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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

WE notice in an eastern farm journal
that Senator Billy Mason of Illinois
made the statement that rural free de-
livery is not. such a popular thingaas
some people seem to imagine But,
Billy is given to such ,utterances once
in while. He knows about as much
of what benefits the farmer as does the
man who mixes cocktails at a Wash
ington bar. This reminds US of the
statement made the other day by a
travelling man in the northwest who
says that the only thing that free rural
mail delivery interferes with is the 'op-
portunity for some farmers to make
trip to the postofice for their mail and
a small horn on the side. The rural
mail carrier now brings the farmers
mail right to his door and all the
farmer has to do is to saw wood and
read his daily paper. The crossroads
store does not have as many saw-bucks
and dry goods box political discussions
as of yore, but with free rural de-
livery the farmer is brought into closer
touch with the world. He reads more
and this leads to his forming more
opinions of his own and not take the
other fellows opinion as law and Cos
pei. The old and ancient ross-roads
oracle is we'll nigh a thing of the past,
and he ought to be for he never was of
any good to his community. The rural
mail delivery and the rural telephone
is fast welding the farming community
to the busy world. This is good for
the world and good for the farmer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06
THE STUDY or AGRICULrURE.

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There seems to be growing interest
among many Of the best educators Of
the country in favor of disseminating
more information on agriculture among.
the pupils of our rural schools. This
is a subject that has been one of the
cardinal principles of the National
Grange for some time, and those who
are we'll abreast Of the times realize
that agriculture is a science, and
should receive the attention that it's
Importance entities it to. The, pupils
in the country schools should be taught
that the science of farming is one.of
the most important of all studies.
Former State superintendent Lewis
said on this subject: IA knowledge of
agriculture and rural life can be taught
in the common schools without in the
least sighting the essentials that are
now taught. The children of the rural
schools should be encouraged to exper-
iment, and record results of expert
mentation in horticulture, in feeding
stock, in building, grating and trans
planting trees, fertilizing stocks and
pcopagating species. There should be
more emphasis placed upon the work
that children will be called upon to do
when leaving school. Our rural schools
may thus be brought to bring the coun-
try pupils and their parents into closer
touch with education, and the drift
from the farms to the cities will be
stayed, because ideals, aims and pur-
poses can be fostered as we'll on the
farm as in the CITY," --.
The country and the city and the
business man and the farmer are get
ting closer and closer together every
year, and the "hay-seed" era is fast
drawing to a close. Farming is
science when conducted properly. The
farmer who does not know the value of
soils and sires and who does not farm
on system is no more deserving of the
name farmer than a tramp is. In
farming it is the survival of the fittest
the same as in all divisions of trade
and occupation. The ignorant and in
dolent must move back and in the end
are crowded out. Nature, and the
mysteries of earth and air afford les
sons and fields of research for the
farmer as we'll as for the scientist
Virgin fertility does not last forever
and sooner or later the farmer must
get down to hard study if he would un-
lock the hidden wealth of the SOIL :.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

MRS. SOFFHEL or Soffel, the woman
who made it possible for the notorious
Biddle boys to escape, is type of
womankind that now and then dis
graces her race. Perhaps we notice
such acts more when committed bv a
woman than when committed bv man.
because women are so differently con-
stituted than men, and their very ma
ture has more of the finer and nobler
sensibilities than man possesses. We
look upon women as the guardians of
honor, love and virtue and when some
poor wretched woman falls into the
depths of sin and crime and disgraces
her family, friends and sex, the angels
OF forgiveness tarry long before stoop-
ing down to pick up the poor mortal.
Verify, a woman's ways are past under
standing, but then men have nothing
to brag about.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

. A, WASHINGTON dispatch says that
the house committee on wavs and
means has unanimously auth orized
Chairman Payne to report bill re-
pealing all the Spanish war revenue
taxes except the tax on mixed flour.
The repeal takes effect July 1, 1902,
except the duty on tea, which is to
take effect Jan. l, 1908. Chairman
Payne made a statement showing that
the, total reduction would be- $77 ,OOO,-
900 annually. The delay in the repeal
OF the tax on tea is for the purpose OF
enabling those who have stocks on
hand to dispose of them before the re.
peal takes effect.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

