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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-23

ton mill stock. To make a long story
short, the Atlanta jack leg lawyer is
akin to the Tompkins family some
way. I'd bet new hat to a ginger
cake that Perkins never owned a
spoonful O. land up heer an that he's
Jest he'pin' the Tompkins folks on the
sly to unload some O. Their land, so
they kin move west, whar they've al
ways wanted to go. Peter Mosely is a
man on the watch out fer rail soft
snaps, an when Perkins whispered the
big secret in his yeer, like he did to
you, he started out on a still hunt fer
tlmbered land on the line of the pro-
posed trunk line due west vy-ah Lick
skillet to barley, with stop over priyi-
leges at Buzzard Roost an fifteen min
utes fer hash at Dog Trot Springs.
Then, somehow or other, by hook or
crook-mostly crook-Abe Tompkins
wasn't dodgin' anybody about that
time. Peter Mosely could "a run agin
I'm with his eyes shut on a dark night.
Il was at Neil Filmore's store when
the two met, an eff a trade was ever
made quicker betwixt two folks it was
done by telegraph an the paper was
signed by lightnin'. Abe said he had
the land an wouldn't part with it at
any price eff he hadn't been bad in need
O money, fer he believed it was chuck
1ull O iron ore, soapstone, black marble
an water power to say nothin' O. tim
Der; but he'd been troubled 50 much
about cash, he said, that he'd made up
MS mind to let 'er slide an the devil
take the contents. I never seed two
parties to deal better satisfied. They
ooth left the store with a strut. Nose
ly's strut was the biggest, fer he wasn't
afeerd O. nothin'. Tompkins looked like
ne was afeerd Mosely 'ud call i'm back
an want to rue
You mean to say But old Bishop
seemed unable to put his growing fear
into words.
'Oh, l don't know nothin' fer GER
taln, said Abner Daniel sympa-
thetically, but eff l was you I'd 90
down to Atlanta an see Perkins. You
KIN tell by the way he acts whether
thar's anything in his railroad story or
~' W sun, yOu OII 10 KNOW
whar you stand. You've loaded we're
SET from hind to fore quarters, an eff
you don't plant yore feet on some'n
you'll go down.
BISHOP clutched this proposition as
browning man would a straw. "Well.
l will go see 'im,'' he said. 'I'n 90 lest
TO satisfy you. AS fer as Pm concerned
know he wasn't tellin' me no lie. but
reckon you all never III rest till Won
are satisfed.''
He descended the steps and crossed
the yard to the barn. They saw him
lean over the rail fence for a moment
as II IN troubled thought.
Poor father" said Alan to his uncle
as MS mother retired slowly into the
mousse. He seems troubled, and it NAV
| mean our ruin-absolute ruin"
ut amt no triain' matter" admitted
Daniel. "Thar's no tellin' how many
thousand acres he may have bought.
He's keepin' somethin' to hisse'f. I re-
member jest when that durn skunk of
lawyer put that flea in his yeer. They
was at Hanson's mill an talked con-
mental together mighty nigh all morn
~ hut lets not cross a bridge tell we
g1t TO 1t. Let's talk about some'n else.
naln)t never had chance to tell YOU.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-23
By ...
WILL N.
HARDEN

got to do with my busines.s?'' burst
from Bishops impatient lips.
Hes got a sorter roundabout con-
nection with it, l reckon smiled Alb
ner grimly. II happen to know that Abe
Tompkins sold i'm 1000 acres O. timber
land on Huckleberry ridge jest after
yore Atlanta man spent the day lookin
round in these parts.''
Bishop was no fool, and he grasped
Abner's meaning even before it was
quite clear to the others.
"Looky heer," he said sharply, "what
do you take me fer?'
II 'ain't tuck you fer nothin'," said
Abner, with a grin. "Leastwise,
'ain't tuck you fer $4,000 with O. cot
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-23
FROM UNIONS STANDPOINT.
Bookbinders Will Issue a Statement
on the w. A. Miller Case.

Washington, July 22-The case of
w. A. Miller, assistant foreman of the
bindery of the government printing Of
flce, who was removed from Office be-
cause he was expelled from the Book
binders union and who was reassign.
ed to duty, came up last night at a
meeting of the union at which about
800 members were present. After
session held behind closed doors,
President Barrett of the union an
nounced that today statement of the
case from the union standpoint would
be made.
copy of this will be furnished to
the president, to Secretary Cortelyou,
to the civil service commission and to
Public Printer Palmer. Mr.. Barrett
said that the paper would show that
the position of the Bookbinders' union
was correct in the present case and
that the reinstatement of Miller would
cause discord.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-23

