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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-05-10

Hon. Emmett Mark left on Monday
for Montana to secure several more
carloads OF high-grade western horses.
Emmett knows good horses when he
sees them and is at all times success
ful in obtaining for his Princeton
sales the very finest animals to be OBJ
tanned for money. The next horse
sale here will be advertised in due
time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-05-10

Thought Shakespeare Wrote the Bible.
Two Americans who were travelling
in England made a devout pilgrimage
to Standardization, and spent
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-05-10

New Cement Walk on Newbert Property.
Bergman Bros. have laid cement
sidewalk alongside of Sjoblom & o.
sons saloon and Mrs. Jaax' store
Henry Newbert's property The boys
evidently understand their business.
They have constructed walk which,
if the proportion of cement used is a.
criterion, should wear we'll. Bergman
Bros. are Industrious and painstak-
ing young men and should make a
success of their business in this part
of the country, where plank walks
are being rapidly replaced with the
more substantial ones of cement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-05-10
A Toast to Wine.

Wine, the distilled poetry of the
hills and the sunshine, the heart blood
and the passion of the grape! Wine,
the Lethe of lover and mailman!
Wine, the wee small god that creeps
into mems veins and carries them
higher than the skies; the wee small
fiend that creeps into mems veins and
carries them lower than the mole.
Wine, the: wizard; wine, the all-power-
full, the old, the never-ending! Wine,
the friend; wine, the enemy. Wine,
the only driftwood of heaven and hell
that has ever foated to the barren
shores of this desolate island we call
the world!-New Orleans HARLEQUIN.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Al Abrupt Finale.

Joaquin Miller had just won recogn,
don as the poet of the Sierras and wac
working on a paper in Oregon. BE
had been contributing verses and short
stories and had just begun a tale about
the soldiers OF the frontier who suf.
Tered with scurvy. The editor wanted
the scurvy story for the morning pub.
Ncation, but Joaquin Miller could not
concentrate upon his work. His mind
ieaped to the anticipated joy Of a great
locial function occurring that evening,
rtQr ut this time he was a social lion.
However, he had proceeded in his story
up to the point Of the conditional cure
tor the disease where all the soldiers
suffering with scurvy had been buried,
with only their heads exposed to view.
The editor was yelling Copy" The
poets mind refused to work. He coul6
! moi finish the tale, leaving his soldiers
In such a plight. Suddenly an inspira-
ton came to him. He grabbed his
pencil and wrote rapidly the following
words:
and a she wolf came along and ate
of all their heads Then he made q
bee line for the door and was not seen
again until the next day. His story
MaY not published.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
A Cause of Divorce.

"What is the most frequent cause OF
6vorcey" the lawyer was asked.
1T is nearly Incredible" he said,
.sbut a thing that causes divorce often.
q than you'd imagine is married pee
PIES quarreling 3over their right to
open u %another's letters. The hus.
band will claim that he is entitled ia
open the wife's mail. The wife will
claim that she is entitled to open the
husbands. In the letters of neither
will there be anything of q private OF
compromising nature, but nevertheless
they both want to get their mail in.
violate-it enrages them to have |,
opened and read. Quarrels over this
letter opening question vex, l suppose
90 per cent Of married couples. OF
this SO per cent a Interestingly large
proportion go on from bad to worse
till they wind up in the divorce court
30. young man, when you come to mar
y. leave your wife's mail alone, nc
matter how she may pry into yours.
New York Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
The Pace of Admiralty.

1t is reported that Japan will see the
Dreadnought and go Great Britain
5000 tons better, laying down a bat
tleship Of $4,000 tons service displace-
ment. OF course the mistress Of the
seas will not Ignore the challenge, and
we must prepare to hear Of a British
battleship of 10000 tons. The Japa-
nese, being a proud and progressive
people, will not sit still and may be
counted on to push the building mark
on their side to 10000 tons. By that
time Dur own big ship enthusiasts will
wake up. and the taxpayers will be in
vited to contribute the cash for a float
ing fortress Of $4,000 tons. So does the
race for naval supremacy go, the mind
Of the competing world being at pres
ent fixed upon displacement as if there
was no other factor to be taken into
account.-Boston Transcript.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Quick wit saved HI. Life.

'.The strangest and most thrilling,
piece Of workmanship l ever saw
said the fencing master, "was in Yer
mont. ! was spending the autumn in
Z mountainous part of the state, and
there was a military encampment neal
my hotel. One morning an officers
horse started to bolt with the man
during parade and made at breakneck
speed toward a precipice. The off.
Ger tried to stop the horse, tried to
turn his head--no use. On dashed the
frantic animal straight for the abyss.
We all held our breaths. In another
instant we expected to see horse and
rider 60 over the cliff. But the officer
when within fifty feet Of the edge
drew his sword and plunged it twice
deep into the horse. The horse stag
gered. slowed, keeled over, dying. The
man had sacrificed the animals life to
save his own
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
STEAMBOAT DRAMA.