GOVERNOR TAFr.of the Philippines
who is home to recuperate his health,
has made report Of the situation in
the Philippines to the president and
the war department. He says that the
great majority of the people Of the
islands desire peace and that the in
surrectionists were by their, acts pre-
venting the mass of the people from
settling down and earning quiet liv-
ing. Instead Of being allowed to do
this they were kept under system of
terrorism which should be stopped.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

OF all the freight tonnage that
passed through the Sault canals during
the year 1901 the Duluth-Superior har-
Dor received and forwarded more than
three-sevenths of it. According to the
annual report of Captain Gailard,
United States engineer in charge of
river and harbor improvements on lake
Superior the marine business for the
Duluth-Superior harbor for the year
1901 makes creditable showing. From
a summary in the Duluth News-Trib-
une we CLEAN the following: "The
record of SO, 121,375 tons of freight re-
ceived and shipped, of valuation of
1921 ,43O, 086, on the Duluth-Superior
harbor in six years, is we'll calculated
to impress Uncle Sam that he made no
mistake when he expended millions of
dollars to improve the WATERWAYS and
harbors of the upper lake route. The
lake passenger business for 1901 showed
a, good increase over the preceding
year in spite of the taking off of the
Northern Steamship boats North Land
and Northwest from the Lake Supe-
rior route. There were 1888 passen-
gers in and out of Duluth and 1851 in
and out OF Superior, a total of 81, Ala,
which is an increase of "a, 451 over the
preceding year. The average number
of tons of cargo received daily at Du-
luth-Superior was IA, 53l and the aver
age daily cargo shipments we're 1889
tons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

> The dove of peace seems at last to
be lowering over the fields of the
Transvaal that have been incarnadined
with the blood of thousands of Beers
and Englishmen. There is no ques-
ton but what England would gladly
welcome some method that would re-
suit in peace if it could be done in a
way that would let her down easy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

ONE of the leading officials of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad COM
pany has made the statement that the
Interstate commerce commission is to
blame for the present rate cutting,
ETC., among railroads, and says that
the commission has had ample powers
to maintain rates and see that ship
pers, big and little, were all used alike.
1t would seem that there has not been
enough ''pernicious activity'' by the
interstate commerce commission.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06
A CONGRESS of Russian sheep breed

A CONGRESS of Russian sheep breed
ers and WOODEN manufacturers recently
held in Moscow. has petitioned the
government for double impost duty
on foreign WOOL. It is asserted that
American and Australian wool are
running the market for the home
product. This looks like the Ameri-
can lamb was doing a little expanding
of its own. @
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06
THERE is a scandal in English arm

THERE is scandal in English army
circles over the high price paid for
American horses and mules by buyers
for the English army. This reminds
us Of a remark a friend in the city
made short time ago who had sold a
horse he was afraid he would have to
winter to a buyer for the English army,
and at good figure. But then, good
horses are scarce in this country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

THERE is hint that President Roose-
welt will send to congress special
message on the Cuban reciprocity
question. The president is determined
to grant to the Cubans some conces-
sions if possible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

The president has hot ,tamale in
the shape of the Schley appeal which
has been referred to him. But then
Teddy has been in worse corners than
this before.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

CONGRESSMAN BABCoCK's little bill
and Cuban reciprocity promise lots of
fun during the present congress. I'm
less some of the teeth of the infant in
dustries are pulled away from the nip
pie of the bottle of protection there
will be music in the air,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

WITH severe sleet storms throughout
the south and billiards and storms in
the east and on the north Atlantic
coast we have no kick coming if the
weather is little chilly in the north
west --a,..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

It will be seen from the above re-
port that there has been a net gain of
inhabitants in the county of ISL during
the past year. The proportion of
births to population was about two and
one-half per cent. H.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06
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A.butcher always adoptsa cut-throat