E41ss!S1g) to talk to Perkins and Incl
dentally to call on his brother William,
who was a successful wholesale mer-
chant in that city.
II believe 1 would" said Mrs. Bish-
op. maybe William will tell you what
to do
"I'd see Perkins fust," advised Abner
Daniel. EFF 1 felt shore Perkins had
bunkoed me, I'd steer cleer O. William
I'd hate to heer i'm let out on that sub
ject. He's made his pile by keepin' a
sharp lookout"
81 hain't had no reason to think I
have been lied to-" said Bishop logged
~ as he poured his coffee into his
saucer and shook it about to cool. "a
body could hear his deathknell rung ev-
cry minute eff he'd jest listen to old
women an'"-
"Old bachelors" interpolated Abner.
II reckon they are alike. The longer a
man lives without woman the more
he gifts like one. I reckon that's beca'se
the man at lives with one don't see
nothin' with copyin' in 'er an vice-a-
versy."
Mrs. Bishop had never been an ap-
preciative listener to her brothers phi
losophy. She ignored what he had just
said and it's accompanying smile, which
was always Abner's subtle apology for
such observations.
"Are you goin' to tell Adele about the
railroad?" she asked.
II reckon 1 won't tell 'er to git up a.
excursion over it fore the crossties is
laid,' retorted Bishop sharply, and Alb
ner Daniel laughed, that sort of re-
Spouse being in his own vein.
II was goin' to say" pursued the
softly treading wife, that I wouldn't
mention it to 'er ef-ef-Mr Perkins
amt to be relied on, beca'se she wor-
ries enough already about our pore way
O. Twin compared to her uncle's folks.
Eff she knowed how l spent last night,
she'd want to come back. But I amt
a-goin' to let Brother Alb skeer me yet.
1t is jest too awful to think about.
What on earth would we do? What
would we, l say?'
That afternoon Bishop was driven to
barley by negro boy who was to
bring the buggy back home. He first
repaired to a barber shop, where he
was shaved, had his hair cut and his
shoes BACKED; then he went to the sta
ton half an hour before time and i'm
patiently walked up and down the
platform till the train arrived.
It was 6 o'clock when he reached At
lanta and made his way through the
jostling crowd in the big passenger
depot out into the streets. He had his
choice of going at once to the residence
Of his brother, on Peachtree street, the
most fashionable avenue Of the city,
or looking up Perkins in his Office. He
decided to unburden his mind by at
once calling on the lawyer, whose Of
fee was in a tall building quite near
at hand.
1t was the hour at which Perkins
usually left for home. but the old plant
er found him in.
''Oh, it's you, Mr.. Bishop he said
suavely as he rose from his desk in
the dingy, disordered little room, with
it's single window. He pushed a chair
forward. "Sit down; didn't know you
were in town; at your brothers, reck-
on. How are the crops up the road?
Too much rain last month. I'm afraid"
Bishop sank YEARLY into the chair.
he had tired himself out thinking over
what he would say to the man before
him and with the awful contamination
of what the man might say to him.
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CHAPTER III.

HE next morning at breakfast
Alfred Bishop announced his
intention of going to Atlanta
to talk to Perkins and Incl
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-23
PRINCETON CAMP, Nj. w. A.,
No. 1882.

Regular meetings 1st and 3rd Saturdays of
each month, at 500 P. M, in the hall at Brick
yards Visiting members cordially invited
NED G. KELLEY, VIC.
J. +. ZIMMERMAN. Clerk
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Der @ipfef Der ssrechheit.

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itmtpiKenbe Muftionatoren.

11eber unpiHenbe Muftipnatoren err
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aetgte ii9 Elm Weriteiserer IN Wmiens.
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Altiou,ls aus oem aalterf.
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arfiee @eereserseneuiEe.

etetbiete ais OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
artise 9teereserseneuiTe.
lin ben &Drper geeen Die l1nbitben
Der Witterung gu IdiiBen, bebient ii9
Der Menfd Der 8leiOung, unb sur Ger
itenuns berfelben muB bas @6af Die
WolIe, bas 8alb, &iRb unb gferb etc.
bic 9aut bergeben. SAT- aus19lieblih
alio limb es 2anbtbiere, Die 6aut unb
9aare ldifen mii1en, bamtt Der Menf9
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Qanbt6iere fDnnte er gu benfefben
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nuben. Sttefel unb 59ube f0nnen
nbne Meiteres aus Der gegerbten 9altt
bes Walfiides unb bes 9elpbins 9e@
arbettet perben. 5triimpfe unb I'M
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(Byssus), einem @eipinlt Der 5tef-
mui6el (Pinna nobilis), Das an Sein=
bett unb Slang Der e9ten @eibe fait
glei9tommt, setpebt ober eeItridt tperz
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9eserbte 9uut Der Malraupe, Die fdpn
BON ben Sataren felt SabrAunberten
gu bieiem 3pede sebrauat fpirb. gut
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tpobl pdrmer pber tpei9er %etIinnen, als
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buftrie5tpeis nit srobem @rfDlse be-
treibt unb pradtpOnes 9anbfdubleber
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brau9en mir als befannt nobl faum
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~ aalf, cement. Sano, Bad
feline, f~euerfefte Steine uno 9bon'
Ebeer unb Nspbaltpapier, Datpappe'
Ebeer unb Gspbalt, Del, Eerpentln
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bel S. 6. 9ielmarta, 3O6 Dit
Commerce StraBe. Nieorige Breife,
quite Waare iomie quite uno reenf
8eoienung merben aarantirt. -
Telephun 410.
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Die Mnpen buns Der.
gIettrisitGt Bel aIerlsi Ser
ri1tungen nm tdsliden 2eben mudt in
gnglanb riefige Sorti4ritte. Ser ee,
ipDbniide preis 1T d Gents per
@trometnbett.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-10-01
Smoke Weber Bros. cigars.

