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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
A LUCKY REPORTER,
He Happened to BE on the Spot Oh
Important Occasions.

AAC AAUvDSntu 10 lie on 1nC SDO1 Oh
Important Occasions.
1t requires eternal vigilance for a re-
porter to bag his game, leaving not a
single chance for escape. It might be
further said, however, that the element
Of luck does creep in now and then,
either to newspaper mans advantage
or to his ruin. When Reginald Foster
was one of the craft he became famous
as the luckicst of reporters. He was
alert, energetic and capable of writing
an excellent story when he landed it,
but seemed to have a mascot perennial
and eternal. Wherever he went he
stumbled upon "beat." He happened
to be reporting a st. Patrick's day pa
rade and went into the Windsor hotel
to telephone his Office when the fateful
fire started in that hostelry, resulting
in the horrible deaths Of great num-
Der of persons. Foster abandoned the
parade, and helped rescue the imprison-
ed patrons of the burning hotel, and
that night wrote a graphic account Of
the fire from start to finish. He was
the most available reporter in New
York when the great Hoboken fire
started, and, hiring a steamer in the
name of his newspaper, he saved many
lives before the fremen could render
aid. When President Mckinley was
assassinated at Buffalo the first news
came to all the papers in New York in
the shape Of very brief bulletin. A
group of newspaper men simultaneous
~ asked Of each other, "Where is Eos
ter?' Somebody explained that he was
then on his vacation at Narragansett
Pier, but, even while he was speaking,
telegram to the city editor was re-
ceived and torn open. It read thus: II
was right beside the president when he
was shot, having come to Buffalo ex-
position to close my vacation. Will
send full descriptive story tonight" It
was Foster.-Remsen Crawford in Sue
cess Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
THE MARINE ENGINEER,
Startling Example Showing the Dam
gers OF His Calling

showing the Dan.
gers OF His Calling.
Of all causes of boiler deterioration.
says 81. 2. Watson in the Engineering
Magazine, by far the most numerous
are those arising from the presence Of
scale and it's twin sister, incrustation;
but broken braces can give an engi-
neer very bad quarter of an hour. A
steamer plying on the great lakes
many years ago carried very high
steam for those days-fifty pounds per
square inch on a very large and light
shell. The engineer on watch was down
in the fire room looking around when a
loud bang came from one of the boil
ers. Instantly divining the cause, he
looked questioningly at the head watch
tender, who replied, 'sBe jabers, I hope
that amt next door neighbor to the
one that let go on the other watch"
That startled the engineer, for he had
not been told of the other broken brace.
He at once stopped the blowers, open
ed the doors, shut the stop valve be-
tween boilers and put on the feed
pumps as rapidly as they could 60 SO
as to reduce pressure. The deck de-
partment was notified that it would be
necessary to stop, and they hauled to
one side Of the channel and waited for
the coming up of another boat in the
same line passed few miles back.
The passengers there were 1000 on
boarD and mails were transferred, and
the boat returned with the injured
boiler out of business.
Upon examination the next day it
was found that three braces had given
way at or near one another, two let
ting go simultaneously apparently, and
that the precautions taken against a
disaster (Which would have been terri
bic if it had occurreO were none too
soon. This was merely an episode with
In the everyday duty Of an engineer
and carries it's own warning.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
Notice Of Sale Of Town Bonds

The board of supervisors of the
town of East Side in Mile Laos
county and State of Minnesota will
receive bids at the Office of the town
clerk of said town of East Side on the
9Th day of February, 1906, at one
o'clock in the afternoon for the sale
of bonds of the said town in the sum
of $1,000, said bonds to be in the
denomination of $3.50 each to be
dated upon the day same are issued,
to bear interest at rate not to exceed
six per cent per annum and mature as
follows.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

The proceeds from sale of said
bonds to be used exclusively in pay
ing for the construction of roads and
bridges in said town of East Side.
Said bonds are issued under and by
virtue of the provisions of Chapter "a
of the General Laws of Minnesota for
the year 1905. The board of SUPER
visors reserve the right to reject any
and all bids. The post Office address
of the town clerk of the town of East
Side is Opstead, MINI.
BY order of the Board of Supervis-
ors of the Town of East Side in Mile
Laos county, and State of Minnesota.
Dated January End, 1906.
F. w. SUCKOW,
Town Clerk of East Side,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

