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The Princeton union., 1900-11-29

The postmaster general will ask con-
gress for an Increased appropriation at
the coming session that he may be
able to enlarge the rural free delivery
system. :. The success OF the routes re-
Gently established in this vicinity
makes it possible that others may at
no distant date be established. About
the only requirement made by the gov
ernment is that the roads shall be kept
in passible condition and suitable boxes
provided. Those of our friends who
are enjoying the daily service are pro-
nounced in their praises of the system
and the UNION hopes to see at least
two more routes radiating from Prince
ton before another fall. There are ex-
cellent chances for Que northward and
another running to the south. In both
directions it would be an easy matter
to secure the necessary Number of
signers to the application.
The Princeton union., 1900-11-29
COVE.

The Ladies Aid will meet with
Mrs. Bauer this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Terwilligar are
comfortably settled in their new
house.
Skating on the bay is the favor
ite pastime of the young people at
present.
The bay froze over SO early this
year that very few white fish
have been caught here.
Mrs. Hewitt, of Wis.,, and Mrs.
Cleveland of Granite Falls, visited
the Terwilligar families recently.
Rev. Orlin, of Milaca preached
here last week, Wednesday even
ing, and Rev. Findlay, Of Will
mar, Sunday the 25th. ,"
Mr.. j. Skies, who is working
for the Ward Lumber Co., moved
his family up here from Milaca
last week to spend the winter.
Bay View House has changed
hands. Mr.: Morgan having sold
to H. E. Washburn, of Buffalo.
Wright county, who will take
possession about the first OF
December.
The Princeton union., 1900-11-29

One OF our correspondents writes:
sssSince the winter term began IN the
rural schools the school supply agent
is abroad in the land. Among them
are some who sell q chart in combina-
tion with the Twentieth Century
Arithmetic. While the chart has
many valuable points, the arithmetic
also has its merits, but the price they
charge is far beyond whatit ought to
be. One strange feature of their work
is, that district requiring d dozen
books is asked to pay the same price as
another that may need forty"
a meeting was held in the Office Of
Barker 4 Switzerland last Saturday
to make arrangements to transfer the
old fair ground site to Senator Barker,
and to close the deal for the new site
purchased east OF town. The meeting
also. decided to incorporate the society
which will be known as the Isanti
County Agricultural Society. At an
adjourned meeting on Wednesday of
this week the details of organization
were perfected. The capital stock of
the society will be $4,000 divided into
500 shares of $40 each and the society
will commence business when the first
two thousand dollars worth of stock has
been subscribed.-Cannbridge Press.
The Princeton union., 1900-11-29

It dulls the scythe of Father Time,
drives away wrinkles Of approaching
old age-the elixir of life, that puts
hope in the human heart-Rocky
Mountain Tea. c. A. Jack
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

the reverse of the effect intended by the
latter. 1t seldom matters much wheth-
er or not the reply of the speaker is the
exact truth. the principal point being
1t shall turn the laugh on the question
er.
Over a quarter of a century ago
General James Madison Leach, North
Carolina congressman, made retort
to an inquisitiye member of one of his
audiences that made the man sorry be-
cause of his curiosity. The retort was
one of the kind which did not need to
be backed up by truth to make 1t eff
fective. General Leach was repre-
sentative from one of the eastern dis
tricts of his state and was candidate
Leach had voted for that famous meas
ure which came to be known in history
as the salary grab" By passing the
law the congressman voted themselves
several thousand dollars back pay"
by which phrase the extra money Sc
cured was generally known in the Caro-
linas. The opponents of the general
were using the fact that he voted for
the grab" with more or less campaign
effect Until the latter part of the
campaign no one had mustered up suf-
fcient courage to say anything person
ally to the congressman about the mat
.er, for he was known to have a pretty
.austic tongue. One night few days
before the election the candidate was
making a speech in a schoolhouse In
one of the way back sections of the dis
trict. He was getting along pretty
we'll toward the close of his talk when
a man in the rear of the crowd yelled:
"How about that back pay of yours ?"
"Well, just wait minute until | fin
ish the point l am discussing and I'll
tell you about my back pay" The gen
eral had been taken little unawares
and he needed second to think up Just
what to say. When he had exhausted
the topic which he had been discussing
he stopped and, looking back toward
the rear of the crowd, said: "Now,
where is the man who wanted to know
about my back payp
Here we are" responded the man.
with a slightly decreasing amount of
assurance.
"Oh, you are the fellow, are your"
said the general as If he recognized
the man, although he had never seen
him before In his life and had no idea
who he was. well, stand up straight
there, so everybody can see you. Some
body give him chair. Now, get up
there In plain sight OF the whole crowd,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Carrot Works Wonders.