Smoke Weber Bros. cigars.
Druggist Ed. Reilly was a visitor in
the city Sunday from Wales.
Merchant y. ID. Qstby from Wales
transacted husiEcss here Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Moran, is visiting for q
week with friends and relatives over nj
Bathgate.
wake no engagements for next Mon
day night. Lecture 10y Col. Copeland at
the M. E. church.
Buy your winters supply of coal Of
the Langdon Lumber Co. Coal of all
kinds at lowest price in the city.
''IIannah's Pride" flour is an honest
well-milled -four of the kind that makes
good bread and light delicious biscuits.
The threshing rig operated during the
season by ]. P. Brennan, on the farms
of the Flax Land Co., pulled in Satur-
day night.
A box social and free dance will be
held in the Naccabee hall at Stilwell on
Friday night, October 9th. Everybody
invited. Ladies bring your boxes.
The threshing record Of forty acres OF
barley on Harry Bowles' place near
Osnabrock showed yield of Al bushels
per acre, considerably above the average
this year.
Judge Jos. Cleary has been trying his
hand at farming this week and put in
considerable time Friday looking after
threshing operations on his farm, the
Webster place, east of town.
At the district school meeting held at
Hannah week ago Editor Boyd, teacher
of the Hannah schools, was appointed to
represent the district ON committee,
formed of representatives of the various
districts throughout the county to pre-
pare the program for the institute of
next summer.
uI1C OtcI 1lcIc ldSC WEEK lFOtll OXUOW.
ASA, John Arnold completed deal
whereby he purchased the Butler Lamb
residence, west of the opera house on
Oak street. The property has an ex-
cellent location, originally the home of
Mr.. John Mahon and was disposed of
by Attorney Lamb at $3.50.
Osnabrock is by no means haven of
rest for the drunken hobo this fall.
Last week an obstreperous harvest hand
landed in Judge Trotters court and dis
gorged s10bill to correct the inaccuracy
of some of his Anheuserly- Buschly re-
marks on the public thoroughfare.
When the transient guests of Osnabrock
think they can fool with Marshal Bar
dahl or Judge Trotter they will find they
have another guess coming.
Two 16 ounce cans of baking powder
for twenty five cents at Kelly's.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-10-01
Use "Hannah's Pride -four.

Buy your winters supply of coal of
the Langdon Lumber Co. Coal of all
kinds at lowest price in the city.
Contractor Buckingham's crew of
bricklayers took lay-off from Friday
noon to Monday noon and went home to
the Forks to attend the fair.
The Union Sunday school at West
Perry hold their annual harvest home
supper and entertainment at the Smith
school house on Friday of next week,
Oct. 9th.
Services at the usual hours morning
and evening next Sunday at the NJ. E..
church. Subject in the morning. "He
Preached jesus" in the evening, Settle
ment:" Sunday school at ten in the fore
noen. Epworth League at seven in the
evening. Mrs. w. B. Marsh, leader.
subject, "Know and Obey the Word of
God" The pastor would be glad to see
you all at church as this is his last Sun
day before conference. Rev. w. b.
Marsh, pastor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-10-01
Gossip and Notes.

