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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-02
Town Clerk
To the voters Of the town of Prince

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To the voters Of the town of Prince
ton. IL ss If 55s Nh II.
Gentlemen: i take this method Of
again placing myself before you as a.
candidate for the office of town clerk
If reelected / shall, as in the past, en-
deavor to conduct the affairs Of the Of,
factory TO all the people. q
Thanking you all for the support
which you have SO generously given
me in the past and which I sincerely
hope may be extended at the polls at
the coming election, 4 beg leave to
remain $s$
.8. our obedient servant,
e. "A. BRIGGS.
/ hereby announce myself as a cam
didate for the Office of town clerk Of
the town Of Princeton and solicit the
support of the voters at the coming
town meeting. If elected / will en-
deavor to discharge the duties Of the
Office faithfully and in the interests Of
thestaxpayerso OF the town.
r. ID. ANN1s. u
Dated, Feb. q, 1899.
hereby announce myself as a candi-
date for the office Of town clerk OF the
/ town of Princeton, and solicit the sup.
port Of the voters at the coming town
meeting If elected | will serve the
4 town faithfully. .5
# Feb. IA. ERNEST =. .SELLHoRN.
For Supervisor.
i hereby announce myself as a candi.
date for the office of supervisor Of the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-02
) AGE lin 1 rs

Mounet-Sully is soon to act Iago at
the Coincide Franchise.
Coppee's Violin Maker Of Cremona'
has been made into an opera.
The past season in New York has
been unusually full Of new things and
unusually prosper JUS.
Julia Marlowe's name is Julia
Brough. and in her early stage career
she was billed that way &
Sibyl Sanderson has entirely recover
ed from her long illness and Is again
stud ing with Ira badelo.
Laura Willard. Josie Intropidi ana
Henry Norman are singing in New
q York at the American theater.
Madrid has got over its sadness
enough to produce a new opera called
s Maria del Carmen " It did not prove
q very great work.
Mascagni has succeeded in securing
genuine hold again with his Iris. 4 He
conducted the first performance and
was recalled 90 times.
Coquelin has postponed indefinitely
the production OF Emile Bergerac's
More Than Queen which was to
have followed Cyrano de Bergerac. =
Annie Russell has signed contract
/ with Charles Frohman by the provisions
of which she will continue to be starred
[ under his direction for several years to
come. *a
] Andrew Mack's play for next season
4 will be 1.-THE Last Of the Rohans, a
j comedy Of Irish life. written specially
/ for him by Ramsay Morris author of
4 IAN Irish Gentleman. ss~-.
It has practically been settled that
] Mr.. Goodwin will act next spring in
London under Charles Frohman. Mr.,
] Goodwin has expressed his intention to
appear as Iago. Richard III and Shy
lock. %..-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-02
A CONNEC TON By MAI 2IAG III.
BY FRANCIS LIVINGSTON.

Icopyright. 1900. ~ IL. Autl,or.l
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-02

SOAAA .yOlA &6 GOUA CdANAS, dAO$sA " WILL 6AvO
me- pleasure to have you at the we'd;
ding and meet my bride, whom you
cannot help admiring for her beauty. 1
Having said this, Hiram took his hat.
and politely bowed hisway out, leaving
Lydia and me feeling very crestfallen5
over the collapse Of our scheme
Where was you spirit r. said !
sadly.
And where was your ready tongue
returned Lydia. Could you find moth.
ing to say to him after that dreadful
bluff he made about marrying some-
body else u
lot a word, !, said /. 81 was too
astounded at his GOODNESS. What aplomb
the man had to talk about marrying in
April when he was raging inwardly
because we had both thrown him overl
Yes, il. he had only shown his cha
grim, said Lydia This is where he
spoiled our fun. Dottie. do you think
there can be ything in what he said ~
Certainly not. Y
There was. though. "a bout April 70
both Lydia and / received cards. al
dressed in Hiram 3 writ ting, to the we'd
ding of Mr.. Hiram Cadwallader and
Miss Amelia Linck. She was the daugh-
ter. o. a wealth brewer in Brooklyn,
and we found afterward that he had
courted her. and married her all within
he8space Of six weeks.
Lydia and are still friends, but
there is one name we never mention
it Is that of Hiram Cadwallade LEI.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
sna,ns mt the Kensinston Museum.

