenty-four hours. 1t can keep its
father busy advertising in the news
papers for a nurse. It can occupy both
sides of the largest-sized bed manufac-
tured, simultaneously. It can cause
its father to be insulted by every Sec
ond-ciass clearinghouse keeper, at the
seaside, who never take children. ;,
which in nine cases out of ten is very
fortunate for the children. It can
make itself look like a fend just when
mamma wants to show what a pretty
baby she has It can go to sleep ..like
a little angel" and just as mamma and
papa are starting for the theater, it
can wake up and stay awake until the
last act.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
PALE AND BREATHLESS.

her hands tightly clasped behind her.
The wind roared down the chimney,
the rain beat upon the pane, just as
on that evening month ago. Strange,
happy, eventful month!-and it had
ended like this.
Il will take you away,"ihe had said;
mo one will know where you go. 1
Will make you happy, Amily."
She had not realized till that mo-
ment how happy he had already made
her-how changed her poor empty life
had been by his daily visits. She had
not known, till he spoke, that she was
hungry for love and Kindness but she
had known it then when it had cost
her an effort to refuse him; she knew
lit now, when she thought of his words
and his look brought a strange tremor
with it, and made her hide her face in
her hands with a little cry of pain.
She laid the supper, listening for
Joe's footsteps, and expecting every in
stant to hear it above the noise o. wind
and rain He was late. She went to
the door and tried to peer through the
gloom, forgetting all the excitement
and strangeness of the afternoon in her
anxiety lest i'll had 'befallen him. At
last, as the clock struck II, she had
made up her mind to brave the hor-
rors of the lonely road and to go out
and seek him. ~
She had already put on her hat and
cloak, when the door was thrown open
and Joe entered. ......
1.Ah, Joe, was just coming
Her sentence was never finished for
she staggered back in horror, pale and
breathless. .@,-#- Oh.
Joe had availed himself of the privil-
ege possessed by the lords of creation;
he had braved the prospect of head
ache, and, for the first time since his
marriage, he was hopelessly intoxicat-
ed.
Ami1y stood by the wall; for some
minutes she was too appalled, to move
and she said not a word Then the
color came slowly back to her lips and
cheeks, and her dark eyes took a look
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23

that was dangerous. Gathering her
skirts about her as though she feared
pollution, she walked past him, out OF
the door, and up the creaking stars to
the little bed chamber.
We shall soon be in London said
John Hovenden. "I've only one place
to stop at on the way. Are you warm
enough?"
Yes, oh yes, thank you. Do drive
quickly-some one will see u.s." she an
swered, drawing back timidly behind
the awning.
At last Hovenden drew up at the
gate of great house that lay back in
it's garden.
Il shall be with you again directly
he said, as he sprang to the ground and
hurried up the gravel walk.
The sudden stiffness after the noisy
motion of the cart seemed to recall
Amily to herself. The haunting bit
terness that had been with her all
through that miserable day, the strange
Wild desire to be anywhere but in the
lonely little cottage outside the village,
seemed suddenly to give place to diff
1erent state of mind. The touch of the
mans hand was gone from hers; it
was relief. She had not wanted it.,
she never would want it, nor him; nor
MS love. What she wanted was that
Joe should be kind to her, that Joe
should love her little, and he con-
tented with her. If she left him this
would never be-if she left him he
might even love some one else! Ter
r1ble thought, that sent the color fly
Ing over the face of Joe's Amily! She
mad loved Joe when she married him;
ne might not be all that she had
thought; he might be-he likely was
a hard kind of man. But he was Joe,
and she loved him.
Amlly sprang from the cart, and
love, the old love of her life, seemed
to lend her wings as she fed down the
dark roads towards her home. She
never looked behind; never looked
back at what she might have been, at
the sin she had been so near commit
ting. She looked neither to right nor
to left; the darkness had no horrors
for her that night. Joe would be at
home; he would be angry with her,
he would swear at her; he might pos
slbly, for the first time in his life be
rough with her. But she deserved it
all, and-he was Joe!
The carrier had taken her a slong
way, it was nearly II o'clock before
she was in sight of her home. There
was light in the kitchen window, and
as she came closer she saw on the blind
the shadow CT her husband as he paced
to and fro. For a moment only she
hesitated, and then lifted the latch and
went in.
Joe turned, and the husband and wife
stood face to face in silence. Then
she spoke, raising her face to his with
almost child-like pleading.
Joe, I'm sorry. I meant to 20 away
for always; but IL had to come
back"
Joe looked at her without speaking
at first. Then he drew the back of
his hand slowly across his eyes.
Take off them wet cloes old girl"
he said; you'll be catchin' cold. And,
put the stoo on, do, and let's have a
mouthful. I be starvin'.'' -Exchange.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
Hired; Webster for. "a Week.

