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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03
NIGHT IN THie WOODS.


 Copyright, 1901, by Ernest Harold
 Baynes.)
 "The curfew tolls the knell of parting
 day;
 The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the
 lea:
 The plowman homeward plods his
 weary way,
 And leaves the world to darkness and
 to me-
 At an hour when most men are fin- ishing their daily work, the nocturnal creatures In the woods are just waking up The foxes, skunks and wood chucks are yawning, and stretching their cramped limbs; the muskrats are sitting on their hind legs at the mouths of their burrows. washing their sleepy faces with their front paws, and the owls are scrambling up the inside of their hollow trees, or giving their plu- mage final shake before setting out in search of breakfast. This is the begin ming of their day-a day as full of the problems of life as that which begins at dawn and ends at dusk
 The other evening I set out shortly after sundown for night in the woods. While 1t was still light, I reached It. tie lake, and sat down on fallen tree trunk, close to the waters edge. On the father side was a green pasture. sloping upward from the water, and on the slope some Jersey cattle were graz ing. Beyond, upon the crest of the hill, was a line of trees silhouetted nt l,a .,1r, the air that the water gave true fedec- tions of the bulrushes along the margin of the lake, and even the leaves of a poplar tree growing near by hung, steady, upon their stalks
 From the wood behind me arose, clear and sweet, the voice of the wood thrush. Few sounds in nature can af- feet us as deeply as this The brilliant song of the thrasher Is studded and stagy beside 1t, and the notes of the warblers and vireos, delightful in them selves. are childish prattle by compari- son. The song of this thrust is calm and spiritual; it arises not from the throat, but from the soul it Is a song of infinite peace.
 Round a curve of the shore was a woodchuck's burrow, with q mound of yellowish earth in front of it, and, as I watched, out came the owner a brown ish-gray animal, about the size of a rabbit, which sat up on it's hind legs, licked its fur as a cat might do, and then began to crop the clover leaves from a patch which grew close by. When chewing his food, he sat bolt up- right with his forelegs hanging down in front, and after finishing a mouthful he dropped upon all fours to get another one, and then resumed his upright po- sition. But the light was almost gone, and his figure was soon Ahu+ o,,+ fro,,, view. Close above me bat was wheeling
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03
THE LARGEST OF POULTRY

Dalas Pa, has what is probably the largest poultry ferm in the world. The Meadow Book farm, situated short half mile from the railway station, covers 82 acres of ground, The build
 ing and yards of this immense plant cover over 35 acres, and the amount of floor space under roef amounts to a little more than 112000 square feet. It is lighted by electricity, heated by steam, and watered by a system of pipes which are fed by an immense liv- ing well on the premises.
 The business of the plant consists of supplying young ducks and chickens to summer hotels, clubs, restaurants, steamship lines, and market dealers who cater to the best trade of the big cities. Eggs are also furnished in large quantities for the table and for matching purposes. The plan of con- ducting such an immense business is an interesting one.
 The incubator building contains 30 large incubators, each holding 400 eggs. The total capacity of the incubators in use in 20 GOO ePp-S II takes 21 days for chicken to hatch in these machines, and 2S days for a duckling to come through. If all the machines discharge their chicks and ducl1lings at the same time they could not be handled to ad- vantage; so, to overcome the difficulty, some of the machines are loaded with eggs each day, so that some of them discharge their young broods daily. By this system the age of the stock is graduated so that the number required for market natures daily, and Is coop ed and shipped without being kept on the premises an hour longer than is necessary.
 When the little chicks come from the incubator they are herded into pens.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03
"A AfTLft.

The somewhat pessimistic poem pure but Heaven seems to be founded on fact. Patrons of the ice cream and soda water department who order vanilla" because they think it will be pure will be surprised by the statement that there is no extract for which sub
 stitutes are more often used than vanil- la. This is said on the authority of the true vanilla bean costs from SIP to $16 per nound, and were there no substi- so extensively as at present. Vanillin,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03
THE SOUTH AND THE PRESI-
 DENCY.

