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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

General Booth of the Salvation
army has resolved to devote the re-
mainder of his life to colonization
projects in an effort to better the con-
dition of poor people in the congested
cities by placing them upon farms.
His latest proposition along this line
is to raise S5,0OO,OO0 and with this
money to start 10000 families taken
from the slums of London in farming.
The country selected by the general
is Rhodesia, in South Africa, where
land can be acquired for small sum
and the soil is fertile. The Salvation
army is remarkable organization
and has accomplished more good per-
haps than all the other charitable as
sociations extant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Even the archaeologists we're duped
by those fellows in Michigan who sold
hieroglyphic-covered sheets of copper
for leaves from Noah's diary. These
"relics" were dug from the bowels OF
the earth, but the men who drew them
forth knew exactly in what part of the
bowels to locate them, for they we're
present at the burial few weeks be-
fore. If the swindle had not been dis
covered the bogus relic manufacturers
would in the course of their business
have probably dug up the remains
of the ark and maybe old Noah's
macintosh and sou'wester. The
manufacture of bogus antiquities
whether it be Pharaoh or Cleopatra
mummies, fragments of the cross, St.
Paul's toothpicks or other ,relics-is a
highly profitable one. %
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

At the Michigan state constitutional
convention a delegate suggested that,
in order to stimulate interest in vot-
ingJR fine and imprisonment be i'm.
posed upon all citizens who fail to
vote and that rebate on taxes be al
lowed those who cast ballots. While
it is the duty of every citizen to vote,
it would be interfering with a. man IS
personal liberty to attempt to compel
him to so>do, and it would thus be
unconstitutional. No man could be
imprisoned or fined for refusal to cast
his ballot. And as to the rebate
proposition, a man should not be
paid for4performing that which it is
his duty to do. ..-.. i. .-........ 49,.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Queen Alexandra, Empress Marie
Feodorova, King Frederick, King
George and other royal personages
recently visited the Tuborg brewery
in Copenhagen, assembled to the top of
the tower and there drank stems of
beer. A very improper and undigni-
fed proceeding of course, but in En-
rope those sort of things create but
little comment. Had Mrs. Roosevelt
performed stunt of this sort in
America she would have received at
least a ton of mail in the form of pro-
tests from the temperance societies in
the country. e
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

There is at least one provision Of the
homestead law which should, be
amended by congress at the next
session. AS it stands. now man who
takes homestead for agricultural
purposes, and it develops before he
secures his final patent that such
land is underlaid with mineral orscoal,
loses both homestead and improve
ments. Several cases are ON record
where the government has discotered
coal on such homesteads after costly
improvements had been made II and
confscated it. The provision is an
unjust one. -. -. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Thomas A. Edison has perfected. q
plan whereby a three-story house
twenty-five by forty feet can be built
OF concrete for $1,000, and the great
inventor says that within year or
two he expects the building of such
houses to become general. This prom
Uses to be boon to people of mod
crate means and should have the
effect of reducing the prices OF lumber
and brick.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

The differe nce: The government oil
Holland has decided to reclaim 1900
acres of land by the drainage of a
portion of the Zuyder Zee and such
work will cost Sll, 200, o0o,. or So, 800 an
acre. Minnesota, which could drain
it's swamps for dollar or two an acre,
is not even willing to appropriate that
small amount.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

A resolution protesting against the
elimination of the motto, "In God We
Trust," from the new gold eagle was
introduced at a Presbyterian conven.
ton in Corona, Long Island. While
the motto is an eminently good one,
it is perhaps trifle out of place on
the surface of coins from the fact, that
the majority of people who have &C.
cumulated filthy lucre place their
trust in the gold and not in God.
This should not be SO, but it is. ..S"I In
Thee We Trust" would apply more
truthfully to conditions. - -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Paper is being manufactured in
Sweden from peat and there is talk of
a company being formed in this coun-
try for a like purpose. Consumers,
however, should not expect to benefit
by the establishment of an enterprise
of that sort in this country. for a
trust would be the result of such in
dustry and this trust would likely
affiliate with the paper combine al
ready in existence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Thousands of dagoes are leaving
New York for their homes across the
herring pond. It is the largest winter
exodus known in years and the majo-
rity of the aliens are laborers. The
foreigners evidently scent danger from
afar-see ahead a let-up of Industrial
activity-and it looks now as if they
have good grounds for their appre-
hensiOn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

The Texas attorney general has
commenced suit against the millers'
trust of that state, which is accused OF
completely in conspiracy to restrain
trade. This trust, which consists of a
hundred and twenty corporations and
twenty individuals, is apparently
working under a "gentlemen's agree
ment" similar to that entered into bv
the paper trust. The attorney general
will find it hard proposition to cope
with.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

