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The sun., 1901-07-28
VssfuI Household Toais.
F,om n, MiansapJH. Tribune.

From. n, MignfdpJhs Tribune
There l. now being made ir n modern nat
.t sixth avenue south and Ninth street an
experiment in fut keeping which bids fair
TO reyolntioniZe many manners and methods
common 80 housewives who live in hats
Ii IL almost q proysrb that the hest OF fats
have cockrOache-. and II 81 happens that
mi, particular Hat is not unblessed with
the water hug- that commonly travel nm der
the name - cockroachs'. and travel I'M
commonly fast.
on the little pests, but each has been "a ten
with avidlty and the bugs have waIed fst
and strong and have multiplied several hun
dredfold
When the stage Of despair was reached the
lady of the house heard thpt toads were good
clean beasts and had fine liking for cock
reaches.
The iaritor was hribed and the next day
three toad., one very fat and sedate. ond the
other two very lean and active, became
domiciled In the fat
The first Two rights the people OF the house
sat up until the small hours To see the toad.
operate II was then discovered That a toad
has y tongue about n foot long, rgurativelJ y
speaking, and thar all tosds do 10 ma ks
n living Il TO sit within q few inches Of a
likely look ing wall,wait until their prey comes
within reach. shoot out tongue acting not
unlike fork ed lightning. and then sit back and
rumi mate.
II j. sure death TO the cockroaches-b but
the sensation of stepping on the toad with
hnre feet pnd In the dark. 10 not ore to be
SPOKEN oI Dghuy. .->----s--a - -
The sun., 1901-07-28
The Old.F ,hi oned Bedstead.
From me BoRon Courhr.

From me Bosion Courkr.
The old fashioned bedstcad! How Well recall Is
preaTlng In spare room Of grancfalher's mans-;
QlndIuprdal slapt It's sttufr 50 tall u
seemed lfing 10 trlven lis snowy eIpansr.
An How ran hanish that nr>t nj ghts rejection,
As gazing alOfi at is lnrLlp SPACE
wondered at every new tour 81 Inspection
How v ould clnb mp 10 H. lofty embrace.
The hop .kIp and lump proved an innnite fsiure.
\ lcnp from the washstand f"ll e1uhly nat
And fioxed suit. white my FILTERED fegai!a
Was scattered around IN the floor where sat
AT last constructed a stairway that aided
A Wild running lump from the old mantelpiece.
And like Alpine climber by cffort oerhded
landch rip deep IN Its mountain Of neece
q weird Hlnslayh OF old fash loned chatiels
felt In thy clutch like tempest tossed nr,
And pray ed the mig ht 10 the great god OF battles
To save me from hrrng some overhead star,
And certain am that ior life I'd b-en fated
To stay there had sone ons not heard me by cna ne
And brought IN ladder and thus eofsummaxd
My nizhi from that bedstsad In trsndfstnsf
nlanse.
The sun., 1901-07-28
The Girl With the Hoe.
From Inc Galveston Nsrs.

From hs G1lveaon Nsrs.
Adown through the Lone Star cotton lands,
In the fields wherever go
She Is there, she IL fair. she Is everywhere
The matohless girl with the hoel
And love 70 think as ride the lanes.
And she leans on her hoe and looks,
OF the times gone by and the Muller tale
That I read In my chlldhoods books
"A form more fair and face more sweet
Are words that ever occur.
And again and over | nnd myself
Applying the line 70 her.
She may not see In the skies Of night
Tho things that Lockyer sees;
She may be blank on Plato's themes
As she 10 on the Pleiades.
But she plants the flowers In ths old home yard.
And not on the sands Of Mars;
And she gives her love 70 the folks d home.
while Tesla talks TO the stars.
A A soldier brave In the bloodle1 war
That makes for the good OF men,
She wleds a weapon Of higher worth
Than the man with the sword or the pm
LAMAsCo. Tex. PAUL AVON.
The sun., 1901-07-28


long anes. snefs h'ee man rsesssd We
Who made his life . tlsslsss quest 70 know
The Why and wherefore Of the univefss.
ne ssnoe'ea 'nfonen solutions in'neass'
.n's one converted pu' sno'nef spaks
anu "aoe MS is"n spossasy 'nshaa'
A n.,..
p,,, - ~ ~ .".
.A"Nn~ universal vas explained
ny saying eh'Hed yesefdaS'
o.
w-..., u"o '"' o'a.. po''
"n. "o"'" 10"
The sun., 1901-07-28
Ton Pratt.

