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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Pumpkin Syrup.

IL. T. Stanchfeld, president and
manager of the Minnesota Syrup, Oils
and Vinegar company of Foreston,
was in Princeton last week and called
at the u n o n office to show sample
of some of the very fine syrup which
the company has succeeded in making
from the pumpkin from which is ex-
tracted syrup, vinegar and a fine oil
which for table use equals the best
olive oil, SO it is claimed. The COM
pany was incorporated last year with
a capital stock of $500, 900, half of
which is treasury stock. A plant was
built at Foreston and equipped with
sufficient machinery to make the neces-
sary tests in the manufacture of syrup.
The sample left at the Union Office
was clear and transparent and tasted
quite like the genuine maple syrup.
The process of extracting the syrup
from the pumpkin is simple and does
not require any expensive machinery.
With it's present equipment the COM
pany can evaporate thirty-two gallons
an hour and it only requires a few
hours to convert the raw product into
syrup. Mr.. Stanchfeld has been
farming for eighteen years and during
that time he has had very warm
place in his heart for the pumpkin and
the pies that his wife has made from
them. He has been grading up the
pumpkin to sweetness akin to honey
and when he got his pumpkins to a
high state of saccharine quality he be-
gan to figure that it might be possible
to make a fine grade of syrup from
them and his tests seem to have been
successful. The factory was COM
pleted late last fall and the supply of
pumpkins was limited, but it is ex-
pected that the farmers in the vicinity
OF Foreston will plant lot of the
pumpkin seeds to be furnished them
by the factory which according to
contract will own all the seeds and the
product of the same, paying the farm
ers at the rate of So per ton for the
pumpkins delivered at the factory.
Mr.. Stanchfeld says that the COM
pany has been urged to put up two
more factories in the State, and may
possibly build one at Mora the com
ing year.
Prof. Snyder of the State agricul.
tural college, has analysed the syrup
and pronounces it a fine article, and
the wholesalers in the cities say that ii
will sell as good grade of syrup.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Needed Regulating.

The new cuckoo clock, which was
supposed to strike only the hours, but
occasionally added an extra perform
ance gratis, and had to be regulated
in consequence, was source of con-
slant wonderment to small Marjorie;
even more so, indeed, than the baby
brother that had come to live about a
month before.
One day the baby brothers. dinner
did not apparently agree with him,
and fit of hiccoughs ensued. After
few moments amazed contemplation
sof this strange phenomenon, finger in
mouth and eyes riveted on the period
ically convulsed countenance of the
pink-headed baby, the little girl sped
away to give the alarm.
ooh, daddy" she cried. almost
breathless with excitement, q 'litte
bruvver's swallowed a cuckoo, an
he's striking hours an hours an
tween times You'd better come and
reg-leat him-quick!" -New York
Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11

run supply, they seem to succeed, but
the next wave washes over their mud
embankments and sends them tllmh-
ling down the stream.
In dealing with American crops we
are operating, not on the scale of a
nation, but on that of world. More
than quarter of the earth's output
of wheat, three-quarters of its corn
and fve-sixths of it's cotton are pro-
duced in the United States. This is a
point to be remembered by any young
Speculation who is tempted by the pos
session of little spare change to try
the experiment of pocketing one of the
great American staples. Saturday
Evening Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Newspaper for Becker

Reports say weekly paper will
soon be established in Becker.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
JONATHAN CHASE is DEAD.
Built the Saw Mill at Gull River an,
Logged on the Rum.

Built the Saw Mill at Gull River and
Logged on the Rum.
Captain Johnathan Chase, a we'll
known resident and pioneer lumber
man, died Monday night, Feb. 1st,
a this home, 607 Seventh street Sc.
The surviving family consists of Mrs.
Chase and her children, Mrs. J. 81.
Gilmore, Mrs. F. S. Pratt of Mime
apolis, Mrs. j. B. Eaton of Fargo, N.
D., w. N. Chase and J. E. Chase.
both of Minneapolis.
Captain Johnathan Chase was born
at Sebec, Maine, Dec. 81, 1917. In his
native home he was a lumberman.
Minnesota had attracted many Maine
ties and in 1853 he visited here. He
returned in 1854, locating at St. An
thony with his wife, formerly Miss
Melissa Pollard, whom he married in
1853.
Mr.. Chase engaged in numbering on
the Rum river and the upper Missis-
sippi. He built a mill at Gull river
and had a yard in Minneapolis. He
sat in the last territorial legislature
in 1859.
In 1862 he enlisted at St. Anthony in
Company A, Ninth Minnesota infan-
try as first lieutenant.
Ill health compelled him to leave the
army in the fall of 1868. Returning
to Minneapolis, he resumed his lumber
business, from which he retired in
1886, having acquired considerable
wealth.
Mr.. Chase was Republican in
politics and a Methodist in religion.
He was member of the Odd Fellows,
Cataract lodge of Masons, Zion com
mandery, K. T., and the Dudley P.
Chase post, G.. A. Minneapolis
Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Rev. Moxie RESIGNS.

