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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04
JONATHAN EMERSON DEAD. Z

.lnterrment Made i'll AnOka Two Weeks
Ago But Few Knew of 1t.
Jonathan Emerson, an eccentric in
dividual who some years ago resided
in this city, died two weeks ago to-
morrow at Otsego and his interment
was made the next day in this CITY,
but with SO little ostentation that few
outside the sexton knew of the burial.
That his death and burial were prac-
tically unnoted was furthest from his
desire, as those will testify who have
seen his unique tombstone in Forest
kill cemetery. That monument
With uncouth rhyme
And shapeless sculpture decked,
Implores the passing tribute of sigh ,,
TO an extent of several thousand words.
ana shows conclusively Emerson2s de-
sire to insure that his memory be kept
green. But ironical fate decreed that
even the last sad rites should be almost
unattended by acquaintance, and that
ne should be practically forgotten be-
fore the workman's chisel should have
cut the date of his death in the blank
space left upon the tombstone for that
purpose.
Readers of the Herald will remember
reading the inscription on Emerson's
remarkable tombstone, published in
1898, Immediately after it was put in
place. The total inscription occupied
about two columns of solid matter
The monument is something over six
feet high, including the base, is pyra-
mldal in form and is made of white
marble. On account of the length of
the inscription the letters are not more
than half an inch in height, and owing
to the dazzling whiteness of the stone.
it is very difficult to read the inscrip-
ton. On one side is cut this inscrin-
ton:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

Dr.. G. F. Walker, the dentist will be
in Princeton again Tuesday afternoon,
Wednesday and Thursday, May 16, II,
and IS. Remember that Dr.. Walker
makes visits to Princeton every month
and all work guaranteed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

Foreston is certainly a wide awake
village if one can Judge anything from
the appearance of the streets last Sat-
urday. The Mark Live Stock COM
pany held its regular monthly sale
there that day and the town was we'll
filled with people from the surround
ing country. Every business place was
filled with customers all day long and
every available clerk was kept busy.
The sale of the company was also
good one, many goods and several
horses being disposed of to the willing
purchasers. Mr.. Mark is very we'll
satisfied with his business there and
the merchants are glad he has made
their town one of the places for his
regular sales, for it brings them much
business they would not otherwise Sc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

The work on the Coon Creek cutoff
is furnishing considerable work for
men and teams, and not the least of it
comes from the hauling of supplies and
implements from the railroad towns
along the line of the Great Northern.
Every day several teams leave Prince
ton loaded with flour, feed, scrapers,
dumpcars, ETC.. and the freighters find
this employment very profitable.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

winter, and he says the state has plenty
of the following things: Climate. seem
cry and atmosphere. There is one
thing IN this-seountrY that7I know is g
good-the timber-but great deal of
it is very hard to get out to market.''
The village council held its regular
meeting last Monday evening, the
principal business being the payment
of bills The, council instructed the
recorder to secure the services Of
Architect Loweth to draw plans and
specifications for the new electric
light and water works plant, and as
soon as this is done the council will adj
vertlse for bids for the construction of
the different parts Of the plant. The
we'll dug three years ago will be tested
and if found to be of sufficient capacity
the power house will be erected at
once on the site now owned by the vii
lage. The work will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
There is an occurrence which has
been kept very quiet for several weeks
but is now leaking out in several spots.
G. H. Chute enjoyed the story of the
flight of Mike Rice when attacked by
a woman but when one of his tenants
came at him with knife he kept the
matter to himself. An eyewitness
says that if ever a mans coat-tails
stood out straight enough to serve as
a checker board Mr.. Chute's did on
that memorable occasion and when ac-
cused of it he doesn't deny it.
While endeavoring to assist Alfred
NUM- in catching couple OF runaway
pigs last Sunday, Col. Newbert became
so excited that he tore large sliding y
barn door off its track and when it
down the colonel aud his father
were under it. Mr.. NUM- succeeded
in releasing them after a few minutes
hard work, when it was found that
neither was injured. Those who ought
to know say they were preserved from
injury by the colonel's resilient bow
window.
The work on the Coon Creek cutoff
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

themselves ''tArls' unnecessary loss Of time.
and horse power greatly IN excess Of
any saving effected by sighting the
working of road taxes. Carelessness
and neglect should give place to faith
full work"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

James, V. McHugh, of the Brecke-
McHugh land company, was in the vii
lage yesterday attending the sale of
forfeited lands at the county auditors
office. His company is already largely
interested in the real estate of this
county and Mr.. McHugh was picking
up some fresh parcels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
WONDERFUL NECKLACE.