From NE morning Orsgonian
Firln'r Yes. Though my hsir Is white.
For my eyeslghrs good and clear
I can see ahead on thr track at night
As far as an engineer.
You're new on the road OF course. That's 10.
No need fur 10 tell ne that.
Fur all the boys around here know
The story OF old Tom Pratt.
I was young as you when got my run,
An as fun Of snap an 20.
An felt that lie was we'll begun
When Id see the FIRE glow.
An think she was maxim steam fur me.
That had wlped an had r,istled coal,
That wasn't the servant OF ~.
But her life an her brains an soul.
Al the end OF run would hurry to get
Washed UP. an my good clothes on
Fur the wife. she WAS likely 10 worry an fret,
Beln' lonesome when was gone.
An the baby. Il seemed Ike he srowed two fee,
An got new tooth every day
An he looked ~ purity an changed an sweet
Whenever I'd hrsn away.
wha, got wrong with the hid before that trip
never made Out Just right.
he was awful pale an he trooped hlsll
When kissed him an says Good Night
An in front Of the gsuge. an before lhe SlAss,
Across IN the nremans place.
In the Marin lights oi the trains we'd pass
cDWlu see tnht h'he la'''
4 don't say had a preS-ntmeni,
An | don't SOY what knew,
But A look IN the picture saw there went
TO my heart an Just felt blue.
An when the orders was brought ahead.
His facr was before me sfill.
| never took In what the con" had said,
But lust saws AN right, Blll!-
We va, maxim time, an, I had her wide,
"a ali tha re-
An the sparks was lghtln' the canon side
Fur mile an better back
The fireman says We're sgttIn' there
You're my kind Of an engineer
But Tom, Just wouldn't II rase your hair
II we'd meet number right here
He'd lust said the words when We turns = curve
An grabbed the lever an air.
For a shin,n' out with never swrrve
Was headlight, there! right thrr's
I STAYED In the cab an felt It all
The crash an the slckenlng grind,
I heard the butchered cattle call
As they died In the cars behind
I saw but no. 7 can't kli II yet,
II was twenty years age.
But In twenty more could not forget
That sight ahead. know.
For number 0 WAS a passenger Hsip.
With a crowd from q holiday,
Comm up with orders s,raigh, an plain,
you have got clear flght away
Discharged Well, what could the company Do
or course expected that
They were NOR. than good. between me an you
In their dsalln with old Tom Pratt.
II was all the orders didn't hear,
An didn't make out Just night.
II was an the fault OF a blindn tear
Fur boy that died that night.
They gave me a Job IN year or two.
The sun., 1901-07-28
SCIENCE.
HISTORY or TEE STARRY HEAVENS.