We understand that Rev. c. 81,
Moxie, who for the past fourteen
months has had charge of the Con.
gregational church at this point, has
rendered his resignation, the same to
take effect the 22nd of March. Mr.,
Moxie has rendered efficient service
during his charge of the pastorate
here and there will be many people
who will regret to see him and his es.
Unable wife leave the city. In an in.
terview with the editor of this pape,
Mr.. Moxie informs us that he is, as
yet, unaware where he will be located
in the future. GAINESVILLE Record.
Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
A Tin to speculators.

When foreign nation talks about
putting duty on wheat some people
begin to fear that the American farmer
will be driven out of business. But
statistics show that wheat is a very
small item in our crop totals. Ac-
cording to the returns just published
it ranked fourth among American
farm products last year. By far the
greatest of our crops was that of corn,
which was worth 1852, 1858, SO1, or more
than our entire interest-bearing ma
tional debt. Corn, whether in it's
natural state or in the form of bacon,
is expressly exempted from the Cham
berlain tariff scheme, and we consume
most of the crop at home in any case.
Second comes cotton, worth about
$500, 100000 last year, and incompar-
ably the most important export crop.
Cotton also is not to be taxed under
the Chamberlain plan.
Third is hay, valued at 1856, 376, $3.50,
or about three times the estimated cost
of the Panama canal. We consume our
hay at home, SO preferential duties
have no terrOrs for us there.
Fourth, at good long interval,
comes wheat, worth S443, O24, 1926 less
than fifteen per cent. of our whole farm
output of So, 100, 900, 900, not counting
stock and dairy products. Of that
fifteen per cent. we use two-thirds at
home. Of the remaining five per cent.
we export about one-half to Great
Britain, and the proposed Chamber
lain tax would be small percentage
of this fraction of a fraction of a frac-
ton.
The stupendOus totals of our farm
production make it clear enough whv
''The PITT sooner or later swallows uu
the Curtis Jadwins who try to corner
the crops. John D. Rockefeller could
not corner the corn crop. Andrew
Carnegie could not pay for years
output of cotton. All the Vanderbilts
together could not find the price Of
the wheat crop. And yet we see little
Observation-Disclosures and Harpers and
Sullys- trying to dam the elemental
floods from the farms and hold them
in fimsy storage reservoirs.
Sometimes, when demand has out.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
School Principal Dies suddenly

Samuel A. Hatch, principal of the
Royalton public schools, died on We'd
nesday of last week after brief ill
ness of Inflammation of the bowels,
followed by peritonitis. He was a
young man twenty-six years of age
and gave promise of bright career
as an educator and writer. He is sur
vived by his parents and brother and
sister who live at Pipestone, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Watterson's Beautiful Peroration
the Great Emancipator...An
Oratorical Masterpieces.