OF. course Webster was in demand
for those who; could afford to pay for
his services. A sharp Nantucket man
is said; to, have got the better of the
great defender Of the Constitution in
am amusing way, however. He had a
small. case which, was to be tried at
Nantucket, one week in June, and he
posted to, Websters office in great
haste. It was a contest with a neigh
Dor over a matter of considerable local
interest, and his pride as litigant was
at. stake He told Webster the partic-
ulars,. and asked what he would charge
to conduct tire case. why" said Web
ster;. "you can't afford to hire me. 1
should have to stay down there the
whole week, and my fee would be more
than the whole case is worth. I
couldn't go down there for less than
$1,000. could try every case on the
docket as well as one, and it wouldn't
cost any more, for one case would take
my time for the entire week, anyway"
SAIL right, Mr.. Webster" quickly re-
sponded the Nantucker. Here's your
$1,000. You come Gown, and I'll fix
it so you can try every case Webster
was SO amused over this proposition
that he kept his word. Ha spent the
entire week in Nantucket, and appear
ed on one side or the other in every
case that came up for hearing. The
shrewd Nantucker hired Daniel oet to
all his friends who were in litigation
and received in return about 81, 500 SO
that he got Webster's services for moth
ing, and made a good profit TO boot
II that man was alive in these days oi
trusts and syndieates, he would prob,
ably be at the head Of a legal trust
controlling, the services Of all the Bic
/ lawyers Of the country. Boston Her.
aid. .ass 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
Easily. Done,

MARK my words" impressivefy be-,
gan the long haired visitor who had
perco1ated into the sanctum. Sure.
thing!" cheerily replied the able ed
itor; deity running the blue pencil !
through the manuscript which the
caller had brought.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
How had it all come about?

1t always was, as she had thought,
so much more lonely when the sound
of his cart wheels died away in the dis
lance, especially now that he came so
often and staid so long.
But-was it possible he had said that
to her-that she had let him say it?
Gould it be that shea woman in
whom passion had seemed long ago to
die premature death-could it be that
she had made it possible for John
Hovenden to speak as he had spoken?
She stood as he had left her when ne
went out, with her face to the fire, and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
Repaired.

cts evident that you have Wheels
said the repair man to the bicycle. cav,
g'wan! You make me pneumatically
tired, said the bicycle to the repair
man. I.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
! Retrlbution.

why do the boys at the club call
Gholly 'Godiva 2 s. Such chump,
3you know. Had a good horse and next
Il, nothing ION. = s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23

Obscurity has its charms for the man
who is comp PEELED to associate with IA
NOUS people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
Dangerous Value.

Mrs. Jaggers You amt worth the
powder and lead to blow you up! Her.
Worst Half Thank heavensi
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23

