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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
The Rest Man.

For the origin of "the best man at a
wedding" we must go back many CEN
turtles, to days when it was the anna
BILE practice Of the budding bridegroom
to dispense with the consent either Of
the lady or her father. He simply
waited for suitable opportunity to
capture her and make a bolt with his
bride. In this enterprise he found it
helpful to have the services of friend
who would assist him in the capture
and keep the pursuers at bay until he
had got a sufficiently long start. This
friend was the prototype of the ''best
man" of our own unromantic day,
when his duties are limited to seeing
that the bridegroom doesn't leave the
ring behind him or leave the church
without taking his hat with him. How
times do change!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
APHORlSMS.

The man who procrastinates strug.
giles with ruin.
An apt quotation is as good as an
original remark.-Johnson.
Progress is the activity of today and
the assurance Of tomorrow.-Emerson
To be vain of ones rank or place is to
show that one is below it.-Stanislaus.
The desire Of appearing clever often
prevents one becoming so.-Rochefou-
cauld.
God is on the side of virtue, for who
ever breads punishment suffers it, and
whoever deserves it breads it.-Colton.
The mind that is much elevated and
1nsolent with prosperity and cast down
by adversely is generally abject and
base.
Human nature is so constituted that
all see and judge better in the affairs
of other men than in their own.-Ter.
ence.
Despite all refinement, the light and
habitual taking Of Gods name in vain
betrays coarse and brutal WILL
Chaplin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
A CORDIAL RECEPTION,

The Book Agent Got one That
Wasn't Intended For Him.
There is a farmer living just north
Of Evanston and book agent some
where in the cosmopolitan desert of
Chicago each Of whom feels that he is
victim Of a cruel circumstance.
Last week the farmer had a note
from a nephew to say that the boy
would visit the farm on Thursday.
Uncle and nephew had not met for fif-
teen years, and the old man drove to
the station in his most uncomfortable
coat that he might welcome his sisters
child. But the young man failed to
arrive. After waiting till the last pas
senger had disappeared the old man
drove away, disappointed.
The book agent entered into the dra-
mats PERSONA early the next morning.
Looking over the top rail Of the barn
yard gate, he called, Hello, unclev
The book agent never got such re-
ception before in all his life The farm
er flung the gate wide open, seized the
agents hand and pressed a whiskered
kiss on the ironclad cheek.
"Say, this must be heaven" MUIR
INJURED the agent, following the farmer
into the house and explaining that ev-
erybody at home was as we'll as could
be expected. Not till the agent was
full Of boiled dinner and attempted
to sell book did the farmer begin to
see a dim light. Charged with imper-
sonating the missing nephew, the
agent explained that he greeted all
elderly strangers as "uncle;;" that he
even had few almost real ones in
South Clark street in Chicago.
When last seen by the farmer, the
agent was still running, and when the
real nephew does come he may find an
electric current in the latchstring.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
ONE MANS I uCk.

steered Into a Junior Paftnershin
by Chance Gust of Wind.
Speaking of taking in partners"
said downtown business man, "our
Junior was, you might say, blown in on
us, and I saw him started in our d.
rection, though I had no idea Of 1T at
the time.
"Going down town one summer morn
ing on a Ninth avenue elevated train
I saw sitting opposite to me young
man who caught my fancy, suhstan-
tial, earnest, straightforward looking
chap, whose looks I liked first rate. He
was reading paper, and presently he
tore off from his paper an advertise
ment leaf that he didn't want and
threw it out Of a window or tried to,
for as a matter of fact it didn't go out.
A gust Of wind with just the right
twist to it came along at just that mo-
ment and blew the paper back, to fall
on a vacant seat next to him.
"And as it fell something in it caught
which he had just been trying to throw
away and began earnestly to read it
and ended up by folding it carefully
and putting it in his pocket.
"About four minutes after I'd got in
here that morning this same young
man walks in and applies for place
that we had been waiting for some
body to fill. Our advertisement for a
man for it was in that paper which
had seen this young man try to throw
away, and which gust Of wind, by
one chance in million or more, had
blown back upon him and in such a
manner as to fix his attention.
GAS a matter of fact I hadn't liked
the young mans act Of throwing the
paper out Of an elevated car window.
A paper floating down and around as
that would do might frighten horses
and lead to no end Of trouble and lots
of damage, but no one man thinks
about everything, and he'd learn better
about this, knew, and so as a matter
Of fact I took this young man on the
spot on my first impressions of him.
He far more than made good and in
due course Of time he came into his
Junior partnership. literally and truly
blown into it.
"Sort O. queer, eh ?"-New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
Turned the Tables.