HISTORY OF TIE STARRY HsAvRSs'
,,,' ~. % a"r,,n % o" ..s.'~~ y, so,.nc.. % n,ono..
"s'. 'ue Do'hn acaosmy VI seiehee proposes
70 prspsre and publish new fundamental
star star. catalogue a. OF the ar', masnI,ade. The
:" w "o"e a"s 40, ''nn =, ~, ."1
Aoeoemy composed OF MN Auwers, 'ose'
and Bezold and under the immediate direction
OF Dr Rtstsnnsr, II will con.is, Of three
g, W. ,N,,- :.
man portions First. the eohect'oh ana or
derly arrangement OF all the separate obser-
vntions Of all stars observed by meridian
.,.o,.. . '.I...,s, ,n.,,.,n,. -
euess' anu sau''aie"' inS'.ui'e"'' .''''
-,..I N., - a., 49,.
souno, n, ,s-, and the nublieation Of the
oorrespoodinx .tnr catalogue. All astrono-
m,rs are ay,rsd unon tho gran, necc,sity for
q work Of the sort but the tremendous DIM
culties IN the way of its execution have. 40
far prevented the undertaking. The sys-
tematic zone catalogues published by the
Astronomlcai society OF nermany, ,,sr on.pd rdsrs p
reobserystion OF tns stars OF nS Alsennuss eva. as
D~nrehms'tr, ~ uno. escs,lent % Us saon one h w.
IN ltse'I, were ,s.tua.y nlnus III ~ so.snn
progress o, steLsr n SssrSnom tor " 'ns ,sei, nni.
vcrssi wse sna I" ,he nss,sm 0. ,.rSa' W"
mas OF earlier and more precise ooseTva-
uons whion tne nSrnn h"sdeiny mow pwii
poses 10 utilize Inc new & o sa,aiore WI.
places are now scattered through some so
books which contain something IKE million
we'll under way and win proceed rapidly.
When one remembers the Immense inipeuis
given 10 stsuar nsihuohoh,y N , ine ,HHo
Sron ioss ATS n @ YEARS ago. % even wit" il. defec-
tive ana incomplete methods OF se'ecuoh
and reduction. u Is easy 20 nee whsu pro.
upon the exact astronomy of the tTehtie.n
reinsd manner, and containing all the best
results O. tne wo,k i OF 4narHoy nr.Ta oi ooS Sown
~ the present time.
ms mas Mte'y oceh oe''r'oeu AZ 'o''on'
ihe negative po'e ,oo're.pono"s w '"o
zinc OF oen' or 10 the lead OF ORDINARY Norase
os..ess, = o' ,n iron o.,hon ., - os,l % or 70 N.
re'poh"'nk W '"e ''oon "
perexyd OF ieau 'h oro'na'y ,""s' u" %
teries' |" a 'upero1yd OF n'okel,Ni o. Ihe
IN 10 a Nor cent or. preferably, a 20 per
"" .',, ;" .,,PRo ~ ~ hvdroxyd of noinsh which
frsszeS ct so q.
Ine ih.mi Vp"ds roi,s. ihe ,nsa,, voitn ue
ss rscn' Gnu, nn,SsDia,s di.cbsrve Is about Lilo
n,IIr - ~ no-m,i cnrren, ~ discbarae
volts. ana me hormi cyIrshi q, ~, ,no ns n
peI un" & y. sn,,arn d.cims,rs Tbs a averaae
ampere per souaIe oe.nues .. La nor,
dlscherHe o.-IW Ho, H. thrn.
responding TO Comp,eie ascnsree IN tn,oe s'
and hall hours; 3ut 'he Dal.e.y csn Ve ,o, o,,
pistely nisghargeu w o,' neu. ne LII. u ~ Iiln
= casg y'e,us e,us,nI o. * rgino IL the .sme
IA that OF the discharge. can DC done IN
1nc one nonr, oro l"'u" comnIete memoir on this
new form ~ storage battery was read by
Mr. Kennedy az tne iasl ainuai .ntr.ius wnTs
VI ,ne ns ~ H. ~ he min, ed In The transactions
The sun., 1901-07-28
The Little Wild Felix.
From ths SpyfnsAsid Repuhiisan.

Dear, little. ' lid folk Of the woodland
Sr1ete6 in thlcket and dell
With every mans hand against you
How d. You lve' Who cau vii.
40 winscme 20 timld and graceful.
Gazing at US with vide startled eyes.
Like souls seeking vainly for friendship.
Living ever In fear Of surprise.
saw In the woota In the morning
A partridge In motherly mood.
walking erect like q matron
A. the head OF her tiny, brown brood
A rabbit looked on with approval
Two squirrels iriskct near In delight.
bevy Of birds sang In chorus
They saw rs! oh, skurry and flight
ANNIE A. PRHSr0N.
WELLINGTON Conn, July p.
The sun., 1901-07-28