The investigation being made into
the conduct of the Kensington museum
has shown among other things that
the. authorities are not above manufac-
turing falses antiques. One of the
staff is said to have concocted from
genuine old panels Vernish-Martin
cabinet, for which the museum paid
nearly $4,000. A chair bought at the
Hamilton palace sale, and said to have
belonged to Cardinal Wolsey, has
been proved to be of the last century
and to have been made in, Ceylon.
And there are imitation Della Robbias
and modern antique agate cups which
have beer bought for ten times their
value.
Perhaps the chair of st. Augustine,
reported to have been discovered at
Stanford Bishop, near Bromyard, may
turn out to be something of this sort.
There is tradition that the saint Wis
tied the place during his ministrations
in Britain. lie probably did not re-
main standing all the time lie was
there. An old chair put together
without nails was until recently in the
church, which, when thrown out as
rubbish, was picked up by the parish
clerk, who sold it to physician from
Birmingham, who has written it up in
a monograph, and, putting together
the historical fact Of ST. Augustine's
so;ourn in Britain, the local tradition
and the actual old chair, claims that
it is the Bishops chair" in which
he is said to have seated himself,
Art Amateur.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Tender RecolIectfonS.

The balloon was tugging at its rope
and bouncing about clumsily in the
puffs of wind. A widow stood regard
ing it with streaming eyes. She was
alone, but a crowd gathered about her,
attracted by her untimely tears. She
sobbed for ten minutes, while the
crowd restrained themselves, but at
last an old gentleman, whose long
white hair and sanity face declared
his belief that he was privileged to
thrust himself into anybody's bust
ness, stepped forward and said:
Madam, why do you weep? Why,
oh, these tears?'
The woman snuffled loudly and then
replied:
'It's the balloon"
"But," queried the old gentleman,
"why does the spectacle of balloon
cause you to weep? Did loved son
once perish as an aeronaut?"
"No," replied tine weeper, cit
wasn't son-it was my husband. +"
"Ah, your husband was killed while
ballooning?"
'No, he wasn't; my husband died
in his bed, but he weighed 300 pounds
and that jumping balloon reminds
me of just how Henry looked the last
time saw him a-dancing. His figure
was like thatr' and the widow dis
solved in new burst of tears.-Lon-
don Judy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Ineersoll. the Moralist.

Going the rounds of the country
press is an eloquent deliverance OF Bob
Ingersoll anent whisky. Aside from
the intrinsic merit of the production
in question it indicates the power for
good that lies in the utterances of In
gersoll when the divinity of his own
soul is the inspiration. Pity it is that
man of such marvellous grasp of in
tellect and unrivaled facility of express
sion should devote these inherent gifts
to assailing Christian creeds and mock
ing the sweetest hopes that ever lured
weak humanity to nobler living, the
man in whose heart the kindliest SEN
timents grow and in whose brain the
prettiest fancies are spun, should, &C.
cording to every law of God and ma
ture, be the apostle of light and hope;
and Irgersoll himself is the strongest
refutation of his doctrines of despair
and eternal darkness.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
ART AND SCIENCE.
The Porter Knew More. Than the Pro-
fessor About Shears. :,

