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The Washington times., 1903-03-15
In AN AMBER PRISON

In many museums may be seen in the
lnost perfect state of preservation in
amber fossilized remains of plants and
animals. The science OF Egypt in its
highest development did not succeed in
discovering a method of embalming so
perfect as the simple process taking
place in nature. A tree exudes a gum
my, resinous matter in a liquid state.
An insect accidentally alights in it and
is caught.
The emulation continues and envelops
it completely, preserving the most min
ute details of its structure. In the course
OF time the rosin becomes a fossil and
is known as amber. The history OF fos-
sill insects is largely indebted TO the fly
in amber
The coasts of the Baltic are and have
been from the days of the Phoenician
traders the great scource OF the amber
commerce It occurs IN rolled frag-
ments IN strata known to geologists as
oligocence. These are tertiary rocks OF
a date little more recent than those Of
the London basin and equivalent TO the
The Washington times., 1903-03-15
THE SPIDER TREE

Travellers who visited or passed the
Cape Negro country OF Africa often
heard from the natives OF a plant that
was part spider. and that. growing
threw its legs about in continual
struggles 10 escape II was the good
fortune Of Or. Welwitsch to discover
the origin OF the legend. StroIling along
through a wind-swept tableIand NcOun-
try. he came upon a plant that rested
low upon the ground. bat had two
enormous leaves that blew and twisted
about in the wind like serpents-in fact.
1t looked. as the natives had SAID, like
a gigantic spider
It's stem was four feet across but
foot high IL had but two leaves in
reality. that were six or eight feet long
and split up by the wind so that they
The Washington times., 1903-03-15
DEEP SEA TRAVELLING.

Now are the wonders of the great
deep to be exposed to the inquiring
and never sleeping eye of science. The
Scottish Antarctic expedition now be-
ing gotten ready on the banks Of the
Clyde is to spend much time and search
among the animal and vegetable life at
great depths in the Southern and Ant
arctic Oceans.
Among the apparatus carried will be
two immense drums, each containing
5000 fathoms OF trawling cable with
which to prosecute the researches.
Nearly fourteen miles of cable will
thus be brought into play. What those
cables may bring forth 10 the world OF
science may be as interesting, If not so
momentous. as that which the first
great ocean cable gave TO commerce.
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high and one block long standiSg alon5-
Great apartment houses soon spNang I'd
all about it.
stone mountain with perpendicular sides
rises nearly forty feet above the pave
ment. so that its summit IS on a level
with the windows Of the fourt floor
fats on either side. The summit or
the mountain is covered with grass.
while a few trees have sprung up and
are florrishing. II Is impossible to
scale the sheer walls Of this building
lot, although one may readily step out
upon IL from the upper Cat windows. IL
IS fully as high as the average city
house. The problem now Is how will
this mountain ever be removed A blast
strong enough TO loosen il would in
evitably blow in the side OF one OF the
apartment houses SO near by.
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QueeTAfriCanMaskS

Grotesque masks. similar TO the one
shown in the accompanying picture, are
worn in many PARTS of Africa during
dances and religious ceremonies The
reason IS because a symbolic signif-
cance IS attached to them and they are
especially supposed to possess the power
Of preserving those who wear them from
the influence OF evil spirits.
The masks generally are made OF
wood and some are carved with rare
skill. When a chief or the head OF
family dies he leaves his mask TO his
successor. and the latter is bound 70
wear it. In every village there is an
The Washington times., 1903-03-15
Gun for Hail.

In all wine producing countries, no
tably California, Italy. Switzerland and
the South OF France. great damage is
frequently wrought among the vines by
severe hailstorms- To avert these con
stant disasters numerous and costly ex-
periments have been made. Nothing.
however, seems II answer so well as a
hailstorm dispeller as the discharge CT
high explosives in cannon specially
made for the purpose. 1t has been
found that the firing Of cannon stops
the movement OF a hurricane: lightning
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resembled rib5ons. This IS probably
the most extraordinary tree known 1t
grows for nearly, If moi quite. a century
but never upward beyond about q loot
simply expanding untn Il reaches The
diameter given. looking in its adult
state like a singular stool on the plain
from ten 10 eighteen feet in ciTcum-
ference.
When the wind came rushing in from
the sea, lifting the curious ribbon-lfze
leaves and tossing them about. il almost
seemed 10 the discoverer. that the
strange plant had suddenly become i'm
bued with life and was struggling TO
escape When a description and pic
ture OF the plant We're sent to England
it was. like many other discoveries dis
credited. but soon the plant itself was
received. and now Welwitschia mirabilis
is well known TO botanists-
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

at Portland. Ore. She was discharging
her cargo preparatory to loading With
wheat Tor some foreign port The day
was calm and beautiful. with scarcely
breath OF air ripping the water
Suddenly, without the slightest warn
ing. the great steel hull swayed and
careened. until the ship went crashing
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[S:lNEW: Tf1INGs: STRANGE 8 CURToUssl
SHIP THAT TURNED TURTLE

