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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
OUR COUNTRY COUSINS.

News from the Cross Roads-What Our
Farmers are Doing,
F. G. Foltz is hauling the lumber for
his house which he will build on his
new farm which lies north of the Green
bush town hall. Mr.. Foltz has moved
his family into the old Henry farm
while he gets his new buildings ready.
w. P. Moorehead who has moved
over from GERMANTOWN, Benton county,
and settled on the William McCuaig
farm in Greenbush, is putting up a lot
of fine and very substantial farm build
ings. He has his barn and two smaller
farm buildings about completed and
will commence work on his new house
soon. He will have a fine farm when
he gets all his improvements made.
Sam Tilley is well settled down on
the old Mcfarland farm which he
bought some time ago, and he is max
ing many improvements to the place.
His Galloway herd is doing nicely.
-Four COWS have calved since he moved
onto the farm and Sam expects to have
fine bunch of young Galloways by
next fall. The Galloways give much
more milk than the Jerseys and the
butter is just as good as any Jersey but
ter.
Fred Mcfarland has the brick all
hauled for his new house which he will
have erected this summer. The main
part will be 26x26 feet, the two stories.
Fred moved onto his present farm ten
years ago when the land was in the
strong embrace of the forests, and he
has cleared off fine farm which he
considers worth $50 an acre and not a
cent less. He paid $3.50 an acre for
the land. He has seventeen brood
sows and fourteen COWS and is getting
to be quite stockman.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
The LEGISLATURE.

In speaking of the work of the legis-
lature the Crookston Times gives a.
very fair size-up of the ms and outs of
Legislative duties. 1t says: "The work
of the legislature which is obvious to
the whole people, is the Introduction of
bills and the vote upon their final pas
sage. Any one can introduce bills, but
it is far different thing to secure
their passage. Here is a work which
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
"A First-Class Legislature.

The legislature which is to adjourn
to-day has good reason to think we'll of
itself. 1t has done remarkably few
things that it ought not to have done
and it has left undone few things that
it ought to have done. There have
been matters of Importance which it is
probable the intelligent Judgment of
the State believes should have been
acted upon and some that were acted
upon which the same court perhaps
wishes had been acted upon differently
But it would be impossible for the leg
islature to please every one, and re-
view of the measures considered makes
it apparent that it's shortcomings may
to an unusual degree be attributed to
mere differences in Judgment.
But if this legislature has not done
all the good that it might have done it
can at least be asserted that it has
done little or no harm. Its temper
has been conservative. Few danger
Gus measures were introduced and
none of them got very far. It also
seems to be generally agreed that this
legislature has been unusually free
from ''strikes' and ''grafts." There
has seemed to be much better tone in
this respect than for a good many
years past. It would be too much to
say that bills have not been introduced
to extort money from those whom they
would injure or that bills innocently
introduced have not been used by the
unscrupulous to line their own pockets.
But most of the measures, as far as can
be judged by the usual indications,
have been introduced, passed and
killed on what the legislature has be-
ieved to be their merits. Pioneer
Press april 2I.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
Maine Beer.

A chemist who was called upon to
analyze some ''beer' confscated in
Maine reported: II should say it is COM
posed of the rinsings of a sour molasses
barrel, the suds obtained in washing a
barroom floor and all of the moldy
grain the liquor would absorb" That
is what one gets when he is thirsty in
prohibition country.-Frisco Call.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
Church Topics " *
METHODIST.
Sunday and Weekday.
Announcements. !. ;,

METHODIST. s.-
On Sunday, May 3rd, Rev. W. E. j.
Gratz will preach a missionary sermon
at Greenbush church, at p. M.
Topics for next Sunday: Morning.
"Self Surrender and it's Possessions"
evening, "Faithful in that which is
Least" 5f
SPIRITUALIST. = -.
= Mrs. Tryon will hold services at
Farnham's hall next Sunday evening
at the usual hour.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
Newspaper for Clearwater.

Clearwater is to have a newspaper.
The business men of the village have
guaranteed an enterprising publisher
$500 in business for the first year as a
bonus for starting the venture. The
initial number will soon be issued.
The history of Clearwater newspaper
enterprises reads like mortuary re-
cOrd.-St. Cloud JOurnal-Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
For Sale Choan.