The Porter Knew More. Than the Pro-
fessor About Shears.
An article In Cornhill on the sim.
plicity and ignorance of great men,
says that Professor Huxley delivered
a. lecture at Newcastle-on-T Sne, for
which numerous diagrams were re-
quired. Old Alexander, the porter OF
the institution, and favorite among
the members of the society, was helping
the professor to hang the diagrams,
but the screen was not large enough,
and the blank corner of one would
overlap the illustration of another. s Sc
The professor declared that he
would cut off the margins, and asked
Alexander to bring him a pair of scis-
sors; but alas! they would not work,
and the learned man threw them down
in disgust. I,
"vera guild shears, professor, Dsaid
Alexander.
ST tell you they won't cut" OK,
claimed Huxley.
"Try again, "said Alexander. 3They
will cut.,,'
The professor tried again and called,
angrily:
"Bring me another pair of scis-
sors."
Sir William Armstrong stepped for
ward at this point. and ordered Alex
ander to go out and l.uJ new
pair.
"vera guild shears, Sir William,
persisted Alexander, and ne took them
up, and asked Huxley how he wanted
the paper cut.
"Cut it there" said the professor,
somewhat tartly, indicating the place
with his forefnger.
Alexander took the paper, inserted
the scissors and cut off the required
portion with the utmost neatness.
Then he turned to the professor, with
significant leer and twinkle OF the
eye.
''Sceance an ART tlinna gang tsifiies
gether, professor, said he.
Huxley gave way to laughter, and
SO did everybody present, and OF
course the scientist paid the fine OF
his stupidity in sovereign.
Some one expressed amazement to
Alexander that he should dare make
freedom with Huxley.
"Why, mon," said Alexander with
great emphasis, 'they bits O. professor
bodies ken naething at o. except their
huiks.n
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION.
SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE BASED ON
The Importance Or Informing the Public
of the Value OF an Article Through
u the Leading Newspapers.

The few remedies which have attained to
underworld fane, as truly beneficial In ct.
feet and giving satisfaction to millions OF
people everywhere, are the products OF
the knowledge of the most eminent phy-
sfcians. and presented in the form most
accountable to the human system by the
skill OF the worlds great chemists; and one
OF the most successful examples IS the
Syrup OF Figs manufactured by the Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Co. Unlike a host OF
limitations and cheap substitutes, Syrup OF
Figs Is permanently beneficial In its ef1ects,
ard therefore lives and promotes gooo
health, while inferior preparations are ne
Ing cast aside and forgotten. In olden
times II a remedy gave temporary relief to
individuals here and there, it was thought
good, but nowadays q laxative remedy
must give satisfaction to all. II you have
never used Syrup of Figs, give it a trial;
YOU will be pleased with it, and rec
ommend 1t to your friends or to any VII
suffer from constipation, over-feeding,
colds, headaches, biliousness, or other Ills
resulting from an inactive condition OF the
kidneys, liver and bowels.
In the process OF manufacturing the
pleasant family laxative made by the
California Fig Syrup Co., and named
Syrup Of Figs, fgs are used, as they are
pleasant to the taste; but the medicinal
properties Of the remedy are obtained from
an excellent combination OF plants known
to he incidentally laxative and to act most
beneficially. AS the true and original
remedy, n;.med Syrup OF Figs, is manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup, co.
only, u knowledge Of that fact will assist
in avoiding tho worthless limitations manu-
factured byother parties. The Company
has selected for years past the leading pub
LEGATIONS of the United States through which
to inform the public OF the merits OF its
ramedv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
,state belonging to the Christian Com

estate belonging to the Christian Com
monwealth shall be encumbered e1'
cspt by two-thirds vote of the mem
bers. It takes majority vote to con-
stitute debt. The official signature
of the corporation is that of the presi-
dent. The officers are chosen annu-
ally. The officers are president, vice.
president, secretary, treasurer, direc-
tor of labor, health officer and board
of management.
The colonists have lumber mill,
where they make the necessary lum-
Der to build their houses, factories,
etc. Their printing outfit is valued
at $4,000. A cotton factory is among
their contemplated enterprises of the
near future. The colonists put nearly
all of the money they get into tools.
implements and machinery. The nur-
sery consists of $4,000 or go, 600 trees
of different variety. The colonists
have the power Of starting branch
colonies in any state Of the Union. In
the colony every one works according
to his ability under the direction OF
the head of the departments: Mem
bers receive for their labor clothing,
food,. medicine, medical attention and
education.
There have been many criticisms OF
the scheme. One is that it will kill
ambition another, that it puts pre-
MUM on laziness. Another, that 1T Is
not just to require people who have
property to divide with others. An
other, that the government IS paternal
in its nature. The colonists have
answers for all these points. They
say that Christian socialism will solve
the problem of the day and will do
away with nine-tenths Of the crime.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Mauy Murder Penalties.