(From the New York Sum-
perhaps l the e0 most remsrkable diamond
necklace in the world, and a triumph of
completed in this city 1t is asserted that
not only is there not such another in the
to duplicate its perfection it would require
10 or 10 year S time in which to do So 1t
Der of the stones that constitute this neck
lace's peculiar value and beauty, for there
are many necklaces which excel it in each
Of these particulars, but it is in the fact
that every stone is a gem of the choicest
other one. The necklace. as it lies in its
GaSe e M ds closely een d piece
the necklace itself at the center line OF
fng stones % sIo1 Is ABOUT % ircheS II con
front TO back in perfect graduation, from
carats. to dIameters of SIC inch and
weights OF 212 carats- The necklece is
go CO." l' retain between si7'''' ana Si'''
About Z years ago the. largest handler
in the world of diamonds in the rough was
instructed to begin the collection of stones
for this necklace. This dealer is in Lon
found through whose hands enough dia-
monds would pass in a generation from
structions to the dealer were that every
stone must be of the grade known in
blue-white, and each one capable of being
cut into the perfect form to develop bril-
was begun at ONCE. and il was not until
lot was picked oIif in the roi,eb Of b Iae
the whole lot were sent here where they
were cut and mounted. Although there
was no requirement that this should be
so, every stone, as it happens came from
the same African mine. and this no doubt
helps to give them the evennesS of effect
winch Is one OF the most remarkable
traits of the necklace. D This is assured
also by the cutting of The stones, for in
each the same angles are found with the
same number Of facets, the same ,compar-
alive sizes of gfrdie and table, and heights
from gfrdle to table and point.
One of the chief expenses in producing
the circlet lay in the cutting of the gems
to the exact sizes required. The larger
stones were, of course, all cut to the
largest size that they would afford but as
the required size graded down it was not
uncommon for stone that if, used sep
arately, might cut to 512 or carats to be
cut down to carats. It is estimated that
while the dealer was gathering the stones
in the rough he handled from $4,000 600
to 81, 10000 worth of diamonds from the
same mine, and that he handled altogether
about $S3. 600 600 of diamonds all of which
were scanned for stones for this one neck
lace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
SHOT A BUFFALO.
Ludicrous Mistake of a Hutchinson
Soldier at Manila

The American" published at Manila,
contains the following joke on former
Hutchinson boy, now among the sol
diers in the Philippine islands, A j.
Barclay:
A few nights ago Privates Barclay
and Barney were doing picket duty in
front of the Colorado firing line on the
Balac-Bala road. Everything was as
quiet as the grave when a caribou. COM
stroliing toward their post. Both boys
fired and when the corporal came to
investigate, sWore they had fired at two
Filipinos.
Next morning the captain found the
dead caribou where they had shot him,
and to their chagrin made the boys
march out with pick and shovel and
bury their dead. After much work he
was laid at rest and the following in
scription printed on a cartridge box lid
placed at his head:
WAT ERBUL FALO. -
Born - Died Feb. Is, 1899.
For those who bring flowers to this
lonely grave,
Some facts on its headstone we wish to
engrave.
If this mound could speak, no doubt it
would tell
That John Sherman was right when he
said. War is help
He charged on two pickets, whose
names are below,
They took him for niggers, poor wrong
ed buffaIo
As to the way he met death, everybody
knows how;
AS to whom he belonged, we don't carl
bou.
BARCLAY & BARNEY,
NJ. Co, First Colorado U. s. v.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
RICHNESS PREVAILS.