Perhaps the new claim made for the
carrot will add to the popularity of that
somewhat prosaic vegetable. 1t Is said
that not only is this wholesome and
sustaining article of food, but that
when partaken of in the morning reg
ularly and plentifully, it has a beautify-
Ing effect surprising that Of any COM
pound sold at the beauty factories. Car
rots make the skin smooth and clear,
the eyes bright and the hair soft and
luxurlant. "Carroty hair" has been a
term of derision, but under the new
Interpretation it is thing of joy. Eat
carrots and grow young is the motto of
those who have discovered the hygienio
merits of this lowly vegetable.-Nev
York Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

1t Is only fifty years since the posi-
bility of sending telegraphic messages
under the sea was first established; and
the engineer who directed the laying of
the first ocean cable, from Dover to the
French cliffs on the other side of the
English Channel, is still living in Eng
land. The cable soon ceased to work,
but 1t was the precursor Of the Atlantic
cable which was paid out from the
Great Eastern in 1866, and of the one
hundred and seventy thousand miles of
ocean cable now in operation. The dis
coveries of one generation become the
indispensable conveniences of the next
To realize how ocean telegraphy has
affected the conditions Of modern life,
we have only to try to imagine what
the world would be like without 1t. II
dealers in cotton or wheat at New York
or Chicago knew nothing of the days
prices in London or Bombay. how timid
ana contracted their transactions would
be! II all our news from Europe were
a week old, how slow would be those
exchanges Of opinion and sympathy
which now make common interests
among the nationsl How perplexing
and interminable would be the adjust
ment of international questions, if such
conferences among the governments as
those necessitated by the crisis in China
had to wait the slow course of CORE
spondence by mail! Like most discover
ers and inventors, the first experiment
ers with ocean telegraphy builded bet
ter than they knew; and the world is
vastly different from what it would
nave been, if they had not pushed their
experiments, in the face Of discourage
ment and ridicule, to a successful CON
clnsion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

four years in Chicago, but a legal cares
was not to his liking. He returned
East and became assistant editor Of ths
Hartford Press, which was later united
with the Hartford Courant. With hhl
old college mate, Gen. Joseph R. HaW.l
ley, he conducted that widely nfuen,
tial journal up to the time of bis death
Its literary fame is largely due TO bis
connection with it.
Mr.. Warmers first success as an az I
thor was in the book MY Summer In ! l
Garden" in which he described bis I ]
perienceS as an amateur gardener. IL
gentle satire, delicious, sly humOr aM (
simple style brought 1t hearty We
come, and ii became evident that nesT
Anaerlcan lvriter. of distinef'ui nur
peared. From THIS start book afteN
book was given to the public from hsl|
pen-essays, travel sketches, papers y
important questions of social and pdlt
cal reform, novels. etc. In them
Charles Dudley Warner maintained az
steadily developed the brilliant namsa ]
had made by his first volume. He
connected with Harper's Magazine l0iI
several years, and at one time cOnduaI
ed the Editors Drawer and later lns
Editors Study. 1t was not as writer
alone that Mr.. Warner achieved suf
cess. He took a more than passing ID
terest In the welfare Of the c0unlrti
and made his voice heard upon QueI
tons of education, of political lnterel
and social concern.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
SOME STUMP RETORTS
REPARTEE A WEAPON OF CAM
PAlGN TAKERS.
often Has Greater Effect than Heavy
Weight Arguments-Truth Not AL
ways Necessary in Warm Replies to
Questions-Crop of Stories.