Here are some of the ways IN
which society rids itself of those
whose existence has become a men
ace to its safety:
In Austria all the executions are pub
lie and by the gallows. In Bavaria
they still use the guillotine, but It's
work Is performed in private. III
Brunswick the axe is employed, just
as it was in the Middle Ages, though
with this difference, the public is ex'
cluded. In China, sword or cord,
public; Denmark, guillotine, public;
Ecuador, musket, public; France
guillotine, public; Great Britain, gull
lotine, private; Italy, capital punish
ment abolished; Netherlands, gallows
public; Oldenburg, musket, public
Portugal, gallows, public; Prussia
sword, private; Russia, musket, gal
lows or sword, public; Saxony, guillo
tine, private; Spain, garrote, public
Switzerland, fifteen cantons, sword
public; two cantons, guillotine, private
two cantons, guillotine, public; Uni
ted States, other than New York, gal
lows, mostly private.-Rhiladelphia
Press 80
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Ohen Stoves Were Invented.

Stoves were invented early in the
eighteenth century. Previous to 1I45
the stoves in use in America were i'm
ported either from Holland or Ger
many, but i'll that year Benjamin
Franklin invented q stove which was
great Improvement on all that had
preceded it. In I'LL he continued his
inventions and produced stove for
burning bituminous coal which con-
sumed its own smoke, and another
which, after being filled and kindled at
the top. could be inverted and made
to burn from the base. Between the
years 17S5 and 1795 several improve
ments in stoves, ovens, heating and
cooking apparatus were made by Ben
jamin Thompson, of Woburn, Mass,
In 179S his soapstone-lined ranges
were introduced into New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Women I'm Arabia.

Many IN Arab lady never leaves her
house from the time she is married
until she is carried out to be buried.
A woman of the middle class is allowed
more liberty, and occasionally goes
out for walks, accompanied, as rule,
by servant. The poor creature is
enveloped in masses of white drapery,
which MAKES her look like a walking
bundle, and in front of her face she
arranges large black scarf, embroid-
cred with blue, red and white flowers.
1t falls low in front, and even byhold-
ing up the ends she cannot see more
than q foot or two of the road before
her. 1 often wonder that she does
not get run over when she goes out
alone, for I am sure she needs q dog
to guide her quite as much as any
blind man. Servants and other won, en-
of the lower classes wear pieces of
black crepon wound tightly round their
faces, leaving just slit for their eyes
to peep through, and they are equally
mutfled up in white draperies. Seen
from distance, they might be men
with masks or thick black boards, as
in Arab countries it is by no means
easy to tell man from q woman at
first sight. The older and uglier q
woman is the more prudish she seems
to be about covering up her face,
which, after all, is rather considerate
on her part. Even the greatest num-
ber of negresses wear the yashmak,
but the Beaouin women never do. In
deed, l am told that in the interior
there is one Arab tribe whose men
wear wells and whose women go about
with their faces uncovered. These
are probably the "ner women" OF
Arabia. Pearson Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05

Canned roast beef, so called, is not
roasted, but boiled. The other kind Of
canned beef is boiled corned beef.
Both kinds, if properly packed and
cared for will keep for ages. The can
ming is simple, the process having un-
dergone no radical change in twenty
five years. Large pieces Of fresh
meat are boiled in vats, after which
the bones and gristle are removed. The
meat is cut into convenient chunks.
which are put into disinfected cans
and sealed. A small hole is left in the
top of each can, through which the hot
air and gases are forced out in the
retorts. Then the holes are sealed up
with drops OF solder. The cans are
next placed in hot rooms, where fer
mentation develops in improperly
packed cans. That is indicated by the
swelling of the can covers. Such as
those are destroyed. The others are
sent to market.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
4 Chicago Election Judge.

Election day in Chicago Is product
i've of many amusing incidents. At an
election booth in Milwaukee avenue,
the Judge was German, whose worth
as an American citizen is not marked
by an extensive knowledge Of "the
country of his adoption. He is, how
ever, an active ward hustler, and as
such he always stands ace high with
his party during campaigns.
On election day resident of the pre-
cinct called to cast his ballot. He was
not known to the Judge, and the latter
asked:
where vas you born?"
"In Iowa." was the response.
"Yell, let me Sc your papers" de-
manded the election official.
"Why, judge" broke in one OF the
clerks, "this man doesn't have to show
naturalization papers; he was born in
Iowa"
"vhatw exclaimed the judge, "is
Iowa in der United Shtates?"-Chica'
go Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
LABRADoR's QUEER POLK.
The White Men Who Live There Of fhelf Own
Choice.

