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ELOQUENT ADVOCATE.
Ebert Hubbard Describes the Merits of the
National Forest Park Plan
for Minnesota.

The April philistine has an indorse-
ment of the National Forest Park
done in Mr.. Hubard's best and most
enthusiastic style. Describing the ter
ritory he says:
one-fourth of this land is covered
by water. Running streams and
scores of lakes intersect il in a thou
sand ways. 1t is the last large tract
east of the Missouri that exists prac-
tically as it was when the white man
first set foot on American soil.
Well, there in Minnesota you can
see such scenes as La Salle and Mar
auette saw. But now men are en-
deavoring to eneroach on these beau
tiful woods with axes and saw mills,
and their intent is to reduce this vir-
gin forest to n mere mass of blacken-
ed stumps.Z To avert such IA calamity
and give these beautiful woods to the
people as heritage forever, an as
sociation of earnest men and women
has been formed, called The Mime
sofa National Forestry and Park As.
sociation." The intent of this asso'
citation is to induce congress to make
this tract national park and throw
around it such safeguards that it shall
be kept the charming and romantic
spot it now is.
These men and women would pro
tect the trees and birds, the fish anc
wild animals, and allow no hunting
except under certain well-defined re
strictions. As a breeding place ant
home for deer, moose and bear, it fal
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The chief of the comanehes.

The affairs Of the Comanche tribe
are absolutely controlled by Quanah
Parker, who Is supreme in everything,
saws the St Louis Globe Democrat.
He has the white mans keen percep
ton. aud the Indians cunning. He
conysrses well in English. and away
from the tribe he wears the white
mans dress. At home he paints his
face and duns blanket His resi-.
dcnce is a large. two-story house. on
the southern slope of the Wichita
mount aims The rooms are elegantly
furnished and carpeted, and his din.
ing table amply supplied with china
and siiyerware Costly pictures adorn
the walls. among them oue in oil Of
his mother. Quanah may as well aban-
don all hope Of a congressional car.
eer-he Is the husband Of seven wives.
His last domestic acquisition is =
beautiful and charming woman. said
20 have been purloined from neigh
boring Indian. who threatened dire
vengeance. but was induced 10 stifls
his anguish upon receiving 81 600 In
money and mustangs
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surpasseS the Adirondacks or north
ern Maine, and as a fisherman's para.
disc there is nothing to approach il
on the planet earth.
woman is a natural conservator." "
says Charlotte Perkins Stctson, and
the remark finds ample veritication in
the attitude of the women of Mime
sofa who are using their efforts to
carry this measure to a successful is
sue, with Charlotte Perkins Stetson,
herself, arrayed on the side of those
who wish TO conserve and protect. But
strange as it may seem, this national
park project is meeting with savage
opposition.
This opposition comes from those
who are looking on the lumber with
covetous eyes-it is historic sentiment
against n nickel, John Ruskin against
Jay Gould, life against death. The
men who oppose this park merely
want TO saw up the trees, sell them
for a price and pocket the money;
they think but of themselves, and
have no care for the generations that
shall follow. Their shibboleth is,
What are you going to do about it?''
"The earth is for the people" said
Vim. Morris. 1T is ours while we are
here, but let us leave il, as we would
leave a rented house, neat and orderly
and beautiful as we found il. Are we
vandals that we should ruthlcssly de-
stroy and disfgure Gods property
have visited that beautiful tract OF
land in Minnesota; / know its beauty,
and can guess it's value as place Of
rest and healing for the tired, over
worked Sons and daughters Of earth
! | know of no man working to carry
| this plan through who will gain dol
lar by IT, The men who oppose IL are
out for the money. ] hope the good
| women and the unselfish men will wir
and that congress viii see that the
earth and it's blessings and beauties
IS for all the people and not for the
few; for those who live now and th'
many who shall follow US.
Have you ever wondered how th'
woods looked when only wild animals
and Wild men trod these misty ways
and all the forest aisles were SACRED
to the birds and beasts that had moi
vet got acquainted with man and -
did not know enough 10 flee at hi
approach?
| Special mention is due TO the effort
of those strong and excellent women
Professor Maria J.. Sanford, Ainneso
ia University; Mrs. Lydia Phillip
Williams and Miss Margaret Evans
Charles Cristadoro. OF ST. Paul, an
that fne old veteran. General {. {
Andrews. all hacked mp by the Stat
Federation of Noman's Clubs OF Min
nesota.
We owe IL to the unborn that v
shall leave this earth in as good orde
as we found l. Tomorrow we 90
let us remember our brothers and SIS
tiers who shall live here when we ar
gone. And II our simple actions rio'
shall make iife's burden lighter fo
them-lessen their cares and add {
their joys-we shall not have lived ]
vain.
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EARTH IS GROWING.
This Globe nT oars IL OatninE "a
weight ~ Rate of Etys uun-
dFed Tons beaF.