CFrom English Illustrated Magazine
The Russian court, military and min
isterial dress is costly and rich in the
extreme. and this richness is carried out
even to the Iiveries of the servants.
their scarlet coats being literally abIaze
with gold. It is a fact that no court in
the world presents such a picturesque
and magnificent appearance as does
that of Russia At any function there
fore, the show is brilliant, but more es-
pecially perhaps at a ball, when the rich
evening tOiIetteS of the ladies' en-
HANGED by jewels of priceless worth, add
much to the already brilliant effect.
The Russian dances are of a stately de-
scription and both the emperor and
empress take part in them very thor
oughly.
The aspect of the armoriaI hall. where
the supper is often laid is grand beyOnd
taken of standing, as at the majority of
courts, but the guests sit down a the
long rows of tables. procession is
formed, which Is headed by his imperial
ma jesty and the most distinguished lady
present, and the room is then entered
in the order Of precedence. OF course
an immense quantity of plate is dis
played. This and the china that is also
used are noted throughout Europe for
their richness and beauty. There is one
service alone capab1 of dining 500 per
sons that is composed entirely of the
purest silver overlaid with gold. Added
to all this the use of a variety of the
choicest fruits and the rarest flowers,
among which orchids figure largely
makes the scene one of most gorgeous
magnificence-
During the evening a state progress
through the suite of rooms is made by
the imperial personages and the chief
officers of the household, the guests
forming up into a long avenue on either
side One special feature is that two
or three of the largest halls in the pal
ace are on the occasion of the ball fitted
up as a huge conservatory, palms, ex-
otics, ferns, banks of flowers and even
fruit trees being transDIanted thither
with the most marvellous effect
Electric light is carried throughout
and CLOVIS from myriads of globes of
a variety of colors. In this veritable
fairyland hundreds of seats are placed
for the convenience of the guests be-
tween the dances It would be utterly
impossible to mention the rare works
of art to be seen in this palace, COM
prising paintings, statuary, collections
of jewels, antiquities and curios of every
description. Everything is of Oriental
magnificence and to see itRaH the eve
must weary of the continuous dazzle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
A SOCIAL SESSION.
The Topeka Whist Club Will Enter
tain Monday Evening, April gath.

At the regular meeting of the Topeka
Whist club last night it was decided
that each member should invite one
friend-whist player. of course-to So
ciaI session to be given one week from
next Monday night Governor Stanley.
Attorney General GODDARD and other
state officers are expected to be present
and will probably show the regular
players thing or two about the game
The attendance was good and the fol-
lowing teams won at last nights play:
Gault and Lathrop, Wolf and Huling
COnnOrs and Keller, Merrick and Jolly
Marshall and Pennekamp, Bronson and
MOrphy and Cole and Freeman. West
and Copeland had the high score on the
east and west and Wolf and HuIing on
the north and south
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
ELIOT'S DINAH MORRIS.
(Frnm the LONDON News.l


One of the most interesting of George
Eltot's letters to Miss Sara HennelI, whose
death we announced a few days ago, is
certainly that in which she describes her
aunt Mrs Elizabeth Evans. the Metho-
dist preacher. famous as the oTlglnaat .-d Dl-
came to Coventry to pay visit to her
niece then little more than girl Mrs
Evans was then an old woman OF SIXTY,
of strong. natural. excitability, but her
vehernence subdued by age and sickness:
She was says the novelist-Very gentle and
quiet in her manners, very loving, and q
God and the love of man We're fused to-
gether.
of those of her creed is evident by this
story. which George Eliot tells with keen
sympathy. Mention was made of de-
ceased minister. once greatly respected,
had taken to small tipping But l hope
the good mans in heaven for all that
said Mrs Evans on, yes, said the wo-
of joyful conviction. Mr.. A. s in heaven
that's sure This. adds George Eliot.
was at the time an offense to my stern,
ascetic, hard views How beautiful it is
1t is not surprising to hear that the world
being what it is, was quick to accuse the
novelist of having taken down from Mrs.
Evans own lips the famous sermon
preached by Dinah Morris. on Hayslope
Green Though she shrank from pub
against this genial accusation. saying that
any identification of the two was false.
not only in fact and tending to perpetuate
false notions about art. but also as a
breach of social decorum- Later. some
eossfp-monger wrote an article, in which
It was stated that the novelists notebook
that Mrs. Evans was heard to say: Obi
dear Mary Ann has got one thing that I
did not mean her to take away, and that
is the notes of the first sermon preach
ed on Ella Green.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
SOCIALIST ARRESTED.
Pittsburg officers Displeased With
His Street Discourse.