passed away, Gods molly light be-
tween the world and them, leaving be-
hind memory half mortal and half
myth. From first to last they were
distinctly the creating of some special
providence, battling the wit of man to
fathom, defeating the Vaccinations OF
the world, the flesh and the devil IN
til their work was done, and passed
from the scene as mysteriously as they
had come upon it; Luther, to-wit;
Shakespeare, Burns, even Bonaparte,
the archangel of war, havoc and ruin:
not to go back into the dark ages for
examples of the hand of God stretched
out to raise up, to protect, and to cast
down.
"Tried by this standard and OBJ
served in an historic spirit, were shall
we find an illustration more impress
i've than in Abraham Lincoln, whose
life, career and death might be
chanted by Greek chorus as at once
the prelude and the epilogue of the
most imperial theme of modern times.
"Born as low as the son of God in
a hovel, of what real parentage we
know not; reared in perjury, squalor,
with no CLEAN of light, nor fair sur
roundings; young manhood vexed
by weird dreams and visions, border
ing at times on Madness; singularly
awkward, ungainly, even among the
uncouth about him; grotesque in his
aspects and ways, it was reserved Tor
this strange being, late in life, without
name or fame or ordinary perpara-
ton, to be snatched from obscurity,
raised to supreme command, and in
trusted with the destiny of a nation.
''The great leaders of his party were
made to stand aside; the most expert
enced and accomplished men of the
day, men like Seward and Chase and
Sumner, statesmen famous and
trained, were sent to the rear; while
this comparatively unknown and fan
tastic figure was brought by unseen
hands to the front and given the reins
of power. It is entirely immaterial
whether we believe in what he said or
did, whether we are for him or against
him; but for us to admit that during
four years, carrying with them such
pressure of responsibility as the
world has never witnessed before, he
filled the measure of the vast space
allotted him in the actions of mankind
and in the eyes of the world, is to say
that he was inspired of God, for no.
where else could he have acquired the
enormous equipment indispensable to
the situation.
"Where did Shakespeare get his
genius? Where did Mozart get his
music? Whose hand smote the Tyre of
the Scottish plowman? and stayed
the life of the German priest? God
alone; and, so surely as these were
raised up by. God, inspired of God
was Abraham Lincoln, and, thou
sand years hence, no story of tragedy,
no epic poem will be filed with greater
wonder than that which tells of his life
and death.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Brighten Up.

A widow, who had seen life from it's
harder side, dropped into a photog-
rapher's to have her picture taken.
She wore her usual unhappy express
sion, and the photographer was forced
to stop and say, ''just brighten up a
bit, look pleasant. - She did so, and
the picture was a revelation to her
friends, accustomed to the old, sad
look. The Sunshine, society, with
branches all over the country, is try
ing to do the same thing brighten up
men and women. If they knew the real
value of golden grain belt beer they
would advise it's use to cheer up worn,
exhausted men and tired women. It
gives new strength to mind and body
and shows one that life's really worth
living. Order of your nearest dealer
or be supplied by Henry veidt, Prince
ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Easy.

"Do you have any trouble support
ing your family, Sambo?"
"No, indeed. Why, boss, Use got
one OBJ de best wifes in dis 'ere town. !"
-Yonkers Statesman
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Fire at Anuandale.

Wednesday night fire destroyed the
general store of A. Kingstedt g. Co.,
at Annandale. The stock was worth
81, 900 and was insured for So, 500. s..
81. McGuire's building was a total
loss. Ridgeway & Thompson's build
ing was damaged.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-11
Church Topics * ~
. Sunday and Weekday
Announcements.

METHODIST
Morning topic, "Work in Darkest
American evening, lecture on Abra-
ham Lincoln. All patriotic orders
are cordially invited to the evening
service.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Services next Sunday morning and
evening.
SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN.
Rev. Gronberg will preach at Zim-
norman next Sunday at 10 a. m. and
at the Congregational church in
Princeton at $3.50 p. m.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
NOTES ABOUT NEEDLEWORK
Various Small Items of Information
for the Worker in Feminine
Finery.

The dimity corset covers were first
brought over from France A woman
who delights in Powered materials
makes nightgowns of the same material,
says the Chicago Daily News
Some of the prettiest photograph
frames to be seen this season are made
of MORE and ribbon embroidery One
especially dainty frame is made of white
MORE with purple violets embroidered
with the thin silk ribbon. The frame is
bound with white satin ribbon.
1t is much cheaper to make ones own
linen stocks than TO buy them. They
can be fashioned out of odds and ends
of material left from shirt waists, and
consist simply of band for the neck and
an arrangement of tabs in front. 1t is
desirable to have several of them, as
they require such frequent laundering
practical veil case is of yellow MORE,
embroidered with white roses and buds
and the word Wells" is outlined in
tinsel cord. 1t is padded, scented and
lined. Large white manila envelopes
are placed inside. so that when the veil
is taken off it can be folded and put in
its respective envelope Large glove
boxes are made of cardboard and COW
cred with MORE. partitions and all. The
cover is padded. scented and embroid-
cred with fanciful designs.
A fan bag in white satin was a we'd
ding gift and suggested use when the
bridal gown became a ball dress. The
design was spray of myrtle with half
opened buds and flowers. A twisted
ribbon confined three plumes. which
were outlined in japanese gold thread,
and the softer parts worked in flloselle
The ribbons on the bag repeated the
myrtle green in the bows and the long
ribbons were white satin. 1t was an eX-
tremely dainty affair. Another was in
black satin, covered with the most
gorgeous-hued butterflies, painting be-
ing introduced into the embroidery.
Half yard of satin will make bag, the
same of silk or sarsenet, while three
yards 81 ribbon are required, two lengths
OF six inches each being necessary for
running the drawstrings in.
= Dainty bureau covers are always in
demand. Thoroughly attractive ones
be made from embroidered handker-
chiefs and lace. The number of handker-
chiefs used can be two three or four, as
necessary. In any case they should
have straight edges and be surrounded
by lace insertion of some washable sort.
then Joined one to the other by strips of
lace beading. Beading is then put
around the entire outer edge and the
whole finished by frill of lace Through
the beading is threaded narrow satin
ribbon, which also is made up into big
loose bows or rosettes that finish the cor
ners and points of intersection and the
whole cover is laid over a lining of COL
ored or merceriZed cotton If a still fur
Their decorative effect is desired the
handkerchiefs can be embroidered with
sprays of flowers in their natural eolors
as forget me-nots daisies, tiny rose
buds and the lining made to harmonic
in color.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
NOTES OF THE FASHIONS.
New Features introduced in the Cos
tunes of the Current
Season.