song. tst
Now, am no worshiper of NOISE
but believe that if our American
churches would with full heartfness Of
soul, and full emphasis of voice, sing
the songs of Zion, this part of sacred
worship would have tenfold more
power than it has now. Why not take
this part of the sacred service and lift
it to where it ought to be. All the
annoyances of life might be drowned
out by that sacred song. Do not tell
me that it is not fashionable to sing
very loudly? Then, 1 say, away with
fashion. We dam back the great Mis-
sissippi of congregational singing. and
let few drops Of melody trickle
through the dam. say, take aWay
the dam, and let the pillows roar an
their way to the oceanic heart Of God
Whether it is fashionable to sing loud.
ly or not, let us sing with all possible
emphasis.
We hear great deal of the art OF
singing, of music as an entertainment
of music as recreation. 1t is high
time we heard something Of music as
a help, a practical help. In order tc
do this, we must have only a few
hymns. New tunes and new hymns
every Sunday make poor congrega.
tional singing. Fifty hymns are enough
for fifty years. The Episcopal church
prays the same prayers every Sabbath
and year after year, and century aftel
49,, n - I u
the hearty responses. Let us take I
hint from that fact, and let us sing tn,
i same songs Sabbath after Sabbath
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23

the sermon. The more important parts
are the Scripture lesson and, the pray
err The sermon is only man talking
to man. The Scripture lesson is God
! talking to man. Prayer is man talking
| to God. Oh, if we understood the
grandeur and the pathos of this exer-
else of prayer, instead of being dull
| exercise, we would imagine that the
room was full of divine and angelic ap-
! pearances.
But, my friends, the old style Of
church will not do the work. We might
as well now try to- take all the pas
sengers from Washington to New York
by stage-coach, or all the passengers
i from Albany to Buffalo by canal boat,
or do all the battling of the world with
bow and arrow, as with the old style
of church, to meet the exigencies of
this day. Unless the church in our day
will adapt itself to the time, it will be-
come extinct. The people reading
newspapers and books all the week, in
alert, picturesque and resounding
style, will have no patience with Sab
i bath humdrum. We have no objection
j to bands and surplice,. and all the par
aphernalia Of clerical life; hut these
i things make no impression-make no
more impression on the great masses
of the people than the ordinary bust
ness suit that you wear on Pennsyl-
vania avenue or Wall street. "A tailo,
cannot make a minister. Some OF the
poorest preachers wear the best
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
ENGINEERS AND ACCIDENTS

A DuDePptttioA Ab00t ~TAssS 1s1Se
aaA 00t."
A man employed in one OF the rail-
way Offices in Warrington has for ysars
been collecting newspaper accounts OF
railway accidents Of all kinds, says Lo-
connective Engineering. He now has
thousands Of these narratives, and from
an attentive study Of them he has come
to the conclusion that no locomotive
engineer ever came alive out OF his third
disaster. This 10 all nonsense, of course,
but there may be basis to truth in the
calculations.
1t seems that this belief is widely
held BY engineers themselves, md the
maker of the ecrapbook asserts that 1t -
so well supported by experience as to be
almost. rs demonstrable as thetiaw Of
gravitation or any other natural rcgula-
tion. He does not insist that engineers
are never killed in their first or second
accident, but he does maintain with
great seriousness that the man who has
had two "close calls" will if he is wise
abandon railroadin4 and make his liv-
ing some other way. II is not difficult
to Gee how such a superstition should
have arisen. for the chances that an
engineer will three times survive the
perils of collisions and derailments,
greater for him than for amy one else
on . train, are manifestly close to the
vanishing point. TO suppose that his
danger 10 greater in the third than in
the drst wreck IL, Of course, merely an
other form Of the delusion that "luck
IL bound to; shaAEs.~.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
It h.. b.en many yeer.. ..,. tee pcn.

1t has been many years. ssys the Den'
yer Stockman, since the signs Of the
times vsre = propitious ~ they are at
the pseseut moment. On every side can
be heard the sounds which beteken the
approach of good times. Easy money.
good crops, fair prices afsd . general de
mand for labor are the keynotes. There
are fewer idle men aud there is no ex-
cuse for any man to be Idle At this time
of the present year. Farmers in the
country find Il impossible to get help
enough to harvest their crops and have
been driven to the expedient Of helping
each other. Factories are busy, mer-
chants have all they can do and the air
is full of the busy hum. The hard times
period seems to have run It's course. and
the era of good times has already COM
meuced.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
A CRITICAL Time
During the Battle of
Santiago.
SICK OR WELL. A RUSH NIGHT
AND DAY.

