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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Andrew Carnegie has placed the
name of Mrs. Ida Lewis upon his pri
vate pension list and she is now en-.
titled to draw thirty dollars pc,
month during her lifetime. Mrs.
Lewis is the keeper of the Lime Rock
lighthouse at the southern end Of
Newport harbor, and the pension has
been granted her for bravery in say.
ing lives. This is much better way
of spending money than that OF en-.
dowing libraries, Mr.. Carnegie.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28
TILE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY NOVEMBER y, 1907

The International Typographical
union is the first labor organization
in this country to adopt an old age
pension plan and this initial move
will probably encourage other trades
unions to do likewise. It is at least
a plan deserving of imitation by other
labor bodies. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Henry Schmidt was in the twin
cities on Tuesday," Mr.. Schmidt in
forms the Union that he owns a
piece of land in Ohio upon which oil
has been struck. Up to this time one
we'll has been sunk which gives
promise of copious flow and Mr..
Schmidt intends shortly to make a
trip to Ohio for the purpose of further
investigating his holdings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

~ Washington correspondent is au-
tnorlty for the statement that there is
concerted movement amonga bunch
OF United States senators to control
the republican national convention
and dictate the nomination of a presi-
Dental candidate to their liking. It
is a safe guess that Robert M. La
Toilette will not be the beneficiary OF
his colleagues Vaccinations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Oklahoma's new governor is also
an investigator. While prodding
around in the earth he discovered a
pipe line of the Standard Oil company
running across his state and threatens
to dig it up. Easier to spike it,
Haskell. But why not convert it to
some public use-turn it into a state
sewer, for instance?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

An appeal comes from the republic
of Argentine for >threshermen. Here
is an opportunity for young men to
pass another summer while the win.
ter is in progress here, see a new
country and accumulate some money.
The harvest in Argentine commences
at Christmas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

One of Japan's leading newspapers
the Jiji-says editorially: "We
naturally are a peace loving nation,
and if the emigration of Japanese into
Canada endangers the public peace
we will not hesitate to absolutely for.
bid emigration to that country" II
strikes us that Canada would only be
too glad were the Japanese govern.
ment to put this threat into execution.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

The officers and crew of the steamer
Dick Fowler have been exOnerated by
United States inspectors from the
charge of reckless navigation. This
charge grew out of an alleged attempt
of the. Dick Fowler's crew to force
their vessel ahead Of the steamer car.
rying the president on his trip, down
the Mississippi and thereby imperil-
ing his life. 1t was one of the most
farcical charges possible of concep.
tion and savored unpleasantly of au.
tocratic snobbery in it's worst form.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Governors of the states and terri
tories have received invitation from
President Roosevelt to confer with
him next May in Washington relative
to the best means of conserving the
natural resources of the country, and
the governors are requested to each
invite three citizens. These citizens
should be selected from among intel
ligent farmers and business men.
Kitchen cabinet members and men OF
similar stamp should not be chosen,
but the chances are that they will.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

- A substitute for currency in the
shape of scrip from the Spokane
clearing house has made it's appear
ance in St. Paul. This sort of stuff
is probably as good as United States
currency, but most people would
rather have the currency.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

A subscriber asks whether we un-
derstand the currency problem. We
do not. It's a problem which even
Cortelyou has so far been unable to
satisfactorily solve.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

John D. Rockefeller, one of the
high priests of frenzied finance, was
invited to feed by the St.. Paul
Commercial club but declined with
thanks. The G. G. might try Ryan
or Hartman, or Walsh the Chicago
bank-Wrecker.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

In the "delightfully healthful" eli
mate OF Seattle five persons have re.
Gently died from bubonic plague.
This beauteous city on the coast is
also overrun with millions of rats
and overhopped by billions of fleas.
That is, if reports are authentic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Stuff sent out by the merchants
protective associations of the large
cities to the country press with the re-
quest that it be published for the
benefit of rural storekeepers should
be handled with pair of tongs and
cast into the stove. It's tainted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Why not give the politicians rest
and send bunch of wide-awake edi-
tors, headed by George Thompson of
the St. Paul Dispatch, to represent
Minnesota in the republican national
convention?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Harvey Johnson of the Battle Lake
Review is a bright newspaper man,
but we are surprised that he should
reproduce in his paper the St. Paul
News twaddle with reference to 1.-THE
Regeneration of Frank Eddy"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Naturally enough the Cannon Falls
Beacon, published in the home town
of L. A. Rosing, thinks it is "small
bore politics." to criticise the creating
OF sinecures by the board of control
to reward Governor Johnson's bench
men,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

The report that packers have re-
duced the price of beef seems to mean
merely that they have reduced the
price they pay the farmers for it on
the hoof.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