Pittsburg, Kan, April 11.-Frank Jor-
dan, who came here from Denver two or
three weeks ago, and who has been
making speeches every night on the
street in the interests of the national
organization of socialists, was arrested
here yesterday while making a speech
to an audience OF Workingmen.
He was arrested shortly after he be-
gan his talk and after he gave bond for
his appearance in police court he was
liberated. He then went back and re-
sumed his speech. He was arrested
again and confined in jail. The charge
preferred against him was that of dis
turbing the peace. His discourse
was deemed by the police to be too
much in the nature of a political speech
and they arrested him. The socialist
element of the city is highly indignant
and consider his arrest as a persecution
and an infringement on the right of
free Speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
A CORNER NOVELTY.
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer. ]

[From the Cincinnati Enquirer
An ingenious bachelor girl, gifted
with the happy faculty of turning a
stumbling block into a stepping stone,
has invented a new couch, which, aside
from solving a perplexing problem in
housekeeping, is a genuine luxury. The
great advantage about the couch is that
anybody who owns a trunk can have
one.
Now no housekeeper will deny that
ordinarily an empty trunk is a hard
thing to find a place for. 1t mildews in
the cellar. warps in the garnet, is al
ways in the way in a closet and takes
a man to handle It wherever it is.
This girl has several trunks When
she returned from the country last fall
instead of storing them, she put them in
a corner of her den. Then she threw
some soft mats and big cover over
them, and over all a few brilliant lounge
pillows. Now she has a bilIOwy, coy
corner which makes her the envy of all
her uninitiated callers. AS proof of this
every one of her really intimate friends
have copied the idea, and a certain
young man whom she knows has meta
morphOsed his lone wee box into a COM
Portable window seat in the same man.
ner. The fair inventor herself says there
is a multiple usefulness in her innova-
ton
Before the trunks We're there she
explained indicating the inviting heap
in the corner by the window, the place
looked so empty that was ashamed of
it. There wasn't room for a regular
ready-made couch, and I couldn't afford
to have one built to order just to fit
that cubby hole
Looks fine" interposed a scholarly
looking girl with auburn hair and
freckled face, but say, Madge. how
in the world did you arrange for that
one with a bullying top?"
why / turned it over on its side"
said Madge. Isn't that all right? Look
here she went on, as she tossed aside
the coverings. Once had my closets
and bureau drawers SO full that all my
clothes were damned together pellmell,
but now here is all this additional
space. And then, too, everything here
is safe under lock and key. You see
that little hump down by the wall?
Well that's where I keep my cores
pondence; you know there are some
letters you want to save. private letters,
you know-that is-er-letters-oh, you
needn't sInile-from home, of course!"
1T certainly is a convenient way of
relieving the congestion of flat house
Closets broke in her obliging friend.
well, I guess it ISL exclaimed the
bachelor girl, somewhat relieved, and
don't you remember the night we had
AMY and Sue down from the college for
our stag party? Why 1 never slept
sounder in all my life than l did right
on this heapH'
That's just what she said next morn
ing" the other vouched; so it must be
frIIs girlsi"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
TOLSTOI'S WAY OF WORK.

Count Toistoi is like one of the great
painters of old. After forming a plan of
his work and gathering a great number
of studies he begins with a charcoal
sketch so to speak. and writes rapidly,
not thinking of details. What he writes
in this way he gives to Countess Sophia
daughters. or to one Of his intimate
friends, to whom this task may give
pleasure
I.yof Nicolaiey1tch, Count Tolstoi gen
orally writes on quarto paper. of rather
poor quality, in a big, ropelike hanGHrit
Ing. writing about twenty pages a day.
amounting to some four or five thousand
words He has no special habits with re-
gard to pens and paper. And when a firm
IN Moscow conceived the idea of giving
cred that on the subject of pens Count
Tolstoi had no opinion He works mostly
in the morning. and considers this the
best time OF day for work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
KILLED BY A CYCLER.
Careless Cyclist Is Responsible For a
Kansas City Mans Death.