THE PACKERS AT THE BATTLE OE
. SANTIAGO DE CUBA WERE ALL
HEROES. THEIR HEROIC ErFoRrs
. IN GETTING AMMUNITION AND HA-
= TIoNs TO THE FRONT SAVED THE
DAY. ...- -ts'
2. +. Butler, Of pack-train No. 8,
writing from Santiago, De Cuba, On
July 23d, says: I'VE all had diarrlloea
IN more or less violent form, and when
We landed We had no time to see doc
tor, for 1t was 4 case Of rush and rush
night and day to keep the troops sup
piled with ammunition aud rations, but
thanks to Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, we were able
to keep at work and keep our health; in
fact, 1 sincerely believe that at one
critical time this medicine was the In.
direct saviour Of our army, for II the
packers had been unable to work there
would have been no way Of getting sup
plies to the front. There were no roads
that wagon tram could use. My COM
rade and my SELF had the good fortune 10
lay in supply of this medicine for our
psck-train before we.le<t Tampa, and I
know in four cases tt absolutely saved
Ife.n .s
The above letter was written to The
manufacturers OF this medicine, tie
Chamberlain Medicine Co.. Des Moinse,
Iowa. For sale by Hay 4 JoHantgeu.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

DR.. ketcham leaves tomorrow after
very successful professional engage
ment In Meeker. His abilities as dem
tist are becoming so well known that he
had more work in his line than he could
attend to while here. As he Is a pro-
fessor in the Denver Dental college he
has to be in the capital city at the COM
mencement OF the collegiate year; hence
his departure now.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
IGot to Go tn School.

I'd me to hunt tac Injans at rusn sss bound
Iess. piain,
I'd like to be pirate an psov ~ rasn main
An capture some big isiaod, In bor1ay poup tt
rule: = So -
But j,ut emit be nothtn' 'eauss I sot to 70 tt
school -'
Most all great men, % l have read, has beer
the ones at got
pitch pine knot:
An many dar1n' boy hnke NO grows ~ to b
afool,
An never mounts to uo<hin. cuuse he's got tt
20 to school.
I'd like to be . cowboy an rope the Tc1ai
I'd like to be sleuth-houn', er . bloody bucca-
neer!
An leave the foe TO velter where thsir blood
had made = pool;
But how can git faInous7 cause sot to &C
to school.
don't ace how my parents kin make the big
mistake
O. kcepin' down boy like me ats got q name
I TO make!
1t aint no wonder toys is bad, an halky as q
mule;
Life amt worth Twin II you've Sot 70 waste
your time in school =
I'D Ike to be regarded rs The Terror Of the
Plnins!'
I'd like to hear my victims shrek ant clsnk
their prison chainsl
Id like to face the enemy with Ease serene an
cool,
An wipe 'em OF the Garth but, pshaw! I 60,
to go TO school.
What good is 'rithmetic an things. ejceptin
jcs. for girls,
Er them there Pauntieroys at vcnrs their hair
twisted in ctIris?
An IL my name Ia never seen on his'try.s page
why, you'n
Remember at It's ali because 1 got TO, 20 to
school. u
Nixon Waterman in L. A. ". Bulletin
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

Among the passengers on last nights
stage were q. W. Valiery. the popular
general agent of the popular Burlington
Route. accompanied by Live Stock
Agent Rockwell Of the Burlington, j.
II. Fesler Of the Glenwood National
bank, and George W. Ballantine.
general manager Of the Union Stock
Yards, Denver. MIR. Vallery is In on
his annual social visit among the Bur-
lington's large clientage in this valley
and while here will ENJOY a short fish
and hunt"
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
Spend Sent. o at Omaha.