Exactly why this ship turned turtle
is not known, though its strange actions
are ascribed to the steel masts with
which she was rugged.
The ship, Ailsie by name, was lying
alongside one of the low wharfs that
edge the shores Of the Willamette River.
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UPS AND DOWNS OF OLD COACH

This coach was built in Paris. France.
about 1870. and was used by a French
general who accompanied Marquis de
Lafayette to this country during the
Revolutionary War. After the surrender
of Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown it was
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on her side, while her spars drove their
tips into the sturdy dock
Fortunately, none of the ships crew
were injured Some have advanced the
opinion tna- waves from a passing
steamer, striking the ship just right
when she stood high out of the water.
had force sufficiently strong TO send
her sprawling on her side
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presented 10 Alexander Hamilton. At his
death the coach passed into the possess
sion Of the father of J. Fenimore Cooper.
who brought IL out to what was then a
wilderness, but is now known as Cooper
town. Upon the death OF Mr.. Cooper the
coach was Willed 10 the veteran patriot
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

The Tsar. or king of bells. as the Rus
SLAMS cali it. is in the Kremlin. at Mos
COW. and, in spite OF one or two other
claimants for the title. it is undoubtedly
the largest bell in the world. 1t was
cast in the year 1898 by order of the
Empress Anne. There is no record Of
its ever having been hung. It was found
embedded in the earth where it had
fallen. and was excavated and set in
position by order of the Emperor Nicho-
las in 1890.
II is nineteen feet three and one-haIf
inches high and weighs 1872 900 pounds.
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Gen Roswell Randall, OF Cortland. in
whose family it remained for years.
finally coming into the possession OF
James Schermerhorn and until recently
owned by his heirs. The coach is now in
the possession OF n hotelkeeper at Taug-
hammock Falls. " Y
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Women'S
Odd Costume

When in the street the women Of
Fayal wear 4 capote. or cloak, of dark
blue cloth, with a voluminous hood of
the same material. When several II
them are seen in the street at once ii
looks as though one OF the converts
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

1t is said there were more than 1000
tons OF bronze melted for its casting
The king stands in the middle of a
square on base Of granite and looks
like great bronze tent. A fragment
broken of from it lies near the tower OF
Ivan Velil1i- II is used as a chapel, the
hssure being so great that a man may
walk through without lowering his head.
II is beautiful piece OF work. and its
tone Is said TO have been particularly
sweet The sides sweep out in broad
and mighty curve and are encircled with
top and lower border Of artistic merit.
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

and thunder cease. and rain or melted
snow Immediately begins TO fall.
A photograph OF the cannon used in
Europe is here reproduced. The explo-
sive material used is largely composed
of acetylene gas. The upright cylinder
with the large mouth sends the force
OF the explosion directly against the
clouds. An acetylene gasOmeter. a gen
orator. a safety valve. and an appara-
tus for firing the explosive gas are con-
tanned in the hut which protects the
cannon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22
SUPREME COURT OPENS.
No Cases on Hearing Today, but Sew
eral Set for Tomorrow and Satur-

No Cases on Hearing Today, but sev-
eraI Set for Tomorrow and Satur-
day.
The second session of the fall term
of the supreme court opened today
with Justices Young, Morgan and
Cochrane in attendance. No cases were
argued today, but four have been set
for hearing tomorrow. On Saturday
the McGahey contempt case will be
argued Major ]. G. Hamilton and
Tracy r. Bangs, with A. T. Patterson
Of this city. appear for the defense
and Register and Register for the
state
Two admissions were made today
those OF T. r. Mockler Of Bismarck
on certificate from Iowa, on motion OF
A. j. Hedrix, and F. d. Hevener OF
Turtle Lake. on certificate from Min
nesota on motion Of F. E. Murphy. ol
Mandan
Cases set for argument tomorrow
are: Arison VS.. Company D. N. D
N. G.. Ramsey county; Wilson VS.. At
lantic Elevator company, Barnes; Nc
Clure VS.. Runnewell, Ward and Man
ming vs. the City of Devils Lake, Ram
sey county.
Attorney Wright of Valley City il
among the guests in the city, Interest
ed in supreme court mtaters.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22
AN INCIDENT OF PROHIBITION.