The deer hunting season in Wiscon.
sin has resulted in an alarming mum.
Der OF fatalities, over thirty nimrods
having been killed up to date. The
only answer to the question, how to
avert such destruction of life, seems
to be: Refrain from hunting,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

The greater number of those
"gentlemen's agreements'' you read
OF in the dailies are no more or less
than conspiracies between thieves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

The fellow who confined himself to
an exclusive diet of peanuts for sixty
days can now offer a good excuse for
being nutty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

It's no wonder we are compelled to
ship in gold from foreign countries
when aliens are carrying home with
them weekly from New York alone an
estimated SIM of * mn OOO
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

Tom Taggart is for Bryan, too, and
William is making a brave effort to
reconcile himself to the situation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-28

estimated sum of SIS, 900, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
Related TO MOhnmmed.

All the rest OF the Mohammedans OF the
world acknowledge some kind of allegiance
TO the sultan Of Turkey. This is so OF our
Moros and of the fifty odd million Mussul-
mans OF India, and also OF the lesser num-
Der in Turkey and Egypt. These Moors
will not let that sultan send a representa-
tive here. They acknowledge no allegiance
TO him, and they consider that only the
family OF this young man has the right
TO the title OF commander and ruler OF the
faithful.
Indeed. Mulai Abd-er-Aziz is about the
most blue-blooded monarch on earth. He
is the thirty-sixth nneal descendant Of Ali.
the uncle and son-in-law of the prophet
Mohammed. and he is the fifteenth monarch
in his own dynasty. His father was the
famed Mulai Hassen. who was sultan for
} twenty-one years, during which he ruled
with an iron hand. When about/to die he
chose his son to be his successor. although
he had other and older brothers. Mulai's
mother was a Circassian slave imported
from Turkey.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
Inside the Palace.

The sultan has many palaces He has
quarters in nearly every town In his do
minion and the governors establishment
here in Tangler belongs to him. He has
three different capitals; one in southern
Morocco, one in central Morocco and an
other at Fee. The latter is the largest, and
everything there is managed on vast
scale. The palace is surrounded by walls.
It is In the Darrell Makhzen, where all the
government officials live. The buildings
contain no end of bed rooms and living
rooms, as we'll as a large kitchen and dairy.
They swarm with servants, both male and
female. The kitchens are managed by me-
gro cooks and among the other men serv-
ants are the ''men of the BATH" men OF
the tea and linen of the water There
are also linen of the bed and men Of the
mat. The bath men have to do with the
imperial chamber, the tea men make the
imperial tea, using the best of the green
leaves and seeming them with mint The bed
men have charge of the sultan's tent when
he camps, and the mat men bring his prayer
rug and spread 1t out for him when his
times for prayer come. In addition to these
there are negro men slaves who take charge
OF the sultan's horses and mules; there are
others who walk behind him when he goes
out for an airing to flick off the flies and
a third set who carry the imperial parasol
to shut out the rays OF the sun
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

his own motion and won, whereby Douglas
county alone has profted by $4,000, and
more to come in the future, to be used for
improving the public highway and decreas-
ing the burden of tax upon the people
This law had been upon the statutes of Ne
braisl1a for three years, and never disturbed
in its slumber. Lawyers said IL was un-
constitutional and judges concurred. but
Judge Slabaugh convinced the supreme
court his view was correct. a case in
volvins $21,OOO taxes was prosecuted and
won in the United States circuit court for
the county.
Under IOrmer county attorneys the fee
Offices of Douglas county were permitted TO
run loose anu to collect or credit as fancy
might dictate 10 the Official BY this sys-
TEN Douglas county has been deprived OF
the use of thousands Of dollars which
should have been paid into the county
treasury. Judge Slabaughs office righted
this nagrant wrong ana during the las.
year the county pronted by thousands OF
dollars from the ree offices. Under direo-
ton OF the county board he starred several
suits against former officials 10 collect IN
reported and earned fees, which cases are
now pending In the district court
The Office did much to bring about a good
government for Douglas county. and all
this was accomplished without extra cost
to the county for counsel Judge Slabaugh
attributes his success in a large measure
TO his method OF conducting the Office. He
marshRlled his forces together in one suite
Of rooms, and at great personal expense in
the way Of ONCE rent kept them in readi-
ness TO answer the needs of the ONCE and
TO work for the people. BY this system he
and his deputies were always in touch and
In council upon every important case.
Mooted questions were threshed out in the
Office and the views of all were considered
and weighed before action was taken in a
case.
The force consisted Of Arthur II. Muir
dock, Fred w. Fitch, Charles f Foster
and Franklin A. shotwell, deputies; Lewis
Grebe, messenger. ana Blanche Zimman.
stenOgrapher.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

