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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
WASHING TALLlES.

The Way They Kept Laundry Lists
In the Olden Days.
The washing tally, dating back to
the times of Charles l., was formed Of
q piece Of beech wood Ave and half
inches long, four and half inches
wide and half an inch thick and COW
cred with linen at the back and sides.
In front the names Of the different ar
ticles, such as ''ruffes," "bandes,' ~
"cuffes,' 'bootehose," "pillowberes,' -
Handkerchief" "sockes,' were printed
from copperplate and protected by a
sheet Of horn
The tally was divided into fifteen
squares, in each of which was a dial
numbered from O to II and circular
brass indicator fastened by small
central pin so as to revolve. Each of
these indicators was pierced near it's
outer edge with round hole, through
which one number Of the dial was visi-
BILE. By this very simple method the
number Of each article sent to the
wash was easily shown, so that an ac-
curate account could be kept.-London
Standard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
LENGTHY SERMONS.
Five or Six Hours Mt Stretch and
Divisions Up to "E1ghty-sixthly."

Five or Six Hours Mt a Stretch and
Divisions Up to ''Eighty-sixthly."
No English congregation would have
popular in the Presbyterian churches
of Scotland. There is indeed story
told of a dissenting preacher named
Lobb in the seventeenth century who,
when South went to hear him, "being
mounted up in the pulpit and naming
his text, made nothing of splitting it
up into twenty-sfx divisions, upon
which separately he very carefully un-
dertook to expatiate in their order.
Thereupon the doctor rose up, and,
jogging the friend who bore him COM
pany, said, Let us go home and fetch
our gowns and slippers, for find this
man will make night work of it,"
But Mr.. Lobb himself was humane
tn the pulpit as compared to certain
Mr.. Thomas Boston, to whose sermons
Sir Archibald Geikie has drawn atten-
ton in his "Scottish "reminiscences"
Mr.. Thomas Boston, who wrote a book
called ''Primitiae ct Ultima" was min
lister Of the gospel at Etrick. In a SER
mon on "Fear and Hope, Objects Of
the Divine Complacency," from the
text Psalm cxlvii, II, "The Lord TAX
eth pleasure in them that fear him and
in those that hope in his mercy" Mr..
Boston, latter an Introduction in four
sections deduced six doctrines, each
subdivided into from three to eight
heads, but the last doctrine required
another sermon which contained "a
practical improvement Of the WHOLE
arranged under eighty-six heads. A
sermon on Matthew ri, %, was subdi-
vided into seventy-six heads.'" On this
text, indeed, Mr.. Boston preached four
such sermons.
It is more than doubtful whether any
brains or hearts south of the Tweed
could have stood the strain Of such
discourses. But Scotch preacher,
not in the present degenerate age, has
been known to preach from five to six
hours at a stretch, and sometimes
when one preacher had finished his
sermon another would begin and there
would be succession Of preachers
delivering sermon upon sermon until
the unhappy congregations were kept
listening to ''the word" for as many
as ten hours without a break-Bishop
Willdon in the Nineteenth Century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
LOVE-.

Love is kindly and deceitless.-
Yeats.
Love can sun the realms Of night
Schiller.
Loves a thing that's never out Of
season.-Barry Cornwall.
They do not love that do not show
their love.-Shakespeare.
He that shuts out love in turn shall
be shut out by love.-Tennyson.
The greatest miracle Of love Is the
cure of coquetry.-La Rochefoucauld.
Love is master of the wisest; it is
only fools that defy him.-Thackeray
Love never dies Of starvation, but
often of indigestion.-Nino PEnclos.
The magic of first love is the igno-
rance that it can ever end.-Beacons-
field.
Mans love is of mans life a thing
apart; it's woman's whole existence
Byron.
1t is impossible to love a second time
when we have once really ceased to
love.-La Rochefoucauld
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
PROBATE sPHERoIDs.
Why You Can't Crush an Egg
.Len8thwise Between the Palms.