The Russian parliament has con.
vened and the fact that an Octoberist,
M. Khomyiakoff, has been elected
president of the house, is encourag.
ing. Had Junist, a Julyist or some
other hotmonthist been elected we
could look for nothing but fiery
speeches and bomb explosions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

II have proven" says Professor
Todd, one of Americas greatest as
tronomers, "that Mars has double
canals that could only be the work of
Intelligent beings living there, and
therefore I have no doubt that Mars
is inhabited.' At some time or other
it will perhaps be possible to sail IN
to Mars in an airship and look the
planet over.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Charles Peterson, one of the Min
neapolis contingent of travelling
salesmen" who made the welkin ring
for John A. johnson three years ago,
recently drew a ninety days. work
house sentence for attempting to
"mash" and assaulting a respectable
young lady of that city.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Rudolph A. Lee of the Long Prairie
Leader must be deeply in love with
the newspaper business for he says
he expects to be editing the Leader a
quarter of century hence and
"whooping it up'' for Todd county.
Under Mr.. Lees management the
Leader has grown and prospered and
is one of the best of the state papers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

To the newspapers Of the country is
more largely due than to anything
else the averting Of q panic. These
papers were unanimous in advising
people to let their money remain in
the Misunderstanding them that there
was no danger of their losing it..
People have confidence in the news
papers and needed this advice.
Thus was prevented a run on the
banks which could have brought
about nothing but general disaster.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

A press story published in last
weeks dailies said Mr.. Hughes was
chilly. This week he is reported cold.
Fairbanks should take courage, for if
Mr.. Hughes temperature continues to
fall until he becomes frigid conditions
will be more nearly equalized for a
start in the presidential race.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Four society women of Sutherland,
Iowa, demonstrated that they could
do things by hiring out to farmers for
corn husking purposes. They earned
thereby S4l.l3 and gave the sum to
their church. There are but few So
clety women who are sufficiently husky
to husk corn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Attorney General Young has ruled
that railroads operating in Minnesota
may exact an extra charge of ten cents
from passengers who pay fares on
trains. The attorney general is not a
supreme court, however, and this so.
called ruling amounts to no more
than a personal opinion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21
THE PRINCETON UNION:5

President Mellon of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad in
a recent after dinner talk was severe
in his criticism of President Roose-
welt. Mr.. Mellon is one Of the squar-
est of railroad men, but he never hes
itates to speak out his mind and say
what he thinks. Z 49,. :.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

It is no wonder the democrats of
the Second congressional district are
gleeful when they contemplate Paul
A. Ewart as W. S. Hammond's op-
ponent. There is method in Frank
Days advocacy of Ewart's candi-
dacy. Frank wants Hammond to
have an easy mark.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

How would this Cromwellian motto
do for our new gold coins: ''Put your
trust in God but keep your powder
dry?'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

A contemporary thinks that those
who originated simplifed spelling
were simple minded. Nothing could
be more erroneous. Simpli6ed spell
ling was first suggested by publishers
of standard text books, dictionaries,
etc., who saw millions it it's introduce
ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

It is estimated by Henry Clews that
American women have paid out over a
billion dollars for the purchase of
titled husbands. And from the d.
vorce records it is evident that the
majority of them struck mighty poor
bargains.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Mr.. Bryan now declares that he
would not dodge another nomination
If it came his way. If signs fail not
it will come, William.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Bryan is the idol of the rank and
file of the democratic party, but the
"interests'' love him as cordially as
they do Roosevelt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Under the modern Interpretation a
fnancier is a man who has secured
possession of large amount of money
the means used to secure it being
immateriaI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Why this delay on the part of
Messrs. Rosing and Ringdal- the
state board of control-in announcing
the name of their poor house and
lookup inspector? Is the proposed
beneficiary not yet in condition to
draw the salary attached to the sine
cure?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

The Lancet, published in London,
cautions persons against the dangers
of germs which live and grow fat on
the surface of playing cards. These
bacilli are not nearly so dangerous,
however, as the hole in the center of
the green-baize covered table.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Not content with making this coun-
try dumping ground for it's human
scum, Europe is now unloading it's
filthy, tainted lucre upon us.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Forecasters are humbugs, Hicks in
cluded.-Cass Lake Times.
Hicks is also a wise man-at least
sufficiently so to make a good living
by the sale of his guesses on the
weather.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

The fellow who has a hundred dol
lars in the bank is making more fuss
over the financial furry than he who
has a hundred thousand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

When Christmas rolls round the
Teddy bear trust will reap harvest.
To be up to date Santa Claus will
have to hitch a trailer full of these
cotton-batting pets to bis sled.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

It is when the independent voter
permits himself to be Influenced by
spite or by money that he votes his
independence away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