A lecturer was re descanting on
the superiority Of nature over art when
an irreverent listener in the audience
fired that old question at him:
"How would you look, sir, without
your wig?"
Young man," instantly replied the
lecturer, pointing his finger at him,
you have furnished me an apt illus
tration for my argument. My bald
ness can be traced to the artificial hab-
it's of our modern civilization, while
the wig am wearing''-here he raised
his voice till the windows shook-.'is
made Of natural hair!'
The audience testified it's apprecia-
ton Of the point by loud applause, and
the speaker was not interrupted again.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
REVOLvE MOUNDS.
More Dangerous, For Many Reasons,
.--. Than Th0ae of the II ide

More Dangerous, For Many Reasons,
Than Those of the Rifle.
Wounds in civil life differ from those
In military life in the greater after dan
ger of septic involvement. Revolver
cartridges are more liable than are
rifle cartridges to have been handled
frequently, to have been carried in
dirty pockets and to have come in con
tact with various forms of infectious
materials that may prove Of serious
consequence when buried in the tbs.
sues. Moreover, revolver cartridges
are covered with a coating of grease,
and this encourages an accumulation
of manifold microbic material, some of
which may prove to be of virulently
infectious nature.
Rlt1e. bullets are practically always
sterilized by the intense heat developed
by the powder at the moment of their
discharge. Their rapid progress through
the air while in a heated condition still
further serves to cleanse them of any
extraneous material that may chance
to have accumulated on their surfaces
This cleansing process is very effectu.
ally begun by the rifling Of the rifle
barrel through which the bullet forces
its way.
All these favorable factors are lack.
ing in the case Of the revolver bullet
and so it is possible that in any given
case such bullet may carry infectious
material with it into the tissues. If
this were in small amount, nature
might effectually wall it off and no Sc.
rious consequences result. On the 9th
er hand, such infectious material might
lie seemingly dormant for days, but
really slowly gathering strength by
multiplication, and when it's toxins
were elaborated in sufficient amount
they might paralyze protective chemo-
taxis and produce a septic condition.
New York Medical News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
CHATS y ~
o o O WITH FARMERS

John wager of Blue Hill, who has
turned the sod in that section for
thlrty-seven years, is one of large
number of old-time agriculturalists
in this vicinity and has witnessed the
remarkable development of this Sec
tion. Mr.. wager came to this country
from Indiana and when he started in
to help tame the wilderness it was un-
der anything but favorable circum-
stances. But like others he has had
faith in the country and has to-day a
farm of 100 acres that does not resem-
BILE the land he took when first COM
ing here. There is one CROP" said
Mr.. wager, ''that has surprised many
and that is the corn crop. When
first started in all we could raise was
the old flint corn, but to-day we can
raise just as good corn as anywhere in
the country" Mr.. wager keeps from
rs to 80 head of stock and of a Short
horn strain and finds that stock is a
good investment for any farm. "The
potato acreage down our way has not
been increased to any extent the last
year. Wheat averages Is to 20
bushels, and oats IS to 40. Land to-
day is worth from 1925 to $50 per acre. :"
During the past year Mr.. wager has
built him new house, and he says
that farmers in his section have made
good many improvements in the way
of new buildings the past year.
xxx
+. G. FOltz who resides on section 10
in the town of Greenbush, was in town
last week. Mr.. Foltz is one of the
progressive farmers of that section and
takes much interest in the develop
ment of the farming community. He
came to Mile Laos county four years
ago from one of the richest sections of
Wright county, and he says that his
experience SO far with soil culture in
Mile Laos county gives him the i'm
preston that Wright county has no
better land than is to be found in
Greenbush. He raises some grain, be-
sides potatoes and vegetables and also
keeps quite few cattle. my wheat
crop this year." said Mr.. Foltz, ''went
% bushels to the acre, but last year
the yield was 2S bushels The light
yield this last year was due to poor
seed and not to the soil. My crop of
oats was A No. l, and the yield was IS
bushels to the acre, certainly bumper
crop. The hay crop was also big this
year." Mr.. Foltz farms 12O acres.
He says he notes steady progress
among the farmers who are improving
from year to year. In live stock he
has also noted quite an improvement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
A Larxe COvey.