I
 The proposition that both parties go south for their presidential candidates | in 1904 has awakened wide discussion
 and been productive of more express sions of consent than of dissent in both
 the north and the south. It Is notice- able that no pronounced opposition has manifested itself in the north, and that | a kindlier feeling has been shown toward the south by republican than | by democratic newspapers The whole discussion has given significant evil f denpce of the complete effacement of
 sectionalism from the politics of the country.
 Worth and not sectionalism should
 be the controlling consideration in the choice of candidates. In the two lat
 est presidential campaigns the democ- racy has evoked sectionalism in its fa- vor. It was sure of the south, and it chose its candidate with the hope of adding the west to the south, but it failed both times It will not make the same attempt again. The republican
 party has been called sectional party,
 but during the forty-t1ve years of its existence it has nominated to the presi-
 dency more men of southern birth than
 the democratic party has in the same
 time. Fremont was born in Georgia, Lincoln in Kentucky, and Johnson in Tennessee But since the nomination of James k. Polk In 1S44 no southern born man has been regular demo- cratic candidate for the presidency. John c. Breckinridge in 1860 was a. bolting candidate.
 What the political situation three years hence may be no one can foretell, and speculation as to the presidential candidates now is worse than useless. It Is certain, however, that the repub-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

licans will recognize the situation fully and show the same breadth they al- ways have in choosing their candi- date. The experimentation of the south is proceeding rapidly. What ef- feet that will have in 1904 remains to be seen. In any event the party will de- mand that it's standard bearer, from whatever section he may come, shall be a sincere and consistent believer in republican principles and practices Philad delphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03
ADVERTISING RATES.

! 1A1| i1HS He1h F I7F''
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 Display advertisements, per inch, one in. Eertion, S1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents ono week, $3.20; one month, $10; one year, $40.OO
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marr- Local Local Notices Notices, W 15 cents per line. S eNl'
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03
fu Clover.
fu Glover. Sun and shadow drifting by, Spread of crimson clover; And a yellow butterfly

Sun and shadow drifting by, Spread of crimson clover; And yellow butterfly Poised ecstatic over. See him turn and twist and twirl In a dance intending! How he keeps that dizzy whirl Passes comprehending Oh, you airy addle-pate Cease awhile to wander; Catch your breath and contemplate Jack and Mollie wonder. Not word they need to speak, With look so graphic; Never was on mortal cheek Such smile seraphic. Think the earth was made for you, Giddy little rover, When beside you there are two Quite as much in clover?
 Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

Farmers in Nebraska do not look up- on the drought as an unmixed evil. They will have corn enough for domes tic use and 50,00O,0O0 bushels to sell The shortness of the crop will send all kinds of farm produce up and they will make more on what they have to sell than they would have made with a normal Is well off financially and the result is not disastrous.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY 3 l6 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH
 $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE
 SAME TERMS BY MAT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

The Boer war has cost England $17S,- 760,000 for the 122 days from April to July 31; more than $1, 100000 day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

A conflict of authority seems to be imminent between Prince George and the Cretan Chamber of Deputies. The prince demands the right to nominate mayors, while the deputies insist that these officers must still be elected by the people. Prince George also asks that the press censorship be placed in his hands without restriction, together with the right to suppress papers. The deputies, however, mindful of certain arbitrary measures taken by M. Papa diamantopoulis, the princes secretary, against the liberty of the press, are not in the least disposed to yield this point
 There is said to be strong feeling in Canea that the prince is too much un-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

An unusual will case has just been decided by the courts in Minnesota. The witnesses to the instrument had step ped through a doorway into a room ad- Joining that in which the testator lay at the time of the signing of the will, and had affixed their signatures at a table about ten feet from the testator but just out of his sight. It was testi- fled, however, that he was sitting on the side of his bed at the time, and could have seen the witnesses by step ping forward two or three feet. The attestation and subscription of the will under these circumstances were sus- tained.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

The New York World finds that the Brooklyn bridge is carrying ATT tons (estimated) of useless weight, which is about half the whole weight it was cal Culated to carry. Included among the weights that could be removed without afrecting the efficiency of the bridge as a bridge are mentioned: Two large 11neumatic tubes through which mail matter was formerly transmitted, but for some time unused: two sets of un- necessary rails on the third rail road way; eight cables for which there is little use and for which there would be none if the number of electric cars were adequate, and, lastly, mass of telegra ph and telephone wires. all of which could be run under the river.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

A curious preference of certain pigeons for the use of metallic objects in building their nests is noted by M. Maurice Dusolier in the Revue Ecientlfique. He asserts that several pairs of these birds that he has observ- ed In Paris have raised their young in nests made entirely of hairpins These articles they collected in the paths of the Luxembourg. The young pigeons grew up normally as they would in a softer nest. M. Dusolier believes that there Is a useful suggestion in this for pfreon fanclers, who are often over anxious, he thinks, to see that their charges have soft material for their nests.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

Even Jersey justice isn't more speedy and complete than the justice which overlook two highwaymen who robbed man in La Crosse, Wisconsin, at p. m. last Monday. Thirty minutes later they were captured and placed in Jail. At 8 a. m. the next day they were bound over to the circuit court under N,000 bail. At o'clock they were tried. At 10 o'clock the two men were on their way to spend three years in the peni- tentiary at hard labor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

A court martial case of general in- terest, inasmuch as it fixes the legal status of enlisted men on duty on naval vessels loaned to the States for the use of the naval militia, has been decided by the Navy department The decision lis, in effect, that enlisted men for the regular service. detailed for duty on board ships temporarily in the posses sion of the naval militia, are subject to the orders of the officers of the mili- tia organiza tion. and will be governed by the same rules and regulations as are enforced in the regular service.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-03

der subjection to Greek influence and that he would be more likely to sue ceed if he looked for advisers of a more disinterested nationality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-02
What a User Has to Say!
CALIFORNIA FEED CO.,
agents "4rabic"
RefreQerQtinq Paint.