Anybody who lives IN a town on the
banks Of the Mississippi river and
hears a calliope play at s o'clock in
the morning knows that it Is not & cir
u that is coming to town. 1t is the
floating palace. which is the name Civ
en- to a unique form of theatrical trans
p%ortation entertainment that is used
only IN the river and its tributaries.
the Ohio and the Missouri.
There are at the present time more
than a dozen floating palaces. Each
Of them carries q we'll equipped stage,
a company of from sixteen to thirty
five actors and actresses, and has seat
Ing capacity for from 26o to 700 per
son Each of the boats has a steam
| piano with which the people from the
countryside are called to the landings.
boats, and most of the boats carry
pretty fair bands.
Nowhere else in this country or
abroad is the drama carried up and
down rivers on steamboats,. Barring
the railroad. the favorite means of
transportation in England and in CON
tinental Europe is the wagon. There
are many wagon shows in this coun-
try, but they would find 1t difficult to
reach all the towns that are easily
reached by the floating palaces. Many
Of the towns that get all their dramatic
sustenance from these floating play
houses have no railroad connections
whatever. If it were not for the
shows that float down or up to them
by boat they would have to go without
theatrical fare.
Mark Twain, who knows the big riv-
er about as we'll as anybody. used to
be we'll acquainted With the old time
managers of a few of the floating pal
aces. He introduces one of them into
"Huckleberry Finn" But times change.
and men change with them, and the
floating palace of today is much more
elaborate and much liner than were the
floating palaces of the older time.
They play to thousands of persons
each season, and they give pretty good
shows. Their managers, who live in
Cincinnati and st. Louis, make good
profits on the Investment. = Chicago
Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
His sage Conclusion.

well sab. if yo' please, dess go
ahead and flung in yo' predestined pro,
ratty and be done wild it," a tride i'm
patiently said Brother Shinpaw. who
was passing the hat. II isn't got all
day to linger whist yo' permedicates
owe de mattah. Dess recollect dat de
Lawd loves a churful giver and puff
fawm accawdin'."
"Yessah. to be shop pleasantly
replied old Brother Bimmerlick, who
was hesitatingly coming over a TWEEN
ty-fve cent piece, a dime, a nickel and
a copper cent reposing in the palm of
his hand. "Well uh, den, muh brud-
der, as l KANT noways contribute dis
yuh quatah as churfully as l kin dis
Injun headed penny, l dess suits de
action to de words, as dey seq in
stories, and chucks de cent piece into
de election dat am bein' took up for
de heather uhway off yonder some'rs,
I dunnah whuh."- Woman's Home
Companion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
HUMoR OF THE HOUR



Mr.. Kidder looked UP from the even
Ing paper, upon which he had been In.
tent.
az see, my dear he said sorrowful
II, that Christmas is again coming"
What else can you expect this tina
of year?" queried Mrs. Kidder, I'M
shocked by the news.
STILL" said Mr.. Kidder argumenta-
lively, lit is a distressing and harrow
ing fact which no reputable newspaper
should thrust upon a man's-especially
q family man's-attention. l think I
shall have to change my paper. 1
can't stand for such 'yellowness.'"
why, does the paper announce it,"
asked Mrs. Kidder, with some surprise.
"Well. not in so many Words" re-
piled Mr.. Kidder, carefully adhering to
the exact facts, "but it is the deduc-
ton from what it does say which no
logical mind can resist, especially that
of the husband of a wife"
why, what does it say?" asked Mrs.
Kidder, stopping her darning In her
curiosity.
ut says replied Mr.. Kidder, sol
EMMY consulting the article to make
sure he was correct, that two ONE
were injured and several tainted in
the crush at Seller & Doomore's neck.
tie sale this morning.'-Smart Set
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
THE WILD BALsAM APPLE.
u. Seed holders Are Suggestive of
Lace Purses.

In the brooks of autumn in certain
places many little lacelike bags may
be seen drifting along with the cur
rent or stranded by the shore. They
are the inner coats or bodies of the
wild balsam apples Echinocystis lola
ta) which have dropped from the vines
o~verhanging the stream and now tioa'
tightly away with their largo seeds.
The green prickly bag of the balsami
apple itself began to form in late sum
mer, and by autumn it has withered
and faded to a pale straw color. w
may see the trailing vines with thei,
shrunken pods decorating the brook,
side bushes far into the winter. The
orter coat Of the pod gradually rors
away, and the inner bag or seed car
r3e- is now released and exposed as a
delicate, webby network of tough
dbers. A thin skin or membrane fills
up the space between these meshes,
but that also falls away through the
action Of water and the winter storms
until only the ball-like tissue Of the
purse is left. These little purses, be.
ing extremely light and buoyant, floa,
Tar and wide over the submerged
swamp lands in late autumn, carry
ing the seeds with them and so plant
ing the vine in new situations. If, how.
ever, we take these seeds home with
rs and plant them there, Mother Earth
viii suitably reward us in the follow
ing year with vines of our own. They
viii spring up and spread rapidly until
III the stone walls and garden fences
are decorated with the tracery Of their
STAINS and star shaped leaves.-st.
Nicholas.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Eating Soap.