The emperor of China has a number OF
days when he goes out in Picking to the
Altar Of Heaven and performs sacrifices
for the whole Chinese nation. This young
sultan does the same by killing a sheep on
every Bairam. or Mohammed Easter. At
this time every good Moorish family is
supposed TO offer up sacrifices and It is
estimated that as many as 10000 sheep
are killed on that day in the city OF Fez.
The sheep are brought in from the sur
rounding country and mutton rises in places
to such an extent that a good fat ram or
eve will bring $40. II it were so I'm Amer
lea the market would surely be cornered.
The sheep killing is started by the sultan,
surrounded by a large concourse Of people.
One of the holy preachers first sings out
sermon, after which the sheep is handed
over to his majesty. He cuts its throat
and, as the blood gushes forth. the bands
play and the cannons thunder The news
Is sent out all over the city and thereupon
the sacrificing begins extending to all parts
of Morocco.
Bsiram is the great festal occasion of all
the year. The Moors then come out in
their good clothes, the soldiers have new
uniforms and the people, who, like good
Mohammedaps, have been fasting through
out Ramazan, which is their Lent give
themselves up to rejoicing The chiefs of
the various tribes are then supposed to
send presents to the sultan and in the past
vast sums have been so received. Some
tribes bring money often running into the
thousands Of dollars some horses and some
slaves, a negress being a common gift.
During the present year the gifts were
few and the horses poor. This was the
result of the recent rebellions and was
brought about by the association of the
sultan with Europeans and the jealousy
and distrust with which his people regard
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
Electricity ON French Farms.

The use of electric energy for the opera
tions of the farmer is shown in La Nature
which describes the works at Voyenne in
the department Of Aisne. A company was
formed in 1904 under the auspices of M
Gentilliez to take power from three small
waterfalls and to generate about D0-horse
power by this means for distribution
throughout the district. In addition to the
hydraulic power, the company have u
steam engine of 1OO-horse power. By refer
ence to a plan the main lines of transmits
sion are described. The current is gener-
ated in three power stations and is sup
piled to thirteen villages. Turbines are
used to drive alternators which furnish
triphase current at $500 volts, with fifty
periods per second Current is employed
both for light and power, and its uses on
the farms for grinding, threshing, cake
crushing and other like purposes, are
shown by means of photographs. A graphic
diagram indicates the total consumption
Of electric energy in kilowatt hours for
each month from the start in June. 1906,
until August OF the present year. The
maximum delivery of energy was in June
last with 4145.5 kilowatt hours, when a
total Of nineteen motors were in use with
an aggregate power of G.05 kilowatts-say,
1S5.5-horse power. The price charged for
power was $50 franc per kilowatt hour, If
the annual consumption reaches 500 kilo-
watt hours, beyond this total a reduction
is made of per cent. Many details arc
given of the cost of threshing etc, by
power thus supplied. All the wires are
overhead, and the high-tension electricity
is reduced at the points it is used TO. ITO
volts by transformers placed in boxes
mounted on four poles.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

peclally objected to his coronation coach.
A Moor's home life is not supposed to be
known outside of his immediate family
and no European has ever seen the sui
tan's harem- I doubt whether any Mo-
hammedan man except his own eunichs has
ever crossed its threshold, and it would be
very improper to ask his majesty as to the
health of the multitudinous women of his
household. Nevertheless gossip gets out in
one way or another and 1 am able to give
you some pictures of Mulai's harem.
BY the Mohammedan religion he has the
right to four wives, and no end of concu-
bines. His palaces are large and the sultan
himself lives on the first floor, in a suite
Of big rooms. at the four corners Of which
his wives have their apartments. Each
wife has her own establishment, but all are
subject to the rule Of certain slave women
called arifas, negro concubines who were
especially favored by Mulai Hassan, this
sultan's father.
The sultan's real wives must be chosen
from the different branches OF the royal
family, so that the sultan is forced to
marry his cousins. This is not so bad as is
the case in Siam, where the king marries
his sisters.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

the nail and at the same time win dash
OF. without thinking. an order for one OF
his custom houses to pay sum Of $4,000
or more.
Anyone who understands the jealousy and
hatred which these Moors have for Chris
uans can easily see how unpopular such
actions on the part of their sultan must be-
The better classes are no fools, and 1t Is
hard for them to respect even a sultan
who does such foolish and irrehgious
things. They are opposed on Mohammedan
grounds to pictures and photographs and 1t
is almost impossible to get them to pose
before the camera. With this view the
sultan's golden kodak is in striking con-
trast, and the fact that he is really good
photographer does not better the matter.
They do not approve Of his buying a yacht
and having it carried inland to Fee to be
played with on the little river near there,
and they are angry at the crown he or
dered at cost of 100000 or so. 1t is
against the Mohammedan religion for the
sultan to wear a crown, and his people es-
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
suItnn,s Secondary wives.