Showing How Another irrigation Con-
aress was Held on the Streets Of
Wahpeton.
Sheriff Moody OF Wahpeton re-
ceived an order from the court to
destroy all blind big goods which he
had taken from various blind piggers
of Richland county. The stuff des-
troyed was as follows:
Fifty cases of beer.
Three barrels of whisky.
Three beer pumps.
Several bottles of whiskey.
Four kegs of beer.
Several gambling outfits.
Glasses and other articles used in
the sale of liquor
At the hour of II o'clock In the
forenoon of October 20, on the streets
of Wahpeton and in front OF the
Methodist church the goods were
piled up. covered with kerosene and
set on fire and burned to ashes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22
Windfall for Flannery.

Attention is called to the clipping
from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader
of October 10th, published elsewhere
in this issue. from which it appears
that Mr.. George p. Flannery now OF
Minneapolis. but formerly a promin-
ont attorney of Bismarck. has been
coming into a good thing in. the way
of matured endowment insurance In
the Northwestern Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company. of Milwaukee. We
congratulate the gentleman on his
good fortune and the company on the
excellent results obtained as shown
by the following statement:
Face of policy paid to him
by Company ...$ IVoV.Vt
20 year tontine dividend. 2.9S9.31
Total paid by company..$ $685.
20 premiums of $33333 each
paid to company ....... 6666.6>
Profit ..... ..... ......$ 1925!
Besides $1,000 insurance free fol
the twenty years.
P. e. Byrne represents the North
western Mutual in Bismarck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22
Talks Of Land Laws.

Washington Star: Senator Hans
brough Of North Dakota talked with
the President this morning about the
public land laws. The President VIII
discuss this subject in his annual
message to Congress and will give
it much consideration. He will talk
with Senator Hansbrough and other
western men SO as to obtain their
views. Senator Hansbrough thinks
that the public land laws ought to be
amended SO as to make them easier
Of execution. He thinks that the laws
should provide that the final proof ir
all cases should be made before the
local land Offices instead OF before
land commissioners as now.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22
CLOSE IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Proceedings of Wednesday Afternoon at the
Irrigation Congress and Additional Reso-
lutiOnS That Were Passed.

ed by the congress on motion of H.
C. Plumley of Fargo:
Resolved, That the thanks of this
congress are hereby extended to Hon.
H. c. Hansbrough, chairman of the
senate committee on public lands for
his successful work on behalf of the
irrigation act and also to the other
members of our delegation in Wash
ington for their earnest and untiring
efforts in securing for North Dakota
her full share of benefits from the ma
tional irrigation act.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22

Are you going to use storm windows
this winter. Do you want them re-
paired and put up. II SO, do not wait
longer but have them put in order
now. Call up e. l.. Faunce and see
about them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22
Simply Waits.

Weeks-Does your wife ever send
for you il you happen to stay out late?
Meeks-No. indeed She waits until
get ho-e. .hcn she goes for me
%'taco Ne-s.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-22

CONTINUED on Fourth Page)
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
THE PRINoEToNzUN1oN: THURsDAY, ooToBER ., 1908.

Walter Hatch iof Madmo visited
school last Wedneasy. He was on. his
way to Snake river.
John johnson returned from the
west last Saturday. His smiles are
as broad as ever: We are glad to see
you back, Johnny. '"'~'.*@ !. e.
Mrs. John Haggberg of Isle Miss
Elsie O'Brien and Miss Maggie Pc
terson went hunting last Saturday
evening. They report lots of game.
Two gentlemen from the southwest
ern part of the State came here short
time ago and are building store on
John Skretting's place near here.
They will have a stock of goods in AS
soon as they can possible finish the
building. This is a great addition to
the business of the place and we wish
the owners success.
ROUGH RIDER.
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is hardly a week but there are. two or
three "Ramblers" out,this way from
Princeton. '-'. T.
Rev. P. E. Langseth attended the
musical jubilee at the Lutheran sem
mary at Hamline last week. g. =. i.
We have missed the genial conten.
ance of our mail man for a few days,
but were glad to see him out again
Monday. go.
Sunday school began last Sunday
with a good attendance. A class OF
Americans was formed. Sunday school
next Sunday at 10 a. m.
Our new school house is nearing
completion: It will be ready to move
into in about three weeks. The archi-
lecture of the building is an adapta-
ton of a plan sent by the State archi-
tect of school buildings and the school
is being built by George Newton Of
Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
VINELAND.
ROUGH RIDER