Morning street costumes are destined
to keep tailored severity
Handwork is more in evidence than
ever in the fashionable wardrobe.
Motor fashions have given rise to a
rubber hat for street wear on rainy
days
Pearl buttons or buttons covered with
the fabric used for the suit will appear
on both classes of linen costumes.
The white leather belts with stitched
and appliqued pieces of silk are consid-
cred quite suitable for wear with a lace
waist
The sleeves of the distinct tailored
waist as quoted by the leading author
ity, are notieeably smaller than were
those of last season.
Cushion lace in small crocheted rings
and occasional buttons will be used foI
the decoration of boleros. where heavy
effects in lace are desired.
The dressy skirt, unlike the short
skirt. is conspicuous for horizontal trim
mings, and, unlike the short one. il is
full from the waist line.
Flax is an important contributor to
the new fabrics of the season and the eff
feets erstwhile confined to wolfe and
CLEANLINESS are now TO be had in great
variety in these materials from the finest
linens in all colors sometimes open
worked, to the coarsest cheesecloths.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
GAVE UP HIS BIRTHRIGHT
An American Give Up His Citizen-
ship For Title.
The Eldest Member of the Fairfax
Family. of Virginia Takes
Place Among British Peers.

Baltimore, March 30.-Albert Kirby
Fairfax, eldest son of the late DR.. John
Contee Fairfax. of Prince Georges
county, Md, and inheritcr of his titles
of Lord Fairfax and Baron Cameron,
in the peerage of Scotland, has recently
assumed those titles and has taken his
seat among his peers in the British
house of lords.
When Mr.. Fairfax went to England
two years ago 1t was with no intention
of appearing other than as an nnas-
Stunning American citizen. The object
of his change Of residence was simply
the acceptance of a clerkship offered
him in a London bank. Within the
past four months, however, he has
been legally adopted by a wealthy En-
glishman as the heir to his estate and
persuaded into wearing the titles which
he is now able to support.
Mrs. Tunstall Smith of this city is
sister of Lord Fairfax and two other
sisters, the Misses Fairfax make their
winter home here. His mother, Mrs.
John Contee Fairfax, resides partly at
the old family estate in Prince Georges
county and partly in New York. where
Edward Fairfax and the youngest sis
ter, Mrs. Rhett. formerly Miss Frances
Fairfax, have their homes.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
The ST. Petersburg Novosti Declares
There is No Doubt as to Who
Will Be the Victor.
JAPAN'S FORTUNES ON ONE CARD:
is A LIFE and DEATH STRUGGLE.
For Russia 1t Is Really Only n Colo
NAL War, and Even Defeat Would
Leave the Empire Not Greatly
Affected; Success a stimulus to
Colonization.

st. Petersburg, March 30.-Forecast-
ing the result of the war in the far
east, the Novosti declares there is no
more doubt as to who will be the
eventual victor than there was at the
commencement of the Graeco-T Turkish.
the Spanish-American or the Boer war
For Japan the war is a life-and-
death struggle" continues the No
vosti. she places everything on one
card. For Russia it is really only a
colonial war, and even defeat would
leave the empire not greatly affected,
while success would be sure to mean
a great stimulus to the Russian coloni-
zation of Manchuria, where it is rea-
sonable to suppose many soldiers will
settle after the struggle is over"
But adds the paper, Russia should
not pay too high a price for this
colonial empire, and, therefore, should
conserve, as far as possible, the army
and tho fleet"
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Caustically Criticises the British
Administrations Policy.
THINKS BALFOUR SHOULD RETIRE
Since MINISTRY is IN DISfAVOP
Premier Baifo- Replies by ChaIleng
ing the Liberal Leader to Settle
the Question OF the Governments
Resignation or Not by Moving -
Vote of Censure.