OF the thousands of political takers
who have been scattered over the cOun-
try making the welkin ring with praise
If candidates and party principles the
'spouters" who were sharpest at rep
lrtee were the ones likely to make the
largest tracks in getting votes. The
speaker who can give quick, warm
answer to the man in the audience
who interrupts him with embarrassing
questions is the kind of campaigner
that tickles the fancy of the average
voter. At most any meeting in the en-
Dire country the political orator is apt
to be bombarded with shrewd questions
ared at him by. a member of the oppo-
htion party in the audience.
Instead Of being fustered by these
questions the campaign speaker, If he
is a tirst-class one, must be ready to
meet and parry such thrusts and fire
back a hot retort at the questloner
which will unhorse him and produce
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

What is the Amazon's favorite
@eapon? A Chicago newspaper com
Diles table showing the character of
weapons used by women in several hun
&dred eases of assault and battery before
the police courts during the past year
As was to be expected, the broom han
die is most used, being chosen by 1856
DeIigerent females. But this may
mean only it was the handiest, not the
Gavorite weapon. Hairbrushes and hat
pins figure conspicuously, and the roll
3ng-pin is deadly in many cases. The
most interesting is the case of woman
who went into battle with nursing
bottle and smashed it over her antagon-
4st's head. All this seems ridiculous.
but there is some satisfaction in the
thought that women do not employ the
Knife or the pistol in settling their
differences. In this respect, at least.
Ehey can claim more common sense and
humanity than men.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

over the prisoners, and on the COM
mandant demanding an explanation
Tommy" offered the following extra
ordinary account of his transformation
from a prisoner to sentinel over him
self and fellow-prisoners well, sir,
this ere poor little chap" pointing to
the sleeping form of a Boer lad Is
years old, was dead broke for sleep
after two nights of dooty takes pity
on the little chap, and l says, Look
ere, you're regular done up, you are.
that's sartin. You give me your rife
and take nit O sleep, and I'll do SEN
try go for you, will. Honor bright! |
won't do nothink wrong, blow me if /
do! So the little chap went off. It's all
right, sir; don't you bHme him, please:
he Is only kidv'
Il was assured" adds Mr.. Davitt.
that neither the kid nor the kind
hearted English prisoner suffered over
the unique incident. London Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

1t was regarded as a great triumph
%on for human liberty couple of cen
Eurles ago. when the principle was es-
aablished that all trials of persons ac-
Gused of crimes and misdemeanors
must be held with open doors. The
famous Star Chamber" court of the
Stuarts was typical of tyranny. But
years of experience under free insti-
autions have revealed the fact that in
u very large number of cases trial In
open court has a hardening and degrad-
ang influence on the persons accused
and that with young people of previous
good character some choice might we'll
DE allowed as to whether the trial
should be open to the public or con
Quoted in the presence only of the court
officials, the necessary witnesses and
attorneys. The latter view has oh
GAINED in the conduct of the special
court established about a year ago in
Buffalo for the trial of Juvenile Offend
ers. One of the first acts of the pres
snt police justice was to announce that
children would be tried behind closed
doors. No protest appears to have
been raised, and the plan is said to
nave been most successful.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

creasing practice OF permitting dogs 90
be public familiars in crowded cities is
full of peril. The torture to which they
are constantly exposed and frequently
subjected Is of itself calculated to in
duce insanity, whose consequences are
not Irritable to their own species. Dis
semination of disease by all varieties
of animal life Is now so well estab-
lished in scientific annals that cranks
and cyclists with animal fads must be
required to keep their pets within safe
guards for the protection of the COM
munity as well as of the pets.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
for am going to make you famous in

for am going to make you famous I'm
about twenty seconds"
The man was beginning to get nerv.
GUS and feel as If he would like to go
through a crack in the floor, but as
there was no crack large enough he
sheepishly climbed on the chair.
$50 you are the highly scented hui
man specimen who wants to know
about my back pay, are your contin-
ued the congressman. The man tried
to nod and swallow lump in his throat
at the same time. well, I'll tell you
about that back pay. got exactly
5000 back pay and of that amount
paid $4,977.42 on note that l had
Endorsed for your internal - old seal
awag of bankrupt father"
The crowd went into spasms of de-
light and the poor inquirer shriveled up
and skunk out of the house. Of course
what Leach had said was pure unadul-
terated fabrication, but an explanation
or a refutation would not have been
worth the breath necessary to make It
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