GENI'LEMEN::-h affords
me great pleasure to sag, that our
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couered by your "Arabic" Com
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heat under or roof before you
painted it, was almost mbear-
able, NOE 1t feels like an ice house
compared to mhot at mas. It as
more than Is DEGREES COOL
Err. l can recommend the "Ara-
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roofs.
CITY FEED STORE
By G. 4. SCHMIDT.
California Feed Comply.
Are Agents for the Arabic Compound.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-02

The whiskey that touches the right
spot every time is Jesse Moore "AA"
Call for it. Lovejoy & Co., are distrib-
utors for the Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-02

sound disturbed the
peace and quiet of the water
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

The Cambridge Independent says:
According to the action of the State
board of equalization Isanti county
had one of the most competent county
boards of equalization in the State
The State board only found it neces-
sary to make three changes ein the
assessments of this county as equalized
by the county board last JULY Tho
lsanti county board certainly is to be
congratulated, as its work last July
was most thorough. as the published
records at the time showed. Indeed
the board was so painstaking'and thor
ough in it's work that it very materi-
ally raised the valuation of some of
the Isanti county sanctums.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

WE note that Prof. Shaw, of the
Minnesota Agricultural School, has
been elected to the Chair of Animal
Husbandry of the State Agricultural
College of South Dakota, but we trust
that Minnesota is not going to lose the
valuable services of Prof. Shaw, who
has a national reputation in his pro-
fession. He came to Minnesota from
Ontario, where he made great record
in the advancement of the animal
husbandry of Ontario, and for a time
the Minnesota farmers could not get
interested in Prof. Shaw's heart-to-
heart talks on the sheep industry of
this State, but he has kept at his task
and has advanced the sheep and live
stock industry of this State to a high
standard. He is a hard worker and
besides attending to all his duties at
the college he has written text book
of some kind each year, which have
proved very valuable to the live stock
breeding interests of the whole country
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

AT the sale of State lands at Wadena
last week, there were nearly 1000 acres
sold at an average price of 1871,
against an average price five years ago
of $3.50. The range in prices the land
sold for was Sc to $3.50. There was a
big attendance as there is at all the
land sales now being held in the north
ern part Of the State, as the sales are
indeed golden opportunities to get
cheap land. There will never be
another such opportunity to secure
land so cheap from the State or from
any one else. Minnesota farm land is
as good as gold. At the sale at Moor
head Clay county school lands brought
all the way from 81 to $50, several of
the tracts selling at $28. In the sale
of state lands in Becker county the av-
erage price was S9.14.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17
BEER IN SWEDEN.

Sweden, it would appear, has
warm heart for its beer. In letter
from Sweden, published in one of our
exhanges, we find the following:
1.-The consumption of beer is rapidly
increasing in Sweden. more rapidly
perhaps than in any other country in
Europe. There is no tax upon it and
no license is required for its sale,
although the breweries, which number
about 600, are under the supervision of
the health authorities. Swedish beer
is very light, much lighter than that
of Germany or England and not so Bit
ter. The proportion of water is greater
and of alcohol less, and it would require
a vast quantity to intoXicate a person
who is accustomed to its use. Practical
temperance reformers advocate free
beer as a corrective of drunkenness.
and many of the clergy claim that it
promotes temperance even more than
the Gothenburg system. The use of
beer is not objected to by the clergy
men of the Lutheran church. On the
contrary they use it freely in their own
families. That is one of the counts in
the indictment brought against the es-
tablished church by the dissenters. or
Free Lutherans. A writer in one of
the Free Lutheran papers recently de-
clared that several breweries in Sve-
den were owned entirely or in part by
members of the clergy of the estab-
lished church,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17
PROBLEM FOR SOLUTION,