4, Judge Waldo NJ York Of los Angeles, In
NJ case OF a woman who sued for divorce on
Me ground OF cruelty and non-support. has
rendered most peculiar decision. 1ne
testimony pro we'd that the husband inflicted
physical injury. drove the wife and children
from home. refused to pro vide for them, and
the mother was Obliged to maintain them by
washing The Judge held that on the ground
of cruelty she was entitled TO divorce, hut
not on the other charge, and said In his ruling
do not look upon this matter OF women
Helping 10 support the family a. such an
extraordinary state OF affairs as to warrant
that ground ! believe that women
should bear some Of the responsibility Of the
support Of the family upon their shoulders
| nlted states Attorney Marshall Wood
worth Of in~ ios Angeles District, when
Interviewed said 1T would seem that II
The wife Is entitled 10 sue for maintenance, or
Tor divorce, Oh the ground Of nOn-suppori
IA" husband should be entitled To the same
ught Judge Morrow Of that city gave
a. hls opinion that the better man should
'nk" the lead In marriage as in everything
"lso and the usual notion that man i ~"
hreadwnner is often contradicted by th.
facts
These opinions are likely 10 cause an ava
lthche OF comment. and tend still further TO
discourage women from matrimony. The
COMMON law holds that the husband owes
the wife support and she owes him service
lf now II Is decided that she also may owe
support, does that relieve her from the debt
q! service? Or does It place the husband
under equal obi CATION to render service
70 the wife2 That is. " she helps support
!he family by outside work must he assist
" the manifold duties OF the Householder II
The sun., 1901-07-28

How many Irishmsn were enlisted on the Federal
aide during the Civil War. and how many oi thm
dessrted, q. X. G.
The numbers Of the different natonAilt,es ar. not
Known aecurlely. but u ~ems likely that there we're
about $4,000 Irish born soldiers In The Federal Army.
There are no records Of the natlonaltes Of desers
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
HOROSCOPE. OF ROOSEVELT.

A Berlin astrologer has prepared
the horoscope of President Roosevelt,
and says "the president will rule
with firm hand, and that he will be a
second George Washington in the way
of reform; that he will be absolute
master of the situation in which he is
placed; that all his motives and actions
will be quick, sudden, unexpected. to
the point, aggressive and yet mild. He
will bring forward new plans, veto
many bills, will not care if any one
likes or dislikes him, will constantly be
before the public. Many inventions
never dreamed of will come to the sur
face, and in governmental affairs he will
be a success He will make manv
secret enemies as the great conjunction
of Jupiter and Saturn meet, which
will be Nov. %, 1901, after which time
the president will be assaulted by the
clergy, who will prove his secret ene-
mics. The cares of the exalted office
will soon make him old and serious
His leading policy will be large navy
and Notwithstanding. The astrologer
concludes by saying that the greatest
work of the president will lay in Texas
Indianapolis, Albany, New York and
San Diego, Cal. These are no doubt
points where the lightning will strike.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
I PE4RY. IND THE POLE.

Lieut.. Peary the intrepid explorer
OF the unknown north, has beep heard
from: He has been for the last two
years making explorations in the north
OF Greenland. He has discovered the
origin of the paleocrystic ice thatfnds
its way into Bafin bay carried by the
currents which, without much doubt,
pass the pole from the regions of Franz
Josef Land. He explored and mapped
the coast of Greenland to point So de-
greess39 minutes north latitude and 25
degrees west longitude, the farthest
north point Of land yet attained: Peary
attempted to find the pole, but at So
degrees and SO minutes, his progress
was hindered by open water and ice
foes. The explorer in letter says:
Considering that I am an old man,
have one broken leg and only three
toes, and that my starting point was
Etah, feel that this was doing toler-
ably well. It is almost thousand
years since Erick the Red first sighted
the southern extremity of the archi-
pelago, and from that time Norwe-
gians, Dutch, Danes, Swedes, English
men, Scotchmen and Americans have
crept gradually northward up it's
shores, until, at last, through the in
strumentality and liberality of the
club, it's northern cape has been lifted
out of the Arctic mists and obscurity.
If do not capture the pole itself in this
springs campaign, I shall try it again
next spring."
The indomitable will and courage of
Peary is indeed remarkable It is to
such men that the world owes much
for the great studies made in science
and the great field of research.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
<,ukr EDITORS saw
Paragraphs
Collected at Our
Exchange
Table.
FURNITURE VALUATION,