One sorel mare, 9years old, weight
1400 lbs. Inquire of W. P. Morrison,
Spencer Brook, MINI. ,-... s, I
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-23
Wheat Crop of the World.

The U. S. department of agriculture
has issued comparative statement of
the wheat crop of the world, showing
that the total of 3, l24, 422, 900 bushels in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06

sometimes inclined to be ugly, but in the
main he is much gentler than mule. When
he does become ugly he uses his teeth just
as freely as his heels.
The burro will live to be 30 years of age
and still be OF service a pack animal,
which Is better than can be expected Of a
horse. There are really few animals with
which the burro could be compared in
hardness. A burro team will carry upon
their backs 1,2OO-pound load with appar-
ent ease. Though they engage in such hard
work and are of such great service to resi-
dents of the west, they subsist on compare
lively little. Often they collect their own
food by browsing about the bushes upon
the sides of the mountains. Like the camel,
which is also used as a pack animal, they
look lank and bony. 1t is difficult to find a
fat burro.
The lumber which the burros transport
is usually carried from the logging camps
in the cleared areas, up the Mountains to
the mines. and the construc on of many
valuable mines has thus been made pos
sible, where in other circumstances they
would have been practically impossible. AS
the burro Is adapted to the mountains. so
likewise is he fitted to travel in the Ameri-
can deserts. 1t is said that burro can SUBJ
sist long time without water and, fur
thermore, that he is capable Of seeming
water a great way of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
DON'T
SHOOT