Asked By Wellesley graduate
"What is the chief requisite for a
young woman entering the literary
fleld?' the veteran editor Of the Cen.
tury, Mr.. Glider, said, postage
stamps" The reply was not so cynical
as it looks. The best of manuscript
must keep moving from publisher t.
publisher until it strikes an editor look.
ing for that very thing. Then, if there
is more in the soil from which that
sprang, the literary field' is as good as
conquered.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
Modern Satire With No Pity In 1t.

Modern Satire With No Pity In 1t.
x recently published volume of the
late Canon Anglers lectures before the
Royal institute contains some reflec-
tons on American influence in modern
hunor which are incisive The canon
says that the old saying I'VE do not
know" has been replaced by 1--WE do
not care" 1t is the attitude Of not car
ing as emphasized in the school of
humorists who succeeded Thackeray,
Lowell. Dickens and Holmes that this
critic particularly condemns. To quote:
| The popular variety OF modern scorn, in
| writing called humorous, is the flippant.
| And flippancy may be defined as the atti-
| tude which assumes that nothing in heav-
| en- or earth matters very much and that
any one is q sinlpleton who thinks it does.
''That man had never kindly heart nor
| ever sought to better his own kind who
| first wrote satire with no pity in it, So
wrote Lord Tennyson, but "the satire
with no pity in it, if prompted by gen.
| uine aversion, is Il more respectable thing
| than the satire which has no core of real
ity in it at all, but is mere badinage or
chaiI made out of the one simple pre-
|
| a time was considered rather worthy of
respect than otherwise. Take some Sc
rlous interest of human nature and sud-
denly and unexpectedly treat it as if it
were not serious-that is the key to much
Of the popular humor of the day. The
| American drolls have used it largely.
You know to whom I refer and will not
suppose me forgetful Of such true humor-
! lists, scholars and poets as J. r. Lowell
| and Oliver Wendell Holmes. And these
American drolls not the American hui
| morists) have largely Influenced the wags
who provide us over here with a CORE
spending entertainment. The name Of
| "topsy turvydom' has been coined for
one OF the most familiar of these forms.
This, Of course, is mere drollery, a clever
feat of intellectual posture making, and is
absolutely devoid of any claim to be
called humor, for it's essence is con-
tempt, it's method is cynical, it's quality
is inhuman. And by far the most ignoble
kind of cynicism is the cynicism not of
conviction but of having no convictions
the cynicism of caring nothing for any
body if only q laugh can be got out of it.
Modern humor, Canon Anger de-
clared, lis monotonous and wearying''
| for the reason that it's principal ingre
dient is scorn-scorn, too, which does
not take root in misanthropy nor in
righteous Indignation against particu-
| lar offenders. Humor built Oh cyni-
cism may produce a laugh, but there is
no heartiness in it. True humor, like
real elouuence, draws it's power from
a note Of sympathy running through it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
First publication Dec. II, 1906.
Summons.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mile Laos (SS.
The State of Minnesota to Willis Morehouse.
defendant.
You are hereby summoned to be and appear
before the undersigned, one of the Justices ut
the Peace in and for said county, on the 8th day
of FEBRUARY 1906, at o'clock in the afternoon. at
my ONCE IN the village of Princeton in said
county. to answer to Joseph feathers in civil
action wherein the plaintiff claims the sum, of
SO and interest on Ss3 from the 9th day of
January 1896 at 10 per cent per annum. Should
you fail to appear at the time and place afore-
said, Judgment will be rendered against you
upon the evidence adduced by said Joseph
LeatherS for such sum as he shall show he is
entitled to.
Given under my hand this 9th day of January
A. D. 1906
G.. H. CHADBOURNE
Justice of the Peace
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
Angeles Verdict.