From a communication read to the
Association of Belgian Chemists it
seems that continental bakers are in
the habit of mixing soap with their
dough to make their bread and pastry
nice and light. The quantity of soap
used varies greatly. In fancy articles
like waffles and fritters it is much
larger than in bread. The soap is dis
solved in a little water. To this is add
ed some oil. and the mixture, after be-
ing we'll whipped, is added to the flour.
The crumb of the bread manufactured
by this process is said to be lighter
and more spongy than that made in the
ordinary way.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Indian. In Connecticut.

Connecticut still has a few Indians
in Its midst. The secretary Of the
Home Missionary society Of the state.
Rev. Joel S. Ives, recently preached to
a native audience at Mohegan, a Con-
gregational church under the care OF
the society. There are about twenty
five members, and a young oma has
recently taken charge there. The place
is between Norwich and New London.
indians Friend
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Mexican Holidaxa.

FL Mundo, a Mexican evening paper.
in referring to the labor situation in
Mexico. complains of the excessive
number of holidays which the peon
thinks he is entitled to and which he
takes regardless Of considerations. Out
of 1865 days Of the year. according to
that newspaper, 131 are devoted to OBJ
ligatory and traditional idleness. The
appalling calculation is made up as
follows: Sundays, 81; saint Mondays,
81; solemn feast days, IS; holy days, 8;
national feasts, 8; family feasts. 8;
total. 131.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
An overworked Title.

A New York book publisher declares
that the house business in recent litera-
ture has been overdone. "No house
book will come from our presses from
now on" he says. He cites 1.-THE
House of Mirth," 1.-THE House Of Full
fllment,'' 1.-THE House on the Hudson"
The House With the Green Shutters"
1.-THE House Of a Thousand Candles"
and a half dozen other literary struc-
lures Of like character erected recently
as an evidence that architecture is be-
ing overdone by the makers Of books
Of fiction, to say nothing of ''The House
That Jack Built"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Mouth Ulcers.

Little ulcers that appear in the
mouth from time to time are exceed
ingly annoying and painful. An old
fashioned household remedy is alum.
the powder or crystals being applied to
the yellow center. Blu this is a bitter,
nasty dose, "A physician has prescrih-
ed the use of a saturated solution o!
potassium chlorate, applied every two
hours. Saturated solution" can as
muchspotasslum chiorate as can be dis
Nolvedsin a certain amount Of water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
More ~Remnrkable

The Maid-was their marriage the
result of love at first sight?
The Man-No. indeed. They had
been facing each other at a boarding
house table daily for three years.-De
t1oit Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Voting on a Play,

NJ. Bogglano's voting apparatus at
theaters has received but scant notice.
When the spectator leaves his seat he
is presented with a disk. which he
throws into Il certain aperture if he
considers the piece good and into an
other il he thinks 1t bad.-Paris Jour
hal GeS Debats.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Matter of Hearsay,

Bleeker-Do you believe there are
any earthly saints?
Meeker-1 never met any Of them,
but 1 frequently hear of one that died
about two years ago.
Bleeker-Indeed!
M~eeker-Yes. He was my wife's first
husband.-Chicago News.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Scarcely That.

.The very day l first met him." said
Miss Plane, something told me he
would eventually fall In love with me-"
Indeed" replied Miss Knox, ''the
something wasn't you mirror, was
it9'-Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Correctly Named.

"What is that horrible perfume.
Gladys7 Where did you get it,"
"Aunt Phoebe, the cook, she gave it
to me-" the little girl replied. "She's
got a whole bottle full, an she says
it's violent essence."-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
SuperiOrity.

''That man insists on trying to be
bigger than his party"
WELL" answered Senator Sorghum,
III he keeps on trying he will probably
succeed in at least being bigger than
what is left Of it."-Washington Star.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Twas Ever Thus.

"TvVH8 EVeF Th04e
Once upon a time a man dreamed
that he owned the earth.
And he was happy.
Again he dreamed. this time that the
tax assessor had called.
And he was anything but happy
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
A Society Story.