oNA<4A OICC AAO AllON.
The State board of equalization is in
session and going over the abstracts of
the county assessors returns of per-
sonal property valuations. They have
reached the head Of, ''household and
office furniture" and find, somewhat to
their surprise, that there is. some
$500, 900 worth less of it in the State
than a year ago. Then it was S11, Ill.,
$50; now it is Sl0,679,61S, and this in
spite of thevery palpable increase in
general prosperity which always evin-
ces in bettering household conditions.
The board applies the per capita
method to this aggregate of investment
in furniture and, out of a seemingly re-
spectacle total, deduces an absurd al
lowance per head of population. TAX
ing the valuation for 1900 and the CEN
sus population Of that year and we
have each person in the State repre-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
GOLDEN PRITILEEES.

The American Economist in an arti-
Gle on the protective tariff system, hits
the nail squarely on the head when it
says: ''Shall we take away the gold
en- privileges'' and extraordinary op-
portunities' from our 100000 labor
ers to prevent a few men of unusual
genius and tact from becoming rich?
There will always be some men who
will make more money than their fell
low men. Carnagie and Schwab once
got less a year than the editor of the
Post gets fortnight. They are self
made men and their fortunes were the
reward of their own ingenuity, indus
try and application. There are thou
sands of men and boys employed to-day
by the steel comanies who are far bet
ter off and have as good opportunity as
did Carnegie and Schwab. It will be
their own fault if they are not as sue
cessful.''
The statement is true enough. All
men cannot become millionaires and
steel magnates, but under wise sys-
tenn of government American labor
and American genius can attain those
comforts and happy surroundings that
go to make prosperous communities
and a great nation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
AXE the tart out 81 Il congress a.

TAKE the tariff out Of congress, out
Of politics, and give it to an expert
commission. The average congress
man cannot master the tariff, . SO say
some, and at first blush the suggestion
seems worthy of consideration. But
there is danger OF over doing this 'sscom-
mission business, and delegating the
powers of our state and national legis-
lative bodies to men who cannot sub
serve the ends of wise system of gov
eminent any better than properly
constituted legislative committees.
The federal constitution imposes on
congress the duty of laying and collect
ing taxes, duties, etc, and to regulate
commerce with foreign nations. Mem
bers of congress come direct from the
people, know their wishes and desires.
and are elected to discharge the duties
incumbent upon them, and not to dele
gate their powers TO outside individu-
ais. It would seem that our tariff laws
should be left with congress, for this
body is, without question, what the
people make it. Let we'll enough alone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

FROM many published accounts comes
the information that in various places,
notably large manufacturing centers,
that workingmen who had the audacity
to lay off to attend the presidents
funeral last Thursday were either
locked for. the time soft, or else fred or
reprimanded.. # This sounds like the
slave lash, indeed, and the employer
or corporation who would be so devoid
OF public spirit, so heartless and $50
mean is only shade better than an
anarchist. !
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

AMONG the many lessons we may
learn from the awful sacrifice the
nation has made is this one, that we
will have more regard and respect for
men in official positions of honor and
great responsibilities and duty. We
are too apt to cast undue reflections on
their private and public life, and to
make too many inuendoes and reflec-
tions at times on the acts of public
servants. If we have confidence enough
in men to elect them to Office let us
have confidence enough in them TO be-
lieve their motives and actions are
honest, and inspired by a good purpose.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
Tribute to Our Dead President.

