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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Jacob VanRhee, the Pease merchant
was Il Princeton visitor Friday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

+. Mrs. George Wetzel departed Mon
day morning for Minneapolis, where
she will enter a hospital for treatment.
She has been in poor health for some
time and the doctors give her little
hope for improvement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

The final settlement of the estate o.
the late I. II. Estes has been made.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Last Monday was. the tenth anniver-
sary of the marriage of DR.. and Mrs.
F. L. Small and a dozen or more of
their friends met informally to help
them celebrate the event. Card play
ing furnished the amusement and light
refreshments were served. ',",.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

JACK Pioneer DRUGGIST
the
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pd aa' spending tne DAY With Pile
NJ Rutherford and Theo Koch
at Bank Of Mark ng
new line of Star brand Of Mack
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ed Saturday She
has lx oved n her. tins
Monday legal Illness ~ - 'eD hop
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no - looking after business for New ho s
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nome on the Sunday cn
ton Five new cases were filed with es
be tried at the April term themselves entitled to- ena
Anes RsRsHisass ave You are always sure to get fresh
was Tuesday, goods if you buy from firm which
week STAT. n hs from the sajG general
De s 10: !se weeks yet
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their waS
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"se his duties the court house this
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

A new line of Star brand of Mackin-
toshes at r. D. Byers' store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

School began. again Monday morn
inc after week of vacation. 49,. E.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

The Dalbo mail route has been
changed so as TO supply the postoffice
at Karmel 49,.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

F. L. Daigle, the prosperous lake
merchant, was transacting business in
Princeton last Friday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Charley Sinclair returned Saturday
from his trip south with potatoes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Judge Keith was called to St. Paul
last Monday afternoon by some legal
business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Delos Hunt expects to secure berth
as brakeman on one OF the Iron Range
trains this summer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Irving Barnum has returned to
Princeton, where he will probably re-
main this summer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Next Sunday is Easter.
Read the UNIONS ad on page 2.
!. Well. did the election 60 to suit you?
Mrs. E. Mark has returned from Ter
visit to Texas. .>-,,...... = r..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

TF1HceVU11' T. u bKAD1,NTTeS.
DR.. Niven, April and 6. ....
$500 boards at Foley-Bean Lumber
Company's. ..,: 49,.
DR.. e. l.. Small, resident dentist,
Townsend block.
Big reduction in all fall suiting this
month at L. Fryhling's.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-30

Richard Grant, a minor, has left the
home of his father, E. Grant, who
wishes hereby to give notice that he
will be responsible for no bills con-
tracted by him, nor will he claim any
wages of his earning. .t.. >.a,1:..., E a..
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
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Gave Her Husband for Gu ba.

A touching little story is told of Mrs
Waldeck, wife Of Captain William A.
II. Waldeck, Of the Seventh United
States Volunteer Regiment Of I'm
munes. Captain Waldeck vas for
eighteen years with Hollands army In
the East Indies. Eight years ago he
was given leave of absence by his gov
ernment and he spent some of his play
time in trip through America. At
Detroit he met Miss Amelia Theresa
Cousins, who subsequently became his
wife. Before accepting him Miss Cous-
ins made it condition Of their mar
riage that he should leave the army.
He compiled with the condition, and
became an American. When the war
with Spain broke out the desire to
return to his old profession of war
and to serve his adopted country be-
came very strong, and his wife did
not oppose his wishes.
Mrs. Waldeck accompanied her hus-
band to Washington to procure his
commission. On meeting Colonel e.
A. Goodwin, of the Seventh Volunteers,
there she held his hand in both OF
hers. and, looking earnestly at the
colonel, said: Colonel Goodwin, l was
the Gauss of my husband leaving the
regiment in which he served eighteen
wars and ] feel that it is my duty,
now that my country is at war with
spain. to give him back his promise
and let him follow his old profession
"a a soldier. ] only hope that I shall
see him in life again"
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
Measurlpg an Earthquake.