Two old hunters were swapping
yarns and had got to quail. T..
"Why," said one, II remember yea:
when quail were so thick that you
could get eight or ten at shot with q
rifle"
The other one sighed.
''What's the matter?" said the first.
Il was thinking Of my quail hunts. l
had a fine black horse that rode ev-
erywhere, and one day out hunting
quail I saw a big covey on a low
branch Of a tree. l threw the bride
rein over the end of the limb and took
a shot.
Several birds fell and the rest few
away.
"Well, sir, there were so many quail
on that limb that when they flew off it
sprang back into place and hanged my
horse!'-Los Angeles Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
Rice and Rice.

10 most people rice is rice, but, not
withstanding this, there is a consider
able difference between the Chinese or
Japanese and the American article.
The former is darker in color and in no
way compares with the latter in flavor
or quality. OF the American, how.
ever, there are number Of grades, of
which that grown in the Carolinas is
considered the best. When purchas.
ing, see that the grains are large
plump and unbroken. In washing be
careful not to break them between the
hands,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
A Use For the HyDhen.

A teacher had just given a lesson on
the hyphen, and thinking that his class
understood it now, he wrote the word
"birds-nest" on the blackboard. "Now,
boys, why do we have a hyphen be-
tween birds and nest?" asked the
teacher.
Several hands went up, and the
teacher pointed to a small bow who
seemed very anxious to answer. "For
the birds to roost on" was the reply
London Tit-Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09

The smallpox in Greenbush has de-
veloped at three different places during
the last week or so. Last week AL
Bemis, Frank Erickson and Luther
Jones, came down with the disease and
were at once quarantined. It is said
that they were up hunting not long
while ago in the same neighborhood
with VIM. Orton, and it looks as if they
all got into the smallpox infested dis
trict. On Christmas night there was a
dance at the home of Al Bemis and it
is thought good many have been ex-
posed to the disease.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
Mostly FOrtissimO.

Hunt-1t seems strange to me to hear
you criticise your wife's reflections as
harangues, in view Of the fact that in
the earlier days of your married life
you spoke Of your wife's voice as the
very soul of music.
Blunt-That's all right, too, but you
see she's drifted from the Italian to
the Wagnerian school.-Richmond Dis
patch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
Church Topics ~ ~
Sunday and Weekday
Announcements.
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CONGREGATIONAL.


The Dorcas society met yesterday
with Mrs. Moxie
Topics for next Sunday: Morning,
'Christianity, the Faith, Religion;"
evening, "Mary's Memorial"
The annual business meeting of the
Congregational church society was
held at the church last Thursday night.
Reports for the year were read and
submitted. $1,000 was paid out during
the year of which sum the Dorcas So
ciety furnished 500. They made the
past year $40. DR.. Tarbox was elected
clerk and S. S. Peterson trustee to
succeed DR.. Tarbox whose term had
expired, John F. Peterson was elected
treasurer and Mrs. joni Hatch dea-
coness. Prof. II. E. White was
elected Sunday school uperintendent
and Messrs. Kelley and Chas. Carlson
ushers. There is at the present time
about $500 in the church treasury.
METHODIST.
The Ladies' Aid society met yester-
day with Mrs. A. z. Norton.
Sunday topics: Morning, "Things
Undone;" evening, 1.-THE Prayer of
the Prayerless.'
Rev. Gratz is conducting special
evangelistic services this week in
which there is much interest taken.
His topic this evening is 1.-The Angel
that Blocks the Way" Friday eve
ming, ''Look Up, Lift Up" A sermon
to young people. There is special
music every evening.
The annual election of the Sunday
school of the Methodist church re-
suited as follows: Superintendent, Miss
Ida King; Assistant Superintendent,
I. E. Burgan; Secretary, Lizzie Town.
send; Assistant Secretary, Allie Jones;
Treasurer, B. Taylor; Organist, Orphia
Townsend. The closing year of the
Sunday school was very prosperous and
the outlook for the coming year is ex
ceedingly bright.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
A. Hard Problem.