Kansas City. April 11.-Henry Winters,
a butcher, living a 1923 Bellefontaine ave
nue., died at the German hospital yester-
day from the effects of injuries sustained
Saturday night by being run down by a
bicycle at Fifteenth street and Kansas
avenue
Winters was crossing Fifteenth street
when man, he described being So
years old. ran him down. The man re-
mounted his wheel and rode away. His
identity is still unknown. but the coroner
is endeavoring, since Winters death, to
establish it.
After being struck, Winters was picked
up by passerby and assisted to his home
How long he had lain in the road his
family does not know. When he reached
home DR.. G. H Hashinger was called and
found Winters to be suffering from in
ternal injuries. He called DR.. A H. Cor
der in consultation and Sunday morning
DitaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
NO MASSACRE THIS TIME.
This Hutchinson Man Simply Deserts
His Children.

Hutchinson, April 11-There was an
exceedingly lachrymaI condition in the
probate judges office this afternoon
And down in the corridors below an
exhibition of feminine wrath that made
the treasurer's force, and exc the clerks
and registers hide out.
This morning Mrs. Geo Morris who
lives six miles in the country brought
five children-three small boys and twin
baby girls-to the court house, announc-
ing that she desired to send them to
the Chlldren's Orphan Home associa-
uon at Topeka She and Morris had
separated, he was willing that the chill
dren should be thus disposed of. and
the court was agreeable. But until some
one came for them it was necessary TO
proVlde an asylum. and it was decided
10 send them temporarily to the county
infirnary
The mother finally concluded to keep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
TO STRIKE AT PITTSBURG.
Miners Likely TO Go Out in Sympathy
With Territory Strikers.

Pittsburg. Kan, April lit is believed
that the feeling among the miners work
ing for the Kansas and Texas and Keith
x Perry Coal companies here has reached
such point that they may be prevailed
upon to go out upon strike in sympa-
thy with the miners of the Indian Terri
tory.
For some time agitators have been ar
work among the miners here and the feel
ing of sympathy for the striking miners
has become very strong An important
meeting of the miners was held in this
city Saturday night and it is rumored
that a strike has been decided upon in the
near future in case the differences be-
tween the miners and their employers in
the territory are not adjusted. The miners
in this locality have had prosperous
winter and are still getting plenty of work
and a large percentage of them are op-
posed to a sympathy strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
Then Comes the Tug of War, and q
Police Court Trial

Louis Charowfas and Ike Golnis, two
Greek candy merchants between Fifth
and Sixth on Kansas avenue. had a
fight yesterday and were arrested be-
fore it was settled.
Golnis was passing Charowhas' place
and stopped and said something to his
cOuntryman in their native tongue The
answer was in the same language. They
became excited, and talked, or Swore
or something, in Greek, but with their
fists they fought in regular American
style until Officer Golf arrested them.
Both were ready to give bond for their
appearance and will be tried for dis
turbing the peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-11
FOR EXCHANGE.

ORANGE GROVES TO EXCHANGE
Ten acre tract adjoining the city of Col
ton: Cal. set TO almost every variety of
Irult and Just beginning to bear: orange
ana lemon trees probably predominant
There is an abundance of pure artesian
water for all purposes and a good six
room house This tract is an ideal home on
which the fruit will furnish handsome
income for all time to come. Also a very
choice ten acre tract. half of which is set
to the choicest variety of navel oranges
and only two miles from the city of Col
ton; no improvements. but the land is not
surpassed in southern California: plenty
of water: incurnbrance S96o Price of equi-
ty, $4,000. Call on A D. Robbins No IO9
East Fifth ST., Topeka, Kan.
FOR EXCHANGE-For farm east of To-
peka, 53 acre farm. 50 under cultivation,
south edge jackson county, good bottom
and hickory timber. well watered. George
Greaser. Hoyt, Kan.