Once a painter notorious for plagia-
risms executed. historical picture in
which every figure Of Importance was
copied from some other artist, so that
very little remained to himself. It was
shown to Michael Angelo by friend,
who begged his opinion Of it. Excel
lently DONE" said Angelo, "only at the
day of judgment, when all bodies will
resume their own limbs again, do not
know what will become of that histor.
ical painting, for there will be nothing
left Of it."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
Call Loans and Cent Per Cent.

Ihe record price Of interest for mon
ey Oil call loans" in Wall street at the
close Of 1905 has been laid, on the one
hand, to general stringcncy and Oh
the other to the speculation which
prosperity always brings forward" 1t
seems impossible that there could be
any chance of profit in Il speculation
when the Wherewithal cost the investor
10 per cent, as was the case at the
close OF 1905, or 1856 per cent, as in
1889. The fact that Russell Sage went
into the market and loaned $6,OOO,OOO
at an average of 10 per cent shows
that either this money loaning magnate
was doing the philanthropist act or
that the high rate was exceptional.
When the men Of the street. got
down to the bottom Of the record call
interest rate of Christmas week they
concluded that a group of men control
ling the small floating supply of money
made the situation embarrassing to
"shake out weakly held stocks" that
is, compel holders of stocks Of limited
means to sell OUT and to make those
who held on pay roundly for their
stubbornness. It was found that a GER
tain group of experts was employed to
bid up call money interest rates and
another group to buy in stocks from
the impecunious few caught in the
squeeze"
When business opened in Wall street
on the new year call money rates were
90 per cent and in three days dropped
to per cent, evidence that all the
time there was money enough to go
around not far away. It seems strange
that men with supposed financial
genius would be caught in straits
where they would submit to extortion,
for the loaning banker takes no
chances of loss. The borrower has to
deposit first class securities, rated at
the market price, to cover the amount
loaned and interest and 20 per cent
additional as guarantee that the pledg-
ed stocks shall not drop in price before
the money is repaid. Either party to
the transaction can call it off at the
expiration of one day, the money lender
by surrendering the securities in return
for money loaned and the borrower by
paying back principal and interest. A
written agreement empowers the mon
ey lender to sell the securities pledged
to him Oh the Stock Exchange under a
process similar to mortgage foreclo-
sure.
Conservative fnanciers have de-
nounced 100 per cent call money as a
disgrace" and scolded bankers for
loaning money to bolster up the mad
speculation causing that rate. But the
bankers retort that if putting money
up to 100 per cent wouldn't stop the
speculative craze nothing would. It is
said that the specializing millionaires
in this furry of 19O5-O6 and their light
purse following started the game on
money belonging to out of town banks
and that money from this same source
poured in to relieve the stringency. To
that extent prosperity" figured. The
rest was gambling. 1t is said that
some men who bid the top price for
money didn't call for the money, bu,
sent their checks for the amount of in
terest-that is, they paid extortionate
rates for money they didn't want just
to keep it out of the hands Of other
men.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

The most productive farms in the last
year OF great prosperity are said to be
those where the farmer is an up to date
business man, who keeps books and
works on system. He puts brain
into his work and knows the cost of his
crops and their profit. OF course he
reads the newspapers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

Those lumber experts who declare
that the home supply of white pine is
about at an end are putting up good
argument for taking down the tariff
bar against Canadian forests.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