First Scientist-This is a puzzling
case indeed. Ill
Second Scientist-1 should say so.
Why, this would puzzle an amateur
scientist. American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09
The Only One Elirih1a

Papa-So, Bobby, you're the presi-
dent Of your bicycle club. That's very
nice. How did they happen to choose
you?
Bobby-Well, you see, papa, I'm the
only boy that's got a bicycle. Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09

Lampblack mixed with turpentine to
consistency that will flow readily
from the brush makes a good marking
ink.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09

A statistical item Of interest to wo-
men is that today women are two
inches taller on an average than they
were twenty-five years ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09

Seal brand overshoes and rubbers
at LUDDEN'S.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09

Woods Boston coffees, the freshest
and best at L1DDEN,s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-09

Bring your mink, skunk and muskrats
to LUDDEN'S STORE.
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BUSINESS LOCALS. 3

a. MONEY to loan on imnroved
farms. NJ. s. RUTHERFORD
Princeton, MINI.
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Cash for your hides, pelts and furs
at LUDDEN'S STORE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-05
To the Public.

The Red River Telephone Company.
with headquarters at Marietta. |. T..
having recently extended its lines in
to new fields hitherto unknown to
telephony. makes one OF the most
complete systems in North Texas and
the Indian Territory. Prompt and et.
ncient service is given the patrons OF
this line. quick connections are made
to points in Texas, Louisiana, Arkan'
sas, Missouri and Kansas.
Under the management of one thor
oughly skilled in the work, the profic
iency of this line is brought beyond
the standard reached by other lines
Every detail is in the hands OF com
petent workman. Any information de
sired concerning the lines. connec
tions, rules, etc, will be given at an,
OF its Offices or may be obtained BY
addressing J. n. kirkpatrick. presl
dent. Burneyville. |. T.. or to II. II
Keltncr. general manager. Leon |. I
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Frisco System.

Has put on new train known as the
OKLAHOMA LIMITED" between Ok
lanoma City and Kansas City. This is
he fastest and finest equipped train
out OF Oklahoma for Kansas City. st.
Louis and Memphis.
The OKLAHOMA LIMITED"
leaves Oklahoma City at $40 p. m.
arriving at Kansas City 7:40 next
morning. st. Louis 5:35 p. m. and
Memphis 500 p. m. 1t consists of bag
gage car, three (3) chair cars. and
one Q) Pullman. The Pullman sleeper
and one chair car goes through TO
<ansas City without change. one chair
car through to st. Louis, and one
through to Memphis. The return train
leaves Kansas City $40 p. M. arriving
at Oklahoma City 1885 a. m.
Further information regarding rates,
time etc, will be cheerfully given by
any Frisco System Agent or the under
signed. B. +. DUNN,
District Passenger Agent. Wichita
Kansas
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When the story Of Chinese atrocities
filled the papers and shocked the world,
Il was the women who drew the pity and
sympathy of all. Doubtless many a wife
who heard her husbands s words of SYM
pathy for these women thought with a
pang, of the blindness OF men TO the suf-
fering under their very eyes. II is true.
The suffering OF women in China was
severe but short. Many a wife suffers
for years with daily agony of pain. her
nerves shattered, her strength almost
gone. and never hears a word Of SYM
pathy.
To women such as these DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription brings the oppor-
tunisy Of a new life of health and happi-
ness. IL establishes regularity, dries the
drains which weaken women, heals in
hammation and liberation, and cures
female weakness. IL makes weak women
strong and sick women we'll Accept no
substitute for the medicine which works
wonders for weak women.
rI had falling Of internal organs and had to
60 " bed every month had irregular periods,
writes Mrs Alice l.. Holmes. Of cooispring 81 b.
Uniontown, Pa. -Had also indigestion so bad
that could hardly eat anything. Dr. Pierce :
Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Dis
'rayori,e prescription and one OF the Golden
Medical Discovery
Sick people are invited to consult DR..
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence Is held as strictly private and
sacredly confidential. Address DIR. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. y.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the bowels and stimulate the sluggish
liver.
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Ten Dollars Reward.