Spend Sept. o at Omaha.
1t will be Colorado Day at the Trans
Mississippi Exposition. SlOsO ',uys a
round-trip ticket from Denver, and the
Burlington Route will run a special
train leaving Denver at 400 p. m.,
Wednesday, Sept. 7, and arriving at
Omaha at 900 next morning. Reserve
berths Now. This you can do at Offices
of connecting lines, or by addressing
G. W. Vallerv, Gen'l Agent, Burling.
ton Route, 1899 18th St., Denver.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

DR.. French returned to Meeker Thurs
day evening after IN extended trip
through Wyoming, Yellowstone Park,
Montana, Idaho and Utah. He says
there are many interesting objects In
National park, but In his opinion. that
much lauded region does not compare
in point Of natural beauty and general
attrsctiveness with our own upper
White region.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

The Silver Republican primaries were
held Wednesday afternoon and the
following delegation was elected to
represent Meeker precinct in the county
convention this afternoon: f. A.
Proctor, B. F. Clark, Frank Harker,
Thos. Baker, a. Oldland. B. l.. Nichols,
Gates Kersburg, II. j. Hay and F. f.
Sheridan.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

At the Democratic convention last
Saturday to select five delegates to at
tend the state convention Of the party,
G. W. Foreman filed the chair and
James Lyttle acted as secretary. s. P.
Wear, II. Hertz, w. 8. Simons, c. S.
TAYLOR and James Lyttle were elected
delegates to the state convention, which
meets at Colorado Springs on Septem-
Der Sth.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

A party of Rio Blanco "outlaws," as
Mr.. Swan calls the citizens of this
county, ran onto a cache, on North
Fork, last Monday, consisting Of about
fifty pounds Of salted trout belonging to
one of Swans special deputies. Our
people did the proper thing in coniiscat-
ing the find.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
st. James Church.

Sunday next the services will be n
follows:
Morning prayer and sermon at IL.
Evening prayer and sermon At 7:ao.
The Sunday school will meet at 10
O'Clock a. N. y,
The Rev. II. A. Handel extends to
everyone . most cordial invitation to
attend these servtces.)o
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

Two hundred babies Of Oriental
parentage were recently displayed in q
baby show in San francisco. The boys
had their heads shaved, while the girls
had their hair stiffened with beads and
paper fiowers.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
Colorado Day at the Omaha Ex'

COlOrtsNO llAy at the Om0D0 Ex.
position.
slO.SO is the rate offered by the Bur
lington Route, Denver to Oma4a and
return, Wednesday, Sept. 7. on account
of Colorado Day tSept- 81 at the Trans
Mississippi Exposition at Omaha.
Correspondingly low rates will be in
effect from all other Colorodo points
Tickets vii be good for return any time
within ten days from date of sale, and
be accepted for passage on Burlington
trains leaving Denver at els a. m.. u
well as on the "Expositton special, .
which will leave Denver At AGO p. a.,
Wednesday, Sept. :, Thi. trais viii
reach Omaha at 600 next morsing. viii
carry sleeping and free reclining. chair
cars, and. on occount Of It's convenient
schedule. is the train every ColYradan
enroute to the Exposition should take.
Through tickets and sleeping-car berths
can be had at all D. Il r. G. and Colo
RADIO Midland ticket Offices. as well as
at the Burlington Ticket Office, 1883
18th ST., Denver. G. W. Vallery. Gen'l
Agent. =
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

At the last county teachers examina-
tion Carrie, Mootz got a second grade
certificate with percentage of over
eighty. This is very creditable show
ing for a Neeker school girl who is not
vet through tie high school course.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

Our superior school privileges are at
tracing large number of people t.
Meoker. most Of whom will become
permanent residents.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03

The third annual district fair of the
counties of Eagle, Pitkin and Garfield
will be held at Glenwood Springs or
Sepobmber 18th, 10Th and 30th.
The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
Sir Rotlerick's Luck.

"Foiiedi" she shrieked. 1.-The boy
shall be mine!"
"Caramba!" hissed Sir Roderick.
"What shall l do?''
Clearly he was baked In his design 10
possess himself of the heir OF Pelton
Manor.
Upon the morrow, the circus would
have arrived there was no time to lose.
As for borrowing a neighbor's child
to take TO the show, the neiRhbors chill
dren would all be In use.-Detroit jour
nal. tF 2. f-4'