A butcher always adopts,a cut.throat
policy.
It begins to look as if the tax payers
had a case of stage fright
The Belgian hare craze has died out
and allthere is left to it is bald spot.
4 The geological research in the noun
tains of Bulgaria seems to have been a
successful one. ..-sss.@ =s
A glucose trust will be capitalized for
SS0,O0O,00O. This has been crystaliz-
ing for some time
Mrs. Soffel and the Biddle boys had
planned to go west as nuns, but the
authorities would have nun of it.
The ground hog that didn't see his
shadow passed through the sausage
factory in local meat shop the other
day.
Some one took Cole Younger for
member of the legislature at the cap
itol the other day. Worse things than
this have happened to Cole.
In looking over some of the personal
property tax lists one would think that
some of the leading business men of the
country were objects OF charity.
employ 10000 people. This certainly
is too low an estimate for there are hop
fields in every hamlet in the land.
Most towns are bothered over the
sale of Intoxicating liquors, but it ap-
pears that Anoka is bothered over the
sale of it's water. This seems to be a
very thin thing to make trouble over.
Some cOnfscated moose meat sold in
the twin cities and Anoka came from a
smallpox-infested lumber camp, and
now the question is has the meat got
the smallpox? The doctors surely can
tell.
The young man of the present time
is practical up-to-date farmer when
it comes to sowing his wild oats. He
uses the latest labor-saving machinery
possible and keeps right up with the
times.
Some communities are tabooing the
comic valentine. It is claimed that it
is degenerating from an artistic stand
point. No one is willing to admit that
the comic valentine resembles any of
the masterpieces of the great artists.
"Jones met with quite an accident
last night. He was struck by the fast
mail.'' - ...... -
''The fast mail, how was that?''
''Why, he got in trouble with that
dude clerk, Swellup, who gave him
black eye"
The British army has discarded the
sword, but will retain the gun. It is a
good idea for the armies of the world
to beat the swords into ploughshares
in these piping times of peace and pro-
coed to plough up the human bones of
the battle6elds as reminders of how we
have all loyed one another in the past,
A Chicago woman is now the proud
mother of bankruptcies that are all hale
and hearty. The same woman has had
triplets twice and twins once. Her
first husband is dead and the second
has deserted her. She says she will
never marry again unless she can mar
ry king. Well, king would be all
right for he is supposed to be ruler
over many people, but an ordinary man
feels satisfied with an ordinary family.
Births and Deaths for Last Year.
The returns of births and deaths in
Mile ,acS cnunfv for tho ,,oou 1OO1 n ,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06
Births and Deaths for Last Year.

The returns of births and deaths in
Mile Laos county for the year 1901 as
certified to Clerk of Court Briggs by
the State Board of Health are as fol-
lows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

The people of Minnesota will know
more about tax revision before the
present legislature adjourns than they
ever knew before. d.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

The British army has discarded the
sword, but will retain the gun. It is a
good idea for the armies of the world
to beat the swords into ploughshares
in these piping times of peace and pro.
coed to plough up the human bones OF
the battlefelds as reminders of how we
have all loved one another in the past,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

'"The fast mail, how was that?'
''Why, he got in trouble with that
dude clerk, Swellup, who gave him a
black eye.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12