at random. The only way to cure a
sick headache, constipation and
stomach and liver disorders is to re-
move the cause by taking Abbeys
Salt OF Fruits, the best tonic laxa-
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and sure. Abbey's Salt stops head
aches, stimulates digestion, cures
dyspepsia, keeps the body's natural
channels the bowels and kid
neys-healthy and responsive, drives
out poisons, purifes the blood and
-insures the blush of health 365 days
every year. The man who uses Alb
-bey's Salt does not shoot at random.
Take two teaspoonfuls in a glass
of water at bedtime or thirty MIN
utes before breakfast. 1t will tone
up every organ of the body.
There is nothing so good Tor the
bowels as Abbey's Effervescent Salt.
II after using one bottle you do not
agree with us we will give your
money back. Price, 25c., soc. and
ST. per bottle, at drug stores ali over
the world. Let us send you trial
bottle free today. Address The Abb
bcy i2ffervescent Salt Co., Ltd, 9 to
Is Murray ST., New York city, J44
Queen Victoria ST., London, Eng,
or 1l2 Craig ST., Montreal, Canada.
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stood apart. On him the general attention
had been concentrated at my entrance ana
to him it now returned He was an I'M
pretentious person of kindly aspect. TO any
one accustomed to Washington residents, he
bore the unmistakable signs of being one
of the many departmental employees whose
pay is Inadequate to the necessities of his
family. OF his personal peculiarities l noted
two He blinked when he talked and slut
tered painfully when excited. Notwfth-
standing these defects he made good i'm
preston. and commanded confidence. This
l soon saw was of Importance. for the story
he now entered upon was one calculated to
make me forget my own errand and even
to question my own convictions.
The first intimation 1 received of the
curious nature of his communication was
through the following questions, put to him
by the major:
You are sure this gentleman is Identical
with the one pointed out to you last
night?'
I omit all evidence Of the defect in his
speech above mentioned
You recognize him positivelyr'
Positively. I should have picked him
out with the same assurance, II had seen
him in some other city and In a crowd OF
as flne-looking gentlemen as himself. His
face made a great impression on me. You
see had ample time to study 1t In the few
minutes we stood SO close together"
80 you have said VIII you be kind
enough to repeat the circumstance? I
should like the man who has just come In
to hear your description of this scene. Give
the action, please. 1t Is all very interest
ing"
The stranger glanced inquisitively In my
direction, and turned to obey the superin-
dent.
Il was returning to my home in George
town on the evening of May the 18th, the day
of the great tragedy. My wife was ILL., and
had been into town to see a physician and
should have gone directly home; but l was
curious to see how high the flood was run
ning-you remember 1t was over the banks
that night. So I wandered out on the
bridge and came upon the gentleman about
whom you have been questioning me. He
was standing all alone leaning on the rail
thus" Here the speaker drew up a chair.
and, crossing his arms over its back. bent
his head down over them. IT did not know
him. but the way he eyed the water leaping
and boiling In a yellow flood beneath was
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mems clothes as often as An women's dress
She was well. educated; her father was
prominent merchant and her mother was OF
good family.
She was in sympathy with the south at
the outbreak of and during the civil war.
and her secret service proved invaluable to
the southern commanders, especially to
"Stonewalr' Jackson in the Virginia cam
paign. Her first work as a spy was in the
course of a visit to Winchester. Va. after
war was declared, when, learning OF
movement which threatened her beloved
SOUTH as she called 1T, she CALAMITY rode
by night to ''StonewalP' Jacksons head
quarters and gave to him the details. From
tat time she was attached to Jackson's
brigade, and became the pet and pride or
the army. Later. when Jefferson Davis
stated that he wanted the trustworthy serv-
ices of some one to carry an important doc
ument to England, Jackson recommended
Belle Boyd. and she was selected. She
sailed from Wilmington, N. c., on the swift
English blockade runner Greyhound as one
of the crew on May 8, 1864 and few days
later the vessel was captured by the United
States gunboat Massachusetts. on whic,i
vessel Harding was officer, and she was
taken to Boston, where the prize vessel and
her cargo were sold. 1t was stated that
Harding secured large part of the pro-
ceedS of the sale, for he went to Europe
soon afterward. Belle Boyd had once be-
fore been captured court martialed and
was sentenced to be shot, but her sentence
was committed to Punishment to the south
At Boston she was again court-martialed
and second time ordered to be shot, but
Harding. through the influence of some po-
litical friends. had her sentence committed
to Punishment, and she went to England.
Harding followed her soon afterward and
married her in London on August % 1864.
He disappeared a few years later. and 1T
was reported that he had died, when Belle
Boyd married Colonel Hammond. Harding
subsequently enlisted in the navy, and was
one of the crew of the United States war
ship Juniata when she went to the arctic
regions in 1873 in search of the Hall-Polaris
getaways, and on which vessel Commander
De Long and Lieutenant Chip made their
first arctic cruise. At the same time Hard
ing had a suit in the Court of Claims for his
pay lieutenant, he having found that he
had neither been discharged nor dismissed
from the navy. General Butler was his
counsel
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not the way of a curious man like myself
but of one who was meditating some des-