Why You Can't Crush an Egg
Lengthwise Between the Palms.
II the fingers of the two hands are
interlocked, and an egg taken length
wise between the palms, it will be
found impossible to crush it with the
greatest force that can be exerted. If,
however, the pressure is applied along
the short axis Of the egg, it can be
crushed with ease
This is directly due to the character
istic shape Of the egg, which is known
as probate spheroid. 1t is clear that
when pressure is exerted on the two
ends the tendency Is to bring them to-
gether and cause the spheroid to be-
come perfect sphere. But the sphere
SO produced would contain a larger
volume than the original spheroid;
hence when the egg is compressed
lengthwise there is tendency to in
crease it's holding capacity and, as the
shell is air tight, to produce vacuum
in it's interior.
Thus the whole weight of the at
mosphere- some fifteen pounds to the
square inch-comes into play to pre-
vent the change of shape and supports
the egg against any attempt to crush
it. Along the short axis, however, the
egg can easily be crushed, as the
tendency is here to diminish it's ca
pacity, and the atmospheric pressure
does not come into play.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Not . Sick Day Since.

WAS taken severely sick with kid
ney trouble. l tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of which relieved me. One
day | saw an ad. of your Electric Bit
tiers and determined to try that. At
ter taking a few doses I felt relieved,
and soon thereafter was entirely cured,
and have not seen a sick day since.
Neighbors OF mine have been cured of
rheumatism, neuralgia, liver and kid
ney troubles and general debility. y
This is what B. F. Bass of Fremont,
n. 9: writes. Only SO cents, at C. A.
Jacks, druggist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
SUPERSTITlONS,
Things That Some People Imagine
Are Signs of Bad Luck.

Things That Some People Imagine
Are Signs of Bad Luck.
Some people otherwise sensible will
draw back rather than walk under a
ladder. Even strongminded women
hesitate to show their contempt of this
superstition when they hear that it
prevents the single from marrying for
that year and to the married it be-
tokens death. The Dutch hold that it
was sign that you would be hanged
because Of the important part which a
ladder used formerly to play in the
last act Of the law. A Scotch tradition
holds it lucky to wish when going I'M
der ladder.
To miss the mouth in eating and drop
ones victuals is sign Of approaching
sickness. Every time one turns loaf
upside down a ship is wrecked. On
this the Dutch say, III loaf lies topsy
turvy it is not good" Scott in 1.-THE
Tales of Grandfather" says, "Never
turn a loaf in the presence of a Mon
teith." Hazlitt in his English Prov
cribs" quotes, "Are there traitors at
the table that the loaf is turned the
wrong side upward?"
That i'll fortune attended the splitting
Of salt is an idea arising from the be-
lief of the ancients that salt was in
corruptible. 1t was therefore made the
symbol of friendship, and if it fell cas-
ually the ancients thought their friend
ship would not be Of long duration. In
Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper the
betrayer is represented in the act Of
splitting salt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Everyday Swindlers.

"There it goes again." said the troll
ley conductor as he rang the bell to
let off passenger who had only rid
den for a square,
you'd be astonished," continued the
knight of the bell strap, ''to know how
many people try to beat the trolley for
a free ride when they want to make a
call square or two away from home
'They hop on the car, wait till it has
started and then want to know If the
car doesn't go to some place which they
know it doesn't come within a mile of.
In this way they get their ride for
nothing and go on their way in the be-
lief that they have fooled the conduc-
or."-Philadelphia Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
An Ill Fated Expedition

At Pointe Les Monts, in the gulf Of
st. Lawrence, is a lighthouse the keep
er Of which recently turned out of the
sand an old style sword bearing on its
blade the date ''1711." It is undoubted-
ly relic of the i'll fated expedition Of
Admiral Walker, who left England in
I'LL with 1000 men and a large feet
to take Quebec and Montreal. When
he got of Seven islands he was over
taken by dense fog and great storm
arose. He refused to take the advice
Of French pilot, and as result the
British ships were dashed to pieces on
the rocks of Egg island, and next
spring 800 bodies were lying there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Church Topics * %
:. i. Sunday and Weekday
Announcements.

METHODIST.
Prof. Hill of Saltwater will occupy
the pulpit next Sunday morning and
evening.
On Sunday evening, November 10th,
Rev. Burns will preach at the Wheeler
school house at 8 O'Clock. All are
invited to attend the service.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Topics next Sunday; Morning,
''Thanksgiving::" There will be no
service in the evening as the Congre-
gationalists will unite with the Meth
Odists for evening service.
Sunday school at HAS a. NJ, and
prayer meeting every Thursday eve
ming in Circle room at parsonage.
LUTHERAN EMANUEL.
On next Sunday morning Rev. Frost
of Minneapolis will preach at the old
M. E. church in Princeton, and in
the evening at 7 O'Clock he will preach
at the Berry school house.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
How d County Cot TIA Mama

Frenchtown, in Antelope county,
Neb.. received its name from the num-
Der of French settlers in the vicinity.
The county itself received it's name
from party of Platte county settlers.
They were chasing a band of Indian
cattle thieves across what is now An
telope county when they became so ex-
hausted for lack of food that they
could not 60 farther. At this critical
time an antelope appeared in sight and
was shot, thus possibly saving the
lives of the hunters. One member of
this party was in the legislature that
named the territory, including the
scene Of this incident, and the county
was named Antelope at his suggestion.
Nebraska State Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Elk River Pioneer Dies.