Dan Morrison left for Duluth Mon.
day.
VIM. F. Delemartre is driving
Daigle's teams.
f. L. Daigle went to the cities this
week to buy a stock of goods.
Fred Riesland and others of Mi]aca
spent part of the week hunting on Rice
Lakes.
Kilburn J. Archer, brother Of Colt
N. Archer, has moved on the latter's
farm and will probably stay here for
some time.
The dance at Vineland last Sat,r-
day night was grand success. We
are grateful to the town of Onamia for
their liberal patronage of twentv-one
people.
j. Mclaughlin of Garrison was here
Thursday. He says that a creamery
will be erected at Garrison or Wealth
erwood next spring. A steam launch
Ito be built by him this winter) will
collect the cream at different points
on the lake. We wish him success in
carrying his enterprise through.
:'KATHIO.n
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BRIGHTON.

Fine autumn weather, and the roads
are drying up nicely.
Frank Reem's little boy who has
been very sick is slightly better.
Our pathmaster, Mr.. Sanford, has
placed the road at the bog in pass
able condition again.
Joe Bergeron has moved his family
to the Vernon place in Greenbush.
Joe will run the farm in the future.
Thomas DeGerlias' little child died
from the effects of whooping cough.
The stricken parents have the heart.
felt sympathy Of the community.
The Cream Brick Co.'s head burner
is burning a kiln of nearly six arches
at the yards of the Princeton Brick
co. 1t is being burned mainly for
the purpose of experimenting and is
being watched very closely by all
the local cracks and burners.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Saves Two From Death.

"Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack of whooping cough and
bronchitis," writes Mrs. w. X. Havi-
land, Of Armonk, N. Y, ''but, when all
other remedies failed, we saved her
life with DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Our niece, who had Consumption in an
advanced stage. also used this won.
derful medicine and to-day she is per-
fectly we'll" Desperate throat and
lung diseases yield to DR.. Kings New
Discovery as to no other medicine on
earth. Infallible for coughs and colds.
SOC and S1.O0 bottles guaranteed by G.
A. Jack. Trial bottles free.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
SANTIAGO,

F. e. Dingley vas in St. Cloud last
Friday.
C. H. Walkers we'll is nearing the
10O-foot mark
r. ". Gilman of St. Cloud was in
Santiago last week.
There was dance at Chris Rusche's
last Saturday night.
G. H. Walker has a well-drilling
outfit at work on his place.
Mrs. Martha Orrock has invested in
a new Royal sewing machine.
Mrs. Della Saunders of Big Lake
called on Mrs. G.. H. Walker last Fri
day.
Mrs. Mabel HalvOrsOn is sick with
diphtheria at her fathers home in
Blue Hill.
Mrs. Della Patsold and daughter
Mabel are spending few days at Sill
yer Creek, Wright county.
Quite few of our young people at
tended the dance at Greenbush on
Thursday night of last week.
Sheriff Ward of Elk River was ir
Santiago last week summoning jurors
tor the fall term of court at Elk River.
John Durgan has been removed tc
the St. Cloud hospital for treatment,
We trust that he will soon be with us
again.
Miss Georgia Mergel who has beer
staying with Mrs. Levina Walker the
past few weeks returned to her home
at Blue Hill last Sunday. Miss Mer
gel during her short stay in this place
made many friends and She will b,
greatly missed by her associates.
X-RAY.
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61e Farm Preside.
GIeanings by Our Country
Correspondents. $500.
ZIMMERMAN.