The earth n growing heavier at tho
average rate ~ 5G0 tons year. The
mrtrors or shooting ar failing star,
tot which now and again such bril-
liant displaJs rejoice the careful
watchersJ in passing through the
rarth's atmosphere are burnt up and
fan on the cartb's surface. occasion.
ally in heavy mass bat most usu.
ally in small metcOric dust Prof
Nordcusk iold. from his great cEpe.
rieher. estimntcd That. from the
cause nnmrd 800 tons fall uniformly
and steadily over the whole globe IN
each year. and the observations ol
Russian scieHtiEts yield similar re-.
suit These meteor streams says an
other astronomer. are really small
planetary bodies. revolving around The
sun ia hzfd orbits by the force oi
gravity The earth retolecs On its
axis al the rate Of 0lfG miles IN hour
| and speeds through space in ifs orbit
around the sun at the rate Of .OOd
miles every minute. aud IN August and
| November plHnRes into he very mids,
Of the meteoric stream RoiBR 10 this
opposite direction. Thf rapidity with
which they enter our aimosphere. and
| the friction thus generated. are ~
enormous that they are set fire 10
the smaller ones being consumed ana
| falling in dast. while the larger onei
occasionally reach the earth IN th'
/ shape ~ meteoric stone or iron
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his heels and pushed him through a
partition into another stall. where an
other Zebra hit his hand, " hieh had 70
be amputated Could he reeoffr from
the zebra . owner? 4 jury thought hs
could. bot the court 81 appeal says not
4 Zebra j. at present legally Wild AMI.
mal, aBd likely 10 remain 80, since the
advance Of the motor car makes
against tanning new animals for bar.
ness. Now a mans duty with regard
to his Wild beaa. is 10 keep Il secured.
10 that it may not 70 about seeking
s. shnm i may deVour. and secured his
zebra Nas. True, the door was casual
Is left open. and n the visitor had mere
u gous ia and been kieksd. be might
have recovered: but he ''iufltsd" his
kicking By rtrokinR Isbras do rot
understand maghaHimitg. All the
same. II zsbras' doors are left open. IL
might be veil 10 put up notices ths, thf
bstsfz are likely 10 go on At botn
ends.
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THE ORIGINAL SPEECH.
1t Was Language of Word. Com-
posed Entirely OF NaNeIs Re-
peated or Varied.

The original speech, the true prime
val tongue of man was quite unlike any
language we have ever hear, ,yet=we
have all talked ii, andZits ele,
ments are present in the tongues of to-
day. The primeval language, says the
Contemporary Review, WAS "A vowel
language altogether; it had no con-
sonants, or contacts (as we ought To
call them) at ALL Its Words consisted
of vowel sounds following each other.
repeated or varied-or words like
acaea, aoao, ala, #auau,= aeoia, iaua,
oioi. ouou, uaua. ueue. all of which |
may say in passing are taken from a
language in use to-day., The sentences
were intermittent streams of NowelS
each stream held on SO long as#the
speakers breath allowed or whiIh die
tated. When all literRture Was recited
| the same consideration. the capacity
of the lungs. determlnated the length
OF the bardie line. so We have #om
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term. Nearly every incentiato fills
some office as assistant in parish \
very few muy remain for "a time, or
perhaps permanently, in the pathetic
position OF being dependent on casual
employment ms preachers when sun.
day service is required. receiving "a fee,
usually a guinea for their trouble.
Their lot Is far from cnviable. especial
" when under the faded black coat
there Is found man of culture but
lacking the popular gift or the push
and influence which may have carried
his college chums, whom he may have
beaten In class work, into comfortable
charges.
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Iwould cry, realizing what pain he was in.
His pitiful# waiting was heart rcnding 1
had about given up hope Of saving him when
l was urged TO give HIM Hoods Sarsaparilla,
all other treatment having failed washed
the sores With Hoods Medieated Soap. ap-
piled Hoods Olive Ointment and gave him
Hoods Sarsnparilla, The child seemed to
get better every day, and very soon the
change was quite noticeable. The discharge
grew less. Inflammation went down. the skin
took on healthy color. and the raw flesh
began TO scale over aud thin skin formed
Ns the scales dropped of. Less than two bot
ties Of Hoods Sarsaparllla, aided by Hoods
| McdieNted Soap and Hood Olive Ointment,
accomplished this wonderful cure. | cannot
praise these medicines half enough" MRS.
! GUERlNOT, 81 Myrtle St, Rochester. \. Y.
The above testimonial is very much con.
| dcnsed from Mrs, Gucrinot's letter. "A
many mothers will be interested in reading
the full letter. we will send it to anyone who
sends request Of US on postal card. Men
ton this paper.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