Residents of Elk River will regret tC
learn of the death of Adam Meek,
ST., at his home in Bellingham,
WASH, October Goth. Mr.. Meek lived
to the good age of eighty-four years,
six months and eighteen days. He is
survived by his wife, four sons and
four daughters, all of whom were with
him during his last illness excepting
Mrs. Alex Perry and Mrs. r. N. Bart.
lett, both of Minneapolis. Mr.. Meek
was we'll known in Elk River, having
lived here for many years.-Elk River
Star-News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Don't Know Any Better.

The fellow who stands on the street
corners or goes around talking about
his neighbors because they do not be-
lieve politically as he does, hasn't
much standing in the community and
isn't worthy of much support or en-
couragement from any body. We
have 'em; in fact they are scattered
all over the world; why? Nobody
knows. Saltwater Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Berlin ana Noises.

Berlin is by far the quietest Of the
worlds big cities. No railway engine
driver may blow his whistle within its
bounds, and the driver Of road We
hicle with squeaking or rafting wheels
Is promptly apprehended and fined.
Street hawkers are forbidden to howl,
bawl, yell or emit other strange and
startling sounds, and pianos may be
played only during certain stated hours
Of the day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
SQUATTER HAS HIS RIGHTS.

State Supreme Court Passes Upon Case
Involving Adverse Possession.
The State supreme court in a decis-
ion on an Olmsted county case, held
that person who takes possession
of land in the belief that it is public
land, with the intention of claiming
it under the national homestead law,
may acquire title to it by adverse pos
session as against the true owner.
Andrew Burdetzke settled on quar-
ter section in Olmsted county fifteen
years ago in the belief that it was
public land. The land at that time
was the property of Theodore Mass
and L. L. Mathews, who did not as
sert their rights to it until Burdetzke
had occupied it for fifteen years. The
owners then sued to dispossess the oc-
cupant and the trial court upheld his
title by adverse possession, and the
supreme court sustained him in it.
The syllabus, written by Chief Justice
Start, reads:
Theodore Mass and L. L.
Mathews, appellants, VS.. Andrew Bur.
detzke, respondent.
"a person who takes possession OF
land in the erroneous belief that it is
public land with the intention of hold.
ing and claiming it under the federal
homestead law, may acquire title
thereto by adverse possession as
against the true owner. Order
affirmed.D
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
POISON IVY.
1t May BE known by It's Three Leaf
lets and White Berries.

Frequently person is puzzled to
know whether a vine with which he
comes in contact is poison ivy or Vir-
ginia creeper. The poison ivy has three
leaflets and white berries, while the
creeper has five and purple berries.
The only way to prevent bad case
Of poisoning from the ivy is to begin
treatment as soon as the itching SEN
sation becomes apparent If the case
is allowed to continue until the pus-
tules break the patient is pretty sure
to suffer for a week or more A good
remedy is the extract Of grindella,
which if used in time by rubbing on
the affected parts every five minutes
will give relief. Sugar of lead salve is
also a standard remedy.
If person who has touched poison
ivy will wash the exposed part thor
oughly with soap as soon after as pos
sible poisoning can generally be pre-
vented. The poisonous principle in the
ivy is a corrosive essential oil which
is very volatile. It is not necessary to
touch the ivy in order to be poisoned.
Passing near it may be sufficient, and
when ivy is burned the smoke is also
poisonous
Many people are not at all sensitive
to poison ivy and can handle it without
fear, while to others a mere breath Of
it is sufficient to cause troublesome
eruptions. Poison oak and poison ivy
are the same thing. The plant has a
peculiar way of changing it's habit Of
growth according to local conditions
Pathfinder.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Discretion q Failure.