will pay the sum OF ten dollar'
for the arrest and conviction of any
one stealing the Ardmoreite from the
boxes or yards of legitimate subscrib-
ers. The evening paper is frequently
stolen but more particularly the Sun
day morning paper. Subscribers have
frequently seen parties take their pa.
per, and the publisher is determined
to protect his customers. To the end
that this pilfering practice be stop
ped, will keep standing reward as
above stated. SIDNEY sUGGs.
Proprietor Ardmoreite.
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HICKORY.
special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Hickory. l. T.. Feb. "A citizen OF
Roff proceeded to take In the town
Sunday while drunk. and L. S. Mar
shal Duncan took him in The Ron
man had a gun as long as your arm
aud had the people on Main street go
ing in every direction
The Odd Fellows at this place have
the foundation for their hall laid.
Old Hickory is improving some.
E o. Olds and w. w. Brown left
yesterday for Ardmore on business.
We are needing rain badly; the
farmers can't plow until II rains
j. NJ Pruitt was in Ardmore last
Friday
H. c. Martin OF Ron vas in town
Friday
Our school is progressing nicely. en-
rollment l2s.
Paul Smith and wife of Amarillo,
Texas. have located with us.
The cold spell of the past week
made the woodpile shrink up.
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10 d&w II
Something rha, viii Do You Coco

ooE'ChV'U9 sN'' ~ ~ >SSN'
We know of no way in which we
can be of more service to our readers
than to tell them of something that
will be of real good to them For this
reason we want to acquaint them with
what we consider one of the very
best remedies on the market for
coughs. colds. and that alarming com
plant, Group. We refer to Chamber
iain's Cough Remedy. We have used
IL with such good results in our fam
lily so long that II has become house
hold necessity. BY its prompt use we
haven't any doubt but that II has time
and again prevented Group. The testi
mony Is given upon our own exper'
ieuce, and we suggest that our read
ers, especially keep It in their homes
as safeguard against croup.-Cam
den Is. Co. Messenger. For sale by
City Drug Store. +. J. Ramsey.
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Moore's Pilules are guaranteed
cure for all forms Of malaria. ague,
chilis and fever. swamp fever, jaun'
dice, malarial fever. bilious fever. bill
iousness. fetid breath and n tired. list
less feeling They cure rheumatism
and the lassitude following blood poi
son produced from malarial poisoning
No quinine. No arsenic. acids OF iron
Do not ruin stomach and teeth. En-
tirely tasteless. Price soc per box. DR.
@. G. Moore Co. No. s10 North Main
St. st. Louis. Mo. Sold by w. b
Frame, City Drug Store.
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The great beauty about DR.. Cald'
wells Syrup Pepsin is in its certainty
to cure constipation. indigestion, sick
headache and stomach troubles. Sold
by w. B. Frame. Ardmore and Madill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-05

DR.. A. X. Collins. veterinary sur.
geon, Office at White & Smiths barn.
All calls answered promptly day or
night. 15-1m
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Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is
no panacea, but is recommended for
Piles only. These II will cure. Price
80 cents in bottles. Tubes. rs cents.
w. B. Frame, City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-05

Children who are troubled with
worms are pale in the face, fretful by
spells. restless in sleep. have blue
rings around their eyes, bad dreams,
variable appetite and pick their nose.
Whites Cream Vermifuge will kill
and expel these parasites. Price 25
cents. w. b. Frame. City Drug Store.
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Nine men out of the ten who start at
the top reach the bottom. but nine
men out of ten who start at the bot
tom stay there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-05

When a girl breaks her engagement
her friends hurry In with tue announ-
cement that she broke Il because OF
religious obstacles.
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Mothers can safely give Foley's Hon
ey and Tar to their children for coughs
and colds. for II contains no opiatcs
or other poisons. Sold by Bonner Il
Bonner.