Examinations will be held in the
federal building May II, is and 10 for
i've cadets for the United States rev
enue cutter service. The examination
will be open to all citizens of the
United States between the ages Of IS
and 2J years. This examination viii
be held in every city where there is a
board Of examiners.
The syndicate which recently ac-
CURED a half million acres of land
from the Northern Pacific Railroad
VIII be known as the Minnesota Land
company, with a capital stock of
1920 eco.
The Great Northern car shops at
st Cloud have received an order for
ue building of 40 new cabooses. Forty
are for the Great Northern and nine
ior the Eastern Minnesota.
The White Line transportation
company has been formed at Duluth
aais company will run line of boats
2 connection with the ST. Paul & Du-
'atA Railway.
The case OF John Carroll against the
Va.aha Railroad for loss of an arm
sad leg was tried In the United States
e.art at Mankato. the company win.
ag The case has been on trial fol
tao days.
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Badly Burned.

A sad accident occurred at the home
of George Thomson, ianitor of the
Moorhead National Bank block. Thorn
son lives east of town on the property
of the Moorhead Brick Manufacturing
Company, and with him lives his aged
mother, who is the unfortunate vic
tim of the accident. 1t appears that
in striking a match the head flew off
and caught in the folds of light
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ZEBRA LAW IN ENGLAND.
Outcome of nm Accident That nefell
an IncRutiOus Admirrr of
Animals.

Zebra law may not bc 30 important
TO the average citizen rs dog law, but
IL is worth knowing u YOU frequent
mcnngcries. says the Pail Mall Ga.
zcttp. one Mnrlor, visiting an Oldham
show, found stable door open and
went in aud Ffrokcd the zebra, where
upon the ungrateful beast let out with
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

The Democratic State Central Com
mittee met at the Merchants Hotel,
81. Paul, to call a convention TO select
delegates to the national convention.
The committee did not get to work
until late, but il was the prevailing
opinion that the convention should be
held between the lst and the 18th Of
June, and that but one call should be
issued-the call for the nominating
convention. to be issued later on. Both
district delegates and delegates-at-
large will be selected at this conyen-
tion
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lr,.rt.r.. rith MI,.Is.. rsIrsrarh,

s0fns ~ the experiments with wire.
less telegraph apparatus for the use
of the british army in South Africa
are said 20 indicate that the operation
oi the instruments IL interrupted by
veins ~ iron ore IN the hills This r..
ealla the recent report ~ the United
States naval board on MareOni's sya,
TEN 70 the effect that communication
raight be- entirely interrupted when
tall buildings aith iron framework In
tsryensd between the transmitting
and receiving stafiona.-Y Youths CoIls'
paBion
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apron which she wore. Instantly the
flames rose to her waist, igniting the
clothing upon the upper portion Of
her body. The aged woman's cry of
agony quickly brought to her aid her
son, who was in an adjoining room,
but before the flames could be smoth-
cred she had sustained frightful burns
from waist TO shoulder and her son
suffered from severe burns upon his
hands.
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We Are Interested.

Minnesota is interested in the recent
decision of the supreme court of Illi-
nois that the flag law of that state is
invalid, for similar law has been
passed in this state. The court, in
the Illinois case, said that it believed
the law (which provided for the pun
ishment of a man for the use of the
American flag for advertising pur-
poses) was unconstitutional, not only
as an infringement of the liberties
granted citizens by federal and state
constitutions, but also depriving him
of privileges granted him by the same
instruments. The Minnesota flag law
was patterned much after the Illinois
law and went into effect Jan. /.
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rrnnri.fnA AfrIcn.