Il was at the husking bee one day
Great fun"
Find red ear?"
Eyes"
kiss the prettiest girl?"
"Nope. Didn't dare. All the pretty
girls were engaged to husky farmers"
"What did you do?"
kissed the homeliest girl"
"Did that give satisfaction"
mot bit Of it. Each Of the husky
farmers felt that I had personally
snubbed his best girl" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
More Likely to Get 1t.

NOre AlK&1y 10 Get II.
Nocash-Wonder where I can Dor
row some money?
Hardupp-What do you want it for?
"Oh, I've got sure thing in the fifth
lace tomorrow"
"You don't want money; you want
to borrow trouble "-Cincinnati Trib-
une.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Nothing to Retracf

Mrs. Counterhop with an injured
ajr1-You told me before we were mar
xted that you were the highest salaried
clerk In the store. Mr.. Counterhop
equally injured)-So I am. I'm two
inches and half higher than any 9TH
er salaried clerk in the whole estab-
nShment Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Sweet Revenge.

Aunt Hannah-Have you told any
one Of your engagement to Mr.. Sweet
ser? Edith-No. I haven't told soul,
except Bessie Miller, who thought he
was going to ask her.-Boston Tran
script.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
INTERPRETED.

"She told me-" said the young man
who had consulted fortune teller,
that was born to command
swell, WE'LL" exclaimed Henpeck,
'she means, then, that you will never
be married"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
His CONVINCING Manner.

do you-aw-believe in the -aw-
theory Of evolution, Miss Wise that
we all-aw-spring from apes, don't
you know?'
The beautiful girl hesitated. Il never
used to-" she replied finally.
Perhaps I-aw-could convince YOU"
he suggested.
you have already" she answered.
New York Press
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
Musical Taste.

"Say, par
'Well, what?"
''Why does that man in the band
run the trombone down his throat?"
II suppose it is because he has a
taste for music" Town Topics.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-17
A Mean Retort.

Mrs. agger-Perhaps you recall I'll
was on a railroad train that we first
met and Mr.. Nagger- Yes. but IT'S
too late now for me to sue the compa-t
ny for damages. Philadelphia Ledger.
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tits better for young man to blusr
than to turn pale. Cicero.
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One-half of our life is spent in max
Ing experiments; the other half in re-
GREETING them.-Brown Book.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-09-16
Resources Of w ashingtOn

Michigan, Minuesott and Wisconsin
have iron and lumber--so has Wash
ington
The Dakotas and Texas have wheat
fields and stock ranges-5o has Wash
ington.
Delaware and Maryland have fruit =
so has Washington.
New York has hops and apple-- so
has Was ling,on.
Caifor mia and Nebraska have sugar
and beets-so has Washington.
The Allan ic coast has harbors-so
has Washington.
Co orado has gold and silver-so has
Washington.
Pennsylvania has coal and ime-so
has Washington.
Washington "tf srs opportunities 10
m ell in every walk of life-to farmers,
artisans, trade,men, manufacturers and
professional men.
Why not see what Washington can
do for you.
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picturesque MeXicans

BY the grace of contrast MeXicans
are usually picturesque. Wherever the
,ightseer goes in this ancient land he
cannot help noticing the wide difference
between the aristocracy and the peas
antry. There is no middle class, says
writer in the Chicago Chronicle. In
the afternoons the, plazas and the
streets are thronged with elegantly
gowned women and alongside them
are ten times heir number of the most
woeful, hungry, poverty-stricken wom-
en- eye has ever looked upon. AT the
bull fights the difference in station be-
tween the people who occupy the cush-
ioned canopied seats about the presi-
dent of the ceremonies and their coun-
trymen who sit in the blazing sun on
rude benches across the plaza is as
wide as the poles.
Distinctions in caste are drawn every
where in Mexico. There are places in
the market where no poems may trade.
There are cars for poems and cars for
the aristocracy. There are parts of the
theater where poems may never enter,
and it would be shameful for an aristo-
crat to enter the home of a peon. There
are the plazas for the poems and others
more beautiful and ornate for The up
per class. In the evening, when the
band plays, the listening poems, who
adore music, are not allowed on the in
ner walk and under no circums tances
may they occupy seats. You may see
the poems, the men in huge sombreros,
the women in sober rebosas, circling in
throngs in the outer walk, while their
superiors in the social scale form an
other revolving wheel on the inner
circle. Never were social demarca
lions more rigidly made in our own
Snutb
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Timber Land Notice
Uuited Sta es Land Office
WAtprVi lie. Wash. Inlv " 100