Financial furries, like those of
snow, ofttimes resolve themselves into
formidable obstacles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-21

ss2 Women's ball dresses are being cut
higher now.-Fashion note. Top or
, bottom?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31
Shorts"

Short sheets, short blankets, short
mattresses and short bedsteads are
said to do more harm to hotels and
railroads than all other causes COM
bined Doctors complain that at some
hotels they cannot make their pa
tients comfortable. When they pull
the cover over theft shoulders it
comes off their feet, and vice versa.
This state of affairs is probably
harder on commercial travellers than
any other class of men. 1t is getting
SO that only very short men can be
commercial travellers. Hotels that
treat their guests well in this respect
should advertise the fact, so that trav-
cling people can know where to stop.
Doctors should use their influence
with hotel propretors to have this
nuisance stopped-Medical Brief.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31
TEE PERRYsBURG JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1907

He answered, and told him the
story that young Hegwer had given
him.
The next morning when Hegwer goi
up he found no one on the plantation
but the old man and an oldishlike lady
apparently his wife and an old negro
man and negro woman. Jack and
Mike had got up early, left the place
on horseback and returned again
about three o'clock in the afternoon.
The next morning it was the same
thing over again; they returned about
the same time, loaded the wagon and
drove off in the same direction. The
next morning Jack and Mike left the
same as before. When three o'clock
came they did not return; four o'clock
came and still they were not there.
The old man was getting very ner.
vous. He chewed his tobacco much
faster and he spit his juice much far.
ther and talked much louder. He
finally came up to young Hegwer and
said in a trembling voice:
'T reckon you and l will have to
take that food to them niggers. Jack
and Mike must have got into some
sorter trouble"
They started with the wagon, as 1t
had already been loaded and prepared
to go. They drove in the same direc
tion through the woods, until finally
they came into sight of dim light a
short distance ahead of them. They
came to a bayou about 30 feet wide
with a foot bridge across it. There
the old gentleman stopped, got out of
the wagon and went in the direction
of the light. In short time he re-
turned, another with him, and intro
duced young Hegwer to him as a new
member of the gang. They each gath
cred in some OF the boxes and cans
ard started in the direction of the
light. Young Hegwer was bound to
see it all; tied the mules to a tree,
gathered up box and followed them.
To his great surprise, there he
found what he was looking for. A
large log cabin about so feet long, 20
feet wide, with about 40 negro men
and women and boys IA or 15 years
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31


Cleveland, May 27-Flour-M Mime
sofa spring patent $5.00@5.30.
Wheat-No. 2 red 97c.
Corn-No. yellow 59hc.
Oats-No. white soc.
Butter-Best creamery 25c.
Eggs-Strictly fresh tic.
Cheese-York state 151sc.
Potatoes-Choice white 70@75c.
Hay-Best grades $4,000.
Cattle = Choice steers $5.50@5.65,
calves $3.50.
Sheep = Best wethers $5.75@6.00,
choice lambs $7.75@8.00.
Hogs-Yorkers $6.45@6,50.
Chicago. May 81, = Wheat-May
981kc
Corn-May 54asc.
Oats-May 47%c.
Toledo, May 81 : wheat--cash
DsAc.
Corn-Cash 571sc.
Oats-Cash 47c.
Cloyerseed- 1926.
East Buffalo, May 27-Cattle-Ex-
port steers $5.65@6.O0. Veal calves
e750@S.O0.
Sheep Wethers $6.2b06.5O, lambs
k0.50@8.25.
Hogs Workers. se.e5@e.75.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31

East. Buffalo, May Cattle-Ex-
port steers $5.65@6.OO. Veal calves
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31

at different times, hunted buffaloes
all kinds of hardships.
The captain informed him that he a
had very important and dangerous
duty to perform, and wanted to know
If he had the courage to undertake a
task of that kind. Young Hegwer said
that IF it was in the line of duty as a
soldier, that when he enlisted he did
not expect to shirlS any of the duties
that were required of him, and that he
was ready to undertake anything that
was possible.
The next morning young Hegwer
was seen crossing the Missouri river
on ferryboat, making his way in a
northeasterly direction, so that he
would arrive from the north when he
got to the plantation; that. there
would be no suspicion that he had
been sent from Atchison. His dis
guise was perfect. No one would sus-
pect him as being a soldier. 1t was
almost dark and raining when he ar
rived at the old plantation When he
got to the gate he was met by an old
gray-haired man about 10 years old,
very pleasant and polite. Young Heg-
wer bade him the time of day, and in
quired If it would be possible for him
to stay all night, that he was very
tired, wet and hungry, and that he
had come a long way that day and
was not able to go much farther
Young Hegwer stated that his folks
lived in Doniphan county, Kan, imme-
diately west of st. Joseph Mo-; that
his oldest brother was with the rebel
Gen. Price, somewhere in southern
Missouri; that his father was dead
and his mother was rather cross to
him, and that he had run away from
home. That pleased the old gentleman
very much, and he took a very hearty
laugh over 1t. He took him in the
house, gave him something to eat.
That night about ten o'clock came
couple of men. with mule team. Heg-
wef went out and helped them to put
up the team. There were some empty
boxes and cans In the wagon that in
dicated milk, bread and food had been
in them. The leader of the two asked
the old gentleman, Who's that strip
of a boy you got thereT
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31
Horses for servian Royalty.