American exports TO Africa have de-
creased slightly In the seven months
ending with January, showing that
the var has lost as more than il has
proatea e hicago Tribune.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

A young farmer BY the name of Vic
tor stenheln committed snieide at the
home Of his mothsr-in-lax. Mrs. Sand
Iund. near Cokato, by blowing his
brains out with shotgun.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

A pretty woman cau look sympathetically
st the hapipsst man in the world, and he will
at once begin TO feel that he has troubles
AlchlAnn Glohe.
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AN OFFICIAL PRAYER.
One That Was Prepared by Episcopal
bishops for british SOL
dIeFa In Africa.

The grent majority OF the services
held in the British army and navy, AS
in the American army and navy, are
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Mnrman Eldera.

The Mormon elders are conducting
open-air meetings and making a
house-to-house canvass of Little Falls,
looking for converts 10 their faith.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

The highest Prasstan court has de-
eided that the American titls q doc
ter cannot be used In Prussia With.
out special permit from the govern
ment.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

At Zurich the Theological faculty Of
the uBivorEity finds that II has only
eight students for ten professors this
winter.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28

Jack proposed 10 me while turning IN,
music for me At the piano" "Ah, see; you
played right into his hands"-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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what n Glance wiIIDo,

at l must have water on the brain, =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-31
MIR. DUNN TALKS.

Tells of the Working of the Law Govern
ing Forfeit Sales.
The troubles and compiled tions at
tending the recent forfeited tax sale,
so far as the State auditors Office is
concerned, are now almost ended, and
State Auditor R. G. Dunn was in a
suitable frame of mind yesterday for
discussing the numerous problems aris-
ing out of it and which have imposed
on Mr.. Dunn and his Office force a
large amount of extra work and worry.
Mr.. Dunn was asked to furnish a
statement dealing with the tax sale
as a whole and it's aspect viewed from
Taxpayers standpoint, and he COM
piled with the request in the following
terms:
"Regarding the forfeited tax sale,
which is about completed in the sew
eral counties of the State,'' said State
Auditor Dunn. II may say that in this
Office we have attempted to place a
plain, common-sense Interpretation
upon the provisions of chapter 322,
laws of 1899 1.-THE forfeited tax law,
and have endeavored to construe the
law in the interests of the taxpayers
of the State. We have the satisfaction
Of knowing that in almost every county
of the State the law has been faith
fully, carried out, and hundreds of
thousands of dollars of back taxes have
been paid into the county treasures.
We, have held that where a tract of
land was sold for more than the taxes
the surplus should be credited to the
county revenue fund, and in no event
should the surplus be paid to the
original owner. To have held other
wise would have resulted in defeating
the object of the sale-the enforcement
of the collection Of delinquent taxes.
The forfeited tax law of 1881 differs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-31
VOLUME XIV. NO. rs.

the consistency of our American sold
iers is exhibited in their conduct dur
ing the horrors of Imprisonment as cap
tives Of the Confederacy. No tongue can
fairly tell, no pen can adequately pic
ture, a 1.-THE even of the misery, the
agony, the fortunes, endured by our
prisoners do not name these terri
BILE facts in reproach to our Confeder-
ate fellow-citizens. I do not doubt
that their authorities generally did the
best they could, and that the means of
caring for thousands of our soldiers
in captivity were quite inadequate.
[ speak of the subject, as illustrating
fairly the tone and the temper of the
Federal prisoners. These well-known
horrors put our comrades to the sever
est Of all tests. Famine and fever were
their portion while in Southern prison
pens; miserable death was their pros
pect. Andersonville held at one time
5000, and Belle Isle $4,000, all crowded
together, with no roof over them, but
the sky, and sickness Astounding, star
walton wasting them, and death stalk
ing among them. At Andersonville
they died sometimes at the rate of
l4O each day. In the hospital
for Federal prisoners at Rich
mond, in the first three months
in 1864, out of 2,779 sick, 1896 died,
or more than one-half. Every one
Of these prisoners could at any time
have purchased his release, by aban-
doning his flag and forswearing his
allegiance. The Andersonville men
testified that they were constantly
tempted with offers of liberty and large
wages, if they would only take the
oath of allegiance to the confederacy.
! The number that weakened under this
terrible strain was so small as to be
Insignificant. Out of 94,072 OF our
soldiers made prisoners during the war;.
94,O49 remained honorably firm and
true to the flag of their country. Only
% yielded to the constraints of suffer-
ing and the temptation to obtain an
easy release. From Andersonville
came that heart-rending cry of a pris-
oner to his mother. my treatment
here is killing me, mother, but l die
cheerfully for my country" Such for
titude and constancy are unparalleled.
In this respect, the character of the
American soldier stands unique. No
other country has ever had the oppor-
tunity Of having made for it by it's
citizen-soldiers, such a record of con-
stancyin captivity. !. ; - IA
To-day let us lay our garlands of
I flowers upon the graves, not only of
the crumbling bones OF our dead
heroes, but upon the graves where lay
entombed these qualities of the soldier,
patriotism, sincerity, self-sacrifce and
constancy. Cover these graves with
red, white and blue blossoms: red flow
ers emblematic of their devotion and
self-abnegation: white, illustrating
their sincerity; blue, IMPLYING their
constancy and fidelity; red, white and
blue for their patriotism and loyalty.
The choir rendered another selec-
ton at the close of the address and
then the column formed again and
headed by Jones' excellent drum corps
marched to the cemetery where the
usual ceremonies occurred and the
observance Of this day, sacred to the
memory Of Americas departed sold
iery, was at an end.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-31