Some interesting computations and
Investigations have been made on the
earthquake which disturbed Calcutta a
year ago. This earthquake was regis
tered at nineteen observatories In Eu-
rope (the most distant OF which was
Edinburg, 1870 kilometres from the
epicenter. The seismographs and mag
netographs made records OF the distur-
.bance, and the average Of the results
obtained indicates that the mean sur
face velocity of the first vibrations
was either nine or eleven kilometres
per second, according to the time ta-
ken for Calcutta. These first vibra-
tions, which lasted for twenty three
minutes, were followed by large, long
periodic oscillations whose velocity
was either 2.6l or 276 kiloT etres per
second Crossing Italy the complete
wave must have been "a kilometres in
length, and the height of its crest
about halt metre.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
A PECULIAR ISLAND.
MONEY HAS NO VALUE IN LONELY
TRISTAN C'ACUNHA.

Its Queer Old Governor and the Resssn Of
His Being Thers-A Happy and Confronted
People Who Know Nothing of the Out.
side World.
Did yeu ever hear Of place where
money was useless?. Well, there is such
g place. 1t is the island OF Tristan
d'Aounha, In the South Atlantic, about
midway between the Cape OF Good
Hope and the South American coast.
But you mustn't jump to the conclusion
that money has no value there because
the island is uninhabited. 1t has a
population of sixty-four. and Is the
tiniest Of Great Britains many small
colonies.
Once a year the British government
sends off ship to the island. Just
why this should DE done is not quite
clear. A yearly mail service is quite
unnecessary, for although the sixty
four inhabitants are British subjects
they never receive any mail. They
lead a solitary existence, knowing
nothing of the great world beyond their
shores and caring less,
Some time ago, for some reason OF
other, the King of Italy sent donation
of two hundred dollars for distribution
among the inhabitants. A gentleman
named Cane, who had visited the is
land, commenting on this fact. wrote
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
Need of Covering During sleep.

The reason that 1t is necessary to be
we'll covered while sleeping is that
when the body lies down it is the in
tention of nature that 1t should rest,
and tho heart especially should be re-
lieved of its regular work temporarily,
So that organ makes ten strokes min
ute less than when the body is in an
upright posture. This means 600
stokes in sixty minutes. Therefore. in
the eight hours that man usually
spends in taking his nights rest, the
heart Is saved nearly Ave thousand
strokes. AS 1t pumps six ounces OF
blood with each stroke, 1t lifts 10000
ounces less Of blood In this nights ses-
sion than it would during the day,
when a man Is usually in an upright
position. Now, the body Is dependent
for it's warmth on the vigor of the cir
culation, and as the blood flows so
much more slowly through the veins
when one is lying down, the warmth
lost in the reduced circulation must be
supplied by extra coverings..-"Even-
inls Wisconsin"
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
Conversational SubterfuRe.

mo, SIR" said the man with heavy
mustache and Il slouch hat. II don't
ever associate with man who
swears; that Is, If can help It,"
But l thought you We're an old
ranchman," said the young man to
whom he was talking.
80 am. But l amt one Of the
kind you read about. I'm too busy
raisn' cattle to spend my time think
in up curious and amusn' things to
say"
But / thought there was always a
great deal of profanity on a ranch"
mot necessarily. You'll only find 1t
when some special people is talkin'.
An, as l said, l never hang around
where it's goin' on
"Well, there is no doubt about the
propriety of dtscouragng IT. Pro-
family is unguestionubly very demoral.
Ring.'
Yes. An the meanness Of 1t Is
what hurts my feelins. 1t doesn't
give the other feller fair shake in
? the conversation. The one that uses
it always wants to do all the talkin'.
An there's no use In tryin to buck
against him. II he happens to run
out of ideas he doesn't give you a
chance. He goes ahead and swears n
few while he thinks up some more and
then starts in where he left off with
out lettin' you say word
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
A GREAT INDUSTRY.
EMPLOYS OVER ONE MILLION PER-
SONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