perate deed. He was handsome and well
dressed but he looked a miserable wretch
and was in a state Of such complete self
absorption that he did not notice me.
though l had stopped not five feet from his
side l expected to see him throw himself
over, but instead Of that he suddenly raised
not at the heavy current, but at
some vision in his own mind. broke
forth in these words. spoken as had never
heard words spoken before
Here the speakers suffering got the bet
ter Of him and the district attorney had
time to say:
What were these words? Speak them
slowly; we have all the time there Is
Instantly the man plucked up heart and.
cycling us all impressively, was able to say:
"Theye were these. She must die. she
must die! No nane: but Just the one
startled me. and hardly knowing whether
to lay hands on him. or to turn about and
run, I was moving slowly away, when he
still staring into space. added. in the same
hard and determined voice. this one word
more, Tonight! and, wheeling about, pass
ed me with one blank and wholly uncon-
city. AS he went by his lips opened for
the third time. Which means he cried,
between a groan and a shrek. a bullet for
her and wish had heard the rest, but
tence was finished
What time was this?'
LAS near half-past five as possible. It
was six when I reached home few min
utes later"
"Ah. he must have gone to the cemetery
after this
Il am quite sure of It,"
why didn't you follow the manf" grum-
bled Durbfn.
cit wasn't my business. He was a strnn-
ger and possibly mad. didn't know what
to do
what did you dor
went home and kept quiet; my wife was
very Ill that night and had my own cause
for anxiety"
you. however, read the papers next
morningr'
mo. sir. nor for many days. My wife
grew constantly worse and for a week l
didn't leave her. not knowing but that
every breath would be her last. was dead
to everything outside the sick room and
when she grew better. which was very
gradually. we had to take her away SO
that I had no opportunity Of speaking of
this occurrence to any one till week ago.
when some remark. published IN connection
with Mrs. Jeffrey's death, recalled that
encounter on the bridge. I told neighbor
that believed the man had seen there
was Mr.. Jeffrey, and we looked up the
papers and ran over them till we came
upon his picture. That settled IT, and
could no longer-being free from home anx-
ieties now-hold my tongue and the police
heard"
"That will do, Mr.. Gelston." broke IN the
major. when we want you again. we will
let you know. Durbin. see Mr.. 3elston
out"
1 was left alone with the major and the
district attorney.
There was a moments silence, during
which my own heart beat so loud that
was afraid they would hear 1t. Since TAX
ing uQ Miss Tuttle's cause had never
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could stay their curiosity now, not even
the possibility of danger, which yet was
lurking and mysterious one. But when
light shot UP from below and the ire
gular opening before me became a loophole
through which 1 could catch a very wide
glimpse Of the library beneath, L found that
IT was not necessary for me to warn them
to keep away from the hearth, as they were
all clustered very near the door-a precau-
ton not altogether uncalled for at so haz-
ardous moment. Are you ready?' I
called down.
Ready rose in simultaneous response
from below.
Then look outr'
Reaching for the spring cleverly con-
cealed In the wall at my right vigorously
pressed 1t.
The result was instantaneous. Silently,
but with unerring certainty, something
small, round and deadly, fell plumb from
the library ceiling to where the settle had
formerly stood against the hearthstone.
Finding nothing there but vacancy to ex-
! pend itself upon. 1t swung about for a
| moment ON what looked like a wire or a
whip-cord, then slowly came to rest within
| foot so from the floor.
A cry from the Mortified officials below
was what first brought me to myself.
Withdrawing from my narrow quarters 1
fastened down to them and added one
more white face to the three 1 found con-
gregated in the doorway. In the diaboli-
cal ingenuity we had seen displayed crime
man depravity seemed full.
When we had regained IN some meas
ure our self-possession, we all advanced
for a closer look at the murderous object
dangling before u.s. We found 1t to be a
heavy leaden weight painted on its lower
end to match the, bosses OF stucco-work
which appeared at regular intervals in the
ornamentat1on OF the ceiling. When drawn
up into place. that Is, when occupying the
hole from which 1t now hung suspended,
the portion left to protrude would evident
~ bear so small a proportion to its real
bulk as to justify any eye in believing 1t
to be the mate, and the harmless mate, OF
all the others
TT hangs just where the settle stood, :"
observed Durbin, significantly.
And just at the point where the cush-
ions invite rest, as the colonel SO sugges-
lively puts it in his strange puzzle of a con-
fession," added the district attorney.
Replace the old seat" ordered the
major, and let us make sure of this
Ready hands at once grasped it, and
with some effort. I own. drew 1t carefully
back into position.
You seer quoth Durbin.
We did.
'Devflishr' came from the majors lips
Then with a glance at the ball which, push
ed aside by the seat, now hung over its
edge foot or SO from the floor, he added
briskly: "The ball has fallen to the full
length Of the cord. If 1t were drawn up
little"
wait" I eagerly interposed. Let me
see what I can do with It."
And I dashed back upstair and into the
closet OF The Coaonefs Own
With a single peep down to see II they
were still on the watch, seized the handle
whose position had made sure OF when
searching for the spring, and began to
turn: when instantly-so quick was the re-
sponse-the long cord stinened and ! saw
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BELLE BOYD, THE SPY.
Career Of Woman Whose Daughter Was
Recently Married.