In the absence of any better topic of
discussion, at a recent meeting of the
Rainy Day Club in New York Miss
Dora Goldthwait made the assertion
that women do not always tell the nm
qualified truth. Strange as 1t NAV
seem, since lying, like most other
faults, Is supposed to have no sex. the
assertion aroused tremendous excite
ment To obtain satisfactory answer
to the question, DO women Hep" it
should first be settled what a lie is. If
by lie is meant the intentional DUR
pose to deceive with malicious or dis
honest ends in view. the woman is rare
who utters a lie She is seldom guilty
of the lie direct" which is the mascu-
line lie, but as to the "lie with circum-
stances" that is another story. Byron
defines a lie as 1.-The truth in masonic
rade, which, perhaps, comes nearest
to the gentle art of lying as practiced
by women-an art not only gentle but
difficult, for Tennyson says that "a lie
that is half the truth is the hardest lie
of ALL" The half truth is simply an
other form of tact, and women are CON
coded to be masters of tact. Nearly all
the communications upon this subject
are from women. Few men, indeed,
would venture to express their opinion,
though Julian Hawthorne has the cour-
age to observe that when women in
tend to be truthful they come nearer
success than we can" but on the other
hand they are able to fabricate a lie
which shall bear a misleading resem-
blance TO the truth more skillfully than
their male brethren" The most ex-
haustive discussion of the question is
that made by May Bushnell Moody.
who asserts that there are instances
where plain, straightforward, honest
lie is an absolute necessity and thor
oughly pardonable, and that ito tell q
clever untruth at the critical moment
is an admirable accomplishment" AS
rule. however, she believes that a
really tactful woman cannot get along
without her reserve fund of tiny,
harmless subterfuges,' and that IF one
never deviates from the path of truth
one is ceaselessly plunged into all sorts
of troubles besieged with enemies, and
absolutely devoid of that delightful
kindness toward people which is the
basis of all happiness and unity" In
other words, this lady would have us
believe that lie is an offense, but a
| tib is just a cheerful evasion. and 1.-The
woman who can discriminate between
these two is justified in using them with
| impunity." 1t is noticeable the ques-
ton is never asked, do men lie?" 1t
| is cheerfully assumed they do, and, not
| being creatures of the emotions. they
do it directly and rObustly. They rare
4 ly tib. Women, on the other hand, being
governed by their emotions and imagin-
atoms, while they have a horror for the
lie direct" do not regard the lie with
circumstance" as a sin but rather as a
necessary accompaniment of tact
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Biggest OF waterspouts.

A column of water sixty Or seven
feet in height that covered an ara
nearly 100 feet square was q sign. W.
Captain Liddle and the crew Oh :
steamship King Bleddyn, when aiii''
from Mexico, off Campeche DanA %
on the morning Of Sept. IL.
Captain Liddle, In describing 'ne
usual spectacle, said:
1t was about $50 in the mornils
the 10th, when we were ID ns
23:14 and longitude 500, WINE ~
northeast end of Campeche bank
Gulf of Mexico, that we OBSERVE
umn of water whirling in the o.
height of apparently sixty OF enns
feet, and covering an area tnA'-pf
ed to be about 100 feet square J,
THE column, which looke
mass of steam, made a beauglu
as it shot into the air. All around
water was foaming and rrs'nA
breakers in a shoal. AS to Vna1 =
I don't know; it looked like WV
eruption, though l never ae@iu
volcanoes In that region. 1t may
been due to an upheayal causeu
earthquake" .,o,sI
Captain Liddle SAID tiat INC -
was visible for half an hour az.
as the King Bleddyn graduans
out of sight of it the water
down and then suddenly rose
shooting a steaming column nlsn
the air.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
CHARLES DUDLEY wAeNre
Great Writer Whose Death Ia
to Literature