The Various Uses to Which Electricity Is
Applied-Telegraph and Telephone Give
Work to Hundreds of fThousands-Froma
Railroad Car to Fan Now Run by 1t.
More than 100000 persons in the
United States, 1t is now computed, get
their livelihood through employments
dependent upon or connected with the
use of electricity, and compared with
the United States the number of per-
sons so employed In other countries Is
practically insignificant. The rapid
increase Of the electric business of this
country is shown by the fact that at
the time Of taking the last national
census, that 1890, no serious effort was
made to give figures showing the sx-
tent Of the use Of electricity.
There are in the United States near.
ly a million miles OF telegraph wire.
and there are $4,000 telegraph Offices.
exclusive Of those maintained by the
railroad companies for the conduct and
regulation Of their trains. Taking into
account telegraph operators, telegraph
company employees, and those in the
telegraph service OF the railroads, there
are $50, 900 persons connected with the
transmission Of telegraphic messages
In the United States. There are now
100000 miles Of telephone wire In the
United States, more than 1000 ex-
changes, and an equal number OF tele-
phone branch offices, exclusive, OF
course, OF pay stations. The number
Of employees Of the telephone COM
panies Of the United States is $4,000.
exclusive Of those engaged In construc-
ton and repair work for the compan-
les.
The gradual substitution Of the cleo
trio current for horse power on surface
railroads has added largely to the num-
Der 3f employees Of electric railroads.
There are now in the United States
$4,000 miles OF electric or trolley roads.
and these roads give employment, 1t Ia
computed, to 100 900 persons as motor
men, conductors. clerks. inspectors,
and electricians. Then there Is the
item of electric lighting which is one
of the most important branches OF tho
development OF electric service, but
likewise one the figures OF which are
most fragmentary. Nearly every i'm
portant city of the United States, and
many unimportant cities, too, are light
ed by electricity, as well as private
houses. ores,publio buildings. tunnels.
bridges, caves, mines and parks. and
the use Of the electric current In man
ufacturing Is constantly on the in
crease. Machines are run by electriCi-
ty, many manufacturing operations are
performed by 1t, elevators are run by
electricity, fans for cooking purposes
are run by electricity and as these uses
are extended the number OF persons
employed is steadily being Increased.
There are still to be added to the
figures OF another branch OF the busi-
ness, one Of the most mportant,-the
manufacture OF electric appliances,
which it Is computed, gives employ
ment to more than $50, 900 persons.
Taking all the figures together, 1t is
probably not far from the truth to say
that there are 100000 persons in the
United States dependent upon electric
ity for livelihood
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
The Attentive Iistener,

The eminent eXhorter came down
from the pulpit at the close of the
service. Many people pressed for
ward to shake him by the hand. He
accepted their congratulations with n
smiling face, but his eyes were on a
certain auditor who fingered in the
aisle. The great preacher pressed
through the throng about him and eX-
tended his hand to the waiting man.
Il want to thank you he said in
his deep musical tones, for the close
attention you gave my remarks. Your
upturned face was inspiration to me.
! am sure you never changed your
earnest attitude during my sermon"
NO." said the man, x have a stiff
neck"
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
MOST REMARKABLE LAKE.
A Strange Black Fluid That Bears No Ro,
semblance to Water.


The most remarkable body of water
In the world lies In the Vicinity of tho
Colorado river. in Southern California.
In this region Of ugly volcanoes, deso-
late wastes and Shiny swamps, the
strangest phenomenon OF all Is what
the naturalists call lake OF ink" No
other description fits so well.
The strange, black fluid that forms
the lake bears no resemblance to wa
ter.
The pool of ink is situated about halt
q mile from volcano. 1t is about an
acre in area. The surface Is coated
with gray ashes from the volcanoes to
the thickness OF about six inches, thus
concealing It's real nature.
Experiment has proved that the
black fluid of the lake is not poisonous.
1t acts as q dye. ard cotton goods soak
ed in it keep thefr color for months,
even when exposed to the sun. They
also acquire a stiffness similar to that
produced by weak starch. The fluid has
been analyzed, but its component parts
have not been made known. AS to the
source of the supply Of the lake, moth
ing definite has been ascertaned. 1t
is undoubtedly Of volcanic origin, but
nothing more definite is known.
This is bad land that has never
been traversed. Human beings have
tried it, but they never return to tell
of their experience Of their discoveries.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
Novel phiIanthrODhy.