To the long list of valuable animals
which have passed as gifts from one
monarch to another must now be add
ed two of the finest horses owned by
the sultan. These have been chosen
as presents to King Peter and the
Crown Prince George of Servia. Every
precaution is being taken to insure
the safe transport of the animals.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for their care, and one of the
sultan's officers will superintend the
four grooms in charge of their deliv-
cry to King Peters stables.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31
Copyright by J. Il. Bowles,) }

CDR Anita Newcomb McGee Is the one
woman in this country who has held a
commission as an officer of the United
States army. During the Spanish Amer
lean war, as director of the hospital corps
organized by the Army and Navy chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, of which society she was vice-pres-
ident-general, DIR. MCGEE was regularly
appointed assistant surgeon of the army.
During the war she was constantly on
duty, visiting hospitals and battlehelds IN
her capacity OF director and supervisor OF
the aTmys trained nurses. She was
prominently connected with the japanese
hospital service during the late war with
Russia DIR. MCGEE studied abroad at
Cambridge and the University of Geneva.
She was graduated from Columbia uni
versity of Washington in 1889 Later she
took special course at Johns Hopkins
hospital She is fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement OF
Science)
An army has always two parts.
One part is the actual fighters, who
work, suffer and die and at the end
receive all the glory. The other part
is those who provide for the fighters.
They also work and suffer and die,
but at the end they are ignored and
afterward forgotten.
There are naturally very few wom-
en- who have achieved glory in the
fighting part of an army, though the
amazons are we'll known and Semira-
mis-, Zenobia and Jeanne dare were
commanders of armies. In former
times, however, many woman con-
cealed her sex and took her place in
the ranks as man, though, from the
nature of the case, not many of their
names are known. Among those who
enlisted in our revolutionary army
were Deborah Sampson, Elizabeth
: Canning and Molly Macauley, and the
last-named won the grade OF sergeant
before being discovered. 1t has been
estimated that during our civil war no
less than 400 women contrived by
some means or other to enlist as sol
diers. The most recent instance OF
fighting women was in the Transvaal
war when many burgher's wife han
died a weapon at his side and many
were taken prisoners, some of them
being dressed as men. H. Is quite
common for the royal women of Eu-
rope to-day to hold honorary commits
sions, generally as colonels, and al
though not expected to take command
in time of actual war, they do wear
their uniforms and ride with their
troops on occasions of ceremony.
But, after all, the true story of
women in armies relates to their part
in providing and caring for the fight
ers. The present elaborate organiza.
tion of armies is of comparatively re-
cent growth, and originally the
greater part Of the cooking and of the
nursing of soldiers was done by their
hardy female relatives, who were as
well able as themselves 10 bear the
fatigues of the campaign. 1t is al
ways easier to procure atnew soldier
than 1t IS to cure one who is sick or
wounded, and the humane medical
corps, as one of the departments of
an army, was a growth of the last
century. During the middle ages the
care of the click was largely left TO
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-31
A GANG OF NEGRO THIEVES.
They Are Broken UP by the Daring Of
Boy Recruit.

1t was the first day of April, 1862.
that Company B, Ninth Kansas caval-
~. commanded by Capt A. c. Allen,
was stationed at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, and were ordered to Atchison,
Kan, on provost duty. After the
company arrived at Atchison and went
into comfortable quarters for the
spring, the situation had been care
fully canvassed and the trouble fully
Investigated. 1t was found that a
large number of negroes in that vicini-
ty were missing and that band of
bushwackers had rendezvous about
Is miles east of Atchison, at one time
a great slave plantation, who were
suspected of gathering them up for
the purpose of taking them into Texas
and there to sell them as slaves.
On the 10Th day of March, 1862
Capt. A. c. Allen swore in two recruits
who had come in from the far western
part of the state of Kanssa, known
as the Hegwer brothers.
On the 5th day of May, says the Ma
tional Tribune, Capt. Allen sent for
the younger brother, Henry, who was
but II years old and very small for
his age, not over five feet five inches
tall, weighed only a little over 100
pounds and looked TO be not over IA
years old, as no one would have taken
him for a soldier. Neither would any
one have believed him to have had the
amount of experience that he had gone
through. He had crossed the plains
In SO and also in go, fought Indians