From the New York Tribune.
The recent marriage in this city of the
eldest daughter Of Belle Boyd, the southern
spy of the civil war, will recall to many
who were participants in the struggles of
1S61-65 Incidents in the career Of this noted
woman. The daughter who was married
to Charles W. Chase few days ago, was
the eldest Of the three children of Belle
Boyd and her second husband, Colonel John
8. Hammond. She was few years ago re-
garded as having much Of her mothers dis
position and daring.
Belle Boyd, as she always preferred to be
called, was born in Martinsburg. w. Va, in
1S46, and she came from an excellent fami-
ly, Notwithstanding her reputation as spy
and much-married woman-for she had
six husbands in all. They were Lieutenant
Samuel w. Harding. a volunteer navy off,
GER; Colonel Hammond Of Philadelphia,
Cole Younger, Sam Starr, Jim Starr and
Nat r. High. She had excellent girl asso-
Citations, and, though not a pretty woman,
she was attractive because of her dashing
and fearless manner. AS a girl she won a
reputation as a horsewoman. riding in
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and win, with the clergy, today place In the
cornerstone a metal box containing a pio-
ture Of the first Sunday school liet Of pew
holders, short history OF the church, writ
ten by @. g. Eaton, list OF Sisters OF the
Convent Of Visitation Of Georgetown, a
number Of coins, a list of names Of Catholic
prelates including the pope's name. and
copies of Saturdays Star, Post and Times.
Rev. Father Manley, rector Of the new
church, was born in Ireland. but received
his education In America, being ordained In
1885. He was formerly rector Of st. Peters
Church. Hancock, Nd; assistant pastor OF
st. Patrick's and ST. Johns Churches. Bal
timore, and rector of st. Anthony's Church,
Emmitsburg Md
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the ball rise into sight above the settle
top.
Stop called out the major Let go
and press the spring again"
1 FASTENED to obey and, though the back
of the settle hid the result from me. 1
judged from the look and attitude of those
below that the old colonels calculations
had been made with great exactness, and
that the one comfortable seat on the rude
and cumbersome bench had been placed
that this leaden weight in descending would
at the chosen moment strike the head of
him who sat there, inflicting death. That
the weight should be made just heavy
enough to produce a fatal conclusion with
, out damaging the skull was proof of the
extreme care with which this subtitle APP
paratuS had been contrived. An open wound
would have aroused questions but a mere
bruise might readily pass result of the
victims violent contact with the furnish
ings of the hearth toward which the shock
ed body would naturally topple. The fact
that a modern jury had SO regarded 1t
shows how justified he was in this expecta-
ton.
I was expending my wonder this and
| on a new discovery which. with very de-
cided shock to myself l had just made in
the closet, when the command came to turn
| the handle again and to keep on turning 1t
till 1t would turn no farther.
l complied but with a trembling hand.
| and though / did not watch the result, the
satisfaction I heard expressed below was
significant Of the celebrity and precision with
which the weight rose. foot by foot to the
ceiling and finally skunk snugly and with
out seeming jar into its lair.
When. a few minutes later I rejoined
| those below. l found them all, with eyes
directed toward the cornice. searching for
the hole through which 1 had just been
looking. 1t was next to imperceptible. SO
naturally had it been made to fit in with
| the shadows Of the scroll work: and even
after had discovered 1t and pointed 1t out
to them found difficulty In making them
believe that they really looked upon an
opening. But when once convinced OF this.
the district attorneys remark was signif-
cant.
II am glad that my name is not Moore"
The superintendent made no reply; his
eye had caught mine, and he had become
very thoughtful.
zone of the two candelabra belonging to
the parlor mantel was found lying on that
closet f1oor." he observed Somebody has
entered there lately, as lately the day
when Mr. Pfeiffer was seated here
Pardon me-" 1 impetuousiy cried. Mr..
Pfeiffer's death Is quite explained" And
drawing forward my hand. which up to
this moment / had held tight-shut behind
my back, slowly Enclosed Ii before their
astonished eyes. a..
A bit of lace lay in my palm. a delicate
bit such as is only worn by women In fun
dress
where did you find thatT' asked the
major, with the first show OF deep emotion
1 have ever observed IN him.
My agitation was greater than his as
replied:
ers. Some woman's arm and hand has
preceded mine I'm stealthy search after that
fatal spring. woman who wore Lace,
valuable lace"
There was but one woman connected with
this affair who rightly answered these con-
ditions. The bridel Veronica Moore.
Go be continual tomnrroEl