One of our exchanges is feeling the
thumb-screws of the ''robber coal bar
ons." The editor says:
If President Roosevelt doesn't recommend
some legislation dealing with the coal trust and
push it to its final contamination, or if congress
refuses to act in the matter, there will be a day
of reckoning close at hand. The people Of the
western and northern States are not going to
quietly submit to pay So and $40 a ton for coal
that costs not to exceed $3.50 at the mines. The
coal trust is such a hdeous monster (no tariff
on anthracite coal, remember) that the whole
thing ought to be contiscated and run by the
government for the benefit of the consumers
who, to great extent, are the poor and needy
All Of which is no josh, but the man
ner and the method-aye, there's the
rub. There is no objection to individu-
ais or corporations having corner on
something that by mans ingenuity
improves the condition of mon or is
labor-saving in its nature and reduces
the cost of manufacture less than bv
former methods, and correspondingly
reduces the cost to consumer. or on
anything that pleases and elevates:
there is no special objection to this,
but when corporations corner the
worlds natural products, in the pro-
duction of which no agency Of man had
anything to do with, and attempt to
force and maintain abnormal prices.
then there is very radical wrong,
which is inimical to the public good
and contrary to laws of right and JUS
tice. But in the solution of these COM
pick questions, wise statesmen seem to
labor in vain.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

THE Honorable John D. Murphy,
chief executive officer of the city of
Tower, MIMI, and who from the time
that Samuel J. Tilden ran for presi-
dent in 1876, has stood with Democ-
racy, has abandoned the old ship and
has announced himself Republican
from this time forward. Mr.. Murphy
says he always supposed that the
Democratic party stood as stone wall
against the onward march of trusts
and combines, and the like of all such
things, but he says that he has discov-
cred that such is not the case, and he
says: 'Having read and studied the
last speech delivered by our martyred
president at the Buffalo exposition, [
am frank to say that the sentiments
therein contained met with my appro-
val; therefore I will, in the future, be
known as a Mckinley Republican,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

MINNESOTA may we'll feel proud of it's
record at the PanAmerican exposition
where in the awarding of prizes and
medals it has certainly made great
showing, capturing three gold, four
silver and six bronze medals and an
honorable mention. In comparison
with other states the record is one that
ought to cause the people of Mime
sofa to swell with pride. We got a
gold medal for our educational exhibit,
one for our agricultural exhibit and
one for the display of the Minnesota
State capitol in Minnesota creamery
butter. There is every chance in the
world for capturing the gold medal for
the butter display, and on our horti-
cultural exhibit we may possibly get
something good. New York received
but three medals, two gold ones for
butter and agriculture and a silver one
for relief map: Michigan obtained
but one medal, and that was cold for
its agricultural display. Illinois OBJ
tanned but one medal, and that was
silver for it's corn display. Missouri,
the home of the next exposition, OBJ
tanned but six medals, two gold and
four silver. Wisconsin obtained one
gold medal and two silver. All praise
to Minnesota the ''Bread and Butter''
State. The four silver medals awarded
to Minnesota we're for butter. iron re-
sources, mineral resources and sand
stone and stone mantel. The six
bronze medals awarded to Minnesota
were for section of the flour booth. for
the figure of a woman in grain in the
agricultural booth and for a soap ex-
hibit. There was one honorable men,
ton diploma for part of the flour
booth, .s @... ."
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17
OF JOHN S. PILLSBUR.y

ILLNESS OF JOHN S. PILLSBURy.
Minnesota is about to mourn the
death of another of her useful public
men, who have done such grand work
in building up the commonwealth. Ex-
Gov. John S. Pillsbury lies at his home
in Minneapolis stricken with a mortal
illness, and death is expected most anv
time. His name is woven into the civil
and commercial fabric of Minnesota. in
way that will be as enduring as the
State ITSELF The Pioneer Press saws:
His death will be an incalculable loss
to the State university, to the upbuild-
ing OF which he has devoted his ener-
gies and good deal of his personal
wealth continuously for nearly fortv
years. His services to the State dnr-
ing the six years when he was it's
governor, especially his memorable
achievement in securing the settlement
Of the old State railroad bond debit.
would alone entitle him to the ever
lasting gratitude Of it's people. Men
like him are so rare gift of God to
any people that it is a public calamity
that they, TOO, must die. But there is
evidently no hope that his life will be
prolonged beyond a few brief DAVIS
perhaps hours. For he is an old man.
in the grip of a fatal disease. And we
may we'll thank the good Lord who
gave him to the State, that his life has
been spared so long; long enough to see
the splendid fruition of his labors and
hopes and plans in the growing great
ness and prosperity of the State univer-
sity, of which it may almost be said
he was the father"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

y TEXAS concern owning a large
amount OF timber land has let con-
tract for cutting the timber on terms
that will require twenty years to cut
over the tract. No trees are to be cut
that are less than one foot in diameter.
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman
remarks that if this had been practiced
from the start with all the forests of
the country, all the agitation of the
present day would be unnecessary.