The following stanzas are from a
poem written by G. E. Sargent at the
time of the death of Garfield. Mr..
was at that time attending
Bates college, Lewiston, Me-, where
DR.. Tarbox was also student at the
same time. Mrs. Tarbox has the poem
which was read at memorial services
1t Bates college, and the poem is so
timely now that we print few stanzas:
On viewless wings the angel came
And lowered DER his prey
And marked the heart upon whose pulse
His iron hand might lay. 3
He came, and in a hero's face
70 Breathed full his fatal BREATH :, 81. ( =,
And from his fleshless fingers dropped = :
The poisoned shaft of death. !
And now deep silence reigneth
Ger all the land to-day
While in the sable shroud of death
Our nations chief they lay
And DER Columbia tear-stained face
Falls now the mourner's veil
And eighty million human hearts
hCSpOuS W SOiiOW 5 WALL.
Such life as his can ne er be lost
1t blends with Unborn blood
And through the ceaseless flow of years
Moves with a mighty food;
His life is ours, he lives in us
We feel the potent thrill
And through the coming centuries
The world shall feel it still.
The grandest eloquence oft comes
From lips that death hath sealed:
There IS meaning in his death
His life has ne'er revealed,
The hearts of men will oft receive
A truth from lips of stone,
That they would spurn with mad contempt
If uttered from a throne.
A maiden brings her wreath of flowers
Bedimmed with loves fond tear
And lays the blushing tribute low
Upon her lovers bier
So fair Columbia brings her flowers
Wet with {; nations grief
And strews the snowy symbols DER
Her loved and fallen chief
Till fount of years shall cease to flow,
Till memory shall die,
Till fame and altar, grand and vast
In mingled ruin lie,
Till time shall lay her wasting hand
On stored urn and bust
Let memory guard the hallowed grave
That holds his sacred dust
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

THE State board of equalization
boosted values of manufactured articles
and logs and lumber last week. The
lumber interests at Park Rapids and
Akeley and at Kerrick, were raised 100
per cent. Benton and Morrison county
assessments were raised 33s per cent;
Becker, Beltrami, Cass and Mile Laos,
each Is per cent. ...@. :.-. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

AN American. firm has agreed to
deliver 100000 watches in London
during the next twelve months. The
American firm outbid the Germans and
Swiss. This is said to be the greatest
order of it's kind ever given. Talk
about your Watch on der Rhine,''
it isn't in it with the Yank, s#s sEzs !.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26
BECAUSE of the new tax law IN doc

BECAUSE of the new tax law on dogs
passed by the last legislature, placing
a tax of 81 and So on the ours. good.
bad and Indifferent, the State is shy
$500, 1000 in this class of taxable prop
erty this year. Fourteen counties re-
port no dogs for taxation this year.
1t is said that vicious dogs did not
trouble assessors this year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

IT is a most unpleasant duty the
counsel for Czolgosz has to perform to
even nominally defend the wretch who
sullenly refuses to take an interest in
the court proceedings What a shame
to thus pollute the bar and the bench
OF our country, but justice is merciful
and long suffering. = =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

THE Chicago Post we'll says: 1.-The
impulse to meet anarchy with anarchy
may rule for a moment-it is but ma
tural that it should: but it will be
checked by hymns and chastened by
prayers until it has become sane, calm,
memorable justice.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

CONGRESSMAN STEVENS in discuss
ing the question of enacting the law
against anarchy says: "A little more
legislation may be advisa BILE. Yet the
Important need is to enforce existing
laws" Mr.. Stevens is about right.
Our laws too often lie dormant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-09-26

GOV. VANSANT says Minnesota will
go into winter quarters in the best
shape since it was admitted to the
union. 'Our people are prosperous
says the governor. ''Work is plenty
and highly paid. Crops are abundant
and everybody is correspondingly hap
:: 90
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MEANEST MAN IN THEU. 6.

MEANEST MAN IN THE U. S.
That meanest man in the United
States, and probably it is an insult to
the human family to refer to him as a
man, Senator Wellington of Maryland,
refuses after friends have suggested
the propriety of the same, to send a
telegram of coincidence to Mrs. Nc
Kinley. 1t is an official courtesy due
the widow but he persistently refused
the grand advice of his friends. He in
sists upon being the whole hog him
self.-Stillwater Gazette.