Toronto is the scene of a novel forlp
Of philanthropy. 1t is the care Of the
teeth of children whose parents are too
poor to employ dentist A local ply:
sician conceived tha idea and sought
the ala of the churches. He was ready
to bear the financial burden alone but
he desired the church people to assist
him in finding objects for his charity
His notion was ridiculed, but he per"
sisted in it without assistance, expend~
ed much money in fitting up his dis
pensary and in employing assistants,
and last year he cared for the teeth
of nearly two thousand children. He
seeks no aid from any quarter, bLt
finds it necessary occasionally to ap-
peal to the citizens to furnish him with
the names Of people who cannot afford
to spend money on their children 8
teeth,
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
GLADSTONE'S READY WIT.
A Few Instances In Which He Downed
the Opposition.

the Opposition.
Mr.. Gladstone was once the victim
of reporters curious error, either in
reporting or telegraphing, which was
that where in a celebrated speech he
declared, I'VE have burned our boats
and destroyed our bridges" he must
have been Mortified to read, I'VE have
burned our boots and destroyed our
breeches." The noted phrase Time is
on our side" was rendered in One re-
port as Tim is on our side"
1--WE are very proud of our trees"
said Mr.. Gladstone once to a party Of
excursionists from Lancashire, "and
are therefore getting anxious, as tho
beech has already shown symptoms of
decay. We set great store by our
trees" why, then" roared Ian.
cashire lad, do you cut 'em down as
you do?" eve cut down that we may
improve. We remove rottenness that
we may restore health by letting in air
and light. AS u good Liberal, you
ought to understand that" Lancashire
set up roar Of delight, and the dis
comforted interrogation came in fOr
many a fieer from his companions.
Mr.. Gladstone dearly loved joke.
even at his own expense, and he pos
sessed considerable mimetic powers.
He was once guilty of an amusing bull
in debate on the question Of disestab-
lishment. Dilating Cn the hold held
on the affections Of the people by the
Church of England, he said: when
an Englishman wants to get married.
to whom does he go? To the parish
priest. When he wants his child bap-
tized. to whom does he got To the
parish priest. When he wants to get
buried, to whom does he go?" The
House answered with a roar Of laugh
ter in which Mr.. Gladstone himself
Joined, adding, "As l was contrasting
the English Church with the Irish, 9
bull is perhaps cxcusable. "
On one occasion two gentlemen, In
vited as guests at a table where Mr..
Gladstone was expected, made wager
that they would start a conversation
on a subject about which even Mr..
Gladstone would know nothing To
accomplish this end they read up an
ancient magazine article on some unfa-
milar subject connected with Chinese
manufactures. When the favorable
opportunity came the topic was started,
and the two conspirators watched with
amusement the growing interest in the
subject which Mr.. Gladstone's face be-
trayed. Finally he Joined in the con-
versation, and their amusement was
turned into gnashing of teeth--to speak
fguratively-when Mr.. Gladstone said.
"Ah, gentlemen, l perceive you havs
been reading an article | wrote in the
Magazine some thirty or forty
=
years ago." Z:
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26

PrOverbed Into rnOTthoss'
Less speed travels further than much
brag.
If at first you don't succeed fall, fall
again.
A bicycle in use is worth two in the
repair shop.
Keep your own counsel and your own
wheel.
Fine feathers never showed a wheel
one foot forward.
Look before you leap; the road may
be slippery.
Answer fools and scorchers accord
Ing to their folly.
A repair in time is like to save the
price of new tire.
It's wise child that knows the make
of Its own bicycle.
Borrowing is the poorest method OF
making both ends meet.
A wrench left at home will not tight
en- nut on the road.
He that fights and rides away will
live to ride another day.
A miss is as good as a mile on the
front seat of tandem.
A father is a treasure, brother
comfort, but a bicycle is both.
A little saddle, like a little knowl-
edge, is often dangerous thing.
A puncture in the tire is worth two
in the oil can-to the repairer.
How everyone dislikes the rider who
Is never surprised at anything!
One good side slip is more satisfy
ing to the slipper than dozen ordin-
ary falls.
1t is really astonishing how much
patience some clumsy riders have with
themselves.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
TAURMONT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday October 26 |899
THE WoMEN's CONVENTION.
One Elderly Gentleman Thought He Knew
Their Reasons for Holding 1t.