London, March 30-The usual mo-
ton providing for the adjournment Of
the house of commons over the Easter
holidays gave the liberal leader, Sir
Henry mpbell-Bannerman an oppor-
tunity to make a spirited attack on the
government. He caustically criticised
in detail the whole policy OF the ad-
ministration, which, he declared, ex-
cept in the matter of Chinese labor,
was marked by "indecisiol, confusion
and vacillation, a tortuous course and
misty atmosphere. Sir Henry added
that he did not think it was in accord
ance with the spirit of the constitution
that Premier Balfour should retain
power when the country had shown at
every opportunity afforded that the
ministry no longer enjoyed its favor
MIR. Balfour, replying. said he had
noted the anxiety of the liberal leader
that he should resign, but he was quite
unable to see why the government
should take the unprecedented course
Of resigning office while it retained
the confidence Of the house He agreed
with Lord Rosebery that the current
should not be rushed in regard to
fiscal questions, and pointed out that
the government majority even now was
larger than the majority with which
Sir Henry bpell-Bannerman as
sumed office in order to carry home
rule. There was no reason why the
courage of the unionsts should be less
Tran that Ct the liberals. nor why the
unionists should relinquish their task
because faint-heartedness had been
shown in some directions. Sir Henry
could settle cne question Of the gov
ernment's resignation or not by vote
of censure
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
Rolled Jam Pudding.

Make a crust with quarter Of a
pound of finely-ehopped suet rubbed into
half pound of flour Mix with water,
then roll out TO the thickness of half an
inch. Spread black currant jam equally
all over the paste, roll up. tie tightly in
Toured cloth. put into boiling water, and
boil steadily for three hours. Take up
very carefully, or 1t will break. Strew
graduated sugar over the pudding. and
serve with sweet sauce.-Country Gen.
tleman
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
RlDICULED AT THE VATICAN
story of an Alleged Plot Against the
Life of the Pope RidicuIed by
Vatican Authorities.

Rome, March 30.-The report pub
lished by the Daily Chronicle of Lon
don, and cabled to the United States.
that the vatican has for days past been
guarded by large force of Italian sol
diers and police, owing TO the discov-
cry of a plot against the life of the
pope, is ridiculed by the vatican au-
thorities, who say that the number OF
caribineers and policemen on duty at
the papal palace is no larger than
usual.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
A CHASE FOR A PRIZE.
A Russian Cruiser and Destroyer On
n Chase Fer u Large Japanese
Merchant Ship.

New York, March 30.-A Russian
cruiser and destroyer have passed here
bound westward, says a World dis
patch from Gibraltar. Evidently they
were chasing large japanese ship
which was reported as having passed
here to the eastward on Friday last
This vessel having sighted the Rus
sian ships, turned, passing westward
everal hours ahead of the Russian
ships
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
AN ILLINOIS TRAGEDY.
Charles w. Smith Attempts to MUIR
dog His Wife and Commits Sui
eide at DanSille. Ill.

Danville, I'll. March 30.-Charles NJ.
Smith Shot his wife twice. Monday,
and, pursued by citizens, shot himself.
The citizens believing him TO be dead
left the body TO advise the police.
Looking back they saw Smith running
along the banks OF creek and started
in pursuit again. Nearly reaching
Smith. he cut his throat with a razor,
and in a few hours died. The wife's
wounds are not fatal
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-01
UXoER FRENCH TRICoLoK.
French Flag Hoisted Over Bank
buildings in New Chwang

Tien Tsin. March 30.-A Frenehman
named Kreautlar. an employe of the
Buso-Chinese bank, has been appointed
French consular agent al New Chwang
He has hoisted the French flag over
the bank buildings. 1t is considered
probable that this is a forerunner of a
movement to fly the tri-color over all
the Russian government buildings at
New Chwang.