Supervisors, Hod Palmateer, 8. 9. Snyder,
treasurer, E. A. Lewis; assessor, r. Seeley;
Justice of the peace, John L. Hirschy; con-
stable s. Palnlateer.
stephen-Pr B. B. Brett; trustees,
H. O. Hanson, ]. P. Lundine, =: n. Gar
quist; recorder, John Hughes; treasurer, R.
A. whitney; constables, John Johnson; JUS
tees, John Hughes and Ole Ensrude
Tonka Bay-B. F. Wheeler, president;
George H. Tenant, G. w Cook and frank
Haywood, trustees; j. B. Phelps and }. +.
nand Fink constab1es; w. H. Jacoby, as
SCISSOR.
Two Harbors-The election was the warnest
in the history of the village. Mayor, +. s.
Bryan; aldermen, j. p Paulson, H. w. Gable,
L. D. Rose; treasurer. George Watts; re-
A. j. McGee. License carried. All.
Wadena--Mayor, Dr. j. j. McKinnon; alder
men, Leonard Schaf, George Iouset and
Greenlaw Hurst; recorder, John Lddell
treasurer, E. J. Austen.
Walnut Grove z,gitizens' ticket elected by q
s s '' E. 6. Nelson. D. o. Bulen. council
men; w. A. Masters, recorder: e. w. Damp,
assessor; Arthur Berryle, constable; H.. A.
Perkins, justice.
Wayzata-President, Thomas Wise; trustees,
| William Diekey, Thomas Rutherford, Henry
SWaggert; recorder, b. B. Sanders assessor,
! r. b 4Dickey; justice, E. B. Sanders; con-
stable, Andrew Dickey.
Bruce Babcock and Charles Quantz, alder
| men; Ed Adamson, city clerk; NJ. A. Tolan
| treasurer; William Payne, constable.
| Wykoff-Mayor, S. Thoeni; trustees. NJ
Ed Geske; treasurer, John Wendorf; assessor,
! George Rau; justices, Homer Norton and o.
NJ Rowley; constable, Sam Hipes. License
| carried.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12
SOW TO HAVE A aooD w,nD.

Hunters Invariably withhold meat from
their dogs, feeding them upon dry bread,
cornmeal and similar foods When asked the
reason for confining hunting dogs to such
Diet. an experienced huntsnan replied:
Meat spoils their wind and blunts their keen
scent Dr. Baeltz, a German physician,
practicing IN Japan, observed the same thing
with reference to Japanese runners. The
coolies who carried him lived on rice and
beans. He gave them beefsteak. After three
days they refused it, declaring it made them
tired The best of all muscle feeding foods
is Toasted Wheat Flakes, sweetened with Malt
Honey. made by Battle Creek Sanitariun1
Food Company Each crisp delicately Drowned
flake represents fiattened. wheat grain thor
oughly dextrinized through cooking and toast
b ing. 1t contains ali the muscle building quail
tiles. Is appetizing and mmed.ately digestible
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12

startling announcement that he has produced
a compound that grows hair, on any bald
head The doctor makes the claim that after
experiments, taking years to complete, he has
at last REACHED the goal of his ambition. To
the doctor all heads are alike There none
which cannot be cured by this remarkable
remedy The record Of the cures already
made is truly marvellous, and were it not for
the high standing of the great physician
and the convincing testimony of thousands Of
citizens all over the country, it would seem
TOO miraculous to be true.
There can be no doubt of the Doctors ear
nestness in making his claims nor can his
cures be disputed He does not ask any man,
woman or child to take his or any one else's
word for it,. but he stands ready and willing
to send free trial packages of this great hair
restorative to any one who writes to him for
it enclosing a 2-cent stamp to prepay post
age III a single night 1t has started hair
to growing on heads bald for years. 1t has
stopped falling hair in hour. 1t never
fails, no matter what. the condition. age or
sex Old men and young men, women and
children all have profted by the free use OF
this great discovery If you are bald
If your hair is falling out or if your hair,
eyebrows or eyelashes are thin or short, write
the Altenheim Medical Dispensary, 1856 But
terrified building, Cincinnati, Ohio, enclosing
q 2-cent stamp TO prepay postage, for free
package, and IN a short time you will be en-
trely restored.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12

Lieutenant Pike made treaty with
the Dakota Indians at the site Of Fort
Smelling in 1906. The corner stone Of
Fort Smelling (then called Fort st. An
thony) was laid Sept. 20. 1920. A beau
tiful view Of this historic fort is had
from the trains OF the famous North
Western Line en- route from Twin Cities
to Omaha
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12
FOURTEEN DIAMOND RINGS.