TO Literature
American literary circles hava 49,,
fered severe loss in the death !.
Charles Dudley Warner. His nas.,ss
from earthly scenes leaves but ono ].
trio of famous writer's who were ma.
neighbors and friends in Hartford A.
other two being Mrs. Harriet Beacho.
Stowe and Samuel l.. Clemens NIass
Twain). Clemens alone survives
Charles Dudley Warner was bor, !.
Plainfield, Mass, seventy-one veo,
ago, his ancestry being of the best N0r
England stock. He inherited his tos,,
OF literature from his father. who w..
fond of books and possessed a fina i
brary. Young Charles received n.
early education near his native Ma.
and at Cazenovia, n. Y. He entaraI
Hamilton College, at Clinton. N
graduating from that institution !,
1851. While in college he contribnts
to a couple of magazines and also mn
pared Book of Eloquence. He on &
tered the law department of the TIM E
versity of Pennsylvania, graduating / E
1886. He practiced his profession "a 4
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

What has become of the sense of
Law? Every city has its lawless ele-
ment and the only safety is to keep that
aander. But nowadays there seems to
be general indifference, and the aver
age citizen leaves these little difficult
sizes 10 be worked out between the DO
aice and the mob, and if he shows any
3nterest at all it is to watch how the
row win come out.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
MISUNDERSTANDING Macb,nerv

Some idea of the magnitude of the
electric-lighting machinery in this coun,
try may be obtained from the state
ment that the public lighting stations
of New York City alone supply mean,
descent lamps each year to the mum.
Der Of 2,125,00O. This Is independent
OF those furnished by private plants.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

Women who never read the newspa-
peers are still becoming the prey of big
&mists who marry for money. Every
girl should read the newspapers and
SeArn something of the ways of the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

Effort has been made for some time
20 classify hydrophobia among diseases
of the imagination. Even at Pasteur's
laboratory faddists insisted that the
Tild-eyed children brought there for
treatment after being bitten by wolves.
dogs or cats were the victims of hallu-
eination. In Chicago a horse bitten by
a COW developed blood poisoning, ac-
GOmpanied with all the symptoms of IA.
Dies, death resulting after horrible suf
sering. In the case of the horse it can
scarcely be claimed that the creature
died from dread caused by associa-
5uon of ideas" or hearing hydrophobia
talked about" The truth is that rabid
animals whose dangerous tendencies
are rarely discovered until too late for
precautions are allowed too great lib
'~<c among human beings. The In.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Protection Against BurgIa ~

In tearing down the Atlanu.
Insurance Company building y
York City secret method OF prov
against bank burglars has been y !.
ed in the form of cannon pans II !
imbedded in the walls surrounO.4
money vault. The idea was 70 ~ I
attempts to pick the wall apals -
posing the rounded surfaces al's !.
revolving bulk of the cannon
the burglars tools.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

The Dutch commandant who had
charge of all the British prisoners
taken after the battles of Glencoe, Dun
dee and NichOlson's Mex has told Mr..
Davitt the following interesting little
story:
Going his rounds at midnight on one
occasion, he was astounded to see an
English soldier acting as Boer sentinel
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

A rich Englshman who died the 9th
tAr day provided in his will that his
daughters were to inherit nothing if
they became the wives of American
citizens. Pouf! We would like to see
Ais homely old daughters stand beside
some of our girls for comparison.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

The protection of the woods from de
TAstating fires should be the next step
So the development of forestry. In
Southern France it is proposed to di-
vide the forests into sections, and sep
sErate them by planting strips of juicy
species of cactus
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Small Horses in War.

The experience of the British in South
Africa is said to have demonstrated
the superiority of small horses to large
ones as draft animals in the field OF
hostilites. The small beasts can 20
longer without food, 1t Is said, can do
just as much work. and make q smaller
targst for the enemy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

Don't be discouraged If you were not
ooted into the hall of fame. Better
Swing nobody than dead somebody in
-uarticular.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
SeedIess ADDIea.

A fruit-tree propagation has produced
seedless apple. These new apples are
superior In flavor to the ordinary kinda
High prices are being paid for the treea
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

A French aeronaut has broken the
record, whereas the only things men,
hers of that profession usually break Is
their Decks.