"Would you like to belong to the
-Four HundredY" asked a New York
swell of a pretty country girl.
"No, only to one of Them" answered
the sweet young thing. So they were
married and lived happily for six
months after.-New York Life.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
PLAYS AND PLAYERS,
Alberto Franchetti is writing an %.
era, marie Antoinette."

Alberto Franchetti is writing an op
era, "Marie Antoinette."
George Schumann has completed q
piano quintet that will soon receive its
drst performance in Leipsic.
Gabriel Pierne's musical legend, The
Chtldren's Crusade" will be performed
In a number of cities during the sea.
son..
Francesca Cilea, composer Of "Adri.
enne Lecouvreur," has completed an
other opera. which bears the title
"Gloria."
A new turn is going to be given to an
old phase Of the racing play. A dram.
atization Of 1.-THE Wire Tappers" is on
the stocks.
Mrs. Romualdo Pacheco, the author OF
"1ncog." is the wife Of an ex-governor
Of California, and her clever play has
been described as a comedy of errors
with three Dromios instead Of two.
In the playing Of the role of John
the Baptist in the play by Herman
Suderman e. II. Sothern follows out
the Biblical and historical traditions
and appears dressed in a cancels skin.
Percy G. Williams announces rnat he
has closed arrangements with Miss Ma
RE Dressler of Joe Wsber's company to
play eight weeks in his houses, be-
ginning as soon as the road engage.
ment of the Weber company is com
Dleted,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21

The Drummer-They tell me that you
are an awful blower.
The Bugler--And they tell me that
whenever the enemy's sighted you al
ways beat it.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
A Daring Deed.

Miss Elder-How dare you lkss me.
sir? /.
Mr.. Fresh-That's just 1t.
Miss Elder-What do you mean?
Mr.. Fresh-Feller dared me to. and l
won't take a dare.-Cleveland Leader.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-21
Not So Good.

"a young mans chances for making
a great fortune are not so good as they
were a generation ago"
Not quite" answered Mr. Dustin
stax. 'That's the fault Of the people
who have insisted on exposing the
tricks Of high finance.
Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-02
To ConciIiate the Gods

Just at night, II you happen to be
within the gates of Canton, you will
witness one of the little performances
that are supposed to deceive the prowl-
ing spirits Of the night bent upon evil
intent the while conciliating them
should they penetrate the deception.
Each little and big shop possesses q
miniature fireplace built into the side
Of the entrance. Prayers printed on
rice paper. form the fuel with which
to offer up incense to the "bogy man. -
who is supposed to make the nocturnal
visits. Beholding the smoke, he is sup
posed to assume that no one lives with
in, and therefore passes by; but SHOULD
he catch on and stop to investigate he
finds that the prayer papers on the al
tar bear inscriptions attributing TO hin
such virtues and magnanimity that hi
wrath is appeased and he turns fro.
his evil intent. = Edwin Wildman ii
Chautauduan
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-02
An Incident of Life In New York

An Incident OF Life In New York.
The street beggar with pockets lined
with money is a fairly familiar figure
of city life, but one of the free dis
pensaries reports an instance Of an
attempt to get free medicine on the
plea Of poverty that deserves a place
in the catalogue of good stories of
graft A middle aged woman ap-
peared the other day and got pre-
scription, after (which she took her
place in the line of persons waiting to
have their medicine made up by the
apothecary. This particular woman,
1T should be said, had given satisfac-
tory answers to all the questions put
to her designed to show whether she
was proper subject for charity. Sud
denly there was a cry: ''I'm robbed!
I'm robbedv't The victim was this
woman, who so far forgot her previous
professions as to assert that her
pocket had been picked and that the
thief had got away with 800. Then
she lost the opportunity to get free
medicine, thus adding, in her view,
insult to injury.-New York Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-02
Why LaEks Are Easily Caught.

Why LaEiSs Are Easily Caught.
No bird is SO easily Melted as t.
lrk; BE generally starts from /.
round just before the lower edge CT
1e net touches him and invariably
counts perpendicularly. This char
cteristic propensity to ascend at once
nay be observed by any person who
'treads up" lark in a field and salts
factorily illustrated by releasing, at the
same moment, a newly captured lark
and a sparrow from cage or hat
within the precincts Of room. While
the sparrow will fly off horizontally.
dash himself against the window and
lie almost stunned from the shock, the
lark will almost always mount up
ward to the ceiling and futter there
for a time in vain efforts to reach
the sky before he attempts any other
mode of exit; but this habit Is fatal to
him in the netting season. He would
generally be able to escape, as indeed
the bunting or clod bird, the sparrow
and the linnet constantly do, by flying
straight forward; but ascending, as he
does, directly from the ground the mo-
ment his wings have touched the upper
part of the net it Is suffered to drop
suddenly, and his capture is rendered
nevitable.-London Standard.