It seems strange that with freedom
to come and go civilized men should
choose to dwell In region so terribly
bleak and sterile as Labrador. Yet of
the $500 inhabitants Of that great
penlnsular, 5000 are Of the white or
mixed race. They mainly are descen-
dants of English sailors, some of whom
were shipwrecked and more of whom
probably left their ships without leave.
Finding themselves stranded on this
lonely shore. they made the best OF
their lot, marrying Eskimo wives and
living after the manner Of the country.
In later times some Newfoundlanders
chose rather to settle In Labrador
than make the uncomfortable trips 10
and fro yearly from st. Johns for the
annual codfishing off the Labrador
shores. These brought their wives
and children with them and intro.
duced a new strain Of civilized life.
All of these people live ih little set
Elements strung along the coast, on
islands or in fiords, from Battle Har.
Dor south to the Gulf Of st. Law
renee. They dwell in houses Of stone
or logs. In winter they wear hooded
fur garments like the Eskimos; in
summer the ordinary ,garb Of New
foundland fishermen. The women
dress in gray or blue woollen stuff,
with q gaudy gown for best On their
heads they wear knit hood or q
bright-colored handkerchief, and, 1t
may be, at out-of-door work or abroad
on the water, q mans sou'wester.
Against the walls in their houses are
pasted such pictures as they have
been able to clip from the few news
papers that fall in their way, adyer-
tising autographs that have come with
goods to the trading stores, and pic.
lures of thes ort issued by tract So
cieties. On the table or shelf In the
living room is always d Bible. reli-
giously read on Sunday when the cod
are not biting or fare Of fish to be
dressed and faxed. 1t Is a deVout
and sober-minded community, that OF
the whites along the coast Of Labra-
dor. Their religious ministrations are
provided by the Moravians, who have
several missions in Labrador; their
temperance Is assured by stringent
laws forbidding the landing of any
liquors in Labrador, and these are
made effective by q thorough patrol
by the Dominion, revenue steamships,
which deal inexorably with smugglers
Of strong water.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Suicide of q Canary.

George Marth, Of Carmel, N. Y, had
a canary which committed suicide the
other day. The bird was valuable and
his wife thought the world Of it. A
short time ago its mate dice from old
age and ever after that the little song
ster appeared to be morose and acted
strangely. On the day Of the birds
death Mrs. Marth gave him a dish Of
water in which it daily took a bath.
Instead Of doing so, and while its
mistress was out Of sight, the canary
buried its head beneath the water and
drowned.--New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
TIE Marriage SIeighride.

In Canada when French couple
get married carriage or sleighride
is inevitable, according to the season
of the year. The couples are not
packed together in one sleigh, but
each fellow and his girl have an indi-
vidual rig, the bride and bridegroom
taking the lead, and the others follow
ing in funeral procession; but there
is nothing funereal about it, especially
the pace set. After the procession
has been riding for hours dance ends
the festivities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
Facts Wanted.

Eminent Dramatist-I have just fin
ished play that I think will be one
of the biggest hits we have ever had
on the American stage.
Astute Critic-What Chicago man
did YOU steal it from?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-05
/" Only the First Step
is Difficult. /"

The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Natures
house from Winters aocunu-
lations. Hoods Sarsaparlla
does this vork easily. It IS
Americas Greatest Spring
Medicine. It PARTIES the blood,
as millions of people say.
1t makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. It
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
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medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it fair trial.
Bad Blood" Although past 10 years Of
age 1 am thoroughly well. 1t was three
bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla that made
me so after spending over $50 in medical
my ankle" MRS. LOUISA MASON, Court
Street, Lowell, Mass.
4 Running Sores" After worrying four
months / gave my children Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and it cured them Of running sores.
Hoods Pills cured me Of dyspepsia and
constipation" Mrs. KATE E. THOMAS, 81
Governor ST., Annapolis, Nd.
Constructive Cough sh-"Five years
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recovered normal health. have been well
ever since" MATILDA BRIDG- WATER, Cor.
Pearl and Chestnut Sts., Jeffel Sonyille, Ind.