Watervile, Wash, July ~ 1904
Notice is hereby ven that in compliance
with he provisions Of the act of congress Of
June 3. 1873 entitled An act for tne sale of tim
her lands in the states of California, Oregon
Nevada and Washington territory. as extended
to all the pubic land states by act OF August a,
1892,
James d. Morrison.
of I.eavenworth, county of Chelan. state of
Washington. has this day filed In this office his
sworn stat ement nun Der 1862 for the purchase
of The sc 4 OF section No 22 in township
No % n. range No ~ e. and will offer proof 10
show that the land sought is more valuable for
Its timber or stone than for AGRICULTURAL pur-
poses. and to establis h his claim TO said land
before Il. Shore, u commissioner. at his
Office in Leavenworth. Wash on Thursday the
2Olh day of October, 1904. He names as witness.
es: John Is. cahill. Frederick L. Brender, Trad
Q. Varnev and William w. Burgess OF Leaven-
WORTH Wash.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 10Th day
OF October 1901. NJ. u. MALLOY. Register
First publication Aug 1911, last, Oct. : ~
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Final Proof Notice
Waterville. Wash Aug. 4, 1904.

Waterville. Wash Aug. 4, 1904
No ice Is hereby given that the folio wing
named settler has filed ~ ttee of his intention
to > AXE final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof viii be made before j. f.
Shore U. $ Commissioner at his offire at Leay-
enworth, Wash on October 2. 1901 viz:
David S Gonld,
who made home teai entry No. 1914 for the nL
nwl4. seA nwH AID nelA sWA sec 20 twp 81 IL,
range lS
He uames the following witnesses to prove
his CONT uouS residence upon and cultivation
Of said land, viz: Charles w. Gibbs. Samuel
p lteech Henry Smith and Charles IL.
Wright, all of Peshastn Wash.
MALLOY. REGISTER.
First publication Aug IL, last Sept l6.
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Timber Land Notice
Unit, d State Land Office.
Nv tnrNilIn INnah Iul.. ". II

Waterville, Wash, July 81. 1904
Notice Is her by given hat IN compliance
with the provisions OF the act of C ,ngres> Of
June 3, 1873, on illed AN ACT for The sale OF
timber lands IN the states Of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory as exterd-
d To all the pubic lana sta es by act OF August
(, 1872.
Chas. w Dickinson.
of Spokane, county of spokane, state Of Wash
1ngton has this day fl e, in his office mis- sworn
statement No IA for the purchase of the ~
nj :, a WI IA swl4 sec %. Twp IS range
IL L. aud viii offer proof to show that the land
sought is more aluabe for its timber or stone
tuan for agricultural PURPOSES and to establish
his ella i'm TO said land before j. e. Shore. U. s.
g. mmisslioner' at his office az Leavenworth,
Wash. hurs ay the 10th day OF Oct. 1904.
lie names as Witnesses: Charles Cromwell,
John Campbell. Chas T.. Northup and James
M Townsend of Leavenworth Washington
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested TO file their
claims in this office on before said goth day
olOctober 1901.
M, B. MALLOY, Register.
First publication, August 8, last October7
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COURT HOUSE NEWS

The following transcript of the bust
ness transacted in the Court House for
the past week is furnished this paper
by John A. Gellatly, Wenatchee, the
abstracter, whose business advertise
ment will be found in another column.
Real Estate Transfers
w s Gehr ct al to Jas Vo'ger
lots IA 10 blk Mob Hill add Wen lS5
G II Jackson TO Ella f Sauter
pit lot 20 blk 40 replat LIST addWen S25
Sadie Kelley TO w r Prowell
lot IL blk l Fairview add Wen... 209
N p Ry Co to Frank Doran sec
y "a IL. ................ ......... 4oo
G S Merriam to Chas Andersen
lots IL l3 blk Merr add Leaven. 120
u = to Minnie S Carlisle lot l
sec 30, lots 4 sec 10 "a 81, lots
seA seA Sec "a 29 20. ..........
Jas Conarty to School Dist No
10 pit nwH swA sec 20 % 2l...... 100
w NJ owe 10 g. II Black VIE
seA sec 10 % 10. ................ 40
Wen Dew Co to Ida NJ Nichols
lots 8 10 II blk 10 G N p Wen. 200
Marriage License
George w Claypool to lola McCar-
dell,