Another distinctive trait of charac-
ter these men disclosed is their con-
stancy. We know how persistent they
we're, how long that four years war
seemed to them, and how much endur-
ance the crisis demanded. The record
of campaigns, of battles, of sickness, of
wounds and death is appalling. All
prior, all subsequent records of wars
shrink by the comparison. Before the
civil war, the American soldiers had
fought 1853 battles. During that war
they fought, large and small, 2,247 bat
ties, and some of them how large, how
desperate, how stubbornly contested!
But this is not the only, nor is it the
greatest illustration of their constancy.
Other nations have had great wars,
some Of them protracted, many Of them
critical and desperate, and their
soldiers have shown endurance and
persistence. The great record Of
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war, OF such presidents as Grant and
Hayes and Garfield and Harrison, who
were better fitted than before for such
great duties, by reason Of their service
as soldiers. And if true of them, how
much more SO OF Mckinley, to whom
have fallen duties Of the most delicate,
and worldwide character,
only to be met with a discretion, mod
GRAFTON and wisdom which were learned
and appropriated by him in his career
as soldier. 49, H.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-04-27
A BISHOPS STORY.
The Voice of a Woman Heard From
the Grave.

the Grave.
Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Re-
formed Episcopal church, Chicago, told a
marvellous story of psychical phenomena
i'll which he asserts that husband heard
his wife calling after she had been buried
and that on hastily reopening the grave
he found her unconscious, but still alive.
The minister declined to give the real
names, using the name of Smith.
As Bishop Eailows told the story, some
years ago Mrs. Charles Smith. the wife
Of young man living ON the North Side,
was taken seriously i'll and died in II short
tim0. She was not cmbalmed and was
buried two or three days later in Rose
Hill cemetery.
She was buried in the afternoon. In
the middle of the night Mr.. Smith was
awakened by some one calling his name.
He heard the name two or three times,
"Charles, Charles" very distinctly. He
did not associate the voice with any one
he knew and said to himself that it was
a hallucination. Being a man Of materi
alistic views, he attached no meaning to
the matter and soon fell into u troubled
sleep again.
After awhile he was awakened by the
voice again, this time more insistent,
"Charles, Charles, Charles"
Just as day was breaking for the third
time he heard the call again, this time en-
treatingly, the minister declares. This
time he recognized the voice very dis
tinctly as that of his wife. Moved by
some unexplainable impulse, he sprang
up, searched the room thoroughly, found
no one and rushed in to where q friend
was asleep.
"Come. get up. We must so to Rose
Hill" he cried.
His friend tried to dissuade him. but to
no purpose. They harnessed horse to
light buggy, took spades and pickaXes
md drove to the cemetery at brenkneck
speed. AS quickly as possible they dug
down to the coffin and opened it. The
young wife was just turning over in the
coffin.
Although alive, she was unconscious
Presumably she had been in a stupor the
entire time. She was taken home, recoy-
cred, and is alive today. She has no idea
that she was ever buried alive, and prob
ably il she had known all the circum
stances at that time the shock would
have killed her. She was told that she
had been very i'll and had recovered al
most Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.