good that has come to you, Peter. Per-
haps Miss Colebrooke told you of the
day 1 met her in the wood, the day of
the wolf hunt. She was so beautiful,
UNDERSTOOD
judith, hardly know how to say
what 1 am going to. I feel that have
been such a bad friend to you, but you
must hear me patiently. Together, if
you are willing, after knowing all Of
me that you do, we must look after
your brothers children. That night in
the little house in the valley, when the
little chap came to me, don't you re-
member, there was something fine and
fearless in the way he did it. You
may belong to the cattle side of the
argument he seemed to say, but 1
trust you Now, Judith dear, that
boys faith in me is not going to be
shaken. We must look after them to-
gether. 1t is very little thing you
nave asked of me, my dearest, but a
very big one that I am asking of you.
Do you understand, my Judith, it is
you that 1 want? Don't think of me
as 1 have been, Judith, but as you are
going to make me. want you to give
me the right now, this evening, to
share all this trouble with you. Do
we understand each other, Judith? Is
it to be? And will you come back
with me now into the room where
they are dancing and let me present
you to them, to the Wetmores, as my
Judith, my betrothed?'
"But, Peter, I don't understand. l.
l thought you and Miss Colebrooke
were"-
"That's all over, Judith. 1 did love
her once. Oh, you dear, brave wo-
man, I'm not hero from any point Of
view, and you know it! It's but a
sorry lover that's making his prayer to
you, my dearest. But you won't judge.
I know, beloved. You will love me
insteadw
Judith turned toward the valley. Her
whole being throbbed with a passion
ate response to the man who stood so
humbly before her, but there were du-
ties that came first. Her mind was
full Of Aida and her children, and her
eyes still sought Peters imploringly.
You will be good friend to them,
Peter-to Jim's people? I cannot talk
to you Of anything else tonight. Your
heart is big Peter, but you cannot
feel perhaps
listen, Judith. Whatever friend
ship and protection I can give your
family you may count upon from now
TIL the end Of time. I will be theirs as
am yours. I feel your grief, but I
want to soothe it too. And if you love
me, and 1 feel, Judith, that you do.
you must let them all see tonight.
these people who. know us both. that
we stand together before all the world
for better or worse. Think. Judith.
and you will see that you owe it to
yourself, to me, to all these men. who
reverence you as the one woman, the
one ideal in their lonely lives"
She could not speak. The moment
was too full, the strain had been too
great. But she smiled surrender, and
Peter caught her tenderly in his arms
and kissed her once. His Judith she
was now, his heroine. Then without
oooA "ohu Ae uie" LICE arm through
his and led her back to the lights.
where the dancers still held high car
n1val.
Judith's half sister, Eudora, was
making a pretty quarrel by perversely
forgetting the order in which she had
gwen her dances. The girl was so
unden1ably happy that Judith dreaded
me grim news she must tell her. Eu-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

When Germany orders 10000 new
freight cars ''they say" she needs them
to move troops to the French frontier.
When our railroads order 10000 freight
cars "they say we need them to. move
crops, fact nobody will deny.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

1t transpires that Baroness Won SUIT
her was awarded that $4,000 peace
prize for writing, an argument which
convinced Car Nicholas that war
should be abolished. Now is the time
for Togo, Oyama & Co. to put in their
claim. They also INDUCED in a few
remarks on the subject, which the car
cannot deny.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

For Her Who Has the Money" is the
suggestive legend hanging on a pure
white ermine coat displayed in a GER
tain smart shop window in London
Perhaps this priceless wrap will hang
on the peg all winter if Lord Balfour's
late sermon to the rich to hearken to
London's tales of poverty and starva-
ton struck home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
First publication Jan. Is. 1906.
Notice for Publication.
Department Of the Interior, !
Land Office at ST Cloud Mimi

Land Office at St. Cloud, Mimi
JAN II, 1906.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim and
that said proof will be made before Robt. H.
Mimi, on March 3, 1905. viz: Harry Mott. who
made b. E. No 1880, for the VIZ OF the NW1
of Sec. 20, T. 81, r. Is.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Martin w. Madison, Of Carmody, MINI.
Erick Hedstrom, OF Carmody, MINI.
Axel Lund. OF Carmody, MINI.
Oscar Lund of CarmOdy, MINI.
M. D. TAYLOR. Register.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

'That man is very witty fellow"
"Well, he's chemist. He ought to
be-
What has that to do with his WITT"
Because chemists as a class are al
ways ready with retorts." Baltimore
American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

There Is cheerful optimism in Mr..
champ Clark for all Of his disposition
to criticise, and he can even wiring
hu1nor out of tariff discussion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

That ''spell Of weather. continuing
right up to the finish Of 1905 was no
SLOUGH of an achievement even for
peace year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

And so Croesus had only paltry
$1O.OOO,OOO, yet managed to make the
trif1e perpetuate his name for $500
years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25

You will not find beauty in rouge
pot or complexion whitewash. True
beauty comes to them only that take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. It
is wonderful tonic and beautifer.
50 cents tea Or tablets. c.. A. Jack.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-25
A Missing Feature.