Mrs. Gates has given her cottage a
new coat of paint,
Miss Mabel Lowell has been spend.
ing few days with Mrs. w. r. Hurt:
M. G. Blanchett came up Friday to
look over his business interests here.
G. F. Wood went to his home in
Minneapolis Friday, returning Mon
day.
James Tiff, Levi Annis and Rein
hold Ludike were Elk River visitors
on Monday.
Fred Dahlstrom of Milaca has the
contract for building Otto Carlson S
new house and barn.
P. F. Malm is suffering from neu-
ralgia of the head. He says he has
the "devil' in his head.
The barber shop opened by Ed.
Healy in the Blanchett hotel is we'll
patronized and Ed is doing a flourish
ing business.
j. w. Mode has been laid up for a
few week with an abscess on his right
hand. But we are glad that Billy is
able to be on deck again.
Sydney English has been somewhat
under the weather since last Saturday
night, owing we suppose to the unrul-
mess of the I. O. O. F. "goat."
1t is nothing unusual to see the
Princeton automobiles spinning along
our streets nowadays. They must
come down here to get good roads to
speed on.
Postmaster English has put in a
larger postotfice cabinet to more easily
handle the large amount of mail that
comes since the discrimination of the
Lake Fremont and Livonia mails.
There was a very large attendance
at the Woodmen dance last Friday
night. Everybody reported a very
pleasant time. The boys will give
another dance a week from Friday
NIGHT
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Typographical Tragedy.

"We are thorry to thay,' explained
the editor of the Skedunk Weekly
News, "that our compelling room
wath entered latht night by thome un-
known :thcoundrel .whoth to1e vevery
eth in the establishment and thucceed-
ed in making hith ethcape undecided.
''It hath been impothible, of courthe,
to procure a new thupply of etheth in
time for thith ithue, and we are thuth
compelled to go to preth in a thitua-
ton moth embarrathing and dithtreth=
ing, but we thee no other courthe to
purthue than to make the beth thtagger
we can to get along without the NTH
ing letter, and we therefore print The
Newth on time regardleth of the 10th
thuthtained.
"The motive of the mithearble mith-
creant it'll unknown to nth, but, doubt
leth, wath revenge for thome thuth-
~pothed inthult.
ut thall never be thaid that the pet
ty thpite of the thmall-thouled william
hath dithabled The Newth, and if hitht
meet the eye of the detachable rathcal
we beg to athure him that he UNDER
ethtimateth the rethourceth of first
clath newthpaper when he thinkth he
can cripple it hopelethly by breaking
into the alphabet. We take occathion
to thay to him, furthermore, that be-
fore next Thurthday we will have
three timeth ath many etheth ath he
thole. TEX Echo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Claims an Assault,

Nels Gleborg, farmer living near
the Coates farm on the East-side. went
to ELK River. this morning to make
complaint before County Attorney
Frank T. White against William Coul-
son, whom he claims assaulted him
this morning in a controversy over a
county road. Coulson is neighbo1
living a half, mile distant from Gle
borg's farm and the trouble which
eliminated in the alleged assault has
been brewing for some months. Gle.
borg consulted first with the St. Cloud
police but it was outside their juris.
diction, since it was other than a case
of disorderly conduct Cloud
JOurnal-Press (Oct. 2O.)
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Confessions of q Priest.

Rev. Jno. S. Cox, Wake, Ark,
writes, ''For II years I suffered from
yellow jaundice. I consulted a number
of physicians and tried all sorts OF
medicines, but got no relief. Then I
began the use of Electric Bitters and
feel that I am now cured of a disease
that had me in it's grasp for twelve
years." If you want reliable medi-
cine for liver and kidney trouble,
stomach disorder or general debility,
get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed
by c. A. Jack, druggist. Only Soc.
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He Learned a Great Truth.

IL is said OF John Wesley that he
once said to Mistress Wesley: ssWhv
do you tell that child the same thing
over and over again. John Wesley,
because once telling is not enough. y
1t is for this same reason that you are
told again and again that Chamberlain
Cough Remedy cures colds and grip:
that it counteracts any tendency of
+; Sc diseases to result in pneumonia,
an, that it is pleasant and safe to take.
r. sale by Princeton Drug Co.,
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GLENDORADO.

MIR. and Mrs. Wager are the proud
owners of guess what? ''twins.n
Miss Rena Olson of Princeton has
IN visiting friends here few days.
confirmation class met for the
--~., ~, asst Tuesday at 10 a. m. at
the CHI, Oh.
1t is no longer strange sight to
see automobiles on our roads. There
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Broke Into His House.

S. LIE Quinn of Cavendish, VT, was
robbed OF his customary health by in
vasion of chronic constipation. When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house, his trouble was arrested and
now he's entirely cured. They're
guaranteed to cure, 25c at G. A. Jacks
drug store.