The customs of this country as regards
the monarch are much the same as those
Of several principalities of the far east.
The king OF Siam can call any woman in
the country to serve in his palace, no mat
ter if she be wife, mother or daughter; and
the emperor of China selects his wives
from the daughters of the Manchu mobiles,
who are sent into the palace to be picked
over. 1 was present in Picking when the
present emperor married three wives, the
old empress dowager making the selection.
The sultan of Morocco is frequently pre-
scented with secondary wives or concublnes
by his tribal chiefs. The girls are often
sent up for his approval, and especially at
Bairam, and he can select such for his
household establishment as may take his
fancy. In addition to this he has q large
number of coal black negresses who have
been purchased from time to time in the
local slave markets, and also other women
imported from the orient.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
East LoninE His Power.

The sultan has . cabinet, consisting Of
a grand vizier, a secretary OF state, q
secretary of the interior and a secretary
of war He has also chief chamberlain
a chief treasurer and q chief admins
traitor OF customs. He has had an army
Of 1000 or 1900 men. and at times as
many as 1000 troops In different parts Of
Morocco. understand that the soldiers
are armed with good weapons and tkat
they have a few batteries of neld guns.
Within the last year the army seems to
have grown weaker ana weaker. The re-
bellion OF Blu Hamara, the capture OF
Perdioaris and the enforced ransom on the
part Of the sultan BY Raisuli. together with
the foreign complications. have made his
majesty so unpopular that his support 10
drifting away from him. His power lie. in
deed. on the wane; and It remains to DO
seen whether in time he will not have q
successor. FRANK q. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
RELIGIOUS Head.

The sultan OF Morocco is the high priest
of the religion OF this country as well as its
chief executive. He Is called the great
Imam. and is like the emperor OF China in
that he prays for all. He is also somewhat
like the czar of Russia, who Is head Of both
church and state.
One OF the sultan's chief elements OF
strength is the power OF comforting bless
ings. which has come down to him from
Mohammed. He IL supposed to have this
direct from God and II any other man
OF his family could make the people be-
lieve that he had this power in greater
degree. he could easily raise a rebellion and
GUST Mulai Abd-el-Aziz from the throne.
. This was attempted by Blu Mamara, the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

TO the camera. cost him all told $4,000, .
large part of which went as a matter Of
course. into the pockets OF those who
ordered It.
Another extravaganza is a bedstead Of
crystal mirrors with pendants like chande-
lier. understand that he sees three i'm
ages OF himself whenever he crawls into
bed, and that the pendants Jingle when he
turns over.
The sultan has bicycles made Of alum
mum, and he delights in playing bicycle
polo with his friends He learns all sorts
OF games easily, and can do no end of BIZ
cycle tricks. He will ride up a steep plank
and down again, and in his polo games has
ruined several fine wheels by crashing into
the walls.
The sultan has a number of automobiles.
London hanson and a coach of state.
There are no roads in this country, and
these things are practically useless. His
gold coach, which cost many thousands of
dollars. now lies outside the palace at the
mercy of the weather
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
Advance. in Electric. Lighting.

Advances In Electric. Lighting.
1t has long been known that for the de-
gree of illumination which it affords the
incandescent lamp consumes more current
than any other device for lighting with
electricity. Many attempts have been made
to remedy the fault without abandoning
the principle OF incandescence. In some
of these ventures, reports the New York
Tribune, an entirely different substance has
been employed in the filament. With mag
neAa and the rare metals, tantalum, os-
MUM and tungsten, a fair degree of success
has been attained. though in one case the
original simplicity of the mechanism has
been sacrificed and in the others the ma
terial of which the thread is composed
is more costly than the one for which It
is substituted.
Experiments have also been made with
the object of getting more light. If possible,
out of carbon itself By deposting a coat
of graphite on the filament a trifiing gain
in this respect has already been effected
and other incidental advantages have been
secured. The results thus attained, how
ever. are apparently not comparable with
those which Prof Herschel c. Parker of
Columbia university and Walter G. Clark
say they have secured. BY coating a fla
ment with something which they call
"helion''-a compound the nature of which
has not been fully divulged-these cleo
tricians report that they are able to OBJ
tain as much light as the old incandescent
lamp gives with only about one-fourth as
much current. and that the durability Of
the filament, on which the term of its use
fulness depends. is sensibly increased
If the expectations which have been ex-
cited In the Columbia laboratory are horne
out in commercial practice a notable adj