Washington, March Ex-senator McCumber
has introduced bill authorizing the payment
of s1O,O 900 to Emil J. Pepke. He brought the
fourteen diamond rings from the Philippines
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12
About Minnesota,

Own your own home and save rent. See
list Of bargains on page 16 o-day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-12
Umbrellas

Get ready for the rainy days.
Special-26-inch Union Taffeta fast
color Umbrellas with base and tassel--
best frame and new style handles; navy
brown, red or green, val CT "A ca
ue 50, special, each y d - -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-25
AN INCREASE OF FIVE
PER CENT In WAGES
Christmas Presents Received by the
Employees Of the Scranton Lace
Manufacturing Company.

The $50 employees of the Scranton
Lace Manufacturing company were
gladdened, yesterday by an unanticl-
pated announcement Of s per cent hori-
zontal Increase in wages.
The increase was decided upon q
week ago at the regular meeting of the
directors with the understanding that
President j. Benjamin Dimnick should
make the first announcement of it on
Christmas eve. The increase is to take
effect January /, 1903.
1t is wholly voluntary, and wholly
unlocked for. The company makes the
increase because it is warranted by
business conditions.
The fact that the lace company's af-
fairs are in such condition that 1t
can voluntarily make an advance in
wages will be good Christmas cheer to
Scrantonians in general, and incident
ally is no small compliment to those
who have had the management Of the
company in hand since it's earlier and
somewhat unpromising existence. 1t
is now leading industry Of Scranton
and as firmly established as any of the
many stable industries of which the
electric city can boast.
The company is capitalized at 100000.
Its officers are: President, j. BENZ.
Dimmicll: vice-president, Henry Be-
lin, jr.; treasurer, La Motto Belin; Sec
retary, II. ]. Hall, general manager,
Paul B. Belin. At the last meeting/of
the company, La Motto Belin, the
treasurer, was made assistant general
manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-25

TRUE to his promise Deputy Factory
Inspector Bishop yesterday caused the
arrest OF Justice of the Peace o. A.
Ferguson, OF Dunmorc, for violation of
the factory laws. The justice was ar
raigned before Magistrate w. 8. Mlllar
and was held under $500 bail for hear
ing on Friday night.
The specific charge against Ferguson
is that he issued certificate to Nellie
Setback, Is years old, setting forth that
she was qualified under the law to work
whereas she was unable to either read
or write the English language. Section
four Of the factory laws provides that
no child under 16 years OF age, who
cannot read or write English, shall be
permitted to work. 1t Is charged that
Ferguson should have satisfied himself
Of the childs ability to read and write
by examination before granting the cer-
tiflcate. He is liable, If found guilty,
to a fine Of not more than $500 on sum-
mary conviction.
The arrest of Justice Ferguson was
the direct result Of testimony given be-
fore the arbitration commissioners by
tHc SetcHackS BlTl, WHO leSllIleu tldI
she could neither read or write. An
other arrest made yesterday growing
out Of testimony before the commission
was that Of Mrs. Annie McDermott, Of
Dunmore, who was also charged with
violation Of the factory laws.
Deputy Inspector Bishop took the
stand at the hearing yesterday and
testified that Mrs. McDerlnott came to
him last June with her young daughter,
Teresa, whom she admitted was only II
years old. She wanted to get perlnis-
sion to have the girl go to work, but
the inspector told her this was impos-
sible as the child was two years under
the age limit.
Justice Of the Peace Coorey was then
sworn and testified that shortly after
wards Mrs. McDermott came to him for
a certificate and upon her swearing that
the girl was over Is years old he grant
ed the certificate. The girl herself tes-
titled when called before the arbitration
commission that she was only II years
old. Magistrate Millar fined Mrs. Nc
Dermott $100 and costs, but this was
afterwards very materially reduced.
The factory inspector announces that
more arrests are to follow for similar
offense. The inspector holds that he
cannot be held liable for these violations
inasmuch as he must accept all certifi-
Gates for their face value.