County commissioners meet next Mon
day.
Langdon elevator men find quite a
little macaroni wheat coming onto the
market this fall.
Hannah starts in local telephone
inc with over forty phones. It is to be
in operation by October 18th.
Hannah may be expected to resent the
nsinuation that there are wolves within
The limits Of the end-town-it was fierce
No reader can afford to overlook read
hg the advertisements put in the paper
It this season of the year by the local
ADVERTISER.
The state university at Grand Forks
pened for the term of 1904 last week
18th registration of 225, the largest in
s history. After the approaching holi.
ays this will undoubtedly be largely
lgmented.
The new real estate man, by name OF
andmark over at Northfield, may as
9t not have very extensive acquaint-
bee, but if his name signifies anything
no easy work and may be may be ex-
Icted to own a good share of that por-
pn of the earth.
Excellent weather the past week in
hich to wind up threshing operations.
be machines, in reality, abandoned
Jock threshing Saturday night. 1t
pn't take long to wind-up operations
the few scattering stands of stacks
at loom up over the county. The end
in sight.
The small amount of grain that has
en- shipped out of here by individual
ppers and private buyers may be
ten as an indication that Langdon
vator mon are giving the farmers
peral satisfaction. Nearly all the
yers are we'll known local men, in
ON the seller has confidence of re-
wing square deal and all the grain
worth.
he month of September closes with a
n rain fall of 2.96 inches, nearly one
of the precipitation occurring on
18th during the storm of that date.
tember LIST, with a temperature of 81
rees was the warmest day and the
when the thermometer dropped to
egrees the coolest. The month of
TENDER also has the record of light
OF snow on the night of the 18th.
! nights prevailed, the minimum
mometer reaching the frost line, on
teen dates during the month.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-10-01

Twenty-Five per cent discount on all
embroideries at c. j. Kelly's store during
the next week.
Talk with me, L. Z. Burke. Office,
Room No. Schulke block.
Geo. Sturm and family now occupy
the McDermott cottage on Fourth street,
having moved in this week.
DR.. Jos. w. Mcqueen from Milton was
caller on Langdon acquaintance while
here between trains Tuesday.
A. Schulke and wife were among the
number of Langdon people who attended
the Red River Valley expo at Grand
Forks last week.
Rev. D. Mcmillan, formerly IN charge
Of the Presbyterian church at Elkwood,
was visitor in the city Tuesday from
his present charge at Mclean.
Veterinary ]. H. Sheppard of Fargo,
who formerly resided here number of
years was one of the live stock judges at
the fair held last week at Grand Forks.
Diphtheria has afflicted the family of
Rev. Alex Karr the M. E. pastor at Mil
ton. Late reports state that the cases
are all progressing favorably toward re-
covery.
DR.. and Mrs. Fred 8. Smith were
visitors at Hannah last Sunday and
few days the early part of the week.
Mrs. Smith and the doctor both took a
prominent part in the vocal exercises at
the opening of the new Presbyterian
church, which occurred Sunday.
John A. Mckay, for number of years
one Of Cavalier county's efficient force OF
teachers, made visit of day or two
here this week on his way from Morden
Man., to Toronto, where he is taking a
college course in medicine. Two years
more of study and John will be equipped
with the prefix of "Doc."
A sample of what Cavalier county can
produce in the way Of mammoth sized
potatoes was brought to the DEMOCRAT
Office Friday morning by Mrs. Sandison,
ST., living east of town. The tubers are
very much the same formation as the
early rose variety and the smallest
weighed about pound and half. The
potato is perfect in shape and an exhibit
Of them at the st. Louis exposition would
no doubt remove the belief Of skeptical
people in eastern states that there Is
nothing doing in the way Of fine grown
vegetables here in North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-10-01
Rye -four at Parsons feed store. 81

Osnabrock is expecting to have resi-
dent Methodist pastor. Rev. Harris,
who recently came out from Ireland and
had charge of churches at Harvey Centre
and Easily contemplates locating at the
Brock. There's lots of work for two
preachers at Osnabrock,
Last Sunday Milton layman was
called to fill the pulpit of Rev. Sykes at
Osnabrock. Now there's Beer Bailey.
quite clerical appearing newspaper
man himself, but then perhaps he hasn't
been working at it much lately. or he
might have made good.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-10-01
WHEAT MARKET.

Prices corrected up to noon Thursday. Oct.
I; 1SG', by Agent Souch, OF the Cargill Elevator
Co.. Langdon, y. Oak.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-30
REPORT ON COTTON
SHOWS ITS CONDITION

New York. Oct. 29.-The Journal of
Commerce will tomorrow issue it's Oc-
tober cotton report, the final one of the
season.
The points of inquiry were first. in
crease or decrease in condition COM
pared with last month; second, increase
or decrease in yield, compared with last
year, and third, the proportion of crop.
No attempt is made at estimating
yield, that amusement is left to read
ers. The remarks of correspondents
are so much better than per cent. re-
ports, that we have retrained from
av eraging the latter.
The contents of 1875 reports made by
correspondents indicate a decrease of
points in condition during the month,
a decrease in YIELD and 81 per cent. of
the crop picked, the average date of
replies being Oct. 81. These reports
antedate the recent frost wave, which
seems to have done little damage. ex-
cept to top crops. and consequently af-
fects the above returns but slightly.
Reports from the whole cotton belt
show weather conditions to have been
more favorable for picking, and had
the crop not been from two to four
weeks late, picking would have been
delayed by a scarcity of labor. Last
year at this time our crop record
shows the crop to have been about
three-quarters picked, compared with
81 per cent now. The remaining 40
per cent. has been subjected in many