Their Reasons for Holding 1t.
The women Of the strong minds
were about to hold a convention. and
as preliminary thereto a committee
was moving around among the down
town business men collecting funds
to assist in the ceremonies. The COM
mittee had been to a lot Of places and
had met with very fair success, not
withstanding there wasn't good.
looking woman in the entire combin-
alton, which shows how much men
think Of woman for herself alone than
for her beauty, which Is SO evanish
Ing.
However, at one place 1t was differ
ent, and the women were treated in
a manner to make them feel as II they
would almost rather not be men at all
than to be the kind of men this par
ticular man was.
1t happened in the Office of an ell
derly gentleman, who has nc patience
whatever with the man-lady kind Of
woman, and he was sitting in his
private Office when the delegation ar
rived IN the outer room. One Of the
members very briefly stated the OBJ
ject of their visit to the clerk at the
desk.
"And may inquire" said the clerk
politely, for he was a kindly man
and wouldn't do anything in the
world to hurt anybody's feelings,
"why are you going to hold a cOnven-
tion"
Just as like as not the man had a
wife at home and he wanted to tell
her about it, but before the commit
tee had an opportunity to reply the
elderly gentleman's rasping voice was
heard rising high over the partition
separating the two offices.
"I'll tell you why" came the words,
"it's because they haven't got any
babies to hold. Tell EN- so, with my
compliments, and say tnat we give
nothing to the cause Of perverted pet
ticoatism."
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
The Cigarette in Europe.

The cigarette was first introduced
into this country at the close of the
Crinean War by British officers, who
had found themselves under compul-
sion to adopt Turkish fashions of con.
suming tobacco, seeing that there was
not a decent cigar TO be obtained for
love or money throughout the length
and breadth of the Ottoman Empire.
Pipe smoking was strongly discouraged
at regimental mesSes forty odd years
ago; indeed, it is scarcely tolerated at
the present day in some of the tone
giving" military aid noble" clubs in
Germany,
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
Patents

Cdyedts and Re Issues secured; 1Tdde Ndr6S
and Copyrights registered; Opinions given as
to validity and infringement of patents; as
stgnnaentS, COntracts, etc, prepared and recor-
ded and all business in the Patent Office in
the UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly aud carefully pros
ecuted Upon receipt of na0del or sketch or
photograph of invention with description,
will advise as to patentability free Of cha'ye
Main offices direct{y across from tie T. .
Patent Office, and attention is specially called
to my perfect and long established facilities
for the most vigorous and successful prose
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
a specially FEES MODERATE and exclu
sive attention given to patent business Book
of info nation and advice, and special refer
tnces, sent without charge upon request
j. z LITTELL,
ktt0raey and CounSetlor in Patent CausbS,
Washington, ID. G.,
Opposite L. S. Patent Office
Mention this Papsr>
Catoctin clarion., 1899-10-26
Refuse of Pilot raph Stndios.

"Reflners of nitrate OF silver for the
Use of photographers" said man en-
gagged in this line OF business in New
York to a reporter recently, have
agents travelling constantly all over
the United States collecting the waste
clippings of sensitiZed paper that ac-
cumulate in every Photographic gal
lery. They buy all they can fud and pay
for it in new nitrate, allowing the pho
tographers a good round price for their
waste.
"The waste is shipred to the refners
where the nitrate ii the paper is sepa-
rated from it by chemical processes
and prepared for market again. This
re-refned nitrate Is as good as 1t was
originally, and is sold for just as much.
The refiners. Of course, make big
profit out OF the waste, and the photo
grapher is able to get a good supply
OF material for the old scraps that
would otherwise be Of no use to him.
when one thinks Of the great num-
ber of photograph galleries and studios
in the country, and the fact that the
waste paper Of them all Is closely
gathered by the refiners at price that
will average 81 a pound, he may get
some idea OF the proportion OF busi-
ness that is utterly unknown outside
Of the persons directly interested in
the trade. Not only the scraps Of sill
yer sensitized papers, but those OF the
paper treated with a solution of gold
are eagerly sought by the retiners, and
the photographer Is always very will
ing to exchange his accumulation Of
to him. worthless waste for new
stock Of valuable nitrate"
The japanese have entered largely