Gobang-Did you enjoy the ocean
trp7 Ukerdek-Not much. 1 missed
the train boy and his little boxes Of
ffgs.-St. Louis t-Dispatch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
WORK DONE BY LEGISLATURE
Continued from first page

Continued from first page
some important amendments in chap.
ter on roads, ferries and bridges, un-
der which it is hoped that better pub
lie roads can be secured. Made no
changes in laws relative to stock law
districts.
Authorized creation of the new cOun-
ties of Forrest and jefferson Davis.
the former from the second district Of
Perry county and the latter from Law
renee and COvingtOn counties. Voted
down a large number Of new county
propositions.
Authorized new cOnrt districts in
Harrison, Newton, Webster and Jones
counties, and authorized elections on
county site removals in Simpson. Cow
ington, Jasper and Quitman counties.
In several instances these acts threat
ening to result in litigation.
Refused to create state board OF
veterinarians. state board of oSten-
paths, and office of state historian.
Left the MCGEE oil inspection bill,
which caused a fight from the indie
pendent %retinerS, pending in the sem
ate.
Required railroads to establish de.
pots at all Incorporated towns and vii
lagos, gave Il clearer definition of the
fellow servant rule, and made several
minor changes in statutes pertaining
to operation OF railroads.
Refused to make the railroad COM
mission a court Of record with direct
appeals from its decisions to the SUI
preme court, and prohibited railroad
commissioners from riding on special
trains WHILE making annual inspec-
tiOnS.
Slight changes in method Of proce-
dure in circuit courts.
Numerous amendments to the IL
quor laws, chiefly aimed at suppress
sion OF the C. 0. ID. traffic from 9TH
er'states. Requires saloons to remain
closed from IL pm. to 6 a. M, and not
to sell liquor to females.
Voted down Moore bill prohibiting
of county ~convicts and reuuir-
ing counties to maintain penal farms.
Passed bill prohibiting board Of con-
troll from leasing private lands for
farming purposes.
No changes OF consequence in PEN
sion laws, annual appropriation of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

There are 500, 600 miles of telegraph
and telephone lines in this country at
the present time which require
1000, 600 poles. A pole lasts on an
average twelve years, and is made from
a tree sixty years old. To maintain a
continuous supply five times as many
trees must be growing in the forest as
there as poles in use. Experiments are
being made, which if successful. will
very materially add to the length of
the life of a pole.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Coed Judgment

is the essential characteristic of men
and women. Invaluable to good bus
mess men and necessary to house.
wives. A woman shows good iudg-
ment when she buys Whites Cream
Vermifuge for her baby. The best
worm medicine ever offered to moth
ers. Many indeed are the sensible
mothers who write expressing their
gratitude for the good health OF
their children, which they owe to the
use of Whites Cream Vermifupe.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

SALE-I have 800 lots left in
Mt. Arlington Subdivision through
which runs the East End Car Line.
Strictly white settlement. l desire
to sell as a whole, or by blocks. Lo-
cality very desirable. Extra induce
mentS to investors. Also have new
houses, Splendidly built, and best
material, that | will sell on easy
terms, at prices 10 per cent to 20
per cent below the market. Write
me, or call for particulars at So
Madison ST., Memphis. Frank
Trimble, owner, Frank Trimble &
Co., IS Madison ST., Memphis,
Tenn. 2-lOl
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

WANTED-B y Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant
manager oman or woman) for this
county and adjoining territory.
Salary $40 and expenses paid weekly:
expense money advanced. Work
pleasant: position permanent. No
investment or experience required.
Scare time valuable. Write at
once for full particulars and enclose
Self-addreSsed envelope. Superin-
tendent, 1872 Lake St., Chicago. III.
Ri O6.1Ot